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

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1904 volume:

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Rowe, Mary E. CMrs. .John B. Christiansonj. CLASS OF 1894. Burtch, Libbie. QMrs F. Simp- sony. Harrison, Daisy. CMrs. Chas. McNairj. Spence, Edna. CLASS OF 1895. . Anwyi, Annie. Gould, Clarence K. Johnson, Frank. Rountree, Owen. CDeceasedD. VVhipple, Carr. CLASS OF 1896. Bell, Rena. McDaniel, Bessie R. - Pinkston, Sophia E.. QMrs. Dr. Ben Berryb. Lvman, Forrest S. Rowell, Loren W. CLASS OF 1897. Bell, Hugh L. Hornbuckle, Roy W. Bowers, Ollie. Donaldson, Emma. CMrs. Wm. Hahnj. Folk, Jessie H. CMrs. E. N. Cramerj. Lyman, Jessie. CMrs. H. H. Eckertj. Deceased. Maloney, Margaret A. Smith, Marie L. CLASS OF 1898. Field, Clarence. Underwood, Franklin M. Wornall, Rowen B. Bastinan, Anna J. Booth, Beulah H. CMrs. Jack Trestrailj . Cook, Mabel. Hornbuckle, Nannie. Lowerre, Georgia I. QMrs. J. D. Forresterj. Smith, Annabel A. CLASS OF 1899. Evans, John E. Hahn, Frank J. Martin, Daniel. Shultz, Alba E. Waller, Francis D. Bowers, Mary E. Colburn, Ethel L. Ellis, E. May. QMrs. Howard Lathropb. Gibbs, Ethel. Gosnell, Alberta C. Holmes, Ella L. Martin, Nellie. O'Brien, Ada lf. OlBrien, Theresa F. Parrish, Florence. Reynolds, Martha L.. QMrs. Slocumj. Wittlin, Elizabeth. Wornall, Elizabeth. CLASS OF 1900. Chester, Walter. Pinkston. Forrest L. Tillson, Leo M. Bell, Fannie. Bucher, Maude. Chase, Louise Q. Cunningham, Kate B. Depew, Martha. Ellard, Adelaide. Fitzgerald, Blanche S. Hamilton, Laura. Hempel, Ethel. Hodge, Minerva F. Kern, Elizabeth L. Longshore, Lula B. QMrs. Frank Greenej. Mastin, Fannie B. QMrs. Jo Hopkinsj. Peters, Floy. CMrs. Geo. Palmer Pinkston, Annie C. Watson, Edna. CLASS OF 1901. Donaldson, Glenn R. Emmert, Leroy W. Fisher, L. Cameron. Flowers, Herbert VV. Forrester, D. Bruce. Gregg, Lester F. Ham, Roscoe C. Kennedy, John M. Rowell, James G. Scott, Orrie B. Small, John M. Underwood, Geo. A. Allen, Dora L. Allen, Lena D. Asbury, Lotta L. Carr, Edith M. Drake, Margaret L. Dunlop, Faye A. Gardiner, Jessie. Hahn, Lena M. Hamilton, Gertrude G. Holcomb, Maude M. tMr Fisherj. Knepp, Sarah J. Lash, Annie K. Pederson, Bertha J. CLASS OF 1902. Clark, Harold B. Colburn, George C. Eyman, Frank H. Hatch, William P. D. sLH. Knepp, VVilliam H. Patton, Q. Howard. Porter, H. Guy. Samuel, Thos. D. Snodgrass, Vail H. T owsley, Frank L. Barton, Goldia B. GXIIS E Donaldsonj. Bastman, Rosa G. Burns, Pearl. Courtney, V era. Cross, Stella. Eggleston, C. Victorine. Endres, Minnie. Hiatt, Elsie A. Hile, Lillie E. Hill, Fenta E. Lindsay, Frances B. Lowerre, Pearl O. Moore, Nellie M. Ogden, Olive. Patton, Ruth E. Price, Amyq Price. Julia N. Prince, Nellie F. Rumsfeld, Alvina D. Russell, Adelaide E Sharp, Lora. Shotwell, Bertha W. Spence, Bessie. Wiedenmann, Anna B. CLASS OF 1903 Adams, D. Stanly. Bruner, Glen L. Bruner, Rea. M. Colburn, L. Earl. Fife, Clyde L. Folk, Frank E. Frazier, Harry K. Hatashita, Choichiro. Schlegel, F. Orlin. Smith, Perry C. Stowell,'Carl D. Underwood, Herbert W. Wilson, Lee. Adams, Wlinifred. Barnes, Clara M. Burgess, Martha. Caffrey. Rose C. Carr, Eleanor. Eggleston, Blanche. England, F redericka. Flowers, Margaret E. Flowers, Mary C. Green, Natalie. Kern. Mabel. Lowerre, Ruby A. Peterson, Olive L. Polk, Grace R. Rogers, Anna. Stowell, Irene. Sumerwc-ll, Eva M. Walter, Celia. VViedenuiann, Josephine 1. X .fi THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 5 I I-ION. ROBERT L. YEAGER. On Monday, Noveniber 23, 1903, Robert li. Yeager, who had served as a nieniber and pres- ident of the board ot education for nearly twenty-tliree years, died suddenly at his hoine in Kansas City. Hon. Robert L. Yeager, by virtue of his rugged honesty, his clean lille, without spot or bleniish, his devotion to the cause of education and everything else that tended to make people wiser and better, his self- saerilieing' spirit and cheerful helpfulness to others, his great love for Children, his sympathy for those in distress-all these qualities made him probably one of the best beloved and the nio-st highly respected of our Citizens.-J. M. fl1'0e11u'o0c7, in Journfzl of Eclzzrolfion. Qylfn- VY ,. ti 1. Mrs. Eflie J Hedges. 2. Mr. J. L. Shouse. 23. Miss Soph: , M N0I'g9 Sass- G. Mr. S. A. Underwood.. 7. Mr D sion K. Dillenbeck. QB. Mr. H. L. Gre'Q'ri. h UH1'a1YI1 Stoner. 11. Mr. A. O. P my. 12. Mil Mf rgaret Dev' '. 13. Miss Gussye Kr: 1 11CLTI1rI, 1'j 'wEsTPo1i'F H IGH THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHUQL HERALD. 7 ff , 'K eff-.- Q If ,fifgsl W A I r 'ffl K. tx . RL . , ., V N5 ' 5 w a 4 'Q-Elma f we 1 ff me F ,fa .f xx'-xxx :gil 1 xitx Zyl C7rF'a1'ifI Upezrei I-iouses, Wuezsdag Zuzniqg, Mag ZLL, 190-4. Invocation. . . . . .Father William J. Dalton. Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ameriean Huniorf Soprano Solo. . . . The Time of Rosesj' Reese. M153 Pearl Dudley' Mrs. J. M. gtevensonn Baritone Solo. . . The Three Wishes, Pinsuti. H.L.D.F 'tf. Salutatory. . . . .fglnquiry for Inforinationf' I 1 T m Xm in S h 1 h. , Miss Alberta, Cresweu. Oration. . .. .dhfhf Rio legs C o ars ip. i r. ar es f o . Essay' ' ' f ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ,' ', Modem Chlvahqy' Feclaniation. . . . . . . The Pettison's Firsts., Miss Frances Kizzie Johnson. Misra Lotta Phillips Violin SOMM i i . .MAH Variein Vieuxtemps' Vaieidiotolif. . . .CCCO1H111QI'CiE1HSTI1 and Genius' iss Elizabeth RUSSQH' Miss Nettie Wiedenniann. Accoimpamst' MES Emmy Russell' Contraltoi Solo.. .. .. .. Seguidi11e, Bizet iD9Ci3II12Li3i0i11. . . . . .mfhe NSW SO1lth,n Grady. Bliss Bfattig L011 Catrgn, Mr- William Rufus Hffmbuckle- Present-ation of Diplomas. . .. . . . . . . . . Oration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rohert Walpoief' - - - - - - - - - -H01'10'1'3b19 Ffadllk A- FEIXOI1 Miss Mary Einina 'Minor. Aooonipanist, Mrs. Effie J. Hedges. , A - '..,.. V ' f Avg ' , ,4,,f- wr THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 8 1 Ha 45 w . l 2 1 N., 3' . ,l Q. we 'B 5 'E F53 f ' 1-William Rufus Hornbuckle. 'J-Anna Catherine Qrnisby. 3-Jessie Pearce Cheathani. Ll-Alvin Lorie. 5-Frances Florence Beers. 6-Aclro n Wri ght. 7-Eunice Viola. Bearfl. 8-Catherine Norine O7Brien. I 9-A1nyAtl1alia.h Meyer. 10-Alberta Creswell. ' 11-Charles Wolf. 12-Frances Kizzie Johnson. 13-Mary Mildred Hyre. 14-Bessie Saniuel Fife. 15-Hazel Lilian Hatch. 16-Myrtle Ducreix 17-Nettie Wiecleninann. 18-Louise Helen Hahn. 19-Pearl Dudley. 20-Robert Canine Hornbuelile. 21-Jeannette Elizabeth Saniuel. 22-Raynionrl Marran. 23-Dorothy Elizabeth Partingion. 21-Obie Eninieif Durham. 25-Clifforcl Braclley Smith. 26-Ainancla Elizabeth Garrett. 27-Annie Elizabeth Burgess. 28-Lotta Phillips. 29-Anna Hainilion. 30-Annette Lacene Douglas. 31-Audrey Cooke. H 32-Mary Einnia Minor. 33-Arlclie Pearl Zunialt. z, .zjH+Nelile Elizabeth Sunierwell. 7Wikia,iylygfilyiwigf., 7, I 4 Y- fx H 1 0.0.1 ,-. . f r -,M f INV az , , V f - Qfff' -Nz f f, U f 4 fzf f f f' lllrmwiffgf Q ming, an Hmm' We 'lljlhm for-Ulf Qmmir Riff rumah mmm llmyfli., WIFI? 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Hon Milton Moore. T ball. LovedQ?j physics for two years A present she is striving haid to be honest and Hon. E. F. Swinney, Treasurer. Hon. W. E. Benson, Secretary. Dr. J. M. Greenwood, Superintendent. e+ ee eees-ff -1 -see . c Faculty of ' Westport High School. ' 9??3?vv 533 9 799 Mr. S. A. Underwood, Principal. i Miss Margaret De Witt, English. Mr. H. L. Green, Physics and Chemistry. Mr. J. L. Shouse, History and English. Miss Gussye Kahn, English and German. Miss Anna Crombie Wilder, Latin and Greek. Mr. George Sass, Art. Miss Carolyn Stoner, French. Miss Sophia Watson, Biology. Mr. A. O. Bigney, Mathematics. Mr. Preston K. Dillenbeck, Elocution. Miss Stella F. Hodshier, Study Hall Monitor. Miss Effie J. Hedges, Music. Mr. F. C. Kettler, Physical Director. Mr. C. B. Snedeger, Janitor. ll THE SENIORS. London, Ohio, welcomed Edward Maurice Higgins as a native, January 18, 1886. His faculty for mischief was highly developed. He attended a country school and was bitten by a mink. His highest grades were made in athlet- ics and 3d Algebra Q ?j. Robert Hornbuckle, born in Jackson Coun- ty, Missouri, in 1881. He spent all his vaca- tions toiling on a Missouri farm and entered this noble school as a Freshie in 1899. Uncle Cyn presented him and other foot-ball boys sas, in June, 1886 , spent her infancy just grow ing, a. rival of Gertrude Smith. She spent vacations on a ranch in Kansas and at the Omaha Exposition. Miss Beers is very fond of cats. I ' Nettie Wiedenmann , born Valentine7s Day, 1888, in Ka.nsas City, Missouri. She has enjoyed measles, chicken-pox, scarlet fever, whooping-cough, and various other ills, but is evidently possessed of the full nine lives. She graduated from Alle-n school when about twelve years old, and on entering Westport High School she hung up a V, and now graduates as Valedictorian of her class. But a. UV would not begin to tell the story of her graduating togs. Will Hornbuckle was born in Jackson Coun- ty in 1886. The first seven years of his life were spent in an insane asylum, of which he remembers nothing. Being released as a harm- less lunatic, he sta.rted to school and reached Westport High School in 1900. Amid the won- derful students of Westport he regained his mind, although still somewhat dreamy, and played with credit on the '01, 302, '03, and 904 base-ball teams, also on the 502 and 903 foot- ball teams. Will enter M. S. U. for a law course next fall. Lotta M. Phillips, mostly stubborn, going home from school one day she waded through two feet of mud to get out of reach of a. friend- ly dog. After taking Caesar a year she dropped him, because he was too ancient. She wanted to study the ffinodernsf' they were decidedly more interesting. She is now looking forward to being a happy bachelor girl. Pearl Zunialt, born in Clay County, in the f in ity, she ade :et- At ind 311- WV- 31117 the of 3.53 1as er, is he .ve gh ,CS .id Us H.. ,fe he H- ed 11- .is 1d 14 .13- w lg' fli 1- rd .y d .G THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 11 merry month of May. This small child had a temper. Her one delight was sewing Kdoll- ragsf' She entered Westport, and her vacations have been spent on a farm, in boating, riding, moonlight-night walksn QO joy! lj, and feed- ing pigs. Miss Jenny Samuel, born November 7, 1886, went to Europe as a. child to visit her relations. She attended the Garfield and Allen schools until fourteen, and entered Westport as a Freshie in the fall of 1900. Her entire mind is bent on having a flower-garden. Annie Elizabeth Burgess , born on the cele- brated Ellis Island. After brilliant and well- deserved honors at ward school, she entered W. H. S. Then she joined the O. S. Miss Annie has actually, really seen President Roose- velt. One day in chemistry, Miss Burgess burnt her finger, and this laid her on the shelf. . Louise Helen Hahn, this precious infant learned the alphabet at the age of two days. She graduated from the Allen school at the age of twelve. Having studied so hard she had no time left for any incidents of infancy, or if she did she soon forgot such foolish, frivolous things. It is to be hoped that she won't study her head off some day. Anna Oatherine Orinsby , lived at her birth- place, Oovington, Kentucky, for two years, moved to Indiana and soon after she came to Kansas Oity, she hopes to perfect the match- making process which she learned in the Ohem- istry Laboratory. Hazel Lillian Hatch, you would never think this august personage was a child, but, sad to say, she was. She entered W. H. S. as a pupil, of course, she was not a scholar, but just a plain pupil. W. H. S. is a very slow school for her, as nothing happened in all her school life. Adron Wright, born at Seneca, Missouri, eighteen long years ago. He entered high school with glowing honors and an average of 59.500001 He has been Kscrubn on the first foot-ball team and 'fsubn on the fifth base-ball team. Pearl Dudley was born in Kansas Oity, in February, 1886. Her infant design was to get hold of the jam-pot. Her disposition is that of a hobo, has farmed in York State, mined in Denver, and studied in Detroit, chosen to im- personate a gypsy in the Round Table open ses- sion, a character which has clung to her ever since. Her highest purpose in life, like that of many other unfortunate Seniors, is to graduate in 501. Audrey Oocke, born in Lowry Oity, Monte- zuma. Unlike other precocious infants, she ran off to attend school, she spent her vacations in New Mexico, and when in school spent time chiefly trying to avoid mathematics. She de- sires to become an excellent marksman, and to own a goose-farm. Mary Minor , born in the C'Sunflower State,', in 1885. She attended infants, school until ten years of age, expelled forty-eight times and ar- rested once. She attended reform school for the next five years and then entered the West- port High School as a renegade, in the fall of the year 1901. She caused her teachers, espe- cially Miss Wilder, great worry and trouble by her atrocious actions as substitute. Her high- est object in life is to be a Latin teacher and translate f'Brutus et two ducksf' Alberta Oreswell, born in Orrick, Missouri, 1886. Wept incessantly until three years old. Played on piano and sang at six years of age. Had a tendency for falling over all obstacles that came in her way. Feathers drooped at Declamatory Oontest. One of the editors-in- chief of Herald. Was Salutato-rian of her class, 904. Obadiah Durham, ObieU was born in Muzzoora,J' where he early made acquaintance with green peaches. He amused himself by tying tin cans to dog-tails. His external bad- ness was removed by a direct appeal to his feel- intsft His acquired depravity at Oentral caused him to be called to the office of S. A. U. for fos- tering class spirit. He was also criticised by Miss De Witt for bad penmanship. Amanda Garrett, one of the most sensible of young ladies, refused to talk until two and one-half years old Qbut has been talking ever sincej, was elected captain of the basket-ball A CLASS IN THE PHYSICAL LABORATORY. A BHK W, I f f .312 aye ff 40 e f Z ,. W? a is an Z4 f ffl! ' ff .7 Z J.. Vu ' ,, Wxfa ,Wff. 1 Wkfz A., yn A., i ' 'V ,i X MWA THE lVlCS'l'POR'l' HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 13 team. She has decided to accept as her husband a human manf' Jessie Pearce Cheatham was born in War- rensburg, Mo., in 18845. She was guarded, pom- meled, bumped, and tyrannized over in turn by three older sisters, and ran wild in the country with the chickens, calves, dogs, colts and sun- dry other animals. She boasts that she has passed thirty-Eve times and tlunked once, and received one A from Mr. Green-something of which she is very proud. Catherine Norine O7Brien, born in Sedalia. Mo., October, 1887. Her infancy was remark- able in that she was ust like other children, her chief amusement being dolls. We wonder if this has now given way to joy in dolis. Her late unpleasantness was the dissection of the cat in physiology. Has been a. Clionian, but will now join the Humane Society. Bessie S. Fife 3 born in Glendale, Kentucky, March 22, 1886, where she lived quietly until she entered school. Her vacations were spent on ranches, learning to be a cowboy and also helping to build a church. She spends her time practicing for entertainments, preparing Jones' Prose, or trying to stuff the little Sophomores with rhetoric or American literature. Charles Wolf was born in Glen Kentucky, in 1886 , herded grasshoppers until three years old. He entered Westport High School as a Freshie September 15, 1900, drank out of the fire bucket and entered the o-rchestra. Begin- ning to think of future life, he learned to play 'iYankee Doodlef' looked wise and imagined the teachers thought him so. He has done noth- ing this year, for the Seniors are too young to do anything without the advice of the Faculty. Amy Meyer was born in West-po-rt in some remote period and ran od eight miles to church at the age of two months. She was fastened to a chair by a. mischievous Sophomore and was not able to rise when called upon by Miss Wat- son. She was lectured by one of the teachers for studying on Sunday. Alvin J. Lorie was born in Kansas City, Mo., in 1886. Won great fame at Central, faint rumors of which have reached Westport High KF- 1 School. The source of his few freckles can be accounted for by that summer spent down in the sand-hills of New Mexico? He can play ball and work the teachers. Yelle Elizabeth Sumerwell was born in Cass County, Missouri, in 18813. Her infant life, it seems, was a continual string of exciting adven- tures. Her school life was uneventful, and not until her Senior year did this personage reach the climax by impersonating '4Aunty Dolefulw in the Senior entcrtaimnent. Dorothy Partington. lt is a very significant fact that Miss Fartington was very fond of cutting upw in her infancy, at one time cut- ting up her whole apron fo-r doll-rags, whip- ping followed. We cannot help wondering whethe-r such a treatment might not prove ef- fective at present-but then she is a Senior. However, she got along perfectly natural-liken in Westport High School until she came to geometry and physics. Frances Kizzie Johnson, this prodigy, when about one year old, had her finger choppedclear in two. When preparing for her famous career in Westport High School, she first attended Allen school and afterward Hyde Park, until almost twelve years of age. She oined the Cli- onian Society and delighted in wearing the colors. y Myrtle Ducret first saw light in the Union Cemetery of this city. During her infancy she 'flielpedv her father by pulling up his plants for weeds, and taking care of the baby, which consisted in dropping him upon every possible occasion. She played basket-ball with her fin- ger-nails and elbows as safeguards. The third year she entered an essay contest which she didnit win. She wants to be a designer, archi- tect, and author. 'That,s all. Anna Hamilton 3. born on the Cannibal Is- lands, A. D.-maybe 5 she is not sure, delighted in making mud-pies and pinching the cat'sitail. llows and rows of the most luscious chocolate cakes were consumed daily. Now a graduate of Westport High School. - Raymond Marran was born in New York City, 1886. He went to school by himself when -F ,iv- v,,..vP' Lg? -Jr!-tx i. 4 ,Hx . ' -4 ' ' ' fr 14 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. fifteen years old. Every rain-storm saw him swimming and every hail-storm saw him hail- ing a policeman. He wants to learn geometry and chemistry, as he intends to go to the North Pole in an airship in 1929. Mary Mildred Hyre, born December 2, 1887, in Lexington, Illinois, and she then- well, her life was a blank until she entered Long school and attended there until ten years of a.gc. Another blank, and she entered Westport High School as a Freshman in 1900, and-that 's all, a very capable young lady and always attended to her motheris callers. One day she dismissed an especially persistent one with the wo-rds: 'fMamma. is out for sure this time, Mrs. Smithf' Olifford Bradley Smith Q Oh, wondrons name lj was born at HlCli1113H,S Will, Missouri 5 rebellious temperament. A cow kicked Smith, Sr., some ten feet, little Smith laughed and re- ceived severe punishment. Made highest rec- ord of Freshies-fi. c., played on the gridiron. Has been a president of the Olionians. He is nothing happened after that. a jolly 'fhas been. Seriously fno one takes Eunice Beard 3 born in St. Louis. She was him soj, he has hosts of friends. t ll I' ' X 'll' h e .11 1 i llama Q li... wifi as y siiuuiwreav. s Ig W i ' -fqzr mlxll ell' N' I A 'J ,, 'll 'llllllull III L lllllllllll I 'Ill I' .42 T352 1? 