South High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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To Mr Black who retnres after forty four years of actlve SSFVICS In the edu catIonal field we bld adIeu Mr Black recelved both hIs elemen tary and hIgh school educatIon In Grove CIty Stlmulated by the desIre to teach he entered Grove Cnty College where he recelved has Bachelor of Arts degree In 1910 In the same year he began hIs teachnng career and taught In Cora opolIs McKeesport Johnstown and Unlontown before comlng to South Hugh ln 1924 he began teachlng LatIn and Mathematlcs here at South He held the posItIon of Head Math Teacher under Mr McLaughlIn and also taught durmg the admInIstratIon of Mr Sterllng and Mr Shannon In 1935 he recelved hIs Mas ter of Arts degree from Columbaa UnI VSVSITY He reached the peak of hIs re markable career ID hIs years at South Durlng hIs thlrty years at South Hlgh In addItIon to has Inestlmable work In the math department Mr Black has had an actIve part In many extra currIcular ac TIVITIBS He has sponsored many senIor classes and carrIed out admIrably all the responsIbIIItIes that sponsorshIp entaIls such as numerous senIor dances and f1ne commencement programs He IS also credlted wIth the Introduchon of chess In the PIttsburgh Publuc Schools Under hIs leadershIp pIonshIp an honor coveted by all hlgh school enthuslasts of thIs game of oguc In hIs earller days at South Mr Black dIrected a hlgh school mIlItary drIll team and was so to speak a ploneer and precursor of the ROTC drIll teams whIch are now seen on college campuses As proof of has many dIverse Interests he also sponsored one of the two lIterary SOCIETIES here atSouth But durIng has long career at South Mr Black has always shown hIm self to be far more than lust a teacher He has gaIned a well deserved and envIable reputatIon for beIng a good frIend to hIs puplls He has wldened hIs professlonal scope untIl It has Included a personal Interest In hIs students also He has made Invaluable contrubutlons to our school and we shall mlss hIm ln addItIon to hIs many honorable posItIons he was elected PresIdent of the PIttsburgh Teachers ASSOCIGTIOH In 1951 and served In that capacIty untll February 1953 PFSVIOUS to thIs tame he had been treasurer of the AssocIatIon for four years and a member of the salary commIttee for ten years HIs work accomplIshed Mr Black can look back upon a worth whIIe experuence In the educatIonal f1eld As he and hIs charmlng wIfe contem plate the future In theIr new home under the sunny skIes of Floruda the faculty and student body of South HIgh smcerely wlsh them the well earned 'oy and happIness whIch they deserve 6 O . , ' , . I D I I I . , - I , . , our own South High chess team won the Western Pennsylvania chess cham- . . I . . . I ' . I I I Il' ll ' - - , I ' I I I ' ' . I

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ma ny obstacles to JAMES E SHANNON To the Graduating Class Our heartlest congratulations to you graduates of the class of 1954 As you com plete your courses here at South It IS our sincere hope that the educational tralnlng have participated an wlll flt you to grasp the opportunntues lufe offers and to dns charge the greater responslbllltles that you now assume In a successful manner Mav you enloy a full measure of happiness and success You have chosen Tame as the theme of your yearbook and nt ns best that you con suder Tume not as recorded by the clock but as to the use you make of It The twelve years you have spent enloylng the many educational opportunntues In the great American system of publlc education IS rela tively short compared to the usual lnfe span lt IS Important though that you have used these twelve years ln a satisfactory manner to Improve your habits and attutudes suffl clently to meet graduatlon requirements and to prepare for the time ahead I I , To make the most have a real purpose nn ually strlve toward the vusloned There will be of tame one must mlnd and contm goal one has en surmount many set backs to make up but the graduate who IS determined wlll suc ceed No man becomes spnrutually mcrally or intellectually wealthy by waltlng for great thmgs to happen If you want time for great accomplushments spnrltual growth and a sense of achlevement do not walt for lt nt seldom lust happens! Make It by definuteness of purpose concen tration of effort devotuon to your asm and puttung your heart unto your work In thus crntlcal stage of our countrys history the responsubllntues you face loom larger than any you have previously faced but nf the responslbulutues are greater and the planmng ns more dnfficult It ns also true that the opportunutles life offers are also greater for the graduate wlth a determined purpose a devoted courage and a sense of vlsnon who uses every moment to achleve the goal Samuel Ullman says Youth IS not a time of lnfe It us a state of mmd It as a temper ofthe wlll a quality of the lmaglna tlon a vigor of the emotions ut IS a fresh ness of the deep sprlngs of llfe Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over tumudnty Nobody grows old by merely llvmg a number of years people grow old by desertung theur :deals Every moment IS preclous make good use of ut strave eternally for the goal you have set and wuth fauth nn God and In your fellow man you must succeed It has been a happy experience know Ing you workmg wuth you and for you and It IS our prayer that you may at all tnmes use those fine qualutues we know you possess and that they may lead you to suc cess and happiness Very sincerely yours James E Shannon I - - . . I I I I . I i . . I . I I . . . , I , 1 I I , I . . n H . and the extra curricular experiences you - . - - - I I il . ' . . I , . . . ,, . . . I . F - . I . . . . ' , ' ' 2 I 3