West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Chapter IH juniors and upper-classmen!! lt took but a very short time for the newly made ll-l's to learn the trick of how a true Junior may, by carrying his head tilted slight- ly upward, look with perfect ease down upon the shy 'fFrosh. The officers who successfully piloted the Juniors through their third year were: John Jacobsen, president, Eileen Benedict, vice- presidentg Helen Keck, secretary, Carey Winston, treasurer. Unfortunately the influenza epidemic made useless many of the Junior plans for the year including the customary play. However, all efforts were directed towards a Prom. This dance, with its unique and original decorations, was, in the opinion of many, the most enjoyed school event of that year. Chapter IV After three whole years of striving, and stretching both mentally and physically, the Seniors returning to high school in the fall of 'l9 could truly say that it was a grand and glorious feeling' to be able to walk confidently into the office, push one's self thru the waiting mob of offenders, and leisurely placing one's elbows on the information desk, calmly and without a quaver persuade Mr. Cassidy to give a third assembly in one week. The Senior year was efficiently organized in September with Carey Winston as presidentg Wiley Johnson, vice-president, Amabelle Kennedy, secretary, and Henry Mahnken, treasurer. Early in the year the class pins were selected, ordered and received. On March 26 the class of '20 presented its greatest success of the four years, namely, the play of Mice and Men. The Senior Mixer given in April was full of vim and served well in its purpose of replacing the heavy thoughts of care and work with lighter ones of gaiety and frivolity. This year the Senior Afternoon Dance was turned into a school affair. Originality was woven into the entire program and no one suffered from lack of a good time. In all its boastings, perhaps the one thing which the class of '20 brags about the most is the fact that this class is the first one in the history of the West Seattle High to publish a Senior annual. The class of '20 was also the first to initiate the balcony of the assembly hall as the future abode for all other Senior classes during assemblies. If we could but take a gl'lll1JS6 into chapter five of the story of the class of 1920 what discoveries we might make! but fortunately that chapter of the future is left to the ouija board and the class- prophesiers. PAGE 17

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0112155 igiatnrg MARY WEBSTER Chapter I Few would have recognized in that wide-eyed, blundering group of f'frosh, who four years ago stumbled wonderingly up the five flights of stairs into the huge assembly-hall of the old high school on California Avenue,-very few, indeed, would have recognized in that unruly mob the present sedate, seriously-minded Seniors of today. These Seniors of to-day would probably not admit to their lower classmen that they themselves once caused Mr. Cassidy and the faculty to wonder at their stupidity, and at their frequent habit of forgetting where they should be. Nor would these mighty Seniors of 1920 be able to recall how small and insignificant they used to feel along side of the Juniors and Seniors of '17 and '16. Yet, in spite of this opportune weakness of memory o11 the part of the Seniors all these things actually occurred back in the Septem- ber of 1916 when the class of 1920, now graduating, made its debut in the VVest Seattle High. The class organized early in the year of '16 with Alberta Eames as president, Melbourne Potter, vice-presidentg Barbara Davidson, secretary, Clifford Lovejoy, treasurer, and Miss Pierce as class advisor. Chapter II The Sophomore year of the class of '20 showed a marked improve- ment over the hrst year in that the faculty were not troubled to answer so many hows and whys of ignorant questioners. The two all-knowing upper-classmen were no longer able to enjoy seeing the Sophomores make mistakes by going to the wrong room for it was in that year of '17 that the old high school on Cal- ifornia Avenue moved into the newly built high school on Stevens and thetupperclassmen were just as apt to become lost in their new quarters as their brothers-the sophisticated Sophomores. The work of the organized Sophomores was greatly advanced under the leadership of the newly elected officers: Phil Fraser, presi- dent, Bernice Daugherty, vice-president, Cilfford Lovejoy, secretary, Barbara Davidson, treasurer. In this year of '17 the class adopted.theilf.sFrench war orphan who has been under their financial support thru-out the remaining three years. A The Sophomore Mixer was given in form of a topsy-turvy party. Everything, including the manner of dress, the program and the re- freshments, was up side down or wrong side before. During the same year the class of '20 gave a Sophomore Assembly in which their talent was displayed before the whole school. PACE IG

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PAGE 18 0115155 15119111 MARY F. EADS Dear old class of 1920 VVe've had fun and tasks aplenty But we hate to leave you now that we are throughg These four years we leave behind us Memories hold, just to remind us Of the love we cherish, Good old class, for you. ' Dear old colors green and yellow, How the thought will cheer a fellow As he thinks of you while traveling on life's ways! And wherever we may wander Over you at times vve'll ponder, Let us hope we'll meet again some future day . To our teachers we've been trying Sometimes, but tl'1ere's no denying We'll have loving thoughts of them and years gone hy, And vve'll leave to them the Freshmen, And the Sophomores, and Juniors of our dear old school, The VVest Seattle High. X And now for us this parting Is really just the starting , Of the bigger things We have in life to do. As We travel down life's ways We'll remember high school days, And ever to our ideals let's be true. 0112155 Qlnlnm GREEN AND YELLOW Gllaaz 13211 JUST WATCH Us GO 1-9-2--o