Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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A EQEANGAEW3 anox?1'mTl Board of Education C. VV. TAYLOR C. XV. XVHEELER H. VV. KEICL J, A. TUFTS H. A. SNIDEH E. E. ROHHEH HE MEMBERS of the Board of Education are C. W. Taylor, H. A. Snider, J. A. Tufts, H. W. Keel, E. E, Rohrer and C. W. VVheeler. Marie Lancaster, Superintendent Staccy's secretary, is clerk. We are fortunate in having an unusually competent school board. Each has a direct and positive interest in education and in the affairs of the school. The members are an excellent representation of the best citizenship of the community. C. W. Taylor is president and l-l', A. Snider vice-president. The Build- ing and Grounds committee is composed of Mr. Tufts, chairinang Mr. Keel and Mr. Rohrer. The Schools committee is composed of Mr, Snider, chair- mang Mr. Taylor and Mr. Wlieeler. The business element is represented by Mr. Keel, Mr, Tufts and Mr. Rohrerg the school element, by Mr. Wlieeler, while Mr. Taylor and Mr. Rohrer represent broad and general interests. Mr. Snider, Mr. Tufts and Mr. Taylor have been on the board for a lO1'1g period and each is a veteran of large experience. Mr. Rohrer, Mr. Wlieeler and Mr. Keel are the newer members of the board. The board has regular meetings the first Monday of each month and at any other time desired by Superintendent Stacey. On the Whole, the board fakes a deep interest in the management of the school and does every legiti- mate thing for its general welfare, fw1U1-92fJl Page Twelve

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EORANGEW BROWNgll Looking Backward lllfl .FIRST Abilene High School was in one room of the upper floor of the Garfield school building, the principal and members of the faculty consisting of one person. The first class, which had five students, graduated in 1880. The high school was organized under Superintendent A, V. jewett, fol- lowed in turn l y XY. VV. Reed, XY. D. Moulton XY. Grav J H 4 ffiesley, XY. l5..Hall, and VV. .X. Stacey. 6:11, 'X 'l he first real .principal was H, A. Graham, , .,:. .:. 'v and those during lllr. Staeey's superinten- f. L1,,, :': deney: Lf H, Brooks, VV. H, Wzlgiier, P. 'ut ', j4 - VVilliams, lf. li. Tyler, Rudolph Downs, lf. '11 lr' G. Parsons, H. T. Steeper, Frank Aldrich, '7'5RPp ' C. W. VVheeler, A. F. Olney and F. C. Gardner, present head of the high school. After several years in the Garfield, the high school was moved to the upper floor of the eity hall, where it sojourned for fourteen years. In 1907, it was removed to the present Junior High building, which was thought to be a veritable palace. But soon itlproved incommodious, so the present, more spacious structure was built and the high school was transferred to it in 1919, where it has remained ever since. Including this year's graduating class 1240 students have been graduated from A. H. S., about nine hundred of whom re- ceived their diplomas during Mr. Stacey's regime. The school has had ever-victorious basketball, football, track, and baseball teams and has always maintained a very creditable position. Neither is it behind in the more scholarly lines. The normal training department was started about 1914 and has turned out many well-trained teachers. Forty to forty- five per cent of the teachers of this county are graduates of the normal training course of this high school. The school is thor- oughly up-to-date and has the best of equipment, and the stu- dents and faculty are ever full of enthusiasm, loyalty and pep. Ql FT 7fl Page Eleven

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Lonnuss-M? Bnownj The Administration W. A. STACFIY F. C. GARDNER UPERINTENDIZNT VV. A. Stacey, of the public schools of Abilene, is en- trusted with the general management of the business and educational matters of all tlfe schools, including the high school. He received his B. S. from Campbell College and supplemented this with work in'Chicago University. He was elected superintendent in IQO6 and has been in charge ever since, so he has become well acquainted with Abilene, its high school and its problems. He has had wide experience and is extremely well fitted to carry on the affairs of the school and to realize and provide for the needs of the students. He is well versed in educational matters and does all he can for the good of the school itself and to increase its standing in the com- munity and in relation to other high schools. The principal of the high school is Fred C. Gardner, who received his B. S. in education from the University of Kansas, taking his first two years at the Kansas State Teachers' College. This is his first year in Abilene but he has had experience in other schools, knows the problems of students and is well-fitted to meet them. He contributes largely to the smooth running of the high school and conducts affairs in a thoroughly business-like way. The Abilene High School is extremely fortunate in having two such men as Mr. Stacey and Mr. Gardner at its head, Qjlll 9 2'4jI Page Thirteen 1 I