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

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-.41-..aQ.,Z -3-1-1 Class of 1944 We boys and girls of the class of '44 entered school just after the fall of France. The denouement of Pearl H21fb01' came in our sophomore year. But Our lives haven't changed very much. We have engaged in many activities not before necessary but now vital to the war effort, but on the other hand, we the whole we have had much the same lives, the same opportunities as those before us had. And, perhaps, in this, too, we also serve. Our high schools exemplify much that is characteristically American. Perhaps the greatest service that We of high school age can render is to obtain, SENIOR BUSINESS COMMITTEE Standing: Lyons, Westmoreland, Poynter, Danneberg, Davis, Jones. Seated: Wilkinson, Moore, Houston, Woodward, Payne, Ferris, Newcomer. have taken much the same courses as our predecessors-some courses greatly enriched, others revamped to suit the present needs,-have had the same liter- ary and music contests, have had about the same social contacts. True, there was less gasoline. More of us have obtained jobs, securing them more easily. But on before going forth to take an active part in this war, an education upon which to base our peace-time living later on. The war-time record of former Southwest students who are now in uniform is prov- ing that such an education is no mean springboard into battle. Page Twenty

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l F 5 A mc mwlsxwscmf 1 2 'wfxzsrtxm SSW K u P+ O le St J- fl rf! W A It va? 4 '2,:f1 '-44-f-W , A sim:-11:1:::zzf1:1z:-:::-:1'-31-1:ae- Q , -' 1 ROBINSON HAWKINSON MATHER MCGILL CHURCHILL SHEIDLEY PARKER JACK ROBINSON, President, vice- president, critic, junior and sophomore representative of Student Council, soph- omore and junior representative and business staff of Sfzclaemg president and treasurer of Zend-Avesta, president of Scalpers, all-city Student Council, Honor Roll six semesters. RICHARD HAWKINSON, Vice- Presidentg president and secretary of Student Council, captain in R.O.T.C., vice-president of Drivers Club, Baconian, Hi-Y, second place Jackson County Medical Association essay con- test, Honor Roll three semesters. ELEANOR CHURCHILL, Giftorimzg treasurer and chairman of social com- mittee of Student Council, treasurer of Glee Club, class manager in gym, cor- ridor courtesy committee and Scalpers. ELLEN MATHER, Sec1'etmfy,' senior representative of Saclaemg president, his- torian, and secretary of Sappho, Student Council, courtesy committee, Glee Club, nurse's assistant, Honor Roll four semesters. . CHARLES JOHN MCGILL, Treas- I urer, secretary and treasurer of Student C o u n cil , junior representative of Sack-em, president, vice-president, and historian of Zend-Avesta, two- years city champion and state semi-finalist in ten- nis, honorable mention in freshman essay, captain of corridor courtesy com- mittee, Honor Roll five semesters. PATRICIA KENT PARKER, Public- ity Direczforg editor-in-chief of Sacloemg managing editor of Trail, major in Red- slein Revels, vice-president and junior critic of Sappho, freshmen Girl Reserves, Scalpers, Drivers Club, Glee Club, choir, double quartet, orchestra, Honor Roll every semester, honorable mention in Quill and Scroll editorial contest, historian of Quill and Scroll. BETSEY SHEIDLEY, Serge.fmt-at- Arms, business staff and freshman rep- resentative of Saclotemg president, senior and junior critic of S-appho, gold medal in verse, Drivers Club, Student Council, corridor courtesy committee, Honor Roll every semester, second place winner in Sons of the Revolution contest, major in senior play. Page Twenty-one