South Side High School - Optimist Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

Text from Pages 1 - 82 of the 1931 volume:

SOUTH SIDE HIGH SGHOOI NIH JETIEY The Optimist now! Short j Sweet IN THE NEW BOX Two The Optimist Mitchell 2-7353 1 j Hill Street Eliot Preparatory School No Registration Fee Low Tuition Rates High School Course in Two Years Thorough and time conserving- preparation for all colleges. Small classes. Individualized instruction. Strong faculty. Credit given for work already completed. IF YOU WANT TO PASS HIGH—PREPARE AT ELIOT PREP. LOUIS SIFF, A.B., Director (Formerly of South Side) 11 HILL STREET (Opp. City Hall) FATZLER BUILDING Three The Optimist DANA COLLEGE A Co-Educational College of Liberal Arts By virtue of authority conferred upon Dana College by the Board of Education of the State of New Jersey at the meeting of August 9, 1930, and subject to conditions laid down by the Board, the College offers a four-year course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The next session begins February 3, 1932. Students who matriculate in February may attain sophomore standing by the following September Further information may be had by calling at the office, or by writing to Acnes D. Watt, Registrar DANA COLLEGE RECTOR STREET NEWARK, N. J. SETH BOYDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Affiliated with New Jersey Law School A Collegiate School of Business for Men and Women Four-year course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration One and two-year courses in Secretarial Studies Special courses in Advertising. Accounting. Banking and Finance. Merchandising. Insurance. Business Law, Journalism, Management, Psychology and Economics DAY AND EVENING CLASSES Students admitted in February may attain sophomore standing in September For information, address HERBERT C. HUNSAKER, Dean 40 RECTOR STREET NEWARK, N. J. Four The old school stands bathed in sunlight. There is about it a dignity, an old-world charm that clings. The ivy vines creep tenderly about the red brick, protective. These are the things one remembers when book-lore is forgotten. The owls in the cornices blink wisely . . . They know what we can only guess. MSTBI1™1 a cw wccl s our hiKl’ school education will be ended. Some of us will go on to tXV y a college for further schooling, others will enter the worlds of industry and business. To the jx� tential college student, we have a few words to say. If you intend to go to college because you think you can ‘make the varsity team', or because ‘Johnny’s going', you had better stay away. The college student who is not college timber is only wasting time and money. But those students who arc going to college for an education,—remember, education is not merely a fact-finding business; it is the business of training one's mind for the purpose of enjoying life more thoroughly. Preparation for a happy life,—that should be the motive behind every education. That large group of students who arc about to enter the business world.—with you we wish to plead, plead that you further your education. This does not necessitate going to college. There arc numerous day and evening schools lie re in our own city where one may receive education in languages, literature, drawing, engineering, building trades, accounting, clerking, salesmanship; in fact, practically every phase of art. science, industry, and commerce. At these schools one may receive instruction in one's chosen vocation, or one may learn to better appreciate the beauties of life. In addition to these institutions, one may use our Public Library, which maintains large collections of books on every conceivable subject. These books will always be open to you in your search for knowledge and in your preparation for a happy life. In this era of plans and systems, it would be especially appropriate to work systematically in your extension of knowledge, and in this connection it might be well to keep in mind the words of Mary Lyon, the American educator, Do something, have a plan, live for some purpose. Those of us who follow such a program are sure to get out of life that satisfaction that we seek. 4CrN(HIED8MINI of the faculty who have rendered us their assistance, and to those members of the under- graduate student body whose efforts have helped make possible the success of this magazine. We now present it to you, trusting you will criticize lightly, and hoping that it will keep fresh in your memory the days you have spent and the students you have met in South Side High School. Very sincerely, PHILIP FELDMESSER, Ed it or-in - Ch icf. l.SKU HERE you will find listed those members of the Senior Class whose loyalty and labor have brought about the publicatum of this magazine. Here, I wish to express, in the name of the staff, our gratitude to those members Eight LITERATURE THE CLOCK STRIKES NINE By Saul Swam� CHARACTERS Dr. Milburne: A Specialist Richard Manton: A successful business man Shephard: A servant Scene: Dr. Milburne's Office Time: Present The curtain rises on a Hoc tor’s office. It is furnished simply and xcith an eye toward gaining an air of culture. The nails are lined with book cases, and while several books are stacked carelessly on top of the case, together with a fete magasincs. the general atmosphere is one of neatness. In the background looms a large clock which is striking as the curtain rises. In the cen- ter is a desk at which is seated Dr. Mil- bume. On looking at him, one is struck by the geniality of his general appearance, by his commanding personality, and by the strength of character made manifest by the lines in his face. He is clearly over sixty, and his silver hair, carefully combed back over his forehead, gives him an air of classic serenity. He is poring over some papers as Shephard enters. Shephard: Mr. Manton is waiting outside, sir. He says he has an appointment. Milburne: (Apparently distracted.) H’m, yes. Show him in. And by the way, don’t let us be disturbed in any way whatsoever for about an hour. 1-ock tlie door to make sure after he enters. You can leave for an hour or so. too. and get something to eat. Shephard: Thank you. sir. (Exit.) Milburne rises and paces the floor, head on chest, obviously rapt in thought. He walks to the electric switch and extinguishes all lights save a lamp on the desk in the center, the light of which gives an eerie effect to the room. Manton enters. He is essentially a business man. somnehat portly. He is puffing heav- ily from exertion. There is about him an air of the city and its ways. He is very nervous and abrupt, and suffers from heart trouble. Milburne: Ah, good evening, Mr. Manton. (They shake hands.) How is business? Manton: (Speaking jerkily and pausing con- stantly for breath.) Oh. fair, market's a little shaky. (Cockily.) Doesn't worry me. Milburne: No, I suppose it doesn't. A man with your vast experience probably can sense its fluctuations. Will you smoke? (He gestures tmvard cigar box on desk.) Manton: No thanks. Weak heart, you know. That’s what I came to sec you about. It gets me so nervous, jumpy, I can’t tolerate the slight- est noise. My own doctors aren’t doing a thing, so I’ve come to you. You have, you know, the best reputation. Milburne: Ah. I know. But reputations, inv dear sir—what are they? They are built in a lifetime, with a life’s labor, and in a second they are gone. (He is again grouping abstracted, far away.) And what is life, with its many webs, its many crossroads? (His eyes take on a curious look.) Before we get down to actual business. I would like to tell you a true story which brings out my point. Do you mind, sir? Of course, if you’re too busy — Manton: (Taking out his ttatch.) H’m. h’m. Well. I have an appointment for 9 o’clock. I guess there’s time, if it won’t take too long. Milburne: Thank you. My story must go back some forty years. In those days, sir, life did not have the hustle and hustle to which we arc accustomed today. We did things leisurely but meticulously, with an eye to correctness more than to actual gain. Well, I had been engaged for about three years to a lady by the name of Joan Adams. (Manton starts visibly and peers intently into Milburne's face. Milburne. seeing this, draws back into the shad «vs. and goes on, as if to reassure him.) By all means, a common name, but there was nothing common about Joan. I was a,struggling young physician in a small town. then, and while I saw the futility of a marriage with my limited means. I had always looked forward to the day when I would be able to make Joan my wife. (Manton stirs impatiently.) I see. sir. that you are growing impatient, and so I will omit descriptions and state cold, hard facts. (Wistfully.) Ah! They were cold;they were hard! A young man came into our town from the city. He swept Joan off her feet. It must have been the effect of the outside world on a life that had been barren of thrills. Nine The Optimist They eloped suddenly, went to tl c city. I tried to get sonic comfort from my work. It was useless, and I followed into the city. Twenty-five years later, I was called to a tene- ment in the heart of the slums. There I found Joan in a house whose filth nauseated the senses, dying of a cough that constantly racked her body. She had been deserted by her husband for the sake of another woman, and had sunk to this level. (At this point, and during the rest 'of the speech, beads of sweat are apparent on Man ton's brotv. Out of the shadows. Mil- burned eyes, shining with madness, pene- trate like twin daggers.) She recognized me. Manton. Told me the name of the man who had played false with licr. And on that day, I swore that I would seek that man. Manton : (Leaping to his feet with a wild cry.) Stop it, I tell you, stop it. I didn't come here to hear a wild yarn from a mailman. (He crosses to the door, Milbume witching gravely. He tries it; it is locked. He bangs wildly, am! whirls around as Milbume laughs.) Milburne: It is no use, my friend. That door is sound proof. I have sent away the servant. There is no one here, but you—and me—and her. looking down on me, asking me—to re- venge her. (Manton is visibly shaking. He looks around like a caged animal, and his gase falls on the windmvs. Milbume, noticing this, crosses over, and dratving over the shade, discloses a sheet of steel in the place where the glass should be.) For years, I have planned this hour. I have had but one objective in my life since that day twenty-five years ago. When that is gained. I will no longer have any desire to live. (Hyster- ically.) We will die together, Manton. do you hear? We will die together! (Manton, non sweating freely, moans and slumps into the chair, clutching at his heart. Milbume crosses over to the desk and takes out a black bag, from which issues a ticking sound, as of a clock.) In this bag. Manton, is a time bomb. It is now nine minutes before nine o'clock. When that clock (pointing) strikes the hour, this bomb will explode, and then — Manton : ((, as ping from the chair and speaking in jerky sentences.) I t me go, Milbume. III give you all I vc got. I'll give you my yacht, my home, only let me go. I’ll make it worth your while. (Coaxingly.) Will you lose all these just for this — revenge? (Encouraged by Milbume's silence, which he takes for indecision.) Listen. I’ll go to Aus- tralia, pretend I’m dead. I’ll leave you as my heir. Well, Milburne? (There is an oppressive silence, punctuated only by M ant on’s heavy breathing.) Well, why don’t you say something? (His voice rises to a shriek as he struggles to his feet,) Say something, will you. say something!!! Mii.burne: You have now three minutes in which to prepare yourself for the end. Will you have a cigar, now? It will soothe your nerves. There is nothing like dying with a cigar in your mouth, a smile on your lips. . Manton : (Desperate.) Let me go. let me go. (His voice shrinks to a whisper.) me go, will you! (He falls into a chair, his head slumping to his chest. There is a silence, then Mil- bume crosses over and feels his heart. A smile breaks out on Mitbume’s face, as he extracts a common house clock from the black bag. He takes out a death notice from the desk, and as he rentes, he reads aloud — Richard Manton: Died at nine P.M. October 23. 