West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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For over thirty years the students of West High School have had the wonderful opportunity of associating with a man of unusual talent and vitality. Coach, teacher, civic leader, conservationist, and principal, he has always combined and directed his energies for the benefit of the school and community. It is because of these many years of sincere devotion to West High that the spirit of the 1958 Hesperian is dedicated to our Man of the Year, Mr. John E. Morris. DEDICATION

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It is with great pleasure that the 1958 Hesperian Staff presents this yearbook to the students of West High. We hope that it has captured and accentuated the highlights of a truly meaningful year. But above all, the main purpose of this book is to serve as a memorial to West's colorful history, now climaxed by its Golden Anniversary. In these fifty years of existence. West has fostered many close ties and connections between its students and their community, which will result in more responsible acceptance of our future roles as adult American citizens. We should like to stress the importance of these ties, and provide a tangible and worthy remembrance of these our most progressive years. TABLE OF CONTENTS FACULTY UNDERCLASSMEN ORGANIZATIONS SENIORS SPORTS MEMORIES

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REMEMBER WHEN? West wos a shiny new structure . . • one could could ride horseback around the lakes «. . . we won many Twin-City frock meets . . . the m p was Mi p|i;pf i g the girls played volleyball in bloomers « . we obtained the famed Myers football trophy Bomeone wa ent tqpreform schoaijdM|tok ing ... . West raised money to contribute « Red Cross bus for the war effort in 91$ . , . there were girl track meets ... o cor was a lerribly exciting thing to own ... we played Cast High for hockey championship and lost ... the Hall of fame was called Rogue's Gallery . . . there were two graduating classes pejg y» y e football field wos o marshy swamp . West hod o greenhouse , . our school sang wos The Green and White . - - there wos an Engineers' Club phe Dramo|ifiepartme M n six major productions each year ... Mr. Morris was an athletic coach . . . students came to school in electric streetcors . . there was ROTC training ... our baseball team won three consecutive city championships ... the Hesp hod advertisements ... we raised money to send a plane to Europe, also in 191$ . . . classes were held in the halls for lack of room . . . there wos a co-ed hiking teom . . . West took city championship in football olteo . . . students could go uptown for lunch . boys ware ties ond suit coats to school . . . girls wore their hoir in pompatiowi, . . . bondages were made to send overseas freshmen Inhabited the halls of West ... we hod a weekly paper ... our boys went off fa fight ond die In two world wars.