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

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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

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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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office Workers Render Services Would you look at these grade averages? asks Mrs. Myra Lee Krafft, registrar, while Mrs, Connie Low, clerical assistant, tries to answer the phone. Brunnemann, Mrs. Inez Cornell, Mrs. Patricia Fletcher, Mrs. Kathleen Kibbe, Mrs. Violet Kumpf, Mrs. Martha Lynn Masterson, Mrs. Haniet McCarver, Mrs. Gladys Overton , Mrs, Claire 29