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

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Acknowledgements Thru the medlum of our yearbook we of the senror class wrsh to express our slncerest appreclatlon to the m mbers of the faculty and those students whose help lnsured the smooth functronlng of the class Also to our sponsor Mr Iacob A R1chman for hrs expert gurdance t Messrs George Hess and George A Parav1C1n1 for the1r helpful CI1l1C1Sl'I'l of the yearbook hterary work Mr Iohn C Larkln for hrs arnusmg can catures of our popular professors to Mr W1lson BOICG who advlsed our college bound classmates to Messrs Arthur Powell and Arman L Seager who saw to 1t that we graduated wlth suf'f1c1ent cred1ts to our A class advlsors Messrs Dabrow Powell Nelson Rosa and Seltzer and last but not least to our A Class councll whose f1ne work enabled us to obta1n pr1v1leges and run OHCIITS ln Splle of war tune d1ff1cult1es to Mr Andrew S Halnes we extend thanks for h1s helpful advlce and to Thomas M Rlchards a warm welcome as our new prlnclpal and a regret that we have not been fortunate enough to be assoclated w1th such a f1ne leader for a longer perlod of tune SOUTH PHILADELPHIA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL RINGS Kr N lies xxmr STYLE BWL Wlth gen u1ne Onyx Sardonyx green or blue Onyx S12 95 Ruby or Sp1ne1 S16 95 JPWELERS SILVERSMITHS Varslty Shops for Scholastlc Jewelry Dozens f Authentlc class rlng deslgns start mg at S7 95 tax mclud ed You can st111 place your order for your class rmg X' f 1 fe-'J Q 7 x 2 STYLE EK wlth Gen u1ne Onyx or Sardonyx Stone S18 50 G e n u 1 n e Synthet1c Ruby Sapphlre or Em erald S24 75 IS M20 SJ FOUR STORES TO SERVE YOU 1112 CHESTNUT STREET 4650 FRANKFORD AVENUE HWHPRS ' S'lVf'1SM'fHS 28 SOUTH 69th STREET sooo GERMANTOWN AVENUE 0 lfllll Jewelers to South Phllly Boys Senior Proms or Many Classes 9 0 ju-ml Flass Ring Jeweler to Flass o 44 54 . I . . ' ' ' e , . . ' , ' ' 5 O I . . l I l I' J . ' ' ' ' I . . I 4 l 1 I f H H . U - - 1 1 1 1 If H . . I . . , ' I 'Zag ' i BY X, H .- f V - f -M ,f Vw 'N mnusv-mn us: Q fC7f? A f X M I A f ' TT' 'Q l RR .' ,,, tv .1 0' 13 Q 5-V 1-fffe w K? T ' ..,: 99:42 -I 2- 'L ' we S ,K ,. ,..., bfi' 1 f ' 'A 'fi' I l 0 l . - 0 . ' - , - . . . . I , - - 11. 1 n na 9 ff . . . w . if . . 1 . 1 f

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whlch most of us worked CThey say rt was Prov1dence that prompted us to do 1t for httle drd we know that long green happy paper Jlflqllflq JGCIHS were needed for graduatlon September l943 12B Senlorsl The plous say 1t 1n thelr prayers and the sleep walkers say 1t rn thelr dreams But tts true The mlnt made new penmes and the tmance commxttee took them from us as soon as we Got them Mr Hames was transferred to another schocl and we got a swell new pr1nc1pal Mr Mathtlas H Rlchards Chooslng commlttees proves a rather strenuous and del1cate process lts lther appomtment or d1sappo1nt ment Class representatrves are chosen and after conslderable pol1t1cal dellberatlcn everyth1ng 1S rat1t1ed a few are sat1st1ed and the Prom Ban quet T1cket Fmance Secretarral Dance and Year Book commlttees take thelr stands Foregomg a trlp was dec1ded tn co cperatlon w1th war t1me trav el regulatlons Class plctures brrng tumultuous dlsapproval from many proceed n1cely under the able superv1s1or' ot Mr Rrchman and the danc commtttee The Gala A Class dance the Turkey Hcp IS a huge success w1th many belng turned away The Prom on lanuary 7 at the Rrtz Carlton yet teaturrng Alex Bartha was a great n1ght ln the hte ot every tux laden lad and gown decked dame lThe Banquet at lVIcCall1sters IS a great suc cess w1th everyone ted and happy? And then those Knlghts of Knowledge make thexr ex1t thetr battle scarred sh1elds 1mpr1nted w1th feats ot ach1evement and thelr armor shmmg w1th a new llght ot knowledge And a for the last t1me as students they pass under the portals ot Southern H1gh School the pass word IS Good Knrght Epilogue In the years to come when we are men and may some day szt zn our studzes glanczng through these pages znszgnzfzcant as they are we wzll prob ably realzee that the old gray buzldzng at Broad and Jackson Streets has gwen us somethzng whzch words cannot express The days when we romped through the halls ltke wild young ducks wzll have been the happzest of all our years Sayzng good bye by way of mouth does not mean that the memory also gwes a farewell 53 sources, their only fault being that they dare tell the truth. Class dances C 1 1 '

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