South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Q7A'0TOTENX l93O ITD! - 1 4' ,,,, ,, W UW' v ff' ' Vaughn Custanee Jessie Davis Harold Degler lVIa1'guerite Dennis Ralph Dick Marjorie Dixon Forest Dolan Ross Doty Harry Edmunds Delmar Eggers ball, watched the peaceful flow of the St. lXfIary's River, and ate. But one would hardly have fed such children sour green pickles and marshmallows and hot buns served with the concoction strictly for adults, hot dogs. And then, although they had ice cream cones for dessert, a keen observer would be forced to conclude that they were really rather grown-up students recalling their play days when they had been accustomed to go out for recess twice a day. ACT II As the curtain rose for the second act, we saw that the second year cast, now more experienced and dignified, had chosen a wonderfully good looking and popular group of students to supervise their activities during the sophomore year. None of the new officers had been elected the previous year, thereby proving that the class of ,3l loves variety. Billy Slagle, carefree man-about-town, was chosen president and Mart Ellenwood, distinguished athlete, was made his helper. Virginia Mollet, the blond with real natural curls, was elected secretary. Robert Eickmeyer, as a member of the social council, was assisted in his duties by two more of Theater South Side's blond beauties, Betty Basset and Virginia Swanson. From this we may make the startling assertion that gentlemen prefer blondes. The setting of scene two was again The Times room. Here everything was busy and hurried, buzzing with seeming confusion. Out of the chaos, however, the Page 121 t L

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MTOCTEM 1930 Vivian Colicho Betty Clayton Kenneth Cornelius Elwood Craig Wanda Crabbs Elsworth Crick Eleanor Crewdson Mildred Crum Benette Cruse Doris Carlson The setting of the third scene was The Times room. Chester Brouwer was cir- culation manager, David Parrish was make-up editor, jack VVynn was assistant news editor, and Billy Slagle and Virginia Tuttle were reporters. It is rightly considered an honor for first year people to hold such important positions as circulation manager or make-up editor for the best high school paper in the United States. The stadium formed the background for the next scene. Mart Ellenwood was a member of the varsity football team, gained a letter in track, and was catcher for the baseball team. Crescent Hallenbeck was also a member of the varsity football squad his first year. Four other freshmen Went out for track, Odfut, McMillan, Inches, and lVeinraub. VVeaver and Smith went out for baseball. Indoors the class basketball teams claimed the interest of sixteen of the frosh: YVeinraub, Disler, Bragg, Kaiser, Knee, Simpson, Draggs, Shreve, Roush, Platt, Schmidt, Custance, Poe, Slagle, C. Brouwer, and L. Brouwer. The girls had several large track teams, two baseball teams, a hockey team, and a basketball team, the last-mentioned team was named champion among class teams. The five girls who made up this team are Marjorie Dixon, Charlotte Stanford, Bar- bara Beall, lVlildred Crum, and Henrietta Leedy. Une afternoon the entire company enjoyed itself by frolicking at Foster Park. The scene took on the appearance of carefree kindergarteners indulging in the time of their lives. The gay merry-makers skipped, jumped, picked wild flowers, played li Y - ,.-.- . -,,,,--, , Page 120

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5Mg5,.pT Q 'r E M I9 3 o GT W' 1 nh ' C I Oliver Eggers Robert Eickmeyer Elenora Ellinger Martin Ellenwood Elizabeth Eisenhut James Elliot Frances Ellwood Bonnie Enslen Helen Felger Edna Fell audience was able to discern that a large part of the important personages were sophs. In one corner sat David Parrish, his feet propped up on the desk before him, man- aging editor of The Times. Near him was Norman Philbrick, the bespectacled pro- fessional bookworm, reading S. S. Van Dine's latest murder story, officially Norman was news editor, but since his avocation is known to be books, he was allowed to write several reviews of stories, magazines, and plays every week. Chester Brouwer was working hard reading copy. Mary .lane Nelson was perched on her desk, racking her brains for a suitable lead to her next feature story. Richard Brown, assistant circulation manager, was bending over files for information regarding the where- abouts of certain persons whose subscriptions were yet unpaid. VVhen the audience noticed Loretta Foellinger behind a desk bearing the sign, Auditor',, and Verna Schuelke presiding over a table marked 'Kgirls' sports editor , they began to think that the while paper was run by sophomores. But even this was not all. On the blackboard there were several prominent signs- VVrite ups due Monday: Billie Slagle, Jack VVynn, Ellen Yaplef' VVrite ups due Tuesday: Jo Kann, Betty Bailey, Betty Jane Whittern. Many interesting things have happpened in that room. There the fate of the best high school paper in the nation is decided. Under the excellent leadership of Miss Rowena Harvey, these people, with the help of others of the other classes, have kept the standard high. In this room friendships are formed and common interests strengthen them. Here, also, many good times are had: the mahogany furniture has witnessed many a jolly potluck. Most important, perhaps, is the fact that minds 1-1 Page 122