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

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afmttrertt mam SC H001 DAX S I wlsh I were stlll golng to school OW often do we hear older people say th1s to chlldren who growl Vg, 'W and cornplaxn about havmv to go to school? Do grown people Vzl 3 ll mean th1s statement or are they saymg xt to make the boys and wgggfil g1rls feel better about 1t9 Try th1s experlment the next tlme you see a group of adults at le1sure 1n a roorn go to the plano and begm to play School Days and see the pleasure wlth whrch one or more of them will jom you 1n smgmg School days school days Dear old golden rule days Is all of th1s a sham? Not long ago 1n one of our mght schools an old man was asked why he thought It necessary to attend school at hls age H answered I had to go to work when I was twelve years old I know that what I am studymg now w1ll not do me much good any more but ever smce I have been workmg I have always wanted to go back to school Now I am g1vmg myself that pleasure Was th1s pretense? Every summer the col leges and un1vers1t1es are crowded wxth men and women many of them no longer young who come w1th happy hearts to be enrolled once more rn school Look at these figures They will UIVS you some 1dea of the number of grown ups who went to school last summer because among other reasons they wanted to g1ve themselves that pleasure Cahfornla Unlverslty enrolled 7864 Chlcago Un1vers1ty enrolled 6458 College of Clty of New York enrolled 3300 Colorado Unxverslty enrolled 3264 Columbxa UTIIVCTSIIY N Y enrolled 11809 Cornell Unlverslty enrolled 2739 M1Chlg3H Unlversxty enrolled 2797 Mlnnesota Unlverslty enrolled 2681 Texas Unlversxty enrolled 2588 Wlsconsm Unlverslty enrolled 4547 If school days are a per1od of Joy and satxsfactlon to grown people how much more must they mean to boys and Urrls who can glve thelr entlre tlme and energy to them, Are you storlng away for future years happy mem OTICS of your present school davsg Are you enjoymg your lessons rnstead of merely learnlng them? Some day when you are an adult w1ll you be able to slng and as though you meant lt too ichool days school days Dear old olden rule days even though you have had no experlence wnth Readlng and wr1t1nU and rthmetlc Taught to the tune of a h1ckory stlck 9 1 Phxhpme Crecellus n 0 I 'Q ff' If 1 A - . . U 'H ., 1 Y V 1 K A A A K at ' ' ' 99 free - - .,', I x r 'll' mqi' K , 'ff-Y-' ns. ' ' , g : as Ll., Af ' ' ' W. Uv 3 ' as . 5 1,..1 le... ' . ' ' . ' 1' 'fAt s . Q-on ' . ' tt 70 ' ' 1 1 .. , , N A 4 . T Q ' I . C .L , . v , . . . ,, . - Y , . o ' o , . . . 4. ,.. v b - - , ,- ' .- AA 4 . . N - u v U t, . t H . . . , Q . 1 5,1 A w ' ' 7' .-r I

