Kane Area High School - Hurri Kane Yearbook (Kane, PA)

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P' Q ,. 5. 7 1 1 .325 .ml-we I I 6' wb-Q Q 192.8 Hunan KANESQ va IN WRITING a resume of the closing school year, it seems only fitting that the calendar should be ignored, and the period to be covered should begin on April 13, 1926 and end on March 19, 1928. - Q55 IO .9 'i'll 'lIg YJW T- V ' ifg '. L.VT,, V ' 2+-53. 1 N l-V? ,7-w1:'f' ,a w ... H i , ' '- as . .S ,- .1 ff -W . , , .A ' I u A . , . . , , . , ,. . A if i ij il 9 N ff .:n?gsg I? ,Q il Il ' l il Y Q. ll , if I+ ,, nt ,f r 1: 25 ,l 9 B Nl x .. Cn .1 A if N '50 5. YK, if: l V X4 gg li if 94. .74 5 H. These two dates have a significance and interest to every one concerned in the welfare of Kane's public schools because on the former date Willis R. Skillman was elected superintendent and on the latter date he died. I cannot add to the many and beautiful tributes already paid to the memory of Mr. Skillman, but a brief review of his work seems fitting and proper for this issue of the Hurri-Kane written with a view too belatedly of giving him the credit for his work, which he would, if living, scorn. . Less than 'a month after his election, Mr. Skillman recommended certain teachers for election for the ensuing school year. Little else was said other than that they were recommended, but the files reveal a careful and painstaking in- vestigation of each teacher and a surprising amount of data and information gathered on which his recommendations were based. At the June meeting following, Mr. Skillman introduced the idea of holding a summer school and the results of that announcement are now too well known to justify more than passing mention. This meeting, too, saw the beginning of plans to better safeguard the health of all school pupils. The community memorial service in honor of Miss Margaret MacEwen on completion of her 35 years of service as a teacher in the Kane Schools, followed by the adoption of the Margaret MacEwen Medal to perpetuate her memory stands as one of the many memorable events to be added to the account of Mr. Skillman's thoughtful consideration. The new rest room for teachers at the Central Building, play rooms in two of the other grade buildings, the increase in the average of school attendance, the immunizing of 460 school pupils against diptheria, along with other health measures, conferences with specialists fromthe .Department of Public Instruc- tion, unsightly waste land around the High School Building transformed into a parking area, extension of the H. S. Athletic Grounds by acquiring additional land, lowering the annual turn-over in the teaching staff, installation of a per- manent school record system, a motion picture machine with equipment for visual education, and methods of determining vocational fitness of pupils are but a few of the sixty projects brought to an actual realization during Mr. Skill- man's incumbency and for which he largely deserves the entire credit. At the time of his death, Mr. Skillman was busy with plans for beautifying the grounds around the Clay Street, High School and West Side buildings. 'No doubt those associated with him in this work will see that this last project is carried out, and, when completed, the growing flowers and shrubbery properly landscaped will serve as a particularly fitting tribute to his memory. Much more space than alloted here would be required to more than briefly sketch Mr. Skillmanls activities during his short stay in Kane as revealed by the school records, but what the records do not reveal might be mentioned in a closing word. We are unable to find any record in writing of the wide spread influence and inspiration which his example afforded to children and adults alike in this com- munity. Such an influence cannot be reduced to mere written words. It is in- tangible and immeasurable. But it exists and will remain a valuable memory in the minds of all who' had the good fortune to know Willis R. Skillman. H. G. BERKHoUsE Secretary, Board of Education Pace 7'1L'enly-.vi a Ql fb ,M JK VX V4 l l , e , EV 3 51 n , Z l 1' 1' , Q4 3 ., F' gl nf , 4 , ' ' P V 4'

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fi. X-,xx II K 4 .QV yay Al I ij ' g A f ,Q ' I ' ' nn,-1,1-4-4--H-Q.-.M .-I. -0-l K . 4 1 ., ' ' Q4 1' ff it , , f1.f - F-,f'- M -ff-at-W .M if an gg Eff-f f1:-A iff' V5 Q12 1- -Efri-' f ei' 'U l f R Y 1 .y is The Kane Board of Education J. E. HRNRETTA. . . ...... President FREDERICK liIMl'l. ......... ..,,...... I Ure Prff.s1'rlen.t CTI-IARLr:s L. ICCKMAN O. S. SCOTT .IOHN Y. LoNc:sHoR14: D. R. VVOODWARD K. E. VVENK, D. D. S. The Kane School Board is composed of seven of our best known and respected citizens. These men have given most generously of their time and thought to the management and conduct of our schools with the end in View that Kane High may stand first among schools of the state and that Kane students may enjoy the best along educational lines and ideals. Recognizing this splendid work on the part of the Board and their great interest in us, we, the Senior Class, as sponsors of this school annual, feel it our duty to show the general appreciation and good-Will which prevail throughout the school, towards the Board's work. As students, it has been our earnest en- deavor to maintain the standards which they, as a School Board, have set before us. WT. H. '28 l'1l.ur Trwnly-,Dre . la X., fx' e if- -f mtl- i , 1 .N .e -N '?J - 'Y-'fi-V . Q - Q w X -M--f,. ., , .,, , ,W ,. aefftiifff M., ,gi-f Y

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