1975

Record breaking Greg Yates prepares himself in a
practice 100 yard run.

Shown above arc the 1975 Track team. First row, left to right: Lionel Oropeza, Oudious
Lee, Bill Garcia, Mike Burton, Tim Persing, Greg Yates, Ron Harder and John Young. Sec-
o nd row: Rich Viyera, Bob Brady, Mike Miller, Rolland McCormick, Bob Bidroski, Don
Strom, L1rry Tarkington and Don Mickeliunas. Top row: Charles Tolsma, Prentice Cox,
Dave Bunch, Bob Fa lk, Willie Reuter, Craig Engard!, Steve Hocji and Al Brun.

John Young warms up by stretching for the hur-
dles down a t Collin r:ield.

Mr. Floyd Wozniak, Mr. Merlin Lawrence and Mr. l110111as O' Hara all put Together, Greg Yates, Mike Burto n and Bill Garica were able to
their efforts in coaching track this year. Not pic tured are Mr. Wayne Boldt overcome all competition to win the state 880 yard relay.
and Mr. Jack Oholendt.

Track coaching will bring a new perspective to Endurance has made Ron Harder 1im Persing comes down to earth for
a past winner in the two mile run. awhile after being the district high
the team this year. Each area in track will have a personal jump champio n.
trainer.The head coach this year was Mr. Merlin Lawerence,
who will also help direct all track events. His assistants are
Mr. Thomas O'Hara who will coach the Jong jump and the
triple jump, distance runs by Mr. Wayne Boldt, hurdles and
relays will be aided by Mr. Floyd Wozniak and the weight
coach will be Mr. J ack Oholendt.

Helping this year's team will be Mike Burton, Bill
Garica and Greg Yates who becam e the 880 yard relay state
champions with the help of former teammate Darrell
Walton. Also on this year's team is the district high jump
champion, Tim Persing. Distance runners will be Ron Hard-
er and Lionel Oropeza. In the weight division is Oudious
Lee throwing the discus.

All these and the other members of the track team
will have made this an exciting year for South track .

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Varsity basketball players are pictured left to right, front row: student manager, Mike Lesac, Dave Di-
belka, Dave Bunch and Dave McDowell. Second row: Gershwin Briggs, student manager, John Filipo-
wicz, Mike Mancuso, Ron Achten, Tim Pershing and Mike Miller. Not pictured are: Lee Johnson, Bob
Mata and Tom Schneider.

Varsity Basketball

team had a great season with a new head
coach, Mr. Joe Neuberger. He is a former
Ryan High teacher and coach. It was a very
impressive year for the whole squad, thanks
to Mr. Neuberger. After all the hard work
and practices, the team showed noticeable
improvement over past years. Outstanding
players were seniors, Lee Johnson, Ron
Achten , Dave Dibelka, Tom Schneider and
Dave McDowell.

This year, the Packers went to the Dis-
trict competition and won their first game
against Bryan, 71-43. Their second game,
they were edged-out by Benson , 60-54.

All in all , it was a very rewarding season
for the Packers and their new coach.

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Playing ru gged defe nse against Ron calli are Tom
Schneider Bob Mata and Lee Johnso n.

Every nigh t after schoo l, the Packers could be SOUTH OPPONENT
found in Gym 310 practicing and improving
their form . 36 44 NORTH
62 63 BURKE
57 63 RALSTON
47 43 BRYAN
53 71 WESTSIDE
68 53 THOMAS JEFFERSON
45 40 NORTHWEST
59 62 BELLEVUE
44 68 CENTRAL
69 53 BENSON
35 47 CREIGHTON PREP

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J. V. Basketball team had

tryouts for the team on Monday , Nov. 18 , and

the final cut was on Nov. 20. The final twelve

worked hard to put a good team together.

Coach Phil Gradoville in his first year as J.V .

Coach after a long career as coach of Roncalli
High's basketball team. The team started the
season on Dec. 6 at McMillan Junior High
against North , but lost a close game.

The team finished the season with a record
of three wins and thirteen losses. The high point

of the season was the terms 50-47 victory over

Creighton Prep.

J.V. Basketball team. Row one , left to right: Rick Ostro ni c, Mark Martinez, Carl
Hobbs , and Dorcas Patterso n. Back row : John West, Ri ck Pesek, Bill Tho mpso n, Gary
We tick and Chris Fangeman.

