Central High School - Red and Black Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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A Distinguished Alumnus Dies KWH fill' I '1'f'1f1'ilV f'!' f'i'l'f'1'l1HVI!1 HH' !'HHffrvl'l1gl urficlv from thi' ALVMNI Bui.i.i:'r1N zu are indvlvfrd to llmin lllirln .S'Ii':'i'i1.wii of ll'i1xfi1'iiy1mi Ii'IlI'T'l'1'.Y1'f,1'.j N THE death of Paul Elmer Mrire '87 liCentral, 'SSL which occurred March 9 at his home in Princeton, N. J., Wzishiiigf ton University lost one of her most dis' tinguished and honored alumni. Born in St. Louis December 12, 1864, he was graduated with the A.B. degree in 1887 and received his M.A. in 1892. In 189495 he served as assistant in Sanskrit at Harvard, and for the next two years was associate in Sanskrit and classical literature at Bryn Mawr. Then bidding farewell to college walls for several years, Dr. Iviore became successively literary editor of the Independent, literary critic of the New York Evening Post and editor of the Na' tion. In 1921 he accepted the position of lecturer in Greek philosophy and the His' tory of Christian Thought at Princeton University, retiring from active service in 1933. Among his best known hooks are 'Shelburne Essays,' 'The Greek Traditionf 'The Religion of Plato,' 'Hellenistic Philosophies,' 'The Christ of the New Testaf mcnt,' 'Christ the Wcurd' and the 'New Shelburne Essays,' which came from the press last December. He also wrote biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Friedrich Wilhcliii Nietzsche and translations of 'Prometheus Bound' and 'The judgment of Socrates' Dr. More was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Philosophical Association and the Century, Authors and Columbia Unif versity clubs of New York. Vxfashington University, Columbia, Dartmouth, Prince' ton, and the University of Glasgow conferred honorary degrees upon him. Upon being notified of Dr. lVIore's death, President Dodds of Princeton Uni' versity sent the following message from Bermuda, whcre he was spending a brief vacation: 'One of the greatest scholars of the times, Dr. Mrmre did not live in a closed world but always gave freely of himself .....,............... ' In praising the work of Dr. More, Professor Christian Gauss, dean of the College at Princeton, added, 'In spite of the vigor of his writings, Dr. More is recognized by those who knew him as one of the most gracious and kindly personalif ties of our time. His work will live, but to us who knew him, his passing is an irreparable loss.' A tribute from Professor Robert K. Root, dean of the Princeton faculty, reads: 'Paul Elmer More has been one of the most distinguished critics America has prof duced. His thought was profound and stimulating. His English prose had rare beauty and distinction' 'The literary work of Paul Elmer NIore,' writes Chancellor George R. Throop of Vsfashington University, 'represents a most distinctive achievement in the history of American letters, It is the pleasure of the University that it contributed to his education, and it has taken a justifiable pride in his career. ' 'fwentyone

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Twenty Our Brotherhood ol 1-ligh Schools lligxvgilimlh .Xrlrlress Principal Ass't Principal Beaumont 3836 Natural W. N. Fuller A. H, Huntington 2682 91 Bridge Ave. Blewett 5351 Enright Miss L. R. Ernst R. F. Holden 1353 52 Central 3616 N. Garrison D. H. Weir N. B. Dee 1538 S8 Cleveland 4352 Louisiana -lohn Maddox Milton Frye 2083 78 McKinley 2156 Russell C. Edwards A. O. Kelley 1516 53 Roosevelt 3230 Hartford Charles Ammerman C. H. Saekett 3105 109 Soldan 918 N. Union H. P. Stellwagen Ben H. Barr 2245 77 TOTAL WHITE HIGH SCHOOLS ........,,,, 14,522 518 Hadley Vocational 3405 Bell Ave. W. K. Begeman B. W. Noel 2821 86 fiolorerl lligh Schools Sumner 4248 Cottage C. D. Brantley Herman Dreer 1280 46 Vashon 3026 Laclcdc F. L. Williams W. G. Mosley 1365 45 TOTAL COLORED HIGH SCHOOLS ........ 2645 91 Booker T. Washington Vocational 814 N. 19th W. H. Hutlman 291 Est. 16 GRAND TOTAL ........ ................ 