Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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'E fx-7,51 ' E-:X-7,55 riff? l ,iff l CDN Burn sun-su . z ing with all your might for your team? It is very inspiring to a team to see a big audience of rooters, but that isn't all. It's your clear, ringing cheers that drive the necessary impetus into a team to enable it to get that yard for the winning touch- down or that telling shot in basketball or that necessary single in the ninth inning, that wins the game. These things are just mentioned as food for thought. They are not meant to drive you. You are to take the initiative. WELCOME TO THE NEW TEACHERS. Mr. Birney is teaching in the Commer- cial Department. He had been teaching in Illinois before coming to Cleveland. Mr. Birney is a graduate of the Bloomington Commercial College, the Illinois State Normal University and of the University of Illinois. Miss Hilpert has come to Cleveland from the Chicago University. She is a graduate of McKinley High and of Washington University and is now in the English Department. Mr. Whitehouse is a teacher in the Commercial Department, having been at the head of the Commercial Department at the Blue Island H. S., Ill. He received his B. A. at Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, and his M. A. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Mr. Ryan is teaching in the Manual Training Department. He received his B. S. at Shurtleff College. He is also a graduate of Bradley Polytechnic Insti- tute and taught in Cairo, Illinois, for eight years. Mr. Priess has come to Cleveland from Soldan High. He is a graduate of Con- cordia College and Concordia Seminary, receiving his A. M. degree at Washing- ton University. He has taught history and language at Walther College and Soldan High School. Mr. Fager is the new Gymnasium In- structor, having graduated from the Amer- ican Gymnastic Union in IS99. He has been connected with Gymnasium societies of St. Louis and has come to Cleveland Page Eight from Soldan. Mr. Fenenga is a graduate of Yankton College, Yankton, South Dakota. While in college, he was a member of all state football and basketball teams. He also played baseball and ran the mile. He was editor of the college paper and was state orator and debater. He coached Yank- ton Academy football team and coached Webster High, South Dakota, l9l6-l 7. ln l9l7-I8 he coached State Normal, Aberdeen, South Dakota, winning inter- collegiate Championship of Dakota and later coached Soo City, Iowa, High. His football-teams have won 24 of 28 games. Mr. H. Buescher is a graduate of Mis- souri University. He is now teaching in the Manual Training Department, having had experience at the University of Mis- souri and also in the Bryan-Mullanphy Manual Training Center. Mr. Tredinnick is a graduate of Wis- consin State Normal School and of the University of Wisconsin in l9l2. He has had experience in the Manual Training School of St. Louis, teaching Mathematics and Physics and was also Principal of a grade school in Birming- ham, Alabama. AU REVOIR! The printing of this issue marks the close of the fifth year of the Beacon's existence. Five happy, succesful years! Throughout this period it has been a fun- damental aim to realize the highest pos- sible standard of excellence consistent with the widest possible democracy. These pages have belonged to Cleveland boys and girls that here they might record a partial history of their own thinking and doing. We trust that we may be pardoned if we point to the success in the business of publishing the book as indicative of suc- cess in other respects. When, with the school less than hve months old, it was urged by the pupils that we have a publi- cation here at Cleveland, they were laugh- ed at by some, for it was not possible in a new school. However, when the hrst number of the Beacon appeared in June, l9l6, with S765 in advertising and

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ls, .A I lgyrrco THE BEHCUN . J R Q 1971! ihlllj. NX all Mr. Guy has given up his work in the schools, to take up a position with the Certain-teed Products Company. Mr. Wallace is with the Zelnicker Supply Company. Mr. Cochran is in Sewickly, Pennsyl- vania, with the Anderson Auto Com- pany. OPPORTUNITY! Seniors, have you made the most of your opportunity? Have you been bene- fited by your schooling so far? If not, you have no one to blame, but yourselves. The opportunities were there, it was yours to do your best. Now, as you are leaving school, some of you will most likely be thinking about a successful means of earning a livelihood and will start out immediately assuming the responsibilities of the business world. Others will be more fortunate, in that they will be able to continue their education at higher inistitutions of learning. Whatever you do, remember to make the most of your opportunities. Success to youl THANKS. We wish to thank Miss Sullivan, Miss Caplan and Mr. Slater for the many favors they have shown us in compiling this issue of the Beacon. We also take this opportunity to thank Mr. Beers and his typewriting classes for their co-operation. All students and teachers, who have shown any interest in this issue of the Beacon are assured of our hearty appre- ciation. In spite of the fact that we were hand- icapped by a late start, we have been able to edit the Beacon at this early date. This was accomplished only by the ready and willing co-operation of the staff. The spirit shown by the staff and the students in getting ads at the right time, was certainly remarkable. At first it was not an established fact that we would have a Beacon this time. Develop- ments had to be awaited in the securing of ads, before we were safe to go ahead. It was not until after the students got their part of it past the danger mark, that we could begin. From then on things went smoothly, with Mr. Frye's guidance and each department of the staff working