South Side High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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HISTCDRY By VIVIAN IETER The other day wh1le rummaglng through an old trunk 1 came across the drary I had kept durmg my hrgh school days at South Slde September 1937 Well we have at last started to h1gh school and do we appear and feel dec1dedly small rn thts great brg school' The shock of watchxng boys gomg through the belt hne and of seerng our fnends red laced and embarrassed s1tt1ng on top of therr lockers s1ng1ng solos was soon a thrng of the past Almost before we knew 1t we were rn the swlng of thlngs and were enterlng 1nto South Srde act1v1t1es w1th a wrll September 1938- The most drffrcult part of school the freshman year rs over and we re now sophomores Many new fnendshrps have been made and everyone rs eager to get started back after the summer vacat1on George Roberts has been made a 11fS1 heutenant rn the R O T C and Allen Goldsmnh appornted second lreutenant of the band March 1939- At the West Tennessee Latm Tournament at State Teachers College Ruth Bryant won second place 1n the Caesar d1v1s1on and Helen Overton and V1v1an Ieter won Honorable Ment1on rn the 11fS1 year d1v1s1on The three went to Nashvxlle to compete rn the State contest at Peabody College Apnl 1939 To Nashvrlle went the Glee Club They came back wrth honors the Grrls Glee Club rat 1ng superror the Boys good Those attendlng were Margaret Goodwtn lean McGona g1ll Catherlne Courtney Ruth Kmght Kathryn Totty Carolyn D1ttman Mar1or1e Lrvely Ag nes Goodwtn Betty Hamrlton Nancy Fowler Roy Adams and Iames Blackwell May 1939 The Glee Club under the dlrectlon of Mrss Anna B Gordon presented the operetta Hollywood Extra 1n the school aud1tor1um Nancy Fowler Roy Adams and Mar1or1el.1vely played leadlng roles Elrzabeth Thurmond chosen as a delegate of the South S1de Chapter of the Iunror Red Cross represented South Srde at the Natronal Red Cross Conventton at Washrngton D C September 1939- Myl Myl How tlme does flyl Here we are d1gn1f1ed Iunrors buzzrng around wrth a very knowlng axr At last we have galned that coveted balcony seat and we can look down upon the poor lrttle freshmen and sophomores s1tt1ng downstalrs Most of our class really have a part 1n the school dC11V1119S and have 1o1ned the dlfferent clubs and many are be comlng qulte outstandrng rn athletrcs We certarnly had a number of R O T C ofhcers and sponsors chosen from our class mem bers th1s year They are George Roberts Roy Adams Kenneth Srgman Mrlton Rottersman Blake Boyer Allen Goldsmlth V1rg1n1a Harper Marlorre l..1vely Mary Carlson Bonnre Thorne and Betty Hamrlton Four of our class Mllclred Beeman Bonnte Rrley Betty Hamrlton and Ruth Bryant have been chosen members of the Tnple S staff South S1deS Pep Squad shows great promrse of a good years work under such able cheer leaders as Bonnle Thorne Bobbte Yeager and Helen Karrls March 1940- Vtvxan leter won hrgh Honorable Mentton rn the Caesar drvtsron of the West Tennessee Lattn Tournament conducted at State Teachers College Apnl 1940- The Press Conference at Southwestern had a large representatlon from South Sxde Those who attended were Margaret Br1dges Ruth Bryant who was elected v1ce presrdent of the Conference Betty l-lam1lton Mtldred Beeman BOUD19 Rrley and Gordon Henson '32 1 1 I 1 1 1 . . . . .1 . - 11 1 ' 1 ' I 1 1 1 - 1 . . . ., 1 1 I T . . . , - 11 1 11 1 11 11 - - 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - I i 1 - 1 -1 11 . . . . . . - 1 1 1 , , . . I 11 - 11 . . .1 , ,, . . . f - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1

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HISTORY Contlnued May 1940- The delegate to the I atronal Red Cross Conventxon at Washlngton D C from South Srde thls year was V1rg1n1a Thurmond The South Srde Rrfle Team Jon frrst and thrrd places ID the Natronal R O TC competr non for W1ll1am Randolph Hearst Trophles The boys were awarded handsome medals and the school recerved a gold plaque for f1rst place and a bronze plaque for thlrd place Those of our class on the team rn the Fourth Corps Area Rlfle Matches were Thomas Campbell number one team and Raymond Boatman number tfvo team Mrlton Addmgton won second natronal prrze rn the Spanxsh Amerrcan War Veterans Essay Contest The Honor Soc1ety had a very beautlful 1n1t1at1on servlce 1n the aud1tor1um Members of the class of 41 rnducted rnto the Soc1ety were Blake Boyer Peggy Marrnus VIVIGD Ieter Betty Harnrlton Roberlrne Allen Ruth Bryant V1rg1n1a Thurmond Elrzabeth Thurmond and M1ldred Beeman Iune 1940 Three of our R O T C boys Blake Boyer Thomas Campbell and Rrchard R1dd1ck went to Castle He1ghts to take a course 1n State government September 1940 Frnally our long cher1shed dreams of belng senlors have come true but Ne dont feel as d1gn1f1ed and sophrstlcated as We thought W would Many regret that they have started the last lap of therr hrgh school course After electrng our class offlcers our l1fe as senlors really began rn a b1g way Our off1 cers are Presrdent Blake Boyer Boys Vrce Presrdent VValter Srmmons Glrls Vrce Presrdent Betty Ham1lton Recordlng Secretary V1rg1n1a Thurmond Correspondlng Secretary M1ldred Beeman Treasurers Fred Creasy Roberltne Allen Carl Webb All class day offlcers we e elected and the 1 are Poet Roberllne Allen Testators Z E Rutherford Roy Adams Hrstorran V1v1an Ieter Prophet Elrzabeth Thurmond T e red rose IS the class flox er and blue and whrte are the class colors The motto se le t d IS We Can Becau e We Thlnk Vfe Can Th1s year a number of our senlors are on the Tr1ple S staff Ruth Bryant and Ralph Dubrovner Ed1lOYS 1n Ch1ef Margaret Brtdges and Rrchard R1dd1ck Assoctate Edrtors Fred Creasv Nevxs Ed1tor Nancy Fowler Personal Edxtor Mrlton Addrngton Contest Edltor Rober ltne Allen Art Edrtor Bonnre Nell Rtlev Exchange Edltor Mar1an Taylor Glrls Sports Edrtor M1ldred Beeman Feature Edltor and Mrlton Rottersman Bus1ness Manager October 1940 Kathryn Totty won honor both for herself and her school by wrnnlng a muslcal scholar sh1p to the Memph1s Conservatory of Mus1c November 1940 Tr1ple honors came to Mary Carlson who was named Prrncess of the Mrd South Falr Queen of the Mld South Gladrolus Soc1ety and sponsor for the Atlanta Tech football team lean Brooks Mary Frances Srrrth Bonnre Thorne and Rosemary Horne were chosen to be the football sponsors at the b1g Thar1ksg1v1ng came 33 .T ' ' ' . , . ., I ' A vu' I A 4 - A , , . . '- Y , .. . x , , . I 1 , . . . . . 9 ' Reporter . ,...... ,.., M ilton Addington ' r , . 1 i h ' .If ' V - C e ' , 'A s ' V . -- - - I . . . . . . . .A 7 I ' It V A I A I ' . I .. . Y , . A 4 , A A' , I A I 1