Yeatman High School - Yeatman Life Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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-l ' 'TS' ,,,,, s i'L ll 1', 1 , , ili ,ZL M -v two or three of them had ever taught in the city before. They were, however, the very salt of the earth, chosen with the utmost care and discrimination by Mr. Blewett and Mr. Soldan. The students who came that morn- ing were also for the most part without high school experience, new jay's, as the other students called them. A few came up from the second and third years of the course from Central High School, every one of whom seemed to be sorry that it was neces- sary for him to leave the Central and come to the Yeatman. Wforst of all, the Principal was himself the newest and rawest member of the whole organization, for it was not only my first experience in St. Louis, but also my very first experience of any sort in a public high school either as a teacher or as a student. It was my privilege to spend only one year at Yeatman, but as I look back upon that year through the experiences that have since come, I am convinced that no high school principal was ever called to serve under more favorable circumstances or in a hap- pier and more stimulating environment. W'hat has come to be so well and favor- ably known as the spirit of Yeatman was started on that first morning and before the year had passed was well under way. Taken all in all, it was one of the richest years of my professional experience and one of the happiest of my whole life. It was a joy to work with the boys and girls who came -to Yeatman from the splendid home life of North St. Louis, It seemed to me then and it seems to me now that no Hner body of young men and young women ever came together in any high school, public or pri- vate. No wonder that ideals worthy of St. Louis and of James E. Yeatman could be developed with such a body of students, with such a faculty as we had at Yeatman, and in such a school system as that of St. Louis, under the great leadership of Soldan, Blewett, and others who were associated with them in the work of administration and supervision. The success of Yeatman was also greatly promoted by the beautiful spirit and intelli- gent co-operation of, the principals and teachers of the elementary schools of North St. Louis, who sent their graduates to the Yeatman and also by the goodwill and cor- dial support of the principals and teachers of the Central and McKinley schools. It is too bad that Yeatman as a Senior High School must be discontinued, but I have faith to believe that the spirit of Yeatman and the influences set in motion there will never die. Q 'Very cordially yours, .IOHN VV. NVITHERS, Dean of the School of Education. Thirteen