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

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aibecbcafion Everything is ap to date in Kama: City. They have gone ahoat as fur as they can go. Kansas Citians will only partially agree with this quotation from one of the songs in the popular musical play Oklahoma From its early beginning as two roaring frontier settlements, Kansas and Westport ,through the development of the 1890's and Quality Hill to the great Heart of America of today, the energy, vitality, initiative, and ambition of its citizens have not only kept Kansas City up to date, but have provided the impetus for unlimited progress commercially, industrially, and culturally. Ruddy frontiersmen showed intelligence when they chose the region near the junction of the Mis- souri and Kaw Rivers for the site of the town which was later to be called the Gateway to the West. The go-getting, hard-working, and 'aggressive spirit of itspcitizens made Kansas City the thriving outpost for the forty-ninersf' Now, just one hundred years later, this same enthusiastic spirit has made Kansas City one of the most outstanding cities of the Middle West. The forty-niners were sturdy pioneers. We, also forty-niners, must pioneer too, not in California for gold, but in our minds for intelligent thinking, in our hearts for love, and in our souls for peace. We are important members of a great country, a great city, and a great school. We know of a spirit of nationalism and of internationalism, but stronger in our minds is the spirit which began in 1821, the spirit of Kansas City. Kansas City-first among stocker and feeder cattle markets, second in grain ele- vator capacity, ninteenth in size, a great agricultural center. Yes, everything is up to date in Kansas City, but to her people there will always be new gold to be found and new frontiers to be conquered. It is to this spirit that we proudly dedicate the 1949 Eastonian. .

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.fddminidfrafion .gm When school days at East are recalled in days to come, certain things will stand out. Among these are the kindness, the understand- ing, and the faith in young people of Mr. C. O. Williams, our principal. Since his arrival here in 1945 to take over the supervision of a busy school, he has impressed students and faculty alike with his wise judgment. He is always available when there are problems to be solved, and he has helped many students to find their places in this world of today. As well as being one of the pillars of East High School, Mr. Williams is a leader in civic and church affairs. His name is well known throughout the city as belonging to a man of dependability and wisdom.