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

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H I S T O R Y was opened aT School No. 72 To accommodaTe l25 freshmen. Wifh These added accommodaTions, and The annex aT No. 67, we were able To Take care of The in- creased number, buT The main building was crowded To overflowing wiTh 3,020 sTudenTs. When iT is realized ThaT This building was originally builT To provide for approximaTely sixTeen hundred sTudenTs, one can readily appreciaTe The difTiculTy encounTered in providing for such a large number. The ChrisTmas season was celebraTed in The TradiTional SouTh Park manner. The enTrance and audiTorium were hung wiTh ChrisTmas greens, The leTTers To parenTs were wriTTen, and The beauTiful pageanT, wiTh iTs angel chorus, heralds, shepherds and kings was presenTed Thursday and Friday aTTernoons and again Friday evening before The ChrisTmas vacaTion. The annual re-union of The Alumni AssociaTion was held Thursday, December 26, wiTh Dr. Lawlor F. Quinlan, presidenT of The AssociaTion, presiding. The dinner in The cafeTeria and The dancing in The gymnasium, which was decoraTed wiTh lighTs and greens, made The evening one long To be remembered. The officers elecTed for The new year were: John Gallagher, PresidenT: William Wilson, Vice-PresidenT: Marcella Godfrey, SecreTary3 Bess Hamm, Treasurer. In all lnTerscholasTic conTesTs in oraTory, declamaTion, debaTing and essay wriT- ing SouTh Park was represenTed and won a fair share of The honors. MargareT E. McCullor Took second place in The Girls' DeclamaTion conTesT and Marion Brader won The American Legion-BuTfalo Evening News essay conTesT, which gained for her and her Teacher, Miss Emilie LineTTy, a Trip To WashingTon during The EasTer vacaTion. This is The second Time in The lasT five years ThaT a SouTh Park sTudenT has won This award. The winning essay appears on page 73 of This issue. On The aThleTic field, SouTh Park scored many noTable vicTories, beginning wiTh The Tieing of BenneTT for The Harvard Cup in fooTball, Tinishing second in golf and second in hockey, and closing The baseball season in a Tie for firsT place wiTh EasT High School. The members of The school band, wearing Their new uniforms, pre- senTed a brillianT appearance aT all The fooTball games, and Their rousing Tunes kepT enThusiasm and school spiriT aT a high piTch during The season. Large squads re- porTed for spring pracTice in Track and Tennis. and inTeresT in all branches of aThleTics ran high ThroughouT The year. The swimming Team was parTicularly successful in winning four meeTs, alThough iT was The firsT year ThaT SouTh Park was represenTed in This sporT. The lively inTeresT on The parT of The sTudenT body in all aThleTic endeavors is evidence of a healThy and wholesome condiTion in This branch of school life. Senior day was observed on June 2nd, a delighTTul brighT sunny day wiTh NaTure conTribuTing in iTs fullesT To make The occasion successful. The moThers of The seniors, The seniors, and The juniors Took parT in The beauTiful exercises in The audiTorium. The parade of The sTudenTs, impressive in numbers and appearance, The planTing of The class ivy, and The recepTion in The evening rounded ouT a day ThaT will be ofTen called To mind by The boys and girls of The class of l936. eleven

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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

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