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

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They Chart Wllly s Course DR FLOYD A YALE Presxdent Dr Floyd A Yale IS the c1v1c mmded presldent of the Board Hrs tenure m th1s offtce has been characterxzed by mformecl and consclentrous leadershxp tn all of the plannmg for betterment of the c1ty s schools To the Board of Educatnon of Independence, Wrlly Chrrsman has grven the task of formulatrng the admmrstratrve polrcres of the Independence schools Sxx publrc sprrxted men and women, to gether wrth their secretary Mrss Katxe Chastarn, compose the Board For many years past, the Board of Educauon has been a contmuous body not only because of the manner of the elecuon of the members but also because of the number of years of servrce the members have grven A hxstory of the Board reveals that the tenure of the members IS a long one Thrs IS mdrsputable testrmony to the qualrty of servrce whrch they have grven the electorate year after year Wrthout the wlsdom of an enhghtened and smcere board no school system can long hope to functron well these men and women go our congratulatrons and gratltude that, rn plannmg for the schools of the c1ty they have so farthfully carued on the Chrrsman trad1t1on of good servrce MISS KATIE CHASTAIN Secretary Treasurer STANDING L G Ketth Superxntendent Marvxn Carl Vxce-President Eugene Therss member Kenneth B Smrth member SEATED Mrs Adron Randall member Mrs L F P Curry member Floyd A Yale Presrdent Mlss Katre Chastarn Secretary Treasurer O ' 9 , ,. . . . 7 7 Y ' .To . ,V 7 'v l :...,. g.,. .Q ., . , . :. , , -1 5 1 ' - l

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They Promote Wllly s Welfare C ILM BACK ROW Mrs Sousley Mrs Cordes Mrs Bashor Mrs Rlch Mrs Lowell Mrss Wartman Smrth Mrs Byrne Mrs Collms Mrs ONeal Mrs Ebelrng Mrs Etzenhouser Mrs Sregfrred Wrllrams SECOND ROW Mrs Brxdges Mrs Dexter Mr Snrder Mrs Plnllrps Mrs Pickett Blackburn Mrs Foster FRONT ROW Mr Lefever Mrs Casebolt Mr Stmson Mrs Horn Prrchard Mrs Vardeman Mrss Campbell A speclal affrnrty exrsts between Wrlly the genxal sprrrt of Wxllram Chrrsman and the parents of the students who attend here Perhaps the reason rs that the parents were the frrst teachers of these puprls, and are rntrmately conscrous of therr needs The two share a mutual wrsh for the well berng of these boys and grrls Wrlly has an approvmg smrle for the offrcers and members of the Parent Teacher Assocratron as they try to carry out the rdeals of the organrzatron Wrlly rs the srlent partner of the group rn rts efforts to provrde better opportun rtres for Independence youth He endorses fully the goals of the assocratron whrch are especrally to promote the welfare of youth ln home school, church, and com munrty lrfe to secure adequate laws for the care and protectron of chrldren and youth to raxse the standard of home l1fe to brrng the home and the school rnto closer relatronshrp and to develop between educators and the general publrc such unrty that wrll secure the hrghest advantages rn the educatron of the boys and grrls In the accomplrshment of these goals, the efforts of the Parent Teacher organ rzatron are rn complete alrgnment wrth all of the best tradrtrons of school lrfe The members compose a corps of persrstent and devoted workers who have the best mterests of Chrrsman students at heart We now express to them our gratrtude and apprecratron ll Mrs Mrs Mrs s