South Park High School - Dial Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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furzmnrh EXQ.-p,,,:,....+.,.-,.,,,25 PRESENT edition of the Dial marks the eighth 4' + annual issue, and it is submitted to our readers Q 2 in that same spirit of cordiality that went with ' 1 each of the preceding issues. To kind friends i i who have made the Dial possible are extended + + the thanks of the students and the faculty for 'l' 'l' 'L fl- 1' ll hill. .,.,. - ' whom these pages will serve to quicken the memories of a year happy and fruitful to the utmost. We have dedicated our yearbook to the memory of our beloved Longfellow, whose writings for more than half a century have charmed the world by their imagery and have elevated mankind by their high moral teachings. Appreciative beyond' most of the historic settings of his native land, Longfellow directed his imaginative pen, his patriotic ardor, and his serious outlook on life to the honor of the country that must ever be honored in him. With a genius that was characterized by strength, breadth, beauty, and unerring taste, Longfellow intercepted the emotions of the human heart and presented them in the pleasing patterns of poetry with a care, as disdainful of the meretricious as it was observant of rectitude, that has enshrined him in the hearts of all true lovers of literature as the great American poet, patriot, and teacher. 'fi N 527 5 M Q 'lf 1 1, vfifita l',y y 3,

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M Q , vw? ve? Qlllje ibtstorp '50'0f :Usa-2 - t 1-: T Q-.Bebhyugfdrisfa .ella 9 e2do6.7 5-.Qfiv6.- 'q- EQ.,,.,i,..,..a.,ra.,.,A,15 CLASS of 1921 was graduated at the sixth annual com- mencement exercises which were held in the auditorium of the high school on Thursday evening, June 24, 1921. The ,L graduates numbered eighty-six, and of these twenty-five were graduated from the College Preparatory Courses and received 1 the Regents' College Entrance Diploma. Sixteen received the Mii e'i'+ '+ 'T :Ti Advanced Academic Diploma, showing that during their four years' course, they had completed the equivalent of an additional year's work. The Senior gold medal for general proficiency was awarded to Constance Riester. The junior gold medal was won by Mildred Harper. 1 The Sophomoregoldmedal by Helen F eyler, and the Freshman gold medal was awarded to Daisy VVeinmar. The address to the graduates was made by Dr. George E. Smith, Deputy Superintendent of Education. The theme of the evening's exercises was commemorative of the six hundredth anniversary of the poet Dante. Merle King spoke on the Age of Dante, and Ceorge Kolbe on the Life of Dante. The class poem was recited by Ethelwyn Cooke and the valedictory was delivered by John W. Burns, the president of the class of 1921. At the opening of school in September, the registration showed an increase of forty-three per cent over that of the preceding year. The growth in numbers continued throughout the year with the consequent growth in the faculty. The following teachers were added to the teaching staff during the past year: Nlr. Phillips, and the Misses James, Hoffman, Mahoney, Pellman, Riester, Sullivan, Tiffany, Howlett, and Blake. The hundreds of Freshmen soon fitted in with their new surroundings and not many weeks passed before they felt quite at home among the older students. The high school .Popularity Contests that were inaugurated just at this time by the Buffalo Evening Times and the Enquirer and Courier did much to unite the whole student body in a common cause. Freshmen vied with Seniors in a lively struggle to outclip each other, and long before the contest ended, every student at the school felt himself a very important member of one big family. Few contests were watched with more interest throughout the city and when South Park carried off first honors in both contests, leaving all other contestants behind by a margin of votes that was figured in millions, proof that the good old South Park Spirit had 'f311Ee 1