Kennard School - Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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1858 - 1938 Public Schools in St. Louis began a little more than a hundred years ago. In 1834 the first money was received from the rental of the public lands that had been set aside by the Federal Govern- ment for the support of free schools. In 1836-82000 each was appropriated for the building of two schools, one on the corner of Spruce and Fourth, the other on Broadway and Cherry. These schools were not really free. Children paid 82.50 per quarter for instruction in reading, writing, and arithmetic. If they did not take writing they paid only 82.00. The boys were taught on the first floor and the girls on the second. The teaching of manners and morals was emphasized. As St. Louis grew in population its schools increased in number and size. By 1860 there were thirty-five public schools with 6,253 pupils. From 1867 to 1880 the superintendent of Instruction was William Torrey Harris who became internationally known. It was his influence that encouraged Miss Susan Blow to open the first kindergarten in America at the Des Peres School. The schools grew rapidly in population and in the number of buildings. Parents of today can look back upon their own school days and see the changes that have taken place since they learned to read and spell. A glance through this Year Book shows many examples of the progressive activities carried on in a modern school. Children love their schools today on account of the living they do at school. In the Kennard School children have an opportunity to participate in the special groups such as choirs, orchestras, bugle corps, scout- ing of various types, and clubs. There has been much progress in the first hundred years of our schools, not only of tangible properties but of ethical growth. The prophetic words of John Greenleaf Whittier- And step by step since time began I see the steady gain of man. seems to be especially true of the first hundred years of the St. Louis Public Schools. -Beulah N. Baker. 4