South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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l-1 ,iltiil new fm' I F111 .T wil: 5' IIS I self wheeling out into Nicollet Avenue before millyuns and millyuns of people! At first you have the curiously exposed feeling that Hugh Britling says soldiers experience in going over the top , as if you had got up in a hurry and forgotten to dress. But you soon become conscious of your clothes again, and -that your nose itches abominably. And then, suddenly, a deep breath, an easy pace, and you have forgotten all about yourself, and only feel that you are a tiny, rhythmic part of something big and moving, something of whose long orange and black lines you feel vaguely proud, but which in -its turn is a part of something bigger and more significant. You are soldierly enough not to look at the crowd, but you sense with wonder its vastness and its quiet: for it is a solemn crowd. An occasional Wellcome applause, a few laughing calls of recognition, and that -is all. Behind it stands th-e consciousness of Messines Ridge, and of what the service Bags, so gaily carried, mean. It seems not more than ten minutes before someone orders, Break ranks l and you are stumbling over the parade ground in a harlequin mass of people and automobiles, becoming a mere terrorized pedestrian in a hat once more. But you have had your hour of glory: you have marched in the parade. H. R. F. Saving Food to Win the War HE South High lunchroom under Miss O'Dean's supervision has tried to follow all rules and regulations laid down by the government. Mondays and Wednesdays have been iwheatless, and bread, rolls and muffins made with substitutes have been served. Tuesdays, meatless. Fish and eggs have been served on these days. Thursdays have been sweetless days. No candy has been allowed on the counter, fruit and ice cream have taken its place. Fridays, though no special days, have generally been meat- less. All hot breads, cookies, and cakes made in the lunch room have been made with conservation flours. The portion of sugar has been reduced and the portion of bread has been theregulation allowance. A large number of pies and cakes for Red Cross sales have been made in the lunch room kitchen. Every one 'has taken kindly to all changes in the menu, a fact which shows that every one in our sch-ool is patriotic enough to live up to all these rules for the sake of the general good. 25

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Ffa' Cl 1621585 - M as - llElIlBllWTfiWlTrClWmj Mr. Jorxzens in the parade. Impressions of the Third Liberty Loan Parade l'.'XR.XDli is like amateur flramatics-much better behind the scenes. You clon't get the picture, but you have the interest ancl the thrill. ln the first place, you wait so long that it seems as if you had been born on Secontl Street, anrl harl starecl all your life at the grimy walls of secontl- hanrl shops, anfl at the soileml anrl unsteacly population who stare back. Your interest is centereil in the particular cobblestone to which you have been assigneilg your only thrill is the unvvarrantecl feeling that if you stray as far as the curb you may be stranflecl forever. You have a cleep sense of injury at not being able to see the rest of the procession. You feel sure that all the glory of the earth in tissue paper caps is passing flown Nicollet Avenue, half a block away. Meantime, there is much interesting comment on how military Mr. .lor- geus looksg whether Mr. Carlson would have been more imposing in a uni- form, or Mr. Olsen grancler without oneg who is the hantlsomest captain, where Aaron XX'arcl got his pink carnationg whether Miss Holtz has consentecl to wear an unclignilietl paper heaclgear. At last when everyone is quite tirefl anil hopeless ancl straggling, the gorgeous crimson banml in front begins to rumble, you scurry madly from your relaxeil position on the curb, the agi- tatecl captains give orrlers, you mark time, you keep your eyes on the shoulrler blarles of the person in front, the music blares, anrl in a mlaze you hurl your- 24

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El 1 1-in-iam UlWW Soldiers' Library Fund WO campaigns for the Soldiers' Library Fund gave the following results: Money Books Vol. Mag. Teachers ............. .... S 41.00 First week ............. 168 86 lfdda Club .......... . . 1.00 VVeek from Apr. 1-15. . . . Room contributions .... 34.48 From Troop 9. S. High August Meyer and f Boy Scouts ........... 20 12 George Monahan . . . . . 1.00 John Nelson ..... .... 1 .00 Total ................... S7848 Total ................ 188 98 The manual training department provided each room with a neatly paint- ed, little brown wooden box, in which students dropped their pennies. In this way the fund swelled, yet the pocket-book did not suiier. Every individual was requested to contribute standard or late books and magazines to the American Library Association, where they are distributed for use both in camps here in America and also for our boys over there. That even text books are acceptable is demonstrated by the fact that over three-fourths of the books having the greatest circulation are books of instruction. Besides doing their share of knitting and sewing for the Red Cross, Miss VVheeler's room completed three hundred scrap books to be sent to the Amer- ican camps. Her pupils were very industrious, working during vacant periods and after school as well as during the Red Cross Period. They plan to make many more of these books during the term. Miss Knappeifs room made a large number of the scrap books for soldiers' libraries and hospitals. They consisted of jokes, stories, cartoons and some more serious reading in the way of editorials. Mrs. C1ark's room made 200 scrap books consisting of jokes, current events and cartoons. SYLVIA HENDRICKSON, '18 X... N I 26