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

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as as.-:P f .naive W1s'a,q,qga LL. Iv 'Wy X Aly Y 4, Qc -- W' ,.......Q I.-X , N , 5 NRM! .dye 2 we 'UQ Ghz ibistorp NOTHER year in the history of South Park High School has rolled by and the institution that used to be affectionately termed the Baby High School is now standing on the threshold of Sweet sixteen . While the general reader will find little in the history of school life to differentiate one year from the other, the actual student sees each year crowded with events that are inextricably woven into his own years. It is the purpose of our little history to chronicle these events because as Vergil so aptly puts it, Fontan et haec olim meminixse iulvabitf' The Commencement Exercises of last year's class were held on June 25, 1929. The graduates numbered 172-83 boys and 89 girls. This class brought the total number of graduates from South Park High School to 1444. If we add this year's class, the total number of graduates at the end of fifteen years will approximate 1650. Of the 172 graduates, sixteen won their diplomas With Honor, indicating that at least eight of the required fifteen units had been earned with a Regents mark of 90? or above, while one hundred and forty-eight received their diplomas With Credit, having secured 75? or above in at least eight of the required fifteen units. Fifty-five of the graduates received the N. Y. State Regents College Entrance diploma. This diploma is made the basis of the award of State Scholarships which entitle their holders each to the sum of one hundred dollars annually during his or her four years at college. Forty such scholarships are available to the graduates of all the high schools and academies in Erie County. Nine scholarships came to South Park and were Won by Carl Breden- berg, Karl Bredenberg, Irma Dickman, Francis Gramlich, Harry Koob, Kathleen Reilly, Albert Ullrich, Robert Wohlfeil and Donald Ziegler. The theme of the graduation exercises was Charles Dickens . Francis W. Gramlich delivered an oration on Dickens-The Man, while Fred Gorman's oration was entitled Dickens-The Novelist. George Prenatt, the president of the class of 1929 gave the valedictory. The gold medal for general proficiency was won by Kathleen Reilly and the Jesse Ketchum gold medal was Won by Francis Gramlich. The new school year began on September 9 with the usual increase in registration. Fourteen years ago, at the end of the first school year, the total registration was 705. At the end of the fifth year it had reached 8835 at the end of the tenth year, 14255 today, the total number of students registered at South Park is 1761. Several changes have taken place in the faculty during the year. Miss Isabelle Burke, Miss Bertha E31

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ITHE DgIALj Killeen, and Miss Eleanor Eckert were married and resigned their positions. Miss Mary E. Merington retired after fifty years of devoted teaching service. The Friday morning assembly programs have always been in charge of the students. This year a pleasing innovation was introduced. The regular exercises in public speaking were converted into dramatic presentations. The English students of each of the four years prepared a program monthly. Programs of presentations that were of outstanding merit'Will be found in this issue of THE DIAL. Students from South Park also participated in the Interscholastic Contests in Declamation, Oratory and Debate. Joseph P. Sullivan carried off the first prize in the city-wide oratorical contest and in the four Interscholastic Debates in which South Park took part, our debaters proved victorious in two. Christmas at South Park is a time of general rejoicing and the festivities of Christmas week linger long in the memories of students and alumni. There is hardly a student who does not have some share in all the busy preparations. The members of the cast, the Glee Club, the Choruses, the Orchestra and the Band, the Sewing, Cooking, and Printing classes, the large committees that are busy bringing in the greens to be woven by many busy hands into garlands, comprise practically the entire student body. The beautiful Christmas pageant was presented at noon on December 20, and again, for the general public in the evening of the same day. ,The Alumni returned in greater numbers than ever for their annual reunion on December 26. Dr. Joseph P. O'Brien, of the Class of 1920 was elected President of the association for the ensuing year. , Not the least gratifying feature of 1929-1930 was the exceptionally high level to which not only scholarship rose but also the general interest in scholastic attainment. Nor did any of the worthwhile features of high school life suffer in consequence. The football team won the Harvard Cup-a tie with Fosdick-Masten. Complete records of all sports will be found in the section of THE DIAL devoted to Athletics. Senior Day was observed on June 5. The Assembly Exercises at which the mothers of the graduates were present, the beautiful parade of the entire student body, the first public appearance of the South Park Band, the planting of the Class Ivy, the brilliant reception in the evening made Senior Day the day of days in the school diary of every South Park graduate. South Park High School has now completed fifteen years of its existence. With the same freshness of vigor that has characterized each of the fifteen years, she awaits the newcomers of 1930 and welcomes the return of students already enrolled. Clinging ever to ideals that are lofty, holding fast to principles that are unchangeable, handing down the priceless heritage of the ages, while spreading the fruits of modern knowledge and wisdom, South Park hopes, as the years roll by, to experience in her graduates the truth of her motto vires acquirit eundo. E91