West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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PQ- - wuulmwgf.-,5,., - 4 J 18 1936 WESTWARD HO ish Columbia, where she was spending her vacation. The Royal Jubilee Hospital- what a mocking address for a teacher who longs to be present at the opening day at dear old West! And this is the Hrst teachers' meeting of 1935-1936. Many of the instructors had traveled, studied, rested, and some had ac- complished much. Among the latter is Mrs. Amanda Lopez Knecht, the dark-eyed Spanish, teacher. She had an unusual, an epoch-marking' day-Coronado Day-for the City of Denver. From those who saw the pageant in Civic Center on August the thirteenth come only praise and sincere Commendation for the clever leadership of our beloved teacher, who played the role of Queen Isabella. A , Cooking is fu I1 l'1,'f'l1 if I do burn almost r'1fc'ryfhi11g. To the strumming of Hawaiian guitars, two of the faculty rested in Honolulu. Mr. Charles Craven has given no account of his experiences on the beach of Waikiki, but Mrs. Moore didn,t miss one thing, but she has given no public performance of her newly acquired accomplishments. -YY-V Y -3...-W---...V

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THE A11 oversight, Mr. Fisher! Some of the faculty realized their in- comes were entirely too small. But what could they do to increase them? Insurance is overworked because every day each teach- er is approached by at least three agents pro- claiming the joy of annuities. After long de- liberation they decided that the profit from lapin appeared very alluring. Poor jack rab- bit! From many junk dealers Ccan't say whether it was from the owners or from the junk piles when the owners were awayj the future business magnates took the body of When therds zz blow-out, tbere's a blow-up. TOWER 19 WS r, 5 ' wx NPN ., M- :js ' sis' 2 ER six Warew- Big game hunters. one 1923 Dodge and the top from another, to these they added tires-worn-out ones- that would stay on, and they contrived a motor concoction that would kill a cotton- tail with just its appearance and noise. This they sold at a profit, the amount gained by the transaction was kept a secret from the income tax collector. The Chev- rolet that replaced, in their affections, the old Dodge was not such ia combination of ancient history, but it would never provoke larceny, hence, there was no necessityzof extra expenditure for theft insurance. Soon men of the names Chapman, Stone, Taylor, Forrest, and Watson were heard singing: Bye, baby-bunting, Dada'y's gone a-hunting , To get a little rabbit skin H To wrap his baby-bunting in. Over the prairies bumped and rattled the Nimrods, scaring the gophers and grasshop- pers, but capturing the big jacks . Now let's see how many fur coats the children will wear! 1 1 X.