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

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Nothing could be more appropriate at this He, who Is properly educated, will be able to make adjustments needed in meeting the changes in our social order, as well as giving leadership to new and desired changes. M. M. ROSE, B. S. KL M. S. ' Superintendent particular time than to dedicate our year book to Education as it faces a new world of social and economic problems. Free public educa- tion is a long term investment made by this democratic nation in order to insure its own perpetuation and to promote its own int-erests. 'Ifhe democracy of tomorrow rests potentially in the children of today. We must insure that these young men and women have faith in the principles on which it is based and they are prepared to contribute effectively to its continuance and improvement along' the lines that society has approved. J. L. HUTCHINSON, B. S. Sz M. S. Principal

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General Administration OFFICERS President ....i... .......... ...W J . A. Buchman Vice President --- .... A. E. Batten Superintendent --- N.... M. M. Rose Clerk ...............H... ,--Thelma Werme Treasurer ..................... .. .... R. O. Peterson Secretary t-o Superintendent .-.......... Mrs. D. E. Adams MEMBERS J. A. Buchman A. E. Batten G. R. Carson A. R. Sedoris W. T. Hagman C. M. Gibson COMMITTEES Teachers and Salaries G. R. Carson W. T. Hagman Buildings and Grounds C. M. Gibson A. E. Batten Finance and Purchasing A. R. Sedoris A. E. Batten Regular meetings of the Board are held on the first Monday of each month in the offices of the Board of Education which are locatei in the Senior High 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 sixty and seventy buildings formerly on these grounds. For a number of years before the Senior High School was constructed there was a very evident need for this building. The enrollment in the old high school was 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 the total enrollment of the Senior High School was 447, and the number of teachers was 18. At the close of the school year in 1928, which was the second year that- the new school was operated, there was an enrollment for the year of 961, and a teaching corps of 30 teachers. The increasefrom 1919 with the old building to 1923 after the construction of the- new building was 514, which was an increase of 115 per cent. We, the senior class of '35 which to thank the Board for its unceasing and untiring efforts to help fit- us to Face the Changing Social Order.

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Kansas Stats Tvavhcrs Colle: F. M. SNODGRASS. B. S. Physical Education Northwestern Summer Coarll- ing School Estes Park Slimmer School Kansas Slate '11-achcrs College ANNA D. COSTELLO. B. S. Commerce Kansas State Teachers College University of Kansas Grew: School of Commerc e Chicano CLAUDE HUFFMAN, B. S. 8: M. S. Biology Sterling College Kansas State Agricultural College University of Michigan Kansas State 'l'cz1chc-rs College DORA PETERSON. B. S. Pvnmanshin and Spcllimg, Biology Kansas Stan- 'l's-at-ht-rs Collupre University of Chicago CLARA RADELL, A. B. 8: A. M. Latin University of Kansas University of Michigan RAY HEADY, B. S. Journalism anrl Enzlish 2 l HELEN D. LANYON. B. S. Ph Ka ysical l'lclna'ation 81 llygivnc nsas Stale Toauht-rs College PRENTICE GUDGEON. D. S. Athletics Northwestern Summer Couch- inlr Schuul Kansas State Teachers College M ADGE WALTZ, B. S.. Ed. Amcriran History Kansas State Tvarht-rs Cullugzt- ELLSWORTH BRIGGS. M, S. har lunglish. l'lronon1irs, lforviizn Relations. Sm-iolugy. isas Statt- 'l't-arht-rs Collt-uv SARA STEPHENS. B. S, 8: M. S. linglish Kansas State 'l't'aL'hs-rw Fallvnn FLORENCE WHITE, B. 5. Art, World History. G:-ngravhv Kan sas State 'l'v:lc'h0rs Cfollruw Ilnivorsity of Kansas University of Chicago