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

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.wwf -W llsgsfoiriffill 1 if 5 a if? la J. F. HUGHES, Principal I. H. S. is justly proud of her Principal, J. F. Hughes.. He came to us at a difficult time, that of the organization of the new Junior high school, but he proved an able executive and soon had the system run- ning smoothly. Both faculty and students have found him interested in our problems and ever willing to give us the benefit of his impartial judgement. Under his leadership I. H. S. is assured of holding her place as the best school of her class in the United States. V a..d'.-1:32-:.. :'.:+p. Huw ........ ....A me s---s i ,.. Page 11 -.f- f A' ' M if

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'I' ' 'X' ' ' f'Q' 'W ii has l yf ' ,fv '57 To My Boys and Girls, Greetings: The hour has again arrived for closing the books and the taking of a trial balance. For some of you the audit covers but a year of endeavor, for the seniors, it compasses four years. Yesterday is gone, the ledgers are closed, no more entries can be made or none erased. Tomorrow, rich in promise, invites us to open new accounts, but our entries of yesterday remain fixed and irrevo- cable. They are permanent chapters in our book of life be they classics or be they rubbish. In years to come, strains and echoes arising from these experi- ences will strike on our hearts and ears be they symphonies or be they jazz. Painstaking or careless, we are all weaving our tapestry of life. Into it is woven our ideals, our aspirations, our yearnings, our hopes, our victories and our defeats. So school is more than a preparation for life, it is a most vital sector of life. It is an amalgamation of basic material and architectural skill which constitutes the foundation upon which the whole of life's superstructure is builded. In the main, we feel that this is a year of large dividends to you. You have grown in mental stature, you have experienced the dicipline of earnest endeavor, habits of constructive application to your tasks have crystallized, and best of all you have been happy, Wholesome, loyal, lovable boys and girls. Of all the harmonies that arise from the world of men, that roll and swell and reverberate amid the celestial spheres until they mingle with the oratorios of the choir invisible, I believe no strains are so clear or melodies so sweet to the ear of the Infinite as are the voices of our pure hearted, hopeful, trusting boys and girls. Whether you go to college or to what the world terms work, my heart goes with you. It will rejoice at your victories and I hope buck you up in hours of defeat. For discouragements will come. Yet, only to evaluate your metal, obstacles to test and build your strength, life's cruciblelto purge and refine your character. To the end, the law of compensation holds true. Earnest, persistent endeavor brings its ultimate reward. Only by giving do we receive. There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own. So stand firm to your ideals and steadfast to your purposes, hit the line with your last ounce of energy and grit, and you must win. C. S. RISDON, Superintendent. Page 10 . ' ' ...J 1 Ax 4T1f 4 PC-f'

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.. 4...l...- -.-..---- - T'-l 'i ' p. -A 1-Ncffcxu-sr fl f ' I ,' .. f TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1925, INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL: On behalf of all the citizens of Independence, the Board of Education, The Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Faculty of the High School, we take this opportunity to congratulate each graduate of the Class of 1925. You have now completed the course of study as prescribed by law and provided for you by the citizens and taxpayers of this city. The course of study that you have pursued from the primary department to the completion of your high school work has been provided for you by the Public at no little expense. No doubt, after all, the real distinguishing virtue of American Civilization and Government is its common school educational system. History records that the Founders of the American Government and the Fathers of our Repub- lic provided for our system of common school education long before the select- ion of our national emblem, Old Glory. In this, the Fathers builded better than they knew, for as long as our people have contributed to the common weal in the maintenance of the public educational system, or the American common school, the Public has maintained for the benefit of the people and civilization a veritable melting pot of citizenship, and just so long as our people are cognizant of their responsibilities as citizens and generously contribute to our educational institutions and common school system, just so long will Old Glory wave unsullied to the breeze and remain the Emblem of Liberty and PubliC Freedom. You graduates of the senior class are therefore the refined produce from that pot of citizenship hereinbefore referred to and your many personal friends, as well as all the citizens of this city look forward with pleasure and satisfac- tion to the positions you are to, and will, take in the activities of life. We feel that you are now properly equipped to take your true position in life, possessed as you are of an intangible asset of good citizenship acquired by reason of the course of study you have pursued throughout our common school system. Your success in the future will depend more largely than ever before upon your individual efforts. So that in the commencement of life's activities which you now are about to enter upon, may we suggest and urge that you hold fast to the ideals of good citizenship, of integrity of purpose and sincerity of effort, which ideals have been formulated or created While students of our schools. If you will fight for and hold fast to those ideals, your success in life is assured, and the fruits of your efforts will reflect not only great credit to each and every one of you, but will prove a great satisfaction to each citizen and taxpayer of our beautiful and cultured city who have so generously and almost without stint contributed of their means so as to make you good and useful citizens. All that the people have done in your behalf and the contributions they have made to your welfare and future happiness was with a spirit of unselfish- ness and true public service with a consciousness, now that you have completed your course of study in our common schools, they have profited greatly thereby and thie virtue of such public service by thus helping you, is after all its own rewar . With high hopes and fondest expectations for your future success, we are, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF Independence, Kansas. By Thomas Edward Wagstaff, President. Page 12 .