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

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W By 1927 the original unit of Southwest had proved inadequate. Here We see the two entrances of the north wing, which-with the exception of the nine rooms above the shop, added in 1935 -was then constructed. At the same time, the auditorium, the main part of the cafeteria, and the north gym- nasium were provided. 3 W1 315'-W , V' if V 4 ' wwf , .H

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ships, and many students have year after year won other valu- able scholarship to colleges in many parts of the United States. Uutstanding alumni are hon- ored by election to the Southwest Hall of Fame. Among those hon- ored have been two Rhodes Scholars, two national oratorical contest winners, a national boyis tennis champion, a student repre- sentative to the First Disarma- ment Congress at Ceneva in 1932, who represented the Eng- lish speaking college students of the United States, Creat Britain, and Canada, and four alumni who had won recognition from the United States government for meritorious service during World War 11. Our school early reached prom- inence through its oratorical con- test winners, and, because of its two national awards and its sev- eral city and state awards, became known as the school of oratorsf' Few years have gone by in which Southwest has not placed in the Sons of the American Revolu- tion Essay Contest and in many other contests in the fields of literature, music, art, crafts, and science. The large number of scholarships won and the many other honors that Southwest stu- dents have earned are convincing proof of our school's excellent standards. We can all feel a just pride in our two Southwest publications, the Trail and the Sachem, which have been published regularly from the first year of Southwest and have aided in perpetuating Southwest traditions. Since Southwest is located on the Santa Fe Trail, our newspaper was named the Trail. The name of the Saclzem was chosen by the students through a homeroom election. Three names were sug- gested, Roundup, Savant, and Saclfzem. ln choosing the name Saclfiem the students helped to introduce the lndian idea to the school. ORTHVVHILE curricular and extra-curricular achieve- ments have been fostered by a variety of organizations. South- west supports a chapter of the National Honor Society, founded in 1928, the A. 13. MacDonald chapter of Quill and Scroll, founded in 1935, and the mother chapter of the National Arr Honor Society, founded in 1933. The last named organization now

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I t was not until 1939 that the west side of the building W a s e X t e n d e d southward, enclos- i n g t h e p o w e r house and chim- ney shown in these two views. This ex- tension provided tor an instrumental music room, a typing room, a boys, gymnasium, a swimming pool, and an addition to to the cafeteria. ...ll