Shawnee Mission West High School - Saga Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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Perplexed parents of yearbook students round out their evening of classes listening to Mr, Brown's evasive outline of activities. Radiating a Swedish glow, Carl Gerden greets parents on Bafk-To-School Highf- P. T C. Offers Better P.T.C. Ofncers- Front row: Mrs. Dale Ulrich, Mrs. Gordon er, Mr. W. W. Hawkins, Mr. E. R. Zimmerman, Mr. james Harrod, Mrs. Charles Fisher, Mrs. W. W. Hawkins, Mrs. A. Wilson, Mr. Charles W. Saunders, Mining: Mr. Dale Eugene Zimmerman, Mrs. james A. Wilson, Mrs. Charles Ulrich, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Olbrich. Saunders, Row 2: Mr. Gordon Harrod, Mr. Charles Fish- 22

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To Maintain Students, Building Ana' Campus Cafeteria Ladies-Front row: Beatrice Quick, Florence Scott, Louise Stocks, Pauline Jennings, Imogene Owens, Margaret Sublette, Marie Hurley, Luella Hedrick, Row 2: jackie Davis, Helen Wooten, Lorena Wells, Viola Szychowski, Arla Wilker- son, Gerry Rutherford, Linda Bland, Grace Crispin, Melba Hawthorne, R010 3: Floretta Pierce, Stella Neptune, Mar- The thirty-four cafeteria ladies daily served four famished lunch periods again this term. The prepar- ation of their 1400 meals per clay required an after- noon and morning of work. This year's regular lunches often turned out special as new and different dishes, such a tacos and shrimp, were added to menus. The ladies made school lunches spirited, too, with pennants, proclaiming Beat Northi' planted in pre- game day desserts and salads. On West's well-groomed grounds, the fifteen- man custodial staff mowed the lawn, and tended the shrubs. Their indoor jobs included cleaning the rooms and halls, arranging places for assemblies and parties, handling in-going and out-going shipments, and pro- tecting West around the clock. They also answered distress calls to fix pencil sharpeners, open jammed doors, and bring chalk. Mr. Hopkins, head custodian, explained We guard the Viking strongholdlv 21 guerite Sheldon, Marguerite Arnold, Hazel Dyer, Virgie Crouch Peggy McBride, Dorothy Largent, Marion Swarts, Roux 4: Nadine White, Wilma Harrington, Ena Hargis, Arlene Kreut- zer, Emma Williamson, Alice Meeker, Erlene Henik, Dorothy Morrison, Helen Hofer. v Richard Hopkins directs a driver who has just delivered new furniture for Westls crowded classrooms. 'a-.WW-. 'M 'W T 4, f I g ,fl H l

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Understanding Of West Parents scurried to and fro in crowded halls as they retraced their youngster's footsteps during Shaw- nee Mission West's annual Back-To-School Night. The activities began in the auditorium with the introduction of teachers and West'-s foreign exchange student. The opening ceremonies also included the in- troduction of Parent-Teacher Club officers, Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Hawkins, president, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Fisher, secretary-treasurer, and Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Olbrich, publicity chairman. After the introductions, parents hurried to home- room and then to first hour. Directed by student guides and maps of West, parents went from room to room following their teen-agefs daily routine. Dur- ing classes, teachers explained to the parents the com- plexities of the course. Study halls found parents in the cafeteria dining on coffee and doughnuts. Back-To-Schoolers had five minutes to pass from class to class, and most winded parents made it in the alloted time. For those who didn't, school of- ficials made an exception and cancelled detentions. Mrs. Boyer gives first aid to a parent, Mr. Oppenheimer, dizzied by the rush of Back To School Night. Teachers leave the opening assembly on Back-To-School Night to return to classes for lectures to parents. 23