1930. of a heart attack. (He chuckles to himself, and as the clock strikes nine the curtain falls.) Poem O that was the time for love and life and laughter! I danced with the leaves in the ecstasy of Spring. I answered the raucous sounds of the birds with wild discordances of my own. I sang, I screamed, I shouted! and cared not for your frowns and censorous chidings. Winter was so near and cold----. Dorothy Scher. Ten The Optimist EPISODE By Dorothy Schf.r HE cracking sound was becoming an- noying. Everyone on the train was vaguely troubled by the incessant crack, and had, at one time or another, looked severely at the disturbing individual. Apparently he was not conscious of the fero- cious glares bestowed upon him. for he serenely placed another shell between his teeth and crrrack . . . the shell was neatly halved. He re- moved the shell and crunched on the pistachio. The others, watching anxiously, felt their mouths becoming uncomfortably salty. They furtively swallowed. Across the aisle pompously sat the Author, smugly intellectual. He was bound for the lec- ture. Dr. Hidgeby's lecture. Hidgeby? Oh yes. Big man. Yaas. Let’s see. I heard him speak at Town Hall last week. That man cer- tainly has a mind. Damn that man, can’t he stop his infernal nut-cracking. Let’s sec. He wrote a book, didn’t he? I wonder how many editions. It’s getting so that even scientists can write best sellers. The masses can't read that stuff. Maybe you think your stuff is good for them. Anyway we’ve got to restrict the intel- lectual. Can’t have every street-cleaner writing a book. The Author shifted uneasily and glared across the aisle. The Society Lady sat next to the Author. Her hair was white, her dress lay low upon her Hat chest. Around her neck was a silver string to which was attached lorgnettes. She too was going to the lecture. A report for the Ladies Guild. She would have to prepare her speech immediately after the talk. That man was loo vulgar with his disconcerting nut-cracking. It would be much better to have people of a lower class placed in another coach or have the rates raised. But then the loud, pushing nouveau- riche would push out the people who really mat- tered. She sniffed disapprovingly. . . The Society Lady never did anything as common as sniffing, but upon examination you found that it closely resembled a sniff. Mind you, I make no assertions as to the veracity of that closely re- sembling sniff: I only quote the nut-cracking man, who, despite his abominable habits, is a particular friend of mine. In the corner sat the bespectacled Girl Stu- dent, her narrow lap covered with books. Had you looked, the titles would probably have read, “Autobiography of An Atom, Sex Life of An Ant,” “Through the Cells of the (Esophagus,” etc. But you didn’t look. One isn’t that much interested in bespectacled girls. Says Dorothy Parker, Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses. She was looking at the young man across the aisle. She knew he was terribly stupid, and his nails were filthy, but still he had the most pierc- ing eyes. And besides, she fancied, he was star- ing at her. She was mushily sentimental despite her paraphernalia and intellectual air. She won- dered about love at first sight. Her pulse beat rapidly. She wiped her moist hands on a neat square of white linen. Hers, she told herself, was a life of pure reason. It was all pitifully ridiculous. The Girl Student was not quick to grasp things. In school she had pored for hours over homework which should have taken half the time. Her eyes had become dull from ex- cessive homework, hence the tortoise-shell glasses. She had become hideously repressed. She wished he would stop cracking nuts. Please make him stop. She was a little frightened and amazed at herself for caring so much as to pray. She called herself an Athicst, for she had heard that all the best intellectuals did not believe in God and read Schopenhauer. She was absurdly childish although she had studied Kant and Hegel, Socrates and Spinoza. I see you are be- ginning to feel sorry for her and a little con- temptuous. I felt that way too, when my friend told me about her. The Author was just about to blow his nose (gently, of course) and the Nut Cracker just about to do his act, when the train, grinding and groaning, came to a stop. All out. Last stop West Haven. The Author pompously led the procession to the lecture hall. Behind him minced the Society Lady, followed by the Stu- dent walking decorously. The Nut (so they had begun to call him) leisurely brought up the rear, nonchalantly cracking between strides. In the hall the Society Lady walked proudly to her reserved seat in the first row. She found her- self next to the Author who was coughing, and rattling his program. Way in the back sat the Student thinking about the piercing eyes. The Eleven The Optimist Nut had disappeared. Evidently the distinguished speaker was late. People rattled programs, sneezed and coughed, hemmed and hawed. The chairman mopped his brow and helped himself to some water. Of course, everyone said, only a big man like Hidgeby could get away with this sort of thing. Glancing suddenly back of the platform the chairman smiled with relief. The audience grew hushed as he arose. “Ladies and Gentlemen. It is with the great- est pleasure that I introduce to you here tonight, one of the few great men in the scientific world who arc intelligent and witty, besides being intellectual. The combination my friends, is rare. I have the honor of introducing Professor John Hidgeby. The audience thundered applause as the Nut walked magnificently on the platform to deliver a brilliant and distinguished lecture. • When hands had grown weary of applauding, the audience left, discussing the lecture. The Author went home telling himself that he knetv the fellow looked distinguished; the Society Lady thinking “Never so mortified in my life, my dear, and the Girl Student, incredibly ro- mantic, went to send for his picture. She would always remember him. The Nut, who is also a great student of people, went home to tell the story to me. Futility? Night Lights God is futility and barren hopes of eager youth. Life is futility and Death the bitterness of the unknown . . . And tears and love arc but the emptiness of a mask. Yet rain on tender leaves, and the sweet, green odor of Spring. and the ecstacy of a glimpse, a grail-like, sudden vision of perfect, haunting loveliness in my savage, aching search for Beauty, make me forget . . . Dorothy Sciif.r. As I was walking down Broadway the other night. The lights along the avenue thrilled me. As the lights of Broadway always do. 1 stood still, I took a deep breath. I could see— And then, out of the darkness: “This glimmer is All you see—all you know. Only gaiety and joy. But remember, my son, remember, —Every light casts a shadow.” I walked on—a man. Milton Hollander. Dian Her beauty like the quiet stillness of a summer day or the smooth, unrippled waters of a silver lake had yet the deep and burning passion the depth and clarity of mind that reaches beyond the mortal sphere into something, almost divine. When you met her you felt as if some cool gust of wind soothing, refreshing had blown across your consciousness and left within its wake a lingering perfume. Her silences could do that to you. Twelve Annette Woolf. ENICCI Antolick, Albert F. Quiet and understanding he moves along his way. Student Patrol 7. Classical New York University Aronow, Bernard C. Who mix’d pleasure tenth reason, and wisdom tenth mirth. Senator 8; Finance Committee 8; Student Patrol 4, 8. General Dalhousie University Aronowitz, Rose L. Her words are trusty heralds to her mind. Track 3. 5; Basketball 7; Volley Ball 6; All-City Glee Club 4. Art Rorene School of Millinery Ayres, John B. Thy wit is as quick■ as the greyhound’s mouth. Senior Optimist. Classical Undecided Bain, William Mingle a little folly tenth your wisdom. Senator 3: Student Patrol 3; Track 3. 5, 7; Basketball 4. 6. 8; Inter-class Baseball 5; Block “S”; Block “S” Medal; “Seven Keys to Baldpate.” General Duke University Four I ecu Baletin, Ruth F. I drink to thine eyes. May Day Fete 5; Volley Ball 4, 6. General University of Rochester Bailer, Helen H. Elysian beauty, melancholy grace. Brought from a pensive, tho happy place. Senator 4: Archery 7: May Day Fete 5; Volley Ball 4; Basketball 5. General Undecided Barrett, Selma H. Her air, her manner, all who saw admired. Tennis 7; Glee Club 8. Classical Newark Normal School Bartlett. Betty For I am constant as the Northern Star. Volley Ball 6; Basketball 7. Classical Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Becker, Fay IVc call it only pretty Fanny’s ivay. Student Patrol 6; Hockey 8: Volley Ball 5, 7 : May Day Fete 5. General New York University Fifteen Bellard, Pearl O. I'ivacity is the gift of women. Student Patrol 7; May Day Fete 5; Glee Club 4. General New Jersey College for Women Bernstein, Theodore T. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Student Patrol 3; Track 3; Inter-class Baseball 7; “Sun Shines Bright.” Classical Amherst Berson, Harold Content to pursue his peaceful way. Student Patrol 3, 4, 6; Assistant Manager Football 3. General University of Maryland Binstock, Milton am Sir Oracle; when open my lips let no dog dare to hark. Scientific University of North Carolina Birnbaum, Dorothy That load becomes light which is cheerfully home. General Undecided Sixteen Bishkoff. Micheal He is proud in humility, proud in that he is not proud. Swimming 3. 5. 7; Football 4. General Undecided Bleiberg, Harry Indued with sanctity of reason. Classical Newark College of Engineering Bleifer, Leo A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Inter-class Baseball 7. General Seth Boyden Bloomberg, Harold C. A young man with a very good future. Senator 8: Chairman School Betterment Committee 8; Student Patrol 7. Classical New York University Blumenfeld, May A quiet lassie, zee must say; So unobtrusive in every way. Senior Optimist; May Day Fete 5; Swimming 7. General New York University Seventeen Bogoslowsky, Mollie A. A countenance in which did meet Sweet r cords, promises as S7ccet. Senior Optimist; Basketball 3, 5; May Day Fete 5; Orchestra 3, 4, 5, 6; Orchestra Medal; All-City Girls’ Orchestra. General Undecided Bornstein, Ethel Of simple tastes and mind content. Classical New Jersey College for Women Bornstein, Mildred S. Of Mildred, we’ll say just a word “Seldom seen and never heard” May Day Fete 5. General Southern Seminary Braverman, Leo Genteel in personage Conduct and equipage. Senator 7; Activities Committee 7; Senior Photography Committee; Senior Optiimist; Inter-class Baseball 7: Or- chestra 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Orchestra Medal; Assembly Parti- cipation. Classical Fordham University Broant, Vincent C. Good deeds, like a bell, ring clear. Patrol 4. General Newark College of Engineering Eighteen Brody, Jack I There he falls short, 'tis nature's fault alone, Where he succeeds, the merit's all his men. Senator 5; Publicity Committee 5; Optimist 5, 6, 7. General University of Missouri Bruen, Betty And she is just the quiet hind Whose nature never varies. Hockey 6, 8. General Seth Boyden Cannold, Harrison S. A man can't be hid. Senator 5; Vice-President French Club 7. Classical Undecided Carmody, William A. Ace is one great guy—he told us so himself. Football 6; Captain Football Team 8; Track 7; Wreath “S”; Block “S”. General Annapolis Chagy, Gideon Of very noble work, the silent part is best. Student Council 7; Senator 7; Student Patrol 5: Inspector Patrol 7; Orchestra 3. 4. 5. 