Warriors of .the realm unite!
Your Dark Ages have ended!
Take up the sacred Lance and on with the Crusade!
Hoe there, o large and lusty knight dweller!
\Vhy crieth thus so?
Couldst be some fair damsel hath Koched thy royal second objective of education?
Nay, o doubting Winchell! Thy slanted eyes hath surely slanted thy sight! Fifteen hundred are we strong, and stronger shall we grow!
Verily I ask if there could ever be a name we couldst give thee to become our aid?
Mr.
This year Westside has more National Merit Semi-finalists than any other Nebraska high schoolo-ver 15 % of .the state .total.
Principal Kenneth Hansen announced yesterday that the fo llowing stu dents received this honor: Jackson Barton, Leslie Benton, Robert Cocks, Leslie Gaillard, Jim Hilbert, Tom lm.ig, Donnelly Jo n es, Kenneth Kiesel, Alex Orkow, Mar y Beth Percy, P h yllis Sh a rp , Richard Vosler, Steve WatSon and Ruth Wright.
The qualifying examination, a test of educational develop.m ent, wa,s given in more than 16,000 high schools last March. The semifinalist gro u p is compose d of .the highest scoring students in each state. The semi -fina li sts will take anoth e r examinati on, the three hour Schol astic A p titu de Test of the C o 11 e g e Entrance Examinatio n Board , which will be given in testin g cen ters thr o u ghou t the count r y Dec 1 St u den ts whose scores on the sec o nd test substantiate their performance on the qualifying .test and who are endorsed by their h igh sch o ols will bec o me finalists. All f i nalists receive a certifica,te of merit in recognition of t heir outstanding performance :
In the final phase of competition high school gra d es, creative accomplishments, leadership qualities, extracurricular activities an d
school citizenship of students will be evaluated along with test scores.
Approximately next April 24, names of the Merit Scholars will be announced.
Each Merit Scholarship is a four year award •to cover the undergraduate college years. The recipient's stipencj. is tailored .to his needs and can be as much as $6,000.
October 8 is the day! The day day the 1963 Westside Sluel d will go on sale.
Oct 8 - 16 Students will b e offered a special discount rate of $4 5 0 For the remainder of t h e sales campaign the yearb ook w ill sell for $4 7 5 Stud ents will be able to purchase their yearb ook from Shield staff memb ers in the study halls and after scho o l
Becky Amis, Shield promotion and distribution manager stated, "We hope to increase sales by promoting discount price." Students are urged to take advantage of .the limited sale price.
Dec. 1, Jan. 12, March 2, and May
18. Juniors and seniors wishing to take the tests should apply at least six week s in advace. Application blanks and sample tests are available in the guidance ofliice.
!\fr. Pecht sugge s ted that those seniors planning to enter a college Board Tests for admission should take the exam Dec. 1.
He also announced the dates for some of the College Admissions vi sitors. They are: October 19-Columbia; October 22-Brown; November 6-Rockford; November 14-Drake.
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Attention , Underclassmen I
Attention underclassmen! Underclass pictures will be taken Oct. 9-10.
Underclass editor of the Shield, Terry Moran stated, "It is advissable .that boy's wear light colored shirts and ties and girls light sweaters, in ord er to promote the desired effect of uniformity in the underclass section of the yearbook."
Attention! Right face!
These are two of the varied sounds anyone passing the girls' gym before school could hear. The gir1s on drill squad and their sponsor, Miss Joyce Johnson, pratice nearly every morning, perfecting routines to do at home football gliJIIlies. \
This year there will\be 24 girls marching with their captain, N adine Berg. The drill squad decided to make red and black p om poms to carry when they march This
Despite the fact that W estside i s a few h u ndred students less than last year, the fac u l ty has gaine d new members.
Mr Dick B urrows is o ne o f the n e w :nmthemati cs instru ctors A student teacher here l ast year, Mr. Burrows returned becau se h e enjoyed the faculty so much. You can probably see Mr. B urrows at sports events.
T h e new P e p Club s ponso r i s n ot on l y a new sp ons or, but als o a n e w teacher. · Miss Mary K e lley teaches fres hme n E ngli s h t hi s year and bas so}Jh om o r e an d senior Englis h also.
Work on t h e Sh ield was starte d i n early s u mmer and is progres· sing rapidly. "The staff is enthusiastic an'd is meetin g the callenge of a new and different Shiel d successfully," decl ared Cathie Filk· ins, yearbook editor.
The theme and contents of ;the new Sluel d still remain a secret, b u t according to Judy Thomas, associte editor, "It's going .to be the best yearbook Westside's ever ha d I'm su r e of it."
will add to their appearance as a precision group. They also decided to order pins which will indicate they are in drill squad. These will indicate they are in drill squad. These will be worn on their pep club sweaters.
Associated with the band and merching at every home game, are the Squires and the "Warrior".
Each year a regular me;m1ber of the drill squad is chosen .to be the "Warrior" and march with the band. This year senior Marty Runstrom is 1he "Warrior".
The elementary school children of Omaha (grades 4-6) will be the audience as Westside's Top Choir presents ,the time-honored classic, "Tom Sawyer"
Pop, pennants, doughnuts, !lind garters are being sold by .the Junior Class to make money for ;the annual Junior-Senior Proonl. 1
Tlus year the Prom will be at the Shimmel Inn in the mid dle of May, stated Sheri Davis, Jr.
Class Secretary.
Brenda Williams, Vice-President commented that the juniors 1 have already been busy making their garters, having bake saleo, and .sponsoring an outdoor dane e
The musical will be presented in conjunctoin with the Omaha J;u11ior Theater and differs in form from the original in the fact that it will b e presented as a musical rather than a dramatic form.
A series of performances beginning Nov. 7 and concluding with a final showing for Westside students and adults Nov. 17, will be presented by director William Kellogg's select group.
The leads are represented by Donnie Meyer and Keuny Ploss-both will be backed by the remainder of Mr. Kellogg's Top Choir.
performances
Mr. Danny Seibold, who cannot be termed completely new, teaches history and psychology. Last year, after about three weeks of ;teac hing at Westsi d e, Mr. Seibo ld was called into the service. His experiences there consisted of skiing in Colorado and assisting in surgery in Texas.
Miss Ma r ilyn Rolf, who has had nine years exp erience prior to coming to Westsid e , i s an ad ditio n to the b u siness e du cation staff Her specialty is typing.
Mr. Charles Lang, an experienced science an d mathematics teacher, i.s one of the new faces in the science area. Mr. Lang is doing advanced work on his Masters degree in physics, which, as many juniors and seniors will .testify, is not an easy subject.
Does It Seem to you f ellow students that the first half of the day has become slightly l onger?
So it seems. The reas o n is t h e fact that first hour has been lengthened by ten minutes. Bu t ten minutes put to good use.
The time is spent for the announcements a n d other home room\ activities. Also, it provides a more balanced distribution of time on convocation days for the morning classes.
Reserve band memb ers will have a new leader this year. She is Miss Joyce Johnson. Miss Johnson has had no past experience b u t find s teaching enjoyable. Miss Johnson had no c o mme n t on the school yet, but she thinks the Reserve Band is very good. Take heart, Reserve Band members!
"The a t mosphere is excelle nt and the atmosphere makes you fee l like doing a good job " This was one of the comments made b y Mr. Clair Swall ers, a new mathe· matics instructors. "The p e r sonal· ities of the adlninistration im· pressed me m o st in choosing Westsid e," M r Swallers stated This is his first year o f teachin g, an d he f ind s t h e students as a w h o l e are "generally pretty go od."
Additional f a c u 1 t y members that were not able to be contacted are Miss Joan Aspen, sophomore English; Mrs. Linda Clare, Latin and junior English; Mrs. Peggy Johnson, physical ed u cation; Mr s. J u 1 ian n e Donahue, first year F r ench; an d Mr. Ray Swift, bio l ogy,
"There was a mixup but we've come o u t of it fairly well", stated Mr. Jack Peterson, guidance counselor, when referring to the new IBM system.
The biggest advantage of .the system will be the permanent recor d ing of semester grade averages. Automation will cut down the tilme of semester recor d ing considerably Averages will be recorded on gummed labels which may be attached to the permanent record s to col1eges also sending recor d s, will be three ,times better and quicker.
Mr. Peterson wants to thank everyone for being patient during t h e mix u p.
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As students entered .the gym Sept. 17, a colorfu l array o-f 16 flags greeted them. The band played several patriotic numbers as the bleache r s were filled. Another annual Constit u tion Day convocation began.
B u .t this one was different. Instead of the usual speeches on the Constitution, a pageant on the history of our flag was presented.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Whitney, wh o have received sev eral national honors in the field of Americanism, were guest speakers
Mrs. Whitney reminde d us that as Americans "we have a song t o sing, a story to tell, and a message to send." She continued her presentation by giving a brief history of our past flags, among them., the famous Betsy Ross Flag, the First Old Glory, the Grand Union Flag, the Star-Spangled Banner, and the Flag of the Alamo.
There is a new spacious look to the interior of Westside this fall. 355 stu d ents of the 7th and 8th grades have been transferred to a new location.
Assistant Prin cipal Ral p h Farrar reports that the 1 2 c l asses h ave betm installed permanentl y at Arbor Heigh ts, a D istrict 6 6 Junior High School w hi ch opened fo r t h e first time this fall.
The move has resulted in a few empty rooms at WHS. The temporary classrooms are no longer in use.
"Eventually," commented Mr Farrar, "there will be no 9th grade at Westside, and a third junior high school is being planned for District 66 as enrollment grows."
This being the first issue of the year, we of the Lance staff deem it proper to present openly our goals for the coming year.
First, we plan to present the Lance as an all-school newspaper including a variety of names, places, and events without showing favoritism to any group within or without the school.
This will be done in the fairest possible manner and at no time will any student, pdrent, or teacher concerned with Westside High School be denied the right of the publication of dissenting opinion.
The staff will at all times employ self-censorship and' the strictest adherence to the ethics of the journalistic field
In maintaining and achieving these goals, we of the Lance staff are convinced that this is the means of achieving a position of respect and esteem- becoming, the first All-American publication in the history of Westside.
THE LANCE STAFF
Two weeks ago an article appeared in the Sunday WorldHerald which presented in brief some forty opinions offered by different students from Westside in answer to the question, "What is the best course for the United States regarding Cuba?"
Approximately half expressed, directly and indirectly, that they favored some sort of military action against Castro's Cuba This course of action was backed up by a variety of reasons, and in all cases it was to be an offensive war except where Cuba actually launched war from her island base upon one of her neighbors.
The author, however, has devoted some time to the above question and would warn that the United States must be extremely cautious and reflective before launching such an offensive war against Cuba. Certain aspects of the question, which have thus far been neglected, must be brought to light before anyone can advocate such action. These aspects center around the preservation of our principles upon which have been held so dear in many instances of the past.
It has often been said, and rightly so, that the United States is what it is because of the principles upon which it was constructed. These principles include the advancement of peace, among others, so that each nation may divert all of its resources to the betterment of its citizens without fear of aggression. Under this general heading comes the principle of denouncement of aggressive war as moral international behavior Thus, by this and others the American people have shaped themselves into a moral society given to the betterment of man and the preservation of his rights, and it is through the practice of these principles that we gain our tremendous pO,w.er as a nation.
If the identity of the United States rests so much on the preservation of her principles, then they must certainly be jealously guarded lest we allow them to slip from our grasp unknowingly. Furthermore, we must be hesitant in comprising them, for a principle existing only in name and not in practice is no principal at all These things must be done to preserve our original identity.
Therefore, in the situation of Cuba let us reflect a moment upon our actions If we launch military action fror,n our shores without military provocation, then we are in essence violating our own condemnation of offensive warfare The author realizes that some argue that we cannot sit back and let Cuba continue to grow unhampered On the other hand, what do we fear and condemn most in Cuba? We fear and condemn her apparent intentions to launch an offensive war in the Western hemisphere. We would be doing the same thing by invading Cuba without having been attacked first or in defense of a neighbor under military attack.
I am not saying that no action should be taken against Cuba. However, let that action be peaceful in the form of economic sanctions and in building up the standards of living and education in the neighboring Latin American countries so that their people will not be fooled by this myth of communism. In this way we not only protect our position but we also keep our identity Remember, we gain nothing from lowering ourselves to the level of the enemy but actually becoming the enemy ourselves. Those principles that we extol are more than mere words; they are a way of life and not to be cast off lightly For this reason, I would ask that we examine the situation more closely before advocating war on Cuba.
STEVE WATSONWhat ' s new at Westsid e this year? Among other things, new students Roving reporters from first year journalism asked various new students at Westside, "What made the greatest impression on you your first day at Westside?"
Dave Rupp, junior-The girls, b e c a u s e I went to an all-boy school and I'm not used to seeing them in the halls.
Bonnie Roshong, junior-The size 0f the school.
Ron Hinck 1 e y, junior---The number of people.
Judy D e n o n e , junior-Back home the games didn't mean as much
John Kotouc , junior-Alice and the rest of the faculty.
Debbi Dwyer freshman-! wa s amazed at the size and have never seen so many friendly people.
Barb Winters, freshman-It's about the largest and most beautiful school I've ever seen Candy Keil, senior-The people are friendly, but the classes are larger and the subjects seem much harder.
Brian Mertz, junior-Two ring notebook paper.
Mike O'Daniels, seninor-The vast number of different subjects.
Jerry Lofberg ha s b ee n elected President of the Di s tributive Education Club Assisting him a re John Langan, Vice-Pre s ident; Dianna Boardman, Secretary ; Kay Mumaugh, Treasurer; Dixi e Tierney, Reporter; and Marrian Papineau , Historian
Th e officers will begin their du-
ties October 13, whe n will at-
Last year's D.E club IIILembers gatthered information from Westside students discovering that a large per cent of the students had part-time jobs during the school year.
I tend a one-day State Delegates Assembly. This as s embly, located in Kearney, is scheduled to plan Wade Wright, senior, is the the y e ar's activitie s on th e state proud owner of a 1936 Ford level and to e lect state officers roads ter which he won in a con-
"I am s ure some of this year ' s offic-ers will compet e for a sta.te office , " said Mr. Dale Fu e rst , s ponsor of the Westsid e club
The 1962-63 D. E. member s will have a lot to live up to this year. Last year's club won the state trophy. It was awarded in Omaha at the Town House March 12. Fre mont was named runnerup.
D E clubs compete yearly for the trophy. The winning club is based on a point system. Points are awarded for a club' s· professional meetings and activities, app e arance before c i v i c groups, amount of radio T V and newspaper publicity received, and a professional project presented by the club
Spending the summer in Switzerland where living is an international affair gives a slight indication of how WHS senior Rena Olson actually did spend her summer.
It all began when Rena was selected as one of the two finalists who would participate in .the American Field Service exchange stude-nt program
Mrs. Rabaineau New Nurse
Mrs Rabaineau is ,the new nurse at Westside High.
From 10:00 to 2:30, Monday thru Thursday, she will be in Room 215 to give general first aid or to authorize a student to leave school for further treatment.
Mrs Rabaineau aJso will be in charge of all referals and recommendations to parents on stuentS ' disabilities.
According to Assistant Principal Ralph Farrar, all schools in District 6 6 acquire nuses through the Visiting Nurses Association, a division of the County Health Se-rvice
Homecoming, flags and parking stickers were among the topics discussed by the Stud e nt Council Sept. 14 and 19 The Council members for this year are :
Seniors: Rod Anderson, Kristy Isaacson, Nick Kostos , Steve Watson and Wade Wright.
J u n i or s : Sheri Davis , Gary Gray, Les Johnson, Jim Moore, and Bob Rose.
Sophomores: Bob B u c h o 1 z, John Buller, Micki Freed , Jackie Moore , and Rick Willi -s
Freshmen members will be elected shortly
The Council deceided to continue the S e nate to represent the student body.
Plans for the Homecoming pal'· ade were discussed and also arrangements for a coketail party preceeding the dance.
The Council agreed that stickers for cars in .the parking lot will be sold this year.
Another project discussed by the Council was the possibility of selling milk in the Student Lounge.
From here Rena began the extensive ritual of immunizations , final dates and numerous other preparations which come with making an overseas journey
Soon she found herself in Montreal and thoen on a liner along with 680 fellow travelers representing all par t s of the United States for the A.F S.
During the cros-sing, she att e nded classes in l a nguage and orientation which were only a part of her daily routine. Soon, her ship docked at Rotterdam, The Netherlands and from her e it was just a s hort hop to Zurich, Switzerland, and the Ernst Ure ch family with whom she would s pend th e s ummer.
In Zurich Rena found a "modern" city with slightly " conservativ-e" yet affable people. She sp e nt a summler putting into effect her natural good will and that whi c h s he learned from the A F.S Rena is now recalling the summer in Switzerland by means of slid es which she took while there and by mean s of a worldly wisdom which is gained throu g h living and enjoying life in a s imilar y e t different society.
Westside juniors and seniors who attended the Junior Achievement convocation scheduled for today viewed a movie entitled A Head Start. They also heard an explanation by Mr James Reek of what J A. is and how they could participate in it.
The movie showed an actual J. A. group working together in a junior corporation. Mr. Reek add· ed that this type of J.A. corporation will be available for Omaha high school student participation. It will be sponsored by Omaha businessmen, an d corporations will be formed of students who will be the company's stockhold· ers, board of directors, officers, department heads, and employees in production and man· agement.
Although .the J.A. corporations will work on a smaller scale, they will involve .the same principles o f b i g business corporations. Adult advisers will advise and as-
test at the Nebraska Clothing Store in the Crossroads. Wade's roadster stands out in the parking lot because of its new white top and metallic red paint. It ha s been reconditioned and looks like a new car. The new interior is of leather and it has a 1951 Me rcury engine.
In order to win the car , Wade had to estimate the price of several articles of clothing in a disp!'ay window at the store. His estimate was $774.85. It was only four cents from the actual price of the clothing.
Since Wade already has a car of his own, he is planning to sell the red roadster His phone number is 391-1262.
Any buyers?
Homecoming this year is being planned for October 19 and 20.
Preparations for the annual event have already begun by Pep Club and Student Council. Tentative plruts include the traditional parade, bonfire rally, the ga.tne, nnd dance.
Pep Club members who will be chairmen of the dance are: Overall c hairman- Nadine Berg S t a g e--Barb Brizzee, Marsna Mattsen.
J ean Herring, Pam Patz. Processio Gayle Hubbard, Karen Eden - Rena Olson , Leslie
sist members in their work
These corporations will produce sell products that the member S. make themselves
We s tside students, as as other Omaha students, will be given a chance to put this practical application of business to work.
Mr. Reek gave interested people application blanks that will en· able them to join a J.A. corporation in Omaha.
These corporations exist i n other communitie s but this is the firs t time it has been tried in Omaha. The pro g ram, Mr Reek stated , will give .the high school student a closer look and an active part in the moechanics of bu s iness
Experience in a corporation of this type will help students plan a future in business Group experience will help stud e nts learn ito work with others, he added Through working in a J A. corporation you will learn leadership, organization , responsibility , and competition.
Talk about expanding populaation! The Pep club has a total membership of nearly 600 this fall with more coming every day.
Due to the increase in membership, Pep club officials have called for stricter rules. The traditional five demerits has been reduced to three. Such things as chewb1g gum, combing hair during the game, or leaving before it is over, constitute one demerit.
Freshman members, unlike previous years, will have to wait an additional year to earn their letters. To retain their membership they must attend one-half of all games. A small letter award, however, will be given to any freshman fulfilling the requirements for earning a letter.
Mrs Julie George, Latin Club sponsor, has announced that !the first meeting of .the International Club will be held October 8. All foreign language students are urged to attend. The Club's goal of $1300 must be reached if WHS is to have two exchange students next year. Save your magazines!!!!
Z Club mJembe rs will be canvassing the neighborhood soon for old magazines which they plan to give to a girls home. Also watch for the installation of new Z Club members Oct. 2.
Adult Education classes began session last Monday evening at Westside.
Twenty-three courses are being offered in the District 6 6 program
They will be taught by District 66 instructors These include: typing and typing refresher, French, Spanish, contem\porary problems, individual and team sports, juveniLe dramatics (for students through grade eight), leather carving, woodworking, pracical business, speed reading, adult adjustment, psychology, meat selection and preparation, contact bridge, metal shop, painting and drawing, interior decorationg, and gift wrapping.
Courses being ofl'ered for the first time are: civil defense preparedness, two courses in child psychology and a course entitled The Sanderson Audio-Vis ual Private pilot ground school.
In the latter course, interested adult men and women and students will gain enough knowledge to pass the FAA examination for a private pilot license.
The course consists of film strips and associated recordings. After seeing .these, students will discuss, receive additional information and be tested from time to time. FIRST WEST SIDE BANK
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Mr. Harley Hardison, head of the Zoology Club, is sponsoring field trips into .the lakes of Nebraska. Students will take samples of the water to see how many different fresh water animals they can acquire.
Three times a week, Mr. Hardison will take groups of five with him to different lakes. The students have made nets in which to obtain their specimens.
After they get these samples they will classify the different fresh water specimens .they obtained and make drawings of them
The student 'VI\ho obtains the most varied number of specimens will get the most credit for his or her work.
New Esquire officers, Kristy Isaacson, president, Mary Gay Westering, vice-presid,ent, an d Kathy Kovarik, scretary-treasure, are planning to write a new constitution.
They also are planning some new money making projects. The profits will be used for Esquire functions at the end of each quarter.
President Kristy Isaacson, reported .that 40 old members welcomed 60 newcomers at the annual Esquire Tea Aug. 31. The new members were served punch and cookies and taken on a tour of the school.
"We don't want anyone to believe the school district paid for lounge; it is entirely sustained by the faculty," said Mr. Paul Andreas, when asked about the teacher's lounge.
Three years ago a room was left to the teachers, but it was up to them to complete the room with furnishings. Although $200 had accumul ated in the "kitty", the faculty was short $1100. It didn't take long until the faculty had rai sed $13 0 0-more than half of which was donations.
Slowly furniture has been added; now the lounge contains 12 various chairs, 4 tables, a lamp, two stools, and a large $388 divan (the largest and most expensive piece of the collection).
Last spri n g a remodel ing job was needed. Mrs. Juliana Sch· wartzbaugh c h 'o s e t b e c o 1 o r scheme and made the plans; the• faculty, led by Mr. Andreas, go't all the work done and had a partition put between the kitchen and the lounge Also, the furniture was washed.
The faculty has made future plans for their lounge; they hope to have a T.V s et, a cooling system and to someday have a set of chandeliers.
Machines bring in about $300 a year: three cents is made on each cup of coffee sold, two cents on each soft drink, and one cent on each candy-bar sold. These are the faculty's main source of income.
Profits from th-e annual MotherDaughter Style Show given by the Y Teens last night will be used to sponsor various service acti11ities of the club.
Chairmen of the show were Kathy Van Houten and Athene
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This year, many students at Westside are taking a n-ew ty,pe of course in chemistry called ChemS t u d y (Chemistry EducatiOJ}al Materials Study)
The course deviates from the old "recipe" method whereby students were given experiments and are in,vited to explore the results
The cost of the project i.s provided by the National Science Foundation which awarded Mr. Calvin Delano, WHS science instructor, a six-week fellowship at the University of Hawaii last summer to prepare for the course.
This year District 6 6 is one of five Nebraska areas to try a new system of teaching English, stated Mrs. Mary Conner, head of .the English department.
Currently the new system is being used in grades 1, 4, 7, and 10. In three years every grade in the
district will be using this system.
"Nebraska is noted as being the first state to revamp their English program," said Mrs. Conner.
"Textbooks .t h a t h a v e been printed in the past few years have tended .to drift away from the basic literature of the ages", related Mr Conner. Because of thi.s many· students have entered their junior year and sometimes college with no idea of literature of other ages.
In her three sophomore classes Mrs. Conner will try to emphasize outstanding literature as well as composition and grammar.
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Mrs. Henderson and Carole, Mrs. Whe-eler and Judy, and Suzi Madd.en. Bev Burrows and Anita Lefler were in charge of refresh'ments. Ruth Saunders and Jackie Moore handled publicity.
C at hie Filkins, Commentator for the style· show, said .that cake deserts were served and the clothes were furnished by Zoob's.
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All drag racing fans will be watching Detroit in th e coming weeks for the new factory options.
Chevrolet 409, Pontiac 421, Fords 406 and the recent Chrysler Corporation 413 optional engine." The high performance models are going to be bigger than e v e r , with horsepower ratings around 450.
A new class at the drags, factory experimental, 1s really something to watch Some of the California machinery has been hitting almost 120 m p h for the 1320. That s really running for factory equipment!
In the dragster class there have been rumors that Eddie Hill's dual engined Pontiac rail has t urned an unofficial 202 m p h.
At the Omaha Dragway last we e k, Chuck Suba ran through the quarter in a B / C at a blistering 172.74 m.p.h. in 9.26 E.T. for a new strip record. Royce Anderson was Stock eliminator with his 1962 Pontiac at 106.5 m.p.h. Jim Davis was street eliminator in his Cj SR.
Rebel's Car Club recently held an auto show at 70th and Dodge.
Roger Ryan and his radical 19 57 Chevy conected three trophies: 1st radical class, best paint, and most popular car of the show
Competition was heavy in Street Rod and Conservative Custom
Benson High was the opposing team in the first Warrior outing with .the Bunnies coming out on the top end of a 13-0 score.
Bunnie alertness hurt the red and black by running back an in· tercepted pass for a touchdown. The Warriors couldn't seem to get up enough steam to make the last few yards on any effort to the goal line.
In the next game , WHS traveled to Grand Island. The Warriors held their own until the Islanders pushed over two of Grand Island TD's in the final p e riod , ending up with a 21-7 score in favor of Grand Island. Bob Grant, a versatile Warrior fullback , produced the touchdown and point after.
Prep was the next opponent on the schedule. Prep' s usual tough· ness didn't prevail as the Westside football team dominated the game with power plays by Dave Rupp and Bob Grant. A defensive standout was Barry Halla, who continually p u 11 e d down Prep backs. Bob Grant's first quarter field goal was the only score of the game until a hole in the War· rior line let through Prep quarter· back Dave Bouda on a quarter· back sneak, giving the 6·3 victory to the Bluejays.
\Vestsiders will meet Bellevue tonight for a duel of strength on the Warrior field at 7:30 p.m.
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Coach Emil Wicinia's harriers opened their second season at Westside :thursday by trouncing
In .the first running Westside placed Jim Jones, Jim Ellis and Lynn Miller-first, second a n d .third respectively with Jim Moore and Bill Jepsen finishing seventh and eighth. In the second running Westside maneuvered a 1,2, 3 , finish 'tn Steve Jenkin, Scot Anderson and Ken Meier, with Harold Burton a strong fif,th Best time over the 1.9 mile distance was clocked by Jim Jones at9 : 17 6.
Thanks to an early start, .the returning lettermen Ji•m Ellis, Jim Jones, Jim Moore, and Bill Robinson and what coach Wicina stated as "a well balanced team with plenty of depth" Westside may well become a strong dark horse in future meets
Crossco un t ry m en : Sco tt Ander son, John Andrieson, John Bulle r , H a r old Burton , Bill Dixon , Mike Eislle, Je ff Hu sba nd J im Irvin Steve Jinkins Bill D on R ond ebu s h, Ri ck Snarr, Rod Ulfers, W a rren Vaade Ri ch Y o ung, AI Zimmerman, Bar r y Z oob
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Class, with Lincoln cars coming out on top. Some of the best machinery around was seen by many Omahans.
A good article to read is "\Varmup for the Nationals" in the September issue of Hot Rod. Another, and one of the best, is "Drag Racing" in the September Car Life. "Rod Test" in Rod and Custom is also a good article to read.
For Sale-1936 Ford Roaster. Red metallic paint, new top, leatheir upholstery, Mere flathead, near new tires. Wade Wright.
Next Omaha drags--Sep.t 30th.
This is the last event of .the year. Lincoln-Oct. 7th-Shaundo's Drag Strip.
Westside's football coaching staff is in the experimental stage of recording opponents in preWarrior games by sending a coach and tape recorder to Westsides next o pponent's last game. Then the .tape is studied by coaches and converted to blackboard scri.mrmage for team simplificattion. Somebody may ask why not use a movie camera soution-"It's illegal." Says coach Haffey. Up and Coming
The freshman team, witnessed by 15 proud fathers and one excited sports writer, jubilantantly .trounced North 27-7, Sept. 21. An overwhelming offense and defense all but walked for a touchdown Friday. Congratulations to coaches Rex Steinkruger and William McCormick.
Predicted Predictions w estside's outstanding performance against Prep may well change the outlook on their six remaining games, the next two of which I will go out on a limb to predict with Bellevue's offense which scored 3 2 points against Tee Jay and Westside defense {
and school s pirit .too much for Chie:ttains-Westside by 3 points
The North game at Benson Field will be a slieer displ a y of talent in the so called " Four Nor se m e n " unless We s tside can spot a w ea kness which has eluded bo t h Tech and Lincoln High Viking s too well balanced- North hy 6 touchdowns.
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W es t s ide is trying to utili: w e ll rounded offense mixing p ass ing and running plays thou g h running picks up theiJ se n t ial y a rdage, passing has 1 th e k e y to their two season t down s aga ins t Lin c oln High. to ss from Jim Iverson to 1! S tanner for 50 yards and ano fr om Iv e r s on to Rick Willi s fo y a rd s. This all took place i s p e<lt ac ular 3 minute surge W e s tsid e.
First UnitEnds: Ray Cusick,
Terry Petersen featured wearing the Jantzen CANADIAN CREW.
A zipper-style cardigan, costing $16.98
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"I don't want to trust a particular set of profes s ors from only one college Take an honest l ook and your loyalty should not be in the parties name but its stand"
Mr. Eisenhower arrived Wednesday, October 10 , at Omaha's Eppley Field for the principle purpose of supporting .the Nebraska Republican Candida,tes, Seaton and Cunnningham.
He urges each of us to vote for the man's principals and not his Party The candidate should be able to stand on his own two fe e t ana to promote government as a servan,t and not as the master
He stated, that there is a trend in all branches of government to g rab power and once there the politican concerns himself with plans ,to better himself and not his country.
Politicans need to be reminde d .th&t he community should first try to s olve their own problems then the state, and finally the cen,tral government
The Republican Party has this political philosophy, that the government should take a back seat u ntil needed
It 's Eve rybody's Night Out as
"The Maily Loves of Dobie Gillis," adapted from the book will be presented by the Junior Class Nov. 8-9-10 in ,the little .theater.
"Afternoon rehearsa l s have already started," stated Mrs. Anna Clark, director of the play, "After Oct. 22, night rehearsals will begin."
Leads for the play are : David Ross as Dobie Gillis; Pam Patz as Bonnie Willet; Kathy Funkhouser as Helen Dixon ; a n d John P i per as Petey B ellows.
Supporting roles include : Mr. Pipgrass, John King; Miss Forepaugh, Carol Cleaves; Imogene KlugenpeUer , Cin d y Dietz; Frannie, Susan Taylor; Sally, Sharon W i 11 i e ; Lola, Kay Newcomb; Polly, Carol Ann Strauss; Betty, Teresa Madden; Mrs. Dixon, Mary Marple; Mr. Dixon, Abe Leber; Mr Harrinton, Chris Peterson;
Congratulations ' 62 S hie 1 d Staff. Last year's yearbook was awarded a first-class rating by the National Scholastic Press Association. This· is the highest rating ever received by a Westsi d e publication.
The N.S P.A is a national organization for high school journalists Westside's year b ook w as c o m p a r e d to yearb ooks from schools 'vith equal enrollment from all over the U.S. Yearbooks are rated on areas such as student life , fa,culty, seniors, athletics and o ther',3. The Shield was rated hi ghest 1in design and introductio n. Westside's other stu de· t p u b li· cation, the Lan ce, r .eived a second -class ratin g frpm the N.S. P.A. Its stron g arl/'as wer e bal· ance in the types , of news presented and typography.
The hig hest ra.Ung a p ublication can receive from the N.S P A. is All-Am erican w ' th fi rst - class being th e next hi hest
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HoD1eCo!Illdng K i ng an d Queen this year will be an all-school choice !
New meth o d s of sel ectin g H omec o mig candidates are b eing used this year at W estsi de. Candidates for lUng will b e selected b y the foot b a ll team while Queen candidates w ill b e chosen b y the Pep Club. In previo u s years P ep Club h as sel cted the boys and the team has chosen the q u een candidates
Then w ill be permitted to cast hi y ballot for Homecoming R oya l ty. Voting will take place in h ome roo1ms and the r eigning pair will be announced at .t h e d ance.
Mrs. Clara D wm , Pep Clu b s p o n so r , stated t h at the reason fo r these n ew metho d s i s "we've fe l t it was more represen tative o f th e stud e n t b o d y than voting at the dance "
Warrior chants and glowing flames will be the scene at th.e bonfire rally to be held before the game at 6 p :m. Jane Stockman, bonfire chairman sta,ted that a senior skit will be preformed at the bonfire.
The Warrior realm will then unite to l end support to the Varsity football team. The Warriors 'vill meet the South High Packers on the Westside field at 7 : 30. This i s the first year Westside will p l ay So u th for it's Homecoming game
Half-time ceremonies will feature a parade presenting the Homecoming candidiates The Warrior Band accompanied by the Squires and Drill Sq u ad will also preform.
Happy Ste ll a Kowalski, Gail Rowden; Majeska, Karen Eden; Rutka, Susan Graf; Sletka, Denese Handschu; Dombra, Ka.thy H u bble; Simpka, Mary Ann Head; Miss Newman, Pat Williams;Limbo La.mb, Gwen Sutter; Ade l e, Diane Witaker; Mr. Gillis, Ron Swanda ; Bill, Bob Lankford; Maudie, Jane Fjelstad; and Pansy, Elizabeth Hayes.
Others are: Kirk Nayl or, Rich· ard Jones Joh n Kotou c, Tom D o h n , Kathy Lammers , Lindda Shippke, Elena Linsley, Mark Kib· bey, F1•ed Carlgren, John White, Marv Brown, Barb Grothe, and Barb B r izzee.
So hurry and get yo u r tickets in advance. There'll be only 250 seats to fill each night. Tickets may be obtained from the office with an activity ticket or at the door each night for $1.
Susan Blackman is five years old. She is a pretty blond child with big blue eyes Like most five-year-o l ds, she goes .to school.
But her schoo l i sn't an ordinary one Her school teaches her to live w i t h h e r disablement -a de · f orme d body
S u sall Blackman is one of many c hildr en wh o are born with " '1disablement or who are 6ft with a crippling diseas.-) each year.
""!.:. very G-ood Guy Giv es; Every Go od Guy Builds" is this• year's slog a n It emphasizes the d u al p urpo s e of the drive, operating e xpenseses and capital for new buildings and for improvement of the old facilities.
Children like Susan Blackmru1 r e c e i v e the l argest percentage from your contribution.' Help her and the others who share her un· fortunate place in life.
This year's drive is .twice as big as last years-$4,100,000. Twice as much help is needed
Be a Good Guy: Give to help Build!
Newspaper We ek To m any people this is a f i n e th i n g bu t why consider it? Co n s id9r it bec ause without a free pr ess a nd t h e rights of dissenting opin io n e xpressed in a free p r e'l s, the United States would never have b ecome what it is toda y : a 1tronghol d of democracy; A frP.P. is ssenti the being subject to
icism, positive or negative. This is why a na,tion like the United States must always have a free and alert system. Without communications public par ticipation however any effort to maintain this standard will be destined for failure. This, then, is the p u rpose of National Newspaper NEWSPAPERS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES
GOOD GUYS BUILD
Should I sign up for co ll ege boards? That is the que&tion many a j11nior ha s a s ked Mr. Karl PP.cht, Westside guidance counselor.
Many co lleges in the United States and abroa d require the ex • ams to be taken to q u alify fo r en· trance. The answer , then , depends on the student and wher e he wants to attend school. Even though. the tests are not Wliver· sally required, 1\fr Pecht stated that students often take them for the experience
These college representatives will be here on •the f o 1 1 o w i n g d ates : Oct. 15 -Trin i ty, Lafayette, and Denver Colleges
0 c t . 1 9-Co l umbia University
Oct 22-Brown University
Oct 23 -Pennsylvania University
0 ct. 3 1-Watburg and Hasting Colleges and Dakota Wesl eyan
Please make appointments with Mr. Pecht if you wish to tal k w i th a representative of any of the above colleges
Juniors and Seniors are reminded that applications for the December College Boards should be made soon.
GOOD GUYS GIVE Juniors & Seniors Beware!
Talent Is Testecl
Bus Compaines Feud
Ann u al Homecoming trad i tio n s wi ll again be observed t hi s year. The ga l a week - end w ill be opened by the Homecoming pa r ade afte r sch o ol next Friday. F l oats b eing planned b y numer o u s clubs and convertibl es d ecorated with appr opriate b rumers will also participate T his year t h e Pep Club float wi ll car ry the Call di dates fo High - lighting the dance will be the crowning of the 1962 Homecoming King and Queen. The pair will rul e over .the Warrior realm. • 14aurr Vol 7-No 2 WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB. , FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1962 Price, 15c (alenclar OCTOBER 12-Frosh vs. Prep, 4 p.m. Varsity vs Fremont, 7:30 p m. Radio Club Sock Hop I 3-Cross Country Meet, Doane College 16-Ba n d girls tea , Student Lounge 17-American History Lecture IS-Re serves vs. A.L., 4 p m Frosh at Bellevue, 4 p m. Open House , grades 11-12, 7:30 p m. 19-Vars ity vs South , 7:30 p.m. 20- P S A T Tests Da nce , gi r ls ' gym, 8 :3 0 p.m. 22- Mo ck U. N. at Duc hesne vs Central, 4 p.m. 24-Res erves at Fremont, 4 p m. frosh at Tech 4 p m. Varsity vs. Nort heast , 7:30 p.m Radio C lub Sock Hop 25-26- Teachers' Convention 27-lnter-city Cross Country Meet at Prep, 9:30 a.m 29- ln- service for District 66 teachers Club pictures for Sh ie ld 30-31-American History County Government Lectures
A dispute has arisen over the numerous changes in .the school bus program for the 1962'-63 school year.
1\fr. Kenneth K Hansen, pri nci · pal , stated that although. a co ntract has been awarded to the Keystone-West Benson Bus Com· pany for the transportatio n of e l e · mentary school children, n o such contract has been given for the the transportation of high schoo l students.
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If so put it to use and you might win a '63 Shield. Tllis is the prize being o:lfered by Westside
The battle continues as both companies vie for the patronage of the students The b u ses are coming earlier in the morning and are furnishing better service, in general. The q u estion is, are there enough school bus riders in District 6 6 to keep two bus companies operating with eno u gh mooney to maintain safe vehicles?
Seniors! The ,time to think of your applica.tions for college membership has arriv e
And Boards Ahead I
Impressions are an essen tia l a nd int egral part of com m unicatio n s and c o m pa ti b le re lationships in a society, rega rdless of level.
I am proud to say that in group and individual impressions t he students of Westside ha ve within thems e lves the ab i lity to convey an attitude of warmth, ma t urit y, and a high standard of good behav ior and self-discipl ine
T h is is do ne not by means of s h al low and superficial actions bu t act io n s t ake n w it h g en uine sinceri t y be h ind them. The impress ion is go o d , t h e im p ression is enduri n g, and the impressio n is real.
The result of this att itude at Westsid e ha s manifes te d itself in various means in varied locations.
It was made evident by the citizens and school administrators of Grand Island when they termed th e stud e nts and athletes of Westside the best-behaved and most s portsmanlike group with which they had made contact
It is evi d e n t in the words of ou r forei gn exchange student o f last ye a r, Dimit r is Portolos, whe n he said to the wr it er in a le t t er : " G iv e a ll m y lo ve to a ll t h e wonderful people (at W es tsi de ) who t h e m o men t I th ink of my eyes get fu ll of t ea rs "
It is f i nally and most painfully so in the attitude which a minority of individuals from other schoo ls in the city and Wests ide itself hold Westside is a school for pansies, pushovers, and t imid , fragile people simply becaus e th e y s e e in the student body of Westside attributes which are absent and sorely lacking in themselves
If t h is so u nd s like pat t ing our own back/ you have received the mess ag e It ap pea rs to b e t ime to realize what you ar e or a re not 1 t a k e n o t ic e o f th e impression which you make 1 and ta ke a ctio n a ccor d in gl y
M ay h e ads n e ver swell and sha d ows never diminish.
D IC K D IEGELTop Choir member s have a big job ahead of them the first quart e r. They are presenting t hei r first musical of the year, "Tom Sawyer."
Nine performances of the show will b e given at Tech for Junior Theater. One p e rformance wil l be given at tbe \ Ve s ts id e auditorium, Nov 17.
M r William Kell ogg, director, said that many mothers of Top Choir members have offered their help to make the presentations a success. Mrs. Thomas Metzger, head of costumes for t h e choir, has several moth ers working with her Tickets and publicity for the one performance s c h. e d u 1 e d at Wests ide w ill be under the direction of Mrs. Kenneth H. Ploss.
Understudies of leads this year will get to do one performance at Te c h as a bonu s for their hard work , related Mr. Kelogg.
Other parts casted in the sh o w are: Huckleberry Finn Mark Brooks; Aunt Polly, Pat Fredricks on; Injun Joe, Bill Boelter; Muff Potter , Jim Speichinger; Doctor, Warren Vaad; Mrs Harper, Barb Page; Widder Do u glas, Sandy Clifton; Mr. Dobbins, Bill Bailey ; Preacher, Steve Bachenberg; Alfred, Larry Prodousek ; Susan, Kitty Murphy; AJm y, Carol Fr a ncis.
A t a rec en t pep rally one outstanding thing b ecame apparen t ; t hat many W estside stu d en t s d o n o t sing the school song.
The school song is a tradition at Wests ide but how can this tradi t ion be upheld if no one pa r icipates ? It is ess e ntial to school morale and is sung to promote a f e eling of e nthus iasm and loyalty among stud e nts and team member s.
T he questio n is-W hy don 1t t h e s t ude n ts sing? Is it a lack o f kn o wl e dge o r a lack of int erest in participation?
If the reason no one sings is because of not knowing t he words then something should be done about it ! Perhaps a copy o f it could be handed out at pep ralli es , g ivi ng e veryon e a c c e ss to the words.
As s tud e nt s at We stside we all have a part in promoting interest1 s u pport/ a n d participatio n in at hl e tics an d t h e school song is an impo rtan t part of this school spirit
"Teamac" is the name of a progre s sive new form of math teaching. Teamac means "teaching machbte" Mr. James Tangdall, math e matics instructor, s a i d • "There are two main advantages; a student is a llowed to progress at his own rate, an d he' is abl e to get help at the time he needs it, not when he is able t.o see the teache r."
Students are given books with in them. (These are .the s am e as problems ) When a student has done his frame, he then c hecks his work witth .the answer a t the side of the page After a c ertain number of frames i s completed, a test is .taken and corrected as soon as the stu d ent completes it. This is his chance ;to get i mmediate help. If he does poorly , he re-does the frannes and then takei:j a retest. At the end of the semester. a standarized test is taken
Oct 29 is the day for Shield club pictures
Also, don't forget to purchase your Shiel d on sale now in study halls and after .school. Buy y<mrs ea rly and receive the special disc ount rat e of only $4 50. Sales end Oc t 24 s o hurry and get yours today!
b y Chynne Koser
Mr. Calvin DeLano, Chemistry instructor, witnessed a nuclear explosion la s,t summer. When asked the of this expiosion, he answered, "It was a blast."
Congratulations, seniors! The student lou nge has b een the c l eanest it ba.s ever been, reports say. Let's uoy staying in it, too
With the junior high gone, you would think there would be le s s congestion in the lower new wing. It seems .that often this is no.t the case. The "upperclas Simen" in the wing show a striking resemblence to the former occupants.
Anothe r place of confusion is Room 200. Often after (and some• times during ) school, a raccoon n amed Rinky Dink can be fe l t , as well as seen, wandering around the room. Nyl on -wearers, beware!
Several measures were discussed at the meeting of the Student Council this week. Stickers will be sold for 50 cents again this year, as has been done in previous year s The penalty for not buying one if you drive will be to pay do u b l e the price. Other measures discussed were:
The Homecoming parade will be sactioned by t h e city, however cars are not to b e decorated with anything l"xcept banners - no streamers!
At a recent Math Club m:eet junior Dick Imig brought an usual friend-his turtle Du the meeting, the turtle man to get loose from his leash, ca ing quite a commotion It is mored that Mr Alvin Gloor , sp s or, wa s his liberator.
As Mr. Richard Winchell sta into his room one after noon found senior Wade Wright an stacle in the d oorway. "Ex. me, a a er ••• wa he said. "T e ll me, do you have tha t probl em, Wade?" "Not very often, Mr. a •• • • er • a Winchell," W replied.
ATTENTION , Is there anything unusual, in esting, or amusing going on you know about? If there is you'd like to tell lots of peo contact a Lance staff me This is an effort to get n underclassmen interested in included in .the paper. Don ' t get- this is your paper, too Attention all are connois Now on displ ay in the li is a collection of twe l ve paint! owned by the Associated of Omaha and on l oan from Jos l yn Art Mu seum The ranging from water colors to a n d to prbt ts, have been colle over a period of eight years. Arran ge ments for the sho were made by Mr Kenneth zell, a r t t e a c h e r , and Threco of Joslyn. The di e will leave the Westside lib around Nov. 5 and will gc Mercy High School.
What is .the American of .today like?
It's har d for au American to ,ju d g e himself You can never see 1 clearl y how you are yourself. I kn.ow how hard it is as I have lo'• times b een asked what t h e Swedes are l ike. As a foreigne r u suall) see you better than yourself, I sometimes u s e the Danish valuati<• the Swedes, not especially f l attery, but perhaps true: The Swedetlike a bottle of tomato - catsup, the f i rst time you shake it nothing co the second time everything
It wasn't about the Swedes I was going to spea k . I think I can you a rather objective view of the aJVerage American
In Sweden the expr ession "Biggest in the Worl d" is said to be caUy American. Before I came over h e re I had the impression thai' An, ericans h ad a tendency to boast American tourists are u s u a bit ._ ,er-patriotic, and t h en they give oth e r nations this impres I h.'\ven't fo un d any of this here, at least not in Om aha. The American is an idealg>t, in ,the good meaning of the word believes firmly in the rights of rn 'l n This is perhaps the reason wl somletimes is a bit too confident, in regards .to R u ssia
The U. S. is a capitalistic country, and f n e of the ideas of capit· is the faith in competition. The American really wants to win, b the same time he is a g ood , loser, as by Westside last m
Another Am.erican characteristic is that .t he American is extr friendly and hospitab l e, something that esp i ally I have enjoyoo has also a special way to accept people, a w t h at many people a nd this certai n way is really a pprecia ted and a4Jt:tired in Sweden.
Many Americans have gathered g reat but the Arne is also a gen e rous person, especially proven in th e postwar p erio g ardin g all the economic help she has g iven to both her A lli es former enemies plus all the n e w nations of the world.
At l ast som e points that I haven't experien ced lut that pe are true: T h e American i s a good tax -payer! T h e Amerlcan m.ak breaks l aws a littl e too freely!
This is just • a very incomplet e list of Am e ric an character i s tic pe rhaps it ' ll g ive you an idea of how a European looks a t v ou.
"Stage Technology, a new class of 18 students, entails all .the responsibility and independence that is hard to develop," says instructor Mr Richard Lane.
Electrical systems , lighting, microphones, and props are all jobs that Stage Crew is responsible for. Preparing for coruvocations and making props for plays such as Tom Sawyer and the Junior Class Play are just some of the activ-
ities this new class will be engaged in during the coming year.
At present some members of the new class are busy making dressing rooms for Tom Sawyer.
As a background, Mr Lane said "Any student that is in.terested shou l d have experience in ra d io, construction of props and a general knowledge of wood and electrical work ."
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In the near future it necessary to first get per from the s tage crew ber ore be possible to u se any l> .A. equipment The new c l.l,ss is posed of sop h omore, junioJ senior stu dents. Each b. as' h i responsib ility that he must He is left to do tht:. job must do it on his •wn Lane says, it d e vehp es deuce and respo nsibHt y.
Rena Olson and Taffy Squires were the cen.ter of attention at the International Club meeting Oct. 8 fn the Li.ttle Thea.ter.
Taffy and Rena presented slides as they discussed the highlights of their .trips to Indonesia and Switzerland.
Rena went to Switzerland on a boat with over 600 students from the U.S. going to Europe as part of the A.F.S. program.
Taffy flew by jet from Vancouver to Indonesia.
The International Club also discussed plans for the botmlecoming float.
This year Westside is witnessing one of the biggest population booms to hit this West Omaha area. This year the senior high bas the largest enrolLJ:IUlnt of its existence.
Clubs are also witnessing bigger memberships than ever before.
Last year the Pep Club had a membership of about 520 girls; this year its membership is 650. That's more than a 20 per cent increase in just one year. The W Club has also increased its mem,. bership.
The Science Club in school has also grown considerably. Chess Club has stayed about the same as it was last year. Y Teens and Hi Y have shown considerable increases in their memberships this year. More people are becoming "club conscience" than ever before in Westside's history.
The Westside sweat shirt sale has b e en a success! Over $300 has been accumulated. Two hundred dollars of this was spent on an overhead projector and other pi e ces of apparatus for the science department. The remainder of the funds will be distributed to mem-
The S c i e n c e Department at Westside is news.
According to Mr. Bruce Holmquist, department head, remodeling is taking place in both curriculurm and equipment.
First, the basic science program for Westside has been accelerated one year. I ast year a student's four-year plan might have read: general science, biology, physics, chemistry.
This year it could be: biology, physics, chemistry, science seminar.
Although that is the accelerated course available at Westside, all other standard subjects are also open <to students a year earlier.
Next, five new courses have been added. They are : zoology (one semester) botany, health, prep physical science, and earth science. All are available to sophobut none are considered part of Westside's 11ccel erated
Drivers' Educa.tion classes have undergone a facelifting. The program includes the same activities but they are approached in a differ.ent manner.
Instead of taking the student out of study hall once or .twice a week, as has been done in the past, the student drives everyday until the reqllired six hours has been completed.
Besides actual driving experience, the student also completes 30 hours in the classroom. Classroom activities i n c 1 u d e such things as movies classroom discussions, a scrapbook of accidents in which the student tells how each could be prevented, and a term paper on some controversial ,top ic s u c h as seat-belts or a g e of drivers.
science course listed above.
Las t sum m e r ecology (the study of living things and their relationship to environment was offered under Mr. Jerry Geisler.
It will be offered again this summier.
A completel y new course oft'ered this summer will be growtd school for potenti11l pilots. The purpose of the course is to prepare students for the written exam re· quked to obtain a pilot's license. All applic11nts must be 16 years ol d.
Tremendous expansion experienced by clubs and classes at WHS this year was also felt in the instrumental department. Because of this, Westside, for the firs 't time has a "reserve" band.
"Younger students haven't ha d the experience the jnuiors and seniors have. I think the reserve band will help give underclassmen this experience," commented Mr. Darwyn Snyder.
Activities this year for the reserve baud will include p l aying at several reserve games and hav· ing a part in concerts
Reserve band members will get etVen more experience before entering the W a r r i o r Band by marching at the Westside-Fremont varsity football game.
The second part of the new look in the science department concerns equipment. According to Mr. Holmquist, definite plans have been made for a complete remodeling of the old chemistry rooms and storerooms and installation of new equipment.
This will mean not only new quarters for classes, but also for the Science club, which now meets - in enclosed room 200A.
For the physics classes, rooms 208, 210 , and 212 will be redesigned, and new plumbing, wiring, gas outlets, an d black-out window shades will be added.
In the department of live science , even newer renovations are
Twenty-two girls were initiated into Z Club Oct. 2. The initiation and reception following were given by the Zonta Club of Omaha, an organization of executive and professional women.
in thf offing, Mr. Ha.rley Hardison has begun plans for a large multipurpose greenhouse. The greenhouse will not ouiy supply tropical and sub-tropical environments for plants, but nnimal ca ges with r·uns, room s as well.
