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

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Mr. Will ioms has long been known to Kansas City, as well as foreign schools and universities, os a true leader and gentleman. It has been soid many times that Mr. Williams runs the best conducted school in the city. Principal Mr. C. O. Williams, Principal of East High School, is a friendly, active man with a great deal of responsibility to shoulder, and it is confirmed by all that he shoulders it well. He contributes many hours of hard work to insure the successful completion of each school year solving the many problems of students as well as those of East’s teaching staff. Years of study have still not quenched his thirst for knowledge. Mr. Williams is a man with an open mind ever eager to learn from others but even more enthusiastic at his job of teaching. He is truly a scholar and a friend to all who have passed through East in their attempt to better themselves through scholastic achievement and leadership, and he will be remembered by this senior class as a man to be respected for his zest in all things concerned with the standing of East. Vice-Principal The vice-principalship of East is a position requiring much hard, down-to-earth work and demands that its holder be experienced in many fields of learning. For three years a capable man, Mr. L. Clayton Dickson, has held this post. “If you want a job done, take it to a busy man.” Mr. Dickson is most certainly a very busy man, and it seems that almost everyone heeds this saying for the Vice-Principal has enough duties and projects to keep a team of men going. Mr. Dickson is also a family man with children of school age and thus is in a position to understand today’s young people. He is an active participant in church affairs. His affiliation in school affairs is plainly apparent to the students of East. He is in charge of proctors and Intersociety council, as well as the organizer of the Junior-Senior prom. Mr. Dickson—scholar, teacher, father, civic leader—truly a “doer.” Mr. Dickson, now in his third year os vice-principal, has proved to be one of the ablest men that East has ever known. He carries the brunt of many school affairs and activities. 10