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

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3 i Attempting to keep up with the fast pace of American history, Janice Ledford hastily jots down a few timely pointers. Add To Fall Records Mr. Williams and Mrs. Newman watch Patti Chowning and Debbie Dirks struggle with an uncooperative tire. 1 c Pens fly fast and furious as Vikings in summer school American History take notes for future reference during the fall classes. 27

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S S E Hank Brown economizes by making his choice as he waits, but Kathy Hultman, busy talking, pauses in decision, until prodded from behind. Summer School Credits Summer signified a variety of opportunities to a host of people. To some it meant swimming and sun- bathing, to others, sports such as tennis and water- skiing, but to some 520 junior and senior high stu- dents who attended the 1965 summer school program, summer was transfigured into a time to pursue know- ledge, to expand their education to its fullest. With Mr. Charles Smith serving as head of the administration, students sought to acquire knowledge as they labored from 7:45 until noon duringjune and july. The staff of nineteen teachers, some regular West faculty and some additions for the summer months, taught eleven different courses, with citizen- ship, American history, and driver's education among the popular and interesting ones. Because a single day of summer school constitu- tued a week,s work, students received daily assign- ments and frequents tests. It was with sighs of relief Warily eyeing each other, Mr. Smith demands to know who that the door f0 knowledge W35 locked, only to be took the last Nutty Buddy as the culprit sneaks off. greeted a month later by eager fall students. 26

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5 Chorusing stanzas of poetry, Darwin Hayes and Bob Meyer discover how the deathless lines sound in a Kansas twang. Vikin s Examine Poetr . . . 'if' 9 Several students raise their hands in response to the question g Y Miss Mauldin, student teacher from K.U. has just posed. 1 5 2 if it 3 i E El English Teachers- Front row: Mrs. Barbara Youree, Mrs. Mardele Sutton, Mrs. Helen Wellsg Row 2.' Mrs. Carole McKnight, Miss Charlottee Ratzlaff, Miss julia Thomas, Mrs. Connie Zuck, Mrs. Linda May.