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

Text from Pages 1 - 192 of the 1947 volume:

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Ja-.25 President - BILL BAN JA All fwfe Prtfrident Hi NANCY AKIN Secretary DICK Bocas Treasurer MILTON HARMONY Sgt-at-Arms MARILYN TIDD usiness Committe JOHN DAVIS JERRY KR .W LEAKE HA RY VANTREES fi 6 l wish, 2.-.lt-Q The seniors of nineteen forty-seven, going forth into a world made smaller by new inventions in the Helds of trans- portation and communication, look back on their years at Westport where they have learned the value of a sound educa- tion and the art of getting along with others. Holding top places in clubs and school activities, these seniors also have learned that responsibility always must be accepted along with the honors of leadership. Joining the ranks of our alum- ni, our graduates look forward to a world of prosperity and peace, one world show- ing equality to all nations, ideals upheld by the class of nineteen forty-seven. 1 . V Z, 1, i CANDIDATES GRADUATION THOMAS R. ADAMS-Senior band. NANCY GAY AKIN-Honor Society, silver pin, Sophomore sec- retary, Junior and Senior vice president, Crier-Herald staff, Quill and Scroll, Student Council, treasurer, '46, Promethean beauty queen, Typing award, 40, D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award, High School Day. BETTE A. ALLEN-Spanish club, Stage and Screen, Fall play, '46, Debates. SHIRLEY JEAN ALTON-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Fresh- man business committee, Student Council, executive board, '44, Pundit, vice president, Pep club, Stage and Screen, secretary-treas- urer, Irving beauty queen, W club queen attendant, Glee club, librarian, vice president, Senior band, secretary, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 100, Assemblies, Ofiice assistant, '47, Den Council, secretary, All City Youth Council. BARBARA YVONNE ANDERSON-A Cappella Choir, Glee club, Monitor. NATE APPLE-Football, first team, '45, '47, Captain, '47, First team all star, '47, W club. RICHARD BRUCE ASHER-Honor Society, bronze pin, Student Council, alternate, Camera club, Debates, Typing award, 30, Monitor, ROTC, crack company. EDWARD V. ASHLEY-A Cappella Choir, Monitor. PHIL ATKISSON JAMES AVERY JUNE BALTIS-Honor Society, bronze pin, Pundit, Orchestra, vice president, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 100. WILLIAM HAROLD BANAKA-Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Junior and Senior president, Football, first team, All-Star second team, '47, Basketball, first team, '47, Student Council, Irving, parliamentarian, W club, secretary, Hi-Y, treasurer, Spring play, '45, '46, Fall play, '45, Debates, Typing award, 50, Monitor, Student productions, Mayor, High School day. YVONNE AUDETTE BARE-Student Council, representative, '44, Pep club, Y-Teens, cabinet, vice president, president, Glee club. THOMAS MURRAY BARRETT III-Student Council, representa- tive, '4-5, Camera club, critic, Stage and Screen, Debates, ROTC, crack company, crack platoon, crack squad. BILLIE JEAN BASS--Pep club, Typing award, 50. MARY LUCINDA BIGGIO--Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Sophomore treasurer, Junior business committee, Small and Large shield, Bowling, '46, '47, Manager, '47, Hockey Playday, '47, Basketball, '44, '47, Volleyball, '45, '46, Softball, '45, Aerial Darts, '45, Student Council, executive board, '45, Pundit, presi- dent, Latin club, Stage and Screen, Pep club, Assemblies, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 100, A.A.U.W., War Stamp Council. NANCY MARY BILLINGS-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Sophomore business committee, Junior treasurer, Small shield, Student Council, sgt-at-arms, All City Council, Pundit, critic, Spanish club, Stage and Screen, secretary-treasurer, Pep club, sgt- at-arms, ROTC beauty queen, Fall play, '46, Debates, Assemblies, Typing award, 70, Monitor, Den Council, City Youth Council, alternate, War Stamp Council, Red Cross Council, High Sclmol Day. TONY BLASHKE--Football, first team, '47, W club. BETTY ANNE BOCKMAN-Pep club, A Cappella Choir, Music contest, '46. DICK EUGENE BOGGS--Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Junior business committee, Senior secretary, Student Council, Irving, sgt-at-arms, Science club, Jules Guerin, Pep club, Camera club, Stage and Screen, Hi-Y, vice president, Monitor, Assemblies, 'War Stamp Council, Red Cross Council, Den Council. PHYLLIS BOHI-Student Council, Promethean, treasurer, Debates, Assemblies, Typing award, 50, Monitor. CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION JOHN O. BROOKS EUNICE BROWNING RELAND D. BRUMFIELD-Honor Society, bronze pin, Spanish club, Student productions, Freshman induction, Assemblies, ROTC, crack company, Red Cross Council. WILLIAM LEE BUCHER SONYA BUFFINGTON--Speech arts, Debates, Choir, Glee club, president, Student productions, Cheerleader, Monitor. THOMAS VINCENT BURDETT--ROTC, first lieutenant, crack company, crack platoon, crack squad, Officers' club. JACK CALDWELL DOXIENE CAMBRON-Freshman treasurer, Intramurals, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Softball manager, Aerial Darts, Swimming, Student Council, Promethean, Pep club, Jules Guerin, A Cappella Choir, vice president, Assemblies, Typing award, 40, War Stamp Council. JOHN J. CARLETON JR.-Monitor. ETHEL ROSALIE CARLETON-Small and-Large shield, Basket- ball, All Star, playday, '47, Hockey playday, '47, Dana, Typing award, 50. SHELDON CARLETON-Student Council, Science club, Pep club, ROTC, Second Lieutenant, crack company, crack squad, Officers' club. EDWARD CALTON-ROTC, staff sergeant, crack squad. RALPH CARLSON-Honor Society, silver pin, Irving, Spanish club, Camera club, Band, Monitor, Tennis team. BRUCE CARTER-Honor Society, bronze pin. JOE CARTWRIGHT-Student Council, Clay, treasurer, Stage and Screen, Debate team, '47, Student productions, Freshman Induc- tion, Assemblies, A Cappella Choir. BEVERLY ANN CHAFFIN-Student Council, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 100. GEORGE EDWARD CHATTIN III-Football, first team, ,465 W club, Pep club, Hi-Y, president, vice president, War Stamp Council, Intramurals, Gymnast award. BETTY LOU CHRISTMAS RICHARD CIRCLE SHIRLEY ANN CLARKE-Student Council, Pep club, A Cappella Choir, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 100. JOHN COCHRAN CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION BELLA LOU COLBERT--Student Council, Pep club, Glamour club, president, Y-Teens, A Cappella Choir, Glee club, Assemblies, radio broadcast. PHYLLIS COLE-Typing award, 30. PATRICIA COLEMAN PEGGY COOK-Honor Society, gold pin, 2 pearls, Freshman W, Pundit, vice president, Spanish club, treasurer, vice president, Stage and Screen, vice president, Pep club, Freshman Induction, Assemblies, Glee club, Typing award, 40. MARILYN COOPER-Jules Guerin, Typing award, 40. MARY ELIZABETH COOPER-Student Council, Pep club, Y- Teens, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 100, Monitor. ELEANOR MARIE COX BETTY ANNE CRANDALL-Small and Large shields, Hockey, All Star, playday, '47, Basketball, All Star, playday, '47, Dana, critic, sgt.-at-arms, Latin club, Spanish club, Pep club, Debates, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 50, Monitor, War Stamp Council. JO ANN CRANDALL-Dana, president, Latin club, Spanish club, Pep club, Browning beauty queen, Debates, Typing award, 50, Monitor. AUDREY MARIE CUPP-Small shield. PARKER DAILEY-Football, first team, '45, '46, Basketball, first team, '46, '47, W club, Irving, Boxing championship. CHESTER BYRON DAVIS-Football, first team, '46, Student Council, Irving, secretary, W club, Stage and Screen, Hi-Y, Sgt.- at-arms. ELAINE CORPORON DAVIS-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Student Council, Pep club, Student productions, A Cappella Choir, Glee club, Assemblies, Typing award, 60, Shorthand award, 100. JOHN WENDELL DAVIS-Honor Society, gold pin, 2 pearis, Junior and Senior business committee, Student Council, Irving, vice president, critic, Camera club, treasurer, Pep club, Stage and Screen, Hi-Y, Student productions, Assemblies, Typing award, 30, ROTC, staff sergeant, rifle team, crack company, crack platoon, crack squad, P.A. System operator. NORMA DAVIS-Pundit, Pep club, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 80. TOMMY DAVIS MARY LOU DAY RALPH DELAP-Band. JOSEPH DE soTo DEAN WARNER DICKENSHEET--Browning, Speech Arts, Stud- ent productions. NORMA JEAN DINGWERTH-Debates, Scholastic art awards, Typing award, 30, Monitor, War Stamp Council. CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION SHIRLEY LEE DUDLEY-Small shield, Hockey playday, Basket- ball playdayg Student Council, Pundit, Pep club, Typing award, 60, Shorthand award, 100, Monitor, Red Cross Council. JAMES EDWARD DWYER-Honor Society, bronze pin, Camera club, Vice president, Pep club, Monitor. VERNA EGGERT-Typing award, 30. BARBARA ELLIS-Student Council, Promethean, Pep club, A Cap- pella Choir, Glce club, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 100. VIVIAN ERNEST-Jules Guerin, Pep club, Y-Teens. LARRY EVERITT-Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls. COLLEEN JEAN FARRELL-Typing award, 50 BEVERLY FERGUSON V HOMER C. FERGUSON-Student Council, Clay, Pep club, Hi-Y, Monitor, Intramurals. EDDIE DUANE FINK-Student Council, Jules Guerin, sgt.-z1t- arms, Stage and Screen, Pep club, Fall play, '46, Spring play, '46, Student productions, Debates, Radio broadcast, Freshman Induc- tion. WAYNE ARTHUR FISCHER-ROTC, first lieutenant, crack Com- pany, crack platoon, crack squad, N.R.A. executive officer, Oifi- cers' club, secretary. DOROTHY MAE FOLAND--Christmas concert programs. ANNE FOX DONALD R. FRANCIS-Student Council, alternate, ROTC, cap- tain, crack company, crack platoon, Officers' club. HAROLD EUGENE FRAZEE-Wrestling champion, '46. FRED E. FREEMAN--Student Council, Camera club, Freshman In- duction, Monitor. BARBARA GARDNER ALLEN JOHN GASSMAN-Honor Society, gold pin, I pearl, Typing award, 30, Boxing championship. THEODORE L. GEWERTZ-Student Council, Band, Boys' Choir. JACK GIBBS--Honor Society, bronze ping Basketball, first team, '47, W club, Irving, Camera club, Hi-Y. HAROLD GIBSON CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION MARY LEE GILBERT-Typing award, 30, Y-Teens. JAMES EDWARD GILLETT-Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Herald editor, Crier news editor, Quill and Scroll, Student Coun- cil, executive board, '44, Irving, secretary, vice president, Latin club, parliamenrarian, Pep club, Camera club, secretary, president, treasurer, Assemblies, Typing award, 60, Monitor. BRANDON GILMORE-Science club, A Cappella Choir, Typing award, 30, Assemblies, ROTC, first lieutenant, crack platoon, Circus company, rifle team captain, Oflicers, club. PAUL GOECKELER--Honor Society, silver pin, Alpha Lyra, Stud- ent productions, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Orchestra, president, Student conductor, All City orchestra, Boys' quartet.- IVAN GOODMAN-ROTC, crack company, crack platoon, color guard, War Stamp Council. JOHN D. GRANT, JR.-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Crier- Herald staff, Quill and Scroll, Circulo Calderon, Typing award, 40, P. A. System operator. WILMA LEE GRAY--Honor Society, gold pin, 2 pearls, Crier busi- ness manager, Herald associate editor, Quill and Scroll, Student Council, Pundit, Habere et Dare, Pep club, Typing award, 60, Shorthand award, 120, Monitor. BETTYE CONSTANCE GRIFFITH-Habere et Dare, secretary, Typing award, 20, Y-Teens, treasurer. DONNA JEANNE GRIFFITH-Honor Society, silver pin, Hockey playday, Basketball playday, '47, Student Council, Pundit, Pep club, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 30, Short- hand award, 80, Monitor. DORLA MAE GUGEL-Pep club, Typing award, 60, Shorthand award, 100, Junior transcript. MARY ANNE HALL-Student Council, Promethean, parliamen- tarian, sgt.-at-arms, Radio broadcast, Assemblies, Freshman In- duction, A Cappella Choir, Glee club, State music contest, Moni- fOr. BILL HANCOCK-ROTC, technical sergeant, crack company, crack platoon, crack squad. LAURA SUE HARKNESS-Pep club, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 60. MILTON E. HARMONY-Honor Society, bronze pin, Sopho- more president, Senior treasurer, Football manager, '46, Student Council, Clay, vice president, Stage and Screen, sgt.-at-arms, president, H-Y, chaplain, vice president, Spring play, '46, Student productions, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 20, Monitor, Intramurals, Den Council, War Stamp Council, High School day. MARY ANNE HELM-Pep club, Student productions, Glee club, State music contest, Assemblies, Typing award. PATTY HERRMANN-Small shield, Circulo Calderon, Glee club, Health Center Assistant. MARGUERITE HILLS-Small shield, I46, Pep club, Typing award, 20, Shorthand award, 60. jOHN LANE HODGES-Typing award, 30. MARILYN JEAN HOLUM-Student Council, Pundit, Circulo Calderon, Pep club, vice president, treasurer, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 80. ,IAMES M. Homes ,IOHN HOPKINS CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION ROBERT LEE HOSMAN-Honor Society, bronze pin, Football, first team, '46, W club, treasurer, Student Council, Hi-Y, treas- urer, Student productions, Freshman Induction, Monitor, War Stamp Council, Intramurals, Wrestling champion, '47. GENE LEE HOWLAND MARY CAROLYN HUBBARD-Small NW, Hockey, manager, '46, service manager, '47, Student Council, Promethean, secretary, vice president, Speech arts, Pep club, Spring play, '44, Fall play, '45, Debates, Typing award, 40, Cheerleader alternate, Monitor. SHIRLEY ALICE HUBBELL-Jules Guerin, Art awards, 2, '46, ,IACK HUFFMAN-Football, First team, '46, All Star honorable mention, Basketball, first team, '47, W club, Student Council, al- ternate, Monitor, Tennis team. JULIAN REED HULETT4Winner, All City art contest. HAROLD GENE HUNTER BETTY jANE I-IUTCHESON-Freshman vice president, Student Council, executive board, '44, '45, Pep club, A Cappella Choir, secretary, Typing award, 40, Monitor. GEORGE R. HUTCHISON-Stage and Screen, Monitor, Intra- murals. MARION HYMER-Football second team manager, Basketball manager, W' club, Jules Guerin. ROSADENE ISENSCHMIDT-Band, Typing award, 60, Short- hand award, 70. LEON JACKSON-Student Council, Clay, sgt.-at-arms, Monitor. GLENDON OTIS jAMES-Debates, C.O.E. DORIS MARIE JENKINS-Promethean, Pep club, Speech arts, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 50. MARILEA KATHERINE JOHNS-Circulo Calderon, Camera club, Radio broadcast, Student productions, State music contest. EDWARD P. JOHNSON-Student Council, Assemblies, Senior band, drum major, Orchestra, All City band, Monitor, ROTC, second lieutenant, crack company, Circus squad, rifle team man- ager, Red Cross Council. MERLIN GARY JOHNSON-Honor Society, gold pin, 2 pearls, Pep club, Science club, Circulo Calderon, secretary, Hi-Y, Typ- ing award, 40, ROTC, Pfc., P.A. System operator, War Stamp Council. MARILYN ELAINE JOHNSON-Honor Society, bronze pin, Senior W, Small and Large shield, Volley ball, playday, '45, man- ager, '47, Hockey playday, '46, '47, Basketball playday, '47, Pundit, Stage and Screen, Pep club, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 60. LUCRETIA GRACE JOHNSTON-Honor Society, gold pin, Z pearls, Small shield, '44, Student Council, Pundit, parliamentar- ian, Student productions, Freshman Induction, Assemblies, State music contest, Band, secretary, All City band, Music festival, Glee club, treasurer. ELIZABETH JOHNSTONE ROLFE KALLSTROM CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION ETHEL KAPSEMALIS-Pep club, Assemblies, Typing award, 30. BEN R. KEEL-Football, first team, '46, W club, Monitor. NORMA DEANE KELLY-Promethean, president, Typing award, 40, Shorthand award, 60. MARILYN CAROL KENDRICK-Pep club, Typing award, 60, Shorthand award, 100, Monitor, Spring music contest, '44, '45, War Stamp Council. JOSEPH WHEELER KENTON II-Football, first team, '45, '46' Basketball, first team, '45, '46, '47, W club, president, Stage an Screen, Hi-Y, Student productions. fi -IEAN Y. KIDO-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Student Council, alternate, Dana, Sgt.-at-arms, Typing award, 40. HARVEY S. KIMBLE-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Student Council, Irving, treasurer, critic, Pep club, Camera club, Typing award, 40, Monitor, ROTC, crack company, crack squad. DONNA MARIE KINDSVATER-Honor Society, bronze pin, Small shield, '44, Student Council, Pundit, critic, parliamentarian, Speech arts, Circulo Calderon, Pep club, Stage and Screen, De- bates, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 50, Short- hand award, 100, Monitor, War Stamp Council. PETER H. KINSEY-Circulo Calderon, vice president, ltreasurerg Pep club, Spring play, '44, '45, Assemblies, Typing award, 50, ROTC, first lieutenant, crack company, Circus squad, Ofiicers' club, vice president, N.R.A., treasurer. GLENN KIRBY RICHARD N. KNISELEY-Honor Society, gold pin, 2 pearls, Stu- dent Council, executive board, '43, Irving, Pep club, Camera club, vice president, president, Freshman Induction, Monitor, Typing award, 50, ROTC, crack company, crack platoon. MARIANNE KOCH-Student Council, alternate, Pep club, Typing award, 50. NOVALEE JOYCE KOLBE-Dana, Pep club, Girl Reserves, Y- Teens, Debates, Typing award, 60, Shorthand award, 100. CAROLYN MAE KRAMBECK-Pep club, Y-Teens, Assemblies, Glee club, Typing award, 40. GERALDINE ROSE KRAMER-Honor Society, bronze pin, Fresh- man treasurer, Sophomore sgt.-at-arms, junior secretary, Senior business committee, Senior W, Small and Large shield, Hockey, playday, '46, '47, manager, '47, Basketball, playday, '46, '47, Swimming, playday, '46, manager, '46, Student Council, vice president, '47, Pundit, Pep club, Stage and Screen, Football beauty queen, Assemblies, Cheerleader, Monitor, High School Day. DON C. KRENKEL ,IERREE LANCASTER-jules Guerin, Pep club, Art honorable mention, Monitor. DICK LANG-Football, first team, '45, W club, Student produc- tions, Assemblies, Boxing championship, '45, '46, Intramurals. EUGENE P. LARSON-Science club, Assemblies, ROTC, crack company, War Stamp Council. KITTY LOU LAWRENCE-Student Council, Pundit, sgt.-at-arms, Pep club, Stage and Screen, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 100. JEAN LAY Qi CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION MAXINE LAYE WILLIAM DEAN LEAKE-Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Jun- ior sgt.-at-arms, Senior business committee, Tennis team, Student Council, treasurer, ,47, Speech arts, Pep club, Stage and Screen, Student agent, Debates, Speech arts oration contest, 3rd, Inter- Society oration contest, lst, Radio broadcasts, Assemblies, Fresh- man Induction, Typing award, 50, ROTC, pfc., crack company, Den Council, treasurer. ROBERT EARL LINDSEY-Stage and Screen, Pep club, Hi-Y, De- bates, Assemblies, Freshman Induction. MARJORIE S. LLOYD-Student Council, alternate, Camera club, treasurer, Habere et Dare, vice president, Pep club, Y-Teens, Assemblies. LAURA LEA LOVE-Junior business committee alternate, Crier feature editor, Herald staff, Quill and Scroll, Student Council, Pundit, president, Pep club, Stage and Screen, Assemblies, Glee club, Typing award, 30, Shorthand award, 80, Monitor, Den Council, treasurer. NANCY LUND-Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Valedictorian, Student Council, Promethean, vice president, Speech arts, Latin club, Stage and Screen, Pep club, Fall play, '46, Debates, Radio broadcast, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 50, Monitor, A.A.U.W., War Stamp Council, Red Cross Council, Student Savings Council, Ofhce assistant, Valedictorian. JAMES D. McAFOOSE-Spanish club, Stage and Screen, Student productions, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Band, student con- ductor, Orchestra, treasurer, All City orchestra and band, ROTC, major, crack company, crack platoon, crack squad, Circus squad, Oficers' club, sgt.-at-arms. MARTHA MAY MCCALL-Jules Guerin, secretary. EDRIS LOUISE MCCARTY-Senior business committee alternate, Student Council, Pundit, secretary, Jules Guerin, secretary, vice president, president, Pep club, Y-Teens, social chairman, Fall play, '46, Debates, Assemblies, Typing award, 40, Monitor. ROBERT J. MCCOLLUM-Honor Society, silver pin, Band, Or- chestra, All City orchestra and band. MARILYN McDANIEL-Typing award, 60. ILA LOUISE MCGEE-Student Council, Promethean, treasurer, Typing award, 60, Monitor. RICHARD PAUL McKAY-Stage and Screen, Debates, Oration contest, ROTC, captain, crack company, Circus squad, Oihcers' club. DOROTHY LOUISE MCLEOD-Jules Guerin, Scholastic art award. ANNETTE MCNAMARA-Pep club, Assemblies, Scholastic art award, Typing award, 40, Den Council. BARBARA JEAN MCWILLIAMS-Hockey playday, Student Coun- cil, Pundit, Pep club, Student productions, A Cappella Choir, State music contest, Typing award, 70, Shorthand award, 100, Hockey playday. PATRICIA ANN MACDONALD-Freshman business committee, Large and Small shields, Basketball playday, Student Council, Pundit, Stage and Screen, Pep club, Irving queen attendant, Typ- ing award, 70, Shorthand award, 80. RUTH MARCELL MAINQUIST-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, , Crier-Herald staff, art editor, Quill and Scroll, Senior W, Small and Large shields, Hockey, ,43, '46, Basketball, '44, '46, Softball, '43, ,45, Badminton, '44, Aerial darts, I43, '44, Swimming, '45, Volleyball, '44, '45, Pundit, Jules Guerin, Pep club, Assemblies, Art awards, Typing award, 20, Shorthand award, 80, Monitor. GOLDIE MALLETT-Small and Large shield, Jr. Basketball mana ager, Basketball playday, Hockey playday, Student Council, Pun- dit, Pep club, secretary, Assemblies, A Cappella Choir, Typing award, 40, Cheerleader. SHIRLEY JEAN MALONEY-Student Council, Jules Guerin, Student productions, Monitor. ROBERT S. MATHEWS-Student Council, Clay, Spanish club, Pep club, Hi-Y, Band, Orchestra. CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION PATRICIA MAUPIN-Circulo Calderon, Glee club, Typing award, 60. MARGARET MAZUCH-Small shield, Plays, Glee club. NEIL MECASKEY BETTY MENDLICK-Promethean, Typing award, 50. MARJORIE ANN MERCER-Honor Society, bronze pin, Spanish club, secretary, Debates, Radio broadcasts. MARILYN JANE MEYER-Dana, Pep club, Y-Teens, Band, li- brarian, Typing award, 50. ROBERT VERN MILLER-Honor Society, silver pin, Football, first team, '46, Basketball, Hrst team, '47, W club, Student Coun- ciI, Irving, president, Hi-Y, Spring play, ,46, Student productions, Radio broadcasts, Monitor. DAVID ALFRED MILLICAN-Football, first team, '45, I46, All Star, '46, W club, vice president, Student Council, Irving, Hi-Y, president, Sgt.-at-arms, Student productions, Freshman Induction, Monitor, Intramurals, Wrestling champion, Boxing champion, War stamp Council. JOAN MOLES-Pep club, Typing award, 30, C.O.E. ROBERT HAL MONTGOMERY-Football, first team, ,463 W club, Student Council, alternate, Clay, sgt.-at-arms, Science club, Stage and Screen, Pep club, Hi-Y, Chaplain, Monitor. WILLIAM HOWARD MOOREFIELD-Typing award, 40. BERNARD MORGAN-Basketball, first team, '47, W club. BARBARA MORRIS ALICE LEE MORRISON COLLEEN MOXLEY--Typing award, so. JOHN WILSON NANCE-Student Council, Student productions, Assemblies, Boys, quartet, Monitor. BARBARA JEAN NEAL--Pundit, Pep club, Typing award, 40, Shorthand award, 80, Health Center assistant. JUNE NEWBERRY-Student Council, Pep club, Assemblies, Glee club. FORREST L. NOLL JR.-Football, first team, I46, W club, Hi-Y, Student productions. WALLY OSTLUND-Student Council, alternate, Clay, treasurer, Speech arts, secretary, vice president, Pep club, vice president, Pundit Beau-Brummel, Fall play, '45, '46, Spring play, '45, De- bates, Oration contest, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 40' Cheerleader. BETTY JO OWEN s JZ .. B. Im 5' ip? CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION LOIS MARIE OXLEY-Pundit, chaplaing Stage and Screeng Pep club, Plays, Assemblies, Spring concert, Typing award, 30g Short- hand award, 305 Monitor, Health Center assistant. LESLIE PARSONS-Assemblies, Glcc clubg Typing award, 40, War Stamp Council. THOMAS O. PENDLETON-Hi-Yq Intramurals. WILLIAM MARK PERRY-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Hi-Yg Typing award, 40, War Stamp Councilg Intramurals. IZLSIE MAY PHILLIPS PEGGY PHILLIPS-Typing award, 40. PEGGY LORRAINE PIPER-Pep club: Freshman Induction, A Cappella Choir, Typing award, 40. CAROLYN ELIZABETH POWER-Student Council, Pundit: Pep club, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Glee club. -IEANNINE MARIE PRASCHMA LORENE QUINCY ,IO ANN RAMEL-Pep club, Student productions: Freshman In- duction, Typing award, 30. PEGGY JEAN RANSTED-Student Council, alternate: Pep clubg Typing award, 30g Monitor. ISETTY ANN REEVES-Honor Society, bronze pin. CORA MAE REEVES-Student Council, Concerts, Typing award, 40, Shorthand award, 40, Monitor. -IAMES DAVID REEVES-Honor Society, silver ping Student Coun- cil, Science club, ROTC, technical sergeant, crack squad, Oflicers' club. ISANIJORD REYNOLDS THEODORE CHARLES RIEGELMAN--Crier-Herald assistant photographerg Camera club, sgt.-at-arms, Scholastic art awardg Typing award, 20, ROTC, crack company, crack platoon, rifle team. ROBERT B, RILEY-Freshman president, Clay, I-Ii-Y: Iireshman Induction, Typing award, 30. SHIRLEY ANN ROBINETT-Pundit, Pep club, Typing award. 605 Shorthand award, 100, Monitorg War Stamp Council: Health Center assistant. ROBERT JOHN ROBISON-Speech arts, Stage and Scrcczug Tall play, '45, Spring play, '46, '47g Freshman Induction: A Cappella Choir. DICK S. ROOKVVOOD-Honor Society, bronze ping Student Coun cilg Science club, Hi-Y. CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION FLO ANN ROSE-Jules Guerin, Glee club, Scholastic art award. CHARLENE ROTHERING RUTH RUECKERT-Small shield, Pep club, Y-Teens, Assemblies, Orchestra, treasurer, All City orchestra, Typing award, 60, Shorthand award, 120, Counsellor's assistant. MARY ANN RUSH MARY HELEN RYDER--Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Fresh- man and Sophomore business committee, Small and Large shields, Tumbling manager, Student Council, executive board, ,44, '45, Pundit, treasurer, Pep club, ROTC queen attendant, Student productions, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Glee club, Band, president, Orchestra, Music festivals, Typing award, 40, A.A.U.W., chairman, Den Council, High School Day. SHIRLEY JANE RYLE-Spanish club, Stage and Screen, Pep club, Girl Reserves. JAMES S. SAFFRAN-Crier-Herald photographer, Tennis team, Student Council, Clay, critic, Camera club, vice-president, sgt.- at-arms, Assemblies, Scholastic photography keys, four, ROTC, staff sergeant, crack company, crack platoon, crack squad, color guard. ETHEL ALBERTA SEAGER-Small shield, Service manager, '47, ETHEL RAE SENGER--Honor Society, silver pin, Student Council, alternate, Spanish club, Science club, Pep club, Assemblies, Fresh- man Induction, Student productions, Orchestra, All City or- chestra, Typing award, 40, Monitor, War Stamp Council. JOHN EVERETT SEVIER-Honor Society, bronze pin, Student Council, alternate, Clay, sgt.-at-arms, secretary, president, Speech arts, Stage and Screen, sgt.-at-arms, Hi-Y, secretary, Fall play, '45, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Radio broadcasts, Typing award, 30, Cheerleader, Monitor, Counselor's assistant, Den Council, president, War Stamp Council, City Youth Council, president, vice president, High School Day. REY EMORY SHANNON-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Freshman secretary, Crier, managing editor, Herald staff, Quill and Scroll, Inside the Newsu broadcasts, C.O.E. JOAN SHIRLEY SHERMAN SKELTON WILLIAM E. SMITH-Student Council, alternate, Hi-Y, Intra- murals. QUENTIN C. SMITH-Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Brown- ing, treasurer, Pep club, Hi-Y, ROTC. TED LEE SMITH-Football, first team, ,45, '46, W club. MARY ELAINE SPEISER-Student Council, alternate, Band, Typing award, 40, Monitor. RICHARD W. STEWART-Football, first team, '45, '46, All Star second team, '46, W club, Student Council, executive board, '44, Clay, sgt.-at-arms, Science club, Stage and Screen, Student pro- ductions, Debates, Typing award, 20, War Stamp Council, Den Council, Intramurals, Wrestling championship. JACK BENTLEY STEWMAN-Honor Society, bronze pin, Speech Arts: Stage and Screen, Hi-Y, Debates, Assemblies, Intramurals. JOANNE FRANCES STOERGER-Y-Teens, Pep club, Scholastic art award. MARGARET JOYCE STOERGER-Pep club, Y-Teens, Typing award, 50. CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION MONA LEE STONE ALOHA OLENE STOVALL-jules Guerin, treasurer, Typing award, 20. BOB STUCKERT-junior business committee, Senior alternate, Irv- ing, Science club, Speech Arts, sgt.-at-arms, Stage and Screen, Camera club, president, secretary, Pep club, Spring play, '45, Fall play, '45, '46, Student productions, Assemblies, Freshman Induc- tion, Radio broadcasts, A Cappella Choir, Monitor, War Stamp Council. MILDRED TALLEY-Monitor, War Stamp Council. ELAINE TENENBAUM-Honor Society, silver pin, jules Guerin, secretary. ROBERT C. TENGDIN-Clay, president, secretary, Spanish club. Science club, Hi-Y, Stage and Screen, Student productions, Plays, Assemblies, Debates, A Cappella Choir, ROTC, Hrst sergeant, crack company, crack platoon, crack squad, Circus company, In- tramurals. LLOYD EDVVARD CHARLES THOMAS-Iiootbull, first team, '45, '46, W club, Clay, Stage and Screen. PEGGYE LORENE THOMPSON-Student Council, Promethean, sgt.-at-arms, Typing award, 40, Shorthand award, 60. CORNELIA ANN THORNBERRY-Freshman Small shield, Stud- ent Council, Pundit, sgt.-at-arms, Latin club, Speech Arts, presi- dent, vice president, treasurer, Y-Teens, social chairman, Stage and Screen, Pep club, parliamentarian, Fall play, '46, Spring play, '46, '47, Debates, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Radio broad- casts, Student productions, Speech Arts Oration contest, second, Cheerleader alternate, Monitor, Typing award, 40, Student Sav- ings Council, Counselor's assistant, High School Day. LOIS THORNE-Student Council, Promethean, president, Speech Arts, parliamentarian, Pep club, Stage and Screen, Student pro- ductions, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 60, Monitor, War Stamp Council. BETTYE LOU THORP-junior business committee, Student Coun- cil, Pundit, secretary, Pep club, ROTC queen attendant, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 80, War Stamp Council, Den Coun- eil. -IAYNE ANN THURMAN-Small Shield, Archery manager, '47, Typing award, 40, Shorthand award, 80. MARILYN LOUISE TIDD-Honor Society, bronze pin, Sophomore vice president, Senior sgt.-at-arms, Senior XV, Small and Large Shield, Volleyball manager, '46, Basketball manager, '47, Basket- ball, Hockey, and Individual playdays, '46, Bowling, '46, Hockey, '46, '47, Basketball, '44, '47, Volleyball, '44, '47, Softball, '44, '46, Badminton, '45, '46, Aerial Darts, '46, Hand tennis, '45, Tennis, '46, Swimming, '44, '46, Pundit, beauty queen, Jules Guerin, Stage and Screen, Pep club, Assemblies, Radio broadcasts, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 60, Cl: me-ader alternate, Monitor, War Stamp Council, vice preside: GAYLE DEE TIMBERLAKE-Assemblies, Glee club, Typing award, 40, Monitor, C.O.E. WANDA MAY TINKLEPAUGH-Small and Large Shield, Girl Reserves, Typing award, 40. BETTY RUTH THOMPSON SUE TORPEY-Spanish club, secretary, Typing award, 40. CHAR LES BURTON TUCK RICHARD C. TUCKER-Football, first team, '45, '46, W' club. DONNA UNDERXVOOD-Glee club, Typing award, 40, Short- hand award, 80, Assemblies, C.O.E. LOU ,IANL2 UNRUH CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION BETTY LOU VANDEVOIR-Student Council, alternate, Pundit, jules Guerin, Pep club, president, Stage and Screen, Clay beauty queen, Assemblies, A Cappella Choir, treasurer, Glee club, secre- tary, Typing award, 50, Cheerleader, Monitor, War Stamp Coun- cil, vice president. HARRY L. VAN TREES II-Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Senior business committee, Student Council executive board, '46, Irving, treasurer, parliamentarian, Spanish club, president, secre- tary, treasurer, Science club, treasurer, Pep club, Stage and Screen, I-Ii-Y, Student productions, Freshman Induction, As- semblies, Typing award, 40, ROTC, colonel, crack company, crack platoon, crack squad leader, Circus squad, Officers' club, president, War Stamp Council, Salutatorian. EVELANHROBERTA VEGIARD-Honor Society, bronze pin, Pun! dit, Assemblies, Typing award, 40, Monitor. MARY LOUISE VESS-Honor Society, gold pin, 1 pearl, Crier- I-Ierald staff, Quill and Scroll, Dana, president, beauty queen, jules Guerin, Pep club, vice president, secretary, treasurer, Girl Reserves, Y-Teens, Student productions, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, A Cappella Choir, librarian, State Music contest, Scholastic Art award, Monitor. FRANCES LUCILLE WADE MARY ELLEN WAITS-Promethean, treasurer, Pep club, Glee club, secretary. GERALD WALKER-Student Council. ROBERT NIURRELL WALTERS-Student Council. RHOLAND WALTERS PATRICIA LOUISE WARD-Pep club, Glee club. BETTY WARRINER ROBERT S. WASHBURN-Football, first team manager, '46, W' club, Student Council, Clay, Hi-Y, president, Student produc- tions, Intramurals, Wrestling championship. ROBERT B. WEBB-Monitor. VIVIAN EVANGELINE WEEKS-Dana, Pep club, Science club, Assemblies, Radio broadcasts, A Cappella choir, Orchestra. ROBERT C. WEIGAND-Honor Society, gold pin, 3 pearls, Stud- ent Council, executive board, '44, Irving, Science club, Latin club, Camera club, sgt.-at-arms, Assemblies, Freshman Induction, Typing award, 40, ROTC, staff sergeant, crack company, rifle team. GERALDINE ALICE WEST-Sophomore business committee, Promethean, secretary, jules Guerin, treasurer, Scholastic Art award, Typing award, 30. DAN XVHITAKER-Irving, Jules Guerin, A Cappella Choir, Ten- nis team. DAYLEEN NWHITEHEAD-Assemblies, Glee club, C.O.E. ROBERT L. WIHITINGTON BARBARA ANN WIGGINS OLIVE If. NWILHELM-Student Council, Dana, vice president: Speech Arts, president, secretary, critic, Spring play, '45, '46, Ifall play, '45, '46, Debates, Oration contest, '46, Head Monitor. n Sf.. wr' M ARGAR ITT ISACON V11 -Y' L'IiI4I'ii AND 'if 1 atijf11IfiAliFlN I if- li' 1lJIiIiIi.lR CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION DORIS LADEAN WILSON-Pep club, Stage and Screen, Debatesg Orchestra, presidentg All City orchestrag Typing award, 505 Short- hand award, 60. RUTH ANN WILSON-Typiiag award, 503 Concerts. CHARLES P. VVITHERSPOON--Pep club, Hi-Y, Typing award, 403 ROTC, crack company, crack platoon. GERTRUDE XVOliLl5Lli-Girl Rcservesg Student productions, As- sembliesg Freshman Inductiorig Orchestra, secretary, All City or- chestra, Typing award, 50, Shorthand award, 80. BARBARA jIlAN WOLFE-Honor Society, bronze ping Dana, sec- retaryg Spanish club, Pep clubg A Cappella Choir, Typing award, 20. DOLORES JEAN WOOLERY BETTY LEE WOODS ROY WOODS ' ALICE LORRAINE WOOLSPIY-Typing award, 50g Shorthand award, 100, Monitor. DORIS WORFORD BOB VVRIGHT-ROTC, crack company, crack platoon. DON WUEBBOLD-Speech Arts, Pep club, Typing award, 405 Monitor. KIDDIE WUNDERLICH BARBARA MAY YOUNGBLOOD-Student Council, alternate: Pep clubg Y-Teens, Assemblies. PATRICIA ANN YOUNG-Speech Artsg Habere et Dare, presi- dentg Plays, Student productions, Assembliesg Bandg Orchestra, Concerts. ELSIE ZLATEFF BOB POTTS OT PICTU RED DONLY LOCKRIDGE GEORGE TUCRER ROBERT MECONIGHEN BARBARA VAN SANDT ANDREW RUSH BETTY WALROD ,IOANNE SMITH li5lfi1fLg1f1,i5!Lec! jgruice war A ,,,,,,-o- sf N272 Scbolarxhip: Nancy Lund, Harry Van Trccs, Robert Wei- gard, Mary Helen Ryder, William Leake. P11l1lic'atim1s: Edward Gillctt, Rey E. Shannon. Art: Marilyn Cooper, Dorothy McLeod. Spf' f'z' la Arts: Bill Banaka, Olive Wilhelm. U Ho zzxf ,bold Arts: Edris McCarty, Marienne Koch. Imtzlslrial Arts: James Reeves, Robert Hosman. ROTC: Harry L. Van Trees, James D. McAfo0se, McKay, Donald K. Francis. Richard Boys Atlalzftifs: Joe Kenton, David Millican. Girls Atlolvtifs: Marilyn Tidd, Jerry Kramer, Sonya Buf Hngton, Marilyn johnson, Doxiene Cambron. Monitors: Lorraine Wcolsey, Edward Ashley. Stage and SL'l'l'l'l72 Robert Tengdin, Milton Harmony. Commerce: Tom Davis, Wfilma Gray, Richard Kniscley Patricia Coleman. Instrumental Music: Mary Helen R-yder, Paul Goecklcr. Health Club: Betty Lou Wfalrod. 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Peggy Thompson. . . . Mary Ann Hall .,.. . l 0lfl'L8fA8H,lfL 'CT Burner: Charrin jenkins Kelley Osborn Ploesser Wes: Whirehouse Not Pictnrml Nicholl Ochlerree Schindler OFFICERS . . .President . . . . , .Vice President. . . . .Secrcftury . . . .Trvasurcfr . . . . Sr'rgc'ant-at-Arlns . . . . Parlianzcfnturian . . . G. Davis R. Davis King Knight Rea Reubart W'illard XVolch Seavey Thompson W'oolsey Sf'l'077I! SC'lI1l'Sfl'I' . . .Norma Kelley . . .Mary Hubbard .. Geraldine West . . .Mary Ellen Waits . .Mary Ann Hall .Lou Jane Unruh Mabel Eggleston. . ...... . .Faculty Spnnwr Nancy Akin. . . .... Beauty Queen Drury Laird Thorn Wyau Ewing Lund Toub 33 ' 'i-A - . if he 1 Qi, 1 'itz , X X 5' .H 3433 rg- g, Y i Amey Bohi jackson Mathews L 34 , ak, ii, A era, 3 ,V 34 4 e . . X F y Buford Cartwright Custer Doggett Erwin Ferguson Fulton Harmony Montgomery O'Connor R. Ostlund W. Ostlund Rowe Saffron Sevier Sparrow Spencer Stewart Tengdin Thomas Washburn - Not Pieturezl Levine First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Bob Tengdin .... . . .President ..., ...,., J ack Sevier Vice President. . . . . .Milton Harmony Jack Sevier ..... . . .Secretary .... . . . Bob Tengdin Joe Cartwright. . , ..,,.. Treasurer .... .... W ally Ostlund Richard Stewart . . . ..., Sergeant-at-Arms. . . ..,, Leon Jackson Parliamentarian .....,...., Lloyd Thomas Ruth Beck .,........,..,...... Faculty Sponsor Betty Va ndevoir. , . , . . .Beauty Queen 4 4 'ip -' V,., :,' :.f ,, L L- if Alton Darkey Holum Magnuson Riegel A XQWW L me . I I , b ,af ., ,E It I E W 4 - V f ' , A I ' Q3 ' W i . U, 1 VVZAA V V L V Al :Al' vff ., A a C .4 Yr il , A . x 'ze ,,,..... L M is u ' M ' V .. 7. ,-2 ffl f , -.M we, -'j .' F 121. ' . 1 ef of y E , , , W s C ' g L i Baltis Blggio Billings Bucher Campbell Carler Connell Cook Davis DeWei1dt Dudley Goodman ljray Grillitlx Hagen Hall johnson johnsron D. Kinclsvater N. Kindsvaler Kramer Lampman Lawrence Love R.M:iinquist T.MainquisL Mcwillianis Mueller Neill Nikles O'Dwyer Pattison Robinett Samson Sindt Skalirzky Spencer Walden Wilson Creager Thorp Tidal Titus Vandevoir Vegiarcl Stanton Swanson First Seuzesier OFFICERS Srfomf Swfzvxfrr Mary Lu Biggio . . A , Prf'sin'f'r1f. . A Laura Love Shirley Alton. . . , A Vft't'Pl'l'Sjtl'f'l'1f. . . Peggy Cook Eclirs McCarty. . . . . .Sz'frffary. . , ,.l.. Bettye Thorp Mary Helen Ryder. , . ..,, Trmzszlrffr ,.,. , . ,Donna Kinclsvnter Ann Thornberry ..... , , S:'rgn:11f-nf-Arms ,....,.. Kitty Lawrence Lucille Kelley., , ...,.,,.... Faculfy Sponsor Marilyn Tidcl, , . . , ,Beauty QIIFP71 A. Thornberry Hern MacDonald Pryor ll. Thornberry 35 rowning ana, L , yyyy , 1 my y , , a , . ,ay I,, I A 3 -V f It v , lylll A My, QW ,Q A V I . .4-lg: 4 In , VJ I .ay . H. 5 V. V Q N 1 ,V i W ' E y c . L ' . - Adams Barry Berg Comi Dickensheet Garrett Hamilton Knight McAtec Krahl Moore Price Scott Smith Windsor N01 Pirflzrvzlz Foley Kistler Kinynn Pennington S. Smith Firsf Sc'1m'sfz'r OFFICERS Sr'c'rmd Sl'IlIl'Sfl'l' Terry Moore, . , , . Prcsidvuf . . .,... Terry Moore Ted McAtee . .... W1iL'l'P7't'Sidl'lIf. . , '. , ,Glen Pennington Ben Comi . . . ...,.. . .Sr'rrrf1ary, . ...,. Leonard Barry Richard Scott . . . .Trvuszzrzir ...... .,,. . .Quentin Smith Edna Gales ,.., Fariztlfyispoivsrnr Jo Ann Crandall.. .Braufy Queen 15 fa Abel Grower McLeod 36 ' l V I .,,,, ,lvv V , 50 ,mr , L V, A 'wi' 5 Q WW . , np M , V 92, A AA 7 .A - 1 I Bolch Brumtield Bushman Carp B. Crandall J. Crandall Eschenheimer Fogel Gruver Halley Hellman Himbury Hindman Kido Kolbe Leipard Marsh Meyer Mitchell Monnert I. Morehead L. Morehead Pomci-ing Quinley Vess Westerdahl Wilhelm Wolfe Wycoff N0fPirf11rml Carleton Mathews Sivcrd Wilson Worth Firsf Sernrsler OFFICERS Srcomf Sl'IIlt'Sfl'l' Mary Louise Vess .... . , . Prcfxidenf ..,, ..,. J 0 Ann Crandall Rebecca Gruver .. Viz'f'Prc'sizlm1f. , ..... Olive Wilhelm Nancy Hellman. . , ,... Scwrvlary . , ..... Barbara Wolfe , A , .Tn'asurm' ,... ...., R ebecca Gruver June Morehead, . , Jean Kido ,.,,, , . . . , Harling Spring Favulfy Sergeant-al-Arnzs .,.....,. Betty Crandall Sponsor Mary Louise Vess, ,Bcaufy Queen Fradin McCall Smoots --.N A l 2. . X I Shirley Alton mvma . , E Edlflftg Qlflfgelflfif ff.:f 'Q l. Betty Vandevoir CLAY Nancy Akin PROMETHEAN fl mf Wifi A Marilyn Tidd PUNDVY JoAnn Crandall BROWNlNG .nGs.........-- Mary Lou Vess DANA Dc Cloud Sludiu QP 57.4 D P9 ' f ,W D i lla ' Lf W. 5' ,a.e?w- sv 1 P . W , T .. ri , .My J- wh., . i . ,,.. . 1 A, ,. . ,, .. .. L,,. . . 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Thorp Welch Woodrick Woolsey Wright Wycoff . . .Betty Vandevoir Treasurer ..... . ....... , . .Marilyn Holum . , .Wally Ostlund Sergeant-af-Arms . . . .Nancy Billing: . . .Goldie Mallett Faculfy Sponsor . .. .Wendell Ryder 39 fdfg8 df!!! 5272814 4 '?, in ' Ni 'iv' i .fm H.. 4 wr ' S, 'i r i gm S ---- C . I ' 'rt we K V 'freef- K ,, .13 f 'A A ws' ' ir' xr i we -' f 4 A 'M' , W ' F ' fe M I Q - 1' Abbott Banaka Biggio Billings Bohi Brown Carter Chattin Cook Davis Garrett Cruver Harmony Hutchinson johnson Kramer Leake Lindsey Luff Lund Psterson Ross Spencer Thornberry Thorne Weber .-' Not Pir'turm'1l: Newman Oxley Stewman First Semester OFFICERS Seeond Semester Milton Harmony . . .,., President . . , ..,. Joe Brown Dick Boggs ....,. . . Vice President . . ..... Bill Wcbtr Nancy Billings, ,.... . Seeretary-Treasurer . ...., Rebecca Gruver Bill Leake ..i..,........ Student Agent ....,.. Liesl Eschenheimcr Edwin J. 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Crandall J Crand1ll Darkey Doggett Ewing Field Grant Herrmann Himbury Holum G. johnson king, Krahl Lauchlan Mathews Maupin McAfoose Mercer Monnett Nikles Piper Potts Povs er Reubart Rowe Rudy Samson J, Scheiner S. Scheiner Senger Sessler Skaliuky Smoots Storms Torpey V. Turner Waits Walden W'illiams Wolfe Woodriek Woodside Not Piclurcrl Bennett O'Brien Sieger Espriella Pearson Vega Kelley Ruiz Wilstwii First Scfnzesfer OFFICERS Second Scfnzeslcr Robert Krahl. , , . , .Presia'e11l .... , . .Paul Sieger Paul Sieger ...... .. Viz'rPrrsidt'1'1i . Peggy Cook Marjorie Mercer .... . . .Secfrcfary . , , .Sue Torpey Mary Lou Walden .,.. ...... T rcasurer ...,.. .. D3-n Woodside Velma Shelley .... .......,.... F aculfy Sponsor i 1 ty CM 5 . . .,,.. . i . ,Ph 4 g i in 7 K V ' -, V F. EM' tw V i if Q M r l . sais l 2 in te 7' A x-,- E '3 'ilzi I 51- -V-'- Y 'F F W -ss Yi Aw Q is A Q . , . K? ..., ...H V i gg jx. . .. , X ..1 Lx I.. S J if T A:-- - .. U-,,,,..,.,...,.W. V . . -- I. 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'S ' - ...ma Abbott Alberswerth Davis Dickinson Johnston Lefforge Sells 44 Barry Ferguson Millican Spencer Amcy Doggett Mathews Smith First Semester Bob Washburn. . . George Chattin . . . Charles Bates . . Bill Banaka. . , Dave Millican .,.. Milton Harmony. . Chattin Gunn Peterson Wfashburn Bohi Gibbs O'Connor Thomas Boggs Fulton Noll Thorp OFFICERS . . .President . . Coonce Hosman Roland Wathen Second Semester . . .Dave Millican . . . .Vice President. . . . . .Dick Boggs . . .Secretary . . . . . . .Treasurer . . . , . Bob Miller . . .Bob Hosman Sergeant-at-Arms . . . . .Chester Davis . . .Claaplaiw . . M. E. Mischler. . ..,.... . . .Sponsor ....,..Bill Banaka Cravens . Cunningham Hymer Krenkel Rowe Scheiner Witherspoon lm. Bare DeWendt Kistler Meyer Thomson Beaver Ernest Krambcck Monnett Toney Berlekamp Buboltz Bucher S. Carter Eschenheimer Gilbert Gray Hayes Lauehlen Lloyd Ludlum Magnuson Nikles Ross Ryle Short Vermillion Waite Willard Woodrich Not Piftzzrcd Beach N. Brown J. Carter Halte Bowen Carmichael Clark Harding C. Brown Carswell Fallis House OFFICERS Yvonne Bare ,,... Frances Meuschke ,... Joanne Magnuson . . Bettye Grifhth . . Marie Crow, . Chester Hellman Maxey Smythe Wriglit Keith McCarty McC0mas Colbert .Iacbts McGenney QI. Stoerger Wyatt B. Murphy P. Murphy Mullen . , . , , .P1'esidc11t Vice Prvsidcfnf , . . Secretary T rrusuwi r Faculty Sponsor Cooper Keith Meusche M. Stoerger Youngblood Decker Kester Meyer Thompson Zlateff 45 Q x NANCY Bn.1.1Nc.s, ROTC Qmwn lmilumi sum 47 I K r A 3 C Q fv uf' Dc Cloud Studio Dc Cluud SIL Co1.oN1-LL HARRY L. VAN TRliIiS MAgIO!K LIAMLS D. MCAI-'oosr Rrgiulvlzful CflIlIl7IIIlllfl'l' Iillfflfljllfl C0111 Hldlllffl' THF STAFF AND LINE Col. Van Trees Lt. Burdett Capt. Francis Lt. Carleton Lt. Gilmore Capt. McKay Major McAfoose Lt. Fischer Lt. Kinsey N01 Pir.'f111'r'1f: Lt. Johnson THE COLORS Sgt. Pendleton P.F.C. Fieth P.F.C. Irisk RIFLE TEAM Svmnd Place' C1411 Wir1r1e1'x, 1947, All Cily Riflz' Maffb Sgt. Moorcx' 21' P.F.C. Lush l.t. Gilmore, Team Captaintl Lt. Johnson Sgt. Dinwiddigf' Sgt. Morrow Sgr. Daywalr :5Hmmmblc Mention 1947 All-City Rifle Match :WTQQI11 Reserve 49 COMPANY HEADQUARTERS Cadet Captain, Commanding ................., Richard P. McKay Cadet First Lieutenant, Executive Ofhcer. ..... Wayne A. Fischer Cadet First Sergeant ..,...........,... ..., W illiam C. Hancock Cadet Staff Sergeant, Company Supply ........ Ronald A. Hoffman Cadet Private First Class, Guidon Bearer .... Dickerson S. Rookwood FIRST PLATOON Cadet First Lieutenant, Commanding ,........, Thomas V. Burdett Cadet Technical Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant .... Thomas V. Burdett Cadet Staff Sergeant, Platoon Guide ........... Kenneth P. McNeel First Squad Second Squad Squad Leader, Sergeant Glenn A. Squad Leader Pfc. Jerome B. Pennington Osnower Pvt. Charles P. Farley Pvt. Robert H. Windsor Pvt. Walter W. Price Pvt. Harry W. Schwemin Pvt. Richard W. Scott Pvt. Ricahrd L. Laswell Pvt. Robert H. Luetjen Pvt. Donald G. Munn Pvt. Benjamin Bruns SECOND PLATOON Cadet First Lieutenant, Commanding ............ john B. Gilmore Cadet Technical Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant .... William W. Daywalt Cadet Staff Sergeant Platoon Guide. . . . Fin! Squad S. Moore Pfc. Charls R. Utter Pfc. Jerry L. Boyer Pvt. Joe I.. Kinyon Pvt. Joseph S. Wiliite Pvt .jack E. Fieth 50 ...........JamesR.Fisher Second Squad ad Leader, Pfc. Martin Squad Leader. Staff Sergeant W. Squ J. Aker Pfc. Thurston M. Moore Pfc. Don E. Irish Pfc. Phillip F. Sante Pvt. Daniel A. Gallagher 2 0WLf26U'Ly OWLPHIL? COMPANY HEADQUARTERS Cadet Captain, Commanding .................. Donald R. Francis Cadet First Lieutenant, Executive Officer .......... Peter H. Kinsey Cadet First Sergeant .,............... .... R eland D. Brumneld Cadet Staff Sergeant, Company Supply ........ S. Wallace Pendleton Cadet Private First Class, Guidon Bearer ......,.. Quentin C. Smith FIRST PLATOON Cadet Scond Lieutenant, Commanding ......... Sheldon G. Carleton Cadet Technical Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant ..... john A. Dinwiddie Cadet Staff Sergeant, Platoon Guide. First Squad Squad Leader, Pfc. Robert L. Bishop Pvt. James B. Carter Pvt. james R. Booker Pvt. john Drew Pvt. Pvt. Thomas T. Blakely Raymond Trainor ...............-lackT.Keller Second Squad Squad Leader, Sergeant Gene Smith Pfc. Glen E. Lush Pfc. Robert J. Wallace Pvt. Edward j. Denton Pvt. john W. Barnhouse Pvt. Charles A. Ruisinger Pvt. james D. Merys SECOND PLATOON Cadet Second Lieutenant, Commanding ......... Edward P. Johnson Cadet Technical Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant ..... Norman E. Dungan Cadet Staff Sergeant, Platoon Guide ............ George O. Morrow First Squad Squad Leader, Staff Sergeant Donald A. King Pfc. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. David H. Stroud Leonard G. Scheurich Robert L. Whitington Harvey Knight Phillip T. Gilmore Donald G. Rose Second Squad Squad Leader, Sergeant Theodore B. Bredson Pfc. Frank D. McCoy Pvt. Roy D. Toomey Pvt. Kenton W. Curran Pvt. Robert M. Kelly Pvt. james L. Pointer C O O 1. Gene Howland 2. Charles Tuck 3. James Saffran 4. John Cunningham 5. Flo Anne Rose 6. Nelson Brown 7. Bill Bucher 8. lla McGee Ol CA85fl 6l, - KCLVLJ l I-'iizvl Violins lithel Senger, Concertmistress Joanne Buboltz Geraldine Francis Nancy Lee Hindman Phyllis johnson Marvella Keen Shirley Rogge Uzxris W'ils0n Sffflflll Violins GFFICERS 71lllllIfH'f Iilutrx Constance Brown Pl'l'Sil1l'l7f . . , , .Gertrude Wfoelfle ilanges hizfzfunsf fkjlxilafd IEVCSWCH Llxv' htH I , ,, ,,' W X C CTI i C ,O UNT 3 HCC USIEY' IxxiLee1Zi?2: Tuasznu , . . , . . . .Ruth Rueelaert 71W,,,,0,,, Ma,yHe1e,, Ryde Axxixfmzf T7'l'dSllI'f'l' , .Vera Smoots Tm Uuglcb' D fH'1-V Robert Luetien Margaret Myer Sfudrnf Di1'v1'lm'. . ..Paul Goeekeler Ohm Bill Abbott .lchn Matson Mary Louise Rice Cpllm Vinlax Slriug Bars Ida Hdcoml-, June Baltis David Goeckeler Ruth Rueckert Cfluriwfi Fairy Dayhotf Ronald Hoffman Gfffflldc xVUClflU ,lUl 11 Drew Paul Goeekeler Francis Miller Pzzzua Fffb Mafhcwe Barbara Quistnbtrry Ray W'alrod X era Snioots Iidmolld 23112-Eel Reland Brumfield Mary Ann Rea Iiuxxoozlx Ronald Barnes l'yl'l'l1l'l7 Horus Marilyn Meyer Wfilliam Sparrow 1 Row 1 R. Isenschmidt Tom Ousley Row 2 jim Buford Glen Lush Trombone Dick Spencer Chuck Bates Buriiom' Bars Kenneth McNeal Bob Alberswcrth Margaret Meyer lidward Johnson jimmy Edwards Charles Ruisinger Lawrence Johnston Mary Alice Storm Drum Bill Weber Allece Smyrhe Fred Wclrtli Bill Organ Teddy Gewerrz Row I Buxx Clurimff Edmond Znngei A110 Clurinrf Ronnie Barnex Piccolo Rosemary Whlkup 1711110 Jeanine Tatum Patricia Young Lucretia johnszon Huff' and Pifrolrz Mary Helen Ryder Row 2 Alfa Su,xo1vlJouc Oboe 4 1 james MCAMOSE Richard Byrd Bmwou Kenneth McNcel Marv Iiggert . ' T' S J f ' Baritone SlIAOf7l701l!' tum Mop mm Chuck Bates Tommy Adams l E l l l Row 1 Row 2 Row l ROW 2 . , ,- , j , . Cornft Llldflllff Clurnnl V I I BAND OFFICERS Crum! Kenny Lurmn ' ' 7 1 'rx . Km Kennedy margl1TfLuLA'5 P1'c'si41m1f. . 4 . . .,..,....,.. Mary Helen Ryder Fredlrkdwr Gene 80111 N RU5Cm31'YXV3lkUP HZlCnoBZT:?r Snfypfary Q I I I I .Lucretia Johnston Bill Iscnschmidt Fr'ryfCfJBIlt:11'rii W . ' -' ' UTI U Of , Ralph DCUP Raymund Twine, Trffaszlrvr .....,., . , , . .Chuck Bates P 3 L'5 Mlllef Chuck Bennet ' 'ful' Mdflwwf Joyce Dibble Sfudvnf Direcfor, . . . . .James McAfoosc Ralfyh Caflscn Mary Alice Storms I-qdmond Zangel Garner Harper Drum Mai0,, -vull Q A 'Edward Johnson Bob McCollum Marilyn Meyer Ronnie Bmw Bill Organ Librarian ......,... , . .Marilyn Meyer Jamfs MCMUOSC Bill SPHWUW ' Stagr' Manager ,4.,..r. ,r., J im Buford 3 Axsixfanf Stage Manager , . , .Bob McCollum l i 54 galoloeffa ffwzf - Le Yvonne Anderson Edward Ashley Charles Bates Betty Bochman jerry Boyer Jeanette Briant Sonya Burlington George Bulkeley Uoxitne Cambron joe Cartwright Shirley Clark Lou Colbert Ben Comi lflaine Davis Bill Daywiilt llill Disney Bill Dryden liarhara lillis Bill lfvans Margaret Foreman Barbara lfratlin Brandon Gilmore Mattie Greer .Io Anne Guyer Mary Anne l lall Mary Hcrn Ronald llighley Patricia I lughes ,lane llutcheson Marilea -Iohns Lawrence .Iolinston Lola Hester Robert Kistler Herbert Le Vine Barbara McXVil!iams .Iohn Miller Betty Mitchell Terry Moore Velma Nelson Pat O'Connor Glenn Pennington Lorraine Piper xloan Pryor Yvonne Reubart Robert Robinscn Dorene Rose Lewis Sappenrield ilacqucline Seavey .loan Shirley Clara Sindt Harriet Skalitsky Iidward Sorley james Sowarti Thelma Spencer Peggy Stanton liolncrl 'l'engtlin Btrty Vantievoir Barbara Van San,lt Mary Louise Vexs Neil XX'athen Vivian Weeks llan XY'l1it.lker BettyXY'l1ite Harriet XVl1iiehouxt Barbara NX'oll'e ,loan XV:-olsey Yvonne Bare Dorothy Branstetu-r ,loan Brennan ulah Brooksheir :aalah Brooksheir Marlene Brumfield Dorothy Bryant Sonya Buffington lidith Coleman Colleen Conley Betty Cooper Norma Field ,Io Anna Ciaslxoro Patricia Gilmore Gloria Cioultl Gloria Green Sue Hagan Mary Anne Hall Mary Lou Hall Mary Ann Helm Patty Herrmann Nancy Hindman Betty l., Hurst Miriam Isaak jane jacobe Betty jenkins Aloan joerger Lucretia johnston Nancy Kenyon Lola Kester Nancy Kindsvaler Nancy Kistlcr Carolyn Krambeck joan Laird Bonny Lampman Donna Lauchlan Laura Lee Love yluanita Mathes Monieia Maxey Doris McW'illiams Pauline McW'illiams Lula Morrison Marcella Nicell Zelma Ocheltree Margaret O'lJwyer Barbara Pehrson Ellen Peterson Barbara Pike Carolyn Power -Iacqueline Rivet! W'ynema Samson Lorna Seavey Sue Scheiner Geraldine Shirley Betty Standard Arlene Taylor Drnna lliompsi-1. Marjorie Turner Lou ,lane Unruh Mary lillen Whitt Patricia Warti Loretta W'eblJ lloruth y NVesterdahl Geraldine YVilliamx Nlarhat-ritig Sulwleit' fl ww W CM Akin 1 llsworth Banaka Barnes Bohi Broestl Buford Carby Carras Loonce Lox Cunningham Dailey Davis Dishinger Edwards Ellington Gibbs Hosman Huffman Hyniei jacobs Alohnston , Keel Kelly Kenton NlcClain Miller Millican Montgomery Noll Qulgley Roland Simpson Kenton bpuncer Stewail Stockwell Stout Thomas Tucker Washburn V Smith OFFICERS President. . .,i. . . Joe Kenton Vive Prfavidwzi. . . Secretary ..,... Treasurer ....,. Sergeanf-at-Arms ,... Parliamenfuriun . Sponsor ...... Dave Millican . . ,Bill Banakn . .Bob Hosman . . . .Ted Smith A . . .Bob Miller G. V. Bourrette Chattin Harmony Knowlton Sparrow '57 ejoofgaf plzyem jack Huffman Richard Stewart joe Kenton Dave Millican Charles Bates Tony Blasehke Lloyd Thomas Richard Tucker Bill Stout Bill Sparrow Parker Dailey Chester Davis Bob Miller jx-mu' KRAMER, W Club Qzzuvn DPCl11L1d5rL1diw Wgcwlelfga pfayem Banakgi Morgan Gibbs Cnrby Huffman Miller Kenton dates Broestl Simpson Dailey I v-V f elfmid -- QM ,loaned TENNIS TEAM Burk Row-Ralph Carlson, Paul Goeckeler, Dan Whitaker, Jack Huffman. Frou! Row-Ronald Barnes, Joe Brown, james Saffran, David Goeckeler. GOLF TEAM Bark Row-George Chattin, Corky Zimmerman, Bo-b Miller, captain. Fronf Row-Mr. Wilcox, sponsor, Phil Gilmore, Harry Erwin, Fred Freeman 64 JERRY KRAMER-JOE KENTON-BC'Sf lznozwz vonplr Birds of a feather flock together, jerry and Joe will go on forever. NANCY BILLINGS-Girl who has flow fha most for Wz'xfp11rI Nancy Billings has gained her fame By helping to glorify Westport's name. BILL BANAKA-Boy who has alone the mos! for Wcfxfport Among his many oilices he was 'Mayor for a Day g All of his tasks he perfo-rmed in the very best way. MARII.YN TIDD?MOSf popular girl A winning personality, a kindly, friendly way, A lovely, glowing countenance to brighten any clay. Dick Boccs-Most popular boy Always a kind word, a cheery smile, To be with him always is worthwhile. SHIRLEY ALTONLPf?fflf'Sf girl With the cutest grin, the sweetest girl, Shirley has all the boys in a whirl. GEORGE CHATTINLHdl7dS0ll10Sf boy Handsome is as handsome does, so the saying goes. And George fits it very well, as everybody knows. BETTY VANDEVOIR-Gl1'l with flaw best perxmmlifgi A cute little blond with a uhowdyy' for all, She radiates charm in Westport's hall. MILTON HARMONY-BIJJ' wiflo flat' larsl personality A harmony of fun and laughter is Milt, He's packed full of vigor clear up to the hilt. RUTH MAINQUIST-BOSf rlrexsml girl Whate'er she wears, Ruth sure looks tops, She scouts for fashion when she shops. Bois STUQKERT-Best ilrvxml lmy Clothes make the man, they say :Ill rc-et, Bobby displays a really neat pleat. PHYLLIS B0HITFlift There s safety in numbersf' but Phyllis will hail The postman who brings her mail from a male. JACK SEVIER-'CdSdHOL'd He knows all the girls, their telephone numbers, He even dreams of them when he slumb-ers. BETTY THROP-B?Sf girl dancer Betty is seen at all the hops,', When it comes to dancing, she is tops. Bos MONTGOMERY-Best boy danrer Bob is a second Fred Astaire, At every dance you'll find him there. LESLIE PARSONS-Girl with flu' lm! figure Eyes roll and glances swerve, At the sight of Leslieys curves. CH ET DAVIS- A boy who has a mighty chest, His form was judged the very best. PAT MACDONALD-Typical Wcsijiorf girl Of clubs and societies she's a memberg This girlis name you'll sure remember. SAM WASHBURN-T,x'piz'al Wavtjiorf lm-y He's here, he's there, he's everywhere, In every activity, Sam did share. enion of SON YA BUFFINGTONiC0lHf'L!ll'lIl'If' Sonya's antics make us scream Even when she's off the beam. PETE KINSEY1CflH1C'dldW Pete keeps them rolling in the aisles, His friends are always full of smiles. NANCY AKIN-Girl most likely fo sfrfrrfnl She does her best in every wayg Her earnestness is sure to pay. BILL LEAKE-BUJ! nmsf likely fo 5lll'l'l'f'tl Bill is a lad with many a friend, Our regard for him shall never end. OLIVE WILHELM-B6Sf nvfress In every play a huge success, A future star will be our guess. EDDIE FIN K-Best arfor An actor too, is senior Eddie, ln any play hcls always ready. DONNA KINDSVATER-BF.Yf known girl slug Donna attends all the dances stag, She hasn't yet found the right one to drag. BOB LINDSEYiBL'Xf known boy sing jeans and sweaters this lone wolf wears, Having fun is all he cares. HARRY VAN TREES-Typical R.O.T.C. mile! Harry brought honor to his school's name, In R.O.T.C. annals his name will remain. PARKER DAILEY-BE'3f boy Il'l4l9lE'ff' In football and basketball, he'll always excel. In t'l'Fl'j.' sport he's perfectly swell. GOLDIE MALLET-Bt'Sf girl nlblvfrf Hockey, soccer, tennis, or softball, No matter what, she plays them all. BIIARY HELEN RYDER-BVU' girl sfuclvnf She studies hard, strives to make E's, Her work is always sure to please. Bois WEIGAND-Best boy xfznlvnf His grades are high, his work the best, To reach the top has been his quest. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CLASS OF 1947 We, the senior class of Westport High School, gradu- ating in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, being of unsound mind and body, do here- by proclaim and publish this, our last will and testament. All stupidity shown here is that of the seniors and in no way shows that of the faculty. First, the seniors leave the faculty and eighth graders in the trusting hands of the juniors. In particular, Tom Barrett leaves Miss Wheeland, with regret. The chemistry srudes leave Miss Junkin-unless they're Junior College bound. Parker Dailey leaves a basketball in the capable hands of Jack Carby, Chuck Bates, and Mike Broestl .... Dave Millican leaves a football and Peggy Knight to the jun- iors. A little luckier, Joe Kenton leaves with Jerry Kramer. Likewise, George Chattin with Shirley Alton, and Jim McAfoose with Ethel Senger. Phyllis Bohi leaves her flirty ways to Betty Congour, though Betty does well enough on her own. . . Marilyn Tidd leaves he-r popularity to Peggy Stanton. . . Banaka leaves his multitude of honors for Jim Bufford to match, if he can. Bob Stuckert leaves the auditorium stage to Joe Brown . . . Wanda Tinklepaugh leaves her gym suit' and shoes to Wanda Meyers. . . Norma Dingwerth leaves slightly used gym shoes to the department. They wouldn't buy shoe strings for her. Betty and Jo Ann Crandall leave Westport to the other sets of twins. . . Mary Vess leaves a fine new lit. club to Betty Mitchell. Ralph Carlson and Dan Whitaker leave the tennis courts 'to Joe Brown and Don Wooidside' .... Harry Van Trees leaves the battalion to Johnny Dinwiddie. 1. . Nancy Lund leaves her intellect to Leisel Eschenheimer. Ruthie Mainquist left early for Salina and the vicinity thereof. . .Marilyn Kendrick leaves fo-r LaBelle, Mo., and Glenn. - The juniors would like to leave, too, but so would a few of the negligent seniors with 31 M credits. . . Not so with Iunf- Newberry. Sihe'd like to stay another year--- wanta bet? ' 68 Jim Saffran leaves a slightly beat up speed graphic to Bill Weber and George Berg . . . Betty Reeves, a new paint brush to Bob Hamilton. Milton Harmony leaves his din and clatter to Jack Klinge. . . Johnny Davis leaves for Purdue. . . Kiddie Wunderlich leaves her gum under all the desks-for the juniors. Yvonne Anderson leaves the East cafeteria door to some junior with a lon of patience. Wilma Gray leaves Miss Cardis books all balanced- she hopes. . . Mary Helen leaves Mr. Ryder. . . Marilyn Meyers leaves Margaret. . . Isabelle Langseth is left with .1 new name, Sam, Lou Colbert takes her charming ways with her. . . Likewise, Donna Underwood's keeping those two big, blue eyes. Can you blame her? . . . Bob Weigand leaves a much worn seat in study hall. . . Dewey's Dribblcrs leave Mr. Miner gloating over Mr. King. Dick Boggs leaves after the senior girls, but he'll be back-junior girls, you know. Bill Leake leaves Bob Sells his Irving jacket-after Bob pays the final installment. . . The Crier staff leaves their borrowed typewriter in good condition, for a change. Bill Smith leaves in a hurry. He's skipping the country for Mexico. . . John Grant leaves his four years of Span- ish to Robert Krahl. Gary Johnson would like to leave something to some- body if he had anything useful to leave and if anybody wanted anything he had to leave, but it's a hopeless case. Brandon Gilmore leaves the rifle team to George Mor- row. . . Bob Tengdin is just plain happy to leave but you couldn't cell it. He leaves that sad look to Barbara Madden. Patsy Giilin takes her good looks but leaves Shirley which is just as good. . . Leslie Parsons leaves, followed by wolf calls, followed by boys, followed by Jack Sevier, as usual. We all leave the school in the hands of the incoming seniors, juniors, sophomores, children, and kiddies, but most of us will be back in the halls of the old alma mater again soon to see our friends. CIf anyj . . P.S. Kilroy was here but he left, too. IN MEMORIAM The year is 2047 A.D. and I am slowly walking down highway 50. My steps are getting slower now. You see I was a graduate of Westport high school in 1947. Hummmmm! This place seems vaguely familiar. Now I remember. This was the place we called Paup,s . Now it marks the entrance to a lonely graveyard. A stone plate reads These people lived full rich lives, and the world has been greatly battered ftypographical error, by their having lived. Written, no doubt, by a former teacher. The first tombstone reads, Here lies Marilyn Tidd: Miss America of 1950-1960. Her beauty lives forever. Bob Lindsey rests next to Marilyn. He was shot by .1 jealous lo-ver. Even in high school he had trouble with the opposite sex. He was loved by all? Norma Davis was a Powers model for fifteen years. After that she became an instructor for younger girls. She was one whom we all envied. Bill Leake died from overwork. He was trying vainly to fix his typewriter. It seems the I was worn out. Nancy Lund's death was due to an enlarged brain. She was graduated from Havard University and received highest honors. Rey Shannon finally choked to death from laughing at his own jokes. His final witticism was: Census taker, I've come to take your census. Mrs. Brown: I'm so sorry, but we don't have any. Lou Jane Unruh passed away after trying for forty years to sew blue polka dots on purple taffeta. Olive Wilhelm took Helen Hayes' place on the stage and died of sunstroke when a spotlight became too bright. Dean Dickensheet departed this life when his Super- Atomic-Bubble-Gum-Bubble exploded and blew up in his laboratory. Nancy Akin was shot in a war between Arctica and Antartica. She was taking cokes to her husband, Eddie Lavo. Kitty Lawrence suffered for four years with laughitis. She started laughing one day and failed to stop. Shirley Alton died after dancing for years on one leg. She lost the other one when trying a fast step in a Boogie contest. Joe Kenton became over excited one night at a basket- ball game and shot himself. He was coach of the Tigers when thy lost to Northeast. Mary Helen Ryder died at the age of 99. She was calmly playing The Little Brown Jug, on her flute when death overtook her. Edmund Fink was killed by a mob of bobby-soxers when leaving the Stork Club. He was called The Clark Gable of 1970. Laura Love killed herself while still in college. She hopped herself on the head with a gavel when she was trying to conduct a literary meeting. PERFUMES Skylark . . . ............ Mary Anne Hall Surrender . . . ....... Chet Davis to Sue Hagen Intoxication . . . . . . Sam Washburn and Betty Thorp Indiscrete . . . ......,..,..... Carolyn Power Mais Oui . . . . . . Bill Leake and John Davis Courage , . . ,....,.....,.. Bill Banaka Scandal ...., ........,,., J ack Sevier Bond Street . . . ..,,.,,..... The Pledges Anticipation .... . . . Juniors become seniors Sophistication . . . ..,.. Sonya Buffington Tigress ....,... . ,...... Goldie Mallett Shocking .,......,,,.... . . . Holding hands in class The very thought of you . . . ,,..,.....,.., Faculty Risque ...,.,.......,,.. ....,.... D ick Boggs Desert Flower . , , ..,. Patsy Giflin Tweed .,,.... .... J oy Grower John Grant died at an early age. He had a heart at- tack after writing all the Crier copy for fifty years. It was still hard for Mr. Booth to let him go. Ruth Mainquist succumbed after accomplishing her two desires-to crowd Walt Disney out of business and find a fellow she wouldn't have to chase clear across the map to see. Bob Miller died from wounds inflicted in an automo- bile crash. He had just invented a new high-speed con- traption which automatically chased blonds. The last blond jumped off a cliff to escape him and Bob could not stop himself. Wilma Gray died when she became over excited at finding a three-cent error in her bookkeeping records. She had searched for it sixty-three years. Mary Lou Biggio collapsed after passing her 500 in shorthand. She is given credit for the new type of short- hand called Biggio Bunk. Mary Louise Vess passed on after having published her book of poems entitled Shakespeare Has Nothing on Me Joy Grower lost her life in a plane crash. She became interested in aeronautics while still in Westport. Harold Frazee was shot in the head at the Centertown Bar and Grill. Doxiene Cambron caught pneumonia coming home from a tennis battle in her shorts late one night in 1946. Only good fortune kept her going after this. Ed Gillett sailed off into space while cruising in the stratosphere with his bride, the lovely mo-vie star, Kiddie Wunderlich. Dick Kniseley believes the couple reached the planet Mars and plans to join them there when he completes his new plastic, pilotless, non-stop plane, the Skyhopper. , Doris Jenkins expired from shock. The heart of this sweet, gentle, old lady could not stand the strain of mem- ories of her days at W'estport, revived when 1 fresh young lad called her Queenie. 69 70 WHAT THEY DO ON A RAINY NIGHT IN K. C. Our story opens in Klee's, where we find the gang-all twenty of them-sitting comfortably in one roomy 500119. Not fairweatlaer, it is a dreary night with rain, lightning and frequent gales of wind rattling the win- dows. Suddenly the silence is split by a deafening noise! fThat's hard to do, too. just try splitting silence some- time.j What was that? asks B. P., shaking like a leaf and changing his malted milk into a milk shake. Oh, don't get excited, I just finished my laeinberg-er,', P.K. grins and brings out his alice, but R.R. shakes her head and remarks, If ufilcox this thing over, we'll get some suggestions as to our evening's entertainmentf! This town is as dull as a ride in B.L.'s leaping lena, don't you people think?', G.C. remarks with a glint in his eye. Let me tell you how that glint came to be there. D.B., you all know him, in one of his insaner moments was junlzin a few chemicals together, and G.C. bent over to get a better view of the fumes, froth, and flames when, what do you know, the IESC tube exploded! Back to the tale, G.C.'s last words were don't you people- think? Remember? No, they don't E.M., al- ways a card, says, but I've got an idea. I've never seen a haunted house. Shelley hunt us up one and see what haunts around there? No tellin' where wlaeelandf' After a mad dash for the Cadillacs, Fraziers, Buicks, and Nashes, our friend spoof' into B.L.,s pride and joy. Pride, because it,s the only one in captivity, and joy be- cause it'll still Wheeler along, though only B.L., himself can ryder. But what is that we see in the gutter? That's right, it is. He slowly picks himself up and, using a lost rib for a Cain, he foftens over to the bus stop and hails a taxi. Now to pick up our chums on their way. Their conversation runs something like this: OW-ohhh-groan-gee-hey, move it, jaekson,-- get my teeth out of your foot,', and things like that, proving they're having a wonderful time. Finally they do arrive, climb out of the car, and stand gazing at the egglesfon house looming against the sky, irion a night like this. They file slowly up the steps and stop before the sag- ging door, then decide to go beck, tel W.M. switches on hisflashlight and pushes it open. Crowding together and stepping into the bolloway, they find themselves in a huge room with doors leading off, and a stairway rising before them. Let's stick together, now, whispers ID., as he takes a bottle of glue from his pocket. Heads spring up in agreement, and L.P. springs higher than the rest. She has just stepped on a loose board. Are you slaearlerj we ought to go through with this? inquires M.H. I'm no lilly, but the floors might fall through, and we'd all be hurt. A murmur runs through the crowd and up the stairs, where it hides itself, refusing to come down again. Let's start on the downstairs now, D.M. proposes and opens the first door on his left. The light is flashed around but reveals nothing moore than a few -miner pieces of furniture. Room by room, the first floor is searched, but shows nothing out of the ordinary. Well, so far no ghosts or bodies, I'm sort of disap- pointed, so let,s start on the upstairs now, bonney D.U. says, Maybe we'll meet something lteenan new upthere. Guffin, -I.L. tells her, I don't believe in ghosts because only little kids think theylre real. At this, all his com- panions drop to their hands and knees crying, Mama! What go-od is mama? This'd leeeler over, too. Find me a cubby hole, and I wilbite right now. No wonder people moved outf' P.B. crows at IW. It would be impossible to sneak in late at night. This was true, too, for even on frisfoe, the steps would groan like a mazldox at the slightest touch. Quit Sloan down, J.G., do you want to be the last one up there? we hear B.G.'s voice lash out at his companion. Oh, don't harris him, B.G. If he wants to be left alone, let him be. This advice came from C.P. as she tried to ward off a spider. Hayden you thought of what might happen if we do find spooks?,' D.L. whispers to B.B. But as he reaches out to take her hand, he finds a door knob. Burke up, fellas, look what I found! he shouts. A door in the side of the stairway wall!,' B.W. ex- claims. The door is opened slowly and shut quickly. There is complete silence. Then a small voice squeaks, Yipe! A skeleton in the closet!', After a few deep breaths, G.C. asks his companion Do you think we should go on? Cannon we go on now that we're this far? D.U. pleads. The rest add their consent and they pile up the steps. A door swings open on a very large, but bare room, with no windows and only one door at the far end. They cross to the other side, and are about to open the door, when a commotion, not unlike the sound of chains drag- ging up the stairs, is heard. Let's get out of here, R.R. cries, I can't bourreffe any longer. They crowd into the next room, anyway, only to find it exactly like the former one, but small. The weiid sounds move into the room they just left. They open the next door, quickly filing through into- another room, as exact replica of the others, only a great deal smaller. The sound of chains in the next room grew louder and louder. Cold sweat trickled off their brows, and running to the other door, with the expectation of finding another room like the others, they were dismayed to find no door in a room scarce big enough to hold them all! The chains came nearer and nearer. !'I've stumbled over something! exclaimed D. I.. It's a drum! shouts M.H. Do we durboraw it? The chains approached the door. ' ' ' Don't just stand there, do something, quick! cries LP. The door began to open. So they picked up the drum and beat it. 71 Song of the South FIVE DAZE AT WESTPORT qoix ONE WEEK NUT FACTORYJ Mon. 7:00 a.m.-The alarm clock rings. Tommy Bar- ret hops right out of bed. He was alarmed: thought it was the end of first hour. Mon. 8:25 a.m.-Bell rings, studes stand around and talk. Mon. 8:30 a.m.-Mad rush as everybody tries to get through the doors to class at the same time. Mon. 9:45 a.m.-Verna Eggert enters trigonometry class, finds Mr. Fristoe sleeping. Mon. 10:45 a.m.-Verna leaves trig. class, finds Mary Vess waiting for physics answers. Mon. 11:35 a.m.-Third hour ends, Ralph Carlson fights off ROTC cadets for head of the lunch line. Mon. 3:15 p.m.-Bell rings, students dash from class as though they had an urgent appointment with a dentist, then stand around in front hall 'till 4 o'clock. Tues. 9:00 a.m.--Jim Coonce starts 10-minute typ- ing test. Tues. 9: 10 a.m.-Test ends. ACADEMY AWARDS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE It's a Wonderful Life ,...,.,,..,.. Summer Vacations The Time, the Place, the Girl ....,...,... Senior Prom Pursued .,............ Gals, by Guys, and Vice-versa Temptation . . . ...........,,. .... D itching The Egg and I . . . . . .Miss Lilly and Her Jokes Gallant Bess . . . .......,.. Miss Cannon Devil to Pay .... Boomerang . . . . Sea Wolf ....,.. . . . . . .Visit with Mr. Harris . . . , . .Senior with Zvlyg Credits Canoeingon theLagoon . . . . . Ben Keel with Nina Woodward Till the Clouds Roll By .... Chattin and Alton together Never Say Goodbye ....,.......,.... To the Faculty The Unseen .....,,... Dick Kniseley in the Bookroom Magnificent Doll . . . ,.......... Donna Underwood Notorious .,....... . . , Phyllis Bohi's Flirting Ways Pride of the Marines ,....,.. Eddie Lavo- and Dick Moss The Best Years of Our Lives ,....,., Loafing in School Tomorrow Is Forever ........,..... After Graduation Tues. 9:25 a.m.-Jim stops typing, passes his fifty. Tues. 10:00 a.m.-Ed Gillett finally gets to school- early, for him. Tues. 10:40 a.m.-Harry VanTrees escorts Thelma Spencer to junior newswriting class. Tues. 11:50 a.m.-Chemistry studes gather in East Corridor to compare HIISWCYS. Tues. 6:00 p.m.--Building looks empty: there aren't any people in it. Wed. 8:30 a.m.- Banaka. Wed. 8:5 0 a.m.- Home room notice with one word, Dewey Miner tells joke, laughs. Wed. 10:40 a.m.-ROTC cadets march outside. Wed. 1:25 p.m.-Miss Lilly tells joke, no laughs, class flunks. Wed. 3:15 p.m.-The CRIER comes out, staff ducks into room 4, barricade door. Thurs. 11:30 p.m.-We rise and shine, decided to stay home today. Thurs. 12:30 p.m.-We take a stroll around Swope Park, find Mary Helen Ryder, Bob Stuckert, Nancy Lund, Marilyn Meyer, Brandon Gilmore, etc., also thought school life a bit dull. Fri. 8:25 a.m.-Harvey Kimble and Luc Johnson sleep through assembly. Fri. 9:30 a.m.-Assembly ends. Long winded speaker, short hours, students glad. Fri. 9:35 a.ni.--Marilyn Johnson takes stitch in 309, wastes time. Fri. 2:45 p.m.-Miss Junkin shows movie, catches Kiddie Wunderlich holding hands with boy in back row. Fri. 3:20 p.m.-Literary societies meet. Fri. 3:21 p.m.--Irving meeting adjourned. They lose everything burr time. 72 IDEAL WARDROBES Formal ..,.,,..,,,.,............... Norma Davis Evening Wrap ,... , Slippers .,,.... Purse... . ,Shirley Dudley Edris McCarthy . . . , Laura Love Coat .... . . Marilyn Tidd Dress . . . . . Peggy Cook Shoes .......... , . , Lois Thorne Angora Sweater , . . . . . Peggy Ransted Skirt .....,.,. Angora Socks . . . Suit ......,.. Tie ....... Trousers .... Sport Coat .... Shirt , ,,.. . . Slacks . . , Sweater . , . Socks . . . Shoes . . , . Ruth Mainquist . . . Nancy Akin . , , Bob Stuckert Reland Brumfield . . Chester Davis . Wally Ostlund . . , Dick Boggs . . Johnny Davis Milton Harmony . . . , Bob McCollum . . Tony Blaschke Fri. 6:00 p.m.- Pundit adjourns, girls stagger home. Fri. 6:10 p.m.-Betty Mitchell starts getting ready for 7 o'clock date. Fri. 7:30 p.m.- Betty is ready. Fri. 8:00 p.m.-Dick Boggs storms the Tiger Den, riot begins. Fri. 8:05 p.m.- Harmony steps in, Milton, that is. Fri. 11:50 p.m.-Couples hop in their old jalops, drive out to Loose park, park, and-it,s midnight, kids. Our five DAZE are done. We thou ht we were oin to have that big Inter-So- SONG FESTIVAL Heartaches ....,...... What the last report card brings Guilty ......,........ On Mr. Harris' mourning bench Home in Indiana ..,............... Kitty Lawrence Bless you . .To Harry VanTrees for getting the colonelcy To Each His Own .,,.,.. Jerry Kramer and Joe Kenton Uncle Remus Said .... .,.,.....,..... J oan Mitchell Open the Door, Richard . .Candy Sindt to Richie Stewart Stardust .,.,,.,..,,.....,., Dances at Garrett Hall I'm a Big Girl Now . . . Eighth graders become freshmen Sonata .,,..,.....,..,., Nancy Hellman at the piano For Sentimental Reasons . . .Why the seniors hate to leave House of Blue Lights ,..................... Paup's The Spider and the Fly .... Jack Carby and Mary Hern Anniversary Song ..,,...... Tiger Den's third birthday Buttermilk Sky . . , . . .Moon over Loose Park Sugar ,,,..,.....,..,........,.,,. Norma Kelley Personality .,.........,. ..,. Be tty Vandevoir has it Gal in Calico .... Wynema Samson in her spring formal My Last Goodbye ...,,........i.. Said on Senior Day I Ain't Got Nobody ,.,..,.,............ Bob Miller Summit Ridge Drive .......,,. ..., J une Newberry Doin' What Comes Naturally ,....... Hillbilly Chicks Sioux City Sue ......,. . . . .,... Madeline Quinion One O'clock Jump ....... From the Den to Blender's REMEMBER WHEN Joan Grosse, '44, appeared in the New York produc- tion of Up in Central Park. Bill Banaka was elected Mayor for a day. Everyone thought summer was here in january. There were only ten Hillbilly Chicksf' And now there are ninety. fWhat will Westport be like in two more years?j Evelyn Vegiard first learned how to drive. The arithmetic test was given and the results were dis- appointing to a few pupils. With the warm spring breezes more students were ab- sent. Westport gained two new literary societies, Dana and Browning. We thought we,d beat Northeast in football. We started having free lunch periods. 8 S ' 3 ciety night. Everyone was out with the flu and those who weren't didn't have any homework. Westport was swooning at the Lincoln High School assembly. ' The W club joined the national lettermen's organiza- IIOH. Jim Dwyer got to chemistry class on time -once. Bill Smith ditched to drive up to Omaha every week or SO. Dick Boggs was secretary of the Student Council and president of Irving among other things. Vife tried to have a Junior Prom last year. The Calderones got their new club pins. IF WISHES WERE HORSES Ever go up to your folks and say, Gee, but I wish we had a new forty-seven convertiblen? They probably threw right back with, If wishes were horses, then beg- gers would ride, which seems to have nothing to do with a forty-seven convertible, but since they always say it like it held the secret of the universe, we stand squelch- ed. Let's suppose for a while that wishes are ho-rses and see what we get. First thing we notice is all the seniors riding to school on horseback. The ROTC cadets are saving wear and tear on their shoes, and the football squad has been ex- changed for a polo team. What are some of the things some people wish for- Wanta know? O.K. Parker Dailey wants to live a quiet, peaceful life on a farm. Jim Dwyer wishes to take more and better pictures of Betty Congour. Homer Ferguson wishes his hair would stop growing -hair cuts, you know. Wait 'till you start getting bald, Homer. John Grant desires a job in South America where he can use his Spanish and get fifty-five minutes siesta every hour. Shirley Hubble wanted black hair bad enough to dye for it. She got it. jean Kido wishes people would stop greeting her with Hi, kiddo. Don Krenkel wishes people would spell his name right. Shirley Maloney asks only for more fellas that can dance like a dream. We'll send Betty Mendlick's wish to the Marines for consideration. She thinks George Beyer ought to get Ll six-month leave twice every year. ' Lorraine Piper already has Jerry McWhirter, so what else can she possibly wish for. Jim Saffran wants a camera built into the back of his head so he can wink at a pretty girl and take her picture at the same time. We all wish school had been a little different, like hav- ing forty weeks of vacation and the rest in school instead of the old fashion way--provided, of course, we got Mondays off to recuperate from the week ends, got two hours for lunch and a half-hour rest period between all classes to get a coke at Klee's. In other words-no teach- ers, no subjects, NO SCHOOL ! I ! 3 OUR IDEAL BOY Hair ...... Parker Dailey Eyes ...... Dick Boggs Nose . . Bob Montgomery Lips .... Sam Washburn Complexion. . Ed Johnson Smile . , Milton Harmony Height . . . . . Bob Miller Legs ,..... Chester Davis Physique ...., Ted Smith OUR IDEAL GIRL Hair . .Marilyn Tidti Eyes .,,. Evelyn Vegiard Nose . . .Edris McCarty Lips ,,... Mary Hubbard Complexion . Nancy Align Smile . . . . .Jerry Kramer Height . Pat MacDonald Legs ....., Leslie Parsons Figure . . . . ,Lois Thorne 73 74 75 jjfw gcbforj THE CRIER REY E. SHANNON Managing Emfifor HERALD Eu GILLLTT IiJifr1r-ill-Clvivf De Cloud S! Pier - ,Jghrafcf ga! ness Manager ILMA GRAY r Tales ANCY AKIN .- Make-up JOHN GRANT Sfa Artist RUTH MAINQUIST urcs AURA LEE LOVE ulaiion IARY LOU VESS Exchanges JOY GROWER Photographer JAMES SAFFRAN Fafuliy Spongor JOHTMQ. BGOTH Director of Pl90f0g1'GlIf7.j INA G. BONNEY E TPORT RIER g gg g Volume Thirty-four September 25, 1946 Number One Five New Instructors Join Teaching Staff James B. Moore, former basketball coach and physical education instruc- tor at Northeast, is the new Westport basketball mentor, filling the vacancy left by Gayle T. Chubb, who now is physics teacher at Southwest. He also takes Dean Smith's place as plhysical education teacher. Coach Moore is assisting Mr. Bour- rette and Mr. Sloan with the football squad and instructing several gym classes. After receiving a degree from the Warrensburg State Teachers' Col- lege, Mr. Moore was graduated from Colorado State with a master's degree in physical education. He was basket- ball coach at the Raymore, Mo., high school for eight years before he be- came an instructor at Northeast. Miss Ruth Beck has returned after a year's leave of absence in which she earned a Master's degree from Columbia University. Mrs. Riley, who took Miss Beck's place last year, has gone to Central Senior high. Wendell Ryder from East is the new teacher of common learnings. Mary Helen, his daughter, is a senior. As teacher of girls' physical educa- tion, Miss Lucille Kelley, a recent graduate of Kansas University, will take the place of Miss Klemp, who holds a full time position at Paseo. Henry E. Heinberg, who fills M1'. Chws position as math teacher, comes ifrom Southeast. He formerly fwas a member of the faculty here. Miss Martha Cain, eighth grade and freshman vocal instructor, will teach full time. Humbolt and Clay gra-de schools have claimed George Hartman, shops and drafting teacher last year. Acting as new head of' the ROTC is Sergeant Spoor. Egg Priies Offered in National Essay Contest The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Vet- erans of' Foreign Wars has announced the rules for their twelfth Annual Nation-wide Essay Contest. This con- test, the subject of which is The Home-Cradle of Good Citizenship, is open to any high school student maintaining his class work. The essays, limited to 1,000 viords, must be submitted to the sponsor or local contest chairman by April 1, 1947. The first prize for the national winning essay is 31,0005 second prize, 3500Q third prize, 35250, and' fourth prize, 3100. Q..