Southeast High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Counselors Offer Guidance With Responsive Concern Understanding and patient best describe Southeast's counselors in their everyday dealings with academic and personal problems. They are a source of information for all students interested in finding out more about high school and college education, and vocational training programs. The counselors are also responsible for admin- istering and interpreting annual eollcge and aptitude tests. Because of the ever growing enrollment, the counsel- ing department has doubled in size and importance in the last decade. In 1961 it was separated from the main office and given its own guidance center. Being able to work more independently, the center can better serve the indi- vidual student. Mr. Corwin E. Bare has been the head counselor in the department for ten years. Mr Richard Giving, sophomore counselor, introduces his students into the Southeast curriculum Writing character recommendations lor seniors is Mrs June Turner, Senior counselor Mr. Corwin Bare BA.MA Guidance Co ordinator Mr. Richard Elving BA.MA Sophomore Counselor Miss Fanny Thompson BA.MA Junior Counselor Mrs. June Turner B S M A Senior Counselor 13

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Mrs. Emma Seely Head Librarian Recommending And Shelving Books Keeps Librarians Busy Throughout The Day Southeast's library opened in September. 1957. with approximately 5.000 books on the shelves. Five large bulletin boards on the north wall four of which were later replaced by shelving helped decorate the large reading room. But through the years this room became increasingly inadequate and shelving had to be added in the place of tables. Toda the library possesses 33.900 hooks and has add- ed recordings, tapes, and paperback books. In addition to the large reading room, there is a reference area, class- room. magazine area, workroom, and office. Plans are now in process for building a new library in the courtyard to serve as an Instructional Materials Cen- ter. It will include such items as individual study carrels, film and overhead projectors, and microfilm readers. Mrs. Louise Stevens Clerical Assistant Mrs. Mary Wing Assistant Librarian Hardly a week goes by that each student does not pass through the doors of the library Whether for debates, reports, or pleasure, this room is one of the most frequent- ly visited 12

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Progressive Language Arts Department Exercises New Miss Mary Lou Brock. 8.S English Junior-Senior Prom Mrs. Pauline Brown. B.S. English Assembly Commmee Increasing reading speed is one ol the objectives of the Language Arts curriculum Mr Marvin Huffman uses the popular reading machine for one of his senior college reading classes Within ten years the Language Arts Department has taken on many new dimensions. It has grown to better serve the students by offering a debate team. National Forensic League, a literary magazine titled Kaleidoscope, Honors English section, and advanced placement classes to challenge the more advanced student. Adding these to the original classes of English, journalism, speech, and foreign languages, which were separated this this department has become the largest at Southeast. It has nearly doubled its size from 49 sections in 1957 to 95 sections this year. There arc now 25 teachers opposed to 14 in the first year, five of which are new this year. They are Mrs. Pauline Brown. Miss Sue Marshall. Mr. Ron Curfman. Mrs. Sharon Thompson, and Mrs. Jerric Ncsbit. Special education classes have been included in the curric- ulum this fall to give the slower learner the best opportuni- ties to receive an education. Another new addition to the department is a reading labo- ratory in Mr. Richard Ycargan's room. Mrs. Helen Christie has remained the head of the depart- ment for ten years. Teachers that have also remained in the Language Arts Department for ten years are Mrs. Mae Keller, Mrs. June Nyquist, Mr. Garland Stricklin, and Mr. Lee Streiff. Mrs. Helen Christie. A.8.. M.A. English Depanmem Head Mr. Ron Curfman. 8.A. English Senior Class Prom Mr. Michaol Dietrich. B.S. English and Speech Folk Musk: Club Mrs. June Dirks. M.A. English Sophomore Class Mrs. Ann Douglass. 8 A English Social Committee Mrs. Marguerite Grandy. M.A. English Senior Banquet Mr. William Harrison. M.A. English Student Lounge