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

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' - v A. Kay Lynn Wagner takes a break from the bore of studying and relaxes while eat- ing a banana. B. Senior Mary Hale makes friends with a $• % . V?, .-; , puppy at Foster Park after the powderpuff ;' -,'; ■.', £g » ... ..,,,, V. football practice. t j li V Vil • ■ -.■•- '■ si,.': 1 JL f a. ■ •:- When passing through the two tall pillars that guard the entrance to South Side, we may not notice the subtle changes that continually take place. These are changes of the mind and are caused by one thing. This one thing is the fact that our school is not just a build- ing of brick and ivy, but a place where we learn by contact of oth- ers. Since South Side was opened in 1922 and is the oldest existing high school in Fort Wayne, it has been the site of many such personal changes. The building itself has changed drastically from its begin- ning. For example, the school had remained a single-story building until 1938. A football stadium was built next to the north side of the building in 1922 and then found inadequate and torn down in 1971. Extensive remodeling in 1972 brought the building to its present size and appearance. Students learn from all aspects of school life, not just those in the classroom. Whether noticeable or not, these lessons are just prepra- tion for us to be . . . Own Our Own

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We Live Our Own Lives The halls of South Side were packed with students this year, each one acting as an individual doing the things that pleased him- self most. The fads adopted at South were the same as those shared all around the country. Jogging was a well- accepted way of staying in shape, trailing an attractive person, or simply sharing a common interest. The most widespread fad at school was the ever-popular, John Tra- volta style, Disco Fever. The girls brought out the straight-legged pants, while the boys stepped into their high-fashion three pieces and let loose to the beat of the drum. The charts were full of disco songs and many students proudly dis- played T-shirts in the spirit of Sat urday night. The whole year was hustley- bustley for most students with so much going on and so many activi- ties to choose from. South Side soon found that, if they applied themselves to a situation, they would become wrapped up in what i s commonly called typical stu- dents' life.

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A. Senior Judy Herman. Junior Penny Cook, and Senior Sharon Cherry catch some rays while sitting on the steps at school. B. A teenager shows his form at the ancient Greek art of the discus in the Cir- cus Maximus at Foster Park.