3 lim if ii im ...ig il n il CI llln l mu m ' :j2, Ii !il Ill g INQUIRY FOR INFORMATION. Every man, as far as he has wisdom, is curi- ous. His. curiosity may extend to the concerns of other men, in all classes, both above and be- low him: the way they live, the thoughts they think, and the de-sires they have. The wider a ma.n's contact with the life of his time and his study o-f it, the greater and more productive is the man's mind. The more he lives within him- self, for himself, theless joy he gets out of life, the more narrow-minded he becomes, and the more selfish he is. A restricted view of life be- longs more, as a rule, to the villager, for his horizon is limited and his knowledge necessar- ily narrowed. He accepts village standards as possessing the authority of universal standards, and he thinks and works on a small scale. To think and a.ct largely, to mingle with the world, to come in contact with many kinds of men-- these are the first considerations in the study of mankind. A man learns much from his own time and race and from his relatio-ns with other men, but his greatest gain is the power to- appro- pria.te the results obta.ined to his own best ad- vantage. The instinctive grasping after knowl- edge is common to everyone and has been from the beginning of the life of the world, and in- formation will not be lacking to the one who has imagination to conceive, curiosity to ask, will to have and inclination to seek. A person lacking inclination is hopelessly exiled in this world of information-seeking peo- ple. Even a desire to acquire knowledge is al- ways productive of fairly good results, if not of total success, but inclination without will is perfectly useless. Where there is no will, the way is generally wanting also. Without deter- mination, there is no getting at the heart of knowledge. One may ask for information, but if one does not have the energy to further his inquiry vigorously, his questions fall lifeless, ttended smissed words: lmithf, indro-us ssouri, Smith, ind re- st rec- idiron. He is e takes other Lppro- st ad- :newl- from 1d in- e who 1' ask, :lessly 5 P90' is al- f not vill is l, the leter- ,rt of 1, but rr his Feless, , THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 15 unanswered. A man may ask for at definite piece of information, time after time, and still receive no satisfactory reply, but the o11ly way ever to succeed in his purpose is to ask and to keep on asking until he is answered. If untir- ingly he keeps on seeking, seeking for the an- swers to his questions, sooner or later all his queries will be satisfied, all his desires for knowledge gratified. Some questions seem destined never to be answered, but the zeal for information carries people on still to ask them. Philosophers are always devising theories of those evanescent questions: what are we? whence came we? whither are we going? and, although in the past no success has attended the efforts of these greatly learned men to discover the solutions to these great puzzles of life, still they are striv- ing and searching a11d hoping for the unravel- ing of the wonderful mystery. Manps curiosity is alwa.ys urging him to grasp after that which is ever beyond him, and l1is intere.st is only increased when just as he seems to have at- tained to a ta.ngible proof of some baffling prob- lem, it resolves itself into intangibility again and passes on as tantalizingly out of reach as before 5 but his pursuit of it is never-ending- his interest in it never lessens. His imagina- tion still leads him to believe that somewhere, sometime, he will be successful. The imagination is the kaleidoscope of the intellect. lt is ever presenting pictures which move and change as if endowed with life. These mind pictures arouse the man to action and infiame his interest in the acquisition of information. The creative power in a manps brain at once responds to tl1e workings of the imagination and then all the wonderful powers of an intellect are revealed and the world mar- vels at the depths of the mind of a human being. What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties ra The source of a manps thoughts is always a cause of wonder even to the man himself, and although scientists have been seeking to dis- cover the magic of the workings of the mind. that instrument of the soul still hides its secret effectually, and if that secret ever be revealed, Nature will whisper it to the one whom she has endowed with fitting characteristics to receive it and use it. For every person in this world there is some knowledge, which belongs exclusively to him, and if a man dismisses everything from his mind and turns a receptive ,mood toward the information in the universe, that which is right- fully his will come to him and supply his needs. Then, after he has attained to all the knowl- edge which is his very own, he can start anew and absorb part at least of all the surplus infor- mation which is going to waste for the need of someonei to possess it. One may ask, Where is this information? It is everywhere-in the ele- ments, in the works of men, in their writings and sayings. Emerson says that everyone he meets is his master in some point, and he learns that one thing of him. It is possible to make this information one's own and to use it in the most beneficent way. Knowledge may be ab- sorbed by eve-ryone who cares to take the trou- ble to submit to the discipline it involves. Shakespeare read in such a way as to incorpo- rate into himself the knowledge acquired and to actually possess it, and as proof of his suc- cess he has left to the world literary works that will live forever. From books, then, one can gather and pos- sess unbounded knowledge. From books po-wer is transmitted to individuals and wonderful are the results. Hamilton Mabie says from Plato one gets ar certain liberation of the imagina- tion, a certain widening of experience, a cer- tain ripening of the mindf' To some people a book is an entrance into a real living world, and for the time being they live in the world which the printed page has crea.ted for them, and they gather to themselves the information contained within its covers as easily and as naturally as they would pluck flowers from a bush in their path. But to others the book is only a jumble of words or sentences, interesting, perhaps, for the moment, but leaving no impression wha.t- ever. The information which they might have gained is all lost to them. To such people the l V T 16 THE VVESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. reading of a book is no beneht. lt. is said that the whole world speaks to the man through the voluines he takes from tl1e shelves if he puts himself into a. receptive 11lOOCl towards tl1e1n. tilllf only means of tltffllllldllg it. To open onets mind to receive lllf0l'l1l21'lIlOl1, to n1eet it half- way-aye, even to go out a11d seek it-tl1at to secure the whole treasure-trove of the world lhe receptive mood towards knowledge of lllfO1ll1EltlOl1. .llbmfa CHZSLLGZ7. 1 1 A ' ,jf . . a Q -E Y fm-ffsfr 1 at -so .1 Z9 .3 Q B' -0-o-an-o-0-01-Q-4:-QD Q-o-o-o-o-0-vo-o-040-O-o-3-0-0-OQQ-0-6-W rib 3 fi' TJFI LQEZDICZWORY if ' ay: fs db , V fm . ., , . 0 2vf,ff.?L11l-,'? .h -+'- 1'.' qi 1--'5'-ff? C: -- ::1':P ' 1: 153' 2'-'I' T'3'- Va :'1 7-1'if'fi-.- -- feb Q Q' -o-0-0-o-o-o-o-o-0-o-o-0-o-o -0-0-0-0-O-0-0-0 0- db - L9 bg'6'Q'Q'9'5 9'9'Q'6'Q'e'e'Q'Q'9'Q.'9'9 '9'9 '9'f9-81 'Q 3'6'Q 3 9'9-5-db COIVIMERCIALISM AND GENIUS. W 1 E I Genius, taken in the- broad and general sense, means' distinguished,.mental superiority, or uncommon i11tellectual developn1ent. But the Word, as generally understood, implies great and peculiar gifts of Nature, which impel tl1c n1ind toward special favorite kinds of mental effort. The principal implements of genius are the imagination, tl1e power of calling up mental images, and of 'conceiving and expressing the idealf It is th7rough these that new co-mbina- tions of old ideas are formed, and by the use of an intuitivepoiwer that the aims of genius are reached. E M The mind of every great genius is concen- trefd upon one particular li11e of thought, such as literature, art, or painting 5 and the intellect, like the rays of the sun, when drawn to a small focus, only gains in strength and intensity. Every genius is skilled in butone kind of Work, and with t.he experience gained by expending all his efforts along this particular line, he is prepared to bring forth his masterpieces. But the rise of genius is not effected by the concentration of the n1ind upon special lines of thought, it is rather the result of a high degree of excellence wl1ich exists around about it and forms the enviromnent in which it flourishes. Raphael or a Michael Angelo does 11ot co111e itogthe World at a. ti111e when the world isinot ready toiappreciate him. The accomplishments of such men are the result ofa 'long series of efforts on the part of previous artists. While, perhaps, t.he works of these-previous artists may have been of a minor character, there was still a merit, a. substance, an essence in them, that prepared the way for the coming of greater productions. l Think for a. moment! Did a Dante ora Milton step suddenly into the foreground of the worldps great pictures? Ts not each rather a composite portrait of a host of vague, inden- nite, pliantasmago-rial faces peering out from the a.ges that have preceded them? . E A Miltonic or a Dantesque era is distin- guished for its flourishing co-11dition o-f art and literature-. They are then considered as of real a11d valuable assistance in the development of the 111ind and character o-f the people. Works are produced with no especial aim on the part of tl1e author. The soul of the artist mustmfind expression and the masterpieces in which the soul is given free expression find a. rea.dy re- sponse in the hearts of the peo-ple. It is such masterpieces that create a love for the beauti- ful, that stir the divinity that is Within us, and that receive everlasting public approval. In ages of this kind, men struggle against poverty Elllil disadva11ta0'es that tl1ev n1av Give C' . . 'O Fr. .vp - p O11C7S half- LHJC IS Vorld YN. lents 13 BS Ol hile, may still fhat eater or ' a 1 of ,ther dei- 'rom stin- and real t of orks part find the 1'6- such .uh- usf' ,inet gnc WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Q Y 'A OH POOH, 18 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. their time to their labo-r. And just as great as were the accomplishments of these men, just so small, taken from a commercial standpoint, were their rewards. The souls of such artists were in their work, and all else was of no signifi- cance to them. Absolute unselfishness prevailed in their hearts and their rewards were such as men feel only when they have fully accom- plished all that they set out to do. The artists of these early schools were, however, not without substantial' recognition. Kings, nobles, and members of the royal fam- ily were looked upon as patrons of the a.rts. To them singers, poets, and painters turned for appreciation and support. And art gallery, li- brary, and public hall owe perhaps to such noble patrons all that remains of the glory of mediaeval art. Even to-day some countries give financial aid to artistic enterprises, but from the time of Johnson royal patronage has gradually and slowly changed into public patronage. As early as seventeen hundred the public had begun to give support to the authors in the way of a small allowance for their works. After J ohn- sonis declaration of independence from the patron, help from individual people was no longer expected and the future of art and lit- erature fell into the hands of the people. Unfortunately the value o-f true art was mis- judged. Authors, instead of being remuner- ated for the literary or artistic merit of their productions, were rewarded according to the amount of work received. By this method quantity grew to be the standard, and not qual- ity. No evil results were immediately felt on account of this system of compensation. Its effects upon future ages time alone' was to tell. During the early part of the eighteenth cent- ury, an intellectual revolutio-n was .slowly tak- ing place among the people. The public in gen- eral was growing more intelligent, and with this increased intellectual development came a nat- ural inorease in the number of people who were interested in the literary efforts of the times. The world of readers was enlarged. The mind of the people was developed by political and social experiences, and with these changes in government and social relations came an in- crease in wea.lth. The increased amount of wealth led to high-er refinement and culture, and this naturally caused a greater demand for books by the reading public. An interest in the works of such geniuses as Shakespeare and Milto-n was revived and the publishers were busy for some time, with the re- production of classical masterpieces. Never be- fore was the sale of these so large and never before were they read with so much avidity. But the work of past authors was not com- prehensive enough to satisfy the Wants of the people. The publisher was appealed to for newer productions, and only through him co-uld the demands of the readers be supplied. And through his enco-uragement literature became a profession. . Even after Goldsmith, the demand contin- ued to grow larger while the supply remained practically the same. Competition naturally arose among the publishers, and just as the price of any article of commerce is governed by the demand and the supply, so the lack of a suf- Hcient supply of literary productions resulted in a continuous rise in the desires of the peo- ple for works of an entertaining and fascinat- ing nature. The publishers' offers were too great an in- ducement for the writers of the times. The prospects of earning a living by writing only tempted many to hack-writing, and this period brought forth the writers of th.e attics and gar- rets of Grub Street, not one of whom can lay claim to other than mediocre abilities. f The intellectual impulse soon showed itself in a greater supply of literature. New fields of- thought opened, and as a result of the intellect- ual tastes of the public came the groups of nov- elists and ro-manticists, who contributed much of a pleasing but hardly valuable character. This activity continued to obtain up to and during the latter part of the eighteenth century, when a real literary revival occurred. At the present time literature is in a con- dition simila.r to that of the early eighteenth hanges an in- int of ulture, nd for uses as ad the the re- ver be- never ay. t com- of the to for 1 could And came a contin- rnained .turally as the ned by f a suf- 'esulted me peo- mscinat- an in- . The ig only period hd gar- can lay d itself ields of rtellect- of nov- i much arac-ter. to and zentury, 3, C011- 'hteenth THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 19 century. An intellectual revolution has again been going on among the people. Never before was the public so intelligent and never before was the world of readers so extensive. Greater and more important political and social changes have continued to develop the mind of the aver- age individual. And the great increase in wealth has only added an advancement in the culture and refinement of the people. Again is the demand for books fast exceed- ing the supply and again has the publisher be- come the only means of filling the wants of the public. The competition between publishers has become stronger, and as a result of this com- petition has grown the rapid advancement in the price and in the quantity of literary mate- rial. Again have commercial interests forced genius into the background and again has book- making become a business. But with this spirit 0-f commercialism hold- ing all things in its grasp, may we not hope that a. demand fo-r genius will arise and that true art may again find its place 5 that we may look forward to the coming of writers who care not for themselves, but who write because they are prompted by a superior intellect, by an un- common vigor of mind, by great and peculiar gifts of nature, which we call genius? Have we not a right to expect the return of an Augustan age of literature, to which even great- er geniuses will contribute even greater master- pieces? In future years will not thispeace and prosperity afford opportunity for a greater in- telligence and culture in the people at large? And may not these be new forces which go to the making of a higher degree of excellence from which genius itself may arise? ' N ettie llfiedenmann. Prof. E. 'A. Huppert, supervisor of draw- ing, judged the wo-rk of the pupils in the Art department. Mary Abercrombie received the first highest honor for her life-size charcoal drawings from the cast of St. John by Donatello. 9 EMERSON. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, American literature was undergoing a radical change: writers and readers alike began to re- volt against the prevailing style. Intellectually, America was now as closely bound to the mother country as she had been politically in the old colonial. days, she needed as yet another Dec- laration of Independence to become entirely free. A few patriots ardently championed the cause, but with little success, it remained for Emerson to liberate American thought in his address, The American Scholarf delivered at Cambridge in eighteen hundred thirty-seven. The force of his appeal was wonderful, he was hailed as a liberate-r, and henceforth his writ- ings were to have an important and direct bear- ing on our literature. Thus was the great phi- losopher of 'the West first made known to the world. ' I ' In eighteen hundred thirty-sin Emerson had published his first wo-rk, entitled Nature,,' which, although it created but little impression then, is now considered an epoch-making book, his conversion to transcendental philoso-phy prompted the writing of this essay, as it did all of his others. Those advocates of a new school ha.d for the most part allied themselves to this system of ethics. But Eme-rson found himself the natural leader of this group, and in Na- turev the first tru-e western interpretation of this eastern doctrine was given. In this work, however, his sentiments were in advance of the peo-ple. It took his Cambridge o-ration to gain him recognition. In the West, transcendentalism realized in Emerson its truest and most faithful disciple. It did not long remain as a forceful doctrine in America, but it awakened a great philoso-pher and furnished an avenue for some of the most sublime thoughts t.hat have lighted the produc- tions of American authors. In his interpretation of this system, he dif- fers slightly from its mystic founders. He combines with his ideal standard a stern prac- tical rectitude, inherited from his Puritan an- cestry. He seems never able to accept the pure 20 THEWESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. transcendentalism of the Orient. He presents always in his best essays an unique combination of the true and his individual version. That characteristic for which Emerson has been most severely criticised is his unsympa- thetic style, which grew directly out of one of the fundamental principles of his ethics-the belief that the present thought should always be expressed without ,regard for consistency or for consequences. Another point of criticism is his 'habit of co-mplacently waiving aside the cherished tenets of his fathers for those which he considered more important. He also culti- vated a petulant irreverence. But in all these he is natural, direct, and original. He seeks for no 'effects and, although his terse, trenehant sentences startle and electrify, the easy flow of his eloquence composes and satisfies. In- some respects Emerson is among the greatest of American poets, but as a philoso- pher he is at his best. A readingof his Rep- resentative Men will give a very clear under- standing of one phase of his philosophy. In it he coneeives. great men as the inspired instru- ments through which great ideas are expressed rather than as the originators of such ideas. The world is made up of the great Over So-ul, of which each human soul is a part 5 but in great men is centered a larger share, by which virtue they are able to comprehend and explain phenomena which might remain unheeded by the ordinary mind. He thinks the example of their lives rather than their actual deeds affects