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

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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 .

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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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SQLALQM .!4llllLU2l'5CLl'g 0 W On Febru Jry frrst of th1s year Mclimley 1-1 ah School wds frfty years old 1 r 1t was rt reprua y 1 1904 that M K1nl y urs open a h r cars to :Jo s and a1rls of h1ah school aqe That IS a lonq t1rr1e ago yet morty of the con d1t1ons then ex1st1na around thrs belov d putlalna are st1ll alnos 1f ot ent1rely unchanaed There lS the entrance hallway The beaut1fu1 bronze bust cf lv'cK1n1ey Jhtch lS xl portrart representauon by Clara Garre wtth 11S d1an1ty a a charns extends a welcorne to the reshman ot 1954 Just as 1t d a ID 1904 The years ha Je added three memor1al tablets 1n the foyer on 91 her srde of the wrde marble sta1rway Two of these are by the sculptor Rooert Brrna hurst One IS 1n memory of former students of th1s school who lost the1r lrves rn World War 1 and was dedrcated May 30 1920 The other 15 1n honor of the f1rst two pr1nc1oals of M Krnley and was dedlcated Decemb r 70 1920 The th1rd memor1al plaau IS ded1cated to the memory of those former stu dents who aave the1r l1ves 1n World War ll Th1s aud also 1S Just the same Exceptma for fresh parnt and a new urta1n th1s aud has served for every aradu'1t1on for the past f1fty years each case after thouahtful cons1derat1on let 1t be sa1d to the cred1t and to the alory of McK1nley that loyalty to the sp1r1t of th1s qreat school has always prompted the sen1ors to vot y s for the1r araduauon 1n our own aud1tor1um Then a th1rd 1terr that lS st1ll the same unfortunately 1S our ayms and campus Wh1le they may have been adequate 1n 1904 today w1th far more attent1on berna QIVGD to athletlcs and the development of physrcal slc1lls they are qrossly madequate However please note the accumulat1on of troph1es rn the crowded case rn the hall The arch1tect W1ll1am B lttner was a bu1lder of h1ah repute The really 1mportant 1nnovat1on 1n th1s bu1ld1nq was the add1t1on of rooms for vocat1onal trarmnq At Central the llfS1 hrqh school lr St Lours there were no wood work shops no rooms for home econom1cs coolcma and sewtnq and no place where mechan1cal drawma or metalwork could be tauqht The cost of bu1ld1nq McK1nley was 9300 000 1t IS mterestma to 'tote that the cost of a h1ah school we are bu1ld1na today IH St LOUIS IS set for Sl 000 000 And so 1n 1904 the south St Louts students entered a beautrful burldtna They chose the carnatlon for the1r school flower today we have chosen the wh1te rose They chose cr1msor' and wh1te for the1r colors today we have chosen maroon and wh1te as our colors Yes much IS st1ll the same the p1r1t absolutely the same ln closmq let us look at our seal The seal of McK1nley d1splays a head f1 heart and a hand Th1s seal IS st1ll used 1t IQ enaraved on our year book pa1rted on our motto and embossed on our r1nas The seal portrays the arm of M Kmrey l'l1ah School The head tands for rntelhqence the hand for usefulness and the heart for 1D tearlty and the combtnatron of head heart and hand means happy c1t1zens Eudcxm Hatch lan 54 I C . O C c 'r 1 1 f , ' , 1 f A 1 , to 1 o. 'I' r , , c Q e f t .el he a H ' y- ' ' ' ' ' I fl X A. V .' c e ' 1 ' r.'t,'1n 1 ' - 1 1 - 1 A . A l . ' ' 'n c ' 1 e - . . 1 9 . 1 I n c ' , ' c ' 1 . Some of the laraer classes considered talcina their exercises elsewhere, ln I I I ' f . Q ,, 9 ,, . . 1 . 1 . 1 4 . , I A Il . I , V - -V , 1 ' ' ' ' 1 s ' ' . , L 5 1 . Lf . S 1 ' 1