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

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4,'3,,4. 3: 45' 'A ' 7-' -:Ar 'Y il1 - -f A - ' VQV. .f ' A History ofthe Pageant Youth, a keenJedged sword, a gage- How worthy it is to serve this youth, this unformed thing of today, this hope of tomorrow! And what is more deserving of praise than a school which has trained for twenty years the youth of a city? Nothing influences the course of a school more than its leader. A man bringing to a new school old ideals but fresh courage, a man grow- ing with his school as the years go by, a man building always for the future of his school-such a leader was Mr. Powell. With the strong and willing support of a great faculty, he massed the diversified strength of Soldan and Welded it into a unified thought. When Soldan was organized, Mr. Powell, at that time the principal of Yeatman High School, was made the principal of Soldan. The first few years were difficult, for students, loyal to their old schools, resented being transferred to a new one that had no personality. However, col- ors were soon chosen, a motto was selected, and clubs were formed. Students grew loyal as the slow years of formation passed-Soldan became Soldan! And then, in 1916, Soldan bent all its energies to the giving of a pageant, the Shakespeare Tercentenary. This enterprise, participated in by all the students, knit the school together and made Soldan proud of its spirit of successful cooperation. A year later came the War, and many Soldan boys laid down their lives for their country. It was a sad and yet a thrilling time, girls and boys, faculty and pupils, all Worked together, all sacrificed together. Although it was tragedy, this period will forever remain a significant epoch in Soldan's history. Then grew the Soldan of today with its traditions, its ideals, its enthusiasms: with its many activities in classrooms, in clubs, and in athletics. An orchestra, boys' and girls' glee clubs, a dramatic guild, a band, dancing classes, and gymnastic clubs-these are a few of the varied groups in Soldan. Each of these periods of So1dan's existence and each of these organi- zations was represented in the great pageant of 1929, Memories of Twenty Years. Not only did Soldan strive to show what had been accomplished in these years, but also why it was done, how it was done, and by whom it was done. And, as one looks back almost a year later, the harmony of the whole and its perfect fitness to portray the twenty years of Soldan's activity become more and more apparent. Grace Crowe, january, '30, 12

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A Pageant Memories of Twenty Years CThe lines of this Pageant were written by members of classes, the Writers' Club, and others.j PROLOGUE O all ye powers of thought and work and song, And all ye kindred lords of light and joy, We pour libations at your altars high And raise our voices, pleading for your gifts Of Poesy's exalted trumpet-tones, For here we have a theme most glorious, Most Worthy of triumphant blazonry,- Our Alma Mater's treasured history. And you Whose eager hearts have led you here To share the honor of her bounteous praise, To stir the embers of undying fires And warm your lives with tender, glowing zeal, Pour forth the treasures of your memory To swell the volume and intensity Of this, our Alma Mater's history! On waves of ether through the willing air, In silent wave-lengths of uncharted thought, Come crowding messages from far away, Voiceless but eloquent of unseen presences Whose lives bear evidence in worth or force Of thoughts and deeds and silent influence That time has mingled with the panoply Of this, our Alma Mater's history. O Muses, lend your clearest, purest tones To sing great Soldan's praise! And give the sky For sounding-board, the sun for glowing Fire, The stars to crown our Alma Mater's brow! Unroll Time's hallowed scroll, O Fates, and spread To view the glorious past that Soldan owns! The mists of twenty years are cleared away, And lo! the Flaming letters of our Motto show: Trouthe and Honour, Fredom and Curteisye . 14 the Drama