South Philadelphia High School - Keepsake Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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The old grznd began and he took zt zn strzde Fzve mayors were tougher and he nearly crzed Wzth Physzcs and Hzstory to make mat ters worse The red marked report card seemed lzke a curse The thzrd report came and dear Physzcs stzll red Would appear on the roster o the new term ahead The new term began zn a anfare quzte rowdy The stamps on hzs roster sazd Farbzsh and Gowdy In physics he was tabbed wzth a prz soners number And as a student of Englzsh hed been better as a plumber The term progressed slowly and he started to cut He wrote hzs own notes and wound up zn a rut He worrted and worrzed and started to smoke What those reefers cost hzm would make Wooluorth choke He flunked Mr Farbzsh wzth plenty to spare And passed hzs other subjects by the roots of his hazr He studzed the gzrlzes and lessons to gether The heat that annoyed hzm dzdnt come from the weather He studzed or hzs money and passed all has tests The term finally ended and he deserved the short rest Vacation was over the new term began He took hzs first shave he was almost a man He got hzs new roster and followed zt thru For Englrsh he got Hun I guess you know who It begzns wzth a K and end wzth an strzkes mortal terror zn the hearts o all men makes you work hard and he Jokes a lot too, I thznk hes a good egg, and youd bet ter too Now back to our hero who hasn t much hazr From lzmpzng through that term on a wmg and a prayer He passed all hzs subjects on the final report And got zn the A Class wzth funds that were short But money to hzm 18 a trzvzal thzng Hes pazd for hzs yearbook and bought a class rzng And the years have not changed hzm you plaznly can see Look at hzm fellows for that guy zs me Th1S ought to be called Ode to Gerald WGISS Qedj X , ' 3 5 J - ' ri . ' ' it 7f ' . . 6 J! . ' n ' He l f n He ' ! I . . ' 6 . 53 7 2 , , . . , ' 7 ' 56 I7 ' J , . . . y ' ' ' J 5 , o J o , - - J X

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Ode to Southern by l crald Weiss As I gaee upon the old decrepit frame of Southern High And the trzumph of graduation day grown nzgh The years in retrospect go rolling by Thru the panoramic view of the mznds eye The first scene that comes to me a lad laden down wzth books Hts hair slzcked back his t1e just rzght a freshman by his looks Listening close to the teachers set up He copies notes without a let up fMy what a pal was hell He looks at his roster his next stop zs gym He can t read the numbers so he asks hrs rzend Slim Slzm a senzor and wise to the trzcks Smiles slyly at him and sends hzm to six The term passes slowly with zts home work and tests And he eats all his lunches zn the Generals class best The General knows Spanish and teaches ' it too I know hzs name and I guess you do too At last the term ends he passes with s The next should be easier he fervently prays, The new term begins and his roster is made looks it all over but cant find hrs grade cant find gym or his Spanzsh French decides to correct this and moves from hzs bench asks his advisor who says to the lad Such a queer lookzng roster I never have had Hes sent to committee and there he will find Why they look at his roster they turn dea dumb and blind At last he corrects tt to suzt his own taste The term rs half over what wonderful waste' The next thing to happen to our dopey young loon Was to be caught zn the hallway uhzst ling a tune A tap on the shoulder a slip fo deten tion The language he used then we cannot mention went after school and sat 'without cheer Hts name was called late and he forgot o say Here Two more detentzons for this little mis take Cheer up young man just an unlucky break The term passes quzckly promotion grows near He s getting thinner from worry and fear Hes bad zn Gym and his English is poor Hes uorrzed bout Spanish and French even more gets hzs report and takes a quzck glance red marks appear so he raves and he rants The summer vacation zt came and it went School came again but brought no con tent if ' ,.. ' 7 ' .7 f- , ' - . . . , ,. 7 5 l 7 ' ' nh 71 ' - ' ' 1 ' - - . 7 1 ' , ' T - U .K 3 . . V 7 , . f' ' 5 .' ' . . He t I6 77 li 777 J J if 77 ' D if I ' 7 I , . . , n A , , . . . . 7 7 Q ' 3 ' He ' l ' - He ' ' He 3 ' ' or No , I He . . . . . He . . j .J - lf ' JJ 36

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LAST WILL A D TESTAME T by Robert Pressman We the members of the graduatrng Class of l944 havlng successfully weathered the scholastrc storms whlch have beset us as our partrng gesture soberly bequeath to our mentors and to thos who w1ll follow us To the Faculty A prlvate faculty room that rs pnvate the students A new calendar w1th a shorter month of Ianuary Mr Berkowltz A room wrth wmdows that do not face the grrls school Posterlty Our changed roster cards and old cut sllps Mr Trautwem Another Reds Klotz Mr Klern A set of Algebra books wrthout answers at the back Mr Speck and the occupants of the rooms adrorntng hrs A sound proof Mus1c Room To our lunch room lntellectuals A new Emstern theory whlch they can krck around To the optrmrsts among us A humane roster whrch doesnt have us dashlng to the Welsh from the fourth floor and back to the fourth floor agam To the Hoagre lomt hab1tuees A new code of etlquette whrch does not son1ng one of the aforementroned de-lrcacres To Mr Prtts A t1p on how to earn a lrttle srde money estabhsh a con cessron sell1ng lrnrrnent so necessary for achrng muscles caused by one of your short workouts To Mr Farblsh The meaty srde of a debate To Mr Ostrum A member of the camouflage d1v1s1on of the Army assrgned to socks To Dr Blancke A formal statement as to nature of the p1lls he swallows to strfle all rumors forever To Mr Rlchards A phonograph record1ng of each day s lesson to allow htm to catch up on h1s sleep To the A Class An unknown benefactor who wrll approprrate all A Class funds and save many heads from graylng prematurely To those entrusted wrth bu1ld1ng ma1ntenance Wrndow panes rn the f1re towers whrch can be seen through and must not out of necessrty be removed to VIGW our farr nelghbors To our faculty members rn the armed forces An open armed welcome at the cessatlon of host1l1t1es To those who follow The opportunrty to share rn the teachlngs of thrs 1nst1tut1on s faculty and prrnclpal THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1944 38 e ' 1 To : ' . To . ' : ' ' ' ' . To ' : ' . To . ' : . To . ' 1 ' . To . ' ' ' ' : - include covering everything and everyone in sight with mustard when sea- ,, ,. .