West High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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UWM... t 1' . lsT They Tound relief in reTiremenT Trom acTive work To: brief period oT Three monThs. BUT, oh, Too soon Their vacaTion ended, and wiTh sad- ened hearTs buT grim wiTh deTerminaTion, These colo- isTs reTurned To The proTecTive supervision OT Thai. Governors: Murdock, Williams, BocksTahler, Snearline, 'ucker and Culp. This SepTember also saw The arrival 'T Tour new colonisTs: Elouise Hall, RuTh HawThorne, eanne Marie SanTord. and Gloria Rosenman, who wer :J cOmpleTe Their colonizaTion in Three and one-halT ears insTead of The cusTomary Tour. ln November, 'cle addened hearTs were jubilant Tor wiTh The aid oT onf F our colonisTs, John Forney, WesT achieved her ninTh iTy TooTball championship. CHAPTER ll - Eshablishing A Firmer FooThold WiTh The arrival oT The spring oT I937, we see These eTermined colonisTs sTep doggedly Torward To plow Trough The'unTilled soil oT Their sophomore year. Soon TTerward our baskeTbaII Team beaT NorTh To win The iTy.championship, and laTer our Track Team Took second lace honors. ln April, The Senior Glee Club, under The irecTion oT LieuTenanT-Goyernor Hanson, presenTed Teir second GilberT and Sullivan opereTTa enTiTled, The Mikado. This opereTTa climaxed our social achieve- ienTs Tor The presenT and'now, The colonisTs, having Jccessfully reaped a crop oT Tough exams, decided To :ke anoTher summer holiday To recuperaTe. ReTUrning in SepTember,'The colonisTs broughT wiTh wem -an enThusiasTic TighTing spiriT, which led Them To icTgry in November when They capTured The ciTy TooT- aTl 'championship Also abouT This Time, The DramaTic ilulsa, under The able direcTion oT LieuTenanT-Governor 4ooTe, presenTed The one-acT comedy, BeTore The IurTain Rises. CHAPTER in Trails and AcquisiTions Having well esTablished Themselves, These iunior colo- isTs devoTed much of Their Time To sTudy and so were I The background oi mosT OT The acTiviTies. Thus, we an see Them siTTing back and waTching The glee club nd orchesTra give a concerT in The laTTer parT oT Janu- 'y. ln April, The DramaTic Club presenTed anoTher one- :T play enTiTled, The TrysTing Place. Three days laTer ne Senior Glee Club Traveled To KenT To enTer a music :inTesT. The girls won a superior raTing and wenT To olumbus To win anoTher superior raTing and The sTaTe iampionship. MusTering all Their courage. The colonisTs successTully .iTlived a Three-day cyclone in The Torm oT Tinal exams 1d quickly deparTed Tor Their summer haunTs. The Tall season was oTT To a mysTerious sTarT wiTh The 'esenTaTion of The GhosT STory by The DramaTic lub. LaTer in The year, The DramaTic Club gave anoTher ay enTiTled, Bargains ln CaThay. November Tormed ie seTTing oT a Third GilberT and Sullivan opereTTa, olanThe. Time passed swiTTly now and we were soon Tgulfed in a sTorm oT TesTs, and lasTly, exams. ANUARY.l940 CHAPTER IV The AdminisTraTion of RoberT M. Summers Seniors aT lasT, These colonisTs lusTily cheered Their baske+baII Team, including Two oT Their members-Bob MarTin and MorTon Leeper, on To vicTory in The cap- Ture oT The Pioneer League Championship. As There was no play-oTT beTween leagues, The ciTy championship was noT deTermined. The Senior Glee Club was eligible Tor The STaTe Music conTesT and so They again journeyed To Columbus. Here The Girls' Glee Club received a superior raTing and The mixed chorus was very proud To be The only club To receive a superior raTing in sighT reading. WiTh The disTincTion oT being seniors, we acquired The righT To hold a Town meeTing, aT which Time Bob Summers was elecTed president Bob Hays, vice-presidenT: and VioleT FleTcher, secreTary. During The lasT oT May, The owners of The bi-weekly paper, The LariaT, announced Their sTaTT Tor The TorThcoming year. Included among The new sTaTT were several members ol: our colony, namely: Bob Summers, Ben Sugar, Leona PorTman, Lillian