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

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A. Fans enthusiastically applaud the exploits of the Mighty Archers during the first basketball game in Huntington. B. The band is frequently spirited, but the contests and events of spirit week illus- trate their true enthusiasm. C. Sophomore Freddie Poindexter receives a rubber chicken and the distin- guished title of Mr. Turkey. D. Lick 'Em Day was a favorite of many South Side students. Munching down on a Spirit Sucker is Lynn Paulson. E. Seniors Jody Commers a nd Carla Staf- ford demonstrate the proper techniques needed to inflate balloons. Participation Adds Memories A visitor to the halls of South Side during the three-day week before Thanksgiving might have had trouble believing what his eyes were seeing. Corridors plas- tered with posters, filled with giant balloons, and enmeshed in crepe paper along with students sporting strange headgear, dressed in green and white, and licking large lollipops would have greeted the amazed guest's eyes. All of these out-of-the- ordinary occurrences were mani- festations of the Spirit Daze sponsored by the cheerleaders and Hi-Y. Archers engaged in festive activities that included Green and White Day, Crazy Hat Day, a Lick 'Em Day devoted to candy consuming, and Hush Day, the purpose of which was to halt communica- tion between the sexes. Girls who spoke to boys were forced to relinquish their paper turkeys. All this activity climaxed in a wild Wednesday pep session and the exciting game with Hunting- ton North that evening. 22

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daydreamer daydreamer, the road lay straight before you but you chose the grassy bypath and sat among the flowers against a tree, lulled by the songbirds' happy chorus rocked by a gentle breeze in the warm sunshine. daydreamer rides white horse clouds in the sky, soars with the hawk, and floats on the lake. daydreamer saw all, felt everything, heard much, but stopped to count the stars before leaving. — Becky Anderson Time goes on, past the cold stone memorials; time goes on, countless centuries, with men using others as naught but a pawn. Men scratching and clawing, trying to leave their mark. All is wasted; time covers all, eroding all but quark! — Kevin Ringenberg Retarded Girl Retarded girl Adorned in white Her face Twisted in palsy; clownish. And overcoming my fears to lay a comforting hand on a hopeless spirit and mind. I receive no word no sigh of appreciation, but looking into retarded eyes; A haunting, mongoloid expression I feel A twitch somewhere, in her knobby, pale hands for a fleeting second A glance of absurd intelligence. A person; A genius who knows exactly why I am here. — Jennifer Erickson LITERARY ART SECTION ;a The nver flows endlessly mirroring my soul as it smooths boulders into pebbles, rocks into sand, dust from trees eroding life with the intensity of the water. Light glowing on the glistening glass reflects the unsteady rippling and smoothing of a turbulent past. There is a small wheel formed where someone stuck his hand. The river struggles to stop its meandering to pause, live life and not always destroy itself with its search for better things or a quieter wind in which to stay. But it rambles yet. climbing stepping stones, mounds of earth, and weeds: wandering, wondering; is life to be found? — Jenny Langhinrichs -Mark Clevenger 21

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3LKZ.AKD 77tt 0 w SSs • -•r- $£ IN V Put air - •— -. bound Streets to?: IP !! «g» y v V A5!S ■ -■ V ;; Fort Wayne became para- lyzed, frozen in its tracks. Every- thing was closed. People could not get out of their houses, much less their drives. Many slept in their places of work because they could not get home. Some spent several days in cars buried on the interstates. People found many things to occupy their time. Some made homemade snow plows in their race to get out of their houses. There were also other ways to kill time. Baby doctors expect a booming business in October. The big snow had a good side to it. It united the people of Fort Wayne. There was a common goal for everyone. People con- stantly greeted each other, and they assisted strangers in need. Although there were many com- plications, cabin fever, and bor- ing vacations, the Blizzard of '78 brought out the best in peo- ple. It will be a natural disaster that we will always remember. mPfi