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Page 2 SCRIPPAGE January 25 Scripbvge Published weekly by the students of Soldan High School, St. Louis, Mo. Copy is furnished by the Scrippage Class working with an Editorial Staff. 50c PER TERM 75c BY MAIL SCRIPPAGE STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF , Louis Malm ASSISTANT EDITOR Myra Goldstein ASSOCIATE EDITORS Sam Goldenberg, Boris Mackler NEWS EDITORS Thelma Marcus, Sidney Schoen SPORTS EDITORS Henry Lieberman, Sam Schwartzberg FEATURE EDITOR Joe Lowe CLUB EDITOR Joan Blodgett HUMOR EDITOR Henry Schwartz TYPISTS Yetta Brody, Oelia Rubanowitz, Rosella Sorkin, Goldie Mellman, Dorothy Jablonsky REPORTERS Members of the Scrippage Class FACULTY SPONSOR Miss Cameron PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE TO SCHOOL HONOR SOCIETY HEAD PLANS DANCING CAREER Dear Soldan Folks: Another semester is behind us, a half-year of rich opportunity, an important part of our lives! What have we done with it? We know that some have used the past term tremendously well to prepare themselves for future success and service. For them these months have been most profitable?╟÷ profitable in the achievement and the happiness of this term and profitable as preparation for greater and greater achievement and happiness in the years to follow. We know that some have wasted their opportunities and, as a consequence, are now perhaps less capable of right attitude, of fine spirit, of worthy effort than they were a half-year ago, for with loafing-on-the-job are apt to be associated and developed many unattractive and undesirable traits of character and unworthy qualities of workmanship and of citizenship. For them these months have been worse than useless. May all of us learn from the semester's experiences and determine to use wisely and completely the splendid opportunities that will be ours in the term that is about to begin. So may Soldan boys and girls in June be a full half-year finer than they are now in knowledge, in courtesy, in ability to face situations squarely and to work honestly and honor- ~afoiy, and tti desire to give themselves in service for others. "Play up, play up, and play the game." ?╟÷Sir Henry Newbolt. We rejoice in the fine work that has been done during this term in shops and laboratories and in classrooms, in athletics, in music organizations, in clubs. We commend highly such excellent achievements as Scrippage, Scrip, the Washington play, the Christmas play, and the affairs of the Class of January, 1933. We are proud of the worthy attitude and spirit of the school as a whole. Best wishes to all for even greater success next term. Sincerely yours, Herbert P. Stellwagen. FACULTY PAYS TRIBUTE As members of the Soldan Faculty we pause to pay tribute to the Memory of Hetty P. Parselle, who died December 14, 1932. Miss Parselle was one of the charter members of Soldan and during almost twenty years that she taught here, she gave to her pupils an insight into the things that make for spiritual values in life. Her manner was quiet and gentle; there was a dominant strength founded in the belief in righteousness and sustained by the pursuit of constant service for others. During the last years of her teaching she grew frail, but the spirit carried on. May Soldan ever cherish and hold fast the principles and virtues instilled by such a gentlewoman. SPILLED INK "Naturally, since I have chosen dancing as my career, I would like to become another Donahue or Astaire," Arden Peterson, the President of the Honor Society, told a reporter during a recent interview. Apart from dancing, Arden has studied voice, can play the clarinet, and at present he is taking acrobatic dancing. ^^^^^^^^^^1 Likewise h e Arden Peterson has excelled in his school work, being a memiber of the Honor Society and the Service Club, in both of which he is president, and the receiver of a two year scholarship seal. Peterson also served on the June '32 Scrip Staff and is an active member of the Dramatic Guild. After graduation Arden intends to study in further preparation for his work next fall when he plans to go to New York to enter musical comedy. "You might add that the thing that I hate to do most is to get a haircut," Arden remarked as he turned to attend a Dramatic Guild rehearsal. SOLDAN STUDENT RECEIVES HIGHEST SCOUTING HONOR CLUB CLICKS Rostrum Election The officers of the Rostrum for the coming term are as follows: Mark Silverstone, president ; George Gillerman, vice-president; Henry Kohn, secretary; Melvin Kranzberg, treasurer; Joel Liber- man, parliamentarian. Dramatic Guild The following people were admitted to the Soldan Dramatic Guild after its semi-annual try- out: Helen Nader, William Gans, Elliott Fagerberg, Bob Dosse, Jack Ogden, William Sexton, Jack Fink, Betty Reeder, Phyllis Hanson, Jewell Owens, Virginia Hailer, Lorraine Lake, and Alfred Rich. Round Table Tea The Round Table will give a tea and bridge for the Senior members of the club at the Gates- worth Hotel on Saturday afternoon, January 28. Pickering Club Officers The officers elected by the Pickering (Astronomical) Club for the coming semester are as follows: Bernice Dunie, president; Otto Fette, vice-president; Bernard Susman, secretary; Albert Silver- berg, treasurer; Elmond Claridge, librarian. ^H Emily Basel, a fifth termer, received the Golden Eaglet, the highest award in girl scouting, on Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Kings- way Hotel. The award, which was also given to two other girls in the city, was presented by Mrs. Frederick Edey, national president of the Girl Scouts. Emily is a member of Troop 1, Pilgrim Congregational Church. Honor Society (Continued from Page 1, Col. 1) The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not. -s Don't weep peeling other people's onions. s The road is short to anything we fear. s What makes life seem unreasonable is the necessity of doing good work every day. Very little that is of superior merit is permanently overlooked. After the processional of the Torchbearers to the stage, David Goldring, president of the Honor Society last term, explained the meaning of the Honor Society pin. Betty Miller, Virginia Harszy, Mildred Becker, and Jay Hodges, then spoke on "Scholarship," "Character," "Leadership," and "Service," respectively. Following these explanations the new members of the Honor Society were presented to the principal by Mr. Olson, co-sponsor of the Senior Class, and they were permitted to wear the emblem of the organization after Mr. Stellwagen's formal acceptance. In a darkened auditorium, the master-torch was lighted by Alma Mater. "Scholarship," "Character," "Leadership," and "Service," Alma Mater's attendant virtues, then presented the lighted torches to the new members. The solemn recessional of all Chess Club The following were elected officers of the Chess Club for the coming term: Isadore Myers, president; Dave Weinhaus, vice- president; Boris Mackler, secretary; Sydney Black, treasurer. EXCHANGES As the Unknown Soldier is paid a yearly tribute of a minute's silence, so was Dean Miller, star athlete of Washburn High School, Minnesota, respected by the whole of that institute. As all the students could not attend his funeral, at 2:10 p. m., all the classes stood, on a signal from the office, and remained in silent and reverent prayer until a second signal was given one minute later. Grinning gleefully through smudges of chocolate, the students of the Alexander Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, Calif., cheerfully bought chocolate eclairs to help finance the handbook. the Torchbearers concluded the program. Marjorie Gregory and Miriam Sandmel were recently elected to the Jan. '33 Honor Society, bringing the number of students in the chapter up to the usual 15 percent of the class.