South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Class Book, 1904 23 Otturial Following the precedent set by tl last senior class, we have published, and herewith present for your inspection, the Class Hook of 04. It is not without some difficulty that we have brought the venture to a successful issue, so we ask you to be lenient in vour criticisms, and to overlook, as far as possible, such faults as may appear. We wish to thank the contributors for the articles they have written, and the artist Thomas Foley and Adelbert Houston, whose work will brighten the pages that might otherwise seem dull. To the advertisers, also, we wish to address a word of thanks, for without their assistance this little book could never have been published. And finally, we ask those who may find themselves humorously mentioned .in the following pages, to receive such remarks in as kindly a spirit as they were written, and not to think that the editors are, in reality, as black as they are painted below. Hopefully yours.

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Class Book, i p o 4 25 GJhr ICttrranj atti Srhating Swirly The South High Literary and Debating Society had this year the most successful year in its history. Its membership lias been larger, its attendance greater and its team has gone farther in the state contest than ever before. A better spirit, that is, more enthusiasm, seemed to discover itself from the start. Within a few weeks after the society was reorganized the number of active members reached the fifty mark, and that figure has not been lowered during the year. The attendance has averaged about fifty-five or sixty, never falling below twenty-five, and twice passing a hundred. The new spirit was owing partly to the creation of a committee whose business it was to interview students with the idea of inducing them to become members. The committee did especially good work. Early in the year work was begun on the state question, the preliminaries being held on November 12. There were eleven entries. The finals were held on November 25. Messrs. Anderson, Cioodsell and Young, with Miss Tillie Will as alternate, were chosen as the team. The state question this year was upon the municipal ownership of public utilities. ()ur first debate was with North High. It was our first meeting with that school. Noth sides worked hard but on the night of the contest it was shown that South had worked a little the harder. She took the negative of the question, arguing against municipal ownership, while the team from North town, consisting of Pratt, Hughes and Turner, the affirmative. The contest was held in the South auditorium. The decision was unanimous in favor of the negative. The efficient aid and able guidance of Mr. Westerson told on the opposing team. Now our team began to cast about for new material for. on the same night East High had vanquished Central, and they must meet East to decide the championship of the district. The hoys again worked to win and again they won. The contest was held in East High hall and we chose to debate the negative again. The East team consisted of Wyman, McKercher and Peering, and they proved worthy foes, but the South Siders were too much for them. The decision was rendered two to one in favor of the negative. We were now champions of the fifth district. We