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

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And What Next. . .? by Slmon Pomerantz What l1es beyond that door? lmmedrately some of Southerns students begm to thmk of a saloon door But let us rlse above such petty rnferences The door I refer to IS the door Cthe front door of coursel of the South Phlla delphra Hrgh Soho l for Boys When I say What hes beyond that door I dont mean the steps Usrng the term frguratrvely most of Southern s students feel the hot breath of the draft board on therr necks and see Uncle Sam w1th a moe khak1 unrform wa1t1ng for measurement Lookmg ahead a lrttle more one may v1s1on one s self bemg grven by the Presldent of the Unrted States Cno less? the medal of honor for personally srnkmg most of the Imperral lap anese Navy Csrx rowboatsl Or 1f you are of a pessrmrstrc turn of mlnd Cone of those cheerful guys who send you the address of a good army tarlor on your brrthdayi you can v1s1on yourself hobblrng home wrth nrne grrls under each arm Wlth nrne grrls who hobbles? Or rf you are one of the lucky ones and are not yet 22 or so by the end of your graduatrng term and are there fore below draft age let one who IS experrenced glve a word of advrce Do not Cunderlme the trmesl walk past any place where you know there 1S a shortage of labor or there IS a srmple srgn readrng Wanted Anythrng male female or otherwrse to occasronally type a letter and answer the mall between servrngs of steak It 1S dangerous to walk past such places Cpartrc ularly rf the owner has had experrence rn captur1ng wrld anrmals such as llons t1gers cats dogs mrce fleas etcl because you may walk 1nto a ortfall be snagged by a hldden lasso or you may be sand bagged black Jacked or Just plarn krdnapped but 1f the man IS a m1ld sort he w1ll walk tone to work for hrm at the paltry sum of 399999999999 etc Cwaste of trme hrttrng nrnes 1S rt not'?l But on the other hand 1f you are workrng on some Job wh1ch rs not a1rectly product1on you w1ll be drafted rnto turnmg out materral for a defense plant such as the Natronal Blrdcage Manufacturers Assn Thrs w1ll be done by the order of the OPA FHA PWA WPA THE ABC and the PPU and of course the rest of the alphabet Now let us look at another srde of the srtuatron the one tw1th the curvesl and drscuss the happy chrldren who possess enough frlthy lucre to go to college tWhat can I be thrnkrng of'?l Many boys w1ll be l8 before they frnrsh college or hrgh school have taken the A12 V 12 tests so that they may frnrsh college and come out wrth two srlver bars Cnot cockta1lJ and a blonde The srtuatron does not look good today for a great many boys who are berng drafted whrle strll rn school rlght rnto the arms not of a blonde but of Uncle Sam Frankly a year or two of physrcal trarnrng w1ll do no one any harm although there are Southern students who say that the1r last name rs Tarzan Cmodest mardensl After the war a great many boys who had no trammg when gomg 1nto the armed forces tand not wrth slmgshots brotherl wrll come out as automobrle speoralrsts radro men plumbers electrlcrans wolves and otherwrse All thrs w1ll be a good thmg for the country but? What goes w1th the femmes? Who makkee the money and get h1m the workkee'? CTh1s 1S not Iapanese but a vanety of Greek Southern slang Frnmsh and Esk1moD Actually all thrs means that rn sprte of the employers promrses to the returmng soldrers the employer w1ll shelve a great number rn favor of cheaper female labor Th1s w1ll create a serrous problem for the Southernrte of the rehabllrtatron era after the war fand we hope the war ends soon? Men and women from the servrces w1ll compete wrth men and women who have never been rn servrce and both of them w1ll compete wrth the sad and lonely college boy and w1th Ye Future Southermte 42 o . , ' I , . . I I I 1 I - , . I I , I I I I I I I I I ' I 4 I I I I - I T out onto the sidewalk Con his knees of coursel and ask you in a beseeching , . , I ' I I I I I I , . 1 ' 1 I , . I I I I I I I I I I I , . . I I I I I I I I I I ,

