1974

SOUTH OPPO ENT

8 6 CE1 TRAL
8 12 I3E SO

0 0 BOYSTOW 1

0 22 A BRAHA M LINCOLN
6 4 1 BELLEV UE
14 20 PREP
22 8 NORTHWEST

T he b oys o f the junior varsity team spent many valuable
ho urs a t practice.

First row , le ft lo righ t: John Mille r , Mike Dickey, Marty Loth , and Sam Barajas. Second
row : Will G ustafso n , Dan Williams, J o hn Krie fe ls and Mart y Fonfara. Las t row : Brad
Harrison , Bill Sherm an, J o hn Cab a lle ro and Rory Cobbs.

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Reserve Football started the season

with spirit and high hopes. They hit the grid for their first
game against Central with strong determination. They
fought a hard battle only to drop the season opener, 6-0.

As the season progressed, so did the team. When ti me
came fo r the Boystown game, the tea m was all pepped -up.
South ran away with the game , 42-0. Although the team
was an eager group, it finished the season with a 1-6 record.

Coach Denney felt that they were a hustli ng and hard-
working group of students. Coach Davis added th at this was
an important season of learning for the freshme n gridders.

Mr. Bob Davis, w ho e njoys ath le tics of a ll types, he lped coach Reserves
through a trying season. Th e forme r g uard for th e Oma ha Mustangs
shows his d edicatio n for a th let ics by h avi ng high hopes for hi s next
sport, being coach for J.V. Basketba ll.

Mr. Mike De nne y, who played fo r the Omaha Mustangs for four
years, is presently working o n his master's degree. He e njoys most of
of all being with his wife and son . He is present ly e nrolled in a Judo
class one night a week.

Fron t row, from left to right: Bob Ho ld erfi eld , Ron Cr utc hfie ld, Clyd e Prem , Bryan
Skrad is, Ray Butler, Carl Hobbs, Mark Hruska, Bob Gottlieb . Second row: Sam Mon-
ey, Ro lland McCormick, J erry Thomas, F rank Madrigal, Bruce Smith , J e ff Blair,
Chris Amata, Frank Gahl, Dave Sterba a nd Coa ch Mike De nney.

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SOUTH OPPO1 E. T

0 6 CE1 TR A L ~
14 2-+ BE SO I
42 0 BOYSTO\V 1 ~
0 4 A BR A HAM LI NCO LN
0 28 BELLEV UE
0 28 CREIGHTO 1 PREP
0 14 1ORTHWEST

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T'ront row . fro m left to righ t: Do n De ve ning, J im Mit terme ier, Ke lly Mu lligan, Mike
Powers, Dave Hc rmsmcie r, !\•like Larkin. Mike Mosircs. Second row: Dave Lockett ,
T o m H urlbu tt . Ed Swierczek, Mike Hen chey . Mike Johnso n. Do n ln co ntro, Dave
Honeycutt a nd Coa ch Bob Davis. Not p ictured a re Dave He mpel a nd J e ff Sto mer.

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w hile Coach Mike De nney talked to the refe ree abo ut
possible situa tio ns d uring the ga me.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

84 60 WESTSIDE
86 62 NORTHWEST
58 BURKE
89 43 LINCOLN
94 56 BENSON
86 66 LINCOLN NORTHEAST
31 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
82 42 CENTRAL

Left to right: Elaine Matthews, Karen Halskey, Suzy Karas, Kay Brennan, Lynette La-
borde, Nancy Reynolds, Sue Elssasser and Lorraine Valla.

Front row, left to right: captain, Steve Kocourek, Steve Bilek, Jesus Vazquez, Bob
Buglewicz. Back row: Sta n Furgison, John Hartung, Robert Faulk, Doug Boyd
and Steve Gofta.

Girls' Gymnastics team had an

undefeated yea r fo r the third straight time . Lau ra
Hartung aga in led the team to ano ther S ta te Cha mpi-
onshi p on Feb . 23 a t Northwest High Sch ool. Othe r
medalists were: Kathy Kilgarin , third , o n the balance
beam ; Karen Brennan, second on the uneve n bars.

In the Metro Champi o nship , Laura Hartung place d
firs t in the all-around event. L aura Hartung, first ; and
Nancy St ei ne r, thi rd o n t he vaulting. Laura Hartung,
fi rst o n the floor exercise. Laura Hartung, first ; and
Karen Brennan, second o n the un even bars. Laura
Hartung, fi rst o n the ba lance bea m .

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Boys' Gymnastics continued Coach Richard Beran is shown helping junior, Karen Brennan, work on one of her
stunts on the uneven bars.
to show their normal winning fo rm this year,

with Coach Beran's help. Led by captain, Steve
Kocourek, t he team proved their ability and

strength through a trying season.
With 120 points, the highest total scored all

yea r, the team took eighth place in the state

meet. Sophomore, John Hartung placed tenth
in parallel bars, third in fl oor exercise and

eighth all around .

SOUTH OPPONENTS
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95 94 BURKE
101 93 BENSON
91 101 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
106 30 BOYSTOWN
91 55 RYAN
11 6 CREIGHTON PREP
111 NORTHWEST
80 CENTRAL
86 BELLEVUE
77 WESTSIDE
109 NORTHWEST

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stunts that helped to win every first place award and the all- ''
around for her routines at the State Tournament.
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Left to right: Patty Marescalco, Renei Rolfson, Karen Brennan, Carolee Dierk-
ing, Nancy Steiner, Mary Parks, Kathy Kilgarin, and Laura Hartung.

