Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Mosaics of learning Quiet concentration keynotes the long, arduous road to knowledge. The areas of learning are diverse, ranging from math to music, but the purpose of the many courses offered is the same: to prepare for life while living it. Learning comprises the central mosaic of Southside experience. it if

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Mrs. Lois Church Mrs. Edna Gilmore Mrs. Ruth Hillman P l l -Q Presenting precious gifts to the angel, senior Betty McCaf frcy, in play practice for the drama class presentation of i'Why the Chimes Rang are Pat Claspell, sr., Cordon Car penter, sr., and Ned Osterhoff, soph. Malcolm Julian Robert Kellems Mrs. Marilyn Kimble Senior World Lit student, Jeanne Beemer, expounds on the travels of Marco Polo. En lish Dept. experiments with team-tau ht class In maintaining the pace of current changes in the study of languages, Southside experimented with differ- ent approaches to teaching English. A team-taught junior class, in which group work and independent study were emphasized, encouraged the stu- dent to concentrate in his weakest fields. Mrs. Zuercher and Mr. Kel- lems, the instructors, helped their classes learn how to study properly. A two-semester drama class, insti- tuted this year, studied great plays as well as the mechanics involved in public speaking, They performed for each other and took field trips to the Muncie Civic Theater. Speech classes gave students much needed practice in talking before groups, often an important part of making the grade in the school and the business and professional worlds. Speech topics ranged from Vietnam to stamp-collecting to contact lenses. journalism classes gained exper- ience in Hsmelling out the newsn and writing up stories to meet a deadline. In standard English classes sopho- mores read Silas Marner and The Light in the Forest, while senior world literature students explored Crime and Punishment and Plato's Apology. Senior English students burned the midnight oil writing term papers, a feared, often frustrating, but usually rewarding project.