Memb e rs of the science department are hopeful that the g reenhous e will be located on Westside's south patio, but less-probable alternative plan would involve the addition of a new second s tory to the ann e x classrooms.
Bids for the new construction work will be opened in December.
JJeo A. Daly is the architect.
Finally, a word of hope to all science students who are now completely confused. Next semester at re g istration time, the science department will hand out a brochure explaining its plans as it makes them.
GAA membership has totaled 7 0 girls already this year, and girls can still join!
"Those who crumot join the club may still attend the meetings and join in the activities anytime," snid Mrs. Peggy ,Johnson, GAA sponsor.
Meetings are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 p m. to 4 p.m. During this time, the members join in sucl;l activities as socker, ,tennis, and badminton.
"We are concerned with the attitudes of the driver more than bers for use on their projects. the skill. Anyone can learn <to The club now has fourteen drive. We want them to learn to members and although membership is not limited to male students, only one girl, Carol Cleaves, has joined.
Cub officers are; Dave Olsen, President; Steve Lagerberg, VicePresident; Jay Barton, SecretaryTreasurer; Car o 1 Cleaves, Librarian.
Eight new members were initi· ated into the club Sept. 29, at the home of the club's sponsor, 1\fr. Harley Hardison, Westside High School instructor.
Initiates included; John Blackwell, Scott Holdredge, Robert McIntyre, John Mcintyre, Gary :• Petersen, and Ross Rizely.
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drive correctly with the right attitudes", says Mr. William McCormick, instructor.
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Members of the band are: flutes: Jan Bachrach, Linda Harvey, Julie Reed; Clarinets: Mike Caplinger, Terri Casta.tor, Doug Day, Karen Krabbenhoft, Mike McMahon, Kathy Metz, Kathleen Stuhr, Pat Tvrdik; bass clarinet: Don Marquardt; bassoon: Vicki Gib son, Gary Spaulding; alto sax: Rebecca Burling, Duane Dudley, Steve Holstrom, Greg Miller, Joe O'Brien; tenor sax: Robert McIntyre; cornet: Bill Brown, Mike Christiansen, J o b n Couselman,
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Those initiated: S e n i o r sKathy Brooks, Jeanne Bueskiilg, Linda Dlouhgy, Leslie Gaillard, Meredith Herring, and E:athy McGrayel. Juniors-Barbara Brizzee, Carol Cleaves, Karen Eden, Claudia Gresham, Sharon Harding, Pat Keating, Mickey McFarland, Jane Palmer, Jane Ross, and Kay Welch. Sophomores-Judy H ow e r , Kathy Kelly, Jackie Moore, Kathy Rees, and Ruth Saunders. Senior Marisa Orozco was made an honorary member.
Steve Hill; baritone: Tom Mellor, Bob Sund; tuba: Don Detttman, Craig Kugel, Phil Rosenbaum; percussion: Bernie C a 1 a n d r a , Dave Levine, Lloyd Woodland.
Future plans include an overnight camping trip during Teach· ers' Convention; and volley-ball intrnmurals beginning at the end of October.
GAA officers are: President, Karen Petranek; Vice-President, Ruth Brock; Secretary, Barb Norberg; and Treasurer, Kathy Rees.
TE E NA GE RS
who dare to be more
Let ' s Beat South, Friday
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Meredith
Go Warriors 1!
Beat ' em!! - Teddie
The Library Staff
May your House be FREE from TIGERS
Team ! Drill Squad
Love Those Warriors. Um mm
Alice and Mrs Hammer
Bewa re Packe rs, th e MIGHTY WARRIORS are c o m i ng Cheerleaders.
Don and Bev Bev and Cooley.
Why don ' t y ou win ? Mike and.. Kirk KILL ' EM-PEP CLUB STOMP ' EM-HI -Y
Scientifically speaking, W - 1- N!
Socialists may be the downfall o f all mank ind-Mike Elliot
Oil we lls sa ys, " W e will wi n for our coa c h es, despite what .ou r de fe a t is t g randstand q ua rt e r bac ks say. " T P
Fut ure M e dical A ss istants will Un d e rt a ke Operation , " STOP SOUTH ." Carol John s on and Larry Brown Pam Wi lli am s and M ike Ca r roll
W in for the Coac hes!
J i m Be ig hto l.
Ye a , class of ' 6 3 Kr is and Judy
Co me Hom e wit h a Victory, Jan S. & C ind y R.
Go ge t 'e m boys, Cher yl and Ka t hy Lots o f Luc k, Carol, Nanci , an d Su e.
Hats o ff t o " th e LOVER ," M i ke.
Go! Fight! W i n ! Kenny Plos s. Let's g e t toughe r! J an an d Lynn
N IKE-( Gr ee k me ans VICT OR Y). M rs Kelle y
W e wa nt a win ! Pare nt s
So what ' s a lo s s, Candy?
Nadine & Ste ve, Marty & Warr e n
CAR
The Pontiac body shops are now installing .thin-gauge aluminum front fenders, inner fender wells, hoods, and radiator bracketsplus .the earlier aluminum fr o nt bumper-as standard equipment on the 421's Total weight saving, not including the bumper, is said to be 159 pounds. Since this weight is virtually all off the front wheel s, it not only reduces the overall car weight , but the percentage of car weight on the rear driving wheels
"Improved" was the comment by Coach WHliam Haffey of ,the last reserve game against Tech Oct. 4.
In the Tech game, all scoring occured in the first five minutes of the game John Allgaier intercepted a pass and produced the only Warrior touchdown in a 12·7 loss for the reserve team. The team looked more confident and got much experience from the 36· 0 loss to Benson the week before. Coach Haffey was very pleased with the game against the Tech T r o j a n s because of the obvious improvement and improved spirit.
Next the Warrior second team will Abraham Linc o ln of Council Bluff.s for the next possible victi'm of the Westside Warri o rs.
Westside took top honors at a triple and dual meet over .the past two weeks. The cros.s country men cleaned up in the triple meet by placing 5 boys under 10 minutes for ,the 1. 9 mile distance. Best ti!me of the meet was run by Jim Ellis in 9 flat. Reserv e harriers with 10:28. Westside 23, Prep 47, Tee Jay 50.
Westside topped Bellevue again 'vith 19·37 victory and came u p with another 1 -2-3 finish with Jim Jones (best time 8:45) , Jim Ellis and Lynn Miller. The 1. 7 mile dis · tance was also paced by the reserves i n their 23-32 win over Bel· l evue.
T w o important meets coming fo r coach Wicinia ' s harrier s is an invitational meet at Crete on Saturday and a dual meet with Prep on Oct. 24.
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is increased by about two per cent This helps effective traction. Racing Pontiacs are now lighter than racing Fords and Chevys.
High torque of the big 421cubic-inch engine tore ou.t the main drive gear on some fourspeeds last winter. The problem was solved by manufacturing this front gear from aircraft - quality alloy steel. The basic Warner four-speed is now probably the best-shifting and huskiest manual transmission in .the world.
The recent NHRA rnling to Jim it stock car engines to 427 cubic inches caused at least three companies to cancel big engine programs. If it hadn't been for this rule, you would have seen near500 -inch engines by next spring! Now the factories will likely con-
centr ate on cams, fuel in j ection and super- ch arg ers 0 M AHA D R AGWAY- J ack Moss ret u rne d t o t h e winner's circle a n d outperf o rmed T o m m y Iva's famous 4-engine dragster.
Mud o n t he strip l e ft b y o t h er competin g car s cau s ed a poor start for Moss but h e w ent o n to clock 1 4 7 2 9 , winning top e limi· nator l a ure l s. It was better than the Ivo dragster ' s top time.
Maha n ey's AjA Cr o sley Co upe wa:s c o mpetiti o n eliminat o r with a fabulo u s 138.24. Street eliminat o r was a CfG 1955 Ch evy from Lincoln, with a 97. 1 9 1m p.h. Stock honors went to Ge or ge Dahir in a little white CjS P Co rvette r u nning .thro u gh >the t r a p s at 98.46 m p h and 14 95 E. T.
Bellevue visited Westside on Oct. 5. Over 3000 fans saw Bellevue run out of time on the Westside one yard line A grueling fensicve game showed only 2 touchdowns, one on an exciting 56 yard run on the trap play by Lee Cummins, who averaged 20.3 yeards per carry on 3 carrys.
0 t h e r standouts defensively were Don Chase and Bill man who lead Westside in tackling. Coach William Hoy.t said "This was a real kicking duel" with Terry Peterson punting 6 •times with an average of 3 5 yar d s and Bellecv ue kicking 5 times for a 40 yard average.
Westside fans were jolted bu t not shocked Friday night at Benson Field as on the very firs.t Viking play Bob Churchich passed to Rick Taylor for a 70 yard TD. But satisfaction prevailed as the half ended with 6 touchdown favorite North leading only 13-0. Westside showed go o d offensive s •park in the first half as they carried the ball for first downs.
But the second half proved North all the way Except for two intercepted passes, Jim A d a m s couldn't get the ball long enough to do any damage. Westside leading ground gainer was Dave Rupp at 3.9 a carry.
An open notice t o a ll fans (avid or otherw i se) o f field and waterfowl game. After m u ch study and calculation it was fo u nd that the best hunting l ast year came i n the south central par t o f the state.
This year promises t o be a fairly active year u p by S c u yler, Norfolk, and Sc r ib n er, a l so in the south central pa r t o f the state.
The d u c k hunters this year are limited to two ducks a day and four in their possess ion. Don't fo rget t h at the f irst day of duc k hunting starts a t n oo1;1 in stead o f in the early morning h ours a t s unrise If anyon e i s planning to h unt in Sou th Dako ta, d o n 't coun t o n it. The farmers in m ost of that s tate have stated t hat their fields will be closed. This resul ted fro m t h e w a y they have been trea ted in the citties. ( This i s n't f inal h owever).
The s c h e d u I e for t h is years
bir d s i s as f ollo ws. Co c k Pheasants, Oct 27- J an. 20 ; Q u ail (southern area), Oct. 27- D ec. 25; Quail (northern area), Oct. 27Dec. 4; Grouse, Oct. 6- 0 ct. 28; Ducks, Oct. 20-Nov. 1 3; Mergansers, Oct. 20-N ov 13; C o ot, Oct. 20-Nov. 1 3; Geese, Oct. 1 -N ov. 4; Wilson's snipe, Oct. 6-N o v. 4; Rails, gallinules, Oct. 6-Nov. 2 4; Sora rails, Oct. 6-Nov. 24.
If anyone has noticed, the w estside backfield has adopted a stance It is a copy of the one used by the Nebraska University backs
Co ach William Hoyt says "it's a better l ooking stance" and when asked why it is used he said "it is more comfortable and they have better b alance and faster starts."
In the interview with coach H o yt he c o mmented on the "exceptional punting" Westside has ha d Westside will be missing one back f or from 2-3 weeks for Dick H u rst broke his· hand in the game at Bellevue O ne and On l y
Do yo u remember Bob Grants 16 ya r d bo o t for 3 points against Prep? Well af ter a little searching it pr o ve d .to be the first ever ma d e at Westsid e, but not the
Westside's freshman foo.tballers swept to their second and third victories o f the year by shutting o u t Be n s o n 13-0 and trouncing Central 34-7.
The Frosh meet their tou ghest rival s thu s far in Benson. Inspite of h o ldin g W estside to their season l ow at 1 3 points Benson couldn ' t tally against o ne of the toughest I in e s in intercity. Scoring
Westside two TD's were Steve Urosi vich (1 yard run ) and Dave B rown ( 25 yar d run ).
Westsi d e visited unsuspecting Cent r al o n Oct. 5. Westside's three .tallies in the first half p r o v e d t o be enough as .they coaste d to 34-7 victory over the Eagles.
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only attempted. Nick Nolte tempted a kick against Y (about a 30 yarder) but .the 11 was wide.
Predicted Predictions
Westside owning a 15 game ing streak could well pull an set out of the hll!t. The Warr i clash tonight with the Frem Tigers and will try to even tl 14-13 loss of last year. West! to win-1 touchdown. Wests i celebrates Homecoming by ing South who is top ranked should win South should sw -25 points. Lincoln Northt then comes to town in one of rare Omaha appearances should go back with a viet Northeast .should squeeze bypoints.
Has a little boy ask you how to find a lost d lately?
It's not unusual. At not for Telephone Ope tors.
It's a tiny part of that resistible and equally un lievable variety that Te phone Operators enjoy ery day.
Being a Telephone Op · ator isn't a static desk j You're carried into hearts of people every d That's why so many gi love being Telephone era tors
Of course, they also 1< their good starting p quick advancement, f pay while training and <Y er generous company be· fits.
PART-TIME OPERATO J OBS ARE NOW OP E FOR SENIOR GIRLS WHO WILL BE AVAI ABLE FOR FULL TI WORK AFTER GRADUATION Visit our employment office at R 110, 100 South 19th Str any weekday from 8 :00 a m. until 5:00 p.m.
NORTH W ESTERN BE TE LEPHONE COMP
Ten seniors at Westside have have been awarded National Merit Scholarship Corporation Letters of Commendation for high performance i n t h e corporation's Qualifying Test.
T h e y a r e George Anders on, Keith Bell, Dick Diegel, John Milne, Jack Morin, Gary Morley, B a r b a r a Rahe, Virginia Stein, Dick Theis, and Don Voss.
Commended students are urged to continue their education in college, but only those students who completed the test as Semi-finalists are eligible for a National Merit Scholarship.
This year , 11,000 semi-finalists all across the nation will fill out scholarship application b 1 an k s , and from this number 1,000 will be chosen to receive scholarships.
In previous years Westside has
ranked high among the number of recipients to receive Nebraska Regent Scholarships. T h i s y e a r should be no exception.
However this year's scholarship will be harder to win. In previous y e ars there have been 800 scholarships given out, but this year there will only be 100 presented through competition. T h e s e 100 scholarships will be fnll tuition ones (good for four years). These will be given to the people who o b t a i n the highest composite scores. Al s o there will be 250 scholarships given to each of 250 high schools. These scholarships will be for the freshman year only.
The examination will be given here at Westside on Nov. 7. Studen.ts who are in the top one-third of their class are eligible to take the tests.
"What's on your shoe, Petey?" asks Cindy Dietz. Junior class play members, John Piper, David Ross, Pam Pats, Kathy Funkhouser and Cindy rehearse for "Dobie Gillis."
"It's gonna be a smash success!'' declared David Ross, when refering to the junior class play, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis".
David, who plays Dobie Gillis, also stated, "I've got a lot to learn regarding actions and lines, but I'll get it."
Juniors have two and a half weeks of evening 1 practices from seven to ten before they present the play Nov. 9-10 with a matinee on Nov. 8.
Kathy Funkhouser, Helen, said she thinks it's shaping up very well.
Kathy Arthur is getting a lot of help from Miss Procup, student teacher, in gathering props and P am N y e , Publicity Chairman, said juniors will soon be selling tickets and stickers.
Other chairmen are, Marilyn Deets, in charge of programs and Whitaker, Student
Cindy Dietz commented on her part, "I'm a 12 year old brat who idolizes Dobie."
Westside Hgh school is scheduled to host the annual Missouri Valley Debate Tournament for novice (or first year) debaters Jan. 28. Schools in this league include: Westside, North, South, Benson, Tech, Central, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln from Council Bluffs.
The topic to be debated here, as in all debates this year in the conference is: "Resolved: that the U. ·· S. should promote a Common Market in the Western Hemisphere."
The Westside team is planning to attend the Chrisman Debate tourney in Kansas City. (During the first part of Dec., beyond this, plan s remain tentative. The team would like to attend the Watertown Speech Festival Watertown, S.D., The M u s k o g e e Tourn e y Muskogee, Okla., and the debate to be held at Northwestern University, Chicago.
"Most of the varsity debaters graduated last year," said Mr. Rod Hansen Westside debate
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"but the win-loss record of the returning novice debaters equals that of the varsity last year."
In addition to debate, people are involved in: original oration, interpretaive public address, radio and TV newscast, girls and boys extemporaneous speaking, inter· pre tive prose and humor· ous interpretation of literature, dramatic interpretation of literature, discussing, and one act plays.
The following people are involved in debate, this year: Dennis Adams, Bill Boelter, Bob Bucholz, Mike Caplinger, Sonia C o n n e r , Scott Crabtree, Steve Curelop, Paul Defreese, Ray Dryden, Chips Ellias, Bill Gray, Sandy H in m a n , Eric Hultman, Dick Imig, Les Johnson, Dan Ku.ttner, Cathy Laas, Jan L'aitos, Joe Limpl'echt, Pam Patz, Ugene Newman, Charlie Perrigo, Betsey Raskin, Kathy Reese, Susan Reid, Mark Renner, Diane Ruge, Anne Snow, Gary Wilson, Wayne Woodland.
Westside journalism sl:jaff members will attend ebraska Press Conference for the third time this year. This' is e pected to be rthe largest confer. nee with about 1,000 students at ending
Sessions begin Friday Nov. 9 and close Saturday noon with a I u n c h e o n and p r es-entation of awards Saturday noon on the Ne-
braska University campus. There will be continuous sessions on photography, headline writing, advertising, and careers. Miss M i II e r , publications ad· viser, will speak at two sessions on news features. A contest will be held to sele(:t the best yearbook and newspaper entered. 1962 Shield and Lance are entered in the contests.
2-Varsity vs. Central Junior Class Sack Hop
5-Basketball and Wrestling tryouts
7-Nebraska Regents Exams
7-16-Tom Sawyer at Tech
8-Faotball awards canvocatian
8-1 0--Junior Class Play, Little Theater
9-First quarter ends
9-1 0-Nebraska Press Conference in Lincoln , 12-Veterans Day Convocation
Educational meetings in Minneapolis, and Lincoln are on the agenda for Mr. Kenneth K. Hansen, principal.
Mr. Hansen will go to Minne· apolis as Nebraska's representative to a regional convention called by the United States Office of Education for the National Association of Secondary B c h o o I Principals. The conference will deal with staff accounting in the school system and will last from Nov. 12·14.
With just enough time to catch his breath, Mr. Hansen will leave for Lincoln and a National Association of School Administrators Conference Nov. 19 and 20.
It is an annual state meeting for principals and superintendents and will be concerned wi.th educa.tional problems on a state level and important trends in education and administration.
First report cards for this term will be issued Nov. 18. These cards will be di1ferent than they have ever been before. They will be prepared by mM and similar to the schedule cards received at the beginhlng of the year. All the grades will appear on one card instead of the system of having a card tor each class as was nsed last year. The new cards will be more efficient and will provide an easier way of keeping records with less work. If there are any errors on the cards they should be reported as soon as possible so that corrections can be made.
"I finally get Dobie in the end," brightly stated Pam Patz, who plays Bonnie.
Attention Lance Readers:
Many changes are planned for the '63 Shield. To find out some of them read the Shield progress story on page 3.
Are you a hi-fi enthusiast?
Perhaps you'll enjoy the Lance's new column, Record Rack, on page 2.
Managing Editor of 'Sun' Says That
"A journalist will be a person of influence, whether he likes it or not." This statement was made by Mr. Paul Williams, managing editor of the Sun newspapers, in a talk given to journalism students Oct. 18.
Mr. Williams emphasized the im· portance of all mass media, partie· nlarly the daily n e w s p a p e r . "Journalists have a great responsibility to the public. What they write affects all types of policy, and can make the di1ference be· tween peace and war," he stated.
He went on to explain that a newspaper must go further than merely reporting news-radio and TV do this-a newspaper must explain the new s events to the public.
With so much emphasis on na-
•tiona! and international events he stated that, "there is little local human interest."
This has led to the w e e k 1 y newspapers. "These are develop· ing in various communities in the cities. They have more local hu· man interest," Mr. Williams told 'the students. He added that they put more emphasis on quality and also give the city another editorial voice.
As far as opportunity in journalism goes, "specialization is the key," he stated. "More development in the machinery used for putting out the paper is needed."
Specialization in certain areas of writing and in the technical aspects of newspaper work are also good areas for opportunity he concluded.
Ten W e s t s i d e girls 111ttended Duchesne High School's annual Mock United Nations, Oct 22.
The purpose of the Mock UN is to give an understanding of the function of the · United Nations and also to discuss several prob• lema facing the world today.
Westside was am<>ng 24 Omaha and Lincoln area schools. Delegates from Westside were chosen from Seniors that are taking the Modern Problems course.
Each school at the meeting was assigned two countries to represent, with Westside representing Portugal France. Members of the assembly were given four a._uestions to answer
from the point of view of the country they represented. These questions were:
1. Should the UN troops be removed from South Korea?
2. What do you think of disar mament?
3. What should be done with refugees?
4. Should all countries be :g:1ade .to pay their dues to the United Nations?
Seniors from Westside that attended were: Fran Ernst, Jeanne ,Gotcher Betty Hahn, Cathy Lautenschlager, Jan Mcintre, Rena Olson, Sherry Paden, Barb Rahe, Susan Reid, and Kathy WUlU>er.
I think you've all heard about American Field Service or AFS, the name it is more known under. Perhaps you've sold candy to sponsor the exchange , student without knowing much about the organization and its purposes.
The name American Field Service is perhaps a bit strange for an exchange-student program, but it is due to the history of the AFS. It started in 1914 in Paris as an ambulance organ! ization, and it served World Wars I and II carrying wounded soldiers. During these years AFS volunteers worked side-by-side with men of foreign countries and they discovered how international contacts like these created · understanding
Editor's note- The following poll was conducted by the cub reporter s of the third hour journalism class. The question used was : "Wh a t effect do you think the Mississippi incident has had on the U. S as a whole?"
Dave Rupp, junior - Ev e n tl.J.ou g h it c aus eci a lot o f disturbance now, in th e long run it will be g ood to have racial inte g ration in th e South.
" Newspaper s Make a Bi g ference i n People ' s Lives " was theme for th e 23rd annual :r tional N e w s p a p e r Week , ce brated during the week of 0 14-20.
An exhibit in the library books and news papers, set up Mrs Fern Me llor, librarian, a a poster, drawn , by s enior M a; Run s trom, s howe d I the vari< ways in which newspapers a ft our lives.
' and respect.
When the war was over the leaders decided to try to con-
Nanci Kill e rlain, junior-It will eventuall y l e ad to th e integration o f all s outhe rn tmiversiti es Ric hard Jon es, j u n ior- It fi nall y b roke t h e r ace b a r r i e r s a round th e mo s t s e g r ega t e d sch ool in the n ati on. I b e li eve i t i s t he st art of tinue creating international contacts by bringing foreign students to the United States. de segr fi)gati on i n a ll t h e p ublic
It started as quite an experiment as nobody had ever tried · c o ll eges i n th e S out h. · · Bm · " Dick son , · junior - The to bring over high-school students before. So they decided to sc ho o l s h ave a ri g h t t o keep an ybring just 17 students to see what would happen. on e out of t h e ir co ll ege t hey wa nt
Somet h ing really happened. This year the former to It is a v iol a tio n of ber s onal a nd • s t a t e f r e e dom s, a nd w ill eve ntualorganization has brought 2563 stu dents from 57 countries ·to l y l ead to soc i a li sm i f so met hin g the United States. This program is mainly sponsored by dif- i s n ' t do ne to cha n ge thin g s. ferent school clubs and u pheld by donations (at Westside Linda McDowe ll, junior - It lowe rs · the -pres tig e of our connespecially the International Club). t cy gre atl y the narrow
But tlie AFS just doesn't bring students to tl:te United and poor judgment of · s ome peopl e States, it also sends hundreds of American students abroad Kenny Plos s, senior-T his poor (two from Westside this year) for the summer, but also 318 · i exampl e of "freedom" and " e qual· · f f ll ·· · i ty " which we hav e s hown will not for a wmter school program. Thls program lS or a u year : b e f o r g otten by othe r countries,
The main articles discussed at the Student Council meeting were the Student Lounge naming contest, the milk machine, and the farm exchange program.
"Students are encouraged to think of names for THEIR student lounge," commented Kristy Isaacson, secretary. The winner will receive $5 worth of merchandise in the bookstore Plans for getting a milk machine in the lounge entail obtaining a government subsidy so milk can be so ld at a cheaper price Juniors and seniors interested in participating in the farm exchange program should contact Rod Anderson.
Students that are wondering why the student lounge was closed; the reasons ore too much noise ond disorder
There will soon be a displ a the library commemorating 1 tional Book Week Nov 11-17. will include a l a rge selection paperback books , which will available for pur c ha s e The the of this year' s Book Week is Like Books " and the purpo s e stated by Mr s. Me llor is " to courage year-round readin g. "
Riddles .• For some variet y, here ar e a riddle s. For th e answer s, see p: three
1. At what tim e in your lif you weigh the mo s t ?
2. What happens twice every moment, once in every IIi ute , and never in a thou s 1 years ?
U S UI the student lives in a family and attends the regular high
school in the country.
Lesli e B e nton, se nior- Thi s oc, c urren ce p oints out .to
th e ' o f th e U S. t h at th e probl e m of : -i f! stUI v ery much : u s an d th a t ex t e n de d v i ol e nce ov er
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Next time your parents tell you to study with no music, you can tell them that "breaks" in your s tudying result in better and more thorough learning. Music in the background (soft, that is), is beneficial to some people.
eval heroes and m e n . The only obstacle seems to mone y. In ord e r to g e t th ese cles, Mr. Andreas needs " all $100." Any donation s ?
Did you know that Mrs. Ht Kelley, senior Englis h was the 1958 Homecoming Qu at Nebraska University?
Language Labs Are Com ing
Because of increased in foreign languages in recent years , We s tside will soon implemen t a
3-The student may hear his own i ng a r iOt a nd :co uld s top it by voice and coiDipare it with the na- drop p in g ou t.
Room 287 will be getting a "new look" according to its occupant, 1\lr. Paul Andreas, world history teacher. Authentic medieval family banners and pennants will d e corate the room along with a few statues of well-known mediforeign language laboratory.
Mrs. Ki Ki Gore, W e s t s i d e Spanish teacher, believes this service will be available to students in late October or early November.
The language lab is planned to aid studen.ts in the folowing manner:
1-I.t gives the student a chance to speak more Often.
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LANC E
Key, Z Clu .bs Plan Meet ing
Managing Editor Bev Klein
Business Manager Cathy Lautenschlager
First Page Editor Tedi Rosenbaum
Second Page Editor Chynne Koser
Th ird Page Editor Virginia Seiger
Sports Editors Shain Humphrey, Jerry Nealy
Circulati on Manager Lindo Lee
Stuit, Steve Wigodsky Stoff Reporters Cli fton, Pot Meredith Morvin Morton, Dick Theis Artist Marty Runstrom Adviser Miss Marilyn Miller tive speaker 4-Tape recording decks allow · a student to record his own voice Mrs. Gore says the laboratories playback will work on a rotating basis with each c lass using the facilities two or three times a week Facilities include 30 booths 15 of t}lem equipped with tape decks In these boo.ths the unknowing student may be monitored by a teacher at any time. "Student s may avail themselves of this service before , durin g, or after school," stated Mrs Gore.
T w o c h a n g e s in interview sch e dul es hav e made They a re : Drak e Uni v er s ity , Jan ; Earlham · Colle ge and DePauw Uni-
versity, Nov. 30.
Although it appears .to be another busy and nerve - strefuhing year counselors and teachers have offered their counseling services to help a student progress through high school.
This year the student will receive the aid he needs "to d o what he i s capable of" stated Mrs. Lois Lucas, who also said the collllSeling office is there as an "encouragement" for students to continue through high school and on to college.
If you haven't already, Mrs Lucas suggests you stop in any time if you are having any trouble with high school or getting ready for college.
WATCH FOR THE LITERARY ISSUE COMING
After a recent trip .t o Grade School with his " pe M r . H a r 1 e y Hardison , biol teacher, received pictures of pets" drawn by first graders One po or confused, little a r mixed thi ngs up A s!r-unk st ca l mly gaz ing at a boy in hi s e : New exc u s e for daydrea m Trying to remember a fact by socia ting it w i t h an o b j e Teacher ' s re medy : Removal of ject.
by Di ck Th eis
T he Lance, in order to ke e p with the \time s and .to eve r-changing a r e a s of i nt of i ts h as added th is umn t o perhaps fulfill interes the area ot recorded music
The purpose of the column be to se i ect s e veral r .ec or from the l vas t array publ each mon t h and to offer t he the read J r for careful con ation of wh e n h e visits his )f avorite record W a I t o , Sir William: zar's Fenst--Roger Wagne r I rale. Roy flo]. Philharmonica tra-Rogey Wagner cond.
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After the Junior Achievement Convocation Sept. 28, all applications were taken down to the J.A. business headquarters at 2027 Dodge Street.
Twenty-two students are now enrolled in We s tside's ground training program.
This course, the first of its kind oftered in a Nebraska public school, will meet every Monday from 7·9 p.m. in room 206.
U s i n g the Sanderson Ground Training Materials, the ten-week course will cover all book-andblackboard information needed .to obtain a private pilot's license.
It is hoped that a representative of the Federal Aviation Agency will be at Westside in early December to test students who complete the course. If not, students may seek the tests in downtown Omaha in order to q1;1alify for a()tual flight training.
According to Mr. Bruce HoJ.Illrquist, coordina.tor for .the course , six of the students are seniors or graduated seniors from Westside
They are: Larry Andrews, Terry Campbell, Gary Kopecky, Bill Lilliott , Kirk Rahel, John Slack, and R i c k Thompson. The remainder are adults, eight of whom are women Tuition for the course is $10 and each student must pay $7 for his texts
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There are relatively few ings of W a 1 t o n ' s masterpiece available--especially in s .t e r e o. This excellently record ed and preformed rendition is a welcome addition to the repertoire of recorded music The chorus and orchestra put their all into the music and the sound of a pagan orgy emerges with true depth M u s i c t r o m Hatari-Henry Mancini, orchestra cond. by Mancini ROA
Even if you haven 't seen the movie, you will certainly enjoy the album. The arrangements i n c 1 u d e "The Baby Elepharut Walk", which has a marked rock n' roll beat, "Your Fathers Feathers" a clever cha-cha, and an unusual seq uencedescribing the chase and capture of a bull rhinoceros
A must for every Mancini fan!
F o r The N e r o Minded-Peter
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Peter Nero is a great pianist.
This album with its dazzling pianism, imaginative arrangements, and excellent sound serves as· an example of this. Nero dishes out 12 excitingly arranged and preformed pieces. An orchestra conducted by Marty Gold provides excellent suppor t for Nero's virtuosity and the entire ensemble is well recorded
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Here J. A. officials sorted the appli()Jttions. Although a number of W e s t s i d e r s applied, only a small percentage were selected. Selections w e r e limited because groups must be small-15 to 20 students. Also, the number of sponsoring companies conld not equal the number of applications received. Since students from all of the high schools in Omaha were given the chance to apply, selections from each school were lim· ited.
J .A officials chose the applicants with the help of the high schoois' guidance offices. Students were picked according to the type of activities in which they participate. Students taking business courses were considered first. From these, seniors and juniors were selected before sophomores and freshmen, because the underclassmen may apply again next year.
Those students chosen were notified by ma.U as to the group they were assigned, and the date of their first meeting.
Group meetings began during the week of Oct. 15, and will concontinue meeting one night a week, for two hours nntll May, when all the companies will ter· minate.
A.t the first meetings, the students were acquainted with the background of J.A. Also, Jthey named their companies, decided on products and named them,, and learned how to sell stock for their company.
By the third meeting the prod· net should be ready to sell and the companies will be well on their way toward a successful year.
J. A. companies have .two goalsto make a profit, and ,to learn more about the business field. All participants are considered employees of their company, and are therefore paid 20 cents an hour.
Several Lance staff members attended the Eighth Annual Round for Student Editors at Creighton University Oct. 13.
Through lectures they learned principles of creating a better high school newspaper. These lectures were given by ditferet proof journalism at Oreighton U.
The Second Annual Creigh.ton By-Line awards also were presented. The Lance did not submit any articles for competition.
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Plans tor the money include the purchase of books which are too expensive tor the regular library budget, a piece of statuary, paintings, records, and films. The money, from the 1961-62 school
Steve Curelop ' "The methods of teaching history are undergoing great changes," said Mr. Paul Andreas, history teacher, in an inter:. view before first year journalism students, on the subject of the up-coming American Education Week, Nov. 11-17.
For the first time since 1960, year, was presented to Mrs. Dav- / Wes.tside will not be represented ison tllis fall. She said that the in the roster of state Distributive
Booster Club has "always been very generous and the gift is greatly apprecia ted."
Books already purchased, and now on display in the library include a 15 volume set of the Encyclopedia ot1 Social Sciences, a four volume set of Battles and Leaders of Oivil War, and Audubon's Birds of America.
"TheY're trying to cr !')ate more interest in fish , " Mr. Harley Hardison replied when asked about a donation by F W. Woolworth Company.
The dona.tlon consisted of several tropical fish, an aquarium, a heater , fi!.ter, plants, "bright pink sand," and a ceramic bridge.
"It's worth about $35.00," Mr Hardison stated, "and we're glad .to have it, although I don't know how much good it will do." Any student who is interested can see this attractive addition to Room 200
Have you enjoyed the half-time shows presented by the Warri9r Band this year?
Oontribnting to these shows are the band officers: Keith Bell, president; John Piper, 1st Lieutenant; Wade Wright and Steve Oarter, 2nd Lieutenants; Oarol Hnnt, Secretary; and Greg Trupp, treasurer.
Adding excitement to Homecoming half-time ceremonies were two baton twirlers. These performers were Oarole Kaiser, jnnior, and Don Dettman, freshman.
Both have had previous experience as twirlers but this is their debut with the Warrior Band
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Education officers. J o h n L an g a n, no:minee for State President narrowly missed being elected. "However, I guess we can't be represented every yea.r," stated Mr. Dale Fuerst, DE Olub sponsor. Plans were made and groundwork was laid for ,the annual State L e a d e r s h i p Conference (March 31 - April 1) to be held in Lincoln. The Westside DE Club w i 11 organize and carry out a "Get Acquainted" hour.
The assembly was composed of the officers sent from DE clubs throughout Nebraska. Those attending from Westside were: John Langan, Jerry Lofberg, Kay Mumaugh, Marion Papineau, and Nici Straka.
According to Mr. Andreas, the system of teaching history which r e q u i r e s the memorization of inumerable dates and other facts, is slowly disappearing in favor of a method which promotes students' interest in history by allowing them actually to study and examine it, rather than to learn it by rote.
Mr. Andreas, who sponsorsFTA, went on to discuss careers in teaching. He said be felt FTA helped recruit teachers by clearing up many questions students ma y have about the teaching sion and in this way was a valuable organization.
M r A n d r e a s , who studied theology at St. Paul Bible Oollege, stated that he at one time was thinking of entering the minis· try, bnt that he felt he could do more in the field of teaching than in religion.
Mr Andreas recently received an a w a r d f ro m the Freedom Foundation for exceptional work in behalf of teaching responsible citizenship and understanding of the American way of life.
The sal es campaign for the ' 63 Shield has ended but work on the production of the Yearbook is still continuing.
A c c o r d i n g to Becky Amis, Shield promotion mf_lager, about 900 yearbooks were sold. At the present time the staff i s considering having a "last chance day" which will enable any student who has not purchased a yearbook to do so. The date of this final purchasing day will be annonnced soon.
Students are urged to take advantage of this "last chance."
Susie Baade, Shield business manager reminded everyone that your yearbook will be your only permanent and lasting memory of the 63 year at Westside It is an all· school memory book and she concluded that she felt everyone would want to have one
According to editor Cathie Filkins, deadlines tor yearbook copy
are being met very well. By today the first section of the '63 Shield will be completed. This will in· clude the senior class football, cross-country and homecoming sections.
Kristy Isaacson , Shield spor;ts editor, remarked that this year apor:t photos are being taken by a professional photograph as well a.s the school's student photographers. This year's Shield, she remarked, will include bigger and better pictures than ever before, including many action shots. Included in these pictures will be photos from Westside's victoridus football games.
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On the night of Oct. 19 several thousand loyal Westsiders ru onto the field and engulfed Coach William Hoyt's Warriors just a their stunning upset of, at the time, 2nd ranked South and spoiled tl state championship hopes.
It was a spirited Warrior team that entered the field at game t back"ed by a Homecoming crowd of about
South received and defended the south goal. Despite the higl ranked Packers' 5-2 edge on first downs in the first quarter, they unable to penetrate the Warrior 25-yard line. At the end of the quarter South was forced to punt. Dick Weichbrodt took it on his 38 yard line and returned across midfield to the South 16. There first quarter ended.
To begin the second quarter Westside drove 46 yards in 9 playt score with 8:28 left on the scoreboard clock Bob Grant carried t for 12 yards, Dave Rupp carried twice for 7 yards and Terry Pete1 carried once for three yards, plus a 15 yard penalty a g ainst South the ball on the Packers 9. Then Peterson lateraled to Grant who s right end for the TD. The extra point by Grant was blocked and Wr side led 6-0 But before the half time gun sounded South scored o 31 yard pass play to climax a 6 6 yard drive in six plays. The extra p was no good and the half ended 6-6.
age. Instead of the large proportion of the weight on the front wheels, the weight has been shifted so that 53 % of the total weight is now on the rear wheels That means a much faster take-off and better cornering. The new Corvette is one of the best handling production cars in the world today!
With the opening of hunting season, remember a few good rules: Make sure you have signed your name across the front of your Upland Game Stamp, never carry a loaded shotgun in your car while traveling, and always make sure you have your hunting license in your possession : It will be a week ago tomorrow that the pheasant and quail season opened. Pheasant look to be very promising in Nebraska. This year will be one of Nebraska's longest pheasant seasons. It will be from Oct. 27 until Jan 20. The daily bag limit will be four with a possession limit of 16. The best way found to hunt pheasant when you have a large group is the stand-by method-driving the · birds.
Quail are one of the .trickiest birds you can hunt The best area in Nebraska for quail would be in the southeast and south-central part of the state This year's season for quail is Oct. 27, until Dec 25, (southern area) and Oct. 27, until Dec. 2, (northern area). Daily limit is six (southern) - and four (northern). Possession limit in the southern area is 18 and in the northern area it is eight.
Central High was the rival of the Reserve Warriors Oct. 23 at the Westside field. The Eagles went away without feeling really good or bad about the game because it ended in a 13-13 tie
The big breath of the game was the next to the lallt play when a Central back ran almost the entire length of the field for a possible touchdown, only to be called back on a clipping penalty.
The last game for the Junior Warriors was Oct. 24 on the Fremont field
Injury-riddled Warrior Freshmen were routed by Tech 20-0 on Oct. 24 at the Tech field The Frosh , whose only other loss is to Prep 12-6, boasts 4 victories and another one on the way on Oct.
31 against South at Westside's field at 4 p m.
Sweatshir,ts are the latest fad of GAA!
The girls have decided to order colored sweatshirts with their clu\ name stamped on. The members do not need to buy o ne, but the officers are hoping for a good sales record.
As the club has had only one b u s in e s s meeting since school started, future plans are open for discussion. However, an overnight at Camp Brewster is scheduled for rthe early part of November. Volleyball intramurals w i 11 s t a r t soon. Girls chose 'D;P teams and then c o mpete against one another.
I "The purpose of the American "The assemblies also give the History assemblies is to provide a teachers a chance to work in their review of material covered, and area of specialization or interest the introduction of material not from the colonial to the demo;normally covered in class,'' stated crat\c periods,'' added Mr. Glidden.
Mr. W a y n e Glidden, American History teacher Giving the lectures alternately will be Mrs. Clara Dunn, Mr. Glidden, Mr Burt Speace, and Mr. Richard Winchell.
E 1 e v e n meetings have been scheduled throughout the year. Lectures have already been given by Mrs Dunn and Mr. Glidden. GRIFF
What a way to start the third quarter. South on the first play f1 scrimmage ran 73 yards to take the lead with 11:85 left in the qua Again \Vestside blocked their extra point attempt and the Packers 12-6. After several exchanges of the ball the third quarter ended v the Warriors threatening on the South 29.
To come up with the final score in the fourth quart e r, West! combined four pass plays and nine ground gainers to power their · · 57 yards for the tying tally (12-12). The game-winning margin kicked by Specialist Bob Grant with 10: 4 2 left in the game. Packers tried but could not move the ball against the Warriors. create a Hollywood finish, South sprayed two fruitless passes but upset-minded Warriors would not give ground. The gun ended v the Warriors intercepting a Packer pass.
The Warriors returned the Westside-Fremont Traveling Tro back to Westside for its fifth visit. "'rhe game also marked the end 1 16 game losing streak. The Warriors outplayed and over-powe Fremont who didn't tally until Westside accumulated a 24-0 lead.
The Warriors marched on touchdown drives of 15, 71 and 44 ya with Bob Grant kicking an 18 yard field goal and racing 30 yards a TD on an intercepted pass. Westside defense played tremendot and held the Tigers in check until, with 6 minutes left in the g: Fremont scored their first touchdown but by that time Westside wrapped the game up since their 14 points with 2:30 left in the quarter was enough for the victory
Westside was held scoreless for only the third time this yeaz Lincoln Northeast evened the Warrior-Rocket series at 3-3 with a 0 win. Westside's last victory over Northeast was in '59 by a 1 margin. The Warrior defense was slowly torn apart by the powep Northeast team which accumulated some 300 yards rushing.
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der, band director, it is an honor to be selected to attend this clinic. Except for the string players, attending the number from the brass section is determined by the overall numb e r that will participate in the clinic.
Students attend ing this year are Dennis Adams, trombone; Keith Bell, alto sax; Dave McElroy, clarinet; Phil Freyder, bassoon; Steve Levine, French horn; S t e wart Sunderman, trumpet; Dough Adler, drum; Kathy Duncan, harp r- Jim Durham, Virginia Moore, Karen Eden, Ruth Wright, Cathie Ekwall, Margaret Kelley, v iolin ; Mary .Johnson, Larry Jacobsen, Nancy Riley, viola; Ann Galloway, Janeen Back, Kathy Zoroya, cello; Karen Johnson, David Vickery, bass
The three days of the clinic will be filled with rehearsals, demonstrations, and fun. Tonight, those in attendance will be guests at a concert followed by a mixer. Tomorrow night, fater more rehearsals, everyone will participate in the concert climaxing the activi· ties. Mr. Joseph Levine of the Omaha Symphony will be guest conductor.
The concer:t will be divided into three par.ts, devoting 3 0 minutes to the orchestra, 3 0 minutes .to the choir, and 30 minutes to the band.
"Westside's main goal is to have a comprehensive program all."
This was the comment of Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, an interview with first year journalism students in connecwith American Education Week, Nov. 4-10.
College preparatory is stressed because 85 to 90 per cent of the students plan to attend college, but vocational opportunities are also offered, he said.
An additional goal of the school is to provide a good atmosphere for future citizens, explained Mr Hansen.
Because the program is so comprehensive, there is a low average of drop-outs at Westside. Mr. Hansen indicated that last year's senior class had an average of about 1.8. per cent dropouts compared to the national average of about 35 per cent.
He went on to say that in met-
"It's a way to release tension I just screech every thin g out sounds stupid but at least it works," stated violist Mary Johnson, one of 22 stud ents who are going to State Music Clinic. Mary, a senior, is th e only student to go to clinic four years consecutively. Last year she held first ch a ir position.
As a Congress of Strings Scholarship winner, Mary spent eight weeks last summer on the University of Michi g an campus (with 100 student musicians from all over North America) practicing and being tutored by William Lincer, violist for the Philadelphia Phil· harmonic Orchestra.
Not always a violist, Mary wanted to play the piano first. She said, "I wanted to take lessons long before I ever started."
In grade school after taking a music aptitude test "I wanted to play the flute but I settled for the violin."
She changed to the viola because as she put it, "They needed a viola at school so I decided to play one."
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NOVEMBER
16-17-S tate Music Clinic in Norfolk
16-17-GAA Overnight
17-"Tom Sawyer" at Westside, 8 p.m.
22-23-Thanksgiving Vac!lltion
29-Convocation, Repertoiry Players in "A Marriage Proposal"
DECEMBER
!-Orchestra Concert
5-Convocation, "The Wonders of the Mind"
ropolitan areas, such as St. Louis, drop-outs are sometimes 50 per cent and over.
Large metropolitan s c h o o 1 s have other problems that fail to plague smaller suburban schools -a m o n g them traditions and trouble in gaining bond issue support, mentioned Mr. - Hansen. Although the suburban schooLs don't face these problems, they do encounter changing population.
Westside's Novice Debaters, Dennis Adams, Scott Crabtree, Ray Dryden, and Eric Hultman, attended the Missouri Valley Debate Tourney at Benson High School, Nov. 8-10. They came within two points of beating the team who won the debate
Juniors Scott Crabtree and Ray Dryden, who won six and lost two matches, did beat the second place team. However, the total number of points ac cumulated by Westside was not enough to win the debate.
"There's no question about it, they'll do better during the remainder of the year," said Mr. Rod Hansen, Westside debate coach.
Girls' Missouri Valley Tourney, Nov 29 and 30 Northeastern Cross-E;x:ami nation Tourney, Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at Lincoln North east
The orchestra, directed by Mr. Harold Welch, will present a "Winter Concert" on Nov 30 and Dec. 1. Both performances will be held in the Little Thea;ter at 8 p.m.
Mr. Paul Parker, band director of Arbor Heights School, will be soloist and play Schumann's A minor Piano Concerto. Other numbers to be presented b y the orchestra, Mr. Welch stated, are "Night on Bald Mounialn," "Bell of the Ball," "Jazz Pitzacato," and "Waltz of the Flowers," from the "Nutcracker Suite."
"Everyone should come, it's going to really be great," remarked junior Kathy Zoroya, 1st chair cellist. Tickets are 50 cents for children, $1 for adults, and students with activity tickets will be admitted free.
Tired but pleased, eight staff members of the Lan ce and Shield returned from the 31st Annual Nebraska Press Association Conveution at Nebraska University Nov. 9 and 10. With them, they brought the World-Herald Award for the best Class A new spap er of 1962.
and workshops were h e ld during the two days when studenis listened to speakers ranging from NU professors to j o urnali s m advisers fr,om towns throughout Nebraska.
For a ll writers, a call to pens! It's later than you think!
Nov. 19 is the deadline for all contributions to next month's Jiterary is s ue of the Lance!
Mark your creations of prose o..poetry with your name and grade and leave them .just inside the door of Room 117.
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Mass recognition by teachers, friends, and very green enemiM can be yours if you make the next three days wrlting day s.
"Hi-Y will take over the capitol by making up bills and trying to pass them," stated junior Dick Imig, vice-president of Westside's club.
D uring Thanksgiving vacation, Hi-Y clubs will attend a state convention in Lincoln and form a mock legislature to pass bills.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin was the scene of this year's Assoc:iated Public School Systems meeting. Mr. Burt Speece, American History teacher, was the delegate from Westside.
"Each year they choose a different area of study, this year it was history and elementary guidance," stated Mr. Speece.
H e said that in the midwest section consisting of five states only three districts in Nebraska belong to the association. A1ong with District No. 6 6 there are' the Grand Island and Hastings districts. T'his
year there were no delegates from Hastings. Panels and speeches made up the two day conference. When asked how the WHS social studies system compared to the other schools, he said, "I think it is l acking in the required units of history but as for our electives, they're on top of the worl d!"
Mr. Speece thought the most valuable experience of the convention was the exchange of ideas. Attending the with 1\fr. Speece were an elementary principal and Dr. Niels C. Wodde r·, curr i culum director Qf District No. 66.
Each club attending will subtnit two bills for discussion.
"A ltog et her over 3 0 0 students will be attending the convention," Dick said. According to s en i o r Steve Sturges, chairman of the planning committee, the following seniors will attend: Rod Anderson, Jim Brown, Andy Eckman, Tom !mig, Steve S t u r g e s , following juniors will attend:
Dennis Adams, Tom Dohn, Chips Elias, Dick Imig , Dick Jones, Robbie Lankford, Jim Manchester, Dave Rains, and Steve Sorenson
"Everything is so defferent! " exclaimed tiny Marisa Orozco, her big brown eyes lit up like sparklers "People are so friendly! Some say 'Buenas dias' when they see me-and it is so funny when I don't know them! " She left the sentence hanging with amazement "It is nice they do this. Sometimes, when they talk to me in Spanish, I can't understand them but it is nice they try."
Marisa is from Santiago, Ohile. She is only four feet eleven inch· es. ("I don't know how tall I am here. In Chile, I am 150 centimeters
.") Marisa is not exactly what you'd expect from a Latin country. Her long hair is light brown and about a dozen freckles are sea!-" ter across her face,
"We have an entirely defferent
school system. There are thirteen subjects. We only go to them three times a week, like college.
In a way I think this is better because when you get to college you know more about st udying. " With a glance at the boys she added, "Classes are so defferent here. You see I attended an all-gir l school and it is so stran ge to have boys in my classes ."
When asked about the differences between American boys and Chilean boys, Marisa cocked her h e a d to one side and looked thoughtful. "Well, it is hard to explain," she finally said. "I don't know, exactly! Boys in Chile are more concerned about a girl. Say if she drop1Jed a book, he would pick it up." She gave a little shrug. "Here they go past. Ohilean boys are more concerned with world problems, too. T h ey act older, a
When I arrived here two years ago, I become aware of the unusual (to me) system of grodin g employed at Westside.
Previous experience had introduced me to several types of systems, each unique in the state in which it was employed. In Detroit, the schools used an "H" for the honor-standing student, an "S" for the student who was doing satisfactory work, and a "U" for the failing student. In PiHsburgh, an "M" was employed to denote the outstanding student, an "S" to denote the overage one, and a "U" was given the unsatisfactory student. In Washington, D. C., the grading system ranged from "A" to "E" in five steps. In Boston, the numbers from one to four were added to the "A," "B" or "C," etc., to designate the amount of effort applied in the CO&U'Se.
Arriving at Westside, I mode it a point to discover why the administrators employed a numerical system rather than on alphabetical one to measure the achievement of a student.
They told me that, seven years ago, the system employed at Westside was a variation of the one used in Washington (92 per cent up-A and down the line in 8-point steps)
It was decided by the school board, and faculty, that this system, while offering the overage student a definite challenge, did not challenge the exceptional one. The present system was then devised with a "1" being designated as a challenge to the student who ALWAYS did much more than was expected of him, and who could obtain an "A" with liHie effort.
The present system is more exact than the one previously employed, and does provide a more accurate means of interpreting the work of a student and is less cumbersome to the instructor However, is it being misinterpreted by the instructor and by the student???
Administrators in fact, admit that this actually does occur. According to Mrs. Mary Conner, vice-principal of Westside: "I hove personal knowledge o f\ o in which two students of high intelligence took on identical course, each from a different instructor. They both had a 97 plus average and did no extra work other than that required One received a '1' and the other a '2.' This is obviously unfair "
Shouldn't a student be given a '' 1" if his grade average merits it??? Or should the instructor refer to the original inte,tion of the system, reserving a "1" for the student who does much more than required??? Or, should a new method of grading be devised permitting the student who earns a "1" to receive it and providing further recognition for the student who does more than is required???
A clear stand should be formulated
I have cited five examples of different grading systems, each unique in the state in which it was used If grading systems are as numerous and varied as I hove witnessed, there must exist a great variety throughout the United States I am firmly convinced that a national standard for grading should be introduced As this phase of education ,is a necessity, it SHOULD be standardized The American population is mobile. Standar,dization would facilitate the transfer of grades from one state to another Also, it would enable colleges to directly compare student material.
Dick Theis
little." She give a quick smile. "It is so d eft'erent!"
Marisa doesn't care too much for American food. "But I love doughnuts!" she exclaimed. "We eat four times a day. For break-fast we have only milk. Lunch is our big meal, as in most countries except here. Then we have tea. Dinner is at 9." She gave a little lau g h and put an arm around her waist. "I am always so hungry then!"
"I love it!" was her reply to what she thought about football. "In Chil e, soccer is called football. Your football is so exciting!"
W o r d has been that Marisa would return to Chile because of the Cuban crisis "I do not think I'll be going back," she stated. "I think now it is better that I stay here. I like it here so much! It is so d efferent ! " she ended with sparkling eyes.
