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

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BEN BLEWETT HIGH SCHOOL The Ben Blewett High School is the result of many years of earnest endeavor in the field of education. In 1917, four months after the death of Dr. Ben Blewett, Dr. J. W. Withers, superintendent of schools following Doctor Blewett, recommended that the site of this school be purchased. Up to that time it belonged to Wash- ington University and the two buildings were occupied by Smith Academy and the St. Louis Manual Training School, two lower schools of Washington University. The property was bought for $300,000, and after several months of preparation, it was opened in September of 1918 as the Junior High School. Later, on the further recommendation of Doctor Withers and in honor of the deceased Ben Blewett, the school was renamed Ben Blewett Junior High School. Continuing as a junior high school until 1932, Blewett became nationally famous as an institution of learning. Now as a regular accredited high school it is fast making its place among the leaders. The principals of the school, in their chronological order, are: P. W. L. Cox, L. W. Rader, Dr. H. H. Ryan, H. H. Meeker, and finally our own Miss L. R. Ernst. Page Six

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THE SEAL Chosen by the popular vote of the student body, the seal of Ben Blewett High School is one of significance. The two wings, shown at full spread, denote the ambition of students to aspire to great heights in the fields of preparation and application. This desire ever to increase one ' s knowledge will be foremost in the lives of the students of Blewett. This knowledge, which is signified by the torch held by the griffin, will be ever- lasting. It will be so well founded and so earnestly acquired, that it will ever be present and active in the minds of its possessors. However, the burning desire and wealth of knowledge must be closely guarded. In this, the griffin is foremost, standing for the careful watchfulness which must be practiced in order to prevent the escape of aspiration and knowledge, in a world of physical and mental strife. Thus the students of Ben Blewett High School have chosen as keynote to success, the seal, denoting as its cardinal objectives: aspira- tion, knowledge, and watchfulness. This insignia, overwhelmingly accepted by the entire student body, was designed by Florence Hermanson. THE PROPOSED MOTTO Vigilance, Knowledge, Aspiration Page Eight