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

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nsmnmgmm ss.'z.e-f,-4 ummm., 43: 1 lE! MOTHER SCHOOL AND ELDISR SISTER SCHOOLS 1.V SUIVTII ANI? NORIII CENTRAL HIGH: Mother of Schools am I, and of my best I gave to those new schools whose very life Was life of my life. My faculty I shared And youthful sons and daughters without stint, To South and North and West in turn I gave. fEn ter McKin1eyiHighj First, McKinley, eldest daughter fair, Bearing the name of martyred President, In majesty, her lofty towers reared, And from her doors sent forth in numbers strong Noble sons and daughters to attest her fame. fEn ter Yea tma Then she, who bore the gentle name of him Who stood for civic worth, and made his life Synonymous with great philanthropy, Came into being to perpetuate The fame of Yeatman, noble citizen. His spirit like a benediction 17 n High,

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SYMBOLIC EPISODE The Persons: Saint Louis, the Crusader King, Knights, Squires, Pages, Lords and Ladies, Herald, Education, Central High, McKinley High, Yeatman High, Soldania. SAINT LOUIS: All lands and climes pay tribute now to this My City of the Western World, St. Louis. And I have traveled far from distant lands, From Holy Wars and sojourn in the East, From war-torn Europe of the Middle Age, Across the misty tide of centuries, To Find at last the city of my dreams, In festal celebration, world renowned. Rich plenty reigns, and everywhere abound Material wealth and great prosperity. But these are not the evidence I seek Of this, my city's claim of truest worth. Wealth is not culture, nor is progress aught Except it be in knowledge. Wherefore now I seek to know her progress in the Arts. Is Education now her chief concern? All else I lay aside,--her wealth, her homes: Bring me tidings of my City's schools. EDUCATION: QEnter Educationj ! I am the spirit of the Public School. It is my task to guide and train the young: To give them that which money cannot buy: They learn to love and serve their fellowmen: To hunger and to thirst for higher things: To draw the line between the false and true. Because of me, it is my fondest hope, The children of this City of thy name Shall grow in knowledge, wisdom, virtue, power, So that in them, as men and women strong, Up-standing for the common good of all, You shall have citizens, O King, who mean To make their city clean in government, A better place in which to work and live, With parks and fair broad streets, and all that Art With thoughtful plan can do, will they employ To make this city fair the nation's pride. These things shall come to pass to honor you. 1 QEntet Central Highj s

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4.VD YOU SHALL HAVE FOR CHAMPIONS STRONG AND TRUE, MY KNIGHTS Has made this favored school a monument Of human service, noble, gentle, true. Westward the tide of empire takes its way And ere the span of live short years is run, A wondrous building fair to look upon, Is reared, by lovely homes environed And westward Mother Central sends again The march of learning's youthful pioneers To build anew another school whose fame Is soon to equal that of Mother School H And elder Sister Schools in South and North. The name of one whose fame throughout the land Is linked with Education's progress wide Is now bestowed upon this glorious school To uphold the standards of the old and new, SOLDAN! School of Opportunity! QEnter SAINT LOUIS: I bid you joyous welcome, Soldania, Thou Beacon Light of inspiration fair! In gentle dignity benign and poised, Thou'rt like a goddess, yet a woman fair. ED UCA TION: The fairest of all is she, O mighty King, Soldaniaj A woman young in years, but learned in truth With all Athene ever knew of old. She shall well teach the children at her side With knowledge shall she fill their hungry minds. With gentle, sweet persuasion shall she seek 18