Thanksgiving comes but once a year
So all you Warriors give a cheer.
At 2:45 on November tw,nty-two
The lucky students will be through With school work, for a four day rest
They'll be able to do what they like best.
But the twenty-sixth they'll all return
To get bock to work ond try to learn.
Happy Thanksgiving Vacation I
"What distracts you most from your studies" wa:s a poU question asked by cub re.por:ters this past week. A !.together 7 0 students were interviewed. The results were unexpected. It seems that brothers and s i s t e r s-in various ways (they know them all! )-are the most distracting; .thir,teen students gave this answer.
A close second was the opposite sex with 12. Telephone calls came next, rating seven. TV ( 6), othe r people ( 6), radio ( 5), and food (5) were the other -most common. Of cours e, some people can't help being orginal. For instance Dick lmig, junior, replied, "The
The main topics of interest discussed at the last meeting of the Student Council were the Student Lounge and a gift from last year's Jr. High Student Council. Council president Rod Anderson stated that the Jr. High Student Council donated the money remaining at the end of the year to the Sr High Student Council. Plans for the money include the placing of a large "W" in the floor somewhere in the school. The location of the letter has not been decided upon yet. Stude nts are encouraged to keep the Student Lounge dean ond the noise down if they want the lounge to remain open during fourth hour.
"I buy them for everyone in grades 9 through 12 ," stated Mrs. Ethel Davison, librarian, when asked about the paperback books now on sale in the library. The books, ranging in price fro m 35 cents to 95 cents, are being sold in the hope of raising enough money to purchase a 11e· ries of four films on the play, "Oedipus Rex," for the English Department.
Mrs. Davison has published a set of rules for the purchasing of these books.
1. Students may bu y books befor or after school.
2. Students may come from the study hall the last teu minutes of
the period, but must return to study hall as they bring no materials with them.
3. Students may come from a class room anytime during the [Jerioo, but in groups of 5 only. At the present time, the books will be sold in the conference room in the library.
The results of a poll, taken by the 1 i b r a r y staff during Book Week, will be announced in the next issue of the Lance. The question was 'What one book would you like other young people to read-fiction or non-fiction?" The purpose of the poll, Mrs. Davison sa id, is to determine the ten favorite teen-age books.
Have you ever argued with a teacher over a point with which you did not agree? Have you ever voiced your disapproval of government officials or policy? Have you ever decided to go to a football game instead of a political rally? Have you ever considered applying for admission to several colleges?
If you can answer yes to these questions, as you undoubtedly can, you should consider yourself lucky.
There are millions of people throughout the world who can not answer yes to· any of these questions. They are forced to agree, at least outwardly, with their instructors; they do not dare to state their unfavorable opinions of the government; they are compelled to attend political rallies and to display enthusiasm; they are told whether they may or may not attend college and if they are ,granted permission from the government they cannot choose which college they will attend.
Count your blessings? Impossible! It would take a lifetime. Yet, how often do we stop to thank our Creator for the many rights and privileges He has granted us? Not very often, I would venture to say.
During the forthcoming Thanksgiving season, we are impressed with the idea of being thankful. But we sho uld not be thankful only during that season. After all, we receive privileges which we all too often take for granted, all year-round. So why not express our thanks throughout the year? But let us be thankful , not only for our material wealth-but also for the freedoms granted to us by the Declaration of Independence;
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happine ss."
Pat MeredithCrooked Ear, The Third 1 cokes, women, and cards." man Jim John son replied, thing distracts me!" "Gad! I d know! " answered Elena Li junior. And sophomore Steve han voiced one that is noticed not usually stated, "Smells J the cafeteria "
Mr. Danny Seibold's first · psychology class had a stud Nov. 7 but not because of Reg He had run for dogcatcher, he told the class.
Not too long ago, Mr. Ric Winchell and his broker wer the bank and drew out $40 o in one-dollar bills. They had bills made into a tablet by a er and then proceeded to dinner "You should have see waitress' expression when I the dollar bill off the tablet! claimed Mr. Winchell. "She ably thought, Egads!"
Before :the Central game, was a Senior Girls' dinnel startEid at the Old English InD ended at Kings. It seems waitress at the Inn never ret for their orders.
by Dick TheisFor years, the dusotry has been striving create a truly live performanct record with complete fidelitl the performance at the recor session, without any distortio surface hiss whatsoever. The latest inncvation has • recording upon 3 5mm mag f i 1 m. The processes associ; with this type of recording • bine to produce recordings w make the listener feel he is tually there. One such recor is presented below.
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nib« gen (5 selections ), Wm. Stein cond. the Pittsburgh Sympl Orchestra, COMMAND CLA
The music of Wagner cal tense and dynamic or soft and of melody. "The Ride of Valkyries" is what may be tel a "sound spectacular." The i ic Fire Music" is deeply emb with emotion. This album sn appeal to admirer's of the 1 German composer and to an who is interested in what I emotional music. • g
The Pilgrim Fathers-or so they sayinvented this national holiday to give thanks to the Lord because they had stored food for the -..vinter ahead (such. as cranberry sauce and jellies and bread). ancl turke ys a nd pies and other such things)
But Standish said to Squanto, not a little vexed, "'Ve're running out of blessings.
I can't think of what we can give thltnks for next."
Parents of stude11ts in grades 9-12 were given a glimpse of what they might expect in the future at college infol'mation meetings held last night
After a short joint meeting in the girls' gym, parents of pupils in grades 11 and 12 went to the Little Theater and had a discussion on college entrance , the trend of c o 11 e g e admissions, scholarship program s, and college costs.
The speaker was Dr. Donald Grossman who has been the Admissions Director at the University of Illinois for 3 7 years
Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance counselor, then spoke to the parents on what W estside is doing ip. college preparation of students in the areas of programing, counseling, and information.
A sma ll g roup of talented perf o r m e r s called the Repertory P layers w ill be here on Nov. 29 to put on a short p l ay The name of the pla y is "A Marriage Prop osal." This group is now on tour to different schools and colle g es in t he Mi dwest.
Also on Dec. 5 there will be a convocation entitled "Wonders of the M ind." This should be a very i ntriguing convocation in that it c overs a large area that hasn't been f ully explored. Wond ers of t he mind; think about it for a m inute. What wonders do you have on y our mind?
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There is no gr eater privilege exercised by the American citizen than that of voting and by the same token there can be no greater responsibility assumed by the American Citizen
This is a challenge to all young citizens, who in the next few years will exercise thi s pr erogative. Many Americans assume that voting is a rather common and simple freedon, however, voting in the hands of ttniformed, is potentially the most dangerous weapon that an be placed in the hand s of man. As an instrmnent or doing damage on a nation-wide scale, when unwisely u sed, there i s nothing that compares with it. Its capacity for harm i s not diminished when used by men who do not know what they are voting for or against
Intelligent voting should be based on accurate information, knowing :the issues, and .th eir implications upon the nation an d its citizens individually and collectively.
Voting should not b e based on selfish interest or for the candidate with the best voice, personality, or most sex appeal. A vote should b e cast for the candi· date whose record and background indicates a strong belief and sen s itive feeling for those American ideals and principles which have mad e this nation, the land of republicanism, d emocracy , and capitalism The vote s hould vitalize and strengthe n, not deteriorate, weaken and destroy this magnificent political structure presented to u s by American patriots, who sacrificed their lives and fortun es so that we can live in freedom.
American democracy demand s energetic civic participitation which is competent, positive, active and dedicated. As adults and young citizens we cannot afford the luxury of apathy, foolish emotion and selfish purpose.
American democracy demands energetic civic participation which is competent, positive, active and dedicated. As adults and young citizens, we cannot afford the luxury of apat hy, foolish emotion and selfish purpose.
In conclusion , it would b e wise to heed the warning of John Philpot Curran, who stated, "It i s the common fate of the indolent to see their rights bec-nme a prey to the active. The condition which God ha s given liberty to man i s eternal vigilance."
Let us as mature a dult citizens and young citizens perform this great priJvilege with eter nal vigilance and enlightened conscience.
Mr. Calvin Delano Westside science instr u ctor and head of the Chemic a 1 Education Materials Study (Chem-Study) at WHS, spoke Nov 8 at the Sheraton-Fontanelle Hote l.
The purpose of Mr. Delano' s speech twas to acquaint teachers and school administrators who are members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (A A AS) with W est s ide' s Ch em -Study program, the only one in Omaha.
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"To improve the mutual understanding between youngsters of the farm and those of the city ," said Allice Gillog ly when asked the purpose of the Farm Exchange Program.
An interestin g aspect of the recent American political scene, as exemplified in the recent off-year e lections, is the prominent role of the student in politics today. More than ever h as the politician come to realize the importance of wooing the student e l ement as an integral part of his campaign. Th ere are three obvious reasons that he doe s so.
Firstly, the student has shown himself to be one of the best campaigners on the fi e ld of combat in promoting a given candidate, since he is oftentimes willing to go to the greatest of extremes to accomplish the .task.
Secondly, the student has proven himself to be a very effective middleman, between the politician and the uninformed parental voter. Th e candidate who can win a young friend her e may well find himself with one mor e su-pporter at the polls.
And finally, what red-blooded politician worth hi s salt could ever think of turning down s uch a willing audience as a group of students as a place to vent his platform of super-heated air?
However, this emphasis on the student in political contests is of far more significance. The fact remains that the student of today i s the adult of tomorrow, and it is vitally important that he develop into the intelli gent and e xperie nc e d voter.
What better means is there to bring this about than to push the student intQ an active role in the elections of the day? This involvement, in addition to his genuine interest, cannot but succeed and produc e a much higher calibre of voter-and leader.
Thus, it is indeed a good thing that the st ud ent has the opportunity that he has , he obtained it inadvertently or not. Let us hope that we make g ood use of it; Lord knows that we have had the chance.
"Tom Sawyer" leods Donnie Meyer and Kenny Ploss feel play will be enjoyed by all. Story below.
Top Choir, after giving nine shows for the Junior Theruter, will bring Frank Luther 's "Tom Sawyer" to the Westside auditorium tomorrow night. The performance starts at 8 p.m Tick ets are $1 for adults, 50 cents for students with activity tickets and anyone under 12 years of age.
"It's the first musical the Junior Theater has ever put on," said .Mjr. William Kellogg, directo\r'. Other shows have always been plays and Mr. Kellogg is quite pleased that the choir gets to perform.
Mr. Kellogg appeared in a professional production of "Tom Sawyer" a few years ago in St. Louis.
"It's been a great experience giving 'T om S a w y e r' for a large g r o u p of childre n," commented Donni Meyer who plays Becky Thatcher. She w e nt on to say that the children hav e r eally enjoyed seeing the s how and s h e thinks the adults will e njoy it .just as much.
Ken Ploss who play s " Tom " thinks, "People who have read the book will enjoy the musical much more because of its lively atmosphere!"
Stan Saklar is warm and comfy in his WOOLMASTER by Fox Knapp.
This program involv es students from farm communities coming to Westside for one day, and then Westsiders spe nding a day at the farm.
Five Westsiders have be e n sel ected to go. They are seniors: C 1 au d i a Chorley, Rich Vo s ler, Steve Watson and Gay Zimme rman and junior Margo Stanley. They were selecte d by the C ham· ber of Commerce after volunteering.
These st udents will each bring a farm student .to school Nov. 16. NQv. 18 they will spend the day at the home of the farm student.
Westside offers one of t he best shops in Omaha to its students.
It is equipped with all the tools and ,equipment needed :to make almost · anything you can think of, from a stool to a boat. There i.s a General Shop c la ss, a machine woo dworkin g c l ass an adult c la ss, and a lso an advanced c lass.
In the General Shop class the boys are introduced to woodworkin g and its fundamental principles. They work with hand tools and power equipment. In the ad· vanced classes they work on an advanced study of the woodworking field. They build projects that take a higher d egree of skill and und erstan ding than in the G e n e ral Shop courses.
Some of the outstanding projects that are now being built are a pool table by Jim Caniglia, hydro planes being built by Larry Andrews, Mike Fleharty, Jim Foley, Bill Hendricks, Chuck Johnson, and Ken Timperly, and a bookcase by Karl Kehm.
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The Ei g hth Annual NHRA N a tion a l Ch a mpion s hip Dra gs at Indianapolis were held last Labor Day we e kend More than 60 , 000 spectators and 1,000 entries made up a w e ekend that is on e to rem e mber for all automotive enthusiasts
Jess VanDeventer won th e 'NHRA's World Point Championship in his BjMR and was awarded a new 1962 Pontiac for his v aluable prize from Hurst-Campbell. Van Deventer clinched the titl e b y winning his class at the nationals
The first time trials w e re scheduled for Fr iday , but b ecaus e of bad w e ath e r, the trials had to b e postponed until Saturd ay Aft e r the weather had cleared up, all c o ntestants got down to busin es s and b e gan to prepare for the bi g gest drag ev e nt ev e r
Some of the biggest names in drag racing appeared on the Indianapolis strip. Don Garlits and Art Malone changed from their usual fuel to gas in order tQ compete with 1961 champion Pete Robinson as well as Jack Chrisiman, Jim Nelson, Connie Kalitto, Jack Moss and dozens of other top notch drivers in the AA dragster class.
One of the big changes seen in the dragster class was th e lack of those e x citing " wheelstands" that prevail e d in e a rlier e vents This can be traced to the new design of some of the f a ster rails. They are using a longer wheelbase a,nd have sacrificed the extra weight. The added length gives b e tter high speed control and improv e s fast starting since more throttle can be used without the wheelstand.
All in all, the 19 62 Nationals proved to be the best drag event ever with a vast improvement in all classes.
Basketball, wrest I in g , and be seen during this years' football swimming tryouts for the 1962-63 season. seasons are now in session.
Mid-winter sports have started and hopes for a successful season are in the air. In basketball the tryouts have been in session for the last two weeks. A good turnout was e v i d e n t and showed good signs of a better than average team. A record that is improved over last year will probably be inevitable.
Wrestling, being one of the newer sports at Westside, and one of the better, is looking for new material this year. A lack of experience could show up during the beginning of the season, bu;t will most assuredly be ironed out before ;t he season progresses very far.
Swimming is one of the best new sports at Westside. Several returning lettermen will make the swimming team possibly one of the strongest in the state. Only oneyear old the very "top-notch" team has developed and shows great ,promise for the future.
Good support from the student body would help to improve the winter sports. Proof of this could
This year's cross-country team ran up a very good record for the
They cam'e in first place in four meets and they had one tie for first. They finished third twice and came in sixth in the state meet. There were sixteen teams represented at the state met from all over Nebraska. Alliance took the honors and the first place position, with Scottsbluff second, Kearney third, Omaha South fo\lrth, Lincoln fifth, and Westside sixth. Jim Jones was our highest scorer at the me e t with a total of 16 points. Westside's total score was 124 points.
There were ten cro ss-country members that earned letters this year. The co-captains that were picked at the end of the season were Jim Ellis and Jim Jones. The o.ther lettermen are Scott Andersen, Harold Burton, Steve Jenkins, Bob Jepsen , Ken Meier, Lynn Miller , Jim Moore , Rick Snarr
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It's t h e first o r ganize d h a n dba team at W estside unde r t he a li of West Omaha H andba ll Clu b.
O rgani zers 1\fik e Bauman, To C a m p b e 11 and P aul Mat t ha11 watch e d their clubs m e mbe rs inc r ease t o its capacity of sev m emb e r s s ince the fir s t day sch o ol. U nlike o t he r clubs they a like to fe e l equ a l so no offic e r s a e l ected.
T h e i r p l aygro u nd "Ye o Ha ndb a ll Cou m and T aver n " i s 1 cated be tw een t h e two gyms. Se sions are attemp t ed eve r y day d u in g 6t h hour t o d e t e r mine s i ng l an d d o ubl es c h ampi on s. Th e s iJ g l es c h ampi on y e t u nseate d is P a1 Matt, dou bl es champs a r e J e r J a n sen a nd T om C am pb e ll.
by Jerry Nealy deficiency in both weight and experience prevented any hope of W estside attaining intercity honors this year. Varsity Coach William Hoyt, who had only nine returning letermen and one no.table t ransfer stude)lt (Bob Grant), put together what he d eter-mined as the "best team we ' ve had in the inter-city."
Westside underdogs in eight of the scheduled nine games accepted a 8-5-1 record with upsets over Fremont, Central and South, thus preventing the latter from win· ning the intercity championship.
W a r r i o r s played hard-nosed football throughout the season except for Northeast for which assistant Coach Jim Tangdall commented "we were unprepared."
1\laking those extra points and
field goals (by s pecialist Bob Grant) hold strong, the Warrior defense, which held s uch opposcribe d by coach Hoyt as "bes t d efense we have had in previous years."
Westside' s ba c kfield of Bob nents as co-intercity c h a m p s North, Prep, South, Bens on and other powerhouses such as Grand Island and Lincoln Northeast to just 15.7 points a game, was deCongratul a tion s ar e du e t o the following boys for their " World Herald Star of the Week Award " in the gam e which follow s t heir name : T e rry Peters on-Fremont; Dave Rupp - B e ll e vue; and Cooley Smith and Bob Gran.t-Sout h.
Al s o recognition i s du e t o D av e Rupp and Jim Adams who w e r e con s idered f or all-i n t e rc ity honors
Reserve Coach William Haffey explained the reason for the W arrior 1-7-1 season was his interest in giving his some 3 0 sophomeres experience C o a c h Haffey also stated "certain individuals developed very well" and that approximaely 3 4 boys out of 54 lettered.
Coach Haffey's constant use of sophomores to give them experience caused costly errors but produced 21 sophomore lettermen. After the Varsity drafted several Juniors, Coach Haffey was left with only two members of last years' Reserve team.
In spite of being hampered by injuries near ;the end of the season, the Freshman team
coached by Re x Ste inkrug er a nd William McCormick finished th e '62 season with a res pect a ble
Spectators are s hunne d u and memb e r s hip seek e r s turn down at the m e r e s ight of familiar handball g love s in sp of whe ther the intruders' gree i s "Hi th e r e fellas" or "Wac doin." But competition i s need if anyone cares to challe (m a tches are needed).
Th e W. O H who will not take b ack sea t to a nyb od y h a d a "d c o r a t ed ca r " i n th e Ho mec omiJ pa r ade wi th th e ir " Qu ee n 0 Co urt s" Lanni S tockm a n appe a in g o n it.
To show how dedicated m e m, b e r s are to t hav e furnished $25 of their o making to purchas e n e cessa articl e s such as four pairs of ha ball glov es and three handba one o f which i s unaccounted f B es id es "Ye old Handball Cou the y play a t the Y.M.C.A.
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"We get free dinner at the away games! " This statement was jokingly made by seniors Terry Peterson and Bo b Taylor when asked to comment on their new jobs as student managers for the varsity basketball team.
Taking roll of all the players every day before practice, setting up th etime clocks before games, and packing uniforms are just a few of the jobs Bob and Terry have begun to undertake as stu· dent managers.
"Actually, we don't know everything we'll have to do yet,'' commented Bob when listing some of his duties.
"We help keep Coach Jim Tang· dall organized by watching the time and schedule for each days' practice," said Bob as an after thought.
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Bob and Terry became student managers because, as Terry put it, "We wanted to be with the team since we aren't going to play this year."
When asked about the team prospects, both Bob and Terry seem to think, "We have only five seniors on the team but they really look good!"
" I've really enjoyed it The kids are real friendly. "
"I like the attitude of the teachers-they really know what they are talking about."
These were some of the comments made by Dennis Gottsch and Dou g Deschner, two participants in the recent Farm Exchange Program at Westside.
DECEMBER
7-Basketball, Westside vs. Hastings. Reserves 6:15 p.m.; Varsity 8 p.m. Radio Club Sock Hop Wrestling, Westside vs. A.L. Westside vs. Grand Island
14-Westside YJ. Columbus
15-Westside vs. Lincoln High
21--Christmas Vacation begins
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ATTENTION, '62 Grad!
Pep Club members w111 be ushers at each home game during the 1962-63 basketball season "They will mostly try to keep the aisles clear," stated Mrs. Clara Dunn, Pep Club sponsor.
All those interested will be asked to sign a list from which twelve wm be selected "As yet we don't know what criteria will be used in selecting each twelve,' said Mrs. Dunn
Carol Bloom, Pep Clnb Presi· dent, stated that the girls
re· ceive one point for ushering from 6 : 3 0 p. m. until after the first quarter.
Pep Club members enter through the east door and leave their coats in the Little Theater, announced Mrs Dunn She added, "As I see it that's the only place for them."
"We walked away with the wins in the Tech Novice tourney,'' said Mr. Rod Hansen, Westside dE7bate coach. "Out of 18 matches, we won 15."
Dennis, a senior at Bennington High School, spent the Nov 16 weekend with senior Rich Vosler, and Doug, a junior at Malvern, (Iowa) High School stayed with senior Steve Watson.
Other students participating in .the program were Gay Zimmerman, and Margo Stanley.
The two also commented favor· ably on the facilities, the food in the cafeteria, and the general aUi· tude of the student and teachers. Their only complaint was on familiar to every WHS student: The lunch period is too short I
The visitors returned home Sunday afternoon
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This is your invitation to the annual Alumn Tea. On Dec 21, beginning at 2 p.m. in the library, teachers and f o r m e r classmates will expect to see you
FMA is sponsoring the tea this year "We will also be in charge of table decorations,'' stated Betty Hahn, president "The kids certainly seem to en· joy it," commented Mrs. A li c e Gillogy.
Seniors in Mrs. Judith Hoyt's composition classes wm soon be writing .their own short stories.
Assigned over the Christmas vacation, the length and topic of the stories will be left up to the student.
Debates were held with teams of two debaters opposing each other. Three of Westside's teams remained undefeated: Bob Bucholz and Bill Gray, Joe Limprecht and Kathy Laas, and Kathy Reese and Betsy Raskin
Trophies were given according to the number of "speaker's points" accumulated by each team. Out of 51 competing teams, Westside's Bob Bucholz and Bill Gray took second place.
Debaters have been selected to a t t e n d the Lincoln Northeast Cross-examination Tourney Nov. 29-Dec. 1. •They are Steve Curelop, Dick Imig, Les Johnson, Kathy Laas, and Jan Laitos. Those going to Kansas City are Dennis Adams, Scott Crabtree, Steve Curelop, Ray Dryden, Dick Imig, Les Johnson, Kathy Laas, Jan Laitos, and P am Patz.
Girls attending the Girls Missouri Valley Tounrey are Kathy Laas, Besty Raskin, Kathy Rees and Susan Reid
Coming up: Fremont-Dec 14-16.
Warrior Band members extended their regular marching season a little longer. They marched in the Creighton University Homecoming parade thf.s afternoon in downtown Omaha. This parad e is an annual event of CU for the opening of their basketball seas on Marching with the W a r r i o r Band were the other marching groups of Westside. Included were the Drill Squad; Marty Run strom, the "Warrior"; and the Squires. High schools in the area take turns being in the parade each year.
Economics classes of Westside went on a field trip on Nov. 20 to different companies to see how they operate · The trip included going o Cudahy, A. C Allyn (brokers), WOW radio and television, and to utual of Omaha.
t A. C. Allyn they were shown how a modern brokerage house transacts ts daily business Students were
However, Mrs. Hoyt will grade the creations on how well the student has carried out the elemeDJts of plot, character, and setting, and whether or not the student "carried out his own concep t of what literature is." ehown offices and viewing board here the quotes from the New and American stock exchanges come in.
Arriving at WOW Westsiders twere taken through the different studios from which the live prorams are televised. The guides howed the .teletype and news
The next and last stop was Mutal of Omaha. Here students were · hown some of the different deipartments that make up the in· IJUl'ance company. The tour in· : luded seeing the bookkeeping de· 1 artment and also the 505 com!puter. It was t he first computer to used west of the Mississippi. The studenk s· came back with a I
knowle .ige of how a big busi-
Starting Dec. 3 International Club members w111 begin on their annual candy sale. The price is 50 cents a bar.
The goal this year is to raise $1,300. The purpose of the project is to earn enough money to bring two exchange
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The boy's gym was filled to over-flowing capacity Nov. 27 for the annual Fall Sports Awards Day convocation. The purpose of this yearly convocation, as stated by Mr. Jerry Koch, activities director, is to recognize .the progress and the skill of the boys out for fall sports
The boys' gym was filled to team, coached by Mr. Emil Wi· cina, received letters. They are: S co tt Anders on H a r old Burton Jim Ellis, Pete Jenson, Jim Jepson, Jim Jones, Jim Meye r, Lynn Miller, Jim Moore, and Rick Sna rr Especially honored were Jim Ellis and Jim Jones who were announced as co-captains. S i n c e all these boys are underclassmen, Mr. Wicina has great hopes tor next year's team.
Mr. B111 Haffey, reserve football coach, gave letters .to 37 boys on the · reserve football team. Those
Coe, Bill Cough enour, J ohn Councilm an, T e rry Cl a uff Paul DeFree se, Tom Dohn Don Ehlers, M ike Hansen, Dan H iggi n s, Wick Houck, Eric Hul tm a n , Jim Iverso n , J e rry James , Terry J ohnson, Phil K i r k le, llob Kelly, Ken Krea q er, Georg e L ah ners , Scott Lausterer ; All e n L en z, Steve Long, Randy Messner, T om Pha len , Bob R a he, Bruce Sayl es, Dave S h ep pa rd. Chu ck Sn y der Duane Stewa r t, Scott Swa nson , fr a nci s Tierney , Les Tighe, Brian Vercoe, and Rick Willis
The climax of the convocation was .the awarding of special honors to some members of the varsity football team. Jim Adams and Terry Petersen were named recipients of the annual Kiwanis Award and were invited to lunch by the Kiwanis Club of Omaha Nov 30. Barry Halla was named outstanding b a c k . Honorary cocaptains, elected by .the team were Bob Grant and Terry Petersen.
Seniors--Jim Adams J ohn Allen Don Chase Steve Dolby, Bob Grant Bill Gross · man, Ba rr y Halla, J i m Hilbert, Wendell Messner Denny O sborne, Steve Pedega n a, Terry Peter son T om S am ps on, Coo ley Smith, and Bob T a yl or ; Jun io r s-Le on Arps, Mike Brandas, Lee Cummins, Ron H inkley, T..T- T"l...!-1
Terry Peterson and Bob Taylor polish off basketballs for tonight's big tilt. -Photo by Bill HayesStudents were given rules that · loud talking. stated there was .to be no loud
talking especially during study halls. Shouldn't teachers also obey such rules to set a good example?
Often after the bell rings students talking loudly down the hall to each other. In study halls teachers or office workers pay no attention to rules and distrub students trying to study by their seemingly
Sales of paperback books in the library are going very well, according tto Mrs. Davidson, Westside Librarian.
With the upcoming basketball season, we want :to wish the Warrior teams grewt success. Westside has nothing to be ashamed of and .this should be remembered at every game.
Good luck Warriors!
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Another Westside basketball season will begin tonight. What does this mean to the students of Westside?
Basketball, like football, is one of the major sports of the school. This means it should merit major attention from the student body. At Westside it usually does.
Over 220 books, ranging from 50 cents to 60 cents are being sold all hours by girls of the ninth and tenth grades. Mrs. Davidson said that books over 75 cents had not gone well and were returned to the publisher. Now in its third week, the sale has netted $2 6 5, 2 0 per cent of which will be kept as profit by the library for the purchase of Seniors under assignment and conscientious n i n t h and t e n t h graders have bought over 500 copies.
Howdy there, good friends and not-so-good friends!
This is ol' Gossipy Gertrude from Waddle Paddle with .the latest jazz on Who's Been Se en with Who!
On my ol' nightly (or early morning-suit yourself) tour, I happened to come upon some juicy morses of interest to you allespecially ol' T. B. (It was Me, Kiddo, it was Me!) It seems ol' T. B. (not the disease) and K. P. were saying their sweet good night coos when 01' Man P came
home. It's a differencse of opini who was the most embarrassed stoned Mr. P. or Cuddling K. I t's been said that ol' 0. B. relwtion ,to T B ) is wild ab R .C. (not the cola). Well, (h hee) we have .the inside dOli 01' 0 B. is really gone on W. A. but he doesn't seem to notice. H ,too busy witht ol' R. H. (not factor!) R. H. is oblivious to She'll got a crush on ol' hors•
Now all you little ol' Cupids, IE get busy!
We are a lucky school in this respect. Many schools do not have organized pep clubs and very few of students go to or even care about the games. This ,is not the case at Westside.
The Pep Club is one of the state's largest and tonight they'll be cheering the team on. The remainder of the student body is oi!!O well represented at athletic events.
As this basketball season progresses, let's remember our loyalty to our school and team. So everybody come to the game tonight and cheer the Warrior team to a victory! BEV
KLEINThere are various reasons why "we" of the Lance staff write editorials. We sit and stare stupidly at the wall and ourselves, trying to find an answer to the an important question-"What do I write about this week?"
Well, I am here to tell you that it is no easy job and the writer often finds himself the object of either pity or scorn. This in itself would not be too hard to take but all too often the reaction is nil. There exists no opinion. Editorials in a student publication might easily be called the section of the paper that you use for wadding up your gum!
"They're the most easy-going, friendly people. They just take things as they go. I just loved them and they were so good to me." These are just a few of the remarks AFS exchange student Taffy Squires made about her trip this summer.
On another recent tour (I ma these often), I chanced to A. F. S'. house. Wow!! Wh party! The neighbors are still cuperating-and the ringing in ears seems to find it hard to le1 too.
Now for .the ol' mystery qu .tion of .the week. I know how J all can't wait to read this m interesting sentence. (And ways you twist it! )
Taffy lived in Bandung, Indonesia in West Java, "the Paris of Java." She stated that it was the most modern of the cities in Java.
Taffy's "fa,mily" con-
I could say that we write these seemingly useless things to "better" the school or that we of the staff are here to inform you, but I want to have my say! It is no joy to have to write something no matter how unimportant and to receive no recognition Human beings are just a wee bit on the egotistical side and reporters are no exception.
Last issue there was an editorial and we wished to take a poll of the reaction to it. One of the "classic" answers was"What editorial?" or "I don't look at that page!"
Well, this is an editorial! CATHY LAUTENSCHLAGER
lh the recently given musical "Tom Sawyer," one ever-present need was still outstanding. This was the tremendous need for a larger and better facilitated auditorium.
A very small stage was a big obstacle in presenting this show. Anyone that has never worked on the Westside stage cannot imagine the difficulties of working on such a stage. It did not leave the performers enough room to give the show as it should have been given. There was a great handicap in moving the scenery because of the size of the stage.
The second problem is the facilities. The girls' locker rooms, which serve as dressing rooms, are not large enough or adequately supplied. Because of inadequate equipment, the stage crew had much difficulty with backdrops and scenery.
Westside is an ever-growing school and the school building in most areas has grown with the increased number of students. Still one area was overlooked, an auditorium.
A fourth reason is Westside is becoming well known for its musicals and plays. More people want to come see them. The public should not have to strain themselves as they do now to hear and see what is happening on stage.
A fifth reason is the growth of large group instruction A new auditorium would give these classes a much better place to meet especially if the auditorium could be divided into separate rooms so· several classes could meet at the same time.
Convocations are still another reason. The girls' gym is no longer big enough to have all students at one convocation. Because of this ' convocations have to be scheduled at different times cutting out many classes of physical education. A very good example of this was the convocation on Nov 29 when a group of actors presented "A Marriage Proposal." Ninth and tenth grades had a convocation followed by one for juniors and Keeping the girls' gym in use from 9:30 until 11. This should not happen Westside is a progressive school. There should be appropriations for a new auditorium to be built in the near future to meet the needs of all of its students in all areas.
SANDY CLIFTONWell, here it is : What were Q. T. and P. J. ing on top of the ol' barn at >1 know-who's farm? sisted of six sisters and one brother ranging in ages seven to 21. Her father was a doctor and her mother a hdlnemaker. All of the family except the two youngest girls spoke English.
At first Taffy couldn't speak the language but now, upon request, she can rattle oft! dozens of Indo-
nesian phrases.
Among Taffy's American contributions to the Indonesians were teaching her "sisters" to use rollers and cutting their hair to resemble her own short hair-do.
"I also taught the Governor of Bali to twist," Taffy laughed. She stayed with him a week and during her visit she taught him the American dance craze.
In Taffy's opinion, the Indonesians are "the cleanest people in the world." She stated they took two baths a day in "just freezing" water.
Taffy described the Indonesian food as "hot and spicy and good." They ate lots of rice and fresh frnit, she
Taffy took with her to Indonesia such American thing as flzzies and American flags. "We set the flags in the front yard on the Fourth of July," she laughed.
Taffy described the Indonesian people as the most generous people she'd ever met. During her stay in Bandung she received numerous gifts from the people. She laughed when she told how she left America with 40 pounds of luggage and returned with 95 pounds.
Taffy corresponds w i t h her "family" frequently and just recently she sent them a package containing such things as blue jeans, hair rollers, eye glass frames, and a Scrabble game.
When asked if she was ever going back to Indonesia, Taffy a ns were d , "Definitely, absolutey, positively! "
by Bev KleinTo determine a general opinion of the grading system used at Westside, the Lance conducted a poll. The survey was organized by senior staff members Dick Theis and Sandy Clifton. Interviews were conducted by first year Journalism classes.
The number of students interviewed was determined by the percentage of students in each class as compared to the total enrollment. 25 freshmen, 35 sophomores, 22 juniors, and 18 constitued the 100 students contacted. Every fifteentth person in each clas was contacted. Six questions were presented to each student and the results were as follows:
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Though satisfied with Westside's eight point grading system, students have expressed a desire-. for several changes.
According to Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance counselor, "The present system was instituted when Westside was a small school of 800 students, to prevent too many student from receiving a high grade when they were not really deserving of that grade, an occurance only too common among small s c h o o I s attempting to compete with the larger and better institutions."
It would seem that Westside has o u t g r o w n the present grading system and the time has come for a review with an eye toward changing the system to one that is more acceptable to the students and mol'e easily administered by the faculty.
Did you rea d the editorial in the No' issue of the Lance on the grading syster
55%
33%
12% don't I
Are you satisfied with the present gra system?
63%
31%
6% don't I
Do you think it is fair to a \)"rson wh< a 97 plus avera ge to do extra work to 1 "1" on his re{X)rt card?
39%
58% ,
3% don t
Would you prefer an A,B,C,D,F syst< the one presently used?
26%
63%
11 % don't
Referring to the system just descJ would you like to add a grade equivalc the present "1" showing that a student a 97 plus average does extra work ? 55%
32%
13% don't Have you or your friends experien s itu ation in which teachers of the same ject gave a "1" to one student who had plus average and a "2" to another st with a 97 pJus average when neither st had done e:itra work?
Mrs. Clara Dunn's two sociology classes are preparing for panel discussions. "We will have four pan e ls alt!ogether, one every week until Christmas, " said Mrs. Dunn
"Everyone is participating in a panel. They have had a few meetings in class, but most of the work is done outside of class. They have to use initiative to find information and to set up the panels the way they want them," said Mrs. , Dunn.
To find information, students are reading books, making trips to th e court house, to the mental hospi-
tals, and other places where they might find Topics for discussion and the group chairm e Mental lliness, Rich Vosler and Nadine Berg ; holism, Marjorie Iler and J anice McConkle; Ju Delniquency, T er ry Moran and Neil Clark; Dh J ane Stockman and J ean n e Norell
When asked why she was having l he cussions, Mrs. Dunn said, "Mostly fo r the m ab l e to participate in l eadership; and s tudents a bett e r understanding of th e cial problems ."
, Washington. In the future
ngineer. Don Hosford is attend St. Olaf's in Northfield, MinHe is majoring in mediHe hopes to get his pre-med go on to some is attendOU and plans to teach EngUrsula Hencke took a fourIBM course at Boyles-Van Business College and has a job. Joanh (Josie) Hap· for girls in St. Charles, Mo. is taking pre-nursing at DeaHospital and plans to be
Hayes is currently in the He was in the Philipines rebut he is now on the naval Orscany which is headed
University and belongs to special pep club called the Frosh wks. She is majoring in PolitiScience and she hopes to do m b as s y work in Washington day. Chuck Hester, who is Creighton University, i S ll'"•• c•'-'•l'"-"•-"• 6 in swim te81m., Young ublicans and campus radio staKOCU. He plans to major in
Karen llill is attending ou and to teach. Sharon Hogzett is to the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls. She plans .to bean elementary school teachPhil Holly is attending NU he is a Sigma Chi. A llan more commonly known Doc, is attending Princeton and is majoring in atics. He plans on getting
P.H.D. After this he wan ts to into .teaching and research. Pat is going to St. Mary's. She majoring in elementary eduWoody Hovland is attendOmaha University and is maoring in Pre-dentistry. Mike Huis attending NU and majoring architecture. Penny Hulac is ating NU where she is historian Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She majoring in education. Kathy is employed in Omaha. Julie is attending OU, where is majoring in elementary ed1\l. CatJIOn. Irene Jacobs is attending where she is majoring in hosShe plans to teach after Tekla Jacobson is atWayne State Teacher's and is majoring in French, Kaufman is presently atOU and will be married in at Illinois Institute of Techw here he is attending He is maj o ring in electronis a member of Chi Omega rority. S he is m jor ing in English and sp eech attd plans to teach.
J o hn s o y is working at Union Paci fic !)ail ey Jones is attending I owa State College in Ames, Iow a wb.ere he is majoring in chemic al engineerin g.
Ron JoneLS is attend ing the Illinois Institute o f Te chnology in Chicago on an NRO TC scholarship. He is majoring in engineering. Blaine Jungers attends OU where he is emrolled i n the liberal liberal ar ts college. Leroy Kallhoff works at the Oma ha National Bank and is learn ing how to work
Jim Knott is going .to night school at Radio Engineering. Karen Kozak IS going to Wei.sley College in B o s t o n, Massach uss etts. She's helping with layout on school yearbook. Jim Kreiger is going to OU where he is taking a business course, changing to architectural drawing at semester. He plans on majoring in it. Elaine Kriesel is going to OU, and is majoring in are. She is in Alpha Xi Delta-wants to either teach art or go into commercial ar.t. Thomas
Kamin is majoring in industrial is majoring in electrical engineering at the University of Nebraska where he is pledged to Acacia fraternity. Gary Kunkler is going into law at NU. Jeanie Lewis-going to Duke College inN orth Carolina. She wants to teach is interested in science and government work. Terry Kvam is studying engineering at Berkley in .Calif. Jan Kucera is working at Western Electric. She is planning to marry in April.
Art Lorenz is presently studying chemical engineering M. Kansas• U. He plans to join his father's firm as a chemical Ed Love is working now at Shavers Market as assistant manager. He plans to enter University of Arizona in January. Cam Lucas is attending Yale University and is majoring in industrial engineering; plans to go into industrial management. Bob Lundstorm is attending NU.
Harvey L e m o n is attending Brown University and is majoring in engineering. Kathy Lierley is going to Hood Colle ge for Women. She hopes .to go into dietetics. Chip Lockwo o d is going to George-town College in Kentucky. He wishes to be a foreign missionary, was nominated for president of the Freshman Class. Sara Ann Long is attending Nebraska Wesleyan College.
Marilyn Mantel is in the choir at the University of Nebraska. She is majoring in math which she plans to teach at .the high school or college level. B ob Maddox is attending Brown University. Bob Mason is in the· Navy. Lois Me· Conkle is attending Nebraska University and majoring in business administration.
Ed McCurtain has moved to Springfield, Mo. Richard Meier is attending NU where he is taking cour ses in mechanical engineering. He has a part in a play The Visit and he holds a part time job in the Student Union. Marshall Mei· man is studying college veterinary medicine at the University pf Illinois. He is House Chairman of the athletic committee and plans to wrestle this year.
Nancy Metz is attending OU where she is studying to become a teacher. Cindy Meyer is attending Kansas Art Institute in order to become an artist. Marilyn Middle· ton is attending Central Missouri State College and is presently studying business. Kar en Miller is attending Kansas University.
Pat Miller is attending OU and majoring in English. After graduation she plans to teach. Gary Millett is majoring in liberal a11ts at Williams College, Williamsburg, Mass. After graduation he will
bara Montes is in Washington,
ton University, and majoring in international languages. B arb hopes :to attend the University of Madrid through the school's foreign study program. Graig Moore is •Studying architecture at NU. He plans .to take a graduate course in architecture at an eastern college graduation. Dick McKenna is now going to the University of Arizona at Tuson. He is studying Engineering.
Judy Nelsen is attending Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., where she is the newly elected vice-president of her college class. She is seriously thinking of spending one of her college years in Europe. Joan Olson is attending St. Olaf's College in No11thfield, Minn. She plans .to continue her education and go into teaching, possibly speech therapy. CIa r k e Powers is attending OU, where he participates in the band and the music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpa Symphonia. Clarke is :taking a premed course and plans to be a dietor. Don Pugh was attending NU.
Linda Randall is going to NU Linda is majoring in interior decorating. Bill Redick has just finished Navy boot camp in San Diego and is now stationed at Miramar Naval Base in California.
Marjorie Reed is a t t e n d in g Franco School of hair styling.
Jam e S Rheingrover is wttending Doane College in Crete, Nebr and is studying political science. Pete Ridgeway is attending NU and plans to teach.
Dave Rigdon has moved to Atlanta, Ga. LeLani Ring is· married and attends NU where she is studying to teach. Janet Rolick is attending W a y n e State Teachers Colle ge.
Jerm Rose is attending Dartmouth and plays freshman football there. Future plans may include .teaching. George Russell is at Navy boot camp at San Die go, Calif. Tuck Saddler is going to NU where he pledged Sigma Chi. Later he wants to attend the University of Pennsylvania and then Harvard to study law.
Ken Seddon is now attending NU and i s in the College of Business ,4dministration. Lin d a Sheenan is studying pre-nursing for one year at NU. Next fall she will begin four years at the School of Nursing in Omaha. Stuart Sherman is working in his dad's business, Nebraska Meat Supply. He plans to atte)ld the University of Omaha next semester.
Bonnie Slnith is married, and is working at Natelson's at present.
Karen Sahler, is attending Drake University in Des Moines. Karen was elected representative of her dormitory. Sally Sakler, is going to OU, majoring in home economics. Ken Schnur is attending OU. Ken is majoring in architeotual engineering and is a member of the Sigma ·Phi Epsilon. He's also on the football team.
Sandra Slnith is attending OU, where she is majoring in elementary education. She will soon be competing in the "Tomahawk" beauty contest. Skip Sorensen is attending NU, where he is majoring in architecture. He has pledged Sigma Alpa Epsilon. Sue Spencer is working at Kresges and plans to attend IBM School. Ron Stave is attending OU, where he has been playing football. He is in
"How clumsy of me. No, I can get it myself." Mr. Browning stooped to retrieve his fallen nickel, and as his hand grasped for the coin, he noticed a large, brown envelope lying in the gutt e r. After an instant of he brushed away the few traces of dirt on the envelope and tucked it into his pocket
"Here you are, sir, and .thank you."
"Thank you boy." Mr. Browning handed the newsboy the nickel and in return received a paper, which he glanced at and then neatly folded under his arm.
An hour later, Mr. Browning composedly patted the evelope, crisply refolded his paper under his arm, and got off the bus the usual block away from his house. As he walked, he greeted his neighbors in his customary manner then turne din at his walk and opened his front door.
"Hello dear. I' m home," Mr. Browning called .to his wife as he passed the tall, winding staircase on his way .to the living room. He set the paper on the table and then opened the door to the wall safe.
"Hello dear. How was your day at the office? - Hnnim, what's this?" Mrs. Browning paused as she scanned the front page of the paper and then laughed as she quoted the headline. "Million Dollar Thieves Lose Part Of Loot. How perfectly funny!"
"Yes, I suppose so," said Mr. Browning absently : "Oh, by the way, I'll be ollit of town for a few weeks .' '
."Oh that's too bad. A marvelous party at Alice's next week. Why?"
"A business deal-you know."
"I suppose. Well, where are you
"Swi tzerland, I believe."
"But you were just in Paris. Well, how long will you be?"
"I don't know," Mr. Browning said as he placed the :treasure-filled envelope in the safe. "It depends on how things work ollit." With these words, Mr. Browning closed the door of the safe.
Worshipped by girls, adored by mothers, The Senior Boy is in a class with no others
Witht tact, and a tongue as long as his line, An attitude .that only he is sublime, With the grace of a bull in a china shop, His least ambition is to reach the top.
He has a cast iron stomach that will take anything, He loves bull sessions, no homework, and a dutch treat fling. As dependable as his second hand car He has an income rthat doesn't get him very far. But despite his faults, which are anything but small, The Senior Boy is loved by all. by Carol Ide Grade 11
Death is the future Stretching through eternity, Hope for the prepared.
Love is a highway
A I w a y s traveled through the heart, A trip of passion.
Life is a story
Endless in complexity, Never fully known.
W. S. Wright
erinarian Pam Steinert is also attending OU, where she has pledged Alpha Xi Delta. She is also working at the Crossroads.
Karen Sund · is attending NU and is majoring in anthropology.
Jean Swanson is attending OU on aM e.t hod is t Nursing Award. Nancy Swanson is going to business college here in Omaha. Steve Sydow is a pre-med student at NU. Steve Urosevich is attending NU where he is majoring in business law. Dave Utterback is attending OU and he is majoring in enginneering.
tending Milwaukee Downer. Candy Wheeler is attending NU. She is majoring in music and plans to be a music instructor. Peyton Whitely is attending OU and is majoring in Journalism. Laurie Whitted is attending the University of Denver. Bill Wilson is now working at Shaver's Super Market.
Nancy Worden is a hostess in the cafeteria at Brandeis. She has registered to take a Civil Service Exam for traffic engineering in the city. John Wupper is attending Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. He is planning to attend NU's school of dentistry. Dennie Young is in the army now. Next semester he will attend OU. attending OU She plans >to go in- Priscilla Young is attending to interior decorating. Pam Web- NU. She plans to be a social work ster is working for an insurance er. Kay Zavitz is working now and company She plans to be married will be married in June. Russell in June. Jean Wells is working in Zavitz is in the army, stationed in Virginia. Italy for two years. Walt ZimmerJudy Welstead is attending OU man is attending the University of and is majoring in home econom- Wyoming where he is studying
Jan VanOrsdel is working in California. Coleen Vaughn is attending OU. She plans to teach 5th or 6th grade. Rose Weber is
Once upon a tim e there were thr e e little pigs who decided to find new places to live The first little pig bou g ht a nice, cozy, split-level hou,s e. But the bi g , bad r ea l-estate man came around and said:
"Let m e in! Let me in! Or I'll get a court injunction and foreclos e on your mortgage ! "
But the first little pig said, "No, no! Never, never! Not by the hair on my chinney-chin-chin!"
So the big , bad, real-estate man got a court injunction and foreclosed on the first little pig's mortgage
The second little pig rented a nice, cozy, ranch house. But the big, bad, real-estate man came to him also and said:
"Let me in! Let me in or I'll get a court injunction and have you evicted!"
But the second little pig said, "No, no! Never, never! Not by the hair on my chinney-chin-chin!"
So the big, bad , real-estate man got a court injunction and had the second pig evicted.
The third little pig went to llve in a nice, cozy, federal housing project. It was not long before the big, bad, real -estate man came about knocking on his door, say· ing:
"Let me in Let me in! Or I'll I'll I ' ll "
"Aha!" said the third little pig. "There is· nothing you can do! You are an entrepreneur and cannot control a federal project!"
Now when the first and second littl e pigs heard about this theymoved in with the third little pig. But the big, bad real-estate man came around and said:
"I have examined your financial statements. Your combined incomes are too high! Unless you pay me I will tell the government and they will evict all three of you!"
Moral: Even pigs are not safe on the New Frontier.
The white, Clean snow Fell down and dirtied itself
In the streets of the ci,ty
The little crystals Mel-ted,
And the dust in the gutters Became mud.
And the people slushed through it, heads down.
But before the snow could cover the ugliness
Of the haggard buildings, The clouds wei!Jt away.
The snowfall had stopped.
Phil Freyder Grade 11
Love comes and goes as a commute'r train, Always bringing wLth it some form of pain
I! it would just once arrive, To remain with me, and survive, Oh, but how I would be pleased, Surely then , my highe s t aim would be appeased.
Jan Laitos Grade 11
I pushed open the door with a shove, and there saw the jud ge, my judge. A shu dder of apprehen· sion was all I could produce, not a word, not even a groan.
Then as I approached the desk, that cold, unf r iendly desk, as if with dementia I desired to deter, as if I had any chance, any minute panticle of a chance to escape.
Then she saw me, glaringly she handed me the paper with my f u· ture written across it, much as it handed to them.
BUJt wait! I see she is smiling, a happy :triumphant smile. Ah, yes , it is true. I've passe d the test!
Grade 11
Along with the group came a homely lad; At belching out noises he wasn ' t half bad. His greasy black hair and weak looking chin, His long gangling body and sick Uttle grin, Gave the definite impression to our small band, He was a rock 'n roll singer, the scourge of the land; For hours on end he'd gaze in a mirror, I swear of himself, he th o ught .t'was no d earer. And a wealthy young man he'd be-come thro u gh his !trade, Yet he spent every cent of the money he made ; On silk and lace shints and swooning young girls, Who'd run .their fingers through his long, slick c u rls
He enjoyed every minute of his carefree life; I wish he could know the meaning of strife.
Cathy Adams is attending the University of N e b r a s k a . Ron Adams is attending NU where he plans to study law Dave Allen is enrolled rut Harvard where he just won a cross-country race. Carl An · derson attends Omaha University
Jackie Anderson is attending NU, majoring in bqsiness administration
Kay Anderson attends Bradford College. Steve Anderson is manager of the tire department at Skagway Services He plans to attend OU next year. Mike Baker is in the Marines. Steve Block is attending NU. Ed Blum works for the Ray Martin Co., plans to become a plumber. Russ Borneman attends OU plans to become a come a plumber. Russ Borneman attends OU, plans to become a lawyer Mike bothel is ruttending Brigham Y o u n g University in Utah and is majoring in math.
Mary Boyd attends OU and plans to become a dental hygienist. Snsan Ball was married lnst April and is living in McCook, Nebr. Randy Baughman is taking reserve training with the Army at Fort Polk La. After a December discharge he will study Business Administration at Omaha University Bill Beck is attending Omaha Universi-ty and is a member of CAP and ROTC. After graduation he plans to join the Air Force.
Clift' Bennett is attending OU and working at Hesteds. He is majoring in business administration Portia Bennett has married.
Brian Berris is attending NU
Grade 10
The sky is we-irdly illuminated by a finger of lightning in .the eru I prepare myself for the shock of sound .that will follow, yet I crin when it comes I laugh at myself because I am fifteen and almo s t adu but the children in my care are les safrai dof .this common phenomen1 of nature than I am Now the sky is quit e; the clouds have -squeez their last drop of wate rin their attempt to cleanse ,the city, and , air lies· hot and heavy in defeat
I AM SUDDENLY filled with a senseles foreboding. Quickly I t on the televi.sion, merely for the comfort brought by sound. In a f moments I realize that I have chosen the wrong -program; this is news
While :the weather report is unpleasan-t, the news is undoubtedly t gic. But still I do not expe c t what I hear : "The Communists to threatened the rights of .the West in Berlin. It apparent tb the Reds are constructing a wall dividing the city The President expected to ask !or more troops immediately to handle this grave nation " I turn off the mechanical monster; I do not want to he any more.
From the depths of my youthful emotion comes the plea: "Oh , Go · All of my terrors are expressed in thaJt single exclamation. From son where in my memory flashes t hequote: "War is a whirlwind t1i sucks in men and spits out crippled wrecks." But men would not sucked into a war now; it would be boys of eighteen and nineteen, 1 friends, my generation. "No. God, No! Don't let it happen! Plea: please "
After sometime I search for a handkerchief that I know I do I have. I look at myself in my hand mirror ; my eyes are r e d and swoll Now I am not a sophisticated teen; I am only a vulnerable young g who is very much afraid of what .the older generation can cause. I sh er and return to my homework. I
THREE HUNDRED PAIRS of bobby sox advance abve .three hundJ pairs of dirty tennis shoes. I am among them. My bobby sox are white and my tennis shoes as dir,ty as every other bobby sock and nis shoe. Someday, I will be different and stand out but not now A l wai!Jt is to be a par,t o !it I am Deb to my friends I don t really the name; I much prefer Deborah, but has a nick-name that. I stop and listen to a conversation by my locker.
