West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

Text from Pages 1 - 148 of the 1933 volume:

CDINKjeAPOUS pueLIC UOQ.AOV !d53 N LIMB C12 The HESPERIAN 25 Tears at West MHC iltf UP Uj y IV 3 SC U r. 5 13 3 -4 e +jy . 7 COPYRIGHTED BY ALBERT WOLD RAY SMITH Editors KARL DECH Business Manager THE 1919 WEST HIGH FACULTY How many do you recognize? Miss Eliza K. Brown, Miss Louise Dunbar, Miss Clara B. Hubaehek, Miss Lillian J. Slerrelt and Ray L. Southworth are among those in the picture. Dedication COMPILATION of the growth and progress of twenty-five years reveals many outstanding records of service. None exceeds those of the five teachers now at West who are members of the original faculty. These five, Miss Louise E. Dunbar, Miss Eliza K. Brown, Miss Clara B. Hubachek, Miss Lillian J. Sterrett, and Ray L. Southworth, can look upon this quarter-century history as a partial report of their life work. To them, this book is respectfully dedicated. Miss Eliza K. Brown .... Among the three generation of her family living in the home of Miss Elixa K Brown, the veteran teacher is a loved and honored member. Miss Brown is an important member of the West High family also, and has seen all of its many generations file in and out of her classes. Hundreds of students have been prepared for college work by receiving a valuable background in Latin from this alert and cheerful teacher. Both she and Miss Dunbar are graduates of Minneapolis schools. Ray L. Southworth .... What Ray L. Southworth doesn't know about mechanical drawing isn’t knowledge says John N. Greer, principal. A solid man in the industrial department, Mr. Southworth, the lone male veteran of 25 years, has probably trained more boys in mechanical drawing in preparation for engineering than any other person in the public schools. He is the man to go to when in trouble. He never lets anyone down, and when he speaks, he says much in little. Mr. South worth menu additional recognition for his fine service in conducting those after school sessions of seventh-hour study and in serving to promote successful athletic evenu. Miss Louise Dunbar .... Studying Latin under Miss Louise Dunbar is seeing the language in a new setting. She relates Latin to modern life, and in doing so she is consistent with her up-to-date nature. Latin never grows old with Miss Dunbar—even after she has taught it for 25 years. Her deep appreciation and vital interest in the fine arts enliven her courses. Playing her part effectively in the drama of West High school life, the takes a pride in her work that makes her role even more significant. Miss Lillian J. Sterrett .... Miss Lillian Sterrett is one of six sisters of diverse interesu and abilities. She has conducted many groups of tourists through Europe. Her collection of pennies in which there is a penny for every issue since 1846 is valued highly. To tell all of Miss Sterrett's other interesu would be depriving students of the chance to ask about them in class time; however, many young men with engineering aspirations do well to study mathematics under Miss Sterrett, for she is a successful trainer in that field. Miss SterTett’s busy life is a demonstration of 25 years of earnest and untiring effort for West high school. Miss Clara B. Hubachek .... Miss Clara Hubachek arises early every morning to sit by her front window and see the beauty of the lake. It is just one of her many characteristic habits that make life for her so enjoyable. She is epicurean in her choice of foods and very particular in her sartorial preferences. But mathematics, as taught by Miss Hubachek, trains one to be extremely exacting. Her social activity and broad interests are apparent, for at present she is touring Europe on leave of absence. Recognizing fine quality and tolerating only that, she exeru faithful effort for worthwhile objectives. In this way Miss Hubachek for 25 years has been a staunch builder of West High school. Prologue (1908—1933) Here rose a song and here unrolled a story, Known through a host of olden hopes and fears Dim from afar-off, few—and failing entbered, Ev n as the sight and sound of vanished tears; Thin threads of star-stuff; music unremembered, Lost in the changing symphony of years. (1933—Future) Here once again shall sadness and a glory Mingle in mist that with the climbing clears. Administration INCE 1908, the doors of West hare swung open to numberless students, upon all of whom some impress of four years of high-school activity is set fundamentally and surely. The completion of an auditorium, the dedication of an athletic field. the witnessing of countless contests in sports, debates and literary tournaments—events like these have linked our minds, and soon must link our memories, with West high school. Such events are the landmarks of a quarter century of student life. WEST HIGH SCHOOL 4DMIN| TF 1TI©N MILESTONES With colors gaily showing for the first time, West high school formally opened its doors to the public on the evening of September 25, 1908. Guests were welcomed by members of the faculty and conducted on tours of the building by all-important seniors. West, from the Hennepin avenue viewpoint, was the same in 1908 as it is in 1933, although it did not extend so far back on the Humboldt side. Within, the building also presented much the same appearance with its wide front hall and two smaller passages at right angles, terminating, however, in the auditorium. That portion of the school now containing the gymnasiums, some classrooms, and the industrial shops was not a part of the original West. In their tours of inspection, guests were shown, besides the regular recitation rooms, the chemistry, botany, physics, and physical geography laboratories, which were the finest in Minnesota at the time. Visitors also inspected the mechanical department consisting of the shop, wood-turning, machine, forge, free-hand, and commercial drawing classes and the commercial rooms all of which were modestly stated to surpass any in the Northwest. The auditorium, seating approximately fifteen hundred students, was built on much the same plan as the present hall save that the back wall contained windows and the balcony was less spacious. Prior to the erection of West high, the corner of 28th and Hennepin was variously occupied. In 1855 it supported an old claim shanty. This was supplanted by the Russell farmhouse, which, in turn, gave place to a brick house belonging to the same family when the city grew to take in the area. From the time of its destruction until 1908 the lot stood vacant. One problem was presented, however, that was difficult of solution. A considerable number of unsuccessful pupils, thinking that they saw an opportunity in the new organization to enjoy life in various unstudious ways, succeeded in attaching themselves to West. Although some had to be eliminated, and others were susceptible to moral suasion, this group nevertheless helped to create a legend that the school was less inclined to idealism than were its parent schools, and more inclined to frivolity. This legend gathered force from the quite inaccurate supposition that pupils at West came from wealthy homes that indulged their children in all kinds of soft living. At any time a census would have revealed a neat majority of sons and daughters of toil. A. N. Ozjas CORNERSTONES In 1915, the Board of Education voted to take steps toward acquiring a site and erecting a building, which would serve as a high school for the rapidly growing southwest part of the city. In 1906, the property at 28th and Hennepin was bought, and a contract let for the construction of the foundation. In 1907, a contract for the erection of the building was awarded and later it was officially named West High School. The school opened in September, 1908. The first principal was A. N. Ozias, who came from South high where he had a similar position. The enrollment was 700, about 100 less than the capacity of the building. Enrollment grew by leaps and bounds, and West soon was crowded. In April, 1915, more land was purchased, and in March, 1916, the contract was let for building an addition, the cost of which was not to exceed $200,000. West now had two gymnasiums, a music room, a lunch room, a greenhouse, and a new heating sys- tem. The capacity of the school was increased to 1600. Reminiscing E. Dudley Parsons, instructor at West from its founding until 1928, describes the first student body enrolled in the institution: Students at the new West High school were a mixed lot as was inevitable from the re-districting of the city. Having recently been enrolled in Central or East or one of the other schools, pupils found themselves face to face with a new loyalty. It was, therefore, quite remarkable that West High was not more given to cliques than it was. Three years, and Principal Ozias was dead—of a broken heart, it was reported. Then came 'the little man who was chief executive for six following years,” relates Mr. Parsons in his series of recollections. The 'little man’ C. W. Boabdman was named on the records as Riverda H. Jordan: he is known now as Doctor R. H. Jordan, professor of education in Cornell University. It was unfair, therefore, to refer to him as 'the little man.’ He was a reputable scholar lack- mg the politician’s trickery and incapable of lying to pupil, parent or teacher. He had been something of an athlete, and during his principal-ship did everything to call proper attention to field and track training. On many an afternoon he could be seen in the street between the school-house and the church watch in hand waiting for the harriers to return from their practice dash around Lake of the Isles. He was greatly respected by the lads who won athletic glory for West High school, but whom he also held up to scholarship standards. He possessed the rare faculty of being able to converse on subjects removed from the mere business of school routine.” More School — More Fun! 'Who killed Cock Robin’? used to be a famous question; but 'who lengthened the school day?’ has challenged it. The one o’clock day with its op- L. N. McWhorter portunities for recreation and income-producing afternoon labor died out in this era. It was attacked by three forces, and could not survive. There were manual training and laboratory in- structors who had to clear away the muddle of the day’s operators after one o’clock and therefore seemed to be working longer than other teachers. Forgetting that English teachers especially had sheaves of papers to examine at night, they pressed their case John N. Greer vigorously. There were mothers whom the lure of the club and ready-to-wear was stronger than that of the delayed luncheon with their children, and who felt safer in the knowledge that these children were at school than they could otherwise feel. Finally there were business men distressed by the sight of pupils—and teachers—blithely leaving the buildings at an hour when they were just returning from their clubs to work an hour or so more before calling it a day. These three forces combined to add first one heur and then another to the school day— and that’s that. OVER THERE Playing its part in the world-wide drama which held the center of every stage during the years of 1917 and ’18, West contributed men, money, time, and boundless energy to such an ex- p tent that national magazines made favorable comment. Students and alumni who enlisted totalled 760, 24 of whom remained '’over there”. This is, as far as can be discovered, a greater percentage than that held by any other high school in the country. Those who remained at home were no less active in behalf of their country. Numerous drives in the school netted large amounts of money. In one campaign, sponsored by the War Chest Committee in 1918, West raised 8,442 and was the only high school to achieve its quota. Again, by means of a carnival where everything was sold at a profit”, 3,000 was procured for a Red Cross rest hospital. In addition to these drives, each student, contributing money earned by himself, made possible the purchase of an ambulance for relief work in France. This was purely a school project, all outside aid being respectfully but firmly refused. A fourth campaign in which West took part was launched by the Y. M. C. A. and was city-wide in its scope. Due to the energy of the boys, the drive, scheduled to last four days, was halted after forty-eight hours, for more than double the quota had already been subscribed. The war also gave rise to the X Club, organized for the purpose of carrying on war work in the school. Under its auspices 11,000 books were collected for American soldiers in training camps and trenches. The X Club also took charge of the distribution of thrift stamps in West. Many other clubs assisted by supporting French or Belgian orphans or maintaining war gardens. Through the efforts of Miss Maud G. Beck, mathematics instructor, copies of the Weekly were sent to each West boy in France and also to many boys from other Minneapolis high schools. According to witnesses, both teachers and pupils, West high as a whole treated the war as a serious and yet romantic adventure. During the war the school had as a principal L. N. McWhorter, who was appointed in 1917 and served five years. At that time he was elevated to the position of Assistant Superintendent. His place was taken by C. W. Boardman in 1922. Mr. Boardman was in charge for two years, then became principal of the University high school and now is a member of the Department of Education at the U. A concrete idea of an athletic field manifested itself as early as 1920. In that year, part of the mud pond” back of the school was purchased. Other plots were added in 1925, 1926, and 1929. The Board of Education gave West permission in 1929 to grade and condition the field for athletics. The entire project cost about 18,000 of which the Board liquidated 13,000. The school had paid for the rest by the end of 1930. During this project, John N. Greer was principal. Appointed in 1922, he is still leader of the school. In 1920 a student office was established as headquarters for such organizations as the Weekly, the Hesperian, the West High Athletic Association, and the Student Council. It co-operated with the main office and controlled student activities. SCHOLARSHIP For the female of the species is more clever than the male” can be applied with all verity to the students of West throughout its twenty-five years of existence. Records show that in only eight of the twenty-five years did the boys triumph over the girls. Boys landed valedictory honors in 1910, 1911, 1915, 1925 and 1931. Other years gave the males salutatory honors or a preponderance in the honor roll. As a reward for outstanding scholastic achievement the P. T. A. sponsored, in 1922, the Key Society, an honorary organization for students attaining high averages. Members received small gold keys. In 1932 West joined the National Honor Society, which includes schools all over the country, and which, in addition to scholarship, puts stress upon leadership and service. With this change the medal of the national organization was also adopted, although for the first year students were permitted their choice of key or pin. A Juniors who have a 2.8 average are eligible; B Seniors who attain a 2.5 record are accepted, and A Seniors who gain a 2.3 rating conclude their high-school course as Key members. FASHION FANCIES Time marches on” and close at her heels runs fashion. Miss West High, following always close behind, must ever change her stride to keep up with her swift opponent. In this order has the race been run for twenty-five years. In the years of its infancy, West High was graced by demure damsels discreetly and completely clothed. Lace collars, held rigid by strips of metal or bone, protected delicate throats from the unfriendly gaze of the world. Sleeves, likewise, were prudently lengthened to cover the entire arm, exposing only the hands which, even in school, are indispensable. Correspond-ingly, skirts swept the floor. In accord with this voluminous appearance, girls encouraged the natural growth of their hair by adding rats and puffs. To complete the top-heavy appearance were Merry Widow sailors with a circumference of approximately three feet. In 1914 comfort triumphed over modesty and necklines dropped. Head-gear added birds of paradise and graceful ostrich plumes, contributing immeasurably to the festive appearance. During the next four or five years the blouse and skirt (still all-concealing) came into its own as the sensible garment for the high-school miss. The crowning glory, although close to the head on top, seems unable to surmount the obstacle of ears and protrudes as great earmuffs. Along about 1922, the prominence of Peter Thompson dresses would lead one to suspect that the fleet must be in. By this time woman had invaded man’s sanctum sanctorum, the barber shop, and emerged with the first bob. The marcel was also much in evidence. The following four or five years see a great change in the high-school lassie. Hair grows shorter and shorter, the boldest girls copying their brothers’ cuts exactly, while the more retiring content themselves with a shingle and a ragged windblown. Waistlines have now reached the lowest limit and skirts have come to the knee. Judging from appearances, prices have gone up, for skirts appear to be made from one yard of material with enough left over for a handkerchief. Whether influenced by the crash or not, no one knows, but at any rate, in 1929, Miss West High again inclined toward long tresses, curling delicately upward in the back. At this same time those creations of beauty and practicability (for Spanish dancers) known as butterfly skirts were in evidence. Two years later waistlines climbed; at the same times heads were decked with silly little pieces of felt and feathers named after the French arbiter of fashion, Empress Eugenie. Last year, in a flurry of patriotism occasioned by the Washington Bicentennial, female America sported the colors of the Grand Old Flag. With the beginning of school, Miss West High appeared resplendent in wide collars, the huge sleeves of her grandmother, and innumerable blouses. And this brought with it huge bows tacked here and there on practically any type of dress or hat. Speaking of hats, designers forsook their usual fields and sought the culinary art for inspiration. Would some power the giftie give us, to sec ourselves as others will see us”______in 1958! Classes If F THE saga of over twenty years at West could be written, it would be written in faces. Friendships through the high-school years should be lasting, and acquaintances should not end with graduation. These pages will help us to remember our classmates; perhaps Sandburg would call them a little bundle of Remembers. Photographs are more to us than mere pictures; they will evoke much that cannot be caught on a page or in a picture frame. CLASS HISTORY (14 71 CLASS OFFICERS Walter Robb President Nancv Greer Jane Dodo Vice-president Secretary Stephen Baxter Treasurer OUTSTANDING WESTERNERS Loren Lindquist Margaret Buell Jean Richardson Otis Marsh RALEIGH AARONSON U. C., National Honor Society My talents they were not the worst, nor yet my education.” DAN ADAMS Tcnnia Team 31, 32 How, now, Horatio, hast thou lost thy balance? JANET ALARIK Daubers, Treasurer. '32; U. C.; Hesperian Art Director; Class Play Staff; Three Art Scholarships; French Club; She hath a clever pencil. CAROL ANDERES G. A. A.; French Club; U. C.; Weekly Advertising Staff 32; Class Play Committee; Blue Triangle Good luck. good husbands, and goodbye to you. RUSSELL ANDERSON Band, Commencement! Program Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. VIRGINIA AUER G. A. A.; French Club: Blue Triangle; U. C.; Class Play, Assistant Property Mistress Always busy and on the KARL AVERY So hot was his line that his fuses blew out. JEROME BAGNE In sooth, sweet sleep is meat and drink to me. GWENDOLYN BAKER A handful of fun is better than a bushel of learning. STEVE BAXTER C X C. Treasure , '32, President '32; Class Play. General Manager; Studen Council; Round Table. President 32; Hi-Y Cabinet '31. 32. Secretary, ’32; Class Treasurer ”l ank, lean and likeable.” JANE BEARMAN Daubers, President ’32, '33; Script; Ammilus; Blue Triangle, Board '32; U. C.. Publicity 32; Weekly Staff, 31. Board. '32, Special Writer, '32, Page Editor '32; Advisory Program Committee; Hes perian Art Staff; National Honor Society Art and knowledge bring fame and honor.” KATHERINE BELDEN G. A. A.; Triangle U. C.; Blue Life is bluffs. composed of t I ROBERT BOND ”Men of few words arc the best doers.” FLORENCE CARLSON No one but herself an be her parallel. CHARRY BOWEN She would tantalize Tantalus. LAWRENCE CAVANAUGH Radio Club The stood die young. Don't worry. ERED BENNETT He thaws with long acquaintance. HELGA BERGSENG U. C. G. A. A To grin is not sin.” MARGARET BROWN A good hejrt is better than all the heads in the world. KIM COLE '7 bear a (harmed life. MARGARET BUELL Script, Treasurer ’32; Service Club, Vice-pre id� nt ‘32; Student Council; Am-milui. President ’32; Blue Triangle; U. Cm Board ’32; G. A. A.; Orchestra; Weekly Staff 31; French Club; Claw Day Committee; National Honor Society Her very frowns are fairer Than those of other maident are. PHILIP CAMPBELL Ammilus, Daubers, 1XL, Alla, Class Play Committee, Lo Castillanos, Choir, Hi-Y Cabinet ’32 Yon Cassius hath a lean and hungry look ETHEL BENESOVITZ Ammilus. Blue Triangle, G. A. Am U. C. Impulsive, earnest, prompt to act, And make her generous thought a fact. LOWELL CAMERON Glee Club. Oh Doctor, Crocodile Island: Tenni Team. ‘30. 11. 32; data Play Life is so bore some, don’t you know. FRITZ CORRIGAN Weekly, Advertising Su F; Chairman Boys' Clothes Committee; Hockey, '31. 32: Golf, 31, 32; French Club: Minute Men: Hi-Y Cabinet 31. '32; Log. Sec. retary-T reasurer '31. ’32: Clasa Play, Advertising Manager, Cast He who is rich in friends, is poor in nothing” DOLORES CRAFTON Happy am I, from care am I free. CLEM CULP Daubers ’30 He it a man of a thousand whims. JOE CUNNINGHAM Ammilus Girls, you make me hlush. WALLACE DAVISON Band; Stage Crew. Manager 32 For he’s a man and truly that. JANE DODD Student Council; U. C.. Board '32: W Club: Blue Triangle; Weekly, Advertising Staff ’31. '32; French Club: Class Play. Publicity Chairman; G. A. A.: Class Secretary A host of friends heralded her landing. GUY DRAKE Student Council. President '32: Lox. Vice-president '32. President '32; All Hi-Y President '32. Hi-Y Cabinet 31. '32; W Club; Service Club; Manager Football '29. '30; Second Team Football '31; Minute Men; Hockey 31. •32; Weekly Staff '30. Sports Editor '32, Business Manager '32; Commencement Committee; Class Play Cast The noblest Roman of them all. LOVENE DUNKLEE Glee Club. G. A. A.. U. C.. Commencement Committee Untrekked lanes were her inspiration. JACK EDGECUMBE Hockey 'll, '32. '33; Class Play Lead Were all the world a stage, then all the girls would plan To be the leading lady, were I the leading man.” OLIVE EDGELY Glee Club, Commencement Program. U. C. G. A. A. Song dispels worry. KENT EICHELZER IXL He has no time for girls or fame; A mere diploma is his atm. JOHN ERB Class Play Committee, Class Play, Marionette For he’s a jolly good fellow. DOROTHY FISK G. A A.. Blue Triangle. Choir Her air was frank and simple. JOSEPHINE FORBES G. A A.. U. C. Blue Triangle Girls, girts, be gay not giddy. FRANCES FORNEY Dauber . Blue Triangle. U. C.. G. A. A., French Ouh I think the hoys are SO nice.” BETTY ANNE FOSTER G. A. A . Blue Triangle, French Club. Glee Club, Crocodile Island Wit and wisdom, well-combined.” LORRAINE FUNK Blue Triangle. G. A. A., French Club. U. C A lady huntress and her prey is man.” GEORGE GANNON Second Team Football Worry nerer made men great. Why should I worry?” DELORES GREEN Steadily she plows through the drifts. NANCY GREER Class Vice-president: Stu- dent Council; Service Club. Secretary ’29. '10: W Club: U. C. Treasurer 11. 12; Blue Triangle. Okoboji Delegate ' J1. Hoard ’ll, '12. Interclub Council ’ll: Orchestra; French Club, Secretary ’12; G. A. A. Athletics, studies, soeial whirI All belong to this charming girl.” VIRGIL GRENHAGEN Glee Club. Crocodile Island, Oh Doctor Whenever he opens his mouth he puts his foot in.” MARIE GRUYS Zeal and duty are not slow” DALE HAIR Football '29; Lina Thinking is such an idle waste of thought.” IRENE HANSON G. A. A. Is there injustice in her tongue? HELEN HARRISON G. A. A., Blue Triangle, U. C. She cares much for athletics. ELSIE HESTEVOLD Be good, sweet maid. ALSON HOPKINS He knows everybody but himself. BILL HUBBARD Croat Country 'll, 32; Swimming '32, 33 ’Tis a wise man who knows naught, and who knows that he knows not. JEAN ICE HYLAND Madrigal. U. C.. G. A. A., Blue Triangle. French Club Not that I love study less, but that I love fun more. EDGAR INGALLS Weekly Staff 31, Board ’31, Sport Editor '32, Editor-in-chief. '32; CXC. Secretary 32; Cla � Play. Bu tinea Manager: Cleat Play Committee; De Pol. Vice-president. '30: Glee club. Crocodile Island; Service Club; Commence-ment Program; Kamera Klub; Ammilut Possibly they could run the school without me. CHRISSIE IRVINE You have a tongue; let us hear its merry tune. DOROTHY JEWELL French Club, U. C-. Blue Triangle I chatter, chatter as I go. MARGARET JOHNSON Weekly Staff. 31. Assistant Advertising Manager '32, Advertising Manager 32; Round Table. Tieasurer '32; Class Play. Costume Mistreat; French Club; U. C. So shall she have an answer for all that re-proacheth her. STANTON JOHNSON He studies but he's perfectly normal. CHALMERS KARNSTEDT Madrigal; Glee Club. Crocodile Island. Oh Doctor Built for comfort—not for speed. MABEL KINGSBERG Home Club. Ushers’ Club Sincerity hat always a charm of its own. ■ •ti BENJAMIN KODADEK They who from study flee Live long and merrily.” BEVERLY KRONICK Weekly Stiff '32. Board 32; National Honor So-ciety; Hesperian Staff; Ammilus: U. C.: Blur Triangle; G. A. A.: French Club Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery. OLGA KUCHYNKA Valedictorian; Weekly Staff 11. Board 31, Associate Editor '32. Co-Editor 32; Student Council; Service Club, Secretary 32: Script; Blue Triangle, Board 31, 32. Treasurer '32. Presi-dent '32; Ammilus. Secretary 31; U. C; G. A. A.: De Pol; National Honor Society, Vice-president 32; Commencement Program To be great is to be misunderstood HARVEY LAGERSON Glee Club Let the world slide. MARY LANDER French Club, Blue Triangle. G. A. A., U. C A violet by the mossy brook, half hidden from the eye.” JULIUS LINDH Glee Club, Belli of Capis-trano. Crocodile Island. Oh Doctor, Ticket. Costume Manager; Class Clothes Committee: Class Play Ticket Committee; Madrigal durst not smile upon the damsels ’Twould break loo many rearts.” LOREN LINDQUIST Glee Club; Service Club. Vice-president '30, President '31; Student Council; Alla; Chairman, Commencement Committee: Football '31; Track '32; Football Manager ‘32 Such a man would win most anyone. DEAN LITTLE Blue Triangle; U. G; De Pol; Madrigal; Debate Team '33; Hesperian Staff One whose thoughts flew before her actions. JACK LOVETT IXL. Second Team Football '31 Why should 1 be told anything? KATHERINE LUND Blue Triangle. U. C. Home Club Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet. SYLVESTER MACK Football 31, 32 Athletics are the soul of his existence. GEORGE MAHON Class Play Cast. Tennis Team 31, 32. Band French Club. National Honor Society He completely understands the Whyness of the When.” OTIS MARSH Commencement Program; Student Manager 31, 32, '3 3; Glee Club: Tannic Team '31. ’32; Student Council; Weekly Staff 32; Claes Day Committee Chairman: W Club The man who blushes is not quite the brute.” JEAN MERRICK Blue Triangle, G. A. A., U. C., Ammilu . Class Play Cast It’s nice to be naturally ; M PAUL MESSICK Does silence mean consent?” MARY JANE MORSE Spanish Club; G. A. A.: Blue Triangle; Glee Club. Crocodile Island. Oh Doc-tor; Class Play Lead She may be small, but hear her talk. MARJORIE MUDGETT Glee Club, Crocodile Is-land. Oh Doctor; French Club; U. C: G. A. A.: Blue Triangle She lores but one—at a time. ESTHER MUNKI.ER U. C.. Blue Triangle, G. A. A., Marionettes, Madrigal. Glee Club Sunshine is red when it shines on her head.” LA VERNE NELSON What I've been taught I've forgotten What I know, I've guessed. RUSSELL NELSON Band; Class Play. Property Assistant It isn't what we know that counts, It's what they think we know.” ED NICHOLSON Tennis 30. 31. 32. Cap-tain ’31; W Club; Hockey 31. ’32. 33; Athletic Board of Control Tact and talent make good teammates.” BARBARA ODELL French Club; Glee Club; Marionettes; U. C-; Class Play, Lead. Committee Chairman Ethel’s counterpart and a superb one. CATHERINE OMAN Class Play Cast. French Club The world's no better if you worry Life’s no longer if you hurry” BRACK OVERSTREET IXL; Glee Club, Crocodile Island He has an innocent face, but— ’ FRANCES PARTRIDGE Glee Club, Oh Doctor, Crocodile Island; U. C.; G. A. A.; Girls' Clothe Committee, Chairman Personality Plus.” TED PERRIN French Club. Football. Band, Glee Club, Track (Waterloo, Iowa) In all things this youth is more hold Than any knight in chivalry of old.’’ VIVIAN PETERSON U. C. G. A. A. Talk about ginger! She’s a whole spice box! KATHERINE PLANER French Club, G. A. A., U. C Did you ever dance with her?