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Exploring St. Louis on a Sunny Day
A stop on the tour included CityPark Stadium and the art installation "Pillars of the Valley," to honor the Mill Creek Valley neighborhood.
Last Saturday morning was a crisp, clear, and chilly start to the Civitas bus tour, "More than an Arch," but the bus was warm and comfortable with huge windows. Our kind and enthusiastic tour guide, Josiah, endeared himself right away, saying he arrived in St. Louis from Washington state nine years ago for college and stayed because he fell in love with its architecture and history. Josiah shared historical trivia, like the Dutchtown neighborhood named for the Deutsch, or German residents who settled there, not for people from the Netherlands. We saw iconic, old buildings like Bath House No. 6 in Old North St. Louis where residents of that neighborhood bathed from 1937 until 1965 when it closed because over half of the residents finally had indoor plumbing. Josiah pointed out the beautiful Dinks Parrish Laundry building on Olive in Midtown where neighborhood residents once dropped off laundry and had someone else wash it. Even though it was specifically a tour not about the Arch, we heard the story of Percy Green and Richard Daly climbing the Arch in 1964 before its completion, in protest of no African Americans working on its construction crew. Their action resulted in African Americans being hired within 10 days to equal over 10% of the total workers. The Arch also came up in a quick story from Arthur about Walt Disney's plan to build his second Disney park (after Disneyland in California) in downtown St. Louis roughly where the Arch stands today. That plan fell through, possibly because of Disney's refusal to allow Anheuser-Busch to sell beer in the park. Alas, the park was built in Orlando, Florida.
Of course no history of St. Louis is complete without referencing the 1904 World's Fair, but sometimes the 1904 Summer Olympics held here are overlooked. Josiah shared a story of an experiment to withhold water for the Olympic marathon runners to see how dehydration affected their performances. It was a perfect reminder as we headed back to the MO History Museum that we are really lucky to live now vs. reveling in nostalgia a bit too much.
To learn more about the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon, click here to see a short, hilarious, and informative video.
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Help Out Metro High School's Model UN Club tomorrow!
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Join the Civitas Team at WUMUNS this Fall!
If you would like to be a part of the Civitas delegation, limited to 12 students, please email Stephanie at gavinstephanie89@gmail.com. We will add you to the delegate list and notify you in the fall when we have more details about the committee choices and schedule times.
Delegates from last year's Civitas group at WUMUNS. |
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4 Middle School General Assemblies this Week!
Some sponsors get help from their teacher at the April 16 session.
The Middle School Model UN program is in full swing this week with 4 different sessions!
- Monday - Assumption Middle and Grand Center Arts Academy
- Tuesday - DuBray Middle, Fort Zumwalt North, Fort Zumwalt South, and Fort Zumwalt West
- Thursday - Lafayette Prep Academy and Maplewood-Richmond Heights
- Friday - Crossroads College Prep, Hixson Middle, and Lafayette Prep Academy
There are more resolutions than we could list here, with a wide range of topics. Delegates will be trying to find peaceful solutions and helping others on a variety of issues including drug trafficking in Mexico, Landmines in Egypt, Education in Niger, Malnutrition in Bangladesh, Air Pollution in the UAE, Illegal Mining in Peru, and so many others.
To see the resolutions & photos for these sessions along with information on all of the other middle school MUN sessions, please click here.
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Tuesday, April 23: Middle School General Assembly #5
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Wednesday, April 24, 9:00 am until 8:00 pm, Amighetti's fundraiser for Metro's UN club.
Use code UN and 20% of sales go to Metro.
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Thursday, April 25: Middle School General Assembly #6
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Friday, April 26: Middle School General Assembly #7
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