West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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WOODWORTH rOKTKX NKLSON KKKS JOHNSON MISS KICKS OFFICERS John Lincoln................... Jambs Woodworth................ Marion Ref.s - Alice Johnson............... Miss Georgia M. Rees - - - - OWRK AFFSLD LINCOLN IIMMKMAX President I'ice President Secretary Treasurer Faculty Adviser ONI! of the most interesting clubs in West High is the Kamera Klub, which was organized in the fall of 1920. Its purpose is to promote interest in taking of good pictures, and to teach its members the principles of composition and how to obtain artistic effects, as well as how to learn the technicalities of developing, printing, and enlarging. The club is continually adding material to the dark-room apparatus, and the products of the club have been improving noticeably since its organization. During “Education Week” the Kamera Klub was the only club in West High that was represented, having a collection of prints taken and mounted by the members on exhibition in the library. Meetings are held in Room 321 every Tuesday, one meeting being devoted to business, another to developing or printing, and, when necessary, the time is spent in enlarging and mounting, or in holding discussions that may arise between members on problems of photography. In exceptionally good weather, the club goes on hikes and picnics, taking pictures on the way. As the available dark room space is small, the membership is limited to twelve, but under the faithful guidance of Miss Georgia M. Rees, its faculty adviser, the club accomplished much in its own interest, and has contributed largely to the photographic sections of the Hesperian. We hope to be able in the future to add to our equipment and to increase our efficiency, John Lincoln, President. Page Nineteen

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DEAL JACOBSEN BRACKETT SWAIN' WEDGE INXBS MAC RAC MOOS NORTON HAKDWKLL MOORK KORBUTS ROW® ANDERSON IIEAI.Y OFFICERS William MacRae......................President Arthur Anderson ....................Vice President Lf.Roy Jacobsen ------- Secretary TUI- UPPER CLASS ADVISORY COUNCIL was organized in the spring of 1923 to foster student self government and to allow the upper classes an opportunity to participate in the administration of the school, as the need for such an organization seemed apparent. I rnler the leadership of George Langford, the first president, and including such members as Bill Meili, Roger Gurley, and John Weber, the organization originated the point system for the purpose of limiting the activities to which a student may engage in, and started the practice of assisting at various auditorium programs. Beginning with the fall of 1923 the Upper Class Advisory was organized with the following officers: Margaret Murray, president; Russell Brackett, vice president; Helen Swain, secretary. It was during this semester that the Upper Class Advisory Council perfected the point system by changing the number of points for each activity. Another feature which it is hoped will come to mean more and more to West High School was the sponsoring of the adoption of an original creed which would seem to embody both the aims and aspirations of every class at West. After a careful consideration by the judges of the many creeds which were submitted by the students at large, the creed written by Earl Gcisen was selected, as it seemed to contain the sincerest expression. Another movement fostered by our group was the idea of specially rewarding the senior who shows marked abilities. William MacRae, President. Page Eight ten

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 POST PKIOT A. MC DOM ELL HOPPER THOMSON POWERS POSBERC. M. MC DON ELL PAR WELL MISS STEVENS CLARK RICKEY POST PKIDT A. MC DONKLL HOPPER THOMSON POWERS POSBERC. M. MC DONELL PARWKLL MISS STEVENS CLARK RICKEY OFFICERS Mildred McDonbll........................President Margaret Harwell ------ Vice President Doris Clark ------- Secretary-Treasurer Miss Mary Stevens - Faculty Adviser THROUGHOUT the country, boys’ athletics have been supported and idealized to such a great extent that games such as football and baseball form one of the fundamentals of school life, while girls’ athletics seemingly have trailed in the dust. In order to win a “W” and to be a member of the Girls’ “W Club a girl must earn six hundred points. This means that she must go out for several branches of athletics, for two hundred points is the largest number of points that can be earned in one sport. In the fall of each year an initial meeting is held for the election of officers and initiation of new members. At this meeting the plans for the work of the club are laid out and discussed. Regular monthly meetings arc held at the homes of the members of the club. The first of the meetings is devoted to business; afterwards refreshments are served and the remainder of the afternoon is spent in dancing. With the growing interest in girls’ athletics and the increasing number of “W” winners we have every reason to believe that in the near future our organization will be able to boast of as large a membership as the boys’ “W” Club. Page T teenty