Coach Gradoville explains a play to the team
before practice.

Howard Black, John West and Carl Hobbs are
seen waiting for a rebound .

SOUTH OPPONENT

49 62 NORTH
37
39 73 BURKE

72 50 RALSTON

50 45 BRYAN
59
63 BELLEVUE
44
36 60 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
41
55 (OT.)
65
65 57 SOUTHEAST
56
51 58 CENTRAL
59
37 55 RYAN

69 BENSON

55 NORTHWEST

85 THOMAS JEFFERSON

47 CREIGHTON PREP Coach Phil Gradoville in his first year at
54 TECH (OT.) South teaches Math and helps assist with

69 RONCALLI Varsity Basketball . He also enjoys watching
45 LINCOLN HIGH spectator sports.

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Reserve Basketball

team ended its season at 3 wins and 7
losses under second year coach Dennis
Cannon . The team showed vast im-
provement over earlier parts of the
season as they won two of their last
tl1Iee games . The victories came over
Gross and Bryan. The team worked
hard and never gave up , which led
Coach Dennis Cannon to say, "The
team truly played with togetherness
and should be ready to play for next
season."

South is shown here trying to penetrate the op- · South is playing agressive defen se as the cheer-

ponents defense. leaders look on.

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Front row, bottom, left to right : Bob Scab,Joe Ksiazek. Top row: Rick
Rubek, Mike Stodoltta, Randy Noonan and Jim Walpus.

SOUTH OPPONENT

36 49 A.L.
28 54 PREP
50 65 T.J.
30 49 BELLEVUE
37 50 CENTRAL
54 48 NORTH
43 42 BRYAN
53 55 BENSON
56 50 GROSS

Front row, bottom, left to right : Larry Pesek, Jack Wawezynkiewicz.
Top row: Jerry Ingram, Joe Fora! and Jim Mittermeir.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

33 18 CREIGHTON PREP
27 BENSON
26 21 NORTHWEST
19 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
31 36 BELLEVUE
20 CENTRAL
28 19 BRYAN
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Pictured above is Mr . Beauford Haizlip. This year was a very good and
a successful year for Mr. Haizlip. He commented on his 200th victory
as say ing, "I wa s pleased with everyo ne's showing. "

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Pictured from left to rig ht, row one: Dan Novotny , Jo hn Laci, Rick Rose nthal Rick F lo res, Butch Ga las, Tom Hemenway , and Doug Harless. Row
two: Jeff Vo leek, Rick Novot ny , Kevin Kottich, Dan Scmcckpepper, Ga ry w::rncr, and Jim Campbell. Third row: Manager-Rodney Mead, Statis-
ticia n- Yvonne Smith , Brett Rosmairek, Oudious L.:e, Sam Wilcoxi n , G reg Mo ntgo mery , To ny Ja,~kevicius a nd Coa ch Haizlip.

Varsity Wrestling

at Sout h has again this year brought
pride to the school.

One of the impressive tournaments
in which the wrestlers competed was
that of Jan 17- 18, at UNO in the Met-
ropoli tia n High School Athletic Asso-
ciation Wrestling Tournament.

On Friday, Jan. 31, Coach Beauford
Haizlip had a big day. He earned his
200th victory when South crushed
the Bryan Bears in a 27-19 victory.
The Bears didn 't have a chance.

All in all , the South High Grapplers
had a successfu l and rewarding year.

State Champion Oudious Lee lo oks on, while l11 e South High uniforms are very impressive and

ge tting mentally prepared for hi s match. always stand out at meets.

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J.V. wrestling finished

out the year with a dual record of 4 wins ,
and 3 loses. Next year most of the wrest lers
will be returning to be the power of South 's
future Varsity team.

Mr. Jack Oholendt coaches the J.V. wres-
tling team and he also coached Reserve foot-
ball. Having previously taught at Lewis and
Clark , he has completed his first year at
South. He graduated from Kansas State
Teacher's College in Emporia, Kansas, where
he was co-captain on their Varsity footba ll
team.

