Hadley Technical High School - Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Pcrslwutne 19 a useful tool A proper perspectlve W111 enr1c one s own 11fe and at the same tune show one how to h lp hlS Hou men G1 aduates of th1s day have many chal lenge to mee Perspectlve W111 help them meet and overcome challe ges just It has helped thousands of PFGVIOUS gradu ates x o have de loped THE POWER TO SEE OR THINK OF T NGS IIN T IR TRUE RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER In the follo IH account of the development of Vocatlo 1 Educatlon IH St Louls the 1eade1 can d1SCOVG1 how the on er to see OI th1 L. of th1HgS ID then true relatlon shlp to ea h othel has been c b1ned wlth 100 5ea1s of effolt and dedxc t1on and has made sslble a p1og1a1n of 1ea1 hfe educatxon 1 those who xx ant It . v , . 1 . . ' Q ' 1 ' 7 g ' - r I ' ' - . , - ' . KK T U 7- O, .5 . . . , . 1 N . h . . ' Y x Q Y . . . 1 . F ' v ' v' I 1 1 ' ' . 1 1 I - I .. ,

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Henry Ames wrote m hls wlll and pay over to Washmgton Umverslty for the use of the O Fallon Poly techmc Instltute the sum of S100000 Henry Ames be lleved m the future useful ness of the mstltute He had watched It grow from 1ts start as the Ellot Semmary 1n 1853 Hls frlend was Colo nel John O Fallon for whom the school was renamed ln 1854 These men and other leadlng c1t1zens llked thls school whlch was dedxcated to the purpose of prov1d1ng the means of a thorough and complete educatlon wxth partlcular view to practlcal usefulness Thus was the begmmng of St Louls first vocatlonal school Thls movement gamed natxonal recogmtlon when Congress passed the Land Grant Act ln 1862 Thls act enabled the Federal Government to pro vlde pubhc lands upon wluch the varlous states were to establlsh colleges of agrxcul ture and mechamcal arts Durmg the passlng years the O Fallon Instltute served and grew By 1868 Washing ton Umverslty had erected a new bulldmg for the Instl tute at a cost of 8500000 Thxs hlgh cost brought on problems that 1 n d 1 c a t e d that the educatlonal pur poses of the lnstltute mlght be slxghted so the trustees of Washmgton Umverslty offered to sell the new build 1ng and to gxve the legacy of 3100000 bequeathed by Henry Ames to the St Louxs Board of Pubhc . . ' u ... . . . 1 . . n 1 - ' . . . . . . . - 9 . . .. . . . . H .. . . . . . ar . . . ., . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 , . . .