—'Nu f said!” JUNE QUAM U. C.. National Honor Society We know you know it. even though you don’t say it.” WILLIAM RAYMOND Band, Orchestra. Madrigal, Second Team Football 31. '32 Well, look who’s here!” CATHERINE RETZLAFF U. C. G. A. A.. Blue Triangle A little girl with ringlets.” JEAN RICHARDSON U. C; G. A. A.; Secretary •Jt. 32; W Club; Weekly, Advertising Staff; Blue Triangle; French Club; Student Council; Service Club; National Honor Society Why gentlemen prefer blondes.” PRISCILLA RINEHART G. A. A.. U. C A quiet manner is winsome.” DOROTHY RIVIERE Glee Club. French Club, U. C. G. A A. Content and carefree of tomorrow’s care.” ROSEMARIE ROHAN G. A. A.. U. C. Blue Tri. angle. Spanish Club, French Club Constant animation and occupation.” WALTER ROBB Class President; Alla, President '32; Swimming Team •Jl, '12. Captain 12; W Club; Athletic Board of Control; Hi-Y Cabinet. Vice-president 'J2; Gymnastic Team 'SO. ’ll, '32; Hockey '29; Weekly. Staff ’32: Service Club: Student Council, Vice-president, '32; American Legion Medal He leads the band, but others toot his horn.” JANICE ROSENDAHL U. C.; Blue Triangle; G. A. A.: Weekly. Staff 31; Glee Club. Crocodile la-land. Oh Doctor Uncommon Nonsense.” ROSEMARY ROWE G. A. A.: Clavs Play. Lead: Blue Triangle: U. C. As an actress confessed without rival to shine; Asa wit, if not first, in the very first line. VIRGINIA RUSSELL G. A. A.; U. C; Glee Club. Crocodile Island. Don Munio Pursue her and she'll run: turn, and ten to one she’ll renew the chase.” DONALD SCHEIBER Ammilua, Treasurer '32. Vice-president 32; Semper Pideli He dearly loves the lasses. ELLEN SCHNEIDER U. C.; Glee Club. Crocodile Island. Oh Doctor; Madrigal It’s the little things that count. EVELYN SCOTT U. C. A girl with a smile is a girl worthwhile.” JEANETTE SODERGREN G. A. A.. U. C. Confidence is half the battle.“ BEATRICE STEIN Script; Ammilut; Blue Tn-angle: U. C.. French Club; G. A. A.; Weekly Staff. 31. Board '31, Special Writer '32. Feature Editor ‘32; Hesperian. Literary Editor Perhaps no person can be a poet or even enjoy poetry without a certain unsoundness of mind.” DOROTHY STOKKE Choir For if she will, she will, you may depend on’l. And if she won't, she won’t, so there's an end on’t. JUNE STRAND U. C.: French Club; G. A. A.; Blue Triangle; Glee Club. Oh Doctor. Crocodile Island We Seniors run things up at West. ALICE SWANSON G. A. A. Half the lies they tell about the Swedish aren’t true. WALLACE SWANSON I am a man of much importance; look at me!” ROBERT TAIT Football 'll. 12: W Club: Srmper Fidelia; Track ’31 On with the dance. WILLIAM THISS Round Table, French Club, IXL My only book• were women t looks. EDWARD THOMAS He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. MARY JEAN THOMPSON Madrigal, French Club, Blue Triangle. U. C., National Honor Society, Choir Yes, a bit o’ blarney, a real bit o’ brain. Are mixture my lassie, conductin' o’ gain. ELEANOR TONRICH Very few things are really impossible ALIDA TROCKE U. C.: Blue Triangle: Glee Club. Oh Doctor: Madrigal; W Club; G. A. A . Board '32: City wide Felt Winner No muffler could deaden the exhaust. EARL VAN VALKENBERG Glee Club Hit pompadour has a goodly sheen, In fact, ’tis smeared with raseline. MAR LOS VOLDEN Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie. RUTH WALTERS G. A. A.. U. C.. Blue Triangle A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of � NANCY WAMSLEY Salutatorian; National Honor Society; Commencement Committee; Class Play. Property Mistreat; Service Club. Secretary '32: Blue Triangle. Board '31, '32, Okoboji Delegate '32, Inter-Club Council '32; Ammilut, Secretary '32; Weekly. Staff '32. Advertising Staff ‘32, Board '32; Hesperian Board; De Pol; U. C.: G A. A.; W dub; French Club I will go up the mountain after the moon. WINIFRED WARD French Club; U. C.: G. A. A.. Board '32; W CHub; Daubers; National Honor Society I would more natures were like thine. BETTY WATERSTON G. A. A.. U. C. ’’Yea, how it talked. BOB DALLMAN Football. '30. 31, '32; Basketball '31, '32; Track 31. ’32 An athletic chap” GEORGE GANNON For he's a man and truly that. EINAR WATTEN Spanish Club, President 32 This Einar is a quiet lad we wonder, is he Rood or bad? BETTY JANE WEEKS French Club; U. C.; G. A. A.. Board ’31. ’32; Orchestra You can manufacture blonder, but ted hair comes natural. DOLORES WHITE Blue Triangle, U. C.. G. A. A. As sensitive to change as is the barometer. HARRIET WOLSTEAD Ammilua, U. C. A maid who burnt the midnight taper J Earl Barrett Kathryn Berg Ole Bjcrkesctt Bud Brace Loi Buchholw Willard Cummins Calvin DeLaittre Don Dcvenney Dorothy Dickey Emile Dobbelmann Allan Ford l.audell Fountain James Gavin FOSTER JANICH Radio Club, Class Play Cast, Archery Club There is fun in this man. PATRICIA STONE Always the same, quid and kmd. HUGH WIKOFF Football 30. 31, '32. Co-Captain '32; Basketball 30; Track '32; Tumbling 31; Wosawa, President '32; Hi-Y Cabinet. '3! '32; French Club; W Club; Class Picture Committee; Hesperian Committee; Athletic Board of Control In vain do they worship him. KATHRYN WILCOX French Club, U. C.. Blue Tr.angle, G. A. A. Laugh and the world laughs with you—but she giggles. ALBERT WOLD Hesperian Editor '33; Weekly Staff '31. Board ’32. Sjiorts Editor '32; Chairman Class Picture Committee: Semper Fidelia He will be Caesar or nobody. January Class Vera Godfrey Mary Goethe Helen Gram Robert Hansen Bob Heising Bill Hurley Bob Husk Le Roy Peterson James Rainville Emanuel Sachs Marion Sandberg James Shourt Patricia Stone Leonard Swedlund Irene Ingmundson Bob. M. Johnson Haxel Jones Burwell Keyes Jeanne Laird Helen Larson Mary Jane Lenox Norris Loft James MacConnell Edward Maslon Mary Jane McLean Ernest McMillan Robert Norris Weldon Mulligan George Neeson D. Carmen Nelson Evelyn Nelson Leora Newland Atwood Olson Felix Pepin Arthur Preston Bob Roby Robert Sailstad Richard Sewell Frances Stcbbins Muriel Swanberg Dorothy Williams JUNE CLASS OFFICERS Erle Benjamin Mary Adele McAfee Marianne Moen Nulton Severance President Vice-president Secretary T reasuret John Smith OUTSTANDING WESTERNERS Mary Pierson Jkan Harris Maurice McCaffrey MARIE ABBOTT G. A. A.. U. C. Blue Tri. angle, W Club. French Qub A ease of quality not quantity. MARIE ABDALLAH G. A. A.. Board; U. C.; W Club; Citywide F.U Winner; Out Picture Committee; Glee Club. Ob Doctor”, South in Sonora . Methinki that there abides in thee, some eoneord with humanity. RUTH ABERMAN U. C., G. A. A.. Blue Triangle. Daubers, W” club Her artistry is deeper than our art. DOROTHY ACKERLAND Orchestra. Madrigal. French Qub. G. A. A. Truly a musical maid. MARILYN ADAMS Glee Club. Crocodile Island”; De Pol; Blue Triangle. Minor Board; Class Play Committee; U. C.; G. A. A.; Class Play She was a phantom of delight. MARGARET ALLEN To be merry but becomes her. ANNEMARIE ANDERSON De Pol. Secretary ii Respect and admiration are her due. ARVID ANDERSON He's always near the first of the alphabet. ELIZABETH ANDERSEN U. C.. French Qub. A Cap-pc 11 a Choir. National Honor Society One accomplishes more by silence than by speech. MARYAN ANDERSON U. C-, Blue Triangle, Daubers As we journey through life let us live by the way. ORVILLE ANDERSON Glee Qub. Track ’32 Labor itself is pleasant. LOUISE ANSCHER French Qub. U. C., G. A. A.. Blue Triangle. National Honor Society Please one, please all. KATHERINE AVERY Silver Triangle. President 'JO; French Club; G. A. A.: U. C Kindly and discreet in her work and with her friends. BILL BAKER Hong sorrow, care will kill a cat'. PHIL BAKER Weekly. Staff. Board: Am-mil us, Treasurer The world knows only two, Rome and I. NORMAN BAKKE Track 'JO. '31; Glee Club, Oh Doctor Much taken up with athletics and music. MARGERY BANNISTER Blue Triangle, U. C., G. A. A. Silence never betrayed anyone. MARY BARTHOLOMEW National Honor Society; French Qub; U. C., Board. Chairman. Merit Pin Committee; Chairman. Rest-room Committee; Merit Pin; Blue Triangle; G. A. A. She too will reach the golden goal of success. ROBERT BAUER A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows. JUNE BAYER French Qub. U. C., G. A A., Blue Triangle The sky’s her ceiling. BETTY BEACH To be simple is to be great. MAXINE BEATTY U. C, G. A. A.. Blue Triangle. Madrigal. French Qub. Class Clothes Committee Gentle in manners, strong in performance. RICHARD BELL IS Ka mere Klub. Secretary ')2, President '3 3; Chair man. Class Picture Committee; Stage Manager There’s honesty, manhood, and good fellowship in thee. ERLE BENJAMIN Qim President; Student Council; Hi-Y Cabinet. Vice-president; Wogawa. Treasurer '32. ’33; Service Club; Football '31, '32; W Qub; Gym Team B Qasa Honors. Northwestern and Gty Meets. 33; Qass Play Cast Born for success, he seems. CARL BERGQUIST All I ask it to be let alone. MARIAN BIRKETT French Club. G. A A.. U. C.. Blue Triangle, Class Clothes Committee Style the hat and Rood look too. VERNON BLICKFELDT Hockey '29: Basketball. Second Squad 29. First Squad 30. 11. ’32. 33. Captain ’33: Gym Team ’30. 31. '32: Football. Second Squad '30. First Squad '31. '32: I.ox. Vice President 33: W” Club. Secretary 32. '33; Clau Day Committee Rejoice, young man, in thy youth! BILL BLOMFIELD Lively, athletic, jolly. ROBERT BI.OTCKY Ammilut; De Pol. President 32. Debate Team; Track '32. 33 Though vanquished he could argue Hill. HELEN GAIL BORN Madrigal, National Honor Society A friendly interest in everything, a principal interest in music. MILDRED BOWEN Life and laugh t, every inch of her. ELIZABETH BOYER Orchestra: G. A. A.: U. C.: Ammilus. Chairman Membership Committee It'hat it done by her it � ell done. JACK BRACKETT Onons. A Cappelta Choir. Ass-scant Director: Madrigal. Treasurer Truly a mutual wonder. DONALD BRAMAN Weekly, Staff. Board. Associate Editor; Hesperian. Sports Editor; National Honor Society: Service Club: Script: Track '32. '33; Cross Country '31. '32 He will skate his way into the world of fame. BILL BREDESEN Student Council; Football '31. '32: Hockey 'll. '32; Track '32; Loa. President; Hi-Y Cabinet. Secretary: Class Clothes Committee; Class Day Committee Every inch a king. ROBERT BOYLE A rather quiet sort of chap. DOROTHY BROMBACH G. A A.. U. C.. Blue Triangle, Madrigal She opens her hand: they are satisfied with flood. BETTY BROOKS U. C-. Merit Pin; Blue Triangle: G. A. A.. Board. President ’32. 33; Citywide Fell Winner; French Club: W Club; Ctata Play. Costume and Stage Miatreas When joy and duty clash, let duty ro to smash. JANE BROWN U. C.. G. A. A.. Blue Tri-angle She mixes duty with pleasure. ROBERT BROWN Track ’31. ’32. ’33; Crow Country '32: Orion . Secretary '32. ‘33 Fleet of foot is he. EVERETT BRYANT Weekly Staff, Ammilua Mischief is in his heart. MARGUERITE BUCHANAN Blue Triangle, tl C.. G. A. A. As a spirit she passes before my eyes. GENEVIEVE BUDGE Blue Triangle; U. C.: G. A. A.; Dauber . Vice Pre� -ident 33; Chairman. Claw Ring and Pin Committee; Claw Play. Art Superviaer; National Honor Society A daughter of the nods, divinely tall and most divinely fair. JEAN BURMASTER G. A. A.. U. C Patience is the key of joy. WILLARD BURNAP Diligence is the success of flood fortune. HORTENSE BURT We find thee a worthy friend. FRANCIS BURY For some, the world is made for fun and frolic. MARY BUTLER Modest, quiet, bashful. THOMAS CAMPBELL A merry heart, a sober mind. CLIFF CANFIELD Aero Squadron. Script, Weekly Staff. He� penan Staff He's a gentle man of the press and needs no other eseuteheon. MARGARET CARLOS She possesses a lively spirit at all times. JAMES CARLSON Hockey ')2 Men of few words are the best doers. NELLY CARLSON U. C. Blue Triangle. G. A. A. Anything for a quiet life. RUBEE CARLSON G. A. A.. U. C. Blue Tn-angle Let's forget the humdrum of every day life. MARCUS CAVANAUGH tell you. they need more men like me. MARION CHALSMA G A. A.. U. C. Blue Tr.. angle She’s all my fancy painted her. LORETTA CHANCE French Club; Dauber . Sec retary 'J2. ’33; Ammilut; National Honor Society; U. C.; Blue Triangle; G. A. A.; Qau Play, Art Work One who divides sorrows and doubles joys. JANE CHOWN1NG Thy voire it eelestial melody. DARLENE CHRISTENSEN French Club. U. C.. G. A. A.. Blue Triangle The truly generous is the truly wise. MARETH CHRISTENSEN Professor of perpetual smiles. NORMAN CHRISTENSEN Liked by many, appreciated by all. MARCELLA CLARK Blue Triangle. Board '33; Marionettes; French Club A writer it often a beguiles. MARGERY CLARK U. C.. Merit Pin: Blue Triangle; French Club: Round Table Secretary 32. 'Hi Class Play. Property Mistress Worry and I hare nerer met. MARJORIE CLEMENT G. A. A.. U. G. Merit Pin; Blue Triangle Be happy, and pan it along! MARY E. COBB Glee Club. Blua Triangle. U. C., French Club Education, as every thing else, is a matter of fashion. DON COLE Glee Club There must be spectator!. DOROTHY COLLIN G. A. A.; U. C.. Merit Pin; Blue Triangle; French Club Winsome in both smile and action. MARGARET COMB Round Table; Marionettes; French Club, Program Chairman 32. President '33; National Honor Society; G. A. A ; U. C.; Class Play Committee; Class Play Her plays are ever pleasant. BETTY CONES Blue Triangle, Silver Triangle. French Club. U. C., G. A. A. A maid of meekest mien. WILLIAM COOPER He likes to work. CHARLOTTE DANIELS U. C„ Silver Triangle, Blue Triangle, G. A. A. I spend my time elsewhere. MURILYN DANIELS A girl to fair with never a care. r v ROBERT DASSETT Good humor is the Rood blue iky of the soul. LEON DAVIS French Club; Glee Club. South in Sonora ; A Cap-pel la Choir Plain without pomp and rich without show. KARL DECH National Honor Society; Tumbling 'JO. ’31. '32. •33; Boy ’ W Club: Hesperian, Butinru Manager With perserverance and accuracy he accomplishes his purpose. LILLIAN DIAL Speech is of time, silence it of eternity. BERYL DEMING G. A. A.; Silver Triangle: Blue Triangle; French Club, Advcrnaing Chairman; Dauber She spreads pood cheer wherever the goes. ROGER DERBY For silent men are after all the best of men. PHYLLIS DONAHUE A maiden sweet. STANLEY DRAKE Fie talks—sometimes. AILEEN DWYER Blue Triangle. U. C.. G. A. A.. French Club. Spanish Club. National Honor Society Cute and flighty. IRENE DWYER Blue Triangle. U. C.. G. A. A.. French Club. Spanish Club, National Honor Society Thy smile has broken many a heart. MARJORIE DYE National Honor Society; Madrigal, Chairman Program Committee, President, 12. 3 3; U. C.. Vice President ’32. ‘3 3, Ment Pin; Silver Triangle; Blue Triangle; Clast Program Committee; Orchestra Without a taste of the bitter, we hare little relish of the tweet. PETER EICHHORN Student Council, President ’3 3: CXC; Class Program Committee; National Honor Society A quiet man but quite a man. m BURNETTE EDMONDSON A man to be depended on. HELEN LOUISE FERRY French Club. Silver Triangle. Blur Triangle. U C.. G. A A.. Girls' W' Club Strength and dignity are her clothing. MARION EMANUELSON G. A. A.. Board. Tennis Qiairman; Girls' W Oub; U. G.. Merit Pin; Gty-sride Felt Winner Perpetually good-natuied. ELSABETH FINDLEY You make one quite Kiddy. FRED ENGEN Ainmilua, Ol� Clothes Committer. Weekly Advertising Staff A hold, had man. JOHN FITZJMONS Orion, Treasurer; Hi-Y Cabinet; Gin Play Lead; Baccalaureate Committee Chairman Colorful enough for a hero. MARIAM ERIKSEN National Honor Society; Marionettes; Ammilua; French Club; Gty-wide Felt Winner; W Club; G A. A. Board. Vice President 12. � J; Glee Club. South in Sonora ; U. C-. Merit Pin: Weekly Staff. Board; Hesperian Board: Blue Triangle, Minor Board; Class Day Committee Who relithed a joke and rejoiced in a pun. EARLE FOSSOM Everyone finds him agreeable. LOUISE FAIRBANKS A constant light in all weather. JEAN FOSTER U. C.. Merit Pin: G. A. A.; French Club; Blue Triangle; Silver Triangle General clapping of hands. MARGUERITE FARRINGTON U. C.; French Club: G. A. A.; Glee Club, Crocodile Island Things must he well with her. FRANK FRANDEEN Glee Club. Oh Doctor , South in Sonora ; Foot ball '10: Track '31 Much allowance mint he made for man. HOWARD GANNON Tumbling 32. 33 All my ambition it, I own, To profit and to please unknown. LORRAINE GELB U. C.. G. A. A.. Blue Triangle No wisdom like silence. MARY GIBSON French Club. U. C., Blue Triangle. G. A. A. Seeks to be good; aims not to be great. MURIEL GILL French Club. G. A. A.. U. C.. Girla’ W” Club. Blue Triangle What fairer maid dwells within these portals? DUDLEY GILMER A happy disposition is a gift of nature. ROBERT GILMORE As proper a man as anyone shall find. MARION GOLDBLATT G. A A.. U. C A merry heart that laughs at care. WILLIAM GOOD Ammilu Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. BETTY GOODWIN Always ready to assist. I-AURA LEE GRAVES Round Table; Glee Club. Oh Doctor : French Club; Blue Triangle; U. C.; G. A. A. Women are coquettes by profession. RALPH GREEN Football 31. J 2: Track •31. 32. Captain ’J3; Ath-letic Board of Control; French Club; Claa Clothe Committee. Semper Fidclis; W dub .4 n athlete of distinction. MARGARET GRIERSON A Cap pel la Choir, U. C-, French Qub. G. A. A. Oh. what a pal was Margaret! MARY EDNA GRIFFITH Marionette . Vice President '32, ’3 3; Madrigal; Daubers; French Club: Blue Triangle: U. C.; Glee Club Crocodile Island , Oh Doctor : Class Play Committee; G. A. A. She would tantalize Tan• talus. WILLIAM GULDEN Earnest and wire, a friend to be valued. JOHN GUNBERG National Honor Society: Ammilus. President '33; Spanish Club; Tumbling Team: Debate Team; Class Program Comm.tree; Class Play, Student Manager He excels in excellence itself. CARL HAASE Rich m saving common sense. CHARLES HAFEY For some must follow and some command. GEORGIANA HAMILTON G. A. A.. U. C.. French Club She who wants little seldom goes wrong. GLADYS HANEGAN G. A. A.. U. C. Her chief occupation is tickling the keys of the typewriter. LEO HANSON Trark 30: Basketball 30. '31. ’32. '33 He is gay as a lark. FOB HARLAN Cross Country 'll, Orions He stood among them but not of them. HENRY HARRISON National Honor Society Give me food for thought. JEAN HARRIS Student Council; U. C., Secretary '32, '33; Merit Pin; French Club. Secretary 'll; Class Play Committee: Weekly. Staff. Board: Hesperian Board; De Pol, Secretary-Treasurer '32. Vice President'33; Debate Team; Ammilus. Secretary ’32, Vice President '3 3; Blue Triangle: G. A. A.; Class Play. Costume and Stage M stress; National Honor Society Those most deserving of praise care least about it. DOROTHY HASSLEN Valedictorian; Student Council; U. C.. Board, Social Service Chairman; Merit Pin: National Honor Society, Vice President '3 3; Weekly. Staff. Board; Hesperian Board; Ammilus, Treasurer '32; De Pol. Treasurer ’32; Blue Triangle: French Club; G. A. A.; Commencement Com-m ttee Chairman; Class Play, Co.tume and Stage Mistress She builded a temple to knowledge and warmed the cold marble with a radiant personality. THERON HEGG Diubm, Prnldrn( 3} Thought is deeper than all speech. CAROL HEIS1NG G. A. A.. U. C. Blur Tri-angle. French Club She hath eouniel and understanding. ERLING HELLAND National Honor Society He puts his best efforti into everything he does. BERNICE HELSETH Blue Triangle, G. A. A., U. C In her, it was always natural to please. EVAN J. HENRY Glee Club. Aero Club Was ever one truer or kinder than he? JAMES HERMSTAD Glee Club A little work, a little play, makes a good day. HELEN HERRANEN The truth is always the strongest argument. DONALD HERSEY What is worth doing is worth doing well. LA VAUGHN HOKANSON Blue Triangle One must respect this young lady. FRANCIS HOLMES Qau Commencement Com mine A well-read man is like a well-cut stone. HETTIEMARIE HOLMES G. A. A.. French Club. Ammilua. U. C, W Club Spring will return always, and poetry is always here. EDWARD HOOL Man about school. RUTH HORTON French Club. U. C.. G. A. A.. Blue Triangle The good you do will latt. ARMON HOSKIN U. C.. A Cappella Choir Silent and sure, the reus secure. ANNA VIRGINIA HUGHES Blue Triangle; G. A. A.; W Club; National Honor Society; U. C.. Treas-urer 'J2. )J: French Club; Claaa Play Lead: Class Flower Committee And a great crowd circled round her. DONALD IRVINE am monarch of all I surrey. GEORGE IVERSON They who from study flee, lire long and merrily. SCOTT JACKSON The man who masters himself is free. MAXINE JACOBSON Marionettes. U. C. Conversation is my theme. CLYDE JOHNSON Second Best Historian He has no time for girts. DORIS JOHNSON Earnest and wise, a friend to be valued. DOUGLAS JOHNSON Cross Country, 'JO. 31 Band; Allas, Secretary ’JJ; Class Clothes Committee; Spanish Club. Vice President 'JJ Great possibilities yet unexplored. HERBERT JOHNSON If I’m not great, I am what I am. JOSEPHINE JOHNSON U. C. Blur Triangle, Hesperian Stall The music of her soul lies unperceived through silence. VIOLET JOHNSON G. A. A.. U. C. A litlcr to the Sphinx. WARDEEN JOHNSON None knew her hut to praise her. WILLIAM JOHNSON He who keeps one end in riew moke i all things icrve. JACK KELLER am not in the row of common men. RICHARD KIRBY Let's pretend we’re kings and queens. MARY KLEIN Madrigal: Daubera; Glee Club, Oh Doctor, South in SonoraG. A. A.; U. C; Blue Triangle The sweetest garlands to the sweetest maid. MARY KOCHENDORFER Her suceeti depends upon herself alone. GEORGE KOESTER Football ’30. 11. 32; Hockey 10. 'll. ’32; W Club; Semper Fidelia; CUh Day Committee A speed demon at the throttle. REGINA KOHN G. A. A.. U. C. French Club. Blue Triangle Gentle in manner, steady in her work. ELIZABETH KUCK Blue Triangle. U. C. Am-milua Up abore the world you fiy. NORRIS LANG His was a quiet power. JOHN LARSEN Round Table Wisdom, not wealth, is honored hy kings. LIVERIA 1-ARSON Blue Triangle, G. A A., u. c. She’s wise who talk but little. JUNE l-A VEZZI Spanish Club. U. C.. G. A. A.. Blue Triangle. Class Day Committee She’s bright, she's witty; she’s charming, she’s pretty. LAWRENCE LEITH Radio Club. Vice President ’}2. President 33 The voice of tomorrow bids him wait. HELEN LEOPOLD A little, well done, is much. GEORGE LEVERING French Club: Track. '31. '32. '33; Cross Country. '3 3; Glee Club. Crocodile Island . South in Sonora ; Allas. Treasurer '31. Vice president. '32; Class Ring and Pin Committee Swiftly he round t the track of life. JAMES LEVY Weekly. Staff. Board; Hesperian Board; Script. President '3 3; National Honor Society Still achieving, still pursuing. MORTON LEVY And panting lime toils after him in rain. RAPHAEL LIEBERMAN Ammilus: Kamcra Ktub; De Pol. Treasurer '33; Band: Orchestra The mind's standard of a man. DON LILLESKOV Weekly Staff. Marionettes French Club, Cross Country '31 He will remain the actor. ALICE LLOYD Blue Triangle; U. C.; G. A. A.. Board; W dub. Treasurer '32: Citywide Felt Winner: Madrigal Miles of smiles. MARLYS LOGAN U. C.; Blue Triangle: Madrigal. Secretary '32; G. A. A.; French dub; Glee Club. Oh'Doctor , South in Sonora , Accompanist; Program Committee: Original Composition Con-test. West First, Gty Second From thy presence, showers a rain of melody. EVELYN LUNDBERG A good scout always. DOROTHY LUSCHER U. C.. G. A. A.. Blue Tri- ancle Very few things are really impossible. VIRGINIA LYTLE French Club, G. A. A.. U. C., National Honor Society Will you come and join the dance? MARY ADELE McAFEE Gan Vice Preaident; Student Council. Secretary ’32; Blue Triancle Secretary 32. Procram Chairman 32, Social Chairman ')l| U. C-. Merit Pin: French Club; Daubers; G. A. A., Cl a is Play Art Work; Class Play Cast The charm that in her spirit lived, no changes could destroy. Maurice McCaffrey Cheerleader 31. ’32. '33; Marionettes. President '32, 11; Wocaws. President '3 3; Ail Hi-Y Cabinet. Program Chairman '}); Track ’J2: Hockey 31, '32: Class Clothes Committee Chairman; Class Play Cast On with the dance, let joy be unrestrained. CAROLINE McCarthy De Pol. Ammilus. French Club. U. C.. G. A. A. Joy to see others enjoy. HARVEY McKINLEY Sincerity has always a charm of its own. PATRICIA MAGOON Orchestra; National Or-cheitra Camp ’31: Blue Triangle; G. A. A.; Madri- (al. Program Chairman; I. C-; French Club Music hath charms for her. RICHARD MARCUS They laugh that win. GRACE MARSH Silver Triangle; G. A A.; Blue Triangle: U. C-. Merit Pin; Home Club; Ushers Club A constant light in all weather. AARIENNE MARTINSON Los Castillanos. Secretary 3 3; National Honor Society; U. C.; Class Play. Property Mistress Wisest is she who knows not she is wise. EMILY MORTENSON Home Club Simplicity needs no disguise. MARY MATHISON It pays to be a perfect lady. ■ LETA MATTSON Horn Club She treadf her way «n-daunted. WILTON MELNICK French Club. Treasurer 32: Marionette ; Class Play The Royal Family ! Clast Play Committee. Advertising Manager He finds the joy in life. JOHN MERRELL Confidence it half the battle. ELTA MILEY Orchestra. Home Club If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. MARIANNE MOEN Clast Secretary: Student Council; U. C-. President; Merit Pin; French Club, President '32, Publicity Chairman; Weekly, Staff. Board; Marionettes, Refreshment Chairman; Am-mitus; Blue Triangle; National Honor Society Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul. MARION MOES U. C.. Ammilut, French Club. Silver Triangle. Blue Triangle. G. A. A. Tij best to have but one love at a time. HELEN MONSON Free from the rush of the world in the calm of her own thoughts. EVELYN MORRIS Oats Play Lead; Glee Club. Oh Doctor . South in Sonora ; U. C.; Blue Triangle The very essence of sophistication. VERN MOSS Spanish Club: Ammilut; Orion . Secretary; Debate Team; Clast Play. Co-Business Manager; National Honor Society What an observer of men's actions. WILBUR MOSTUE The silent thinkers make the world progress. JACK MUIRHEAD A studious look, a pen and a book. JEWELL MURPHY French Club. Blue Triangle. U. C She dreamed dreams all mist and mystery. BLAIR NAPRASKY A merry heart maketh a eheerfu! countenance. MARY NEAMON Class Clothe Committee; U. C. Merit Pin: French Club; Marionettes. Secretary, Trea� urer; G. A. A.; Blue Triangle A whirl from the soetal world. ANDREW NELSON Student Council; De Poj, Vice President '32, Pre i-dent 'll; Debate Team; Script, Secretary: Creative Writing Contest, Firs Place H� � ay; Class Program Com mittee Chairman; National Honor Society; French Club; Orion . Vice Presi-dent '32, ’33; Hi-Y Cabi. net; Hetperian Board Knowledge is proud to dwell in such a mind. ANN NELSON Clan Picture Committee; National Honor Society: He� perian Board: Weekly. Start, Board; Girl ' W Club. President '3J; G. A. A.. Board. Secretary 'J2; Ammilua; French Club; U. C.; Blue Triangle Too many worlds, loo much to do. CURTIS NELSON He is a busy body. DOUGLAS NOOLEEN Pleasant manners make a pleasant guest. JANE NYE G. A. A.: French Club; Service Club: Round Table. Secretary '32: U. C.. Board, Chairman Rest-room Committee; Blue Triangle. Board; Commencement Dance Committee She looks a goddess and moves a queen. BOB O'BRIEN C. X. C-; Service Club. Treasurer; Marionettes; French Club; Commencement Dance Committee Chairman He's perfectly wonderful, girls. FRANCES ODENDAHL U. C; G. A. A.; Blue Tri-angle; Glee Club, South in Sonora Could you be true to eyes of blue if eyes of brown should smile on you? MURIEL OLSEN I'M here for an education. FLORENCE OSMAN G. A. A.. National Honor Society, French Club Here's to the girl with a heart and a smile. NANCY PARIS U. C-. Blue Triangle. G. A. A., French Club, Commencement Dance Committee Women are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of man. PHYLLIS PECK Orchrun: G. A. A.: U. C.: Blue Triangle Why should life all labor be? PAUL PEDERSEN FootK.ll 10. 31. ‘32: Ba -krtb.ll ’29. ‘Jl, ‘32; Track ‘JO. 31. ‘J 2. ‘JJ; W“ Club: Woitiwi, Honorary Member We must all look up to him. ELEANOR PETERSON In simple manner all I he secret lies. EVELYN PETERSON G. A. A.; Blue Triangle: U. C. Beauty is a joy forever. IRENE PETERSON U. C., Blue Triangle, G. A. A. She has a kind word for everybody, everyone a kind word for her. LOIS PETERSON Madrigal. Blur Triangle. U. C. G. A. A.. GrU‘ W Club A good face is a letter of recommendation. MARY PIERSON Student Council; Blue Triangle. Treasurer 'J2. Vic President ‘32. President ‘33; Service Club. Chairman Nominating Committee; Round Table; Madrigal; Weekly. Staff. Board; French Club, Chairman Refreshment Committee; U. C: G. A. A And e'en her failings fall to virtue’s side. ELIZABETH PONTIUS U. C.. Merit Pin. Board. Chairman Merit Pin Committee; Blue Triangle. Minor Board; French Club; G. A. A.; Class Flower Committee A look, a smile, a dimple, you’re caught, captured, lost. HARRIET POSEY My heart is ever at your service. MARION POSEY Blue Triangle Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others. FRANCES POWELL U. C; G A. A.; Blue Triangle; Glee Club. South in Sonora . Oh Doctor”, Crocodile Island Perpetually good-natured. JANE PROPER U. C-. Board. Chairmanship Membership Committee. Merit Pin: French Club; G. A. A.; Glee Club. Oh Doctor . South in Sonora : Blue Triangle: Service Club; Claw Day Committee She's a jolly good pal. and witty, and that's not all. JEAN PULVER Orchestra; French Club; U. C., Merit Pin: G. A. A.; National Honor Society I’ve a scepter in hand, a rrown on my head. JOAN RAMSDELL Ammilua; Blue Triangle; French Club. Treaaurer 'III G. A. A.: U. C.. Merit Pin: Qaaa Ring and Pin Committee; National Honor Society It's the twinkle in her eye. ROBERT RASMUSSEN When opportunity knock• at the door, he’s ready. MARIE REAM Blue Triangle, U. C. Content to find her own amusement. CRYSTAL REEP G. A. A. Board; W Club. U. C, Uaher Club Her modesty it a candle to her virtue. GAYLE REEP To work she’s always willing. KATHERINE REGAN Weekly. Staff. Board. Co-editor ’33: Blue Triangle. Board, Publicity '32, ’I); U. C. Merit Pin: De Pol; Ammilua, Program Chairman '31. '32. ’33: Script. Vice Proident 33; Girla' •W Club: Ftench Club; G. A. A.; National Honor Society We till like the Irish, and Kay’s no exception. CHARLOTTE REIF Ammilua. Program Chairman 31: De Poh U. C.; French Club; G. A. A.I Blue Triangle The longue that no man can tame. JEAN REITER National Honor Society: Service Club; French Club. Vice Preaident '3 3: U. C.. Merit Pin: Blue Triangle; Orcheatra: Madrigal: G. A. A.; Clau Play. Head Co� -tume and Stage Miatrcaa; Commencement Committee She stands high from every point of view. SIGRID REMPEL A character we all admire. BILL RICH Careless of other fame, I leave you my name. EDWIN RIEBE He standi four-square to all the windl that Now. PRISCILLA RITTENHOUSE Silver Triangle. Ttfituirr ’JO: Blue Tiiin l� , Treasurer ’J 2. Vice Prnidtni 'JJ: U. C.. Mem Pin; G. A. A.: French Club She's little, but, oh, my! RICHARD ROBB Cross Country 'JO. Captain ’Jl. 'J2; Track 'Jl. 