"I can't stand my mother She won't let me do any;thing. Sh.e i mean."
"I know just what you mean Why, my mother "
THEY MOVE ON, babbling to each other I am in accord with th But I know that my ha,tred is different from theirs. My mother rea does n't und erstand me; she doesn't even try
It is evening and the lighting is frolicking again. I am angry with mother and th e argumen.t flairs hot between us. My mother seems mother and th eargument flairs hot between us Suddenly I fling words "I hate you!" AbrUpt! yit is quLte My mother seems to have more to say, bu.t with one look of pain she whispers, "I am sorJ and turns away.
where he is m a j o r i n g in business adminstration and mark e ting. Carol Berry is attending OU After graduation she plans to go into social work Mike Benter-baugh is attending OU 'where he is taking general education course and hopes to go in.to medicine.
Chery l Bird is attending OU where s he is majoring in elementary educa.tion. Gary Brant is em.ployed by Shavers Marilyn Brown is attending OU majoring in accounting. Steve Brocky is attend NU where he is majoring in Engineering, and is a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
Diana Burton is attending Colorado StMe University and is majoring in m e d i c a 1 .technology. Dick Cefrey is· working at Western Electric and plans to attend Omaha University. John Chadwetll is now working as a carpenter appre ntice and plans to join the Navy. Tony Ciullo is a,ttending Omaha University and plans .to become a lawyer. Brnce Clough is attending college at Fort Collins, Colo. and plans to become a ve.tterinarian.
Ruth Cantril recently returned from her honeymoon in Hawaii. She was married Nov. 3 to Stanley Searles Bill Carpenter is majoring in retailing at OU and works at the Nebraska. Anita Cat· lett i.s attending Missouri State Teacher's College where she is majoring in education. Barb Clem attends NU where she is majoring in elemen.tary educa,tion
Jonh Co llins is a.ttending the
Univers ity of Wisconsin and is working for a radio station. C o n n i e Colliton plans to t -ransfer from Creighton University to OU at the semester. She is majoring in English and wants to teach C lift' a Marine, is stationed at ' Camp Pen d leton in San Diego. Ed Crawford is working in the East and plans to start college in about a year Maril yn Davis has enliste d for a three year term in the WAFs. She is stationed at Fort CcClellan, Ala.
Lewis Doane has transferred from OU to Oklahoma University. He is taking busi n ess education.
Norma Deets is attending school Valparaiso Ind. Susan Dean is rut tending Cottey College at Nevada, Mo ' and is majoring in languages.
Patricia Dietz is taking home economdcs at Peru State Teachers College. Peggy Delong is studying Music and English at OU.
Dinah Donovan is attending NU and plans to teach. Carol Dresher is attending University of Wyoming and plans to be an interior decorator Mary D urh am (Sunny) is attending the University of Nebraska and plans to teach. Cathy Eaton is attending St. Marys and plans to teach Greg E d en is attending Darthmou.th University where he is majoring in liberal arts and foreign d i p 1 o m a c y .
Ed Erwin attends OU where he is studying civil engineering. He is a member of "Sabers", an d Air Force ROTC drill squad, and is planning a career in electronics.
Jeanne Encell is attending NU
I FEEL ANGER; I grab a coat and run into .the storm I trave block with my pseudo anger. l' realize then that my anger is aetna guilt. My mother has not been able to understand me because she human and -ther!ore cannot comprehend all things. I have not .tried understand her. I sob wLth a flow of shame, and my tears meLt into cooling rain. I turn homeward; I will apologize and try to build a b ter relationship
The >lightning flashes a hideous pattern across the sky. I lif.t up face into the rain and wind and thunder; I smile. Rain can be a cle sing thing.
where she is studying elementary education. She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Gary Ernst will attend Omaha University in January Mickey Eilley is a,ttending Santa Anna Junior College and is now a member of the "Four Yachtsmen".
Carolyn Falkenroth is attending Valparaiso University and plans to go into social work. Yale Finkle is attending Georgia Tech Danny Firestone is attending OU Reba Fos l er 'bas moved to Boulder, Colo attends school there. Miles Foster has moved to Elkhorn, but is attending NU and is out !or wrestling Sherry Freed is attending NU and she wants to be a nurse. Maris Freeburg is working at the Omaha National Bank and plans .to be married in December.
Eldon Franz is attending Grinnell College and is majoring in chemistry. He will become a doctor.
Kay Fuchs is attending NU and is taking elementary education and she belongs to Kappa Kappa Gama. Bob Garrett is attending NU in business administration.
Lind a Gates attends Nebr!liska
University and is majoring Home Econom ics She plans to a dietician Gwen Gibbs atte Iowa State in Ames, Ia and is joring in home economics. stance Gibson is working at T Pen shop but plans to en nur se's training next fall. Jud Girard is married and livin New Jersey. George Clocke joiJ the Marines in September 3rd. is stationed in San Diego, Ca Le Anne Goldberg is goi ng school at the Un 1iversity of NebJ ka and majorin e; in element ry ucation Afte r graduatin g would like to b e an airline s ardess. Bette Graft atten ds and is m:ajoring in home ec on ics. Susan Grasmich is now a tt ing the Arts an d Science Con She plans to m ajor it1 Physc ol Barbara Handschuh is atten the of Nebrask a is pledged to K appa Kappa G! rna. Tish Haeker is now att en OU but plans .to transfer an d Nebraska ne:x;t year. Bhe pl ans m a j o r in I n.terior Deco ra Maichael Hakan has joined Navy. He will b e in the serv ice four years. He is now
There are several reasons why an individual may not go to a school of higher education after high school. Of course, lack of money or lack of native comprehension are the most common, and certainly valid r e asons. There is no point in discussing these individuals as they are merely victims of circumstance.
However, there are those individuals who have th e opportunity to go to college and refuse it. Althou g h the reasons for this vary gr e atly in each cas e th e y can generally be grouped in three categories:
First are those individuals who have never been too successful academically but have gotten an afterschool or summer job and liked the money. They are generally rather immature in that they are never able to sit down to their studies. When they see how easy it is to make money, they feel that their meager wages are the easier way out than studying for four or more years.
However, such individuals are also usually rather materialistic. Consequently, their few years of less work results in less income to satisfy th e ir materialistic wants and therefore results in their being less happy than if they had goone to college.
Also present are those individuals who are classed as "gifted und e r-achievers" by the teachin g trade. These people have obtained rather poor academic marks since they left grade school. However, they usually have a large knowledge· of some field outside of school. They have never' tried studying and yet their grades and lack of interest cause them to lose confid ence so that they usually get a job in line with their interests. Many persons of this type eventually become quite successl'ul. Thomas Edison was a person of this order.
Lastly are those people who honestly feel that what they want tQ do will not be sufficiently enhanced by college studies. This applies to very few cases and yet these are persons who want to become missionaries, artists, or writers whQ feel that only vocational training in the case of missionaries, or per· haps traveling in s earch of local color for artists and writers, is necessary.
Each of these three types lacks ambition, not to be materially successful, but rather to follow something of an altruistic type. For anyone who ha s the opportunity to derive an education of an order that i s worth being passed on to his fellow men for their b e n e fit , and rejects it, can hardly be called an altruistic or even a religious man.
We must recognize that college is not the only road to happiness, respectability and success. Re· member, it is the goal of a democracy that all indi· Yiduals fulfill their own potentialities and live meaningful and satisfying lives--not that all citizens be the equivalent of a brain surgeon or a top executive.
Distributive education, as offered in an Increasing number of high schools today, is designed to give practical g uidance and training to young people interest e d in entering any of the distributive occupations Young people not planning to continue their education beyond high school may look to Distributive Education as preparation to enter employment and brid g e the gap between formal schooling and business. Many boys and girls ending their education short of colle g e have considerable academic talent. Others, more limited academically, should be shown the dignity in crafts, trades and skilled jobs.
Such area& as agriculture, trade and industrial occupation s , homemaking, business and distributive 'occupatoins are popularly referred to as vocational. One distributive occupation, retailing, is probably and more familiar to most of us. It employs 8 , 500 , 000 of the 75 million employed in our nation. It offers approximately 8 00 different classifications, at all levels of ability and responsibility. It averages one executive job for every nine employees and offers a constantly open door to greater reward for those with basic training and a sincere desire to get ahead.
Retailing is a dynamic, growing business, affording a wealth of career opportunity through its tremendous expansion aimed at meeting the needs of its customers. Consider the job opportunities represented in new shopping centers alone. There were approximately 1000 new shopping centers opened in the United States in 1961, I! is estimated that even more will open this year.
Within the pro g ram of Distributive Education three levels of instruction are provided-employee, s upervisory, and management training. is becoming increasin g ly more important for success in the la st 2. College-boun,d students, planning a future In the area of distribution, may look at a high school class in Distributive Education as an elective to supplement the academic course they are pursuing for colle ge entrance Distributive Education in high school can give these students a chance to explore their fi e ld of interest before actually entering college.
"The purpose of Junior Classical League is to promote an interest in Cultural Language," says Mrs. Julie George , club sponsor. She was speaking of a new club at Westside this year, the Junior Cla86ical League.
Junior Classical League is an honorary organization comprised of about forty third and fourth HAIRDO
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If you've been hearing loud hammering coming from the vicinity of the boys' gy.m, don ' t be alarmed. The cause of the noise is the building of a new trophy display case.
According to Alice Gillogly, most of the carpentry is being done by Mr. Joe Fischer. The case Will be approximately twelve feet long, six and one half feet high, and will be lined with red and black felt.
The money for the project is coming from a special account in the activLty fund specifically for .the building of s uch a case. This money is .the proceeds of last year's faculty basketball game and amounts to a.bou.t $600. ·
"We're finishing up this program wi.th a private pilot examination," stated Mr. Bruce Holmquist, ground training instructor.
"The test is a practical thing," said Mr. Holmquist, "it's a theoretical cross-country trop between three cities."
Mr. Holmquist explained that the students would be given weather conditions and would have to compute .the speed, fuel, paths of flight and allow for winds. They also must be able to operate the radio.
From the class of 21 students, 16 are taking the exam for their private license. (The exam is only part of the requirements for the license. The students must also have several hours of actual flight.)
year Latin students with a few outstanding second year students. Mrs. George said members are interested in furthering their study in Latin and later they may study some Greek.
Monday, Nov. 26 marked !l.heir first meeting. Tenta-tive pllms for this year include a dinner dance f o r m e m b e r s a n d guests
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"There will be buses to Colum· bns Dec. 14!" said Rod Anderson, president of the Student Council More Information will be available to students before the game next week.
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Winter has brought swimming back to Westside, and hopes for a season as successful as last year has come to mind. Today the Warrior swimmers will meet the present State Champions, Prep, at Tech for the season opener.
Last year the WHS swimmers finished fourth in the state and are predicted to come in a strong third in this year's inter-city contest. Almost 20 team members, coached by Larry Hill, are led by Steve Sorensen and his tricks at diving. Steve was inter-city champion last year. ·
Mike Stanner, a free style sprinter, and Jim Linstrumberg, butterfly , are two sophomores that will add support throughout the season. Steve Sturgess, a senior long distance free style, wiU help in the long distance events. Hap Patz, freshman backstroke specialist, is another of the many promising swimmers to appear in any pool that is being adorned by the Warrior swimmers.
When you attend a football game. · It's another world out game or any other spor,t event there. The only time I am aware what are your thoughts? Have you of them is during a time-ou t or a ever wondered what it would be free throw. They do get on your like if you were playing?
This week, the Lance turned the back a little during a real tight tables and asked two of the var- game, though." sity basketb.all players what their Bll Olsen-"You are not aware of thoughts were as they played the the spectators a.t all. You've got game. to concentrate on playing. The .Jim Adams-"! don't notice the kids are great sports and follow spectators, I concentrate upon the the team through good and bad.
One of the most rewarding aspects of drag racing for the average hot rodder is the winning of a stock class. Stock events are probably the most difficult classes to win because of the limited freedom of tion. According to the rules, stockers are allowed only a few refinements, with the better cars having detailed attention paid to such things as suspension and chassis reworking as well as the necessary fine tuning of an engine.
On the chassis you can use heavy duty clutches and any transmission, with or without floor conversion. that is listed for your particular year, model and make. Wheel rims can be wider to help traction and up to one inch wider in diameter.
Suspension could be lowered or raised 2.5 inches to help in the initial take-off and weight transfer. The latest method is to raise the front end and lower the back. Torque bars or a traction master will eliminate all windups when coming off the line and at shifts.
Another idea to help save all the work of getting the front to come up as it does under maximum acceleration is to use shocks with a low rebound damping; in other words, the front will raise easily but won't come down so easy. A new idea is to put a rubber bumper on top of the differential case, so the body or frame will come dOWil to a solid base and stop the body movement.
More information 9n hot rodding will be in the Dec. 21 Lance.
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Hope for season rises (see below):
Team Coaches Mortweet, Tangdall and Nevins.
Warrior wrestlers began their season Nov 29 at the North High Invitational Wrestling Tourney , with hopes of being the best team of mat- men to ever come fl'om W.estside.
Westside spirit will be in high gear tonight on the Warrior Court. Hasting has come up with another tall lineup incuding allstate prospect 6'5" Bo b Stickles.
The Warriors, trying to rebound from a previous 2-14 perating year, will be underdogs to this highly-rated squad coached by Earl Appleby.
Warrior mentor Jim Tangdall has somewhat of a young squad tliis year with five seniors, five j u n i o r s and two sophomores. There are five returning lettermen and a new prospect in 6'4" John Bullar, Sophomore.
Coach Tangdall's most difficuLt task this year will be replacing All-Intercity pivot man John Lukasen who averaged over 20 points a game in '6 '2. 0 o a c h Tangdall stated, "we have better speed and scoring bal· ance, but a weakness in rebound· ing could bother us,"
For you fans who are hecklers here are the officials of the Grand Island game G. Reimers and P. Kremke. For the Hasting Varsity Roster-
With a turnout of 40 team members at the beginning of the season, the separate weight classes should have good representation at all events. Some indi· vidual stars of the team, such as Phil Dugan, in the 95 pound class, should be of great advantage to the team. Phil was fourth in district and fourth in city last year. "Phil is one of the more promising wrestlers on the team," stated Coach Marvin Nevins. Other outstanding wrestlers are Bill Foster, 133 pounds, who is after his fourth letter. Bill is also one of the better wrestlers on the team. John Gerard, at 127, and in the process of winning his fourth letter, could prove to be a real threat at the big meets when he shows aggressiveness.
Wendell Messner at 165 is after his third letter after a year of absence from the team. Another returning letterman is Frank Denes, wrestling at 165. Frank shows a lot of promise for only one year of experience. Dennis Shannon, at 188, and Joe Jones at heavyweight are other returning lettermen that have proven their ability in past performances.
Bill Robinson, Gary Krieger and Scott Lusterer are three that have moved up in the ranks since last year and will assume their duties in future meets.
Quadrangular meets have been abandoned in favor of double-dual events. The first dual meet is at Fremont Dec 4
The Warrior Reserve basketball team coached by Jack Peterson seems an odds-on favorite :to overtake last years' so-so 5·9 record.
Team assets according to Coach Peterson seem to be "good size, speed and depth," the perfect in· gredients for a winning season.
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To begin their 16 game schedule, •they encotmter the class A var,.. sity of Elkorn St. Johns tonight at 6:15p.m. Probable starters will be; Guards -AI Beauregard 5'9"
Jr Bob Rahe 6'0 Soph, or Dick Weichbrodt 5'8" Soph. ForwardsJerry James 6'5" Soph and Jim Ellis 6'1" Jr. or Stan Saklar 6'2"
Jr. and AI Zimmerman 6'0 Soph.
Center-Eric Hultman 6'2" Soph.
Remaining Team RosterFreshman Coach Robert Rademacher re-turns this year with a new crop of faces, and will be faced wi.th the task of surmoulllting ast year's 7-8 record and 3rd place finish in the intercity.
Although he has some good material his lack of height could mean a lot unless t herebounding goes his way so he could utilize
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Another .tough Intercity schedule marks ,this year's games with the season opener Dec. 14 against South at Westside at 3:45 p m. Next game is the 17th with Fremont at Westside at 3: 3 0 p m.
This Tuesday marks the first of 12 Tuesdays in which Intramural Basketball supervised by Wayne Wagner, Trainer and P.E. instructor, will be spotlighted.
In planning this year's program several additions have been made to create more enthusiasm and organization; first nnlike last year, their will be 2 leagues-Freshman -Sollhomore and Junior-S e n l or League trophies will be given to respective champs, and legitimate ofllicials will be used at a slight charge. Also, stiffer rules will be adopted this year to prevent any mass chaos. FIRST WEST SIDE
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Westside's clubs have been busy spreading Christmas cheer during the past two weeks. Beside decorating rooms and parts of halls,
Christmas Is the time for giving, but senior Pat :\leredith believes In giving all year round. Pat has given 295 hours to patients at Lutheran General Hospital and the Richard Young Memorial Hospital as a Candy-Striper
Pat began Candy-stripers in June of 1960 through a project in her Rainbow Assembly. Her duties consist of running 'errands for patients, getting medi· cines, and getting locked in. "The key is bent for one of the wards and it's hard to get the door unlocked sometimes," she said, chuckling. "You get awfully panicky with e¥eryone looking."
When asked If she plans on going on In nursing, Pat said with emphasis, "Definitely not!" But she enjoys helping the patients and watching their
several clubs have undertaken other service projects.
FMA decorated the library and will help with the annual Alumni Tea this afternoon.
Y-Teens have dressed dozens of dolls for the Marine Reserves' Toys for Tots campaign. The girls dressed these dolls on their own time and expense. Westside's club dressed more considering the size of the membership than any other Y-Teen club in this area.
Z-Club rang bells for the Salvation Army's Tree of Lights, provided a family with a basket of food (the same family they helped at and participated in a Food-for-Fun scavenger hunt with members of the Key Club.
Key Club also provided a magician for a Christmas party given by the Kiwanis Club for underprivileged children.
The Pep Club contributed money to the Salvation Army and the home for the mentally retarded at Beatrice. They also sent cookies, which Pep Club members made, to all the old people's homes in Omaha.
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"Every: person that we took to the William Chrisman debate tourney in Kansas City, Mo. made the semi-finals," said Mr. Rod Hansen, Westside debate coach. "And this is one of the top-notch tourneys in the country. Fourteen states participated and the competition there was really rough. As far as ratings, win-loss records, and individual events were concerned, we Dryden, and Les Johnson and Steve Curelop were defeated only did better this year than we once. have ever done before."
Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, was elected second vice-president of the Nebraska Association of S c h o o 1 Administrators at the group's meeting held Dec. 7-8 in Lincoln.
He was also honored by being nominated for the presidency of the Nebraska State Education Association, which met with the N. A. S. A. Out of eight rounds of debate, \V estsldc won six. Of the three \Vestside teams participating, Dick Imig and Jan Laitos remained undefeated, Dennis Adams and Ray
"The experience we gained was Immeasurable. The team who wins the national debate tourney Is always a team who has attended this tournament," concluded Mr. Hansen.
The band will be selling fruitcakes to try to raise enough money for the acquisition of new band uniforms. Tlie present band uniforms are eleven years old and
Betsey Raskin, in her first attempt In girls' extemporaneous speaking, took third place in that event In the tournament at Fremont Dec. 14 and 15. Les Johnson and Dick Imlg made the finals In original oration and boys' extemporaneous speaking, respectively. Out of eight rounds of debate, Westside won five.
WARRIOR HIGHLITES
Dec. 21-Chrlstmas Vacation begins
Dec. 26-29-Basketball, Christmas Holiday Tourney
Jan. 2--Ciasses resume Jan. 8--Convocation: "Beyond the World-Tibet"
"We are all extremely enthusiastic about the project and we hope Westside and the community will support it," commented senior Taffy Squires in reference to Westside's most
recent scholarship fund.
The money-raising project,
The object of the supper is to raise as much money as possible for a scholarship for any deserving Westside student.
The awarding of the scholarship will be administered by the faculty on the basis of need and abilIty. Mr. Winchell stressed the fact that "this Is a school project, not a Far East class project."
Belonging to school activities helps keep teenagers in school and out of trouble. This was the general opinion of Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal, In a recent interview.
)fr. Farrar pointed out that nine out of ten teenagers who are in some type of trouble belong to few or no school activities.
a chili supper, the supper has been postponed.
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is being planned by Mr. Richard Winchell's two Far East history classes. The supper was originally scheduled for Jan. 5, the same date as Westside's invitational basketball game, but since the game has been canceled, the date of replacing before they become can replace their present uniand let the reserve band use This way both of the bands will have uniforms to wear when playing at concerts and at school activities.
Also school "drop outs" and students who dislike school do not join school activities. "Five students have dropped from \Vestside this year," said Mr. Farrar. He added, "The majority of them were not associated with any school organizations."
Mr. Farrar feels that students lack experience in leadership and association with other students when they don't participate in school functions. THE CLUB POLL
Please fill out this poll and leave it in the journalism room, 117, or with your home room teacher.
1. Do you think Westside needs more clubs? __ Yes __ No
2. Does Westside have any clubs that have "outlived" themselves?
--Yes --No. If so which ones?-------------
3. Do you approve of clubs with restricted memberships? (Z, Key Club) Yes No
4 VY ld you like to have girls' intramurals? Yes No
5. Do we have enough boys' intramurals? Yes No
6. Do you attend those clubs that you belong to regularly? --Yes --No
Westside had about 37 activities from cultural and service clubs tQ se\'eral types of athletic clubs. Mr. Farrar wants to know "Do these clubs reach all the students and if not, how could they?"
Mr. Farrar predicted that In four to five years Westside will have an enrollment of 2,200 to 2,300 students. Will we have enough activities then to fulfill the needs of an Increased enrollment?
Dec. 23 at Union Pacific Station the choir will sing Christmas carols. This afternoon at the convocation, Top Choir members will sing several Christmas numbers. They will be joined in their last number, "The Hallelujah Chorus," by the Concert Choir. "Combined there will be more than 100 voices," commented Mr. \Villiam Kellogg, director. \Vestside Top Choir and Warrior Band members presented a special Christmas program Tuesday night. Top Choir, which was directed by Mr. William Kellogg, sang the following numbers: "Christmas, Christmas, Blessed, Blessed Day,"
"The Christ of the Snow" with a soprano solo by Pat Frederickson, "I Wonder as I Wander" with a tenor solo by Kenny Ploss, "The Echo Carol" with the echo quartet; soprano Barb Page, alto Susan Lockwood, tenor Rick Bergstrum, and bass Jim Anderson, "Child Jesus Lay on Mary's Knee," "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," and the "Hallelujah Chorus."
Band numbers included: "Adesti Fideles," "Prayer and DreiUll Pantomime" from "Hansel and Gretel," "A Christmas Festival," "0, Holy Night," and a very unique arrangement of "White Christmas." The band was directed by Mr. Darwyn Snyder.
The winners of the International Club candy sale were announced Tuesday Dec. 17. First prize winner was Jim Johnson, a member of the German Club, who sold 3 0 4 bars.
First, second, and third prize winners respectively, in the indi· vidual clubs are: German-Harry \Voodburry, 1\lary Vales, Steve Holmstrom; Latin-Donna Par· dee, Ruth Brock, Fred Carlgren; Spanish-Bill Jensen, Bill Robin· son, Greg 1\liller; French-Holly Hickman, Judy Holt, Carole Henderson.
The goal for this years sale was $1,3 0 0 to bring two exchange students to Westside next year. There are still bars left so buy them while they last!
*What would you do if you had some Phoradendron flavescens? Most people like to make use of this at Xmas time but some WestBiders didn't know what to do with it. Do you??
Judy Anderson, senior: I'd get 'em filled-sounds like a cavity.
Bill Boelter, junior: I'd put it on a steak and have a barbeque.
Debbie Browne, sophomore: I'd go to the doctor.
Leslie Gaillard, senior: I'd wish it a Merry Christmas.
Alice Gillogy, office secretary: I'd do the best I could.
Tom Golder, jUnior: I'd play with it.
Denese Handschuh, junior: I'd take it to the library to help me with my term paper
Kristy Issacson, senior: Use it as a centerpiece on my Christmas dinner table.
Alex Orkow, senior: I'd do the natural thing, of course.
)largie Ringwalt, junior: I'd gargle it.
Sharon Ross, sophomore: I'd give it to Miss Aspen. Arlene Russnogle, teacher: I'd put it in my deep freeze.
Mr. Danny Seibold, teacher: I'd put a clothes pin on my nose.
Taffey Sqnires, senior: I'd give it to Tom (I know what it is).
Don Voss, senior: Sounds like dandruff.
W h a t 1 s i t ? ? Phoradendron fllavescens is the genus and spec-
The following letter was written by a former Westside student and sent to the Lance for publication.
"I moved to Omaha in 1960, when I entered the eighth grade at Westside. I never realized how good a school Westside was, both socially and academically, until I moved to California last summer.
First I'll point out the academic values of WHS compared to those of the school l am presently attending. When l spoke with my counsellor about the courses l was to take/ he asked for my records of last year. l took average freshman courses last year and he was apalled that l took "such difficult and challenging" subjects I found out that in the courses l am taking now that l am a good semester ahead. There are many subjects they don't offer, such as: physics, psychology, modern problems, senior math, and Russian history There are many, many others.
Mrs. Ethel Davidson, librarian, recently conducted a poll of all four grades to determine what books the students enjoyed most. The poll was taken in the English classes.
The top ten are as follows:
G 0 N E WITH THE WIND, TO KILL A MOCKING BffiD, EXODUS, 1984, HAWAIT, CALL OF THE WILD, UGLY MIERICAN, JANE EyRE I CATCHER IN THE RYE, and DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. The favorite books in each grade were: Exodus-9th grade Gone With the Wind-lOth grade; and To Kill a Bird-11th and 12th grades.
• • a Pretend Promises Pretend promises! Pretend promises! That seems to be all the school gets! After the victorious week-end of Dec. 7-8, several Westsiders decided to take the "day off" promised to tthem by the school. They made their escapes in various ways-from walking out the door to climbing out the window!
Sneezes Bring Excuses
In sixth hour chemistry, senior Gayle Hubbard let out with a "Ker-choo!" Mr. Harold Larson, student teacher, paused in his writing and murmured, "Excuse me "
Let's Get Rid Of It!
After attending a recent recommended theater production, senior Alex Orkow had only one comment, "Everything was greatbut that music!" No wonder Mo Tzu wanted to do away with Chinese music!" ( Mo Tzu was a Chinese phllospopher who wanted to do away with all emotion ritual.)
Chpme Koser
erary issue of the Lance was inadvertently omit t e d . The story was written by Meriel Lefler, a sophomore.
Senior: You measly, g u r p y, good-for-nothing!
Sophomore: Don't call me goodfor-nothing!
"I can remember when Christmas was an occasion for fireside rejoicing and goodwill. Now it's just the day that it's only X shopping days until."
Is this statement by Ogden Nash really true today or does Christmas still mean goodwill and rejoicing? After talking to and observing Westside students during this approaching Christmas season, the conclusion can be drawn that Christmas is not just the 11 X 11 shopping day.
expressed through Lance editorials and through a poll conducted by members of the Lance staff, a committee of English department members has suggested improvements in the present grading system Their report to Mr. Kenneth Hansen included the following:
Along the social line, one of the first things I noticed was the lack of spirit at the games.
The pep club consists of about 100 members. They have no uniform or sweater that would distinguish them from anyone else. The pep club is one of the largest clubs in the school.
The dress for homecoming was "school clothes and no jeans!" Very few people were there and only the queen candidates wore formals. The dance was held in an undecorated gym with taped music.
So you see , Westside is not the "dump" you may think it is. I think you should learn to appreciate WHS and do all you can for it. It's our school and let's be proud of Westside Even though l no longer go to Westside, it is my school because l am ashamed to claim the school l now attend. l hope that no one ever gets the idea that Westside is something they should be ashamed of. lf you do, try another."
ANNE WHITNEY Hacienda Heights, Calif.•
Christmas in Sweden is the great celebration everybody longs for all the year. It is a celebration especially for the young but also the old. It is a feast of warmth and light in the cold and darkness of the winter.
Christmas in Sweden is a long celebration. It starts on the first Sunday of Advent around the 1st of Dec. to continue for about six weeks. Ar01md this date, all Christmas decorations are put up d o w n t o w n and the Christmas shopping begins. It is also time for all housewives to start the preparation of the food that will be eaten during the coming weeks.
The 13th of December is the day of Saint Lucia, a Sicilian saint. She is forgotten everywhere except in Sweden where her day is still celebrated. In the darkness of the morning, all girls put on · a white robe and a crown of flickering candles on their heads and then bring coffee to the rest of the family. She has to do this early, and then the entire family leaves
to continue the celebration in other places. The day of Saint Lucia is celebrated everywhere, at factories, at offices, and in schools.
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The last day before Christmas is rushy. Thil.t day all decorations will be put up, the Christmas tree will be bought and everything will be made ready for the next day, the 24th of December. This day particularly everybody has been lon!,,''ing for. At about three o'clock the eating starts front an extra large "smorgasbord" for the occasion strengthened with a huge ham and "lutflsk."
When all the eating is over it is time for Santa Claus or "Jultomten" to come. He is a little bowed tiny man bringing gifts to all "good" children. Usually it is the father of the family that is dressed up, and afterwards he comes back with some weak excuse
The second day after Christmas the celebrations start again with dinner-parties for relatives and friends. Every day the huge
Westside students, although surrounded by great wealth, both material and spiritual, still recognize the true meaning of Christmas Some statements made by Westsiders about the approaching Yule season included, "Christmas is the time to help others," "To show goodwill in every sense of'the word," and "A time to show your love for Christ ."
Certainly Christmas means vacation and gifts but all hope in mankind is not lost. For along with these things, Christmas to many Westsiders represents just what the Anglo-Saxon word Christemaesse means A mass or rite for the birth of Christ
BEV KLEIN
American holiday customs are not the customs found at Westside this Christmas season French students have been busy learning Christmas carols and customs.
"We are going to record in the laboratory part of the time," stated :Mrs. Diane Alhouse, French teach· er. Most of the carols sung are in French but some of them have English translations related Mrs. Althouse.
Correction!
the Dec. 7 issue of the Lance of the poll on the grading system was omitted. The question and statistics were:
Have you or your friends experienced a situation in which teachers of the same subject gave a "1" to one student who had a 97 plus average and a "2" to another student who had a 97 plus average when neither student had done extra work?
3 6 o/o no
57% _ yes
7 % don't know
"smorgasbord" is eaten. By and by the parties become more rare and by about the 13th of January Christmas is definately over. That day the Christmas tree is thrown away but the kids are singing: "And Christmas lasts right up to Lent-tide."
As most Westsiders know, the school has several student teachers. There are 19 altogether. They teach nearly every: subject in the school. Although they come from different schools 1 nearly all of them agree with Miss Mary Dworak, choral, and Judith Davenport, short story, who commented;
"I was very thankful to come to Westside and I enjoy it here treniendollsly."
"I've learned a lot and I hope my students have too!" ttr1t -:.
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According to Mrs. Mary Conner, 1h'ngllsh department head, the conunittee recommends that \Ve stside adopt a six point grading system which might be either 1, 2,3,4, passiri.g, failure or A,B,C,D, passing, failure.
Their reasons
of student's efl'ort!l.
2. It will better justify grades, especially when work is not completely objective in nature 1
3. A designation is made of students who cannot academically pass. 4
4. It will work toward greater college convenience.
5. It will offer improved part:ment consistency.
6. Better parential understanding will be inherent.
7. The margin of grading error on the part of the teacher is greatly reduced.
(The difference between grades is actually too small 1mder the sent system)
8. Honors courses of today sent the challenge that the possessed A faculty comm1ttee with purpose of revising the grading system has existed at Westside for years.
To coin an old phrase, "Tis the season to be jolly." This could mean either that the Cliristmas season is upon us, or that you have been one of the fortunate many who have purchased the record that everyone is talking about , Tho First Family with Vaughn Meader on the CADENCE label
Even if you are a Kennedy fan , you will find your sides aching you have played this disk
The Glorious Sound of Christmas, The philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy cond. Temple Choir, COLmiDIA
No album collection can be considered complete without one Christmas record And since this is the carolling season, there is no time like the present to acquire one. If you don't have a recordin of the World's Favorite you should not pass thls up.
I.:.ess than 1 '7o of Westside ' s students dropped out of school last year. (Students who moved away and entered another school are not considered "dropouts ." ) The fi g ur e of 1 '7o has not changed to any extent since 1952. Of the few dropouts, there are more juniors and seniors than freshmen and sophomores
With so few dropping school, there is no pattern of reasons given. Low grades, frequent absence , lack of interest or control at home, early marriage, and trouble with the law-these are some of the reasons given for quitting school. Truancy and low grades go together and sometimes it is hard to say which is cause and which is effect. It is very seldom that a student who is active in athletics, music, or any of the other high school activities drops out of school.
Nebraska law requires school attendance until a stud e nt Is 16, unless he graduates before he is 16.
The typical dropout occurs after the age of 16, and usually during the school year. Very few students return to high school after dropping out.
The national dropout rate is 33% By comparison, Westside's 1 % is unusually low.
The second meeting of Westside ' s n e west club the Westside Cultural Lyceum, was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. Judith Hoyt
This club, an organization formulated for the express purpose of cultural enrichment of the lives of \Vestsiders, was spear-headed by members of Mrs. Hoyt's English seminar class.
Mr. Herald Welch, Westside orchestra director, presided over the meeting with a discussion of the development of music from the Gregorian Chant through the twentieth century. He used several musical selections to illustrate his talk.
Twenty students were present at the first session. The group, which will not have any officers, lans to convene the first and third rsday of every month. There are no dues and anyone interested is invited to attend.
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This year Westside is making its own trophie s and plaques. They will honor the outstanding athletes of Westside High School. Mr. Dick Lane and a few of the senior woodworking boys will make them for the school.
Of th e 2,500 , 000 teenagers who reached age ei g hte e n in 1960 , one-third went on to college, onethird quit s chool after graduation, and one-third had already dropped out.
There are thr e e types of drop-outs :
The "drifter" is normally intelligent and healthy.
He just doesn't see any point in school. A study made in Iowa revealed that one in five high school drop-outs had an I. Q. of over 120.
The "rej e ct " has been pushed out o! normal te e na g e life by society This group includes the N e gro, Pu e rto Rican, Mexican, and American Indian.
The most difficult to help is the "outsider." Most of the "outsiders" are emotionally disturbed; some come from alien backgrounds.
Drop -outs from high school have an unemployment rate doubl e that of the high school graduate, and tripl e that of people with some college education. Even with four years of high school, labor unions r e quire an additional four years of apprenticeship before an employee is considered prepared for a trade
A five-part series of lectures on the career of medicine sponsored by the University of Nebraska and Creighton University for Westside · students has started this month
The first four parts consist of lectures by members of the medical schools of the two universitIes in the Little Theater at 7 : 3 0 p m. The fifth part is a planned tour of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine
T h e three remaining lectures are:
Jan. 8-High School Curriculum Directed Toward a Career in :Medicine, Dr. Lynn Thompson, Asst. Professor of Anesthesiology, Uni., of Nebr., College of Medicine.
Feb 5-=College Curriculum and Hear
WESTSIDE ACTIVITY REPORTS
Dec. 20 and Jan. 3 on the JOE LIGHT SHOW 8-12 midnight on KOIL 1290 KC's SHOE FITTERS SINCE 1918
Medical School Requirements, Dr. James W. Benjamin, Ph.d, Professor of Anatomy and Asst Dean of Unl. of Nebr., College of Medicine.
Mar. 19-1\-ledical College Educaation and Costs, Dr. Richard Egan, Dean of the Creighton University School of Medicine.
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The first plaque has been completed and will represent varsity basketball. The names of the best rebounder, the player who makes the most free throws, and the one who is best on defense will have their names inscribed on it. The trophies and plaques, when completed, will be kept in the trophy case outside boys' gym. There will also be plaques made to represent physical education classes and minor sports. The awards wm be announced by the coaches or the sponsor of the sport that is to be represented The cost of the materials for the plaques wlll be assumed by the athletic department.
De c 13, Key Club and Z Club had a joint scavenger hunt to collect foods for ne e dy famllles. According to Mrs. Lucas, the hunt was successful; the kids filled 20 small boxes full of canned goods.
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ball game." His team will be bringing a 1·2 record into to· nights tassle, with losses to Lin· colnand Prep and a 74·78 win over Tee Jay.
Westside's opponent does not have extreme height but does boast 6 4" Bob Wasinger who has been averaging 18 3 points against A L opponents with a 25 point output against Tee Jay.
Coach Jim Tangdall's Warriors
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Special Exhaust on valve lash and length of time that the valves will be opened or closed.
Advancing the spark about 40 degrees and re-working the disttributor so it will give full ad· vance at about 2000 r.p.m. and still idle, will really produce a dif· !erence in overall performance
Exhaust systems are probably the only part of an engine that has almost free modification. Sometimes having cyllnder one and three paired into one pipe and two and four in another then both leading into a large dump about a foot from the port. The right bank is paired normally 5·6, 7·8. Thin wall tubing will not only decrease weight but will help pulse scavenging,
double cohlDlll averages, other leading s core r s are Bill Olson 16.0 ppg, Bill Eilers 12.5 ppg, Jim Adam s 9.5 ppg and Paul Matt 6.7 ppg. Tonight will be the fourth me e ting betw ee n A L and Westside and c hanc e s are the Warrior will take rev e nge on last year's 7 0-8 2 beating a nd be the first Westside team to beat A. L
On Dec 8 to open the 62 season, Westside whizzed by highly favored Hastings 60-48 With a slim 30 - 29 half time lead Hastings fizzled out in the third and
SENIOR LEAGUE Number 6-56, Thorns-45 - High 1 scorer, Shain Humphrey-24 pts Jokers-44, W B Alumni-28-Terry Peterson-22 pts. BOSA-33, Yankee Doodlers-3DMike Shaw-12 pts. Colts over Alley Rats by forfeit. JUNIOR LEAGUE Playbays-39, Oldtlmers-11-Jim lr· vln, Darwin Grlner-12 pts. Chargers-33, Celtlcs-18 - Don Weir -11 pts. Trojans-26, Lakers-23 -John Ever· road-20 pts Buzzards over Pistons by forfeit.
To top that all out performance the following night the Warriors wound up carrying coach Jim Tangdall on their shoulders after Wests ide's tremendous upset on an overtime with Grand Island. In a real thriller Westside scored five points in two minutes to tie it up and win in the overtime 57·55 A g a in Warriors leading scorer was Bill Olson with 1 7 pts Leading the Islanders was Tom Millsap who tallied
The Warriors first away game proved fatal for they met a firedup team in Columbus who hit a hot 7 5 per cent from the field to go on and hand Westside it's first defeat 7 8·5 9 For the third time this year Bill Olson lead all Warrior scores witth 13 pts Big gun for Columbus was Krehbiel with 21 pts.
serve shooting which averages 38 per cent from the field
Warrior wrestling had a real workout when the Tech Trojans invaded Westside for a 34-14 Trojan victory Dec. 14.
One of the feature matches of the meet was the 6-5 decision of Trojan Jerry Shook over Westside ' s 127 lb John Gerard
In the 05 lb. division, Phil Du· gan produced another bit of ex· citement by pinning his Trojan mat opponent. Scott Swanson, a newcomer to Warrior wrestling, also pinned his foe and contri· buted to the cause by doing so. Frank Denes, a senior one-year letterman, picked up a win for himself and the team, by decision· ing his Trojan in the 165 lb. class.
Wrestling will again be present at Westside when the Warrior matmen pull up stakes and head for a victory at North today.
Westside ' s 62-33 swimming
voctory over South at Norris Dec. 14 was protested by South officials.
South is questioning the eligi· bllity of senior Steve Sturges who placed first in two events. Steve was a tuition pupil at Central last year and at the time still lived in District66.He also has no changed residence since attending W e s t • side this year.
Westside's next swimming opponent is Benson today
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The Warrior Reserve team shot to its fourth straight victory Saturday with a 4 2-4 0 victory over Lincoln behind the shooting of Jerry James (21 pts ) and therebounding of Stan Saklar Reserve coach Jack Peterson admitted this was the toughest game yet, as compared to victories over St. Johns 51·81, Cathedral 52·38, and Columbus 48-41, and stated the reserve should have beat them by a more convincing margin.
Westside s n ext challenger is A L who will try to top the Re-
The Freshman "A" team lead by Steve Tylers ( 14 pts ) and Roger Herrings ( 12 pts.) trampled South last Friday 57-61. Leading the rebounding parade was Andy Denes with 9 and Steve Tyler and Gordon Nealy with 7 each South's biggest quarter was the third quarter in which they scored 7 points.
The F r e s h m an "B" Team spared by Brad Hills 14 pts also downed South 28-17 for their victory
For the first time the intercity schools will participate in a C h r i s t m a s Holday Basketball Tournament There will be eight schools attending, including Westside. The first games will start on Dec. 26 and · continue on Dec 27 and 29 in the Civic Auditorium.
The intercity league hopes that this will be a continuous tournament and that it will continue for many years to come. The first ses· sion will start in the afternoon at 1: 15 and will continue till about 4:15 that afternoon. There will al· so be an evening session that will start at 7: 15 and continue until about 10:15. Each session will cost 50 cents with an activity, and $1 dollar for adults.
There will be four trophies awarded to the schools. One of them, seven and a half feet tall, will be a traveling trophy It will be awarded to the winning school for display and then will return to the auditorium for display
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"Anyone who has yet to make schedule changes mu s t do so by Jan. 22," stated Guidance Counselor Mr. Jack Peterson.
According to Mr. Peterson, three new classes will be offered next semester. They are: business arithmetic taught by Mr. Bill Hoyt, general business taught by Mr. Jack Noodell, and zoology taught by Mr. Harley Hardison.
Many' one sem e ster classes will have a fresh start this semester
They are: first hour-sociology, economics and marriage and family livin g Second hour-advanced foods and business arithmetic
Third hour-fashion illustration, American H i s t o r y , economics, s ociolo g y, phychology, R u s sian H i s t o r y and personal typing.
Fourth hour-physiology, sp e ech and home decorating skills.
"I suppose it'll be a fairly modern city. It's called Bloemfonetein and it's in the province of Orange Free State in the Union of South Africa " Junior Les Johnson commented on the city in which he will spend the next 7 lh months as a forei g n exchange student.
Les left for Bloemfonetein Jan 9. from New York via the Lufthanasa German airline. There are four in the Harper family, whom Les believes to be British :
Three One - Act Plays On 8jll For Thesp ia ns
A bill of three one-act plays haes been scheduled for Jan. 29 and 30 in Westside's Little Theater and Jan. 30 at Westbrook Jr. High
The plays, Two Crooks and a Lady, by Eugene Pillot, The case of the Crushed Petunias by Tennesee Williams, and The Bronze Lady and the Crystal Gentleman by Henri Duvernois, are sponsored by the Thespians, drama club , and under the supervision of Mrs. Anna Clark , drama instructor.
The casts are: Two Crooks and a Lady; Miller, The Hawk-Dave Johnson; Lucille, his accomplice-Rena Olsen; Mrs. Sims-Vane-Pat Fredrick· soni Miss Jones, her companion-Kathy Lammers; Police Inspector-Nick Kostos; Garrity, a policeman-Dave Ross. Student Director is Becky Peters.
In The Case of the Crushed Petunias; Dorothy Simple-Sandy Clifton; Police Officer-Chris Petersen; Young Man-Jim Brown; and Mrs DuneSharon Wille Gail Rowden is the student director
The cast for The Bronze Lady and the Carystal Gentleman is; Sourcier-Brent Warren; Passandeau-Wade Wright; The Prince-Richard Slack; Dr. Alique-Ray Dryden; and Madame Sourcier-Kathy Wupper. The student director is Claudia Chorley.
Tickets are 50 cents plus an activy ticket or one dollar.
What is the second annual "Spirit of 6 6 ?" The Westside Talent Show, of course!
"Westside does have a lot of talent," commented Mr. William Kellogg, who will direct the talent show. He hopes that it will reveal "the best" of District 66. This is how the annual event got its name, "Spirit of 66".
Tryouts were held Jan. 14 and 15 for the show to be given Feb. 8 and 9 in the Westside auditorium.
Mr. Kellogg is hoping for many different acts that are based on the theme of musical comedies.
To supplement seperate student acts, the Top Choir will do several ntunbers from their past musicals, "South Pacific", "Oklahoma", "Carousel", and "Tom Sawyer."
Tickets are free to students with Westside activity ticket Tickets for children under 12 are 50 cents and $1 for adults.
Esne , his mother; Kenneth, his fath e r, who is a civil engineer; Peter, his brother, and Elizabeth, his sister. There is also a dog, Sweetie, and a canary, Sweetie Pie.
"My school is called Grey College, and it's an all-boys school. I think it'll be a little harder than W e stside. "The langua g e is bilingual-English and Afrikaans, which is really a corruption of Dutch."
After deciding to take his clarinet, Les discovered his school has
a drum and bugle corps "I ' m going ot paint it [the clarinet] gold, and they'll never know the difference!" he laughed.
"It won't be tropical," Les said when asked about the climate, "It's alot like Now Orleans. It's on a plateau and the average rainfall is about 20 inches a year," he rattled off. He knows a lot about where he's going.
Les will write the Lance about what it's like after he arrives. These letters will be published in future editions
third of their classes. Steve Curelop won his first finals in his first attempt in com-
Fifty Westsiders qualified for alternate scholarships. These students will receive one-year scholarships (full-tuition for one year) to the University as the four-year scholarships are turned down.
The distribution will again be according to scores. Those with higher scores having more of a chance to receive a scholarship than those receiving a l ower score.
Thte alternates are R od Ander son, Bruce B a chus, Keith Bell, L es lie Be n to n , Kenton Brooks, Jim Brown, Jea nn ie Bueskin g, Bev Burrows, Steve Car· t e r Bob Cocks Jerry Doctor, Mike Elliot, C a thy Filkins, Bill F os ter, Leslie Gaillard, Ann G all oway, Mereditth Herring.
The profits of the recent cash prizes.
competitive attempt in the Radio Newscasting division at the Kearney State Teacher's College Invitational High School Debate Tournament, Jan. 12.
Soph omore B ill Gray made the Attention Seniors!
Those who have not signed the diploma list posted in the English rooms report to Mr. Karl Pecht in his office immediatel y! ! Hurry! Hurry!
petitive original oration. He was competing against seniors representing various h i g h school s throughout Nebraska Dick Imig also made the iinals,-this time in extemporaneous speaking.
Out of 16 rounds of debate Westside won 12
Other Westsiders attending the tourney were Dennis Adams, Bob • Bucholz, Scott Crabtree, Ray Dryden , Eric Hultman. and Jan Laitos.
The International Club has carfruit cake sale, sponsored by The $ 1 300 will be forwarded to ried on this program since 1960, the band, are undeterminable, the American Field Service, which will in turn provide Westside stated Mr Darwin Snyder, with two foreign exchange stuband director However, he es- dents next year. timated the amount to b e
around $300
The proceeds are going into the fnnd to buy new uniforms for the band. After the new uniforms are bought, the present ones, which are eleven years old, will be given
to the reserve band.
The fruit cake sale is an annual event and will be continued until the purchase of the new uniforms
One ton of the World's Finest Chocolate was sold by Westside's International C 1 u b this past month for a 50 per cent profit of $1,300
An 8,640 bars were stored in 1 room 104A and sold by the club's members nnder the incentive of
when a salesman of the World's Finest Chocolate Company solicited their cooperation.
Second semester changes will affect many Westside students and the Journalism department is no exception.
Changes in the personnel of the Lance staff were announced Jan. 14 by Miss Marilyn Miller, advisor.
Bev Klein will be Lance editor with Tedi Rosenbaum assisting her as managing editor. Virginia Seiger will be the new business manager.
Chynne Koser will edit page one. Pat Meredith and Sandy Clifton will be page two and three editors respectiv-ely. Jerry Nealy
There's still time--i f y ou hurry-to get your ticket to the chili supper tomorrow night in the cafeteria. Tickets may be p u rchased after school to day in front of office and from members of St u dent Council, Z Club, Key Club, and Far East for only 75 cents Chili, salad , cake, and milk-all you can eat -will be served from 4 :30 to 8 p m. and
everyone is urged to attend. All profits will go to the Wests i de Scholarship Fund.
and Shain Humphrey will remain sports editors.
Dick Theis will become special features editor. Marty Rnnstrom will be the staff artist and Marv Morton will be sports reporter. Linda Lee will remain circulation editor and Cathy Lautenschlager will be a staff reporter.
Four new editions to the Lance staff include memebers of the first year journalism classes. Betty Kuhn and Sally Thomas will be reporters and Ronnie Bounds and Brian Mertz will compose the advertising staff.
Nearly a thousa nd tickets have b een sold, accor din g to senior Taffy Squires, c hai rman o f the even t. Co-chairman i s Tom Im i g. Mr. R i chard Winchell , sponsor and Far East history teacher , stated that "everyon e is p l eased with the initi al s u ccess." And don't forget the sock hop tomorrow night after the game in the girls' gym. The Softones will play and will forgo their usual fee so all profits from the dance will also g o to the sch o larshfp fund.
Everyone be sure and buy your excalibur, exclaims Wade wright, president of Hi-Y.
For the first time the Westside student directory has a name, t h e Westside Excalibur.
"The name comes from Midieval times and corresponds with names like Lance and Shield," Wade said Dennis Shannon, senior, headed the committee of getting the di· rectonies prepared an d printed.
"The directories are a little Illite because we had to wait for all exchanges to be made, changing 391 to 333," nnis replied.
What would you do if you were odifprobrinate?
Ron Scott, junior: I'd give up my title.
Mr. Karl Pecht, counselor: I'd try to change my ways.
Sherry Paden, senior: I ' d keep on testing.
Don Chase, senior: I'd keep it a secret.
Bob Taylor, senior: I'd take a bath.
Tom Imig, senior: I'd switch to Ban. Mike Elliott, senior: Jump off the Douglas St. Bridge.
Anne Wupper, sophomore: I'd make a proclamation.
Andy Eckman, senior: I'd for-
get all about it.
Meredith Herring, senior: I wouldn't tell.
Mary Mincer, freshman: I'd hide in a corner.
Becky Burling, freshman: I'd be embarassed.
Kathy Kallweit, sophomore: I'd go downtown and buy some new clothes
Mary Mead, senior: I'd drink. Hungerford, senior: Get married.
David Eoff, senior: I'd tell Mr. Andreas and take it off his map.
Odifprobrinate, according to Mr. Danny Seibold, pyschology teacher, means something detestable or despicable
Because of the lack of response to a recent poll published in the Lance, a similar one was conducted by the journalism students and Lance staff.
50 were girls and 50 were boys selected at random in a proportional number from grade. The poll was taken to help the administration and students determine:
1. Whether the students are taking full advantage of school activities.
2. To what extent school activities effect the students' attitudes toward school. I
3. To point out deficiencies in the current activities program Watch for an editorial on Westside activities. The poll and results are as foll(}WS:
CORRECTION
An error appeared in the Dec. 21 issue of the Lance in the article on the proposed grading system The sentence was to have read:
A faculty committee with the purpose of revising the grading system has existed at Westside for one year.
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by a Senior by Alex Frank OrkowI wonder why that Junior stays 'awake At night long after others are in bed.
I doubt if it can honestly be said He works so long for only learning's sake.
I've heard he must a research paper write -a plague, a curse to whom it is assigned- 1 Which causes Juniors all to be confined Within their rooms until late in the night.
The Junior realized he's not begun To make his notes or bibliography, Although he's camped in yonder library. The day his paper's due will it be done?
But I must pity him in this sad case, For only last year I was in his place.
