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

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RI Q 1' KV 1 S- ,. 'i kk F ,.,- I l j lfloogly IN THE ART CLASSES A great deal of interest has been shown in the drawing classes this year, and a large amount of new and creditable work has been done. Besides the regu- lar work of the drawing classes, there have been other phases of art work stressed. Special attention has been given to the choosing of the appropriate and suitable. Apartments, small cottages, large houses, in fact, all kinds of houses, have been taken and fitted up suitably. A number of the pupils visited Suydam's Decorat- ing Shop and studied some of the ques- tions of interior decorating. Great attention has been given also to period furniture. The good taste that must be used to give it a beautiful and not incongruous effect was emphasized. Plans to visit many furnishing houses and study the furniture were made. When the Best Co., the makers of children's clothing, exhibited at the Muehlbach, the costume designing classes visited the exhibition. The biggest thing in the art year is the competitive work for the Herald. The top headings are competitive for the en- tire school, but the folk studying drawing always compete more enthusiastically. The Herald covers this year were uni- versally contributed by all four classes. With the exception of one Freshman and three Sophomores, the remaining pupils were Juniors and Seniors. Virginia Beck- er, a Junior, won the first prize, Ruth Roberts, a Senior, was given second place, and Katherine von Minkwitz, a Senior, was awarded third. There were five judges: F. C. Slaugh- ter, an artist of the Holland Engraving Co., Miss Henry, a Central teacher, Miss Brian, an instructor at Manual, Mr. C. T. McCown, an art collector, and Mr. J. M. Mott, a representative from the busi- ness world. The Herald wishes tothank these peo- ple who have drawn the headings and have helped in this way to make the Herald a success. Musical Contest This year when Superintendent Cam- mack, like the benevolent father in the dime novel, proclaimed the bans, the ef- fects were immediately felt in the Musical Department at Westpoiot. Besides having much of the time for instruction cut short, many activities were omitted. .To crown everything, The Pirates of Penz- ance, a light opera, was reluctantly given up. Pinafore was presented last year, and a slightly more difficult opera

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. ,,. ..- ,741-f.1:v 'z' :raisins-.r.-:ff 1 If' ew...-.--cf.-4-11,9'v-azww- mf -'-2'523121:-7511 ' - 'f f'1 A--'-'-'- - 'E ' - ' v The Orchestra was planned for this year. The cast had been chosen, and work on it had progress- ed to a considerable degree, when it was decided to close school two weeks earlier, and the arrangments had to be abandoned. 'This left the Spring contest as the most important musical event. For the first time it was held in the evening, and took place at Polytechnic Institute, Fri- day, May 16, before one of the largest audiences an affair of this kind has ever attracted. The rooting was better than in former years, and the Westport sec- tion, though small, was concentrated pep. However, the hearty support of the school as a whole is lacking. The Alpha Lyra Club and those who assisted it sang their best, but Northeast won all four cups, and Central the four seconds. The numbers were : Boys' Chorus .... Softly She Slumbers Lightly Girls' Chorus ...... The Dew Is On the Clover Mixed Chorus ............................ . . . . . .f'Good Night, Good Night, I-Beloved! The Orchestra In spite of the various interruptions, the orchestra of '19 has spent a very profitable and successful year. In two given, one on assemblies, programs were the day that Mr. Brewster gave a speech which Joseph on Theodore Roosevelt, in Harding and Manuel Newman, each gave violin solos, and one in the second semes- ter in which a French horn solo was play- ed by Thomas MclVIillin. It helped intro- duce several new school songs just be- fore the basket ball season. On the even- ing of the community meeting to decide on a soldiers' memorial, a short program was given. The orchestra also rendered great assistance at the soldiers' reception and dance in playing in the Auditorium. It also played at the Senior Play and at the Commencement Exercises. For a year in which so many activities have been omitted, this has been a tolerably busy and on the whole, a satisfactory one for the orchestra. - . - . - ,. .,.. .. -......,v....1 . ga az.:4.......g.:.,..,...-,-.-. -W... . --. . wm:'nm-..z:.1:.:,:.p,:.:.-.:L.:....,L... W. - 1, ,5..wyg71,,g3ggi.:g .:.i4.4- --.-., .-m---- ,.--V ..-.fa i