-ss.. 7 7 Three New Faculty Members 'thu-W Miss Kelley Mr. Heinberg Mr. Ryder Principal GreefS New Pupils In behalf of the facl-lltY I am ex' tending to all new pupils 3 Slllcefe welcome. To them and to fl10S6 Wl10 have been with us l79f01'e we WiSl'1 a happy and successful SCll00l Year- ..D, KH. Holloway Alterations Provide' l-Ufgel' Rooms for Eighth Grade Pupils Returning students AllaVe Y10tlC9fl tha something new har? been afldedn to the old building. Vai i0uS altera- tions were made during the Summer because of the arrival of s-,evefal ll'-ln' dred eighth graders and th' need! for larger rooms. ll At the time Westport v . 51 built it was the pride of tl s se. ivfl- Be' cause Lf' this student: I 'iked to the school, ranging 3 Seri ' shortage in rooms. 'lo mgda te ..is overflow several iw' 3 were C1 it in half. These makeshift. proved tc be a handi- cap, espec, ily in the shop courses. In the basement, a partition in room 2 was removed, making the drafting room much larger- 'fhe metal room has been enlarged time same way. The wood shop tool room also has been enlarged. Ci: the first 'loor the faculty room was moved tu mom 117. The partition between the old faculty room and room 108 has been removed. One room has been made from rooms 208 and 209 on the second floor. The study hall 212 has been made into two rooms. Mr. Holloway hopes to have built in the future a 5 .'Jll11lTllIlg' pool and a band room for the school. Ther: also is under consi-deratior a new industrial arts room. 7 B- ? T. 30 Upperclassmen Serve As Guides for New Pupils Thirty students acted as guides for the eighth graders on the first day of school. The guides were chosen from pupils enrolled in study hall first hour. Besides being on hand to direct the new pupils to their rooms and to ex- plain the numbering of rooms, these students also worked in the office the first two weeks of school. New en- rollees, the newcomers were escorted to their rooms by the guidles. The following upperclassmen were guides: Ted McAtee, Jack Sevier, Johne Thornberry, Beverly Nikles, Mary Helen Ryder, Peggy Cook, Nancy Akin, Mary Hubbard, Mary Lou Vess, Winona Woodrick, Nancy Billings, Ruth Rueckert, Jerry Kramer, Joan Wolch, Ann Thornberry, Barbara Turley, Laura Lee Love, Mary Lu Biggio, Elise De Wendt, and Joanne Waite. Physical Examinations Being Given to Girls in Gym Classes The girls' annual physical check- up in physical education started Sepr. 17 will be continued until Friday. lf is being conducted by the Health and Physica' Education , Department, wi, ln the help of the P. T. A. Dr. Ruth Hardac1'e, Westport grac- uate, is the examing doctor. Dr. Jean Rubbra is the assisting doctor. Miss Burke announces that Blue Health Center is open and ready for business. Pawe TWO - T C- I ,.-EIi3?lflQETe.Q.1EH3B t t You're the Jury On trial this year is a new cafeteria system, which is giving Westporters more freedom than they have ever previously enjoyed and may open the door even further. However, with freedom there always comes responsibility. Self control must replace teacher con- trol during the free lunch period each day. Of course there will always be a minority group who won't give their whole hearted cooperation, not because they want to take advantage of the situation, but simply because they just don't care enough or try hard enough to do their bit. You'll see them around you in ever increasing numbers, unless someone does more than his part. That someone is you! You can control the minority of trouble makers, or you can sit back, take it easy, and watch this system fail. You can open the way to further student control, or simply do nothing about it and be an onlooker to the return of more and more faculty supervision. You're the jury-it's up to you! Dr. Hunt Active in Journalism as Student I should like to visit the schools and meet our students more often birth of two student newspapers and j0111'Y1a1iSm CIZISSSSQ. The publications than my work has allowed in the past, said Dr. Herold C. Hunt in his office at the Board of Education head- quarters last Friday. Even though I have spoken in as- semblies at Westport, I don't believe the students there would recognize me. Dr. Hunt's friendly smile broadened and he chuckled in his deep voice. I could walk into the halls and they probably would wonder, 'Who's that old geezer?', and, thinking me a stranger, try to take me to the oHice. When asked his opinion of the type of annual which Westport has pub- lished the last four years, with a vol- ume of The Crier of the current year added to the Herald, Dr. Hunt said the plan affords a fine summary of the 1,--ar's activities. Active in journalism while attend- ing the University of Michigan, he was circulation manager of the Mich- 'gan Daily, as a senior, at the same time that Thomas E. Dewey, present governor of New York, was on the 5 iper's staff. We also started an unusual stu- dent publication called the Michigan Optic, on which I was business man- zz, r. The Optic was a pictorial rwmthly, on the pattern of Life maga- zine, but our innovation in student publications failed. lr the Holland, Mich., high school where he was graduated in 1919, Dr. Hunt was ac- ive op the moninniy mag- arfine, published instead of a school newspaper, and the annual. We had a scnzol govcrrznent ur- 211'e Still iSSU9d ih Hastings and St. John, Mich. Advising WeSt,port students on how they C9-H h91P the eighth graders, Dr. Hunt, who has a son in the eighth grade at Southwest, Said, My idea is that each eighth grader should be as- Signed 9-I1 0141913 student for a school b1'0'Che1' OI' Si-it-lr to whom he could go for help. , MB-HY Students won't ask ques- tions, SVSU though they are curious about fheil' ew surroundings. 'lney must be 'C0'd theytraditions of the school. The Sulberintendent believes that the new .O.E. program, the eiihth s1'ade,fa,Qd the high school naming Centerf C- veterans, which enables re- tulfled SL vicemen to study at their OWU --Peiwd, are the most imfortant evideflcifg 'af the adjustment If the public school system f 9 pfst-war world 1 'il' H h schi,01 enyg-If ' 6 remains about the same- Sq 1 laxt year. The Anunioer of elenien..'.1f-y school pupilu is down, but the kin deigarten clag.-.es are larger. In the Xt few years, hs: school attenl .ae will grow. Vsf1ng sf-1 Victory. 1 play pre- sented f.: tl c William 'Elo khill Nelson Art Gallcrf September 3, co--starred Stas Labunski, '41, Wh.le in school, Stas 'ijipcared ii. many VVestport presef-lations. 'lom Ruf, '42, and Betty Golding, '45, were united ig. zzuirriage June 30. rr A W A September 25, 1946 Uneaf WJ Her name is Jerry Kramer and her birthdate November 21, 1929. 5 ft., 22: inches in height, this 16-year-old, blue-eyed brunette has a versatile per- sonality that has won her many friends since her ent1'ance into West- port three years ago. Among other things Jerry is vice-president of the .student council and last year was secretary of her junior class. A great partic- ipant in sports, she was on both the hockey and basketball teams which represent- ed Westport at the two playdays last year and al- so managed our swimming team. S h e e n j o y s watching football and basketball games, especially when that man fJoe Kenton, who else?J is in there strutting his stuH. When she isn't out there cheering for ye ol' Tigers, Jerry likes to walk in the rain or listen to the radio for amusement. Having a keen sense of humor, her favorite programs are naturally Red Skelton and Bob Hope. Gay, charming, and strictly huba- huba, Jerry Kramer is typically One of Us. Alumni in Dramatic Tour Robert Barr and Beverly Sue Pres- ley, who starred in dramatic produc- tions at the college in the past few years, will tour Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri with the Pipe, Play- ers, a theatrical company. Tl fqwill appear in The Patsy, a con. dy iby, Barry Connors. Barr played the title rxle in Jacobowsky and the Colonel,' which was presented as a midwest premiere at the college last spring. Miss Pres- ley starred' in Our Town, ,a 1942 production. She is a ,graduate of the University of Kansas.-The Colley ian. Miss Presley, '42, and Bob .6 arr, '41, were prominent in dramaticf, in Westport, each having leadiz , roles in school plays. THE wEsTPoRT ,cmiiz - Published bi-weekly during the ' school year by the Newswriting ' I class of Westport High School. Qulmfa Kansas City, Mo. ,A Address: The Westport Crier, Q5 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- SCIRGLL sas City, Mo. l V -- sA-v4- Subscription rates. Xear, to cents: single copy, 5 cents. Entered as second-class matter April 4, l92n, at the postoifice at Kansas City, Missouri, under nhc A t f March 3 1879. c 0 EDITORIAL STAFF ianized like a city. with .rttwers :rrd Folloving the nyetliling a reception N.,m.,Akm Laura LVM , a council. I wir mayor in .y seninr was attendfd len' wr 250 relatives Ed Gillezt l -Rutnivlaif--,l'-t ,, . -. A ,Q ,U H T .John bran. Kay L. Sha n year. and t.,ie.ms. nh i . n L o no com- Wilma Grey Mary Lou In his first, 1111- teaching positions mei .-ia! temher. vas annmp those -ff5'0t0g1 lPhCfS-.James Saffm- Ted PM- ,l ! if 'Ln -, t I U. g N 1 , ,h v VN , ' 1'1lCUli.y Nz! sv-visor ....,.. ..Johi. N. Boot i . .L Sup!! -Ixtf.,-:f'l'11f BPOUSV3 4 U e 'utueq-A ' I iroctol ot 'dh nography, . Ina -- ifcnneg r' September 25, 1946 AW WES'l'BOltT CRIER A Page Three New ROTC Instructor A Westport Graduate M!Sgt. William J. Spoor, Jr., '38, new sergeant instructor for the ROTC battalion, is the first Westport graduate to Ehold this position. During his high school years Sergeant Spoor received' further military training at the Citizens' Military Training Camp, where he spent two summers and attained the rank of cadet major. Following his graduation, Sergeant Spoor spent two years studying pre- engineering at Junior College as a member of the 110th Engineer Regi- ment and as an ofiicer in this unit he served on the Alcan Highway and' in the Yukon territory. He then spent twenty-two months as a member of the 18th Engineer Regiment, one of seven regiments assigned to the building and maintaining of a B-29 base on the Aleutian Island chain. After his return to the United United States, Sergeant Spoor did ex- perimental work with the engineer board until his separation from the service in September, 1945. He re-enlisted as master sergeant in the Corps of Engineers in January of this year, and at the University of Illinois was an instructor in the senior ROTC on the Detached En- listed Men's list. The new instructor then requested transfer to Kansas City where he was returned to the school from which he was graduated just a little over eight years ago. Ten Grads and Former Students .loin Marine Corps BK fig the summer the U. S. Marine C pq. claimed Clyde Tribbey, Louis Moad,'Jimmy Round, Russell Sub- lettc, Bob Crouse, Bob Jentsch, Ed Ilavo, George Byers, Earl Unell, and Jim Lacy, '46 grads. These boys now have finished boot training in San Diego. .John Irwin and Jack Long enlisted in the U. S. Navy at the cle: e ,of school in June. -old stars have been added to the n:p11es of James Grigsby, '33, and 0711- 'S Mittelstadt, 210, since last Julie. The list of servicemen in the front hall is to be removed and stored away for safe keeping to prevent fur- ther damage and marring. ' Harry Schoreihorst has been em- ployed as assistant custodian. Mr. Ryder will replace Mr. King as Pep Club adviser. Ala eighth grade aWa.1'd will be given :his year to those eiyrhtix gravit- ers meeting' the 1'equ11'm1'-wuts. New R070 fmlauolm Sergeant Spoor 'an line 4110-in? .fins Cadets returning this year found several surprising changes behind the iron doors of room 6. The Enfield rifles which W6l'e received last year have been replaced by new Spring- field M 1903 rifles. Sergeant Spoor hopes to receive several 30-caliber, water cooled machine guns, a 61mm. mortar, and one M 1918 A2 Browning automatic rifle. Our snappy looking cadets will look even snappier when Eisenhower combat jackets replace the blue lapel coats. The training program this year has been changed to include many more visual and other training ' s. For the first time, the Westpor battalion will own its own 16mm. j rojector. Besides the text many frmy field manuals will be issued to rfvery cadet. Sergeant gr assertsgthat ROTC training -v5 ' s a ufgundat n for entrance ' 'ala 'y bg h of t. 5 ser- vice, trai1.' H , ii.. -in tahip, and-helps build contlfience if the individu 11. In handling the beginning boys, tl e ad- vanced rdets get an insight into basic n zhologyf' ' For the first time boys .nay enroll in both physical education and ROTC classes this year. However, they will receive credit for only ora-. of these classes. Any boy interested in taking both subjects should inquire ui the oiiice for iull pai f,:f!'ll3.1'S. New me-n-be:'s of the 'llgez' Der council fre Peggy Stanton, Candy Sinai, Doa Upagke, juniors, Alice King, Dorothy 'l2 ..!lS1f9tl.Ei', cf-'c' Bill Howard, sophonovc . Mary Hou Ward.-n 1!':CflE.l'.Eii ,rx a Hollywood stud? rluiir' the idtzatior. The Faculty Language Arts: Benjamin R. Ward Mabel Eggleston Anna K. Lash Stella Maddox Velma Shelley Mary S. Wheeler Marie C. Youngs John N. Booth Mathematics: John D. Fristoe Ray W. Dice H. E. Heinberg Carrie A. Jackson John H. Ploesser Science: D. H. Miner Eva Bechtel Ina G. Bonney George V. Bourrfttc Della Junkin M. H. Shearer Social Science: Wilrra Hazel Whecland Edith J. Hanna V Carol F. Hayden F. C. Irion John N. Booth Edwin J. King Ida B. Lilly Common Learnings: Besse B. Cannon Marie E. Brubaker Besse C. Grube Frederic Millcr Wendell Ryder Commerce: Earl J. Van Horne Lorena Card Shelley F. Peters Florence Totten Speech: Alicia C. Keeler Edna Gales Edwin J. King Industrial Arts: ' Paul M. Sloan Merton Wheeler Paul V. Wilcox Homemaking: Ida Estelle Durboraw Helen E. GuHin Elizabeth James A1't: Shelton Wilhite Ruth M. Beck Music: George Keenan Harling A. Spring Martha Cain Physical Education: George V. Bourrette S. Eugena Fairchild Lucille Kelley James B. Moore James A. Shepherd Mildred Small R.O.T.C.: Sgt. William Jay Spoor Library: Maurine Fairifveath-'fr Pep rallies will be held after school Cl: Gill'1:ri field before every league :twine A Wilma Gray -'tvilfzi in the surf at San Diego for si: - -gf-'fable weeks In J'.lj' an-i August Page Four Record Sales Sought In Ticket Campaign In a drive to make this year's activity ticket sale the biggest ever, students are being urged to support the football and basketball teams, the .school plays, the Crier, and the Her- ald by purchasing activity tickets from their home room teachers this month. Two years ago a new record was made when students bought 1,100 activity tickets. Last year that record was topped by the sale of 1,120 tickets. This record can be broken again if every Westporter who can possibly do so, from eighth grader to senior, will help himself and his school by buying an activity ticket. The student helps himself when he buys an activity ticket because for every dollar he pays for the ticket he receives a value of over 32. If he were to pay for each activity covered by the ticket separately, the total cost would be well over 310. Instead he pays only 34.50, which entitles him to the following: 1. A season football ticket. 2. A season basketball ticket. 3. A reserved seat for two of the school plays. 4. All copies of the Crier. 5. A copy of the Herald. The price of the ticket, 34.50, repre- sents an increase of 50 cents over last year's price, 34, to cover increased costs of the school publications, the Crier and the Herald. Activity tickets may be purchasezi with a down payment of 31 and pay- ments of 50 cents per week for seven weeks. Individual copies of the 1947 edition of' the Herald will be priced at 32.50, an increase of 5-0 cents over the for- mer price. The finance committee felt it necessary to make these raises be- cause all activities were pressed for funds under former prices. .Ioan Grosse, '45, a Member of Up in Central Park Company Joan Grosse, '45, was seen in the Broadway production, Up in Central Park, which was presented here in the Music Hall of the Municipal Audi- torium during the summer. . During her senior year, Joan bril- liantly starred in several ballet num- bers in Here Comes Westport, an all-school show in which only students participated. After reaching New York in June, 1945, she joined the Riggoletto Opera Company which toured the United States six weeks, then returning to New York, she secured a dancing part in Up in Central Park. I enjoy my work and definitely plan to make a career of it, Joan said during her visit in Kansas City. Kitty Lou Lawrence enjoyed her vacation in Evansville, Ind. lNES'l'POR'l'iClilEltfm Mrs. Ruth Garrison Succeeds Miss Crosswhite in Cafeteria Mrs. Ruth Garrison is Miss Cross- white's successor as cafeteria man- ager. Transferred from Paseo, this is Mrs. Garrison's first appointment as manager after having been in the school system twelve years. She has held cafeteria positions in West Junior high and in Junior College as well as at Paseo. Mrs. Garrison has two children' of her own, so she knows the importance of having food that both tastes good and is good for the consumer. She plans to use her own recipes in the preparation of the food this year. Those eating in the cafeteria will no doubt find some new dishes on the menu because of this. So far, Mrs. Garrison said, I like Westport. I want to cooperate with all the students and faculty to the best of my ability. Presbyterians to Award Twenty Scholarships Twenty scholarships to Presbyter- ian colleges are being of'f'ered to senior students of that denomination. The awards are valued as follows: 32,000, S1,600, 31,200, 31,000. One-fourth of these amounts will be available for each college year, provided acceptable work is done. The other sixteen awards are for 3500, 3400, three for 3300 each, three for 3200 each, and eight for 3100 each. Information con- cerning the contest an-d an applica- tion form can be secured by writing to the Rev. Wade H. Boggs, D. D., Executive Secretary, Executive Com- mittee of Christian Education and Mini.sterial Relief, 410 Urban Build- ing, Lo isville 2, Ky. The actual examina ns will be given at the high scho and will include a general psychological test and an English aptitr-de test. An essa Why At- tend a Chr'stian Co and an autobiograph, must be written by the student. The amioation must be in the mail by January 8, 1947 and the examination will be held February 7, 1947? 7 September-25, 1946 Student Council to Hold First Meeting Next Week Members of the .student council were chosen yesterday in the home rooms. As in former years, each home room is to be represented by two students, one regular member of the council and one alternate. The members of the faculty com- mittee of the student council, Miss Maddox, Miss Lily, and Mis.s Bechtel, have announced that the executive board of the council will meet next lVlonday. The first meeting of the council will be held next Wednesday, October 2. Both groups will meet in room 120. The student body elected the follow- ing council officers last spring: Marilyn Tidd, '47, President, Ger- aldine Kramer, '47, vice presidentg Dick Beggs, '47, secretaryg Ruth Ann Davis, '49, treasurerg Billy Leake, '47, sgt-at-arms. Members of the executive board, exclusive of student council officers who receive their membership auto- matically, are the following: Juniors, Nancy Campbell, Bob Hamilton, Barbara Turley, and Arlie Belle Creagar, Sophomores, Ted McAtee, Joy Drury, and Virginia Wilson. The freshman and eighth grade clas.ses will elect 1'epresentatives to the executive board early in October. The student council is the orga- nization that represents the student body. Its purpose is to serve the students in every way possible. Stu- dents who have questions or prob- lems to submit to the council, may do so through their home room rep- resentatives. . 'di Drafting Room Improved . 1 Room 2 has been doubled in sizer. through the removal of a partition and the desks are now arranged so as to give all drafting students plenty of working space. This year's'course, based on a new guide book, .General Drafting by Fryland and Kepler, re- ceived at the end of last year, prom- ises to hold interest for all enrolled, Mr. Wilcox, drafting teacher, has announced. f PART-TIME WORK Short Hours-Afternoons or Evenings Moiiily Through Thursday Plus Saturday Work Students 16 and over STOCK WORK . . . ORDER FILLING GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS . . . TYPISTS Excellent Rates HALL BROTHERS, Inc. September 25, 1946 Wifdii WESFPORT CRIER ' Under the Clock Everyone Cand that includes upper classmenl seemed to have forgotten, the first few days of school, that there were back stairways. Peggy Knight and David Millican have celebrated their third month an- niversary. What was it you couldnlt hide the other day, Kramer? Tommy Barrett spent most of the summer all up in the air-in his boss' Piper Cub, that is. Some people have all the luck! Warning! Stay away from room 4! The Crier staff has a habit of draft- ing visitors. Just ask Mary Hubbard. Nancy Kenyon has already spotted a drool-boy from J. C. He's blond, stout, and-Oh! those muscles! 'Ihat chartreuse skirt and black, zequined .sweater Mary Hern had on the other day was really sharp. Jerre Mueller has been carrying a lot of books lately. Getting stu-dious, Jerre? Hey, Buford, have you started your campaign for a third term yet? Everyone enjoyed the Back to School dance held recently at Garrett Hall. Why not make it an annual affair? on T Our orchid of the week goes to those girls who sold forget-me-nots for the fDisabled American Veterans. Nancy Akin and Mary Lu Biggio were particularly glad to see the Marinesgland in Kansas City last week. . :S'wnja1Buf'lington wishes us to an- nounce 'she is a nut. Don't ask us why. 1 That scatter-brain Edmund Fink still roams the halls-much to every- one's distress. A lot of freshman and sophomore boys have their eye on that eighth grade doll, Barbara Ross. A familiar saying going around the halls is this, Is there an elevator in the house? Westport has about come to the conclusion that it is a girls' school this year. How about that. fellows? Ed Gillett filcheld the photo nega- tives and Lloyd Dommel still is try- ing to get them back. What's it all about? We don't know, either. Among other places, Betty Conger's heart ha.s also strayed to Central. A lot of girls are having birthdays on the same day. Among them are Mary Lou Hall and Mary Hubbard, on September 11, and Ann Tlhorn- berry and Barbara Neal, on Septem- ber 30. Best wishes to you all. Mary Helen Ryder and Parker Dailey were very friendly when school ended. What happened, kids? If you wonder what made Eldris McCarty so happy the other day, it's because .she received a long distance phone call from that tall and hand- some Dick Hargis. Lynn Vegiard made her first solo drive in her Dad's auto last week. Nice goin', Lynn! Page Five Magazine Match-ups Prom-Something we hope the juniors will undertake successfully this year. Glamour-What every girl thinks she has. Child' Life-The eighth graders. Travel and Camera-What Saffron wants to do. Fortune-Something everyone wishes he had. Time-What Nancy Akin wishes would pass quickly until Lavo comes back. Liberty-Something everyone will have very little of without ditching. fPlease don't let us give you any ideaslj Look-What all the girls are doing when they see the returning vets. Seventeen-The birt-hday Kitty' Law- rence celebrated in high spirits not long ago. Good Housekeeping--Something Dor- othy Johnston and Bob Zucco are planning to set up Very soon. Con- gratulations, kids! What is this between Louis Moad and Gloria Williams? It sure is handy when steadies go to different schools. B6 sure lo fune in on 'Calling All Girls , KCKN 9:75 A.M. Sofurddy i E .. Al A., ' Datemoker Borbelle sfvled lhls col ierseYl sull ot all W ' H koyed . All Girls 0 lofch on lo ll u YO wnl .red Of grey I' very O H for You , 19.95 sizes 9 lo 15 Teen Calling fu wen' 'O leen I Q05 Mal? Page Six -W WESTPORT CRIER F W September 19-143 New Classes Organized For 375 Eighth Graders In cooperation with tlhe new city- wide plan, Westport has more than 375 eighth graders. The number of freshmen has diminished greatly this year, there being only 4,000 in the entire city. The students have one two-period class, common learnings, consisting of language, arts, social science, and science. In addition to this class they are given arithmetic, physical educa- tion and one subject of their own choice. All second floor lockers are as- signed to these students. They eat lunch the first half of fifth hour. Teachers of common learnings are Miss Grube, Miss Brubaker, Miss Can- non, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Ryder. Miss Jackson and Mr. Ploesser teach arith- metic. 'Tzhus far the plan has proved highly satisfactory both to the students and to the teachers. Y-Teens Formally Adopted as New Name of Girl Reserves The Westport chapter of the Y- Teens met at the YWCA Thursday night, September 19, to elect new of- ficers. After a short song-fest, the following girls were chosen to head the club: Yvonne Bare, president, Frances Meusche, vice president, Betty Griffith, treasurer, Berna Mc- Geeney, senior Interclub Council, Donna Lauchlan, junior Interclub Council, Ann Thornberry, social com- mittee, Mary Lou Vess and Elise De- Wendt, publicity, Nancy Hellman, service committee, Winona Woodrick, Beverly Nikles and Evelan Vegiard, devotion, Lola Kester, song leader, Joan Waite, pianist, Barbara Turley, and Jeanne Carter, membership. Y-Teens is the new name of the Girl Reserves. A nationwide poll was taken last spring to get a new and better name. On June 5 the National Board of the YWCA voted to accept the recommendation of' the Younger Girls' subcommittee and formally adopted the title Y-Teens for the or- ganization. New songs and ideas were proposed at the meeting to suit the name, Y for YWCA and Teen for the teen-age girls. This club will be open to all West- port girls including eighth graders. Miss Keeler spent the first two weeks of August visiting in Minneap- olis and Silver Lake, Minn. She thoroughly enjoyed the trip by plane. Miss Wheeler toured New England and Quebec, driving her own car some 6103 milf s. Miss !f-rxhaker attended the Uni- versity' oi' Kansas City and later visit- ed r:!:1i'. 2s 'n Annapoli:, Md., and Springfii-.ig OE io, A Group of Eighth Graders i Keenan Needs More Orchestra Musicians The orchestra has many new mem- bers and Mr. Keenan is pleased to have so many violinists in the group. However, more cellos, viola.s and bass needed and arrangements viols are are being made for special instruction instruments either after in these school or in free periods. Studf s who play the piano and desire . take advantage of this op- pori :nit ,V are invited to see Mr. Kee n investigate the possibility of i 'v one of the instruments, all i are school owned. It is possa rcome proficient on these ins' f n a short time and by ente groups students would be 1- a real service to the school adding to their own ac- complis: its. Orchau i members and their in- strument Violins lithel Semrer Constance lirmvri Juan! e liuholln Geraldine Francis Davin Goeckoler Nancy Hindman Rc-nafri Hoffman Dwight Holman i y ' s Johnson Ma' -llc Vet-n Dir: -' fvKlIl1! Rf, . we-1,1-'iv J To ' -l at-'rm i' '. I: I-INN M.. M - Me- v I.-nits. Vivr- Sh, L-y 30254. Ray Walrod Doris Wilson Cellos June liatlin l'aicy Dayhoff Paul Gocvkeler liarbara Quisenl Bass Viols Ruth Rui-ckert Gertrude Woeltl. Clarinets Ronald Barnes John Dr. w Bob Math:-ws lfidmnml Zan,-l xx- rry Seniors on March to Studio To Have Herald Pictures Taken The seniors are on the march down to the Photo-Reflex studio in Peck's Department Store, Eleventh and Main streets, to have their photographs taken for use in the 1947 Herald. Seniors who expect to rerzive di- plomas in January, June or ugust, 1947 are entitled to picture .n the' senior section of the annual. tee of S2 to cover the cost of th hoto- graph, the cut and the printi g is be- ing collected by members off the Her- ald stafi' in the front co1'ridor before and after school every day. The col- lectors also give out app,xint'nent cards for sittings. These must be pre- sented at the studio at the exact time indicated. ' A picture in the senior se. 'on will be almost as valuable to a 'duale as his diploma. Copies of the .eralfl photographs are attached to seniors' record cards to aid the principal ii identifying former students when prospective employers ask for recom- mendations. If a picture is lacking Mr. Holloway often is unable to make a satisfactory reply to such inquiries. Cornets Drums linh McCollum RGl2lFlllBI'llI11flUlii Ilan Sperry Kettledrums Trumret Mary Ann Rea James McA. wise Trombone Flutes Ton. Ouslejf Edward Fr. 'vell Piano Wlvllace Ku: or V-er.: Sm' 'I Lost-One Plate Lunch eww K'a 'beck SEPQb'i-Q.E. . 1- -L Enrollment Doubles in Occupational Ed. Classes At least thirty-five students, almost twice the number who formed the initial Cooperative Occupational Edu- cation class in 1945-1946, are expected to enroll in C.O.E. this year, Shelley F. Peters, C.O.E. coordinator, has dis- closed. Among the part time jobs that will be offered for the first time this year, and the students who will be em- ployed on them, are the following: Dairy farming, William Busherg student nursing, Elizabeth Johnstone, Dayleen Whiteheart, Joan Moles, lla McGee and Eunice Browning, dress designing, Peggy Thompsong auto me- chanics, Ray Woods, caxhiering, Mar- guerite Hills, bookkeeping, Bettye Giiiiithg modeling, Donly Lockridgeg and layout artist, Flo Ann Rose. In outlining the requirements for entering C.O.E. work, Mr. Peters said last Friday, A C.O.E. student must have an honest desire to work, and want to work in a certain occupation. Present openings for new pupils in- clude a teletype job in the communi- cation center at T. W. A. Textbooks, for use in conjunction with school- .supplied mimeographed material, will he purchased for the C.O.E. classes with fees collected each semester from the student-learners. Gail Goodrich, '44, to Spend Year of Study in Mexico Gail Goodrich, valedictorian of the senior class of 1944, left Kansas City Monday to join a group of nineteen other members of the junior class of Smith: College who will take their junior 'gear of college work in resi- dence Q Mexico. f The 'irls are scheduled to spend a mor in Morelia, living in Mexican home. 'efore they begin their studies in Mexico City in affiliation with the Universiliy of Mexico. All of the girls are majoring in Spanish, and they hope to .perfect themselves in its use while studying in Mexico. After her graduation from Smith College, iflfliss Goodrich plans to at- tend thi' Latin American Institute in New ' rk, where she will prepare for f .ireer as an interpreter and transiater. Miss Goodrich was a prominent and popular student at Westport. Among her many activities, she was president of the Honor Society and secretary of her class. Mr. Bourrette spent most of his vacation working at the Swope Park swimming pool. Miss Fairchild has become quite the sailor after a summer of navigating her sail boat at Lake Lotavana. WESTPORT CRIER A Kim Page Seven Sched Galencfca First term ends Friday, January 31, 1947. School holidays: Missouri State Teachers Associa- tion Convention, Thursday, No- vember 7, and Friday, November 8, 1946. Thanksgiving vacation, Thursday, November 28, and Friday, No- vember 29, 1946. Christmas vacations: Schools will close Friday afternoon, December 20, 1946, and reopen Thursday, January 2, 1947. Easter vacation: Schools will close Thursday afternoon, April 4, 1947, and reopen Tuesday morning, April 8, 1947. Memorial Day: Friday, May 30, 1947. Second term: Begins Monday, Febru- ary 3, 1947g ends Friday, June 6, 1947. w We wonder how many studes no- ticed ye little brown pup in the cafeteria last Thursday. It seems this dog had more brains than a lot of Westport students. As proof, just ask any teacher. Anyway, to get on with our story, Jim Fisher was slightly taken aback when he returned to his table and found his lunch plate empty. Empty is a mild word. Let's say, wiped completely clean. KA trip for silver- ware can prove costly.J Here's how it happened. Jim leaves lunch at table. Dog is hungry. Also broke. Dog slaps front paws up on table, eats lunch. Mystery is solved. Our same dog was later given two bottles of milk in an ice cream bowl fthanks to Dennis Akin! and had little trouble getting water from the drinking fountain. , i More Educational Movie 1 Films To Be Used in Clf, is , Visual education will -in- creasing part in the sch in ,ram this year. Mr. King, wh .arge of the projector in roon pro- cures films, has recei' if 5 re- quests from teachers fl 5 L the machine to display mo.. .ctures relating to economics, bil J, indus- trial art, Commerical, plbf .ical sci- ences, English, music, draiiftirig, and social studies. Westport now has one projecting machine but another one will be avail- able soon. These machines can be used in any room with sufficient outlets and many of the teachers have lean learning how to operate them. Each projector will have a - ' f 'ale for use so the departments 1- 'li l- 'wr when the machines are avz1iJ,':.lr or them. ' Choir and Glee Club Well Balanced Groups The vocal department started the year with two well balanced groups of singers although Mr. Spring sees the need of more basses in the A Cappella Choir and more altos in the girls glee club. The glee club was hostess to the high school vocal teachers of Kansas City, September 24. The teachers are touring the various high schools to discuss the methods of teaching used in the vocal groups. The A Cappella Choir will have its first engagement at the Missouri State Teachers meeting, Thursday, Novem- ber 7, at the Municipal Auditorium. Other engagements are being planned for both groups. Members of the groups: GIRLS GLEE CLUB Yvonne Anderson Dorothy Branstetter J oan Brennan Eulah Brookshier Marlene Brumfield Dorothy Bryant Sonja Buffinirton Colleen Conley Betty Cooper Donna Cooper JoAnn Donnett Norma Field JoAnna Gasboro Patricia Gilmore Gloria Gould Gloria Green Mary Ann Hall Mary Lou Hall Patty Herrmann Betty Lou Hurst Jane J acobes Betty Jenkins Joan J oerger Lucretia Johnston Nancy Kenyon Nancy Kindsvatter Joan Laird Laura Lea Love Juanita Mathes Louise McKensie Doris McWilliams Pauline McWilliams Lola Morrison Zelma Ocheltree Marxraret O'Dwyer Barbara Pehrson Ellen Peterson Carolyn Powers Dorene Rose Sue Ann Scheiner Norma L. Seavey Geraldine Shirley Bettye Standard Margurite Sublette Arlene Taylor Donna Thompson Marjorie Turner Lou Jane Unruh Brenda Upham Mary Ellen Waits Patty Ward Geraldine Williams A CAPPELLA CHOIR Herbert Levine Ted McAtee Terry Moore Bill Disney Glenn Pennington George Bulkeley Billy Dryden Charles Bates Joe Cartwright John Miller Dan Whitaker Pat O'Connor John Halley Neil B. Wathen Robert Tengdin Robert J. Robinson Robert Kistler Lewis Srppenfield Lou Colbert Thelma Spencer Mary Louise Vess Vivian Weeks Harriett Whitehouse Betty Rockman Sonya Bufiington Harriet Skalitzky Margaret Stanton Yvonne Reubart Barbara Wolfe Betty White Barbara Fradin Jacqueline Seavey Patricia Hughes Shirley Clarke Betty Jane Hutcheson Doxiene Cambron Mary Hern Jo Anne Guyer Lola Kester Betty Mitchell Marilea Johns Peggy Lorraine Piper Elaine Davis Joan Shirley Mary Anne Hall Alice Forsberil Joan Pryor Margaret Foreman Mary W ao'- ,' Barbara M: fvfiimms Jeannette Briant Betty Vainie L 'fan Si .at ww 1 . 5 ' Pdgli Elght V4 v A i U Q iv--,iWwliSilE'ORT g Ai Sepitembe1.ZV5,Wltl4b Tigers Wallop St. .Ioe Grid Coaches Central in Starter A promising Tiger eleven tackled a fighting St. Joseph Central team Sat- urday afternoon and chalked up a 19-6 triumph in the season starter. The Tigers' first touchdown was carried over by Nick Carras several minutes after the start of the game. Nate'Apple smashed through for the next Westport score in the third' quar- ter, and caught a pass from Stewart to make it 13-0, earning the only con- version point racked up throughout the game. St. Joseph's Burdick carried the pigskin across for the visitors' only tally in the last quarter. Westport's final touchdown resulted when Carras again hauled the ball over. Alternately hot and cold, the Ben- gals mixed brilliant plays with grid- iron blunders. The team is far from polished, declared Coach Bourrette in summing up Westport's perform- ance after the game. They played in spurts and made mistakes, but we're going to Work hard and try to iron out the kinks. The Weight and' power in the Tiger line was impressive and the backfield worked smoothly. During the Whole game, but principally in the first half, both elevens found the ball hard to hold, and Westport recovered many fumbles. Don Pile and Clifford Trenton of St. Joseph Central were injured in the first half and carried off the field. Trenton suffered a dislocated shoulder and Pile a knee injury. Cheering Aspirunfs in Workout The twenty-four students who led the ,cheering at the game between Westport and Central of St. Joseph were -the ones who passed the pre- liminary tryouts at the end of last year. The leaders were alternated at the end of each quarter to give all of them practice and to permit the members of the Student Council a chance to get an idea of how to vote at the first meeting of the student council. Regular cheerleaders will be chosen. They will attend all the games. They will have new megaphones, but have not been able to obtain new uniforms. Football Schedule The Westport Football schedule is as follows: Sept. 2SfSouthwest- -P4 p. m. Oct. 5fNorthe-astf-afternoon Oct. 12YEast-X p. rn. Oct. 19vManual --afternoon , Oct. 25fPasezf-8 p. m. Nov. 2---Southeast--afternoon Nov. 9- Central---8 p. m. All games will be played at the Blues' stadium. Miss Youngs attended the summer session at M. U, Mr. Fristoe was a member of the faculty in sum ner school at Junior College. 'Q al Mr. Moore. Mr. Bourrette. Mr. 'Sloan Season Opens With Stronger Grid Squad The .strength of the football team is unpredictable at present, but the squad is stronger than it was at any- time last year, Coach Bourrette said last Thursday. And we're a heavier team. Lettermen back this year include Nick Carras, recently returned from merchant seaman duty, who was a brilliant all-city halfback in 1943 and 1944, Joe Kenton and Richard Tucker, quarterbacks, Richard Stewart and Nate Apple, former Marine, half- backsg Forrest Noll, fullback, who was awarded his letter at the Ocean Springs, Miss., high school, Parker Dailey, center, Lloyd Thomas, guardg and at the tackle holes, Bob Hosman and Dave Millican, he ofthe niighty 202 lbs. 3 Bob Miller, Charles Bates, Chester Davis, Jack Huffman, and George Chattin are battling for the end posi- tions. John Jacobes is substitute for Parker Dailey at center. At guard, Jerrell Roland, Ben Keel, Bill Banaka, and Rex Quigley are giving Ted Smith competition. Bill Stout, Jim Buford, and Gene Bohi are clashing with Dave Millikin and Bob Hosman over the tackle berths. In order to put more weight in the line, Coach Bourrettefs strategy books for this fall include a combination in which Hosman will olay tackle and Thomas-will fill a Q'llZii'fl position. Don Moore, Tony llalescake, and Bill Sparrow will compete with vmad mea Requirements for distinguished ser- vice award in Physical Education are as follows: l. Four-year enrollment in gym. 2. Winner of a small shield, large shield, Westport W, ' Westport immortal, and Senior W Pin. 3. Generous voluntary contribution of time and effort in the department. Two Net Bottles Scheduled Junior College and Wyandottefhigh school have challenged Westport tennis team to net battles. The fall. tennis tournament turnout in room 219, September 17, included Ralph Carlson, Joe Brown, Richard Asher, Lloyd Dommel, Ralph Delapi Reland B1-umfieid, David Goeekeierfndwai-d Johnson, Don Macdonald, Rely Shan- non, Dan Whitaker and Don Wood- side. A Stewart and Apple for 'ihalfback positions. The backfield combination looking best because of the players' speed and experience calls for Kenton or Tucker at quarterback, Carras or Noll in fullback positions, and Stew- art or Apple filling halfback berths. Carras also will play halfback at times. Assisting Mr. Bourrette as line and second team coach is Mr. Moore, while Mr. Sloan is working the ends and helping with squad A. 'Tm baffled at the results of Mr. Moore's search for promising heavy material. The football coach smiled, 'tBut Pm pleased, too. HE WE TPORT RIER Volume Thirty-four October 9, 1946 Number Two New Students View Cheerleaders Poised for Action Colorful Pageant All phases of .school life were de- picted in pantomime on the audito- rium stage in the annual induction pageant presented last Friday,- Octo- ber 4, to acquaint new students with the clubs, departments, and school ac- tivities in which they are or soon will be taking part. Eighth graders and other students coming to Westport for the first time this year comprised the audience which viewed this colorful and deeply impressive service. The Spirit of Westport was por- trayed by Lois Thorne. The Past, Present, and Future by Olive Wilhelm, Bob Stuckert, and Harriet Skalitzky. Joyce Gladieux and Richard Burns signed the Book of Westport on be- half of the eighth grade class, and the program was closed with the .singing of the Alma Mater. Bob Stuckert -did an outstanding job of presenting the following scenes from Westport life: Y-Teen, Hi-Y, ROTC, Stage and Screen, Health Center, monitors, stu- dent council, lost and found, Red Cross, Camera club, Pep club, sports Cfootball, basketball, golf, hockey, tennis, and baseballj, Spanish club, Science club, Jules Guerin, band, or- chestra, glee club, a cappella, speech arts, Crier, Herald, Honor Society. The pageant was planned and staged by Miss Wheeler, Miss Keeler an-d Miss Wheeland. 1,000 Activity Tickets Sold Approximately 1,000 activity tickets have been purchased to date. Since students stillare buying tickets, the total sales, probably will reach 1,100, Mr. Shearer, faculty chairman, be- lieves. This is encouraging evidence that Westport students are thoroughly scld on the activity ticket plan. Seven football games at 60 cents per game vf-wld cost 34.20, which is almost equal to the price of an activity ticket, 84.50. Faculty to Be PTA Dinner Guests The PTA will give a dinner for the faculty October 29, at 7 o'clock, in the school cafeteria. There will be com- munity singing led by Mr, Spring, music teacher. Mr. John Thornberry will be the master of ceremonies. Tickets for this dinner will be sold at the school October 22 and 23 from 8 to 9 o'clock. The price will be SE1. Faculty members extended greet- ings to Mr. Holloway on his birthday, October 5. Left to right--Ostlund, Sevier, O'Connor, Kramer, Mallett, Vandevoir Commerce Pupils Display Techniques A remarkable demonstration of skills by pupils in the commerce de- partment aroused the admiration of PTA members at the opening meeting of the association held September 24 in room 107. To prove that high school students meet business requirements the par- ticipants in the program exhibited va- rious techniques as follows: Typists, Lorraine Woolsey, Don Wuebbold, Bob Lindholm and Harvey Kimble. Bookksepimr, Barbara Youngblood and Don Hubbard. Filing, Ethel Sengcr. Mimeograph, Dorla Gust-l and Marianne Koch. Shorthand. Elaine Davis. Dictator, Donna Kindsvatcr. Bob Stuckert, the master of cere- monies, introduced Mr. Holloway, Miss Crane, Mr. Ward and Miss Mar- geritte Kuna who spoke briefly. Stu- dent speakers were Charmaine Gile, '46g Joann Houlard and Eddie Berk- lund. Copies af 1946 Herald for Sale A few .'-.nies of the 1946 Herald are available Li.. .students who niay wish to purchase them fm: friends cr relatives or for tlizr' own personal Lise. These Hcralds av an sale in ir-:gni 4. The price is SZ. Cheerleaders Make Debut at Pep Rally The new cheerleaders elected by the student council from a group who tried out at the opening football game made their debut at the first pep rally of the season held after school Friday, September 27, on Gillham Field. The members of the squad: Jerry Kramer, Betty Vandevoir, Goldie Mal- lett, Wally Ostlund, Pat O'Connor, Jack Sevier. The alternate.s: -Sonja Budtington, Mary Hubbard, Marilyn Tidd. Henry Grayson, Dean Foley, Richard Carroll. Mr. Ryder, eighth grade teacher, who succeeds Mr. King as sponsor, was introduced at the rally. Six new megaphones purchased by the Pep club are being painted by members of the art department. They were used by the cheerleaders at the Northeast game last Saturday after- noon. .Iuniors to Take New Tests A new system of tests is being de- vised by the English department to enable teachers and pupils to deter- mine whether four years of English are necessary to the student. Under the new plan, every junior will be given an English test. If this test is satisfactorily passed, no further Eng- lish need be taken. If it is not passed, then the student will take another year of English. lfir. Holloway has seen this plan working successfully in other schools. Page Two WESTPORT CRIER October 9, 1946 Support the Community Chest Today began the 1946 Community Chest campaign which will end October 18, just one week from this Friday. Your Community Chest campaign combines the solicitations of fifty-six local orga- nizations, thus saving time, eEort and money. , When you give to the Community Chest you are not giving to a relief agency. Relief is the direct responsibility of the national, state, and local governments. Rather, the Chest raises funds to aid agencies which render essential health, welfare, and character building services for the good of the community. Last year the Chest received contributions from over 160,000 citizens of the Kansas City area, the greater part of the funds coming from business organizations, labor unions, and the public schools. This year let's put Westport over the fence first by giving 100 per cent to the Community Chest. Westport's 1,500 students can put this school well above the other schools of the city in con- tributions and at the same time aid our local organizations, such as the Boys' Club, Boy and Girl Scouts, YMCA, YWCA, Camp Fire Girls, Childrens' Mercy Hospital, and the Veterans Information and Housing Center. As you give, so Westport gives. Weigh the facts, and then, as your conscience dictates, GIVE! The Commentator No, no, it couldn't be true! Even though the posters displayed by the art classes in the front hall declare Show Me Art, all those characters asking Where is it? couldn't be hunting anything educational. Or could they- wanta bet? Don't be frightened children. Those are beards that adorn the faces of two young surveyors whom you may have seen down on Gillham. Must be foliage a couple of veterans brought home from the service. That's all right with us, but, Great Fertilized Follicles, let's not permit a beard brigade to spring up within Westport's peaceful walls. Haven't we already had enough, what with ersatz blondes and rolled-up blue jeans. Think of the consequences. Westport might even have to drop co-education, because something warns us that the girls just wouldn't like all those extra whiskers. You'll have to admit, they'd get in the way at times. Heard a rumor the other day that during the student council discussion on the party for newcomers at the Tiger Den, to be held next Wednes-day, someone suggested that the guests should pay for the refreshment.s. Now that ain't funny, McGee! The eighth graders certainly are proving themselves a progressive addition to the Westport population. For example, one observant eighth grade boy approached Miss Brubaker, common learnings instructor, in the cafeteria and asked if he could pay a nickel extra for a teachers' plate lunch instead of buying his usual fifteen cents' worth. Miss Brubaker had to break the bad news, teachers get just as many calories per plate as students, and no more. Nothing chanced, nothing gained. Larry Montgomery and several other fellahs showed plenty of interest in that turtle on the sidelines of the St. Joe Central game, or was it the two cute blondes who owned the reptile that got We attention? Wow, do those trim, new ROTC Eisenhower jackets make the gals take a second look. Why didn't I become a recruit? But J 's too late now. Here that, All right boys, let's take three around the football field on the double. Woes- es-me, those poor leg muscles. Paul Sieger, who moved to Kansas City fron. Iflzgota, Columbia, astounds Miss Egglesion's pupils by making reports in Lhrt A languages, Spanish, Ger- man, and American. Trilingual-shucks, and we have to sltfiiggle for twelve years just to learn plain English. A' - ,V Uma! 214 Tall, dark, and handsome is our Personality boy of the week. Bob Stuckert had his first glimpse of the world September 5, 1929. This 6-feet-1 lad, tipping the scales at 170 pounds, has sparkling brown eyes, and dresses strictly in . ,gr vw V fawfsgvau t ill IPP sw it gb. Ag, Z V the groove. A t member of the jun- Qa Q ior business com- ' ki --- . mittee last year, Bob now is presi- dent Of the Cam- i era club, and takes '- .--- z '21 -' an active part in As V- ,I Q. .-1, g3:-- .,- 'g :-:rag ::::5s5'g555gE5Ez:5EE: X .I speech arts. sas, - A 'Str ff? . ::a:s1e:1::::- I2 3 Pk ::i..'QEi:..1'1i5' il . Public speaking 3 - Q12 S- 3 ol ' .v:EEi:. 1- fffjjl,-f.5'?s f is his favorite sub- ' ':' ject. A trip to Z- Lain'sforhamburg- ers, listening to It Pays to Be Igno- rant, or watching Betty Hutton knock herself out singing are on his yes, but natch list. Bob does a neat job of dusting the ivories, preferring the semi-classicals such as Deep Pud- ple and Begin the Beguinef' A victim of the travel bug, this 17- year-old spent his vacation driving through Wisconsin, Illinois, and Mis- souri. After attending Junior College, Bob ha.s hopes of owning and managing his own motel Cmodernized tourist camp to youj in the West. ...... y 9' gm ,....... as Q! 1 X 9 'N' Q ' . -. J ses- :.'5:5: ' 'Z Freshmen to Comprise Smallest Graduating Class in 40 Years Unless there is a marked increase in their numbers in the next three years the present freshman class of seventy-seven will be the smallest Westport graduating class in forty years when they receive their diplo- mas in 1950. The total enrollment at the end of the third week of school was 200 below last year's figure at this time last year. j Sophomores predominate with 375 pupils and eighth graders number 255. There are 346 juniors and 306 seniors. THE WESTPORT CITIEII s Published bi-weekly during the i sfhool year by the Newswriting cass of Westport High School, QUILLD Kansas City, Mo. ,A Address: The Westport Crier, Q.. 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- sas City, Mo. SCRGLL Subscription rates: Year, 75 mints: single copy, 5 cents. Entered as second-class matter April 4, 1928. at the postoffice at Kansas City, Missouri. under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Nancy Akin Laura Lee Love Ed Gillett Ruth Mainquist John Grant Ray E. Shannon W'l G M L V 1 ma ray ary ou ess Photographers. James Saffran, Ted Riegelman Faculty Supervisor .........,.. John N. Booth Director of Photography ,....... Ina G. Bonney October 9, 1946 Your 1947 Herald: A Progress Report Plans for the 1947 Herald are pro- gressing rapidly down in room 4. The new year book will feature a section of montages consisting of photos sub- mitted for publication by members of the student body. Clear, clean-cut pho- tcgraphs of students in informal poses will be considered for this sec- tion, Jim Saffran, Herald photogra- pher, is collecting photos with which to supplement the montages. The deadline for senior photo sit- tings has been set at October 26. Sen- iors who have not yet paid the 32 fee or have not yet had their sittings are strongly urged' to do so immediately. The Herald staff must have the entire senior section of the year book mount- ed and ready for engraving before De- cember 15. Harvey Meyers, a representative of the School Photo Service, will come to Westport later this month to photo- graph all members of student clubs and organizations for use in the Her- ald. It is hoped that this arrangement, in addition to the montages, may en- able every student, from eighth grad- er to senior, to have at least one pic- ture in the Herald. In order to do this, a fee of 10 cents may be levied to cover the cost of cuts of home room groups. Two Westport Girls Win Grand Prizes in Forget-Me-Not Sale Lynn Vegiard, a senior, and Doris McWilliams, a sophomore, received second and third prizes respectively, for their part in the recent sale of forget-me-nots honoring the Disabled American Veterans of World War II. The sale, held Saturday, September 14, had 600 girls taking part who sold 59,000 worth of the blue Howers. The prizes which were awarded by the Goldman Jewelry store in the form of certificates, were 3100, first prize, 375, second prize, and 350, third prize. Each girl participating in the drive received a 35 certificate from the store. Typing Awards Jo Ann Crandall, Sue Harkness, Marilyn Holum, Marilyn Kendrick, 403 Novalee Kolbe, 50, Dorla Gugel, 60. Two plane loads of teachers and students will fly to Lawrence, Kas., Sunday, October 13. The trip is espe- cially for the aeronautics class. The planes will return by way of Olathe and Grandview. Mr. Shearer is in charge of the expedition. Jack Booth, '41, and Bob Challinor, '39, are attending Drury College at Springfield, Mo. WESTPORT CRIER Page Three Many Promising Young Artists in .Iunior Band The junior band is made up mostly of new students, and many promising young artists are in the group. Names and instruments played: Clarinets Joyce Dibble Connie Klee Norma Lou Mace James Bennet Carlton Buholtz Earn: st Caldwell John Drew C. J. Schmell Billy Standing Robert Wendel Frank Van Beber Cornets James Carlson Morgan Day Charles Doulrick Prince James Donald Kasen Richard McMahon Clinton Newman, J r. Ward Perrin Dale Perkins Billie Patterson Don Sparry Drums Patsy Thomson C.ifford Hayes James Newman T h rom one Jo Ann Isenschmidt Saxophone Marilyn Snidow Flute Russell Stanton Nurse and Aides Guard Against Colds Because the girls in the health center realize the first symptom of infantile paralysis is a severe sore throat and cold, they are particularly considerate of the health of students, taking every possible precaution, Miss Cecelia Burke, school nurse, said yesterday. All students who have colds that have settled in their noses are sent home immediately. The girls are kept busy taking temperatures, calling,parents, and securing taxies. We are sure that teachers appre- ciate the effort but wonder if students realize their responsibility. Upon be- ing sent home they should make every effort to get rid' of the cold an-d con- sult the family physician if it does not clear up at once. Students who find they are too ill to come to school or that they do have a contagious dis- ease should call the school and report that fact to the school nurse, who is interested in the welfare of all, or to the oflice. The doctors have finished physical examinations for the girls' physical education classes and we discovered that there is a large group of girls who are not only good looking but in good physical condition. Since health is one of the first requisites for beau- ty, we can be sure that Westport al- ways will lead the Kansas City schools in health and beauty. Virginia Tribbey, '44, sailed Mon- day, September 23, for Australia, where she will appear on the stage in the larger cities for the next four months. She will participate in a pan- tomime. Since her graduation, Vir- ginia has played in New Ymrk, Chica- go, and Cuba. From zluba, she sent Mr. Harris a letter 1' pener. She hopes to appear in Londo. soon. Allen Baku, '45, was 1 esevnted at the Browning Y' 'iety-s annual re- assembly tei' Sei ---fber 26. Also pre- sented was -.,wi.- v -Anfield. Spring Gives Three Books On Music to Library Mr. Spring presented the Westport library with three books recently. For a number of years he has given a book annually in honor of the most outstanding music students in the graduating class. Stories Behind the World's Great Music was dedicated to Martha Rush and Edward McLeroy, '44. This book contains many interesting facts and little known legends behind the com- positions of the world's great music. The Victor Book of Musical Fun, a collection of musical quizzes, anec- dotes and funny pictures, was -dedi- cated to Jane Bucher, Eloise Rhodus, and David Hougland, '45, Shirley Short and Earl Moon, '46, were honored with The Story of George Gershwin. This book gives a complete account of this great mu- sician who lifted jazz to the concert ,stages of the whole world. Hayfever What is hayfever? is a question That so many times is askedg When you see blood-shot eyes, And a nose that's often masked. Does it come from food or clothes or what? You inquiringly repeat, Can you get rid of it by change of weather, By extremes of cold or heat? Can you take shots and medicines, And: great big colored pills Whose one and only guarantee is- It either cures or kills? Should you stay in bed all day, Or get up and gad around? But it makes no difference where you are, You're still hayfever bound. Questions like these can't be an- swered, For science has yet to prove, The why, and what, and wherefore, Of the loud, breathtaking Hah- choo! Beverly Nikles, '48 Henry B. Vess. Jr., '36, is attending the school of business administration at Harvard University. He recently was discharged after three years in the service, one of which was spent in civil affairs units in Manila and Japan. His sister, Mary Louise, is a senior. Robert Lindholm, '46, who is attend- ing Junior College, demonstrated typ- ing skill and technique, ,zo the third hour typing class in room 312, Mon- day, September 23. Page Four WESTPORTiCRIER ' Octabsf 9, 19319 Under the Clock Phyllis and Gene Bohi seem to have organized a debate team all their own in their public speaking class. A darling senior has become a promising member of the class of '47. She is Pat Maupin from Moline, Ill. We think she really will go places. Larry Montgomery has become re- markably studious. fWith lost books, that is.J Still with us, and still confusing us, are the Crandall twins. Notice to the eighth graders: It is possible to go f1'om the basement to the second fioor in five minutes with- out running. Add to the list of steadies Bob Montgomery and Betty Vandevoir. Whew, at last! Buddy, alias Pinky, Price, being ut- terly discouraged with his first at- tempt to change his blond tresses red, proceeded to try four more pack- ages of auburn rinse. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Right, Buddy? Members of the Crier gladly testify that Miss Burke has a wonderful dis- position. Eddie Fink has asked us to mention his name in this issue six times. huts! Zelma Ocheltree and her love life! Homer Ferguson is quite the boy, according to one admirer. We hear the Newman theater was practically run by a group of our girls last summer. It seems that Alice King didn't Lnow who to cheer for at the South- west-Westport game. Who is this fel- low Kempie anyway? We could ask the same thing of Ann Tliornbury. Gene is cute, Ann, but where's your school spirit? June Newberry and Ryland Brum- field announce that they have almost been going steady for two weeks. Many girls have decided to make :heir blond tresses blonder. Among them are Wynema Sampson, Harriet Skalitsky, Nancy Billings, and Jackie Riegel. Very pretty, too, girls. A handsome couple we've seen about lately is Duke Montgomery and Mary Ellen Waits. Quite a few girls have come to the conclusion that the Southwest boys aren't bad, not bad at all, in fact! Those cheer leaders really know their stuff. You did a wonderful job, kids! We think Wallyfs toot,' will be- come famous this year. School .seems to hold a fascina- tion for Peggy O'Dwyer, Thelma Spencer and Peggy Stanton. Clinton Newman is starting in early. Ask Wanda Carlson why Clin- ton thinks she has a pretty hand. Oh, Clinton!! Has anyone noticed that fiying leap Edris McCarty takes after those kids who try to sneak up the back stairs, fourth hour? Better watch out, kids, sheys dangerous. Bill Disney and Betty Ploesser have started the year off right. They're our newest steadies. We've seen some pretty nice sopho- mores around our halls. For instance, Juanita Smith, Barbara Sadiran, Patty Ryan. Bob Weigand and Dick Kniseley have a nice racket chiseling Benny. Honestly, boys, one for the price of two isn't fair. Lucky Miss VVheeland! She again is honored by the presence of the one and only Thomas M. We lost Shirley Short last year, but her sister Pat seems to be filling her place well. We know one person who thinks Don Francis is about the best football player ever. Hint-his initials are D. F. We hear Marilyn Johnson is pretty handy with a baseball bat. Westport boys being Westport boys, we can un- derstand why. Community Chesf Giffs fo Be Collected Until October 18 The annual Community Chest cam- paign which opened in the schools Monday includes the forty-six agencies united before the war and ten addi- tional agencies formerly financed sep- arately, fifty-six in all. These ten agencies add 3400,000 to the usual budget. They are: Veterans Information Center, hand- ling housing inquiries and personal services for 4,500 veterans per month, Boy Scouts serving 19,000 boys in Kansas City-, Girl Scouts serving 3,300 girls, Campfire Girls training 3,000 girls, YMCA with 20,000 youth and young men participating, Jewish Com- munity Center with 11,000 usage per month, six day nurseries caring for 700 pre-school children per year, Ap- pleman Home caring for thirty aged persons, Catholic Community Service for youth and young adults, Refugee Service aiding new residents of Kan- sas City from other nations. Contributions from pupils will be collected in the homerooms until Oc- tober 18, the closing date of the cam- paign. You might see children with bal- loons, even eighth graders, but really, Mr. Miner! Remarks heard at the Westport- Southwest game: We ought to start a team and have the players wear black and white striped shirts and white pants. Then we could tackle the refer- ees and no one would know the dif- ference. It would really foul them up. We don't see why Eddie Stewart can't make up his mind. The lines some boys can dish out! How about that, Peggy Cook ? It really was nice to have those Southwest cheer leaders at the Den after the game. They seemed to enjoy themselves and have invited everyone to come out to Teepee Town Hallow- een night When they open. PART-TIME WORK Short Hours--Afternoons or Evenings Monday Through Thursday Plus Saturday Work Students 16 and over STOCK WORK. . . ORDER FILLING GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS . . . TYPISTS Excellent Rates HALL BROTHERS, Inc. October,--921946 , WESTPQRT WCRLER Page Fife Harris Beals Telegram on Fast Air Trip Telling of his belate-d return flight from Lincoln, Neb., recently, Ralph S. Harris, vice principal, declared, It was the most enjoyable flight I eve,1' have made. Flying at 3,000 feet, we could sense the curvature of the earth, the sky was so clear. Mr. and Mrs. Harris left Saturday, September 21, for an overnight trip to Lincoln, where they visited Dr. Ver- non Lapp, formerly a physical educa- tion teacher at Westport, now a pro- fessor at the University of Nebraska. The air tourists had expected to return to Kansas City Sunday afternoon but they were grounded at Lincoln by a cold front which de- scended over the central middle west- ern area at that time. One thing that iiying teaches you, said Mr. Harris, is to have a healthy re.spect for Mother Nature. He went on to explain that in the storms which accompany cold fronts there may be up and down drafts ex- ceeding 200 miles per hour, certainly no place for a cabin plane. When he was sure that there was no chance of getting 'through to Kan- sas City in time for school Monday morning, Mr. Harris sent a night let- ter to Mr. Holloway, advising him of that fact. Finding that the cold front had cleared completely by Monday morn- ing, Mr. and Mrs. Harris took off at 7:35 o'clock, and with the help of a perfect tail wind from the northwest of between twenty-five and thirty miles per hour, they flew the distance of 170 miles from Lincoln to Kansas City in exactly one and one-half hours, arriving here at 9:05 o'clock. Mr. Harris reached his oliice before the end' of hour one, just in time to deliver his night letter to Mr. Hollo- way in person, for it had preceded him by only five minutes. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harris were awed by the beauty of their early morning flight, because in the perfect visibility which characteristically fol- low.s the passing of a cold front, they were able to discern the Kansas City skyline at a distance of almost fifty miles, while they were passing over Atchison, Kas. Y-Teen Theme Presented In Series of Skits Ship Ahoy, Y-Teens, was the theme of the senior high conference held at the YWCA, 1020 McGee, Sat- urday, September 28, from 10 to 2. The day opened with the signing in of the crew. Then, in the lounge, the Y-Teens shoved off with a welcome and introduction by Ann Angle, oiiicer of the day. This was followed by hit the deck with music, led by Virginia Starks, lieutenantg Clarice Herbert, commander, and Mildred Johns, sea- man lst class. Barbara Tindall was the oiiicer in charge of on the horizon. First in the skit was Public Affairs by Bev- erly- Schmidt and her Southwest Mates. This was followed by Yls Be Beautiful, Norma Bush and her Northeast Matesg Y-Teens versus Prunella Sit at Home, Shirley Davis and Lorene Koch and their North Kan- sas City Matesg Careers of the Day, Shirley Hamilton and her Paseo Matesg Service and World Fellow- ship by Ann Angle and her Central Matesg and Worship Service by Shirley Davis and Lorene Koch and their North Kansas City Mates. Following was the Man Your Sta- tions order, when the Y-Teens divid- ed into groups to discuss the work- ings of the individual school pro- grams. The day's cruise ended with chow followed by scuttlebut. City-wide Y- Teens plans were discussed at that time. These girls are the junior members of the YWCA. Crier Schedule Throughout the remainder of the year the Crier will be distributed on the following Wednesdays: No. 3 No. 4 . .................. October 23 . . . . .... November 6 No. 5 . . . .... November 20 No. 6 . . . .... December 4 No. 7 . . . .... December 18 No. 8 ' . . .... January 22 No. 9 .. . . . .February 5 No. 10 . .. . . .February 19 No. 11 . . . .... March 5 No. 12 . . . .... March 19 No. 13 . . . .... April 2 No. 14 . .. .... April 16 No. 15 . .. ...... .... A pril 30 No. 16 ...................... May 21 For an eye-catching display of col- or, just visit rooms 315 and 307. Many beginning seamstresses are working on kitchen towels and a few of the more ambitious are fashion place mats. Advanced classes are making wool suits and dresses. Marian Reubens, '45, and Shirley Werner, '45, 'were Westport visitors last week. Marian holds a steno- graphic position with a life insurance company and Shirley is a stenogra- pher for an attorney. A Cpl. Jack Clark, '44, visited West- port Monday, September 30. Sz 'ek was president of the Auto club while here. Johr Kohn, '40, one time president of Jules iluei in, visited the 1.-liool re- cently. He is attending tl' Kansas State Agricultural College. , Names of 14,334 Grads On Westport Alumni List According to the latest figures com- piled, Westport high school may now 'claim 14,334 graduates. There have been fifty-four graduating classes be- tween the years 1892-1946. Records of the Board of Education give 415 as the total number for theiyears pre- ceding 1909. The school office records give the number of graduates each year since 1909 as follows: 1892-1908 .... 415 1921 282 1934 ..,. 430 1909 .,., 121 1922 323 1935 ,,.. 530 1910 .... 171 1923 365 1936... 487 1911 ..,. 211 1924 479 1937... 515 1912 ,... 245 1925....509 1938... 520 1913 .... 217 1926 .... 428 1939 .... 560 1914 .... 225 1927 386 1940 .. 461 1915 .... 274 1928 379 1941... 424 1916 .... 289 1929 356 1942 .... 462 1917 .... 289 1930 443 1943 .... 413 1918 .... 261 1931 436 1944 .... 342 1919. . . .263 1932 409 1945. . . .362 1920 .... 260 1933 477 1946 .... 315 Total .............. 14,334 Band Starts Year With Nearly 60 Members Nearly sixty students were present for the first full rehearsal of the band. Although many fine performers have been lost through graduation and transfers to other towns or schools it is hoped that the older members of the present group will become as good leaders as those of previous years. The instrumentation is up to standard, and the interest shown thus far prom- ises a good outlook for the coming year. Musicians and instruments: Baritones Jim Buford Jimmy Edwards Basses Dicky Johnston Lawrence Johnston G1 L h CII US Charles Rinsinger Clarinets Helen Baker Ronald Barnes Ralph Delap Lloyd Dommel Mary Ezzert Garner Harper Ida Holcomb Kun Kennedy Bob Mathews Jcre Merritt Eugene Miers Mary Nicholas Bill Dugan Raymond Trainol D U d k on p y e Rosemary Walkup Edmond Zangel Cornets Charles Bennett Gene Bohi Ralph Carlson Kenny Curran Joe DeSotc. Bill Isenschmidt Jim McAfoose Bob McCollum Francis Miller Fred Prediger Dick Snyder Drums Ted Gewertz John Halley Wilma Longstreth Allece Smythe Fred Worth Flutes Lucretia Johnston Mary Helen Ryder Jeanine Tatum Patty Young French Horn Marilyn Meyer Billy Sparrow Mary Alice Storms Oboe Bill Abbott Saxophone Tommy Adams Richard Byrds Barbara Leslie Kenneth McNeel Trombones Edwin Alberswerth Charles Bates Rosadena lsenschmidt Edward Johnson Margaret Meyer Tom Ousley Richard Spencer A group of eighth graders spend their free period, first 'half of Hfth, in the auditorium under the able guid- ance of Miss Gales. During this time they do whatever studying is neces- sary. ..-. Several students have enrolled in other schools. Grace Spong and Ar' thur Hanson have left for Bethany College, Bill Beatty for Columbia, Mo., and Al King for Pembroke Coun- try Day School. Page Six WESTPORT CRIER October 9, 1946 Four Latin Americans Here as Guest Students The soft tinkle of Spanish syllables occasionally attracts attenton to four Latin American guest students. Their rapid, fluent utterance is the despair of our would-be Spanish students. Celina Vega of Honduras and Emi- lia Ruiz of Mexico City charmingly Iill the bill as the feminine half of the quartet, while the boys are ably rep- resented by Antonio de la Espriella of Cartagena, Colombia, and Paul Sieger of Bogota, Colombia, who en- tered last year as an eighth grade pupil. Celina came to the United States eleven months ago from her native Honduras. Although she already has been graduated from a secondary school in Honduras, and is therefore eligible to begin her college work, she preferred to enroll in high school where she believes she will have a greater opportunity to learn English. After she has mastered our language, she plans to study for some field of business in which it will be of value to her. Emilia has been in this country only six months. Both she and Celina speak English surprisingly well, yet neither of them knew a word of English be- fore they left home. Emilia's reasons for coming to Westport are much the same as Celina's. She desires to per- fect herself in English first and then study to become a fashion de.signer. Antonio, or Anthony, as he prefers to be called, was born in Cartagena, Colombia. Before coming to this coun- try three months ago he resided in Bogota, where he was graduated from secondary school, Anthony wants to learn English at Westport before go- ing on to college in this country. Paul Sieger began his education in Germany at the age of six. Two years later his family moved to Colombia, where Paul lived until he came to the United States a year ago. Although his plans are uncertain, he thinks that he will return to Colombia after grad- uating from Westport to prepare for a career in business. When asked for her views on the United States, Celina replied that she is much impressed by the size of the country and by the eiiicient manner in which the people go about their daily activities. Both she and Emilia particularly admire our schools, with their well-organized cafeterias. They pointed out that in most of the schools in Latin America classes are not held continuously throughout the day. School begins at about 8 o'clock in the morning and closes at about 12 noon for an extended lunch period or siesta of two hours. During this time all students return home and .enjoy a pleasant interlude with their families. The afternoon session begins at 2 and Student Council Officers Left to right-Kramer, Leake, Tidd, Boggs, Davis Officers Elected by Pupils In Miss Gales' Classes Miss Gales' sixth hour English I class has elected Don Cox president, Donald Gossett, vice president, Wanda Carlson, secretary, Donald Moore, sergeant-at-arms. Other oficers elected in Miss Gales' classes are first hour speech, Sarah Jane O'Bester, president, Shirley Par- sons, vice president, Marcena Puder- baugh, secretary, Shirley Clary, treasurer, Jack Miller, sergeant-at- arms. Second hour: Speech, Clarence Kra- mer, president, Quinn Young, vice president, David Clark, secretary, John Kreidamacher, treasurer, and Bob Rhodes, sergeant-at-arms. Third hour: Speech, Patricia Short, president, Virginia McDonald, vice president, Gerry Ronksley, secretary, and Pat Murphy, sergeant-at-arms. usually continues until 5. Because of this long interruption in the school day, the students are not able to pro- gress so fast with the same amount of work as they do under our system. Expressing their views on teen agers in Colombia, both boys agree that the social barriers between boys and girls are more rigid there than in this country. Girls and boys go to dif- ferent schools, if they go to school at all Qand there is no law to make themj. Boys participate in many sports that are popular here, such as basketball and tennis. Baseball is vir- tually unknown in Colombia. The Co- lombians substitute such games as soccer and volley ball, which are not so well known here. Very few Colombian girls participate in competitive sports. Joned Billings, '44, who returned re- cently from the Episcopal Church Convention at Philadelphia, spoke be- fore a joint meeting of the youth at St. Paul's Church. Her -sister Nancy is Q senior- nere. Daffynitions Hearse-an animal that pulls a cart. Chilled-small human. Dress-ours is Kansas City, Mis- souri. Wagon-the state of girls' tongues. Tents-what there's a past, present, and future of. ' Sarong-it's not right. Eyes-what you put in cokes. Duke-what you do when the base- ball comes at you. Sleep-what happens when you step on a banana peel. Defense-what the garbage can is on the other side of. Indiscrete-where children play un- til dark.-Exchange. Miss Egglestonfs Latin students have interviewed 145 persons outside the school, asking, What do you think of Latin as a school subject? Nine- ty-one believed that Latin helped build vocabulary and was worthwhile, twelve thought it a waste of time, while forty-two had no opinion. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jacoby, both '44, recently visited school with their baby daughter. Mrs. Jacoby was for- merly Lois Pendleton. Mr. Jacoby soon will enter Kansas State College. Miss Bonney's fifth and seventh hour botany classes are taking field trips to study trees and shrubs. Miss Youngs has posted in her home room a bright red bulletin board en- titled Pin-Ups. This board is espe- cially for the seniors and now displays an article about England's Crown Jewels. Students in Miss Youngs' home room have elected their class oiiticers. They are Mary Hern, president, Don- ald Dishinger, vice president, Jackie Riegel, secretary, and Dick McLain, treasurer. October 9, 1946 WESTPORT CRIER Page Seven Ninety-seven Listed On New Honor Roll Ninety-seven students are named on the honor roll for the last sentester of last year, which was posted la.st week. The list includes seniors, jun- iors and sophomores as follows: Managers of Girls Sports l Richard Asher Bill Banaka Ronald Barnes Arlie Belle Creagar Elaine Davis Gloria Davis John Barth Elise De Wendt George Berg Joyce Dibble Dick Boggs Joy Drury J R B oe oy rown Reland Brumf-'ield Jim Buford Ralph J.Carlson Kenton Curran John Davis Harry Ervin Larry Everitt Fred Freeman Jack Gibbs David Goeckeler Paul Goeckeler Bill Gooch John Grant Bob Hamilton Milton Harmony Robert Lee Hosman Gary Johnson Richard Kniseley Bill Leake Ted McAtee Robert McCollum Kenneth McNee1 Barbara Edwards Liesl Eschenheimer Jean Fogel Margaret Foreman Wilma Gray Rebecca Gruver Nancy Lee Hindman Marilyn Johnson Marilyn Kern Geraldine Kramer Mary Lekman Nancy Lund Jo Ann Magnuson D ' M W'll' f orls c 1 iams Betty Ruth Mitchell Joan Mitchell Joanne Novoa Margaret Jane Quinley Mary Anne Rea Mary Helen Ryder Phyllis Schindler Ethel Senger Mary Ann Siverd Bob Miller Vera Smoots Terry Moore Thelma Spencer Walter Price P Sta t Jim Reeves Jack Sevier Quentin Smith Harry Van Trees Robert Walters Robert Weigand James Williams Edmond Zangel Nancy Akin Shirley Alton June Baltis Mary Lu Biggio Nancy Billings Shirley Jeanne Cart Charlene Caudle Peggy Cook el' QHEY h OH Arlene Swanson Elaine Tenenbaum Johne Thornberry Lois S. Thorne Marilyn Tidd Lareen Taub Viola Turner Brenda Upham Mary Louise Vess Joanne Waite Rosemary Walkup Vivian Weeks Dorothy Westerdah Dolores Willard Barbara Wolfe Lawayne Yates l Bob Holloway, '46, is attending night school at the Art Institute and is employed in the art department of the Western Auto Company during the day. Robert Potts recently spent a week in the hospital with a severe case of asthma. A rubber wheeled cart, which will be used to transport books to and from the book room, has been pur- chased by the English department. The tryouts for the fall play were held immediately after the Freshmen Orientation. The play committee con- sidered' a mystery and several three act comedies. The public speaking classes are working on speeches for Education Week and the Charity Drive. The top- ic for Education Week is Education for the Atomic Age. The subject for debate this year, chosen by the National Forensic League, is, Resolved: That We Should Have Socialized Medicine. '7fr!Laui7fn lfze Zfeaad. Almost a hundred years ago the forerunner of Westport High School had its beginning as a private .school in the village of Westport. This school served the citizens of this pioneer community until the time of the Civil War when it was forced to close its doors. The school was revived in 1885 as a public high school, the second public high .school to be established in the state of Missouri. This school was conducted in one room of the Main School, a name later changed to the Allen School. In 1892 a new high school building was constructed on the corner of Thirty-Ninth and Warwick only to be burned down a short time later. Im- mediately a new building was con- structed on the same site and served until it became too small for the growing school population. When the present building was com- pleted in 1907 it was considered one of the most remarkable school build- ings in America. School officials all over the United States came to mar- vel at its beauty and utility. Standing on a bluff, it commanded an unob- structed view of the valley below. One can understand the enthusiasm of a poet of that day who wrote the words: High upon a hill so noble, 'Challenging the eye, Stands 21. school above all others, Stands the Westport High. Westport is proud of its graduates who have attained notable success in every walk of life. All over America can be found great lawyers, doctors, ministers, to:',che1's, statesmen, actors, musicians, ngineers, business men, Managers Chosen for Girls' Intramural Sports Students in the girls physical edu- cation classes have elected the man- agers for the intramural sports. Man- agers for the major sports are Jerry Kramer, senior manager, and Beverly Worth, junior manager, hockey, Mari- lyn Tidd, senior, and Barbara Turley, junior, basketball: Marilyn Johnson, senior, and Jeanne Beaver, junior, volley ballg Doxiene Camoron, senior, and Phyllis Dobbe, junior, softball. For the minor sports the managers are Blossom Close, hand tennis, Belva Berlekamp, table tennis, Mary Lu Biggio, bowlingg Sonya Buiiington, dance, Jerre Mueller, swimming, Vel- ma Nelson, badminton, Nancy Hell- man, aerial darts, Mary Helen Ryder, tumblingg Betty Dyer, roller skating, Jane Thurman, archery. The tennis manager ha.s not been chosen yet. Besides the managers for these sports, two service managers have been elected. They are Mary Hubbard and Alberta Seager. As service man- agers these girls are required to as- sist Miss Fairchild, head of the de- partment, and keep the scrapbook. Duties of the sport managers a 'e to referee games, check equipment and keep scores. and members of the armed forces who proudly claim Westport as their alma mater. Perhaps our proudest boast is that we have prepared' six Rhodes scholars, an accomplishment probably not equaled by any other American high school.