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

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.,.---- V1-1, .,.,-we n H- ' ' M- Q--- if-Q, . .-: I-r.-141.-1..Q--1 ?'? 'f .111'fZf'1-f-4-' ' 16 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. FACULTY CHANGES. if HIS year has brought forth a great change among the faculty, in that last year's list of pedagogues has been sadly depleted and vacated positions ably filled by new instructors. With the departure of Miss Enyart, due to her promotion to Manhattan, Miss Bell was welcomed to her position as gym. in- structor. Miss Bell attended the Univer- sity of Minnesota and Columbia University of New York and has shown herself es- pecially adapted to this department of work. Miss Harriman, our former Latin teach- er, is now teaching Mathematics at Cen- tral. Miss Eggleston is her successor whose place in Study Hall is now filled by Miss Morrison. A matrimonial malady seems to be prev- alent among the female members of the faculty, Miss Denton, Miss Rapp, Miss Spencer, and Miss Stough having suc- cumbed to it. ' Miss Lily has taken Miss Denton's place in the history department, Miss Mundy, graduate of M. U., now acting as substi- tute. Miss Denton has become the wife of Mr. Irion, a former instructor at West- port and now a state high school inspec- tor. Mr. Sangster, graduate of the Univer- sity of Iowa, and the late supervisor of Manual Training and Drawing of the schools of Platteville, Wisconsin, is now the recognized head of the art department. Miss Lyons, graduate of Chicago Uni- cersity and a former Manual teacher, is now a member of our English department, receiving the position made vacant by the marriage of Miss Spencer. Miss Bone, teacher of Domestic Art at Manual has a single class in sewing at Westport. Miss Nathan is teaching type- writing at Central. Miss Meyers of the class of ,14 has taken her place in the of- fice. Mr. Appelboom accepted a professor- ship of Romance languages at K. U., his position as instructor of German having been filled by Miss Ross, graduate of Baker University and formerly a teacher in Atchison, Kansas, High School. The new teachers have all become very popular with the students, and we wish them every success in the years to come. THE SPIRIT IS HERE. -if HIS year has seen a renewing of the Westport spirit. A retrospect of this year's events cannot fail to impress one that Westport has hit her true stride. This new spirit has not manifested it- self merely in lung-power. In fact, yell- ing does not show true spirit, but only the enthusiasm of the mob. There has been little noise attending the re-birth of spir- it this year. Quietly and unostentatious- ly, all kinds of new activities, which de- note the presence of real school spirit, have been planned and carried to success- ful completion. The year has seen a better spirit of good fellowship among the students than in pre- vious years. Beginning with the Girls' Mixer, there has been a succession of gath- erings such as the Inter-Society Mixer and the Senior Party, all of which have demonstrated the democratic spirit of the school. The new enthusiasm has permeated club life. The different societies have all done better and more consistent work than last year. The members have worked together and have done all in their power for the good of their different clubs. For the first time, Westport has a French Club, which has been a success ever since its organization. All of the language clubs have shown the caliber of their work by staging well acted and well attended plays. The interest of the members in their own clubs has had a beneficial effect on the re jealor ing oi memk In itself partir girls ricult great track sport impoi serve Th port right varie dent: get c in th ulty a ma Wes' Way, are 4 to g succ this In som as a yeai the Edu posi VS exp' succ Boa Stel par this dur has

