Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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S Ellie ings 3 PP911 .t his llow- 'e an zalize upta- Jrove vhere ighly cowl- more uring h at- gards :cling other gnize-s .l his seem af ter- ooked itense Jlaces How- have been aspect ire is n, yet ollege onger te the chool. trough what r that ale for iwes a repay sty, so Alma io dis- world le ad- THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. I7 vantage, the preparatory training he has re- ceived. To him the eyes of all are fastened upon him to see if a college trained man really is more capable than a man who has never had the advantage of such training. Yet, a glance at the boy who stopped school, on account of financial difficulties or for other reasons, will reveal that he, too, has progressed. He has now attained his ma- jority and his mind begins to burn with an uncontrollable desire to see the world and what it has in store for him. During the last few years he has begun to understand the great privation it has been for him not to be able to complete his school course, and this only makes him all the more anxious to get out into the world so that, as far as possible, he may atone for the disad- vantages he has been compelled to labor un- der. At every turn he is shown more and more fully the extent of his loss. He works faith- fully in his position, but soon sees himself surpassed by a better trained man who may not apply himself half so diligently as he. He feels that his manners are uncouth, that he lacks that polish and ease of bearing and action which is so evident in those who have received college training and that whatever he accomplishes in life must be accomplished under many unfavorable conditions. But the one thing that offers him consolation is that he lives among a free people, where men, who have been deprived of a college education, have risen by industry and close application to business. We seldom stop to think that much that we have and much that we are as a nation we owe to that farewell which our forefathers bade to their native land three hundred years ago. We seldom stop to think what that farewell meant to those who were leaving their homes and friends, crossing a broad ex- panse of ocean, to explore a strange country, to hew out a home from a dense wilderness, abounding with strange perils and disastersg to build schools for the educaition of their children and churches where they might wor- ship their f'reator as they chose. Truly, honesty, ambition, and industry-the three characteristics from which none of us should ever part, the three fundamental principles of a successful life-must have been their hope and guide. But ever and always, the valedictory clings around the class, and the name valedictor- ian, around that one who is chosen to bid farewell to friends on behalf of the whole class. Some count it an honor, and it cer- tainly is, to say farewell to teachers, class mates, and friends, and to receive their best wishes for the entire class. But what a heavy weight this honor is and what a bur- den of responsibility it carries with it. The valedietorian is impressed with the thought that of all the class he is expected to uphold the class honor and pride. He feels that he, at least is expected to do noth- ing which may bring the slightest shadow of dishonor upon his class, even though he be unable to bring it great fame. What a weight of responsibility, which others are free from, bears down on his shoulders! How timid and grave he feels as he faces the representatives of the Board of Education for the last time and realizes that, in a meas- ure they are responsible for him. As he looks into the pleasant faces of the audience, they, too, seem to take an interes't in him which lends him an inspiration for better work in th-e future. True, later in life, he may point with pride to the time when he was valedictorian, but yet he also recognizes the fact that unless he amounts to something in life, unless he has made a record to be proud of, he will be ashamed to refer to the occasion, for his friends will wonder why he has not accom- plished more and will be disappointed at his failure. And now, classmates, as graduates of Westport High School, may we write in in- delible characters upon the pages of our memories, 'cldsse duam vid-erif' so that when we have reached the afternoon of life, and it comes our turn to say that last farewell, be- fore stepping into that land where there are no farewells, we shall go with as much joy and expectation as we depart from our school life into young manhood and young womanliood to-night. Farewell.

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1 . I l i i I l I I I .i 1 i IBKARY. l.. bl'l DKAN LUN HL. THE VVESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. IQ BOARD OF EDUCATION OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. OFFICERS. Joseph L. Norman, President. Gardiner Lathrop, Vice-President. E. F. Swinney, Treasurer. J. M. Greenwood, Superintendent. F. D. Thar e Assistant Su Jerintendent. P 7 G. B. Longan, Assistant Superintendent. W. E. Benson Secretarf. . J ' MEMBERS. Honorable Joseph L. Norman, Honorable J. C. James, Honorable Gardiner Lathrop, Honorable J. S. Harrison, Honorable F. A. Faxon, General Milton Moore. F9 25' WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. FACULTY. MR. S. A. UNDERWOOD, Principal. Political Economy. MISS ANNE CROMBIE WILDER, Latin and Greek. MR. H. L. GREEN, Physics. and Chemistry. MISS SOPHIA WATSON, Physiology, Zoology and Botany. MISS MARGARET DEWITT, English. MR. GEORGE SASS, Drawing. MISS GUSSYE KAHN, German and French. MR. J. L. SHOUSE, Civics and English. NIR. S. N. HOWLAND, Mathematics. MR. PRESTON K. DILLENBECAK, Eloeution. . MISS JENNIE ROSE, Vocal Music. DR. FRED BURGER, Physical Director for Girls. MR. F. P. FREYTAG, Physical Director for Boys. MISS STELLA F. HODSHIER, Study Hall Monitor. MISS MARGUERITE H. SMITH, Librarian, Allen Branch Library. MR. C. B. SNEDEGER, Janitor. f'5'f'2' ROUND TABLE CLUB. Colors-Blue and Yellow. OFFICERS. President, Miss Pearl Burns. Vice-President, Miss Rutfh A. Lofton. Secretary, Mr. Harold B. Clark. Treasurer, Mr. Frank L. Towsley. Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Frank E. Folk. MEMBERS. Mary Abercrombie, Arthur W. Bradlee, W inifred Adams, Pearl Burns, Shirley Allendorph, Cameola Burns, Clara M. Barnes, Beulah Bucher, Goldia B. Barton, Blanche L. Bleil, Frances F. Beers, Nina A. Bleil, Louise Beers, Nellie M. Beery,