-Reprinted from the Westport Handbook The annual football assembly for all students will be held during the second week in October, preceding the first interscholastic game. Page Eight WESTPORT CRIER October 9, 1946 Stubborn Tigers Fail To Stop Northeast The Tigers surprised Northeast last Saturday with a stubborn resist- ance that gave the slow-starting Vik- ings a scare, but was incapable of stopping their onslaught which ended 26-13. The absence of Nick Carras, West- port backfield ace and returned ser- viceman, who has been declared in- eligible on a technicality, was disas- trous to the Tigers. Johnny Glorioso, Northeast's star back, was unable to make his best showing in the game because of illness, yet he managed' to make 2 of his team's four touchdowns. Attempting to snare Northeast's kickoff, Thomas dropped the ball and a Viking captured it on Westport's 20-yard line and his teammates surged to a touchdown with Wright making the tally slightly more than a minute after play began. Glorioso's conversion kick was wild. Immediately, the Westport offen- sive began to click and the line which Coach Bourrette said he was dissatis- fied with after the Southwest game, showed its weight and power when Stewart carried the ball on ground- gaining runs. Apple and the left half bucked the line to set the ball on Northeast's 2-yard line, but Stewart fumbled on another fiying leap over the line and the Vikings recovered. Sending a man behind their goal- line, Northeast prepared to punt to safety, but the Westport line seeped through the hulking opposition as if it was a sieve. Millican blocked the kick and fell on it for the first West- port touchdown. Apple kicked the con- version point to put the Tigers ahead by 1 point. The next score came in the second quarter when Westport could hold no longer and Glorioso made a touch- down. A penalty against the Tigers called: back a conversion pass that failed, for a .second try which earned the extra point. Not until the fourth period was an- other point racked up. Glorioso rammed through, but the conversion pass was knocked down. The fighting spirit in the Westporters won out again as their teammate Carras root- ed for them on the sidelines. Stewart starred in the long drive and crossed for the point. The conversion kick was low. Starting line-ups: Northeast-26 Westport-13 Vlvycr ,,,........... L1-I ....,......., Moore Bates ..,.......,.,. LT ,..... ,..... H oman Hall . ,,....,.,... .LG .,..., ..,. B anaka Arcndalc . . . .... C ..... .... D ailey Barr ..... ...... R G ..... ,,... Q uigley Swearingen , ..... RT ,.... ..,.. M illican Claxton . , . . ....,. RE ..... .... H uffman Daly .... ....., R H ,... ..,. A pple Wright . . , ...... QB ..... .,.. K enton Lawson . , ...... FB Th . . . . . . . omas Stewart Glorioso 4..... LH. Boys Gym Classes Prepare For Intramural Program With extra-curricular touch foot- ball and basketball instruction already under way, the boys gym classes will engage in softball, volleyball, wrest- ling, boxing, track, field, and indoor gym work outside of physical educa- tion hours. All-star and interclass tournaments in football and basketball will be played, and basketball groupings of equal abilities will have opportunity to play a schedgle. The Best All-Around Gymnast con- test will start in the spring with con- testants classified according to weight. 86224624 Qui Nick Carras, all-city halfback in 1943 and 1944 and Westport threat this year after a return from service in the Merchant Marine, was declared ineligible Saturday- morning just be- fore the important Northeast game because -his sea duty could not be ac- cepted as a substitute for school at- tendance. Coach Bourrette received a tele- gram giving the Missouri State High School Athletic Association's decision at 7 o'clock. The football mentor says that the ineligibility inquiry was started by W. O. Shofstall of Manual who requested his principal, H. R. Shepherd, a member of the state ath- letic association board of control, to bring the question to the attention of the board. Nick made three voyages to the Aleutians during his 12 months ser- vice before he came back to finish his last semester of high school. The In- terscholastic league athletic director, Harvey Selvidge, had advised Mr. Bourrette last summer that Carras could play. The coach feels that the worst harm resulting from the inci- dent is that the Tiger halfback was discriminated against and that many other boys will be affected. Mr. Bourrette reports that Johnny Glorioso, Navy veteran star of the Northeast backfield who was ill Sat- urday although he played in the game, expressed his regret that the VVestport back could not play. A re- liable source reports that the whole Northeast squad believed that Nick should be allowed on the gridiron. Probably Carras's necessary inac- tivity during most of the Southwest game when the ineligibility question had not yet been answered was re- sponsible for a lowering of the team's morale. And possibly the belief that Nick was getting a bum deal spurred the Tigers on to make A1 spirited bat- tle against the Viking? last Satur- day. Sou'westers Mow Down Tigers in First Game With long runs and fine blocking, the Southwest touchdown machine rolled up a 19-0 score over the scrap- py Tigers in the teams' Interscholas- tic league opener at Blues' field, 8 p. m., September 28. In the first quarter the Blue and Gold held on their 1-yard line and foiled a Southwest touchdown threat. Dick Stewart brought the crowd to its feet with a 50-yard run for the Bengals, but Westport couldn't get up enough steam to make a touchdown. The Injuns scored in the second quarter when Phil Klein completed a long run after deciding not to pass from behind the Southwest 45-yard line. . Westport neared the Indians' posts with a passing attack until Klein in- tercepted. Running the length of the field, the Southwest quarterback went over for what would have been anoth- er 6 points if an ofiicial had not called back the play because of an Indian clipping foul. Before the half ended, the Tigers staved off another South- west push by intercepting a pass. In the third quarter, Maffry carried the pigskin over, and when Klein kicked the game's only conversion point, Southwest was on top by 13-0. Robinson turned in the final tally on a run through the Westport line. Starting line-ups: Southwest-19 Westport-0 D 'v t ,..,... .... .............,. B t ' uni en LE a rs Nelson ..,.......... LT .....,....... Thomas LG Chase .....,......,, ............. B anaka Dailey Lundgren .,.... C ....,.. .... RG ,... , . ..,... Smith Wald .. ..,. .. See ..,. ...... ...... , . .. Mlllxcan lVood... Maf fry ...., ..,... ...... ...... A p p le Schutzel , . . . ...... . ....,..... , Stewart RT RE ...,., . . . Huffman Klein .,.., ...... Q B ,...., ..... K enton RH LH FB Robinson .........., ..,............. N oll Joe Barnes Wins Singles Title In Interscholastic Net Match Joe Barnes upset Norman Apple, Southwest, who has been Interscho- lastic singles champion for two years, 6-3 and. 6-4, last week and earned the Tigers' first '46-'47 net victory by taking the city high school singles crown. Walter Peck, and Ellis Pack, South- east second doubles team, defeated Southea.st's first doubles team, Gene Giese and Ellis Bryant, 5-7, 6-4, and 6-3, for the interscholastic doubles title. Papooses' Backtield Too Fast tor Little Tigers Westport's Cubs were defeated by the Southwest second team, starring a fast backfield, 12-0, at Southwest Field, September 30. The Tiger starting line-up follows: Jack Carby-LE Don Updyke-RE John Kelly-LT Bob Dishinger-RH Eddie Sorely-LG Walter Trueblood-Q Bob Kearney-C Dale Knowlton--FB Sam Johnson-RG Gus Carras'LI-I Earl Stockwell-RT HE E TPORT RIER Volume Thirty-four October 23, 1946 Number Three Homeroom Groups May Managing gcfiloa Student Citizens to Be Pictured in Herald One of the many new ideas the Herald staff is considering for use in the 1947 year book i.s a section de- voted to pictures of home room groups. This new feature would in- crease the Herald expenses consider- ably and rising publication costs may absorb the money required for an additional section. The staff is searching for new sources of revenue to supplement the present income of the Crier and the Herald, which now consists of a share of the activity ticket receipts, the proceeds of single copy sales, and from advertising. All but a few seniors have paid their photo fees an-d have arranged for their sittings. For the benefit of the few who have not done so, the deadline of October 26 is being ex- tended for a short time. Harvey Meyers, a representative of the School Photo Service, came to the school Monday to take individual photographs of members of clubs and other student organizations for use in the Herald. He will return at a later date to photograph new mem- bers and students who were absent last Monday. Course in Harmony Offered in Vocal Department A course in harmony is to be of- fered by the music department for the first time since 1942. The addition of another vocal teacher, Miss Martha Cain, has made it possible to add the subject to Mr. Spring's schedule. Harmony is a special study of music which might include everything except musical performance. It is a study of chords and scales, not values and signs, phrasing and form analysis. It also includes ar- ranging and creative writing. It is the basic course for all serious music study and is required of all advanced stu-dents. Mr. Spring proposes to present the course in a series of musical projects selected by the students to give them an opportunity to specialize in com- position, vocal mu.sic and instrumental arranging. ...- Dr. O. W, Warmingham, doctor of theology and member of the .staff of the American Youth Foundation, will speak in assembly Wednesday, Octo- ber 30, at 9:15 o'clock. Balanced Living will be his topic. Dr. Warm- ingham is touring the country lectur- ing to various schools and groups. REY E. SHANNON Members of the 1946-47 Crier staff were named last week as follows: Rey Shannon, managing editorg Ed Gillette, news editorg Mary Louise Vess, circulation manager, Laura Lee Love, feature editorg Nancy Akin, Rey Shannon, sports editorsg John Grant, make-up editorg Wilma Grey, business manager, Ruth Mainquist, art editor. All of these students are seniors who took junior newswriting last year with Miss Youngs as teacher. Their selection was based on their records in that class. Rey Shannon, the managing editor, attended Westport in his freshman and junior years and was freshman secretary in 1943-44. ll Westporters to Present Inside The News Broadcast Nov. 14 The Inside the News program, to be broadcast from station KMBC Thursday afternoon, November 14, at 2 o'clock, will feature student news- casters of Westport in a round-up of school news. Ruth Mainquist will give a short summary of school news and Rey Shannon will give the latest in school sports news. A new schedule of KMBC School- house broadcasts will be followed this year. Programs intended for upper elementary and high school listening will be presented at 2 o'clock on Thursdays throughout the school year by senior and junior high school re- porters in rotation. Items are supplied by news writers in the various schools who send their copy to the newscaster of the week a day or awo beiore the broadcast. Cast Ballots Tomorrow Petition signing was the favorite indoor sport last week, with the run- off election coming tomorrow. Ama- teur politicians were on the job early and late, urging their friends to add their names to some of the many lists in circulation. Five groups of oflicers will be chos- en in tomorrow's election, since for the first time eighth graders are vot- ing citizens. Each clas.s from seniors to eighth graders will chose a presi- dent, vice president, secretary, treas- urer, sgt.-at-arms, and six others. Candi-dates in yesterday's primary were the following: Seniors. Richard Kniseley, Ed Gillett, Pat Mac- Donald, Laura Love, Bob Weigand, Donna Kindsvater, Marilyn Tidd, Ruth Mainquist, John Davis, Bill Banaka, Milton Harmony, Bill Leake, Dick Boggs, Nancy Lund, Peggy Cook, Harry Van Trees, Nancy Billings, Edris Mc- Carty, Betty Jane Hutcheson, Bettye Thorp. Mary Helen Ryder, Mary Lu Biggio, Nancy Akin, Shirley Alton. Jerry Kramer, Richard Stewart. Carolyn Power, Wilma Gray, Bob Stuckert. Juniors, Walter Price, Betty Ruth Mitchell. Bob Hamilton, Joe Brown, Arlie B. Creager, Terry Moore, Peggy Stanton, Marlene Brum- field, Elsie De Wendt, Jean Carter, Candy. Sindt, Joan Mitchell, Kenneth McNeil, Viola Turner. Jo Ann Waite, Peggy O'Dwyer, Thel- ma Spencer, Geraldine Williams, Beverly Nikles. Sophomores, Marilyn Swanson. Joy Drury. Nancy Kindsvater, Phyllis Johnson, Peggy Walsh, Johne Thornberry. Ruth Ann Davis, Virginia Wilson, Loren Johnsten, Dolores Wil- lard, Joanne Novoa. Don Irish, Nancy Hind- man. Harriet Whitehouse, Gretchen Casler. Freshmen, Lois Morehead, Gerry Hunt. James Nuoman, Bul Nicholson. Wanda Carl- son. Lorel Pomering, Barbara Power, Marlene Sullivan, Charlene Johnson, Martha Young. Douglas Jones. Eighth Graders, Clarence Kramer, David Clark, Russell Stanton. Cecil Foley, Donald Luckey, Monte Novak, Bruce Powers. Marilyn Beach, Marjroy Decker, Virginia McDaniel Georgia Welch, Mary Janet Moore, Ann Car- michael, Pat Short, Jane Culaer, Richard Burns, Jeanette Albin, Nancy George, Norman Laye. Rayella Bounds. Shirley Lance, Shirley Krenkel. Carol Squibb. Joe Halstead, Shirley Clary, Alice Larson. Albert Lemieux. The Whole Town's Talking to Be Presented December 6 and 7 The Whole Town's Talking, by John Emerson and Anita Loos, select- ed for the fall play, will be presented December 6 and 7. Mr. King will be the director. The boys who passed the prelimi- nary tryout are Kenneth Grayson. Bill Abbott, Edmund Fink, Bob Robi- son. Kenneth McNeal, Richard Asher, Wallace Ostlund, Harvey Knight and Bob Stuckert. The girls are Bette Allen, Joan Mitchell, Jerre Chattin, Arlie Belle Creager, Betty Reeves, JoAnna Gas- boro, Thelma Spencer, Olive Wilhelm, Barbara Simon, Ann Thornberry, Edris McCarty, Nancy Lund, Barbara Gardner, Jean Carter, Mary Ann Rea and Barbara Saffran. Page Two WESTPORT CRIER October 23, 1946 Class Elections a Lesson in Democracy Tomorrow every Westporter will be asked to vote for the officers he wishes to lead his class through the coming year. Class elections are a tradition in Westport, and in previous years the officers chosen have been a credit to their respective classes and Westport high school. The reason this is so is that students have not cast their all important ballots carelessly. They have compiled in their own minds a list of the qualities a class leader should have-strength of char- acter, honesty, the ability to lead others. Then the majority have voted for a person because he has these traits and not because he was a personal friend or belonged to a narrow clique. Tomorrow morning will come your chance to uphold this tradition of the school through the selection of capable class officers. For the winners the honor is great, but for the student who votes intel- ligently, the honor is far greater because he has taken a worthy part in a vital democratic process. Class elections, properly con- ducted, are an essential lesson in citizenship, for a pupil who sizes up candidates with a proper regard for their qualifications will be able to exercise his political rights effectively when he helps to choose public officials. GM Ztfedpad fiauea an The antiquated, long deserted struc- ture which for so many years had given to the corner of Thirty-ninth street and Warwick Boulevard a cer- tain local historical significance, with its boarded windows and sealed doors, has become a part of the soon-to-be- forgotten world of the past. A small section of the stone founda- tion, a few crumbled bricks, half plowed under, and the stone step.s are all that now remain of old Westport high school where half a century ago Westporters received their education. At the time when the first West- port high school was built on the site at Thirty-ninth street and Warwick boulevard, in 1891, Westport already had a reputation for pioneering in education which dated back thirty- nine years, to 1852, when Westport high school was born as a private school located on the northwest cor- ner of Fortieth and Washington streets in the village of Westport. The school continued to serve that community until the Civil War, when it was discontinued. When the school was revived in 1885, it was conducted at the present site of the Allen school. The building erected in 1891 was in use until April 15, 1907, when it was partly destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt and was occupied until the growing school population necessi- tated the construction of the present building at a cost of over 3400,000. Later the name of the old school was changed to the George B. Longan grade school and it continued under that name until it was closed. Thus the wrecking of the old West- ayam 0,4 ra. ezua Officers of the literary societies elected last spring are as follows: Promethean: Nancy Akin, presi- dentg Lois Thorne, vice president: Mary Hubbard, secretary, and Ila McGee, treasurer. Pundit: Mary Lu Biggio, president: Shirley Alton, vice president: Edris McCarty, secretary, and Mary Helen Ryder, treasurer. Irving: Billy Leake, president, John Davis, vice president, Ed Gillett, sec- retary, and Harvey Kimble, treasurer. Clay: Milton Harmony, presidentg Bob Tengdin, vice presidentg Al Spen- cer, secretary, and Joe Cartwright, treasurer. These oHicers took charge at the first meetings of the charter clubs, held Friday, October 4. Tiger Den Acquires a Mascot The Tiger Den seems to have found an answer to the question, Who 'is Kilroy? . In case some of the 'Crier's readers do not know about Kilroy, here are some facts. During the war servicemen wrote the name Kilroy all over the world. Whether he is mythical or not no one seems to know. The Den has acquired a white mouse to whom they have given this famous name. Found on a shelf by Mrs. Willett, one of the directors, presented him to the meeting of the Den Council, who submitted names for him. He is now probably the hap- piest white mouse in captivity. port building- brings to a close an- other chapter in the history of West- port, leaving only in the mind the memory of a great school of a past generation. Uneof W4 Almost any place where Westport students gather you will find among them a dark haired lassie, one of our better known seniors. Her name is Mary Hubbard, just in case you don't know whom we mean. Five feet three, with eyes deep blue, Mary really is a slick chick and personality. has a sparkling We feel that the present is more important than the past, so here it is. She loves to eat mac- aroni and toma- toes, but Boogies will do when she is out on the town. Clark Gable and Susan Hayward are her favorite movie hero and heroine. Number one on her hit parade is Now and Forever. She claims to be a man hat- er but from reliable sources we hear she has certain heart interests at Wentworth Military Academy. To prove that she is all we claim her to be, here are facts: Mary is an alternate cheer leader, a student council representative, a service man- ager in girls gym, a member of Speech Arts, and treasurer of the Promethean literary society. Needless to say, we're all glad that Mary Hubbard is one of us. THE WESTPORT CBIER IKHLDL 'IW ' l '1 V lj Published bi-weekly during the school year by the Newswriting class of Westport High School, Kansas City, Mo. Address: The Westport Crier, 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- sas City, Mo. Subscription rates: Year, 75 ea .51 Scinott Entered centsg single copy, 5 cents. as second-class matter April 4, 1928, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Missouri, under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editor .,.,............ Rey Shannon News Editor ...................,... Ed Gillett Feature Editor ...........,... Laura Lee Love Sport Editors ...... Nancy Akin, Rey Shannon Art Editor ..,........,...... Ruth Mainquist Make-up Editor .............,,.... John Grant Circulation Manager ....,., Mary Louise Vess Business Manager . ,... . . . Wilma Grey Photographers, .James Saffran, Ted Riegelman Faculty Supervisor ............ John N. Booth Director of Photography .... Ina G. Bonney On the tenth of each month I T ' S T H E On news stands throughout the city or by subscription October 23, 1946 WESTPORT CRIER Page Three Miscellaneous Musings This is radio station NOZE giving out with the latest news, gossip, and what-have-you. Today's biggest headline is the fact that Westport defeated East 13-6. For more never-to-be-forgotten thrills, see this remarkable school, Westport, play Paseo Friday. fPlugD One of our meekest Up cheerleaders, Dean Faley, was seen with lipstick smeared on both cheeks. Explanation, please. The student council mixer at the den was a huge success. QKilroy was there.J 'Congratulations are in order for Miss Youngs' home room. They averaged 72 cents apiece in community chest contributions. And now time out for an announcement from my sponsor. Have you tried eating potato salad with a new superduper silver-inlaid cafeteria spoon? It serves the purpose as well as the traditional fork, so next time there are no forks, try eating your potato salad with one of these sensa- tional spoons. Speaking of spoons reminds me. Have you seen the silver spoons displayed on Joan Mitchell's sweaters? They are the present of Bob Riley. If for any reason you were absent Friday, then you, indeed, missed some- thing. The Pundit and Promethan girls looked out-of-this-world. It is sug- gested by some that more teas should be given. What is this we hear about collecting a small fee from those individuals who get their names and pictures in the Crier more than once an issue? And why does Jerry Kramer object? Marilyn Tidd again has crashed into the public eye. This time by being elected secretary of the all-city Student Council. And here again is my sponsor. Are you on the down-grade . . . when you go skiing? Do your ears ring, do you see spots in front of your eyes, is your nose stopped up, does your head throb, then . . . throw your head away! The Russians have their 5-year plans, Drew Pearson, his 5-year plang and Westport, its 5-year plan-if you count the eighth graders. Speaking of plans, these here steadies would be a whole lot steadier if they'd work out a guaranteed 5-week Plan. And a 5-month school plan would be acceptable to all students. Of course, it's impossible. Must be this postwar period that's making us so darned optimistic. Spanish conversation in one of Miss Shelley's classes recently was inter- rupted by an uproar over a mistaken identity. The pupils were to call for something. El burro! a student demanded. Immediately another summoned Senor Howard Van Sandt! It's the same thing, replied Howard, and the class rocked with glee. Sleepy Van Sandt, as his pals call him, once greeted yours truly as a member of the Courier's staf. What do you mean, chum, I snarled. The Crier, I mean, he corrected. Not the Northeast paper. I get mixed up. You see my girl friend goes there. VVhy don't you get a schedule for two and a half days per week at Westport and two and a half at Northeast? I asked him. Say, I'll look into that possibility, he decided. Ain't love grand? Mr. Miner told his hour three physics class he doubted if many of them had heard much about pumps outside of economics and politics fdig?J. Our operative No. 3 reports after a lengthy investigation that he has dug-up more than one Westporter who has four brothers and a cistern. The student council representative for room 2 is Edmund Fink and his alternate is Harry Ervin. Harry' Ervin is the representative from room 4 and Edmund Fink is his alternate. Therefore, if councilman Fink should ,be absent, the Rt. Hon. Harry Ervin would represent two home roomsg and vice versa. How?-it seems the C. O. E. class whose members do not come to school when council meetings are held because of their working hours, asked permis- sion to have room 2's delegates represent themg and got it. Does the chair hear a nomination for Yehudi? If anyone wants to go into business, we can recommend two concerns that would really sell like blazes. First, a 39th and McGee location would be ideal for a shoppe specializing in peroxide and ammonia applications. And since the girls continue to popularize ballets moccasins, and just plain slippers, arch supports will soon be selling like hot cakes. Anyone wanta be a capitalist? Thanks to all those who have made this broadcast possible. 'eauncil fb Following is a list of Student Coun- cil representatives and alternates: Room Representative Alternate 1 Terry Hunt Jim Newman 2 Edmund Fink Harry Ervin 4 Harry Ervin Edmund Fink 5 Beneta Cantwell Clinton Newman 7 Robert Walters Wayne Crystal 9 Jim Reeves Neil Walthen 104 Betty Ann White Janet Baker 106 Jerry Chattin Donald Doggett 107 Janet Carp 114 Jean McConnell Gloria Davis 115 Mary Helen Ryder Nick Carras 116 Donna Ross 118 Walter Price, Jr. Nancy Billings 119 Edward Thorp Arlene Swanson 120 Lois Thorne Lou Jane Unruh Aud. Nancy Hindman Ethel Senger 204 George Welch Jeannette Albw 205 Barbara Wright Carolyn Oldham 206 Richard Burns Jean Woodside 207 David Clark Bill Tucker 208 Jean Follett Harley Thompson 210 Barbara Ellis 211 Mary Mclntire Shirley Secor 212 Carl Kelley Jane Culver 213 John Davis Nancy Hellman Don Irish Jerome Osnower Harvey Kimble Ted McAttee 215 Kenneth McNeel Marilyn Brumfield 216 Lorel Pomreneng Wanda Blevins 217 Erik Luplan Clarence Kramer 219 Edward Johnson Phillis Schindler 220 Wilma Gray Marjorie Lloyd 223 Peggy Cook Peggy Ransted 303 Gary Yarrington Maedell Clark 304 Harry Van Trees Glenn Pennington 305 Doxiene Cambron Barbara Morris 306 Lorene Troub Herbert Le Vine 307 Dorothy Connell Marilyn Johnson 309 Lucretia Johnson Richard Asher 310 Jo Ann Magnuusson Robert Sells 311 Mary Lou Walden Thelma Spencer 312 Mary Hubbard Wallace Ostlund 313 Joe Brown Candy Sindt 316 Joyce Howard Russell Stanton 317 Nancy Ewing Council Members Hosts to Newcomers at Tiger Den Party Members of the student council were hosts to Westport newcomers at a party held in the Tiger Den, Octo- ber 9. Cleverly designed invitations were extended to the new students on October 7. Marilyn Tidd, council president, in- troduced Doxiene Cambron, chairman of the program committee, who pre- sided when the following program was presented: Alma Mater .......,. Bill Disney and Glenn A Pennington, accompanied by Edmund Fink 'Star Dust and It Had to Be You ,....,...,..,..,,..Played by Edmund Fink Slight-of-hand magic .......,. Eddie Berkland Medley of Boogie ...,.,...... Sonja Buffington Miss Maddox, stu-dent council ad- viser, Miss Crow, counselor, and Mrs. Willett, den sponsor, were introduced to the group. A get-acquainted game WHS Played, followed by refreshments. Other amusements were ping-pong and dancing. Typing Awards Shirley' Robinett, Patricia Young, 50, Betty Jane Hutcheson, Kitty Lou Lawrence, Ed Gillett, 40. o o K s l:: ' Hobby, School Plays, Business Fiction and Reference FREE GIFTS CATALOG PACIFIC SHOPPER, Book Dept. I Box 3031 Los Angeles 53, Calif. Page Four Wasrrogr CRIER L 0Ct0be1'3?f.-124efi Teachers and Pupils Take Airplane Flights Three groups of students and fac- ulty members enjoyed trips in a TWA DC-3 21-passenger airplane Sunday, October 13. Fortunately, the day was cool, partly cloudy, and the air was not rough. Consequently no one be- came ill from air-sickness. The ship went to Lawrence and re- turned by way of Olathe Naval Base, Grandview Airport, Hercules Powder Plant, University of Kansas, and the Pratt Sz Whitney plant. On each flight was a TWA pilot, a co-pilot and a hostess. All three iiights were ar- ranged by Mr. Shearer. The following aeronautics students were passengers on the first trip: Phil Atkisson, Jack Gibbs, Belva Lee Berle- kamp, Monna Lee Stone, Laverne Stone, Tony Blaschke, Jack Stewman, Charles Erwin, Lloyd Thomas, Jim Avery, Parker Dailv, Wil- son Nance, Robert Miller, Michael Broestl, Don Woodside, Gerald Walker, Harvey Kimble, Robert Merritt, Joseph DeSoto. Nine teachers and members of their families went up in the air when the plane returned. The passenger list: Mr. and Mrs. Spring and son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. YVard, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Miller and two children, Miss Card and her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd and daughter, Miss Junkin, Miss Guffin, and Miss Wheeler. Mr. Ploesser was in charge on the last trip. Accompanying him were the following: Mrs. Ploesser and Bettie Ann. Jim Dwyer, Betty Conger, Richard Freed, Rholand Wal- trrs, William Bucher, Ralph Carlson, Homer Ferguson, Martin Aker, Scott Campbell, Lee Scott, Bill Abbott, H. J. Mills, Lily Schmid, Barbara Turley, Charles Garrett, Doris Wilson, Bill Hancock, Rosemary Walkup. I I Physical Ed Girls Present Novelty Dance at Chest Luncheon Girls from the physical education department presented a dance at the Community Chest luncheon last Wednesday afternoon. Eleven girls, dressed in colorful plaid costumes representing hillbillies appeared in a dance calle-d a jig Accompanied by Mrs. Gayle Chubb on the piano, they hopped, skipped, and jumped to the tune Doing What Comes Naturally. Acts by student groups from South- west and Central preceded the dance, which won prolonged applause from the audience. Participants were Sonja Bufiington, Leslie Parsons, Ann Thornberry, Betty Ploesser, Dorothy Bryant, Doxiene Cambron, Joan Gas- boro, Edris McCarty, Belva Berle- kamp, Marjorie McGaw, Annette Mc- Namara. Hi-Y Elects Officers Ofiicers were elected at the October 9 Hi-Y meeting and a motion picture of the Northeast-Westport game, and Football Thrills of 1945 were shown. The oflicers are Sam Washburn, presi- dent, George Chattin, vice-president, Charles Bates, secretaryg Bill Banaka, treasurerg Dave Millican, sergeant-at- armsg and Milton Harmony, chaplain. Five Pairs of Twins Left to right: Jo Ann Crandall, Betty Ann Crandall, Beverly Worth, Barbara Worth, Dorothy Dallam, Helen Dallam, Eulah Brookshier, Beulah Brookshier, Charles Barry, Leonard Barry. Probably for the first time in many years Westport can boast of five sets of twins, four pairs of girls and a pair of boys. Except in the case of Betty Ann and Jo Ann Crandall and Dorothy and Helen Dallam, who are identical twins, it is not very difficult to distinguish between the others. Betty Ann, older by five minutes, en- joys with her sister movies and foot- ball games. They are seniors this year. Dorothy and Helen are attrac- tive sophomores who like the movies. The easiest way to tell who is who Eighth Graders Guests at Get-Acquainted Mixer Eighth graders were the guests at a party held in the girls' gym Friday, October 11. Representatives were chosen from each home room to lead get-acquaint- ed games, the chief source of enter- tainment. In the game most enjoyed the boys lined up in an outer circle and the girls in an inner circle. The boy who was it walked around the circle until he came to the girl of his choice. He then asked the girl's name and address. Each had to say some- thing complimentary about the other. Teachers joined in the fun and everyone had a happy time. between Beverly and Barbara Worth is to look at their hair. Barbara is blonde and Beverly has red hair. They are juniors and extremely sports- minded. You will find it harder to tell Eulah and Beulah Brookshier apart than the Worth twins. These blonde sophomores like to roller skate. Charles and Leonard Barry do not look like twins. These boys are juniors and, like the others, they have at- tended Westport since their freshman year. Show-Me Design Winners Winners of the Show-Me Art cover design contest as judged by Miss Kathryn Railsback are Elise De Wendt, firstg Bob Hamilton, second, and Betty Walrod, third. Bob cut the block print for the winning design, which was sent to the Missouri De- partment of Fine Arts. The design appears on the October-November issue of the Show Me Art maga- zine. All contest designs are on dis- play in the art showcase in the main corridor. Gail Goodrich, '44, is on the dean's list at Smith College. This is an honor accorded upper classmen, who have maintained an average of B or higher. OPPORTUNITIES FOR Must HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Be 16 Short Evening Hours, 5 to 9, Monday Through Thursday Full Day Saturday--Afternoon Work Available TYPISTS, GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS ORDER FILLERS AND FILE CLERKS HALL BROTHERS, Inc. October 23, 1946 wEsTPoRT CRIER WW iM i A Page Five And just who is Milton Discord? Who's the fAkinJ back ? girl with the achin' Why, Nancy, of course. Subject for de-bait-cafeteria food. and their raffle tickets. Just what would a boy do with two pair of nylons, anyway? These girls Alas! His heart is filled with joy, 'cause he got here before Kilroy. Wild Bill Fristoe, of course. Our idol of the week is Henry Mor- gan. We need some new source for our corny jokes. For a price we'll put anybody's name in this column, even Donna Underwood's. Phew! Won't we be glad when those class elections finally are over? Seen in last Crier-Dictator, Donna Kindsvater. Really, kids, she's not as bad as all that. These comics that keep asking for a glass of hydrogen oxide are just chemistry studes with water on the brain. We'd put in a Kniseley for Presi- dent plug, Dick, but that just wouldn't be ethical. Have you noticed the announcer at the football games? He must think he's a second Claghorn. The Pistol Packin' Mamas are on their way, what with some of our gals learning rifle marksmanship in the ROTC room. We like the bright plaid peddle pushers and the long stocking caps. Westport girls really know how to look classy. Bud Gibson, Charles Witherspoon, Bob Mathews, and Don Krinkle seem to have been charmed by a lovely lady at Peck's, because she had them licking stamps for fifteen minutes after having their senior pictures taken. Attention, all foreign spies-Miss Junkin has a bottle of uranium in room 110. Richie Stewart and Bob Montgom- ery have a new friend. We hear he is a blonde, boys, but please tell us more. Nancy Billings again has on that old familiar ring. Under the Clock We are pleased to add to the list of steadies Mary Lou Hall and Bob Waltncr and Jackie Riegel and Dale Knowlton. Everyone was glad to see Alice Burke last week end when she visited here from Mount St. Scholastica Academy. These skirts with slit sides really are snazzie but how inconvenient. A few of our live wires have been rather embarrassed by the round of ripping seams. Really, girls, you must be careful or else XV!! For a method of keeping warm, and we do mean hot, just ask any of the girls who were at Marilyn Field's birthlday party. Lupes is the ideal place for a red hot dinner. Jerrye Chattin and Bill Banaka re- cently celebrated their first year anni- vcrsay of going steady. Congratula- tions! Jerry Landcaster looks darling in that white angora sweater of hers. So do your friends, Jerry. It seems they have it as much as you do. Nothing like trying to hold hands in the typing class. Nancy Hellman has become a vege- tarian. To prove this she brought a bag of green beans for lunch recently. Raw ones, too! The cutest couple seen around these old halls in many a day is Barbara Burnett and Bill Leake. Tell us more of this little blonde, named Jody, who seems to fascinate Johnny Moad. We've seen her around the den a lot lately. By the way, Moad, has been AWOL lately. We've finally discovered how so many freshman girls got Parker Dailey's signature in their Herald last year. When they would ask him for his autograph, he'd give it to them on the condition they gave him their telephone numbers. Nice goin', Parker. Wally, next time, please tell Mary that 1:30 A. M. is too late for a driving lesson. Marilyn Kendrick sure gets a big kick out of receiving letters. Espe- cially from Glenn. Just call Barbara Fradin UStupid Cupid. She has reasons. JEANS AND A JACKET FROM ADLER'S TEEN Sl-IOP! 51 .1, faiaqed Jef 'ealldeg ,415 I K - .AF X X .g ,X I :AX . . -L the mftnest teen twosome'ever seen-an alpaca lined zipper l L V X jacket that has a wool-knit waist- X 3 l X band and cults and is processed 5 Q ' ' . . I S 3..+'1 'A IKWNQ. to resist ram, snow or s eet . . . X A A M natural only . . . IO- I6 . . . l8.75 QW-ZE COME the blue jeans sketched 13.50, B? DTS are from a collection of jeans mDf4'illN5'l11- f Including regulatlon boys blue HSHION MODEL ieans by Lee and Derbys A . V NG dark red jeans f3.95l...all sazes 11:1 .,,,... ' ' V , k 1111 2111 r ' 5 , I l-Oil f I0-l6...Teen Shop, third lloor I NQU, ' F ns I ., N AT 51 op Li 4 fr X I208 Main . Page Six WESTPORT CRIER October 23, 1946 Football Team Takes A Bow in Assembly I know of nothing which so much solidifies a school as to get behind a fighting football or basketball team, Mr. Holloway asserted in the opening address at the football assembly last Friday. He went on to give a brief resume of events in the dispute over the eligibility of Nick Carras. He struck the keynote of true school spirit when he said that good sportsmanship de- mands that the player on the field take the word of the referee, and that the school accept the decision of the state board. Merle - of - the - Flyong - Trapeez Shearer, the next speaker, expressed his thanks to the stu-dent body for their support of the athletic depart- ment in purchasing a grand total of 1,050 activity tickets, punctuating his remarks with a chance selection of pointed quips. The ever efficient Mr. Miner, man- ager of athletics, expressed his ap- preciation to the members of the football squad for the help they had given him and to Wilcox, assistant manager, for his assistance. Mr. Miner then introduced Coach Bourrette, who took charge of the remainder of the program. The girls' physical education classes staged a hillbilly dance by that well- known group, the Hillbilly Chicks, to the tune of Doin' What Comes Nacherly. Coach Bourrette then introduced the new basketball coach, Mr. Moore, and Mh Sloan, assistant coach. The members of the team were in- troduced individually, and the team demonstrated a number of football plays. Boy and girl representatives of each of the five classes competed for football tickets by answering Quiz- master Bourrette's questions on foot- ball. The last girl to be quizzed, an eighth grader, was asked to choose the handsomest boy on the team. After much deliberation she chose Chester Davis. The assembly closed with the stu- dent body singing the Westport Loy- alty song, under the direction of Mr. Spring. Golfers Start Practice Golfers started playing Saturday, October 12, on the Swope Park No. 1 course. A fine fall day contributed to the enjoyment of the occasion. Charles Nunns turned in the best score. Team members hope to get in some good practice before the interscholastic tournament in the spring. Mr. Wilcox is the faculty sponsor of the team. Un Me gifting .fine Freshmen boys will be allowed to join the ROTC for the first time. The battalion strength now is eighty-two cadets, compared with an enrollment of over 100 last year. Sergeant Spoor says he would like to have about twen- ty more freshmen and sophomore boys enrolled by the end of the semester, and requests those who are interested in joining to see him in room 6. Freshmen boys who join now will have a decided advantage over their classmates when oflicers and non-c0m- missioned officers are chosen in the next three years. A distinctive W-letter the size of the minor athletic letters will be awarded five members of the rifle team to be chosen later in the year. The cadets now are studying rifie technique and fire and will begin fir- ing on the target range next week. Students in the sixth hour modified gym class are also being given in- struction in rifle technique and fire by Sergeant Spoor in room 6. Among the Eighth Graders Pupils in the common learnings classes recently enjoyed seeing a film, The Land of Liberty, which is a vivid and stirring reminder of American history up to the time of the Civil war. Later in the year addi- tional reels will be shown. In connection with the study of science in these classes, a set of slides about astronomy was shown to more than 400 students in the audi- torium. Mr. Shearer was the lecturer. Two eighth grade classes crowded into room 110 Friday, October 11, to watch several fascinating demonstra- tions by Miss Junkin on the procuring and properties of oxygen. After see- ing the gas produced through the burning of maganese dioxide and potasium chlorate, many students were enthralled at the fireworks caused by burning sulphur, magnes- ium, phosphorus, and an iron alloy in the oxygen. Miss Grube's, Mr. Mil- ler's, and Miss Junkin's classes wit- nessed the experiments. Last Sunday, under the sponsor- ship of Mr. Shearer, about twenty eighth graders took in a one-hour airplane trip in a TWA transport plane. Pundit and Promethean held rush teas for prospective members last Friday. These will be taken in at the next regular meeting. Athletic Equipment Zawya QIGIPBELL .ATHLETIC GOODS 15th 8- Baltimore Ave. HA. 8330 It's October in Missouri It's October in Missouri. When coming thru the colorful trees, There's the sound of a musical breeze. It's October in Missouri. When the sky above is a beautiful blue, And the morning grass is covered with dew. It's October in Missouri. When all the boys wear large, loud shirts, And all the girls Wear sweaters and skirts. -It's October in Missouri. When the kids are hard to tame, And grown-ups worry about the foot- ball game. It's October in Missouri. When the thought of school is in full bloom, And the smell of new cut hay is like perfume. It's October in Missouri. When love and friendships continue to grow, And little children learn and know. It's October in Missouri. When the moon is bright and new And the stars are bright and twinkly, too. It's October in Missouri. When throughout every nation, And in every Union Station, You will hear people proudly say: There will come another day- Then we'll never have a worry, And the leaves begin to scurry, Then we'll have to rush and hurry, When it's October in Missouri. -Beverly Nikles, '48. Red Cross Activities Started as Class Proiects Westport representatives who at- tended a city-wide meeting of the Junior Red Cross Council October 15 were Roland Brumbaugh, Nancy Bil- lings, Nancy Lund, Ruth Ann Davis, Ted McAtee, Buddy Price, and Gloria Davis. Various classes are working on gifts for the Junior Red Cross. Mr. Sloan's and Mrs. Whee1er's classes are making chess men. Miss Dur- borou's eighth grade sewing cla.sses are preparing pencil cases and sewing kits, for gift boxes. Miss Wilhite and Miss Beck in their art classes direct many types of activities. Gift boxes for children in foreign lands will be prepared in the next two weeks by most home rooms. A model box on display has attracted much attention. Acting on a suggestion offered at the last student council meeting, var- ious home rooms have appointed committees to collect more money for gifts to be packed in Christmas boxes for veterans. r As they entered each girl was given October 23, 1946 WESTPORT CRIER Page Seven Star Gazers Witness Brilliant Sky Display The brilliant display of shooting stars in the trail of the comet Gracobini-Zinner was witnessed Oc- tober 9 by a large and enthusiastic group of Westport students, most of whom were eighth graders who had been studying the stars and planets in the new common learnings course, and who had long been anticipating this unusual event. The students, accompanied by friends and relatives, met on Gillharn Field for this second star-gazing trip of the season. The instructors accom- panying them were Miss Brubaker and Mr. Ploesser. In making the timed observations various groups concentrated their at- tention on definite areas in the sky in order to gain a complete picture. Dur- ing a 10-minute period beginning at 8:05, the students reported a total of 216 shooting stars. Approximately one-sixth were of first magnitude, or as bright as Vega. One boy lying on the ground for better observation of the entire sky counted sixty-five stars in the same interval. Beginning at 8:35, the group reported a total of 165 stars in a 5-minute period. All agreed that it was a thrilling and unforgetable sight. Class Otlicers Elected Ofiicers have been chosen in Miss Hayden's history classes as follows: Hour 1, Helen Lee, chairman, Benny Curran, vice-chairman, hour 2, Dick Cook, chairman, Marjorie Mer- cer, vice-chairmang hour 3, Shirley Alton, chairman, Edris McCarty, vice- chairman, hour 5, Bill McKay, chair- man, Barbara Saffran, Vice-chairman, hour 7, Ted McAtee, chairman, Dick Edmunds, vice-chairman. Officers elected in home room 119 for the first ten weeks period are Dorothy Branstetter, presidentg Rob- ert Peterson, vice-president, Loren Johnstone, secretaryg and Jean Pat- tison, treasurer. Ofiicers in room 206 are Carol Jean Squibb, president, Donald Abbott, vice president, Katheryn Hayes, secretaryg Donald McDonald, treasurer, Frank Johnson, sergeant-at-arms, Richard Burns, representative, Jean Wood- side, alternate. In Miss Cain's music classes the oiiicers are, first hour, Shirley Wright, president, Barbara Ross, vice-presi- dentg Pat Murphy, secretaryg Albert Tenieux, treasurer, and Gerald Pack- er, sgt.-at-arms, sixth hour, Alice Larson, presildentg Mary Larson, vice- presidentg Katheryn Hayes, secre- tary, Georgia Welch, Pat Short, Bob Simcox, librarians, and Carol Squibb, Crier reporter. Here They Are at the Y-Teen Party Students Top Last Year's Community Chest Record Student contributions to the Com- munity Chest topped last year's total receipts by over 360. The total this year was 341992, as compared with 5358.11 in 1945. The highest average home room contribution, as compiled by Miss Lorena Card, commerce teacher, were as follows: Room Average Total Con- Room Contribution tribution 1. 106 ...... ,,..,. 7 2c ............... 826.07 2. 1 ..,,. ..., 5 Sc 322.05 3. 307 ,..... .... 5 Sc 2513.51 4. 119 5. 317 6. 205 7. 215 8. 120 9. 306 10. 118 ....55c 5c ....49c 46c .,... .... ....45c 440 ............... 320.00 312.45 316.31 315.55 S15.66 513.22 314.22 Seniors Can Order Rings Tomorrow Seniors who did not purchase their class rings last year will have a chance to place orders tomorrow after school in room 307. Mr. Cunningham, representative of the Green Jewelry company, will take the orders and promises delivery by Christmas. A S2 down payment must, accompany all orders. Miss Youngs, junior sponsor, says arrangements are being made for the sale of junior class rings with- in the next two weeks. Betty Beckman and Don Dishinger saw the Boston Red Sox play the Car- dinals Sunday, October 13, in St. Louis. Girls Throng Gym for Mixer Sponsored by Y-Teens All the girls in school were invited to the mixer sponsored by the Y-Teens Wednesday afternoon, October 16. The girls' gym was thronged with guests soon after the doo1's were opened. a number an-:l groups were formed for charades. Following a reading a skit, The Lost Swine, was presented. The festivities closed with dancing. The first meeting of the Y-Teens was held in room 314 October 9. The new members were welcomed to the club, then there was group singing. Mr. Miner and Mr. Shearer pre- sented some piano duets, one of which was Five Minutes More, dedicated to the teachers at 3:10. Miss Brunson, from the YWCA, talked about the meaning and the ideals of Y-Teens. Fourteen Contestants Pass Preliminary Arts Tryouts Fourteen students passed the Speech Arts Club preliminary tryouts for membership held Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15. The win- ners: B05 CHS?-Sr. Rebecca Gruver. Barbara Saff- ran, Charles Garrett, Betty Stanard. Kenneth McNeal, Marjory Mercer. Kenneth Grayson. Loreen Taub. Peggy O'Dwycr, Nancy Kenyon, Jackie Oliphant. VVanda Blevins. Harvey. Knight. THE Specializing in School Supplies and Books Confectionery Items, Pop, Candy souru sm: soousronf ce ream urs, etc. 210 EAST 39TH STREET . . . V1 BLOCK WEST OF WESTPORT Page Eight WESTPORT CRIER up October 23, 1946 Manual Gridsters Go Down Fighting A game Manual eleven held the favored Westport squad to 16 points Saturday and just failed to score when a long thrust to the Bengal 2- yard line was penalized in the first quarter. The ill-fated Redbird attack wa.s launched following a mishop-marred Westport beginning. On the Manual kickoff, the pigskin eluded Bob Hos- man, Tiger guard, after he had touched the ball. Manual recovered. The Redbirds were forced to punt shortly, but Westport lost the second chance when Nate Apple, halfback, fumbled the boot and Manual fell on the leather again. As the Tigers steadied, Parker Dailey, center, intercepted a Manual pass. The threatening crimson ad- vance was a punt return that slipped through to the Tiger 2-yard line. A clipping penalty on the Redbirds took the oval out of .scoring territory. The Tiger fangs showed as the Blue and Gold pushed Manual back in the second quarter. With a kicker behind the goal line, Manual at- tempted to punt out of danger. But the Redbird punter stepped out of the end zone as the Bengals spilled through, awarding Westport a safety, and two points. When the Tigers again smashed into Manual territory, Richard Stew- art, halfback, skirted left end for a touchdown and sailed over the line for the extra point. Following an uneventful third period, Jack Huffman, end, loped over for the second We.stport touchdown after juggling a pass on the goal line. Apple plunged for the conversion. Tigers Unsheath Claws In Battle with Bears Unsheathing their claws whenever hard-pressed but not displaying the strength shown against Northeast, the Tigers downed the underdog East Bears 13-6 at Bluesfield, October 12. After his punt attempt far back in Tiger territory in the first quarter had sailed almost straight up, Thomas intercepted an East pas.s and streaked down the field to the Bears' 3-yard stripe. Apple plunged for both the touchdown and the extra point. In the first half the Westport line formed an invulnerable wall several times to ward off touchdown threats beneath the Tiger goal posts, but Tast finally crashed through in the se- ond nu' vter and Mather- .iuckel eve' for 'iw' imchdown. The conve--sion at- tempt failed. In the last perioi the Tigers passed L11 Yi'.','-illl far iwto Eau! territory ni. 4 , nrt leaped over 'fur She score. I I .rl Tor conversion was short. According to the statisticians' pre- game predictions, the Tiger-Redbird tilt Saturday should have been pat- terned after the ordinary cat and bird battle, more feathers flying than fur. Therefore, the topsy-turvy fray that resulted when Manual fought back surprised the Blues stadium crowd and must have conciliated the fans. To start with, the Manual crew didn't arrive until late. Westport had trotted onto the field, rippled through calisthenics with lusty shouts to keep time, and warmed-up with ball han- dling before the red jerseys appeared on the Held several minutes before the game was to start. Manual took the field to kickoff without a preliminary warmup, and proceeded to take advantage of luck- less Westport, nearly scoring in the first quarter, and losing by only 16-0. We.stport uncorked a surprising spread play in the second quarter while deep in Redbird territory. As the sideliners guessed the play the Tigers would fiash to crack the Man- ual defense, the Westport boys broke out of the hud-dle on the trot, sending a line group and backfield man far to the left. After the hike from center, the ball was tossed to the back on the left. But this Tiger dropped the pass, recovering for a loss. If he had held the ball, chances are a sizeable Westport gain would have resulted. The Bengals clicked off a neat Statue of Liberty play for a nice gain. As a Blue and Gold striped back attempted a sham pass, the ball was snatched by a teammate who zipped around the left end to complete a well executed advance. The Saturday night excitement and school spirit of late is understandable if the sports world is correct in saying that this is the biggest football year in history. When the news of South- east's unexpected victory reached Centertown soon after the final gun, happy Knights and their fair ladies nearly went through the ceiling with joy. While rah-rah cheers for South- east rang through the building, stu- dents from high schools all over town congratulated the victors and mused with relish on the possible results of the upset in the remaining Inter- scholastic league schedule. But the real upset of the day came when the cellar-situated Southeast team trounced the league champiov Northeast eleven 6-0, in the evening game.. Forgetting the east, it looks as if the Knights started a seco--i Civai War. qu- Wentporters who can't attend J' e Westport-Paseo game next F 5f',.y night .-fill be aLle to follow the last Cubs Tie Junior Vikings After Tough First Quarter Slashing back at the Northeast sec- ond team after a tough first quarter, Westportis Cubs tied the junior Vik- ings 13-13 on Gillham field, Monday October 7. Northeast scored in the first period and added the conversion when the Cubs' defense failed to jell. But West- port sparked in the second quarter, sending Bob Montgomery to pay dirt around an end. Bob Cook plowed over for the ext1'a point. The Viking seconlds 'went across again in the third period but failed the conversion try. Starting at the 50-yard line, Westport drove to the Northeast 15, from where Gus Carras plunged over. The Vikings stopped Cook's run for the conversion. The Westport starting line-up: Albertsworth, l. e. Carby, r. e. gotta Trueblood, q. b. Kgazgqekg' Dishinger, r. h. Spencer, I., gl Montgomery, 1. h. Kelly, r. t. Cook, f. b. Bear Cubs Maul Little Tigers Fur did Hy when the East Bear Cubs met the Tiger Cubs October 14. The first half was all Bruin. East scored in the first period and snatched the extra point. In the second quarter the little Tigers failed to stop two touchdown -drives, but thwarted the conversion attempts. Westport's B team stiffened. in the last half and held the Bears scoreless. Gus Carras stomped to the East 15-yard line on a 45-yard run but the Tiger Cubs lost the ball on downs. The last West- port threat started on the Tiger 15- yard line when Trueblood completed a pass to Carby. Running for 65 yards, Carby latteraled to Updyke near the East goal line. The toss was high and the Tiger fumbled, losing the ball to the Bears. The final score was East 19, Westport O. quarter stalking of the Pirates by the Tigers as Larry Ray reports from the sidelines over KCKN. This week's Tiger yell- Down With the 'Jolly Rogerl' For Distinction in Dancing F 0RCll ESTRA intl HB1 AR, 43160 HE E TPORT RIER Volume Thirty-four Noi ember 5, 1945- Number Four Open House Nov. 14 to Be Education Week Feature The annual open house, featured event of American Education week, will be held Thursday night, Novem- ber 14. 1 Teachers will be in their rooms for a .social hour with parents and friends from 7 to 8:45 o'clock, when there will be a Health Department demon- stration in the auditorium, sponsored by the PTA. Visitors will be entertained with ex- hibits and demonstrations by students in art, biology, clothing, Latin, Eng- lish, girls physical education, history, chemistry, motion picture projecting and recording, physics, general sci- ence, ROTC, the boys gym, commerce, metal and wood shops. In ad-dition to displays in the school there will be exhibits at Thirty-ninth and Main streets to attract attention to American Education week. The art classes also will have displays in the front hall. In order to promote interest in American Education week the home rooms are discussing Education for the Atomic Age, the main theme of the week, and Marjorie Mercer, Olive Wilhelm, Barbara Gardner, Lisel Esh- enheimer and Marjory Lloyd, mem- bers of the public speaking classes, have spoken before various clubs and -neighborhood groups. A radio conference sponsored by the Radio Council of Greater Kansas City was held at the University of Kansas City October 31 to November 7. The main theme was Women's Role in American Radiof' Eighteen Westport students attended the con- ference and each chose a particular discussion to summarize for their classes. Faculty Members PTA Guests At Second Annual Dinner Faculty members and the wives of the married teachers were the guests of the PTA Tuesday evening, October 29, at the second annual dinner spon- sored by. the Westport association. Seated at tastefully decorated ta- bles in the cafeteria, more than 100 parents and teachers enjoyed a boun- tiful, well prepared meal. The delec- table food was served by a group of PTA mothers, assisted by girls in Miss James' classes. Following a bout of group singing, led by Mr. Spring, the Hillbilly Chicks performed to the tune of Doin' What Comes Natcherlyf' Mr. John Thornberry gave an in- formal talk on the subject Know Your Community. With frequent fiashes of humor he urged his hearers to become better acquainted with the excellent facilities for social better- ment available in the Westport com- munity. Place cards and menus were de- signed by members of Miss Wilhite's art classes and typing pupils. 110 Junior Red Cross Gift Boxes Fitted in Homerooms Approximately 110 educational gift boxes were filled for the Junior Red Cross in homerooms last Week. These boxes will be distributed to children in the war torn countries of Europe and the Philippines through Red Cross agencies. It is emphasized that any thank- you notes received should not be an- swered. If a correspondence is start- ed, more gifts may be asked for, thus placing the senders in an embarrass- ing situation. Class Presidents H Left to right, Banaka, Stanton. Irish, Hunt, Kramer f' ' Four Boys, One Girl, Win Top Places in Elections Bill Banaka, elected president of the class of '47 in the final balloting Thursday, October 24, served as pres- ident of the junior class last year. He is treasurer of Hi-Y, secretary of the W club and a member of the Honor society. Peggy Stanton, the new junior president, is the only girl who cap- tured a top position in the class elec- tions. Last year she was the sopho- more secretary and in her freshman year she serve-d on the business com- mittee. Peggy is an active member of Pundit, the Speech Arts club, and the A Cappella choir. Don Irish, freshman president last year, was chosen a second time to head the class of '49. He was a mem- ber of the student council last year and is serving again this year. The small freshman class selected Gerry Hunt for their chief executive. President of the newly established eighth grade is Buddy Kramer who presided over the student council of the grade school he attended last year. Other class officers chosen in the election: Seniors: Nancy Akin, vice-president: Dick Bogis, secretary: Milton Harmony, treasurer: Marilyn Tidd, sergeant-at-armsg John Davis, Jerry Kramer. Bill Leake, and Harry Van Trees, business committce. Juniors: Bob Hamilton, vice-prcsidentg Candy Sindt, secretary: Joe Brown, treasurer: Thelma Spencer. sergeant-at-armsg Kenneth McNeil, Terry Moore, Betty Ruth Mitchell, and Walter Price, business committee. Sophomores: Nancy Kindsvater, vice-prcsi- dent: Ruth Ann Davis, secretary: Joy Drury, treasurer: Phyllis Johnson, sgt.-1'-arms: Dolores Willard, Loren Johnston Margaret Fozeman, and Virginia Wilson, business com- mi tee. Freshmen: James Newman, vice-president: Barbara Power, secretary: Loree Pomrening, treasurer: Wanda Carlson, sgt,-at-f-M.--Q3 Martha Young, Douglas Jones, Marlene Swlli. van, and Charlene Johnson, businfss committee. Eighth grade class: Donald Luckey, vico- prcsident: Pat Short, secretary: Joe Halstead, treasurer : Richard Burns. set.-at-arms : David Clark Cecil Foley, Marjory Decker, and Georgia Wclch, business committee. Essay Topic Announced High school students of Kansas CUSV, Mo, have been invited by the I-'arsas City Chapter ot' the Missouri Society, Sons of the Revolution, to compete in an essay contest on the subject, The Radicals of the Revolu- tionary Period. lQ32I1i0r band officers elected recent- lv 1ll'6,ll'IZWl'Y Halen Ryder, president, Lucretia,-Johnston, secretary: rijQlii.ti-ieg: Bates, treasurerg Jinimy Mckfoosc, student director: Ed Johnson, drum major: Jim Buford, stage fniiiziziqifig and Bob McCollum, 3SSlSt?1'l'l'iQii'L9i7lg'c3 manager. , f ,z 'TT Page Two WESTPORT CRIER November 5, 1946 It Can Happen to You Thirty-five traffic fatalities in Kansas City, for which pedestrians were to blame, give grim significance to a statement made by Henry W. Johnson, police traffic and safety superintendent, that pedes- trians must be more careful. Last week four persons died of motor car injuries in four days, bringing the total number of deaths due to automobile accidents this year to fifty-four, sixteen more than at this time last year. In too many traffic mishaps, the walker is at fault, Johnson asserted. The superintendent says that children still in school are particu- larly careless. In October alone eight accidents involved persons under 16 years of age. High school students, though warned con- tinually since the time they entered grade school, still are being hurt by running out into the street from between parked cars or by playing in the streets. A motor car going twenty-fiveto thirty miles an hour cannot stop within eight or ten feet. Many have found out too late that it isn't smart to hitch onto moving cars while riding a bicycle. Harold Anderson, chief of police, warns that hitch-hiking is a violation of a city ordinance, and that this practice must be stopped if extreme measures are not to be taken. Thumbing of rides by stu- dents is another menace to safety. Often hitch-hikers are offensive to motorists who have ignored them, Chief Anderson said' in a letter to Dr. Hunt: With the approach of winter, with sleet, snow, and icy streets, young Kansas Citians must change their ways. They must learn that in order to prevent accidents, they will have to take their driv- ing, and yes, even their walking, seriously. What happened to the boy next door can happen to you. Miscellaneous Musings This is station WHS back on the beam. Class elections were a big surprise to many, but members of the B.B. fBill Banakaj party were confident all the time. And what about Don Irish following in the footsteps of his upper class- men? Congratulations, everybody! Lloyd Thomas could safely be called Muscles He picked up a carton of coke and crushed the handle between his powerful hands. Miss Card wishes to announce that she is NOT running a mortuary. Miss Shelley had a visitor in her Spanish class recently. She makes recita- tions so interesting that even dogs want to master the subject. Miss Hayden just will not plug for Pontiacs. She will plug for Dodges. flf she plugs for anythingj Barbara Burnett is getting very studious. Every day, during seventh hour study hall, she has to find a place to get rid of one of those big Websteris Dictionaries. Her one complant is that the stories are too short. Those people who come dancing out of 312 have just been typing to some of those snappyf?J records. Wonder why you couldn't type just as well to Boogie? Well, anyway, it's a suggestion. My sponsor willingly has given his usual commercial time to an announce- ment oi' the utmost igriportance to every student. Some people cimtinue' to trespass on the second and third iioors during Zourtn hour. This is against the rules of the school. If it is necessary for you to be there, get a hall 'pass from your teacher. A certain guy by the nanic,,of Bob S. has adopted a certain Bill B. for a brother, Love is' grand, but'4we's like-toiknqyv more about it, fellahs. ' .. Pat Young finally has flund out where her' bookkeepinghtests come from. Really, Pat! And this isgsccond year bookkeeping. Gillett K: Shannon dating bureau is now open for business. Love-lorn read- ers, please inquire. This is a paid political advertisement. I ' Those who didlft attend Marilea Johns' party IN ally missed gonaetbing. Any- way, that's what thoselwho did attend said. - fri Ml' , . So long, kids, for now. Tune in again next issue. A Uneaf W4 This week's nomination for One of Us goes to Richard Stewart. Born in Kansas City, October 17, 1929, Richie atten-ded Swinney grade school and entered Westport as a freshman. A brown haired, blue eyed lad, hc likes fried chicken and loves to listen to Harry James play Memphis in June while holding hands with Can- dy Sindt. Gary Cooper and Es- - . -.f...,x',r ,Ks :'i 5? i-Lili ' 4 'sie ther Williams are his favorite actor : and actress. A Football. hoids D top position on ,,.. ' ' , ' rite sports, and ar . ,. 1 V X a Westport half- , S back he holds f third place in the fi 5 individual scoring race of the Inter- scholastic League. Richie excels in things other than football. He is an Eagle Scout, the sergeant-at-arms of Clay literary so- ciety, an active member of the W Club, Stage and Screen, and a mem- ber of the executive board of the stu- dent council during his freshman year. When he graduates from Westport next spring, Richie plans to attend either Missouri or Kansas University. All this certainly goes to prove that Richie Stewart is definitely one of us. TYPING AWARDS Nancy Billings, Dorla Gugel, 603 Shirley Robinett, Patricia Young, Beverly Ferguson, Shirley Clarke, 50g Sue Harkness, Marilyn Holum, Doris Jenkins, Marilyn Johnson, Marilyn Kendrick, Goldie Mallett, Neil Me- caskey, Barbara Neol, Ruth Rueckert, Joan Shirley, Lorraine Woolsey, Don Wuebbold, Wallace Ostlund, Lou Jane Unruh, Betty Jane Hutcheson, Kitty Lou Lawrence, Vivian Ernest, Billie Jean Bass, Betty Wood, Gertrude Woelfe, 40. THE wlssrponr CRIER 0 Published bi-weekly during the school year by the Newswriting class of Westport High School, Kansas City, Mo. ' Th W C9uu.1, sas City, Mo. Subscription rates: Year, 5,75 centsg single copy, 5 cents. I Entered as second-class matter April 1 1923, at the postoffice at Kansas.-City. l'.i5g'.souri, under the Act of March 3, 1879, I EDITORIAI STAFF r A9 Address. e estport Crier, f , 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- SGRGLL Managing Editor ....,,.. ...... Rey Shannon News Lux!-ir... ......... ' .....,. 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The group of high school newswrit- ers who gathered, October 26 to inter- view the -distinguished visitor, reput- edly the largest man in the Navy, were momentarily dazzled by the dis- play of Navy brass as Admiral Shaf- roth entered the tea room of the Hotel Muehlebach, accompanied by th1'ee other ofiicers. But when the 6-foot, 4- inch tall Admiral settled his 300 pounds into a chair before the semi- circle of young reporters and began to talk about Navy activities in friend- ly fashion, the students warmed up to the subject and settled down to ask questions. The A-bomb Will not affect ship structure until more is known about the new weapon, said the huge naval commander. Probably the best de- fense is to -destroy the bomb before it can be used. We hope the United Nations will be effective, but if it is to bef' de- clared the beribboned Navy officer, it must be supported by the strength of powerful nations-the United States, Great Britain, and Russia. One of the most puzzling subjects of the interview was the Navy Day celebrity's huge size. Good humoredly, but stoutly sticking to 275-280 pounds as the scale value of his weight, the Admiral explained his enormous build. They said if I didn't smoke or drink, and I didn't have a chance to with so much time at the training ta- ble for sports, I'd grow up big. Miss Cunnon's Pupils Awed by Operations of Giant Bakery Miss Cannon's eighth grade classes visited the Continental Bakery Fri- day morning, October 25, at the invi- tation of Joan Siebenthaler, whose father is sales manager for the firm. Mr. Siebenthaler gave the boys and girls some instructions before start- ing them on the trail of Hostess Cakes and Wonder Bread. The ma- chines which cleaned the pans, mixed the ,cake dough, iced the cakes, and sortbd, wrapped, and packed 1,000,000 of them a day were marvels to behold, say the eighth graders. Then the pro- cess of bread baking, from ilie' wheat flour to the mixer, into coHins ' While the dough raised. and tlirough an in- llfiglliflg machine that cut and floured and sent the tiny loaves into the roll- ers and baking pans, was witnessed with awe. Six Charter Members Form New Browning Lit Club A new literary society called the Browning club is now being organized, according to Ben Comi, the society's spokesman. Although officers have not yet been elected, the club is well under way in its plans for this year. Miss Lash, English and Latin teacher, is the temporary sponsor. The aims of Browning are to fur- ther true literary work in Westport, to provide some stiff competition for the older societies, and to give boys a chance to develop whatever literary talents that they may have. The six charter members are Ben Comi, Terry Moore, Walter Price, Richard Scott, Bob Hamilton, George Berg. Physical Fitness Test Scheduled Boys in physical education classes will be required to take a physical fit- ness test that will include ten events -vertical jump, bar vault, dodge run, standing broad jump, 300'-yard run, sit-ups, dips, rope climb, chins, and softball throw. A folder listing aver- age results in the events for compar- ison with students' records and pictur- ing West Point's Glenn Davis passing the tests is posted on the gym bulle- tin board. Pep Club officers elected October 23 are Betty Vandevoir, president, Wally. Ostlund, vice president, Goldie Mallett, secretary., Marilyn Holum, treasurer. 3 aadimlamfm 9t's 'iid OWL 0'Wl- tr' -Arim- fwevl WWW orifmo lc '11 Uxsu'Jl,Q ill 0 if ' Page Four WESTBORT CRIER November 5, 1946 C. McCarthy Enferfains School News Hounds Why can't they be happy to grow up an-d be dummies like me? was Charlie McCarthy's bright remark during a highly entertaining, hour- long, high school press conference in the Muehlebach Penthouse October 21. Present at the interview were Mrs. Edgar Bergen, Anita Gorden, Pat Patrick, and of course, Edgar Bergen, stars of the Chase and Sanborn pro- gram. Don't drop me, Bergen. warned Charlie, as he was handed into the arms of his creator to the relief of many in the group who feared he might not be present. Charlie, being Bergen's chief asset, has his own sec- retary and receives more fan mail than does Edgar himself. He is more valuable than Mortimer said Bergen, explaining, You can talk only so long to a moron without getting bored. Previous to McCarthy's entrance, Bergen presented a brief summary of his life, and also explained and dem- onstrated the basic fundamentals of his profession, explaining that a good voice for ventriloquism is as much a gift as a good singing voice. Both must be trained. At one point in the demonstration, Charlie's voice seemed to creep down Edgar's throat until it appeared to come from deep within his stomach. Bergen began working as a photog1'a- pher and started his present career when he purchased The Wizards Manual for 25 cents while he was still in high school. In December Bergen will celebrate his tenth year in radio. The small group of prospective journalists was presented with a short private show in which Charlie actually seemed more alive an-d full of vigor than most of those present. When asked to do an impersonation of Mor- timer, he replied, I wouldn't even stoop so low as to do that, and then asked, Do you like Mortimer? After a slight pause, Charlie conclud- ed, If you do, you sure must be stupid. Beautiful 16-year-old Anita Gorden made her appearance about midway through the interview, and though she sat in an incorspicuous corner of the room, drew much of the attention of those present. Anita is still 11 high school, doing her stu-dying regularly on the road. A redhead, she is as easy on the eyes as her voice is on the ears. Students in first year bookkeeping were seated according to their grades recently. In hour three they were Charlene Candle, firstg Betty Jane Hutcheson, second, and Goldie Mal- lett, third. In hour four, Harry Van frees, first, Betty Wood, second, and Allen Gassman, third. Cast of The Whole Town's Talking Back row-Kenneth McNeel, Nancy Lund, Bette Allen, Bill Abbott, Olive Wilhelm, Jeanne Carter, and Eddie Fink. Front rowfAnne Thornberry, Betty Reeves, Barbara Gardner, Jerry Chattin, Joan Mitchell, and Edris McCarty. King Announces Names Of Fall Play Casi' Members of the cast of the fall play, The Whole Town's Talking, have been announced by Mr. King, di- rector. The group seems to be in fairly good shape, Mr. King com- mented yesterday. We have had many interruptions the past week, but the lines for the first act have been learned. Action of the drama takes place in the living room of the Simmons' home in Sandusky, O. It centers around the various ucupid attemptsn of Mr. Sim- mons and his scheming wife. Members of the cast: Henry Simmons, manufacturer Kenneth McNeal Harriet Simmons, his wife Olive Wilhelm Ethel Simmons, his daughter .. Jean Carter Chester Binney, Simmons' partner Ed d F' k Ulun In Letty Lytle, motion picture star Ann Thornberry Donald Swift, motion picture star Kenneth Grayson Juniors and Seniors Take Test To afford juniors an opportunity to improve their I.Q.'s before taking the Ohio College Aptitude Test as seniors, the test was given to both third and fourth year students during the first three hours last Thursday. This plan will be use-d in the future, replacing the procedure of the past whereby seniors were the only class to take the tests, psychology quizzes which show how well students are prepared for college and what subjects would best prepare them for the future. 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We hope our south'rn lass, Char- line, doesn't learn to talk like us Yankee.-1 too soon, 'cause we jus' love to hear that gal talk. If you see Miss Junkin pulling her hair it's because somebody -discovered how to change copper into gold and not gold into copper. But, To Each His Own. Dick Boggs reallv was hot headed a week ago Monday, For further in- formation see the seventh hour chem- istry class. Miss Youngs seemed to have ac- quired a new popularity after one of her pupils brought her copies of en- tries in the Lena the Hyena contest. Take it from your reporter, they were really gruesome! Those who have avoided Miss Youngs' room lately be- cause of Lena need have no fears. Lena has been removed. Have you noticed the monitors at the east stairs first half of hour four? They .seem to be very musically mind- ed. Classical numbers are their spe- cialty. An apple for the teacher has been changed to An Apple QNateJ for the 'iigers sure helps. Seems we made a couple of mis- takes last time. Mary Hubbard is 5 feet, 4, has hazel eyes, and is secre- tary of Promethean. Is all forgiven, Mary? Three cheers for the Missouri State Teachers' Association. After all, two days are two days. Anyway, it's a chance to catch up on your sleep. The newly commissioned ROTC of- ficers really look sharp in their Sam Brown belts and officers pink trousers. Noticing all the earth piled around the Thirty-ninth and Gillham inter- section, we'd imagine that steam -'A 'vel operator is the sort of' fellow Q: lm dribbles his cereal in the morn- ..,, We're sorry, Bob Wciganfl, but we can't use a photo of Clark Gable for your senior picture. Under the Clock You can find the runners up to Lena the Hyena crowded around their dream man, Lloyd Thomas. Doris Gillison seems to be every- body's pin-up girl. Correction: lla McGee is not going steady with Bob Lindsey. Norma Kelley has our vote for com- cdienne of 1947. She really is a caril. We all wish Ethel Kapsemalis and Alex Pappas would make up their minds! Jerree Lancaster still is looking for man with a her ideal-a hunk of feather-cut and wearing a beanie. Miss Lilly's students ought to tote a dictionary to fin-d out what some of the names she calls mean. them really Rex Quigly is an honored man, now that Peggy Knight has finally decided to speak to him again. And in conclusion, what're all you faithful readers going to do when Ye Ed decides to take a vacation? Teen Shop COAT CLEARANCE A Coats formerly to S25.00 13 Coats formerly to 529.95 S1 7 Coats formerly to 539.95 2. 0 Page Six WESTPORT CRIER November 5, 1946 Eiqlflh Qaeda Hema In the common learnings classes the students have been learning sim- ple parliamentary procedures in con- nection with the election of odicers for rooms and for the entire class. This instruction is also a feature of their texts in language arts. Miss Cannon sent home with each of her eighth grade students a prelim- niary grade card showing his progress in common learnings during the first five weeks of school. She received many appreciative responses from parents thanking her for this extra work. Many parents indicated that they thought it a very good idea to send reports to the homes every five weeks. In Miss Brubaker's common learn- ings classes much interest has been shown in the reports of trips to the American Royal Stock Show, and the newspaper accounts of the events. In connection with Halloween activ- ities and customs, round table discus- sions indicated how boys and girls could have fun without vandalism and without harm to anyone. These young people decided that they would do all they could to prevent such evils. Officers have been elected in the eighth grade rooms as follows: Miss Brubaker's morning classes, Nancy Lou George, president, Jerry Durnil, vice presi- dent: Norma Loye and Richard Temple, sec- retariesg Rayella Bounds, treasurcrg Micky Hutchison and Bob Olson, sergeants-at-arms. Afternoon classes, Roger Wolfe, president: Monte Novak, vice-president, Barbara Ransey, secretaryg Addie Dennis, treasurer, and Bill Zimmerman, sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Miller's morning classes, Jeanette Albin, president, Mary Lawson, vice-president, Alice Larson, secretary, and Jack Fortnex, treas- urer. Afternoon classes, Albert Lemieux, pres- ident, Billy Slanding, vice-president: Janet Gardner, secretary, and Charlotte Murphy, treasurer. Miss Grubc's classes, Carol Jean Squibb, president: Donald Abbott, vice-president: Janet Turrentine, secretary, and Donald Mc- Donald, treasurer. Miss Gales' eighth grade speech classes 'are preparing plays of their own choosing. The classes have been divided into four groups for this ac- tivity. A First and second places will be given on smoothness of play, inter- pretation 'of ,elmaracteig co-operation among members of the grqup, articu- ease, and freedom. groups have selected weird for their plays, such as Flight Fools, Fond and Laiiyf' lation, The names Wise Gales' Gang, t'Luplan's Lunatics, 2 K :'Gales' Imps, Hot Shots,' 'Happy' Little and Adventures in Speech. A Halloween play, Red Magicf' by Helen Howard, was given Friday, Oc- tober 25, in Miss Gales' home room. Those taking part were Shirley Par- son, Marcena Puderbough, Addie Den- nis, Geraldine Lund, and Celia May Toney. The chairman of the program committee was Carolyn Ol-iham. Pupils in Mr. Miller's common learnings classes checked out western stories dealing with life in pioneer days on a visit to the library, Octo- ber 24. Students in Miss Brubaker's room have presented reports and brought interesting articles to school in recent weeks. J. W. Hollar gave a report of his recent trip to Colorado. Patricia Parish displayed Chinese articles which her father brought home from the war. Addie Dennis brought Scar- let O'Hara to school. Of course she was only a doll, illustrating costumes of the South in Civil War times. Nor- ma Loye reviewed a book which re- minded her of the north country from which she came. Lewis Warm- brodt gave an interesting oral account of his recent plane trip. 0 o K s E'.ZZ ' Hobby, School Plays, Business Fiction and Reference FREE GIFTS CATALOG PACIFIC SHOPPER, Book Depf. I Un Me aiming .fine Twenty-seven cadets were listed as follows on the second promotion or- der: First lieutenants, James D. Mc- Afoose, Richard P. McKay, Harry L. Van Trees. Second lieutenants, Thomas V. Bur- dett, Sheldon G. Carleton, Wayne A. Fischer, Donald R. Francis, Peter H. Kinsey. Technical sergeants, Reland D. Brumfield, John B. Gilmore, William C. Hancock, Edward P. Johnson, Rob- ert E. Lindsey, Robert C. Tendgin. Staff sergeant, Edward W. Carlton, Sergeants, William W. Daywalt, John A. Dinwiddie, Norman E. Dun- gan, James R. Fisher, Ronald A. Hoif- man, Jack T. Keller, Kenneth P. Mc- Neel, Robert-M. Merritt, William S. Moore, George O. Morrow, Samuel W. Pendleton, Jene Smith. Firing on the target range began last week, and competition for mem- bership on the rifle team is keen among the cadets. Sergeant Spoor still is looking for freshman and sopho- more boys interested in joining the corps. Miss Maddox's English literature class has completed the reading of B 3 L S -' Ivanhoe in connection with its study ox O31 o Angeles 53, Calif of the Middle Ages' 'ki'iiiiiffiiiiiifi'i'iiiiiiffiiifiiiiifffiiffiikiiiifiiii -x . 4. 'Y ll- 41 11- 'Y ll- : S A V E 10 0 1 41 0 I it I Unfil Dec. 24, 1946 I 4 ll' 41 Jo-Art's offer Westport Pupils 1+ 4' MOST POPULAR 1+ i and any member of V - I E their Immediate Family a ' 1 , ' lf' 11 102m DISCOUNT , . 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Mr. Holloway and Miss Gales at- tended a dinner at the Hotel Phillips Monday evening, October 21, as guest.s of the Safety Council, along with prin- cipals and faculty directors from many other public and parochial high schools of Greater Kansas City. 'The principal speaker, Dr. Danford, of New York University, outlined the various methods by which driver edu- cation is being taught. Dr. Danford travels over the country, setting up driver education in high schools, and is therefore one of the foremost au- thorities on the subject in the coun- try. From his experience he has found that driver education can best be car- ried on in special assemblies, in driver education classes, in combined classes, such as physical education, and in the home rooms. The purpose of driver education, ac- cording to Dr. Danford, is not so much to teach the mechanics of driving, but to give students a right understanding Camera Club Announces Rules for New Photo Contest Westport camera bugs will be given an opportunity to dust off their lenses, oil their shutters, and show what kind of pictures they can take, now that the Westport Camera club has an- nounced plans for a photo contest. Prizes offered by the club are a 32 first prize, 51 second prize, and 50 cents as third prize. The three win- ning photographs will be published in the Herald with the names of the win- ners. Entries may be submitted at Camera club meetings, and a deadline will be announced in the next issue of The Crier. The contest rules: 1. All Westport students are eligible to enter. 2. Any size prints will he accepted, but con- testants must be able to produce the negatives so that enlargements can be made for publica- tion in the Herald. 