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

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Edwin Smith, sophomore, begins to write John Moeder, senior, concentrates on out a social complicated assignment tor his social studies homework, oblivious to his World History class. the outside world. Willie Mosley, sophomore, leats through a book during history class in his quest of knowledge. Alicia Hamblin, junior, reads her lessons in the few minutes before history class begins. 28 Social studies

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Math brings new angles In orientation assemblies at the beginning of this school year, many students learned that South Side is one of the most well-known high schools in the country. One of the reasons for this is its excel- lent math program. Among the courses in the program are com- puter math, which teaches math with the aid of a computer, and the two-year honors course, which adds calculus to the regular col- lege preparatory program of geometry, first-and second-year algebra, trigonometry, and ana- lytic geometry. According to Math Department head, Mr. Richard Sage, Math is beautiful. The more we learn about it, the more beautiful it becomes. To numerous students, math is a foreign language. Terms, such as the delta process, derivatives, i • A tangents, axioms, circumference, square roots, and integrals, con- fuse and frustrate many a math student. In the long run, most students appreciate what South Side's Math Department does for them. Through math students take, they learn logical thinking and deduc- tive reasoning. Both are very use- ful in life, even if a student doesn't enter into a math-related field. Perhaps the strongest areas of the Math Department at South Side are the higher mathematics. The trigonometry, analytic geom- etry, and calculus courses are among the best in Fort Wayne. South Side's Math Department is instrumental for one who is planning to pursue a college edu- cation. Math provides a solid background for all subjects. Mr. Murray Mendenhall shows his geom- etry class the finer points of math. Junior Matt Holley explores new horizons in the computer field. N rtw ■ k Math Department 27

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' Bygone days relived After working five or six hours on an extra-credit report for one of the social studies courses, many a student will agree with Henry Ford who said, History is bunk! World History, American History, Government, Psychology, Sociol- ogy, and Economics kept every- one busy researching times and ideas far from his own. Still, read- ing Gone With the Wind and watching T.V. documentaries brought the past into focus for many. For those who can't remember which world war came first, the study of current events provides a welcome change. With the help of Time and Walter Cronkite, most can manage to keep the fluctuat- ing Carter cabinet straight and in the proper departments. OPEC and the Middle East situation proved to be the downfall of some Archers, while some lost hope over NATO and Eurocommunism. Whatever the event, history stu- dents could always find multiple currents of opinion. It seemed that every story had six or seven sides. Sorting out the truth from fiction was a major task. Whether we studied the process of learning in Psychology or the conquests of Alexander the Great in World History, Archers put the social back in social studies. Mr. David Fireoved, social studies teacher, reflects upon a hard day while grading papers. Sophomore Robert Littlejohn finds enjoy- ment in completing his lengthy assign- ment in history. Social studies 29