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

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'GIEIAM The fi st Tuesdaf, 1n each month the school board eets ln the supe nte dent s office at Jumor Hxgh School to discuss the problems of the schools I' om left to Tl ht those xn the plcture are Albert M Ott John Hmde secretary A K D1llee F1 kR B own p es dent A G Dunca c todlan of bUlldlIIgS Mrs .TesseL Martln vce p es1dent M s W B D1ck1 son Hexbert Van Sm th trea u e Supe mtendent E B St eet Educauonal System lhe educat1onal svstem of th1s commun1ty 1 no small b.1 ID It 15 th lauzcst smgle ors.,an1Lat1on IH Indep ndence w1th prop rtv worth three fou1ths of a m1ll1on dollars 1n bu1ld1ngs and grounds and Wxth an annual expend1ture ot one quarter of a m1ll1on dollars most of wh1ch goes to pav the salar1es of the two hundred n1ne people Wh1Ch It employs who accommodate a total of 4 707 pup1ls The lareest share of the local tax pa1d bv the people of Independence IS used to run the publ1c schools The system here 1S a part of the large state o1gan1zat1ons The N3t1Ollal Bmeau of Educat1on at Washlngton D C orgamzed under the Un1ted States Depautment of Interlor IS at present under YV Cooper who holds the t1tle of Natxonal Comm1ss1oner of Educat1on It IS operated exclus1velv fm the purpose of C0l'I'lp1l1Ilg Sfaf1St1CS and data for the betterment of publ c schools all over the country takmg no dlrect part IH educat1onal n1atters There has been some talk of mcreasmg the power of th1s bureau and turmnc, It 1nto a Natxonal Department of FduC8t1OH d1rectlv under the charge of the Pres1dent but none of these plans have as yet been accepted Diore 1mportant than the Nat1onal Bureau IS the state depa1tmcnt of eclucat1on headed bv a board cons1st1ng of Governor Caulfleld Cha1les U Becker ex OHTCIO member and Stratton Shartel Under th1s board Chaxles A lcc the State Qupermtendent of Pubhc Schools and h1s staff of supcrx1so1s cauv on the executwe and adv1sory work of the state svstem Thxs depa1t ment comp1les reports from the var1ous towns and Clf1ES th1ou hout the state lOl use ID compaunc eff1c1encv of the several d1str1cts lt estabhshes and enlo1ces in jN. , C , I 1' 'I I In ' ri n ' ' ' - . I Q . 'fl 2 , , . : - 5 . ., I 9 .. . ,-an . r , r 1 '. . . n, us' g ,, , , 1 -r r. . . n 9 ' . 1 , srrg. r . . r Q . fs - . . . . . .4 . ' s . 's ess. ' ' ' e L. - N 0 f S ' 3 V .. . , - . I ' - L T - - I - ' Y F n.: ol 7 - . . . . . I , 7 p 1, Q L A I ' , f . , - ' ' . 1 , 1 C I - I' I 1 1 L I J N N -I 4 . I 1 T ' f , 1' , ' . ' 1 ' Jill I K I j - I A Y Q I D c . . c . 0. V 5 - N ,, YW, , - MQ 1 9 3 1 fe-ei' IQ