Kalman, and Bob MarTin. Dan O'Connell was laTer added To The sTaTT. On June 2, all The colonies held a naTional elec- Tion Tor a House oT RepresenTaTives, called STudenT Council. Ben Sugar, ElizabeTh Umansky, NuTTrie Bran- caTo, Bob Summers, Lillian Kalman, and Ben Bliman were elecTed Trorn our colony. The resumpTion oT colonial acTiviTies in SepTember and consequenTly The lasT lap oT our colonizaTion was her- alded by a re-clecTion of our adminisTraTors. Our presi- donT and secre-Tary reTained Their offices, while Lillian Kalman was elecTed vice-presidenT, and Jeane WenT- worTh, Treasurer. Josephine CaTalano, DoroTh Ramsin, and Dan O'Connell were added To The lisT oil colonisTs compleTing Their Toil in Three and one-halT years, making a ToTal oT seven. On OcTober 5 The owners oT ThaT semi- annual year book, The Rodeo, announced Their sTaTT, which included Bob Andrews, Molly GoTTlieb, RuTh Haw- Thorne, Tom Maselli, WalTer ShreTTler, Gloria WinTer, ElizabeTh Umansky, and Gloria Rosenman. Early in November Tive oT our colonisTs were chosen To become members oT The renowned scholasTic organizaTion, The NaTional Honor SocieTy. They were ElizabeTh Umansky, Jeane WenTworTh, Gloria Rosenman, RuTh HawThorne, and VioleT FleTcher. Soon aTTerward The Senior Glee Club presenTed Their TourTh GilberT and Sullivan oper- eTTa, The PiraTes oT Penzance, wiTh VioleT FleTcher a member oT The casT. KenneTh Engle was a member OT The special orchesTra ThaT played The accompanimenT Tor The opereTTa. Now, we, The class oT January, I94O, Will soon be leaving These porTals of WesT, And as we Traverse The roads of liTe- iwhsieer They bel W..-'H do oura BEST FOR wesr. GLORIA ARLYNE ROSENMAN. Page Thirhon

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Class Will ARTICLE I We, fhe January Class of I94O, hereby declare fhis fo be our lasf will and fesfamenf. ARTICLE II We, as a class, leave fo fhe faculfy our grafifude for fheir noble efforfs fo guide and help us. As a furfher proof of our affecfion, we leave fhern our fool-proof alibis, fime wasfing argumenfs, and evasive answers. To fhe undergraduafes we will our new scienfifically fesfed mefhods of cheafing in fesfs. Lef fheir conscience be fheir guide in using if. ARTICLE III The following individual bequesfs have been made only affer careful fhoughf on fhe parf of fhe donors, so lei fhe forfunafe receivers be duly grafeful. Bill G-oggins leaves his loud socks fo Mr. Flood. Jeanne Sanford leaves her sophisficafion fo Evelyn Temple, who, she feels, can use if. 1 Dan O'ConnelI leaves his line fo any fellow Chicagoan, buf warns fhaf if gol' him info frouble wifh fhe girls. Elizabefh Umansky leaves her sisfer, Norma, in hope of exceeding her sisfer's high scholasfic sfanding. Bob Marfin leaves fhe Duffy Club and ifs pefifions fo Doug Richardson and Joy Williams. June Charlfon leaves her algebra problems fo Eliza- befh Mafz. Bob Andrews leaves his bashfulness fo Paul Rosen- berger. Violef Flefcher leaves her dainfy ways fo Frank Gerfz. Bob Hays bequeafhs his Smoky Mounfain drawl fo Bob I-Iall. To Miss Kern, Kay Evans leaves her orchid lip sfick, and Josephine Cafalano, her personalify wink. ' Gloria Rosenman leaves lo her sisfer, MarceIIa,,fhe remainder of midnighf oil she burns so consfanfly. Mollie Gofflieb leaves her hearf in Joe Israel's keeping. Bob Summers wills his presidency fo Charles Seifz. John Forney leaves 'lhe foofball feam. ' Tommy McCready leaves behind fhe besf years of his life. Ben Sugar wills his good nafure fo fhe library. Leona Porfman leaves her curly hair fo all fhose girls who have fo puf up fheir locks every nighf. The wifs of fhe class leave fheir besf jokes fo Mr. Snearline, who is always in fhe markef for new ones. Ben Sarbinsky wills his arf of making fudge fo Jean Lamb, and leaves fhe Cenfer Lunch fo June Simon. Walf Shreffler bequeafhs his abilify fo sfay ouf of Iggie fo Jean Lenner. Beffy Anne Sarvis leaves her school spirif fo fhe enfire