Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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.st . g l V' L, A Duties are many and varied for a principal, Here, Mr. Victor Stewart hands the gavel of authority over to Larry Hamberlin, new student body president, at the first assembly of the year, September 72, Reviewing their exams and pain ting out their capabilities, Mr, Lewis explains to the five Merit Scholarship semie finalists Susan McCollough, Susan Faier, Mary Patterson, Elizabeth Martin, and Greg Calico how to become finalists. North Central . . . computers . . . curriculum additions-these items added up to a busy year for Southside as 1156 students and 55 staff members began the 1972-73 school term August 25. Highlighting the year was a visit by 27 ci busy yecir for Southside 18 ADMINISTRATION delegates ofthe North Central Associa- tion for a reevaluation of Southside. December 5-7 NCA members visited class- rooms, attended dinners, and studied reports ofthe staff's self-evaluation. The electronic age arrived too as a com- puter was used to schedule all students. Expansion ofthe curriculum also added new dimensions as students were off- ered such subiects as sociology, psychology, consumer's education, vocational exploration, and advanced general art. s , 1 I xx--7 Improvement of schools nationwide wa the subject of a talk given by Dr. Joh S tanavage, executive secretary of the Nort Cen tral Association, at a banquet honorin the NCA during its visit to Southsidi

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Attention was focused on Southside by the School Board December 5, 6, and 7 as the school undenrvent its re- evaluation by the North Central Association. The seven-member board, standards required by NCA along with administrative officials and the Southside faculty had worked for over a year to see that the school maintained the high standards required by NCA. In addition, the board tackled problems faced by the school system after the defeat of the mileage proposal in lVlarch of last year. Financial matters-mainly revolving around tightening of belts -had to be studied so that basic programs would not have to be curtailed. Despite the problem over money matters, the board approved new courses directly effecting Southside, the most important of which was the vocational exploration classes offered in conjunction with Westark Community College. With the expansion of the vocational offerings, Southsiders had the opportunity to pursue training in such areas as mechanics, electronics, business machines, and several other fields. ADMINISTRA TORS: MR. RALPH B, RILEY, assistant superintendent and director of instruc- tion,' MR. CAL VIN C. PA TTERSON, director of secondary educationf MR. WALLA CE C. FLOYD, director of elementary instructionj MR. GUY HIXON, director of finance and business affairs. Solutions to the controversial subject of trans- portation are discussed at the October meeting of the school board. Members also deal with the problems concerning the maintenance and improvement of the Fort Smith school system. rl ADIVIINISTRATION 17

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ADMINISTRA Tl ON: left, VICTOR E. STEWART, principal, B.S.E., M.Ed.,' below, MILES SHOPF- NER, assistant principal- dean of boys, B. S., M.Eri,' PHILLIP LEWIS, Director of Guidance, B.A., M. CED., sponsor: Junior Optimist Club,' MAR Y RANDALL-DYER, dean of girls, junior counselor, A.B., M, S. Ed., sponsor: Senior Councilp THOMAS L. MERRI T71 counselor, B.S., M.Ed Ii Months of work by the administration went into preparation for North CentraI's visit in December. Mr. Curtis Swain, supervisor of the NCA committee, spoke to faculty members at a banquet held December 6. 'Z 1 OFFICE STA FF: MRS. OL E TA BISHOP, regis- trar: MRS, BONNIE C OX, library clerk,' MRS. GLA D YS FA UL KNER, attend- ance cIerk,' MRS. MA URINE SLA TES, office clerk,' MRS. BERNICE STUBBL E- FIEL D, counselors secretary, ADMINISTRATION I9