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

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Mrs. Jane Langdon, English teacher, watches over her senior class as they work on their subordinate clauses. Elaine Williams, junior, demonstrates her dramatic ability, leaving teacher Mrs. Phyllis Bush (left) in hysterics.

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English provokes minds The South Side English Depart- ment has many attributes. Not only does it provide many phases of English but it has extracurricu- lar activities in English as well. One example of an extracurricular activity is the trip that some of the students took to Canada to see the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. A group of South Siders saw three plays performed by excellent casts. Some of the most difficult pro- jects an English student must face are the research paper and the hour-long. The research paper is, very simply, an accumulation of facts and quotes organized into a report that hopefully makes some sense. The teacher who is notorious for giving difficulty over the research paper is Mr. Ronald Fecher. Some students complain about Mr. Fecher's pickmess, while others dutifully go about the task of setting their margins and underlining in red ink. In reality, Mr. Fecher is simply trying to pre- pare college-bound students for professors who will not accept any papers that are not perfectly typed and perfectly written. The hour-long is not only a research paper but also an hour- long presentation to one's English class. The hour-long involves research of a novel and its author. One must learn about the theme, plot, characters, and importance of the novel he is reporting. Along with all of this, one must be able to present everything in a way that the other students are able to understand. There are many other projects required of South Side English students. Each year students read one of William Shakespeare's classic plays. Romeo and Juliet is read by the freshmen, Julius Cae- sar by the sophomores, Macbeth by the juniors, and Hamlet by the seniors. This required reading teaches the students the beauty of drama and English. It is exciting to think that English will always enhance the life of each student. Mrs. Diane Stone, English teacher, explains the elements contained in most theatrical works. Phil Pranger, junior, portrays the charac- ter of Beowulf battling the terrible mon- ster Grendel. 24 English

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Seniors John Laurie and Jim Warren seem to enjoy their trigonometry class most with books closed. Senior George Taylor is surprised by his mathematical genius as he executes a cosine law in his trigonometry class. -- Junior Fred DeBrine contemplates a diffi- cult geometric proof. Mr. Richard Sage dwells on the beauty of mathematics. 26 Math Department