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

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TI-IE TQTEM 1943 Superintendent of Schools: Mr. Merle Abbett School Board: Left to right, Mrs. Wilhelmine I-l. Wilder, clerk: Mrs. Charles Goeriz, secretary: August Weigandg Merle Abbett, superintendent of schools: Ben Geyer, presidentg William T. McKay: Willard Shambaugh, treas- urer: and Carl Carlson, superintendent of buildings and grounds. Sedan! Service eavlquarferd By HARVEY COCKS We, rhe students of South Side, serve our country and serve it to the best of our ability. We try to live up to the standards of our school, our education, and our country. We try to live up to the reputa- tion set in past years by former student bodies of South Side. Our work must make South Side proud and help her to stand out as a school which is con- tributing much to the war effort. Ir is Mr. Merle Abbett who is helping us to reach this goal. Many years have gone by since Mr. Abbett first took over the position of Superintendent of the Public Schools of Fort Wayne. He has seen many fine student bodies graduate and go forth into life to make a future for themselves. In his own gifted way he has planned for the future of his schools and his stu- 16 dents. Always working to further their education and advance them into the top ranks, Mr. Abbett has served nobly. His eagerness and down-to-earth manner have made him our friend for life. We serve, Mr. Abbett serves with us. Aiding our superintendent in laying out plans for successful school years is the Fort Wayne Board of Education. The men and women who serve in this organization are serving, too, to further the educa- tional facilities and the advancement of the Fort Wayne Public Schools. Let's give a cheer, three strong ones, for Mr. Abbett and the Board of Edu- cation who have served so nobly and given us such a wonderful opportunity to make good.

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I This section we devote to our excel- lent and inspiring facultv. Immediate- ly after the gun had sounded the start of our school year, our faculty began to make plans for the future. Out of their conscientious effort have come the radio broadcasts which tend to create an upward sale of Stamps and Bonds. They worlced on the War Council and made it a success. Our physical education teachers put in hour after hour in an effort to make us phy- sically fit. With much work on their part, book and scrap drives were an instantaneous success. They even found time to talce war jobs outside of school . . . but most of all, they con- tinued to educate their pupils to the best of their ability and made the past twelve months the most outstanding and creative that South Side High School has ever experienced! They did their part. i they were the Service Corps!

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-uv nn num 2, -X 2 ,gg www: rnunm THE TQTEM 1943 Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done. Far be it from our honorable principal. R. Nelson Snider. to disagree with this verse. Few days go by that are not marked by one of lxlr. Snideris worthv achieve- ments be it in behalf of the war effort. in which he is Allen County Rationing Co- ordinator, or the continuance of his eflort to make South Side the best high school in these United States. No matter how one looks at the situation, we think our principal has done a magnificent job in both fields of endeavor. He is far from the typical principal type that one meets in one's reading. He is not the man with the scowl on his face, the man with the rod, the one who frightens his studens half to death. Our leader is the man who backs us up at every crossroad in our four high school vears. He is the man whom we meet in the hall and who always speaks and gives out with tl friendly smile. His oH:ice is not a den of student disaster. hut abounds with brightness. reflecting the person who abides within. We are proud to have as our principal .1 tvpe of person who may be relied on to come through with more than his share in ani' crisis.