Ness City High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ness City, KS)

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 When a former student achieves in life, a teacher can smile within, knowing that he had a hand, no matter how slight, in molding a successful person. Education is a life-time pur- suit, and the means by which one may change the quality of his life. HELEN FLOYD. Librarian. Teaching in the Home Eco- nomics field gives me the rewarding experience of getting to know the students as they work with one another partici- pating in the many different activities of general family living.” KAY HORCHEM, Home Eco- nomics. The joy of education: The light of understanding in the students' eyes. RAY BALLARD. Science. An education involving math- ematics helps one to appreciate and understand our 'Golden Age'. MELFORD DeWALD, Mathe- matics. Wherever there is youth, there is hope. DON INBODY. Music. DAVEOBERLEY. English. Happiness is having a part in forming a boy with no confi- dence into a self-assured com- petent leader. ED BRENNER. Vocational Agriculture. Even Mark Twain recom- mended a touch of good gram- mar now and then, just for the novelty of the thing.” CAROL SPADY, English. Teaching has been quite an experience. In just two years, I have experienced a tremendous amount of joy and satisfaction: learned so much about human nature: and confronted innu- merable pitfalls in our educa- tion system. CELIA SCOTT. Business. I went to college for four years trying to learn a skill that can't be taught at a college. The true educators in the teaching profession are the stu- dents themselves. PATSY HOAGLAND, Mathe- matics.

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 My main purpose for teaching in Ness City schools is to give each student a basis in an so that he will have something from which to build a future occupation or a prime leisure time activity.” JACK SIMPSON. An. One of the lessons I have learned from students is that a positive attitude is one of the most valuable assets that a stu- dent or anyone can own.” ROBERT VAVRICKA. Indus- trial Arts. The ideal student has an inquisitive mind with the nec- essary self-direction to use it. The teacher's role is to supply the questions and guide the stu- dent toward the answers.” BOB MASTERS. Social Sci- ence. Education can only be what you as a student want to make of it. Experience and knowl- edge are the two most impor- tant tools in education today.” JIM FRANK. Music. My challenge as a business educator is to teach more, to teach it better, and to instill in students the willingness to tackle a new job with confi- dence. initiative, and know- how.” JUANITA PARKER. Business. The opportunity to prepare young people for life is a very interesting challenge.” LOIS McLEISH, Home Eco- nomics. We are bom with the necessi- ties; an education will provide the luxuries. ” JAN GANTZ, English. To see the faculty struggle to say just the right thing in these statements is encouraging. To me, that shows we care for the students. ” TIM GERKEN, Counselor. When we take the easy route, we cheat ourselves of the pride of achievement.” JERRY MARSHALL. Science.

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 Teaching and coaching the stu- dents of Ness City High School has been a rewarding experience that every teacher and coach would like to have during their careers. GREGG MITCHELL. Social Sci- ence. Teaching is a very rewarding experience as you see students achieving skills and reaching goals through physical, emotional and social growth. DEBBY MEHL, Physical Educa- tion. In the upper left-hand comer is Kirby VanDegrift, Paul Was- inger, Ralph Stenzel, Rich Pfanncnstiel, Nick Wasinger, Jerry Schuler, and Margaret Hoss. They comprise the Ness City fog fighting, mud plow- ing, dust dodging team known as the bus driving staff. In the middle of the page, Viola Wolfe, Hildegard Tittel, and Ramona McDonald are pictured at their usual stations. Many of the students depend upon these ladies to fill their stomachs so they can better fill their minds. And, pictured to the right, are Dave Barrett, Verlin Schuler, and Jerry Schuler. These men are the garbologists and maintenance crew that keep Ness City High running smoothly.