East High School - Eastonian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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I ,, .i it , F, - J xf. ' 'X K Q , 'gh P 5? , i V . is 31. .e Q 'Q-it-i',:f'Q 3 Y, ' .-1 R ' . . if 1. 1 ' Eb.. 4 X fw- 1 S . . t x ' If Mrs. Frances N. Romine Miss Amanda B. Rucker Mr. I. A.-Stadler Sgi- I'lgm2'JY,F'gmde' Cqfegel-iq English Industrial Arts ' ' ' ' Mr. Wendell M. Ryder Miss Rose Segelbaum Miss Edith L. Tarbet Mr. Edward F. Thelen Band, Orchestra Physical Education English Physical Education appreciation of these subjects which will enrich his life. Miss Abbott is instructor in art, Mr. Wahlstedt, Mrs. Caldwell, and Mr. Ryder, in musicg and Miss Burton, in speech. Not only for those who play in competitive interscholastic athletics, but for all those who engage in athletic and gymnastic work, the physical education department provides guidance in spiritual and mental, as Well as physical, development, Mr. Cohlmeyer and Mr. Thelen direct the boysg Miss Roads and Miss Segelbaum direct the girls, and Sergeant Strider instructs the R, O. T. C. boys. The study halls, under the direction of Miss Gilchrist and Miss Boone, are life savers in this day of swift education. The office force, headed by Mr. Nowlin assisted by Mr. Wahlstedt, performs duties too numerous to mention. Miss Robinson, registrar, and Miss Wilkin, clerk, keep the com- plicated records, answer questions, and endeavor to relieve the principal and vice-principal of the hundreds of minor problems which arise every day. ln the office of the counselor, Miss Hatch, students are aided in the solving of any and every type of problems, whether academic, personal, or financial. Many hours of profit and pleasure are spent yearly by the average st-udent in the East Branch Library. Miss Rachel Agg is librarian. The childrens department is under the direction of Mrs. Maude Martin. Assistants in the library are Miss Sarah Bower, Miss ldris Smith, and Miss Mary Ross. Robert Crees and Preston Russell are pages. Under Miss Alice Walton, nurse, the health department has carried on a program which has emphasized the importance of preventing disease, as well as curing it after it has begun. An important project this year has been the campaign for better posture in which the whole school engaged. 12131

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is f 4 ,--i s ,ij It f , , my 1 , V 1 H it at , g s ,f 3 5 ' V, H . I 5 'bi if ' it 4 r- , In 5' if Q - 9 , ts if -K . ' ' . R Q , 5, 1 . if 'QW C sv ' Q f ' 't I 5 -f. ,. ' 1 - . I I tx . t ntl Miss Genevieve A. Mr. Baird Parks Miss Beneta Reid Miss Hazel M. Roads Nlgwgn Commerce Clothing Physical Education oo s . N ,fftlh ', A ix ha ' faq ' 4' 4 fl , 7 r 1 I 'Q Q . I V Miss Mary L. Latshaw Mr. B. W. McDaniel Mr. Garland Nichols Miss Ruth Robinson History History English Registrar Roman style, Miss Cannon's Spanish classes teach not only the language, but also the customs, of our neighbors south ol the Rio Grande. The science department teaches its students to understand something ol the biological and physical world around them, and to use in a practical way some ot the knowledge gained in the courses. Miss Ammerman, Miss Boone, Mr Broadlick, Mr. Esther, Mr. Grube, Miss McGloin, Mr. Whisamore, and Miss Hatch are the instructors in these fields. The social science department, through its teaching of past and present institutions. attempts a task ot vital irnportancefthe making of good and intelligent citizens. The mem- bers ot this department are: Miss Hiatt, Miss Ienkins, Miss Iohnson, Miss Latshaw, Mr. McDaniel, Miss Segelbaum, Miss Willitt, Mr. Curtis, and Miss Hatch. To prepare a student for a iob that will earn him a living alter he has left high school is the object ot the commerce department. This department enables its students to put their knowledge to good use tor school projects. In this department are Miss Baker, Miss Cobb, Miss Crow, Mr, Esther, Miss Johnston, and Mr, Parks. Directed by Mr, Monroe and Mr. Stadler, the industrial arts department provides in- struction which may aftord boys a livelihood in the future, or which will at least make them handy about the house. Miss Nowlin and Miss Reid otter in their courses a study of foods and clothing and of many allied subjects which contribute to the making of an attractive and well-managed home. This department sponsored an extensive lashion show and foods exhibit this year. The line arts department not only offers opportunity to those persons who expect to make themselves artists in their tielcls, but altords the amateur in art, music, or speech, an i251

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we , ,.,A,, Il i ii 1. ,gm ft ii if .Q , .1-I fra il, CZ., W.. A... is Q 4523 1 41' 'Y' 1 .1 N1- lttttt tl 'Q 1 39 Mr Ralph E Tietel Miss Dorothy W Varney Mr Allen T Whisamore Miss Celia Waring Miss Iessie Marie Willitt Drafting English Newswritmg Biology English History vs-CN ex T 1 , Miss Mary E. Sisson Miss Eva VanNatta Miss Helen A. Wilkin Mathematics English Clerk No room in the school is more popular than the cafeteria. Headed by Mrs. Romine, an efficient staff prepares appetizing meals. Miss Grace Booker is cafeteria cashier. As- sistants in the cafeteria are Miss Irene iones, Mrs Lorea Henley, Mrs. Mary Audsley, Mrs, Hazel Tonge, Miss Alice Edwards, and Mr. Fred Clarke, No large building can be run without an efficient staff of custodians. Mr. William Shelley, head custodian, and Mr, less DeMoss, engineer, are the heads of an organization which keeps the school plant running smoothly. Assistants are Mr. William F. Vogel, night watchman, Mr. Theodore Carter, Mr. William Dickson, Mr. Herbert Krout, and Mr. V. W Swartz These constitute the personnel of the East High School organization. So sufficient to itself does East High School seem to the average student, that he sometimes does not stop to realize that East is only one member of a much larger family Over this larger family presides a wise and kindly superintendent, Mr. George Melcher. His able assistant and the high school supervisor is Mr, Iohn L, Shouse. Directing the entire Kansas City school system, is a group of publicespirited men and women who give their valuable time and talents to the schools of Kansas City without remuneration. The Board of Educaf tion this year consisted of the following' Mr. Robert L. Mehornay, Miss Annette Moore. Mr A O Thompson, Mr Wallace Sutherland, Mrs. Frank E. Dorsey, and Mr. Herman M. Langworthy Mr. C W Allendoerfer is treasurer, and Mr. George C. Tinker, secretary and busiriess manager of the Board. it is these civicfrninded men and women, and their predecessors, as well as the loved and familiar persons in our own school who have made iaossilile this itrst prosperous decade of East High School. l 27 l