3. Each contestant will be charged a 10 r-'nts entry fe. which will allow him to enter up to three prints. An additional fee will be charged for each additonal set of three prints entered. Though no requirements as to sub- jects have been set, prints depicting humorous high school situations or more serious teen-age stories will be given preference. Simple photographs with clever titles often win contests of this kind. Officers of the Camera club for this semester are Ed Gillett, presidentg Dick Kniseley, vice .presidentg Bob Stuckert, secretary, John Davis, tieasurerg and Bob VVeigand, ser- geant-at-arms. of driving ethics. Dr. Danford cited as an example of this the fact that most people observe the rules of courtesy while on foot because they have been taught from early childhood to ob- serve these rules. Yet these same peo- ple display the cruder side of their personalities when behind the wheel. Thus it is hoped that through driver education young people may get the right notion of driving manners. More courteous drivers mean safer drivers, and it is thought that this alone will cut the accident rate considerably. Speaking of Kansas City's safety record, Dr. Danford remarked that cit- ies all over the United States have tried to compete with our 1904 driv- ing record. At that time there were only two automobiles in town, yet those two managed to get together in such a way that one of the drivers was killed. , Miss Gales is well fitted for the post of director of driver education at Westport. Her own driving experience goes back to the days when spectators would say, There goes a woman driv- er. As a civics teacher, Miss Gales has a particular interest in this plan. She feels that the schools are the per- fect medium through which this much needed training can be given to the potential drivers of America. Sum- marizing her views, she said, I know that the response of Westporters will be enthusiastic. We have traditionally been interested in improving the safe- ty of the community. A small group of students interest- ed in physics meet in the physics room on the Fridays the department- al club meetings are held. The only officer is Dick Boggs, and there are no club dues, constitution or by-laws. It is not a departmental club just a group of students. Recently they have been preparing demonstrations for Open House and will be the exhibitors that night. Everyone But Kilroy Shows Up at Den Party Kilroy wasn't there, at least he couldn't be found in all the hustle and bustle but everyone else was at the Tiger Den Halloween party October 26. Among the entertainers were Herb Cookg Mr. Buttermor, a Toedman cab driver who impersonated Thirty-ninth and Main on a Saturday night and sang some old time songs accompan- ied by Herb Cookg Mrs. Switzer, the fortune teller, and Jim Grimes' band. Right here, it should be noted that everyone thoroughly enjoyed the mu- sic played by the band and expressed his wish that it would play again. At intermission, after refreshments, Ghost Eyes, a contest, was held in which ten girls stood behind a screen that covered all but their eyes and three judges guessed to whom the eyes belonged. The three judges were Dick Chapman, Jim Campbell, and Wally Ostlund. In order to make the job more difficult for the judges, George Chattin was substituted in place of one girl. Winner of the con- test was Dick Chapman, who received a miniature pumpkin filled with candy as a prize. Eddie Berkland will give four shows at the Ivanhoe Temple for the Busi- ness Men's Bible Class. For Distinction in Dancing 5 H wgggn llI'l'9 HIS 0RCll-IQQFRA i AR. 2160 E Everyone's Here But Kilroy Page Eight WESTPORT CRIER November 5, 1935 Apple, Stewart, Thomas Star in Paseo Game In a game featuring spectacular runs by Nate Apple, Dick Stewart, and Lloyd Thomas, the Tigers from Westport romped over the Paseo Pir- ates to their third league victory, 45- 6, under the lights at Blue's Stadium October 25. After setting up the first touchdown with a 43-yard dash, Apple crashed across from the Paseo 1 for the first counter and plunged the conversion 2 minutes after the opening whistle. Taking advantage of a Pirate fumble, Apple again set up the score, tossing a 27-yard pass and driving through center for the touchdown. Twice in the .second period Paseo took a kickoff only to find their adver- saries unwilling to surrender terri- tory. The flrst time Stewart got off an excellent quick kick to the Paseo 2, and scored minutes later, after West- port took a bad Pirate punt on the 15- yard line. Apple kicked the conver- sion. After stopping the Bucs again, the Bengals took a Paseo kick on their own 35 to begin a 65-yard drive with Nate Apple ripping off 30, 20, and finally 15 yards to cross into pay dirt for the third time. The kick for con- version Was wide, and the half ended with the Tigers in front 26-0. The Pirate grid machine began roll- ing in the .second half, reeling off four consecutive first downs, but only after Lloyd Thomas, Tiger fullback, ran back an intercepted Paseo pass 50 yards for another touchdown. Paseo, after getting into Westport territory for the first time, was again forced to kick, and moments later Apple took the ball from Dick Stewart on a Statue of Liberty play and raced 76 yards down the left side lines for his fourth score. Late in the third quarter, a Paseo back, catching the Westport defense in one of its few weak moments, gal- loped 58 yards around left end for the only Paseo score. Racing around left end for 28 yards, when he couldn't find a receiver for an intended pass, Stewart set up the final Vt'estport tally, plunging into the end zone tw. J plays later. Apple converted to end the scoring. ,.. Cubs Trounce Mgriifal Scrubs VVestport's Cubs snapped back at the Manual second team aftjr a slow first half ff- wifi 12-0 on Manual field, Offffilivl' 21: Jack Carby,-end, rar. 35 yards for the first '.l'i:w tally inVtl'fe third quartf.-rt -all! Pr 'infra af ' 'pass fitdin Wtiirlter fine-lilooda quarterback. In the last period, Tri1'ebtood'fea1'ried the pigskin over from the Manual 15- yard line' after Westport had rammed down the field from the Manual-45. Although the tussle with Southeast Saturday was one-sided and the game as well as the misty day was gloomy to the Tigers, the fracas was interest- ing to onlookers because both the Knights and Westport played rawzle- dazzle football at times. Southeast used an unorthodox for- mation time after time, placing two men far to the side and, as the 24-7 score shows, gaining plenty of ground. Westport sparked in the second pe- riod near the Knight goal posts and pulled a spread play that caught Southeast unguarded. Tigers were spaced from si-de to side with only Joe Kenton, quarterback, and Parker Dailey, center, remaining near the ball. Dailey handed the oval back to Kenton as in the T-formation, but when the Tiger field-general had tapped the pigskin, the Westport cen- ter kept the ball, skirted a nearby Southeast player, and dashed almost to the Knight goal line before he was downed. However the Westport attack bogged down when a Tiger back fumbled the ball and Southeast re- covered in the end zone for a touch- back. Gridiron interest at Westport now is focused on next Saturday night's battle with Central, the last game of the season. The Tigers will be oppo- site a tough opponent when they try to redeem their sorry showing against Southeast with a win over the third place Blue Eagles. Our team will need all the support it can get, so plan to turn out to see the game and cheer for Westport. Maybe it was conincidence, and this writer hopes that it was, but the Westport section at Blues Stadium looked unusually empty during the last quarter of the Southeast game. Because the whole school shares in our team's success, we must also share in its defeat. If the 'Tigers are taking a terrific beating out on the field, that's just the time when we should prove that the whole school is behind them whether they win or lose. Westport's second team nosed out the Paseo scrubs 13-12 October 28. Tigerettes Defeated at East In Annual Hockey Playday Bowing to East and Paseo, the Westport Tigerettes were defeated Saturday in the annual hockey sport day played at East Dressed in gold sweat-hirts,' scarfs, socks, and blue gym suits, the girls presented a color- ful picture. Q , i The first game, played against East, resulted in a score of 2-1 East's favor. In the second game, Westport rang up five goals, Southwest none. Always on the defensive, Southwest did not reach Westport territory at Southeast Knights Rout Tigers in lopsided Tilt Southea.st's up-and-coming Knights routed the favored Westport Tigers with gusto Saturday and sent the Blue and Gold to the showers with a 24-7 sco1'e to think about. The confidence which the Tiger eleven and the Westport rooters felt before the kick-off soon ebbed away when the so-called little Knights charged into Bengal territory and showed reluctance to leave. From the start the Westport team was out-played and out-smarted. Whatever it takes to win a football game-the Tigers didn't have it last Saturday afternoon. When Westport did finally score, as Nate Apple went into the end zone and also kicked the extra point, the Southeast bench had already cooled off considerably be- cause of numerous Knight substitu- tions. Southeast scored a touchdown in both the Hrst and second quarters and turned in two talleys in the fourth pe- riod, failing to make a single conver- sion throughout the game. any time. Paseo turned out to be the Tigerettes' toughest opponent. The final score was 3-1, Paseo's game. Miss Small, Westport coach, Miss Fairchild and Miss Kelley were eager spectators. Also attending was a com- posite et cetera team composed of two girls from each school. This team was defeated by the regulars from Northeast, Southeast, and Manual. Girls from Westport who made goals: Shirley Dudley, Barbara Turley, Doxiene Cambron, and Jerry Kramer. Those chosen to attend the sports day were: Jeanne Beaver, Mary Lu Biggio, Doxiene Ca b , R l' Carleton, Betty Crandall, Diaglmaroylgenniistrlviiej Igorkxgiah DirIigwerth,JS1hirley Dudley, Donna ri it , ar'l 0 n , J K , Lydia Leipardd 5lill1arilyn Tticxild, Bildhiira Tgiillsy, and Barbara and Beverly Worth. Nancy Hell- man and Barbara McWilliams, et cetcra team. Basketball practice will start Tues- day, November 12, Coach Moore stat- ed last week. Seventh hour special gym boys will practice until 3:30 o'clock, at which time all other boys interested in basketball are invited to tryout. The first basketball game of '46-47 will find the Tigers facing Glen- non high .school on the Glennon court, Friday, December 6. THE STUDENTS' STORE Specializing in School Supplies and Books , Confectionery Items, Pop, Candy Bars, Sandwiches, Fudgirles, Ice Cream Bars, etc. SOUTH SIDE BOOKSTQRE 210 :Ast 39TH stain V1 BLOCK west or wsstront HE E TPORT RIER Volume Thirty-four November 20, 1946 Number Five Use Your Brains, Honor Assembly Speaker Urges You must use scholarship today, Dr. John Furbay, guest speaker in the honor assembly November 13, de- clared, for if you don't use your brains to the best advantage you may see the destruction of all the culture and knowledge that has been accumu- lated through the ages. Dr. Furbay is the educational direc- tor of TWA. In his discussion of the topic, The Role of Scholarship in Building One World, he held the close attention of the audience. Many said that his address was the best one they had heard in the Westport auditorium. The atomic age puts more power into the hands of man, he continued. Now, one man with an airplane could 'drop an atomic bomb on almost any city he wished. It's the air age com- bined with the atomic age that makes living dangerous and makes peace and unity necessary. He insisted that you must know the world to hold a good job. Think of the world's population as one community, he urged. Rid your- self of the idea that people of other countries are queer, inferior, and 'for- eignersl In some respects we are bet- ter, but they are far .superior to us in still other ways. The United States spends only 2 pcr cent of the national budget on ed- Continued on page 4 Three Roles Shifted in Cast ot Spring Play Changes in the cast of the fall play. The Whole Townis Talking, were announced by Mr. King last week. Wally Ostlund will have the part o? Donald Swift, the motion picture pro- ducer, Joan Mitchell will appear as Sally Otis, and Jerrye Chattin as Let- ty Lythe, the motion picture star. This play has great box office ap- peal. It ran an entire season on the New York stage and probably is the most popular drama ever produced by amateurs. The farce, which starts the whole town talking and the girls flocking to Chester Binney, the junior partner in a well known firm, is full of laughable situations from beginning to end. This comment came from the Cen- ter Township High paper in Osgood, Ind., after the play was presented there recently: We certainly had a good crowd. lt was the biggest in the history of the school. The whole town is still talking about the play. Plans Being Developed for World War II Memorial Plans for a permanent memorial dedicated to the Westporters who lost their lives in World War II are being developed by a faculty committee con- sisting of Miss Hanna, chairman, Miss Wilhite, Miss Beck, Miss Eggleston, and Mr. Fristoe. Miss Hanna explained last week that although the type of memorial has not been decided upon deiinitely, a plaque, bearing the names of the heroes, which could be set up inside the building is being seriously consid- ered. While estimates of the cost of such a memorial are being prepared, the committee is examining various plaque designs. It is hoped that suliicient funds may be available to cover the cost of a bronze plaque instead of one made of wood and plastic. Richard O. Arens, '30, Republican candidate for judge of the sixth ju- dicial district, lost by a narrow margin in the election November 5. Educational Open House Brings 1200 Visitors to School Mom and pop, little brother and sis- ter and miscellaneous kinsfolk came to school last Thursday night to talk and finfd out how in Westport this persons came and with the teachers things are going year. About 1,200 went during the evening, an attend- ance that seldom has been equaled at an open house here. On entering, the visitors were given programs listing the names and rooms of teachers and naming various ex- hibits. To give the parents a clue to the subjects taught in various rooms decorative posters were displayed on the blackboards. Most conspicuous of these signs was one welcoming guests to the physics lab, and a papier-mache image of Lena the Hyena, refiected from a curved mirror, leered at the visitors as they entered the laboratory. Inside there were a multitude of attractions which brought a throng of interested spec- tators. Continued on page 3 Gift Boxes Westport home room.. Clled 110 edu- cational gift boxes for children of the tvai'-devasta' i areas of foreign lands. The students pictured above, among many others, spent extra hours assist- ing in this activity. Their names, .efl to right: Ben Keel, Olive Wilhelm. Norma Lan-, Nancy Lou George. Ted llcA1ee, Mary Ikicintire, Lt-isel Eschenheimer, It ,vert Peterson, and Many Helen 114. der. 'lllv' i slit , f-frlg in A1155 D111-- ltU1'f -ids eil?-SL: -neue felt pt 'zil is 'frf and :It-viznr sets for the next-2. Th-1 wvrk was dirvcted by lifliss Bru- baker, school sponsor of 'ne Junior Red Cross. Pie-Two ul WV f M V WESTPOR'1l CRIERW November 20, 1946 It Can Happen to You Westoport can well be proud of its honor society which has higher requirements than even the National Honor Society. The Westport Honor Society offers membership not only to seniors but also to members of other classes. This privilege encour- ages students to work for scholastic attainment from the time they enter until the last glorious day of their high school career, the day they receive their diplomas. Often students don't really hit their stride until their junior or senior years when it is too late to do them alot of good. We are proud of those seniors who receive gold pins as a reward for maintaining high grades through all four years of high school. We are prouder still of the large number of bronze and silver pins awarded to underclassmen who have started early on the road to scholastic achievement. Education is a never ending process, says Walter E. Myer, started in school and continued forever after. The student's job is to get the right start-to build permanent habits of reading and thinking. To those who have started we say work, and do your bit to keep Westport on top in this field. If you are not yet in the Westport Honor Society, set future membership as your scholastic goal. Re- member, the ultimate reason for being in school is to LEARN! Miscellaneous Musings Of course the fall play cast can be depended upon to present a nice drama, but someone is sure to think that The Whole Town's Talking will be a noisy affair .... Looking at the new exhibitions in the front hall, we say, If tliat's art, show us more. . . . That fine assembly speaker put over a good one about the boy who wrote God only knows, I don't, on his blank test paper and received this answer from his teacher, God passesg you Hunk. But a pal of ours who believes in miracles is now badly disillusioned. Before every test he insists on singing: Praise the Lord and Pass the Information. Do you have trouble with your paper airplanes 'Z Don't they fly? Do they fall miserably to the ground? Then you should let the Weigand-Kniseley Paper Airplane Agency analyze your trouble. They have accomumulated a mass, or mess, of accurate information while flying their paper works of art from the bookroom window each morning. Don't look now, boys, but your airlerons are showing. Nearly half of the audience complained that they couldn't hear Dr. War- mingham, the assembly speaker, October 30. The public address system wasn't working thf-It dayg in fact, it seldom works any more. Mr. King, fall play direc- tor, has a solutiong The money earned by the sale of play tickets through the homerooms will be spent on ani amplifying system. Here's our chance to lose that inattentive attitude in assembly. Buy as many play tickets as possime if you don't want to miss the speakers' jokes. The new lunch hour slogan is Readin', 'Ritin', an' Rhythm. But why stop at dancing in the halls 'I Many dancing schools are now 'approved for veterans. The next logical step is a dancing class in every schoolf' Can't you see a sly ROTC boy telling his dancing teacher, Couldn't do my homework. Corns, ya know. But, seriously, we hope the dancing goes over great and we personally can't wait until we start playing postoflice and spin the bottle, Looks as if no one will Want to graduate this year. Une of W4 Long brown hair, hazel eyes, five feet tall, personality plus. Combine these in a charming bundle and you have our girl of the week, Mary Lu Biggio. Mary Lu was born in Kansas City. She attended E. C. White grade school and is completing her fourth year in Westport. Distinguishing herself in her studies as well as her eXtra-curricu- lar activities, Mary Lu wears a silver honor pin and is a member of the Pep club. Stage and Screen, A.A.U.W., presi- dent of Pundit. She is bowling man- ager and was a ntember of the hockey play-day team. She loves dancing and eating Good Daddies at Blenders. Ugly Chile heads her hit parade. She was a member of the junior business committee. Mary Lu always is seen at the so- cial gatherings of her classmates. In- cidentallv, she has a definite interest in the Marines at the present time. Taking note of all this we believe you will agree that Mary Lu Biggio is One of Us, and we're certainly proud of it! Football Queen to Be Crowned All Westport students who desire to show the football squad their appre- ciation of a good season are invited to attend the Pep club dance, Novem- ber 22, in the front hall. It will begin at 8 o'clock and during the evening the football queen will be crowned. Tick- ets a1'e being sold by all members of the Pep club for 25 cents a couple. Henry Vess, '36, writes that when the Original Ballet Russe, which is sponsored by Sol Hurok, was in Bos- ton recently, Rosella Hightower, '36, appeared as one of the featured danc- ers, with several special numbers. THE WESTPORT' CRIER . Published bi-weekly during the h 1 b th N 'r CsYGll'l!l.F sc oo year y e ewswrz mg class of Westport High School, l 9 Kansas City, Mo. ri Address: The Westport Crier. in 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- S LL sas City, Mo. 4539-Q Subscription rates: Year. '75 cents: single copy, 5 cents. Entered as Second-class matter April 4, 1928. at the postoffice at Kansas City. Missouri. under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editor. . . ........... Rey Shannon News Editor ..... .... . . Ed Gil ett Feature Editor ,... ..... L aura Lee Love Sport Editors ..... Nancy Akin, Rey Shannon Art Editor ............,.... Ruth Main 1uis't Make-up Editor .........,.... John Grant Circulation Manager . Mary Louise Vess Business Manager.. . .. .. Wilma Gray 'h h J -s Szsif - . Ted Rie elman l otograp ers amm ran g Faculty Supervisor .. .. .John N. Booth Director ol' Photography, , , lna fi Bouncy Npvveinber 20, V V H V Albert Reeves '23 Wins In GOP Landslide By JOHN GRANT There's a crowd calling for me over at Republican headquarters, said Albert L. Reeves, Jr., '23, newly elected representative from the Fifth Congressional district of Missouri, as hc hung up the receiver of his desk phone for aboutthe tenth time since our interview had begun. Do you want to come along? No sooner had we murmured our thanks than we were whisked through the corridors of the law oflices of Michaels, Blackmar, Newkirk, Eager and Swanson, through other corridors of the Commerce building to a Wait- ing elevator, and out across the street to Republican headquarters, which was literally overiiowing with citizens gathered together in their hour of vic- tory Thursday afternoon, November 7. We managed to squeeze in just in time to hear the enthusiastic applause directed toward our companion of a few moments before. Among the indi- viduals assembled there were white and black, young and old, those whose appearance indicated wealth, and those who seemed to be of more mod- erate means. In the interview which preceded our hasty visit to Republican headquar- ters Mr. Reeves recalled his school days at Westport in the brief lulls be- tween urgent telephone conversations with everyone from his wife to gen- erals and colonels by long distance. Mr. Reeves was a member of Clay literary society, the debate team, and the glee club. He took part in a num- ber of school plays, wrote some pieces for the Crier, and was a second lieu- tenant in ROTC. He remembered many of his former teachers vividly, especially Miss Bain, Miss Trotter, Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Herrniann, Mr. Shouse, and Mr. Beckmann. He was glad to learn that some of the rules regarding visits to lockers have been relaxed since his day. When he was at VVestport, lock- ers were off bounds until the close of school, and because of this regulation he and M1'. Beckniann, the vice prin- cipal, had no end of diiiiculty. Mr. Reeves was graduated from William Jewell College, A.B., '27, an-d from the law school of the University of Missouri, L.L.B., in '31, He was a member of the faculty of Baylor uni- versity for one year. During the war he spent four years with the army, serving in India and working on the Stillwell road. Jack Hull, '45, is currently serving as a master of ceremonies over the Air Force rarlio station in Wiesbaden, Germany. Hu formerly worked with the European Air Transport Service. E.- lYESl1j9E?1ff!'E9E---. Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Exam to Be Given Feb. I4 The Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Board has announced its plans for 1947 scholarships and certificates of merit. Three scholarships and fifteen certifi- cates are offered in Missouri. Scholarship winners will have their full tuition and certain incidental fees paid for four years to any accredited college in the United States they wish to attend, and in addition they will receive S25 a month allowance and traveling expenses for one round trip from home to college each year. Winners of certificates of merit will receive a 5550 award payable when the holder enters his chosen college. Candidates for the scholarship will be chosen in a senior election Novem- ber 26 and will include 5 per cent of the graduating class. In its announcement the scholarship board advises seniors to give prefer- ence in voting to those who are most likely to succeed and who would not be able to attend college without scholarship aid. Tiger Den Teentowners Guests of Rotary Club Members of the Tiger Den, three- year-old pioneer of the local teen- towns, were the guests of the Rotary club of Kansas City at the Rotary Boys club on Colburn Road Thursday evening, November 7, when some for- ty or more journeyed to the gathering in conveyances of their own procuring. The Den has its club room at 3925 Main street, and is operated by the Westport and Roanoke teen-agers, who have remade those quarters into an appropriate site for their activities. Frank Goodenow was Dad for this occasion, and arranged for doughnuts, cider and apples for the crowd. Sev- eral boys and girls who arrived in the late afternoon started a big fire in the fireplace, and decorated the mess hall in Westport colors. The main group arrived by bus after the dinner hour when the fun began and lasted until after 10 o'clock. The museum and library were opened and furnished entertainment in addi- tion to dancingg the crowd brought their own phonograph and many swing records of the sort young peo- ple enjoy. Their club president, Jack Sevier, an-d Jack Vinson, one of their chairmen, seemed to be the main- springs of the event, assisted by their attractive dates who were quite as active as the boys. Shirley Alton, im- mediate secretary of the Den, was un- able to be present.-The Puzz Saw, K. C. Rotary Club publication. Ex-servicemen enrolled this semes- ter are George Hobbs, John Hodges, James Murphy, Nick Carras. Russell Borg, and Nate Apple. Page Three Open House Brings 1200 Visitors to School Continued from page 1 Various dances and exercises were demonstrated in the girls gym. Among the numbers were the Schottische, ropes 'n rhythms, Irish Lilt, modern dance and floor set techniques, Vir- ginia reel, tumbling, pyramid, hori- zontal bar, pirates and original dance compositions. Boys displayed their agility in tumbling, on horizontal bars, and in other skills. In the clothing rooms garments made by beginning and advanced classes were exhibited. The hostesses for the food classes were Shirley Carter, Elise De Wendt, Marianne Koch, Ethelyn Roy, and Evelan Vegiard. Historical objects and scenes were pictured in colors on the blackboard in Miss Hayden's classes. The -drawings were made by the following pupils in her world history classes: Bill Dicker, Wallace Koster. Mary Bales Carolyn Caswell, Helen Lu, Nancy Landis, Nancy Kistler Cloral Muse. Mary Ann Rea, Elise De Wendt. Dean Dickensheet cont1'ibuted a pos- ter for the American history class. Yvonne Anderson drew a map of New England, and Shirley Alton, Shirley Robinett, and Lois Thorne arranged posters and displays of early United States. In the chemistry lab students showed the method of distilling water, and how metals replace one another. They also made decomposition and oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis. These experiments had all been worked out in class and the performers chosen. The PTA program in the audito- rium featured a health demonstration. It was presented in the form of a play called Westport Health Service. The participants: ' A Betty Lou Walrod, Lois Oxley, Dolores Darkey, Harriett Skalitzsky. Margaret Fore- man, Arlie Belle Creager, Patricia Hermann, lla McGee, Jo Ann Males, Ben Keel, Bob M'll Ch 1 ' B t M'l H P 1 er, ar es a es, i ton armony, at Murphy. and Geraldine Ronksley. Radio Contest Proves that It Pays to Be Smart One of the outstanding events of the Missouri State Teachers Convention was a ra-dio broadcast, lt Pays to Be Smart, sponsored by station WHB and -.he University of Kansas City. Representing these organizations at the convention were Dr. Charles Hun- ter, head of the radio department at the university: David W. Hodgins of WHB, and Miss Nadine Miller, direc- tor of the Board of Education's Pub- lic Information Service. Taking the microphone, Dick Smith, the questioner, introduced the contest- ants representing the public high schcols of Kansas City. Bill Leake was there from Westport. rw . r Pif-QE-. ,. .... ..Y-L WESUSQRT CRIER ,L 1- . .!9XelBbf?E3Q11i'4 Students and Teachers On MSTA Programs While students enjoyed a two-day vacation November 7 and 8, faculty members attended sessions of the Missouri State Teachers' Convention. Theme of the convention was Educa- tional Paths in Challenging Times. Featured speakers were Dr. James B. Conant, president of Harvard uni- versity, who addressed the general session Friday on the subject Educa- tion Beyond the High School, and Quentin Reynolds, noted journalist and author, who talked on Europe Today. Around 100 Kansas City high school students participated with a group of secondary school students in London, England, in an international broad- cast from the convention meeting Thursday night. Dick Griffith of Southwest and Barbara McFarlane of Northeast led discussions from micro- phones on the stage. Traveling micro- phones picked up questions and state- ments from the high school group in the audience. Westport representatives in the two-way broadcast were the follow- in : Igarbara Gardner, Phyllis liohi, Nancy Lund. Bob Strickert, Milton Harmony, Marilyn Tidd, Larry Everitt, Ann Thorneberry, Jerry Chat- tin, Joan Mitchell, Jean Carter, Liesl Esken- heimer, Rebecca Gruner, Jack Stewman, Bette Allen. Britishers were baffled occasionally by some of the words that came to them from Kansas City and appealed to their program director for transla- tions of veteran and forensic The director at this end explained that a veteran is an ex-serviceman and forensic has something to do with arguing. Several other American terms also required definitions. Westport teachers who participated in programs at sectional meetings were Mr. Spring, chairman of the De- partment of Music and also director of the Westport A Cappella choir, which sang at the general session Thurs- dayg Miss Fairweather, chairman of the Department of Librariesg Miss Card, chairman of the Department of Commercial Trainingg and Mr. King, speech instructor, who ad-dressed the joint meeting of the Department of Speech and the Speech Association of Missouri on Practical Public Speak- ing 'for Business Men. A special Air-Age Education meet- ing and tour of the Municipal airport was conducted for teachers who were particularly interested in air travel and the future of air education. Mr. Shearer was chairman of this air meeting. - Dr. D. D. Lessenberry, director of Commercial Education at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh, talked before the commercial section of the convention. He also conducted a clinic to demon- strate the teaching of typing tech- Micl-Year Newswriting Class to Be Organized A mid-year newswriting class will he offered to students of English 5 next semester in place of English 6. Mr. Booth, supervisor of publications, will be the instructor. Those interested in continuing in journalism during their senior year will be chosen for next year's Crier- l-lerald staff. This new course is taking the place of the junior newswriting class which was discontinued this Year. Ernest Oppenheimer, '42, Wins New Scholastic Honors Ernest J. Oppenheimer, '42, who re- ceived his master-'s degree last Au- gust from the University of Chicago, was one of three scholars of Chinese culture awarded 331500 scholarships to the University of Chicago, President Ernest C. Colwell announced recently. The scholarships, under the auspices of the Chinese ministry of education, were established at the University of Chicago and tive other universities last year to promote and strengthen the cultural relations between China and the United States. Oppenheimer, a veteran of World War II, maintained the highe.st schol- astic standing in the University of Chicago's Army Specialized Training Program for 1945. His master's thesis was written on the subject of Amer- ican Public Opinion Towards China and Japan, 1931-1941. Besides his work at the University of Chicago, Oppenheimer studied at Kansa.s City Junior College from 1942 to 1943. He was graduated from Westport high school with highest scholastic honors in 1942. At the University of Chicago, Op- penheimer will use his Chinese cul- tural scholarship to work on a doc- tor's degree in international relations. He will specialize in the Far East field. The .scholarship is renewable for two years of additional study upon its expiration this year. SHORTHAND AWARDS Wilman Gray, June Biltis, 1005 Shirley Alton, Elaine Davis, Barbara McWilliams, 803 Mary Cooper, Norma Davis, Marilyn Holum, Donna Kinds- vater, Kitty Lawrence, Barbara Neal, Shirley Robinett, Shirley Ann Clarke, Shirley Dudley, Darla Gugel, Mari- lyn Johnson, Marilyn Kendrick, Nov- alee Kolbe, Ruth Rueckert, Gerturde Woelfe, CO. . nique. Westport commercial students who attended' were Marilyn Eaton, Annette McNamara, June Moorehead, Rosalie Carlton, Jo Ann Cran-dall, C'b'arles Witherspoon, Loraine Wool- sey, Marilyn Meyer, El ine Davis, and Dorla Gugel. Use Your Brains, Honor Assembly Speaker Urges Continued from page 1 ucation while other countries spend as much as 10 or 20 per cent. Some day l hope the country will spend the money required for one atom bomb on a tour of the world for teachers'and students. This would greatly increase our understanding of the people of the world. Know your foreign languages. If any of you have a parent who is able to speak a foreign tongue have them teach it to you. It is an opportunity you can not afford to miss. Look yourself straight in the face. You are not prominent, not superior. The white race is but a minority of the world's population. The majority belong to the brown race. T.iey don't envy us, as many thinkg in fact, at times they even pity us. The reason for this is our lack of knowledge and understanding of each other. If you knew them you would find them all grand people. They might have some different ideas and customs but their scholarship stu-dents could do as good work as these students on the stage. Prejudice should be wiped from the face of the earth. You'll find that the smarter person holds the smallest amount of prejudice. The capitol of the United Nations is in New York. Ne must prove our- selves worthy of this honor by treat- ing all others as neighbors. You will be the last generation that can do this. If you do, you will go down in history. If not, the next generation, if there is one, will be living in caves with schools and social activities a thing of the past. You must decide now. Either destruction on a global basis or peace on a global basis. Following Dr. Furbay's a-ddress, Harry Van Trees, master of ceremo- nies, introduced Annabell Hurley, '46, who presented Mr. Holloway to the honor students for the award of bronze and silver pins. Recipients of bronze pins: Richard Asher June Baltis Jeanette Briant Reland Brumfield Ralph Carlson Kenton Curran Gloria Davis Joyce Dibble Barbara Edwards Harry Ervin Margaret Foreman Rebecca Gruver Nancy Lee Hindman Robert Lee Hosman Geraldine Kramer Mary Lehman Jo Ann Magnuson Silver pins wer lows: Nancy Akin Marlene Brumfield Jim Buford Jeanne Carter Elaine Davis John Davis Elise De Wendt Liesl Eschenheimer Larry Everitt ' Wilma Gray John Grant Robert McCollum Doris McWilliams Jerre Mueller Joanne Novoa Walter Price Mary Ann Roe Jack Sevier Clara Candy Sindt Quentin Smith John Thornberry Marilyn Tidd Lareen Toub Rosemary Walkup Dolores Willard James Williams Barbara Wolke e awarded as fol Paul Goeckeler Bill Leake Bob Miller Terry Moore Robert Potts Jim Reeves Ethel Senger Vera Smoots Elaine Tenenbaum .loan Waite ' v'. Nowllbffl' 20, 1946 ,A, , ,, c c ,Vlfl2El1i95f1EE'l3Y .---,-.-,,,.- , ---,,,.--.w-,i'3gElf1e Under the Clock Gloria Green's name always brings to mind Wichita, Kas. We've seen a lot of unhappy faces today, but many more were smiling. The reason-those little yellow cards. Fashion fact: Winter is coming and crew cuts are going. Or should we say growing-out. Seen at Shawnee Mission last Fri- day was Lloyd Thomas with his sharp W sweater on. Who was that we saw mopping the fioor of the do-nut shop late one night? After attending the Ice Cycles Bob Stuckert has decided there is more to ice skating than skates. Just what do you mean, Bob? This space is dedicated to those poor soles who have to cross the Thirty- ninth and Gillham triangle on the way to school. At least one boy stepped in the mud stocking footed, leaving his loafers behind him. Riding on the Thirty-ninth street bus these days is quite interesting. Many drivers pick their own routes to detour the Gillham dip. Marjorie Mercer tells us that the most wonderful people call when she isn't home. We wish Virginia Balch and Bill Matkin would decide if they are going steady or not. We wish to call attention to that darling sophomore, Mary Anne Rea. Fellas, take notice, especially Harold. That is really a sharp-looking coat that Betty Walrod has been wearing. Since Max Teeter is in the Marines he has no use for it. The open house at Bohi's was a huge .success. Why does Peggy Ran- sted make such a gooey cake? Jo Ann Wolch is determined to learn how to drive. Look out, Wash- burn!! The nine caves seem to hold a strange fascination for Westporters. Instead of writing letters, Nancy Akin and Eddie Lavo have switched to telephone conversations. Pretty ex- pensive, we'd say. And for the first tim e, juniors were privileged to take the Uhio Aptitude Test. That 'tLena, the Hyena, seen in Mr. Miner's room on entering the door last Thursday night was put there to scare the parents. It doesn't seem to resem- ble anyone in particular. Our nomination for Future Farmer of America is Clem Cadiddlehopper' Dailey. What has happened lately between that alumnus with the tennis racket, John Baum, and Lou Colbert? .. Sam Washburn is having a haxd time getting his ring back from his Southeast ex-heartburn, but a Knight cheerleader is helping to keep his morale up. J St. Peter has some mean competi- tion in the persons of Dick Asher and Bob Patterson, who guard the front door during fourth hour and a.sk for those disappearing home lunch per- mits. Betty Mendlick has received a pho- tograph of her one and only, George Byer, in the Marines. Every day you can see her with a dreamy look in her eyes. Our nominee for the best dressed girl of the year is Jerree fHarzfeldJ Lancaster. To Sell-One can of blue paint. In- quire of Bob Lindsey and Larry Montgomery. Where is Glenn's Oyster House? Miss Gales recently asked the mem- bers of her' fifth hour English 1 class to bring books to class. Eugene Scott said that he could get Kidnapped. Miss Gales' prompt answer was Do you think anyone will take you? Congratulations are in store for Jerry West. She has recently started going steady with a swell K. U. fel- low. Typing Awards Pat Maupin, Colleen Farrell, 50, Shirley Clarke, Barbara Ellis, Patricia Coleman, Ruth Ann Wilson, 405 Betty Ann Crandall, Jean Graves, Dick Kniseley, 30g Gary Johnson, Harvey Kimble, Lucia Zanone, William,rMoore- field, Billy Leake, Bill Perry, Bob Wright, John Davis, Richard Asher. Richard A-dams, Eileen Barry, 20. Donald Murphy, a sophomore in Mr. Wilcox's class. has numbered some shelf markers for the library. They are fine specimens of craftsmanship. Three Literary Societies Admit 28 New Members Three of the literary societies in- ducted new members at the meetings held November 1. Prometheans ac- cepted Norma Kelley, Phyllis Bohi, Marcella Nicoll, Lareen Toub, Nancy Ewing, Dottie Connell, Jean McCon- nell, Bonny Lampman, Joan Pryor, Margaret Forman, Barbara Madden, Joann Laird, Barbara Wyatt, Alice King, and Mary Ann Rae. Pundit accessions are Jean Pater- son, Nancy Titus, Barbara McWil- liams, Norma Davis, Virginia Wilson, Joan Mitchell, Barbara Gardener, Wilma Gray, Goldie Mallett, Dolores Darkey. Irving took in Frank Howard, Ed- die Thorpe, and Robert Sells. Miss Eggleston has been chosen the sponsor of Promethean. Several Westport Girls Model Stylish Attire in Hat Box Row Several Westport girls are traveling Hat Box Row. Among them are Mary Lou Hall, Dorothy Connell, and Betty Congour. To those who do not know, Hat Box Row means model- ing. The hat box is the trademark of the girls who show what the ladies of' America are wearing. Mary Lou, a charming dark haired senior, and Dottie, a popular junior, are to be seen at Adler's in the 'Teen Shop. Recently these girls were shown in Adler's ads in various school pa- pers. In fashion shows held frequently at Adler's these two help show what the 'teen-agers of Kansas City are wearing at parties, dances, games and school. Betty, also a junior, was shown in a gray pin-striped suit in the Prom. She was advertising Patricia Stevens' charm school. Look in the magazines and papers in the future because these girls will go far if they chose modeling. Jig Girls Dance at Veterans Hospital in Excelsior Springs At the invitation of Mrs. L. D. Mossman, president of the Billman Post of the V. F. W. Auxiliary, the gym girls who danced for the commu- nity chest luncheon and an assembly journeyed to the Veterans Hospital- in Excelsior Springs November 5. Traveling in a chartered bus, the dancers arrived at the hospital to pre- sent the Doing What Comes Natch- erly jig, accompanied by Mrs. Gayle Chubb. Theyreceived an encore and according to a spokesman for the group their act was the most enjoyed number on the program. Miss Small, gym teacher, and Mrs. Chubb were overjoyed when they were allowed to purchase two boxes of Hershey candy bars at the hospital store. , . 1 1 Reggie Ezghdi awe arm All eighth grade classes will visit the Nelson Art Gallery this month. A special tour of Chinese art has been planned for all common learnings classes of the city. Miss Brubaker's, Miss Cannon's, and Miss Grubels classes went last weekg Milla-r's and Mr. Ryder's classes go this week. The common lsarnings classes vis- ited Mr. Miner's open house science exhibit during hour 5 last Wednesday and Thursday. The students enjoyed the demonstration and are anticipat- ing a year in science when they are freshmen. Mr. Shearer gave the eighth grade classes a real treat when he demon- strated his weather instruments for them last week. Members of his classes helpfully explained the mys- terious workings of the theromograph. barograph, raglio sonde. altinieter, rain gauge, hydrograph, aneroid. and ane- mometer to the group. The eighth grade girls in home making'-clothing' classes were willing workers in the recent Junior Red Cross drive. They made llll pencil cases and an equal number of sewing' kits for the gift boxes. The girls who gave extra time were .Jeanette Gardner, Norma Loye, Mary Mclntire, Donna Kittrell, Sheron Wise, Barbara Ross, Patricia Holt- house, Jo Ann Hann, Celia Toney, Paula Blessing, Cynthia Carswell, Diane Williams, Charlotte Murphy, and Jacqueline Thomas. In her letter of appreciation, the director of the Junior Red Cross, a Mrs. Roberts. said, VVestport did a Fine job. Last week the eighth grade classes saw a short film, Clouds and the Weather, as a supplementary aid in their science work. Mr. Miller's common learnings classes viewed the book exhibits on display at the Allen branch library last Thursday. Students in Mr. Mille-r's common learnings classes have been busy with special activities. Joyce Howard broag-'ht rare pictures of star trails to class. John Jenkins brought a glass of mercury, and the students were sur- prised to see that silver would float in mercury. Janet Gardner, Cynthia Carswell and Barbara Ross have been keeping the room well supplied with ncathe- maps to use in their science studies. ltlarjorie Decker brought in a display of pictures illustrating scenes from Tom Sawyer. Mr. Ploesser is the new sponsor for Irving Literary society. l-Ie sponsored the club two years ago. www w , . WwiliftlR'llwCR1hR. Noylciiilrci ill, IH-lo U HILLBILLY CHICKS D. 81 R. PHOTOLAND sn.l.FoLo size Pnotos Athletic Equipment 'I-2 - and P0SED5gx7'sES:cg:'iaI 50: While You Wait :sm a. Baltimore Ave. HA. aaao 1407 Main Street ttiiitiiittiiiiittttiittitiiii A k'ki'ik'ki ki A A k'A'i'ktitittttt SAVE 10 0 Jo-Art's offer Westport Pupils wfmuffffnfffwhf-r C B 'll 10 1 U fb 9 N A 5 i 'O A ON 44444444444444444 MOST POPULAR FINE WATCH V and any member of their Immediate Family a I I U 1 l0'r DISCOUNT .. 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E Every student will be given a ques- tionnaire made out by Miss .Gales and Mr. Holloway which will enable Miss Gales to measure the average driving ability of the student body. Miss Gales has been exploring the driver education problem from many angles. She believes that the course will offer a great opportunity for youth, because they can best create sentiment and make the public realize the necessity of reducing the motor accident rate through organized driv- er's training. Mr. Shepherd left last Monday for St. Louis where he will take a week's intensive training in a driver's educa- tion course for instructors. Faculty representatives from all over this area are attending the courses under the sponsorship of the National Safety Council. When he returns, Mr. Shepherd will be qualified to teach the mechanical features of driver education. A course in driver education will be otfered next semester as a half credit subject, Mr. Holloway announced last week. Speech Pupils Give Talks Before Community Groups American Education Week was a busy one for pupils in the public speaking classes. Edmund Fink spoke at the Womenis National Aeronautical Associationg Olive Wilhelm at the Naturalization Council, and Bette Al- len, Jo Ann Wolch, Ann Thornberry, Edris McCarty, Phyllis Bohn, Leisel Escheimer and Thelma Spencer con- ducted a round table biscussion for the Faxon PTA. Jo Ann Wolch, Mar- jorie Mercer, Leisel Escheimer, Ann Thornberry, Edmund Fink and Jo An- na Gasboro gave radio talks from station KCKN. Departmental Club Officers Speech Arts, Olive Wilhelm, presi- dizntg Ann Thornberry, vice presidentg Wally Ostlund, secretaryg , Thelma Spencer, treasurerg Bob Stuckeirt, ser- geant-at-armsg Lois Thorne, parlia- mentariang Mary Anne Rea, Bob Rob- iso1:,,Bob Windsor, comnientators. Jules Guerin, Joe Brown, presidentg Edris McCarty, vice presidentg Mar- tha McCall, secretaryg Bob Hamilton, treasurer. El Circulo Calderon, Robert Krahl, president: Paul Sieger, vice president: Marjorie Mercer, secretary: Mary Lou Waltlon. treasurer. Various Art Types and Mediums on Display Examples of various art types and mediums are on display in the front hall show cases. These exhibits were chosen in the art department from the work completed this year to represent the accomplishments thus far this year in the various classes during open house. Two wall hangings represent Miss Wilhite's advanced art students. The aquatic scene is an example of oils on fabric, painted by Marilyn Tidd and the other a combination of dry and wet brush tentpera by Ruth Mainquist. In the adjacent case are a number of eighth grade black and white tem- pera paintings applied to a gray back- ground. These are of ancient ships at sea and have a bit of seafaring poetry below each. They were painted by Kath1'yne Hayes, Kieth Sheel, Dan Sullivan, Ronald Mason, and Bruce Powers. Exhibits in one of the two remain- ing cases are devoted to figure studies by Miss Beck's advanced students. After a week of sketching gym classes in action a composite drawing was made and worked up in the style and medium each student was most inter- ested in. Then-a variety of pictures in tempera, pen and ink, lithograph pencil, and crayon-were made by Mary Louise Mullen, Betty Reeves, Elise De Wendt, Jorene Bullock, Don Bruce, Jack Hardsaw. and Joan Bren- non. in the other display case were water color paintings showing design and color made in the eighth grade class. Those on display were painted by Bob Wright, Joyce Gladien, Beverly Mc- Kenzie, Wanda Mae Blansit, Suzanne Carter, Sharron Byrum. Art Pupils Advertise American Education Week ln observance of American Educa- tion Week advanced art students planned and decorated the far north window of the Vtlestport Men! Wear store on the northwest corner of Thir- ty-ninth and Main streets. Several art students sketched quick head studies of another student who modeled November 16 in a display window on the Grand avenue side of the Emery, Bird, Thayer store to a-d- vertise American Education Week. . ... All junior and senior members of the cadet corps have been tiring in competition for the selection of mem- bers for the rifle team. W'ith rifle team letters, offered for the lirst time this year, as enticement, competition is keen, says Sergeant Spoor. First-year cadets still are studying the principles of rifie marksmanship, but may soon be making it tough for the advanced ROTC students when they begin tiring on the target l'?Ul2'f?. s4..,-,BESL52EEn Juniors Place Orders For 1948 Class Rings One hundred thirty class rings were ordered by juniors last week for de- livery in April. New orders for rings to be delivered in May or June may be placed with the jewelry company in January. Establishing a new custom, '46 ju- niors purchased rings in 1945 and vir- tually all of the rings worn by this year's seniors were or-dered last fall. The rings have the standard de- sign used in class jewelry for nearly twenty,-five years. Picture Takers Wanted to Enter Camera Club Photo Contest Do you like to trip a shutter, Make people strike a pose? Would you like to take a profili- Of za hooked or pointed nose'.' Then get out your favorite camera: Make yourself picture-wise. Take a snapshot of your boy friend That will cause a flood of sighs. Snap some scene uf beauty Or some funny incident, And bring it to the Camera club To Judge you on your talent. January 8 has been set as the dead- line for entries in the Camera club contest which is offering prizes of 32, 81, and 50 cents. Thisdate was chosen in order to give students an :opportu- nity to take pictures during the Christmas holidays. Photos may be submitted at Camera club meetings or to Eddie Shamie, Dick Kniseley, or Ed Gillett at any time. Three capable judges from other Kansas City high schools have con- sented to judge the contest. Rules for the contest were published in the last Crier. THE STUDENTS' STORE Specializing in School Supplies and Books Confectionery Items, Pop, Candy Bars, Sandwiches, Fudgicles, Ice Cream Bars, etc. SOUTH SIDE BOOKSTORE 210 EAST 39TH STREET V2 BLOCK WEST OF WESTPORT For Distinction in Dancing R lll' I1-B.. AR. 2160 Page Eight WESTPORT CRIER I November Hard-Hitting Tigers Hockey Team Oufplay Eagles in Tie Although Westpor-t's Tigers out- played Central with a steady, hard- hitting line and a speedy backfield, the Blue Eagles squeezed through with a 6-6 tie when a Bengal fumble near the enemy goal line in the last two min- utes of the game was recovered by Central. As Tiger and Blue Eagle stomped and puffed on the field to keep warm, icy north winds whistled through the heavily-clothed crowd who had gath- ered in Blues stadium to witness the last football game of the interschol- astic season. The first quarter and early second period featured a Westport passing attack that nearly scored. Chester Davis, Tiger end, raced into the Cen- tral end zone, but the long pass from Joe Kenton, Westport quarterback, was knocked down by the tight de- fense of the Eagle backfield. Another chance came when a Tiger recovered a fumble on the Central 13- yards. But the ball was lost to an in- tercepting Central man when a toss was tried from a spread formation. The scoreless half ended after further passing attempts by both teams re- sulted in interceptions. Following a ground-gaining run by Cfentral early in the third quarter, the Eagle attack was halted when Kenton intercepted an overcenter pass. How- ever, Westport was soon, forced to kick. Central's return of the punt was squashed on their 101yard line, and a penalty nullified a 40-yard jaunt by a Blue Eagle. When Central had to kick, Nate Apple, speedy Westport half- back, caught the low punt and raced down the sidelines to a touchdown. The pass for extra point was incom- plete. Central scored in the la.st quarter on a short pass, after a Tiger quick kick deep in Westport territory had hit a charger. The conversion kick was wide. Increasing the pressure of the Tiger attack, Westport attempted to break the 6-6 deadlock. Richard Stewart, Bengal halfback, gave the game a bizarre note with his unorthodox ball handling. On a power play through the line, Stewart dropped the ball in the midest of a mob of struggling linesmen, but snatched the oval as it rebounded high in front of him and continued to smash through for a gain. Apple caught' a pass and Lloyd Thomas nabbed a'Centra1 heave in the desperate Tiger drive for a score. In the final two minutes, Apple lift- ed the Westport hopes by receiving a pass and pounding to the Central-6. But when Central recovered a West- port fumble, the Tigers had to be con- tent with a tie and fifth place in the closing league standings while the Blue Eagles captured third place. Back row: Leipard, Cambron. Kramer, Turley, Dudley. Middle row: Beaver, Griffith, Carlton, McWilliams, B. Crandall, B. Worth, Dingworth. First row: Johnson, Biggio. Tidd. Hellman, Bev. Worth. Badzezfddl SCAGJMJG Coach Moore reports that Westport will participate in the following games on the dates indicated: Preseason Friday, Dec. 6-Glennon-there. Saturday, Dec. 7-Ruskin-there. Friday, Dec. 13-Shawnee MissionM there. Tuesday, Dec. 17-Wentworth-here. Friday, Dec. 20-Alumni-here. Interscholastic League Fri-day, Jan. 3-Southwest. Friday, Jan. -there. Wednesday, Jan. 15-Northeast. Friday, Jan. 17-Southeast. Wednesday, Feb. 5-Manual. Friday, Feb. 7-East. Friday, Feb. 14-Central. Wednesday, Feb. 19-Paseo. League games will be played in the Municipal auditorium. 10-Ward fnon-leaguel Cubs and Central in 6-6 Tie Westportfs Tiger Cubs and the Cen- tral second team battled to a 6-6 tie Tuesday, November 12, by scoring in the third quarter after both teams were turned away near paydirt in the first half. Bob Cook tallied for West- port as a result of a telling Tiger aerial attack in which Jack Carby starred. The pass for extra point failed. The junior Blue Eagles com- pleted a touchdown pass. -but lost the extra point when a running attempt was smashed. Passes Click as Tiger Cubs Defeat Knight B-team 13-6 Westport's Cubs unseated the Southeast Knights' second team I3-6 on Gillham Field November 4. After several plunges through the line for gains, Bob Dishinger carried over the initial Westport touchdown in the first quarter after a pass from Walter Trueblood to Jack Carby earned 45 yards. The kick for conver- sion failed. In the second quarter, Bob Cook heaved a 35-yard pass to Carby who ran 25 yards to score. Carby kicked the extra point. Southeast tallied in the third quar- ter against the Cub second string, but the kick for conversion was wide. Girls' Hockey Team Defeats Alumnae in Annual Game Returning alumnae were defeated 2-1 in the annual hockey game played on Gillham field after school Novem- ber 5. The girls furnished their own sand- wiches and the gym department pro- vided cold pop for a party afterwards. The alumnae players: Joan Hood, Martha Sharpsteen, Patricia Simcox, Sarah Benson, Mary Blalack, Girar- mine Gile, Dorothy Hubbard, Virginia North. Shirley Worth. Cleta Bounds. Phyllis Fine. Grace Davis. Basketball rules, play situations, and game handling by officials were the subjects of a movie shown to all boys' gym classes Tuesday, Novem- ber 12. HE WE TPORT RIER Volume Thirty-four December 4, 1946 Number Six 16 Seniors Chosen for Scholarship Contest Sixteen seniors, 6 per cent of the membership of the '47 graduating class, were chosen by their classmates in an election last Tuesday to com- pete in the Pepsi-Cola scholarship tests to be given here February 14. Forty-seven members of the Honor Society, all seniors, were named on the ballots. According to specifications fixed by the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Board the winners are considered the ones most likelyw to make significant contributions to human progress. The following seniors were selected to take the examination: Bill Banaka, Gerry Kramer, Marilyn Tidrl, Jean Kido, Harry Van Trees, Bill Leake, VVilma Gray, Mary Helen Ryder, Bob Miller, Shirley Alton, Lou Jane Unruh, Mary Lu Biggio, John Davis, Donna Griffith, Bob Hass- man and Gary Johnston. Two of the 121 four-year scholar- ships and ten of the 600 fifty-dollar certificates of merit are to be awarded to Missouri students ranking highest in the test. These scholarships include full tui- tion and certain incidental fees paid for four years to any accredited col- lege in the United States the winners wish to attend. In addition they re- ceive a S25-a-month allowance during the four school years and traveling expenses at the rate of 3 cents a mile for one round trip from home to college each year. The five runners-up for each schol- arship will receive the certificates of merit which carry with them a 350 award, payable when the winner en- ters the chosen college. 7 on Midyear Graduation List Seven boys are candidates for grad- uation in January. They are Russell Borg, John Brooks, Nick Carras, Jo- seph De Soto, John Nance, George Tucker, and Alonzo Nilson. Nathan Apple was a member of the group un- til he left school several weeks ago. Borg and Carras enlisted in the Mer- chant Marine in 1945 when they were seniors. They re-entered school this fall soon after they were discharged. I.as+ year sixteen seniors qualified for midyear graduation. First year bookkeeping students were seated according to their grades recently. In hour 3 Bettye Thorpe is first, Charlene Caudle, second, and Jane Thurman third. In hour 5 Betty Wood is first, Allen Gassman second, and Charlene Farrell third. 'Football Queen ls Crowned High School Students To Rule City for a Day High school students will hold key positions in the city 'government Wednesday, April 2, 1947. The method of choosing these students will follow closely the procedure for selecting city ofiicials. Dick Griiiith, All-City Student Coun- cil president, will be governor for the day. Three nominees for councilman and one nominee for mayor will be chosen in each school before Decem- ber 20. The All-City Council will se- lect three candidates for mayor from the names submitted for the final election February 19, 1947, and six candidates for the final election of two police judges. The pupils in each school will cast their ballots for candidates of their respective schools on February 19. Westporters will hold nine oiiices. If possible, there should be representa- tives from each high school grade. High School Day is sponsored by the American Committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Heads Stage and Screen Milton Harmony was elected presi- dent of the Stage and Screen club at its first meeting November 21. Dick Boggs was chosen vice presidentg Nancy Billings, secretary-treasurerg Bill Leake, sergeant-at-arms. Jerry Kramer Acclaimed Grid Queen at Coronation Dance Jerry Kramer, football queen, was crowned at the coronation dance given in her honor in the front hall, Friday evening, November 22. The dance was sponsored by the Pep club. Jerry was escorted to the throne by her two attendants, Patsy Giffin and Shirley Alton, after being crowned by Nate Apple, captain of the football team. A gold compact was presented to her and corsalges to the two at- tendants. An enjoyable evening was had by all attending and many expressed their wish that the coronation might be made an annual affair. Hidden Treasure Found in Safe Treasure that the office safe had held for years was discovered recent- ly by Miss Emilie Lynds, registrar, when she uncovered a small wood box containing old coins. The-coins include British and American money dating back over two centuries. Accompany- ing the find in the box which was labeled Habanna Segars au Choco- late, was a discolored piece of paper which carried the message- Found in room 55 summer of 1917.7 Room 55 was the east section of the present room 212. Lining the bottom of the box was paper torn from the April 16, 1898, isgue of The Weekly Philatelic Era. Page Two WE STPORT CRIER December 4, 1946 Getting Off the Honor Roll Eighteen students received honor pins in assembly last Monday, eighteen of the eighty-nine undergraduates who won places on the honor roll the second term of last year. Thirteen of these honor students have made the roll twice in succession and the other five have been on the list at least four times. Here is the moral of this tale: ' Honor students are rewarded for consistent effort as well as for superior scholarship. Last fall eighty-four pupils were prepared to qualify as honor students, having made the roll once, yet of this number only eighteen kept their names on the list. Why did the others fail to keep their grades up to the required standard? Lack of persistent effort, not lack of ability, probably is the answer. Getting off the honor roll is by no means a difficult achievement, staying on it is a real test of character requiring hours of patient toil, and possibly some sacrifice, but it pays.-Reprinted from the Crier April 17, 1925. Miscellaneous Musings Beauty queens, ahh, beauty queens-nice subject to dwell upon, isn't it? Students from all over the city admit that Westport's girls are the prettiest in the town. Remembering that the Crier- Herald staff would welcome a new source of revenue, we put two and two together and visualize a crowd jammed into the Municipal Auditorium arena and see a banner lettered Miss Westport of 19. . Bathing Beauty Contest over a stage covered with. . .but to con- tinue. With glamour like that of Sonja Buffington, Doris Gillison, Lois Thorne, and Marilyn Tidd, to mention only a few Westport lovelies, the contest would be a sensation. We might even celebrate the ticket sale with a special Crier printed in gold ink, bound in Morocco leather and complete with lifesize girl, absolutely free. No, I haven't had my head examined lately. You see, my doctor visited St. Joe and hasn't escaped yet. 4 Many of the seniors' worries about college entrance requirements would be solved if the office would credit their eighth hours . . . A fellow whose gal hits the peroxide bottle pretty frequently scared away a bunch of wolves when he accidentally called her a ucrosside blonde . . . The Whole Town's Talking but John L. Lewis talked faster, it seems, when you remember that the fall play may be postponed because of the coal strike. Many Westporters resent LeWis's activities because he only forced us to use no light or heat after 4 and didn't shut the school down entirely. Westport's own special dance step, the Westport Boogie, has been adopted by kids in other high schools and is still spreading. Of course this pqpularity is easy to understand if you've ever seen the Tiger Den's twirlers. In fact, our alma mater might teach Arthur Murray a thing or two. Milton Harmony, Sam Washburn, and Marion Hymer must be the only members of Westport's non-existent track team, for they say that the Mgr.,' on their brand new W letters stands for mighty good runner. Jean Woodside, eighth grader, de- Virginia Stewman, advanced. art signed and painted the gold crown for student, was the winner of the contest the football queen and silver crowns for play cover designs. Contestants for her attendants. were chosen from various art classes. Uneaf W4 Sweet, sixteen and-pardon us, wrong person. Anyway, he is 16 and a really wonderful senior. Who else could we mean but tall, dark, and Davis. If you need M proof about this last V V v sentence here 'tis: Johnny is 6 feet 111, inches tall, has wavy brown hair, brown eyes, and an all-round pleasing personality. Some fellow, we'd say. John works at the Floralart F l o w e r S h 0 p Qplugj after school and he also finds time to be vice president of Irving, treasurer of the Camera club, a mem- ber of the senior business committee, student council, Hi Y, Stage and Screen, Pep club, and the Honor so- ciety in which he holds a silver pin. Our man of the week likes to loaf, listen to Dick Haymes, watch Lauren Bacall and Gary Cooper on the screen, and, attention Miss Junkin, he likes chemistry. He plans to attend Purdue university after graduating from Westport. True love has not entered Mr. Davis' life so far. He prefers to play no fa- vorites ycause he likes all the girls. Need we say more, but that Johnny is a typical American lad and we're mighty proud to say he's one of us. Student speakers are promoting the sale of Christmas seals in the elemen- tary schools of the Westport district and in the home rooms this week. Those who are giving talks in the neighborhood schools are Nancy Bill- ings and Edris McCarty, Allen schoolg Joanna Gasboro and Ann Thornberry, Longan schoolg Cherrie Miller, Nor- man schoolg Jerrye Chattin, Rollins schoolg Doris Wilson and Marjorie Mercer, Van Horn, and Phyllis Bohi handsome Johnny and Barbara Turley, E. C. White. THE WESTPORT CRIER Published bi-weekly during the l if ScRol.L W kansas Ci ff? cents 3 sin school year by the Newswriting lass of W t ort H' h S hool, CS D IZ C ty, Mo. The Westport Crier, Address: 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- sas City, Mo. Subscription rates: Year, '75 gle copy, 5 cents. Entered as second-class matter April 4, 1928, t th t ff' at Kansas Cit Missouri, a e pos o ice under the Act of Mar Y. ch 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editor ...,............ Rey Shannon News Editor ....,.......,.......... Ed Gillett Feature Editor ............... Laura Lee Love Sport Editors ...... Nancy Akin, Rey Shannon Art Editor .................... Ruth Mainquist Make-up Editor ....,............,. John Grant Circulation Manager ......., Mary Louise Vess Business Manager ..........,.... Wilma Gray Photographers .James Saffran, Ted Riegelman Faculty Supervisor ........ . ...John N. Booth Director of Photography. . .. Ina G. Bonney December 4, 1946 WESTPORT CRIER K V Page Three Under t Pete Kinsey is the organizer of the newest Dark Town Poker club whose only rule is Hoyle, but one girl who won't play checkers, according to Hoyle, of all things is Luke John- ston. Bob Lindsey is a swell conversation- alist. Invariably he gives a dragging talkfest a boost with Have you heard the one-? Jim McAfoose hasn't been strutting around the halls for nothing. He's still a first lieutenant. We heartily agree with the ROTC's choice of a beauty queen. Nancy Bill- ings really is darling. If you want to hear an exciting story, just ask Nancy Lund. and Peggy Cook about their jeep rides. What does Mr. Bourrette keep teas- ing Harriet Skalitzky for? Could it have anything to do with the health program at open house? One of the cutest couples seen at the Coronation Dance was Nancy Kinzlsvatter and Eddie Thorp. Johnny West, handsome sophomore lad, sure gives the seniors and jun- iors competition when cutting capers on the dance Hoor. Everyone had a wonderful time at the Coronation Dance. Jerry Kra- mer really made a beautiful and charming queen. It took a brave girl to venture out after Thursday's home room bulletin which announced the drawing of the football queen. Why is Phylis Bohi adectionately called Lena ? Lois Thorne really has a vivacious smile. It certainly peps up the day when you are greeted by her hearty Hello. Question of the week: Where is YVonne's axel? Chester, you're in hi-gh school now, so you don't have to resort to sign language. Nancy Campbell seems to be quite fond of the Den's mascot, Kilroy. Please don't get jealous, Clay. After all, remember the old question, Are you a man or a mouse? Nancy Titus has a terrible habit of looking for lost articles on the cafe- teria fioor. At least that's the only reason we can think of for her being on the fioor one Gay last week. he Clock Shirley Dudley gets a big kick out of disturbing conscientious typists. Do you know the latest about the B.B.B.S.B., Bill Banaka-Bob Stuckert Brothers? Neither do we, but we can make a good guess. LOST: Two girls, Lois Hadsel and Pat Inman, in downtown restaurant one year ago. If found, notify T. B. and B. W. Some couples are still thanking those post-season hay rides. It could have been a coincidence but there was a Hillbilly party November 30, which was Mr. Spring s birthday. Oh, well, happy birthday, Mr. Spring. Cute couples come and go, but Charlie Bates and Mary. Lu Hall make the best looking Mutt and Jeff pair since O'Brien and Stilwell of '44. Carolee Wunderlich admits that be- ing a bridesmaid does have its advan- tages. Jim Saffran has a following. We hear two girls betting on which of them would hook him. Too bad, dears, Jim is 'going steady with a cutie from out Southwest way. Who was the mysterious man at Nu Way's. Everyone wondered why he kept winking at Homer Furgusonis date, particularly Homer. Ruth Rueckert had a swell party recently. Just ask her, or the three boys who were the last to leave. It seems no matter how hard the student body tries, the beauty queen's identity always leaks out. Billy Leake recently started a night car towing service. He always is will- ing to help you out when in trouble, greeting you with a very cheery smile. Just ask Babs Burnett. There was quite a rubber-band fight at the Den Saturday night. The alum- ni, Bill McMahon and Dean Melton were pelting Chuck Bates, Al Spencer and some others. What fun! That picture of Kitty Lawrence car- ried by ye president of Irving bears a striking resemblance to Kitty, al- though it was taken 14 years ago. Westporters who desire to get their names in the Crier might as well give up. The staff members are too busy trying to get their own names in the column. To anyone who wants to know what to get a steady for Christmas, don't ask someone who's going steady, 'cause they've got troubles of their own. We wonder if Tom Pendleton still is writing 'fKilroy on the drafting room wall. A miss in the car is worth two in the motor.-Exchange. SWEET NOTHINGS We glide 'cross the fioor To music divineg The lights are down low, Her cheek close to mine. Her voice is so thrilling, So tender, so sweet, As softly she whispers, Get off my feet! -Exchange. Whut's in q Name? What would you call the hall that Nancy Kenyon walks down each day?i' Clay fhe's back againj Camp- bell asks an unsuspecting soul. I don't know, is the super-bril- liant answer. Why, what else but 'Kenyon Pass- ag,e7?U Oh, forgive us. Say, Ted, what would you do if someone put some ice down your back? Ted-- I don't know. What would you do? Pd Rigle-man. Improved Metal Shop Best In Middle West, Instructor Says Metal shop students have been busy cleaning and painting the new machin- ery and tools purchased last year. All and the equipment has been cleaned painted in the school colors, blue and gold. Last year the shop acquired machines worth about 315,000 new and during the summer a tool room was added and an industrial type wash basin was installed. This basin has facilities for twelve boys to clean up at once. Mr. Wheeler, memstinstruc- tor, says that Westport has the best metal shop in the middle west, with twenty-four major machines and tools. Most of the new equipment was gov- ernment surplus, and the biggest problem at the moment is to obtain accessories. Two ofthe new tools are a metal spinning lathe and a dividing head for the milling machine. This device will divide any cylindrical object into al- most any number of equal parts and is used principally in the making of gears. Page FOUI' WESTPORT CRIER December 4, 1946 Sale of Photographs The Whole Town's Talking About ll' To Be Held Next Week Photographs taken by a representa- tive of the School Photo Service in October have been processed and will be put on sale in room 4 next week. Students may purchase a complete set of sixteen pictures, including three gift size enlargements, one studio size portrait, and twelve master minia- tures for 31.25. The twelve miniatures alone will be priced at 50 cents. The Herald staH is mounting the photographs of seniors from which cuts will be made for publication in the yearbook. Senior members of the art depart- ment will participate early next se- mester in a contest to select the artist to design the cover pattern for the 1947 yearbook. After the general theme of the annual has been deter- mined by the staff the artist will de- velop a design based on this motif. A few unclaimed copies of the 1946 Herald may be purchased in room 4 for Sl, half of the original price. Bookkeeping Aids Start Habere et Dare Service Club For a number of years students in second year bookkeeping have acted as assistants to Miss Card, school treasurer, who is in charge of all accounts. These assistants must have made a good record in their first year in order to be permitted to take this responsibility. Recently this class was organized into a service club. The name selected was the Latin phrase, Habere et Dare. The name was taken from the title of the first bookkeeping book published and in English means to have and to give. Out of this transla- tion came the more present-day term Debtor and Creditor. Officers of the new club are: Pat Young, president, Marjory Lloyd, vice-president, Bettye Griffith, secre- taryg and Wilma Gray, treasurer. In the future, second year book- keeping students will automatically become members of this club. Besides handling all school money, this class writes all checks, keeps. ac- curate records of individual accounts, and has charge of reserving seats for plays. ' I This experience often proves val- uable in later years. .3 W-' Nathan Apple and Rolfe Kallstrom, both seniors, have qualified for special General Education Development diplo- mas which are issued to servicemen who successfully pass tests. Apple served in the Marine Corps an-d Kall- strom in the Navy. David L. Beatty, who left school in 1943 to enter the Navy, was the first Kansas City vet- eran to receive one of these diplomas. Mary Lou Vess Chosen President Of New Dana Lit Society Westport now has three girls' lit- erary societies as well as three for boys. The newest addition, called Dana club, has been organized by a group of girls who want to do some creative literary work. Green and white are the class colors chosen by the charter members. The ofiicers for the first semester are Mary Louise Vess, president, Rebecca Gruver, vice-president, Nancy Hellman, secretary, June Morehead, treasurerg and Jean Kido, sgt.-at- arms. The parliamentarian and critics will be appointed at the next meeting. In order to get a good start, a beauty queen was chosen. As in the other societiis, she is a senior, and will be announced later. Grad Presents Aeronautical Instruments to Laboratory Jack T. Furry, '43, navigator on a B-24 in the Pacific Theater for more than two years, recently presented the physiography laboratory with sev- eral books and instruments. The most valuable of the instruments are a sextant worth S500 and a chronomet- er, valued at 3150. These two instru- ments are used in celestial naviga- tion. The sextant measures the angle from the horizon upward to a given star or planet. The chronometer is an extremely accurate timekeeper. Besides these articles, he donated parachute harness, parachute oxygen mask, and standard computer used by all Army navigators. Jack brought all these gifts to show his appreciation of the things he learned while taking physiography and aeronautics in high school. Members of Miss Beck's advanced art classes are making designs to be applied to metal shop products. Y-Teen and Hi-Y Clubs Hold Thanksgiving Service The Y-Teen and Hi-Y Thanksgiving service was held Tuesday, November 26, at the Calvary Baptist church. The program was prepared under di- rection of the two sponsors, Miss Crow, Y-Teen and Mr. Shearer, Hi-Y. First on the program was a trio composed of Lola Kester, Donna Lauchlan and Mary Lou Vess. They sang Thanks Be to God. This was followed by a poem en- titled I Thank Thee Lord by Bev- erly Nikles. Winona Woodrick lead the prayer and a hymn. The guest speaker was the Rev. W. C. Burton, pastor of the First Congregational church, who gave a summary of the history of America and the things we have to be thank- ful for. The Y-Teen recognition service was held at the Westport Methodist church Wednesday, November 20. The cere- mony was opened with a short intro- ductory greeting by Yvonne Bare, president. The guest speaker was Blanche Longshore, '17, a member of the Y.W.C.A. board, who spoke on diHerent ways in which the group could be improved and how things could be done to benefit others as well as ourselves. The Y-Teen choir, under the direc- tion of Miss Cain, sang the Quest Song. Then Miss Brunson explained the purpose of Y-Teen. The growth of the Y-Teen group was described by Verna McGeeny, Joanne Magnu- son, Frances Meusche, Betty Griffithf and Yvonne Bare. - -4 Other girls who helped in the ser-H vice were Jeanne Carter, Bal1'bifi'a Turley, Elise DeWendt, Winona Wood- rick, Edris McCarty and Beverly Nikles. December 4, 1946 WESTPORT CRIER f V Page Five Pre-Nurse Training a New Phase of COE Course Six COE students have entered nurses' training in three Kansas City hospitals in preparation for their fu- ture vocations. This is a new phase of COE training. Taking temperatures and pulse readings, making beds, receiving and dismissing patients, and assisting in routine hospital work are the duties of these senior and junior students whose school schedules are arranged so as not to confiict with their work- ing hours. Barbara Wiggins, Joan Moles, Eunice Browning, and lla Mc- Gee, all seniors, became COE student- learners in hospitals last June. Eliza- beth Johnston, a senior, Dayleen Whitehead, a junior, and Kenneth Grayson, a junior, were employed in September. Eunice had worked for about a year at Trinity Lutheran hospital, which with Research an-d St. Luke's hospitals employ the Westporters, before she went into COE work. She is the only trainee who has assisted with band- aging and applying medicine. Ordi- narily the pre-nurse students do every- thing but giving medicine. COE work gives us a chance to fig- ure out whether we like nursing or not, Eunice said. Also we learn to meet emergencies. 'fFrom the standpoint of the stu- dents interested in nursing this is a fine opportunity to find out whether or not they have the qualities needed to succeed in nursing and related fields, asserted Shelley F. Peters, COE co- ordinator. It is practical education. The pre-nursing students are regu- larly assigned to help the school nurse, Miss Burke, who provides read- ing material for the hospital employ- ees to study. Each of the Westport COE students placed in hospitals has proved a sat- isfactory worker, and unlike the classes in other high schools Westport has not had a pre-nursing trainee failure. Kenneth Grayson, the only boy in the group, lives in a hospital dormi- tory and is paid with room and board as well as money. Kenneth says his hospital experience is a valuable fea- ture of his pre-medic training. Barbara Wiggins has looked at nursing through the patient's eyes. After she became a COE student, an illness placed her in the infirmary where she paid close attention to the effect of the nurses' work on occu- L,.ItS of the ward. About the pre- nwrsing training, Barbara explains, You,can't get actual experience any- whc .- else. Greetings to Nancy Hass who has come to Westport from Southwest. grim. glare ram Eighth grade students are enjoying various activities during their twenty- five minute period in the auditorium fifth hour. Miss Gales has organized four activities, plays, talent shows, movies, and reading magazines brought down from the library. Stu- dents in her first and second hour speech classes presented Thanksgiv- ing Beats the Dutch and Thanks to Sammy Scarecrow on Tuesday, N0- vember 26. The eighth grade classes saw a his- tory film, The Land of Liberty, Part III, November 18. In recent weeks they also have seen two shorter films, The Earth in Motion, and The Earth and Its Seasons. Coach Bourrette described qualities of a good Westporter in a talk at a recent Junior Hi Y meeting. Two members of the staE of Colum- bia University, Mr. Gilbert, director of curriculum, and Dr. Reed, visited the common learnings teachers Mon- day, November 18. The viking and galleon ship designs on display recently were drawn by prominent eighth grade art students in Miss Wilhite's class, Katheryne Hayes, Bruce Power, Ronald Mason, Dan Sullivan, and Keith Sheel. Sixty-nine parents of seventy-three students visited room 208 Open House night. They were served popcorn, can- dy, and cakes by the PTA home room mothers, Mrs. Leo Smith and Mrs. Carl Sanders. Mrs. Sanders recorded the names of the visitors. Mr. Miller's common learnings class will visit the Manor Bakery Thursday, December 5, at the invitation of Paula Blessing, whose father is a bakery foreman for that firm. Elaine Whitaker, Janet Gardner, Cynthia Carswell, and Russel Stanton are leading their common learnings classes in making book reports. Each has made six reports so far this year. Jane Culver, Duane Houtz, Buddy Kramer, and Don Luckey are doing the finest map work in Mr. Ryder's common learnings class. The officers of the Junior Hi Y are Gary Yarrington, president, Bill Muse, vice president, James Pendle- ton, secretary, Dwight Holman, chap- lain, and Arland Erwin, treasurer. The officers who have served for the past ten weeks in Mr. Ryder's com- mon learnings class are Jane Culver, Four Assemblies to Be Held in Next Two Weeks A full program' of interesting as- semblies has been planned for the next two weeks. The much anticipated driver educa- tion assembly will be held Tuesday morning, December 10, at 9:15 o'clock. Miss Gales, director of driver educa- tion, promises that the program will be interesting and worthwhile. A noted authority on Shakespeare, a professor at Texas university, will lec- ture on Shakespeare's Hamlet Thursday afternoon, December 12, at 2 o'clock. Hamlet is scheduled for presentation at the Music Hall, and it is in this connection that this lecture will be given. The music department will offer a program of Christmas music Tuesday morning, December 17, at 9:15, and the annual Homecoming assembly will be held Friday morning, Decem- ber 20, at 10 o'clock. Students are urged to support this We.stport tradi- tion by inviting alumni to the Home- coming. president, Carl Kelley, vice president, Harry Key, secretary, Geraldine Brooks, treasurer, and Buddy Petrus, sergeant-at-arms. The ofiicers who have served for the past ten weeks in Miss Cannon's morning and afternoon classes are as follows: Morning class: Marilyn Beach, pres- ident, Harley Thompson, vice presi- dent, Donald Bower, secretary, Joan Follet, treasurer, Billy Patterson, ser- geant-at-arms, and Pat Booker, re- cording secretary. s In the afternoon class: Gary Yar- rington, president, Bill Tucker, vice president, Betty Ryburg, secretary, Carla Wise, treasurer, Gerald Packer, sergeant-at-arms, Sharon Wise, re- cording secretaryg, Jerry Bails, libra- rian. In the morning class Joan Follet is president, David Dixon, vice-presi- dent, Gracie Bear, secretary, Janet McLeroy, treasurer, Charles Doupnik, sgt.