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

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All of our experiences, even to the very least and inconsequen- tial, affect us for better or for worse. In Paseo we have only those influences which aim to stimu- late agreeable responses. Our fine building, beautiful pictures, and splendid school spirit, make deep impressions in the minds of visitors. XVe should be happy to live in this atmosphere. 6 an A great business man has said one of the most important tests of true education is 'fthe capacity for worth-while pleasuresf, The ability to appreciate fine things is one of the supreme tests of civilization-the capacity for finding genuine pleasure in beau- ty of many kinds, graceful trees, lovely pictures. gorgeous sunsets, exquisite poetry, charming gar- dens, beautiful music. great char- acter. VVe are rich in the things We are abfe to cnjoyfl K X K

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07 P' X lf sly, 2. M L x ,F 1 -Q 1 A ,, GX Y N, 1 E i l :I mf ' 1 C , l .5 Xu Xa l lf Ll 'x ll f ll, y l Y 1 E X' J? L ef' la l 0 027 ' , 1? v ll ' . f 'Ni ,l 'N' i i f f fl Vvlllx - fy LOOKING DOWN Have you ever seen our front steps from the vantage point of the roof? dents massed all their efforts together with the result that Paseo took first place in near- ly all competition. She won the football, basketball, and track championships. She took first place in the music and art contests. Paseo took third place, the highest she ever placed, in the oratorical contest. This year, 1932-1933, our Alma Mater received national recognition for the safety campaign carried on by the Student Council. As we look back on the seven years of Paseo's career, we can view with satisfaction the fine spirit that has been developed-a spirit of loyalty that has made it possible for our school to become one of the best. It is MR. EDWIN A. MESERVEY President of the Board of Education MISS ANNETTE MOORE Vice-President of the Board of MR. GEORGE MELCHER Superintendent of Schools not an accident that Paseo's athletic teams Win championships, that her student council is able to produce a circulation for the Paseon unequalled in Kansas City, that such produc- tions as Dido and Aeneas and the Waslziirzg- ton Pageant are possible. or that Paseo boasts the best collection of original paintings of any high school in Kansas City and perhaps in the United States. It is not a matter of chance that Paseo graduates have won hon- or and recognition in some of the great uni- versities or that her students have made names for themselves in the fields of music and painting. If we of the present year and of the future keep on remembering who we are, remembering we come of a group whose achievements in so short a time are al- ready receiving notice, our outlook is bright. Let us strive on in the work we are in . . . so that each of us may be able to say, I helped a little to make Paseo the finest high school in our countryf' MRS. CAROLYN FULLER A Member of the Board Education -3-

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llle KQV QVQUM The school year 1932-33 opened on Sep- tember 6 with an enrollment at Paseo of 2,141 on the first day. The traffic squad showed its ability in the way it handled the crowd in the cafeteria on the second day of school. This wias a splendid achievement because of all the new students in the school and of the new members on the squad. The working parts of the school were soon gotten under way with the editors of the Paseon and the Paseo Press chosen, and the officers of the student council and home room officerselected. On September 22 the boys desiring to be cheerleaders tried out be- fore the student council. The final vote was taken in the home rooms September 26 with Jimmy Wfelsh, Bill Dressman, John Soren- sen, and Earl Stealey being the four receiv- ing the highest number of votes. -I Two orchestras were chosen this year to play for the mixers. They were selected by a faculty committee and student committee at the tryout October 3. The two orchestras remaining were those of Bob Bucklew-and Bob Harris-Louis Hansen. Help was asked of the high schools in the charities campaign. Paseo had four speak- ers in the field. They were: Ralph Soko- loff, Pat Hillias. Nan Chapin, and Shelby Storck. Each of these spoke before various civic clubs. The first out-door assembly of the year was held October 14. The students cheered the tennis team, Coach Selvidge, and the football team under the direction of the cheerleaders. The football team went through an informal practice. ' 1 THE SANTA FE TRAIL Paseo, from her hill top, looksjtoward the Western Plains, over which the Santa Fe trail guided thousands of pioneers into a new land. Thihflass of 1932 presented to the school a tile picture showing a covered wagon train moving slowly westward-a reminder of a time when months were required to complete a journey now made in a few days by train or a few hours by airplane. Modes of travel change, but Paseo's hill and the broad expanse of prairie endure. -5-