6: Orchestra Medal: “Sun Shines Bright.” Classical University of Wisconsin Nineteen Chapkowitz, Blanche B. Pretty to walk with, witty to talk with. Basketball 5, 7; Volley Ball 6; May Day Fete 5. General Emerson College of Oratory Civins, Henry N. The force of his men merit makes his way. Senator 3; Student Patrol 8; Senior Photography Com- mittee; Honor Roll Medal; Inter-class Baseball 7; Service Club 6, 7, 8. Classical University of Missouri Cohen. Henrietta Her air hail a meaning, her movements a grace. Student Patrol 5; Senior Social Committee; Pentathlon 3; Block “S : Track 3; Basketball 5; Volley Ball 4; May Day Fete 5: Hockey 6; “Sun Shines Bright. General University of Rochester Cooperman. Clara A moral, sensible, quiet girl. May Day Fete 5. General Undecided Cummins, Mae L. Sincerity, abmr all the rest Builds a character that stands the test. May Day Fete 5. General Southern Seminary Twenty Dear, Sally Courteous tho coy, gentle tho retired. May Day Fete 5; Senior Optimist; Assembly Participa- tion. Art Curtis Conservatory of Music . Dickerman, Ruth She found a 7cay, or made one. Student Patrol 7: Senior Optimist; Debating Team 7; Debating Medal; May Day Fete 5; Volley Ball 5, 7. Classical Syracuse University Dillon, LaVerne Silence is the best of virtues. General Undecided • Dunay, Estelle Y. . pleasant smile wins many friends. General Duke University Einhorn, Paul Harvey Character and intelligence go hand in hand. Student Council 6; Senator 6; Inspector Student Patrol 6; Honor Roll Medal; Secretary Radio Club 7. Classical Columbia University Twenty-one Elin, Howard F. He nothing common did or mean. Patrol 5. 6; Service Club 8. Scientific Dartmouth Ellenport, Lawrence R. A true, and brave, and dozvnright honest man. Senator 4; Activities Committee 4: Student Patrol 8: Treasurer Senior Class; Senior Optimist; Checker Team 7. Classical Seth Boyden Emmerglick, Deborah Or light or dark or short or tall. She sets a spring to snare them all. Student Patrol 6, 7. Classical Vassar Englander, Charlotte S. If women only knew the extent of their powef-—. Optimist 4, 5, 6, 7; Optimist Medal; Volley Ball 4; May Day Fete 5. General New York University Epstein, Tessie A smiling countenance drives dull care dway. May Day Fete 5; Volley Ball 6. Classical New York University Twenty-two Erlich, Leah Her lovely voice and charming ways. May she keep them all her days. “Sun Shines Bright. General Juilliard Institute of Music Ewald, Virginia Hope A sweet girl athlete. Senator 7: Chairman Social Committee 7; Student Patrol 8; Senior Optimist: Basketball 3, 5. 7; Volley Ball 4, 6; Track 3; Track Medal: Block “S”; Numerals: Pentathlon 3; “Sun Shines Bright.” General Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Feigenblatt, Theresa F. Her very frowns are fairer far, Than smiles of other maidens arc. Classical University of California Feldman. Victor Silence is one of the virtues of the wise. Inter-class Baseball 5, 7. General University of Southern California Feldmesser. Philip He works as tho he were to live forever. Lives as tho he were to die tomorrow. Senator 7: Secretary Social Service Committee 7: Student Patrol 8: Chairman Senior Photography Committee; Asso- ciate Editor Optimist 6, 7: Editor-in-Chief Senior Opti- mist: Optimist Medal; Honor Society 8. Scientific Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Txventy-three Fischbein, Norman Walter For Satan finds some mischief still. For idle hands to do. Inter-class Baseball 5. Classical Dana College Fischman, Janice Reta Defiant and dramatic is she; Her eyes are sparkling pools of glee. “Officer 666”; “Sun Shines Bright”; Glee Club 3, 4, 5, 6; All-City Chorus 5. Art Harriet Mills School Fried, Seymour H. Something between a hindrance and a help. Student Patrol 7. Scientific Georgia School of Technology Galiano, George P. An honest man is the noblest work of God. Classical New York University Garodnick, Isadore O. His strength is belied by his gentle manners. Patrol 5. 7; Football 4, 6. 8; Wreath “S”; Track 3. 5. 7; Block “S”; Block “S” Medal. Classical Undecided Twenty-four Gclber, William A proper man as one shall see in a summer's day. Senator 4. Classical University of Maryland Geltzeiler, Edwin L. The great end of learning is not knowledge, but action. Senator 4. 6; Finance Committee 4; Chairman Social Committee 6: Student Patrol 3; Track 3. 5; Block “S”: Wreath “S’ General New York University Gillman. Sol (3 2-Year Student) It is not strength, but art that takes the prise. Optimist 7. 8; Track 4; Senior Optimist. rt Rutgers University Gittes, Herman He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. Student Patrol 4; Secretary Senior Class; Secretary Span- ish Club 8. Classical New York University Glassner, Alice A. 11 hat meet delight a quiet life affords. Volley Ball 6; Basketball 5. 7; May Day Fete 5. Classical New Jersey College for Womer Tur illy-five Goldstein, Jeanette If heart of man is depressed with eares, The wist is dispelled when a woman appears. Senator 4; Student Patrol 7. 8; May Day Pete 5; Track 3; Hockey Award; Swimming 5, 7. General Katherine Gibbs School Goodman, Nettie Of reason firm, of temperate will. Strength, endurance, foresight, skill. Honor Society 6. 7; President Honor Society 8; Secretary G. O. 7: Student Council 6. 7. 8; Senator 3; Executive Com- mittee 7. 8; Student Patrol 5; Insjjector Patrol 7. 8; Honor Roll Medal; Senior Optimist; Debating Team 7; Debating Medal; Service Club 6. 7. General State Teachers’ College Gordon, Dave He lives to build, not boast. Classical Rollins Gorewitz, Hannah Retiring and sincere. Volley Rail 6; May Day Fete 5. Art Pratt Instituto Graham, Emily So szvect and gentle in just being. She doesn't indulge in common “he-ing”. Art Beaver Twenty-six Green, Isabell (3j4-Year Student) Such another peerless queen only could her mirror shoiu. “Sun Shines Bright”; Basketball 4; May Day Fete 5. Art Alviene Dramatic School Greenberg, Benjamin True as the needle to the pole, or as the dial to the sun. Student Patrol 8; Inter-class Baseball 7. Scientific University of Michigan Greendorfer, Sidney J. With just enough learning to misquote. Student Patrol 6, 8; Inter-class Baseball 5; Service Club 8. General University of Southern California Greenfield, Arthur He doth make sweet music. Footl all 6; Track 5; Inter-class Baseball 7; Assistant Manager Track 3; Band 8. Classical Villanova Gross, Jacob Many can argue; not many eonverse. Student Council 7; Senator 3, 5, 7: Student Patrol 4: In- spector Patrol 7; Vice-President Radio Club 7; Track 4. Classical Rutgers University Twenty-seven Grossman, Bernard Buddtf’ is our Beau Brumtnel, Witty, athletic, and proficient as well. Football 4; Inter-class Baseball 3. Scientific Leland Stanford University Heller, Helen Willing to help and ready to serve, Helen's will is hard to swerve. General Undecided Herstein, Saul M. All the great men have died and I’m not feeling so well myself. Student Patrol 8: Senior Social Committee; Cheerleader 3, 4. 5. 6. 7. 8; “Sun Shines Bright”. General University of Richmond Herzfeld, Henry David, Jr. He is a veritable questionnaire, Most of his words are why, when, and where. Student Patrol 8; Senior Optimist; Swimming 7; Inter- class Baseball 7: Service Club 6. Classical Cornell University Hill, Frank, Jr. Earnestness and sport go icell together. Football 6. 8; Basketball 6. 7. 8. General Rutgers University Txvntty-citjht Hilton, Pearl The power of thought, the magic of the mind. Student Patrol 7; Honor Roll Medal; May Day Fete 5; Service Club 8. Classical State Teachers’ College Hollander, Milton Henry It is the wise head that makes the still tongue. Track 5. Classical University of Pennsylvania Isacson, Harry Some work of noble note may yet be done. Student Patrol 8; Track 5. 7; Gym Team 4. 5, 6, 7, 8; Script “S”; Senior Optimist. Classical New York University Kalb, Daniel Large was he in form and large also in heart. Basketball 5, 6, 7; Inter-class Baseball 5, 7. Classical New York University Kandel. Pearl E. An honest heart possesses a kingdom. Optimist 3. 4: Optimist Medal; Volley Ball 6; Whole Town’s Talking”. General Columbia University Txventy-nme Kaplan, Anna It is tranquil people who accomplish much. Track 3; Basketball 5; Archery 7; Archery Award; Volley Ball 4; May Day Fete 5. Art Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts Kaplan, Henry Asher Persuasion tips his tongue whether he talks. Student Patrol 5. 6. 7. General University of Pennsylvania Kaufman. Herbert To those who knotv thee not, no words can paint. And those who know thee, know all words are faint. Honor Society 7, 8; Student Council 7. 8; Chairman Ath- letic Committee 8 ; Student Patrol 6, 7; Inspector Patrol 8; Inter-class Baseball 7. Classical Princeton University Keyl, Stephanie E. A pleasant manner, executive ability, and common sense have given Steve her just popularity. Honor Society 6. 7; Secretary Honor Society 8; Secre- tary G. O. 6; Student Council 6, 7. 8; Senator 5; Secretary School Betterment Committee 5; Chairman School Better- ment Committee 7; Executive Committee 6: Art Commit- tee 5; Student Patrol 4: Inspector Patrol 7. 8; President Senior Class; Honor Roll Medal; Swimming 7; Glee Club 5. 6. 7. 8; May Day Fete 5; Senior Optimist. Art Seth Boyden Kohn, Leopold Fine individuality can never be copied. Student Council 6; Senator 6; Student Patrol 8; Inspector Patrol 6; Senior Optimist; Inter-class Baseball 5, 7. Scientific Seth Boyden Thirty Kraus, Frederick J. Of fine character and a good sport. General Stevens Institute of Technology Lapidus, Judith (2 Yi Year Student) The best quality is an even temper. General University of Pittsburgh Lesnik, Milton J. Great thoughts, like deeds, need no trumpets. Inter-class Baseball 5, 7. Classical New York University Levanda, Philip There is great ability in knowing lime to conceal one's ability. Inter-class Baseball 7. Classical New York University Levenson, Constance And choose an author as you choose a friend. Track 3, 5; Volley Ball 4, 6; Basketball 3, 5, 7; Hockey 6. 8; Track Award. General Savage School of Physical Kducation Thirty-one Levitt. Milton Happy art thou, as if every day Thou had’si picked up a horseshoe. Student Patrol 8: Business Manager Senior Optimist; “Sun Shines Bright”; Orchestra 8; Band 6. 7; Glee Club 5. Scientific Ohio College of Chiropody Licker, Milton He only is a well made man who has a good determination. Senator 3; Student Patrol 4. 6; Inter-class Baseball 5. General Undecided Lindeman, Jane I’ll he merry and free. I’ll he sad for nohody. “Sun Shines Bright”: Glee Club 4: All-City Chorus 4. General Vassar Litwack. Bernard L. Let us note praise famous men. Senator 6; Social Service Committee 6; Student Patrol 3; Chairman Senior Social Committee: Inter-class Base- ball 5. Classical University of North Carolina Loprete. Demetro N. To he strong is to he happy. Classical Newark College of Engineering Thirty two Lothstcin. Mildred Silence is one great art of conversation. May Day Fete 5; Basketball 5; Service Ball 5. General Undecided Lowenstein, Irving Style is the dress of thoughts. Student Patrol 8; Inter-class Baseball 5, 7. Classical Stanford University Malcolm, Charles H. Charlie, our he-man. is big and strong; You might doubt it, but not for long. Football 4, 6, 8. General Undecided Mandel, Israel L. A solid, substantial fclloiv. Senior Optimist; Inter-class Baseball 5, 7. Classical Lafayette Mann. Hilda She hath a pleasant smile and a pleasant spirit. May Day Fete 5. General New York University Thirty-three Mclinek, Claire B. A sunny temper gilds the edges of life's blackest clouds. Volley Ball 6; May Day Fete 5. General University of Southern California Meltz, Pearl Oh blessed with temper whose unclouded ray. Can make tomorrow as cheerful as today. Senator 4; Student Patrol 5, 6. Classical Wellesley Mendlen, Ethel A winning smile is the sweetest of all introductions. May Day Fete 5; Basketball 7; Tennis 7. General Mount Union Miller, Everett Your name is great in mouths of wisest censure. Honor Society 7, 8: Student Council 7, 8; Chairman Activities Committee 8; Inspector Patrol 8; Honor Roll Medal; Assistant Editor Optimist 6, 7; Associate Editor Senior Optimist; Optimist Medal. Classical Newark College of Engineering Mirsky, Rudolph Forward and frolic glee was there. The will to do, the soul to dare. Student Patrol 8; Senior Optimist; Vice-President Span- ish Club 8; Inter-class Baseball 5. Classical University of Pennsylvania Thirty-four Mitnow, Elsie Short and sweet. Basketball 5, 6; May Day Fete 5; Senior Optimist. Art Parsons Neidish, Evelyn There’s mischief in her eyes, . bid her merry laughter shakes the skies. Student Patrol 7, 8; Optimist 6, 7. 