SOUTH OPPONENT
4 58 BELEVUE
25 CENTRAL
33 39 BRYAN
14 32 ABRAHAM LINCOLN
17 18 PREP
46 24 BENSON
36 4 NORTHWEST
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J.V. wrestlers are pictured, front row, from left to right: Doug Harless, Steve Rosentha l, Dan Reners, Mickey Hunter, Jeff Smith and Craig Engardt.
Seco nd ro w : Manager Perry Fili , Terry Fricke, Lewis Hicks , Prentice Cox, Mike Veccio, Larry Bezdek and Jeff Ru shlau. Back row : Steve Haizlip,
Mike Torre s, Don Honeycutt, Steve Jewe l, Stan Ferguson, Dennis Knowlton, Frank Alba and Coach Oho lendt.

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Coaches, Cecil Stutzman of Boys Tennis and Girls Tennis Mrs. Karen Sapp worked long and hard Some of the girls are working on their form

with th eir teams,.Mr . Stutzman is a social studies teacher and Mrs. Sapp teaches P.E. in the girls gym.

- - - ---..,.-. Tennis for the boys was a dis-

' appointing season this year. They had
........,..__,_.,...-4-...,__,i_ _L_ some tough competition this year to con-
tend with. The boy netters had to play
Some members of the boys tennis team from some of the top teams in the Metro early
left a re: Mike Vaigert , Bob Pederson, Perry in the season. First year coach Cecil Stutz-
Fili and Mark Reager . man felt that "The team was young and
inexperienced." The netters tried hard

and gave it all they had, but due to the
lack of experience on the team , they

couldn't handle the tougher teams they
had to face. Coach Stutzman added that
senior Joe Creel was a consistent winner.
He also felt that the team has some good
talent but they also had some weak spots
on the team.

Coaching the Girl's tennis team is Mrs.
Karen Sapp , who is in her first year as a
P.E. teacher at South High. Mrs. Sapp said
"The team worked hard all season."

The girls here are shown practicing their
swing in tJ1e girls gym.

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Administration - at South High is a

very busy group. They take care of eve rything from
schedule changes to referrals from teachers. The adminis-
tra tors all try their best to help the st udents who fee l
they need it.

The South High secretaries also do their best to
keep the school running smoothly. They type school co r-
respondence, take attendance, keep perma nent records in
order, process mail and type schedules.

Dr. Hanson's personal secretaries, Mrs. Nadine

Rickley and Su Ann Genge! also help by typing corres-

pondence , taking care of the payrolls, sending transcripts
and make recommendations for jobs.

Dr. Ronald Burmood said, "The thing I like best
about my jo b is working with students and teachers who
are busy doing something worthwhile!"

Mr. Robert Whitehouse also likes working with stu-
dents, by filling in with Dr. Burmood during Mr. Ny-
strom 's absence because of an extended illness.

When asked what he liked most abo ut South High,
Dr. Hanson replied, "They're real! The kid s don 't try
putting on acts and try to be something they're not." In
his spare time, Dr. Hanson enjoys playing golf. "I've been
in this sport for ten years now and I find it very relaxing."
He also enjoys tennis and gardening.

Above, Assistant Principal Will ia m Nystrom is ta king care of a "How should I pose? " were t he words that Mrs. Alice Harwi ck sa id as the
student's referra l which he received earlier. ca m era snapped her pi cture .

Above, from left to right are : Athl etic Director Robert Whit eho use,
Assistan t Principal Ronald Burm ood and Pri ncipa l Dr. Lcano rd Han-
son .

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Assis tant Principa l, Dr . Ronald Burmo od, is Principal. Leo nard Hanso n, watche s over Assistant Principal ,
shown above gi ving a helping hand to a stu- Ro nald Burmood and Athletic Direc to r, Robert Whitehouse,
dent . as they tak e care of th e ta.rdie s.

Office secretary, Jean Schwalm , is shown updating permanent records of all the
South High stud ent s.

Mr. Robert Whitehouse, Athletic director, o perates beh ind
closed doors when he is busy on student problems.

Pictured abo ve is Mrs. Joyce Pe terso n , the -
scho ol nurse , w ho is current ly invo lved with
Future Nurses of America C lub. Mrs . Ruth Davis is school treasurer and also runs
the b ook store. Mrs. Davis sa id, " I really like
the So uth High students. "

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Counselors for the

most part would rat her co unse l than
teach. Getting to know students be1ter
helps 1he co unselors in advising their
counselees wit h theii;_ proble ms.

Througho ut the year th e counsel-

-ors have different jobs thal must be

done. Getting schedules ready for the
following year and administering tcSlS
for those students who arc planning to
go to college are jusl a few of a coun·
selor's fun cti ons. Their biggest con-
cern is to hel p every student grad ua1e.

