Moundridge High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Moundridge, KS)

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SUNLIGI-IT THROWS A SYMMETRICAL PATTERN on the floor of the new gymnasium This building houses n well equipped dramatics stage, recreation room, lunch room, and excellent dressing rooms The auditorium will seat 1 400 basketball fans SETTING gram-Mr. Greer's office with its duplicating machines, first aid kit, and always-busy tele- phones and typewritersg teachers' voices ringing from a variety of classrooms, grade school 'noises coming up the air vents from the first floor, cold dressing rooms and creaky, crowded stairways. ' Commercepand science, both housed in a building by themselves, whad their char: acteristics which linger in memory-the ring- ing bells of typewriters, the odors of fore maldehyde andlhydrogen sulphide, and Miss Johnson's voice giving shorthand dictation, To complete the buildings grouped to- gether for the sole purpose of teaching stu- dents to become well-rounded citizens, was the combination music-vocational agriculture- woodworking department. A strange mingling of musical crescendos, 'high-powered blee- trical machinery, and hammering yet-to-bv finished -products into being came roaring into the street so that passing motorists mar- veled at the efficiency of it all. THIS-PICTURE SHOWS THE BEAUTIFUL white snow which fell on a cold winter day in March outside the main school building. Administration offices, a grade school, English, history. math 'and art classes, study hall, and R small gymnasium are incorporated in this structure.

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STUDENTS POUR FROM THE MUSIC ROOM and the vocational agriculture department after first hour class. The woodworlx- ing :hop is located in the north end of this building. In the fall the farmers bring seed wheat to be cleaned in. the cleaner In Mr. Ramsdale's shop. BURDEH LIGHTS UF A SEHUUL No longer just a dream was the much- wanted and needed gymnasium which -was dedicated Sepetmber 25, 1951. It served many purposes throughout the yeariz for the first time in M.H.S. history a hot lunch program could successfully be carried out-every noon aromas of meat loaf, chocolate cake, or apple- sauce issued delicately forthg a versatile stage lent itself to superior dramatic productions and community talent showsg the basketball floor was the scene of many hotly-contested battles, including those of the regional tourna- mentg and during the noon hour the recrea- tion room -beneath the stage furnished oppor- tunity for becoming proficient with a ping pong paddle, dominoes and checkers. The main building will long be remem- hered as the crux of the entire school pro- CLASSES IN TYPING,,SI-IORTHAND, AND SCIENCE are contained in the building shown here. One may find typewriters, microscopes, chemicals, biological specimen, Bunsen burneres and other scientific paraphernalia here. A

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SUPERINTENDENT GREER makes out excuses for Helen Hoyer and Bert Becker early in the school day. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD work with Mr. Greer solving prob- lems. Left to right: JohniP. Krehbiel, treasurerg M. E. Greerg Marvin E. Goering, clerkg L. L. Lehmberg, director. ADMINISTRATION BEACUNS UF Mr. M. E. Greer, busy with the varied details connected with his position, has successfully completed seven years as superintendent and was again appointed for another term. He is never too busy to spend necessary time with students or faculty members, greeting them from behind his desk vvith a pleasant 'Good morning and giving them encouragement, guidance, and vital inspiration for the task ahead. In the years thati Mr. Greer has' been superintendent, he has brought about many extra-curricular activities. One very suc- cessful event which took place this year INSPECTING PAINT AND LIGHTING needs oi class rooms is one of the regular duties of the Board. Here they look over the needs in Mr. Mar1in's room.