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

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THE EMPORIA - Re-Echo 1935 HIGH scHooL MR. LOWTHER, Superintendent of City Schools. He has been with the city school system for 38 years and the schools of Emporia lost a valuable member when Mr. Lowther resigned this spring. MR. F. B. HEATH, President of Board. .... He has been on the Board for thirteen years. MR. O. G. RINDOM, Chairman of Buildings and Grounds Comuziffee of five Board .,,., Mr. Rindom has faithfully served on the Board for six years. Mlss NORA WOOD, Secretary to Board of Education. MR. F. E. PENNINGTON, Chairman of Rules, Regula- Iions and Discipline Committee ...., Mr. Pennington joined the Board in 1931. Mns. W. D. Ross, Chairman of Teachers and Salaries Commiffec' of flu' Board. MR. J. T. ADAMS, Chairman of Supplies, Fuel and Fur- niture Commiflee of lbe Board of Education. MR. E. W. DANIELS, Vice-President of the Board of Eduvafiou. He is also chairman of the Finance Commit- ree. +++ Our school board has guided us through years of valuable and interesting education. It is to this body that we turn when in stress. The Board of Education is composed of six members and Mr. Lowther, Superintendent of the city school system. They have met faithfully, all through their years of service for the betterment of the school.g We seldom realize how much they do for us, but if they should suddenly disappear, we would know how valuable they are. This year the board lost a valuable member, when Mr. Lowther resigned. We sincerely hope that whoever takes Mr. Lowther,s place may prove himself as worthy of it as Mr. Lowther has been, not only in the city school system but to the board of education as well. It was with sincere and deep regret that Mr. Lowther's resignation was re- ceived. BCJARD OF EDLFCATIO

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8 Q THE EMPORIA - Re-Ecko 1935 - HIGH SCHOOL The people of Emporia voted bonds in 1912 for the present Senior high building and it was erected on the school block just to the north of the old Garfield building. Completed in 1914, it was a 4-yearhigh school and with the passing of the Barnes school law it expanded rapidly. Rural school graduates were permitted to attend without paying tuition under the new law and soon the new school was crowded. Atthis time the high school course was divided into Junior and Senior schools. It was necessary to divide the days-the Senior high classes meet- ing in the mornings and the Junior high in the afternoons. This continued for several years until the present Junior high building was completed in 1925. Supt. Lowther has supervised introduction of many of the present changes in curriculum be- ginning with a manual training department under Miss Anna Cron in 1903. Home economics, commercial training, enlarged playground and athletic training, art, library and music courses have kept pace with changing times. High school principals who served under Mr. Lowther, following Mr. Barnett, are: F. W. Allin, 1901, J. H. Sawtell, 1902, W. L. Holtz, 19053 C. Howard Lyon, 1906, Charles A. Wagner, 19085 S. U. Pett, 1911, R. R. Cook, 1915, and Rice E. Brown, since 1918. Today about 1,500 students ++ A TRIBUTE TO This year's Re-Echo will be the last in which our beloved Superintendent Lowther's picture will appear as Superintendent of the Emporia schools. The realization of this fact causes me real sadness. I have had the privilege of being associated with Mr. Lowther in three capacities: first, as a high school student, second, as a teacher, and third, as a principal. When a student in Emporia High School, I always thought of him as a kindly gentleman: a superintendent who was always fair to the stu- dents. We all respected him, and regarded him as an educational leader. It was as one of his teachers that I learned of Mr. Lowther's ability as an educational leader. The Emporia teachers sometimes attended the su- perintendents' meetings, which were held in Em- poria. Some of the superintendents talked long and often. Not so with Mr. Lowther. When he arose to speak, a hush always came over the audience, because they knew he had something worthwhile to say. He would make his point. and then sit down. I found that he was always willing to help me C are enrolled in the high schools as compared with 125 in 1896. A like number in the grades brings Emporia's school attendance to over 3,000. L. A. Lowther has watched and guided the constant growth of the Emporia schools all these years, so that to two or three generations of Em- poria boys and girls, his name is closely associated with their memories of school days. His promo- tion cards, given to pupils when they passed which read: You have reached another mile- stone. Accept my congratulations -are among the treasured momentoes of thousands of Empor- ians and former Emporians. He has signed his name to thousands of diplomas given to E. H. S. graduates. Mr. Lowther attended the University of W'est Virginia, the University of Kansas where he grad- uated in 1894, and has studied at Clark Univer- sity and at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the state Schoolmasters Club, the Em- poria Rotary Club, the Current Club, the Masons in Emporia and is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. He was born in Tyler County, West Vir- ginia where he attended school, worked as an ap- prentice in a print shop, had a job in a tobacco factory and taught country school. He taught his first school before he was 18 years old.--E. T. L. + MR. l.0WTHER with any problem which might arise in my work as a teacher. Our association has been very close for the last seventeen years, during which time I have served under him as High School Principal. I have found him to be a superintendent who was ever striving to improve his school system. He Was very careful in selecting his teachers. He has always been an idealist, but broadminded enough to appreciate the practical things of life. I have found in him that beautiful trait of unselfish- ness, always thinking of the other person rather than of himself. He always thought of the Wel- fare of those in his school system, teachers and students, rather than of his own. A number of years ago, he suggested to the Board of Education that I accompany him to the winter meetings of the National Educational As- sociation. The Board granted his request, and the first meeting we attended together was held at Atlantic City, New Jersey. On these trips, I found that Mr. Lowther was held in very high esteem by his fellow superintendents. One super- fContinued on Page 581

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I0 THE ITMPORIA - To-Echo 1935 - HIGH SCHOOL f . ' SH ,,,,, .. ......... HELEN KAHN' R5.g1st,-an C. U. NICHOl.S, American Government, H , 3 1 H Wl1ILl61787' is worth doing is worth C0m7T'?f9la1 Course. C7382 lgfmig tmgi,il1.keJh? pgfgenhf doing well,-' Make lzje worthwhile? 9 PB. D mp, af ,mV'?' Y Q Kansas State Teachers College. Kansas City University. University of gah?Orm?'CCi01uglbm Umverslty' Um' Colorado. Kansas Western Business Varsity 0 Dora 0' College, Salina. ETHEL SHIRLEY. Commerce. SOPHIA RODEWALD, Geometry. Life is but thought. ORMOND PARKER, Band and Orchestra. Morgenstund hot gold im Miindf' Kansas State Teachers College: Uni- Never put off until tomorrow what Kansas State Teachers Collegeg Kan- versity of Colorado. you can do todqqf' sas University. College of Emporiag Kansas State Teachers College. V CHARLOTTE HOWE, Librarian. JOSEWNA HUBBARD- Spanish. A good thing to remember and a There are many moments in friend- KATHLEEN M. SOWERBY, Music. better thing to do, is to work with the :whip as in lore, when silence is beyond i'Be sure you are right then go construction gang instead of the words. ahead. wrggking crew. Havana Universityg Kansas State Kansas State Teachers Collegeg Gunn Kansas State Teachers College: Uni- Teachers Collcgeg College of Emporia. School of Music. Chicago, Illinois. versity of Illinois. S