Junction City High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Junction City, KS)

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Little did Coronado, the Spanish adventurer, 'who wanted to go on the gold standard, and therefore headed for the fahled Seven Cities of Ciholau, realize. that, a few hundred years hcnce, the ancient riinrock of the land of Quivira would echo with the shouts of joyous school children instead of the harharic yap of the hlood-thirsty Quiviran braveg that was in l5+ll, Three centuries later the transformation be- gan. ln the lfall of l858, a date preceding the founding of junction City, and when there was prohahly only one lone house to cheek the mon- otony of the wind swept prairies, Mrs. Charlotte f-,lclf'arland, thf: wife of a pioneer fZtl'lll61', organ- ized a school in one rooni of her laouse. lt was a free schoolg neighhors and their children were inviterl to attend. From the dusty records, the fact. that fourteen children availed themselves of this educational opportunity, has heen gleaned. lleroic Hrs. Mcharlzuicl had discovered the priir- ie child. The niushroo'ning activity of a new settle- inent lzegan soon, and several buildings sprang up lo silhouette against the rock-rihhed hills a new town. hounded hy two lazy rivers that junctioned and forincd the fcrniiclzzlxle liaw, hence the nanie .lunctiow City. Une of the first huildings in this new town was a jail, a much-needed hostelry for wayward cow punchers and frontier had boys. So the stu- dents left Hrs. llcFarland's and went to jail! That is, a room above the cell hlocl-Q was appropri- rftcd hy the city as a school and Mrs. McFar- land ecceetecl the invitation to teach in the new quarters. The environment wasn't all that could he desired hut at least the pupils loolred down on criininals.

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Q,yjTQl OIQIEIIILIII A ,L .WIN .M CQV' ww ,L . fig Q My ADMINISTRATION if-I I I

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Some school systems are fortunate in hav- ing as their leaders men who have the interests of the student body always before them. Such a school system is that of Junction City. SUPERINTENDENT Mr. VV. A. VVood as superintendent, has un- dertaken and accomplished many things for the betterment of our schools. He has taken a lead- ing part in the recent curriculum revision move- ment and assumed considerable responsibility when that large group of supervisors met in Junc- tion City. Mr. Wfood is noted for his appreciation of the fine arts and succeeded in bringing to our schools, various art exhibits and musical pro- grams. PRINCIPAL Mr. Jerry J. Vineyard, principal of the Jun- ior-Senior high school is recognized nationally for his super-ability as an educational administrator. This has been shown by the numerous honors whicr have been bestowed upon him. Junction City is indeed fortunate in having such a man connected with its school system. To have a bigger and better high school is, without a doubt, one of Mr. Yineyard's main objectives, and many are the times he has gone out of of his way to work toward that end. Mr. Vineyard is as much a personal friend and confidant of the students as he is their sup- ervisor. ,N l Vim' l ...+.1 4935 i l l ..