Paseo High School - Paseon Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Tins 1928 PASEON --1--G--ef!----as--f-.:.-xg-' .a1..-,..,..s.-,- ,M-s-R-.777 . HM. mE.,.g-,-,Y-,,,, , .M . Y YVZTL, Y 15 firm? EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKER LLIOTT REDIES was the Paseo representative in the interscholastic extemporaneous speaking contest this year. The contest is sponsored by the Young Men's Civic Forum and deals with civic and industrial questions. In the city-wide finals between the high schools, Elliott won a gold medal. His sub- ject was Financing the Trafficways of Kansas City. He received his subject twenty-four hours be- fore the contest and spoke for ten minutes on it. Last year Elliott was captain of the negative debate at Paseo that won a unanimous decision from North- east high school. Elliott is a senior c-ass officer and was vice-president of the junior class last year. He is the Paseo correspondent to the Kansas City Star and handles all matters of school news for that paper. Elliott is the founder of the Keats Literary bociety and has been its president twice. He is prominent in school affairs, being vice-president of the student council this year and an officer last year. He displayed his talent for instant and impressive organization through the contest which consisted .of four main eliminations. El.iott is an impressive speaker, being unexcelled for his characteristic of throwing his personality into his speech. The most noticeable characteristic in his speech was appealing delivery that held attention and won decisions. VVe see in Elliott a great possibility, a possibility for a leader and a statesman of great success. Paseo will never forget his ability neither will they forget his sunny and extremely likeable personality. We wish him good luck in the future, as good luck as he l1ElS had in the past. NVe realize that this luck would have been worthless had it not been coupled with Elli0tt's ability as a student and leader, ORATION SPEAKER OWARD HILL, who was the Paseo repre- sentative, has been prominent in school affairs. In the school contest Howard displayed superior abil- ity as an orator. He won second p ace in the contest last year and showed determination from then on that he would win this year. Howard was a member of the negative team last year that won a decision from Northeast. In the senior ballot he was voted The boy who has done the most for Paseof, As a student he is exceptional y got-d, and as a speaker he is even better. As a charity speaker he addressed some of the leading churches in the city and made a good impres- sion. He was president of the Junior Class last year and has been on the honor roll several times. How- ard expects to study law and politics after his gradua- tion He will probably attend the Kansas City School of Law. As Giftorian of the Senior Class he will deliver the speech transferring the gift of the class of '28 to the school. In his oration, The Present Significance of the Constitutionfl Howard addressed the youth of Amer- ica, taking as his basis the relation of the Constitution to industrty and personal liberty. Individual freedom and a flexible democratic form of government are his ideals and he made as his plea, the obedience to law and order and the upholding of the Constitution, The oration embodied a detailed discussion of the rela- tionship of the Constitution to prosperity and mdus- try. The oration, as a piece of literature, is a thing of which Howard may well be proud. His delivery was impressive and forceful, containing a masterful emphasis that is so characteristic of his type of speech. We have great hopes for Howard in the future and wish him unlimited success as a lawyer and statesman. Next year Paseo will enter the Con- stitutional oration contest and we hope that we will be as well represented as we were this year.

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16 THE 1928 PASEON .1i - , National Honor Society Paseo received her charter allowing her to organize a chapter in the National Honor Society early in the fall of 1927. Twenty-eight students make up the first chapter of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools, at Paseo. Twenty-four are seniors and four are juniors. Membership is based on scholarship, character, leadership, and service. The upper third of the senior class is chosen as to grade average and from these ten per cent of the class is elected as mem- bers of this honorary position. One per cent of the junior class is selected similarly, so as to keep the spirit of the society flickering through each year until the next group is chosen. The emblem of the National Honor Society is the keystone and the flaming torch. The keystone bears at its base the letters which stand for character, scholarship, leadership and service, the cardinal prin- ciples of its organization. Thus the keystone symbol- izes the high ideals of the society and the flaming torch is the emblem of its purpose. The members of Paseo's first chapter are: Abra- ham Bachus, Victoryne Christensen, Helen Closson, Vera Cramer, Veronica Dolan, Mike Eitelman, Doro- thy Engel, Oleta Fitzgerald, Paul Heisey, Besse Hig- bee, Louis Karges, Paul Kelly, Katherine Morris, Juanita Morse, Mary Virginia Peters, Martha Plum- mer, Gretchen Pratt, Dorothy .Randolph, Frances Rush, Helen Pearl Smith, Raymond Stanley, Julia Ruth Titterington, Marjorie Truitt, Randolph Wenzel gi the junior members who are to carry on are: George Boyd, Ruth Burnley, Doris Burns, and Fred Kiel. Paseo Honor Roll At the close of the first semester two lists of honor students were named, form-ing the General and the Highest Honor Rolls. Many students won, by diligent effort, places on one or the other. This year six have made the Highest Honor Roll as compared to eleven of 19275 forty-one are General Honor stu- dents in comparison to fifty-one of last year. This decrease in students is probably due to the increasing number of activities in which ambitious pupils are 6H8f1giU8', but still the high grade average maintained speaks well for Paseo. Pupils' eligible for the Highest Honor Roll should be carrying at least four solids, or the equivalent, two non-solids to count as one solid. An F. must be at- tained in each subject as the final semester grade. The grade received in physical education counts the same as the grade received in a non-solid in placing pupils on the honor rolls, but does not count in keep- ing pupils off of them. There are two sets of standards for the General Honor Roll. To be eligible, the student must carry at least three solids and one non-solid, or the equiv- alent, and the final semester grades must meet either of the following conditions: No grade below M and as many as three Ffs in solids. or two E's in solids and two E's in non-solids, or no grade below S and as many as two E's in solids, or one E in a solid and two E's in non-solids.