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

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Faculty M r. Thom pson's Office, ROBERT H. B. THOMPSON, A.B., A.M. Htunilzuu Laii n A.B. Ali.. 1'hi B4-tu Kappa, Hamilton College, 1905, Hnrvard l'niversity Graduate Sehool. 1905-1906 1111-ister in Latin und Crt-ek. Kingsley Svhool, N. ,1.. 1906-1909, Foreign '1't'avt'1, 1909-1910, Kingsley Srhool, 1910-1911. Muster in Lttlin, Cloynt: llouse School, Nuwport, R. l., 1911-1912. As'-istant Heattlrnaster. 1912-1917. Muster in English. St. Louis Country Day School, 1917-1918. Muster in Latin, 1917-193-1, Assistant Heutlmastor. 1918- 1921. Headmusler, 1921-1935. Vice-President. The Coun- try Day School lltetttltnztsttvrs' At-it-tociulion, 1928. Director, Private Schools Association of the Cvntrttl States, 1928. Sc:-relary, Country Day School lleatlnlusters' Asmoeiatiotl. 1929-1930, Pre-tident, Privttte Srhools Assoriation of the Central Stats-a. 1929-1930. President. Country Day School Hendmm-itttrs' Association, 1933-1934. Representative of Private Sr-hoolx Association of the Central States on the College lfntrttrire Rxrtmintttinn Board. 1933-1935. ASHLEY BARNES STURG1S, KB. Alnherxl Hisiory A.1'l., Amherst, 1905. Muster in English antl Frenrh. Fay School. Southhoro. Mass, 1905-1907. Muster in linglish anti 1 r't:neh, Ptinroton Ptreparutory School. Princeton. N. .1.. 1907-1908. Private- tutor, 1908-1909. New York Tribune, 1910-1911. Niaster in English, Haver- ford Srhool, Have-rford, Pa., 1912-1918, Muster in Eng- lish. History. antl Geography, St. Louis Country Day School, 19111-1925. 1-luttrl of Lower School, 1919-1920. A-asistztnt 1-lmttlrnaster, 1921-1926. Hetttl of Upper Sehool. Ht-nd of Preparatory Department. University World Cruise, 1926-1927, Master in History, 1927-1935. Avis!- atnt lrletttlmttster, 1927-1935. Render in History, College lintranro Examination Bottrd. 1931. EUGENE ARTHUR HECKER, A.B. Harrold English A R.. Phi lleta Kttppu. Hrtrvttrcl. 1905. Master in Ltxtin. llrcvk, and G:-rmttn, llucklry School. 1905-1907. Master in Latin, Germain. :tml Freneh, Berkshire School. 1907- 1908. Muster in Latin anti English, Roxbury Latin School, 19011-1911. Muster in Latin, German, and His- tory, Boston Country Day School, 1911-1917. U. S. -Krmy, 1917-1919. Master in French. 1919-1922: Muster in History, 1919-1924. St. Louis Country Dny School. Master in English, 1919-1935. Render in English, Col- lege lintrttncc lixnmintttion Board. 1910-1911, and 1920- 1928. Page Twenty kj!- ,D , . ti 'T' gi ' RW . LT- 1 ' , , 1 -1 .,tx ' I 1 4 f,,. g-.--.-14 .5 - 1 .tu v I fy xi .it pi '23 H -1 ,i I i' L sf Q? - Y 4 '43 R A ST? ,, , A , 1 ,, -xi L... :gf T , L wr.- I, 1 QQ. KX 6 f wif' A t1 I 1' ,L ,. 'N-'L 1,

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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

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