Ferguson High School - Crest Yearbook (Ferguson, MO)

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It IS regrettable that o.1r young people of today have such unsettled condntnons to face as they have heard nothnng an the way of news from the lnternatlonal scene except war and rumors of war Tl'-e past generations whale accomolnshmq mJch along screntlflc lanes have learned very lnttle about ltvnnq together peaceably Young people can not be blamed for developing a philosophy of Oh' What s the use However those who would qnve way to feel :nos of despanr should remember the old saying that ut as darkest just before the dawn There are m ny thungs for whuch we may be thankful D velooments on the unternatnonal scene are not all bad We mJst remember that a better world cannot be qauned by one day s work Wnth that an mnnd let us all work contlnuously together for the peaceful and harmonuous world that can be had only by the uollftnnq of all rnankund J C McCOLLUM ulaerinfen enf General Robert E Lee a great American gave thus counsel to has Soathern Confederate wufe Madam dont brung up your sons to detest the United States government Recollect that we form one oovernment now Abandon all these local ann mosntuc and make your sons Amerncan The United States government us again facung a crlsus external as well as Internal The hngh school stu dents of today are the people who will determnne the coarse of Amernca and probably the world and may we all work and pray that their declsnons wall change the course of history for the last half of the 20th century V C MCCLUER l"U'lC 7961 II ' - , f I , . ' I f . V . hu. F . I IJ, L . C , ,, H . I , t l they graduate from high school. All their lives - , , , I C Y . . . . ' . C A I tg . ' - - I I I I ll ' ' I g - a A ' ' . e- . ,. . , . . . . . ,, C I

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Emu' of gducafion BACK ROW W C Brown J Eugene Gordon Janes Geuger FRONT ROW G C Bradshaw Vlnldred C Jeske J T Monnug BACK ROW Mrs Plavnuck Mrs Hackman Mrs Wnse Mrs Upton FRONT ROW Mrs Schoen Mrs McNeely Mrs Remhart Mrs Knecht The Officers of 1951 Kiwi, The Ferguson School Board controls the derectuon of the pollcnes and finances of the guson Scnools IS credited to the board PARENTS CLUB The Parents Club IS an organnzatnon whnch endeavors to promote better relatrons be tween the parents and the teachers lt sponsors the annual Chrnstmas Dance fur nlshes the floral bouquets for the Crest Coronatuon and also assusts un promoting School Board campaigns and plans Fnnances for these actnvltnes are made possible by pro ceeds from the annual card party Pregldenf Mrs R McNeeIy Vice President Mrs H Relnhart Secretary Treasurer Mrs R Schoen A E Knecht Hastoruan Mrs . . . , r., , . . . . , . . , 1 , . . ' ' 1 - 1 - 1 - . - - , . , . , . . 1 Ferguson Publuc Schools and employs the Supermtendent of Schools The board IS composed of sux members two of whom are elected each year for a three year term The hugh standards of educatuon un the Fer