'J2. JJ What comes from this quarter set it down as so much gain. ANNAMARY ROBERTSON U. C. A pretty maid makes life worthwhile. MURIEL RODDY Goodness is the only investment that never fails. HELEN RODGERS U. C.. Merit Pin; Blue Triangle; G. A. A.; French Club: Silver Triangle A girl with a winning way. JOHN ROMLIN De Pol. Madrigal. Band A saxophone artist of ability. ALLEN ROSENBERG The world before you lies. WALLACE ROSS Steady and thoughtful are his actions. MARY ELLEN ROUSE National Honor Society; Girla' W Club. Vice President 'J2. ’JJ: G. A. A.. Board. Basketball J2. ’JJ; Citywide Felt Winner; Uaher Club She dwelt among the untrodden ways. BOB SACKETT He hath a noble look. ROBERT SAXTON Semper Fidelia, Treasurer 'JJ. President 'J2; Swimming 'Jl, 'J2; Commencement Dance Committee May the ladies love him as he loves them! ROBERT SCHAEFER A jolly chap with friendly countenance. ROBERT SCHANKE Football. Second Team ’jl. First Team ’32 As trustworthy as standard time. BERNICE SEGAL De Pol. Debate Team. G. A. A. In her very quiet there's a eharm. NULTON SEVERENCE Manual; IXL: Loe; Glee Club. Crocodile Island . Oh Doctor . South in Sonora : Class Treasurer Such a man, we wish there were two of them. MARION SHAFER National Honor Society; Class Play Committee The silent thinkers make the world progress. HUGH SIEVERS A man of hope and forward-looking mind. ESTHER SIMPSON French Club, G. A. A. Each person is the founder of his own good fortune. WILMA SIVERTSON B'ue Triangle, Minor Board; U. C.. Merit Pin; French Club: G. A. A.; W Club She's too agreeable to make an enemy. FRANK SLAWSON Torch Club. Hi-Y: French Club do not care one straw. ROBERT SMILEY He takes his solitary way. BILL SMITH Allas; Swimming Team ’31. ’32: Track The gods looked with favor on superior courage. JAYNE SMITH What will be. w,ll. JOHN SMITH Weekly. Associate Fditor. '12, Editor-in-Qlief 'Jl; Student Council; Service Club, Vice-President '3 3; CXC, President ’3 3. Na-tional Honor Society. President '33; De Pol. Prett-dent 32; Hi-Y Cabinet. President ’33; Commencement Committee; Script Above the clamor and tumult of activity the dim outline of a mighty edifice arose. LINCOLN SMITH Every man a! his best is altogether vanity. RAY SMITH Weekly. Staff. Board. As-sociate It'ditor '32; Script. President 32; Hesperian. Hditor-in-Chief ’3 3: Creative Writing Contcvt ’32. '3 3, Extemporaneous Writ-ins Winner 33 We are sueh stuff at dreams are made of. STANLEY SMITH Clast Play When a lady is in the ease, you know all other things give place. HARRIET SMITHMAN Madrigal; LI C-: G A A.. Board: Girl.’ W Club Happy to let the test of the world fly by. FRED SPEERS People like him in this field are few. FRED SPELIOPOULOS Weekly. Staff. Board. Sports Editor; Tumbling. Track '12: Basketball. '12: Tennis. '32; W Club. Spanish Club. Treasurer, '32: Script. Treasurer. '3 3: Clast Play Committee. Chairman: Class Play, Publicity Manager His personality always conquers. JOHN SPERZEL Semper Fidelia: The Royal Family . Class Play Cast; Marionettes; Commencement Dance Committee To him. life is one good show after another. HARRY STAHL To do good rather than be conspicuous. MARY JANE STANLEY G. A A.; U. C. Merit Pin; French Club: National Honor Society Her air, her manner, all who iaw admired. VICTOR STEMPF The mirror of all courtesy CARLTON STENDERSON Band; Spanish Club: Allas. Vice President; Round Table Girls, you make me blush. DONALD STIXROOD Spanish Club: Alias. President '3 3: Glee Club. Crocodile IslandA Cappella Choir Youth hath many charmt. GRACH STOWE Round Table. Vic . Presi-dent '33: French Club; U. C.. Merit Pin; Blue Triangle; G. A. A.: Com- mencement Dance Program Half (he plea lure is in the pursuit. RUSSEL STREETER Tell him he’s a man. KENNETH SUNDQUIST Fit for the highest trust. ETHEL SWANSON Still waters run Jeep. JOYCE TARALDSON 'Tis woman, woman rules us still. O’EEN TAYLOR Where words are scarce, they are seldom used in vain. JOE TENNER Lox; Glee Club, Croco-dile Ikland My heart is true as steel PAUL TETZLAFF Band, Orchestra, Madrigal Class Play Cast Those for whom music i life, seek more delight. RODMAN THACHER Round Table. President '32. '33 Bright, jolly, and liked by all. JOE THERIEN Swimming. '31. '32, 33; Trarlt '32, 33; French Club: Orions. President, '32. 33 Leander swam the Hellespont. ANDRUS THOMPSON Football. Second Team ’31. First Team '32; Semper Fidelia. President 33; Hi-Y Cabinet; Track '3 3; Aero Squadron Thus in the thick of the fight, Jo heroes come to their height. MARIAM THORNE G. A. A.. Board; U. C; Usher Club What a lot of pleasure smiling faces bring. ALMA THORPE Gentle in manner, firm in reality. I INNEA THORSELL U. C., Merit Pin; French Club; Blue Triangle; National Honor Society: G. A A.. Board: W Club; Citywide Felt Winner: Oats Play. Assistant Costume and Stage Mistress Nothing it impartible to industry. JOHN TILLOTSON CXC, Treasurer 'll; Service Club: Goss Country •II: Hi-Y Cabinet: The Roval Family , Death Takes A Holiday A gentleman at all times. DONALD TODD Glee Club. Tumbling Team What should a man do but be merry? FRANZ TOLLINGER m There is fun in this man. HAZEL TYSON Class Picture Committee: Amnulus, Secretary ’33; U. C.. Merit Pin; French Club: Blue Triangle. Board, Chairman Hospitality Committee: G. A. A. She wouldn't give an echo-full play, RUTH VAN BRAAK National Honor Society; French Club; Blue Triangle: U. C. Merit Pin A flower of the golden sanctities. GEORGE VAN DE WALL A merry heart: an honest, sober mind. ISABEL VINCENT U. C.. French Club. National Honor Society The hand that made you fair hath made you good. ANN VOLK Class Clothes Committee Chairman; U. C-, Board. Merit Pin Chairman. Refreshment Committee Chairman: Merit Pin: French Club: Blue Triangle: G. A. A. You were born for something great. LAWRENCE WALLACE Glee Club. Oh Doctor ; Aero Squadron True worth is being, not seeming. NANCY WALLACE Spanish Club; U. C-; Stiver Triangle. Secretary ‘29. MO; Blue Triangle: Sendee Club: National Honor Society Silence has many advantages. VIRGINIA WARFORD Blur Triangle. U. C. French Club She s peaks. behaves and act iust at tht ought. MAVIS WARNER Salutatortan; Blue Triangle: U. C.; French Qub; Girl� ‘ W Qub: G. A. A. Board '3 I: National Honor Society; Weekly. Sta8; Hesperian Board; Gler Club. ''Oh Doctor . Crocodile Island , South in Sonora ; Ammilua Bright, ytt full of fun. JEAN WATSON Silver Triangle. Blue Triangle. French Club. U. C . G. A. A. Her pep will last for many a day. ELIZABETH WEEDING French Club. Blue Tri-angle, U. C.. G. A. A.. Silver Triangle. Glee Qub Infinite tithes in a little room. ALFRED H. WEHR Orion . Football '32. Madrigal. Glee Qub, Track '30. Crosa Country Love is merely a madness. LAWRENCE WEITZEL Glee Qub, Oh Doctor”, Crocodile Island ; Aero Squadron He doesn't need much winding up. MARION WELLS U. C. Merit Pm; G. A. A.; Blue Triangle: French Qub; Daubera. Publicity Chairman '32. Treasurer '3 3. National Honor Society And her hand is ready and willing. LAVONE WELSH U. C.. G. A A . Blue Tr-angle Her wndom lies beneath her silence. JAMES WENGER Napoleon was a small man. ROSALYND WEXLER G. A. A.; Blue Triangle; U. C-. Merit Pin She keeps her smile for favored fun. ROSEMARY WHITE U. C.. Merit Pin: Blue Triangle; G. A. A.; French Oub All sweet things come in small packages. HOWARD WIKOFF Band. Radio Qub I’m going to be a bachelor. WILHELMINA WILCOX French Club, U. C., Blue Triangle She knows tnuth who knows herself. RUTH WILLIAMS Silver Tr angle. Vice Pres idenc ’ll; Blue Triangle; U. C; French Club; G A. A. Common sense is not a tommon thing. BIRDEEN WINTERS Baccalaureate Committee She who says little has little to answer for. BILL WOOD Lox, Football ’32, Track '32 All nature wears one universal grin. JAMES WOODRUFF Lox. Secretary-Treasurer 33 Perseverence always means suctess. ZETTA ZACHERL U. C. Merit Pin; Blue Triangle; G. A. A.; French Club Surfrising fair — better take tare. DOROTHY ZISKIN The light that lies in woman's eyes. MARIAN FREEMAN U. C.. G. A. A. Better late than never. June Class I-eif Aalbu Robert Anderson Stanley Anderson Helen Arneson Marcella Beckman Stanley Beecher Lucille Bodie Lyell Bodie Robert Branham Ruth Brennan Robert Burt Charlotte Calhoun Jack Carpenter Nellie Cleveland Nelaon Corneliua Howard Cowee Arnold Dahlin Carleton DeRum Kenneth Dooley Bvron Dumber } Beatrice Edward Kathleen Eltia Robert Foyo Alden Gctde Duane Gerde Lorraine Gosling Demetrio Hadrea Ralph Hatveraon Eunice Harris Bettie Hartxell Charles Hina Fred Hoover Robert Hurd Marv Huntington Claravail Hutchison Lott Jewell James Jcrrald Jandron Harold Jensen Ellen Kachelmaehcr Bender Keegan Janet Keller Paul Kelly Jeanette Knudlen John Koch Clarence Lagermcicr Richard Lang Robert Larson Richard Lloyd Esther Loken William Lorden James Lyon Molly MacDonald Blanche McGlennan Virginia McLeod Leslie McNiece Helen Market Genevieve Nelson Virginia Nelson George Newberry Lorraine Owens Stella Pascoe Clyde Peterson Clara Peterson Helen Peterson eanne Phelps ran Riedel Bernice Robbers Audrey Roth Grace Russ Kathryn Russell Frank Ryder Robert Sarther Lucille Saraain Paul Schmidt Spencer Shaw Lois Sheldon Sylvia Silver Howard Silverman Mary Silverman Violet Stenholm Jeanne Templeton Thomas Thelen George Tinkham Peggy Turptn Wilbur Turpin Betty White Katherine White Edward Williams Melanie Wilmer Clayton Wilson Helen Wodsedalek Howard York ORGANIZATIONS A SCHOOL’S progress in developing grouP co-operation and sponsoring student activities in many lines of interest, through twenty-five years, is indicated here. We take nothing with us at graduation so dear as the friendships strengthened through months of participation in club work: we remember nothing in high-school life with so much pleasure as our extra-curricular accomplishments. Such work has builded the spirit and widened the influence of West. WEST'S FIRST ORCHESTRA ORGANIZATION A CAPPELLA CHOIR BACK ROW: Or(h, Brophey. Groom. Georgr Starr. Triitm, Murray, Thompson, J. Medworth SIXTH ROW: Bowman, M. Thompson. P ar� on, Srltrn, Hool. Bang, Hotkin, liammrrlund FIFTH ROW: Burmaster, Comriby, Rum’ll. Morris, E. Trcdway. Eriksson, Millard FOURTH ROW: Gnarson. Tyson, Rathbun, C. McNiaca, Sandrrs, Ringham, Holrcrk. Bandar THIRD ROW: Bowers, Lindharg, Norton. M Tredway, M. Hedberg, Lundberg. Malmarrom SECOND ROW: Roy, Heater. Foster. Born. J. Ward. Leah. O’Connor. E. Paterson FRONT ROW: Albright; Rathbun; Brackett, assistant director; Tkach, director; H. Jones, pre .; L. McNiece. secretary-treasurer; Stokke PROVING itself singularly outstanding for a high school organization, the A Cappella Choir, under the able direction of Peter Tkach, has demonstrated through circumstantial evidence its ability. Although the choir is the most recent organization in West high, it has progressed rapidly. The choir was started in September, 1931, by Mr. Tkach, and now has a membership of seventy-four. This new addition to West’s musical organizations presented its initial performance for the P. T. A., December 7 in the year of its beginning. Due to the choir’s singular ability it has made several public appearances. Don Munio was presented with the Glee Club both at West for the P. T. A. Benefit program and at the Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium for the Department of Superintendence of the N. E. A. During February of this year, the choir broadcast over the Columbia network, incidentally receiving many letters of commendation on its unparalleled work from all over the United States. The choir not only appeared in many churches in this district, but also assisted in the Wednesday morning Lenten services at Grace Presbyterian Church, and offered its services at the Shubert Theater for Good Friday. The word cappella means vocal chamber music” and refers to the style of music used in the Christian Church in the last half of the sixteenth century. The musical style in the Vatican between 1550 and 1600 disclosed the characteristics of a cappella music even though it may appear in a secular choir of 1933. The music is for voices alone, is polyphonic, has a melodic independence and a rhythmic variety. It is the second organization of its kind in a city high school. Before coming to West, Mr. Tkach directed a group of singers at North. AMMILUS BACK ROW: M«n, Hiultn, irtuum ’32; Conklin. And� f� on. Mots Htwn, Blotcky SIXTH ROW! Good, Bvnesovitx, Baker, M.. Prrvey. Moors. Baker, P , irsatursr ’31 FIFTH ROW: Moss; WamtUy; Pisrry; Tyson, secretary 53; Black; Boyer; Loveless FOURTH ROW: Reiter. Chance. Whiteael, Sitnonda. Ward. Holmes THIRD ROW: Erikaen. Clowe. McCarthy, Regan. Merrick. Nelson. Ramadell SECOND ROW: McAfee: Rittrnhouse. treasurer: Naegeli FRONT ROW; Donovan, secretary; Kuckynka. president; Miss Grow. adviser; P.erson. vice-president Gunlterg. president 33; Harris, vice-president ‘33 JUST 441 years and five months after the discovery of America, in March, 1926, the Ammilus club of West high school was permanently organized by Lee Groves, then an A Junior. To him, as father of the club, went the honor of being the first president, elected on a platform of history and more history. ' Ammilus derived its name by delving deep into the pages of history and talcing the first letter of some of the outstanding periods and types of world civilization: A—Ancient, M—Medieval, M—Modern. I—Indian, L—Latin, U—United, S—States. The first year of its existence, the club was divided into groups according to the phase of history in which the students were most interested. Okie faculty member of the history department assisted each of the groups in discussions and research, and each division was responsible for one program of the year. During 1928—1929, Ammilus conducted a series of short lectures by foreign-born graduates from the University of Minnesota in an effort to become better acquainted with the peoples and histories of distant countries. To be eligible for membership in the organization, a student must have had one term of either World or American history and should have maintained a B average in the course. Tryouts are conducted twice a year in the form of questionnaires with the membership committee having the final vote. Discussions, debates, plays, and an occasional speaker on current and historical events have been the curriculum of Ammilus the past few years. With the exception of the fall and spring term of 1927—1928, from the time of its inception, Miss Mary Palmer has been adviser. BAND Avery, Antuc. Bach. Bachman, Blanch, Black. Blomfield, BrnjS . Burquitt, Burt. Clement, Colehour, Comb, Dahl, Dahleen, Dale. Dudley, L'ckstein. C.. Eckstein. W.. EldridRe, Foster. Gilman, Goodacre, Grant, GunberR, Hanson. Hauenstein. Hailing, Holmes. Horton. Jaax, Johnson, B., Johnson, D., Johnson, M., Jones, King, Kronick. Layborn. Lane. Laramie. Levy, Ltedtke, Little. McDonald. Martin, Moore, (Richard), Moore, (Rodger), Nelson. Nielson. O'Keefe. Ostrander. Patch, Prcpejrhal, Raymond, Redman. Romlin, Ruedy. Shanks. Simonds. Staehle, Stimson. Sutlitf. Sundermeyer. Taylor. Tetxlaff, Toe pel, Wadsworth, Warner, Ott. Weaver. Week. Wheeler, White. L.. White. M , Wikoff. Wooley. Wright. Conklin. Wight LONG, white pants, green and white caps, blares and drums—what could be done without the famous blasters of West high school, the band? Now, as all through the ages, the band marches on. Although handicapped by the lack of cornets, the band, consisting of fourteen members, was organized in 1911 by A. Howard Riley, its first director. Playing with creditable results at football games during this first year, the band received recognition as a worthwhile asset in the school's musical career. These enthusiastic pioneers in the realm of music paved the road for the present successful organization. Roswell Wilkes aided as student director. Under the supervision of George C. Kreigcr, present director of music, the band was reorganized in 1925 with a membership of eight, including five trumpets, one saxophone, one bass and one drum. By practicing conscientiously in 404 they were able to make a public appearance. Today membership has increased to 88. The band enters inter-city and state musical contests, gives concerts yearly at Jefferson Junior, and supplies pep for West assemblies and games. The life of the day, the added enthusiasm at the football games—such is the necessary part the band plays as it promanades before the stands. Band leaders have come and band leaders have gone, but Robert Heising, present baton slinger, steps high. Fred Comb and Fred Mann, recent graduates, deserve commendation for their leadership ability. August Poehler, Shorty” Reeder, Bruce Cleary and Ted Jorgenson have also been outstanding band members in the West group. BLUE TRIANGLE BOARD BACK ROW: B� «rmin. Wamaley, Regan. Aveiy SECOND ROW: McAfee: Riitenhouae. treasurer; Naegeli FRONT ROW: Donovan, secretary; Kuckynka, president; Miss Gross, adviser; Pierson, vice-president ONE of the newer organizations for girls in West is the Blue Triangle Club, a branch of the Girl Reserves. The movement was inaugurated December 10, 1928 at a Recognition Service. The group was made up of girls from all classes until March, 1931 when two divisions were created, one the Blue Triangle, for junior and senior girls, and the other, the Silver Triangle, for freshmen and sophomores. The average membership is about 175. Once in, all girls arc urged to participate in some phase of the organization s work, and for this reason, the club is divided into hobby groups such as dramatics and comic opera. The club as a whole carries on many and varied activities. In co-ordination with the Y. W. C. A., with which it is affiliated, the Blue Triangle maintains an active interest in Elizabeth Lyman Lodge, a summer camp for girls, situated on Lake Minnetonka. Co-operating with the boys of the Hi-Y clubs, the girls sponsor an annual city-wide Boy and Girl Conference, which is featured by inspirational talks and discussions. This year the two groups carried through a series of Lenten services, held each of the six Wednesdays directly preceding Easter vacation at Grace Presbyterian Church. The Blue Triangle is governed by a Board consisting of the four officers and the heads of each hobby group and committee. This group meets twice a month to plan activities and select speakers. The club is supervised by Miss Ruth Marshall of the Y. W. C. A. and Miss Ruth Grosz, faculty adviser. STUDENT COUNCIL BACK ROW; N l� on. Benjamin. Pieraon. Buell. Baxter. Marah. Bredracn FOURTH ROW: Donovan. Lindquiu, Hanlon. Moon. Boblect. Kurhynka , THIRD ROW: Glea� on. Harm. Bc.crmok. Kt:hard«on, Pierxon, Brrtlow SECOND ROW: JoMph. Dodd. Natiirli, McAfee. Gieer. Eichhorn. preudem FRONT ROW: Gerberdmg; Mr. Greet: Dtake. president; Mi� � Utley. Smith; Robb THE Student Council was established on April 11, 1918 to replace with a more representative organization the Forum and Executive Board which had previously espoused student government in only a limited measure. According to constitutional provisions, the group was composed of three students from each senior and junior class, two from each sophomore and freshman group, and five athletic representatives, constituting a total membership of twenty-five elected students. The principal and two faculty members acted as a board of appeal in the case of controversy. During 1919, under the guidance of Miss Susan Heffernan, faculty adviser, the Council established a Student Office to serve as a bureau of general information to relieve the burdens of the general office. Organization of plans for a future athletic field and for the securing of necessary property were also begun that year. For four more years this organization continued as the school’s student governing body until C. W. Boardman in 1923 founded the Upper Class Advisory Council in an endeavor to secure greater co-operation between students and faculty. A new point system originated for the purpose of limiting extra-curricular activities, student assistance at auditorium programs, and adoption of the West High creed written by Earl Geisin were the accomplishments made during the first year of the U. C. A. A. administration. In 1925 entrance requirements were altered so that now the enrollment includes twenty students elected as permanent members. Four A Juniors, six B Seniors and ten A Seniors compose the group. Under a new adviser. Miss Lulu B. Utley, the U. C. A. A., now assuming the title of Student Council, introduced student government in study halls, secured the installation of the traffic semaphore at Twenty-eighth and Hennepin, sponsored an Anti-Smoking Campaign, several Better West Weeks and initiated the Anti-Jay-Walking Campaign. The council works on John N. Greer’s theory that school harmony comes with ’’perfect co-operation of students and faculty in the business of a great corporation.” 4 DAUBERS BACK ROW: Law. Roth. Johnton. Buds . WeJU THIRD ROW: Marrick. Hannaman. Ward. I link. McGowan, Fornay SECOND ROW: Bauar. McAfaa, Bcanna. Andaraon. Griffith FRONT ROW: Alarik, traaaurar; Hegg. vica-praudant; Mm Moot , adviaar; Baarman. president; Chanc . aacratary AMONG the portraits, the sketches and the little etchings which twenty-five .years of student activity have drawn at West, is that of Daubers, the Art Club, organized in 1918. The membership usually comprises about twenty students interested in such lines of art work as printing, figure and nature drawing, pen sketching end soap carving. These students meet every week on Wednesdays in the room of Miss Hazel I. Moore, art instructor. Tryouts are held at the beginning of each term, and aspirants are judged on the originality and perfection of their submitted work. Daubers habitually makes trips to view exhibits at the Art Institute, and has taken several sketching trips to Como Park in St. Paul. Activities this year included a trip to the T. B. Walker Art Gallery to study the collection of hand-carved jades exhibited there. Among other activities, the club provides novelties for sale at Christmas time, takes charge of the bulletin board, and maintains exhibits of individual work in the show case. Daubers has also helped the various school organizations in designing posters, and furnishes the art work for the annual. A group of outstanding members of recent years includes Janet Alarik, who won a scholarship which was continued because of her outstanding work, and who did much of the art in the Silver Anniversary Hesperian; Genevieve Budge, who won a term scholarship at the art institute for her work; and Jane Bearman, who drew a P. T. A. Broadcaster Cover and has done Hesperian designs. One scholarship at the Minneapolis Art Institute is offered every year to the art student adjudged outstanding. DE POL BACK ROW: K««g«n, BurvilU. Romlm. Steven . Beclier. Bloccky. Maitin I'lURD ROW: Adams. Donovan. Anderson. Secretary '33; Rubin. Wams'ey. Howell SECOND ROW: Little. McCarthy, Regan. Mayer. Segal. Naege'i. Sm th. A l-RONT ROW: Haulen, treasurer '32; Nelson, president '33; Mm Long, adviser. Smith, J., President '32; Hama, secretary. '32, vice-president '33; Lieberman. treasurer '3 3 IN THE early days of the covered wagon—1920 to be exact—a group of fifteen militant girls inspired by their adviser, Miss Wanda Orton, organized a Girls’ Debating Society to show off woman’s intellectuality. The club remained a selective group for only a short time as every meeting brought several masculine aspirants. Thus in 1921 with the admission of Franklin Rochford. Harry Applcquist and Leighton Johnson, who had received experience as members of a star debate team, the society became co-educational under the title of Debaters’ Club. A few years later this organization sponsored Extemporaneous League and Discussion League tryouts at West. Winners in these contests were entered in the finals at Macalastcr College where for several years members of the Debate Club won medals and scholarships through their ability in public speaking and debate. In 1924 Horace Morse won a bronze medal and Lillian Forus, now an English teacher at Marshall, won a scholarship to Macalester in the formal debate contest. The next year another Westerner, Vidar Brorby, won a similar scholarship in the annual state Extemporaneous Speaking Contest. The trophy case contains a silver loving cup donated by the P. T. A. and won by the Debaters’ Club three times to make it a permanent possession. In 1928, under the new name of De Pol, the Debate club united with the Politics club, an organization with similar purposes and activities. Previous to the combining of the two groups, the Politics Club, from its founding in October, 1924. had made a study of current civic problems. Miss Marjorie Spaulding and E. E. Hudson served as advisers. Since 1928, De Pol has admitted new members semi-annually after tryouts consisting of short talks and oral examinations. Active debate work under the leadership of Charles Bernhard, Lester Breslow, Robert Blotcky, John Smith and Andrew Nelson, recent presidents, has been the club’s program each year. FRENCH CLUB BACK HOW: Bowen, Wintc � , D. Christensen, D� vi . L«u. Klockwcn, Budge, Cohen, Bartholomew SIXTH ROW: Warlord. Legs- Confer. Lewie, Scettetnark. Horton. K. Avery. Stanley FIFTH ROW: William . Andere . Riviere. K. White. Lyon. Meeker. Pierey. Lockcrby, Liu FOURTH ROW: Pari . Ncamon. Fegle . Bu� h. An cher. Holme . Alarik. Clowe THIRD ROW: Robert . Warner. Clark. Pontius. Grave . Blrkett. Pedersen. Flaetkenhuer, R. White SECOND ROW: Husband . F. Osman. Dodd. Clark. O'Brien. Griffith. S. Osman. Peterson FRONT ROW: Comb, chairman program committee: Mis Tobin: Greer, secretary: Mi� Farsje: Morn, president: Mi� Hiscock: Brown, vice-preudent; Miss Grosa; Melmck. treasurer AFTER existing as a temporary group from time to time early in the history of West, in 1907 the French Club was officially and permanently organized into Le Cercle Francais.. Miss Jennie Hiscock, under whose guidance the club was started, has continued in the capacity of adviser. During the World War, Le Cercle contributed to the Allies’ cause in France. To earn money for the project, the club conducted flower sales which were carried on much in the manner of Green and White Day festivities. Booths were installed in the front halls, and both artificial and wild flowers were sold. With the money thus earned, the group adopted a French war orphan and for several years sent 50 a month to support the child. At various times in the history of Le Cercle the members have corresponded with French students, and it has become the custom of the organization to donate money at Yuletide to war orphans in France. A membership drive is held twice a year for pupils who have had one term or more of French. This year the club’s functions have been carried on under the leadership of Marianne Moen and Margaret Comb. Co-operating with the program chairman, each instructor in the French department takes charge of one of the regular monthly meetings. Many club members have continued their interest in foreign countries by branching into fields of work which have taken them abroad and enabled them to make use of their knowledge of the international language. David Partridge, once president of the organization, has gone into business in a small town in England; FRENCH CLUB BACK ROW: Flubtchw, Fclicie Dinmick, Ward, Thompson. B«« hcr, S«vert «n. Wilcos, F. B«v rni k. Have SIXTH ROW: Schummirt, Siurtcvsnt. Oman, Hannvman, Zacharl, Foitcr. Whir . Darning, Collin . Curran FIFTH ROW: Wamalcy, Lajoia, Bach. Anderson, McNulty. Qarlt, Ward, Van Braalc. Donovan FOURTH ROW: Mayer. Rodgers. Reiter, Avery, Harris, Murphy. Nelson. Swanson THIRD ROW: Solberg. B. Chance. Beatty. Clark. Hare. Andersen. L. Chance. Martin. Moes SECOND ROW: Auer. Ferry. Thorsell, Brooks, Fairbanks, Howell. Weglors, Bowen FRONT ROW: Posey, Hughes, Magee, A. Dwyer. O'Brien, I. Dwyer, Rosen, Erikscn Martin Nichols is studying medicine in Glasgow; Arne and Adolphus Gronning satcr are attending college in Toronto, Canada. William Affeld holds a position in the American Consular Bureau in Singapore, and Paul Stois, in the American express office in Paris. In addition to these distant alumni are Louise Cornell, whose oration on French Explorers in America won her a trip through the west, Milton Huber, Howard S. Jordan, now a professor of romance languages at the University of Minnesota, Ruth Dietrich, Jeanne Jorgens, Marion Cooper, Maurice Adelsheim, John Harvey, and Robert Husbands, who devoted much time in the interests of the French club while at West. Mile Jennie Hiscock organanisa Le Cerclc Fra oca is en 1917 at depuis ce tcmps-la dirige son travail. D’abord le groupe n’avait pas de programmes fixes, mats s’occupait d’un travail varic pour aider le France. En vendant des fleurs et des bonbons, il gagnait assez d’argent pour adopter un orphelin francais de la guerre et pour envoyer des provisions en France. Jusqua present le Cercle a envoye chaquc annee un cadeau de Noel a I’Orphelinat des Armees a Paris. Les cleves qui ont etudie le francais plus d’une demi-annee peuvent se joindre au Cercle et jouir de ses plusiers activities. Parmi des membres actifs du Cercle Francais il y en a qui continuent de se servir de la belle langue francaise sous le titre de professeur, artiste, chanteur, cantatrice, consultant, non seulement aux Etats-Unis mais a I’ctranger. BOYS’ GLEE CLUB BACK ROW: B. H rn . Lindh, Fr«nde n. Cnmn, Wehr, Ayer� . Heck. Van Vilk«nbui( SIXTH ROW: H. Jon•� , Dim, Gr«nh«g n. Severance. Kingston. Struck, Moffat FIFTH ROW: Thompaon, Hruminn, Graham. Thompson. Sac or, Yellott. Frank u� , Hara FOURTH ROW: Bakka. Rowndaht. Garriaon, Banham. Cameron. Wallace. Graen THIRD ROW: McCullough. Gage. Louattar, Schmidt, Oaghorn. Bringen. Cola. Hulling SECOND ROW: Hanten, Starringar. Grata. Wru, Snallar. Sheldon. Hall FRONT ROW: A. Smith, Lagrnipn. Coffin. Mr. Kneger. director. Lay cock. Hrrmatad I. Opening Chorus Thirty musically inclined girls having a desire to exercise their vocal chords assembled in September, 1908, to form a Glee Club. This club, originated by the girls, can boast of being the oldest organization in West; however, under the direction of Miss Edna Hall, the boy enthusiasts of music formed a Boys’ Glee Club a year later in 