Pembroke Hill High School - Raider Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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E044-J of WA tee Front Row: Judge Welch, Harold R. jones. 2nd Row: Paul Hamilton, Raymond Hall, John Pierson, George C. Jordan 1President of Alumni Associationl, Irvine O. Hockaday ipresident Wilson D. Woodl. 3rd Row: justin D. Bowersock, Cornelius Lombardi, Albert L. Gustin, Jr., Oscar Straube, Mrs. Gordon Beaham, Jr. tPresident of Parents Associationl, Mason L. Thompson, Mrs. Manvel Davis. 1Dr. J. Milton Singleton was absent.3 Although the Pem-Day board of trustees seldom comes into direct contact with the students, the board is the body which det-ermines the school's policies. Almost all of the members of the board are parents of boys in school, but every one of them is a person interested in Pem-Day's future. Members of the board are elected for three-year terms by others on the board, and they can be re-elected at the end of their terms. Officers are elected by the whole board for one-year terms and can also be re-elected. The board meets five times a year and discusses the important issues at hand. At these meetings Various com- mittees report their findings. There are six of these committees: for education, athletics, buildings and grounds, finance, scholarship and endowment. . The board, in the past few years, has lifted the school out of debt, had plans drawn up for a new building program, and supervised the recent building fund drive, receiving more than Sl60,000. The board of trustees is also responsible for choosing the headmaster, and it was a committee headed by glarsgon L. Thompson which went to the East and picked the present headmaster, Bradford M. Kingman, in . - The board is the top policy body, and they decide, with the headmaster, matters relating to the school budget operation and expansion.

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The 141mA of the School The first aim of the school is to provide the best possible preparation for responsi- ble citizenship in a democracy. Such preparation must include learning how to think logically, clearly and con- structively. lt must include working at the top of one's ability which, in turn, is dependent on good health and emotional stability. These elements are of great im- portance if there is to be the kind of prep- arations which insures the ultimate realiza- tion of our aim. However, there is an element of even greater importance and that is the formation of character through ethical training-the kind of character de- velopment which typifies the good citizen. The good citizen, through his school ex- perience, cherishes democratic values and bases his actions on them. He come: to be- lieve in the fundamental dignity of man and, most important of all, he learns to put himself in the other fellows place in all kinds of situations. thereby gaining his respect and affection. Responsible citizenship in a democracy demands educational experience which not only develops the mind and body. but helps to create in the heart of man an awareness of his responsibility to his fel- low man. Then he becomes truly aware of the INOSY fundaniemal ol democratic Values and helps to make stronger our de- fense of 'fthe last lust hope on earth.

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v. 14 miniA teqtivn The Pem-Day board of trustees picks a headmaster for the school, and it is his job to run the school as he sees fit. ' Mr. Bradford M. Kingman was selected by the board in 1943 after an intensive search. It is Mr. Kingman's duty to set educational policy, and on him much of the school's standing rests. There are several other administrative employees of the school. Hal Jones is the school secretary and a great help in shifting much of the burden of minor detail Mrs. , from Mr. Kingman's shoulders. Mrs. Mary Virginia Barnes, in addition to helping Mrs. Jones, publishes the Pembroke-Country Day News. Both of these Women have sons in the school. Mr. S. C. McFadden is the school bursar, appointed last year after the death of Mrs, McAllister, one of the school's pioneers.