Shown in the counsel-
or's office is info rma-
tion about college.

Mrs. La urian Webre adjusts a schedul e with a coun-
selee.

Keeping busy, Mr. Neal Mosser docs vari-
o us jo bs througho ut the day.

ih.i.r-1?_i _ -

108 Miss Kare n Clark is shown above waiting

for a stu dent she called fo r.

Cclchr;11ing h is six th yea r o f cou nsel ing,
Mr. Dean Mci ~in)!c r still e njo y \\·orking
with th e ~111ck r11 s.

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Mr. Jame s Swanson, a for 111 cr t ca\:he r is Miss Mary L. Bc\:k, heads th e co un selors Mrs. L:iur ian Webr e, th e fo rmer
now enjoy ing hi s job of \:O t111 sc ling . i'vliss Ka ufm a n , was marr ied at
and al so is director of gu i ia rK C at South. the begi nning of the sc hoo l year.
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Mr. Neal Mo sser is b usil y
work ing on a sc hedule .

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Not expecting a pkture, Students co ming in and go ing ou t is part of t he
Mrs. Laurian Webre snea ks sc e ne in roo ms 218 a nd 235.
a smt\:k while working.
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English

Department has Miss Jane Sicfer e njoys tcachi,1g sophomore English .

changed this year with new faces and Miss Margret McMartin has been at
ideas. South received five new teachers. South for twenty-five years and has
Mr. Doug Young, Mrs. Nancy Maust, enjoyed it.
Mrs. Karen Allen, Miss Ginger Riffel
and Miss Jane Siefer joined Mrs. Judy
Bertacini , who had presently taught
at South. Mr. Doug Young spent two
years in graduate school and is present-
ly working toward a Masters Degree .
Mrs. Allen is a '70 graduate of U.N .0.,

Mrs. Nancy Maust is also a '70 graduate
but from U.N.L. Miss Ginger Riffel
comes to South from Morningside ,
and Miss Jane Siefer is a '74 Hastings
graduate.

Mr. Mike Rice has been at South 4 years.

Student Mark Martinez, awaits at- " I like South and I enjoy teaching the students,"
tention of teacher Mrs. Doris Vin- says Miss Ginger Riffle.
cent.

A new face this year is Mr. Doug Young, shown
teaching his stagecraft class.

Dr. Patrick Salerno talks with Lo nnie Boylan and shares a laugh during his Mr. Jim Faima n, a Senior En- Students in Media-Literature really
Business English class. glish tea cher , is in his 7th have enjoyed Mrs. Laura Haugse.
year of teaching.
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Mrs . Nancy Maust is shown with students Tim
Meschede and Keith Belman.

Mr. Dalla s He menway ge ts feedback from his junior English class. Back row: Gar y Warner,
Steve Vele z, Rick Moore, Mike Spenceri, Mike O verton, Paul Everhart, Tom Briggs, Greg
Drclicharz, Dave Hills, Mike Lesac, Jerry Bodnar, Virginia Garcia , Bev Cerone, Vicky Hens-
ley, Brian Jorgenson, Brenda Kronberg , Armando Rosales , Toni Mahoney and Kim Gould.

Mrs. Ka ren Allen,a 1970 graduate from U.N.O.,
teaches sophomores and seniors.

Mrs. Mellanee Kvasni cka is shown with her so pho- Mrs. Jud y Bertacini gives students re-
more English class and st ud ent s, from left to ports on their work .
right: Jack Wawry zni ecz, Ed Buglewicz and Jim
Dragon.

Dave Dibelka and Sa m Willcoxo n are shown Mr. James Broberg is shown with his Hilinks reading class. Mrs . Jane Bean laughs with
reading the Tooter's first edition .
He is pictured with Bruce Pankers and Ken Tylski. her freshman Englis h class.

111

Social Studies is one of the largest depart-

ments at So uth High. Miss Sally A. Fellows has just completed
her first fu ll year as department head. Miss Fellows stated " I
like to help Social Studies teachers in any way possible to be
the best teachers they are capab le of being."

The department consists of fo urteen teachers, having
one new addition being Mr. Joseph Neuberger. Mr. Ne uberger
teaches American History and Governi'iient. Besides teaching
these courses Mr. Neuberger is also the head coach of the var-
sity basketball team.