20,279 711 Note: The nnniher of vocational tc-aeliers at the Booker T. VVashington Vocational School is c.r!i11iaf1'ri on a 1'n1l time teacher program. There are a nnnilier of teachers whose tinic is rllvulecl hetween Vocational Class mil rli as foi ovei igt retarrleil pnpils whose aehievenient may range lmetween Grades I anrl VIII. . .ss V. -N lhi' note was written luv ll. 11. Sc-iilell. lligh School Principal in t'11arge of Ninth firasle t'cntcrs. Vtle are K - . inrlehterl to Mr. Seirlell for the interesting information on this paguj l'c-titers St. 1.ouis Public Ninth Grade Centers Benton Blow Bryan Hill Buder Chouteau Field Gardenville Henry Hodgen Long Longfellow Madison Mark Twain Monroe Roe SC1'lIj.I11S Sigel Wade Walhridge .Xmldress PA. . I Ninnher Nuinlner 'ml 'lm ltiirollerl Teachers Voc. H.5. 2847 N. Kingshighway A. R. Miller 163 5 516 Loughborough H. H. Meeker 253 127 10 2128 Gano W. 1. See 167 5 5319 Lansdowne Miss Sarah L. Boyd 172 5 1306 S, Ewing Fred S. Milam 104 3 4466 Delmar L. M. Dougan 201 6 6651 Gravois G. H. Green 132 4 1220 N. Tenth Stanley Hill 179 66 7 2748 Henrietta R. E. Striekler 120 3 5028 Morganford Ben C. Milster 192 6 3134 Ivanhoe E. E. MeCas1in 94 3 1118 S. Seventh Marshall C. Crouch 199 6 5316 Ruskin Chas. E. Witter 89 3 3701 S. Broadway I. A. Gaines 320 8 1921 Prather Miss Anna B. Boyd 156 4 4611 S. Grand W. D. Shewman 281 8 2050 Allen A. M. Wilson 230 6 2030 S. Vandeventer Miss Isahel Tucker 333 10 5000 Davison S. Nants 176 5 Total High School ........ .... 3 322 95' Total Vocational ..... ....... 4 32 GRAND TOTAL ............. 3754 107 There are no Assistant Principals in the Centers.

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'Twenty-two A Newer World CME, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. That cry of an indomitable soul has been borne to us down through the ages. Since the world began, men have been inspired to sail beyond the sunset and the western stars. Civilizations have been established by that urge and have reached their greatest heights when the flame of zeal burned brightest. Today the need for newer worlds, in a newer sense, is stronger than ever. Civili- Zation can no longer depend upon new lands for impetus toward achievement. The new worlds must come from within the old worldsg they must be empires based upon human advancement rather than upon materialistic acquisition. That the average man is not ignorant of that important fact is shown by the trend of thought today. The chances for accumulation of great wealth are rapidly diminishing. As a result the Youth of the world is turning toward more humanistic goals. The new empires will not be carved out by the bloody sword of conquest, they will be sketched by the pen, revealed by the research laboratory, redeemed by the cross! Is this not an inspiring challenge to you and me? Never before in the history of the world has there been such promise and hope for a new generation just entering the world of affairs. Throughout the ages there have been men and women whose successful search for these newer worlds has been an inspiration to those who followed after. But today the inspiring accomplishments of such leaders is even more potent. They did not wield the sword, but the effect they have had upon the world has been more lasting and certainly more truly powerful than all the conquests of our Napoleons and Alexanders. Consider the empire Shakespeare created with his pen, the pioneering done by Louis Pasteur and Madame Curie in the Held of medicineg the noble work done by Florence Nightingale in alleviating human suffering, and by Clara Barton in the establishment of the Red Cross. One need only try to imagine a world without these truly Great, to measure their greatness. Imagine America without Washington, Lincoln, or Theodore Roosevelt. Their names have become immortalized because of the visions they -saw and put into effect. The world has not even yet realized the full import of Edison's inventions, nor sensed the possibilities for progress in the exploraf tions of Byrd, our modern Columbus. All of these men and women have given to humanity new empires of thought which are urging the world to unite in mutual appreciation of them. But, perhaps the most inspiring work of all, the great work of unifying the physical world in order to prepare the way for the new spiritual worlds to come, was begun in our own lifetime. On May 20, 1927, just ten years ago, a slim young American began an Odyssey to seek a newer world. He, too, sailed beyond the stars. In a frail, silvery airplane, he crossed a turbulent ocean to join two continents irrevocably together. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, in his ship, the Spirit of St. Louis, found a newer world, open' ing for us a vista into the empire of the future. He is the Ulysses of our generation. -EVELYN GREEN, '38.