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

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Demonstrating their concentration and team- work, Anne Felger, junior, and Tim Clark, senior, practice their duo cut, The Great White Hope, for speech meets, pholo by Tagtmeyer Working together in harmony, band mem bers blend time, talents, and effort in full time, phoio by Taglmeyer Together we win. South Siders Bill [ordon, senior, and Kent Beasly, junior, have a firm grasp on friendship, pholoby Wesner 12 — Racial Relations

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Ivy Day has been one of South Side's most unique traditions. On May 18, 1984 the forty-eighth graduating class to par- ticipate in h-y Day marched down Calhoun and Oakdale streets in their caps and gowns. Rebecca Schaab. hy Da ' Queen, and her Court led the seniors down the isle of flags which were raised in salute to the graduating class. The seniors filed into the auditorium where Dan Bromle '. Master of Ceremonies, introduced the hy Da ' Queen and her Court. Shawn Fincher presented the new sprig of i 'y to Superintendent Bill C. Anthis who then made his acceptance speech. The ceremony ended with all who attended joining in to sing the Alma Mater. The Senior Class Officers were given the privilege of planting the ivy as a good-bye to South Side High School from the graduating class of 1984. Because Ivy Day is celebrated only by South Side, it is an especially mean- ingful day for seniors. Susan Felger, senior, said. Ivy Da ' will be one of the most wonderful memories I will have of South Side. The parade made the seniors realize that our four years had actually ended. At the same time it let us understand that South Side would always be in our memories. All underclassmen look forward to Ivy Day. No one can understand the feelings the seniors have at the time of graduation. Because underclassmen can't imagine these feelings. Ivy Day is given an almost fairy-tale quality. Each senior experiences his own emotions of relief, pride, happiness, love, and sadness on Ivy . . . Day Cheery as roses, Ivy Day court members. Carol and Mary Summers, seniors, smile into the sun. Hooper, Michele Davis.' Robin Lindsay, queen phoiobyWoiiers Rebecca Schaab, Stacy Files, Patricia Panyard, Iv - Dav— 11

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Ebony and ivory. We all know that people are the same wherever we go. There is good and bad in everyone. We Jearn to iive when we learn to give each other what we need to survive. Some people in the communit ' see racial relations as a problem. Some see it as a controllable situation. At South Side, relationships seem to grow freely between all races. To almost every stu- dent concerned, color of the skin has nothing to do with the social position a person holds. Many students are able to look past the exterior and focus on the feelings and emotions that lie inside. Alfredo Perez, senior, stated, To me. ■N if a person has the same interests as I do and is fun to be around, that is a true friend. Fortunately, most people seem to realize that the struggle for survival isn't a battle between races. Karen Nichols, senior, summed it up when she said. There really isn't a dif- ference between races, we're all in this together! To most people the conflicts between people aren't caused by color but are caused b ' differences in character. Keith [ones, senior, stated, People seem to be getting tired of fighting, and they're starting to give each other respect. Of course, there are some disrespectful people in all races, Hopefully, through the pride and respect we have for one another and for our school, others in the communitN' will see us as we really are. Many people look up to South Side The surroundings and people are great South Side will always be an admirable school. Gerald Lamb, junior, said. There may be differences amoung the races, but there are discrepancies within members of ever - race. Let's striw together to live in perfect harmony. We are born with color and acquirt prejudices. Prejudices can be changed We love, learn, cr '. and live whether we are ebonv or . . . Ivory Racial Relations— 13