The Social S udies department teachers added more to
their classes this year. Mr. Raymond Brown who teaches Psy-
chology , organized a trip to the Iowa Mental Retardation
Home in Glenwood. Mr. Christie was responsible this year in
getting the Nebraska Representative John Y. McCollister to
speak to the students.

These are only a couple of examples of what the teachers
did for their student s outsi de of class to make history more
meaningfu l.

Psychology has become a very popular class Known for his good taste in clothes and humor is Active in many political events is Mr. Robert

and it is taught by Mr. Ray Brown. Mr. Theodore Matsukis. Christie.

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Miss Sally Fellows Ls loved by her students for her An assistant coach for the Varsity Football Team, Mr. Paul Blazevich is
teaching and her Chocolate Chip Cookies. the proud father of new baby.

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Busy correcting his student's test papers during second hour In the midst of his lo ving students is Mr.

takes a little time from Mr . Warren Witham's day. Thomas O'Hara at the projector.

Being a sponsor of Student Council,
is enjoyed by Mr. James Meisenhei-
mer.

Checking for mail is Mr. Cecil Stutz- Completing his first year as a new teacher M_rs. Rosalie Shepherd teaches World History and American
man who is the Varsity Golf coach .

was Mr. Joseph Neuberger. History.

Teaching History and being the head of Mrs. Diana Howell, in her second year of teach- "Have a nice day" is said after each bulletin by Mr.
audio-visual aids are Mr. George Wild- ing, is the spo nsor of Cheerleading. David Kahm , the reader of the morning infor ma-
ri ck's duties. tion.

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Science at South High . fr. Gary Gonzales, alo ng with Mr. Beran , te ach-
es Biology 1-11.
School consists of co urses ranging from
basic Biology to compli cated course
such as Chemistry and Physics.

The Staff here at South consists of
eight teachers whi ch help the st udents
understa nd th e classes which they are
enro lled in .

For the fourth yea r, So uth is using
the Individual Biology courses. It is a
class in which the st udents work at
thei r own pace.

Hea d of the Science Department is
Mr . Zanders . Along with being head of
th e department , he teaches Ea rth Sc i-
ence and Biol ogy .

Mr. Richard Beran, above, teaches Bielogy,
and is acti ng as coach for the boys and girls
gymnastic teams.

The Head of the Science Department, Mr. -
Zanders, teaches Earth Science and Bi-
ology.

Mrs. Linda Miller, along with teaching Chem- 'I -
istry, teaches Algebra. Teaching Biology I-Ir is Mr . Joe Perina'sjob
at South.

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Physics is taught by Mr. Eisenhauer , above.

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Mr. Lad Nemecek teaches Math 3 and 4 besides coaching Varsity baseba.11 and Mr. Wayne Boldt is in his fir st year a t South and has taken

football. Sports take up a major part of his spare time. over the job as Head Swimming Coach.

Math department has many Mrs: Beth Wisner is in her second year at South. She
is also the sponsor for Math club.
new faces this year. Most math teach-
ers do two jobs ; that is teaching math
and doubling as an activities coordina-
tor.

Mr. Richard Wolfarth, the depart-
ment head, has been so for the past
thirteen years. He enjoys golf and
many other outdoor activities.

There are 13 math teachers this
year and they teach everything from
Pre -Algebra to Cal culus.

This year, new equipment for teach-
ing the metric system was added to the
department. This consists of tapes and
films on converting from English to
Metric in an inte resting and fun way.

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Mr. Richard Wo lfarth is pleased this year with the math de partme nt. He also was glad to hear
about t he new metric eq ui p ment that was p urchased fo r the math de partment.

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-- -Miss Barbara Siefert teaches Geometry and Math

1 and 2. She likes to sew and listen to music.

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Above Mrs. Ricke y Jiranck and Mrs. Beth Wis- Mrs. Mary Ann Kelly taught computer pro•

ner confer during lunch. graming and Geometry .

Mrs. Rickey Jiranek is currently teaching her Mr. Phillip Grado ville teaches Ma th I-II, beside~ Miss Linda Thorell is in her third year at South.
first year at South. coachi ng J.V. Basketball. She loves to sew, the o utdoors and music.

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Business Department has much

in the way of skilled training procedure s. It offers Shorthand ,
Typing, Office Practice , Business Law , Distributive Educa-
tion , General Busi ness , Bookkeeping and Acc ounting. Mos t
st udents who take the se classes found them mos t ben eficial
later in life for jobs or practica l use in life .