the tide of events. This book is characteristic 5 but in America it is not generally' conceded the best, although it won him fame in Europe. The American likes him best asthe clear expounder of the good and beautiful, as the candid judge, condemning all that is weak and foolish, praising all that is noble and pure, always founding his decisions on a clear under- standing of the principles that underlie condi- tions, and, although often harshly iconoclastic, he is at all times kindly disposed. As a theologian he found sympathy for the greater part of his life with the Unitarians. His ethics and his relieion he mingled verv . D C - closelv. He believed in the possible perfection of every man as he believed in the absolute pur- ity of Jesus, and held it incumbent upon each to seek to attain that development of soul which the Nazarene had attained. For the strict fo-rms of the Christian Church he had no sym- pathy, for which reason he had found it neces- sary to resign his Congregational pastorate. Relying upon the sufficiency of the inner light to direct proper actions, he recognized no abso- lute external authority. ' r When Emerson tried to purify the stagnant waters of Western thought by the crystal drops of Eastern mysticism, he failed 5 but out of this failure have come many benefits, not alone in his actual productions, but, too, in the suggest- iveness of his work and the contagion of his spirit. l A Alberta Cooke, 05. - THE BEGINNING OF SAMANTHA AND JOSIAH'S WEDDING TRIP. Samantha and Josiah were sitting together one evening after all the work was done on the farm, and they seemed unsually quiet. Saman- tha had been trying to carry on a 'conversation for seine time, but without success, as Josiah seemed lost in thought. I Josiah was a tall, lanky man, who seemed all arms and legs and who didnjt know' what to do with them. He had a thin crop of yellow hair and a sc-rawny bunch of sandy whiskers, which he a.lways stroked when thinking deeply. He was one of those happy-go-lucky, good- natured men who always have a good word for everyone and everything. Samantha, on the other hand, was altogether different. She was short, fat, and dumpy, with her dark hair drawn in a tight little knot at the back of her head. She was a nervous, fidg- ety little woman, who loved a good time. An occasional little spat with her husband was not distasteful to her, and it is a question as to who usually came out ahead. After thinking deeply for some time, Josiah seemed to have arrived at a conclusion. It was rfection ite pur- on each l which 2 strict io sym- t neces- storate. ar light io abso- tagnant ,li drops of this .lone in suggest- of 'his .f'05. AND ogether on the Saman- :rsation Josiah seemed what to yellow hiskers, deeply. , good- ord for ogether ly, with knot at is, fidg- Le. AH Nas not 1 as to Josiah It was THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 21 not his nature to be sudden. He looked up at Samantha and said, with a slow drawl: aSay, Simantliy, we've been married just thirty-two years to-day? Right ye air, J osiah, right ye air, and wejve-lived right here on this old farm ever since, and we ive been right happy, too. C4That is right, we have, Simanthy 3 but donft you think it 's about time we ire going on a wedding-trip? You know we-D GA wedding-trip! the very idee! To go away an' leave this farm to go to rack an' ruin an, have our children a-running wild without no mother-why, Josiah Hodunk, who is gone an' put such a notion in yer head ?', uNow, Simanthy, there ain't no use in yer flaring up like thet. We 've got plenty of money and that we didn't have when we got married, ani I think it is about time wejre a-goin, somewhere, so let's pack our duds an' go up to New York fer a couple of weeks? They had to argue about so long, o-f course, before they came to- a conclusion 5 then Saman- tha, who was longing to go but thought it her duty to stay home, said, after thinking a short time: Well, Josiah, since ye hev set yer mind on going, I 'spect I 'll hev to go 'long with ye to take ca.re of ye. There is no telling what you 'd do when ye get up there with that crowd? 'fNow, S'manthy, yer talkin' sense, now-'F f'Well, ye needn't git so 'lated over it that ye hev to tangle my yarn all upfi C'Say, Simanthy, I reckon ye hain't never been out of this little vill-D Why, Josiah Hodunk, hainit ye got no memory? Didnit I go up to J akersville thir- teen years ago, an, that 's eighteen miles from hercfi So ye did, I'd ,most forgotten about it, but ye know it ainit a big place-7' Not a big place? Why, Josiah, it is got three grocery stores? Samantha leaned back satisfied. HWcll, S'manthy, ye hainit never been to New York, ani I hey twice. Ye know the first. time I went I got kind of broke in ter the ter- rible crowds always in the streets. The next time, ye remember, I took Uncle Hiram with me. He ain't never been there before? Here Josiah chuckled softly to himself and began to stroke his whiskers meditatively. When we got down town on the main streets .the usual crowd was there chasing back and for'ards, and Uncle Hiram, he walked on just bewildered for awhile. He ainit never seen such crowds before 3 but suddenly he gasped for breath -Josiah stopped again to chuckle more a.udibly this time-athen he just sort of plant- ed himself and said: :Ye look here, Josiah Hodunk, I may be a big fool, but I hain't a-goin, to take a nuther step till this procession gits byfi' Here Josiah let out two or three guffaws and went out to tell Bill and Maria, the head farm-hands, about the coming trip. Just one week later Samantha a.nd Josiah found themselves on a train going at full speed. Samantha was quite nervous and did not at- tempt to hide it, but Josiah sat beside her with the air of a man who owned the whole railroad. He had been to New York twice. c'Say, Josiah, see tha.t ,ere cloud yonder? That looks like rain. I wonder if Maria will remember to shut the chickens up in the north coop, the other one is leaky, and I 'm sure Bill 's goin? to forget to 'give that medicine to the sick cow, and, oh-'P N ow, Simantha, whatis the use in a-wor- riing over things that can't be helped now, if- ' Josiah Hodunk, hev you gone an' lost my sky blue umbrellar that I've had ever since Mary Susan died ? I Well, S'manthy, I put it here in the cor- ner of this here seat, but I don't- Oh, here it is I said Josiah, with a sigh of relief. It7s slipped under the seat-I 'll fish her out , come on, come on-Gosh I here she is. NI hope Maria wonit put Sammy's best shoes on every day. I hev told her not to, but she 's- Oh, dear! where's my campfire bot- tle? Josiah, hev ye gone an' lost that? That bottle 's been in our family over fifty years. After some time Josiah found it and all 22 THEAWESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. wlcnt well until after they' had gone to bed in tliesleeping-car. Samantha wanted the win- dow open and Josiah wanted it shut. Saman- tha 'knew she would sutfocate if it was not opened, and Josiah knew lic would freeze to death if it was. -' N ow, Josiah, there hain't no use in talk- ing 5 it 's got to be opened. I canpt get my breathf' ' . J A Very well, ,hev yer own way, as usual. When ye bury me, you ,ll know it was just yer silly notions that sent me to my grave? The window was opened. -6'We-ll, that is something like it, how lovely that air islf' Samantha breathed a sigh of relief. ' Achoo lt' sneezed Josiah. 'CGoshl how cold it sis. It 's more expensive-achoo!-to bring a dead corpse back on the train than when it is alive-achool! ' . After all this talk they awoke next morning to behold to their surprise that the window was still shut, they had only opened the inner one. J osia.h looked' at Samantha and Samantha looked at Josiah, who drawled: Wall, S'manthy, I reckon we're a couple of old fools? About an hour later Samantha and Josiah started for the dining-car. Josiah was sure he knew the direction, so he led the Way through two cars, and when 'the third one was not the one they were in search of, Samantha sug- gested that he was going wrong. ' N ow, S'manthy, how could I go wrong- all you have to do is to follow yer nose? Then in this case I reckon yer nose is on the wrong side of yer head. I im sure the car is at the other end of the train-anyway, I ,rn going to ask. But, Simanthy, I saw--U began Josiah. 2ZSay, Mister, can you tell me the way to the eating-car C? asked Samantha. . 9'Why, yes, it 's four cars that way, said the stranger, pointing in the direction Saman- tha had wished to- go. Now see, Josiah,'J said Samantha, with a.n 'CI told you so nod of her head. Well, licre we are, said Josiah, as they entered lthe dining-car, 'fthat little walk just give us an appetite fer breakfast. You don't need to walk to iind yours,f' said Samantha, grimlyi I donit ever remember a time when ye had to hunt fer itf' Samantha ended her order by saying to the waiter: And bring me a biled pertater with- out the 'a la' on it. I 'im used to eatin, mine without. ' They .ordered a good breakfast, but when the bill came around, Samantha was scandalized. HA dollar an' a ha'f fer that little grub, she said, Nnever Ifd be fool enough ter pay thirty-five cents fer'a biled pertaterfv They went back to their car, and in a short time Samantha began to get nervous. C'AinJt we ,most to New York, Josiah P Yes, said Josiah, consulting his time- card, in about an hour. Air ye tired 'Pi' 4'Well, I'd sort of like to git my feet on firm ground fer awhile. They sat silent for seine time, then the brakeman came through the car, calling N ew York. Samantha and Josiah put on their things and got their grips down. Well, said Samantha, why don't they stop and let- us off 195' Q They will when we get to New York. 'fHe told us ten minutes ago that this was New York? Just then the porter came through the car and picked up their grips and started on. Say, look here, darkey, where air ye goin' with our things. We may be from the country, but ye canlt take our things right out from under our noses like thatj' Samantha said. f'Why, Sjmanthy, he 's just goin' ter take them out so we wontt have to carry fem. M ' Very well, let him go then, Josiah, but if that fellar steals 'em, donit ye blame me fer it, and remember that I warned ye. I never did trust them niggers anyhow. The train began to slow down, and when it stopped they got off. Samantha had never THE ARTLQ-ROOM. 24 THE wEsTPoRr HIGH soHooL HERALD. seen so many people. She looked around awhile and then said: 'fSay, Josiah, do you see anyone ye know? you ,ve been here twice. You remember that Martha Ann Jones lives here--we must go and see her. I 'ni going to ask this man where she lives? Poor Samantha! She did not appreciate the difference between New York and Greenville. Gerfvmcle Smith, '05. THE EVOLUTION OF THE WARSHIP. What a commotion would have been created in the ancient or mediaeval world had a mod- ern, fast-sailing battleship of the first class, armed with long-range guns and all the recent additions to the war-machine, suddenly been launched by an enterprising ship-builder who lived a century before his time! This vessel would have had the commerce of the world at her mercy, no ship could have escaped her pow- erful guns. And yet there must at first have been some conception, crude and primitive as it was, of a boat, which, with little injury to itself, could destroy or disable an enemy, and that there was history gives ample evidence. Even in the earliest times thousands of years ago, builders of war-vessels realized the value of some material which gave protection to the crew, and prevented fire. Leather was one of the most widely used materials, as is shown by the modern French word 'fcuirassj' derived from cuir, which means leathe-rf' The Greeks and Romans often used on their ships a thick wall of hides, from which the missiles of their enemies glanced harmlessly. Hides, brass, and iron were used extensively in the ninth century, and in the tenth another material, felt, was found to give such good pro- tection that both the Normans a.nd Saracens employed it in a sea-fight off Palermo. The Saracens ha.d probably first used felt, for we read accounts of the beautiful effect of large mantlets of it, in red and yellow, hun 0' on the sides of their ships. C Leaving the armor, which was so important a consideration then, as it is now, let us turn our attention to the vessels themselves. At about the time of the appearance of felt armor, the inge-nious Venetians built for harbor de- fense a peculiar kind of ship. In the center there rose a high turret, from which any at- tempt at boarding could be repulsed. In front and back of this turret were the rowers, who forced the ship along at a fair speed. The Saracens were the originators of the dromonsf, which correspond to our battleships. These vessels were rowed by one hundred oars, each oar being manned by two rowers, so here we have a couple of hundred me-n accounted for at once. As these formed. but a part of tl' crew, which included, in additio-n, soldiers, sail- makers, and artificers, who worked the Greek fire-siphons, these ships must have been of con- siderable size. Later, all ships had bulwarks, which gave the crew greater protection. ' A new departure in the shape of vessels was instituted in 1187 by Conrad of Montferrat. The new ship was called a abarbotesf' or duck- backfi and was covered with a leather-protected roof, through which the archers could fire with- out exposing themselves. This fo-rm proved very effective against the Saracens. In the middle of the fifteenth century the Knights of St. John tried a new a.rmor on two of their vessels. This armor was lead, and it was claimed that., while impregnable to cannon, it did not materially lessen the speed of the ship. Half a century later, in Antwerp, the-re ap- peared a ship different from all others then built, which first deserved the name iron-clad. It was built for the purpose of breaking through the lines of the Spanish army, which was be- sieging the city at that time. It was a large, fiat-bottom craft, having a battery in the cen- ter, and was covered with plates of iron. Un- fortunately for the people of Antwerp, it ran aground before it came near the enemy, and was captured, after being abandoned by the crew. lt is curious to note that about this time iportant us turn es. At 3 armor, 'bor de- : center any at- n front rs, who of the leships. ed oars, so here ted for of t-T' 's, sail- Greek Jf con- warks, fls was ferrat. ifduck- itected 2 with- proved Vy the n two ind it nnon, if the ?e ap- then elad. Tough ,s be- large, CSU - 37 Un- : ran and ' the time THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHGOL HERALD. 25 another iron-clad, but similar in shape td the old 'ibarbotesji was built in Japan. This craft was propelled by a central paddle-wheel, and mounted ten guns. The armor consisted of iron and copper plates, which gave the vessel the appearance of a huge turtle. In the eighteenth century, the British sail- ors protected themselves from an enemyps mis- siles with old cables and ropes, which they hung from spars and piled up on the bulwarks. These rude shelters, it is claimed, reduced the loss in men at least one-half. In the latter part of the same century, the Spanish, at the siege of Gibraltar, atte1npt.ed to demolish the English forts with the aid of float- ing batteries, which were cut down from frig- ates, they were covered with sloping roofs, be- hind which was a thickness of seven feet of cork and wet sand. The English soon proved, with the aid of red-hot cannon-balls, that these vessels, supposedly fire-proof, were as easy to set on fire as the common wooden ships. The Americans, in the first part of the last century, had several vessels of a much improved pattern, among which were two steam warships, built by Robert Fulton. But it remained for them, at a single stroke, to force the powers of the world to build their entire navies anew. That stroke was the battle between the Merri- mae and the Monitor, in the Civil War, it pro-ved to all progressive nations that wooden ships were no longer of use in actual warfare. So far has this idea now developed, that, in bat- tles between ships of to-day, all wooden articles are thrown overboard, for it has been found that splinters are the cause of more dangerous wounds than those made by shot. Since the Clivil War, our styles of ships have grown far larger and stronger, until now we have those huge vessels which are like floating cities, using as much coal and provisions as are used by a good-sized village. It seems, however, that the limit in size has almost been reached, and that the chief requisites of the greater part of the battle-ships in the future will be speed and ef- fective armament. This has been noticed in the showing ol' the armored cruiser in recent wars, that its guns were almost as effective as those of a battle-ship, while in speed it surpasses the battle-ships by a great margin. The world is waiting for the submarine boat to be put into actual service 5 great things are expected of it, and it is probable- that in the near future these hopes will be realized. There 'is good reason to believe that, if this style of ves- sel ever reaches the perfection of the present ordinary kind, an even greater revolution will be made in the navy than was made by the M onitor and M errfimac. Walter Wolf, '05. A LUNCHEON. One of the most pleasant occurrences of the year was the German and French luncheon given by the students of those languages. Ev- erything was thoroughly German and French-- only the foreign languages were spoken, and tlie dishes were strictly in accordance with the nationality of the table. At the German table was to be had einmagnierte Herring, Kartoifel Salat, Apfel Charlotte, verdoppeltes Butter- brot, Ffefferniisse, Pumpernickel, Roggenbrot, Schmier-kase and Zweiback. At the French table were shrimp salade ei la Mayonnaise, 0-lives a llAmerigne, ham a la naturelle, salade a la pomme de terre and ice-cream francaise. As many of the dishes as it was possible to prepare at home were made by the students themselves. After the luncheon, two inte-resting programmes were rendered by various pupils. The German 'fDie Wacht am Rheinv and thc French Le Marseillaisep' were sung. The programmes were as follows: ' In Germain. Die Loreleiv.. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . . Qduetj. Miss Greswell, Mr. Robertson. In Lauterbach half ich mein' Strumpf ver- lorenf' Paul Luther. In French. Marietta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ruth Johnson. Imitation of Modjcska. . . .Mary Abercrombie. The luncheon was pronounced a grand suc- cess and was heartily enjoyed by all who took part. A FRESHMAN CLASS IN THE STUDY HALL. U, I STUDY HALL. E TH AN CLASS IN FRESHM A THE WESTPORT HIGHLSCHOOL HERALD. 27 CUPID'S POSTMAN. I A .I Say, J ack, I don't think it's square to go back on a fellow like this. I thought it was de- cided at the beginning of the year that you were to come home to New York with me. The Patcr, you know, has a fine position waiting for both of us? I I know, Dick, your father is a brick, and it is with regret, I assure you, that I' must re- fuse , but you see I couldn't ask mother to leave the old home and the many associations and dear friends of years-it would mean real sor- row to us bothf' The above conversation tookiplace in Dickh luxuriously furnished 'fdenv atiYale. These two chums had been hazedi together when Freshies, had taken the same course, and in every way were loyal comrades. And now their Senior year was drawing to a close, and Dick Huntington was exerting all his powers of per- suasion to induce his friend, Jack Downley, to accompany him to his home in New York. But Jack was firm. I 'CN o, Dickjj said J ack, I appreciate your father?s kindness more than I can say, but I have been independent all my life, and I expect to hustle from the bottom of theladder to the top, if I ever get there, without any helpf' They sat in silence, puffing their pipes. Each thought of a fair young girl that he had known and loved since childhood. She had shared all their boyish sports, permissible for a girl, and had shown no preference, tho-ugh each boy secretly thought that he found special favor in her clear blue eyes. Owing to his increasing business, Mr. Hunt- ington removed, with his family, to New York. When, four years later, Dick was sent to Yale, by hard struggling Jack earned a scholarship inthe same college. Each boy silently enter- tained the hope that when he graduated he would tell a certain golden-haired girl of his love and try to win heir. 0 Q - - . 