Highland Park High School - Highlander Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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EDICATION The Highlander Staff is proud to dedicate this book to Mr. jacob Gies, who has served as treasurer of the Board of Education for the past sixteen years. Since Mr. Gies was elected to the board in 1958 he served as treasurer when the present building was planned and builtg the stadium was rebuiltg new band uniforms and choir robes were purchasedg bus transportation was developed and expandedg and the present new addition was started. Mr. Gies has been a resident of Kansas since , 1920. Of his four children three are Highland Park graduates. One daughter, Miss Donna Gies, is home ' economics teacher at Highland Park now. I To Mr. Gies, who has given his time and service to Highland Park for sixteen years, we say thank you, and in appreciation, we dedicate this 1955 Then , , , Highlander to you. MR. JACOB GIES was elected to the Highland Park School Board in 1938 and served as treasurer when the present building was constructed. A Now . . . STILL on the School Board and still treasurer as the new addition is started, Mr. Gies I has served 17 years. I5

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rh ?4 zfywa t vnnwveqnql rma -91 W -' .gzvngflz ogeri ,---+,,... TEACHER and sportsman IS Mr Waller Hanes who IS completing has last year as pruncrpal of Haghland Pork GUIDING HIGHLAND PARK through fhe year are mem bers of the Board of Educahon, Mrs Mules Pulford, cldk Mr Charles Tlefgen, director, and Mr Jacob Gres, freas urer I Cutdrng the school through another successful year were Mr Walter HIHCS prlncrpal and Mr Barney Hays asslstant pr1nc1pal Mr Hrnes has been prrnctpal of Hrghland Park for nrne years He an nounced h1s restgnatton March 3 to become Gen eral Manager of a S1x State Insurance and Land Managers Frrm Mr Hrnes sponsored Sportsman Club Succeedrng Mr Hxnes uly 51 wrll be Mr Hays who has been assrstant prmcxpal for the past s1x years Mr Hays sponsored B1ble Club and Col lege Club and started the Cadet Teachrng class Mr Htnes reccrved h1s BS degree from Kan sas State College and hrs MA at the Un1vers1ty of Colorado Mr Hays got hrs BS and MS at Kansa State The Board of Educatxon conslsts of a dxrector clerk and treasurer each servrng a term of three years One member ts elected each year the dtrector rs up for electron thrs year New on the Board thrs year IS Mrs Mrles Pulford clerk I-Ixghland Park Htgh School wrth an enroll ment of 630 ts one of the largest rural hrgh schools rn Kansas th1rd only to Shawnee M1ss1on and Wash rngton Rural There were n1ne new teachers added rn the fall and two second semester A new gurdance program was started through whrch each student chose a teacher counselor who helped the student vuth h1s educatronal socral and vocatronal problems Each teacher had about elghteen students as counselees They vrsrted the students homes and talked over problems of the students wrth therr parents Thrs creates a trrangle between teacher, student, and parent is Q1 2149... :V - W A 'W H .Lara A ,af '. . 5 ' fa--me-1 ,t Ma 'M 1 ' . ,a 14, ss xv: 4 f ' .aa ., ' f ,V rf , I , at .. 4 K UN ,. vm lm I . . , . LU. '-if f t ' 9x '4?! 'f??7 ww wazfta , Q 1 , . , ,, e ' 7 Wa . a, 51 K . ,-W ,,r,W,tMj, ,,a,5,,g,:M'55W ' V A' ill T A Wwmw, S . , ,, K 4,4 ' ' ' 3' WW A' A ',-s,,4t , - ,a.a,.,,, . t, ' ' -am .w,ff,-M, f., ,. . ' ' ' A ' a 1 ' lf 'wa wwrfa mf wt -aa ' ' ' - , I I ' ' V , . , ' . 1 , . a t . . . . . . t 1 , W 1 t 7 - Q . , . I , - , s . . . . . K , - ' ' . . , . 4 r r I ' - 4 1 Y. . . . a 1 1 . t . . ,