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Yearbook Name
The Echo of 1937
Location
Webster Groves, Missouri (St. Louis County)
Additional Information
TO KEEP YOUR
TURN TO GOD
LIFE PURE CHOOSE
GOOD COMPANIONS
-WHEN IN TROUBLE
Allan koken
JEHE
ECHO
of
1931
PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS
of
WEBSTER GROVES HIGH SCHOOL
WEBSTER GROVES, MO.
VOLUME XXIV
PRESENTED BY
Walter Dray Wagoner -
Suzanne Hewson Webb
Walter J. Sutherland -
Alex Gay -----
■ - Editor
- Associate Editor
- Business Manager
Advertising Manager
• A student entering the lower
school soon perceives that his
immediate surroundings have
a beauty of their own, and that
as time his personality
and their beauty become more
ami more infused.
DEDICATION
e To a lofty character, that radiant factor which is so
needed for an abzindant life and zvhich is so easily
gained at Webster Groves High School
is this book dedicated.
echo
Walter D. Wagoner
£V/it or-1n-Ch ief
Suzanne H. Webb
Associate Editor
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Walter Sutherland
Business Manager
Jean Wagoner
Circulation Manager
Raymond Graybill
Assistant Business Manager
Eleanor Patterson
Business Assistant
Sewell Kauffman
Business Assistant
Elinor Henry
Business Assistant
Harold Knight
Business Assistant
Ordie Wilkinson
Business Assistant
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Alex Gay I
Advertising Manager
Mary Ellen Anderson I
Advertising Assistant I
Carl Holekamp I
Advertising Assistant
Betty Jehle I
Advertising Assistant I
John Naylor I
Advertising Assistant I I
Robert Doland I I
Features Editor I I
Betty Jean Miller I I
Features ;
Eleanor Johanning I I
F eatiires
Henry Schulz I I
Features I I I
Mildred Ward . Il
Features III
William Orr III
Photographer | | |
annual
Frances Clausen
Activities Editor
Dorothy Teach
Classes Editor
Patty Waterman
Seniors Editor
John Leutwiler
Seniors Editor
Edith Marsalek
Vocal Music Editor
Maxine Sivells
Instrumental Music Editor
Ford Coffman
Boys’ Sports Editor
Mary Lou Leinberger
Girls’ Sports Editor
Ruth Keller
Artist
Allan Koken
Artist
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Myra Jean Azbe
Typist
La Rue Clinton
Typist
Jeanne Cook
Typist
Mildred Johanning
Typist
Muirene Rebbe
Typist
Lance Thibault
Typist
Kitty van Benthuysen
Typist
Arthur Walsh
Typist
Lois Wolf
Typist
Mr. Newton Settle
Adviser
FOREWORD
• This book is presented with
the sincere and firm idea that,
today and tomorrow, it will
form a mirror in which the
colorful character of Webster
Groves High School may be
reflected.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
y admirable character in history can be inter-
in terms of lofty self-respect. Nothing which
^clp a student to make such deductions is absent
f'tom this Public Library.
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the cultural background, and the inward development
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• More and more each year students carry on their
extra-curricular life and. activity during the evening
as well as in the day.
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• This picture of the Home u
dearly evidences the atmosphere of progressive educa
tin in the Webster Groves school system.
® In and out of the high school office there passes a
continual stream of students, parents, ami teachers
who combine to make the office the center around which
the activity of the school moves.
• Men and women of high char-
acter are the conscience of the
society to zvhich they belong.
There is no other phase of life
which wields so much influence
on the making of a great char-
acter as that of teaching.
ADMINISTRATION
WILLARD E. GOSLIN
Superintendent of Schools
Our understanding of the contribution
which education can make to the life of an
individual has been greatly expanded in
recent times. We once believed that the
school should lead only to scholarship with-
in relatively narrow academic limits. We
now believe that the school should aid in
quickening the social understanding and
enhancing the personal qualities of the in-
dividual.
One of our concerns is the development
of character. It seems that character
comes from the conditioning of our innate
qualities by the many experiences of life.
If that be true, then the school must con-
stantly seek to enable each boy or girl to
participate, with other pupils, in a continu-
ous series of worth-while activities, aided
bj- superior teachers.
The impingement of the personalities of
teachers and of pupils on the individual
boy or girl is a great source of influence
on character. Only capable, unselfish teach-
ers can be significant builders of character.
Also, it is a rare privilege for a child to
attend a school made up of alert, whole-
some boys and girls of his own social age.
There has evolved in some schools an in-
tangible school spirit, which demands that
achievement be on a high level, that sports-
manship be placed ahead of winning, that
courtesy be universally practiced, that
tolerance and cooperation be in evidence—
in short, a quiet mutual insistence by all
concerned that the institution be one of
dignity and quality. This sort of thing
creates a school atmosphere highly con-
ducive to desirable character development.
Fourteen
High schools have developed tremen- i
dously in the last forty years, both in at-
tendance and in the diversity of the cur- I
riculum.
Whatever the purpose of high school
was in former times it is now declared to
be the training of our youth to make the |
best adjustment to the ever changing pro- '
grams of society. Although there is not
entire agreement as to the best methods
of accomplishing this end, all agree that
character development as well as intellec-
tual development is attainment essential
to the formation of the best citizenship.
In my opinion character development
can best be brought about by indirect
methods. Some concrete case can often be
used as a basis for worthwhile teaching.
By urging students to assume and dis-
charge responsibilities such as the duties
involved in the publication of this An-
nual, a school can and does develop char-
acter.
Character of the right sort is developed
not by seeking the path of least resistance
nor by selecting only those subjects that
are easy. Meeting situations that are diffi-
cult and require the best efforts and the
best thoughts of which one is capable de-
velops strength of character. Education,
if earnestly sought, will give many oppor-
tunities to use one’s best powers and abili-
ties. Through education one can better
attain his desired goals.
J. T. HIXSON
Principal of the High School
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ADMINISTRATORS
A
ADMINISTRATORS
Willard E. Goslin
Superintendent of Schools
Charles E. Garner
Assistant to Superintendent
Director of Research
J. T. Hixson
Supervising Principal
Julian C. Aldrich
Assistant Principal
Howard A. Latta
Assistant Principal
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIALS
H. J. Lemcke
Supervisor of Instrumental Music
Esther Replogle
Supervisor of Vocal Music
Sebee D. Rowley
Supervisor of Art
Thomas B. Smith
Supervisor of Health and Physical Education
Roberta Tarpley
Visiting Teacher
V. J. Leonard
Assistant to Superintendent in Charge of
Business Affairs
L. H. WlRTHLIN
Assistant to Superintendent in Charge of Buildings
and Grounds
Dr. C. E. Colgate
School Physician
Viola C. Conrad
Manager of Cafeterias
Marie C. Heyenga
School Nurse
Dr. Aphrodite Hofsommer
School Physician
Mary Marshall
Secretary to Principal
Fern Pickett
Secretary to Superintendent
Ruth Ridgway
Secretary to Mr. Aldrich
Ruth Thompson
Secretary to Director of Research
School Banking
Marie Starbuck
School Nurse
ART
The art courses are planned to arouse in the students
an interest and appreciation in the beauties surround-
ing them.
Since only two years credit is given toward gradua-
tion to all except those who major in art, courses are
planned so that there is no repetition of problems.
The Ross and Light theories of color, the principle
of design, the study of lettering, the application of fig-
ure and prose work, and the numerous and varied crafts
are taken up in some detail with reference to their his-
tory and background.
COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS
Business practice is a course having the following
six aims: to teach the fundamental business practices;
« Sixteen
FACULTY
Mildred K. Allen
Library
Lorraine B.
Bohnenkamp
A. A.
Stephens College
Vocal Music
Charlotte 0. Bailey
B. Sc.
N. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
Home Economics
Junior Red Cross
Lenora H. Botticher
a. B.
Washington University
Mathematics
King Barnett
a. B.
S. W. Mo. State Teachers
College
General Science
Mary E. Brantley
B. Sc.
S. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
Social Science
Student Council
Monitor System
Mary Beauchamp
b. Sc.
N. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
Speech
English
Ruth E. Bynum
B. Sc.
S. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
A. M.
Missouri University
Reading
Costuming
Robert Reid Biggar
b. Sc. M.
Ithaca College
Instrumental Music
Genevieve Campbell
A. B.
Kalamazoo College
Latin
Torch Elections
to understand the relation of business to the entire com-
munity, and the methods and principles used in buying
and selling; to encourage pupils to continue education
as long as possible; to aid in discovering aptitudes,
abilities, and interests; and to provide a background for
the study of business subjects. This course is offered
only to students in the ninth grade.
Bookkeeping is an attempt to give the students an
insight into some of the business forms used and the
records kept by firms. During the year the students
learn how to journalize; to post a ledger; to prepare a
trial balance; to make a work sheet, a balance sheet, a
profit and loss statement; and to close a ledger.
The typewriter course is first devoted to a study of
the operating parts of the machine, the keyboard, cor-
rect posture, and correct operating technique. Secondly,
letter writing and the business application of typewrit-
ing are taken up. Since this is a two year course, the
stress upon speed and accuracy is found mainly in the
last year.
ENGLISH
Throughout the last four years of high school, the
English department presents to its students an exten-
sive course including grammar, composition, American
and English literatures. Of these four years at least
three must be studied to graduate. In the first three
years of high school, grammar and composition are
studied more thoroughly to give the background neces-
sary for a better understanding of literature.
« Seventeen
FACULTY
J. E. Case
B. Sc.
Central Mo. State
Teachers College
A. M.
Missouri University
General Science
Science Club
Caroline
Chamberlin
a. B.
Washington University
A. M.
Columbia University
English
Hiking Club
Margaret Casto
Hamaker
a. B.
Washington University
English
Latin
Scribblers Society
Lucy Coolidge
Hamsher
Ph. B.
University of Michigan
English
W. C. Havenor
B. Sc.
N. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
Industrial Arts
Mechanical Drawing
Pansy Haverly
B. Sc.
S. W. Mo. State Teachers
College
A. M.
Columbia University
Physical Education
White Caps
Archery
Boys’ Fencing Club
Eleanor Henneke
B. Sc.
Washington University
Social Science
John E. Hicks
a. B.
James Milliken University
Social Science
Girls' Rifle Club
Mary Howard
a. B.
Randolph-Macon Women’s
College
B. Sc. in Ed.
S. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
A. M.
University of Chicago
English
Webster Echo
Quill & Scroll
Included in the English course are public speaking
for one semester, given to acquaint students with the
methods of discussing issues of the day; beginning
dramatics for two semesters, emphasizing the produc-
tion of one-act plays for definite audiences; and ad-
vanced dramatics for two semesters, with the interest
mainly in long plays.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Foreign languages are recommended for all students,
but only those taking a “college preparatory course”
are required to take one of the four languages offered:
Latin, French, Spanish, or German. A few Eastern
colleges specify Latin, but most of the Middle Western
schools will accept any of the four.
The first half year of Latin, offered in 8A, receives
no credit but is the foundation for all other Latin.
Ninth grade Latin is a review of eighth grade plus a
comprehensive study of conjugations, declensions, irreg-
ular nouns and pronouns, and deponent verbs.
In Caesar the student is first introduced to people
who actually wrote and spoke in Latin. Caesar’s Gallic
Wars gives many insights into the history, customs, and
whims of the people.
Cicero and Vergil are more advanced Latin, dealing
with oratory and mythology.
Three years of French are offered to the student with
an aim to a better reading knowledge of the language.
With a reading knowledge of the language, the French
race is laid before the student on a silver platter.
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FACULTY
Iona E. Jones
B. Sc., m. s.
Kansas State Teachers
College
English
Virginia Doud
a. B., A. M.
Washington University
American History
Spanish
El Circulo Espanol
.]. Lawrence Jones
b. Sc., M. s.
Kansas State Teachers
College
Social Science
Minnie A. Essig
B. Sc.
N. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
A. M.
Missouri University
English
Latin
Clarence C. Keel
B. Sc.
State University of Iowa
Physical Education
Basket Ball
Hazel K. Farmer
a. B.
Washington University
Latin
Conventus Latinus
Latinus Rumor
F. D. Connard
Bradley Polytechnic
Institute
Industrial Arts
Gertrude Fiehler
B. Sc. in Ed.
S. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
English
Max Finley
a. b„ a. m.
Indiana University
English
Chess Club
Spanish is taught with the hope of making the stu-
dent capable of reading the language and of increasing
his cultural information about the country itself.
German is also taught to give a reading knowledge
and a knowledge of grammar. The regular course for
this subject is only two years, but additional years will
be given whenever the demand is great enough.
HOME ECONOMICS
The beginning foods course, a study of food com-
position and the uses of food in the body, centers its
activities around the planning, preparing, and serving
of luncheons. Advanced foods centers around dinners,
child feeding, invalid feeding, and entertaining in the
home.
Beginning clothing, a course laying special emphasis
on the selection of ready made wearing apparel, takes
up also the study of color and design. Advanced cloth-
ing, a course divided into two parts, gives one-half of
its time to the construction of silk dresses and suits,
and the other half to “House Furnishing”. In addition
to class room studying, field trips are taken to study
houses and floor plans. Thus the students have a well
rounded knowledge of home economics.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
Mechanical drawing and industrial arts are not con-
sidered industrial or trade courses but classes adding to
a well rounded education. Mechanical drawing teaches
the fundamental principles of working drawings and
« Nineteen
FACULTY
Raymond A. Fues
B. Sc.
University of Illinois
Biology
Herman Gall
b. Sc.
Kansas State Teachers
College
A. M.
Washington University
German
German Club
Regna Gann
A. B.
Drury College
English
Girls’ Fencing Club
Froebel F. Gaines
B. Sc.
University of Illinois
Geography
Physical Education
Baseball
Willam I-I. Garrett
B. Sc.
S. W. Mo. State Teachers
College
M at hematics
Karol Greeson
B. Sc. in Ed.
N. W. Mo. State Teachers
College
Commercial Subjects
Irvin C. Leach
B. Sc. in Ed.
Central Missouri State
Teachers College
Mathematics
General Science
Elihu MacDonald
B. Sc.
University of Chicago
M. A. in Ed.
Washington University
Physics
Rifle Club
John T. McArtor
B. S. in Ed.
N. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
Physical Education
Mathematics
Football
enables the students to read and understand blue prints.
In the industrial arts course, wood-work predominates
although the student may work with tin, sheet metal,
iron, cement, and electricity.
These courses aim to develop students who are con-
scious of their surroundings, efficient in their work, and
careful with their equipment.
LIBRARY
The school which has the use of its own library is
indeed fortunate. Our senior library with its adjoining
study hall offers more advantages to our students than
do most. The opportunity of taking out books during
the study hours is a privilege granted here. Eight thou-
sand five hundred books, eight hundred pamphlets, a
picture file, and an especially good drama section con-
stitute the materials from which the students can draw
their references.
In addition to the students’ checking out books for
home use, the teachers may take out trays of books
pertaining to their subjects for class room study. The
junior library has been organized to supply the demand
for a reading room with books of fiction, biography, and
travel. More and more are the students beginning to
realize the value of this organization, and more and
more important is the library becoming to the school.
MATHEMATICS
No mathematics is required for students not prepar-
ing for college, but the others must take algebra and
« Twenty
FACULTY
Vesta McClain
b. Sc.
Central Mo. State
Teachers College
Latin
English
Glenn Ogle
B. Sc.
University of Missouri
Sociology
Civics
Debate
Izeyl Miller
A. B.
Washington University
History
Torch Inductions
Laura C. Pickel
A. B„ B. Sc.
University of Missouri
A. M.
Washington University
English
Discussion Club
Edwin D. Myers
B. Sc.
N. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
A. M.
University of Missouri
Art
Majorie Prieur
B. Sc.
Ohio State University
Home Economics
Junior Red Cross
Ina K. Northcutt
a. B., B. Sc.
University of Missouri
History
Clare M. Pruehs
A. B.
Colorado State College
Commercial Subjects
Chas. A. Roberts
B. Sc. in Ed.
University of Missouri
Mathematics
Track
plane geometry. General mathematics, the first in the
series of courses offered in high school, is the supple-
ment of the mathematics of the first eight grades. It
does not take the place of algebra in meeting college
entrance requirements.
The second in the series is algebra, essential to the
understanding and use of practically all phases of
higher mathematics such as geometry and trigonometry.
Following on the end of algebras I, II, and III, is
geometry, plane and solid. Geometry, the development
and testing of logical reasoning, can be found with its
facts and figures in nature, industry, and art.
High School Arithmetic, open only to eleventh and
twelfth grade students, comes next with its rapid sum-
mary of computational and informational mathematics.
College Algebra and Tigonometry are the next and
last in line of the high school courses.
MUSIC
Fine as it is, the instrumental music department is
working toward a full symphonic orchestra and a sym-
phonic band. At present there is almost full instrumen-
tation. Large and expensive instruments are owned
by the school and are loaned to students free of charge.
The music department also offers four years of
choral and glee club work. Well known operas are pre-
sented by members of the department, and those who
show superior ability receive additional training by
singing in quartets, madrigal groups, and other small
ensembles.
Twenty-one
FACULTY
Frances A. Ruth
a. B.
Washington University
Social Science
Speech
Margaret
SCHOWENGERDT
B. Sc.
University of Missouri
A. B.
Central Wesleyan College
A. M.
University of California
English
The Torch
Wm. L. Schulz
a. B.
University of Missouri
Chemistry
Biology
Chemistry Club
Newton Settle
a. B.
S. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
Mathematics
Echo Annual
Rosina Shepardson
A. B.
Washington University
Mathematics
Junior Honor Society
Sena M. Sutherland
a. B.
Western College
A. M.
University of Chicago
Spanish
French
El Circulo Espanol
Beulah M. Swank
B. Sc.
N. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
A. M.
Columbia University
Mathematics
Stamp Club
Helen Toner
B. Sc.
University of Missouri
Mathematics
Winifred Toner
A. B., B. Sc.
University of Missouri
Mathematics
Riding Club
Webster Echo
SCIENCE
Biology, physics, and chemistry are the three sciences
from which college preparatory students must choose.
The biology course is an introduction to the science of
plant and animal life. After a study of the various life
processes of plants and animals, a thorough examina-
tion is made of the human body in health and in dis-
ease. Consisting chiefly of laboratory work, biology is
open only to tenth grade students.
In the study of high school physics the student ac-
quires a knowledge of certain natural laws which en-
able him to understand and appreciate many modern
machines and other inventions. This is open only to
eleventh and twelfth grade students who have had
geometry.
Chemistry is an introduction to the study of mate-
rials, their composition, the making of new materials,
and the fundamental laws of nature which are in-
volved in these processes. This is offered to twelfth
grade students.
General science is offered to ninth grade students
who have not studied eighth grade general science. It
aims to give such a glimpse into science that the stu-
dent will have a better understanding of the world
about him and will be eager to delve further into the
mysteries of this subject.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Two years of social science are required for all stu-
dents. Ninth grade social science, American history,
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FACULTY
Gordon L. Trotter
B. Sc.
N. W. Mo. State Teachers
College
Commercial Subjects
Annie G. White
Potsdam State Normal
Mathematics
English
Joe R. Verby
B. Sc.
N. E. Mo. State Teachers
College
A. M.
University of Missouri
Social Science
W. G. Winton
B. Sc. in Ed.
S. W. Mo. State Teachers
College
A. M.
University of Missouri
Commercial Subjects
Rifle Club
Emilie Vossbrink
B. Sc. in Ed.
Central Mo. State
Teachers College
Physical Education
G. A. A.
Yellow Jackets
Skating Club
Eugene R. Wood
a. B.
Colorado State Teachers
College
Dramatics
Harriet Webster
A. B., B. Sc. in Ed.
University of Missouri
English
Martha May Wood
B. Sc.
University of Missouri
Social Science
Safety Club
Sadie Jane Woods
A. B., B. Sc., A. M.
University of Missouri
French
Le Cercle Francois
Lc Feuille Volante
and modern history are the courses from which to
choose. The changing culture in America is studied
in 9B social science; and the chief political and social
problems of the other leading countries of the world in
9A. The courses in American and modern history take
up a survey of the outstanding developments in the
world’s history.
Economics, sociology, civics, and geography are also
included under the heading “social studies.” Economics
aims to develop an active interest in current economic
problems; sociology seeks to give a clear picture of our
social problems and institutions; civics is a study of
our government; and geography presents the physical
foundations of life and trade. All these form a sound
basis for work in college.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The sports offered in girls’ physical education classes
for upper grades are divided according to seasons;
hockey for fall, basket ball and volley ball for winter,
and track and baseball for spring. Dancing, consisting
of stretching and rhythmic exercises, clog, and folk
dances, is taught one day each week. In the spring of
every other year the combined physical education classes
give a May Fete.
Each boys’ class is divided into four groups headed
by captains who direct their teams in competition in
baseball, basket ball, touch football, volley ball, track
and field events.
Three years are required for both boys and girls
above the eighth grade.
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• Character excites intellect and
passes into thought. Through
application to learning and by
association with others, our char-
acters are deepened and made
self-evident.
CLASSES
SENIORS
RUTH Wall, January
Archery Club 1; May Fete 1,
2; Library Staff 3, 4.
James H. Bennett, January
Orchestra 1, 2; Chemistry
Club 4; Literary Club 4; Ping
Pong Club 4; Secretary of
Class 4.
Anna Marie Zuroweste,
January
May Fete 3.
John Dale, January
Basket Ball Club 1; Ping
Pong Club 2; Chemistry Club 4.
Martha Busch, January
Spanish Club 1; May Fete 2,
3; Basket Ball 2, 3.
Francis Murphy, January
Margaret Sandau, January
Latin Club 2, 3, 4; Hockey 3,
4; G. A. A. 3, 4; German Club
3, 4; German Paper 4; Latinus
Rumor 4; Art Club 4; Trea-
surer of Class 4; May Fete 4.
Clifton H. Winkler, January
Checker Club 1; Golf Team 3,
4; Art Club 4.
Mary' Ellison, January
Jr. Honor Society 1; Orches-
tra 1, 2, 3, 4; Music Contests 2,
3, 4; Band 3, 4; Nature Study
Club 3; All-County Orchestra 3,
4; All-State Orchestra 3, 4;
Torch 4; Literary Club 4;
Washington and Columbia Con-
tests 4; Salutatorian.
Robert E. Mier, IV., January
Football 1, 2, 3, 4; I-Y;
Basket Ball Club 1; Track 1;
Soph Y: Hi-Y 4; W Club 3, 4;
Ping Pong 4; Spanish Club 1.
Charlotte Christine
Sindelar, January
Quartette 1; Glee Club 2; Or-
chestra 3; Operetta 3; Music
Contests; All-County Orchestra
3.
Walter Spenser, Jamtary
Basketball 1.
Carol Hudler, January
Dramatics Club 1; Archery
Club 1; Chess Club 1; Riding
Club 1, 2; Basket Ball 1, 2;
Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; May Fete
1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta 2; Student
Council 2; Rifle Club 2, 3; Dra-
matics 3, 4; Thespians 4.
Warren R. Druschky, January
Glee Club 4; Chemistry Club
4; Student Council 4; Literary
Club 4.
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Douglas H. Anderson, January
Aviation Club 1, 2; Pres. Avi-
ation Club; Track 2; Skating
Club 3, 4.
Patty Waterman,
Honor Graduate, January
Jr. Honor Society 1; May
Fete 1, 2; Archery Club 2;
Latin Club 2, 3, 4; Latinus Ru-
mor 3, 4; Student Council 3;
Echo 3; Echo Annual 4; Hiking
Club 4; Yellow Jackets 3, 4;
Torch 3, 4; Discussion Club 4;
Quill and Scroll 4.
Glen Lemon, January
Student Council 1; Basket
ball 3, 4; Spanish Club 4.
Gladys Mae Dellert, January
Volley ball 1, 2; Hockey 2, 3;
Basketball 2, 4; Yellow Jackets
3, 4.
John Clark, January
Hortense Russell, January
Library Staff 3, 4; Mav Fete
4.
Muriel Catherine Munger,
January
Hockey Team 2; Basketball 2,
3; Volley ball 1, 2, 3.
SENIORS
Mildred M. Johanning,
January
Echp Annual 4.
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Gordon Kennedy Wright,
January
President Jr. Honor Society
1; Latin Club 1, 2; Ice Skating
Club 2; Valedictorian.
Margaret V. Broaddus,
January
May Fete 1, 3; G. A. A. 2, 3,
4; Volleyball 3; Basket Ball 2,
3; Varsity Basket Ball 3;
Hockey 2, 3, 4.
John C. Muckerman, II,
January
Football 1; Basket Ball 1;
Soph-Y 2; Operetta 2, 3; Glee
Club 2, 3, 4; Echo 3; Riding
Club 3, 4; Dramatics 3, 4; Hi-Y
3, 4; Echo Annual 3; A Cap-
pella 4.
Margaret Ulreich, January
May Fete 1; Rifle Club 3, 4.
Hugh Martin, January
Jr. Honor Society 1; Chess
and Checker Club 1; Chemistry
Club 4.
Mardell Hunt, January
Operetta 1, 3; Dramatics 2,
3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Library
Staff 4.
Twenty-seven
SENIORS
Lois May Bedell
May Fete 1, 2; Art Club 3, 4; French Club 4; Yellow
Jackets 4; Hiking Club 4; Ping Pong Club 4.
Richard Kasius
Jr. Honor Society 1; Latin Club 2; Basket ball 3; Track
3, 4; Echo 4; German Club 4.
Walter Wagoner
President I-Y 1; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 2, 3, 4;
Soph-Y 2; President Class 3; Harvard Book Award 3; Echo
Annual 3; Editor of Echo Annual 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; French Club
3, 4; Latinus Rumor 3, 4; French Paper 3, 4; W. Club 3;
Cheerleader 3, 4; Quill & Scroll 3, 4 ; Torch 4 ; Student Coun-
cil 4; Coronation 4; President Hi-Y 4; President School 4.
Alma Bechtold
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Skating Club 2; Girls’ Glee Club 3;
A Cappella 4.
Katharine Young
Glee Club 3; May Fete 1, 2, 3.
Davis Conway
Rifle Club 3, 4; Track 4.
James Curtis
I-Y; President Chess Club 1; Band 1; Jr. Honor Society
1; Latin Club 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; Football 3, 4; German Club
3, 4; Track 4; Torch 4; Latinus Rumor Staff 4.
Janet Sidler
May Fete 1, 2; French Club 4; Art Club 4; Rifle Club 4;
Chemistry Club 4.
Betty Louise Riley
Jr. Honor Society 1; Archery Club 1, 2; Latin Club 1, 2;
Orchestra 1, 2; May Fete 1, 2, 3; Hockey 2; G. A. A. 2, 3;
Echo 2, 3, 4; N. F. L. 2, 3, 4; Thespians 3, 4; Debate Squad
3, 4; Torch 4; Quill & Scroll 4; A Cappella 4; Operetta 4;
President N. F. L. 4.
Monroe Drury Fredeking
Archery Club 1; A Cappella 2, 3; Track 2; Spanish Club
2, 3; Oneretta 2, 4; Skating 3; Library Staff 3; Thespians
3, 4.
Raymond Gewinner '/75c' ;
Skating Club 4; Track 3, 4.
Helen Burkhart
Rifle Club 2; Latin Club 2, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; President
Rifle Club 3; Yellow Jackets 3, 4; Operetta 4; A Cappella 4.
-J
Jean Starkel i -
May Fete 1; Wood Bees 1; Glee Club 2, 4; Yellow Jackets
3, 4; French Club 3, 4; Echo 4; Quill & Scroll 4.
Embree Chapman
Radio Club 1; Bible Club 4; German Club 4; Chemistry
Club 4.
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Ralph H. Schnebelen
SENIORS
Basket Ball 1; President I-Y 1; President Soph-Y 2; Stu-
dent Council 2; Football 2, 3; W. Club 2, 3; Track 2; Hi-Y
3, 4; Wrestling Club 4; Coronation 4.
Jean Wagoner
French Club 2, 3; May Fete 2, 3; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4;
Ping Pong 3; Glee Club 3; Volley Ball 3; Skating Club 3;
French Paper 3; G. A. A. 3, 4; Hockey 3, 4; A. Cappella 4;
Operetta 4; Echo Annual 4; Echo Queen.
Dorothy Marsh
May Fete 1, 2; Glee Club 2.
Marion Sue.nder
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Robert Ely
I-Y 1; Soph-Y 2; Glee Club 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4;
Track 2, 3, 4; W Club 3; Operetta 4; A Cappella 4; Corona-
tion 4.
Gereau Tackaberry
Bobette Wilkins
May Fete 2, 3; Yellow Jackets 3, 4; Latin Club 3, 4;
Latinus Rumor 4; Library Staff 4; Chemistry Club 4.
Donald Becker
Basket Ball 1, 2, 3; Track 1, 2, 3; Soph-Y 2; Golf Team 3;
Skating Club 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; A Cappella 3, 4; Operetta 4.
Robert Berkemeyer
Thespians 3, 4.
Betty Bastman
May Fete 1, 2, 3, 4; Jr. Honor Society 1; Yellow Jackets
2, 3, 4; Nature Club 3; Hiking Club 3; Chemistry Club 4;
Skating Club 4.
Lorna K. M. Campbell
Junior Honor Society 1; Student Council 1; May Fete 1,
2, 3; Spanish Club 2; Basket Ball 2; Glee Club 2, 3, 4;
Operetta 2, 4; President of Class 3; A Capella 3, 4; Coro-
nation 4; Torch 4.
Jack Krueger
I-Y 1; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3; Soph-Y 2; Foot-
ball 2, 3, 4; Columbia Music Contests 2, 3, 4; Operetta 2, 4;
Basket Ball 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; A Cappella 4; German Club 4.
Richard 0. Schwarz
Track 2, 3, 4; W Club 3; Wrestling Club 4.
Julia Chase
Riding Club 2; Skating Club 3; Spanish Club 3, 4; Li-
brary Staff 4.
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SENIORS
Lorraine Peters,
Honor Graduate
Jr. Honor Society 1; May
Fete 1, 2, 3; Yellow Jackets 2,
3, 4; Student Council 3; Torch 4.
Alex Gay
Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Music Con-
tests 1, 2, 3, 4; I-Y 1; All
County Band 1, 4; Latin Club
2; Hi-Y 3, 4; Operetta Orches-
tra 4; Senior Executive Com-
mittee; French Club 4; French
Paper 4; Echo Annual 4; Coro-
nation 4.
Georgia Leigh Dishman
Jr. Honor Society 1; May
Fete 1, 2, 3; Spanish Club 2;
Glee Club 2, 3; Operetta 2, 4;
Thespians 3, 4; A Cappella 4.
Charles Sherwin
Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; State
Music Contest 2, 3; Latin Club
2, 3; Operetta Orchestra 2, 4.
Grace Horst
Richard Mills
Echo 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 2, 3,
4; Student Council 3; Quill and
Scroll 4; Debate 4; Hi-Y 4.
Alyce Louise Remington
French Club 3, 4; Dramatics
3, 4.
Sewell Kauffman
I-Y 1; Soph-Y 2; Foreign Pol-
icy Association 3; Spanish Club
3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; Echo Annual 4;
Senior Executive Committee;
Student Council 4; Track 4;
Coronation 4.
Vivian Stanley
May Fete 3.
Robert J. Doland
Football 1; Wrestling Team
1; Basket ball 1; Soph-Y 2;
Ping Pong Club 2, 3; Echo 3;
Hi-Y 3, 4; Echo Annual 3, 4;
President Chemistry Club 4;
Fencing Club 4; President Class
4; Drum Major 4; Coronation 4.
Margaret Houston
Hiking Club 3, 4; Yellow
Gordon Shewman
Football 2, 3.
Alice Louise Stephens
Jr. Honor Society 1; Orches-
tra 1, 2; May Fete 1, 2, 3; Col-
umbia Contests 2; Basket ball
2; Latin Club 2; Hockey 2, 4;
Skating 2, 3; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4 ;
Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; Glee
Club 3; Echo 3, 4; Dramatics
3, 4; A Cappella 4; French
Club 4; Operetta 4; Torch 4;
Coronation 4.
Fred Suddarth
Latin Club 3; Thespians 3, 4;
Hi-Y 4 ; Football Manager 4.
