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Show Monday, February lt 1943. SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE Page Three Former Senate Page Boy Tells Of Washington Adventure Straight from five years service as Senate page boy in the nation's capitol comes Richard "Bud" Palmer, who thinks South High has a "nice bunch of girls and boys." Appointed by Senator Elbert D. Thomas in 1937, Bud, together with nineteen other pages saw to it that files, offices and calendars of the senators were kept in order. When a senator snaps his finger, that's the call for a page to assist him. From January until the senate adjourns, the boys are on the job. In the event that a special session of congress is called, pages must be ready to work. Bud, during his Washington so-journ, became acquainted with all the senators, several of the Presi-dent's cabinet, including Secretary Cordell Hull, and chatted with sev-eral big name movie stars. To prove it, he has the autographs of James Cagney, William Powell, and Gary Cooper. Even a page boy has to go to school, so each morning from 7:15 until 9:30 classes were conducted for the fellows. Then follows a session in the senate chamber until 4:30 p. m. after which the boys resumed their school work. Boys between the ages of twelve and six-teen are eligible for work as pages. They must dress uniformly in black knicker suits, white shirts and black ties. Bud's an athlete, too; played sec-ond shortstop on the senate page boy baseball team. "The best food you ever tasted is in Washington. There are col-ored cooks who really know how to cook. Their apple pies are 2 inches thick, and with a scoop of ice cream, just melt in your mouth," boasted Bud. His stay in the senate chamber has inspired him so that now it's his ambition to study law and be-come a senator. As for Western .hospitality, Bud has this to say, "There's a nice bunch of boys and girls at South, they're really swell. The kids in the West are plenty friendly." The Pmcn Shoppe Tech School Schedules Winter Prom by CAMILLA SMITH Senior From of Technical High, Oakland, California, will be held Jan. 29. Only seniors will be allow-ed to attend. The theme is to be Winter Wonderland . . . Out of the 120 prospective grad- uates of Benson Poly-technic- al high, Portland, Oregon, only 80 were present at the graduation ex-ercises last Friday night in the Benson auditorium. Those were the only boys who hadn't left for the armed forces, defense jobs or col-lege. At the traditional Oakland Press Honor association dinner held on January 5, four members of the Green and Gold staff (paper of Fremont high, Oakland, Cal.), re- - ceived the OP,HA award These pins. students filled the require- ments of 150 published column inches, a "B" average in all sub-jects. The completion of one term of news, as well as the completion of all high school work as far as the twelfth grade. Miss Ethel Henson, dean of girls of Central high school, Muskogee, Oklahoma, has found a new and ef-ficient way of decreasing tardies for girl students of Central. Her method to keep the girls from over sleeping is to keep them after school exactly double the time they were tardy. Mesa Union high school, Mesa, Arizona, reached its highest peak in the sale of defense bonds and stamps during the first week of January. $358.40 worth of stamps and $125.00 in bonds were sold. Debaters Prepare For DAR, SAR (Speech Contest Abandonment of debate teams at East and West high schools has left South with no city competi-tion, but most senor debators have turned toward preparation for the Daughters and Sons of the Ameri-can Revolution speech contest. Preliminary tryouts for the con-test are set for February 11, and finals are scheduled for February 24, Miss Myrth .Harvey, debate coach, said. She urged all senior students so inclined to enter the contest. "One of our most precious heri-tages is freedom of speech, and these contests will help patriotic students to express that freedom," Miss Harvey said. Speeches must be of a patriotic nature and are confined to five minutes. Further information may be secured from Miss Harvey, who will also help students to assemble material. By A. T. Challis With South's athletes going all out for ROTC, the training pro-gram for the cadets has been con-densed with greater emphasis on the things that will be helpful to the fellow about to be drafted. Sgt. Redmond has organized a special first period class for the transfers from the gym classes, through the explicit instruction of the Board of Education. (See page 1 story.) These new trainees are intent on learning the fundamentals of Army life before it's too late. Senior instructors, in the absence of Lt. Mitchell are exhibiting their talents as teachers. Major Bill Rose, Captain Howard Green and Lieutenant Cederholm having in-structed in these classes. Joe Blows About Yells, Songs, South By Joe Peters Because students agreed that South high school has many good yells which need only boosting or good promotive activities backing them up, the Scribe put the halter on propaganda for the yell contest and set about to do some reviving of its own. Some good songs did come in, however. Here's one Sports Editor Frank James dreamed up to sup-plement his "With An S." "Der Leopards Face" (Tune: "Der Fuehers Face") "Ven ler leopards come, to clutter up dis place, Ve heil, hei!, right in der leopard's face. Ven Der leopards say, dat dey vill vin first place. Ve heil, heil, right in der leopard's face. Oh der boys at East vear panties trimmed vith lace, So ve heil, heil, right in der leopard's face. And der leopard men between der ears der's space, So ve heil, heil, right in der Leopard's face. Robert Lence he tinks he is der Leopard's ace. So ve heil, heil, right in der Robert's face. Brooksy is so fat he cannot keep der pace, So ve heil, heil, right in der Frankie's face. Julie Spitz, Bob Bjork and Dean Christensen added this one. VICTORY SONG (Tune "Caissons Go Rolling Along"). Over East, Over West We will beat them at their best As the South Cubs go rolling along. To the left, to the right We will trounce them with our might As the South Cubs go rolling along. Then it's hi! hi! hee! And on