Southwest High School - Roundup Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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MISS MILDRED PIERCE One who never turned his back bu! marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break. Never dreamed tho' right were worsted, wrong would triumph. Held we fall to rise. are baffled to fight betier. Sleep to wake. llRobert Browning ,P Had we Browning's golden voice, we could adequately express our feel- ing of loss at the passing of Miss Pierce. We could tell of her ability to initiate, to organize, to teach. As it is, we can but humbly say that the patrons, students, and faculty of Southwest High School wish to pay tribute to her memory. Her splendid leadership and untiring service in the Student Council leaves a monument which will always be cherished. Nineteen

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MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MYSELF By GLORIA GRIFFERO I owe my greatest responsibility to myself. When I was born, God gave me a body, an intellect, and a soul. It is my responsibility as a creature of God to live in the body that he gave me and not to cast it away whenever I feel that life isn't worth living. It is also my responsi- bility to try to keep this body as physically fit as I can. In this way, I can enjoy the honest pleasures of the world. Perhaps, in the course of my life, I may lose the use of one of my limbs or organs. If God should see tit to send me such an affliction, I should be resigned to His will and should try to arrange my life and work in such a way that I could do the most good to everyone-myself, my neighbors, and my God. As Milton so beautifully expressed it in his sonnet, On His Blindness, Who best bear his mild yoke, they serve Him best and They also serve who only stand and wait. My intellect did me no good when I was born. It had to be nurtured by my parents, my teachers, my friends, my pastor, and others. As I grew, my intellect grew also, and very soon I could tell the difference between right and wrong. It then became my duty to broaden and improve my intellect. This meant reading good books and poems, associating with good companions, attending good movies, thinking for myself, following excellent leaders, leading a group myself occasionally, and co-operating always with others. Greater than my responsibility to my body and my intellect is my responsibility to my soul. My soul is a spiritual, eternal thing. It is the part in me which is God. Therefore, I should try to keep it pure and clean. I should feed it with pure thoughts, virtuous actions, and devout prayers. Since I shall always live with my soul and its close kin, con- science, I shall have to do kind deeds if I want to be proud of myself. Yes, my responsibility to myself is a large one, but by fulfilling it, I fulfill my responsibility to my family, my community, my city, my country, and the world. I , Tl-IC UNEUD 'fi J rl f , ' 51 I M Q 2 ' I Q-. , 2 -hi .Win . tl f .. ,0 ' . - ' M5 VI' . I , 9,1 1 H fy! , 2 n. 1 Q i yi ! I f M2 f, E i ghleen

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THE STUDENT COUNCIL Sponsor MISS LAWLESS The Student Council is the organization at Southwest in which students learn at first hand the duties of citizenship. Here is the proving ground for Democracy. No student group has taken upon itself such grave re- sponsibility as has this one, for it is the voice of the student body. Good government in a city, state, or nation depends upon the quality of the leaders which represent this city, state, or nation. Good leadership means good government. So it is with student government. A conscientious council which upholds high ideals does a major share in making an out- standing school. We point with pride to the record of the Southwest Student Council. Not only is it the student governing body, but it serves as a connecting link which joins the various advisory groups in all undertakings which need unified action. For example, the member or alternate acts as the agent for the collection of money, given by the students for various purposes, such as cookies for the U. S. O., the Pioneer for our boys in service, and the Junior Red Cross. It also sponsors the collection of articles for charity. These are but a part of the work of this busy group. Other duties include auditorium sessions, noonday entertainments, and care of the memorial case. Is it any wonder that the day of a council member and an alternate is one round of purposeful activity? Twenty