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SENIOR ALBUM by Iarrv .Shprmtz On the cover of our album a photo of dear old Southern entltled We w1ll lrttle note or long remember what happened h re lnsrde Flrst a photo of Mr Nleweg g1v1ng hrs farewell address a truly memorable event A dellcately od1f rous ptckled grasshopper A photo taken durmg a geometry test entltled Study ln Plag1ar1sm A trlbute to all the broken hearts caused by the closmg cf the tunnel Short sertes of portratts taken Monday December 8 l94l Close up of a madman s concoctron one of the hcggles from Phrls Red and Black Mlcrophoto of that memorable frrst wh1sker on a certa1n fellows chrn A Lab report for Mr Ferck fyou are los1ng boyl Then the road of physrcs llghted by Mr Nelsons beamrng explanatlons A study rn curves and angles taken durmg a Solld Geometry class A photo taken solely by the lrght 1n Mr Savltzs eyes whlle watchlng certa1n unnamed Solrd Geometry stu dents returmng to the1r own school CSome of the llght was supplled by yours trulyl Some of the confuslon of the frrst a1r ra1d drllls One must IS a set of before and after photos of the band A ten mlnute lunch pass that reason for the 50 1 rncrease rn Alka Seltzer sales A close up of the el1te b1sw1ng A photo taken durlng one of Mr Wyncoops lab classes entrtled Bedlam A trlbute to the fellow who was glven a Hot Foot w1th magneslum rlbbon An A class button fWe dldnt want a beautlful curvaclous etc glrl on our button anyway or drd we'PJ A recerpt CMust l say more'Pl A blank page dedlcated to the fellows who mrxed the wrong stuffs IH chemlstry lab A photo of the bod1es strewn about out s1de of 400 after a toughenlng up course That memorable photo of Messers Hames Nelweg and Rrchards A photo of the Broad Street Commandoes That toe smashed durrng one of our dances over there A report card CAt least 1t has our school colors on 10 A b1t of fog ln the hall outslde cf l04 Group prctures taken for the year book flt seems certa1n fellows are ID everythmgl An Englrsh vocab sheet wrth whrch to baffle our chrldren CSome of those words are really 1n the drctlonary Our proofs to keep the rnrce from nrbblrng at th1s album Memory of the tlme we spent by the s cond floor frre 9X1l domg some extra curr1cular work rn geometry CSol1d of coursel Some echomg cheers at the pre turkey hop rally The memory of the Turkey Hop fWasnt that musrc l1ke nothmg human'Pl One cf Mr Drasrn s penetratlng looks Clm holdmg my roll bookl A photo of that place where the elrte meet Mr K A copy of that glft to the freld of llterary art that should have been returned CPardon me Mr Paravaclnrl A copy of th1s before censorlng Perhaps a large zero rn memory of that tr1p from 75 Welsh to 406 whrch 15 to be made rn three mrnutes fThey tell usl Defmrtely a prom program to remrnd us or Her that nlght CBy the way Why do some persons th1nk Phrlly was 1nvaded on Ianuary 7 449 Ftnally a photo stat of that treasured dtploma ent1tled blood sweat to1l and tears 41 1 . ' .1 1 11 , 1 1 1 11 1 1 3 1 1.1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 , - 1 C3 . . . V . 1 . 1 11 1 . 1 11 1 . 11 11 1 1 1 1 , , 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 11 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 . . 1 ' 1 4,1 1 1 - X L. 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 . . , , , , m 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 , , 1 . . 1 11 11 Q . .1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f 11 11 1 1 1 A 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 , ' 1 11 1 1 1 1 '

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4 FOOTBALL Lloyd Eisenberg lohn Sandusky Armand Gasbarro Leonard Bellis BASEBALL Andy Tappaia Ioseph Pirolli BASKETBALL David Fox XCOUNTRY Iohn Vannoni, lr. Linwood Gilmore Shelton Brown GYM Iohn Anello Iohn Severino TRACK A Iohn Vannoni, Ir.