Thirty
Robert E. Kell
Latin Club 2, 3, 4.
Pauline Becker
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Nature
Study Club 3; Yellow Jackets 3,
4; Skating 3, 4; German Club
3, 4; Library Staff 3, 4; Hiking
Club 3, 4.
Ralph Goerner, Jr.
Chess Club 1; Basket ball 1,
4; Rifle Club 1; Debate Club 3;
Hi-Y 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Ger-
man Club 4.
Band 1, 2, 3; Football 1, 2, 3,
4; Fencing Club 4.
ISOBEL MONCUR
May Fete 1, 2; Latin Club 2;
Orchestra 2; Yellow Jackets 2,
3, 4; Music Contests 2, 3, 4;
Skating 2, 4; Glee Club 3; Office
Assistants 3; Dramatic 3, 4;
French Club 4; A Cappella 4;
Echo 4; Senior Executive Com-
mittee; Coronation 4; Thes-
pians 4.
F. Lee Major, Jr.
I-Y 1; Rifle Club 2, 3; Chem-
istry Club 4.
SENIORS
Helen Meyers
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Spanish
Club 1, 2.
William Rogers
Stamp Club 1; Science Club
1; Hi-Y 3, 4; Dramatics 2, 3, 4;
Debate 3, 4; German Club 2, 3,
4; N. F. L. 3, 4; Chemistry
Club 4; President German Club
4; Torch 4; Valedictorian; Se-
nior Executive Committee.
Norma Trent
Stoddard Stanton
Carol Gates
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Riding Club
2; Skating 2; Operetta 2; Yel-
low Jackets 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2;
G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3, 4;
Music Contests 3; Dramatics 3;
French Club 3; Echo 3, 4; Or-
chestra 3, 4; Varsity Hockey 3,
4; Basket ball 4; Coronation 4.
Oliver Gross
Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice-Presi-
dent Class 2; Baseball 2, 3, 4;
Treasurer Class 3; Rifle Club 3;
Upper School President 4; Stu-
dent Council 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4;
W. Club 3; Coronation 4.
Barbara McKay
Latin Club 1, 2; May Fete 1,
2, 3; Art Club 3, 4; Hiking Club
3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Skating 3,
4; Yellow Jackets 3, 4; French
Club 4; Operetta 4.
Thirty-one
SENIORS
0. S. Lutz, Jr.
Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 1, 2; State Music Contests
2, 3; Library Staff 4; German Club 4; German Paper 4.
Elizabeth Thompson
Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3, 4;
Glee Club 2, 3; Operetta 2, 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3,
4; Music Contests 2, 3, 4; May Fete 2, 3; Echo 3, 4 ; Varsity
Basket Ball 3, 4; Varsity Hockey 3, 4; A Cappella 3, 4;
Vice-President of Class 3; Volley Ball 3, 4; President Yellow
Jackets 4; Coronation 4.
Bettie De Yong
Operetta 2; Glee Club 2, 3; Hockey 3; G. A. A. 3, 4;
German Club 4.
Edward A. Doisy
Chess Club 1; All-County Orchestra 2; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4;
Band 1, 2, 3, 4; All-State Orchestra 3; Glee Club 3; A Cap-
pella 3, 4; All-County Band 4; Torch 4; Senior Executive
Committee.
Royal Flesh
Magic Club 1; Skating 3; Golf Team 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4;
Coronation 4.
Eleanor Schumert
May Fete 3; Library Staff 3.
Julia Metivier
May Fete 1, 2; German Club 4.
Thomas Harkey
Archery 1; Band 1, 2; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Basket ball 4.
Florence Warner
Latin Club 1; Basket Ball 1; Travel Club 1, 2; May Fete
3; Art Club 4; French Club 4; French Paper 4.
Flora Pence
May Fete 1, 3, 4; Class Basket Ball 2, 3, 4; Class Hockey
2, 3, 4; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Varsity
Hockey 3, 4; Varsity Basket Ball 3; Volley Ball 3.
Prentice Smith
Jr. Honor Society 1; I-Y 1; Latin Club 2, 3, 4; Echo 3, 4;
Latinus Rumor 4; French Club 4; French Paper 4; Quill
and Scroll 4; Hi-Y 4; Coronation 4; Torch 4; Editor of Chal-
lenge 4.
Norman S. Roberts / - /,(
Orchestra 1; Operetta 1, 4; A Cappella 1, 4; Glee Club 3.
Eleanor Krinbill
Band 1; Orchestra 1; Latin Club 1; Girl Reserves 1, 2;
Hockey 1, 2; Basket Ball 2; Dramatics 2; Glee Club 2; Art
Club 3, 4; Thespians 3, 4; French Club 4.
Thirty-two
SENIORS
Harry Pendarvis
I-Y 1; Latin Club 1, 2; W. Club 2, 3; Baseball 2, 3, 4;
Secretary of Class 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Football 3, 4; Basket Ball
3, 4; Student Council 4; Coronation 4.
; A Cap-
Anita Reynolds
May Fete 1; '
pella 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Dramatics 3, 4.
Grace Selbert
G. A. A. 1; May Fete 1, 2, 3; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4;
Skating Club 3, 4; Operetta 4; Glee Club 3, 4.
Harry Gorsuch
Dramatics 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2; A Cappella 3, 4; Hi-Y 4;
Thespians 3, 4; Operetta 2, 4.
John Wood
Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1; Orchestra 1; Soph-Y 2; Presi-
dent of Class 2; Hi-Y 3, 4; Student Council 3; Skating 3;
Tennis 3; Latin Club 3, 4; A Cappella 4; Operetta 4; Latinus
Rumor 4; Library Staff 4; Thespians 4.
Kathleen Ann Paulson, Honor Graduate
Jr. Honor Society 1; May Fete 1, 2, 3; Latin Club 2;
Glee Club 2, 3; Operetta 2, 4; Student Council 3; Spanish
Club 3, 4; A Cappella 3, 4.
Aurelia Adrian Gutman
Class Hockey 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; French Paper 3, 4;
French Club 3, 4; May Fete 3, 4; Dramatics 3, 4; Echo 3, 4;
Spanish Club 4; Thespians 4; Quill & Scroll 4.
Frank Reaves
Rifle Club 1; Skating Club 3; Football 3, 4.
Lawrence A. Zahorsky
Library Service Club 4; Chemistry Club 4; German Club
4; Hi-Y 4.
Betty Biggers
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Skating 3; Art Club 3; Hiking Club 3;
French Club 3, 4; French Paper 4; Echo 4; Riding Club 4;
Fencing Club 4; Senior Executive Committee.
Dorothy Wilsonholme
May Fete 2.
Jack C. Pyatt
Baseball 3, 4; W. Club 3.
Lawrence Baumstark
Track 2, 4; Rifle Club 3, 4; Chemistry Club 4.
Barbara Black
Debate 3; Discussion Club 3; National Forensic League
3, 4.
Thirty-three
SENIORS
Charles Conn
Track 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Student
Council 4.
Mildred Ward
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Yellow
Jackets 2, 3, 4; Office Assistants
3; French Club 4; Echo Annual
4; Coronation 4.
Philip L. Robinson
Checker Club 1; Aviation
Club 1, 2, 3; Operetta Orches-
tra; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Instrumen-
tal Ensembles 1, 2, 3, 4; Rifle
Club 2, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; A
Cappella 3, 4; Skating Club 4;
Chemistry Club 4.
Muirene Rebbe
Jr. Honor Society 1; May
Fete 1, 2; Archerv Club 1, 2;
Latin Club 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2,
3, 4; Skating 2, 3, 4; Echo 2, 3,
4; Hockey 2; Latinus Rumor 3,
4; Echo Annual 4; Yellow
Jackets 4.
Thomas W. Sneed, Jr.
I-Y 1; Chess and Checker
Club 1; Operetta 1, 2, 4; Track
1, 2, 3, 4; Football 2; Soph-Y 2;
Glee Club 3; Skating 3; Echo
3; Library Staff 3; A Cappella
3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; Thespians 3, 4.
Virginia Mallinckrodt
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Orchestra
1, 2, 3, 4; Skating Club 3, 4;
All-State Orchestra 3; French
Club 4; Hiking Club 4.
Charles Horr
Orchestra 1, 2; Rifle Club 1, 3;
Football 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4.
Jeanne Dusard
Baseball 1, 2; Hockey 1, 2;
G. A. A. 1, 2; Basket Ball 1, 2,
3; French Club 2.
Roy Krimmel
Skating Club 2; Band 2;
Spanish Club 2; Library Staff
3, 4.
Elizabeth Thomas
May Fete 1; Skating Club 3;
Library Staff 4.
Ralph Burch
Mary Louise Weldele
Spanish Club 1; May Fete 1,
2, 3, 4; Skating Club 3, 4; Yel-
low Jackets 3, 4.
Page Noll
Band 2;
Contests 2,
ME.
Washington Music
3; Columbia Music
Contests 2, 3; Hi-Y 4; Cheer
Leader 4; Echo 4; Dramatics 4;
Coronation 4; Thespians 4.
Palla Koenig, Honor Graduate
Dramatic Club 1; May Fete 1,
2, 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Ar-
chery Club 3; All-State Orches-
tra 3; Yellow Jackets 3, 4; Skat-
ing Club 3, 4 ; Echo 3, 4 ; Hiking
Club 4; Chemistry Club 4;
French Club 4 ; French Paper 4 ;
Torch 4.
Thirty-four
SENIORS
Ford Coffman
Chess Club 1; I-Y 1; Student
Council 1; Soph-Y 2; Basket
Ball Manager 2, 3, 4; Baseball
Manager 2, 3; Latin Club 2, 3;
Hi-Y 3, 4; Football Manager 3,
4; Football 3, 4; Thespians 3, 4;
Dramatics 3, 4; Echo Anual 4;
Torch 4; Senior Executive Com-
mittee; French Club 4; Quill
and Scroll 4; Coronation 4.
Virginia Ame^ A
Vollev/BalL-F;' Basket JJldr'l-/
2; May Fete 4, ? 7
John Leutwiler
Vice-President Lower School
1; I-Y 1; Student Council 1;
Soph-Y 2; Latin Club 2; Stage
Crew 4; Dramatics 4; Echo An-
nual 4 ; Chemistry Club 4; Hi-Y
4; Coronation 4.
Dorothy Zuroweste
May Fete 1, 3; Skating Club 3.
Alden Theodore Hinson
Honor Society 2, 3; Vice-
President Class 2; Art Club 3;
Tennis Team 3; Football 3, 4;
Basket Ball 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Latin
Club 4; Latinus Rumor 4; Coro-
nation 4.
Roberta Taake
May Fete 1, 3, 4; Skating 2,
4; Class Volley Ball 3; G. A. A.
3, 4; German Club 3, 4; Yellow
Jackets 4; Library Staff 4;
Class Basket Ball 4.
George H. Curtis
Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Riding Club
2, 3, 4; Basket Ball 3; National
Horse Show 3; President Fenc-
ing Club 4; Coronation 4.
Mary Lou Lei.nberger,
Honor Graduate
Jr. Honor Society 1; May
Fete 1, 2, 3, 4; Yellow Jackets
2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Latin
Club 2, 3, 4; Basket Ball 3;
Student Council 3; French Club
3; Washington Music Contests
3; Hockey 3, 4; Riding Club 3,
4; G. A. A. 3, 4; A Cappella 4;
Operetta 4; Echo Annual 4;
Torch 4; Quill and Scroll 4;
Coronation 4; Columbia Music
Contest 4; Volley Ball 4.
James Buckley
Track 1; Basket Ball 1;
Checker and Chess Club; Hi-Y
4.
Bess Louise Moore
Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; May Fete
1, 3, 4; Operetta Orchestra 2, 4;
All-County Orchestra 2, 3; Yel-
low Jackets 2, 3, 4; Skating 2;
Riding Club 2, 3; Music Contest
Columbia 2, 3, 4; Washington
Music Contest 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity
Hockey 3, 4; Latin Club 3, 4;
G. A. A. 3, 4; Basket Ball 3;
Dramatics 3; Echo 3, 4; Latin
Paper 4; Coronation 4.
Lance Thibault
Basket Ball 1, 2; Orchestra 1,
2; Hi-Y 3, 4; Echo Annual 4.
Jane McPherson '■
May Fete 2; Hiking Club 3.
Melville Peterson
Science Club 1; Chess Club 1;
Spanish Club 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4;
Chemistry Club 4; Dramatics 4;
Stage Craft 4; Spanish Paper
4; Coronation 4.
Mary Lou Cater
Jr. Honor Society 1; Girls’
Rifle Club 2; Basket Ball 2; May
Fete 1, 2, 3; Spanish Club 2, 3;
Nature Club 3; Ping Pong Club
3; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; Skat-
ing 2, 3, 4; President of Hiking
Club 4; Dramatics 4; Glee Club
3, 4; Hiking Club 3, 4; Ope-
retta 4; Riding Club 4.
Thirty-five
SENIORS
Jean Daugherty
Orchestra 1; Mav Fete 1, 2, 3; Skating 2; Yellow Jackets
2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3.
Wallace G. Ellinger
German Club 2; Student Council 3, 4; Dramatics 3, 4;
Thespians 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; Torch 4.
Alvin B. Sloofman
Basket Ball 1; Track 1; Band 1, 2, 3.
Barbara Lee Johnson
Operetta 2, 4; Thespians 4.
Myra Jean Azbe
May Fete 1; Riding Club 2, 4; Skating Club 3, 4; French
Club 4; French Paper 4; Echo Annual 4.
John F. Lucia
Spanish Club 3, 4; Hi-Y 4; Coronation 4.
Jack McKee
Band 1; Latin Club 2, 3; Echo 4; Chemistry Club 4; Skat-
ing 4.
Jeanne Cook
G.A.A. 1, 3; Dramatics Club 1; Girl Reserves 1, 2, 3; Glee
Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta 1, 2, 4; National Forensic League
3; Music Contests at Columbia and Washington 3; Echo
Annual 4.
Mildred Davis, Honor Graduate
Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, ; All-State Orchestra 3;
All-County Band 4; Operetta Orchestra 4; Senior Executive
Committee: Torch 4.
William Robinson
Eugene Huber
Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 3, 4; W Club 3; A Cappella 4;
Operetta 4.
Barbara Colton
May Fete 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 4; Basket Ball 1; Riding Club
2, 3, 4; French Club 2, 3; Office Assistants 3; Operetta 4.
Jean Russell
Art Club 4; Skating Club 4; Hockey 4; G. A. A. 4; Yellow
Jackets 4.
Clyde Judkins
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SENIORS
Baker Peterson
Marjorie Shultz
Jr. Honor Society 1; May Fete 1, 2, 3; Latin Club 2;
Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; Skating Club 3; Glee Club 3; Riding
Club 3, 4; French Club 4; French Paper 4; A Cappella 4;
Operetta 4; Echo 4.
Betty Jehle
May Fete 1, 2; Riding Club 3, 3, 4; Latin Club 2, 3, 4;
Skating Club 3; Echo 3, 4; Latinus Rumor 3, 4; French Club
4; Echo Annual 4; Coronation 4.
Frank Schroeder
Band 1, 2; Ping Pong Club 2, 3; Baseball 3, 4; Echo 3, 4;
Skating Club 3, 4; Dramatics 4; Wrestling Club 4; Echo
Annual 3; Stage Crew 4.
William Becker
Football 2, 4; Track 3; A Cappella 4; Operetta 4.
Nancy Stice
Hockey 2; Riding Club 2; Skating 2, 3, 4; May Fete 2,
3, 4; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3;
Student Council 3; Dramatics 3, 4; Echo 4; Coronation 4.
Betty Jean Miller
Glee Club 2, 3; Operetta 2, 4; Student Council 3; Yellow
Jackets 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 3, 4; Riding Club 3, 4; Latinus
Rumor 4; Echo Annual 4; A Cappella 4; Senior Executive
Committee ; Coronation 4.
William F. Orr
Soph. Y 2; Rifle Club 2, 3, 4; Ping Pong Club 3; Hi-Y 3,
4; Echo Annual 3, 4; Echo 3, 4; Riding Club 4; Library
Staff 4; Vice-President of Class 4; Coronation 4; Torch 4.
William Swahlen
Band 1; I-Y 1; President Soph-Y 2; Track 2, 3, 4; Latin
Club 3; Riding Club 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; W Club 3; Football 4;
Wrestling Club 4; Coronation 4; President Hi-Y 4.
Betty Billin
May Fete 1; Class Volley Ball 1; Art Contests 2; Art
Club 3; Class Hockey 3; Class Basket Ball 3; Office Assis-
tants 3; French Club 3, 4.
Lauretta Mae Ferree
Volley Ball 1; Skating Club 2; Library Staff 2, 3; Glee
Club 3; Art Club 4.
James Burch
French Club 1, 2; Wrestling 1, 2; Football 3, 4; Hi-Y 4;
Glee Club 4.
Ordie Wilkinson
Rifle Club 3, 4; President Rifle Club 4; Echo 4; Library
Staff 4.
Vivian Richardson
Operetta 1, 2; Spanish Club 2; May Fete 3; Library
Staff 3; Operetta 4; Glee Club 4; Dramatics 4.
« Thirty-seven »
SENIORS
Dorothea Pett
Yellow Jackets 3, 4; May
Fete 3, 4; Volley Ball 4.
Robert F. Schroeder
Band 1, 2; Echo 3; Art Club
3; Baseball 3, 4; Skating Club
3, 4; Echo Annual 3; Stage
Craft 4; Wrestling Club 4;
Dramatics 4.
Lois Wolf,
Honor Graduate
Jr. Honor Society 1; May
Fete 1, 2, 3; Latin Club 2, 3,
4; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; Rifle
Club 3; French Club 4; Echo
4; Echo Annual 4; Torch 4;
Library Staff 4; Quill & Scroll
4.
Rogers Hunter
Hiking Club 1; Science Club
1; I-Y 1; Latin Club 1; Hi-Y
3, 4; Skating Club 4.
Ethel Wilder
May Fete 1, 2, 3, 4; Riding
Club 2; Spanish Club 2; Yellow
Jackets 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3,
4; Class Basket Ball 2, 3, 4;
Varsity Basket Ball 2, 3, 4;
Class Hockey 2, 3, 4; Varsity
Hockey 2, 3, 4; Skating Club 2,
3, 4; Class Volley Ball 3; Swim-
ming Team 3; Pres. G. A. A. 4.
Clara Louise Bennett
Student Council 1; May Fete
1, 2, 3; Skating Club 2, 3; Hik-
ing Club 3; Rifle Club 3, 4;
Fencing Club 4; Riding Club 4;
Pres. Rifle Club 4.
Anna Marie Votruba
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Operetta
2; Glee Club 2, 3.
Shirley Ruth Pacey,
Honor Graduate, January
Jr. Honor Society 1; May
Fete 1, 2, 3, 4; Yellow Jackets
2, 3, 4; Latin Club 2, 3, 4;
Skating 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3,
4; Class Basket Ball 2, 3; Var-
sity Basket Ball 3; Flockey 2,
3, 4; Volley Ball 3; Varsity
Hockey 3, 4; Class President 4;
Editor Latinus Rumor 4; Torch
4.
Eleanor Johanning
Jr. Honor Society 1; Glee
Club 2, 3; May Fete 2, 3; Ope-
retta 2; Sec.-Treas. Class 3;
Yellow Jacket 2, 3, 4; Riding
Club 4; Echo Annual 4; French
Club 4; Torch 4; Coronation 4.
John Naylor
I-Y 1; Chess Club 1; Soph-Y
2; All-tate Orchestra 2, 3;
Skating 3; Operetta Orchestra
1, 2, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orches-
tra 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; State
Music Contest 3, 4 ; Washington
Music Contests 1, 2, 3, 4; Echo
Annual 4.
Helen Bates
All-County Orchestra 1, 2, 3;
May Fete 1, 2, 4; Orchestra 1,
2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; State
Music Contests 1, 2, 3, 4; All-
County Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Skating
2, 3; Riding Club 2, 3; French
Club 2, 3; Student Council 2, 3;
Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; Echo 3,
4; Dramatics 3, 4; Senior Exec-
utive Committee; Quill & Scroll
4; Coronation 4.
Charles J. Rice
I-Y 1; Soph-Y 2; French
Club 3; French Paper 4.
Anita Heidman
Dramatics 4.
Burton Payne
Basket Ball 1, 2; Glee Club
3, 4; A Cappella 4; Operetta 4.
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SENIORS
Kitty Van Benthuysen
Latin Club 1, 2; May Fete 1,
2, 3; Glee Club 3; French Club
4; Class Basket Ball 2; French
Paper 4; Echo Annual 4; A
Cappella 4; Operetta
4.
1; Latin
Track 2;
Hilding Ruberg
Honor Graduate
Jr. Honor Society
Club 2; Football 2;
Orchestra 1, 2; Library Staff
3; Thespians 3, 4; Dramatics 3,
4; Hi-Y 4; Torch 4; Glee Club
4; A Cappella 4; Operetta 4;
Discussion Club 4; Chemistry
Club 4.
Claire Hartman
Horse Show 1, 2, 3; G. A. A.
2; Riding Club 2, 3; Hockey 2,
3, 4; Student Council 3; Glee
Club 3, 4; Varsity Hockey 4;
Echo 4.
Henry L. Schulz
I-Y 1; Science Club 1; Rifle
Club 1, 2, 3; Soph-Y 2; Hi-Y 3,
4; Chemistry Club 4; Senior
Executive Committee; Echo An-
nual 4.
Frances ClausenmA******’
Honor Gra^\l^.
Pres. Jr. Hoiior Society 1;
May Fete 1; Soph. Representa-
tives to Jeff. City 2; Latin Club
2, 3; Riding Club 2, 3; Yellow
Jackets 2, 3; Echo 2, 3, 4; Echo
Annual 3, 4; Quill & Scroll 3,
4 ; Thespians 3, 4; Torch 3, 4;
Pres, of Torch 4; Pres. Quill
& Scroll 4; Pres. Thespians 4;
Senior Executive Committee;
Editor of Challenge 4; Corona-
tion 4.
James Brady,
Honor Graduate
Spanish Club 3, 4; German
Club 4; Chemistry Club 4;
Torch 4.
Betty Sue Eakin
May Fete 1, 2; Yellow Jackets
3, 4.
Lewis English, January
Maxine Sivells,
Honor Graduate
Band 1, All-County Band 1;
Music Contest 1; May Fete 1, 2,
3; Dramatics 3; Latin Club 2,
3, -1; Chemistry Club 4; Hiking
Club 4; Echo Annual 4; Torch
4; Quill and Scroll 4; Saluta-
torian.
Betty Jane Donnelly
May Fete 1, 2, 3; Glee Club
2, 3, 4; Operetta 2, 4; Skating
3; French Club 3, 4; French
Paper 4; Library Staff 4; Torch
4.
Eleanor Patterson
Basket Ball 1, 2, 3; May Fete
1, 3; Riding Club 2, 3, 4; Presi-
dent Riding Club 3, 4 ; Glee Club
2, 3; President Glee Club 3;
Yellow Jackets 3, 4; G. A. A. 3;
Operetta 2, 4; Dramatics 3, 4;
Thespians 3, 4; French Club 3;
Music Contests 3, 4; A Cappella
4; Echo Annual 4; Coronation
4.
Roger Armstrong
Anne Koken
May Fete 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A.
2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2; Operetta
2; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; Class
Hockey 2, 3, 4; Skating 2, 3, 4;
Dramatics 3, 4; French Club 4;
Pres. Skating Club 4.
Carroll Martin
Archery Club 1; Gold Team
1; Soph-Y 2; Art Club 2, 3;
Echo 2, 3; Skating 3.
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SENIORS
Suzanne Hewson Webb, Honor Graduate
Jr. Honor Society 1; May Fete 1, 3; Latin Club 2, 3, 4;
Latinus Rumor 4; French Club 4; French Paper 4; Torch
3, 4; President Torch 4; Echo Annual 4; Senior Executive
Committee; Quill and Scroll 4.
Horace A. Radford
Russell Irish, Honor Graduate
Jr. Honor Society 1; Latin Club 2, 3, 4 ; Hi-Y 3; Echo 3, 4;
Torch 3, 4 j, Track 3, 4; Editor Echo 4; President Latin Club
4 L/Latinijx Rumor 4; Quill and Scroll 4; Coronation 4.
A/ VDorothy Teacii, Honor Graduate
V' A' May Fete 1, 2; Latin Club 1, 2; Glee Club 2, 3; Discus-
T V sion Club 3; Washington Music Contests; Spanish Club 3,
\ 4; A Cappella 3, 4; Torch 3, 4; Operetta 2, 4; President
Spanish Club 4; Dramatics 4; Echo Annual 4; Senior Ex-
ecutive Committee; Quill and Scroll 4.
Mary Jane Donnell
Jr. Honor Society 1; Riding Club 2, 3; Skating 3; Glee
Club 3; Echo Annual 3; French Club 3, 4; German Club 4;
Chemistry Club 4; Operetta 4; A Cappella 4; Coronation 4.
Alice Lloyd
Skating Club 2, 3; May Fete 2, 3; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4;
Class Basket Ball 2, 3; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Class Hockey 2, 3,
4; Dramatics 3; Echo 3, 4; French Club 3, 4; Varsity Hockey
3, 4; President French Club 4; French Paper 3, 4; Quill and
Scroll 4; Torch 4; Coronation 4.
David Guthrie, Honor Graduate
Jr. Honor Society 1; Latin Club 2, 3; Latinus Rumor 3;
Chemistry Club 4; Library Staff 4; Stamp Club 4.
Kathryn Hesse -
Basket Ball 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Operetty2, 3; Yellow
Jackets 2, 3; Spanish Club 3; Ping Pong 3.
Edith Marsalek
Jr. Honor Society 1; May Fete 1, 2; Glee Club 2, 3; French
Club 2, 3, 4; Yellow Jackets 2, 3, 4; Operetta 2, 4; President
French Club 3; State Music Contests 3, 4; Washington Music
Contest 3; Quartette 3; Skating Club 3, 4; Dramatics 3, 4;
A Cappella 3, 4; Torch 3, 4; Echo Annual 4; Quill and
Scroll 4; Coronation 4.
Edward W. Sunder, Jr.
Basketball 2, 3, 4; Ping Pong Club 3; Tennis 3, 4 ; A Cap-
pella 4; Operetta 4; Library Staff 4; Coronation 4.
William E. McGee - !■ .- ■ J.
Orchestra 1, 2; Chemistry Club 4; Band 1, 2.
Jeanne Weinfurth
Jr. Honor Society 1; May Fete 1, 2, 3, 4; Yellow Jackets
2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 2, 3, 4; Hockey Team 2, 3, 4; Riding Club
2, 3, 4; Skating Club 2, 3, 4; Volley Ball 3; French Club 4;
Echo 4; Basket Ball 4; Coronation 4; May Queen.
La Rue Clinton
Glee Club 1; Echo Annual 4.
Miriam Moores
Student Council 1; May Fete 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 3; Riding
Club 3, 4; A Cappella 4; Operetta 4.
Forty
SENIORS
Walter Sutherland
I-Y 1; Orchestra 1, 2; Band 1, 2; Rifle Club 1, 2; Soph-Y
2; Skating Club 2; Horse Show 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Riding Club
3, 4; Echo Annual 3, 4; Chemistry Club 4; Fencing Club 4;
Coronation 4.
Kenneth Anderson
Olga Argint
Jane Scott, Honor Graduate
President Jr. Honor Society 1; Student Council 1; May
Fete 1, 2, 3; Latin Club 2, 3, 4; Torch 4.
Gould Littlefield
I-Y 1; Rifle Club 1, 2; Soph-Y 2; Skating Club 2, 3; Ten-
nis 3; Hi-Y 4; Chemistry Club 4; Band 4; Echo 4; Senior
Executive Committee.
Al Meyer
Clyde Spotts
Jack Hodson, Honor Graduate
I-Y; Jr. Honor Society 1; President of Class 1; Science
Club 1; French Paper 2; French Club 2; Rifle Club 1, 3, 4;
Hi-Y 4.
TALBERT SHARP
1917 -1937
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Senior Governing Body
Gay, Doisey, Swahlen, Honour, Miller, Kauffman.
Webb, Noll, Paulson, Bates, Biggers, Davis, Wood.
Schultz. Patterson, Orr, Doland, Wagoner, Clausen, Coffman, Gates.
The old senior class form of govern-
ment, in effect for several years, had served
its general purpose successfully, and, inas-
much as the Webster Groves High School
has grown materially in the past few
years, and the class of 1937 desired to take
full advantage of class government, they
decided upon a more democratic form of
government. This was to be a government
in which the students either directly or
through representatives of their own choos-
ing would be supreme, and which would
provide means wherein any student could
express his opinion regarding the class ac-
tivities. As a result of that consideration
an outline for such a government was for-
mulated at the close of the 1936 school
year. At the beginning of the 1937 school
year, the proposed plan of government was
presented to the members of the senior
class, who adopted it unanimously.
The form of government adopted pro-
vided for the establishment of three com-
mittees of eight representatives each: Se-
nior Day, Social, and Entertainment. Each
home room elected by secret ballot a chair-
man and three representatives. The stu-
dent-elected chairman acted in the capacity
of co-chairman on one of the three commit-
tees, while the home room representatives,
responsible for directing the activities of
the class, acted in behalf of the students of
their home room.
The three committees functioned under
the Grand Council, composed of the presi-
dent and vice-president of the class with
the chairmen of the three committees. Un-
der this procedure ideas and suggestions
for class activities were discussed in each
home room, and after the ideas were crys-
tallized, they were presented to the Grand
Council. When the Council had gathered
all the facts regarding the matter, the pres-
ident of the class discussed them with the
teachers. Then the matter was presented
to the entire class for its sanction.
Among the many ideas and suggestions
for activities, originated in the home rooms
and carried to a satisfactory conclusion,
were two carnivals, a Senior Swing Ses-
sion, a Senior Class Day, a Senior Dance,
and the selection of class rings and gradu-
ation announcements. At various general
meetings matters such as dues, selection
of Valedictorian, and the use of caps and
gowns at graduation were decided.
Forty-two
\\ illiams, Strippgen, Dan
Stagg, Sutherland, Copely, HiUlon, Johnston, Napier,
Thursby, Nies, Strippgen, Wilson, Miller, Goggin,
McGee, Hull, Wilkinson, Hallfr, Margenau, Punshon,
President ----- Ernest Grinnell
Vice-President - - - June Doris Wilkinson
Secretary-Treasurer - William Talbott
Usuallj'-, it is said that the mid-senior
class is too much left out as far as senior
activities are concerned. This year’s mid-
seniors have kept themselves from being
left out by their own efforts.
On December 19, the class, then mid-
juniors, gave one of the best dances of the
year, the Mid-Junior Jig, with Lee Lewis’
orchestra. Red and yellow ribbons in the
boys’ lapels, instead of tickets, saved much
of the usual confusion at the door.
On the twentieth of March they dupli-
cated their first success with another big
dance. Because of the striking decorations
and the smooth music of Harvey King, this
also ranks with the best dances of 1937.
There have been many outstanding peo-
ple in this 12-B class despite its compara-
tively small size. Last fall the football
team owed a large portion of its strength
to the playing of Ernest Grinnell, Wilbur
Hacker, Earl Shutz, and John Henkle. Also
in the field of sports, our basket ball team
has profited greatly by the 12-B men on its
squad.
MWSenidrs
, Winters,
ilergarth, Bates, McC
Brooder, Foote, Cha
Many 12-B students
the instrumental music and vocal music
departments. In the operetta, Pirates of
Penzance, June Doris Wilkinson, Ray
Graybill, and John Henkle had leads.
In the dramatics department Sam Mosby
and Ann Ludlow were outstanding for
their interpretations of the roles of Rufe
Cagle and Emmy Todd, respectively, in
Sun-Up.
As help for carrying on these numerous
and varied activities and in preparation
for those to come, the 12-B class has had
their very interesting home room pro-
grams. The home-room teachers attempted
to stimulate the students’ minds toward
their school work and to help them to have
a more enjoyable senior year.
This class, as well as the present 12-A’s,
have been considering very seriously, un-
der the guidance of the faculty and outside
speakers, the requirements for college en-
trance and the merits of the different types
of colleges.
