South Division High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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CARDINAI. ANNUAL LISTENING IN INFIRMA RY UESDAY morning. The doctor and the nurse, in her blue and white uniform, enter the infirmary to begin their morning's work. As the doctor opens his medical bag, the first student arrives for his physical examination. Deftly the doctor applies the main tube of his stethoscope to the chest of the startled victim, whose heart promptly starts off on a 440. Open wide! A-a-a-h. Grimly the student stretches the muscles of his jaw to painful extremity. P-t-e-r. No, that is not a poor at- tempt on his part to spell Peter. The doc- tor is testing his eyes by the eye chart. The victim, still patient, but looking wilder every moment, drops his jaw in dismay when he finds the scales balanc- ing at 215. He leaves the infirmary reso- lutely determined to diet for a month. A student is in charge of the infirmary every period of the day. Her knowledge of nursing is put to the test when fellow students appear in search of medicine and bandages. The infirmary is not used to house the sick alone. The walls of the infirmary often serve as a background for photo- graphs taken for the Cardinal or for local newspapers. Plays and musical numbers for various programs are re- hearsed in the infirmary. During the afternoon, harp classes meet there for practice and lessons. In short, whatever the enterprise may be, it is sure to find shelter in the infirmary. The many uses to which the infirmary is put make it a room of priceless value to the school and students. i

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CARDINAL ANNUAL LET'S EAT CAFETERIA R-R-RING! The bell! The student grabs his books, walks out of his classroom, hurries down the third, the second, and the first flight of stairs to the basement and into the cafeteria. Boy! it smells good! He waits in line for his turn to be served-and then, yum! yum! It tastes-oh gee! This is the course of action of many students when the 11:48 bell rings. Like most people, they follow their noses and are led to the cafeteria. Here they satis- fy their hunger by eating the victuals pre- pared by the cooks, those genii who pre- side over our gastronomic destinies. 'The proof of the pudding is in the eatingl' This is an old sayingf said one of the cooks, but how true it is! We enjoy cooking for the students and teach- ers, because they are such hearty eaters. That is a sign that the food which we have prepared tastes good, and this makes us happy. If I can cook a variety of foods, the other cook said, 'QI enjoy my work, but if I am confined within a certain limit, cooking loses its joy for me. We try to prepare different menus every week, be- cause we feel that the students and teach- ers like variety in their choice of tasty dishes. Two cooks and two girl students serve those who patronize the cafeteria. Unbeknown to the students and faculty members, a new steam table was in- stalled during the summer. A hot sur- prise for everyone! Today our cafeteria with its up-to-date conveniences com- pares favorably with the best equipped lunch rooms anywhere.

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CARDINAL ANNUAL WAY BACK WHEN HISTORY DEPARTMENT HIRTY years ago there were only two or three classes a day in the History Department, today there are thirty classes a day. Medieval and mod- ern history and civics are taught in this department, but there are more civics and American history classes than any other kinds. However, every semester, the in- terest in European history grows greater. During the last three years, the His- tory Department has doubled, for previ- ous to that time there were only three history teachers. Now there are six. Of these six, Mr. Schardt is the only one who was graduated from South. The history library at South is differ- ent from that of other schools, for most schools have only one history book of each type in the library, while South has sets of history books. Our History De- partment purchases new maps and globes, so that we may have the advan- tage of up-to-date material. The many historical pictures in the building are a help to those who take history. There seems to be a tradition at South that all football and track coaches must belong to the History Department, for all of the coaches except two have been history teachers. Of these two, one was from the Commercial Department, and the other, from the English. History, as taught at South, is very in- teresting, because dates are not stressed. Events are grouped by periods rather than by definite dates. This blissful arrangement lets the mind of the student dwell primarily on the full significance of the event and not on a mere mean- ingless date.