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

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IT'S ALL ACADEMIC fcontinuedj Study habits vary among South- side students. Kclockwise from leftj The board proves to be a great help to Mr. James Adams as he explains physics funda- mentals to Gaylon Patterson. David Barron combines study with spirit as he works hard on his assignment, Kathy Luckenbaugh gets her projects all sewn upu in homemaking, as Dana Ciulla checks facts and figures in her office machines class. Debbie Condren finishes up in study hall and heads for biology. Mitzi Gibson and Steve Griffin fcenterj diligently work on the Latin Club play before going to Language workshop in Little Rock on Saturday, October 23. 92 z..i - mms mm. 5. X N... 5 art, Pat Grier ftop leftj works with papier-mache 'as two stu- dents admire the sewing display ltop rightj and think of the efforts put forth. Katie Irwin and Karen Klinghamer fbot- tom rightj collect leaves, Janice Johnson and Doug Kirkman fbottom leftj ex- change ideas with a quick glance.

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.. a 1 ' Ui! f P' 1 , 1 J' in i 'Sy QQ, af f . 5 ' tiff: , ,2 , fi I .L , Y M , 5771 , ? v . i M - -will . L.., The Writers' Workshop this year was a first for Southside in the academic sense. Mr. David Madden, instructor for the workshop, is a writer in residence at Louisiana State University who has written literary and film criticisms, stories and poems, and prize-winning plays. He served as assistant editor of Kenyon Review. In 1969 Mr. Madden was awarded the Rockefeller Grant for Fiction. Southside was the only high school where Mr. If I got any more academic courses in my head, it would explode! Linda Smith Madden had conducted a workshop, and according to Miss Dorothy Hosford, sophomore and junior English teacher, the only reason is because of the high caliber of our students. Miss Hosford also said, We are very fortunate to have such an outstanding literary per- sonality as Mr. David Madden conduct a workshop. The workshop lasted one week, December 6-10, and was attended by seniors, juniors, and sophomores se- lected by the English teachers. The publications department took a new direction this year. The name of the school newspaper changed along with the format. The Rebel became 'SSouth- worldi' as the publication went to eight pages instead of four and became a combination newsmagazine and newspaper. The event that brought about the change for the journalists was the purchase of an IBM Selectric Electric Composer machine, nicknamed Beethoven. The purpose of the composer was to allow students to set their own copy instead of the printer doing it. Home economics also received some new equipment. Whirlpool Corporation, through the school appliance program, supplied two refrigerators, a griddle, a double oven, a trashmasher, and a dishwasher for Southside and each of the other junior and senior high schools in Fort fcontinued on page 931 '54 - H,-x Helpmg out studymg and teaching all a part of South szde s academzc schedule are displayed as Anzta Wzllzams ftopj mzmeographsa test for a teacher and Budd Thompson fabovej dreams away the hour oblivious to the lesson. Mr. Larry Loux fleftj grins as he instructs his contemporary affairs class. The television in the back- ground is used in teaching current events on the scene for today. 91

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H- g-u-ll we I '- . -fs ' .f ' . wir, Smith. The school system also supplied the school's kit- chen with a microwave oven and two garbage disposals. Mrs. Donna Perry, home economics teacher, said, This year we are the best equipped we have ever been. Commercial art, open to advanced students, seemed to be one of the most popular art courses available this year. Projects for the course included drawing the advertise- Compared to last year, I really have to work, but I like it. Laura Campbell ments and covers for Southworld, the school news- paper. Early in the.year the commercial art class wrote and illustrated a children's story. Lynn F aier and Lisa Broadwater, seniors, commented, It helps you to prepare for a career in advertising. In pottery, a new art course available, students were able to work with the new electric potter's wheel to throw pots, planters, cups, and vases. Miss Pat Baskin, art in- structor, commented that the potter's wheel has enabled students to work with clay and experiment with new tech- niques. The new auditorium was the site for many standardized tests administered to Southside students. The juniors were the first to make use of the auditorium and lap desks when they took the junior tests. Next followed the PSAT! NMSQT, SAT, and ACT which all had a healthy turnout. The seniors made use of the auditorium when they fcontinued on page 941 93