West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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II II II II The Faculty R. M. Jordan, Principal. ENGLISH Miss Grace Watts. Mr. Tiios. P. Gruwell. Miss Fanny Fi.igei.max. Miss Harriet Sawyer. Miss Turner. Miss Irene McKeeiian. Mr. K. Dudley Parsons. Miss Edith Picnnkv. Miss Teeter. Miss Hannah Griffith. LATIN Miss Elizabeth Fairfield. Mr. Robert I. I'arnes. Miss Mary Urfayer. Miss Eliza I’rown. Miss Susan Heffernan. Miss Martha Tobix. Miss Mai l» Heck. Miss Mary Kf.rr. Miss Clara Hubaciiek. Miss Kffie Kennedy. Miss Lillian Marvin. Mr. C. G. Salt. Mr. John H. Cook. Miss Ijji ise Drxbar. GERMAN FRENCH GEOMETRY ALGEBRA HISTORY CIVICS Mr. Albert J. Lobb. CHEMISTRY PHYSICS FREE-HAND DRAWING Mr. Carl ( . Kloepff.r. Miss Jennie Hiscock. Miss Lillian Sterret. Mr. Pray. Miss Martha West. Miss Amanda Scndkan. Miss Fditii Thomas. Miss Jessie Caplin. Mr. Coder. Miss Agnes Lodwick. WOOD TURNING Mr. Gi y Landers. MACHINE WORK Mr. George Campbell. CABINET WORK Mr. Wm. I). Robertson. MECHANICAL DRAWING Mr. R y I.. South worth. Miss Mary Willard. PENMANSHIP Mr. Henry W. Dark. BOTANY M 1SS I )EIH )RA 11 A NDKKSON. GEOGRAPHY Mil Ciias. E. Huff. GRAMMAR Miss Clara Mandfatli.e. BOOKKEP1NG Mr. L. ). Cummins. II Eight

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“Who Can? We Can” WO young men of the same training and intellectual gifts were once brought to face a new development of their business which neither was prepared to meet. One said: “1 can't do this. 1 don’t know how. I’ll have to quit.” And he did quit, and shortly after sunk into a suicide’s grave, bringing dishonor and disgrace to his family and disappointment and chagrin to his friends and admirers. The other said: “I didn’t know how to do this, but I can learn. And I’m going to do it.” And do it he did: and is living today, a success, bringing honor to his parents, his school and his city. “Caul'' never accomplished anything. “Can always wins. Think almut it in your case. Did you ever feel any particular pride in learning an easy lesson? But there are very few sensations in this world that can compare with the pleasure of winning a complete mastery over a hard task, a difficult lesson, or an abstruse subject, that at first we thought was beyond us. but of which we would not say ” can't. Try it once, and see. Ilut “can is not easy. o, nor is any easy” thing worth while. The 20 to 0 victory is hardly remembered. Ilut the 11 to 10 fight is the one we love to talk about and to recall in after years. The light against odds is the one that lives. Leonidas did not win his battle, lhit his fight will never be forgotten. If he had said can't. Greece would have been lost, and we would probably not have our wonderful civilization of today. So “can means generally, choosing the hard things. It means self-denial. It means self-control. It means hard training, of mind and body. And then it means success. It means victory. It means triumph. These things contain the essence of school spirit. Self-denial and self-control are the first elements—for they will keep us from acts which might tarnish the good name of our school. Hard training will give us high scholarship, without which no school can lay claim to pre-eminence, and success in our athletics, our debates, our musical clubs, the evidence to the world of good spirit. And unto these things will be added the other superficial evidences of proper spirit-financial support of all activities, attendance at all school exercises, games and entertainments, whole souled appreciation of success, tempered with becoming modesty and with respect for opponents, and. in honest failure, sympathy and not reproach. There is much of this spirit now evident among us. You can all give instances of it. But shall we be satisfied until it is the predominant feature of our school? I util the “West Spirit” of honor, honesty ami successful achievement shall be known and recognized, not only in our city and state, but throughout our great country? R. II. Jordan'. Seven

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The Faculty in Rhyme We’ve put our heads together To see what we could do, To elevate ( ?) the Annual Before it got to you. And so we have collected From many friends at W est Their favorite expression— The one that they like best. So first, our wise Professor Makes tardiness his theme: All hands at work at 8:15. Is his Klysian dream. “Tres bien. Miss lliscock utters. When work is well prepared. To parley-vous is not so hard When to try it. you have dared. ()ne teacher’s full of feeling. At the slightest flunk, she cries. “Too bad! W’e're very sorry, but— “Lacks study, I surmise.” Please let us not communicate. Miss Raddiffe always said. But now since she is married. It’s something else to Hd [monds]. Sir Lobb! he is not fond of The chattering girls of West. “You make more noise than a hundred boys, He often does protest. In thirteen, there's a teacher. Who. after every “spiel.” Does anyone think differently? Is her polite appeal. In F.nglish Lit., this maxim Must never be forgot. To bring your Manivs every day.” Is the poor Senior’s lot. One teacher thinks it's dreadful To sit when you recite. Stasis! statim stasis! She cries with all her might. These rhymes are very simple And twill not be hard to say Who are the ones in question. For you hear them every day. Genevieve Tax berg and Carolyn Wallace. AVwi