1909. By 1912 the boys’ club merited the title of the largest group of its kind in Minneapolis and in spite of practising only once a week on Fridays from 1:30 to 3 p. m., the boys did commendable work. II. Love Scene Three years later the girls’ and boys’ clubs united. It was decided that one strong group composed of both male and female voices would increase chances for producing superior compositions. III. Enter Act Due to insufficient seating capacity and stage equipment at West the Chimes of Normandy was given in the Minneapolis Auditorium in 1919. The Glee Club recorded 600 profits. Since then Chimes of Normandy has bedn repeated three times at West. IV. Comedy Scene Sitting on icy bleachers with a blizzard blowing in your face to watch your school football heroes fight for the Green and White is no true test of one’s school GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB BACK ROW: Daniel . Khyn. Caroofini. Chownmg. H. Smith. Aintth, O'Connor. Simpion. Athflmn SEVENTH ROW] Abdallah. La lion. Roaendaht. Wick . Pop . S(urt vant. Shrdlov. Carlos. Hammmtrom SIXTH ROWi Wingate. Melvin, Huntington, Springer. Swager. Clark, Klein, Russell. Villas, Sweeney FIFTH ROW: Conrad, Gowen, Fred burg, E. Bach. Cobb, D- Bach. Booth. Yost. Bloomgren FOURTH ROW: Spielman, Strand, Newland. Enksen, Warner, Mudgen, Weston, Williams THIRD ROW: Hill. Codden. Ward. Schneider. Bradley. Born. Edgely. Troeke. Shaw SECOND ROW: Hurwitx, Partridge. Morris. Odendahl. Gerding, Griffith. Skinner. Stackhouse FRONT ROW: Proper; Powell. Lockerby; Ford] Mr. Knegcr. director; Chnstoder; Odell; Weeks; Lehr spirit. Back in the good ol’ days of 1921 when the Glee Club presented Pinafore on Lake Calhoun there originated a superior method of testing the so-called patience. Through the courtesy of the La Crosse Dredging Company, Erie Baker, director of the club at the time, obtained permission to raise an old barge at the bottom of the lake. Through many hours of silent, self-sacrificing loyalty, the members of the Glee Club worked every afternoon after school pumping the water out of the barge until it was raised and built into a stage resembling a ship. Electricity was obtained from a nearby current. Arnold Schulz, playing the part of an old sailor, amused the happy throng by a fancy diving exhibition while Sidney Beskin and Corice Woodruff played the leads. The box office proceeds from this performance amounted to $2,000. V. Ensemble Adding the funds of previous operettas to the Pinafore profits, the school installed the pipe organ in room 404 the following year, in April, 1922. Profits from other operas have been spent in buying stage equipment and unusual musical instruments. VI. Finale To terminate twenty-five years of outstanding work, the Glee Club presented as its annual production, South in Sonora under the direction of George C. Krciger. With the combined efforts of the A Cappella Choir and the Glee Club, the cantata, Don Mumo, was given in the West Auditorium for the P. T. A., the proceeds of which went to the welfare fund. Parts of this same cantata were given at the Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium for the Department of Superintendence of the N. E. A. program in March. BACK ROW: Fitcimon . BohUn. Th ri� n. Corrigan. Brrdrwn SECOND ROW: Campbell. Won. W.l off. Nelton FRONT ROW: Drake, president: Barter, teerrurr; Robb, vice-president IN 1909 a number of West High boys solemnly adopted the title of Moral Discussion Club, and with the assistance of school and Y. M. C. A. authorities organized the Y’s first high-school group in the city. Other schools followed West’s leadership. Together they held weekly supper meetings, whence they received the appellation of Bean Club,” and heard eminent speakers of city and state at the Association building. In 1913 West accepted the national Hi-Y movement and its purpose, . to create, maintain and extend high standards of Christian character throughout the school and community.” Following this creed, the members promoted drives for clean speech and honest class work, and acquired so potent a reputation that an ancient Hesperian laughingly portrays the Hi-Y lustily smiting Satan with a monstrous cudgel. Parties with the U. C. also form a portion of their past history. The limited “Inner Circle” of leading boys directed the program with the advice of a Y” secretary and a faculty member. C. R. Richardson and W. W. Williams are among the teachers who thus gave valued service in later years. Dissatisfaction, however, with the exclusiveness of the “Inner Circle” led to the chapter plan now in use. A number of football men applied for membership as a separate club, and gained approval. This chapter, the Cogs, is now the Lox. The original Hi-Y restricted its membership and became the CXC, still active and prominent. The Hi-Y’s fourteenth year at West, 1923, saw the new chapter plan in full swing. Under the guidance of Lewis Kneble, West Lake “Y” secretary, and the Hi-Y cabinet, the system developed to the present club of seven chapters numbering about 140 boys. CXC and Cogs have since been joined by seven other chapters, two of which are now defunct. This added number necessitated the formation of the Hi-Y cabinet, which supplanted the “Inner Circle” as the executive body. Its members are chapter officers of experience, many of whom have received training at the ALLA BACK ROW: Irvin, Johnson, Smith, Stun von, Thom, Pimf, Sttndcnoo SECOND ROW: Gould. Masson, Roby. Campbell, Slawson. Bjorkman FRONT ROW: Lindquist. secretary; Robb, president; Lavaring. vice-president; P. Campball, traasurar; Stixrood summer Hi-Y session at Camp Warren of the Y. M. C. A. With William Parker, the present Y secretary, they plan the regular program of athletic competition, semi-annual membership drives and monthly joint meetings. cxc BACK ROW: Lobarg, Pierson, Ingalls. Hunter. Thacher THRD ROW: D. Rom. Struck. Boblctt. Spaars SECOND ROW: Eichhorn. W. Rom. Hanson. O Brian FRONT ROW: Tillotson, traasurar; Garbarding, secretary, Baxter, president; Smith A LOX BACK ROW: Burner, Severance. Heime«, Potaelt, Tenner SECOND ROW: Cooper, Wood. Mulvehill. R.ngbloom FRONT ROW: Woodruff; Corrigan, aecratary-treaaurer; Drake, pretident; Bredesen; Blickfcldt Cabinet representatives co-operate in mapping the yearly Hi-Y and Girl Reserve conference, which brings the members of clubs from all the city to meet in a two-day assembly at the central Y. M. C. A. Likewise, they have assumed ORIONS BACK ROW: Janaen, Wehr, Brackett, Harlan SECOND ROW: Spaliopoulo . Moatue. Bur nap. Mou. Robb FRONT ROW: Fitrimona, treaaurar; Thro an, preaidant; Nelaon. vicc-pre ident; Brown, aecretarv WOGAWS BACK ROW: Halvorson, Kelly, Neumann, Berg. Green, Himes SECOND ROW: Loughlin, D. Benjamin, Hunnrr, Magee, Breslow FRONT ROW: E. Benjamin, treasurer-secretary, 19)2; Donald; Wikoff. president. 19)2; McCaffrey, president, 19)); Striker, vice-president, 19)); Westerman, secretary. 19)) authority over school-wide Hi-Y projects in the past: the anti-cribbing campaign of 1931 stirred up action against cheating, and the disarmament campaign of 1932, which began in the Alla chapter, spread to the other high schools under the leadership of cabinet members. SEMPER FIDELIS BACK ROW: Patterson. Thompson. Wold. Scheiber SECOND ROW: Halvorson. Grierson, Howard. Gleason, O'Keefe FRONT ROW: Bthler, treasurer; Saxton, president; Van Valkenburg. vice-president; Livermore, secretary Activities sponsored by the cabinet are various. They have included a series of six Wednesday morning Lenten services in Grace Presbyterian Church, conducted for West students by Dr. M. C. Robinson and other city pastors; a chapter basketball tournament in the West gym; and an Easter morning breakfast for all Minneapolis Hi-Y’s. A special committee last year investigated the flaws and possibilities of the chapter plan, which had occasioned criticism from various sources, and from its recommendations Y. M. C. A. authorities adopted many features of The Five-Year Plan.” The chapter unit is based on the natural congeniality of a closely knit group of boys. It began with the desire for more active interest in Hi-Y work by the entire membership. Under the old organization, only a few enjoyed this privilege; officers and Y” secretaries realized this disadvantage, and introduced Cogs and CXC ten years ago. The two have since witnessed others apply for Hi-Y status. Wogaws and Semper Fidelis became full-fledged chapters in 1926; Orions, Linx, and Allas were elevated to this standing as they left younger boys’ clubs in 1927. The IXL lasted from 1930 to ’31, and in its brief life launched the anti-cribbing movement under Lester Breslow. The fledgling is the recent XXI, composed of boys who organized this last semester. Entrance to Hi-Y clubs has always been a problem, for the chapters tend to become exclusive and undemocratic. Formerly, membership was upon invitation only, but this was modified to allow any boy who fulfills certain qualifications of character and reputation to join. The Five-Year Plan provides that any student so accepted will be assured a place. Hi-Y activities have covered a wide field since the first campaigns against profanity. Service is a principle the groups have sought in many ways: by sponsoring speakers for school auditoriums, by Lenten services, by co-operation with the Service Club in paper sales, by collecting skates for needy children at Christmas. In other years chapters have ushered at commencement exercises, conducted the second-hand book room, published a handbook of school affairs, and tried to help incoming freshmen to adjust themselves to new conditions. For the underclassmen, they have given stag parties at school, to get the boys acquainted with their schoolmates. They backed the Student Council in an effort to discourage smoking, and they have initiated similar uplift movements. Chapters maintain a rather informal social program of dances and parties. While each manages its own activities, certain restrictions are imposed by the ”Y”, to prevent an over-emphasis of this phase. The tournaments in football, hockey, basketball and diamond ball have been a popular feature of Hi-Y work for years. The keen but jovial rivalry between clubs has led teams to mighty exertions; the hilarious and surprising football title race last fall, won by the Orions in a blaze of glory, created intense interest. To complete the triangular development of body, mind and spirit, separate chapters have speakers at their weekly home meetings and discuss problems affecting their members. The adult leader generally heads these affairs. The ancient tradition of washnite”, in which each member is constructively criticized by his fellows, has long been observed. HOME CLUB BACK ROW: Sarilicn, Golden. Simpion. Sanford. Canfield. G. Nelaon, Marvh FOURTH ROW: Kingiberg. Richards, Milvy, Murphy, Otia, John von THIRD ROW: Richards. Dahl. Gosling. R. Swanson, Beau, Grant. Leopold SECOND ROW: McLeare. M. Nelson. Warner, Berg, M. Swanson. Courtney FRONT ROW: Pemberton; Lockerby; Mrs. Potter, adviser; Mr. Greer; Mr . Lockwood, adviser; Mortenson, president; Mattson, secretary AMONG the organizations of West there is none whose activities merit more than those of the Girls’ Home Club. This group was started in 1922 by Mrs. Malva C. Lockwood, counselor, and Mrs. Mary Potter, the cooking instructor, for the purpose of securing for girls who are not living at home some of the benefits assured to other girls from home associations. The club is open to any girl who does not live with her own family and who is employed in the afternoons. The average number of students who take advantage of its opportunities is seventy. Since most of the girls are unable to attend meetings taking place after school, parties and get-togethers are generally held on Friday evenings. These affairs are made possible by the P. T. A., which supplies a fund for the purpose. Entertainment includes theatre parties and observation of special holidays. In a desire to voice appreciation of the parents’ interest, the Home Club has on several occasions entertained the P. T. A. board at teas. Before the formation of the Ushers Club and since the dissolution of that group, members of the Home Club have ushered at class plays and operettas. KAMERA KLUB BACK ROW: Q� � Und. V� n Rooy. Gr«nt, S� ll� n, Ing«rm n FRONT ROW: Stone. creury-tre ur«r; Mr. Norton, idmrr; Belli , preudent; Holme . vkc-| ccm 1cii: THE first page in the Kamera Klub album shows a picture of the founding of the club. It is dated 1920 and the person responsible is Miss Georgia M. Reese. As one turns the pages, the group grows larger and larger. Several pages further on one notes that the membership exceeded the facilities, so the club was limited to twelve persons. Pictures reveal members studying the working of a camera and specializing in the developing and printing of snapshots. Next appears a group of pictures, scenes of the Lake of the Isles. A short paragraph reports that they were taken by the club as suggestions for the artists who were painting the stage curtain. The photograph finally selected is starred. The album progresses to the making of slides, and discloses views of club members studying the principles and actual operation of the process. In 1928, the club changes its objective from kodak pictures to moving pictures. Soon members become involved in all-school movies. The parts are taken by students, and shots” of the school and its activities are scattered profusely through the film. The shots bring the best applause, so the club decides to concentrate on this revelation of school life and West High news reel results. The club still continues its work and shows movies at various times. One winter a series of noon movies was presented under its auspices. George Ryan, president during the inception of the movie idea, is at present photographer for a Minneapolis paper, and countless members continue their interest in photography as a hobby. Under its last two advisers, A. C. Slifer and A. D. Norton, it has continued the work started by Miss Reese quietly and unobtrusively and has gained a secure place in the roster of West’s clubs. LOS CASTILLANOS BACK ROW: Campbell. Mow, John� on. Murray, Stixrood. Gunberg. Stender� on THIRD ROW: A. Dwyer, Mertinxon. Bano . Simondv Pcderaon, I. Dwyer SECOND ROW: Morae, Holccelc. Tyaon. Speliopoulov Wallace, Lang. Rohan FRONT ROW: McLean, aecretary; Wallen, president; Mr. McLaughlin, adviser; Comer, vice-preaident; L, Anderaon. treasurer; Crcawell EL PRIMERO ano de la vida del ’’Club Espanol” fue mil novecientos veinte y cuatro cuando Senorita Hicks fuc la maestra de espanol. Habia trecc miembros cntonces. Sus objcctos fueron de hablar mejor la lengua, presentar juegos es-panoles y estudiar la vida y las costuinbres espanolas. En diciembre del mismo ano, algunos representantes de West High se reunieron con los otros Clubes Espanoles de Minneapolis. Discutieron los planes para los anos que vienen. En mil novecientos veinte y seis y mil novecientos veinte y sietc, los miembros del club comenzaron a escribir un periodico en espanol. Desdc que dc esc tiempo, el club ha cscrito un periodico, semejante a este todos los anos. El proximo ano, cstudiaron la ley parliamentaria en espanol. Para las mujeres de la P. T. A. algunos del club presentaron, en mil novecientos veinte y nueve, el iuego La Fonda Imperial.” Eso les gusto tanto a las mujeres que ellas pidieron muchos otros juegos en el porvenir. En mil novencientos treinta y una, un miembro queria servirse de cebollas para initiation.” El club se ha servido de cebollas hasta ahora. El nuevo nombre Los Castillanos” aparccio por la primera vez en mil novecientos treinta y dos. RESUME The Spanish Club was completely reorganized in 1924 with thirteen members. That same December, a meeting of all the Spanish Clubs in Minneapolis was held In 1926 and 1927, work was concentrated on the writing of a Spanish newspaper, and in 1928 on the study of parliamentary procedure in Spain. In 1929 the club presented La Fonda Imperial for the P. T. A., and in 1931 established the onion initiation.” The presant name, Los Castillanos was adopted in January, 1932. MADRIGAL BACK ROW: Fr«nku� . Roth. Wehr. Klockiicn. Wooley. Romlin. Hare. Struck FOURTH ROW: Raymond. Thompson, Campbell. Holme.. Haa . NeUon. Lloyd THIRD ROWt M oon. Klein. Bjorkman. Smithman. Mtmman. Bom SECOND ROW: Wingate. Little. Beatty. P.er oo. Gould. Trocke. Griffith FRONT ROWi Severance. Mcreury; McCulloch. vice-preMdent; Mr. Tkach, adviter; Dye. preudent; Brackett, trcaaurer; Chowning THE following account of Madrigal’s founding nine years ago is given in the Hesperian of 1925: The Madrigal club was organized in 1924 for the purpose of furthering an interest in good music. In becoming a member of the club, one has the opportunity of expressing himself musically and of becoming familiar with public performance.” Piano, violin, ’cello, saxophone, flute, and organ were the first instruments represented in the club, which was instituted among West activities under the advisership of Mrs. Don Jenkins. Membership of the club has grown from seventeen students in 1925 to about forty in 1933; the average membership has been above thirty. Besides skill on musical instruments, aspirants are admitted for vocal superiority. Tryouts are held once a term, Peter D. Tkach, present adviser, and several students selected by the club, acting as a judging committee. Programs are held weekly, on Wednesdays, under supervision of a committee chosen by the club for that purpose. Dues are 25 cents a term. Mr. Tkach has especially desired to develop the cultural aspect of the weekly programs. In order to carry out this aim, a series of reports on great musicians and composers has been instituted as a background for the presentation of their masterpieces. Besides assisting in the presentation of school assembly programs, Madrigal last term sponsored several Wednesday morning musicales for interested students. The programs were given before school from 8 o’clock to 8:30. In order to interest future students in West activities, Madrigal staged an auditorium at Jefferson Junior high school last year. I o name the members of Madrigal who have made a place for themselves in musical circles would require more space than that allotted to the present membership. MARIONETTES BACK ROW: J. Davie , Salisbury, Erb, Lillaskov, Killeen, Lenox FIFTH ROW: Comb, Frankus, Cross, Sper el. Peicruon, Murphy FOURTH ROW: Scheiber, Odell, Si• vena, Sibbald, Walker THIRD ROW: Ehkaen. Clark, Melnick, Selby, B. Davie . O'Brien SECOND ROW: Norria, Wingate, Botiwick. Jacobson, Klaue FIRST ROW: Morn; Griffith, vice-president; McCaffrey, president: Miss Sandboe, adviser; Neamon, secretary-treasurer; Smith DURING the past nineteen years, the dramatic club has been associated with student activity at West. Rather than attempt portrayal of such a group, which has existed since the sixth year of the institution's duration, we have decided to merely arrange the club history in three general periods, suggestive of its development. I. In 1914, Miss Ruth E. Wilson of the English faculty founded the Dramatic Club and instituted the present method of teaching Shakespeare. During the period from 1914 to 1920 the club produced several outstanding performances including Beau of Bath, The Turtle Dove, Londonderry Air, Nevertheless, and Overtones. II. Mrs. Lucile Hacrtel, Miss Ethel Ulvin, and Miss Wanda N. Orton were the club’s next advisers. Under these faculty heads, club tryouts were conducted in the same exhaustive spirit as those for class plays, continuing several nights in succession. Each teacher coached one play a term, a total of six a year being presented. in. Since 1926, Miss Lillian Leigh and Miss A. Pauline Sandboe have, separately, taken the club undor advisership. Miss Sandboe, present adviser, has put stress rather on private practice and individual performance than on play development. Plays produced during the past several years include The Wonder Hat, Good Medicine, Twelve-Pound Look, Suppressed Desires, and Why the Chimes Rang. SYNOPSIS The membership of Marionettes has been consistently kept at between twenty-five and thirty students. Among prominent alumni of Marionettes are Ruth Dietrich and Robert Shrewsbury of University of Minnesota dramatic fame, Arthur Slifer, Lynn Moyer, George Chance, Edward Hurford and Jeanne Jorgens. Olga Kuchynka Valedictorian (January) HONOR STUDENTS Nancy Wamsley Mavis Warner Salutatorian Salutatorian (January) (June) Dorothy Hasslen Valedictorian (June) The Student Council at John N. Greer’s suggestion obtained a charter to establish a branch of the National Honor Society at West. The national pin with its Roman torch and letters signifying Scholarship, Service, Character, and Leadership was substituted for the local honor key in this youngest of Western clubs. These pins are presented by the P. T. A. group at semi-annual auditoriums. The Society’s charter provides that A Juniors attain a 2.8 average, B Seniors a 2.5, and A Seniors, 2.3, and that the faculty approve a student in regard to the aforementioned qualities to entitle him to membership in the organization. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY BACK ROW: DkIi, Thon.p� on. Cohen, Bartholomew, Gunberg, Buell. H«ulrn. Ryder FIFTH ROW: Dye. Richardson. Bra man. Quam. Levy. A. Anderson. Rcatman FOURTH ROW: Van Braak. Dongoske, A Dwyer, Simondt, Chance. Howell THIRD ROW: Eriksen; Stanley; Merrick; Donovan, vice-president second term; Hughes; Regan; Nelson SECOND ROW: Kronick, Warner. Aaronaon, Ram,doll. Thoraell. Dunklee FRONT ROW; Mahon; Marsh, president first term: Kuchynka. vice-president first term: Greer, adviser; Wamsley; J. Smith, president second term; Reiter ORCHESTRA Ackerland. Adam , Allan, Anderson, Axberg, Bamis, Booth, Boyer. Braisted. Briggs, Brownell, Burt, U. Carlson, R. Carlson, Carbell, Cary, Chance, Colby, Colehour, Dahl, Dalhberg. Dale, D'Aoust, J, Dassrtl, R. Dassett. Decker, Dye, Eckstein, Erickson, Feitcn. Foster. Frazer. Gunbcrg, Haney, F. Hanson, V. Hanson, Herranen, Hestevold. Hodge . A. Holahan. Lieberman, J. Hotahan, D. Holmes, F. Holmes, B. Johnson, M. Johnson, Lieberman. Magoon, Mahon, Martin. Memman, Miley, Olson, Olsud. Ostrander. Peterson, Pulver, Raymond. Reiter, Robey, Robowske, Roth. Rudin, Secor. Simonds, Smith, Sorlien, Stubbs, Sundermeyer. Swanbcrg. Titsworth. Vest. White. Whitesel. Yarden, Conrad First Movement— Under the student leadership of John Heising, the orchestra, one of the oldest musical organizations in the school, was founded in 1909, made its debut in an Easter concert, and terminated the season by assisting at the commencement exercises that same year. Roswell Wilkes took up the baton a year later and Heising resumed an orchestral position. Second Movement— Credits for work done in music increased the membership, until by 1921 there were forty-eight pieces. During the course of the orchestra’s career, it has purchased over 300 worth of instruments and music. Through the courtesy of R. D. Merchant, a West high parent, the orchestra has added three violas, two violins, and one cello—all donated by him. Third Movement— West in its musical career has starred not only for its orchestra as a whole, but for its outstanding members. Because of her ability as cellist, Bessie Brown, winner of the city high’s cello contest, appeared with the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra in one of its regular concerts on March 13, 1925. Two other outstanding members in the history of the orchestra arc Ruth Ackerman, violinist, and Frances Gilman, harpist. Finale— Besides assisting the Glee Club in its presentation of South in Sonora, it has performed its duty at commencement exercises, the class play, and auditoriums this year. RADIO CLUB BACK ROW: Holulmn, W«li r. Ht«� , Mercury; Birton, Holme SECOND ROW: PrrMon. Sclitnidt, Wight. Ludwig. Chief Operator I'RONT ROW; Potter, preaideni; Mr. Andrew , adviser; Leith, president W 9 B R T has operated as a unit for ten years. In 1922 it was the Engineers’ club, with the call G Q T. In 1926, under the present name of Radio Club, it was put on an enduring basis as a school organization by Payson Gould, and a 1000-watt motor generator with a 60-watt tube was installed as part of the club equipment. IN 1928, with a newly purchased Silver Marshall receiving set, operators of the club reached Egypt, Japan, England and Holland. From 1929 to 1931, with Conrad Krueger as sole operator, club activities lapsed. Then a new constitution was adopted, and a 50-watt crystal controlled transmitter was installed. At present the club membership stands at fifteen, of whom six are licensed operators. Approximately six hundred different stations have been reached, and over 5000 conversations carried on during the past few years by the club operators. Their services include messages sent free of charge to any part of the United States. During the Mississippi flood, hurricane disasters, and the recent California earthquake, the club has played a useful part in relaying messages. During the Byrd expedition to the South Pole members were able to maintain their contact with Little America. Largely through the efforts of David Grimes, an alumnus, now of Inverse Duplex fame, a public address system was built up in 1928. The club is now laying plans for school activity broadcasts during lunch periods and before and after regular school hours. ROUND TABLE BACK ROWi Campbell, Larsen, This . Siendcrson, Ryder SECOND ROW: Coleman, Avery. Comb, Irvin, Graves. Opfrr FRONT ROW: Johnson, treasurer; Thather. president; Miss Loekhart. adviser; Stowe, vice-president; Clark, secretary II SO chanced that in the fall of 1920, a group of errant knights in whom the talcs of Arthur and Sir Tristram stirred mightily, met with Miss Clara B. Leet, then keeper of the scrolls, and revived the great and storied Round Table of Britain's glowing past. And that about them might rest the atmosphere of braver times, the walls wherein they held domain were hung with great panels, speaking pictorially the quest of the older Table Round and the deeds of Galahad, who found the Grail. These panels were added year on year, each the memorial of a class which in its turn must don an armor for conflict in the outer world. So it is fitting that they left their school a tribute to the legend of Sir Galahad, most courteous knight, who, like the Round Table Club, bore Service” as his watchword. Now there are definite duties for the twenty students who sit with Miss Janet Lockhart, now librarian, in the circle renowned of legend. The maintenance of order through different periods of the day devolves upon these members, according to the disposition of their time. There is also the duty of checking student passes, and this must be done with surpassing accuracy, with promptness, and with consistent impartiality, so that there are qualifications for those who would be of the membership. One must be a junior or a senior, since maturity of judgment is desirable and one must have commendable scholarship and, forsooth, a recommendation to boot. In the second year of its existence, 1921, the Round Table sponsored a book drive which increased the library by 500 volumes. For the purpose of selecting a bookplate the club conducted, in 1925, a school-wide art contest. Rodman Thacher, club president for the past year, estimates that an average of 450 students come daily to the library for reference work. SERVICE CLUB BACK ROW: Tilloifon, Ro � . PmmW. Andrew . Boblett, Gerbcrdme THIRD ROW: Wh.iFMl, Richard ton, Dudley. Beaman, Avery SECOND ROWl Neegeli. Btoomgren. Proper, Reiter, Ponliua. Loechlrr FRONT ROW: Wamtley, oecretary; Smith, vicepreudent; Mr. Chandler, advitcr; Donovan, president; O'Brien, treasurer “T_JOT dogs, candied apples, bars and popcorn! Buy here!” cried by Service A A Club vendors midst the excitement and thrills of football games during the past season enriched the club coffers by $317 and well illustrates the spirit of this Western organization. The club was formed in the spring of 1927 for the sole purpose of serving the school by giving financial aid to athletics and other school organizations. At yearly elections its members, two boys and two girls from each class, are selected by their respective groups from a recommended list. During the first year of its existence, the Service Club conducted a successful paper sale, supervised the advertising for the school’s county fair, and held a candy sale which netted over $40. Miss Maud G. Beck was adviser of the club at that time. In 1929, members of the club ushered at P. T. A. functions, purchased records for the typing department, and bought cups for the swimming and cross country teams. With F. A. Chandler as adviser since 1931, the Service Club earned over $250 by sponsoring sunlitcs and special movies. Most of this money was spent for athletic equipment. One of the organization’s outstanding activities has been the compilation of a West High Handbook completed in the past year. The handbook contains information on school regulations and brief write-ups on all athletic and club activities. It was written especially to acquaint incoming sophomores with West. Outstanding members of the club include William Murphy, James Esterly, Bob Yohc, Loren Lindquist, Olga Kuchynka, Marian Carpenter, and Elizabeth Donovan, its presidents from 1927 to 1933. Besides the aid it has given athletic organizations, the club has added local welfare work to its program. SCRIPT CLUB BACK ROW: J. Smith. O'Hara. Shedlov, Nation, ncratary ’J)i Ryder SECOND ROW: Stein, Belt, Bearman. Mayer, Speliopoulo . Anderson l-RONT ROW: R Smith, president ‘32: Buell, treasurer 'J2; Mi Orton adviser; Regan, vice-president 'J|; Levy, president ‘ii Tis not enough to sing. If singing raise A tower of endeavor towards some moon That it not had for reaching, ’tit enough. Sixteen the springs since muse first rose among us Bearing the bright name of the