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

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. 1 ln 1926 the Chip was awarded a certificate of honorable mention by the Missouri Inter- scholastic Press Contest for high school news- papers, and our track team took the cham- pionship. lt was in this year that a group of students interested in instrumental music made up Maplewood's first orchestra. A French Club and a Spanish Club were organized in 1927. Among the French Cluh's many activities was the publishing of a French journal, Le Miroirf' A war memorial of white bedford stone, bearing a bronze tablet symbolizing young manhood answering the call to duty. was erected at the Sutton and Lyndover corner of the campus in 1926 with funds donated by the public. The inscription reads. ln Memory of the Men of Maplewood Who Served and Died in the World War-1917-l918. Herbert S. Hadby, then Chancellor of Washington Uni- versity, was the guest speaker. Dedicati 2' Oil Urrlzffsira 1925 . Y T, chip Staff 1927 of War Memorial ..-ff . l l1lWg i'5ti' 'fi lt 1 SEQ? if liifalll Q l

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-6-ur Actifuities Develop With the growth and development of M-RH school buildings, the activities that took place inside of the structures increased at an equal rate. During the 19207s, clubs and organized activities really began to flourish. The Student Council was one of the first or- ganizations. ln 1923 a constitution was drawn up and approved. Thus the Council began with 16 members. The activities of the first coun- cil included supervising all social and athletic functions as well as financially assisting other school organizations. Other clubs organized in 1924- included the MM club, a club for boys and girls who had Won a letter in athletics and the G.A.A. Also, the first Annual was published this year. The debate club took part in the first of a series of debates in the St. Louis County High School Debating League held at Maplewood. 1924 Stuflvnt Council had I6 members rss' 1 t-- - 1 na' 'A1 ,Q Y il ..-yr W gi- . , JI' .515 :iid P ... ',p I M1 5,3 Staff O! first annual ln the musical field, the Melba Club, the Girls' Glee Club, and the Boys' Glee Club combined to produce an operetta each year, for the past three years. The Rifle Club in 1924 became affiliated with the National Rifle Association. And their changes this year was the establishment of an indoor rifle range at Valley School. The ma- jor expenses of the range were met by the members of the club, although the school board approved the project. Rifle Club prominent in 1924 -Q rn-,+ mi . P..,-1 V. Af a -r gf i'??r.fQl

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-. lm' ,lnlzn Philip Sousa will: the ,HRH Band 1927 - 28 A Year of Champions On November 21, 1927, John Philip Sousa visited Maplewood High School. He delivered a humorous, informal talk on music before directing the band in a rendition of The Stars and Stripes Forever. This was the first public appearance of the Maplewood High School Band. The year of 1927-28 was very exciting in the line of sports. The football team scored a total of 149 points to our opponents' 32. ln basketball Maplewood won the championship from University City on percentage points, and p-ui-,... -- ' inantl lui the track team placed second in the county. The baseball team extended the previous year's record of 8-0 by beating Hancock 23-0. 1930 saw many victories in sports. The basketball team won their third straight County Cage Title, while in track, ,lim Owen, later to become one of the top dash men in the United States, broke an all-county record in the 220-yard dash. The debate team was runner-up for the State championship out of 230 schools. They won fourteen straight debates. 'if Baseball in 1928 1545? TIA The Junior Pram Queen of 1928 receives her crown.