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

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ix Foreword On September 7. 1937 twelve hundred lucky students entered the halls of an unnamed building. With them came lVIr. Harry H. Seidel as principal, Mr. Norman B. Dee as assistant principal. thirty-six teachers, and two clerks. These were the pioneers who would choose the name Southwest for their high school, green and gold as their school colors. a'Enter to learng go forth to servew as the school motto. They would set the high scholastic standards and establish the many traditions which today we cherish. Time passes quickly. Southwest. originally built as an academic high school, now is building an addition for its flourishing practical arts activities. Driver Train- ing. Home Care of the Sick, Psychology. American Problems, Radio Workshop, and Publications are among the newer subjects which have broadened our curriculum. lliilllli. too. has changed the personnel ol the school. Of the thirty-six original faculty members only twelve remain ol a faculty that now has sixty-nine persons. 'liwo irinci Jals have come and 1-'one since the da fs of lVlr. Seidel. lVlr. Young one F' 3 C77 of the original lacult' members. now occu Jies the JrinciJal's chair. To helJ him rv l l are two assistant principals, four clerks, lour counselors, and an outstanding Student Council. 'lioda' the student bod' has l559 eager boys and ffirls. who find it indeed if 5 as . ra difficult to choose from the enriched program now ollered at the school. Extra-curricular activities have added additional interests throughout the years. Many clubs have come and gone. Our classical ones, however, have stood the test of time. Latin, Spanish. French, and German clubs have always been very popular at Southwest. Service clubs, too, have grown with the years. We now have, besides the original Special Service, a Receptionist club, a Duplicating Service group, a Pro- jection. club, and a Junior Red Cross unit. Also Southwest has had its share of suc- cess in the sports field. Over 200 girls now enjoy the G.A.A. In interscholastic sports our boys have had many championship teams. Baseball leads with fiveg tennis has had fourg football, twog and golf, one. In our music department our band, which has been in existence since the early days of Southwest, has done a great deal of community work. Beginning with twenty-four musicians, it now numbers eighty-five members. Our choir, too. has given much time to extra-curricular singing. As the high light of their endeavors the instrumental and vocal groups have combined to present a series of excellent operettas throughout eighteen of the schoolis twenty years. They have also presented many enjoyable spring concerts. Although Southwest has grown and changed in many ways since that mem- orable day in September twenty years ago. two characteristics have remained the same through all the years. i. e., high scholastic attainment and the spirit and en- thusiasm of those who have sojourned here. In this Roundup we will attempt to show the progress and changes which have come with the passing years.

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an Southwest High School School colors, chosen in l937, are green and gold Enter to Learn Go Forth to Serve F

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