Independence High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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:'l' 1 a'+f:'1 '1 J w ' A. 'r S A Q Y 'f'lY fllLil,f.f ' 12 Sixteenth flmzual Catalogue valuable aids in school discipline and euicient helps in the development of moral and Christian character. DRAMATIC CLUB For several years students who wished to give special attention to the art of expression have maintained a dra- matic club. Last year this work was under the direction of Miss Ingleman and Miss Appleby. It was decided to present a play at The Beldorf and The Rose O' Plymouth, a com- edy, was selected. A well balanced cast gave a performance which showed both talent and careful training. A reason- able amount of time devoted to work of this character is helpful to the participants and beneficial to the school. LECTURE COURSE The school maintains an excellent lecture course every year. The numbers are selected from the best material that can be secured from the leading bureaus. Lectures and entertainments given by able specialists who have devoted years to preparation for their work are of inestimable value to the students and to the community. The price of a course ticket is 32.00. A rate of 31.25 is made to high school students. The committee feels that it has selected a splendid course for the coming year. Every number should give sat- isfaction. The musical attractions are high grade and the lecturers and entertainers among the most popular engaged in lyceum work. Mr. Charles F. Horner of the Redpath- Horner Bureau, who gave the 35500 which was awarded to the City of Independence in the child welfare contest, fur- nishes the course. The following are the numbers: Dr. E. T. Hagerman, Lecturer The MacDermids, Soprano and Pianist Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, Lecturer The Killarney Girls, Musicians Adrian Newens, Lecturer and Reader The Novelty Four, Musicians. If v..:,..X if XXX

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i -1, 1 f ' .'-1 .- .i-sit?1fw4?e3 sf- . e eat ' Th f -' Montgomery County H igh School 11 a teacher in the study hall. This new arrangement should prove ideal for effective reference work. The library is one of the best in the state for high school purposes. The library room is furnished with thirteen sections of Wernicke book- cases, a magazine case, five large oak tables, a librarian's desk and thirty chairs. Appropriate pictures adorn the walls. The library contains, in addition to pamphlets and government documents, sixteen hundred volumes of care- fully selected books. It is supplied with encyclopedias, dictionaries, general reference books, and the works of all the standard authors. Twenty-five of the best magazines are subscribed for and most of the county papers are donated to the institution. The library has been catalogued by the Dewey system of classification and its value to the school thereby greatly increased. Students also have free access to the 'Carnegie Library containing about seven thousand volumes of choice books. An attempt is made to guide stu- dents in their reading so that they 'may become familiar with important current events and with the best thoughts of the great writers of all ages. SOCIETIES The work formerly attempted by the literary societies is now being done in the regular recitation periods by dividing the school into sections for rhetoricals. This work is compulsory and gives every student of the institution the benefit of systematic drill in declamation, essay, debate and oration. For the past eleven years, organizations of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. have 'been maintained. Last year the membership in both organizations was larger and the work better than in any previous year. Delegates are sent annually to the state conventions. The Y. W. C. A. sends two delegates each year to the convention at Cascade, Colorado. The delegates to the conventions bring back much that is helpful to our student body. These associations are

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if ,-,.awmm ,g,g 5au.-.f H,r,U-., - -.. Montgomery County High School 13 FACULTY A corps of scholarly, experienced, progressive teachers is essential to the success of any educational institution. The teacher who continues to grow becomes more valuable to a school with every added year of service. The policy of the Board of Trustees has been to retain teachers doing satis- factory work. Great care is used in the employment of new teachers to secure those who are fitted by preparation and experience to do high grade work in the subjects which they will be required to teach. The result of these policies has been the building up of a teaching force among the best in the state. Fifteen members of last year's corps of teachers have been reemployed. The uniform high standard of work which has been maintained is thus assured for the coming year. The progressive spirit of these teachers is shown by the fact that ten of them, Mr. Richard Allen, Mr. T. B. Henry, Mr. J. B. Yingling, Miss Anna Paterson, Miss Anna lngleman, Miss Jessie Stewart, Miss Ellinor Boyd, Miss Louise Evans, Miss E. May Hancock and Miss Zelda Reppert are attending summer schools in institutions of higher edu- cation. Miss Berenice Buck, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a teacher for the past four years in the Emporia High School, has been elected to the department of Latin. She is a successful and enthusiastic teacher and should prove a valuable member of the Faculty. Mr. E. B. Moore, a thoroughly prepared and experienced teacher of commercial subjects, will have charge of the work in book- keeping and penmanship. ADMISSION Any applicant holding a common school diploma or a teacher's certificate, or any one who has completed the eighth grade in a city school of good standing will be admit- ted without examination. Other students seeking admission -fi ffl' A.