South High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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ORIOLE -l 4'c ' - 1'-H . 1g - 'U ,. img i np' ffffr tho 1 and students has surpassed the dreams and hopes ol Its hrst students and supporters It IS now our time to dream Visualize a hugh s hool on Tenth and Car on S reets with Its two hundred rooms rormlng a structure that towers mdj2SflCdl ly to the slcy and which trnumphantly o erlool4s the land where It has deeply umhedded xts seeds of educa :on Rumors are novv abroad to th ell-ect that South IS destlned to become one of plttslaurgh s largest trade chools to meet the changing needs of the tlme Th s possibility rs a d to be due to the decrease ol academic minded students and the Increase l 5 WWF F fffttttt rural' wr FFF Fl' hh' I rr'l f,r ii- '? 'tl inn '-e Yr Y r I' FI' Ira: rrrrri 'rr' IHYF L l 'Q -l.'.:EKD those who are better a apted to rade subyects ID carving a place for themselves n this machine mind d word Certain rt IS that a small percentage ol graduates attend the higher Ins tutsons ol learning and these It change were made IU the Interest of the greatest good lor the greatest number might he readily cared lor IN the envisioned remodeled struc ture At any rate as South luves on and on out of It shall come much hne materlal tashuoned according tothe pattern woven by xts founders and trained to render ful ervlce to n :on state an corrmunl y 1938 'H f 1 - -7-' F -- s t rr, f , , rr P' :HIE r ia I I I s lf J i ' ' - T e I . ' qv Q s . ' l ' tl ' ' . A 6 . .. . S E r . '- Faith. s ' at' , , d f . ' o t 't, 13

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ORIOLE l ------ l .5-. H ll lllllllll :ll S ..-rf lp' 1 1 A p nm- i FD rm I it ll i lllll ! L '- fmf' gl -' i i i ltltl i 1 ll ll .- '2:: ,il-F' 4115 -Es if F 'L -I I-P Z 5 n 'l 'l-4 te Interest ID eoucatlon III 4ln iiii iii It lit nu I I n I' i 1 VV ll illll gl' a dless or reacheo such a peal4 that South l-llgh became a our year hugh school Am bvtlous pupils wnth greater Interest In rooms lo serve the ever lncreaslng enrollment one room structures cal ed portables were erected By'l994 he number ol these portable buildings was Increased to ten hlowever the chxclcen coops as th y were populary named were short 1 ed e u rfcn South lnllgh s dream rendered thelr u g unnecessary ln l9Q4 a new and larger bulldlng rep aced the portables ann was annexed by means ot a narro fv cor r or to 0 orrguna structure ese buildings became a Junror enlor l-hgh School sc ool s srze pupns soon o cupled the available space The Influence of Its educatlonal po slbull les agarn se ureo a youth of the Souths de ln unison with tht lntluence was the power ol the nclpal a d hs lncreae sta teachers to teach the students proper mental habits and correct rules ol con dut which enabled many ol them t secure therr lrst po :tions IU lute ln T936 a large rntlax o pup ls corr pelled pittsburgh s Board ol public Ecu catnon to athx enght new rooms to Soutn l-lah School Today South with I srooms na ber no more than l with Its sixty s en capable teachers ano wuth nts r Qrstratuoh ol more than wo 1938 .. ,. I - I , N V f' ' A y A A Z bla sl' 5 li I I I -il' ' I E lu p II I :-- V I 1 I 4,4 s I I : I sl M mir wt u u s r l l l l I l 9 , h A s A l Reg r ,. ' the increase in zhe ' . . ' h ' ' , , c ' all knowledge literally crowded the class- Firm hold on thesminds olthe enterprising . I' - I .S ' , ' . N H . c t pri ' n i, ' s d ll ol -l vf , Th F ltilla t ol . Q F' s ' ' ' V ' A sa e X U ' l l l :- . . 4! I N Hx J . Y . 4.5 l- id I thi l I A lllh Q clags I um g Fatty? , . 4 '. eg ' . t 12

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CRIOLE ln the hles at South l-hgh School there IS a copy ol a l3Ittsburgh newspaper publIshed ID 1898 ln a promlnent place on the lront page appeared thus Item Dr R H Holbrook IS PrIncIpal of South l-lIgh School and wlll teach mathematlcs and booltlceepmg Professor Holbroolf IS a great addItIon to Pnttsburgh s educatIonal lIfe l-le s a wrIter of note on tODlCS ol Interest to hIs professIon, and a platform and VIneland N J , and at Ayer, Massachusetts For many years he was VIC2 pI'lI'1CIDdl and General Manager of the Natlonal Normal Unlversltv at Lebanon, OhIo, and Iust prror to hIs comlng to Prttsburgh was a member ol the faculty ol a State Normal School of Clarnon, Pa For a perIod of twelve years untIl hIs death In 1910 thus leader ID educatIon gave from hIs rIch early experIence a noble and endurIng SZFVICZ to the youth of South l-llgh School and to thIs communlty l'lIs lIle was an Insplratlon, hIs teachIng a revelatlon, hIs counsel an anchor to rIght and happy lIvIng and hIs Interests a door to the ever wrdenlng happy vIstas of llle and the future 1938 14 institute lecturer ol vast experience. l-le was Superintendent of Public Schools in