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

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Ashby 7 Harper IIFADNIASTER 4 B Prznceton Umttrszty Mr Ashby T Harper headmaster of the St Louls Country Day School was graduated ln 1939 from Prlneeton Unlx erslty where he TLCLIX ed Honors IH Modern Languages and xarslty letters rn baseball football and svslmmlng Mr Harper prepared for Prmeeton rt Blalr Aeademy from whlch he wx rs graduated as el rss X3lCdlClOI'l'1I1 rn 1935 Alter serxtng one xear as Assxstant Dlrector ol Athletlcs at PTIHCCIOD Mr Harper accepted a posltlon at the Mount Hermon School as mister ol Freneh and Sp lnlsh Htxmg enllsted ln the Naxy ln une of 1941 he beeame a frghter pllot and took part rn the Okrnavsa campalgn and rn raids on the apanese malnland For hrs scrxlees to hls eoun try 1Vlr Harper vs is an rrded four alr medals md the DlSl1I'1gLllShLd Flymg Cross Alter being dls eharged from the Naxy Vlr Hrrper studled Inter natlonal Rel IIIOHS and Latln Amerlean aFfa1rs lor the spring ol 1947 lVlr Hlrper vus appointed Headmaster ol the Amerlean Sehool of ulto an lndependent day sehool Here he remalned for four years Llfllll he beeame Headmaster of the Amerie in Sehool ol Lrmr from vxhxeh hc elme m 1953 to assume the herdmastcrshlp ol Countrv Day Page Eight To +he Class of I957: You are the thlrty slxth class to be graduated from our sehool and perhaps the last to FLCCIXC dlplomas ln a Com mencement ceremony at the campus on Country Dax Lane It ts entrrelv Httmg then that you haxe been so concerned thls year vslth tradltlons If It IS true as someone has sfud that educatron 19 xx hat IS left after you naxe forgotten all that you learned then I hope that part of thc educatlon you carrv away from Country Day vstll be a loxe for your sehool an under standlng of vthat II has sought to do for you and a respect for the tradltlons uhleh students faeulty and trustees hue handed down through the years srnee 1917 I refer here to the tradlttons of excellence of hard vxork and hard play of Integrity and of honesty These 1 thlnk are the thmgs vshrch vulll mean more to vou as the years go by than the tradltlons vthlch are concerned vuth practlces and pr1x1 leges rather than vxlth ldeals and alms It has been a good year and you haxe set a good pace 1 hope that you will come blele to see us often Godspeed' Ashby T Harper r , , A e , 1, ' ' e e . ll .' . ' Xl iX l ' 1 , , . . l 1 I hi 4 I I X . . . , 17' 17X 1 . . . ' l X ii X S l . 4 V C f C A X '. . ' K 'z. 'z ' X .1 X . 2 . - -- two years at the Graduate School of Prlnceton. In X. 'T 1 . 2 ' '2.1 A ' 1 I X 'l x . 1 - X' 1 .Z . 2. , . .2 , , . ., . .. . .. . , 1. 1 l K .' I l - V , , I . I 1 1 ' - v- cc -- as . . ..c , . 1 B . , C , , W . . , - I ' Y l . . . . . Y . ll v Y I Y H 9 9 - - 9 s - vc 'l 11 I l 1 1 - 1 ,, .. ,, Y. 7. . . , . .

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