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

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.9 I1 QI'l'l0l g Alta L. Ha ynes Died December 14, 1944 All members of our High School, whether faculty, students or parents, were deeply grieved at the loss of Miss Alta L. Haynes during this past year. lt has been long since we have experienced so severe a blow to our school. lt is true, her classes were taken over by another teacher, but we all realize that no one could fill her unique place. We all realize that our very best will not be sufficient to fill the breach caused by her un- timely death. The news of her passing leads us to investi- gate her record in some detail. A graduate of this High School, with the class of 1897, she be- gan teaching almost immediately. For forty-two years she had been a member of the regular teach- ing staff of Wyandotte High School. During that entire time she was absent from her duties but eight days. During that time, for twenty-six years, continuously, she did not miss a single day of school. Her attitude toward her students, her co- workers, and the parents, was just as faithful and true as her attendance record. S I have never known so outstanding a record of service as she has given us. Without question, her work always came first in her thinking. We naturally think of the many ways in which her efforts here seem practically indispensable. Some of the best secretaries in greater Kansas City were trained in her classes. ln her thinking, an efficient secretary, well trained, and with the right disposition toward her work, was an almost in- dispensable person in any business organization. Her students reflect her attitude wherever they go. It remains for us all, co-workers and students, to carry on in the best way possible, thus ever keeping in mind the magnificent example Miss Alta L. Haynes has set for us. Principal J. F. Wellemeyer Page 7

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Superintendent The highest educational honor of the nation came to Superintendent Schlagle and Kansas City, Kansas when, last summer, Mr. Schlagle was elected president of the National Education As- sociation. Working with other national leaders in government, industry and education, Mr. Schlagle has initiated. a vital educational pro- gram. The following paragraphs include a few of the ideas incorporated in that program. Labor, industry, business, and government are all planning for the future. Their plans will fail unless there are people capable of carrying them out. That is why we must provide an edu- cational opportunity for all citizens-wherever they live-whatever their present status in life-rich or poor, young or old, regardless of race, creed, or color. We must make sure that our best potential leadership is found and developed. Our schools today are making indispensable contributions to the war effort. We pride our- Pcge 8 F. L. SCHLAGLE President of the National Education Association Superintendent of the Kansas City, Kansas Schools since 7932. selves upon our schools but the blunt truth is that in many regions and at many points our educa- tional program is utterly inadequate. Three mil- lion American adults have never gone to school, 7579 have not completed high school. At least 600,000 men have been reiected by the armed services for illiteracy. Selective Service reports that 5,000,000 registrants are not physically fit to assume their responsibilities as citizens in war. illiteracy, ill health, and emotional instability hinder our progress in peace as well as in war. America cannot afford to permit these conditions to continue. Areas of educational neglect are fer- tile soil for discontent, degradation, and demagog- uery. As a nation we have ample resources to provide an adequate educational training for all. The United States must ioin with other na- tions in international planning and organization for education. lt is unwise and unsafe for one or a few nations to educate for peace if other powerful nations at the same time educate for war. That was the story after World War I. Our State Department is now conferring with other United Nations on the role of education in post- war planning.