West Rochester High School - W Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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M r ' 'N'- ,X i I I f,f NXQCIDE '4 West High Annual Board At a meeting of the January '24 class of VV est High School, VVednesday, September l9, 1923, the following students were elected to the Senior Annual Board: Editor-in-chief ...................,..,. Gilbert Hathaway Associate ,Editor ..........:............. james Mooney Managi11giEdit0r..L .,.. ....,.. P hillip Bassett Literary Editor ,,............ .............., L Ouise Gelli Asst. Literary Editor .......... Margaret Beisheim Art Editor ....,...... . ....... ....... E lizabeth Hellen Asst, Art Editor ........ ....... F lorence Webb Sport Editor ......,..... ........... C harles Shoemaker Limerick Editor ..................., Katherine Gehrke Asst. Limerick Editor ......,........... Helen Fremd Business Manager ........ Advertising Manager.. ........Jol1n C. McCarthy ............William Atchley Asst. Advertising Mgr ............. Newton Morgan Publicity Manager ....... Frederick T raugott Circulation Manager .,................ Harold Bonner Photographic Manager ............ Francis I. Swift Secretary ....................................- ..,. D orthy Zwack The class at this time also elected a new council member, Gerald VValker, and a new reporter, John C. McCarthy. New Members of Faculty Mr. Bezant has returned to W. H. S. after a year at Madison. Mr. Edgecombe is in the Modern Language Department. 'Mr. Burnard is teaching English. Mr. Hall has returned from a year at Madison. He is teaching Mathematics. Miss Bowerman has returned from a year at Madison. She is teaching Biology. Mr. Jaffray has returned from a year's leave of absence as also has Mr. Wheelen. Both are in the Commercial Department. Miss Cobb is new to us from East High. Mr. Orcutt is taking Mr. Weet's place at Mechanical Drawing for a time. Mrs, Cunningham is in the girls' gymnasium. Mr. Pickard, a West High graduate is now teaching Geography. Mr. Wilson has come to us from Madison to teach Chemistry. Miss Wheat is our new librarian. Report Cards Will Appear as Usual The students of West High will be glad to know that the faculty has arranged an attrac- tive schedule for the appearance of report cards. VVe publish it here so that pupils may make their plans accordingly. Octoberif8. November 5. December 3. January 14. Miss Purcell This fall when we returned to school we noticed a few changes in our faculty. Not many of us think that we will be able to give fifty-three years of service in any one line of Work, such as Miss Mary Purcell has given. Her teaching in Rochester was begun in the old Free Academy on Exchange Street. Upon the opening of East High School, she con- tinued her work there, and a few years later she came into the West High Faculty as English teacher. She has benefitted so many of us that we must all have a little feeling when we think of'her departure from our school. Jane Shaw, vice president of Jefferson Senior Class, is now with us in Home Room 201. , , :lf ak 4: An attempt to uphold the athletics of the Class of '26 will be made by 'fSquirrel', Town- send and Robert Cusky. :sf ak xc The Sophies have contributed a pair of fine singers to the Glee- Club. More are wait- ing for a change in their seventh period classes to get in. Some of those melodious sounds from the orchestra might be attributed to the Sophies. That booming from Blum's Tuba, the noise from Lyne's Clarinet, or those uncertain notes from Schusterbauer's Trombone blend in somewhat with the rest of the orchestra and add both quantity and quality to the resulting harmony.

