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

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Nothing The sit-in of '84 brought about conflicting emotions among the student body, the administrators, and the community, phoio by Sheroy Anywhere and everywhere one finds Chris Sanderson, senior, this stupid thing can be found write along with him. phoioby Perkins

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k's Vi So, another year, huh? George Orwell's totalitarian spectre novel is going to remain a fiction book— not a history book of 1984. We didn't have Big Brother always looking over our shoulders, and we didn't have that mixed-up language called doublespeak where wrong means right. We did, however, have the White House call the Grenada invasion a pre- dawn vertical insertion, and get a load of this, the State Department referred to the killing of innocents by representative regimes as the deprivation of life. South Africa and Chile (both U.S. clients) became more and more repressive. On a more local scene, two Faith Assembly couples were convicted of letting their children die while relying only on prayer to cure them and shunning treatment by doctors. But on a more positive note (Hmmmm . . . ooo, seems to be a bit flat.), William Schroeder received the world's second ar- tificial heart during an operation in a Louisville, Kentucky hospital. Life for Baby Fae was prolonged for 20 days as a result of a con- troversial heart operation involv- ing a baby baboon's heart. The first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams, was forced to give up the Miss America title as a result of nude photos of her surfac- ing soon after she won the crown. Miss Libert ', being 98 years old. disappeared behind a curtain of scaffolding to have an overhaul done on the inside and out to the tune of 30 million dollars. She will return to view on July 4, 1986. 1984 was a tough year for many people — no question about it — but wasn't the weather nice? It was a glorious summer, not to mention a mild fall season with record- breaking temperatures. In early '84, Clara Peller brought fame to the Wendy's commericals by ask- ing the immortal question: Where's The Beef? This was on- ly to be sequeled later in the year by Parts is Parts! Oh yes, who can forget the in- troduction of soft cookies from a bag? (Awesome!) This year was too much! Speaking of awesome, the drum line from our own Marching Green Machine took top honors at a couple different contests this year! (Oh, goodness, please stop!) Wait, there is yet more . . . the cafeteria got a new look, and the boy's g 'm got new free throv lanes, (speechless, totally speechless!) A-F-L, C-I-O, M-O-U-S-E! Employees at Disney Land in Anaheim, California struck for 22 days. Our teachers w'ere getting that same idea. Contracts went unsettled for quite sometime. The student body protested by a sit-in in the main g 'm. (Oh my! Don't sit on our new lanes!) We on the yearbook staff adopted Roger Kneebend, a ten-inch high action doll complete with a beard and a barbie dress, as our mascot photographer — yep. we were losing it! Van Halen did a very memorable show in the Fort for those luck - enough to have a ticket. Much of the music was from their album 1984. 1984 was the year of the summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California. Even though the Rus- sians boycotted the games, we didn't let that dampen our spirits! No Way! Our American team walked away with medal after medal, (talk about impressive!) Ronald Reagan was officially sworn in for his second term as the President of the United States on Sunday (anuan.- 20. 1985. He told reporters he was enthusiastic about the challenges ahead of him. This was definitely a year full of things going on ever - vhere. Some were good, and some were bad. (So what else is old?) One thing is for sure: Change is permanent! ««WDDrern|B. The Ye lew— i

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HALFMAW Very few South Side students are twelve o'clock — even ten o'clock- scholars: however, some have wandered into school at eight o'twelve. September 7 frantic freshmen searched round and round for their first period classes only to find they should have headed for their homerooms. Finding our classrooms is only the first step in a successful academic year. Unfortunately student does not mean one who studies. For some it was enough to show up in class as few times as possible and to do just enough work (cheating included) to slip by from one year to the next. Sadly, or maybe it was for the best, some South Side at- tenders didn't slip far enough. The m.ajorit ' of Archers not only found their rooms but actually sat attentively with minds open to the information fed to them through books, teachers, and fellow students. This year students were limited in learn- ing experiences. According to Governor Robert Orr, a moratorium was placed on field trips, guest speakers, school assemblies, and pep sessions. Sometimes education gets in the way of learning. Although some of us resented this new rule, we adjusted because our education is important. Learning isn't everything, but it comes so naturally. Why resist it? Each year students aquire more knowledge and share that knowledge with others. We must always enjoy learning because when we lose joy in learning about our own art or science or sport, we lose joy in teaching others. As people we are all learners, and we are all teachers — teaching not only what we know but who we are. This tremendous mounlam of English books appears rather overwhelming. Every student must climb it in order to reach the top of a successful English backgroimd. phoiotnWcie Shhhh! I'm stud ing by osmosis. Wade Stinson. junior, tries a rather unconventional method of stud -ing U.S. Histor - on a Monday morning. Academics — 29