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

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Newsroomofthe Uailg Reporter, showing the editor, Charleg Spen- cer, and the managing editor, E. E. Sands. NAMES IN THE NEWS

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Activities in Building Program Make Demands on the Members Meeting a long-felt building need in Independence has been the prime objective of the board of education during the past year. Meetings of 3 regular nature and meetings of special importance have been called numerous times. This board has been about the busiest group of men in Independence. The present members are: O. L. O'Brien, Donald E. Stew- art, R. P. Scott, S. E. McDaniel, Edwin Potts, and W. N. White. Ex-officio members are: J. H. Clement, the superintendent of schoolsg and Florence Harper, clerk. The citizens are justly proud of their selection of these men to serve them. Each board member is competent in his field, and gives unstintingly of .H. CLEMENT, Superintendent of Schools A. B. McPherson College A. M. University of Kansas A. M. Columbia University if Page 13 BUARD UF EDUCATIUN CLUSES BUSY YEAR i Sitting: Clement, White, Stewart, Potts, Harper, O'Brien. Standing: Scott, McDaniel. his time for this community matter. The student body keenly ap- preciates the work of these men. Their efforts to secure a new physical education plant, as well as the new grade school buildings, will long stand as a major mile stone in Independ- ence educational progress. E. R. STEVENS, Principal B. S. Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia M. S. University of Kansas J. H. Clement, chief execu- tive of the Independence school system has, throughout the past school year, fulfilled his office as superintendent with the efficiency for which he has been noted in the past. His never ceasing interest in projects, activities, and stu- dents has caused him to become one who enjoys the utmost popularity with the student body and persons connected with educational facilities. The guiding hand and exe- cutive ability of E. R. Stevens, principal of the Independence high school, has brought an- other year to a close, a year which has done honor to the institution and school system. Mr. Stevens is widely known in school circles as a result of his untiring activity. He is president of the Kansas State High School Athletic .Associa- tion and president of the Na- tional Federation of State High School Athletic Associations. To Mr. Stevens belongs the credit for the orderly and competent functioning of this institution.