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Sumner High School, Kansas City, KS.

In 1940 the new building was opened at 8th street and Oakland Avenue. Today this building serves as the Sumner Academy of Arts and Science Magnet School.

Sumner’s faculty taught both vocational and college preparatory classes, gaining Sumner a reputation for academic excellence.

Topeka, Kansas Between 1899 and 1920, the official school name was the Kansas Industrial Education Institute.

The school’s final catalogue/bulletin.

Kansas newspaper made by the junior high school class at Kansas Vocational School, Topeka, Kansas. The buffalo was the school mascot.

Kansas Vocational School Students and Faculty, Topeka, KS, c. 1940.

As principal of the Kansas Vocational School from 1939 to 1947, Mr. Jones advanced the school’s ratings and increased its enrollment. Previously, he had served as an instructor, registrar, and dean of Western University from 1932 to 1939.

Ward Hall and the Industrial Education Building