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

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 S5TI THE OPTIMIST IW OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Newark, N. J., April 25, 1923. Editor, The Optimist, South Side High School, Newark, N. J. Dear Sir— It hardly seems possible that ten years have passed since the opening of the South Side High School, yet such is the case. I am writing to offer, through Tin: Optimist, my hearty congratulations to the principal and teachers and students of the school on the completion of a decade of very successful work. The school has reached an enviable position. Its graduates maintain themselves with great credit in higher institutions. The standards of the school are high and have been worthily maintained throughout all this period. May the accomplishments of the past lie a strong incentive for the future. The honorable record of an insti- tution is an inspiration for renewed and continued effort. May the next ten years be to faculty and student body a period marked by success and genuine happiness in all the work that is undertaken. Very sincerely yours, DAVID B. CORSON, Superintendent of Schools.

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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

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k: sus THE OPTIMIST 1 THE HISTORY OF THE OPTIMIST Men in all walks of life, after their demise, leave behind biographies in the form of their works. The author leaves his books; the sculptor his statues; the singer his records; and the composer his songs. So we. the students, upon our depart- ure from school, leave l ehind us a series of tab- ulated events relative to our school years. Thf. Optimist is our biography, and record, which we may look upon with pride as a memento by which the school may remember us and reflect back with satisfaction upon her graduates. In the first year of its campaign, under the leadership of R. Graham Huntington, Editor-in- Chief, and Alfred Cambell, Business Manager, Thf. Optimist made its good start in the school periodical world. During this year a total of one hundred and ninety-six pages of live-wire ma- terial and forty-one pages of advertisements were printed. During its first year. The Optimist had six departments, namely, the Literary Board, whose work was handled by four editors; the School News, the Athletics, and the Personals Board, each Present Optimist Staff In November of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen the Sunnysides took great pride in publish- ing the first number of The Optimist. This wonderful start paved the way to which The Optimist has now come, toward that goal for which Thf. Optimist shall forever strive. This exceptional start has never failed. We work hand in hand with our slogan of Optimism: “The Op- timist looks on the bright side of life, the sunny side, the south side. Let us bring you back to our ten successful years in the publication of The Optimist. having six members: the Exchange Board with two editors, and the Arts Board with five artists. In addition to this, there was the usual full-page editorial by its helmsman, and a few well-drawn cartoons. During the second year of its publication. The Optimist, under the guidance of Edson Gould. Jr.. Editor-in-Chief, and of C. Malcolm Gilman. Business Manager, made great progress toward the high position that it holds today. There were no changes in the number of departments, but the Literary Board had five editors instead of four,