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

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T0 DR. FIELD: As we take our leave of school and all that it has meant to us, we would like vto present a gift to you. It isn't rare or costlyg it is far better than either of those for it is priceless. The gift we give to you is our gratitude, our thanks for the guidance and inspiration you have given to us through our highfschool years, our thanks to you for making those years pleasant and full of interest. Your graf ciousness, your charm, and your friendly interest in our problems and plans helped to make our school life easier and pleasanter. We hope the knowledge that there are so many girls to whom your name will always be synonomous with youth and happy school days will be in some small measure a reward for your splendid work in our behalf. We hope you will remember us and be as proud of us as we will value and remember our association with you. Thank you very much for all these things. THB CLASS or JUNE, 1945 Nine

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THE FORCE OF HIS OWN MERIT MAKES HIS WAY. -Henry VIII DR. ELMER FIELD Principal HEN the last notes of the commencement exit march have died away and your high X school days are over, you will iind -I yourself surrounded hy a new world. A new world did I say? In rcality it will he same world hut new in the relationship which you will hear to it. You will he on your own, minus the program which the school so care' fully planned for you and with you. It will he a world full of conf tradictions and contrasts: a war' weary world, a world full of wistf ful hope: a sad world, .1 glad world: a world full of glorious opportunities and lilastcd hopes. All through it there will run cur' rents and counterfeurrents which will constantly present opportuni- ties to make choices and decisions. Upon these decisions will rest your future chances for success and happinessg and upon the sum total of thc decisions reached hy men and women the world over will rest the chance for mankind to go forward and upward to new heights of achievement in the realm of living together in harmony. Shakespeare, in Julius Caesar said: 'Tliere is a tide in the affairs of men, Vifhicli, taken at the flood, leads on to fortimeg Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is lwimd in shallows and in miseriesf' Our hope is that each one of you will make wise decisionsp that you will make the most of your opportunities and hy so doing will he led on to fortunezf---a fortune which will consist of the happiness which comes from a life full of service to others. Ifigflil

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GOOD COUNSELORS LACK NO CLIENTS. TO MISS TO MISS -Measure For Measure LONG N O MERE thank you could hope to amply express our heartfelt appreciation and genuine affection for Miss Beatrice Long. Taking up where Miss Anderson left off, Miss Long has not only been an inspiring teacher but a sympathetic advisor and sincere friend. She has unselfishly devoted her time, her effort, and her invaluable wisdom to making the remainder of our school days and graduation something we will always remember. Though this be but a printed page, it symbolizes our everlasting gratitude to one whose sincerity and friendship will never be forgotten. ANDERSON WORDS cannot express our gratitude, appreciation, and affec' tion for Miss julia Anderson, our first sponsor, friend, and teacher. To a group of Freshies, green in high school activities, she devoted her time, her unfailing courtesy, her progressive attitude, pa' tience, and friendliness. She molded the girls and the class into true and loyal Southernites. We hope, as do all those who were for- tunate enough to be associated with Miss Anderson, that the war will soon end and that she will return to Southern from serving in the United States Navy. Ten