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

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E ight 0I Qll!0l Since the doors of Southwest High School opened to a group of eager freshmen and sopho- mores in 1937, ten eventful years have passed. Before the school was well started, the impact of war staggered our nation and upset the noiseless tenor of our way. ln spite of this cataclysm our school has struggled forward. It has taken its place among the high schools of the city. Our foundations are strong, and we have advanced steadily in all fields of school and community work. We are pleased with the work of our clubs, our athletics, our publica- tions, we take satisfaction in the outstanding accomplishments of our dance, music, dramatic, art, and service groups, we are proud of our excellent scholastic attainments. In this book the 1947 Staff of the ROUNDUP tries to take stock of our progress and to note our achievements thus far. We hope that this record will inspire our students to carry for- ward the good work of Southwest High School. THE EDITOR

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Mr. Sackett, a graduate of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, came to St. Louis in 1910 as a teacher of botany at Soldan High School. In 1918 he became assistant principal of Blewett Junior High School. Ten years later he was made principal of Emerson School and a year after that he was transferred to the Mark Twain School as its principal. In 1933 Mr. Sackett was appointed assistant principal of Roosevelt High School. In February, 1938, he came to Southwest High School, Where he has served very successfully as principal ever since. LCM! bil' 00 . an X545 Seven

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emoriam Sunset and evening slczr. And one clear cull for znef And may there be no moaning of the bar, W'hen I put ou! to sea. -Alfred Tennyson. H. H. Seidel fl-First Principal of Southwest High Schoolj R. S. Howlett fCharter Member of Facultyb Edward Gibson Harley Hammerman Philip Beiser CHead Engineerl Nine