8; Optimist Medal; Basketball 5; May Day Fete 5; Glee Club 3, 8. Art Ithaca Conservatory Newman, Ruth As Fenus lovely, and as Dian chaste. General Undecided Nichols. Marjorie Ann Her dancing and her cheering too. Have kept us all from feeling blue. Student Patrol 6; Cheerleader 6, 7. 8: Volley Ball 4, 6: May Day Fete 5: Swimming 7; “Sun Shines Bright”; Li- brary Staff 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Assembly Participation. General Albertina Rasche School of Dancing Nudenberg, Walter I'm sure care's an enemy to life. Classical University of Alabama Thirty-five Ott, Ruth Just acting happy is a great thing to do, Looking on the bright side rather than the blue. Basketball 5, 7; Volley Ball 4; May Day Fete 5; Service Club 8. General Undecided Paley. Martin Martin combines intelligence and a pleasing personality. Senior Optimist. General New York University Pearce, Katherine H. This world belongs to the energetic. Cheerleader 5, 6. 7. 8: Basketball 5; Volley Ball 4. 6; May Day Fete 5; Assembly Participation. General State Teachers’ College Plager, Evelyn Her smile was prodigal of summery shine—gayly persistent— Like a morn in June that laughs (nvay the clouds. “Sun Shines Bright ; Secretary Dramatic Society. Classical Wellesley Poleshuck. Bessie B. Keep your face touvrd the sun. and the shadows will fall behind. Classical New Jersey College for Women Thirty-six Pragcr, Seymour Let the world slide, lei the world go, A fig for care and a fig for woe. General University of North Carolina Rabanus, Eleanor All good things await Her who cares not to be great. Volley Ball 4, 6; May Day I;ete 5. General Vassar Rabstein, Melvin M. He who would rest must work. Inter-class Basel� 11 7; Assembly Participation. General Rutgers University Rosen, Sylvia A soft voice, gentle and I07v, is an excellent thing in a woman. Senator 3; Student Patrol 7. 8; Debating Team 3; Debat- ing Medal. Classical Undecided Rutkin, Myron D. He will succeed; for he believes all he says. General University of Louisville Thirty-seven Radier, Irma F. Geniality to sonic is denied by fate, lint in Inna 'tis an inborn trait. Senator 3; Student Patrol 4. 5, 7: Glee Club 5, 6; Service Club 4. 5, 6, 7. General Packard Rand, Harold The multitude is always in the wrong. Vice-President Chess and Checker Club 5; President Chess and Checker Club 6; Vice-President Mathematics Club 7: Chess Team 3; Captain Chess Team 4, 5, 6. 7, 8: Captain Checker Team 3. 4. 5. Classical New York University Rau, Norman Jay A little nonsense now and then. Is relished by the best of men. Inter-class Baseball 7; Service Club 4, 5, 6. Scientific University of Southern California Rawitz, Irving M. Of manners, gentle; of affectation, mild; In wit, a man; in simplicity, a child. Student Patrol 8; Senior Optimist; Service Club 7. Classical University of Pennsylvania Reisen, Edward Eddie's never, never tearful. Always has a cheerful little earful. Patrol 3, 4. 5. 6; Basketball 3, 5: Inter-class Baseball 5. 7; “Sun Shines Bright ; “Officer 666 ; Service Club 3, 4, 5, 6. Scientific Cornell University Thirty-eight Richards, Ernest G. To him, Shakespeare’s line will fit: Brevity is the soul of wit” Student Patrol 8. Scientific Northwestern University Rosenberg, Adolph A. Difficulties give way to diligence. I liter-class Baseball 5, 7. Classical University of Pennsylvania Rosenberg, Muriel firm of purpose and character too That’s our Muriel thru and thru. Basketball 3, 5; Volley Ball 6. Art Parsons Roth. Helen Marion (3x 2 Year Student) Her beauty makes this vault A feasting presence full of light. Senator 3, 4: May Day Fete 5; Assembly Participation. General Undecided Rubenstein, Sidney S. None but himself can be his parallel. Manager Cross Country Team 6; Cheerleader 4. 5, 6, 7, 8; Inter-class Baseball 5, 7. Classical University of North Carolina Thirty-nine Rubinfeld, Abe A. Abie may not be so big, but he can manage the football team. Senator 4, 6; Finance Committee 6; Assistant Manager Football Team 4, 6; Manager Football Team 8; “Seven Keys to Baldpate”; Library Staff 4, 5,6,7, 8. Scientific University of Michigan Salle, Frank A gentleman makes no noise. Student Patrol 8. Classical Undecided Satsky, Adele Her air. her manners, all who saw admired. May Day Fete 5. General Undecided Saylor, William R. Honor maintaining. Meanness disdaining. Honor Society 6. 7, 8; Vice-President G. O. 6; President G. O. 7: Student Council 6, 8; Chief Justice Student Coun- cil 7; Chairman Social Service Committee 6: Executive Com- mittee 6, 7, 8: Inspector Student Patrol 6. 7. 8; Honor Roll Medal; Optimist 4. 5; Optimist Medal; Library Staff 3, 4. 5, 6, 7. 8; Red Cross Representative 6, 7; President New- ark Chapter Red Cross 7. Scientific Massachusetts Institute of Technology Schattschneider, Florence A quiet tongue shows a wise head. Student Patrol 8; Honor Roll Medal; Service Club 3, 4, 7, 8; Glee Club 4, 6. 8: Honor Society 8. Classical Undecided Forty Scher, Dorothy She is a maiden witty, bright, and free. Optimist 8: Senior Optimist; May Day Fete 5. General University of California Schoen, Gertrude Janice Quiet, sweet, and debonaire. She doesn’t seem to hure a eare. Art Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts Schulman. Aaron Time and against any two. Scientific Undecided Schwartz, Bert David Man seems the only growth that dunndlcs here. Optimist 4. 5; Business Manager Optimist 6; Opti- mist Medal; Assembly Participation. Classical New York University Sherman, Max A little body often harbors a great soul. Student Patrol 7; Assistant Manager Basketball Team 4, 5; Manager Basketl all Team 6. 7; Block “S”. Classical New Jersey Law School Forty-one Sigmon, Gladys A smile that is tuore than captivating. And a personality equally pleasing. Glee Club 5, 6. Art Packard Silber. Rebecca I ’irtue is like a rich stone—best plain set. General Undecided Silverman, Saul S. Worry never was worth while. Senator 7: Athletic Committee 7; Gym Team 3, 5. General Cleveland School of Chiropody Simon, Harvey L. Alt ho zee grant he had much wit, He was very shy of using it. General New York University Simon, Josephine Carolyn Always pleasant, always kind. And so charming and refined. Senior Optimist; Swimming 3; Hockey 6; “Sun Shines Bright . Classical Forty-two Cornell University Slade, William A. My only books were women's looks. And folly's all they’ve taught me. Student Patrol 4. 5; Inter-class Baseball 7; “Sun Shines Bright”. Scientific Heidelberg University Slomowitz, Martin A quiet nature and a steadfast friend. Orchestra 3. 4, 5. 6; Orchestra Medal; Inter-class Base- ball 5, 7. Classical New York University Smith, Hannah Calmly do I go my tvay. Classical New Jersey College for Women Spitalny, William Care and dilige nee bring reward. m Student Patrol 6. 7. 8; Track 5. 7; Inter-class Baseball 5, ; Service Club 5. 6, 7, 8. Classical University of Rochester Stern, Morton M. A bird is kno7cn by its note and a man b his talk. Classical Vanderbilt University Forty-three Sternlicht, Edwina M. Her ways arc ways of pleasantness. Basketball 3. 5, 7: Volley Ball 4, 6; Track 3, 5; Archery 7; Archery Award; Hockey 6; Swimming 3. 5; Pentathlon 3; Block “S”. General Packard Stillman, Morris L. (3-Year Student) Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. Senator 7; Social Service Committee 7; Optimist 7, 8; Senior Optimist. Classical Rutgers University Stoppelli, Louis Francis On their own merits, modest men are dumb. Inter-class Baseball 7. General Brown Suesserman, Seymour Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Scientific New York University Swanger, Mark Seraphs share with thee knowledge; But Art, O Man, is thine alone. Student Council 7; Associate Justice Student Council 8: Senator 3. 8; Activities Committee 3; Art Committee 6; Student Patrol 6: Inspector Patrol 7. 8: Honor Roll Medal; Optimist 5. 6: Chairman Art Board Optimist 7. 8: Chair- man Art Board Senior Optimist; Optimist Medal; “Sun Shines Bright”; Vice-President Art Associates 5; President Art Associates 6; First Prize Safety Council Poster Con- test ; Second Prize Fire Prevention Poster Contest. Art Paris School of Art Forty-four Swanger, Saul Earth sounds his wisdom, And high heaven his fame. Honor Society 6, 7, 8; President (� . O. 8; Student Council 6. 7; Chief Justice Student Council 8: Senator 3; Secretary Finance Committee 7; Executive Committee 8; Student Patrol 5; Inspector Patrol 7. 8; Honor Roll Medal; Opti- mist 4. 5. 7; Associate Editor Optimist 6; Optimist Medal: Vice-President Spanish Club 7; President Spanish Club 8. Classical University of Pennsylvania Tzeses, Lillian The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard. Student Patrol 7; Senior Social Committee; Optimist 7, 8; “Officer 666”; “Sun Shines Bright”; Secretary Dra- matic Club 7; President Dramatic Club 8; Honor Society 8. Classical New Jersey College for Women Unger, Myra Myra, our “red-head,” is always gay; And talk•!—Why goodness, she talks all day! Senator 8; Student Patrol 6, 7; May Day Fete 5: Basket- ball 7: Basketball Award. General Packard Warfield, Mabel Elizabeth Her small voice and childish ways. Speak of tardy juvenile days. Basketball 3, 5, 7; Volley Ball 4. 6; May Day Fete 5 ; “Sun Shines Bright”. General New York School of Fine and Applied Arts Warner, Miriam Charm is the gift of Gods. Student Patrol 8; Basketball 7. Classical New Jersey College for Women Forty-five Waxman, Israel (3'4-Year Student) Zealous, yet modest. Student Patrol 7. 8; Secretary Chess and Checker Club 5; Checker Team 5, 6. 7. Classical Seth Boyden Weg, Milton H. Whate’er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone twas natural to please. Senator 4, 7; Athletic Committee 7: Student Patrol 3; Vice-President Senior Class: Track 3; Block “S”. Scientific University of Maryland Weil, Monroe J. strive for greater goals. Senator 8: School Betterment Committee 8; Student Patrol 7; Optimist 7; Chairman School News Board 8; Senior Optimist; Optimist Medal; Track 5, 7; Inter-class Baseball 5, 7; Assembly Participation. Classical University of Pennsylvania Weissberg, William W. Success is his cardinal goal. . Ill other things assume a minor role. Student Patrol 6, 7. 8; Senior Optimist; Inter-class Base- ball 7. Classical University of Missouri Wescott, Virginia S. A smooth, even temperament—that's Virginia. Volley Ball 3; Swimming 3. 4. Art New York Institute of Fine and Applied Art Forty-six Westervelt, Evelyn F. She's hitmen ami well liked cveryivherc. Basketball 7; Volley Ball 4, 6. General Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Wilkinson, Margaret E. Of manner gentle, of voiec low; A wonderful teacher she'll be, we know. Senior Social Committee; Volley Ball 4, 6. General Newark Normal School Woolf, Annette There was a soft and pensive grace, A cast of thought upon her face. Senator 6; Red Cross Committee 6: Student Patrol 8; Senior Optimist; Secretary Literary Club 6. Classical New York University Zimmer, Margaret H. A smile like hers rough roads will smooth; And many stormy moods can sooth. May Day Fete 5; Volley Ball 6; “Sun Shines Bright”; All-City Chorus 5; Glee Club .3. 4. 5. 6. 7. General Miss Beard’s School Zunk. Eva In stature, lira's very small; Hut her scholastic honors mvc us all. Honor Society 7. 8; Student Council 7. 8; Senator 6; School Betterment Committee 6; Secretary School Better- ment Committee 8; Student Patrol 7: Inspector Patrol 8; Honor Roll Medal; May Day Fete 5; Glee Club 4. 5. 6, 7. 