Denver South High School - Johnny Reb Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC 19 K ,IU Champions of the Championship Team sign and her coaches lent a helping hand in the practice tilts. Then teams were chosen accord- ing to their classification as senior, junior or sophomore. The tournament was played in the round robin form. The seniors won the championship after defeating the junior team in a very close game. On the junior team Lucille Mensch played an excellent game in the fullback position, while Ruth Carroll starred for the seniors. As the activities of October, lighted by the enthusiasm and participation of the students, are Rightg Speedball coaches and Mgr. Ensign look at the birdie Fun? recalled to memory. we may conclude that every one of them added to the joy and beauty of school life, Perhaps to some it seems that school life is so full of extra-curricular activities that no time was left for preparation of daily lessons. On the contrary, most Rebels were just as interested in their school work as they were in the football games, social hours, or any other of the many activities offered to students. In fact. home work was Hrst on the program of every diligent scholar.

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18 SOUTHERN LIGHTS many Model T's following. After parading through South Denver, the procession ended bv going out East Asburv to the stadium. At the stadium South's irresistible Rebels shattered lXIanual's umnarred city' record 26 to 6. South blasted three touchdowns in the first quar- ter. On the initial play of the game, South pulled the perfect play with YValsmith breaking loose behind exceptional blocking for sixty-seven vards and a touchdown. Haney. Venzke, and Suppes were outstanding for South. as were Kerbel and Ten Evke for the Bricklavers. The latter scored Manual's only point. Southern rooters on the west stand were thrilled by the excellent playing of South. Be- tween the halves. South's highly rated band ren- f . Q 1 A Q s N if . ' ! 5 A ' 1 ' 4 . ' K . N v-fi' m 'SX - ,za 3 -. ,f 4:1 . is? o ' it? .'.. , X . - 1-55. sg .fr Si! ,,-. , - ' N f S -Sf A f ' -- . 1 lass. 1-wa s ' .f- . ' 1 e f l LF 5 L .IENTYF my 3 0 -. ..e s .- Punishment? It's worth it S i.. ia Touchdown! South beats W'est dered music much to the enjoyment of everyone present. An added thrill to spectators was the excellent formation of a Pep Club drill team. But if it rveren't for the excellent coaching of Coach Johnson, Southerncrs would not have left the stadium so rejoieinglv after each game. Therefore honor is given to whom honor is due. and surely the coach deserved a lot of praise. YK-'hile the whole student body was greatly interested in the happenings of the football sea- son, a large group of girls were looking forward to the speed ball season. also. The girls' speedball manager, Barbara Ensign, called for players. Nearly one hundred girls re- ported for practice. For four weeks Manager En- :nun-an Hail! Hail! The gangs all here!

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20 SOUTHERN LIGHTS U 'I OVEMBER under the guardianship of 5 T rulerslnp philosophy and also sports Because of the dignity industry l judgment, and high ideals of Sagittarius, S'-'T purple has been chosen as his color. The acknowledgment of two championships started November off with a bang. I11 the first assembly of the month, Coaches Randol and St. Iohn awarded the members of their two cham- pionship teams their letters. The teams were golf and tennis. respectively. Those receiving letters on the golf team were: Orison Smith, Maynard Blauford, Ralph Glaze, Melvin Trout, Russell Gustafson, Francis Crupper, Don Norbloom, Bob Hutson, and George VVinters. Sagittarius, the archer, is significant of ll .- Those receiving letters on the tennis team were: Don Heinemann, George Hinds. Dick Rhodes, David Cross, and XVilliani Stancil. To prove their ingeniousness, the Safety Coun- cil presented an assembly accomplishing two purposes-education and amusement. The idea of the program was to demonstrate the correct methods of driving automobiles in different sit- uations. The method was amusing in that the vehicles used in the demonstration were composed of tricycles, kiddy cars, and scooters. The demon- strators also wore appropriate costumes for the occasion. To excite the enthusiasm of the student body for the second football game against East, the Pep Club Rally Committee presented a mock game with girls as the heroes. They even pro- duced a Coach Iohnson, represented by Eleanor Kerr, who in song depicted the glory of the team. if ' Ianys Collistcr. as Paul McClung. started the game off in fine style with a sixty-yard return of the kick-off. tapping all the way. Kathryn Geddes and Rita Mae Clifton, alias Chuck Haney and Hank XValsniith, rose to the occasion by mak- ing a touchdown in one dance. Norma Gustaf- son, in the role of lack Bennett, led the team to another touchdown with a march on her accor- dion. Annabelle VVurtz, as Schuyler Curtis, inter- Full view of Soutlfs architecture. East side.