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

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FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION The teaching staff at Westport has grown in the past years. With each face we gain, another is gone. The faculty plays an important part in the lives of the students. To the teachers we owe a great deal. Their instructions have helped to broaden our fields of learning. As each day passes, the wall that was inevitably built up between student and teacher gradually disappears, as students learn to gain the trust, respect, and confidence of their teachers. Sometimes the relationship between students and faculty becomes a little uneasy with eighth hours, term papers, tests, and homework. But it is for the good of us all. The faculty is greatly appreciated by the student body of Westport, and to them we owe thanks . . . Thanks for their ability to help us be- come better students and citizens.

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WE DEDICATE... Mr. Dale Bellerose taught French, Speech and English at Westport for five years. While he was here, Mr. Bellerose gained the respect and admiration of students and faculty alike. As sponsor of French Club, Tiger Den Board and Student Council, he became more than just a teacher—he was a friend to whom students could go with all their problems. We remember the times he played Santa Claus for the orphans at Homecoming Tiger Den, coached B-Team football and crowned queens. Although Mr. Bellerose, who now counsels at Northeast, is gone, we all remember his jolly face and are thankful and proud of what he has taught us and his accomplishments here at Westport. Therefore the Herald staff dedicates the 1964-65 yearbook to Mr. Dale Bellerose. A

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Dr. Richard A. Ball, Principal Mr. William Evans, Vice-Principal PRINCIPALS A strong administration is vital to a dynamic school life. Much of the work of the principal is not immediately apparent to the student body. Tending to adminis- trative detail, encouraging constructive student activity, supervising the work of the faculty, solving school-community problems, and representing the school in the public affairs of a thriving city—these are but a few of the tasks performed through the year by Dr. Ball and Mr. Evans. Their goals are constantly to help students prepare for the future and to get as much as possible out of the potential of the pre- sent. A A familiar voice...