Spotlight on Lee Falk - The High School Years

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Soldan High School 1921
Subject: Lee Falk


Soldan High School

F. Louis Soldan High School was completed at 918 Union Boulevard in September, 1909. It was designed by William B. Ittner and named in honor of the well-known St. Louis educator. in the early 1920's most of the students at Soldan High School did came from Blewett Junior High School. The year was divided into two terms of twenty weeks each[1]:

  • Fall Term:
    • Opening on Tuesday after Labor Day, Graduation Day on Thursday of the twentieth week, Closing Friday of the twentieth school week,
      • Hollidays and Vacations: Armistice Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day, Chrismas Week (note: not counted as one of the forty school weeks of the year) and New Year's Day.
  • Spring Term
    • Opening Monday of the twnty-first school week, Graduation Day on Thursday of the twentieth week of the new term, Closing on Friday of the twentieth week of the new term.
      • Hollidays and Vacations: Washington's Birthday and Memorila Day.

The school day started 8:45 a.m. and closed at 2:45 p.m, included one hour lunch period.

Lee Harrison Epstein

Lee Harrison Epstein attended Soldan High School at age 13 on September 2, 1924 and graduated on June 15, 1928, at age 17.

In the Script[2] he was credited with "His understanding is very vigorous." and listed as member of: Writers' Club[footnotes 1], Script[footnotes 2] Staff, Scriptpage[footnotes 3] Staff; Editor-in-Chief; 1927, Honor Society[footnotes 4], Service Club[footnotes 5].

Althaught a Cartoon Club under the sponsorship of Miss Souther started at Soldan in 1927 Leon H Epstein was not a member of the club.

In the yearbook of 1928 Leon H Epstein contributed with one poem, "Dreams". Since he was the editor-in-chief for the student newspaper at his last school year there is a possibility that there are other literary contributions from Leon H Epstein in the Scriptpage, . But it is unknown if any issues of Scriptpage from his school years still exist.

  • Leon H Epstein

  • pin National Honor Society

  • Dreams

Note

  1. ↑ The Writers' Club started in 1926 under the sponsorship of Miss Leah R. C. Yoffie. At room 216, Tuesday, 3 p.m.
  2. ↑ The yearbook "The Script" was a semi-annual book published by the Sevens in honor of the Graduating Class.
  3. ↑ Scriptpage was a weekly publication, containing Soldan wit and humor as well as entertaining reports on what the school was doing
  4. ↑ The Soldan chapter of The National Honor Society was called The Torchbearers. It was the highest honor a pupil could recieve from the Soldan faculty, given only to the one-fifteenth of the number of the graduating class. The members were entitled to wear the national emblem (a pin or charm) of the organization.
  5. ↑ The Service Club was made up of chosen upper classmen, who volunteered to give one period of service each day to make the school run more smoothly

References

  1. ↑ "A Guide Book of Citizenship in Soldan High School" (St Louis US), 1926
  2. ↑ "The Script" (St Louis US), January 1928
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