Soldan High School - Scrip Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Nl- v- A- Q f., +.,f'-,n,.R.,, - - .fx -...-- -Q., Lk' - ,'V-' F' - ??ff?c i5a i xii:-1'- The Graduation Program Processional,-Coronation March .,,,..........,.,,..,.....,,,.,,,.,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,, Meyer-beer The Soldan Orchestra Chorus,-The Star Spangled Banner The Class and Audience War and Education C. Gordon Fennell The Allegiance of the Immigrant Gertrude M. Fleishman Sallltes to the Flag ........................................................ .....,... . Marquard The Chaminade Club Women and the War Eunice Genette Marten The League to Enforce Peace Harold S. Cook Scene de Ballet, Mazurka de Concert .......................... ......... A ndreef The Mandolin Club Literature and the War Mary Mahan Dougherty The Price of Liberty Howell Gershom Evans Violin S0l0,-Mazurka ................................................ ...,..... M Iynarski Ethel Knobeloch Address Dr. james W. Lee, Chaplain Barnes Hospital The Vikings ............................................................................. Coleridge- Taylor The Glee Club Presentation of the Class to the Board of Education Mr. John Rush Powell Principal Soldan High School Response and Presentation of Diplomas Dr. Henry Gettys Member Board of Education Awarding of the Washington University Scholarship Mr. W. J. S. Bryan Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Chorus,-On to Battle ............................................................ ........ ........ The Glee Clubs and Class Recessional,-Stars and Stripes ....................................... The Soldan Orchestra 4 Gaul Sousa

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A ontents Graduation Program The Allegiance of the Immigrant VVOIHCII and the War The League to Enforce Peace Literature and the VVar The Price of Liberty No Prisoners Taken Allys Well That Ends Well l Candidates for Graduation, Janua Senior Service Roll Class Day Program Education Scriptorium Seniorites Tattler j ! ARES fl 6 3 ry, 1918

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Q f ' A ' --Q fr- --N -- -Y - Y - ,p:,fgi 'f7 ' S N f-1 +-7' se .f- .,.J-A ,4 1 is -'C-5336 A' f 1' f fesaffe f -fe ef' T Q, Since.-C l . The Allegiance of the Immigrant 'T MERICA! Waiting, beckoning, shining in the distance- the land of hope, the land of promise, the great melting W pot where all the races of the world are fused together as it one. 'N uh i A-: I i l A It is this America, with its spirit of humanity and democracy, that has led our immigrants to renounce their fathers and their homes for the country whose doors are open to all. Here they have been welcomed, protected, and loved. For here the exile met from every clime, And spoke in friendship every distant tongue. We have had over thirty-two and one-half millions of these immi- grants. They have come to us individually or in families, with the intention of residing here permanently. They have acted upon their own initiative and responsibility, without official support or compulsion. Had they come to some other country, they would have been classed as aliens 3 but America has adopted them. She has spent millions in educating them, so that they may become better individuals, better citizens, better patriots. To accomplish this, night schools have been opened all over the country for their benefit. In the St. Louis night schools and those of other large cities, special classes have been formed for them and every effort has been made to select teachers who are especially fitted for the work of Americanization. Here they have been taught our language, our customsg here they are given opportunities to become true Americans. In the present conflict of nations, America could no longer maintain her tradition of isolation. She has been forced to play her part in this great world war. The waters of the Atlantic are no longer barriers of human interchange. We are at 'war with Germany and Austria and the status of the alien has been a very troublesome question. How have the immigrants repaid America? Can they accept her benefits and give no returns? They certainly have some sense of obliga- tion toward her. They have sworn to protect the constitution of the United States, but now in this national emergency, where do they stand? Patriotism is being subjected to closer scrutiny than ever before and ,patriotism demands that they be faithfulg but in this crisis, do they hesitate? Can they give up all memories of their childhood days and take arms against their friends, their brothers, their parents? Picture, for one moment, an eager and ambitious youth in the old world. The alluring tales of his friends across the water have Fired his 5