Pittsburg High School - Purple and White Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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llllIlllIllIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllh llllllllllllllilllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllilll lllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllI 1 9 2 1 PURPLE and WHITE 1 9 2 1 lllllllllllIlIIIIlllllIllIIIIIIllIIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIYIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllIIIllllllllllllIIIllllllIlllllIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllll An Appreciation DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING By WALTER LEMON, '21. It is needless for me to tell this repre- sentative audience of Pittsburg citizens that this is a joyful occasion for the members of the Pittsburg High School. It is an occasion on which the student body may give expres- sion to the joyous realization of a long de- layed hope. We are grateful to the taxpay- ers and other loyal citizens who have made this occasion possible. When we gaze over the framework of this massive hall of learn- ing, rising majestically in this ideal location -there comes over us a thrill of grateful ap- preciation. We look back over the long years spent in the old high school building, with its crowd- ed halls, its overflowing classrooms, its lim- ited space, and its lack of facilities for the most effective work. We seniors have spent four years of our high school life in the old building with visions always before us of this beautiful and commodious structure, and with the constant hope that in our last year we might enjoy it as a finished reality. But the occasion is no less happy to us than to the under-classmen, who will enter these halls in the near future. There is nothing selfish in the feeling of satisfaction which comes to the seniors on this occasion. Our interest in the progress of the school which has formed so large a part of our life in the years past, is just as keen as if we were to become stu- dents within these walls. So I voice the pride of the senior class in this building which is dedicated to the education of all the chil- dren of all the people. But I speak also for those members of the High School whose work will be com- pleted in this building with its more advan- tageous environment. To whom much is given, much shall be required. A higher standard of excellence may be expected from those of us who have been given the better facilities, under which to do our work. This building does not mean to us merely a place where we shall be able to enjoy school life more fullyg it means a place where we may more fully prepare ourselves to perform our duties as citizens of the communityg a place whose varied activities may teach us to meet life's responsibilities in a finer way. While the present senior class does not hope for any direct personal benefit from the completion of this building, yet indirectly we shall be greatly benefited because of the civic im- provement to the city of Pittsburg. In token of the gratitude and apprecia- tion of the young people of this community, for your generosity in providing such a home for our educational needs, the students of the High School and Eighth grade pledge in- creased interest in our school work and higher standards of community life. We will en- deavor to adjust ourselves to the new envir- onment in a manner consistent with that of consciencious students, and so thoroughly will we contribute to the improved conditions of education that you may rest assured that the voting of several hundred thousand dollars in bonds will not have been in vain. IIIllIlIllIllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllIlllllIllIllllllllIlllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllIllIllIIlIIllIIIllllllllllllllllllllllll IIIlIlllllIIIIlllllIlllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllll Page 5