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SOUTH OPPONENT Girl's Swim35 team end ed the season with a three win and four loss

60 CENTRAL 56 record . Coach Stevens said that "I th.ink the team deserves more credit than what
39 NORTHWEST 58 the record shows." The four teams they lost to in the duals are the same four teams
25 BELLVUE 25 that placed above the South Girls Swim team in the Me tro Swimming meet. Coach
54 NORTH 50 Stevens also stated that it was a young team with a lot of potential.
29 WESTSIDE
28 BURKE 50 The girls Swim team placed third in Divisional Relays and fifth in t he Metro
52 NORTH 21 Swim Meet.

Pictured above is Mrs. Linda Stevens. Other First row, front to back: Peggy Yambor, Patty Kzaizek, Patty Zadina: and DeeDee Shestak. Second
than coaching, Mrs. Stevens is also a Physi- row: Diane Savatovic, Linda Popek, Debbie Dennell and Carol Nodgaard.
cal Education teacher.

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SOlITH OPPONENT Boys Swim ended the season with a nine win , f~ur Joss record ~

35 48 CREIGHTON PREP dual meets. With the guidance from Coach Todd Seastedt the sw1m team broke six
46 37 LINCOLN of elveen school records the last two years. Four of the records were broken this

NORTHEAST year.
48 34 BRYAN Doug Boyd, a junior member of the team broke three individual school rec-
34 49 NORTHWEST
44 39 BENSON ords, and swam in the record-setting free relay.
43 40 ABRAHAM The South Swim Team took third place in the Metro Conference and placed

LINCOLN thirteenth in the State Swim Meet.
45 38 CENTRAL
64 108 MlLLARD
106 43 BOYS TOWN
11 0 TECH
57 114 RALSTON
46 37 BELLEVUE
65 14 RUMMEL

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Top row, left to right: Steve Johnson, Bob Nykiel, Dave Galaska and Coach Todd Sea-
stedt. Second row: Doug Boyd, Rick Wise, Wil Gustafson, Bob Ursdevenicz, Duke Spen-
cer, Gary Covey and Steve Jewell. Bottom row: Rick Spencer, Tim Hunt, Randy Bau-
wers, Dave Boggs, Tim Murphy and Bill Rhodes . Not shown is Gil Dooley.

As the coach of the swim team, Todd Seas- I
tedt led the team to twenty-three wins and
seventeen loss record in three years.

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=·• The captains of this year's swim team are

Tim Hunt and Rick Spencer.

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SOUTH OPPONENT Varsity Tenni~ . lean~ compiled its finest rec•

5 0TECH ord in the past seven years. Ending with a six and three record
5 0 THOMAS JEFFERSON the varsity netters tied for six th place in the final llletro stand•
3 2 NORTHWEST ings. Captain Doug Savich along wit h se niors Bill Westlllan and
3 2 CENTRAL Steve Edmonds led this year's team.
0 5 CREIGHTON PREP
4 l BOYSTOWN Now in his second year as head coach. Mr. Jo n Boom-
2 l BENSON
1 4 BELLEVUE garden credits this year's team with . "persona l pride and an
2 3 ABRAHAM LI NCOLN ability to play together as a team."

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While sharing his time coaching both f- inish ing t he seaso n w ith a 7-3 record,
teams, Mr. Boomgarden had his fi nest Captain Doug Savich led t he Packe rs.
season.

Pic tured from left to right are: Rich Russell , Joe Creel, Glenn Moore, Bill Westman,
Murray Trim, Paul Meidlinger, Steve Edmonds and Do ug Savich .

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J. V. Tennis entered its fi rst season of com- S tanding, from le ft to rig ht a m : Bob Pede rsen. C raig Wilkins, Roger Gabe l-
ho usc, Pe rry Fili and Mikc Vajgcrt. No t pic tured a rc G eorge Owe n a nd
petition this fal l. Mr. Jon Boomga rden coached the Ju- Angelo Fili.
nior Varsity, as well as the Varsity. When asked what his
thoughts were on having a second team. Mr. Boomgarden
replied , " This has helped tremend ously in the develop-
ment o f our younger playe rs."

SOUTH OPPO NE NT

2 3 RALSTO
3 2 NORTHW EST

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Cross Country team consisted

of ten members ranging fro m freshman to senior
class.

October 15- 19, 1973 was Cross Country
week. It attempted to ex plain exactly wha t
Cross Country is. Lowest amo unt o f points
scored wins in a Cross Country meet. They ran
to a record of fo ur wins and three losses.

South fin ished fifth in the Metro meet with
a total of 92 points. Top fina lists we re Ron
Harde r, 12th ; Lionel Orepeza, I8 th ; Duane
Patterson. 19 th , and Roy Butler. 43 rd.

Ron Harder placed Isl in the Doane Invit a-
tio nal and Lionel Orepeza placed 2nd .

South's 1973-74 Cross Co untry team was as seated: Sitt ing, in front: Sam Hue rta . Sea ted ,
front to back: co-captain, Rory Butler, co-cap tain , Bob Mo ulas, Lio ne l Orepeza, Ro n
Harder, Duane Patterson, Gary Johnson and Tim Johnson.

Every n ight a t Spring Lake Park , th e b oys practiced
hard by running and do ing calisthe nics for meets.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

Mr. Me rlin Law re nce. coach of the Cross Count ry team for the e id 1th 12 24 NORTHWEST
year, is seen sitting o n the n oor during Gy m 3 10 sup.:rvising. I-le ,;ad 3 1 IO CREIGHTON PREP
this task .:veryday during fo urth ho ur.
19 17 BENSON

20 16 BELLE VUE
18 19 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
10 32 BOYSTOWN

10 28 THOMAS JEFFERSON

Sometimes Coach Lawre nce walked alo ng with the team to their prac-
tices instead of taking his car.

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'f\i Reserve Basketball Team r
is a small step in the development of young basket-

~ ball players. During this first year of high school

basketball, these young players are taught the

same fundamentals as the Varsity squad. While on

this team coaches look for the players who show

the most promise for Varsity competition to build

for future teams.