Thus it can readily be seen that the mid-
senior class has not been neglected in any
way. This class will go on working to the
best of its great ability.
Forty-three
Juniors
——
Johnsloh, HigginZ Burton, CasWlly, Davison, Clinard, Beckman, Heath, Donald, Bcimdiek, Cushing, Fillo
Holekamp. B/own, Appel, Ecoff, Hoickamp, Cotton, Cummins, Copeland, Cromwell, Jackson, Frissell.
Cox, Barrie, Muff, Hanson, Henry, Davis, Davis, Held, Anderson, Brandenburg, Heklman, Armstrong.
Ellis, Gottfried, HeatcJi, Gosen, Graham, Foote, Bansbach, Detert, Gruetzemacher,
Johanning, Buchta, Hausman, Collins.
J’t
President - -
Vice-President
Secretary - -
Treasurer - -
John Higgins
Marjorie Johanning
Jane Ellis
Edward Seele
Outstepping its predecessors for leader-
ship, the junior class presented two very
successful dances this year. The first was
a no-date dance given on the afternoon of
December the eleventh for members of the
Jacqueline Davis, Jane Ellis, Peyton
Gaunt, Marguerite Gruetzemacher, John
Higgins, Harold Knight, Mary Frances
Rogers, Edward Seele, Alice Jean Seibert,
Betty Splitstone, Jane Taussig, and Anne
Walker, and they were inducted into this
national organization, which is open only
to juniors and seniors, on the night of May
the sixth.
class only; and the other was the Junior
Prom. This was given, with the splendid
aid of the mid-juniors, to entertain the
seniors. The arrangements were so
smoothly worked out, with each home room
taking charge of one phase of the plans,
such as tickets, decorations, and advertis-
ing, that this proved to be the gala affair
of May.
This spirit of leadership was not limited
to dances, however, but reared its head
also in the music departments. Bob Clifton
showed his musical talents, along with his
acting ability, as pirate king in one of the
leading roles of the music department’s
presentation of Pirates of Penzance.
This year twelve members of the junior
class were chosen as outstanding by being
elected to the Torch. These students were
Following a custom established for two
years, the Echo Annual Coronation was
held in the evening; but contrary to
former precedent the ceremony took place
on Saturday, April the third. As usual
junior class members were asked to serv.e
as ushers. Those who participated in this
capacity were Elinor Henry, Barbara
Keltner, Mary Ellen Anderson, Betty
Stevens, Anne Walker, Betty Stobie, Ray
Graybill, Harold Knight, William Cope-
land, John Higgins, Allan Koken, Hamish
Donald, James Appel, Bud Johnston, Wil-
liam Cassily, Henry Woods, Robert
Schwabe, Alex Erganian, Charles Morris,
Donald Adams, Carl Holekamp, and Lewis
Holekamp.
A great deal of stress has been placed
this year upon vocational guidance in the
« Forty-four
Juniors
Thibault, Nelson, Rogers, Moir, O’Herin, McMahon, Smith, Schulenburg, Marshall, Widmer, Walser, Walker, Tolkacz.
Walker, Roeder, Taussig, Wallace, Simon, Sachse, Kell, Goerner, Mier, Keltner, Wood, Prahman.
Splitstone, Schiller, Nitsche, Tharp, Wells, Pentland, Whitney, Wood, Randolph, Naylor, Nachtmann, Thibaut, McMillan,
Stephens.
home rooms. Programs have been ar-
ranged by the students for those alternate
home room periods when study time is
not given. These programs were selected
from a list of suggestions sent out by the
office and were planned and presented to
enlighten the students on the subjects of
vocations and avocations, the best manner
in which to choose a life work, and some
backgrounds necessary for certain fields
of endeavor.
Next year’s football team has as one of
its co-captains an enthusiastic junior
named Jack Reck. John Higgins, Henry
Woods, Newton Coester, Del Cummins,
and Ed O’Herin were the other junior
classmen who featured prominently in
football this year and who are destined to
shine forth in that sport next year also.
Basket ball found many interested juniors
among whom were Ray Benedictus, Carl
Holekamp, Owen Jackson, Billy Luhn, Ted
Meyer, Earl Poe, Ralph Schulenberg, and
Henry Woods. Outstanding ability in
track work was shown this year by Ken-
neth Cope, Bill Copeland, Paul Fantz,
Walter Heckel, Jack Reck, Bob Tillay, and
Henry Waldschmidt, and it is hoped that
they will show this same ability next year.
Among the outstanding girls of this
class, Betty Stobie and Betty Pentland
have indeed shown their ability in basket
ball and hockey by playing forwards in one
game and on the forward line in the other.
In basket ball they were supported by
Ruth Ann Moir as guard; and in hockey,
by half-back Mary Frances Rogers.
Ten other junior girls made the junior
hockey squad this year. The forwards
were Dolores Eschenberg, Mamie Prah-
man, Linda Horner, Mildred Cox, Nancy
Roeder, Imogene Smith, and Jeanne Haus-
mann ; the half backs, Marjorie Johanning,
June Doris Wilkinson, and Anne Walker;
the full backs, Mary Ellen Anderson,
Shirley Jones, Ann Wood, and Ruth Ann
Moir; the goalies, Dot Wells and Betty
Splitstone.
The junior class this year has indeed
shown leadership in every endeavor it has
undertaken.
During this entire year the class has
shown its remarkable qualities; qualities
which will be ever present throughout
their senior year, college, and the rest of
their lives.
Forty-five
Mid-Juniors
Morgan, Roeder, Murphy, Wood, Chadwick, Swahlen, Russel, Funk. *•
Mallinckrodt, Bauer, Bauer, Hill, Blackington, Bubb, Oliver, Widmer.
Kerr, Coffman, Zwilling, Beck, Plaisance, Bowman. Bliss, Coester, Beach.
Thurston, Roth, Brocksmith, Tillay, Shugg, Greenlee, Fisse, Lane, Cox.
After one and one-half years of upper
school life this mid-junior class is a definite
part of the upper school and has entered
into its activities with enthusiasm. In
athletics the class has been truly outstand-
ing. In football several boys distinguished
themselves, and many played on the re-
serve and “B” squads. Those 10A boys
who played on the varsity squad were
Oscar Roeder and Norman Murphy. Those
who played as reserves were: Richard
Devine, Carl Vogt, Gary Wood, Bob
Rodgers, Harold Smith, and John Gerell.
Members of “B” squad who played very
good football were: Neil Humphreville,
Sam Oliver, Gerald Peterson, Bob Lewis,
Allen Carvell, Bingham Goerner, Frank
Bubb, Jack Flint, Joe Funk, and Bill
Widmer.
When the basket ball season rolled
around members of this group again
gained places on the various squads. On
the “A” squad Norman Murphy was out-
standing and Allen Carvell and Richard
Devine did much towards making the bas-
ket ball season a successful one. On the
"B” squad Neil Humphreville, Eldred
Byerly, Wilfred Winters, and Joe Sloof-
man proved themselves competent basket
ball players. With these athletes in this
class it should be well remembered for the
unusual contributions to the school teams.
During the homeroom period on Wednes-
days, the 10A class meets in three separate
rooms. Each homeroom has its own offi-
cers-—president, secretary, and vice-presi-
dent. In two of the homerooms there are
program committees made up of four peo-
ple who assign topics for reports to vari-
ous students in their group. One of the
general subjects which afforded great op-
portunity for wide research and educa-
tional reports was “People Who Have
Done Worthwhile Things Without Being
Remembered For Them.” This type of
program was really enjoyed, and active
discussions were carried on by the mem-
bers of the homerooms. It was unusual
that this kind of entertainment was appre-
ciated by the homerooms since it has been
difficult to find types of activities to fill
this period. In the other homeroom the
students followed a program system for
the first semester; then after a long de-
bate, they decided to use that period for
study the second semester.
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Sophomores
President - -
Vice-President
Secretary - -
Treasurer - -
Dan Pacey
Robert Taylor
Doreen Dunwoody
George Dorsett
What makes being a sophomore so at-
tractive? It must be the contented feeling
of at last reaching high school. And why
does it appeal so very much more in this
past year? The students who comprise the
sophomore class are wide-awake boys and
girls who have taken advantage of the
many educational and social opportunities
open to the sophomore student.
Take, for instance, the regular curricu-
lum. The only required subject in the
sophomore year is English. Of course,
each student is expected to plan his own
program so as to comply with require-
ments of his chosen college or profession
and to decide whether to graduate with a
general or college diploma. The results of
this planning make some courses almost
compulsory. The student takes at least
one year of mathematics — usually plane
geometry — in his sophomore year. He
may take any of the languages offered in
high school — Latin, German, French, or
Spanish. To the future secretary there is
ample opportunity for early training in
the commercial English, commercial geog-
raphy, and commercial arithmetic courses.
For the potential Lawrence Tibbets and
Rosa Ponselles there is a chance for ex-
pression in the boys’ and girls’ glee clubs.
And the orchestra and band are outstand-
ing in the assistance they give to the boy
or girl interested in instrumental music.
The home room organization in the soph-
omore class is a fine outlet for self-expres-
sion. This large class is divided into six
home rooms, each of which has its own
president, vice-president, and secretary-
treasurer. On alternating weeks confer-
ence periods and programs are presented.
During the conference time the student
has an opportunity to become acquainted
with his adviser and to receive any assist-
ance he might need in the matter of pro-
gram planning or general adjustments.
The subject for the sophomore home room
programs this year was “Social Conduct.”
Some of the sub-topics presented as rela-
tive material during the 10B term were:
“At the Dinner Table,” “Appropriate
Gifts,” and “Getting Along in the Public
Eye.”
Clark, Haddaway, Dorsett, Bier, Ashcroft, Lenzen, Cox, Davis, Fingulin.
Hundley, Lloyd, Graf, Dunwoody, Henkle, Brooder, Hughes, Gruen, Conn, Littlefield.
Florreich, Grosse, Brocksmith, Burger, Chapman, Green, Guild, Gableman, Benno, Alderson.
Bach, Frerichs, Hackman, Abbott, Griffiths, Lishen, Davis, Ellison, Krimmel, Dale.
F orty-seveu
McKee, Newman, Owen, Ross, Wright, Setzer, Traubel, Nicolai, Worrall, Wallenbrock.
Tolkacz, Ward, Trenibley, Thibault, Wentworth, Ockrassa, Lewis, Pacey, Van Devander, Thomas.
Weintz, Teach, Moore, Rennicke, Wood, Woodruff, Meyers, Schulte, Seward, Richardson, Sprick.
Thomas, Pohl, Walsh, Phillips, Nystrom, Phillips, McGee, Miller, Tschannon, Waldschmidt, Peabody.
In extra-curricular activities, the soph-
omore class of this year is outstanding.
Representatives of this versatile class may
be found in almost all of the school organi-
zations open to them.
After becoming members of the lan-
guage classes, the students took advantage
of the opportunity for further study and
enjoyment by joining the club associated
with their chosen language. The art club
is open to all those gifted ones who enjoy
creating with paint and brush, and the
sophomores who were taking art during
school hours joined this group.
One of the outstanding accomplishments
this year of the ambitious members of this
ambitious class was the entrance of four
students into the National Forensic
League: Lois May Martin, Bob Newman,
Betty Nystrom, and Patricia Woodward.
This is unusual because of the fact that so
much debating is necessary for the mem-
bership in this society that new members
are not usually admitted until their junior
or senior years.
The band, orchestra, and vocal depart-
ments received many accomplished musi-
cians when this class entered high school.
Among them are Enid Ellison, violinist,
who was treasurer of the orchestra; and
Bill Myers, a member of the a cappella
choir and a lead in the operetta. Other
sophomores entered the music department
in the band or orchestra or vocal classes
and proved themselves assets to these or-
ganizations.
On the athletics field this class stars.
Dan Pacey, its president, distinguished
himself many times as a substitute on the
football and basket ball teams. Many of
the other boys of the class have strived
successfully in track, baseball, football, and
basket ball. The girls who made the sopho-
more basket ball and hockey teams had an
unusually successful year. Outstanding
among the participants in hockey were
Harriet Lishen, Elizabeth Argint, and
Irma Griffiths as forwards and Hallie
Broaddus as goalie. Also, many of the
girls became members of the Yellow Jacket
organization during their sophomore year
and entered with a right good will into the
yelling and cheering for their Alma Mater.
On March seventeenth, the sophomore
class gave a St. Patrick’s Day dance, which
was a big success and thoroughly enjoyed
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Mid-Sophomores
Although members of a mid-year class,
the lOB’s have shown themselves to be as
active in school affairs as any class in
school. As lOB’s the students of this class
first enter into upper school life. New
courses, new activities, and new opportu-
nities are opened to them.
The courses offered in the first half of
the tenth grade include the following: En-
glish, Latin, French, Spanish, German,
geometry, algebra III, biology, art, modern
history, manual training, clothing, foods,
commercial arithmetic, commercial geog-
raphy, typing, glee club, instrumental
music, and dramatics. Every student is
required to take English; he usually takes
either geometry or Algebra III; and he
may select his other subjects. Biology, the
science that is offered to sophomores, is
an introduction to the study of plant and
animal life and gives the student a variety
of practical and useful knowledge. Experi-
ence which will be of value to them after
they have finished school is offered to the
boys who take manual training. Girls may
take foods or clothing and gain a more
thorough knowledge of the domestic sci-
ences. Typing and the commercial sub-
jects may be taken by those who intend to
enter the business world upon finishing
school. There is art for those artistic; glee
club and instrumental music for music
lovers; and dramatics for the drama en-
thusiasts.
The lOB’s have not organized as a class,
but the various home rooms have elected
their officers and organized within them-
selves. In the home rooms during the first
semester the students learned about the
upper school activities. Representatives
from various fields in the upper school
spoke in the home rooms and answered
questions asked by the students. They
were acquainted with upper school sports,
the speech and music departments, the
publications—the Webster Echo and the
Echo Annual—and the honor societies—
the Torch and the Quill and Scroll. Home
room periods during the second semester
were devoted to choosing programs for the
remaining years in high school and to
planning careers for after graduation.
The boys of this class have been very
active in school athletics. Several have
played on the freshman football and the
sophomore basket ball teams.
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Freshmen
Bohn, Lankford. Landon, Martsolf, Allen, Hausladen, Peterson.
Nachtmann, Crawford, Cater, Stice, Short, Lee, Rippley, Graham.
Hart, Knetzger, Egen, Peters, Vesper, Napier, Richardson, Bull, Schiller.
Schatz, Alden, Martin, Langley, Counsel!, Seeley, Wood, Trembley, Wolf, Houston, Duren.
The coveted desire of every student in
the junior school is becoming a freshman.
No one is more respected and looked up
to by lower school students than he. In
his own eyes he is the cream of the school
—something that counts.
The 9A’s, as far as their schedules are
concerned, continue the courses which they
started in 9B. The courses offered to them
as electives are: business practice, Latin,
French, Spanish, foods, clothing, manual
training, art, band, orchestra, and glee
club. A brief study of the languages of-
fered gives the student an idea of what
language he wishes to continue in the up-
per grades. Practical training is available
for the girls through the domestic science
courses and for the boys through the
course in manual training. Those who are
musically inclined may join the glee club,
the band, or the orchestra.
Art students, under the direction of Mr.
Meyers, turn out very excellent work. Con-
tinuing the work started by ninth grade
classes last year, again this year the
classes are making large wall murals.
Some are being made for various class
rooms of the school, the mural for each
room depicting the subject taught in that
room. One is being made for the Echo
Animal office and another, of religious
theme, for the South Webster Sunday
School.
The 9A’s have not organized as a class
as yet, but each home room has organized
within itself and elected a president and
other officers. In the home rooms during
the first semester the subject “How to
Study” was discussed by the students. The
home room periods the second semester
were devoted to a study of the senior
school activities. The students were given
an idea of what each upper school organi-
zation was like in order that they might
better be able to decide which organiza-
tions they would like to join when they
enter the upper school.
The boys of this class showed their in-
terest and ability in athletics by going out
for football and basket ball. Several boys
made the freshman football and basket
ball teams. These freshman teams played
scheduled games with other schools just as
the varsity teams did. Home room basket
ball teams, which competed with each
other, were also organized by the boys.
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Mid-Freshmen
Margenau, Stewart, Sappington, Sheldon, Coffman, Aubuchon.
Ochs, Chapman, Schwarz, Rebbe, Korbesmeyer, Lenicke.
Dellert, Woods, Smerclna, Broaddus, Cook.
The members of this splendid mid-fresh-
men class have ridden comfortably and
profitably, this year, in the back seat al-
lotted to them by the rest of the school
because of their apparent misfortune of
entering school in the mid-year term.
The class was divided into four rooms
which met in their respective groups once
a week. Each room had its officers and
functioned as a unit. It met on Wednes-
days and alternated conference periods
with home room programs.
The subjects of these programs were
prepared by Mr. Aldrich and evolved
around the suggestions made by the stu-
dents. The main topic for the 8A home
room discussion was “Looking Forward
to Our Last Four Years.” When the class
was advanced to the status of 9B, new sub-
jects were introduced. The main title was
“Making the Most of High School.”
During the time the students were 8A’s,
thejr tentatively planned their program for
their high school career. Each member of
the class had an appointment with Mr.
Aldrich to which the student’s parents
were invited. During this conference the
student, advisor, and parent discussed the
interests of the boy or girl and planned a
temporary program for the student to fol-
low during his high school course. The
aim of the conference was to emphasize to
the student the necessity of planning ahead
so as to be able to meet any requirements
necessary for his entrance into his chosen
college or profession.
In the matter of curriculum—upon be-
coming a freshman the student has more
of a chance to elect his subjects than be-
fore. Some of those from which he may
choose are art, music, elementary business,
industrial arts, and general languages.
All of the many clubs in the junior
school are open to the freshman student,
and advantage was taken of this opportu-
nity by many in the class. Many of the
girls in the gym classes became members
of the White Cap organization. The Junior
Press Club, which is an auxiliary of the
Webster Echo, was recently formed. New
members for the Junior Honor Society are
chosen from the freshman class. And
some of the most versatile members of the
Junior Dramatics Club can be claimed by
the 9B class. Other clubs of the lower
school contained members of this group.
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Lower School
8 A Gamble, Beal, Wyatt, Prichard, Steele Strippgen, Punchon, Zahner. 8 A
Gill, Reichard t, Atkison, Roth, Jones, Do- .ty, Johanning, Carmichael, Wolf.
liken, McKee, Atkins, Widmer, Hcdgcock, Chase, De Saxe, Bramhall, Davis.
Straub, Brandhorst, Johnston, Turnbull, Pedigo, Quick, Norton, Quick, Weaver Cann.
These students, as the reward of one
year of hard work, are now experienced
members of the lower school. Being mem-
bers of the eighth grade class, they have
a distinction all their own.
This year Mr. Aldrich worked out a
system of programs to be used in home
room discussions. Though some rooms had
difficulty in discussing the first subject,
“Hobbies,” others succeeded by dealing
with such material as parties, collecting
things, making things, and learning things.
At the turns of the semester the discus-
sions were of the sort that would be bene-
ficial for the later years. The second topic,
“Looking Forward to Our Last Four
Years,” was a discussion of reasons for
studying, of plans for the high school
course, and of the advantage of an educa-
tion. The students were also given a self-
analysis test during this series of discus-
sions.
The lower school has many worth-while
clubs which are composed largely of eighth
graders. These clubs range in interest
from the group for those with recreational
interests, the Ping Pong Club, to the club
for future journalists, the Scribblers’ Club.
There are also clubs in dramatics, stamp
collecting, and rifle-shooting.
The various eighth grade home rooms
were the sponsors of an exciting basket
ball tournament. The quintets from Miss
Jones’s and Mrs. Greeson’s home rooms
tied for first place with the team repre-
senting Mr. Hicks’s home room close be-
hind the first part of the tournament. The
final outcome was a three way tie between
these teams.
When the students reach the eighth
grade they are offered for the first time a
list of electives, as well as the following
required subjects: hygiene, science, social
science, mathematics, English, and read-
ing, which alternates with physical train-
ing.
One of the various electives offered to
the 8 B’s is general language. In this se-
mester course the student is introduced to
Latin, French, German, and Spanish and
obtains a good idea of what language to
take up in his high school course. An un-
usual elective offered in the eighth grade
is general business science. In this course
the students are taught business methods
and requirements for executives.
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Lower School
Frciert, Watkins, ’ 'nndley. Lamb, Yntema, Moores.
Richardson, Newcomb, Ri ‘••r, Fritsche, Russell, Winkler, Ruth.
Pope, Donald, Barthels, McKay, Milo, Lloyd, Holekamp.
8 B - 7 A
A large class of about two hundred and
seventy-five 7B’s and 7A’s enrolled in our
school last September. As usual, high
school seemed to their minds a big jump
from the grade schools. Somewhat bewil-
dered, they were put to the task of re-
adjusting themselves to a rather different
life.
With the help of their teachers and
the very interesting home-room programs
given them, these boys and girls are now
full-fledged, active citizens of Webster
Groves High School. By a new orientation
program they were shown the problems of
the seventh-grader and were aided in the
solution of them. Miss Wood’s citizenship
classes dramatized these problems for the
students.
Also by means of their class work have
they been trained to participate in the
many activities open to beginning pupils.
In addition to those subjects which have
always been recognized as essential parts
of the educational foundation, the pupil in
seventh grade has taken such subjects as
speech, citizenship, art, music, home eco-
nomics, gym, and manual training.
Changes have also been made in the
extra-curricular activities allowed the
younger members of our student body. As
compared to classes of former times, this
year’s seventh-grade class has taken part
in a great number of clubs. By entering
these clubs in the seventh grade, the stu-
dents are filled with school spirit and radi-
ate it throughout their six years.
In the field of sports the lower grades
are becoming more active each year. There
have been basketball tournaments for both
boys and girls. The girls held their usual
volley-ball tournament, always good fun,
training, strenuous play, and fine sports-
manship.
This year the seventh grade girls added
much to the enjoyment of the Christmas
festival presented by Miss Haverley’s gym
classes. Their dances were those of the
Sleigh Bells, Snow Man, Puss in Boots, and
the Teddy Bears. Each of these was very
entertaining to the audience of parents
and friends, and showed clearly the good
results of work and practice.
The large number of students who at-
tended Miss Bynum’s annual book party
included many from the seventh grade,
who enjoyed the party.
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• A noble character may quite
possibly be latent:—what better
way of expression than by music?
For students to study music is
to instill much of its charm and
expression into their own per-
sonality.
MUSIC
A Cappella Choir
Sneed, Schutz, Payne, Ryberg. Huber, Doisy, Ely, Sunder, Becker, Krueger, Fredeking, Winters, Graybill, Meyers.
Heath, Gorsuch, Moller, Schuhr, Burrell, Wood, Becker, Henkle, Teach, Hobbs, Davis, Waklschmidt, Ockrassa, Muir.
Miller, Brandenberg, Patterson, Moir, Van Benthuysen, Leinberger, Paulson, Campbell, Pentland, Hanson, Moncur, Wilson,
Thompson,
Marsalek, Wilkinson, Thibaut, Burkhart, Riley, Dishman, Beck told, Sutherland, Stephens, Wagoner, Donnell, Stevens.
President - - - - - Raymond Graybill
Vice-President - - - Edward Doisy
Secretary...........Elizabeth Thompson
Treasurer - - - - - Jean WAGONER
Recording Secretary - Edith Marsalek
Director ----- MISS REPLOGLE
The a cappella choir, composed of fifty-
six voices selected for the most part from
among seniors who have had one year in
glee club work, is one of the most active
organizations in the school. An extra-cur-
ricular activity since 1932, this year the
choir is a regularly scheduled class, meet-
ing during the first hour.
The first program was given on October
twenty-sixth over K W K on the Young
Men’s Chamber of Commerce broadcast.
Later the same day, the parents of the
choir members were entertained with mu-
sical numbers, and refreshments were
served.
On October twenty-ninth, the choir sang
three numbers for the Bristol Parent-
Teachers’ Association. A week later they
entertained the Teachers’ Convention at
University City with a group of songs.
Then came the Lions’ Club Review, in
which the choir presented a short program.
The Music Clinic, on December fourth
and fifth, was a high spot of the year. The
choir was used in illustrating methods of
teaching to the Missouri choral directors.
Max T. Krone, director of the a cappella
choir of Northwestern University, was vo-
cal music director for the Clinic. Our choir
performed well under Mr. Krone’s direc-
tion.
During the holiday season, the choir
sang before the Rotary Club on December
eighteenth, before the Monday Club on the
twenty-first, and at the Kiwanis meeting
on the twenty-third. On December twen-
tieth and twenty-second the choir took a
leading part in the Christmas Vesper Ser-
vice.
During January two programs were
sung. The first was before the Organists’
Guild of St. Louis, an opportunity which
the members regarded as a great honor.
The second program was given for the
mid-year commencement exercises.
In February came five performances of
the operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, in
which the choir played an important part.
Other programs were given later in the
spring before various local organizations.
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Morgan, Cater, Reynolds, Richardson, Sherwood. McKay, Stagg, Kell, Sappington, Colton, Beach. McGee, Jones.
Dunn, Coester, Lodewiks, Niergarth, Seibert, Napier, Smith, Peterson, Reynolds, Cook, Hymer, Thursby, Miss Replogle.
Bill. Blair, Kerr, Keltner, Johnson, Hem, Randolph. Stobie, Stevens, Wells, Ockerniann, Miller.
Tillay, Druschky, Widmer, Gray, Ellis, Nachtinann, Breeder, Jones, Goggin, Cottman, Goerner.
President - -
Vice-President
Secretaries
Treasurer - -
Director - -
- Claire Hartman
- Page Goggin
f Dorothy Wells
’ | Myldred Stephens
- Betty Jane Donnelly
- Miss Replogle
The advanced girls’ glee club consists of
junior and senior girls who have had pre-
vious glee club experiences of at least one
year. The club, which included about sixty
juniors and seniors, met daily during the
second hour in the choral room under the I
direction of Miss Replogle. Their work
was difficult, and as the name indicates,
advanced.
The activities of the group varied. Early
in October, the class gave a picnic supper
at Ellen Anderson’s home, where they en-
tertained themselves by dancing and sing-
ing. On December twenty-first, most of
the members of the club joined in a trip to
the St. Louis City Sanitarium, where they
walked through the halls singing carols.
Twelve members of the club participated
in the annual Christmas Vespers, on De-
cember twentieth and twenty-second, sing-
ing a French carol from the balcony of the
auditorium. Other members took part as
characters in the pantomine. On December
twenty-third the class met with the boys'
glee club and danced to the music of pho-
nograph records. Later in the day, the
group attended Miss Replogle’s surprise
party, which was held in the girls’ gym.
On Christmas Eve many of the girls sang
in the caroling groups formed in Webster
Groves.
The glee club helped greatly in the pro-
duction of the operetta, The Pirates of
Penzance, forming a large part of the
chorus. A number of the members had
speaking parts or solos. Many of the girls
sold tickets, and several helped with the
costumes, scenery, and properties.
A part of the girls’ glee club was chosen
to represent Webster Groves High School
in the Music Contest held at the State Uni-
versity at Columbia, Missouri. The club
received a high rating from the judges.
At the close of the year several of the
senior members of the club took part in
the baccalaureate and commencement mu-
sic for the exercises in June, substituting
for those members of the a cappella choir
who were juniors in order to form an all
senior group.
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Girls1 Glee Club
President ----- - Harriet Lloyd
Vice-President - - - - Jean Brocksmith
Secretary ----- - Roberta Berger
Treasurer ----- - Dorothy Chapman
Librarian - Ina Bliss
Director ----- - Mr. Biggar
In former years, the beginning glee club
was made up of girls from a number of
classes who had less than one year’s pre-
vious experience in glee club work in the
high school. This year, due to the addition
to the regular schedule of the a cappella
choir, the beginning glee club was com-
posed largely of tenth grade girls, with a
few juniors who had not been in the glee
club before. They met daily during the
third hour in the band room, under the
direction of Mr. Biggar. The class is a
preparation for the advanced glee club.
This year, after electing officers on Oc-
tober first, the girls started their activi-
ties on October thirteenth by giving a pic-
nic supper at Nancy Kelley’s home. A com-
mittee of three, Virginia Rennicke, Kath-
ryn Graf, and Jean Richardson, took
charge of the refreshments and entertain-
ment. A second party to which the girls
were invited was a surprise dance on
December twenty-second, given by Miss
Replogle for all the glee clubs.
This class was not included in the oper-
etta, as a sufficient number of girls was
supplied from the a cappella choir and the
advanced glee club. However, the begin-
ning glee club helped the production by
selling tickets and by taking charge of dis-
tributing tickets to holders of season ac-
tivity passes.
The official dress for the girls was very
simple. They wore dark skirts, white
shirts, and dark-brown four-in-hand ties.
Next year the girls from this group will
join Miss Replogle’s advanced glee club,
for which they have been well prepared by
Mr. Biggar. By their excellent training
the girls will be prepared to carry on this
advanced work.
Several programs were given during the
year. The girls sang Christmas carols at
the Old Folks’ Home in Kirkwood where
their music was greatly enjoyed and ap-
preciated. In the spring the glee club ap-
peared in the upper school assembly where
they were well received. Later they enter-
tained the patients of the City Sanita-
rium.
Overhold t, Hundley, Choate, Schippers, Argint, Griffiths, Tolkacz, Schenck, Roth, Thurston, Koester, Shores, Walser, Wright.
Niel, Davis, Adderly. Schatz, Reardon, Abbott, Kelley, Comotto. Buhrmaster, Peabody, Clark, Dunne, Tschannen.
Heil, Bach, Rogers, Decker, Sondag, Teach, Goerner, Thomas, Hoffmann, Plaisance, Grosse, Guild, Taussig, Turner.
Sprick, Richardson, Graf, Rennicke, Chapman, Lloyd, Brocksmith, Burger, Bliss, Florreich, Schiller.
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Boys Glee Club
First Semester
President.............- William Burrell
Vice-President - - - - Owen Jackson
Secretary ------ Randy Brown
Treasurer ------ James Burch
Director ------ Mrs. Bohnenkamp
Second Semester
President ------ William Waggoner
Vice-President - - - - James Wright
Secretary-Treasurer - - Dave Selbert
The boys’ glee club is one of the older
musical organizations in Webster Groves
High School. Previously there had been
an advanced and a beginning glee club.
This year the more advanced students were
placed with the a cappella choir, and the
advanced glee club was omitted. The be-
ginning boys’ glee club included about
thirty-three members from the tenth, elev-
enth, and twelfth grades. They met regu-
larly during the second hour in the band
room, under Mrs. Bohnenkamp’s direction.
Most of their numbers were four part ar-
rangements.
Difficult numbers were learned for the
State Music Contest at Missouri Univer-
sity. For this event the boys in the a cap-
pella choir joined with the beginning boys’
glee club to represent the school.
The boys took part in the two main pro-
grams of the year. They formed a part of
the boys’ choir which participated in the
Christmas Vespers on December twentieth
and twenty-second. In the operetta, The
Pirates of Penzance, given in the latter
part of February, they were in the pirate
choruses. No leads were chosen from the
beginning class, but their help in the
chorus was a contribution to the produc-
tion. The boys helped by selling tickets,
too.
Several social gatherings were held by
the group; one such meeting was a picnic
supper in Forest Park, early in the fall. On
December twenty-third, Miss Replogle sur-
prised the music classes which were to take
part in the operetta with a dance in the
girls’ gym. Earlier on the same day the
advanced girls’ glee club and the boys’ glee
club danced to the music of phonograph
records. On March twenty-ninth the boys
turned an evening practice into an im-
promptu party. By force they took Miss
Replogle to the local bowling alley where
they all enjoyed a hilarious evening. Inci-
dentally, Miss Replogle was taught to
bowl!
Muir, Funk, Russell, Clark, Widmer, Moore, Theising, Seibert, Waggoner, Robertson, Beckmann, Fisher, Strippgen, Ross,
Wicdoeft.
Erlandson, Christmann, Hall, Heaton, Lewis, Smith, Luhn, Davis, Bubb, Waldschmidt, Wright, Voda, Gruen.
