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

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Til Q Lael ' fwqtess. Education changes as does the world. Notice the difference in the Boston Latin School of 1635, right, and'in Wyandotte's dream, shown on the next page. HE American High School looks back upon a glorf ious past. Up from the humble origin in the Bos' ton Latin School with its extremely limited curriculum, this remarkable educational institution has responded to the demands of nearly ten generations of American youth. The story is extremely fascinating, beginning with a course of study that contained only a few of the more classical elements and displayed a strong tendency toward the religious as expressed in training for service to church and state. This institution has gone through curriculum changes to an extent almost unbelievable. Cofeducation was first attempted in the American High School. The battle to make legal the support of sec' ondary education through public taxation was fought out in the famous Kalamazoo case. The academy movement was a response to a more liberalizing tendency partly in the field of the cultural subjects. Then came the in' troduction of all manner of vocational courses and the great socializing and democratizing of the school. Society began to make different demands and the American High School responded valiantly. Beginning as a school for the select few, enrollments have continued so rapidly that well over half the young people of high school age are now in the American High School, and the number accommodated at present is ten times that of thirty years ago. And what are we to say of Wyandotte in this his' tory of the American High School? What place has it taken in the great movement of secondary education? Certainly in this last thirty years we have every reason to feel proud of the history of our own school. The population of our city has not changed greatly in that period, but the enrollment in the high school has inf creased enormously. The first graduating class on record numbered 11 persons. The class of 1934 num' bered 522. During this time the whole complexion of the high school curriculum has changed, and we have been busy introducing courses in the vocations, the 19344935 fx , 2 X-arrJv449:-vc g. ffefcfiefz weflemeqet home arts, commerce, and the fine arts, and at the same time carrying on those recognized as finest in the traditional classics. Surely, we at Wyandotte can look back on a glorious past filled with the finest of educaf tional tradition. But what can we say of the present, with our build' ing destroyed by fire, and the school organized and maintained in a variety of different places? It may be entirely justifiable to suppose that the present is not fav' orable to continued growth. However, I cannot recogf nize in the present anything but opportunity. The very fact that we are building a new structure to properly house the Wyandotte high school of the future com pels us to ask certain searching questions regarding the education of the present day. Where we seemed sa certain that every young person would be taught a direct vocation, we now find that the vocations of the future are very much in a state of confusion, We scarcely know how to advise and plan for an education of this sort. We are then beginning to wonder if cerf tain general ideals may not be of greatest value after all. The friendships acquired at school, the cultivation of a kindly disposition, and a courteous attitude toward our fellow men receive much attention in the school of today. We emphasize also the reliability and dependaf bility of scholarship, which we now frankly claim is worth cultivating for itself alone. We are learning in our school the value of unity and the great satisfaction that comes to us from learning how to do things to' gether. We think it our duty to maintain and preserve the ideals of our school and our country, and we recognize a deep seated obligation to pass on such ideals to later generations. In a measure, the present for Wy' andotte is a time for waiting, but distinctly so in the sense of gathering strength for an even greater effort. Consequently we maintain that the present is literally filled with opportunity. It follows very properly that on the foundation of 3

