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

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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

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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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'Vx 43 ,Q THE CABINET OF BEN BLEWETT JUNIOR HIGH