1 - . ffDick, see here what I got in this morning's mail-an offer of a position as postinan in our town, from an old friend of my father, who is postmaster there., Now, of course, this must appear to you rather a, slow beginning, and I confess that I have higher ambitions, but this will do for a starter and ,I shallaccept with thanks? ' . Dickyibetrayed great excitement and eyed his friend impatiently. Jack returned the look with interest. I . , . KWell! why don7t you say something-+con- gratulate a fellow on his luck P Dick murmured something that was any- thing but complimentary to his chum. Then, changing the subject, he said, in an off-hand manner: , Oh, by the way, I got a letter from Tess to-day, and -with a frown- she sent you her love and said for me to tell you that you will hear from her soon. She says she is surely com- ing down with your mother to see us graduate. She also asked me if I remember the day she put her foot through a kite we had made,be- cause we wouldn't let her fly it. Girls never could fly kites anyway. Say, J ack, those were jolly times 5 we never realized it until now that they are passed. e And Dick uttered a sigh at the memory. of those by-gone childish pleasures that would never come again. ' ' A V - Two months later old Yale was Hying blue ribbons and bunting decorations from every doorway and window, for the end of the year had come, and the air rang with cheers for Jack Downley, who had carried off the hono-rs. I Tears of joy stood in the eyes of Jack's mother, as he delivered the valedictory, and she had a very sympathetic companion in' Tessic Deane. Tessie, however, was laboring under conflicting emotions, for she could not tell, in her heart, which boy she would rather have had win that glorious honor. ' . o - u Q u Q 1 Another summer had come, and, as Jack assorted his mail in the Hamton postoffice, he thought of the time, just a year ago that very day, when he had been the lion at Yale and Tessie had looked up into his eyes and told him 1 28 THE WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. how glad she was. He now wondered if she had ever looked at Dick in just that way. He remembered, as he mechanically placed the let- ters and papers in their different piles, just how she looked. Her eyes were as blue as the .Ya-le pin she wore at her throat-the pin he had sent her-and her dark blue dress, with its white collar and belt, formed a bewitching con- trast to her golden hair with the sunbeams caught in it, and her fair, dimpled chin. And, though he saw her every day, for there was al- ways some mail for the Deanes, he never for- got just how she looked whe-n she congratulated him. Some very tender words had rushed to his lips then, but he controlled them with an effort. It wo-uld never do to tell her now that she had been his one great inspiration to win the honors that so many had striven for. N or Would it do to ask the question he so longed to, for a postmanjs salary would not mainta.in two people with any great amou t of luxury, though bushels of love were thrown in. A A He was brought to earth a.gain with a start, as he read the address of the obje-ct of all his musings. It wa.s on a crested envelope, written in a hand he knew only too- well. Now Jack didn't, of course, know the contents of that let- ter, but the fact of its very existence was enough to make him very miserable, and his worst fears were aggravated when Tessie received the let- ter, so reluctantly given, with a smile and a blush, a.nd when Jack asked her why she was in such Nglowingv spirits, she answered some- thing entirely off the subject. This called for the remark: A Some girls areso 'funny' one never can get any satisfaction from them. Whereupo-n up went the pretty head, as sho replied that she had not put out the sign, Sat- isfaction gua.ranteed or money refundedf' Jack went away in a huff, and as the mails continued to bring those letters he had a tempt-ation not to deliver them, but his high sense of honor spurned such a thought. One day, after having delivered a more bulky-looking document than usual the day be- fore, he was very much surprised to see Tess with suspiciously pink'9 eyelids. The fact of his having no mail seemed to relieve rather than to disappoint her. The contents of that bulky manuscript was anything but calming. Dick had asked her to be his wife 5 to live in great New York, and let him care for and surround her with every lux- ury that love and wealth could procure. She was angry and amazed at her feelings. She didnit seem to care for Dick as much or in the way she thought she ought to love the man that she would marry. It would be dreadful to leave her mother and the dear old town where she has lived all her life and-and J ack. No, she couldn't possibly leave Jack, that was her whole reason in a. nut-shell. She was sitting in her cozy little room, thinking it all over when the sharp, familiar lit- tle 'ftoot-tootv of the postman's whistle came to her ears and seemed to fix her decision, what- ever it was, for she tore the letter lying in her lap into a thousand pieces and tossed them into the waste-basket, then fairly flew down the stairs to answer the summons. Jack was in a state of open rebellion. He had decided, the night before as he read over the offer of a fine position with a banking firm, to venture the question which was to decide his fate, if another letter came from Dick. The Boston firm of Messrs. Goodrich Sz Oo. had heard of his Yale record, and were looking for just such a young man as J ack. It was a fine opening with every prospect of advancement, and J ack's eyes glowed as he re-read the letter, and, besides, with Tess to help him, what could he not do? lt's simply the limitj, he muttered, to be obliged to deliver the love-letters of a rival. Then he wondered if anyo-ne had ever been in a. similar position before. He took heart again, ho-wever, when Tessie met him at the door, smiling so sweetly and felt tha.t Fortune might at last favor him when she said: Do come in a minute, Jack. I've just made some delicious fudgef' He needed no second invitation. Then, plunging at once, said: 2 Tess act of rather at was her to nd let y lux- She She in the n that ,leave ae has 1, she Whole room, ar lit- ,me to What- in her n into n the . He l over j firm, de his The r. had ig for a fine ement, letter, could 1, to rivalf' r been lieait it the Jrtunc 3 just ed no , said: THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHGOL HERALD. 29 f'Tess, dear, it 's killing me to bring you these lettersf' fCWhy, J ack PU This open question was aslced with Wide, inno- cent eyes expressing, seemingly, great surprise and wonder. But had Jack taken her hand just then he would have found it cold and trembling. fCCan9t you guess, dear? ltps only because I love you so? Those innocent eyes were on the carpet now and there was no question forthcoming. At this silent encouragement, Jack became bold and said: c Tessie, darling, do you love me enough to share with me the little I have 'PU Tessie raised her eyes to his and said with just a suspicion of mischief in her earnest, ten- der little face: ' 'CI don't know, Jack, dear 5 I might if I were askedf' 1 The postman left the Deane residence that day With a very Warm feeling around his heart, but tempered just a bit by his pity for poor Dick. And little did the neighbors guess the cause of the late delivery of their mail that summer day. Shirley Allendorph, 'O5. A' 5 , -lg-: :gg A il W ,T 4615?-it l 4 fl--,,.., J ?-T+L. f -i-:9Tf.'l ' 7 I 'A L-...-4 - ff' K 'tiff 4' ' 'N ' ' - 'F- Q-,.' , , - ,p'.757i5':f- ., , . - -'LZBX gg Vx V I 7 fwg Aff: QQZZAX .--V. Swsws f ' f , '-13595, 4-if R , X, ' , I ',f7'1 1,Q D ' - 3 K x Q m lx ! if f'f'f:4! .. ,... -n A J-,x X 1-1-, - ,,.45x I avg - ff 2 is-n f:.-:- -T 1, , A A f gm . , . ,. H-ja? wif WZ af s sf n X f- 'Ro-:J 30 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD., 9g 92 Answers to Correspondents. A 9g Amanda-Mr. Bigney's pronunciation of 'tsquare root as Kskrootp' is authorized by no Eastern dictionary. Perhaps you have heard the statement made that all genius has certain privileges and immunities swhich nobody else can claim. H. 'L. G.-You can say, KThis machine is turned by a crankj, without insinuating that you are the crank, by attaching an electric motor to it. George S.-You .wish for perpetual youth. A' way which will probably be discovered in five hundred years. If you can only wait till then, you will become as gay and lithe as a Fresh- man and as happy as a pig in clover. Margaret D.-Owing to your inclination to wander into theories, philosophies, and isms,,' you ask some remedy by which yo-u may concen- trate your mind. I know of a device which is placed upon the top of the head, under the hair. Whenever the mind is led astray by an ism, the machine gives the head a little twitch. Send a self-addressed envelope for further infor- mation. 1-i T, A. O. B.-In answer to your inquiry, I would say that chiioniers can be kept in the school-room with perfect propriety, providing they are said to hold foot- and base-ball suits and an extra storage of examination papers. Yes, one corner may be kept for the teaghel-'S individual use. Be careful to keep that part under lock and key. Stella-Yes, it is perfectly proper to go rid- ing with a gentleman in the evening without a chapero-n, provided it is a Ugladsome, nighif' and there 's no amadsomep' dog to say bow-wowf' M. De. W.-Donit worry about that small mirro-r in your boudoirf7 The school will make a petition to Mr. Underwood to take up a collection to buy a new one for next year. Myrtle- D.-My recipe for roast Freshman follows.: First thump the victimps head for the same reaso-n you thump a watermelon. Send him to room seven with his lesson unprepared. Great chances must be taken whether he will be singed. If he is well browned, sprinkle with grated charcoal, powdered sulphur, and potas- sium nitrate, and ignite. Garnish with iixatif. J. Farmer-You ask how to kill potato- bugs. My system never fails. First catch the bug, then drop him in boiling water and let him stay for iive minutes. If he is not dead then, repeat the process. This method can be used on other kinds of bugs, whose skins are not too tough. Senior-Here is the recipe for a classic fry: Procure from Miss Wilder some Greek roots, add some of Gwsafs campaign, and fry on a discus. Eat this delicious co-ncoction with a trident. lo A449 v on ,PQ-left V441 'J Aged' xxx 8 RVN If 'X Vs Mi tree' t S ii? I X I V f ffl .X 4 1 1 , l lb . gp' l V.. . W V I ? . si' Q E I' V V, 5 I ' . v V I NN . I v , V .I -.1 - , Q V . . , - ', v . W u' U, xv 5-if'-' . W A 1 'J V' v' I NN' xv- I M I -QU -n ,ll Aly, V' :xx ly ,ll , x I ' I X l It . , V N N lx A ,I ' ny V , . l 'I U J In DH V. u 'Nix lx -if Ill .'.l X V I - I s n .. V , ' x' X' EDNIE UF THE UNLY URL5 HEEVER LDVED If V h i xl X. -I x . Muay ABeiLrmlABXE. rf A mart rid- lt a- and KW 77 nall will ip a nan the end red. l be vith rtas- atif. ato- the let lead 1 be I not fry : +o-ts g rn a :h a fr 5 X. lvl THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 31 JLD SETTLERS' DAY. On Wednesday morning, November twenty- fifth, a number of the old settlers of Kansas City were invited to the high school to enjoy the exercises of an Old Settlers, Dayv program. Misses Ca.llie Clark and Alice O9Niel rendered excellent solos and were warmly applauded. Father Dalton delivered the address of the day. His subject was, An Outline of Kansas City's History? He spoke in part as follo-ws: One of the greatest benefits derived from a highschool education is the development of-a loyal a.nd patriotic love of one s native country or city. I feel certain that the pupils of the Westport High School are interested in the his- tory of their own beautiful city. ' Kansas City had its beginning when, in seventeen hundred ninety-eight, some white men landed at the mouth of the Kaw River. There was but a handful of these men, and after a few years all traces of their visit had vanished. Several years later a small band of French- Canadians, en route to St. Joseph, stopped herc through mistake, and, after finding this a desir- able home, they determined they would first go on to St. Joseph to sell their goods and then return to their Erst landing-place. V Before they returned, however, J os. Robi- deau, with a company of five traders, settled here for the purpose of trading with the Indi- ans, two- tribes of whom had previously strayed here from Iowa. These traders organized into two companies, known as f'The Missouri Fur Company and the ffAmerican Fur Companyf' After spending a few years in trading, and after having conquered the Indians, they determined to go farther into their new home and make a plat of the surrounding country. This they did, and after a short time they returned with their families, having decided to make Kansas City their permanent home. A few more families landed from time to time, until, in. eighteen hundred twenty-eight, Westport Landing, as it was then called, lcoul'd boast a population of between forty and fifty families, scattered from the mouth of the Kaw. southward, for about ten or twelve miles. Rapid progress was made, and in forty-live the city was organized as such, and the first officials took their offices. The next fifteen years were without hindrances to the growth of the city, and all would have been well had not the Civil War occurred. But during that period the population decreased from thirty-five thou- sand to but three or four thousand people. The hopes of these few who remained were not crushed, however. Having once determined to make their city prosper, nothing could hin- der them. It was this determination on the part of those few honorable people that laid the future course of the entire city. Not discour- aged by trifles or even great disadvantages, they pressed onward in their effort for the better- ment of their city until, in the contest for the bridge, Kansas Cityis determined men won the cityps present position by quietly building the bridge and thus drawing commerce and trade to the city, which now grew rapidly in popula- tion and importance. . But Kansas City's history was not to .be one of unfailing prosperity, for in seventy-two the terrible plague of the grasshoppers devastated the country. For days and days the insects re- mained, and every day at noon more came in such quantities that they actually hid the sun. So great was the number of the pest that traf- fic had to be stopped. Trains could no longer run, all supplies were cut off and the entirelv barren country left by the gra.sshoppers so aug- mented the suffering that the following year a great panic ensued. There was nothing to eat. no money to be obtained, and the people only survived by the harvesting of bount.iful crops the following year. After the panic the country was again at rest. Railroads were now built, the grain busi- ness was introduced, and great plenty abounded everywhere. But this increased prosperity was only to add increased misery, for soon every- one's attention was turned to the buying of stocks. Notes, mortgages, interest-all were forgotten in the great greed for wealth, and 'in eighty-three the city suffered one of the great- est booms ever known in this country. Homes , Jilfg-I 32 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. were lost, everything was neglected, and this boom proved more disastrous than the plague of the grasshoppers. 4 After this Kansas City soon reached the position it has held so successfully for many years. Such is the history of our city. Full of adversity, it still shows the determination of its first settlers in doing the best in their power for the betterment ofjtheir own native city. 5 N attic Wicrlenmafim, 'Ola Q A VISITFRAOIVI DR. DRAPER. On Friday morning, October twenty-third, the pupils of Westport High, School were espe- cially favored by a very informal but profitable talk by Dr. A. S. Draper, ,president of the Uni- versity of' Illinois. Dr. Draper has a very pleas-- ant voice, a good command of language, and the faculty of knowing young people and young peofpleis way. Sitting before his audience, he talked in a. conversational manner, holding the attention of every student. No more impress- ive address has ever been heard in our school. Som-e of' his thoughts are here reproduced: The' public school is the place where the majority of Americais boys and girls receive their first lessons of right and justice, the place where they are all-brought up on the same foot- ing with no distinction of any kind 5 in fact, it has been accurately called the 'fcommon bond of unionj' where the poor rich are ,alike reared in the children and the same atmosphere, both having to work equally as hard to obtain their education. In Europe there your rank has much to ation in life, if you are a. this is not so, for do with your situ- noblemanis child, you will always be known as such, and if the child of Ia laborer, you cannot rise very high above that class in the estimation of the people, no matter what your aim and ambition in life may be. ' The fact is clearly brought out that because the poorer children have to gain their educatioiz as best they can, always by hard work, they rnav be, in the end, the best scholars, for they know, to accomplish the highest aim in life, they must struggle for it and be persevering in all they do, while the rich children often become lazy and indolent in school, simply from knowing that work is not a necessity to them. Speak- ing along this line, let me mention an example: General Sheridan, who himself told the students and cadets of West Point that he never expect- e.d to be what he was, but when he waslappointed second lieutenant, he did make up his mind to be the best second lieutenant there was 3 that he kept on being honored and receiving higher positions, and he soon reached the position of general of the United States Army and all on account of his perseverance in sticking to his purpose. Anothe-r apt example that of a man whose occupation was selling cookies, who had no chances or opportunities to advance, but one day he chanced upon a stone, which he learned was very valuable, he at once became interested in stones and made a collection which he sold for three hundred do-llars at the World's Fair. He used this profit for other collections, and aft.er some years of work of this kind he was engaged at Tiffany's in New York, where he is annually paid ai large sum for his good and honest judgment concerning precious stones of all kinds. In a similar way, J. F. Hulse rose to be one of the skilled geologists of the age. This idea is clear: that every boy and girl has a chance to achieve success, but they must have ambition, or they will amount to nothing. In this day and age the boy and the girl are on the same footing 3 they have the same oppor- tunities and advantages, this was not so fifty years ago, when the man was the superior and the woman was the mere housewife. I should like to impress upon your minds the important idea of having an a.im in life, of having some- thing in view which you are fitted to do and do well and then to work toward that a.im with all the enthusiasm and ea.rnestness you have. Since I have been talking, my mind has often turned to that beautiful picture of Priscilla hanging there on the wall. I feel a particular interest in the picture. on account of the artist, Mr. George Boughten. who was noted for his talent, they r lazy Jyving peak- nple: dents :pect- 'tinted nd to .at he igher an of rll on O his of a , who 2, but eh he came vhich 3rld's tions, Ld he vhere good cious I. F. sts of . girl must hing. l are PPOT' fifty ' and iould rtant some- id do ph all Since irned iging Lercst Mr. ilent, WICSTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 33 l J IN 'THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. especially, in painting Pilgrim pictures. Mr. Boughten was at first only an errand-boy in a hat store, and his talent was first noticed from his drawing so many pictures on hat.