South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The Phi Beta Sigma is the “baby” sorority of the school, and also the largest. It was organized only a few months before graduation and on its rolls we find the names of thirty-three senior girls, many of them famous on the rostrum, on the basket ball floor and in the class room. In their number we find both the valedictorian and the salutatorian. Miss Lula Stobbs is the leader of this group. The Gamma Sigma “frat” was founded in our Junior year and is the only fraternity in the school. Among its members we find the names of many famous athletes, orators and statesmen of South high school, having contributed all four presidents of the class of ’03. Although in the past year there has been an organized attempt to break up the “frat” it has weathered the storm and is now stronger than ever with the brightest possible prospects for a successful season next year. Eleven members of this industrious colony will graduate this year. AN ODE TO THE SENIORS I remember, I remember, When we first started in; We were but puny freshmen then, How young we must have been! We did not start a bit too soon, Nor make too long a stay; We’ve had an awful lot of fun, And hate to go away. I remember, I remember. When we were sophomores, Our courage often failed us then, Hard by the class-room doors. We studied Webster’s Rhetoric, And History by Myer; They both were curious looking things, I’ve seldom seen one dryer. 5

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THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS N the midst of all this rejoicing and the praise which the class of ’03 is receiving, it really is a shame to mention it, but the truth of the matter is, this great and illustrious class has been condemned by outsiders for being clannish. And it must be admitted that the charge is true. The class contains all sorts of cliques, frats and sororities. Among these we see the “Seven American Classics,” “The Great Trio,” “The S. H. Quartette” and last but not least, the Phi Beta Sigma sorority and the Gamma Sigma fraternity. The first named “clan” consists of seven very studious and classical young ladies, who shine in all their classes. They are all on the honor roll and that you may recognize their works in future years, we herewith attach their names, Clara Friedheim, Rose Schussler, Anna Dahl, Mildreth Haggard, Gertrude Williams, Celia Tannar and Ella Long. The “Trio” consists of the most dignified (?) young ladies in the class, being Harriet Brearley, Ellen Hall and Blanche Scallen, all noted for the earnestness which they display in the pursuit of knowledge. Now, gentle reader, just to prove that there are a few boys in the class we speak of the great and only “S. H.” quartette. These four young gentlemen arc the pride and pet of Miss Marsh’s sixth period Virgil class. But for them the recitations would become monotonous and uninteresting. With their assistance however, things are kept moving. In their number we discover “Bob” Edquist, “Cheerful Charlie,” “Happy Harry,” and “Plain Old” Haslund. 4

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I remember, I remember, The Physics, our delight. The booklets and the “Pancoasts” red We loved with all our might! The class-room where the teacher drew Strange circles in the air; We’d like to skip this period, But, Oh! we didn’t dare! I remember, I remember, One time I didn’t flunk; The girls were eating candy then, And offered me a chunk. ’Twas but a piece of peppermint, But now ’tis little joy To know I’ll ne’er be treated more In school, by girl or boy. I remember, I remember, Demand for boys was great. We used to think their number small, And sadly mused on fate. But for their number, they, of course, Are never to be blamed; And of our boys we certainly Have never been ashamed. I’ll remember, I’ll remember, My class through thick and thin; Of her I always shall be proud, As I have always been. Her metal’s of the truest steel; And may it always be South High school's noblest, truest class, Dear class of 1903! —Mabel Marcella Parker, Class Poet. 6