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

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OUR LEADERS The people oT The SouTh s:de have amply demon sTraTed The:r apprec:aT:on oT The TacT ThaT popular educaT:on :s The bas:c essenT:al oT our democraT:c :nsT:TuT:ons The halT cenTury oT growTh of SouTh D:v:s:on :Ts splendod ach:evemenTs and presenT successTul sTaTus are an eloquenT recogn:T:on oT The Amer:can way oT l:Te W:ll:am George Bruce Mwn e-ga Mr Sanford A Hooper When The dream oT a h:gh school on The SouTh s:de had acTually been reahzed The headsh:p oT The new school was enTrusTed To Mr Samford A l-looper who had unT:l I893 been pr:nc: pal oT The F:TTh Ward school Gemal and k:ndly buT T:rm Mr l-looper by precepT and prac T:ce la:d The ToundaT:on Tor ThaT T:me sp:r:T oT cooperaT:on and muTual conT:dence beTween sTudenTs and Teachers ThaT has characTer:zed SouTh D:v:s:on Trom The sTarT AlThough Mr Hooper res:gned :n l899 h:s leadersh:p dur:ng Those Tew grac:ous years deTerm:ned The paTTern Tor progress and success ThaT were To mark The TorTunes oT The school Mr ArThur Burch AT The Turn oT The cenTury SouTh S:de l-hgh school hav:ng early ouTgrown :Ts or:g:nal quar Ters was moved To The new bu:ld:ng aT E:ghTh and Lapham sTreeTs :Ts presenT s:Te ATTer Mr l-Tooper reslgned Mr ArThur Burch Then ass:sTanT super:nTendenT oT The Mllwaukee publ:c schools under Super:nTendenT l-l O R S:eTerT Took over The pr:nc:palsh:p oT The school The Two years oT Mr Burch s serv:ce proved To be TormaT:ve years :n The h:sTory oT SouTh Tor he sTarTed The school on :Ts long and progress:ve career :n The new bu:ld:ng wh:ch was Then among The mosT d:sT:ncT:ve modern and palaT:al :n The NorThwesT Mr Edward R:ssmann Those who were pr:v:leged To know Mr Edward R:ssmann successor To Mr Burch marveled aT The dynam:c energy ThaT he broughT To h:s work M:l Tary :n bear:ng and cr:sp :n conver saT:on he gave The :mpress:on oT sever:Ty yeT never was a man more sympaTheT:c w:Th sTu denT problems Than he l-l:mselT a proTound sTudenT oT The class:cs he commun:caTed h:s rev erence Tor scholarsh:p To Those under h:m Dur:ng The T:me ThaT he held oTT:ce The sp:r:T oT un:Ty aT SouTh D:v:s:on sTruck :Ts rooTs deep :nTo The so:l oT The commun:Ty ,, . I I ' ' II iiem eor e ruce . . I . . I ' . I . ' . . I . : : ' : l - - I ' I . . . , . . . . . . ' I I I ' . . . . : , . , I I - 1 I - ' I

