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

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Caixson Madman Qioson SEOon.is GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICERS President --------J. A. Buchman Vice President ------- A. E. Batten Superintendent -------- M. M. Rose Clerk --------- The ma Werme Treasurer - - - R. O. Peterson Secretary to Sup ' t. ----- Mrs. D. E. Adams MEMBERS J. A. Buchman A. E. Batten G. R. Carson A. R. Sedoris W. T. Hngman C. M. Gibson COMMITTEES Teachers and Salaries G. R. Carson W. T. Haj man Buildings axd Grounds C. M. Gibson A. E. Batten FlXAXCE AND PURCMASIXC A. R. Sedoris A. E. Batten Regular meetin;j;s of the Board are held on the fir:t Monday of each month in the offices of the Board of Education which are located in the Senior Hi ;ii School building. Special meetings are held at the call of the President of the Board. The grounds upon which the high school is located comprise four city blocks and contain 10.8 acres of land. There were between s;. ty and seventy buildings formerly on these grounds. For a number of i,ear.; before the Senior High School was constructed there was a very evident need for this building. The enrollm.ent in the old high school v a3 very much below that which could have been normally expected from the total enrollment of the city schools. At the close of the school year in 1919 tlie total enrollment of the Senior High School was 4-1-7, and the number of teachers was 18. At the close of the school ear in 1923, which was the second year that the new school was op- erated, there was an enrollment for the year of 961, and a teaching corps of .?0 teachers. Ihe increase from 1919 with the old building to 192. after the construction of the new hui ' diiig vas 514, which was an increase of 115 per cent. There have been three bond elections for this schoo ' . The Hrst was he ' d on November 6, 1917, and was f(n- $200,000.00. ' Fhis election failed. The seL-ond election was held julv 1, 1919 and was for $275,000.00 and carried bv a vote of 1680 to 464. A third election was held November 2, 1920 to the amount of $150,000.00 and carried by a vote of , 892 to 1.U2.

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Buy the truth, and .-ell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. —Proverbs 23:23

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Tlie puhllc scliciol d ics not assume to claim credit for all that is j ocid in our present social life. It should not be held responsible for all that is undesirable. When failure comes in our social or- der it is because the ideals of the public school ha e not been fully attained. — M. M. RosK, B. S. M. S. Superintt ' nih ' iit. What one thinks of God determines what he thinks of all else in the universe. The question What is one ' s life for? is answered in accordance with what one thinks of God. The mo:.t searching and revealing question that can be put to an - one is What is your idea of God? . — J. L. Hutchinson ' , B. S. Priiirip il.