Sumner High School - Sumnerian Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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.,.g. 1Kll'f'2 EFS.- gw 1 scam 1940- A new Sumner High School structure, the largest and most modern educational plant for colored students was officially dedicated at 2 o'clock Tuesday January 9, 1940, Principal speakers on the dedicatory program were Governor Payne Ratner and Dr, Sherman D, Scruggs, now president of Lincoln University. Jefferson City, Missouri, Classes began in the New Sumner Tuesday, January 9. Fauclty members, under the direction of Principal John A. Hodge, began moving into their new plant weeks before, and by the time school was dismissed for the Christmas holidays, every room was ready for occupancy. 1100 patrons braved the whirling snow storm to attend the dedication that afternoon. Other speakers for the dedication were F.L, Schlagle, William H. Towers, representative of the eighth district, who introduced in legislature the bill whose passage resulted in a new Sumner,Principal Hodgewho pre- sented a vivid history of the school, Frank Rushton, president of the Board of Education, and Dr. J.G. N. Soanes, chairman of the citizen's advisory committee,

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14 smut. ' .1906-1940 The old Sumner High School structure was born in June, 1906, in the Board of Education rooms inthepu- blic library building with Superintendent NLE. Pearson, Principal I. E. Patterson 0905-1908j, G.T. Porter, and G.B. Buster, former teachers, present. After much discussion over the choice of aname for the new school, the name 'Sumner' was selected be - cause it suggested best the ideals of the institution to include the scholarlines of the great Charles Sumner, the culture of his New England background, his liberalism as shown by his strong protest against the system of slavery and his courage as shown by his fearlessness in denouncing slavery. In 1905 before the first Sumner High School was built, classes were held afternoons in Central High School, located at Ninth and Minnesota Avenue. ln 1906 the centralsection and the south wing were built. ln 1909 the north wing was added. In 1925 the gymnasium, the cafeteria, and the domestic science annex were built on the north side. 4 I

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l F L Schlagle Supenntendent of Pub11c Schools Kansas Crty Kansas Mr Schlagle was former N E A Presxdent He was consultant to the Department of Educanon and the Umted Natlons confer ence H1 San Francisco rn the sprmg of 1945 and a memher of the Unrted States Department delegatlon to the London conference In the fall of 1945 when UNESCO was orgamzed In 1946 Basal O Conner named hun state chalrman of the March of Drmes This honor was accorded hxm again 1n 1952 L ,RL A KANSAS CITY KANSAS BOARD OF EDUCATION C C 0 I6 fll '- X I .Q 5 a J ,T fi ' Ja Af L