This years team was ·led by the return of three

players who were on this team last year as fresh-

men. On its way to a fine season , this year's team Printing teacher Mr. Dennis Cannon com-
showed much enthusiasm and promise for the pleted his first year as Reserve Basket-
future. ball coach.

SOUTH OPPONENTS

39 59 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
35 51 PREP
60 49 THOMAS JEFFERSON
48 29 BOYSTOWN
45 54 BELLEVUE
64 56 NORTHWEST

64 71 CENTRAL
71 53 NORTH

Pictured Front row, from left to right are: Jerry Thomas, Stacy Hobb s, Bryan Skratis. Standing: Coach
Cannon, John Boughman, Bill Thompson, Mike Mallery, John West, Mark Mynster and Joe Konyack.

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Pictured from left to right are, Miss Peters, Barb Blyth, Pat Linson , Denise Minino, Girls ' Golf team this year finished in third
Chris Marcum, Karen Bober and Nancy Kuncel.
place in the Metro competi tion. This years team,
made up of Pat Linson, Barb Blyth, Chris Marcum,
Karen Bober, Nancy Kuncel and Denise Minino
stroked to a seven and one record.

When asked about future programs for girls sports
in Nebraska, Miss Peters stated, "I feel the present
programs in girl's sports will continue to expand into
more competitive meets between schools.

SOUTH OPPONENTS

295 249 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
227 285 BENSON
207 224 CENTRAL
177 189 NORTHWEST
176 182 ABRAHAM LINCOLN

203 CENTRAL
235 246 NORTHWEST

309 BENSON

Miss Peters, girl's golf coach, was
nominated for Teacher of the
Year.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

30 27 BENSON This year the J.V. and Sophomore teams won three trophies from dif-
32 17 CREIGHTON PREP
32 24 THOMAS JEFFERSON ferent tournaments. These tournaments were the Titan Tournament,
33 21 NORTHWEST Westside Tournament and the Bryan Tournament.
27 27 BOYS TOWN
18 38 BURKE
30 30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
18 37 BELLEVUE
32 14 CENTRAL
24 37 BRYAN

51 3 LINCOLN
12 48 BRYAN

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Top row, left to right: Odious Lee, Brett Rozima.rek, Mike Opperman, Waiting for the match to begin is
and Fernando Castillo. Bottom row: Mike Hinchey, La.rry Bezdek, Odious Lee.
Frank Gahl, and Dan Schmeckpeper.

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J.V. wrestlers watch Varsity while
waiting for their match.

Pictured above is Mr. Mike Denney who is in his fourth year as J.V.
coach.

Top row, left to right: Student Manager: Perry Fili, Bill Mosser, J eff J. V. Wrestling team this year won eight of
Voleck, Gary Warner, Dan Curran, Ray Goldsberry and Rick Swierc-
zek. Bottom row: Mike Vecchio, Stan Fergison, Jim Campbell, Rick twelve meets and tied two. These four losses were to Burke,
Rosenthal and Jeff Rushlau. Bryan twice and Bellevue. One of South's easiest opponents

this year was Lincoln, which South won fifty-one to three.
This year's outstanding wrestlers were Dan Curran which had
a record of seventeen wins and eight losses, Jeff Volcek which
had a record of eleven wins and one loss, Mike Opperman
which had a record of twenty wins and two losses, and Mike
Henchey who won first place in the Bryan tournament.

Pack~rs dre GF\Et\T

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SOUTH OPPONENT

31 18 BENSON
23 20 CREIGHTON PREP
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32 3 NORTHWEST
31 13 BOYS TOWN
25 19 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
33 19 BELLEVUE
11 24 CENTRAL
39 32 BRYAN
5 LINCOLN

Varsity Wrestlers have proved this year Head wrestling coach, Mr. Beauford Haizlip, has been coach for four-
teen years. He feels a wrestler wrestles for the team instead of him-
that even though they were a young group, they had the self, even though it is considered an individual sport.
strength and ability to achieve a season's record of eight wins
and one loss. In addition to their regular season they placed
fust in district tournament and second in the metro tourna-
ment. Some of the members on the team had to cut weight.
.· When asked how this affected the wrestlers Mr. Beauford
Haizlip remarked, "It does weaken them if they cut too
much and are not on a proper diet."

Coach Haizlip expects his wrestlers to attend practices
regularly and try to do away with mistakes. He also feels that
in the beginning of the season the team made some mistakes,
but with practice and experience were able to overcome

them.
Nine of the wrestlers competed in the state wrestling

meet. Both Butch Galas and Lou Sloger placed third in their

weight division.

The wrestlers pictured above, in their usual starting position,
are waiting for the starting signal.

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The varsity wrestlers are warming up by doing stretch exercises before a meet. This
helps them to move into the unusual positions they get into.

Two points were given to this wrestler because he just at- Captain Dan F eser assists Coach Haizlip
tempted a reversal. in showing the wrestlers certain holds.

This Years wrestlers are kneeling from left to right, Rich Flores, Richy Rosenthal, Butch Galas, Leo Eldge, John
Zaragosa, Lou Sleger and Dan Feser. Standing are: Student Mapager, Rodney Mead, Tony Jankevicius, Darrell
Walton , Brad Harrison, Rich Dickey, Doug Miller and Coach Beauford Haizlip.

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Varsity Basketball team had a tough Mr. Glen Tiessen feels that the qualities to make a good basketball player
are, number one: a good attitude, and , number two: ability and talent.
season this year. The team consisted of twelve members.
When asked how he thought the team worked as a whole
Coach Tiessen remarked, "The last few basketball games
they began to work as a unit but they could have had more
continuity during the earlier part of the season." Coach
Tiessen also feels that dunking should be allowed during
the games. Dunking is not allowed at this time as an official
rule.

