South Side High School - Optimist Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Wl THE OPTIMIST The Class History thirteen, the first Freshman class, numbering nearly two hundred, entered the South Side High School. How proud each one felt! What did it matter that the South Side building had not as yet been completed? Were they not all High School students? Part of the class took up its studies in the old Normal School on Washington street, while the rest went to East Side, although classed as “South Siders.” In East Side High, under a splendid corps of teachers, Mr. James A. Hulse, Miss M. M. Hoppen, Miss Denton and Mr. Lewin, the class soon sat down to business. But within a few months it packed up its luggage and moved into the building on Johnson avenue, which had been made ready for occupancy. Then the school began to organize in earnest. Innovations in the school’s man- agement marked the progress of the class as well as that of the school. One of these was the establishing of a system, called the General Organization, which is not only the pride of South Side, but also the envy of all “frat-laden” schools. Then there was a system of “class ad- visors,” a system which was of great ben- efit to both pupils and teachers. It was the good fortune of the class to have as “class advisor” Mr. Hulse. As during the first year the develop- ment of the class had kept pace with that of the school, so it was during the sec- ond year. The affairs of both the class and the school began to take a definite shape, and to point to a definite end. By the middle of the second year things be- gan to move smoothly. During this year the class suffered a deep sorrow, for Mr. Hulse died in April, 1915. Not only the class but the school, not only the school, but Newark, lost a friend when they lost Mr. Hulse. He was loved by everyone, for it can be said that he devoted all his energy, all his interest to making this world a better world for all. Each member of the class felt this loss a personal one, and when the ques- tion of giving a gift to the school was taken up, it was voted unanimously that the gift should be a large picture of its friend. During the last two years of this course the unity of the class was preserved. Mr. Wakefield became class advisor, succeed- ing Mr. Hulse. The fact that, as far as it was possible, the teachers went on with their classes, tended toward unity among the students. But only Miss Hoppen has been with us since we began as Fresh- men, four years ago. It was she who made us feel at home when we were un- accustomed to the new conditions. It is she to whom we have so often gone for advice. One seldom speaks of our class without mentioning Miss Hoppen. During the third and fourth years there were many social events; chief among these were the Three A Social at which the class met informally for the first time, the Four B Social in December, 1916, held in honor of the class of January, 1917, and the social held by the class of Jan- uary, 1918, in honor of the present grad- uating class. While the class has had many other interests, still it has not neglected ath- letics. Some of its members have made ’varsity teams, while in inter-class ath- letics, it has a remarkable record. The boys have won the Boys’ Basketball championship and the’ girls the Girls Basketball championship of the school. The class has also had great influence in school politics. The President and Secretary of the General Organization, 16

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Wl THE OPTIMIST 1 time they are devoting to this worthy cause. Think of it, girls; by giving up a few hours of your playtime during the week, you are really helping clothe the poor sufferers in France. Now, we want support, and a good deal of it, too. THE GLEE CLUB On Friday, May 18, an “Interscholas- tic Glee Club Contest” was held in the auditorium of Central High School. The contest was given under the auspices of Hamilton College and is said to be the first contest of its kind ever held in Amer- ica. The schools competing were East Orange High School, Lincoln High School, Dickinson High School, Central High School and South Side High School. East Orange High School won the first prize, a silver loving cup, which has to be won two consecutive years in order to re- main permanently at any one school. South Side received honorable mention. The members of our Glee Club are: Sopranos, Jessie Ayres, Johanna Fischer, Lydia M. Koehler, Edith Lingerman, Florence McCarter, Mildred Noscher, Marjorie Osgood and Mildred Rommel; altos, Thelma Alexander, Helen Benz, Dorothy Bioren, Edna Greene, Elvira Knoth, Ella Melnick and Clara