Emporia High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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he had composed. This was done and the grad- uates afterwards were seated on the stage and after delivering orations they received bouquets and other gifts. On either side of the stage on small red chairs sat a small boy and small girl. Their duty was to deliver the gifts to the class and put the bouquets in baskets. One of the two, the boy, fell asleep during the long program, and the girl on the other side, now Mrs. Charles Ryan, was much disturbed over the prospect of serving both sides of the stage. The invitation, a double thick cardboard folder, was printed in dark blue and red with gold edges. They con- tained the class song, We Are Leaving the Shoref' written by Lee M. Swope, and the Or- der of Exercises. The members of the class have been corre- sponding with each other for the last few months. Mrs. NWhite says that this will probably be our Last Round-Up. TIME HAS WROUGHT MANY CHANGES Twenty years have wrought many changes in our course of study. Some years ago the Board of Education and other important members real- ized the need of dealing with the individual stu- dents instead of with the group as a whole, as they had previously done. It was probably not necessary to think about the course of study twenty years ago as people were not very much interested in education then, or we might say there was not as good a chance for education twenty years ago as there is today. Everything changes as time goes on, which is true in the case of our course of study. At the beginning of 1914 the College Course was the only course offered and you know this course only prepared one for going to college. The Board as well as the students realized that all students could not go to college, so after a great deal of meditation the General and Com- mercial Courses were added to the curriculum. In the last twenty years Hygiene has been placed in the course of study as a required subject. Some of the new subjects which have been in- troduced in the last twenty years are Music Har- mony, Orchestra, Band and Printing I, II, III and IV, Agriculture and Journalism. In making these changes the idea of Kingsley's objectives of Secondary Education were kept in mind, namely: to teach the student the use of his leisure time, to make him a worthy member of the household, to make him a good citizen, to develope his character and to master the fun- damentals or the tools of learning. All of these objectives are very evident in our course of study. For leisure time we provide music, art, literature, dramatics and others. These subjects train the individual the right way to spend his leisure time. W'orthy household membership is another objec- tive which is taught through our Home Eco- nomic Departments and Manual Training. Citi- zenship is another important objective which is emphasized in the classes and the Hi-Y and G. R. Clubs. The G. R. and Hi-Y are two Christian clubs in our school which stand for everything that is good and uplifting. CContinucd on Page 851 X .,, Q , ....., 1 -A A fy: . . 'law - 1 ANOTHER VIEW' OF SENIOR

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X' Many have been the changes since we moved from the old Garfield building into the present Senior High School building. The Garfield building, which stood a short dis- tance south and west of the present building, faithfully served its time, Its wooden steps were worn by the countless feet of students tramping up and down from one floor to the other, year after year. At one time it housed, not only the four High School grades, but also the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. An addition, built on the west side, was a joy to the parents, faculty and students. It contained a large assembly room and study hall combined. Wheim the Literary Society meetings were held in this room, the parents sat in the rather uncom- fortable seats without a word of complaint. Then came the day when the old building was vacated and the new building was used for the first time. The students were called upon to help move and it did not take long to make the change. Scarcely could we believe that there were to be so many modern conveniences in the new building. We were to have a new, up-to-date gymnasium, a study hall seating two hundred with a fine library conveniently located near it, a beautiful auditorium seating nearly a thousand people, a modern hot air heating system, a thermostatic cooling device so that the rooms would not be- come too warm, fine, large classrooms, restrooms, spacious offices, and up-to-date laboratory, Man- ual Arts and Home Economics rooms. S. U. Pett was Principal of the High School when the move was made. How proud he was of the new building! The curriculum was broad- , u O ened. New courses were added. Mr. Pett re- signed after several years to take up Social XVel- fare work at the Henry Ford Automobile Plant in Detroit. Later, he was promoted to the man- agership of one of the departments in the factory. Mr. Pett was followed by R. R. Cook. Mr. Cook made many friends here. He was a man of fine character and had a pleasing personality. After several years, he accepted the principalship of the Topeka High School and later became Principal of the Roosevelt Senior High School in Des Moines, Iowa. NVe were saddened to hear of Mr. Cook's death early in February of this year. The writer of this article was elected Principal upon Mr. Cookls resignation. Several thousand students have graduated during this principalship. Many of them have been outstanding. Probably, the banner year was in 1924 when our High School won three state championships: in Scholar- ship, Music and Basketball. Our school has been honored again this year with the state basketball championship. This year the largest class in the history of our school graduates. The entire school wishes them the best of success in whatever they may under- take. Your Principal, Rieia E. BROWN.