South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THE NEW GYMNASIUM SOUTH’S new gymnasium which has just been completed makes all her students and teachers prouder than ever of their wonderful school. It is made of a rose-colored brick combined with white stone window casements. Of the rooms in the building, the gymnasium proper, of course, is the most important. To insure against falling plaster, the walls are finished in brick. The equipment, being new, is better and more complete than that of any other school in the city. It includes stall bars, rings, parallel bars, bucks, horses, and new mats. The Moor is one of the largest in the city. In order to keep it in good condition, no one will be allowed on it during the day without tennis shoes. The old gymnasium was not large enough to properly accommodate the boys' and girls' classes. Now the girls will be well taken care of in the old gymnasium, which has lately been remodeled, and the boys in the new. For basketball the new gymnasium is a big improvement over the old one, both in respect to the floor and in respect to the height of the room. It will accommodate large crowds; the balcony alone will comfortably seat six hundred or more people. Besides the gymnasium, there are two commodious locker rooms, a shower room with thirteen showers, and a drying room. A small director’s room completes the plan of the first floor. On the second floor is a beautiful chorus room. Large windows on the South and West sides provide plenty of fresh air and sunshine. Approximately two hundred seats are arranged so that the pupils may sit in quartets. Although South loves the romance of her old building with its turrets and its tower, she also appreciates and enjoys the modern features of this new building. Myht

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Kxcerpts from Mr. Jorgcns’ speech arc as follows: “Every step of progress, every great triumph relating to society and government has been achieved through sacrifice; conquering the world with a spiritual conception, brought to the Prince of Men, a crown of thorns, a death on the cross. ’ “The greatest prince, the greatest peacemaker of our time, was the youth who during the great world conflict, went forth to kill war, to establish and maintain the triumphant determination that we have now and forever an honest world.” “ These young men were dedicated to a world justice, to honor, not advantage; the boys of South, like Ballentinc and Captain Curtin, were once eminent in the tournament; the honor of the field was dear to their hearts. It seems fitting then, that we should rear this wall to their memory.” “ I he lofty loyalty and patriotism of those soldier boys beat tenderly in our hearts, and though this wall will perish they shall still live in memory so long as men reverence a clear court, a fair field, even World-wide, above which shall rule a mercy-seasoned Justice.” In front of the Memorial Wall is a Memorial Park which the students will beautify with shrubbery and trees. Each organization next fall will plant a fir tree to one of the soldiers who gave his life for the World War. The names of the soldiers and organizations follow: John Curtin - - - - Blue Triangle Lt. William Ferguson - Torch Club George Gustafson .... Art Club Arthur Handstad ------- - - - - Girls Athletic Association Rodney Meighstedt - - - Debate Club Lt. Oscar Klingen - - - Edda Club Ensign Thomas McKinnon - - - - Linnaeus Club - Torchbearers Club Maurice Runberg Lt. Ciordon Russell Oscar Sattre Fred Nelson Sergeant Herbert Shaw G. Adolph Sund - - James Mathews - - Lawrence McHardy - - Svithiod Club - Silver Triangle French Department Hi-Y Club Meridian Club - Inkpah Club Pegasus Club I Fiction Club John Paul Parker Page Seven

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THE AUDITORIUM TI IE auditorium is indeed the heart of the school. During the months that the auditorium was undergoing the process of reconstruction, its less was felt by every student, teacher, and activity. South’s family had no meeting place in which they could rejoice over victories and talk over their woes. When the workers finally put away their implements of construction and three bells called the school to the first assembly period of the year, it was truly “a time of great rejoicing.” The auditorium displayed a new stage, made fireproof and equipped with a two-ton switchboard that regulated an efficient lighting system. A sprinkling apparatus attached to the roof as well as an asbestos curtain made the stage fireproof. The orchestra pit was enclosed by an iron railing, and two additional exits were built on the Eighteenth Avenue side. Since the opening of the auditorium, many meetings have been held, and the faculty and students have taken advantage of the remodeled stage and new lighting system by producing varied and beautiful programs. The January class play, “Rip Van Winkle,” the opera, “Sweethearts,” and especially the June class play, “The Bluebird,” were beautified by lighting effects and new scenery. During Good English Week, the various departments of the school combined their efforts to give to the school a colorful symphony of art; a delightful Tiger skit totalled up subscriptions for the annual; programs representing various holidays were successfully given; the January Commencement exercises closed the fall term and marked the beginning of another; pep meetings instilled a fighting spirit into teams and rooters. W hen the June Commencement program on “Minnesota” is rendered, it will mark the end of a successful year in auditorium history. Payr Mine