West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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22 1936 WESTWARD I-IO Mr. Norton Trustman has a real dance orchestra of loyal Westerners. What a mon- ey-saving joy it is that some students study music, are generous with their time and abil- ity, and have the physical endurance to play for all the dances. Big horns, little horns, saxes, drums, and piano make the hours hot for the gang, who make themselves hot by all kinds of queer and lovely movements. Some dancers require and take all the floor in their cavorting and running full speed aheadg others lazily dawdle in a spot three WHAT PLEASURE . . . does a dance orchestra derive from a social hour? There's certainly no money in it for these boys. yards square, more interested in eyes than in feetg a few really dance correctly and gracefully. But in the girl's gym a large per- centage of West's population learn ball-room dancing. Wirh the first social hour every phase of school life has begun, and the nine months of grind and fun have started in earnest. All events of this merry life will be investigated and disclosed throughout the pages of this Annual. W YOU PUT YOUR . . . left foot out, the arm goes round and round. Ho- ho-ho-ho-ho! ' Q 5.- ,,

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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' '

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The Administration GSGOOD morning! Ever since the new building of West has been in use, this has been the customary greeting to all teachers and to those students coming early tothe office. The words come from Mr. Harry V. Kepner, the principal. He is a young-old man, kind and fatherly, always worrying about his exuberant herd, always cheerful, always right. He is an alumnus of Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity and has his M.A. degree from Har- vard and a Doctor's degree from Colorado State Teachers College. In addition to his school work here, he is president of the Board of Trustees of the educational col- leges at Greeley and Gunnison, a member of the Secret 400 Chemists, a thirty-third degree Mason, a member of the Lion's Club, a great traveler, and a successful business man. Because of his versatility and his note- worthy achievements he is in the Whois Who of the United States. For the past eighteen years Mr. Kepner's energy has been directed to the improving of West. The school building, the faculty, the subjects in theircurriculum-everything has increased four-fold. The thousands of young lives his influence has stimulated tes- tify now, and will testify forever, to his in- trinsic worth. The major portion of the contacts with the pupils is made by Mr. Clark H. Stone, the assistant principal, and Mrs. Hildegarde Sweet, the dean of girls. 'Tm going to the office means, generally, a conference with one or the other of the above. l Miscreants will never forget the sentences pronounced by the dapper Mr. Stone, who fusses them often with the question, Well, what can I do you for? A thousand-word essay on good citizen- ship will help clear the air. Sit on the bench and ponder on your conduct. Four times around the race track will impress upon you not to run in the halls. Mr. Stone received his A.B. and M.A. de- grees from the University of Denver and has studied at California. Be- fore coming to West, he was principal at Wheatridge High School. His keen sense of hu- mor and quaint stories make him one of the best beloved disciplinarians in the city. Mrs. Hildegarde S. Sweet came from Scott High School, Toledo, Ohio. She was grad- uated from Michigan Uni- versity and received her M.A. from Columbia University in the Teachers College. She is as distinctive in her appear- ance as in her poise and her just decisions. Her knowledge l23l