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

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Ivy tradition upheld The student body looks on, thinking that one day they, too, will participate in the Ivy Day Parade. The flag corps precedes the band, pro- viding entertainment and music for the parade. It was on a sunny spring day that the Class ot 1979 took their final march in front of the school. The next time their whole class would be assembled together, as such, in their caps and gowns would be on that fateful night of commencement. With the band playing sentimental strains of the South Side Alma Mater behind them, the Senior Class walked down Calhoun Street and on down Oakdale in the annual Ivy Day parade. The entire student body lined the streets and looked on as the queen and her court slowly fol- lowed the procession. The parade concluded in the east parking lot of the school where the entire Senior Class went on to the Ivy Day ceremony in the auditorium. Senior Jeff Presley spoke briefly and effec- tively on what being at South had meant to him and what effects South Side would have on his life in the future as well as its effects on the entire Senior Class. Mark Clevenger, the Senior Class presi- dent, gave a speech on the mean- ing of Ivy Day. He gave a brief explanation of the tradition and the symbolism of Ivy Day. Next, Clevenger presented the ivy to Mr. Lester Grile, superintendent of schools, who accepted it in keep- ing with yearly tradition. The highlight of ceremony was the crowning of the Ivy Day Queen, Katy Keenan. Her court consisted of Concetta Walker, Linda Spenny, Amy McClure, Cindy Wyss, Carla Hunter, and Nora Kowal. Retaining the annual activities of Ivy Day, the senior choir sang its solemn rendition of The Ivy Song. After the official ceremony was over, the Senior Class officers took the potted ivy out to the side of the building, where they trans- ferred the ivy to its spot where it, like the graduates, will take root, then grow magnificently.

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Seniors show relief as they see the final days of school drawing nearer, marked by the presence of Ivy Day. The Ivy Day court: Hunter, Spenny, McClure, Widmann, Keenan, Wyss, Walker, and Kowal. The Senior Class officers lead the class of 1979 in one of South Side's finest tra- ditions, the Ivy Day parade. 10 Ivy Day

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The casual look has always made the Senior Cheryl Hough and Sophomore grade for most students, as shown by Robin Wemhoff look sharp from head to Junior Robert White's striking of a lei- toe and exhibit some of the latest hair- sure pose. styles. Steve Mosley, senior, displays a popular trend of strolling down the hall with his radio as a companion. 12 Fads and fashions