South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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THE TOTEM 1936 Math Scientists-- Star Dust Is Their Meat! Math-Science is the club that puts two and two together, finds what makes the clock tick, and has a good time doing it, too. The club's aim is to promote the knowledge of and interest in mathematics and science. During the fall semester the club was led by John Bex, as president. He was very capably assisted by the other ofiicers, who were: vice-president, Ruth Ad- ler, secretary, Helen Anderson, treasurer, David Sher- man, Inter-Club Congress representative, Lois Wyne- keng food committee, William Schafer and William Kruse: program committee, Ruth Garrison, Richard Bridges, and Selma Lififg and entertainment committee, Ruth Roadcap, Ruth Berning, and Norman Buck. The advisers were Miss Fiedler and Mr. Whelan. A r t h e first meeting of the fall semester, a reading giving the ideals and p u r p o s e s of Math-Science w a s presented. Characters tak- ing part were, Spirit of Math Science C l u b, B r y c e Minier Spirit of Math Miss I: i e d l e r and Spirit of Sci- ence, Mr. Whel- ian. Ar this same m e e t i n g, Mr. Gould gave an illustrated le c- ture on Trees of Indiana. Gould, B. Minier. R. H ff. In Cct o b e r, arm the annual Hal- loween Party was held. Ruth Ad- ler, social chair- man, was in charge of the party. A prize for the most attractive costume was awarded to Selma Liff. At the conclusion of the party, refreshments were served. The outstanding feature of the November meeting was an interesting talk on The Chemical and Mathe- matical Side of the Waterworks, given by Mr. R. L. Matthews, supervisor of the Fort Wayne Waterworks. Mr. Matthews supplemented his talk with a chart, showing the course of the water from the time it en- ters the filtration plant until it leaves. The speaker also gave many interesting facts and figures on the Fort Wayne water system. At the completion of Mr. Matthews' speech, Ruth Roadcap spoke on the life and theory of Albert Einstein. A potluck was the outstanding event on the Decem- 74 BY RUTH ROSE ber program of the club. After the members had fin- ished their delightful meal, Miss Mary Paxton spoke on Calendars, She stated that her interest in cal- endars had been aroused after she had visited Mexico and had seen an Aztec Indian calendar. In January, the members of Math-Science Club held a joint meeting with the members of the Social Sci- ence Club. At the business meeting, election of offi- cers was held. Those elected to serve as officers dur- ing the spring semester were: president, Richard Ras- tetterg vice-president, Ruth Garrison, secretary, Evelyn Kruse, and treasurer, Richard Gebert. Advisers for the spring term were Miss Hodgson and Mr. Gould. After the installation of the new officers at the February meeting, Mr. Louie Hull, physics instructor, First Row: L. Bonsib, Mr. Whelan, Miss Fiedler, H. Anderson, R. Adler, Bex, D. Sherman, Mr. Second Row: D. Sinish, Geiger, Dern, R. Gebert, B. Kruse, M. Harrison, R. Meyer, R. Bridges, Third Row: C, Allendorph, R. Fowler, E. Crosby, R. Garrison, L. Menze, G. Jacobs, S. Liff, M. Cranksliaw, E. Kruse, IVI. L. Lankenau, R. Locke. Fourth Row: M. Hower, M. Ruhl, M. Ruhl, R. Berning, R. Roadcap, B. Wolf, R. Lehman, B. Garton, C. Dirmeyer, P. Gerding, D. Crabill, N. Buck. entertained the members with his demonstration of a miniature I-louse of Magic. On Washington's birthday, the members of Math- Science sponsored an assembly. The skit was written and directed by Mildred Foellinger and Ruth Adler. In March, Miss Paxton spoke to the members on uLand of Contrastsf, At the conclusion of her talk, John Bex gave a discussion of Insectivorous Plantsf, Indiana Bird Lifen was the topic spoken on by Mr. Williain Willer at the April meeting of the club. At this same meeting, Miss Fiedler talked on Some In- teresting Phases of Mathematics, and Mr. Lawrence spoke on The Science of Seeing. A year of interest- ing activities was brought to a close by the picnic held on June 5.

