Independence Junior College - Inkanquil Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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FACULTY Left to Right-Stevens, Kirby, Wood, Russell, Klassen E. R. STEVENS, A. M., Dean of the College GEORGE SUDERMAN, A. M., History J. R. KIRBY, A. M., Asst. Dean, Social MISS ALICE MAY AUSTIN, A.M., Math Science . ematzcs MRS. MAJEL WOOD, A. M., Romance , MISS LAURA McGAFFEY, A. M., English Language American Government MISS PEARL RUSSELL, Librarian F. C. MEYERS, A. M., Physical Science A. H. KLASSEN, A. M., English FACULTY Left to Right-Suderman, Austin, McGaffey, Myers Page 5

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THE COLLEGE THE INDEPENDENCE JUNIOR COL- LEGE, although still the youngest of the jun- ior colleges of the state, has taken its place among the permanent institutions of colleg- iate instruction. Under the competant guid- ance of Professor Risdon the college set its stride during 1925-6, and the second year has seen a continuation of the spirit of the pio- neers as well as an improvement in several directions. At present the Junior College can already look back upon a good record of scholarship and upon a fairly successful ac- tivity in an extra-curricular way. Several changes were made in the faculty for the second year. Mr. E. R. Stevens, the new principal of the high school, became the now dean of the college, thus transferring the direct administration of the college from the city superintendent's ofice to the high school building. This, of course, has its ad- vantagesg but it places a heavy responsibility upon the shoulders of Mr. Stevens, who su- Page 4 pervises the senior and junior high schools as well. However, Mr. Stevens has proved a capable administrator and the junior college has operated with increasing smoothness and success. Other changes in the faculty were the ad- ditions of Messrs. Kirby and Klassen, who both filled places of resigning instructors, and Miss McGaffey, who came in as seventh member. The addition of the latter as an assistant in English and instructor in Ameri- can government made it possible to handle satisfactorily the increasing number of col- lege students. Among the college students, whole-hearted- ness and seriousness have been the prevail- ing characteristics. From the start the I. J. C. had placed the emphasis on scholarship, and it now can be said that with us not athletics, but intellectual development, is upheld as the paramount goal. -Loren Salisbury.

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SOPHOMORE OFFICERS 0 Left To Rlgghfg--Gilmore, Presidentg Sanders, Vice-Presidentg Ellsworth, Secre- ta: y-Treasurer. ' Sophomore Class History It was in the year of 1925, during the month of September, that sixty guileless, unsophis- ticated, trusting babes in the guises of fresh- men entered the portals of that temple of higher learning, the Independence Junior College, to begin ,an unequal struggle with advanced education. The swaggering stride of the blase upperclassmen Csophomores who had served their apprenticeships as dupes in real collegesb caused a deep envy to grow in the hearts of these freshmen, and immed- iatcfly, there arose within them a desire to accept the mannerisms of the soph elite. As proof of their rapid absorbtion of higher ed- ucation, these freshmen became accustomed to the new life, and fell to work with a gring and the thing that couldnit be done, they did it. By this time, they were under the im- pression that they were a class, so they organ- ized and elected Harold Bullock to the high dignity of president, Katharyn Potts vice president, and Alice Featherngill secretary- treasurer. Thy pretended to love the work, and did enjoy the fun, and so passed as the first class of freshmen in the Independence junior college. With his gleaming scythe, Father Time mowed down another year, and the good Page 6 year of 1927 found the guiless babes trans- formed into dignified sophomores. But there still burned in their mighty intellects that thirst for knowledge which had brought them iirst to college. Again they organized, and elected James Gilmore president, Jack San- ders vice president, and Charlotte Ellsworth secretary-treasurer. The first true graduating class from the Independence Junior College has been a vic- torious one. With the class wagon hitched securely to a star, and with Prof. Francis C. Myers as the faculty sponsor to guide them, they have passed hours as minutes, and months as weeks, with Heeting time prompt- ing them to leave behind gems of greater bril- liancy in the light of school traditions, stan- dards, and achievements for the oncoming babes in the realm of knowledge here at I. J. C. So have passed two worthwhile years of work and play, learning and fun, leading the class of 1927 to the final victory of gradua- tion, that ultimate goal in student life that is a greater joy in anticipation than in dis- tinct realization. -Geneva F. Lanning.