Injuries have altered the teams playing this year. Mike
Trummer, Bob Mata and Tim Zagurski were out during dif-
ferent parts of the season.

This year's student manager was senior Terry Franks.

Shown above Jeff Bieterman glances around looking for a
teammate to pass the ball to.

Bob Mata gets the season underway by making the first jump
ball against North.

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( ... Kneeling from left to right are the centers
on the team. They are Scott Swaney and
l..- Bob Mata. Standing are Roger Gast and Tim
Persing.
This years guards arekneeling from left to right,
Tom Schneider and Al Martinez, and standing The forwards for the year's team were, kneeling
are Mike Trummer and Tim Zagurski. from left, John Babic and Buzz Barfield. Stand-
ing are Jerry Relford and Jeff Bieterman.

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63 BURKE
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46 BRYAN
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51 93 CENTRAL
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66 63 THOMAS JEFFERSON
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55 72 CREIGHTON PREP
The team works hard at practice every night after school for about 37
two hours. 48 51 TECH
61 62 BOYS TOWN
53 52 LINCOLN HIGH

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J. V. Basketball team finished

with a 2-12 record this year. Coach Bob Davis, in
his first year as head J .V. coach, was disappointed
with the season.

During the Bryan game, the Packers held the
lead throughout almost the entire ga me. In the
end, South was still on top, 58-35. In one of the
better-played games, the J .V.'s edged Benson by a
75-74 win . Utilizing a full-court press and a fast-
break offense, on Feb. I , South definitely earned
this win.

J.V. cagers were ; Front row, left to right: Dave McDowell, Rory Cobbs, Dave Dibelka,
Nate Cooper, Dave Dwornicki and Robert Hilario. Second row: Student Manager,
John Filipowicz, Mike Mancuso, Ron Achten, Howard Black, Ed Karnik, Ron
Kmiecik, Mike Miller and Coach Bob Davis.

Mike Mancuso assists Ed Karnik with a bounce-pass
leading to another basket for the Packers.

While taking the ball out underneath their own basket, the J.V.'s set up Dave Dibelka makes this free-throw for the Packers.
one of many plays.

SOUTH OPPONENT

38 51 NORTH
48 58 BURKE
44 55 RALSTON
58 35 BRYAN
54 61 BELLEVUE
57 59 RUMMEL
59 72 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
38 57 WESTSIDE
41 70 CENTRAL
75 74 BENSON
55 56 NORTHWEST
48 59 THOMAS JEFFERSON
60 71 CREIGHTON PREP
48 63 TECH
43 54 BOYS TOWN
62 65 LINCOLN

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Joyce Peterson, R.N. , is proud of the role she plays o n t he
staff of So uth High School. Mrs. Peterson a!ten~ed Iowa
Methodist Hospital for three years after winch time she be-
came a Registered Nurse.

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Each year the School Board tries to modernize its schools. Over the summer of
1973 an intercom system totaling $30,000 was partially installed at Sou th
High School. This system was to be completed by January 1, 1974. The main
console was installed in the office to send messages, read the bulletin, and be
fully aware of classroom situation. This intercom system was installed simul-
taneously at two other Omaha Schools, North High and Benson High. When
asked to comment on the new intercom system, Mr. Dennis Cannon, an in-
dustrial arts teacher said, "I haven't heard it yet!"

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Office secretaries help keep So uth A po rtrait of Dr. Ralph 111. Marrs, former
High r unning s moo thly all year long. principal or So uth , hangs in the main corri-
Their duties include school corres- dor.
pondence, and keeping !rack of ab-
sences. Dr. Ro n Burmood enjoys spending his
evenings with his family and two white
Administrators sheep dogs.

at Sout h High ca re about the students. Office helpers learn many office techniques and are responsible for many functions
They try their hardes t to make every year around the schoo l. Pictu red, above right, is office helper Dianne Anderson who runs the
a memorable one fo r each and every st u- eleva t o r .
den t. They work long hours, filled with
many decisions abo ut behavior, school
policy, activities, and just about anything
that has to be done. They approve all
schedule changes and talk to many st u-
dents about referrals from teachers.
That's not all !! They will help yo u make
decisions fo r the grou p you represent, al-
so they have been making a special effort
th.is year to commend students for im-
provements. Dr. Hanson, our principal, is
a very busy man, but he takes time out
from his schedule to greet Southites in
the main corridor before school. You
may confide your personal grievances to
the head of the whole school.

Mr. Robert Whitehouse is an assistant
principal as well as AthJetic Director.
These people devote many hours to the
development of modern education. Tl1is
is wha t keeps South High the best in the
Midwest.

Ruth Davis is the school treasurer and O1atting wi'th an ex-South High student are from left to right Dr. Ron Burmood, Dr.
runs the bookstore. 1\1rs. Davis said " I Leonard Hanson and Mr. William Nystrom.
enjoy working with the stud en ts and
I'm looking forward to many more years
at South High."

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Counseling at the largest Mrs.Viva Fuerst, besides being a counselor, likes
to sew, travel and loves flowers.
school in Nebraska is not an easy job. Drop-
ping students from school, reprimanding
"skippers" and enrolling new students, puts
a heavy load on the shoulders of the eight
counselors at South High. Being a counselor
encounters problems with the parents as
well as the students. Sometimes conferences
must be held between parents and their
teenagers.

But altogether the counselors look into
and enjoy finding jobs for the students. In
all of the offices you would be able to find
pamphlets and catalogues from various col-
leges throughout the nation. Counselors are
a human "contact" for each student ; they
act as an authority figure who can praise,
direct and acknowledge the South High stu-
dents individuality.

Mrs. Nancy Calinger enjoys swimming, horseback riding and relaxing. Mr. G ~ne Schwarting, besides counseling likes going fishing, photography

Her favorite television hero is "Cannon." and enjoys sports.

