Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Year reveals contrasting mosaic patterns Acknowledgments Finally the book has gone to press, and the staff has somehow retained its sanity amid picture problems and lost layouts. We've even begun to grow fond of the happy hysterics of midnight dead- line hoursinavacantschool. My inexpressible thanks go to Asst. Editor Emily Nottingham and adviser Mrs. Kimble, without whom we simply would not have made it. Also to photographer Mike Vyain and miscellany editor Patty Miller goes deep gratitude. Mr. Bill Wright of the American Yearbook Co. also deserves warm thanks. And to the many others whom space does not allow listing- thankyou all. EVMWWQ, The year 1967-68 witnessed new patterns of growth at Southside. It saw the birth of three new organi- zations: Southern Lights, Astrono- my Club, and the GAA. A team- teaching English class offered an adventurous experiment in instruc- tion to juniors. Senior Joe Zins brought honor to Southside as winner of the Indiana Young Pian- ists' Contest. Three other seniors made Finalist in the National Merit Contest. Administration planned for additions to the physical plant. Yet there was the troublesome, too. In October South's halls shook with racial disturbances. Around the turn of the semester, fights again broke out, resulting in the not unfriendly sight of watchful and concerned policemen in the halls. A year of sharp contrasts, con- sisting of events which built upon the foundations of school tradition, it was also a year of growing pain's and problems not completely solved. A year of diverse happen- ings , 1967-68 contributed to the changing and continuing mosaic pattern of Southside High School.