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

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Listening to the Christmas lists of several children, Santa Claus. alias Mr. Thomas Gordon, visits the Lutheran Hospital Day Care center with Proj ect LEAD. photo by Gimher With winter setting in, what better thing to make than gingerbread houses out of graham crackers? Dartanya Link, freshman, and April Wade, freshman, masterfully create theirs, phoio by sheroy And to all a good night! yells Santa as he takes off into the air after filling all of Fort Wayne's stockings. photo by Anderson Posing with prestige, Jeff Livenspager, junior, models winter clothes during the Style and Talent Show sponsored by Hutners and Music Boosters. pholo by VVotters 18— Fluff .

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Florence Fresnault, senior, converses with Alan ferences she, as an exchange student, has seen Kuhn, freshman, Ron Wise, senior, and Matt Rice, in the United States in comparison to France. phoio freshman, all P.K.'s. (preachers' kids), about dif- by seshr g». The Star of David stands as a s 'mbol of a people who have survived for generations and whose beliefs have also survived for generations, ph to m Thoughts, beliefs, and feelings written down are memories treasured forever, lournals. diaries, and notes to friends are healthy outlets of expressing emotions. phoiobySheitn- Beliefs— 17

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In starry flake ' • . . . and pellicle. All day ihe hoary meteor fell. We looked upon tha world unknown. On nothing we could call our own. from Snow-Bound h [ohn Greenleaf Wittier 1807-1892 Winter took its time coming this year. Rumor had it the cit - was caught in a twilight zone that shielded its citizens from the elements. Snow fell upon cities to the north, south, east, and west but skipped Fort Wayne entirely. Many Archers lay in bed with the radio on at 6:00 a.m. hoping for a Fort Wayne Community Schools cancella- tion or at least an hour delay. East Allen . . . Southwest Allen . . . Fort Wayne Christian Schools . . . were always cancelled. Even after Archers vigorous- ly practiced their most fail-proof snow dances, not a flake was to be seen. Finally the day came when the Fort Wayne Communit ' Schools shut down for a day, but it wasn't due to a snowfall: rather, temperatures plunged to 32° below zero |-72° with windchill factor]. However, when snow finally fell on the Fort, it brought out the child in many of the firmament Archers. Students engaged in snowball fights and snowman building. Snow also brought out the Scrooge in others. When cars conked out and toes froze, mumbl- ings of I hate snow weren't uncommon. Snow certainly perked things up around South. Slippery floors and shortened periods were new topics for discussion. Things like. I can't believe he made us take our Gale test in 20 minutes. to. Do ya think we all have early dismissal? to. You've got dan- druff in your hair! were ven.' common expressions heard at South Side. No one could deny Archers with cherry cheeks and 'dandruff in their hair sure were cute all bundled up in Winter gear. And South Side with a fresh coat of snow on its roof and steps, was a welcome sight for cold, wet Ar- chers trudging to school. No cJoud above, no earth beJoi '— A universe of sk - and snow.' The old familiar sights of our's Took marvelous shapes: strange domes and lowers. Around the giistening wonder bent The blue walls . . . The Old Fort reminds one of the olden days as it blends in well with autumn and awaits w'inter. photo by Anderson Enjo ing the first bit of snow, senior I'm McKen- zie and sophomore Roger Woods tn- to see who will be the first to fall, pt xo b m.t t n' Stuff— 19