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

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DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION lust 1 Hugh Ktlpatnmk Nonene Cox Ilmothw Mane Qecnnrt :mn Nhss Roblsnn Josce Hatchet IJ :mln th tophel Juanita 'wlllllll Belnlce Pemfutl Iugene flllllCll Raw 5dl8ll Lemons Nlallanl Stovall DOIOUIX lxllllEll1lS Gelalri Pallet The D1str1but1ve Educatlon classes have had a suc cessful year under the leadersh1p of MISS Roblson and M1ss Walker Semors from South Slde l-lumes Central and Tech took thls course MISS Robrson and helped make the course a suc ce s The students elected Dorothy Chr1stopher as pres1dent Dorothy Ray as v1ce presrdent Gerald Pal ler as treasurer and Dorothy Wllhams as secretary They were proud of Dorothy Ray when she was elect ed v1ce presldent ot the Iuruor Reta1lers Club com po ed ot members from tour ot the hlgh schools Durmg class the students had reports on current events concern1ng the reta1l1ng held Each slx weeks they turned m the1r booklets of class notes and lab GCllV1l1GS At twelve o clock the students lett school to attend the1r lab per1ods at varlous stores Before leavlng the students made a practxce of solvmg thelr problem tn cla s Wxth the help ot the faculty sponsor U1 N11 1 The students at South Slde have been actrve all the year attendlng many ot the ctty Wlde meetmgs and soc1als They had programs at these meetlngs and drscussed the1r bus1ness The dances swlmmmg these meetmgs also A gala banquet was glven for the students by the Reta1lers ot Memphls The students dont l1ke to boast too much about the1r ovfn Work but th1s class d1d unusually well for themselves not only d1d they prepare themselves for the bus1ness world but they made good grades rn all ot therr school subtects The members and thetr respectrve place of workmg are Ioyce Hatcher at Goldsm1th s Dorothy Wllllams and Manon Stovall at Gerber s Sarah Lemons Dorothy Ray and l-lugh Kll patrlck at Lowenstelns Dorothy Chrlstopher and Bermce Pegram at Brys luanlta Srruth at Black and Wh1te Gerald Paller at Landres and Eugene Church at Charles H Church and Son 'luv Siktlllli 1943 'owz ' ' ' Q - . ' ': . . A ', 0' -' T ris- , ', ' .' ' , ' ' ' . Q ' I '. . The othcers ol South Slde have co-operated with parties, and picnics that they had, were planned Gt S h ' ' tt A - A -ff I - ' I - I D . - . 1 . . 1 - l . . S , I I I I I 1 1 1 A ' - , Pug' H1411 ' :. , -

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AUDUBON CLUB 1 l l Frrst row left to rrght Rrrlrard Cox and Pfurl Wrrghr qecond row lett to rrglrt Ruth McMmrres Doroths Bledsoe Under the rnsprrrng readershrp ot Mrss Wrllrams the Audubon Socrety of 1943 has completed another busy and protrtable year Dedrcated to the corrserva tron of wrld lrte the club has provrded a welcome yet worth whrle drversron from the regular routrne for the members of Mrss Wrllrams General Scrence also garn knowledge whrch w1ll be useful to them throughout therr entrre lrte Early rn October the class rn each perrod elected a presrdent and a secretary to lead therr respectrve groups Each member was grven a pm srgnrfyrng hrs membershrp rn the socrety Thrs year the two prrn crpal pro1ects were teedrng and studyrng brrds and plannrng a vrctory garden The thrrllrng rntrrcacres of brrd lrte soon captured the rrrterest of every member At the meetrngs some phase of rts study was drscussed and pamphlets about b1rds were grven to each member Durrng the cold days of the wrnter especrally when snow was on the ground the members ted the brrds Several Sur rrr 2 Hr rr slrrunr Ntrllrfrrn Owens Mrss Arrrrre Irrlr Nlrllrrnrs sporrsor Mabel trek 'md Mary Helen Billlgl contests were held The wrnner rn the contest for the best scrapbooks on brrds was Mary Delra Purser Each member also wrote a poem about some phase ot Nature Nancy Fennell placed trrst rn the poetry contest followed by Mary Delra Purser and Normalrne Shettreld Vrctory gardenrng became an rnterestrng study ot the socrety Upon rnvestrgatron rt was found that a large percentage of the members were plannrng vrc tory gardens thrs year as therr contrrbutron to the war etlort The facts that were learned rn the project rn the socrety enabled each member to make hrs vrctory garden a better one He rs dorng hrs brt on the gar den front to rnsure total vrctory on the battle front A donatron to the school lrbrary by the socrety made possrble the purchase of several rnterestrng books The socrety was also a generous contrrbutor to the Greek War Relret Fund The Audubon Socrety of l943 has lust reason to be proud ot the actrvrtres rt has sponsored thrs year 1 age I zftzf nrne l l I ' ', - , ' ,Z 'H ' , .' ' ' ' . ' .', ' tr 'z .', .' .' ', R . ' Z ' 'A ,: - ' 3 .' , , . r fr classes. They not only enjoy their projects, but they ' I Crm: 1. , I K. ' 1

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MR. and MISS SOUTH SIDE xl ,4G9V'X Helen Beeman and Robert Stokes were unanlmou ly ho en by the student body a lflr and M1 ooutn S ae C'Xk'5f Saw? SCHOOL HYGIENE The Memph1s and Shelby County Health Depart ment 1naugurated a change 1n the usual school health servrce 1n l942 wh1ch placed mator ernphasrs upon the med1cal exarn1nat1on of the boys leavtng h1gh school The eleventh and twelfth grade htgh school boy were g1ven a dental exarrnnatton by the three Health Department dentrsts The boys were later glven a complete rr1ed1cal exammahon In add1t1on to decayed te th wh1ch wa the most common defect blurred v1s1on and part1al ln the He-anng Te t Bobby Gtlbert on 1 mterested 1n havmg a good record deafness were found also All hav1ng defects were referred to therr pnvate phystctans for correchon Students wtth poor V1 ron not able to pay were re ferred to an eye pec1al1 t and glasses were prov1ded by the Tumor League 1r1 the crty The arne students fere gtven 1nd1v dual autto meter tests by the Iun1or League wh1ch also prov1ded med1cal care Ihe e nece sary All the boys were g1ven X ray exarr11nat1on tae Chet on tle nev tuber uloss mob1le UNIT All fa es found were planed under treatment the V1 1on Te M1 s Stoke IS te 1 JOTOll Lzgfll g,rr1 rnstru tor an D sur HJ FP ,' 'N Q, . ' ' X X ,Q , f ,! l , Cf ab: V' ' s ff ' CN ' 27 2 N1 xQ, I 3 .1 S t V ' A 1 ' - -. ' v r . s ' or . 9 , . s 1 t C i ' 'I A 1 A 4 C1 ' S T S F3 ln F5 st s. s ', stng . ' . lfftfzs l ry fre., yt ' s C , r d wxrr' 1-vYreQ ' ,. ,, L W ' 1 . Y