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

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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

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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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ACTS Aides, Missy Butler and Jeanette Baker, help Dan Plugge. l 1 CULTY g'I've noticed that the students here are more involved extra curricular activities. I These are the words of Miss Catherine Foster, teacher advanced math and Algebra II. After her first year of teach at Southside High Miss Foster believes senior high students' easier to teach than junior high students because senior tr students emotions are more stable. 1 Dx CD CU Q9 I - 1 ' ' I ll I I - Presentation and Discussionf, are the words coach James , Pitts prefers to use when referring to one of his history class' 'gshow-n-tellu sessions. Students bring items or discuss events ' at the front of the class each Friday in order to obtain a few extra credit points. This new kind of history Henlightmentn was devised by Coach Pitts' students. It was given the name show-n-tell for lack of another name. I - ul ll- I ' Q l I : Elizabeth Thiele and Mark Strack, juniors, were awarded first place and runner-up, respectively, at Mr. Victor E. Stewart, ' Q the Language Festival Principal- held in Little Rock. They o recited a Latin Declama- TE tion and were judged on I Z poise, pronunciation, and T intonation. l d I - 4 J I 24 lf- gf I 3 , .ssg 3 . A Mr. Wayne Haver, Mr. Robert Nix, I' vice-principal. vice-principal. 1' i 20