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

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rf ongRNeEvr5L?xcK 1951 OFFICE FORCE Castillo If ambacher Sloan Maust ' How The School Is Run We, the students of the Independence high school, are perfectly aware that without the smoothly working office force our good school would literally be chaos. Inform us, please, just how we would carry on without our two issuers of pass-cards, Nana Sloan and Dorothy Dambacher. Besides giving pass-cards they perform innumerable other duties, both great and small. One of colossal proportions is to be patient, to grin and bear it, so to speak, when some foolish adventurer proffers a Himsy excuse explaining his absence. To these girls also goes the credit of publishing the bulletins each week. They help the timid freshman in choosing courses and subjectsg they prod on the sophomores, encourage the juniors, and aid the poor worried seniors in straightening the questions of credits. May we sum up all their good deeds and simply say that these girls untangle, to the best of their ability, the prob- lems of the students. The office force would not be complete without our good friends', vice- principals, Mr. S. A. Maust and E. J. Castillo. Besides their teaching, they find time to give any advice that the students may be seeking. And last but not least, we have Mr. E. R. Stevens, principal of Independence High. We all know that he needs no introduction, nor does he need flowery words proclaiming his many merits. We know how very essential Mr. Stevens is to our school and how impossible it would be to get along with- out him. 2, . Page 18

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me GEQXNGEVBURCK ll Principal E. R. Stevens , Our Principal E. R. Stevens, popular principal, arrived in Independence iive years ago to take over the job of being principal of the high school and dean of the college, I He came to us from Leavenworth, where he had taken a very active part in state affairs of education. Since coming to our school he has been elected treasurer of the Kansas State Athletic association and held other offices equally prominent. If any student wishes to find out anything or is in need of something, our ,smiling principal is always ready and willing to help him. When any re- porter on The Student is badly in need of a story, Mr. Stevens is always full of the very latest news about school. His prominent work along educational lines has placed him as one of the most outstanding figures in school life in Kansas. He is well known all over the state. Since coming to I. H. S. he has built up a standard in both scholastic standings and school athletics. Under his guiding hand Independence has gained rapidly in both of the above. Mr. Stevens holds the utmost confidence and highest respect of the stu- dents from the wee, small freshman to the high and mighty senior, Mr. Stevens is willing and ready to help in any capacity that he is able. He, also, takes an active part in helping all activities of the school. We are very proud to have such a man with leadership, ability, and high standards of education at the head of our institution. Page 1 7

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we QKANGEWMCK 0 SENIOR HIGH ASSEMBLY Assemblies The latter part of the week is looked forward to by the student body be- cause of the assemblies, which are always good. Thursday the junior high holds its chapel, and Friday the junior college and the senior high have their assemblies. These assemblies are made enjoyable by the hard work of the as- sembly committee, which is appointed at the first of each year for each class. The senior high committee is: Miss Brown, chairman, Miss Gustafson, Miss Stewart, Mr. Jacoby, Mr. Parker, and the senior class chapel representative, Jacq Cowles. The junior class representative, Helen Mae Six, and Ruth DeVore, the sophomore representative. The junior high committee is: Miss Daxon, chairman, Miss Todd, Miss Burns, Mrs. Cash, Miss Perry, and Miss Lane. During the football and basketball seasons, some of the assemblies are given over to the different organizations to prepare pep assemblies. In these We find the Bulldogs chewing up Coffeyville, or burning Neodesha or Chanute to a stake, and sometimes we persuade some of the alumni to tell the boys of the time when they were on the teams, of how some of these Cities had given them 3 severe beating. At other times we find some person who has been called upon to show us the more serious side of life. During these we find some who are Hboredi' to have to listen to a talk of this kind, but perhaps the greater per cent of us profited in some way by our fine assemblies, even if we only made a friend of the person who sat next to us. Page 19