-at-arms, and Martha Ireland, recording secretary. Cecil Foley is president of the after- noon class, Gary Yarrington is vice- president, Sharon Wise, secretary, Bill Tucker, treasurer, Bill Muse, sgt.- at-arms, Betty Rykurg, recording sec- retary, Norma Mace, librarian. Miss 'Gales' first hour speesh class was host to several of the common learnings teachers at their Thanks- giving party Wednesday, November 27. A beautifully laid table, with lace cloth, and silver candlesticks and trays, added to the enjoyment of the program. Learning the social graces is an important part of speech work, said Miss Gales. It develops person- ality and the ability to meet people. 5156 Elx are .eee M , ,T WESTPORT CRIER -W 7 December 4, 19353 Fortieth Annual Sale of Christmas Seals Started A cheerful lamplighter, syimbolizing the emergence of fresh hope after the darkness of-the past years, is featured on the 1946 Christmas Seals which will be sold throughout the nation un- raise funds for the control of tubercu- losis. This will be the fortieth annual Christmas Seal sale, which is conducted locally by the Kan- sas City Tuberculo- sis Society a.s its only source of in- come. Tuberculosis is a major public health problem, according to Ray L. CuE, pres- ident of the local society, because it kills more young people than any oth- er disease, and because it is a com- municable disease, spread from person to person, and taking as many lives as all other infectious and parasitic diseases combined. Its control is a matter of vital public concern because no one in the community is safe until all necessary steps have been taken to prevent the spread of tuberculosis. With funds raised solely from the annual seal sale, the Kansas City Tu- berculosis Society conducts a year- round program of health education, tuberculin testing of school children, X-raying of adults, nursing service, medical examinations of open air pu- pils and special projects which vary from year to year. It is hoped that mass X-raying of business and labor groups may be accomplished the com- ing year. til Christmas to Christmas Seals -rr ,ll fi-it iF li K FP 6 . . . Your Protection Against Tuberculosis Jules Guerin Art Club Installs 13 New 'Members The Jules Art club installed new members Fri-day, October 25. The art by the new mem- Brown. They then groups for various a comic strip char- pledge was given bers, led by Joe were divided into stunts. One drew acter blindfolded, one group drew masks and the other drew a contin- ous figure without seeing what the preceding person had made. The prize in the iirst group went to Terry Moore, the second to Betty McCurly, and the third was divided among the entire group. The officers were introduced to the new members, after which donuts, cider and salted peanuts were served by the refreshment committee. The new members are MHarriet Whitehouse, Nancy Wing, Grace Mr-- Leod. Betty Reeves, Betty Walrod, fandy Sin-dt, Terry Moore, George Berg, Dan Whitaker, Leonard Barry, Betty 3lcCu1-ley, Joyce Overton and .Iorene Bullock. Hmong Me fd' Saciefied Irving has Bill Banaka, Ralph Carl- son, Don Irish, Dave Millican, and Bob Stuckert. New members of Clay are George Amey, Pat O'Conner, Wally Ostlund, Don Doggitt, Homer Ferguson, and Bob Rowe. Promethean and Pundit new mem- bers presented programs at meetings of their respective societies. Pundit's program consisted of two plays, a trio, a piano solo, and several readings. The Prometheans' program was a play starring new members. A group of friends sent Mrs. Fris- toe a Thanksgiving box Wednesday, November 27. These friends have sent a box filled with canned fruits and vegetables to Mrs. Fristoe every year since she became an invalid. Mr. Asher Meets Mr. Klenk On the night of open house, Rich- ard Asher was more than a little embarrassed, we hear. After he had explained the operations of the weath- er recorder in the physiography lab- oratory, one of his interested listeners remarked, The man standing beside me made that recorder. The man was George Klenk, '36, of Wilming- ton, Del. Mr. Klenk congratulated Dick on his excellent explanation, and told him that he was on a visit to Kansas City and upon hearing about Westport's open house, decided that he would come an-d see some of his inventions. Miss Maddox's English literature classes have been studying Chaucer the last few weeks. BOYS AN D GIRLS 16 or over Part Time Work Order Filling, Offic e Clerks, Typists, File Clerks, Stock Work Afternoons or Evenings-Monday Through Thursday Plus Saturday-Excellent Rates HALL BROT HERS, INC. 2505 Grand Avenue i' Yi' Y Y 1 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y if Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 'i Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 if . 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'iw 0 my I 'S 1 FE 5 . 1, 1+ 44444444-4444 4444444444444444-V44444444444444444444441+ December 4, 1946 WESTPORT CRIER L, C PaEfLS.e.Y SE Peru a Land ot Contrasts Grad Tells Club Members Warren Berry, '33, formerly with the office of the Co-ordinator of Inter- American Affairs in Lima, Peru, was guest speaker at the meeting of 'Cir- culo Calderon Friday, November 22. Mr. Berry spoke of Peru as a coun- try of great contrasts. The coastal plain is a land of hot air and desert sands, while 100 miles inland the tow- ering Andes mountains stand, from 22,000 to 23,000 feet high. East of the mountains, in a tropical jungle, dwell the most barbarous and uncivilized Indians of the Americas, the head- hunters. Describing the eating habits of these Indians, Mr. Berry said that one of their greatest delicacies is the long, white, tropical worms found under de- cayed tree stumps. He said that the government is doing its best to edu- cate these Indians, many of whom do not even speak Spanish, but only their own native dialect. Lima is a city of gardens, said Mr. Berry in Spanish. It is never very cold or very hot, and it never rains there. He said that the moment an American steps off a plane in Lima, he is struck by the courtesy of the people. As an example of this, he cited the procedure of a policeman in making an arrest in this country and in Peru. In this country the police- man says, 'All right, Buddy, come along,' while in Peru he usually says, 'Sir, would you please do me the favor of accompanying me to the jail?' ' Mr. Berry advised the members of Circulo Calderon to learn to speak Spanish, not just to read and write it. He said that it is possible to learn enough Spanish in high school to get along very well in Spanish-speaking countries. Mr. Berry studie-d Spanish at West- port for three years, under both Mr. Philips and Miss Shelley. He was a member of Circulo Calderon. While in Peru he also was with the Pan-American Grace Airlines in Lima for a time. He and his family will soon leave for Santiago, Chile, where he will represent the Eastman Kodak Company at their branch office there. Typing Awards Shirley Alton, Shirley Dudley, Wil- ma Gray, Marilyn Kendrick, 505 Don- na Kindsvater, Bettye Thorp, Peggy Phillips, 405 Mary Lou Day, Bill Shot- well, 303 Bernard Morgan, Al Spencer, Thelma Spencer, Jo Ann Frank, Na- omi James, Lydia Lepar-rl, Olene Sto- vall, Harvey Kimble, Norma Cash, 20. Miss Gales spent the Thanksgiving holidays in St. Louis visiting relatives. Vocal Groups Present Pleasing Thanksgiving Assembly Program A pleasing variety of sacred songs and novelty numbers was presented in the Thanksgiving assembly by the A Cappella choir and the girls' glee club, Tuesday, under the direction of Mr. Spring. The A Cappella choir opened the program with several Russian selec- tions. Mr. Spring invited the student boiy to join in singing America Olive Wilhelm gave a short talk in which she contrasted Thanksgiving, 1621, with Thanksgiving, 1946. While the audience sang the last verse of America, the choir left the stage and the girls' glee club filed in. Outstanding among the numbers they presented were On the Step and Russian Picnicfi Two novelty num- bers, Galaway Piper and Two Clocks were especially enjoyed by all. The assembly was closed with the singing of Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Bill Banaka, president of the senior class, announced that the profits from the play will be used to purchase a new loud speaker system. Tickets for the first and second team basketball game against Glennon on the parochial school court Saturday night may be purchased from cage team members. Coach Moore ex- pressed the hope that Westport's fol- lowers will back up the team with spirit at the season's first game. Shorthand Awards Beverly Chattin, Norma Davis, Shirley Dudley, Marilyn Kendrick, Donna Kindsvater, Shirley Robinett, 80, Bettye Thorp, Lorraine Woolsey, 60. D. 81 R. PHOTOLAND BILLFOLD SIZE PHOTOS 1-25: 3-50c and POSED 5x7's-Special 50: While You Wait 1407 Main Street Girls Model Frocks in Simplicity Fashion Show The Simplicity fashion show was held in the auditorium Wednesday, November 20, during seventh hour. Miss Hainz, representative from the Simplicity Pattern company, brought garments and accessories which were modeled by Westport girls. Miss Hainz emphasized appropriate dress for every occasion, good grooming and good posture. She stressed the fact that an employer looks for those things as well as ability. She had with her a basic garment which she changed by adding different acces- sories. Many small items she had with her would be acceptable as Christmas gifts. Scarves, slippers, scuffs, purses and other items were among these. Among the groups that attended were classes in human science, clothing, foods, typing with Miss Totten and an eighth grade group. The girls who modeled were Lois Oxley, Lou Colbert, Evelyn Marts, Joan Shirley, Jeanne Carter, Donna Nordstick, Marianne Koch, Virginia Nichols, Barbara Secor, Joan Pearson, Daisy Campbell, Dottie Connell, Ruby Heerwald, Frances Meuschke, Helen Ruth Lee, La Wayne Yates, Edris Mc- Carty and Joan Rockwood. Fred Koster, '46, returned from K State 'College for his Thanksgiving vacation. He visited friends and teach- ers here November 27 and returned to classes Monday, December 2. THE STUDENTS' STORE Specializing in School Supplies and Books Confectionery Items, Pop, Candy Bars, Sandwiches, Fudgicles, Ice Cream Bars, etc. SOUTH SIDE BOOKSTORE 210 :Ast som smsn M mock west or wesrponr On or about the tenth of each month lT'S THE On news stands throughout I the city or by subscription For Distinction in Dancing Will' I' Ell , fl rrell i his PDIZSISFQFT HISH i V I DRCIEESTRA AR 2160 1 . Page Eight WESTPORT CRIER December 4, 1946 Tiger Gridmen Earn Four All-Star Berths Nate Apple, halfback, and Dave Millican, tackle, outstanding Westport gridmen, earned positions on the In- terscholastic all-star first team, and their teammates, Richard Stewart, halfback, and Bill Banaka, guard, were elected at the same time to sec- ond team berths among the all-stars, Coach Bourrette announced recently. Westport's four all-stars and Nick Carras, Tiger star half-back who was declared ineligible early in the foot- ball season on a technicality concern- ing his absence from school to serve in the Merchant marine, attended the Annual Football Banquet at the Ho- tel President Tuesday, November 26, as guests of the Missouri University Alumni Association of Kansas City. A special invitation was extended to Nick by the association. Apple recently was elected season football captain for 1946 by the team. First team letters have been award- ed the following football men: - Don Moore, John Jacobes, Rex Quig- leyr, Charles Bates, Jim Buford, Bill Sparrow, Forrest Noll, George Chat- tin, Richard Tucker, Bob Miller, Bill Banaka, Bob Hosman, Joe Kenton, Chester Davis, Tony Baleschke, Nate Apple, Richard Stewart, Parker Dai- ley, Dave Millican, Ted Smith, Lloyd Thomas, Jack Huffman, and Ben Keel. First team reserve letters were awarded Bob wCox and 'Charles Hogan. Bill Stout, a member of the first team, who was unable to continue his school activities because of illness, was awarded a first team reserve let- ter as the result of an election among the varsity. Weight lifting competition can be looked. forward to in the boys' physi- cal education classes, Mr. Shepherd announced recently. The new weight lifting equipment is already building bigger muscles in the gym and the students are showing an interest in the exercise. Nick Carras and Andy Watson are probably the' most ad- vanced weight lifters in Westport, Mr. Shepherd stated. if iff, 3 Mr. Shepherd has announced that a wrestling tournament will be held with 11 gym class champions partici- pating in sghool championship bouts after school to end the elimination competitidhs begun in the gym classes. The students will' be classed in groups according to weights in this, the first wrestling tournament to be held for several years. Marion Hymer, an assistant foot- ball manager this year, has been ap- pointed the basketball manager for the '46-,47 season. Awarded Berths on All-Star Teams Apple Millican Cadets in Tie Game with ROTC Eleven from Paseo A week ago Sunday a Westport ROTC football team met a Paseo eleven composed of Pirate cadets at Forty-seventh and Woodland. The Tigers took the lead near the end of the first half, but the Pirates came back in the fourth period to tie up the game 6-6, and that's the Way' it ended. Bob Tengdin, left half, galloped 58 yards around right end for the West- port tally with only 2 minutes of the first half remaining. Paseo scored when Stubbs took a 25-yard pass for a touchdown just one minute into the final period. Neither team made a con- version. The Tiger and Pirate elevens plan to meet again in battle next Sun-day, and may use the equipment of the regular team. If statistics mean any- thing. the Westport cadets can be rated at least one touchdown favorite over their Pirate foes. In the prelimi- nary game, an alert secondary allowed Paseo to complete only 4 of 25 passes, while intercepting 8. The Tigers threw 22 for 9 completions, and only one stray throw was taken by their oppo- nents. Van Trees, left end, brought down 7 of the Tiger aerials for long gains. The line-up for Westport: Left end. Van Trees: left tackle, Osnenweryleft guard, Stroud, center, Dinwiddieg right guard, Roseg left tackle, Davis: right end, Lindseyg quarter back, Gaffney: left half, Tengding right half, Daywaltg full back, Jacobes. 26 Cubs Awarded Letters Second team football letters have been awarded the following Cubs: Jack Carby, Edwin Alberswerth, Dick McClain, Loren Johnson, Eugene Bohi, Earl Stockwell, Jerrell Roland, Bob Thomas, Jim 1Coonce, Alfred Spencer. Bob Kearney, Jimmy Ed- wards, Walter Trueblcod, Dale Knowl- ton, Gus Carras, Bob Cook, Don Dish- inger, Bob Montgomery, Don Updyke, Carl Ellington, Layle Weeksp John Kelley, Louis Shamie, -Ronald Barnes, Lawrence Johnston, and Dick Burns. Stewart Banaka '7iq1Le44 7aMiz'4 Girls' intramural basketball was started Wednesday, November 20. A team will be chosen to compete in the play day meet sometime in February. Marilyn Tidd is the senior manager and Barbara Turley' is the junior man- ager. Bowling started Wednesday, No- vember 20, at the Esquire lanes and will be continued every Wednesday after school. Mary Lu Biggio is the manager. The modified gym class started an aerial dart tournament November 25. The captains of the four teams are Bill Nicholson, Bill McKay, Mary Lou Day, and Lucia Zane. Un Me aiding .fine Harry L. Van Trees and Richard P. McKay have been advanced to the rank of cadet captain. Van Trees com- mands company A, McKay Company B. Riffe team candidates are nearing the final stage of competition for se- lection of members. The team will fire in the city matches some time early in January. First, second, and third team cups will be awarded to the respective winners in these matches. Also, gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded respectively to the five mem- bers of the first three teams. Besides the five regular members who will re- ceive minor athletic award W's, there will be six substitutes comprising the second team. Each of the substitutes will be awarded a distinctive second team ROTRC shield. An order from city headquarters re- quires every cadet in the corps to fire 75 rounds of 22 caliber ammunition on the target range. 'The firing will be done from the four basic firing posi- tions, prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing. Boys gym classes are being asked by Mr. Shepherd to contribute to a furd for the purchase of a new weight-lifting outdb, equipment used to develop bulging biceps. The goal is 330, the price of a classy muscle builder. HE Wrsrroar RIER Volume Thirty-four Y Q December 18, 1946 Number Seven Shepherd to Conduct Drlver Tralnmg Class A driver education class is now be- ing organized for next semester with Mr. Shepherd as instructor. In order to enroll, students must be at least 15 years, 9 months ol-d, and must have an adult sponsor who will guarantee to complete the lessons pre- scribed in the course to give the stu- dent practical experience in driving. The class, which will be held sev- enth hour, will give students one-half credit for one semester's work. Mr. Shepherd attended classes in St. Louis November 18-22 to learn the fundamentals of teaching others to drive. There were forty-seven other persons in the class, teachers from each high school in St. Louis and Kan- sas City, and eight oflicers of the state patrol, Mr. Shepherd said in describ- ing the course. The class, in session from 8 in the morning until 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, was instructed by two edu- cational counselors from the National Automobile Association at Washing- ton, D. C. Mr. Shepherd said that of the two main systems of teaching driver edu- cation two are applicable for use at Westport. The first plan is a home cooperative class. The student learns the theoretical material in the class- room and then gets practical exper- ience driving the car of his sponsor, who will be one of his parents or some other responsible person, under the sponsor's direction. Under the second plan, the student isgiven only the theoretical training in the classroom. l Telling of his personal benefits gained by his week in St. Louis, Mr. Shepherd declared, I went to St. Louis feeling that I knew all. that it is necessary to 'know about driving, I returned convinced. that -I knew very little about it. Hedrick Peer, '42, appeared in the University of Kansas City Players' production of Everyman, an elabo- rately costumed morality play which was presented at 8:30 o'clock each evening from December 9 to 13, at the Community Church. Westport High Night was Wednesday, Decem- ber 11.'Peer was a member of the casts of the fall play, '41, and the spring play, '42, the student council and speech arts club. All-City Council Acts To Suppress Hitchhiking Following up action taken at a pre- vious meeting, the All-City Student Council, at the meeting held here Monday, December 9, instructed its secretary to draft a letter condemn- ing hitchhiking and to send it to the Kansas City Star for publication. The All-City Council is cooperating with the police in an effort to curb hitch- hiking by high school pupils. In the discussion of High School Day in the City Hall, it was decided that each candidate for mayor should furnish a biography of not more than 100 words which would include his age, school activities, speech work, future plans and outside activities. Biographies will be sent to Mr. Bryan at the Library Building. The Southeast delegates invited each school to supply one act for a talent assembly to be presented in their school. PTA Membership Sets Record The PTA has enrolled 557 patrons and teachers, the largest membership ever attained by the association, Mrs. Berlekamp, membership chairman, re- ported last Week. She extends her thanks to the faculty, students, par- ents, and friends for their splendid cooperation. The winning home rooms are 119, Miss Lash, Auditorium, Mr. Keenan, 208, Miss Cannon, 211, Miss Brubaker, 219, Mr. Fristoeg and 220, Miss Card. Players Win Plauclits In Sparkling Comedy The whole town still is talking about the Westport fall play, The Whole Town's Talkingf' which was presented Friday and Saturday nights. The setting of the play, a comedy farce, was the living room of the Sandusky home of Henry Simmons, prominent manufacturer. Kenneth Mc- Neel, as Mr. Simmons, got himself and others into a series of scrapes while trying to induce his business partner, Chet Binney to marry his daughter. Edmund Fink, as Mr. Binney, the careless, mannerless partner, brought laughs every time he opened hi.s mouth. Bashful and stammering, he helped get himself entangled in an affair with Letty Lythe, famous movie star, to prove to Mr. Simmons' daugh- ter Ethel, that he was a man who knew women and had Usowed some wild oats. Ethel, played by Jeanne Carter, had returned from Chicago with Roger Shields, of Chicago and Paris. Bob Stuckert in this role ,charmed every- one, including the audience, with his French manners and .speech. Ethel's two darling, excitable girl friends, Sally and Lila, Joan Mitchell and Jerrye Chattin offstage, were especi- ally charmed with Mr. Shields, and after the news of the'Letty Lythe af- fair, with Mr. Binney. Complications multiplied when Miss Lythe and her fiance, Donald Swift Continued on page 4 Members of the Monitor Staff ' 1 r r l Front row, left to righl. Alan Vidricksen, Marilea Johns, Lois Oxley, Ann Thornberry, Edris M L ' W l B b T l Ch l R9 d cCarty, oruaine oo sey,i ar ara ur ey. ar enc e . Second row, Donna Griffith, Laura Love, Olive Wilhelm, Jo Ann Crandall, Wilma Gray, Mary Louise Vess, Betty Ploesser, Betty 'Vandevoir. Third row, Bill Shotwell, Freida Jane Koch, Jeane Beaver, Bill Disney, Glenn Pennington. Fourth row. Barbara Jean Leslie, John Matson, Wallace Koster, Bob Patterson, Charles Ruisinger, Richard Asher. ' Fifth row, Charles Garrett, Alberta Seazer, .Ioan liunher, Dorothy Brarxstetter, Lois Thorne, Yvonne Anderson. George Berg, Page Two WESTPORT CRIER December 18, 1946 A Westport Tradition This coming Friday morning the students of Westport will as- semble in the auditorium for one of the most important and most anticipated assemblies of the school year, the Homecoming. Annually, when the holiday season is at hand and the Christmas spirit is uppermost in the minds of men, Westporters of the present honor the Westporters of the past who, having gone out into the world of their generation full of hope and anticipation for the future, return as conquerors of their world to pay homage to the school which prepared them in mind and body to meet the challenge of life squarely. Westporters of the present will hear what these men and women have to say this coming Friday morning, and perhaps they will hear a few words of advice, so that they, in the future, may take the better-paved road to success, profiting by the experiences of those who have traveled it before them, the hard way. The Westporters of the present will hear-and they will wonder, every one, What is my place-in the future, my future in the atomic age? Will my hopes and ambitions be realized? Will I be able to return to the Homecoming, with eyes uplifted, a conqueror, to pay homage to Westport, as these men and women are doing this morning? Miscellaneous Musings No tickets were sold to the Ruskin game, but Westport turned out a good cheering section just the same. Goldie Mallet and Jerry Kramer came prepared in their cheering garb. We're still thinking, though, about what youse Westport fellas missed in not seeing that game. On the court were some of those new fan-tailed backboards, and what is more important, those fan-tailed Ruskin cheer leaders. Just call John Davis the great double crosser. When we had promised he was available to all you gals, he went 'an lost his heart, and Irving pin, too, to sweet little Mary Hern. We might more easily have said, Johnny'si all Hern now. . . . noting Betty Congour still wearing Dick's pin, we are struck with another swell idea. Why not establish a trading post for swapping pins, this for those individuals who like to wear other studes' pins, but don't want to make the supreme sacrifice of going steady. Westport has pa-lenty of practical jokers, as for instance, that fellow who got Irving's books out of locker 321. fHow about getting 'em back to President Bill Drip, pardon us, Leake?J Anyway, here's a suggestion for the intellectual-a boogie number or Spike Jones masterpiece fplugl, with a fake classic label, on the Victrola in 312. Bet the typing classes would get a big kick out of that. We already can see Lorraine Piper and Novalee Kolbe passing their 60's to the tune of Old Buttermilk Sky , or Ugly Chile . Several Westport Casanovas were let down when the coal .strike ended because they miss the members of other teentowns, especially girls, who patronizedi, the Tiger Den when other centers were closed by the ban. One Frifl ight some C : 'ral chickens invaded the Tiger lair and when they left, f- -u off Westpcrts George Amey, Bob Custer, and Hugo Williams. Don't orry, Geoi ge, that blonde will come back to the Den even if John L. and his boys have called it quits. After those torrid love scenes in the fall play maybe the office should set up a rehabilitation program for the veteran cast to adjust them to classroom atmosphere . . . One thing bothers us about pledges-just who is being initiated, Slobbovian neophytes or us poor critters who hafta' look at 'em1? Maybe the reznon that some small sophomores say they're eighth graders is thai the-1 rif-Wt have to look so wise then . . . Seriously, thou-gh, it's a good if 1 fi rake a close look in your locker before you close it to be sure that an eighth grafler isn't inside. They get in the darndest places, don't they? And to end with a Yuletide note, here's hoping that Santa Claus leaves something nice in your Christmas stocking. Uneaf W4 Behind the doors of Apartment 6 faddress censoredj lives little Patsy Gifiin, one of Westportis most charm- ing, though quiet seniors. She first breathed the mountain, Wyoming, , air March 6, 1929, and came here three years ago f r o m Fortescue, Mo. Seventeen years old, Patsy is best known by West- porters for her beauty, and al- ready has been honored by being chosen attendant to the football queen. A swell dresser, this 5 feet, 4 inches tall, green-eyed gal wears her clothes like a model, displays her brown hair to good advantage in simple styles, and greets her friends with a truly Ipana smile. Patsy and her sophomore sister, Shirley, look so much alike one is often mistaken for the other. Deeply interested in airplanes, her ambition is, of all things, to be a lady test pilot. At school, she likes chemistry best of her subjects. Since this Westporter of the week enjoys Christmas carols and snow, fbefore John Lewis, that ish this is her favorite season of the year. In her spare time she likes to roller skate or take in a good movie, with Cuy Madison and Gene Tierney rat- ing tops as screen favorites. Partial to good musical programs, Patsy especially likes Guy Lombardo and Bing Crosby. Old Buttermilk Sky is number one on her personal hit parade. In conclusion, all we can say is huba-huba, wuft'-wuff, and are we ever glad Patsy Giflin is One of Us! Jimmy Hayfls, a camera enthusiast, PATSY GIFFIN has been taking photographs of Mr. Ryder's common learnings classes. THE WESTPORT CRIER llJ17...H1f'7l5 Published bi-weekly during the School Year by the Newswriting Kansas City, Mo. Address: The Westport Crier, li Sc Rom. 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- sas City, Mo. class of Westport High School, fd f'- x4..y-4. Subscription rates: Year, 75 cents: single copy, 5 cents. Entered as second-class matter April 4, 1928, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Missouri, under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editor ................ Rey Shannon News Editor .................. X .... Ed Gillett Feature Editor ............... Laura Lee Love Sport E-fitoi.. ...Nancy Akin, Rey Shannon Art Editor ................, Ruth Mainquist Make-up Editor ............ .. John Grant Circulation Manager ...... .Mary Louise Vess Business Manager ,... ......... W ilma Gray Photographers James Saffran, Ted Riegeirnan Faculty Supervisor ......... ...Iohn N. Booth Director of Photography. . lm: 0 Bonney December 18, 1946 W WESTPORT CRIER Page Three Under t Won't Juanita Smith ever learn that telephone booths are made to hold only one person at a time? Some Tigress fems we know, Peggy Stanton an-d Barbara Madden to men- tion a couple, probably will lay off Karo syrup for a long time in the fu- ture. Bill Smith is an authority on cuts and fills, along with everybody else who heard J. D.'s lecture. Sunday nights are fun-day nights at Beaum9nt's. Ask the dupe who's been there.-Adv. Get the Papers and Go Home like good little Tigers. You don't really want to shoot the staff-or do you? Since Parker Dailey decided on a farmer's life various Westport girls think they'd like to live in the coun- try. Wilma Gray is expecting a new Cadillac for Christmas. So what- we're expecting the Brooklyn Bridge, maybe? New steadies include Don Updyke and Mary Lou Hall and John Davis and Mary Hern. Congratulations! Many of our girls are going to make good housewives. They already are practicing by making their own Christmas formals. The fellows are really knocking themselves out to be nice to certain girls. Could it be they don't have dates for the Christmas dances? Lorraine Piper seems to be pretty thrilled about those letters and phone calls she has been receiving from Jerry McWhirter. We don't blame her. The Kansas City Philharmonic really got hep at the recent concert. All that was needed was a place to dance. Miss Young's En-glish 5 class have been studying the entire play of Ham- let. Parts were assigned to the vari- ous students to read aloud. The Whole Town's Talking and they've reason to. The play cast did a wonderful job and deserve a lot of praise. Ditto for Mr. King, Miss Keeler, and Miss Wheeler. : Now that the play is over, there is no excuse for characters who wander around the halls mumbling to them- selves. he Clock Phyllis Johnson always seems to wear her heavy coat on warm days but almost nothing when winter's icy winds are howling. Just trying to show off her intelligence, we guess. Who's got Donna Underwood's other picture? We know, but we aren't telling. Top of our hit parade this week is Pm Dreaming of a White Christ- mas. Never can tell what ol' man weather is gonna do, though. Congrats to Gwen Culver and Lee Hobbs on your six month anniver- sary of going steady. Barbara McWilliams and Shirley Robinett like to play games. Ain't childhood grand? Don Francis, referring to a chem- istry test: Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'll flunk this test, And so will you. Advertisement Match-ups Give it proudly, wear it proudly. - W pin. Not for years, not for life, but guar- anteed forever. - Westport High School. Lovely to look ati'-Marilyn Tidd. This is for keeps. -Jerry Kramer, Joe Kenton. Slow and easy on the draw. -Report cards. So round, so firm, so fully packed. -Santa Claus. White without bleaching. -Russell Borg's hair. L-S-M-F-T - Left school, must'v ilunked test. Drink it and sleep. -Dale Knowlton 1milk?J. Big Moment in your life. -The Christmas formal dances. When minutes count. -Count on Richie Stewart ffootball gamesj. 'For style and fit. -Bettye Thorp. 'Happy Holi-days. -Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. No two are identical. -The Crandall twins. No help wanted. - Bob QMuttJ Montgomery and Jackie Ricgel. 'Secret life of a teen-age model. - Uottie Connell. 44 u u I 4 For Sale-Fur coat, northern black muskrat, size 12-4. Perfect condition. LO. 7420.-Adv. Gull- efwidifmafl 74.ee 'Tis the night before Christmas and in the front hall stands a huge tree, beautifully decorated and laden with lovely gifts. Being Sa':ta'.s helpers it is our privilege to take a peek at some of the choicest packages. At the top of the tree hangs a large box. We raise the lid and up jumps, no, not a jack-in-the-box, but a real live secretary who is 100 per cent efficient. Not only does she keep track of all appointments, but she is capable of changing a student's pro- gram and never getting anything mixed up. The name on the outside indicates that this present belongs to Mr. Holloway. The next present belongs to Kitty Lawrence. Oh yes! She will adore this! It's a bright green zoot suit. Miss Card's package is-a very small one. It contains moneyg a little over live dollars. What is this?vFor room 312. Itfs typewriters! We hope these can spell better than the old ones. Room 4 gets one of the old ones for the use of the newswriters. Let's read this note. It says, If Mr. Shearer will come to the west door, he will find his airplane waiting for him. How nice. Ed Gillett gets twenty-four street car tokens. This will cover the amount he's spent going to Peck's. Sorry, fellows, but this Spanisl-1 senorita goes to John Grant. Ruth Mainquist gets a left-handed bowling ball and Mary Vess rates a copy of the Hilltop '. Rey Shannon will appreciate his new staff. Maybe they'll meet their deadlines. Mr. Van Horne's gift is a whole room filled with clever little boys. 'Ihey are taking dictation at 140 words per minute. In one side of the room is a plow. The name attached is that of Parker Dailey. A second-year algebra answer book will delight Mr. Fristoel The next present will certainly save our senior class presidcrtva lot of money. Bil 'feinaka is rec ' ' a barber's outfit. A Careful! Handle that first place basketball trophy with care, it be- longs to the basketball team! This one is for Marilyn Tidd. Humm! 'A crown with Miss America of 1947 written on it. Congratulations, Marilyn. ' Now we'll deliver one? florml 'rostis tof the teachers who have promised to assign no more homework. That's alland a MERRY CHRIST- MAS and a:HAPPY NEW YEAR! Page Four WESTPORT CRIER f K K 7 December 18, 1946 Players Win Plaudits In Sparkling Comedy Continued from page 1 arrive in San-dusky. After almost breaking up two engagements, all misunderstandings are adjusted hap- pily and life is quiet once more. Olive Wilhelm, the elderly Mrs. Simmons, had a suspicious feeling to- ward her husband's business engage- ments. Wallace Ostlund, as Donald Swift and Ann Thornberry, as Letty Lythe, both excellent portrayals, often unconsciously fell into the scheme of things and add to the riotous confu- sion. Betty Reeves, as Sadie Bloom, the public dancing teacherg Bette Allen, as the Simmons' maid, Bill Abbott, as the taxi driverg and Nancy Lund, Thelma Spencer, Edris McCarty, and JoAnna Gasboro, as Mrs. Jackson and her girls helped to .spread all news and gossip that set the whole town talk- ing about Mr. Binney. The play was under the direction of Mr. King, who was assisted by Miss Keeler and Miss Wheeler. The following girls were usherettes both performances: Marjorie Turner, Shirley Jones, Virginia Brice, Louise McKenzie, Joan Joerger, Pat Gillmore, Kay Gilmore, Daisy Campbell, Cel- estia McQueen, Barbara Bryson, Donna Ross, Gwen Culver, Sharal Stanley, Beatrice Hixon, Ethel May Weeks, Betty Ann Whittenborg, Frieda Koch, Mary Louise Mullen, Donna Quigley, and Marlene Earp. Steno Pupils View Slide Film A slide film on Taking Dictation and Transcription was shown to the shorthand classes by J. C. Raglan of the Gregg Publishing Company Mon- day, December 9. Mr. Raglan showed the film in all of the Kansas City high schools last week. He also explained to boys that shorthand skills provide the means for quick promotion to executive positions. He said, further, that men stenographers are in great demand at present. Metals Instructor Gets Tips In St. Louis A.V.A. Meeting Merton M. Wheeler, metals instruc- tor, spent three days attending the national American Vocational Asso- ciation meeting in St. Louis two weeks ago. Mr. Wheeler enjoyed his opportu- nity to visit school metal shops in St. Louis, where he found less general equipment than that in our own metal department. However, he noted ,many projects suitable for use here. Many outstanding speakers on the program also gave him something to bring back to his students. Metal students have been in a flurry of work during the past week to fin- ish projects for Christmas presents. Favorites among the workers are metal serving trays with various etched designs. Also being made for Yuletide gifts are metal ash trays and letter openers. Habere et Dare Club in Action Y-Teen Group Presents 3 Christmas Programs The Y-Teens have a full schedule for the pre-Christmas season. A va- ried program was presented last Mon- day, with guests from Southeast par- ticipating. A skit entitled Christmas Eve Broadcast was given by Mar- garet Myer, Barbara Ross, Katheryn Zimmerlee, and Celia May Loney. The Southeasters gave a reading, a piano solo and music by the Y-Teen octet. Kathryn Hayes sang Oh Holy Night, Monicia Maxey played a piano solo and Marjory Decker gave a reading. The three soloists sang at the Southeast Y-Teen meeting Tues- day. The same program will be present- ed Mon-day at the Institutional church, which cares for fifty children, all un- der the age of 10. Sandwiches, cook- ies, candy, and milk will be taken for refreshments for the children and the girls have collected toys to take also. At a previous meeting, the group wa.s divided into four smaller ones, centering around the various inter- ests of the girls. They are sports, music, crafts, and glamour. Each group will meet five times starting immediately after Christmas. Another activity is the penny strips to be filled for World Fellowship. Each strip holds 16 pennies and each strip represents one foot. The object is to get a mile of pennies. Each class, eighth grade, freshman, sophomore, junior and senior will compete to see which can fill the most. These strips will be turned in at the next meeting. Miss Beck's advanced art students are using everything but the kitchen sink in their Christmas mantle deco- rations. Maybe we're speaking out of place! The sink probably has been used by some genius by now. Pupils in Home Rooms Fill Gaily Decorated Christmas Boxes For the second time this semester the home rooms have been busy fill- ing gift boxes for the Junior Red Cross. Educational gift boxes for children in war-devastated areas were filled last month. The boxes filled this month contain Christmas gfts for vet- erans in the government hospitals at Excelsior Springs and Wadsworth. The Christmas boxes this year are somewhat diderent from those of for- mer years both in size and contents. They are partly filled, by the local Red Cross Chapter, with writing pa- per, playing cards, a small book, razor blades, and a toilet kit. Student committees in the home rooms, with the teachers' supervision, have select- ed additional gifts from a suggested list of articles. Miss Brubaker, school sponsor of Red Cross activities, was assisted by the Westport Junior Red Cross Coun- cil in inspecting the boxes. The gift boxes with their gay Christmas wrap- ping are always a beautiful sight, commented Miss Brubaker. Den Data Bob Kearney is replacing Bill How- ard, who recently moved, as a sopho- more member of the Den council. Because of an excess of activity points, Bill Leake, treasurer, has re- signed from the council. Betty Thorp was elected to succeed Bill as a sen- ior representative and Laura Love is the newly elected treasurer. The All-City Junior Red Cross Council met at the Chapter House, 222 West Eleventh Street, on De- cember 10, at 3:30 p. m. Attending from Westport were Ben Keel, Ted McAtee, Ruth Ann Davis, Nancy Lund, Reiand Brumfield, Leisel Esch- enheimer and Norma Laye. December 18, 1946 7 WESTPORT CRIER p p Page Five Waste of Resources Threatens Civilization 3i7f1l'fl Qwffe 914014 We are living in the Golden Age, D. H. Miner told his physics students recently, principally because we have a plentiful supply of energy stored in gas, petroleum, and coal. But these supplies will not last indefinitely. We must learn to con- serve our natural resources, make atomic energy 'serve peacetime com- mercial uses, and develop greater use of water power, wind power, tide power, and direct sunlight. According to Mr. Miner, the high school students of today may look forward to serious shortages of ma- terials the use of which we now take for granted. The future success or degeneration of the human race de- pends in large measure on the work of the present high school generation. Your grandchildren, he continued, may look back on present times with horror when they read of the terrible waste of today. Many people burn gallons of gasoline for pleasure driv- ing on Sunday afternoon, but within your lifetime the shortage of gas may make the war rationing program ap- pear mild in comparison. We must not be pessimistic, but if the world continues to waste re- sources, the future will hold scarci- ties that can turn civilization back hundreds of years. Outlawing war is the biggest step, because the nations will find it necessary to plan together if scarce materials are to be saved and suitable .substitutes produced. My generation failed twice to stop warg perhaps your generation will solve that problem. Coal and petroleum are irreplac- able, and we are rapidly using them up. Since waterpower never will take their place, our hopes lie in future discoveries. Atomic energy probably affords the brightest outlook, provid- ing it is not used in warfare. Science may succeed in uncovering answers to secrets of nature such as the photosynthesis process of plants, to augment our dwindling stores of energy. -There may be a student sit- ting in this physics class who will develop substitutes for the dwindling supplies of natural resources. Two Amateurs Get On-the-Job Training in Photography C.O.E. work is giving Jimmy Saf- fran and Tom Barrett the chance to gain early experience in photography, a field where on-the-job training means more than book knowledge. Jimmy is employed by Eso-C Pic- tures, a firm that processes color movies and distributes motion picture equipment. He works in the process- ing operations that turn out color transparencies. Tom pulls strings in the labora- tories of the Cameragraph Photo Services, a firm that copies docu- ments. The strings pulled actually op- erate photostat machine.s which take and develop pictures of the papers to be copied. Looking forward to photography as an occupation came naturally to these two senior stu-dents who are old hands at amateur shutter snapping. Jimmy is staff photographer for The Crier, and is eagerly waiting the time when his employer will give him a chance to show what he can do with a cam- era. He believes that color photogra- phy will be even more important to- morrow than it is today and wants to go into that type of work. Shooting with his 35 mmgrnrgus camera has convinced Tom that he would like picture taking as a pro- fession. Commercial and advertising photography intere.st him particularly. ,The advantage fof C.O.E. work is that it provides students with oppor- tunities to decide whether chosen oc- cupations fit them. Pm learning what photography takes, Tom said. Famed Historical Characters on Neil Mecaskey's Family Tree Two famous characters in the his- tory of the early West adorn the family tree of Neil Mecaskey, a sen- ior. Gen. George Rogers Clark, who won the Northwest Territory in 1778, was his great, great, great uncle and William Clark, the general's brother and one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was Neil's great, great, great grandfather. For further information about the Clark brothers consult your American his- tory textbook. Neil also is proud of his maternal grandfather, the late Fred White- side, a well known figure in Montana politics forty years ago. The October, 1906, issue of McClure's Magazine, which Neil brought to school last week, contains a long article concern- ing Mr. Whitesi-de's exposure of the methods used by a multimillionaire mine owner who spent a huge sum to Hpurchasel' a seat in the U. S. Senate. -- Verna Eggert, a student in one of Mr. Miner's physics classes, has been studying glass blowing after school in room 115. She will make a Charles law apparatus soon, a process re- quiring skill in glass blowing. This instrument is used in determining the lowest temperature possible in the universe, which scientists have found to be about 4600 F. below freezing, Typing Awards Leslie Parsons, Lorraine Piper, 40, Naomi James, Bernard. Morgan, Mary Hern, Norma Field, Richard Adams, 30: Jeanette Briant, Ethelyn Roy, 20. Thirty-seven eighth grade students received exceptionally high scholar- ship ratings during the past ten weeks. Listed according to rooms, these students are as follows: Room 204: Cynthia Carswell, Shirley Speck- man, Janet Gardner, Billy Standing, Dorothy Davis, Russell Stanton, Alice Larson, Marjory Decker, Eileen Keating, Virginia McDaniel lgIaryhJanet Moore, Mary Lawson, and Georgia l . e c Room 206: Barbara Newman, Shirley Zink, Shirley Krenkel, Shirley Lance, Katheryn Hayes, David Clark, Robert Bure, James Pen- dleton, Sue Hughes, Doris Jeffries, and Charles Goodman. Room 208: .loan Follett, Marilyn Beach, Elizabeth Fallis, Mary Lou Hargess, and Sharon TVISQ. Room 212: Jane Culver, Duane Houtz, Joyce Gladieux, Harry Key, Buddy Kramer, Don Luckey, Coleen Ludlum, and Eric Luplau. Oliicers elected in Mr. Miller's morning class are Pat Short, presi- dent, Mary Lawson, vice president, Alice Larson, secretary, Paul Stalker, treasurer, Katheryn Zimmerlee and Jim Fries, sergeants-at-arms. Several of Miss Grube's students were given rather embarrassing con- sequences when they 'didn't'tell the truth as contestants in the Truth or Consequences program presented as entertainment at the Thanksgiving party given for her morning class Wednesday, November 27. One con- testant, Catherine Axtell, had to draw a picture of Miss Grube, and Dora Lee Brazelton was told. to imi- tate her. Three new students have entered Mr. Miller's common learnings classes. They are Kendall Baldry from Scho- field Barracks, Hawaii, Kay Rezabek from Northwest Junior, Kansas City, Kas., and Kenneth Stevens from Cen- tral Junior, Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Chandis Reed of Columbia Uni- versity recently made her second visit to Westport to interview the five com- mon learnings teachers in connection with research she is carrying on deal- ing with the eighth grade system throughout the country. Eighth grade art students in Miss Beck's cla.ss are making their own Christmas cards. TOWN AND COUNTRY FROCK SHOP The Perfect Dress for the Christmas Holiday 3914 MAIN mea CANDY CANES Page Six A.-A HA 7 WESTPORT CRIER K W December 18, 1946 The Unfinished Fantasy 'Tis the night before Christmas And all through the halls, Not an eighth grader in sight, Not one senior calls. The books are all laid in the lockers with care, In hopes that the mice Will discover them there. The students are nestled All warm in their beds, While dreams of big dates Revolve in their heads. This one in a scarf, That one in a cap, Have decided their boyfriend Is simply a sap! When out in the street There arises such clatter, They spring from their beds To see what is the matter. Away to the dresser They Hy like a Hash, Brush out their hair And put on a sash. The moon's on the bench In the park nearby, And millions of stars Twinkle bright in the sky. When, what to their wondering Eyes should appear, But a policeman announcing The curfew is near. With a reckless driver So lively and quick, They drove back home To await dear St. Nick. More rapid than airplanes, Jallopies they cameg And the wolves perched inside them Called each girl by name. Oh, Betsy, oh, Beulah, Oh, Carol, and Jerryeg Oh, Lois, oh, Alice, Oh, Ruthie and Mary. To the top of the porch, To the top of the wall, Now come along, Come along, Come along all. As dry leaves before the Wild hurricane go, The hordes of 'teen-agers Dash off to the show. So, up to the box office The coursers they flew, With pockets of money, Some chewing gum, too. And then in a twinkling They saw on the screen, A bright clieerj' blonde Proclaiming Use Drenef' They drew in their knees And had just settled down, When onto the screen, VAN came with fx bound. He dressed all in white From his head tt. his toes, And whaf he was dnzvig. Everyone knows. A little black bag I-Ie held tight in his hand, To see what was wrong With this and that gland. His eyes, how they twinkled His Ireclfles. how merr-. 9 The Browning Literary Society now has Miss Wheeland as sponsor. The ofhcers elected November 28 are Terry Moore, presidentg Ted McAtee, vice president, Ben Comi, secretaryg Rich- ard Scott, treasurer, Leonard Barry, sgt.-at-arms, and Robert Windsor, parliamentarian. His cheeks were like roses, His nose like a berry. His droll little mouth Was drawn back all the while, No matter what happens There's always a smile. Will these dashing young Arrive safely home? And most of all, Will St. Nicholas come? To discover the end Of this gay little rhyme Tune in next year: Same station, same time. -Mary Lou Vess, '47, Carol Irving, '46 people State Essay Contest Announced The topic of the fifteenth annual state-wide essay contest sponsored by the women's auxiliary of the Missouri State Medical Association is What Can Our Community Do to Improve Its Health? Prizes of from 325 to S5100 are being offered for the best en- tries. The rules of the contest, which closes January 15, are posted with the teachers' announcements. Last year Jerre Mueller Won a third .state prize, and Dolores Willard won a third county price, in addition to an honor- able mention in the state contest. In May these girls and Miss Brubaker, their teacher, were guests at a lunch- eon, along with several other prize winners, at the annual meeting of ap- proximately 100 auxiliary members. 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Harry L. Van Trees has been appointed acting battalion command- er. Other battalion staff appointments have been made as follows: Capt. Richard P. McKay, acting executive oflicerg lst Lt. James D. McAfoose, adjutantg 2nd Lt. Wayne A. Fischer, intelligence officerg 2nd Lt. Donald R. Francis, plans and training ofiicerg and 2nd Lt. Peter H. Kinsey, supply officer. A temporary five-man rifle team lost a niatch to a Southeast squad by 52 points out of a possible 1,000, Fri- day, December 6, on the Southeast range. This was only a preliminary match to test the Westport team against outside competition. The all- city match to decide rifle team cham- pions will be fired later. Each member of the team fired five shots, worth a possible fifty points, in each of four positions, prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing. This made each man's total possible score 200, and the team's 1,000. The team mem- bers and their scores: Sgt. George 0. Morrow, 1585 Sgt. John A. Dinwid-iie, 155: Pvt. Glen E. Lush, 1399 Sgt. William W. Daywalt, 1249 and T!Sgt. Robert C. Tengdin, 116. Private Lush is the only member of the team in his first year of ROTC. These cadets will not necessarily make up the team which will fire in the all-city matches. The reason for low scoring given by Sergeant Spoor was lack of suf- ficient practice. Candidates for the team will be working constantly to improve their scores between now and the firing of the all-city matches. In a match with Southwest last Friday, Westport won by 20 points. Chess Sets for Wadsworth Vets Being Made in Woodshop Boys in Mr. Sloan's woodshop classes have been working overtime to finish Hfty complete chess sets for the veterans at Wadsworth Hospital at Leavenworth. This means the making of 1,600 chessmen as well as the fifty boards. At the time of this writing all the boards and about 800 of the chess pieces had been com- pleted. Many other students have been hur- rying work on projects to be given as Christmas gifts to their families and friends. Much of the early part of the sem- ester was spent in the building of a new tool room. New racks for tools were built and other general improve- ments were made. A program of Christmas music and speeches by Westport alumni will be featured in the Homecoming assem- bly Friday morning, December 20. Students are urged to invite former students to the assembly. Stewart Beats Hunt in 130 lb. Bout Miss Wilhitefs advanced art stu- dents arc cutting book plates for their own use. Designs were made to repre- sent the personal interests of each. FD. 81 R. PHOTOLAND BILLFOLD SIZE PHOTOS 'I-25: 3-50: and POSED 5x7's-Special 50: While You Wait 1407 Main Street Gym class wrestlers are continuing to struggle for the school champion- ships after school. No finals in the various weight groups had been con- tested when the Crier went to press and only the following contestants had advanced into the finals: 80 lb., Hays versus Pendleton. 100 lb., D. Jones. 170 lb., Hosman versus Dwyer. 180 lb., Smith versus Noll. Heavyweight, Millican versus Schornhorst. On or about the tenth of each month lT'S THE On news stands throughout the city or by subscription For Distinction in Dancing .lenll lII'l'9 0RCllESTR7-l An. 2160 W EDDIE JACOBSON'Si K' i E S T P o R fi? M E N s W E A R ,Z Main at 39th Street z For Xmas Gifts That Are l'Sharp if S-if 7' X . 151' . .. 9,51 . gn 4. -. .. .. .. .. gt, -. -. -. .. -. -. -tpgpii .. umnm-. y .. .. -.N . 'ff ff -Y -r w ri Q- n a s. Q fw fr . Q ff ll fl. l.'f7Q f Page Eight 7 , WESTPORT CRIER V V H December 18, 1946 Tight Westport Defense Sobers Strong Indians Paced by the scoring tosses of 6- foot 7-inch Jack Carby and the accu- rate distance shots of Joe Kenton, the Westport Tigers stiffened a tight de- fense around a strong Shawnee-Mis- sion team and tied. the Indians until the last minutes on the Kansas court when the Redmen sank 2 free throws and a goal to win, 35-31. Shawnee's Harry Spuehler looped in a free throw for the first point of the game and Carby, high scorer of the tilt with 11 points, dropped inthe first successful field attempt. As the first period ended, the game was dead- locked 7-7. Shawnee-Mission pulled ahead in the second quarter but Mike Broestl and Chuck Bates sank goalsto place the Tigers in a halftime 12-12 tie. Fireworks started the third period as Indian hustlers slipped 3 goals through to lead Westport 18-12. Joe Kenton started an answering Tiger onslaught with 2 high sinkers from mid court that thrilled the closely packed crowd. Jack Carby followed with 2 free throws and a goal, putting the Tigers only 1 point behind the In- dians' score of 23 at the quarter. After Shawnee sank the first fourth period goal, Broestl whipped the net to make the score 25-24, with West- port still trailing. Carby and Bates later put the Tigers ahead 26-28 with a scoring attack. When the Indians had tied with a goal, Carby fiipped the ball through but the score was not counted because he had been fouled. Jack then calmly proceeded to drop in a free throw to put Westport ahead by 1 point. The Indians succeeded with a free throw and goal, but Bates crashed through, sank a basket on a setup, and tied the game at 31 all. Shawnee then unleashed the power that earned 4 points and a 35-31 victory. Bates was second highest scorer for Westport with 7 points. Johnny Am- berg an-di Spuehler were high for Shawnee-Mission with 9 point.s each. In the Indian-Tiger tilt, Coach James Moore of Westport was sending a team against- .his former mentor, Shawnee' Missions 1,102-,an D' .oe, who tutored, Mr. ilii'lO 6, at Tv :va Mo. Because he wap ,curl 'TQSCII et, lNori,h- east last '-'f 1r, lliif illfsofn-e m fredifed by Shawnee-Missidn with responsibil- ity, in no small wry for the fine battle Northczst higl: ,put up against the Indians last Wednesday, although losing 36-32. I . Basketball fundamentals are being learned by the boys' gym classes. Basketball work probably will last until the end of the semester, when tumbling, apparatus work, boxing, and possibly' Vulleyhall will follow. Court Team Drops First Battle to Glennon 35-30 A fighting Westport cage squad lost their first tilt to a battling Glen- non team, 35 to 30, Friday night, December 6, on the latter's court, after leading at the end of the first quarter 6 to 4. The Tigers took a decisive 12 to 4 lead early in the second period, before falling victim to a Glennon rally 2 which boosted the half-time score to fi-T13-12, with Glennon out in front. Starring in the rally were Sopher and McGinnis. The third period was nip and tuck, the lead changing hands four times to leave the Glennon squad still in front 20 to 19. It was not until the closing minutes of the game that they could clinch victory with a substantial lead. Though outscoring their opponents from the field, the Westporters could not match the accuracy of the Glen- non players from behind the free throw line, which netted them 13 points. Don Rogers, high scorer for the victors with 11 points, dropped in nine free buckets in nine tries. Joe Kenton was high for the Tigers with the same personal score. He made five field goals, for ten points, and one free throw. The absence of Charlie Bates and Mike Broestl, who went out on fouls, was felt keenly in the latter part of the game. Jack Carby was unable to play because of illness. Glennon-35 5 Westport-30 G FT F G FT F McGinnis, f. . 0 Broestl, f. . , . . W. R f' 2 Huffman, f .... 3 Kenton, g. . . . 1 Blaschke, g . . . 0 Dailey, g ...... 0 Granino, g.. . . Sopher, g.. . . . Collins, g ..... 0 0 Minor, g ..., ., 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 ogers, .. 0 1 0 0 4 Duggins, f.. .. 4 0 0 Morgan, f.. . .. 0 0 1 D. Rogers, c . 1 9 2Bates, c ....,,, 4 0 5 2 1 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 - - Totals ,.... T5 - ,F 419 Totals .,... 11 13 Be Prepared, Coach's Motto Be Prepared must be Coach Bour- rette's motto. Westport's football mentor was asked to give a talk at the Excelsior Springs high school football banquet Thursday evening, December 5, at the Elms Hotel. Think- ing it would be just a 10-minute speech, Coach was surprised to find Address by G. V. Bourette listed on the program, and. thanked his fore- sight in prenatifif. a 30-minute ad- dress, just in ga...-. Mr. Bourrette was irftw-J.ui-e.l by Dr. C. F. Whitesell. Walt Locliizfan, KCMO sportcaster, and Dyna.ni1!' Alexander, Kansas Citian who is in charge of the Mis- souri Pacific railway's freight and passenger service, also ipresentrd ad- dresses onthe program. I Gayle T. Chubb, former basketball coach here, is expected to return for the alumni game in the gym Fi-iday. Ruskin Cagers Win In Overtime Battle Fighting gamely against a torrent of Ruskin goals in the last half, the Westport Tigers battled into an excit- ing extra-period struggle on the Rus- kin court, Saturday night, December 7, and lost, 27-24. A tight Westport defense stymied the Ruskin sharpshooters through most of the game. Time and again each team ran up secure leads but bursts of energy from the enemy brought the crowd up yelling and al- ways evened the score. Parker Dailey sank the first goal of the game after a Ruskin player dropped. a free throw through for the first point earned in the struggle. The slow first period ended with Ruskin ahead 4-3, but worried. Westport un- leashed its power in the second quar- ter with Parker Dailey, Joe Kenton, an-d Mike Broestl scoring frequently to rack up 10 Tiger points while Rus- kin was held to a single point. Eyeing the 13-5 score, the country boys helped themselves to a slice of 13 points in the third quarter when the strong Westport defense could no longer withstand the attack, and put Ruskin ahead, 18-17. Ruskin started off' the hot fourth period. with a goal, but Kenton swished a long shot into the hoop and sank a free throw to tie the contest at 20 all. Chuck Bates pulled the Tigers ahead with a difiicult shot, but Ruskin tied again with a badly needed sinker. The game went berserk as only min- utes remained and both teams took the ball the length of the court for thrilling setups that scored aiidftied the game each time. When the tie loomed more and more unbreakable in the last crucial mo- ments, Tiger Bates and Lee Newsom of Ruskin had chances to win the game on free throws. Both failed to stave of the overtime period an-d the ordinary playing time ended at 24 all. In the extra minutes, Ruskin sank a field basket and James Hall of Rus- kin looped a free throw just right, while Westport remained scoreless, ending the hard fought game, 27-24. High scorer for the Tigers was Parker Dailey with eight points- while Joe Kenton followed with seven. THE STUDENTS' STORE ' Specializing in School Supplies and Books Confectionery Items, Pop, Candy Bars, Sandwiches, Fudgicles, Ire Cream Bars, etc. .R , 'SOUTH 'sms BOOKSTORE ' 210 EAST 39TH STREET V1 BLOCK, WEST OF WESTPORT l I I-IE E TPORT RIER Volume Thirty-four January 22, 1947 Number Eight Eight Make Top Scores In Aptitude Test Eight students, four seniors and four juniors, ranked in the 100 cen- tile in the College Aptitude test given last fall. Scores for junior pupils in the top classification range from 124 to 150 and 132 to 150 for the seniors. The highest score made by any stu- dent in Westport was 138. This year, the first time in City, the Ohio College Aptitu 1 ' '- 3 '-'v'-' 2 was given to juniors. It is believed this plan will benefit the stud'e,n'ts by helping them make their -decisions concerning college attendance in time to fulfill college requirements before graduation. In the future the juniors only will take the test. The purpose cf the Ohio College Aptitude test is to predict .success as a college student, Miss Crow, counsel- or, explains. It gives each student an opportunity to compare his likelihood of success in college with that of sev- eral thousands of .students who have taken the test previously. It should be understood, she says, that the score made by a student on this test does not determine his suc- cess as a college student. It is only to help predict that success. College suc- cess is more dependent on high school success than on a high aptitude score. Pupils with fairly low or average scores on aptitude tests may excel those with higher scores if they have good work habits, perseverance and ambition. There are many types of aptitudes and many types of aptitude tests. The scores made by the juniors and sen- iors should be an indication of their academic ability under normal condi- tions and in the normal amount of time. Music Clinic Announced The Missouri Music Educators As- sociation clinic will be held February 6, '7, 8 in Independence, Mr. Spring, president, has announced. The four di- visions are ban-d, orchestra, chorus and elementary music. Each of the first three groups will show rehearsal techniques, demonstrate classroom work and preparation for a concert. The elementary music divisicn will show classroom work and demonstrate some music. The directors and their groups are George C. Wilson, Univer- sity of Missouri, bardg Daviil R. Rob- ertson, University of Wichita, orches- tra, Harold Decker, Wichita Univer- sity, chorus, and Marie Merlin, Kan- sas City, elementary music. ' O Jawa sae. Selected to head the Herald staff this year are Ed Gillett, editor-in- chief, and Wilma Gray, associate edi- tor. Under their direction the senior panels have been completed and de- livered to the engravers, and work on a suitable cover has begun. Ed came to We.stport from Mani- tou, Col., as a freshman four years ago and since has been prominent in school affairs. He was on the execu- tive board of the stu-dent council as a freshman, is a member of the Honor Society, holding a silver ping presi- dent of the Camera club, and secre- tary of Irving Literary society. Ed al.so is on The Crier staff, holding the position of news editor. In addition to her present position, Wilma is a member of Pundit, the Pep club, Y-Teen, Habere et Dare, Student Council, and business man- ager of The Crier. Four Classes to Be Disbanded, Five New Ones to Be Organized Mr. Harris has announced that the following classes wiilfdisband at.the end of the semesterz' ' 9 A boys' physical 'educatidn class one speech class, a world history and an American history cllissf , New classes will be organized next semester -in psychology, hour 1, Mr. Kingfandihour 7, Mr. 'Wardg drivers' education, hour 7, Mr. Sheppherdg commercial arithmetic, hour 7, Miss Cardg junior newswriting, hour 2, Mr. Booth. ' One World Selected As Theme of Herald One World, and the opportunity of the youth of the present genera- tion to promote international good will, tolerance, and understanding, has been chosen as the dominant theme of the 1947 Herald by the staff. The theme will be featured in the intro- ductory and division pages of the yearbook. The advance sale of single copies of the 1947 Herald will begin early next semester in the home rooms. Since 1,020 activity ticket owners now in school are already entitled to yearbooks, only 200 extra copies will be printed for single sales, there- fore students are a-dvised to reserve their copies as soon as possible. Copies may be reserved by payment of the full price of the yearbook, 52.50, or by payment of 31 down and the balance before May 1. Activity ticket owners who leave school before the Herald is published are warned to send their tickets to the school, together with postage to cover mailing costs, or leave their tickets with friends. Bill Banaka Nominated to Serve As Mayor High School Day Bill Banaka, senior class president, was one of three boys nominated for the position of mayor on High School Day April 2. The nominees will be voted on in the schools February 19. Each candidate had to submit a civic problem to the All City Student Council at the meeting at East high. Then they presented their solution of the problem. Bill chose the topic Safety in Transportation. After election each school will sub- mit names for appointive ofiices who will be chosen later. Attends National .Meeting ' , Mr. l'll.f.'1 f'isl atll.kridedi the annual convention of the Council of'Geogra- phyf Teachers 'in fnoluiililiiis. Ohio, De- cember 27 and 29. He was'chalrinan rl' the high school section, Two of the noteworthy addresses which were Qiven at the meeting were entitled f'Contributions of High School Geog- raphy to Education for Citizenship and, Geography in the Work of the U. SL--Office of Education. Mr. and Mrs. Harris first drove to Urbana, Ill., to visit with Mr. Harris' family, and then spent several days with Mrs. Harris' family in.Altcn, Ill. Page Two WESTPORT CRIER January 22, 1947 The Good Sport There are a number of people in this school who seem to think that they are living up to the true ideal of good sportsmanship when they attend athletic contests and cheer the team on to victory, and actively participate in various school activities. Yet, surprisingly enough, many of those who bellow Rah! Rah! Rah! most vociferously, and even some who perform laudable feats of physical strength and endurance, and therefore should know much more about good sportsmanship than the rest of us, are the very ones who grind the toes of their fellow human beings into the dust in their hurry to pass them by, without even saying, Pardon me. These good sportsy' have not learned one very important fact about good sportsmanship. They have not learned that the two words, Hsportsmanshipi' and courtesy, are virtually synonyms. Not just courtesy to our superiors, whom we either respect or fear. Everyone is courteous to his superiors. Not just courtesy in the sense of saying please, 'Tm sorry, and pardon me. Everyone says these things. The kind of courtesy that applies here is respect of the God-given rights of every individual, regardless of his sta- tion. The typical good sport lacks this quality, which is the very essence of the democratic ideals toward which we try to progress in this country. One example of the lamentable activities of our good sport will suffice. To any of the very patient individuals who have tried to arrive at the lunch counter of our school cafeteria by the very long and tiring method of taking their places at the end of the line, our case is clear. After a few moments of waiting, the line ahead is actually longer than before! It seems that a number of those high and mighty individuals, the good sports, who are above waiting in line for their turns, have brought their pull and influence to bear on their lesser admirers to secure places at the head of the line. Truly, this is a small thing, but those who know tell us that it is small things like this which really cause wars! 'A Miscellaneous Musings Burr-rr-rr, it was cold those first two days of school. That little Harmony fellow shouldn't have minded it too much, though, 'cause while the rest of us were freezing, he was still warm enough to be Milton. It's easy enough to understand when you know that ever .since Christmas he's been mumbling, Misletoel Ah, Misletoe! D'ya notice Bob Tengdin's picture on the front page of the Times with a grovp of skiers? Natcherly, he was the fellow piled up knee deep in the snow . . . but hones'tl3,'te. N fl ' sem.: to have at least five swell advantagcs for Bob. They're his charming pupils. l 1'is McCarty, Betty Vandevoir, '1hel- ma Spencer, Candy Sindt, and Mary fiona Ryder. Don't bottle up Morals dish water, warns Mr. Miner, and he means it. Once the physics teacher cocked up a solution of hot v-atez' f-nfl Dreft, shook it to get :noic funds, and Ezl. the cork up to the ceiling ar' ' suds all over himself. Mr. Minc: pn-1 1-tically guarantees it to work, been-use he ied it again and got drenched a second time I ' Mr. Bourrette l1asn't set his human science course to music,'at least not yet, but it sounded that way recently. The orchestra was using the ROTC room as temporary quarters and the heating conduits acted as amplifiers to broadcast the music into rooms 110 and 210. No boogie Woogie of course, but relaxing gmywhy. The not-too-quiet atznosphere of Centertown teenclub was further disturbed Qneof 'lla Sweet and innocent as the spirit of '47 is our first Man of the Year. He is. 5 ft. 9 in. tall and weighs 135 pounds. His juke box favorites are Friar Rock and Crazy Rhythm. incidentally, he's o n e o f o u r smoothest danc- ers. Gary Cooper , and Jane Russel are No. 1 on his - in screen star list. Although he is --'mfs' A an ROTC H1a.i01', his favorite ,sub- V. .,.. A. ject is Solid gs- ozretry. He plans to attend Har- vard. As proof of his popularity, he is a member of the Pep club, Stage and Screen, Irving Literary society, and the Senior Busi- ness committee. Because of an ex- cess of activity points, he had to re- sign the presidency of the Spanish club. He was a member of the ex- ecutive board of the Student Council his freshman year. eggs es, z E V 'Q 'HW i .. ,.. . i M s tg 2 . Harry definitely asserts that he is a woman hater but frankly, we hadn't noticed the sudden change. Digging deep in the past we find that many members of the opposite sex have been written up in his diary. On June 27, he will be 16 years old and doing a bit of subtraction, we find he was born in 1931. I think about all we've forgotten is the name and we are sure you've guessed that Harry Van Trees is really One of Us. recently when Ed Gillett astounded the crowd there with his strange and to them wonderful version of the Westport Boogie dance step. Ed was dancing with a blonde he had never seen before and suddenly a circle of onlookers was cheering him on. He found that his partner was Barbara Miller, another Westporter. No won- der he was dancing so well. THE WESTPORT CRIER Published bi-weekly during tho 4lZH3L'!'.!Tl VW school year by the Newswriting Kansas City, Mo. Address: The Westport Crier, 19 Scaou. 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- sas City, Mo. . H are lcgulxul class of Westport High School, 19 V g f x.A...y-- Subscription rates: Year, 75 cents: single coDY. 5 cents. Entered as second-class matter April 4, 1928. at the postoffice at Kansas City, Missouri. under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editor .........,,..... Rey Shannon News Editor ......................, Ed Gillett Feature Editor ..,,........... Laura Lee Love Sport Editors. ...,. Nancy Akin, Rey Shannon Art Editor ..... . .............. Ruth Mainquist Make-up Editor. ..,........,...... John Grant Circulation Manager ..,,.... Mary Louise Vess Business Manager .,...... ,... . ..Wilma Gray Photographers. .James Saffran, Ted Riexzelman Reporter ..............,...... .... J oy Grower Faculty Supervisor ......... ..John N. Booth Director of Photography, . Ina G Bonney January 22, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Three Under the Clock The lengths some people won't go to for a mustache-but charcoal in chemistry! After all, Johnny Davis! Will someone please loan Bill Ba- naka a chair? The neglected fellow has to sprawl on the first floor steps. The trouble boots bring! Dolores Osborn thought she was doing well to get hers on the wrong feet, but Mickey Brumfield tops all by wearing one of her little br2ther's by mistake. Question of the week-who is Bar- bara Bell Bernadette Browning? Central's version of the incendiary blonde has stormed Westport, and we do mean stormed!! Ethel Serger is plenty proud of Jimmy now that he's a captain. Jeanne Carter and Bob Stuckert have found out that the Union Sta- tion is more fun, especially when no trains are coming in. Barbara Fradin is at last fifteen! The members of a dance band even sang Happy Birthday to her. Betty Mendlick .seems to be the feature attraction in the third hour drafting class. Being the only girl, the boys like to gather around her desk. We wonder how many of you heard Eddie Fink and Ann Thornberry as disc jockeys on the air last Saturday. The senior ballot is coming up, kids, so keep your eyes and ears open for possible candidates. Poor Bob Lindsey feels that he is becoming unpopular since his name didn't appear in the last issue of The Crier. Westpcrters who overran the Cen- tertown teen club after the Southwest game found it was really a swell place. Of course, the Tiger Den was closed that night. Jim Scheiner and Ernie Shivers say that people are always getting them mixed up, but there's no reason to confuse them now because Ernie is going steady and Jim isn't. Joe Brown and Dan Whitaker seem to be much interested in a certain little red-haired monitor. At least they're always around her station. - Have you noticed Bev Nikles' hair since she cut it? It really looks dar- ling, Bev! Attention, all readers! Beginning with the next issue a quarter mu.st accompany a request for your name in this column. And don't think we're kiddin'! One of the cutest couples seen at the Christmas formal was Norma Davis and Bill Park. We all wonder why Marilyn Kend- rick is so happy. Couldn't be because she and Glenn have been going steady for .six months. Nice going, kids! Everyone agrees that the lirst dance of the New Year at the Garret was a huge success. Miracle of the ages! General Wayne Fischer came to school with- out his mustache. His only remark, Keep a stiff upper lip. Lip, that is. Yesterday was Thelma Spencer-'s birthday. She's sweet sixteen and never been missed, pardon us, kissed. Warning to fourth hour lunch stu- dents-keep your food out of the dog's reach! It seems everyone certainly enjoyed the Christmas formals. Ruth Main- quist, Lois Thorne, Mary Hubbard, and Nancy Campbell really looked beautiful. Jerry McWhirter, Max Teetor, and Eddie Lavo were home from the Ma- rine Corps for the holidays and cau.sed little ilutters in the hearts of our Tigresses. But the biggest palpita- tions of the cardiac came from Lor- raine Piper, Betty Lou Walrod, and Nancy Akin, respectively. The art department has complete-:l its service work for the American Red Cross which consisted of the de- signing and cutting of block print card designs. Students submitted Easter, Valentine, or birthday cards from which the best eight were chosen. The designs were reproduced on two-color linoleum blocks, which were sent to the Red Cross headquar- ters. Cards printed from the block are to be provided for veterans in hos- pitals - ' Two large murals are to be added to the school's colle ,gl next semes- ter. Elise De Wei--it and Cf f It Leod are COIXTI leting the CC-l'l1tJOFlt!0Il of the mural for the gh-Is' gym. Ad- vancd art .students in Miss Beck's classes are working up ideas for the mural illustrating a combination of scenes from American literature for Miss Youngs' room. . New emi fledalu-fiona Now that three weeks of the new year already are water under the bridge, we wonder how many of us still have unbroken resolutions to look forward to breaking. Anyway, we had a lot of fun making them New Year's eve, and just as much fun breaking them New Year's Day. The literary societies resolved to be literary for a change, and Irving started things off right by sponsoring an inter-society contest. Those Irving boys really are on the ball. We were hoping some of the facul- ty might resolve ta give simple final tests so we could all make E's, but from all reports we assume they're going to be just as stiff as ever. Tough luck, kids! Much to the regret of his students, Mr. Fristoe resolved to finish the .solid geometry book by doubling up on homework. However, Mr. Holloway and the faculty did resolve to get rid of an- other class of graduating seniors. Ru- mor has it some of them are going to make a return engagement next year, as if four years wasn't enough. Con- sider that resolution 99 per cent kept. Lindy Wilson resolved to graduate at the end of this semester, and, shucks, he'll be leaving with diploma in hand next week. Some people are just born lucky. Studes who highly resolved to make better grades will learn next week whether they are lucky or just lazy. For reasons of her own, Ruth Rueckert has resolved not to go steady all through the year of 1947. That one might be pretty hard to Westportfs city-famed has resolved to surpass records. Remember that about wine, women and had another resolution keep, Ruth. Jack Sevier all previous famous line song? Jack which he says was much nobler, but since it's been broken three times al- ready, he won't announce what it was. Ila McGee claims she didn't make even one tinsy-winsy resolution this year. Anyway, she doesn't have any- thing to worry about for a whole year now. By not making any resolves, Ila says she can still have a lot of fun week-ends. 'R'-frnr' :jf .1,..'i'ved in a let- ter from oo., Bevan, '45, now in the Lgmy. Hereports that he has two Japanese helping him in his Work which, according to Bob, is not very hard. recent letter from lkick Beitling '45, stationed fm 'Truk Atoll the Pacific, revealed that he had niet two old frien-ds on Guam, Eddie Jacob- son and Don Wilkinsfn, also '45, They talked- over old times including their good times at Westport. Dick, a Sea Bee, has been on almost every Island in the Pacific Page Four WESTPORT CRIER January 22, 1947 Grinnell College to Award 3 5 Scholarships More scholarships of 3210 to 3609 a year for men students now are avail- able at Grinnell College than at any other time in the history of the insti- tution, the office of President Samuel N. Stevens has announced. A considerable sum of scholarship money accrued during the war years, Dr. Stevens explained, when men's en- rollment was low. Now many men are returning to Grinnell under the G.I. bill, and are not eligible for such aid. As a result, some thirty-five scholar- ships under the funds established by the late B. A. Younker may be award- eu this year to those who qualify. Men students who cannot attend college without financial aid, and who are in the upper 10 per cent of their class, may take competitive examina- tions on April 12, 1947, to qualify for these funds. The tests are given at ex- amination centers throughout the United States. Applications to the col- lege and for the 'College Entrance Ex- amination Board must be made by March 12, 1947. Information concern- ing the college is available in the counselor's office. Also offered is the Frank P. Blair Scholarship at the University of Mis- souri. The scholarship will be award- ed this spring to the high school sen- ior making the highest record in com- petitive examinations throughout the state. The successful candidate will receive S250 a year for four years. The subjects for the examinations and the amount of high school train- ing are as follows: English-3 units. American history-1 unit. Medieval and Modern, or World historyd 1 't. Zrinerican Problems, or Civics and Econom- ics-1 unit. The only qualifications demanded for the candidacy are that the appli- cant, of either sex, must be a senior in a fully accredited Missouri high school and must be satisfying this term- all entrance requirements of the university. It is expecte-d also that an applicant should have some real need of financial aid, but not necessarily be unable to attend the university with- out it. The examinations will be held Fri- day and Saturday, April 18 and 19. Every candidate must present by April 1 a formal application. No ap- plication will be considered if received after April 1. Further information can be obtained in the counselor's of- fice. Typing Awards James Coonce, Dick Kniseley, Cora Reeves, Patsy- Giffin, 405 Jeannette Briant, Verna Eggert, 30, Belva Lee Berlekamp, 20. fqddaciafe Zcfilaa VVll.lVlA GRAY Mai. Tom Todd, Marine Corps, Killed in Plane Collision Maj. Thomas A. Todd, '37, a promi- nent dramatics student and winner of the Humphrey Speech Award in his senior year at Westport, was killed recently in a collision of a marine plane he was piloting and another marine plane near San Juan Capis- trano, Cal. He was executive ofiicer of a squadron at Marine Corps air sta- tion. After his graduation from West- port in 1937, Major Todd enrolled at Junior college. He was graduated from the University of Missouri in 1941, and enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly thereafter. He served in the Marshall Islands. Major Todd visited the school last November on his way to the west coast. He attended a rehearsal of the fall play, The Whole Town's Talk- ing. A brother, Maj. Paul H. Todd, '29, also a marine pilot, was killed in ac- tion at Guam in 1944. Pupils .loin in Epiphany Fete Patrons in the Westport district celebrated Epiphany with the tree burning ceremony at Gillham- park. Students from Westport music classes helped lead the singing of traditional carols. Bob McCollum played the ac- companiment for the music. Trees and greens brought from homes and other places were stacked for burning. Jack Sevier was on hand to assist with the stacking. A special fire supervisor took charge of the burning so fire hazards would be prevented. The greens burned rapidly, leaving the pine' Wood to burn to slowly dying embers as the day of the Wise Men or the day of Epiphany passed on. Fuel Shortage Cuts Off Heat During Zero Weather Shortage of fuel and a clogged oil line were responsible for the low tem- perature which prevailed in the build- ing when school opened after the holi- days, Mr. Holloway explained last week. The oil tank holds only two truck- loads of oil at a time. When the sup- ply goes down to one load another is ordered to keep from running out. Because of the snow and ice, the oil was so delayed in arriving that the heat was cut down until finally all the oil was gone The sludge in the tank was sucked into the pipes leading to the furnace, and these had to be cleaned. Another load of oil had been or- dered, but it too was delayed because of the ice. Since the oil company would have had to pay overtime to its employ-ees if they delivered on Saturday or Sunday, the oil was promised for early Monday morning, January 6. It did not come until 11 o'clock and in the meantime the en- gineer again had to cut down the fuel so that it would not run out, causing the pipes to clog up again. 