old-world bards. Where we have been is night; whom we have known Has change cut off. It yet remains to live. Finding new firmaments though old ones fail; It yet remains to love the things to be. This club of ours, where ghosts from Hamlet hover And Teasdale’s spirit strings await the touch. Long dedicate to vision and refreshments— Some damter leap of frail pentameters, Some flakier pretzels than the ones before— At leaving it, we leave this wisp of song Because that hunger and the years arc long. SCRIPT CLUB SCRIPT CLUB was founded in the fall of 1918 by a group of young writing aspirants with Miss Jane Souba as adviser. Formerly the Debate and Literary clubs had been combined under this name. At first Script restricted its membership to seventeen, but it was soon discovered that the club quota should be determined by literary ability and the membership became indefinite, at the discretion of Scriptcrt themselves. In 1924, under the faculty advisership of F. Dudley Parsons, Miss Lulu B. Utley and Miss Susan Heffernan, Script club published High School Poems with a foreword by the internationally known critic and poet, Louis Untermeycr. This collection of verse, garnered from high schools throughout the nation, contained several poems by Script members. Mr. Parsons served as sole adviser from 1925 to 1928. The club participated in the Creative Writing Contest during the past two years, and has also submitted manuscripts to the National Scholastic contests. Last year, Elizabeth Klein and Ruth Coopertnan of Script placed first in the fields of drama and short story, respectively, in the city-wide contest. Jim Kline, then president, gained mention in essay, and Sarah Wallace and Ray Smith won recognition in the poetry division. In the 1933 contest, Andrew Nelson won first place in essay, while Ray Smith took first in the extemporaneous feature of the contest and received honorable mention in poetry. Bill Best, not a Scripter, placed second in essay. During the year of 1932-1933, under the leadership of Ray Smith and James Levy, the club had as guest speakers Curtis Erickson and David Shannon, both former Scripters. The club now meets on Mondays, alternating with De Pol, in the room of the club adviser, Miss Wanda Orton. ENTRIES IN CREATIVE WRITING CONTESTS EPITAPH FOR E. D. She was reflectively inclined, And introspectively confined, She pined; But now to greater Grace resigned. And with a pleasure undefined, She revels in Eternal Mind. —Helen Mayer, Script REPORT OF BATTLE The soldiers of Saint Patrick. Are rising from the earth A host of tiny Irishmen Of sturdy Irish worth. Uncounted millions of them Are camped upon the ground As brave a band of fighting blades As anywhere is found. ’Tis certain we're outnumbered By ranks so fine and thick, But fear you not, Geneva! The lawnmower turns the trick! —David Ingerman, Script DEVASTATING DIANA You’re more elusive than my lightest thought. You're more remote than my deepest thought. You’re--------------too much for me! I’m going to bed! —Lucile Pazandak, Script HANDSOME IS When I shall wed, I used to state, A handsome man shall be my fate, With flashing eyes of melting brown, A cap of curls that won't stay down; A seamy face of sun-tanned hue, A manly chin—but dimpled too. Yet that's forgot these many years, For you, my dear, have floppy ears. —Sarah Wallace, Script REMEMBER ME Remember me as one who loved and lost you And yet, through all these strange and shifting spheres, Among the chaos on a night-drenched hillside, Retains his courage still to meet the years. Remember me as one who knew your laughter And hears it ringing often in his heart; As one who, having known, is always lonely, And yet who will not fail to play his part. —Ray W. Smith, Script DEAD LEAVES The leaves are lovely. All the trees Have made confetti for the breeze To scatter in a joyous dance Of dying days and red romance. The leaves are lovely on the ground; A colored quilt lies all around In printed patterns on the grass For winds to walk on as they pass. The leaves were lovely in the spring; In little voices they would sing Of everything you did and said; But this is fall. The leaves are dead. —Beatrice E. Stein A QUESTION FOR GOD THE woman backed away from the open door. She looked straight ahead of her yet saw nothing. The boy at the door glanced at her queerly, shook his head, and turned away. What is it, mummy?” a small, even voice inquired. The woman turned slowly and stared across the room out the window. She leaned her hands on the ironing board in front of her to steady herself. Her hands slowly smoothing the cloth cover. Nothing. Nothing at all.” Two scolding sparrows flew across her vision outside the window and drew her thoughts back to material things. She turned jerkily and closed the door leading to the hall, then she took up her iron again. A thought raced through her head. Five cents a pound. Five cents a pound.” She couldn't understand why this thought should cause her such great mental perturbation. Mummy.” Yes, child.” There is that old pigeon over there on the other roof. I do hope it comes here again. Have you any crumbs to feed it?” Crumbs to feed it. Crumbs to feed it. Crumbs to feed it. What did you say, child?” Have you any little bits of bread to give it?” Bits of bread, oh, yes.” She shook her head and bent again to her ironing. Her eyes left the white sheet in front of her and crossed slowly to the window taking in every detail of the floor. Its cracks here and there. Its old, torn rag-rug. Then the bed, normally low', placed upon blocks in order that its occupant, a small wan girl, might look out the window. She saw the clean sheets, the worn blankets folded smooth, the small face on the big pillow her large eyes looking out the window' now, at a pigeon on the ledge. The girl felt the eyes of her mother upon her. She turned. The woman hastily, almost guiltily, lowered her eyes to the ironing board again. The child spoke gently, Why don’t you get the bread, mother?” What’s that child?” Why don’t you get the crusts for the pigeon?” The woman smiled sadly, slowly crossed the room to the cupboard behind her. She groped in the practically bare interior and returned with a few crusts of bread. Here it is, child, you give it to the pigeon.” The child lay still a short time watching the pigeon eat the crumbs. Then she spoke in a firm voice, I am going with the pigeon, mother.” The woman stared straight and hard out the window. The thought kept repeating itself in her mind. She is going with the pigeon, she is going with the pigeon. I am going with the pigeon. I am going with the pigeon.” She pulled the plug of the iron from the socket hanging from the ceiling. She leaned the board against the wall, then she very carefully turned the handles of the gas range and crossing the room firmly pushed the window down. She took one of the straight-backed chairs that had supported the board over to the head of the bed by the window, leaving the other chair in the middle of the room. She sat down at the head of the bed and gently stroked the forehead of the child. The pigeon cooed as it finished the last of the crumbs. It flew swiftly away. The hand of the woman slipped lifeless over the face of the child, but the child did not feel it. A few blocks away in a city park children were at play. One group in particular was noisy and joyous. A young woman wheeled a baby carriage about and at the same time kept an eye on the little folks around her. Her ward was brightly watching every thing that went on about him. His bright blue eyes followed the slow, even flight of a pigeon through the air. The pigeon landed nearby and engaged in its endless search for crumbs. The baby started to cry. The crowd of children grew silent and slumped to the ground as if in weariness. One boy feverishly pulled tuft after tuft of the bright,green grass from the ground. The nurse almost roughly stopped him. The tame squirrels scurried into their nests. The pigeon waddled slowly away. It was not far from the park to the freight yards. In a rather quiet spot of the otherwise noisy yards two men were speaking in low tones. They did not work there. It won’t be long now,” a harsh voice said. The cops ought to be wise now.” Gee, did you hear that?” What’s the matter with you, Joe, are you getting jumpy? I tell you we ain’t got nothing to worry about long as we lay low in the box car.” Joe said that it must be the noise of the doggone pigeon that was giving him the jitters. A few minutes of strict silence passed. Then Joe complained, That darn bird’l drive me nuts. I’m goin’ to see if I can shag it away.” Then from the door of the box car, Psst, Bill, here’s the son of a gun chewin’ some oats from this car. I’m goin’ to heave this club at it.” Hey, nix,” protested Bill, but his warning came too late. The club flew trom Joe’s hand. His aim was wide, and the club slid along the side of the car on the next track and knocked off a tin sign that clattered to the ground with a noise that sounded like the heavens falling. A voice suddenly pealed out, Captain! They’re right here!” O. K. boys let’s go. Let 'em have it.” The sound of scuffling feet was punctuated by revolver shots, but the pigeon that was to blame did not hear much of it. At the first sign of alarm it had taken off with loudly flapping wings and disappeared. The pigeon alighted on the roof of a house that was third from the corner. By the morning after its arrival it had resurrected an old nest under the eaves. At seven-thirty the third morning a man with a brief case came out of the house. He looked searchingly at the cooing pigeon and clapped his hands. The pigeon flew across the street to the roof of a colonial house fifth from the corner, returning when the gentleman with the brief case was out of sight. At four o’clock that afternoon a boy closed the back door softly from the outside and walked nonchalantly to the front yard. He had an air rifle in his hand. The pigeon was rather startled to hear a sharp whistle of wind. At the boy’s second shot three small feathers glided down to earth from the breast of the rapidly retreating bird. But the pigeon did not die. No, nor the next day. A fog settled down thick at dusk. Through the dense atmosphere the bird flew directly north, finding death that night in the guise of a brick wall. A disgusted housekeeper removed from the mouth of a cat the little inert body that had once been a living pigeon. So is the time of man. We spend time to educate. We educate to create. We create to survive. And wc survive but to perish. —Seymour Holley, B Senior I AM A SCRUBBER IT IS not everyone who can scrub a kitchen floor. There are only a scattered few, at most, who possess enough of that delectable moral appetizer known as arrogance to step brazenly forth above the quivering masses and actually boast of their ability to wield a wicked scrubbing brush. However, I can honestly acclaim without a trace of egoism that my Saturday morning identity is in a close fraternity with these. Once a week I am a scrubber and it is with an exuberant sense of pride that I declare it; for this elegant pre-Sabbath profession is to me closely akm to the sanctified rituals of an orthodox baptism, and the corner kitchen mat, which being a second cousin to the basement stairway and official recipient for dirt, coal dust and garden clods, often bears the holy appearance of a sinner waiting to be shrived with the sacraments of the scrubbing pail. Hence, I am not only a scrubber and a very good one, but also a gentleman of the cloth, administering to the linoleum and its reciprocals the cleansing touch for which in six days out of seven it hungers and thirsts in vain. To those whose scrubbing avocations are limited to their ears and an occasional pair of silk hose, it would no doubt appear that the advanced position of kitchen floor scrubbing is of purely mechanic consequence and is scarcely to be termed creative. They are in the most ghastly depths of their own fallacy. Kitchen floor scrubbing entails the most assiduous animation of thought process, the most laborious and intense form of concentration and is the very life cell of inspiration. Could the eminent Plato have enjoined in but a single tussle with our family scrubbing brush, he would have demonstrated the theory of relativity before he reached the second leg of the kitchen table. I myself once discovered the complete sextet of an abandoned sonnet ?n the eleventh vertical movement of the soap rag and would have composed the verse entirely had I not reached the termination of my labor at that point—and it has always been a standard scrubbing policy never to undertake an assignment twice, for the peril of absent-mindedly scrubbing through the floor and interfering with the domesticity of the neighbors is only too apparent. Scrubbing must be at all costs kept a private occupation. The greatest problem in scrubbing the kitchen floor is to draw up a suitable battle front at which to begin one’s attack. The kitchen sink, the pantry door, the dining room portals—all have a peculiar lure of their own, but after years of experience I have found it better by far to begin at the kitchen sink and gradually back out in a series of reverse movements into the next room, rather than conclude the operation at that point ahd spend a dull half-hour nodding in the crumbiest kitchen corner waiting for the floor to dry its face with the tantalizing zephyrs from the curtained window. I must confess that were it not for the beneficence of the kitchen linoleum, the scrubbing profession would lose a great deal of its popular appeal. This floor covering is of a magnificent pea and olive green and is marked off in convenient squares as if it were a wooded lot under the knife of a real estate agent. In certain of the squares are the picturesque figures of castles and knights over which I customarily linger lovingly with the scrubbing brush, giving then extra dabs here and there in deference to their remarkable patience with the boots of the iceman. Then, when all is completed, what glorious revelation greets the enraptured gaze of the scrubber! The green linoleum is actually shining with all the radiance of Apollo; the squared figures smile and shimmer with cleanliness, and the floor frame about the whole green picture is as white as goat’s milk in the churn. Of course, there are a few discrepancies, such as under the radiator and the stove where the brush and rag failed to make proper contact, but even in the face of these adversities, the triumph is supreme in its achievement. Yes, I am a scrubber and a good one. What is more I shall always be a scrubber as long as there exist kitchen floors with green linoleums and soap and brushes to scrub them with. Let them try to put me in an office chair at a desk with gold ink wells. Let them try. I will not stay, for 1 am a scrubber and I love my scrubbing. —Jim Kline, June, 19)2 THE FACE OF THINGS GOOD maps arouse the weary, provoke the thoughtful, delight the imaginative, fire the adventurous; they exert the strange, uplifting fascination of the long, vibrant melancholy of a locomotive bell and the dull, booming roar of a steamer whistle, singing, echoing their plea to wanderlust from hillside and harbor. He is a craftsman of honored skill, the cartographer who depicts the planet in all her ancient loveliness and glory, and though he scorn drab conventionalities of meridian and closure, an eye for a lively, bouncing dolphin and an intriguing coastline is ample retribution. This artisan steeps his atlas in the majesty of mountain range and ocean, the pomp and panoply of history; to music, grand concord of mystery and passion, to poetry, sweetest gift of the gods, to philosophy, somber puzzle of substance and shadow, his trade is peer: together they exalt the lofty Gothic fabric, life, and hence its foundation, aged Earth. Earth, the mother of old, is the map maker’s province. The dragging, ponderous changes of time, the rumbling advance of chill glaciers from the frigid north, the carving of the hills and the graving of the valleys, the rise of great waters arc his concern. He knows where the huge, rolling glacial rivers, clear and cold as the ice of their origin, took their stately course to the ocean; where the land in travail begot the towering mountains that rear their arrogant heights to the clouds and contemplate the seas; how the first land mass arose from the brawling deep and extended its domain and became a garden, luxuriant with tree and flower and plant, abode of grimly uncouth beast and bird. He beholds the years when the great deluge immersed forest and prairie in warm, rich folds of rain, and the deserts drank deep of sustenance from above; he perceives the day when the planet, a flaming fragment of molten star dust, hurtled through the dim enormity of silence, winging its way like a golden eagle on high. Familiar to him also are the placid comeliness of meadow and hillside, the delight of quiet retreats hidden away in the fields where broad acres of grain, pale yellow and gold in the sunlight, lie waving, nodding, calling in their hushed, subtle voices. He loves the Mediterranean, a sea blue as the eyes of the Ice People, but smiling and affectionate, a blue heaving sea on which the first men sailed and fought and shouted their challenge to God and died that others might live on the shores where blue swells crash and die also, only to see others march in from the horizon to crash and fall twinkling and shattered, in triumph. He respects the Atlantic, cold and harsh, defying the sun, roaring its rage and hurling legions on the cliffs with all the din of battle, yelling, its hair loose in the gale as it rides to war. He remembers the northland, its clean, sweet winds that pound like song at his soul, the rude, persistent shout of turbulent rapids, the proud grace of Norways mirrored in a still pool at dawn; and old Lake Superior of the grey, wheeling gulls and the stark headlands that brood over her capricious moods, broad Lake Superior where tiny hamlets cling to the feet of the promontories in trepidation at the menace of the boisterous waters that extend to the violet distance. Take him to Tyre, whence golden galleys sailed beyond the Pillars of Hercules and returned plying heavily on the brimming tide, deep laden with the spoil and profit of far peoples and foreign strand; to Athens, mother of the West, show him the Parthenon looming grandly fair as dawn in Attic sky; he will hail them as well known. In fantastic Oriental cities he finds the unpretentious shops charging outrageous sums for graceful porcelains and brilliant textiles, and is quite at home in the tortuous, malodorous alleys. Again, in the babbling uproar of an industrial city, aglare with the lurid glow of steel mills, or on the high seas where there are only the green, shining waves and the grey-bellied clouds whipping down wind, in Vallambrosa or Lagado, the fellow is poised and appreciative of their beauty. You sec, he is a man of the world. —Andrew Nelson, Script SILVER TRIANGLE BACK ROW: Lax ton. Shrdlov. Pourhrr. Siverts. Salmon. Dorrancr. OUtad FOURTH ROW: Slrttein rk. NucmI� , Chat . Pivrton. Gowan, Fear THIRD ROW: Sol berg. Robert.. Lang. Retilaff. Beckgren SECOND ROW: Woodcock. Sacha. Gteuon. Wyact. Faetkenheuer. Lee FRONT ROW: Schell, program: Gregory, president: Miss Gude, adviser: Bell, treasurer; Christoffer. vice-president; Young, secretary Not in picture: Miss Leigh, adviser STRIVING, always, under the guidance of Miss Thercse Gude and Miss Lillian Leigh, faculty advisers, toward its prime object, to face life squarely, the Silver Triangle has carried on in West since March, 1931. Prior to that date the club was one with the Blue Triangle. This group, for sophomore girls, is much like that of its elder sisters in its purposes and activities. Like the Blue Triangle, it is closely associated with the Y. W. C. A. and enjoys all of its privileges. New members are initiated by means of a Recognition Service, similar to that of the older group although held independently. Service and good fellowship characterize all activities. During the Christmas vacation members made their annual pilgrimage to the Joncs-Harrison Home where they presented a program and sang Christmas carols. During the holiday season the members made scrapbooks, which were sent as gifts to Indian children on government reservations, and dressed dolls to be distributed by the Holiday Bureau. This term the Silver Triangle spent one meeting in preparing Easter baskets for children in settlement houses. Members of the Silver Triangle enjoy many good times. During the winter a sleigh-ride was held, and in the spring term the organization gave an Alice in Wonderland” party, with many of the storybook characters as their guests. Even the Mad Hatter was present. The Silver Triangle, again similar to its big sister, is run by a board. Miss Ruth Marshall of the Y. M. C. A. assists in planning activities. STAGE CREW Cornrliun, rltcinriini IWIIi , Mage manager; Fo� om, tttlmm Mage manager; McMillan, clan play Mage manager WONDER what a performance looks like from backstage? Not many of the student body have thought much about it, perhaps, or considered that one of the factors necessary to the presentation of a stage entertainment is the small group of Westerners whose duty it is to raise and lower the curtains, take care of lighting effects and shift scenery. Yet no organized body at West has worked with such consistency and regularity as the stage crew. There are neither special meetings nor initiations nor Weekly writeups for the small group of boys who, however, are always on the alert to serve the school at assembly programs or during plays and special performances. Jesse Moore, machine shop instructor, acts as adviser to the crew. To qualify, a boy must be well up in his studies and possess a mechanical turn of mind. The crew is limited at all times to four members. Richard Beilis has served as stage manager, leading the little group during the past term. Nelson Cornelius has acted as electrician for the past four years, the second in his family to serve the stage crew in that capacity. Mr. Moore believes that of all performances which the crew has staged. Death Takes a Holiday, the class play of last June’s graduating class, was the most difficult presentation, both for staging and lighting effects. Among the operettas tn which the stage crew has had a part during the past few years are Bells of Capistrano, Oh Doctor, Don Mumo and South tn Sonora, the latter being presented in May of this term. U. C. BOARD BACK ROW: Purdy. Buell. H � ilcn. Bartholomew, Volk. Gleason SECOND ROW: Dodd. L«� � . Hum, secretary; Hughes, treasurer; Proper FRONT ROW; Morn, president; Mr . Rochford. Mu Thomas, advisers; Dye, vice-president JUST girls together” getting along splendidly has been the U. C. objective since its inception in 1914. Although changing times have altered methods of procedure, the original purpose, that of serving the school and the community and providing wholesome entertainment for junior and senior girls, has remained the same. Some of the projects undertaken in the past years were periodical luncheons featuring vocational talks by prominent Minneapolis business women; entertainments for charity; a campaign for simplified dress for high-school girls; entertainment of the Young Australian League, which visited West in 1929; work in the girls’ rest room, the lunchroom and the third-floor museum. Prior to Thanksgiving the U. C. sponsored a sunlitc, proceeds of which were donated to charity. The girls made scrapbooks and dressed dolls, some of which were sold as Christmas gifts, while the remainder was distributed to the children attending the Christmas Settlement House party. This year a new project, tutoring, was inaugurated. For this, girls aided teachers in make-up work or in giving special assistance to pupils behind in their classes. After a member has spent ten hours in at least three branches of U. C. activities, she is awarded a service pin. Following the last membership drive, resulting in a record-breaking enrollment of over three hundred, the board feted the new members. Two annual events, which took place as usual this year, were the Senior Farewell tea and the Mothers’ and Daughters’ banquet, at which new officers were presented. WEEKLY STAFF BACK ROW: R. Smith. Boblvtt. Burrill. [jllrtkov, MirJi, GhiliK. Morn. Rohb , FIFTH ROW: Andrrn, Gerberdinf. Baker. Hittlrn. J. Smith, Richardaon. Levy FOURTH ROW i Donovan. Mai(r«, Wareslcy. Comb. Bra man, Harri THIRD ROW- Avery. Regan. Li� � . Dreiman, Stein. Nation, Krikten SECOND ROW: Dodd. Mayer. Pierson. Speliopoulos. Warner. Kromrk FRONT ROW: Bearman: Wold; Kuchynka; Mi� Utley, adviaer; Ingalls; Johnson; Drake WEST HIGH WEEKLY, ALL AMERICAN PACE MAKER Has Been Mimeograph, Six and Seven Columns Previous to Eight-Column Form The West High Weekly has been issued in one form or another since 1914. Miss Edith Penney, now in Bronxville, New York, acted as first adviser to the journalistic-minded folk of West. Formerly, the school possessed its own printing press which announced the proximity of Weekly Day” when the machinery went into action. A throbbing sensation pulsated along every classroom floor like an electric thrill. The paper has passed through several stages of evolution, having been a mimeographed sheet, a six- and then a seven- column paper before its present eight column form was adopted by the editors Harry T. Levin and Jim Esterly in 1929. Among the most popular columns which the Weekly has run are Sound and Fury, originated in 1926 by John Harvey; Lookin' 'Em Over, which was first written eleven years ago by Red Dunlap; and Cat and Dogma, begun by Harry Levin in 1929. During the past year, Bob Burrill's Winchcl-lizing West has proven popular with the school. WEEKLY SECOND-BEST IN MATIN ALARM CLOCK TILT Although the Weekly has labored for some time under strained conditions financially, it assures its readers that it has never descended to such depths as the following for publicity's sake: One day last June, an enterprising Unknown rose at about three bells and in consequence thereof arrived at the printshop five hours by the clock in advance of the Weekly's winged Mercury. 1400 sheets and the insomnolcnt individual disappeared together. 8:10 in 105, anxious staff members; 8:30 in 105, encore. Messrs. Jim Kline and Bob Reed have gone down town to search high and low for evil faced men with bulging shirt fronts who smirk. Ultimately, the Wecklys, some torn beyond recognition, were found by two strolling maidens strewn along Lake of the Isles. And the curtain falls on the Weekly's one great unsolved problem, aside from that of sales. (Comments of the Staff: There are ex- tremely well-founded suspicions.) FROM THE FILES 1915 November 11 marked the first Green and White Day in West’s history. The cowboy football squad celebrated by defeating Central’s eleven. 1916 January 20. English teachers edited minimum requirements for the course at West. February 3. The Weekly published President Wilson’s warning Prepare for the future.” February 24. A boy’s beauty contest was planned. (Behold! the Weekly foreran the United States Congress in Woman Suffrage by granting votes to the feminine element in determining poise and pulchritude amongst the menfolk.) March 18. Green and White trackmen took honors at Central. Earl Martineau starred. 1918 September 20. Garret Mandeville and Ernest Wold were killed in airplane accidents in France. Charles Hildebrand. Stephen Sherman, Harold Linnell and Philip Benton were reported killed in action”. October 11. With 42 West boys in service in the 151st Artillery, Floyd Gibbons gave the Weekly news of Westerners in France. j9,9 June 13. North was the only competing high school to offer notable opposition as West romped away with city track meet honors. October 3. President Wilson praised Minneapolis High school students as the happiest and most intelligent looking I have noticed on my tour.” 1920 June 11. Preceding the Republican Convention by eight years, members of Miss Amanda J. Sundean’s history classes nominated Herbert Hoover for president in a mock balloting. October 8. Beloit College presented the West Weekly a Silver Cup in recognition of its first place winning in the journalistic contest held at that institution. December 3. George Matchan was elected ’21 Grid Captain by his teammates. 1921 February 11. Further use of the auditorium for plays or other performances was forbidden by the city building inspector until it could be made fireproof. February 18. Don Munio” was presented by West chorus classes. June 10. West’s track team, under Captain Rugg, closed the season by winning the city meet. November 2. West high was the chosen center for 200 Minnesota press delegates. December 2. The Weekly won over seventeen states in the press conference at Madison, Wisconsin, after taking first in the Minnesota event. 1922 January 20. Miss Ruth Wilson conducted a book drive for inmates of the Thomas and Asbury hospitals. A petition for abolition of military drill in Minneapolis high schools was presented to the school board by parents. February 3. Dedication of West’s new organ was set for May 4, and a special recital planned to raise the final payment. 1924 February 29. A West Alumni Reunion brought 300 old grads together. May 9. John N. Greer was appointed to succeed C. W. Board man as principal at West. J926 October 8. The school auditorium was near completion. October 29. Curtains, scenery, motion apparatus were installed in the new assembly hall; the P. T. A. donated rugs for the stage. November 12. The greatest Green and White day West has ever known; in addition, alumni and visitors' day. Board of Education day, Faculty day, Students' and P. T. A. day, as well as the celebration of the opening of West's auditorium. 1927 January 18. Under Captain Bud Jensen, West won the Arena trophy for its sixth consecutive hockey championship. 