Wyandotte High School - Quiverian Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Can we have both business and pleasure and malce it mix? That is the question the faculty, and even our poor students are worrying their heads over. Here is the ans- wer. ln this summary ol the year's progress in the classes a solution is louncl. freshmen, vocations or general business for sophomores, and constitution for juniors. All are semester courses, required for graduation. Seniors may take economics, another social science course, of one semester. Art has begun to find its place in the courses of students. Almost every phase of art work is taught at Wyandotte. The art department helps to advertise all activities by the making of posters. The mechanical drawing department helps to make architectural and engineering work understandable to the high school students. With the elimination of public speaking from the courses last year debaters were at a loss to find some one to coach them. Under the coaching of Miss Mirzanell Evans, however, groups of students were able to continue with their debate work. Again this year, Miss Evans took over the task of coaching the teams. When she gave up her position as instructor, Mr. L. D. Kruger continued the coaching of the debate squads Although all work is done outside class hours, debate is a high school subject. Since dramatics has also been excluded from thc curriculum, students have had their only training in high school by trying out and participating in the class plays. The senior class play was presented December 11, 12, 13, while the junior class presented theirs Febf ruary 11, 12, 13. Both were under the direction of Miss Lucy T. Dougherty. Miss Besse Helwig directed the Kay Cees' play. Various kinds of fur' niture and fancy wood- work test the ingenuity and skill of members of the woodworking depart' ment. Mr. J. I. Wolfe is the instructor. Since a credit in laboratory science is required be' fore one can graduate from Wyandotte a large number of students are enrolled in chemistry, physics, biology, botany, and physiology. General science is a study of Learning to win mens hearts through their stomf achs and then to -read. about Macbeth and Chau' ceo' with some handsome boys to break the monotony and then an art class to picture it. the most important parts of all sciences. Many students have taken this subject although it does not count as a laboratory science. Students who care to know more about the human body and all those interested in medical work study biology and physiology. In this study is given a corn' plete history as of the development of the human body ' 1 t the other living or' ganisms besides man. All living gdwafid Wlullens 19344935 plants hold the interest of those students who are engaged in the study of botany, For those who enjoy the technique of scientific math ematics there is physics, a study of light, heat, mechanf ics, sound and electricity. In this subject the student is able to learn accurately about familiar things. A desire of many boys, and a few girls is to find out what can be made by result of chemical action and what causes reactions of chemicals. This desire is ful' filled by the course in chemistry offered to juniors and seniors. Another branch of study closely related to science is the field of mathematics. A very extensive course in this field is open to the students of Wyandotte. The purpose of these subjects is to acquaint students with their technical, scientific, and cultural phascs. Many interesting designs and models are made by the students of plane and solid geometry. Music, both vocal and instrumental, is taught by I' RJCJLJD LAN CJLJAC-E. CNM , A S 25

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u v- uw- an bine. ROVIDING instruction for twentyfthree hundred students in two buildings was no easy task for the administration of Wyziridcmtte. But due to the willing' ness of the students to study the school year can be called a great success for the advancement made under these trying conditions. The studies offered to the students covered many 24 fields from mechanics to professions. Mziiiy boys were interested in auto mechanics and printing taught by Mr. A. L. Guy and Mr. While the boys tear things up, the girls sew things together. Tapftapping away, the typists can't an- noy our laboring artists bent over their drawingfboards. Paul S. Phelps assisted by Coler Stephens in the shops during the morn' ing hours. Vxfoodworkf ing is also an industrial arts course. For the girls interested in domestic science, classes were given in clothing and cooking. Students enrolled in the clothing classes learn to select correct styles and colors for themselves and to design and make their own clothes. Clothing made in these classes ranges from wash dresses to coats and suits. Thirdfyear girls study the history of costumes. Wivrk in the foods classes consists of preparing correct diets, and cooking a great variety of foods. Thus, girls of Wyaindcitte are taught homemaking so as to be prepared for Prince Charming and his tastes. A course of business includes studies necessary to the aspirant for commercial work. Typing teachers have the largest classes in the school. Here students learn to operate a