8. General State Teachers’ College l:orty-seven Bailin, Jack Worry has hilled many men—why die? Scientific New York University Garodnick. E. Henry Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind. General Undecided Gelfond, Helen H. Of manners gentle, and affections mild. General Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts Ginsberg, Isadore He is head and shoulders above the rest of us. General Undecided Massa. Carl Vincent Carl the witty, the artistic, Always is most optimistic. General Undecided Meyer, Lawrence When a lady's in the ease, You know all other things give place. General New York University Peskin, Harold hi arguing, too, our Peskin own’d his skill, Vor even though vanquished he could argue still. Student Patrol 4. Classical Undecided Rosenthal, Morris Whoever is not too unse, is wise. General Undecided IN MEMORIAM Gilbert ICnttHH ’aiB immortality tn fcir aapirimj, Aa if a man mrrr takrn quirk to hraorn. Forty-eight M SIC I STAFF Editor-in-Chief____ Associate Editor _ business Manager Philip Fki.dmf.ssf.ii Everett Miller . Milton R. Levitt Art Board Directory Literary Mark Swangf.r. Chairman Sol Gillman Harry Isacson Stephanie Kf.yl Elsie Mitnow John Ayres Leo Braver man Ruth Dicker man Virginia Ewald Nettie Goodman Martin Palky William Weissberg Annette Woolf Dorothy Sciif.r Photography Leo Kohn Humor Typists May Rlumenfeld Features Molly Bogoslowsky Lawrence R. Ellen port Israel Mandf.i. Sally Dear Rudolph Mirsky Morris Stillman Henry I). Hkrzfeld Irving M. Rawitz Monroe Wf.ii. Josephine C. Simon Forty-nine The Optimist Back Row—William Saylor, Everett Miller. Saul Swanger. Herbert Kaufman, Philip Fei.dmessf.r. Front Row—Eva Zunk, Lillian Tzeses, Nettie Good- man, Stephanie Keyl. Florence Schattschneider. hcn€c icntTy The National Honor Society, of which South Side has a chapter, is the most exclusive organ- ization in the high school world. Since mem- bership in the Honor Society is the highest honor that South Side is able to bestow, one who has attained that height can say with justi- fied pride, ' 1 have accomplished something. I have climbed a rung in the ladder of success.” Excellence in character, scholarship, leadership, and service are demanded of all candidates. A scholastic average of at least 77.5% is the funda- mental prerequisite. Participation in a reason- able number of extra-curricular activities, ap- proval by every member of the faculty, and a good rating in an interview before the Honor Society and its faculty advisers are also re- quired. Nettie Goodman, the president, has been a member for three terms. Stephanie Keyl, the secretary, has been a member for three terms. Other senior members arc Saul Swanger, William Saylor, Everett Miller, Eva Zunk, and Herbert Kaufman. Seniors admitted this term arc: Philip Feldmcsser, Florence Schattschneidcr, and Lillian Tzeses. rifty SI SH I CLASS OFFICERS The class of January, 1932. is indeed fortunate in having selected four such capable officials. Owing to the large number in this class, the selec- tion was extraordinarily difficult; but after much nominating ami voting, the leaders of the class were finally chosen. Stephanie Kevl, our president, is one indeed well qualified to act as chief executive. She has con- ducted meetings in a business-like ami energetic manner, and has shown rare patience and poise in dealing with trying discussions upon the floor. As our vice-president we singled out Milton Veg. Milt has justified our choice by proving himself a valuable cog in the machinery of this administration, and by efficiently carrying out his obligations has shown that he bears the welfare of the class in mind. Herman Gittes has faithfully and capably ful- filled his duties as secretary, and lias shown that he is deserving of much of the credit for the suc- cess of our class organization. Now here is tlic cause of all our troubles, the lad whom we have all tried so unsuccessfully to dodge, our treasurer, I-awrencc Ellenport. “Elly”, as he is known, has had a jierpctual itching of the palm during the past term, and suffice it to say that no one has gotten by with unpaid dues while he was in the vicinity. Both Bernard Litwack. the chairman of the Prom Committee, and Philip Feldmesser. chairman of the Senior Photography Committee, have done yeoman work. Bernic. in carrying out his one hundred and one duties in preparation for the prom, and Phil, in arranging for the photographic and engraving work necessary for tl e publication of the Senior Optimist, have each demonstrated his worth to the class. Other members of these two committees are as follows: Prom Committee—Henrietta Cohen, Saul Herstcin. Lillian Tzcscs. and Margaret Wilkinson; and Photography Committee—Leo Bravcrman, Henry Civins. and Ernest Richards. Fifty-one Dong!!— This is Station SO SI. Two minutes before nine o'clock Eastern Standard Time. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the next voice you will hear will be that of Hed Tusing, famous sports announcer, who will present our next fea- ture, a television broadcast of his well-known ‘Sports Review’. Good evening, my friends of the radio audience. Tonight I have taken you to South Side High School. Here you will meet those senior athletes who have brought so many championships to these venerated halls of learning. The quality of the performances that these wearers of the black and gold have turned in is such that all South Sidcrs now listening in should review the records of these athletes with pride. “I will first present William Carmody. Jr. C’mon, step up. Hill. ‘Ace’ has only attended South Side for three terms; yet in that time he has garnered two Wreath S ’s and a Block S”, and was elected captain of the football team, which he has lead to its fourth consecutive cham- pionship. Bill was twice named as end on the all-city football team and during the track season lie showed his class as a sprinter. His loss will be keenly felt. And here, in the person of this dark-com- plexioned youth, you will recognize none other than your old friend, Isadorc Garodnick. Likewise a track and football star. Izzy’s name will go down in South Side’s history as oik of her immortals. In winning three Block S”’s and two Wreath “S ’s, and getting himself a ’Block S” Medal’ to boot, Garodnick has compiled a record that none but a super-athlete will ever surpass. Frank Hill, Jr., is another athlete who has been here for but a short time. Yet, in spite of this fact. Ik has won both a Wreath and a Block S”; in football and basketball, respectively. This year Frank seemed cut out for a stellar role upon the gridiron, but serious injuries cut into his ef- fectiveness and he did not sec much service. If you will bear with me for a few moments, I would like to tell n little story, a tale of the proverbial square peg and round hole. Show your face up at the mike, will you. Charley? Friends, this is Charles Malcolm. It seems that for two years previous to this season ‘Whitcy’ had been attempting to make the football team as a hack, but with not much success. This year, however, Ik blossomed forth as a first-stringer, and to our surprise, as a guard. He seemed to have at last found his element, as attested to by opposing line- men. It is now my great pleasure to present Edwin Geltzeilcr. Eddie has won both Wreath and Block “S 's in track. His forte was high jumping, in which event he broke the city record, thereby winning oik of the few wreath letters ever give� in this sport. “William Bain is another two-letter athlete. His insignia were won in track (where he was also a high jumper), and in basketball, in which he excelled as one of the most dependable netsters. I would next like you to make the acquaint- ance of Milton Weg. Milt is another of those athletes who think it great sport to tear around the cinder paths in defense of South Side’s colors. A Block S“ is his prized possession. No. dear friends, we arc not having a fire. This is only the flaming red hair of Harry Isac- son standing on end. Despite his sartorial splen- dor, Harry has desported on the gym team for four terms, thereby winning his Script S”. Because Mike Bishkoff is a firm believer in clean sport, he went out for tlK swimming team. Mike excelled in the short dashes ami is the pos- sessor of a Script S”. His services will be missed. And now, since time is growing short, I will briefly present two young men who have had very much to do with the success of South Side teams; namely, Abe Rubinfeld and Max Sherman, man- agers of the football and basketball teams, re- spectively. Abe has won his Wreath, and Max has gained his Block S’ ” You have just been listening to Hed Tusing present his broadcast of Sport Personalities, direct from .South Side High School. Good Xi-i-ght.”' Fifty-two HUMCR The Uptim is i My Autobiography I was born, coincidcntly, exactly one year, to the day, before my first birthday. Why, I do not know, hut the fact that I am here today is sufficient proof that I was born. When but an infant, 1 showed remarkable interest and skill in the art of music—entering the field both along vocal and instrumental lines. Vocally, I recall, I used to cry louder than the notable Arthur Greenfield, whose illustrious foghorn voice is known to have reached the four corners of the globe, ever could in his crying career. Instru- mentally, when only four years old. I exhibited unequaled skill, endurance, and ability by play- ing exceedingly well on the linoleum. About three years later, I made a decided change in my vocation. From music, I turned my abilities to- ward the pursuance of the wrecking business. I had worked at that trade previously, but not so extensively and not as wholeheartedly as at this time. Using anything tangible, which I was able to grasp firmly at the time, I immediately proceeded to wreck and demolish everything in sight, including the most expensive pieces of furniture, glassware, showcases, etc. But due to unsatisfactory financial and other renumera- tions for such valuable services rendered, I left that field of endeavor, and tried my hand at edu- cational activities. I immediately became prom- inent because of my ability to tenaciously main- tain the same scat in the same room for so many years in the same schoolhousc. Some of my contemporaries, as the illustrious Lillian Tzescs, Clarancc Darrow, Nettie Q. X. Good- man, B. C I). Aronow. Julius Caesar, Harold Gonif Pcskin, and Herbie (It’s all right, we have known him long enough) Hoover, vehe- mently assert that had the school house not burnt down, I would never have succeeded in advancing in my grade in school. Included in the lengthy lists of establishments of learning which had the honor of my presence I can boast of the following: the Ungraded School, Warble Twice on the Hudson, Rahway Reformatory, School for the Dumb, Overbrook Institution, South Side, and Institute for the Criminally In- sane. After attending these various institu- tions for about eighteen years—more or less—I entered the rank and file of pill rollers and soda jerkers. The various men who undertook to teach me the art and science of preparing, com- pounding, and dispensing drugs, medicines, sodas, and cosmetics finally gave up my case as hopeless, with much vociferation of their esoteric cogitations and superficial sentimentalities, when they became aware of the fact that I in- sisted upon the veracity of the maxim pro- pounded thousands of years ago by the prom- inent philosophical sages of yesteryear that you can’t smoke a herring . They voluptuously ex- postulated that I am deceased from the xiphin- tcrum up and down to my outer extremities. But in view of the fact that I am too lazy to lie down and dic, I am now writing this autobiog- raphy and will conclude here. Mike Bishkoff: Where I come from, men arc men. Saul Swanger: Is that why they chased you out? Harold Bcrson: Harry Isacson: Harold Bcrson: Harry Isacson: weight. Have you a cigarette lighter? No. Why? Because they’re all of the same Miss Welle: Tell me the name of a famous German philosopher. Morton Stern: Can't. Miss Welle: That’s correct. Mr. Kirk: If Columbus were alive today would he be looked on as a remarkable man? Isadore Garodnick: Yes, he’d be five hundred years old. Mark Swanger: Your suit is beginning to look rusty. I eopold Kohn: Yes, the tailor said it would wear like iron. Jack Bailin: Whom shall I call, a homeopath or an osteopath? Harold S. Pcskin: Neither. I once read that all paths lead to the grave. Inferno There arc endured the tortures of the damned. Each fresh hour but heralds more Of such infernal persecutions, As doomed Prometheus or Tantalus bear. And Satan's minions, each in his cubicle. With devilish cunning enwrap their victims In relentless toils. Like fiends of hell Merciless they crush each despairing soul 'Neath low marks, detentions, and recitations! Oh, the horror that is school! I. R. Fifty-fou' T ii e Optimist Senior Shows American Tragedy --------------------- F’s” House Beautiful....... South Side on holidays” Tomorrow and Tomorrow--------- Commencement” Skyscraper ---------------------------- As Senior Songs Millie ........................... Myra Unger Little Girl ....................... Eva Zunk Ililw, IIilia, Hiking Down the Highway— To Commencement Oh, Where Can You Be...............The Cutters Come to Me....................