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

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roblems ests, Term Papers Give Students assle erm papers and tests were just a few aggrevations which all the students feared at time or another this year. Term papers were five to six excuses for a one definition. These were assigned in January, , or March or any time year in between. Usually paper contained enough footnotes, and sources an most novelsg and outhsiders approached term ith dread. I hate term papers, claimed teven Sexton, junior. Along with term papers, tests came in such varities as daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, semester, midsemester, and finally exam - not to mention the ACT, SAT, PSAT, Competency test, and the so-called quiz. These tests could be as long as one hundred items and their ques- tions took many forms. Truelfalse, multiple choice, and the dreaded short answer and essay. Essays are long and hard. I don't look forward to them, said Jeff Cochran, junior. But whether you liked them or not, they were as certain as death and taxes. Sophomore Todd Wright studies before W' Qian X sou. I -an is v-1 ww f n is M M in is a Finding answers in the book can be hard work as Lisa Jennen, sophomore, demonstrates. I

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nqnilrinnsulu - Who says? ---i Jennifer Minkler, Sophomore I don't think Southside's tests are any harder than any other school. It really depends on the classes you take and the teachers you end up with. Sean Horne, Senior I think Mr. Baker gives the hardest tests. But as a school I don't think Southside's tests are any harder than any other high schooI. Teresa Hendricks, Sophomore Tests aren't exactly myfavorite, favorite things but I guess they will help you in the long run. .tlzt .. rf may , 3'f N-Lt ,khk Bookwork can be hard as Mrs Taking a test - I . - t i ll X Sandra Kilpatrick s biology class Carman Hicks take 5 ' I Nt' ' finds out break for a ' - -Q 1 K , as , Us .tf, , ,,,- I t .. ,

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variety of topics ff Money-making M 8. M candy sales are sold by sophomores Laura Bradberry, Donna Gestures from Senior Kowlton and Laura Shawn McConnell are Johnson. part of class work. Operating the spotlight machine, Junior Lisa Goins makes adjustments. ramati ntrance V arious speech and drama classes offered a variety of topics for the students who participated in those classes. Monologues, one-act plays, im- provisations, duets, costuming, makeup, and the process of play pro- duction were taught this past year. Mrs. Patti Treat took over the speech and drama department this year. Mrs, Treat is well educated and excellent, Kyle Hayes, junior, said. I learned a lot. New tGaCh6I' COVGFS During classtime, students would occasionally get the chance to per- form one-act plays and duets for each other. Some of the students would act while others would direct the scenes. Speech ll students were introduc- ed to debate with the hope that even- tually a debate team would be organized for competition with other schools. It's a very good class, Dennis Scheuble, sophomore, said about speech. lt gives a person a good education in public speaking. X. i n exercise in concentration, junior Ness is able to walk a