Southwest High School - Sachem Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

Page 7 text:

,gf 3 000010231874 2 '1 ffrs' 1 MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY 15616 EAST 24 HIGHWAY INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI 64050 1961 SACHEM published by the students of SUUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL Kansas City, Missouri I

Page 6 text:

.--WQS ff.-1..-.-Q 1-..4v-N-vq,.----f---f-1-v-f'--Q .,.,- ,Q ,,-.., ,...,,.... .-....,7...... , ..--fi.w..,.-.- A-. 1-A.-.Y-V 4-ps-ffuvaggwvw .,--1-- , --,vw .-......,f .,.,..,Q......,, ,, , ..-,..-,-.--.-..4....H..,.m,..4w . . 1 1...-.142-..... .....,, , .. .' Y N W Y Q' ' V ' '' 'b'4J +- N-+1--+L-..4g.-.:QL -

Page 8 text:

From first day to last day ' ' ' We Had Fun in 661 The school year of 1961 was interesting to say the least. There were many new faces at Southwest when the doors opened in Sep- tember, but they soon blended with the familiar and a unified student body emerged. Although the world was visibly shaken by many events-the Congo crisis, Castro's Cuba, and Khrushchevis capers-the stu- dents were comparatively unmoved in their own Southwest environment. They did not completely ignore the outside world, how- ever. For several months they were divided over the election of a President of the United States, but when the results were in and it was learned that John F. Kennedy had nar- rowly beaten Richard M. Nixon, Southwest students, like the rest of the nation, patched up their differences and gave their support to the new administration. Several new ideas were accepted whole- heartedly by the students, among them were Sa-Mo-Ja-Bar, the spring carnival, and the 4 Sachem queen. There were three foreign ex- change students and nine National Merit Scholarship finalists, and the basketball team captured first place in the pre-season Interscholastic League Tournament. The top eleven people in the senior class had grade averages over 4.0, with the highest being 11.582, all due to the extra point system. On the economic side of Southwest life all de- partments, clubs, and publications were in a financial pinch due to the low income from the activity ticket. But in spite of some trials and some failures, everyone-the eighth graders who return next year to join their favorite clubs and organizations, the fresh- men who come back to be joined by their counterparts from Bingham, the sophomores who return to begin the long, hard, final race to college, the juniors who reappear as seniors with their many plans to reform the school, the seniors who leave never to return physically as participating students but many times through fond memories-yes, everyone had some fun in 1961.