Why paint the student lounge flat black? "The whole idea is to make the lounge more comfortable and to g et more students to use it, " revealed Wade Wright, senior Student Council member.
Friday, January 18, 1963
Is the school paper good enough to please you-the student body? Do you look forward to the distribution days? Do you really enjoy reading the school paper? If so, then thank you, for you are supporting the Lance. After all, it's written and published for you.
Sportsmanship and fair play has always prevailed in our sports at Westside. The school can be proud of its athletes and the way they conduct themselves at school activities.
How m a ny students really know the school song? Aside from those girls who are members of the pep club, few do. This was obvious at a pep rally held outdoors last November. When the band began to play the song, the students immediately began to disassemble.
It is your duty to your school to know the school song. Perhaps th e Student Council will take action to have copies of it printed and distributed to all students.
What ever happened to the Student Senate? It was originally organized to inform the student body of all happenings Another purpose was to give better student representation. What happened to your home room representative's responsibility to you? Why not revive this student organization?
Juni o rs-don't look so forelorn! Next year you will be gratef u l for the experience gained in writing term papers this year. Right n ow you probably feel it is one great big injustice. In the years to come you will have more of them to write and you wo n't get as much he l p or time on them. So, learn how to do them now an d you won't have such a headache writing the ones th a t follow.
After attending the Benson-Tech game, the following comment by a Benson fan was overheard : "Say! You should have come to the Westside game the other night They had the best pep squad and the best cheerleaders I have ever seen!"
Yes, our Pep Club is noticed and all the work pays off when people of other schools make this kind of comment.
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Kathy is going to St. Louis where she will attend a school about one-half the size of Westside.
"I hate to leave Westside; I 1 just love it!" exclaimed Kathy. Her activities, as numerous as they are varied, show this plainly. "I have cheerleading and cheer, leading!" Kathy said She achieved her varsity position after tryouts last spring.
"I mostly keep track of points!" Ka;thy related about her duties as vice-president of Pep Club. "Of course keeping track of points for mor e than 600 girls can create problems."
Playing the cello is one of Kathy's favorite pastimes. She holds first chair positions in the Westside Orchestra and the Omaha Youth Symphony. "I am a charter member of the Youth Symphony and have been in it for about four years," Kathy stated. This group performs about three 0 r four times a year and has practice every Saturday. Kathy also belongs to a special group in the Westside Orchestra, the string quartet.
Being this active in and out of school has created a sense of responsibility and a willingnes to h e lp that has made Kathy a part of Westside. Wherever Kathy goes these qualities will help her to keep her lively and energetic personality.
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It was decided that the lounge would be painted at the Jan. 9 meeting of the Council There are to be dai'k curtains. "There won't be any sitting on the floor. We don t want it to look like a coffeehous e !" commented Wade, who is head of the painting committee.
The Student Council also endorsed the chili supper at their Jan. 9 meeting. The supper will be given under supervision of Far East students tomorrow night in the WHS caf e teria from 4:30 to 8 p.m.
Dear Notable Warrior, For weeks I have been reading your column. I read it because I am searching for something. As yet, I am still searching.
In hopes that you can help me, I will tell you what I am searching for-it is this: Why are you notable?
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I will greatly appreciate your help Thank you.
Searching
Dear Searching: Your question is very good. But your search is in vain. The only reason I am notable is booaulie I am a Warrior!
Notable Warrior
Dear Notable Warrior, I too, have a problem. I am, well, sort of-uh-clumsy, And-aawkward. My feet seem to stumble over each other and ,my mind wanders. What shall I do?
Graceless
Dear Graceless:
First, I suggest you type with only one finger--until you improve.
Next, try walking with only two feet and watch carefully where
you place them-try, at first, to put them on all squares going the direction you are. (You have to be careful when you turn around,) You should also try thinking with your head. This is not as difficult as it seems. You simply repeat over and over to yourselfthink, think, think. It works wonders.
Notable Warrior
Dear Notable Warrior, I am no longer in school. Once I attended WHS. But due to the fact that I had home difficulties, I was forced to quit
In the five years since my absence, I have written many people and tried my dismal best to solve my problems. You see, my mother is an alcoholic and my father , poor fellow, is a dope addict. I do not want sympathy!
I simply want help. But, of course in the event that you are unable to help, I would take sympathy.
Pitiful
Dear Pitiful: You have my sympathy.
Notable Warrior
Chynne KoserWhat about a boys' pep club? At a few games the boys seemed to organize their own unofficial club. Why not make it official?
Is it fair when, through no fault of your own, you happen to come late to school with an overnight book, and because you were a few minutes late _ you are tagged with a 25 cent fine?
Mino r sp o rts do we have them at Westside? You wouldn't think so from the attendance at wrestling matches and swimming meets. Other schools have cheerleaders and pep club me m bers attending them. What's wrong with Westside?
Why don't spectators pay more attention to what is going on at basketball games? Westside has a fine basketball team this year and it is only common courtesy to devote one's full attention to what is going on on the court. There is no place for loud talking, hair combing, etc., at games. That can be done elsewhere. But people don't seem to realize that those sitting around them are bothered by their bad manners and discourtesy.
What would your first reaction be upon learning that you had just won a four-year scholarship to the University of Nebraska?
The general reaction of the five senior boys who recently won N ebraska Regents Scholarships was, as expressed by Jay Barton: "Frankly, I was quite surprised!"
The other four winners are Steve Watson, Mark Brooks, Jim Johnson, and Tom Imig.
Of the five, only Jim plans definitely to accept the scholarship Jay has applied to Yale and Princeton, Steve has applied to Princeton; Mark and Tom are still undecided about whether they will accept the scholarships. Those scholarships which are not used by the winners will go to alternates.
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For a Voting Ag e of 18
Alex Frank O rkow, senior:
The reason most often cited for not extending suffra ge to persons eighteen years old is that they are not mature eno u g h to properly exercise this privilege. However , there are numerous practices in our society which preclude this opinion.
In many states personal privileges such as ad· mission to adult entertainment and purchasing power for cigarettes and alcoholic beverages are extended to people of this age. Department stores often allow persons 18 years old to open credit accounts. The very fact that such an individual is permitted to sen·e in the armed forces-an institution so vital for the nation's welfare--indicates great amenabilities.
Taking all of the above into consideration, the implication that persons 18 years of age have large degrees of maturity and responsibility cannot be denied.
It must also be remembered that the great majority of persons between the ages of 18 and 21 are enrolled in institutions of higher learning. College students are recognized to be one of the most completely informed groups in the United States.
This fact, coupled with the evidence proving their maturity, indicates that the minimum voting age should indeed be eighteen.
Student who hav e worked in the language lab genera lly agree that it is lots of fun and wish it had been here sooner. Although all foreign langua ge students haven't used the Jab, most of the students who have us e d it would like to "go down to the lab " more often.
Some humorous experiences happening in the lab are hearing someone speak a foreign language, having a booth start to smoke when you are using it, and voicing complaints about messed up hair.
From the teacher's point of view, Mrs. Diane Althouse, French teacher, says, "It helps the teacher tremendously in knowing what the student is capable of dqing. In class they may be a little shy but in a booth by themselves they will be relaxed and not be afraid to make mistakes."
Mrs Ki Ki Gore, Spanish teacher said "You are all invited to come down and see the lab anytime after school."
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For a Voting Ag e of 27
Mr . Wayne G/ic/clen, t eacher:
Should eighteen-year-olds have the right to vote?
That is the question.
The answer-No!
While •one does not like to be called o l d -fashioned or anti-youth, I do not see why one should have the right or privilege, if you please, to vote merely be· cause of one's age.
My opinion is based on the fact that voting is not a right guaranteed to you, but rather a privilege extended to you by your state upon reaching your maturity or twenty-first birthday.
The right to vote is much more than just casting the ballet at election time. It involves, certainly, the casting of the ballot; but it includes also the acceptance of numerous adult responsibilities. Even at twenty-one we have too many peop l e who don't accept the responsibilities of adulthood Why expand this group by including eighteen-year-olds?
I think eighteen-year-olds are more interested in the coffee-house activity, their car or their dates than the responsibilities of local, state, or national government.
This is as it should be. Youth should enjoy and savor every minute of its age, because adu l thood is coming fast enough.
Why rush the process?
"It's purpose is to accelerate electrons to find out what effects, if any, these electrons have on living or non-living organisms," stated sophomore Ross Risley in relation to his Science Club project.
"It's com monly called an atom smasher," he w ent on. "There is a lot of things I can do with it."
The W -estside Science Club has expanded! It now includes photography in its already vast areas of interest.
The club has purchased all necessary materials, totaling over $200 in cost, for the development, and printing of film, and enlarging of photographs, including a Besseler enlarger.
When asked if the use of these impressive facilities would be open to the general student body, Mr. Harley Hardison, the club's sponsor, r -eplied that the decision would rest with the members of the club and science department
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"It wasn't too hard to construct since so many of the parts were made in a machine shop," Ross said. "It cost about $125, but the school is paying for part of it, un· less I decide to keep it."
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Mr s. C la ra Dunn's so ciology c la ss e s h a ve been on two fi e ld t rips--o ne to Linc o ln, Jan 10 , and o ne to G le nw ood , Ja n 14. The students arrived in Lincoln by way of a ch a rtered bus. Their first stop was a visit to the Nebraska Un icameral Legislature. Next they had lunch in the Capitol Later they went to the Boys' Reformatory where they listened to a panel discussion by the inmates, and then went on a guided tour of the building. According to Mrs. Dunn, the trip concluded with a tour of the State Mental Institute.
by Pat Meredith
No, it isn't a zoo. It's Room 2 0 0, but animals-o f all c o l o rs, shapes, and sizes-have over.
The menagerie, which is kept in cages at the back of •the room, incl ud es a rabbit named Peter, a raccoon named Racky, a d uck named Nuisance, and fo u r guinea pigs called Lady and Lord Plushbottom, Gertrude and Heathcliff.
They sometimes cause slight distu rbances during c l ass " Once in awhile o ne breaks loose and we have to raise our feet until i t's caught," said biology instructor Mr Harley Hardison.
Most of the animals, Mr. Har dison states, came from the YMCA s u mmer camp in Fontenelle Forest. The iguana and t h e alliga to r were donate d by Woolworth's and many stud ents brought animals which they had caught.
"They give the students an o pport u nity to become expose d t o that part of biology which is n o t memorizing vocabulary words,"
Mr. Hardison concluded
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When the classes went t o Glenwood, they spent the day at the mental institution. "From 10: 3 0 a.m. to 12 they attende d a meeting where they were lectured by the head a d ministrators on care, selecti o n and administrati on of the institution," said Mrs. Dunn. After lunch, they were taken on a gui d ed tour of the instituti o n.
Jan. 22-Tuesday 1 an d 5 exams
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J an. 23-Wednesday 2 an d 3 exams
5 and 6 regular classes
J an. 24-Th u rsday 4 an d 6 exams
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These will be two-ho u r exams. Seniors are not req u ire d to attend study halls on test days. All students are to either b e o ut of the school or in a st ud y hall on test days.
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When an engine leaves the assembly line, it is well balanced for the job ,the engine was originally built for. But, when you build up on engine and raise its rpm lim,it imbalance shows quickly.
Engine forces are considerably heavier than one might think and when the bal ance of an engine is uneven, then the engine will not run anywhere close to the way it should. Engine balance involves both rotating and reciprocating weights. Whe n balancing anengine, the first job would be to weigh and balance the pistons This can be doe by weighing each piston and matching up the lightest piston with heaviest pin and then taking the lightest set and matching all the rest with the lightest set 1
Rods come next, they first are weighed, then all are matched in weight by grinding the upper end of the rod is the simplest way of equalizing reciprocating weights Balancing the crank is perhaps the most difficult job of all. The crank must he placed on a specia l machine and balanced by adding weight to the counterweights.
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Westside stayed atop the Intercity league race Friday by bumping Central 58-57.
With the l ead changing hand s every other quarter everyone was kept on edge. Behind the shooting of Bill Olso n (20 pts .) and Paul Matt (12 pts.) the Warriors built up a lead of 36·23 onl y to have it shattered b y a frustrating four point 3rd quarter.
The lead changed nine times and the tension wasn't relieved until Paul Matt , who lost the ball to Central with ten seconds left to go, sank two free throws to wrap up the game with six seconds left
Westside put the damper on Crib bs and Armstrong, the Central scoring wizzards, holding them to a combined 18 points, certainly a game deciding factor.
Reserv e
Coach Jack Peterson's reserves, after winning their first five games, have skidded to a 5-2 mark because of what coach Peterson describes as "weak rebounding."
Inspite of well-balanced shoot· ing, Jim Ellis' and JerryJames' 10 pts. against Benson took the rebounding honors and a 49-42 win.
In the next game mechanical errors dr ew the Warriors to their second loss of the season to Central 57-50. AI Zimmerman's 20 pts. kept Westside in tight most of the game, but the rebounds were against them.
Mr. Peter s o n stated " I think we'll come out of it" and will get a chance to see tonight at 6 : 15 against North.
Freshman
The Westside Freshman continued their winning ways by beating North 62-29, Ralston 60-49 and Boystown 43-31, boosting their total to 4-1. The following are season totals of top shooters and rebounders: Steve Tyler 58 pts, Lee Fischer and Roger Herring 43 pts , Gordon Nealy 48 rebo u nds, and Andy Denes 38.
The mighty Freshman "B" team froliced to a 31-28 victory over Boys Town and a 31-3 0 thrashing of North which stretches their winning streak to 4.
For the first time in four years basketball fans have something to yell about. The Warriors have finally mad e a little noise and now are among the choice few of the "Big Ones To Beat "
Coach Jim Tandall has finally come up with the team which has outdone all teams in Westside history, including the '58-'59 team who had a 19-2 season r e cord but could not measure up to the big intercity victories this Westside team has had.
Coach Tangdall in his third year as head coach had these comments about his fourth rated Warriors. "We have played good basketball, have had good freethrow shooting and are more times." But most important he noted the "good team balance."
What is the reason? I would say it's sheer determination and good team balance With outstanding players like Bill Olson, John Buller, Bill Eilers, Jim Adams, Paul Matt, Ron Hinkley, Dick Hurst, Gary Gray, Rick Willis and Jerry Jansen you can see why Westside has won all five of it ' s close games.
For those fans who have witn es sed the Westside teams of the past three years win only five can come and see the highest rated Westside team in the annual s of Warrior history.
The Warriors have yet to lose a home game this season with five consecutive victories which include top ten rated Central 58-57, Lincoln 60-54, and Benson 52-50 ·
Central jumped to a slim 13-12 first quarter lead, then the Warriors out-played the Eagles to gain a 3 6-2 7 half-time margin. But after intermission the Eagles capitalized on a poor 3rd quarter. capitalized on a poor 3rd quarter to · regain its lead 44-40 only to lose in the closing seconds.
After coming out of the Intercity Tourny with a 1·2 record (beating North 64 -62--losing to Tech 81-72 and Abe Lynx 75-69) sixth rated Westside met tenth rated Benson witnessed by another "move to the center" packed crowd.
Although Benson jumped to a 5-0 lead with 2:31 gone Westside rolled into the lead 10:9 on a two-· pointer by Bill Olson with 2: 2 0 left. A lead which was never challenged until late in the third quarter when Gary Kotrc banged one home to put Benson ahead 38-37 for the remaining third quarter. Then in the fourth quarter after Paul Matt swished two freethrows to put Westside ahead 47-46 it was touch-and-go for the last five minutes The game ended with Westside putting on a two minute stalL The game's big guns were W estside's Bill Olson-22 pts. and Benson's Robert Brown-14 pts.
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The Warriors certainly have been a crowd pleaser. Westside at present has found itself tied with Tech for Inter-city honors and rated, for the third straight week, fourth in the state with a 7 -3 record.
Both the Benson and Central games were complete sellouts with standing room only a sure sign this Westside team will long be remembered.
Bill Olson, senior, has helped make Westside's basketball team become one of the best in the state this year. Bill's six f oot frame can be seen every weeken d steering the Warrior cagers to anoth er victory. When the scoreb oard adds two more points you can b e sure that jersey numb er 22 was right in there hel ping Bill has been the Varsity starting five since the last part of the '6 1-'62 campaignFreshman "B" team was the beginning of Bill s basketball career at Westside. He played on the sophomore basketball team and during the middle of that season he was moved up to the Varsity reserve team. The same year Bill's experience at forward position helped him to move to a starting position on the reserve squad
By the time B ill had become a junior, his w o rk and perseverance began to pay o 1f At about the middle of the b asketball season, Bill had moved to even greater heights by being sent to the varsity from the r eserve team. By the
Westside' s wrestling team, coached by Marv Nevins is off to a good start in the wrestling ranks. Their record so far this year is three wins, one tie, and three losses, Percentage - wise Westside is ahead of last year's matches.
Coach Nevins returned to his old alma-mater and came home with a victory. The match previous to this was also at North against North. Westside won this meet 21-19. Last Saturday Westside wrestled against A. L. in a duel meet at North. The only team that might cause Westside troub l e this year is South.
Three important meets coming
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This year Bill Olson has proven his skill by averaging almost 2 0 points per game. His defensive play on the boards is just simathing else to back him up as being considered for a spot on the tourney team for the recent Holiday Tourney.
Academically, Bill is usually engrossed in his studies of chemistry, senior math, modern problems, or composition.
Seni or Le a g u e Jokers-42 Thorns-26, Terry Peterson18pts Alley Rats over WOSA by forfiet No 6-72 Colts-36, Joe Blum-28 pts J u n ior Le agu e 12 pts.
Celtics-38 Playboy-36, Levansky-12 pts.
Chargers-38 Trojans - 26, pts.
Lakers-34 Buzzards-22, Kavarik-1 0 pts.
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"A Tribute to Lincoln" is the theme for the 9th annual Warrior Downbeat, Feb. 12, at 7:45 p.m. in the Westside auditorium.
In honor of th e 16th pr e sident, the W a rrior B a nd will perform "Gettysbur g 18 6 3" and sel e ctions from a spirited Civil War coll e ction entitl e d "The Blue and the Grey." Mi s s Joyc e Johnson, music instructor, will b e f e atured trumpet soloist.
The program is called the "Downbeat" because "it is the first full formal concert of the year," explained Mr. Darwyn Snyder, 'Varrior Band director.
Proceed s will be put toward s ne w b a nd uniforms.
The cast for Westside's second big musical were announced Jan. 30 by Mr. William Kellogg, director.
The name of the show is "Redhead" and it is a murder mystery musical - comedy with its setting in England.
The two main leads are E s sie Whimpl e , to be played by senior Donni Meyer, and Tom Baxter, an A m e r i c a n strongman, to be played by senior Kenny Ploss.
Other leads cast are seniors Winnie Sennentz and Sandy Clif-
Westside has always had a ratio of new people wandering the halls in hurried concern over where their next class is and how they are ever going to make it before thte bell, when that troublesome thing is a 1 r e a d y warning of tardiness.
New teachers are the present holders of this dnbions "honor" causing ttheir students to either conurndserate or berate.
The English Dept flooded at the semester with eight classes of ninth grade Reading Improvement ando nly one teacher qualified to teach it , so:
Mrs. Shirlee Nance, a native Omahan, transferred here from St. Lonis, Mo. She is at present engaged in orienting her Reading Improvement classes and the two art classes which she goes to
ev e ry day at Heights.
Mrs Linda Chevalier tau g ht at Westbrook as a substitute last semester and upon the request of English Dept. transferred here.
You can find her in Eng 9 third hour and Eng. 11, hours-4, 5, and 6
W A RRIO R CALL
Feb 8 "Spirit of 66"
Feb. 12 - Warrior Downbeat ; Patriotic Convocation; A m e r i c a n History Group Lecture
Feb. 18 -. Brotherhood Convocation
Feb 2L Club Meeting
Feb. 23 - Sweetheart Dance
Shield members have set up a y e arbook payment week for all students who stll owe on their books.
It will last from Feb 18 to Feb. 22, and in this time, all students must pay the re s t of th e amount they owe Dittos which contain the names of the students who have paid in full, and the names of those who have payments left, have been posted above drinking fountains, near the library, in the library, in the lunchroom, in the main hall, and in room 117.
D u r in g the payment week,
Mr. Kenneth Hansen, Westside's principal, came back with this answer when asked if it was a definite school no matter what weather conditions were outside.
Mr- Vaughn Phelps, District 66 Supt., goes out in his car early in the morning on days when the weather is questionable and traverses the entire district. "Mr. Phelps figures that if he can make it anyone can , " stated .Mr. Hansen.
Parents are being held responsible to decide if the weather warrants staying home
ton who play the Simpson sisters, two nutty aunts of Essie, and senior D a ve Johnson as George Poppet who i s the be s t friend of Tom Baxter.
"One of the hardest aspects of the show will be the British accent," comme nted Mr. Kellogg.
The show will be presented May 3 and 4
Strains of show tunes from "South Pacific," "Carnival,'' "The King and I,'" "Westside Story,'' "My Fair Lady,'' and "Oklahoma,'' among others, will be heard in the girls' gym as the second annual "Spirit of 66" gets underway.
Featuring tal e nt from Westsid e , the show was performed at a convocation Thursday.
T o ni g ht ' s p e rformance of the "Spirit of 66" starts at 7:30 p.m. S t ud e nts with activity tickets will ge t in fr ee Adult tickets will cost $1. Students without activity tickets will pay 50 cents. Hours
T"lyo w e eks from tomorrow, Feb. 23, the girls' g ym will be transf or me d i nto a ballroom and will b e the s cene of the 19 6 3 Sweeth e art D a nce.
The theme for this year's dance is "King s of the Court," which
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The Lance goes "beat" with the c u r r e n t coffeehouse trend.
b rings into focus Westside's victories on the basketball court. The gym will be decorated with oversized p laying cards to represent the "kings".
Ftve girl candidates were voted on by the Pr eP Club. They were selected from the Prep Club seniors having at least two awards.
Boy candidates will be the five senior basketball players
The
whole school will choose its Sweetheart and Prince to reign over the d ance.
The articles published in this issue will highlight Westside's past ten years of progress.
The paper will be entirely the construction additions, changes in
work of 54 first-year students.
• • E v e r y year the first-year clas ses produce an issue," stated Miss ·Miller. "This not only gives them e xperience but also an opportunity to do the .things learned in class."
Among the many articles w ill be the origin of school traditio ns
NU Students Take Over WHS; Eight Teachers Have Holiday
They taug-ht classes at Westside last Friday relieving Mrs. Anna Clark, Mr Alvin Gloor, Mr. Harley Hardison, Mr. Frank Hayworth, Mrs. Judy Krhounek, Mr. James Lemon, Mr. Bob Rademaker, and Mr. Bert Speece of their duties.
WHS Orators Rate In Mo. Debate
Pep Club committe members for the dance are &v Burrows, ov e r-all chairman; Denese Hand· schnh, and Phyllis Sl:larp, stage chairmen; Roxanne Freeman and Cindi Smith, wall chairmen; Jane Ro s s and Darlene Kreisel, ceiling chairmen; Becky Peters and Cindy Woodland, program chairmen; Marty Runstrom and Susie Ness, table decorations chairmen, Pam Nye and J{athy Duncan, advertising chairmen; Bette Anne Kuhn and Janie Trumbull, crowns; Sandy Rinne and Linda Jackson, processions chairmen; Jane Palmer and Connie Wilder, cookies ; and Athene Alsmeyer and Judy McClendon, table getting ·
The dance is from 8: 3 0'-12 p m. It will be s e mi-formal and tickets are $1.75 per couple.
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"Between the chili supper and the sock hop we cleared over $700," Mr. Winchell added. The chili supper was held J an. 19 in the cafeteria and the dance fo llowed the Beatrice game that evening
rience for
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Each school sen t its two top novice d ebate teams tQ the tourney. Trophies were given for first, second and third places. Debaters attending from Westside were Bob Bucholz, Gary Gray, Betsey Raskin, and Kathy Rhees Steve Curelop, Scott Crabtree, Ray Dryden, and Dick Imig were in charge of the details.
Mr. Winchell, sponsor of the two events, stated that a pancake supper is being planned for Feb. 22, prior to the Southeast game.
The recipient of the scholarship will be chosen by a committee of faculty members. A committee comprised of faculty members and students has been set up to fix requirements for the scholarship winner.
Tribute to Lincoln" is theme for the 9th annual arrior Downbe:;tt, Feb. 12, at :45 p.m. in the Westside au"torium.
In honor of the 16th president, Warrior Band will perform 18 s'3" and selections m a spirited Civil War collecentitled "The Blue and the " Miss Joyce Johnson, music instructor, will be featured trumpet soloist.
The program is called the 'Downbeat" because "it is the first full formal concert of the year," xplained Mr. Darwyn Snyder, arrior Band director.
Proceeds will be put towards new band uniforms.
The cast for Westside's second big musical were announced Jan. 30 by Mr. William Kellogg, director.
The name of the show is "Redhead" and it is a murder mystery musical - comedy with its setting in England
The two main leads are Essie Whimple, to be played by senior Donni Meyer, and Tom Baxter, an A m e r i c a n strongman, to be played by senior Kmmy Ploss.
Other leads cast are seniors Winnie Sennentz and Sandy Clif-
always had a raio of new people wandering :the halls in hurried concern over where their next class is and how they are ever going to make it before thte bell, when that troublesome thing is a 1 r e a d y ;warning of tardiness.
New teachers are the present olders of this dubious "honor" causing ttheir students to either commiserate or berate.
The English Dept. wa!} flooded t the semester with eight classes of ninth grade ReadiJ?.g Improvement ando nly one teacher qualified to teach it, so:
Mrs. Shirlee Nance, a native Omahan, transferred here from t. Louis, Mo. She is at present ngaged in orienting her Reading Improvement classes and the two art classes which she goes to
every day at AJ;bor Heights.
Mrs. Linda Chevalier taught at Westbrook as a substitute semester and upon the request of English Dept. transferred here. You can find her in Eng. 9 third hour and Eng. 11, hours-4, 5, and 6.
W A RRIO R W CALL
Feb. 8 - "Spirit of 66"
Feb. 12 - Warrior Downbeat;
Patriotic Convocation; A m e r i c a n History
ton who play the Simpson sisters, two nutty aunts of Essie, and senior Dave Johnson as George Poppet who is the best friend of Tom Baxter.
"One of the hardest aspects o f the show will be the British ac · cent," commented Mr. Kellogg.
The show will be presented May 3 and 4.
Strains of show tunes from "South Pacific," "Carnival," "The King and I,'" "Westside Story," "My Fair Lady," and "Oklahoma," among others, will be heard in the girls' gym as the second annual "Spirit of 66" gets underway.
Featuring talent from Westside, the show was performed at a convocation Thursday.
Tonight's performance of the "Spirit of 66" starts at 7:30 p.m. Sbudents with activity tickets will get in free. Adult tickets will cost $1. Students without activity tickets will pay 50 cents.
Feb.
Feb. Feb.
Group Lecture 18 - Brotherhood Convocation 21.. )3oosters Club Meeting
2 3 - Sweetheart Dance
Shield members have set up a payment week for all tudents who stll owe on their
It will last from Feb. 18 to Feb. 2, and in this time, all students ust pay the rest of the amount
Dittos which contain the names f the students who have paid in , and the names of those who ave payments left, have been sted above drinking fountains, ear the library, in the library, in the main hall, D u r l n g the payment week,
Mr. Kenneth Hansen, Westide's principal, came back with this answer when asked if it was a definite school no matter what weather conditions were outside.
Mr. Vaughn Phelps, District 66 Supt., goes out in his car early in the morning on days when the weather is questionable and traverses the entire district. "Mr. Phelps figures that if he can make it anyone can," stated Mr. Hansen.
Parents are being held responsible to decide if the weather atoni:n-D' hnT'no.
weeks from tomorrow, Feb. 23, the girls' gym will be transformed into a ballroom and will be the scene of the 19 6 3 Sweetheart Dance.
The theme for this year's dance is "Kings of the Court," which
brings into focus Westside's vic· tortes on the basketball court. The gym will be decorated with oversized p laying cards to represent the "kings".
Shield ' members will go to all study balls to collect the payments. "Those who don't have study halls and get out earlycome to room 117 during fifth hour," said Becky Amis, circulation and promotion manager of the Shield.
Ftve girl candidates were voted on by the Pr eP Club. They were selected from the Prep Club seniors having at least two awards. Boy candidates will be the five senior basketball players.
reporters of Miss Marilyn Miller's first-year journalism classes have been probing into the past, present, and future for stories for the Feb. 22 special edition of the Lance.
The articles published in this issue will highlight Westside's past ten years of progress.
The paper will be entirely the construction additions, changes in
work of 54 first-year students.
• • E v e r y year the first-year classes produce an issue," stated Miss Miller. "This not only gives them experience but also an opportunity to do the .things learned in class."
Among the many articles will be the origin of school traditions,
Last Friday, eight N. U. students, all aspiring to become teachers upon completing their college education, were given a first-hand look at what this type of profession would be like for them.
They taught classes at Westside last Friday relieving Mrs. Anna Clark, Mr. Alvin Gloor, Mr. Harley Hardison, Mr. Frank Hayworth, Mrs. Judy Krhounek, Mr. James Lemon, Mr. Bob Rademaker, and Mr. Bert Speece of their duties.
The stud•ents are members of a men's honorary education fraternity at the University. "They participate in this activity for two reasons," stated Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal. "It helps them to become acquain ted with several different school systems, and to become familiar with actual school teaching experience. We think this program is good experience for us as well as it is for them." Dick Hoelscher, who taught Mrs. Krhounek's algebra and geometry
the yearbook and newspaper, and sports ten years ago and now.
Plans for this special edition include six pages and the printing of 8000 copies compared with the usual 1600.
Westside won third place in The Missouri Valley Novice Debate Tournament held at Westside last Tuesday and Wednesday. Prep took first place and Central,second. Debaters from Prep, Central, Benson, North, South, Tech and Thomas Jefferson attended.
Each school sent its two top novice debate teams tQ the tourney. Trophies were given for first, second and third places. Debaters attending from Westside were Bob Bucholz, Gary Gray, Betsey Raskin, and Kathy Rhees. Steve Curelop, Scott Crabtree, Ray Dryden, and Imig were in charge of
Pep Club committe members for the dance are Bev Burrows, over-all chairman; Denese Hand· sclmh, and Phyllis Sliarp, stage chairmen; Roxanne Freeman and Cindi Smith, wall chairmen; Jane Ross and Darlene Kreisel, ceiling chairmen; Becky Peters and Cindy Woodland, program chairmen; Marty Runstrom and Susie Ness, table decorations chairme n, Pam Nye and n:athy Duncan, advertising chairmen; Bette Anne Kuhn and Janie Trumbull, crowns; Sandy Rinne and Linda Jackson, processions chairmen,; Jane Palmer and Connie Wilder, cookies; and Athene Alsmeyer and Judy McClendon, table getting. ·
The dance is from 8:30-12 p.m. It will be semi-formal and tickets are $1.7 5 per couple.
"Yes, we definitely have a scholarship fund established at Westside High school," commented Mr. Richard Winchell in reference to Westside's newest scholarship fund.
"Between the chili supper and the sock hop we cleared over' $700," Mr. Winchell added. The chili supper was held Jan. 19 in the cafeteria and the dance fol· lowed the Beatrice game that eve· ning.
Mr. Winchell, sponsor of the two events, stated that a pancake supper is being planned for Feb. 22, prior to the Southeast game.
The recipient of the scholarship will be chosen by a committee of faculty members. A committee comprised of faculty members and students has been set up to fix requirements for the -.!
Doesn't a winning Iteam guarantee school support? This Sherry Gilliga:q, have organized a
appear to be true, f?r ?oth Westside's. and group of who .will work at
wrestlmg teams have been wmnmg and there still 1s no mterest the Psych1atnc Institute in Omafrom the student body. ha. Both became inter este d in this
This seems to be a direct reflection of a lack of interest amo ng Wes t siders. Don't the boys who go out for swimming and wrest ling, s pending long hours and hard work o n t h e sport s, deserve some moral support from the student bo d y? They definitely do!
Several meets will fall on days when there are no other sports events. Perhaps a few interested Westsiders could show up and support the teams. After all, Westside isn't a one-sport school.
BEV KLEINWe feel clubs at Westside are not fulfilling their duties · to the student body, despite the fact that generally the students seemed satisfied in the poll taken by the Lance
This is an appeal to clubs which have been shirking their responsibilities this year, such as: Red Cross, Safe-Teens and Contemporary Political Affairs Forum. Do something!
Each club has a responsibility to the students of this high school to be more than just a part of a senior obituary in the yearbook. Some don't even do this.
In a recent poll taken by the Lance, over half of the freshmen boys polled did not belong to a club. This leads an individual to believe that certain clubs are failing to encourage membership of freshman boys. Since the average freshman girl (as was shown by the poll) belongs to an average of about two clubs Also, the majority of the boys who did not belong to clubs, did not enjoy school. This confirms an opinion of Mr. Ralph Farrar, that generally, students who do not participate in school activities, dislike school.
It is suggested that "dormant" clubs first, wake up and start rolling, and second, open clubs should encourage an allinclusive membership, freshmen boys.
TE DI ROSENBAUMA smoky room, dimly lit; a small stage with a violet glow, a stool and a microphone; rows of benches with red and green candles; picnic tables and square cushions on the floor; this scene is a familiar one to many Westsiders. It is the Jolly Coachman coffeehouse in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
But something is missing-the entertainment. Until Feb. 3, the entertainment was a quartet called the "Just Four."
Only recently formed, none of the "Just Four" are from Omaha or Council Bluffs.
Ellen Haven, 18, has studied pre-nursing for one quarter at Northwestern University. Originally from Cincinnati, thls guitarplaying blonde is the youngest of the group.
"Dar---ling! His name is Mr. work as a result of the recent Snow." sociology field trip to the Glenwood Institution.
"We didn't expect many peopie to be interested," said Pam when asked about the number of girls wanting applications. At first there were only eight but now the •.Ia'.)liJ eq:) n ·perqnop suq .Ieqmnu est is kept up, a new organization on the order of Candy Stripers may be started, Pam stated The group will be giving their time on Saturday and Sunday afternoo ns working with the childr e n who are mentally ill They will mainly be entertaining them.
After the applications have been turned in and approved, the girls will attend an orientation meeting. They will be given a tour of the hospital and meet the statf.
Sherry and Pam both agree it will be rewarding work and a useful experience.
Alert! An epidemic of a deadly student disease has s t r i c k e n Westside.
The symptoms include inability to complete assignments, a desire for freedom from homework, and a definite longing for spring.
Luckily the dread disease only affects one class of the school. The medical term for this dreaded disease is senioritis.
Random cases of it have appeared extremely early this year, according to various teachers, and the possibility of an epidemic is quite positive.
Have you ever eaten first string beans, chicken allegro, symphonic salad or drank tempo tea?
Last year in "Carousel" these words were sung by Candy Wheeler. This year, they'll be sung by Candy's sister, Judy Wheeler, in the "Spirit of 66."
Judy is only a freshman, but according to many who have heard her, she sounds a lot like sister "I might go into Top Choir, " she said with a smile. At the present time, Judy is in Girls' Glee.
H e r decision to do "Mr. Snow" was simply because she wanted to "do something in the show."
Thls was part of the menu at the orchestra parents Syncopated Supper, given Tuesday at First Methodist Church, where Mr. Dudley Durham, temporary chair· man, was toastmaster.
Mr. Harold Welch, Westside orchestra conductor, presented projected plans for the orchestra, and gave each member an orchestra handbook.
Jim Durham was presented an award for selling the most tickets to. the Christmas Concert, while Alice Gillogly led a community sing.
Mrs. Arnold Johnson, chairman of the supper, stated, "The banquet was given so that the parents could get acquainted I feel we have to work hard to make people recognize the orchestra ."
Are we in high school or college? How many times have your teachers prefaced remarks with "Now, if you were in a college classroom " or "If this was a college class "
Many teachers tell their students that they are doing collegelevel work and have college textbooks. Perhaps thls is good preparation for college, but it seems to me that people should realize that Westside is a hlgh school and n o t a college.
Don't you think it's too bad that some people in high school do not have respect for such things as library reference material?
declared that no more books would be checked out until the missing books were returned. This, obviously presented problems to those who had book reports or term papers due.
It seems that whoever took the two volumes could have used them in the library before or after school or during study hall.
I wonder if they realize what an impo siti on their "sticky fingeredness" has been?
Juniors! Be sure to get your Junior class rings.
Hod Davis, Jr. (that's his real name! ) is 2 0 and has studied the theater at Northwestern. He also plays a guitar and does a good imitation of Ricky Nelson.
Jim Jourdain, 22, is the "real" folk singer of the group. Often introduced as "Paul Bunyan, Jr.," Jim is from New York.
Sean O'Brien, whose Irish brogue is authentic, is the oldest member of the group. Sean plays a bass in the quartet and also writes.
When asked how the group originated, Hod stated, "We met at a party at Jim's, in Chlcago."
Plans for the folksinging four remain tentative after their engagement at the Coachmen, with the possibility of going to Oklahoma City.
Few precautions can be taken and the only known cure for senioritis consists of a very simple treatment-Graduation.
Two important volumes recently disappeared from the library. Soon after the discovery it was
Like to twist? Like contests? Like to have fun? Then come to the Junior Achievement "Basketbrawl!"
Each year, the JA advisers play the JA achievers in a game of basketball.
"Tony and the Meda-llions" will play at the sock hop following the game. There will be contests, prizes, give-aways, and fun for all who attend. Refreshments will be sold.
In keeping with the current topic of conversation, th e Lance conducted int e rviews with selected members of the community. These people were asked this question: "What is yom• opinion of the cOffeehouse as it exists in Omaha?"
Several answers are quoted below.
D ennis Shannon, senior: I think the y're a definite good, because they provide a place to go after a dance, or in the evening ju s t to relieve the pressures and :tensions built up in school.
1Sandy Clifton, senior: I think they're cool if they have go od entertainment.
Rod Anderson, senior: They provide a nice atmospherer for relaxation. It's a novel way to get good entertainment "and good music.
Mr. Kenneth Hansen, school principal: They might show a need for some type of recreational facilities other than that already provided in Omaha We (the school) provide some outlet, but there is another need for some place for young people to gather socially, and informally. It (the coffeehouse) is something differen t, novel. Where can you go as a high school or a college student? You are pretty well restricted as to what you can and can't do. This is one thing ( go in g to a coffeehouse) that you can do.
H. C. Theis, Midwestern Zone manager, Pontiac Motor oJvision, General Motors Corporatioll: It's a place for kids to go to relax. I see nothing wrong with the coffeehouse as lon g as it is well super-
vised by responsible adults, and does not permit liquor to be brought on the premises.
Reverend Ralph Gerber, Pastor, Presbyterian Church of the Cross: The best answer that I can give, not having been there, personally, is to state that the idea of such a place as the coffeehouse is basically a good one, provided that the music and the entertainment are on a high moral level. This is only keeping with the caliber of youth that we must raise for the coming times. The idea, to provide a place where young people can go and where no alcoholic drinks are served, is an excellent one. Hownot having been to one, I cannot say how well I think that this idea is being carried out.
Plans right now are for three teams, according to Reg Reeks, head of the J A program. There will be the "Go" team, the "Show" team, and the "Slow" team.
All this will take place in the Creighton Prep gym at 7: 3 0 p.m. on Feb. 23. Admission is only 25 cents person. Tickets will be sold there. So get your best girl and make the date Or come stag. Everyone is welcome.
Sharon Mosley, a junior, wa s elected Westside's candidate for queen of the Criss-Crosser Dance at a recent Junior Red Cross meeting. Sharon is vice-president of the club.
The dance is an annual event sponsored by the County Connell of the Junior Red Cross, and is given to raise money for leadershlp tra-ining Centers and the Chlldren's Fund. Last year the dance brought about $1700 for these projects.
The date for the dance has been set for April 17 in the peony Park Ballroom with Eddie Haddad's orchestra. !
If all things work out according to plans, Mr. Jack Noodell, head of the Business Department, says that the Juniors should be wearing their class rings today. These rings, whlch were selected and ordered in the fall were scheduled to come in yesterday.
When asked what he thought of getting his ring, Brian Mertz, junior, said, "Great! Of course waiting three months dampens my enthusiasm, but I am eager to see my $24 souvenir."
The rings can be picked up in the bookstore. People who forget to pick up their rings Thursday can try again next Thursday Publithed Semi-M onthly
By Journalism Cla sse sWESTSIDE H IGH SCHOOL 87th and Pacific Sts., O ma ha Ne b Editor Bev
I do not frequent the local coffeehouses but from reading and hearsay have formed some opinions concerning them. As nearly as I can discern, we · have a western hybrid of a movement which began on the east coast, jumped to the west coast, and then filtered toward the center. , Originally, the movement was existentialist. I have no quarrel with this philosophy except that it main· tains that every man must conform only to himself and then forces its addicts to conform to one another. (They dress in a siniilar manner, they conform to a language of their own, etc.)
To this observer, the Omaha and Council Bluffs coffeehouses have· not forced conformity upon their customers. They serve as a useful outlet for folkmusic and as a complete change of environment for students who have a case of the "school-dominated" blues.
If these are the motives for young people going to the local houses, I say fine. However, in certain cases, I am afraid other motives are involved. Are they used to escape the responsibilities of modern adolescents? Are they used to help form an image in the eyes of friends? Are they used to escape the social conflicts that confront an individual?
In general, I would say that coffeehouses in themselves ar e neither good nor bad, just as a gun in itself is neither good nor bad. But, like a gun, it depends upon the attitude of the person using it.
Dick /mig, juniorThe arrival of Om aha's first coffeehouse, the Ear, signified the be ginn in g of a new entertainm ent for Omaha's young adults. Since its arrival, two other coffeeh ouses have sprung up-the Third Man and the Jolly Coachman (in Council Bluffs) The following is what a typical visit to a coffeehouse is like
After you "make the scene," you have your choice of sitting on a pad or on a chair. A waitress then approaches you, hands you a menu, and takes your order. You may select such delicacies as cherry sparkle, misty mint, or cherry cider Then you sit back for some good entertainment. The question is, why do some adults criticize these establishments?
By going to such an establishment as the Jolly Coachman, the young adult has a g ood time while he says out of trouble. The singers have sharp wits and are able to think of something to say if somebody gets out of hand. Sometimes the audience sings along, but usu a lly the people just listen. Even the Omaha Police Department now realizes that these "young adult night clubs" are just what the judge ordered.
All in all, the coffeehouses are one of the greatest things to hit Omaha. And if you do decide to criticize them, at least come down and see what they ' re like so you'll know what you're talking about.
"You learn about all the different periods of furniture and how to make a room look larger or smaller. You also learn about color combinations, fabrics, and textures."
"I learned how to manage a family and how to care for children."
These replies wer e made by Carol Johnson and Conn ie Jensen, seniors, when asked "What did you learn from your home economics course last semester? " Carol rtook inter ior decorating and Connie t.nolr marriage and family living.
Both of these classes require extra projects. In interior •"f'.c'• orating, taught by Mrs. Juliana • Swartzbaugh, the girls were required to plan and furnish a
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The Ski Club is one of the fastest growing clubs at Westside, but what makes it so popular? .I'll tell you !
A few weeks ago I went · skiing for the first time. The Ski Club left school about 4:30 p.m. on three buses headed for the Crescent Ski Area. I noticed there was an energetic hum among the members which grew louder as we approachEI.d our destination.
After arriving all m em b e r s were fitted with boots and skis and then set out on their own. But now came the big question, "How do I get my skis on my ski boots?" Some kind s oul answered that it would be easier if I sat on a bench and s napped the boots in plare on the skis.
Trying this, I found it t o be quite true. As I finished with my last ski the horrible idea struck me that I had to climb down a hill on these contraptions to reach the tow rope.
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house and an apartment. Some of the house plans have been displayed ,on the windows of the audio-visual room, across from the library, during the past weeks.
The girls in the -marriage and fa mily living classes taught by Mrs Nil a Ma gdanz, were required to plan a comp lete budget 13esides these t wo and the regular ome econom ics classes, such subjeU.s as advan ced foods and advanced clothing are offered.
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More students than ever are taking the physiology course of fered at Westside this year. In the one-semester course, students learn, in detail, the workings of the human organism. A collegelevel text is employed.
In the course, students perform experiments with human tissue, and even use their own blood for s ome of them.
"This is the only course offered in which students literally put forth, sweat, and tears to complete it ," commented Mr. Harley Hardison, the instructor for the course.
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Slowly climbing down sideways I finally reached my ·de stination only to find an even larger obstacle to conquer, the tow rope.
"Just bend your knees like you were sitting," everyone said. I did; sit down that is! Only it was· n't quite the right way.
After becoming proficient at going up the tow rope two times in a row without falling, I had the pleasure of snow plowing, that is pointing your toes together or something to &low. down, and having it work!
Of course, when I learned to stop at the bottom of the hill without falling I almost felt like a pro.
Coming home on the bus, I was so tired I couldn't think about much except all the fun I had had and the next ski trip to Crescent Hills!
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How much does it cost to build up your car? If you don't have your own car, you may not think it would be very expensive to build your car for better performance.
If you wish to U:tvest in something for the street, the amount to be spent will de:Pend on the person. But, if you're desirous of competition, you may be undertaking than was originally planned.
For instance, suppose you have a 1955 Chevrolet. It has a V-8 with a stick transmission. If you want to enter a stock class, and win, you would have to really go the route.
First, the engine should be removed, completely disassembled, then over bored, and new rings and pistons added. you should have the engine balanced. With these two steps you could have. invested at least $300. Then comes a good header system, and a richened and rebuilt carburetor. This could involve another $75. Reworked ignition or a du-coil set up is worth another $30.
After you have put the engine back into the car, the suspension and traction ·are a new expenditure Fifty dollars could be spent on heavy duty shocks, coil spacers, cut outs or even traction masters. Tires are next, a pair of bucrons could come to about $70.
Now you have the car, but attention has to be paid to the driver as well. Seat belts, a tach, and floorshift will make the job easier for the driver. Eighty dollars more.
Your total investment, not including the original $500 price of the car if bought at the present time, will reach about $600 and that doesn't include any labor. If you want to win on any strip, you'll have to invest money. The enjoyment and satisfaction of building and running a car like this '55 Chevy will always offset the cost of the construction.
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John Gerard, senior, has worked his way to becoming one of the most prominent wrestlers at Westside.
John began wrestling when he was a freshman, the same year that wrestling was introduced to Westside. "At first I didn't know anything about high school wrestling," John stated when asked about his first year.
In the 127 pound class, John has earned varsity letters for the
Westside's freshhman team has been setting the pace this year as they raced to their seventh straight triumph and an 8-1 mark by trouncing Tech 62 47. Victims of the freshman spree have been Ralston 61-59, Central 68-39 and Prep 47-42, the latter being the only victory over that school in basketball. Coach Robert Rademacher is optimistic about the contin uance of this successful year.
Freshman "B" teamers after losing to Prep 37-22 to end the ir four-game streak, jostled to a 3 632 win at Centra and then went with free shooting Phil Blum (19 pts.) to take Tech 49-39
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Warrior reserves tumbled to their fourth loss Saturday at the hands of Benson 52-39. This along with an overtime victory over South 45-43 and a 48-44 loss to Prep places their record at 7-4. This is partly due to the loss of a 6-5 Jerry James who has been out with an illness. With the Warriors playing at the unfamiliar 0. U. Fieldhouse a slow start was capitalized upon by Benson as they shot to a 28-17 half-time lead, then ran to a 52-39 win. Al Zimmerman was high with 13 points.
"We were much stronger than North; we could have been second, and shouldn't have placed lower ihan third," lamented Westside wrestling Coach Marv Nevins over his team's fourth place finish in the Intercity League Tournament at North Feb. 2.
Coach Nevins went on to say that the team posted a conference dual meet record of three wins, two losses, which unofficially meant a tie for second with North, but that final Intercity standings were determined at the tourney.
Westside standouts in the competition at North were new 95-pound division Intercity champion Phil Dugan, and, Wendell Messner, who pinned previously undef eated A. L. star Ken Eledge, but then had to settle for second in the 16"5-pound division after losing an overtime decision to South's Jerry Fuxa.
Coach Nevins also singled out third place winners Bill Foster (133-pound), Joe Jones (heavyweight), and John Gerard (127-pound division), and fourth position holders Gary Kreiger (103-pound) and Scott Swanson ( 15 4-pound class).
Intramural Scoreboard
Senior League Thorns-36 Alley Rats-34, B. Haney26pts.
Colts-72 WOSA-44, Gary Luckason20 pts Jokers-76 Yankee Doodlers-30, Terry Peterson-46 pts No. 6-60 W. B Alumni-40, Joe Blum20 pts. Junior League
Playboys-42 Buzzords-16, Knight, Dinkel, Curonsky-12 pts.
Pistons-30 Lakers-22, Durhom-16 pts.
Celt ics-38 Trojans-18, Prieson - 12 pts.
past three years and at present is his way toward a fourth.
Just last week-end in the first annual Intercity meet, John was proficient enough to wrestle his way to the 127 pound class semifinals of the tourney.
"(JQach Marv Nevins has really helped me. with encouragement and guidance throughout my high school wrestling career," John also remarked.
When not absorbed in wrestling, John undertakes his studies of composition, Russian history, modern problems, and speech. During his career at Westside such sports as football, track, and even some occasional handball have rounded out John 's physical activities.
Another outside field of enjoyment comes from John's interest in cars. At present he owns a 1931 Ford coup e, channeled, and running a bunt-up flathead, and has future plans for a Chevy
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FEBRUARY
8-Swimr:ning at Boys Town
9.:.._Basketboll at Central
15-16-District Wrestling Tournament
16-Basketball at Tech
22-Bosketboll- Lincoln Southeast
22-23-State Wrestling Tournament
Chargers-( 00 Oldtimers-12, 30 pts.
Westside was the host of the Omaha Table Tennis Tournament on Jan 26.
Steve Flansburg swept the field and won the men's Class A sing· les and teamed with John Kavalianskas to take doubles in the tournament. Flansburg than went on to beat his partner and win the tournament.
Omaha dominated the wh ole tournament and shut out al' 1 of the out of town entries in tlle title matches. Final results: Midget boys-Gary Babcock d...fated Bruce Muskin, 25-23, 23-13.
Junior bays-R imes Kavalil)'uskas defeated Alan Muskin, 21-14, 21-1 1. Senior boys-Joe Kavaliai.JSkos defeated Rimes Kanaliauskas, 21-12. Senior girls-Elaine Rich"ort >defeated Linda Babcock, 21-15, 22-24, , 21-15. Men's Class ASteve Flensburg ,.;.efeated John Kanaliauskas, 22-20, 21 12, 10-21, 21 -17. Consolat io n-Rick Co,. alciuc defated George Cockle 21-11
Westside took third with Central and Prep taki the one-two positions r espectively, in the Interc swim meet Jan. 25 Westside's results: 200-yard medley relay-W side, second place; 200-yard individual medley Steve Sturgess, fifth place; diving--Steve Soren first place; 1'00-yard butterfly- John Linstrom sixth place; 100-yard free styl6--Jim Peterson, place; 100-yard back stroke--Hap Patz, first pl 400-yard free style--Steve. Surgess, fourth pl 100-yard breast strok6--Jan Laitos, third place Steve Jenkins, fourth place; and 200-yard free sti
medley-\Vestside, fourth place.
Westsid e failed to overcome Central last wee a 59-3 6 loss. Steve Sorensen took first place diving with a score of 17 7 1. Westsid e walloped North Feb. 1 and put ano win on the long list of victories already obtai this year. Westside dominated the whole meet the Vikings couldn ' t overtake the Warriors at point of the meet.
Westside bounced back from its 6 6-5 6 licking at Prep to overcome South 57-49 and Benson 67-64 last weekend. Thus lifting Ws rating to third in the state and keeping alive its hope for Intercity honors with a 7 1 mark.
Saturday Westside evened it's away-games mark at 2-2 by outplaying Benson 67·64. At the p'acked O.U. Fieldhouse, spectators witnessed a game which was tied 11 times and the win unde· cided until Jim Adams (19 pts) sank a free throw with two sec· onds lett.