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CLASS EDITOR f The lCj3L,l-35 Quivefzian Volume Il Number 1 Published and printed by Students of the journalism and Printing Departments of Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, Kansas. EDITOR'IN'CHIliF f HARRIE1- KRUGER ASSISTANT EDITOR RUBY CRARY BUSINESS MANAGER f f - THOMAS ADAMS FEATURE EDITOR - - 1 MARJORIE SIMMONS ASSISTANTS: EULA GRECORY AND DOROTHY BELLE MARTIN f f f ALMEDA BOETH The Unsuspected Bandit by Stella Evango Pape's Pink Pills by Helen Wilson 1 Slnging Through The Rain by Anon , And After School Hours by Edward Mullens A Philosopher by Esther Asner f - A Woodland Party by Elizabeth Masters Elmer The Great by Robert Woodworth News of the Day by Altheda Berkey f We The The Can Old Blue Bloods by Robert Capp f HairfTonic Salesman by Brewster Powers Same Old School by Harry Young - We Combine by Edward Mullens ' Wyandotte by Annice Hammond f Is It Youth's Turn? by Marvin Parker Twilight by Helen Wolters f - f a A ORCEANIZATION f BOYS' SPORTS EDITORS GIRLS' SPORTS EDITOR FACULTY EDITOR I STAFF ARTIST f f SECRETARY PIIOTOCRAIIHER ADVISOR - PRINTING INIJTRIICTOR PRINTING A:sI'IsTANT f GERALD BICCER EDWARD MULLENS AND JACK WATKINS - MILDRED AVISE NAOMI MATTHEWS AUDRIE THOMPSON f DORIS CARR f PAUL PETERSON H. LEE KAMMEYER f PAUL S. PHELPS COLER STEPHENS PATULTY PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE: H. Lee Kam' meyer, Paul S. Phelps, Lillian Bohl, Clarence Bolze. cfzewotd The Quivcrlan staff of 193465 is happy to present this annual to the students and friends of Wyandotte and sincerely hopes that you like it. For the second time the annual has been published in the form of a magazine for the purpose of encourf aging creative writing by the student body. At the same time we have tried to produce a record of the years events and the accomplishments of the school. This year has been a rather difficult one because of conditions caused by the fire last spring but we are sure that in the future years when Wyandotte alumnae meander through the pages of this book many happy memories will be suggested by its pictures and articles. Throughout the whole year it has been the mutual desire of the entire staff to retain the high standard set by former Quiverian staffs and to produce an an' nual of which this senior class can j ustly be proud. contents The Future Great by Edgar A. Guest f I Foreword ffffff f 2 Table of Contents f-ff f 2 Team by Luella Byers 'fff f 2 The School's Progress by Fletcher Wellemeyer f 3f4 A Man of His Word by Naomi Bernard f f 4 Clock Causes Trouble by George Thomas f 5 Ancestors As l Choose Them by lvlarjorie Simmons - 6 Home Again by Genevieve jordan Early Morning by Gene Gosney The Hickory Stick Yields to Friendship h Mathews - - ' f Over the Divide by Russell Zumwalt Notes and Bars by Edward Mullens f 2 , , 7 , , . 7 y Naomi f f 8167 10'67 - 14 Our Sacred Flame f - f , After Graduation Where Are We? by Almeda Bo:th 28f42 Senior Play f A f f 1 . 42 The KeepfYoung Boarding House by Sylvia Walinow - 43 Our Coming Graduates by Almeda Boeth - ' 46f70 Her Boy by Iay Wagner f f f - 47 Good Troubles by Iohn Hamilton 48 A Tragic Accident by Beulah Storms -- 48 The Mystery Mellerdrammer f f A 49 From One Who Knows by Billy Coldwell 47 The Educated Man by Mary Jane Bruce 1 49 The Peppy K's by Edward Mulleris f f SO joining Hands 'fff- Sl My Poodle by Dorine Hessell - f - 71 New Setting for An Old Tale by William Pickell ' '52 Telephone Manners by Vivian Hashman f 53 Tomboys-But Healthy by Mildred Avise ' '54 Rich Young Men by Harriet Kruger f 56770 Try It by Lucille Shinkles f ' 58 Backstage by Gene Gosney 'f-f 58 Try It by Lucille Shikles '- -' '58 Line Plunges and Free Throws by Gerald Bigger and Jack Watkins f-ff' 59 Sonnet to the Moon by Georgehardin Grant Baker f 64 A Tribute 'ff-f'- 69 Education by Jack Webb '-f'f 67 Years' Activities in Black and White by Edward Mullens 63 The Debtor by Harriet Kruger ' ' A 70 The Circus fffff f 71 Our Mascot ---' 72 wimmgwmimwka dam The crimson team of Wyandotte high Long may their triumphs reach the sky, To strive for trophies and for fame To tell others, Bulldogs aren't so tame. Dressed in colors of red and white Out on the floor, Oh how they fight! With all their might, without a sigh, To win the game for Wyandotte high. There's Bosiljevac, Dreier, and Baker too, Pierce, Sheets, and Larkin, that's true, But still we hear one last remark, What would we do without Percy Parks? i -Luella Byers. The QUIVERIAN

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-- ., ...Q From our cherished memories and our roseate dreams, we have built a new Wyandotte. From the high towers of the new home will blaze the spirit and glory of Wyandotte. the past and with the opportunity of the present we have every reason to look forward to the future with entire confidence. The new home we are building for Wyaiidcmtte is planned with all the foregoing definitely in mind. It is planned in accordance with every good and fine tradition of three centuries of the American high school. It is being planned with a view to fifty years of use. It is planned at a time when no man can tell what the demands on the educational program of our country will be. More important, however, than anything else, our new home is being planned for the accommodation of a great institution that has no par' ticular reference to, or connection with, material equipf ment. What a tragedy it would be if we had only the great building and so many children to fill it, when we moved in the fall of 1936. No, when we go back home we shall move into the new building with the greatness of the past and the opportunities of the present. If that be true, the future will take care of itself. Should the enrollment continue to increase we have planned for hundreds more. Should invention and discovery in the field of science continue, we hope to keep pace with every advancement and we are building With every improvement and every developf ment we must adapt our new school to the new sit' uation if we are to be true to the highest ideals of American education. for that. 4 Our glimpse into the future can be well expressed in the words of Oliver Wendell Holmes-- Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy lowfvaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! Cl man 06 His wotd HERE is a wellfknown man walking the streets of the Greater Kansas City who has not had a haircut and shave in ten years. Practically everyone has seen this man at sometime or another. The one thing that has made him very noticeable is his stream- ing red hair and bushy crimson beard. Children gaze in bewilderment at him, thinking he must be Santa Claus with his whiskers dyed red. Older persons mere- ly stare at him and laugh to themselves. His real name is Kirby McGrill, and he knows ev- eryone from the mayor to the garbage man. And they in turn know him. Many stories are circulated as to the real reason that Kirby has not visited a barber shop in the last decade. The most authentic of these is the Ti.. 9 UIVERIAN