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

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War A lover of peace above all else thrs was naturally grref to hrm He rerorced when the war was over and the laurel wreath of vrctory was placed upon the farr head of Colurnbra lrlthou gh h glo red rn the vrctorres wrought on land and sea and rn the extensron of our boundarres yet hrs Qreatest satrsfactron lay rn the fact tl'at tne oar rers of sectroralrsm had fr ally and ompletely drsappearcd The a aursrtron ot the Dhrlrpornes was to hrm a errous problem but after a lengthy delroeratron he found that annexatron was the only recourse How truly and vrvrdly are hrs character and hrs actrons rn the Spanrsh Arnerrcan War portrayed rn the oeautrrul prcture whrch you s e oefore you' lt rn rtself se ms to tell the story You wrll not ce hrrn seated at hrs desk absorbed rn deep thought wrth a docum nt rn hrs hand awartrng hrs srgna ture Whrle he rs delrberatrng upon the questron he rs hearkenrng to Law who rs srttrng to hrs left r adrng to hrm She holds a paper rn her hand as rf assrstrng hrm rn the decrsron of the vrtal questron before hrm that of rnter ventron Iustrce rn whrte stands rmmedrately behrnd and back of McKrnley truly rnfluentral hrstory wrth a starry background suggestrve of eternrty On the extreme left you see the frgure wrth the helmet srgnrfyrng War Mercy rs seated at the desk opposrte Mclirnley and Peace enters wrth the flag of truce shown by the whrte v rl On the extreme rrght rn green rs the frgure of Vengeance and Fate leavrng the room rn desparr Our Amerrcan pos sessrons are reflected on the globe rn the foreground Durrng Cubas great strrfe and drffrculty Amerrcas actrons are berng closely observed by the forergn powers Spam m he royal purple robe rs the most promrnent as rf anxrously watchrng the drscussron of her actrons rn her possessrons whrle England rn green and others are merely lookrng on McKrnleys actrons are watched by the prrest representmg the church of Spam Hrs attrtude IS one of olrcrtude hence he 1S leavrng the room rn anxrety The young Cuban grrl wrth the flag draped about her srgnrfres our new world possessrons Her flowrng robe strll suggests the Spanrsh rnfluence wrth Cuban patrrots rn tattered garments and wrth oroken swords she looks appealrngly at Columbra who wrth her Amerrcan flag rs drrectrng them to plead therr cause wrth the prrncrpal ever ready to lrsten to the vorce of Reason Law and lustrce The lesson of hrs lrf reveal to us that durrng hrs entrre career he was patrent patrrotrc and rust Hrs actrons were rndeed often gurded by the thoughts expressed rn hrs favorrte hymn Lead Krndly Lrght Hardly had he begun hrs second presrdentral t rm when amrdst the festrvrtres of the Pan Amerrcan Exposrtron he wa untrmely slam rust as he had rarsed h s hand rn benedrctron at a publrc receotron held rn the Temple of Musrc Hrs partrng words wrll long be remembered after the generatron corncr dent wrth hrs trme are but a memory Good bye all lt rs God s way Hrs wrll not ours be done Amerrca wrll long remember how solemnly strll the entrre land was for a few seconds as she bowed her head rn reverence Whrle he was lard to rest leavrng to our memory the thoughts that a great lrfe never dres great deeds are unperrshable and great names rmmortal THE CARNAT1ON Vol 7 No 2 p 17 Iune 1911 71 . , . . , f Y. . 1 . V V V 1 . 1 - 9 1 V 1 V V , ' V V , . , , 111 1 Y, . . .W 1 1 V 1 1 1 11 1. 11 . ,, 1 , . . . I' .. f' Y' V . V A V 1 A Q . A .1 1 - . 1, , , 1 1 . 1 .1 . . 1 2 V . . . . A 1 A . 9 1 1 . ' 1 1 1 Q ' . 1 ' N-I 1 - 1 - 1 . . . . D . . Q . , V . 1 , I . . , , , , 1 , , , V . , . -1 1 2 , V . V1 V , , , . V ' . 1 . . . . 1 . . ' I . 1 . r 1 . , 1 , 1 1 1 J 1 - 1 - . 1 . . . V , V -: . V , . . . 1 . . . - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 Y 1 1 1 1 I I V V A I . . .A G 1 . , , . C .1 1 , 1 1 - 1 1 1 . . . . 11 . V - 1 1 . 11 9 1 - . . . C 1 . 1 I 9 I 1 V , I . . . . 11 . 1 . I I T I ' ' . 11 . . . 1 1 - 1 1 1 .1 - 1 1 -

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we ,Sznior Cfadd Ufhcera Sponsor, Mrs. Clarkson IANUARY 1954 Presldent Larry McCaw Vrce Presldent Rrta Durbln Secretary Sandra Moore Grrls Treasurer IoAnn Tesreau Boy Treasurer Frank Lelgh Sergeant at Arms Fred Martmez C L A S S M O T T O H11 Ioulmu' and lu lfrnlh CLASS FLOWER Wh1teRose CLASS COLORS Maroon and Whlte CLASS SONG Not a soul down on the corner Thats a pretty certaln srgn That graduatlon s breakmg up That old gong of rrrne When I hear those schoolbells chrme Cause graduatlon s breakrng up That old gang ot m1ne There goes lack there goes Irll Down the halls ot tame Now and th n we ll meet aga1n But they wont s em the same Oh our hearts are frlled wrth sadness For we know now IS the t1me When graduauon mak s us leave That old school ot mme . Q, , I ll . Gee, l get a lonesome teeling X Q A - ' ' e . . ' e .