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

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MR. KAYFS MESSAGE 1851 November 13th Twenty-four Pioneers at Alki For their doorstep The tidal salt of the vast Pacific Their back yard Giant firs and pines and cedars Stretching mile on evergreen mile For hunting grounds and fishing Mountains with their pastures Rivers and lakes without number A wondrous home country For men and women Of Industry and resource With daring stamina and faith 1 942 ln this land of beauty and wonder On the Pacific Among mountains and lakes And evergreen forests ln this year of blood and tears Our greatest need Wtih all at stake, is for Faith and stamina Resource and daring lndustry and resolution To save What they discovered At Alki in i851 -A. LYLE KAYE. Miss Kalt, library assistant. Mrs. Daven- port ancl Miss Moore, office clerks. A f i K i Taking telephone messages, keeping school records, answering questions from students, re- cording grades, giving out information about graduates to prospective employers and acting as secretaries are but a few of the duties in- cluded in the everyday routine of the office help. Miss Moore and Mrs. Davenport are the two office supervisors who supply the oil to keep the school machine running smoothly. Under them are students who gain valuable training for future office work. Miss Kalt is the efficient young woman who works with Miss Lane in the library. Vsfq I. .

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MR. FULTON? MESSAGE Trails! Beyond the last sun-baked vestige of frontier, across the bare prairie shunned for weary miles by tree and bush alike, farther even than those dim blue mountains, marking vague distance, there ran the trails of the Old West. Danger lurking every mile: the conquering thirst of the desert sands, the pitiless thunder of stampeding buffalo, the fiendish whoop of paint-streaked Indians, the crack of the outlaw's pistol. Gut of those trails, out of those dangers, came an unique courage and an ac- complishment unequaled by past years. The desert has grown lush with alfalfa, the rivers have been harnessed for their power, the mountains have been pillaged of their precious metals. Great grandfather would have said: Pshaw, it can't be done! But the Old West did it! And the New West will do still more. The Youth of 1942 are of the New West and if courage and vision have not been drained from your veins by the ease of l942, you will read the message of the Old West: All things are possible, and you will bend your lives accordingly. -REED FULTON.

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Ya know whut Zeke dun? he was saying. Wal, he up and fetched his gun, an dog my hide if he didn' tuk out after them thar Inj uns. Yes, sir, l seed it with my own eyes. HIS clothes were dusty and the mud was caked on them, but his expression glowed with youth- .m,' ' L., M158 NICKENZIE MRS. OHANIBEFILEN MR, HANNAFORD MRS. BAEDER ,, ,KN H-N - Y... -v ..-.Y- lg, . fulness in contrast to the old miner's with his tobacco- stained teeth and wrinkled face. The boy didn't reprimand the old miner for his poor English. ln spite of the difference in their ages, they were alike in one respect. Schools were few, so nat- urally the young pioneers grew up imitating their elders. ln those days, correct usage of English mattered little. But today, as competition has grown much keener, the correct usage of both written and oral English has become very important. This generation has an advantage, for education includes the mechanics of grammar, spelling, compo- sition, and the principles of speech and letter-Writing. One who wishes to specialize in some field of English may do so by taking Creative Writing, Dramatics, Public Speaking, Newswriting, Radio Broadcasting, or Script Writing. ln Writing Lab class, students write composi- tions in any manner that they choose-prose, poetry, script-and read them before the class for construc- tive criticism. Out of this class have come many young people who through their previous foundation have developed into aspiring writers. Training in dramatics can be obtained through the Junior and Senior dramatics classes. Plays are re- hearsed and commencement plans made. The practical knowledge of how to speak freely and easily in front of a group is emphasized in public speaking classes. This knowledge is invaluable in later life. . Through learning to write in newspaper style and later applying this form in the publication of the Chi- nook, boys and girls are trained not only in the writ- ing, but are in a position to get more out of reading the newspaper. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Miss McKenzie, Miss Akin, Mrs. Cham- berlen, Mr, Hannaford, Miss Hurd, Miss Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Lansing, Mr. Mackey, Miss Phillips, Miss Young, Miss Blalock.