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Lower School Glee Club
Mattox, Blough. Holder, Peters, Copeland, Leigh, Smith, Sanford, Robertson, Kundermann, McKee, Schultz, Schoene, Wessel,
Beach, Langley, Martin, Taussig.
Becker, Bartz, Brockman, Ruengert, Gohl, Smith, Jennings, Landon, Pearson, Paulson, Paschen, Locwnan, Lanz, Smith,
Shannon, Manes, Lee.
Herlihy, Gray, Vesper, Ramsey, Press, Wolf, Combs, Balser, Balser, Conrad, Trefts, Reinhardt, Owens.
Herzog, Wolken, Anderson, Van Hook, Miller, Saegesser, Heap, Sudfeld, Summa, Mitchell, Moellmann.
President..............Mary Trefts
Vice-President - - - - Anna Grace McKee
Secretary-Treasurer - - Gloria Wessel
Director...............Mrs. Bohnenkamp
The ninth grade glee club, an elective
for ninth grade students interested in
choral music, was made up of approxi-
mately thirty girls and twenty boys. This
group met in three divisions: the girls’
glee club, the boys’ glee club, and the
mixed chorus. The two glee clubs met sep-
arately every other day during the third
hour, and the mixed chorus practiced each
Wednesday afternoon after school.
The girls’ glee club was quite active dur-
ing the year. In addition to the mixed
chorus numbers, the girls learned about
fifteen songs for girls’ voices only. A quar-
tette and double quartette were formed
and met for practice outside of the regu-
lar school hours. The glee club and quar-
tettes always appeared in white shirts,
dark skirts, and red scarf ties.
The limited enrollment of the boys put
them at a slight disadvantage. They
learned a few selections for boys’ voices,
but the greatest part of their time was de-
voted to the mixed chorus. At Christmas
they formed a part of the large choir of
boys which participated in the Christmas
Vespers. For their programs, with the ex-
ception of the Vespers, the boys wore dark
suits and white shirts.
The three groups sang many programs
during the year. Early in the fall, the glee
club sang in an assembly for the junior
division. In November the chorus partici-
pated in the Annual Music Concert of the
lower school, the girls singing one number
alone and several with the boys. Later in
the year the group gave a program at
Avery School, including five numbers by
the mixed chorus, one by the single quar-
tette, two by the double quartette, two by
the girls’ glee club, and a piano solo by the
pianist. At Christmas members of the
group took part in the annual caroling.
On account of exceptional weather con-
ditions which made transportation diffi-
cult, several programs which were planned
for the winter months were necessarily
cancelled. In spite of this handicap, the
group enjoyed a busy and successful year,
and the members look forward with grow-
ing interest to their future participation
in the music department.
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Lower School Glee Club
Curry, Brockman, Hedrick, Noble, Turnbull, Hickinbotham, Crossman, Gilbert, Gill. Johnston, Jennings, Th lineman.
Smith, Hedges, Florida, Franke, Clark, Price, Wolverson. Reichard t, Watkins, Gohl, Bartz.
Barr, Breitshaft, Johnson, Hansen, Radford, Stein, Underwood, Margenau, Park, I.othrop, Haller.
President - -
Vice-President
Secretary - -
Treasurer - -
Director - -
Margaret Johnston
Patricia Turnbull
Robert Smith
Peggy Reichardt
Mrs. Bohnenkamp
In the eighth grade students are allowed
to choose one elective course. Among those
offered is one in vocal music. During the
past year, this course was selected by
thirty-six boys and girls. The class was
known as the Eighth Grade Glee Club and
met daily during the fourth hour. They
had as their director Mrs. Bohnenkamp.
On November twentieth the class par-
ticipated in the annual concert given by
the music department of the lower school.
They sang two numbers: Day Dreams, by
Hosmer and lE/io Made the Rose, by
Maxio. At Christmas, caroling groups
under Betty Lee Underwood, Marcella
Margenau, Pat Turnbull, Margaret John-
ston sang before the homes of Webster
residents.
Another activity of the class was the
presentation of programs for their own
enjoyment. Early in November an ama-
teur hour was held. On December twenty-
third, a Christmas program was presented.
The purpose of these class projects was to
vary the daily routine, to interest the pu-
pils in types of music differing from the
selections they sang together, and to ac-
quaint them with various musical instru-
ments.
Many members of this class attended
the Student Symphony Concerts given by
the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. A dis-
cussion by Mrs. Bohnenkamp preceded
each concert. The numbers were ex-
plained, and recordings were played. Brief
accounts of the lives of the composers were
given. The Symphony Concerts brought
the class into contact with compositions of
a high type and helped establish an appre-
ciation of fine music.
Tn general, the work of the eighth grade
glee club is closely related to the ninth
grade music course, but is not as advanced
because the students lack the extra year’s
experience which the ninth grade people
have had. However, if the interest in
music continues to increase as it has in
recent years, a larger and even more ac-
tive eighth grade choral class is in pros-
pect, insuring a continued high standard of
music from the upper school in the future.
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Christmas Vespers
The Christmas Vesper Service, which
was given on December twentieth and
twenty-second, proved to be one of the
most inspiring programs of the holiday
season. The a cappella choir, a part of the
girls’ glee club, and a boys’ choir, made up
of boys from the grade schools and the
high school, participated.
The auditorium, through the efforts of
Mr. Myers and members of the art depart-
ment, was transformed into a cathedral.
Stained glass windows, an altar, and
lighted tapers added to the beauty of the
sanctuary. The boys’ choir proceeded the
a cappella choir down the aisles, singing
Adeste Fideles, and the two choirs took
their places in the choir lofts on each side
of the stage.
The boys’ choir opened the program
with the lovely Cantique de Noel, accom-
panied on the organ by Mr. Booth. During
this number the curtains closed, and as the
boys sang 0 Little Town of Bethlehem,
they opened again, disclosing the shep-
herds in the fields outside of Bethlehem.
Then in pantomine, while the scripture
was read off-stage, the angel appeared to
the shepherds, and they followed the light
of the star.
The a cappella choir sang the Carol of
Russian Children followed by Silent Night,
while the curtains opened on the manger
in which Jesus lay, watched by Mary and
Joseph. The shepherds came down the
aisles while the choir sang The Bohemian
Carol, and during the next number, The
Virgin’s Slumber Song, a little girl came
to the manger carrying roses.
From the balcony a group of advanced
glee club girls sang an old French carol,
Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella, while
three girls approached the manger. They
were followed by the three kings who came
down the aisles bearing gifts. As they ap-
proached, the choir sang Bizet’s March of
the Kings. Joy to the World was sung by
the combined choirs and followed by The
First Noel.
The scene was again changed to that of
the cathedral with its stained glass win-
dows, and Hark the Herald Angels Sing
was sung as a recessional.
The Manger Scene
Sixty-two
Pirates of Penz,ance
Richard, a Pirate Chief - - - - J ^llfton
I Bill Meyers
Samuel, his Lieutenant.............Ed Doisey
Frederick, a Pirate Apprentice - j ^ay, ^raybil1
( Jack Krueger
Major General Stanley, ( _ _ J John Henkle
of the British Army J ' ’ (Ray Graybill
Edward, a Sergeant of Police - - - Bob Ely
Mabel, General Stanley’s I J June Wilkinson
youngest daughter J’ ’ ( Edith Marsalek
General Stanley’s daughters
Kate -.....................Lorna Campbell
Edith ------ Mary Lou Leinberger
Isabel ------- Vnnan Richardson
Ruth, a Piratical ( f Elizabeth Thompson
“Maid of all work” J ’ (Dorothy Teach
The Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert and
Sullivan came as the climax of several
weeks of intensive practice. Five perform-
ances were given between February twen-
ty-fourth and twenty-seventh, and the pro-
duction was proclaimed to be a musical and
financial success.
The story is of Frederick, who, through
an error, was apprenticed to the pirates of
Penzance, a ferocious band that never
harmed orphans. At the beginning of the
opera the pirates are making merry over
the fact that Frederick has attained his
majority and is free. As he is going, the
homely Ruth asks him to marry her, and
he agrees. At this moment Major-General
Stanley and his daughters appear and
Frederick falls in love with Mabel. The
pirates wish to marry the other girls, but
when the Major General says he is an
orphan, “matrimonial ambitions” are for-
gotten.
In act II the Major-General tells Fred-
erick, who intends to exterminate the
pirate band, that he is not an orphan. The
pirate king and Ruth come to Frederick
and tell him that since he was born on
February twenty-ninth, he has had only
five birthdays and must remain with the
band. When Frederick tells them of the
Major-General’s story they plan revenge.
Policemen employed by Frederick defeat
the pirates however, but upon learning
that the pirates are really noblemen, the
police allow them to go free and the Major-
General gives them his daughters as wives.
The music is very tuneful and impres-
sive; the dialogue is witty, although there
is little of it; the action is quick; and the
plot is interesting and easy to follow.
Much credit is due to the students and
faculty who helped to make this operetta
the best presented at Webster High.
Finale of Second Act
Sixty-three
High School Concert Orchestra
President - - - - - - Mary Ellison
Vice-President - - - - Charles Sherwin
Secretary - - - - - - Bill Roth
Treasurer - - - - - - Enid Ellison
Librarians - - - J Charlotte Garner ( Helen Miller
Director - - - - - - Mr. Biggar
Another page in the musical history of
Webster High has been turned. This year,
as in the past, our orchestra has kept faith
with the high ideals in musical education
of which our school may be justly proud.
The members of the concert orchestra
meet every school day during the sixth
hour and receive full high school credit for
the work accomplished in this organiza-
tion.
Every year the music department of the
high school enters the contests at Wash-
ington and Missouri Universities. Last
year the concert orchestra was given a
rating of excellence at both contests. The
two required numbers for this year’s con-
tests were Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart and
Second Symphony by Haydn.
Much time was spent on ensemble work,
trios, and quartets. The latter was espe-
cially popular and appeared by request in
many programs. Two of these were the
mid-year graduation and the D. A. R. The
group was composed of Rosemarie John-
ston, Betty Splitstone, Mary Jane Mattox,
and Charles Sherwin.
In the first of December the annual
meeting of the supervisors and teachers of
music of this state was held in Webster.
The concert orchestra had as its guest,
Mr. George Dasch, conductor of the Chi-
cago Business Men’s Symphony Orchestra.
In directing the orchestra he illustrated
the correct methods in teaching instru-
mental music.
The concert group played for the Echo
Annual coronation in April. Also, a sec-
tion was heard as the special operetta or-
chestra in the music department’s produc-
tion of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of
Penzance. And it received many compli-
ments for its outstanding performance.
So, another page has been written in our
musical history, and we are sure that this
is one of the best. For the combination of
a good director and able pupils could not
help but produce a fine musical organiza-
tion. Many years after our school days are
over, we will remember Webster High as
being a synonym for good music.
Sixty-four
Lower School Orchestra
This year’s lower school orchestra has
left its imprint of superior music in the
lives of its student musicians and student
and adult audiences. Under the direction
of Mr. Biggar it has again proven itself
to be a most worthy and competent organ-
ization.
Instrumental music in this school dis-
trict is under one head. Therefore, if a
student graduates from one of the grade
schools in this system and has been a mem-
ber of the orchestra of that school, he is
received in the lower school orchestra. If
upon entering this school, a student de-
cides to begin playing a musical instru-
ment for the first time, he is placed in the
beginners’ group. This class does work
more of an individual nature than that of
the orchestra. Its members have individ-
ual class lessons on their chosen instru-
ments. They are taught the fundamentals
of music and music appreciation. For the
convenience of the students, the school
board has made provision for the beginner
to use the school instruments until he pur-
chases his own. Also, each year the board
buys new instruments and all the neces-
sary music.
Students participating in either the
lower school orchestra or beginning class
receive full high school credit for the time
spent in either of these organizations.
During this year the lower school or-
chestra appeared in several concerts. On
November twentieth, they presented a con-
cert for their parents which was received
with a great deal of enthusiasm. In April
and May, during the music contests held
at Washington and Missouri Universities,
several of the best players in the orchestra
were advanced to temporary positions in
the upper school orchestra for appearance
at the contests.
The orchestra is divided into quite a few
ensembles, quartets, and trios. These spe-
cial groups were featured in a musical pro-
gram given in the Little Theater.
Meeting every day in the attractive, con-
venient music rooms provided for them in
the new junior building, the lower school
orchestra has closed its music folio for the
year 1936-1937, put away its music stands,
packed its instruments, and locked the
door to return next year with an even
greater desire to further its knowledge in
the illimitable realm of music.
Sixty-five
High School Concert Band
President ------- Edward Doisy
Vice-President............A LEX Gay
Secretary-Treasurer - - - Romondo Davis
Librarians ...... ' Davis
(John Naylor
Drum Major................Robert Doland
Director - -..............Mr. H. J. Lemcke
When a student becomes sufficiently ad-
vanced in his instrumental music work, he
is transferred from the lower school band
into the upper school band. It is here that
the student really begins to appreciate and
realize the worth of his years of training.
In the upper school band a certain
amount of instruction is continued. Many
solo and ensemble groups are organized;
the sectional practice also continues. The
selections on which the band worked most
this past year were Phedre Overture, Tri-
umph of Alexander, and March of Youth.
This band, which meets sixth period
every day, has taken part in many varied
activities during the year. Many of the
members played in the Athletics Band at
our football games. Before the football
game on Thanksgiving Day they played at
the City Hall and played for Les Frailey,
who was brought to the field in an ambu-
lance. Between halves the band marched
around the field, formed a K before the
Kirkwood stands and a W while they
played the Alma Mater for Webster.
Forty-five W’s were given to members of
the Athletics Band; the officers received
small letters in addition to the usual large
ones.
In November many members of the up-
per school band played in the All-County
Band at the County Teachers’ Convention
in University City. In the month of De-
cember the band took part in the State
Music Clinic here in Webster Groves, and
they formed several groups for Christmas
caroling. A concert for the ensemble band
groups, a concert at the Moolah Temple,
and the splendid annual concert were also
given. In April the band entered the con-
tests at Washington University and at Co-
lumbia and again received ratings of ex-
cellence.
From this list of performances in the
past, the observer may see a part of the
great amount of work that the members
of our excellent upper school band have
done.
Sixty-six
Lower School Band
President ------- Curtis Seals
Vice-President...........Charles Roth
Director ------- Mr. H. J. LEMCKE
In our high school there are now two
full hours a day devoted to the lower
school student of instrumental music. The
fifth period each day is given to the in-
struction of beginners and seventh grade
pupils who have not been in grade school
bands.
In this period competent instructors are
able to give individual attention to the be-
ginning student. The fundamentals of
playing and all points of technique are
taught.
After a certain length of time in this
state of apprenticeship the student enters
the lower school band. This class meets
the fourth period every day. In this group
exercises in technique continue along with
ensemble work. There is a great deal of
sectional practice, but much of the indi-
vidual instruction is necessarily dropped.
On many occasions members of this
band have joined those of the upper school
band in their concerts and contests. They
have played with the band at football
games; they participated in the State
Music Clinic held in Webster in December,
at which Mr. Lemcke was made president
of the state music organization.
Mr. William Revelli, guest director of
the bands in the clinic, used the lower
school band to demonstrate his method of
teaching and was agreeably surprised with
the way in which these young people re-
sponded. Many people considered this to
be the very high spot of the Clinic.
The combined school band again re-
ceived rating of excellence at the Wash-
ington University contests April sixteenth.
Without the guidance and teaching of Mr.
Hans Lemcke and his assistants, Webster
Groves High School could never have at-
tained its high reputation in the field of
music. A second big factor for our success
is the use of fine school instruments; and
a third reason is the use of the new, greatly
improved band and practice rooms, which
make study easier and more enjoyable.
From this it can be seen how and why
the lower school band is worthy of its fine
reputation, a reputation which, we know,
will continue.
« Sixty-seven «
• There are few situations in life
that display and recognize an
outstanding character to the fine
degree that is evidenced on the
field of play.
SPORTS
Football
Tillay, Wood, Winters, Smith, Burton, Buck, Bohn, Hinson, Morris, Brown, Goerner.
Meyers, Meyers, Copeland, Applebaum, Ashcroft, Coester, McKee, Pacey, Murphy, Carveil, Burch, Wood.
Winters. Mr. Smith, Horr, Grinnell, Swahlen, Henkle, Devine, Reaves, Roeder, Graybill, Anderson. Woods, Cummins, Curtis,
Mr. McArtor, Mr. Keel.
Waldschmidl Furhman, Peterson, Reck, Hacker, O’Herin, Krueger, Ely, Gross, Huber, Pendarvis, Higgins, Schncbclen,
Sud<l<rth, Coffman.
After nearly a month of hard practice
the Webster team opened their football
season. Regardless of the fact that they
didn’t win a game until later in the season,
they played a very creditable season.
On the night of October 2, the power-
ful, sweeping end-runs of the Christian
Brother spelled the defeat of the States-
men to the tune of 16-6. The Purple and
Gold who had engaged in one previous
struggle, obtained two touchdowns in the
second quarter and a safety in the first.
Murphy returner! the kick-off, resulting
fi'om the last score, 40 yards behind good
interference, and Pendarvis and Rock
mixed passes with runs until the former
crashed through the opponents’ forward
wall for the score.
A week later Contra) visitz/l the Orange
and Black and after both sides had played
very poorly, took home a 12-6 victory.
Their touchdowns came in the icc/md and
third periods with the latter being an 20
yard return of a kick off. Gross's wonder-
ful punting was climaxed by one which
traveled 75 yards in the air, f ollowing a
long drive, Higgins carried the ball on a
quarter-back sneak for 7/eiz.tally,
In another night game the Webster
eleven were defeated by the swift Blue and
White warriors of Maplewood, 19-0. The
three Maplewood scores were made on two
long runs and a pass in the first, third, and
final quarters plus one conversion. The
spectacular defensive play of Wilbur
Hacker, who, although hindered by an in-
jured leg, made approximately one-third
of the McArtormen’s tackles, was the out-
standing performance for the visitors.
Again the flood lights greeted the States-
men when the Vikings of Normandy re-
mained unscored upon by tacking a 7-0
defeat on Coach McArtor’s charges. Our
eleven had a wonderful opportunity early
in the game when they made a first down
on the one-yard stripe, but they fumbled
on the first down. By their sparkling de-
fense and the punting of Gross the aggres-
sive Orange and Black managed to stave
off all offensive threats and kept the ball
in enemy territory until late in the final
quarter when the Vikings pushed over the
lone score of the game.
Cleveland encountered Webster on the
latter’;; field on Hallowe’en in a struggle to
deride whiefi team idiould remain unvic-
Sevcnty
Football
torious since neither had won a game as
yet. We lost 12-0 in a duplicate of the
Central game as far as sloppy playing
goes.
On the 4th of November, Webster went
to Ritenour and returned with a 14-0 vic-
tory, their first of the season. After play-
ing a loose opening half, the team blocked
a path for Gross who plowed through to
his first touchdown in his three years of
football at Webster. Again in the final
quarter, after receiving a punt, he scored
by spinning and twisting his way 45 yards
to their goal.
About the hardest and best played game
of the season was the 0-0 deadlock with
U. City, our traditional rivals. The In-
dians were held by the stonewall defense
of our Orange and Black in the third quar-
ter when they made a first down on our
seven-yard mark. The same chance was
given to the Statesmen late in the game;
but when they failed to make any notice-
able gain on the first three downs, Higgins
attempted a field goal which sailed just a
yard wide of the uprights.
The annual Turkey Day game was
fought on Webster soil with the home team
decisively defeating the highly heralded
Red and White from Kirkwood, 14-0.
Early in the opening quarter Hacker broke
through the Kirkwood line and blocked a
kick; Ely, who was close at his heels, fell
on the ball deep in the opponents’ terri-
tory. On the next play Gross fired a fiat
pass to Pendarvis, who shook off a few
tacklers and galloped across the goal line
15 yards away. Higgins’ place-kick was
good for the extra point. Again in the sec-
ond quarter Gross rilled a bullet-like pass,
this time to Reck, who evaded several
tacklers for 20 yards and literally skidded
across the goal line on his chin. The con-
version by Higgins was again good.
Although only a few names have been
mentioned, praise is also due to Coach Mc-
Artor; his assistant, Coach Keel; the let-
termen ; and the reserves.
B Team W. O.
Kirkwood...................... 0 0
John Burroughs................ - . g 13
Maplewood ... ................ 0 13
St. Louis U. High.................6 19
Maplewood..................... G 13
C Team W. O.
Kirkwood......................... . 0 0
John Burroughs - -- -- -- -13 0
St. Louis U. High.................0 7
Webster In Action
« Seventy-one
Boys’ Basket Ball
Poe, Harkey, Sunder, Coach Keel, Murphy, Schulenburg.
Jackson, Pendarvis, Devine, Winters, Pacey, Carveil.
Basket ball practice was officially opened
the first week in November, but a great
many football men didn’t receive their
chance until the week following Thanks-
giving. Coach Keel had every reason to
take a pessimistic outlook on the 1936-37
season due to the fact that the only mate-
rial he had to work with from the previ-
ous season was a handful of men from the
“B” and Freshman teams.
On December 12th the Webster team
was trampled under in its initial game by
the smooth teamwork and accurate shoot-
ing of the Hi-Pointers of C. B. C. The
Statesmen acquired their only points by
three free throws, and the final result was
25-3. McCarthy of C. B. C. led the scoring
for the evening with five field goals, which
totaled ten points.
However, the Orange and Black ac-
quitted themselves in the tournament dur-
ing the Christmas holidays when they won
the consolation prize. Although they lost
their first game to Union, 51-23, they dis-
played steady improvement when they de-
feated Bayless bjr the score of 30-14, South
Side Catholic 31-26, and Maplewood 27-22
in a hard-fought final match. Pendarvis
was the outstanding player all through the
tournament for Webster, accounting for
thirty points in four games and receiving
honorable mention by a group of sports
writers.
After the holidays they fell into step
with their regular schedule once more and
lost their scalps to the U. City Indians
22-20, in a contest filled with thrills and
excitement. For the first time in his career
Coach Keel called the boys off the floor be-
cause of the constant, unnecessary fouling
which went on, evidently seen by everyone
but the referee. The Statesmen amassed
sixteen of their twenty points in the last
part of the game, but their rally just fell
short of the mark. Kauffman of U. City
with ten points and Winters of Webster
with nine were high point men for the two
teams.
The following night Webster ran rough
shod over Kirkwood, our traditional rivals,
27-9. Jackson proved high scorer for both
teams with his thirteen points.
The Maplewood Blue Devils held our
team to one field goal in a slow scoring
game the following week end which ended
at 17-9.
Seventy-two
Boys1 Basket Ball
On the 15th the Normandy basketeers
were hitting baskets and as a result pinned
a 40-24 defeat on the Statesmen.
The Orange and Black suffered their
sixth defeat of the season when the Rite-
nour Huskies, who, unfortunately for |
them, were “hot,” set them back 43-37.
Although he was put out on fouls in the
final quarter, “Jackie” Jackson obtained
seventeen points.
Again the Keelmen went down to defeat
when the Greyhounds of Clayton, led by
Schomogy, their captain, who tallied eight-
een points alone, dished out to them a 37-23
walloping. The entire game was played
sloppily.
The Soldan eagers invaded Webster and
after a rough and tumble battle took home
a close 25-23 verdict. All the way through
this was a hard fought game with frequent
fouling. Jackson kept the scoring honors
local by accumulating fifteen points.
The Statesmen traveled to Wellston and
opened the month of February with a 34-26
victory. Trailing the home team until the
final quarter, Webster opened up their of-
fensive threat and scored eight points to
their opponents’ one. Hendricks, a Wells-
ton sharp shooter, led the scoring with
seventeen points.
The Blue and White of Maplewood
chalked up their second victory of the 36-37
season over Webster in a very rough game
in which 33 fouls were committed. They
were neck and neck until the final quarter
when Maplewood pulled away to win 29-21.
Flint, a small but mighty forward of the
opponents, carried away the scoring hon-
ors with ten points.
The league leading Indians of U. City
visited Webster on the 12th and suffered
their first defeat of the season at the hands
of a county team. The armory was packed
full of people who later returned home
without voices, or with voices which were
so hoarse that they were scarcely audible.
The game advanced point by point with
neither team holding the lead for long.
The score at the end of the half was 11-11.
With less than two minutes to play Schul-
enburg, making his debut in the starting
lineup of the varsity, sank a free throw to
make the score stand 25-24 in Webster’s
favor. From then until the end of the
game the crowd was on its feet making
so much noise that no one, including the
Statesmen in Consolation Finals
Seventy-three
Boys1 Basket Ball
Sudfeld, Clinard, Hinson, Elzemeyer, Armstrong, Brackman.
Hillery, Winters, Holekamp, Woods, Sloofman, Brigham.
Meyers, Humphreville, Benedictus, Henkle, Quevereaux, Laihn, Coach Keel.
players, could hear the referee’s whistle.
Only about 30 seconds of playing time were
left, and U. City was making a desperate
attempt to score when Schulenburg inter-
cepted an Indian pass, dribbled down the
floor, and made a beautiful set-up from
about 5 feet wide of the basket to put the
game on ice for us. Although the entire
team played exceptionally well, two play-
ers, Pendarvis and Schulenbers, played the
whole game without a substitution, were
outstanding on both offense and defense,
and led Webster’s scoring with nine points
apiece. Asckensay of U. City also acquired
nine points.
To finish this exciting week end, the
Statesmen encountered the second place
Vikings on the home court. This was an-
other close, hard fought game with the
score standing at 11-11 as the half ended.
Incidentally, this was the identical score
as the same period of the previous night’s
battle. After approximately seven of the
eight minutes of the final quarter had
elapsed, with the visitors leading by two
points, “Jackie” Jackson tried a long one-
handed shot which hit the rim, rolled
around, and fell off. This would have tied
the score; but Lady Luck sided with the
Normandy outfit, and the game ended in
their favor. Van Devin of Normandy and
Pendarvis of the local team led the scoring
with eleven and nine points, respectively.
Webster visited Clayton the next Fri-
day, but the County-seaters pulled away
from them in the last quarter to obtain a
five point victory, 34-29. Schomogy, the
Greyhound captain, tallied twenty-two
points.
The Statesmen were off-form for the
final scheduled game of the season and
barely squeezed a narrow 22-18 victory
out over a fairly weak Kirkwood quintet.
After trailing their opponents going into
the last quarter, they rallied to win by four
points.
The annual district basket ball tourna-
ment was held the week starting March 1,
and Webster drew a bye for the first
round. In the second round they lost to
University City 25-21. After playing a
beautiful game for three quarters, they
blew up and threw the game away by their
poor guarding.
The second team ended the season with
a record of nine victories over five defeats.
Seventy-four
Senior Track
Funk, Wagoner, Heckel, Baumstark, Cushing, Kauffman, Woods, Gcrell.
Mr. Roberts, Schwarz, Dinkey, Murphy. Conway, Copeland, Ecoff, Fantz.
Beers, Benedictus, Lenzen, Tillay, Reck, Grinnell, Cope, Kasius, Curtis.
Some of the trackmen got a little train-
ing in the fall, but the largest turnout
came early in the spring. Although there
was a lack of 1936 lettermen, Coach
Roberts again had hopes of turning out a
good team.
On March 30 the track season was offi-
cially opened with a meet between our
juniors and those from Roosevelt. Charles
Detert covered himself with glory in this
meet by taking three undisputed first
places, one tie for first, and by being
anchor man on the triumphant relay team.
In the 50 yard dash two of the judges
gave Detert the race, and one gave it to
Glass of Roosevelt; but Coach Roberts said
that it would be called a tie. Following
this he had an easy time in annexing the
100 yard and 220 yard dashes. He then
walked over to the pole vaulting pit and
defeated the leading vaulters in that event
to bring his total to three wins. In the
relay, although he received the baton sev-
eral feet behind his opponent, he again
established his fleetness of foot by winning
with several feet to spare. Another out-
standing performance of the afternoon
was that of Stan Cushing of Webster who
won the low hurdles, took second in the
broad jump, and tied for first in the high
jump with a team mate, Peat. Grinnell
and Smith took victories in the 440 yard
dash and the shot-put respectively for the
Orange and Black. All in all the States-
men were successful in winning eight out
of the eleven events and tied one. This
made the final score stand at 54 5/6 for
Webster to 40 1/6 for the Rough Riders.
Next week there was a dual engagement
with the C. B. C. tracksters. The juniors
ran wild, amassing 74 points to the junior
cadets’ 30; the cadets gaining victories in
but 2 of the 12 events. The Seniors had
a harder time in their victory although
they won by 59 */•> to 521/’. Charles Detert
again led the local juniors with a victory
in the 50, 100, and 220 yard dashes, and
by holding down the anchor position on
the victorious relay team. Bob Tillay, also
a dashman, led the senior scorers with a
victory in the 220 and a second place in
the 100 yard dash. The remainder of the
junior first places for Webster went to
Grinnell, Swahlen, Peat, and Pearson in
the 440, discus, high jump, and the broad
jump, respectively. There was a tie be-
<< Seventy-fire
Junior Track
tween Cushing and Elzemeyer in the 120
yard low hurdle event and a fourway tie
among Moore, Luhn, Colmy, and Reed in
the pole vault; however, all of these were
Websterites so the points were all Web-
ster’s. Among the seniors, Reck, Kasius,
Schwarz, Kauffman, and Cope appeared
consistent in winning their respective
events, the 440, high jump, broad jump,
mile run, and 880 yard run. Webster was
victorious in the two hurdle events, but
Benedictus was disqualified in the 120 yard
high hurdles because he knocked down
three hurdles. John Lenzen, a junior by
age, had to race with the seniors in the
200 yard low hurdle event because there
was not a sufficient number of lanes for
all of the juniors to run; but, nevertheless,
he proved himself worthy of such compe-
tition by winning the race.
The following Thursday and Friday
brought the two Beaumont teams to Web-
ster in another dual meet. Here the juniors
eked out a close 53’/j to 50i/> victory while
the older boys had an easy time in defeat-
ing the blue and yellow Seniors 67 to 37.
This time Detert ran against much stiffer
competition, but he still garnered 13 points
as did his most competent opponent, Gallo
of Beaumont. Gallo won the 50 yard dash
bjr a very narrow margin. Then for the
second time this year Detert tied for first
in a dash; this time he and Gallo ran a
dead heat in the 100 yard dash. In the 220
yard dash he pulled away from Gallo to
gain first place. Grinnell came through
again to win the 440 yard dash, and Cush-
ing took the broad jump with a nice jump
of over 18 feet. The pole vault went to the
Webster juniors for the third time this
year when Luhn outlasted the entire field
in this event. Although the discus throw
wasn’t any more important than any other
event in the meet, it proved to be the most
exciting one because it clinched the meet
for the juniors. Swahlen again out-dis-
tanced his adversaries. Since the meet was
clinched for Webster, Coach Roberts did
not use his best relay team; and therefore
we lost the relay. The senior team allowed
Beaumont only three first places, one of
which was the relay in which the States-
men were disqualified because they failed
to pass the baton within the 20 yard limit.
Tillay ran away with the 100 and 220 yard
dashes. Reck led the scoring by obtaining
Bubb, Smith. Russel. Elzemeyer, Sears, Birch, Reed, Muir, Waldschmidt.
Davis, Moore, Hart, Peabody, Peat, Connor, Combes, McCarthy.
Mr. Roberts, Beers, Tschannen, Colmey, Lenzen, Swahlen, Grinnell, Rider, Mauss, Peirson.
« Seventy-six “
Track
13 points from firsts in the 440 yard dash,
the shotput, and a second in the 100. Cope
gained an easy victory in the 880, and
Henry Woods showed much improvement
by winning the discus with a 109'-2" toss.
The pole vaulting ended in a tie between
Murphy of Webster and Roberts of Beau-
mont at 10'-2" as did the broad jump be-
tween Schwarz and Molina. There were
two upsets which occurred when John
Gerrell tied Richard Kasius in the high
jump and when Conway won rather easily
from Kauffman who, heretofore, was the
regular miler.
In the state indoor meet, which is onty
for the senior track men, the Statesmen
didn’t fare so well. Although they did not
profess to have a very strong senior track
squad this year, they had hopes of making
more than the one point which they did.
Jack Reck obtained the only point by win-
ning fourth place in the shotput.
