Shawnee Mission North High School - Indian Yearbook (Overland Park, KS)

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m i . s 1- D m J! .i n JA , J Howard D. MeEachen, Superinfendenf. and Herbarf Bruning. Direcfor bf Curriculum A calendar lay open on +he desk. Underlined in red were Jrhe words Big Three Conference. However. ihis was noi' +0 be a parley oi worid powers. buf a mee+ing oi Shawnee-Mission's Jrop brass. Dr. Howard D. McEachen. Mr. G. Murlin Weich. and Mr. Carl lson. While fhe Jrhreesome worked Jrogeiher in many insiances, each man had his specifici dufies. Superinfendenf Mc- Eachen hsaw ihaf +he poiicies oi +he Board of Educafion were carried out supervised +he consfruciion program. adminisfered Jrhe budget and seiecied +he personnel. His calendar was jammed wifh special conferences and various civic duiies. The principal. Mr. Weich. and Jrhe vice- prinicipai. Mr. ison. worked Jcogeiher. coopera'ring ai each sfep. Mr. Welch, who was in charge of class scheduies. guidanceand regisiraiion. also planned counHess schooi evenis as he compleied his nineieenih year ai SvM. His able assisiani'. Mr. lson. had Jrhe maior fask of seeing ihaf every'rhing ran smoofhly during +he oifen heciic acfiviiy period. Discipline. aHendance. and clubs feil under his iurisdicfion.' Our Big Three. while busy wifh' +he managemeni of a compiicaied school sysiem. sfiil found Jrime for individual problems: remembering ihaf in school as well as governmenfai affairs. ii is +he people who count LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE College-crazed sfudenfs. bewildered parenis. harassed feachers-anyone who possessed a problem found bofh Mr; A. Palmer Snodgrass and Mrs. Florence Huber eager 1'0 Iis'ren and willing +0 help. Whefher H was an ingenious Indian who had devised a new mefhod for formenfing Jreachers. or fhe common case of college confusion a+ graduafion +ime. +he counselors searched for +he prob- iem's Togefher. +hey ironed oui' schedules, orienfed +he junior highs, conducied adulf classes. and answer. direcied vocaiionai assemblies. Pop was +he man mosf soughi afier for scholarship iniormafion. while Mrs. Huber had Jrhe Jrremencious fask oi checking iranscripis for grad- uafion requiremenfs. Finally. Jrhey made Jthis year even more successiul by iniiiaiing Hue sfudeni' employmeni' pro gram which found iobs for sfude'nis and siudenis. ior jobs. Guardian of +he fexfbooks mighi have been Dr. Her- benL Bruning's fiHe. The Direcfor of Curriculum was oHen found poking around in +he basemenf among +he ship- menis of books. Dr. Bruning had +0 read each fexf and check if for Jrhe proper vocabulary and conieni. While he spenf much Jrime doing fhis, he was prevenfed from being Jrurneci info a bookworm by his ofher responsibili- Hes: coordinafing fhe diiferenf classes. and checking +he ieachers' ceriificafions.

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Murlin We'ch. Principal. and Carl Ison. Vice-Principal AND ORGANIZATION Palmer Snodgrass and Florence Huber. Guidance Direcfcrs 17