West High School - Westerner Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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treas rer Karon Lochner secretary Mary Donahue cep esldent luck Holley pres dent Mus Mlnno Wxl len: sponsor f-v'vQ ' Mxss Wxllens the Class of 1955 wxshes to express 1ts deepest el'lL0l ff thanks for your txme asslstance and energy that you so wulhngly have gxven us ln partmg we wxsh for you hap pmess always In 1951 the present sen1or class was led by Pres1dent Tom Bower The freshmen year meant new tnends new faces and a new school What fun was had clunng the f1ISl year at West H1story was made dur1ng the sophomore year The Class of 1955 was the hrst class to publtsh 1ts own newspaper The Fxity Fxvers. And do you recall the Sophomore Dance W1nterland Sw1ng 'P People really stood up and took notlce because th1s was the flrst sophomore class to have a band of 11S own Kay Ford was class presldent that year Al Krutsch led the Junror class through another successful year The Iumor Dance Autumn Serenade and the spnng party m wh1ch members of the class part1c1pated were the h1ghlxghts of the year Thls was a t1me of great expectauon tor future members of the var1ous clubs lack Holley was chosen to lead the class durlng 1ts senmor year The sen1ors emoyed the1r class dance Deep Purple Everyone who attended was proud of the umque decoratxons Indeed 1t was a great success Seventh Heaven was a dellghttul event wh1ch wrote hms to the sen1or class act1v1ty at West The sen1ors shall long remember the1r sponsors and the many others who contrlbuted to the1r reach1ng the stars AD ASTRA PER ASPERA. T0 THE STARS 'raaouou olfrlcuurnes 12 S , l f , . X 1 , ' Y Q X t D 1.fr,--fha figs. Msg! . f ' - ' O , , 4 ' . Counter-clockwise: Donnica luckson, u : . 7 , vi - r ' 5 , i 5 ' ' i '- I - I I 1 . H . I . ff . , . 1, H . - I I 1 I . 57 . V . . . 11 1: . , . - ll ll - 1 ' . . . .

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GARY BOWLIN Newton C Morris Award ED DelEAN AM Mike Stath Memorial Award all 0I'l0l 5 Howmd War Memonal Fund Awards Each year two West High students are selected by the facul ty as the most outstanding citi7ens of the year The War Me morial Fund Awards are given in memory of former West students who gave their lives in World War ll 'o these two students Paul Wh1teman Medal To the most talented music student in each graduating class the Paul Whiteman Medal is awarded It is given in memory of Wilberforce I Whiteman former music supervisor of West High School Charles R McDonough Memorial Award The graduate who overcomes the greatest obstacles in com pleting his high school course receives the Charles R. McDon- ough Memorial Award. Harry Huffman Athletic Trophy ln memory of Dr. H. G. Garwood, the athlete who has been the most outstanding in school affairs receives the Harry Huff- man Athletic Trophy. Howard Wagner Memorial Award An athlete-scholar is the recipient each year of the Howard Wagner Memorial Award for being the athlete with the highest scholastic standing. Newton C. Morris Award and Mike Stath Memorial Award Each year the two persons selected as the most outstanding football and basketball players are presented with the Newton C. Morris Award for football, and the Mike Stath Memorial Award for basketball. Bausch l l AI. KRUTSCH Wagner Memorial Award GENE' GARCIA Charles R McDonough Memonal Award SONlA SOREIDE and Laumb Science Award

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