Shawnee Mission High School - Indian Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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HOWARD D. McEACHEN I I 1 0 ALMS Ps GNL AGHER PRINCIPAL HERE'S a camel wiTh an unbreakable back! Since Howard D. McEachen came To Shawnee-Mission as principal seven years ago. more and more sTraws have been added To his crowded schedule of daily duTies. NoT once has he TalTerecl. Always he has Talcen Time To help us wiTh our problems. This year in addiTion To supervising The TaculTy. curriculum. schedule. and budgeT. Mr. Mac was acTive in numerous com- muniTy proie-cTs. Serving as head of The Boy ScouT AdvancemenT Board Tor This area, as chairman of The NorTheasT Johnson CounTy CommuniTy ChesT Drive. and as a member of The SelecTive Serv- ice Board. he has closely linlced The school To The general public. AlerT To The changing Times Through acTive membership in These and oTher communiTy enTerprises and in naTional educaTional and adminisTraTive socieTies, Mr. Mac has lcepT Shawnee-Mission in sTep wiTh progress. NOT iusT a sTraw . buT a sTaclc was dropped on Mr. McEachen by The building and expansion program. New class- rooms, conTracTors. blueprinTs, delays. shipmenTs . . . all These deTails and many more have conTronTed our principal in The pasT year. ln spiTe of Their scope and complicaTion. he has meT Them wiTh enThusiasm and ulTimaTely solved each saTisTacTorily. Mrs. AlberTa Gallagher and Mrs. Mollie Campbell helped To lighTen his load by Their never-ending, eTTicienT office worlc. TMS- MRS . MOL LIE CAMPBELL

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VICE-PRINCIPAL PORTRAYED as Sam Cafchemu by fhe unwary few, buf lilced for his wiffy personalify by everyone, vice-principal G. Murlin Welch was fruly a friend fo all fhe sfudenfs. During fhe fhree years he has served in his presenf posifion, everyone has come fo admire lvlurlie's fairness and co-operafion. Uppermosf in his scheme of fhings was his ready affenfion fo sfudenf problems. liffle and big. Being able fo see fhe ofher person's poinf of view was a characferisfic of every decision. The day's dufies in fhe vice-principal's office included affenfion fo discipline, class schedules, enrollmenf, and fhe recording of voluminous files and records. Helping fo lceep fhe office roufine running smoofhly were his efficienf assisfanfs, Mrs. Glen Soellner and Miss Agnes Barfhol. No? all of Mr. Welch's hours were spenf on office prob- lems. A sharp glance here. a word of warning fhere. a nod, all were small precaufions infended fo help a sfudenf remember his obligafions fo Shawnee-Mission. Because of his friendliness, he was eagerly anficipafed whenever he sfepped fo fhe microphone. Lisfeners knew 'rhey could expeci' a good laugh or a well-direcfed piece of advice. Murlie was really close fo fhe hearfs of all fhe sfudenfs, im- parfial in decisions, companionable in his relafionship wifh sfu- sg 1 G. MURLIN WELCH 0 O AG N55 BAR denfs, and efficienf in his assigned dufies. soehmgl GLEN MKS' If T1-,OL .an