South Park High School - Dial Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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M950 Wawyfw ADMINISTRATION

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M E M O R I A M s MISS WINIFRED OGRADY Teacher of Domesfic Science af Soufh Park High School, l9I5- l935 Died Augusf 23, I936

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H I S T O R Y The hisTory Tor The school year I935-36 begins wiTh a descripTion of The Com- mencemenT Exercises in June, I935, owing To The TacT ThaT The Dial goes To press beTore The exercises of The currenT year are held. The Theme of The exercises was The Bimillennium oT Horace and The oraTion Horace, The Man was given by Raymond Berg, while Jean E. Davies spoke on Horace, The PoeT . The presidenT of The class, John Donohue, delivered The valedicTory. The graduaTing class num- bered Three hundred and nineTy-Two, sevenTy-Tive oT whom received Their diplomas WiTh Honor indicaTing ThaT eighT oT The required TiTTeen uniTs were earned wiTh a RegenTs' mark oT 90 per cenT or above. Two hundred and sixTy-Tive graduaTes received diplomas WiTh CrediT having averaged 75 per cenT or above in eighT oT The required TiTTeen uniTs. One hundred and TwenTy received RegenTs' College EnTrance Diplomas. A The UniversiTy of The STaTe oT New York awards TorTy scholarships annually To The sTudenTs in Erie CounTy who have The highesT average based on marks aTTained in regular RegenTs examinaTions. These scholarships enTiTle The holder To one hundred dollars a year Tor Tour years, while aTTending college. SouTh Park High School graduaTes oT June, I935 made a remarkable record in winning TwenTy oT The TorTy scholarships awarded To Erie CounTy. CongraTulaTions are due The following sTudenTs Tor bringing This unique disTincTion To Their Alma MaTer: Joseph R. Kinzie, Grace B. Ruckh, Thomas W. Cosgrove, Eileen M. Carney, James B. DownTon, William J. Dress, Rhona P. Garvey, Norma H. Newman, Adele G. BarTz, BeTh M. Erickson, Charles D. Humphrey, Lorinda C. Marshall, Jean E. Davies, Joseph P. Hourihan, Amelia A. Schnurr, Margery M. Mason, Mary E. Gallery, MarTin B. O'Donnell, Gregory E. McKinnon, Jack W. Herrmann. The Gold Medal Tor highesT scholasTic sTanding during The Senior year was won by Grace B. Ruckh wiTh an average oT 98.8, and This pupil also won The Jesse KeTchum medal Tor The highesT average during The enTire Tour years in high school, wiTh a mark oT 97.5. AT The close of school in June, Two members oT The TaculTy, Miss Mary E. CoTTer and Miss Alice J. RyTher, reTired. During Their long period of service aT SouTh Park, These Teachers worked unTiringly and conscienTiously in The inTeresTs of The boys and girls oT our school, and They carry wiTh Them inTo reTiremenT, The goodwill and besT wishes oT all Their colleagues, as well as The Triendship and esTeem of sTudenTs and members oT The alumni. STudenTs and Teachers were shocked To learn oT The deaTh oT Miss Winifred O'Grady, former Head of The DomesTic Science DeparTmenT and Manager oT The caTeTeria, in AugusT, aTTer a brieT illness. Ever ready To lend a helping hand To TurTher The success of any school underTaking. noTed Tor her kind-hearTedness, chariTy and generosiTy, her passing Took Trom us a loyal SouTh Parker, and leTT a void which will be diTFiculT To Till. School opened Tor -The new year SepTember 9, wiTh anoTher large increase in regisTraTion, 3560 having regisTered by The end oT The TirsT week. AnoTher annex Ten