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201. May 2003 Tornadoes May 2003 Tornadoes May 5, 2003 Series of articles, with photos, about the tornadoes that hit the Kansas City area May 4, 2003. Main headline reads, "Neighborhoods in Rubble As Tornadoes Pummel KC." Other articles are: "Storms Spawn...
202. Medical College Here Sues Medical College Here Sues December/15/1923 News of a legal battle by the Kansas City University of Physicians and Surgeons in in a suit for $1.2 million in damages.
203. Medical Programs Architect: E. Grey Dimond Medical Programs Architect: E. Grey Dimond April 24, 2011 Interview with E. Grey Dimond about his career and "contributions to the medical schools on both sides of the state line." Dimond was named chairman of medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine...
204. Medical School to Quit: Charter Will Be Surrendered by Institution June 1 Medical School to Quit: Charter Will Be Surrendered by Institution June 1 November/27/1943 Announcement of the closing of the Kansas City University of Physicians and Surgeons, following the decision by the State Board of Health.
205. Memories Linger at Reunions Memories Linger at Reunions April/2/1980 Article about reminiscences of the Hickman and Union Point Schools in Hickman Mills, Missouri, being closed due to low enrollments, established around 1900.
206. Memories of Old Central That Remain Bright after 50 Years Memories of Old Central That Remain Bright after 50 Years August/19/1928 Photos and autobiographical article about Mary Harmon Weeks, or Mary Weeks (wife of Edwin Weeks and nationally known for her child welfare and parent teacher association work) and her experiences at the...
207. Midwest's First Academy of Engineering Coming to Ruskin High School Midwest’s First Academy of Engineering Coming to Ruskin High School December 31, 2010-January 6, 2011 Article about Ruskin High School being the first school in the Midwest to be designated as a National Academy of Engineering. The engineering program will be implemented during the 2011-2012 school year....
208. Milton Moore Has an Attractive New Addition Milton Moore Has an Attractive New Addition October/19/1924 Photo and caption about the "recently completed addition to the Milton Moore school" at 31st and Elmwood Avenues.
209. Miss Amanda Rucker Miss Amanda Rucker November/20/1954 Obituary for Miss Amanda Rucker, a teacher in the Kansas City school system for 44 years dying at the age of 84. Native of Huntsville, Missouri starting in 1900 as a teacher in Kansas City middle schools...
210. Missouri Heritage: Early Bishop of St. Louis Did Much for Catholicism Missouri Heritage: Early Bishop of St. Louis Did Much for Catholicism September/12/1970 Biographical article about Bishop Louis Guillaume Valentin Du Bourg (1766-1833), the first bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, builder of the Saint Louis cathedral, began construction of what became Saint...
211. Missouri Heritage: Early College Allowed No Student Unruliness Missouri Heritage: Early College Allowed No Student Unruliness October/31/1970 File containing an article about the history of Woodland College in Independence, Missouri, from 1880 to 1901, headed by Professor George Bryant, college president from 1883 to 1901, "a strict disciplinarian,"...
212. Missouri Reading Readiness Bill Fires Charter School Controversy Missouri Reading Readiness Bill Fires Charter School Controversy June/24-30/1999 Article discussing funding issues for charter schools.
213. Missouri, Meet Your Poet Laureate Missouri, Meet Your Poet Laureate January 9, 2008 The first named poet laureate for the state of Missouri is Walter Bargen. "The author, 59, lives in Ashland north of Jefferson City and has more than 10 books and numerous awards to his credit." As the...
214. Mrs. Anna L. Henegan Dies in Washington Mrs. Anna L. Henegan Dies in Washington February 10-16, 1967 Article/obituary for Mrs. Anna Henegan, "wife of a retired information officer of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Information Agency." She was a native of Columbia, Missouri, educated at...
215. Mrs. D. M. Pinkerton: Widow of Former School Board President Was 86 Mrs. D. M. Pinkerton: Widow of Former School Board President Was 86 February/9/1952 Photo and obituary for "Mrs. Ollie Parsons Pinkerton [or Ollie Pinkerton], 86 years old, 345 Gladstone boulevard," the widow of Davis Parsons, namesake of the D. M. Pinkerton Elementary School at 63rd...
216. Muna Gets Her Day Muna Gets Her Day September 17, 2008 Olympic sprinter Muna Lee was once a student at Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. She recently returned to visit the school. Mayor Mark Funkhouser proclaimed Sept. 16 as "Muna Lee Day" in the...
217. Name a School Volker: Van Horn Designation Is Changed by Board Name a School Volker: Van Horn Designation Is Changed by Board February 6, 1948 Article about the change in "name of the Van Horn school, 3715 Wyoming street" to "the William Volker school as a tribute to Kansas City's educational-minded benefactor," located "within a block of the...
218. Name a School, Name a Hero Name a School, Name a Hero October 9, 2007 Steve Penn discusses names of some Kansas City schools. "The name for the first school for blacks, which came along during the 1880s, was--what else--Lincoln Elementary School." It was at 11th Street and...
219. New Charter School Plans Total Turnaround for Students New Charter School Plans Total Turnaround for Students June 29-July 5, 2007 The KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Endeavour Academy opened in July 2007. It targets low-income students with academic difficulties and features an extended school day, week, and year. The school is...
220. New Dunbar Principal New Dunbar Principal November 9, 1951 File containing an article and photo about Miss Sirpora Miller, newly appointed principal of "Dunbar grade school" in Kansas City, Kansas. Miller was a native of Kansas City, Kansas and formerly served...