8 Art Pupils Win in City Contest Eight Westport advanced art stu- dents were among the city-wide win- ners in the greeting card contest sponsored by the Harry Doehla Card company of New York City. Car-ds de- signed and painted by Dorothy Mc- Leod, Joycelyn Overton, Nancy Ludes, Reed Hulet, Betty Reeves, Elise De Wendt, Barbara Gossett and Carolyn Weatherford are in the running of the state-wide contest in which winning entries will be selected and sent to the national contest. The right olf publica- tion is reserved for the company to be used as commercial cards for produc- tion, examples for designers, or basic illustrations to be revised as they 'de- sire. Westporters have been busy re- cently preparing essays for two con- tests. The first was one sponsored by the Sons of the Revolution. The sub- ject was Radicals of the Revolution- ary Period. About ten essays were entered from Westport. Winners will be announced at a dinner February 22. What Can Our Community Do to Improve Its Health? was the topic of a statewide contest. There were twelve entries from Westport. The decision will be announced by the press April 12. Miss Keeler's sixth and SQ.8lli.l1 hour classes each elected ofiicers for the month of January. Those serving in- hour six are Marjory Decker and Jane Culver, in hour seven, Eugene Beck and Mary Mclntire. ianuarL22,V--1947 v Ga Me amen? .fone On the basis oi' his record during his three-year record in ROTC, Cadet Major Harry L. VanTrees has been named commander of the Westport battalion. Harry attained the rank ot' staff sergeant last year and won rib- bons for scholarship, theory, and neat- ness and bearing. Other promotions listed cn the or- der of January 3 follow: Cadet Captain, James D. McAfoose. Cadet First Lieutenants, Donald lt. Francis. Peter H. Kinsey, VV:-iyne A. Fischer. and Thomas V. liurdett. Cadet Second Lieutenant. John li. Gilmore. Cadet First Sergeants, Edward l'. Johnson. and Robert C. Tenxrdin. Cadet Staff Sergeants, John A. Diuwiddie. Donald A. King. Ronald A. Hoffman. VVilliam W. Daywalt. George O. Marrow. Cadet Sergeant. Theodore B. Bredson Cadets advanced to the rank of private first class are Don E, Irish, Thurston M. Moore, Jerome li. Osnower. Charles R. Utter. Glenn E. Lush, Quentin C, Smith, David H. Stroud, and Robert J. Wallace. Through a slip of the typewriter the result of the match with South- west was reported incorrectly in this the last issue. The Indian column in squad won by Tl points out of a pos- In a match with Manual sible 1000. January 9 the Westport team lost by Both matches were unof- first official match will be 80 points. ficial. The fired at Southeast against Paseo. Manual, and East. The battalion recently received many new infantry Weapons which will improve the course of instruction in The Characteristics of Infantry Weapons. The shipment included eight Browning automatic rifles, cal. 30, MI918A2, with bipod mounts, one 60 mm. mortar, a sub machine gun M3, and a Browning machine gun, cal. 30, M1919A6. These are in addition to a new water cooled 30 cal. Browning machine gun an-tl a 50 cal. air cooled Browning received earlier this year. The sub machine gun M3, more commonly called the 'tgrease gun by its users, is a cheap, light weapon and was used extensively by para- troopers during' the war. These guns were also supplied by parachute to the French underground and other al- lied forces which could be supplied only in this way. Each squad will be supplied with one B.A.R. which weighs about 15 pounds and requires a pretty good sized .soldier to handle it efficiently. With a clip hol-ding 20 rounds of am- munition, it has a very high cycle rate of fire and is the only semi-automatic and full-automatic Weapon in the squad. 'lnomas Tibbetts, '36, who sing,-1 in the Metropolitan under the name of Thomas Hayward, sang the part ot' the third captain in the world pre- mier of the opera The Warriorf' The opera is the story of the biblical characters Samson and Delilah. 1 w C E ,-.W,LbT1Q1E..9RIER ew-, cc., , - as Page Five Study Hall Types Why lsn'f If? Frank instead of James QMiss5 Fall instead of Spring fMr.b Rose instead of Lilly Olissi Call instead of Beck tMissJ Envelope instead of Card tMissj Chips instead of Dice fMr.J Foulweather instead ot' Fairweather CMis.qj Horse instead of Ryder tMr.D Abel instead offCain tlllissb Breeze instead of Gales tMissJ Queen instead of King tlVIr.5 Robin instead of Crow tMissj Nine New Pupils Enrolled Miss Johnston has reported that Westpoi-t's population has been in- creased by nine new pupils. They are Tom Blakely, a sophomore, from llampton, Iowa: LeRoy Bowman, eighth grade, Los Angeles, Cal.g Joy Grower, a senior, Pueblo, Col.g Dick Jones, a junior from Rayton, N. M.g Charles Meyers, an eighth grader, Los Angeles, John Meyers, a l'i-cslnnan, Los Angelesg Constance Cochrane, a junior, ,jiroign Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.: I.. G. Schieur-Th, a sophomore, from W'ebb City, Elo.: and Lola Jean Thomas. a freshman from Ric-hmrrnd, Val. Miss Brubaker spent the Christmas lrlidays with her brother, llr. E. R. Bi-iiliakei-, and Mrs. Brubaker, in SIJ1'iY'15gli0lfl, Ohio. o1f57-H31 Club Notes Bob Holloway, '46, spoke cn com- mercial art at the Jules Guerin meet- ing. Bob was a COE student while at West-port and is now in the commer- cial department of the Western Auto Company. The Speech Arts club members pre- sente-d the death scene from Ham- let. The characters were Dean Dick- ensheet, Hamlet, Bob Robison, La- ertesg Kenneth McNeel, the King, Olive Wilhelm, the Queeng Charles Garrett, Horatio, and Ted McAtee, Osgood. Members of the Spanish club have ordered new club pins. The design re- sembles a gold holly leaf with a red C in the center. The C stands for the name of the club, Circulo Calderon. Perched on scaffolding that reaches the ceiling, workmen have been paint- ing the walls ot the auditorium. TWO coats of white paint will be applied. The change from buff to white enamel will improve lighting conditions in the auditorium and improve its gen- eral appearance. At the request of the Red Cross, several girls in Miss Gutfins' sixth hour clothing class have made capes and jumpers for war orphan.: ot Eu- rope. Pigerigigg YVVV rg W VKVA M Ak WESTPORT CRIER January 22, 1947 135 Grads Back to Alma Mater for Homecoming Your best investment is in educa- ti:n, asserted Capt. Howarql Wehrlc, '36, guest speaker-at the homecom- ing assembly December 20. Captain Wehrle willingly filled in for Bronek Labunski, '42, and gave an interest- ing talk on Our Best Investment. The assembly opened with the Westport orchestra playing Merry Christmas, followed by a vocal solo by Bob Shotwell, l46. Bill Banaka, senior class president, then introduced Marilyn Tidd, president of the student council, who extended holiday greet- ings to the 135 alumni present. Joicie Rule, '45, pointed out in ef- fective phrases how much home-com- ing means to a graduate. t'Home-com- ing means more to us alumni than we could ever put into the words, for it is here in Westport that our habits, our ideals, and our manners were es- tablished for the rest of our lives. It is here that we left many happy mem- ories of our high school lifeg it is won- derful to return and recall those mem- ories. Westport always will be im- planted in the hearts of each and every one of us. ' Jane Bucher, '45, sang O Young Carollersf' by Bruce Joseph, '43, fol- lowed by Bill Banaka, who introduced the returning graduates. Community singing of Christmas carols closed the 1946 home-coming assembly. Heart Attack Fatal to S. C. See, Former Chemistry Teacher Here Samuel C. See, 65 years old, for- merly a chemistry instructor here, succumbed to'a heart attack Thurs- day, January 2, in his home, 6439 Pennsylvania. He had been ill more than a year. Mr. See was transferred to South- west when that school was opened in 1922. He taught chemistry and man- aged the athletic department there until he became ill. Mr. See was born in Shelbina, Mo., and calre here thi1'ty-five yea1's ago. .le was a graduate of the-University oi' Misscuri. He was active in the wo.-k of St. Andrewfs Episcopal church. wife, the if' ner Ruth lvlirlrlletiix who died in 1930, was a mrmber oi ' od? c :atatf when she married Mr. rn in 1013. Ar-time in r-,ciier oxgafll:f.1,1.,-r1:1 nn- 'I lw incapacitated by illness, :lr ff-:e was the organizer of the Srho:3lmen's club in 1918 ani served gig Ll ,V first - lilly 'i','1l1li'Rai. Sli:-rthanfi ilwarcls . -,lflflg -Xl -'i Barbara lillis, Donna lil:-11:11 .far Ei-01 Mary Cooper, Kitty '.:1'i.,,:cA liarbara Neal, Lorraine Woolsey, S03 Mary lion Biggio, 60. xr Thirty-tive New Members Take W Club Oath at First Meeting In the first official meeting of the W club this year thirty-five boys were received as new members. Coach Bourrette administered the oath that all boys are required to take before they become members. These boys are now entitled to wear the gold W pin. The new members: Bob Albersworth, Ronald Barnes, Gene Bohi, Jim Buford, Dick Burns, Gus Carras, Bob Cook, Jim Coonce, Don Dishinger, Jim Ed- wards, Carl Ellington, Milton Harmony, Charles Hogan, Marion Hymer, John Jacobes, Loren Johnston, Lawrence Johnston, Bob Kear- ney, John Kelley, Dick McLain, Bob Mont- gomery. Bill Sparrow, Al Spencer, Bob Thomas, Walter Trueblood, Sam Washburn. Layle Weeks, Tony Blaschke, Don Moore, Don Updike and Jerrell Roland. Coach Bourrette also introduced the odicers of the W club elected at the annual picnic last year: Joe Kenton, presidentg Dave Millican, vice presi- dentg Bill Banaka, secretary, Bob Hosman, treasurer, and Ted Smith, sergeant-at-arms. Careers Pupils Collect Data On Incomes of K. C. Families Mr. King's classes are giving atten- tion to a wide variety of subjects. The careers pupils have been figuring the median incomes of Westport families. The type of work, amount of educa- tion necessary, and the income are important factors in the problems. Parliamentary procedure is the topic of the beginning speech classes, while public speaking pupils are giv- ing final semester speeches. Debaters have met teams from Pasco and Manual, as follows: PasercEJerrye Chattin and Thelma Spen- cer, Olive Wilhelm and Joan Crandall, Doris Wilson and Liesl Eschenheimer, Mary Hub- bard and Joan Wolch, Edris McCarty and Jo- anna Gasboro, Phyllis Bohi and Nancy Lund, .lack Stewman and Richard McKay, and Nan- cy Billings and Ann Thornberry. Manual-Bill Banaka and Milton Harmony. Bette Allen and Donna Ross, Jerrye Chattin and Marilyn Kern, Eddie Fink and Howard Van Sandt, Phyllis Bohi and Nancy Lund, Nancy Kenyon and Thelma Spencer, Olive Wilhelm and Joan Crandall, Novalee Kolbe and Doris Wilson, Edris McCarty and Joanna Casboro, Jack Stewman and Richard McKay, and Bob Windsor and Bob Hamilton. saw. Qaacfe frm, Miss Brubaker's classes still talk about their Christmas parties in room 211. No wonde1'. There were eight large cakes, popcorn balls and ice cream. One boy brought his birthday cake to celebrate with the group. An- other boy made a delicious devil's food cake. Omitted in the December 18 issue of The Crier were the names of two eighth grade .students who received exceptionally high scholastic ratings, Joan Yent and Roger Wolfe, both of room 211. Mr. Ryder's common learnings classes, along with other groups, have been making scrap books dealing with the lumber industry, transportation, electricity, movies, and other sub- jects. Miss Grube's home room won sec- ond prize, 31, for their excellent work in selling tickets to the fall play. A new student, Charles Myers, has come to Miss Cannon's home room class from California. Karen Hilmer is the spelling cham- pion in the morning class, roam 204. The following oiiicers have served during the past ten weeks in Mr. Miller's classes: In the morning class, Pat Short, presidentg Mary Lawson, vice presi- dent: Alice Larson, secretary: Paul Stalker, treasurerg and Kathryn Zim- merlee and Jim Fries, sergeants-at- arms. In the afternoon class, Bill Stand- ing, president: Cynthia Carswell, vice president: Shirley Speckman, secre- tary, Paula Blessing, treasurerg and Russell Stanton and Barbara Ross sergeants-at-arms. ! Health Center Staff January 22, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER -LLC ...,lf?.YQ9.,S42!'Efl COE Experience the Best Teacher, Trainees Say Experience is the best teacher is wise a-dvice, nine C.O.E. students who are employed in the selling business have found. On-the-job training in the merchan- dise field will be an important part of the educations of Fred Krueger, Wally Ostlund, Margaret Mazuch, Jeannine Praschma, Donly Lockridgo, Gayle Timberlake, Glendon James, Willie Le Fevers, and Nelson Brown, when they must make a living. Wally Ostlund is employed by the Willmark Service company, a firm that checks on methods of employees for concerns who check up cn their workers. My employer took more in- terest in me when I entered the pro- gram, said Wally. He thinks the rating sheet our employers fill out is a wonderful idea.'1 On the rating sheet the 'boss grades the work of the C.O.E. student. Donly Lockridge models clothing for Woolf's. Her job is only one ex- ample of the unusual opportunities students find in 'C.O.E. Not every girl can be a model, but chances are that a job can be located in the occupa- tion of her choice. Like other pupils of Mr. Peters, coordinator here, these student- trainees agree that on-the-job work is worth a student's time and effort, because it means not only education, but also experience. 'Wgaeu '7iJ64!4 The annual alumnae basketball party-, complete with refreshments and a series of basketball games, was held December 20, in the girls' gym. The following alumnae attended the party: J. Brown, M. Sharpsteen, H. Spencer, C. Bound, S. Worth, J. Howard, J. Bucher, S. Benson, M. Taylor, S. Blalock, N. Russell, P. Kelley, L. Shelton, U. Hood, V. North, B. Herber, G. Davis, D. Mueller, J. Fleck. B. Golding, P. Simcox, and V. Church. The main game of the evening was between the alumnae and best play- ers chosen by their teams. They were J. Kramer, B. Turley, M. Tidd, A. Seager, R. Carleton, and L. Seavey. The Westport girls playe-d against Sharpsteen, Church, Mueller, Brown, Davis, and Benson, losing 23-15. Other games played were the short seniors, 10, vs. juniors, 16, the blue sophomores, 4, vs. green sophomores, 3, the long seniors, 16, vs. juniors, 18. In the inter-club girls' basketball tournament beginning play January 15, Y-Teen nosed out Promethean 32- 7, Band beat Spanish club 28-19. The next games will be played today, Speech Arts vs. Jules Guerin and Dana vs. Pundit. J. W. Hollar and his father shot a grand total of 86 rabbits near Rich- mond, Mo., recently. Tiger Goals Swamp Wentworth Paced by Parker Dailey, a guard, the Westport court team .squelched a W'entw0rth Military Academy squad 46-20, in the first game on the Tiger court Tuesday, December 17. West- port had it easy all the way in this one-sided tilt. Nearly every member of the Tiger teami scored, and all played. Dailey put in 6 field goals and a free throw for 13 points, while Bates, Broestl, and Kenton scored 6 points each. High for Wentworth was Bell with 8 points. Aerial Darts Captains Named Captains of the aerial darts teams have recently been chosen. They are Kathryn Zimmerlee, Joan Horn, Shir- ley Zink, Georgia Welch, Pat Short, Coleen Ludlum, Laura Gardner, Loma Rhodes, Pat Booker, Carolyn Wells, Ramona Matchett, Barbara Thomas, Sharon Wise, Barbara Moore, Pat Murphy, Shirley Krenkel, Joanne Lie- benthaler, JoAnne Jacob, Gracie Bear, Joyce Howard, Betty Ryberg, Wanda Blansit, Catherine Terronova, Shirley Bowen, Ann Carmichael, Jerree Brookes, Jean Sanders, and Loana Murray. Nancy Hellman, who is not in the department, was replaced as manager by Barbara Worth. Wrestling champions of '46-'47 who dominated mat activity after school in recent months are: Heavyweight group, Dave Millican, 180 lb., Ted Smith, 170 lb., Dave Hos- man, 160 lb., Harold Frazie, 150 lb., Richard Stewart, 140 lb., Bob Wash- burn, 130 lb., Eddie Stewart, 120 lb., John Cochran, 110 lb., Jim Newman, 100 lb., Sherman Unell, 90 lb., Billy Patterson, and 80 lb., Bob Hayes. Boxing tournament matches will start some time before March 1. Patricia Holthouse, with her fam- ily, went to Texas and cl-d Mexico for tlie holidays. The Speech Arts club will elect new oflicers at a special meeting to be called for Fri-day, January 31. Viking Sharpshooters Pile Up Winning Score Battling stubbornly against the Northeast Vikings, the Tigers dropped their second league ganie, 10-27, on the Municipal Auziitorium court last Wednesday night. Parker Dailey and Johnny Glorioso each sank 2 free throws in the first minutes of the game to start the scor- ing, but when the Viking marksmcn began to hit, Westport attempts failed to top the Northeast score. The Tigers hit harder after a tough 16-9 halftime tally went on record. Jaek Carby and 'Chuck Bates, tall scoring threats among the Bengals, fouled out in the last half. Dailey, led the Westport attack and was tzzp Tiger scorer with EJ points. Darnell and Glorioso were the chief' Northeast sharpshooters. Swimming classes are being held in the Junior College building under the instruction of Deane H. Smith. physical director at Junior College, and former gym teacher here. Classes started Saturday, January 18, and will continue for nine more weeks under the sponsorship of the Vlfestport YMCA. Miss Youngs, English teacher, vis- ited New York City over the Christ- mas holidays, seeing shows, listening to Christmas music, and window shipping. THE STUDENTS STORE Second Semester Books 81 Supplies SOUTH SIDE BOOK STORE 210 East 39th Street V1 Block West of Westport MIDYEAR GRADUATES lg Excellent opportunity for boys and girl: interestf ii peruianent. full time positionsl ' X GIRLS'-Typing, Office Machine-f', Filling Orff. it i Filing Clerks, Art Work. . BC 1S-Positions in Production Department. Apply weer days until 5 p.m.-Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 1,2 340 p.ni. HALL BROTHERS, T INC. 2505 Grand Avenue ,i Page Eight WESTPORT CRIER January 22, 1947 Carby Leads Bengals to First League Victory We.stport won its first inter-schol- astic league victory, 32-29, last Friday night, after the Southeast Knights faltered in a last minute rally. Tiger center, Jack Carby, dropped in the first goal from the field after the score had gone to 3-2 on free throws, and the Westport team kept pushing in goals while holding the Knights to no field goals until half' way through the second quarter and took a lop-sided 12-2 lead. Parker Dailey, outjumping the tall boys for control of the backboards, was largely responsible for this decisive margin. Then Williamson began a rally which boosted the score to 13-12 for Southeast, with only a minute of the first half remaining. Seconds later the score was tied at 15 all when Carby, honor man with 14 points, made the goal which put Westport in front 17-15 at the half. Joe Kenton began the third frame scoring with a charity toss, but the Knights, never out of the game, soon had the score tield up again, this time at 18-18. From here on the Bengals stayed in front, though the lead at times was slim. The final stanza started 25-22 when Chuck Bates swishe-di the nets with a beautiful long shot from the side of the court. After the score had risen to 31-25, the leading quintet began a freeze which held the ball until only 15 seconds remained. Here began the valiant Knight rally which twice stole the ball for goals but came too late to carry either victory or an extra period. A third goal toss was in the air when time ran out on what could have been a sensational last minute reversal. Twenty-one Alumni Play In Annual Cage Battle In the annual homecoming battle with the alumni, the regular Tiger team won a hard fought victory 37-31 on the Westport court Friday, De- cember 20. They held a slim 2-point lead as the first half ended 19-17. The game was played in four 10- minute quarters. Each of the four alumniteains played five minutes in both halves. The teams, chosen by the boys themselves, were coached by Mr. Bourrette. Twenty-one alumni, an unusually large number, returned.. A complete list follows: . Harry Peterson, '37g Gene shear-er, '41: Jim Neustadt, '423 Jim Dolan, Howard Hall, Dick Buglar, Don Seely, Don Chamblee, Ernie Piper, and Henry Graf, '43g Leroy Mitchell, Eddie Stewart, and Jim'L2ttrcll, 114, Bill Fesgaxf' 'if Jael' Vlrny. Bill McMahon. .lim Lacy, Bok Crouse, Gene Banaka, and,Pat Dulany, '46g and -Nick Carrasg '-172 Nick plag.-gd with the V19-13 team. , f Ilafry Peterson on both the football ai-:rlbasketball all-star teams in Kansas City, and made both all- conference teams at Bethany College. Former Coach Chubb Greets Alumni Nelson Paces Indians in First League Encounter Coming from behind a 17-13 half- time disadvantage, the Southwest cage squad upset a favored Tiger court team 28-23 in the first interscholastic league game on the Municipal Au- ditorium court Friday, January 3. The Indian squad got off to an ,early start as Moskowitz and Tapp led the way to a 9-7 lead at the quarter. Westport came out in front again early in the second period with Jack Carby swishing the net for a field goal and a free throw to make it 10-9. Then the Tigers marched ahead to a 4-point advantage as the half ended 17-13, and the game seemed to be heading for the predicted Westport victory. However, a fighting Southwest team wouldn't admit defeat, and in the sec- ond half allowed Coach Moore's team only 2 goals from the field, one in each of the final periods. The third period found Moskowitz outdoing him- self to drop in three field goals and a free shot to push Southwest in front once more, 22-19. ' As the last stanza opened, Bernie Morgan cut the hoop with a beautiful toss from mi-d-court to put the Tigers only 1 point behind their rallying op- ponents. Except for 2 free throws, though, that was the end of the game for the Westport quintet which couldn't manage to get possession of the ball and score again. The Indians dropped in 2 more field goals and the same number of charity- tosses to wind up the encounter 28-23. High scorer for the tilt was Alan Moskowitz with 12 points. Carby was high for the losers, with 8 points to his credit. f Jack Carby, 6-foot U-inch Tiger ex- pert at taking rebounds from the backboard, met his match in Indian center Tom Nelson. Time and again both boys would clash in mid-air, after taking the same rebound, and spill to the fioor. Being about equal l Mighty Cyclones Lash Tigers For Seventh Straight Victory The Ward high Cyclones, potential Kansas City, Kansas, champions, were cyclones in every sense of the word as they dulled the claws of the Tigers from We.stport to win their seventh victory in a row by a smash- ing 48-23 score on the Ward court, Friday, December 10. The Westport team never did pro- vide serious competition as Ward got CE to an early 2-point lead in the first quarter 11-9 and continued to draw farther away from the Inter- scholastic League team for the re- mainder of the game. The half ended 22-12, an-dr the score at the end of the third frame was 34-16. The Cyclone quintet combined speed, deception, and an accurate eye for the basket in a fast breaking of- fense that almost never failed to score. Bottled up by an extremely tight Ward defense, the Tigers couldn't hit their stride, and were al- lowed only 7 goals from the field, 6 of which were made by their star cen- ter, Jack Carby, honor man for the game with 15 points. High for Ward were Martel with 12 points and Do- herty with 10. in tipping resulting toss-ups to team- mates, control of the backboards was about even for the teams throughout the first three periods. Then twice in succession, as the two jumped and fell, the referees said Carby had fouled, and he was banished from the game. Nelson and his Indians con- trolled the backboards until the final whistle. In both instances, the roar of disapproval from Tiger followers was overwhelming. Eugene L. Stewart, '38, has been elected treasurer of the student body of Georgetown University, Washing- ton, D. C. After four years in the Army, during which time he attained the rank of major, Mr. Stewart en- tered Georgetown. I-IE E TPGRT RIER Volume Thirty-four February 12, 1947 Number Nine Club Officers Chosen In Midyear Elections Ofticers of the literary societies and the departmental clubs have been cho.sen as follows in the mid-year elec- tions: Promethean, Norma Kelley, presi- dent, Mary Hubbard, vice president, Jerry West, secretary, Mary Ellen Waites, treasurer. Clay, Jack Sevier, president, Mil- ton Harmony, vice president, Bob Tengdin, secretaryg and Wally Ost- lund, treasurer. Irving, Dick Boggs, president, Bob Miller, vice president, Chester Davis, secretary, Harry Van Trees, treas- urer. Dana, Olive Wilhelm, president, Jo Ann Crandall, vice president, Barbara Wolfe, secretary, Rebecca Craver, treasurer. Jules Guerin, Edris McCarty, pres- ident, Grace McCloud, vice presidentg Olene Stovall, secretaryg and Elaine Tennenbaum, treasurer. Circulo Calderon, Paul Seiger, pres- identg Peggy Cook, vice presidentg Sue Tarpey, secretary, Don Wuebold, treasurer. The results of elections held by other clubs will be announced later. Dr. Hunt to Present Junior Red Cross Awards at Rally Tomorrow Dr. Herold C. Hunt, superintendent of schools, will present awards to school sponsors at a Red Cross rally tomorrow afternoon. Student merm- bers of Junior Red Cross councils will attend the meeting. The annual Junior Red Cross en- rollment drive will start March 3 and continue to March 7. No quotas will be set for contributions in the schools. For Kansas City and Jackson county the Red Cross quota is S400,000. Nearly 75 per cent of Red Cross funds will be spent in war 1-elated ser- vices at home and overseas. Work with Veterans and their families is in- creasing. Warm clothing, milk and medicines are supplied in battle- scarred areas. Red Cross funds are spent at home on surplus blood plas- ma for civilians, courses in home nursing, nutrition, first aid, water safety and accident prevention. Red Cross is an ever-ready aid in time of disasters, such as floods and fires, and in the recruitment of nurses during epidemics. Vifueen af ,lfeaa .J ill' .J Rn- ,.., 14 .feqencf of fidmfq Today, February 12, 1947, we commemorate the one hundred thirty-eighth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, six- teenth President of the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln lives forever in the hearts of all true Ameri- cans, a monument to the ideals of democratic life, a brilliant ex- amble of American individual- ism as it developed on the fron- tier, in the pioneer communities of the Old West, a legend of liberty for the oppressed. Let us pause a moment this day in meditation, let us rededi- cate ourselves to the task of keeping Lincoln's great dream of democracy, as he expressed it in his immortal Gettysburg Address, That this nation un- der God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Buford Named for City Council Jim Buford, a junior, will succeed Nancy Billings as mefmber of the All- 'City Student Council, He was elected by the student council last Wednesday and will serve the remainder of this year and the first semester of next year. Jim was president of his fresh- man and sophomore classes and de- clined a nominating petition this year. He is an honor student and a member of the football team. PTA to Sponsor Den Party for Herald Fund An all school benefit party, spon- sored by the PTA, will be given at the Tiger Den March 14 or 15 to raise money needed by the Herald to fore- stall a threatened deficit. This decision was 1'eached by the PTA executive board at a meeting held last Saturday. Rising publication costs already have absorbed a big share of the total income of the Crier and the Herald. Additional revenue is required to pro- vide the type cf yearbook that stu- dents are anticipating. To provide more money the price of single copies of the Crier has been advanced to 10 cents, beginning with this issue. Each issue of the Crier, including the re- prints to be included in the annual, now costs more than 10 cents per copy. More advertising will be ac- cepted as another means of balancing the budget. An advanced sale of tickets for the benefit party will be started next week with a tentative goal of S150 net proceeds. Single copies of the 1947 Herald also will be sold in the homerooms next week. Impressive War Memorial To Be Set Up in Front Hall An impressive memorial plaque honoring the 133 Westporters who lost their lives in World Wars I and II is being constructed and will be dedi- cated in May. Miss Hanna, head of the memorial committee, described the plaque as similar to the Junior College memo- rial. Each name is to be cast on a sep- arate bronze plate which will be at- tached to a black walnut panel. The plaque will be framed in bronze. 'The memorial plaque will be fas- tened to the wall above the drinking fountain at the east end of the front corridor. Floodlights from the ceiling will illuminate it during school hours, if the cominittee's plans are carried out. Quiz Program Tomorrow Six Westport students will partici- pate in the lt Pays to Be Smart pro- gram in the auditorium tomorrow. Dick Smith, WHB announcer, will be the master of ceremoriqs. The partici- pants will be Bill Banaka, Jack Sevier, Jean Carter, Harry Erroin and Mary Helen Ryder. Speakers representing various religious bodies will tall: on brotherhood at the assembly Februar 19. The hobby show will be Feb. 28. Page Two WESTPORT CRIER February 12, 19717 Are You Going to Be Sorry on Senior Day? When the senior flag is raised in May to the accompaniment of senior cheers some of the onlookers will be filled with regrets. They are the seniors who will not be graduating with their class. No matter how they try to hide their feelings you may be certain that they will be mentally kicking themselves for not trying harder to be good students. Perhaps it isn't too late or too early for them to do some rearranging of their time, thoughts, and energy now. Here are some good things to try: Set a goal for yourself by get- ting down to business and staying there. This goal could be an M average for the first ten weeks of the second term and maybe an S average for the last grade card. Stay at home on school nights instead of seeing a movie or going skating. You will save money that way and you'll be surprised how good it feels to come to school the next morning with your home work all done and able to look the teacher squarely in the eye. If you get in the habit of working at certain hours every night or after school the family no doubt will cooperate by turning off the radio and letting peace and quiet prevail. All your teachers will tell you not to wait for Sunday night to do your assignments. Why not believe them and get them done any other time but then? Read the newspapers now that they are here again. There are countless ways that they can help you in your class work. Combining all these things and formulating a plan to utilize their time to the last minute the laggards not only will be out there raising the 1947 flag, but also their voices will be heard along with the rest of them in the senior yell. Miscellaneous Musings Girls' gym classes must be most entertaining-at least we wouldn't mind taking a one day tour of inspection. Why the sudden interest? Simple! We happened to run across a chorus line of Westport Tigresses, Harriet Skalitsky, Pat Henman, Phylis Johnson, Arlene Swanson, Gloria Green, and Joy Morri- son, doing the pirate', and rubber leg dances on the corner of Armour and Troost one evening, while fascinated passers-by looked on in wonderment . . . The girls claim this is part of their physical ed. instruction. What won't they be teaching us next? We've already received one excellent suggestion from Nancy Kenyon. Interested ? ? ? Don Lefforge found the key to his drafting desk a bit too hot to handle one morning last week when he went to lock up. The key had been resting on a slide projector, right above the extremely hot bulb, and when Pat Boyer tossed the key to Don, it was dropped like a hot potato, or should we say, a hot key. Long John Westerdahl may be just another rookie to the seventh hour special gym class which he entered this semester, but he's a lucky one as far as his new classmates are concerned. During a warmup period Long John decided to try a foolishly long basketball shot. He backed up to past mid- court, swung his arms, looped the ball into the air, and didn't even bother to pray for the best. Somebody else must have prayed, though, for when the leather sailed far past the bucket and landed on the track above, it bounced right back over the railing, hit the outside rim of the bucket and neatly swished the net. We dedicate this space to Carolee Wunderlich and June Newberry, win- ners f?J of the front row feud in room 110. It all started when Miss Junkin gave students the option of changing their seats for the second semester, and these girls took over chairs formerly occupied by Fred Freeman and Jim Dwyer. Monday the boys were back in their old abode but not for long. Be- fore the period ended, feminine treachery had again cost them their places. We might suggest as a solution the old Good Neighbor Policy-sitting on the boys' laps instead of evicting them, for example. Une af W4 Personality girl of the month is lit- tle, and we do mean little, 1'7- year-old Mary Hel- en Ryder. She's 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs only 90 pounds, so you can see what we mean. They say the best gifts come in small ,packages,and Mary Helen is the doll to prove it. With light brown hair, blue eyes, and a smile that beams a cheery How are you ? ', she is the perfect example of that rarely seen girl who combines beauty and brains with a personality that's really tops. Attendant to the ROTC beauty queen and a silver pin member of the Honor Society, she has been also a member of the A.A.U.W. for four years. This organization each year takes in the four highest rank- ing freshman girls. Not a book worm, though, Mary enjoys having a good time as much as any of us. Tops on her list of leisure time activities are dancing and swim- ming. Popular too, she is president of the band, treasurer of Pundit, and a member of the Pep club which her father sponsors. Her favorite subject being physics fplug, Mr. Minerl, she wants to get into the field of medicine after grad- uating and is looking forward to at- tending Kansas University. All this makes us proud to say Mary Helen Ryder has been one of us for the past four years. Westporters who will take the Pepsi-Cola scholarship test Friday are Bill Banaka, Marilyn Tidd, Jean Kido, Harry Van Trees, Bill Leake, Wilma Gray, Mary Helen Ryder, Bob Miller, Shirley Alton, Lou Jane Unruh, Mary Lu Biggio, John Davis, and Donna Grifiith. Jerry Kralmer was eligible but she decided not to take the test. Mary Helen Ryder THE WESTPORT CRIER Published bi-weekly during the n school year by the Newswriting class of Westport High School, . . Qullufg Kansas City, Mo. r ' Amgress: The Westport Crier, in 315 Cast 'llgiirty-ninth street, Kan- as 't SCROLL s iy, o. XA-v-- Subscription rates: Year, 75 cents: single copy, 5 cents. Entered as Second-class matter April 4, 1928, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Missouri, under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editor ................ Rey Shannon News Editor ....................... Ed Gillett Feature Editor ...,........... Laura Lee Love Sport Editors ....., Nancy Akin, Rey Shannon Art Editor ,......,.. .......... R uth Mainquist Make-up Editor ...........,,...... John Grant Circulation Manager ........ Mary Louise Vess Business Manager .........,,.... Wilma Gray Photographers. .James Saffran, Ted Riegelman Reporter ......................... Joy Grower Faculty Supervisor ............. John N. Booth Director of Photography, ,,.... Ina G. Bonney February 12, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Three Under the Clock Crier staff members have been much flattered lately by the attentions of various fellow students trying to find out who's who on the senior ballot. Dick Dickinson must have his own reasons, though. Couldn't be to get his name in this column, could it! Eight equals five, says George Berg. Ask him about 8246 Forest. With eight flash bulbs he got only five pictures. What happened to the other three, George? More magic- You're there, but you're not. Ask members of the A Cappella Choir what we mean. Guess they'll have to quit chewing gum in class. Miss Junkin only- charges her of- fenders imoney, but at 10 cents a chew that's inflation. Wally Ostlund claims, Anyway, Peggy is not spasmodicf' Just what did you mean, Wally? We hear a group of senior girls put over their power politics pretty well at the Jules Guerin election. He couldn't have been proposing, but we do wonder what Glenn Pen- nington was doing down on his knees before Olive Wilhelm recently. Hmm. Some Westport lads have come to the conclusion that Southwest girls are pretty nice. Westport's answer to famed Sen- ator lClaghorn is Larry CWhy son, when we talk in the winter, we have to wait 'till summer to find out what we said.J Montgomery. Ken McNeel is really good at bring- ing in the cash. Sergeant Spoor had to ask him to stop bringing in donations to the ROTC, Imagine! Hey, Gals! Want your picture took? Get your phone number in .Jim's little black book. At Saf'fran's Swap Shop you'1l get an even trade, no kidding. --Adv. Joy Grower still wants to know how a friend found out her nick name is Jinx . And why does Johnnie Zimmerman insist upon telling about the parties Joy used to give? Saturday night is no longer the loneliest night in the week for Bill Dryden. He's at last found something worthwhile to do. Sure you donit mean somebody to do it with, Bill? . Gerald Packer and Jerry Bails must finish their lunches in a hurry. Any- way, they have time to clear their cafeteria table at the end of the period, Good idea ?-could be, could be. Delayed congrats to Helen Dallham and Eddie Berkland, Betty Thorpe and Sam Washburne, Peggy Stanton and Wally Ostland who are all going steady and to Eddie Stewart and Doc 'Cambrong Betty Mendlick and George Byer who have passed the one year mark. Rex Quigley and Jo Ann Wolch are once again going steady. Congrats, kids. We all agree that Dale Knowlton is going to be a grand candidate for cutest boy in '49 or '50. Lost: One heart in the vicinity of M.U., or is it Lillis? For particulars ask Harriet Whitehouse? The students get the paper, ' The school gets the fame, The printers get the work, But the staff gets all the blame. -Wyandotte Pantograph He lVh0 Knows Best I love this paper I think it's swell, On every Friday I rush pell-mell To get my copy And read each line, The stories and columns I think are fine. I laugh at the jokes, And read all the ads, I note all the news, And take up the fads. When I praise the paper I scorn those who laugh, I'm really most loyal, Pm on the staff. -Borrowed Youth on the Beam Club Meets Tuesday and Thursday Mornings Youth on the Beam is the name of a club that few know about but which .should have a large enrollment. Meetings are held Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8 o'clock under the sponsorship of Miss Hayden. The programs consist of singing and the discussion of stories from the Bible as applied to high school life. At present there are fifteen members. Officers recently elected are Bar- bara Van Sandt, presidentg JoAnn Burns, ,vice president, Ethel Senger, secretary-treasurerg Charlotte Cole- man, reporterg and Howard Van Sandt, alternate reporter. Clothing 1 groups are completing twenty-five dresses for the Red Cross. Un Me .fine The steadily improving ROTC rifle team fired the last of four city league matches la.st Thursday at East high school against Paseo, Southeast, and Central. Though the Westport team had the lowest score, Lt. John B. Gil- more, a member of the team, fired the highest individual score at the match, 178 points of a possible 200. This is the highest score ever fired by a West- port cadet in a match and except for a 181 fired in practice by Sgt. John A. Dinwiddie, the highest score fired at any time by a member of the Tiger rifle squad. In a match the week be- fore, the Westport team beat North- east and lost to Southwest by only 7 points out of 100. This showed a real improvement in the Tiger team, which won a former match by 71 points. The Southwest team are unofficial city champions. The city matches to decide the first three teams of the city will be fired some time this month at East and Southeast high schools which have the best ranges in the city. All teams will fire the same day, four firing on each range. A cup will be awarded the highest scoring squad, and gold, silver, and bronze medals will go respectively to the members of the first, second and third place teams. The highest in- dividual scorer will be given a medal and his school a cup. Because of the sharp improvement in the team, Ser- geant Spoor has asserted that next year's team will definitely be in the running and that chances for placing in the upper bracket this season aren't too dim. The following ten cadets have quali- fied for marksmanship ribbons on the basis of getting better than 160 out of 200 points in the four firing positions: Harry L. Van Trees, Peter H. Kin- sey, John B. Gilmore, Edward P. Johnson, John A. Dinwiddie, George O. Morrow, William W. Daywalt, Wil- liam S. Moore, Glen E. Lush, and Charles A. Ruisinger. Recently the battalion received a charter of membership in the National Rifle Association and since, more than 30 per cent of all Westport cadets have qualified for medals. An American Legion Post is sponsoring the rifle club and is offering an excellent shoot- ing jacket with the team letter as an award to the cadet with the best marksmanship record. An anti-tank rocket launcher, com- monly called the bazooka , has been received by the battalion. All club treasurers recently checked their books with the accounts kept by Miss Cord, the school treasurer. Money collected must be turned in the first school day after itiis collected. Page Four WESTPORT CRIER February 12, 1947 Shorthand Speed King Demonstrates Skull Charles Zoubek, shorthand speed champion, amazed and fascinated a group of stenography pupils with his skill when he visited the school in Jan- uary. He would have given his demon- stration before the student body- if the auditorium had been available. Starting at 60 words a minute he increased his pace to 100, 160 and 180 words per minute, writing material dictated from the Congressional Rec- ord. Mr. Zoubek is editor of the Gregg Shorthand News Letter which contains the oiiicial speed tests, and has edited many books for speed dictation and transcription. He holds the diamond medal award from the Gregg Short- hand company for achieving the rate of 200 words per minute. He related the story of his corre- spondence with his sweetheart in shorthand. We are married now, he explained, and have three brief forms running around. During his stay in Kansas City he addressed the Commercial Teachers Association of which Mis.s Totten is chairman. Also present were teachers from many schools in Kansas City, Kan. Emphasizing the value of shorthand as a means of getting your toe in door of the world of business, Mr. Zoubek cited the experience of James F. Byrnes, Mayor La Guardia, Billy Rose, Charles Dickens and others who succeeded in getting their toe in the door. Sixty-six Westporters See Film Presentation of Henry V Sixty-six lucky Westporters were able to get tickets to the special pres- entation of the motion picture ver- sion of Shakespeare's Henry VH Sat- urday morning, January 11, at the Kimo theater. Under a special ar- rangement with the management of the Kimo and the representatives of Henry V, the available seats were divided among the high schools of Kansas City and students were admit- ted for the special price of 31. In giving her estimate of Henry V, Miss Gales, who ha-d charge of ticket sales at Westport, said: Lawrence Olivier has proved that Shakespeare can be brought to the screen in all its correctness, and yet in a manner which is vitally interest- ing to modern Americans, without dis- torting either the humor or the plot. The audience was most remarkable. They caught all of the humor. Producers heretofore have consid- ered their audiences more or less as morons. I hope that the way 'Henry V' has been received in America and England will bring them to change their opinion of the average movie fan. I think that 'Henry V' is a tri- umph for the movie industryf' .Jlmfmcal Bowman A special train carrying a collec- tion of historical documents will start soon from Washington, D. C., on a tour of the forty-eight states. It will stop in the principal cities to permit school pupils and adults to view such priceless relics as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation. In each state an extra car will be attached containing docu- ments relating to the early history of that state. The tour was arranged by Attorney General Tom Clark. A com- plete itinerary will be announced soon. Eighth Grader Talks to Radio Man in Antarctic The wonders of radio and the achievements of science were pon- dered with more than usual interest by one eighth grade student, Walter Gordon, who recently had the chance of speaking directly, by short wave radio, with a radio operator of the Admiral Byrd expedition to Little America. Walter chanced to stop at the house of a friend, Stuart Williams, who is employed by- WDAF radio station, after the show one evening recently. Mr. Williams, a ham radio operator, was scheduled to talk with the Byrd expedition around 2 o'cl0ck the fol- lowing morning, and told Walter he could listen in. Walter stayed, of course, and after the South Pole operator had consult- ed Mr. Williams about some technical points of a power plant with which they were having trouble, Walter got his chance to say a few words. How's the weather down there? he asked. The operator replied, It's pretty darn cold-40 below. Driver Education Class Finds Course Interesting The five girls and twenty-one boys enrolled in Mr. Shepherd's driver ed- ucation class already' are finding the course one of the most interesting and informative of their high school careers. Mr. Shepherd is planning varied activities for the group. These include a visit to the Police Court and an eve- ning at the Police Traffic School. A night meeting of the parents of members of the class had been sched- uled for the purpose of explaining to the parents their job of sponsoring the students in their active driving expe- rience. A visit to the McClure-Norrington Garage, Forty-fifth street and Troost avenue, has been planned to give the students first-hand knowledge of the mechanics of driving. 34141. care arena Mr. Miller has been receiving the congratulations of his friends. One of his cows is the proud mother of a fine new calf. Mr. Ryder's common learnings groups, along with other groups, are studying seed germination and plant life by growing beans, squash and other varieties of plants in the class room. There is some discussion over whose plant is growing the fastest, but Buddy- Kramer's seems to be the winner, according to Mr. Ryder. The common learnings classes re- cently saw a series of films supple- menting their science work. Most classes saw the films on plants, leaves, toads and frogs, flies and mosquitoes. In connection with their social science studies, they also saw Hlms on trans- portation. How's your new Ford riding, Miss Cannon? Miss Gales' first semester first and third hour speech classes were hosts to the :mothers of the students at their going-away parties. Donald 'Cox has been transferred to Paseo. Miss Gales thinks he went there to do some research on the Pa- seo girls. Oflicers in Miss Cannon's morning and afternoon classes to serve during the present ten weeks have been elect- ed as follows: In the morning class, Charles Doup- nik, presidentg Donald Bowen, vice presidentg Charles Myers, secretaryg Marilyn Beach, treasurerg Joan Sie- benthaler, librarian, C. J. Schmill, sgt.-at-arms. In the afternoon class, Bill Tucker, presidentg Gerald Packer, vice presi- dentg Connie Klee, secretaryg Carla Wood, treasurerg Charles DeWendt, librarian 5 Cecil Foley, sgt.-at-arms. During the time the auditorium was not available the usual procedure for the lunch-study' period was changed. Pupils assembled in Mr. Ryder's room. Miss Brubaker's classes will appre- ciate help in finding copies of the Na- tional Geographic Magazine for March, 1946, and for July, 1943. Room 211 has two new pupils, Gen- try Harris, who transferred from Southwest, and -Carolyn Smith, from Central Junior. Miss Brubaker's classes held special observances of the Edison Centennial yesterday. February 12, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Five 0uMe4hM9fMe From dairy farming to commercial art work is the wide range of instruc- the chief attractions of the COE pro- dents are employed. Bill Bucher, who is interested in agriculture, and dairy farming in par- ticular, travels 12 miles each day to Unity Farm to do practically every- thing from milking the cows with elec- tric machines to bottling and capping the Huid for market. Flo Anne Rose works in the art de- partment of Walker Publications where The Hereford Journal hits the presses. Besides advertising layout jobs, photograph retouching, and gen- eral art work, Flo Anne does other jobs that help to familiarize her with the workings of the organization. John Cunningham, who entered the program at the end of the first semes- ter, is the only part time worker in the W. W. Brown Machine Works shop department. We turn out odd parts for va1'ious machines, he stated. I work on lathes and similar machine tools, and the shop work here at West- port is helping me a lot. Peggye Thompson is employed in the dress designing department of the Gel-nes Garment company. Peggye not only designs dresses but also works in other dressmaking departments of the factory. In the pressroom of the Kansas City Star, Charles Tuck is helping to turn out one of the largest newspapers in the world. Chuck works underground among the banks of several huge printing presses as a printing plate changer. The diversity' of occupations it has made available to students is one of the chief attractions of the C.O.E. pro- gram. H Two Jackets Mode by Clothing Pupils Exhibited in Showcase lThe two girl's jackets recently ex- hibited in the showcases in the front hall were made by Lou Jane Unruh and Jo Ann Rockwood. Lou Jane, a senior and a third-year colthing stu- dent, made the gray topper. The first two years her teacher was Mi.ss Dur- boraw and this year she is Miss Guf- Hn's pupil. Jo Ann, also a senior and a third year student, made the green one. Like Lou Jane, she spent her first two years with Mis.s Durboraw and is with Miss Gufiin this year. She has two periods of clothing a day. In ad- dition to the jacket she has made a jumper for the Red Cross and a child's dress. Second semester work in clothing four classes will be devoted to the study of silk and rayon fabrics in an- ticipation of Easter dresses made of this same material. Clothing 6 and 8 groups will study woolens and budg- ets. Most girls plan to make spring suits and formals this semester. Quill and Scroll Nominees Candidates for membership in the Edgar Snow chapter of the Quill and Scroll Society, international honor so- ciety for high school journalists, were named last week. The candidates are members of the Crier-Herald staff. The names are Ruth Mainquist, John Grant, Mary Louise Vess, Laura Lee Love, Ed Gillett, Rey Shannon, Wilma Gray and Nancy Akin. The Quill and Scroll organization was formed in 1926 to encourage individ- ual achievement in journalism. The Westport chapter was organ- ized in 1941 by Forrest Faut, then managing editor of the Crier, honoring Edgar Snow, '22, widely known jour- nalist and lecturer. JI ' ii ll AME ml imc NBS Milt . N Bke xg... llli ll vo' Su discs it lust we way hom! pxVwwN sfnooi U , - 6 danccablc, with Pie , sure:-harmony' P39621 too concluding' PM es p I ,fyrrr frm, f ' CORDS Dress by Borboro Jane. Fabric by Bates. QM uouvwoop ' Wm: tn: IUTS FF 1 e 4 Sunset and Vino x Page Six WESTPORT CRIER February 12, 1947 Coming-ROTC Banquet Military Ball, and Circus The annual ROTC banquet for cadets, their mothers, and their fa- thers, will be held February 27, in the school cafeteria, the Mothers' Mil- itary Auxiliary has announced. The annual Military Ball, highlight of the year for members of the cadet corps, will be held in the front hall March 28. In the course of the evening Nancy Billings will be crowned queen and new colors, purchased at the cost of 875 by the Mothers' Auxiliary, will be presented to the corps. The auxil- iary raised 383 for the banner at a highly successful benefit luncheon and card party. Donations were received from the 120 persons present and from several unable to attend the party. The ROTC circus, held each year in the Municipal Auditorium, will be pre- sented Friday, April 18. As their part in the performance, the Westport bat- talion will demonstrate a combat prob- lem showing how a squad advances the attack and finally assaults an enemy strong point. Tickets for the circus may be purchased from cadets for 50 cents a person. Early Issues of the Herald Discovered in Engine Room Long stored in a dark corner of the engine room, several early copies of the Westport Herald recently were brought to light. The seven year books, published be- tween 1904 and 1913, brought back to old-timers many memories of the late J. M. Tibbals, school engineer and amateur photographer for many years following the opening of the present building in 1908. It is believed that the books were left in the engine roofm by Mr. Tibbals. Herald No. 1, dated May, 1904, was is.sued when the surrey-with-the- fringe-on-top was strictly a la mode, and the few straggling Uhorseless car- riages were regarded with awe. Browsing through these books, one wonders how the students of that day were able to tell whether or not their men teachers were pleased with their recitations, because all' expression about the lower halves of their faces must have been completely hidden from view by the immense foliage growing thereabout, neatly trimmed off horizontally or to a point some- where between the chin and the chest. The picture of Mr. Shouse is the one exception. The sweetness and delicacy of the faces of the girl graduates of the day is very impressive. Their hair styles were like those one sometimes sees in museums, adorning the heads of Greek and Roman women. And of course they were without the war paint so necessary to the modern girl, Bob Potts Wins Camera Club Photo Contest with Portrait Robert Potts, camera enthusiast, took iirst honors in the Camera club photo -contest with an excellent por- trait of a small blond girl. Winners of the contest, which closed January 8, were announced by Mr. Wheeler, sponsor, at the last meeting of the club, and several of the prints were shown in the display cases in the front hall. Other winners in the contest were Tom Barrett, second placeg George Berg, third, and a print by Lee Hobbs was fourth. Prints were judged on subject, technique, composition and clarity. Cash awards received by the winners were 82, first placeg 81, sec- ond, and 50 cents for the third choice picture. Newly elected Camera club oiiicers are Dick Kniseley, presidentg Jim Dwyer, Vice presidentg George Berg, secretaryg Ed Gillett, treasurer, and Jim Saffran, sgt.-at-arms. Ellis Arnall to Speak at J. C. The Hon. Ellis Arnall, ex-governor of Georgia, will speak at Junior Col- lege Thursday evening, February 13, at 8 o'clock. The 'Teachers Coopera- tive Council invites all patrons of the Kansas City schools to be present. There will be no charge. Mayor Wil- liam Kemp will introduce Mr. Arnall. Motion Pictures Fine If We Keep the Profs Dewey Miner, professor of physics and general science in Westport high school 15 years or more, has been using motion pictures in his class- rooms all that time. They are an ex- pansion of the old charts on the wall, he says, with which the teacher used a pointer to explain subjects under discussion. With motion pictures I can show an engine in action better than merely explaining how it operates, Miner re- marked, and added with a smile: Bet- ter financial support for the use of educational pictures in classrooms is fine, just so they don't decide they can dispense with the teacher alto- gether because of them. Then I'd have to say this trend was going too far. -A -Boxoiiice The newly elected officers in Mr. Miller's colmmon learnings classes are as follows: In the morning class, Mary Lawson, presidentg Pat Short, vice presidentg Roger Woods, secretaryg Paul Stalker, treasurerg and Kathryn Zimmerlee and Jim Fields, sergeants-at-arms. In the afternoon class, Shirley Wright, presidentg Russell Stanton, vice presidentg Barbara Ross, secre- taryg Charlotte Murphy, treasurerg and Shirley Speckman and Kendall Baldry, sergeants-at-arms. 4 i l I Q f I l I 2 2 I f at ln ' Wh lc' d I I 1 -Q' I ' l I of a fob , l ' I I wou you I I ld I ' ' 2 l , t like after graduation. I I i l One of the most interesting jobs We can think of I I is that of a telephone operator. It's clean, pleasant, I I and permanent. Opportunities for advancement are I I attractive, too. I l I Experience isn't necessary because skilled instructors I I teach you as you go along. Pay, of course, begins at I l once. If you'd like to find out more about telephone I I operating, Why not see Miss Moran, Room 1324 Tele- l I phone Building, llth and Oak, Kansas ,,,.....,,'1 I I City, Mo.? She'll be glad to llclp you. ff L I 3 iw S l I 1: I . l SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. tff....-ey l I A - , l February 12, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Seven Industrial Arts Contest Offered to Students Here The Scholastic Industrial Arts Awards, sponsored-by the Scholastic Magazine, now is open to shop stu- dents here. Industrial arts pupils all over the country are entering this con- test. Boys enrolled in the metal, wood, and drafting departments have had contest rules available and several are planning entries. Robert Potts is en- tering a detail drawing of a photo- graphic enlarger in the mechanical drawing contest. V. L. Pickens, Direc- tor of Practical Arts of the public schools, was on the board which com- piled the contest rules. One group of eighth graders has completed the prescribed workin wood shop and another group will be under Mr. Sloan's instruction for the re- mainder of the year. Eighth grade boys turned out various useful proj- ects, such as bookends, sewing boards, and tie racks. In the advanced classes several out- standing pieces of woodworking have been completed. Among the best were a Sheraton coffee table by Bob Hos- man, an end table by Gus Carras, a magazine rack by Gerald Roland, a turned fruit bowl by Gene Hunter, a coimbination smoking stand and maga- zine rack by Edward Calton,a Chinese- style end table by Eugene Oaks, and a Duncan Phyfe coffee table by Jim Saffran. Other fine pieces of crafts- manship are nearing completion in the shop. Mr. Wilcox has been instructing a Junior College drafting class from 12 to 1 o'clock in room 2 since the new semester bean. Typing Awards Pat Macdonald, Shirley Robinett, Shirley Dudley, 603 Bettye Thorp, Ed Gillett, Jo Ann Crandall, Marilyn Holurn, Vivian Ernest, 509 Betty Cran- dall, Bill Banaka, Rosalie Carleton, Mary Hubbard, Naomi James, Annette McNamara, Betty Tompson, 40g Nancy Hellman, Doxiene Cambron, Marilyn Kern, Zelma Ocheltree, Jack Sevier, Harry' VanTrees, Marjorie Turner, Eileen Barry, Norma Cash, Sue Hagen, Patty Herrmann, Richard Asher, Ronald Hoffman, Lydia Leip- ard, 305 Jo Ann Wil.son, Allen Gass- man, Suzanne Ferguson, Barbara Pike, Barbara Simon, Norma Fay Brown, Joan McNamara, Virginia Stewman, Edward Johnson, Peggy O'Dwyer, Peggy Knight, Mark Swan- son, 20. Newly elected homeroom ofhcers in Mr. Heinbergls room, 306, are: Bill McKay, presidentg Ruth Ann Davis, vice president, Nancy Titus, secre- taryg Elise De Wendt, treasurerg Stanley Novak, sgt-at-arms. Student, council representative is Bob Custer, alternate, Lareen Toub. Ten High in Basketball Tournament The high point girls in the recent basketball tournament were Kelley, Carleton, Cupp, Cambron, Seager, Bare, Cole, Beaver and Rush in hour six. The ten high in first hour were Turley, Mueller, Dobbe, Morrison, Holte, Kindsvater, Brookshier, White- house, Guyer and Bohi. GYM ions Officially Approved Girls' Gym Suits ..... 53.49 Girls' Gym Shoes .... . . 2.25 Boys' Gym Shoes .... . . 2.84 Boys' Gym Shirts .... .98 Boys' Gym Trunks. . . .98 Athletic Supporters .... .59 Gym Sox .........,... .69 GATEWAY Sporting Goods Co. 141:-I Ano mmm OWZ' 8 UAMPBEL A'1'HLE'r1C Goons co. 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A4 2, 41 ig, 1 . 2 N ,Y X e . .M agfsf eg . ew., -LQ A x ,fjyr '3 ' X C kvvsf-1' lit' p ix ,W I ,jiij S fj -.wv 31?:55'iEi5fii:1:l'Qlii ,, ,,,.., 65 FAMOUS QUALITY SWEATER We Have All School Colors Part Time Work for Girls Short Hours, 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through.Thursday, plus Saturday work Sixteen and over Learn to be inspectors, hand workers, card handlers or card boxers MULTI-ART, Inc. Page Eight H WESTPORT CRIER N V K February 12, 19411 Tigers Move to Third Place in League Race The Westport Tigers moved into third place in the Interscholastic League court race Friday, when they scored a 30-24 victory over the East Bears for their third consecutive win. Bates dropped in the first goal from the field to begin the scoring in this slow moving game. At the quarter the score was 9-7 in favor of the Tigers and 15-13 at the half. 'Though never far in front, the Tigers maintained the lead throughout the battle. A field goal by Broestl as the third frame began did not count because of a foul, but buckets by Carby and Griffith moved the score to 17-15. The three-quarter mark found the score at 22-18, after Carby found the cords for 31more points. Again in the final frame, hard luck cost Broestl a goal when he was fouled at an inopportune time. However, he made his free shot and Dailey swished the nets for 2 more points while the Bears had 2 charity points. Here Speakes and Roark dropped in a goal each, matched only by Kenton's free throw, and the Bears pulled to within 2 points of the leading Tigers, the score being 26-24, high tide for the East team, while Broestl added 1 point and Kenton 3 more for Westport to end the contest 30-24. After losing their first games to Southwest and Northeast, three con- secutive victories by the Bengals jumped them from the cellar to third place in the league. Tonight Westport meets the Central Eagles, second place squad, with only one loss to Northeast. Tigerettes Defeated in Three Playday Contests The basketball playday, held at Manual and Vocational high school Saturday, resulted in three defeats for the Westport 2Tigerettes. Playing Southeast, Northeast, and Central, the final scores were 24-13, 29-9, and 13-5. The girls chosen at the tryouts to attend the playday were, forwards, Kramer, captain, Mallett and Tidd, co-captains, guards, Griffith, Dudley, Carleton, Crandall, McDonald and Johnson. The only juniors attending were Turley, Worth and Beaver. The team was coached by Miss Small and Miss Fairchild. Each school had a hostess from Manual who showed them around, making them feel welcome. Westportfs hostess was Catherine Mathis. Fol- lowing the games, a luncheon was served and a singer, a pianist, and dancers provided entertainment. , Basketeers Set Fast Pace in Manual Tilt Playing steady basketball and sport- ing eye-catching new uniforms, the Tigers trampled Manual, 51-32, last Wednesday night on the Municipal Auditorium court. Chuck Bates tipped in the first goal of the game and followed with the second Westport field talley, but the Tigers were slow in warming up and Manual set an uncomfortably fast pace. Westport speeded out in front in the second period and with Jack Carby Hinging in five goals ended the first half ahead, 27-18. Mike Broestl ruffled the Redbird feathers in the last half with several well-placed shots and Kenton and Dailey came in for their share of points as the Tigers won, 51-32. The last minutes of the game found Harold Simpson, Bill Banaka, and Bernie Morgan in action against Man- ual. Carby shared high scoring honors with Redbird gridiron star Bruce Webb, both scoring 16 points. Next came Broestl with 15 points to his credit. Class Officers Elected Ofiicers elected in Miss Gales' sixth hour English class are Wanda Carl- son, president, Jim Lintzen, vice presi- dent, Dorothy Bennett, secretary, Don Moore, treasurer, Don Gossette, sgt.-at-arms, Douglas Jones, Crier re- porter. Chairmen of the various com- mittees are Don Cox, bulletin board, Eugene Scott, program, and William Songstreight, social. Pupils in the public speaking classes are delivering orations, after dinner speeches and radio speeches. These are second semester study units. Debates have been scheduled with Central and Southwest. The first hour class has been combined with the fifth and sixth hour classes. Trips to the Manor bakery, Luzier's the boiler and engine room and back- stage are planned for the careers classes to gain a close up View of va- rious occupations. Safety was the topic of the regular PTA meeting Tuesday, January 28. Several films on safety were shown and Superintendent Harry Johnson of the Trafiic Department and George Burns, director of the Kansas City Safety Council, were guest speakers. George Hutchinson, a senior in Mr. Miner's third hour physics class, is remodeling an automobile engine so that it may be used in class demon- strations. When the job is finished, the mechanism of the engine will be turned by an electric motor, the clutch and gear shift will work properly, and when cut-away sections are re- moved, the inside of the machine may be see-n as it works. Tigers Rout Strong Leavenworth Quintet Westport journeyed to Leaven- worth, Kan., Saturday night, Febru- ary 1, and scored a 52-32 upset over the highly touted Kansans before an unexpectedly large crowd. Many Westport rooters, including the K. U. court wizard, Charlie Black, who is the brother-in-law of Tiger Bernie Morgan, turned up to watch the Gold and Blue play one of their best games this season. Towering Jack Carby was high scorer for the tilt with 12 points, won on 6 goals in the first half. Second highest was teammate Mike Broestl with 11 points. Westport-52 I Leavenworth-32 FG FT Fl FG FT F Carby ....,.. 6 0 3IHighfil1 .,,.., 1 3 0 Bates ....,.. 1 0 4lWyrick ...... 2 3 4 Broestl ,,.... 5 1 31Rev , ,,.... .. 2 3 2 Dailey . . .... 4 1 2IAnderson .... 1 4 4 Kenton ,..... 3 0 4'Vogel .,.,..., 0 0 2 Miller ..,.... 0 0 1 Clevenger ..,. 0 0 0 Huffman .... 2 0 0lDeere ........ 2 1 5 Gibbs ....... 0 1 Ol Edwards ..... 0 0 0 Banaka, ..,.. 0 0 0lThompson .... 0 0 0 Morgan ..,.. 2 0 0lNo. 54 ......, 1 0 0 Simpson .... 1 1 3l Chuck Frizzell, '46, is the emcee on the new radio quiz show for 'teen- agers called Know Your Movies. It is a half hour show on KCMO from the Newman theater Saturdays at 10:30 p. m. Chuck formerly was the emcee for the Teen Town Jamboree on Saturday afternoons. Miss Crow estimates that about ten Westport boys competed in the Navy N.R.O.T.C. and N.A.C.P. test at East high school Saturday, January 18. Top scorers in the nationwide test will be sent to college with Navy help to prepare them as officer material. Original designs for record albums fmade by advanced art students and original designs to illustrate color har- mony produced by eighth graders are on display in the front hall show cases. S. J. Sloan, father of Paul M. Sloan, woodshop instructor, died at the Inde- pendence Sanitarium Wednesday, Jan- uary 29, at the age of 57. Mr. Sloan, formerly a jeweler, had suffered a light stroke two weeks before and uremic poisoning followed. A basketball clinic presided over by Miss Fairchild, head of the girls' physical education department, was held here January 23. Attended by gym teachers and basketball man- agers throughout the city, various changes that have been made in bas- ketball rules were discussed. Rear Admiral Richard Cruzen, who is in charge of T:-.sk Force 68 with Admiral Byrd in his trip to the Ant- arctic region, is the brother of Miss Mary Cruzen, former foods teacher. HE E TPGRT RIER Volume Thirty-four March 5, 1947 I Number Ten Bond Plans Explained At Community Meeting At a community meeting Monday evening,'February 24, the pupils and patrons of Westport high school were warned that they should be forever alert if they would have the school re- ceive its full share of the major im- provements which may be granted as a result of the school bond election this spring. Three capable and qualified speak- ers, Butler Disman, president of the Board of Educationg H. J. Beckwith, chief probation odicer of the juvenile court, the county representative, and W. M. Symon, former ex-director of the City Regional Council, who acted as representative of the city, ad- dressed those assembled in the .school auditorium on the Various phases of the bond program. Mr. Disman described the needs of the school system as a whole. He de- clared that on account of lack of funds and government restrictions the Board of Education has not been per- mitted to make capital improvements in the system for the past ten years. As instances of the great need, he cited the antiquated lighting equip- ment in most of the schools which ac- tually is a hazard to the eyes of stu- dents, the fire hazards of fmany of the older buildings, and the lack of facili- ties for Negro students. Mr. Disman said that proposed im- provements for Westport, at a pro- posed cost of 3660,0U0, include quar- ters for the music department, ade- quate ROTC facilities, a swimming pool, and five additional classrooms. Also under possible consideration for Westport is a stadium. These major improvements through- out the system are to be paid for by issuing 316,000,000 in bonds over a ten-year period, or 31,600,000 in bonds each year for ten years at an in- creased school tax of only one mill. No bonds would be issued until teach- ers' salaries are adjusted, Mr. Disman said. Mr. Beckwith made an impassioned plea for the under-privileged children of the city. He described the shocking conditions now existing in the county homes for juveniles caused by the ex- tremely low budgets under which they are forced to operate. N Mr. Symon, the third speaker, warned that the alternative to planned civic improvements-:as would be pro- vided by this bond plan is for the city to shrink until it fits the now greatly Continued 'on -page 4 Banaka Elected Mayor for a Day BILL BANAKA Herald Benefit Party to Be Held at Tiger Den March 15 Tickets for the Herald benefit party to be held at the Tiger Den Saturday night, March 15, are being sold by Crier-Herald staff. is chairman of the members of the Laura Lee Love committee in charge of arrangements. The price of tickets is 50 cents for each person, tax included. Entertainment will consist of danc- ing and ping pong and a 10-minute talent show presented by members of the literary societies. Each society will put on a stunt or skit and a prize will be awarded for the best act. Sponsors of the Tiger Den will be the judges. The proceeds of the party will be used to cover part of the publication costs of the Herald. Van Trees Named Colonel Harry L. Van Trees, former com- mander of the Westport ROT'C bat- talion, has been named colonel of the Kansas City regiment. The new regimental commander ranked high- est in the oral, written and leader- ship tests taken by the majors of the eight high school units. This is the first time that the Westport ma-' jor has won the colonelcy for three successive years. The others were George Reasor, '45, and Jack Long, '46.' t Bill Banaka, president of the senior class, was elected mayor of Kansas City on students' day, April 2. His two opponents, Graham Hayes, Lin- coln, and Donald Kudart, East, re- ceived 4,525 vote.s and 3,885 votes, re- spectively, while Bill received the vote of 5,637 students. Sixteen years old,Bill has been pres- ident of his junior and senior classes. He lettered in football, debated and has performed many other valuable services for Westport. In fact, he was voted the boy who has done the most for Westport on the senior ballot this year. Marilyn Tidd, president of the stu- dent council, was elected a member of the city council from the Westport district. The appointment of Milton Harmony as water commissioner was announced Monday. From a field of six candidates, Wal- ter Lockman, Northeast, and Phil Klein, Southwest, were elected munici- pal judges. Homeroom Pupils Respond To Red Cross Roll Call The American Junior Red Cross is the American Red 'Cross in the schools-public, private, and paroch- ial. As a part of the organized, hu- manitarian prograxm of the Red Cross it offers its twenty million members an opportunity to serve others both at home and abroad. This year in all schools students are making an effort to earn or save their contributions for the annual roll call. March 3 to 7. Total amounts collected in home rooms each day this week make no reference to any individual gifts. Miss Marie Brubaker, head of the Westport Junior Red Cross, was awarded a sponsor pin at ai tea which followed the All-City Junior Red Cross council meeting recently. Dr. Herold C. Hunt, superintendent of the public schools, made the presentation address. Westporters attending the council meeting were Norma Loye, Leisel Eschenheimer, Ben Keel, Buddy Price, Ted, McAtee, and Reland Brumfield. Rey Shannon represented The Crier. Leisel and Buddy are the Westport nominees for positions on' the execu- tive board that will serve next year. Page Two WESTPORT CRIER March 5, 1947 Tolerance, the Keyword of the Future Tolerance is the keyword of the future. A sense of brotherhood among Americans of all backgrounds is essential to the role this nation must play in the establishment of an enduring civilization. As defined in the dictionary, tolerance means the willingness to bear with others, especially those whose views differ from one's own. By taking the word tolerance more seriously and continuing to strive for unity we can contribute to an enduring civilization and the safe- guarding of our hard-won peace. Our national unity brought about by common peril is endan- gered now that the thunder of the guns is silenced. Prejudices for- gotten or laid aside during the stress of war are picked up again when the normal processes are resumed. But the duties of peace demandteamwork through tolerance as much as do the tasks of war. Intergroup hatred slows up teamwork, kills the democratic spirit, therefore it must go. The same united and scientific attack used against dreaded diseases will be needed to control it. If 600 sci- entists working together can produce the atom bomb, then why not put 600 to work on the job of eliminating these hatreds. Their ef- forts, combined with the social technicians, school people, religious educators, and civic organization leaders could do away with such hatreds in twenty-five years. As the father of our country said, Harmony and goodwill to- wards men is the basis of every political establishment. Miscellaneous Musings Holding hands was the surprising assignment in physics class recently, therefore Jimmy Hall followed the proceedings with more than his usual class- room interest. Mr. Miner's idea was to show how electricity feels when the current zips through a human chain, but it wasn't all serious analysis to Jimmy who found himself clasping the hands of two .shy and pretty Westport girls. Of course, the girls were too shocked to even try to take away their hands when the experiment was over. So Jimmy, like any other red-blooded American boy, decided that the best course of action was to keep on holding hands. Mr. Miner talked for several minutes before he noticed that three of his .students were still absorbed in the experiment. Said he, All right, Casanova Hall, you can let go now. Jimmy let go. Harry Van Trees bet Wilma Gray a nickel. He lost. Harry Van Trees owes Wilma Gray a nickel. Harry made the wager that he could pass a bookkeeping test with a perfect score, knowing full well that a perfect 100 had never been made on that particular test before. Can Wilma collect? If she does, here's anizther nickel that Richard will get it as a donation for this new waterproof, soapndproof, and, above all, songproof door of his. Bravo! That sfool pictuie photographer had to make three trips this year and still not everyone is satisfied. It seems some didn't remember to have their photo taken. .3ut Elise De Wendt is afraid the Herald staff wifl overlof-I: he: ,wicture when they make up the panels for the-annual, Ut-n't wor. jf, Elise, even if they did get mixed up on last year's pictures yours .vill ccnr' ' through thfs time. So, don't forget to buy your Heraldg that is, if you don't' haw sr activity ticket. ' ' V l Y 3 57' The Herald benefit party at the Tiger Tien, Sat irday, March 15, will really he THE shindig And only 50 cents. Just thinkfdar- -ing and 4 ntertainment for four hours-only FU cents. li' you got half-a-bfigk, .neet this Writer under The Clock at the stroke ofimidnight any day exccrit 'iz Ltlrday or Sunday. .lov Grower, a new member of The Crier staff from Centennial high school, Puebo, Colo., 'where she was on the staff ci the scl1ool,new:.paper, has hor trouble: in the cafeteria. Tt seems that J.. f 'Toun-3 a lunciteher-lc in ber song.. The soup was good. but the -lljlzfli' i,-4-Ren :va kinda tough. A P V- Gneof Zia This week's nomination for One of Us goes to a lad who has been chosen to fill important positions in West- Y port as many times l as Richard has been told to open that door. This may be a slight ex- aggeration, but his record speaks for itself. Here are his titles: President of Ir- ving, president of . the Physics club, Dlck Boggs vice president of Stage and Screen, secretary of the student council, secretary of the senior class. He also is an honor society mem- ber, holding the silver pin. Born November 20, 1928, in Con- cordia, Kan. the calls it a great small town J, he attended Linwood and George B. Longan grade schools be- fore coming to Westport in his fresh- man year. He has brown eyes and dark brown hair, loves to eat friend chicken or a Blender's Boggie while listening to Stardust by Artie Shaw, especially after he's seen a movie that starred Alan Ladd and Kathryn Grayson. Br'er Rabbit also is one of his favor- ites. Listening to good music and enjoy- ing basketball and tennis constitute his hobbies and his favorite subjects are chemistry, physics, algebra, and aeronautics. His ambition is to be a meterologist or a laboratory technician. He plans to attend Junior College for two years and spend his junior and senior years at the University of Colorado. By now you probably know his name-Dick Boggs. To help students learn the Morse code Jim Reeves and Tom. Burdett are rebuilding the telegraph circuit be- tween Mr. Shearer's room 309 and Mr. Miner's room, 115. THE WESTPORT CRIER Published bi-weekly during the school year by tr: Newswriting class of Westport High School, K' is C't M . ax as 1 y, o Ai ress: The Vllcstport Crier, 315 Blast Thirty -ninth street, Kan- .:, sas City, Mo. Subscription rf-tes: Year, 75 cents: single copy, 10 cents. 'ntered as second-class matter April 4 ,l,928, at the postoffice at Kansrs City, Missouri, unfer the Acc of March ' EDATORIAL STAFF Managing Editor. News Edit 1 . Feature V fli or Sg.-crt -Ioitors Art 'L-:itf-r ,. A Make-up Cfilc . Circu' :tion Ma. :Ag Busi uesx. .xinnger Pl . togt ,-?.fu'f, - Rmmrtfr F t- H-lty 1 npervv-111 Qi'-1 rim. 4 Ulu. K W. .v..,i.. JA 3, .S79. , .... Rey Shannon ,.Ed Gillett Laura Lee Love kin. Rey Shannon .. . , .P-ith Mainquist .... . ...Tohn Grant ..Mary Louise Vess Wilma Gray Saff. aiff TedJ Riegelman - ,v Hy . . . oy Grower ...John N. Booth - , ..Ina G. Bonney ,March 5, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Three Under The Clock We understand that Mike- Akin is the cause of it all. For further details, ask members of the Achin' Hearts Club. Good-looking blue and white sweat- ers really caught the attention of Westport guys and gals the other day. What's this we hear about Don Up- dyke going to Southwest? Added to the ever-growing list of steadies are Vandevoir and Bates, Spencer and Van Trees, Forman and Pennington, Bohi and a Rockhurst fella, and Hubbard and Lang, and O'Dwyer and Bob ThomasfJCD. Just ask Don Francis why he was chosen to attend the Fifth Army rifle match. He does'n't know either. We wonder why some people can't seem to make up their minds. What about it, Joan and Rex? lThose boys in typing aren't just looking out of the window, they are cutting stencils-or are they? Question of the week: Who is the blond that keeps following Danny Whitaker like a shadow? People are still wondering why Rusty .and Pat were walking across a trestle in heels and carrying suit cases? ? ?? Hmmmim! Ruth Ruechert has been having more of those parties again. Must be some attraction in West- port to keep Betty Vandevoir here after her parents moved to Abilene. As if we didn't know. We're sure glad the Big Six Track Meet is over because now Don Moore can sleep peacefully. No more running around in circles in dreamland as he's been doing lately. Are yor one of the uljffll little drivers?'l ' A 1 U 'J Margaret Myers' and Sam lang- setn would make a swell couple, only Sam's ' a val too. Vfhct odd nalnes some of these kids have. A bowling pax L' was given by Ruth Reurkert las Fridc.j,'. Ever since the event J. Saifr his friends that mtv have the best alley out all 1'aup's. l v. 