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

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I hw J W 1 4 I i 5 Could be the office of the FBI, but really it's S-M's Bureau of Vital , Statistics keeping track of students and their affairs. V l i AMIDST the steady staccato of busy typewriters and the incessant ringing of the phones, the office staff worked behind the scenes serving S-M. Everything from daily attendance to county, state, and federal reports was in the scope of their responsibility. Knowing where to find most of the answers, the necessary nine were the head- quarters for inquiring students. Efficiency was their key word in keeping permanent footprints in the files and corresponding for the administration. Office Staff 4 Z Ci Y Mas. LOLA ATHERTON MRS. JOSEPHINE FRANK MRs. ALBERTA GALLAGHER MRS ELLA MAE GRADY NJ MRS. BETTYE HAL L MRS. ELLEN I-Iznfs MRS. THELMA HUGHES W f ..,. x ,t,y R up :' L 3 ' ' .-t'.., K .F ' g ' sis, ' ' f -7'i5t'fa 57-'vif'F' . ii i .- ' E 4 ,1 iis, F ,L Y a,-. - I lvxhk ,L L.Lk Q? Kim A Q 'ssi st. esss MRS. JOHN KIMPEL MRS NINA Wooos

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iff HERBERT BRUNING Director of Curriculum . ALMA MATER? Take your pick: Kansas University, Colorado State Col- lege of Education, Emporia State Teachers College, or Harvard University. Each of these prepared Dr. Herbert Bruning for his position as Director of Curriculum for the entire Shawnee-Mission school district. Meeting with teachers, checking their certification requirements and co-ordinating classroom activities caused him to harbor one regret-that he could rarely come in contact with the students themselves. But on the other hand, the study and analysis of textbooks along with his other responsibilities caused Dr. Bruning to be highly satisfied with his present post. As he himself said, It gives me an opportunity to do a number of things that I've long wanted to do in the field of secondary education. A. PALMER SNODGRASS Guidance Director nLET'S talk it over. with 'Pop.' This was probably one of the most fre- quent suggestions heard in the halls of S-M around enrollment and grad- uation times. Whether fitting together the jigsaw puzzle of schedule changes or writing letters of recommendation, Mr. A. Palmer Snodgrass could always be counted on to provide some helpful hints for solving Pfflblems that plagued many perplexed students. Keeping square pegs out of round holes by matching would-be graduates and the colleges corre- 5P0nding with their qualifications required the good judgment Of 21 S0lomon. Administering tests, providing weekly vocational speakers, and Pf0Cessing the large volume of grade transcripts added to the well-filled agenda Of this busy Guidance Director. Despite this already crowded schedule, time was always found for everyone. MRS. FLORENCE HUBER Guidance Director HEQUAL attention to those who have problems and those who are prob- lems might well have been the motto of Mrs. Florence Huber, Guidance Director. Each day she held conferences on any subject from choosing a college to dropping zoology. During the summer and fall, Mrs. Huber worked hard on enrollment. Throughout the entire year she was faced with the tasks of checking transcripts and making sure that each senior had the qualifications necessary to graduate. In spite of her many duties, Mrs. Huber took time to consider the problems of each student as an individual, giving invaluable advice and assistance.

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Board of Education BORED of Education? Not the Shawnee-Mission Board of Education. Difficult was the task tackled by the School Board which exercised control over not just one, but an entire system of schools consisting of S-M and four junior highs. The members, usually acting upon the recom- mendation of the superintendent, approved hundreds of suggestions from that of repairing the roof to changing the curriculum. Other responsibilities of the efficient five included setting up bus routes, planning dates of school holidays, approving all social functions, and deter- mining how best to spend the taxpayers' money. In addi- tion, the Board had the grave responsibility of interview- ing architects and studying plans for the construction of the new Senior High. aThese five men were elected to their positions and served with no compensation other than the appreciation of those who benefited from their service and the satisfaction of a job that was well done. Builders work hard during the week to enlarge the bleachers for avid Friday night football fans SCHOOL BOARD. Richard V. Garre tt Howard D. McEachen, Kenneth P Rankin Henry M Furrell Charles A Long Roy E Welch