McKinley High School - Nugget Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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H QW!! 'E v' il! EI 'lm' Wm vcnimwpv -ti 67 4-ff .misss 15311-7 IHC NIORRISOX YCHUH LLR 'XILIXIORI XL T XBLIQT I rom the general funds of the sehool the students of Xlclxrnlex hrxe throuffh therr representatrx es caused to he made 1nd placed n a posrtron ol promrnenee rn the school a tahlet to perpetuate the memorx of txxo ol the rnstrtutron s ffreatest henefaetors 'XIr Xlorrrson xx as pr 1ne1pal of thrs sehool Irom the trme ot rts erectron untrl hrs death rn IQI3 NI1 hehuxler xx as then promoted from the posrtron ol hrst rssrstant to that held hx N11 Xlorrrson He xx as hoxxex er the ffurdrnfr lrfrht of Xlelxrnlex for hut one short xear xx hen he too xx as calleel to the gr eat hex ond It xx as qurte frttrng that 'xlr Vx olrfmex er as the ehosen representatrxe of the student hodx shoulel present thrs t rhlet 1nd hrs address hefore the sehool rssemhleel toffether xxrth Nlr 'XIrlIer s reeeptinee rn the name of the sehool rs ggrx en heloxx 'X N 1 cr I haxe the honor todax of presentrnfr Ir om the student hodx of the school 1 herutrful hr onze tahlet rn memorx of the late prrncrpals of Xflelxrnlex Hr h Yehool Bx sehool I mean not onlx the hurldrng and the puprlsnoxx attendrng hut also the traelrtrons and customs hinded doxxn Irom the h1rth of the sehool untrl the present trme Ihe student hodx ex en though rt drd not ltnoxx 'xIr Xlorrrson anel X11 Sehuxler rn presentrnff thrs tahlet shoxxs rts respeet for the tradrtrons xxhreh these men estahlrshed Others xxho lenexx them personallx haxe told xou hetter than I ean xx hat therr charaeters 1nd aehrex ements haxe contrrhuted to the standards anel tradrtrons xx hreh xx e str rxe to upholel In presentrng thrs talolet then xxe shoxx our respect for the present Iaeultx men xx ho xx ere proneers rn dex eloprng 'xlclxrnlex sprr rt Laeh one xx as a class room teaeher Ior more than txx entx hxe xears hefore he heeame an exeeutrxe and Iormer puprls testrfx to the exeellence and rnsprrrnfr character of therr te aehrng Vxe and all future puprls rre under ohlrrfatrons to N11 lxlorrrson and lXIr hchuxler for the rdeals xx hreh thex left us and Ior the polrcres xx hrch lor m rpart of our her rtage It rs httrng therefore that thrs stuelent hodx should hax e a eonstant remrnder of the xxorthx efforts that haxe heen expended on hehall of our opportunrtres lor sueeess and rt rs mx pleasure X11 lxlrller to present Ior the present student hodx thrs tahlet desrvned to ser xe sueh an end It rs our hope that the student hodx at all future trmes xxrll he taught as xxe h 1xe heen to loxe and rex ere the names of rts henelaetors I reel XX ullmex er It rs xxrth deep ffratrtude and satrsfaetron that I aceept thrs heautrful tahlet rn the name of the Xlclxrnlex Hrffh School It rs an endurrnff xxorla ot art th at xxrll pr ohahlx exrst and he admrreel lor rgeneratrons after all of us haxe gone to that hourne from xx hrch no trax eler returns It seems to me that the motrxe that