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

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An active church worker, Aletha Staight teaches her small Sunday-school charge about the Bible. Once upon a time . . . Linda Newell, a member of the Red Cross Club, reads stories to children of Westside Neighborhood. Bringing cheer to the sick, Gaylene Hilsmier spends spare hours doing hospital volunteer wotk as a nursette. Lettermen Tom Shine, Mart Platupe, Ken Leakey, Bob Lohman. Steve Cook, and Don Sievert load cans for the Christmas Bureau. 17

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Academics Progress through four decades has revised, changed, and improved South's curriculum, which present students with boundless opportunities for increased knowledge. The exchange of ideas through class discussions allows students to express themselves, absorb the opinions of others, and modify their own views as their education and experiences broaden. Implantine lessons upon the mind, homework teaches students self-discipline and offers them the chance to think for themselves. Tests, too, have an important place in academic life, for they not only correct the ideas of pupils but also reveal to teachers the weaknesses of texts and courses and thus enable them to revise their teaching methods. 19