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

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39 The Stamp Club in 1941 t The Grub Streelers -D 6 NEW CLUBS AND AN ADDITION TO OUR BUILDING IN THE EARLY FORTIES The year 1940 marked the beginning of the Math Club. It also was the most successful year for the Rostrum, for they became the champion forensic team in state-wide compe- tition. In 194-1 the team took second place in the state. The first literary club, the Grub Streeters, was formed in 194-1. The club was named Our Alma Mater after the street in London inhabited by strug- gling young writers and gave talented M-RH'ers an opportunity for self-expression. The Stamp Club was also organized in 1941. In 1942 the cornerstone for the final unit of the present high school building was laid. The building's first unit had been built in 1925. In the heart of our loved country Stands the best school in the land. Proud traditions long established And a past so nobly grand. We will 1'ev'rence and will serve you, To our heritage be true. All the glory, land, and honor, M-RH, we give to you.

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Greatest Athletic Team tn Maplewood History Never in the history of Maplewood-Rich mond Heights high school has there been an athletic team to compare with the 1936 foot- ball team. Composed of boys who played, fought and chummed together since the seventh grade, they made their last year at Maplewood one in which they gained newspaper and radio fame from coast to coast. ln facing the toughest competition a Maple- wood team had ever faced, the team chal- lenged high school teams all over the country. The teams accepting were Hillsboro and Johnston City, lllinoisg Muskogee, Oklahomag and Davenport, Iowa. These teams were all defeated by Maplewood with the exception of Muskogee which gained a 7-7 tie. This team scored a total of 200 points and remained un- scored-upon in their first five games. This magnificent team, in compiling their season record of 9-0-1, had outstanding scores which reached as high as 54 and 53 to nothing. The total points scored for the season were Maple- wood 277, opponents 67. The quarterback that sparked this great team to their victories was Paul Christman, later known as Pitchin, Paul when he be- came an All-American at Missouri University.

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A git A Wrestlers - 1939 D631 ul V v,'SA The Blue Devils' of 1940 Q,.g.s..:-ga, 1, VER Can you. recognize any of these fourth p1acer's in the state in 1941? I 11 R H 11 ANOTHER YEAR FOR CHAMPS Wirestling as team sport began in lVl-RH in 1939, and developed interest rapidly. The 1940 team won the first of six straight state championships. The L'Blue Devilsv of 194-0 went undefeated and were tied only once, a record which equaled the great team of 1936. The basketball team won the Suburban League championship in 1941, were runners-up in the Normandy Tournament, and took fourth in State as they compiled a 20 and 6 record. Ross Nagel and Howard Sanders, who is now the Leafs coach, were selected for the All-Suburban team. 23