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

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It is commendable that this annual shall be dedicated to the first graduating class of the Pittsburg High School. It is impossible to evaluate the influence this school has exercised in the lives of the individuals who have attend- ed it during the past fifty years. We believe' this influence, for the most part, has been a determining factor for good in the lives of these' individuals. In the years that are ahead, may this school continue to inspire youth to greater and nobler ideals. M. M. ROSE, B. S, and M. S. Superintendenl VVe like to think of this Golden Jubilee ' annual as a product of the senior class of 1938. It is a real honor to be graduating as the 50th class for this high school. I wonder if many of you know the wonder- ful changes that have taken place in this high school in general in fifty years. D0 you know that fifty years ago Pittsburg's high school occupied three rooms with three teachers on the second floor of a small two story building between Ninth and Tenth streets on Broadway ?-that at that time there was but one other high school in this district?-one organized in Fort Scott a year or so earlier? Many of the membe'rs of this class will live to see the one hundredth anniversary of their high school when your grand children will be graduating. I, like you, am wondering what a high school will be like-just what will be' the nature of P. H. S. when you visit it in 1988, to see your grand children graduate? J. L. HUTCHINSON, B. S. and M. S. Principal Pagf Nine

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BOARD U TIU OFFICERS Presidcnt ,,,,,., ,A,, ,,.. ,,,,.,,,,,,,,, ,.,, ,,,A,, C , M . G ibzon Vice President ,,,,,,, A. E. Batten Superintendent. ....,.,. ,....,,, . . M. M, Rose Clerk ,,,,,,,....,,..,, ...., ,,,,.., T h elma Werme Treasurer ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,., ,,,,,....,.,. , , ..,. R. O. Peterson Secretary to Superintendent ,,,,, .,,,,,.. M rs. D. E. Adams MEMBERS C. M. Gibson E. A. Sellmansberger J. A. Buchman A. E. Batten E. H. McFarland ' ' 'A. R. Sedoris COMMITTEES Buildings and Grounds A. E. Batten E. H. McFarland J. A. Buchman Finance and Purchasing E. E. Sellmansberger A. R. Sedoris The regular Board meetings are helgl on the first Monday of each month in the Board of Education offices which are located in the Senior High School Building. Special meetings may be called by the President of the Board. The need for a new high school was evident so in the year of 1921 and '22 the school was constructed at its present location. At the close of the school year of 1923, the enrollment was 961 with 30 teachers. This was an increase of 115 per cent over the enrollment of 1919 which was 447 with a teaching force of 18. The ground covers an area of four blocks. Page Eight

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FERDA HATTON. B. S. Commerce Kansas State Teachers College CLAUDE I. HUFFMAN, B. S. AND M. S. Biology ' Kansas State Agricultural College Sterling College University of Michigan kansas State Teachers College DORA PETERSON, B. S. Biology Kansas State Teachers College University of Chicago MARION A. NATION, B. S. AND M. S. American Gofvernmenl, History Kansas State Teachers College MARY E. NELSON University of Washington Kansas State Teachers College THEODORE CARNINO, B. S. AND M. S. Industrial Arts Kansas State Teachers College PRENTICE GUDGEN, B. S. Athletirs Northwestern Summer Coaching School Kansas State Teachers College emo Oflox.. CALLA LEEKA, B. S. Foods and Home Lilving Kansas State Teachers College University of Chicago University of California Kansas State Agricultural College L. C. RAMSEY, B. S. Commerce Fort Scott Junior College Kansas State Teachers College Iowa University ESTHER M. GABLE, B. S. Clothing 'Kansas State Teachers College University of Chicago WILLIAM CORPORON, B. S. English and Journalism Kansas State Teachers College University of Missouri SARA STEPHENS, B. S AND M. S. English Kansas State Teachers College Lada! il Page Ten