Busin ess Department co nsists of 14 teachers , all of
which make the department st rong. They st ay in close con-
tact with business for a preview of wh at is expected of short-
hand and typing. !n General Busi ness you're taught about
proper labe ling and life and auto insuran ce just to name a
few .

Paul Cha mpio n a nd Mr. Lawe ren ce Masters ag ree that a posi-
tive attitude is so me times a b e tter po licy .

Dr. Al Smith lends a helping hand to stu- Mrs. Connie Baden really appreciates

dent Pat Williams. students who are willing to learn.

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Mr. Ke nt Yaw is shown with 2nd y ear D.E. students. In thi s class they are taught
about how most business functi on s.

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Glenn Ro bin so n studies for his future. Mrs. Patricia Pruss plans daily assignments fo r her General Business Stu-
dent s.

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Students wear out many pencils in accounting.

Mr • Glenn Tiessen teaches Bookkeeping and General Business.

Mr. fo'loyd Wozniak always has time to help a student. Mr. Clark Wohlers enjoys a laugh with acco unting students Sue Rachwalik
and Nancy Den ning.

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Shop Teachers .'. -.

have to have a lot of patience and plen-
ty of talent. At South the shopteachers
combine both with no problem at all.

Sam Willcoxon , who was a senior
this year, has taken several different
shop classes all three years at South.
He feels, "From being able to take
Auto Body for three years at South, I
should be able to get a part-time job
to help me get through college."

Teachers of the shopclasses show
the students different methods of tun-
ing cars, making their girlfriends hope
chests, tables and chairs, printing their
own name cards, making different
electronic devices, fixing bodies of
_cars and many other useful techniques
of modern shop.

Senior, Tom Regner feels that the
two previous years of Electronics
taught him enough to make his senior
year more successful in utilizing pre-
vious electronic techniques.

Four of the shop teachers are: Mr . Smith, Mr. Charles Massey, Mr. Pete More o f the shop teachers are: Mr. Dennis Cannon, Mr. Fred Kratzke,

Petrini and Mr. Frank Pistone. Mr. Ken St ansel and Mr. Frank Ruecker .

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Pictured above arc four o f the sh o p teachers, left to rif:ht: Mr. Duane Lip- Two m ore of the shop teachers arc Mr. Ken Hightower and Mr. Al

pold , Mr. Denny Bc rnadt , Mr. Ed i\landl and i\lr. Gene McDo nald. Pribamsky.

121

Roberta Stawniak a nd Butch Ga las review for a pop quiz. As teac he r,
Mrs. Ba rbara Oldfield , helps to exp lai n a d ifficu lt Latin ph rase .

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Mr. Scott Cle_mons, the German teacher, is sho wn ac ti ve ly
engaged teaching st udents the better way for pronunciatio ns.

With I 7 yea rs o f Spanish teaching at South , Mrs. Joanne Sokalsky says, "Yes,
I be li eve tea c hing Spa ni sh is a great acco mpli shm ent."

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Foreign Language curriculum hasn't

chan ge d. Mr. Sco tt Clemons who teaches German enjoys using

his visual aids. Mr. Clemon's philosophy regarding Germany
ca n be trul y c.a pped in his statement "I believe everyone
should broaden th eir methods of und erstanding and of com-
muni cat ion by taking at leas t one other language ." Rega rding
Frenc h classes, has the enr ol lm ent changed in fi ve years? Mi ss
Jud y Schneider replies. " I fee l mod ular scheduling has affect-
ed the enr ollment beca use it gave students a grea ter chance to
pi ck more cla sses . And now si nce we don't have it enro llment
ha d grad uall y decreased ." Dr. Pi ·o and Mrs. Sokalsky teach
Spanish and sponso r Spanis h club. Spa nish cl ub is sponsoring
a raffle this year with fir st pri ze being an import ed chess se t.
Mrs. Barba ra Oldfi eld , th e depa rtment hea d, sponso rs Lat in
club and doubl es as a teacher of Larin l & 3 and English Ori-

ent atio n.

Mrs. Helia Pico tr ies to capture t he im aginat ion of
her st ud ent s by carefully preparing he r daily as -
sign ments. She re ceived her Ph.D. in Humanities
in 1959 at the University of Hava na. And received
degrees at U.N.O ., Creighton and t he Univer sity of
Dayto n. She is currently working toward a degree
in Urba n Ed uca tion.

