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

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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

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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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XX y l 1 1, X Qgcwtda' 4 stand while Mr. Bennett and visitors approach the platform and until they are seated, whether they walk down the aisle or come from the platform. We wonder how it looks to them to see us go through all sorts of contortions trying to talk to someone half way across the hall, or how it looks to see us blissfully chewing our gum or calmly for perhaps not so calmlyj throwing paperwads from one end of the assembly to another. Let's show them that we do know how to do a few things besides those which do not mean anything except disturbance. Did you ever hear of the stuff they call soap? And did you ever see any water? lt's good stuff l ' VVonder if you know what dirt looks like. Well, if you don't, just take a good squint at the pillars in front of our assembly hall. Don't you think a little soap and water would be a good combination to introduce to those pillars? We think they would enjoy each other's company immensely, in case they have never met before! Don't you? We ask you. What a privilege to have a school like West High to call our own and a school magazine like the Occident to read every month! Ask yourself, now. Don't you think it is a real West High book? Don't you think it represents West High in every true sense? Of course you do! S0 do we! All right, let's show it!! A TRIBUTE IED in action. In this simple eulogy are wreathed the most noble attributes to man. Like those who were first the subject of these profound words, paradoxically so, Warren Harding surrendered his most precious possession for his country. Leader among men, servant of them all, he directed the affairs of state in those days of post-war depression. Although standing in the shadow of his predecessor, he forced a dubious and wary world to listen. And then he and his colleague, Secretary of State, courageous, determined, persevering, persuaded the statesmen of the leading foreign powers, and especially those of their own nation, that naval disarmament was practical and a step forward in the pursuit of world peace. This, perhaps his most notable achievement, is but exemplary of the undertakings which characterized him to the last. His was a twofold task-the culmination of those issues pertaining to international compacts and domestic difficulties, contracted by the preceding administration, and the close study and solution of problems undertaken by the present government, in other words to grapple with, another's problems, while endeavoring to carry into execution the aims of his own administration. Through it all he braved the fire of des- tructive criticism, which gnaws to the very soul, and conquered. . But the mental and physical strain was beyond endurance. While engaged in the cause of peace and good will toward nations, like an- other before him, he sacrificed health, and he who had yet the accom- plishment of greater works ahead, died-in action.