-boxes when out on his errands. His friends began to take an interest in him, and by degrees he became -able to give more and more time to his art. The story of the a.rtist7s great life. and Work is a fitting illustration of what those who set out to accomplish an aim in life may at-tain. In closing, let me try to impress upon your 'minds that success in life is a purely personal matter and depends entirely upon the individ- nal's perseverance and determination to do what he has set out to dog again, let me say, be loyal to your work, begin now by being loyal to your school, to your home, to your city, and to your country, standing up for them on all occasions. Marry Minor, '0.5L. FIELD WORK IN BOTANY. We, the pupils studying botany, have gone on many trips in search of fioyvers. We have found the following: April Q, 1904, at Swope Panic.- Violets 5 moist ground-Violet family. Sweet Williams5 Woods-Polenioniuin fam- ily. Buttcrcups5 open yvoods-Oroyvfoot family. May Apples 5 rich woods-Barbcrry family. Johnnie Jump-ups5 low, rich Woods-Violet family. April 10, 1904, at Roanoke: Oolumbines 5 rocky soil-Oroyvfoot family. Bedbuds5 open woods--Senna family. Spring Beauties 5 moist, open yvoods-Purs- lane. family. Verbcnas 5 in pastures-Verbain family. Meadow Rues5 rocky soil-Oroyvfoot family. 34 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. Dogtooth Violets5 rich ground-Lily family. Jack-in-the-pulpits5 rich woods-Arum family. Garlics5 moist meadows-Lily family. April 24, 1904, at Brush Creek and Oak Street: Apple, Plum, Peach, and Pear5 common in cultivation-Bose family. Wild Indigoes5 in fields-Pulse family. April 25, 1904, at Linwood and Bevitoni Blvds. : Bellworts 5 rich woods-B-ellwort family. Ground Tvies 5 shady, moist plaees-Mus- tard family. G Lilacs 5 in shady places-Clive family. Wood Sorrels5 common-Sorrel fa.mily. Water Cre-sses 5 by streams-Mustard family. Peppergrasses5 in fields--Mustard family. April 26, 1904, at Dodson.: Cranesbills5 o-pen woods and fields-Ger'a- nium family. Blue-eyed Marys5 moist soil-Figwort fam- ily. Buckeyesg open woods-Horse-chestnut family. April 28, 1904, along Dummy Track: Yellow Puccoons5 open woods-Borage family. G Blue-eyed Grasses5 moist meadows-Iris family. Rue Anemones5 woods-Crowfoot family. May 1, 1904, at Indian Creek: A Bloodroots5 moist soil-Poppy family. Shad Bushes 5 open woods-Bose family. Wild Crab-apples5 open woods-Bose fam- ily. A Ranunculus Abortivus 5 in pastures-Crow- foot family. May 5, 1904, at Leeds: Mustards 5 in fields-Mustard family. Papaws 5 open woods-Custa.rd-apple family. The Dutcliman's Breeches5 rich soil-Poppy family. ' Toothworts5 rich woods-Mustard family. Bitter Cresses 5 wet meadows and marshes- Mustard family. A A Strawberries5 open woods-Bose family. May 11, 1904, at Hyde Park: Cleavers 5 waste places-Madder family. Batnunculus Abortivus 5 common--Crowfoot family. Yellow Wood-sorrels 5 around damp places- Sorrel family. Dandelions 5 common everywhere-Chicory family. Bedhaws 5 open tliickets-Honeysuckle fam- ily. Tris5 moist ground-Tris family. Solomon's S-eals5 open woods--Lily-of-the Valley family. ' ' During the term we have also analyzed: Callas5 from home-s-Arum family. Tulips 5 on lawns-Lily family. Hyacinths5 door-yards-Lily family. Crocuses5 very early-Iris fa.mily. Black Haws5 open woods-Honeysuckle family. Yellow Puccoons5 sandy plainwBorage family. Bloodroots5 damp woods-Poppy family. Wild Gooseberriesg rocky woods--Go-o'se- berry family. Currant-s5 in thickets-Gooseberry family. Clovers5 everywhere-Pulse family. Buckeyes 5 moist ground-Horse-chestnut family. White Daisies 5 fields and mea.dows-Com- posite family. Julian, Amelimg, '07. Honorable mention was accorded the follow- ing pupils in the class of free hand drawing from the cast of heads, objects, and still life: Robert Hornbuckle, Mable Storr, Walter Paoli wood, Anna Ormsby, Elizabeth Stevenson, Bes- sie Minor, Blanche Bliel, Grace Walter, Anna Burgess, Edna Marsh, and Gladys Rose. To the class in water color painting: N elle Sum- erwell, Mary Minor, Celia Walter, Alberta Cres- well, and Nettie Wiedenmann. To the class in design and letterings: Clara Bastman, Mabel Eggleston, Joseph Farmer, Amy Meyer, and Baul Parker. To the class in mechanical draw- ing: Charles Wolf, Sidney Hodge, Raymond Wing, and Harold Folk. Helen Harper Loucks, design for the H erald cover was eho-sen. Hon- orable mention was accorded: William Peet, Slarph Bastman, Grace Keith, and Gertrude s llll . v fwfoot 1ces- hicory e fam- if-the- zd : 'suckle Borage ily. Goose- family. iestnut -Com- '0 7. follow- ,rawing ll life: r Pack: n, Bes- ,. Anna se. To e Sum- za Cres- class in , Mabel er, and ,l draw- aymond Loucksp . Hon- n Peet, lertrude THE WESTPCRT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 35 1 -X -X . -X , gfiiriif 23.1 W1 f ,A Ut 'N ' Ni 1' .gl N, t 1 S Q A - , , Q Q 0 l r S if Q.: e w if X9 Q' X9 if Xi gf Nifif . -i1T'Ple.-,L',,'!'.i.s5 - Toatpongwwgwi- -Q1 Q31-1g,3 ,, ,I1-n-P-,-oy',n-,en1t- ,NE-Au1tQ-JCLOTLQ,-,, OFFICERS. HANS AND GRETCHEN. Sidney Hodge, President. Harriette Dorn, Vice-President. Alberta. Cooke, Secretary. Walter Wolf, Treasurer. Robert Crmsby, Sergeant-at-Arms. NOTES. We shall have enough money to pay for the tally-ho ride and buy the Seniors some peanuts. - The prospects for a strong Senior Class are as bright and promising as can be expected. It will probably be the largest class that has ever been graduated from Westport High School. The Juniors gave their annual Monday morning entertainment on March 21. A large audience attended and applauded liberally. Each member appeared at least once on the stage. The Juniors are a class who have some ob- ject in life, and they want this object to be made kno-wn. For this reason another section of Sen- ior biographies would not be out of place in next year's Herald. We wish to impress upon the readers of the H cmlcl the fact that both prizes in the Decla- mation Contest were won by Juniors. In addi- tion, the medal for the best examination in American History is now on the coat lapel of Mr. Charles J. Mount, another Junior. Hans was a. typical young Dutchman 5 stout and stolid, he needed only the wooden shoes and a proper scene to furnish any artist with a model for a Dutch boy. His sister Gretchen was his junior by several years, and as such was willing to accept his leadership in all things. Especially was this true when Ha.ns, whose na- tive dullness had been eliminated, to a great extent, by his residence in America, had gotten into some new scrape. Gretchen was perfectly willing to allow the cat-o'-nine-tails to hover over the shoulders of Hans, as a result of some new escapade. Their latest adventure, however, had result- ed almost fatally to Gretchen. The well, a large one of stone, was provided with a windlass to raise the huge oaken bucket. In the well, hug- ging the side closely, there grew a wonderful lily, a.t which the children wo-uld gaze longingly. Finally, in a spirit of bravado, they determined to- brave everything to get the flower. Gretchen, who was much smaller than her brother, got into the bucket, a.nd was let down into the well. But the boy had overrated his strength 5 he felt the handle gradually slipping through his fin- gers. He called loudly, but nobody came. At last, when he felt that he could hold o-n no longer, he was conscious of a strong hand on the handle, and his father, s voice sounded dim- ly in his ear. A soft flower brushed his face, but he had fainted. With the aid of water he was quickly revived, and then he saw in his hand the beautiful fiower which had almost caused the death of one whom he loved more than anyone else. y EDITORIAL STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF. The Westport High School ll I fold 1 Vol. IV. KANSAS CITY, Mo., MAY, IQO4, NO, 2, ,xx 1 I , r,', 4 . .1' wth! I I r Vi EDITORIAL STAFF, l903 - 04. Editors-in-Chief 'X,,If2'gE1lI1Q,5'jLF'O4O5 , , J DAVID CHILDS, '05 xLoU OLSEN, '07 Locals-LOTTA PHILLIPS, '04 Athletics-SHIRLEY ALLENDORPH, '05 ExClZG1Zg6-EDWARD SCHAUFFLER, '06 Art-ALBERTA CRESWELL, '04 Lfiteratwe-ALBERTA CooKE, '05 Business MG'I4dg61'-OBIE DURHAM, '04 Asst. Bus. Alglf.-CARL TVIALONE, 'o6. 'le The Westport High School Herald Is ublished in the interests of this school. Its pure P pose is to prornote the general good of the school In Societies every Way posslble. TERMTS-Single Copies Cexcept Annualj, IO cents, Annual, 25 cents. Address all eommomeieaiions io WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERAI,D, Cor. 39th St. and Warwick Blvd., KANSAS CITY, MO. 38 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. G l ltellil. Pupils who are candidates for the high school will find no better time to enroll than at the middle of the year. While most pupils cn- rolling at this time must continue their high school work through four and one-half years, there can be no valid objection urged to this, for some of the leading high schools of the United States are planning for a six-year course in the high school, that their students may enter college better prepared to meet its exacting requirements. Another reason favorable to enrollment at mid-year is that in case of sickness or unavoid- able absence or hindrance, the pupil has a mar- gin of one-half year, which may enable him to complete the Work on time, instead of giving live years to it.-Micl-Year H eralcl. President Eliot,,of Harvard, in his a.nnual report, states that graduates of the public high schools are, as a general rule, much better adapted for college work than students from the so-called prep', schools.-The ll700fl'Zt'Cl7'll High School Oracle, Cincinnati, Ohio. Let the students of Westport High School be generous and each one buy a copy of the H emlel. It costs only twenty-five cents-that is less than is the cost of the printing. The stu- dents are actually getting the paper at a cost less than that of publication! - This is the first year in which advertise- ments have appeared in the H 6'7'6tlIl. We hope that you will patronize the people who have kindly helped us with their advertisements. They have added materially to the H eralcl fund, and it is only fair that we should give them good returns. No other department of our paper is looked forward to with more interest than our ex- changes. It is the funny sheetfl and is gleaned from many sources.. We have a large number of school papers coming to us each year. Here are some of the best: i The Mirror, Echoes, The Nautilus, The Lzmifinary, The Recorcl, lll. S. U. Infelepcnelent, High School News, The Daily lllarooii, The Glecmi, The Oracle, Olcl Hughes, Westminster Monthly, N. D. H. S. Review, The Daily Echo, The Jeyliazrlfer, The Sentiment, Olel Golrl and Purple, The Radius, High School Life. THE VALUE or RooTrNG. Our athletic department, especially that of base-ball, has received the support of almost the whole school this year, thus showing that the student body has at last recognized the value of cfrootingf' It eneoura.ges our boys, strikes ter- ror into the hearts of the opposing team, and tells the boys that enough Westport fans are attending the game to buy each player a pair of socks next year. It also makes the rooter'7 very hoarse, so he can stay home the next day and take several pints of cough syrup. If these are not sufficient inducements for each West- porter to attend every game possible, call at Mr. Bigneyjs room and he will give special rea- sons too numerous to state here. NEXYS FROM THE UNIVICRSITIES. Students of the State University at Colum- bia have eirculated a petition for excluding foreigners from the men's dormitories. The cause of this action was the announcement that several Egyptians intend to enter the univer- sity next year as students. The University of Porto Rico is showing the fact that it is American by entering heartily into all kinds of athletics. lt has recently pro- posed a track meet for all the high schools on the island. Foot-ball and base-ball are exceed- ingly popular in those tropical countries, espe- cially base-ball. A base-ball team is to visit the Unit-ed States and play at the St. Louis Exposition. Students of Northwestern University, who are ineinliers of the Evanston musical club, hope to visit the St. Louis Exposition and take part in the choral contest for a prize of 5B5,000. They plan to go in a special train and spend a few days visiting the exhibits. t of the the e of ter- and are pair ten' day hese Test- .l at rea- lum- ding The that iver- gf the Lrtilv pro- ls on ceed- espe- visit Louis who hope part i,000. spend THH3wHsfrroHT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 39 I FOOT-BALL. During the first week of school there was the usual lack of foot-ball enthusiasm, but a new supply was furnished us by our coach, Mr. Shippey. After about three weeks of practice, we de- feated the Pro-ssos, score, 15 to 0. A few weel2s later Kansas City, Kansas, got the better of us on a. muddy, sloppy held. Rut it was not to be wondered at, as the superior weight of the Jay- hawkers swept every obstacle from their path, breaking our lines without much trouble. The score was 10 to 0. Westport, however, soon had their revenge, the following Fridayldefeat- ing the Kansas in one of the hardest fought. games of the season. Until the last five min- utes of play in the second half no score had been made, when in one of the fiercest scrim- mages Robert Hornbuckle, our left half-back, was so severely injured that he was unable to play the rest of the season. About a minute after time had been called for the injured, Wil- liam Hornbuckle made at run of foi't-tx'-five vards., scoring a touchdown, This was the only touch- vxfigin AAN DEQ? 'oy nl IQ P down made during the game, which ended with the score of Westport 5 to Kansas 0. Our next game was with the Manual Train- ing High School. On account of our former luck Westport entered in a decidedly weakened co-ndition. The boys were stiff and sore, and substitutes were plaved in two positions. Nev- ertheless Manual ran up against a much tough-- er proposition than she expected, and the first half ended 5 to 5. And so it remained until thirty seconds before the close, when Manual made another touchdown, which ended the game with a score of Manual 11, Westport 5. During this game Robert Qrake managed to get two broken ribs., ' soivm IMPRIGSSIONS OF THE ROOTERS. Robert Hornbuckle was a. good gainer of ground. as 24 ak ' Captain Higgins made a reputation as a sprinter. Drake was the champion hurdler. .v. 4. v. , 4' ,- R- F0 OT- BALL PLAYERS, M FOOT-BALL PLAYERS. THE WESTPORTQZHIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 41 Adams', is known as a 'ftackler and inter- ference breaker. :if Ski X Lorie was noted for his quick work. THE LINE-UP. Center, H. Train. Right End, C. Malone. Left Guard, C. Smith. Right Tackle, J. Farmer. Left Tackle, W. Hornbuckle. Right End, W. Waltner. Left End, C. Dillingham Qailias Adamsj. The Liberty Game. On Saturday morning, November 21, the wearers of the blue and gold, left the Kansas City station for the much talked-of trip to Lib- erty, to uphold the glory of the Westport High School in foo-t-ball. There were about fifty in all, and a delight- ful time was anticipated by everyone. As there were several dignified chaperons accompanying the party, no trouble was feared. They were a very happy and somewhat hilarious crowd of boys and girls, glad of a dayis outing, and filled the coach with cheering and laughter, which in time grew rather deafening, in spite of all those poor chaperons could do, and certainly no one envied them their task. At 11:30 a.. ni., our arrival was hailed with enthusiasm, and the rousing Liberty yell greeted our ear. The party separated, the girls and most of the teachers, after being shown through the Lib- erty Ladies' College, made a tour of inspection of William Jewell and its contents, which was rather limited, the girls thought, it being the weekly holiday. The foot-ball team and coach, chaperoned by its conductor and xgeneral man- ager, took inthe town, regretting, of course, their exclusion from the S. S. C. U lt was af hungry bunch of enthusiasm that niet at the restaurant for the dinner which had been previously ordered by our minister Of finance, and took some time to satisfy our rav- enous appetites. lt was nearly 230 Wl1Gl1. U16 Westport crowd assembled on the field of bat- tle. Our boys were lined up as follows: Cen- ter, H. Train, right guard, C. Malone, right tackle, J. Farmer, right end, W. Waltner, left guard, C. Smith, left tackle, W. Hornbuckle, left end, C. Dillingham faliasi Adamsj , quarter- back, A. Lorie, right half-back, Lee Shippey Ccoachj , full-back, R. Gregg , left half-back, E. Higgins tcaptainj, with E. Ragland and W. Fort as substitutes. The game- was called promptly at three o'clock. Westport won the toss and chose to defend the east goal. Liberty kicked off to Hig- gins, who returned the ba.ll ten yards. ,Then began a series of line bucks which netted West- port their distance every time. Liberty's line seemed weak, a.s Westport tore great holes in it or ran the ends at will. Westport pushed the pigskin over for a. touchdown after just eight minutes of play, but failed to kick goa.l. Things looked easy for Westport, but the boys had to pa.y the penalty of over-confidence. After changing go-als, Westport kicked off. Liberty returned the ball twenty yards, and then be- gan some of the finest playing that has ever been seen on the Liberty gridiron. Each team seemed to be playing desperately. Westport would hold Liberty for downs only ,to lose the ball. But finally Westportts line weakened vis- iblyj The fierce plunges of Libertyts backs net- ted them gains which placed the ball on West- portts thirty-five yard line, where it was held for two downs , when Liberty made a. beautiful drop kick, sending the ball squarely between the posts, which ended the first half with a score of 5 to 5. During the second half, Liberty seemed to have everything her way, scoring two more touchdowns during this half, which made the final score, Liberty 15, to Westport's 5. Our mascot ftTeXas was with us and loyal to the last, and could one have had a glimpse into the crowded car on our return trip, it would have indeed been difhcult to determine, by the continuous cheers and overiowing spir- its of our courageous players, whether we had won or lost. We decided that itcvivs at 1' 1 0 A of skill on the part of our ' BASE-BALL TEAM 1904. 9 BASE-BALL TEAM 1904. THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHCOL HERALD. 