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

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Students sweat out the heat After three months of fun in the 'un, 1,501 students converged on outhside's 30 acre campus to begin the , chool year on August 31, With temperatures ranging from the id to upper nineties everyone literally lgveated out the first few weeks with windows open and fans going full blast in an effort to beat the heat. i For many people, August 31 was just the culmination of a lot of preparation for the beginning of school. The main office opened in August so that schedules could be completed for the students. We generally have to make three computer runs to get the schedules worked out,', Mr. Stewart, principal, said, and this year was no exception. Even though we had an increase of ,students and teachers we had fewer problems with scheduling this year than we have in the past. The counselors came to school in the middle of August in order for students to see their schedules and work out any problems they had with them. Others began early too. For instance, the Student Council started meeting last May to plan activities for the year. Also, the band, the newspaper staff, the ,yearbook staff, and the football team started meeting August 15 to practice and polish up on their respective skills. Expansion was the key word in 'changes made at Southside during the Qcontinued on page 153 N Left, Mr. Stan Cate, band director, checks role before beginning morning band rehearsals while band students, above, give their approval of their band and their rehear- sal by. displaying their rank. The band students began early in the summer to prepare themselves for the up- coming school football and basketball games. Tired and hot were the general feelings for everybody during the first few months of school, below, shown by juniors Theresa Korkames, Kim Treadway and Melinda Hargrove during their first study hall class of the year. 13

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'osford English teacher, ilifzcultly with Tracy 3 ile t.e rest of the iezrlasszgnment. Below, pwlzng with students aztzng for the bell to hool year. The Rebel ar was congpleted. last owd of' outhszde's elxlorthside-Southside fzrst all time victory ars. , 1 . fi 1 1- ,115 I ,NE 42' 'i ' . 1, F ,rf 1 iff .,, v ' . . . it had to be a cool place' K N summer. The west parking lot was paved, the all-weather track was completed and Southside's academic curriculum was expanded to include seven new courses. Six of the new courses were senior English courses, and the other was Con- sumer Mathematics. The English courses included semester mini-courses: Compo- sition and Grammar, World Drama, Novels, Creative Writing, Survey of British Liter- ature, and Great Books. Thirteen new teachers joined the faculty, which was one of the largest turnovers for Southside in recent years. Mrs. Catherine Foster, who teaches Algebra II, was one of the new teachers. I was impressed with the involvement of the student body here, she said, This is my first year to teach high school, and I enjoy it a lot. The emotional maturity of the students is much higher than in junior high school, and is easier to cope with. On the other hand, Mr. Otis Edwards, drafting teacher from Ramsey, had a different view. He said that the students at Southside are not more mature, but they possess the ability to grasp things much quicker than junior high students. Mr. John Sweatt, chemistry teacher, had a definite impression about the beginning of school. When I saw the Rebel Man I knew it had to be a cool place. I would much rather teach at Southside than ata smaller schoolf' The beginning of school meant many different things to different people. For the sophomores, it was something new, big, and exciting, for the juniors it meant being caught in the middle, and for the seniors it was the beginning of their year. For some it was a kind of nervous excitement, and for others it was extreme anticipation. Many varying opinions were given about the opening of school. For Liz Baxley, senior, it was a time of great excitement. fcontinued on page 17 J X J 'Checking it out' Billy Bob Dempsey, senior, looks care- fully at his schedule while Janet Didion, junior, looks on. ,f ' 'I St- Bsiigli.-7 T Senior English-feelings toward it ran ed om sim le boredom to fear of flunking out, Seniorgs Mikie Davis dlkd Tim. I-Learn reflect some of hose emotions in Mrs, Wilma Sfrfgsfzrst period class. A little uariely was added to al nglzsh classes with the use of new grammar books, purchased last summer. ,Q- Experiments are a major. part of every chemistry class. Qualztatzue analysis wasujust one of the many tests per- ormed IH Mr. Larry lthers and Mr. John Sweatt's chemistry classes. A new member of the Southside fac- ulty, Mr. Sweatt teaches the first year chemistry students. 15 s V I x J!! I I tj, if Q f f 2 1 1