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

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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

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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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Sophomore Jem Smith qualitatively ana- lyzes an ob]ect before experimentation. Mr. Robert Botany Bob Weber dis- cusses one of many biological processes. Essentials taught to the future scientists For those who noticed a strange smell emanating from the front hall of the school, the department of science may seem inacessible. For those of us who plunged in anyway, the classes raised other barriers. Labs, quizzes, lectures, and tests all had their victims and also, incidentally, their victors. For freshmen, the intestines of frogs became familiar sights in Biology. Other students tackled the various worlds of Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Advanced Biology, and others. Through a careful application of scientific method, plus a little luck, science students acquired an idea of how and why things work. At times it seemed impossible to balance those equations while also balancing a precarious grade point average. Very few can call their science courses easy. Easy or not, however, in an increasingly technological world, a basic grasp of the principles of science is a necessary tool for survival. We find that electronic tools and nuclear technology encroach on even the most ordinary lives. To be fully informed about any phase of modern society, one must understand those scribbled chap- ter notes from classes taken right here in the Science Department at South Side. 30 Science