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

Page 12 text:

Dear Seniors You hear so much about threats of war, depressions, recessions and unemployment, that you probably feel that you are graduating from high school at a very unfortunate time. No doubt you sometimes agree with Hamlet, who said: The world is out of joint, O, cursed spite, That ever I was bom to set it right. The tragedy of Hamlet is due to his own failure to meet the issues of life with courage. How much better it would be if those who are going out to meet the problems of modern unrest, could face life with Rupert Brooke's philosophy: Now God be thanked, who hath matched us with this hour. Difficulties in one's path are challenges, which if properly met, tend to build character. There are many opportunities for people with character and ambition, who are willing to work and do their best. With the best of wishes for each of you, I am, Sincerely yours, J. L. LAUGHLIN. [ Pagr Eight

Page 11 text:

 w

Page 13 text:

MR LAUGHLIN WELCOME “There is a destiny that makes us brothers. None goes his way alone; All we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own. A long and faithful servant at Central High School, Mr. J. L. Laughlin, newly appointed principal at East, has visibly proven his worth here. In the small town of Stanley, Kansas, he was born and spent some of his early childhood; from there he moved to Welda, Kansas, and thence to Kansas City. Strangely enough, the family residence here was at 1331 Central, the present site of the new Municipal Auditorium. As a student, he attended Lathrop Elementary School in the present building and also Humboldt grade school, which stood where the new City Hall was recently erected. Not long after, he was graduated from old Central High School at Eleventh and Locust. There, under Mr. C. H. Nowlin, former principal at East, Mr. Laughlin was instructed in the fundamental principles of psychology and physiology. Continuing his education, Mr. Laughlin spent two years at Kansas University studying engineering, and completed work for his Bachelor of Arts degree in Science and Education at the University of Chicago; he has also done graduate work in Chicago, Colorado and Missouri Universities, and is a member of the Phi Delta Kappa, national educational fraternity. At present, he is an officer and active member of the Linwood Presbyterian Church. It was in 1921 that he began an eventful career as vice-principal at Central, which lasted for eighteen years. Now that this year is rapidly drawing to a close, and Mr. Laughlin is more and more becoming an indispensable part of our East High Family, we realize what a great loss his absence must be to Central—what an asset to us! Energetic, alert, friendly, sympathetic—indeed, a man well worth knowing! And so, welcome, Mr. Laughlin, from the student body and from the faculty. All we send into the lives of others comes back into our own ? What a full and serene and happy life you must lead!