Barstow School - Weathercock Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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5 thex had completed thexr Qemo. xear on Weatport Menue urm' the hrit xear ot oecupatxot a rcceptron mae Olsen at the hm ofthe chool- dedlcatlon Amonff the n.am pe rt le pr Cent were three CllQl1Ilf'UlCl'lPCl gueita lreaxdent Wlleon of qlllltll Pres: dent Pendl t n cf Welle lex and Urea toneto lx D an c Radclfle all of vshom hecame honorarw tru teee Todax after ttseutx nme wear- the School extcrlor lo rlw the Came Gate for more tre A alll flovxere and the pleasant mellosunff of um and uee lhere hase heel chanffea xslthln ll usexer and Clnce there IN m rre land Sport indoor ard outdoor hate greater range and xarlets 'lhere is an worthwhlle home FIUIIUIIIHQ department There IQ .1 Qclence lahoratorw and a nur-erw School Trcc Dax and the Mhletlc Banquet hate hecome xe'1rlx feature- The -chool houre talce the major part cf the dax and flflllllhllg luncheone are Qerxed tr all a far crw Indeed ln beautx and materlal comfort from tlmee paat Between Nllie Wlthamf- departure and the commf' of Xlr Searc the Headmaater of the Qchool there haxe been three other prmclpala Mr Wllllarna M1 Q Kendlg and 'Nh-Q Turner reprecentmf' Welleelex Xaiiar and hmlth reipectnelw Nom Wir Seara ha added Harxard to the ht The haelc phlloeophx of thle Qchooli educational creed IQ a conatructne creed and one funda mental to the preeerxatlon of demoeracw ln the-Ge troubled tlmee when the deetruetne forcea Qeem to be m the aicendant when there IQ Q0 much confueed thmlcmg when Qtandarda mental and moral are heeommff Qteadllw lower when lrreeponilbllltw IQ rlfe lt lg Hood to reahze what Barctou qchool Can do for Ita Student: and throuffh them for the world II 1 ' t D' 'rg - Y' 'N ' ., ,'e sl 'J ' . - ' ' :J e. 1' - '. .-: ' Q V- . ' k . K 7 ' W . , , . . ez 1 s A -. , : 3 c-', e rg , . ' - - f' .. '. ' ' 5. -- 's cn. . ..' - gg' :I ' . ' i ' K. ' e . . ' : - P - ' . 1 ' , A. I, .i 1 , X S i. I K E I . . excellent art department. a music' department for vocal training and a well-equipped and verv much at ' ' 'I .' , . ' 1 f ' ' I' ' ' ' ' - x n Q . AL -I I F Al g nf , M- . . -. . ' -' ' ' cz S. ' ' c. ' 'se Y ' , .' 3. . . - . '. -. . . . c ' ' '. r ' A . . s , t , , , ' 's . C' ' .' Y 7 Y M .' ' ' L F 1 ' 1 A, I - n 5 F - n

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Ar lenffth Miss Brann s health be' an to fall She could no lonffer cope wrth the strarn that her dutles put upon her She left armd unrversal regret and the first perrod of the school s hrstory was over lt was then that Nlr Wrllrarn Bockhrll Nelson stepped lnto the breach and prevailed upon Mrss Barstow to contlnue the school as prrncrpal and ow ner He burlt for her a new school house on West port Avenue at the head of Baltnnore It was a large square, yellow and whrte, frame structurc wlth a farr amount of Ground so that there could be outdoor actryrtres for the students ln that locatron as Vllss Barstow s bchool the second part of rts outer hrstory began The hrst assocrate prrncrpal was Caro Taylor afterwards Mrs W H Martrn who had previously taught under Mrss Brann Lpon her marrraffe she was succeeded by Rose Adelaide Wltharn consrdered bv Smrth College to be one of lts most outstanding graduates Wllss Wrtham had been assoclated wlth the frrm of Houffh on Mlllllll and Company, and had edrted a number of Englrsh classrcs studred rn secondary schools Her comrnff was a fortunate event for Barstow srnce she not only carrred on all rts rdeals and polrcres but added an extra touch because of her own ablhty and scholarshlp She was an unusually fine speaker and a wonderful teacher of Enslrsh and lrterature She should share rn the honors accorded the founders lt was durrnv this second perrod of the school s exrstence that most of the extra currrcular actrv rtres and so called tradrtrons orrfrrnated To begm w 1th a large room on the lower floor was filled up as a Wy mnasrurn and Qqlllplllllll was also provided for outdoor sports l'1eld Day then made rts appearance and a flne ljleld Day ll was There w ere strll no rrrusrc or art departments as such but a Clee Club was orffanued and there were classes Ill Arts and Lrafts More art was also taught rn the lower school and rn the rmddle rade The Halloween Partv wrth rts upper school skrts 1ts mrddle school charades rts dancnr food, and fun became a hxture The Pretenders, the dramatrc socrety was founded and rt gave yearly plays, as now Thrs verv rnasamne took form, lts cover rn the school 5 green and whrte ns tltle The Weatlrer Lock rn scrlpt a facsrmrle of Mrss Barstow s own handwrltrnfr wrltten for the hrst Cdlll0ll The cover as well as the magazrrre Itself, rs a lI'HCllllOIl and should be preserved Other rmportant addrtrons made at that trme were a lcmdergarten and later a boardmff school The first boardrne school was located on the northwest corner of Warwlck Boulevard and Thrrty elghth Street lll a large house, formerly the house of C C Englrsh whosc daughter had been a graduate of the school Later rt was moved to another house drrectly east ol the school a more convenrent locatron The tudent at 'Vlrss Barstow s drd plenty of good hard work but therr hours lasted only untrl one o clock lll the afternoon No food wa brought ln boxes or baskets as at Xlrss Brann s nor were lunches served at the school as now The puprls ate a late meal at home but they were not too mucn starved for cookles and chocolate or some such edrbles and drlnkables were glven them at mormnff recess For nearly a quarter of a century thrs school flourlshed Many were the Urrls who went there and many were Graduated who later became out tarrdlnf' ln tne colle es of therr chorce Frnally Nlrss Barstow who had been ln rll health for a number of years felt, as M1 s Brann had done, that she cruld no longer stand the Slfillll of her dutrc and responslbrlltles She left Kansas Crty never to return Before leayrnf howcvcr she -aye her name her equipment and her foodwlll to a new sc ool whrch was to carry on the Ideals and methods of the past fhrs new school wa no longer owned prryately but was to be an Incorporated non proht lllglllllllljll headed by cl board of trustees Nlrss Wltham w as persuaded to become rts prrncrpal for a three year term so that no break would occur rn the pollcres and functronln of the old Barstow 'lhus tht second IJPII md of the outer hr tory ended and the thrrd began A new and beautlful rte wa chosen and a nruclr larger school bullt a plant lUlllallllllf a br' mam hall a lJ08I'dlIl school and a gymnasrurn It was ready for use rn the fall of l974 but 1n the preylous ,lune the Ulrls of 24 held therr commencement ll! the then Llllfllll hed mam hall althouffh 10 1 . 1 ,1 11 , 1 . . 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