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

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Mrs. Widmann presents the underclass- men athletic award to Robin Beasley, junior. Junior Jennifer Langhinrichs accepts the Brown University Book Award from Mr. Richard Block. Junior tennis player Tom Lazoff receives the underclassmen athletic award. Beth Schilling, junior, accepts the I Dare You Award for special incentive. Honors Convocation 15

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Top students honored Recognition Night, June 3, 1979, honored underclassmen and seniors in a combined cere- mony. Over 100 students were given awards for excellence in their endeavors. Valedictorian of the Class of 1979 was James Buuck, followed by Salutatorian, Kevin Leamon. South Side Scholars were Becky Haffner, John Buuck, Tom Mat- son, John Martin, Lori Bennin- ghoff, Linda Spenny, Becky Anderson, Laura Houser, and Cindy Cobbs. Top junior award went to Jenny Langhinrichs who also won the Brown University Award. Other juniors honored were Tri-Kappa winners Art Fogel, Tom Gidley, Peggy Couch, Carol Hummel, Jenny Langhinrichs, and Rob Manges. Shiroz Keshwani was last year's top sophomore, winning the cov- eted R. Nelson Snider award. In athletic awards, James Goree was recognized for wrestling, and Mike Cunningham for basketball. Outstanding underclass athletes recognized were Robin Beasley and Tom Lazoff. Seniors honored were Cindy Kindschy and Delores Stewart. The Business Department gave out awards for business skills to Nora Kowal, Kathy Roberts, and Gwen Fields. In the mathematics depart- ment, Jim and John Buuck were both given awards in calculus. Linda Spenny was recognized for senior math. The Rensselaer Medal went to Paul Johnson for his work in math and science. Stewart Ott and Ronda Spran- ger got honors for perfect attend- ance in three years. Among citizenship awards were the D.A.R. Good Citizen Award won by Becky Anderson and Marc Warner, the Kiwanis award given to Penny Johnson, and the Hi-Y Best Citizen Award won by Becky Hines and Jeff Presley. In addition, 81 of last year's seniors were elected to the National Honor Society. The evening was concluded with Elgar's Pomp and Circum- stance. Seniors to be honored anxiously await presentation of awards. 14 Honors Convocation

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Mrs. Connie Wilson, study hall aide, watches over working students. Howard Johnson, junior, finds the study hall atmosphere most relaxing. Study hall affected by changes With the over-abundance of new students this year, the one area that really felt cramped was the study hall. The room, espe- cially around the lunch mods, overflowed into the Greeley Room at the beginning of the school year until arrangements were made for a separate study hall in the auditorium. Due to the number of students, it was particularly necessary for faculty in charge to keep a sharp eye on discipline. They were in a rather unpopular position as far as many students were con- cerned, but in the end with many new rules and a lot of extra help, the students' atmosphere for studying benefitted. 16 Study hal