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Of Times! M o r e T i m e s BY HELEN DOENGES each week. Secrets to Seventeensu dealt with so- cial relations among stu- dents. The major staff mem- bers for the spring term were: Reginald Gerig and Norman Buck, managing editors, Bob Storm, edi- tor, John Jackson and Maxine Mariotte, copy editors, John Bex, busi- ness managerg L e o n a Menze, circulation man- ager, George Anna Mar- tin, advertising manager, Leona M e n z ef, Mary- Anne Fark, and Lois Wyneken, star reporters, Sybil Knudson, c r e d i t manager, Ann Abbett, Bryce Minier, and Louis Bonsib student advisers. THE TOTEM 1936 First Row: M. Mclntire, R. Harruff, E. Paxton, R. Racine, Bex, P. Kennedy, C. Hart, B. Bond. Second Row: M. Turner, G. Horn, B. Dygert, B. Schaaf, B. Craig, B. L. Wilson, P. Culver, V. Woods, M. Meyer. Third Row: M. A. Bacon, L. Gunzenhauser, B. Fudge, M. Zeit, Kennedy, L, DeKcel, L. Meyer, V. Garton. Fourth Row: M. Bohne, R. Rose, D. Mertz, Haeger, M. Smith, D. Reese, C. Allendorph, H. Cox. Fifth Row: M. L. Lankenau, P. Gerding, R. Roadcap, O. Eggers, R. Geiger, R. Ballweg, V. Greiner, H. Walbert, M. Winkler. Again proving that the South Side Times is a su- perior paper, it was awarded a blue ribbon medal, the highest award of the Columbia Scholastic Press Asso- ciation. The Times has received this medal annually since the first convention. Ir is one of the four high schools in the nation of an enrollment of 1500 to 2500 to receive the prize. Ar this convention the Times was also awarded the title of All-Columbian, which is bestowed upon a pa- per that has excelled in a particular field. The Times received the reward for its sports coverage. The South Side Times was again awarded the All- American Honor Rating-Superior for 1936 by the National Scholastic Press Association. This award is the highest that can be given to any paper in the divi- sion in which the Times was entered. The paper was entered in the first division of the coeducational high school which have a weekly publication and an enroll- ment of 1600 or more. The Times has won the All- American Honor Rating since 1929, the year this award was begun. As a result of winning this award, the paper will be presented with a distinctive certifi- cate giving the name of the publication, the rating received, and the year of the competition. The Times was especially commended on its series of stories about alumni who have obtained positions, their news cover- age in general, and the good harmony of type faces. Bryce Minier, Joe Bex, and Leona Menze, three South Side students, were entered in the Quill and Scroll vocabulary, editorial writing, and feature decisions. Joe Bex won fourth place in the East Cen- tral States division of the editorial contest. This dis- trict includes Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and XVisconsin. His editorial was Can We Abolish Pov- erty? In the feature writing contest, Leona Menze received honorable mention. Her feature was an inter- view with Miss Dorothy Benner about the radio pro- grams that Miss Benner dislikes. Bryce Minier, student adviser of the South Side Times, won honorable mention in the vocabulary division of the contest. On the night of May 4, the Times put on an as- sembly for the Parent-Teachers' Association showing the steps in the publication of the paper. Those pupils from the January graduation class who received Quill and Scroll awards are as follows: Ann Abbett, Helen Anderson, Bernadette Dygert, Mildred Foellinger, Dorothy Crabill, Maxine Mariotte, George Anna Martin, Jo-Anne Smith, Louis Bonsib, Bryce Minier, Dick Helm, and Jim Sweet. In the issue of the Times published on April 30, the new members of the Quill and Scroll were announced. Meinbership in this organization is based upon the following: first, service to the publications-the person must work on publications for one full year, second, character, and third, scholarship. Those who were an- nounced are: Mary Anne Fark, June Haeger, Ruth Rose, Ruth Adler, Violet Garton, Norman Buck, Rose- mary Chappell, Mary Martha Hobrock, Gwendolyn Horn, Sybil Knudson, Miriam Mclntire, Harriett Yapp, Earle Paxton, and Ruth Roadcap. 73