T hi s represe nt s tea c hers who share roo m Mi ss Schn eider narrates :1 lo ng with her
238, the Spanish and German room. new a udio visual aids she receive d.

orf,\ Pos ters acid ex-
citement and
,-, l drama to the at-
mos phere o r Mrs .
' Pico's Spanish
classes. T hi s con-
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But to acquire a
precede nt is not
a n easy ta sk. On
the part of th e
teac her this is a
mo tivat io nal at -
tempt to make
st udents m o re

-,J aware of other

a1 co un tr ies

aro und us.

Home Economics

is a very interesting and time-consuming class
for both the students and teachers. Besides
sewing and cooking, other classes taught are
interior decorating , adult living and human
development, along with other classes.

Five teachers make up th e Homemaking
Department this year . Mrs. Cathy McAn-

drews is in her fourth year as head of the de-
partment. These teachers try their hardest in
solving students everyday problems the ad ult
way.

A surprised look is give n from Mrs . Sue Rohde , as she si ts at her desk planning tomorrow's
class schedul e.

Mrs. Dec Crane shows the steps involved
in laying out pattern pieces.

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Taking a quick break from their busy classes are Mrs. Sue Rohd e, left , and Mrs.
Ka thy Halverson, right.

An air of solitude now, but a ball of confusion when class
sta rts .

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Pictured above is Mrs. Nancy Nicol , who teaches food 1, 3-4. Personal hygie ne is a very
impo rt ant segment of th e overall class st udies .

Adult Living teachers like to help students
with everyday problems.

Pictured above is Mrs. Dee Crane . She teaches
Adult Living, Clothing and Foods.

Mrs. Kathryn Halverson enjoys teaching Adult Living Mrs. Agnes Nelson enjoys a momentary
because it's a good way of getting closer with her st u- break before going back to her clothing
dent s. cla sses.

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Physical Education

classes do everything in their power to keep the
students in tip-top shape.

"Who 's got the deodorant! " Those few
words were shared among all the students in
this class at some time during the school year.

There are many different ty pes of activities
offered by this department. Some of them are:
volleyball , track, basketball and swimming.

Sometimes the two classes get together and
have a volleyball game which soon turns out to
be the "Battle of the Sexes!"

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. . . and they're off and rolling! This is the start of the skateboard Pictured above is Miss Susan Peters, Weight lifting is also included in the
races, which take s place in the P.E. classes. It is one of the many who is a P.E. teacher as well as a division of Physical Education classes.
things the studen ts enjoy doing. coach for the girl's golf team .

--1 Helping out one of the students in physical edu cation classes is Mrs. Karen
Sapp. This is her first year teaching at South.
Mr. Beauford Haizlip is a P.E. teacher and also enjoys
being the head coach for the wrestlers.

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Besides teaching Boy's P.E., Mr . Merlin Lawer-
ence is also th e boy's track and cros country
coach.

Pictured above is Mrs. Karen Sapp. She is a P.E. teacher, Jack Oholendt , used to play foot-

P.E . teacher as well as a swimming coach. ball during his high school and college years.

Mixed emotions are expressed by the P.E. teach-
ers at South High.

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t ManY classes such as this r-ifth Hour English class use the library as a reso urce center.

Mrs. Alice Thompson , librarian at South for six
years, said she enjoys working here.

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Library' staff had help with Mrs. Barbara Moore , in her sixth year as
a South High librarian, enjoys talkin g wit h
their work from members of the Lib rary st u d e n t s.
Club. They volunteered their time during
the day. It's many reference books, mag-
azines and other mater ial help students
with their daily assignments .

Many students use the facility each
day so the librarians usually re main busy .
Also a good n umber of classes use the li-
brary as a resource center.

Students who use the library , can rea l-
ly get a Jot of t he ir work done because of
the qu iet surroun dings.

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R. O. T. C. did practice bright and

earl y every morning before school began.
R.O.T.C. is made up of boys, as we ll as girls
and are an active part of Sout h High . They par-
ticipated in South's para de and have an annual
Military Ball. This yea r it was held at Peony
Park with Travis playing on March 20, 1975 .
Student Council presented the awards and
helped with the Military Ball. A dinner and a

dance were held too.
ROTC also performed in Sound-Off by

showing th eir talent.

