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Show . Watch Out, l7 . jVI . mvjHA S .sw Leap Year i VOL. XIII, NO. 5 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1944 Price Five Cento SHAG Tag Initiates Leap Year Girls Drag Men (?) to 1944 Dance South girls are finding that although leap year has it's ad-vantages, it is not all a bed of roses. Getting dates for the SHAG Tag leap year dance Friday night has been and still is a major problem, especially to the girls who hadn't, until just now, found out about the serious man short-age. Despite the strong opposition from members of their own sex, bevies of girls are showing their courage by asking modern "wolves" to the affair. After Miss Monay, dean of girls, asked girls to "dress up for the event" someone started the slogan which has now been adopted by everyone, "wear two heels, and bring one." Showing the common .sight of a leap year girl chasing a boy, pink programs designed by Pat Zwick, SHAG second vice-preside- nt, will be distributed. "Hazardous as it may be," Beulah Latimer, SHAG presi-dent, said, "lots of girls are ex-pected to show off their 'catches' tonight." Two Minds One Thought v MSm ft Courtesy Salt Lake Tribune Beverly Barber, and Darlene Snarr vie for Ihe attention of Morris Kjar in anticipation of the leap year dance. DAR-SA- R Competition Open at South Feb. 16 Senior Orators Speak Feb. 29, Mr.WoolfSays Announcement was made Friday morning by Principal De Voe Woolf that the annual DAR-SA-R ora-tory contests will be held Febru-ary 29. All graduating seniors are elig-ible, whether or not they are reg-istered in an English class. The talk is to be five minutes in length and not to exceed six minutes. Purpose of Contest Outlined This annual contest, which is sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution, is de-signed to "stimulate thinking and appreciation of the heritage be-queathed to us by the founding father, to discover the meaning of this heritage in our life today, and to express these meanings logically and interestingly." All students interested in this contest are requested to hand their names to Miss Myrth Harvey in room 215 by February 4. Pre-liminary try-ou- ts will be held Feb-ruary 16. Teachers to Assist Participants Both the English department and the social science department have been asked to assist any stu-dent who desires to enter. The best speeches will be de-livered by the boys and girls whose talks are the best. Judging of these finalists will be done by representatives of the DAR and the SAR. Snow Attracts Girls To Annual Event With only a few inches of snow left, the Social Arts held its an-nual Snow Frolic, Wednesday, Jan. 26 th on the campus. The girls who had come pre-pared to waddle in the snow en-gaged in a free-for-a- ll snowball fight. Running around the "fox and geese" trails, the girls were soon tired out. Although they had left their out-do- or wearing ap-parel home, the other members were entertained in the music room by Joyce Hunt, who rendered several vocal selections, accom-panied by Ardeth Lym. Heading the committee which planned this party was Margaret McPhie. Donna Northrup and Au-drey Ostler 'were chairmen of the entertainment committee, and Faye Ockey was chairman of the invitation committee. The annual "Sweetheart" dance will be held February 11. Pat Zwick, chairman of the committee announced that the dance would be semi-forma- l. Bond Drive Begins South's bond selling campaign for the Fourth War Loan begins today when Mr. Marvin J. Burtoch, recently of the FBI spoke in the assembly on the im-portance of buying bonds. Delbert Atwood, chairman of the bond committee urges all students to ask their parents to buy at least one extra bond dur-ing this drive. "Every individuals quota is at least one extra war bond besides the regular buying and payroll savings deduction," he added. "Next week will be climaxed with a surprise assembly if we buy enough extra bonds," Delbert said, "confidentially it's a honey." Students Express Opinions in Poll Fifty-tw- o per cent of the high school students in the United States are opposed to compulsory military service after the war, ac-cording to a survey just completed by the Institution of Student Opin-ion, a national organization spon-sored by Scholastic Magazines. Boys gave their approval to postwar compulsory military serv-ice by a close vote of 47 per cent for, 45 per cent against, and 8 per cent expressing no opinion. Girls rejected the proposal by an oppo-sition of 59 per cent. Thirty-on-e per cent favored it, and 10 per cent had no opinion. The com-bined boys' and girls' vote was as follows: 52 per cent against; 3ft per cent for; 9 per cent no opin-ion. Of the 79,549 boys and girls who voted no or no opinion on the question of compulsory service, 82 per cent approved voluntary serv-ice, 13 per cent disapproved, and 5 per cent registered no opinion. Reasons for Arguments Listed Students voted by individual, ballot in their