William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

Page 33 text:

D THE GLEAM 3 1 RY' :.-2: 11 'J' i ir :fi ff i ' 3:15-' '-1:.'.-rgr: . .. 'Q ' .i,z,1,1!41- 3. lulaasfu -.4: , -9.3-1 f '-- 2 fra, II . ii'-2-3:51221 - A Jassueig, ',, 091113 Svpnnnnra A word should be said here in appreciation of our sponsors, Miss Phelps, Miss Chiles, and Miss Hutchison. They have been very loyal indeed to the class of '22, Miss Phelps as one of the directors of all the activities of the Senior Class, is to be commended for her efficiency and skill. Miss Chiles has supervised the finances of the class with an .economical hand. Miss Chiles signs all the checks and the only question she asks is, What is it for? There is no skipping around Miss Chiles. Although this is Miss Hutchison's first, year in the teaching world, she has been loyal to our class and Willing to help at any time. I 131312 WR. IG. Illinlrg The William Chrisman High School has been exceptionally fortunate in having Mr. R. B. Finley as its principal. He was formerly principal of the Marshall High School. Mr. Finley, with the assistance of the faculty, has raised the morale of our school one hundred per cent. This fact is realized and appreciated very much by the student body. With our best interests at heart, Mr. Finley proposed to have student govern- ment established in our school, but found us sadly lacking in the qualities necessary for such an undertaking. However, all credit be to Mr. Finley, for within the nine short months that he has been working with us, he has educated us to the point of self-governmentg and we have a student government completely organized and at work. We are sure that the students of next year and the years to come Will have a much better school because Mr. Finley has been with us to guide us and help us, and we Sil1Cc1'ely hope that they may enjoy the privileges of his association, help, and guidance.

Page 32 text:

30 THE GLEAM K WILLIAM JOHNSON 5111 Apprrriatinn It is impossible for us, the students of the William Chrisrnan High School, to express fully our appreciation of the work that William Johnson has done for us as editor-in-chief of The Gleamf' This position has meant to him Work-real workg measured not in minutes, but in hours. This work, with all of the thought and re- sponsibility that has gone with it, has been assumed and carried out by him in a man ner that has proved him the true gentleman we thought him' to be. To you, William, we wish to say, We had faith in what you could and would do and our highest hopes have been fulfilled. 7 GLEAM STAFF. 7

Page 34 text:

32 T H E G L E A M ' Zilhv Halwe nf an Zihnmiinn Does education pay? Shall I go on with my education or stop and divert IHY attention towards other things that might be of more value to me? In' S11lQSl32IlC9', we have heard these questions time and again, even when we know education 1S evei be- coming more prominent. 1 , 1 It has long been known that an education is a most invaluable aidlto the plo- fessional man. But what of the boy or girl who intends to prepare-for skilled manual labor of some sort? In past times it was 'strenuously argued that it was unessential, that Greek and Latin were not needed to build a house or to make shoes. 1 ' Modern times have completely changed this theory. A man cannot live IH 0116 sphere. Now, the Montana ranchman attends the stockman's convention at Kansas City. The carpenter reads literature of a class entirely above the heads of the carpen- ters of other days. These men need an education to be able to, take advantage of these present-day opportunities. They must constantly be meeting educated people, and to protect their own interests they must meet them on an equal basis. The old idea that education makes a man dissatisfied with his lot is rapidly giving way' to the new idea that education soars him on to improve. his condition. Instead of being hopeless, the educated man forever sees his goal ahead and will strive to reach it. D A higher education broadens a narrow mind, teaches one to make business prog- ress, and how to conduct oneself when with other people. When one stops' to think of the prominent men of to-day, it is the men that have taken advantageof an education and have gained their renown by means of the educa- tion received in colleges. This should be a strong incentive to every student to get a complete education. In the American VVho's Who, of 1917, seventy-three per cent of those .mentioned were men and women of college training. When Aristotle was asked how the educated man differed from the uneducated, he answered: As the living differ from the dead. From this, we see that education means life. From that one axiomatic statement, the true value of an education is proven to us. We cannot stop now. It is our duty to humanity for every one of us to finish high scirhool and then to proceed to a higher education that will fit us for the necessities of 1 e. - - Sviuhvnt fbnuvrnmrni Student government is a new activity in the William Chrisman High School. This is the first year it was ever tried, and it has succeeded. Mr. Finley has been an advocate of student government from the first, but it is not the p1'incipal's place to inaugurate government, it must come from the students. About the middle of the first semester a petition was circulated and signed by a great number of students. But about this time, several things happened which caused Mr. Finley to believe the school was not ready for student government, so the matter was dropped for atime. Finally the seniors, during the last semester, took up student government in earnest. In their class meeting they voted to support it one hundred per cent, so a member was appointed to bring student government before the assembly. After two or three days' discussion, a motion to adopt student government' was carried almost unanimously. The method of carrying this into effect was left to the Student Council. Accord- ingly, the president, Morris Filson, appointed a committee of one boy and one girl from each class to draft a constitution. The constitution which they drew up was duly ratified by the council and finally by the student bddy. On March 30, a nominating convention was held, and on April 7-the election occurred. Since then other ohicers have been appointed by the president and senato r have been elected by .each of the classes, so th t t d V - , tb Q I v a a s u ent goveinment, k Republic, is now in full operating condition in the William Chrisman Higl1ngEl3,0aiS the