prompts us to erect monuments and tahlets has rts Ioundatron rn the last analxsrs rn the rnnate human xearnrnfv rfter rmmortalrtx We ean t hear the thoufrht of ffrxrng up ahsolutelx those xx hom xxe haxe lox ed and admrred We xx ant them to eontrnue to rnlluenee us 1nd to rnsprre us to strrxe for those equalrtres rn xx hreh thex xx ere super ror 'xlr Xlorrrson hrst came rnto mx lrIe xx hen I xx ts a hox of 1 attendrnff hr h school He xx as mx phx srcs teacher and he ffax e me a lox e for serenee that xx rll endure as lonff as I lrxe Not onlx that hut hrs per sonalrtx xx as to me most attraetrxe and lox ahle I rrm x et Ixrndlx rnhrs drscrplrne he expeeted hrspuprls to talxe the xx or lx ser rouslx lk -1 - - ..- ae, :4 1 I ' ' ' 'f 'A f-' - 2 , A -, El: --Q ' . ' W Q , U ' li 1 . -.Y X5 eg 'JA fx. ,- -N 4 - I - f - . Q Ka ' ' . ,I Y-' ' f 3 I : , , A f. , . -X , K., V U , N A L- 2 I A - Z1 . - N . 1 , 2 i K - Y ' ' z it 1 ' 'cs' A e ' ' ' . Ir'.1I'll ': V , X I, ., - I 2 . '. Y'. A , e k , 5, ,.' ' . ,I ' O ' , X I ,x ' . . x ,, . , . Y' ' . ', - V f -f - '- 1 -1 s 11 2 4 s ' 'J 5 I v -Ai I Ior' the teaching profession in general, as xx'ell as for' the memory of these txx'o Q M s - - - f 1 l-- 1 .VH - s 1 s . C A- . ' . N - 2 1 - Q '- 4 ,' B -, I, V , v 'D . ., e . , , I t ' ' 2 'x A V V r ' 'J' r NJ . 511 4 - x Z ' - '-s -' 1, - A-1 1 sg ' 1 L- -1-1 ,U -V A .l A .JL . .,' ' kv ' , - , ,Q , t, , ' U

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Y H Q ar- 'P 'f i gif -K, M '..-ii Q.. I ' ie 1' ,gli E J 553'If': ,:,I'?' and made rt so fascrnatrnff that xxe could hardlx do other xx rse He ua? a Great leather Io quote the rnscrrptron on the tablet Beneath the reserxe and calmness of rudffment eharacterrstrc ol the screntrhc mrnd there heat a xx arm and sx mpathctre heart XX hen 'xlr 'Worrrson xxas later made the hrst prrncrpal of the 'xlanual Trarnrng Hr fh School rn lxansas frtx l hecame a memher of hrs facultx gettrngg mx hrst exper renee as a teacher under hrs ahle ffurdanee In the xear of the XX or ld s Parr he came to St Lours and opened the Xlelxrnlex Hr h qchool xx here I affarn taught under hrm for a fcxx xcars It vxas here that I hrst had the pleasure of lenoxxrng Xlr Qchuxler one of the most grfted and rnterestrne men xxrth xx hom I haxe ex er hecn assocrateel He seemed a perfect mrne of rnformatron on the most elrx erse suhreets H lrl ed to phrlosophree and especrallx enrox ed gettrnff on the opposrte srde of the eruestron so that there mrffht he a lrx elx argument He xx as a talented musrcran md I spent numerous pleasant ex enrnffs plaxrnfr xrolrn and prano duets xxrth hrm manx of them of hrs oxxn composrtron The hrg lessons taught hx these men are rntegr rtx of character the xalue of orrffrnalrtx and rnrtratrxe a loxe for stuelx and self rmprox emcnt and the rmpor tance of dex eloprnff one s self along manx lrnes so that one max haxe frreater fullness of lrfe through the lar fre xarretx of contacts and experrences thus maele possrhle I close xxrth a quotatron from the talwlet xx hrch calls attentron to sex eral