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

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....,..,.,... .--, ,.--.---1-i-- 'i ' -Y 7 YYY Y P.T.A. OFFICERS. Back: Mrs. Paul Fifield, Mrs. Earl Ward, Mrs. Graham Kreamer, Mrs. E. B. Bryan. Front: Mr. Murlin Welch, Mrs. D. B. Runnels, Mrs. G. E. Moeller, Mrs. E. A. Travis, Mrs. J. Johntz. V s-m triumvirate: parent, pupil,iprof Wondering how their teen-agers ever located classes in room XX or OO in the scant five minutes allowed were numerous confused parents attending the annual autumn Back-To-School Nite sponsored by Shawnee-Mission's Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation. This meeting, and the remaining three, initiated a fresh concept in P.T.A. programming: more student participa- tion in the organization's activities to encourage better under- standing between students, their teachers, and parents. For the first time, all S-Mites were invited to accompany Mom and Dad to Back To School Nite. Parents and teachers were to see more of these familiar faces in future P.T.A. meetings. Yuletide carolers serenaded in December, and the last meeting of the year featured a demonstration of many other forms of S-Mite talent. Achieve- ment of the Parent-Teacher Association's goal of bringing about closer family-school relationships was also aided by the parent education classes. Held at night for the first time, the four meetings on Our Teen-agers-How Better to Under- stand and Guide Them drew crowds of interested parents. Thus, the two thousand adult members of the Parent-Teacher Association combined efforts with Shawnee-Mission students toward a fuller understanding of the problems and effects of today's high school education system. Mrs. George E. Moeller, the P.T.A.'s chief executive, her nine efficient officers, and the twenty-two hard working committee chairmen synchronized this program to assure its success. Mrs. Duer, presiding member of what might be called S-Nl's Draft Board for gPTA, flushes a welcoming smile on three incoming members. A

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Gilbert Boone, M.S. Elizabeth Boys, M.S. Floyd Brown, B.S. James Brown, M.S. Ruth Browne, M.A. Business Science Social Science All eyes are focused on John Wolfe as Mr. Hawkins examines his English English Jane Bucher, M.A. Louis Burns, M.S. Science Social Science Hugh Cahill, M.A. Arthur Clements, M.S latest brand of distilled water. . Language Pfacllcol AHS Shirley Collins, A.B. Betty Comstock, M.A. Gene Cox, M.S. Marguerite Crain, M.A. Leroy Crist, M.S. Science English , Social Science Language Mathematics 24