South High School - Southerner Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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l Page PARLEY GILES FRANCES BENNION MARJORIE VOMBAUR President Vice-President Secretary The Post Graduates HE Post-graduate Association has been one of South High's real assets during this beginning year of its existence. The fact that the class enrollment has been small would appear to be quite a disadvantage, but in spite of its lack of strength in numbers, this group has made 'its strength of purpose felt in various ways. Under the enthusiastic leadership of its officers, Parley Giles, president: Frances Bennion, vice-president: and Marjorie Vombaur, secretary, 'it has functioned as a substantial help to Senior and Junior class activities. With whole-hearted zeal, these leaders have entered into the duties devolving upon them as leaders in an Association which has proved to be a valuable part of the student body. People seldom improve when they have no other model than themselves to copy after. The aim of the group has been to set a worthy example for the younger members of the student body. Perhaps this fact has been the force behind the many worthwhile achievements of the class, which has given splendid exhibitions :of pep and school spirit and has loyally supported all scholastic enterprises. Particularly, the high types of entertainment displayed in the well conducted Post-graduate Assembly programs is concrete evidence that this aim has been commendably carried out. Since they are older than the members of other classes and since some of them have had an opportunity during the interval between graduation and re-entrance of school to benefit from the broadening influence of contact'with actual life problems, they are well qualified to act as models. They have created an atmosphere of business- like procedure for 'iOur School, which ,would not ,have been possible had the student body been composed only of younger memlbers. Their dignified behavior has served to offset the youthful exuberance of under-graduates. Though they are not considered regular high-school students nor allowed to enter any form of ,high-school competition, the Post-graduates have taken active interest in such things. Thus, though unable to gain glory for themselves, they have been instrumental in gaining glory for South High by inspiring eligible contestants to more lively participation. The success of all the school literary productions has been due, to an appreciable extent, to the cooperation of Post-graduates with Senior and Junior members of publication staffs. Their experience and wider knowledge, together with their willing- ness to help, have been of invaluable assistance to those who were hitherto unacquainted with journalistic practices. In view of their year of service they deserve the heartfelt thanks of a grateful student body. They certainly have followed Thoreau's advice- Be not simply good: be good for something. Z4

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1, 1 I Y 3. 4 I fl J tl, i I 1 I 0 1, ffl? I, I 0 f'f'f1l'w,. ,ffff,. f,.Z,.f',.' 0 1 ELMO GARFF President lu eni' o y lcers S d B cl Off' S are the officers, so is the school! Our student-body president, Elmo Garff, has proved his ability as an executive, not only in his leadership of unifying school spirit, but in the organization of our student-body government. Many innovations in school government were sponsored under his supervision, and his administration has proved both outstand- ing and superior. Miriam Bennion, vice-president, has set new precedent in student-body executives -representing the Junior class in student? dership. '- Helen Lawrence. our recor er, as M co-worker with the president and vice- -X 1 resident, has aided and abetted t m is., urthering all student activities. Alto ether, the success in ni ation and school activities of this first year of g 71 o . 5 Our School is due chiefly to the K rts of these excellent student-body officers. , O 32N Q I , ' A xl l l n l ' 'Y' 'J ' if J - i x El f 5 n r, ,Q . if 'X 11 il ., V N i F X V' tl l MIRIAM BENNION ELEN, RENCE VIRGIL COOMBS l . . R . Vice-President D4 Secretary -Treasurer 1' 1 K ' A ---- ---5 -iff, -.1i:1f::?4:::1::-L-:'.:z.:-.--.-..-Wizrig-U- 1:,::,:.E.:4s::,'i:?4:'1:.' ::::r:::' W' .1351 514 f17ffl' , sf tl' l a Page , A:

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GRANT EVANS BETH WEGENER ANTIONETTE WILSON President Vice-President Secretary The Senior Class Let us then be up and doing With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing. HE sentiment expressed in these lines from Longfellow has guided this first Senior Class. which upon entering South High was confronted with the problem of originating suitable precedents, not only for the Juniors. but also for all student organizations to come. The undertaking could not do otherwise than proceed with efficacy when tackled by such an enterprising group as this one led by Grant Evans. President: Elizabeth Wegener, Vice-President: and Antionette Wilson, Secretary, whose unflagging efforts have gone far toward making South- Our School -one of which anyone can be proud. The Seniors have taken the initiative in every type of activity in the curriculum. Had they been a slothful, indifferent class, unheedful of responsibility, instead of an energetic, creative one, the enjoyable programs, dances, and other entertainments which they have sponsored could not have been so effectually conducted. Senior work in competitive athletics has been characterized by true sportsmanship and unusual ardor, strength, and ability. Accomplishments in this field include a wrestling championship, distinction in basketball and football, and honors in track, tennis, swimming, golf and archery. The class first met at South High as a heterogeneous mixture of students from various school environments. Their traditions and customs, which were to be incorporated into the new organization, were naturally of a conglomerate nature. Thus arose the necessity for promoting a congenial relationship among the class members and for welding all these hitherto unassociated fragments into a homogeneous whole. Because of their success in meeting these and other problems characterizing the beginning steps of any undertaking, these first graduates may, in days to come, look back with satisfaction and pride upon the results they 'have achieved. All too soon their only year of high-school life at South High has come to a close. They realize with regret that now come scores of reluctant goodbyes and the breaking of many enjoyable associations. The serious hours of study interspersed with the happy hours of fun are gone beyond recall except in memory. Those who now leave these beloved surroundings will perhaps some day pause in the various walks of life to engage in pleasant reminiscences of the days of '32. They advance to wider realms with the aim, We shall continue the progress begun at South High. With high hopes that the trust, which they are passing on, will be accepted with serious realization of its importance, they unstrap the sack of responsibilities from their shoulders and shift it to those of the waiting seniors-to-be. 'Tis not that their backs are weak, But that their work is done, 'Tis not that their strength is gone, But that the race is run. Page 2 5