West High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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Rodeo Executive Staff The first West Annual, a small volume of some 112 pages, was published in the spring of 1922. lt was organized, engraved and printed in a little over six weeks and, as such, could scarcely be termed an honest-to-goodness annual. It only con- tained the individual pictures of the june graduating class, and a brief synopsis of the other classes and organizations. The next year another was attempted, but was abandoned because of lack of support by the student body. ln the fall of 1923, an enterprising group of people backed a second attempt, and the result was The Rodeo, volume l. This annual was entered in the annual Central Scholastic Press Contest, held by the University of Wisconsin. Only eleven of the 203 annuals entered in the contest received a higher rating than the Rodeo. Only two Ohio annuals placed above West's annual. Hoping to equal or better this record, a second Rodeo was started in October of last year. Volunteers from the january and june graduating classes conducted a subscription drive. When sufficient pledges were in, Mr. Murphey and Mr. Ladd chose the executive staff from the volunteers, Mr. lvlurphey acting as editorial advisor and Mr. Ladd business advisor. Alpheus Marty and john Gill, as business managers, arranged all contracts, organized the circulation department, and attended to the collecting of funds. Sam Townsend, Virginia Tryon and Naomi Taylor secured over 35500.00 worth of advertising. Herrold lVlcCaughey in addition to contracting ads took care of the ad copy and collecting. On the editorial staff, Hannah Benner, as editor-in-chief, planned the layout of the book, and supervised the gathering of materials. Josephine Stover and Gwen- dolyn Lewis collected the individualjanuary andjune write-ups,Leone Cameron, faculty information, Helen Cockrell, the names of the members of the various classes: Charlotte Brewster, all the facts about the 30 different clubsg and Cordon Waite and Ann Hoskin, boys' and girls' athletic write-ups, respectively. Ruth johnson wrote the introductions to the six divisions of the book. Walter Parker headed the art staff. He and Ruth johnson prepared and mounted the pictures, and Ernest Clay drew the nne black lines, as well as the art work and seals on each plate. Katherine Schneider and David Fergusson made the page drawings, dividing each section of the book. Adelaide Barton and Helen Wall collected the jokes and mounted the informal snaps which Craig McDonnell cartooned. Philip Hamblet and Donald Kepler, the photograph editors, scheduled and su- pervised the taking of all group and individual pictures. Helen Dallow of the general staff supervised the nickel collection for the names in the class rolls. The staff wishes to thank the members of the News English classes, the Com- mercial department which offered typists, the secretaries of the various clubs, as well as the many others who have helped from time to time. Not the least of these are Mr. Murphey and Mr. Ladd, to whose untiring and willing efforts this volume of the Rodeo is largely due. The staff gratefully thanks them, and wishes them all the good luck two such unfailing friends and advisors deserve. MEMBERS Top row: Mr. Murphey, Gwendolyn Lewis, Josephine Stover, Hannah Benner, Alpheus Marty, John Gill, Sam Townsend, Mr. Ladd. Middle row: Leone Cameron, Charlotte Brewster, Helen Cockrell, Gordon NVaite, Donald Kepler, Philip Hamblet, Virginia Tryon, Herrold McCaughey. Bottom row: Helen Wall, Adelaide Barton, Ruth Johnson, Walter Parker, Ernest Clay, Craig McDonnell, David Fergusson, Naomi Taylor. Ninety-nine

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