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four I Q GL lflfl MBS ANNA F BACKER Wheh Mr George H Backer d1ed on Ianuarf 31 1919 he bequeathed part of hrs fortune to h1s W119 Mrs Anna F Backer W1th the money Mrs Backer bu11t Backer Memor1a1 ln memory of her be1oved husband To her dymq day the ob1ects of her spec1a1 mierest and affechon On Sepiember 21 1936 Mrs Backer Jolned her husband acc1a1med by a11 for her comp1ete1y Cathohc 111e We the pre ent studenrs never knew her persona11y but her memory 1ves wuh us enshrmed 1n our A1ma Mater Backer Memorral schoo1 and her boys as she called the students, remained ' , S ' . ,
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GC el' Ql'l'l0l'la lt was o far out away from everywhere That was the way Father Herrnans and the other proneers felt 1n 1924 when they moved to the new Tudor Gothxc styled Backer Mernorral on Oakland St Lours Unrversrty Hlgh School Academy rt had been called rn the old days had always been rn the busy part of town Thlrd and Market rn 1818 Second and Walnut rn 1820 Nrnth and Chrrsty from 1829 to H Backer Memor1a1 at 4970 Oakland seemed tar away from thrngs But St Lours grew and wlth 11 grew our hrgh school The lrst of pler drd acadernrc cultural and athletrc achleve- ments throws luster on thrs twenty flfth annrversary and holds DIOIHISG of other and more rllu tr1 us annrversanes to corne 1 HIGH SCI-IOOL Three Z? L - 18885 then Grand and Pine, 1888-1924. Yes, the new George
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