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

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PRINCIPAL E. R. STEVENS, B. S., M. S. Mr. Stevens possesses that rare quality of being popular with students, patrons, and teachers and yet retaining the respect and confidence of all. We like him because he is one of us . Page 15

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i ,, -pf'Ejwr.f'qHf ,,f-i.q,q.f,,rw- Page 14 SUPERINTENDENT I. H. CLEMENT, A. B., A. M. A lt h o u g h 'well pleased 'with the Independence schools as he found them, Mr. Clement is working sys- tematically ,and efficiently to make them still better. A big man in a big job. I1-ix-irf - I , 1 V, , vi '1.lNN'f'frf'f5'. vffr -' ' Ml ' l ' --1 Til ' ii if llfuy' '1 xl fgl'?5iL:Q', 'lf-

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To The Seniors I congratulate you on having completed the task you under- took when you entered high school, namely, to have done the work required for graduation Irom high school and for which you are soon to receive official recognition. You are a part of that small percent who have the will to stick to this job of high school until it is finished. Many are started, but few are finished. The task of the school today is to give opportunity for boys and girls to learn to liveg in fact, it is life itself. It is the hope of the writer that each of you has availed himself of every occasion to de- velop into the best citizen possible. You have been a citizen of a school, learning to care for yourself, to associate with others and recognize their rights, to equip yourself with some facts that will aid you in making a living, and that is life anyway. The success you have had in school may be in a measure indicative of the success you will have wherever you may continue your living. School is life, and life is a school. If we would go forward, we must be continually learning. As seniors you have been leaders in the life of the school. The habits and ideals that you have are those that most often make the school the institution that it is. So may you have made habits and developed ideals which shall make whatever institution or community you live in better for your having practiced living in high school. The institutions, business, and industries of the world today demand that individuals shall have ability and that they shall have training in schools. Not to finish at least the high school of today closes automatically many doors of employment. Mayhap the additional facts you would have learned would not pertain di- rectly to the place you seek, but the fact that you have had the stamina to stay with his job of high school work until finished sets a stamp of approval which is not overlooked. You have, therefore, not only earned congratulations but you have as well written your own letter of recommendation. In the short time it has been my pleasure to be associated with you I have not had an opportunity to make intimate friends of all. True friendship is not made in a moment but is the product of years of acquaintance. I have, however, come to know you all sc well that I trust the years will ripen our acquaintance into true friendship and that it may be my privilege in the years ahead to be of service to you as becomes a true friend. -E. R. Stevens, Principal. Page 16