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

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EQ! wil MUSIC DO I HEAR? if IN -Richard ll mu O YOU rememlwer how you used to dash into the lavatory immediately after the termination K -ff f 1 of the seventh peroid class every Vsfednesday, dali an extra lwit of powder on your nose, hx your lipf stick, cheek your seams, straighten your skirt, and , adjust your sweater once again? Do you remember ' how shyly you walked into the 300 gym and kept your iingers crossed, hoping that smart looking lilonde from the Iwoys' school would ask you to he his partner? Do you rememlwer? lt was lots of fun attending the dances for the seniors of lwoth the lwoys' and girls' schools every VV'ednesday, and it was well worth the dime admission. Mr. Crescenta, the instructor, would teach us seemingly silly routines to help us acquire grace and poise. Rememlwer how we walked around the gym on our toes hold' ing our hands alwove our heads to lwalanee our lwodies properly? VVe would jitterlwug to Louis l'rima's Rohm Hood, walt: to the Blue Danulwef' and go into a stupor when our partners asked us to con' servative to Frankie's All or Nothing at All. Yes, it was fun touring the dance floor of the 300 gym, forgetting alwout school work, enjoying some fresh, invigorating relaxation. How we hated when four o'eloek brought us hack to the reality that we must go home x X and prepare for tomorrow's algelira exam. Now you do rememlwer, don't you? How could you ever forget one of the many liright spots of our senior year, the 12B dances? Sc Z't'lIlj'-Ulli' i i l

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BOUND IN HONOR 12 B A. A. King John 12 B CABINET COURT JUSTICES 12 B S. A.

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nb J . x l . - 1 ,I THE DAUNTLESS SPIRIT LTA A . I- V. . 1 J HE University of Pennsylvania's field was filled with eager students who were out to see Southf ern win. Cheer leaders, hanners. and kerchiefs gave color and gaiety to the field. Then our Rams came running out and our game with West Catholic hcgan, After a time of intense excitement and sus' pense, Sahol picked up the hall on the 34 yard line and raced 66 yards down the field for a touch down. It was a great run and the stands showed their ap' proval with cheers and yells. Then the famous Reds Coletta gave the hall his Coletta touch with a kick and the score hecame 7f0. The hall went into play again. and it wasn't long heforc Conner of West Catholic punted to Coletta and down the field Reds went, weaving in and out to elude his opponents. ln remarkahle time he made .1 touch down with a gain of 76 yards. That was one of the most famous runs ever made on Frank' lin Field. Later Walter Goldy who used to catch those remarkahle one handed pages and Dominic Pendino who was considered a great kicker and who was the spark that put real life in our famous team performed in great style during the entire game. Lacca and Scarcelli played harder and het' ter than they ever had, and Milt Komarnicki ref fused to let any hall carrier pas him. Del Bello gave superh long pases that made all heads turn from the east to the west. Richman, lvlatteo, and Rifkin showed what team work really was. The score was l3f7, the time grew shorter, and then our cannon hurst forth with a hang that made us sing for joy hecause we had won! Southern had won! We shall never, never forget that famous victory on Decemher 9, 1944. cl? -e . ..