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

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Eiga ,Nw ff. S . ri . '37 . ' X, 'f . Ya 19 ' E 3 .1 I r 9 t s t B 1 1 i P -J 3 .1 J B 1 1 ...sf In 1925 a group of masters from the Country Day School founded the Pem- broke School at 75th and State Line. After eight years of operation this school was merged with the Country Day School. Members of the present faculty, who were on the Country Day School staff are: Mr. Wedin, Mr. Fos- ter, Mr. Coad, and Mr. Naultg while Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Holte were ori- ginally with the Pembroke School. The first headmaster of the Country Day School was Mr. Ralph Hoffman of Camibridge, Mass., who served from 1910 to 1917, and he was succeeded by Mr- Underhill, who stayed until 1920. Mr. Mitchell Froelicher, the third head- master, died in 1923. A year later the position was taken over by Mr. Charles Bradlee and it was held by him until 1931. The next headmaster, Mr. Howard E. A. Jones resigned in 1943. Mr. Bradford M. Kingman has been headmaster during the past ten years, which has been a period of remarkable growth. At the time he came there was a sixty thousand dollar mortgage. On graduation day in 1945, just two years later, this mortgage was burned and since then an ex- tensive building program has been underway. This started with a dormitory extension in 1943, fol- lowed by the beautiful Phillips Memorial Gymnasium in 1949, the headmaster's house in 1950, im- provements and additions to the junior school in 1951, and a new workshop garage building, drive- way and tennis courts in 1952. Word of Mr. Kingmanis resignation was received with regrets from students, faculty, parents, and alumni, and his term as headmaster will go down as a great milestone in the history of the school- . Pembroke-Country Day School has always strived to maintain the highest of scholastic standards. It is fully accredited and many of its graduates have made excellent records in leading universities and in their chosen vocations. The school has built a fine athletic reputation, having won several state championships in the past few years. Our school has been growing and developing rapidly from an enrollment of 186 in 1943, to 320 in 1953. By continuing to offer the best of opportunities in all fields, we feel its continued progress will be assured. The newly added Hec1dmc1s'rer's House The Dormitory and Middle School Building

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