'ia Teen telling Do you jaywalk i Wally Pendleton's already decided on his date to the ROTC ball. He's taking Sgt. Spoor's wife. Who's the sergeant going with? Wally's sister, Nancy. How about that, Mrs. Spoor? Do you stop, look, and listen? Beware! Itls Eddie Johnson's and Ben Keel's wandering right hands we're talking about. Are you a hitch-hiker? Maybe we should sing happy birthday to our basketball players more often judging by the many points Jack Carby made after the crowd sang it to him at the last game. Bob MacConighan and Beatrice Hixon have been going steady for a long time-at least several Weeks. Bill Weber has become a popular fellow since starting to take the Sen- ior Ballot pictures for the Herald. No wonder Peggy Stanton has stars in her eyes. Did you all see the charm bracelet Wally gave her? And we do mean charming What was the cause of all the com- motion in the front hall last week? Could it have been Dick Lang's zooty red trousers? Marilea Johns now is sweet sixteen and threw a swell party to celebrate the anniversary. Since he was graduated at mid- term, we feel safe now to mention the name of Bill Nance. One of the newest couples seen at the Irving dance was Virginia Wilson and John Davis. Congratulations to Janie Hutcheson and Norman Brown on their engage- ment. Betty June Cooper seems to have kindled a fire in the heart of Kenny Grayson. His' flaming frame may be daily :een iufthe hall. .. ,, .--- Bettv Ct.'agot.r alarmed John Ja- cobes and betty Madden, when she told theii fortunes reccnlly. Thejdre sure that Betty meant seven 'f:v'.-an she said eleven, Newly elected ofiicers of V1 Glee club are Patty' Herrmann president, Lou Jane Unruh, vice presideiitg Mary Lou Hall, secretary, Lucretia, Jolin- ston, tr. tsurerg nal Lola Keiste find Q-Qinry Kean or. lilac ' riaus Un lfae aiding- .fine A greatly improved Westport rifie team placed second in the City Rifle Match last week, after having won only one victory in the preliminary matches. With 819 points out of 1,000, the team lost by only 11 points to the Southwest Indians who fired 830 to win the match for the third time and retain possession of the cup. John B. Gilmore, John A. Dinwiddie, George O. Morrow, William W. Day- walt, and Glen E. Lush will receive silver, second place medals and minor athletic letter awards. Post office post 80 of the American Legion has voted 580 for the purchase of shooting jack- ets for the team members as a prize for their excellent shooting. Edward P. Johnson is manager of the team, though he didn't fire in the City Match. Four of the five members of the team will return next year, and Glen E. Lush, a first year cadet, has two more years to improve. As a result, next year's team ought to be exceptionally fine. Friday the team journeyed to Went- worth with the East and Southeast teams to fire against three Wentworth teams. Lt. Col. Bob E. Edwards, P.M.S.8zT. of the Kansas City regiment, was the chief speaker at the ROTC Banquet held in the cafeteria last Thursday. About 150 guests attended this feast given annually by the Mothers Mili- tary Auxiliary. Second semester oflicers in Miss Hayden's classes are: hour 1, Jean McConnell, chairman, Pat O'Connor, vice-chairman, hour 2, Betty White, chairmang Don Irish, vice-chairmang hour 3, Lou Jane Unruh, chairmang Mary Lou Biggio, vice-chairman, hour 5, Earl Stockwell, chairman, Nancy Ewing, vice-chairmang hour 7, Johne Thornberry, chairmang Bob Custer, vice-chairman. First year bookkeeping classes con:- pleted the Walker Practice Sel- re- cently. The students werc .allowed thirtj, minutes a day to 1-.ark on the sets. Finishing in 14 days, Harry Van Trees was first. Fred Freeman, Allan Gassman and Bettye 'luorpe required Hfteen days, Dorla Gugel, Milton Har- mony, 'ind Richard Adams, sixteen days. .1 Shorthand Awards A Wilma Gs-ay, 12415 Norma Davis, Shirley Dudley, Dorla ',ugel, Marilyn Kendricks, Novaiee Kolbe, Kitty Law- rence, Barbara McVVil1iams, Shirley Robineti, Ruth 'Rev-'kert, 1005 Mary Lu Biggio, Marilyn Holum. 803' Er'- meen Bowman, 601 Dorla Gugel, Jr. U2 i',scY'lD1. Page Four WESTPORT CRIER March 5, 1947 Assembly Climaxes Brotherhood Week Through the international language of music, through the spoken pleas of three prominent seniors, and through the inspiring message of an outstand- ing civic leader, the Westport student body took part in the nation-wide communion of races and religions in an assembly Wednesday morning, February 19, held in recognition of National Brotherhood Week, February 17 to 23. Harry Harlan, director, leader, and counselor of the youth clubs of Kan- sas City, reminded his student audi- ence of their duty to practice brother- hood in their every-day life here in Kansas City, not just to preach about it one week of the year. He declared that the challenge of the Kansas City youth of today, as citizens of tomor- row, is to improve existing conditions in the West and North sections of the city. In giving his views on friendship in connection with brotherhood, the speaker quoted a young member of one of the organizations of which he has charge, who, according to Mr. Harlan, stated in very simple words a potent truth when he said, Friend- ship is something you can't monkey with. Mr. Harlan told the story of the Italian boy from New York City who in the battle of Iwo Jima surpassed all of his American born comrades in his devotion to the Stars and Stripes, instilling in his buddies some of his zest for battle and quieting their fears, only himself to be among the first to fall. Preceding the address, Marilyn Tidd, Lois Thorne, and Bob Stukert spoke briefiy, giving their interpreta- tions of the various phases of broth- erhood. The A Cappella Choir, under the di- rection of Mr. Spring, opened the PPO' gram with an effective vocal arrange- ment of the famous poem expressing the brotherhood ideal, Abou Ben Adhakmf' The choir closed the ,pro- -fmfi with four selections representa- tive of four different peoples al'lf',QR'Ei-, tures, 21 Czechosloyakian-V1-L.15322 vien dance song, a Latvian dana-. thc-Rus- Uri theme, f'Meadowfands,' ar-.5 til? , tyni folly Anoerican OH Sliffahnaf' . ,SJW X a 5 es,-:S mens sa.-'sv til.-lhiiiiishipi 'ha Given 5'y'Danlif Luit. Club K Fifteen newmgirls attended' the first :membership tea gsvaiu by the Dana lit- vary society February 21. The ,ul- ,.,vfing :ere new mexnfier-2 of Dams-2, Ro:-alia 'Col-f 'oil, Nlovalee Kolhc, T!!'9:'il3-Q livrn, Grace McLeod, JoAnn yyilsoi- 1-if ll Matthews, Marr Ann Siwerd, Eirginia Bolclis. .Team F4311-1. ,itrmw Hiuibxfry, tlitnbt Carp, Patty i'w'6wff4f.flNQ2f garet Qulflleiff GQ-19911 Aher- I.oi-1 Pou,fjri:. -Icy flower. .wine Tenet-- l-aum. ,ivrmltn eyer. D--rv thy Weszlzz-ri::'.l. an- JOA in MQBHGSOIL New All-ff fblhecfaa M. E. MISCHLER M. E. Mischler, former executive secretary of the Northeast Y.M.C.A., has been appointed head of the West- port district Y. The new director of the Hi-Y has made a brilliant record in the three years he has worked in Kansas City. Mr. Mischler will take over his new post early this month. lThe work he has done in the Northeast district has been the best in this area, reports Mr. Shepherd, present Hi-Y sponsor, and we believe he can do the same here. Graduating from George Williams college where he specialized in Y.M.C.A. training, Mr. Mischler worked with the Y in Fargo, N. D., and in Chicago. He came to Northeast in 1943. In high school, he was elected to the National Honor society and the Na- tional Athletic Scholarship society, and won letters in football and bas- ketball. Mr. Mischler is married and has jtwo children, Madelyn, 8 years old, find Catherine, 6. 53nd Plans Explained N Mr. Sloan Makes Colorful Picture with lnlaid Wood Paul M. Sloan, woodwork instruc- tor, has the very satisfying, and prof- itable though arduous hobby' of mak- ing inlaid pictures of rare merit by a little-known and uncommon method which he learned at Oregon State Uni- versity. In describing his hobby Mr. Sloan used as a model his latest work, en- titled The Son Leaves Home, a pic- ture of a mother setter and her five pups, one of which is caged and ready to be taken away, probably to a new home. rT'o obtain the different colors in this picture Mr. Sloan used seven- teen different wood veneers, all fast- ened together, and for every line of the picture it was necessary to saw through all of them with a jigsaw, using a blade .008 of an inch thick. One slight error would have ruined the entire picture. The seventeen woods used ranged from walnut, oak, and holly to lace- wood, East Indies rosewood, both light and dark stripe, and padouk., Mr. Sloan estimated that it took him twenty-five hours to complete The Son Leaves Home. The materials for the picture cost him 33.75, and the estimated value of the work was 365. Mr. Sloan has done about a dozen of these inlaid pictures. Now is the Time to Plan For Next Year's Enrollment Students must start conferring with parents, counselors and teachers about next fall's enrollments. Since there will be changes in the ninth grade class next year, these new en- rollments must be made this month. Mr. Harris has specified the need in the following statement, If stu- dents are interested in forming new classes that have not previously had sufiicient enrollment to justify it, they should get busy and secure enough students to form a class. If a prelimi- nary enrollment does not show a suf- ficient demand, classes will be can- celed and cannot be held over until our final enrollment figures in June. One advanced class has been aban- doned because '.'1.-:l::x:small'f+n-ollnfont A of 2lt:.Whca her thi -wv.ihiss'P -ilfZf5'fe -oval Y C tinued from pafrel 'fi ftrafl nz-xc fill cu not gag.--ai-Jr. f., mon strainri- gilltl., whi-,ii P-rcrsft its the erirollment nf- -this mouth, 1'!lr. dispose ' .E 1-gitichasized We Lom- Hapris osgnt-,ially,Wan-5:1t2.i.o sfre.s,s,the .mittee ' 'l.-Q, till 5 Li -3-fer 1 ir,l,ggo'ciinca. if lull..ef1,,r.'-.zglxriengioi. ani bum, issue, H. ,t-tint' o .Tod ext new ciassesnrhich 15'i'limke 1-1gice,L-this what, tfeatilebpif yyfqiy, 3.4. wh 't they nc..-Q. . Fix - . i-:La Ut to --em fl ' J su FolEo5gz,ifg'.,, :oe 5,git14l.'t1s5iff3 the ,Secgmd sumoste-ivyoflinwz- -ill-h0,n'R! lqsztronsifjesf,fQT5 .Y:1li5J7'iEii',Law ' Qsagft .n room 306 .E .Em l:2e'flt:'e..,-.,presi-. 29 S9912'WVRQZ'cluif-Sllirgfh-ff' fff1E'-:-S!:- ,ont fleorzr- mfxn., vile zffesidentl : si'abi'11tff:Iy1 v .i'i?nis' gb. the and lvl:'7' ., '.Hu-i'...4ocL'etai'5' JNL? treas- hpiagdpf lgrani.-III? If . illgglsigjgrx iii'-slam-. offs.. 0lfl0Ol'-1' ,ia ,bfulmtqinwin 506 arf- p'fqg1g,inyf1h ,L x1frif.,'.3 figvy1gf1z5ik i.-, - Disk ,'fcL25'im,, tpiesltlf-1. 1,-.'.i'1,a'i!iie, Ric-.' 'izusfi ..-' f un-S59 grm-lp,3f.Q'-Qr1esiLlwil,over 3- gait, vi-ev or-c,f.2+?, .111-2Z,D2.1l,liz,'Z :thins ten- - i-?'ffi'iirn. '1' - --K ef: 5 rs felnrj,-: Don Qiislaiiegcr.,f,rf'nk5u1'eri.' V March 5, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Five Quiz Kids Learn Thai If Pays to Be Smart The Westport student body was given a bird's-eye view of local radio broadcasting and transcription when they witnessed the 'It Pays to Be Smart program Thursday afternoon, February 13, in the school auditorium. Dick Smith, chief of the WHB news bureau, was the capable master of ceremonies in this his second broad- ca.st from Westport. His cheery man- ner and glowing personality provided the backbone for the program, and were much appreciated by the student audience. Interest was centered on a well- chosen group of quiz kids, all intrigu- ing personalities. The six contest- ants were Bill Leake, Jack Sevier, Jean Carter, Harry Ervin, Mary Helen Ryder and Bill Banaka. :The participants, labeled conspicu- ously with placards, struggled with the questions prepared for them by the radio and science department of the University of Kansas City, co- sponsor of the program along with ra- dio station WHB. Jean Carter was not given sufficient opportunity to prove her knowledge because of early elimi- nation. Jack Sevier, Bill Banaka, and Bill Leake were the next to fall, thus narrowing down the contest to Mary Helen Ryder and Harry Ervin. Mary Helen succumbed when she was too petrified to remember the word pet- rification, which was happily supplied very nonchalantly by diminutive Har- ry Ervin, the undisputed champion. Harry was awarded first prize, a 325 savings bond, and Mary Helen re- ceived second prize, 310 cash. The 30-minute program was tran- scribed and was broadcast over WHB the following Saturday morning, Feb- ruary 15, at 10 o'clock. Members of the school band, ar- rayed in their brilliant uniforms, pro- vided a colorful background on the stage and presented several special numbers in addition to the regular musical broadcast. Seventy Doin' What Comes Nat- ur'lly girls will present their dance at me R U YC. C'-' ,' Ten girls from each -L. 'iff 1 cdosciz L1 Tvrtici- patc A 1l,'1 31' gghgi-.a .1-llejvjall Lid ii9f. fe school wmmit-1-. a.c1 aerlf-l dart 2 ' b 1Ul l'YCfl T' rf' girls' QL .nn t ii lVua,- 't' ' llI'C1l lil 'tht' 14- I lill- l'l'1li.g' Ciii.-5' Us -Jrgtnizwf nz.-t we-elf at iw.-1 - t.,-wld Q.:-insult liiar Small. Eight C' V -pn oi. frrnn' li- fpter gym li tw' ffl-2 h:f.sL.ietb:f-I -'la' 'no' s' l f. defer '- ing r mrs P ' W Pupils Sign Declaration Of Inferdependence Word.s often are ineffectual in at- tacking intolerance, but the fight against bigotry put up by a small group of Westporters is definite ac- tion. A number of Miss Eggleston's stu- dents have signed the Declaration of Interdependence, a pledge to practice brotherhood with all men. On the door of room 218 is an em- blem stating, All men are brothers, we welcome all. Equal panels of brown, white, yellow, and black on this shield greet ,members of all races and beliefs as brothers within that room. I gave my street car seat to an elderly colored lady, said a girl re- cently in one of Miss Eggleston's classes. A boy had found that his whole at- titude toward the Negroes with whom he worked had changed since he be- gan to live up to the anti-discrimina- tion pledge. These Westporters believe, and sup- port, the words of President Truman, Liberty knows no race, creed or class in our country or in the World. Trallic Officer Tells Pupils to Observe the 3C's in Driving Trafiic ofiicer Paul Stull, a former pupil of Mr. Shepherd, addressed the driver education class Tuesday after- noon, February 25, cautioning the students to practice courtesy, common sense, concentration, and carefulness when they are behind the wheel. Policeman Stull is assigned to head- quarters for Work such as his talk here. He showed a film, It's Wanton Murder, and another class room movie followed. The driver education class visited the police trafiic school last Thursday night. Minor violators of the traliic code are sentenced by the court to this school in order to learn how to drive safely. Typing Awards Wilma Gray, 605 Richard Adams, 405 Pat Howard, Sarah Matthews, Banford Reynolds, 303 Clyde Ofner, Eddie Shamie, 20. Combination Lincoln, Edison, and Washington programs were given in all of Miss Gales' speech classes Fri- day, February 21. ' fl7 in if 4 G2iaD4il 'MA' 1' . 5 . .-S ' 'ff s ,J -. ggstaigitp. stuff in popularity polls with his on Kenton is strictly stratosphere powerhouse drive. Capitol's latest album Artistry in Rhythm is a collection of Kenton kicks. . . eight exciting, original composition never before recorded. At L. our dealer cow! D 33.15 plus fn- ' o o , . u : o n - o 1 R. fl YEFRQS llt' fOQPlD TEMPO! 'His Feet 'fro Bag for ue T id' - Cap. 36l 'lntc- in--,icr VUE'--flap. 798 5. . la' 1 1 '4 'lie-ff .i 'iylii ai. . -.if -cap. 251' 1 -.. , J t':.v, 2 .t df!! ' , i 'Artistry jutrls' Cao. 229 '-5 ' 'f 3- 1 ICJ-L X- 525 +P Y: . 1 I alt .- L f '.f-9 . I ,J-9 , 2 Q55-55 FN. 4,5 vw Vx 11--i C1 a - V, , i Y, , cqfazivd Gaatfsrf-f 'L 'ii ' 49' iii' -ff - . e 1 Mil 311- ELLA- Page Six 7 WESTPORT CRIER A A March 5, 1947 Group of Pupils Display Talents in Hobby Assembly A number of fine acts highlighted the hobby assembly last Thursday morning. Ted McAttee told the story of The Unknown Speaker admirably, while the ROTC rounded out the patriotic portion of the program with its Line of Defense. The delightful manner of Eddie Berkland, magician, and an informal Chalk Talk by Joe Brown were much appreciated. Bill Weber, Tom Barrett, George Burg, and Ed Gillett gave their rather bewildering ideas on Better Photog- raphy, demonstrating their skill on the hapless Betty Congour. Bob McConnell, trumpeter, offered the Grand Russian Fantasia, ac- companied at the piano by Vera Simoots. Mayor-for-a-day Bill Banaka ex- pressed his thanks for the whole- hearted support given him in the re- cent election, and charming Edris Mc- Carty and others presented a humor- ous skit demonstrating the sack dress. A trombone duet by Ed Johnson and Tom Allen, and an original Valen- tine dance sequence featuring Lor- raine Taub with Mary Lou Hall and Barbara Burdett concluded the pro- gram. The orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Keenan, played several selec- tions at the beginning of the assem- bly. Bob Stukert was a capable master of ceremonies. Members of the Glamour club se- lected their president, Lou Colbert, to attend the Tri-'City Y-Teen Confer- ence held February 28 at Rosedale High. Billy Leake, Bill Banaka, Harry Van Trees, Rey Shannon, and Jim Reeves made scores on the Navy N.R.O.T.C. and N.A.C.P. test that qualify them to take further exami- nations to determine their fitness for participation in the Navy's nevwof- ficer training programi The name of Charles Cohen-and Patsy Russell, winners of the Hum- phrex' Speech Award for excelience in speech 'wndfflramatics tor the year 1946. ii we been add-el to tt.. bronze memorial tablet at the easi and of the iront corridor. The award has bein pi esenteri annually to the best boy and girl drama tics stufent of the senior class since ,! '?3. Tnere now wen- ty-eight names 01l +l3'6 tablet. The -'le .tw-::f.o:'s banquet. will be .meld tr-night ..: tl-ff frfc 2.1 Parrot with 1,:.Ly-Lin: jg -- sent inelufiiwif thzff- grnesis Pupils in Woodshop Build Toolcase for Bancroft School Boys in Mr. Sloan's woodshop classes are constructing a modernis- tic tool case for use in the shop at the Bancroft elementary school. This case is a professional piece of cabinet making. The Westport woodshop has re- ceived a 6-inch Delta belt sander and a 3-inch Skill sander. A reference room has been added to the metal shop. It has a glass front and contains drawings, books, and blue prints for the use of students. In the room there is considerable desk space on which drawings can be made and problems solved. There are shelves just inside the windows for the display of superior projects. New Speech Arts club onicers are Ann Thornberry, presidentg Wallace Ostlund, vice-president: Jane Unruh, secretary, Peggy Stanton, treasurerg Olive Wilhelm, parliamentariang Bob Robison, sergeant-at-armsg Bob Stuckert, Jean Carter, Peggy O'Dwy- er, commentators. Second semester officers of Pundit are Laura Lee Love, presidentg Peggy Cook, vice-president, Betty Thorpe, secretaryg Donna Kindsvater, treasur- er, and Evelyn Vegiard, chaplain. Lou Jane Unruh Awarded Essay Medal by Sons of Revolution Lou Jane Unruh, winner of the sec- ond prize in the essay contest spon- sored by the Kansas City Chapter, Sons of the Revo- lution, was award- ed a silver medal at the annual George Washing- . ton birthday din- ner held at the I Guests of the 1 i chapter were the ' University Club. three prize win- ners, their parents and their English teachers. Lou Jane was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Unruh and Miss Maddox. ' The Radicals of the Revolutionary Period was the subject of the essays which contained between 1776 and 1947 words. Robert Fisher, Southwest, won the gold medal and Lois Ander- son, also Southwest, received the bronze medal. Following the dinner the Central Singers from Central high sang some of the popular songs of the Revolu- tionary period and Dr. Otto C. Sey- mour, a Presbyterian minister from Joplin, described the early American fiags. Lou Jane Unruh Maybe this is the job for you after graduation! ' ls getting a job your big problem , right now? Maybe we can help. f I- Have you ever thought about I fl being a telephone operator? It's 'Q N a gir1's job-and a good one, too! Q No experience? Doesn't matter X -you learn Cand earn, of roursej Q as you go alorg And telephone work has always hclclga lascina- ' -' tion tl'1at's hard to describe. see if 5 whetkseernycu can qualify? T i 1' V Miss Moran, Room 1324 Telen!',r:r.e I-I wi-L I mg, 11511 Oak 'lizimsas i. f.t..: 'lil vw 'lf if 1' glad ra talk it cvej .sith 5-an. '- l 7 , , ' n il' rr li 1. asf: ?'E!.k'F'Z-,La 1 ' .X -:ep ,4 x s -.. ,fn ,, .... ...-N 1 r . ...... ..-... ... -K X.-if March 5, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Seven, 3.41.14 amz.. aaa Mr. Miller and twenty-two students and parents visited the City Hall Mon- day evening, February 17, where they met the mayor and the city council- men. Several of the students obtained autographs of the various officials, and Ann Carmichael and her mother were especially honored to ride home with L. M. Cookingham, city manager. Mr. George Melcher, former super- intendent of schools, visited room 208 one morning recently. He expressed approval of the eighth grade plan. Mr. Melcher, as superintendent emeritus of the Kansas City schools, likes to keep in touch with all phases of school work. He was especially interested in the visual method of teaching and in the fusion of the common branches of learning. Miss Cannon's common learnings students recently enjoyed a talk by Mr. Harris who showed slides on rock formation, river erosion, and loess soil. John D. Fristoe, mathematics in- structor, recently addressed the group, telling the story of the Missouri Riv- er, its history and geography. Miss Brubaker's and Miss Cannon's groups, among others, celebrated Val- entine's Day with parties. Miss Brubaker's students -made their own Valentine favors for their parties Friday, February 14 from pipe stem cleaners, red paper hearts and lace. Refreshments were cakes, cookies, and candies in heart shapes. The parties in room 208 were high- lighted by games, refreshments, and of course, Valentines. Films shown to the eighth grade classes recently included The Story of Running Water, The Life of the Ant, The Fly, and one film each on Argentina and Alaska. Miss Cannon's classes are reading and dramatizing Tom Sawyer ' in cor..zzct'3n with a unit of work on Mi.'souri.' That beautiful orclnsi Nancy Lou Ge-rge 'vas weaux- lebruary 1 w is ing, treasurer, Russell Stanton, ser- geant-at-arms, Gerald Packer, Crier reporter. Second hou1', Bill Tucker, president, Robert Bure, Vice-president, James Pendleton, secretary, Clark Shepherd, sergeant-at-anms, Connie Klee, Crier reporter. Third hour, Alice Larson, president, Doris Rowan, secretary, Mary Sperry, sergeant-at-arms, Kenneth Stevens, Crier reporter. Second term oiiicers have been elected in the common learnings classes of Miss Grube, Miss Brubaker, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Ryder as follows: Miss Grube's class officers, Eugene Beck, president, Barbara Newman, vice-president, Shirley Lame, secre- tary, Catherine Axtell, treasurer, Frank Johnson, student council repre- sentative, Shirley Krenkel, alternate representative. Miss Brubaker's morning class, Norma Loye, president, Jerry Durnil, vice-president, Rayella Bounds, stu- dent council representative, Joe Hal- stead, treasurer, Micky Hutchison and J. W. Hollar, sergeants-at-arms, Do- ris 1Tomlinson, librarian, Richard Temple, alternate representative. Miss Brubaker's afternoon class, Shirley Clary, president, Vincent Murphy, vice-president, Sara Jane O'Bester, secretary, Jerry Lester, treasurer, Jane Goeckeler, librarian, Bill Zimmenman and Quinn Young, sergeants-at-arms. Mr. Miller's morning class, Mary Lawson, president, Pat Short, vice- president, Roger Woods, secretary, Paul Stalker, treasurer, Jim Tries and Kathryn Qimmerlee, sergeants- at-arms. Mr. Miller's afternoon class, Shirley Wright, president, Russell Stanton, Gym Boys Getting Ready for Best All-Around Gymnast Contest Tumbling, apparatus work, and conditioning are putting the boys physical education classes in trim for the boxing tournament. The intra-mural boxing competition will finish around the end of the quar- ter. Next quarter the Best All-Around Gymnast contest will have the hefties flexing their muscles. The gymnast contest includes twenty different events in four weights, the 100 pound, 120 pound, and 140 pound, and unlim- ited classes. The apparatus test comes this week, the conditioning test, next week, and the tumbling test, some time after the boxing tournament. Miss Gales has been selected as the new sponsor of Browning. ,..... ...w.....L.. -. HL. . . vice-president, Barbara Ross, secre- tary, Charlotte Murphy, treasurer, Shirley Speckman and Kendall Bal- dry, sergeants-at-arms. Mr. Ryder's morning class, Duane Houtz, president, Jane Culver, vice- president, Harry Key, secretary, Rob- ert Adkins, treasurer, Stanley Ell- maker, sergeant-at-arms. THE STUDENTS STORE Textbooks Notebooks Art 8. Drafting Supplies SOUTH SIDE BOOK STORE 210 East 39th Street W Block West of Westport Hey Look . . . JACKETS .f .f Literary Societies and Clubs, Take Note. YOUR WORRTES ARE OVER! l We now have a complete line of custom - tailored jackets made to order. .i5v.VIlll21,bl8 the f-orwg ' she w-: ': a.f maid of hon I ' he A Stf'f f WT in all styles, all lcrs, in satin or g'r.ba.rff2ne. f .- - , E ef Ili-'.1,' 2.16 ff iroline :Wlis , 3 at-exfiql 31, ,1,,,-,,,:.., F .3 fn-,,l',11-. You Name It - VV6,ll Mak-L! Ill I lc. g- ro- S A , . , , N g ' n - 5,-ul. on sian Us NOWV Office - if 1 --e0'f1ll, 1 W , r gig, fgj ji Q 3 S ? Q! R T Bi A R 'll 4 . K XJf'n, .T N F ' I .Y P first 'ouu Tha. - , 'vi 11- '. '91 F. filif Block YV. Troostj 1.911511 'fQ39 li urfczil' Cecii Fel.-j . .Qc - 2- wi i -xii: 5 I B2l','1.x'a 'lvr. ?. S-U.1'C 'ffl' L'-'I hd- 1. N -A N-M ,N --nm N - A I-R V -.wmv -N - .Q -I A r oy l Page Eight WESTPORT CRIER Y March 5, 1947 Bengals Beat Pirates ,ln League Windup THE FINAL STANDINGS - W. L. Pts. O.P. Northeast ......... ,.., 0 253 174 Central .........., . ,... Southwest . , . . . . . . . 7 6 1 284 232 Westport, ..... ...., 4 3 237 212 4 3 227 226 3 4 251 Paseo ...... ..... 2 10 East ..,..,. ..,.. 2 5 224 205 Manual ...... . ...... 1 0 2 5 1 3 l 5 Southeast ............., 1 6 214 236 The Westport court quintet their final Interscholastic contest over the Paseo squad 38-19 to tie with the Southwest Indians for third posi- tion in the final league standings. The Tigers lost to the Indians, Northeast, and Central in court play but defeat- ed Paseo, East, Manual, and South- east. Paseo drew first blood in the final round on a goal by Satterlee, but Car- by, wearing one tight shoe, hit a hot streak that couldn't be matched as he dropped in five goals which along with a free throw by Kenton put the Tig- ers in front 11-6 at the one-quarter mark. The Pirates managed 4 points on charity tosses, but couldn't cross a superb Westport defense to counter any more from the field. -'-Again in the second period, they were 'allowed only one goal, this by Sloan, and counted only one point from behind the free throw line. Meanwhile, Broestl scored one goal and three free throws, Simpson made one of each, and Bates and Morgan finished the scoring from the field to build up an overwhelming 23-9 half- time advantage. Kenton set off the second half with a long goal, and after Carby got hi.s only charity throw, Kenton hit anoth- er from the outside. Carby and Mor- gan found a bucket apiece before Thorp put in the only Paseo goal in this period. 'INNO Pirate free shots left the Tigers with a 32-13 lead. 'Carby poked in one more before leaving the game, as Coach Moore, riding on the Tiger lead, ran in the entire squad. Then in one streak, Schmuck, Sloan, and Thorp dropped in three goals for Paseo, as many as had been scored in the first tree-fourths of the gQa,'me,ito boost the 'score to 35-19. simpson chalked one more for West- port,,and free throws by Broestl and Gihffs' diided the scoring, as the'Ben- galsfihded their fseasofi in a roniping 333111 'massacre of the, Pirates. WOH 'lfwthfport-KQSFT F J Paseo-19 l 22+ ?:'.'mz . 1 i. 'I GHC F Bates, ,Sz , .... 31 0 , 5 Thor! . f ..,. 2 all, 2 Sinjpsoii, f. .. 2 1 1 Schmidt, f ... 0- 'C 1 amawlrmgff 4f.1 4:3 Johnson, fi ci 1- 'J Hoffman-.,f. H O., 0 1 Cook, .f.. .... O 0'-.0 Mvllexi' g .,.. ' 0 '0 '0 Lilla, c . , . 0 OL 0 Carby, C. ,. '7 1 1 Cummings, c.. 0 lr 0 Gibbs, g' .,,,, . ,VO 1 1 Satterlee, .1 . . l iw? Daileyfii lf' .' 0 0 1 Waller c .... 0 far' 0 Mopgainf g. . . ' 2 2 1 gaeslie, g ...... 0 -' M12 Ke -r ,, g.,.. 2 oan, pq, ..... 2 2. ,if Bailgkiil' ig .... lf' 0 0 Schmncli, g. . . '. ljllf UZ- -' .I .+-v.- - Arnold, A' ..... - J GV- U Totals ...... lb 8 18 ,i -7 -- - I Totals , , R , and Sgaklin-fg Half, s . We:-gtgfort 28:, Paseo 9. Wlisseflffrecgthzows- Paseo 14 f Wetfibort 6. ' ll ' A' 713 Ojficiqfs--Hgsa core- .Iock Corby ls Unanimous Choice for All Star Team As the court season closed last week eight high school basketball clubs unanimously elected Jack Carby, Westport, and Johnny Glorioso, Northeast, to head the 1947 Inter- scholastic League All Star court team. The entire team, including Bruce Web, Manual, Bob Darnell, Northeast, and Bob Jenkins, Central, scored an average of 51 points a game, and to- taled 360 points in the loop. Towering 6 feet 7 inches, 'Carby is the tallest member of the all-city team, and the only junior to be chosen. With 89 points in league play he was o n 1 y 3 b e h i n d Bruce Webb, top scorer, credited with 92 points. Another reason for Carby's unani- mous choice un- doubtedly was his ability to control the backboards for for the Tiger squad through most of the season. Only Tom Nelson, South- west, and Len Koenigsdorf, Central, both on the All-Star second team, were able to give the Westport center serious competition in recovering the leather from around the goal. Jack Carby Chosen as a junior with a year left to play, Carby looks like a good bet to break the all time scoring record for the loop of 107 points set by Bob- by Phillips of Paseo last year. Next year's team looks exceptionally strong with Bates, Broestl, and Carby return- ing with some fine prospective court men graduated from the second teawm. Eagle Five Turns Upset In 53-44 Victory After trailing the Westport basket- eers until only 3 minutes of the game remained, the Blue Eagles of Central won a decisive 53-44 victory Feb. 14. The Eagles enjoyed a short 4-0 lead as the game got under way, but bas- kets by Dailey and Kenton and a char- ity toss put Westport in front, 5-4. They led 16-10 at the quarter. Darrah and Jenkins jabbed right back with a bucket each to narrow the lead to 16-14, but a long one by Ken- ton and 2 tip-ins by Carby moved the gold and blue to 22. A free toss by Webster made the half score 22-15. Two quick set-ups by Darrah, matched by Kenton's charity throw and 'Carby's goal, raised the score to 25-19. Then it was Koeningsdorf and Darrah with 2 baskets and a free shot, offset only by Carby's 3 points, which pulled the Eagles to within 1 point of the lead, the score being 28-27. Three more Carby shots netted the cords, Broestl and Dailey netted a pair of goals each and Broestl got a free one to put the Bengals in front at the three-quarter mark 41-34. Dailey's free point and Carby's final bucket were the only Tiger scores in the final frame, after Jenkins, Web- ster, and Blaine found a goal and two charity shots to leave the score at 44-38. Koeningsdorf and Darrah com- bined to bring it to 44-43 before Tiger center, Jack Carby, was detect- ed in his fifth foul. He had already broken the Interscholastic League in- dividual scoring record when he left the game with 22 points to his credit. After Koenigsdorf tied the score at 44 all the Eagles clinched the game at 53-44. A Second Basketball Team .,. . . , Top roiv, left to right-Walter Trueblood, Rey: Quigley. Sonny Thompson, Don Updyke, Bob' Kearney. Denny Akin, and Robert Cook. Middle,,row-Don-Dishinzer, Ray Howland, Howard Cunningham, Mike Akins Jerry Hunti- and Dale Knowlton. , Front rolw--Dick Cook., Bonnie Barnes, Robert'Petei-son. Buster Johnson. and James Newrnan, HE E TPORT CRIER Volume Thirty-four March 26, 1947 Number Eleven Designs for Herald Chosen in Contest Entries in the contest for the best division page designs for the 1947 Herald were judged Wednesday, March 12, by Miss Bonney and a rep- resentative from the Burger-Baird Engraving company. The winners were Elise DeWendt, clubsg Edmund Fink, sportsg Nancy Wing, facultyg and Betty Reeves, seniors. 'The design for the Herald cover has been made by Ruth Main- quist, staff artist. Approximately 1C0 copies of the Herald still are available. As only 200 copies will be printed, in addition to those automatically reserved for ac- tivity ticket owners, and 100 of those already have been sold, students who do not have activity tickets and who have not already reserved their year- books are advised to do so as soon as possible, or risk losing out completely, because there definitely will not be enough to go around. Copies may be reserved by the full price of 32.50, or by paying S1 down and the balance before May 1. Reservations will he taken by Herald rooms paying representatives in the home soon, and orders may be placed with representatives in room 4 at any time. Because of the rising costs of print- ing and engraving, it has been neces- sary to accept advertising for the yearbook so that the same high quality materials used in former years may be used in the present edition. It is difficult 'for the Crier and Herald to finance themselves. Only about half of the actual cost of the two publica- tions is covered by allotments from the activity ticket fund. The other half of the cost must be made up by adver- tising and by special projects such as the Herald benefit party held last Saturday night. The income received from the party will help considerably to balance the Herald budget. Hi-Y rfrecffzr L-1llOUl'lC'2.Z Topi-is To Be Presenters at Mei 'ings Topics and programs to b g present. i in senior Hi-Y meetings We rest .mf the seinester have been announced is Follow. by Mischler, tue new fli- i'eCl' '. I ' Apwi 2, Holy Week program with spn-aler. Ap ' 9, Filn -n Chin' ' Apri. 16, Har ' Osborn :ill lead a discus n on Europe. 'J Apr' 23. l oh, and Girl . Sper ker and is- .1ssio. April 30. Y-Te--ns and H-Y. P2-nel anr. dz - 1' ission. lay Y. Open. A film cn Fussia was shown at the iieting hf-ld March 26. , GW Spanien G. V. BOURRETTE Floor Show, Dancing, Games, Furnish Fun at Herald Party There were laughs galore from the floor show, in addition to dancing, ping-pong, and refreshments, at the long awaited Herald Benefit party at the Tiger Den last Saturday night. Myra Taylor, Kansas City enter- tainer, began the show after a half- hour of dancing and recreation. 'The crowd of nearly 200 joined her in singing the lyrics to The Spider and the Fly . The lite1'ary clubs got their chance to show what they could do when the entertainment was passed on to them. Clay started off with an imaginary broadcast from radio station KORN. Next came a broadcast originating from the same station, put on by the Prometheans and their sponsors, the Tidie Didie Safety Pin company. The climax of this feature came when Mary Bales unveiled a misplaced sign labeled Pundit . Another stunt with much prepara- tion behind it was a series of broad- casts bi Irvir' f. A ft the really drew appause was P,'1dit's version F Door, l gcharrj' in vvlxcf' ally op. ned tlie door. I' .. vt Remi-s follr W si. Uncle Thornlfnfrry r. ad a deli Prometheans in 1-esp . ' Open the Ri-.:' ard fin- visr 'ie from a iid Ann tion to the to the- 'at- ter's forzner 'tunt. I A, composed of nu ch bro .v-beating' :mi disc sed iunzoi, endi' .3 with the p resent' tion -if a ball dog a 4 the Prom :thean be auty iueen. A final skit on hov. men would 1-lay :at cards was river. by Dana. Ir. Athletes Admitted To National Society A charter granted by the National Athletic Scholarship Society was re- ceived last Friday by G. V. Bourrette, sponsor of the recently organized Westport chapter. To qualify for membership in the society a boy must have earned a letter in a major or minor sport and must maintain a grade average equal or superior to the average of his school. More than half of the members of the W club meet the scholastic re- quirements of the national organiza- tion , Mr. Bourrette announced proud- ly when he displayed the charter, This shows that the majority of our athletes measure up to the standards the club has striven for ever since it was organized. The basic purpose of the N.A.S.S. is set forth as follows in the charter. In order to recognize more fully the unself- ishness of the boys who, in a sportsmanlike manner, represent their school in athletics and who. at the same time, do their school work so well as to warrant recognition, authority is herewith granted to the executive and admin- istrator of the Westport High School to or- ganize, establish and conduct a local chapter of the National Athletic Scholarship Society to be known as the Westport High School Chapter. The new chapter is the first one organized in Kansas City. Speaker Offers Advice On Boy-Girl Relations Boyology and girlology, new names for extracurricular interests which have intrigued teenagers since time began, were the topics chosen by the Rev. Glenn Frye, assembly speak- er, March 5. A fluent speaker with an easy, in- formal platform manner, Dr. Frye claimeil the eager interest of his hear- ers, spicing wh.-lesome counsnl ftl. sparkling wit. Advising the students cone' their attitude and relt tionships the opposite sex, Dr. l rye sugg-. lu only moderate petting in high si? i. l. and 4. formatir: : of g-oup life. ing 'ln with a Jung of ynung: .- and u :marriage 5- 'mdt ion of 1 H respect, affectiox. ann dee: :-1 star.-ing. 'l' .ning on subjects vflitl ,tu- den parely hear openly discussed U spe . er brougl-t them into the ops ' mai ner, gi 'ig rf' ity. The gr gra' wa begun c ith 'hi '- nmnoeii v' t a vi .ole mme thcir tr:.'- dig - sc'if-ol -Arch tra Pagerffwo i g WESTPORT CRIERH g March 26, 1947 Education for Security Security or bewilderment--to which will your diploma throw open the door? Students who have ambition and the ability to make the most of opportunity will come out of high school with well-trained minds, healthy bodies, and personalities that win friends and influence people-an education for security. The chances that lie ahead of the graduate may be warped by depression and war into long hours of digging ditches, fighting cutthroat competition, or wallowing in muddy foxholes. To prepare himself, the high school student must realize that life resembles an obstacle course and the rules are the laws of survival of the fittest. Success in gauging correctly the complicated else life outside of high school depends entirely on strength of mind. For his fellowmen, the value of each person depends on the knowledge he has to ex- change. Being well-informed is the foundation of security. Healthy muscles and sufficient stamina are necessary to security. Gym classes and sports activities enable each person to have a strong body, capable of protection against evil and disease. Probably the least recognized phase of American education are its extra-curricular activities and social events. The ability to live harmoniously with others is taught in high school by the best instructor, practical experience. Dating is an important part of high school development because boy and girl friendships of the right kind stimulate a well-balanced adult life. Bulging biceps and bulging brain will lead only to frustration if personality collapses. Choose now between security and happiness or bewilderment and failure. Life is simply what you make it. Miscellaneous Musings Teenagens are slightly :more hip today than they were a million years ago, what with Stan Kenton, Prof. Einstein, and atomic fission on our side. Westport students would run circles around that ape-like Pithecanthropus Erectus guy, who never enjoyed such things as clothes, lipstick, crew cuts, or strawberry sodas. But the real progress has been made by goldbricks, fellahcs who invented things like juke boxes and water pistols. Thinking up more ways to have fun, that's progress, and Westport is sure making a lot of headway in that line. Back in the good old days when men were monkeys, Ugh, the caveboy, spent most of his time hunting, not having fun. If he was strong, he'd drag home a mastodon or dinosaur, or, even nicer, B. C. edition of Hedy Lamarr if he was stronger than she was. But that kind of life didn't invent shoes so that cavedwellers like Ivan Good- man could give each other hotfoots. Since they had to have some kind of fun, the stone age practical jokers would push an unsuspecting friend over a tall cliff, and then nearly kill themselves with laughter. What fun! Sauve comedians of the Billy Leake type didn't exist, because the language was only grunts and groans and who can tell a really good Joke through his nose? Today we get amusement from happy-o-lucky individuals like Nancy Kenyon, who at least don't fool with high cliffs. Despite what you hear about serpents and apples and such, the girls of ancient girls. They managed to times must have been about like Westpo1't's glamour get along with a little leopard skin and the usual curves. Unlike the modern siren, the cavegirl wouldn't date other boys while going steady, since cavemen bopped each other with clubs at the slightest drop of the wrong eyelaeh. Here in the New World we have Mary Balfs with that Southern chahm and innocent giggling and no worries. Jokesters like Jack Luft take life easy. serving four years u.1til they can go out into the world and make a million bucicr, whirh the Caveman didn't have to make. In conclusion-live, drink cokcs, and he merry. for mar .Anust make prog Tess 0:12 of W4 Foot-loose and fancy-free is blonde, bluegeyed Nancy Billings, our girl of the month. Packing a lot of personality into her 5 feet 7 inches, Nancy is the R.O.T.C beauty queen, the .junior con- tinuity officer to All City Student Council, a mem- ber' of Pep club, Spanish club, Pundit literary society, a holder of the silver pin in the Honor So- ciety, secretary- - ' treasurer of Stage 3 and Screen, and this 'busy girl has in the spring play, Planning on attending J. C. her first two years, K. U. possibly will be her next stop, where she intends to major in music. Nancy likes her public speak- ing and typing classes, playing boogie on the piano, and eating Nu-Way fudge cakes. Dancing rates tops on her data for date entertainment and Pierre Aulmont and Ingrid Bergman are her screen favorites. Choice re- cordings are Hoodie-Addie by Tex Beneke and the Anniversary Song. Nancy hates to admit it, but she was born in 1931, which makes her 16. We can't understand why she doesn't like to say it for We all think she is typically One of Us. the feminine lead Junior Red Cross Gifts Top Last Year's Record, S455 Total Contributions to the Junior Red Cross by Westporters this year topped last year's record by more than 382, with a grand total of 345534. Home rooms listing average contri- butions from fifty cents to more than a dollar were as follows, starting with the highest average contributions: Rooms 205, 120, 118, 211, 220, 305, 304, 2, 119, 306, 206. In the next group, but above the school average, were rooms 104, 216, 307, 114, 1, 217, 208, 303, 310, 106, 313. THE WESTPORT CRIER ITIHTSVXL Published bi-weekly during the schom year by tne Newswriting class of Westport High School, Kansas City, Mo. Address: The Westport Crier, l 315 East Thirty-ni.1tl1 street, Kan- sas Fifi. . Scno L SWF, NIU. ription lates: Year, 75 cents- ,ingle copy, 10 cents. Entered as -eco: -'-.dass matter April 4, 1928, ax the pustuffice' mnlcr the AP' of EIN? .,.., HL Kansas City. Missouri. 'Q rch 3. 1879 ':ms,1. STAFL' llflilfffzing Editor . . J:--y 'lr'l'KlTlOYl News l-Jdi' or . . F'-acura Exim .' Syn Fditor- Art Editor Musee-11,3 Ed' N. Ciccularion Nur' B 'mess Ma'1s.1c' !':1-m,rzranh.,ra -'. 1 Reporter ..... . !':1.1'ult?: Sunerx-.sum . T'll'wct .' n P Eff' 1 . . . . Fl Gillett La A ,Lee Love pry Akin, --sy Shannon . .. iv Mmnqu-ist ., . io' rt Grant . . . . . Mari .,.,i4e 'Jess 'Arima Gray Safiran. Te' Ri:-velman ,Cry Grower ...,. Joan ti. Booth f h -fLM'39hV . .Ina G Bonney March 26, 1947 H A WESTPORT CRIER Page Three Under t The Lost Week Endi' was nothing to the lost last week at school. No- body here and hardly any homework -Lovely, wasnit it! Was it Miss Card who gave Bettye Thorp the illusion that she could run an adding machine? Personal: Moon Goddess, record booths weren't made for that there kind of stuff. B. W. Richard Tucker tells us the Wheel- and Whingdings are the boys to beat in the homeroom court tournament. Who knows what evil lurks in the minds of men? The shadow knows, but so do women. Right? Overheard at Paup's: Ruth'Rueckert saying, That wasn't a boy. 'Ihat was Jack Lundberg. If you heard Miss Junkin's studes wailing last week, it was because June Newberry left uncovered a bottle of gasgthat hadn't been Nilled. What do you think of Major Mac? Every two or three issues he's made Ethel a little prouder. Guess this'll end it thoughg he can't get any higher. From now on call brothers Comi and Keel, Big Ben. VVhat's this about charming Lou Colbert and a lamp post late one eve- ning? What a life! Have you seen Bill Smith with all his pamphlets? He's going to Acapul- co, Mexico, come summer. We can't even spell it, much less get there. Two more boys in business-Harold Gibson and Don Krenkle selling tailor- made seat covers. Ernie Shivers and Barbara Gossett saw their five-month anniversary of steadying last week. Also on the road are Dick McLain andyBetty Congour, who have been happily pinned all of three months. f f Hey fellas! Met Jack Klinge's cousin, Gwen? Pretty 'cutt-. we'd say. Notice: Miltm Qrlazniony is water commissioner for school day. Guess vm hettcr all yfzft off the wagon and go my one dag, Either that or meet they cemetery. . , Oni iltminees foi 'city dog catcher and garlgege- collectcy :qw Bob Wcigjand sefxonfl thought, and Biil Leake. On who wants Fl leaky srzrbage colsector? he Clock Norma Davis has been seen a lot lately with the vice-president of the senior class at East. What's this we hear about some of Miss Wheeland's American history classes refighting the Civil War? Are Joe Kenton, Dean Dickensheet, and Wally Pendleton really Confederates? Mr. Bourrette didn't seem pleased with Bob Tengdin's use of an up- holstery tack. Wonder if Bob enjoyed sitting on it any more than the coach ? Jim Bufford reminded us to tell everybody he's handsome. Of course, we all know that, Jim. fjokel ' Johnny Davis and the boys want to make a formal request for more intellectual programs from the Irving vice president. Personally, we like the funny kind-like Henry Morgan. Cplugl We've all had a lot of fun cheering our home room basketball teams on -win or lose. On the loose again are Betty Ploess- er and Nancy Billings. Another loyal Westporter's heart has gone astray. This time it's Zelma Ocheltree going steady with Ricky Gillette, formerly of Southwest. These Sophomores!! -You never know who's going with whom. We wish our little underclassmen would make up their minds. We really thought Thelma Main- quist was past the mud-pie stage. Undoubtedly, Casanova of '49 will be Eddie Thorp, unless some girl can manage to settle him down. We welcome back to Westport Vel- ma fBubblesl Nelson. We wonder if anybody else has noticed that the lunch lines in the cafeteria seem to grow in the middle instead of at the end. It pays to have friends up in front. We hear Nancy Titus isn't speaking to one of her dearest friends lately, all because of a bit of poetry. 'There's plenty of originality in the names of homeroom teams. but Lilly's Lollypops takes the cake. I like news writing, I think it's fine, ' 'But woe is we When it's dir-dlinc time. -Jer 'ee Chattin. 04: Me gifting .fine 'James D. McAfoose has been ad- vanced to the rank of major to suc- ceed Harry L. VanTrees, now colonel of ROTC regiment. Other promotions announced on the last order are as follows: Captain, Donald R. Francis. First Lieutenant, John B. Gilmore. Second Lieutenant, Edward P. Johnson. First Sergeant. Reland D. Brumfield. Technical Sergeant, John A. Dinwiddie, Ed- w d W. C lt . al' 8. OH Staff Sergeant, Kenneth P. McNeel. Sergeant, Glenn A. Pennington. The annual ROTC military ball, highlight of the year for Westport cadets and their girls, will be held to- morrow night in the front hall from 8 to 11. Music for this gala program dance will be provided by Rod Wil- son's orchestra, and refreshments pre- pared and served by the Mothers' Mil- itary Auxiliary. To top off the evening Cadet Col. Harry VanTrees will crown Nancy Billings the beauty queen, and present her attendants. Membership of an ROTC All-City rifle team was announced Tuesday, March 18, by Larry Ray, KCKN sports announcer. Two Westport boys, John A. Dinwiddie and Brandon B Gilmore, were on the Honorable Men- tion list. All cadets-first, second, and third year men-are being required by May 1 to have fired a total of at least 75 to have fired a total of at least 75 rounds in the four positions, prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing. This requirement was not made in former years because of the scarcity of am- munition. A Junior Riiie 'Club charter has been received from the National Rifle Association recently, and a num- ber of cadets have already qualified for N.R.A. medals. Westportls stunt at the ROTC cir- cus has been changed to a display of all types of firearms and a demonstra- tion of their various uses. About half of the cadets will appear in the show and will be dressed in combat uni- forms. The arrival of a new 81 mlm. mor- tar completes the consignment of weapons to this school for the year. University of Chicago Offers More Than 'I00 Scholarships Robert M. Hutchins fof the Univer- sity of Chicago has announced that more than 100 scholarships will be awarded by the College of the Uni- versity for the 1947-49 school year. Students wishing to apply for schol- arships may obtain application forms by writing to the Entrance counselor, the University of Chicago, Chicago 37, Ill. Applications must be completed and filed at the university not later than April 1, 1947. In all cases the application for a scholarship must be accompanied by an application for ad- mission to the college, including the payment of the 35 application fee. N Page Four N- . .... , -he wicsrronr CRIER g g g March 26, 1947 Students Make Rapid Progress in COE Jobs Rapid development in modern in- dustry and commerce is an education- al challenge that on-the-job training can help Westport C.O.E. students to answer. Exactly how progress in industry makes changes is illustrated in the work of Elsie Phillips and Donna Un- derwood. These two Westporters are telephone operators on the long dis- tance lines that handle calls from the new automobile telephone service. Practical experience is helping them to keep abreast of the newest develop- ments in their occupation. Work as student learners under con- ditions which every employee must meet is preparing C.O.E. students for the rigors of the modern world out- side fairniliar high school walls. Bettye Griffith is employed in the office of the Lincoln Storage and Moving company where she does general office work and bookkeeping. Elaine Speiser helps to keep the wheels of the Walker Pub- lications' general oflice rolling and gets an inside view of the publishing business. Painting and art decorating in gen- eral is the job of Fern Cline at the Frances Martin Gift Shop where she sees her handicraft on sale. Fern, a C.O.E. student at Manual until she transferred to Westport at the end of the first semester, was trained for her work on trays, boxes, and many other articles while on the job. Apprenticeship in the upholstery trade is the part time work of Bob McClintock. Marguerite Hills is a cashier at Kline's. Dietician training at Research hospital and helping to prepare food is the occupation of Jean Lay. Joan Mole.s, who was working as a student nurse, has changed to filing work. Nelson Brown is employed in a filling station after shifting from stockroom work. Glen James has a new job in the office of the General Box company- ,after changing from stockroom work. From work in draft- ing at Barr Thorp to the Arrow Plate Printing company is the recent move imade by Bob Whitington. Dolores Woolery is employed in retail selling at F. W. Woolworth, making a change from power machine Work. For suggestions concerning possi- ble entrance into C.O.E. work, pupils who have dennite occupational inter- ests should consult with Miss Crow, the counselor, or myself, Mr. Peters, C.O.E. coordinator, suggested re- cently. Roses are red, Viclets are blue, Orchids are 354.50 I wonder how a dandelion Would look on you. ---Lewis and Clark Journal Wad puye NORMA DAVIS At a fashion show sponsored by Adler's Teen Fashion Board, Norma Davis, senior, won the prize for the most professional modeling in the two nights of the show. The prize, pre- sented by Sequin's Modeling School, was a band box. Other Westport en- tries in the contest were Mary Lou Hall, Dottie Connell, Dottie Branstet- ter, Betty Vandevoir, Jean Pattison, Virginia Wilson, Thelma Mainquist, Mary Lou Waldon, and Wanda Meyers. Betty, Virginia, Jean, and Mary Lou were awarded nylons. Chuck Bates was the board judge from Westport. I6 Girls and 12 Boys Chosen in Preliminary Play Tryouts Sixteen girls and ten boys passed the preliminary tryouts for the spring play held March 4 and 5. They were Betty Allen, Nancy Billings, Jean Car- ter, Jerry Chattin, Liesl Eschenheim- er, Jean Fogel, Jo Anna Gasboro, Ed- ris McCarty, Lorraine Piper, Joan Mitchell, Joan Navoa, Margaret Quin- ley, Mary Ann Rea, Lou Jane Unruh, Evelyn Viegard, Olive Wilhelm, Ann Thornberry. Bill Abbott, Richard Asher, Bill Ba- naka, Joe Brown, Don Dishinger, Ed- die Fink, Kenneth McNeel, Bob Miller, Wallace Ostlund, Howard Van Sandt. From this tentative list a cast of twelve will be chosen. The play, a mod- ern comedy, should be ready for pre- sentation April 25 and 26, Miss Keeler, the director, has announced. Flu Keeps 400 Pupils, 21 Teachers Out of School The epidemic of influenza which al- most brought school business to a standstill during the last three weeks. playing havoc with pupils and teach- ers alike, is not over, according to Miss Cecilia Burke, school nurse. I feel the danger is not yet over, warned Miss Burke. We must all be careful to protect ourselves and our neighbors from colds and influenza by preventing excessive fatigue, by get- ting plenty of rest, and by not over- eating. The epidemic, first becoming notice- able March 6, steadily gained force during the following days until the first let-up was perceived March 19. During that two-week period from 300 to 400 students were absent every day. Of course the total number of stu- dents absent during that pe1'iod was much greater, as many were out only a few days. Twenty-one members of the faculty and staff were absent during the first three weeks of March, for periods ranging from one day's absence to two weeks. They were Mr. Booth, Mr. Ward, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Dice, Miss Can- non, Mr. King, Miss Small, Miss Gales, Miss Wheeler, Miss Youngs, Miss Bechtel, Miss Hanna, Miss Shel- ley, Miss Junkin, Miss Hayden, Miss Card, Miss Fairweather, Mr. Keenan, Mr. Irion, Mr, Shearer, and Miss Johnson, of the odice staff. Expressing her views on the epi- demic, Miss Burke thanks the pupils and teachers for their co-operation in helping to get rid of this as soon as possible, for definitely it was the per- son who stayed at home and took care of himself who helped to curb the epi- demic, she believes. Typing Awards Marilyn Kendrick, 60, Richard Mary Cooper, Adams, Bill Banaka, Sue Harkness, Richard Kniseley, 50, Phyllis Cole, Norma Field, Richard Asher, Bill Shotwell, Sarah Matthews, Betty Mendlick, Allece Smythe, 40g Ermine Bowman, Ted Riegelman, Bev- erly Worth, Mark Swanson, Virginia Stewman, 30, Delmar Olson, Donna Stone, Betty Stuart, 20. Mi -. Ruth Bryan Rohde, a daughter of William .Jennings Bryan, will speak at 'nnior College Friday evening, April ll. at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Rohde is a peru-orzage in her own right as well as by ',.'r'ei'itzr .'fz. She served ably as mini-4-rr io llemnark, and she is a lec- turer of distaiction. .VIrs. Rohde-'s lec- ture wi dl re the foufth and last in a series 'I' a-dur-ational lectures present- ed hy ,the Teachers' Co-operative Councl 'ei' Kansas City. The public is invi ul. 'Viwere will hc no admittance charge. March 26, 1947 n K K - Shop Boys Visit Fisher And Chevrolet Plants Wednesday' afternoon, March 19, about 100 students from the drafting, wood, and metal shops boarded a pub- lic service bus which took them on a visit to the Fisher Body Company and Chevrolet assembly plant. The excur- sion was made in connection with the Fisher Body Company Craftsmen's Guild model car contest which many Westport boys are entering. A craftsman at the plant showed car models and explained various methods of construction to the group. This was done to make the completion of models easier for contestants. Then the boys followed the assem- bling of bodies through the Fisher plant where they saw small parts put together to form completed bodies. Methods of spot welding, upholstering and painting were of particular inter- est to lmany. Automatic painting, con- trolled by a photo-electric eye, has evolved as a process which requires only fifteen minutes to complete the final coat of paint. Bodies come out of this plant at the rate of about forty- seven an hour. Next on the trip came the Chevrolet plant, where boys saw the wheels at- tached to the bare chassis, the installa- tion of the engine, and finally the com- pleted car, after bodies were swung in from the other plant and dropped on from overhead. It takes approximately five hours for one car to go completely through the plant, and about forty-five auto- mobiles come off the line ready to drive every hour. Mr. Wilcox and Mr. Sloan, who accompanied the shop students, commented that the assem- bly line was a marvel of organization and engineering. After the excursion, Ben Comi and Ben Keel appeared on the Big Broth- er radio show in a discussion of the contest. Both boys are planning to en- had taken part of the contest ter the contest. Comi in a radio discussion over KCKN the Saturday previous to the visit. Mr. Wheeler has received a new construction lathe in the metal shop to bring the number of lathes to eight. A nice Pembroke lamp Lable has been finished in the wood shof by Sherman Skelton. Those who do not know how to sew but are interested might heed these few helpful hints fret., Miss Guliin. The most important 6.-Eng Learn- ing to sew, she said, ls hor. ,g the hands in the right posfticn. ,E the same as in typing or :nu-'ic cret of that is wearing a LF : elle and wearing it right. Also be rf- 'Q-ful to .- aterial he se- use enough pins to keep thf in place, and kno how Q -ez ulate the sewing n1uchinc. WESTPORT CRIER Page Five Gmc! Zdala MQM Mr. Fristoe received the following letter recently from Ernest Dome, for- mer student who now is in the Navy: Treasure Island, March 1, 1947, Mr. Fristo: I have meant to write to you ever since I started to school here on Treasure Island. I'm in the Electron- ic Material School. It is a pretty rough course. So far it's been half math and half electricity. Now here comes the part I know you'll love. I'm sure glad I took math in high school. That's all that's got me by. I can hurry up and get my math and then I can work on my electricity. I know you used to tell us kids how math was important. I sort of took it with a grain of salt but I realize now how important it is. Several of your old students also are in school here. They are Earl Moon, Ralph Reise, Bill Page, and Johnny Irwin. They are all ahead of me. They all agree with me on how important math is. This school is sure a lot different front high school. I used to think you were a Simon Lagree when you gave us an hour's homework. We have all the way from three to five hours out .Ioned Billings, '45, to Attend World Conference in Norway Joned Billings, '45, has been chosen as one of five American delegates to represent the Episcopal church next summer at the Second World Confer- ence of Christian Youth at Oslo, Nor- way, it was announced recently in New York. Joned, a leader in school actvities, also has been a leader in youth Work. 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Deck' Page Six i wssrroar CRIER-W 7 A Y March 26, 1943 Plans Sketched for Annex to Building Many improvements in the building have been planned, Already a few classrooms have been enlarged by re- moving the wall between two small adjoining rooms. This cannot be con- tinued, because no more classrooms can be eliminated, therefore an annex must be built. Before the war blueprints were made, but shortages of materials halt- ed the construction. Now it will bc started again if the school bond issue is approved by the voters. This election probably will be in May. If the bond issue goes over and the bonds are sold without delay, the actual building could not start before a year. The school board has pledged to raise the teachers' salaries before the bonds are sold. This is not from the money for the building. Westport is not the only school ask- ing for improvements. The election must be in favor of the changes in all the schools before any improvements can be made here. Mr. Holloway has stated that many rooms would be enlarged, and the fol- lowing would be provided for in the new annex: Instrumental music room, R.O.T.C. room and tiring range, a swimming pool, improved dressing rooms and showers Qfor girls' and boys' gym classesj, increased storage space, five additional classrooms. ' - Many other suggestions for im- provements have been made by teach- ers. 1'l'he principal says that while most of the proposed improvements probably will have to be postponed he mentioned the following in a letter to Nate W. Downes, assistant superin- tendent in charge of buildings and grounds: New industrial arts room, expanded art room. expanded foods room, expanded speech room ilittle theaterl, expanded music room. expanded quarters for health center, expanded stenography room, new room for modified physical education. New Sack Dress Inspires Discussion of Girls' Clothes A recent assembly brought into view a new style, the sack dress, which would look all right on some figures and---, well, it might not look so good on others. Every person is enti- tled to his own view of the matter. However, while on the subject ol' sacks, you might take a look at one made by Helen Baker. Most of the separate or dress skirts this spring will have draping or :1 fullness about the waist. The suit skirts will be tight with slits. The summer dresses that the first year sewing classes are making have the sleeves cut right into the dress, thus discarding the old style of the set-on sleeves. Girls in the second year classes are making dresses for Easter and the ad- vanced classes arc making suits. Scholastic Award Winners . WM ' I 'si aww 16' Front row. McLeod, Reeves. Back row, l5.rI-Z- Abbott. Saffran Students who placed in the Regional Scholastic Award Contest, March 1 to 15, received their awards during a program in the Little Theater, Friday evening, March 7. Boys won five keys among the en- tries from Westport, while only two girls from this high school placed. Winners of keys were Dorothy Mc- Leod, George Berg, Jimmy Saffran, Bill' Abbott, Robert Potts and Betty Reeves. Receiving honorable mention were Ted Riegelman, Joyce Gladean, and Gretchen Coster. Irving Society Sponsors Inter-Club Literary Contest f Cooperating with the other literary societies, Irving has set April 5 as Inter-Society Night. Written entries which include short stories, essays, and poems, must be submitted April 3. Entries work must be in ink or type-written and original. They will be judged on literary con- tent, English accuracy, neatness, and in the case of poetry, rhythm. Oral entries, oratory and debate, must be ready on the night of April 5. fl pad, -X lllll LOOKING FOR A JOB There .night be one open here at the telephone company as an operator. Experience? Not necessary at all. lf you qualify, you begin right away . learning on the job. And besl U I AFTER GRADUATION ? 'al' all, you earn while you learn! Pleasant work? Definitely . . :und important. loo: VVl1y not sec Miss Moran, Room l324- Tcleplnone liuilding, lltll and Unk, Kansas ifity. Mo.. and talk it over? ,. 7 Q, 40. .... ll 5' ..- OUTHWESTERN Bill. . E ' S ' ill X airy: TELEPHONE COMPANY X m,,,,,,,,.M March 26, 1947 Z g gg gg g WESTPORT CRIER ,Y vi gg I Pagg Seven sam. qua arm. :The eighth graders have been re- ceiving special instruction relative to their enrollment as freshmen. The stu- dents are studying the graduation re- quirements and are planning their programs well in advance so that they will fulfill all the requirements and so that they may also easily.include later in their school careers courses in which they are especially interested. Miss Gales' home room contributed 9542.09 to the Junior Red Cross, and had the highest average contribution of the school. Miss Grubes' groups have been hav- ing some interesting discussions on current world problems. Recently they discussed education for democracy. Mitzi Miller, Mr. Miller's daughter, won the second prize in showmanship at the American Royal Cocker-Spaniel Show March 9. Mitzi competed with entries from eighteen states in the event. She is in the fourth grade at the Boone School. Miss Brubaker's morning classes, among other groups, visited the West- port Branch Library during its open house celebration commemorating fif- ty years of service to this community. Eighth gradersi saw two especially interesting films recently, one telling the story of lead mining in Missouri, and another about Alaska, especially the Alaskan fishing industry. Miss Cain's music classes sang for the PTA Tuesday, February 25. The eighth grade and sophomore girls' glee club offered Fairest Lord Jesus. Six- teen girls from the sixth hour class sang Teach Me to Pray, and all of the classes joined in singing The Bat- tle Hymn of the Republic. Jerry Spencer is recovering from painful injuries as a result of a fall from a bicycle. A Jim-my Haines, home room 212, de- serves much credit for his fine work in operating the motion picture pro- jector for the common learnings classes. Ofiicers have been elected as fol- lows in Miss Cain's six hour girls' glee club: Jane Culver, presidentg Virginia McDaniel, vice-presidentg Marilyn Beach, secretaryg Pat Short, treasur- erg Mary Lawson and Katheryn Hayes, librariansg Kathryn Zimmer- lee, Crier rep0l'ter. Miss Cannons students have been making a study of undersea life. They have given talks. collected illustra- tions. and have -used real shells, Ann Thornberry Wins Annual Oration Contest Ann Thornberry, a senior, won the first prize in the seventeeth Annual Patriotic Oration Contest held before members of the Speech Arts club and visitors February 28. Ann delivered the Supposed Speech of John Adams by Dan- iel Webster. The , Speech Arts club awarded her the prize of 32. How- ard Van Zandt, a junior, took sec- ond place and Ted McAtee, a sophomore, took third. Ann tied for second place last year. The contest was the climax of sev- eral weeks of diligent work on the part of many speech students. Ap- proximately 100 pupils learned ora- tions and all but ten were eliminated in a preliminary contest. The ten who delivered orations were Jean Fogel, Ted McAtee, Joan Mitchell, Joan Mc- Namara, Wallace Ostlund, Mary Ann Rae, Jack Stewman, Ann 'Thornberry, Howard Van Sandt. Last year, Charles Cohen. a senior, won the first prize. Charles is one of ten boys who has won in the past and Ann is one of nine girl winners. Mary Ann Peake and Lois Ellis tied for first place in 1942. Joicie Rule and Annabel Hurley, 1945, also tied, bringing the total number of winners to nineteen since the first contest was held in 1930. sponges, and coral. Students in 208 were surprised to find that one of their cocoons had hatched into a Crecopia moth. They housed it in a container supplied by Miss Bonney, and made a study of their live specimen. Miss Cannon's students have pre- pared notebooks on Missouri and Kan- sas City. Miss Cannon .says that they show lots of work and planning. The officers of the A Cappella 'Choir for the second semester are Janie Hutcheson, presidentg Bob Tengdin, vice presidentg Betty Vandevoir, sec- retary. and Lorraine Piper, treasurer. Betty Mitchell and Peggy Stanton will continue as librarians. M. H. Shearer, teacher of phvriog- raphy and aeronautics, is vice presi- dent of the Kansas City seminar of the American Meteorological Society. The seminar mee-ts twice a month in the geology-geography building of the University of Kansas City. Drivers Class Studies Autos and Pedestrians Knowledge and skill are two differ- ent things, as the Drivers Education Class soon will find out. So far the twenty or more students under Mr. Shepherd's guidance have been study- ing the workings of the auto, and pedestrians. Soon they will actually do a lot of driving, although they are taking weekly out-of-class lessons with their parents or guardians as instructors. The course is a semester solid sub- ject, and is one of several offered in the Kansas City high schools. The purpose is to teach the students skil- ful and sportsmanlike driving which will help in reducing motor accidents. It is estimated that in a year's time, motor cars are wiping out the equiva- lent of the entire population of a fair- ly large city. The United States is a nation of drivers and education of youth is important. A few weeks ago the class attended trafiic school at the Police Court, which is held to instruct traffic law violators. Trips to garages, to find out about the mechanics of automobiles also are being planned. Driving apti- tude tests have been obtained from one of the local taxi companies. They include such tests as gloro-meters, field of vision tests, dynamometers, etc. Parents of the students will have a chance to try out these different tests tomorrow. . Eddie Berkland is making the fine art of lfgerdemain pay off. He's got his own business manager now and has fixed the minimum pay he'll work for. Boy, that is magic! Some Sweet Tomorrow N E W S 0 N G Featured by EARL SCHULLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA Copy with picture on cover 50: prepaid A L N E W T O N P. o. sox 1021, Mobile 6, Ala. THE STUDENTS STORE Textbooks Notebooks Art 8. Drafting Supplies SOUTH SIDE BOOK STORE 210 East 39th Street ' W Block West of Westport .- lla-fe Egg! tw-- WESIVPORT CRIER y K March 26, 1947 Seniors Beat Juniors in Hotly Contested Cage Bout Paced by giant Jack Carby, the jun- iors virtually wrapped up the annual Junior-Senior game, but the prowess of the seniors at the free throw line won a hotly contested 30-28 victory. Joe Kenton, high scorer of the game with 12 points, led the senior attack with Parker Dailey and Bernie Mor- gan. The seniors swept into a 2-point win after Carby and Mike Broestl, who were needed badly for the junior odensive, had fouled out of the game. Carby swished the nets for ll points and placed second in individual scor- ing honors as the juniors topped their opponents in field attempts. Seniors-30 I Juniors-28 fl FT F' G FT F Joe Kenton 4 4 4lJack Uarby 4 3 5 Parker Dailey 2 2 1lChuek Bates 2 1 l lim-rnie Morgan 2 2 2'Miko Bro'stl 2 l 5 liill lianaka 0 3 0 Dale Knowlton l l lioli Miller 1 0 OIH. Simpson 2 0 l .lack Gibbs . 0 1 0 l'l.Cunning:hani 0 ll 0 .lack Huffman 0 0 1 Dennis Akin 0 0 li 'tunaltl Barnes 0 v f 0 0 VS . Fruelrlond 0 0 lllex Quigley 0 0 . tl A+ Erstwhile Tennis Champions Encouraged to Enter Tourney Spring tennis tournament registra- tion has started and Mr. Fristoe in room 219 will welcome all boys who want to compete. I hope they come out, regardless of ability, the tennis coach declared. Eighth graders and freshmen can develop into proficient players for later years. Racquetiren already listed are Rel- and Brumfield, Roger Wood, Don Woodside, Dan Whitaker, Donald Macdonald. Bill Leake, Dave Goeckel- er, Paul Goeekeler, Dwight Holman. .lack Huffman, Edward Johnson, Rich- ard Carroll. John Davis, Ronald Barnes, and Joe Brown. Five Girls Attend Tri-City Conference of Y-Teen Delegates Five Westport girls attended the Tri-City Y-Teens Conference. held in Rosedale high. They were Beverly Nikles, Yvonne Bare, Lou Colbert. Barbara Turley and Maedell Clark. Representatives from Kansas City. Mo.. Kansas City, Kan., and St. Jo- seph attended. The theme for the meeting this year was How Does Your Garden Grow 'l After a luncheon the girls met in the auditorium for a fashion review and talks on general appearance. This was followed by meetings of smaller groups to discuss activities of the va- rious Y-Teen cluhs. A dinner was served by the Rose- dale PTA in the gyinnasiuzn with an after-dinner speech on VVorld Broth- erhoodf' Miss Burke is giving lessons to eigrhtli grade students on home rare of the sick and child care. o Grand Opening. of Our New Store at 3909 Main Street SATURDAY, March 29 R E E BALLOONS AND , O POPCORN Extra Special DOUBLE KAY CASHEWS 98C lb- All Nationally Advertised Candy Bars and Gum Delicious, Tender. Skinless FRANKFURTERS with the works 1. Onion 3. Chili 2. Mustard 4. Relish Complete Soda Fountain Our Famous Fresh Fruit Drinks Orange - Pineapple - Grape Complete Line Double Kay Nuts Fresh Downytlake Doughnuts Huge Bag Iumbo Popcorn WAKElY'S Six Stores Hours--7:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. HE E TPORT RIER Volume Thirty-four April 16, 1947 Number Twelve 8 Westporfers Hold Guests' Offerings Range from Boogie to Bach Key Jobs at City Hall , Eight prominent Westport seniors held key positions in the city gov- ernment Wednesday, April 2, when they participated in student rule day at the City Hall, held this year for the first time since 1942. The day began with the assembling of all of the student officials in the council chambers of the City Hall where L. P. Cookingham, City Man- ager, explained the qualifications and responsibilities of good city oflicials. The student oiiicials then proceeded to their respective oiiices and proceed- ed with the day's tasks. The group reassembled at noon in the ballroom of the Hotel President for a luncheon at which they heard a talk by Roy A. Roberts, president of the Star. During the afternoon they were engaged in various activ- ities and tours until 4:30 o'clock when they again assembled at the City Hall for the much anticipated student city council meeting. Mayor Banaka's many duties ranged from studying the chief executive's correspondence to attending a hear- ing of the Federal Power Commission concerning the gas pipe line needs for the city, and officiating at the city council meeting in the afternoon. One hundred twenty students in all participated in student rule day . Gerry Kramer was election commis- sioner and Nancy Billings deputy elec- tion commissioner. Nancy Akin held the position of superintendent of parks, and Marilyn Tidd was an elect- ed councilman. Mary Helen Ryder acted as super- intendent of General hospital No. 1, while Jack Sevier was commissioner of recreation, and Ann Thornberry was director of research and information. The housewives of Kansas City, to- gether with their families, are deeply indebted to Milton Harmony, water director, for his zealous labors in maintaining an adequate water sup- ply on student rule day . Jim Buford, a junior, participated in student rule day as Westpoi-t's representative to the All-City Student Council. The Westpo1't club Youth on the Beam has been having an attendance race with a similar club. the Inner Circle, at Shawnee Mission. The pur- pose of the race is to increase attend' ance in the two organizations, which are Biblical clubs. The record is taken for the two days the W'-stpoi'! group meets. Play Group to Present Two Gentlemen and Verona Two Gentlemen and Verona, a lively, rollicking modern comedy full of laughs, surprises and romance, will be presented in the auditorium Friday and Saturday nights, April 25 and 26. The title roles go to Nancy Billings as Verona, and Bill Banaka and Bob Stuckert as the two gentlemen. Six stage-struck girls with their housekeeper set up practice rooms in an old house, call themselves the Red Barn Players, and go out for theatre. They are Nancy Billings, Olive Wil- helm, Edris McCarty, Ann Thornber- ry, Jerrie Chattin, Joan Mitchell and Lorraine Piper. Wallace Ostlund is cast in the role of managing director and Joe Roy Brown as stage manager. When Bob Miller comes along as movie scout looking for talent. things begin to happen. Miss Keeler, director of the play, reports that rehearsals are going nicely. The play was written by Ann Fer- ring Weatherly. wife of Edward WVeatherly, '23, a menfber of the Crier stafi' for three years. Dr. Weatherly now is dean of the English depart- ment in the University of Missouri. Charles E, Cohen, '46, a freshman in the University of Kansas City, rep- resented his fraternity in an eight- state oratson contest hold rcccntly in Indiana?--lis. Charles received the Hllllllfl rays award last year for ex- C6lli'i!'.'ft in speech ard dramatics. Lincoln Pupils Win Plauclifs in Assembly Acclaimed as one of the most en- tertaining assembly programs held here in recent years, the musical pro- gram p1'esented Vifednesday morning. March 26, by Lincoln high school stu- dents initiated at Westport the new plan of the All-City Student Council for exchanging assembly programs throughout the Kansas City high schools. Probably most appreciated of the various selections were the two of- fered by the Lincoln Swing Band, a noteworthy organization which proved to bc really in the groove , and the two selections of the Aces, a harmony group of the same type as the Ink Spots. The five Aces offered as an encore one of their own compositions, I Am Cutting Out From You, Baby. There were a number of excellent piano solos and vocal numbersg the piano accompaniments for the vocal numbers were especially praisewor- thy. The whole program was charac- terized by perfect timing. The tap dancing of Leon Brown was considered by many to be really outstanding, and Earl Grant's Temp- tation was especially well received. The Lincoln High Madrigals cli- maxed the program very effectively with their striking arrangement of The Battle Hymn ot' the Republic. Lllr. SIJI'ii1j.Q 1 second and sixth hour 2lKlV2lYlL0ll 11 usil' classes are now work- ing on solos. Page Two WESTPORT 'CRIER April 16, 1947 We Need Strong Weapons to Meet the Future Today the eyes of the nation are on the coming generation of Americans. From the hour the Japs sneaked up on Pearl Harbor older folks have worried about the effect the war would have on their youngsters. Just watch and see, Grampa said then- When the fighting ends the kids will be wilder than they were after the first World War. They get worse and worse all the time anyway and this con- fusion won't help? Now, happy times are here again and another problem has flung out its ugly fist because of the differences between nations. Are American teenagers as mentally and physically strong as the young people in countries with whom the United States must com- pete economically and politically in the postwar world ? First, war has given the ordinary high school student a new out- look on life, an appreciation of peace, experience with large sums of money earned in war work along with interest in training for desirable occupations, and better knowledge of life around the world, wisdom they would not have had if the war had never been fought. But disagreeable effects resulted also. Easy jobs have encour- aged many students to drop all or part of their education and school work is not up to prewar levels. Juvenile delinquency is under control, apparently. At least, there hasn't been much shouting about excessive wildness since the war ended. Just how the new generation will fare in dealing with world problems, however, can only be answered by the future. Peace, as ever, is the goal, but differences between nations must be ironed out completely before it can be attained. To work for a just com- promise between nations means that the U. S. must not shirk its duty as a leading power. To protect ourselves and assure the pos- sibility of peace forever the high school students of today will have to prove that the American way of life is the best way. Clear thinking and a high sense of our responsibility to other nations are the strong weapons that we need to meet the future. Senior Boy Breaks Beginners' Record in 80-Word Typing Test S. J. Krueger, a senior, broke all previous typing records for beginners by passing the . 80-word test on VVednesday, April 9. He is the first boy to pass the test here. Only three students ever have passed the 80 test during their first year. Mary Evelyn Rankin succeeded in 1938, Thelma Zink in 1942, and Betty Thatcher in 1944. S. J. was a student here in 1944 but was forced to quit because of ill health. He returned in January this year and passed his 70-word typing test April 2. Moving his hands very little while he types, S. J. depends for his skill on good finger manipulation. Americo Felici, an education student from Pennsylvania at the University ot' Kansas City, attends Miss Ilayden's third and fifth hour classes in his work of observing and practicing teaching for college credits. Three Literary Societies Take in 24 New Members Three of the literary societies have taken in new members as follows: Pundit: Ann Whittamore, Coreen Goodman, Marilyn Swanson, Kiddy Wunderlich, Dona Griffith, Beverly Nickles, Doris Bucher, Joan Magnusson. Promethean: Charlene Farrell, Doris Jen- kins, Donna Laughton, Pauline McWilliams, Zelma Ochletree, Phyllis Schindler, Jackie Seavey. Jo Ann Woolsey, Barbara Wyatt, Mary Bales, Dolores Williard. Clay: Bob Washburn, Jim Buford, Ronnie Earnes. Gene Bohi, Bob Dnywalt, Charles evin. Two Set Attendance Records Betty Thomson, a senior, celebrated on March 25 the end of eight consecu- tive school years, during which she has been neither absent nor tardy. This is her first year at Westport, having attended Ruskin high school and South City View grade school previously. Mary Ellen Thurman, at freshman, has been neither absent nor tardy since her kindergarten days. She attended Swinney pjrade school and spent her eighth year at Ro,-,Q-. dale. Uneaf W4 In hiding for the past month, 'till the Open the Door, Richard fad blew over, our personality boy, along with others unlucky enough to have the same first name, is once again strolling through the halls unafraid of that verbal . plague. Five feet seven, with blue I eyes and dark llv, brown hair, Dick, -:1' though he hates ff - to admit it, was . p ..,.