Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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3 Teachers Tour Foreign Countries Cultures from as far away as the British Isles and Europe, to the country of Mexico and our own state of Hawaii, helped students grasp a more mean- ingful knowledge of peoples and their customs this year, as three MHS teachers returned from trips made during their summer vacations. The three, Mrs. Sally Bailey, Miss loyce Chrisman, and Mrs. Lois lllingworth, varied their activities from sight-seeing on educational tours to studying the Hawaiian language at the university in Honolulu. Some faculty I members traveled in the United States, attended workshops or seminars, or went back to colleges and universities for advanced train- ing or degrees. Others stayed in Mexico teaching in summer school sessions, coaching Khoury League baseball teams, working, or just catching up with gardening, housekeeping, reading, and the end- less variety of summer activities. During the first of the school year, faculty members and administrators anticipated the arrival of the North Central Evaluating Committee which re-evalu- ated Mexico High School for the first time since 1906 when it first became a member school. Composed of 33 teachers and administrators from colleges and other high schools in the state, the com- mittee spent a week during February at MHS in- specting the building and facilities, visiting class- rooms, and meeting informally with faculty and stu- dent committees in preparing their report. Results of the re-evaluation, received in April, again placed MHS in the AAA category, the highest rating given by the North Central Association, an accrediting agency for the seven-state area. The 78 faculty members, MHS's largest in history, with the addition of teachers this year to staff the new technical school, found time not only to teach but to advise students, coach athletics and dramatics, sponsor clubs, and play basketball for money-raising projects. They supervised such affairs as the prom, the musical, and after-school sports, in addition to their own home, church, and civic activities. Mrs. Sally Bailey Mrs. Dora Barnes Miss Betty Baker David Bell Dennis Baker john Brooks Miss Mary E. Baker Mrs. Bettina Chapman 62 Academics

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., . l.l? WW 3 ffice, Counseling Staffs Aid Students With the basic purpose of helping students, MHS counselors involved themselves with student prob- lems. These problems were divided into three basic areas: educational, vocational, and personal. 1. R. Houchins worked with students enrolled in the vocational and technical school while lim Musick, lim lnlow, and H. O. Tolson counseled other MHS students. Using the testing program, the counselors de- termined the educational and vocational needs of each individual student. Included in these were the Missouri Testing program, aptitude tests and scholarship tests. To aid in finding each student's interest, the counseling staff sponsored College night December 7, where each student discussed his future plans and vocation with representatives from approximately 40 different colleges and vocational schools. The secretarial staff, composed of Mrs. Betty Spangler, Mrs. Marjorie Flick, Mrs. Dixie Hall, Mrs. loan Volkmer, and Mrs. Joyce Smith, prepared transcripts, class rank, activity lists, and even character analyses for seniors. Underclassmen found the secretaries ready with answers on every phase of school life from season tickets for football games to excused absences. Along with helping the students, the office staff aided the administration and faculty, by preparing and printing the morning bulletin, typing and mimeo- graphing tests and study sheets, and checking and recording attendance, in addition to routine sec- retarial work. l'LL show you how easy it is says junior john DiBlasi as sopho- more Ellen Williams admires his feat. fright! Busily typing college applications, Mrs. Marjorie Flick completes another day at MHS. Academics 61

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Miss loyce Chrisman Lynn Cundiff Mrs. Maurine Duffy john T. Clark Mrs. Eunice DesCombes Mrs. Mary E. Eidson Lloyd Clark Miss Judith Dryden Robert Farrah George Craddock Mrs. Madean DuBus Gary Filbert Academics 63 Miss Joyce Chrisman and Mrs. Lois lllingworth look on as Mrs Sally Bailey tells them ofher trip to the British Isles.