to victory Shout out those cheers both loud and strong As we drive, drive, drive, We've really got the jive As those South Cubs go rolling along. "Fight, Team, Team, Team," actually was an original yell, com-posed in 1931. (Now it can be told.) However, the revival of the yell did not meet with great re-sponse, possibly because teachers did not pour their heart and soul into it when they read it on the morning bulletin. Other yells that the Scribe un-covers will be added to the '43-'4- 4 handbook, along with "Rickety-Racket- y Russ" conspicuously ab-sent. AlumnirfJ Nineteen hundred and forty-thre- e again finds South Alums starting a successful year in leading jobs and education and holding import- ant positions in the armed forces in the United States and abroad. In a recent letter received by Miss Virginia Walker from Kay Forcade, 1941-4- 2. Kay tells of her work in a war job. She writes: "I never have a chance to drop in and say hello anymore, although I wish very much that I could. I'm working at Kearns in the Air Forces as a private secretary to a major: and I certainly appreciate the help you gave me in English. A girl does not realize how much dignity she may be called on to display later in life when she only is in the seventh grade After being around people so much more educated than I, I find correct speaking is not an affec-tion, as I once thought, but the first requirement of culture." Kay was an active member in the Pepper Pals Club. Her title at Kearns is: Secretarey to Fi-nance Officer and Supervisor of Administration Section of the Camp. A former president of the Sen-ior Class of "40", an all-rou- nd ath-lete, was Bob Woolf, while attend-- j , ing South High School. At the j present Bob as holding a splendid I record at the U. of U. where he is ;;the Duke of the Inter Collegiate j Knights. Sweaters, Sweaters! Please Wearer, Masculine Eye Sweaters! Sweaters! Sweaters! They seem to be holding the lime-light in the fashion parade. Sweat-ers are being featured by both girls and boys at South. Not only ) are they good-lookin- g, but they are I warm in these days of fuel ration-ing. Fay Young has a red and white ski sweater she has been wearing lately. Dick North looks dashing in his canary yellow sweater and also his maroon number. Miss Virginia Walker is now wearing a very be-coming light blue cardigan. Joe Bonny is sporting a hand-stitch- ed jacket. The neutral tone goes well with his red hair. Mrs. Hickman has a new beige cardigan which goes well with her wine-color- ed dress. Jetta Hedgepeth appeared on the semester assembly in a striking wool jersey dress of kelly green trimmed with white. In the audi-ence were Kay Gertino and "Beanie" Hill dressed in blue twin ski sweaters. Miss Alexander from New York wears a trim forest green dress smartly set off by two wooden initial pins. Marilyn Geert-se- n looked very nice on the Friday ending the semester in her black gaberdine slippers and bright red tailored dress. June Hil lam's white crocheted beanie with the tassle goes ,very well with her dark brown corduroy reversible. Speaking of coats, Ju-lian Maack has a good-looki- ng camel's hair swagger to keep old man winter away. Lois Widdison wears a rust-color- ed tweed skirt with her pretty yellow Christmas sweater. Betty Lou Childs was seen at the Christmas dance wear-ing a light blue creation with a sweetheart neck. Student body of South high school extends deepest sympathy to the family of Tess Saville, who was killed in an auto acci-dent January 1. Southerner Coupon Sales Open Feb. 8 The 1943 Southerner goes on sale in home rooms February 8 at $2.00 each, and will continue fov a period of one "week, said Business Manager Theron Jackman Friday. This official notice replaces all ru-mor that the sale would be ex-tended for a greater length of time. Due to the size of his first period class, Sgt. Redmond requests that the boys in that period buy their books some other time. To take care of these boys, the Southerner has arranged for them to get their coupons in the Southerner business office after school. If Cubs cannot attend school that week, it will be necessary to make arrangements with a friend to pur-chase the book. Miss Josephine Sherman, newly appointed sponsor of the Southern-er and the third to consent to work with Editor Lawrence Johnson, is actively assisting the staff and helped judge the student life pic-ture contest, it was announced Fri-day. Taking over the adviser spot for the business staff is Miss Martha Shroeder. Former sponsor D .F. Williams is now at Hill field and Eddie F. Barr, business sponsor, is in the army air force. Miss Sherman sponsored the book from 1931 to 1938. Enrollment Drops; Four Teachers Leave South High Punctuating the decline of enroll-ment to 1734, four teachers left South high school at the end of the first semester, January 15. George H. Durham, teacher in the music department, Miss Maree D. Christensen, "social studies teacher, and C. A. Smith, have been transferred to other schools, and Eddie F. Barr is now in the army air corps. Replacing Mr. Smith is Mrs. Cal-vin Smith and taking the place of Mr. Barr is Mrs. Nellie Baker. Oth-er classes have doubled up. The number of boys at South is 849; girls, 885. Last semester's to-tal was 1829. Two years ago it top-ped 2200. Form Girls' Chorus "Friendship Through Song" is the motto of the Lyric Club, an or-ganization consisting of all the girls from George H. Durham's 1942-4- 3 choruses. This group meets Sunday from two until three o'clock to sing all types of songs. They plan to sing at various churches, clubs and oth-er civic clubs in the city. All those who are interested in joining the club, although they are not in a chorus group, should con-tact Mr. Durham. New members are cordially invited to join, he said. -- mi mi in Wl IB J-j THE WELL j 2044 So. 5th East j Dial 62 j Fountain Service, magazines, I school supplies j 4. 1 Watch Stopped? TAKE IT TO PARKS The Jeweler 24 West South Temple YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED We Specialize in Repairing of Swiss Wrist Watches Those yearhook coupons go on sale Feb. 8-1- 4, one week only. 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