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

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Banc! Band members will long remember this year as a great one, for they received smart new gray uniforms. These have been long-awaited and worked for by the band members. One way in which they plan to pay for the uniforms is by the production of an annual band benefit show. The first one, held this year, was a fine show from every standpoint. The wearing of these new uniforms has already proved to be a source of pride to the band members, and they are sure to give us even bigger and better shows in the future. A trip to Muncie this year was another highlight of the band's calendar. Participation in the music assemblies, in several parades, and in the shows at half-time at basketball and football games helped to make this a busy year for them, MR. ROBERT DRUMMOND Brmrlvmzrter Firrt Row, left to right: Charles Owen, Owen Snyder, Jane Dill, Nancy Burton, Marilyn Fowler, Gail Baldwin, Gloria Evans, Joyce Smith, Richard Meissner, Owen Severance, Carolyn Peek, Judith Cook, Sharon Sprunger, Marilyn Beck, Marcia Downhourg second row: Ann Riping, Mary Ann Gulley, Jerry Boerger, Janice Sherman, Norma Klaehn, Leona Moore, Ruth Rainier, June Flaugh, Mike Gilsdorf, John Nagel, Martha Steinbauer, Sue Berlien, Judy Holloway, Linda Jones, Suzanne Eisenhut, Kay Jamie- son, Donna Hoover, John Stephenson, Sandra Disher, Donald Brittson, Judy Christman, Marilyn Tennantg third row: Bill Kamm, David Spears, Keith Kirbach, Dave Redding, David Seaman, Dwight Flowers, Dick Heine, Tom Tate, Bruce Scott, Dick Shock, Margaret Schell, Harry Cochran, Robert Kable, Richard Rudnick, Wayne Elyg fourth row: Dave VonGunten, Carl Simon, Alton White, Dick Colchin, Bill Moore, Jack Young, Jerry Smith, Carl Moser, Don Young, Courtland Clayton, Jim Cox, Dick McBride, Alan Bennington, Pat Harmison, Mar yRose Waulg fifth row: John Shanahan, Tom Winkler, Ron White, Edward Mida daugh, Leonard Sills, Keith Warner, Robert Ryker, Dick Lentz, and Bob Buelow. 97 f- nnapamnmu . -2. wulmlnlur Y 5

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- f SJ v The log records many pep sessions this past year. The above is an example of one of them. Lettermen pre- sented it before we played North Side in the form of a Congressional investigation to lind out who was Red. The cameraman is Dennis Mclntyre, and the senators seated at the table are, from left to right, Dick Branting- ham, secretary, Tom Pinder, Ellis Ralston, and Norman Miner. Bunko Clarkson is the director. Collecting canned goods for Christmas baskets was a school activity guided by the Lettermen. The good sea- men in the center are, from left to right, Bob Rossiter, jim Fuzy, Bill Gerig, Stu Koch, and Dick Brantingham. I 3flL97 77Ze7fl S South Sides sportsmen who have earned a letter compose this club, led by Mr. Ora Davis. The annual events of Lettermen's are the banquet and the dance. At Christmas time, Lettermen backed the collection of food for the needy. The seniors of the 1955 graduating class wish to ex- press their deep thanks for the patience of the sponsors and advisers of all the clubs at South. These clubs have been a blessing. After the many hard hours of study and concentration in classrooms, the activities after school offer a pleasant relief from the strenuous schedule. A student is given a chance to do something worth- while for the school through these activities. It is through them that the school gets many much-needed articles, 96 such as the record-player and the combination crystal bowl, candlestick holders, and tray. Lettermen's Club collected canned foods for the Christmas baskets for the poor, and most of the clubs, including Lettermen's, presented pep sessions with skits for the entertainment of the entire student body. This is just a brief summary of the many activities the clubs did this past year. The senior class again says thanks for the good work the clubs and advisers have done. 1 i I P

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CTop7: Front row, left to right: Judy Christman, Emily Bailey, Owen Severance, Richard Meissner, Joyce Smith, Becky Miller, Kay Crosby, Lonny Kimble, Judy Novitsky, Marty Lehman, Ann Sherbondy, Ruth Ann Pifer, Nancy Zeiler, Sandra Disher, Mary Ann Gully, Margaret Schell, Ann Riping, and Marcia Downhour, second row: Jane Felger, Carol Cramer, Suzanne Eisenhut, Donna Hoover, Marilyn Fowler, Nancy Burton, Sharon Sprunger, Judith Cook, Alton White, Dick Colchin, David Von Gunten. Carl Simon, Leona Moore, Ruth Rainier, John Nagel, Linda Jones, Martha Steinbauer, Sue Berlien, Anna Fanger, Gail Baldwin. Victor Stelmashenko, and Nathan Roembkeg third row: Bob Buelow, Keith Kirbach, Charles Owen, Jerry Miller, Dick Swager, Ann Edens, Janet Sauer, Sharon Huxoll, Jane Zeller, Nancy McCarron, Joyce Graue, Linda Helms, Nancy Moore, Gloria Sprunger, Arnold Pearson, John Robinson, and Carolyn Peek. Urcbestm Music hath charms, they say, and certainly no one would be more eager to assure you of this than the members of the orchestra. Under the direction of Mr. Robert Drummond, they have had a fine year and have played various kinds of charming music. Not only does this group play for the music assemblies, but also for other school functions and church aH'airs. This year one of their biggest extra programs was the Band Benefit Show, another was the third annual per- formance at Plymouth Congregational Church, put on jointly with the Plymouth Church choir. Besides the complete orchestra, there are numerous smaller groups who perform at other functions. Some of these are the String Ensemble and String Quartets, and the Recorder Society. Both the band and the orchestra are now larger than they have ever been before, with seventy-five members in band and seventy in orchestra. These musical groups are growing for many reasons, one of which is the fine 98 music that is played by the band and orchestra. This year saw the performance of a great variety of music played by both groups, representing almost every period in musical history from pre-Bach times to the present. Some which were especially popular with the players and the listeners were music from Porgy and Bess, Kiss Me Kate, Carousel, and South Pacific, played by the orchestra, The Pines of Rome, Mardi Gras, and Gremlin Ball, played by the band. This year in the band, a new policy was begun. There is now a reserve marching band in addition to the varsity, or regular, marching band. This has already begun to show its effect in the improved shows given by our band. In the orchestra, there are several individuals who are given opportunities to do solo parts. This year, such people were Sharon Huxoll, who played the violin solo, Melodie, at the Spring Concert, and Alton White, who played the trumpet solo in the Haydn Trumpet Con- certo, also in the Spring Concert. - H r--,uf-..a.-.Qi----X--D., -T-l-'ligV.-4r-:-