Miss Margaret Gearing enjoys bowling and going to baseball
games.

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Miss Mary Beck is now serving a nother year here at South
as counselor and as the Directo r of Guidance and Counseling.

Along with his counseling duties, Mr. Neal Mosser heads
the Nebraska Referees Association in his spare time.

Mr. Dean Meisinger enjoys finding students jobs. 1\~! /!/ I{!!,/\::-

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Miss Karen Clark enjoys traveling to En-
gland, playing bridge, and reading fiction
novels. .

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English Completing his fifth year teac hing senior En-

Department glish, l',,fr. Jim Faiman enjoys rock music. He
tapes his own music and likes to travel a lot.
is unique among the other depart- During Christmas vacation he traveled to Lake
ments at South. Unlike other de- Tahoe, and Reno, Nevada.
partments, the English department
gives the junior and senior student
the choice of required courses. This
can be valuable for the student be-
cause it gives him the opportunity
to select the class that he wants. He
can choose on which fits his own
personal likes and future plans. Dr.
Patrick Salerno, head of the English
department, believes that this pro-
gram is valuable because, "The stu-
dents are given the opportunity to
pick the class they desire, instead
of having one they dislike chosen
for them. All schools don't have
special interest education." The
fields of study vary depending on
the students' grade.

Mr. John Smith, pictured above, is teaching for Teaching junior English, Mr. Dallas Hemen-
way is also the debate coach. Sponsoring the
his fifth year at South. He teaches English 7-3 Gaveliers takes up part of his time while the
and also is co-sponsor of Student Council. He
enjoys sport's car rallies. other time is spent raising his family.

English teachers pictured above, from left to
right: Dr. Patrick Salemo, department head,

Mr. Hugh Hanson, Mr. Michael Rice and Mrs.
Melanie Kvasnicka.

Teaching freshman English, Mrs. Barbara
Oldfield also acts as department head for
Foreign Language. She is also sponsor of
the Latin Club.

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Mrs. Deanna Ludwin left South at the end of the third quarter to await the ar-
rival of her first child. She taught English to juniors and sophomo res.

Mr. Hugh Hanson is seen relaxing o n the front porch of his ho me, The
March of Dimes Building. He teaches sophomore and junior English.

Mrs . Janet Mody and Mrs. Mellanee Kvasnicka pictured above teach junior Mrs. Juanita Azue teaches Special Ed-
English. They are both happily married and are close friends both in school ucation and also is head of the
"Courtesy Committee."
and out.

Sha ring a joke with the camera man, English teachers picturea
above, from left t o right : Mrs . Janet Mody, Miss Margaret Mc-
Martin, Mrs. Barbara Oldfield, Mrs . Jane Bean, Mrs. Oara Ross,

Mrs. Deanna Ludwin and Mrs. Laura Haugse.

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History department intro- Psycho logy teache r, R ay Brown, feel s th at,
"South High st ud ents have the ability to see
duced a new course this year. Sociolo- the practical side a nd are no t easily innu-
gy, taught by Mr. Bob Davis, is the enced." Three of his children are tea chers in
the Omaha Public Schools.
science that deals with the study of
human relations.

Due to the death of Dr. Edward
Kuncel , a new Department head was
appointed at mid-term. Miss Sally Fel-
lows, Student Council sponsor, as-
sumed the responsibilities.

Mr. Thomas O'Hara, a new-teacher
at South, began teaching in the history
department at mid-term. He teaches
Far East , sociology, economics, and

American history.
"As a new teacher, I look forward

to the challenge of teaching seniors
who are about to enter the harsh reali-
ty of the outside world."

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Mr. George Wildrick has been teaching his- Former Omaha Mustang football player, Mr. Bob
tory at South High for twen ty-one years. He Davis, is in his second year o f teaching at South.
is head of the audio visual de partment, and TI1is year he introduced So cio logy to his st ud ents.
he teaches adult high school. Mr. Wildrick
spends his spare time burning down trees at
his river cabin.

In h is nine teenth year at So uth , Mr. Warren
Witham feels that , "South students are very
frienc:ijy and cooperative." Mr. Witha m .
spends his spare time refinishing o ld fur111-
ture.

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This was Mrs. Diana Howell's first full year History teacher Pa ul Blazevich is in his fifth year at Mr. Cecil Stutzman feels that , " th e student
of teaching at Sout h. She is co-spo nsor for body has shown more maturity this ye~r
the Packer Backer Red Sectio n. South. He is sponsor of O-Club and also assistan t than in the past." He spends his spa_re tune
coach of the varsity football team. Mr. Blazevich floating down the Platte River on !u s raft.

enjoys hunting and remodeling furniture.

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This was Mr. Robert Christie's twenty-fourth year After eleven years at South High, Mr. Theo-
dore Matsukis, better k nown as "the little
at Sout h. In his spare tim e he works with various Greek", feels that, "South has the best stu-
political campaigns. Mr. Christie is also involved in dent body as far as behavior and personali-
th e Nebraska State Ed ucat io n Association. t ies are concerned."

"I love jazz and playing the trumpe t,"
says Mr. James Swanson, who teaches
Ameri can history and government. l\1r.

Swanso n has taught at South for four
years in the histo ry de partment.

From Pretty Prairie, Kansas, Mr. James Meis-

enheimer feels that, "after four years at
South, this past year seems to have been the
best." He enjoys arguing politics.

In her third year at South , Mrs. Rosalie Besides her history classes here at South, Miss Sally Mr. David Kahm passes o ut applications for
Shepherd says, " I am finally getting used the senior class elections. Mr. Kahm also
Fellows teaches at Creighton University. Miss Fel- teaches night school.
to the school , and I find I like it more lows is spo nsor of student co uncil and has been
every year. " Mrs. Shepherd enjoys ten- teaching at South 16 years. "Every subject fa lls
back on histo ry," says Miss Fellows.
nis, golf, and working o ut with the
jogging team.

