South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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All Agree - Forensic League Something To Debate About This year South High officially became a chapter office of the National Forensics League. Debate is a big part of forensics. South High was made a chapter office because the forensics program was strong. This strength was largely due to the debate team. The team began the season with 55 varsity, junior varsity and novice debaters. The team had more novices than just about any other team in the state. Two-person varsity teams were sent to the sectionals tournament at Blake and one of the teams needed only 2 more points to qualify for the state tournament. The team on the whole won two sweepstakes tournaments. The team’s success was the result of long hours of research. Evidence to be used in a round was recorded on 3 x 5 inch index cards and was stored in big carrying cases. All in all it was a milestone year for South High debate. One of the newest teams became one of the best. Tlin I9S2-I98J DEBATE TEA M: KNEELING: Chris Peterson. Kat llawbakcr. Da id Tockman. SECOND ROW: Jason Tidwell, Carol) n Keefe. Rafi Caret . Kaia Simpson. THIRD ROW: Assistant Coach Tony Lockhart. Coach Jim Seeden, Paige Rogers. Marc Pitzer. Stephan Tyler. F.mily Youngdahl. Linda Bryant. FOURTH ROW: Andrea Cutting. Kyle Cleten. Sarah Hastings. Sharon Riger, Tasha Jagodzinski, Chip Starr. I llTH ROW': Matt Wassenaar, Colin I egg. Sally Johnson. Liz White. SEATED ON RAILING: Jon Flachman. Nathan Teske, Brian Armijo, Feliks Pone. Tim Wahlbcrg. Fzra Cold. Heather Hadden. Susan Riger, Nina Phung and Jill Speiser. 1. The top debaters. 2. Nate Teske and David Tockman discuss their strategy for the next round. 3. I)a id Tockman. Colin Legg. Sharon Riger, Kaia Simpson, Chris Peterson, and Nate Teske sack-out on the ride home from a tournament. Debate Team — 29

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Speech Team Popular The Speech Team is new this year at South High, and many students from all three schools, (Marshall-University, Central, and South) joined together to compete in the many categories of speech. For instance, there’s the Original Oratory, Humor, Play Reading, Poetry, and Extemporaneous Speaking, among many others. Students participating in speech really gained a lot; it helped to improve their English skills, as well as improving their self confidence. It also gave the members of the speech team a chance to get to know each other better and also meet other students all over the state. “The Speech team is not large in quantity this year, but the quality is tremendous”, said one team member. Indeed it was a good year, which can be shown by the many trophies they brought home to the South trophy case. THE 1983 SPEECH TEAM: SEATED: Kyle Cle en, Elliott Graham. Coach Jim Seeden, Carl Frochlich. Heather Hadden. Sue Riger Marc Pitzer, and Tim Wahlberg. STANDING: Ken Larson. Kaia Simpson. Paige Rogers, Heide Beske. Kat Ha baker. Ori Weisberg. Sharon Rigcr. Andy llargcns. Josh Jorgenson. Julia Collins, Emily Voungdahl, Michi Geretz, Anna Bliss. Jeff Lamplcy. Eeliks Pone. Rafi Geretz. Heather Kurtz and Tony-Lock hart. Assistant Coach. NOT PICTURED: Carol Horswill, Assistant Coach. Colin Legg. Tasha Jagodzinski, Terri Greene. Michaelanne Bourgine. Jay Corrao, Anton Kternes. Ezra Gold. Allison Fithian. and Becca Gershensen. 1. ADVISORS: Mrs. Horsnill, Tony Lockhardt. and Mr. Seeden. 2. Mr. Seeden teaches his expertise for Speech. 3. Students practice for an upcoming Speech tournament. 28 — Speech Team

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Paper Staff Changes The Southerner staff made a big change this year by changing the format of the paper. They changed it from a magazine style to a Tabloid style, which was almost a full size newspaper. Most of the staff came from first trimester’s news writing class where the purpose and organization of the paper was decided. Two important policies of the paper were features and good use of photography. For three weeks prior to publication, the staff worked hard on reporting, writing, editing, headlining, assigning and taking photos. Editor Stuart Littlejohn summed it up by saying, “During those three weeks you hate the newspaper and dread going to class. Everything revolves around the paper as it monopolizes your time. You always want to quit but for some unknown reason you stay on.” The day of the paper deadline, the staff looks back and feels a sense of great accomplishment. 1. Co-editors David Tockman and Stuart Littlejohn. Advisor, Mr. Schell and managing editor, Terri Aleckson. 2. Reporting staff; Meg Spilleth, Terri Greene, Kari Kennedy, Margie Czaia, Karla Barte, Erin Dooley. 3. Chief Photographer Mike Patterson. 30 — Southerner Staff litr