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rrf '- ss 'r it aff :www 70e'!Ze'am Smut wwe During the administration of Mr. Evans, Knoxville High grew in size and importance until it was recognized as one of the outstanding high schools in the nation. There were four additions to the building and a vast extension of the curriculum from a strictly academic college preparatory school to a broad, comprehensive high school with all modern offerings on an 8-curriculum basis. Likewise did the extra-curricular work expand from a debating club and basketball team to a multiplicity of activities absorbed into the school day. Among them were the Chorus, Orchestra, Glee Club, Masquers Club, National Thespians, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, yearbook, iournalism, all types of subiect clubs, Future Teachers of America, physical education for both boys and girls in modern gyms, and four large ROTC companies, along with a IOO-piece military band. So victorious became Knoxville High in inter-school contests that it took a courageous school indeed not to view the prospect of a meet with the gravest apprehension. No doubt Mr. Evans was reluctant to leave KHS, in the development of which he played such an eminent part, but he took it in full stride and came to East with his characteristic eagerness to excel. Here he has had a better chance to assume more personal responsibilities. lt is quite evident that here he has come to feel closer to his patrons, his teachers, and his students. He smiles more and laughs much more. He has worked hard to make East High what it is today. We are all proud of its progress in every area. With all his responsibilities, Mr. Evans has found time to enioy the great out-doors and the richest phases of community life. By rail, by automobile, and by plane he has traveled extensively throughout the United States, always seizing every opportunity to look. over the best schools on the road. For many years he and his family have sought relaxation about their lodge in the Smokies, hiking, picknicking, fishing, and driving according to the inclination. A few years ago the family moved from Magnolia Avenue to their new and spacious home on Holston Drive, where numerous oak trees add magnificence to the well-kept grounds. ln keeping with his training from his childhood, Mr. Evans has always been loyal to his church and active in its work. Here in Knoxville he has divided his time between the First Methodist and the First Presbyterian churches. Professional organizations, civic clubs, and service clubs have all come in for their share of his time and attention. He has served on the Board of Directors for the YMCA, Boy Scouts, Executives Club, and Safety Council. He is a charter member of the Kiwanis Club in which he has received many honors. He has served it as a Director, Vice President, President, and District Governor. Through his contacts as a Kiwanian he has brought to school many of the country's most eminent speakers and entertainers. Mr. Evans has not talked much about his plans for the future. lt is quite certain he will not remain idle. His experience and abilities in education should be and no doubt will be put to good use for other educators. If any man knows what advice to give it is William Ernest Evans, dean of all Knoxville principals. 5
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D . . Wcilckuameczfamw To us, the Beacon Staff of 1955, falls the very special honor of dedicating our book to our distinguished and beloved principal, William Ernest Evans, who by reason of chronological age will retire in June after forty-two years of matchless service in two great schools of Knoxville. Along with thousands of others, we deplore his leaving while still at the very pinnacle of his usefulness. Yet we reioice that he can retire with so much youth and vigor 'in mind and body and with a dignity befitting the best of men. Now that he can relax from the heavy responsibilities he has borne so long, we sincerely wish for him the richest rewards of leisure and many more years of health and happiness. ' ' Saud William Ernest Evans was born April 4, 1885 in Ashland, Ohio. The son of a Methodist minister, his youth was punctuated by numerous bishopric orders for his father to move to new pastorates. They lived in Findlay, Basil, Baltimore, Canton, Lorian, and Cleveland - all towns in Ohio. ln 1904 Ernest, as he is called by friends, was graduated from Canton High School, Canton, Ohio, famous as the hometown of former President William McKinley. Four years later he received his A.B. degree from Oberlin College, later to do graduate work at Ohio State, the University of Chicago, and finally at the University of Tennessee, from which he holds an M.S. degree. His profound love for athletics is no doubt partly due to his very active participation in sports throughout his elementary, high school, and college careers, having engaged in swimming, fishing, ice skating, baseball, basketball, track, and football, making the Varsity team in basketball and track in both high school and college. After graduating from Oberlin, he entered immediately upon his career as a teacher, taking his first school position in the Todd Academy for Boys, Woodstock, Illinois, where he taught for five years. ln the meantime, he pursued and married Helen Stewart, an exhilarating personality and as lovely a wife as heart could desire. ln due time to them were born four sons, all men now and holding enviable positions in their respective fields. All four served in the Air Force during the Second World War - Stewart and Richard for 5 1X2 years and Tom and John for 3 1X2 years. The older boys have since returned to the service. Colonel Stewart is now in Japan and Colonel Richard is stationed in Newfoundland, soon to return to Omaha. He led the famous squadron from Tampa to England and made a record flight of 17,000 miles in thirty-five hours, proving to Russia our ability to deliver an atomic or hydrogen bomb anywhere in the world. Tom operates the Safety Parking Lots in Knoxville, and John, an electrical engineer, holds an important position with NBC-TV in Rockefeller Center, New York. In 1913 Mr. Evans ioined the faculty of Knoxville High as a chemistry and algebra teacher. Five years later he became principal, in which capacity he served until KHS gave way to the numerous community high schools in 1951. 4
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