South High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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1939 7 1 5 i SOUTH HIGH SCHOGL 'Forty Years A-Growing 8 SOUTH

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SOUTH-.-l Our Editor lnterviews Dr. Ge-rwig iiGood morning, girls,'i said Dr. Gervvig as Eleanor pusateri and l entered luis otlice in tlwe Union Trust Building, llie kindly smile wliiclw accompanied liis greeting put us at ease immediately. 'iWonit you sit down, pleasef' be continued, 'land tell me wliat l can dolor youiii HDL Gerwigf' l began, Uwe represent tlwe Oriole Yearbook statl ol Soutlw ldiglw Sctiool. Vouive been visiting us, year alter year, to bring us tlwe best of assembly speakers, so we voted to dedicate our 1939 Yearbook to you. Ulliank you, girls, l appreciate ttiis l'ionor deeply, Wliat speaker liave l brouglit to Soutlw tliis year ttrat you likeff' MGH tlwatis anotlwer reason wliy weive come to see you: to tlwank you lor bringing us Dr. Frank Sayres. We liked lriis talk on 'Are You a llworouglwbredff so very mucli tlwat we liave adopted it as tlwe tlieme ot our Yearbook. ltiatis bow we came to dedicate our book to you. We were talking about men wtio measure up to Dr. Sayres' standards ol tlwe llrorougbbred, and we decided ttiat you were our ideal ol a tlworouglwbred in the Field ot education. Wonit you please tell us sometlning about tlie work you do for tlwe trick Commissionfyi Dr, Gerwig's eyes began to slwine, lr was apparent tliat lie enjoyed talking about tlwis work so very dear to liim. MOur work began in WQWO wlien lVlr. l-lenry C. trick gave a large sum ol money to be used lor tlie improvement ol ttie Pittsburgli Public Scliools. llwis lund was to be administered by tlie l-lenry C trick Educational Commission, and tlie establishment ot tlwis organization was tlie lullillment ol Mr. Frickis ambition to do sometlwing worttiwliile lor tlwe cliildren of tlwe city oi l3ittsburgl'i. iiWlwat lias tlie commission done, Dr. Gerwig, to carry out lvlr. tricks ideal? 'Alt bas lielped tlie clwildren ol our city directly and indirectly, directly, by bringing lwere some ol tlwe best speakers in tlwe country, indirectly, by sending six tlwousand ol our clwildrenis teacliers to summer sclwools all over tlie world to continue tlweir education and to broaden tlieir outlook. During tlwe summer it lias conducted a Social Service Course, in co-operation vvitlw tbe local universities, for ttie teaclwers interested in increas- ing tlweir knowledge lor tlwe vvellare ol our clwildrenfi You mean, Dr. Gerwig, tlwat by taking more college courses our teacliers are better able to lwelp us'?H Mbxactly. But tlwe Commission lias lielped you directly, too, tlnrougli tlrre nationally known speakers it lwas presented to you in tlwe many trick assemblies. Do you know wliat our aim lias been in presenting ttiese speakers?H iiYes, Dr. Gerwig. Weive discussed it olten in sclwool. You are trying to develop in us an appreciation ol tlie tlwree great ideals: tbe good, tlwe true, tlie beautilulf' Ulixcellent, girls. Service, trutlr, and beauty are tlie real ideals, tlre fundamental experiences ol lite. We lwave tried to select speakers lor you wlio represent tbese ideals, lor example, Dr. Sayres would typiiy service, Dr. Lorado Taft, beauty, and Dr. Samuel Sclwmucker, trutli. At present we are trying to secure more women speakers oi prominence because we realize tlwat more tlwan lwalf ol our audience is made up oi girlsf' Being girls, we discussed ttiis point turtlwer witli Dr. Gerwig, tlwen tlwanked trim lor granting us tlwe interview. Ulvlildred Williams, you're a dear for bringing me along, said Eleanor as we went down the long lwall. Hlt isnit every day a tiigli-sclwool student gets a cliance to meet a man like Dr. Gerwigf' 1939

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