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

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SCHOOL BOARD. Richard V. Garrett, Howard D. McEachen, Kenneth P. Rankin, Henry M. Turrell, Charles A. Long, Roy E. Welch. SOUNDING BOARD OF KNOWLEDGE A penny saved is a penny earned mighT well have been The moTTo OT The Board oT EducaTion. WiTh a genTle Tug on The purse sTrings, The Big Five held a moneTary monopoly aT S-M. Besides approving requisiTions Tor money and signing all checks, The Board doubled as planners and policy- malcers. Anonymous To mosT sTudenTs and merely a name on a check To many Teachers, The inTluence oT These men, neverTheless. reached even The mosT remoTe corner oT Shawnee-Mission. Aljrhough They held The power oT The purse, The Board members were The servanTs oT The people, sTriving To do all Things in an eTTicienT, orderly manner. These Tar- sighTed Tive included Henry lvl. Furrell, Richard V. GarreTT, Charles A. Long, KenneTh P. Ranlcin, and Roy E. Welch. ElecTed by The voTers of The high school disTricT, The Board members were poli- Ticians wiTh a purpose. ThaT purpose was To pro- vide To all The youTh oT high school area a useTul and enriching educaTion. age in This Across The They mighT well have sTamped: PURPOSE FUl.Fll.LED. minuTes OT Their meeTings This year, N Dr. McEachen is enrapf in educ floor plans of The new senior high afion as he scans deTails and checlcs The I9

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LWVLKK ggfissfsdq -1,1 5312-ei fe1w5,- s Was lhai five dollars on Nashua 'lo place in 'lhe fourlh af Belmonl 'l'oday7' queries Mrs. Nina Woods as informalion is lransformed info black and while. CENTER OF ATTRACTIONS Pick up your 'riclcels by Wednesday in lhe of- fice: sign your name on a lisi in 'rhe office: John, Ted wanls you in lhe office! Sending messages by inler-com ra'l'her lhan wiih smoke signals, S-M's busiesl' area was 'rrading posl for hundreds of bargains in '57. An excuse was exchanged for a while slip. an alibi for a pink one: and larger business 'rransaclions were underlalcen, 'rhe school budgel was elficienlly managed. valuable records kepl. and keys lo every corner guarded. As eighl' worlcers and l'wenl'y-one sludenl assislanls pre- sided. a business paid off more in service Than in wampum. OFFICE STAFF. Bettye Hall, Ella Mae Grady, Alberta Gallagher, Thelma Hughes, Nina Woods, Ted Kimpel, Ellen Hays. l8

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PROBLEMS, TRIALS, ANSWERS NO! This is noi' a depression soup line, hui parenls refueling for lhe long 'lrek 'lo 'lheir offsprings' classes af P.T.A. Back lo School Nighl. We'll keep 'rhem logelher in all kinds of wealher could have been rhe lheme song of lhe Shawnee- Mission Parenl-Teacher Associalion. Heading lhe chorus was Mrs. John Neill, president who direcled bolh 'rhe regular program and lhe parenl educalion classes. A secondary lheme of lhe program empha- sized 'rhe posilive aclions in high school sludenls. A 'lhird parl was added To lhe P.-T.A chorislers: 'rhe sludenlz From lhe lirsl performance. Back 'fo School Night +0 'lhe lasl, a baskel supper and ex- hibilion nighl, 'lhey sang an increasingly larger parf. Sludenl Congress helped in many ways, such as revising lhe social code and 'raking par? in various panel discussions. The number of rehearsals for 'rhe regular program was only four, buf The parenl edu- caiion group held a full program of six meelings in The mornings. Bolh 'lhemes were sung wilh gusfo by lhe whole chorus, which included lwenfy-lhree commi'Hee chairmen and eighl officers. Parenls found lhal lhough The song of dependence charac- lerislic of elemenlary grades was ended, The melody of cooperalion lingered on. PTA OFFICERS. SEATED: Mrs. John L. Neill, Mrs. Karl Youngstrom. STANDING: Mrs. Graham Kreamer, Mrs. Paul Fifield, Mr. Murlin Welch, Mrs. Robert Kroenert, Mrs. Eli Wheat, Mrs. Harry D. Wilson. 20