— Miss Tyson I'm With You....—.Ode to Detention Teachers I Should Hare Known Better— Thought after weeks of detention I Don’t Knmv Why..............I got three F’s Can't Write the Words.-When we have a test Two Hearts_______Helen Roth and Harold Peskin Rudy Mirsky: I'm not going to a woman bar- ber again. Harold Peskin: Why not? Rudy Mirsky: Why, she looked at my mustache and asked if I would have it sponged off or rubbed in. Mark Swanger: Yes sir, I paint a picture in a period and a half and think nothing of it. Irving Rawitz: Neither do I. Isadore Garodnick: First we thought the world flat. We studied geography and found it to be round. Henry Kaplan: And then we studied Problems of Democracy and found it crooked. Artie Greenfield: Bigamy is having two wives. Sid Grecndorfer: Trigonometry is having three. Morton Stern: Monotony is having one. Pearl O. Bellard: Do you know what a dumb waiter is? Phil Fcldmcsser: Sure; an undeveloped eleva- tor for use in hotels, apartments, and so forth. P. O. B.: I should say not. It’s a man who asks a girl for a kiss and waits for her to say “Yes”. William Weissberg: Gee, I’ve had a thought running through my head all day. Saul Swanger: Well, there's nothing there to stop it. last's call I can Parsons poison because he went ptomaine (to Maine) last summer. What some of our 4A’s have been looking for: 1. Blocks of ice formed during the winter of our discontent”. 2. The cover of the Book of Fate. 3. The ax of the woodman that was asked to spare the tree. 4. A sample of light derived from a ray of hope. 5. The whip used to lash the waves into a fury. 6. A shirt sleeve from the arm of Morpheus. 7. Feathers from the wings of love. 8. Some powder and balls of a shooting star. 9. Some splinters knocked off the North Pole. Dorothy Scher (to conductor) : I want to be procrastinated at the next corner. Conductor: What ? Dorothy Scher: Don’t get excited. I myself didn't know it means to put off until I looked it up. Fay Becker: Who was at the party? Dot Birnhaum: Oh. a few invited guests, and about a dozen South Skiers. An English Tragedy The day was inauspicious, A foreboding in my breast, Warned me that the time had come, When I'd flunk my Knglish test. I thought that it would be a cinch”, I approached my work with zest. But oh. the horror that was mine. When I saw that English test! The thing was devilishly made, I know I tried my best. But it had me stopped at every turn, That 'dog-gone' English test! Classmates seeking little me, Arc surely not in jest, They looked to me for little hints. During that English test. My cup is overflowing now. Misfortune’s at its crest. Father saw my English mark. After that cursed test! I. R. Leo. Kohn: Judge. I don't know what to do. J udge: Eh ? Leopold: I swore to tell the truth. J udge: Well ? Kohn: But every time I try to, the other law- yer objects. Fifty-five T h e Optimist CiSufidcetZ—� p� ro .e p«Y h 0 KOHn Fifty-six The Optimist Senior Snoopings Operative DX told us this story about Mar- tin Paley ... It seems that Marty was ill one day and stayed at home for the morning session but came to school in the afternoon because he couldn't bear to miss his three study periods. . . . Good news! The advance guard of the Question Marks is graduating (???) . . . These same Question Marks whose gridiron exploits were heard far and wide (to the extent of a headline in the Ledger ) . . . The advance guard consists of Herman Gittes, Dave Gordon, Victor Feldman, Leo Kohn, Phil Levanda, Israel Mandcl, and Milt Weg . . . Now, isn't that a break for the school? Senior Prom Notes . . . Saul Swangcr couldn’t find a girl of his size to dance with, so lie de- cided not to come . . . YVe suggested he look up Eva Zunk . .. Leo Kobn couldn’t decide whether to take the girl friend from out-of-town or the g.f. from Newark . . . No home town pride in that boy . . . Operative DX predicted these couples would show up at the Prom . . . Leo Braverman and his cousin . . . Sid Greendorfer and Jane Lindeman . . . Irma Radler and Willie Bain . . . Eddie Gcltzeiler and Gladys Sigmon . . . Adclc Satsky and Murray Horowitz. A few personal nominations . . . most obliging seniors, Harold Bloomberg and Sol Gillman . . . most studious, Harold Rand and Pearl Bellard . . . most brilliant, Saul Swanger and Bill Saylor . . . most pleasing characters, John Ayres and Vincent Broant. Seen around the senior rooms at lunch period . . . Isabel Green curling Milt Weg’s hair . . . James Dropkin borrowing someone’s homework . . . Irving Lowcnstcin doing an imitation of one of the popular history teachers . . . Miss Nichols telling Dave Gordon to let Milt Weg do his homework in peace . . . The fellows of room 50 up to some mischief, as usual . . . Adolph Rosen- berg telling stories . . . Bill Spitalny crooning to Phil lavanda doing Chem . . . Gideon Chagy discussing Communism and Teddy Bernstein doing a song and dance, worth any price of ad- mission. DX just brings in this one about Bernie Phil- lips ... It seems Bernie was sitting on a Mt. Prospect trolley, and two of our S. S. girls were standing in front of him . . . One of the girls made a remark about fellows who don’t give up their scats to girls ... A heated argument soon developed and one of our gir s slapped Bernie . . . Bernie, a bit “hot and bothered,” got up and said. Lady, do you believe in equal- ity of the sexes?” . . . Yes,” came the snappy reply . . . And so Bernie slapped her back again. Photographer: Do you want a large or small picture? Henry Hcrzfcld: A small one. Photographer: Then close your mouth, please. IF Henrietta ate some ice cream, would it be in a Cohenf Mabel went to War, would she fight on a fieldT Nettie were a man, would she be a GoodmanT Pearl sits on some ice, is it true that it MeltsT Ruth were rejuvenated, would she be a Newmant Miriam were headed for troubles, would we Warner T John had the chance he wouldn’t put on lyres. Everett grows up, he won’t be a Miller. Seymour were incarcineratcd, would he be Fried f Bernie Aronow: There goes the ugliest man I ever saw in my life. Saul Silverman: Hush, Bernie, you forget yourself. Well, I’ll tell you what we’ll do. We’ll flip up a coin. If it’s heads, we go to a show; if it’s tails, we go riding; but if it stands up on end, we’ll stay home and study. Max Sherman (at the prom): Might I have the dance? Jane Lindeman: Yes, you mite! Mr. Joyce: What is the capitol of the country? Morris Rosenthal: Less than it was last year. The Senior’s Lament To live once more in the good old days, To free myself from this dizzy maze, To stroll once more in untrammeled ways, Away from Freshmen. To lunch once more in tranquil state, To eat my food at a decent rate. To get away from the pests I hate, Away from Freshmen. To do my work undisturbed once more, To rest apart from the crowd’s uproar, To live again in the days of yore, Away from Freshmen I I. R. Fifty-seven Label How It Got Thru Habit Fate Antolick, A. ..On sneakers ... Wearing overlong locks .Barber Aronow, B. ...Ah, ha! ... Carrying teacher's milk bottle._ . Milkman Aronowifz, K.. .. Cute little ways Tramping the halls - -Unemployed Ayres, J. - ..Classic features ...Walking on air Bailin, J. ...Acting like a freshman -Who cares? Bain, Wm . — Grace of God ...Which one? -S. P. C. A. Balctin, R. Seeped Baller, H. Tiptoed ... Reciting -School marm Barrett, S .—Just happened ... Blond: . Titian Bartlett, B ...Saw her way Sitting Becker, F Didy’ sec her ...Getting lost among the giants. - Married to a 6 footer Bellard, P ...Her face Being seen and not heard -Actress Bernstein, T. .. ...Grinned and bore it ... Putting cats in teacher's desk... -Mouse catcher Bcrson, H. ...Just squeezed . . Increasing girth Binstock, M. ... ...Three guesses ... Kidding teachers Birnbaum, D. .. ...Pure luck ... King tutting -Awashfufulul Bishkoff. M. ... Very simple ... Scaring little kids Bleiberg. H. ... ...Ask him ... Sleep Bleifer, L. Escaped Bloomberg, H. . ..Some system Blumcnfcld, M. .Dreamed .. Procrastinating -Hectic Bogoslowsky, M . .N’ifty lil nose ..Impossible -Jctta Goudal II Bornstcin, E. .. ..What do you think? .. Telling everybody .Teacher Bornstein, M. . With Mazie Braverman, L. - ..Slunk ..Walking importantly about.. -Vice-President Broant, V. ..With a crowbar .. Honesty -Second-storv worker Brody. J. ..Rule 4 ..Of course -Charity Brucn, B. ..Mentality They come naturally -Don’t give a hoot Cannold, 11. ..Knew the way Carmody, Wm. ..Banged — Keeping the adviser company -Iceman Chaffy, G. .. Agitated for good marks Chapkowitz, B. —Loving soul ._ Doing same to B. Grossman. -Embittered Civins, H. ..Will power Cohen, H. ..Forti: — Having 10 boy-friends at once.. - Poly-gamist Cooperman, C. - Cummins, Mae -With Millie .. Coming in late -Late bird Dear, S. ..Endeared herself Dickerman, R. . ..Fought Debating Dillon. LaV. --Fancy cognomen -- I mean it -Phoocy! Dunav, E . My dear, please ._ High-hatting -5 10 Cent Store Einhorn, P Elin, 11 ..Put out .- Coining homework • Professor Fifly-eijihi T H E Optimist Label How It Got Thru Habit Fate Ellen port, L. -- ..Bulled —Throwing it _T oreador Emmerglick, 1). Chawed -Chewing gum .Somebody’s stenog Englander, C. - ..Slick -D'y'ever notice? .Live thru it all Epstein, T. ..School was dusted .Yawning .Lion hunter Erlich, L. ..See certain Detroit resident Talking about said resident.. .Divorce from resident Ewald, V. .Jumped -Entering meets .Bail-jumper Feigenblatt, T. —Ziggy -Praising S. Zeitlin -Contented dishwasher Slowly .Being a bore .Lecturer Fcldmcsscr, P. ..Dragged himself .Being precocious -Penwiper Fischman, J. K. .Posed . Rita, please! -Snubbed Fishbein, N. ... ..Keepers called for him .Talking nonsense — .Governor of Louisiana Effacing himself -Bold bad man Garodnick, H. - —P. M. (punk marks) -Watching the clock -Time-keeper -Swaggering -Beau Brummel Gclber, Wm. ..X (unknown) .Has he? -Ladies idol Gelfond, H. Stumbled .Egoistic -Taken down Geltzeiler, E. — ..This and that .Gladys Sigmon -Stage door Johnny Gillnian, S. ..Out the door — -Insignificant — .Beggar Ginsberg, I. ..Irritated teachers .My Word! -Milt Gross—999 Gittes, H. .Reading school books -Copy boy Glassncr, A. ... Surrendered .Rattling off French -Vixen Goldstein, J. — ..Played -Fooling -Clown Goodman, X. — —Superiority complex -Acting dignified -Pony author Gordon, D. —On rubber heels .Asking dumb questions -Writer of etiquette Gorcwitz, H. — -Picked .Sure -Without doubt .Nice -Ministress Oh! Oh! .Undulating ■ Salvation Army lass Greenberg, B. —Was exchanged .Grow mustache now and then. -Goatee Grccndorfcr, S. -Just romped .Looking carefree -Ask Jane Greenfield. A. —Wandered - ..Grinning foggily -Inevitable -Sassing the teachers -Soap-box speaker Grossman, B. -- —Kidded 'em along -Cavorting around -Hobo Heller, H. —Naturally -Swallowing words -Ventriloquist Herstein, S. — —I’d like to know -Selling football tickets -Traveling salesman Hcrzfeld, H. --- --On a pony -Memorizing -Horse thief Hill, Frank —. ..Reason Unknown -More or less -Indian (Cigar Store) Hilton, P. -Toddled -Prattling -A sophisticate Hollander, M. —Slept .Being pessimistic -Night watchman Isacson. M. -.Muscled .Muscling -Gangster Kalb. 1) —In the clouds .Dwarfing us all — --- -8 feet Kandcl, P. --F(lit) .Attracting the moths -Blown out