South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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TIGER EDITORIAL STAFF shows, seated, Lois Johnson: Gcr«ldine Bolter, album editor; Arthur Haglund. editor, first semester; Corinnc Rubel, co-editor, second semester; standing, Thelma Odom, associate editor; Marilyn Moriti, girls' sports editor; John Larson; June Rostad, coeditor, second semester: Norma Alesan-dcr, organizations editor; Norma Tomte, associate editor. Not on the picture are Kenneth Christopherson, sports editor; Barbara Nordstrom and Geraldine Snare, business editors, first and second semester. respectively. TIGER ART STAFF includes Virginia Olson; Catherine Berg, co-art editor; Martin Moldo, seated, photography editor; Earl Scubcrt, staff photographer; Constance Carlson, co-art editor. Standing behind are Dan Nordahl and Lennart Nelson, assistants. The staff artist is Donald Dickey, IS-ycar-old sophomore from advisory 125. Tiger” Staff Publishes All-School Book Picturing South’s War Contributions BECAUSE South High School has been “On the March” in its attempt to speed the war effort, the Tiger staff has issued an all-school yearbook dedicated to South’s participation in the war. Because the second world war is truly a world-wide struggle for the preservation and extension of democratic principles, the dedication also includes “the people’s march toward world democracy.” In charge of the staff during the first semester was Arthur I laglund, who was also all-school Hi-Y president. In charge this semester, were Corrinc Rubel and June Rostad. Corrinc was a member of the Tiger Revue Committee. Barbara Nordstrom was business editor during the first semester; Geraldine Snare, the second semester. In addition to Barbara Nordstrom and (ieraldinc Snare, advertising solicitors were Glenn Anderson, Eugene Hippe, Gordon YYigdahl, Robert Kommerstad, Yvonne Egerton, Lorraine Howells, Richard Anon-son, and Robert Sabako. The literary, art, and business adviser was Miss Louise Drage, instructor in English, who has had extensive experience in school publication work. Before coming to Minneapolis, she was in charge of the newspaper, magazine, and yearbook at the Rochester High School. For eight years, she supervised the publication of a seven-column all-American newspaper at Marshall High School, Minneapolis. She has studied journalism at Columbia University.

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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]

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Hi-Y Club Collects 3,500 Books in Victory Book Drive; Assists in Metal Collections I HR I Y-FIYE hundred books from the Southsidc district represent the total collected by members of the South 1 ligh I li-Y Club in the Victory Book Drive. In addition to collecting books for soldiers, the boys assisted in the scrap metal drives and in collecting money for the Y.M.C.A. Prisoners of W ar Campaign. The purpose of the latter drive is to furnish all interned soldiers with games, puzzles, and other forms of entertainment. The Hi-Y also sent out thirty members as War Chest speakers. They have assisted Dean Tallakson in acquainting South High boys with army, navy, and marine requirements. Their adviser is Delbert Xvholm, instructor in physics. The war effort, however, has not taken all the I li-Y time. School service projects and social activities have not been overlooked. 1 li-Y bovs have operated the secondhand book room, ushered at noon movies, commencement exercises, auditorium programs, and collected tickets at special school functions such as the Tiger Revue programs, the Sunset alley Dance, and special auditoriums. They have supplied football programs for all the home games. Among the activities at the Chapters socials were bowling, splash parties, hay rides, horseback rides, theatre parties, and wiener roasts. Sixty-five couples attended the allschool I li-Y party held at the Columbia Heights Field House in December. W ayne Allen’s band played for the dancing. Other social activities include the all-city Hi-Y New Year’s Eve dance at the Coffman Union ballroom at the University of Minnesota. Eighty-five students attended the Blue Tri-Hi-Y mixer held in April at the Y.W.C.A. All-school Hi-Y officers during the first were the following: Arthur 1 laglund, president; Marshall Everson, secretary; Philip Blackford, treasurer; Felix Clardy and William Forsberg, sergeants-at-arms. During the second semester the following boys served as all school 1 li-Y officers: president, Marshall Everson; vice-president, Jerry Dahlberg; secretary, William Forsberg; treasurer. Jack Beach; sergeants-at-arms, Glenn W illiams and Jack Julin. Officer for the Second Term Officer for the First Term C 26]