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

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,-,,,,.,, W, Jil- ' America was plagued with disappointment over the deaths of the king of Rock 'n Roll, Elvis Presley, fabovej, the greatest crooner of all time, Bing Crosby, fabove rightj, and Chico and the Man star, Freddie Prinze frightj. All three of these men were leaders in their fields as were the other important people thatpassed away. In October, five persons were killed in a plane crash at Okla- homa City, Five Rockwell International employees were the victims. Q ,,. 'I LJLL I . 'mf' - 4 , 1' b , I W .-.. . A t 1' ' f -.vifriif - it Y .. 5-'FJ I Dallas Cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach led his Super Bowldominating team to an easy 27 to 10 victory. -.ff 'Sv ig K The Doomsday II Defense of Dallas forced Denver Bronco quarterback Craig Morton into eight turnovers. 31

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entertainers and pol- iticians passed away. The two most surpris- ing deaths occurred to Freddie Prinze, who committed suicide and Elvis Presley, Who died of a sudden heart at- tack. Among the others were famed band leader Guy Lombardo, silent screen specialist Char- lie Chaplin, comedian Groucho Marx, Bing Crosby, Senator Hu- bert Humphrey and Arkansas senator John McClellan. Many surprises oc- curred in the world of sports. Football was wrapped up in January of 1978 with a few sur- prises in itself. The col- lege bowl games played on January 2 were full of upsets. The number one ranked Texas Longhorns were run over by the green machinef of Notre Dame, 38 to 10. The Michigan Wolverines were thought to breeze to an easy victory in the Rose Bowl but found themselves los- ing the game 27 to 20 in the final quarter. The biggest surprise of the decade was the Arkansas Razorbacks slaughtering the Oklahoma Sooners 31 to 6. Arkansas was ranked number three in the final polls. BELOW: After leading the New York Yankees to a World Series victory, Reggie Jackson enters the dugout looking shocked and proud, UPPER RIGHT: In the middle of their season, theArkansasRazorbacks were barely beaten by the Texas Longhorns. That was their only defeat in the 1977 season. The Hogs surprised the whole nation with their 31 to 6 romping of the Oklahoma Sooners, lower right. Arkansas ended up number 3 in the nation with Notre Dame being number I and Alabama next. Q, in ., , ,W - -rl-.ilu-,W I ' ' - 30 puff -ns. l if l ,V 4 V .,,t sv' f..,:rm: .um

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Blllf Ulf IEWIEIDVWIIHIIN Activities lliier Extras That one Word conjures up images of band concerts, JROTC drill meets and choral festivals. But to many members of the student body, activities mean much more than a required credit for graduation-activities offer some extras that are not found in normal academic courses. In addition to the obvious activities such as band, chorus, and JROTC, there are many others that don't receive their share of the lime- light. These 'unsung heroes' include publications, teacher's aide, library science, and physical edu- cation Which includes the individual sports classes. Approximately two thirds of the student body participates in at least one of these latter activities. Teacher's aide is one activity that seems to deserve to be in the 'unsung heroes, category. Students type, file, run errands, and do many other odd jobs for the teachers. Learning to keep books has been extremely helpful for mej' explained Renee Barton, junior, teacher's aide for Mr. Tom Oliver, journalism teacher. Counselor's aides seems to be another branch off the teacher's aide stem. It's fun and it relieves alot of the pressure of a school dayf' remarked John Haupert. Other than going to get juniors for schedules we have alot of time for homeworkn added Len Activities. Turner. Second-year veteran, Pam Parker, junior, helped lead the SHS squad to unde- feated season in 1977. 32 Setting up the plays for the 1977-78 season came in good with the Rebels 7-3 season. Above: First year tennis team member Scott Porter pre- pares every given chance for the spring tennis tournaments March 2. He practices at least two hours after school each day. Below: Workouts in the hot summer months are just one sacrifice the Rebel football team must make. ,. ,,.,.., ..,..,, I A- .. ' ' - One of96 students euro, this year in drivers ed, R Littleton, senior, ta Coach Bateman fora dr