West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Seated—Miss Teeter, Miss Orton. Mrs. Richards, Miss Wagenhals, Mrs. Wells; Standing—Miss Styor, Miss Williams. Miss O’Gordon. Mrs. Walker. Miss Newell. First Row—Miss Backus, Miss Hoy, Miss Murray. Miss Hill. Miss Broon, Mrs. Koan: Second Row—Mr. Newstrand. Miss Kimball, Miss Brown, Mr. Konet, Miss Dendinqor.

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• ENGLISH... BEHIND THE PAGES OF THE WEST HIGH TIMES AND THE SKETCH BOOK ARE A HUNDRED PENCILS BUSY AT WORK. IT MIGHT BE AN EDITORIAL. A NEWS ITEMt A PRIZE-WINNING SHORT STORY. OR A DELICATE POEM CULLED IN THE IVORY TOWER. THEY ARE MANUSCRIPTS GATHERED FROM LITTLE SEEDS OF THOUGHT. SEEDS OF THOUGHT ALSO GROW IN THE MINDS OF ORATORS AND DEBATORS, CULMINATING IN A FINE SPEECH. IN THE REGULAR ENGLISH CLASSES. A SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY OR A GRAMMATICAL STRUGGLE MAY BE OCCUPYING THE MOMENT. WE MUST LEARN TO WRITE. THINK. AND SPEAK CLEARLY. FOR WE ARE THE AUTHORS OF TOMORROW WHO WILL ENRICH THE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERATURE OF THE WORLD. WHAT PEN AND THOUGHTS HAVE WROUGHT

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WRITING CREATIVELY WHEN BUDS ARE BURSTING INTO LEAVES AND FLOWERS, TOUCHED BY THE GENTLE BREEZE OF SPRINGTIME, A CRE-ATIVE WRITER CATCHES HIS FANCIES IN A VERSE OR TWO. OR MAYBE HE IS PROFOUNDLY STIRRED TO CREATE A SHORT STORY OF DARING REALISTIC LIFE. AN ESSAY MAY PORTRAY HIS FEELINGS ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC. OR IF HE WISHES TO EXPRESS HIMSELF MORE DRAMATICALLY, A PLAY COULD BE THE RESULT. JUST SUCH MANUSCRIPTS AS THESE BRING PRIZES OR ARE PRINTED, A THRILL KNOWN ONLY TO WRITERS. THE FIRST CREATIVE WRITING YEARBOOK, THE LOCH-INVAR. HAS BEGUN ANOTHER WEST TRADITION. WITH MISS ORTON AS AN INSPIRATION. THE CLASSES ARE PRODUCING THE BEST IN HIGH SCHOOL LITERATURE. Farmer, Ruch. Acker. Bezoier, Edel»tine, Miss Orton. Dorer, Weinberg. Boarg THE READING OF A MANUSCRIPT IS THE AUTHOR S MOMENT. CAREFUL CRITICISM BY MISS ORTON AND THE CLASS BRINGS THE WEAK POINTS TO LIGHT. THEN—TO ENTER IT IN THE CONTESTS AND WAIT. HOPING . . .