So far the track team has proved itself
of great worth this year. Up to date it
has a perfect record in the interscholas-
tic meets. The junior division has a very
strong team, one of the strongest in years.
There are three hurdlers who proved
their worth, Cushing, Lenzen, and Elze-
meyer. Detert has shown his all-around
ability especially in the dashes and the re-
lay. Ernest Grinnell has as yet to meet
defeat in the junior 440. In Peat and
Cushing, Webster has two high jumpers
who can be counted on. Cushing and Pear-
son have both made good jumps in the
broad jump which have won first places
for them. Bob Swahlen has also shown his
ability as a discus thrower. In the senior
division we find Bob Tillay as a very com-
petent dashman. In the hurdles there are
Benedictus and also Lenzen who is a
junior. Jeck Reck has displayed a fine bit
of running in his victories in the 440 and
Kenneth Cope has won all of his 880 yard
races in dual track meets easily. Two men,
Kauffman and Conway, show great prom-
ise in the mile run, and the fact that they
are improving steadily proves that they
can be counted on for the remainder of
the season. Kasius, a veteran from last
year in the high jump, will be a great asset
to the team as will be Gerrell who has
shown great improvement. Schwarz, who
consistently jumps over 20 feet has as yet
to be defeated in the broad jump.
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Baseball
Meyer, Henkle, Vollmer, Gohl, Langsam, Meyers, Brands, Quevreaux.
Goerner, Winters, Schroeder, Schroeder, Adams, Clark, Barts, Weaver, Mr. Gaines.
Devine, Byerly, McKee, Higgins, Gross, Pendarvis, Cummins, Winters, Pyatt.
Late in March when the announcement
for baseball was sent around Coach Gaines
was greeted by one hundred and twelve
aspirants. He had for material from last
year’s team four major lettermen and nine
minor lettermen. This large group was
cut first to forty and finally to twenty
which composed the team. This group had
to be whipped into shape in a very short
time due to the fact that the weather didn’t
permit earlier practice.
The ’37 season opened with Chaminade
on the home diamond, April 9. This strug-
gle proved to be a pitcher’s battle in which
Webster pulled through with a 2-1 victory.
Although out hit 5-4, the Statesmen made
their hits count. Several times the day
was saved by the brilliant defensive play
of the home team. With one out in the
second inning Higgins broke the ice when
he walked, took second on a passed ball,
and completed the circuit when Cummins
singled to right. Again in the fifth a walk
proved costly to Chaminade when Weaver
got on by this method. He worked his way
to third on two errors, and with two down
Gross smashed a terrific double to left,
scoring Weaver. With two out in the sixth,
a Chaminade batsman singled, stole second
and third, and scored another single. This
finished the scoring for both sides, but the
visitors came close to tying up the game
when one of their men reached third with
no outs.
John Burroughs took advantage of Web-
ster’s off-day and made 11 runs on 9 hits
and a number of errors. In the third in-
ning they scored 4 runs on 2 hits and 3
errors, and in the fifth they made 1 run
on no hits. The Orange and Black made
their lone score in the third when Pendar-
vis beat out an infield hit, went to second
on a passed ball, and scored on a double
by Gross.
On the 16th the Statesmen travelled to
U. City from where they returned with a
7-4 defeat. Jenkins put us in the hole with
a blasting homerun which scored himself
and two other Indian runners. We failed
to score until the sixth. Our rally fell
short.
Schedule
April 9—Chaminade
April 12—Burroughs
April 16—U. City
April 19—Hancock
April 20—Roosevelt
April 23—Kirkwood
April 27—McKinley
April 30—Clayton
May 4—Ritenour
May 11—East St. Louis
May 14—Normandy
May 21—Maplewood
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President - - - -
Vice-President - -
Secretary-Treasurer
Sponsor - - - -
Ethel Wilder
Shirley Pacey
Alice Lloyd
Miss Vosbrink
The Girls’ Athletic Association is an or-
ganization to promote good sportsmanship
and fair play and to create an interest in
athletics. To become a member of this or-
ganization a girl must win 100 points,
which may be obtained by being on a class
team, by participating in two intramural
tournaments, or by hiking 50 miles with
an organized group. After a girl has won
1,000 points, she is awarded a IF. 1,500
points merit a G. A. A. IF, and 2,000
points are rewarded by a silver loving cup.
Girls who have won G. A. A. W’s in addi-
tion to the 1,000 points are: Shirley Pacey
and Ethel Wilder; the latter also obtained
the highest reward for points, the silver
loving cup.
Eveiy year the G. A. A. gives a big rush
party for sophomores. On October 17th
the Senior girls’ gym was transformed in-
to a spacious barn. Ten stalls were con-
structed, to which the ten groups of girls
progressed and played games. An added
feature to the “Hoedown” was the enter-
tainment of speciality dances furnished by
the old G. A. A. members. Later refresh-
ments of wieners and cakes were served.
This year the G. A. A. has undertaken
several new activities. Late in the fall the
organization brought two players from the
Wales Touring Hockey Team to come and
give the Webster Girls some pointers on
the technique of playing hockey. Swim-
ming at the Town Club was another new
activity sponsored by the G. A. A.
Although leap year had gone out of ex-
istence with the passing of 1936, the G. A.
A. gave another backward dance on April
9. This dance introduced a new feature of
electing a Kampus King and his Four
Jacks.
Last year a new rule was made that the
May Fete and the Operetta should alter-
nate, and, since an operetta was given this
year, the May Fete could not be the large
affair as has been the custom. However,
the traditional entertainment was carried
out on a small scale with the ever effective
Maypole dance and several solos and group
numbers.
Brocksmith, Richardson, Brocksmith, Russell, Smith. Abbott. Kelly. Haddaway, Goerncr, Nelson, Schregardus, Lishen,
Wagoner, Welnfurth, De Yong, Sandau.
Splitstone, Clark, Wells. Pence, Broaddus, Argint, Jones, Tolkacz. Walker. Anderson, Lutz, Prahman, Stobic, Henry, Krimmel,
Moir, Wood, Thursby, Hackman.
Hausman, Moore, Choate, Wilkinson, Stive, Rcbbe, Eschenberg, Broaddus, Dale, Davis, Argint, Griffiths, Hundley, Johanning.
Chivvis.
Gutman, Koken, Stephens, Pacey, Lloyd, Gates, Pentland, Thompson, Wilder, Taake, Cox, Coffman, Graf, Lloyd.
Seventy-nine
Moore. Hundley, Prahman, Davis, Argint, Broaddus, Dale, Us hen, Abbot, Anderson, .Smith, Wells, Haddaway, Lloyd, Graf,
Hackman.
Lloyd. Kelly, Brocksmith, Kenner. Krimmel, Burger, Coffman, Clark, Moir, Choate, Brocksmith, Wilkinson, Richardson,
Eschenberg.
Stobie, Wood. Hausmann. Rogers, Pentland, Jones, Johanning, Roeder, Leinberger, Cox, Tolkacz, Splitstone, Miss Vossbrink.
Sandau, Wilder. Gutman. Wagoner. Stephens, Weinfurth, Thompson, Gates, Pacey, Pence, Argint, Russell, Broaddus, Koken.
The hockey team this season ended with
flying colors, putting on record 12 victor-
ies, 2 ties, and only 3 defeats. Although
the seniors played only four games, they
won them all by easy margins. The junior
squad played five games, of which they
lost only one, a hard fought battle with
Kirkwood. The record for the sophomores
was 2 victories, 1 tie, and 2 defeats. The
varsity team played only two games, one
with Kirkwood which thej' tied with much
difficulty 1-1, and the other with Univer-
sity City which they won by a large mar-
gin of 7-2.
The juniors met the crucial test when
they played Principia and succeeded in be-
wildering their opponents by swift drib-
bling and clicking teamwork. Three goals
were made one after another by the for-
wards while the defense did its part in
keeping the final score 3-0. The game with
Maplewood was also fast and furious.
Again the juniors displayed fine teamwork
and kept the ball on their rival’s side of
the field during the most of the game.
When playing Ritenour, the juniors again
triumphed as Betty Pentland smashed a
four goal victory, and the splendid defense
displayed by our girls kept the Ritenour
team from scoring.
When the seniors played Wellston, they
came back with a victory of 7-1. Later the
seniors again played Wellston and added a
triumph of 7-0 to their record. This team
has been undefeated in their three years
of hockey playing.
The Sophomores, opposing Ritenour, left
the Ritenour squad far behind with a score
of 5-0. In this game Irma Griffith, a half-
back, made a goal. Later the sophomores
triumphed over Maplewood by 4-1, with
Harriet Lishen making 3 goals.
Sophomores vs. Kirkwood..................0-1
Sophomores vs. Ritenour ------- 5-0
Sophomores vs. Wellston ------- 1-2
Sophomores vs. Clayton ------- 2-2
Sophomores vs. Maplewood.................4-1
Juniors vs. Kirkwood................. 2-3
Juniors vs. Wellston - -- -- -- - 4-0
Juniors vs. Ritenour - -- -- -- -4-0
Juniors vs. Principia - -- -- -- -3-0
Juniors vs. Maplewood....................4-1
Junior and Seniors vs. Clayton...........4-0
Seniors vs. Principia -------- 2-0
Seniors vs. Wellston.....................7-1
Seniors vs. Kirkwood.....................3-1
Seniors vs. Wellston - -- -- -- - 7-0
Varsity vs. Kirkwood - -- -- -- - 1-1
Varsity vs. University City..............7-2
Eighty
Girls1 Basket Ball
The basket ball season began with the
usual basket ball tournament, from which
the girls were chosen for their respective
class teams. Indeed this year’s season up-
held the previous good reputation. Out of
the 20 games played, one was tied, and one
was lost by a very small margin.
This year the seniors completed their
third year of undefeated playing. Fine
team work was displayed by the guards,
who invariably kept their opponents from
piling up a large score; the forwards,
through tricky passing, dribbling, and co-
operation on the part of the entire team,
were able to surpass their opponents’
points by great margins.
The juniors also obtained results from
unswerving team work, ending the season
with only one defeat, a game which they
lost by onljr 4 points. The three outstand-
ing forwards were Betty Stobie, Mary
Ellen Anderson, and Betty Pentland with
47, 35, and 57 points respectively.
The sophomores won every game by
amazingly lop-sided scores. Playing Kirk-
wood, the first team came out on top with
a victory of 71-4, in which Eunice Hadda-
way alone sunk 40 points. The sophomores
met Kirkwood again; this time the second
team played and won by a more equal score
of 18-12.
The varsity played only two games,
which they won by exceedingly uneven
scores.
The girls’ success in basketball was due
not only to the playing ability of each girl
and to the excellent coaching of Miss Voss-
brink, but also to the fact that this is the
only school which provides a special gym
for the girls.
Schedule
Sophomores vs. Maplewood ----- 29-19
Sophomores vs. Kirkwood ------ 71- 4
Sophomores vs. Kirkwood ------ 18-12
Sophomores vs. Ritenour..............32-8
Sophomores vs. Clayton______________21-18
Sophomores vs. Principia..........- 50- 6
Juniors vs. Wellston ---...........14-18
Juniors vs. Normandy..................13-29
Juniors vs. Maplewood................34-10
Juniors vs. Ritenour ---.............24-12
Juniors vs. Kirkwood................32-19
Juniors vs. Principia -..............35-16
Seniors vs. Maplewood..................12-13
Seniors vs. Wellston.................35-18
Seniors vs. Normandy________________40-18
Seniors vs. Maplewood________________18-11
Seniors vs. Clayton _ _...........- 60-14
Seniors vs. Kirkwood________________32-32
Varsity vs. Maplewood................40- 6
Varsity vs. Kirkwood ------- 55-28
Chapman, Dale, Brocksmith, Choate, Brocksmith, Haddaway. Martin. Roth, Davis, Broaddus. Arglnt, Adderly.
Dumont, Dischen, Lutz. Hackman, Jones. Stobie, Sehregardus. Anderson. Chlvvls, Johanning, Burhta. Broaddus.
Lloyd. Pentland, Moore, Taake, Pence, Arglnt, Pacey, Wilder, Welnfurth, Moir. Prahman.
Eighty-one
• In the scale of individual ac-
complishments, character heads
the list. All of our other enter-
prises are but adornments for
the beautiful zvhole. It should be
the aim of every student to ex-
press himself in as many ivays
as possible.
ACTIVITIES
Torch
Higgins, Coffman, Smith. Doisy, Knight, Gaunt, Brady, Seele.
Seibert, Orr, Lloyd. Stophens, Campbell, 'Ellis, Walker, Gruetzemacher, Rogers, Keller.
Miss Schowengerdt, Scott, Splitstone, Ellison, Taussig, Davis, Donnelly, Davis, Sivells, Marsalek.
Pacey, Peters, Irish, Clausen, Wagoner, Webb. Ryberg, Teach, Leinbergcr, Wolf, Koenig, Johanning.
First Semester
President...............Frances Clausen
Vice-President - - - - Edith Marsalek
Secretary -.............Patty Waterman
Treasurer ------ Russell Irish
Sponsor ------ Miss Schowengerdt
Second Semester
President ------ Suzanne Webb
Vice-President - - - - Walter Wagoner
Secretary ------ Dorothy Teach
Treasurer...............Hilding Ryberg
The Torch is the local chapter of the
National Honor Society. Members are
elected by the faculty on the basis of schol-
arship, service, leadership, and character.
Candidates must be in the upper third of
their class scholastically and be a member
of the 11A, 12B, or 12A class.
On the first Wednesday of every month
the Torch holds its regular meeting at ten
minutes after three. Most of the regular
meetings are devoted to a discussion of
business, and, if necessary, special meet-
ings are called throughout the month.
At a meeting held on December second,
Mr. Hixson, taking as his subject the four
points upon which membership in the
Torch is based, spoke to the members. He
stressed the fact that he did not consider
scholarship the most important factor in
selecting a member. Other interesting pro-
grams included a book review and a tea.
The mid-year induction took place on the
fifteenth of December, at which time
twelve candidates were received into mem-
bership. Dr. D. J. Van Devander of the
Methodist Episcopal Church spoke on a
student’s life after the completion of his
high school career. He wove into his
speech the elements which are required for
Torch membership and demonstrated how
these avail in after life. The second induc-
tion took place on the sixth of May, at
which time twenty-five members were ini-
tiated. The Reverend Dr. Skilling gave the
address, and Mr. J. Lawrence Jones played
a violin solo.
The Honor Society has sponsored vari-
ous projects during the past year. The
success of the Activity Ticket this fall was
due largely to the committee headed by
Mary Louise Ellison, a Torch member.
In addition, the Torch established the
service bureau, a system whereby any stu-
dent in school who desires to do so may
help teachers, the office, or some organiza-
tion in its work.
« Eighty-four »
Junior Honor Society
Theiss, Stamm, Gates. Reed, Lee, Peters, Clinard, Kendall, Talbott, Schoene, Counscll.
Boettger, Press, Brandenburg, Broaddus, Lee, Gentles, Launch, Ammerman, Dolsy, Pold, Wolf, Yadon.
Mattox, Ervin, Hofmeister, Strudel!, Richardson, McCarthy, Roth, Landon, Short, Brackman, Creecy.
Stewart, Dellert, Woods, Borman, Gautier, Keim, Smercina, Langstaff, Suender, Herzog, Wolf, Reinhardt, Gross, Duren.
First Semester
President.............Virginia Mattox
Vice-President - - - Jeanburl Dorsey
Secretary - - - - - Martha Eakin
Treasurer.............Emerson Foote
Second Semester
President ----- James Gentles
Vice-President - - - Bernice Wolf
Secretary.............Mary Alice Counsell
Treasurer ----- Emilie Gautier
[ Miss Essig
Sponsors -----] Miss Shepardson
I Miss Webster
The National Junior Honor Society,
having been established in 1929, is a com-
paratively new organization in the junior
high schools of America. Onlj'- a year after
the nation-wide society was founded, the
Webster Groves chapter was organized for
the purpose of creating an incentive to-
wards higher scholarship and a greater
development of the character of the stu-
dents.
This organization has several definite
purposes, which its members sincerely try
to fulfill. Among these are: creating a
greater enthusiasm for superior scholar-
ship; stimulating a desire to serve faith-
fully one’s school and community; promot-
ing trustworthy leadership; and develop-
ing exemplary qualities of character in the
pupils of the school.
To carry out the purpose of the organi-
zation each member who is chosen must
fulfill certain requirements. First, the stu-
dent must rank in the upper tenth of his
class scholastically; secondly, he must be
recommended by the faculty as having out-
standing qualities of leadership, character,
and service; and thirdly, he must be in his
freshman year.
The regular meetings are held twice a
month when the group decides upon its
various duties. The members always try
to be helpful and carry out the activities
of the school life successfully. They have
done a great deal this year. Some of their
helpful activities have been: caring for the
study hall; operating a check room for the
Music Clinic which was held here in De-
cember; helping to put visitors at ease in
the school; and assisting in the office. This
sort of help in keeping the school life run-
ning smoothly aids in building up leader-
ship in the pupils, as well as in teaching
them to cooperate and to be considerate of
others. By performing these services, the
Honor Society makes itself indispensable.
Eighty-five
Student Council
President -..............Walter Wagoner
Vice-President...........Oliver Gross
Secretary-Treasurer - - - Barbara Chiwis
Sponsor - -..............MR. SCHULZ
The student council is the body which
heads the entire school. Upon taking office,
the president of the entire school becomes
president of the student council, and the
president of the upper school becomes vice-
president. Each home room elects one
representative to serve on the council for
the year. The object of the organization,
as stated by Walter Wagoner, is “to make
the council more important in school life.”
Continuing the precedent established
last year, the student council has made it
possible for students of the high school to
receive tickets at reduced rates to educa-
tional pictures shown at the Ozark. An-
other project which has been undertaken
by the council is the sponsoring of at least
one assembly program a month. Under
this new system meetings were not held on
regular days as formerly, but were called
whenever an exceptionally good program
was available. This tended to raise the
standard of excellence of all the programs
and made it possible to have more than
one program a week in some instances.
The most important activity of the stu-
dent council this year has been the intro-
duction and instigation of the plan of
registration for major elections. A stu-
dent board of election commissioners, con-
sisting of Walter Wagoner, Oliver Gross,
William Chapman, Barbara Chiwis, John
Campion, and Barbara Miller, advised by
Mr. Schulz and Mr. Ogle, members of the
faculty, supervised the registration.
Two judges, the president and student
council representative of each room, and
two clerks comprised the official registra-
tion body. The judges saw that every per-
son in each room took an oath before regis-
tering; the clerks passed out cards to be
filled in by each person. The cards were
then collected and kept in a locked com-
partment until time for voting. Only those
students who had registered could vote in
the major elections.
Three main purposes for this new regis-
tration system are outlined: one, to create
interest in school elections; another, to
prepare students for national poll elections
in future years; and last, to prevent fraud
and stuffing of ballot boxes.
Higgins, Morris, Grinell, Greenwood, Pendarvis, Roeder, Pacey, Ellinger, Conn.
Leeper, Gaunt, Braun, Hofsommer, Wernecke, McKaig, Evans, Grace, Wright, Braun.
Pedigo, Ellison, Kunderman, Whitney, Gross, Chiwis, Wagoner, Schoene, Wolf, Balser, Wilkinson, Brocksmith.
Eighty-six
Lower School Monitors
During the past year and a half the ap-
pearance of the teachers of the junior
school has become markedly rejuvenated.
Perhaps the organization of the Lower
School Monitors by Miss Brantley and Mr.
Latta is responsible for this change, for
through this group a great deal of strain
has been removed from the shoulders of
the teachers and placed on those of the
eager, capable monitors.
For years the halls have been the scene
of chaos during the time that classes have
been passing and during the lunch hour.
There has been unnesessary pushing and
running which has made the halls unsafe,
and careless throwing of paper has given
a disorderly appearance to the new build-
ing. It is obviously impossible for the
teachers to be expected to keep an eye on
each individual student out of the group
of nine hundred who have access to the
building. To fill the need for some sort of
official disciplinarians other than the al-
ready overworked members of the faculty,
Mr. Latta, an assistant principal of the
high school, and Miss Brantley, one of the
social science teachers for the lower school,
devised a plan for organizing a group of
about a hundred monitors for the lower
school.
It would be too great a responsibility to
inflict all of the various and conflicting
duties on one group of people. Also it
would be unreasonable to expect the same
people to devote part of each day to the
carrying out of these plans. Consequently,
the monitors have been divided into five
different groups, each one of which exe-
cutes one special duty, thus avoiding con-
flicts, saving a great deal of time, and mak-
ing it possible for the organization to
function smoothly and well.
There are two groups of twenty-one boys
each that patrol the halls of all three floors
during the latter part of the lunch hour,
thus maintaining law and order and pre-
venting students from entering the upper
school building where they might disturb
classes of the senior division. One team of
twenty-two boys serves throughout the en-
tire semester to regulate the passing of
lines at the end of the third and sixth
hours. To all offenders, the erstwhile po-
tential minions of the law, wielding invis-
ible clubs over their heads, can pronounce
a sentence of seventh hour.
Jennings, Schmidt, Ballard, Brockman, Smith, Martsolf, Hutton, Yadon, McMath, Cllnard, Hinson, Holman, Hausladen,
Sanford, Bohn, Ammerman.
Heltert, Crawford, Chapman, Schwarz, Kalbfleisch, Bartz, Payne, Utoff, Reynolds, Watkins, Stlce, Tschannen, Creecy.
Ellis. Landon, Lemcke, McCarthy, Short, O'Neill, Armstrong, Nilson, Paulson, Mehlan, McKelvey, Wreath, Jackson.
Ashen-Brenner, Eakin, Ochs, Press, Herlihy, Herzog, Jones, Brands, Reinhardt, Schoene, Taussig, Dorsey, Wolf, Sweet.
Eighty-seven
Mills, Curtis, Barrie, Rhodes, Graham, Kell, Wagoner, Wood. Wilkins, Jehle, Rebbe, Sandau, Olcott, Buhrmaster, Didlkay,
Blackinton.
Burkhart, Haddaway, Rogers, Greutzcmacher, Walker, Pickens, Blair, Davis, Miller, Prahman, Irish, Guild, Wolf, Reinhart,
Gerrcll, Hinson.
Abbott, Ferrichs, Shells, Grilliths, Teach, Turner. Dekker. Hill, Tschannen, Beck, Wesley, Gabelman, Dumont, Brocksmith,
Pacey, Greene, Adderly, Bowman, Suss, Peabody.
Lelnberger. Dunwoody, Nystrom, Kell, Naylor, Chivvls, Johannlng, Webb, Irish, Moore, Waterman, Heil, Reardon, Hughes,
Walsh, Hem, Ellis, Davis.
Consul Primus ■
Consul Secundus
Aedile - - - ■
Quaestor - - ■
Sponsor - - ■
Russell Irish
Bess Louise Moore
Patty Waterman
Suzanne Webb
Miss Farmer
The Latin Club is one of the best organ-
ized and most active clubs in the school.
Its activities are not confined merely to
things directly concerning Latin, for dur-
ing the past year the group has met sev-
eral times with the French Club for pro-
grams of mutual interest, done some
substantial charity work, and in its lighter
moods, even indulged in several parties.
Because of its large enrollment it has
become the custom to divide the club into
three groups. The Senators are those who
have taken or are taking Vergil; the
Knights are those members who are tak-
ing or have completed a year of Cicero;
the Plebeians are those who are taking
Caesar or who can look back upon the
bridging of the Rhine as kid stuff.
A regular Latin Club meeting is sched-
uled for after school on every other Tues-
day at which time varied and interesting
programs are given.
Several speeches were given by former
students of Webster: Mary Evelyn Fox
gave a talk on France; Dave Carpenter
spoke on old Roman stamps and coins;
John Donnell described Harvard and its
campus.
Since November the third was the offi-
cial election day for the United States, the
Latin Club decided to revert to the days
of ancient Rome to view the political situ-
ation of that time. Brief talks were given
on Roman elections, public officials of
Rome, and their duties.
Dorothy Butler, a blind girl from the
Missouri State School for the Blind, gave
the program for the January second meet-
ing. After giving three readings, she will-
ingly explained and answered all questions
concerning her life.
Other interesting programs were given
by outside speakers: Professor Wuerpel
gave a talk on art; Mr. E. W. Clausen
spoke on collecting old books.
The other activities of the club have
been no less interesting and profitable than
the regular meetings. At Christmas time
it collected money (thirty dollars in all)
and canned goods which were given to the
orphans home at Farmington.
Eighty-eight
Latinus Rumor
Latinus Rumor this fall began its elev-
enth year with the record-breaking num-
ber of 400 subscriptions. Perhaps this
amazing circulation is due partly to the ex-
tensive campaigning carried on by the
business staff of Latinus Rumor in the
Latin classes. Of course one must not
overlook the fact that the eight issues of
the paper during the year always find
great popularity among the Latin students.
The Latinus Rumor consists of one
mimeographed sheet typed on both sides,
thus forming two pages. The top of the
first page is embellished by the heading
design made by Betty Jehle, Norma Trent,
and Anne Walker. Betty also transfers
the drawings to the stencil. Each month
the heading used is in accordance with
some particular event of that season.
Under the diligent supervision and with
the valuable assistance of Miss Farmer,
the sponsor, the articles are written and
the paper is edited by Shirley Pacey, edi-
tor, and Russell Irish and Bobette Wilkins,
associate editors. These articles and edi-
torials, placed on the front page, often
describe the Roman origin and manners
of celebration of certain holidays which
correspond to some of our present day
customs or relate stories or legends about
the various deities.
On the back page the Rumor Humor,
contributed by John Wood, and special
articles by the editors are to be found.
Along with these one discovers a Latin
cross-word puzzle, planned by Bess Louise
Moore and Betty Jean Miller, in the shape
best suited for the month. An appropriate
cartoon is drawn every month by Ted Hin-
son. Frequently there are clever para-
graphs written in Latin by members of
the Latin classes.
After all the information for the various
sections has been gathered, Margaret San-
dau and Muireno Rebbe type and block the
material to (it the column width, and Patty
Waterman cuts the stencil. When the
stenciled copy is complete, the final re-
sponsibility of getting the paper mimeo-
graphed falls upon Walter Wagoner and
Prentice Smith. This year some of the
mimeographing was done in Mr. Trotter’s
commercial courses as a class-room proj-
ect. When this last step has been accom-
plished, James Curtis and Oliver Blackin-
ton, business and circulation managers,
distribute the newly printed copies of
Latinus Rumor.
Waterman, Blackington, Smith, Wood, Moore, Webb, Miss Farmer.
Wagoner, Jehle, Curtis, Irish, Pacey. Wilkins, Hinson, Sandau.
Eighty-nine
Le Cercle Francais
Tolkacz, Weinfurth, Van Benthuysen, Smith. Gay, Wagoner, Azbe, Wilson, Ward, Moncur, Schultz.
Wells, Benkle, Choate, Warner, Starkel, Thurston. Walker, Donnelly. Johanning, Goggin, Wolf, Bedell.
Mallinckrodt, Thibault, Hausman, Jones, Myers. Taussig, Koenig, Webb. McKay, Billin, Gosen, Miss Woods.
Remington, Whitney. Sidler, Stagg. Donnell, Gutman. Lloyd, Marsalek, Koken, Graf, Krimbell, Stephens.
President ------ Alice Lloyd
Vice-President - - - - Edith Marsalek
Secretary ------ Mary Jane Donnell
Treasurer ------ Aurelia Gutman
Sponsor ------ Miss Woods
The French Club, to which all second
year French students are eligible, offers
many opportunities to its members. The
meetings, as well as being very entertain-
ing and interesting, are highly instructive
because they are conducted in French to a
certain extent. The games and talks in
that language help 'J> increase interest in
French and to build up greater vocabu-
laries, but at the same time they are amus-
ing. These fascinating meetings are held
every other Tuesday, and the minutes
recording their functions are written in
French.
This year many interesting activitie.-;
have taken place in tne c'. .b. At the first
meeting in September new officer?. were
chosen and plans were made to initiate
new members, Linda Horner >
president and Alice Lioyd •
president at that time. On .Linda’s cepar-
ture, Alice became president, and Edith
Marsalek was elected -ice-president.
The next important activity of the or-
ganization was the formal initiation of the
new members. Each initiate performed a
stunt and was given a small paper French
flag.
Later in the fall the club held a wiener
roast in Forest Park, where they played
a name identification game and had a
scavenger hunt. The latter amusement
carried them through the park looking for
birds’ nests, around the streets hunting
bottles and candy papers, and also into the
Art Museum.
Two most interesting talks were given
by Miss Woods and Lois Jane Keller, a
former student of Webster, who spoke on
their trips to France last summer.
The members of the club evidently en-
joy the activities intensely if one judges
by the regular, full attendance. Of course
it may be possible that this large attend-
ance is due to the fact that three unex-
cused absences exclude a person from the
organization! Another outstanding fea-
ture of the club is the lack of the necessity
of regular payment of dues. The money
required for activities is raised by special
assessments.
Ninety
La Feuille Volante
This fall the French Paper swung into
its second year with a bright outlook for
the future. Within the short space of one
year La Feuille Volante has increased
from a one page sheet to a three page
paper. This year with Jeanne Hausman
as Directrice, aided by an able staff, the
paper has introduced many new policies.
La Feuille Volante is published once a
month and is written entirely in French.
Sheet one of this new and enlarged paper
is illustrated by the redacteur d’art, which
translated into English really means Betty
Biggers and Jean Whitney. Two articles
are given places of honor on the front
page. The second page consists of articles
of current events. Also, on this page are
found the jokes of Walter Wagoner and
Alex Gray. Much time has been spent by
aspiring French students, trying to learn
whether the jokes are really funny.
The third and last page is devoted to
letters received by various members of the
French club from their French correspon-
dents. A crossword puzzle completes this
page. Credit goes to Prentice Smith for
the construction of the puzzle, and that
puzzled look of his comes from trying to
find a three letter word beginning with x.
The interval of a month between publi-
cations seems a very short time to the staff
members. First Miss Woods, the sponsor,
and Jeanne Hausman decide which articles
are appropriate to be included in that
month’s publication. Then the articles are
assigned to various reporters who are al-
lowed two weeks to prepare them. The
assistant reporters are Marjorie Shultz,
Palla Koenig, Prentice Smith, and Alice
Lloyd. In addition to typing, the typists,
Betty Jane Donelly, Kitty Van Benthuy-
sen, and Myra Jean Azbe have the job of
arranging the material so that it will pre-
sent a neat appearance on the finished
sheet. Cutting the stencil, which is done
by Charles Rice, running off mimeo-
graphed copies, and assembling the sheets
complete the process. Then for the nomi-
nal sum of ten cents La Feuille Volante
is ready to be distributed to its one hun-
dred subscribers.
The purpose of the French Paper is to
give the students a chance to familiarize
themselves with a wider use of the French
language, presented in an interesting and
instructive manner.
Donnelly, Whitney, Wagoner, Smith, Gay, Van Benthuysen, Azbe.
Warner, Webb, Koenig, Hausman, Gutman, Schultz, Lloyd, Biggers.
« Ninety-one
Brown, Barrett, Littlefield, Dinsmore, Lucia, Fillo, Brady.
Walser, Bansbach, Chapman, Heldman, Gutman, Widmer, Chambers, Niergarth.
Miss Doud, Heaton, Murray, Reynolds, Baker, Cutter, Wesely, Breeder, Miss Sutherland.
Peterson, Chase, Paulson, Teach, Cope, Keltner, Margenau, Broaddus.
President
Vice-President - -
Secretary - - - -
Treasurer - - - -
Sponsors - - - -
Dorothy Teach
- Kathleen Paulson
- Julia Chase
- Kenneth Cope
j Miss Doud
' (Miss Sutherland
The members of El Circuit) Espanol
gathered together in their bi - monthly-
meetings on every other Thursday. The
interesting programs provided for these
meetings have helped the Spanish Club to
fulfill its purpose of creating greater in-
terest among the students of the Spanish
language and of making these students
more familiar with the customs and the
lives of the Spanish people.
