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

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As the purple shadows of twilight pass over the land of the quiet waters, and young Indians with the dew of high school education still upon their untarnished brows leave the friendly lodge of West Seattle to break new trails in the unknown forests ahead, they arm themselves, not with the flesh searing arrow of their fore- bearers, but with strong minds instead. F or, as if willed by the gods, education and the fearless men and women of our tribe who have brought us from the depths of ignorance into the sunshine of enlighten- ment have championed our ultimate goal -peace. Here, amid the subtle strength of their guidance, we've learned the ways of our fellow braves and respect for the achieve- ments of other tribesmen, as the hands of our clan have helped mold our minds, characters and bodies that we may have the tools with which to become artisans of peace. 'ir

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For uncounted generations, in fields and forests and factories, in mines and on the sea, our common ancestors have toiled to bring to pass the high scale of living it is our present fortune to enjoy. ln endless hours of labor, under frightful stresses of discomfort and disease, dirt and weariness, these men and women built the institu- tions and won the freedoms that are our present evidences of civilization. lt has remained for this generation to reap the finest fruit of such sacri- fices in a freedom and control of the forces of nature never before avail- able to mankind. Now our generation finds that the work of its forebears didn't go far enough, that all that was won may yet be lost because of lack of accord and sympathy and cooperation among those who share the gains. ln l945 it is evident that much work and sacrifice is called for to offset the threat to progress involved in World War ll. That still more will be required before freedom from want and fear, freedom of speech t and religion be- come the common act. West Seattle l-ligh School is making its contri- bution in the ages- old warfare. ln the present struggle more than l6UU of h e r s o n s a n d daughters are car- rying on the tradi- tion of, Blood and 5 I ,M I 1 f 1 H., ,lull L l . .N lf ' 4 Y :ink 'X , A sweat and tears and strife, price- less ferments in the wine of life. Forty and more have sacrificed the happy years in store for them that the rest of us might have a fuller measure of the freedom and joy which they forego. To make freedom of worship, free- dom to express ideas, freedom from want and fear, the lot of all people everywhere, calls for toleration and enlightenment it will take a long struggle to bring about. West Seattleites have done a great deal. West Seattleites are doing much. West Seattleites have reason and capacity for doing a great deal more to bring on a hap- pier day for all mankind. -A. LYLE KAYE 7

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Jfwllflf Reviewing ten moons ot teaching and learning on the West Seattle Res- ervation, Wise men ot our tribe and their subjects can sit by smoking council tires to speak ot another round oi tasks Well done. Braves strove to keep mind and body strong and sharp under skilled hands in the Health and Physical Education clans, While Chiefs ot the Sci- ences taught the ways oi the animals in the forests, the sun, Wind, and 93 basic elements While warriors learned the tongue and culture ot their brothers under the skin from the Medicine Men of Foreign Languages. MARGARET AKIN ' 'C M English ELMER ANDERSON Mathematics, Industrial Arts GERING K. CHAMBERLAIN Industrial Arts, Stage Crew MAUDE CHAMBERLEN English, Journalism EDNA BABCOCK Soanish AMELIA HELEN BACI-IMANN Home Economics, Cooking MABEL CHILBERG Girls Advisor ELIZABETH CLARK Head of History Department PEARLE I-I. BEERY Attendance Clerk, Study VERNON S. BEHYMER Music MARGARET C. COOPER History LESLIE CRIBLEY Social Studies, Photography LEONARD E, BONAR Science Dept. Head S. M. BRINCK History LEONA CULVER Latin HALLIE DONALDSON Art VERNER DOTSON Commercial Dept. Head LLOYD W. DOTY Health and Physical Educa- tion DORIS DOYLE English 9