sfudenf body. ' Kenny Engle leaves fhe echoes of his fuba-playing for Mr. Campbell fo worry abouf. Lil Kalman leaves her afhlefic abilify fo Ann Noyes and her flirfafions fo Marion Grafe. ARTICLE IV I, Jeane Wenfworfh, being 'of sound mind and body, frusfing fhaf I leave every person complefely safisfied wifh fhis, fhe lasf will and fesfamenf of fhe IZA Class of I94O, do charge if be execufed by my friend, your friend, everybody's friend, Franklin D. Roosevelflll and wifnessed by fhe big fhree: Hifler, Sfalin, and Mr. Milquefoasf. JEANE WENTWORTH. Class History CHAPTER I The Founding of fhe January I940 Class On a bleak, winfry day in January, I936, fhirfeen frighfened colonisfs, called freshies, enfered fhe mysferi- 'ous porfals of Wesf High School, from fhose now-disfai 'places called Crouse, Grace, and Spicer. Ben Bliman. 1VioIe+ Flefcher, Molly Gofflieb, Louis Hollingshead, Lil- li,ahlKaIman. Louis Krainess, Harry Melfzer, Leona Porf- Page Twelve man, Helen Roberfs, Beffy Anne Sarvis, Ben Sugar, Bob Summers, and Elizabefh Umansky, slowly adjusfed fhem- selves fo fhe hardships of finding fheir way along un- known frails fo classrooms. Their fimely arrival heralded fhe founding of Wesf's firsf baseball feam. In April, fhe Dramafic Club presenfed The Knighf of fhe Burning Pesfle, wifh one of our members, Bob Summers. having allied himself wifh fhe orchesfra. These colonisfs pain- fully endured four affacks of reporf cards unfil af long THE RODEO

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MR. SNEARLINE'S FRESHMEN 'l'hu'll Huw: F, lb'.Xx'vllu, li, Uiiiiiiiiiiip-, K, liuvlili-y, C, Clllllllllffhillll. D. ChlN'Sl'lXl2lll. L. Ross, T, Clox'v1'. A. Atlzilln. 1, FIIl'I'L'H, J. Cultnro. F. Cliristian, H. Clark. N. Curvy. S. Alniuiixismi. D, liilcllzml, M. Ass-nti. Si-l-mul Row: t'. ,Xfhwm'Il1. C. lil-Vx'y. I', Ilmxvii. J, Dxmivl. J. George, VV. Form-y, .l. Dll!'fllll2l'l'I', VV. Crutsrfr, R, l'11'hi-11, C, Fullllr. B, ICnu-ry D, Cuiimm. J. Hlzivla. K, Hzirr. li. lim-y, R. Umwii. l-'ii'-I Huw: R. l3i'y:mi. H, Fi-:ilulu-l. 11. llzivia li. lilzm-. ll. Hll1'lilIl!hIlY1'l, Mr. SI1!'ZlI'IllH'. F, C04'lw1'l1:iln, K. JXl!'llll!1lil'll, J, lirohst. S. Gvrtz S. fiilI'lllI1'l', J. l-'iw-Q . MISS MURDOCK'S FRESHMEN 1 ou1'tli Row: F. Culpa-n, R. Bnwilish. F. Glil-lily-1':'. K. Fugrli-i'. IC, Cory. M,Cu11lu11riz1ims. YV. Iii-i1ml:i.grv. M, Amin-ws, M. Attzuuisio. H. Ellis. , E. Altzinxwiu. l. Haiili-y, D, Fluiu. W. Iluvie-s. N. Cilrlvy. A. Dmmzi. L. Ci:n'rm-hi, A. Frziiiklin. Thirml Row: E. Aslu-r, J. Glif-li. l, liruhlz-iii. F, Czirmn, IC. Haw, S. Cultim. I.. Iluslm-i-. A. lhitis. L. Comm-lly, F. Ulllllll. F. Brinkmzm, E. Cirizll-li. IS. Forwytln-. A. COIil4'l'X. l'. lii1'm-si. Y, Ilrzlmli. Sl't'0ll4l Rout M, th-rxlilmwllz, S. Ilrmxxi. S. Gi-viz. J. Uri-1-ii. F. Dosw, L. IJefl,ii1':r, C. 114- Lili-:u, ll, Ulltl'lll'l'. C. Pxwsle-l'. Miss lSIuI'd0l-k. F. liuggrim., L. lllilixiwu, Y. 154-Kimi. E, Al1lhlll'5Il'Y, A. fluwin, C. l4'Ul'Illlll'. A, Cnwtznitlm-. E. C:li'I'1'li11. J, Cullil-1'. First, limi: M. Cnuli, .l. lJ'.Xniil-il. IC, Crislilu, Il. Cullum. F. Cuvklni. L. Briss. R, ll:-xxziml. J. Coll:-111, ld. Czmlpln-ll. MISS BOCKSTAHLER'S FRESHMEN Fmirlli Row: J. S'K'lllll'ilAlll. K, Szimllvr. .I. Sim-lu-i'. M, Smith. M. WV:i.llm-V, li. Raiinwy. F. Prilx. ll. J. Pzittwuoii. R. YVQ-i-ms, V. Richard. li. l':ixtui1. .l. Rulslu. I! Wzmslay. .l. A. W4-lsh. R. Stmic. 1. RlZlWlil1li. ll. S1114-m. J. NVis0. Thirll Row: M, Smith. M. Willizims. A. Vvlllitllll. I., Wzilkl-r. R, Rirgle. G. R1-itmibzwli, F. Roth. D. Pilot, A, Sigmund, J'. SIlyd4 I'. E. Sxmlvm. li. Ruyniomi, N. Swzu-tx. ll. l'iu-lwtt. A. Suphix M, Rivhiu. Si-omni Ruw: R, S1-lmzirtz. A, Rlllllllllll. ll. Wzillzivs-. M. Squires. E. Sua:'111'. N. Slnlvzilirli, IZ. 'l'1ms. H. Wiiwr. J. SL'Y4'I'1lll4'l'. R. Rosenthal. R. Lisse-ii, R. Nillll-l2Il'll, IN, Vhlliums, D. WL-st. First. Row: ll. liziyo, ll. Smith, J, Smith. Page Fourfeen T H E R O D E O 5 . Raw