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

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se express the ideals of each student in the school. Honesty in studies, sports, and all social relations is indispensable to a citizen of Cleveland High. Honesty is not only an excellent virtue but it is the best policy. Too many students ride through school on a pony and know nothing when they graduate. They soon discover their mistake or their employers discover it for them and they would be glad to have back the four wasted years. Every- one knows the value of honesty or in other words cleanness in sports. A school whose athletes are not fair and square suffers for the dishonesty of the few by being an outcast from other schools and by having her fair name sullied by a blot which time will hardly erase. The professional baseball scandal of last year shows how quickly dishonesty will send the most re- spected athlete to disgrace and oblivion. This example is just as applicable to amateurs. Industry, hardly less than Love, makes the world go 'round. Can you imagine this world if no one worked? In a few weeks no one would be alive. You may be able to get along in this world by let- work but you will Every man of con- ting others do your never get anywhere. sequence of any age attained his position through hard work. There may be a few lucky exceptions but they uonly prove the rule. Shiftlessness creates dishon- esty, while industry is dishonesty's worst foe. So, though you may never be Presi- dent nor seem ever to stand out from your fellowmen, let it be said of you, He puts his whole soul into his work and is an honest man. In his speech in defense of the poet Archais, Cicero says that those who do great deeds gain praise not only for the'n- selves but for their native country. In like manner a number of students who distinguish themselves bring honor to their school. Then, is not the best way to show loyalty to oneis school, to make of one's self the best young man or young woman possible? At the same time we admit that this is not the only application of Loy- alty. The hearty support of athletic teams indicates loyalty, especially when Page Eight i Z' XSL! I E 5715! I S Steffi Inna :umm 'fl the teams are not winning. However, Loyalty is not only the support of a team but is also the support of the ideals of the school, ideals so aptly declared in Cleve- land's motto. Courtesy is the one grace that dis- tinguishes civilized from barbaric peoples. As we get farther and farther away from the period when our ancestors swung from tree to tree, the idea of the supreme egotism gradually merges into a sense of the rights of others and a desire to pro- tect the weak. Today a man is judged by his respect for his neighbors and by the way in which he regulates his conduct to give others the most comfort and en- joyment. Courtesy is merely another name for the Golden Rule. It has no set rules except to do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Good manners differ from courtesy in that the one has set rules which further the other. Americans are criticised greatly for their lack of good manners as a race. Our sense of equality is so strongly de- veloped that we sometimes trespass upon the rights of our associates in attempting to show our equality. Europeans are more polished in their contact with so- ciety. They try to create the impression that they are your servants rather than shrieking out by rudeness that they are your equals. American deficiency in this respect must be corrected, and the best place to start is in the school. Then, let Cleveland students help set America right and give Cleveland High a reputation for courtesy. OUR INCREASED POPULATION Since June, 1920, the attendance at Cleveland has taken a mighty jump from fourteen to nineteen hundred pupils. This gives Cleveland the second largest attend- ance of the St. Louis Schools, Central leading with over two thousand pupils attending. What does this mean? It should mean that all Cleveland institutions are re- ceiving the support of five hundred more enthusiastic boosters, than last term. It should mean that Cleveland's athletic teams receive support which is second to none. It should mean that the Beacon

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I W sity of Missouri. During her career as a teacher she has travelled considerably, having taught in Lincoln, Mo., at Lennox Hall, in Santa Barbara, California, and just before coming to Cleveland, in Clif- ton, Arizona. She is now teaching in the English Department. Miss Hermann is a St. Louisan and received her education at McKinley High and at Washington University. Be- fore coming to Cleveland she taught at Yeatman and then at McKinley. She teaches Spanish and English. Miss Rose Keller, who takes Miss Sullivan's place as a clerk in the office, is a graduate of Central High. Previous to her coming here, she was in the office of the Board of Education and then in the office of Central High. Miss Powell, a former Cleveland teacher, has returned to Cleveland as a teacher in the Commercial Department. Miss Powell left Cleveland in November, I9I8, to serve as a Reconstruction Aide in New Haven, Conn., Otisville, N. Y., and at Fort Bayard, N. IVI. During vacation, last summer, Miss MacMillan, of the Spanish Department, visited Spain. She studied for six weeks at a school in Madrid and then travelled through interesting southern Spain. She also visited Paris, France, on her way over and also on her return trip. Miss Grolton, a former teacher of English at Cleveland, and Mr. Beers, one of CleveIand's present faculty, were united in marriage during the summer of I92O. I Miss Spalding, formerly in the English Department, is now teaching at Harris Teachers' College. Miss Sullivan is to be a Sister of Charity. She is in training at the Semi- nary at Normandy. 1 THE YALE BOWL. This year for the first time in her his- tory, Cleveland has won the Inter- scholastic Football Championship of St. Louis. To those students and Alumni who have waited for five years for this event, the mere idea of Cleveland having the championship team is more than ample .5 31,31 -W ' 1 :wga U -ii 1 Y s ...gym 1 87 NEDFIA SLNNBLL 5 x l i'T:-3 I ere reward for their patience. But the possession of the beautiful Yale Bowl for one year doubles the grand and glorious feeling. The Bowl is awarded according to the following conditions: Yale Bowl Donated by Yale Alumni Association of St. Louis. To be presented to the winners of the Football Championship of the Inter- scholastic League under the following condition: The team winning an individual year's championship, beginning with I9I5, will have its name engraved upon the Bowl and the Bowl will remain in the posses- sion of the school represented by such team until the following Football season. Any team winning the Bowl five times, consecutively or not, will be given per- manent possession of the Bowl. So far the Bowl has been won by: McKinley I 9 I 5 McKinley Central I gl 6 McKinley I 9 I 7 Central I 91 8 Soldan I 9 I 9 Cleveland I 920 As the year the fight for the champion ship was a tie does not count, McKinley is the only school which has the jump on Cleveland. A little thing like that should not worry Cleveland if all loyal Cleve- landites will support future teams as they supported this year's team. Next year we will have a wonderful chance to tie Mc- Kinley for the lead on the Bowl. So if you want thrills, come out next fall and watch Cleveland win another leg on the Yale Bowl. HONESTY, INDUSTRY, COUR- TESY, LOYALTY. A great motto for a school, but it is not something hazy concerning a great ab- stract body called the school. The school is composed of two thousand separate units, the students. So, what pertains to the school as a whole must then pertain to each pupil. This motto expresses the ideals of the school and to do this must Page Seven

