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

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r ' u ,L I 4110! 1 ,iff vw XAXX were accommodated at School No. 67, where an annex of the high school was opened with lVIr. John N. Chassin in charge. The death of Mr. Albert E. Ernst, teacher of printing at South Park since the opening of the high school, was a sad blow to the members of the faculty and the stu- dent body. lVIr. Ernst had endeared himself to all with Whom he came into contact and his selfless interest contributed immeasureably to the wellbeing of the school. In lllarch, Mr. Ernest P. Kionke, Head of the Classical Language Department at South Park, was promoted to the newly created position of Director of Classical Languages for all the high schools of the city. Mr. Kionke had long been a faithful and loyal worker at South Park and he carried with him into his new position the best wishes of the entire faculty and student body. The increased registration, the death of Mr. Ernst and the promotion of hir. Kionke necessitated the addition of many new teachers to the faculty. For the second consecutive year, the lnterscholastic Debating Contest was won by South Park. Both debates were won in the fall and one debate in the spring. In the lnterscholastic Boys' Oratorical Contest, David Roche took second place, and Anna Nlae lN'IcCarthy received honorable mention in a statewide essay contest spon- sored by the Sons of the American Revolution. i South Park participated in athletics as enthusiastically and wholeheartedly as in former years. ln the Harvard Cup Football series, the Yale Cup Basketball series and the Cornell Cup Baseball series, South Park's showing was most creditable. Equally creditable was the schoo1's record in the lnterscholastic Cross Country Run and in the Golf and Track meets. Christmas at South Park was celebrated in the traditional manner. Three per- formances of the colorful f'Christmas Spirit were given, two on successive afternoons and one for adults in the evening. Many of the former students wended their way back to South Park to join in the ever old and ever new Christmas carols and to live again memories of the happy days at high school. The Alumni Association re-union was held on the evening of December 26. The banquet was served in the cafeteria with Doctor Bapst as the guest of honor. George Prenatt, President of the Association presided. The banquet was followed by danc- ing in the spacious gymnasium, which had been beautifully decorated for the occa- sion with multi-colored lights and Christmas greens. The officers elected for the new year were President, George Prenattg Vice-President, John Clinton, Treasurer, Mary Travers and Secretary, Mary Bess Hamm. Senior Day-that day of days for the prospective graduates-was observed on June lst. The usual impressive exercises were held in the auditorium in the pres- ence of the seniors and their mothers, followed by the parade of the students and the planting of the class ivy. Dining and dancing for the seniors in the evening brought a memorable day to a happy and successful close. And so, the school year of 1932-33 draws to an end-a year, which like a page out of life, has been full of changes and eventful happenings-but the spirit of South Park still goes forward, full of hope and confidence of greater things yet to be . E121

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'Q' - A I iggg f r K q 0. RH., A .4 . N ' X X Qi?-f-. Q ., l :'- - eil.. Ciba ilptstorp j 4-- F HBREVITY is the Soul of Witf, brevity too must guide your Histor- gg ian in selecting from the wealth of material that he finds in the out- V1 , K K standing events of the school year that has drawn to a close. The narrative of school life is traditionally begun with the com- mencement exercises of last June. The theme of the Exercises was the Centenary of the Founding of Buffalo. The commencement wiki TIATQT orations were delivered by Elinor VV. Hill and Daniel Vander- meulen. Marvin A. Rapp, the president of the class delivered the valedictory. There were two hundred seventy four in the graduating class, forty-six of whom received diplomas with honor and two hundred sixteen of whom received diplomas with credit . Alice Williamson and Daniel Vandermeulen were tied for first place with marks of 98.4'k and each received a Senior Gold Medal. Daniel Vandermeulen also won the Jesse Ketchum medal. South Park students obtained eleven of the scholarship awards made annually by the University of the State of New York. Each such scholarship entitles the holder to one hundred dollars a year for the four years of his or her college course at any approved college in New York State. Forty scholarships are alloted to Erie County, of which twenty-five were won by Buffalo public high school students. Of this number, South Park secured eleven. The winners from South Park High School were: Daniel C. Vandermeulen, Alice Ann VVilliamson, Russell Nlowry, Howard R. Studd, Betty Ella Wahl, Eunice Margaret Howell, Anna Teresa lVIcKen- zie, Floyd F. Fried, Leo Callaghan, Caroline Pauline Lichtblau, llildred Elizabeth Yavicoli. At the Commencement exercises in June, Doctor Robert T. Bapst bade a fond farewell to South Park High School before taking up his duties as Associate Super- intendent of Education in charge of Secondary Schools. Dr. Bapst organized the schooland for eighteen years had guided the destinies of this institurlon. Through his untiring efforts and enthusiastic zeal, he had placed it in the forefront among the secondary schools of the State. All South Parkers join in wishing him success and happiness in his new field and they are pleased to know that he will still be able to keep a fatherly eye on Old South Park . Mr. Frank P. Regan, former assistant principal, was appointed principal to succeed Dr. Bapst, and Mr. F. N. McCarthy, former Head of the Nlathematics Department took over the duties of lVIr. Regan. The school year 1932-33 opened September 6, 1932 with an increase in regis- tration of 481, the total registration being 2789. Four hundred freshman students llll

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