Shown above arc me mbers of Girl's Sgt. George Gill is pictured above leading the m,uun 'llnuur~
ROTC Drill team who practiced Girl's ROTC tea m on proper sta nce.
long hours to improve their routine. ---.-..I
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Sgt. Gill is pictured showing a member of the Girl's Ri- Sgt. Gill is pictured examining a target that was first
fle team how to prepare a report. used by the Girl's Rifle team.

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Music Department consists of three teachers, each hav-

ing their own divisions in which they work.
Music classes are broken down into many smaller units: Orchestra, Stage

Band, Concert Band , Symphonic Band , First Choir, Second Choir, and Girls and
Boys Choir.

Aside from teaching, Mr. Albert Travis is an active member for the group,
"Travis." "This year, the group traveled a ten-state middle west area performing;'
said Mr. Travis.

Mr. Roland Hinrichs is shown above instructing First Choir classes. He also teaches Second
Choir and the Ambassadors.

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Mr. Viggo Carlson is in his seventh year at teaching music
at South.

Pictured above is Mr. Albert Travis. He plays vari-
our ins truments including kettle drums and the
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Art is a talent in many stu-

dents and art classes are the
places to express it. Two new art
classes have been added this year
-Jewelry and Crafts, and Com-

mercial Arts.
Bracelets made from clay,

necklaces from nails, clay beads
and rope are some of the things
made in Jewelry and Crafts. In
Commercial Arts,students learn
how to set up ads and print

headlines .
"This year's art students seem

very interested working in our
two new art classes," said Mrs.

Marcia Schutz.

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Tlctured above is /\fas Antoinette

Surnquist, who has been teachin° at

outh for eight years. 0

~J- Marcia Schutz is a Ceramic Mrs. Marcia Schutz, left, helps Miss Janet Kreifels, right, in
selecting small objects for her Jewelry classes. This is Miss
teac Jewelry teacher. She also Kreifels first year at South.
etasshces.s first and second year art
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The ladies pictured above consider food preparation the mo st impo rtant task in their
job. Food preparation doesn't st art at 11 : 15, but at 7 :00 A.M. It takes many ho urs
to prepare food for 2,300 students and teach ers. Each day they surprise us with
many o f their dishes of chile, fi sh, turkey, hot dogs and brownies. Pictured f ront
row, left to right : Judith Risley, Vivian Klepper, Ardith Smith and Vera Williams.
Second row : Helen Neilsen. Third row : Sarah Hofer , Mrs. Jakes, (h iding Violet Sher-
man) francies Kaster, Shirley Elliott, Jane Childs and Po lly Baker.

School Help is very im- Taking a quick break from the busy day at the o ffice. Pictured , Sitting, left to right : Jean
Schwalm and De lo res Endres. Standing: Nadine Rickley, SuAnn GengeI, Barbara Rider, Jackie
portant to South High . Without 19 im- Young and Alice Harwick.
portant women who are employed within
South High, school just could not run in
a smooth manner as it does now. Seven
of the 19 women work in the o ffices.
These women keep records of past stu-
dents, send office calls to students and
assist administrators. The remaini ng of
these women prepare the plentiful lunch-
eons whi ch are served in 520 each noon
h our. These women also prepare the cho-
colate and vanilla ice cream co nes, which
tops off the fantastic lunches.

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Besides cleaning the building after schoo l, many
custodians also repair o r fix schoo l equipment.

Enjoying his short break is An-
toni Jablonski.

Custodians are very help-

ful to the students, teachers and public.

Without these 18 men and women, the

school would not operate in a smooth

manner as it operates now. Their job is to ...

keep the maintenance in the school build- ?.~:-:<-.,-4 ...... ._
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ing, repair all equipment, open the school,

t.:replace broken windows, sweep each floor

and clean the surrounding area of South
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maintenance department. Mr. Rhoten •

commented " I enjoy my work, because I Head man is "Red" Rhoten. "Red" has been "Don't let Floyd Zounley sweep you off of
your feet."

have contact with the students at South with South for eight years. "Red" enjoys his
High." Three women clean the auditorium, work, because it's never dull.

girls locker room and keep the girls rest-

rooms clean.

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Pictured above is Stopping to have a short cup of Cleaning up the mess ... is Al Zymball.
the trash can. coffee is John Harms. John
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