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

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STRAUSS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS V ■ t ' '■ - 'i '■' ' ' • » - -„ J '• - . - -4 An unoccupied bulldozer sits next to the nearly-completed girls' gym. The gym was opened for the second semester classes and sports teams to use. y One of the laboring construction workers busily works on the interior of the new girls' gym facility. A Kurtis Vlot, junior, lifts weights in the varsity weight room. The weight room was one of the many sections were remodeled this yea rhe weight room was ions of the gym that ear. ' ? .• A 29

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Construction Changes Improve the School ▼ John Roberts, freshman, takes a break from his work-out in the newly-remodeled weight room. South Side received several physical changes and renovations this year. The most obvious of the changes was the completion of the new gymnasium behind the cafeteria. The new gym was built as a separate building and connected to the school by a hallway across what used to be a part of the teachers' parking lot. The new facility, which had been under construction since March of 1980, was finally completed as the sec- ond semester began. It houses new locker rooms, storage rooms, a laundry room, and a medical training room. The building was built with the plans of hosting all girls' basketball, volley- ball and gymnastics events and boys' wrestling matches. There is also room for tennis and track practices as well as a place for the baseball team to use its new batting cages. The gym has a 600- seat capacity for sporting events. Another exterior change to the school was the conversion of the track from 440 yards to 400 meters. The track was also resurfaced and remarked to help not only the physical education classes, but also both track teams. On the inside, the Physical Education Department also received some changes. The former girls' gymnasium area was remodeled. The actual gym was converted into a practice area for performing groups, while the dance room was made into a meeting room for athletic teams. The locker room was also remodeled, receiving new lockers as well as another equipment storage room for physical education classes. Construction of the new gymnasium wing involved many workmen. Here, a cement layer sets the angles for the founda- tion corners. Finally near completion, one of the first views of the new girls' gym shows glimpses of the equipment still remaining. Students soon replaced equipment. 28

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▼Virgil Pearson, South Side alumnus, sings to the crowd. ►Jeff Fincher, sophomore, plays the prince as he comes to the rescue of Robin Beasley, senior, during Cindy Ella. Tammy Marshall, senior, por- trays the good fairy. ARobin Beasley, senior; Susan Kelsaw, junior; Valerie Wims, junior; Wanda Tubbs, junior; and Kim Rozier, senior, perform as Cindy Ella and her family in the Afro-American Club's Cindy Ella. 30