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

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ii. A. PALMER SNODGRASS Guidance Director - . OPEN house for students troubled over schedule ad justments was kept by amicable, understanding Pop,', as he is familiarly called. Introduced as Mr I A. Palmer Snodgrass, Guidance Director, he might . ig, 1 , be found giving educational tests or counseling wlth ' the students and parents. Always eager to extend a v.:f1,': helping hand, his warm smile and sIncere interest 5' changed 'LI can't to 'Til tryf' it ilfrf .1 I. -.I --we ,. ,H f, ., -mf '14 - , I I.I.. t,-if H I 3 515 .4L!:..I 11. L., ,v,,V.l:I MRS. FLORENCE HUBER Guidance Director THE PASSWORD: got a problem! With efficiency- plus Mrs. ,Florence M. Huber hand-packed a crowd- ed schedule to save time for friendly chats and dis- cussions with students. As a Guidance Director, she cemented student-faculty relations, supplied the help- ful push ton ard better work, and smoothed ruffled feathers of perplexed parents. HERBERT BRUNING Director of Curriculum AN ADMINISTRATION freshman at Shawnee Mission but a senior in educational experience IS Dr Her bert Bruning. Solving both routine and rare prob tems became a habit to this likable, good natured Director of Curriculum. To keep the program one best fitted to the students, needs, and to develop a long-range plan for the new junior high schools were important aspects of his job.

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Howium D. MCEACHEN Superintendent SHAWNEE-MISSION,S finger on the pulse of the community was Superintendent Howard D. Mclfiachen. Serving his eleventh year as the man with the last word, '55 brought him added responsibilities. The incompleted junior high schools required further organizing. Versatile Mr, Mac was a leader in community and pro- fessional groups. Part of his brimming schedule included being a member of the local Community Chest Board of Directors, and Committee of Management for YMCA, presi- dent of the local School Administrators Association, zone chairman of Associated Public School Systems of Americag Vice-chairman for Kaw Council, and Chairman of Star and Life Advancement Board, Boy Scouts. However, he devoted much time to the student, considering the needs of each as unique and personal, and watched him grow and develop as an individual. Indian Chiefs Number Five I4 G. MURLIN WELCH Principal A PUCKISH smile and subtle sense of humor characterized Mr. G. Murlin Welch, Principal of Shawnee-Mission High School. Though enmeshed in the thousand and one duties entailed in running such a mammoth institution, he never- theless continued to regard the individual as the most im- portant thing in the world and demonstrated it time and again. Whether directing class assignments, checking at- tendance, figuring the budget, or supervising a major school activity, Murlie always found time to stop and counsel any troubled student on problems ranging from conduct to curriculum. Listing loyalty as the greatest asset, the S-M chief-in his seventeenth year of service to the district- still claimed but one objectnas his goal: 'Sto offer all youth an opportunity, through growing experience, that will lead to a finer lifef,

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Busier Than Grand Central THE OFFICE STAFF- . . . checked attendance every day . . . held the purse strings of school financial matters . . . kept all permanent records . . . enrolled awed freshmen and sophisticated seniors . . . attended to secretarial duties for administration . . . handled the 1,001 lost and found articles . . . prepared a multitude of re- ports, forms, and tables . . .had its fingers in many pies to help keep S-M running smoothly. -lf, .1159 MRS. LOLA ATHERTON MRS. ALBERTA GALLAGHER Mns. BETTYE HALL 4 as ,gd L ff A ,s ,Vi A--, -- -ff .4 - .aux L,-1- 1 1 WELCOME Anonn! Mn. SNoDcnAss ENROLLS' JEANN!-Z Foums AS A New srunsm' WHILE MRS. KIMPEL Pl-OTS HER CLASSES ON 'rms scunnuuz cnimr. 16 Mas. ELLEN Hns MRS. JOHN KIMPEL VT? ' Mas. N INA Woons