Sam Houston High School - Cherokee Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Counselors Act as Guide to Future An entirely new counseling staff , Mr. David Spencer, Mrs. Edna Christopher, and Miss Patricia Karam, aided SH students and faculty. Mr. Spencer attended St. Mary ' s University, where he earned a B.A. in mathematics, l-rom Our Lady of the Lake College he received a masters of education degree. Mr. Spencer served in Building B as counselor of the foundation unit. He handled schedule planning and changes of new students and registration and with- drawals of ninth and tenth graders. Another addition to SH was Mrs. Edna Christopher, who came from Wheatley to become counselor of the technical and vocational unit. Mrs. Christopher holds bachelor and master ' s degrees in home economics. She attended Tillotson College and Columbia University. Whe completed post graduate courses at the University of Minne-sota and Iowa State. She studied counseling and guidance at Our Lady of the Lake College. Miss Patricia Karam, counselor of the college pre- paratory unit, previously taught business courses at Page; then she served five years as a counselor there. Miss Karam attended Our Lady of the Lake College. She has a B.S. and a masters of education in business. She en- joys playing tennis, reading art history, and dancing. LEFT: Mr. David Spencer re- fers to his files for information concerning students ' grades. BOTTOM LEFT: Mrs. Edna Christopher and Miss Patricia Karam check the latest in- formation on college prepara- tory courses. 77

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Deans Assist 9tudents, Teachers Miss Chamberlain, college preparatory dean, at- tended Our Lady ofthe Lake College and Texas, Syracuse, St. Mary ' s and Trinity Universities. She majored in music for her B.A, degree, and she also holds a master of education degree. Miss Chamberlain taught music at Ursuline Acad- emy, Irving Junior School, and at Brackenridge High School, where she was also a counselor. Miss Chamber- lain ' s primary goal was to facilitate students ' entrance into college. Her other duties included curriculum planning, classroom visitations, and regulation of dis- cipline and attendance. She is an active member of the Texas State Teachers ' Association, SAISD, San Antonio Area Wo- men Deans and Counselor ' s Organization, Southwest Texas Personnel and Guidance Organization, and the Delta Kappa Gamma. She enjoys music, sewing, and watching football games. An accomplished organist, she has also directed several choirs. Having taught school 18 years at Page, two years at Portwood Junior School and two years at Sam Houston, Mr. Grisham was well qualified for his position as technical and vocational dean. He attended North Texas State and Trinity Universities. He majored in history and received B.S. and master of education de- grees. Mr. Grisham ' s main duty was helping students ex- periencing difficulties with grades, attendance, be- havior, or personal problems. He was also involved with helping new teachers with class problems and pro- cedures. LEFT: Mr. Pierce Grisham receives information on a new student from Gwen Brooks. BELOW: Miss Joyce Chamberlain displays her bulletin board showing clippings ofthe year ' s activities. 26 r

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igmgni ai School Clerks Give Helpful Advice Mrs. Inez Brunnemann, secretary in Building A, and Mrs. Violet Kibbe, secretary in Building B, had many duties, which included typing requisitions, duplicating forms, sorting and distributing mail, and keqjing records of faculty absences. Mrs. Myra Lee Krafft and Mrs. Connie Low, a new addition to the registrar ' s office, kept an up-to-date file of grades and test scores for each student. Mrs. Krafft and Mrs. Low kept files on present and past SH students and posted grades on permanent record cards. They were also responsible for mailing transcripts for college- bound students. Mrs. Martha Lynn Kumpf, bookkeeper, kept financial records, recorded money collected at SH, placed orders for senior rings and graduation invitations, and sold park- ing permits, Mrs. Claire Overton, attendance teacher, kept ac- curate attendance records of all SH students. She wrote absentee and tardy slips and prepared the daily absentee list. She also supervised the completion of federal cards and issued bus cards to eligible students. Textbook clerks, Mrs. Patricia Cornell in Building A, and Mrs. Mary Vickers in Building B, returned lost books, issued locks, workbooks, and textbooks, and driver-edu- cation handbooks. They also sold tickets for football and basketball games. Mrs. Harriet Masterson, school nurse, kept concise medical records of each student. These reports gave her a knowledge of each SHer ' s medical history so that in case of injury or sickness he could be administered proper treatment. Mrs. Frances Johnson, Building A study hall clerk, and Mrs. Gladys McCarver, Building B study hall clerk, aided students with many of their problems and gave advice whenever needed. You ' re late againl! exclaims Mrs. Frances Johnson, as Kathy Bolt and Ruby Jones report to study hall with iheir tardy slips. 28