Fourteen exceptional Perryville High School seniors were presented the prestigious Glory of Missouri Awards during Senior Day celebrations on May 16. This award was established to recognize students who exemplify the 14 virtues carved in the 1920s into the walls of the House of Representatives Chambers at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
The virtues are: Knowledge, Liberty, Equality, Law, Justice, Fraternity, Education, Progress, Honor, Truth, Virtue, Temperance, Enterprise, and Charity. They are accompanied by the inscription “All the foregoing human qualities bind into one theme, the Glory of Missouri, because no people attain these virtues unless they are great.” Every Missouri representative is expected to represent the 14 virtues.
The PHS students and the virtues they embody are:
· Bair Hopkins — Knowledge
· Morgan Hahs — Liberty
· Blake Bodendieck — Equality
· Hallie Figge — Law
· Taylor Ebersohl — Justice
· Gregary Bartusch — Fraternity
· Chamberlain Chapman — Education
· Maliki Logan — Progress
· Xavier Pfaff — Honor
· Kara Williams — Truth
· Zachary Crowder — Virtue
· Wyatt Duncan — Temperance
· Kaleb Huber — Enterprise
· Josephine Lohmann — Charity