43 were they less Sup in the art. It was simply a case of unfavorable conditionsft From one point of view the t.rip could hardly be looked upon asa success. Luck must change, however, and we expect to have our share of victories on the gridiron, A So, with congratulations to our opponents of the L. H. S., Here is waiting for our turn againf' i. BASKET-BALL. W. H. S. US. W. A. o., 14-9. W. H. S. W. A. c., 25-ii. W. H. S. vs. W. H. A., 15-14. W. H. S. vs. Y. M. C. A., 25-32. W. H. S. vs. Y. M. C. A., 23-14. W. H. S. vs. Central, 23-13. LIN IC-UP. Willie Waltner fcaptainj, Forward. Edward Higgins, Forward. Clifford Smith, Back. Harold Train, Back. Harold Waltner, Back. Crayton Dillingham, Center. While Westport has had basket-ball teams before, she has never shown one that exhibited such an excellent team-Work and played better together. At the beginning of the season the prospects for a good basket-ball team looked very dim. But the loyal spirit which prevailed in the school was very encouraging. All the games were well attended, the crowd was enthusiastic, and the games were Well managed. The first was with the Westport Athletics, Whom we defeated in an excellent game. Our second game was also with them, and our boys showed better spirit and greater accuracy in throwing baskets, winning easily. The third game, against the Alumni, was one in which all Westport students and gradu- ates were interested. They had a. very strong team, but nevertheless we won. But while we had been improving steadily, We were defeated by the Y. M. C. A. This de- feat, however, was wiped out by our next game. Our next a.nd last game was against the .strong Central team. The game was Well played, and, although Central displayed good team-work, Westport' had little difficulty in winning. A BASE-BALL. GAMES. Westport, 11, Prosso, 3. Westport, 11, Manual, -10 Qeleven inningsj. Westport, G 5 Central, 19. Westport, 4, Central, G. Westport, 15 K. C. K., 4. LINE-UP. Edward Higgins, First Base. Roy Gregg, Second Base. Melvin O'Reilly, Short Stop. Wm. Waltner, Third Base. Robert Drake, Left Field. Earl Ragland, Center Field. Robt. Hornbuckle Qcaptainj, Right Field. Alvin Lorie, Catcher. Wmf Hornbuckle, Pitcher. . Crayton Dillingham, Right Field. Harold Train, Utility Man. - Of our base-ball team this year we may frankly say that it is one of the best that has ever represented Westport and one of the best in the league. The fielding has been above the average, batting good, and the team-work ex- cellent, but on account of the unfavorable con- dition of the Weather hindering the practice, and also on account of injuries received by sev- eral players, the team, except on one or two occasions, has not shown its true form. The ga.me with Manual, an eleven-inning affair, was won by the pitching of Hornbuckle, who fanned twelve men and allowed but six hits, and by the heavy stick-work of Dillingham and Higgins. The second game with Central was a pitelier's battle between Hornbuckle and Sanders, with honors about even, each allowing five hits, and each striking out ten men, but Westport was unfortunate in making a couple of errors which lost the game. The game with K. C. K. was played on a muddy field, and, although I, ,I , Q W. N- , , ,, N-ar Nga 'wolf-'W 17' , W, -av-up .4..-,,p,-.,, .. 'f 41 34.9 A WINNING TEAM. A CORNER IN THF GYMNASIIIMI THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 45 Westport outbatted their opponents, they were defeated on account of their inability to bunch their hits. A MERITS OF PLAYERS. Robert Hornbuclile, captain and one of the niost experienced players, on account of the dis- location of his throwing arin was forced to sur- render the catcher's position and niove to the -outfield. He is a very consistent ball-player. and has inade an excellent captain. Higgins, first base, though his fielding at . the initial bag has not been above par, his abil- ity to swat the sphere has gained hini a wide reputation. Z Win. Hornbuckle, who has done exception- ally well, considering that he has had no one to alternate in the box with hini, has the qual- ities of a pitcher-speed, curves, and control- -and his place will be hard to dll next spring. Lorie, who has done niost of the work be- hind the bat, has niade a very creditable show- ing. He has shown considerable nerve at crit- ica.l times, which is an essential quality to the yielder of the big nut. A ' Gregg possesses a steady nerve and is a won- derfully accurate thrower. Waltner has done good work with the bat and can be depended on to hit safely at critical times. OJReilly at short stop was a bit nervous and threw badly in the first few ganics, but he has gradually corrected this fault, and another year will develop him into one o-f the best short stops in the league. Drake has never failed to accept even the most difficult chances and has also strengthened the team a.t the bat. Ragland, who leads off in the batting list and who covers the central portion of the out- field, is one of the best run-getters on the teani. I-Ie is a general fielder, a ready base-runner, and will be at source of strength to next yearts teain. Dillinghanfs success as a ball-player lies in his ability to clout the sphere. This is the most successful year the high school league has ever had. The play has been faster, scores snialler, and the interest has been better than heretofore. Westport will lose four players this year, who graduate, Iiobt. Hornbuckle, Win. Horn- buckle, Alvin Lorie, and Edward Higgins. The I'niversity of California is coniplcting an athletic field which is to be larger and finer than Harvardis new stadiuni. The bleachers are being built to accoininodate twenty thou-- sand people, and besides this the banks are to be specially constructed and covered with turf for seating' purposes. The foot-ball and base-ball fields are separate and both are surrounded by a half-inile track. Fifty students from the University of Indi- ana are going to attend the Indiana State Re- publican Convention to study politicians, nieth- ods. The students have been holding inock con- ventions and desire to learn niore about real pol- itics. They have secured a private coach for the trip. , The faculty of the Iowa State College has changed the rule forbidding the organization or fraternities. The rule, so it is said, was based on a inisunderstanding of the purpose and influ- ence of these organizations. Several chapters will soon be inaugurated. On account of the recent trouble with ty- phoid fever, Cornell University has installed at fine new filter, so well constructed that -the water is relieved of 99.97 per cent of germs. Andrew Carnegie gave 345.00 towards this enterprise. , The University of Michigan has been pre- sented with eighty acres of land near Ann Arbor, to be used by the forestry department in trying experiments with growing trees. It is called the Saginaw Forest Farinff The University of Texas recently held a big' picnic in which the ,entire faculty and student body participated. The band played while they ate, and the whole picnic was at great success. The University of Missouri is to ha.ve an ex- hibit car at the St. Louis Exposition. Students of the University of Minnesota expect to give the opera Cfl'arsifal. V ,... 5 Vw- 46 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. Catcher. Curves. Referee. Full Back. Short Stop. Coach. Iinocker. Rooter. Umpire. Sweepstakes. Forward. Fielder. ' WESTPORT ALL STARS. NEW WELDING PROCESS. Doctor Goldsclnnidt, of Essen, has invented a compound, composed of aluminum and cer- tain oxides that will produce an extremely high degree of hea.t. This 'ftherinitfp as the combf- nation is called, can be used with the aid of a melting-pot in the instantaneous welding of rails or pipes. When the pot is lilled with an inflammable mixture, that is ignited and a few spoon-sful of thermit are added, the tempera- ture immediately rises as high as 30000 Centi- grade. Then an aluminum oxide is poured on that part of the pipe or rail to be welded, and the work is done so quickly that the pot is cold and can be taken into the hand after being em ptiedf' TURNING WITH THE SUN. Among the many peculiar structures exhib- ited at the Exposition of dwellings in Paris is a. house of three stories, stationed on a platform similar to a locomotive turn-table, and equipped with such machinery that it is enabled to al- ways face the sun. It moves so slowly that in a daily revolution the motion would scarcely be perceptible. A motor located in the base- ment of the building serves as the 'Cturning forcef, by acting on a. perpendicularr shaft that passes through the middle of the lower story. The inventor, an architect, considers it more than Elf novelty, since he thinks it may be used in the treatment of sun cure, or heliotherapy. THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. Q i 'K ,f'l'3 'VL I 55 ,ff Q 5 wg 5' if ,gf I f' W-!Z,,wffx 610 -if 61- 5 -N,--in .. A .mf f.f13'W . QQ' Llp 'f I vi X ' f ' ' - -'-'. ' v. ' N ll: I ah wf wh Y P f , av' 19 ' W 5 V I f S ' -9 W Q , P F ' ','?Q'k!- ' H N ' SV I - I f W ' . X1 Q, X 1 ' ' I A A1 n '-Q Gym! A. V 'ix' 7 ,141 QR QW? f J Y L' a. 6? .Qui 1 W f 'Q I lu. ff iv ws X 'K X En W K ' fag' Q .7 f- 5 Q 171 ,U1 X ' 0 K ZX! x Q X V' lyv. n' 611, . 5. H on I ' 'high i gig .24 2' iff 0 R fl ,A X' wr' MU H I-7 MQ, I I x 48 THE-WESTPORF HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 4 9 .V 4 ' . ff, Z .Q , Y , yn r EE il 'WFP A : if I ' 'I- - U -s , -.. r'A,l -F ' 'Famed in many a legend old ls Clio, child of Memory, She, With trumpet of bright gold, And scroll of song and history. The ohoicest muse! Her ivory brovv Is crowned with Victory's laurel vvreathf To her, all hail! We here avovv To vaunt her praise from, heaven above to earth beneath. f Y Oolors: Purple and white. Officers. Harold Train, President. Obie E. Durham, Vice-President. Mary E. Minor, Secretary. William Hornbuckle, Treasurer. Alfred Toll, Sergeant-at-Arms. Ohas. Mount, Prosecuting Attorney. Harriette Dorn, Oarl Malone, Joseph Farm- er, Leona Vaught, Oharley Mount, Programme Oommittee. g Clionian Notes. With the close of each year, it is naturalto cast a look backward and sum up just what the society has done. We have been so used to hearing ourselves designated the Hsmaller soci- etyt' that it is quite a surprise and no inconsid- erable source of gratification to lind the really truly active membership of the society is eighty- '-of these there is an almost equal division girls and boys. Flower: The violet. Thirty-four new members were added this year, most of whom came from the Freshman classes, while the continued interest of the alumni of the society shows that the influence of Olio is a lasting one. By the way, we should like to give a rous- ing vote of thanks to the adearly belovedf' who must say agood-byev to us after Commence- ment. All have served the society loyally dur- ing their membership-but once a. Olionian, always a Olionianv-so they are not lost to us. Bill and Bob are a team the Olionians hate to part with. The Boys, Ohorus is a. new and interesting feature organized during the last half-year. At their hrst public appearance they gave the new Olionian song, which may now be added to an already nice little repertoire of songs devoted to the patron muse. The social ten minutes, introduced as an intermission a few years ago, has proved one of SQME CLIONIANS 50 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. the most enjoyable as well as valuable parts of the order of arrangement. It has been reallfy used for getting acquainted,'r' and timid little Freshmen were dragged out of their particular corners to talk to the always confident Juniors and Seniors. While the Clionians are not represented in Commencement honors this year, the-re are still three valedictorians to be counted to their credit in the last five years. . Clio remembered us! Charlie Mount car- ried off the medal for the best history exami- nation. The cover for the Herald of this year comes to us. Helen Loucks won first place with her design. ' ' There has been quite a bit of cleverness evinced by members in the way of original com- positions. Carl Malone presented a laughable skit on the merits of the different classes. Myr- tle Ducret won the valentine for the best poem, and the following story was submitted by a member. It shows the interest taken in liter- ature and history. 'fCnce upon a time there was a Knight. He was a teenty-weenty little Knight, but he carried a great big black shield and a great big lot of little swords-but they couldnft cut-and a great big helmet, he also carried a trumpet. 'Now this little Knight had not many sure- enough knights to follow him, so he had to finish out his retinue with a great number of ladies. He liked ladie-s. But one day he resolved to go forth and do valia.nt deeds. Now, to do valiant deeds one must be properly aeeoutered, and he was-all but some colors to tie upon his sword-but col- ors cost, and there had been tight hold of the purse-strings at the Sessions. Not one penny had he dared to spend all the year. He had to save it.all up for a great big entertainment he was going to give some friends 3 so the poor lit- tle Knight was much depressed until-his eye saw, his hand snatched, the blue and yellow doily from t.he table-then he sallied forth to do valiant deeds! Once outside, he blew long and loud upon his trumpet-and that was allfl . .The Clionian panel forthe Worldts Fair ex- hibit at St. Louis was a. thing of beauty The purple and white, the colors of the society, were represented by the design of bunches and : running border of violets, exquisitely painted in oil upon white satin. The artist was Miss Julia Green. Without having to disturb the reserve fund, the society has met all expenses and has a sur- plus in the treasury ot one dollar and forty- seven cents. We have all we need, but we should like to spend it. The Entertainments. The regular bi-monthly programmes have had considerable merit, and a large measure of their success is due to the Programme Commit- tee, who gave both time and attentionto the work of their preparation and production. As a whole, the programmes were good, but were occasionally diversified by especial ones that displayed a deal of talent and plenty of ingenuity in stage settings. Another feature worthy of praise has been the music 5 and not one occasion has passed but some talented young member has contributed to the general enjoyment by good musical numbers. lt would be impossible to speak of each of the last half-yearfs entertainments in detail, but one of these cannot be omitted. Cn Friday evening, April eighth, the society entertained its Alumni at the school, with a sort of Chil- dren's Carnival. Lotta Phillips, as C'Mother Goosef, presided, and the way Cindefrella,i' 'fCld King Colef, J ack and Jillf' and all the rest of them came out of the book and pranced around the stage brought round upon round of applause. The programme closed with a tab- leau of Clio Uessie Lonsberyj surrounded by her votaries fthe boys' chorusj. The effective- ness o-f the tableaux was greatly due to Mir. Green's assista.nce in using colored lights from the new stereo-ptieon. After the call for adjournment, punch and cake were served in the hall. Mr. Shouse, act- ing as toastmaster, obtained ready responses from Mr. Underwood, several of the Faculty, and a number of the old members, some of whom were charter members of the society. Perhaps the crowning effort of the ye-ar was a decided innovation-what might be called the Mutual Admiration Dancet'-given April twenty-ninth, at the Academy of Music, in which the Clionians entertained the Round Ta- ble Club, and were equally entertained by them. Each society acted as both host and guest, and the way each fulfilled t.he duties of the two functions has been a source of admiration to the other ever since. No acount of the entertainments would be complete without some mention of the almost uniformly ready acceptance of programme duty by the members. Fines have been few and a goodly spirit has prevailed accordingly. CLIONIANS AGAIN 52 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. . Hits from the Programmes. Edward Schaufffler as f'King Goleft Y ffLittle Billeev Alford as the ffFiddler. J oe Farmer in recitations. Harriet Do-rn and I-Ielen Loucks as pianists. Clifford Smith in acoonp' songs. Obie Durham as the Prince.'7 Alfred Toll as ffAh Ling? . Lenoir Robertson as the only It, Miss De Witt as the 'fBureau of Infor- mation. G-ray Hodges as an Escortf' f Mary and Bessie Minor as the Always Ac- commodatingfi Muriel Mynatt, Olaire Berry, and Inez Proudiit as Three Little Helpers? Lotta Phillips, Annie Bprgess, and Char- lotte Patterson as Engaged Girls. Edward Higgins as the 'fOnly and Ever-to- be-remembered Edwardf' Miss De Witt, the patron of the year, was asked to tell what the year of society work had shown and what it should further show. Her reply follows: It has shown a kindly spirit, a generous. almost lavish hospitality, a unanimous consent to all demands making for social enjoyment 5 ga.llantry o-n the part of the boys 5 culinary skill on the part of the girls, and, best of all, much unselfishness in furthering the good record of thc society. It should show even more unself- ishness, better preparation for programme work 5 a bit more seriousness 5 and, last but not least, true Olionian spirit? I The society congratulates itself upon the officers of the year. There could be none better. To joy in a lesson detested by you, That ts exceedingly hard to do, To get od an answer, when ideas are few, That is exceedingly hard to do, To say you are wrong, when you think you are right, s To be jolly a.nd pleasant, when you feel like a. fight, That 's exceedingly hard to do. To smile when somebody frowns upon you, That is exceedingly hard to do, To see favors pass by, when you td like a few, That 's exceedingly hard to do, A To be happy a.nd bright, in the dark or the light, To be studious, and earnest, and always polite- , But that is what Olionians do. i - A--L, rllr I 5 A .-X asf' ff V H ' tr vfiilffe TE' U ry 'l'll 'l l 4 . lllllei sNll.llllf..iMl I 'SQA h xr A -' : Colors: Yellow and black. Officers. President, Henry Lambert. ' Vice-President, Sidney Hodge. Secretary, Paul Parker. Treasurer, Olifford Smith. Sergeant-at-Arms, Robert Drake. The- -first semi-term of our existence has been a very profitable one, a.nd there is no doubt that it has been of advantage to every membelg At our last regular meeting lllr. Underwood presented us our charter, so now we are on the same footing as the other two societies. 