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

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I L V 'nv W-V -rf-sw.. - l 14 -T. - -Q Change and improvement. Efforts to achieve these goals were combined with traditional activities in the English classes this year. In standard English classes, students were no longer grouped according to class rank, a change which proved successful. Many students were new to the change ond improvement . regular program, since the reading course provided in previous years was discontinued. Literature and composition were not the only offerings in English, however. Students gained proficiency in various areas of speech, and demonstrated these skills in several assemblies throughout the vear. Publications and journalism gave those enrolled the opportunity to produce The Rebel, The Southerner, and South 73. This department also equipped and maintained a darkroom for students interested in photo journalism. Explaining the intricate techniques of filleting a fish, Bill Scherer, senior, demonstrates his abilities to his fourth period speech class. Arrangements of the lively tunes and lyrics of old American folk ballads are performed in Mrs. Paces English classes by sophomores Kay Fraser, Barbara Jones, Kathy Hardin, Cindy Jenkins, and Linda Holley, with the help of guitarists Mike Elliott and Paul Hayden. Careful corrections are made by Lisa Lee, senior, and Sandra Curtis, junior, as they complete prep- arations for printing of the next issue of The Rebel. fi ' 2 J ., an 2.5 fa ENGLISH 25

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Castles at sunrise are created by senior Jan Narramore to accompany a children 's story based on the epic poem Bev Wulf . 24 ENGLISH ENGL ISH-MRS. BILL YE BUMPAS, B.S.E., M.Ed., English ll, lll, co-sponsor: National Honor Society: MRS. BLANCHE BURTON, B.A., English IM' MR. BOB DA VENPORT, B.A., English ll, speech, sponsor: Reveliers, Thespians,' MRS. BARBARA ELLIOTT, B.A., English ll, sponsor: F. T.A.,' MRS. NANCY GORDIN, B.A., English Ill, IV, sponsor: Sophomore Council, Rebelettes,'Ml?. TOM OLIVER, B.A,, M.A., Journalism, Publications, co-sponsor: National Honor Society, sponsor: Ouill and Scroll, adviser: The Southerner, The Rebel, South '73,' MRS. ZULEIKA PACE, B.A., M.A., English ll, sponsor: Ancillae,' MRS. WILMA SPRIGG, G.S.E., English IV, family living,'MlSS SUE WATTS, B.S.E., English ll, Ill, sponsor: Junior Council.

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debates, elec Among many other activities Carol Underwood learns to sip a cup of tea in Family living classes. 26 SOCIAL STUDIES Decision 72 was the main theme in Social Studies during the November national elections. A mock pres- idential election was held in several classes, while a debate centering around the Vietnam Peace took place in other groups. ln family living classes, a reading round table was conducted every Friday during which such current topics as drugs and abortions were studied. World History classes saw a special exhibit on ancient Egyptian history and African culture. Through slides and plaques, students viewed these displays from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Psychology and Sociology two new courses at Southside this year, had many different activities. These included personality tests and case studies in psychology classes and attitude test and racial studies in sociology classes. Consumer Education classes spent time pricing products to aquaint students with consumer buying and living. tions-Decision '72 Comparison of products help to make Mike Scamarda, Cheryl Freeman, Terry Orrill, Kathy Snider and Charles F lanery, more intelligent buyers in Consumer Education. Q A 5 1 SOCIAL STUDIES-MR, C. RA Y BAKER, B.S., B.A., M.Ed., World History, sponsor: Cheerleaders M. Ed., American History, sponsor: Student Council: MR. LA RRY D. LOUX, B,S.E., American History MR. NORRIS BYE RS, B.A., American History, Study American Government, Intramural Director HaII,' MRS. JOHN L, EDDL EMA N, B.A., Arkansas sponsor: Southside Intramural Activities.' MRS History, Consumer Education, Economicsf sponsor.' HELEN L. ROCK WOOD, B.S.E., American History l Sophomore Council, History Club: MRS. World Geography, sponsor: Columbians: MRS MA RDELL FINSEL, B.A., Sociology, World DORA IM SULLIVAN, B.A., Library Scierwe History, sponsor: Pep CIub,' MRS. DIANNE JEFFER Y, SP0f1S0f-' Lfbfaflf Club