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Show LLifomlHhtolle Lir SALT LAKE CITY' UTAH' FRIDAY' APRIL 17' 1942- - Price Five Cents VOL XI- - NO 10. i ' 'Old Settlers' Ramble Back to Wild West Days Gala Event Commences At 9 Tonight "OP Timers" Settle In Boys' Gym Bedecked in costumes typical of the frontier days of the West, students of South will dance to the music of Alden Richards and his " . orchestra tonight at SAM's annual Old Settlers' ball. Beginning at 9 o'clock, the gala affair will take place in the boys' gym where decorations will carry out the general Western .theme with sagebrush adding a realistic touch. All students in old fash-ioned costumes, levis, and plaid shirts, will make the atmosphere somewhat like it was "in the good ol' wild west days." Beard-growin- g Contest Ends Today Today marks the end of the beard-growin- g contest, sponsored . annually by SAM for the mascu-line half of the school. Boys have carefully cultivated beards, mus-taches, goatees, and fuzz, which were submitted by their owners for judging on the assembly today. The winners will be awarded prizes tonight at the dance. Also on hand to lend an flavor to festivities is this issue of Scribe edited. by the boys on the paper staff. Formerly the femi-nine half edited an issue of Scribe, However, due to the prevalence of girls, on this year's staff, the boys undertook the responsibility of publishing an edition. Dave "Gable" "Fuzzy" Lowder, and "Brigham" Kilbourne the three bear (d)s. Goldilocks McClelland, a little bare Lowder, and Heaintsobare Kilbourne. The mystery Dave McClelland's black beard, Jack Low-der- 's bare face, and Stan Kilbourne's red beard. (It should have been blue.) Alumni Day Celebration Next Friday Dinner Dance, Assembly Are Planned Arrangements were completed this week for the Tenth Annual South high school Alumni Day and Dinner-Danc- e, according to Fred S. Schwendiman, president of the South Alumni Association. "Everybody's Coming Back" was selected as the theme by Mr. Schwendiman, June Burbidge, com-mittee member, and Harris Ben-nett, second vice president of the organization. A special invitation was extend-ed by officers, to all graduating seniors, who in previous years were able to attend only the dance. Former South talent will be pre-sented April 24, day of the dinner-danc- e, in an assembly at 1:30 p.m. ' previewing the evening's entertain ment. Alums are invited to attend school all day. Former students are expected to return who are graduates from the earliest years of the school's history. Boys in the armed forces who are stationed in Salt Lake City will receive spe-cial recognition. Tickets are on sale in the book-store and will be available until April 21, announced Mr. Schwen-diman. Because of the higher war costs prevalent today, the price necessarily was raised to meet ex-penses. Couples will be admitted to the dinner-danc- e for $2. Kiwanis Vocational Assembly April 28 April 28 has been set aside for the South high school student body as Vocational Guidance day to give the students an idea of the profession they wish to enter af-ter graduation. The Kiwanis club has chosen ap-proximately fifty representatives from the various professional fields to take to the students on that day discussing their prospec-tive profession. Last year 95 per cent of the stu-dents wanted "white collar jobs," leaving only 5 per cent for the re-maining jobs. The list of choices is listed in each home room. This year, because of the present war conditions, it is hoped that many stud' will become greatly interested : vital to Amer ica's war u'iV' Five Scholarships Offered to Students Students interested in scholar- - ships now find opportunity knock-ing to the tune" of six new awards, which will be given by various or-ganizations to the U. of U., Utah Agricultural College, and Stan-ford University. Three scholarships for the U. of U. are awarded by the U. E. A., and are called the Student Educa-tional Scholarships. These are given to three students in the state who. wish to enter the field of teaching. Entrance as a participant must be by application. Students wishing to apply must get forms from the office and fill them out. Two other scholarships to Utah universities are a $30 award to the U. S. A. C, and a $25 prize for continuation of study at the U. of U. April-Jun- e Data Cheer up, Cubs! Why so gloomy? School? Well, you should be glad, or should you shed tears? Why? There's only thirty-fiv- e more day of school. So you had. better get all the lessons and studies, es-pecially you seniors, for you won't ever come back to high school or to dear old South. So let's make these last few weeks seven best weeks of the whole school year. Here is the list of events from now to the end of the school year: April 17 'Old Settlers' ball. .. April 18 PTA Tea Party. April 21 Slumber party. April 24 Alumni Day. May 1 Junior issue of Scribe. May 1 Girls' dance. May 7-- 8 Music Festival. May 13 ROTC Inspection. May 15 Dance. May 27 Fashion Show and Exhibit. May 27 Band Concert. June 2 Award Dinner Dance. june 3 Commencement Ex-ercises. Juniors Try For 1942-'4- 3 Scribe Positions Entries of students competing for staff positions on next year's Scribe have been submitted to judges. These judges will decide which students are best qualified to hold editorial and advertising