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Science department offered another year of in-

teresting topics for the large majority of students who
wanted to learn them. Courses offered range from basic
Biology to the concepts of Physics.

Consisting of eight teachers, the staff strived to
give the students an insight in this scientifically-based
world. The individualized courses were put in operation
for the third year. Students would start their individual-
ized courses when the teacher felt a student could work
at a individual and consistent speed.

Mr. Dan Zanders has been the head of the Science De partment for many years and
i"n recent years was elected "Teacher of the Year" by the stude nts. Mr. Zanders
ho lds a Bachelor of Arts d egree from Wayne State Teachers' College and a Master
of Science degree from Omaha University. He teaches Earth Science and Ad-
vanced Bio logy.

Th e Science fi eld is en- Bio logy teacher Mr . Joe Perina
joyed by many stude nts li kes to hunt Nebraskas' danger-
at South. o us game in his spare tim.:.

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Calvin the Cactus has been at South High for three Mr. Richard Beran , as show n here, enjoys h is work at So uth
years. He was brought to school by Mr. Dean Meis- Higli . He currentl y is act ing gym nastics coach for So uth. He
inger in 197 1. enjo ys act ive and spectator sports.

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New 10 So uth llig h is reso urce cente r te ache r
l\lrs. Sa rah Conh:y. S ile he lps stud e n ts !ind in-
fo rmatio n pe rtaining to the ir ho mework. a nd
assists the m o n the ir spe cia l projects.
Coach Me rlin Lawre nce is sho wn ta lking to Mr.
Pa ul E isenhaue r a nd ~Ir. J oe Pe rina of the Sci-
ence Department.

Miss Linda Thorell teaches Che mis try 3 for the Mr. Gary Go nzales pe rfo rms the duty of
Scie nce De partme nt. In the summer she drives a teaching Bio logy I at So uth. He is sho wn in
tracto r for a farm. a co mfort ab le positio n abo ve .

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Mr. Jon Boomgarden, o ur
tennis coach, loves music
and poetry.

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Miss Barbara Seifert enjoys I
sewing most of her clothes.
Music also plays an important +i
role of her everyday life.

Teaching Math 3 & 4, Mr. Lad Nemecek believes
sports take up an active role in his spare time.

In her fifth year at South, Mrs. Beth Anderson A sponsor for Club, Mrs.
is sponsor for Varsity and Junior Varsity Cheer-
leaders. teaches Algebra a nd Geometry.

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Mr. Mike Denny teaches Senior Math l\1iss Linda Thorell is in her second Ma th department considers Computer
Review. He is also a wrestling coach . year here a t So uth High. She loves
He plays fo')tball in his spare time. the outdoors, music and animals. Programing more education for today's stu-
dent. Mr. Richard Wohlfarth, the depart-
ment head, believes, "that it b ecame more
alive this year, and the reason for this is be-
cause it was made more available." For the
Math Review students , this year, they have
individualized programs. There are eleven
Math teachers in all. They teach everything
from Pre-Algebra to Calculus. Some of the
teachers double as coaches, sponsors and

counselors.

Mrs. Sandra Sandeen teaches mostly Algebra. She loves to -
sew and cook. She has b een here for three years.

Miss Laurian Kaufman teaches Pre-Algebra. She Showing some geometric figures to Mr. Richard Wohlfarth is Math Depart ment
says, "I love t o make new friends." Miss Kauf- Lorraine Semin and Lynn Schroeder, Head and has been so for twelve years. He en-
man likes to ride her bike, cook and sew. Miss Margaret Gearing is a counselor joys playing golf in his spare time .
as well as a Math teacher.

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Business is the most practical depart-

ment for job preparation.Mr. Clark Wohlers heads
this department which is made up of fo urteen
teachers. Classes taught include General Business,
Distribu tive Educa tion, Typing, Shorth and, Book-
keeping, and Accounting. These classes teach
trades for secretaries and businessmen. Useful and
good business habits will be to many a student's
benefi t later in his life . Mr. Wohlers is very pleased
that most students work hard in the business
classes each yea r. The st udents feel that these
classes are interesting and helpful for their o the r
classes, too.

Mr. Floyd Wozniak chats w ith stu- Mr. Larry Masters sharpens his
dents abo ut problems a nd consid ers hun ting and go lfing sk ills in
all suggestio ns to improve classes. his leisure hours.

Mr. Clark Wohlers is head o f the business d e partment. In
his spare time he enjoys bowling, ping pong, and chess. He
has taught at So uth for over thirty years, and has b een
head of the business department for 23 years.

Mrs. Diane Viesclmeyer says " seeing students at school stru ng o ut o n
drugs" is wha t b o the rs her most abo u t So uth High.

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Mrs. Ellen Fin negan presently holds a Master o f Science de-
gree in English and she enjoys reading, fishing, and rock
hun ting.

Mrs. Connie Bade n is in her third school
year of teaching business. She and her
husband enjoy going camping and also
riding bicycles.

Now in her twelfth year of teaching, Mrs. Carol Limoges is Mr. Alfred Smith teaches Book-
te~ching Office Practice and Typing. In her leisure ti me she keeping and General Business.
enJoys such things as cooking and reading. She had also taken
a recent trip to San Francisco. Mrs. Limoges presently holds
a Masters degree in Business Education.

Ot her than teaching business, Mr. Floyd Wozniak is involved in Mr. Kent Yaw, who has been teaching business here at South for
other activities a.round the school. He has helped coach reserve foot-
ball in the past years and this year he acted as a chaperone for the tluee years, enjoys his position very much. He teaches three D.E.
classes and one Co-<>p class, where he helps students find a job that
DECA conventio n. sui ts their ability. Mr. Yaw has been married for five years.