with a spirit of perseverance that can hardly be equalled. For the reasons just stated. then, the editor takes great pleasure in thanking our sponsor, without whose guid- ance and advice a book of this kind could not be compiled and issued, and also the staff for their faithful services and hearty co-operation. ATHLETICS. Support your athletic teams! You want winning teams and yet you are not doing your best to develop them. You know there are some people who will knock constantly and then expect improvement, without making any real ef- fort to assist. On the other hand, there are people, who will see bad points that need improve- ment and will go to work and try to rem- edy them. We seemto be lacking in the latter. Maybe it's because we don't know how to go about getting winning teams. A little explanation might set us right on that. Well, those of you who have witnessed our teams in action against other teams are well aware of the fact, that they do their best. You also realize that we have very efhcient coaches, who do their ut- most to develop winning teams. Having disposed of these two sources, we'll tackle the question from a stand- point that concerns you. Do youicome out for athletics? The school is full of material, which, with a little training, could be worked into excellent teams. But what can be done when this material doesn't come out to be trained? Any- body with a healthy body, who has the time is laying down on the job if he is not out for the various teams. Are you buying tickets for the games? Your financial support will go a long way in providing for sufhcient means of train- ing, which in turn is responsible for win- ning teams. Are you coming to the games and root- Page Seven

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le gffjn lQlS:fIl rqgtf, Q.-X . I HE BEHCDN ' XJ neon: semzia. . a paid circulation of 950, that could easily be explained by pointing to the novelty of the thing. lt won't happen again, they said. Since the appearance of the first number, two numbers have been pub- lished each year, except in I9I9, when it was made impossible by the closing of the schools for a long period on account of the inffuenza epidemic. No issue has failed to pay for itself. For the issue of January, l920, the boys and girls secured advertising to the amount of 551,083 and, in a school of not quite fifteen hundred pupils, bought over fourteen hundred copies of the book. Already we have secured for this issue more than 51.200 in advertising and we are planning to print eighteen hundred copies. This brief review of the business his- tory of the Beacon is given because of what it signifies. From the beginning, Cleveland boys and girls have been push- ing this venture of theirs with a tremendous enthusiasm. If anyone doubts the exist- ence of such a thing as Cleveland spirit. let him take note of what it has done for our book. Our former Superintendent of Instruction, Mr. Ben Blewett, who for many years prior to his becoming Super- intendent was Assistant Superintendent, was an earnest believer in the value of voluntary student activities in the High School. Vve are confident that the value depends first of all and ultimately upon the attitude of the Principal. If lVlr. Herman F. Hoch, our retiring Principal, will be remembered by Cleveland pupils for one thing more than anything else it will be for his fine understanding of this very thing. What could a student ven- ture like this do but thrive under the kind- ly appreciation and inspiring enthusiasm of this man? The success of the Beacon, therefore. becomes part of the record of achievement of Cleveland High School boys and girls. And upon every page of that record are evidences of the fine personality of Mr. Hoch. As he leaves us he takes with him our most earnest wishes for his happiness. ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY. Among the good qualities which a good citizen must possess, probably the most necessary is that of assuming responsibil- ity, or holding himself responsible for as- signed tasks. It is, no doubt, considered the most valuable because it is absolutely essential to success. Not that success can be attained by this quality alone, but it does play an important part in the achieve- ment. Take for instance, the citizen in his business relations. If he intends to make a success of his business, must he not hold himself responsible for his assigned work. see to it that it is done, that it is done well, and that it is done in the time allotted him? Or may he neglect his work, and do it when it is convenient for him, or leave it undone, and still be successful? He need not foster the hope of being ad- vanced if he continues to act thus. The same case applies to a man holding a political office. If he is given an office it is his duty to assume the responsibility for the work of that office. He cannot hope to retain his position, when time after time he neglects the public needs and at- tends to his own affairs. This quality, however, is necessary not only for good citizenship in the business world but also for good school-citizenship. Work assigned in the school-room does not differ from work assigned in the office, so far as the duty to see that it is done is concerned. Then why should lessons so often be considered secondary matters which should give place to personal af- fairs? Why should they be neglected or done carelessly so frequently any more than other work? Nothing exercises so direct an influence in shaping a man's future as his early training. lf, while a student he neglects his work, he cannot be successful when he goes out into the world, because he has never developed this valuable quality of assuming responsibility. If, on the other hand, he does develop this quality to the full, he will not only attain success at school, but will continue to reap the re- wards of his merit after he goes out into the world. Edith Faszholz. June '20. Page Nine