Fargo South High School - Bruin Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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I Wish I Could Go Back! From a fire, to split-shifts at North, to 1840 Avenue South, the and her nary one. The is best told who the Mrs. uated story personal perspective. I was in of us were up in the front I remember looking up, coming in around floor to floor. I smoke cwhing inl' He yelled, the he utta herel' We to our do that eil g think the wh buildi, minutes. It was W'i'iflel9Qf know, that heavy wet P across the street to the Emerso remember I saw Miss Grant, and I Grant, there's a firel' She said, 'No, itfs drill.' But then the fire trucks came, and she believed me. I had a green coat with a big fur collar. That was the style then! They wouldn't let us go in the building to get anything, so I had to leave it in my locker. But a couple days later, when they let us go back to get things, I got it out of my locker, and it was OK. Mrs. Cossette remembers that most of the kids thought that the sounding of the bell was only a drill. When it became evident that it was an actual fire, They were all concerned about the other one hundred forty-eight-Classes but he didn't even let us your books,' he said. I evacuated our yyyg ooks, I y M Q ' ra kids. They wanted to make sure everyone got out OK. Within only three days, the Central students were attending North High under a system called split-shifts. In this way, the North students attended school in the morning and the Central students during the afternoon. Claire Heath, the former Claire Carson, was a sophomore the year of the fire. In describing the split-shifts at North, Claire said, I liked it, because I didn't have to come until the after- noonsf' Because of the awkward scheduling, many students found it necessary to continue some of their home activities at school. For instance, Claire now and then would wear her hair in curlers at school. Mr. Hendricks took my picture with my curlers in and put it in the like that at all, she Despite these managed felt that school pep fests to learn The high point was, like many, graduation. It was like starting a whole new life. A whole new life was opening up for me. As far as the high school went, it was super. I think it was a lot more open than North. We had freedom to cope with, and very good teachers. Miss Schnell was to eventually marry Tim Corwin, who was also a member of the Class of '71.

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Right: Bruin yearbook and Sudhian news- paper staff members are seated: Diane Pyle, Laurie Lind, Mary Knox, Dave Dabill. Standing: Valerie McKay, Sandy Schenatzki, Dave Koloack, Teresa Beard, Erik Haarstad Pat Wegenast and Karen Inks. Above: Bruin editor Dave Kolpack waits tor the action to begin while shooting a tennis game at South Wir, f . iiry '1,,irs tt i. s s'ss rsitti '1 ssir'r ist'1 t rfii digg i isi i rti,i t irr i f i i i iiii iiii ' r e rrki isi raii r rri ii t , i iir , t,fi,i asii 1 ,ii,i iiref 2552 ir,t ..,s.t i ,sis t .rfi - ,siiii ,iiie ,fki si,i V. A ra isr r'ssi i'i i ' rr, Ji sQte, i fork the i iir 'iiie i tre Thaawafd pfgsenfed swear y 192? Bruin aaandss rMf.fsr R.fo.as one hundred forty-seven

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Corwin claimed that the most positive aspect of South, to him, was Sam Neis. He probably did more for me and other students than anyone else. I also thought the school did a good job of preparing us for college. When asked about negative aspects of the school, Corwin replied, There wasn't enough personal contact between students and teacher. Raymond was a good guy. The kids were nice, we had a lot of choices of classes, there were a lot of opportunities of things to get involved with, and I liked open study halls. Karen Wehlander, who graduated from South in 1972, felt that these were the bright sides of the school. She could list only one setback of South, I hated wearing dresses. Gillam, another graduate of '72, came in the fall of 1976 as a student gym felt that many things had changed They fixed up the gym, for one broadened, and And Geller, affectionately by most people as Harry-O. Linda thought the school gave the students a lot more responsibility than other schools. As far as the classes and teachers were concerned, she thought there was a good variety. Lois thought the variety of classes was fantastic Sorne other good points of South for Lois included, early gym for seniors. That was a really good idea. We got to do a lot of different things. The teachers did a very good job for the size of classes they had to work with. I also liked the fact that we could come and go. Sort of like college. The highlight of Harry-?'s senior year was when the cycles roared through the halls. I liked Mr. Z fZuehlsdorfl, too. He was a good instructor. Harry-O felt that South had many negative points. Prom was a drag. The teams were poor, school spirit reeked, the cliques were disgusting. He added his idea that the school was too easy, irrelevant for the future. Not hard at all. Dave Solberg of the class of '75, claimed that many things could have been changed about the school. They could have used a lot more curriculum on careers. The pep fests could have been a lot more exciting. A few in the administration could have been gotten rid of. 1975 graduates Jim Payne and Donita Naylor listed the high points of their senior year as working on the basketball tourney special, and finishing the respectively. Payne enjoyed the Free- curriculum and the phy ed program, 'the amount of freedom and the hnson, another that South was It was a good get to know what who years The 'when the He felt the light l liked it had Planter's didn't have Planter's so much. of South's 1976 graduating said that if the kids would take advantage of the many opportunities provided at South, there was no problem. Deniselikedthe wide choice of classes which prepared me for further educa- tion. It seems that most graduates of Fargo South High would agree with Jim Payne in saying, South is probably one of the better schools aroundf' Sonja Vidger summed up the feelings of most with, I enjoyed South. I wish I could go back! Classes-one hundred forty-nine I