Barstow School - Weathercock Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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MRS EILEEN FRENCH STEELE 06, l.SSlSll1lIf to the Hcarlnzaster fnglzslz l,lll lf0l U lffsllll .ll S lIllXfI llx Y l l II11 MR RICHARD H SEARS Q45 Heaflnza slew -X Hdrxdrd NI Fri Harxard

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Slxtw nme wears ago two rntrepld YOUHU New Englanders just graduated from Wellesles founded a prnate school for glflg IH Kansas Crtx That hool IS flourlshlnff todaw and from Its lnceptlon ha been tonsxdered both ln thls ref'1on and ln the East one of the crtx s most lmportant assets lnhe rarnes of these Nftllllf' women were Ada Brann and llarx LOUIQE Bar-tow urnd' tle lfgl na-e o le ?XlNlf'IlC6 w ltr astec som fl teen or sixteen Sears the st 00 alwaxs known as Xlls- Branns 0LCllplCd three slte all wlthm the anne lvlotlx It qulclxlw outffrew the first one on Broadwax and was transferred to two adjacent l'JUlldlIl Q part of a row of house dlrettlx wet of Crate and Hols TFIIIIIN on Thlrteenth xlYf6l it the last lt was rnoxed to a larffe rouse opposite 'lhe Wa lngton t en a as llonalrle hotel '-lntf It wa- itow n st roo wllh no ffroun no art or Illllelt department hut at tunes an art lI1ClI'ULt0I' maine ont 1 week and eertaln plano teachers ,axe thelr puplls lesson- at the sthool fhere was no dramatlt sotletx hut plaxs were some times gnen There w as no school paper no clas orf'an1zat1on- no formal tonnnemernent- h pu 1- lrrouvrt their ox n unrhes 'lut t ere was alwaxs a ln ,. retreatlon rooln Ill wlnth thert wa- a lano and ll9llPNP It or not the glrls ad an exceedlnfflx ffoo tune t la- n t onff howexe: before the school began to attaln fame and w as 163111 of far beyond the tltx llllllli The reputation grew bw leaps and hounds Soon tertlflcates from 'Vllss Brann s admltted its graduate to all the ln f eastern colleges Qmlth Welleslex Brsn Mawr Yassar and others of less renown Tlns ffood work led to the admlsslon of a llmlted nurnher of boxs There are today graduates or those partlallx prc paretl for to lege amonf' the tltw s lffi-ldlllff busme-s and professional men 9 1- ,' ' Y I .Y C A Y Q X' ,'7 - - . t 1. .L - ,C 1 - S 1 1. 1 . .1 11. 1 1 1 111 1 . 11 11 , . - . 1' C ' ' . 1' - 5 '. U V, l f 5 ll Q f 'ty ' . 'h' -l l - l , e 'f 1 Q. - -h l. ' ' ' - . ,Q -. - 5. S '1' ,S ' X Y ,I V' - ' V A z--e 1 - 5 - 1' s - 1' 1' ., ' . r . ' 5 ' if l . sh' . h f-l' , 'Ja -tl I ' I. ds around it. no outdoor sports were possilale or any gymnasium for games and exert-ises. There was . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 111 1 1 11 1 1 . . 1 1111 . .1 11 11 1. 11 111 1 1 ' Q . ' - - , ' -s 1. ' S. ' ' Q. 'll ff p'l: gl ' v l ' -. I h ' : ' 1p iff ' ' ' 1 - .' p' . ' ' I . ' .. h . ' ' I. 1' X. Cl ' . l x' 5 o l I.. ' '. 1 1 1 . .11 , 1 . . ' Q .11 V k N' L N A x ' ' F ' 2' I Z L f ' ,rf ,V ll Y 9 I S v 'A V - - r V K ' ' l g -' 11 ' C 3' ' tx' .