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

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- . V.. . - -- -1-114--.f-. .-. .-.- --,.s,,,--vs .A--.N x - viz. a 5-:l.:.m 51 L . :1E 5f 'i : X L 2 3- Chalk-Dust, 2 of the -Be- 2 enrollment ily enlarged. .he staff and ions. Three in teaching leave of ab- Zryn Mawr, fersity High consing Mr. Henry has a l, Cleveland. re's place, is sas and took r of Illinois. of the Latin sk, a gradu- nd. He has ustralia and Jnolulu. atin dep-art- legree at the he taught at Lrtment, is a L 1912. She . U. in 1919. THE WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 17 Mr. Williams and Mr. Heinberg are both M. U graduates. Mr. Heinberg comes from Weston Mo., where he was superintendent of schools. Mr Williams taught at Missouri Wesleyan College. Miss Wilkinson holds a degree from Vassar, and an A. M. from Middlebury College. She last taught at Binghamton, N. Y. Miss Bechtel, zoology te-acher, is a K. U. gradu- ate. She last taught at Salt Lak-e City High School. Miss Redmond is a Central graduate, also from M. U. Last year she taught at Excelsior Springs. Q -. . Mr. Eastwood assists in the Manual Arts de- ment. He also teaches at the Longan School. Miss Wheelier is a Centralite, a graduate of K. U. She te-aches English and Civics. Miss Vera Dillingham, '18, takes the place of Miss Rudolph as clerk. New Organizations Several new organizations have sprung up this year. First, there is the organization of a Minor- ity of Senior Girls. Many people, it is true, have never heard of it, and indeed it has not gained the wide popularity that its officers once hoped it would have, but even so it is not a complete failure. Surely, the seed of interest sown by a few girls in the class of 1921 cannot fail to show those who follow the necessity of taking an in- terest in the under classmnen. After the Seniors had tried to organize, and had been rather unsuccessful, the class of 1924 showed its ability and spirit by organizing the Freshman Forum.. This organization has been highly successful. Officers have been elected, and under the supervision of Miss Kleeman, all has gone well. The girls of 1924 have done much to fill the need of comradeship and personal in- terest in Westport which is felt by all new comers. There is yet a third organization in Westport, which we must needs mention. That is the West- port Imiprovement Club. This year the boys in Mr. Harman's civics classes organized to make this community a better place to live in. It is a movement which should spread through the whole school and the leaders in it deserve the highest praise. Baseball. E Baseball came to Westport almost as a new sport this year. Although teams composed of all Westport boys have been formed in previous years, the athletic department of the school has never before undertaken to make baseball a school sport. Since it was seen that a regular inter-scholastic season of baseball could not suc- ceed because the schools have no place for hold- ing the games, Coach Edwards has inaugurated a new system of intramural baseball. Under his plan eight teams were organized from the student body and a schedule of six games was arranged, after which the leaders of the two respective leagues were to settle the championship in a final game. The plan worked wonderfully. The large enrollment and the hearty support by the student body showed clearly the desire to have a season for baseball in the sports calendar. Per- haps some time in the near future we will be able to include baseball as a major sport and when we do this the training and experience the players will have received will give us a promi- nent place in that branch of sport. Since this plan has been so successful this year, we may well hope that it will become a regular sport at West- port. Inter-Society Contest This spring for the first time in sofme years, an inter-society contest was held. It was a b-lood- less yet exciting battle, and ultimately the knights of the Round Table triumphed over their rivals, the followers of Clio. Not for three years has there been such a con- test within the halls of Westport. Each club presented a vocal number, a debate, a short story, musical entertainment, poetry, and a short farce. Nothing could have done more to keep alive in the minds of the members of the two organiza- tions that they are literary societies. P-erhaps in the precedent re-established by them we shall find a better method of showing society how to realize its purpose. Parents and Teachers Meet We have had two patrons' evenings. There is no doubt that bot-h, especially the last with the entertainment in the gymnasium, were unpre- cedented successes. Parents met teachers and to- gether they discussed child and pupil, succeeding, in many cases, in reaching a clearer understand- ing of each other and of us. Perhaps this splirit gave rise to the Parentf Teachers' Association, at any rate one has been organized. It is to be wfondered that Westport ever was without such an association and this organization promises-to do much good for W-est- port. And since the Seniors will no longer be here to be discussed, we wish them success! Long may they prosper!