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

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WVAJSE Monument is thirty-two feet high and reveals the wife, mother, child, and soldier as he is leaving home for war. The Spirit of the Confederacy is done in bas relief above the figures, which are in bronze high relief. The memorial was presented to the city in l9l4. Of course, the largest statue in the park is the bronze equestrian monument to St. Louis, It represents King Louis, the Crusader, clad in thirteenth century armor, and holding aloft his inverted sword forming the cross, the cause to which he devoted so much time, money, and effort. The 342,825 statue was unveiled in l906, and presented to the city by the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- tion Company in appreciation of the interest and support of the people of St. Louis. The Art Museum, one of the few remaining buildings of the St. Louis World's Fair is dedicated to Art. The statues that adorn the outside of the building are personifications of all forms of art. On the entrance are six sculptured figures representing six periods of art: Classic Art by F. E. Elwell, Gothic Art by john Gilbert, Oriental Art by Harry Linder, Egyptian Art by Albert Jaegors, Renaissance Art by Carl Tefft, and Modern Art by C. F. Hanann. At either end of the main pediment at the base are two bronze griffins with eagles' heads. Above the doors are three sculptured panels in high relief by Herman A. lVlacNeil. These represent Music, Architecture, and Literature. A mosaic background of gold glass forms a striking foil. During the World's Fair held here, the models were made, but not until I9l4 were they executed. At the ends of the museum steps are two beautiful statues. Gne is Painting by Louis St. Cauclens, and the other is Sculpture by Daniel French. These were done in plaster during the Fair, but the ones that stand now are carved of Tennessee marble. What is Forest Park itself? ls it not a memorial to Nature? Should we not save the virgin forest, wild flowers, birds, and streams instead of making it a carnival playground? Look at Hampton Court, Hyde Park, and Kensington Garden in England, or Luxemberg Gardens and St. Cloud in France. All these with their beautiful trees, marble steps, terraces, fountains, statuary, flower beds, and shrubbery are fenced in. Why not enclose our great park, preferably by a hedge, to enhance, as well as to preserve, its beauty? FRANK NICKERSON Twenty-nine

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wszxm MEMORIALS IN FOREST PARK N your strolls through Forest Park how many memorials have you . 2 Fu - i noticed? The park is filled with them, but some people never see these beautiful works of art. l..et's look at the Jefferson Memorial. Do you think of that building as a memorial to the great Jefferson, or as a museum containing interesting exhibits, especially the Lindbergh trophies? The chances are you remember it only as a museum. The statue of Jefferson, however, designed and carved from ltalian marble by Karl Bitter, that stands in the rotunda of the memorial immediately recalls Thomas jefferson to your memory. lt was unveiled in 1913 by Miss Natalie Norton, a descendant of Jefferson. ln the rotunda is a bronze high relief, The Signing of the Treaty, also by Karl Bitter. It depicts Monroe, Marbois, and Livingston signing the treaty of acquisition in I803. At the southeastern corner of the memorial stands a statue, six feet four inches high, designed by Miss Nancy Hahn. The Hgures are those of a mother, a babe in arms, and a small boy. Its title is The Colonial Mother. and it is dedicated to all the mothers of Missouri before its statehood. Having selected Forest Park as the site after long consideration, the Missouri Society of the Daughters of American Colonists, at a cost of 555000, donated the statue in l929. Another S5 000 memorial is the Musicians' Memorial Fountain at Skinker and Forsythe Boulevards, presented in l925 to St. Louis by George Weber of New York City. One of the finest equestrian statues in America is in our own Forest Park. This is a memorial to General Franz Sigel, showing him on a horse, field glasses in hand, leaning forward searching for the enemy. Robert Cauer of Kreuznach, Germany, designed itg Lauchhammer Foundry, Saxony, cast it in bronze for SI0,000. Standing at the Lindell Avenue entrance is a memorial to General Frank P. Blair, a 510,000 bronze statue with granite pedestal. W. W. Gardner made the entire monument. Mrs. Christine Graham, daughter of General Blair, unveiled it in ISS5. Perhaps the oldest memorial in the park is the bronze statue of Edward Bates. The subject is in the attitude Bates usually assumed when addressing the jury or court. On the four sides of the granite pedestal are medallion portraits of James B. Eads, Governor Hamilton Gamble, Charles Gibson, and Henry S. Geyer. The 513,000 statue was unveiled in IS76. The Hopi Indian Bird Charmer drinking fountain is a 512,000 memorial of August Maschmeyer to his wife. The figure is on its knees with arms outstretchedg a bird is resting on each wrist. No more appropriate place could have been found in the entire park than the spot where it stands, the great bird cage. Between Jefferson Memorial and the Union Avenue entrance is a granite shaft sculptured by George j. Zornay. This Confederate Soldiers' and Sailors' Twenty-eight

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WAN JEFFERSON MEMORIAL I N the course of a visit to Forest Park, a guest in our city usually has his attention called, as a matter of course, to a building called jefferson Memorial. Mr. Average Citizen will conduct his friends and relatives from out of town to all the points of interest in the park with a great deal of pride-to the zoo, the opera, the golf-course, the Art Museum, and finally, to Jefferson Memorial. The name conveys little information as to the nature and contents of the building, so the visitor interrogates. What is the Jefferson Memorial? And Mr. Citizen, hitherto rendered eloquent by civic pride, loses a bit of his eloquence. Why, Jefferson Memorial is-ah-JeHierson Memorial. Realizing then that the whole matter is rather vague in his own mind, he continues somewhat vaguely to say, rather unnecessarily, that it is a memorial to Thomas Jefferson, a famous Democrat, and strives to recall something of interest to point out about the building, which really is a bit too large to omit from the sight-seeing tour. l-le recalls finally that there are some arrow- heads, a lot of old guns, and-why, of course, the Lindbergh Trophiesl Whereupon he conducts his guest thither to view the trophies of the history- making flight. To be sure, they are a remarkable collection, but it is to be regretted that A. Citizen knows so little of the real purpose and true meaning of the Memorial. He has overlooked the fact that those other exhibits he regards so casually are all of tremendous interest, primarily to St. Louisans. Every article displayed in that building, from the mustiest relic, to the richest and shiniest of the Lindbergh trophies, is closely related to the history of St. Louis, a history as absorbing as that of any of the fabulous Old World cities of ancient times. 5- jefferson Memorial is not merely a monument to the third President of the United States: it is a shrine to Thomas Jefferson, the man who had sufficient forethought and courage to acquire the richest region of the whole continent, the old Louisiana Territory. ln the face of great opposition by the public and by fellow statesmen, he authorized the purchase of this immense area. The treaty of acquisition was made with France on April 30, l803. ln the center of this great territory grew St. Louis, the oldest city of the Middle West, and even at that early date a flourishing little town. It is Thomas Jefferson, the man who acquired for the United States this fertile Louisiana which fostered our great city that this memorial was designed to honor. It is to Thomas Jefferson, patriot with a vision--the vision of a great and powerful United States of the future, that this monument is gratefully dedicated. Many St. Louisans remember the international exposition held here in l904 and remember that it was then that the jefferson Memorial was started. With sixty-two nations, forty-four states, and six territories participating, this great world's fair was held to celebrate the centennial of the Louisiana Thirty