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l A X l ' f, tgeclnzagf' 4 , Corridor Talk Mary Adele Winans enjoyed a pleasant vacation by alternating house parties and work in the Ceramic studiof She seems to believe that all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.', :uf :af as Osee Reynolds has returned to school after spending part of the summer in touring thru the New England States and the Adirondacks, Berkshires, White and Green mountains While away, she enjoyed her first meal of clams. FF az: 1: Louise' Mason tried to keep house between house parties this summer and seemed to en- joy it. We hope the house enjoyed it as much. af Pk ak Marie Farrow spent part of her summer on house parties and part in Canada. , Pk Pk wk Betty Hellen spent part of her vacation at the lake and the rest painting. Getting the paint on correctly is quite an art. Dk lk Pk Gladys Ridgley enjoyed a much needed rest at Sodus Point and on a house party at Can- andaigua Lake. vf x Pk Avis Baker believes that staying at home is just as much fun as going away for the sum- mer. If you don't believe it, try and see. ar :of -uf They say that traveling is an education in itself. That is the kind Ruth Fagan acquired this summer thru many short trips. Pk xc wk Virginia Gordon likes Rochester so well she decided not to leave, so she stayed home and read many of the latest novels. :sf 4: if Mary Beth VVhaley spent her summer at the lake and says there is nothing like lake air and water for one who is thin. Wall Street Financier .Speaks to Students of West High ' At the first assembly of the year, on Friday, September the fourteenth, the school had the privilege of hearing Cameron Beck, Personel Director of the Stock Exchange, New York City, gave a most inspiring talk. Mr. Beck is a man who started out on three dollars a week, part of which he 'spent to hear the well known Professor, John B. DeMotte. He said that he would never forget, as long as he lived, what Professor DeMotte said. VVhat you are to be you are now becoming! Mr. Beck told of a time, not long ago, when he was camping in the Rockies. He went into a crossroads store and saw a package on a shelf. He asked the price of it, bought it, put it in his pocket and went out. Again, while going through the Adirondacks, he stepped into a small store, saw another package of the same kind, bought it and went out. Here in Rochester, he saws a third package of the same kind and he purchased it because every pack- age, and every cracker in every package put out by the National Biscuit Company bears its trademark which is the trademark of an honest Workman who is not ashamed to show it to the world. So, said Mr. Beck, is your character the trademark of your soul. The words Mr. Beck left with us, in closing, were only two, but really worth while remem- bering! Carry on! Other speakers on Friday were Mr. Guggel- man, of the Y. M. C. A., and Mr. Benjamin Chamberlain of Cornell, an alumnus of West High. A New Feature Beginning with this issue, the Occident will publish a series of articles, written by members of the faculty, concerning the particular hob- bies in which they have a vital interest. This month the staff' is indebted to Mr. Pultz for his exceptionally interesting article, Purify the Genesee. Read these installments and be convinced that the faculty has interests other than teach- mg.

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4 -tyuufq-32,1 Isiiwai- . 'fi I ill V31 bl ' ,' ' s it il X rx rx ,Lx i is I W sl A -gg 25, ,gmn I .. D ,Q h 1' :Elk QTWMM, Q Q H pang I Zag 'MX' qi g , ve! I1-xl 1' kg' In I was f- -I'- The Occident Tombstone Un-noticed by that most studious con- course in the library is a crepe colored object which might be dubbed the Occi- dent's tombstone or perhaps VVest High's soap box for all the benefit the Occident ever derived from it. As far as the stu- dent body is concerned, the Occident box is only the tombstone of a doomed maga- zine. Nothing is lacking but that most pertinent epitaph, Not gone but for- gotten. Perchance some scapegrace will remedy the omission. However, it will be of more practical value, if some of you would-be pen slingers dispel the ideafthat horn-rimmed spectacles and a knowledge of biblio- graphy are essential qualifications, invest a dime in a pot of ink and begin feeding the starved Occident box with acceptable material. The day of the Occident's resurrection is at hand. The staff is alive and work- ing, but if we do not have your earnest co-operation, your magazine cannot be what it should be-a magazine published in the interest of the entire student bodv. Feed the Uccident box! ll I Corridor Dancing Do you like to dance? VVait a minute, now! Don't all speak at once! VVe canit count you ! ! NVe know you like the atmosphere of the cor- ridors after school. We have seen evidence of it. At least there seems to be something attractive about them???? How would you like to have dancing every Friday afternoon in the corridors? A few years ago they tried hard to dance Friday afternoons, but-didnlt succeed very well-so they stopped. A few years before that, it was tried and it proved very successful. That, in itself proves that it can be done. -.il..ll-1 Dear Editor: During this sum1ner I heard many praises of VVest High as well as criticisms. One thing that seemed to be glued to my thoughts was our attitude in assembly. VV e have had only one assembly since school openedg that was good but yet I believe there is a chance for improvement. Think of a stranger entering our school upon an assembly morning. He stands by one of the doors at the rear of the hall. Does he hear a hushed sound then the stirring of feet as the students rise to receive their princi- pal and the guests of the morning? I ask you, does he? Indeed not. As the orchestra finishes the march, there is a mixed-up rabble, a scramble for seats, then a settling sound as the fortu- nate students enjoy all the comforts of homef' Then the principal enters, still that settling sound. Then assembly starts. I ask you, fellow students, does this sound like Vkfest High Spirit? Do we show the respect that we might to the chief of such a school as ours? Sincerely, Une of Them. Timely Suggestion It has been suggested by a member of XVest High in a letter to the editor that the school body show a little more respect toward our principal and his guests. It seems as though it is the least we can do in our assemblies to