South Hills High School - Lives Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Musings of a Butterfly SENIOR ACTIVITIES I'm tired of this secrecy in attending Senior functions. It reminds me of my dormant cocoon days. I'm just going to burst open and confess everything Ilve witnessed and done at all these delightful activf ities. JUNIOR-SENIOR DANCES I'll begin with the JuniorfSenior Dances, for they were really the things that got me started. One afterf noon in late September, while looking for something to do, I wandered into the girls' gym. The time was about 3:30. As I lighted upon the rail surrounding the balcony, I was amazed to see such queer goings on. Harmonious noises were streaming from one corner, and there were people going around the floor as though their life depended on their covering the area in a required time. Five boys with dunce hats were standing in the center of the floor. On further investigation and by eavesdropping, I found that this was a typical afternoon school dance and this partif cular one, a tag dance. Being an inquisitive butterfly, I fluttered about during the whole program and gained valuable information for myself. I discovered that these dances were held every month by the faculty social committee, consisting of Misses White, Schmidt, and McCahill, and Messrs. Heatly, Harringf ton, and Mackg that well known orchestras provided the musicg and that the novelty programs were made by the Print Shop. I treasured all this and returned a month later for the next dance. True, I had to remain a wallfflower, for lack of a partner, but nevertheless, I enjoyed myself so thoroughly by watching these frolickers that I was content to sit back. CLASS PICNIC At the May Dance, there seemed to be a certain strain or tenseness in the atmosphere. I thought to myself, This will never do. I must get to the bottom of affairs. This, I immediately proceded to do. After about fifteen minutes of flying around, I found the cause. The Senior B's had decided to hold their class picnic on June 2, at Woodland Crest, in South Park. Since my orange wings, dotted irregularly with brown, corresponded exactly with this class' colors, I unofiicially attached myself to this group and deter' mined to attend the picnic at any cost. That day was the happiest and flightiest day of my life. There were so many people around that I didn't know where to go or whom to follow in order to obtain the best results. I saw our boys defeat the 12A's in a base ball game, and from there I hurried to the horse shoe pitching boxes in time to see Erch Reinheimer ring Marie Giel's five toes instead of the peg in the box. Close by, were Dot Heldt and Roscoe Pastory calling for a meal. It was a good suggestion and was unanif mously agreed upon by all. How those Seniors did eat! With much difficulty I reached the decision that Murray Schwan defeated Bill Lentz, by one lolly pop, in the matter of devouring the most of the eats. Around seven olclock these cheery people joined the 12A's at Spreading Oak and spent the rest of the evening dancing. HALLOWEEN PARTY After a vacation, school and all its socials reopened in September. My friends were dignified Senior A's by this time. I tripped with them through the month of September and October to the night of the 26th, the time of the great Halloween dance. I graciously offered my services for use in preparing for the gay festivities, but I was shooed away by the boys who thought I was more of a hindrance than a help. I left but returned early in the evening to find a beautif ful and mysteriously decorated dance hall. There were 96 lanterns QI counted themj hanging from the ceiling. Not unmindful of the time of year, ghosts and skeletons could be found dangling from nooks and corners. My biggest thrills came with the arrival of the parties in various costumes. It was most diflif cult to identify even the most prominent. When the time came for the presentation of the prizes for origif nality of costumes, the graduating class again carried away honors. A girl by the name of Loretta Grimm took first prize as an engineeress, QI couldn't find the enginej and one who answered to the name of Bill Lentz copped first of the boys in a strictly feminine attire. A little girl dressed in blue and white fthey called her Ruth Kalkolfj also claimed an award. PROM AND COMMEN CEMENT For over a year, now I have fluttered along with this class, and you may rest assured that I will not be missing when the time for the prom and Commencef ment rolls around. From what I gather, this prom, to be held january 26, at the Islam Grotto, is to be the greatest ever. It probably will be, for with such a class fnot excluding me as the mascotj how could it be anything but a success? Then Hve days later, January 30, a formal Commencement exercise will be presented.

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n .Q g-.::2,. . :'vz- . at . ' .f Er. sp O W 1923 ., , . - . .. V . 1' J .- .0 'X 3 V ..,fffWff WM .,H! Wfmmf, ,f,,,., f-. .sxxxwmxxlllx hh WNm lx xxxllWm hNNxxxii.., Honor Society Once each semester a group of students, who have distinguished themselves in scholarship, character, leadership, and service during their high school career, are admitted to the Honor Society, the greatest single honor it is the privilege of the institution to confer upon them. This award is, undoubtedly, the most coveted of those given by the school, for, in order to obtain it, one must be practically perfect in the four requirements formerly noted. These requirements are the basis upon which the modern school system is constructed. The Society is a nationfwide institution, having chapters in most of the prominent secondary schools of the nation. The flaming torch and the keystone are combined to form the emblem of the National Honor Society. At the base of the keystone are implanted the letters C S L S symbolic of the four inherent or basic prinf ciples of the society. The flaming torch portrays the purpose of the organization to keep the light of edu' cation and truth constantly before the people, to keep, in the school, the ambition of the student to learn that he may lead others, and to serve others by means of the perfection of those four principles upon which the Society stands. The South Hills chapter of the National Honor Society was launched with a membership of seventeen on April 22, 1929. During the four and one half years of its existence, there have been sent through its portals of honor one hundred and thirty members. This is an average of fourteen and one half members each semester, drawn from a possible twentyfseven hundred students. Through these statistics, one may gain an intimation of the high standards of this or' ganization. The present members are the following: Mary C. Duffy, Charles W. Blaker, Marie Giel, Thelma Glaze, Margaret Gottfried, Margaret Klinf zing, William Zeiler, Mildred Von Schaven, Mary NVheeler. The members newly initiated are the folf lowing: Arlene Allen, Claire Basset, Bertha Bender, Greichen Burgess, Betty Duncan, Rosemary Flower, Zelda Gutmacher, William Hoffman, Robert Make' peace, Anita Nelson, Francis Roehrig, Anna Sarraf, George Scharpff, Blair Schindler, Edgar Shor, Flo' rence Schmidt, Lydia Turner, John Tverdik, Margaret Watson, Alice Weitzell. May they continue their course of honor and success through life, aiding others to follow the prin- ciples of the emblem and setting an example of their own lives of which the organization might well be proud.