West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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The Class of1911 OFFICERS President ........ Curtis Drake, Wilbur Dinsmore Vice-President ..... George Saunders, William Stringham Secretary ........ Lucille Jaeger, Irene Bryden Treasurer . . . Thad Sears, That Sears Colors: Emerald and Gold Motto: Nulla Vestigia Retrorsum Higtoryg of the Class of 1911 One day in the autumn of 1907 an alumnus, living in a foreign country, re- visited the land of perpetual sunshine and happened to come into the West Side High School. He looked for a long time on the mass of students, then remarked to a Sophomore near by, How small and green the Freshmen are this year? They do not look green to us any longer, replied the Sophomore, f'be- cause they are so remarkably intelligent. On the first day of school not one brought his lunch and they all seemed to know that dumb-bells cannot talk. It was our class. From the first we astonished the faculty by our ever in- creasing thirst for knowledge. We devoured everything, from German hieroglyphics to why we have Marathon races. Some of us met the monster called tTest of Prep- aration' and spent every seventh hour we had in entertaining him. Quadratics held no terrors for us. Our English teachers developed in us a strong desire to read everything available, Ivanhoe and the Lady of the Lake being our favorites. At the end of nine and one-half months we decided that the faculty and seniors needed a rest, so we dismissed school and let them seek repose where they desired. The next September found us back again, refreshed and, in some mysterious manner, all of our greenness had entirely disappeared. We were possessed with a strong desire to go forth and conquer the whole world, but Mr. Motherwell per- suaded us that if we conquered Gaul we would win enough glory. Battled in this, we went to King Arthur's court to seek fame there with the knights of old. It was their tales of chivalry that inspired us with the idea of hoisting our banner aloft, bearing the mystic symbols '11, on the telephone wires and thereby attaining a great- er height than was ever before reached. Gur hard-working geometry teachers at- tempted to tell us that if two figures looked alike they were similar. As Juniors we were recognized by the world outside by winning prizes in many contests. Leslie Skerry easily convinced the judges that he was the best orator, Ethel Palmerton is the possessor of a set of Shakespeare, Marie Garrison re- ceived a prize from the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Ethel Palmerton was awarded the W. C. T. U. prize. That is a good deal for one school, remarked someone, but what else could one expect, the class of 1911 is still theref' We took things more quietly that year and with Cicero as spokesman politely told Cataline he was not wanted in the senate. We convinced ourselves, after a month of experiments of the verity of the kinetic theory of molecular molecules. The intricacies of how to ring a door bell were expounded to us. We learned why Cephalopod's were not mammals and read the touching love story of the Amoeba and the lnfusoria. As Juniors we were particularly anxious to learn how the heart 18