Southeast High School - Hoofbeats Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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ABOVE — RIGHT. Mr Corwin Bare. ABOVE — UPPER. Mr. Richard Elvingand Mrs. June Turner. ABOVE — LOWER. Mr. Kenneth dark and Miss Fanny Thompson. The outer room of the Guidance Center is a familiar scene to many Southeast students. counselors advise students’ choices The Guidance Center was enlarged this year as it included a conference and testing room, a new office and a room which was used for student tutoring. An additional counselor was also added to the guidance staff, which brought the number of counselors to five. Mr. Corwin Bare, head of the department, was concerned with the problems of students choosing a college or a vocation. Counseling the class of 1969 since it entered Southeast as sophomores, Mr. Richard Elving was now concerned with the problems of seniors. Mrs. June Turner was the counselor for juniors with last names beginning with A through N. The new counselor at Southeast this year was Mr. Kenneth Clark, a former Social Studies teacher at Robinson Junior High School. He worked with sophomores and juniors whose last names begin with O through Z. Miss Fanny Thompson counseled the sophomores whose last names begin with the letters A through N. 15

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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

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I ! Mrs. Marguerite Grandy. Miss Sharon Thompson, and Mr. John Morion attended the Fordham West Coast Film Conference at Los Angeles August 12-16. Preparing for the new film study course included in five English IV classes this year, they watched and discussed many films and attended lectures. The new course was begun to develop awareness in film- viewing. because the average student has spent 15.000 hours in film- viewing. and only 10.800 hours in school, by the time he graduates, according to Mrs. Thompson. For the second consecutive year. Mrs. Helen Hageman. French teacher, supervised a student trip to Europe in the summer. The three students from Southeast who went were seniors Linda Calf. Jo Anne Moser, and Bob Frensley. Trawling seven weeks, they went to Rome. Geneva, and wrious pans of France. The purpose of the trip, according to Mrs. Hageman. was to acquaint the students with another culture . In the picture, to the right. Mrs. Hageman. the second person from the left, is standing between Dr. and Mrs. l.e Francois, the mayor of Villard de Lans. France. JoAnne is the fifth person from the left, and Linda and Bob are standing on the far right end. Mr. E. Thayne Tolle attended a Music Literature Symposium, sponsored by the National Defense Education Act. at Kansas University for eight weeks last summer. The twenty-five adults from eight Midwestern stales inwlved in the symposium sought more effective ways to teach music literature at the high school level. Mr. Tolle is also state chairman of the Kansas Chapter oj Young Audiences, a national organization which presents about 200 informal audience participation concerts by professional music ensembles to fourth, fifth and sixth graders. 16