South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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“ Give a man a fish and he will eat t day, teach a man to fish and he will himself forever.” The ancient sage who spoke these wise words knew South High. We ail fish and we arc all fishing, always. To deny this is to deny our humanity. We are all students of angling in this, our pool. South High. The Melting Pot. The Jungle. The Record. We’ve seen and heard it all: all 'he views that have been taken of our school. All true their own ways. But beyond the homecoming games and the long orange buses lies something deeper, something we’ll all remember sitting in bed on a Sunday morning sixty years from now. What everyone has missed until now is the significance of fish in our lives. We are a school of different colors, shapes and backgrounds. That is South High, the melting pot. We are here for four years, at first we must be part of a school, and when we leave we are expected to be part of a nation. That is the jungle we pass through. We may be swimming in different directions, but for (continued on page 5) Top: Drum Major Jon Olson is pirated by a mutinous Tony Capra. Above: Opening kickoff of the 1985 • Homecoming Game. Right: Two loyal South fans be3m for the camera.