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

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THE NOR EASTER MR. ARTHUR T, CHAPIN Principal ' University of Pennsylvania NINETEEN THIBTY-FOUR 1 , 20 '-' - '- 'L.m:..L. . . u... ...ix ., 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y 1

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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

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, , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 THENQREASTER MR. GEORGE W. DAVIS Vice-Principal Missouri Valley College , , f f 1 f 1 1 1 1 NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR 21