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

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i Six inches of snow on the ground and impassable roads caused the closing of schools and businesses January 12-16. Students had to make up days missed on Saturdays, but only had to attend classes until noon. With the closing of schools semester tests had to be postponed a week. li . . YKQ Ral h Rile P Y Deputy Superintendent 18 douhlespeak Public advertisements in the classroom are a common event in Mrs. Jennifer Chappell's junior English classes. Mrs. Chappell received the filmed advertisements from KFPW T. V. The purpose of showing the commercials is to point out the sub-conscious meaning or bias opinion in public communication in advertising. Mrs. Chappell refers to this as Hdoublespeaku. As an outside assign- ment, her classes were required to watch both local and international news and compare the content of these. In international news it was found that usually President Jimmy Carter dominated the news cast. ADHIIII 'l'llA'l'IOlI This yearls career awareness week was held November 1 with representatives from schools all over presenting material from their particular specialities. Vo-tech day was held on November school. 2. Students and counselors both came from area schools and demonstrated some of the different trades you can obtain by attending a vo-tech The last day of career awareness week was ' career day. Local business and professional people came and spoke about their particular profession to classes who earlier chose which profession they. would most like to hear about. ' Many students agreed that career week was ' i not only exciting educationally, but the talks ' were very interesting. Many thought that career day itself was the most interesting part. lt gave the students a chance to hear first hand about jobs or fields of interest that they might go into after they graduate from high school. The speakers gave the students informa- tion concerning salaries, job opportunities, and retirement benefits. The students were urged to ask any ques- tions concerning a particular job and also were invited to personally view the businesses. Dr. C. B. Garrison, Superintendent of Fort Smith schools is in his seventh year of office. He is also an active member of the Arkansas Association Educational Administrators where he acts as chairman of the Legisla- tive Finance Committee. Calvin Patterson Wallace Floyd Director of Business Director of Instructioi Ral h Rile Dr, Johnn Owen - P Y Y Deputy Superintendent Assistant Superintendent - w Q3

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anticipation Attention is distracted away from the teacher as Lisa Hinton, junior, momentarily gazes out the door and senior Anne Henson demonstrates an alert student. Southside's 30 acre campus, left, is shown top side from in airplane. In the background the new stadium may be seen. This is a new addition to our campus. Wzllzam Mckeeuer, junior, sits quietly and listens to instructions, below, needed for the next days ofa full class schedule. Students were arranged in alphabetical groups and zssigned rooms in which they received their schedule cards. f N I was real excited about being a senior, and it's just as great as I thought it would be, she explained, I was looking forward to football season and especially to beating Northside. For Steve Hathcock, the beginning of school was a time of anticipation for great things. I was enthusiastic about being a senior, especially being the Student Council President. The consensus of opinion for the juniors is that it's nice not being a sophomore. For Debbie Cleavenger, the opening of school was a time to help. I knew my way around, so I felt I could help the sophomores out. Being caught in the middle was the main impression of Betsy Wiederkehr, although, she stated, that my class is full of spirit. H For the sophomores, senior high was a big change over junior high. Feild Russell, however, wasn't scared at all. It is a blast. I especially like the clubs. Unfortunately I can't get away with as much as I could at Ramsey Junior High. Laura Vines summed it all up for every- one when she said, I love being a Rebel? Studying his schedule card Charles Hart, sophomore looks carefully at each class and teacher. Common to the new sophomores is wanting to get easily located classes without having the bother ofgetting lost in the crowded halls and stair wells Many sophomores were giuen directions by Student Council members

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Mr. Charles Shuffield, president, along with other members of the school board, Mr. Jack Green and Mr. Bob Dawson, review the facts and vote their .EQ -as SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS Mr, Charles R. Shuffield, president g Dr. Harold H. Mings, vice-presidentg Mr. Robert T. Dawson, secretaryg Mrs. Katherine R. Bouldeng Mr. Jack Rossg Mr. Douglas O. Smith, Jr.g Mr. Jack Green. approval ofthe extended Christmas holiday. 1 i Mr. Tony Scherrey, Supervisor of Secondary Educationg Mr, Bill Stancil, Director of Athleticsg Mrs. Ruth McKinley, Director of Title Ig Mr. Gene Maddox, Direc- tor of Pupil Personnelg Mr. Miles Shopfner, Director of Materials and Maintenanceg Mr. William E. Gordey, Director of Fiscal Services. Q:-. 19