Manual High School - Builder Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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awww f'3'im..Q,. These are inspiring days in which we live. We challenged at every turn to meet the new problems of preparing for a more efficient life. Man- ual has always stressed the all-around inan. Our first motto urged the train- ing of heart, head and hand. We feel that our new school is admirably fitted to prepare our students to serve their communities better. Through the years the aims and ideals of education have changed. We must bring new zeal and new vision to our work that We may grow with the times. While many of our boys and girls will continue to prepare for college entrance, it has become increasingly important to prepare others to go immediately into the fields of industry and business. We hope to make it possible for our students to find suitable preparation, no matter what their vocational Choice. It has been a joy to have a part with you in organizing our new school, This first year has been a notable one. All of us may take pride in its grow- ing success. May our purpose be to serve. Loyally yours, A. F. BARRY, Vice-principal, Academic Department

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, f X ,f . K l U l k ,N l The school term of 1939-40 has been an epoch-making year in the history of Manual High and Vocational School. We, faculty and students, who have been here this first year, have had the privilege of laying the foundation upon which, we hope, can be built an institution that will help girls and boys to grow into efficient citizens. My wish is that here many will be inspired to develop a sense of secur- ity that comes from knowing how to do some part of the world's work suf- ficiently well to be self-supporting: a sense of satisfaction that comes from being able to make a contribution of service to societyg a sense of achieve- ment that comes from knowing the joy of successg and a sense of self-mastery which comes from the development of a wholesome personality, The measure of success of the school will be the extent of its accom- plishment in helping young people to make basic patterns for life which they can adjust and adapt to the changing social and economic conditions which they are sure to meet. The future with all of its possibilities is before us. May we have faith, wisdom and sympathetic understanding to meet the opportunities of each new day. GRACE RIGGS, Vice-principal Girls' Vocational Department rv

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As a greeting to you, the student body of this fine new school, where your opportunities for an education are unique and broader in scope than in any other high school in the city, may I express a few of my wishes for you and for the school? May your training here help you to develop alert minds, strong bodies and skillful hands, and may you strive always toward a high quality of citi- zenship and leadership. For our school, we hope to develop an institution, not only outstanding in the type of training available, but also ranking high in good discipline, punctuality and regularity in attendance, and whose students respect the rights and privileges of their classmates, qualities so necessary in the development of good citizens. We hope you will always be proud to claim Manual High and Vocational School as your school and be as glad to return to it in the years to come as you would to your own home. We also hope to train you here so that you will feel toward your daily tasks as expressed in Henry Van Dyke's little poem, The Task : Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, This is my work, my blessing, not my doom, Of all who live I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way. J. J. ELLIS, Vice-principal, Boy's Vocational Department -Y ,T ,A Iillgl' High!