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fron? J 615.4 0 Aetuzce ln l893 nearly Two hundred SouTh sude boys and gurls wended Theur way To The cream colored bruck buuldung sTandung proudly on The corner oT SouTh SevenTh and WesT Maduson sTreeTs ThaT year had broughT wuTh uT Thus baby among Mulwaukee hugh schools SouTh Duvusuon Through The unTur1ng eTTorTs oT Mr Wulluam George Bruce and a group oT persusTenT SouTh suders The common councul had been persuaded To appropruaTe S25 OOO Toward a new suTe Every one gloaTed wuTh saTusTacTuon over The superb sTrucTure whuch became The cenTer oT educa Tuonal and communuTy luTe on The SouTh sude fl As Tume wenT by The IuTTle buuldung became crowded and un I896 The need Tor a new and more commoduous hugh school was TelT A new organuzaTuon The SouTh Sude EducaTuonal assocuaTuon backed up The supporTers oT The udea and broughT pressure To bear upon The councul The resul+ oT whuch was a SIOO OOO appropru aTuon Tor a new hugh school whuch was To grow up on The Odell properTy fl. The orugunal sTrucTure was T shaped consusTung oT assembly A a gymnasuum whuch us now The caTeTerua a Gurls club room a manual Traunung deparTmenT and The presenT norTh corrudor In l9l2 The easT and wesT wungs were added provudung Tor The orugunal assembly B and a caTeTerua un The easT wung and household arTs room and a model TlaT un The wesT wung The year T929 presenTed SouTh wuTh uTs laTesT modern adduTuon The souTh corrudor Thus adduTuon housed a new lubrary Two well eguupped gyms and The new assembly B Assembly A was guven a Tace luTTung and whaT was Then The back oT The room was TransTormed unTo a beauTuTul new sTage AThleTes were also blessed wuTh a large playung Tueld To The souTh oT The buuldung fl All The whule The SouTh Duvusuon Cuvuc assocuaTuon successor To The old SouTh Sude EducaTuonal assocuaTuon was conTunuung To promoTe The welTare oT The school One oT uTs mosT hughly apprecuaTed servuces was The guTT oT The greaT Tlag pole deducaTed on May 30 l9l5 Then Too The assocuaTuon sponsored essay conTesTs awardung a medal To The sTudenTs oT SouTh sude hugh schools namely SouTh Duvusuon and Bay Vuew who wroTe The besT essays on a problem perTaunung To cuvuc luTe Q Fuve greaT pruncupals have guuded our mughTy school Through TuTTy years oT ouTsTandung servuce To The communuTy Mr Samford A Hooper led The group Tol lowed by Mr ArThur Burch Mr Edward Russmanru held The reuns unTul Mr Harry E CoblenTz Took over The pruncupalshup Mr Ray D CrouT compleTes The lusT oT SouTh s TaThers Q The TaculTy un I893 numbered nune members The charTer members were Mr Russmann languages Mr Jack scuence Muss PeTerson maThemaTucs Muss Goodwun arT Mr Baker manualTraunung Mr RoberTs Englush Muss French scuence and maThemaTucs Muss Braband commercual sub uecTs and Mr Hardy husTory These veTerans gave way un The course oT Tume To a TaculTy whuch aT presenT numbers sevenTy Three ll World War l conTronTed SouTh wuTh many duTTuculT Tasks all oT whuch were cheerTully and successTully underTaken ThruTT clubs were organuzed Red Cross and LuberTy Bond druves wenT over un a bug way Programs were TrequenTly held To bolsTer morale unTul The Tlu epudemuc unvaded The cuTy un OcTober I9I8 The school was Torced To close uTs doors Trom OcTober I4 To November 4 lusT one week beTore The Armus Tuce a day whuch uT was hoped would brung peace To The world Q ln l943 as almosT Two Thousand SouTh sude boys and gurls make Theur way To The porTals oT a much larger cream colored bruck buuldung anoTher war us beung ToughT BuT SouTh Duvusuon wuTh uTs Shoulder To Shoulder spuruT un The sale oT war sTamps and bonds and Red Cross druves maunTauns uTs record and The Amerucan way oT luTe

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PAST AND PRESE There has ever been a oneness oT acT1on sprrnT and hearT among Teachers puprls and communuTy In The llTe oT SouTh Dnvnslon From :Ts earluesT days To The presenT Trme Thus sense of unnTy has en nobled The characTer oT The school and Tound ex presslon an The slogan Shoulder To shoulder SouTh sn e As :T was as :T rs so may :T ever e Harry E CoblenTz Mr Harry E CoblenTz Never drd a man so Thoroughly undersTand hrs consTlTuenTs or The needs oT his commun1Ty as drd Mr Harry E CoblenTz who became przncrpal oT SouTh In l909 Mr CoblenTz devoTed has whole lrTe To malung has school The cenTer oT educahonal and clvlc lnTeresT on The SouTh side FlrsT as chalrman oT The English deparTmenT and laTer as principal he sTrove w1Th all The Torce oT hrs mand and personallTy To advance The sTandards oT has school To The envnable level on which They resTed durlng has long Tenure oT ThlrTy seven years Ray D CrouT Ray D CrouT came To SouTh un I938 aTTer James A Boolc had served as acTsng prsnclpal or Two years Under Mr CrouTs able guudance SouTh rs successTully rounding ouT :Ts TnTT:eTh year M R y D C: f as a hugh school WrTh a seT oT Tune Traduhons behind :T SouTh loolcs Torward To sT:ll TurTher achlevemenTs In The realm oT educaTuon A deep seaTed and abudnng spnruT oT cheerfulness Trrendhness congennahTy and cooperahon prevauls nn This school lT ns :Ts peculiarly ouTsTandung char acTer1sTnc Our sTudenTs are sTeeped rn These TrauTs whuch enable Them To succeed when They go ouT lnTo The world WhaT Tuner culTure can There be ID l1Te7 WhaT beTTer communuTy Teelnng7 Ray D CrouT 1' . ' . . I - b In Mr. Harry E. Cobl T Mr. . Mr. . ' lvlr. . ' ' ' T . . ' ' . . . . . rl a h