respective schools and, after the poll had been taken-wer- e questioned by student re-porters as to the reasons for their opinions. Typical comments of those who voted against compul-sory service were : "I don't like the word compul-sory. This is supposed to be a free country. Let's keep it that way." "What the world needs is more education and less drilling." Those in favor of compulsory service reasoned: "It is not only good training but, if another emergency arises, we will be ready." "High school boys need the dis-cipline of military training. It builds strength and ccharacter." Arguments for voluntary service were: "That's democracy! And that's what we're fighting for, isn't it?" "You put more into anything you do for your own free will." The second question measured student opinion on a proposed mil-itary and citizenship training pro-gram for both boys and girls. The students of Soujth, along with other students all 1 over the United States, participated in this poll and was tabulated 1 with the other results. South high boys were also in favor of a year's com-pulsory military training while the girls were opposed. Nine Graduated At Mid-Ter- m Although lacking the traditional formals and dress suits, nine of South students were graduated at mid-ter- m. Those graduated were: Marita Christensen, Robert Dell, William Harding, Lester Hartmann, Clar-ence Snarr, Barbara Thompson, J. Richard Wright, Frank Hodgson, and Betty Rankin. These will receive their diplomas in June. Women Take Advantage OfLeap Year; Spurn Males Watch out S.A.M, this is leap year! The Marie Antonettes and Cleopatras of South are getting out their lasso's for the roundup. The South high male population were just recovering from the stampede of wolfesses in 1940, when, zingo, here comes 1944. Yes, Leap year has rolled around again. This is the time when the weaker sex has the chance to prove that it is really the stronger sex, that it can do anything and everything a male on those chemistry tests, (a better excuse than none.) They put up a big fuss, but really, the only reason they run at all is so the gals on their trails will run faster. At least it can be said that "there is never a dull moment at South." can do. A few brave females even try to do more! What a life!! They say that "behind every great man is a woman." Yes, the men are proclaimed the great ones, but where would they be without a woman behind them when to do it, how to do it, and then explain just how it is done. That's why there aren't any bachelors in the White House. After all, a man without a wo-man is "just one big two-legg- ed mistake!" The men of South high are on the run these days, and every possible hiding place is always crowded. The anemic looking 'Frank Sinatras of South are even beginning to look picked on. They claim as a result of these pur-suits that they can't concentrate Two New Courses Given Only two of the new subjects listed on the subject sheet for the second semester were injected into this term's work because of too litle demand for the other courses. Dick Lund, Student Head Of South Battalion, Leaves Lieutenant Colonel of the ROTC for a week was Richard Lund who set the pace for the battalion of cadets before he left South to join the army air corps. Dick has been acting as an instructor in the classroom theory courses for senior cadets. A third year student, he was secretary of SAM, and president of the Spots and Diamonds, usher club. Assisting with the command now is Major Delbert Atwood. Captains at present are: Ralph Pyper, Clifford Patterson, Melvin Knapton, Maurice LeBas, Raymond Haley, Frank Salisbury, Wayne Thornton. Officers Named First lieutenants are: Roland Anderl, Kieth Crawford, Gordon Howard, Lawrence "Johnson, Ray-mond Johnson, Boyd Larsen, George Littke, Bill Meine, Don Russell, Roland Tobiason. Advanced to second lieutenants ; are: Leslie Battey, Mac Foxley, Eugene Gibson, Don Hogan, Carl Miner, Clare Olsen, James Sarvis, Joe Warburton, Jack Zobell, Dale Zumbrunnen. Richard Lund, newly chosen lieutenant colonel, enters air corps. Yearbook Staff Announces Picture Contest As in former years, the year-book will again sponsor a student life picture contest, said Joe Carstensen, editor. The deadline is set for February 29, and every-one regularly enrolled in the school is eligible to try out. Winners will be featured with the pictures in the Southerner. Until then no one will know who won. - "Girls should take advantage of leap year and try their luck, too," Mary Jane Hair, picture sponsor said. Judges will be Joe, and Doro-thy Sherrod, editors, and Jeano Companaro, Kenneth Hillam, and Douglas McEwan, photographers. Students Donate To March of Dimes Willingly contributing once again to a worthy cause, the stu-dents of South high went all out in their donations to the March of Dimes, Wednesday and Thurs-day. Student contributions were placed in individual envelopes during the advisory period and sent to the office. |