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

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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

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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,