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tudents And Instructors press Cadet Teachers

estside is a very Impressive ol and probably one of the school systems I've been In," ed Larry West, a new student :cher in the social studies deltment.

r.'"o of the n ewest stud e n t to come to Wll8 are Pete !ersen and Larry West. both Dana College. Tber both f ee l students here at. W eets:lde arc fortnnate to be a t such a school and one with so many es. "Also, I'm really lm· "'ith the supe n l81ng tc.ch· , commented Mr Peter&eO. r. West is teachlnr three rican history classes and one omlcs class, while Mr. Peteris teaching two American hiscourses a l ong with two ModProblems classes. When asked rmment on the student teacbMr. Winchell replled, "Dana. sent to us two enthusiastic academically talented cadet ch ers. Knowing that our sluts will show their usual eagerto learn, this will be a profiteducational experience for student teachers are In 'erent departments. Teachers pt St. Mary's College are Karon emg, English; Mary Kelley, gllsb; and Joan KApuska, home Fmica.

pulists ancl Whigs Battle For Victory

osters in the halls, party mises, campaign speeches- it's ty Government time! Again year eager juniors will be ing sophomores, seniors, and :r own classmates, to win votes he e l ection of county officials.

J'b.1s rear's partlee are th e P o phs, headed by 1\fr. D A. Srweco Richard Wi,nch ell, and th e sponso red by 1\fr Wayn e ren and Mrs Clara Dunn e primaries. to determine tho candidates for each post, wiU eld Dec. 13. The convocation final election are scheduled Dec. 19. ucuses wUI be held after ool for both parties to plan the IP141:1lhlg it enough Interest Is b,. the atudents, stated Mr. lD. eb arge of this year's for COUDlJ omces. Some regu- r:t" be placed upon the procedures by tho Council

Juniors Face Challenges Of Familiar Term Papers

Student Instructors from Omaha University are Lois Young, English; Thomas Sires, math; Robert Riggs, French; Marilyn Hendricks, World History; J"anet Lo.rkln, home economics; J"ames Dally, American History; Judith Henricbson, En gUsh; Stanley Macaltls, physical education; Barbara NaughUn, English; and Jessica Tagney, English.

International Club To Hit Sweet Tooth With Candy Sale

Prizes are being offered to Westside students as the I nternational Club candy sale gets under way.

All language clubs are uniting their efforts on making the sale a great success. Profits from the candy sale are used to support the exchange student program, to ship books to Africa, and to buy language books for each language club.

In order to qualily for the top prize or $30 club members must sell 50 bars of candy, said Mrs. Mary Davis, sponsor. Each club wUl have $25 and $15 awards for their own club members.

Mr. Pecht Says ...

Three Westsiders Work On 'Messiah,

Muslc Is laking up a great deal of spare lime In tlle Uvea of three Westside studenls. The students, Marilyn Mantel and Ohtp Lockwood, seniors, and Sue Lockwood, sophomore, are all participating In the presentation of Bandel's "Messiah."

Accordin g to Marilyn, t he program l8 to be ]> rese nted on pee. 12 at 8:00 p.m. In th e lfall at Ch tc AodJtorlum .\lembers or the Omaha S)'lllphonic Chorus. which IS putting on "Messiah," are selllog tickets. Also, tickets are being sold at the box omce and In music stores for $1.50 tor adults, and 50 cents for students.

"I don't think anyone should miss It," Marilyn stated and concluded, "the mus i c Is the most magnlftce•lt I've ever heard."

Alums!

TbJ.s spoc la1 i.'!Sne of the LANCE invit es all alums back to W esUll d e for th e annual Alum T ea, D ec. 22 at 2 p.m. in th e seh ool library.

"The tea o ffers an opportunity alu:ms to see fri ends, teachers, and the scllool again," sa id K ennt.'th Hansen, principal.

College Competition Stiff

But Average .Student Goes

"Average students still have a H e w e nt on to s a y tbat mos t goo d chance of being accepted by stude n ts tlon ' t t h ink t\bou t college good colleges." untll their Ju n ior or senio r year.

Tbls statement was made by Mr. B e fe lt. thllt th e stud e nt s bo uJ d l<arl Pecht, guidance counselor, begin pre paring himseU for col · at a press conlerence or first yea r l ege when b e Is very young, even journalism students, Nov. 16. before hl g b seb ooJ l\lr. Wayne Glidden co mm ente<l tha t many students misund erstAnd the purpose of term pat)('rs. 'l'he three main reasons tor d o ing them are to l e arn to follow a d <·finlte form of writin g, to use good l imglish in writing, and to broll(lo n one's knowledge in a s r>ecJJic fi c l<l.

