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

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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.

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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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Principal J. F. WELLEMEYER, Ll.D. Principal of WyandoTTe High School dnce i924 Dean of The Kansas CiTy, Kansas Junior College dnce 1924 ln The presenT days of sTress and sTrain, we will do well To pause and consider iusf whaT This High School means To us, To This communiTy and To The naTion aT large. IT is The purpose of This arTicle To seT forTh briefly, iusT whaT we mean when we speak of This school. WyandoTTe High School is noT a mere build- ing, fine as ThaT may be. IT is noT a series of class rooms. ITs ouTsTanding characTerisTic may noT even be iTs well qualified faculTy or iTs 2,000 sTudenTs. WyandoTTe High School is a greaT insTiTuTion, com- bining all of These elemenTs and many more. For over fifTy years iT has been in The forefronT nafion- ally, in all greaT movemenTs in secondary educa- Tion. Our conTacT wiTh This insTiTuTion has been during The pasT TwenTy years. During This Time The insTiTuTion has emphasized and developed The following plans: a high school educaTion for all, as a minimum, a differenTiaTed curriculum To meeT The needs of all, an emphasis on vocafional Train- ing, sTudenT guidance and placemenT, physical fiT- ness and healTh, and finally, masTery of funda- menTals. Of course, The mosT imporTanT of all aT The presenT Time, is Training To meeT The presenf na- Tional emergency. WyandoTTe sTudenTs fare all over The world, fighTing in The fronT line for The ideals for which This counTry sfands. We hope our graduaTes will always be in The fronT line, fighT- ing for high ideals wherever This may become necessary. Thus, as oTher needs arise, iT shall be The Glory of WyandoTTe To meeT Them. J. F. Wellemeyer Page 9