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

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From behind the podium sophomore Dennis Tucker delivers his speech. Total concentration is seen on Senior Tammy Southern's face. 1 N 5, w4.?'h in ffm ,.. . Gestures are effective for sophomore Tami Cathers speech. '34 f gr' 'rt-15 5'- Tj' . 5 , N - c . .Q , y,.15'14:. . A..

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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

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56 i Adopting to Change Fteveliers make the best of it. A s the public address system announc- ed the cancellation of school for the following day because of heavy snow, some students, unlike many others, ex- pressed their disapproval. Those disapproving Southsiders, drama students and members of the Reveliers, had planned a Christmas assembly to pre- sent to the student body the following day, which was also the day before Chirstmas vacation. The Reveliers is a drama club with open membership to the entire school. We were all real disappointed about it, Melissa Deiley, senior and Fleveliers president, remarked. Mrs. Patti Treat, drama and speech in- structor, said that would-be participants received credit for their work toward the presentation nevertheless. The credit was counted as Thespian points. lf a drama student obtained enough Thespian points throughout the year, membership into the Thespians, or advanced drama club, was accepted. Auditions for See How They Run, a major play, were held for any Southside student willing to tryout in January. The play was performed for the public in March. Mrs. Treat was in her first year as spon- sor ofthe two drama groups. Shawn McConnell, senior, and Susan Llewellyn, sophomore, practice their lines. :if rf 2. Lines are read by senior Shawn McConnell to sophomore Denise Messamore. Portraying a scene from See How They Run are Shawn McConnell and Susan ' f Llewellyn. 'a .V A sr w E .35 1 fi M it . Flehearsing in class are junior Susan Burnham, senior Shawn McConnell and sophomores Denise Messamore and Robert Buchanan.