Southeast High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Mr. Leon Cannady and Mr. Dave Leach counsel with students as well as disciplining them. BELOW TOP ROW. Miss Debby Davis. Mrs. Gean Herd. Mrs. Rita Reiser. Mrs. Vera Ridgway; BOTTOM ROW. Mrs. Nadine Rogers. Mrs. Rosalie Schre Jler. Mrs. Margaret Walters, and Miss Jane Wilke. office staff keeps southeast operating With a school as large as Southeast, there was easily enough work to employ eight office staff workers. As Dr. Addis’ secretary, Mrs. Rita Reiser ordered supplies for the school and compiled the yearly budget. Working at the switchboard and handling correspondence work for the counselors and administration kept Mrs. Rosalie Schreffler busy. Miss Debby Davis, an East High School senior, worked in the office this year during the afternoon. Calculating grade point averages for approximately 2400 students and evaluating their transcripts occupied most of Mrs. Vera Ridgway's time. Mrs. Nadine Rogers handled the enrollment of all new students and the Pupil Data Processing. Besides sending transcripts to the colleges. Miss Jane Wilke handled the general bookkeeping, and was responsible for receiving money and paying bills. Checking out students for appointments and recording absences and tardies was the job of Mrs. Gean Herd. Mrs. Margaret Walters, Registered Nurse, took care of emergency cases, assisted at dental check-ups. and counseled students. 13

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co-administrators help lead school Mr. Keith Graham and Mr. Leon Cannady shared administrative duties as co-assistant principals this year. Mr. Graham has been an administrator at Southeast for two years and assumed the duties of Mr. O. J. Budd. now- principal at Curtis Junior High. Mr. Graham stated that he is responsible for “all duties delegated by the principal.” Other responsibilities included working with student enrollment, handling discipline problems, and helping to organize bus transportation. Mr. Graham received his B.S. and M.S. degrees at Pittsburg State College and at Colorado State College, respectively. Mr. Cannady was a new member to Southeast's administration this year, as he had previously been the assistant principal at Roosevelt Junior High. Scheduling school activities and making up the activities calendar was Mr. Cannady’s main job. He was also involved in the planning for assemblies, handling discipline problems, enforcing school policies, and reading the morning bulletin daily. Mr. Cannady received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Colorado State College. ABOVE Mr. Leon Cannady. BELOW Mr. Keith Graham. 12

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expansion requires transition library A Southeast Pep Club member studies in the transition library, formerly the wrestling room. A bout 30 proctors worked in the library this year. As construction on the new library continued through the 1968-69 year, cramped spaces and overcrowded book shelves marked a temporary library in the former wrestling room. The new library will include a separate room for the audio-visual equipment with Mrs. Ada Clifton as secretary. Mrs. Virginia Fields, head librarian, said of the new library, “Modern equipment will be used throughout the library such as micro-film readers, copy machine, and modern audio-visual equipment'’. Besides being air-conditioned and carpeted, there will also be a mezzanine which will feature art prints created by both Southeast students and famous artists. A “typing knook with six typewriters for student use will also be included on the mezzanine. Within the next five years, a capacity of 24,000 books now available. The librarian secretary was Mrs. Helen Jewett and the new assistant librarian was Mrs. Ruth Pearcy, who worked with Mrs. Mary Wing, the other assistant librarian. BELOW Mrs. Ruth Pearcy and Mrs. Mary Wing. RIGHT. ABOVE Mrs. Virginia Fields. RIGHT. BELOW Mrs. Ada Clifton. Mrs Helen Jewett. 14