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

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, l SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL fErected 19375 On September 5, 1949. 1680 students entered this great crucible to learn the true meaning of Americanism. Four

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Southwest Pilgrims, on their way to the co1ne1 stone laying of the UHltGd Natlons Building, visit the Lady Wlth the Lamp. 'I va -we 0l elfU0l Glue me the homeless, the tempes!-tostf' i,4Gf'.g if A land of snow-capped mountains and fertile valleys, of wide rivers and laughing brooks, of broad, rolling plains and towering forests-this is America, the land of promise. To this land came the homeless, the tempest-tost of the Old World in search of a better life for themselves and their families. Some came for adventure, some to spread the gospel of Christianity, some for economic betterment, and all for freedom and contentment. These Wanderers brought with them many gifts to the New World, gifts that have made the great melting pot the foremost nation of the World. Southwest High School oiers an example of the many nationalities which make an American. Not one would want to return to the land of his ancestors. Each would say along with Archibald MacLeish: This is our land, this is our ancient ground- The rare earth, the mixed blood and the strangers, The different eyes, the wind, and the hearts change. These we will not leave though the old call us.-, This is our country earth, our blood, our kind. THE EDITOR Three s

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iibeclicafion 41 But I'ue a rendezvous with death At midnight in some flaming town. And I to my pledged word am true. I shall not fail that rendezvous. I Have a Rendezvous with Death. --ALAN SEEGER In the 1950 edition of the Roundup we want to honor Richard Overbeck, editor of the 1944 Roundup, who kept that Rendez- vous with Death on October 3, 1949, a foggy night as he was driving down a lonely road. Blinded by the light of' an oncoming truck, he crashed to his death. At that moment one of the brightest stars ever known to Southwest High School was lost to the world. Richard graduated from Southwest High School in June of 1944. In his four brief years here he compiled a very high scholastic record and received a four year scholarship to Washington University. Both teachers and students of Southwest loved him and associates described him as one of the nicest fellows we've ever known. Always popular with his school mates, he was elected Vice-President of the Student Council in his senior year. His sojourn here proved to be only a stepping stone to greater things in the field of' higher learning. Richard Louis Ouerbeck Born June 17, 1927 Died October 3, 1949 When he entered the Washington Uni- versity school of chemical engineering in the fall of' 1944, he embarked on a career that would do justice to a genius. During his stay at Washington, six honor fraternities and two social fraternities elected him to their membership. At the end of his sopho- more, junior, and senior years he received final honors for excellence in scholarship. After completing the requirements for his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in three years, he started work on his master's degree which he received in Sep- tember, 1948. During this time he was a candidate for the famed Rhodes scholarship for Oxford University in England. This is a brief biography of a. boy destined for great things. To his memory we dedicate the 1950 Roundup. F ive