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nl 1- Y l 1, X Qsraa OUR BOW. THE CRIER AND HERALD. x E ARE DONE! Yes, the class of ONTRARY to the custom of former '16, the one and only, the great- est galaxy of shining stars Westport has gazed upon Cno telescope neededj is now a thing of the past, a glorious memory. We are alumni! We have worked for four years. On rare occasions we have even worked hard. But now it is all over. To prove this to yourself, O Senior, finger your way gently over those glossy leaves until you reach a spot near the end. We hope it will not turn out to be a grease spot. There- that spot-'tis yourself. Be amazed! You may not believe it, but it is your likeness that confronts you. Seniors, this book should be one of your most precious possessions. It contains your fondest memories. iSee pictures of facultyj We feel that the Juniors, too, who will be Seniors tomorrow, the over- ripe Sophomores, and the almost ripe Freshmen, wil not be uninterested in this volume. Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, and Mr. Goodale have labored o'er it. Among ourselves, we think itis a pretty fair little pamphlet. We are naturally prejudiced in its favor. You may not like it half as well as we do. But nevertheless, here it is-Herald, W. H. S., 1916. Q , years, the CRIER and HERALD of 1915-1916 are both edited by the same staff. It was thought that the CRIER Staff, having worked together the part of the year preceding the prepa- ration of the HERALD, would be able to make an earlier start, already having a preliminary knowledge of committee work and arrangement of material. Besides this, the arrangement of this year elimi- nates the necessity of electing new mem- bers to the HERALD Staff, affording a splendid opportunity to save trouble and time. In this way, the Staff gets an entire year of practice in editorial work, and by April each member ought to have an ex- cellent knowledge of what he is expected to do to make a successful annual. By hard work all year with our able and help- ful adviser, we feel that we have reason to hope that the HERALD will be received as a success, as we have put forth our best endeavors to make it so. l-1 Another honor was added to Westport's list this year, which is getting to be a habit with us. Roderick Osborne, a member of the Class of '16, won the appointment to Annapolis out of a large number of con- testants. This was not only an honor for Westport, but also for Roderick. He was not able to be present at Commencement, having been forced to leave May 31 for his new school. The best wishes of the class and the school are with him.

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ofessor- U., his having uate of teacher ne very fe wish come. g of the upect of fail to has hit sted it- zt, yell- nly the is been if spir- satious- ich de- spirit, uccess- mf good in pre- Girls' f gath- Mixer 1 have of the ed club ll done an last fgether for the or the L Club, ice its 2 clubs ark by Plays. 1 their ect on THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 17 a the relations amongst all the societies. Old jealousies have vanished, and a broad feel- ing of common interest amongst the club members, has taken its place. In athletics, the new spirit has shown itself by an increased number of students participating in the different sports. The girls have had hockey added to their cur- riculum, while the boys have turned out in greater numbers than ever for basket-ball, track, tennis, and baseball. The latter sport seems to be on its way back to thc important place in school life that it de- serves. These new activities and the better sup- port of the old ones show a revival of the right kind of spirit-not the rah-rah variety, but the spirit that induces stu- dents to make sacrifices for the school, to get out and really work. The awakening in the past year has been felt in the fac- ulty and student body alike, and has had a marked influence on both. We feel that Westport is on a ,higher plane in every way, due to this splendid new spirit. We are confident that this spirit will continue to grow, and give Westport even greater successes in the future than she has won this year. -11 OUR NEW GIRLS' ADVISER. In many of the schools of other cities, some capable woman of the faculty acts as an adviser or dean of the girls. This year for the first time in the history of the schools of Kansas City, the Board of Education has officially created such a position in Westport. While the new undertaking is yet an experiment, there is every evidence of its success and permanency. The School Board, in making its selection, named Miss Stella F. Hodshire of the Mathematics De- partment, to fill this position. Although this field is a new one for Miss Hodshire, during her fifteen years at Westport, she has always been an intimate friend of all the pupils and has served them as a willing counselor. She possesses not only the power but also the personality which make her a wise and sympathetic confidant, full worthy of her new title, Adviser to Girls. In addition to her duties as Adviser, Miss Hodshire takes charge of all social events connected with the school, has es- tablished, on a small scale, an employment bureau, and gives attention to such cases as are referred to the Emergency Room. - l DEBATE COMEBACK. tw ESTPORT has arrived in debat- ing! It has been a long pro- gress, and rather disappointing at times. Since we have con- fined our debating to contests with Kan- sas City schools, we have suffered one double defeat, and have never done better than to break, but we are there at last! After our debaters had lost three out of four contests last year, the worm turned. Westport, wroth from her reverses, rose up and willed to win. A much larger num- ber than usual tried out for the teams. When these had been selected, the mem- bers began to work, and toil as had never been done by any teams before in West- port's history. And the results broke all precedents. The boys scored a double vic- tory! Central was soundly trounced and Manual didn't even get one vote. Then the girls repeated-almost. Our negative team scored a well-deserved victory, and our af- firmative team won honor and made the other schools fear Westport, even in de- feat. So this year we have made debating his- tory. We have won a larger number of de- cisions and received a greater number of votes, than any other school. Thus we are the real city champions, even if Northeast does still hold the Amherst Cup.. u There is only one danger, which might