Riverside High School - Mercury Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Til fi M patron of travelers and merchant ercury, son of the supreme Roman god, Jupiter, messenger of the gods, s, aware of all things, present everywhere, always ready to help, sped through ancient legends on winged feet. He wore a hat with wings and carried a wand entwined with snakes-emblems of his magic power. L1ke the Mercury of old, our 1959 annual-bearing his famous name-records for you, our friends and classmates, your school life. It, too, has been present everywhere. just as the stories of the glory of Rome have survived the ages, so, too, this history of the senior class of 1959, will leave a permanent record of achievement to posterity. M X g e , f ' 4 .QJCJI f2?L' 'A iffy 9 7 f If 574W f V if ,, . 'ad K fx! , zigzag, V.f,Q5ZC'C' g We A wwe M vfeeaff X MLW PM 'MM lim' WM' QW? SQ . Qiwm XLUA-,gQQV,'K5lNQ frxiel VL! 5 B-I .,. 1 'Q ' ' a , eeaffifdmf Qffiysaea 142425, ,M N. 'N K , I 5 ' J 7 '1..s'J '-vl .Ja-'H i Q x t I I ..!-In I-4:1 0, , J 0 -4' S 'fx , wh. 7? -P I ' I I ik- -f 1' L p V V ' 1' W 4 - l . ' . 9 M I J Q Z, vi, ,A 1 '14, 'P if- ,,n. IA .1'K , 'J 9 ' :' 5 H - 19 E, -. : +,,' fi 1 ,L , rim' , Q, t ' .4 1 ' 9' H

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To These We Dedl Q MERTON s. LEAN So many worlds, so much to do, , So little done, such things to be. From the wellsprings of the ancient civilization of Greece and Rome has emanated the inspiration for many of the developments of the Western Worldg for schools, in particular. A classical cultural background has been considered a necessity for an educated man. Above all else, our principal, Mr. Lean, has been a classical scholar. To many generations of high school students he has opened the wider horizon of the Roman world, as revealed in its literature, training students in accuracy of thought and expression, arousing an appreciation of a by-gone day as interesting not only in itself but also in its application to modern life-a source of mental discipline, of pleasure, and of beauty. Though reveling for many years in the great of old, Mr. Lean was chosen to become the chief administrator of a modern high school in a period of constant change, even confu- sion, in educational standards. His is not an easy task. However, mid the diversified and conflicting demands made upon the principal of a large, city high school, mid all the sounding jargon of the schools, Mr. Lean has been able to direct his course, guided by a sure light, a firm and just sense of values, whose source lies in the wisdom and experience of both the old and the new worlds, preparing the way not only for the present generation of high school students, but also for generations to come, confident that Si1inis bonus est, totum bonum eritf'