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

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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

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.. - Y Y-int CMF III: :II,.I I I I I I III , I I I I I I I I ,I I. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . I I I I I I I I I II If' II 'III' I I I I I 3,0 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. them Gladys Austin, Florence Knight, Olive Clausen, and Helen Brunig. KATHRINA NoR'roIN, l8. ! THE WORK IN ROOM 78 The classes of Room 78 have had an excep- tionally interesting year, especially the De- sign classes, of which I am a member. Be- sides the usual HERALD cover contest, the De- sign girls tried for a prize of five dollars given by Mrs. W. B. Thayer. The design was to be taken from an Indian rug or blanket in the American and Indian Room of the Fine Arts Institute. The prize was awarded to Marga- ret Brackett for a rug design, the design be- coming the property -of the donor of the prize. Honorable mention was received by Lucille Rockwell and Hazel Cope. There were a great many excellent designs submitted and a great deal of good, hard work was spent on them. This year the prize for the HERALD cover goes to Ruby Loraine Crary and hon- orable mention to Lucille Ro-ckwell, Helen Combs, and Kathrina Norton. The third year work is begun by drawing flowers and leaves, which are used in designs throughout the year. From these the Howerf compositions, surface designs, etc., are made. Then there are studies in light and darkf' print designs, and especially the color schemes. These are taken from birds, butterHies, and old Japanese prints, taking care to get the right amount of each color. They are then applied to a print design, still keeping the amounts of color as in the model. Next the colors are reversed in the same print design. The color schemes are also applied t-o a copied and an original dress. The third year ends with practical designs for wall paper, china, book covers, and cretonnes. In Room 78 we also have some first year or free-hand drawing classes. In this work the pencil is used as the medium. Lettering is taken up at the first of the year, followed by a very complete course in perspective. In the perspective work houses seen from the win- dows and interior and exterior views are drawn. The model and object drawing is next taken up, in which pCrf6C'E OL1'f1i11CS HTC worked for, then lights and darks are studied. These classes have an introduction to color. The second year pupils use charcoal as their medium. This work is a. continuation of the model and object drawing, but on a more ad- vanced scale. In this year some work in flower drawing is done as an introduction to design. The elements of color are learned and applied to the designs. And last, but not least, is the fourth year, or Arts and Crafts. It is in this work that the pupil app-lies all that he has learned in his previous years of drawing. Perhaps the pro- cesses of stenciling will give an idea of how the previous work is applied. First, the draw- ing must be made from the natural flower, then the article to be stenciled must be decided upon. Next an appropriate design is made from the flower drawing. It is then made into a pattern and is cut into a stencil. The color scheme is then decided upon and the stencil applied to the material. This process may in a measure be applied to everything made by the Arts and Crafts classes, for all the designs are original. The cases contain many ine pieces of work done in the fourth year. There are stenciled scarfs, centerpieces, sofa pillows, cut leather purses, baskets, and wood carving. VVhen one sees all these beau- tiful pieces of handiwork done in the fourth year, it seems a great pity that pupils drop out after their first year-the foundation year. IRA MAY P1NRERToN, 'l6. -. ROOM 77 One of the most interesting features of the Art department this year is the oil painting class. The members of this enthusiastic class have accomplished some really excellent things. The fact that a canvas by Helen Forney, one of its members, was accepted to be hung in the recent exhibition of paintings by Kan- sas City artists at the Fine Arts Institute, is one proof of its success. The subject-a still life study-an oriental coffee-pot of brass.