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

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9 6 az1,,,mf1 PUUCIDGI 1925 1945 Mr Eclwords Came 10 M fmley C111 r ihe hlqh sChoo1 was W ved to ROOSGVG1' 11 Na cm n Vnedlcrte S hoo1 from 1925 Edwards retlred 1-19 IQ S1111 fu11 of WH :mo humor Just as he v vvhew we knew' 'um 16 r t MCK 'Hey I C . 1 , Cvx' 9 ' ho 1 , .. 1 S . i te . C To 1932, when it oqaih became CI high school. 111 1943, Mr. 1. as ' ' . . 1 1 ' .9 e C1 1. .

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l874 l942 Twenty years ago a beautrful burldrng made of brrck lumb r glass and other materral thtngs became a school by vrrtue of the fact that the two absolutely necessary elements puplls and teachers had entered w1th1n rts portals lt was not really a school untrl thrs had happened though 1t was one of the most beautrful publrc school burldrngs that had ever been erected servrng as a model for other C1l19S to follow for years to come frft en thousand boys and grrls many of them now men and wom n wrth chrldren rn the hrgh schools have come under the rnfluence of the school Sorne of them remcnned only a week or two son e a month some a year or more Altogether hree thousand dnd frfty nrne have gradu t d from four year courses seventeen hunarea and rghtyerght grrls and twelve hunarea .ma seventy one boys ur jwenfiefL grfhclag fmwm! IQ WW ,. Assrstant Prrnclpal 19131914 Pr1nc1pal 19141925 lt rs 1mposs1ble to estrmate the total effect on the l1ves of the frfteen thousand puprls who have come under the rnfluence of the 1nst1tu tron Of one thrng we are certaln however that the rnfluences have been good and whole some And rf these frfteen thousand have been favorably 1nfluenced they wrll rn turn have rnfluenced therr chrldren therr fr1ends thelr busrness assocrates Thus the good done w1ll contrnue to functron and to spread 1n ever wrdenrng crrcles for all trme Good old Mclirnley Hrgh we dont know what use wrll be made of you when the new Roosevelt rs completed but we are sure that to attempt to move your name and tradrtrons to another burldrng would have been to at tempt the rmposstble To those who have known and loved your rooms and halls 1t wrll ever be a Joy to VISIT you and come agarn under your hallowed spell The myrlads of boys and grrls who have knelt at your shrtne and who have r cerved rnsprratron rn your presence wrll never cease to feel a thrrll of at srght of you Whatever drsposrtron may be made of you rn the future we feel assured that the splendrd sprrrt and tradrtrons that have DG orne a part of your atmosphere wrll ever endure Acc pt our lovrng and heartfelt con ora ulatrons on th occas1on of your twentreth orrthaayl E P W' 2 F Q BY Il? . T 1 . 0 I V . E? I I V V I Since ther eventful opening day, probably Dleeeure when hervrey memories ere revived e ' ' ' ' . D A L4 1 C A . I 1 N . 9 V . - . . , 1 f ' - , I ' r G T ' ' Q1 9 Y L l .

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189 951 Mr Fleming qroduoted from McKinley High School 1 1911 Then he entered the University of Missouri where he received his B A ond B S degrees Atter teochinq in other 111 S he come to St Louis ond beqon his teochinq here ot McK1nley in 1921 Loter he becdrne principal ot Corondelet Grade School principol of Clin School ossastont principol of McKinley High School dnd then principal ot McKinley ln lonuory 1946 he vos promoted to the positio ot D1re tor of Elernentory Edu cortion Mr Fleninq wos CI willing worker CI cornp tent 111 structor cmd oi crocress ve edu otor 3 - l .H . . . . , ' ' 1 c' 'e ' . ' ton-Peabody School, ossistont principdl of Clevelond High V l . 1 . . , , 'v . r ' ' ' , .e f 6 aunC2y .9 September 1944 ldnuory 945