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

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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