Kaplan. A. .Talking musically -Hello girl Kaplan, H. ..Strayed — —Wandering about -Glued Kaufman, H. — ..Concentrated — Appearing absorbed -Caper cutter Holding some office -President of England Kolin, L. —Took it calmly ..Taking his time — -Banker Kraus, F. —Four leaf clover J-ooking official — -Doorman Lapidus, J. —Soft soaped ..Flattering — - -What do you say? I.esnick, M. — --With help —Too numerous - -Hole in doughnut Levanda, P. --- -Fell Verv awful -OOOOOOOH! Levenson, C. ... --Hoofed ..Which one? -Corns Levitt, M. --Crammed —Subduing 5th period study -- -Another English teacher Lickcr. M --Hardly —Collecting dues (maybe) ... -Try and get ’em . Marathon-dancer Fifty-nine The Optimist Label How It Got Thru Habit Fate Litwack, B. ... Agreed with facultv —Agreeing some more _Yes-man Loprcte, D. —Measuring Bunsen flames — -Serves him right .Hard boiled Lowcnstein, I. Darned if I know —Tapping - -Vaudeville ham .Gambler Mande! I. Mann, II. —Getting her man .Mounted policewoman Massa, C. Sculped —Sculping -Sculptor Mclinck, C. _ Peroxide Melt P. -Juvenile still Plugged -Dark and mysterious Meyer, L. —Cutting — -Surgeon Miller. K Earnestly -Card shark Mirsky, R. — 5 • 5 — Blushing -Yeh! M it now. E. —Wearing-low-hcclcd shoes — -S’terrible Slid -False teeth saleslady Newman, R. — —Crept —Quoting New York American. -Matawan -Chorus girl Nudenburg, W . .Scrammed — Dozing off in class -Pancake flipper Ott, R — Looking cheerful -Optimistic Sue Palcy, M ...Did he? — Flipping -Nero VI -Tough cop -Little hoarse -Faculty understudy Poleshuck, B. - ...Haven’t found out yet --Speaking slowly -Live to 150 Prager, S. --Going up in the air -Aviator My! My! -Innocent Rabstcin, M. - — Mystery —Chewing toothpicks -Lumberman ...Well! Rand, H. — Advocating Communism -Red leader Rau, N. __Yus! -Disillusionment Rawitz, I. — Teachers didn't look --Acting tough -Sump'n turriblc - Man-about-town Richards, E. — — Mile-wide grin .-Grinning that grin -Male Pollvanna Rosen, S. ..Speaking softly - -Crooner Rosenberg. A. —Foul means ..Relating questionable anecdotes. . Babies cry for it Rosenberg. M. --Ran errands ..Showing off her clothes -Hand-maiden Rosenthal. M. — Really? -I-aughing nastily -Sooner or later -Plain Helen Dashing gallantly about -Sir Galahad Rubinfeld, A. - —Fooled ’em ..Breaking thistle tubes -Business man Rutkin, M. — Killing the ladies -Sailor Salle, F. Satsky, A. — Wasn't recognized — Changing color of her hair -- -What have you? Savior, W. — With ease --He can’t have - -Caper cutter Schattschncider, F. Brains (Heh! Heh!) --Getting A’s -Will change name Schcr, I). — Faded along —Wilting all over - -May get some sense Schoen, G. --- —Why ask us? — Daubing up -Still a painter Schwartz, B. __ Sherman, M. . —Tour of inspection --Debating sports -Guide Sigmon, G. — — Primping her hair -Manicurist Silbcr, R —Still --Keeping quiet -Oratress Silverman, S. - Strolled —Yodeling -Uproar singer Sixty Tiif. Optimist Label How It Got Thru Habit Fate Simon, H. Simon, J. ...Making eyes Slade, W. ...Suavity Unprepared Slomowitz, M. In a daze ...Plural Smith, H. Philosophically Spitalny, W. — ...Running Errands Stern, M ...Engulfing sandwiches Sternlicht, E. M - dcl Stillman, M. __ Bull-dozed Stoppelli, I.. .. ...Is he? ...Following X. Rau Sucsscrman, S. _.On a leash .—Wild and woolly Swangcr, M. . ...Saul’s reputation ...Creating works of art Swanger, S. ...Cherubic expression ...Giving detention Tzcses, L. ...Talked Gabbing Unger, M. Warfield. M. - Pretty baby Warner, M. __ Dreaming of Morris Waxman, I. __ Jaywalked ...Loving his German Weg, M. Weil, M. ...By chance Wearing large hats Wcissbcrg, W. ..Sense of poetic value ... ...Appreciating the things Westcott, V. _ Give her time Wcstcrvclt, E. ...Dontcha know? ---Acting cold Woolf, A. .... —Another poetess Zimmer, M. __ Cooked Zunk, E. ...Napoleonic force .—Acting demure Complaint to Public Service The other day I wanted to board a Mt. Prospect car. I walked to the corner. I had been told that was the thing to do. A sign said Cars stop here. I picked out a nice looking spot and mentally dubbed it here . Across the street was another nice looking spot and it was probably called “there . But the sign said here,” so I waited. The car came. It stopped there . Before I could reach it, it had left. I did some quick cerebral mathematics. The street car philosophy was probably that most people did not believe in signs, so the cars stopped there and the signs said here . I immediately shifted my strategic base and stood on the spot which was presumedly there”. A car came along and it stopped across the street from me at here . The motorman had possibly not been informed of the company’s philosophy. I didn’t catch the car. Then I had a stroke of inspira- tion. I started from here and ran lightly to there . Arriving. I made a quick turn and tore rapidly back to here again. This seemed an excellent idea. Should the car stop there while I was here, I would at least have a good start on it. Should the car stop “here , while I was there , my system worked equally as well. A car came along. It stopped there” while I was here”. I swiftly darted across the street, but the motorman evidently had not seen me, so I missed the car. I finally determined to outwit the transit people, so I planted myself firmly in the middle of the street, one foot turned tentatively to here” and the other pawing the ground to there . Another car came. It didn’t even stop. L. R. E. May Blumcnfeld: You must be infatuated. Irving Rawitz: No, I haven’t had a drink all evening. Morris Rosenthal: So your father is ill ? I hope it isn't contagious. E. Henry Garodnick: So do I. The doctor says that lie is suffering from overwork. Sixty-one T he Optimist ok.wc, row take AYARK 5WAN6ER ARtWT THE MEAT flL VTWC THE BONE ■y v 0RR� 5 L STILLMAN [ GETSHIS BIG k Thrill in LITE, HL5 , FIRST SHAVE 7h V I LEff)] S OUT THE S .SUPPORTS , you'll tari L_ V 5n THE NflT '--V I TEN CHAPTERS AV - mr toworri BILL __ -____SALOR SiD6RtCN0MffA ClVII I wGINEER, . am rvearwir AN ON WALL STREET ’V SAUL SWAWGER, COLLEGE PROF. 'MOST AMY I SENIOR The Tragedy It was on a street car that I saw them directly across from each other. She was a beautiful young thing. Her golden hair was loosely ar- ranged in waves and ringlets about her lovely oval face. Long, black, fringy lashes framed her large, deep blue eyes. The dark red, half- parted lips made a vivid contrast against the milky white velvctness of her skin. That nose seemed impossibly perfect. Her very clothes bespoke wealth and her bearing, refinement. While he—he was that clean-cut, well-edu- cated. athletic-looking type of fellow. His black hair was combed away from his bronzed face. His lips ever bore a charming smile that dis- played a row of even white teeth. A high fore- head and square chin added strength and de- termination to his appearance. The clothes that he wore with such manly grace were cut on the best lines. They looked steadily into each others eyes. His smile seemed only for her. Hut alas! They could never meet. For he Sixty-two was an advertisement for Arrow Collars, and she for Palmolive Soap. J. L. Bernic Aronow, while on his vacation, was writing a letter. Having no other envelope hut a very dirty one that he had carried about in his pockets for quite a while, he used it: but lie an- nexed at the end of the letter: P.S. Please excuse the envelope. It was clean when it left my hands. Mortie Stern ambled into the store about 9:30 and found his boss infuriated Do you know what time we begin work in this store? lie thundered. No, I can’t say that I do. replied Mortie. they're always at it when I get here.” T. Fcigenblatt: He proposed to me while under the influence of moonlight. Kstcllc Dunay: Arc you sure it wasn't moon- shine? Martin Palc.v (just before the chemistry test) : The zero hour now approaches. THE PESSIMIST Pestitorial Staff: Fallacious Feldmesser and Malicious Mandel SENIOR ATHALETIC REVUE Episode, or Fireman, Save My Child! Clang! Clang! The engines roared up the street. They came to a screeching halt,—reeled out their hose,—put up their ladders. The crackling of flames could be heard; soon the sound of pouring water was added. And then,—an agonizing scream! A woman appeared at the third floor window. In a moment a ladder was against the wall,—a fireman going up. He took the woman on his shoulder,—carried her down. She gasped, looked at his face. “Fireman! Oh fireman! Up again. On the kitchen floor! Save my precious — And she fainted. Up went our hero. The crowd gazed on in admiration. Thru flame. Dodging falling tim- bers. There! On the floor! Back again and quickly down to the street. He had saved it! Her precious, brand-new yo-yo. The Senior Song I won’t leave school. So dear to me. That sacred place. So near to me. I’ve flunked, it’s true, But I’m true blue. And what’s half a year to me? INVERTISEMENTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LUNCH-ROOM My dear Miss Crumb: When I first came to S. S., I weighed 355J 2 lbs. net. At that time I used to buy your $0.10 lunch and I gained 25 lbs in my first term. Now. thanks to your $0.25 lunch, I weigh 55l 3 lbs. I heartily endorse your $0.05 lunch. Great-fullv, Pasquale O’Filcii. Is Mr. P. O.'s statement paid for? No. But we fed him our extra-special $0.60 lunch and Spillit’s Milk of Magnesia. Same Position Team Kill Barmody___ Grandstand ----Chest Team Diz Garodnick...Rear End—Two-hand Touch Spank Bill, Jr- Way Back -----Pocket Pool Barley Malcolm._ Blackguard ..London Bridges Ed Goldcounter— Reclining ---Rope-jumping Billie Wain.... Backseat -----Cutting Team Wilt Beg.......Easy Mark. Exclamation Marks Isaac Son______On the Floor------Grin Team INVERTISEMENTS (not paid for) BIFFIT PIANO CO. Competent instruction by two such expert razzophonists as Lew Nertz and Herman Nertz, members of the Ducky Wucky Orchestra. We also carry a complete line of shoe- horns, Hawaiian nights, linoleums, spitoons, old shoes, and other inoo-sical instruments. CAKE AND CAUTION You must exercise both if you would be- come proficient in cutting. CARE and CAUTION is the rule of all expert cutters. Mourning Service SX GRAVE COMPANY GRAVE CUTTERS GYPPING THAT SATISFIES Every card from a royal flush to a pair of deuces is carefully planned and expedi- tiously executed by Cardsharps of Reputa- tion. Ix adcd dice, marked cards, and signal systems arranged. Be an expert bridge player. Give your partner a copy of your signals. COHN. COHEN. CONE. KOHN, and MURPHY MASTER GYPPBRS Sixty-three The Optimist LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE LATE LAMENTED SENIOR CLASS (Passed Out January, 1932) The deceased, in a spirit of levity, generosity, and a certain indescribable feeling of old age and sagacity coupled with the fact that we have noth- ing to give away, does bequeath, to our successors in the stately halls of learning which we know as South Side High, the following assets: One little gray mouse with flowing whiskers, half a tail, and covered with ink from a pen which we threw at it. This cunning little devil was wont to play hide and seek in the vicinity of Locker 1032. At first thought we were going to give this to Oscar the cat. but in these hard times any little bit helps. One slightly green roast beef sandwich on rye bread, which has been reposing rest fully in a desk of Room 54 for the last nine months. The heirs arc asked not to eat the whole sandwich at one time. Leave half for the next class. One nightly headache gained while perusing the wanderings of Caesar, the hot air of Cicero, and the beauty of Vergil. The interest of this is to be taken out in prose. One sneaker without shoelace under the lockers in the gym. One wistful smile which, when translated, seems to say, “Didn’t think we'd care so much.” Remembrances of happy days during which we promenaded in the corridors with a Hi , on one side, a “Hello on the other, a joke, a smile, a laugh, and a feeling of contentment. A hope for many successful athletic teams and many happy returns but no money. Amen. P.S.: There might have been more to bequeath but considering the hard