Argentine High School - Mustang Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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SUPERINTENDENT 'The tercentenary brings vividly to mind the progress which the American high school has made in its three hun- dred years of existence. It has accom- plished unbelievable advancement, and the dream of the school of the future is being realized—the dream of the ideal school in which the student may learn how to live by living. Social courses are now more in existence than ever before. The trend toward home- making and vocational courses will continue. The American high school offers untold opportunities to its masses of eager students to learn how to live by living. F. L. SCHLAGLE PRINCIPAL The first high school founded on American soil served a definite end; it trained young men for the ministry. The function of the high school broad- ened somewhat through the years, but remained definitely college preparatory for many decades. Finally, as more boys and girls enrolled, the high school became more comprehensive in its pro- gram. Today, three hundred years after the founding of the first school, one finds the typical American high school preparing students not only for college, but also for the vocations, for leisure time activities—for life itself. Eight J. C. HARMON

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I---------------------------------------------------------- 1 By 1735 «ho Amorican high school had been founded for one hundred years. Its curriculum had boon little modifiod during its century of existence. It was still in a large measure confinod to the study of Latin and Grook. and still remained true to its program of pre- paring the student for his work in college. This type of school did not meet the demands of the generation. Tho Latin grammar schools wero losing their hold on the group which had previously patronized thorn, for interest was waning in the theological controversy. Tho loadorship in the com- munity. too. had changed. It was no longer with the clergy, but was now with the rising industrial and commercial executives. Thus the eighteenth century was marked by these religious, political, social economic, and scientific changes as one of the greatest in history. A new type of secondary school was formed because of these conditions. This school was hotter fitted to the needs of the time than had been the school with the Latin grammar-college combination. It was the Amer- ican academy.

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FACULTY MR. C. E. SWENDER History, Vocations MISS MONA WALTER Chorus, Orchestra, Girls' Glee Club MR. E. A. MOODY Mechanical Drawing, Trades, General Shop MISS BESS WILHITE English MR. LESLIE DAVIS Physical Education MR. F. S. HOOVER Biology MISS CORA LUCE Geometry, History MR. J. C. LONBORG General Science, Athletic Coach MISS EDITH SIMON Arithmetic, Algebra FACULTY MRS. MAE SMITH Health MR. ARTHUR JOLLIFF Boys' Glee Club, Beginning Strings, Band MISS ALMA BROWN Physical Education, Health MISS LUCILLE LANDIS History, English, Business Arithmetic MR. NEIL SHELL Chemistry, Physics MISS HENRIETTA CONRAD English, History. Civics Hinc