Sunset Hill High School - Sundial Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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aw vK.a.a,.. ig sp-,vw r .L 1i5!7'-...-4-9--.gc-Jli:p!.meLx:lz, A I 3,,r1.9y At the close of this, its tenth year, the school has a member- ship of one hundred seventy-five pupils, twenty full time teachers and three assistants. The Sunset Hill School was admitted to the South Central Association of Accredited Schools and Colleges in 1919, and to the North Central Association in 1921. This membership permits all graduates from the school who have carried the required courses to enter any college admitting students without examination. Sunset Hill graduates have been admitted to Vassar and Wel- lesley Colleges by examination and to several other colleges ad- mitting by certihcate. Their records have been uniformly of high quality. , . i TRUSTEES I Chairman, Mrs. A. Ross Hill Vice-Chairman, Mr. Walter M. jaccard 9 Treasurer, Mr. Henry C. Flower Secretary, Mrs. John C. Grover Miss Helen Ericson Mr. J. C. Nichols Mrs. A. T. Hemingway Mr. E. A. Raymond Mrs. Herbert V. Jones Mr. J. C. Swift Mr. A. R. jones Mrs. john Thacher COMMITTEES Finance: House and Grounds: Mr. Henry C. Flower Mr. A. R. Jones Mr. 1. C. Nichols Mr. E. A. Raymond Mr. C. Swift Parents' Association Chairman: Mrs. A. T. Hemingway. Educational: School Luncheons: Mrs. A. Ross Hill Mrs. Herbert V. jones Mrs. A. T. Hemingway Mrs. john C. Grover Mrs. John Thacher Mrs. john Thacher Transportation: Mr. E. A. Raymond. . -6.-h -- - - 1-'E-1 3.3 ,--,133 A-':'-n4.rfa. 5re. ' 'fs' . v- rf. . - - ' x -- - - .-.sh--,.-Qqwhv, - - .-,. .. ,. ,,.,, h ,A NN, - , YW 'WW' Y Y Y' 4 ' Y ' 'Y Y 'T' ' ' ' -r '---A'-M' ' -1214.4 ,1,',,.,,, ,Y Y Y Y '4f '3A'ilg

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9'QF3'r'3H-' - e i ' I it 9 9 it I .- -' 31 A - ' -- liaise -1'f f- Q - ,...,f Jrnall J car. hrub- unds, rdens an, in ation, thirty zories, aplete ls the L used re es- af the af the 924. ZS. rsday, 2 Day, 5 and giving A HISTORY THE SCHOOL The Sunset Hill School was established in the fall of 1913 by Mrs. Justin B. Bowersock, Mrs. A. Ross Hill and Mrs. William F. Patton, and was named for the section of the city in which it was located A 4 For the first year and a half the classes met in the home of Mrs. Hill. The six classes from the kindergarten through the fifth grade, numbered twenty children, under the direction of five teach- ers. In the spring of 1915 the school moved into larger quarters at 420 West 57th Street and remained there until the spring of 1919. The membership of the school then included an enrollment of ninety pupils and twelve teachers. It had become imperative that the school should have a larger home and it was decided that its continuous growth warranted the -securing of a permanent site, large enough to permit its future development. p Through a bond issue taken by parents and friends the present property was purchased at 51st and Wornall Road. A board of trustees selected from the parents was appointed by the founders and the school was incorporated by the State in 1919, as a non-profit making educational institution. The property purchased at that time consisted of six and one- half acres of land with a fine stone building and garage which were adapted for school needs. Two years later, more land was purchased and another building constructed to serve as an audi- torium, dining hall with a kitchen, and three additional classrooms. Since its third year the school has been self-sus-taining, through the income obtained from tuitions. The initial deficit was shared by the founders. In addition to be-ing self-sustaining, the school has met its obligations of the yearly interest due on the bonds and has placed a considerable amount in a sinking fund. The first class graduated from the high school in 1920, and of the nine graduates, four were of the original school group. A class has graduated each year since, the total number of graduates being forty-one. In 1923 the largest class, numbering fourteen girls, was graduated. ....5...

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ll . ..,--..............-:z-yi-5 'l-fi-wry-- .,f- ' -A!-f7 E2g'i.-. ,c .f-..,.,.-..,..,-. J. ., ember- achers Ientral to the rits all ourses n. I Wel- 'es ad- rf high Ly. 5 TEACHING STAFF Laura Argue-History and Student Government Head B. A. Randolph-Macon Women.'s College M. A., Columbia University, Graduate work at the University of Chicago. Mary Louise Bird--Biology, English and Dramatic Club Director B. A. Gouclier College, Graduate work at the University of Wis- consin. Rachel Borders--High School French A. B., Mississippi Women's College Graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. Lucile Craven--High School Latin and Eleventh Grade l-lead B. A. Lombard College A M. A., University of lllinois Ph. D., University of Missouri. Josephine Evans--Domestic Arts B. S. University of Kentucky Muriel Fee--Kindergarten Director Chicago Kindergarten College. Alice Fyock--Fourth Grade Head B. A. Wellesley College H Diploma, Chicago Froeloel Association. Eleanor Halley--Fifth Grade Head B. S., University of Missouri. Mary Chorn Hazard--English, Mathematics and Eighth Grade Head B. A. University of Missouri Myrtle Osborne Lowe-Sixth Grade Head Pd. B., Warrenshurg Normal School B. A., Stanford University. Gillian McFal1-Athletic Director Diploma Kansas City Junior College Graduate of Posse Normal School of Gymnastics, Boston University of Missouri, Chalif Dancing School, Rocky Mountain Dancing Camp. ..7..... 9