South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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

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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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ETCETERA Above top: Where does it end? Above bottom: Ssssss The Garage Brings New Sound To The Twin Cities First Co-Ed Swim Meet Makes Big Splash What do you get when you mix a bunch of South Students together and put them in a swimming pool? An Intramural Swim Meet. The first annual meet was open to anyone who was willing to sign up. show up. and suit up. The meet included events of all sorts. There were the standard freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly races, and some other more goofy” races, according to Ejyo Katagiri. A pair of nylons had to be transferred from one swimmer to the next in the Nylon Relay. The same thing had to be done with sweatshirts in the Sweatshirt Relay. Suckers were given to the winners of each event, including the winner of the Silliest Dive Contest. I wish more people would have come. said Erik Olson, one of the organizers of the meet, It was fun! South Slitherers There were a number of people at South who owned snakes. Ethan Conroy. Ricky Foker. Eric Jorgensen, and the Purples all had different types of snakes living with them. Bullsnakes. pythons, a boa constrictor, a hognose and corn snakes all resided in the homes of these adventuresome people. Many people are turned off by snakes. They think snakes are all slimy and will squeeze people to death. Actually, snakes are very smooth and gentle. The above mentioned snakes are not poisonous, so they use constriction for the purpose of subduing their prey. According to Conroy, snakes are just like any other pet. You feed them and play with them. Many out-of-town bands wouldn't come to the Twin Cities because of Above: Swimmers take your mark the jgh COSf 0f renting a hall. A lot of places bands did play weren’t B“°w: m's ce' °9 ,n,8'8S n9! open to people without I.D. The Garage was an organization working to change all that. It consisted of about 20 young people from around the Metro Area who worked to organize more no-I.D. concerts. The Garage members needed money in order to reach their goals. Rent had to be put up for halls and P.A. systems, and bands had to be paid. One of the Garage's major goals was to have a hall which could be depended on weekly. That way, The Garage could guarantee out-of-town bands a place to play.