The outcome looked bad when Robert Brown (9 pts) sank tw() charity tosses to give Benson a 59-52 lead with 6: 3 3
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and Jim Adams combining fol points in the final four min while holding Benson score gave the Warriors their earned victory.
The night before the Wa.rJ crushed South's intercity h 57-49, for Westsides seventh secutive home court victory. the Packers never leading o iously threatening, the W outs hot South 37.2%-30.6% the field and used balance s1 ing from Terry '"Jansen· (14 Bill O!son (22 pts) and B ers ( 10 pts) Marlin Briscc: South lead all scorers wit! points
Before meeting Prep, Wei took advantage of a weak-a ing Beatrice team to smothe Orangeman 72 36. With four in double figures Olson ( 2 0 Paul Matt (12 pts.), AdaiW pts.) and Rick Willis ( 1 0 Beatrice was fortunate if could score one-half as points a::; Westside.
Along with Westside's 1 , Prep 66-65, came the Wa ahead only twice, struggled with mechanical errors. widened its lead from 3 6 the half to 55-39 at the quarter mark. Wally outshot Bill Olson 27-24 ing honors.
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West Omaha's "population explosion" is how Mrs. Alice Gillogly, secretary, describes the growth of School District 66 during the past 10 years WHS has existed.
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Fifty four first year Journalism students take over the responsibility of writing this issue of the Lance. This is a special issue commemorating Westside's "10 iY ears of Progress."
Some 8 , 000 copies of the paper :which has a normal circulation of 1 , 600 are to be distributed to the community.
ger of three rural districts fn 1947, has grown faster than any other district fn Nebraska. It is now the third largest sclJ,ool dis· trict in the state. "In 1948, there were only schools fn the dis· trict; Loveland, Oakdale, and Un• derwood," stated Mr. Jack Noodell, J;lusfness Dept. chairman.
"After World War II, people be· gan to move out fn the suburbs," added Mr. N oodell.
Even with the rapid growth in enrollm ent, halt-day session have not been necessary because of the growing and orderly building program. According to adminisstrll/tors Pistrict 6 6 will reach enrollment peak by 1966. In the next three years alone, 2,600 students will enter elementary, jun-
lor, and senior high schools.
· Along with the p o p u 1 at i o n boom, the district has changed from a small, countryside com· mwrlty to a large, metropolitan district. "When we were a small commwrlty, .Booster's Club would have potluck suppers and a lot of fun at every meeting," said Mrs. Lois Lucas, counselor. "Ten years ago we were a small community working to build a distrlct and today we have our school system established," Mrs. Lucas stated.
District 6 6 is one of seven school systems in N e b r as k a awarded the highest classification by the State Departme1,1t of Education-the AA accreditation ratIng.
" Pioneering has been important in the advancement of Dis- · trict 66," said Mr. Vaughn Phelps, superintendent of District 66 s chools. This face is substantiated by prQgress in such fields as elementary grade f o r e 1 g n language program, homogeneous grouping, educational television, and special education.
"The foreign language progr a m in the elementary grades has been the only continuous one of its kind in the state up to the
In Redhead, May 3-4
"It's the funniest show I know of," stated Mr. William Kellogg about " Redhead" which will be held May 3 and 4.
" The play takes place in a wax work in London," he added. "In the first scene a girl is murdered and throughout the show everyone is trying to discover the murderer ' s identity." During the play a love story developes.
"Come see who the murderer is!" urged Mr. Kellogg. He ad· ded , "If the ticket sales are great, iWe'll try to run it an extra day,"
Math Contest on March 4
This year's annual contest will be March 4. It is sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America, and the Nebraska Society of Actuaries. Medals and honor certifi· cates will be given winners.
last couple of years," stated Mr. Phelps. He added that tile dis;triet was the first in the state to hire a teacher for visually handicapped children. It also was the first in the United States to pioneer in a R,ussian history course. ·
Several times in the history of District 6 6 the question of a merger with another district has arisen. "The people of this district have opposed a merger because a system such as our own is designed for a closer relationship with the students, faculty, and Board of Education," explained Mr. Phelps, District 66, being a part of growing West Omaha, has experienced some growing pains. "One of these problems has been supplying the adequate housing for a rapidly developing area," said Mr. Phelps. There are now two junior highs and a third is planned for 108th and Valley Street. "The people of the district have used fine foresight to enable the school building program to keep ahead of the growing community," said Mr. Phelps.
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February 22-Basketball, Lfn· coin Southeast, here 28-Sweetheart, 8 p.m. Girls' Gym
February 28-String Cllntc, at Boys' March 1-Basketball, Fremont, there
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the semi-finalist group," stated Carol Bloom regarding the Miss
Omaha Contest.
"The semi-finalists are judged for three things, street dress, tal· ent, and bathing snit competi· tion," added Carol, "Then, from the large group ten girls are picked."
She pointed out that this final round was open to the public whereas the semi-finalist round was not.
No definite dates have been set although many girls have obtained blanks.
Summer school plans are now in the making for Westside High. Students are to begin June 10 and end their six weeks of school July 19.
Courses offered include busi· ness education, English, foreign language, homemaking i n d u strial arts, mathematics, organized recreational games, and social trtudies.
Driver's education Is the OJllf subject to run eight weeks.
Approximately 360 students are expected to enroll. The cost is to be $16 per course and U 0 for drivers education.
Did you know that the first raduating class of Westside in 9 53 was only 2 6? This year it is xpected to be around 290, an inrease of over 100 per cent.
In 1953 there were only 274 Students at Westside and 937 fn the district. Now there are Westsiders and 7,800 fn the dis·
At WestSide there are now 75 regnlar teachers. This means that the student-teacher ratio is about 20 to one.
Here is a chart showing the en· rollment and graduating claasea since 19 63:
Eat all you want of pancakes, sausage, milk or coffee, and dessert for only 76 cents. vy here? At Westside High School 6-8 p.m. tonight prior to the Southeast basketball game. The pancake supper is being held to raise money for Westside's newest scholarship fund
"Who will be this year's Sweetheart?" "Who will be the King of the Court?"
These are the questions Westside students are asking each other on the day before the annual Sweetheart Dance given at Westside. given at Westside.
Candidates for the Sweetheart are CAROL BLOOM, K A T H Y KAVORIK, CAROLYN RANKIN, MARTY RUNSTROM, and PHYLLIS SHARP.
The senior boys on the varsity basketball team that up for Prince are JIM ADXMS, BILL E I L E R S JERRY JANSEN, PAUL MATT, and BILL OLSON. Come to .the Sweetheart Dance at Westside, Feb. 23 at 8:30 and see who the Prince and the Sweethear:t will be!
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March 21st and 22nd will be the dates of .this year's senior class play, "My Three Angels." The announcement was made by Mrs. Anna Clark, director.
Three convicts become good angels of a household fn the trtory. The three angels are em' ployed as roofers by a family who is in danger of having no roof over their heads. The three men are grea.t believers in the "robin· hood of man."
Ninety-five juniors and 66 seniors have earned a place on the first semester honor roll. These conscientious students had to have no more than one 4 and all other grades above that. Because of lack of space freshmen and sophomores will be listed in the next issue.
sponsored by -the school and instigated by Far East classes.
Previously, Mr. Richard Winchell's classes sponsored a chill supper and a sock hop for the same benefit.
Support Westside's scholarship fund by eating plenty of pancakes tonight.
SENIORS : Karel Bachert, Bruce Bachus, Joy Borton, Jim Beightol, Leslie Benton, Nodine Berg, Carol Bloom, Kathy Brooks, Kenton Brooks, Mark Brooks, J eo nne Buesking , Bev Burrows, Steve Corter, Claudio Chorley, Neil Clark, Robert Cocks,' Jerry Doctor, Pot Dunklou, Andy Ekman, Frances Ernst, Cathie Filkins; Leslie Gaillord, Sharon Gilligan, Billie Gilmore, Bill Grossman, Betty Hahn, Donna Henderson, Jim Hilbert, Hower, Morgie ller. Tom lmig, Kristy Isaacson, Carolyn Johnson, Dove Johnson, Jim Johnson, Mary Johnson , Donnie Jones, Bev Klein, Kathy McGroyel, Lynn McKibben Donnie Meyer Sharon Noth, Jeanne Norell, Sheila Norman, Reno Olson, Alex Fronk Orkow, Barb Page, Mary Beth Percy, Barb Rohe, Carol Rees Joanne Renier, Tedi Rosenbaum, Connie Sachse, Virginia Seiger, Phyllis Sharp, Jim Speichinger, Taffy Squires, Ginny Stein, Jane Stockman, Richord Theis, Richie Vosler, Don Voss, Steve Watson, Carolyn Williams , Ram Williams, Ruth Wright JUNIORS : Carol Anderson, Cathy Arnold , Bill Bailey, AI Beauregard, Rick Bergstrom, Barb Brizzee, Cheri Brown , Lucille Caniglia, Gary Corlton, Carol Cleaves, Carol Cole, Cheryl Counselman, Eloise Cramer, Pat Crowe, Sherry Davis, Paul deFreese, Tim Denzler, Bill Dixon, Audi Dugan, Karen Eden, Karen Emrick, Philip Freyder, Gory Gray, Claudio Gresham, John Grimm Barbara Grothe, Denese Handschuh Ron Hinckley Sandy Hinman, Dick lmig, Linda Jack-
son , Bob Johann, · Leslie Johnson, Mike Johnson, Jim Jones, Pot Keating, Dave Keifer, Mark Kibbey, Nanci L<illerlol n, John King, Carol Koetter, John Kotouc, Gale Krichbaum, Darlene Kriesel, Bette Ann Kuhn, Connie Kunkler, Kathy Laos, Jan Loitos Kathy Lammers, Robby Lankford, John LoRandeau, Stanley Lemon, Steve Le v ine Joe Limprecht, Susan Lockwood, Gary Luckasen, Kathy Ludwig, Candy Lyman, Rusty Lyman, Susie Madden, Mary Marple, Marsha Mattson, Mickey McFarland, Brian Mertz, David Miller, Jim Moore, Sharon Mosely, Jane Palmer, Susie Porks, Ginny Patten, Pam Potz, Karen Petronek, John Piper, Joann Rheingrover, Bob Rose, Bonn ie Roshong, Julie Rosenbaum Jane Ross, Jon Runstrom, Jayne Schier, Steve Sorensen, Margo Stan ley, Stuart Sunderman, Harlan Susman, Gwen Sutter, Judy Toll, Jane Trumbull, Cindy Wallace, Brent Warren, Kay Welch, Steve Wilson, Connie Wilder , Brenda Williams.
The National Merit Test will be given at Westside on Saturday, March 9 Mr. Karl Pecht said that 116 studeruts have signed .to take the •test. Winners are to be announced sometime in April. This year 14 semi finalists have all become finali.sts in the contest. This program is conducted by a non-profit organization which was established in 1966. It is a nationwide search for students who will benefit from a college education.
"Your knees are showing, girls! Boys , your slacks are hanging low!"
Ten years ago WHS students were "o'ut of it" if this was true for them Now girls' skirts are way above >the knees and boys' slacks are won on the hips.
Fads are always a part of high school life and WHS has seen many fads come and go.
For instance in 1953-55 the gir ls dashed into the "biffy" to fix their pony tails or retie their neck scarves Meanwhile, the boys pulled their baggy pants up higher an d only a few were wearing white socks
In the next few years, '56 - '58, the "hep" kids were "out scuddin" in their Ivy League clothes, back buckle and all Rock n Roll, sweatshirts, an d shetland sweaters were "neat" to most Westsiders. All the boys wore khaki pants, buttoned down collars, and dirty white bucks.
"Oh, take back the chemise please, it's not · for me please!"
'l'hat was the cry of the male por· tion at Westside in '58. However, their loud plaid shirts might bnve l eft a lot to be de sire d! Despite their disagreements on how to
dres s, both boy s and girls agreed that the bop was the ouly dance to do.
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The year 1959 brought Elvis Presley haircuts, bucket purses, and stickers for all o ccasions. Als o that year, Warriors who didn't go tto T o d d s were "large clods." The boys •took a big step forward and got "butch" hair cuts
In 1960 girls listed slam books, jean bermudas, boot shoes, and bubble haircuts as "sharp." WhUe boys, in their pork-pie hats and vests, thought it was all "a bunch of rot." The big dance was the chicken.
Squirt guns filled with perfume a n d spinning yo-yos really "shook" the teacers in '61.
Last year's fads were the twist, the li:mbo, and Class of '64 garters. Kings was the place to go to see "cool" Warriors in drinking jackets and jean s, wearing wigs and knitting anything "nOt crow please."
Folk music, any coffee house, the U. T., and ski jackets "turn on" the '63 Warriors. Ratting, w eird eye make-up, and cars without baldies or a rnke, "turn off" many present day Warrior s.
Do you the students of WHS feel that the point system for the Honor Roll is too low? Some question the real academic och•evement behind it
It is supposed to be a group of superior students, but is it? The difference between advanced and general courses and the number of solids a student is taking, doesn't enter into this system.
If the Honor Roll were mode more of a chal lenge would this give the students on incentive to work harder for a higher grade instead of settling for just a 3 0 overage?
Some students feel that the grade overage is too low for any real "honor" to be connected with it. What do YOU · th ink?
Concerning "Ten Years of Progress/' because of the limited space in the LANCE, we were unable to print all material concerning Westside ' s history. We tried to give generalized coverage of the post 10 years
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"Any Eng 1 ish class when studying the Shakespearean iod may use an exact replica of the Globe Theater made b_Y two jup.iors, Hugh Abrahamson and M arvin Braun," stated Mrs. E laine Limbaugh, English, teache r.
Mrs. Limbaugh suggested making the model to Marvin and Hugh as an extra credLt project for the semester.
"W e found a picture of the Globe Theater and then started making it out of balsa wood right from scratch," said Marvin. The model · was sold to the school for $ 2 5 M a suggestion made by Mrs. Etlie Davison, ibrarian and Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal.
"On Feb. 23, a Junior Achievement television p r o g r a m will show our mod e l of the Globe Theater as a project undergone by high school students," said Marvin.
"Brotherhood Week is recognized all over the state," said Mr Ralph Farrar, assistant principal. He explained that it is a week in which everyone should prevent prejudices and biases, bu.t most important people should recognize human relatioi)..
Jay Barton, Bob Cocks, Franl!ee Ernst, and Rena Olson discussed what Brotherhood Week meant to them last ' Sunday on KMEO Radio.
Mr. Farrar explained that he was asked by Dr. Neil Danberg, secretary of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, to select four students, two boy; and two girls, to repref!ent Westside High School in the broadcast.
If you don't know what the P.P. J.J.J. is, you'd better keep your op en and ears alert, because this big event will be at WHS soon for of you to enjoy.
"The main goa l of the Board (of Education) is to provide the very best schoo l system that is possible," said President Jackson M. Barton.
The six-member Board of Education is the backbone of District 66 schoo l system. This dedicated g roup sacrifices much to provide, in the of :Viee-President Margre Durham "the best education possible for each child."
Two members are eleeted bi - annually to serve for six years. Those elected are "not professionals" in th e educational field.
One monthly meeting held at the Underwood office is required by state law, but other meetings are sched ul ed to "get the problems ironed out," according .to 10-y ea r member Mr. Clark Murdock.
The agenda for the meetings varies, as the Board makes all the important decisions dealing with our sehools. "We set the policy, evaluate the programs; and · see that are coordinated," said Mr. Irvin Yaffe, secretary.
The hiring and firing of the teachers is done by the superintendent.
Students!
Do you realize that you are using 8,500 more books than the st udents did when the library first opened in September, 1952?
The library was the size of a classroom in 19 52; then it was doubled in size in 1955. Finally, in 1959, it moved to the room which it now occu pies.
"The library itself will not be enlarged in the future, but extra shelves will be added for more space," sa'id Mrs Ethel Davison., librarian.
"Students using Iibt:ary more because there are more books of greater variety. They also stay after school t o u se the library," stated Mrs. Davison
St u dents have 3rlways helped in the library, but not as much now, because the library has more experienced help w orking there. Some of the stude nts wh() work in the library are Rena Olson, Virginia Stein, Linda Strate ; Diana Moore, Mary Tarr, Debbie Baker, and Cheryl West; ·
"We recruit the best people we can find to run the school and curriculum from a three or four state area," said Mr Yaffe.
"The philosopy of education has stayed about the same,'' commented Mrs. Durham, yet, they are trying "to find new techniques that can only do a better job ," said Mr. Yaffe. Teaching methods have become more complex because there is more to teach and st udents have more to learn. President Barton feels the employment of mechanical aids is a significant change.
Board m em b e r Mr Robert Heimrod considers the most important change in .the district's past 10 years as "the increase in the number of pupils and school buildings ."
One · difference from other BY S>tems is a longer sehool year. Tre3isurer Verne Moore Jr. feels that lengthening the school year is necessary because of the number of subjects offered now.
"Keeping pace with the rapid growth in the district is the greatest accomplishment of the dist rict," said Mrs. Durham
The Board of District 66 originated with the merging of Districts Underwood, Oakdale, and Loveland. The Board has always consisted of six members.
day. That's an increase over a 10year period of more than 3 0 0 per cent, or an average yearly increase of more than 30 per cent.
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When asked what the most significant thing he remembers about his sen ior year , Jim replied that it was being a member of the first · g raduating class of a new hi g h school.
While at Westside, Jim was vice-president o f the senior class, p r esident of Hi-Y, a member of Key Club; he participated in the Hi-Y Youth Government PI'QgTam, lettered in traek, and had a part in the Senior Class Play. He said that there wasn't too much emphasis niaced on clubs, but that there were "plenty of clubs for everybody. " ,.-
In Jim's senior year he st udied English, advanced algebra, aeronautics, speech, trigonometry, and physics.
He said there wasn't as much interest in going to college then as there is now, but contrary to this, every member of the 1953 graduating class did enter college Jim attended the University of Arkansas
where he majored in engineering, and the University of Omaha whet•e he majored in marketing. ·
He is one of the few ,53 graduates still living in Omaha He and his wife Kathleen have a tw-O year old daughter, Annette. Jim is now working for Goodyear.
"A gir l and school activities,'' Rod Anderson, 1963 senior, said are his main interests. Besides taking chemistry, Latin IV, English, Far East, and modern pr oblems, Rod is an active member of student council along with several other clubs.
"It is important to be active in school activities," he said. Rod also stated that w e have a lot of clubs, but it's too bad tpere aren't more ." Judging from the work and enthusiasm put into Pep Club, the school spirit is "obviously very good."
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mere numbers.
For instance: Westside probabiy runs up a sizable electric bill, for · there are more than 3,000 neon lights within it.
st udent s should have plenty of locker space, a,s the r e are more than 1,400 lockers in the building or an average of :91 locker per st ud ent Students should have little difficulty finding their way out of school at t he end of the day, as the schoo l h as 13 exits.
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District 6 6 has experienced rapid growth since 1953 To keep pace with this great rise in population, the Westside building capacity has sextupled in the past 10 years
Construction costing $648,000 b egan in 1951 and classes started in the fall of 1952. The original building included the main hall, the girls' gym, locker rooms, and ubout half of the present cafeter· ia.
Westside enrollment was 270 In 1952-53. The 350 capacity was
"What a parent wants in the way of educSJtion for his child is a well-rnunded foundation that will prepare him for a good adulthood." Such was the conclusion of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anderson; Mr and Mrs. Walter Anderson, Mr and Mrs. David Baxter, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keating, officers of Westside's Boosters' Club, in a recent parent interview
These parents agree that Westsi de ha s the potential essence to give every child the proper foundation. In comparison to previous districts in which the families have lived, Westside's preparation toward further-educa.tion is rated very high.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter feel however, there is often too much pressure placed on students here. "I have heard of too many cases of extreme nervousness resulting from pressure at school," stated Mrs. Baxter.
Parents of District 6 6 can learn more about the education of their children through such activities as Open House. Mrs. Walter Anderson stated that parents are free to have personal interviews with teachers, and express .their ideas to the Board of Education, as well as to other parenta in Boosters' Club.
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' My job is a democratic, cooperative effort to develop the best possible school program," stated Mr. Kenneth Hansen, Westside principal since 1967.
1\lr. Hansen, former principal of Broken Bow, Hebron, and North Platte high schools, said that before coming to WH8 he spent more time counseling, di· recting athletics, and m a ·k 1 n g schedules than being an administrator.
Because of rapid growth, add· ing a new staff every year and changing curriculum programs became necessary. Broader offerings in nonacademic areas like shop, co mmercial art, and home economics are anticipated. "An· ticipated also," added Mr. Hansen, "are more studenta taking advanced placement tests in Enr·
lish and science."
"There is too much difficult outside schoolwork at Westside There is almost no time for extra activities," said Barb Smith, new Westside senior. I
But junior Danese Handschuh, who has attended only District 66 schools said, "it is left up to you to make your own balance."
What do you like best about Westside?
Barb: The school spirit Is wonderful.
Danese: You can advance at your own rate and choose the courses you prefer.
H you could, how would you change Westside?
Barb: I'd want different study hall arrangements Study halls should be in different rooms, not all in the sam e room.
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"Today , each student receives guidance from an instructor who took 30 graduate hours in guidance," stated Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance director. Westside's five professional counselors are Mr. Karl Pecht, Mrs. Lois Luc!WI, Mr. Eugene Geisler, Mrs Elizabeth Griffin, and Mr. Jack Peterson.
" Throughout the year approximately 50 college representatives visit Westside, and talk with students," Mr. Pecht said.
"Ten years ago aU the underwere guided by homeroom teachers," said Mra. Mary Conner, Dean of Girls.
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thought to be large enough for many years. However, the 1953 registration of 389 made addition necessary The first addition, finished in 1956, included science and langu· age rooms , and the vocal music wing, co s ting $816,100.
The $280,000 annex, completed in 1958 , added art, typing, and mechanical drawing rooms. These first additions had a combined capacity of 200, and in 1961 were joined by a special shop addition.
The late s t addition, started in the spring of 1957 and completed in the fall of 1958, contained math, English, and social studies in the northwest wing, and provided for expansion and modernization of the cafeter· ia, the boys' gym, the library, and the little theater. This cost $1,800,000 and provided room for 1,250 students and facnlty.
The construction of the foot-
ball stadium in 1960 and the parking lot in 1961 made Westside High School a $3,000,000 plant with adequate educational and recreational facilities for 2,000 students.
Looking to the future, District 66 Superintendent Vaughn Phelps said, "Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 1963 on a $550,000 addition in three major areas; (1) a seven classroom addition to .the annex to house the journalism and business education departments; (2) the remodeling of two classrooms for chemistry and physics; and ( 3 ) a swimming pool costing $250,000."
"A well balanced high school has both a pool and an auditorium," he continued, "and eventu· ally Westside will have both."
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When W e s .t s i d e ' s freshly painted doors first swung open 10 years ago, Mrs Ethel Davison, school librarian, Mr. Wllliam Kellogg, vocal music instructor, Mrs. Mary Conner, English chairman, and Mr. Leon Engelbar.t, Industrial Arts chairman, were among the first instructors to walk through her turpentine-scented halls.
All four teachers have remained at Westside since.
Mr. Kellogg, Mr. Engelbart, and Mrs. Conner have actually been with Westside more than 10 years, as before Westside was built they taught at Underwood High School, the first home of Westside students.
During her first five years at Westsid e, Mrs. Davison taught English to juniors and seniors. The first year she -taught Engish to Westside's entire junior and senior population of 60 students.
Mrs. Davison was greatly im.,
pressed that year by "a wonderful group of parents" who put on a carnival "the first year and the next three year s" on the old football field. This project "netted $3,000 or more" each year which was donated 1to Westsid e's school library and band.
Talking about changes in the last ten years, Mr. Kellogg stated that he thought that Westside has "stronger school spirit" today.
Before Mr. Kellogg became director of Top Choir in 19 6 0, he taught junior high music classes. Mr. Kellogg has also directed several musicals including "Oklahoma," "South Pacific," "Carousel," and "Tom Sawyer." Top Choir is currently working on ''Redhead ''
When Mrs. Conner first came to Westside, she taught sophomore English. In later years, she taught 7th and 8th grade language arts. When a program change was instituted in the English Dept. Mrs. Conner taught junior English and senior review, and also served as counselor. I
Mr. Engelbart, speaking of the Industrial Arts Department, said that it had broadened quite a bit in the last ten years, and that •tentative plans call for a push toward electronics.
Students at Westside can be grateful when reflecting on the service given in tthe last 10 years to Westside and District 66 by these teachers.
There is probably no better way to measure Westside's growth in the last ten years than to look at some of the changes which have taken place in the various departmelllts.
Commenting on the English Department, Mrs. Mary Conner stated, "From regular English, we have gone to a more specialized study in all grades, with 11th and 12th grade courses on a semester b-asis."
Westside students are fortunate to be offered courses that other schools do not offer, she said. The wide variey of cour s e s offered enabl e s teachers to work in their special fields of senior seminar, composition, short story and novel, world ltterature, and reading improvement.
"There are many outstanding features of the department," according to Mr. Wayne Glidden, Social Studies Department head.
Large group instruction in American History with different :teachers lecturing is another outs:tanding feature. Also there is a variety of courses at Westside including American government,
Did you know that Westside teachers possess many sterling qualities? Many of these qualities were revealed by District 6 6 school records.
A typical Westside teacher is a man about 37 or 38 years old, who is married and has one child.
This typical teacher has a Master's Degree and at least ninil years of experience.
Westside started in 1967 with 14 teachers and now has 67. Most of the teachers a:ttended the midwestern colleges.
Hun tlng for teachers for the following year begins in Jfebruary. Some of the teachers go back to their old campus and recruit graduates.
The new course& in .the Social Studies Department have c o m e about by a demand of the students Economics and sociology were added two years ago; Far East in 1967, and Advanced Placement American History in 1956.
"Westside has not been hit 100 per cent by the impact of modern mathematics," stated Mr. Alvin Gloor, head of the math department.
Mr Gloor pointed out, "At Westside we are involved in acceleration of .the subject; n01t in new systems. One change, however, has been seen in the elementary algebra course and in language terminology. The biggest change in a division of math is the unification of class study, the fu11ther study of planes and solids, and ,the study of geometry via algebra.
According to Mr Bruce Holmquist, head of the Science department, "The Science arrangement has changed in the setup of the rooms themselves. Most of the equipment has been purchased since the school opened and the rooms have been expanded to make space for more."
Mr Holmqui&t stated that in Westside's first year there were only three science courses offered: general science, biology, and chemistry. Now there is a much wider range of courses.
"In the first five years of Westside's existence, two years of French, Spanish, and Latin were offered. German followed · a little later" stated Mrs. Lois Lucas, former head of the Language Department.
"But now ," say•s Mr s. KiKi Gore, present head of t he department, "Westside offers four y e ar of each, a nd i s the ouly school in ,the state to offer four years of Spanish "
Booster Club, originating about 1954, is Westside's local form of PTA, although not affiliated with it.
"The purpose of the club of nearly 500 families ·is to work for the welfare of the students and strengthen bonds between the school and community," says Mrs. Walter Anderson, president. Booster Club has through the years contributed books and visual aid s to the school library, provided the score board for the football field, and · sponsored the building of the tennis courts. Westside now has a total of 1,038 students enrolled in language classes.
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Jre ti:Je teaill ou t of huddle th e y ye ll t hi s s logan for Br ok e." s they run bac k onto th e floor
Pep Club r epeats i t in the a of a cheer, "Go for Broke , f or broke, Westside Warriors, f or B r oke " Ti me ru ns out a s r shoot for the b asket. It i s j! The Wariors win.
That do es t hi s m o tt o h e ard at War rio r games m ean ? t was i n c orporate d a t W estin 1954 b y f orm e r b a s k e tb a ll Mr. J e rry J{och. Vhil e Mr. 'h w as in the A ir F orce during rld W a r ll, h e was s tation e d 1." t h e 4 4 2 J apa n ese -Am e rican ta lli o n o f t h e A m e r ica n Fifth :1y. "\Vh e n ever t his Army w ent , b at tl e the y gave t lus cry, rnin g t h e y could g i ve e v e ryag o f the m selv es to th eir couneve n tm t o d eath. Tlus battalw as th e mo s t highl y decorated
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Tn derc l assme n, w h a t a r e your of th e jun iors a nd s en; o f y our sc h oo l ? Th e answer t hi s q u es t i on i s o fte n c louded ;tery i s so l ve d , an d upp e r c las sh om or es ho ld th ei r s il e nce v a ft e r 1 0 lo n g ye ars, the ;t e r y is s olv e d , a nd u p p e rcass1 c h a n ge y our w ays or hold r hea d s a li t tl e hi g h e r. n da Hotz, f reshmo n -"Reo l wo nd e rful !" olette Re ed , fr es hman - "A little cky but G-R-E-A-T." uriel Lefler, sop h omore--" Th e se nior , are n ot t h e deities th ey thin k they " aren John son, sophomore-"They scare o death with the ir cars " Je Si n ovich, freshma n - Up p e rclas sshould be f riendlie r en d se t b e tter n ples fo r us " indo Miller, freshman-"They're · alt as nice as fr e shmen!" ha rlo t te Doering, sophomo re- "They • ma ny ex tra p r ivileges bu t they dee t he m " enn is Cox, sophomore - "Westside ldn't be a school without them." e bby Browne, sophomore- So m e of n ic es t p eople I k n ow ! hil Am is, freshman-"A lot better than year's!"
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unit of the war in th e nation.
Mr Koch sa ys the chant "unifi e s the t e am and stud e nt body" i n a n eff ort to give a ll t hey have i n s trength and d es ire for victory.
Did you ev e r wonder how We st s ide's colors originat e d? Stud e nts voted on e y e ar before the o p ening· of We s t s ide.
There were two choices : either green and gold or red and black.
Th e s tudent body and th e tea che r s thought red and black was because at that time no other school in the Omaha area had th es e colors
W arriors hav e been cheerin g the i r t ea m on to victory wi.t h th ei r school song for ten y e ars.
The tune is from "On Wiscons in", a nd th e words ar e by Mr. John Maxwell, a former Wes t s ide English teacher.
Mr. Jack Petersen, counse lor, sa id that he is "sure this song was suppose to be temporary at fir s t, but ther e have never been e nough stud e nt interest to change it,"
A hush fell over the crowd at halftime of the basketball game in F e bruary of 1955. Who would be We s tside's fir s t Sweetheart?
At last it was announced that Nancy Young had been chosen by the varsity basketball team to r e ign at the basketball game, for there was no d a nce that year.
For s everal ye a rs Sweethe a rt ca ndidates and Sw eetheart were c hos e n by the .t e a m. Thi s method was changed to the team choosing the ca ndidates and those attending the dance el e cting the Sw ee th e art and Prince. Senior basketb a ll players were all automatica lly up for Prince, as it is today.
The first edition of a newspap e r named the ROUNDUP was published in 1946 It was printed on school construction paper the fourth Friday of every month at 3 5 cents a year by the studen.ts of Underwood High School. In 1951, the name was changed to the WESTSIDE ROUNDUP.
The WESTSIDE NEWS app e are d in 1956. The same year th e name the LANCE was first u s ed by WHS students.
Today the LANCE is printed on n e w s print in regular newspap e r form. It circulates among 1,600 readers.
Expansion sums up the dontinant trend in Westside's yearbook, the Shield, during the last 10 years. The number of pages in the ammal has doubled and three tim e s as many books were sold this year as any of the first two or three years of publication.
Beginning in 19 55, Mr. Richa rd Winch e ll sponsored th e three y e ars. Before 19 59 students volunteered for positions on the yearbook staff and all work was done after school.
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"The Student Council is a representative group of students," commented Mr. Kenneth Hanst>n, sponsor of Student Council. Th e Stude nt Council also hns tht.' job of making the school a bette!" by upgrading its actiYities and action.
To Mr. Hansen's knowledge, WHS has always had a Student Council. To be on the · Student Council, a four average in school work must be m11intained Home room representatives compose the Stud e'nt Council Senate.
Westside High School has had nine exchange students in a period of eight years In the past, W e s,tside s International Club ha.s s p o n s o r e d this program and earned money to bring the stuhere by having a candy seling "contest". Ne xt year this is to b e com e ' a proj e ct of the entir e school.
AFS (Ameri c an Field Service) is the organiza;tion that brings foreign students to the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Judson head the Omaha chapter, and introduced the exchange idea to Westside
SKI CLUB was started by Rena Olson, Rod Anderson, P e y t o n Whit e ly and Mr. Paul Andreas. Goal of the 120 members is to improve skiing skill Four to five trips a r e made to Cr es ce nt Hills Ski Lodge each year
Chess Club was started four years ago by Steve Watson and Terry J{vam. The first 16 members felt that competition with others schools would stimulate interest. Today there are 60 members, with Mr. Calvin DeLano as spon s or.
• Two years ago, John Schenken and Mr Wayne Glidden began C P.A.F This is for the benefit of thos e int e r e sted in pr e s e nt day politics . L y ceum Club w a s formed for th e pu r pose of th e ignorant but interested in the field of fine arts. Mrs. Hoyt is sponsor.
FMA, spons ore d by Mrs. Helen Kelly, is designed for students interested in b ec omin g doctors, nurses , and other personnel. ·
FTA, sponsored by Mr. Paul Andreas, is designed to create more interes t for those students who wish to become teachers, guidance instructors, or other educational personnel.
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The past two weeks have seen two Varsity defeats as the Warriors were pitted against Bellevue and Tech High Schools.
Bellevue squeezed past the Warriors with a final score of 74-72, alth0ugh Westside led at the half 42-35.
Coach Tangdall attributed last Friday's 86-75 defeat by Tech to the team's not being as ready to play as they should have been.
Games remaining are Lincoln Southeast, aud Fremont, aud the disrict tournament to be held at the City Auditorium in March. Westside will be matched against •Nebraska City, Omaha South, and Creighton Prep, to Varsity Coach Jim Taugdall.
Exact playoff dates have not been set, Tangdall said, but there will be two games daily Mar. 4, 5, 7, and three games Mar. 8 to determine the district champion.
The Pep Club had its beginning in 1953, when it was first organized under the Girls Athletic Association. The two separated in 1955, and the Pep Club started with 60-70 girls from the Junior and senior high. Today 650 girls belong.
The uniforms of the senior high girls consisted of a white blouse, white pullover sweater, and black skirt, in comparison with the red sweaters aud black skirts of the junior high.
GAA was founded to get more girls interested in athletics.
Since it originated, GAA has increased from 3 5 in 19 57 to nearly 100 members and includes many more sports.
"This year intramurals consist of socker, vo II e y b a II, tennis, trampoline, basketball, and bowling," said Karen Petrauek, GAA president.
In 19 56 the girls' tennis <team was initiated. The team has won the High School Inter-City traveling trophy for rtwo consecutive
years. "One more year and we've got it for keeps!" exclaimed Mrs. Diane Peterson, former girls' tennis coach.
"To be a cheerleader for Westside High School has always meant something to be proud of," said Mrs. Clara Dunn, Pep Club sponsor.
When W e s t s i d e opened its doors hi. 19 53 only five girls kept the school spirit going at all reserve and varsity games.
Through the years there have been four changes in uniforms.
The first consisted of a plain red skirt and white sweater with a black W. During the intervening years the outfits changed to all white with a red aud back W and megaphone, aud then to r1 :d, white, and black plaid pleated skirts with a red pullover sweater and a black W. In 1958 they changed to what has become the traditional cheerleading outfit.
Previous to 19 56 the selection of cheerleaders was done completely by the faculty, but the faculty now selects the top 20 girls and then they perform in front of the entire Pep Cub. Any Pep Club member having the required 18 points is eligible to try out. Pep Club then votes for its choice of eight girls.
In ten short years Westside has favorite Westside sport and be- side sport is track, and coaches made a name for itself in com- ginning with the 1953 season, Hugh Morrison and Bill Hoyt petitive sports. These years have the .team has had many successes. have seen their teams move to seen many outstanding individu- In 1955 coach Jack Peterson numerous titles in the past ten als and some most successful led the team to the Ak-Sar-Ben years. teams. Conference championship. Among the many have been the Mr. Leon Englehart, Westside's In 1957 the team finished sec- A k-S a r-B e n championship in first basketball coach, selected his ond in the state Class A ratings 1957, Mid-East in 1958 and .' 59, varsity team from about 80 boys, under the guidance of succeeding and improvement in the state in comparison to approximately coach Jerry Koch. meet with finishing positions go85 who now try out.
In 1961 Marvin Nevins the ing from sixth to third in the
In 1955 Mr. Jerry Koch took .team's present coach took over most recent seasons. over the coaching assignment un- the rteam and i.ts Intercity league til 1961, finishing with an overall duties record of 70 wins, 49 losses. Hugh Morrison was the golf rhe 1960 Reason saw Westside coach from 1953-56 move into Inter-city competition for the first time, the following year, Jim Tangdall became the new Westside coach. Baseball has always been a
When he came to Westside in 19 57, Jim Tangdall led the team to still more victories and titles. He is at present head golf coach.
Another perennially good West-
Friday, February 8, Westside's swimming .teani defeated Boys Town 54-41. Against the Intercity teams, Westside has a record of 6-2, with losses to Creighton Prep and Central. It rates ,third in .the intercity. However, the team had their sights set on the State Swimming Meet on Feb. 15-16. All the Intercity teams with the exception of A. L., plus teams from (Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, and Lin-
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The junior Warriors, playing without top rebounder Jerry James, took a 71-41 win over Bellevue to bring their season record to 8 -5 In intercity play, the team holds a 4-4 record.
FRESHMAN
Westside's freshman team continued in its victorious style with wins over Westbrook and Boys Town. Also they were hosts to the freshman tournament on March 18 and 19 with hopes of raising their 11-1 record for the season.
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coin Southeast competed here.
Fifth in the state is now the rank held by Westside's young swim team. Improvement marks the team's second year in state competition by upping the number of qualifiers from 2 to 6.
Outstanding contestants were: Steve Sorenson, diving; Hop Potz, second In the 100 yd · backstroke; John Llnstromberg, fifth In the 100 yd buHerfly; the team of Hop Potz, John Linstromberg, Steve Jenkins, and Mike Stonner, second In the 100 yd medley relay, and team of Bob Johann, John Von Pelt, Gory Petersen, and Mike Stonner, sixth In the 100 yd. freestyle relay. ·
The team made up mostly of freshmen and sophomores "will be a strong contender for state swimming championship in the years '64-'65 and '65-'66," stated Mr. Richard Mortweet, sponsor of the swim team.
Phil Dugan, Bill Foster, and Wen dell Messner are competing in the State Wrestling tournament this weekend at Norris Junior High Wrestling season for the rest of the team ended at the District Tournament Feb. 15 and 16 at Bellevue, where Wes tside placed fourth.
This1 year's wrestling team with a five win and five loss season has topped all preceding records Westside's brilliant outcome at the Intercity meet Feb. 2, gave them a good chance for another victory. Especially for undefeated Phil Dugan. Phil had pinned the North High Invitational Champ, who had not lost a match. There were no Warrior victories at the District Tournament in Bellevue. Gary Krieger, Frank Denes, Bill Foster, Wendell Messner and Phil Dugan, all made the semi-finals. Phil Dugan, 95 pounds, and Wendell Messner, 18 0 pounds, went on to the finals.
"My work sure would be easier if all juniors knew by the end of their junior year what their two top choices of colleges would b e."
Mr. Karl Pecht signed .the answer above when asked about C o 1 1 e g e Boards an d National Merits. This was simply his first thought to the whole problem of counseling.
National Merits are being held tomorrow in the cafeteria at 8. The list of those signed up for the Merits is posted in the guidance office window
"Students who are planning to apply at a college where the Boards are required should be planning to take them May 18, in order to gain experience and forewarning," explained Mr. Pecht.
There has been much debate over the recent proposal of making sophomores ineligible for varsity cheerleading.
The executive board of Pep Club and the administration at meeting held Feb. 27 came to final decisions on this question.
One tryout will be held for all girls interested and eligible for cheerleading. To be elegible a girl must have earned 18 service points in Pep Club that year. This is the same as in past years.
Teachers will select a top 30 instea d of 20 from the girls trying out and these girls will then tryout in front of the Pep Club.
Voting by Pep Club members for eight girls will be the same except any freshman on top 30 will be ineligible for a varsity position
"She's as light as a feather," says
Angels are not common at become quite fond of the Ducotel WHS , as every teacher knows, family, and when Ducotel's moneybut March will bring three of grubbing nephew, P au 1 (Jeff them via the senior class play, Dale) come to take away Duco"My Three Angels." cotel's store, Joseph decides he
The not-s9-angelic angels are should be "bumped off."
J u 1 e s (Nick Kostas), Joseph Others in the cast are Mme (Charlie Perrigo), and Alfred Parole (Terry Moran), a rich (Terry Petersen). As convicts, thethree "angels" hire out as roofers woman and a handsome Lieute-
"It's considered the toughest cross-examination in the Omaha Schools," stated Mr. Rod Hansen, debate coach, in reference to the Feb. 21-23 debate tournament held at Tech. "All the Omaha schools, plus Prep and Thomas Jefferson in Council Bluffs wttended."
Denny Adams and Cathy Laas were undefeated The Westside team, consisting of Cathy, Denny, Bob Bucholz, and Bob Rahe placed fourth, with nine wins and five losses.
March 2, Denny Adams, Bob Bucholz, Bill Grey, and Eric Hultman went to Lincoln Northeast to attend tthe largest d ebate tournament in the Midwest.
MARCH
16-Y-Te ens St. Patrick's dance
19-Winte r Sports Awards convocation
20-Warrior band goes to Sioux City for all day performance
20, 21-District speech contests
21, 22, 23-Senior class play
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for Felix Ducotel (Bill Grossman), nant (Jim Speichinger). Becky his wife Emilie (Pat Fredrick- Peters is the student assistantson), and his daughter Marie director.
Louise (Barb Page). The "angels"
"It ' ll be the most stupendous
thing since the Second Coming," ,stated Mrs. Anna Clark, director. will go on reserve the of March 11." The play will pe presented Ma r ch 21-23 at 8 p.m. in the Little Theater. Students with activity tickets will be admitted free. Adults and students
Westside sent s ix representatives to the Omaha University Invitational Spoken F o r e i g n Language Contest at OU Fe):> 26, 2 7, and 2 8; of these, .three won first place in their divisions, and one an honorable mention.
Corutestants from Westside include Carol Thomas and Rena Olson, French; Elaine Tegtmeier and Jo Alyce Kaplain, German; and Chris Penali and Barb Brizze, Spanish. They competed against students from Boys Town, BelleV-:J.e, Elkhorn, Central, Benson, and Brownell Hall
Awarded first positions were Carol Thomas, third year French; Elaine Tegtm eier, third year Ger·
Four hundred and fifty dollars was added to the Scholarship Fund resulting from the Pancake Supper held Feb. 22, in the cafeteria by the Far East students.
There is $750 in the fund al· ready from the Chill Supper and
A comprehensive summer school program of over 20 courses will be offered to Westside students this summer From June 11 to July 19 students may take six-week courses in anything from Algebra to Weight Training. Tuition prices range from $5 per student for Organized Recreation Games to $20 per student for drivers education.
T y p i c a I summer school courses such as typing and drivers education will
Sock Hop held Jan. 19, and with the proceeds from the Pancake Supper the fund has a good start.
The s c h o 1 a r s h i p will be awarded tto a Westside student who meets the qualifications set up by a special committee.
The committee is made up of teachers and students. The teach· ers are Mr. Kenneth Hansen and Mrs. Mary Conner. The students are seniors Rod Anderson, Leslie Benton, Bill Foster, Leslie Gailliard, Mary Beth Percy, Taffy Squires and Don Voss. Rich Vosler is the chairman.
man; and Chris Pinali, third year Spanish. Barb Brizzee also won honorable mention for her performance in Spanish competition.
In addition to giving five-minute oral discourses on a major .topic, contestants were required
to write a short composition over material shown in a slide program. The six Westside par ticipants were chosen from among all modern foreign languag e students in preliminary competition.
Fifty-five first-year journalism students published their first special edition of the Lance. This paper commemorated Westside's past 10 y ears of progress. It brought into focus progress in growth of the buildin g, departments, and enrollment, changes in fads and clubs, and originations of traditions.
It was discovered when the cubs started digging into the past, that all records of the information were not a vailable and caused the ad· ministrators to probe into the records. "The students received fine co-operation from the administrators and teachers," commented Cindy Wallace, assistant editor.
Do you want .to see your picture in a world-reknown piece of literature? All you have to do is wait for the 19 6 3 Shield.
The Shield staff for 1962-63 met their final deadlines and the yearbook has been completed. Sales have reached a total of 987 copies.
Many, many hours of engrossing work have gone into producing an album of fond memories.
Editor Cathie Filkins· was happy to state, "Distributi on sho uld come during 1the last week of May."
Juniors and seniors are not the only ones who have been burning the night oil. The following sophomores and freshmen have maintained a three average in all of their courses during .the semester of which only one grade may be a four. This qualifies the following for the Westside High School honor roll.
ents, students will be called into the gu idance office to register with their counselor.
"Next year semester cour ses will be off ere d in combinations," said Mrs. Lois Lucas, guidance counselor. A study hall will compose the other half of a one-sem ester course unless the courses are in a combination unit.
• be taught as well as several Registration for the 19 6 3-6 4 new courses. Two courses school year has begun. Over a added to the summer school week ago, st udents received foldroster this year are the Sanderson Audiovisual Pilot Ground ers describing the courses to be offered next year. After carefully School Course and World His- studying these folders with partory. \ Another new course will be the one-week conducted classes to the Halsey NationalForest which will jnclude tours, transportation, food and instruction for $25 per student. Students may register for summer school courses immediately and details on the courses offered this year may be obtained in the Guidance Office.
Girls' and Boys' State candidates have been announced by the office Denese Handschuh and Brenda Will.ia.m.s have been selected for Girls' State and Steve Curelop and Jan Laitos have been chosen for Boys' State. In case any of these candidates will not be able to attend, Linda Jackson, Pam Patz, Dick lmig, and Bobby Rose are the alternates.
Each year Westside sends two girl and two boy representatives to Lincoln. They will be in Lincoln for the week of June 15-21. Denese and Brenda will live in a dorm on the Nebraska University campus, and the boys will live on the Agricultural campus.
"It is a very worthwhile program. The most benefit I got from it," comented Kristy !sacson, last year's candidate,"' was the girls that I met. We still keep in ttouch :"
Before going ,to Lincoln the four will study Nebraska state government. While down there they will elect offi cials and condu ct "a my thical state and carry on a legislative session," stated Mr. K enneth Hansen, principal. However, rt hey also have some time for recreation The program i s to help them to better understand the problems of government and also offers the opportuni-ty t o talk to some of the state officials.
The Six Packs took top slot in r egular intramural season play. In the tournament bene fit game Monday, However, they were upset 30-26 by the Jokers. A future playoff will be held tQ determine the champion.
Sophomores: Steve Abrahamson, Kristi Andersen, John Andrea sen, Joyce Andrews, Jim Arundel, Steve Bachenberg, Kandra Bailey, Nancy Barr, Linda Barton, Ward Baxter, Janeen Beck, Jacquelyn Borcyk, Leigh Bovett, Ruth Brock, Bob Bucholz, Tom Calame, Steve Cal vert Michael Caplinger, Sherry Carlson, Robyn · Carmichael, James Chase, Terry Clauff, Linda Cole, Connie Cotton, John Counselman, Karen Cu rtis, Pam Dolling, Phyllis Donaldson, Jonell Dunn, Lynne Durham, Donald Ehlers, Larry Eisenhower, Jay Erdmann, John Finks, Bob Ford. Fred Gargett, Tim Gerber, Bill Gray, Darwin Greiner, Pam Grear, Susan Hansen, Susan Hargleraad, Patrick Harris, Jackie Hauptman, Bill Havelka, Holli Hickman, Jean Hoemann, Scott Holdrege, Carol Holly, Tom Hood, Judy Hower, Susan
Howl, Richard Ide, Charles Irvine, Linda Jensen, Koren Johnson, Kent Johnson, Sandy Johnson, Terry Johnson, Kathy Kallweit, Jo Kaplan, Gary Krieger, Dan Kuttner, Kathy Kuszak, Joanne Lamp, Linda Larson, Lynda Lawson, Louise Lewis, Nancy Lorenz, Barb McKellar, Bonnie McMaster, Susan McNaughten, Gregory Montes, Jacki e Moore, Virginia Moore Peggy Morgan, Linda Morrison.
Tom Nilsson, Jeffrey Passer, Christine
Pinali, Pam Prall, Jewell Ranieri, Joe Rapoport, Betsy Raskin, Kathy Rees , Bruce Rickley, Nancy Riley, Ross Rizley, Sandi Robinson, Jeanne Roegner, Sharon Ross, Ruth Saunders, Bruce Sayles, Marilyn Schlegel, Johnette Schultz, Carol Seamends, Dave Sheppard, Nanci Shook, Carolyn Simmons, Douglas Smith, Ann Snow, James Stenner, Janet Sullivan, Mary Torr, Elaine Tegtmeier, Karen Thoma, Sally Tramel, Shari Trester, Barb Udes, Ruth Unzicker, Judy Vanderpool, Linda Warren, Dick Vinal, Karen Weber Cinda Wheeler, Becky Williams, Rick Willis, Tim Wollin, Continued on
Hal Stuit Terry Peterson. Left to ri g ht: Nick Kostos, Terry Peterson, Barb Pag e, and Charlie Perri go, "My work sure would be easier all juniors knew by the end of junior year what their two ) choices of colleges would be."
Mr. Karl Pecht signed the aner above when asked about > 1 1 e g e Boards and National lrits. This was simply his first ought to the whole problem of 11nseling.
Angels are not common at become quite fond of the Ducotel WHS, as every teacher knows, family, and when Ducotel's moneybut March will bring three of grubbing nephew, P au 1 (Jeff them via the senior class play, Dale) come to take away Duco"My Three Angels." cotel's store, Joseph decides he The not-so-angelic angels are should be "bumped off."
- Photo by Hal
"Students who are planning to ply at a college where the ards are required should be mning to take rthem May 18, in ler to gain experienc e and fore•rning," explained Mr. Pecht.
There has been mucli debate er the recent proposal of maksophomores ineligible for varY cheerleading.
The executive board of Pep Club d the administration at meeting ld Feb. 27 carne to final decims on this question.
One tryout will be held for all ds interested and eligible for eerleading. To be elegible a girl 1st have earned 18 service points Pep Club that year. This is the me as in past years. reachers will select a top 30 inlad of 20 from the girls trying t and these girls will then tryt in front of the Pep Club.
Voting by Pep Club members eight girls will be the same ex>t any freshman on top 30 will ineligible for a varsity position.
1ARCH
6-Y-Teens St. Patrick's dance
9-Winter Sports Awards convocation
0-Warrior band goes to Sioux City for all day performance
0, 21-District speech contests
1, 22, 23-Senior class play
1mmer
"She's as light as a feather," says Terry Peterson.
Nick Kostos, Terry Peterson, Barb Page, and Charlie Perrigo.
"It's considered the toughest cross-examination in .the Omaha Schools," stated Mr. Rod Hansen, debate coach, in reference to the Feb. 21-23 debate tournament held at Tech. "All the Omaha schools, plus Prep and Thomas Jefferson in Council Bluffs attended."
Denny Adams and Cathy Laas were undefeated. The Westside team, consisting of Cathy, Denny, Bob Bucholz, and Bob Rahe placed fourth, with nine wins and five losses.
March 2, Denny Adams, Bob Bucholz, Bill Grey, and Eric Hultman went to Lincoln Northeast to attend !the largest debate tournament in the Midwest.
for Felix Ducotel (Bill Grossman), nant (Jim Speichinger). Becky his wife Emilie (Pat Fredrick- Peters is the student assistantson), and his daughter Marie director Louise (Barb Page). The "angels" "It'll be the most stupendous
J u 1 e s (Nick Kostos), Joseph Others in the cast are Mme. (Charlie Perrigo), and Alfred Parole (Terry Moran), a rich (Terry Pet ersen). As convicts, the three "angels" hire out as roofers woman and a handsome LieuteNational Merits are being held norrow in the cafeteria at 8. e list of those signed up for the lrits is posted in rthe guidance ice window.
thing since the Second Coming," .stated Mrs. Anna Clark, director. will go on reserve the ;week of March 11." The play will ;be presented March 21-23 at 8 p .m in the Little Theater. Students with activity tickets will be admitted free. Adults and students
Westside sent six representatives to the Omaha University Invitational Spoken F o r e i g n Language Contest at OU Fep. 26, 2 7, and 2 8; of these, .three won first place in their divisions, and one an honorable mention.