1928 September 28. The School Board approved of the Athletic field plans and chairman Max Keith of the P. T. A. began to lay its plans. ,929 June 7. Superintendent W. F. Webster gave the school a bust of the Lone Eagle,” Lindbergh, which is now in the school li-brary. ,93() September 26. West’s Memorial Athletic Field was dedicated, Mayor Kunze spoke. The first football game of the season, won 7—0 against North, was played after the ceremonies. November 21. Edgar A. Guest addressed the school assembly. 1931 May 22. Jim Kline, A Junior, won a trip to the Orient for his essay entered in a National Publication Contest. 1932 June 14. The largest class so far in West’s history, numbering about 400, was graduated. September 30. The West Hi-Y chapters embarked upon a five year plan, featuring the abolishing of fraternity spirit and closer unity of Hi-Y groups. October 14. Final tryouts for the January Senior Class play, The Royal Family, were completed. West contributed $15.00 to the Minneapolis Save Our Symphony” campaign. October 21. A special Green and White Weekly was issued, in various colors. November 18. Plans for the third city creative writing contest were laid, with the chairmanship in the hands of West faculty. The Service Club planned a West High handbook. December 9. Seventy-five from West attended the Hi-Yf Girl Reserve Conference. December 16. (Christmas issue) West gave $52.00 to a scholarship fund for the needy. ,93J January 13. Seven Juniors and twenty Seniors, A and B, were presented with National Honor keys. January 27. Anna Virginia Hughes, of the June graduating class, placed first in a balloting for Miss West High.” March 10. Due to the bank holiday, the Weekly maintained a daily bulletin of school news instead of publishing the usual sheet. March 17. The Student Council conducted an anti-jaywalking campaign. April 24. West tied Central in the third Citywide Authors' Tournament. The Weekly received ranking as one of the ten leading high-school publications in the United States. WINCHELLIZING WEST By Bob Burrill SENIOR’S SWAN SONG_____________ Achieved, at last, is that degree, Absurdly slow to come to me ... . Oh, it isn't the gold-sealed scroll, I’ll soon embrace, that’s been my goal! But rather this—a knowledge of— That rapturous art some call love! Released, in time, from junior high, I entered West, a guileless guy .... The ways of fetus to me were Greek, And when some gel to me did speak, How queerly did my heart respond! Yet—from the day that sophomore blonde, Did dig into my wallet dear, The wiles of wrens have seemed quite clear! Recall I too, that eve when Dee, Vamoosed and copped a scram on me ... . My memory, too, does never miss. The night when Jane I sought to kiss! My lips neared hers in this novel game. When in storms Paw to park his frame! Ah-h, yes—I’ve learned of gels’ nice ways, Throughout my torrid high-school daze! Max Tetzlaff, Junior The average stude spends 6000 hours plugging texts in high school before he graduates (and iookut yerselves!) . . . .Jean Richardson and Wally (president) Robb are uh-huh .... Eichhorn and Tillotson (CXC—heh) have kicked aside their rompers .... Freddy Engen yanks sodas at a local pill shop .... Severance and Pontius aren’t kidding .... Bob Roby carries roller skates in the grumble seat of his car! .... Bender (in muh hair) Keegan ponders if popping off a columnist would be justifiable homicide! (Hcl-lup, mama!) Wilbuh (Huh-Hot!) Turpin shakes the ankles and canaries manuh chunes at the Boulevards .... Barbara (Royal Family) Odell and Earl Van Valkenburg are like that about It ... . Bob Saxton and Priscilla Rittenhouse are afire .... Andy (Shylock) Nelson flunked in conduct at Fulton! (tsk tsk)----- Jack Edgecumbe will sling aside the primers to flame on the legit .... Nancy Greer and Darrell Holt are Trying the Ice . . . Add Similes: As annoying as Margaret Johnson’s array of bonnets (Grrrrr!) . . . . Al Wold is telling Jane Dodd about his pal, Al . . . . Burnett Edmonson and Margaret Allen arc on fire. Earl Barrett slapped the ivories with a Chi dance orchestra .... Jane Welch and Al Wehr are holding hands .... Shadow Marcus rolls marbles at tin soldiers to humor himself! .... Vernon (pigskin) Blickfeldt and Dorothy Naegeli are taking things seriously . ... An orchid to McCaffrey for some swelegant dances . . . . Add resemblances Donnie Braman to Eddie Cantor ... Ellen Kachelmacher and Johnnie Long are Garbo Gaoling it ... . Loren (Bing) Lindquist is warbling his love chunes to Ruth Van Braak .... An artist splashes Evelyn Peterson’s platinum locks on a canvas .... Hazel Tyson and Nome Lang are making the stops .... Edgar Ingalls (with no cadet uniform to drape over his frame) is taking bids from a coupla tent makers! .... June LaVczzi and Art (Stinky) Davis are Ho-Hum .... Russ Nelson and Frances Partridge are dimming the lights . . . . Everett Bryant and Mary McNulty are suffering from high blood pleasure. SPORTS ATHLETICS at West, as everywhere, has known varying success. Co-incidental with its rises and slumps we can trace that elusive thing, school spirit, back through twenty-five years. There was a time when loyal supporters had no home field, and that obstacle has been overcome. During the period of our own school life, baseball has been re-instated among prep sports. These are tangible accomplishments, battles won for unnumbered future classes. It is the spirit which effected them which makes our trophy case a significant testimonial that West Wins.” 1913 TWIN CITY CHAMPIONS (No rival crossed their goal) ATHLETIC ' i 1932 FOOTBALL TEAM BACK ROW: Jackton. coach: Nelaon, inimni coach; D Benjamin. Sacked. l-'roM. Tail. NeUou. Smith, Burger. Wood. R Green. Deming, manager SliCOND ROW: Striker, Bredeten. Thompson, Mack, Dalton. Wvkotf. co-captain: Dallman, co-captain: Schanke, Berg, Hunner. Paxandak FRONT ROW: Halvorton, Pom I(. captain-elect; E. Benjamin, Fountain, Woolle , E. Green, Koester, Blomficld, BlicVMdt, Pepin, Day FOOTBALL IN THE good old days when football was played as football, West high made a name for itself that has long been engraved upon the annals of pigskin history. As early as 1910 West won both city and Twin City honors, but 1913 was the year that the Green and White started its winning football drive. Under coaching by Adrian Voight, the team romped through all city competition, including shutout wins over North, Central, South, and East. Minneapolis will long remember West’s 1915 eleven. Lop-sided scores characterize the way in which the team swept through all opposition until the final championship clash which East won 7 to 0. That year the Green and White piled up 158 points while all the opponents could score were 13. Included on the team were such gridiron greats as Stone, Weir, Ruben, and Earl Martineau, later a Minnesota All-American and now assistant coach under Fritz Crislcr at Princeton. By virtue of winning the 1916 title, the Green and White clinched permanent possession of the J. E. Meyers’ football trophy, offered ”to promote keener competition and awaken further interest in football.” Higher scholastic standings on the football team really won for West the Meyers' cup. North having been equally victorious on the gridiron. Years of competition and title-winners: 1913—West 1916—West 19 H—North 1917—Withdrawn—War. 1915—East 1918—North The slump in athletics that accompanied the World War found West going through three successive seasons without victory. The Cowboys broke into the title winning again in 1920, but were balked in their attempt to secure a second consecutive championship the following year, when after shelving Central, North, and South, West lost another 7 to 0 title conflict to East. The East-West feud reached a climax in 1922 when the Cowboys trampled the cross-town foe 14 to 0, upsetting East's hopes of a second consecutive title. Membership in the city league increased to eight with the addition of Edison and Roosevelt in 1923, Marshall in 1924 and Washburn in 1928. East dropped out in 1924. West was tied for the lead with North in 1925 after the Green and White had defeated South and Edison and tied Central and Roosevelt. The West eleven lost to a superior Polar foe 20 to 0 and also forfeited its chances for another title. Jim Esterly captained the 1928 team that finished with only two victories, over Washburn and Marshall, but was rich in physical and moral training. Esterly recently completed an impressive college football career at Harvard. Up until last fall football had lean years at West. The school celebrated the dedication of its new athletic field in the opening game of 1930 by trouncing North, 7 to 0. FOOTBALL, 1932 THRILLS, excitement, and intense rivalry reached tiew heights last fall in a football campaign that goes down in the books as one of the best in Minneapolis high-school history. Because of its fine co-ordination, faithful hard work, excellent brand of play and indomitable spirit, the West high team displayed the Green ahd White banner in all its glory. Led by co-captains Hugh Wikoff, center and Bob Dallman, halfback, Coach Carl Jackson’s veteran squad lost the first game to South, defending champion, by 19 to 0 after the Cowboys had previously trampled over St. Thomas academy 22 to 0. West overcame many of its difficulties when it snatched victory from the hands of a plucky Roosevelt eleven, 14 to 7, by scoring two touchdowns in the final five minutes. In the Green and White Day classic West downed Washburn with passes, 24 to 0. The Green and White took on its traditional Central foe and emerged victorious from a typical gridiron feud with the Red and Blue. The 8—0 win was West’s first victory over Central in ten years. Vindicating the motto West Wins, the Cowboys tied North for second in the standings by eking out a 7 to 0 win from Edison. In the all-important North contest on Armistice Day with both squads fighting in the bitter cold to retain a chance for the title, the Polars triumphed 20 to 12. On a snow-covered gridiron Marshall was crowned city football champion for the first time in its history by overcoming a stubborn West outfit, 13 to 0. The welcomed renewal of the twin city rivalry found Marshall adding to its prestige by downing Washington high, St. Paul champions, 33 to 7. Maurice Dalton was a unanimous choice for all-city tackle, while George Koester, end, came in for recognition on all except city dailies. Joe Day, Sylvester Mack, Hugh Wikoff, Laudell Fountain, Bid Blomfield, Vernon Blickfcldt, George Posselt, 1933 captain, and Earl Halvorson ad received mention on various selections. CROSSCOUNTRY BACK ROW: Minton, Uy.r. D.hUn SECOND ROW- Btnlow, Brimin, Magv . Diwti FRONT ROW: Robb, captain; Zavodtky, coach: lko� n NOT IN PICTURE: Horan, Colwell. Getty. Matton, O'Hara. Penny CROSS-COUNTRY Truly supreme in the field of running, West harriers have amassed a total of ten city and state championships in twenty-one years of competition, clearly outdistancing all other local high schools with claims to such distinctive honors. The outstanding feature of early years of competition was brought to the fore in 1915 when West outran Central for the first time in history, thus insuring the Cowboys possession of the city title. For three successive years following the triumph over the midtown school, Green and White runners defeated Fast in dual encounters but lost the East-Central-West triangular competition. The Green and White rue the day they learned that the race is to the swift. The 1919 endurance aggregation returned the prep title to West after an absence of three years. Next year West relinquished its hold on the title to a rapidly improving South squad. With all schools entered in the 1921 season of competition, the Green and White waged a bitter dual fight with the Tigers. Honors finally changed hands again as West defeated the crosstown team for its second title in three years. Unable to place a leading competitor for local honors in the field during the next two years, the Cowboy squad remained in third place in the standings until the fatal season of 1924. In a seven-meet schedule, a handful of competitors was able to place West in the win column only once. But they were preparing for 1925 in an endeavor to prove that they had moccasins enchanted. With six schools in competition, Western adherents saw their distance men score decisive wins in the first five scheduled contests, only to lose the title to a more experienced Roosevelt team 83 to 37. The Josten trophy emblematic of state high cross-country leadership, reposed in the West trophy case at the close of the 1927 season. Starting the year with but five veterans. Coach Louis N. Zavodsky moulded his men into fit material for the city and state meets, although competition was somewhat disrupted by the last minute withdrawal of Central, Washburn, North and Marshall. Ray Walter captained the title aggregation, garnering first place in each one of the three victories over South, Roosevelt and Edison. In the record encounter of the season, Cowboy runners placed nine consecutive men to score a 104—16 victory over Roosevelt. The 1928 squad, composed mainly of new, inexperienced material, surprised by romping away with the local title and successfully defending the Josten trophy by winning the second consecutive state championship. In the 1929 season, the harriers, led by Captain Willard Tatam, only returning veteran, again upset all pre-season dope by nosing out the favored South squad, 63—57, for a third consecutive championship and permanent possession of the Josten trophy. West’s 1931 squad, again competing with South, Roosevelt and Edison, finished the year in third place, counting its only victory of the season over the fourth place Roosevelt distance men. Last fall the West high hill-and-dalers scampered over the Glenwood course in one meet with South. The Tigers won but were later disqualified. Dick Robb captained the cross country team in the last two seasons. Bob Brown, who is a sterling quartcr-miler, starred last fall. BASKETBALL SINKING winning shots into the hoop has been a comparatively hard job for West high basketball teams. In fourteen years of basketball competition, West has had no city championship to its record. Of the earlier teams, the 1921 aggregation compiled the best record when it finished the season on the floor in a tie for second place. Catching the rebounds in 1924, the Cowboy floormen had one of their best years. They lost but three games to North and Central. That winter they placed among the final leaders. Carl Jackson’s 1929-30 outfit ran itself ragged to end up in fourth place with six wins and four losses. The cold tough winter of 1930-31 found the Green and White coming into its own on the floor when the Cowboy cagers made the closest bid in all West history to a basketball championship. The first time West ever beat Central in basketball occurred auspiciously in the opening game of the campaign at the Minneapolis Auditorium. The Jacksonmen won a long yearned-for triumph over their Red and Blue foe in an intense overtime game, 17—15. Then after the following week, when Ralph Mitby of South potted a last minute shot to enable the Tigers to eke out a 19—18 win. the sturdy lads from West chalked up four straight victories to enter the final game favorites over a fighting Washburn team. The Millers won, however, and prevented West from entering into a play-off with South for the title. Roosevelt was the only team that bowed to A. D. Nelson’s first team in ’31-’32. Coach Nelson took his dark horse squad of seasoned basketeers to St. Cloud early last December before the official season and defeated Technical high school there, 24—17. In the opener with South, the Green made valiant attempts. After trailing 9—1 midway in the first half, West battled uphill to a 13—13 tic and then fell short at 16—13 at the half. The Tiger quintet finally won 30—23. A stubborn Roosevelt five downed the Cowboys next, 24—17. Although Earl Halvorson, forward and captain-elect, halted the brilliant Willie Kolesar, the strength of the Teddies was too much. West started a thrilling comeback drive against Marshall by leading the Cardinals 17—15 at half time, but West lacked the final scoring punch in the last quarter and the Judges ran rampant to win, 34—27. Meeting a rejuvenated West team, North had to extend itself in a hair-raising second episode to snatch a 31—27 win over the victoryless Green. At intervals West had the lead in the game. The Polars later went through to win city and twin-city titles, but fell before Red Wing in the state finals. Meeting its cellar partner, Washburn, the Cowboy basketeers scored their first win of the 1933 season to the tune of 37—17. Earl Halvorson scored fifteen markers for high scoring honors. Continuing their winning streak of the week before. West floormen trounced their old rivals, Central, 25—12, for the second victory in basketball over the mid-towners since the inauguration of the floor sport in 1919. West bowed to Edison in the final game of the year to finish the season in a tie with Roosevelt for sixth place. BASKETBALL BACK HOW: Thom. Padaraon, McCoy. NeUon. PomIi SECOND ROWi lire,low. Himn. Striker. Hunner FRONT ROW: Blirkleldl. (tpuia; NeUon. coach; Hal, or,on. captain elect A k TUMBLING BACK ROW: Donald. Gannon. Booth, Gri«r� on, Williamwn FOURTH ROW: Lloyd. C Johnaon. Krith. D ch, Todd. Powv, D. Ornjamin THIRD ROW: Irvin, Garda. Goughnour, Hodga . Bor an SECOND ROW: Oaaland. R. Larson. Norton. Parry FRONT ROW: Athalatan. E. Benjamin. Guetrloe. roach: P. Johnson. Karl Dcch NOT IN PICTURE: Clement. Paul. Martin, McFaddcn, Parandak, Groom. B. Reed. P. Reed TUMBLING TUMBLING on the mats or flying through the air on the rings and horizontal bars as an outlet for an overabundance of youthful zest and nerves, an octet of Cowboy athletics introduced the sport of the gym squad into West high’s athletic curriculum in 1927. The original group, consisting of Bill Blaisdell, Bill Deutsche, Jack and Bill Gleason, Dick Hutchinson, Phil Kriedt, Jasper Nicholson, ahd Stafford Norris, was coached by Royal P. Guetzloe on four pieces of apparatus—the horse, the parallel bars, the horizontal bar, and the mats. Green and White enthusiasts, tumbling through four seasons of stiff competition, never finished higher than second in the city and Northwest standings, unable to break the Roosevelt high monopoly on first-place honors. Of the two classes of events, B” and C , honors in the former usually catnc home to roost, but the combined total of West's two sets of points always fell short of the Teddies. The 1932 athletics gave an inkling of what might be on hand in the next few years when the team swept first places in both divisions to remove the Roosevelt jinx on the Northwest tumbling. Unable to maintain that same pace this past year, the Cowboys fell back in line, jockeying into second place behind the Maroon and Gold schools. But for the first time, five Westerners placed in the first ten of both groups, honors accompanied by the presentation of place medals. Of the leading competitors in the B” class, Arnold Athelstan, Erie Benjamin, Carl Dech, and Paul Johnson, Dech and Johnson qualified for honors, while Jack Cleeland, Robert Larson and Howard Gannon paced the C” class finalists. In addition to the above mentioned meets, the Cowboys made an annual pilgrimage to St. Peter, Minnesota, to participate in the Gustavus Adolphus open meet. At home, dual meets complete the season, with South, Edison, North, Roosevelt, and recently, Washburn being the opposition. HOCKEY SLIPPING the puck into the meshes has brought eleven city and twin-city hockey championships to West high in nineteen years. To be more exact the boys who skate around with a stick in pursuit of the slippery little black rubber disk (or someone’s shins) have won nine of these titles in the past twelve campaigns commencing with the installation of W. W. Bradley as puck coach in 1921. At present, organized hockey is not included in the city prep athletic curriculum, although much hope has been extended for its return next winter. In the years preceding the World War, West had one stellar season when the 1914 sextet headed by Ted Wingate bowled over all opposition to claim local honors, and them subdued St. Thomas College of St. Paul for the twin-city title. Central, North and East were the schools that met defeat twice at the hands of the Green and White pucksters. After the Cowboys lost their first place hold to East high the following year, hockey bowed its way out of high-school circles, not to return until 1921, due largely to the natural let-down in activities during and immediately following the World War. Starting a string of city championships that was to remain unbroken for a period of six years, Green and White pucksters handed South, Central and East double losses to regain the top rung in the city hockey ladder. Engaging in intercity competition for the twin-city title, Western forces fell before the repeated onslaught of the St. Paul Antioch six. In 1923, playing twelve scheduled contests, the Cowboys came out on the long end of the score eleven consecutive times, losing only the twin-city title game to St. Paul Mechanic Arts by a 4—3 score. Hindered by an unseasonable jinx the Westerners were never able to win twin city laurels in their six-year string of Minneapolis titles, no matter how eager their attempts. Washburn, always West’s strongest foe on the ice since the Millers entered the circuit, immediately deposed West from the first-place rung in 1928 with two upsets. For a second consecutive year West lost the hockey championship in 1929. In the next to the last game of the season, South’s Tiger six waged an uphill fight to nose out the Bradley sextet 2—1, in an overtime period. Since then, however, Cowboy forces have steadily conquered on the ice. The sterling defense play of Bob Red” Malsed featured the ’30-’31 and ’31-’32 campaigns when the Green copped the city title both seasons. SWIMMING BACK ROW: Cameron. Kidd. Oiclgrrn, Thcrten. Rich. Struck. Sp� � f� FRONT ROW: Himmond; Ringbloom. cipuin lw: Livermot . captain: Thompson; Ostrander. Rom NOT IN PICTURE: Alarik. Well.. Robb. Holland. Hubbard. Hegener. Curt... coach SWIMMING THIRTEEN years of splashing, diving, and water propelling has brought the West high swimming teams nine city and twin-city championships, a record unequalled by any other competing school in the city. When the water sport found a place in the athletic program of the schools in 1919, West’s first swimming coach, C. A. Hyatt of the M. A. C., piloted his charges through the initial season of water athletics. With Central, South and East as formidable rivals, the Green and White, captained by Edward Clark, swam to the first Minneapolis swimming championship. Since the inaugural year, West swimming teams have always been ranked as leading contenders in the pool. For four years—1922, 1923, 1924 and 1929— Central and Edison dominated the race, but West in all the other campaigns has triumphed in city, state and northwest encounters. State competition has seen West mermen garner enough markers to finish second three times and sixth in as many years of conflict. In 1926, George Hobart carried the Green and White colors to the national prep water carnival in Chicago, returning home with a second and a third place in the 100-and the 40-yard free styles respectively. The 1932-33 season came along and found West emerging from the pool with its seventh city title in the last nine years. The long string of victories was broken only by the Washburn and Edison upsets in the last four years. Under the tutelage of Fred M. Curtis who succeeded John E. Morris as coach in 1931, the West school of fish swam its way undefeated to the championship last winter. In the season’s closest meet, West nosed out Washburn 36—33 when Wally Robb, city diving champion and 1932 captain, competed in his last meet for West before the mid-year graduation. The qualifying round of the Y. M. C. A. city invitational meet saw West, Washburn and Central each placing eleven men in the finals. Coming through strongly on the final day of competition, West swimmers scored a three-point win over Central, 28—25, to retain their hold on the city throne. Captain Dick Livermore and Joe Therien carried Green and White honors into state competition, placing third in the 220-yard free style and the 100-yard backstroke, respectively. BASEBALL KNOCKING out homers, sliding into bases, and puttin' over curves” have not had a major part in W:st athletics since 1929 when city high schools discontinued baseball because of a lack of student backing. Lovers of the diamond sport found an outlet for their activities this spring. Baseball, after continuous appeals for reinstatement, came into being again—somewhat—for those who wanted it. Although the Cowboy athletes have hung up a record of only four championship aggregations in 21 years of competition, they have, nevertheless, almost a 600 average, having won 61 games and lost 42. The 1914 diamondinen tied South for the city title after the Tigers defaulted. Dick Barber, a personage long to be remembered in the annals of West high athletics, captained the 1916 and 1917 nines. He piloted his second group to a tic for city laurels with a snappy North outfit. West, after losing to East, North, and South, showed a strong reversal of form in copping five successive tilts from South, East, Central, North, and Central again. Continuing the winning streak augmented by the local prep champions of the year previous, the Western nine, coached by J. W. Jones and captained by second-baseman Bob Gambill, ambled through the entire season with 15 wins and no losses, thus taking rank as the greatest all-city high school team in the baseball history of Minneapolis. The 1918 lineup for that immortal combination found Hillard Beckett one of the greatest high-school pitchers in the northwest, and Francis Pond joined in an unbeatable battery combination, Francis Fowler at first base, captain Bob Gambill at second, George Rosenberg at shortstop, Don Miller at third, Irving Rose patrolling right field, Vartian Aidian centerficldcr, and Max Osman in the left field. The West forces won undisputed possession of the title the following year when the Central nine forfeited the game in what was to have been a championship conflict. Royal P. Guetzloe began his baseball coaching at West in 1923. Diamond ability apparently slowed down in the next few years, and Western pop-bottle throwers were forced to be content with second and third place teams. In 1928, however, Green and White warriors won well-earned victories over Central, Roosevelt and Washburn to become title contenders. Not to be downed by the exit of baseball, Hi-Y groups formed a diamond-ball league which has carried on well. Harry Cool pitched the Semper Fidclis nine to an intra-mural championship in 1931. The Scmps batted in enough runs and made sufficient put-outs to retain their lead in 1932. GOLF BACK ROW Soxki. H«mm rlund. Body. FI or FRONT ROW: McCoy. Bdtekson, upum; Opf� r, co«ch GOLF PATIENTLY and diligently for six long years, golfdom at West high waited and worked for a team that reigned over city prep squads for seven consecutive seasons. Western linksmen won their first city high-school title in the spring of 1928 under the leadership of Gordon Stevenson. Starting in 1924, team members were selected in tournament style. The 1925 season found West winning but one match out of five scheduled competitive engagements. The reverse was true in 1926, when the Cowboy linksmen won four out of five matches, suffering their single loss to the title-winning Polar four. When Albert B. Opfer began coaching the West shotmakers in the fall of 1928, the boys swung their niblicks into third place. The following spring West started its winning streak—unbroken until the fall campaign last year, when North won again. Pat Sawyer, now one of the northwest’s leading golf devotees, led the 1929 par-shatterers to a third successive championship when, in the North contest he carded a new all-time city high school record of 67. The same quartet, composed of Billy Boutell, Phil Halvorson, Lloyd Rasmussen and Sawyer, toured the course in team record score, completing the rounds with a 292 total. Sawyer won the state junior title in the summer months and later the state amateur crown. In 1932 the Polar bears romped across the greensward to nose out Coach Opfer’s squad by one stroke thus breaking West’s firm grasp on the city throne. TENNIS BACK ROW: Cor on. Kleckner. Mahon, And r� on, Nirhot� «n, William , coach. FRONT ROW: Hnkcma, Adama, McKachma, M r h. Cameron. TENNIS T'ENNIS, one of the city high schools’ minor sports, has found West always near the top in the championship struggles. West racquet wieldcrs have been high in the standings through six different seasons, besides placing in several state and northwest tournaments. The 1913 net men took second in the Twin City Interscholastic tournaments, laying the foundation for the 1914 aggregation that walked away with the city titles by defeating Blake, Central, and East each twice. The Northwest Interscholastic Tournament in 1917 found the Cowboys annexing third place, a short way behind the leaders. Green and White tennis men were not vital contenders in the ensuing title races until the season of 1921 rolled around, at which time West followers saw the city and state championships won by Cowboy athletes. In defense of their city laurels, the West racquetmen lost a 3—2 play-off match to North the following year to relinquish leading honors. The next three seasons saw West consistently take second place honors, although two of the teams entered into play-off with North for the championship only to lose both matches by 3—2 scores. The 1929 tennis squad finished a highly successful year in sole possession of second place, going through seven matches to end the season with six wins and one defeat. The 1930 and 1931 squads