Roosevelt High School - Bwana Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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EWENH GOVERNOR HENRY S. CAULFIELD Fifteen

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EVJEINE It is not fair, however, to overlook the fact that genuine American phrases were also to be found in the law. The words required to be inscribed on the band of the escutcheon, United we stand, divided we fall , were not origi- nated by the author but were borrowed or appropriated. These words were intended to express our social and governmental policy as well as our relations to sister states. The phrase was really coined on the day that the Declaration of lndependence was signed, and it had been in current use since the days preceding the Revolution. It is not the motto of Missouri. The law specifically states that our motto is the Latin sentence, Salus populi suprema lex eston. The fact that the whole phrase appears on our seal shows that the legislature, which framed and adopted the law, stood with the heroic people who had won their American independence. The constitution of i820 further declared that the Great Seal of the State of Missouri shall be kept by the Secretary of State . Every later constitu- tion declared that he shall be custodian of the seal of state . HERMOINE HAMEL MISSOURI ISSOURI! The melting pot in which are integrated the ideals, the habits, the thoughts, and the customs which have made America great! Here we find the courtesy, the grace, the romance of the South blended with the vigor, the strength, the industry, and the mastery of the North. Along with these we find the culture, the genius, the poise, and the early traditions of the East mingled with the courage, the perseverance, the democracy, and the friendliness of the West. lts majestic rivers, its babbling brooks, its Pierian springs, its glorious mountains, its restful valleys, its towering trees, its rolling prairies-all these form the setting of a veritable paradise. Within its confines are grown successfully almost every fruit, vegetable, or grain indigenous to the United States. ln the parks of her great cities, and growing wild throughout the state, may be found almost every form of vegetation of the north temperate zone. From thisistate came the person adjudged by scientific test to speak the most typically American speech. Indeed Missouri, lying in the center of the country, has embodied the elements, both physical and spiritual, which have distinguished America. Therefore we give a toast to Missouri, the E Pluribus Unumn state of the Union. EVELYN UNDERWOOD. Fourteen

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Sixteen BWENH MISSOURI STATE SONG Missouri, fair, we bring to thee, Hearts full of love and loyalty, Thou central star, thou brightest gem Of all the brilliant cliaclem- Missouri. CHORUS Then lift your voices and join the throng That swells her praise in joyful song: Till earth and sky reverberate, Our own, our clear, our grand old state- Missouri. She came a compromise for peace- Her prayer is still that strife may cease, She mourns her blue, wept o'er her gray When sicle by side, in death they lay- Missouri. Nor north, nor south, nor east, nor west, But part of each, of each the best, Come, homeless one, come to her call, Her arms are stretched to shelter all- Missouri.