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

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led mp Vlr. A. er- of ag- uhh h a its. re- on- if lrs. ?t's Ven the ent ym. 'e a fith J 'ea Lces 'ear t en- . C. woks s an Mr. De- ex- suc- iing Sel- pur- eave ver- ' an THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 25 instructor at the Oak Park School, near Chicago. Mr. Campbell took up work at Polytechnic and now is out of teaching al- together. Dr. Ockerblad has left us after the one year he promised. Miss Waltner, our substitute last year, has also left us. There are many new faces, two of whom are familiar. Miss Hanna has returned to the History Department after one year's study at Wisconsin. Mr. Irion has also re- turned to our History Department after three and one half year's employment as High School Inspector in the office of the State Superintendent. Miss Platz is divid- ing her instruction in elocution between Manual and Westport. Miss Totten, in- structor in commercial subjects, is a prod- uct of the Sunflower State. Miss Miller, formerly of Manual, is now teaching math- ematics and English here. Miss Northrop from Polytechnic fills the gap in our French Department. Mr. Edwards, our new athletic director, comes well recom- mended from Missouri University. One other change has been made. Miss Klee- man has succeeded Miss Hodshire as girls' adviser. I 1 To those who have left us and to those new instructors who have come to us and especially to our old stand-bys, the Herald wishes the best and happiest of futures. Boy Scouts We can justly be proud of the work Westport Scouts have done this last year. September 30th all the scouts in the city who had sold 10 or more Liberty Bonds of the third issue were given a War Medal by the government. About twenty of our boys received one of these medals. Again in the Fourth Liberty Loan andin the Victory Loan the scouts- rendered valuable service as messengers and West- port was as usual well represented. We have also had a good showing in the scout section of all the numerous parades of the year. In the annual City Scouting Contest, three Westport scouts, Marvin Creager, troop 1, Dryden Hodge, troop 60, and George Lewis, troop 40, won first, second, and third place in the first class contest. We wish our scouts the best of luck next year and know that they will make a record of which Westport will be proud. Thanksgiving Offering Westport's annual Thanksgiving offer- ing amounted to one hundred and fifty- one dollars this year. A committee of eight, composed of two members from each class met and decided where the money was to go. The committee was Seniors, Euthalia Lavery, Stanton Miller, Juniors, Marjorie Thraikill, James Darnell, Sopho- mores, Evelyn Wyatt, Jules Rosenbergerg Freshmen, Lela Jesse, Dessa Skinner. They divided our offering among the most deserving charities, as follows: Mattie Rhodes Day Nursery. ............ S 15 Rest Cottage Association ..... .. 15 Florence Crittenden Home ................. 15 11 20 Institutional Church .................. . . . . K. C. Provident Association ............... . Citizens' League of Kansas City for lrVest Side Missions, Colored ...........,...... 15 Mercy Hospital ........... ...... ........ 2 5 Children's Hotel ....... f- .. 15 20 Boys' Hotel . ..... . . . . Total .... .. ....... . ....3S151 1 . Westporters Win Scholarships Westport continues to hold 'the Blair scholarship. Florien Gass,..a. Senior this year is the Westporter who now holds it. This is a scholarship well worth winning, for it provides for two hundred and fifty dollars a year for four years at Missouri University. Theifcontestants were examined in Latin, English, and History and a thorough knowledge of these subjects enabled Florien to win the