West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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ILASSIES In the building of a city, just as in the building of our education, we have grown matured with years. When we entered as freshmen, we were like the first settlers at A lki, who laid the foundation of Seattle with crude implements in a vast, unknown world, calling this first location N ew York Alki or New York Bye and Bye, and dream- ing of the time when the tiny settlement would become a city. Just as our Sophomores were beginning to broaden their horizons, they, too, at Alki looked toward the future, realizing the need of a deep harbor. Canoeing across the bay, they sounded Smithis cove with a horse shoe and a clothes line and found the harbor they de- sired. Soon a new settlement took shape, adoptin g the name of Chief Sealth for its own. Henry Yesler built a saw mill, with a harsh whistle, for this new enterprise. The village was building then, preparing for a third era of growth and importance to the state and nation. As the Juniors awoke to a sense of responsibility, so the pioneers reached out to link the nation with Seattle. I n the legislature S eattle's pioneers served the territory, they built roads over the mountains, and James J. Hill here found a terminal for the Great Northern Railway. And now Seattle belongs to the world. Her ships sail to distant lands, her people are building, educating, advancing all over the world. The pioneers' New York Alki has been realized, and we who are going from our school into the world may help carry on the task so bravely begun by S eattle,s pioneers.

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SENIOR CLASS Today Seattle stands at the door of the Pacific Northwest-broad, Well built, and strong, looking beyond to far horizons, ready to take her place among the important cities of the world, and her citizens with international interests are still pioneers, building and striving to carry on the original purpose of those first settlers. In this high school, which is our little World, the Seniors are like these present day pioneers. As Freshmen their beginnings were humble, but as the years passed, they increased in knowledge and experience, their interests broadened, and now they are ready to step out confidently to prove their Worth to the greater world outside. During the first year Miss Lockhart was the class adviser, with Miss Dahlberg succeeding her in 1931. Then the members were new, green, and shy. Now they have become an important and necessary part of the West Seattle school life. It is the Seniors who have shown leadership in athletics, scholastic achievements, and all social activities. They were represented in practically every organization in the school, and the leading roles in many of the school productions were taken by Senior class members. During the Christmas season they also took the initiative in decorating all the rooms of the building with wreaths, and the assembly hall with fir trees. In addition the class sponsored four successful dances, and in February staged Cappy Ricks, the Senior play. But the great hour of triumphant glory for the Seniors, the culmination of four years of study, was May third, Senior Day, which started off with an unusual assembly and was followed through by a program planned out for the entire day. And now they are leaving us. May they continue to progress, carrying with them the same high ideals that they have upheld during their years spent with us. ikzqffgaw- ADVISER