South High School - Lens Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ARTHUR KING IWELVIN FRANK CHARLES SHRINER ARTHUR LAUDERBACH BERTHA NICE 59

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Sourn, HIGH,AN.NUAT-1' - 1 ' ' ' ' '- 3 it Alumni 2 i 1. . - -..- - 4.44 .A ' U -i We, the staff of the South High Annual, are grateful to the following Alumni for their co-operation in the Alumni section: Charles Shriner, '18g Harriet E. Daily, '13, and C. Melvin Frank, '07. The Annual this year is dedicated to the Alumni expressly for the desire to create a strong-er feeling of friendship between the undergraduates and the Alumni of dear old South High School. ' This is the first time to our knowledge that the Alumni have had a section and we hope it will be continued in all the other Annuals to come. Letter From the Alumni President Greetings : As the twenty-second year of the Alumni organization is drawing to a close I appreciate this opportunity of extending to the members of the organ- ization, to the faculty, and pupils of South High School the most sincere felici- tations. It is only through the efforts of each of you that we have attained the great success during the history of our organization. I take this opportunity to thank those who have so earnestly given nie their support and co-operation during my administration as president. It is up to each ineniber of the organization to give the same support to the incoming president. Now in closing let me extend to the graduating class of 1926 a. welcome into their Alma Mater Alumni Association. Most sincerely,- CHARLns G. SHRINER. 58'

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SOUTH HIGH ANNUAL Twenty-tfwo Years of Alumni Activity BY C. IVIELVIN FRANK, 1907 During the early days of June 190-1, in the dear old buff press brick building at Deshler and Bruck Streets, there was born an association of gradu- ates which today ranks as the best organized graduate High School .body in the City of Columbus. To the great spirit of one, Carl A. Becker, Presulent ot the class of 1903, is due a large degree of honor and thanks as it was. he who with the aid of the class of 1903 and 1904 fostered and established this association. In these early days many functions pertaining to gatherings of South High graduates, were held. A real initiation into this select graduate body, was in order at each graduation time. Carl Becker presided as chief executive tor the earlier years, and to him much praise is due. I11 later years such graduates as Arthur F. King, Frank Kienzle, Xklalter Heer, and the writer, carried .on the work and steadily added to the growth and prestige which the association gained through each added year. During this period one of the outstanding features of the June meetings was a presentation of a life-size photograph of our dear friend and counselor, Charles S. Barrett, which for some years prior to the death of our loved prin- cipal, stood as a silent token to him each day, as he passed through the halls of the old building. NVe shall never forget the touching ceremony which attended the unveiling of this picture, in the presence of our friend, Mr. Barrett. In our humble estimation nothing probably could have been done to touch his heart more than this token of our love and esteem. Some years later the asso- ciation presented a group picture of all of the past presidents of each gradu- ating class, as well as a bronze memorial plate commemorating those of our ninnber who had served in the great XVorld's Xklar. At the close of the war, the time honored custom of having two of our members run for the office of President was cast aside and Dr. Edward E. Smith of the class of 1904 was signally honored by the association by being elected without any opposition as its 'President in the year of 1918. Dr. Smith was the one graduate of the school attaining the highest rank during this world conflict. For this period the association gained in membership very rapidlv, though it must be said that the number of graduates aftiliating with our association was not as large as during the earlier period of its growth. This we think due to the rapid change of times, but, here the writer as an older graduate feels that as the years roll along, those graduates who are not affiliated with the association will be the losers. In the course of the association's life f f f c '1 eature which was instituted in thel earliuer years. has been, with few exceptions, carried through, by holding a. mic- f - t win er ieunion and dance at one of the down-town hotels The last of , I . C these was Just recently held at the Neil House and attended by the largest number ever brought together for such an occasion. I Buring the years of .1922 and 1923 certain organizations prevailed upon the School Board to consider re-naming the various schocils of our city At this time also an appropriation was voted b ' K i I - I I y the Citv of Cohn l ' t . four new H 0'h S h I ' - - 'I ' J il ms 0 meet , i ls G' oo s, including one foi the South Side. Wath this great building program in view the organizations referred to were able to haye 't majority of the- Board of Education to officiall l 'E i A C , f Y H1013 new names for each of the four new lngh schools, wlnch were to take the places of dld South lxlgrth 1 ' . ' . ' ' 7 7 Citlltfflla and E51-S15 H1311 SCh00lS.. Sensing the importance of this radical change w nci would absolutely for all times do away with the time honored foul, 19,121 . . - Im: I I II I I I IIIIIIIuIIIIIIIIIIInIIII I II II III 'I I I I 1