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

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f ffv: -A e Q1 - r A R- !. H X g 5 A J es, N e Ls - , ' Greece, Mother of the Arts By Doro thy Ka n ter, 8 HEN, in creation of all living things, The earth radiantly shed its veil of mist, Rejoicing in its divine mysteries, Black night and shining day, strange miracles, ' 1 2' Diana, lovely goddess of the moon, Drove forth her milk-White steeds across the sky To wrap the sleepy earth in evening's stillness: Then, on departure of the fading night, Aurora flung Wide the gates of morn To usher in the light in sparkling splendor, As Apollo, in his Haming chariot, Raced 'cross the heavens in glowing radiance. There, in the shining rays of golden dawn, Desire was born within thy gentle soul To bring to wond'ring man the beauty of the e Inspirer of all men-Mother of the Arts! is arth. 5, fy

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.av H ' H so ' 'R rg fra: Soldan Faculty ADMINISTRATION Herbert P. Stellwageni. Principal Allie N. Rasrnnsson, Dean of Girls Ben H. Barr, Assistant Principal Leslie W. Lyon ENGLISH Grace Adams Rntli Beck M. M. Cameron Marguerite George Jessie W. Jefrey Helen Constanee Kath Margaret M. A mend A. B. Bender lllrs. Edith C. Bristol M. M. Cameron A. J. Gnmmersheimer Imelda Carmody Alfred Davis Nellie Judd Jllrs. Helen D. S. McDonald Nellie Cunningham Anna E. Hickey Mrs. Edith C. Bristol Leigh Harris Mariano Mignele: Maya James M. Althouse W'm. Hein Nellie Judd A. O. Kelley Florence Haseltine Hildah Levy Gertrude Lneas Min nie MeGre1u Chas, R. Mann Leonora C. lX'a!1le Francis F. Patriek HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Joanna M. Hoolan Lottie JI. HHH li. J. Mathie Marguerite Mott MATHEMATICS Saidee E. Nelson Harley E. Olson Clara Dell Parks Susan Sherry ANCIENT I.ANGI,'.4GES PV. R. Layer Lanra C. Mneller MODERN l.A.N'GL'AGlZS Caroline Moreell Lanra C. Mneller Edith C. Symington SCIENCE Frank O. lfrnh Ralph A. Lenig Leslie W. I.von Ethel L. Rlills ART Mary A. McColl HO USEHOLD ARTS Amelia M. Racy Gertrude Shryoek Elsie Ueberle Grace V. lVilson Leah R. C. Yoiie Clara Dell Parks Helen T. Rowan Floyd D. Welch Rntlz Zaeher Harold E, Sfross Ida E. Stallings IV. R. Vickroy Ruth Zaeller Darid Reiss Winnie Timmons Jennie l'Ville1nse11 Katherine Pfeifer Alrina Raebel Bertha A. Voit Mary lilisalvetli Sonthen Mary E. Jefords Margaret T. Lynch MANUAL TRAINING- MECHANICAL DRA WING James F. Cook Harley E. Olson F1-pd C, .'lIoEaehron Harold E. Sfross COJIJIERCIAL Lonise W. Brown Mary F. Calnane Mabel Easterbrook Marie A. Ernst PHYSIC Dorothy Baldwin Charles Donald Franken berger Dr. B. Y. Glassberg Caroline Anderson J. H. Heruig Lilian L. Hogan Mrs. Helen D. S. McDonald IIICSIC Xl. Teresa Finn AL EDUCATION AND HE Blanehe G. Higgins Dr. O. JI. Koenig A. H. Plag . LIBRARIAN Gertrude D. May HYGIENE L. M. Laird OFFICE ASSISTANTS Dorothy Caplan b LUNCH ROOM May I. Bonton 15 .-1 L TH Alnm .Varine P. L. Stavseth Ernest Hares Charlotte Roos Harry R. White Dr. Katherine Srhaaf Ejie C. Ramsay

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ie ef ef-el -ev I GTZ: --e' e 159' e The Origin of the Grecian Myths By Lucy Mae Jaco, 8 5 GREAT many of the really valuable possessions of the world XG' were discovered by accident in the attempt to prove some , theory based on an entirely mistaken assumption. One of 'E' Q the best examples of such an anomaly is the mythology of h -I ancient Greece, though it is the basis for much of the beauty in all forms of art perfected from the ancient days to these-. In an attempt to explain the awe-inspiring natural phenomena all about them, the rude savages wandering about the inhospitable steppes east of the Caspian Sea were probably the first to formulate the embryo tales which eventually became Grecian mythology. As they huddled about their campiires at night clasping crude spears or heavy clubs in their hands and afraid to sleep while the all-covering darkness hid from their sight the enemy slinking just beyond the flickering light, these first Grecians very likely attempted some first simple but, to them, satisfying explanation for the conditions that had always caused them so much discomfort. Although the first necessity of these people was, of course, food, shelter, and weapons, even then man seems to have felt the need for an undefinable something that would satisfy his crav- ing for peace and beauty. Generations after these First simple tales had been formulated, and after these savages had become united bands of barbarous nomad peo- ples, they were crowded out of their wild steppes by a more warlike race. Following the path of least resistance, the Wanderers are believed to have followed the coast of their sea and then the banks of rivers until they eventually arrived in the sunny Grecian peninsula. Here in the kindlier climate, the invaders found time and inspira- tion for more lucid, more connected, and more beautiful explanations of the natural occurrences all about them. Back and forth, from east to west above the Hat, circular plain, which was the earth, traveled, First the goddesses of the dawn, the rosv-limbed Hours and then Aurora, and later, that mightv personage, who, with his golden sun-chariot, satisfied the splendor-loving barbarous intellects. The dew was a shy, gentle maiden fleeing from her too impetuous lover, the sun, until at last, pursued even into the depths of the forest, she was destroyed by this same irnpetuosity. Always, the sun was recognized as a giver of health and life: so it became the mightiest physician and the patron and helper of mere, frail human physicians. At the same time, this beneficent deity was recognized and feared as the bringer of plagues and fevers. For did not these plagues and illnesses occur when the sun was the closest and 1