Maplewood Richmond Heights High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Maplewood, MO)

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MAPLE LEAVES CGINlTENTSl - Four The School Administration Classes Athletics Activities GYMNASIUM WEST ENTRANCE THIETEEN li you are one ot those who depend on good luck charms and the like to pull you through, you had better get out your favorite rabbit's foot and dust it oft before turning the pages ot this, the thirteenth edition ot Maple Leaves. To give additional weight to the superstitious aspects of this publication there follows a summary of the events of its current publication.

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A2 : 1936 I AAAPLE LEAVES VoIume XIII HISTORY of the YEAR I935-36 MAPLEWOOD I-IIGI-I SCHOOL MAPLEWOOD ,........ MISSOURI Th

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CAFETERIA MAPLE LEAVES THIRTEEN fContinuedl The contract was signed with the Engraving Com- pany representative on the 13th of October. First group pictures by Lange Studios were snapped November 13. The first group of pictures was mailed to Engravers Ianuary 13, and there were 13 Maplewood High School organization pictures in the envelope. The agreement with the printer was signed on Friday, March 13, and on April 13, the last piece of work was turned in to the printers. There were 13 people directly responsible for the composition, art work, and financing of this edition of Map1e Leaves and the year-books were distributed to their purchasers by May 13, 1936. If you have been discouraged from turning another page of this superstition-laden book, recall to mind the fact that in America the number 13 should be highly regarded. There were 13 original states and our first flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes. Our first navy numbered 13 ships and Admiral Perry won his Lake Erie victory on the 13th. The Stars and Stripes was raised over Fort Sumter on the 13th, and our national motto-E Pluribus Unum-has 13 letters. Close exami- nation will reveal that the eagle on American quarters has 13 feathers on its tail and 13 long ones in each wing, clutches 13 arrows with one claw and a branch with 13 leaves in the other and carries a ribbon in its mouth with 13 letters on it. To add to the horrible features of this coin there are 13 stars on the shield over the eagle's head and 13 more on the other side. Yet we never knew anyone to refuse a quarter, 13 cents, or a yearly income of 251,313.13 Therefore, since 13 does not affect you materially, you can safely spend a few hours looking through the following pages regardless of the fact that there may be 13 people invited for din- ner, or that someone may be holding an open umbrella above his head to avoid being lacerated by the glass of broken mirrors. I - . 1, is 0 COOKING ROOM SCIENCE ROOM If ' i IL