Southwest High School - Sachem Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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.Y Y. 7 A DECADE OF PROGRESS On this tenth anniversary, it is only right that we should look back with pride and review those achievements of ours which have brought us recognition from beyond our own walls. We are still, comparatively speaking, a baby among Kansas City high schools, but we can be justly proud of the record we have achieved. Thus it is that we introduce an entirely new section this year, devoted exclusively to specific attainments of students of Southwest. But this is not a post mortem, for we are not through achieving by any means, and the things we talk about in the following pages are only to remind ourselves of the record that it is our privilege to maintain. A Backward Look Speech Delivered by Virginia Kyger at the Parent-Teacher Association's Tenth Year Iubilee Celebration. The achievements of a decade! ln ten short years Southwest has won national recognition in oratory, athletics, scholarship, and literature. Her endeavors have been earnest, her accom- plishments wide-spread, and her record commendable. Throughout the United States, Southwest is known as a school of orators, and in no other field has her name reached such heights. The first four years Southwest was victorious in the City Oratorical Contest on the Constitution. ln l926 and l927 Webb l Witmer was the victor, winning first also in the district contest in l926. The following year a Southwest orator, Elliott Norguist, won a trip to Europe and second place in the National finals. The fourth year, 1929, Ben Swofford was the most successful high school orator in the United States, winning first in l the National Contest. Again in 1933, South- west had the distinction of having the nation's prize orator, lohn Phillips was successful with his oration, The Living Constitution. Such a record in oratory is indeed an envious one. ln the field of essay writing, Southwest has established such a reputation of winning that all other Kansas City high schools have adopted the motto Beat Southwest g however, this has IOHN RAI-IM President, Class of l926 Page Thirteen