Many of the more interesting programs
consisted of talks given by people who
have done much traveling and have be-
come acquainted with the Spaniards and
their customs. Miss Henfor, a teacher in
a school located in New Mexico, spoke on
the primitive life of the inhabitants of that
country. Mrs. Krieger, a St. Louisan, gave
a very interesting talk on her recent trip
to South America.
Other meetings were devoted to pic-
tures. Some beautiful photographs of
Mexico were shown by Mr. Piaget, brother
of the St. Louis photographer, who is a
native of Mexico. Another picture on the
lives and customs of the people of Chile
was shown.
One of the chief Spanish Club gather-
ings was its Christmas party. The mem-
bers played several Spanish games and ex-
changed gifts which each member brought
especially for this occasion.
Last fall the club contemplated a news-
paper which would be published by mem-
bers of the club. Late this year the idea
materialized. The club honored Melville
Peterson by placing the editorship and its
responsibilities in his hands. Melville has
James Brady and Julia Chase as his asso-
ciate editors. Other members of the staff
are as follows: art editor, Jean Plaisance;
humor editor, Harriet Widmer; puzzle edi-
tor, Kathleen Paulson; copy editors and
typists, Florence Chambers and Warren
Brown ; business managers, Lois Margenau
and Lora Druschky; circulation managers,
Barbara Keltner and Ethel Niergarth.
Since the paper was not decided upon
until late in the year, only three issues
were published—one for each of the re-
maining three months of school.
Ninety-two
German Club
Curtis, Wolf, Gaunt. Kassius, Brady, Beckntan, Knight, Chapman, McMahon, Goener, funk.
Mr. Gall, Cotton. Rider, Lutz. Sears. Huff. Sandau, Taake, Zahorsky, Bubb, Waldschmidt, Harker.
Splitstone, Strlppgen, Gottfried, Becker. Schiller, Barthels, Rogers, De Yong, Breeder, Simon, Sandau. Donnell. Metivier.
President - - - - -
Vice-President - - -
Secretary-Treasurer -
Chairman of Programs
Sponsor - - - - -
William Rogers
James Curtis
Mary Jane Donnell
0. S. Lutz
Mr. Gall
The German Club is a new organization
in Webster Groves High School this year,
but it has created much enthusiasm among
its members. It was organized by students
who were eager to further the interest for
the study of the German language in the
high school.
Keeping pace with the older established
organizations of the school, the club soon
issued a bi-monthly publication and called
it Die Deutsche Post. The staff is justly
proud of its new venture and considers it
second only to The Echo. Bill Cotton is
editor; Paul Rider, assistant editor; Ger-
trude Sandau, typist and feature editor;
0. S. Lutz, printer; and Bill Rogers, busi-
ness manager. Each German class has a
representative reporter who turns in items
of interest contributed by the students.
At one of the first meetings of the year,
an amateur show was held. 0. S. Lutz,
who presided as “Major Blowes,” called
on talent from members. The first prize,
a “Mister Goodbar,” was awarded to Bill
Rogers for his recitation of “Du bist wie
eine Blume.” On December 14 a dramati-
zation of a humorous play was presented
by the members of the club. In keeping
with the Christmas season, the club mem-
bers sang 0 Tannenbaum and Stille Nacht
to the accompaniment of 0. S.’s violin.
At the P. T. A. club night in January,
the German Club had a very interesting
and picturesque exhibit. Native scenes in
picture form and a poster showing several
copies of the German Club paper com-
pleted an appropriate background. A
recording of a German band attracted
attention while several Madchen and
Knaben, dressed in native costume, an-
swered numerous questions and explained
the activities of the club.
On April 8 and 9, the German Clubs of
Webster Groves High and John Burroughs
were sponsors of a benefit motion picture
shown at the Shady Oak Theatre in Clay-
ton. The picture, entitled Emil und die
Detektive, entirely in German was given
for both entertaining and instructive pur-
poses. All German students in St. Louis
County were invited.
Ninety-three
Sun-Up
Mr. Wood’s advanced dramatics class
presented seven performances of Sun-Up
during January with the following cast:
Widow Cagle
Pap Todd -
Emmy Todd
Bud Todd -
Sheriff Weeks
Rufe Cagle
Preacher
Stranger
Bob - - -
- Frances Clausen'
- William Sneed
- Ann Ludlow
- Drury Frdeking
- John Wood
- Samuel Mosby
- Hilding Ryberg
j Page Noll
’ ( Stoddard Stanton
- Robert Schroeder
The three-act play deals with a group
of typical mountaineers who live in South
Carolina during the time of the World
War, and the action centers around Widow
Cagle, a stoic, adamant character, who,
however, possesses an underlying current
of tenderness.
Utterly devoid of any signs of emotion,
Widow Cagle watches her son’s marriage
to Emmy Todd, and his departure for war
with a vague and distant foe. Although
she forces the appearance of an impene-
trable exterior, the audience glimpses her
true nature for a moment when she is left
alone after Rufe leaves. She has ex-
changed onljr a few words with him at
parting, and for a moment she sits calmly
smoking her pipe. Then slowly she rises,
steps to the window, and strains her eyes
after the receding figure. She moves to
the door for a better look, and Rufe’s hoe,
which he had left just outside, attracts her
attention. Carefully she lifts it, and hold-
ing it as if it were a living thing, she
caresses it tenderly, her eyes still gazing
into the distance. The darkness comes;
the pipe drops from her mouth.
One cold, wintry night brings two things
into the lives of Widow Cagle and her
daughter-in-law, Emmy: the first is the
arrival of the Stranger, an army camp
deserter, whom Mrs. Cagle hides from the
pursuing deputies; the second is a tele-
gram announcing Rufe’s death.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Cagle dis-
covers that the boy whom she has pro-
tected at the sake of her life and liberty
is the son of the man who killed Rufe’s
father. Motivated by a fierce hate and the
law of the feud, she is about to shoot the
Stranger when a vision of her- dead son
makes her realize that “I ain’t no more to
you than other mothers’ sons air to them.”
Accordingly, she helps the Stranger escape.
The Wedding Scene
Ninety-four
Richard of Bordeaux
Unparalleled for glamour among the
year’s dramatic productions was Richard
of Bordeaux. Rich sceneiy and elaborate
costumes producing an effect of grandeur
provided an effective background for the
action of the play.
The title role of the story, which centers
around Richard the second of England,
was played by Stoddard Stanton. At the
beginning of the play, the young, idealistic
king is trying to further his dream of
peace and trade within his war-thirsty
council. Because of his extreme .youth and
unusual views, he is thwarted for a time,
but gradually he gains power.
For a short time, Richard begins to
taste of happiness. Even after the death
of his young queen, Anne, he is able to
continue to strive for his purpose. But
heady with success, he becomes rash and
flaunts his triumph in the faces of his old
enemies. His sudden popularity wanes;
his enemies band together to undermine
his influence. Encouraged by the promise
of support, Henry, Richard’s exiled cousin,
returns to England to place himself on the
throne. Stripped of his glory and ideals,
Richard, tired and disillusioned, signs the
paper of abdication. Only one friend is
left him: Maudelyn, his one-time page,
and even he is forbidden to accompanj’ the
ex-king into exile. Henry is determined
that there be no solace in Richard’s defeat.
The play, though long, is absorbing; the
number of characters, though large, is not
confusing because of the individuality of
each part. Despite the fact that the action
is supposed to take place in the 1300's,
the tone of the whole production seems
distinctly modern: the speeches contain
many up-to-date phrases, and human na-
ture, ever the same, is portrayed in such
a way that one feels a close comradeship
with the characters. The men in the street,
the small, partially-informed commoners
so ready with their opinions, are as famil-
iar to us now as they were prevalent then.
The play is rich in emotional scenes,
one reason being, perhaps, that Richard
is essentially an emotional person. Yet the
effect was never stagey or theatrical. Even
in the scenes in which Richard, half-crazed
with anger, bursts into hysterical sobs and
plunges his dagger fiercely into the table,
the actions seemed natural and won the
sympathy of the audience.
The Dinner Scene
Ninety-five
Thespians
Ellinger, Berkemcyer, Sneed, Wood, Stanton, Fredeking.
Mr. Wood, Coffman. Noll, Leutwiler, Peterson, Suddarth, Mosby, I-Iiggins.
Stephens, Krinbill, Dishman, Paulson, Campbell, Remington, Wolf, Biggers, Sticc.
Ryberg, Gutman, Shultz, Clausen, Moncur, Koken, Bates, Marsalek, Johnson.
President................Frances Clausen
Vice-President...........Betty Riley
Secretory-Treasurer - - - Hilding Ryberg
Sponsor ------- Mr. Wood
The name, in case you didn’t grasp it,
is The National Thespian Honorary Dra-
matic Society; but you may shorten it and
call the members merely Thespians. They
won’t mind because, aside from the fact
that actors are supposed to be a bit balmy,
they are really fairly human when they
don’t go temperamental.
To become a Thespian it is necessary to
fulfill one of the following requirements:
playing with merit, and with the approval
of the director, a major part in one long
play or two one-act plays; playing minor
speaking parts in three long plays or four
one-act plays; working efficiently as busi-
ness manager or stage manager for two
long plays; accomplishing outstanding
work as one of the production staff; or
writing a play produced by the school.
The dramatics department, and conse-
quently the Thespians, has been unusually
active during the past year. In the five
three-act plays produced during the sea-
son, the members of the organization have
had major parts either in acting or in
work back-stage.
The dramatics department has been for-
tunate in procuring as instructor Mr. Paul
Gehring, who has visited the class once a
week to teach the art of make-up. In the
space of one class period, the appearance
of many of them was remarkably changed,
for pupils in their teens changed to old
mountaineers, middle-aged people, and the
aristocracy of an ancient English court.
For each play, Mr. Gehring styled the im-
portant make-ups, teaching the characters
how to apply it for themselves.
The fame of the Webster Groves High
School dramatics department has spread,
not only over the immediate vicinity, but
even to places outside the state of Mis-
souri. Requests for pictures and written
accounts of recent productions have come
from a dramatics organization in Maine.
Even such other worldly persons as
actors find it pleasant to come down from
the clouds and enjoy themselves at an oc-
casional party. And it has become the
practice to celebrate the end of a play with
a party, to which all who took part in the
play are invited.
« Ninety-six
Forensic League
President ------- Betty Riley
Secretary...................Barbara Black
Treasurer ------- William Rogers
The National Forensic League, known
to its members and the bolder students in
the high school as the N. F. L., stands
upon the pinnacle of every high school de-
bater’s ambition, for it is the honorary
organization for all outstanding high
school debaters and public speakers. To be
admitted to the N. F. L., a candidate must
fulfill the following requirements: he must
be in the upper two-thirds cf his class; he
must have obtained at least fifteen points
(these are given for participation in de-
bates) ; and his application for member-
ship must be signed by the national secre-
tary, the chapter president, and the prin-
cipal of the school.
This year the question for debate has
been “Resolved: That all utilities should
be governmentally owned and operated.”
For the purpose of arguing this question,
Webster debaters have traveled to places
both inside and outside the state. After
competing with debate teams from differ-
ent schools in the surrounding vicinity, de-
baters of Webster Groves High School be-
gan to participate in the elimination
matches for the state debate contest.
Betty Riley, Bill Rogers, Lois Mae Mar-
tin, Betty Nystrom, Bob Newman, Ted
Braun, Alberta Hoffman, Harriet Lishen,
and -Mr. Ogle, one of the sponsors, attended
an invitation tournament in Topeka, Kan-
sas, on the eleventh, twelfth, and thir-
teenth of December. Eighty teams partici-
pated in the tournament. Betty Riley and
Bill Rogers won six out of the seven de-
bates in which they were entered.
Webster held a tournament of its own
on the sixteenth of January, which was at-
tended by eleven schools. The first place
cup was won by the national champions,
Du Quoin, Illinois, and the second cup was
won by University City.
During the Christmas holidays the Web-
ster and Granite City chapters of the N.
F. L. sponsored a banquet in honor of the
national officers who were attending the
convention of the National Association of
Teachers of Speech. About one hundred
and fifty people, representing approxi-
mately twenty-five schools in Missouri and
Illinois, were present and heard discus-
sions on the value of N. F. L.
Braun, Newman, Mr. Ogle, Geisler.
Schoene, Martin, Nystrom, Woodward, Anderson.
Ninety-seven »
Schroeder, Schroeder, Sneed, Cassily, Poe, Griffiths, Solomon, Plaisance.
Krinbill, Westmoreland, Keller, Teach, Carter, Black, Buchta, Bradley.
Ellinger, Barkemeyer, Peterson, Leutwiler, Suddarth, Mosby, Moncur.
Gutman, Stice, Tolkacz, Shultz, Bates, Koken, Stephens, Clausen, Marsalek, Wolf.
The super-human beings who compose
the production staff must combine with
creative genius the power of economy and
the ability to make something out of noth-
ing. Only a glance at the various divisions
of the staff can give an appreciation of its
responsibilities.
The job of the properties people is one
of the most difficult of all, for it is up to
them to secure all of the various articles
called for in the scripts. For Remember
the Day, it was necessary to have a water
fountain which worked. The prop people
finally got a fountain from an apartment
house and placed a hidden container of
water below it, and the actors sucked the
water through a rubber tube. The neces-
sity for having food always presents a
problem, for since each play usually is
given from six to eight times, food, if it
is to be eaten, must be prepared between
performances. In Sun Up the script called
for fresh meat which, however, did not
have to be eaten on stage. An attempt was
made to use the same meat for all seven
performances, but by the evening of the
last one, it was found that the meat was
no longer fresh. Besides finding the arti-
cles, it is the duty of the “prop” people to
see that they are on stage at the proper
time.
The complicated lighting effects used
for some of the plays have caused the elec-
tricians to tear their hair and jumble
gelatin slides madly, but after all the
agony was over, they produced a truly
wonderful effect. Also problematical are
off-stage sound-effects.
To the stage crew falls most of the dirty
work. They must make the sets, put them
up, and change them. They must construct
from canvas, papier-mache, and paint,
such things as stone fireplaces, mountains,
and interiors of log cabins which look real.
The stage managers must see that every-
thing, including properties, lights, sets,
sound effects, and actors, is in readiness
before the curtain goes up.
The job of those working on publicity
is to fill the theater for each performance.
They work to a certain extent in collabora-
tion with the house managers, who attend
to such matters as tickets and programs.
But to the business manager belong the
headaches. After all is said and done,
it is he who must balance the budget.
Ninety-eight
Art Club
President ------.- Ruth Keller
Secretary ------- Enid Ellison
Treasurer.............- - Barbara McKay
Sponsor ------- Miss Rowley
Since the Art Club is an after-school
activity, only the boys and girls most in-
terested in art become members. Ability
is not one of the essential qualities; but
interest and willingness to comply with
the rules of the club are required of every
member. Of the divers mediums from
which to choose, an Art Club member may
select any or several which appeal to him
as the means of expressing his particular
talent. Each person may do any art work
he wishes, provided that he keeps busy.
All of the materials are provided with-
out charge by the school. Visitors to the
Art Club are always deeply impressed by
the great variety of materials which the
workers are using. For instance, a large
mural representing the progress of St.
Louis was drawn in pastel chalks. Com-
pleted just this spring, it now adorns the
front of Miss Rowley’s classroom. Many
water color sketches, as well as various
types of masks made of papier-mache and
clay, hang about the walls and add charm,
color, and interest to the art room.
Miss Rowley has spent much time in
developing the ability of the club members
and in helping them with their projects.
Tn addition to training in making posters
and murals, instruction is given in block-
printing, and in carving and modeling.
Also the members are taught the arts of
weaving cellophane book covers, tooling
leather, and shaping copper articles. Ex-
periments have been made with excellent
results in a new process called fresco and
in finger painting.
Frequent trips to the art museum afford
the Art Club the opportunity to study
closely these and other methods of treat-
ment. Observation of the works of some
of the well known artists enables them to
perfect their own styles and gives them
new ideas for their work.
Headed by an able president and spon-
sor, the Art Club has become one of the
most active organizations in Webster High
and one of the most productive. That it is
a popular club is illustrated by the large
number of its members and by their deep
interest in its projects.
Eerrce. Warner, Huff, McMahon. Rider, Combs, Sidler.
Goencr, Heaton. Sims, Sandau, Robison, Haller. Gottfried, Ellison.
Russel, Sandau, Bedell. Keller, McKay, Morrow, Krinbill, Carter.
Ninety-nine >>
Webster Echo
Nicolai, Littlefield, Schroeder, Schroeder. Murray, Barrie, Gaunt, Copeland. Donald, Johnston.
Jones, Shultz, Orr, Poe, Noll. Brown, Cassilly, Carpentier, Clausen, Thompson, Gates.
Stobie, Weinfurth, Rogers, Koenig, Tolkacz, Stice, Stephens, Wolf. Ellis, Campbell, Schregardus, Moore.
Buchta, Hartman, McMillan. Biggers, Gutman, Lloyd, Mills, Irish, Smith, Jchle, Moncur, Bates.
Under the indignant sign which states
positively: “This is not the Echo Annual,”
reposes the door which leads into the office
of the Webster Echo, the bi-weekly news-
paper issued “for the students, by the stu-
dents.”
What goes on behind this door and in
the adjoining class-room on a Thursday
afternoon before the paper comes out is a
nerve-wracking process for the staff mem-
bers. The reporters sit head in hand, scrib-
bling headlines madly, and reading and re-
reading articles.
While the poor reporters work to make
headlines fit in their columns, the editor
sits at his desk trying to make articles fit
and tearing his hair, or what little is left
that he didn’t tear out in the morning
when some of the articles due before school
hadn’t appeared. The copy reader merci-
lessly makes marks with a pencil all over
some one’s beloved manuscript. And so on,
far, far into the night. That is often liter-
ally true; when it’s just “one of those
days,” staff members often toil wearily
homeward in the darkness long after their
dinner time.
Comes Friday and a good excuse to miss
a day of school, for usually one staff mem-
ber is needed to devote a morning with the
printer to check the paper as it goes to
press. Then in the afternoon the copies
are rushed back to school to be given out
to the eager mobs that clamor about the
distracted distributors as soon as school is
out. Little do the readers appreciate the
amount of time and work which the staff
members have spent on the paper.
The most important members of the edi-
torial staff are: the editor, Russell Irish;
the feature editor, Alice Lloyd; the news
editor, Prentice Smith; the assistant news
editor, Betty Riley; the sports editor, Dick
Mills; the copy editor, Aurelia Gutman;
and the exchange editor, Isobel Moncur.
Besides these are the reporters, typists,
and artists. Miss Mary Howard is faculty
adviser for the editorial staff.
The business staff consists of the busi-
ness manager, William Orr; the circula-
tion manager, Carol Gates; the assistant
circulation manager, Elizabeth Thompson ;
the advertising manager, Betty Jehle; the
assistant advertising manager, Gould Lit-
tlefield ; with their various assistants. The
faculty adviser is Miss Winifred Toner.
One Hundred
Quill and Scroll
Coffman, Murray, Irish. Smith, Miller, Graybill, Knight.
Lloyd, Sivells, Webb, Bates, Gutman. Keller.
Marsalek. Wagoner, Clausen, Leinberger, Wolf, Teach, Starkel.
President ------- Frances Clausen
Secretaru ------- Walter Wagoner
Sponsor ------- Miss Howard
The Quill and Scroll is an international
honorary journalistic society for high
school students. To be a member, one must
be in the upper third of his class and have
done outstanding work in some field of
high school journalism, either in writing
or in connection with some phase of busi-
ness.
There are only two major publications
in school from which candidates are se-
lected; these are the paper and the year-
book. During the first semester the society
was fairly inactive, since only two mem-
bers, Annual Staff members, remained
from the previous year. However, soon
after the first of the year, an initiation was
held, and five members of the paper staff
were brought in.
Previously the Challenge, a literary
magazine containing the best creative
works of students in both sections of the
school, had been published only once each
year, shortly before the close of school.
This year, despite the small number in the
organization, the Quill and Scroll members
decided to attempt two issues of the pub-
lication, one in March, and the other in
May.
Two staff positions only were required
for the earliest issue. The club chose
Frances Clausen as editor and Prentice
Smith as circulation and business man-
ager. To each person in the society was
assigned the task of seeing personally par-
ticular English teachers to obtain out-
standing creative work.
After all material had been collected,
everyone on the staff read each manuscript
and checked those he liked; and by process
of elimination the best work was selected.
All of the chosen articles had to be copy-
read, sent back to the English teachers for
a final check, and then—off to the print-
ers!! When the galleys were returned
from him, another proof reading was
necessary; then the corrected copy was
sent back for the final printing. When at
last the Challenge appeared, it was an at-
tractive paper bound book with linoleum
cuts.
The club made plans to give awards at
the end of the year for the best essay,
short story, poem, and book review.
One Hundred One »
Echo Annual
The Echo Annual is, in the eyes of the
Echo Annual, undoubtedly the most im-
portant organization in school. Does it not
chronicle the important events of each
school year and preserve for posterity the
likeness of every student—or every one
who pays his picture tax?
That the members of the staff are sel-
dom to be found in the Annual office is no
sign that they are not working, as some of
the jealous members of the Webster Echo
intimate. If they flit around the halls a
bit, they do so on “Annual business,” as
they mysteriously state.
At the first of every year, the Annual
always suffers a bit from financial embar-
rassment. Foreseeing this, the business
manager fractured his leg before school
started and managed to stay in hiding
during most of the first semester. Know-
ing that he was with them in spirit, the
remainder of the business staff went heart-
ily to work in an effort to increase the
general funds. Anyone on the Annual
staff who could not think of a good excuse
appeared at each athletic game armed with
a tray of candy and an indomitable smile,
to climb all over people in the bleachers,
throw candy to buyers in the top row,
(why do the hungry ones always sit up so
high?) and catch the money and mills
which came raining down.
The Annual believes in extracting money
as painlessly as possible and, with that
ideal in view, gave entertainments which
the student body received joyfully while
the Annual received the receipts even more
so. The first of these was a backward
tacky dance at which Mike Gross, co-cap-
tain of the football team, dressed in a
short ruffled dress which showed to ad-
vantage his brawny muscles, won the prize
for the best costume. The second of these
was a paid assembly at which Mr. Joseph
Scott, a well-known ventriloquist, with a
company of supporting entertainers, was
featured.
Just before Christmas the staff was en-
tertained with a buffet supper at the home
of Jean and Walter Wagoner. The feature
staff displayed their originality by provid-
ing presents and notes for all the staff.
After the hard work done by all of the
members during the fall, it was deemed
wise to relieve their mighty brains with
childish amusements.
Orr, Wolf, Thibault, Wilkinson, Schulz, Kauffman, Walsh, Cook, Rebbe.
Anderson. Patterson, Naylor, Knight, Hoick amp, Johanning, Henry, Van Bcnthuysen. Koken.
.Mr. Settle, Leutwiler, Jehle, Graybill, Wagoner, Keller, Doland, Miller, Johanning, Ward. Lcinberger.
Shells, Gay, Clausen, Wagoner, Webb. Sutherland. Teach, Marsalek, Coffman.
One Hundred Tivo •>
Coronation
The pent-up anticipation which marks
the outstanding social event of the school
year was climaxed on the evening of April
the third with the crowning of Miss Jean
Wagoner as Echo Annual Queen for 1937.
The senior class had previously elected
twenty maids of honor and then had se-
lected six special maids of honor from that
group. As usual, no one except two mem-
bers of the Annual staff knew beforehand
the identity of the queen—a fact which al-
ways adds greatly to the interest and ex-
citement of the event.
For the first time the ceremony was held
on Saturday night, and it took place in the
high school auditorium, which was filled
with expectant and anxious students, par-
ents, and teachers. All were alert with
curiosity to learn the name of the new
queen and to see again the reigning queen,
Miss Doris Gates.
Heralded by Melville Peterson, fourteen
lovely maids of honor, formally gowned in
dresses of attractive pastel shades and
carrying nosegays of sweet peas, slowly
walked with their escorts to the stage and
stood on either side of the throne. These
maids were the Misses Helen Bates, Lorna
Campbell, Frances Clausen, Mary Jane
Donnell, Carol Gates, Betty Jehle, Eleanor
Johanning, Mary Lou Leinberger, Alice
Lloyd, Edith Marsalek, Alice Louise
Stephens, Nancy Stice, Elizabeth Thomp-
son, and Mildred Ward.
A fanfare then announced the coming
of Miss Gates and her escort, Mr. Walter
Wagoner, Editor of the Echo Annual. Lit-
tle Miss Nancy Lee Fisher was then sum-
moned to the scene as crown bearer.
His majesty then commanded the herald
to summon as Special Maids of Honor, the
Misses Betty Jean Miller, Bess Louise
Moore, Jean Wagoner, Jeanne Weinfurth,
Eleanor Patterson, and Isobel Moncur.
They were escorted to the throne by Wil-
liam Orr, John Leutwiler, Oliver Gross,
John Lucia, Harry Pendarvis, and Theo-
dore Hinson.
These girls courtseyed, received the
plaudits of the audience, and sat at their
particular places beside the throne. The
long awaited moment had arrived. With
the court hushed in a silence of anticipa-
tion, the editor directed the crown bearer
to bring to the throne the new queen for
1937, Miss Jean Wagoner.
One Hundred Three
Archery Club
Jack, Jack. Thomas, Boettger, Ballard, Gremp, Brown, Boettger.
Davis, Bruce, Broaddus, Smercina, Chase, Herzog, Broeder, Adderly, Miss ITaverly.
Plaisance, Mallinckrodt, Summa, Kaufman, Schatz, Barbie, Coffman, Kunderman, Duren.
President ------- Sarah Kauffman
Secretary-Treasurer - - - Helen Barbre
“The old order changeth, yielding place
to new,” said Tennyson, but this does not
apply to the Archery Club of Webster
High, for archery is one of the oldest
sports of mankind. The bow is mentioned
in the Old Testament as having been used
in patriarchal times.
The club was organized in the fall of
1933 under the supervision of Miss
Haverly. It was originally intended to be
a girls’ club, but the spirit of the Indian
was so great in the boys that they were
admitted to membership the following
spring.
At present there are thirty-two mem-
bers in the group. This large number
makes it impossible for all of them to shoot
at one time; therefore, the club has been
divided into two groups, one meeting on
Wednesday and one on Friday. Competi-
tion runs high between these two groups,
and many interesting matches have been
held.
Archery is entirely a game of skill and
requires much practice. The ambition for
a good score furnishes the archer with the
greatest incentive to improve his game.
On Archery Club days, between the hours
of three and four-thirty, Miss Haverly’s
gym is the scene of much excitement. Six
bright targets hold the attention of the
young archers as they try desperately for
a bull’s-eye. The targets now used by the
club are about twenty inches in diameter.
A heavy mat is hung along the wall be-
hind the targets to receive any stray ar-
rows.
The selection of the bow is very im-
portant, as it is greatly responsible for the
accuracy of the shot. There has been lit-
tle change in the construction of the bow
since the early days of archery. The Greek
genius for beauty must have inspired the
bow makers, for their pattern has always
remained the classic symbol, the weapon
of Diana and Cupid.
Previous to this year all the club’s shoot-
ing was done at Forty Acres, but this plan
did not prove satisfactory. A range was
set up indoors, which is now used ex-
clusively. The cost of equipment is sup-
plied through the May Fete fund and small
weekly dues which are collected from the
members.
One Hundred Four
Girls1 Skating Club
President ------- Anne Koken
Secretary-Treasurer - - - Ethel Wilder
Sponsor ------- Miss Vossbrink
The Girls’ Ice Skating Club this year
began its third year of existence with
sixty-one girls on the membership list.
The club was organized under the super-
vision of Miss Vossbrink, the senior school
girls’ gym teacher, who is also a skating
enthusiast. The club met once a month be-
sides the nights which were spent skating
at the Winter Garden or on outdoor ponds
in the effort to create and maintain among
girls an interest in a sport that may be
enjoyed by members after they have grad-
uated from high school.
Besides attending a business meeting
once every month, the girls were given the
opportunity to skate every Monday night.
Of course, outdoor skating was preferred
by most of the girls for the chief reason
that skating on the ponds did away with
the one direction skating of the Winter
Garden. When indoor skating became
necessary, Miss Vossbrink secured special
rates for all members who wanted to take
advantage of such a bargain. Girls pur-
' chasing tickets through Miss Vossbrink
had to pay only thirty-five cents instead of
I the regular price of fifty cents.
Any girl who was interested in securing
her IF could secure points to that end by
joining the Ice Skating Club and fulfilling
certain additional requirements. These
girls had to go skating at least twice a
I month instead of once as other members
did. The girls who went skating ten times
a year were awarded fifty G. A. A. points
toward securing IF’s. One or two of the
members who were very interested in the
sport took lessons in fancy skating from
instructors at the Winter Garden each
Monday night when the skating enthusi-
asts went skating there.
The club has as one of its members
Myra Jean Azbe, who is a champion fancy
skater. Several years ago Myra Jean won
the Missouri State Championship and has
been continuing her good work ever since.
She has entered many skating contests in
the last couple of years, but her chief skat-
ing interest was in her entrance in the
Silver Skates Carnival in which she did a
solo. School interest in this club is high,
and many new members are expected.
McGee, Slice, Weinfurlh, Moir, Whitney, Zwilling, Azbe, Anderson, Smith, Weldele, Taake, Russell, Punshon, Rosier.
Wood, Pacey, Keebe, Detert, Alderson, Gottfried, Cox, Thursby, Prahman, Jones, Krimmel, Seibert, Cater, Stobie.
Splitstone, Fisse, Greenlee, Chapman, Mallinekrodl, Mallinckrodt, Becker, Haller, Broaddus, Marsalek, Bastman, Waldschmidt,
Moncur.
Cox, Buhrmaster, Kelley, Lloyd, Haddaway, Koken, Choate, Wilder, Brocksmith, Hackman, McKay, Koenig, Gabelman, Benne,
Bruco
« One Hundred Five »
Boys’ Fencing Club
Winters, Utterback, Goode, Holekantp, Schubert, Talbott, Detert, Owens, Crawford, Brown.
Anderson, Johnston, Curtis, Doland, Harker, .Martsolf.
President..........- George Curtis
Vice-President - - - - Morton Anderson
Sponsor ------ Miss Haverly
The spirit of the age of gallantry still
lives! At least fencing, a part of that age,
is flourishing at Webster Groves High
School.
The Renaissance began on the twenty-
eighth of September when George Curtis
and Morton Anderson organized the Boys’
Fencing Club. Despite the fact that the
club is comparatively young, it has been
very active during the past year.
The members were fortunate in obtain-
ing as instructor Mr. Norman Rothen-
heber of the St. Louis Fencers’ Club. Mr.
Rothenheber is the three-weapon cham-
pion of St. Louis and devotes his time to
teaching the members.
The club assisted in the grand opening
of the fencing season on the twenty-ninth
of November. At this time a demonstra-
tion of the method of instructing a new
club was given.
On the seventh of December George
Curtis, Morton Anderson, James Harker,
Louis Holekamp, and Bill Talbott entered
the Amateur Fencing League of America
prep meet. At this time George Curtis won
second place, and Morton Anderson and
James Harker made the semi-finals.
December the eighteenth marked a gala
day for the fencing club when George
Curtis won first place in a novice meet
sponsored by the A. F. L. A. Webster also
entered Louis Holekamp, James Harker,
Bill Talbott, and Warren Brown.
In two other encounters not sponsored
by the A. F. L. A. Webster won and lost
one each; the former over Western Mili-
tary Academy on the seventh of March
when James Harker and George Curtis
represented Webster at Alton, and the lat-
ter at the hands of the Sons of the Legion.
Later in the spring the boys’ and girls’
clubs combined to hold joint meetings
twice a week on Monday and Thursday
nights in the junior school girls’ gym.
At one of the meetings George Curtis
and Morton Anderson put on the duel
scene from Hamlet in connection with
their study of the play. These same two,
with the assistance of Bob Doland, gave
an exhibition of sabre and epee duelling
during the halves of several basket ball
games.