Quinlan; tenors, Frederick Bioren, Nathan Schimachoff, Erwin W. Gauss, Sanford J. Hill, Harry Quass and Mortimer Weiss; basses, Ferdinand Allen, Herbert Deinin- ger, William Gardner, Malcom C. Gilman, William Rabinowitz, Edward Schartoff and Rudolph Thevenet. Lillian Troutz was the pianist and Herbert Deininger acted as leader. The songs which our club sang were Mighty Lak a Rose,” by Nevin; the Hamilton College song, “Carissima,” by Stryker, 72, and our Alma Mater, by Mr. Stevens and Mr. McWhood. “FIRST ANNUAL OUTING” (Continued from page 9.) Kelp came from an unexpected quarter. A benevolent soul came to rescue us from our misery. He examined the animal carefully and finally said: That horse is doctored: he can’t go any farther; he’s all in.” What are we going to do?” we ex- claimed in chorus. “The only thing you boys can do is to drive home as fast as he’ll go,” exclaimed the veterinarian. “I’ll fix him up.” Our benefactor produced a small pack- age which contained some white powder. He applied some of it to the tongue of the animal and fastened its bit. “Now jump on, boys, and hold him in tight,” he shouted. We leaped in the shaky rig; the horse reared and plunged and then broke into a terrific pace. We could not extend our thanks to the old man, for we were occu- pied in keeping safe on the rig. Home- ward bound we narrowly missed hitting several cars, for the horse ran as though wild. A weary, fatigued company of youths descended safe within the walls of the livery stable. We had held an outing. The Senior- ' to of a food is

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Wl THE OPTIMIST | the Editor-in-Chief of the Optimist are all Four A’s, while the Demosthenes of the school is the President of the Seniors. And now we are ready to graduate, South Side’s first graduating class. Of the original two hundred or so, only eighty- eight remain. The four years of happi- ness are over—for they have been years of joy. The clouds are all forgotten, the petty cares no longer trouble us. Upon looking back we see only a broad, bright. shining road of acquaintance met and friendship formed. Now comes the part- ing. The vistas of the future lie open, stretching out far away. But may there be many reunions! May the days spent at South Side be always remembered with pleasure. And may our motto never be forgotten, “Non Nobis Solum” (Not for ourselves alone). PERICLES E. BELFATTO. Honor Roll, 4A Room 50 Edna Green Estelle Gelb Esther Goldberg Gladys Kaiser Lydia M. Koehler Claire Newman Edna Rech Jeanette Residor Helen Miller Room 109 Pearl Barlow Pericles Belfatto Emilie Kuebler Marjorie Marcy Elizabeth Shoyer Minet Singer Mortimer Weiss Jeanette Weisbrod Room 57 Louise Ackerman Marion Bisson Ruth Clairville Madeline Ellerman George Kalnitzky Morris Wosnitzer Abraham Zucker 4B Room 50 Walter Makosky Room 215 William Grogan Margaret O’Connor 3A Room 54 Celia Berlin Room 214 Edson Gould Estelle Greenfield Room 105 Kathryn DuPont Sidney Silverstein Anna Weidenbaum Room 207 Dorothy Anker Helen Finley Sadie Fisher Lillian Kerstein Gertrude Ratner April, 1917 3B Room 53 Edna Meliser Margaret Schneeweiss Helen Simon Room 110 Ellen Schultz Gertrude Smith Room 56 Florence Minnick Minna Stahl Room 104 Michael Alenick William Carson Isadore Flax Hans Volk Room 52 Frieda Lagner Jennie Ogareck Harry Polinsky 2A Room 212 Winifred Jackson Ida Packer Frank Zwigard Milton Richman Room 205 Muriel Hedden Ruth Schrenzel Beatrice Weiss Pearl Zucker Room 100 Freda Hauptman Carolyn Robinson Emma Weinstein Room 201 Madeline Bisson Idabelle Berger Sara Kaolan Room 113 Herbert Deininger Louis Fried Malcolm Mcllroy Carl Menier Harry Haines Room 58 Gertrude Braun Anita Faatz Eleanor Glucksman 2B Room 108 Janet Maclver Room 112 William Krinsky Room 204 Florence Danzis Room 103 Beatrice Crawford Ralph Jacobson Room 211 Robert Nolan Esther Farber Room 4 Max Friedman Albert Oliner Abe Spiegel 1A Room 206 Jerrold Stern Room 102 Ruth Levias Emma Volk Room 114 Fanny Finger Helaine Myers Winifred Springer Room 60 Gertrude Lachenauer Room 55 Mildred Bowie Anna Cluesman Charles Finkel Carl Kepplar Samuel Rosen Room 106 William Feinstein Emma Shoyer IB Room 51 Mary Curcio Pauline Curcio Bayard VanRenselaer Reuben Zimmerman Room 216 Pearl Resh Room 3 Raymond Boardman Morris Finkelstein Clara Held Room 210 Helen Clark Mabel Duesel Room 111 Marion Bergner Bertha Lantz Meta Rosenberg Abe Salbin Room 209 Dinah Gash Room 208 Pauline Beller Beatrice Eichhorn Viola Keyl Mildred Sinn Room 107 Rose Hahn Mildred Wildman I’M NOT fftEf WED TO-DAY! BELFATTO « rri never GOING TO HAKE ANOTHER SPEECH . GROEL THINGS THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN 17