St Louis Country Day School - Codasco Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Board of Trustees Back Row: Dr. Moore, Mr. PeTTus, Mr. Shapleigh, Mr. Seddon FronT Row: Mr. Goldman, Judge Taylor, Mr. STephens, Judge l-liTchcoclc, Bishop ScarleTT l-IE Board oT TrusTees oT The ST. Louis CounTry Day School is a group of represenTaTive business and proTessional men in ST. Louis. The PresidenT oT The Board, Dr. George T. Moore, is The DirecTor oT The Missouri BoTanical Gardens and Teaches boTany aT Washingran UniversiTy. l-le was a member oT The original Board in l9I7, and has held The presidency since I9l8. This year Mr. Richard McCulloch, one OT The members oT The original Board, and Mr. VincenT L. Price, a TrusTee since l923, resigned in order Tor younger men, who have sons in school To be elecTed To The Board. Mr. T-loward V. STephens and Judge Wilson A. Taylor have been chosen To Till These vacancies. Mr. STephens is a prominenT member oT The Johnson, STephens 84 Shinlcle Shoe Company. Judge Taylor recenTly reTired aTTer serving Tor many years as Judge oT The CircuiT CourT in ST. Louis. BoTh oT These men have sons in school and ThereTore are mosT inTimaTely acquainTed wiTh The school liTe and should prove valuable asseTs To The Board. OT The Tormer members There remain The Tollowing men: Mr. Bruce Seddon is secreTary and Treasurer oT The Board and has a boy who is gradu- aTing Trom school This year. Judge George C. I-liTchcock, an eminenT lawyer, Bishop William ScarleT'T, oT The Episcopal Diocese oT Missouri, and Mr. Alvin D. Goldman, PresidenT oT The Lesser-Goldman CoTTon Company and a mem- ber oT many acTive organizaTions in The ciTy, are members. The remaining Two TrusTees, boTh OT whom have sons in school, were appoinTed lasT year. They are, Mr. A. Wessel Shapleigh and Mr. Eugene PeTTus. Mr. PeTTus, The broTher oT The laTe Charles Parsons PeTTus, The original secreTary and Treas' urer oT The Board, has recenTly reTired Trom Blackwell-Wielandy Company. Mr. Shapleigh is Treasurer OT The Shapleigh l-lardware Company. 1 9 3 5 Page Eighleen ,TBTTTTF-is fx,-i g Ny is .a ,J . E- f fl H ,Hz M.. 1 . . fl ' , . yr .' Q .sr 1 fr: , sr 2 1 T, 5 , ix fr T T 'gf ' T i T .f a 3 , , , 5 ri' A 23 , - 'T IW' , 1 eq I, , 4. ,529 s. is - , 'T . A v ' I 1 'lf 3 5 4 , 1 , ..,. A' ,,,. 3 T 'i . 5 , T if i T , Ti ' N .agp A , J, . T Q H 5.0, ,-sv. 1 W.. V i T T T. T., ai? i

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L, .. .. . 3. . - ', , Q.. Ap' f ' ,Dm 4-4 ,rw -fi H. f Faculty Back Row: Messrs. McAllisTer, Hobbs, Young, Philips, Shinlcel, Reeve, Brien Middle Row: Messrs. BaTTenberg, Hughes, Blanchard, Bliss, Babcock, Werremeyer FronT Row: Messrs. KenT, Browne, STurgis, Thompson, Heclner, McCreery AT The Tounding oT The ST. Louis CounTry Day School in l9l7, The TaculTy consisTed oT six members. Since Thar Time iT has increased To TwenTy- Two. all oT whom are college graduaTes. Mr. R. H. B. Thompson has held The headmasTership since l92I, having been preceded by Mr. Ralph l-loTTman and Mr. Roland Gallagher. Mr. STurgis is The head of The Upper School, Mr. Browne oT The Middle, and Mr. McCreery oT The Lower. The primary purpose oT a TaculTy is The Teaching oT The sTudenTs. The TacT ThaT beTween 97 and 98 per cenT oT CounTry Day graduaTes have gone To college, and ThaT The insTiTuTion is ranlced as one oT The leading prepara- Tory schools in The counTry indicaTes +ha+ our TaculTy has succeeded parTicu- larly well in +ha+ line oT endeavor. Members oT The TaculTy also coach nearly all arhlerics aT school. This means ThaT There is closer conTacT beTween TaculTy and sTudenTs, and ThaT all pupils have ample opporTuniTy of showing Their aThleTic abiliTy. Messrs. Hughes, Shinkel, McAllisTer, and Heclcer coach TooTball, baslceTball, baseball, and Traclc, respecTively. The Masque and Troubadours are under The direcTion oT Mr. Philips and Mr. Reeve. The painsTalcing eTTorTs oT These direcTors have made each year's producTion more excellenT and praiseworThy. The Lower School Dra- maTic Club, under The guidance oT Mr. McAllisTer, provides ready maTerial Tor The older organizaTions. T This year Two new members were added To The TaculTy, Mr. Manson M. Brien, a graduaTe oT PrinceTon, and Mr. Hugh M. Miller, who sTudied aT The UniversiTy oT Oregon. Besides Teaching French To The Upper School, Mr. Brien was The Tounder and organizer oT The new riTle club. Mr. Miller gave piano lessons To boys in The Lower School, and also wroTe The CounTry Day Rally Song , which meT wiTh immediaTe success. C O Page Nineteen DASCO