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

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v 7rPi'W.I-11,413 EJ ? - I.. T H E C A D U C E U S MR. WILBUR N. FULLER By VIRGINIA QUICK HOUGH Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ways has a world-wide reputation as a furniture center, it should have a F' 'fr deeper meaning for the pupils of Beaumont High, for it is the birthplace of our principal, Mr. Wilbur N. Fuller. Michigan, too, is noted for the high stand- ard of her public schools, and it is with great pride that Mr. Fuller can say he at- tended them. He was a pupil in the grade school and the Central High School, and graduated from the latter at the age of seventeen years. Still in pursuit of educa- tion, he attended the University of Michi- gan, where he specialized in the natural sciences. While at the University he taught as an assistant-instructor in the Zoological laboratory, ln 1904 he came to St. Louis with the opening of Yeatman High School. Mr. Fuller was connected with Yeat- man throughout its creditable career as a High School from September, 1904, to February 1, 1926, and contributed largely to the school spirit of Yeatman. Mr. Fuller has the quality of leadership, and this trait was soon recognized by those with whom he came into contact. He progressed rapidly to the honorable posi- tions of second-assistant in 1906: first- assistant in 1910: head-assistant in 1911: acting assistant-principal in September, 1918: regular assistant-principal, March 29, 1923: and principal May 8, 1923. While at Yeatman, Mr. Fuller taught various sciences, including physiography and physics. He also coached various ath- letics: tennis, basketball, track, and foot- ball. A large number of the Yeatman Cups that are on display in the cases at Yeat- man were won by teams that he coached He was also sponsor of a number of or- ganizations in addition to that of the senior class. Mr. Fuller has been a repre- sentative for a number of years in the High School League, which he, with the help of another teacher, organized. He was trans- ferred February, 1926, from the principal- ship of Yeatman to the same position in the new Beaumont High School. We have put complete trust in him, for we know that he will make Beaumont respected throughout the city for its high ideals. BEAUMONT HIGH SCHOOL By WILBUR N. FULLER N February the first, the long looked for event took place and the doors of the Beaumont High 'u ' 'l School were thrown open to the young people of the largest high school district in the City of St. Louis. After we had passed the outer doors into its beauti- ful entrance, we paused in wonder, because its magnificence was overwhelming and gave such wonderful promises of what might be in store for us. Soon we were gasping at the size and stateliness of our Auditorium and its stage gymnasium. Our first journey about our new home was a Thirteen

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if --. -0 'TN Q3 13515 H. 7 ,iii C J T ' :Q u ilfitif r sffi 4Qvi7x'r?iFP fs - ' it vit ' e, , sfrfcfyt 's eff ' T H E C A D U C E. U S F AIRGROUNDS PARK By HELEN KAHL HAT familiar spot, the one which ggi' we see and-passlevery school day, the one which gives our Beaumont a beautiful foreground, that spot we call The Fairgrounds, what do we know of its history? Perhaps we have never thought of Fairgrounds Park as any- thing but a park, extending from Grand to Fair and from Kossuth to Natural Bridge Avenues. Perhaps we have not as- sociated with it an interesting historic past. To most of us now it is a park, and we have no reason to believe it ever was other- wise. However, if we had lived forty or fifty years ago and had gone to the Pair Grounds, we would have found a very dif- ferent place from the present St. Louis public park. Let us visit the Pair Grounds as it was of old. After dismounting from the Mound City car we are confronted with a large iron fence. Paying the required ad- mission fee, we enter the grounds by the Grand Avenue entrance. We see the very lake upon which many of us have skated. Standing beside it, one sees the familiar bear pit, the only present remains. There are several other buildings in the park, as the House of Comforts, similar to an inn or hotel where meals are served: a monkey house, and several other booths where various things are exhibited. These build- ings are used for the frequent fairs, pic- nics, or circuses which are given there. In the center of the grounds we see the am- phitheater. Probably today we may see the great western trail blazer, Buffalo Bill himself, and his Indians perform on the quarter-mile track. Before us, we may ob- serve a mass of people gathered to see the ascent of a balloon, and then we excitedly await the descent of a woman in a parachute, Going on, we come to the one-mile race track situated between Fair and Prairie Avenues. We arrive at the grandstand just in time to hear the pages, exquisitely dressed in gold and silver, announce the beginning of the race. We observe surrounding the track countless stables sheltering, among others, our fa- vorite horse, which we hope will win. After enjoying our visit immensely, we retreat through the Pair Avenue entrance. The large red boulder which is near the pool was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1910. The stone marks the location of the Hrst fair held west of the Mississippi River, in the year 1856, by the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association. Pairs were held annually from 1856 to 1861, when they ceased to exist because the United States troops occupied the grounds. However, after the evacuation by the soldiers, the fairs continued to be held until 1903. The last race held in the Pair Grounds was the World's Fair Handicap in 1904. It was then felt that the city would be greatly benefited by purchasing the Fair Grounds. ln 1908 it was acquired from Mr. Pilles for the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars. Reconstruction was im- mediately begun. The old fence, which many boys had tried to climb, was re- moved: the buildings and dead trees were taken down, and concrete bridges were built over the lagoon. By April 16, 1911, the new park was opened to the public. Thus our present Fair Grounds was estab- lished, offering amusements of various sorts to the public and creating for Beau- mont a campus perhaps unsurpassed in this state. Fifteen