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

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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 ..

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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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il i W ai-, 7ah' i935 Board of Education Mr. U. S. Weary Mrs. W. A. Smiley Mrs. J. H. Warnica Mr. F. G. Churchill Mr. C. H. Miller Miss Fern Hauserrnan Mr. C. P. Murphy Mr. U. S. Wfeary, president of the Board of Education, has been a lawyer in Junction City since 1917. 1-le is a director of the Chamber of Com-merce of junction City, a member of the Lions Club, a member of the board of trustees of the Methodist Church, chairman of the Geary County Republican Central Committee, and United States Commissioner. Mrs. XV. A. Smiley was recently elected president of the XYoodroiv VVilson Luncheon Club, a state Democratic vvomen's organization, and she is the chair- nian of legislation of the Fourth District VVomen's Federated Clubs. Mrs. Smiley is superintendent of the intermediate department of the Presbyterian Church, member of the Ladies Reading Club, Y. NW. C. A., and the A. A. U. XV. Mis. J. H. VVarnica is the only member of the Board of Education who has been a teacher in our schools. She rounded out about a quarter of a century as teacher in the rural schools of Riley and Geary counties and lunctioai City. For the past seventeen years she has been the teacher of the Loyal NVomens' Bible Class of the First Christian church of which she is a member. As an admirer of the true, the beautiful, the uplifting, and the good, her efforts have always been to establish these virtues in the community. She is a member of various educa- tional, social, and benevolent organizations. Mr. F. G. Churchill is the senior instructor in the horse-Shoeing school at Ft. Riley. He is the commander of the American Legion in ,lunction City and ranks as lieutenant colonel in the Reserve Officers' Corp. Mr. Churchill also holds membership in all branches of the Masonic Order. Mr. Charles H. Miller, a graduate of the lunction Citv schools, has served on the Board of Education for several years. Mr. Miller is an active civic work- er and proprietor of the Miller Drug Company. A Miss Fern Hauserman, the clerk 'of the Board of Education, is secretary to Superintendent NV. A. VVood. Miss Hauserman is secretary of the junior de- partment in the Presbyterian Church. Mr. C. P'. Murphy is a clerk on the Union Pacific railroad. He holds the office of president of the Junior-Senior high school Parent-Teachers Association.