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

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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

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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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' 'f arf-ia: qvrykz MSG? 'L F . ,WSE A t 20 NCA EVALUATION Elevation of the academic standards Tuesday, December 5, by student of Southside was the purpose of guides. The committee paid informal the North Central Association visits to classes, were guests at a l Evaluation in December. The members banquet, and met with the ofthe entire Arkansas committee Presidents' Forum before concluding and Dr. John Stanavage, executive their stay here on Thursday. Through secretary of NCA, were greeted self-evaluation reports written