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Pride of Effort

A cademics is what school is all about. Regardless of how many
friends we meet at school, or how many clubs we belong
to or what sports we enjoy, what happens in the classroom
is what counts. The knowledge, experience and confidence we gain
in the classroom are what help to prepare us for adulthood.
The teachers who make all of our learning possible have a major
impact on our success or failure, but the most important people
when it comes to academic success are ourselves. We have the pow­
er to achieve or ignore the lessons presented. For those who choose
the former, life holds an unlimited choice of options.
Academics allow us to show off the things that we've accom­
plished: the lead in the musical "Anything Goes," captain of the Aca­
demic Decathlon team, or president of National Honor Society, all
show how academically inclined we are.
For those of us who never become members of National Honor
Society or see our names on the Honor Roll, the rewards of academic
success are still there. Hard work always pays for itself. Devoting a
lot of time and energy to rehearsals for the school play, practices
for the R .O .T.C . rifle team or meeting a newspaper or yearbook
deadline is not a waste.
The meaning and feeling of pride is the reward we earn from
devotion to the academics South offers to us.

These shop students of 1969 are working hard on an engine. Only South and Techni­
cal High offered automotive classes.