Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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1921 COMMENCEMENT NUMBER1THE TATLER 1921 A Farewell to W'est High Hear ye! Hear ye, under classmen! Hearken to a Senior's word. As we've reached the longed-for hilltop, Are we not worthy to be heard? Just four years ago we came here We had reached High School at last! These four years we've worked and studied, Gaining wisdom as they passed. First believing all they told us, Swallowing bait and hook and all, Looking for the elevators, Tickets to assembly hall. Then the next year, growing wiser, We gain courage as we go. Then WE lord it o'er the Freshies, Telling them the mark to toe. Each semester brings new interests, Football, basketball, and gym. Clubs and music, plays and dances Fill each moment to the brim. We've worked and played with equal ardor, For the classroom work's not all. Other things than Math. or Latin We have found in Learning's Hall. Many a lesson for Lifeg problems That will always help us through, Sportsmanship and friendly spirit, Service, and obedience, too. So, dear West High, we hate to leave now, Happy have been these years with you. But to Life's higher goals We hasten, Seeking greater deeds to do. And now we say, good-bye, dear West High, Good luck to those we leave behind! May the lessons you have taught us Ever linger in our mind. .lane Kauffman. -1--onwo--0--of-o--a-4'-ofma--0--0--o-o-wo--0--0--wsa-no--ofca-on0--of-0--0--0--s--0--o--q..g........g..g........g........g..,.. 15

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1921 COMMENCEMENT NUMBER-THE TATLER' 1921 Kenneth D. McGregor Pres. Senior Class Football '17, '18, '19, '20 Basketball '17 Track '20 Cercle Des Amis '19, '20, Vice Pres. '19, Pres. '20 Golf Club '19, '20 Herculanean '18 Hi-Y. '18, '19, '20 Jr. C. of C. '17, '18, '19 Student Council Pres. '20 A leader and a booster, he's always in the fight, He works till tasks are ended, then plays with all his might. Ruth Georgene Hewitt Vice Pres. Senior Class Lesbian '19, '20 Kyle '19, '20, Vice Pres. '19 Student Council '18, '19, '20, Vice Pres. '20 Tatler '18, '19, '20, Editor '20 Honoraria-Literary '19, Service, Management, Scholarship '20 When beauty joins with knowledge rare, We find a friend we ne'er could spare. Helen E. Ruby Advisory Board Senior Class Kylonian '19, '20 Glee Club '19 Kyle '20, Sec. '20 Hi-Y. W. '19, '20 Student Council '20 Tatler '19, '20 Senior Play '20 A popular girl in classroom or hall, In 'uint and zest she surpasses us all. William L. Peairs Treas. Senior Class Basketball '18, '19, '20 Track '19, '20 Golf Club '19, '20 Tennis Club '20 Herculanean '18 Kyle '20, Pres. '20 Hi-Y. '18, '19, '20, Sec. '19, Pres. '20 Jr. C. of C. '20 Student Council '20 Senior Play '20 This outstanding merit we can ascribe to Bill, He emphasizes always, For West High I will. Carolyn Hinsdell Sec. Senior Class. Kyle '20 Student Council '18, '19 Senior Play '20 W. A. G. A. '18 Her friends and teachers all agree, A faithful, charming girl is she. Alfred Stocking Advisory Board Senior Class Football '19, '20 Forum '20 Hi-Y. '19, Sec. '20 Jr. C. of C. '18 Senior Play '20 He ever gives West High his best, Tackling his lessons and sports with zest. George Bryan Sauer Sergeant-at-Arms Senior Class Jr. C. of C. '20 'fWhat's in a name ? Talk to George and you'll find, There's nothing at all, or you surely are blind. Senior Committees Social: Leonard Newfeld, chairman, Ada Havner, John Marshall, adviser, Mrs. Brooks. Senior Play: Randall Rosebrook, chairman, Arthur Gadd, Dorothy Hopkins, adviser, Mr, Stump. Class Day: Gordon Johnston, chairman, Katherine Barnes, Harold Coulter, adviser, Miss Brotherton. Blanquet: Dorothy Arant, chairman, Mildred Simons, Stanton Mar- quardt, Hamilton Craig, adviser, Miss Weaver, Baccalaureate: Juanita Lau, chairman, Stuart Bauch, Alta Sagers, adviser, Mr. McGregor, Class Pin: William Proctor, chairman, Jane Kauffman, Marjorie Needham, adviser, Mr. Goodell. Advisory Board: Miss Kasson, Miss Hutchinson, Mr. Robeson, Helen Ruby, Alfred Stocking, and class oflicers. 'CHO' -of-o--o-fmm-o-o--o-.p..o..o-.g..,.....,..,........

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1921 coMMENcEMEN'r NUMBER-THE TATLER 1921 Class Song QWords and Music by Marjorie Needhamj I Dear old West High We have longed so for the day, That would crown our efforts here, Send us on our destined way, Prepared to meet Life's sorrows and its joys And the hardships that befall us With a purpose strong and brave. May the class of twenty-one Never cease to do the right, And keep up the reputation Of our Alma Mater dear. So then it's Dear old West High, To you a fond farewell May God send his richest bless ings To the school we love so well. II Dear Old West High We regret to leave you now, We have been so happy here With our schoolmates, teachers dear. As we go forth To ascend life's rugged hill, May the lessons learned at West High Be a guidepost to us still. May we aim with sturdy will, To perform our tasks with skill. Let each one do his duty In being ever prompt and true. So then it's Dear old West High, To you a fond farewell May God send his richest blessings Tothe school we love so well. The Wars of Peace N EARLY childhood we loved to play war with martial pomp and show of infant valor. With what zeal we donned a paper hat plumed with a jaunty rooster feather, and with a gleaming dishpan as shield, charged the ramparts of the doughty knight next door. And over the din of the conflict came the cries of encourage- ment from the fair ladies, arrayed in big sisters' long skirts. O dash- ing, impetuous youth! Deeds of daring told in rousing verse or prose formed the most dearly loved treasures of our literature. Who was not thrilled to vibrant response on first reading Scott's immortal lines: Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, 'This is my own, my native 1and!' Who has not known the delightful torment of mounting the school platform to deliver Browning's Incident of the French Camp ? No music so charmed us as the martial Marching Through Georgiaf' no art so impressed us as the vivid scene of Washington Crossing the Delaware. That lust for combat early asserts itself in the normal youth, those childish struggles and instincts are but the earliest expression of a quality which is one of the richest inheritances left us by the races which for centuries maintained their prestige through instrumentality of war. It was due to the continuous struggle of weak versus strong, right versus wrong, inspired by that combative urge, that eventually 0 0 o o o c o c 1 o Q 9-4.4..g..g..g.-a..u..c..g..g..g..g..g..g..g..g g........g..g..g.g g 9 g Q ,..g..g..g..g..g..g q 9 16