South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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HE B Senior classes of South High seem to have been dormant until the January class of ’08 entered, then a different atmosphere filled the entire building. Such a class, both in numbers and proficiency, was never before known or heard of in the annals of that institution of learning Never did a class have such a bright outlook ; never did a class accomplish so much as this one. It was a very short time before we were all known by students, teachers and principal; by the students because of our ever studious appearance, by the teachers by reason of our good behavior and brilliant recitations, and by the principal for never being sent to the office but often going there for advice. We finished our Freshman year in fine style, as we could not well do otherwise with such good instructors as Miss Brewer, who taught us, via est longas, and which we have since found to be true : Miss Green made crosses, pluses and minuses on the board EARL HAWTHORNE HAVERSTOCK Presnlcnt Page twenty-six

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but the only one we ever found her able to make well, was the latter. We delighted in going to Miss Dorr’s room to hear those fairy tales she is so fond of telling and to which we listened so attentively. We had often heard the older students talk about Geometry. The first few days we could not recite well because everything we had heard seemed too real, so we took our zeros and said nothing. The one o’clock row was never filled (more than once during any one period) and no one was ever sent to the office. Time passed swiftly during this second year of our studies and we were sorry when we had to bid adieu to Miss Schureman who tried so earnestly to show us the different kinds of feet when the only ones we knew anything about were large ones. We were very attentive in history when the subject was explained with many examples of the day by Miss Beck, indeed, we seemed to have learned more things while pursuing this subject than during the study of any other. The Salmagundi Club with its enticing opportunities caught our eye, when we entered upon our Junior year, and with Mrs. Buckman as leader we soon had a dramatic organization along with our social and educational studies. We heard about Scott, George Eliot, Brutus, Caesar and Shakespeare, when we were not rehearsing our plays, but this was not often. Many of our 438 members were ambitious and were not satisfied with only leading the school with high standings in studies so they entered a new field of work, athletics. Here many of them made stars of themselves and brot the standard of the school to its zenith in football, baseball, track and basketball teams, in fact the teams of both the boys and girls organizations were mostly represented by Juniors among whom we may mention : Chellgard, Lundeen, Solem and Haverstock, while the girl representatives were Misses Delvin, Smith and Eggers, three of the star girl basketball players. It was while Juniors that we organized as a class but owing to the fact that football season was on nothing out of the ordinary routine of school-life happened. We are now B Seniors and B room is our abode where under the ever watchful eye of Miss Kerr we are taught to become dignified as Seniors should be. The only time we are permitted to see our future home, A room, is when by virtue of our recitations Page twenty-seven