Mr P echt stated that although When asked about college competi Uon amo n g good schools board exams, Mr. Pecht said that f or t o p students is becoming .keen- over 300 colleges require them but e r every year, th e average s tudent didn't necessarily use these scores wUl still be able to go to a good Cor placement. He said the exams co ll ege. are good tor predicting the Mr. Pecht defined a good col- amount oC success In college. He lege as "one which meets the also advised students to take colneeds or the individual." lege boards aa juniors.

On the question of eastern col- Mr. Pecht said the main probleges, however, Mr. Pecht said it lem students from this area have Is getting more diiJlcult to get In In obtaining scholarships Is provbecause colleges are looking for fog real financial need. Students students in the very top of the who can, however, may obtain ftclass who are also in extra activi- nancial he l p f r om colleges and Ues. government loans.

Attention juniors! Are you discouraged because you have to write a ter!;ll paper? Well, don't be.

The re are 307 stud e nt.'! taking American History with yo u and all ro-e requ.ll'ed to write a l OI'lU paper.

These term papers, required an· nually, are about anything having to do with American History. They are to be a minimum of 10 typewritten pages, Including bibliography. Footnotes and an outline are also required.

They just Uke to make us work," or "None or the other schools have to do It" are some COIJL!Ilents coming from students about doing term papers. But stu· dents at other schools do have to do them, and teachers aren't requiring them just to make students work bard.

Hi-Y Travels to Cap itol

For Moclel Legislature

by Steve Ludington

Nov. 24-25, 15 Westsiders journeyed to Lincoln for the annual Hi-Y MOdel Legislature.

Among them 'Were .Jbn Bro\vn, Steve Ludington, Dlck D ick .Meier, Don Newman, Jbn Rheingrover, Wade W right, and John Wu.pper from th e Chapter

Representing the Klemer Chapter were Dennis Adams, Tom Dohn, lloughton Elias, Max Elliot, Dick !mig, Ken Meier, and Greg Trupp.

The tlrst ord e r of business was tbe e lection of oiDCOI'S. Ge n e Sev· erens from B enson was e l ected Go'llel'Jlor; BLrd Kimball of Hastings, Lieutenant Go \ ern o r; and Sandy i\lead of North P latte, Obi e f .Justice of tbe Suprem e Court.

Saturday morning's legislative session was highly spirited. A variety of parliamentary methods were used to advance buts. _. _

A Westside bill whlcll ''as p&..<:Sed pronded for a two-thirds majority l"Ote of residents of a school district before that district 1s annexedlnto a city.

In all, 30 bills were signed by the Governor.

Saturday, after the closing message by Governor Severens. the Legislature adjourned, and the delegates returned by "yellow monster" to Omaha.

D-Day, or Mar. 26, ends the mad scramble when final drafts of the term papers wtll be turned in. Rough drafts are due early In January.

D OOEM UEU

8-Basketball, Columbus, h ere Sock Hop after game W l"('slli nJt at South , 7 p.m.

9-Basketball, Lincoln lligh, there

15--BLII of Rights Convoca.t lon, Girls' gpn, 10 : 10 a.m. Dasketball, A. L., here

16-Jr High Christmas Dance, Gir ls' Opn, 7 :30 p.m. \VresU ing, b ere, A. L. , South IUld Lincoln Hig h , 7 p.m. UI\Skctball , Freshmen vs South , there, 9 a.m.

11)--Jr. lflgh Christmas Progt'lUll, Girls' Gym, 7:00 p.m. Wt·es t.Un g, Buibop Ryan, b ore, 4 p.m

2'b-Y-Teen ne,•otlonal Coun· trys id e Ohorcb , 7: 3 0 &.m. tryslde Ohurch, 7:30 a .m Sr. H Jgb Christmas Convocation, 1:30 p.m. Uasketball, Central at Norris Jr. Hlgh

Shades1 Shadows

Supplement Studies

Seven senior boys are participating In the new advanced architectural drawing class here at WHS.

It Is given during first h ou r every day, and Its prerequisites are mechanical drawing and beginning architectural drawing

Acco•'d ln g to Edward Lang, i n s tmcto t·, students bo.\' e Already worked in areAS and m edias, in cludin g perspective, s h ades, IUld s had ows. For the rest ot th e emes t e r the class will work on free-hand drawing and sketchIng. All these 1\N'as will be coordinated ln U1e finAl drawing, and Jn. dJ\"Idual as!;lgnment in the drawing of a commerclAl bnildlng.

This drawing will take about Cour weeks and will Involve indi\'ldual research. "What we ' re leadIng up to Is advanced design," Mr. Lang continued.

Along with thelr classwork the K han;) special projects. These might co ns ist or working with the problems of a spec ial kind o f roof, fot• CX IUII()Ie