Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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ffl' V iw 'I It ww 1 rs T! if as ' ' .. f YW s iw M I A -1 I tt I in , Q11 5 eff ' l Q F' XL -'-Z hi-, 4 A i THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF MISSOURI By LORING MUELLER HAT the bear's cub should be a tiger is singular particularly so when Q 3 ' ' ' 2 i , we observe that, except for fighting qualities in competitive fields, he it ' ' ' , gg has the traits of neither the bear nor the tiger but rather emulates the beaver in being a constructive influence. ln the year I839 the foundation for our state educational system was laid with the opening of the state university at Columbia. Four years later the little school looked proudly upon her first brood, two graduates. Contrast with that exceedingly small beginning last year's graduating class of over one thousand. Count all the finished citizens who have been Twenty

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X fa we A H ' 1. . 1' 4- V9 1' !YQe 'Sfi lN I E d ll' 6 U nfl 'ix ' - if! -QM ,,z'- x' -7 ' a THE SHOW ME STATE By HERBERT MOSS N amalgamation of Yankees, Kentucky and Tennessee mountaineers, M... . Frenchmen, Germans, and lrlshmen has formed a commonwealth, Missouri, that is excelled by only four or five sister states in the general contribution to the nation's strength and wealth. Natureis endowments to Missouri were rich, and together with a stock of ninety-five per cent of native born Americans, she has made a rapid advance since her entrance to the Union. Situated at the junction of the Mississippi and Missouri valley systems, she may be designated as the strate- gic point of the most productive region in the world. Possessing such an advantageous geographical position, Missouri commands very economical river transportation and is the center of innumerable transportation facilities. Her affluence is greatly enhanced by her very valuable agricultural products, in which she ranks fifth, with an approximate valuation of 5940,- 000,000 yearly. As a consequence of her supremacy in this respect, she is the true agricultural center of the United States. According to eminent geologists, Missouri's mineral output is of an extraordinary nature. Moreover, a great diversity is revealed in her mineral wealth, thereby insuring a continued development. The value of Missouri's mineral output has quadrupled in the past two decades, the estimated value at present averaging about 560,000,000 yearly. The average citizen of Missouri is characterized by his middle of the road policy, thus giving rise to the famed expression, Show me, l'm from Missouri. The Missourian invites progress, but he advocates conservatism. l-le is gradually sensing the benefits derived from a public educational system, and he has organized a very eflicient one. A marked transition is revealed in the change of the Missourian's attitude towards the growth of art and culture. The citizen of Missouri is a born colonizer, statistics revealing the fact that one out of every three persons assists in the colonization of a sister state. Missouri has long been the guiding star in the Vvestern firmament, and with these innumerable assets, her future is even brighter than her past. Nineteen

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J ,fm , V' ,W ri S JI 9, 0 1- W Ml ' in' r st he -f f Ill' ' 1 f 1 ,P I Kg, P xl K ' . K Q mg B 1 -' I X s. j 1 1 .4 turned out by this institution and its branches, and calculate the inestimable benefits it has given to our community. For good citizens are made, not by law, but by education. Missouri University is the head of our educational system. When first established, it consisted of the School of Arts and Science alone. To it were added later the different schools which make it one of the most complete universities in the country. The School of Education, a general college course, was the first addition. The College of Agriculture followed soon after and has proven an enormous asset to the state by producing scientific farmers, who do away with the waste of land and natural resources that have so long stopped our material growth. The research departments, affiliated with the College of Agriculture, labor unceasingly to lighten the task of the farmer and to increase his efficiency. Twenty-one