One Hundred Six
Girls’ Fencing Club
President - - - - - Mary Ellen Schatz
Secretary-Treasurer - Mary Frances Rogers
Sponsor.............Miss Gann
Indignation plus determination can ac-
complish many things. For instance, wit-
ness the girls’ fencing club. Last October
a couple of enterprising girls requested ad-
mission to the boys’ fencing club, organ-
ized a few years ago. Upon being refused
entrance, they betook themselves to Miss
Haverly and demanded that something be
done about their frustrated desire. How-
ever, there was no course to follow other
than to form a club of their own, a plan
which they promptly adopted. A cheerful
and willing sponsor was found in Miss
Gann, who—although she does not take
part in the fencing—helps to supervise the
activities of the members.
Last fall the club met every Thursday,
but it now meets on either Monday or
Thursday nights. The members practice
with one another from about seven-thirty
to nine o’clock on these nights in the lower
school girls’ gym. Recently the boys’ and
girls’ clubs have been meeting together for
convenience, but they are not expected to
merge.
The boys’ adviser, Mr. Rothenheber,
who is the present epee champion of St.
Louis, has been engaged as instructor. Be-
cause it is considered to be the more grace-
ful, the French type of fencing with foils
was chosen rather than the Italian style.
Mr. Rothenheber is, of course, adept in
many other modes.
Before being able to fence, a member
must have, in addition to the foils, the
proper wearing apparel. The most im-
portant items of the garb of a fencer are
the padded jacket and the mask, for these
prevent any injury to the body or face. A
gauntlet for protecting the wrist and fore-
arm is not required, but as a safeguard it
is preferable to have one.
A newcomer to the club experiences the
rather discouraging sensation of discover-
ing that for three months at least she must
work hard at the rudiments of the art be-
fore she can even attempt the first steps
of combat with others. She must learn the
technique of the various thrusts and par-
ries and other basic movements. Besides
being a most interesting pursuit, fencing
is excellent exercises for the body and
mind, both by ringing into the play seldom
used muscles and by necessitation deep
concentration and coordination.
Bennet, Nelson, Sutherland, Hilton, Ellison, Turnbull, Welchsel.
Wallace, Biggers, Nystroni, Dekker, Beck, Hill, Hart
Graf, Summa, Tolkacz, Brooder, Rogers, Schatz.
One Hundred Seven
Riding Club
Orr, Bennet, Lloyd, Choate, Haddaway, Cox. Moore, Frampton.
Tillay, Hilton, Wright, Dekker, Biggers, Ellis, Hausmann, Heil.
Leinberger, Johanning, Schatz, Patterson, Pirn, Irish, Hughes, Miller.
Longmire, Wells, McCarthy, Weinfurth, Holekamp, Shugg, Poe, Greene.
President - - - - - Eleanor Patterson
Vice-President - - - Jeanne Weinfurth
Secretary-Treasurer - Betty Jehle
Sponsor ----- Miss Winifred Toner
The Riding Club has been rapidly grow-
ing in popularity and membership during
the past few years. Although its rules are
fairly strict, its enrollment list has con-
tinued to increase.
The plan was devised this year whereby
fifty students were allowed to be active
members. These members had to ride
once a month with the club and attend the
meetings. If they missed two meetings
they were no longer members. These ac-
tive members had the power to vote and
hold office. Aside from these actives there
were twenty-five inactive or associate
members. These members may ride with
the club although it is not compulsory, and
they may attend meetings but cannot vote.
During the year the Riding Club par-
ticipated in several horse shows. In Sep-
tember club members entered the West-
wood Horse Show and came away with the
spoils of war. Later in the year, various
members participated in the Maryville
Horse Show. At the end of the year the
Riding Club gave its own Fourth Annual
Horse Show at Westwood Stables.
In addition to actual horse-back riding,
the Riding Club held regular meetings at
which it discussed business or had a pro-
gram as the occasion demanded. Many
programs were presented to give the mem-
bers pointers on riding; Otis Brown spoke
on “The Fundamentals of Horsemanship”;
Lieutenant Dickson from Jefferson Bar-
racks explained military riding; a moving
picture entitled “The Horse in Action” il-
lustrated the different gaits of a horse.
Besides its scheduled meetings and
rides, the club engaged in other interest-
ing activities. It had various social func-
One Hundred Eight
Riding Club
Lishen, Azbe, Miller, Wilson, Goggin, Chambers, Moores, Cater.
Sutherland, Richardson, Clark, Goerner, Miller, Brooder, Foote, Colton.
Reardon, Widmer, Wood, McMillan, Weichsel, Mier, Shultz, Johanning, Simon.
Nelson, English, Jehle, Curtis, Stephens, Donald, Schiller, Johnston, Rogers.
tions and entertainments at which all who
were present had a very enjoyable time.
One of the first social events of the year
was a picnic held at Westwood Stables on
the twenty-fourth of November. The
weather was fine and the members en-
joyed a ride before eating. Returning to
the stables after exploring the trails, they
built an open fire and broiled steaks to
eat with the rest of their meal: spaghetti,
rolls, relishes, and coca-colas.
It is always exciting to see last year’s
graduates home from college, and the nice
part is that they have been away from
home so long that even such a prosaic
thing as high school is seen by them
through a mist of glory. They are always
as anxious to see their old friends and ac-
quaintances as the friends and acquaint-
ances are to see them, and they positively
devour any morsel of news concerning
their old school. They also evidence inter-
est in the programs of their former club.
In order to give the old grads food for
thought as well as for eating purposes, the
Riding Club gave the annual breakfast for
members and alumni at Van Horn’s farm
during the Christmas holidays. Various
active members made short after-break-
fast speeches on the past, present, and in-
tended activities of the club.
The Riding Club adopted a pin this year
for the first time. The design chosen was
that of a horse’s head with the initials of
the club.
At the P. T. A. exhibit the Riding Club
had a large and attractive booth which
was of rustic appearance and was draped
with Indian blankets and saddles. A rus-
tic gate was placed at the opening of the
booth, and above it was hung the head of
a deer. Many trophies won by members
in riding events were displayed inside the
booth.
« One Hundred Nine »
Library Service Club
The Webster Groves High School has a
library which is rated among the finest
high school libraries in the state. Too few
students realize what advantages are given
them by the ownership of this library.
The library has many good features.
Miss Mildred K. Allen, the director, and
her able assistants are at all times ready
and willing to aid any student. Much of
the efficiency of the library is due to her.
Another asset is the fact that students
do not have to wait for their books to be
checked in. If it had not been for this,
what a long line of students there would
have been on January 4, when there were
two hundred and forty books turned in in
one day. A third asset and time-saver for
students is the reserve box. If one wants
a book not then in the library, a slip must
be signed for it. When the book is turned
in, it is sent to the student. The library
also has open shelves, a feature which most
large libraries don’t have.
Another form of the library service is a
cart called Parnassus on Wheels. This is
filled with interesting and worthwhile
books of special interest to the teachers.
It is wheeled every Friday to the teachers’
rooms, where they may select the books
thejr wish.
Another method of exhibiting good
books is the exhibit trophy case, located in
the large study hall, which depicts foreign
countries, travel in general, hobbies, holi-
day material, and animal stories. Also the
new books are placed on the filing cabinets
so that students may see them at once. All
these features make it easier for pupils to
know the new books, thus increasing the
scope of their education.
Taking care of these exhibits requires
an ambitious staff. This staff is composed
of about fifteen volunteer students. Be-
sides the work mentioned, the staff checks
study hall attendance, collects fines — a
hard task at times—files orders for teach-
ers’ books, types and files cards in the
catalog, keeps the books repaired and in
order on the shelves, and does a host of
other jobs. Eighty-five hundred books are
enough to keep any library staff busy.
But, being on the library staff brings
pleasure too. For in the monthly meetings
of the service club, the staff receives in-
struction, plays literary games, and an-
swers literary questions.
Heckel, Chadwick, Newman, Zahorsky, Orr, Krlmmel, Herzog, Grinnell.
Graybill, Wilkinson, Seibert, Becker, Chase, Beach, Donnelly, Miss Allen.
Wall, Wolf, Mier, Wilkins, Lutz, Held, Hunt, Hoffman, Russell.
One Hundred Ten
Office Assistants
Those students called the Office Slippers
make up a very helpful group in our
school. Thejr come around to the various
classrooms to collect the absence slips and
to bring announcements, so that we soon
become familiar with their faces and ex-
pect their usual appearance each hour.
Almost everyone has been in a strange
school at some time, and we all know how
confusing it is to find one particular room.
This difficulty often arises in our school
because we have visitors at various times.
The duty of conducting these strangers to
their destinations falls to an office assis-
tant. It takes much less time to go directly
to the office and to ask for the aid of a
“slipper” than to spend a great deal of
time in a useless search that might be in-
terrupted by the hourly rush of the stu-
dents between classes.
There are many other odd jobs for the
“slippers”; for instance, they carry mes-
sages from home to students, and they give
the pupils notices when they are wanted in
the office. Sometimes there are notes that
must be delivered to the individual teach-
ers, and someone has to be at hand in the
office to get the notices to their destina-
tions. From time to time new students
enter the school, and, not being familiar
with the building, they need help to find
their proper classrooms. The 7B’s, who
are just coming into the school, make up
a great number of these new students, who
require much assistance from the “slip-
pers.”
These are just a few illustrations of the
numerous tasks that the office helpers per-
form every day.
All of this activity may seem very fasci-
nating to us, but let us take a look at the
other side of the picture. Besides running
all of these errands that are always neces-
sary in the complex school life, the useful
“slippers” are taking time to work in the
office when they might be in study hall.
Of course this means that they have more
homework to do at night. This coopera-
tion and generosity certainly deserves a
great deal of credit.
Not only do the helpers give service, but
they also receive much benefit from this
work. By belonging to the office force the
pupils themselves may help to keep the
school affairs running smoothly and stimu-
late their own school spirit.
Wallace, Dunwoody, Roeder, Moore, Henkle, Huber, Rogers.
Ellis, Stagg, Reardon, Becker, Reynolds, Hausladen, Gentles.
Taussig, Schatz, Hell, Ochs, Gray, Langley, Rheinhardt, Taussig.
One Hundred Eleven »
Hi-Y
Hinson, Ellinger, Conn, Winters, Goerner, Woods, Sneed, Prack, Buckley, Dieckmann, Barrie, Thibault.
Rogers. Spahr, Suddarth, Gross, Schulz, Henkle, Littlefield, Naylor, Orr, McCarthy, Smith, Coombs, Hunter.
Higgins, Ely, Reck, Grinnell, Gay, Doland, Krueger, Wood, Curtis, Swahlen, O’Herin, Graybill, Wagoner.
First Semester
President ------ Walter Wagoner
Vice-President - - - - William Swahlen
Secretary ------ Ford Coffman
Treasurer ------ Robert Doland
Second Semester
President................William Swahlen
Vice-President - - - - Hilding Ryberg
Secretary - - - - - - Ford Coffman
Treasurer ------ Robert Doland
The Hi-Y is one of the largest and most
powerful organizations in school. It is
connected with the Y. M. C. A. and is com-
posed of junior and senior boys. One of
its many purposes is to promote school
spirit.
At the time of the formal initiation held
on October twentieth, there were ninety
active members in the organization. To
the knowledge of the local chapter, this is
the largest Hi-Y club in existence in the
United States.
During the first part of February, the
resignation of Walter Wagoner, the presi-
dent, because of an over-abundance of
work in other activities, created the neces-
sity for a mid-year election. At this time
Bill Swahlen was made president and
Hilding Ryberg vice-president, while the
other officers remained the same. The
members decided to have an election at the
beginning of each new semester in the
future in order to give more people the
opportunity of displaying their abilities as
leaders and workers. A new executive
committee was also chosen at this time,
consisting of Bill Swahlen, Hilding Ry-
berg, Ford Coffman, Bob Doland, Walter
Wagoner, John Higgins, Bob Swahlen,
Bob Lewis, Mike Gross, Alex Gay, Ernest
Grinnell, Bob Ely, Ed O’Herin, and Ray
Graybill.
At the regular meetings the Hi-Y has
been fortunate in securing many excellent
speakers. At one time Mr. Tom Curtis, a
graduate of Webster Groves High School
and a former student at Dartmouth, ad-
dressed the group. He is now studying
law and spoke on the subject of “Criminal
Law” which proved to be a topic of gen-
eral interest. Mr. A. J. Haack, a professor
at Washington University, was the speaker
on another occasion. His topic was “Ma-
turing Activities.” At a later meeting the
club had the opportunity of hearing Mr.
S. Pronko speak. Mi-. Pronko had spent
many years of his life in the Far East,
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Hi'Y
principally in the Philippines and in Japan.
He recounted some stories of his life while
in the Philippines and was able to relate
many fascinating experiences.
At another meeting Mr. Garner, the as-
sistant superintendent of schools, spoke on
“The Danger of Almost Knowing.” At a
later date, Mr. McDonald, instructor of
physics in the high school and sponsor of
the Rifle Club, told of some of his experi-
ences at the C. C. C. camps. Mr. McDonald
was a member of one of the camps for a
year.
Professor Biegeleisen of Eden Seminary
was speaker at another time. The subject
on which he spoke was “The Fool.” Some-
time later Charles Carr, a graduate of
Webster and a former Hi-Y president, was
present at a meeting. He has recently
graduated from Princeton University and
talked on college football as he found it
there.
At one time Mr. Wayne Ely, a promi-
nent St. Louis lawyer, reviewed the book
Ten Thousand a Year.
Early in the year the members of the
combined Y clubs of the school (the Hi-Y,
Soph-Y, and I-Y) went to hear Branch
Rickey speak. The occasion was a break-
fast at the Y. M. C. A. at which members
of all the Y clubs in St. Louis and St.
. Louis County were present.
In connection with the Y. M. C. A.
twenty boys spoke before some of the vari-
ous churches of the vicinity in behalf of
the annual Y. M. C. A. drive.
The club has done much to increase
school spirit during the last year. It has
selected four boy cheer-leaders, who have
led the cheers at the football and basket
ball games. It has formed a Hi-Y cheering
section, which has helped the cheer-leaders
in getting the crowd’s cooperation. During
the athletics season, the boys sold football
buttons, Webster pennants, and Hi-Y caps;
early in the year the club bought a large
Hi-Y blanket, which was used for decora-
tion at games and dances.
The school would miss having the social
events which the Hi-Y sponsors. It started
the whirl of the school year by having a
dance the first Friday after school re-
opened in the fall. The Hi-Y boys had been
busy planning it when nearly every one
else was trying to crowd a little more fun
into the last few days of vacation.
Odell, Appel, Gray, Leutwiler, Ryberg, Beckman, Heath, Holekamp, Cassily. Wallace, Morris.
Flesh, Mills, Gorsuch. Schulenburg, Johnston, Cummins, McMahon, Rider, Bainter, Fledjllij Jackson, Waldschmidt.
Lucia, Brown, Noll, Cotton, Frissell, Schwabe, Kauffman, Coffman, Pendarvis, Peterson, Koken, Holekamp.
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SoplvY
Osborne, Greenwood. Buck, Woodard, Dorsett. Davis. Lenzen, McKee. Holman, Newman, Funk. Armstrong.
Okrassa, Hughes. Jordan, Wright. Kurz, Leeper, Voda, McCarthy, Kerr, Lothman, Owen. Foote.
Taylor, Ross, Hart, Peterson, Swahlen, Lewis, Murphy, Widmer, Muther, Russell, Sloofman, Wood.
First Semester
President ------ Robert Lewis
Vice-President - - - - Robert Swahlen
Secretary - - - - - - Norman Murphy
Second Semester
President.............- Robert Taylor
Vice-President - - - - William Lothman
Secretary ------ George Owen
Treasurer ------ Kenneth Hart
The Soph-Y is a branch of the Y. M.
C. A. and has as its aims the dual purpose
of aiding its members and being of service
to the school. It is composed only of boys
in their sophomore year in high school.
At the regular meetings there have been
many very interesting speakers. At one
meeting Mr. Pronko from Japan was the
speaker of the evening. Another time, Mr.
Keel, the basket-ball coach, spoke to the
boys.
During the football and basket ball sea-
sons the Soph-Y sponsored the gates. It
was the Soph-Y boys who punched the
Student Activity Tickets at the gate and
relieved the outsiders of their tickets. It
was their duty to explain gently but firmly
to the hard-boiled senior that they didn’t
care if he had paid all his installments; he
still couldn’t get in on last quarter’s ticket.
It did him no good to rant and rave and
say he’d been absent the day that the new
tickets were issued, and if he’d wanted to
he could have made the team anyway. Still
harder was it for them to steel their hearts
to the appealing little freshman who after
searching frantically through her purse
and unearthing a pink comb, three hand-
kerchiefs, a yellow pencil, several notes,
and a locker key, guessed she must have
left hers at home and wouldn’t they let her
in anyway, please? ’cause she really had
one and she’d bring it to school Monday.
What a Soph-Y member, torn between his
strict sense of duty and his feeling of gal-
lantry, would do in a case like that is left
to the imagination and the Soph-Y mem-
ber.
On the eighth of January, the Soph-Y
gave the first dance of the year, at which
they had Harvey King’s orchestra. In the
eyes of the school this event started the
New Year right.
One Hundred Fourteen
Chemistry Club
President.............Robert Doland
Vice-President - - - - Hilding Ryberg
Secretary-Treasurer - - Mary Jane Donnell
Sponsor ------ Mr. SCHULZ
If you should happen to venture past the
chemistry laboratory some day after school
and become over-powered by the odours
wafting over the transom, it would be best
that you not knock on the door for aid.
Nine chances out of ten you would find
that the Chemistry Club was holding its
weekly meeting, and if they should bring
you inside to administer first aid, you
would probably find the air much worse
than that in the hall.
The Chemistry Club is an unusual club
because it is made up of unusual people.
One instance of their unusualness is shown
by the fact that they do not wear gas
masks to meetings, thus demonstrating
that they are of peculiar physical strength.
A second instance is demonstrated by at-
tendance at meetings. Although there is
no penalty for missing a meeting, the the-
ory being that this will tend to attract
only those genuinely interested, the num-
ber of members at each meeting is kept
surprisingly uniform.
One reason for this may be the Variety
of interesting programs furnished by the
program committee. This hard-working
committee is headed by Embree Chapman,
who is assisted by Maxine Sivells and
Gould Littlefield.
After the business has been dispatched,
the remainder of the meeting is turned
over to one person or group of persons who
conducts the program. At many of the
meetings, members of the club performed
experiments to the great edification of the
others.
At one meeting the club was fortunate
in securing a guest speaker. Dr. Adams
from Dr. Lyter’s Laboratory in St. Louis
gave a practical talk on blood chemistry,
illustrating it by slides and experiments.
During one of these it was necessary for
him to secure blood for his microscopic
slides, and Bob Doland heroicly offered
himself for slaughter. The ordeal, though,
was not too painful. Dr. Adams merely
pricked Bob’s finger to get the sample.
As an appropriate continuation of Dr.
Adams’ program, Mr. Schulz at a later
date gave a talk on the composition of the
human blood.
Peterson, Littlefield, Schulz, Lcutwiler, Dale, Bennett, Zahorsky, Robinson.
Rogers, McGee, Chapman, McKee, Baunistark, Martin, Drucker, Druschky.
Koenig. Sivells, Wilkins, Donnell, Doland, Sldler. Bastman, Pickens.
One Hundred Fifteen
White Caps
Barbre, Brands, Sutter, Muir, Doughty, Carter, Keane, Broaddus, Brandenburg, Erickson, Kaiser.
Summa, Chase, De Saxe, Sudfeld, Fyffe, Atkinson, Fisher, Smercina, Werle, Stamm, Dellert, Diamond.
Turnbull, Wright, Reiehardt, Rozier, Koenig, Jennings, Heiner, Winfrey, Winkler, Gray, Duren. Duncan, Miss Haverly.
Quick. Hess, Davis, Gamble, Johnston, Boettger, Illson, Lutz, Campbell, Williams, Doss, Paschen, Donald.
President ------ Helen Boettger
Secretary-Treasurer - - Mildred Campbell
Sponsor.............- Miss Haverly
One of our newest organizations is the
White Caps, an organization of great in-
terest among the girls in the junior divi-
sion. The club was orginally organized by
a group of girls from Miss Haverly’s gym
classes who were interested in earning
points for their little W’s and who wished
to become more active in the school’s ac-
tivities. Each prospective member of this
organization is required to have a certain
number of points earned by participating
in or attending various school athletic ac-
tivities. Full-fledged members are seen
wearing white sailor caps, the proof that
they are active participants in the func-
tions of the club.
The tide of fans at the boys’ football
games last fall brought with it the football
enthusiasts of the White Caps. Football
games not only interested the girls, but
added points toward securing their junior
section W’s. These same girls were among
crowds of other fans at the boys’ basket-
ball games later in the season. All in all,
the boys’ games were one of the chief in-
terests of the White Caps during the en-
tire year.
Not only are the members interested in
earning points by attending activities of
other groups, but they are also interested
in carrying on activities or tournaments
of their own in which only the club mem-
bers may take part. Among such activities
were the after-school volley ball tourna-
ment which was carried on in the club last
fall and the basket-ball games in Decem-
ber.
Although the greater part of this year
was taken up by current athletics activities
of the school in general and by activities
within the club itself, many of the mem-
bers had become interested in working to-
wards the day when they could possess a
state award for their various achievements
within the club. For this reason the girls
devoted all possible time to gaining points
for the activities recognized by state au-
thorities. Such activities included the fifty-
yard dash in eight seconds, balancing,
basket shooting, and basket-ball throw for
distance.
This is without doubt one of the up-and-
coming organizations of Webster High.
One Hundred Sixteen
Scribblers and Press Clubs
Dorsey. McKibben, Reynolds, Jones, Brands, Hutton, Hausladen, Hel tert, Slice, Zahner.
Chora, Lee, Talbott, Grace, Vesper, Gautier, Counsel), Eagen, Kunderman, Richardson, Smith, Grossenhuder.
Miss Fiehler, Yntema, Wood, Boettger, Weiss, Dellert, Holder, Duerr, Schatz, Sanford, Maddox, Mrs. Ha maker.
Herzog, Langton, Garner, Turnbull, Trumbo, Taussig, Reinhardt, Smith, Herlihy, Wolf, La Driere, Press.
SCRIBBLERS SOCIETY
President ----- Mary Alice Campbell
Vice-President - - - Betty Sue Vesper
Secretary...........Mary Ellen Schatz
Sponsor ----- Mrs. Hammaker
The Scribblers’ Society was organized
this last fall in the lower school to create
an interest in writing. Meetings were held
every Friday afternoon after school, when
the papers written by various members of
the club were read and discussed. Recog-
nition has been afforded several members
in the Webster Echo, Challenge, and the
Oak Leaf, a St. Louis publication.
The members were divided into novices,
third, second, and first classes, ratings
given in accordance with the number of
articles each student has had published.
The first class, for those who have had at
least four articles published, includes Mary
Alice Counsell, Judith Lee, Suzanne La
Driere, and Elizabeth Talbott.
Not all the time of the Scribblers is de-
voted to literature. In February they held
a Valentine party, and this spring the club
visited Mrs. Hammaker’s cottage in the
Ozarks.
PRESS CLUB
President.............William Hutton
Treasurer ------ Ruth Herzog
Business Manager - - - Wallace Reynolds
Sponsor...............Miss Fiehler
The Junior Press Club was organized
last January under the sponsorship of Miss
Fiehler. Its purpose is to gather news of
interest to the junior school subscribers of
the Webster Echo. Though now containing
about twenty members, the club is still
growing.
Besides contributing to the Webster
Echo, the club edits a two page publication
known as the Webster Flash over which
Don Zahner holds the position of editor-
in-chief. To facilitate the work, Bill Hut-
ton has appointed Jim Stice as transom-
editor, Wallace Reynolds as business man-
ager, Richard McKibben and his assistant,
Donald Maus, to cover boys’ sports, and
Jeanburl Dorsey to relate the activities of
the fairer sex.
The high light of the year was a trip to
the Post Dispatch news offices where the
young journalists had the opportunity of
seeing a large paper published.
One Hundred Seventeen
Yellow Jackets
Pett, Pacey, McKay, Weldele, Russel, Pence, Argint, Taake, Bates, Clausen, Leinberger, Starkel, Burkhardt, Marsalek
■Wilder, Seibert, Wagoner, Shultz. Becker, Cater, Houston, Peters, Bastman, Koenig, Wilkins, Wolf, Eakin, Koken.
lanning. Ward, Waterman, Bedell, Rebbe, Daugherty, Hausman, Thompson, Moncur, Weinfurth, Gates, Moore, Slice,
Stephens.
President..............Elizabeth Thompson
Vice-President - - - Jeanne Weinfurth
Secretary..............Carol Gates
Treasurer - - - - - Isobel Moncur
Those girls who flit around school in
orange jackets the day before an athletics
event are members of one of the oldest and
largest organizations in school, the Yellow
Jackets.
The Yellow Jackets have taken it upon
themselves to promote school spirit, and
although the club is open only to girls,
their cheering at the games has caused
others not in the activity to cheer lustily
and to cooperate with the cheer-leaders.
The Yellow Jackets come in a body to the
athletics events held at home and sit in
their own section in the bleachers.
Not only by example have the Yellow
Jackets promoted school spirit. At the be-
ginning of the school year they sold orange
and black felt Webster pennants. At first
these were sold only to members of the
Yellow Jackets, but soon they found it
profitable to sell pennants to the school
at large. Encouraged by the success of
the pennants, they sponsored the sale of
orange and black gummed Webster stick-
ers which were sold at two for five cents.
At the Parent-Teachers meeting held in
the girls’ gym in January, the Yellow
Jackets represented their activity with a
Garner, Argint, Chapman, Kelly, Stagg,
Reardon, Bauer, Abbott, Lisbon, Griffiths,
Martin, Dale, Longmire.
Greenlee, Fisse, Lane, Lynn, Davis, Ad-
derly, Olcott, Hundley, Brocksmith, Bans-
back, Brooder, Bradley, McGee.
Prahman, Stobie, Wood, Ellis, Walser,
Walker, Myers, Wilkinson, Taussig, Egen,
Choate, Ny Strom, Burger, Moir.
Schregardus, Wells, Mier, Heil, Schatz,
Nitschle, McMillan, Stephens, Miller, Wil-
son, Randolph, Tolkacz, Jones.
One Hundred Eighteen
Widmer, Nachtmann, Neil, Shores, Niergarth, Punshon, Coester, Nelson, Stevens, Hem. Tlimsby, Sims, Kellner
Smith, Napier, Whitney, Sutherland, Brooder, Davis, Gosen, Brandenburg, Heaton, Detert, Davis, Chambers.
Sirippgen, Kell, Roeder, Johanning, Chivvis, Buchta, Pentland, Cox, Jones, Henry, Brenton, Armstrong, Haller
large booth shaped in the form of a IF and
decorated with the school colors, orange
and black. Above it was a large black ban-
ner bearing the word Webster in orange
letters. Orange and black signs stated the
requirements and objectives of the organi-
zation as well as listing the officers.
The entrance requirements as set forth
on the posters are as follows: the girl must
be in tenth grade or above; she must have
an interest in athletics; she must be will-
ing to cooperate; after she is a member,
she must attend a sufficient number of
high school sports events. This brings us
to the duties of a member of the Yellow
Jackets. She must attend all of the home
football games, three-fop^M-of the home
basket ball games, and one-half
home baseball games. At all these events.,.
she must wear her Yellow Jacket.
Because of the large membership, it has
been very difficult to see that all of the
girls lived up to the requirements. Accord-
ingly, to promote more efficiency, Elizabeth
Thompson, the president, introduced the
demerit system at the beginning of the
year. She divided the entire club into ten
groups, and at the head of each group she
placed a squad leader. Every member was
to report to her leader every day on which
she was supposed to wear her Yellow
Jacket and at every game.
Tlllay, Watkins, Rennlcke, Ruchstuhl,
Henkle, Moore, Reed, Peabody, Heck.
Jones, Blair, Clark, Waldschmldt.
Schlppers, Oliver, Wenzllck, Zwllllng, Hill,
Schiller. Roth, Thurston, Wesley. Smith.
Thomas, Tolkacz.
Scofield, Weber. Pold, Weintz, Coffman,
Haddaway, Lloyd. Hackman. Graf. Brock-
smith. Rosier, Phillips, Sprlck, Phillips.
« One Hundred Nineteen »
• Character wants space; must
not be judged from glimpses on
few occasions. It demands per-
spective, as great building. Like
the end of this ANNUAL it may
be light in spirit and varied in
mood.
FEATURES
MISS JEANNE WEINFURTH
May Queen of 1937
Maids of Honor
Miss Carol Gates
Miss Alice Lloyd
Miss Bess Moore
Miss Ethel Wilder
One Hundred Twenty-two
One Hundred Twenty-three
MISS JEAN WAGONER
Echo Queen of 1937
Maids of Honor
Miss Betty Jean Miller
Miss Isobel Moncur
Miss Bess Louise Moore
Miss Eleanor Patterson
Miss Jeanne Weinfurth
One Hundred Twenty-four
One Hundred Twenty-five
Jean Wagoner—Mike Gross
Betty Jean Miller—Bill Orr
Isobel Moncur—Ted Hinson
Bess Louise Moore—John Lcutwiler
Jeanne Weinfurth—John Lucia
Eleanor Patterson—Harry Pendarvis
One Hundred Twenty-six
Sewell and John at the biology lockers — Latinus Humor habet laetam saturnaliam — Wagoner
plays Santa Claus — J. T. — Intermission — Our business manager enjoying his Job — Students?
— Burt and Randy — M. J. M. — Ha, ha, it’s A. Koken — Did we lose, Coach? — Alexander
Lin Gay — The Renowned Miss Stevens — National Book Week — Sick ’em Gould —
Uncle Newt and Jean.
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Friday, September 18: Hi-Y starts out with a bang—
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Monday, September 21: Doland presents his new plan
of government to the senior class, and it is accepted.
Wednesday, September 23: The football boys are hard
at work.
Friday, September 25, Where’s the Echo?
CALENDAR-
Monday, September 14: Webster High functions again.
Something slipped; we got out at two o’clock.
Tuesday, September 15: What! slipped again!
Wednesday, September 16: Too good to be true—out at
three as usual.
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The pigskin parade — Riding Club dons the feed bag — Open house for the chemistry depart-
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Monday, September 28: What! Still no Echo?
Tuesday, September 29: Well here's the Echo at last—
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Wednesday, September 30: Special assembly—Pep talks
for an Activity Ticket.
Friday, October 2: Old Clothes day.
Webster meets de-C. B. C.-feat. 16-6.
Saturday, October 3: Don’t J walk, J. hop.
Saturday, October 10: Central wins a mud fight. 12-6.
Monday, October 12: Activity ticket goes over for the
first time at Webster High.
Tuesday, October 13: Should youth have a philosophy?
—Dr. Thompson, assembly speaker, says, “Yes.”
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Voting polls for Echo Annual court — Registration for voting — Another Webster dance success
— "Pirates of Penzance" — Lower school Christmas festival — Christmas vesper service —
Talking things over — Before the faculty’s downfall.
One Hundred Thirty-four »
Track-star Grinnell — Bookstore bargaining — Conn you imagine it! — T. B. Smith — We don’t
believe a word of it, Jack — Spring fever — Jean Greenlee — Can’t you Cope with the situation.
Kenny? — J. T. It’s the principal of the thing.
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New murals In Annual Ofllee — Gross crowned Kampus King — Hl-Y dance — Swing it, Mr.
Gains — Richard of Bordeaux — The biggest event of the year — Wagoner over the top —
Bids for Jr. Prom — Mr. Dahalwalni — Who broke the senior bench?
One Hundred Thirty-seven
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Friday, October 16: Maplewood buries Webster in a
holo 19 by 0.
Tuesday, October 20: French Club has wiener roast
and initiation in Forest Park.
Friday, October 23: Normandy freezes Webster out
7 to 0. Webster meets undefeated Vikings—They’re
still undefeated.
Monday, October 26: A cappella choir’s busy day—on
the radio in the afternoon—evening program for par-
ents in the Little Theater.
Tuesday, October 27: Landon popular with students at
mock Republican convention.
Saturday, October 31: Cleveland trounces Webster 12
to 0. This is getting to be a habit.
