Central Junior High School - Cub Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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THE DEPRESSION YEARS When Mr. Pearson retired, one of the school's early teachers, Mr. F. L. Schlagle, was elected to his place. Assistant-principal, R. C. John- son, became Assistant-Superintendent. On March 3, 1934, the high school at ninth and Minnesota, was de- stroyed by fire . Until the fall of 1937, Central Junior helped by bringing in the students from the high school. The graduating class from the high school presented an appreciation gift to Central Junior. A new 16,-millimeter sound film machine was purchased and the Centralian came out in September in mimeograph form. Mr. H. A. Bill- ingsly, sponsored a larger Centra1ian , complete with crossword puzzles and pictures of the graduates. The basketball team was christened The Cubs and an emblem was designed for them in 1939. Among interesting assembly programs were athlete Glenn Cunningham and a wide variety of entertainment was offered to the children over the year. MILESTONES On November 7, 1940, a large Open House was held celebrating the 25th year of the school's founding. The main event was the dedication of the new R.C.A. public address system in use for the first time. Broadcasts were made to all the rooms and a recorded -message read from Mr. Shepherd the first principal. Mr. Fitch, music instructor, composed the Silver Anniversary and his music groups played it for the first time. The speaker was Mr. F. L. Schlagle, the first assistant principal at Central Junior. For the 1941 grad- uation exercises in the spring, Miss Santa Maria Craig wrote a pageant, The March of Democracy, in honor of the anniversary. The school rejoiced in 1944 when Mr. Schlagle was elected to the high office of president of the National Education Association, the first Kansan to achieve such an honor. Seventeen Kansas City teachers attended the meeting

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'? The man in the picture was C. E. Harris a plumber on Central Avenue. He often helped in the industrial arts department during the first four years. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the man who was later to become the fourth principal of this school, Mr. J. C. Shankland, made the nominating speech at the convention. In 1946, Mr. R. C. Johnson went as principal to Wyandotte High School and was succeeded by Mr. J. C. Shankland. Mr. Shankland had been assist- ant principal at Argentine High School. At the same time, Mr. Milford Crabb, music instructor, took Miss Bessie Miller's position as supervisor. Mr. James Hammer, now principal at Lowell and Central Schools, organized a Pep Band for the students. The Centralian carried news of the accounts of a favorite alumna, Lillian Murphy, and her program with the famous sing- ing star, James Melton. Miss Craig took her well-known U.N.E.S.C.O. Panel to perform at the State Teacher's meeting in 1949. Wal 'P ii li F