characterrstrcs of Nir Qchuxler I:xceptronal talents and xersatrlrtx and a ffenral personalrtx hrouffht hrm the aelmrratron and alleetron of all xx ho lenexx wrm X R XI CHANCE IX C EITIXCJ CJR XDES If xou lrsten to puprls shortlx after reeerxrnff therr report cards the most rreeruent excuse for loxx f rades seems to he Ch xx ell She has a prclx on me md hoxx could anxlwodx m rlxe an L xx hen the teacher prclxs on hrm hc proper replx ofthe sx mpathetrc lrstener rs I lenoxx rust hoxx rt rs Thex call on xou all the trme rl xou don t lenoxx xour lesson and rf xou do lenoxx rt thex don t call on xou I here ar e sex er al thrnfrs that malxe a teacher call on a puprl One rs xx her e xou srt another rs xx hether xour name heffrns xx rth a letter rn the hrst part of the alphahet and other lrlee mrnor reasons hut the most rmportant one rs xx hether xou lanoxx xour lesson or not It rs necessar x that a poor student shoulel recrte oftener than a good one for rn most eases rf a puprl frnds he rs not hernff called upon he xx rll not studx Then of course rt does a puprl some frooel to he ealled on It forces hrm to pax attentron and to eolleet hrs thouffhts frf he has rnxr and rlthoufrh he mix xerx xerx much elrslrlee to address the class thrs rs xerx xalu rl le trarnrnff Of course teachers lrlxe some puprls hetter than others lhex can t help t But most teachers especrallx rn the hrfrh schools ero not hestoxx L s on therr taxorrtes and l s on those thex don t lrl e nerther do thex spend rll therr spare trme thrnlxrnrf up hard eruestrons Xlanx ol us hax e the rdea that a te reher rs an rnhuman hernfv xx hose delrght rs to pounce upon rnnoeent and unsuspeetrnff xretrms xxrth exams and xx ho hestoxxs I s and I s promrscuouslx Xlanx thrnfrs do happen hx chance ut hr fl rdes e0 ot I wr .. 1 , f' QV- V nj' - Y ' 5 E AT, ...' s : . A -., fy .1 ,. s - - .1 ff- 'Q -Z . 2 I 1 '- 1-12 - 2- X5 3 Lf... ,M , -N p ' . '- 'A . I Q K3 Q rs . - ' o f I ' 1 -r -I I I 1 I I I 'Q r ' ' , rv H - ' , I. I I I I I I A I f I A . , .ga M- .A 1 5 1. vu Q . I v . ' ' ' 'I 3 r 1 1 - A I I 1 s 5 - 1 . : , Q e I F' I . ' I I I e . I I I U . , . k C, e , C7 .. ' 1 . ,. . . , , A by L. .y , 5 g D ' I I ' e I I . C X . . . rv X., , I 5 . CA K rw ' , rv , . ' 1 1 ' , -' - 1 1 ,A - F5 . 5 . ' Q zo - s- . rr ca - I- 'I I 5 1 1 Ix v1 r I 1 , . 1. a . .. If . e f 2 .' . ' ' ' ' rw W . f an . v N - T as x , 4 A J . f ' . ' ' . . 1 , ,. .,, ' -' '. . . . e e l 3 ' . V 1 x . . , - 'I' - 1 x ,. ' , ' 1 ' 1 1 K . I 1 - U Q ' 1 Y . Y F U. 5 Y Y - Y -. ' - I e I e - I 'I V 1 - ' ' I ' x 1 N 1 r 1 I I ' 43 Z., I I 1 - ' - 1 s- ' - ,- - 1 ' ' 1 , 1- ' - - , ' . ' 1-9 1 1 1 - A ' - ' - -,. ' - ' - r - - ' ss - ' ,, 1 - 1 1 - Y - I pf 1 . ' xr 3 I 1 I - I I . . e . V, V ,, x1 - 'I ' 1 - I 1 I J h , . k. r, ' ' e Z9 ' -,- 1 11 1 x -1 ' ' - L 1 F, 'e ' ' I. I e e e ' I 2 I , 'I i Q D .1 ' . h . M K, I Y . e . . L 8, -. , . . X . , e ' 1' ' , ' g . 1 - I 1 vs x ' 11 1 f -,r x -' 17 ' . ,J ' - ' , L , 4 ,, me 5 i ,, , 2 - g ,. D . 5 N 1 W 1 e e . - e t. . y me k , ' s. , I la gh rg 4 . e r n .