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

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GEORGE H. ARMACOST, M. A. Principal Social Science Dickinson College Iohn Hopkins University Columbia University ggzcuffy Page Fifteen ETHEL M. GREGG Assistant Principal Algebra Grove City College Columbia University

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emma of fha Scfzoof year The year 1935 should be significant to you, members of the l935 graduat- ing class of Kane High School, for many reasons, but particularly since you have participated in the celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the public high school, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Kane High School build- ing, the revival of the Kane High School Alumni Association, the inauguration of a new club for high school leaders, and the production of a new type com- mencement night program which members of your class have written and pro- duced. As the administrator of Kane High School, I wish to congratulate you most heartily upon your successful achievement. Your editorial staff has selected an unusually appropriate theme for your HUBRI-KANE. lt is only proper that we pause to commemorate the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Boston Latin Grammar School and to reflect upon the development of our schools from their meager, yet secure foundation, to the universal acceptance of free high school education, the germ of which was planted in Boston in 1635. Those who have preceded us have been in- spired by the vision of what free education could do in improving the citizenry of these United States through many crises in public affairs. Our country is today faced with a great economic, social, and moral dilemma that will be solved largely by your vision and faith in the right kind of education. The Boston Latin Grammar School and other schools of its type were for select boys, who received instruction in Greek and Latin to prepare them for college. lt was an exceedingly narrow and impractical curriculum that these boys followed, yet through this the most important of all instruction was at- tempted: namely, the development of character. These schools laid the foun- dation of learning and character that framed our constitution, our democratic ideals, and our government. One hundred and sixteen years later, in the city of Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin conceived a school which is known' to us as the academy. Franklin did not approve of the limited instruction in Latin and Greek alone for his school was To traintfor the great end and real business of living . Said he, The first and principal object of this institution is the promotion of true piety and virtue. It would be well if they Cpupilsl could be taught everything that is useful and everything that is ornamental. But art is long and time is short. It is therefore, proposed that they learn those things that are likely to be most useful and most ornamental. The modern high school began its rapid growth about 1890 and has doubled its attendance each decade since. The courses since then have be- come more varied, more practical and more thorough in teaching young peo- ple to adapt themselves to adult society. You, we feel, have profited from this instruction. We believe you will courageously face the unknown future with a determination to improve the community in which you live as well as further the quest for true piety and virtue hoped for by Franklin. The reputation of Kane High School in sports and in scholarship has been increased by your efforts. Your interest in citizenship and character as shown by your participation in the group for leaders and the National Honor Society, both of which are new, has been commendable. Through cooperation failure has been reduced to less than five percent while a higher percentage have re- mained in school during the past year. Continue, my friends, to achieve and to represent in whatever community you live in the highest ideals of leader- ship, service, and character for these are the ideals of your Alma Mater. GEORGE H. ABMACOST. Page Fourteen

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FLORENCE ALLIC, LITT. B. English Grove City College RUTH BAILEY . Music Cincinnati Conservatory of Music University of Wisconsin JUNE A. BLAIR, A. B. English Allegheny College Columbia University BELLE BOLLINGER, A. B. Latin Allegheny College Cornell University Page Sixteen - -'vie v ETI-IEL COPELAND Social Studies Clarion State Teachers College Columbia University CARRIE DONOVAN Art Fredonia State Teachers College Columbia University ROSANA ECKMAN, A. B. English Dickinson College Pennsylvania State College CHRISTIAN F. FEIT IR., B. S. Mathematics-Social Studies Lock Haven State Teachers College Pennsylvania State College