South High School - Southernaire Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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“From A Senior’s Diary” SEPTEMBER Monday 11 : School ... so soon ? This ought to f e a good year. Tuesday 12: Going crazy trying to get my program fixed up . . . what a schedule. Wednesday 13: Entire student body gets together for Activities Ticket Rally . . . what noise . . . what fun! Friday 15: First game of season . . . Shaker hands us a walloping! Monday 18: It’s a true blue Monday” ... we received word of Frank “Judge” Chudoba's death. Friday 22: We mighty Seniors had a super time at the 10B Welcome Party . . . muh-h-h-h . . . some pretty cute additions (boys as well as girls). Saturday 23: Flyers'' edge West 7-6 . . . feels pretty good to win. Friday 29: Flyers” migrate to West Tech ... oh, that hurt. OCTOBER Friday 6: South “Flyers” edge Rhodes Rams” in senate upset . . . such passing, such playing, such excitement . . . gosh! Monday 9: First deficiency slips . . . but we don't talk about that”. First edition of the school paper . . . the Beacon” . . . news, scandal, and all the trimmings . . . not bad. Saturday 14: Adams tramples South. Adams crowns their Football Queen and Southerners look on . . . she was good to look at too!! Wednesday 18: Jump and jive, man alive . . . the Jamboree that’s for me . . . Friday 20: Were getting discouraged . . . Lincoln ! eat us . . . if we could only do something. Monday 23: First report cards . . . wonder if my writing looks enough like my mother's ... oh well, it's just the first marking period. Friday 27: Slept late . . . playing hooky? . . . no . . . teachers at N.E.O.T.A. No school today. Saturday 28: Downed again . . . this time by St. Ignatius. NOVEMBER Friday 3: Big pep rally given for the big game today. Irish” lead bloody massacre .. . victims . . our team. Friday 10: South victorious . . . Marshall defeated . . . feels good to win even if it is our last game. Thursday 16: Problems discussed . . . Friendship and Hi-Y Clubs hold joint meeting. Friday 17: Sweet and low . . . tra-la-la . . . Instrumental Concert ... to Hoffman’s afterwards. Wednesday 22: Student Council tosses first dance of season ... a big success too. Thursday 23: Thanksgiving vacation sure came in handy . . . after last night!! 1 Saturday 25: Off to the Charity Football Game we go. B-r-r-r it sure is cold . . . can’t feel my toes. 26

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Class History CKWARD. turn backward, oh. Tina , in thy flight —and wc see ourselves as green sophomores. The first event that made us feel a part of things was the 1 OH party given in our honor in the school gym. Then there was that wonderful, wonderful Activity Ticket Rally that went over so big with the student body. After a fair football season of four up and four away, we began to look-forward to the 0| eretta The Refugee. Basketball season started olT with a bang. We tripjjed up our opponents left and right but then came the day when Coach Eugene Wolanski was called to the service of his country. Things still seemed to be on our side until that fatal day Lady Luck took a j mvdcr and we lost the game to West Tech and the play-off too. We did gel to play in the runner-up game at the Public Auditorium and we defeated East Tech 4( -37. (Could it have been because good old Hank was back in there playing?) Our sophomore year closed with the presentation of the Annual Spring Play The Arrival of Kitty. Then came the hustle and bustle which accompanies the end of school and with fond memories of the past year and high expectations for our next year we hurried home for vacation. After a wonderful vacation, we returned and were greeted not by the familiar faces of Mr. Wixom, principal, and Mr. Walton, assistant principal, but Mr. Decx and Mr. Lee who were taking their places. The only colorful point in the entire football season was during the Lincoln game when we scored our one and only touchdown of the season. The surprise of Mr. Yingling's sudden death was a shock to the entire student body. With the successful presentation of the original production “Show Boat we became basketball minded once again. After the grudge game with West Tech, we walked away victorious and the ix int of who had the letter team was proven. (The teams were composed of the identical players who opposed each other the year before). With the backbone of our team leaving in mid-season things got pretty rough and wc took it on the chin. When the excitement of the big Bond Drive had died down (we succeeded in buying a PT-19 trainer), we looked forward to another Annual Spring Play “Charm School” in which a number of Juniors had parts. Our Junior year closed with the celebration of South's fiftieth anniversary. So off we went to our last real summer vacation from school. But even our Junior year was dimmed in contrast to the glory and magic of being a senior. At last we had attained our cherished goal. What strange things did this senior year have in store for us? Officers were elected and the class became organized. We now set ourselves to the tasks we had assumed. There was a lot of hard work still to be done. An average but rather uneventful footlxill and basketball season passed. There was the 12B-I2A Social and then came the Operetta H. M. S. Pinafore which was worth all the time and effort put into it. Time sped on and before we knew it the Annual Spring Play Arsenic and Old Lace” had been given and all of the Seniors were looking forward to the Senior Prom. When the time came wc were not disappointed. Just a few more days of school and then Commencement. The time of parting had come. It is difficult to express the feelings of Seniors. We are happy because we realize we have succeeded, yet we are sad when we think wc must leave forever. But so it must lie—happiness with sorrow— 25

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DECEMBER Friday I: Swish . . . Swish . . . Just one more point fellows, please! That did it “Bunny” . . . South 25-Garfield 23. Friday 8: “Oh. we sail the ocean blue” . . . voices singing . . . music ringing . . . operetta “H. M. S. Pinafore” a huge success. Friday 15: “Mitties Kitties show East Tech a fast game . . . hut not fast enough. Saturday 16: Ili-Y dance super . . . lights dim . . . music sweet . . . everyone had a perfectly lovely evening. Thursday 21 : A Christmas play . . . caroling through the halls . . . real Christmas spirit found everywhere. Monday 25: Merry Christmas . . and may God bless you every one . Saturday 28: Acting like night owls . . . what will we do when we get back to school ? Sunday 31 : Resolved: to study all of my lessons for at least a half an hour ... I mean all of them in that time. JANUARY Tuesday 2: Back again with wheels rusty . . . gee I'm sleepy . . . must be I got used to sleeping late during vacation. Friday 5: South at West... what a time .. . what a game .. . what a referee!!!??? Tuesday 9: Auditorium darkened and great anticipation . . . some joy, some heartbreak . . . National Honor Society induction. Friday 12: Wreck Tech . . . that's what we said . . . that's what we did. South 37-West Tech 26. Friday 19: Mid-semester graduation . . . looks like we're next on the list. Tuesday 23: Student Council election today . . . polls open bright and early . . . it’s a real Democracy. Friday 26: Fall semester closes . . . what a wonderful semester. There’s just one more semester left for us. FEBRUARY Monday 5: Coast Guard Band appears here ... a wonderful bunch of fellows. Wednesday 14: Cupid . . . hearts . . . flowers . . . it's Valentine’s Day. Wonder how many boys tried to forget ? Friday 16: The Irish” chased us all over our floor . . . and we ran. Tuesday 20: Three hours of reading and punching holes ... no, it's not a game . . . just the State Psychological Test. Thursday 22: The Father of our Country gets an extra vote of thanks from the students ... no school. Friday 23: Flyers” do it again . . . it’s about time too . . . we win our final basketball game by defeating Marshall 38-21. MARCH Thursday 1: In like a lamb . . . only three mouths of untranslatable German . . . not much more chemistry. Friday 2: Seniors have fun ... 12A dance . . . games, cookies, ice cream . . . how did I manage to cat four cups of ice cream? Or should I say how did I manage to get four cups ? 27