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One Hundred Thirty-eight
Rifle Chib — Art Club — Yellow Jacket rush party — Chemistry Club — French Club —
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Webster Groves. Missouri. June 11. 1952
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BIG BROADCAST GIVEN BY CLASS OF ’37
Stars of ’37 Imitated
by W. G. H. S. Alumni
Paramount Studios have an- |
nounced that their annual “Big ■’
Broadcast” will be of a different I
nature this year. The cast will be
made up entirely of 1937 graduates
of Webster High School. They
have been in rehearsal off and on
for nigh on to fifteen years, and |
although they have not yet had a
rehearsal at which all were pres-
ent, most of them have memorized
their lines by now. Some of the
people who will be imitated are
Fred Allen, Pick and Pat, Gracie
Allen, and others who were radio 1
favorites back in 1937. This fact
will make the picture difficult for
the children to understand, but
they won’t be missing much if they
don’t see it.
Stoddard Stanton, famous make-
up artist from New York, will di-
rect by television the application of
make-up in order that the players
might appear younger.
The cast has had to pay Para-
mount quite a sum to allow them to
make the picture, but they all
agree that it will be worth it to
show the 1937 faculty, most of
which is scattered among the old
folks’ homes' around the country,
that the senior class definitely has
cooperation.
Weather Report
Thursday—hail
Friday—hail
Saturday—the gang’s all here
Professor Zahorsky
Introduces “Milliken”
Mechanical Robot
Professor ' Lawrence Zahorskey,
widely known as the successor to
Einstein, has entered “Milliken,” a
robot, in the National Scientific
Trade Show in New York. The
professor named his invention after
a former friend of his, a book-
keeper at the Webster Groves High
School. The robot does many re-
markable things, which make it
one of the most curious of all the
exhibits, barring its inventor.
When taken to the Public Li-
brary, “Milliken” promptly took
charge, rearranging the books so
that no one could find them, seri-
ously reprimanding whispers, send-
ing messengers out to collect fines
on overdue books, and filling the
Continued on page 2, column 2
Criminal Hanged
in Gory Execution
Dogpatch, Mo.
Zeke Ely, alias Herman, the Ger-
man vermin, was hanged today
from the old elm tree in the public
square. A large crowd gathered to
see Zeke get his just desserts—he
was convicted five years ago of
stealing icing olf cakes in bakeries.
The band, under the leadership of
Miss Lizzie Thompson and her
French horn, played “I’ll Be Glad
When You’re Dead, You Rascal
You,” and the villagers left their
picnic lunches and danced ’round
the elm. When they were seated
once more, Miss Betty Riley, presi-
dent of the League of Women
1 Voters, delivered an inspiring ad-
I dress on How to Play Ping-Pong.
After this speech it was an-
nounced that the prisoner was
about to arrive. This was the cause
of general confusion, while the wo-
men got out their knitting and the
men their checkers. When the
patrol wagon arrived and the
guards escorted the prisoner to the
gallows the crowd was hushed.
Then Sheriff, Ed Sunder, announced
that at this hanging the Bank
Night winner would be picked dif-
ferently. He said that since the
Bank Night money had reached a
new high of 50c, he thought it
would be a novel idea for the
prisoner to pick the number. This
announcement was greeted with
thunderous applause, and Zeke was
escorted to the platform. When
asked if he had any last words, he
opened his little pocket dictionary
and read “Zulu" and “Zymotic."
Continued on page 3, column 1
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This publication endeavors to
foster the ideals for which the stu-
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lower scholarship, dirtier sports-
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Editorial
This editorial was recently
awarded the P. Ulitzer prize for
outstanding literature in 1952. The
judging was based on choice of sub-
ject matter, choice of words, and
good literary form.
ECHO A N N UA L
LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
SUN DOWN
CAST BRING DOWN
THE HOUSE
The New York critics are raving
over the new stage production
which opened last night. It is
called “Sun Down,” and Miss
Frances Clausen scores a big hit
as Grass-Widow Cradle, a sweet
old lady whose son, played by Mr.
Drury Fredeking, goes off to war
somewhere, leaving her at home
alone with her corn-cob pipe. The
son is killed and his mother, who
is subjected to hallucinations any-
way, sees a vision of him, in which
he tells her to carry on his feud
with the revenuers. Therefore
! Grass-Widow Cradle sends a mes-
senger to the revenuers telling
them where her still is hidden.
When they get there, they begin
wrecking the still, and the dyna-
mite which the old lady has put
there blows them up.
Unfortunately, director Eugene
Wood, who always strives for real-
ism in his plays, outdid himself
this time and used real dynamite
in the scene. The players, direc-
tor, and stage crew, along with the
first few rows of the audience have
risen to great heights and become
wide-spread personalities as a re-
sult of last night’s performance.
Zaliorsky’s Milliken
June II. 1952
Did You Know?
Mike Gross, our model man about
town, can’t make up his mind. He’s
wavering between four of our love-
liest girls. Will Mike ever settle
down and go with one girl for at
least a month?
Messrs. Henry Schultz, Robert
Doland, and Gould Littlefield have
just signed contracts with Gau-
mont-Irish Pictures to appear in
the feature “We Who Are About
To Dye.” Mr. Don Becker, how-
ever, passed up this offer in order
to appear in the title role of “The
General Dyed at Dawn.”
Miss Carol Gates, beautiful Web-
ster Groves girl, brought the title
of Miss Universe back to the
United States when she barely
nosed out Miss Tizzie Lish also
from Webster Groves. Among the
judges were S. L. Gates, E. F.
Gates, U. X. Gates, Ezra P. Gates,
and Titus T. Gates.
Prof. Newton Settle, professor of
math, at Parquette University has
announced the perfection of his
new theory by which cousins may be
changed to identical roots and back
again without affecting the tangent
of the least common denominator.
Since this theory practically ex-
plains itself, we believe it unneces-
sary to go into detail on the sub-
ject.
Continued from page 1, column 2
empty shelves with displays of all
kinds. One such display consisted
entirely of packages of chewing
gum and was entitled “Worries of
a Librarian.”
When the robot spied a piece of
chalk on the desk, it promptly
seized it, went out into the hall,
and scribbled quotations all over
the walls.
Professor Zahorsky’s brain child
has been unanimously acclaimed
the eighth wonder of the world, and
we might add that the professor is
somewhat of a wonder himself.
May we offer con-doland-ces to
Mr. Robert Doland whose partner
in business truly “fell in” yester-
day when he mistook an elevator
shaft for a mail shoot and feeling
like two cents, jumped in.
MAKE THE W. G.
H. S. HALLS SAFE
No. injured in 1951............. 5
No. killed in 1951 ............. 1
No. injured in 1952 ............ 1
No. killed in 1952 .............500
Students remaining..............314
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E C II O A N N U A L
June 11, 1952
Echo Queen & Kampus King
Sign Picture Contract
Miss Shirley Temple, who was
Echo Queen at the W. G. H. S. six
years ago, has signed up with the
studio at which she worked when
a small child. Since her graduation
Miss Temple has won numerous
beauty contests, the cups for which
she very graciously donated to the
W. G. H. S. Since the trophy case
was filled to capacity, the audito-
rium was called into service, and
now each assembly must be held
six times so that all the students i
may get seats. As soon as the bal-
cony is filled, we suggest the as-
semblies be held in the lunch room.
Mr. Frederick Bartholemew, who
was crowned Kampus King the
same year that Queen Temple
reigned, has also re-signed with his
old studio. The two were con-
stantly together at the W. G. H. S.
and the rumors still persist.
Criminal Hanged
in Gory Execution
Continued from page 1, column 3
“Those are the lastest words I
know,” he explained to the puzzled
audience. He was then hooded and
ordered to pull a number from the
can. He did so, and the trap was
sprung. Instantly a great cheer
went up, and the crowd surged for-
ward. Sheriff Sunder withdrew the
paper and called out, “Number 21
is the winner.” The crowd waited
tensely while he thumbed through
the record book. “The winner of
the 50c is Mr. Zeke Ely.” Immedi-
ately the astonished crowd broke
into heated argument over what
was to be done with the money.
Finally the sheriff called for silence
and said that he had decided to
keep the money to pay for the ic-
ing which Zeke had stolen.
This evening, from his hospital
bed, Sheriff Sunder asked the Lit-
erary Supplement to announce that,
by popular demand, the Bank Night
prize at the next hanging will be
55c.
LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Suspects Released
Several former graduates of the
Webster Groves High School, in-
cluding Messrs. Bob Ely, Bill Orr,
John Naylor, Jim Curtis, Alex
Gay, and others, were released last
night after a week spent in Leav-
enworth prison. They were arrested
a week ago as suspects in the sen-
sational Sing Sing jail break which
occurred the day before. It seems
that the unlucky men had had their
hair fixed in a new coiffure, called
the “crude cut” or something like
that, and it made them look like an
animated rogues’ gallery. They
tried to convince the warden that
it was just a new hair style, but
he replied, “You can’t tell me any-
one would have his hair cut like
that willingly.” It wasn’t until the
real culprits were caught that the
warden was convinced and the mis-
take rectified.
Lament
I think that I shall never see
A “D" as lovely as a “B”.
A “B” whose rounded form is
pressed
Upon the records of the blessed.
“D’s” are made by fools like me,
But only Irish can make a “B”.
How would you like to have a
body like mine? I’ll make Charles
Atlas look like a piker. Just send
me $20 to cover handling and post-
age, and I will send you a beauti-
fully illustrated 100-page book en-
titled. “How to Have a Body Like
Mine in Ten Easy Lessons or Keep
Your Own and Stay Popular,” by
John Naylor, voted the perfect
Apollo for 1937.
Are you cross-eyed?
Do you have athlete’s foot?
Is your grandmother sick?
That’s too bad.
Janitor Kauffman
Wins Sweepstakes
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Mr. Sewell “Snookie” Kauffman,
janitor extraordinary at the Hairy
Arms Apartments, fainted yester-
day when informed that his horse,
“Growing Pains,” won the Irish
Cheapskates. When revived and
asked how he would spend his prize,
which amounted to $2,639,002.03,
Mr. Kauffman said, “The first
thing I’m going to do is to have
that hole in the furnace fixed. I’ve
had to keep it covered up with
I boards."
When this reporter informed him
that the “hole” was the chimney,
Mr. Kauffman promptly passed out
again.
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LITERARY SUPPLE JI ENT
■lune 11, 1952
Must Students
Become Strikers?
KRUEGER SIGNS
WITH METROPOLITAN
The Bed-Time Story
by Uncle Wrigley
At last the teachers and prin-
cipal of the Webster Groves High
School are coming to the realiza-
tion that when the pupils go on a
stand-up strike they mean business.
Mr. Bigfield, one of the seniors,
says, "Longer classes and more
homework are absolutely necessary
to attain a thorough high school
education. As it is, we are prac-
tically breezing through school, and
thirty minutes for lunch is not
needed! We can eat in ten min-
utes, then spend the twenty min-
utes digesting our food in class in-
stead of on the front steps.”
We hope the students and fac-
ulty will soon come to an agree-
ment.
Obituary—Choke, U. Otto, Pres-
ident of the Torch, the National
Honor Society at Webster High.
Young Choke is the 15th consecu-
tive president of the Torch who has
succumbed as a result of overwork
as a result of trying to relight the
Torch after it went out when Gutz
Curtis was initiated in 1937. Re-
mains ( and they are very few) lie
at the Parkim Undertaking Parlor.
Mr. Jack Krueger, who first
gained recognition as an opera
singer when he appeared in “The
Pirates of Penzance,” given by the
Webster Groves High School some
years ago, has just signed a con-
tract with the Metropolitan Opera
Company. By the terms of the con-
tract, Mr. Krueger must complete,
before the opera season opens, the
job of fixing the stage, which col-
lapsed when Mr. John “Bub” Wood,
a member of the chorus, tripped
and fell during dress rehearsal. If
he fails to make good, he will be
kicked out of the carpenters’ union.
Are pimples holding you down
socially?
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larity with Weston Yeast.
Send in 796 wrappers for Art
Curry’s new dance book, and sweep
the boys off your feet.
Synopsis of preceding chapters:
Nothing happened in the preceding
chapters. Now go on with the
story.
As little Wally sat bewildered
in the middle of the cage in which
the villainous “One-Eye” Stanton
had locked him, he noticed a move-
ment in the corner. He saw two
vicious green eyes slowly approach-
ing, and then suddenly the lion, for
that is what belonged to the eyes,
leaped. Wally screamed. “One-
Eye” laughed. The baby cried.
The dog howled. The golf bawled.
Is everybody happy.
To be continued eventually.
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Monday, November 2: Seniors measured for rings.
Tuesday, November 3: We all shiver as Annual pictures
are taken.
Wednesday, November 4: Webster comes through with
first victory. Webster 12—Ritenour 0. Mid-Seniors
give old fashioned box supper. Where did you get
the nose and that voice, Pete?
Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6: No
school because of teachers convention at U. City.
Saturday, November 7: Maizie (Mike) Gross wins prize
at Annual backward “tacky” dance.
Monday, November 9: Webster wins from St. Charles
33-13. Could the school survive if this became a
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Wednesday, November 11: “Dad” Waite gives a talk
on “When do we cease to be they and become we?”
Thursday, November 12: Special assembly for Book-
Week. Prof. Boucant of Washington U. orates to
upper school.
Saturday, November 14: Webster holds its own against
U. City 0-0.
Monday, November 16: P. T. A. program given by
physical education department.
Tuesday, November 17: Five weeks’ exams — Here’s
hoping—but what good will it do?
Wednesday, November 18: Advance dramatics class
presents “Remember the Day.” We put this in so
you would.
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Friday, November 20: Ralph Hubbard (Squash), au-
thority on Indians, speaks to assembly.
Wednesday, November 25: Last performance of “Re-
member the Day.”
Thursday. November 26: Kirkwood is snowed under
14-0. Much turkey? also snowed under the “holiday-
ing” students.
Monday, December 7: General Motors shows us how
“Chevies” are made.
Tuesday, December 8: “Dad” Waite proclaims “Mum is
the Word” to upper school assembly.
Friday, December 11: .Junior party after school.
Riley and Rogers win six of seven debates at invita-
tion tournament at Topeka, Kansas.
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Tuesday, December 15: Special assembly—Tom Curtis
speaks and shows pictures of the winter activities at
Dartmouth.
Saturday, December 19: Mid-Junior Jig. “Best dance of
the season,” says Randy Brown.
Monday, December 21: First basket ball game of the
season; C. B. C. beats Webster 26-3.
Tuesday, December 22: A cappella gives an impressive
Christmas service.
Wednesday, December 23: Out for the holidays. Mr.
Settle heads for Cuba. Happy landings, Uncle Newt!
Friday, January 8: The sleet and snow stop students
from stomping at Soph-Y slink.
Saturday, January 9: Webster 27 — Kirkwood 9.
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Wednesday, January 13: Graybill’s pants are so loud
they speak for themselves.
Friday, January 15: Webster loses to Maplewood, 11-17.
First performance of “Sun-Up.”
Monday, January 18: “Pat” Patterson sports a new
tan—Florida special!
P. T. A. sponsors an exhibition to acquaint the par-
ents with extra-curricular activities. Hamburgers re-
vive over-worked, fainting students.
Wednesday, January 20: Seniors vote on the Echo An-
nual Poll—see this section for the results—page 155.
Thursday, January 21: Reverend Allen from Scotland
tells us of his missionary experiences in South Amer-
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Friday, January 22: Senior-Senior Basketball game.
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Saturday, January 23: Last presentation of “Sun Up.”
Tuesday, January 26: Final exams and prayers begin.
Wednesday, January 27: Prayers still going strong.
Thursday, January 28: What! No battle between the
bands at the Senior Swing Session!
Friday, January 29: No school!!!!!!?
Monday, February 1: New semester starts and every-
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Tuesday, February 2: Everybody is breaking new reso-
lutions. Webster beats Wellston, 34-26.
Wednesday, February 3: Grade cards come out. Stu-
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Saturday, February 6: Hi-Y Dance given for benefit of
Red Cross Flood Relief.
Tuesday, February 9: Mr. Pronko speaks to us of his
experiences in the Philippines.
Friday, February 12: At the most exciting game of the
season Webster trounces U. City, 27-24.
Saturday, February 13: Normandy is victor over Web-
ster, 24-22.
Monday, February 15: Seniors turn tables on the fac-
ulty in annual basket ball game, 22-16.
Tuesday, February 16: Do we notice a tendency towards
stiffness in the faculty???
Thursday, February 18: The great Warfield and Scott
befuddle the audience.
Saturday, February 20: Webster wins last basket ball
game of the year from Kirkwood, 22-18.
Monday, February 22: Birthington’s Washday — no
school!
Wednesday, February 24: The Webster music depart-
ment presents “Pirates of Penzance” by Gilbert and
Sullivan.
Friday, February 26: Sleep for everybody but operetta
people. Teacher’s progressive education meeting.
Saturday, February 27: Last performance of “Pirates
of Penzance”—Miss “Rep” has police escort from
balcony.
Monday, March 1: Seniors begin voting for Echo An-
nual court.
Thursday, March 4: Miss “Rep” gives dinner for oper-
etta leads.
Friday, March 5: Twenty girls chosen for Echo Annual
court.
Monday, March 8: More business for the beauty par-
lors.—Even the boys are dyeing their hair.
Thursday, March 11: Mr. Herbert White shows pictures
of his travels in China.
Friday, March 12: The six special maids are chosen
for coronation.
Thursday, March 18: Mr. Brent, the blind entertainer,
gives an assembly for both schools.
Saturday, March 20: Mid-Senior dance—“No Regrets”
dedicated to the alumni who couldn’t get in.
Tuesday, March 2.3: Debate given by speech depart-
ment. Mr. Rogers says that Mr. Mills’ speech is like
a dog’s tail, just bound to occur.
Friday, March 26: Good Friday—no school!
Sunday, March 28: No “Easter Parade” because of
“Stormy Weather.”
Thursday, April 1: Cape Girardeau Teachers College
glee club gives program.
Saturday, April 3: Walter Wagoner crowns his sister,
Jean, Echo Queen.
Monday, April 5: Mr. Dhalwani and his wife tell us
of life in India.
Tuesday, April 6: Senior meeting—Bill Rogers chosen
Valedictorian.
Friday, April 9: Assembly first hour. High school band
and our old friend, Schuyler Alyward, with his ac-
companist, Jerry Cammack, entertain us. Mike Gross
is crowned “Kampus King” at G. A. A. backward
dance.
Saturday, April 10: Hi-Y dance, Ed. Johnston and his
New Yorkers.
Monday, April 12: Assembly—Humane Society gives
program for “Be Kind to Dumb Animals” week.
Tuesday, April 13: William Woods’s glee club enter-
tains us.
Wednesday, April 14: First performance of Richard
of Bordeaux.
Wednesday, April 21: Richard of Bordeaux declared a
big success by all.
Thursday, April 22: Dr. Tarr of the University of
Missouri speaks to Senior school.
Friday, May 7: May Fete held on lawn.
Saturday, May 8: Juniors entertain seniors at annual
prom.
Saturday, May 22: Sophomores give dance.
Wednesday, June 9: Hi-Y dance.
Thursday, June 10: At last! What we have been look-
ing forward to for four years—Commencement!
SENIOR CLASS POLL
JF/tom has Webster done
the most for?
1. W. Wagoner
2. Gross
3. Doland
Most to be admired
1. W. Wagoner
2. Clausen
3. Gross
Best natured
1. Ford Coffman
2. Jim Curtis
3. Stephens
Hardest worker
1. W. Wagoner
2. Irish
3. Ellison
Most thorough gentleman
1. W. Wagoner
2. Leutwiler
3. Stanton — Doland
Most brilliant
1. Irish
2. W. Wagoner
3. Clausen
Most original
1. Lloyd
2. Doland
3. Wood
Wittiest
1. Thompson
2. Wood
3. M. Shultz —Rogers
Most entertaining
1. Wood
2. Thompson
3. Colton
Best all-round boy athlete
1. Pendarvis
2. Gross
3. W. Wagoner
Best all-around girl
athlete
1. Wilder
2. Weinfurth
3. Thompson
Most handsome boy
1. Kreuger
2. Pendarvis
3. Muckerman
Most attractive girl
1. Patterson
2. Weinfurth
3. J. Wagoner
Best dressed boy
1. Muckerman
2. Pendarvis
3. Noll
Best dressed girl
1. Jehle
2. Weinfurth
3. J. Wagoner
Sportiest
1. Muckerman
2. Wood
3. Doland
Favorite orchestra
1. Shep Field
2. Andre Kostelantz
3. Wayne King
Favorite movie actor
1. W. Powell
2. Robert Taylor
3. Fred MacMurray
Favorite Actress
1. Myrna Loy
2. Ginger Rogers
3. Carole Lombard
Favorite Radio Star
1. Jack Benny
2. Bob Burns
Eddie Cantor
3. Bing Crosby
Hardest year
1. Senior
2. Junior
3. Sophomore
Most pleasant year
1. Senior
2. Junior
3. Sophomore
Hardest course
1. English
2. Chemistry
3. Geometry
Easiest course
1. English
2. Dramatics
3. Shorthand
Do you prefer blondes,
brunettes, or red-
heads?
1. Brunettes
2. Blondes
3. Redheads
What do you intend for
your ftiture occupa-
tion?
1. Engineering
2. Secretarial
3. Teaching
Favorite school activity
1. Opera and dramatic
lead
2. Echo and Annual
3. W Club
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INDEX
JANUARY SENIORS
Anderson, Douglas, 27
Bennett, James, 26, 115
Broaddus, Margaret, 27, 79, 80, 81
Busch, Martha, 26
Clark, John, 27
Dale, John, 26, 115
Dellert, Gladys Mae, 27
Druschky, Warren, 26, 115
Ellison, Mary, 26, 84
English, Lewis, 39, 108
Herzog, Fred, 110
Hudler, Carol, 26, 58
Hunt, Mardell, 27, 110
Johanning, Mildred, 27, 102
Lemon, Glen, 27
Martin, Hugh, 27, 115
McCarthy, Robert, 113
Mier, Bob, 26
Munger, Muriel, 27
Murphy, Francis, 26
Muckerman, Jack, 27
Pacey, Shirley, 38, 79, 80, 81, 84,
89, 105, 118
Pett, Dorothea, 38, 118
Russell, Hortense, 27, 110
Sandau, Margaret, 26, 79, 80, 88,
89, 93, 99
Sindelar, Charlotte, 26
Spencer, Walter, 26
Ulreich, Margaret, 27
Wall, Ruth, 26, 110
Waterman, Patty, 27, 88, 89, 118
Winkler, Clifton, 26
Wright, Gordon, 27
Zuroweste, Ann, 26
SENIORS
Argint, Olga, 41, 58, 79, 80, 81, 118
Ames, Virginia, 35
Anderson, Jane, 31
Anderson, Kenneth, 41
Anderson, Morton, 31, 70, 106
Armstrong, Roger, 39
Azbe, Mvra Jean, 36, 90, 91, 105,
108
Bastman, Bettv, 29, 105, 115, 118
Bates, Helen, 38, 42, 96, 98, 100,
101, 118
Baumstark, Lawrence, 33, 75, 115
Bechtold, Alma, 28, 56
Becker, Donald, 29, 56
Becker, Pauline, 31, 93, 105, 110,
111, 118
Becker, William, 37, 56
Bedell, Lois May, 28, 90, 99, 118
Bennett, Clara L., 39, 107, 109
Berkemeyer, Bob, 29, 96, 98
Biggers, Betty, 33, 42, 91, 96, 100,
107, 109
Billin, Betty, 37, 90
Black, Barbara, 33, 98
Brady, James, 39, 93
Buckley, Jim, 35, 113
Burch, Jim, 37, 70
Burch, Ralph, 34
Burkhart, Helen, 28, 56, 88, 118
Campbell, Lorna, 29, 56, 84, 96, 100
Cater, Marylou, 35, 57, 105, 118
Chapman, Embree, 28, 93, 115
Chase, Julia, 29, 110
Clausen, Frances, 39, 42, 84, 96, 98,
100, 101, 102, 118
Clinton, La Rue, 40
Coffman, Ford, 35, 42, 70, 84, 96,
101, 102, 112
Colton, Bobbie, 36, 57, 108
Conn, Charles, 34, 86, 113
Conway, Davis, 28, 75
Cook, Jeanne, 36, 57, 102
Curtis, George, 35, 75, 106, 108
Curtis, Jim, 28, 70, 88, 89, 93, 113
Daugherty, Jean, 36, 118
Davis, Mildred, 36, 42, 84
De Yong, Bettie, 32, 79, 93
Dishman, Georgia, 30, 56, 96
Doisy, Edward, 32, 42, 84
Doland, Robert, 29, 42, 102, 106,
113, 115
Donnell, Mary Jane, 40, 56, 90, 93,
115
Donnelly, Betty Jane, 39, 84, 90, 91,
110
Dusard, Jeanne, 34
Eakin, Betty Sue, 39, 118
Ely, Bob, 29, 56, 70, 113
Ellinger, Wallace, 36, 86, 96, 98,
113
Ferree, Lauretta, 37, 99
Flesh, Royal, 32, 112
Fredeking, Drury, 28, 56, 96
Gorsuch, Harry, 33, 56, 112
Gates, Carol, 31, 42, 79, 80,100,118
Gay, Alex, 30, 42, 90, 91, 102, 113
Gewinner, Ray, 28
Goerner, Ralph, 31, 78, 93, 113
Gross, Oliver, 31, 70, 78, 86, 113
Guthrie, David, 40
Gutman, Aurelia, 33, 79, 80, 90, 91,
96, 98, 100, 101
Harkey, Tom, 32, 72
Hartman, Claire, 39, 100
Heidman, Anita, 38
Hinson, Theodore, 35, 70, 88, 89,
113
Hodson, Jack, 41
Horr, Charles, 34, 70
Horst, Grace, 30
Houston, Margaret, 30, 118
Huber, Eugene, 36, 56, 70, 111
Hesse, Katherine, 40
Hunter, Rogers, 38, 113
Irish, Russell, 40, 84, 88, 89, 100,
101
Jehle, Bettv, 37, 88, 89, 100, 102,
108
Johanning, Eleanor, 38, 84, 90, 102,
108, 118
Johnson, Barbara, 36, 96
Judkins, Clyde, 36
Kasius, Richard, 28, 75, 93
Kauffman, Sewell, 30, 42, 75, 102,
112
Kell, Robert, 31, 88
Koenig, Palla, 34, 84, 90, 91, 100,
105, 115, 118
Koken, Ann, 39, 79, 80, 90, 96, 98,
105, 118
Krimmel, Roy, 34, 110
Krinbill, Eleanor, 32, 90, 96, 98, 99
Krueger, Jack, 29, 56, 70, 113
Leinberger, Mary Lou, 35, 56, 80,
84, 88, 101, 102, 109, 118
Leutwiler, John, 35, 96, 98,102,112
115
Littlefield, Gould, 41, 100, 113, 115
Lloyd, Alice, 40, 79, 80, 81, 84, 90,
91, 100, 101
Lucia, John, 36, 112
Lutz, O. S„ 32, 93, 110
McGee, Bill, 40, 115
McPherson, Jane, 35
Major, Lee, 31
Mallinckrodt, Virginia, 34, 90, 105
Marsalek, Edith, 40, 56, 84, 90, 96,
98, 101, 102, 105, 118
March, Dorothy, 29
Martin, Carroll, 39
McKay, Barbara, 90, 99, 105, 118
McKee, Jack, 115
Metiever, Julia, 32, 93
Meyers, Al, 41
Meyers, Helen, 31
Miller, Betty Jean, 37, 42, 56, 88,
102, 109, 118
Mills, Dick, 30, 88, 100, 101, 112
Moncur, Isobel, 31, 42, 56, 90, 96,
98, 100, 105, 118
Moore, Bess, 35, 79, 80, 81, 88, 89,
100, 109, 118
Moores, Miriam, 40, 108
Naylor, John, 38, 102, 113
Noll, Page, 34, 42, 96, 100, 112
Orr, Bill, 37, 42, 84, 100, 102, 109,
110, 113
Patterson, Eleanor, 39, 42, 102, 109
Paulson, Kathleen, 33, 42, 56, 96
Payne, Burton, 38, 56
Pence, Flora, 32, 79, 80, 81, 118
Pendarvis, Harry, 33, 70, 72, 78, 86,
112
Peters, Lorraine, 30, 81, 118
Peterson, Baker, 37, 70, 98
Peterson, Melville, 35, 96, 112, 115
Pyatt, Jack, 33, 78
Radford, Horace, 40
Reaves, Frank, 33, 70
Rebbe, Muirene, 34, 79, 88, 102,105,
118
Remington, Alyce, 30, 90, 96
Reynolds, Anita, 33, 57
Rice, Charles, 38
Richardson, Vivian, 37, 57
Riley, Betty, 28, 56
Roberts, Norman, 32
Robinson, Bill, 36, 115
Robinson, Phillip, 34
Rogers, Bill, 31, 84, 93, 111, 113,
115
Russell, Jean, 36, 79, 80, 99, 105,
118
Ryberg, Hilding, 39, 56, 84, 96, 112
Schnebelen, Ralph, 29, 70
Schroeder, Bob, 38, 78, 98, 100
Schroeder, Frank, 37, 78, 98, 100
Schulz, Henry, 39, 42, 102, 113, 115
Schumert, Eleanor, 32
Schwarz, Richard, 29, 75
Scott, Jane, 41, 84
Seibert, Grace, 33, 57, 84, 105, 118
Shewman, Gordon, 30
Sherwin, Charles, 30
Shultz, Marjorie, 37, 90, 91, 96, 98,
100, 108, 118
Sivells, Maxine, 39, 84, 88, 101, 102,
115
Sidler, Janet, 28, 90, 99, 115
Sloofman, Alvin, 36
Smith, Prentice, 32, 84, 89, 90, 91,
100, 101, 113
Sneed, Tom, 34, 56, 96, 98, 113
Spotts, Clyde, 41
Stanley, Vivian, 30
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Stanton, Stoddard, 31, 96
Starke), Jean, 28, 90, 101, 118
Stephens, Alice, 30, 56, 79, 80, 84,
90, 96, 98, 100, 118
Stice, Nancv, 37, 79, 96, 98, 100,
105, 118
Suddarth, Fred, 30, 70, 96, 98, 113
Suender, Marion, 29
Sunder, Ed., 40, 56, 72
Sutherland, Walter, 41
Swahlen, Bill, 37, 42, 70, 113
Taake, Roberta, 35, 79, 81, 93, 105,
118
Tackaberry, Gereau, 29
Teach, Dorothv, 20, 56, 84, 98, 101,
102
Thibault, Lance, 35, 102, 113
INDEX-Concluded
Thomas, Elizabeth, 34
Thompson, Elizabeth, 32, 56, 79, 80,
100, 118
Trent, Norma, 31
Van Benthuysen, Kitty, 39, 56, 90,
91, 102
Votruba, Anna, 38
Wagoner, Jean, 29, 42, 56, 79, 80,
102, 118, 125
Wagoner, Walter, 28, 75, 84, 86, 88,
89, 90, 91, 101, 102, 113
Waldschmidt, James, 56, 93, 112
Walsh, Arthur, 32, 102
Ward, Mildred, 34, 90, 102, 118
Warner, Florence, 32, 90, 91, 99
Webb, Suzanne, 40, 42, 84, 88, 89,
90, 91, 101
Weinfurth, Jeanne, 40, 79, 80, 81,
90, 100, 105, 109, 118, 123
Weldele, Mary Louise, 34, 105, 118
Wilder, Ethel, 38, 79, 80, 81, 105,
118
Wilkins, Bobette, 29, 88, 89, 110,
115, 118
Wilkinson, Ordie, 37, 102, 110
Wilsonhole, Dorothy, 33
Wolf, Lois, 38, 84, 88, 90, 96, 98,
100, 101, 102, 110, 118
Wood, John, 33, 42, 56, 70, 88, 89,
96, 113
Zahorsky, Lawrence, 33, 93, 110,
115
Zuroweste, Dorothy, 35
Young, Catherine, 28
SECTION INDEX
SECTIONS PAGE
Administration ----- 14
Faculty - -- -- -- -16
Seniors - -- -- -- -26
Undergraduates ----- 43
Music - -- -- -- -56
Boys’ Sports ------ 70
Girls’ Sports ------ 79
Activities - -- -- --83
Features ------- 121
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