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

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uedj .. r'uvQ?1 -A 7 ' A history students coloring assignments On euery Friday, Mr. C. Ray Baker tabovej gives his U. S. took the ASVAB, which was administered by the armed forces. The auditorium was successfully used as a testing place. The auditorium was also used by the speech depart- They're all worthwhile, I learned from all of them. Harold Mings ment for academic purposes. It gave students a place to get practice giving a speech on a stage, instead of just a classroom. This seemed to be of help to many students, making them less nervous to stand and deliver a speech in front of a large group of people. There was a wide variety of courses offered at Southside this year and the number is increasing every school term. Four languages were offered at Southside-Spanish, Latin, French, and German-and were very popular with the student body. For the scientific person, there were eight different sciences to choose from, including Chemistry I and II and physiology which seemed to be the most talked about. Mathematics dominated many seniors' minds, with math analysis proving to be a little more difficult and time-consuming than had been expected. Southside had eleven business courses available for students interested in secretarial occupations. The new teachers, students, and courses helped make the year all academic. Testing. . . testing. . . testing. . . A major part of this year. tFrom left, top to bottoml Mike Ross works with test' tubes concocting one ofthe chemistry classes' infamous smelly solutions. Encyclopedias become a studenfs best friend when test time approaches. Juniors had the first big dose of tests, working while under the pressure ofa time limit. Jeff Long timmediate leftl tests his typing skill during a timed writing. A portion of the 200 Southsiders taking the PSATXNMSQT test fabovej file into South- side's auditorium, the site of many standardized tests taken by Southside 's students. Oblivious to their surroundings, students labor through the difficult PSATXNMSQT test frightj, administered to them Saturday, October 23. n

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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

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Construction ofa bridge in technology presents a sticky situation to Blair Littlefield tfar rightj. A drafting student trightj shows the patience and 1:5 dexterity for small details that can be helpful in drafting class. I A ' . Ginger Graves tubouej studies in solitude deeply enffrossed in her assignment while in lzbrarv science Jeannie Lenahan ,tleftj works 95