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

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n: - 4:24.44 .4 4.2.-..:..-1.,w-Q, ,-fn:q:u:Q111'11:sx12:.-..-..g4-...-.:. ,un .e4.5j:k:g:,1!72'-F.n .f 'VH' 28 THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. was a friend to everybody. Eleanor Mc- Carthy of last year's Senior class died of influenza. Although she was not very well known, being quiet and rather unob- trusive, she was a splendid girl, kind hearted and sympathetic. Westport was surprised and grieved to learn of the death of Lidabel Tracy, who would have graduated this year. She was living in New Mexico for her health at the time of her death. Miss Tracey won the War Saving Stamp Essay Contest and her car- toons and sketches were a source of pride to Westport. Stella Guettel, a graduate of '18, died of heart disease at her home April 18. She was a double star gradu- ate at Westport and while at Smith the past year, she was a conpczentious and painstaking student. It seems hard that five of our young people should have died during the past year. Westport misses them sadly and wishes to extend through the Herald, her sympathy to the sorrowing friends and relatives. .. . BasketBal1 Yell Fests U V if At last we have found a way to show that we are back of our team, that we mean business, in fact, that we are out to win. It was this spirit that gave our boys the courage to beat Central twice. The spirit that was shown in those snappy meetings where we practiced our yells put that confident feeling into the hearts of our players. When they found out that the school believer: they could do it, that was all that was needed. Re- member the scores? ' V I A V Cadet Hop V Saturday, March 22, the First Battalion Cadet Corps staged their dance at .Mor- ton's -Hall. -The dance proposition has been worked on by former Westport cadet companies, but this year the plans ma- terialized. Westport's jazz orchestra, pretty girls, and cadets in full uniform, made the affair one of the most success- ful happenings of the year. The unani- mous opinion of everyone present em- bodies the hope that the Cadet Hop will be made an annual affair. Mixers Although the Mixers have been rather late in coming this year, due to our en- forced vacations, they have been the best mixers that Westport has ever had, in that they have appealed to everyone. They have furthered a feeling of good fellowship and acquaintance which would have taken weeks to form in the class room. The Seniors celebrated their first mixer in one happy jollification, a first class dance. The greater part of the Senior class was on hand, and everyone danced. The plaintive strains of Home, Sweet, Home ended a glorious success. The Juniors carried off their mixer April 10th with their characteristic pep and vim. The entertainment consisted of a series of stunts and the customary dancing. With refreshments and Jimmy Mitchell's jazz orchestra, the celebration was a real mixer. , .. The second Senior mixer was the most elaborate one Westport experienced. A clever quartet of stunts, some good dance music, 1'9fFGSh111Qnts,.a11d, an Oriental at- m0SDhere comprised aggood time. . .The S0D110m0re, classhas the unique distinction of being the first Sophomore class to have a mixer. Dancing and stunts made the mixer a crowning suc- cess. . .. .- .. . ..- .-......,r,., . ..,,:,,- ,,:,,,-,4,:,g,m-vm, Us . .M mm: in T, Q V , ' 'WA' --' --' -- - - V n4.s.......,--...........,....,..-1- --.,.,.5,,,,,:,,mxBL-it-,:l,:,igN445 :A I 5

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