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Shop Teachers surpassed the 1973-1974

school year with few problems. The staff. which consists

of sixteen skilled teachers, helped many students figure

out what they might want to do in the future. and pace

them for that specific occupation.
Classes offered in the industrial education depart-

ment give students a broad look at what it will be like
before they go out into the business world. For instance ,

printing is a demanding field today. and Mr. Gene Mc-
Donald is putting more students in jobs all th e lune.

First year printing is ta ugh t by l\l r. Dennis Cannon . This was
l\lr. Can no n's third yea r at South lligh's printi ng department.
Students said that l\l r. Cann o n co uldn't ha v..: taught them
mo re .

Vocatio nal auto-mechanics is taught this year by Mr. Pete Petrini. He has man y Mr. Gene McDo nald is shown he re working w ith stud ents. He
years of experie nce of working with machines. l\-lr. Petrini is the father of t hree fee ls that stude nts who take print ing a nd fin ish it w il l have a
childre n , two girls and o ne boy. He enjoys golf, a nd is working toward a degree in very good chance of having a good job whe n they grad uate .
Ed ucat ion at the Un iversity of Nebraska at Omaha. Mr. Petrini is registered as a
first-class mechanic.

Victor Baez is shown here working lo set up the Shop teachers work hard lo help stu- Mr. Ed Mand i teaches electricity and is well-liked

Davidson offset press. He is being helped by several dents get a better loo k at the industrial by many st udents. He hold s a l3ach elor o f Arts

students during fo urth hour class. works fut ure. d egree from Wayne Sta te Teachers College.

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Ro n Faust is show n lwre working d u ring fo urth
ho ur sho p class. Nick R odgers fe lt he sho uld be
in the p i<.: lurC 100 .

Mr. r'rank Pis to ne can be seen here Mr. Ke nne th S tanse l is he lping to get
instructing Ke n Blcssic, Tom Bed- things organized in his class.
narz. and T orn Riley u n how to fi x a
bumper.

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Foreign Language

department increased their enrollment this
year by nearly thirty students. Mr. Scott
Clemons feels that , " more enthusiasm
among the teachers was one reason for the
increased enrollment ."

The fi ve foreign language teachers work-
ed together more this year. Th e classes got
together several times and watched movies
in their classrooms. The teachers not only
got classes together, but they somehow
united the clubs with classes. German club
bought the German class nine new dictio-
nari es.

Courses offered this year in fo reign lan-
guage were French, German, Latin , and
Spanish. They were offered in beginning and
advanced classes.

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"This year my students exploded with creative energy," said Mrs. Helia
Pico. This vacation Mrs. Pico plans to visit Europe because her husband
is employed there during summer seasons.

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Mr. Scott Clemons, German teacher a nd German Mrs. Barbara Oldfield, head of the foreign lan- Miss Judith Schneider is in her sixth year at
club sponsor , spends his spare time writing guage department, is in her twentieth year at South. She is sponsor of the pomperets.
classical music. So u t h .

Spanish teacher, Joa nne Sokalsky, has been
teaching at South for fifteen years and is spon-
sor of the Spanish club.

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Home Economics department this yea r consists of

five teachers who make learning Home Economics interestin g, fun and
even a little wacky. Headed by Mrs. Cathy McAndrews, they strive to

make Home Economics a class to educate a girl in the future needs of a
woman.

Some of the courses offered by the Home Economics department
are: Homemaking I, Advanced Clothing II, Clothing I, Foods 11 , Interi-

or Decorating, Human Development, Adult Living, Advanced Foods
and Senior Clothing I.

Homemaking proved to be very popular with st udents this yea r.
Many students found it difficult to get into a homemaking class. Next
year the department is planning on adding a course titled Bachelor
Living, for boys.

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-Mrs. Cathy McAndrews has been at South and has also been head of the Homemaking Mrs. Susan Rhode has been instructing Ho me Econom·
ics at South for the past seven years. She feels Home
department for the past three years. Before she ca me to South she instructed st u- Ee is a very practical and essential course for girls to
dents in Home Economics at a Junior High School. She said , "Homemaking and tak e. Her special f ield of instru ctio n is Human Devel-
cooking have always been one of my basic interests." She has two children. opment. She also teaches fir st year cook ing and sew-

i ng .

T he Home Economics teachers of South High School make a point of getting involved in
the welfare of their students. They instruct their pupils in the courses they will need to
utilize in thei1 future lives. They always attempt to be helpful if you have a problem
and need advice. Boys as well as girls would benefit from taking some of these courses.
They are trying to develo p such a course now. From left to right arc Mrs. Kathy Halver-
son, Mrs. Cathy McA ndrews, and Mrs. Sue Rhode.

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M.rs. Dee Crane has taught at South High for five years. She has
two sons and one daughter. Her oldest son will get his degree
from graduate school this yea.r. Her specialty for Home Econom-
ics is cooking. She enjoys trying out some of her special dishes
for her family.

M.rs. Agnes Nelson's specialty in Home Eco-
nomics is sewing. In her spare time, she is
kept busy with new projects for her stu-
dents. She is also occupied with her son,
daughter, and two grandchildren. M.rs.
Nelson believes in being prepa.red.

Mrs. Kathern Halverson is in her second full year of teaching at
South. She has her masters degree in the field of Home Economics
and her specialty is in Adult Living. She also instructs first year
cooking.

M.rs. Dee Crane is shown here demonstrating Mrs. Halverson gives instructions to her stu-

how to make pickles. dents in the study of Adult Living.

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Pictured above is Mrs. Julie Haney. Other tha n teaching P.E. Mrs. Haney
coaches the girls tennis team, and is sponsor of G.A.A.
The energy crisis forces Mr. Beauford Haizlip to wear his coa t while he
instructs P.E. classes. Mr. Haizlip also coaches Varsity Wrestling.

