Northeast High School - Nor Easter Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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THE NOFVEASTER 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' OLD AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS INOREASTERS RECOGNITION OF THE RETIRING AND THE both Sf NEW MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD The followzng znterwews were made by Mr Dzck M zndlm and Mzss Dorothy fone Moore of the Nor easter Staj Starting in 1914 as President of the P T A of Horace Mann School Mrs Frank E Dorsey has progressed in child welfare and educational work until now she is the thud woman elected to the Board of Education Former President of the K C Council of Parents and Teachers and of the Mary Harmon Weeks Schol arship F oundatlon assures us of Mrs Frank E Dorseys intense interest in child welfare The P T A has brought the homie and the school together says Mrs Dorsey It has helped the parents to understand the school program and has given the teachers an opportunity to become better acquainted with the child s home life This cooperation IS bound to yield better results I believe that even during these times of depression Kansas City will not let the schools go backward The greatest burden has fallen on the teachers with a twenty five per cent reduction 1n salary but they have continued to give Kansas City children the best of education Although this depression has been a hardshlp to the young men and women graduating from high school lt has greatly benefited them Students now realize the necessity of an education to succeed IH life therefore more students are continuing their education after graduation from high school Because of Mrs Dorsey s wonderful and helpful work in the P T A students have an understanding and appreciatue new friend on the School Board NIRS IRANR E DORSEX The child is the pivot of our educational system declared Mrs. Caroline F. Fuller who retired from the Board of Education this year. Mrs. Fuller the first woman elected to the Board served two consecutive terms. All students should be informed of civic and social problems in order to make themselves better citizens says Mrs. Fuller. I believe that education should be so designed to better fit the younger people for their later life and that persons in author- ity should discuss all problems which concern the public good. Previous to becoming a member of the ,Board Mrs. Fuller was for eight years at the head of the Music Department at old Central High School. The school system is a corporation with the Board of Education as the Directing Board Mrs. Fuller said. There are six members of this Board who define the pol- icies, ideas and activities of the school system. During her terms as a member of the Board Mrs. Fuller served as Chairman of the Library and Vocational Committees was a member of the Finance and Textbook Committees and served in many other positions. Students should have the opportunity to discuss with a high-minded individual personal problems which confront them. A person who has a well-rounded education is the one who will succeed in life. The opportunity to enhance their education is being appreciated by the large majority of the young people attending the public schools today, concluded Mrs. Fuller. NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR 1 1 1 1 1 , , , I8 NIR W1 Mr. Su1 City mx expectir during l professif with the been ma School,- be folds ucating underdc advanta ilate, ne individt 1 1 M experie v . 7 7 7 f A f . 1 . . - sc ar 7 . . . , - v . . ' f ' - u ' 5 za cc . - ' 7 ' - an . 7 . . , . . . . rc f . . . u ar rc , . . 1 . , . . . . . 77 H . . . . . . ' 2. . . . 3. l . . . . ' ' . A A , U . , .' 4. 7 . . . i ' 'D . . ' . . 5 ' 3 a . . . . . . ,, 1 ' rr ' 7: . . . ., cr 1 'A' 'A' i' I cl 1 u u u I J 7 ! 7 cc an an Ml 7 1 in . 2 zz an 44 2 ca ,, W ' 1 v a a 2 4: 7 7 Mr LH- '-if-M f'Ie---akcsts. . A...u...- , --7. EL.-. --.-T--Q

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1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 THE NOITEASTER BOARD OF EDUCATION MR. ROBERT L. MEHORNAY MR. A. O. THOMPSON MR. J. ROY SMITH Elected 1930 Elected 1932 Elected 1928 V ,N l 1 I T 1 1 1 l MRS' CAROLYN F' FULLER MR. EDWIN C. MESERVEY Miss ANNETT1-: MOORE Elefifed 1922 President Vice-President Elected 1917 Elected 1926 K 1 . R 1 . 1 MR. GEORGE C. T1NKER MR. GEORGE MELCIIER MR. JOHN L. SHOUSE Sggrgtary Superintendent Assistant Superintendent Elected 1930 Elected 1928 Elected 1929 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR 17

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 THE NOR'EASTER NI rs. now 'ents :hol- E. hool ents the avith 'ield ion, The ity- ued the em. nore El'ltS F. irst ake i so lor- rat ing rol- of wok lal, 1 is ing ols 1 Mr. VVa1lace Sutherland is a lawyer, but also a father, and therefore has a rich experience for his work on the Board. Incidentally, his father and grandfather were both school teachers, and he has taught for a few years. We feel sure that such a background will enable him to do much good for our schools. The following are some of the ideals that he has conceived for the benefit of our schools. In the beginning of my term as a member of the Kansas City, Mo., Board of Education, it is my most sin- cere desire to contribute my share in maintaining the high standing of the Kansas City schools, and, if possible, to improve the same. The efforts of the School Board in this regard would be unavailing unless it were for the high standing and unselfishness of the teachers. Also the sin- cerity and faithful work of the students themselves will contribute largely to the improvement of our school system. , f'Limiting this discussion to the question of the high schools particularly, the following may be properly in- cluded in the objectives of a high school course: 1. The learning of those basic subjects which long experience has sanctioned as proper post-elementary subjects. Z. The development of the mental processes of the student so that it may be truly said of him that 'he has learned to study.' 3. The learning of those subjects which will tit the student for a vocation, partic- ularly where it is desirable from the standpoint of the student. 4. The learning of those subjects which will fit the student for advanced ed- ucation. 5. In all cases, to assist the student in developing himself mentally, so that he will continue to learn and investigate, and to find pleasure in such learning and investigation. 6. The development of character. If any high school succeeds in a large measure in these objectives, remarked Mr. Sutherland, its influence will be great in the community. The citizens of Kansas City may well be proud of its school system. MR. WALLACE SUTHERLAND 'k 'A' 'A' Mr. James LeRoy Smith, the retiring member of the Board of Education, is not expecting any metamorphosis just because he is now on the outside looking in, because during his entire term he never lost the viewpoint of the outsider. He is a lawyer by profession, and is quite interested in the system of education used today as compared with that of yesterday. He feels that in spite of the many improvements which have been made, education is yet in the making. He is a graduate of old Central High School,-class of 1890. We have not yet reached the place in our plans of education where hands can be folded, and be complacently cast into the clouds, says Mr. Smith. 'fWe are ed- ucating some too much and others not enough, an overdose is sometimes as bad as an underdose. Some children can assimilate only so much education to their material advantage, while others, planning more of an intellectual life, and being able to assim- ilate, need more education to work out their own salvation in lifef' Mr. Smith thinks that all education must in time be so given as to make each individual fit readily into his own scheme, or into some scheme of life without having Continued on page 169 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR 19