THE DIGITAL RESTORATION SITE  OF THE SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL PIONEER

SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL ST. LOUIS MISSOURI  ESTABLISHED  1937

THE MYSTERY AROUND THE MISSING VOLUME 29 OF THE SOUTHWEST PIONEER

VOLUME #29 DESIGNATION ON THE PIONEER MASTHEAD WAS  SKIPPED  IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 1966-67 ACADEMIC YEAR.

THE VOLUME NUMBER OF ANY PERIODIC  PUBLICATION LIKE PIONEER GENERALLY TRACKS THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT IT  WAS PUBLISHED.

THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF PIONEER WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER  7 1938 AND A COPY WAS ON ON DISPLAY IN HALLWAY CASES FEBRUARY 1963.

THIS VERY FIRST ISSUE IS IDENTIFIED AS VOLUME 1 NUMBER ONE.

IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE 1966-67 ACADEMIC YEAR DATED  OCTOBER 7 1966 THE  ISSUE IS  DESIGNATED AS VOL 29  NO 9.

ALL SUBSEQUENT ISSUES, SUCH AS THE VERY NEXT ISSUE, PUBLISHED ON NOV 4, IS NOW DESIGNATED AS VOL 30 AND THIS NEXT  ISSUE AS NO 2.

ALL REMAINING  VOLUMES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR WERE DESIGNATED AS  VOL. NUMBER XXX (30).

I HAVE ESTABLISHED THE OCTOBER 7 1966 ISSUE TO BE THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE 1966-67 ACADEMIC "VOLUME YEAR"  AS ISSUE NUMBER ONE.

THERE  ARE NO OTHER ISSUES OF THE PIONEER DESIGNATED AS VOLUME 29.