West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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The Round-up W'hen it's round-up time in West High And the cowboys are on hand, Then I wouldn't trade old West High For a castle great and grandf, OUND-UP time again! Once more over the halls of West hangs that in- tangible thing, that feeling of happy friend- liness, of joy that is combined with the de- termination to, win. Bright and clear arrives September the fourth. Boys and girls flock to one building. The girls hurry ing but note, however, a lagging on the part of some of the boys. Within the building is an unmis- takable roar and a peculiar congestion near the entrance. The mass of struggling, shout- ing pupils is around the bulletin board, the world's most popular place for the first two days. - Where,s my home room?', roars a senior. Let me find mine firstln comes from an anxious sophomore. Out of the way, freshie! You've got to make room for the juniors. Then a future member of the Annual Board listens in on a conversation between two well-known senior Lotharios: Say, Red, did you see the keen number in the office? Net yet, Bill, but I'm on my way. I need a new girl now that mine has fallen for the new music teacher. A bell is heard, then a rumble, more like the famous Thundering Herd than a group of students going to their respective home rooms. Come, let us look in on this scene. We behold awe-stricken freshmen, cocky sophomores, quiet juniors, and mighty seniors. We see perspiring teachers with hopeless expressions on their faces. Sign here, sign there, sign everywherelv Lavender cards, yellow cards, long per- forated white cards, little papers, big papers are-passed out by students volunteering af- fably. CThey're working for a stand-inlj With the exhortation to return the cards Or you will be listed as delinquentv, and with the clang of another bell, the rumble again begins, the pupils are going to first hour. This continues throughout the morn- ing. Near noon the final card has been checked in, the girls have given the once over on all the boys, the older Cowboys have spied around for new football material, and the teachers re- lax. The opening day of school is over. Throughout the week many adjust- ments have to be madev for students l20l

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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.

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THE R who find out a subject will require them to study, or who wish to be in a class with a certain girl or boy. But on the whole, West students desire courses that will be of ben- efit to them either financially or in prepara- tion for college. The next exciting moment of the new school year is the assembly. The seniors, in View of their prestige are seated on the stage. In the front row are the new teach- ers and Herb and Kay , the newly chos- en round-up bosses for the coming se- mester. This is the beginning of their many assembly speechesg they assure everyone of the hospitable spirit of West and herald the beginning of new interests and new friend- ships. Oh boy, the first dance or social hour! This is the time when loves begin to bud, hands start being held, and gossiping tongues loosen. It,s June in September or Maytime OUNDUP 21 Herb greets one of the Smiibs in the fall. Nothing in the world can equal young love! W The Seniors attempt to im ress the siudent body X 645' '