Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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The Ceizzfnllifzfz 19,34 Central has always been lortunate in procuring the best educators in the country lor its principals. ':l A A 'T Mr. J. R. 8radley lirst headed the laculty. l-le tool4 oliice on September 17, 1867, and his term expired in ffif, E July, 1869. W Qne ol the early day teachers was Sallie Gentry, lVlrs. Til I D. Elston, the mother ol our lVliss Bertha Elston. She taught . .fy English and expression lrom 1875 to 1877. 'fr' Tl-IE HISTORY CF CENTRAL ILLUSTRATES THE GRCWTH CF POPULAR EDUCATICN Indeed, we should be proud to call Central our Alma Ivlaterl The name, Central, symbolizes all the progressive and pioneering spirit of education which was victorious in the end in spite of the tremendous odds of ignorance and prejudice it faced in the beginning. Against serious opposition, Central rose to he ranked as one of the tirst schools for higher learning in Missouri. Its growth and expansion is the story ot' the advancement of education by means of the public school system from its very start to its wide extent and influence ofthe present time. In the days when there was a crude system of education, Central was likewise crudely established, having been so in 1867 in compliance with a law of Iviissouri. prof viding for free public schools. Its lodging was a twofroom brick building on the south' east corner of Eleventh and Locust Streets. Mr. -T. R. Bradley, principal, and two teachers presided over a class, which started with an enrollment of four pupils. The entire gym facilities consisted of a turning pole for the boys and that interesting sport, the playing .5 ' at 'W il Haifa-if Aj I tg. W. G. Pratt succeeded Mr, Bradley and served until 1 -i . July, 1873. l-lis assistant was lVliss lVlary l-larmon Mrs. f IQ E. R. Weelcs. Since she was only eighteen years old, her ' tif. A J i': , , 'ff 4' Q . age was not to be told. She taught nine branches ol learning. 'if' pu i..i ,, fiat I A l f lVlrs. Weelts resigned in 1887. ln 1889 Central had three hundred students and ten teachers. i7l

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The C67Zf1'!lfl:6l72 1934 Mr. C l. Sheffield, the third principal, assumed office on July 8, 1873. l'le served until May, 1876. ofa lteanbag game, for the girls. It was necessary for the graduation exercises to be held in the old Coates Cpera House. Thus we observe the infancy of the school system in the poor lodging, inconveniences, and small personnel of early Central. With the continual increase of interest in education the School Board began to prosper and was able to provide more extensively for learning facilities. Thus, in 1872, a onefstory frame structure of three rooms, just south of the original building, was pressed into service. This began a series of additions, improvements and new buildings. In the fall of the next year a new principal, Mi'. C. I. Sheffield, came to Central. During his period in ofiice the frame building was used, but on Mr. E. C. White's taking ofiice it was removed. During this time Central was rapidly outgrowing its small lodgings and every few years it was necessary to make additions or to put up new buildings. In 1875 a brick addition was built on the first structure, making then a total of nine rooms. In 1884 a threefstory brick building was erected on the south end of the lot. It was seventyffour feet square. There were five classrooms on each of the first two floors and wide halls running the entire length of the floor. The third floor consisted of an auditorium with a seating capacity of five hundred. It was then that Mr. J. J. Buchanan took over the principalship of the school. During his term another bigger building was constructed. But before this new edifice Mr. E. C White succeeded Mr. Sheffield on May 15, 1886, and resigned his office September 7, 1887, to assume it again on May 17, 1897, for a term of four years. The school year was increased from nine to ten months in 1904. IS I