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

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has been large. Last year I had more than twenty-six hundred students. But the growth in size of the student body is much less important than the development of a fine type of students. In the past thirteen years a distinctive spirit and qual- ity has developed. Through these years a fine feeling has grown among both the students and the teachers. My motto, Remember who you are, has taken on new meaning. It sets the standard of the Paseo quality in character and school spirit. My students have a pride in their school and they represent it well in the community. They have a cooperative feeling and support their school to the limit. This feeling and this character bring me more pride than all the additions to my appearance. One of the most important factors in fostering this school spirit is my home- My New Pool . . . 6

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that those little buildings out behind me are not to be seen. As I grew they were added. At first I had no fence around the athletic field, either. It was hard to guard the field during games until a strong fence was finally built around the field. About six years after I was born my front yard was made more respectable by the paving of the street. It was quite a change to have a good concrete street instead of a muddy road leading to my doorway. Even after that my front yard did not look very nice for several years. Then the wall and the sidewalk were added and the ground was landscaped. Trees and shrubs really made -me look a great deal better. The next big improvement to my appearance was the construction of the parade ground and playground on the south side. The R. O. T. C. and the girls' gym classes use this space now. Then in 1938 a new gate and ticket office with a scoreboard appeared at the east end of my athletic field. In the course of years the appearance of the athletic field has been improved by planting trees and shrubs. Last fall a new neighbor, Southeast High School, took away part of my stu- dent body. This year, for the first time, my student body is about the right size for the building. The auditorium will seat all of us now, and the classes are not as crowded as they used to be. I still would like to be able to remove the annexes in the back and have a new music room and woodwork shop. The greatest change that has occurred recently is the addition this year of a new section containing a swimming pool and a girls, gymnasium and locker rooms. With this new addition I really feel quite proud and self-satisfied. I think the new section makes me appear much more complete from the south side, and the interior of that section is certainly handsome. So you can see that there is a great deal of difference between the old picture of me and the way I look today. During the past thirteen years many changes have been made, and I think you will agree that I am a beautiful and well-equipped school today. In the past thirteen years I have developed in other ways besides physical improvements in the buildings and grounds. Since the beginning my student body 5

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room system. The business of the school involving students is largely transacted in homeroom groups. This essential part of my organization is a class with ex- tended time for business. Thus the homeroom group is one in which the students and the teacher are well acquainted. Paseo's homeroom system is personal and effective in transacting business and creating school spirit. The homeroom forms a definite unit in the student organization of Paseo, as each is represented on the Student Council. This year the Paseon is paying tribute to the value of homerooms in the life and spirit of Paseo High School. All during the past thirteen years the influence of homerooms has played an important part in the growth of that school spirit of which we are very proud. ...and My New Girls' Gym 7