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

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Mrs. Pulford is clerk of the board. She is a housewife and mother and discharges her home duties as effi- ciently as her civic duties. Mr. Tietgen is employed at the Santa Fe offices in To- peka. He is the director of the board and is a strong booster for good school. Mr. Gies is the old-timer of the three, having served ably and faithfully as treasurer of the board for eighteen years. Mr. Gies finds satisfaction in relaxing and taking it easy around his home It was Mr. Barney Hays' first year asnuhead man at Highland Park high school. As administrator! faculty co-worker, and student confidant, his help and influence will continue to be realized in years to come. Baan! WEIYILBFJ mellbfe jill? and fo SCLOOZ 5115111264 Members of most all boards of education give of their time and effort unstintingly to perform a service to the community, and to the students in particular, for which they never receive just recognition. And in Highland Park this year it is more true than everg the construction of additional classrooms is enough in itself, not to mention the problems arising from the efforts of the city of Topeka to annex the district to the city schools. But as civic-minded men and women, Mrs. Miles Pulford, Mr. Charles Tietgen, and Mr. Jacob Gies ITIGI .incl helped solve the many complex questions arising during the term, and the high school and the community is the better for their willingness to accept the responsi- bility connected with their duties as school board members. It takes an efficient and capable staff to keep the high school records and business matters straight Mrs Helen Stinson registrar Mrs Sharon Morris, bookkeeperg and Mrs. Wanda Sylvester, secretary are those people Leona Bacon and Janice Nleff are Scottie students working as assistant secretaries in the school office

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The socialscience instructors realize that it is primarily Wew gag-MA? pggm ,95 pglgu, ar in their departments that students lay the groundwork for becoming worthwhile, intelligent members of the come munity, state, and nation. Well-informed citizens are good citizens. Students received instruction in American history, constitution, civics, psychology, and family living from John Merryman, Victor Gibson, Mrs, Laura Iohnston. Albert Dimmirt, Mrs. Virginia Monroe, Claude Spencer, and Stanley Banks. One of the popular departments at Highland Park this year was business education. Miss Louise O'Brien, Miss Helen Trotter, and Miss Carolyn Swartz, instructed the students in typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, office machines, and office practice. pface for QGCABFJ fo gafher Musically inclined students were given the chance to fur- ther their musical interests by playing in the band and orchestra, or by singing in the different vocal groups. Groups such as mixed chorus, robed choir, and marginal singers were introduced by Mrs. Gladys Lawson. H. Burton Harvey taught instrumental music for band and orchestra. -9-