South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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

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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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Ui N I 'i of .mm 1111: Uma' wk Mes I Y. M. C. A. Campaign HEN the campaign for funds for the Y. M. C. A. war work was planned, it was decided that the boys of the United States should be assigned a quota of 3l,000,000, of which sum the boys of Minneapolis were to subscribe 35,000. - The Minneapolis committee in charge of the campaign here decided that at least ten days would be necessary to complete the work of gathering the needed funds. S-teps were taken immediately and soon each high school had two teams of ten students eachg one team composed of upper classmen and the other of lower classmen. Besides these, there were several church and neighborhood teams. All teams were organized by the captain appointed by managers in charge. On Monday morning, November 12, 1917, the campaign started off like a shot. Everyone was enthusiastic and the members were encouraged greatly by the hearty co-operation of all the boys. At the supper that evening which was complimentary and provided by the central Y. M. C. A., a report was made out by each team and when all was tallied up the required quota had been over-subscribed by nearly 31,000 the first day. It was decided that one day more should be devoted to collecting sub- scriptions and accordingly the next day the Y. M. C. A. campaign machine worked diligently. That evening when all reports had been made out, the quota had been more than doubled and the total sum collected was 311,674.75 Of this sum West High School contributed 32,890.75, Central, 32,562.85g South, 3l,897.70g North, 3909.105 East, 3456.25 and the remainder was collected by the church and neighborhood teams. Lest we forget, Miss E. Friedlander contributed 330.00 and Miss A. Cotton 325.00. South's teams were as follows: Upper Classmen. 1. Irgwald Remen, Capt. 2. Henry Larson 3. Carlyle Jacobson 4. Earl Jensen 5. Lief Larson 6. VValter Hagen 7. William Sime 8. Arild Hansen 9. Carl Anderson 10. D. Holtzermann Lower Classmen. Maurice Wolfson, Capt. Frederick Maurer George Haynes Leo Ganyaw Sam Smilowitch Benj. Kleckner Harry Hagman ' Maurice Hersh Fred Dumas William Petersen. INGWALD REMEN, '18