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agiraruzrorat JEZEEEZN pulses that you and every other boy and glrl has? Or have you a long l1st of al1b1s that you thlnk excuse you? Lastly IS the government all wrong or are you wlllmg to accept It and strrve to correct lt where rt rs weakg If you have read thls far suppose you go back and read the quotatlon agaln I can have no better or truer wlsh for the boys and glrls of thls school than that thls school may vvrth others help you to measure up to th1s dehnltron of an educated person C H Sackett tlx A H I guess I can get by How often one hears this expressron nowadays Many people seem to have adopted It as a sort of if motto for thelr l1ves But lb It a safe motto for any of us I 3 MQ' 0 If we were to look at the hves of any of the men or women who have been real successes ln llfe we should hnd that they are 16Cpl6 who were not content wlth srmply gettrng by Whatever they have undertaken they have acconaphshed by means of therr greatest possrble efforts A bellever 1n get by cannot be a real success IU any llfe Work He 15 the one who mstead of makmg opportunltles for hrmself or preparrncf hrm self for opportumtles when they do come IS dr1ft1ng wa1t1ng for somethmv to turn up Does the successful doctor engrneer or archltect sxrnply try to get by 1n l'11S work? Thmk what catastroph1es would result lf such were the case A engmeer who bullds a bridge does not construct It strong enough slmply to susta1n the maxlmum load lt wrll probably have to bear Instead he bullds a brldge to carry live or ten tlmes the heavlest welght A successful career 15 bullt lrke a secure brldge wth dally preparation not just enough preparatron but five trmes ten tlmes as much To succeed 1n school work rn your work of after lxfe does not mean crcssmg a dehnrte border lrne There lb a twrhght zone where the ordrnary student the ord1nary behever m get by ns left whlle the ambltlous go on to success beyond Not to obtam the coveted word Passed but to obtam a mastery over the subject IS the goal It IS not vvrth the motto get by that the pleasant land of achievement 1s reached G C Forsman l , .ft ' x' , + - ' 1 . 6 I lg I I V ' 5 Y 3 v fr 1 lm ., f?7- 4 ,, A . 1 1. , , . - ' . r' . .4 , sl ' A grxthg , c . 1 . . , , . ' ' kt ' 17 1 n ' V L. . . H ,, M . . . ' ' ' v 3 . rs ' y . r tw .. H A 9 I I . 4 . I1 D 4 . . . , N . M . , , S 1 A . . - N . 1 . ' I. . v ' , s I , V . . . H ,, . i . . . - , Y ., . At A YI ' 1 . ' ' ' li 77

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g,ewn.frefRt 'DI-IFEQN an I ht I' Ill ons Xssuu lllo St Lou1s May 8 1922 MISS Robmette ROb1USOH Secretary of Reporters Club Blewett jumor Hxgh School Dear Madam Answerxng your recent favor regardmg the Patrons Assoc1at1on I beg brlefly to glve you these facts The mam body of the Assocxatron known as the St Louls Publlc School Patrons Allrance was mcorporated ln 1898 1n thxs State Its purpose among other thlngs was to establrsh a medlum of acquarntance and sympathy between the patrons and frrends of the publlc schools of the Clty of St Louls regardless of race rellglous creed or polxt xcal affillatlon to encourage and dxrect the educational work m the respectxve chools by means of lectures essays etc to lend Hnancxal ard whenever nec essary to equlp schools wlth lxbrarles apparatus and other essentxals which cannot be provrded by the Board of Educatlon The Ben Blewett umor Hlgh School Assoclatlon was organlzed on Washmgtons blrthday thlS year It has held several meetlngs and has shown a lxve sp1r1t rn the 1nterest of umor Hlgh Thrs assocratlon now has a membersh1p of 187 wrth prospects of an ncrease shortly to 500 The dues are S1 00 per year Wlth kmd regards I am Respectfully M Hartman 1 f SUPPOSE you th1nk that thls xs golng to be an artlcle about sav mg money but you are very much mlstaken It IS to tell you that you must begm your savmg wrth other thmgs besldes money L '?X ust let the Blewett boys and glrls tell you a wee llttle b1t of how thrrfty they are becommg Every smgle day of the school year they brmg to school all the old newspapers and magazlnes that are no longer of 1nterest to the famlly and would otherwlse be burned up Each Thursday the truck provlded by the 'leacher s Annultv Assoclatlon calls for thls paper and sells rt to some paper stock company and the proceeds goes to the perma nent fund of that assoclatlon In thls way the students are turnmg mater1al whlch would be wasted mto money whxch lb dolng good work Durlng the past year we have collected about a ton each week or a total of forty tons of paper Our leaders IU thls work are as follows 132,21 , Gil l ' ' f a ' . . 1 ' I1 s , , .1 ' ' - 'l'l l'i 'l D . . . . 'ft I ' ' A3