Here are clippings continuing the saga of the 1923-1924 Senior Teacher Training Course in Westfield High School as chronicled in the local newspaper: 1) "The next meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association will be held Tuesday evening, February 26th, at the High School Building. Mr. Weiland has prepared the following "Father and Son" Program: A group of songs, quartets and solos; Talks on the following topics will be given: Mother - R.M. Starkey; Sweethearts - L.E. Weiland; Husbands - Rev. Semelroth; [unreadable] - H. Yates; Oration, Father and Son - John Dewar. After the program in the Auditorium a basket ball game between the fathers and sons will be played. The players are as follows: Fathers - Sons: Mr. Grahn - Arthur Grahn; Mr. Schatzke - Ira Schatzke; Mr. Schultz - Darwin Schultz; Mr. Dahlke - Howard Dahlke; Mr. Yates - Hubert Yates; Mr. Bartz - Clarence Bartz; Mr. Dewar - Vincent Dewar. Substitutes are Mr. H. Schwark, Mr. G. Schwark, Mr. C. Bursack. Referee - Mr. R. Andrews. All parents and friends are invited to attend." 2) "On Friday evening, May 2, was held the event of events for the Juniors and Seniors - the Junior-Senior reception. The banquet was held in the High School gymnasium, which had been decorated with the Senior class colors, gold and white. These colors were hung from the center of the room and from the sides of the gallery, thus giving an air of festivity to the gym which was quite different from its everyday appearance. This color scheme was carried out still further in the table decorations and in the supper menu. The supper was prepared by the mothers of the Juniors and the members of the refreshment committee and spoke eloquently of their skill. The guests were ushered into the banquet hall to the sound of music produced by the High School Orchestra. The orchestra continued playing throughout the meal and added to the pleasure of the occasion. Mr. Weiland acted as toastmaster. The toasts given were: Class colors - Mr. Weiland; Enjoyable occasions - Etta Wandry; Who's who in 1924 - Agnes Haney; Who's Who in 1925 - Evalena Thalacker; School Life in the Old Building - John Cant; School Life in the New Building - Clarence Bursack; Examinations - Mr. Starkey. The toasts were followed by a program given in the main room. The features of this program were a piano duet by Agnes Haney and Belva Dewar, a song On the Dreamy Amazon, by Etta Wandry, Marie Slowey, Margaret Nelson, Wenona Willis, Agnes Haney, and Beulah Marvin; a play Those Red Envelopes, and two songs, Oh, Senior, and I've Lost My Doggie, by the well-known Junior Boy's Quartet, composed of John Cant, Glenn Collins, Sylvester Smythe, and Lyle Kanneman." 3) "The Seniors and Faculty were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Weiland in the High School gymnasium last week on Tuesday evening. Several contest games were played, after which prizes were given to Bernice Wagner and Chet Collins; while the booby prizes were awarded to Charlotte Wilkins and Clarence Chesky. More games were played, then the guests, who had been divided into three groups, went upstairs, one group at a time, for supper. The refreshments carried out the class colors, gold and white. The party was concluded by a grand march in which everyone took part. As souvenir of the occasion, each guest carried away a yellow rose with a snapper attached. We do not need to tell how much the party was enjoyed by all present. Our host and his wife never fail to give a good time." 4) "The reception given by the Juniors Friday night to the seniors, faculty, and the school board members was a success in every way. The gymnasium was very prettily decorated with pink apple blossoms and green crepe paper, carrying out the color scheme of the two classes. The tables were arranged in a capital S, in honor of the seniors. The table decorated consisted of May poles with green and pink streamers, and green menu cards. Mr. Weiland acted as toast master. He gave a very find toast to the mothers of the Juniors who assisted very efficiently with the service of the banquet. The following gave toasts: Irene Schwark - Welcome to the Seniors; Harry Cant - Response; Mrs. McLean - To the Seniors; Miss Moll - To the Juniors; Evalena Thalacker - To the Faculty; Erwin Hindes - To the School Board; Mr. H. Schwark - Response; Mr. F.L. Roskie - Response. The sophmore girls with their courteous and pleasant manner made very able waitresses. After the dinner was over, the guests were ushered into the auditorium where an interesting program given by the Juniors was thoroughly enjoyed. A social hour was then spent in the Auditorium."
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