Coi!Jtestants from Westside include Carol Thomas and Rena Olson, French; Elaine Tegtmeier and Jo Alyce Kaplain, German; and Chris Penali and Barb Brizze, Spanish. They competed against st udents from Boys Town, BelleV:le, Elkhorn, Central, Benson, and Brownell Hall.
Awarded first positions were Carol Thomas, third year French; Elaine Tegtmeier, third year Ger-
Four hundred and fifty dollars was added to the Scholarship Fund resulting from the Pancake Supper held Feb. 22, in the cafeteria by the Far East students.
There is $750 in the fund already from the Chili Supper and
A comprehensive summer school program of over 20 courses II be offered to Westside students this summer. From June to July 19 students may take six-week courses in anything >m Algebra to Weight Training. Tuition prices range from ; per student for Organized Recreation Games to $20 per Jdent for drivers education
T y p i c a I summer school urses such as typing and ivers education will again Registration Begins .•. taught as well as several Registration for the 19 6 3-6 4 w courses. Two courses school year has begun. Over a ded to the summer school week ago, students received folditer this year are the Sandern Audiovisual Pilot Ground ers describing the courses to be offered next year. After carefully hool Course and World His- studying these folders with parry.
Another new course will be the e-week conducted classes to the .Isey NationalForest which will :lude tours, transportation, food i instruction for $25 per stuat. Students may register for sumr school courses immediately details on the courses offered 1 year may be obtained in the idance Office.
ents, students will be called into the guidance office to register with their counselor.
"Next year semester courses will ,be offered in combinations," said Mrs. Lois Lucas, guidance counselor. A study hall will compose the other half of a one-semester course unless the courses are in a combination unit.
Sock Hop held Jan. 19, and with the proceeds from the Pancake Supper the fund has a good start.
The s c h o 1 a r s h i p will be awarded rto a Westside student who meets the qualifications set up by a special committee.
The committee is made up of teachers and students. The teachers are Mr. Kenneth Hansen and Mrs. Mary Conner. The students are seniors Rod Anderson, Leslie Benton, Bill Foster, Leslie Gailliard, Mary Beth Percy, Taffy Squires and Don Voss. Rich Vosler is the chairman.
man; and Chris Pinali, third year Spanish. Barb Brizzee also won honorable mention for her performance in Spanish competition.
In addition to giving five-minute oral discourses on a major .topic, contestants were required
to write a short composition over material shown in a slide program. The six Westside par ticipants were chosen from among all modern foreign languag,e students in preliminary competition
Fifty-five first-year journalism students published their first special edition of the Lance. This paper commemorated Westside's past 10 ;years of progress. It brought into focus progress in growth of the building, departments, and enrollment, changes in fads and clubs, and originations of traditions.
It was discovered when the cubs started digging into the past, that all records of the information were not available and caused the ad· ministrators to probe into the records. "The students received fine co-operation from the administrators and teachers," commented Cindy Wallace, assistant editor.
Do you want .to see your picture in a world-reknown piece of literature? All you have to do is wait for the 19 6 3 Shield.
The Shield staff for 1962-63 met their final deadlines and the yearbook has been completed. Sales have reached a total of 987 copies.
Many, many hours of engrossing work have gone into producing an album of fond memories.
Editor Cathie Filkins was happy to state, "Distribution 3hould come during 'the last week ot May."
Girls' and Boys' State candidates have been announced by the office. Denese Handschuh and Brenda Williams have been selected for Girls' State and Steve Curelop and Jan Laltos have been chosen for Boys' State. In case any of these candidates will not be able to attend, Linda Jackson, Pam Patz, Dick Imig, and Bobby Rose are rthe alternates.
Each year Westside sends two girl and :two boy representatives to Lincoln. They will be in Lincoln for the week of June 15-21. Denese and Brenda will live in a dorm on the Nebraska University campus, and the boys will live on the Agricultural campus.
"It is a very worthwhile program. The most benefi.t I got from it,'' comented Kristy !sacson, last year's candidate," was the girls that I met. We still keep in
Juniors and seniors are not the only ones who have been burning the night oil. The following sophomores and freshmen have maintained a three average in all of their courses during the semester of which only one grade may be a four. This qualifies the following for the Westside High School honor roll.
Before going 1to Lincoln the four will study Nebraska state government. While down there they will elect officials and conduot "a mythical state and carry on a legislative session," stated Mr. K enneth Hansen, principal. However, rthey also have some time for recreation. The program is to help them to better understand .the problems of government and also offerS' the opportuntty to talk to some of the state officials.
The Six Packs took top slot in reg1llar intramural season play. In the tournament benefit game Monday, However, they were upset 30-26 by the Jokers. A future playoff will be held to determine the champion.
Sophomores: Steve Abrahamson, Kristi Andersen, John Andreasen, Joyce Andrews, Jim Arundel, Steve Bachenberg, Kandra Bailey, Nancy Barr, Linda Barton, Ward Baxter, Janeen Beck, Jacquelyn Borcyk, Leigh Bovett, Ruth Brock, Bob Bucholz, Tom Calame, Steve Calvert, Michael Caplinger, Sherry Carlson, Robyn · Carmichael, James Chase, Terry Clauff, Linda Cole, Connie Cotton, John Counselman, Karen Curtis, Pam Dolling, Phyllis Donaldson, Jonell Dunn, Lynne Durham, Donald Ehlers, Larry Eisenhower, Jay Erdmann, John Finks, Bob Ford. Fred Gargett, Tim Gerber, Bill Gray, Darwin Greiner, Pam Grear, Susan Hansen, Susan Hargleraad, Patrick Harris, Jackie Hauptman, Bill Havelka, Halli Hickman, Jean Hoemann, Scott Holdrege, Carol Holly, Tom Hood, Judy Hower, Susan Howl, Richard Ide, Charles Irvine, Linda Jensen, Karen Johnson, Kent Johnson, Sandy Johnson, Terry Johnson, Kathy Kallweit, Jo Kaplan, Gary Krieger, Don Kuttner, Kathy Kus:rak, Joanne Lamp, Linda Larson, Lynda Lawson, Louise Lewis, Nancy Loren:r, Barb McKellar, Bonnie McMaster, Susan McNaughten, Gregory Montes, Jackie Moore, Virginia Moore Peggy Morgan, Linda Morrison. Tom Nilsson, Jeffrey Passer, Christine Pinali, Pam Prall, Jewell Ranieri, Joe Rapoport, Betsy Raskin, Kathy Rees, Bruce Rickley, Nancy Riley, Ross Rizley, Sandi Robinson, Jeanne Roegner, Sharon Ross, Ruth Saunders, Bruce Sayles, Marilyn Schlegel, Johnette Schultz, Carol Seamends, Dave Sheppard, Nanci Shook, Carolyn Simmons, Douglas Smith, Ann Snow, James Stenner, Janet Sullivan, Mary Torr, Elaine Tegtmeier, Karen Thoma, Sally Tramel, Shari Trester, Barb Udes, Ruth Unzicker, Judy Vanderpool, Linda Warren, Dick Vinal, Karen Weber, Cinda Wheeler, Becky Williams, Rick Willis, Tim Wollin,
Stu it Left to right:Jacqueline leanne Mayer Visits Omaha
"It was my dream, as it is every girl's I was called by my local radio station and was asked to participate in the first beauty contest ever held in my home town of Sandusky, Ohio To my surprise, I won the competition and went on to become Miss Ohio and then Miss America."
These were the words of by a wonderful smile, a smile
Jacqueline Jeanne Mayer at a recent interview at the studios of KFAB radio in Omaha.
which typifies the true American girl. For the male portion of the audience, Jackie is a pert 36-2236, has brown hair, blue eyes and
"Sounds Of The 60's" is the theme for Westside's second annual jazz concert tonight and tomorrow night at S p.m. in the Little Theater.
The twenty-piece W e s t s i d e Concert Jazz Band, directed by Keith Bell, senior, and the Dick Johnston Quintet, composed of Keith, Dick, Phil Freyder, and two Central students, will perform. Many of the selections were arranged by Keith and Dick and include "Where or When" and "Maids of Cadiz".
At the close of the basketball season special mention and commendation should be given to the Westside basketball teams. Through the entire season they have displayed the type of sportsmanship Westside athletes are acclaimed for. Certainly the Westside basketball team, an d all other athletic teams of the school, display a fine sense of sportsmanship and conduct at all times. Along the same line, the entire student body should be saluted for their conduct at athletic events. With few exceptions it has been one displaying both school loyalty and good sportsmanship.
This tradition of good sportsmanship is one students should strive to maintain throughout the history of Westside High School.
BEV KLEINHer manner was quiet, refined, .and dignified. When asked any question, her answer was direct and well-phrased. Miss Mayer's regal features were accentuated
What is it? The Pre-Prom Junior Jazz Jag!!!
The juniors are giving a dance March 15 to raise money for the annual Junior-S enior Prom.
The price is 50 cents a person or $1 a couple and the dance will be held from 8-12 p.m. in the girls' gym.
"Just wear school clothes," said junior Nancy Killerlane, chairman of the dance.
The "Rumbles" will provide music.
"Oh, this • ' income tax form!"
This is the cry being raised in many homes and not only by parents. Teens are finding that this year they can no longer lead a "sheltered life" and laugh behind closed doors or leave the house in terror when a harrassed parent explodes.
However, Westside is offering an escape for the younger generation. Bookkeeping I, under Mr. Robert Rademaker, offers students firm grounding in that mysterious sheet, the income tax fo rm.
Mr. Rademaker stated, "Taxes are divided into two major classifications; Federal claims and state and local taxes."
Students enrolled in the class learn the history of taxes and also how to fill out income tax forms.
"Sincerity, humility, warmth, poise, and the ability to meet and get along with people-these are qualities which I consider most important in a good personality," she stated Tickets are $1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
"I don't think there wa!l one is 20 years old. I factor whi<'h led m e to become Miss America; my environment moulded m e into what I am, my parents and my exfNience a r. an American Field Service foreign exchange student to Austria," Miss Am <:l rica continued.
Who? When? Where? What?
Why? How? Westside journalists will soon be judged on how well they have answered these questions.
March 21 is the date set for the 1963 High School Journalism Conference , sponsored by the Journalism Department of Omaha University The program includes panel discussions, speakers, a film, and a banquet followed by presentation of awards. Lance staff members will be competing for awards for best news story, best sports story, best editorial, best feature story or column, best news photo taken by a student and best front page.
Jr Red Cross members are busy getting ready for the Horse Show to be held May 5.
Overall chairmen for the show are Connie Chandler and Sharon Nath. Right now, committees are busy selling advertising.
"Anyone can enter," stated Miss Arline Russnogle, sponsor. Entry blanks may be obtained from the chairmen. The deadline for entries is 12 noon on May 5. Mi.ss Russnogle also stated there will be one class especially for Westside students.
Lance staff members and first year journalism students wlll attend the conference
On March 23 about 35 Westside journalists will travel to Bellevue for the Regional Conference of Nebraska High School Press Association. It is a workshop on the order of the one held last spring at Westside.
Next year for your school lunch, how would you like to be served a variety of meals including foreign dishes, on neatly set tables with linens, by · lovely young ladies?
Next year, senior girls who have taken advanced foods or have special permission will be eligible to take a meal service course.
"One meal a week will be served to members of the faculty or guests for a small charge" stated Mrs. Nila Madanz, head of the Home Ec. Dept.
"This new course is offered to give girls training and poise in planning and serving meals," continued Mrs. Magdanz.
GirlS will also be given practice in planning the menu, buying the groceries on a limited budget, obtaining recipes, and caring for the table linens.
Foreign cookery, colors, the making of centerpieces, and the knowledge of nutrition will be employed in the meal service course.
WESTSIDE
Editor Bev Klein
Managing Editor Tedi Rosenbaum
Business Manager Virginia Seiger
First Page Editor Chynne Koser
Second Page Editor Pat Meredith
Third Page Editor Sandy Clifton
Sports Editors Jerry Nealy, Shain Humphrey
Circulation Manager. Cathy Lautenschlager
Special Features Editor Dick Theis
Photographers Phil Freyder, Bill Hayes Hal Stuit, Steve Wigodsky
Staff Reporters. Bette Kuhn, Marvin Morton, Sally Thomas
Artist Marty Runstrom
Advertising Staff Ronnie Bounds, Brian Mertz
Adviser Miss Marilyn Miller
"It's really going to be great! No kiddin'!" was Nick (Jules) Kostos' enthusiastic comment on the Senior Class play, "My Three Angels ."
Nick is one of three convicts who becomes an angel for the Ducote! family "It's going to be wild," he continued. "Especially when I bring in a live chicken! I think Becky (Peters) is going to get it ."
Nick was in last year's Junior Class play, "The Fi g hting Littles," and is also a member of Thespians.
Another of thE'! "angels" is Charlie Perrigo. Charlie portrays Joseph, the scheemer of the trio. Joseph had been jailed for bottling resort air and trying to sell it to invalids who can not go to the resorts.
"I really like it; it's diffe rent ," Charlie remarked.
Recently there has been a much debated conflict on the methods of choosing new cheerleaders. This debate was brought to the attention of members of the Lance staff in various informal discussions
Questions have been raised concerning just who should be eligible for Varsity and Reserve Cheerleaders. A suggestion has been made that only sophomores should be on Reserves, juniors and seniors then taking the Varsity positions. Another idea discussed is the possibility of leHing anyone try out for either Reserve or Varsity. Candidates would indicate which squad they would like to join. This way, if a girl tries for a Varsity position but is not quite able to aHain the position, she shouldn't have the chance of falling back to Reserves and eliminating someone else's chance of a Reserve spot, as has happened in the past.
As a male member of Westside, I believe the entire school should have some way of determining who is elected to cheerleading The royalty of both the Sweetheart and Homecoming dances was selected by a complete school election, but election of cheerleaders has been confined to a select group of faculty members and the Pep Club The group has a definite purpose but it crowds out the wishes of the populus.
A group of candidates with the most talent should be selected by the faculty group and Pep Club, then presented to everyone for their choice.
SHAIN HUMPHREYAttention all Westside students who are registering for next year's courses. In your consideration of courses offered at Westside have you overlooked the possibility of summer school? Summer school courses offered at Westside this year aid the student in several ways.
First, they offer an opportunity to earn the credits necessary for graduation. The majority of courses offer from three to five credit hours. Second, the summer school enrichment to the student through such courses as Lit rary Seminar and Ecology. Third, the student can get such sk I courses as typing and drivers' education out of the way to allow him to pursue other courses during the school year. And finally, summer school provides a way to spend your summer profitably.
With all these benefits, no student should overlook the possibility of attending summer school. Don't forget to register for the courses you want to take this summer!
"I've never done it before. I had no intention of tryin g out. I went in to wait for Terry while he tried out. Mrs. Clark asked me what I was doing ther e and asked me to try out. So I came back the next day and I got the part," Charlie explained
"It's a real funny play and very enjoyable. The three girls are good," he went on.
"It s the best play I've ever been in," Terry (Alfr e d) Peterson stated. When asked how many other plays he has been in, he lau g hed and said, "This is the first one! But I really thinMt's great."
"There're a lot of funny lines. I think my funniest line is when I'm setting the table and talking to Marie Louise. I say, 'Heads you go, tails I stay. Let's toss a plate,' and we pick up a plate."
The play promises many laughs for those who attend it.
"Watch out for the dripping brushes!" "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there," were familiar cries from Westside's student lounge March 1. This was the day the Student Council repainted the lounge.
The black paint which covered both the walls and Council members was paid for by the Council.
"Eventually, the mural on the south wall will be repainted with the school symbol," commented Rod Anderson, Council president. Most of the agree that the repainted lounge is a great improvemelllt!
to the e d it or :) '>ugh I was asked to write on the dispute concerning which classes can try out for and Reserve cheerleading, I have not done so. I feel that this is a subject fit :ussion only by the Pep Club members and the sponsors in co-ordination with the ; administration. It is not a subject to be discussed by persons who know nothing :onsequences. Such an article that I wou ld write is not pertinent to all the students, y a few are seriously interested in the coming tryouts. ot e rel at ing ta ch ee rl e ad ing and th e importanc e it plays in thi s s chool I f ee l it en blo w n into a much g rand er sc a le than it actually d es erv es and that t h e r e ar e fields of int e r est that s hould b e mor e important to th e major ity of st ud en ts.
Phyllis Sharpeerleading tryouts are held each spring. But months before the :tl day, the girls are seen practicing in hopeful anticipation. :leading is an exciting and rewarding experience. One never forgets 1n of summer clinics or the excitement of a victorious homecoming. ust as thrilling and rewarding are summers as exchange students go to a foreign country, a week at Girls' State, or a summer 1ar program. Cheerleading should not be the most exalting posiat Westside. Few girls can be cheerleaders, but all can support team through active i nterest in Pep. Cl ub.
b.at happened to the pride and prestige of being announced as a new ber of National Honor Society? Why don' t the Student Council class officers lead the school instead of twelve cheerleaders? rhaps the fault lies with the clubs. Have other organizations no fie purpose? Do they accomplish nothing? If so, conditions can be ged by the student. They further the growth of other organizations terest is stimulated and organizations u tilize their authority to fit the members and the school, greater responsibility, authority, prestige will result. You are the only persons who can create the ssary interest If you feel that a club is not living up to its goals, your duty as a member to active l y further its growth through · participation and interest. Only through your service can all :; gai n recognition and benefit the student body and the comity.
·s. Judy Krounek,
·hen a school grows, the organizations wi1thin the schoo l must also r. is year Westside's Pep Clu b nun1b ered abou t 625. Because of this 1endous growth , some of t he rul es governing the Pep Cl u b have to be amended. n e change for next year will be the exclusion of freshman g irls 1 the Varsity cheerleading squad. T hese gir l s could not make ice points this year although they were included in the Pep Club ion at athletic events. With this change, these girls can still look rard to a differ e nt phase of Pep Club in their junior and senior ·s - this phase being eligib l e for Varsity cheerleadin g :ceping this in mi n d , it is t h e hope of t h e school that the girls remain gen uine l y interested in Pep Olub activities for a l onger od of time. Up to t h is t ime , interest would decl ine by the a girl is a senior o some girls, Pep Club is a stepping stone for other ac1iviti es1ely drill squad and cheerleading. If a new phase of Pep Club ld be available ea ch year, I strong l y feel that the organization would erate more sincere enth u s iasm a n d interest.
[ere at Westside, the Pep Club ca r ries quite a bit of prestige. This uld not be carrie d to the extent that a gi r l must join just because "the thing to do." Wearing the schoo l co l ors in a Pep Club outfit uld mean more t han "just being a conform i st."
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"Ehe u ! Ge r e s u am t o ga m! " (trans l ati o n: Wear y our toga ! ) Romans from a ll over t h e Emp i re will co ngregate Mar ch 21 at 7 :30 p m. for the a nnua l W estside Latin B a nqu et. Roman clo thing is not required but wo uld be appreciate d. Ti ckets a r e b e ing sold for $1 b y a ll t hird - a nd f ourt h- year L atin s tude n ts fo r the di n ners will consist o f a s l ave a u cti on , a Roman wedd ing , d ance r s , c h a rio t races, an d a g l a d ia t oria l c o m b at w h ile they eat h am, ,t u r k ey, g r een beans, diced carrots, relish, and Roman ca k es ma d e o f sesame and h oney," sa i d Mrs. Juli e George, Latin teache r.
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T ourname n t w ill b e h el d on S at., March 16 a.t Westsi d e Competitio n wi ll be h eld in th e f o ll owing divisions:
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Me n' s class B singles
Wom e n 's class A singles
Wom e n's novice singles
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Jr bo ys s ing les ( 15 and under )
Jr gi r ls singles ( 13 and under )
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The purpose of the tea i s j ust a get - togethe r "prepa ri ng the members to get along with other peop l e," started Mr. Paul And r eas, cl u b sponsor.
F u ture Teachers of Anlerica is a nation-wide organiza tion. It i s to interest high school studen ts in t h e teaching profession
Other activities of the c lu b th i s year i nclude selling coffee a t football games, and this spring 20 girls will help with the annua l K i ndergarten Round-Up.
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wins, four losses.
But in order to gain the championship, Phil had to overcome South's Paul Martinez, his only serious opposition during the season, who had defeated him twice in three matches. Phil defeated Martinez at the Intercity Tournament Feb. 2 to gain the league title, and then decisioned the South wrestler 4-9 at the state tourney. Phil was the team's leading scorer this year, and was elected most valuable member. During the off-season, he plans to try his hand at baseball and continue working with weights in order to stay in shape for wrestling next year.
In the state competition, Steve did nine different dives; four of them required, five optional. They ranged in difficulty from a front dive, pike (or jackknife) position, to a front somersault with full twist in free position.
Steve began swimming at a neighborhood pool about six years ago. He then graduated to the Omaha Athletic Club, where his teacher was Mrs. Ann Aubrey, herself a great diver. He started in competitive diving in 1960. Mrs. Aubrey later moved to Detroit, Mich., and Steve recently traveled there to spend two months under her instruction.
Westside meets Creighton Prep tonight at the Civic Auditorium after a first round victory over Nebraska City 7 7-3 7. Monday night saw the Warriors romp on their first step to tthe State Championship.
Creighton Prep looms as the immediate obstacle because of its 66-56 victory over South, Prep may not make the district due to a determined Westside team.
The Warriors ended their regular season last Friday -by handing Fremont its ninth loss of the season 58-49. Led by the inside
shooting of Bill Olson ( 2 6 pts.) the Warriors never trailed. With a 56.5 shooting pet. in the first half the Warriors made up for a poor night at the free throw line.
A week earlier Westside was upset by Lincoln Southeast 52-51. This was probably the real reason Westside was dropped 1to seventh in the state. Reserves: The reserves took a 10 piont beating from the Fremont B Squad.
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Frosh Coach Bob Rademacher, finishing his third year, remarked indifferently to the comparison of this year's and his two earlier teams.
In coaching his winningest Westside team Mr. Rademacher attributed it to "real good team balance and the desire to win."
Although a three game losing skein terminated the season, a ten-game winning streak and the first team to beat Prep in four years made this a successful year for the Frosh.
The Frosh had 6-1 Intercity record and a season total of 11 wins, 4 losses with a fourth place finish in the four team Westside Tournament.
Rex Steinkruger's "B" teamers finished 9-2 with a 5-2 Intercity mark
Westside's w res t 1 in g team coached by Marv. Nevins had one of its most successful years at Westside. They placed seventh in the State and fourth in the Intercity and District meets.
Three wrestlers represented Westside at the State meet. They were Phil Dugan, sophomore, Bill Foster, senior, and Wendell Messner, senior. Dugan took the 95-
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When asked about next year, Coach Nevins stated "We will have six letterman and also a number of reservists returning to Westside."
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Goin g stea d y m ay prov e t o be a good or po ss ibly a bad thing the te e na ge r s of today. I_n recent weeks this topic h;ts been m the ne ws becau s e of certa m happenings at schools in Omaha
B ish op Ryan Hi g h Sc h ool h as attem pt ed t o s olv e what t hey is a p robl em by i nf or m in g th e pa r e nt s. o f a pe r s on who i s g oin g steady th at it i s n o t th e b es t th i ng to do 4
At W es t s id e th e re have been b e h a ppy and mak e friends but no probem s as y e t, and t h e a d- som e people don't agree on just mini s tr a tion ha s n't felt it neces- how friendly s hould let thems e lves become.
More on Go i n g Steady • Poll and E di to rial on Page 2.
sary to tak e a ny action on the subj !:l ct
what the girls have been think· ing of all winter: to go steady or not to go steady is the big question.
Drowi ng by Mo rty Runstr om J
Spring is h e r e and the natural t hin g in Spri n g i s , of cour s e , to by Dick Theis There are people who concern had to be secured by the s o und
inte r es t e d ," h e we nt on Th e se t ri ps w oul d be g uid ed b y t h e city f orreste r a t Fo n te n e ll e Fo r es t , Mr Mo rt weet state d So me o f h i s s tud e nt s a r e b uilding bird fe e d e r s for the windows a nd bird ho uses f or th e t r ees outside th e schoo l. " On e g i r l i s g oin g to knit a sweater for t he b ird s," · be joked
ere are many more people Three Angels" has its action d d . d f th I Th .,.,., moo an peno o e p ay e in volved than those seen upon in the early nineteenth century. Stage Crew classes provided able the acting s tage. Many often Jim Brown, Claudia Chorley, and as s istance in the many mechanidevote a s much time to the Richard Slack, property chairmen cal and technical aspects of the play as the actors. for the production, after much play.
In the play, "My Three themselves with securing the cor- crew. The lighting d i r e c t o r Angels , " as in every play, rect type of scenery for the period George Nothhelfer created an atth in which the play is set. "My mosphere conc u rrent with the Spri n g b rin gs m any chan ge s to Westside an d t he biology department is n o ex cepti on. Mr : Ri c hard Mortweet is pl a nnin g to tak e hi s bio l ogy c l ass e s o u t d o o r s for "about t hr ee we e k s " he said " W e will l e arn to distingui s h t h e di ffer ent trees by the shape of the ir l e a ves , th e ir aran g ement on the branch es , and their veinnage.
Of cou rse , w e can't pick the l e aves ," h e added
"We will al s o le a rn s om e of th e calls of the comm on birds in thi s a r ea We have tap e s o f about 2 0 different b ird s th a t a r e common around he r e. I would also like to arrange some fie ld trips on Saturday afterno on s for tho se who ar e
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"Eve ry year Westside has many s chola rship s that are awa r de d to graduating s eniors," commented Mr. Ke nneth Han s en, principal.
"Westside presently has three scholarships that are given by the school," he continued. The scholarships are the Anna Louise McConnell Memorial Fund, the Peggy Twiss memorial Loan, and the scholarship set up this year by the Far East clas ses
M r Vaughn Phelps, superinte n d e n t of DiS trict 66 schools, and Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance coun selor , spoke yes terday at B e n s on H i gh School's Career Day.
T h e pur p ose of t he Career Day i s to g iv e st udents an op portunity to h ea r sp eakers of a profession in wh i ch t hey are int erested or plan to m ake t heir care e r. Speakers f or the eve nt were furnished by the Kiwanis Club of which Mr Ph eps and Mr. Pecht are members.
When \ asked his opinion of car eer days, Mr. Pecht said , "The id ea is a 1good o ne but it has its I feel iJt is almost
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The Anna Louise McConnell Memorial Scholars hip was started last year in the memory of An na Louise McConnell. It i s a math scholars hip awarded to an outstanding senior math student.
The Peggy Twi s s Me morial Loan is a loan to students. It is in memory M rs Peggy Twiss, the mother of Linda and Shari Twiss who attend e d W estside last year. The loan will b e given to a deserving stude nt.
The F a r E ast class es st a rted a sc holarship fund this year but .t he amount and qualifications have not been e s tablished.
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In the last i ss ue, Wade Wright was omitted when the names of the cas t was announc e d for the s enior class p 1 a y , "My Three Angels ." Wade plays the part of Uncle H e nri.
Ten Westsiders attended the Distri c t Speech Me e t last Saturday at central High School. The meet encompassed 13 Nebraska high schools reporesenting Omaha, Lincoln, Blair , and Fremont
Steve Curelop, junior, and Bob Bucholz, sophomore , received superior ratings in the television n e ws commentary and discussion di v isions respectively
Other Westside entries were Ray Dryden, Cathy Lass and Bre nt Warren, oral interpretation of drama ; Bill T. Gray, original public addre s s ; Dense Hands chuh, poetry reading ; Eric Hultman, discussion ; Dick Imig, ext e mporan e ous speaking ; Jan Laito s , interpretative public address; and Cathy Laas, oral interpretaof pro s e literature.
searching, found period furniture at the Ladies' Furniture Exchange The establishment agreed to lend much of the scenery to the s chool for the duration of the play Other props, including a coconut shell, and a cogniac bottle, also had to be located by the prop crew. A recording of a harmonica "Hark the Herald Angels Sing, "
No theatrical productio n would be complete without make-up for the actors. This was provided by sever al m e mbers of the The&piau Troupe.
Tickets must be distributed and s old. Cathie Filkins was in charge of this and Rena Olson was in charge of compiling and printing the programs
Karen Nelson and John Kotouc represented Westside at the Conference on HuJ?an Sciences Mar. 14 and 15. Karen represented the Journalism Dept. and John represented the Science Dept
The program began Mar. 14 well." in Lincoln with general information discussion groups and a banquet with a speaker who spoke on the subject, "It takes people to get people
" Oh d e ar, I'm on next. " Th e c ont es tant had neve r before faced a n a udi e nc e. It t e rrified and yet f a s cinated him. Then he was on th e s t age a nd he for g ot his f e ars.
"The Student Band Recitals were e stablished in order to give an y on e a chance to perform and to g i ve th e m the experience of facing an audience All those who play an ins trument are welcomed. The re i s no need for signing up b e fore hand. The student may s imply enter the Little Theatre, leave hi s name at the do o r and take a sea t The time is 3:45 p.m. and the date is every other Friday," s tated Mr. Snyder Mar c h 1 , 15, and29 Recitals are a ll l e adin g up to the Home Eliminatiqn Cont est April 14, and the a n n u a l Mu s ic Conte s t which Wests id e is hostin g A p ril 26. Th e Eliminator is open to all m usician s
who have th e ir <lwn accompanist
The winn e rs will then repre s ent Westside at contest which will be a t tended by high school musicians from the e ntire state.
Friday the program was moved to the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute in Omaha. The group heard panel discussions and had a tour of the institute ' s therapy, audiovisual, and art rooms. "If the kids can'>t tell how they feel, someti-mes they can draw it " Karen said. "They have and after' pictures drawn by the children. The first ones are ' always dark and depressing but the second ones are bright and colorful."
The session ended wi th a general review and question-andanswer period.
Bill Ol s on, senior, was re cently el e cted t o the hi g h honor of a position on the all-intercity basketball .t ea m by the World-Herald Bill was elected by the recommendation of all city coach es after a season averaging over 17 point s per game
Bill was one of five of a t e a m c omprised of Fred Hare, Tech; Joe Willi,a m s, Tech ; Wally Anderzunas, Pr e p ; and John Armstrong , Central.
Last year John Luckasen w a s a l s o honored as a member of the eager all star team Sin ce Bill' s nomination, it i s the only experience that Westside has had in being able .to produce players for an all-intercity team for a m a ior Rnnrt h v n <- - -
Does Westside 's Student Council represent the student body? In some ways yes, but in others it fails miserably!
One of its failures is the Student Council Senate The Senate members were to represent the student body and one was elected from every home room. They have never been heard from since, What have they done? Do you know who your Senate tative is? Has he voiced your opinions and questions to the Council? Chances are your answers to all these questions are negative But are the Council and Senate members totally to blame? No, you, the students at Westside are also at fault.
As a member of the Westside student body you can make your Council as important or un_important as you wish. The Student Council reflects the student body At Wests ide it looks as if the student body is sick!
The Student Council can be an instrument of student control. By proper use it can achieve the goals of the students As a vehicle of student expression it can learn and achieve your desires, it can do just what you want it to do! But at Westside the Student Council is almost unnecessary
Who is to blame? Council members? Senate representatives?
Or you, the student? , Nothing can be accomplished by mere words, but words spark interest and interest can result in action
You now have the words. Get the interest and let's take some action! Put Westside's Student Council back on its feet and make it the voice of the student body. Only you cqn do it!
BEY KLEINRecently, there has been quite a bit of discussion on the subject of "going steady ." Parents, teenagers, and school officials have voiced their various opinions, both pro and con I am not going to try to say whether going steady is right or wrong. I think that it is up to the individuals involved and their parents. But I am going to voice the opinion that the decision should be left to those directly involved, not school officials. Unless going steady effects the person's studies, as it seldom does, school officials should not try to break up the steady daters by threatening to expel them from school. This only makes it more challenging, as was illustrated last year when some schools banned twist-blouses.
Going steady is not as popular as it used to be and will continue to fade out if no special attention is given to it. However, with all the present criticism, there is bound to be rebellion and dissention As the saying goes, "Ignore it and maybe it will go away."
PAT MEREDITHAnd with it, the venerable institutions inseparably connected with that season: marbles in the sc hoolyard, jacks on the steps, and bridge in the back of the study hall while the teacher ' s not lookin g Westside offers many varieties of fun and games for sportingblooded students (all, of course, fully faculty approved) in their pursuance of the perennial sport of chance. They range from petty nickel :flipping to the fabled hundred-dollar-and-up "shrek" games in darkened, smoke-filled basements. There are also many intermediate levels for the less pecuniarily endowed, or for rich people with lit tle intestinal fortitude.
Games of chance appear in many unlikely places-among those recently so visited was a cozy little corner very near the rafters of the City Auditorium during the Westside-Prep basketball game, when something like $5 changed hands in five minutes of halftime.
Having not participated in, or witnessed, or ever hoped to, a high-stakes card game (no guts, no skills, no bills), the au thor leaves their supposed content to •the conjecture (or memory) of
Who needs National Merit Tests?
Ranking intellectuals at Westside taxed their mighty minds durin g the past two weeks in order to win hi g h honors, but no mere IQ test s were these! For these sc holars slaved long into the night over the "Osoff's Puzzle" ad published in the March 8 issue of the Lance.
The first 10 correct enries turned in, with all 50 states circled in the labyrinth of letters, have e?- rn ed gilded trophies for ,their owners. The brainy winners were: Mr. Richard Burrows, WHS math teacher (with the help of his wife,) Lee Cummins, Pat Fredrickson, Nancy Galley, Denese Handschuh, Ronald Herschman, Shain Humphrey, Bob Johann, Mike Klabunde, and Mike Stange. Honorable mention was earned by the following: Scott Anderson, Athene Alsmeyer, Ronnie Bounds, Tom Campbell, Jan Chamberlain, Cindy Dolby, John Finks, Terry Fox, Bill Goddard, Casey Hayes, Leslie Henderson, Vic Kincaid, Chynne Koser, Dan Kuttner, Dave Larkin, Judy McClendon, Wendy Messner, Virginia Moore, Barb Munson, Susie Ness, Cindy Nichols, Stan Ostrow, Virginia Purchase, Bonnie Rothchild, Virginia Seiger, Laura Staszko, Mike Steele, Darlene Sutton, Gwen Sutter, Arlene Tepper, Sally Thomas, Wayne Van Vliet, John White, Harry \Voodbury, and Kris Zender.
Do you go steady? Do you like to go steady? If you are a freshman or a sophomore, chances are your answer would be "yes" to these questions, while most juniors and seniors at Westside will answer "no."
Among upper class men, there seems to be a breaking away from going steady. Yet, many upper classmen are "going" with someone. "There's a difference," stated one senior girl. "If you're only
"We h aven't reac hed a conclusion yet," said Mrs. Dian e Althouse about a new portable language lab now in trial use by the foreign language department.
"Were looking for a lab to put in the Junior High at Arbor Heights," stated Mrs. Althouse.
Th e lab consists of a portable console unit with storage for phones. A cable containing plugs is attached to the wall of the classroom, which has a capacity for 40 stud,ents at one time. The lab unit is used primarily in listenin g and response and the unit is from :the Omaha School Supply.
Spring is here! But what is spring anyway?
It means different things to different people.
To the child, it means walking through puddles of melting snow and tracking up a nice, clean kitchen floor. It means <that heavy winter coats can soon be exchanged for light sweaters. Spring signals running across the neighbor's newly-seeded lawn in pursuit of a playful puppy or a run-away kite
'going' with somebody, you don't feel so tied down. Also it makes breaking up easier You can date each oth e r again without hard feelings."
"Going steady is far .too limiting," sa id another senior girl.
"W hen you just begin dating and don't know very many boys it's easier to go s teady and it gives you more confidence. But when you get to know more people it's much too limiting."
Many advantages were pointed out by upperclassmen, especially boys. "You have a better time, sometimes," commented one senior boy. "You also get to know someone real well." Another 'advantage' mentioned by the boys was not having to call someone very far in advance. As one junior boy put it, "If you want to go somewhere, you have a date. You don't have to call days in advance."
The main disadvantage menrtioned by boys and girls was .that often breaking up leaves you on unfriendly terms. "It breeds bitterness," stated a senior boy
Underclassmen had v a r i o u s comments on going steady. "Security is a big reason for going steady," stated a freshman girl. Many underclassmen feel "left out and adrift" if they aren't going steady.
the reader. However, finding one day a peculiar mistakein accounting by means of which he had a few shekels lef.t over after lunch, he decided to live dangerously.
And down smiled Dame Fortune; fifteen paltry cents were parlayed into seventy-five during
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Spring is here, or perhaps it is around the corner. Well , anyway, in keeping with this issue's theme of Springtime, the Lance condu cte d an interview poll in which various students and teachers were asked the question: What do you think of spring?
Susie Brownell, senior-Ahhhh hhhhhhhhhh!
Mrs. Judith Hoyt, English Instructor- (laughingly) Bah-humbug!
Mrs. Helen Kelley, English instructor-I'm as happy as the grass is green. Shain Humphr ey, seniorSpring is for the birds!
Ralph Farrar, Vice Principal-! .think that the time is coming near when students will be
To the cynic, spring means wet ground· from melting sn ow ; warm days but deceivingy chilly nights. Lt means that there will soon be grass to cut that some crazy bird sings from a tree near the window every morning at six o'clock. Summer clothes will have <to be dragged out, cleaned and pressed. And that terrible summer job is waiting!
l eav ing us for the summer to persue the gentle pleasures of summertime, etc., et c., etc.
Mr. l{enneth Hansen, Principal - 1 look forward to spring with loathin g. All of these wonderful students will soon b e leaving us The halls will b e so quiet and peaceful; the office will be so quite, and peaceful; the grounds will be so quite, and peaceful
Bev Burrows, senior-! wish it'd get here!
Marty Runstrom, senior-Forget it! (I wish it'd get here too!)
Chynne Koser, senior-! think of washing cars
Alice Gillogly, Secretary-Golf sunshine, go lf, kids playing hooky, and golf!
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To the romantic, spring means beautiful blue skies and a blazing sun. It means soft breezes and rich, soft green grass; clear, starry nights and a "homework can wait" attitude.
The freshman anticipates dayafter-day of swimming. Spring, to rthe sophomore means an approaching summer of learning how to drive To the junior it means no more term papers! And what does the senior think about?
Graduation-what else?
Surprisingly, going steady often improves grades. More often than not, grades go up or remain the same. "It depends on the girl," said one boy "If she's interested in school, then it helps your grades. But if she just wants you to hang around it's bad."
On the question of whether parents or school officials should have the right to ban going steady, one senior stated, "It's none of their business!" All the students questioned feLt that going steady should not be banned As one junior boy put it, "It's just a part of growing up."
Last December , Mrs. Judith Hoyt's first semester seminar class decided .to form a group to develop cultural interests. The group m€ets at Mrs. Hoyt's house, sits on the floor, and informally listens to speakers.
Mr. Harold Welch, orchestra instructor, has given a lecture on musical movements, its history, and then played music to illustrat e his words. Questions and discussions usually are part of the meeting. Mr. Kenneth Grizzell, art instructor, has also given a talk similar to Mr. Welch's.
According to senior Sherry Paden, these meetings have "given us a good start as far as developing our interest goes. I think they're very interesting."
"There are no officers or dues," stated Mrs. Hoyt. "This puts no obligation on anyone. They can come if they want to."
If you're interested in going or •learning more about it, some of those who attend are Bruce Bachus, Jay Barton, Steve Carter, Leslie Gaillard, Steve Lagerberg, Sherry Paden, Mary Beth Percy,
Sharp , Dick Theis, Rich Vosler , and Steve Wllitson.
enior s - i f y o u ar e planning to enroll in a c ommerical , trade, or tecbtl sc hool yo u s hould w atch your step! Many s c hools are just out for r money and you will receive nothing in return. f e r e are a few rues that will help you decide if a school has what are looking for:
'I s tarted when I was in the ching business," commentM r Emil Wicina, Westside :!n ee teacher, "and found I first aid to take care t h e boys when they were ur ed-so I took a course i n st Aid." hl s was 20 years ago and since n Mr. Wicina has tau ght -it Aid, Swimming, Life SavWater Safety, and Fire Pretion for the American Nati ont e d Cross All of this work has n done on a voluntary basis luring the middle of March, Wicina received a 20 year ri c e pin for his volunta r y servpin for his voluntary service b. the Red Cross. He r eceived Lt an honorary dinne r at the ck s tone Hotel.
lr Richard Lang's arch it ecand advanced arc h itect u ral 1s e s are planning t o ·send ut 25 entries to the Architec11 awards Program This prom w ill be held April 2 9 and Lrd s will be presented that b.t. students in these cl asses e been working diligentl y on >e projects since mid-Feb ruThey are full designs of .ses "Most of the drawings l go," commented Mr Lang, •w e ver, I will kee p a few here t indicate a l ack of work." h e architectural prog r am will by the Omaha Home o ciati o n and .the c o ntest will city-wide.
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St. Patrick 's Day was brightened for 20 cripp l ed childre n a t t h e H a ttie B. Monroe Home by the We s tside Y-Teens.
Many of the trophies in the display case across from the little theater have been made by the shop classes at Wests i de.
"By making the trophies he r e, t he r e is a tre m end ous sav in gs in cost t o t h e school;" comm en t ed Mr . R ic h ard Lane, s h op instru ctor
Many trophies have been made this year by the students: two hon or the team champions, one for varsity basketball, and one for wrestling to honor any team member who makes the all-state team
The cost for materials is met by the activities d epartment. Stude n ts constr u ct the trophies as e:x;tra-credit work for their shop courses
How many Physica l Education teachers in Omaha play the drums in .their spare time?
Wes,tsi d e is one of t he sch ool s which can state that ,they have a Phys. Ed instructor who has played with Eddy Haddad and Paul Neighbors, to name a few Who is this ' man? Many people are acquainted with him as the enforcer (cafe t eria style) His name, if you haven't guessed, is Mr Wayne Wagner.
If you attended the Sweeth eart Spring Game s you might have seen h i m in the backgr:ound rolling out a be a t of i.mqu e stionabe styl e When asked how h e started the drums he commented, "because they fascinated me " He also said that h e started playing with his first b a n d at the age of 13
On April 2 3 you will be ab l e to see Mr. Wa g n e r playillg with the Four Freshmen in the Jazz Concert a t th e Civic Auditorium Mus i c Hall.
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Mary Mead, President, s aid that the club rente d a movie proj ecW r to show the clilldreu cartoons while "about 12 Y -Teen members hel ped s e rve cookie s a nd punch mad e by the m e mber s of the club ."
" Th e p a rty , whi ch l as t e d a bou two hour s , w as the clubs s ervice p roje c t for the month of Ma r c h," s tated Ma r y
Plan s ar e w e ll under w a y f or th e 1963 Jr. R e d Cross Horse S ho w to be held Ma y 5 at Hills i de Ridin g Stables " So far we ' ve ordered the s tick e rs, have th e officials, and hav e taken care of entry b l a n ks, trophies, and ribbons " s aid S haron Nath She and Connie Chand l er ar e overall co-chairm e n for the ev e nt. Th e g roup has also been b u sy sellin g advertisin g
With the e xc e ption of one English Class and one Western Class whi ch is open only to Westsid e the show is open to anyon e
"Th e re will prob a bly b e clo se to 3 0 W e sts id e students participatin g in it, " Sharon stated
"Exchan ge students from all over Omaha have been inv i te d t o t h e International Club Banquet," <Stated Rena Olson , presi d e n t of t h e clu b. Mr. and Mrs. Judson , the Omaha AFS sponsors, are also i n v i te d t o a ttend.
A Slave auction, dinner , and skits given by the individu al clubs re · presenting the ir country, are the scheduled e,vents for the b anqu et to be held in the Rockbrook Methodist Church at 5 : 30 p m., April 8. " It kind of climaxes our year'-s activities , " said Rena Next year' s o ffi c e rs will also be announced
The pric e of the evening is $1.7 5 per person, and the cl ub is an t ic ipating 17 5 to 18 0 people Co s tumes are not required
W e sts ide students g ot a ch a nce to m ee t r e pr e sentative s fro m o ve r 150 colle ges March 20 a t Ce ntral Hi g h
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When Chevrolet developed their V-8 eng i ne it was one of the great' est things that has ever happened to hot rodding
' Chevrolet' s small 265-283-327 cubic inch v e r sion of the V-8 is just a bout the best mat e ri a l f or a g ood, light-we i g ht ' a nd s m a ll dimension engine obtainable These engines are perfect for a street rod because the speed equipment is easy to find and at reasonable prices. Receiving expert work at almost any garage is also ea s ily achieved
The high performance options that are offered from the factory surpass that of any other company. The big 409 cubic inch, 425 horsepower engine is the only one of high performan ce engines offered by American manufacturers to have a higher hp to cubic inch ratio.
The small V-8 has an rpm advantage in that they have been known to hit more than 10,000 rpms with a s hor t stroke, large bore design
During the last few year s hot rodding has be come the most attended motor sport in America Mo s t of the follower s of the sport are adults and not the teen agers in a black leather jacket a s many people believe.
Today drag racing has taken a n e w proportion of e xcitement and thrills. These thrill s do not come from any old beater that someone bas called a hot rod. The modified cars of the present are extremely safe and hand built to a precision piece of machine ry.
Many cars have more than three, four, or five thousand dollars invested in them. Thus prov i ng t he contestants don ' t •take the sport lightly.
"I don't plan to carry it on through life-to me it's just a sport and lots of fun," commented sophomore Tom Henry about his figure skating. ·
"I guess I started because the other members of my family were 1 doing it." Tom has been skating steadily for six years. He started in Omaha, but has skated in Duluth, Minn.; Green Bay, Wis.; Sioux Saint Marie, Mich.; and
Warrior Basketball of Westside has reached greater heights than any year in the history of Westside A record of 40 wins and 24 losses was amassed by the Varsity, Reserves, Freshmen and Frosh B-Team
Varsity basketballers collected an overall record of 12-8 and a 7 ·2 record in intercity play for a third position in the rating. Freshmen had a 11·4 loss record and the B-Team had a 9·2 record. The Reserve V arslty had a 8-8 season.
In the coming years the prospects of a championship team is very evident from this year's performance by the younger cagers
Spring has arrived and along w tth it good weather and outdoor sports have come to Westside once again. Golf, track, baseball, and tennis games will again provide the Warriors of Westside with varied forms of exercise throughout the remammg months of the school year.
anced t eams and should finish in the upper division of th e Intercity
Bot h tennis groups showed big improveme nt over '61 and '62 records w e re 7-3-0-boys , 3-2-1-girls.
Boys T ennis featur e 3-year letterman T e rry P e terson, 2-year letterman Charles P errigo and a new pro s pect Rich Young.
Offi ci a ll y t h e fi r st date o f practic e do es n 't sta r t u ntil Ap r il 1.
T h is i s a ru le set u p by the Interci t y . W es t si d e's first game will be p l aye d on Ap ril 1 6.
Denver, Colo Most of his out-oftown skating has been during summer sessions. He bas limited his winter skating to Omaha because of school.
Two years ago Tom placed second in Mid-Western competition where " the number one skaters from various clubs meet", Tom stated. The competition is placed on a test structure basis Out of eight figures, Tom passed five. The reason he didn t enter MidWestern competition this year is because he is in the "in-between" stage and didn ' t feel "up to par" with the rest of the skaters he would have been competing with.
At the present time he is training for the Mid-Western Subsect ionals which will be held in Omaha next December. If he does well in this competition, he goes on to the Mid-Western and then to the Nationals
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Marg ie Ringwalt Intercity gles champion will be back to d efend her title. Joining her on the what is in store for spring sports girls tennis team are returning lett e r winners Judy McClendon, Track Track has begun at Westside as everyone knows as they walk pas t the gym ,after school.
Returnin g 1 e t t e r m e n Jim Adams, relay runner, and Bob Grant, sprinter, will be two seniors that could r e ally shine this year these two recorded can be impr es sive.
All of the team is, of course, anxious to get. outside as soon as the weather improves. Returning lettermen will make the season just as good as last y e ar' s
A lot of new talent has be e n working out this year, with ea ch hopin g to becom e a standout in his event throu g h hard work.
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Tennis swings into action this year with Robert Rademacher and Arleen Russnogle at the helms. Each will have well bal-
Wes ts ide ' s ba se ball t eam should clumb higher into t he Intercity r a nk s t his y ear With a record of two wins and eight losses la s t year, Coach Marv Nevin s predicts that Westside will have a much better season Coac),l Nevins comm en ted, "Westside will have fi v e return· ing lettermen this s eason, Earl Beam, Tom Campbell, Paul Matt, Rick Snarr, and AI Zimme rman." He also s tated that Wes tside' s pitching, batting, and fielding s hould be improved. Last year Westside had a y oung club and s hould return this with more experience Coach Nevin s concluded.
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Westside 's golf t ea m c o ac h e d by Ji m Tangd a ll look s ve r y promis ing tthis year L ast yea r W e sts ide t i e d for se cond in t h e I n te rcity meet pl ace d n i n t h o ut o f 2 7 te a m s in t h e S tate m eet.
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When the topic of the prom arises, it is not unmon to hear sarcastic queries, aimed primarily Junior Class officers, such as "Do we have any n e y?" "Why is work going so slow this year?" the date set for sure?", or "You mean we're lly having a prom?"
)ne upperclassman stated, "This year the juniors fallen behind their schedu l es The bake sales n't acquire as much money as expected due to a k: of participation on the part of the Junior Class. dances held obtained some money, but fell short ause of lack of support from other classes."
>n e junior with a different view remarked, 1e re are freql!-ent complaints of h av ing to work, many upperclassmen wouldn't even come to a
The students were generally !- sa tisfied with the program at stside," stated Mr. Kenneth 1se n, principal, after attending
Principal-Freshma n Confere a t the University of Nebras-
The convention provided an ortunity for schools to find how the students are doing demically and otherwise," he tinued. "We met with Westg raduates to discu ss their icisms and the improvements t c ould be made in our c urricrn.,
The students stresse d the fact ; c ollege work involved more
more independent work, less sleep," he sa id. ·
.lso representing Westside at conference, h e ld March 28, e M r Karl Pecht and Mrs. ; Lucas, guidance counselors.
Attention
)ue to circumstances beyond l e nt control Spring Vacation only be five days lon g Howeniot·s-there are only 35 days chool left. Underclassmen neve less have 41 days remaining.
'silly' dan ce such as the PPJJJ Many of the 'critics' have turned their backs on .their responsibility of rai si ng money."
As money raising projects this year, the juniors h e ld four bake sales, sold doughnuts three afternoons after school, sold pop at games and the student! ounge, made and sold garters, held a sock hop and two other dances, and received money from activity tick ets a nd Class of '64 rings.
Brenda Williams, vice-president of the junior Class, stated, "We have the date set for May 25 at the Schimmel Inn, the Larry Bell Band will play, committees are organized and working, we have a theme, and we have well over $900 to decorate, send invitations, and provide refreshments-a similar achievement of any former class."
Application blanks are now available for 1963-64 Lance and Shield staff positions. Tho se ap-
Have you been to Joslyn Ar t Museum, lately? Last Sunday Westside· opened its ar.t exhibit in the st udent gallery on the lowe r level of .the museum.
