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

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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.)

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THE OPTIMIST P» CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Frederick C. Breidenbacii, Mayor May 3, 1923. Mr. Thomas F. Kennedy, President, South Side High School, Newark, New Jersey. A y dear Mr. Kennedy— My best congratulations to South Side upon its tenth birthday. For many years I have watched with keenest interest the development of our wonderful school system, and I will say that no school in Newark is closer to my heart than South Side. It is one of the very beautiful buildings of our community and its ideals and standards have always been of the very highest type. I know this to be true from actual observation, for I am proud to record here that I keep in daily touch with the school through my son Frederic, who is a student there. May South Side continue for many more decades to hold the high place in the minds and affections of the people of Newark that she has gained by reason of her first ten years of meritorious service. Yours very truly, FRED. C. BREIDENBACH, Mayor. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND PUBLIC PROPERTY CITY HALL Newark, N. J., April 20, 1923. Editor. The Optimist, South Side High School. Newark, N. J. Dear Sir— The completion in 1923 of the first decade of years in the history of South Side High School should concentrate the attention of the citizens of Newark to the splendid achievements of the institution and the admirable consistency of its educational effort. I congratulate South Side High School on these qualifications. They afford the critic an opportunity to voice frankly the value of the training that its students have received. In Dr. Thomas F. Kennedy you have a sturdy director who has no superior in his work. His school since its inception has reflected intense credit on every member of the faculty. South Side High School has become an essential to the city and a particularly beneficial one to the neighbor- hood where it is situated. I feel that it will continue for many years to radiate the wholesomeness and enthusiasm which has graced the first ten years of its existence. Yours very truly, CHARLES P. GILLEN, Director. 22