Ben Blewett High School - Brochure Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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mamma immr-sem The Thrlft Hablt ,641 T has been sald that every cloud has a sllver l1n1ng and no more LL. pi approprrate apphcatlon could be made of thls opt1m1st1c ph11osophy 555 than ln the case of one of the developments of the late war Whlle we shall never forget the horrors of that confhct and even txme may never heal the wounds caused thereby we must acknowledge that the Amer1can people formerly so profhgate wmth money have on ac count of the ex1genc1es of the war become a natxon of savers The faculty of Ben Blewett deserve the hlghest pralse and commenda txon for the splendld work they d1d and are now dolng 1n encouraglng the purchase of thrmft stamps by the puplls Many of these pupxls thought xt lmposslble to save unt11 remmded by our Government that lt was 1mperat1ve m order that we mlght w1n the war Now that we reahze how slmple and easy it IS to form the Hablt of Savmg we marvel at our own stupxd1ty 1n not practxclng thrxft unt1l xt was suggested to us by our dear old Uncle Sam Nothmg contrlbutes so much to Success as System Therefore we should adopt a SYSTEM FOR SAVING Easxest thmg m the world here IS the plan Set aslde one tenth of your allowance or lncome whether lt be 25c or S25 per week Do thxs relxglously or you w11l fall of your purpose You w1ll be surprxsed at the result and the self gratxflcatron you w1ll feel Later ln l1fe you would not abandon thls hablt of savmg any sooner than you would give up eatlng for the fasc1nat1on grows After you have saved enough for your first thrlft stamp or for your first dollar dCpOS1f m a savlngs account t e rest 1S easy Here are some of the results the comfortmg knowledge 1 That you are a bond holder or that you have money ln the bank 2 That you are a LENDER of money lnstead of a BORROWER 3 That you like the V1llage Blacksmlth can look the Whole world rn the face for you owe not any man 4 That you w1ll have enough accumulated by the t1me you are ready to battle wlth the world to carry on your own bus1ness or professlon and not have to work for the other fellow It s great to be one s own boss 5 That old age wxll have no terrors as you w ll have lald by a snug sum aga1nst the proverblal ramy day Agam we say all honor to Ben Blewett fo 1nst1ll1n 1n the mlnds of the puplls the xrnportance of the thrift hablt Do YOUR duty therefore and contlnue the practlce of savlng wxth as much system and enthuslasm as you would ln dresslng your elf eatmg your meals brushlng your teeth o study mv and recxtm your dally lessons Walton W Steele Asslstant Farm Loan Officer MlSSlSSlpp1 Valley Trust Co 4 ' u . - - ' . 4 - rr - - - U qt . ,, I .,.l!. Km . W . v n v 1 ' ' ' ' li 57 , . 7 ., . ' 9 ' 1 1 , . , ms an as ' ,YI a ' 9 ' 7 . . . U . ' s v ,av Y 7 Q - . ' Y . 4 . . , , - - u - as or 1 s - vo ' Y 1 S Y .,. , l - N . np . .J LD ' - v . . . . ., -v

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afsewrea, ,msg I1 eacher Control vs Self Government was I N thls great country of ours we are trymg the greatest experxment o Qftfq all hlstory Wlthout kmg or ruler or the active ald of an army a L55 l hundred m1ll1on c1t1zens are trymg the experrment of self government of l1v1ng together 1n freedom ln peace and 1n good order Tlns great experlment was commenced a httle over a hundred years ago when the Colon1es separated from thelr mother country and adopted a Federal Con st1tut1on We have been engaged on the foundat1ons of our democratlc re publlc ever s1n e broadenlng and strengthenlng them removmg one after an other rellglous property and educatlonal quahhcatlons to the rlght of suf frage and extendmg the rlght to the negro to the allen and to women We have too been studylng the machmery necessary for popular government trymg to slmplxfy lt and lmprove lt and maklng It workable and comprehen Slble to the humblest of our cltlzens The great functxon of c1t1zensh1p IS 1tS law maklng functlon Law IS the only sovere1gn we recogmze To law alone and not to men we acknowledge ourselves subject But we make the laws under wh1ch we l1ve and then obey those laws That IS what we mean by self government Boys 1n thelr and then they play fa1r by conformmg to those rules On a recent v1s1t to the Junlor Hlgh School I was dellghted to observe what I seemed to recogmze as the spread of the true democratlc sp1r1t 1n the student body of the school The classes were not zn sesslon when I passed through the corrldors and wltnessed many evldences of frrendly mtercourse between teachers and pupxls who walked back and forth 1n anlmated converse When a httle later I entered the Audltorlum my ears were greeted w1th the musical hum of VOICCS and I found teachers s1tt1ng w1th puplls and everybody happy and ln good sp1r1ts VVhen the ssembly was called to order wlthout confuslon and wlthout the loss of a moment perfect quiet and good order prevailed Some one has sald that we all have to learn three thxngs FlfSt to l1ve second to make a l1v1ng thlrd to l1ve together I belleve that the most lmportant of these three IS the last and lt seemed to me that the boys and gxrls of the Junlor Hlgh were learmng thlS great lesson And I can only be IICVC that boys and glrls ln their school l1fe and men and women ln therr 1n dustrlal l1fe must learn the art of self government before we shall all feel as sured that our form of government IS no longer an exper1ment but an as sured success Many of us m this country who have watched the growth of the democratlc splrxt and of democratlc 1nst1tut1ons feel th1s assurance now but the whole world IS looking on whilst we are trylng out our great expert ment the great experiment 1n the art of l1v1ng together ln true fellowshlp under self lmposed laws If the boys and glrls ln all the schools of thls country learn the art of self government rn thelr school l1fe learn to respect and trust each other as eouals 1n all rrghts pertamlng to school lxfe we may rely upon It that they w11l make good cxtlzens and no fears need be enter tamed as to the success of our great exnerlment Percy VVerner 9 6 u Q . - ' ' 1 - , , , y . A p . A . f 'F-XE, I . . . . . i . , . . C , . . , . - .W . , , . . . - , . . , U , y . . ' games do the same thing. They make rules which are to govern their game il ' 71 ' , ,. . . Y . . . . . . . I 3 - , . , n . l . . I . , . : v . : . , . i . 9 v - 1 ' Q ' y - ' , 3 , . - . . . ' , ,

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mmm A Statement Regardmg The jumor Hlgh School Plan As Illustrated By Ben Blewett jumor I-hgh School, Samt Louls, Mo vy E feel mdebted to Ben Blewett jumor Hlgh School for the mterest -9 taken ln our son who has been a pupll there for almost a year L 3' and a half and on account of the progress he IS makmg rn h1s work The jumor Hlgh School plan encourages the boy s 1n1t1at1ve develops mdwxdual and group self rellance and makes hxm a dweller and a c1t1zen 1n School Land Teachers are able to g1Ve attentlon to the 1nd1v1dual boy to dlscover hrs llkes and d1sl1kes h1s aptltudes and mapt1tudes and to put h1m mto such courses and such class envlronments as are best calculated to br1ng h1m out All my sons classes have been made mterestmg Th1s IS true of theoretlcal courses l1ke mathematlcs and practlcal courses l1ke c1t1zensh1p Zest IS glven by the add1t1on of electlve clubs bullt round the boy s personal 1nterests The school Splflt IS strong school loyalty deep and the ab1l1ty of teach ers to g1VC tlme and attentlon to the needs of each mdlvldual pupnl seems boundless Mr and Mrs Arthur H Armstron ,K X THE STAFF OF THE JUNIOR LIFE