- ' born in Wichita, Kas., January 23, ',.,, 1930, which, ac- at cording to our calculations makes him seventeen years, two months, three weeks, and three days old. Dick got off to a good start at Westport, becoming a member of the Student Council executive board the first semester of his freshman yea1', and is now a member of Irving, presi- dent of the Camera club, and on the monitor staff. With brains as well as beauty fjokej, he holds a silver pin in the Honor Society and is listed fourteenth in the senior class. Of' his favorite subjects, our personality boy says, chemistry's fun, and Lat- in's easy. fMiss Lash and Miss Jun- kin, he's only kiddin', honestll Typing also rates high, with a 50 award al- ready to his credit. Dick Hlls his leisure hours playing tennis, dancing, and bowling, where his high score is 177+not bad for an amateur, and he especially likes lis- tening to records, Frankie Laine 1'at- ing as feature vocalist. Wednesday night, his radio is invariably tuned to comedian Henry Morgan. Already interested in science and math, Dick hopes to major in chem- istry at Washington University next year, and considering his record here, we're sure he'll do well there. Should we see him then, we'll be happy to say that Dick Kniseley was once One of Us. THE WESTPORT CRIER , H- l Publislwd bi-weekly during thu 4'-W 3'-ml'U- school yeaxr, by the HNowswriting CQUMLL crass o I estport izh School. --If lxansnxi City, Mo, 'J Address: Tho Westport Crier. 7' 315 gust 'Fhirty-ninth street. Kan- sas ity. N-o. ' ' Subscription rates: Year. T. cents: single copy. 10 cents. Entered as second-class matter April 4. 1929. at the postoffice at Kansas City. Missouri under the Act of March 3. 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Rey Shannon . Ed Gillett Laura Lee Love Nancy Akin. Rey Shannon Ruth Mainquist J h Gr t Z?- 1 SCR Managing Editor News Editor Ftature Editor Sport Editors Art Editor NI G Eli' 1 amz.-UD f .UF 0 11 all Circulation Manager Mary Louise Vess Business Manager Wilma Gray hoto:,'rapEn-rs James Suffran. Ted Ric-gelman Reporter .. . ..,. . Joy Grower I'-I'lf .lltg Sum-rvisor .. John N. Booth Dire-c-,.xr el' Photogrzzphy , , ina G. Bonney April 16, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Three I Miscellaneous Musings Maybe our dear readers still are too shocked from their grade cards to be able to read yet. All the better for them, considering what we've got to say here. We'll admit there were some surprises, but who would have guessed that S. J. Krueger would get an E in typing! By hook or crook, Dewey's Dribblers finally won the senior homeroom basket- ball tournament. Seems that on the day of the championship battle with home- room 116, Mr. Miner gave eighth hours to all the boys on the opposing team- the reason, threat to the reputation of homeroom 115. lVIr. Kling took drastic countermeasures by throwing the same penalty on members of the Dribbler squad, and both teams served their sentences in the gymnasium-playing basketball. Spring play practice is under way, and once again comes an excuse for mumbling through the halls. Miss Keeler's characters aren't the only offenders by any means, as witness the chemistry kids who can be heard muttering equations for those next couple of quizzes. Deviating from the old line of traveling men, we'll tell you one about a pop- corn salesman named Bob. He never takes no for an answer, but always Sells. CBob Sells this kinda korn, too.l . . . Last week was full of shocks. First the senior class scholastic ratings Ccongrats, Nancy Lundl, and then the list of graduation candidates-you should see some of those names like Joy Savory Grower, Vivian Evangeline Weeks, Leon Arvil Jackson, Reland DeVerde Brumfield, Parker Stokes Dailey, Edward Vandal Ashley, and Lloyd Edward Charles Thomas. Think of the ink he'll waste in a lifetime, signing a name like that. You'll agree we shouldn't have skipped this one, Jack Elliotte Gibbs. Right, Jack? Betty Mitchell and Bill Deber seemed mighty anxious last Thursday to retain a couple of notes headed Dear Bill and signed Just me. How about that, kids? . . . We extend our regrets to those seniors who'll be leaving us soon without ever hearing one of Mr. Ploesser's tales, or more correctly, seeing him tell one. He's got more jestures than a whole family of kings. Is it a chorus line, we asked, when we saw gorgeous gals like Donna Under- wood and Nancy Akin carrying signs. Never knew a picket line could be so interesting, did you, boys? Spring has sprung and the tennis fiends are at it again. Have you seen that Dave Millican, Richard Tucker combination? They're smooth-smooth, like a Model T, but what do they care as long as they keep winning games. These fellas feemed rather distracted when playing Saturday, but who can concent1'ate on the game, anyway, girls' tennis garb being what it is on a nice sunshiny day? That's all for now, but we leave you with this thought-There are only five more weeks and two days left to catch up on all those things you've been neglect- ing for the past four years, seniors . . . like loafing, for example. QAPPLAUSEJ Under the Clock Charles Barry has nominated Den- nis Akin as the boy with the cutest Ada.m's apple. Haircuts are only 75 cents. Will some kind soul start a fund for Homer Ferguson? Why should Bill Dryden be so proud of the fact he used to live in that hick town, Columbia, Mo.? Poison- ally, they must have girls in Colum- bia, too. What information did Ann Thorn- berry want from Jimmy Grimes' piano thumper at the -band's last re- hearsal? Phyllis Cole's heart has strayed to Northeast. She's going steady with Viking Don Wright. - We may now announce the valedic- torian and salutorian of the senior class. They are Nancy Lund and Har- ry Van Trees, respectively. Congratu- lations! You've proved that hard work and study really pay. Congrats to Mary Hern and Jack Carby, Betty Allen and Reland Brum- field, and Mary Bales and Jack Jester, '46, for you-know-what. We've decided not to use the words going steady because as soon as names appear in print under those words, the persons concerned break up and we wouldn't want that to happen to our newest couples. We should like to know if the book that Barbara Turley is reading really is interesting. We've heard so much about it. Glee Wm fbeaalelian War's desolation is not just another word in an editorial or a history book to three new Westporters, Allan Cor- oszcz, Ben Edelbaum, and John Oes- terle. Their experiences in Europe during the recent conflict were the real thing. After only a little more than three months in America, the boys already are finding that the horrible seven years of destruction in their home- lands seem more and more unreal. As Allan, a Polish boy, explained, I can- not believe it, now--the years in Ger- many. In this country, I just can't believe it. Hard to believe for the average American is how much of a paradise the United States must seem to people who lived through the terrors of war. Exactly what Allan, Ben, and Johnny think of their new home is hard for them to put into words. English words especially, since they are here at West- port to learn more of the American language. But together they could say it in at least seven different tongues. Several Westporters who can speak one of these languages are helping the three new students become acquainted with the surroundings. Allan, Ben, and Johnny aren't the only ones who learn this way, however, for the newcomers have interesting information about Europe and the war to tell their friends. Allan, born in Lodz, Poland, Ben, also Polish, and Johnny, born in Stet- tin, Germany, came across the Atlantic in January on the transport ship Ernie Pyle. They visited in Cincinnati, O., before coming to Kansas City to live with friends While going to Vlfestport. There is much difference between Germany and America, Allan? con- tinued. Here in America the teacher and the pupils are like a family. But in Germany you can't learn if you aren't very smart. They are very strict. The interview took place in the cafe- teria. Few of the students eating their more than adequate lunches around the boys' table would have fully un- derstood their next statement. The three were thinking about this new school. Gratitude showed in their faces. As Allan finished, Ben added what he thought, and Johnny nodded. In America, he said, it's justice. Pupils fo Give Demonstrations A group of Miss Keeler's pupils will give a dem onstration of club p1'ocedure at the April meeting of the PTA next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock and girls in Miss Guffin's and Miss DurboroW's clothing classes will model various articles of wearing apparel in a fash- ion show. The girls glee club will sing. All students and parents are invited. Fig-E Four fA H H- A WESTPORT CRIER Amr W-MMM' April 16, 1947 Mrs. Berlekamp Chosen President of PTA Unit Mrs. Benjamin Berlekamp was elected president of the PTA at the meeting held March 25. She will be inducted at the May meeting to suc- ceed Mrs. Phoebe Bare. The new president has been active in PTA work for several years. She was president of the Faxon school association and has held the positions of second and third vice president of the Westport group. Her daughter, Belva, is a senior. Dr. G. Dewey Smith, director of attendance, census, health and visit- ing teacher services, was the chairman of a panel discussion presented after the election. Dr. Smith pointed out that an average of 4,400 pupils in the public schools were absent each day during 1946, almost three times the number of students enrolled in West- port. Mr. Harris, vice-principal, said that if a pupil misses one day of school he really is missing two days, because he spends the day he comes back find- ing out what he missed the day before. Marilyn Tidd maintained that when older students skip school, some of the younger ones, who look up to them, will do the same thing. Members of the panel were Mr. Smith, chairmang Mr. Harris, Miss Marie Crow, G. V. Bourrette, Marilyn Tidd and Mrs. Fannie Banaka. The following officers were elected in addition to Mrs. Berlekamp: Mrs. A. M. Pennington, first vice president: Mrs. Carl Weber, second vice president: Mrs. G. C. Klinge, third vice president: Mrs. C. D. Woodside, recording secretary: Mrs. R. E. O'Dwyer, corresponding secretary: Mrs. A. N. Murphy, treasurer, and Mrs. Lou H. Simcox, historian. Physiogruphy Pupils Vote For MVA After Debate Physiography classes voted 51 to 9 in favor of the Missouri Valley Au- thority plan for developing the Mis- souri river and its drainage basin after an hour of lively debate Wed- nesday, April 2. Led by David Stroud in hour one and by Brandon Gilmore in hour two, the debate was enlivened by occa- sional wise-cracks. In answer to the statement that a few small towns in river valleys would be forced out of the way, a student remarked that they might as well be forced out since they were moved considerably by floods several times per decade anyway. Leon Jackson declared in hour one that the people of the United States by now should be tired of watching their farms floating down to the sea. Miss Fairweather, school librarian, aided the students in finding material to read. A copy of the MVA bill is in the school library. Each student was required to write an equal number of arguments for and against the plan. Jleach 19714 MRS. BERLEKAMP Music and Sermon Feature Annual Easter Assembly The Easter assembly Thursday morning, April 3, featured the music by the Y-Teen-Hi-Y Chorus and an address by the Rev. Stuart M. Pater- son, pastor of the Westport Presby- terian church. The auditorium stage, beautifully decorated with floral arrangements and lighting effects carrying out the religious theme, furnished an appro- priate background for the devotional program. The program was opened with the student body rising and singing Christ the Lord Has Risen Today. Joe Brown then gave an Easter prayer, followed by the scripture reading of the events preceding the crucifixion, by Beverly Nikles. The Y-Teen Choir, together with the Hi-Y choral group, offered Teach Me to Pray and O Divine Redeem- er, under the direction of Miss Mar- tha Cain. The group also offered the Crusader's hymn, Fairest Lord Jesus, with Donald McDonald as fea- tured soprano soloist. Donald is a grandson of F. P. Shaw, former vice principal. Mr. Paterson spoke on the great influence which Christianity has brought to bear on our lives today, and on education, as it was changed by Christianity. The program was brought to a close with the singing of the Battle Hymn of the Republic by the Y-Teen- Hi-Y Chorus. The orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Keenan, played several selec- tions as an introduction to the pro- gram. Zzgidh Gaafle flemfi The afternoon class planned last week to charter a sight-seeing bus for a tour of the historically interesting points of Kansas City. They will visit the Kansas City Museum, Cliff Drive, Observation Point, the scene of the Battle of Westport, and Swope Park. Both of these activities are being car- ried out this week. The eighth graders are busy pre- paring for a battery of tests to come later this month. From the results it will be determined whether the stand- ard of the newly installed Kansas City eighth grade system is up to the national standard. Miss Grube spent the Easter holi- days in Marshall, Mo. The common learnings students re- cently saw films on water bi1'ds, beach and sea animals, seed dispersal, im- migration, the federal government, the very small water animals, and atmospheric circulation. Eileen Keating and Karen Hilmar tied for top honors in the morning class monthly spell down in room 204. The winners of the afternoon class contest were Cynthia Carswell and Kendall Baldry. Two eighth graders are members of the advanced orchestra. They are Mary Lou Rice and Dixie Lee King, both violinists. Frank Van Beber plays the bass clarinet in the first band. Miss Cannon's morning group proved its initiative and good man- ners one 'day recently. Miss Cannon was called away unexpectedly and the class was left without a supervisor. Teachers who observed from the hall and who visited in the room reported that the students did exceptionally well in governing themselves. Kent Weir, from Independence, has entered the eighth grade class here. Patricia Holthouse brought to her class several samples of lead ore from the mines near Joplin. where she spent her Easter vacation. Jimmy Haynes who has operated the film projector for the eighth grade classes several times each week in re- cent months, usually is assisted by Francis Rush and Bill Dawson. Miss Cannonis morning group was busy last week making plans for their tour of the Swift Packing Plant here. 'Fhey have been invited to observe the process by which meat is prepared for Lablc dsc. April-16, 19i'iVWW Wa My M WEsTPoR'rcR11-:R- Page Five 112 Undergraduates, 51 ,qdidd aj the faked 8th One named posted mined of the Graders Colleen Abel Richard Adams Bette Allen Richard Asher Phil Atkisson June Baltis Bill Banaka Ronald Barnes Mary Lu Biggio Dick Boggs .Joe Roy Brown Marlene Brumficld Ralph J. Carlson Leonard Barry Robert Bishop Doris Bucher Joanne Buboltz Bruce Carter Shirley Jeanne Carter Charlene Candle- Peggy Cook Benjamin Comi Marilyn Cooper Arlie Belle Creagnr Kenny Curran Elaine Davis Gloria Davis Elise De Wendt Joyce Dibble Bill Disney Joy Drury Jim Dwyer Barbara Edwards Mary Eggert Harry Ervin. Jr. Liesl Eschenheimcr Larry Everitt ' Beverly Ferguson Homer Ferguson James Fisher Jean Fogel Margaret Foreman Charles Garrett Jack Gibbs Brandon Gilmore David Goeckeler John D. Grant Kenneth Grayson Donna Griffith Rebecca Gruver Bob Hamilton Milton Harmony Nancy Lee Hindman John L. Hodges Norma Lea Hof Don Elon Irish Win Honors hundred twelve students are on the honor roll which was l . r recently. Eligibility was deter- by grades received at the end first ssmerter. The honor list: Miriam Pauline Isaak Marilyn Elaine Johnson Lucretia Johnston Jean Kido Kenneth Kido Nancy Kindsvater Richard Kniseley Donna Lauchlan Bill Leake Jo Ann Magnuson Pat Maupin Ted McAtee Robert McCollum Marilyn Meyer Robert Miller Betty Ruth Mitchell Terry Moore Lois Morehead Ierrc Mueller James Murphy Wanda Jean Myers Bill Nicholson Marcella Nichol Ioanne Novoa Glenn Pennington Diane Elizabeth Piper Walter Price James Reeves Jo Ann Rockwood Mary Helen Ryder Phyllis Schindler Robert K. Sells Ethel Rae Senger Geraldine Shirley Joan Shirley Candy Sindt Quentin C. Smith Vera. F. Smoots Peggy Stanton Pemlye Thompson Johne Thornberry 1 l Viola Turner Harry Van Trees Joanne Waite Rosemary Walkup Bob Webb Robert C. Weigand Betty Anne White Geraldine Williams James Williams Barbara Wolfe Bob Wright Lawayne Yates Martha Dean Young Patricia Young , Edmond Zangel I Scholastic honors were won by fifty- one eighth graders, each of whom won seventeen or more scholastic points last semester. The eighth grade honor roll: Marilyn Beach Eugene Beck James Bennett Paula Blessing Robert Bure Cynthia Carswell David Clark Shirley Clary Jane Culver Marjory Decker David Dixon Elizabeth Fallis Joan Follett Janet Gardner Joyce Gladieux Jane Goeckeler Charles Goodman Kathcryne Hayes Duane Houtz Sue Hughes Jo Ann Jacob Dori-is Jeffries Harry Key Buddy Kramer Shirley Krenkel Shirley Lan ce Alice Larson Mary Lawson Jerry Lester Norma Loye Donald Luckey Colleen Ludlum Erik Luplau Virginia McDanii-ls Janet Moore Mary Moore Barbara Newman James Pendleton Bruce Power Barbara Ramsey Gerry Ronksley Barbara Ross Pat Short Billy Standing Russell Stanton Patricia Thomson Georgia Welch Sharon Wise Roger Wolfe Shirley Wright Joan Yen! The picture, Go shown to member od Grooming, s of the Glamour WHS club and to Y-Teen members Thurs- day, April 8, after school. Prospective Car Drivers Take Series of Tests Drivers-to-be were tested Friday, March 28, when the Yellow Cab com- pany men gave driver aptitude tests in the ROT'C room. During seventh hour the tests were taken by the drivers' education class but were offered after school for other students. Interest was greatest in the time reaction test, in which a machine recorded a person's timing in .stopping and turning. An unusual test was made by the depth perception re- corder, where two jeeps are moved until parallel with a middle one. Look- ing easy but hard to do was the stead- iness test. Typing Awards S. J. Krueger, 80, Nancy Billings, 705 Patricia Young, 603 Tommy Davis, Ruth Ann Wil.son, Wallace Ostlund, Barbara Neal, James Coonce, Mary Hern, Gora Mae Reeves, Donna Kinds- vater, Jayne Thurman, Margaret Stoerger, Marilyn Meyer, Betty Wood, Lou Jane Unruh, Ruth Rueckert, Ger- trude 'Woclfe, Rosadene Isenschmidt, Leslie Parsons, 505 Doxiene Cambron, Bob Weigand, Jeanette Briant, Char- lene Farrell, Barbara Worth, Patty Herrmann, Zelma Ocheltree, Peggy Knight, Jo Ann Box, Wanda Tinkle- paugh, 40g Norma Fay Brown, Edith Coleman, Gloria Disselhoif, Charlene Farell, Joann Frank, Ida Holcomb, Al Spencer, 303 Barbara Pehrson, Rich- ard Spencer, 20. Shorthand Awards Mary Ln Biggio, 1005 Marilee Johns, Ermeen Bowman, Patricia Macdonald, 80: Marilyn Tidd, Patricia Coleman, Jeanette Briant, Naomi James, Sue Harkness, Delores Dar- Ktiy, Education Our Best Weapon, Speaker Declares Education is the 'most powerful weapon of national defense, declared Lt. Col. Bob E. Edwards, professor of military science and tactics of the Kansas City ROTC Regiment, who was guest speaker at the Army Week assembly Thursday morning, April 10. Colonel Edwards spoke on the im- portance of a strong, well-trained military force in peacetime. He pointed out that throughout our nation's his- tory the army has served the people in peacetime by restoring order in times of chaos, by helping in the building of railroads and other projects of industry, by supervising the build- ing of the Panama Canal, and by car- rying on .scientific research. The speaker outlined the army's mission first as the training of good citizens, providing security for the country, and maintaining peace by being ready to fight when attacked. The members of the Westport rifle team, which won second place in the city-wide competition, were awarded medals by Lt. Col. Edwards. Those who received the awards were Cadet First Lt. John B. Gillmore, Tec.!Sgt. John A. Dinwiddie, StaH!Sgt. George D. Morrow, Stafi'fSgt. William W. Daywald, and PFC Glen E. Lush. The band, under the direction of Mr. Keenan, provided introductory and closing music for the program. Walter Price Elected to Serve On Jr. Red Cross Executive Board Walter Price, a junior, was elected to the executive board of the all-city Junior Red Cross council for next year on Tuesday, April 1. Walter had been nominated for the position together with Liesl Eschen- heimer by Miss Marie Brubaker, Westport Red Cross sponsor. Reland Brumfield, a senior, is West- port's present representative on the executive board. Long Sends Word from Texas Mr. Shearer recently received a let- ter from Jack Long, '46, SIXC. Jack is attending the Aviation Electronics Technician school, Corpus Christi, Tex. This course covers forty-four weeks of all types of Naval Aviation Radio, Radar, and Sound Gear which will be followed by further instruc- tion in Radar and Sound Gear. It seemed funny to hear about Home-coming Assembly and not be able to be there, Jack wrote. It doesnlt take long when you get out of high school to learn to appreciate the things you took for granted While you were there. I wouldn't trade Westport for all the schools in the world. My only regret is that I didn't learn a little more while I was there. Page Six p WESTPORT CRIER April 16, 1947 Revelry Reigns at Annual ROTC Ball ROTC lads and their dates, about fifty couples in all, put on their danc- ing shoes Friday night, March 28, and shuffled through the gayly decorated front corridor from 8 to 11:30 o'clock to the mellow notes and boogie beats of Rod Wilson and his orchestra, when the corps held its most success- ful military ball in years. Entering the school, the guests first saw four huge balloons, spelling out R-O-T-C. Overhead and around the walls were red, white and blue streamers, and on the right, the queen's throne, behind which was the refreshment stand, not infrequently visited by the couples. Members of the Mothers' Military Auxiliary help- ing were Mrs. Ruth M. Dungan, Mrs. Edward Johnson, Mrs. Hofiman, Mrs. Tengdin, and Mrs. Harry L. Van Trees. Several parents looked in on the fun during the evening. Midway through the revelry, the dancing was interrupted, while Cadet Maj. James McAfoose led Miss Nancy Billings through the traditional arch of sabers to the throne where she was crowned queen of the Westport ROTC Corps by Cadet Col. Harry Van Trees. The queen's attendants, Miss Bettye Thorp and Miss Mary Helen Ryder, then were introduced by the colonel. Prominent among the many guests present were Lt. Col. and Mrs. Bob F.. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hol- loway, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Harris, First Sgt. Archie Morris, former in- structor at Westport, and Mrs. Archie Wiorris, First Sgt. and Mrs. Herman Byron, Central instructor, and Staff Sgt. Matt Tani, regimental supply ofiicer. Cadet Lt. Col. Paul H. Fritz, regi- mental executive ofiicer from Paseo, Cadet lst Lt. Joe Remus from Man- ual, and the cadet colonel and a cadet captain from the William Chrisman regiment were among the guest cadet officers. I think that I shall never see A test like those in geometry. A test that makes one scratch and squirm And wonder if he'll pass this term. A test that makes one tear his hair And wish he werenyt in his chair. A test that turns one's hair to snow By asking questions I don't know. Tests are fiunked by fools like me, Often in geometry. -Borrowed Exams, exams everywhere, And quarts and quarts of ink, But not a teacher who will leave the room . And let a fellow think. ---Wyandotte Pantograph Cadet Colonel Crowns ROTC Queen For a Better Day, Eat a Bigger Breakfast A bigger, better breakfast-this is the lost key to the perfect, successful day. In the days of yore, when Grand- ma reigned supreme in the kitchen, her subjects never raced down the stairs to hurry into the kitchen, and grab a roll or a piece of toast, wash it down with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee while glancing at the headlines of the morning paper, and then rush off to school or work, all in the maximum time of five minutes. No, this is a scene from modern life, a scene which takes place in the homes of .scores of Westpo1'ters every morn- ing because they believe that the extra twenty minutes' sleep they rob from their breakfasts does them more good than the food they should eat. Girls are most often guilty of a skimpy breakfast because of their fig- ues, but modern scientific findings show that they are doing themselves more harm than good. Not only do we go without food longer before break- fast than before any other meal, but most of us try to plunge into, harder work during the forenoon than any other part of the day. A good, hearty breakfast gives one that satisfying feeling of general well being, and im- proves the power of concentration and efficiency., ' Yes, the Better Breakfast move- ment is on the march, and to give you the facts on the best breakfast, we quote in part from The School of Education Record of the University of North Dakota : Breakfast can be such a wholesome meal! Start it with some fruit or fruit juices, oranges, grapefruit, strawoer- ries, apple sauce, some of the modern pulverized raw apple, prunes, pluins, cherries, pineapple, tangerines. rhu- barb, pears, or a cantaloupe. Buffered toast, with jam, jelly or a sauce al- ways can be enjoyed. Follow this with a cooked or dry cereal with sugar and cream and the breakfast is well begun. The main features of the morning meal can then be brought on, such as eggs fboiled, poached, fried, scram- bled, shirred, bakedj with bacon, ham, sausages, fish, cakes, brains, liver, a pork chop, or lamb chop. The New Englander could add baked beans to this menu while our Southern friends would want grits. For the children a hot cup of choco- late or a glass of milk with cookies or a piece of cake to keep them from getting hungry before lunch is indi- cated. Just to vary the menu a bit, we must not forget wheat cakes, buck- wheat cakes, hot ginger bread, muf- fins, hot biscuits, and French toast all served with maple syrup, quince syrup, honey, or marmalade. The grown-ups probably will want their coffee, not just one cup but sev- eral. Such a hearty breakfast will assure a good day. Lunch should be a light meal unless one is doing very heavy physical la- bor. Then look forward to a good di-n- ner in the evening with a reasonable amount of good meat with more and more vegetables. Lois Oxley, '47, recently was awarded the Grand Cross of Color of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls. She also was appointed chairman of the Grand Assembly, which will be held in Kansas City in June. Lois is the daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Oxley, 4456 Penn street. She is Worthy Advisor of assembly 9. Ain't It Da Truth? Little cuts from classes Little cards marked late, Make the seniors wonder If the,f'll graduate. -Lincoln Callotyipv April 16, 1 947 WESTPORT CRIER Pagwevsv Nancy Lund Tops Senior List in Scholarship The highest scholarship rank of the class of '47 is held by Nancy Lund, with a scholarship index of 3.81, Miss Crow announced recently. Cadet Col. Harry Van Trees ranks second in the class with an index of 3.80, only .01 of a scholarship point below Nancy. The remaining twelve students in the upper 5 per cent of the class, arranged from highest to lowest, are Bob Weigand, Mary Helen Ryder, Bill Leake, Grace Spong, Mary Lu Big- gio, Larry Everitt, Bill Banaka, Quentin Smith, Marilyn Meyer, Ed Gillett, Gary Johnson, and Dick Kniseley. High ranking members of the sen- ior class will be awarded pins in the honor assembly to be held in May. Their rating is based on seven sem- esters of high school work, They will be awarded gold pins of one, two or three pearls. Popular Magazines and Books in Branch Library Up-to-the-minute books and maga- zines are available in the Young Peo- ples Corner of the Westport Branch library, Westport road. and Wyan- dotte street. These include Seven- teen, Prom, Calling All Girls, Popular Mechanics, books on flying, animal stories, mystery and adventure novels, sport stories, a shelf full of year books from the various high schools. Out on a Limb, by Louise Parker, is a book all high school students should read. It is a story of a girl who lost a leg at the age of eight, over- came this handicap and lived an excit- ing, active, and full life. It is as much an inspiration and guide for the so- called normal person as it is for the crippled or for those who work, play, or live with handicapped friends or relatives. Kansas City is the fourth city in the United States to have a Young Peo- ples Corner. Originating in New York, Cincinnati and Cleveland have adopted the plan. This section not only has interest- ing books but is an attractive and comfortable room in which to read. Be sure to rush right over. see for ycurself. Nancy Ewing, '48, was the second place winner in the American Legion Auxiliary, Fifth District, American- isni Essay contest, Division 2-A. She is the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and lVIrs. C. C. Ewing, 4916 Central. Nancy is a member of Promethean Lifvrary society and El Circulo Cahleron, Galemlvr April 18-ROTC Circus April 19-Washington U. Entrance Exam. University of Chicago Entrance Exam. April 21-8th Grade Reading Test April 22-8th Grade Language Test P.T.A. Style Show April 23-All City Orchestra 'Concert 8th Grade Arithmetic Test May 1-Honor Assembly May 2-State Music Contest Boy Scout Round-Up May 3-A Cappella Choir to State Music Contest May 5-Federal ROTC Inspection May 7-Kansas City A Cappella Choir Festival May 9-Spring 'Concert May 10-Clay-Pundit Dance May 14-American Legion ROTC Din- ner Hotel President May 15-Memorial Assembly May 16-ROTC Field Day Instrumental Concert May 21-Fairyland Park Picnic May 23-Senior Day May 30-Memorial Day-School Holi- day June 2-Commencement, Senior Party June 6-SCHOOL ENDS Latin Recommended as Challenge for Real Study Whoever speaks English speaks Latin, wrote Wiley Rutledge, Asso- ciate Justice, United States Supreme Court. The 'dead' languages are not dead. In an average page of Web- ster's dictionary 52.5 per cent of the words are of Latin origin: 10.1 Greek. and 37.4 are from various langauges. Miss Eggleston, Latin teacher, often has told her classes that Latin is not an easy subject, but it is an en- durance test, and a challenge for real study. 'This study is worthwhile. Al- bert Einstein once said, Latin is su- perior to any modern language for de- veloping the power of thinking. While studying Latin the student also learns more about his own lan- guage. Many students have said that Latin helps them in English, both in vocabularyand grammar, even after a single year of study. High school students often take commercial subjects in preference to Latin, Miss Eggleston said in an in- terview a few days ago. Although the cozninercial subjects help them to obtain jobs after graduating from high school or college, Latin helps, too. 'Vocational and commercial sub- jects may enable you to earn a sat- isfactory living, but there is more to lite than just earning a living. There is fi pleasure in knowingythe finer things in life, and Latin is the basis .vt all culture. New Rector Scholarships Open in DePauw.University In 1919 Edward Rector of Chicago created one of the largest singly en- dowed scholarship foundations in the United States. Each year the Foun- dation has awarded scholarships to young men of outstanding ability ranking in the upper 10 per cent of their graduating classes. Last year seventy-five Rector Scholars were se- lected from several times that number of applicants. Each scholarship pays 31,200 in the four years at DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. This is applied on the tuition in the Univer- sity during four consecutive years. lThe Foundation now announces new scholarships to be awarded so that the successful applicants will be able to enter DePauw in June or Septem- ber, 1947. Information concerning the scholarships can be obtained in the ofiice of the counselor. The awards will be made to young men with sound scholarship who have taken a place in the leadership of high school affairs. Any senior boy who is interested should confer with Miss Crow in the counselorls oflice at once, as appli- cations must be submitted after seven semesters of high school have been completed. Members of the battalion prepared the Army Week assembly last week and are now putting the finishing touches on their ROTC Circus skit. Cadets promoted to the ranks of pri- vate first class are Robert L. Bishop, Kenton W. Curran, and Phillip F. Sante. Women's faults are many Men have only two- Everything they say And everything they do. -Wyandotte Pantograph Sing a song of high school A locker full of books. Some of which we carry home, Just for the sake of looks. -Senn News Athletic Equipment UWL' 6 CJZIMPBELL ATHLETIC GOODS f 15th 8. Baltimore Ave. HA. 8330 DIAMONDS ---WATCHES CLASS RINGS ,AND PINS FRATERNITY AND SORORITY JEWELRY Engraved Invitations Crested Stationery .Qtiis.L.fer.f0. ifage Flight Y V AV E 'sv' -1 s - 1Wei PU13T--F Rlilfi- -.-L Y A iipril lti, 15147 1947 Ring Champs Win Titles in Gym Slugfest Westport? annual slugfest ot' 11947 rang its final round to an end hefore an excited crowd in the school eyni last Thursday. The boxing' tournament always draws a large attendance and plenty of girls were on hand this year to cheer the winners. The 11147 ring: champions: lleavyweigrht class, Thomas. hour seven, defeated Millican in finals: 180 lh. class, Ruhl, hour two, defeated Nollg 1711, Shore, hour seven, defeated Comiq 160, Caldwell, hour tive, defeat- ed Lang, 150, l.asat,er, hour two, de- feated Mooney, lsltl. llishinger, hour seven. del'eatcd Knight: 1250, l.one'. hour seven, defeated Yarringtong 1211. t'ochran, hour tive, defeated Coxg 110, Kido, hour live, defeated Goldeng 11111, Luetjen, hour tive. defeated Evans: 100, llays, hour four. defeated Sproulg and 80, Kiehl. hour three, defeated Wright. Legion Post Presents Gift Because a heavy responsilviliii rests on the teacher today. in that he must direct not only the mental development., hut also help teach the teen-agrers health hahits, the Andrew ll. llanettiere Post ot' the American 1,1-prion has presented Vtestport with :i twelve-month suhscription to llya- geia, the health inaeazine. Hygreia is puhlished hy the American Medical Association and contains many interw estine' and inforniative articles on niodein health prohlems that concern the physical and mental well hein,-1' ot' Anierirans, young and old. Fopies are kept in the lihrary for anyone to HSV. WE'LL MISS YOU Mary liu Bie'gi0 1,1 u .lane l' nruh Mary Helen Ryder Wilma G ray John G R ant Bill B .X naka Shirley Dudley .Ianie H lY tr-heson Nancy A kin Nancy B T idd Blarilyn I llings Ruth Mai N quist Ed G illett S aftron J ini ni y Mary Lou Y E ss Hariiyn Kc Y drit .4 Roh XYQ i.uis Th 0 rni- llilton l121Rl!1miy Rev l'lqi,!y ,Hi i Hands Dewey's Dribblers on Top as Homeroom Cage Tourney Ends Wt-stport's homeroom basketball tournament ended recently' after weeks of after-school games. llewey's IJrilililei's. homeroom 115, captured the senior championship hy trouncine' homeroom 116 and also added victories over the sophomore :ind junior champs to their string. The junior lraskethall crown went to the Stinkers of 106 who defeated Wheeland's Whing Dings ot' 118. The sophomore team of homeroom 119 came out on top ot' room 21's Ham- nierheads for that class' champion- ship. In the eighth grade tourney. 21T's Comets downed the Kelly Kids ot' 212 for the top slot. The dead-eye llrihhlers include Richard Stewart, captain, Milton llar- inony, Bolt Washburn, Larry livercttc. and Tony Blaschke. Golf Enthusiasts to Be Summoned for Tournament Golf enthusiasts will lie called out soon, Mr. NVilcox, g'olt' mentor, reports in preparation for school eliminations before the interscholastic link tourney hegins. The chairman ol' the eolt' section of the high school athletic association, an instructor at Central, will set the date for the spring tournament. Pre- viously the e-olt' contest has heen held in the Vail. Mr. Wilcox urges all lioys interested in golf to turn out when the call is issued. 1Vest,port's record in the sport. is not too hrieht and the school should have hopes ot' raising its reputation with the tee and eluhs. t'ompetition in the Best- .-Xll-Around tlyninast contest started last week in the hoys gym classes with elimina- tions in the lap dash, baskcthall goal throw, rope clinih. and ladder swine. Vlass basketball championship hon- ore were won hy the sixth hour gym class courtmeu. Bill Isensmith, Jack Turner, l.arry liverette. Bill Smith, and Boll VValker made up the first place quintet. Vlass Prayer l sit me down to class to siecp, I pray 'ny frientls my note' to kr'-e,, It' I am called before 1 wal-e. Poke my rihs, for 1Jl1,f.i'r: sale. Jfhe Lewis and Clarly .Journal Breathes there a loan With soul so dead 11 ho never to liiniselli hath said, i lv -.. . rxiiziyy this heir-, liivileii Bzirik '7i9ae44 '7A:Z6il4 Awards in the gym classes have been won as follows: Large Shield: Biggio, Blevins, Dru- ry, llyer, Edwards, Fisher, Kramer, Mueller, Magnuson, J. Seavey, Tidd, Pickett, and Bullock. Small Shield: Brookshier, Tidd, Ploesser, Malloy, Mac-Donald. Kra- mer, Crandall, and Barry. t'W : Tidd, Kramer, L. Seavev, Tur- ley, Johnson, and Beaver. Miss Fairchild, department head. has announced that from the sale ol' ROTC circus tickets the gym depart- ment will receive a certain persentf age. The proceeds will he used to huy an archery curtain. With this curtain made ot' heavy felt it will he possihle to have archery indoors and for more girls to participate. The tickets are 50c for adults and 251' for children under twelve. The ten hest volleyball players in each hour were chosen last week. The hour I3 players are: 1, Culverg 2, Book- er, Zi, Axtell and Woodsideg sl, Toney: 5, Smith, T, Simpson and Thomas: X. Newmang 10, llecker and Gardner. llour -1 are: 1, Williams, 2, Tompkins and Fol- lett: Il, Murray and Sperry: -1, Kren- kel, Rhodes, and Rowan: T, Ronksley: S. Hayes. Mills, Sanders, and Zink. -lane Culver. eighth grader. has been rated first place in every sport in which she has taken part---haskeb hall, soccer, volleyhall. and aerial darts. Every upper class girl enrolled in physical education is required to en- ter the after school tennis tournament in order to ohtain enough practice to make use of the instruction she has received, In the eighth g'1'21ll6 hasketlmall tour' nament. Team Five with Janice 'Wil- liard. captain, won first place. Tcanis Six and Seven captained hy Carol Swift and -loan Follett, respectively, tied tor Qi.-cond, The table tennis tournanient ,iu-1 completed last week in which only freshmen and sophomore girls could compete resulted in the '5IagZ'niison and Dyer team winning eight eames out ot' nine for tirst place. Second place -.veiil to the llixey and Malloy team' third, Bakei and iidwards Ieami tourth, Xyiiltelwiisi- :ind Brooksliier team: and tie.i for iitth Were the lilueller and llgtvis-'l'xTiiihle aiu! l lSi1-fl 'gains- E HE ESTPURT RIER Volume Thirty-four May 7, 1947 Number Thirteen Flag Raising to Mark Opening of Senior Week The senior flag will be raised Mon- day morning, May 19, to mark the be- ginning of senior week. The senior luncheon, sponsored by the PTA, will be held at 12 o'clock on senior day immediately after the sen- ior assembly and the distribution of the Heralds. Nearly 100 luncheon tick- ets have been sold. Mr. Van Horne re- quests senior.s to present their lunch- eon tickets before 8 o'clock at the en- trance to the lost and found room where they will receive their hats to be worn during assembly. This ar- rangement will save the homerooms the troublesome and confusing task of distributing the hats. Invitations and personal cards will be delivered to home room representa- tives in room 311. Any mistake should be reported immediately to Mr. Van Horne. A few extra invitations have been ordered. H. Roe Bartle has accepted an invi- tation to deliver the commencement address at the exercises Monday even- ing, June 2, in the Municipal Audito- rium. Mr. Bartle, a leader in Boy Scout activities in Kansas City, was the com- mencement speaker in 1941. The vale- dictorian and salutatorian, Nancy Lund and Harry Van Trees, respec- tively, will assist Mr. Holloway in pre- senting the diplomas. Exercises will be held at 8 p. m. Approximately 125 students have purchased tickets to the Senior Prom to be held in the Little Theater from 10 to 1 o'clock following graduation. Music will be furnished by Jimmy Grimes' eleven-piece orchestra. Sen- iors who wish to take outsiders must get permission from the senior spon- sor, but stags will be allowed. Mr, Van liorne said he expects a good crowd to have a wonderful time. Girls are requested to notify their friends and relatives not to send flow- ers to the auditorium. and the boys are asked not to wear tuxedos to gradua- tion. Typing Awards S. J. Krueger, 903 Betty Mendlick, Norma Field, 503 Joann Frank Ber- nard Morgan, Robert Krahl, Ronald Hoffman, 403 Ethelyn Roy, Jeane Beaver, 303 Jeannine Praschma, 20. Don Krenkle, Bob Wright, Tony Blaschke, Barbara Simon, Homer Fer- guson, and Gordon Bradshaw have completed large machine and archi- tectural drawings which are now on display in the drafting room. Misunderstandings Arise Over Activity Point Rules Because of an unfortunate lack of knowledge of regulations governing extra curricular activities, several stu- dents have been forced to resign from offices in various Westport organiza- tions. Among these were Dick Boggs, who resigned as secretary of the Stu- dent Council and president of Irving, and Milton Harmony, who gave up the presidency of Clay. Dick served on the Student Council for most of the school year, but will get no credit for' it be- cause of this misunderstanding of Westport rules on organizations. 'The Westport Way, a guide to regu- lations, has not been printed since 1943, so .students are not entirely to blame for ignorance of the rules. Since that time several major amend- ments have been made, the greatest being in the organization of the Stu- dent Council executive board. Miss Lash suggests that students holding high oiiices at Westport should become familiar with these rules: C11 no student may hold the same of- fice in two school organizations, C21 no student may have more than 11 activ- ity points for one semester, and Q35 students may accept honors over their quota by resigning some other posi- tion of the same activity point value. To avoid any possibility of misun- derstanding, high oHice holders should become familiar with The Westport Way which can be secured from the oilice or from class sponsors. This hand book has a guide to the number of activity points each office bears. Hilarity and Suspense Capfivaie Playgoers Hilarity and suspense all came to a happy ending for Two Gentlemen and Verona Friday and Saturday nights, April 25 and 26, when leading man Bill Banaka gathered glamorous Nan- cy Billings into his arms and executed a fitting climax to the spring play of 1947. Attending the Saturday night per- formance along with hundreds of Westporters and their relatives and friends were Anne Ferring Weatherly, author of the three-act comedy on the auditorium stage, and her husband, Dr. Edward Weatherly, '23, dean of the English department at M. U. Any real life prototype of Mrs. Weatherly's talent scout from R-O-M Studios, aptly portrayed by Bob Miller as swankish Milton J. Sweezy, would have been enthralled by the action tak- ing place in the living room of a ram- bling old farmhouse at Lake Mohawk in New England. And the stage struck skirts who peopled the farm- house would have been reason enough. To start things off, there was Vero- na Wood, all milk and honey with a peaches and cream complexion and en- tirely stage-struck. Nobody in the au- dience blamed Actress Billings for falling for the glib tongue of Clyde Colby, handsome leading man of the stage company and God's gift to the soap opera. Through the vocal cords of Bob Stuckert he promised Verona a wonderful future on Broadway. For a while it looks as if Verona will need better vocational guidance, but Ann Thornberry comes to the res- cue of the bankrupt players with Continued on page 6 Play Cast Smiles for the Camera Front row, lofi to right: J. Mitch-rl. A. 'I'?1o2'n'HrVy 3533-nifs. Cftnttixx Mzilarty. Middle row: Mifior L. Piper. lfilhi-im. Brox Baci. rov-': Banrrka. Stuckert, Ustliznd. V11 Page Two WESTPORT CRIER May 7, 1947 A Thorn in Our Side Statistics show that Westport still ranks scholastically among the highest schools in Kansas City-even though those good ole days when this was the ritziest high school in town are long gone. Our faculty is one of the best in the city and constantly strives to better the school. Mr. Holloway worked out the new lunch program which is arousing unusual curiosity and envy in other schools. Also to be praised, the student body has cooperated to make this innova- tion in lunch periods a success. But one thorn still sticks in the average Westporter's side-our interscholastic sports standing. It isn't low, but it isn't high, either. Take into account the absence at Westport of proper track, field and other gym equipment that cannot be remedied by the school system with conditions as they are, and the pain is somewhat eased. Actu- ally, there is little the average Tiger can do to better these condi- tions, but we can publicize our need for improvements. A rumor says that potential athletes who live in this and the inter-school district choose to go to other high schools because they want full sports facilities and chances to develop their skills. . At any rate, scholarship is the important thing, and Westport always will be in there pitching to keep its high standing. Sports and other problems are bound to be hashed out in the future if the progress of the past is continued. Miscellaneous Musings A shoe sailed off the third floor, plunged clear to the basement near the boys' gym and rolled into the boiler anteroom. Since boys' lockers line the wall there, Elise DeWendt was afraid to retrieve her lost footwear. Yes, she finally got it back. A lesson in psychology, or physiognomy can be learned any day by watching the antics of our J. C. neighbors on the sidewalks across the way. From third floor windows quite a panorama of springtime unfolds to a close eye. And now, Watson, we will elucidate. A crowd of young men sit in the sun and munch candy bars or smoke cigar- ettes. Here we get puzzled. Why do all the girls stay in one group and the boys in another? Maybe they just haven't had time to meet each other yet. At any rate, they aren't all lonesome. One smart J. C. gent stays parked in his nice blue Chevy coupe and .soon one of his, no doubt, fellow classmates-incidentally a nice looking brunette-sat down beside him and the two began preparing their homework together. The books were there, anyway, but one thing is very perplexing. Why did he let the blonde friend of the girl in his car escape without contributing her little store of knowledge? Maybe he was dumb after all. And when the girls' gym classes are out with their archery equipment, the boys forget shotputs and footballs and stand around taking in the form of the arrow shooters. Did someone say that spring was here? Really? Une of 'ha Beauty, brains and personality are terms descriptive of Nancy Akin who came to Kansas City and Westport at the beginning of her freshman year. Five feet three, with hazel green eyes and shiny brown hair that is the envy of many girls, Nancy rates I a long low whistle when Eddie Lavo, Marine veteran, isn't around. Evidence of her fine men- tality is the .silver pin that she re- ceived in asseintbly last Week. A mem- ber of the Crier-Herald staff, she wears a Quill and Scroll pin. She was re-elected vice-president of her class, this year and was chosen Promethean beauty queen. On student rule day at the City Hall Nancy held the posi- tion of superintendent of parks. Swimming, eating and watching ten- nis games are her favorite pastimes while Heartaches by Ted Weems tops her hit parade and she adores Glenn Ford and Ingrid Bergman. Next fall our girl of the month plans to attend the Art Institute but we have a hunch that she won't stay single very long. Enough said. We're mighty proud that Nancy Akin is One of Us. Time-7:30 A. M., April 16, 1947. Atmosphere-Extremely cold, in more ways than one. Place--The home of one of our ex- treimely handsome, intelligent fwho wrote this 'ZJ teachers. Situation-It seems that one of this intelligent teacher's fellow teache1's had arranged, through an early morning phone call, to bum a ride to school with him ffirst teacherjg yet, when teacher No. 2 arrived, teacher No. 1 already had departed. P. S.: It is rumored that Mr. Peters has challenged Mr. Shearer to a duel. THE WESTPORT CRIER SCRGLL Published bi-weekly during tlu- school year by the Newswriting class of Westport High Schuul' Kansas City, Mo. Address: The Westport Crier. 315 East Thirty-ninth street, Kan- sas City. Mo. Subscription rates: Year, T5 cents: single COPY. 10 cents. Entered as second-class matter April 4. 1925. Miss Lash and Miss Egglesffm, Westport Latin teachers, attended the fortieth annual meeting of the Classi- cal Association of Kansas and Western Missouri at the University Of Kansas City all day Saturday, April 26. The informative program of the meeting included Latin songs ' .sung by the group and talks. on Latin and classical education. Beverly Nikles was elected president of the Y-Teens. The other ofiicers are: Winona Woodrick, vice president, Bar- bara Turley, sr., Inter-club, Pat Short, jr., Inter-clubg Jeanne Carter, record- ing secretaryg Joan Waite, correspond- ing secretary, and Viola Turner, treas- urer. The cabinet members will be chosen this week. at the postoffice at Kansas City, Missouri. under the Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL STAFF Managifll Editor .,.....,.,,,. Rey Shannon News Editor . ...........,. . lid Giligty, FCBIIJFC Editor ........ Laura Lee Love S110FY11E1litors Nancy Akin. Rey Shannon Art Lditor . , . .....,,. Ruth Mainuuist Make-up Editor .. . ....... John Grant Circulation Manager .... Mary Louise V4-ss Business Manager ............ Wilma Gray Vhnmstrzxplic-rs James Saffran, Tell Rieilelmzin R9D0Y't6'!' ..... . ........... I ........ Joy Grower Faculty Supervisor ......,...., John N. Booth Director of Photography ....,. Ina G. Bonney May 7, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Three Under No end to excitement. A Milgram truck tottered dangerously on- fthe Thirty-ninth Street hill and a lot of Westporters got their pretty mugs in the Times. We hear Nancy Titus has seven front row seats to Bloomer Girls. How about that, Nancy? Personal: Bob, Bill, and Nancy, the play was grand. Signed, your public. Kiddie Wunderlich and Laura Love suffered much agony a week ago, but, oh, brother, Friday! We forgot to give credit to Tommy Barrett in the last issue for those swell pictures of the Lincoln High as- sembly. Betty Ploesser, Frank Howard, June Newberry, and Ed Gillett like to dance, but on the Swope Park tennis courts in the middle of the afternoon-really, kids! Bob Tengden is waiting impatiently for Rusty Field to make up her mind. Things really have been popping in first hour study hall lately. Two girls seem to have gotten hold of some bub- ble gum. Did Jerry Osnower ever find his Bottle? ? ? 'I Hmmmmmm. Spring definitely is here to stay. So are Mildred 'l'alley's braids and Ruth Mainquist's cute peasant skirts. Nancy Billings is intensely interest- ed in typing. She continued to read her lesson very diligently in her next hour class. A villain stole B. B.'s picture from the play poster. Don't mind it, Bill, it happens to Gable all the time. It's good to see Betty Congour and Mary Bales in good health again. lt was rumored they were very ill over the week end. Girls who can't seem to comb their hair properly should watch Reland Brumfeld, but only after getting Betty Allenls approval. He even has refer- ences. Page Aleece Smith. Welcome to George Shore who has come back to join the class of 1950. George spent an exciting year at nu- merous points on the Pacific coast. Despite his brother's influence, Bob Sells swears he's never skipped school -YET. the Clock The three musketeers are looking for dates to a formal at Lake Quivera Friday night. Interested girls should apply to Bill Smith or Dick Kniseley before then. A vote of appreciation to the Hill- billy Chicks for helping to make the ROTC Circus so entertaining. Lucky seniors!! For them, only eleven more days of school. Just call Dick Dickerson, Cookie You know, the Barnsteads. Bob Sells reassures us that despite his brother's iniiuence, he has never ditched a day of school-YET! Newest pastime-playing pingpong in the girls' gym. We hear a bus driver is suing Kid- die Wunderlich for damages. People ought to be more careful about what they walk into: they might splatter blood all over a new paint job. That new blue and white peasant skirt Donna Underwood has is one of the prettiest we've seen in some time. Juanita Smith must have sold a hundred tickets to her banquet. She tried hard enough. Just ask Mary Hubbard what she's going to do after .she graduates. At last! Intersociety has come and gone. Mrs. VanTrees thinks Harry is the best, or so we hear. We have a crooner of distinction at Westport. You ought to see the Cran- dall twins swoon. Question of the week-to seniors- Who you gonna take to the Prom? VVhat a mess of white flowers we saw last Thursday. Ed's must have sold out. Is Gary Johnson still missing Grace Spong? We a.sk you!! Not only is Bob Miller a women's man, but he also plays golf. More fame to Westport's name when Ralph Carlson and Danny Whitaker won the tennis interstate doubles tournament. Good boys! Might as well start cleaning your stomach pumps. The Fairyland picnic is only two weeks away. ginyfzfft Q46-Je .Hema Miss Brubake'r's classes have planned a variety of activities for May, including a series of trips to civic points of interest. Many pupils, indi- vidually and in small groups, already have made trips and i-nyestigations in connection with their social science work. They are preparing panel dis- cussions and special reports based on their reading and experiences. Films on the following subjects have been shown to the eighth grade classes in recent weeks: petroleum, the geo- logical work of ice, water cycles, volca- noes, the work of the atmosphere, the city water supply, the manufacture of shoes and paper, Mexico, and the air- plane and the changes it has made in our world map. Miss Brubaker, chairman of the iilfm committee, in commenting on the pop- ularity of these visual aids in educa- tion, stated that the usual method of exhibiting the films in this school re- quires little time. By alternating the lunch-study groups, all eighth grade pupils see the films in the auditorium in two showings, lasting usually twen- ty minutes each. An eighth grade teacher from Du- luth, Minnesota, Miss Cohen, spent the morning in Miss Cannon's room Fri- day, April 18. Since she teaches in a junior high school where the subjects are departmentalized, she thought the Kansas City system of common learn- ings very complicated but interesting. She gave the class some very interest- ing information about the iron ore mines near Duluth. Miss Cain's vocal music classes par- ticipated in the city-wide solo contest April 15 and 16. One winner, Alice Larson, a member of the sixth hour Girls' Glee Club, went to Columbia to take part in the state contest. New oflicers have been elected in Miss Gales' morning speech classes as follows, listed in the order of presi- dent, vice-president, secretary, treas- urer, sergeant-at-arms, and Crier re- porter: First hour: Billy Standing, Janet Gardner, Barbara Ross, Cynthia Cars- well, 'Cecil Foley, and Charles Good- man. Second hour: Robert Bure, James Pendleton, Pat Thomson, 'Thomas Moorefield, and Jack Kiehl. Third hour: Colleen Ludlum, Loana Murray, Alice Larson, Kenneth Ste- vens, and Maedell Clark. Jane Culver made straight E's on her report card the last quarter. Jane has been outstanding in all of her ac- tivities. Page Four ix-MH, K WESTPORT CRIER A MayAf1',i194'i Herald Soon Will Be Shen Racial Jfcmmony Rolling Off the Press The 1947 Herald soon will be roll- ing off the press. Virtually all work on the year book has been completed, with all copy in the hands of the printers, editor Ed Gillett has just announced. It can now be promised for certain that the an- nuals will be ready for distribution in ample time for Senior Day, May 23. Deliveries to activity ticket holders and to others who have reserved copies will be made in the home rooms after the senior assembly. The few remain- ing copies which have not been re- served will be sold on Senior Day and thereafter in room 4. As announced previously, the price of single copies is 82.50. Looking forward to 1948, the junior newswriting class has been planning new features for next year's Criers and the Herald. 'The members of the group have many worthwhile ideas which they, as the Crier-Herald .staff of the next school year, hope to put into effect. They have selected for the theme of the 1948 Herald Historic Westport. The art department is already making plans for an early beginning of work forithe development of this theme. The supervisors of student publica- tions and the art teachers are agreed that this theire should offer a real op- portunity for a fine yearbook because of the rich historical tradition that is Westport's. Shearer Choperones Group Of Pupils on Plone Trip A TWA scenic airplane flight, under the supervision of M. H. Shearer, was enjoyed by a group of Westporters Sunday afternoon, April 20. The flight path followed the Kansas River west to Lawrence, returning via Sunflower Ordinance, Olathe Naval Air Base and Gran lview airport. The following stu- dents made the trip: Marilyn Cooper, Mary Anna Helm , James Avery, Doris Wilson. Lily Schmid, Dick Dickin- son. Homer Ferguson, Mrs. H. C. FGTHUSOU. Lillie Monnett, .lack West, Harvey Kimble, Lucretia Johnston, Norman Dungan, Roland Walters, Bill Evans, Marvella Keen. Joanne Novoa, Phillip Sante, Helen Baker. Eugene Westrope. Allen Gassman, 17-year-old senior, The 'tPanel of Americans, com- posed of six women students and grad- uates of the University of Southern California, a group representative of many different races and religions, offered Westporters a challenge for more tolerant thinking at an assembly Monday morning, April 21. 'The panel group was holding dis- cussions in Kansas City high schools and colleges as part of a three month tour of the country to encourage the principles of universal harmonious re- lations among all people. In the group were a Roman Catholic, Miss Jeanne Farrell, 213 a Protestant, Miss Marian Hargrave, 233 a Jew, Miss Marian Taylor, 203 a Negro, Miss Ernie Mae Maxey, 23g a Chinese- American, Miss Frances Toy, 205 and a Mexican-American, Miss Maria Ele- Athletic Equipment Kowsa GIMPBELL ATHLETIC GOODS 15th 81 Baltimore Ave. HA. 8330 'SP DIAMONDS WATCHES CLASS RINGS AND PINS RATERNITY AND SORORITY JEWELRY Eng ruved Invitations Crested Stutioneg .t il'E,L.l?Y.C0' na Ramirez, 20. During the formal portion of the program, the girls talked briefly on their own various backgrounds and heritages, describing the problems with which their individual groups are faced. Following this portion of the pro- gram the moderator of the group, Prof. G. Byron Done, of the faculty of the University of Southern California, otficiated in a lively question and an- swer period between the audience and the members of the panel. Throughout the entire discussion the girls seemed to stress that individual and group differences need not be abol- ished, but that they only need to be understood. Understanding, they claimed, is the best weapon against prejudice. Jobs W Jobs Y Jobs GRADUATES ATTENTION Many Fine Opportunities With Good Futures No Obligation Unless We Place You REGISTRY Employment Service 307 LAND BANK BLDG. 15 W. 'IOTH Next Door to Rothschilds on Tenth ef jgefder ance TUX fWestportJ THETA CHI GAMMA fPoseol and member of the Honor Society, won third place in a contest sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of the Jack- son County Medical Society for essays on What Can Our Community Do to Improve Its Health? Allen's entry won a S10 check and will be entered in the state contest from this county. as Garret Hcill, 36th and Broadway May 9th 50 Cents 8 to 'I2 Stag or Drug May 7, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Five 400 Vocalists to Present Program Friday Night Musical entertainment of a wide variety will be presented in the school auditorium Friday night, by members of the vocal department. The selec- tions will run from Fred Waring's 'KDry Bones to the widely acclaimed anthem, Almighty God, by Will James. A boys' quartet, a girls' double trio and soloists from the state contest will sing in addition to the Girls' Glee club, the A Cappella choir, the ad- vanced chorus, and eighth grade glee club. Nearly 400! students will par- ticipate, under the direction of Miss Cain, Mr. Spring and Mr. Keenan. We hope this bi-ennial benefit con- cert of the vocal department, combined with the instrumental department's concert, will become an annual festival of music, said Mr. Spring, vocal director. This spring concert is part of our recognition of National Music Week and its slogan, 'Music is especially needed now'. ' Nine A 'Cappella choirs of the Kan- sas City high schools will present a music festival tonight in the Music Hall at 8 o'clock. Admission is free. War Memorial to Be Dedicated May 15 A special assembly for the dedica- tion of the memorial plaque honoring Westport alumnae who gave their lives in World Wars I and II will be held Thursday morning, May 15, at 10:15 o'clock. The speaker will be the Rev. Frank J. Pippin, pastor of the Community Christian Church. In an- nouncing the assembly, Mr. Holloway said that it is hoped that as many of the parents of the gold star veterans as possible will attend, but that it is impossible to send out special invita- tions because many of the addresses have been lost through the years. Carolyn Weatherford Wins Prize In Greeting Card Contest Carolyn Weatherford, '48, won sec- ond place in the second national greet- ing card contest, sponsored by Harry Dohela of New York. There were three phases to the contest, city, state, and national, Carolyn won a place in the city, then went on to win second place and a S50 bond in the state contest. However, only the first place winners went on to the national. Carolyn is a member of the advanced costume class and her design used principles learned there. Other Westporters who won honor- able mention in city and state were Betty Reeves, Barbara Gossett, Doro- thy McLeod, Reed Hulet, Elise De- Wendt, and Joyce Overton. Members of .Iunior Hi-Y Club Front row, left to right Bill llirchfield, Paul Stalkir, Bill Muse. Donald Bowan, C. J. Schmill, Harold Browning. Back row, left to right: Dwight Holman, Jamns Pendlrton, Erik Luplau, Gary Yarrington, John Beatty, David Sweet, Buddy Kramer. PTA Entertained by Fashion Show at Their April Meeting !The Parent-Teacher Association was entertained at their last meetng Tues- day, April 22, by a fashion show staged by girls in the clothing department. The pupils presented a lovely array of their handiwork with the needle in their own Easter Parade. This 'Apar- ade was featured by cotton, rayon, and wool garments, styled according to the girls' desire and year in clothing. A colorful picture was displayed by the eighth grade students when they exhibited their Rainbow of halters and pedal-pushers. PTA members also were delighted with the repetition of the sack dress skit given in the Hobbies Assembly. Senior Members Give Farewell Program at Jules Guerin Meeting Senior activities have been promi- nent in the Jules Guerin club recently. The seniors put on a program as their last performance. Dorothy McLeod, Betty Vandevoir, Betty Reeves, Betty Walrod and Dan Whitaker gave senior prophesiesg Olene Stovall read a poem. The class will was presented by Ger- aline West and Elaine Tenenbaum read a poem of farewell. All seniors in the club are to have a piece of work, done in any medium, to add to the senior book. This is a tradi- tion, fulfilled every year at the last meeting by the seniors. Marilee Johns and Jean Jackman, two of the hillbilly chicks, posed for the art club recently. on't M135 THE EvE'Nr or THE YEAR A Battle of Bands Art Jarrett and Russ Carlisle Saturday Night, May I7 , I947 MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM Continuous Music from 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. PLUS The Presentation of a Brand New DODGE TUDOR SEDAN Sponsored by HEART OF AMERICA LODGE NO. 1549 B'NAI B'Rl'I'H Tickets on Sale at .lack Henry Both Gateway Stores Gorman's Admission 51.25 Advance 51.50 at Door, Tax Included Page Six WESTPORT CRIER , , May 7, 1947 Scholastic Awards Bestowed in Assembly Scholarship awards were presented to members of the Westport Honor So- ciety in the annual honor assembly last Thursday. Thirty-six senior members received gold pins with pearls and bronze and silver emblems also were awarded. Mr. Holloway distributed the pins and ad- ministered the pledge of the honor so- ciety. ' A quartet and two soloists from the University of Kansas City enter- tained with violin and vocal numbers before the awards were made. Marian Gerber played two selections on the violin, accompanied by Miss Cain. Alan Baker, '45, sang two vocal so- los and took part in the presentation of the quartet as tenor. Doris Jean Cranfill, soprano, Margaret Broder- son, contraltog and Bob Chartrund, bass, Hlled out the small group which presented four numbers that were greatly enjoyed by the audience. Miss Jackson, advisor of the honor society, introduced Mr. Holloway be- fore the presentation of pins. The list of members and their awards follows: Gold pin, 3 pearls: Nancy Lund, Harry Van Trees, Robert Wei- izand, Mary Holen Ryder, Bill Leake, Mary Lu Biggio, Larry Everitt, Bill Banaka, Quentin Smith, and Ed Gillett. Gold pin, 2 pearls: Gary Johnson, Dick Kniseley, Peggy Cook. Lucretia Johnston, Philip Atkisson, Wilma Gray, and John Davis. Gold pin, one pearl: John Grant, Jr., James Reeves, Jean Kido, Mary Lou Vess, Paul Goeckeler, Rey Shannon. Elaine Davis, Dorla Mae Gugel, Bill Perry, Dick Boggs, Shirley Alton, Nancy Billings, Elaine Tenenbaum, Allen Gassman, Harvey Kimble, Lu Jane Unruh, Barbara Wolfe, Ila McGee, Ruth Mainquist. Silver pin: Joe Brown, Arlie Belle Creagar, Ronald Barnes, Harry Ervin, Jean Fogel, David Goeck- eler, Betty Mitchell, Clara Sindt, Viola Turner, and Barbara Wolfe. Bronze pin: Dick Boggs, Charlene Candle, Jack Gibbs, Bob Hamilton, Milton Harmony, Marilyn John- son, Jean Kido, Donna Lauchlan, Ted McAtee, Betty Ann Reeves, Phyllis Schindler, Peggy Stanton, Betty Ann White, Lawayne Yates, and Edmund Zangel. Other senior members of the West- port Honor Society: Nancy Akin, Richard Asher, June Baltis, Roland Brumfield, Ralph Carlson, Jack Gibbs, Donna. Griffith, Milton Harmony, Bob Hosman, Marilyn Johnson, Donna Kindsvater, Geraldine Kramer, Bob McCollum, Marjorie Mercer, Bob Miller, Betty Ann Reeves, Dick Rockwood, Ethel Senger, Jack Sevier, Jack Stewman, Marilyn Tidd, and Evelyn Vegiard. A trip to visit relatives in France is the post-graduation plan of June Bal- tis, a senior. At the close of senior week, June, her older sister Jacqueline, '46, two younger sisters, and their mother will embark. They will stay at least three months, or until they can get return reservations. Participants in Inter-High Debates First row, left to right: Gasboro, Wolch, Spencer, A. Thornberry, Hubbard, Kenyon. Second row: Wilson. Chattin, Eschenheimcr, Back row: Windsor, McKay, Hamilton, Stew Hilurity and Suspense Captivute Playgoers Continued from page 1 greenbacks from her papa-and for purely selfish reasons. As Neila Lan- sing Miss Thornberry gave a realistic version of a siren a la ice cubes. But Edris McCarty and Jerrie Chat- tin, as, respectively, Sarah Brownie Brown and Marg Latin from Manhat- tan O'Reilly, help to submerge the Lansing refrigerator and brighten things up until Bill Banaka as Bill Kennedy, a lost, but vacation-bound, second-rate dramatic critic, can ride to the rescue. Olive Wilhelm gave another splen- did performance, this time as the S-hissing Mrs. Maud Doolittle who managed to say a few lines on the Red Barn stage between helping Ver- ona and worrying about her Sam back home. Mrs. Hattie Bucky Bux- ton, the housekeeper, came to life in the person of Lorraine Piper who yupped and creaked around as that horsefaced woman. Spending all her time telling Joe Brown, who impersonated Mike Tur- ner, the group's stage manager, how big he is and 'how little, little ole ine is, Joan Mitchell, alias the play's Flo Anderson, flitted here and there. The managing director of the summer the- atrics was played by Wally Ostlund, who kept everything under control and yet allowed his subordinate, Joe Brown, to wander around aimlessly, garnished with streamlined, dark sun- glasses and a Hollywood ascot fit to scare little kids and create riots. As to the end, Verona gives up the stage for her hunk-o'-man, who in- sists she visit the Red Barn theater every summer after they're married- and they lived happily ever after. Miss Youngs has received from Pat Walz, '46, a new Kansas City maga- zine called Topix. Pat serves as an editorial assistant for the publication dealing with Kansas City's garment industries. She was a newswriting student of Miss Youngs' in her junior year. Mercer, Kern, Kolbe, Wilhelm. man, Weeks, Harmony, Van Sindt, Lindsey. 24 Commercial, Pupils to Take Three National Tests ,The United National Office Manage- ment Association test will be given at Junior College, May 17. Twenty-four Westport commercial students will participate. These tests are prepared by classroom teachers throughout the country. Skills that will be tested are filing, machine calculation, bookkeep- ing, typewriting, and stenography. All contestants will take a fundamentals test consisting of English, spelling, and social science and a general in- formation test about current events and common customs. Students who pass the test will re- ceive certificates signed by the secre- tary and chairman of the Joint Com- mittee, a nationally known office man- ager. These certificates, in many of- fices, will aid applicants in securing jobs. The following pupils took the test: Bookkeeping, Fred Freeman, Carlene Caudle, Shirley Bogue, Allen Gassman, Dorla Gugel, Goldie Mallett, Sue Harkness. Wilma Gray, Jayne Thurman, Betty Wood, Bcttye Griffith, Milton Harmony, Nancy Rixey, Harry Van Trees, Richard Adams, Betty Moore, Frances Wade. Filing, Pat Young, Patrica Coleman. Eleanor Cox, Leslie Parsons, Joanne Stoerger, Lorraine Woolsey. Stenography, Ruth Rickert, Wilma Gray. Westporters Return Visit of Lincoln Pupils as Assembly Trade Westport returned the visit of Lin- coln High school's successful exchange assembly with a program of singing and dancing acts on the Lincoln audi- torium stage, Wednesday, April 30. Nine Sacks was a sewing skit pre- sented by Edris McCarty, Beverly Nichols and Evelyn Veigard. Bob Mc- Collum played a cornet solo, accom- panied by Mary Ann Rae. A Mayday dance was performed by Mary Lou Hall, Loreen Laub and Barbara Bur- nett, and Nancy Billings and Eddie Fink presented piano numbers. The Septet, accompanied by Peggy Stanton, sang: When Day Is Done, I Heard a Forest Praying and Why Do I Love You. The performances ended with Doin' What Comes Natch- erly by the well known Ozark ballet performers, the Hillbilly Chicks. May 7, 1947 WESTPORT CRIER Page Seven Play Was Grand, Says Author of Verona Anne Ferring Weatherly, author of Two Gentlemen and Verona, is a suc- cessful playwright, but a modest one. After taking in the Saturday night performance of Verona in the West- port auditorium, she insisted it Wa.s the performance that did it. Well, even Mrs. Weatherly has to admit that the way a play is written has some- thing to do with its success. Surrounded by excited members of the cast after the play, Mrs. Weatherly .stood beside her husband, Dr. Weath- erly, '23, and buoyantly took part in an unusual after-play discussion. I think the play was grand, the author told the group, and the eager- ness with which she discussed parts in the play showed her interest in what the Westporters had done. This is only the second time I have seen it. After being informed that one of her plays would be produced here, Mrs. Weatherly wrote to the Westport sponsors for further information. Dr. and Mrs. Weatherly journeyed to Kan- sas City from Columbia, Mo., to see the performance. They visited with his mother during their .stay here. Before the professor was graduated from Westport in 1923, he made an -out- standing record as a student and was a member of the Crier staff three years. Direction of Mrs. Weatherly's com- edy in three acts was under Miss Keel- er, assisted by Miss Wheeler. Mr. King, sponsor of The Stage and Screen Club, handled problems behind the stage and Bob Robinson acted as stage manager. Make-up was under the direction of Miss Brubaker and Lois Oxley and Peggy Cook helped with the grease paint. Miss Guffm supervised prepara- tion of the costumes and Laura Lee Love and Joe Brown handled the pub- licity. Bill Abbott was prompter while Milton Harmony, Bob Rowe, and Bob Tengdin were technical staff man- agers, Properties for the play were taken care of by Liesl Eschenheimer. The lights were managed by Al Spen- cer, Bill Weber, Bob Lindsey, and Gene Bohi, and Charles Garrett pulled the curtain. 'The orchestra provided music as Mr. Keenan directed. Business manage- ment of the play was under Miss Card, Miss Grube, Miss Jackson, and Mr. Harris. As usual, one of the highlights of the theater atmosphere were the charming usherettes in their stun- ning formals. Architecture students are making model houses of balsa wood to 145-inch scale. Lee Scott has finished an at- tractive model that is now on display in the drafting room. Preliminary Figures Indicate Enrollment of 1,440 Next Fall Figures compiled by Mr. Harris show that 1,440 students will be en- rolled next semester, including 100 sophomores, members of the first eighth grade class in Westport. Two hundred sixty-seven seniors comprise one of the smallest classes in the school's history. The eighth grade next year will have 336 pupils, and there will be 359 freshmen and 378 juniors. Courses not materializing are beginning French, third year Latin, newswriting, and harmony. Secretarial and clerical practice has celled and freshman boys lowed to take ROTC next been can- will be al- fall. Mr. Harris reports that scarcely enough pupils have enrolled for second year stenography to make one class. If lack of interest in this course contin- ues the class will be cancelled. He says that students who have had this train- ing often obtain good jobs right after graduation. Gullible's Travelsf' a musical re- vue, will be presented by the Junior College music department next Tues- day evening, May 13, at 8 o'clock, in the college auditorium. f m y fr ! - C i . big-set, electronic tone, always! 2 motors: YMCA Organizing Group For Northern Canoe Trip A canoe trip through the lakes of Northern Minnesota is being planned by the YMCA for young men 16 and over for August 22 to September 1. The number will be limited to twenty. Listed as important for those mak- ing the trip are: husky build, over 150 lbs., digestion good, ability to handle an 85-pound pack or portage a canoe, a strong swimmer, willing to take his share in preparing camping meals, willingness to use an axe and bucksaw, a sense of humor and a good disposi- tion, a love of the woods-the song of the trees, the cry of the loon and the sound of ripple of the waves on the shore and the 'songs of the birds. 'Canoe and swimming instruction will be given before leaving. Several local trips also will be made by the group to build up comraderie among the young men. Those interested may leave their names in the high school office or con- tact M. E. Mischler at the Westport YMCA, 4050 Broadway, Logan 1018. Joe Rueb has finished a colorful pos- ter for the drafting room bulletin board. The illustration is taken from the cover of the drafting workbook. canon.. Us s C O O O O IN A PACKAGE Here's a natural for fun. It plays anywhere, . at the beach, on trains, boats. . .and with rich, ' Electric lplug it inl or wind up ftubes operate ' O on battcryl. . There's no other phonograph with the unique ' 21115-51322-- : features of Capitol's Luxury Portable. . Remember: it's produced by a record manu- M, Z faclurer, to give you recorded music at its best, il o when and where you want it. Ask your record fffisigfs: ,, ' dealer for Ca itol's , if f, ' H:Eiii:: 3::::'ii. ' p A --'- '- .-1r:r1r:2E2g.:.:.,., ' LUXUFY P0ftHble- .... . 5, .,.,.,....,g51,:,sg?g ..,. 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Page Eight WESTPORT CRIER May 7, 1947 Cochran Out in Front In Best Gymnast Contest Jostling for lead positions in the Best All Around Gymnast contest is settling down as the competition nears the half-way mark and John Cochran is out in front with 512 points. Robert Hays is second with 476 points followed by Bill Evans, 419 points, and Gary Yarrington, a husky eighth grader who has amassed 412 points. New records have been set by Thompson, Bryson and Westrope in the 100-pound group. Cochran is the lone record buster among the 120's. Organ and Graf set new highs in the 140-pound class and unlinfited records have been broken by Shivers, Gibson and Ruhl. Mr. Shepherd started the Best All Around Gymnast contest at Westport and it is the only contest of its kind in the public high schools. Contest results so far: One Lai Dash-100-lb., Stanton and Hayes, 10:75 120-lb., Barry, 9:8: 140-lb., Reed, 9:6: Unlimited. Shivers and Gibson, 913. Rope limb-100-lb., Thompson. 10:83 120- lb.. 'lf Sc till, 725: 140-lb., Rankin, 7:33 Un- limited. G son, 9:0. Ladder Walk-100-lb., 'l' Thompson, 9:7: 120- lb., ' Cochran, 7:51 140-lb., Krpht, 7:45 Un- limited Moonfy, 8:4 so Yard Dash-1063.5 DeWendt and stan- ton, 6:85 120-lb., Petrusg 6:2: 140-lb., Tuck, 6:0: Unlimited, Gibson. 5:9. One Mile Run-100-lb.. Bryson. 6 :5 :4: 120- lb., Williams, 5:57: 140-lb., Organ, 51295 Unlimited B. Comi. 524514. Hiczh Jump-100-lb., Evans, 4 ft., 6 in., 120- lb., Perry, 4 ft.. 105mg 140-lb., Yarrington, 5 ft.: Unlimited. Malone. 5 ft. Basketball Throw-100-lb., Bure 88 ft.. 6 in.: 140-lb., Herslvy. 109 ft.. 11 in.: 140-lb.. ' Graf, 112 ft.. 5 in : Unlimited. Shotwell, 127 ft.. 1 in. Football ThrowA100-lb.. Thompson, 100 ft., 10 in.: 120-lb., Kriedmocher, 127 ft., 6 in.: 140-lb., Merritt. 138 ft., 8 in.: Unlimited, Ruhl. 157 ft., 4V2 in. Bfisfball Ta 'etff100-lb.. ' Wesfrone. 9: 120- lb., Johnson, 16: 140-lb.. Reed, 32: Unlimited, Everitt 34. ' New records. Six Golfers Qualify for lnterscholastic Competition Golf enthusiasts turned in their scores after a workover on the links recentlv in an effort to qualify for the Interscholastic golf tourney that starts May 3. Bob Miller led the field with a high of 79. The remaining six members of the Westport golf team and their scores: Bob Montgomery, 863 Fred Free- man, 875 Harry Irvin, 895 George Chattin. 945 Phil Gilmore, 953 and Corky Zimmerman, 99. The first round of the all-school tournament will be played on Swope Park Goli -Course No. 2, and the com- petition will continue for four Satur- days. Tiger teemen are getting into shape individually and hopes for a good showing are high. Forty-one Junior College students come over to Westport's drafting room every day at noon to do work in Ren- eral engineering drawing. Carlson and Whitaker Capture Doubles Trophy in Net Tourney Ralph Carlson and Dan Whitaker captured the doubles trophy of the Wyandotte Invitational Tennis tourna- ment recently by trouncing all comers in a field of thirteen high schools. Jack Huffman went to the quarter finals for Westport in the singles di- visions Starting one of the most favorable tennis seasons in years, Westport de- feated Lillis in straight matches April 23. Dave Millican has advanced to a semi-finals .slot in the Westport spring tennis tournament and is waiting for Ralph Carlson, Jack Huffman and Ronald Barnes to fight it out for the other berth. Westport First in Arithmetic Test Westport ranked highest in the city in scores on the Stanford Arithmetic test taken by all juniors. This test was given to determine their ability in arithmetic. lfhoselwho attained a 7.5 grade standard are exempt from tak- ing a refresher course in math one semester in their senior year before graduation. Bob Granger's score, 95, was the'highest made in Westport. Other high scores were made by Ted MeAtee, Bob Hamilton, Maurice Brat- man, and Joe Brown, with 933 Jim Bu- ford, Liesl Eschenheimer, Jack Keller and Condy Sindt, 92g Viola Turner, Jean Carter, Vera Smoots, and Harry Ervin, 913 and Terry Moore, Donal Clark, Rex Quigley, and Charles Gar- Visitors Well Impressed With Lunch Hour Plan Westport's lunch hour program came under the close scrutiny of G. W. Davis, vice-principal at Northeast, and Vice-principal Englund of Central when they spent a day here recently. Your pupils have a fine sense of re- sponsibility which makes the plan work well, reported Mr. Davis, but it may not be feasible in other schools. The layout of school buildings, size of student body and the location of the cafeteria has much to do with the lunch system. Further information about the setup was given recently by Mr. Holloway, its originator. When- ever the program ceases to work prop- erly, it will be discontinued, he said. Weaknesses that appear come en- tirely from pupils who forget them- selves, the principal said. I am very anxious to .see it successful. Westport is the only school trying out a plan that deviates so widely from the usual high school lunch per- iods. Modifications probably will be made for next year in order that the eighth graders may eat earlier in the day. All students will have a free per- ,iod and only three lunch groups will have to be served. Mr. Holloway hope.: that the acous- tics in the halls may be improved so that sounds will not carry as they do now. The cafeteria here was one of the first in the city to get sound improve- ment. If the school bonds carry, West- port will ask for acoustics correction measures, especially on the first fioor Yeti, 90- and in the basement. 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