South Philadelphia High School for Girls - Portal Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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-.rn - www- - --,W -.,,..,,, - F om Our P7'Z'lZ6Zl0df - Dear Girls: There is a Chinese proverb: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Somewhere in your memory book, or autograph album, will you put it down, leaving space for me to write my name near it? For I should like to have you remember it always, and think of it when you are embarking on some new venture. Always when you are considering an undertaking which you know to be good, but which may be unpopular, think of this proverb. Support the project, and you are starting a long and courageous journey of upholding the good, the true, and the beautiful. Fail to support it, and you are beginning an equally long journey of cowardly side-stepping of responsibility. In other words, pioneering is all important to growth. We have tried to give you as broad an experience in school as we possibly could, so that you would have opportunities to take many first steps. Let me say that you have responded beautifully. The committee that brought to life your yearbook took an important step in accepting the responsibility for this undertaking that you all believed in and wanted. We teachers were doubtful about it for we feared the first, the middle, and the last steps would be left to your sponsor. You have yourselves achieved the Year Book. Bigger journeys open before you. Where are you planning to go-high over the mountains? lt is hard climbing, but the view from the top is glorious, and there's always the thrill of having struggled through heat and fatigue to the top,-or even towards the top. You're not just drifting, are you? Look out, or you'll be caught in that slimy, mosquito laden swamp! There's good company on the high road. Best wishes for the joumeyl Affectionately, RUTH WANGER 4 r--1,-.--v -,T .wee-V-V-.,v..,.v:,,h ,,-. - ,. ,A ,,v,.,- wwf.--tlvggvq. ,w7.vv,WE'.q,.,..: 3.75, , g,.,..., ,1l,Wi,gz,,I!nk!:, , . W . , K

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Utllltllllllll . To om' Sponsor, MISS BIHDGET MARANO . . . . whose unceasing work ably helped us grasp the steer- ing ropes of ambition, dart away from onrushing danger, and follow the road to prowess, to self-understanding, and to social usefulness. vi. Y U--2, ,M.- --.F T 1-..-.i vw Y.- .',-. ,qw-.W uf - IVE, zfze Jdfilldffjl Class of nmezeen hundred forty zfwo, lofvingfv a'ea7z'crzze zfzis, the fry! ,yeczrbooi . . To our Princzfczl MISS RUTH WANGER . . . . whose patience and un- derstanding have meant so much to us and whose life will ever be a constant inspiration to those of us who wish to blaze new trails of service.

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! , om Our Span or - Dear Friends: You have asked me to write a farewell message to you, cmd yet, somehow, I can't. There's a note of such sadness in the word goodbye, a kind of finality that just doesn't seem to belong to our relationship. And so, instead, l'd like to say Hello as the Class of Ianuary, 1942, that l've learned to know and love so well, merges into that larger community of which I, too, am a part. We shall go on working together,you and I, no longer as sponsor and students, to be sure, but none the less quite as closely, for our ideals and hopes for ourselves and the community are the same, and we shall continue on the road we started here, steadily, quietly, unselfishly, doing our best to make better this world in which we live. After all, this graduation is only a milestone, isn't it, a very important one, indeed, marking, as it does, .our stepping ahead into a far wider road, but surely only a continuation of the life we have experienced during these past three years. As we have pioneered at Southern, so must we continue in the larger sphere, doing each day's traveling to the best of our ability, enjoying the successes, and not being unduly discouraged about the failures, even if sometimes our tools are wom out, and we are very, very tired. There will be a few spectacular adventures for us as we try the untried, but many of our tasks will of necessity be the dull, plodding kind, frequently back breaking and wearisome, but all part of .living a completely, socially conscious life. Best wishes, now, dear friends! We shall see each other often in the coming years. We shall share our joys and sorrows, our successes and our failures: we shall keep ever in mind that the more we give of ourselves, the more we'll have to give, for generosity is infinite! Affectionately yours, Bnrncm' MARANO 5