Numerous Hems are on exhibit, chosen by Mr. Kenn e th Grizzell, fine arts instructor at Westside, ,from pieces submitted by his art classe in the school. Plaster sculpture, sketches in stick and ink, pastel sketches, wash and ink drawings, brush and ink drawings, brush and ink drawings, oil paintings, and water colors are represented.
usical sounds will be streamfrom the rooms of WHS as ;tside hosts the Class A Ne1ka District il 2 6. Music Contest ach cont e stant may perform ;ix minutes and will be jud ged
:holz
fter competing with 4 6 of the teams in the state, Westside's 1 of Bob Bucholz and Bill '1, coached by Rod Hansen, ed third in the State Contest at the University of Nebrasn Lincoln March 29 an d 30.
tle team defeated Benson and :ral's top tea ms. Also attendthe .to urney were Steve Cureand Jan Lai tos.
tlis week e nd, Apri 5 and 6, following w ill atten d the Fine Contests als o held at Nebras-
J. : Dennis Adams, Bob BuchSteve Curel op, Ray Dryden, Gray , Eric Hultman, Dick :, Kat hy Laas, Jan Laitos, and tt Wa rren.
nna Clark, drama inis also planning to take act p lay.
by professors of area colleges.
"Small groups and solos will pe rform in the afternoon a nd lar ge gr oups in the evening," stated Mr. Darwyn Snyder, Warrior Band director
"There will be about 600 to 700 students participating," continu e d Mr. Snyder, "and the recitals are open to the public."
Tryouts were held April 4 in the Little Theater for those interested in go in g to contest.
Attent io n, Bo ys!
All men, when they reach th e age of 18, must register with Selective Service within five days of their 18th birthday.
rho se who willfully refuse to register are subjected to a $10,000 fine and imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
The Selective Service Office is located in tp.e Federal Building, Room 702, at 15th and Dodge Streets. Offic e hours are
"Bring in the petition and I'll sign it too, " stated Mr. Vaughn Phelps, Superintendent of District 6 6 schools
The petition he referred to was one being circulated by Westside students requesting a longer spring vacation. The present vacation will be from April 12-17.
"I don't feel .this petition is a bad thing at all," Mr. Phelps continued He felt that the students are entitled to "freedom of expression."
The Superintendent stated , however, that no change in 1the
I N SI D E
-And then there are vacations Are they really vacat ions?
plying for must have editorial positions completed the first year journalism course, however, this is not a prerequisite for positions in photograpy, art, or advertising ·
All applications must be in by Thursday, April 11. The banquet will also include the presentation of 'special awards and guest spea kers
Those selected to Shield staff positions will register for fifth hour class and those selected to Lance staff positions will register for sixth hour class.
Miss Marilyn Miller, adviser for both the staffs, will select the staffs on a basis of applications, ability, and interest.
APRIL
8-I)lternational Club Banquet at 5:30p.m.
11-Y- Teens Devotional at Countryside Community Church 7:30 a m.
Orchestra Convocation
12-Good Friday
12-16-Easter Vacation
16-Teachers' In-service
17-Classes Resume
18-Music Recital in Theater at 7: 3 0 p.m. Little
19-Jr. Red Cross Criss Crosser Dance
Pg 2 - Les Johnson sends first correspondence from South Africa
-Awards come to Westside for Journalism, DE
year. This calendar is set up by the Sc hool Board and the Superintendent. The Board is elected by ,the community and reflects its wishes.
By Nebraska State Law a minim urn of 17 5 school days is required. District 6 6 has school 181 days out of the year. Mr. Phelps also related that the national average of school days is 100-185 days.
He remarked ,that District 66 could have only the minimum number of days ( 17 5) if this is what the community wanted
Mr. Phelps also stated that if longer vacations were added to the school program, rthe school year would extend farther into June. This year's school year will end June 7.
" I feel the student should receive the finest program he can get in our school program," he added. "You can't have longer vacations and still profi.t."
The problem of the length of the school year Mr. Phelps stated, "depends upon your values and how important education is to you. Just how good of an education do you want?"
DON'T FORGET to register for University of Omaha Regents' Scholarship examinations by Monday.
Today, third quarter reports cards are issued and the ecstatic cri e s of students once more fill the halls of Westside.
New as of this year, Westside has converted its system of keeping record s to one more consistant with the space age. It now uses computers to do all the "dirty work," so to speak. But how does the guidance department tell the machines what to ke e p as the record of the grade of a student?
The departme nt uses a small, 3"x8", card which looks as if Sam Sn ea d had just walked over it with his b es t pair of goU shoes on "Those marks," said Mr. Karl Pecht, "are merely guide marks us e d in processing and filing the cards."
At the -top of the card are several numbers, continued Mr. Pecht, one for the number of the course, one for the period num-
ber, one for the instructor, one for the home room of the student, one for the student's class, and then umbers of the student, (for example, to the computer, you might be 303457, or perhaps 456234, or if you're lucky, you might be 234896!)
The course number of top choir i s 753, and Mr. William Kellogg is number 073.
The instructor records your grade by placing a heavy black mark that completely fills the box under the approximate box of the grade that you are to receive.
This sounds vaguely familliar to anyone who has taken the College Boards. It seems that heavy black marks completely filling the box are the only thing that a computer can understand.
"As far as I know," concluded Mr. Pecht, "W-estside is the only public school in Omaha which uses this system."
This year's Winter Sports Convocation on April 3 marks a first for Westside. For the first time a plaque has been made which honors Wes-tside's outstanding players, and for the first time one of Westside's players has won four of these awards, including two metropolitan honors.
Awards on the plaque are:
Most Rebounds-Jim Adams; Outstanding Defense-Paul Matt and Jim Adams; High Scorer-Bill Olson; and Most Free Throws-J erry Jansen. Bill Olson also won positions on the World-Herald's All-Innterctty Team and Payne 's (WOW-TV) Team. Metropolitan Area
Awards voted by the members of the team were: Outstanding Player-Bill Olson and Honorary Captain-Jim Adams.
Varsity basketball coach Jim Tangdall awarded 12 varsity letters. Boys receivin g them were: Jim Adams, Earl Beam, John Buller, Bill ·Eilers.
Gary Gray, Ron Hinckley, Dick Hu!st, Jerry Jansen, Paul Matt, Bill Olson, Rick Snarr, and Rick Willis. Student managers were Bud Anderson, Terry Peterson, Ralph Phillips, and Bob T'aylor.
Reserve Basketball players who won letters this season were : Al Beauregard, Jim Ellis, Eric Hultman , Jim Iverson , Jerry James, Bill Jepson , Terry Johnson, AI Lenz, Bob Rahe, Stan Saklar, Dick Weichbrodt, AI Zimmerman, and Barry Zoob.
Varsity swimming l et ters were awarded by Coach Larry Hill to the following boys: Phil Amis, Dave Geor ge, Steve Jenkins, Bob Johann, Jim Jones , Karl Kehm,
Jan Laitos.
John Lindstromberg, Hap Patz, Gary Petersen, Mark Renner, Steve Snodgrass, Steve Sorenson, Stu Sorenson, Gary Spaulding, Jim Speiching.er, Mike Stanner, Steve Sturges, and John Van Pelt Student manager was Ben Blackwell.
Coach Marv Nevins presented letters to nine Varsity wrestlers. They were: Frank Denes, Phil Du ga n, Bill Foster, Bill Henderson, Gary Krieger, Scott Lausterer, Wendell Messner, Bill Robinson, and Scott Swanson Student manager for wrestling was Bob Bret
Mr. Wayne Wagner presented a special student trainer award to Larry Goddard
After the Awards Convocation attending parents were invited to a coffee in the Little Theater.
Westside's seem ingly canine student body has recently completed re - excavat ing the perennial bone of contention concerning the length of vaca t ions in District 66, and is now growling d iscontentedly ove r its find
A respectable amount of ire wa s raised in December when Westsiders di s covered that their friends in Omaha District schools had a week longer hol iday than they, but howls of protest reached a peak in late, March when the students found that they had but three days (plus a weekend) of spring rest period
A petition for drawing this out to a week was begun and seldom has the s igning of a document been so popular
Westside does have a few days longer school year than Omaha schools , and seven more days than the minimum of 175 prescr ibed by state law Bu t more and more school systems are lengthening years and many are seriously considering boosting it up to ten months, as college demands from high school graduates rise swiftly Should Westside settle for a minimum of education and should we ignore educational progress?
On the other s ide of the question, however, is whether five da ys are adequate for physical and mental rejuvenation ; physically any sc ience t eacher will tell you that that period is more than long enough to recharge one's batteries, and reasonably comple t e mental rest from the rigors of academic pursuits for five days will prepare most students for another five days of scholastic labor
Unfortunately, however, many teachers l<?ok upon vacations as they see weekends ; that is, merely a chance to give heavierthan-usual assignments. One Junior English teacher even said that she expected her students to work "at least two hours per day" dur ing Christmas vacation on their research papers! It must be assumed that there is a point of diminishing returns in homework during "vacation" periods, for a tired and overworked student cannot work up to his potential. If those five days, short as they may seem, are used for a true vacation from study , certainly they are quite adequate.
BRIAN MERTZThe student lounge is for all the students But during fourth hour, senio rs take over. Some of the underclassmen don't seem to realize th is Some of them seem to find the "food" in the lo unge better than in the cafeteria.
Juniors seem to be the main offenders. Junior boys have been s een standing on the furniture and playing with the candy machin e s This not only shows little respect for school property, that is there for everyone , but it also shows the immaturity of some of the members of the class Damage done by these boys is blamed on the sen iors
Ea t ing in the lounge fourth hour Let ' s keep it that way in the future! is a privilege for seniors.
CHYNNE KOSER
Cho o sing the Righ t College, by An n ette T u rngren. Have yo u been look i n g fo r this b o ok? A r e you l oo k ing f o r a rea d ab l e, f r a n k a u t h o r ita tive bo ok ou tlining the aca d emic, ec onomic, an d socia l fac t s o f c ampu s life? A r e yo u concer n e d with t h e problems of how t o d eci d e a b o u t the size an d l ocation of a co ll ege; the scholarship o r jo b o pp o rt unities that co u l d help finance y our ttr11 l
A ll st ud ents in the top ha l f of t h e senio r c l ass a r e e li gi bl e t o ta k e the Regents' exami n ati on g i ven by the University of Omah a, Ap r il 11. By .this examination, scho l arships are determine d for prospec tive O.U. st ud ents. On May 18, Ju ne 13, Ju l y 18, a nd A u g u st 6, tests will be given at t h e un iversity .to a ll p rospe ctive .s t ud ents for the pu r poses of dec i si o n of acceptance, an d class place m ent.
" If yo u are co u ntin g u p o n atten d i n g t h e U n i v e r s i ty , yo u sho uld have yo ur app li cation in .to th e instit u tion. by May 1 8," state d Mr. Karl Pecht, g u i d ance co u nse l or. He a l so added that he h as s u ch applications avaliable. " D ecis io ns o f accepta n ce are ma d e u p on t h e basis o f th e sc o res on t h e •tests, and nee d less to say, t h e earlier the applications a r e in, an d the ear li er the .tests a r e ta k e n , t h e g r eater chance a st udent wi ll have of being accepted," commente d Mr. Pecht.
I es Johnson, Bloemfonte in, South Africa
Greetings, Westside High Schoo l : Altho u gh I have not been able to see much of South Africa outside of a radius of a.bout one hundred mile s surrounding Bloem' I have l earned to k now the city
It i s located approximately three hundred miles south souwest of Johann es burg. It has a population equal to s lightly less than that of Omaha
Bloemfontein is known ( s ometimes rather mocking l y) as the center of culture and agric u lt u re in the Republi c. It is an important city but an unattractive one. In my own estimation, it is by no means left without its interesting points, but even s o, it is l ess intriguing and active than Omaha
The school I attend, Grey College , is a public school and it is
D u r i ng t h e L enten Season, w h e n ma n y ch u rches hold ext r a o r specia l We d nesday night services, t h e q u estio n of .the school policy towards major .tests on Thur s d ays a r ises in the min d s of many.
T his policy, as stated by Mr.
Ke n ne th Hansen , principa l , is " T eache r s a r e no t to schedule major tests o r major assignments to be d ue on Th u rsday, except for q u arter o r semester fina l s. We a lso d o not sched u le any maj o r activities o n Wed nesday nig h ts, u nless i t i s an exception inv olving on l y a few st u dents "
A n example of s u ch an excepti on rece n tly was the senior c l ass p l ay · re h ear sa l s H o wever, even th ou g h r e h earsa l s we r e sche dul e d f o r We dn es d ay nights, the cast me mb ers we r e permitted to give p r iority to their c hu rch f u nctions
7 Do you believe there are enough stud e nt participating in a church activity on Wedn es rlays to make th i s policy necessary? 67% 33%
just owin g to the fact that it established over one hund ye a rs ago that i.t is called a l ege and not a high school. Me of the other instiutions of seco ary education in the Republic called high schools. Grey Colle is an all boys school, and proba ly most of the South African h sc hool s do sepa rat e the boys fr< the girls.
Grey, I have found in the weeks of my being here, is a g n deal different from Westside. In addi tion to English Afrikaans, I am taking phys sci en c e, biology, mathemat South African history, and oth er non-academic c o u r s namely religious instruction physical education. Classes in my solid courses meet either o
Ol" twice a day, depending on schedule. We meet .twice a W in reli gi ous instruction class, once a week we have gym. sch ool day is divided into eit eight or nine periods.
I spend only minimum am o of time studying and consequ1 ly my grades have been just a b average. Average, for your in mation is about fifty per cen e ighty per cent is an "A " 1\ terms are coming up at .the of this week so I imagine I be burning th e midnight oil a l with some of you fellow W siders.
"We have no foreign policy and we haven't had one 20 years because we have no policy against communism shift and ro ll with the punches and there is no consist€ in our attitude."
This answer was given by Mr Clarence Manion, for dean of law at Notre Dame University, when asked his opil of American foreign policy.
A Letter to the Lance
Dear Editor,
c olle ge ca r ee r ; the m atter of r eli g iou s affiliation s ; th e pro s a nd c on s of c oll ege f r at e rnit i es a nd s oror i ti es ? Thi s book g r ew ou t o f '.th e m a n y i n q u i rie s of hi g h sc hool bo ys and girl s. It w ill a id you also-as k for it in th e li br a r y.
M oney : M a k e It; Spend it; Sav e it by Paulin e Arnold · H e re i s a pr actical book for y ou ...:.....and you-and you In c l e ar , s tr aig h t for wa rd l a n g u age th e a ut hor di sc u sse s : your o wn bud get pl a n , how to m a k e y our mon ey wo rk i n v ar i ou s w ays, ho w t o u se b a nk se r v i ces, how .to bu y s tock s a nd bond s, how to borrow a nd kno w w h a t it re a ll y c o sts y ou a nd how to k e ep prop e r financial r e cord s. Today su c h knowled g e i s mor e e sse nti a l .th a n eve r b e for e
FIELD TRIPS:
Economics w ill be g oin g on a fie ld .tri p s oon
Se v e n mor e sc ience s tud e nt s a r e n e ed e d to com p l e t e .th e li s t for t h e H a l sey t rip t his s umm e r
MEETINGS: The Annu a l P e p Clnb Banque t will be A p ril 22, a t Peony P a rk.
Booster Club w ill have Op e n Hou se Ap ril 1 8.
TEACHERS' TRIPS:
Mr. Bruce Holmquist, physic s in st ru c tor , att e nd e d .t he N a tion a l
S c i e n c e Te ac hers Convent ion Mar c h 29-April 3
"We work cooperative l y with the ch u rches in t h e d istrict," said Mr. Hansen. The ch u rches cooperate by schedu li ng <many of t h e functions involving stu d ents at a -time so as n ot to conflict with majo r sch o o l events.
In a n attempt to determin e an approximate pe r centage of .those w ho engage in We d nes d ay night c hur c h activities, the Lance s t aff c o nd u cte d a poll of a sampling of Westsi d e r s. T h e questions used and the results a r e as fo ll ows :
1. Do yo u f r eq u ent- Yes No l y attend a church activity on We d nesday nig h ts? 23 % 77 %
2. D o you occasionally attend a church ac ti vity on Wednesday nig h ts? 36 % 64 %
3. D o you attend n:o r e f r eq u ently during Lent tha n durin g the r est of the year? 31% 69 %
4 . D o y ou frequently have a major test on Thursdays? 63 % 37 %
5. D o you fee l that y o ur test scores are affected by the ch u rch a c tivity the previous ni ght? 34 % 66 %
6. D o yo u b elieve th e sc h oo l po li cy of not a d mi ni stering m a j o r test s o n Thu rs d ays is u ph,e l d? 19 % 81 %
At many other schoo l s the officers of the clubs and the student council members are elected at the beginning of each semester instead of just once a year as at Westside I feel it would be an excellent idea to adopt this policy to W es tside.
By re-electing new officers each semester, the interests of .the members in the clubs would not become as lax at the end of the year. Also by re-electing new officers, more students would b e given an opportunity .to develop their capabilities as a leader A third advantage to this idea of semester officers is that all of the clubs wou l d not be r u n by the same, small group of students a ll year ro un d
I think that the students o f Westside shou l d be given the opport u nity to give their opinion on the stuject
A WHS Club Member
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Dean Manion is now a pa in a South Bend, Ind., law a nd has a weekly radio "Manion Forum," which ca heard in 42 states. He spol the Omaha Music Hall Marc on the subject "Current Ch1 ges to Constitutional Go ment" and answered questi o a press conference prior tt s p eec h.
Dean Mani o n stated that Communists' policy is to the American people so tha t will be willing to do anythi prevent an atomic war. Obv i a conservative Republican Scripture- quoting, balding •tleman stated .that our be.! fense against communism tell the truth. -
"The religions will have {1: ognize that communism is a wi.th Christian civilization out to destroy the world a •the way to doing it It spelled out in Orwell's J Dean Maion also stated.
Dean Manjon remarked there is not a .true com 1 country in the world. "Thee pie are kidnappers and a : entitled to represent the of Soviet Russia or PolaJ1 more than a kidnapper c present s o m e o n e he grabbed."
He also a d vocated e from the U.S all represeii from communist councr i cause, he asserted, "eigh.t ten of them are spies. w·e send them all home and te to send someone back w been elected by the
'he Lance staff, Sandy Clifand Dick Theis, received :!e of 21 awards given at at a journalism confere March 21.
ick won ,third place in feature .ing. The sto r y about Miss <3rica which appeared in the ch 8 issue of the Lance was winning sto ry h e Lance r eceived th ird place best front page. andy received a third place rd for the best editoral. The orial about need for an audium at Westside appeared in Dec. 7 issu'e of the Lance.
.is is the third year in a row ;tside has won an award for editorial," commented Miss ilyn Miller, Lance adviser.
This is the most awards we e ever won," continued Miss ler with a smile. The selection mtries were made by Miss Milfor the categories of feature ting, news writing, editorials, rts writing, front pages, and tography.
'he purpose or the meeting to give an insight :to careers ournalism and ,to stimulate an •rest in that field.
larch 23 was the date of the
1raska High School Press Asiaiton Workshop held at BelleHigh. Fourteen Lance staff mbers and first year journal-
'
ism students l earned how to improve yearbooks and newspapers by listening to several different speakers from the Midwest.
Some featured sveakers were Miss Eleanore Lim es, President of rthe Nebraska High School Press Association; Mr. Pat Hall, Omaha World Herald; Mr. C. J. Leabo, Executive Director of the National Scholastic Press Association; and Mr. Herb Armbrust, Omaha World Herald.
The third Booster Club Open House of this school year will be Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m.
"The meeting will be a general open house for grad es nine thrO'Ugh 12," stated Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal. The first semester the meetin g s were divided; one meeting for grades nine and 10, and a second for grades 11 and 12.
Do you have any extra food? If so, make sure it gets to your homeroom Red Cross representative April 9-11 and "it will be distributed to about 20 needy families in Omaha," stated Steve Lagerberg, president of the club.
The County Welfare Board is working in association with the Junio r Red Cross for the betterment of the needy families by distributing the collected food for Easter dinners.
Next year, Esquires plan to keep in closer contact with g irl newcomers.
"W e plan to set up a routine in which we would keep track of the g irl about one week," stated Kristy Isaacson, president. routine consists of assigning a gir l in the same class to show the newcomer around and calling her for about a week to see how she's getting along at Westside.
I want to thank all the kids that worked washing cars. It's too bad t more juniors didn't come because we shou ld have made a lot more 1 e y! " stat e d Brenda Williams, vice-president of tbe junior class, ut the junior class car wash March 30. "However, we did make · which makes a total of $983 in our treasury."
Seven Westsiders attending the Distributive Education Convention in Lincoln , Nebraska at the Hotel Cornhusker, March 31 to April 1, received commendation for their outstanding work in DE John Langan was elected DE Student of the Year, and was awarded second place in the job interview cempetiti on.
Dixie Tierney received second pace for her work in sales demonstration, another second went to Sharon Nordstrom for Business Terms.
e Extra Food Wanted
e Esquires Plan Future
e Criss-Crosser Coming
e Banquet Is April 22
T h eme for this year's Criss-Crosser Dance is Oriental.
The semi-formal vice versa affair will be held April 19 from 9-12 p m. at Peony Park.
Tic-kets are $2 per couple and stickers can be obtained from Sharon Mosely, Westside's candidate for Criss-Crosser Queen, or Cindy Woodland. Eddy Haddad and his band will supply the music.
"Awards will be presented and the 1963-64 officers for the club will be announced," Mary Gay Westering, secretary of Pep Club, stated about the ann ual Pep Club banquet.
This year the banquet will be held in the Peony Park ballroom on April 22. Mrs. William Bloom will be the guest speaker. Ti ckets may be purchased for $2.2.5.
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Honorable mentions were received by Jerry Lofberg , in public speaking, by Tony Markesi in window display, by Ben Nel.son in business math, and by John Sprague in business terms.
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"I'll keep him if he has the potential, desire and ability.;' "A freshman is restricted only by ability in trying for the varsity." "Every boy gets a chance to participate in whatever he chooses."
Th ese were remarks made by Tennis Coach Bob Rademacher, Athletic Dire ctor Jerry Koch and Rex Steinkruger, freshman track c0ach, in regard to eligibility of freshmen in sports at Westside. In all cases a freshman would be ineligible only to what standards the individual coach had set
All three agreed the purpose of Freshman sports is to develop ability to play varsity. As Mr. Steinkruger put it "in all Freshman athletics we .try to help or encourage those with ability to move on and better dev el op their talent." Mr. Koch coincided with "first ,to drill them make them proficient in the fundementals and then to introduce them to competition."
As to Freshman enthusiasm, all three noted it was at higher degree than varsity. Mr. Rademacher explained it as "frosh are more enthusiastic in general .than .the varsity because of the wide in,terest of V-players."
This year Westside's baseball team coached by Mr. Marv Nevins will have an ac-tive schedule. Mr. Nevins commented, ,"Our first game will be against North at Fontanelle Park on April 19."
w estside has witnessed one of its biggest turnouts for any one major sport this year. Mr. Nevins said that "around 20 or 21 players will be on .the team, depending on how many good ball players we come up with."
The schedule for the month of April is: April 19 against North at Fontenelle Park; April 2 6 against Central at Fontenelle Park; and April 2 7 against A.L. at Fontenelle Park.
Westside's Girl Tennis team coached by Miss Arline Russnogle is looking forward to ;1. good year in the inter-city league .this season. Last year they had a record of 3 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie. Miss Russnogle commented that their chances "look pretty good."
There will be 14 members on the .tennis team .this year. This inculdes four returning letter winner, Leigh Bovett, Kristy I saacson, Rita Peterson, and Margie Ringwalt. Margie Ringwalt has been the city's singles champ for the last two year's and is trying for three. There first game will be shortly after Easte.r vacation.
Mr. Bob Rademacher, coach of the Boy's tennis team is very confident they will be in the upper division of the leagu e this year
"There will be three teams we might have trouble with, Prep, North, and Benson", commented Mr. Rademacher. Their first intercity game of the season will be against Prep at Dewey Park on April 16 at 3 p.m.
Seniors: Andy Eckm a n, Charle Perri go and Terry Petersen; Juniors: Paul de Freese, Mark Renner, and W ay ne schultz; Sophomores: John Andreso n; Jim Durham, Gary McClendon, Rod Ulfers, Dave Wood· worth, and Rich Young; Freshman: Phil Blum, Jeff Gaillard, Randy Nogel, and Woody Petersen.
Golf-a game involving an aspiring Arnold Palmer admirer, a set of clubs "just like the pros use" and a ball which refuses to be hit.
Golf b ega n at Westside in '53. With Hugh Morrison as coach the following year, Westside became class B state champions
Following Mr Morrison as coach was Jim Tangdall who took over in '56 and has held his position ever since.
Now in its lOth year at Westside, golf has produced many good players such as the Saffer brothers, Ron and Bob, and Terry Kiser and Jim Clinton.
According to Athletic Director Jerry Koch "Golf has become our most successful -minor sportwe've always been outstanding in golf, never finished lower than third (in any conference competition)".
Mr. Koch noted the reason "Westside has always been a consistent contender" is due to having courses such as Elmwood Park, Happy Hollow and just recently Miracle Hills as practice courses
Bob Grant, senior sprinter, and Jim Jones, junior miler, led the Westside track team to a rousing victory over 35 other teams at the OU fieldhouse Mar. 30-31. The Warrior cindermen collected 37 points to the next highest total of 25 1/9 points by Tech.
Grant placed first in the 60yard dash with a time of 6:4 seconds, only one-tenth off the meet record. Jones produced the only other first place with 4:52.2 in the mile run
Other standouts in the I¥eet from Westside were Jim Moore a nd Bill Eilers. Jim whipped over the barriers for fourth place in the 60-yard high hurdles. Bill, a senior high jumper was th e only Warrior to place in a field event by placing seco nd with a l eap of 5'9":
The two-mile team of Mike Eisele, Duane Stewart, Lynn Miller an d Bill Jep so n won their h eat but still placed second in time comparisons with a time of 8:4 7:2. In the sprint medley relay Jim Adams, Grant, Leon Arps and Jim Ellis ran 8:52:2 in the distance medley for second place. Westside cindermen added to their victory-string April 2 in a dual meet with Bellevue at Westside. The Warrior trackmen crushed the Chieftans 146-77.
Westside Golf te am opens its seaso n this afternoon against North at Miller Park.
The eight man team is out to unseat Prep amid the Intercity.
Coach Jim T angda ll h ad tryouts this week in order to cut the 39boy turnout down to his usual 10boy squad Westside s new home co ur se this year is Mi ra cle Hills, replacing Elmwood of la st year.
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I Westsi de carnival. This year date is May 11 f rom 4 until 0 p.m As last year, it will be h e east parking lot. h e decision of g ivin g mon ey to sch olarship fund was a joint
T he carniva l is a g ood way clubs to make money, too," comm ented. h e Student Connell "\vill sell ets to be used in the booths. h c lub will h ave a booth in
prizes, and have games Everyone is encouraged to c ome a nd have a wonderful time.
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School will be di sm issed today at 1: 4 5 p.m. because of the 36th Annual District II Music Contest that is being held at Westside
Adjustments had to be made in the regular schedule to accommodate the crowd of nearly 600 peopl e that is participating in the contest. Fifth hour was not held today and sixth hour was held in its place.
4-Production
1nor Society Members To Be Selected
Jiel d ; May 27
'HS yearbook Editor Cath'ilkins fairly bubbled with mism as she revealed that new Shield will be disuted to st udents May 27. :he spri n g supp l ement coverall late sports and activi ti es, b e delivered at the same time 1e yearb ook and may be purfor the nominal fee of 25 ;, " she CO D:tinued. "Th e car L held April 13 r a i sed $3 5 for mpploement fund." teproductions of pictures in rearbook wi ll also be sold on she related.
"To be considered for induction, a student must rank in the upper t e n per cent of his class for juniors and the upper fift ee n per cent for seniors," stated Mrs. Conner. "Th e selection is based primarily upon this rank 'in class Secondly, the candidate's character ratin g must be unquestionable," Mrs. Conner stated.
The next step ls the consideration of lead e rship qualities and serv ice to the school. "Students who qualify academically are evaluated for character, service, and l eade rship by those teachers who have worked with them during th e ir high school years," she contin1J ed.
"A faculty committe e, made up of at le ast one te a ch e r from each academic d epa rtment, makes the final selections. The selections are th e n approved by Mr. Hansen and Mr. Farrar," eluded. Mrs. Conner con -
Other variations from the normal are the closing of the student loung e and the moving of study hall.
Contest started this afternoon in four locations in th e buildin g Th e y are the student loun ge, the g irls ' gym, the boys' gym, and the Little Theater. Small groups and solosits are performing this afternoon
Six judges are attending to evaluate each group or soloist's performance. They judge from one to four; one being sup e rior , two excellent, three good, and four fair
There are 600 par ticipants from 1 1 schools, according to Mr Darwyn Snyder, Warrior band director. The schools participating are Bellevue, Blair, Boys Town, Cathedral, Columbus, Fremont, Mercy,
Nebraska City, Ryan, South Sioux City, and Westside Contest was formerly h e ld at Fremont until two years ago. It was then decided to rotate the contest b etween the district sc hools. This even in 's program will consist of large group performance It is op e n to th'8 public. There will be two center fo r this evening. The schedule is as follows: Center N mber 1 , Auditorium 6:30 p m.
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Cox To Tour Bell Lab Mr. Kellogg Says 'Redhead 1 l!:o Be
The annual excursion is sp o ns o red by the Omaha Works of the Weste r n Eectric Company. Names of outstanding st u dents in any of .the science fields are submitted by their teachers and then tw o are selected from these entries
The tour will c o nsist o f a series of ta l ks and demonstrations on new developments by scientists of the Bell Labo r atories.
Westsi d e ' s candidate this year is senior Bob Cox. "B o b is o ne of the finest students Westside has had," sta:ted Mr. Cavin Delan o , chemistry instr u ctor.
Last year Cam Lucas and Bruce Holmq u ist, head of science d epartment, attended.
lert z, Ross To Head '64 Publications; ·affs To Be Largest in WHS History
niors Jane Ross and Brian t will head the Westside pubon s staffs for '64. J ane will itor-in-chief of the Shield and t will hold top position on .a.nce e two staffs wlil b e the lar g1 Westside history. Together will be compose d of over embers.
>s Marilyn Miller, journalism er, state d that 12 applications mad€ for the edito r-in-chief ons on th e two publicati ons. lso state d that with this patenWestside publications should among the best in the s tate year." new staffs were announced 25 at the First Annual ;ide Journalism Banquet.
members of the '6 4 Lance ar e: Md11aging editor, Bette ; first page ed itor, Sally as; second page editor, Kathy third page edito r , Susie 1 n; fourth page editor, Bren1 i'IIiams; bus in ess manager,
ge r, Carol Ide; advertising staff, Judy Stra ttan and Linda Shipke; circulation and promotion, Arlene T epper; sp ortswriters, Steve Curelop and Gordon Smiley; reporters, Cindy Lange and Susie Ness.
The Shield staff for ' 64 is: Associate editor, ,Margo Stanley; business manager, Sharon Mosley; senior e ditor , Kathy Ryder; assistant, Claudia Gresham; interclass editor, Mary Gay Westering; assistant, Barbara Munson; organiz atio ns edito r , Gwen Sutter; ass i stan t, Leslie H e nderson; academic editor, Darlene Kriesel ; assista nt, Carol Strauss; activities editor, Cindy Wallace; assistant, Andi Dugan; sports editor, Pat Crowe; assistant, Karen Nelsen; advertising manager, John King; promotion manager, Pam Taylor; adver tisin g staff, Patsy Swanson a nd Suzi Taylor; editorial assistants, Dian e Blum and •Nancee Frileck
Photographers for both staffs are Scott Holdrege, John Mcintyre
1 Funniest, Most Different Show Yet'
Warriors to Enter OU Science Fair
Donni Meyer, Top Choir member agreed w1th Mr. Kellogg in saying, "I think it will be the best show we have ever put on beca u se we star ted earlier," Donni went on t o say that the choir is way ahead on costumes.
Mr. the
" Redhead " will be presented in th e Westside auditorium on May 2, 3, and 4 at 8 p.m. T h e Top Choir and the Concert Choir members have started ticket sales and "the reserved seats are g o ing fast, so Be sure to get yours!" added Mr. Kellogg. Price of .the tickets is 50 cents with activity ticket s $1 without activity tickets, and $1.25 for reserve seats (the first ten rows).
Mothers of the Top Choir members have been working on ra d io and television publicity for the show. They will also try to raise mon e y by selling soft drinks during intermission.
will be selected by the e ditors from applications after a theme for the yearbook has been selected
A combined meeting of the old and new Shield staffs will be held April 30 at 2:45 p .m
Two Minute Reading Sociology classes will g o on field trips .to Glenwood, Iowa, an d the s tate reformatory in Lincoln on May 9 and 13.
Mr. Richard Winchell s Ec onomics classes will go on a field trip May 8.
Don't forget Top Choir's presentati o n of "Redhead" on May 2, 3 and 4 in .the Westside auditorium Tickets are available from any Top Choir member.
Westside's journali.sm students are invited to attend the Silver
Altogether, there are approximately 30 projects entered from Westside. The proje cts come from science classes and from Science club.
After the exhibits, ,there is a lecture followed by a science teachers' meeting. The snack bar will be open until 1:3 0 p.m.
SOPHOMORE JOURNALISM MEETING
May 2 at 2:45p.m. in room 117
All sophomores planning to enter the fascinating world of words and pictures please attend.
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a re l ette rs, e arned by making points, and silver pins, which are given to se nior members.
"In addition to the l ette r awards, the John Philip Sousa award will be g iven to a senior b an d sman who has contributed the most to th e band program durin g his or h e r hi gh school years," stated Mr. Snyder. Th e program, as in previous years, is kept a secret. The surprise last year was a well-known
So u th Africa, as you may or may not know, is bilingual. Grey happens tp be one of the few South African schools which meets lthe major part of the requirements of this condition. It is what is termed a parallel medium school. In explanation, all cla;sses are ,taught in both official languages, Afrikaans and English.
Every one of the teachers at Grey is completely bilingual, spe aking one language just as well as the other. When a student enrolls, he has the choice of .taking his subjects in either English or Afrikaans medi u ms. Every st udent is required to take both English and Afrikaans for !the entire duration of his high school car eer.
I am taking Mrikaans a n d altho u gh compare d with English it i s a simple lang u age, I am having a devil of a time, since I am in a cl ass of seniors who have taken it all their lives and speak it as well as they speak English. As a lang u age, I think it is a very interesting and expressive one. .if you can spea k it.
The school d ay is divided into either eight or nine periods. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are eight period days, and Tuesday and Th u rsday, nine. Our school day is not as long as this may indicate, beca u se .the class period is only thirty or thirty-five minutes long. We actually go to school l ess eac h da y than yo u d o there at Westside.
Cl asses start at eight in the morning and run until one thirty
" but Wednesday is churc h. night!!!"
in the afternoon. Included in this schedule are .two intervals, the first at ten o'clock and the second at e l even thirty, lasting ten minutes and twenty minutes respectively. Sport practice begins in most cases at three o'clock and l asts u ntil five or later.
The reason that there is a seemingly l arge break between the termination of school and the beginning of sport practice is that a l arge percentage of the students are boarding students and they must be served lunch.
This i s one aspect of the South African public schools which is not present at all in our American schools to my know l edge Because of t h e l arge distances between centers of secondary e du cation and the vast distribution of people in the areas devoted to farming, the p u blic school system h as always kept the practice of ho u sing those st udents who did not live in the immediate schoo l vicinity.
In the April 5 issue, the L ance published a student poll concernin g the stated school po li cy of not scheduling a major test on Thursdays in co-operation with the "church night" activities of several West Omaha churches.
The results of the poll showed that among the sampling of stud e nts asked 81 % f e lt that the avowed "no test" policy was not upheld, about 1j3 attended the church activities occasionally, and the same 1/3 felt that their test scores were adversely affected by their taking part in that activity. Most of thos e polled professed that ther e were enough students participating to make the "policy" necessary.
Mr. Kenn e th Hansen, principal, commented that the schoo l 's policy was begun in co-operative effort with the churches seven years ago, under the guidance of Mr. Glen Pickerel, then District 66 superintendent.
"Succee ding superintendents," said Mr. Hansen, "have attempted to retain and enforce it; but occasionally a teacher will 'forget' about the church night and schedule a test."
Th r ee Westside faculty members attended conventions of national prominence during the past few weeks Mr. Ralph Farrar, Mr. Bruce Holmquist and Mr. Alvin Gloor represented Westside at the three conventions
Mr Farrar attended the Nationa l Education Association) Regional Conference for the improvement of instruction, April 7-10, in Minneapolis.
An interesting sidelight of the trip was a tour of the University of Minnesota campus.
Extravagant, expensive - these wo r ds desc r ibe the music department's head." newest musical , "Red -
In the words of Mr. William Kellogg, director, "Production costs will total over $2,500 and at p r esent over 250 people are invo l ved in the production, than eve r before." more
Even the plot is unusual. It invo l ves a cockney London g i rl who is employed in a wax museum. She wants to fall in love and to marry in spite of the fact that she has neve r even seen a in her li fe She has a vision of the man of her dreams and the vision comes true. The museum sets the scen e for a se r ies of murders by surprisi ng l y enough, a redheaded killer. Thus, we have a love story, a murder p l ot, detectives, wax figures, music, songs, and dances, all combined to make this production, in the words of Donnie Meyer, "Much d i fferent than we have ever done before "
One might even say that the cast i s extravagant. Many of the players have been involved in as many as five other musical productions, and according to Director Kellogg, "They are quite expe ri enced i n this field."
Donnie, w h o plays the role of the cockney girl, has been involved i n several musicals at Wests ide, and a l so has had extensive expe ri ence in p r oducti o ns at t he
Omaha playhouse and with other dramatic groups in the area. She has been taking (lancing lessons since she was four and now receives voice lessons.
Miss Meyer plans to make musica l comedy her career and says of :her experience: "These pr o du ctions have been a training ground for me. The show we're doing now has been in production longe r than any other we have done. This can't help but be a better production than we have ever done."
Other facts of the production are much out of the ord i nary. There will be an orchestra, directed by Mr Harold Welch. Sets more elaborate than ever are being constructed under the supervision of Mr. Dick Lane and are being decorated by the Art Club under the direction of Mr. Kenneth Grizzel. Choreography has been designed by Mrs. Cora Quick. Top choir mothers are a l so i nvolved.
Publicity is a l so on the area of extravagance Cast members have and are appearing on telev i sion shows April 25 on WOW -TV at 9
A M , Apr. 27 on KETV at 1:30 P.M. and April 30, on KMTV at 12:30P.M.
In conclusio n Mr Kellogg stated "I believe that activities such as this require more cooperation and are much more rewarding than either football or basketball, and will provide a lasting impression u pon a ll who participate."
In v ie w of the resu lt s of the church ac ti v iti e s poll in the Apri I 5 issue of the Lance, it would appea r that a good look shou ld be t aken at t he school polic y o f se t ting W e d nesday evenings aside as " church n igh t s " Be c ause of this p ol icy, te a chers are no t suppo s ed to give tests on Thurs da ys Ma ny tea c hers , however , get a round th is by hav ing " qu iz z e s" rat h er than tests.
But , according to the resul ts of the poll, o nl y 23 o ut of every 100 West s iders attend church on Wednesda y a n d 31 during Lent Yet, 34 of the 100 polled said tha t t he y fel t that their Thursday test scores we re affected by the prev io us nig ht's church act ivi ty For s ome strange reason , these figures d o not coincide. Could it possibly be that We s t si der s are ta ki ng ad va nt ag e of the policy when they have no right to?
In any case, it seems that this pol icy should e ith e r b e u p hel d by every t eacher or completely abandoned I t h in k th a t if more teachers adhered to the idea there wo uld be m or e st udents p a rticipating in the church activi ti es
PAT M EREDITH" Westside is not capable of par t ic ipating in Inter-city athletic c o mpet it ion ."
Perhaps you remember th is statement wh ich appe ared in th e Omaha World-Herald's "Publ ic Pul s e " at t he o n s et of the 1962 football sea son The author of the let t e r felt th at W es t s ide was not able to produce athletes who were capable of Inter-city compe ti t ion and th is feel ing was s ha red py ma n y O mahans.
But a survey of th is year ' s Inte r -city compet it ion will prov e this sta t ement to be a wrong e va luat ion The W estside football team that " was not capable of competit ion" a st o nished many people w ith its victory over a h ighl y- rated So u t h t ea m , th e first W a rrior Inter - c ity win s ince 1959 The "un worth y" te a m ended up rated seventh among nine Inter-c ity teams
Mr Bruce Holmquist attended the National Convention for Science teachers in Philade l ph i a, Pa., March 29-April 2.
"I received most of the in f o r mation I brought back with me frQm conversing with other instr u ctors in ' shop talk 'sessions," stated Mr. Holmquist.
"There were five general sessions in which key scientests, such as Dr. Commoner, Dr. Jerome Weisner, the president's specia l scientific advisor, and D r. Laitner spoke upon interesting and often conflicting topics," commented Mr. Holmquist. "These topics provided much food for tho u gh. I spent much of my time view i ng the innumerable exhibits by the many companies manufactu r ing sc i entific equipment. But I received most o f the information I brought back with me from conversing w i th other instructors in 'shop ta l k' sessions."
Mr. Gloor attended the National Conv e ntion of Teachers of Mathematics in Pittsburgh, Pa.
"Our department compares very favorably with those of othe r schools However, because of this, we cannot stand st ill We must continue to keep with the new advances and thus m u st continually change our programs," said Mr. Gloor.
The Warrior basketball team was even " les s ca pable" of Inte r -c ity compe t iti on They were on ly abl e t o a ch ieve a rating of third in the In t er - cit y, falling below Tec h and Pre p This rat ing in "tough " Inter - c ity c o mpe t iti on proved t h e ir "inability."
The Warrior track team a p pears to be the " le a s t capable" of Inter' - city rivalry The y achieved f i rst pla c e a t the OU indoor relays and have their sigh t s on fi rst p lace in the Interci ty meet. They show another g ood e x ample of the type of a t hletes Wests ide is capable of pr o duc ing, a thletes that are capable in the Inter-city
These are just a few examples but are by no me ans all The other t eams at Wes t side , sw imm ing , w res t ling , g o lf , and tennis, als o prove c o nclusively tha t rat h er than be ing " u n fi t " for Int e r- city compet iti on the We sts id e t eams a re entirely capab le of Inter - city competi ti on and all it ha s to off e r.
Bob Cox has been se l ected by Western Electr i c Company to participate i n a tour of the Be ll Laboratories in New Jersey. Bob was selected by Westside sci e nce teacher, Mr. Calvin Delano.
Mr. Delano remarked that Bob "has majored in science during his hi g h school care,_er, is outstanding in that field, sincere i n his attitude to science and in his classwork, and has gone beyond what was required of him." To qualify, Bob had to rank high in his c l ass aca-
dem ically in addition to bein g an excellent science student, Mr. Delano stated.
"I think this is an exce llent opportunity for a student," Bob stated concerning th e trip. "I will meet oth e r stud e nts of similar interest and of similar calib e r."
Bob has taken sci ence courses for four years and takes sci e nce seminar this year. He plans to attend Princeton University n e:-c t fall and has received a $1000 scholarship to that institution.
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l by Solly Thomas
Have you ever wondered how some of your teachers began teaching? Because April has been designated as Teaching Career Month, the Lance has taken this opportunity to pry into the past :>f some of Westside's teachers.
Some people have had ambitions of becomin g teachers since ch il dhood, such as Mrs Elaine Limbaugh, English teacher, who "remembers 'playing school' while in grade school."
Mr. Harley J. Hardison, science teacher, was inspired by "a fav o rable experience in working with young people in scouting and youth church programs." He l ater confessed that he had had early ambitions of becoming a doctor.
Mrs Diane Althou se, French teacher, commented, "I was i n my jun i or year in co ll ege, majoring in art and simp l y enjoying French. I began teaching art class es on Saturday and that's when I began thinking seriously about teaching. I finally received my degree in Arts in Education." She also added "I love t e aching, love kids, and find rather selfishly, that I enjoy being kept current on French."
Mrs Limbau gh later added that what actually made her decide to become a teacher was "love of books and learning, and also enjoying working with young people." She conc l uded "I must like teaching if I can still say these things after just correcting 150 term papers ! "
Ga rry and Larry Grau won t h e ir ma t c h in the YMCA City Ch e ss To urn e y to h e lp Westside w in t h e championship.
Adde d p oint s in th e entire tourna m ent de t e rmine the winn e r. For a win , on e point is given, a t i e r ece iv es on e -half point, and a l oss no p oint s.
"'L'h e c losest competitor was Benso n with se v e n points," stated Mr. Ca l v in D elano sponsor of the W ests id e Ch e ss Club Westside wo n t h e t o urn a ment with 10 po i nts.
Scho ol s pa rticipating in the tou rn ame n t h e ld a t the YMCA on Ap ril 1 1 w e re B e nson, North, P r ep , a nd We s tside.
"This i s th e second year in a ro w w e hav e won this tourney, " c on t inu e d Mr. Delano.
Ot h e r s from Westside attending t h e tournam e nt w e re Larry Jacobse n a nd Jim Arundel.
N e b r as ka University once again spo n so r e d th e Annual Engineers ' W eek o n t h e cam p us in Lincoln.
W es t s id e stud e nts from Mr. Ed w a rd L a n g' s architectural c l asses ma d e th e trip to Lincoln yeste r day in order to become acquain t e d with th e field of eng in e e rin g
Last y ea r pupils from Westside a t te nd e d a nd said that trip was a g oo d e x per i e nc e for planning future c our ses that can be taken at U nive r s i ty of N e braska.
Th e Old English Inn was the scene of the First Annual Westsid e Journ a lism Banquet April 25
Fiv e n e w memb e rs of the Wests id e chapter of Quill and Scroll were announced. They are senior Judy Thomas and juniors Bette
]{ulm, Brian Mertz, Jane Ross a nd Sally Thomas.
Over 50 journalism students
att e nd e d the banquet as w e ll as
several distinguished guests: Mr. Herb Armbrust, World-Herald activities director; Mr. Ralph Farrar , assistant principa l; Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal; Mr Vaughn Phelps, superintendent of District 6 6 Schools; Mr. Stan Skaug, yearbook representative; and Mr. Paul vymiams, managi n g editor of the Dundee Sun.
April 19, 20, and 21 are the dates of the District Key Club Convention held in Des Moines, Iowa.
"W e' ll stay at Camp Sunnyside," said Bill Foste r, pr e sid e nt of Key Club," and the meetings will be h e ld at Saydel Hi g h School.
Program for the convention includes election and installation of district officers, suggestions for impro_vin g clubs, awards for best clubs from each of thr e e classes, and relating projects done by each club.
Bill said, "Mr. Pecht and two Kiwanians will go with 12 Key Club members to the convention."
The members include: Ward Baxter, Bob Bucholz, Don Chase, Bill Foster, Scott Holdr edge, Rich Vosl er, and Don Voss.
New officers of the Pep Club were announced at th e a nnual Mother-Daughter Banquet Ap ril 22, at Peony Park Ballroom.
The '63 - '64 officers of Pep cl ub are presi d ent, Mary Ga y Westering; vice-president, Kathy Kelley; secretary Ruth Brock; treasurer, Denese Handshu.
Ent e rt a inm e nt consisted of Marisa Orozco, song and g uitar solo; Caroly n Simmons, baton twirling; Carol Ide, piano solo; and Pat Frederickson, vocalist
Karen Nelse n, junior, and Mrs. William Bloom th e n s pok e
A presentation of 52 letters , 82 chevrons, 100 bars , and 12 cheer l eading awards w ere made at the banqu e t. Approximately 510 people attended.
A diversified array of extra-credit projects are not uncommon in the classroom of Mr. Richard Mortweet, biology instructor.
At present, two sophomores , Dick Anderson and Mike McMahon, are constructing a large martin bird house with the intent of placing it on the school grounds for actual use. "We'd like to eventually have about three of these houses," stated Mr. Mortweet.
Jo Anne Rheingrover will head n ex t year's Z-Club of Westside High School. Other officers are: Kathy R e es, vice presiden t; Brenda Williams, secretary; and Linda McDowell, _ treasurer.
The new officers were elected at a meeting held April 9
Z-Club is a serv ice club with a membership of 40 girls. The girls are asked to join the club on the basis of grade averages.
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]{aren "Eden is the new president of FMA for next year. Karen is a junior and has been a member of the club for two years.
Th e other officers are Sherry Moredick, vice president; Sharon Mos ley, secretary; and Nancy Harvet, treasurer.
The new officers were e lec ted at a meetin g held April 18.
]{aren Nelsen, .iunior, and Nancy S hook, sophomore, are the newly elected president and secretarytreasurer respectively of the International Club.
The girls were elected by club members from a slate composed of the n ew ly e l ected individual club officers. These officers are E1aine Tegtmeier and Steve Bachenberg, German Club; Gary Carlton and Barb Munson, Latin Club; and Jane Ross and Bette Anne Kuhn, Spanish Club. Karen Eden and Gwen Sutter moved up as officers of French Club as a result of Karen's and Nancy's election.
Another project is that of building bird feeders, which will also be put on the campus. It is hoped to have six or eight of these feeders.
As an individual project, sophomore, Rocky Reece, is raising a gard e n in the corner of the room in which he is attempting to grow cotton, watermelon, pansies, and oth e r flowers ar;d vegetab le s.
Ten students, all sop homor es, are raising fruit flies to study the g e n e tic process and crossing of the insects. "They do everything all on their own," sai d Mr. Mortweet S t e v e Franklin sophomore, has perhaps the most unique experiment Steve's project is to shave a small area on a rat and paint the area with ni c otine He will then determine if the area develops cancero u s ce ll s as a result of the nicotine.
1\Irs. Mellor also added that most of the books read are nonfiction, however, she commented, this varies according to what different class e s are reading. She also stated that the Westside library co - ope r a tion with the American receives around 1200 books a year Li br a ry A s s ociation. including paperbacks
" R ea din g the Fifth Freedom En j oy It ," i s the theme for Na tio na l Library Week which is be in g h e ld durin g the we e k of Apr il 21 - 2 7 It is sponsor e d by the Na tion a l B ook Committ e e, Inc in
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T h e W estside library is observ- ------------------------------. i n g N a tion a l Library Week. It was
'es tim ate d by Mrs. Fern Mellor, w ests id e libr a rian, that about 608 0 book s ar e checked out daily f ro m th e library. Thes e fi g ures do not includ e the use of reference b oo ks, ma ga zin e s , books used by study h a ll s tud e nts, or overnight b o o ks It was determined that ab out t e n ma g azin e s ar e check e d out eac h d ay from Westside s l ibr a r y.
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Tonight marks the s e cond and final meeting of the Warrior and Lincoln High golf t e ams. The first meeting was marked by a spectacular two-und er-par 69, by Links Charles Borner. It was won by the Links at their home course, Pioneer, 308-330.
Top man for Westside on the rugged Pioneer 18 was John Allen whose 80 topped Steve Wilson's and Bob Taylor's scores by one strok e. Tonight's match should favor Westside since it will be played at the Warriors new-found home course Miracle Hill
Before losing to Lincoln, Westside visited Miller and Dodge Parks to match strokes with North and A. L. with Jerry Jansen stroking a three over 34, Westside won 316-321 over North then whipped A. L. 342-381.
Latest Warrior win, brin g ing their record to 3-1, was a 341-353 shellacking of Benson. Bob Taylo r topp e d all Warrior golfers with a five over 40 at Fontanelle Park.
On April 29 Westsid e meets
Prep at Miracle Hill golf course. This meeting should decide who will be top in the Inter-city.
Bob Grant, senior sprinter, once again stol e the spotlight by breaking records in both the dashes at the Council Bluffs relays last Saturday.
Bob set a new record of 10.1 seconds f o r .the 100 and 22.6 in the 220 yard dash. Grant ' s feats were just a part of the efforts of a Warrior team that ran away )V ith top honors by collecting 77 points to the next nearest of 51'%. points by Boys Town.
Jim Ellis, junior miler, also lowe red a record by winning his specialty in 4: 3 8. 8. Jim Moore, junior hurdler, placed second in
the 120 hi g hs and fourth in the low hurdles. Bill Robinson, another junior and a sprint e r, form e d the third position in the 100 yard d a sh.
Anoth e r individual performer was senior Bill Eil e rs. