South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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SNO DAZE A WARM THEME FOR COLD TIMES The 1984 Sno Daze started out with a shorts and sandals day. It went through sunglasses day, hat day and then tacky tourist day. On Thursday, hat day, the Sno Daze Olympics were held. Students of all ages joined their class forces to defeat their competitors in basketball, volleyball, floor hockey, and tug-o-war. Friday's tacky tourist day was full of events. It started with a talent show and coronation sixth hour crowning Robert Goodsel and Liz Anderson as Sno Daze King and Queen, and ended with a Hawaiian luau dance in the commons for an exciting Friday night. There was a dunk tank for teachers, tropical refreshments and great music with junior Tom Scott as D.J. Overall the 1984 Sno Daze was a fruitful event. Far left: Melanie Majors, a happy tourist. Left: Oh my god! It's really me? Above: Electric Formation at work. Far left: It’s all in the family. Middle left: Senior Bob Schneider soliciting to an infant junior. Near left: An answer to his prayers 19

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SADIE HAWKINS Clockwise, starting with top left: You may kiss the bride. ; Two happy people sachet down the middle; Stick 'em up! ; Egg hides his face as Jessica turns her back; Bobby gets down to the hee-haw beat. HOWDY, PARDNER! The Sadie Hawkins Dance is as old as public education, and. unsurprisingly, the Sadie '83 was just like any other. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t fun! The National Honor Society put on the dance this year, advised by the always energetic Nancy Johnson. The main attraction was Mr. Barry as Marryin’ Sam (he just did it so he could kiss all the girls), either because the geriatric caller's PA was of poor quality or because everyone thought the caller was going to die at any moment. Couples could have their portraits taken while messin around in the corn patch, or the gals could have their guys thrown in jail as an excuse to get him out with a kiss. As you may remember, the scantily clad dance-attenders were met with an unpleasant surprise when they left the dance: the first cold, icy. slippery snow of the season. But what a great excuse to create body heat, eh? 18

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BLACK HISTORY WHO AM I? Who am I? was the question asked at the Black History program on February 23. It had many answers ... doctors, lawyers, poets ... the list goes on. It was on this day that Black students of South entertained the audience with songs from Duke Ellington and a skit in which they quoted famous Black Americans. Two speakers. Mr. Ron Edwards and Ms. Vivian J. Nelson, shared their individual experiences in pursuing their professional careers. During the week of February 20-24, South High was made aware of the contributions of Blacks in America’s history with leaflets distributed in homeroom. The nationally proclaimed Poet of the American Revolution” was black, as was the first man to make a successful operation on the heart, the man who performed the first blood transfusion, and even the man who invented peanut butter. Such information has often failed to be in history textbooks. It was a week when South High students could contemplate the all too often overlooked facts of Black History and a week when they could ponder the future. Clockwioo from top loft: A display tracing the move of blacks from Africa to America.; A showcase honoring cultural and social advances made by black Americans.; Josh Bunker sings his heart out.; The Black History Week committee sold a variety of ethnic foods-from peach cobbler to New Orleans Banana Crunch.; Selling soul food to South students. 20