Bayless High School - Oracle Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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1 l Uni' Superintendent sims time N mx ummm-Nm mailings!- MRS. VIOLET BASCOM In recognition of her many years of loyal devotion to the cause of education in the Bayless District, a testimonial dinner was held. The dinner was sponsored by the Mothers' and Patrons' Clubs of the Bayless School. Earlier in the season Mrs. Bascom was honored by the Board of Education, and members of the faculty and friends. In recognition of the outstanding record and devotion to the school children of the Bayless District, we, the Senior Class of 1944, congratulate Mrs. Bascom on her twenty- five years with Bayless, and wish her health, happiness and contentment the rest of her days. We acknowledge with gratitude the deep debt we owe her by her keen devotion to duty and the tremendous task she has done in our behalf. 1, 19-4 zz 311 5'

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o c .L 1 tl ,1 1 1 1 li QA Tribute to 914115. CBt1st:nm. Twenty-five years ago, the nation was trying to adjust itself once again to living in peace after several years of war. In Saint Louis County, houses were beginning to jot out here and there on the landscape. The Bayless school district was beginning to grow and expand. School children and more school children began crowding into the classrooms. .As the children came to school that Septeniber morning in 1918, a new teacher was there to greet the upper grades, Mrs. Violet C. Bascom. Twenty-five years later, chil- dren of those children of 1918 came to school in 1945 and greeted the same teacher. a little wiser, a little more experienced, a little bit older perhaps, but found that same intense love of children, the same devotion to the democratic principles of education, the same intreiiched loyalty, and the same devotion to duty that their parents had found years earlier. In those twenty-live years, the Bayless schools have grown and their entire growth may be studied and reflected in the educational career of the present Superintendent, Mrs. Bascom, who this year rounds out twenty-five years of active educational service to the district. As Bayless grew, so did Mrs. Bascom. In 1923 she was made principal. In 1928 a high school was established and Mrs. Bascom was made Superintendent. ln 1952 a high school building was erected and there you can H-nd her today in her ollice working constantly with the School Board, the faculty, and the educationally minded people of the district, counseling with the students. straightening out their problems, and helping them over their educational hurdles day in and day out. ., 4 3 i5''HZff253?'5EfE3!':5'33?2lff -.' i:::::2-:gE2E1:I,:3gr'C1' . -gag. 555::'E:5::E:Zi7 Z' it-. . vfffifiiiiiij rs- a3:5f55gn.,15g -:a:::5:q-gag. ' , -.gz-1.3:-1-:, -x 1?-wrltw :C-f. 'avvz- wk:-,. X Kmqtpgrp '-1.1 .-11: : - r 1.2:-.::f ' ZW:-.-.fi 1 F:-I 5'

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Tribute To Our Ftztcrulty The Senior class wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the faculty of Bayless High School. Words are inadequate to convey to you our apprecia- tion for the many courtesies and untiring efforts expended in our behalf. You, who have strived to guide our stumbling feet along life's way, Give us eyes to see the path by night and day, Helped us to build from out of the quickening sands, A firm foundation on which our future stands, Sympathy, advice, and sometimes retribution too, Moulding our character, aiding our ability to do The task which lies ahead. All are freely given. We take with us, now that our day's begun, A part of you and as we face the rising sun Armed as we are with little knowledge and more youthful hope Weire confident that with Life's Battles we can surely cope, To you we owe a debt of gratitude and say Thanks for all you have done for us in every way. Donald Wolz ' Q QUE lux 'E an