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if is receiving more support than ever be- fore. The increase in quantity should not decrease the quality of student sup- port. Cleveland must advance, for to stand still is to go backwards. Up to the present time, Cleveland's comparatively small attendance has been somewhat of a handicap in supporting the teams, but, then, too, Cleveland students have not responded well to en- treaties to attend baseball games and, up to this season, football games. No won- der we have never had winning teams in either of these sports. Other schools sup- port their teams and have winning teams. Cleveland supports her basketball team and it has gained either first or second place in this event for four years in a row. This year she supported the foot- ball team, and as a result the Yale Alumni Association paid us a visit and left with us a certain silver trophy. You want winning teams in all sports and there's your answer. It is to be hoped that Cleveland's new students will be filled with enthusiasm enough to bring them to the games in a body, and that her older ones will be aroused to a realization of the allegiance which they owe to their Alma Mater. ALLOW US We wish to extend our sincere thanks to Miss Caplan, Miss Heller, and Mr. Slater for the unstinted giving of their time and helping in all phases of the work on the Beacon. Miss Finkelnburg and her art classes have expended a great amount of time and energy on the art work for this Beacon. A glance at the art work of the book shows the quality of their efforts but not the speed with which the work was done. We wish to express our deep appreciation of their work. For their co-operation in the art work we heartily thank Miss Mann, Miss Saams, and their art classes. To Mr. Beers and his typewriting classes we are indebted for their aid in typewriting the manuscript for this book. We wish to acknowledge the hearty co-operation of the following in contrib- 5 1 go? Fl! .5 5151 I 1.1616 I t ,UH -an 111.11 .f .....- ...bc UV uzoru summit-L -7 uting snapshots. If, somehow, any have been overlooked we assure them of our great appreciation. Mr. Bishop, Mr. Fenenga, Mildred Melscheimer, Audrey Sigel, Mignon Stark, Glenn Viehman, and Arthur Paule assisted immeasurably. Raymond Gillespie we thank for his aid in compiling the scores for the Ath- letics section. We greatly appreciate the help of all others who have in any way aided in the production of this Beacon.,' The Staff and the editor in particular wish to thank Mr. Frye for his patience in explaining and directing the work of production for inexperienced hands. To a member of the staff especially is it evi- dent that the Beacon could not be suc- cessfully published without the sponsorship of Mr. Frye. Many situations arise requiring tact or experience which it would be impossible to meet without his skillful guiding hand. SPECIAL THANKS. I Although the organizations of the school as a whole co-operated admirably in the production of this 'KBeacon, two, especially, stand out as deserving of praise and thanks for their work in two of the important departments of the book. The Camera Club, which has been in existence for several terms, not only furnished the two staff photographers but also gave many snapshots. The presence of photographs through the book adds va- riety, and on their quality depends their worth. The Camera Club does much to promote better photography and must therefore be a big contributor to these pages. The Beacon will expect much from this club in the future. The Cartoonist's Club, though still in its, infancy, is widely known throughout the school for its corridor bulletin board. Early in the term the value of this organ- ization to the Beacon was seen. The Cartoonists were asked to draw cartoons for the Locals section and they responded heartily. Their work needs no praise in these columns as it speaks for itself. To this club also the Beacon will look in the future for aid in the cartoon line. Page N ine