Shawnee Mission High School - Indian Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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FESTIVAL UE YESTERDAY IN THE GOOD OLE DAYS -NOVEMBER, 1923 REMEMBER THE FALL FESTIVALS that Shawnee-Mission used to sponsor? People came from far and wide to see displays of every imaginable nature. Attendance grew to number 7,000 before the Festivals were finally discontinued in 1936. The first Fall Festival was held at the high school in 1923. The fair, which lasted for three days-November 1, 2, 3-was considered a huge success. The Indian published by Shawnee-Mission's first graduating class stated that the first festival's success was due to the untiring efforts of Professor Berry, Manager of the Festival, and Mr. D. A. Morgan, Super- intendent of the School. Companies which exhibited at that first fair were Kansas City Power and Light, Byrne Lumber Co., Holland Furnace, Wyandotte Feed Co., Ford Motor Co., johnson County Gas Co., Cunningham Heating Co., Kansas Evergreen Nursery, R. O. Larson, and Frisbie Coal Co. '

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VL emoriam ALTA MAE BHINK Miss Brink was everyone's friend. To know her was to love her. In the three short years she served as Shawnee-Mission's librarian, her cheerful smile and kindly word helped students and teachers alike. During the months of intense suffering, Miss Brink's concern was for her unfinished work at school. Her conscientious loyalty to a task once started drove her to completion of the task. She loved life and Wanted to live. Her indom- itable courage and zeal will forever be an in- spiration to us, her friends, whom she has left behind. ALTA MAE BRINK Died December 18, 1946 THE HUMAN TIIUIIH 'Tis the human touch in this world that counts, The touch of your hand and mine, Which means far more to the fainting heart Than shelter and bread and wine 5 For shelter is gone when the night is o'er, And bread lasts only a day, But the touch of the ham! and the sound of the voice Sing on in the soul alway. SPENCER Mlcnuu. Fmas.

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em orieri Memories . . . classes . . . as haunting as the lilting strains of an old song . . . faces and names that will forever linger in memory as seniors, juniors, sopho- mores, and freshmen. Auld Lang Sync . . . the climax . . . seniors . . . baccalaureate, commencement, and farewells. One More Tomorrowv . . . juniors . . . the top of the ladder now in sight . . . the Prom, candle-lighting procession, caps and gowns enviously viewed from afar. Sooner or Later . . . sophomores . . . the goal seems so far off . . . carefree fun and frolic . . . who cares about gradu- ation yet? Those Endearing Young Charms . . . freshmen . . . with never a worry but many a smile. So memory turns the pages of timeg and, like long- remembered strains of music, melodies live again in faces and names. ZA. D i.