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

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Eddie Graham, Presi- dent of mu Alpha Theta Welcomes all new members at a banquet i in Western Sizzlin. - ath ces Mathematics Whizes Receive Honors S outhside has always had a strong math program, and according to all the standardized national tests, and the 1983-84 school year was no exception, according to Mrs. Sue Dickson, head of the Mathematics Department. A regular Algebra ll course was added dur- ing the school year. In the past, only Algebra ll Honors had been offered. This change was brought about because some people need Algebra ll to fulfill a college requirement, but they don't need the class on the honors level, according to Mrs. Dickson. I took the new course because I hadn't had algebra since ninth grade, senior Jody Eldrige said. I am glad the new course was added. Just as other educational sections and groups have special clubs, the Math Depart- ment has its own honorary club, Mu Alpha Theta. Senior Eddie Graham, the 83-84 president, said that the group sponsored the 1984 Mathematics Test and co-sponsored math tutoring with the National Honor Society. lt wasn't a very active club, he added. lt was mainly an honor group. lnductees to the club had to have completed five semesters of math and a 3.0 grade point average, according to Graham. The club's purpose was to get everybody interested in math together, he commented. -in i ,W .4- ' Math homework gets completed in math class by Sheri Rowe.

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N Stuff Industries, Parents Donate Science Equipment New equipment and field trips were among the happenings in the Science Department this year. lt started with the donations of an analytical balance by an anonymous Southside parent. In addition, Planter's Peanuts donated an elec- tronic analytical balance, a vacuum pump, and a constant temperature water bath for bacteria to the chemistry class. United States Forgecraft, a business that adopted Southside, donated test tube stands and Chemistry ll books. Coatings and Plastics also donated solution manuals and lab manuals for chemistry classes. Nick Woolbright, senior, said, I think the school ought to have more equipment to help more students. Steve Niss, iunior chemistry stu- dent commented, That's great. They need it because the chemistry class doesn't have enough equipment. At the first of the year, we had to make our own balances out of wood, plastic butter dishes, and things like that, explained Leslie Caron, sophomore. They were very ineffi- cient and Mrs. Van Cleave was very happy to get the new balance. New material, however, was not all that attracted students attention. Early in the year, Mrs. Janice Van Cleave took her physics classes on a field trip to Hot Springs. They toured Mid-America Museum and retrieved information concerning different laws covered by physics. One part of biology ls looking at things through a microscope. Frank Thornburg, sophomore, demonstrates. . uf iihi Q , L- A I ax y , .la ar fc rf' K N M- , . gylv-I 45 1 4 4 Q Z Q' , .avr V !-. 5 I X 'T'f77' gg , l i , if iisfl i .. T7 if if , 'i ag, ., fr ' gf ' 2 A ' til. 1... 1 1 . ,,,,..,. 1 3 kg V if - 4 , .5 R ml gz,-5 H J L 6 ' .. ,.. lf, ,.-f. f '-I 033 if -gf Steady hands help as Tiffany Drozal, junior, works on an experiment In Mrs. Van Cleave's room. Racing against the clock, Bob Bender, on stllts, ls being timed by Donnie Smith ln Mrs. Van Cleave's room. 'QW'