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

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THE ' 'GLEAM cared for, text books to be bought for grade school children, and a hundred other things to be done. All this business is transacted by the board working in committees. The most important duty is the hiring oi' teachers. This business is handled by the whole board. Each applicant before he is put on 'the payroll, is inter- viewed personally by each member of the board and his qualifications looked into, after which he must be passed on by at least four of the six members. The School Board employes a Superintendent of Schools to take charge of the everyday executive problems and to lieep the district organization run- ning during the intervals between their meetings. Mr. E. B. Street has held this important position for the last ten years. One of his most important 'W functions is the assignment of teachers to the various Oflffulidiggfggnffofigife departments in the several schools. This is scientif- men in the School System ically done, experience and other qualifications being taken into consideration. He also has charge of the organizing of the faculty into committees for instruction and extra curricular activities, besides advising them in his selection of text-books. In order to perform this latter function, Mr. Street must observe closely the effect of every type of instruction on the school children. And, lastly, beside all the duties that he performs, he is expected to take an active part in the community activities. ' Directly under the school board is the custodian of buildings, who has charge of the janitor service and who supervises the repairs made upon school buildings. Mr. A. G. Duncan has held this position for many years. The district maintains a library in the Junior High building, for the use of the general public. The librarian is Miss Carrie Wallace, assisted by Miss Katie Chastain. It contains about thirteen thousand volumes incluclingboth ' fi c t i o n m a - , . terial and ref- erence books. This library is s u p p l m e n - ted by a high school library of three thou- sand volumes, and by a num- ber of books in the grade schools. there being one set THR izzxoxsrmzfis or THR P TBLlC.L1BRARY. Miss Chastain, the assistant in eve,-y Class Iihrzzrizin, is busy at her desk on the right FOOYU . 1 9 3 1 Page 15 V . - . ..-,.,.............-..,., A.. ,-,,,?,,..

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GLEAM , .,........ -,,m,,,,,,,,,, - - -,...---.....---'.7:':vKlP41:..e::.-sl:I1F3f'1 ':E'I.'TiL . -. -..-. ... . 7f'7:'F : . V- F V - 19' THE 4 uniform standards of education, and it en- forces all laws of the General Assembly and the State Constitu- tion regarding educa- tion and school ad- ministration. In comparing the schools here with other sys- tems in the state, Tn- dependence r a n li s among the best. The Teachers Training Department of Mis- souri University has studied our school sys- tem as an example of a high type of up- to-date organization. Independence ranks tenth in population and sixth in school enrollment, outtop- ping in this last respect, Hannibal and Sedalia, and nearly T V tying Ioplin, whose SUPERINTENDENT E. B. STREET A Mr. Street has been largely responsible for the high standing that the lndependence schools have attained in the last ten years than three times that population is more of our city. How- ever, in spite of the large enrollment, lndependence is the most efficient district in Blissouri. The tax levee in Cape Girardeau, Vilebster Groves, and University City all exceed 32.00 per thousand, while in Independence the levee is only 31.65. Kansas City and St. Louis are the only municipalities in Nlissouri Where the tax is less than in Independence. f A great deal of the above efficiency is due to the efforts of the local school board. This board, or executive committee, is composed of six prominent citizens elected by popular vote for a term of three years. The members of the present board are as follows: Frank R. Brown, president: lVlrs. lesse L. Martin, vice-presidentg Herbert Van Smith, treasurerg Albert M. Ott, Mrs. WV. B. Dickinson, and A. K. Dillee who was replaced by Iohn W. Luff. The board hires a secretary, Iohn Hinde, to take care of the school records. The board represents the tax payers, administering funds collected through taxation, and takes charge of the running' of the schools. For this purpose, it meets on the lirst Tuesday of each month in the office of the Superintendent at the lunior High School where it discusses the problems of the district. Its problems and duties are many. There is coal to be purchased, buildings to be Page l-l 9 3 1 - H--5.5-..-ee:-1-s.-se.-rs. z.. 1-...........................,..-....... at . Y 4.7 .

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- ,.. ,...-, n,.--- - ar.-an-an-w-4-1---' .............,-......,...........- -.:,4...:.-1:::.::1z1-:vswwr-H'2?f1 .... - ., ,... 1'11 -- - ----- S , THE , GLEAM M l ill i ig, i . 1 : VI 'l l is i . 5 i High Schoo.- Organization 'fl l 4 . W- For several years ii l VVillia1n Chrisman 3, , High School has N been a leader 3 among the schools l of the state. . It -'il ' ranks as a first class high school if: l in Nlissouri and in 1 the North Central Association of , ' which it is a mem- ber, an organiza- tion of colleges, un- l iversities, and high F schools for the es- gljj 1 tablishment of bet- ter instruction and l teaching stand- llii l ards. Our mem- , bership in this as- sociation means that any person Eli, graduating from ,Ili Chrisman may en- ter, without exam- ' ination, practically any college or un- ' PRINCIPAL J. N. HANTHORN ivefsify in the mid' For the past seven years Mr. Hanthorn has successfully worked out the problems of the high school and has b d t 'd h ' lli , een ever rea y 0 ai t e students in any 1 task they may undertake 1.1 li Uv ' dle West. Taking advantage of this opportunity offer- ui ed them, a larger percentage of the graduates of William Chrisman have entered colleges and universities than those of most of the other schools of the state, even those of the same rank. At the head of the school is the Principal, N. Hanthorn. His duties aremany and varied. The attendance must be carefully checked, the faculty kept in line, lagging students encouraged, and, in general, everything possible must be done to make the school run smoothly, which is the basic condition for satisfactory education. All these tasks fall to Mr. Hanthorn's responsibility. In order to have a smoothly running school, laws governing both students and faculty must be formulated and enforced. Mr. Hanthorn does not have an elaborate written code of laws with punishments attached for the wrongdoer. The rules of William Chrisman are few and fundamental. However, there are a few regulations about hall behavior, classes and study hall conduct, and about studentattendance that must be observed. Those students who have ofifended Paelti A g 9 3 1