Beaumont High School - Caduceus Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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CGCJUCBU6 Tzu! e ALBERT H HUNTINGTON Fzrat Asszstanl Prmfzpal of Beaumont Prmclpal 1937 1949 1926-1937

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661611166016 WILBUR N FULLER Deceased Furs! Prmczpal of Beaumont 1926 1937 Eleven

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Cl uceud A HISTORY OF BEAUIVIONT HIGH SCHOOL Hoi i Wo1I1Nc rox On Fcbruiry I IQZ6 Beaumont High School was opened to receive its Hrst class and ficulty consisting of the Yeatman High student body their teachers and thc ninth grade of old Central High School 'I llc land on which our school is located yy as ow ned at Onc time by Henri Chouteau 'and was purchised by the St Louis Board of Lducation in IQZZ for thc purpose of erecting 1 high school to serye North St louis Built at 1 cost ol SZ 206 810 thc new school vias dedicated on Vlarch IZ l926 in honor ol Dr William Beaumont Many of the early Beaumont alumni will remember the central entrance as a guarded sanctuary due to thc fact that it represents a product of Missouri marble mines unique in IQZ6 Seeking a member of the lune l926 cllss to ask about school life then we found 'Vlr Al Hunt who remembers dancing the Charleston the girls swim 1n the school pool 1 fancy Diana Roadster made in St Louis and voting for thc class motto To Bc First Wilbur N Fuller became the first principal of our school and Albert H Huntington his assistant Eleven years and then came 1937 Mr Fuller passed ave ay and Beaumont High School entered a new period under Mr Hunt xngton Under his guidance we gained many honors in athletic and scholastic actiyitics In I9-+9 after 1 generation of futhful service to Beaumont Mr Huntington retired As alve ays when the school needed a leader we found one this time in our assistant principal Mr R IVI lnbody who took up the principalship Nou we haye entered a third era and it is up to us the students to make it is outstanding as the first two On this our twenty fifth anniversary we are attempting to pay honor to the leadership which has madc Beaumont the school it is today Our teachers the administrators and thc students are responsible for helping us to 'achicye our bourn 1 O Bl IMIRQI 7 hlrfecn E ' . 5 Y .' BI I I I I I I. I I ' ' - ' ' I I . I I 4 I Y I. Q I I I ' I It ' V I I I I Y I . L 4 ' Y V -' V I I - y I ' I A ' I' ' 1 1 I I I I I I I . I ' A . I I I I I A I I I I I K I i L ' - I I I I I - 1 4 I I I : 4 I : I . x wearing extremely short skirts, sweaters. and plaid hose: being the Hrst one to I I I'c I I I t I I I I . ' I . 3 . D Y, I IL I ' V I 4 I I K 4 L I l I I ' I VI I I I D I 4 I I ' 1 ' I I K, . - . H i . I I Y I I I ' I J ' I I I C I ' I 1 I I I I I I K . I VI