Pictured below is Mrs. Linda Stevens. She teaches P.E. and swimming.
She also coaches the girls swim team.

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This is Mr. Todd Seastedt's last year at South High. He has decided to "hit the Physical Education
road" a nd move to New Hampshire. During the time Mr. Seastcdt taught at
South he also was the Swimming Coach. Department have many opp~r:

ties to keep in shape other than when they partlc1p..
with their students in class. Other than teaching their
classes, they can often be seen working out with the
team they coach. Each teacher coaches at least one

sport, if not more.
There are many different kinds of activities to

promote physical fitness. Many different types of
sports are played during the gym classes such as: vol-
leyball, badminton, swimming, track, gymnastics and
basketball. In volleyball co-ed classes are held.

Some important objectives stressed in the physical
education classes h ave been educating the stud 'nt
mentally, physically and emotionally , makirn! a wdl-
adjusted person.

Pictured above is Miss Susan Peters, who teaches Girls P.E. She also
keeps busy coaching Girls Golf a nd Track teams.

Mr. Merlin Lawerence is busy teaching Boys P.E. Other than
teaching he coaches Cross Country and Track.

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Library teachers this year are being helped by Miss

Patricia Steels, a student teacher from U.N .0. According to
Mrs. Alice Thompson there are more students coming into the
library this year than ever before. The reason for this, she says,
"is because the material is made more available." A new at-
traction to this year's fully carpeted library is brand new
chairs. Mrs. Barbara Moore says, "this adds color and a more
enjoyable surrounding to work in." Another thing made new
to the library this year is their new mimeograph machine. This
puts all books and magazines on film , therefore the books are
no longer needed. The students are allowed to use these ma-
chines whenever they are in need.

Not living in Omaha doesn't cause any prob lems for Mrs. Moore. She
goes home for the weekend s 10 her husband , lwo boys and seven cats.
Mrs. Moore lives in Lincoln and !ravels lo Omaha every Monday fo r
school.

Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Moore fill the library with much happiness. Mrs. Thompson believes, "that the st ud ents arc using the library more
They have been working together for three years, and they enjoy every because of the better facili ties given to them. She has been here for
minute of it. Mrs. Thompson works in the lib rary the morning shift and three years. She is married and has n o children . She says, "Working in
Mrs. Moore works the afternoon shift. the library relaxes her".

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RO TC ,what is it? There

a re many people who ask this
qu esti on. For those who do n't
k now, it stand s for R eserve Of-
fice rs Training Co rps. This class
is training the boys o f Sou th
High to become the men o f to-
mo rrow. For the first time th is
yea r, th ere are m ore girl mem-
bers en rolled in ROTC. Asked
abo ut this Sgt. Gill comments,
" I'm glad the girls are taking an
act ive pa rt in ROTC. They fi nd

it fascinatingto be in uniform."

Sergea nt George Gill has been teaching a t South New to So uth this year is Sergeant Troy Wood y . New to Souththisyear isMr.
for seve n yea rs. He is the head o f R .O.T .C., and
enjoys his wo rk. He said , " Teaching a t So uth is a fascinating ex- Troy Woody . He is pleased by
pe ric n c e ." the ob edience o f the studen ts.

Practice every morning starts early fo r the b oys and girls enrolled
in ROTC. 7 th pe riod is reserved fo r the boys fro m Bancroft to
co me and practi ce the ir shoo ting.

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Miss Antoinette Turnquist , head of the art d epartment , is Mr. Michael Mathias teaches a rt the first
holding a model used for pencil d rawings which is used in two per iods of the day and then travels
several art courses. Miss Turnquist is in her seventh year of to Central to teach for the rest of the
teaching at South. day. Mr. Mathias returned to South th is
year after leaving at the semester last
year to j oin the Armed Forces.

Mrs. Marcia Schutz is an expert in the

field of ceramics. She also teaches fresh-
men and sopho mores at South.

Art Department may only be a

small department at South, but it is an essential
one. Miss Antoinette Turnquist, head of the de-
partment, has been interested in art all of her life.
She believes that "Appreciation ofart is up to the
individual. Different people have opposing tastes."
The students have their own art shows in room
426, which is othe rwise known as " The Gallery".

Sometimes there are individual shows with one
student displaying several of their own works of
art. Art may not be required but it is ava ilable for

all interested students.

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Music Department is the one that backs the

most grandeur out of all the departments at South. Students in

music have an adva ntage over the rest of the student body. To
take an hour out of the day to relax and sing or to play a musical

instrumen t makes the tedious day more enjoyable.

Everyone who has to do with music strives to make the
year a successful undertaking. Mr. Roland Hinrichs says " Adding
something new to the year brings variety and makes the year
more unusual and interesting, for students as well as the faculty."
This year in "Music and the Spoken Word" Mr. Hinrichs invited
all music graduates, past and present in singing the Grand Finale.

Mr. Roland Hinrichs has been director of Ambassadors, First Students in the singing classes at South High find it a mixture
Cho ir, and Second Choir fo r the past twenty years. This past of hard work and enjoyme nt.
summer he directed the sum mer musical, "Flower Drum

Song." Mr. Hinrichs and his wife enjoy brousing at flea mar•
kets.

Mr. Albert Travis, besides his obvious love of music, enjoys flying
his ow n plane. He is the director of the South High Band , a nd is
head of the rock group Travis.

Miss T erri T emplemeir was a student teacher
here a t South for the rust semester.

Students find it e njo yable playing their in- Mr. Viggo Carlson comes fro m a
strumen ts in the band room, Al 26. long line of ministers, although

many members of his family now
are teachers. His brother_ is a
minister in Denmark wlule both
his wife and son are t eachers.

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