positions. The names of those se-lected will be announced in the next issue of Scribe, which is to be edited by these junior journal-ists. Positions of managing editor, editor-in-chie- f, news editor, fea-ture editor, social editor, sports editor, advertising manager, book keeper, copy reader, typist, are open for the students competing. Students who are now holding leading positions on this year's publication, along with faculty judges are V. F. Victor and Miss Ruth Ford will judge and classify the entries. PTA Invites Southerners To Tea Party Saturday, Apri 18 has been chos-en as the date for PTA Card Party, to be given in the library of South high school at 2:00 p. m. Tickets are on sale at 25 cents . per person. The money received will be used for a student aid fund, to buy glasses for unfortunate pupils. . Card games and various other activities will add to the enjoyment of the social. Refreshments will be served and prizes given. All procedures are under the di-rection of Mrs. S. Gillmore, pres-ident of South PTA, and the fol-lowing chairmen: Mrs. D. E. Hammond, general chairman; Mrs. F. C. Middlemas, chairman of ar-rangements, and Mrs. R. J. Timms, chairman of refreshments. It is expected that one hundred k tables of four places each will be sold. Lagoon Trek Anticipated Lagoon Day, well known to most Southerners, greenling or senior, will, live again and be recorded in South's "special events" book on May 30. Students planning to go to the resort at that time will be able to enjoy many of the conces-sions free of charge as they will be hired for the day by the school. The final Southerner yearbook may be distributed during te day. 1942 Yearbook Goes to Printers All work on the 1942 Southerner has officially been finished, and final dummies have been submitted to the printers, the Yearbook staff announced today. Five editors-helpe-meet deadlines one month earlier than in former years. This publication will be the last for the duration of the war due to the lack of materials necessary for the book, which are so vital in America's defense efforts. Festival Orchestra Rehearsals Underivay Rehearsals for the all-cit- y music festival orchestra are now being organized at South, East and West high schools, in preparation for the coming city musical show. The first rehearsals were conducted last Tuesday, with the violins and the violas going to East, the cellos and the bass viols staying at South, and brass and reeds uniting at West. Two more selection practices are scheduled before Dr. Lorin F. Wheelright, director, takes charge of the city-wid- e unit. Although all pieces for the festival are not pass-ed out, these musicians are prac-tising earnestly in an effort to have one of the best orchestras to eiver play for the annual festival. The theme for the gala affair is "America, Land of Promise." Presentations of all acts will be entirely along a patriotic vein, de-picting such phases in American history as "The Life of. the Red-man," "Spirit of the Pioneers," t'Homes and Religion of the Pil-grims," and "The Refuge of De-mocracy." Under the direction of Dr. Wheelright, the program will be presented to the elementary grades May 4, 5. and 6. High school students will witness the perfor-mance May 7 and 8. A separate orchestra consisting of junior high school students is also practising for the festival. Band - Fashion Show Preparations Begin Due to the fact that the annual spring band concert dated May 27 - requires use of the auditorium for practice, the Fashion show and band concert will be combined and presented on the same evening at South high school. . "From Reveille To Taps," is the theme of the Fashion show, writ-ten by Mrs. Claire J. Jackson. "American Composers" will be the plot of the concert which is un der he direction of A. J. Willard- - son. Showing the girl's place in the war situation and how she can help to improve it is the purpose of the Fashion Show. A master of ceremonies will take charge of various parts of the pro-gram. "Saving Stamp Booths" will provide participation for the younger children, while the older girls will demonstrate how to keep up the health morale and provide recreation for the boys in uniform. , The band will give its concert with the Fashion Show. Glen John-son who plays a Sousaphone and Burton Arrington cornet player will be featured soloists. The clothing department under the direction of Miss Frances Beth-el and Miss Edythe Jonnson is in charge of costumes; Roland Olsen, stage and decorations; Miss Ruth Halverson, and A. J. Williardson, musical arrangements. Rookies Prepare For Inspection , Final inspection of the year for the South high school ROTC battalion of cadets, scheduled for May 13, will be made by an officer of the Ninth Corps Area and will again be held on the South field, Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Keith Best announced this week. During three periods, the cadets will parade, go through a calis-thenics drill, and exhibit knowledge of militar ytactics. Several seniors and juniors will be given an extem-poraneous quiz. Prexy Nominations Preparations for the elections of the forthcoming officers of South high school are being discussed in the Board of Control meetings. Nothing definite has been reach-ed in matters concerning the nom-inating day or the limit of money used in the campaign. |