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

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 IO YEARS OF VICTORIES AKp STiUU GOING JK STRONG— SOME OF ouR. EaRly Graduates ». have this sort of office. ARS HAIENT OF OOUVCAU. TOMORROW. s ' •£ ■'IHOPE » G€T TWERt BEFORE, THE OTHER C-uy FROM »« THE.' USE.D TO RUSH Tot Me. LUNCH-ROOIA TEN YEARS AG-O TOO vStrtLf.R

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T H E OPTIMIST iW speaker»—Mayor Charles P. Gillen, Superin- tendent of Schools David B. Corson, and Mrs Galen J. Perrett. There were also musical se- lections by the South Side High Orchestra. South Side launched a Courtesy Campaign in April, with posters and speeches pointing out fre- quent discourtesies. With the opening of the term of February, 1921, classes were found to be so crowded that the Freshmen were put on a double-session schedule. Half came from 8:30 until 1:00, and the other halt from 12:30 until 4:00. In the Boys’ Parade, held on April 30, 1921, South Side was awarded two silver loving cups, winning the second places both for good march- ing and for appearance. Beginning with the new term of February, 1922 South Side was put on a double-session schedule The full school day was divided into ten periods from 8:30 to 4:30, with a half-hour lunch period between the fifth and sixth periods. The three upper grades came from 8:30 to 1:30 and the Freshmen came from 11:30 to 4:30. The class of June. 1921, presented a silver lov ing cup to the school and arranged that each year a school song contest be held, the winner to re- ceive a prize of five dollars and have his name engraved on the cup. On Arbor Day, 1922, four trees were planted on Alpine Street. At the root of one, a sycamore maple, there was buried a sealed bottle containing a Senior Optimist. In March, 1923, South Side received additional recognition of the scholarship of her graduates in the form of a letter from W. S. Willis. Princi pal of the Newark Normal School. Principal T. F. Kennedy, South Side High School, Newark. N. J. My Dear Mr. Kennedy:— Twenty-one of your students appeared for the entrance examinations on Saturday, December 16th, and it is a great pleasure for me to report that all passed. 1 want to congratulate you upon their preparation. Very truly yours, W. S. Wim.is, Principal. From this history it can easily be seen that our Alma Mater has surpassed any other one in the city during the period in which South Side has been in existence. It has even excelled the most fervent wishes of our alumni. S. S. Girls in Newark Anniversary Parade

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 ccT jJ THE OPTIMIST iW THE BLACK AND GOLD By Frank R. Waxman, ’23 This song won the prize for 1922, offered by the Class of June, 1921. I. We gather round in happy throng Our praise of thee to sing; O Alina Mater, hear the song That from our hearts doth spring. II. O beautiful thine ivied walls That grace the terraced green; O hallowed are thy friendly halls Where learning’s fruit we glean. III. The shade and gloom of discontent From us must e’er depart; Of joyous mood and cheerful bent, We sing the sunny heart. IV. When we must hark to study's call And scatter far or near, A bond for aye to bind us all The school that we revere. CHORUS Unfurl, unfold, the Black and Gold Unto the Southern sky! O’er Alma Mater may it wave The pride of South Side High! (Tune: America, the Beautiful.)