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

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have gone this way before us. Let us, therefore, for a moment lay aside thoughts of present in- terests and present achievements and review briefly what they have contributed for the good and the fame of Southwest. Let us here pay tribute to that master city planner, Mr. C. Nichols, to whose vision and judgment we owe the beautiful district in which we live. Mr. Nichols passed away on Febru- ary sixteenth of this year after a life full of service to his com- munity and to his nation. His loss is felt by many friends and associates, but by none of these more than by the residents of the Country Club District, in whose interests he took his first steps to the fame which he achieved and which he justly deserved. During the early years of the 1920's the need was felt for a high school to serve this rapidly growing district. Consequently, early in 1925 the ground was broken on a portion of the old Armour farm, and Southwest be- gan to take its shape. In the fall the first students entered the sweltering, newlv-built and, as yet, far from hallowed halls of Southwest High School in search of education and good times. The teachers and alumni who can look back to it remember that year well. The building consisted of only that portion of the present building that faces Wornall Road, exclusive of the north wing, and possessed few of the advantages we know today. When assemblies were held, the students sat on the floor of the make-shift gymnasium on the site of the present auditorium. There was no cafeteria, and tables were set up in the fourth floor hall. Throughout the fall, classes were conducted to the ac- companiment of the buzzing of saws and the pounding of ham- mers. CHOLASTIC, athletic, and social activities have flourished from the very beginning. Scho- lastically Southwest' has always ranked high among the high schools of our city. Approximate- ly eight-five per cent of its gradu- ates apply for transcripts to col- lege after graduation. Among these, Southwest has had more than its share of scholarship win- ners. In the spring of 1946, Southwest girls won five of the prized Scvcn College scholar-