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

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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

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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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Vice-Principal 1 , , i .l. CLYDE HUME One of the most important functions of a high school office is the assembling and preservation of a system of records All of your life, your record in Wyandotte High School will be referred to by government agencies, institutions of higher- learning and prospective employers. This includes attendance records which indicate punctuality and regularity, record of tests taken record of subiects taken and your class standing on the basis of grades and the record of extracurricular activities in which leadership and initiative have been displayed. We in the office are keeping your records for future use What we write on these records depends on you. Just a few weeks ago we received an inquiry from a New York City depart . ment store concerning the record of a member of our class of 1902. These are indeed permanent records of great importance to you and to those interested in you. J. Clyde Hume Director of Guidance It is the specific responsibility of the Guidance Department of Wyandotte High School to provide students with the special information which they need in making important decisions. This special information is often about vocations and employment. It may concern further education. It will frequently be concerned with the personality of the student. Aptitude, interest, and per- sonality tests given in the vocation classes to all in the sophomore year, and to others in the Guidance Office as the occasion war- rants, help students understand their own personalities, their abilities, and their aptitudes. Wyandotte's placement service is a part of the Guidance Department. Through it many students have been referred for part-time work during the school year and for vacation work. Graduates and former students are always welcome to the Guidance Office, and to the assistance of the department in secur- ing information on iobs with career possibilities. Francis Gregory Page 70 FRANCIS GREGORY