returned and retained the prep school tennis title to West, losing again to Central in the spring of 1932. Coach W. Williams’ men beat Washburn, 6—1 to cop the city title and complete a perfect season last fall after defeating South 5 to 0, North 5 to 0, and Central 4 to 1. In 1933, West netmen won every match played, defeating South 4—1, Roosevelt 5—0, North 5—0, Central 3—2 and Marshall 3—0. Edison and Washburn also bowed to lop-sided scores. BACK ROW: Levering. L«nj{. Brown. Pedtrton. Dtru, Ijyrr, Milton MIDDLE ROW: G«ny. Siriktr, Th n n. Mulvehill. Hunntr, VCavoduky, roach FRONT ROW: Kelly, Robb. Green, captain, Bretlow. Wilton TRACK THOSE winged spiked shoes of West have carried the Green and White over the hurdles and across the long cinder pathways to break the tape at the finish line for an outstanding record of well-earned victories on track and field. In a track schedule embracing twenty-five years of stiff, earnest competition, West runners have spurted to nineteen varied championships, thereby establishing firmly the Cowboy superiority in this speedy branch of sports. Puffing and plodding along with a determined grit. West cinder fortunes took a decided turn for the better with the advent of Louis N. Zavodsky in 1917. A winning streak began and continued for six years without a break. From 1917 to 1923, Green and White trackmen brought home six coveted outdoor city titles and four successive claims to state prep leaderships—indeed, an imposing record. Indoor competition found West continuing its brisk outdoor pace by placing first in four out of six city and twin city engagements, continually defeating the Central squad, always a dangerous rival. The 1918 half-mile relay quartet of Backheuser, King, Hay, and Captain McWhinney, anchor man, raced its distance in 1:31.4 seconds—a new city indoor record. The year 1919 saw more new records established by Cowboy athletes. Allan Labatt leaped 20 feet, 7 2 inches in the running broad jump, and Leon Moes hurled the javalin 167 feet. Thomas Rugg. considered by many the most versatile of West’s long string of field athletes, hung up a new pole vault record by vaulting to a height of 11 feet 11 inches, a record that has stood to the present day. As a result of his sterling performances at the beginning of the decade, Rugg was chosen by his teammates to lead the 1921 squad. He also high-jumped five feet, 10 inches. Featured by the exhibition of Paavo Nurmi, world-famed Finnish speedster, a final special meet in 1920 found West high's first and only two-mile relay team dashing across the finish line to take home a silver loving cup and medals. Faltering in their headlong stride, the 1923 runners had to be content with tics for the indoor and outdoor championships with an up-and-coming Central squad dominating the sport in the next few years as West had done in the previous few years. In the years preceding West’s return to the city throne in 1931, heart-breaking conflicts took place between West and Central. The 1925 team ran second to the Red and Blue in all major events. Carl Mattson and Chester Copeland turned in record-breaking performances in the high jump and javelin respectively. Graydon Kilborn, captain in 1928, led the Green and White to new heights while the medley relay quartet of Rosen, Shaw, Newman, and Kilborn raced first across the tape in indoor competition. Runners of 1931 proved to prep competitors that a team composed of spirited fighters may well be considered infallible. The cindermen, headed by Captain Howie Shaw, record-breaking dashman, ran rampant through all the dual meets, winning by wide margins. Henry Hcinie” Knoblauch, waded through mud and rain to set a new 129-yard high hurdles time in the state finals from which West emerged victorious by downing Duluth Central 19 4 to 19. In 1932 West finished the season with but two important victories—a 19‘4 to 19 win over Edison for the city indoor title, and a hard-fought quadrangular title over North, South, and Central. Close competition marked the annual Carlcton meet where West ran only 5-6 of a point behind the leaders. The team was captained by Wes Enkema, while Milton Wishnick was high scorer. The 1933 season saw West place first in the Twin-City Indoor and the Quand-rangular meets. Cowboys lost the dual meet with Washburn 71—42, although Bob Brown won the half-mile and Paul Pedersen the high and broad-jumps; the Green and White also suffered defeat in the city meet, being nosed out 32—30' 4 by Edison. Bob Brown, West’s sterling distance runner, broke the Carlcton half-mile record with his time of one minute, 59.8 seconds; he is the first athlete in Minnesota high school history to have run the distance in under two minutes. West ranked fourth in the 1933 State meet. BOYS’ W” CLUB BACK ROW: W.koff. Woolley. Pederson. Nelson. Cotlow FOURTH ROW: Hals orson. Bredesen, Fountain, L. Smith, A. Smith, Benjamin THIRD ROW: Dech. Cameron. Striker. Livermore. Grrrn SECOND ROW: Nicholson. Robb. Bre.low, Speliopoulo. FRONT ROW: Blomficld; Blickfeldt. president; Jackson, adviser: Koevterj Powell MANAGERS BACK ROW: Hauenstein. Smith. Campbell FRONT ROWi Kirsner, Lindquist, Gcrberdinjc NOT IN PICTURE: Dudley. Marsh. Joseph CHEER LEADERS McMillan, McCaffrey TWENTY-FIVE YEARS of WEST ATHLETICS Garnet Games SPORT (Meet ) (Meets) Won Lott Track 50 (Major Meets) 29 Hockey 92 17 Cross Country 39 21 Swimming 63 13 Tennis 67 25 Golf 41 9 Football 35 42 Baseball (Not with 1933) 61 42 Tumbling — — Basketball 41 54 Games (Meets) Tied Average Titles — .633 20 1 .844 11 — .650 10 — .840 9 — .728 7 — .820 7 7 .454 6 — .592 4 .432 2 OUTSTANDING ATHLETES IN TWENTY-FIVE years of individual athletic achievements, not unmarrcd by outstanding record-breaking performances, any attempt to select or classify those whose individual marks justify the choice will of necessity preclude many whose high school careers include performances of wide note. The following list, compiled from the records and notations of those members of the faculty most closely connected with athletics in general during West’s quarter-century of activity, is merely a resume of achievements for all branches of sports including personal leaders for their respective years of competition. 1910— West High' second football team of hiicory, led by Joe Mai tern, won the city championship with ease, but lo� t the Twin Gty title to Central by a 6—0 jeore when three of the back-field men were low for the game. Combining their brilliant seasonal play with that of Matt tin, Clark, Ferity and Root won positions on the all-city team of the year to rank the Green and White school among the first. This aggregation repeated the performance of the preceding eleven when they copped city honors for a second consecutive year. In addition to his gridiron tactics. Mol tern scored heavily in early track competition to earn an additional W” in that sport. 1911— The one sport in which West has led the field through a score of active years, track and field, was forcibly introduced into Cowboy athletic circles in this year by Albert Robertson, mainstay of the cindermen dunng his tenure at school. And once instituted as a regular sport on West's program, it was not long before the other city prep schools followed suit. Leading his teammates into conflict in the first Minneapolis high school city track and field meet, Robertson dashed his way through all opposition to set up West as the first Mill Gty championship aggregation. 1912— It is rather the spirit which impels each candidate to make as much out of himself, his team, and his school as lies within his power . This excellent bit of philosophy by Clare West, football captain of 1912, well exemplifies the spirit of his eleven; although the team was not among the leaders in the final standing, its fighting spirit dominated West's play throughout. Clare West vied with the best in the city for backfield honors, finishing his career with a record of service that stands alone as a symbol, a torch of light. 1913— When a great sportslover comes along and finds his favorite pastime at the foot of the ladder of popularity he will naturally do his best to raise it up. That is exactly what happened when Harold Barber began his athletic career at West at the time when baseball was little featured. Fighting for America's game. Barber is credited with starting baseball as an active Minneapolis high school sport. Barber assumed the pitching burden during his sojourn on the diamond, with his campaign featured by one week of competition in which he won two of three games pitched, the loss of the third depriving West of the title. Harold Barber, continuing his service in another field, was the first Minneapolis casualty in the World War. 1914— In 1914, Ellery Stone captained the football aggregation that was a dangerous prelude to the Twin Gty title-holders of two years later. His eleven, after losing its first two games to North and South, crashed through for decisive wins over Central and East, definitely setting up the West team as a sure 1915 threat. 1915— Henry Norton, net captain of the squad of racquet-wielders that won the city title in 1915, was prominent in tennis circles throughout the city for several seasons of competition. Playing second singles. Norton led his teammates to successive wins over Blake, Central and East for Mill Gty honors. 1916— Just mention Earl Martineau's name, and try to stop the flow of records of all sorts that crowds through your mind. In his last year as a Cowboy, Martineau, as a member of the immortal backfield combination of the eleven that scored a total of 152 points to the combined total, 13, of the opponents, wrote his name into the everlasting hall of fame by the accuracy of his passes and the uncanny ability of hi running game. In track, just a look at the records hung up by this later All-American will satisfy the most eager and critical observers. In city indoor compe tition, Martineau set up Mill Gty records in the 30-yard dash, 30-yard low hurdles, and 30-yard high sticks. In West outdoor running, Martineau made the best Cowboy time in history in the 120-yard high and the 220-yard low hurdles, although his winning time in the latter event was later tied by Lincoln McWhinney, Green and White Indoor Competition found Earl Martineau supreme in all of the short dashes and hurdle event . Eddie Ruben, likewise a member of the everlastingly famous 1915 West aggregation, won timely recognition for his line-plunging and end-circling feats. 1917 1918—Lincoln McWhinney. participating in five events in track, the 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 220-yard low hurdles, pole-vault, and the half-mile relay, and a consistent point winner in all of them, captained the 1918 squad of cindermen that won dty and twin-city titles and placed second in the state meet, finishing a close second to Shattuck. Finishing his career with a flourish, McWhinney set up city records in the 100-yard and 220-yard dashes, and ran anchor on the winning Cowboy relay quartet of Andrew Btkken-ton, Allen King. George Hay, and McWhinney. McWhinney. as a three-year member of Green and White track teams, paced all of the city runners in his last season, setting up records that remained unbroken for a number of years. 1919—Mention any one of four sports at this period and you will find Robert Gambill near the top in all. Baseball, football, basketball and track were all one to him. In addition he headed the West High Athletic Association—forerunner of the present Boys’ W Club. Gambill’t outstanding performance, however, is found in baseball, where, as captain in 1918, he led his nine through a record-breaking schedule giving West an unbroken string of twenty diamond wins. The keystone of the combination was Robert Gambill. one of the most valuable men a team could have—He displayed the fighting spirit that has made West famous.” 1919— Francis Pond, likewise a four-letter man, excelling in baseball, hockey, track and cross country during four years of service, was the battery receiver of the Cowboys' immortal 1918 baseball combination. Since graduation from high school, Pond has made hockey his vocation, today being coach of the consistent University of Minnesota championship aggregations. 1920— Leaping 20 feet, seven and one-half inches in the broadjump for a new inter-city record. Captain Allan Labatt lead hi 1918 cindermen to a decisive twin dty dtle in the annual competition at Carleton. Of all the meets partidpated in by the Cowboys that season, the most heart-breaking one of the year was one in which they had to bow to their inveterate rivals, Shattuck. The military school nosed out the Green and White athletes in the Northwestern Meet by a fraction of a point, 40V —40Vs. “Captain Labatt't masterly conduct as a leader proved no less brilliant than his stellar performances on the dnders. 1921— Following the tracks of the previous cinder aggregation, Leon Moes, with two records to his name, led the 1920 trackmen to their third successive dty and twin-dty titles. Defeating Minneapolis Central for the Mill City’s indoor championship and St. Paul Cen- tral for the twin-dty honors at the annual Carleton pilgrimage, the 1920 track and field athletes marched from victory to victory, scoring decisive wins over all their competitors. Featuring the Cowboy supremacy, Leon Moes established two new records, tossing the javelin for a mark of 160 feet, 10 inches, and the shot-put 43 feet, 10 inches, while Thomas Rugg pole-vaulted himself to a new Carleton record of 11 feet, 71 r inches, both a city and a twin-dty honor. 1921—Featuring West’s football and basketball squads through two years of active service, Bill Meili distinguished himself as floor leader and as an outstanding backfield man. One of the Cowboys' most dependable forwards in basketball before or since, Meili led one of West’s fairly successful fives, a team which lost its critical games in the last moment due to wild shooting at the baskets. In football. Meili was rated as one of the Cowboys’ and the dty’s leading backs. 1920-1923—Finishing an athletic career of four seasons that marked him as one of West's outstanding athlete both in past and present seasons, Thomas Rugg was instrumental in piloting the 1923 dnder squad to its sixth consecutive state title and fifth consecutive Carleton Invitational win. This versatile sports leader showed hit charges the way to another state championship with three individual achievements in the shot-put, high-jump, and pole-vault. Rugg tied the Northwest high school record for the pole-vault in the opening outdoor conflict of the season, in addition to securing a first place in the high-jump. Besides his track achievements, Rugg was an outstanding football player for three bright seasons. 192 1—If dependability is any sign of a successful athlete whether he wins or loses, Marshall Crowley must be near the top of West's ladder of sports leaders during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Prominent in football, and track competition for two successive seasons Marshall's strongest forte was in the pole-vault, an event in which he constantly vied with the best the city could offer for leading honors. Paired with William MacRae, Crowley was one of the two veterans around whom Louis Zavodsky built his 1924 aggregation of cindermen. 1924—Jack Conway, one of the cowboys mainstays during three undefeated seasons of hockey, captained the puckmen in his final season, winning city-wide recognition for his sterling offensive and leadership ability. His ever present fighting spirit saved the teams' three years’ unblemished record more than once. 1924—Dan Feidt. representative of still another sport on West's athletic curricula, led the hill and dalcrs through seven contests during his last year in school. Although the cross-country squad won but one of its seven scheduled meets, this fact does not reflect on the ability of Feidt. for he had a squad numbering less than 15 men a majority of the time. 1925—Harry Thomas! A synonym for athletic perfection! Thomar participated in basketball, baseball and football during three years of service, captaining two of them in his final season— hasketball and baseball. In the former sport, Harry earned all-city recognition at guard, with his play featured by the excellent checking of John Kolesar. of the Kolesars of Roosevelt, while he held down first base for two consecutive seasons in the diamond game. I‘ 26—Chester Copeland, a three-sport, three-letter man, ended his triumviate of activities in '26 with a new track and field record, hurling the javelin 159 feet. Copeland was paired with Capt. Carl Mattson for continued record-breaking performances on the field. In football, Mr. Copeldnd gained the distinction of being West’s hardest plunging fullback for several years. His savage ability was called upon at several opportune times. In his third realm of sports, hockey, Copeland played a major role in maintaining Cowboy supremacy on the ice. 1927—Duane Merritt will always remain in history as one of West’s most dependable football centers for, with his weight and size, Merritt proved a veritable stonewall defense. In his last year of competition in 1927 Merritt captained the eleven from the center position. Considered a leading defense man in the ice sport, Merritt’s graduation in January considerably weakened the Cowboy hockey squad, with the result that Washburn walked off the ice with two Green and White victories and the city title in her possession. 192ft—Ray Walter, cross-country leader in the fall of 1929, led a veteran squad of harriers to possession of the city, state, and Jos ten trophy, emblematic of state honors, titles in one year. Walter placed first in every meet on West’s slate, including the city and state conflicts, to far out-distance all men through an active spring track campaign. 1929— Football and basketball, two sports in which West has for long been unable to reach the top featured the athletic ability of Warren B unbee during his three-year tenure in the Green and White school. Bunhee played center on the gridiron eleven, led by Jim F.sterly, that finished the season with two well-earned victories over Marshall and Washburn, his steadiness proving a great asset to the Cowboy forces. In basketball it was largely B unbee’s alertness at guard that enabled the Green and White school to win six of its ten games. 1930— Forrest Michdelson, leader of the 1930-1931 floor quint that came within one game of the championship playoff before losing to Washburn in the final contest of the year, wore Green and White colors in two sports—basketball and track. Participating in both fields for three seasons. Michaelson was outstanding in the final series of competition. His basketball team was the first in history to defeat a Central five, winning a thrilling 17—15 overtime battle in 1930. In the spring of 1931, Michaelson swept through all track competition, including the city meet, to win the javelin toss with near-record throws. Due to ineligibility, however, he was barred from statewide competition. 1931— Splashing through mud and rain, Henry Heinie Knoblauch hurled his way over 120-yards of high sticks in the 1931 state meet to set up an all-Minnesota state prep record for that event. Setting the pace where others failed. Knoblauch responded to West’s need for points in his last high school competition with a record that promises to stand for some time. In minor and city competition preceding the state running, Heinie was unbeatable in both the high and low hurdle events. As a furtherance to his running prowess, Knoblauch played end on two successive Cowboy grid squads. GIRLS’ W” CLUB BACK ROW: C. Reep, Cleveland. Ander� on. Sivert� en. Ward. Peter� on FIFTH ROW: Richardaon, Abdallah. Purdy, Vanstrum. Bowman, Wadaworth, Smithntan FOURTH ROW: Hughes, Regan, Rrigird, WtnuUy, Tyton, Holmes THIRD ROW: Emanuelson. Warner. Holecek. Flubacker. Fairchild. Greer. Ferry SECOND ROW: Roy. Klattr. Brooks. Dodd. Thoracll. Trocke FRONT ROW: Erikaen; Lloyd, treasurer; Mr . Detancey. adviser; Nelson, president; Mis Bruechcrt, adviser; G. Reep, secretary GIRLS’ ATHLETICS WEST has had a girls’ W” club since 1921; however, W”s were won by five girls in 1918 although there was no club. War made no difference to them. They earned their 500 points and a W” anyway. A ”W” was not the only athletic award in 1918, girls Worked for class numerals as well. These felts Were presented for the first one hundred points earned in each sport. When a girl earned five numerals, she recived a W”. It Was in 1920 that Ruth Murray won the first W” for Winning 600 points. When the girls became interested, a W” club was started. This was 1921, the same year in Which Carol Shannon won the first loving cup awarded a West, With a total of 1000 points to her credit. Eight W”s and four cups Were presented the next year, 1922. With interest in girls’ athletics at its highest pitch, 1923 saw the Winning of 15 W”s and four cups. It was thought that, When 1924 started with a large number of girls enrolled, this interest Would continue, but the number decreased and only four W”s and eight cups were given. Since the practice of presenting cups Was discontinued in 1925, work was concentrated on club functions. We see the girls’ line in the lunch room in charge of the club in 1928. Within the last four years, it has become an honorary society of Which the possession of a 'W” automatically makes a girl a member. While this year there were more ”W” winners than previously, the W” Club membership still averages about 25. The Work of the club is assisting the G. A. A. in its activities. G. A. A. BOARD BACK ROW: Purdy. Cleveland. Budge. Thorne. C. Reep, Wadtworth THIRD ROW: Lloyd. G. Recp. Abdallah. Smilhman. Reigard. Burt SECOND ROW: Thorvellt Solberg. secretary; Sutherland; Emanuelion; Troclce FRONT ROW: Eriksen, vice-president; Mrs. DeLancey, adviser; Miss Beuechert. adviser: Brooks, president THE Girls' Athletic Association established at West High has been active since 1917. It includes in its membership any girl attending West High. This means that the equipment for physical development is free and accessible to anyone who wishes to make use of it. Membership has varied, ranging from 1200 in 1921 to about 325 in 1933. This great difference can be accounted for in the establishment of other activities in the school. The G. A. A. board was created in 1920. Members were appointed for their ability in some certain sport and were put in charge of this sport for the season. In 1918 the G. A. A. was managed by the West High Athletic Association board which directed all the school sports. It gave football banquets, sponsored allschool sunlitcs and took charge of pep meetings. But in 1921 with the creation of the G. A. A. board, the W. H. A. A. lost its control of the girls’ athletics. A party was given every term by the board for the incoming members. In 1918, all came to this party dressed as young children, and in 1920, both parties were hare and hound chases. The mothers became interested in G. A. A. work and after a mothers’ tea in 1921 a Mothers’ Auxiliary was formed. The board in past years has supervised many outside activities. In 1927, permission was given for a candy sale, and in 1928 was established a G. A. A. booth for Green and White Day. In the same year, the board sponsored boys basketball. Now, however, the board is kept busy directing the many girl’s sports which have been introduced. GIRLS’ ATHLETICS IN HONOR of West High’s Silver Anniversary, the 1933 G. A. A. board (we are pretending) held a reunion of former outstanding girl athletes. They had a great time reminiscing, and discussing athletics in general. The girls were Ruth Murray, W” winner in 1920, Marjorie Teetsworth, baseball enthusiast, Mae Green, sophomore tennis champion of 1921, Leslie Hopper, outstanding skater, Florence Tenney, inter-school tennis champion of 1922, and Bernice Davidson, city tennis champion of 1923. The year 1924 was represented by Margaret Farwell, distinguished in track and baseball, and 1925 by Mildred McDonald, captain of the winning volleyball team. There was also Betty Broinan Pike, 1926 swimmer, Dorothy Brown, all-round athlete in 1928, Pat Collins, tennis champion for two years, and Faith Thies, athlete in the 1929 Hall of Fame. The last three years were represented by Lorraine Richard, Jean Wells, and Annette Strand, all particularly outstanding in the recent innovation, basketball. Besides the present gym teachers three former ones were present, Miss Lois Denning, Miss Mary Cutler, and Miss Frances Cushing. Board members were Betty Brooks, president; Mariam Eriksen, vice-president; Janis Solberg, secretary; Alida Trocke and Marian Thorne, volleyball supervisors; Mary Ellen Rouse and Crystal Reep, basketball; Leona Rygard and Linnea Thorsell, baseball; and Genevieve Budge, club artist. These were representatives of the four major sports, while there were also girls interested in golf, hiking, skating, swimming, tennis, riding, horseshoe pitching, archery and deck tennis. With a representative from every year since the beginning of the G. A. A., the 1933 girls soon learned the entire history of girls’ athletics at West. Volleyball Volleyball,” began Miss Bruechert, is one of the oldest sports at West, is it not, Ruth?” Yes,” answered Ruth Murray, we have a record of the tournament games ever since 1918. In that year the freshmen won the tournament, and in 1919 the juniors won, but in 1920 the seniors triumphed.” I have been digging around in the records,” put in Mildred McDonald, and I have found some of the most interesting things. The freshmen have won twice, the sophomores once, the juniors five times, and the seniors three times. Up until 1926, there were inter-school tournaments. West won its fourth all-city championship in 1924 and played in the semi-finals in 1925 when North was victorious. Why don’t you have inter-school games any more, Mrs. Dc Lancey?” Because,” answered Mrs. De Lancey, the National Amateur Athletic Federation, which we joined in 1931, rules against any inter-scholastic competition among girls.” That's too bad,” commented Alida Troche. Baseball ”1 don’t see, Marjorie Teetsworth now broke in, why you spend so much time discussing volleyball when baseball is so much more interesting.” You said it,” laughed Leona Rygard. The freshmen won the tournament in 1920,” stated Ruth Murray. The sophomores won in 1921.” commented Mae Greene proudly. There weren’t even enough juniors or seniors to make a whole team. They had to combine but we beat them anyway.” The juniors won in 1922,” said Florence Tenney. The sophomores in ’23,” broke in Bernice Davidson. And the juniors again in ’24,” called Margaret Farwell. The seniors in ’25.” said Mildred McDonald. And the sophs again in ’26, ’28 and ’29 too,” cried Dorothy Brown, very excited. Well, girls,” spoke Miss Brucchert quietly, I believe that puts the sophomores quite in the lead, doesn’t it?” Swimming During all this time, Pat Collins had been sitting quietly. At Miss Brucchcrt’s welcome interruption, she interposed quickly, Let’s talk about swimming a while. Did any of you know that there was an Aquatic Club for girls in 1916 before the G. A. A. existence?” Yes, but that ended in 1919, didn’t it?” asked Ruth Murray. Yes,” answered Pat, but the end of the club didn't mean the end of interest in swimming at West by any means. It was the most popular sport in 1919.” I’ll say so,” interrupted Ruth again. We certainly had fun splashing that year.” In 1921 and 1922,” resumed Pat, the girls held interclass meets at the Y pool.” But, really,” said Evelyn Purdy, we are going to have a meet this year, too. The team is already chosen.” I remember,” commented Bernice Davidson, that in 1923 eight girls won numerals in swimming and life-saving.” Yes, and in 1924,” said Margaret Farwell, it was possible to win 200 points in swimming toward a ’W’, one hundred in fundamentals and an extra one hundred in life-saving.” They changed the name of the club in 1925,” Pat started again, to Aquarians, and any G. A. A. member could join. Instead of passing tests to enter, the members spent their time improving their strokes and learning new dives. Then, from this club, a team was picked in 1926 of those who had earned one hundred points in swimming. This same team competed in a thirty-mile marathon at the Y’ in 1928.” Yes,” finished Miss Brucchert, swimming certainly has been a good addition to our list of sports even though we have altered the constitution to fit our swimming needs about one hundred times.” Tennis It seems to me,” began Miss Cutler, that we have postponed our discussion of tennis quite long enough. We have with us—let’s see—one, two, three tennis champions. One was unable to come. We can’t expect them to talk about them- selves, but maybe I can tell you a little about the history of tennis at West. Ruth Murray could probably tell you that tennis, as a sport was started in 1920. The next year Mae Greene, a sophomore, won the school championship and was awarded a cup. And,” continued Miss Cutler, in 1922, Florence Tenney won the interschool tournament for West. I’m sorry we can’t have inter-school playing any more. I’m sure the girls now attending West would take us up again, at least in the semi-finals in the City Meet as Bernice Davidson did in 1923.” You should say first,” interrupted Betty Broman Pike, that Bernice really did win the city championship in 1924.” So she did,” resumed Miss Cutler, and won two cups. We thought that if she won a city loving cup she should certainly deserve a school loving also. You can readily understand why the girls were anxious to form a tennis club in 1925. Helen Dwan Shubcrt reached the semi-finals but was defeated by North. After that all girls interested in tennis formed a club and elected Helen president. In both 1927 and 1928, since city tournaments had ceased, Pat Collins won the singles championship.” Since that time,” concluded Miss