South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Wins Recognition for Current Events Column Extending International Good Will, Understanding This semester, Jon Ma-lancy has been editor-in-chief. The co-editors have been Sewell Glinternick and Charles Hamilton; news editor, Joyce Jong-quist; departments, Nonna Tonne and Thelma Odom; art. La Verne Ford; sports editor, William Schacppi; editorial assistants, (Jcral-dinc Bolter, Corrinc Rubcl, Dorothy Johnson, Annette Kallberg, Don Holst, Claude McGinnis, Betty Sathcrlic, and Shirley Mel-hus. The general manager is Eleanor Reed; the business editor, Elizabeth Johnson; advertising head, Marlys Quamstrom; club editor, Doris Povsha; and the exchange editor, Dan Lenmark. Next year’s staff will have Sewell Glintcr-nick as editor; Charles 1 lamilton, first page editor; Betty Sathcrlic, third page editor; department editor, Dorothy Johnson; managing editor, Shirley Mclhus; sports editor. Bill Schacppi. I he general manager will be Don I lolst; the general adviser, Jon Malancy; the staff photographer, Earl Scubcrt. Stanley L. Nelson, instructor in advanced type, has been business adviser the last seven years. Above: EDITORS AT WORK ARE Charlotte Cyert. copy editor; Robert Cum-bey, editor-in-chief; Jon Malancy, assistant editor; Norma Tomte. and Thelma Odom, second page editors. SOUTHERNER STAFF, left, includes FIRST ROW: Christopherson, Bcrglund, Berglund. Malaney, Cumbey, Odom, Tomte, Forsberg; SECOND ROW: Hanson. Magee, Grady, Amdahl. Melquist, Ticknor, Glenn. Bolter; THIRD ROW: Cyert. Nelson, Olson. Keane. Harper, Dvorak. Rubcl; FOURTH ROW: Quamstrom. Michalik, Osterberg, LaCroix, Johnson, Maddson, Jorgenson, Mulvahil; FIFTH ROW: Dan-born. Fredrickson, Pederson, Stone, Lease, Swenson, Pearson. C 23 3

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min A PANORAMA of world events, “The American Way, ' outstanding current event column of the “Southerner”, South I ligh newspaper, has won high honors and distinction for the part it has sought to plav in extending international goodwill and understanding. Students have expressed their views on current topics in the news, the second front, the African invasion, the battle of supply. Much credit for the success of the “Southerner” belongs to Miss Helen Blais-dcll, who, for nearly a score of years, has been the energetic adviser and friend of the staff and of the paper. With an international background. Miss Blaisdcll was well equipped to organize a paper that would portray American youth in high school life today. She has visited the Orient, the near I Last, and Europe, and is familiar with the American continent. .Miss Blaisdcll's resignation from the teaching profession last January left a position difficult to fill. Miss Ruth Petri, formerly of Edison High School, has taken Miss Blaisdcll’s place temporarily. South High Newspaper Whose Purpose Is An able aide of Miss Blaisdcll in the past two years has been Robert Cumbcy, editor of the “Southerner” until this spring. Robert's sincere efforts have helped the “Southerner” achieve its platform of glorifying the true school spirit. The “Southerner” has participated in every student and war effort sponsored by the school. The Red Cross and its work have been featured in every issue. Also featured have been letters and news of South I ligh boys and girls in the service of their country. 1 folder of the Quill and Scroll International Superior Rating, Medalist from Columbia Scholastic, and All-American from the Scholastic press, the “Southerner” has attained the highest honors to be obtained by a school paper. Mitt BUitdell «nd Robert Cumbcy t 223

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 BACK ROW: Berglund, Cumbcy, M«l«. n«y, Berglund: FRONT ROW: Odom, Tomte. Ticknor. Quill and Scroll Members at South Win Recognition for Literary Compositions AS the youth of today must express its .hopes and ideals for tomorrow, the Quill and Scroll, International I lonorary Society for I ligh School Journalists has recognized excellent creative or journalistic work throughout the United States and other countries by admitting into membership student writers who excel. South High School has a large Quill and Scroll membership. Honorable mention placement in contests sponsored by the Quill and Scroll by members of the South I ligh chapter has proved the merit of several students this year. Honorable mention was attained by Jon Malaney and Norma Tomte in editorials, Sewall (ilinternick in headline w riting, Thelma Odom in the book review, and James Mourning in the sports story. Miss Helen BlaisdcII secured in 1926 the present charter for the Joseph Jorgcns Chapter. She helped organize South’s alumni organization of Quill and Scroll, and has been president and vice-president of the international organization. Three silver trophies now stand in the trophv case as achievement awards for present Quill and Scrollers, and members in the past. In 1933-34, Miss Louise Dragc, adviser of the 1943 Tiger, South High yearbook, was international president of the Quill and Scroll. The now famous Ruby Lgglcston, one time editor of the “Southerner”, was the first member of the South I ligh Quill and Scroll chapter. She is the winner of the Dodd Mead Redbook prize of Si0,000 for her novel “Turning Leaves.” Kay Mac-Bride and Bernice Schlemmer, prominent voung editors, are also alumni members of this group. Robert Witte, graduate of 1938, continued his studies of Journalism at the Univcr-sitv of Minnesota after a promising journalistic career at South. Alary Nelson, a former member of South’s chapter, is editor of the Johnson I ligh School paper, “The Currier, in St. Paul. The Quill and Scroll, an organization for the advancement of creative and journalistic writing in the secondary schools of the United Stares and foreign countries, was founded bv Dr. George Gallup, famous for the Gallup poll, in 1926. The organization has now a membership of over 2,000 schools. 1 C24]