Southwest High School - Spirit Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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Complex Council Coordinates Numerous Activities for Students 28 — Complex Council - 7 — as 7 Pca cada Spirit Stick, Goofy Goblin, Homecom- ing, Spring Fling, Orange Crush, Red Cross Blood Drive, etc., were all made possible by students, along with Advisor, pulling together to support the largest school in the nation. The group that does all of this is, of course, the Complex Council. This council is headed by Presi- dent Beverly Plunkett, Vice President Jennifer Adkins, and Advisor Betty Stewart. The Council started the year off by welcoming the teachers back and get- ting things going. In October they had a Banana Split for the teachers, and one eee they seemed to enjoy making them @ much as the teachers enjoyed eatin them. During American Education Wee! they wrote poems and made them init book markers. At Christmas they mad decorated paper holders for the teachers and sold Christmas tree cand) canes. In November they attended the Student Council Seminar at Clayton Junior College in Atlanta and won the spirit award. This workshop had variou seminars about school spirit, as well creative ideas for assemblies and fun¢ raisers. For Homecoming, they were I

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EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About It This paper was not against “all odds” but it did start the year with a disadvan- fage — an almost completely new staff! Mattie Cheatham was rhe Editor of the staff; she brought experience and leadership to the other staffers. ZeEster Clyatt, Linda Wright, and Tracey Copeland were indispensible in the amount of work they accomplished. The Advisor, Eleanor Taylor, gave a short rundown of the paper from cover to back: News — ‘We did a good job in covering what is going on, considering the limited staff. The writing was also ex- ceptionally good.’ Editorials — ‘This was one of our weaker sections. We did not have as much response from the students as we have had before.’ Features — ‘| would have fo rate this section fair. Jeff Rutherford’s music col- umn was good, and there was a lot of variety, but writing lacked.’’ Soorts — “This was a stranger section as far as coverage goes. With such a limited number of papers printed per quarter, we may wind up having an entire foot- ball season in just one issue. There was just too much compositing to be done.” Club News — “| would have to rate this fair. With such a limited stoff it is difficult to get to every club covered. We had to rely on the clubs to get the informa- tion to us. Sometimes, we would wind up getting information through the grapevine. | only wish clubs would do more to help us our.” The Patri-Article received a first place award at the GSPA. Reginald Reeves placed first in the writing category. Mat- tie Cheatham won the Golden Eagle Award sponsored by the Macon Telegraph and News, and she was also Editor of the Teen Page. ZeEster Clyatt was busy campaigning in her bid for President of student GSPA, which she won. All ‘odds’ considered, the staff did an excellent job. TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT: Patri-Article Staff. Firsr Row Eleanor Sikes Taylor — Advisor. Second Row Tracey Copeland, Charles Looney, Leon Trout- moan, ZeEster Clyatt, Debbie Coleman, Martie Cheatham — Editor, Linda Wright, Troy DeLee, Bridgett Taylor, Jeff Rutherford, Victoria Smith ZeEster Clyatt designs a layout on the light rable MIDDLE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Eleanor Taylor and Mattie Cheatham discuss a title for the front page. Darrin Lewis and Charles Looney prepare sports’ layouts Darrin Lewis gets out camera to take some candid pictures. BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: Debbie Coleman and Jeff Rutherford write weekly assignments on the board Patri-Article — 27

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charge of the decorations and they sponsored a dance after the game. The council was in charge of the Spring Fling activities which were in April. On February 15, they visited the State Capital where they learned more about the procedures of government. In late April and early May 1984, elections were held to elect new officers for the 1984-85 school year. The council also went to the newly reopened Cyclorama at Grants Park in Aflanta. Throughout the year, they spent a vast amount of time learning about parliamentary procedure. The class would write essays and give speeches to expand their knowledge of govern- mental procedures Before the Council could get closer to all of the students at Southwest, they must first become closer to each other. To make sure that they knew everyone in their group, they had different seating arrangements each week. This is just one of the many things which shows that Southwest Complex Council really cares that Southwest is always number one. TOP. LEFT TO RIGHT: Derrick Wilson and Tracie Parker make decorated paper holders. Brigitte Dovis, Len Reid, Valerie Hamlin, Larry Davis, and Annie Bovie make posters for the foorball game. Beverly Plunkerr Kay Stuart, Stacy Howard, and Tora Taylor make seating arrangement charts. Complex Council Of- ficers: Larry David — Secretary, Valerie Hamlin — Chief of Staff, Beverly Plunkett — President, Jennifer Adkins — Vice President, James Walker — Treasurer BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: First Row: Betty Stewart, An nette Snyder, Lori Minter, Kay Stuart, Lorry Davis, Tora Taylor, Amber Moxley, Jennifer Bass, Wanda Dumas Annie Bouie, Beverly Plunkett, Valerie Homiin, Len Reid, Carolyn McMullins, Sereno Hunt, Jomes Walker Latagelo Murray, Lionel Blakeney. Second Row: Tim Kirby, Paul Whitehead, Jennifer Adkins, Deanno Hill Jorrart Cross, Joe Rozier, Brian Jones, Tracie Parker Rip Nutting, Tony Bugg, Colicia Hanson, Sonja Ken- drick, Angelo Corbin, John Kimbro, Bruce Edwards Chris Freeman, Chorles Murphy. NOT PICTURED Brigitte Davis, Stacy Howard. Lori Minter and Jennifer Bass decorate the Christmas trees for the candy canes Complex Council — 29