Bruechcrt, various kinds of tournaments have been tried and the most successful has been the ladder competition.” Track Margaret Harwell had been whispering to Betty Brooks. Now she turned to Mrs. De Lanccy and said, Do I understand correctly that you have discontinued track?” Oh yes, Margaret,” answered Mrs. Dc Lancey, we haven’t had track meets since 1928. I think, however, that I can explain satisfactorily. The first interclass track meet was held in 1919 and we had another in 1920. Interest increased rapidly and in 1921 there were thirty competitors as compared to fifteen in 1920. West reached its height in 1922 when it won every event in the City track meet except the high jump which resulted in a tic with Central (here a groan arose) and the next year the Green and White had the undisputed right to the city title. Then interest began decreasing and in 1925 we introduced hurdling and track into the regular gym schedule. In 1926 a few tried to revive interest in meets but the last school meet took place in 1927 and we have had no track, as a separate sport, since that time.” Skating Leslie Hopper now took the floor. What have you been doing in skating?” she asked. Do you still require the passing of a test for points, as we did in 1921? No,” answered Janis Solberg. girls win points for merely spending a required number of hours on the ice.” Do you remember, Leslie,” asked Miss Cutler, the large number of girls who won numerals in skating in 1923? Oh, yes,” answered Leslie, There were ten. It’s peculiar” commented Miss Cutler, I can’t remember a single outstanding incident in skating activities from 1923 until 1927 when a meet was held at the Arena.” Skating,” observed Miss Brucchert, is an individual sport, and unless there is some especially brilliant skater like Leslie, there is little or nothing for outsiders to remark about the sport.” Riding At this moment, Faith Thies suddenly sprang to her feet, pointed out of the window and cried, Horseback riders.” Riding has always been a wonderful but very expensive sport,” said Mrs. De Lancey. It was started in 1925 when a few girls formed a club. The club continued during 1926 and the next year it gave a horse show at the Allen Kidd Riding Academy. The club, as an organization disappeared at that time but was revived last year.” Hiking At this opportune moment, Dorothy Brown suggested hiking as a complement to riding. All girls like to walk anyway,” she said. In 1919 there was a flu epidemic and that increased the number of hikers considerably. One year the hikers went to St. Louis Park, Fort Snciling, and the Minnesota River and once they took an eight-mile hike to Glenwood where they cooked a six-o’clock breakfast.” Say,” whispered Crystal Recp to Mary Ellen Rouse, let’s suggest doing that again. Hiking is much more fun when one has a definite destination in mind.” All right,” Mary Ellen whispered back, I know a pretty place over by the Ford Plant.” The greatest number of girls that have ever gone out for hiking,” remarked Miss Cutler, is, if I remember rightly, 125.” I suggest,” announced Mary Ellen, that we all get busy and create more interest in hiking this season.” Field Hockey and Basketball Since the talking had continued for such a long time, the girls were becoming a trifle impatient. As the discussion of hiking seemed to end, Jean Wells took the floor. There are only a few sports left that we haven’t considered,” she began, and two of them are very important. Basketball and Field Hockey are major sports now. When field hockey was introduced in 1926, the juniors won the tournament while the seniors were victorious in 1927. Beginning in 1929 we had color tournaments. As for basketball, almost nothing need be said. Ever since its introduction, it has been one of the most popular and best loved sports of all.” West certainly has turned out some excellent basketball players,” remarked Miss Bruechert, and these three, Jean Lorraine Richard and Annette Strand are, certainly representatives. There were others too though. To finish up,” broke in Mrs. De Lancey, let’s have Linnca Thorscll tell us about a new sport.” In 1930,” began Linnea, we began deck tennis. The girls play with partners and compete in a ladder tournament. Alice Lloyd and Mary Ellen Rouse won the tournament two years in succession. Golf has been functioning intermittently since 1928, and this year we arc experimenting with archery; however, it seems to be attracting considerable attention.” A silence fell and the girls arose to go. Mingled with the cries of toodle-oo were words of congratulations, and suggestions of future reunions. THE ROYAL FAMILY January Clast Play Lbt I TO RIGHTi Jim Gerbcrding. Lowell Cameron. Barbara Odell, Jack Edgecumbe, Mary Jan Lenox. John Erb. Jack Sprr rl. Mary Jan Mora . Rotemary Row . Wilton Melnick, Potter Janich, George Mahon. Jean Merrick SMILIN’ THROUGH June Class Play Left to right: Erie Benjamin, Dr. Owen: Manlynn Adamt. Ellen: John Fit imons, Sir John Carteret, Miw Anette Pauline Sandboe. coach; Bob O'Brien, Willie Friday nighc; Maurice McOKrry, Willi Thursday night; Anna Virginia Hughes, Kathleen; Martin Grady, Kenneth Wayne FEATURES A BRIEF resume of the influence of high school seen through the probing of subsequent pursuits of West graduates is undertaken here. The classification of course is limited, and the problem of space tends to make such a listing typical rather than particular. We also pay silent tribute to West's gallant war dead, whom the last full measure cut off from the attainments and the dreams of never-traversed years. They left us a memorial; our tablet to their honor and glory is but a testimonial. FOILED AGAIN FEATURE ANNA VIRGINIA HUGHES Miss West High THE GREEN AND Miss West High tiptoed hesitatingly along the dim, dark corridors. How thrilling it was to he the very first person present at the big celebration! For months people had pondered and planned, and now, at last, after weeks of worry and days of despair, the Silver Anniversary of West High School was to be officially honored and observed. Twenty-five years of organization and accomplishment were to be displayed to the delighted onlookers. Soon hordes of Western well-wishers would hurry to the scene of celebration to gloat over the glories of West, but Miss West High, completely overpowered by curiosity, crept cautiously and carefully along the corridor. She would be the first to view the victories of fame and fortune. And while other Westerners waited and wondered .... but suddenly her thoughts were shattered and scattered by a loud sneeze. She pressed close to the wall on which were painted striking silhouettes in green and silver and black and white. She heard nothing more. All was silent again. But someone was there besides herself! At the end of the hallway she saw a faint light. Slowly she made her way down the dark corridor. When she reached the dimly lighted doorway she peeped nervously around the corner and gasped in astonishment. Seated on a most uncomfortable looking chair, clothed in long, white robes and dozing fitfully, was a rather weary-looking old man with long, white locks and a long, white beard that reached to the floor and seemed to wind itself around his ankles. Awakened by the gasp, the old man looked dazedly about him. At last, his eyes fell upon the girl before him, standing wide-eyed and open-mouthed in the doorway. And who are you? demanded the old man, blinking blearily. Oh! Me?” replied Miss West High, gulping noticeably. Well, er—I’m Miss West High, thank you! What! exclaimed the old man excitedly. Have they come already?” And he rose so quickly that he tripped on the yards and yards of beard and fell back again into his chair. Oh, me! oh, my! he muttered as he extricated himself from the lengths of long, white beard. Now, then, he resumed, turning to the astonished girl, where are they? Why don’t they come? Who do you mean, sir? asked Miss West High, politely. The people! The mobs! The multitudes! Where are they? Why don't they come?” Oh, you mean the people that are coming to celebrate the Silver Anniversary, don’t you? said the girl, understanding at last. Yes, yes, indeed. Where are they?” Oh, they won't come for hours and hours. You needn’t get so excited. I'm sure it's all very unnecessary. And besides, I’d like to know who you are.” WHITE GALLERY The old man sank into his chair again. I might have known. I might have known, he muttered to himself. Anyway, repeated the girl, timidly, who are you? I? I am the School Spirit, the old man answered wearily. School Spirit—School Spirit—, the girl repeated thoughtfully. I know I've heard of you somewhere before, but I just don’t seem to remember. That’s just the trouble, said the man. still more wearily than before. I was hired years and years ago to guard the glories of this noble institution, but people have practically forgotten who I am.” But please, sir, interrupted the girl, couldn't you show me the treasures you've guarded so faithfully? Say, now, that's an idea! exclaimed the Spirit brightly. I Jo need practice. Its been years and years since I’ve escorted any visitors through these galleries. And I’m getting old now, so a little rehearsing ought to be a big help. Come along.” Oh, thank you, sir! said Miss West High, and she tripped gaily after the white-robed figure as it made its way toward the door beyond. Above the doorway, emblazoned in huge green and white letters, Miss West High read: THE GREEN AND WHITE GALLERY. Below, in shining silver, were the figures: 1909. Together, Miss West and the Spirit entered silently. The room was lighted impressively. Around the walls were hung life-sized portraits, each illumined individually. The Spirit began at the left and made the entire circuit of the room. Before each picture, the Spirit stopped and pronounced in resounding tones the names and the attainments of the graduates commemorated there. The pictures were many and the walls were thickly hung, and the Spirit related fascinating stories of Ida Elizabeth Barclay, now Mrs. Charles Lane Harris, at present with the New England Furniture Store; Brenda Veland, nationally known journalist and feature story writer; Evelyn Camp, missionary to Japan from the First Baptist Church; Mary Hubachek, niece of Miss Clara B. Huba-chek of West, now living in France. As the spirit proceeded. Miss West High looked from picture to picture, studying each one carefully. The longer she watched them the more real they seemed to be, until she was sure they were all smiling at her and nodding politely. After the last story, the Spirit turned to go to the next room. • • • • Wide-eyed and open-mouthed, Miss West High passed into the adjoining room, her ear Mill ringing with the storie of the very first West class and the noteworthy deeds of the first Western students. The next room was labelled: 1910. Around the walls were more pictures and the Spirit had Mill more stories to tell of Ralph James Knight, physician, who finds time to visit West and talk to seniors on the medical profession; Htiter Camp, Minneapolis librarian; Horton Danielt, missionary to China for Westminster Presbyterian Church; Frederick Gale Tryon, economic statistician for Bookings Institute and Bureau of Mines, Washing. D. C. Mathew Crawford, church singer, who had parts in local operas, died two years ago; Marsha!! Dunn, who is with an investment company in New York; Willoughby Babcock, curator, Minnesota State Historical Museum, St. Paul; Warren Bell, physician with Milbank Foundation, Milbank, N. Y.; Lawrence Eggleston, D. C. Bell Investment Company (Secretary); Fred Legg. Legg and Son, jewelers. • a Miss West High followed the spirit into the next room, 1911. Here she found pictures and stories of John Charnley McKinley, neurologist at the University of Minnesota; Wanda Nonna Orton, West High English teacher specializing in Shakespeare; Alma Cecelia Haupt, now of New York City, with the Commonwealth Fund, organizer of hospitals and medical and social work in Austria; Anna McCune, the West High lunchroom manager; Harold Van Duzee, grand opera and radio tenor; William Webster, now known as Willard Webster, the actor, creator of young Calif in Kismet” with Otis Skinner; Dorothy Womack, now Mrs. Russell V. Lee, living at Palo Alto, California, wife of an in-Mructor at Leland Stanford University and doctor to the Hoovers; Frank Leslie of the Leslie Paper Company; Florence Virginia Riheldaffer, Minneapolis singer, dead; Ruth Bengston of the Foster Travel Service; Charles Bateman, who could scarcely make the tardy bell from his home on the boulevard two blocks away, but he afterward made exclusive art circles in New York Gty”. ♦ • • • In the next room, 1912, Miss West was no whit disappointed with Arthur C. Nuessle, Superintendent of Lake-wood Cemetery Association; Elsie E. Edlund, Central High science teacher; Genevieve McKean, talented musician; Sigurd LIeland, lawyer; James D. Sc hearer, lawyer; Philip Adelman, radio entertainer; Myron J. Conway, United States army officer; Marjory Bateman, violinist; Porter P. Wiggins, military instructor at the University of Minnesota; Gilbert Sinclair, Scotch dancer, prominent in RKO vaudeville; Henry Haverstock, lawyer; • • • And in the 1913 chamber, the thoroughly entranced girl hears of Margaret Wallace, teacher in a girls' missionary school in India from the Hennepin Avenue Methodist church; Neil H. Swanson, formerly city editor of the Journal, and now a novelist of prominence; Clare I. Long, prominent University of Minnesota football player; Myron Dassett, architect in New York Gty; L. Halbert Dunn, director of the University hospital; John Paul Riheldaffer killed in football game (memorial presented by January class). • • • Still more there was to hear in 1914, and Miss West listened attentively to the glowing accounts of Elizabeth Lynskcy, successful teacher and writer; Harold Wood, credited with meteoric success in the financial world, now a St. Paul bond merchant, who suddenly appeared at West from long associations with a Maine aunt and in his freshman year gave a reading in a high falsetto and soft Eastern dialect that led one lad to playfully burst out with 'Oh, Mama!’ and make ocher gestures of amusement”; Charles Drew, vice-consul in Antwerp and in Amsterdam, now with the Henry L. Doherty Co. Russell Bur chard, attache to the American consul in Belgium during the World War, died last fall; Harriet A pel, teacher in North High School (Spanish and German); Dick Putnam, sportsman; David Grimes, Grimes tube, composer of music for the school song, was detailed to physical laboratories at Washington, when he was a private in the Signal Corps; Gertrude Coffin, won a national prize in leather art work which doubtless Mimulated her to establish a successful business in her own city ; Alexis Caswell, who at twelve year of age tore a gasoline engine to pieces and used the parts, in a way known only to inventors, to light his father's house, is an important part of the General Electric Company”; • • • • And the January 1915 class included: Walter Bartlett, who did his best to retain alumni interest through formation of the Hes- pertan Club, now with the Drake Jones Investment Company. • • • • And 1916 boasted: Amos anti Benedict Demard. Minneapolis attorneys, only brothers in scholastic history to take salutatory and valedictory honors in a large class; Rhoda Kellogg, suffrage worker; Horace Webster, war speaker in France; William C. A field Jr., American Vice-consul at Singapore; Gertrude Scott Smith, teacher at West, Jater Director of the Twin Gty Unit of the National Dairy Council; Sudworth Fraser, lead in The Student Prince and long since established as an operatic star whom all America knows ; Drs. Creighton of Hill Crest and Herman of Ft tel Hospital doubtless dream lovingly of the radiator gang although they were too busy to indulge in its joys for more than passing moments . • a • • And in the 1917 section, they stopped to talk of Archie Coleman, serving as consul in Mexico; Earl Martmeau, All-American football star at the University of Minnesota and now assistant football coach at Princeton; Harold Purdy, World War hero, ambulance driver, decorated with Croix de Guerre, with palms and two citations; Louise Bruchholz Purdy, valedictorian; John Morltand, Chamber of Commerce (printing and advertising); Eugene Zanger. cellist; Gladys Clyborne, well-known pianist; Dan Rochford, editor of the Sportsman; a • • In 1918 there was Alvin Witt, now owner of the Witt Markets; Genevieve Naegeli Perry, star of Blossom Time , now soloist at Hennepin Methodist Church; Edwin Kraft, architect; ♦ • • • And in 1919, they pause to mention George Burch, now owner of the Burch Pharmacy; Brireton Teagle, who represented Standard Oil in Trieste, Italy, and in Paris; Marion Grime , physician; Welles Gray, in the Department of Finance. United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C.; Ronald Scofield, who make a hit in Pinafore”, and then became a Journalist, and now figures daily in the Oakland Times. • • ♦ • And more in 1920, of Archibald Jameson. Hollywood scenario writer; PjuI Sloei, now in the American Express office in Paris; Arne Schultz, comedian whose fame started with Pinafore mounted on dredge barges on Lake Calhoun; Mary. 1912, and Ronald Sinclair brought down the assembly with highland dances that their father, Captain George, had taught them, little thinking that they would do ’the big time' in a thousand theaters. Immediately after leaving the 1920 division. Miss West High was led into another room, of greater proportion and statelier ornament. Above the entrance was an unfurled American flag and two gold eagles. Inside, around the walls, were portraits much like the ones she had seen in the preceding rooms. But here, each picture was framed in gold. These , explained the Spirit in a solemn voice, were the Western heroes of the great World War, who gave, not only in terms of youthful strength and courage, but in greater, more inspiring proportions of life—and death.” The Spirit said no more as they surveyed each one silently. Beneath each portrait was a brief history of the youth’s services: Harold Barber, President of the January, 1915, graduating class, the first West man to die in the great war. He represented the spirit of West boys in France, when he wrote back, You may rest assured that I shall do ail in my power to uphold the honor of West, and the rest of the fellows feel the same way. On the tablet were engraved, with that of Barber, names of twenty-three other Westerners who died on the field of battle and in their country's service. Everett Barkwell, died of flu while stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Clifton Beach, enlisted in S. A. T. C. at University of Minnesota and died of flu at Fort Snelling. Philip Benton, killed in action near Chateau Thierry. Victor Boult, died on board ship just as it docked at Liverpool. Newell Clark, joined marines the day of graduation and won expert marksmanship medal three months after entering. Howard Gilbert, died in Saint Mihiel drive four months after leaving Minneapolis. Edward Glasgow, enlisted in Field Artillery when only a B Junior. Clifford Hamilton died in action during an advance in the Argonne. George Harding, member of Royal Air Forces of England, died during an expedition into enemy country. Charles Hildebrand killed only a few days after his arrival in France. Harold Hughes died of pneumonia in Camp Grant, Illinois. Walter Jones killed in a fall from an airplane. Charles Johnson, a squadron leader in the Royal Air Forces; died assisting a comrade attacked by a superior number of German planes. Roderick Kennedy killed while in training in the Aviation Corps. Harold Linnell, one of the first five hundred in the United States to volunteer, died in Belleau Wood. Grant Lorenz risked his life to rescue and dress wounded men, and was killed at Chateau Thierry. Lynn McMaster died of pneumonia while in training in this country. Garrett MandeviUe, a member of the first pilots’ class at Dunwoody Institute. Milton Morrill, the youngest captain in the Coast Artillery Corps. William Peck gave his life to save his commander and thereby became one of Pershing's Hundred Yankee Heroes.” Stephen Sherman killed in action at The Woods of the Marines and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross after his death. Blanchard I Vert after three months at the front died during his first furlough. Ernest Wold did display flying with four other Americans for the French. Wold-Chamberlain field is named for him. As Miss West High left this last room, dedicated to the grim glories of a grim war, she felt suddenly inspired and fired with a new resolve as she remembered those bright, smiling young faces that had looked out at her from within their shining frames. • • But there was still more to see, and she followed the Spirit into 1921 and found: Franklin Gray. Rhodes Scholar, now a Minneapolis lawyer; Lawrence Goldberg, famous radio and theatre organist; Marjorie Leet, Ziegfeld Follies dancer; Willis M. Kimball, Minneapolis Journal feature writer; Karl Witt, owner of the Witt market; Adelaide Burns, lawyer in Detroit, Michigan; Douglas MacGregor. Somewhat bored by conventional studies, mastered first, the tractor, and then the practical business of construction to become one of Detroit’s leading citizens.” As they continued, Miss West found that the stories did not diminish with the years, and in 1922 she heard of Jay Pike, engineer with Detroit Paper Stove Company; James Gill, floorman at Dayton’s; Hans Rarnrn, New York attorney; Stanley McKay, executive of Sears, Roebuck and Company; Ruth Peterson, Ph. D., instructor at University of Chicago; hetta Robb, teacher in Woman's College, Istanbul, Turkey; Mary Elvene Hoag, Minneapolis an teacher; • • • • Out of 1922 they went and into 1923 where Miss West was told of Roger Gurley, owner of the Gurley Candy Co. ♦ • • And still on, into 1924 to hear of: Alice E. Johnson, West librarian, valedictorian, later teacher of English and French at Edison; Mol Fteeburg, air mail pilot from Minneapolis to Chicago; Martha Baker, Minneapolis music teacher and pianist; Alexandra GraiJ, teacher at South; Lillian torus, teacher . Johd Marshall; . • Elizabeth Stoufer, teacher at Roosevelt; Harold Rush, prominent Y. M. C. A. and Boy Scout worker. • • • • In 1925 there was Merrill Holmes, Annapolis graduate, U. S Navy ensign. • • ♦ • Miss West High left the last room rather dazedly. She felt strangely queer and empty after being propelled through so many years in such a short space of time. She wanted suddenly to go back again to inspect more carefully all that she had seen. Without a word, she seized the Spirit by the arm and piloted him back through the doorway. This time she directed her own steps, letting the Spirit follow after, and as she retraced the course of their tour, she saw more clearly many which she had seen but vaguely during the first trip. There was Robert B. Gile, owner of the Gile Envelope Company; Marshal Bartlett, lawyer; Arthur Herman, Minneapolis physician; Edmund Bates of the Home Trade Shoe Store; Edmund Ruben of the Pubiix Theatres; Julia Putnam Andersen, singer at Hennepin M. E. Church; Lincoln McWhinney of the W. C. Me Whin-ney Company; The Thiss family of the Thiss Luggage Co.; Allen Labatt, well-known sportsman; John Weeks, state representative; George R. Matchan, assistant athletic coach at the University of Minnesota; Walter and Donald Cleveland of the Cleveland Furniture Company; Rebecca Mason, chemist; Porter Wiggins, U. S. army captain at the University of Minnesota; Gwenvil Hughes, musician; Alfred and Irving Luger of the Luger Furniture Company; Leslie Rossiter. Standard Oil Company lawyer; Floyd Gardner of the Gardner Hardware Co.; Orville Chapin, professional golfer; Ray W. Van Tuyl, lawyer; Frankhn Petri, lawyer; Arthur Tyta, West Virginia business man: Sidney Sholley, co-worker with Roger Babson; Emery Larson of the U. S. Marines; Geoffrey May, government worker; And Coord F. Roosen, Wirt Wilson Co., Bridge Expert with Bruelheide. Caroline Thompson, prima donna of May-time and Vagabond King”; Dudley Parsons Jr., principal of Junior High in Woodstock School, United Provinces in India; Lester Badger, manufacturer of Chartcx; Cuthbert Carter, who handles railroad and industrial supplies; Archibald Dowd, development engineer for Western Electric Company in New Jersey; Hardesty Johnson, who caroled his way not only into the glory of concert halls but also into th 'heart- of ‘HatfcUn Garland’ daughter whom he married six year ago. Wilbur Fatter, inger and the delight of many a great audience”. Doctor McNider, “one of our be� t known diagnostician , wa once a front hall character in West”. Htlbard Bethelt, called the strike-out king of the championship baseball team; Grace Mitchell and Mary Bell, who made the Publication Board at Smith; John Harvey, now in newspaper work on the Minneapolis Star; Letter Will, holding down a position on the Journal; Dan Feidt, admitted to the bar, formerly edited the Minnesota Legal Journal; Vincent Hart it, made Phi Beta Kappa at Northwestern; Harry l vin, the first sophomore to win the Bowdoin prize at Harvard, also made Phi Beta Kappa honors; Ruth Dietrich and Robert Shrewsbury, prominent in dramatic at the University of Minnesota. • ♦ • • Miss West High and the Spirit had reached the beginning again. ’’Well, are you satisfied? asked the old man. Oh. my, yes! answered Miss West, enthusiastically. It was ever and ever so nice. And thank you ever and ever so much, Mr. er—er . But before she could finish, she heard laughing and talking in the adjacent hallway. Miss West looked excitedly at the Spirit and the Spirit looked still more excitedly at Miss West. What is it? said the Spirit, almost in a whisper. Miss West looked bewildered for a moment and then broke suddenly into smiles. I know! � he exclaimed, They're your visitors and they’ve come at last! Don’t forget to tell them everything you told me! Thank you once again. 1 must hurry. Goodbye! The little girl ran quickly through the door, just in time to escape the onrush of a huge crowd of visitors, arriving for the premiere open-of the Green and White Gallery. As he made her way down the corridor once more, leaving the excited throngs behind her. Miss West High smiled to herself. She had been the first visitor! And what a visit! She would never forget, the names, the pictures, the stories—all the glories of the Green and White............... AMONG THE CLUBS IN HISTORY VARIOUS clubs have persisted for a while at West, and, for one reason or another, found themselves unable to continue. In 1910 West possessed a Mandolin club and the Tomahawk organization. The latter was at first a literary, then a debating, and finally a social society. Between 1918 and 1920 it became a combination club with all three aims. A Story Club—entrance requirements including the ability to spin a good yarn—and a Minnesota History club began their short careers in 1914. The following year Forum witnessed a revival of the debating spirit, Arts club was dedicated to the popularizing of boxing as a sport, and a Students’ Executive Board was created for the advancement of school spirit and harmony between faculty and students. In 1918, Student Teachers, a Latin Club, and a Girls’ Bird Club added to extra-curricular activities. Organizations having surveying, swimming (the Girls’ Aquatic club), and gardening as projects began in 1919. That year also witnessed the Student Office, which extended its influence into Hesperian and Weekly work, lost-and-found articles, book exchange, information, school supplies and employment aid. The Goodfellows’ Club, intended to promote better inter-school relations and sponsored jointly by West and Central, and a Girls’ Debate Team, with concentration on current topics, marked new student activity in 1920. The Aces, a group of students and alumni, to work for the betterment of West, was also instituted that year. During 1923 and 1924 an Upper Class Advisory Council, the Aides de Camp (their aim better auditorium conditions), and the Politics club were founded. The Politics group later combined with the Debating Society to form De Pol. The following year West sponsored a chemistry club. Several attempts were made to found an aeronautics organization during 1931 and 1932. It is expected that eventually such an organization will be able to maintain itself. West sponsored a model airplane club for a short while in 1930. EPILOGUE VOICES OF WEST HIGH SCHOOL (Twenty-fifth Anniversary) The old door said to the silent stairs: Do you remember? Twas older than December, Older than October— I'was in the fragile May .. . Down the echoing hall she came Laughing—dancing—like a flame . . . Like a flame she seemed. Older than December . . . And she has gone her way. (Where are the young dreams that we dreamed?) The old door said to the silent stairs: Do you remember? Gallantly there He said farewell while the boughs blew bare . . . It was in October— In the mad outer world the boughs blew bare. That was . . . 1917 (There was a strange time we hare seen!) The old door said to the silent stairs: A laughing girl ... a lonely boy . . . 1 have seen them grieve and joy While the autumn and the spring Sped away; And her wistful, gallant heart In my spirit built a part . . . (Only . . . memories . . . grow not ever gray.) To the old door then said the echoing stairs: Many strains of The Rosary Floated along me poignantly; Many the brave hearts, many the fair Entrusted their sped steps to my care . . . Entrusted their ways for a space to my care. Older than December ... in the fragile May (Only . . . we .. . stay.) STAFF EDITORS Ray Smith Albert Wold Sports Editor—Don Braman Business Manager—Karl Dech BOARD Mavis Warner Dorothy Hasslen Jean Harris Beverly Kronick Mariam Eriksen STAFF Andrew Nelson Cliff Canfield TYPISTS Dean Little Josephine Johnson Beatrice Stein Ann Nelson Nancy Wamsley James Levy t mmmnmmeMm atmM 1053