2: :K 3: The one and only drawback to our club was the childishness of some of our Freshman members. :fc 2: :k The-members of the club thought that they were going to have a sister organization in the Girls' History Club, but the project 'ffell through. THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 53 Cnc evening, when we came up to our meet- ing we ran into the Physical Geography class, star-gazing. No fatalities were reported. The Dance of the Demons. The Debaters are surely attaining promi- nence and success in the social as well as liter- ary life of Westport High School. Saturday evening, May 14, witnessed a de lightful dance given by them at Croner's Halli Elegant refreshments were served during inter- mission. Then the dancing continued until half-past eleven. The music, so everyone de- clared, was perfect. Punch was served during the evening. Everyone had a iine time, and this iirst dance was voted a complete success. .547 Q r y i 4 Uflkilliliilfl ' 'S in l wr 'A JZ ' T-'E f 'QQ ri - H -fr 3 1- A- e- Q.. V Colors: Blue and yellow. Q Ofiicers-First Term. . President, Nettie Wiedenmann. First Vice-President, David B. Childs. Second Vice-President, Sidney G. Hodge. Secretary, Paul Parker. Treasurer, Cameola Burns. Sergeant-at-Arms, Harold Waltner. Officers-Second Term. President, Nettie Wiedenmann. First Vice-President, David B. Childs. Second Vice-President, Harold Folk. Secretary, Eunice R. Sexton. Treasurer, Paul Parker. Sergeant-at-Arms, Baymond Wing. Another prosperous year for the Bound Table Club has just ended. Each year of our existence has shown marked progress in the de- velopment ot the society, in numbers, enthusi- asm, talent displayed in our regular pro- grammes, and in the success of our open ses- sions. All this is in accord with the aims of the club, and we feel that this, our fifth year, has been the best. When the Bound Table Club was organized five years ago, Miss Wilder was appointed as the Hrst patroness. This year we have had her with us again, and we wish to thank her for her help and loyalty to us. We shall always regard her as a member of our society, and a true friend to the B. T. C. Within the last to-ur years the Bound Table Club has been represented in the honor places on each Commencement programme. In 1901 both honors fell to us. Miss Bertha Pederson, president of the society for the first term of that year, was valedictoria.n, while the saluta- torry was delivered by Mr. George Underwood, vice-president for the second term. In 1902 Miss Viotorine Eggleston was salutatorian, and in 1903 Miss Eleanor Carr had the same honor. This year the honors ot' the Senior Class were both awa.rded to B. T. C. members. The pres- ident of the club, Miss N ettie Wiedenmann, is the valedictorian and Miss Alberta Creswell, salutatori an. Advantages in Belonging to a Society. The purpose of the Bound Table Club, as shown in our constitution, is to Hmaintain school spirit, foster the social life of the school, enable the members ot the society to acquir- experience in parliamentary usages, to arouse , R. T. C. MEMBERS rf -- - 1 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 55 an interest in current events, to awaken thought and cultivate expression.'7 From this one can readily see the advantage of belonging to the right society. we are made loyal members of our school and trained in all that is best out- side of our regular studies. Aside from the advantages explained in the constitution, be- longing to a society helps us in an infinite num- ber of little ways, barely appreciable until the whole result is shown. We learn to exercise mental balance, gain ease in meeting others, a.nd become accustomed to being on a pro- gramme and facing an audience, as we must do if we fulfill faithfully our duties as club members. O The monthly paper of the club, the Center- piece, 'has been an enjoyment to all and ha done much toward making the meetings enter- taining and enjoyable. Issued, as it has been, by an energetic and enthusiastic corps of edi- tors, each edition has been eagerly awaited and listened to with much interest. S Here are some points of interest about the members of the club: the roll of membership shows ninety-eight active members-all wide- awake R. T. Ofs. The adjective, however, is superfluous because the two terms, Kwide- awakev and R, T. O.,'J are synonymous. There have been twenty-two members who have been present at every meeting this year. More than three-fourths of the Mandolin Olub are enrolled in our society. The programmes for this year have been characterized by unusually good wo-rk on the part of participants, who have done all in their power to make them interesting and instructive to the members. We have had three pro- grammes with distinctive features. In commemoration of Washington's birth- day our programme was composed of patriotic poems, songs, and Revolutionary hymns. A new feature was introduced into our meeting that day, printed programmes suitably and artistically designed by our artist, Miss Blanche Eggleston, were distributed to the members and visitors. We were glad to have with us five of the Faculty, and we hope to see them often at our meetings. One afternoon devoted to plantation melo- dies and stories, proved to be both amusing and entertaining, aiording a pleasant diversion from our mo-re serious work. 4 Our last meeting was given by the Girls' Bachelor Olub, and the caricature of a womanps club was well carried out, the special features being a pa.per on the C'Universe,U by Miss Katli- erine Ware, and a debate by four of the mem- bers, on the necessity of man for wo-man's hap- piness. The minutes read by Miss Nelle Sum- merwell as secretary were very funny, and the local hits interspersed between the numbers of the programme kept the audience laughing most of the time. We are sorry to lose Kim Hersh from the roll of members of our club. He was a good worker as a member of the programme commit- tee and helped arrange many pleasing pro- grammes for us. V Again has the supremacy of R. T. O. been proved, this time by the girls who complrise our girls, basket-ball team. Another proof that the R. T. Ofs are wide- awake is the fact that out of the eight contest- ants in the Declamatoryi Oontest five are mem- bers of our society, while two of the rest do not belong to any society in the school.. The R. T. O. wishes to extend hearty greet- ings to the Debaters as a fellow-club in West- port High Sehool. A We have now risen to the dignity of having programmes distributed to our members and patrons-once in a while. U Miss Winifred Adams, a former president, is attending the University of Kansas this year. Miss Evaline Hartley, president in the spring of '03, is at Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Miss Maude Holcombe, president of the soci- ety in 1901, was recently married to Mr. Fisher. We feel justly proud of our talented mem- bers. We are indebted to Miss Blanche Eggles- ton for the excellent sketches which haveuap- peared on the bulletin board from time to time. The mounting of the club picturesto be exhib- ited at the St. Louis Exposition was also de- signed by Miss Eggleston. On the gray card she has sketched, in white ink, the castle where King Arthur and his Round Table held court, this being a very appropriate design for our club. The Round Table-Olionian party proved to be a great success, being a decided impTOV6l11G1F'5 over the separate open sessions which have al- ways been given before. The prizes for the best declamation in our annual oratorica.l contest were won by M. Abercrombie and Paul Parker, both B. T. C- fy OTHER R. T. C.'S THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 57 ood lothin . THIS IS oUR HOBBY. THE BETTER SUIT YOU BUY, THE BETTER YOU ARE SATISFIED. THE BETTER YOU LIKE YOUR CLOTHIER. l I The I-lot Weather Goods are Ready - E f Crash Suits, Shirts, Linen andoiihite Duck Hats, Etc., Etc. ,l,l.ii ii Outfitters of BOYS and Young Men' rf C 58 THE VVESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 1: ' V Q md 42 1 -g 3,45- . if - Q.-V EVN I i m .'9ifi-W if ff I , -7 1 Z f . X X XNXXW ,fff ' I A ' i W Q A , GW 'X E If the chigger were bigger- As big as a cow- And his digger had vigor Like a subsoil plow, ' Can you figger, picknicker, Where you 'd be now? I t Pl: Pk bk Mamma Cteaching Dorothy the alphabetj: 'Now think hard, dearie, What comes after t? Dorothy: After tea papa usually kisses the Waitress, and she screamsf' - I I 4 95 ' + :ze l' A very stout hostess, who was entertaining a large company one evening, turned to a group of young men standing near her chair and smil- ingly asked: May I trouble one of you young gentlemen for a glass of water from the pitcher on the table PU Several of the young men hurried to com- ply with the request. One, who was particular- ly active, succeeded in reaching the table irst. As he handed the glass of Water to the hostess, she complimented him on his quickness. Oh, that is nothingfj he said, I am used to it. I got into many a circus and menagerie when I was a boy by carrying water for the elephant-.U ' Mrs. Newrich fback from lioneymooning in the mountainsj : Do you remember that love- ly gorge up in the mountains, Arthur PJ' Mr. Newrich: 'CI do. It was the squarest meal I ever eat? :THEY ARE CORRECT, BoYs! THEY CAME FROM THE I mean those Nobby Straw Hats. ' Q Have You Gotten One? . LEWIS' FASHION, H02 Walnut Street. . -4' X . N ig- S v' , 9 if r. 's l l 5 I iii! 27, X, li l MN el ll ll THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHQOL HERAI D ll Wiz ltr Graduating from fad foods to a wholesome and delicious cereal folks invariably select VVHEATLET which makes you smack your lips for more. The eating of Wheatlet proves its true food value, and Hction in adver- tised claims of other breakfast foods is entirely disapproved by ofhcial information we gladly furnish on application. A half pound sample of Wheatlet for 6 cents if 'll lil L ll f rl i X 3. xl X1TH '. -. lt? ill ag! A V W , lla? M 9 f I 4 Ll I 1 M M 9, M M . ,- ,'r ff' 'i in stamps and grocerfs name Wheatlet bears the same quality relation to other cereals that K' ' noun does to all other flours. Have you tried Strawberries with Wheatlet? Chopped Dates and Wheatlet are delicious, too. I e1fffWgi 5459 wjtlmx THE FRANKLIN MILLS comp J w N- 5 All Me DVAM! Mai S Fzf z'0 Ear' ' Wy 705 Franklin Square LOCKPORT N Y rr Q 29 .lf 'i lgf Xl , GM ,627 L f V- ,JZ N 1: , ,IW if M1 'Q Ji X ,iff x W3 U 45, W, Q Q .hi 3 'M MQ We xiiigvw A A sk 60 THE Wnsfrroar HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. ESTHBDISI-IED 1878. 10th and Walnut Sts. PHUTUGRAPHEH April showers bring May flowers, Also leaves and buds 5 happy man. But When they fall in Kansas, all They sometimes bring is floods. Stella: USO Mabel is married! Who 's the P73 Bella: Don,t think there is anyf' . ,. . :S -5 Z4 J. v. .1 4- 6 -F MSO you want to be my son-in-law, do you ? asked the old man, with as much ferocity as he could assume. Well,'9 said the young man, I don't Want to, but I suppose I 'll have to be if I marry your daughter? , Mistress: 'fDidn't the ladies who called leave cards ?U a Bridget: They wanted to, but I told them you had plenty of your own, matam, and better, too? GUERNSEY 6 MURRAY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS AND WINE MERCHANTS. MAIN STORE, 1121 MAIN ST . HYDE PARK BRANCH, 3935 MAIN ST. 463 GRAND. 0 210 S0111-H. TEL. MO' TEL' 218 SOUTH. SO EASY T0 KEEP CLEAN. That's the verdict of the housewife who has to do With the porcelain-lined bathtubs we supply and install. What's the use of a bathtub anyway unless it's clean and keeps you clean? If you want the clean kind, the easily kept clean kind, the kind to keep you clean, order of us. c.E.THOmPsON, 3 l0I9 GRFIND AVE. lPHONE,MAlN 5 BELL Copwwq 455 HOME THE VVESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 61 Browning, King 81 Co. Manufacturers and Retailers of Fine Clothing Rfwlinlgfiliiigigfiigr Hats and Furnishing Goods. 11th and Main Streets, .99 KANSAS CIT Y, MO. GRADUATION PRESENTS. The pleasure, in receiving a gift is enhanced by the fact that dit comes f from Iaccard's, because the name is a guaranty of genuineness, of artistic merit, and of your intention to give the best obtainable. Remember, our Prices are always reasonable. Send for our handsome catalogue of graduation gifts in a QW H iv , 1052 Mains-r. I W uv, 'Darling, he said, as he stole a kiss, That was too sweet for any namef' 'C'l?erhaps,7' she said, With a roguish smile, 'CIt is because I kissed Fido before you came. vis P24 Pk Sunday-school teacher: We should never do in private What We Would not do in public? Infant Terrible: 'CHOW about taking a bath?7' 'fSpeaking of bathing in famous springsf' said the tramp, I bathed in the spring of 786.9 J ones: I 'ni quite a near neighbor of yours nowg I 've taken a house by the river? Mr. Golightly: Oh, I hope you'll dro-p in some day. Pk 21 P14 A delinquent subscriber was dying, and the editor dropped in to see him. - How do you feel ? asked the pencil-pusher. All looks bright before me, gasped the subscriber. Is that so 'PU said the editor. I hope you ,ll soon see the flames? me ARTl3T5iMATERlAl.9, H IOIO GILANDAVF.. Kansas CITY, Mo. .1 62 THE WESTPCRT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. BRGVVN 8a NIAYER, PROPRIETORS. P U R I T Y Candy Kitchen. Stores: 1025 Main Street. 516 East 12th Street. Telephone, Home, 4549 Main. Factory: 1718 Walnut Street. Kansas City, Mo. The Spirit of Caste. Now who is that, said a digniied hen, ':That chicken in white and gray? She 's very well dressed, but from whence does she come ? l And her family-who are they PD '4She never can move in our set, my dearjj Said the old henjs friend to her later 5 'CI 've just found out, you :ll be shocked to hear, She was hatched in an incubatorf' 24 34 31 Sharpe: Cn his birthday before their mar- riage she gave him a book entitled CA Perfect Gentleman., 'J . .Shorts Well, did a year of married life change her opinion PU Sharpe: Yes Cn his last birthday she gave him a book entitled :Wild Animals I I-Iave Met., J' A girl doesnpt mind her rival being exasper- atingly clever if she is also consolingly ugly. Miss Know: I think that what a man does in this World he will do in the nextf' Mr. Wise: ' I hove not. I ,in a fire insur- ance agent. The Deolamation Contest. The third a.nnual Declamation ' Contest, given at Allen Library, Friday evening, May thirteenth, was attended by an apprGC12LflVG audience. The awarding of the gold medal for the best examination in American history was also a part of the exercises. The fortunate winner of the medal was Charles J. Mount, Jr. The prizes of S510 each to the best speakers were won by Mary Abercrombie and Paul Parker. - William Peet and Alice Gushurst divided the Hrst honor in Design and Lettering. 34 bk 24 Blanche Eggleston received the highest honor for painting in water colors from nature and still life. .v. . . -2- 24 34 Jessie Iionsberry received the second high- ost honor for her charcoal drawing from the cast of the head of Savoinarola. The above works, now on exhibition at the Missouri Educational building in St. Louis, will be framed and added to the permanent col- lection of the best work by the pupils of the Art department of the school. BRUC'E .Lumber Company. TWENTIETH AND, GRAND AVENUE. . 'PHoNEs: Bell, 357 Grandg Home, 357 Main. KANSAS CITY, MO. Twglgit S - NJ dh .- --4 I 'Q ' 5 V , div g e 1 I qt ILS f f, -or X X Miss Kahnz. f'What was the full name of A progralmlne from the Century Theater Pope, the Enghsh XVI'1tG1'?7, was found on Mr. Underwood's desk. Strange Arthur: Pope Leo? things will happen. W. E. BENSON, JR. A. F. XVADDELL. Commercial Photograph Co. BOTH TELEPHONES, 833 MAIN 504 WEST SEVENTH STREET KANSAS CITY, U. s. A. Copies of all Photos made by us for WORLD'S FAIR DISPLAY For Sale at our Place. WE SOLICIT YOUR AMATEUR FINISHING. HOME PORTRAITVP For Young Ladies 64 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. f ' 'V S' ' . Ffa F I , - BENQ ife ' r 2: W Ol' 6 . . it .WM KT I-I ,- k.. fp . ui r if ff, if .1 if . . ' 'f fifff . W :elf Vacation is Almost Here .m . ?if fTsa ,. . I IW i In fact the warm, oppressive days are already making . 1 .1 :, fm, ,'3 Eiiif'4 their presence felt, but are you ready, with sheer, cool, summer p garments? Perhaps you are not fully prepared. Then come 'ig' lf 9 ' . :L :ia-. A1., 'L-sf here. Never before have the A gg 600- B- Peck DTY 60003 C0- , ft 'If X 1 .I f tlsff-1 f Had so large and complete a stock of WARM WEATHER will xx WEARABLES as are now here waiting your inspection. There's Not a Single Style:Idea . Stamped with Fashion's approval but will be found in this splendid collection Then in addition are a number of new conceptions which you are not apt to find elsewhere, for it s been proven times without number that the new things get first showing at PECK'S. - A most attractive display of the Shirt Waist Suits which are so sure to be so popular. No matter where you go-if your vacation be spent at the sea shore or at home, there's nothing you can find that's so cool, comfortable and at the same time so very stylish as the Shirt Waist Suit, There are suits of Linen, Pongee, Canvas Cloth, Chambray, Lawn and Gingham in the daintiest styles you've seen. There is an exclusiveness about t.hese suits that one seldom finds in a shop garment. ,Then There Are the Waists I In a profusion of styles. Dozens and dozens of them-each seemingly vying with its neighbor for supremacy. The styles are smarter than ever. Even the lower priced waists seem to have a more refined style-touch than in former years, and the more elaborate models and lace effects-they are almost beyond description. Many are direct copies of Imported Models worth a half dozen times our price on the same style+only turned out bythe clever Home Manufacturer. M4 Q lg 3 :ggi di 4 For the Young Men Our Clothing Store is at its best-ready to serve promptly and accurately. The Summer and Outing Suits and odd T o . ' ' ' ' no r users are piled high on great long tables. You know we antici- plated a big business and bought a larger stock than this store has ever carried On account of t .e backward season, sales were slow-result is we are overstocked and prices 'have been made without a single thought of cost4Prices Have Been Cut! Everything offered is new and u to dat ' . I p-- - e in every way-well made and splendidly tailored. Your tailor cannot give you as good a garment at twice the price as this sale affords. Visit the Third Floor when next in the Store. You'll be more than repaii Geo. B. Peck Dr Goods Co., 'KANSAS CITY, s - - MISSQURI THE WESTPQRT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 65 LK1-:R H , L U DRY 1 ,.,f IUUSWALNUTST co. 3,4 ll20:22 OAK ST. Wedding Presents in Silver. 11' Wedding Presents in Cut Glass. Wedding Presents in Russian Brass. 'wif' THE NEWEST AND UP-TO-DATE. Shirts, : 8 cents. Collars, : li cents. Cuffs, A - 3 cents. Mr. Shouso: Where was the Magna Char- ta. signed ?77 Peet: Hit the bottom, I guess? Mr. Higgins, when wounded in foot-ball, was asked whether he preferred an allopath or a horneopath, and replied: 'tit don't matter, bogorral all paths lead to the grave. A Mr. Bigney fin algebraj: NNOW you seo the answer comes out 23, 7, 11-those sound In geometry, after Clitfordys at-tack of the measles, Boon Gregg saidg Don't handle Mr. Smitlfs peneilg you ,ll get the measlesfi if S Fil Miss Hodshier: What was it- that killed the Freshman W Billr Alford: 4'Why, a train of thought ran through his brain, demolishing it entirelyf' Gertrude Smith fin geometryj: MI think there should be an oblique linevdrawn through like policy numbers.77 We wish to know what Clf 77 . our honorable algebra teacher knows about Mr. Bigneyz 'fThat is bad grammar, Miss Kerapsf' Smith. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. FINE TAILORING AT MODERATE PRICES. U. Tailoring Cu. 4 LARGEST STOCK OF WOOLENS IN THE CITY. 4 J' .29 J. FLOHR, Prop. .29 .5 v 800 MAIN ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. 66 THE Wnsrror-ar HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 4.-n:E SUMMER TCGS .n if 1, A For Young Men, the Swellest Ever-Made as Young Men ,, 1 21' :HM 01 Want Them. g Ht 5 JW, Suits, : : 810.00 up to 520.00 ' SS, Q In Coats and trousers, 8.00 up to 15-00 it i k W L P t trousers : 2 2 350 V tl XL eg OD s il KN Swell Headwear lr fl' Nefty Vests. 0 i i 'Q 0 i t ' ' - li it , lllliwwjg Everything in Clothes to dress up a young feller right. l ,4 LET Us snow You. 0 M Costs nothing to look-Not much to buy. M w. w. mumaiu a m. c. Russ cmmmn cu. V ',.,f:r::JE::t:':.m ll2l:ll23 GRAND AVENUE. Freshman fin lunch-roomj: We had t-he MES HYATQ in Chellliftlrw 3. UML GYQQI33 comparison of adjeqtiveg in Latin today, I Q where is the lgllllC? I can t find lt in the ease. Sophomore: Well, then, compare 'badp for mef, Miss Kahn: ML Ormsby, name one of Y, Sliakespeaires tragedies. Robert: Paradise Lost? estport Attention! Freshman: 'tBaked beans, veal stexi Creamed potatoes? 4 THE 0NE HOUSE IN THE U. S. ! The 70ld Reliable Where you can get anything at any time in , SPORTING and ATHLETIC GOODS. BASE BALL . BICY LES , , SWEAETERS is in the market for the purchase of GUNS SCHOOL BOOKS RIFLES CAMERAS at liberal prices for SPOT CASH. TOYS 2 F001' BALLS, Ninety per cent of Kansas City's boys and girls P 3?-1 have bought their School Books at Glick's -X 0 Get our Free catalogue' and many of them are now buying them for their own children sf 0 Twenty-five years in business. Twenty-live xANJlff!,mQ K thousand volumes in stock. Remember - 719 to 720 NIAVIN ST' the new location, 612 MAIN ST. THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. EVERYTHING IN 67 X 0 0 , ff 1.1 sf 21 fl k will 12 , gsm ... ALL KINDS ALL PRICES ' Our 25 cent Records can be used on Phonograph or Graphophone. lf, jill! le't'lfl,Mgg10N 5 i t ills: at sl lllllll Wt , The POPULAR TALKING MACHINE STORE of Kansas city. an COLUNX BIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 'll6 Walnut Street. Walter Wolf and Gertrude Smith were hav- Earl Raglancl's Plea to the Tailors. ing a friendly squahhle in the Mandolin Club All l want is a new suit With long trousers- Cluli one clay. ' Long enough to reach below my knees 5 Gertrude: Aren7t. you ashamed to holcl The making-why, I donjt eare how, sirs, m f hand ?D You 'll not lincl me Very hard to lease 5 .I P I- Walter: I clonpt want your hand. I 'ni I 'in tired of being elassed with Freshman boysg trying to get at your faeefl J ust make one pocket in there for my knife, sa :ze :r I 'ni willing to give up all my other toys. Miss Wieclenmann tteaehing Germany : it it it 'cWhat gender is can ?J' Mr. Green Cto boys in the hallj: Boys, Wolf: Kahn is feminine genderf, ' get soinewherefp BELL 'PHONE, Grand 400. HOME 'PI-IONE, Main 409- 1. W.McK113131N Livery and Carriage Company, LIVERY Opera Coach, Tally-hos, Broughams, Landaus, Stanhopeus, Traps, Wagonettes, Phaetons, Buggies, Road Wagons, Station Wagons. All Pneumatic and Rubber Tire. 1205-7-9 Charlotte Street. KANSAS CITY, NIO. , C. B. LANING, President. H. HARRIS, Mgr. and Treas. CYg Lc1ning:Hcarris Cool cmd Grain Co. f A Cool, Grain cmd l-lay Merchants. 