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THE TOTEM 1936 It's Been Lots Of Fun Putting Out A Totem! Time Marches On! , out of four years of the past, when seniors were juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, -into many years of the unknown future. When Louis Bonsib, Editor of the Totem aided by Miss Rowena Harvey, faculty adviser, selec- ted The March of Timen as the theme for the year- book of the senior class of 1936, he must have been inspired by the many events that have marched, with time, through the four short years these seniors have spent in South Side High School. The march of events which led to the publication of this book is significant, interesting, and enlight- ening. Vvhen over four hundred new students entered the school in January and September of 1932, they imme- 1936, First Row: M. Mariotte, A. Abbett, Smith, 1... Bonsib, Miss Harvey, B. Minier, M. Jones, B. Craig, D. Line, R. Harruff, M. Mclntire. Second Row: E. B. Lucas, M. Boerger, S. Liff, B. Kiene, Nl. Franz, M. Hower, V. Baumgartner, R. Chappell, B. Schaaf, G. Shearer, G. Horn, H. Yapp, E. Emley, K. Scott. Third Row: V. Garten, L. Meyer, B, Dygert, M. Patterson, F. Bechtold, G. Wobser, B. Rayl, H. Anderson, T. Leininger, H. Doenges, R. Wolfcale, 1. Haeger, J. Sweet. Fourth Row: M. A. Fark, M. Foellinger, B. R. Lehman, S. Knudson, Fisher, R. Roadcap, M Smith, D. Reese, M. Lickert, D. Mertz, R. Rose, N. Buck. Fifth Row: M. Cartwright, D. Crabill, R. Adler, Lohman, M. Dickmeyer, M. M. Hobrock, V. Greiner, A. Bremer, H. Flaig, B. Wolf, R. Bortnuth, G. Martin, D. Helm. diately became important parts of South Side life. Ever since their entrance, they have maintained their tradition of dependability, and now, so near to com- mencement, the Totem comes out to bear further proof of their leadership. The first successful undertaking necessary to pub- lishing a superior yearbook was completed in October of 1935, when Dorothy Crabill, circulation manager of the Totem, boosted the goal of eight hundred subscriptions over the top by more than one hundred signatures. Next in order of events came the senior picture drive, which was ably handled by Mary Martha Ho- BY MARY ANN PARK brock. Nearly four hundred pictures were taken by S. A. Beach, the commercial photographer of the Jef- ferson Studiog these were all completed before Decem- ber 1. - Faculty pictures, about seventy in number, were lin- ished before the beginning of the Christmas vacation period by Paul Reynolds, staff photographer. About the time when the faculty pictures were being taken, a drive to secure underclassmen photographs was also under way. This campaign resulted in fully five hundred pictures. On December 6, the Totem sponsored an assembly to help clubs procure their pages at reduced cost. The program featured Dr. William Harwood, noted ex- It resulted in a substantial cut in page prices for clubs. plorer and trainer of wild animals. From Decem- ber 1 to February 7, Bryce Minier, business manag- er, was busy ar- ranging s c h e d- ules for club pic- tures, which were t a k e n in the study hall and Greeley Room. The commercial photogr a p h e r a n d the editor w o r k e d long hours on these pictures, w h i c h were completed in record time. just after the beginning of the spring semester ' on J a n u a r y 6, 1936, a new un- derclassman pic- ture drive began -this time for incoming freshmen. A good percent- age of the new students signed for pictures. - Starting with February 14, the date on which the first stories were due, the copy editors, who are: Anna Bremer, Selma Liff, Violet Garton, and Jim Sweet, became busy correcting and re-arranging the copy which was turned in. The stories were all assigned by Ruth Adler and Helen Anderson, co-activities editors. The class editors for this issue of the Totem are: senior editor, Ann Abbettg assistant senior editor, Gwen Horn, junior editor, Bernadette Dygertg sopho- more editor, Robert Harruffg and freshman editor, Mary Martha Hobrock. 75