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

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one of them has captured the attention of the student hody to the exclusion of the others. This uniform development has no doubt heen responsible for the great variety of honors that have come to Paseo pupils and alumni. The school has Won more than her share of awards for attainment in scholarship, music, athletics, and in other fields of endeavor. Paseo is young, hutiher character is developing. She has not yet acquired all the virtues that co me with maturity, hut she already possesses more of them than many older institutions. With the pass- ing years, the spirit which dominates the school, now perhaps some- what crude and indefinite, will hecome finer and more determinate. May that spirit still retain the fire and enthusiasm of youth! still' , e Page 8

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At Paseo, however, one finds the situation altogether different. Students eagerly await the home room period hecause there they know they will find areal diversion from the routine ot the dayys work. Another means of fostering the Paseo spirit is the promotion of many ciuhs and other organizations, the variety of which attests the widely differing interests of the student hody. Departmental ciutms hrought together hy a common liking for a particular field of knowledge offer an opportunity to every pupil to participate in some kind of activity for which he has aptitude. it is the policy ot the school administration to permit the organization of any ciuh in which a sufficient number of students are interested, provided the aims of the group are worthy. There is no limitation on membership in these societies. The chartered ctuhs elect their own memhers, and for these organizations, there are grade require- ments for admission. Perhaps the most out- standing feature of extra- curricular activities at Paseo is the fact that no one hranch is predomi- nant. Student adminis- tration, athietics, puioii- cations, musical organ- izations, speciai interest and departmental ciuhs, literary societies, and a numher of other kinds oi activity, are ali consid- ered important tmut no Page 7

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l!HImn,..r, I I UNITY The unity and coordina- tion in the Varied activities of Paseo is cterivect largely from the home room. It is truly the heart of the school.