200 West Ninth Street. y11s5Main.B.11.. ,Z .3 it if Kgnggs City,NlO. TELEPHONES: 1135 Main, Home ,fs 68 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. MacKay 84 Flaey 17 8: 19 E. 8th St. The Rug House. WE MEAD Tau. 2368 Mum WHEN IT COMES T0 RUSS' We have the largest variety to be seen in any store in the VVest. It is simply impos- sible for you to buy the strictly reliable Ds 5, sorts, cheaper than we sell them. No mat- ter what others may offer, you will ind the YS, EK RUG HOUSE quality and the RUG HOUSE B prices will stand the test. h AND SOLD AT Manufacturers Prices REPAIRED AND EXCHANGED. Lowest Prices on Traveling Goods. It will please us to have you call. It costs nothing to look. Everything marked in plain Bgures. Shirey, MCG0rm2y 6 FPi2S, 1013 62 1015 Grand Avenue. Miss De Witt: Kllr. Lorie, you inust not use an abbreviation for fandf Only a, genius is allowed that privilegef' Lorie: uWell?i' 24 211 X We have learned from reliable sources that Miss Wilder's absence from school was clue to to her electioneering for ahigher wages for teachers? .v. .g. 4. .gs .P .,. Robert Drakeps line of thought during the sixth hour is railroafling, as he takes great delight in playing choo-choo cars during that period. Packwoocl, in physical geography, afterhav- ing his hair cut very short, arose to the occa- sion by a splenclid recitation on the Sa-hair-a Desertfi Mr. Sass, calling the roll: Mi: Fenner. No reply. Mr. Sass: CfMr. Fenner. Walter: 'CSick! L. C. Ross Company, Manufacturers Agents Gas, Efecfffic and C0m6z'1mz'z'0n Fixmffes, GAS AND ELECTRIC GLOBES, Welsbach Lights, Nlarltles, Etc. FINE RESIDENT WORK A SPECIALTY. 1023 Grand Avenue, Tel. 1915 Main. KANSAS CITY, MO. .4 X If THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 69 QQQQSQSSSXQ3399.33333393QSQQQQQQQQQQSSQSSSQQQQQQ5 'li an as 1 , - ao- L5 I hey 1 e Beet by I est. 3 't - - . ' 4' e Rerfeet 1h Fit. E - at . , so These 3: . f ff L an Ii Latest Styles. gg, Z t are the as :fi i .1 It i at . . 35 E Hold Shape. . 2 it Characteristics 3 :li Q 1 eg. . ' V it ,ff'1'iSs i , W' Ii Best ef Leather. ,L .ei t ef Sll00S 4+ :S , .l , its 5 X 22 N i . L J 15 Lowest 1h Prlee. .X L . c, X Bought ef 32 w tl' 'Ze ee 4' -ei ft' ' More eaee .ws mm all 22 E ei Z2 Eg3'3'3 3333?3 ?336355'6'335 66-ef ?373333?33?7F?339'5'F+6'9 Kim Hirsh was aa well-known lmoy- Shirley: uWli,v, I Pin listeningfi He sang and talked and grinned, M r. Bignev: 'fWell, that is certainly uni He used an ink-Well for a. tov, usual? .L .,. .L And the teaiclier said he sinned.9' at M r. Boone G re-gg: W hat is a tete'-a.-tete? There was a voung teacher nained Green, Miss Dc Witt: I 'll lic glad to have you Who grew so alarniingly lean coine up to rooin seven any tinie,.Mr. Gregg, And Haig and compressed, and I'll show what a tete-a-tete is. His back touched his chest, tt And sideways he couldnjt be seen. Physics pupils now carry .their books in if at their arms so that gravity will not have so Mr. Bignev fto Shirley, who is very quietj 1 strong an attraction for their text-books, soon What are you doing, Miss Allendorpli ?'7 they will be carrying tlieni over their heads., g THE BEST IN FLOWERS IS THE CHEAPESTY' i Wo Jo B A R N E S 9 i FLORIST. 38th and Euclid Avenue. Telephone 933 South. FLOWERS, HOME-GROWN IN EVERY SHAPE Fon ALL OCCASIONS. BEDDING AND PLANTING A SPECIALTY. . PHE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD THE VVESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 71 Gem'-ge G. Cromer, p FRESH 1viEATs AND FANCY GRQCERIES Cor. Westport Ave. 4 and Central St. Kcmscis City, Nto. Miss Hodshier has to use Force with CfSunnj' Jinif, 17- J: J- ., Q. ,,, Boone Gregg savs he is hard ot hearing, so Miss Hodshier put hiin up in one ot the front seats reserved for the Freshmen. Miss Watson tto Mr. Dudley. in hotany, while the pupils were planting seedsj : 'tljlease scatter, Mr. Dudlevfp Harriet Dorn fin class studying Merchant of Venicej: I donpt understand hovv Portia heard from Bassanio in so short a tiinefd Boon Gregg: mxllliv, l guess she 'phoned hinifi i ' Whv dot-sn't Shirley care how nianv freckles she has? ls she in despair over freckles, and were they caused by the sun or bv association? Astronoinlv pupil: 'cl have discovered that the World is coming to an end. lnquisitive Sophomore: f'Whati proof have you ?'i Astronoinuv pupil: MMr. Yndervvood has promised to go to a foot-hall game. Miss De Witt tin English Literaturej : 'CYes, the moonlight on the Mississippi is cer- tainly heautiful. I was there once-and there was a man with ine--and- That 's all we lqnovv about it. STYLI CLOTHE. Alfred Benjamin GJ Co. MaKers.dMd U ,U ,U 27 OOLF BROTHERS FURNISHING GOODS CO. NIAIN AND TENTH STREET. fI,.g: I I i i 1 I , 1 I 1 -1 i L it I it 2 4 ii 2 Ei ll fi T 1 A at ir '72 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. Base Ez-311 AND Tennis Goods Everything needed in E Track and Field Events use only O THE SPALDING BRAND. A. G. SPALDING 85 BROS. llll Walnut St. Kansas City, Mo. CATALOGS FREE. SGHMIDT. Maker of the Delicious Bitter Sweets and Sylvan Goodies. lll9 MAIN ST. Home 'Phone: 1842 Main. One day a Freshman, while walking to school, saw at wagon on which was Written the sign: mllhree feeds for one cent. Remember- ing the difficulty he experienced in getting even one good ufeedv in the lunch-room for ten cents, the poor Freshie decided that this was a 'iboomu which threatens the safety ot our home industry. 24 5? if Wanted-A man for a. husband who is a member of the Humane Society. Apply to Norine O'Brien, 9 E. 34th Street.. W. H. S. girls are becoming very exclusive, especially concerning basket-ball games. :if 2? Pk Mr. Parker says he thinks he was put upon the earth to live until he dies. ik Sk P? Miss Kahn: Mn Lambert 0'ive me an eX- o J C ample of a climaxfi Harry: The question, the answer, the gradef' S Ik 34 Will Peet is learning his A B Ois. I L if IMPROVE YOUR WASTED MOMENTS if W g An hour a day will raise your pay. is. I , . f 7 Rigs 4-:,vN':c::.c:ilzEn Do You want to PRATIRAYLOU NEED A lggargiggxalsnfsao ff Work for TECHNICAL FREN H f E W6 I f f wlgfgyoakgfgwc .UNCLE SAW? LIBRARY? or GERMEN? X WRITING, l1:PX3JlaeV6iglyx'Nrlteilpr R wetyeacn with a 2 9 W e 4 W Write or phone us for Ask Us fbout our Lend You Ours pea ng Ph h ,X Q Descflptive Catalozue serylce course For a Day Ask Us How. onograp f a U INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS OF SCRANTON, PA. D OFFICE. OPEN s am. to 9 pm. District Ollice, 109 East l0th St. Bell 'Phone, 377 Main. W ' f 2 f '1 f E at zz -1 '3 KANSAS CITY, Mo. THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 73 +-Y-++++++++++++'++++-+ + + + ++++'+++++++++++++++ + + + 1 COLLEGE CLOTHES I + .... FOR .... 1 1 Y 1 1 o u n g e n. y + -- + + The great trouble with most clothes for young fellows is their? +' T utter lack of Style, unless some hi h- riced tailor + 2 P 1 happens to be the maker. i 1 J! TO GET GOOD STYLE CLOTHES FOR .29 t + '29 A FAIR PRICE-TI'lERE'S THE RUB. Q29 + + College Clothes embodying every new idea in clothes-making- + + you can ind them nowhere else in Kansas City. Sizes + + to it young men from 14 to 20 years. + I -'THB Mauve AND BOYS' STORET. 1 1 Hczlnut , Qx Walrzul 1 + lltlz 551, Q vb llf!zt5tx + + Grafzdffve 2 ' Grandffve + +++++++++++ 4-++++++f+'+ 4- + + + ++++++++++++++++ In Memoriam. Not long ago some of the W. H. S. boys per- formed a very kind and generous act, one Well worth mention from the Humane Society. There had been an unusually heavy rain the day 'before and seven poor little rabbits had been drowned. The seven chief mourners who tookdpart in the funeral services were: Ed. Higgins, Willie Waltner, Alvin Lorie, Drayton Dillingham, John Flowers, Thomas Moise, and Lenoir Robertson. Rev. E. Higgins passed his hand above their poor little bodies and tenderly blessed themg Sexton Dillingham charitably acted as grave-digger, and seven tears for the poor unfortunates Were shed upon the warm earth. The seven little souls had gone to their rest. Peace be to their ashes. f Pk :lf PK Gertrude Smith C in geometry class, looking at an exercise on the board which had just been slowly explainedj : Couldnit that exercise be proved by degrees PJ' Pk P? if Miss DeWitt has lately enlarged her vocab- ulary very materially. Her latest acquisition is in atwo cracks of a cowis thuinbfi MISSOURI DAI RY CO. Manufacturers of ' CREAIVIERY BUTTER AND PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM IN BOTTLES. TEL. 793 Grand and 756 Grand. T l207-I209 Locust Street. . 'KANSAS err' f.,m 74 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. L. STI E ca s0N, Undertaliers, 98 N0'E4a0si Ninth St. Miss Kahn: What is tautology ?'7 A Miss Bell: ccThe use of too inany superflu- ous 'wordsf' ' Miss Kahn: I asked for at definition-not an example. Mr. Shouse: MWhen is the Word fclass' not collective ?'7 Russel Stiinpson: 'CWhen you leave oil' the Cf: 4. 41 sb .,. rp ..- S The W. H. S..boys have about decided not to let the girls Watch their foot-ball ganies. Dull Fl'CSl1llltUlI ifSay, what was that nianis name who was called before the 'Diet of Worms' in 152077 Briglit Freslnnan: Why, that was Paul Luther. - Dull Freslunau: 'tWonder it they were as good as Miss C'laHin's 1nacai'oni? ' Miss Watson fin physical geographyj: HXYlllf.'ll is the heavier. inud or ice ?'f E Ralph Allen: I think a hundred pounds ol' dirt and a hundred pounds ot ice are the saniefi A N5A5 CNY wx.e.c,0mxua time me wusxw sts. Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Type- vvriting, Penmanship, Telegraphy and all English and Commercial branches thoroughly taught. Four experienced teachers of Shorthand constantly employed, teaching Dement, Pitman and Gregg. More teachers of Short- hand than aiuy other business col- lege in the entire West. Centrally located. Highest en- dorsements. Elegant apartments. Largest and coolest study hall in the city. For i lustrated catalogue, showing hundreds of pupilsin positions, ad- dressy, C. T. SMITH, Proprietor, . , 'Eh and Walnut, KANSAS CITY, MO. SPECIAL E., You Must Have a. WHITE DRESS VEST. We Will Sell You a 33.50 Vest 81.49 54.00 and 34.50 Pants on Sale CPeg Legb, 32-97- J. H. White 8:0 C0., 932 Main St. 9th 8z Wyandotte. THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 75 THE-I SUMMER TERM Dillenbeok Scgaol of Orfatorfy Will Begin June 8th, and Continue Five Weeks. Classes daily from 9 to 12. Private lessons at any time. Write for special circular and 60-page Catalogue. PRESTON K. DIDLIENBEGK, Dirfeetorf. 1012 Walnut Si. KANSAS CITY, MO. Spooner's Club. Club of Blushes. M15MBif:Rs. C'0Iors: Scarlet. ACHW' li'resi1cleirt, Eraneis ,Peterson HQIQD Lynn. SMHQ5, Hodgc. My-inlieis, Francis I cterson. Nellie Berry. Mattie Miller. ii if Paul Parker. Pansie Holcomb. Butinsky Club, P055 232110.-Every ineniber niust have a license Amanda. Garrett. Alberta Creswell. ACUVQ MQmbQ11S. Lenoir Robertson. Jessie Clieatliani. IJQHQH1' Robertson. G'QOI'gl?l lBflI'bC'lf. Slllltll. I-IQDTY Lalllljgliti - v Applicants. Alvin Lorie. Mary Mitoliell. Essie Williams. Alberta Creswoll. Shirley Allenclorpli. Beatress Leclernian. Shirley Allenclorpli. Maud Holeoinb. Louise Banister. Hzirolfl Waltner. If EI I I-I, Kansas C.'2ity'S I-Ieadquaartcrs fevr' BRASS BEDS, BOX COUCHES, GERMAN RUGS. IRON BEDS, DAVENPORTS, AUSTRIAN RUGS, PARLOR FURNITURE, HAND MADE MATTRESSES, DOMESTIC RUGS, HALL FURNITURE, VELVET CARPETS, ENGLISH LINOLEUM, DEN FURNITURE, AXMINSTER CARPETS, ENGLISH CORTICENE, DINING ROOM FURNITURE, BRUSSELLS CARPETS, CURTAINS, BED ROOM FURNITURE, INGRAIN CARPETS, SHADES, OFFICE FURNITURE, ORIENTAL RUGS, 'DRAPERIES, BOX SPRINGS, A UPHOLSTERY FABRICS ONE PRICE. PLAIN FIGURES. PROMPT SERVICE. Hoiesiizi-QT KEITH, .Avenue and Eleventh Stre 76 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. Qi!:?J.?Jf3:'5325533?J.Z1?22i?J.2?J.?J.!J3':v'5.?2.'?2.32.?2.f'?2Ze?J3?5e-.v'35.?:E9-?.5.3ZEJ32xti t - - Tl 5 THIRTY-NINTI-I ANNUAL tg tl S U MMER SCI-ICDCDL it tl - tl tl ll Q, IUNE. IULY AND AUGUSTR. tl Book-keeping .....,,...............n... 3 Months, 510.00 it Q2 Shorthand' ' ' . . 3 Months 10.00 V Typewritin g . ' tty! it Telegraphy ............... Q ............ 3 Months, 5.00 P 11? wi lil' COOL ROOMS-WELL LIGI-ITED AND VENTILATED BY WINDOWS ON ALL gf gg sions OF BUILDING. ty! I gg ll all 19,000 Graduates and former students. Over 3,000 in business and positions in Kansas City. MQ u- E..-.11-?- ,wi ll 16 Teachers and Lecturers. Unrivaled Courses of Study. Elegant rooms accommodating 500 Students. lil ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR S MAILED FREE. fy? 'tl 'll ' ' i ' 11 it qi Spalding s Commerfcfnal Co age, gg 'tl I tj EAST WING NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING. if Tels. tBe11D 1174 Main. tI'IomeJ 1196 Main. J. F. SPALDING, A. M., PI'6SId6I1t. lt yt tr A Maiden in Distress. Who can say that the days of chivalry are over or that gallant youths wonit still coine to the rescue of maidens fair. One day recently, when the crossings were flooded With water, a niaiden, Venturing out, looked in bewilderinent at the flooded crossing before her. Quickly a gallant youth came forward and picked her up and safely conveyed her to the other side. The fair niaidenis name was Margaret De W. :lf 214 :ti Mr. Lorie asserts that he has read Johnson's greatest Work-the dictionary. Miss De Witt. asked her Senior literature class to express in Words their impressions re- ceived the preceding Sunday evening at church. The answers were as follows: Mr. Durhainis Iinpresses: Three labials -don't have to tell their author? Frances Beers, Expressions: ffGeel Arenit those togs swell PU Charles Wolf's Depression: An earth- quake. Mr. Lorieis Coinpressionsz 'CTWO-right arni and left arnif' :s if wk 'f'Patronize our advertisers.'J Westport Crystal Ice Company , A Pur Ice MANUFACTURED FROM DISTILLED SPRING. ALSO PURE DISTILLED I WATER FOR TABLE USE. -s and further particulars. call up Sales Agent. ' ' Bell 388 S. Home 126 S. Office af- ' .tor-y, High and Mill Streets. 'sss,x, . 'Q . 1 '9 ii Q... THE VVESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. T7 -S 52 VAV' g.1Q:iaf-riTIT'----... . 9 w f 5 ' as Y V' 151222 1 5 . . g , A w w 1' 5 V - ' ,. v' ll .5-ii , :V E - , sz. V V .- WW 5 ' 3 I ' wx X . b: . 1 I X L X Ill if.. ' 1' 'llfj s -.-.lA It is one of the New Thin 1 Mi.-'-1-'.f. Models-very much up-tm i ' Date. It has a. High Grade Q NICKEL movsmsmr 1 Fl' bearing our guarantee, and the CASE is Gold Filled, guaranteed to wear for 20 4 4' QL :vi Our New Catalogue Devotes 25 Pages to Watches. Send for it-FREE 4 .IACCARD JEWELRY co. ii .2Lf..2l'lE2'Q.,. M... - dl Kansas City School of Law Combines the highest standard of scholarship and the most practical and approved methods of teach- ing the law. The success of our 300 graduates testifies to this. If you Wish to qualify yourself for the practice of the law or if you desire to broaden your general education, you can find no better way of accomplishing these results than by taking our course. Faculty. Hon. Oliver H. Dean Hon. EdW'd L. Scarritt Mr. Sanford B. Ladd Hon. Turner A. Gill Hon. John F. Philips Hon. J. V. C. Karnes Mr. D. B. Holmes Hon. R. J. lngrahain Mr. Robert E. Ball Mr. John W. Snyder Mr. VVillian:1 P. Borland Mr. Edward D. Ellison Hon. Willard P. Hall Mr. A. L. Cooper Mr. John B. Pew Mr. Ellison A. Neel Mr. C. O. Tichenor Judge Edward P. Gates Judge Shepard Barclay Judge W. C. Marshall Judge J. B. Gantt. Next term begins September 26. For full partic- ulars see W. P. Borland, Dean, or E. D. Ellison, Secretary, N. Y. Life Bldg., or address K. C. SCHOOL OF LAW, KANSAS CITY, MO. The Largest Publishers of Military Books in America , HUDSON-KIMBERLY PUB. COMPANY ...G-eneral... Art Printers and Publi hers- 'QV LITHOG RAPHING I IOI4.-IO Wyandotte S 'PHoNEs, HOME AND BELL 'V T ENGRAVING, ETC. ...283.-. MISSO, S 78 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. For Graduates in N I Veterinary Science As Practitioners, Teachers, Investigators, Sanitary Ofiicers, Military Veterinarians. Large Demand. Good Salaries. Kansas City Veterinary Collage, 1334-1336 East Fifteenth Street. W Extract from a School-Gir1's Diary. June 3-I intend to studv Imrd next year and get two zeros with a 1 before them. l got plenty of zeros last vcar, but the tigarcs were sadly lacking. A June 4-One of the alumni boys handed me this poem to-dar, illustrating his struggles with the labor problem. The poem read as follows: Hired! Tired Y Fired I I sympathize deeply with him. We heard that Walter Fenner Went to t-hae Yorth Pole hunting 'cHazel,7 nuts' We Wish him success. ., ,. .i, N -5 fb The most delightful social event of the school season took plaee at the Academy oi' Music. Friday evening, April txventv-ninth. The party consisted of a dance given by the Hound Table and Clionian Society, and is Con- sidered quitc an innovation in the Writing of the tivo societies and the manner of entertain- ment. A pleasant time was anticipated by evcrlvone and more than reali7ed. Those who didn't care for dancing were pleasantly enter- At Home oUR NEW AND ELEGANT sroRE, l009:l0ll Walnut Street COME AND SEE US. CADY fi OLMSTEAD JEWELRV 0. ,X THE XVESTPORT HIGH SCHGOL HERALD The Rock Island System Into St louis The St Louis Line of the Rock Island SX stem will he in operation Kansas City to St. Louis about une ist The service offered on this line will he of the same standard of excellence as that which has characterized the Rock Island in the past. Rook ballast and light grades are two of the principal features which will make this one of the orld s Fair Vlsltors li g I ,i . . i Ji - ' . , fi? , l l I ii 'fi In entering St. Louis the Rook Island passes the four niain entrances of the World's Fair Adrninis tration, Convention, The Pike and Lindell Boulevard . J . , . Q T 7 ' ' i ..1...i1 C1VIalnEntPaI1CeD No other line offers Worlds F air Visitors sueh facilities Citv Ticket Qffiee ooo Main street. T GENERAL AGENT - J A STEWART Kansas City, Mo 80 THE WiLSl'PORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. tained by playing card games in the balcony or watching the dancers. These, however, were very few, as almost everyone was on the Hoor. The hall was brilliantly lighted and taste- fully decorated , the music was perfect and the floor could not have been improved, .ln fact, a few came to grief on account of its excellent condition. The chaperons were Mr. Underwood, Miss Hodshier, Mr. and Mrs. Shouse, Miss Stoner, Miss Kahn, Miss De Witt, Miss Watson, and Miss Wilder. A number of Dehaters were also present and seemed to enjoy themselves as much as the Round Tables and Clionians. 1 ' Delicious refreshments were served, during the intermission, after which the dancing was continued until the last waltz, '4Home, Sweet Homef' reminded us that all pleasures must end. The two teachers, Miss De Witt and Miss Wilder, acting a.s hostesses, were overwhelmed with expressions of pleasure for the delightful evening enjoyed by one and all. Another Wizard Element. While and Mme. Curie were experiment- ing with radium, their newly found metal, they discovered another metallic element which they called poloniiun, after Poland, M. Curiefs native land. They found that this metal had a greater degree of brilliancy in darkness than even ra- diuni, and that it continually gave off very minute particles, but did not exhaust itself or lose its luminous power after any length of time. Polonium proved to be valuable, as only a few hundredths of a grain could be extracted from several tons of pitchblende. No practical use has been found for this metal, but it is thought it will perform the functions of Reent- gen rays more powerfully and with the use of a less complex apparatus. T A F 'Xa - -?. i i .- .- .- ' . -. -ig Xi -ni n: XX E eggs -zzz,- .if.fsiiii-a miwiiii Puiiu: iinini X - Ly tg l