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

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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

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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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axmwrem mam WINNER FOR THE SCHOOL M1ss L M1115 Group 5723 lbs Av Wlnners by grades AdVlS6fS No lbs v per pupll 9th grade MISS Maus 4928 8th grade M1ss Racy 4043 7th grade M1ss L M1lls 5723 Speclal Mentxon Grade Advlser v per puprl t M1ss Forbes 4918 M1ss ones 3272 M1ss Geltz 2788 t M1ss Lowensteln 2327 M1ss Heddergott 2481 t M1ss Meehan 3511 IVIISS Gllmore 2991 hc St li HE fnrst Job the Reporters Club tackles rs the electmon of a staff xy: The staff must be composed of dependable mterested students because the task of editing the unlor Llfe every two weeks and tfe Blewett Year Book lS ln thelr hands Of course the faculty sponsors gu1de and supervxse the work but success depends upon the enthusxasm the staff conveys to the reporters and the reporters to the groups The staff thls year IS partxcularly worthy slnce It had the courage to carry on under the d1rect1on of a new faculty edltor M1ss Thomure the founder and faculty edltor for four years left ln anuary to study at Chlcabo Umvefrsxty t l l lLl s ll 5710 Bartmer Ave St Louxs Mo May 6th 1922 Vhss Robmette Roblnson Secretary of the Reporters Club Blewett unlor Hxgh School Dear Miss Robmson You are very kmd to want to know somethmg about the Mothers Circle of junlor H1 h and to g1V6 me an opporturnty to tell you just a llttle about the C1rcle The Mothers Clrcle hopes to be a real help to the junxor Hxbh School and to the Communlty xn general We want to be an mspxratlon to all the , G V Y , WF, f 1 I .- ' ' . ' . ' ' -- .- , 191 ' at . . A . ' - Q ' 182 - 116 - ' . ' 191 9 h ' f' 117 ' J 109 ' ' 90 8 h ' ' 83 ' ' 83 7 h ' 110 ' ' ' 107 'I' 2 't' . 4 . . I l 1' -'fy ' 1 1 . 1. 4 ' 'I'h1N o I fl' 'cle 1 'Q l . v . . ., , .