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

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. . . -uma 1-'lf 1' -4-f--.-:1- avg-:aux-vs1'aaxvAu1--'-N-l-l--2-f4'1f1fI:fII1TT f 7'JC'Wl7 'fm'4'f5fi?I'1M.- L - 35563 . Pin ' ' 26 THE wEsTPoHT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. scholarship. Westport is more than proud of him and we wish him success at college commensurate with his success at Westport. Again Westport was honored when Al- fred Benjamin won a scholarship at Har- vard. Quoting from a letter sent Mr. Shouse: You will be glad to know that in the list of men who on the basis of their work last, year have won for this year scholarships in either the first or second group, is the following graduate of Westport: First group, Alfred Ben- jamin. Alfred was a graduate of '16 and at Westport he also was a success in everything he undertook. v .-11.1.1-.-1 Hudson Declamation Contest A new form of inter-school contest was established this year, but on account of the influenza epidemic it was impossible to carry out the plan. The contest is known asthe Hudson Prizes in Declama- tion. The plan was presented by Dr. H. H. AHudson, a well known physician of Kansas City. Prizes totaling 515100 will be divided yearly among the contestants representing the four high schools of this city. Dr. Hudson is much interested in the oral expression classes, and it was this interest that prompted his kind offer. The selections this year were to have been Old Glory by James Whitcomb Riley and its sequel by Dr. Hudson, but it is uncertain as to whether they will have the same selections next year or not. However, we warn the other schools that the flu ban only meant a postponement of the day when victory will arrive at Westport and give us a clean record in all major events. So here's hoping for the success of next year's oral expression classes. Thrift Stamps Over five thousand dollars worth of Thrift Stamps have been sold this year! That is some record for such a banful year. The campaign has been continued from last year, and Mr. Beckmann regu- larly visited rooms on the first floor, Mr. Hart the second, and Mr. Ward the third. Room 36, Miss De Witt's linglish Litera- ture class, has the record of being 100W every Thrift Stamp day. No comparison can be made with the sales in other high schools, as they have not been reported to the headquarters. A banner was to have been awarded to the school selling the greatest amount. Westport and S. A. T. C. Along with the news of the plans for the selective draft came the announce- ment that the United States proposed to form a Student Army Training Corps. This branch of the army was to consist of young men who had the necessary re- quirements for college entrance. They would take up their college work under government supervision-all expenses paid and thirty dollars a month. A great number of Westport graduates and some Seniors jumped at this chance. They have been scattered all over the country, the great majority, however, at M. U., K. U., and Polytechnic. i Sewing Classes and War Work The energy and enthusiasm of the sew- ing classes have been undiminished even though the war work at Westport has been less emphasized than last year. A VGTY creditable and appreciated amount of work was done by the classes last year. Ambulance squares, knitted garments, soldiers' property bags, and ' ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' Pill-'J-2-LI--4-1---' '--u--- - -- a zz: IET ati If:T,.:.1' g '....4..l- ....- ---. Wu- -

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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

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THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 27 hospital pads were the articles that were made chiefly. The work was done principally to re- lieve the suffering of the fighting men. This year, however, has been devoted almost entirely to the making of clothing to relieve the suffering of the people in the war devastated regions of Europe. The year started off with the work for the Belgian-French Relief. A great deal of time and effort was spent for this so- ciety, and twenty-five cunning little dresses and twenty shirts were the re- sults of their work. When the head- quarters of the Belgian Relief Committee at the Coates House closed the classes discontinued this work. Westport is also proud of the service the classes have given the Red Cross. A large number of childrens' dresses and underwear com- prised this work. The classes also darned socks and made 'luncheonsets to be sold for the organization. Westport is proud that she has had a part, however small, in bringing this war to a successful close. She stands ready always to do whatever she can to alleviate the suffering of those who have sacri- ficed, fought, and died for Democracy. .lil-l Pershing Week Campaign Pershing Week, September 6 to 13, was attended by unusual activity in the sale of Thrift Stamps. Westport went over the top, subscribing a total of nine- hundred and twenty dollars for Thrift and War Savings Stamps in five days. .ll...l-- Miss Kleeman, New Adviser Miss Kleeman has succeeded Miss Hod- shire as the girls' adviser. She has had a very happy and successful year in this capacity and has w'on the'confidence, re- spect and love of the entire school body. Miss Kleeman has had much to do in fur- thering class spirit, for she has helped a great deal in planning the mixers and the other student activities. Consequently a great amount of the success of the social year can be credited to her. So here's to the continued success of our new adviser, Miss Kleeman. u Senate Debating In the assembly on March 25th, Mr. Humphrey's innovation, Senate debat- ing, was tried out by his Public Speak- ing classes. The speeches were almost entirely extemporanous because neither of the teams knew which side it was to take until a few moments before the con- test started. The hour passed very rapidly, since members of both teams were clamoring for the floor all the time. The captains of the two teams led off with rather definitely outlined arguments. After them came all the rest, refuting points and making new ones during the whole time. The subject of the League of Nations was a popular one, and the affirmative side, in favor of its adoption, won a unanimous vote from the judges. Rex Miller, a former Westport debater of much ability, was a very impartial and well-liked chairman. ' 1- Five Westporters Die During the past year five of our best and finest Westport people have died. George Strother, a graduate of '12, one of Westport's finest athletes, died of in- fluenza. From Westport he went to Kan- sas University, where he continued to make a splendid record. Again we were very much grieved to learn of the death of Leah Nelson, due to complications of Spanish influenza. oWestport has missed this quiet, unassuming girl-the girl who