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

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Howard D. McEachen, Superinfendenf, and Herberf Bruning, Direcior bf Curriculum A calendar lay open on 'rhe deslc. Underlined in red were fhe words Big Three Conference. I-lowever, fhis was noi 'lo be a parley of world powers, buf a meefing of Shawnee-lvlission's fop brass, Dr. Howard D. lvlclfachen, Mr. lvlurlin Welch, and Mr. Carl lson. While The fhreesome worlred fogefher in many insfances, each man had his specific dufies. Superinfendenf Mc- Eachen saw fhaf fhe policies of fhe Board of Educafion were carried ouf, supervised fhe consfrucfion program, adminisfered fhe budgef, and selecfed fhe personnel. I-lis calendar was jammed wifh special conferences and various civic dulies. The principal, Mr. Welch, and fhe vice- principal, Mr. lson, worlced togefher, cooperafing af each sfep. Mr. Welch, who was in charge of class schedules, guidance and regisfrafion. also planned counfless school evenfs as he complefed his ninefeenfh year af S-M. I-lis able assisfanf, Mr. lson, had fhe maior faslc of seeing fhaf everyfhing ran smoolhly during fhe offen hecfic acfivify period. Discipline, aflendance, and clubs fell under his iurisdicfion. Our Big Three, while busy wifh fhe managemenf of a complicafed school sysfem, sfill found fime for individual problems, remembering fhaf in school as well as governmenfal affairs, if is fhe people who counf. I6 LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE College-crazed sfudenfs, bewildered parenfs, harassed feachers-anyone who possessed a problem found bofh Mr. A. Palmer Snodgrass and Mrs. Florence Huber eager 'lo lisfen and willing fo help. Whefher if was an ingenious Indian who had devised a new mefhod for formenfing feachers, or lhe common case of college confusion al gradualion fime, fhe counselors searched for fhe prob- lem's answer. Togelher, fhey ironed ouf schedules, orienfed fhe iunior highs, conducfed adulf classes, and direcfed vocafional assemblies. Pop was The man mosf soughf affer for scholarship Enformafion, while Mrs. Huber had fhe fremendous lasl4 of checlcing franscripfs for grad- uafion requiremenfs. Finally, fhey made fhis year even more successful by iniliafing fhe sludenf employmenf pro- gram which found iobs for sfudenfs and sfudenfs for iobs. Guardian of fhe fexfboolcsu mighf have been Dr. Her- berl' Bruning's fifle. The Direcfor of Curriculum was oflen found polcing around in fhe basemenf among fhe ship- menfs of boolcs. Dr. Bruning had lo read each fexf and check if for fhe proper vocabulary and confenf. While he spenf much fime doing lhis, he was prevenfed from being furned info a boolcworm by his olher responsibili- fies: coordinafing 'rhe differenf classes, and checlcing fhe feachers' cerfificafions. A

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AND CDRGANIZATION Palmer Snodgrass and Florence Huber, Guidance Direcfors