West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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ofewa TAl6...i'FoRwARD Harkl D0 you hear it? The throbbing beat! beat! beat! of a tom-tom heralding the cowboy chronicle-our Pow Wow of '54 . Our high school years are the interim between childhood and adulthood --a step of a ioumey that requires many steps. Our journey is like the one which led the Indian of yesteryear to America. His journey is recorded in history-ours is history yet unmade. It is for this reason that we have chosen the American Indian as our theme. West is like the Indian society. Our wigwam is West High School itself. Our totem, or symbol, is the West cowboy. The chieftain is our principal, and the council of elders our faculty. The tribe, our classes, represent the various stages of Indian life from the tenderfoot to the full- Hedged brave. Our clubs, organizations, dances, and parties are like the ceremonials which were an integral part of Indian life. Our heritage from the Indian can be seen in the skills displayed by our athletes. Like Indian warriors, they possess agility, speed, and endurance, coupled with their own will to surmount all obstacles that block the path to victory. The Indian's strength lay in his social and religious patterns in which each person had a place as a part of a spiritual world as large as all nature. West is the same. Our strength lies in our unity, school spirit, and our ability to organize and work as a whole. We the students of today, like the Indian before us, can exert a tre- mendous iniluence on the future. On these pages are to be found the record of our high school accomplishments-on the pages of tomorrow's history will be found the record of our further achievements. The throbbing of the drums grows louder. They beckon to us, urging us forward. As you turn the pages of this annual, feel welcome, for YOU are a part of the Pow Wow of '54. M40 46 5..f'CONTENTS WOW OF '54 ....., TEEPEE TREASURES ...... TOTEM TALE ...............,.. SMOKE SIGNALS .............. THE GREAT SPIRIT ........ CHIEFTAIN ..........,,.,.,,,.,.,, TRAILBLAZERS ,.................... ,.,,., LEGENDS AND LORE ....... COUNCIL OF ELDERS ...... THE TRIBE .......................... BRAVES .................,..,.,..,....,.,...,....,..,,,, ,,,r, WIGWAM WHIZZES FOOTPRINTS ON TH SYMBOLIC SENIORS ........ ,,,,,, TOM TOM TEMPOS ....,,., .,.,,, SCOUTS ...,..,.....,....,,........ BUCKS ..............,.... TENDERFEET ,...... WARRIORS ............,.,,,,,,,,,,,, CEREMONIALS ....,..........,.,.,, CAMPFIRE CLOSE-UPS .... TWILIGHT MEMORIES .... it - Theme Autographs Foreword Contents Dedication Principal Administrators Calendar of Events Faculty Classes Seniors Alumni Awards Senior Directory of Activities Special Senior Recognitions Senior Personalities Iuniors Sophomores Freshmen Athletics School Life Candids Conclusion

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XKXX1 Kxxxtx X Illlx llll IIIIZ IIIII ivnx IBB pr' SNL Q Y eq 5' We 'QYW MRS ELLA WALKER SNYDER .,..ai.w nm., Mrs Snvder for your vullmg co opera t1on and guldance your unt1r1ng efforts and your outstand1ng sponsorsh1p 1n Stu dent Counc1l work may we add another feather to your bonnet M1ss Tr1pler your abxllty to out first thmgs flrst has been a grand example for us No one nor anyth1ng w1ll ever b able to repay our debt to you for your mnumerable clerlcal servlces through the office practlce classes Wxth the greatest appreclatlon and fxheart felt thanks to such wonderful per sons as you Mrs Snyder and you Mlss Tr1pler we w1sh to say Youll re mam forever our Great Whxte Spxrlts MISS GRACE TRIPLER GER 1 eat- A ff J 11 K DEDICATION To you Great Wh1te Sp1r1ts Mrs Ella Walker Snyder and MISS Grace Trxpler we have ded1cated our POW WOW of 1954 because of your lnterest asslstance and the unforgettable part you have played 1n our l1ves To the Indxans of long ago the Great Whxte Sp1r1t was an essent1al gu1de You have been our gu1de posts to the future Each of you has done so much and yet recexved so llttle accla1m Even through your acknowledged deeds your sp1r1t to do more was alvt ays prevalent 232. EDD! 114111-Ki! QQ. C ' ia 1 -. I I i F , .MQQ e 51-' I' X , fig. 5 Q -. V ifnc- - lflf c I I if , ff W a y S' 9 ' ' V 3' M N A 1 sf xx rr A 3 Q E5 25 if , - Q' 7 It t ' ' Y ' V O, , ' li , ' , EE ' . st W - . .-33: 0' W., V - 'A .43 , A ' 0 Pi' ...A MI ' . 'b f 2 A -1 ' -as I -::f.'i,g: ' if -16 , o Q . I . . . Y gf ' . , ' , ' e 9 'H-If-Q. ' ' - .M ,, A at , , , v ,, 'f1r1:-gp-ti. m'g',f'x'.?', . V . , t I f 'Q fag we 1 Q