Southport High School - Anchor Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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The hall monitor serves as a host to visitors and A student' is attracted by the latest news and new studentsj he also checks all students for hall passes. features carried in Southport's bimonthly newspaper. The student body voted recently to change the name of the newspaper from The Perry News to The Southport Journal. . . . Included Ever one Contents The New Look in Faces . . Page 25 in Activities . Page 75 in Sports . . Page 97 in Advertising . Page l l8 Mr. George accepted the keys to the new gym on behalf of Perry Township. This event took place between halves of the Southport-Tech basketball game on No- vember 29, l958.

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Southport's lockers seem to grow in size behind Sandy Ganes and David Woerner. The bigger they come, the harder they fall! is the slogan of these new freshmen. As the years fly by, school life changes, and l959 saw the beginning of many innova- tions. The freshmen guided dignified upper- classmen through the halls of their former junior high. Each senior donned his best bib and tucker at Christmas time and thus orig- inated Senior Dress-Up Day. Our bigger and better Homecoming featured a parade of class floats and club cars. Braden's Raiders raised the new gym roof with their Hey, Blackie! Go! Go! Go! County tourney, sec- tional, and regional weekends furnished an opportunity for coke and slumber parties. After the games, victories were celebrated and defeats were mourned at pep sessions and soc-hops. Yes, l959, a year of senior sneakers and pizzas, will long be remembered by all. e New Look Practice, practice, and more practice-that's what The seniors chose the last day before Christmas va- made our flag corps so successful. The girls in their cation to innovate a dress-up day, therefore, all seniors red and white uniforms make a picturesque scene. appeared in their Sunday best. Near the tree appear 4 Joe Mueller, Judy Darnell, Jayne Tegeler, and Ray Kappmeyer.

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Another new feature at Southport High is the Biology Museum. All in- terested students are welcome to visit the museum. Eve y lace One of our most discussed new looks was the swimming pool. Four classes of boys and two of girls swim each day, as well as both boys' and girls' intramural teams. A swim- ming team of boys was organizedg and the Dolphinettes, representing the girls, held a show in the spring.