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

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In the gym and on the field, COACH LOUIS A. HOUSE is helping build a strong America by guiding the physical develop-. ment of young Americans. MISS EDITH C. HI supervises that vast and institution, the Southwest cafe- leria. MISS CLEORA HUTCHISONS English students learn to write accurately, to speak interestingly, and to read effectively. In MISS MARY I.. jACKSON'S classes in algebra, general science, and physiology, Southwest stu- dents are introduced to the scien- tific method. MISS ELEANONR KLEEMAN'S English students learn to read widely with open and critical minds and to express themselves with simplicity and sincerity. English is considered in MISS ANNA C. KI.EIN'S classes not only as a tool for effective expression but also as a means for the enjoyment of an abundant life. MISS ANNA B. LARSON equips her students with indispensable tools of business, bookkeeping, stenograplay, and typing, useful also in everyday life. Three aspects of the life of a good citizen-civic, social, and economic-are studied in MISS FLORA LINN'S cizfiss classes. page 20 YQ' if 'if fe. sw New liked..

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Mmm . . . I smell grease paint! Yes, MISS RUTH CASTLE'S speech students are showing their knowledge of good diction, cor- rect posture, and stage presence in another play. Good reading is one of the aims of MISS MARY CUSHING in both of her departments, English and speech. The complete person, both body and mind, is studied and devel- oped in the physical education and psychology classes of MOUNT E. DAVIS. Budding journalists-'future fea- ture, news story, and editorial writers-are instructed by MISS MARJORIE FISK. In MISS JULIA GUYER'S American history classes, young citizens acquire the knowledge they must have to help solve the problems of democracy. Typing, fzenography, commercial arithmetic, and commercial law, taught by MISS ALLIS HAREN, help prepare high school students for business. Engineers, builders, and home makers of tomorrow are started on their way in F. L. HARN- DEN'S classes in drafting and home planning. R. V. HILL has the monumental task of teaching Southwest stu- dents geometry and physics, and of making them think. Page I9

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GEORGE L. MacCURDY teaches the entire gamut of high school mathematics - from algebra through frigonometry. Both Latin and English, languages of yesterday and today, are very much alive in the classes of MISS CLARA B. MCDONALD. In the social science classes of J. S. McKEE, students are taught to apply their knowledge and rea- soning power to the problems of the present and the future. Students learn a beautiful lan- guage, read its literature, and sing its songs in the French classes of MISS DOROTHY S. MCLEOD. l J. R. MANLY guides his students toward skilled craftsmanship in metal arts and metal work. HERBERT O. MASTERS' alge- bra and geometry students learn to think and to reason through practice with mathematical princi- ples. The choral groups, under the leadership of ROBERT MILTON, have not only learned musical appreciation and technique but have also given their talents freely and artistically whenever an occasion has required. many of our southern neighbors and Latzn its classical mother tongue, share the attention f ' -. MISS KATHARINE M. MOR- Spanish, the colorful language of I I 0 'f' KGAN. . -' ' '0 .. I' ff Page 21 n J WV 1 LW1 lf -fn 27,4-.f Ll. Jlfliyryvyw-,6x!g,AlA1. fit' 7'y7.A,V1,6gb.