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

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rl, the nation. :iation rested Jdy in zas, in es and xols in ughter 1 each fower School 53. 7. A. r Mrs. R. Hugh Uhlmanng Mrs. Wiliam B. Cozadg Mrs. Thomas McMillan, Mrs. Raymond C. O'Dell O f f i c e r s President Mrs. Thomas McMillan Vice-president Mrs. William B. Cozad Secretary Mrs. Raymond C. O,Dell Treasurer Mrs. R. Hugh Uhlmann The Parent-Teachers Association held four meetings during the school year, besides several Council meetings. The first was an evening meeting for both mothers and fathers in October. Mrs. Green gave an excellent talk on the Philosophy of Education at Sunset Hill, followed by an explanation of the work of the year as outlined by the individual teachers in their own classrooms. The second Parent-Teachers meeting in November was a combined one of the Upper and Lower Schools. After several very interesting skits by the Upper School classes, the meeting adjourned to the hall of the Mellon building to enjoy the display of the Book Fair. The third meeting was held late in February. This time the mothers were entertained by Dr. Forman, an eminent psychiatrist, who spoke on the uljroblenus of the Growing Child.,7 At the final meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association in May, the annual election of officers took place. I -7-

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Upper School fparent-Jeacher Assn. A Mfg, Niclmlsg Mrs. Mitchellg Mrs. Ellioltg Mrs. Mooreg Mrs. Turner. O f f i c e r s President Mrs. Charles A. Elliott Vice-president Mrs. Ansel Mitchell Recording Secretary Mrs. .lohn A. Moore Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Chapman Turner Treasurer Mrs. A. P. Nichols, Jr. As a result of having this year the largest enrollment in the history of Sunset Hill School, the activities of the Parent-Teacher Association have enjoyed a greater parent interest and participation. The Council of this organization, which is the management group of Parent-Teacher Association activities, consists of active committee chairmen, co-chairmen and officers. The twenty-seven interested mothers who form this council give their time and effort to make the P.-T.A. a cooperative body in school activities. A A The P.-T.A. council committees play an important role in the planning of class mixers and teas, in cooperating with the Social Service Board in its Thanksgiving and Christmas aid to needy families and with the Library Board in carrying out the annual Book Fair, in representation with other schools in the Social Conduct Council, and in continuing the high enrollment of the school. Father-Daughter dinners and College Guidance Conferences for parents help parents and teachers to understand each other better through the functions of the Parent-Teacher Association. ...6- H16 an W0 Scl the Fo toc

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School .History Main Building The year 1913 saw the founding of a new school, a venture .in progressnte -education. Through the untiring efforts of Mrs. Hugh Ward fnow Mrs. A. Ross Hlllj, Mrs. William F. Patton, Mrs. ,lustin D. Bowersock, and a few of their friends, the dream of a school designed to keep pace with rising trends of education became a reality. They had visited some of the experimental schools in Chicago and New York and patterned their school on the same general principles. The name Sunset Hill was given the school b-y Mrs. Hill, who named it in memory of a love-ly portion of the campus of Vassar College -still called Sunset Hill. For the first few years, classes were held in Mrs. Hill's home on Fifty-Second Street with Julia Wood as principal. It is hard for us to- day to realize the great amount of responsibility which rested on the founders in those early years. It was under their competent guidance that the school became firmly established. The next building to accomodate the grow- ing school was a house on Fifty-Seventh Street, formerly occupied by the boys' Country Day School. It was to this location that Helen Eric- son came as principal. Through her familiarity withi' the new philosophy and techniques of education, as a result of her association with Col. Francis Parker, she inspired the school to greater heights and originated many of the spe- cial observances which have become well-loved traditions. Among these are Vespers, Revels, and May Day. -g.. Dining Room at a scl Tl UP ial da Ed plz me ad vo. to Nc of Wli Hal