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

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...Vs ... .,, ,...,... ......,,...,.,.:.-.-.-.--7-.-Q-11-1. r1::f :r':--1-r-'r:-:l:c2'.25 .-. f.- - -202' -' Aiwa 7. ' ' ' '5 7'7f '7 26 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. At the close of her address Mr. C. U. Price of the Safety .First Committee made a short talk on Safety First.'7 Vocal Recital On Monday, November 13, Mr. Herman Springer, barytone, gave quite a lengthy recital. He was accompanied by Miss Clara Crangle. Missouri Day Dr. Hill, President of Missouri Univer- sity, paid Westport his annual visit on the day before the M. U.-K. U. football game. As usual, he spoke to us of a number of the university activities. The M. U. Cadet Band dispensed some real music. Debate Booster The better part of the forenoon on De- cember 11 was given over to boosting the debate. Miss Bain, Miss Shufflebotham, Mr. Humphrey, and Mr. Strong spoke in favor of a large number of contestants for the debate tryout. Our Hawaiian Orchestra gave us some music, and then we proceeded to get ac- quainted with Mr. Nugent, the junior member of the Board of Education., Basketball Booster Our first assembly after the holidays was given over to an explanation of the new basketball rules. Mr.-Hoopes illus- trated a number of the rules by means of members of the team. The new cheer leaders then put on an exhibition. China On January 26 we were treated to an il- lustrated lecture on China by Mr. Julean Arnold, Commercial Attache to China. Mr. Arnold lived in China for a long time, so he knew what he was talking about. Both views and lecture were interesting. Classical Music We had an unique treat on January 31 when Prof. H. C. Macdougal, Professor of Music at Wellesley explained to the assem- bly some of the motifs of classical music. Nothing of exactly the same sort has ever been given at Westport. Father and Son Week Westport did her bit in the interest of Father and Son Week. Dr. Spencer of Trinity Church was the speaker. He made a strong appeal for the young people to be loyal to the home, their religious in- stincts, and their country. Triple Cv Campaign The speaker for the boys' Clean Speech, Clean Sports, Clean Habits campaign was Mr. R. A. Waite, of Lincoln, Nebraska.. He made a perfectly plain, straightfor- ward appeal to the boys in the interest of clean living. Many of the boys have worn their buttons ever since. The Message of the Rainbowv On the next day, February 13, Miss Weston, the Bible Class teacher, made much the same sort of appeal to the girls. The girls found out that the letters in the word rainbow stand for a number of things of which they had never dreamed before. Home Talent Concert The Glee Clubs and the Orchestra fur- nished a fitting prelude to the Washing- ton's Birthday holiday. The cherry tree and our drummer boy were headliners. T asse Mis: lege schc dres schc este witl N Hig on the T plet ten4 T nes: Mai of ' tior wer the ler 'I be 3 at 1 was can of 1 Lill cau the ica the Dr. no que

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l -1' 1'-' -rr -r .14 .ss-is iw 'ri-fU.l M W-iff ,, f X QL .ix lirgli QW THE ASSEMBLIES Mr. Beckmann certainly told the truth when he said that Westport has had a great variety of entertainment in its as- semblies of the current year. Just look at the list of men and women who have ad- dressed us. This list not only includes some of the greatest ministers and busi- ness men of Kansas City, but a very large number of the leading men and women of affairs of the United States. In ad- dition to these people, we have had a good- ly number of assemblies where the enter- tainment has been furnished by those of our own number. It would be difficult to say which as- sembly was liked by the greatest number, for they were all unusually good. What we liked most was the variety. Our ad- dresses have covered all sorts of subjects. There have been talks on patriotism, on clean living, on nature, on music, on China, on business, and on numerous other topics of present day interest. Interspersed through these have been numerous mu- sical programs by way of variety. We want to thank Mr. Shouse and Mr. Beck- mann for securing these people for us. Below is a review of the assemblies of the year: A The Greatest Gamez' Dr. Henry Marcotte, Pastor of the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church of this city, was the first outside speaker of the year. His address, October 2,.was on The Greatest Game, the game of life. In his message he urged us to discipline ourselves to cul- tivate teamwork with the remainder of humanity. The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine On October 20, Mr. Enos A. Mills, the famous naturalist, paid Westport another visit. Several years ago Mr. Mills told from our platform the story of Midget, the Return Horse. This time he told still more of his remarkable adventures in matural research work. His story, The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine, gave the student body much unusual in- formation concerning the life history of an old pine tree. Musical Assembly The Westport Glee Clubs and the stu- dent body engaged in a songfest on Octo- ber 25. Mr. Leslie Peckenpaugh, a former Westporter, sang several selections. True History On November 3 Dr. Nisbet introduced to us Mrs. Mildred Rutherford of Georgia, who spoke on the True History of the North and South as she saw it.

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