typewriter and study the writing of letters. Shorthand students learn prime elements of various methods of writing during the first year. Secondfyear students spend their time in learning the technic of business methods and in gaining experience. Each sec' ondfyear student is required to serve six weeks as sec' retary to an instructor and many students obtained positions in downtown offices for additional experience. Other commercial subjects are bookkeeping, general busi- ness, commercial law, and commercial geography. English is the most extensive subject taught in the school because every student is required to take it for three years, the fourth year being left to those who wish it. journalism is also included in the English department. Students in this group who do work on the Pantograph, study newsfwriting, and help publish the Quiverian. Besides English, other languages hold the attention of many students. Spanish, French, and Latin are inf eluded in the curriculum. Thirdfyear Latin was added to the schedule this year. All students physically able are required to enroll in three semesters of gym. Here proper methods of developing the body are discussed and fundamentals of the various games are taught. Each year gym shows are given by these classes. They consist of demonstraf tions of work on the apparatus, tumbling, pyramid build' ing, and dancing. History still holds its place among the other subjects taught at Wyaimdmutte. Wcxrld history is studied by many students who desire to know of the lives of the ancients, and the events of European history. Occurf rences in America from the time of its discovery are studied by all seniors in American history classes. Civics, a study of social conditions, is required for T he .QUIVERIAN

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Miss Lorraine Ellis and Mr. Edwin A. Hosking to a large group of students. Miss Ellis held classes at both Central and Northwest in the afternoons, while Mr. Hosking could be found training his band and orchestra for their performances, in the morning, at Sartin hall. wimmdmm GI wvandoffe There is a school called Wyandotte That has been for many years A school of cherished memories For those who love it dear. Who could forget those happy days Of studies, sports, and fun, Or the old clock with the smiling face That greeted everyone? There were days of magic happiness And days of deepest woe. There were days of great anxiety That no one failed to know, And through it all, those days so dear Ran one great stream of thought: An everlasting loyalty To good old Wyandotte. Though, old friend, you are no more, We'll always cherish you And be inspired by your name Which always is so true. Though life continues onward And others come and go, We'll always keep aglow. The spirit of old Wyandotte --Annice Hammond, '36. dmwhmhmk ds Qt zfoufffs Tutu? ON every hand we hear people says, What about the youth? What does the future offer for him? How about the debt that is piling up for those of to- morrow to meet? Well, all I can say is that I'm glad I'm not in their snaresf' Such is the outlook of hun' dreds the country over. But now look at it from the other side. The youth of today can be compared with a steel spring, bent far back. What's to keep it from resuming its position 26 when those who hold it down deem it their time to release it? None of us can imagine our pioneer forefathers liv- ing on a dole or accepting charity such as is now being offered to those who wish to accept it. From our study of heredity, we know certain characteristics some' times skip a generation and then return to follow in their old course. I arn confident that this is exactly the situation in which we are now. If more people would assume this carefree attitude of youth and let nature take its course instead of hinder' ing it, the situation would show a chance of getting better a great deal sooner. I ask you not to pity the youth of today, but to see if this reformation cannot be started as a final to those who now pass us the torch, ours to hold it high, and rest assured we will meet our tasks in the best possible way. -Marvin Parker '35 ssmmsssm Twilight It's twilight, and the sun is sinking down Among the tops of mountains clad in green, Its golden rays above the rugged peaks Gives to the sky and land a bronzeflike sheen. The moon in all its splendor's rising now To rule the sky 'til morning comes in sight. Last rays of sun still beam as if to say That all is well, then bid the earth goodnight. Faint breezes rustle through the trees that stand Like sentinels so proudly in the dark, And in the stillness can be heard the call That's coming from a lonely meadowflark. Black night is quickly creeping o'er the land, And stars like diamonds twinkle in the sky. The flowers have drooped brightfcolored heads in sleep, And birds have gone to rest in nests on high. Now all the land is quiet and is still. Except for crystal waters murmuring low A splendor no imagery could trace! They seem to tell of lands where they have been, And from the moonlight's silver beams they glow. These flowers, the sun, the moon, its silver beams, Are works divine of God who put them there For us to love. More beautiful than dreams. -Helen Wolters, '35 The .QUIVERIAN