Wellington High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Wellington, KS)

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Principal E. Paul Lessig Taking time from his busy day to glance across his desk is our principal, E. Paul Lessig. In thc three years Mr. Lessig has been with Vgellington High, many students have sat aC1'0SS his desk to consult him about their problems, and have found him an interested listener and a helpful adviser. This year his chief concern has been to build a democratic school by put- ting more responsibility in the hands of the Federation and to the student body as a whole. It has taken the seniors three years to catch on to Mr. Lessig's subtle humor, but they should not be discouraged for many of the faculty hafe been Htrapieetlv the same lway. I .5. I l

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Superintendent Claude Kissick 1 When we seniors were starting in the third grade, we saw a new figure, about the halls of our grade schools. This tall. shadowy person was not Abe Lincoln, as some children sus- pected, but Claude Kissick, our new superintendent. As we grew older, Mr. Kissick became a part of our school life, for we found him to be a friendly and understanding man. On entering high school we found our friend Mr. Kissick also strolled through these halls as he had done in our grade school, smiling at us as we zipped by. Now 'we are leaving W.H. S. and our last picture of him as our administrator finds him standing on the stage calling us Patricia Ann and William Jo- sef as we receive our diploma. .4.

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4 i ,..i,,.-......1 They Were Young Once--Our Teachers! ,,uBAR,.mAW,.LT Once upon ia time 29 little boys and girls went to school to learn their reading, 'riting, and 'rith- metic. Oh, they were such good little students. Misses Newton, Shockey, and Crouch tried to con- vince their teachers that Maint was correct. Miss- es Lynn, Bays, Cobb, and Masters Oppy and De- vore tried to prove by algebra that 2 plus .2 equals 5. The geography teacher was almost convinced by Misses Holman, Mickey, Clark, and Mrs. Carter that the earth was square. Mrs. Bingle and Miss Kirkhuff were often found in Nursie Glover's play office bandaging burnt and bloody finger tips. Miss Carpenter and Mr. Mountain spent their time playing chopsticks on her piano and his violin. In the farthest corner of the 29 student school were Artie Hall and Ed Schrag pounding and sawing. In another were Don Milliken and Mrs. Oyer cutting up bugs and try- ing to blow up the school. Miss Foster and Mr. Suran were Working off energy by running around in warm-up suits. One quiet little girl Miss Halj was always lending her books to talkative Miss Vinson. Misses Jacques and Markley would not learn to write so they made chicken tracks on their tablets. To be different Misses Larner and Dey learned to speak Spanish and Latin. Two other little boys, Masters Lessig and Kissick, just sat at big desks and had Misses Cannon and Coving- ton get their lessons for them. Any resemblances between these students and the present faculty is purely coincidental.