South High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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FCI? 1934 Behold a Senioris Day O, for the life of a senior! Early morning finds the said class of '34 arriving at South . . . Later, much later-tardy ones sprint up the snowy walk . . . Then safely in home room they begin their studies for the day. CHiram Holdridge, Ruth Lincoln, and Violet Leisure are just resting a minutej . . . The next scene reveals ilichard Allen and coy Leigh Sweeny. who grin joyously because they didn't get up at a . Morning classes are represented by Frances Burnette, Mr. Maxfield, and Ruby Hinds as they experiment in the labratory . . . Meanwhile students in the library prop their books upon the long tables . . . Eleven thirty . . . Those wholive too far away lunch in 227 . . . Eating also concerns Beulah Verbryke and Eugene Gossard, posing by the lamp post. Back to school . . . The collection of mechanical drawing boys shows what an afternoon class looks like when they're not working . . . Then school is out and 1402 students melt away leaving only Eleanor Snider, Valeria Clapper, and Beulah Klingler walking gaily home. Of course there are a few fortunate enough to ride, as the car and big smile prove . . . Anything to get out, think the boys in detention as they stare at Mr. Vore and that black- board full of problems . . . There's football practice in the back lot . . . Elbert Biddinger starts for work . . . Gentlemen of leisure go calling on the girl friend. CBilly Vogelgesang, Robert Hilty, and Joseph Stahl seem to have landed on the same doorstepb . . . And so with a little get-together of Lucille Sharrits, Patty Dembsey, Betty Bathtel, and Pauline Parlette, the seniors' day slips into nightwork.

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PCT Q' GOLD and Books Arc Always With Us l-he Qltice OMES a time in the life of every student when a little slip of paper summons him to the office. There he meets a friendly, smiling person, Mrs. William Johns CMary to usj. Between answering the telephone, typing letters, and giv- ing excuses to pupils who just can't get to class on time, she directs the hesitant ones to the private offices of Mr. Davison and Mrs. Harris. Away from the babel and eternal tramp of feet in the corridors Mary per- forms daily the hundred duties of a school secre- tary. r sl' if IW J! The Library . E all have memories of time spent in the library reading short Sf01'i9S, C0HSCientl0uS1Y studying the history our text-book cou1dn't hold, choosing a book review, or grudgingly paying a fine. Besides using the library for supplementary reading and reference work, many students spend a free period there reading current magazines or leisurely browsing among the books. South Branch has a collection of 9,260 books, providing a wide choice in the selection of books to read, and subscribes regularly for fifty-six popular magazines and three daily newspapers. Few people remember the humble beginning of our library. It original- ly consisted of several hundred books, two book cases, and a table located in the hall outside room 227. After the new wing was completed, South Branch Library was established and opened on January 8, 1925, with a collection of 1,827 books. Since then it has grown into the library as we know it-a pleasant, well-lighted room with books on every subject under the sun. The library staH includes Miss Lela Thomas, librarian, Miss Mary Lathrop, and student assistants, Florence Harshe, Letha Arrants, Anna Hostetler, and Frances Burnette.

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Seniors Never Walk On the Lawn RICHARD ALLEN- Silver voiced tenor . . knows lots of jokes-the one about the-aheml . . . proud of his little green shanty. BERTHA ALGER-A tireless chatterbox . , . likes to attend parties and write notes . . . despairs of ever learning English. EUGENE ANDERSON-Editor-in-chief of Senior Year Book . . . rapid flow of speech . . . scientific mind. IRENE AUGSBERGER-Lessons are first in her life . . . small mouth . , . serene and poised . . . clever line of conversation. GEORGE BARRINGTON-George claims that life's just one tardy bell after another . . . intramural basketball . . . and apparently likes South. too. ROBERT BAXTER-Strums a banjo . . . says the right thing .it the wrong time . . . Dclphic oracle for Mr. Maxheld, BETTY BATHTEL-Plays the violin . , . President Jack's right hand lady . . . unusually large vocabulary. XVILLIS BAY-A big he-man tackle . . . just try and wipe the grin off his face . . . just try. MARGUERITE BEERYfTalks not much. but thinks deep- lv . . . quite dazzled, by- Mr. Freshwater's vocabulary . . . always knows her history. ELBERT BIDDINGEK-Q-Nliichievious . . . always has :t comeback for the teaeher-appropriate or not. POT 0' GOLD Allen Alger Anderson Augsberger Barrington Baxter Bathtel Bay Beery Biddinger Bowerman Bowsher Brandon Browne Burnet! Burnetle Chamberlin Chamberlain Clapper Clark l GEORGE BOWERMAN-Good old George . . . no one tries harder than George does . . . has an eagle eye with a rifle. DoRoTHi' BOWSHER-Prefers civics ro American history . , . Jane's pal for twelve years . . . little merry sunshine. LOREN BRANDON-Reggie Lowe's inseparable pal . . . who waits for him at room 223 after the fourth period? VIRGINIA BROWNE-Like Lochinvar, she came out of the west tDclphosl . . . nimble on her feet . . . red hair completes the color combination. MARION BURNETT-Simply must have a fuzzy cookie dusterw . . , anyone remember a certain episode in 201 a couple of years ago? FRANCES BURNETTE-Swell librarian . . . couldn't be kidnapped because she is always losing something that would be a perfect clue . . . dashing. ANNABELL CHAMBERLIN-Ready for fun . . . a will- ing helper . . . likes Spanish . . . dotes on typing stencils for Mr. Roberson. EDNA CHAMBERLAIN-Her cooking may he safely eaten . . . longs for a pink lace dress with a blue sash . . . likes to embroider. VALERIA CLAPPER-South's dancing daughter . chic . . . relishes salad and intellectual poetry . . . always has a bone out of place. LUCILE CLARK-South's future librarian . . . crisp efficiency . . . prepares her lessons with finesse . . . original.