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

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1e.i,.gJ...R,WQm0a WW Q? Qig YV- . :lima S abaaudniadit Q ware-uv 13-a.A.o On the night of March 3rd, 1934, Wyandotte anal-flH-fk Qi? W 'ig P995 kj? 5 , ' 4 5'-Q. High School was destroyed by fire. Through the V ' night the firemen battled the 'flames in vain, for l by morning only the walls remained. The building V 3 was a complete ruin, and new plans to construct 1 a new and larger school were immediately made. l . 1 The new Wyandotte High School was construct- ed in 1935, the result of immediate need, a farsighted community took in to account the long range re- quirements of an expanding city. K 'ti' , 4 lf '-M V Z . wld l - ei ,. ' 'ff-V-ff?'l-5, - V A 3 7 V , '!'l 'l n S' Nrei-QQ ll . , 1- ' T . . ' 1. 11 ' V' . V - -A ...w if V- 1. vii- -it '7' ,w.q:fV'N ff. .ur 111 ff 7 'el' 'l ' A .J , ,. Q f - q-l-if ,in '-'Nil i,l'u,V , 51 1 1 . ' l 1 - V f-,L 25155 3 g:S,e55-'f4f - - ,, 7 Q f l'..a ' V '5i'a?5P'f'f'.r3-eaifuglgF9563 ' I ,V i H If ,. ' A F tef44L'1 f1Vi,l : r- t . ' . ili- . 'alfa 1' il . J 'fi' ?Sf,'5l Q 1' if. l V. . . -Q V r , t' ' y 2,f ,li1 i l!lg.54.i' 4 1 V T' V fi l ' ' i .Q , ..,. , ji , V 13 all V div QV ' .I T '4 I I a - V 'ti' ' V- . . V . , .Lfv . ' V, 5 19. V in M -N A' wi.-2 pf, V.... ' -35. ,L . . -Tr. x ipp. 7 Q 1 .V g 's - .i ' ' . '-ff Qia . - . f-,'-Mt: - ' ' :Lf ' -Q E ' V. give , 'Z y. V . fx-TQ . 4 ,ri awwzsfwwwwmdt aid isaemf myq ' ' Q t 'S' ' ' e' ' T ai 1 ' ' - '- ' Lipid . . . 2 : ffl'5 l'4 . Wyandotte High School is a model of archi- 1 tecture and functions as a most important center jf F V!'111'i7 '2' l . . gf . of community educational activity. Competently administered and staffed by excellent instructors, the achievements of Wyandotte High are note- A worthy. , y -' fr F' 1 . y f ii 5 fx 1 T n . j . V - V ja rr'll V'-' g 1 5:55 jig f------M .-A .', ' Liga '--5 yay.. ff f 1' ill ml 'ii a W , A - g .,V, 'r i1 V . .9-1 ,..- I L N .VII . ' A '- ' -'5'1'1'f'i QQ ': If fig? i 5 Q p 5' ' 33 .f 'i'i X ' 'L 'F f - ,. ianlisariic. i 'ff-.q., a . 4 ', V. The present building takes form. lm 4 Page 7

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Page 6 Wyandotte then . . . Wyandotte High School has an interesting his- tory. The first school founded in 1878, was the Wyandotte Academy, a tuition school located where the court house now stands. It was commonly known as the Plamer Academy. In 1866 a free high school department was established in two of the eight rooms of the Riverview Grade School at' Seventh Street and Pacific Avenue. In 1888 the High School was moved to a ten-room brick building that had been vacated by the Palmer Academy. This building later became the Central Grade School. The school was removed to Seventh and Riverview in 1890. There was little activity in the years 1888 and 1899, as a new building at Ninth and Minnesota was under construction, and delays prevented occupancy until Cctober 2nd, 1899. A North Wing was added to the School in 1907 and a South Wing was added in 1910, to meet the need of a growing community. The Pantograph was started in 1917, but the first issue did not appear until January 23, 1920. In 1926 the Kay Ceees were organized. Old Wyandotte High school at Ninth and Minnesota.

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.lim MQ? xi Fi? I 'Q ,,f.f3.ef-4 1- A ltr .-KLLQ .Clif JH ' Q has fjlfficq,-Ma has ' if it A' Q27 6 41.11 J! I the towers of Wyandotte... From the verdure of c a r e f ul l y landscaped grounds, rise the twin towers of our school build- ing, into the blue of a Kansas sky. The towers are high, because the building is large. They are inspir- ing, interesting, intricate in design and artistic. Em- ploying a symmetrical Indian motif, the brick and limestone of the towers are dazzling in the light of a western sun. They identify Wyandotte High School. Principal J. F. Wellemeyer proposed the west tower as representing knowledge, and the east tower as representing character. Principal Wellemeyer ex- plained it thuslyg the west Was a land of pioneers, eager and ambitious to achieve and acquire . . . and they were true pioneers in arts and sciences as well as many newer branches of learning. The east sug- gests maturity, stability of character, refinement, culture and inspiration. The imposing t o w e r s of Wyandotte High School, beloved by all who have classes here, are a reminder that here is a segment of America, youth- ful and exuberant today, but tomorrow . . . mature and intent. From these young people will come the guardians of our heritage, our culture and our free- doms, and greater achievements than we have ever known will add new honors and dignity to all man- kind.