West High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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WATCH WEST GROWV Since 1921 the following developments have occurred at YVest High School: Faculty organized into departments with a head in charge of each. Appointment of assistant principal with separate office. Appointment of Director of Attendance who visits homes and maintains friendly relations between home and school. Organization of student activities under a Director of Extra Curricular Activ- ities. The election of a representative Student Council. The successful development of a project in school banking. The initiation of a school paner, the W book and the school annual. The development of an excellent school band. . Reduction of school failures from 19 fl? to less than 6521. Winning of two city football championships. Raising standards of athletic eligibility and sportsmanship. Development of successful debating teams, winning three victories with no defeats. Opening and equipping of a library, making books accessible. Raising the standard of the teaching staff by judicious selection of new mem- bers, and extension courses and summer sessions for regular members. lllaking class parties and dances optional rather than compulsory. Fostering student participation in worthy activities through the Social Science Groups, such as, Student Advisers. Student Tutors, Lost and Found. Encouraging project teaching with its emphasis upon personal responsibility and purposeful activities. Fostering experimentation and professional advancement by such means as an experiment in 9-B algebra, carried on to determine whether pupils learn better when grouped according to ability. Preparing commercial graduates for better positions through practical office experience. Starting the tradition of a great annual gathering of girls in Perkins woods. FUTURE PLANS FOR XVEST HIGH INCLUDE Constant improvement of instruction and study of habits until eventually we have reached a point where no student will fail of promotion in his studies. Extending and improving the school's plans and equipment to raise the general level of work done throughout. Operating on a half time schedule next year in order to relieve the crowded conditions. Eneouiaging the' distinct organization of all four classes with their separate officers, activities and insignia. Providing for the development of a High School orchestra and glee clubs. Encouraging clean athletics, debating, dramatics, sportsmanship, scholarship and citizenship. A Fostering school banking until.West stands pre-eminent in the field among high schools of the United States. Preparing a display case where school letters and other honorary awards may be kept before the students as an encouragement to higher standards of work. Ninety-one

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RODEO .STAFF VVest High's first Annual was published in the spring of 1922. Conceived, as it was, on the spur of the moment, and turned out almost over night, it could hardly be called a truly representative Annual of lVest. Only the June section of the graduating class was represented. A second attempt to put out an Annual was made last year, but owing to lack of financial support from the student body, the project was dropped. This year the Annual is being managed on an entirely different basis. It equally represents both the January and the June graduating classes. After some debate as to whether the Annual should be published in January or June, the two classes com- promised and set the tentative date at April l5. Another distinction is that every person represented in the Annual pays in proportion to the space he receives. ln this way the price of the book has been kept down to one dollar. . The members of the Rodeo Staff were chosen by the members of last year's Journalism Club from a list of names recommended by the English teachers. This staff, under the direction of Mr. Paul Nlurphey, immediately started to work on the Annual, and have spent the greater part of both semesters on it. The first step was to secure subscriptions for the book. Early in October, Reginald MCC1'C3Yj', business manager: Joseph lllyers, the circulation manager of the Annual, Alfred Roth and Quirk Scudder, the assistant circulation managers, launched the subscription campaign. hlembers of the 12-B and 12-A classes acted as solicitors and collectors for the Annual. Reginald lVIcCreary, as business manager of the Annual, arranged all the con- tracts and' attended to the accounting of the funds. Robert Pearce, the advertising manager, secured over 5300.00 worth of adver- tising with the aid of the staff and the senior classes. just before Christmas vacation it was announced that those who secured one full page of advertising for the Annual would obtain a place on the staff. Ann Hoskin and Virginia Tryon took advantage of this offer. Delbert Gibson, as editor-in-chief, with the assistance of the staff, planned the entire layout of the Annual. He also counseled, assisted and supervised the rest of the staff in their various duties. Helen Nye, the January senior editor, collected the writeups for the January class. Ruth hIcPeal-re, the June senior editor, compiled the Writeup and the feature stories for the June class. Estherbelle Pritchard wrote the jokes and the feature stories of the January class. The art editor, Samuel Bryant, and the assistant art editor, Laurence Yeomans, mounted the pictures and illustrated the Annual. Ernest Clay executed the style - the fine black lines and decorations around the pictures. Other students, not mem- bers of the staff, who gave valuable aid were Clark llletzger, Hannah Benner and Sidney VVarner. Robert Quine. the photograph editor, scheduled and supervised the taking of all the pictures of classes and organizations, and the individual pictures of the seniors and teachers. Katherine 'Thatcher collected and mounted the informal snapshots in the Annual. , Margaret Partlon composed the individual faculty writeups. Hallie lValler made the writeups of all the school organizations. Georgia Stillman assembled the lists of the class rolls for the whole school. The staff wishes to thank the members of the news English classes, the secretaries of the clubs, hlr. Butcher and the students in typewriting, as well as numerous other students who have helped from time to time. Other teachers who have. given valuable suggestions are hlr. Irwin and lVIiss Rhodes. - The members of the Rodeo staff as they appear in the picture are: Top row-Mr. Murphey, Hallie Waller. Margaret Partlon, Delbert Gibson, Ruth MePeake, Georgia Stillman, Cer-il Zents. Second rowe- Samuel Bryant., Laurence Yeomans, Helen Nyc, Joseph Myers, Katherine Thatcher, Estherbelle Pritchard. Bottom row-Robert Pearce, Robert Quine. Ann Hoskin, Reginald McCreary, Virginia Tryon, Alfred Roth, Quirk Scudder. Nlzzely-three