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

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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 . . ., , .

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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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mcthers of Junxor pupxls All parents have xdeals for the1r ch1ldren We are plannlng to brmg speakers to our meetings whose knowledge of ch1ld hood and whose trammg and experlence can laelp us better to grasp the problem surroundmg chrldren of today thereby helpmg us to develop the ldeals we have rn m1nd We hope our clrcle w1ll be a meetmg place for all the teachers and moth ers who are connected 1n any way wlth unlor so that we may all become frlends and work together 1n harmony and Joy for the common good of the pup1l and the school Our meetmgs w1ll all be mterestxng and not too long The program as partially outlmed for next fall w1ll brlng to us emment speakers on present day questlons of 1mportance 1n the development of noble men and women and It w1ll also lnclude a meetmg g1ven over entlrely to the Mothers who are members of the Club There IS a place for every mother and an answer for every problem m the pro ram of our work We need the Mothers the Mothers need us and we each need one another When school opens 1n September let s all work together for good 1n The Mothers Clrcle of unlor Hlgh I do hope th1s brlef outhne wlll be what you want There lb so much that we want to do and our commlttees are so enthuslastlc about the club that lt IS hard to tell you 1n a few words half we hope to do Slncerelv yours Mrs Walter Dlehm M knoxx lulgmtnls KG A O one knows better than the staff that whatever measure of suc Z cess IS atta1ned ln the Jumor L1fe and 1n the Year Book IS due Manga, to the hearty support the students and faculty glve to the work gag af? When It was reported to us that Dr Br1ggs of Columbla Umver s1ty Sald ln h1s recent lecture at Central H1gh School that he re garded the junlor L1fe as one of the best school pubhcatnons 1n the country because lt so faxthfully mxrrored the hfe of the boys and glrls ln umor we were deellghted The many demands we have made for the t1me and thought of the school have been met 1n a sp1r1t that thrxlls the members of the staff and gxves them a keen lnterest m ffomg forward wlth the work We w1sh to g1ve honorable mentlon to the students whose deslgns were selected for thxs Year Book The art mstructors M1ss Uhl and Mxss Rosen opened the desngn contest to the students takmg art as an electlve The students worked so earnestly that when the drawlngs were submxtted to the comm1ttee lt was difficult to make a cholce Tne followmg were Fmally selected l I - - ' . y - A . Y 0' as - V V - V ' V . , . J . . V V u v 3 ' x 1 . 1 - A IX Q7 t - , , . - Q, - 3 E . . . U l . . ,, , . . lc . Y V 'L . . . . 114' 'V ' ' ' ' M . . V. . . . Q V J V an - VV - :D . . , ' , N