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

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Qzdccatcan 53 Y 'Q L TO S H THOMPSON IR S H Thompson Ir for 13 years supervrsor of elementary Negro Schools of Kansas Crtv Kansas assumed hrs dutres as prrncrpal of Sumner Hrgh School September 1 1951 He was bom rn Kansas Crty Kansas and attended local schools Hrs parents were the late Bell A Thompson and Dr S H Thompson Upon berng graduated from Sumner Hrgh School rn 1922 he went to Hampton Instrtute Hampton Vlrgrnra where the B S degree rn Agrrcultural educatron was recerved The M S rn bro chemrstry was conferred upon hrm rn 1938 at the Unrvers1ty ofW1scons1n where most of hrs graduate study has been done For the frrst trme rn 1ts hrstory Sumner Hrgh School rs headed by one of xts own graduates The new prrncrpal taught scxence for seven years at Northeast Junror Hrgh School after whrch he was transferred to Sumner Hrgh School and to the Sumner DIVISION of the Kansas Crty Kansas Iunror College where he taught from 1936 through 1938 We hereby dedrcate thrs annual to our present leader and the long years of servrce whlch Ire ahead for hrm I U ,. ,ga 'xr ' .' 1 , .af , I f , , 5 f X 1 4 .xii si? V .A S f- 1 cfs , .

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U J I 'fam 'van ii ?N,.:u-5, To JohnA Hodge John A Hodge brought 35 years of successful admrmstratron as Sumner I-hgh School prrncrpal to a close September 1 1951 The well known educator asked the Kansas Crty Kansas board of educauon for retxrement prrvrleges on Monday Aprrl 23 51 The body granted the request Mr Hodge a natrve ofShe1byv111e In1dana was the thrrd prrncxpal of the 46 year old school He was preceeded by two other prmcrpals J E Patterson from 1905 and 1908 and J M Marquess who served the follow mg erght years Mr Hodge taught rn Indxana for four years Both the B A and M A degrees were earned at lndrana unrversrty where durrng 1909 and 1910 he was teachrng fellow rn the physrcs department He came to Kansas Crty ln 1912 where he began teaching mathematrcs and scrence at the old Sumner Hrgh School at Nmth and Washmgton Boulevard In March 1916 he was named prrncrpal We hereby dedrcate this annual to our past leader for hrs long years of devoted service A sr v as 5'

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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