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

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el I' but we will they didn't :d as if they J-w ho-use for light wonder- r them. orning, Alice ie specks had 1g softly, and hear her say, lo? . , miles from Jrother up on them over a jo, I said as re two guides iere, but don't afe and sound I can't d0 do it, to think o. in getting the lat kind. The to take us to was one lone ation. It was stopped for the 5 night on the started out at t in single file, ,er bringing up innected us, bc- to risk it with- lst a foot or so e if one had indreds of feet. THE WESTPGRT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 27 It was a terrible struggle, dragging one numb foot after the other. Besides, there was the mental anguish. At n-oon we stopped just long enough to eat a bite, and then we plodded on. I was almost exhausted, but I could not help thinking what Alicels suffering must be compared to mine. It began to get dusk, and yet we had not seen a sign of any living creature. We had given up hope of finding them that night, and were looking for a sheltered spot in which to rest until mo-rning. The guide in fr-ont suggested that we go to the lea side of a peak a short way ahead of us. As we rounded the peak, we saw four men coming toward us. When our party got close enough to see that they wcre all there but one guide, Alice fainted. The other party came up before we had re- vived her. It does my heart go-od to think of the rejoicing of those few minutes. Alice's brother said they had been walking along a broad flat space without the use of the rope. The guide who was carrying the rope, decided he wanted to look over the precipice, so he lay do-wn and squirmed out to the edge. just as he reached the edge, there was a crack like a revolver sho-t, for a huge piece of ice had chipped off, carrying with it the guide and the rope. It was terrible to see the guide fall, but what were the others to do? They had no rope. They had waited two days in hope of a rescue party, but their provisions were almo-st gone. They had not come very far when they met us. We made ourselves as comfortable as pos- sible for the night. The next morning Alice, her father, brother, and her father's friend started down with our two guides, while the other guide and myself set out to see if we could secure the body -of the man who had been lost. HUGH L. THOMPSON, '15, THE QUESTION They asked now, As oft before, W hat's the use Of wild, rnad war? Why should mortals Struggle in painj Only to triurnph And then be slain? Shall this eontinue,' These horrors of war, Continue now, As years before? 0 Answer yes! 'Tis the deoil's way, That life we spend And culture slay. As long as uian In his mortal breast, The greed for gold Holds o'er the rest, So long shall nations And lives be lost In quest of power. God save the cost! CAMERON Kizou REED, '15,

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ff- fff!,,,..., A ., in f -f .-, e -f 1 4 i 26 THE WESTPQRT HIGH SCHOQL HERALD. .For the Love of Adventure Do you see them? Do you see them ?,' Alice cried as I took up my field gl-HSSCS and gazed at five little specks moving along on the peak of a snow-capped mountain, three thou- sand feet above us. I have never seen a more beautiful sight than those mountains, with the sun shining so brightly on their snow peaks that you could hardly look at them, although the sun had not yet reached down into the valley. Early as it was, it bade fair to be a beautiful spring day. We were sitting o-ut on the veranda of the hotel at Engelburg, Switzerland, gazing up- ward at the lofty mountains that completely surr-ounded this little green valley. How strange it seemed to sit there in our summer clothes and watch those people tramp through the snow. There were five of those specks: one was Alice's father, one, her brother 5 another, a friend of her father'sg and the other two, guides. I, like them, was an American trav- eler. I had known these people when a boy, but had not seen them for years, until I came across them at this out of the way place. Yes, I see them now, I said, and we sat there all the morning, talking and looking at them, and wondering why any one would risk his life just to say he had climbed to the top of that snow-capped mountain. It came around to lunch time, and as the party was hidden for the present, we went in to lunch. We were gone perhaps three-quar- ters of an hour. When we came out to the veranda again, we could still see them, but there were only four black specks, and they had stopped moving. Alice shuddered. Then, I wonder if one of them has-has slipped and-H 'KNO l I said. HI donlt think so. They have probably stopped for lunch, and one of the guides has gone to look for wood. But there is no wood up there! That's right, I had to admitf' but we will wait and see what happensf' We waited all afternoon, but they didn't move from that place. It looked as if they were making some sort of a snow ho-use for protection. I spent an anxious night wonder- ing what could have happened to them. When I came down in the morning, Alice was already on the veranda. The specks had not moved. The girl was sobbing softly, and as I came up behind her, I could hear her say, What can I do? What can I do? Here she was two thousand miles fr-om home, and with her father and brother up on that mountain, perhaps one of them over a precipice. There is only one thing to dof' I said as bravely as I could. I will hire two guides and go up and get them. Stay here, but don't worry. I will have them back safe and sound in no timef' No! she almost shrieked, I can't do that! I must go with you! I tried to persuade her not to do it, to think of the dangers, but she would go. They said we made a record in getting the material ready for a trip of that kind. The tw-o guides secured a carriage to take us to the timber line, where there was one lone house, the last sign of civilization. It was dusk when we got there, so we stopped for the night. After an absolutely sleepless night on the part of Alice and myself, we started out at four in the morning. Wfe went in single file, one guide leading, and the other bringing up the rear. A good, stout rope connected us, be- cause- it would have been death to risk it with- out one., as we often walked just a foot or so away from a precipice, where if one had slipped, he would have fallen hundreds of feet. It w: fo-ot ment At a bit' exha Alice It a sig up hi looki until that way we s our y were The vivec the f Al along

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'- . ff ' ., , Q.-if ' -.., fi, ,ff--A H R -1 4 f iJ. 'g 1' K l .Z41,gBfAumoN2 , DRAWING IN ROOM 76 HERALD COVER Of the fifteen who tried for the HERALD cover in Room 76, Ruby Crary, a Sophomore, won the prize, her cover being chosen because of the appropriateness of design. Kathrina Norton, a Freshman, having a conventional design very neatly and carefully drawn, won third honorable mention. Pearl Moore's design was very good and quite original, with a kewpie laughingly wink- ing at the observer, with Herald in the background in representation of the sun. Lucile North's was a girl dreamily looking off to sea. Albert XVelch's shows a girl standing bv a hammock, with the trees touching overhead in a sort of arbor. Other contestants for the HERALD cover were Dorothy Kendall, Maud Meade, Sophia Bruckmiller, Gladys Austin, Marian Green, Flora Oliver, Charlotte Nash, Evelyn Ross, Helen Sarver, and Nadyne Meyers. All of these covers are very worthy of mention. SECOND YEAR CHARcoAL WORK Maurine Perkins's charcoal work shows great talent. Her mask of Lincoln brings out his character in a realistic way. Her Dona- tellols Laughing Boy is very expressive and proves that a great deal of thought and painstaking care has been spent on it. Dorothy Kendall has a very pretty Head of Madonnal' framed and in Ro-om 76. She also shows excellent talent, though in a softer and more delicate way than Miss Perkins. Marian Green's charcoal drawing of Per- seus is very good, and there was much hard study on her part to get the effect. Ruby Crary, the winner of the HERALD cover, drew a very good head of Apollo. Margaret Meriwether's drawing of Diana is also worthy of praise. F1RsT YEAR PERSPECTIVE WoR1c The Hrst year work is mostly perspective and those who have done excellent work dur- ing the whole year are Frances Stark, Kath- rina Norton, Mary Elizabeth Lewis, and Lila Merrick. There are several others who have done good work throughout the year, among 1 E 2 E Q E xi l 4 5 5 5 I rc :lm :tif ... FILA 9-5