times, you ought to be glad that you got this much. Mr. Coleman: Who is the Father of our Conn try? Gideon Chagy : Brigham Young. Miss Stevenson: Where was New York thirty years ago? Lawrence Ellcnport: Half of it was on the other side. Rudy Mirsky: Your father is a prohibition agent, isn’t lie? Henry Civins: Yes, the stuff got too expensive to buy. (ffa N'T Give. (yp THE c PtS otNTtTP, PirASf Fciow � uir work on i Lmr ecwKU - nejS? sL a Y jTOr' I WAT Gov (A oFF� i?lNQ M� TtKlXT DOUAflS A weFK.ME. ' A high dnm school ijRAuiAif tiwk me rvKOQ or a man PROF. CJUKASWim HIGH SlMOiL HtA'-� ' duo Sixty-four FARIWCU UHlOft The Optimist Sixty-five The Optimist Enroll at any time in the “Y” Commercial School Course Offering TYPEWRITING SHORTHAND BOOKKEEPING BUSINESS ENGLISH SPELLING OFFICE PRACTICE Lowest Tuition Rates—Individual Instruction—Employment Department Assisting Graduates “ Y Membership Privileges are afforded every student. These include concerts, lectures, swimming pool, gymnasium, socials and entertainments. FOR FULL PARTICULARS WRITE OR PHONE THE Y” OFFICE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION High and West Kinney Streets, Newark, New Jersey Sixty-six The Optimist Do You Know— Scltua Barret is one of those Virginia belles? Isabell Green was once Miss Newark ? Room 51 is continually supplied with Cameo Theatre passes? Who is the good Samaritan, Rudy? There arc only six boys in Home Room 211? Judith Lapidus is a blonde (?) from Pitts- burgh ? Mark Swanger gave Nettie Goodman a black eve? (See picture in November Optimist.) Saul Hcrstcin substituted for Elsie M it now in the staff picture? Phil Fcldmcsscr entered high school four and a half years ago? (Take that surprised look off your face. He quit school for a term.) Everett Miller is called Foncho by his class- mates? Willie Spitalny and Herman Ghtes go to South Side Evening School? Ambitious boys! The Spanish Club received $7.50 from the G. O.? Saul Swanger is president of said club. We wonder? ? Martin Paley hasn’t answered a question in chemistry this term? Robby Gcrstl, a former class mate, sends his congratulations to his cx-cronics? Milton Lickcr thinks lie is the most handsome fellow in the class? That Room 53 has become, of late, a miniature Monte Carlo? The average of Mr. Fchr’s 4A Math Class is B? Heidelberg University (where Bill Slade says he is going) is not in Germany, but in Ohio? This month marks the eighteenth anniversary of the opening of our school? That, according to the intelligence test and other authorities, most of this class are morons? (Don’t take this seriously.) That this class is said to be the most radical in South Side’s history? A Senior Optimist was buried at five root of a sycamore maple on Alpine Street? That, by actual count the majority of South Side graduates attend State Teacher’s College? That in our graduating class there is only one Cohen ? That Dean Parsons has taught in South Side since 1913? That the same goes for Cavvy? That the editor, in apologizing for his humor board, said that the jokes used to be original? That this column was compiled by your editor in ten minutes in order to fill up this space? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, NEW YORK A School of Engineering and Science r|'HE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was established at Troy, New York, in 1824. and is the oldest school ot engineering and science in the United States. Students have come to it from all of the states and territories of the Union and from thirty-nine foreign countries. At the present time, there are over 1600 students enrolled at the school. Four year courses leading to degrees arc offered, in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering, in Architecture, and in Business Administration, Physics, Chem- istry, and Biology. Graduates of any of the above courses may continue their work in the Graduate School of the Institute. The Master’s Degree is conferred upon the satisfactory completion of one year’s work and the Doctor's Degree for three year’s work. The method of instruction is unique and very thorough, and in all departments the laboratory equipment is unusually complete. An interesting pamphlet entitled Life at Rensselaeralso catalogue and other illustrated bidletins may be obtained by applying to the Registrar, Room ooS, Pittsburgh Building. Sixty-seven The Optimist Teacher: Can anyone give me two quotations from the Bible? Student: Judas went out and hanged him- self. Teacher: Correct. Now give another. Student: “Go thou and do likewise. Milton Weg: Which would you rather be. rich or good-looking? Bill Slade: I’d like to be rich, too. Selma Herman and Milton Licker have taken Eddie Cantor’s advice that now’s the time to fall in love. S. FELDMAN SONS, Inc. Distinctive Cleaners and Dyers Main Office and Plant 399 CLINTON AYE.. N'KWAkK, X. J. T Err ace 3-3660 Branch Offices in So. Orange Montclair Greetings from Harry and Jack Feldman Two Old South Siders All Graduates of this school are eligible for admission to Pace Institute —a nationally known and distinctive professional school of technical training in Business Administration Accountancy Secretarial Practise Classes for beginners at Pace Institute prepare high-school graduates for imme- diate earnings. Many Pace graduates are now treasurers and controllers of large corporations—others are in successful accountancy practise. Field trips to the offices and plants of the largest organizations in New York City are conducted especially for day students in the Accountancy School and for day students in the Secretarial School. Students and Parents are invited to confer with the Registrar. Day School — — Evening School Pace Institute 225 Broadway New York Alderney Dairy Company 26 BRIDGE STREET NEWARK, N. J. MUlberry 4-4900 I_______________ Sixty-eight CASTLES ICE CREAM A PRODUCT OF NATIONAL DAIRY AFTER THE FIRST TASTE YOU WILL REALIZE WHY MORE PEOPLE IN NEW JERSEY PREFER CASTLES ICE CREAM THAN ANY OTHER BRAND The Optimist Phone TErracc 3-1753 NEWARK DOG and CA I Hospital and Clinic Dr. Wm. R. Ecker - Dr. Don. A. Yandell Veterinarians Specialists in Diseases and Surgery of the Dog and Cat Clipping—Plucking—Shampooing 787 Clinton Avenue Newark at 1 Till Street O ST GRADUATE COURSES Secretarial Sciences, Business Administration, Accountancy Send for Information OLEMAN COLLEGE 45 Academy St. Newark, N.J. Telephone. MArket 2-7907 TYPEWRITERS RENTED FREE DELIVERY PROMPT SERVICE BEST MACHINES AUTHORIZED DEALERS REMINGTON PORTABLE AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE COMPANY 4449 CENTRAL AVENUE BRANCH BROOK 3-5400 207 WASHINGTON STREET MULBERRY 4-6224 Sixty-nine The Optimist COLLEGE COURSES IN NEWARK South Side High School Graduates May Earn Degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science Credit of New York University Evening Courses, 6.00 to 9.30 Save Time, Money, Energy Call or Write for Information Newark Institute of Arts and Sciences 17 ACADEMY STREET NEWARK, N. J. SHOP AT SHAPOW’S DELICATESSEN Our Motto is ‘‘Cleanliness” 124% ELIZABETH AVENUE Newark, N. J. Phone VVA. 2-8695 THE H. A. GREENE COMPANY Sporting Goods CAMP OUTFITTERS Official Outfitters for South Side High School Athletic Teams. Special Dis- counts to South Side High Students 88 HALSEY STREET Tel. MI. 2-6779 Newark, N. J. Newark Preparatory School 1030 BROAD STREET High School In Two Years Day or Evening 1350 graduates entered 92 colleges: Harvard, Yale, Prince- ton, Columbia, New York University, Fordham, Rensselaer, Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, U. of Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Mich- igan, Maryland, Alabama, Villanova, North Carolina, Union, Ohio State, Georgetown, New Jersey Law, etc. Full Credit Is Given for Each Subject Completed in High School 1030 BROAD STREET, at Lincoln Park NEWARK, N. J. Seventy The Optimist Care and Precision You Must Exercise Both If You Would Become Proficient In Your Studies Care and Precision Is Our Rule In the Making of All Engravings It Is The Secret of Our Success DAY and NIGHT SERVICE The ESSEX ENGRAVING CO. Photo Engravers 44 BRANFORD PLACE, NEWARK NO FEAR I OF TEACHER SENDING HERi HOME Because KIL-VE is Used on Her Head KIL-VE is • vermin destroyer. KIL-VE kills the live vermin and positively destroys the eggs or nits that cling to the hair. KIL-VE is not oily or sticky and is easily applied. KIL-VE does not interfere with the color or growth of the hair. KIL-VE is a household necessity. Don’t be ashamed to ask for it. Sold at All Drug Stores, 3Sc, 65c and $1.2$. J DESTROYS VERMIN ON CHILDREN’S HEADS Seventy-one The Optimist Northeastern THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING In co-operation with engineering firms, offers curricula leading to the Bache- lor of Science degree in the following branches of engineering: CIVIL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING University THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Co-operating with business firms, offers courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in the following fields of busi- ness: ACCOUNTING BANKING AND FINANCE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT The Co-operative Plan of training enables the student to combine theory with two years of practice and makes it possible for him to earn his tuition and a part of his other school expenses. Students admitted in either September or December tmy complete the scholastic year before the following September. For catalog or further information write to: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MILTON J. SCHLAGENHAUF, Director of Admission� Boston, Massachusetts PRINTING THAT SATISFIET Every job from a business card to a cloth bound book is carefully planned and expeditiously executed by Craftsmen of Reputation. Mailing pieces, letterheads, announcements, folders, brochures, school annuals, school papers, books, cata- logs, etc. We cover the whole field of printing art. COLBY McGOWAN, Inc. Master Printers 1201 Chestnut Street Elizabeth, N. J. Seventy-two The Optimist The College of Engineering of The Newark Technical School A local institution of college grade giving regular four-year professional engineer- ing courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Civil. Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The certificate of a first-class 4-year high school or equivalent work is required for entrance. The College of Engineering offers to the young tnen of Newark and vicinity an opportunity to get a sound technical edu- cation at home at a reasonable cost. A certain number of scholarships are available to young men of promise who have not the necessary funds. Inquiries should be directed to the regis- How About You? Many of your former South Side High School friends are now taking COLLEGE PREPARATORY or SECRETARIAL TRAINING courses at Essex Preparatory School LE ROY STEIN. Director Small Classes Insure Individual Attention. Day and Evening Sessions THE NEWARK TECHNICAL SCHOOL 367 High St. Newark, N. J. Phone Mulberry 4-0162 New Students Accepted Any School Day Send for Catalogue “E” 951-953 BROAD STREET (Near City Hall) Mkt. 2-0110 Newark, N. J. • DRUGS SODA COMPLIMENTS OF J. M. HOLSTEIN, Inc. FURRIERS HAMILTON PHARMACY J. J. O’Connor 49 NEW STREET, NEWARK. N. J. 85 ELIZABETH AVENUE Phone. MArket 2-4063 NEWARK, N. J. S. W. DELICATESSEN We Arc as Near to You as Your Telephone—Phone HUmboldt 2-2814 AND RESTAURANT CITY PRINTING CO. SPEWAK WEINSTEIN, Props. Printers and Stationers The Best of Service and Service. Reliability, Quality Quality 810 CLINTON AVE. NEWARK, N. J. 12 STATE STREET. NEAR BROAD NEWARK, N. J. 100 Feet from D., L. W. Station Scirnty-three The Optimist Harry C. Bradshaw College Jeweler 54 CLINTON STREET NEWARK. N. J. CLASS AND FRATERNITY JEWELRY MEDALS, CUPS, TROPHIES Catalogs on Request Seventy-four To the Graduation Class Congratulations and best wishes. May your present success con- tinue with you through life. E. G. Koenig Studio INC. 853 Broad Street : Newark, N. J. EXCELLENT COMMERCIAL PORTRAITURE PHOTOGRAPHY Seventy-five FAREWELL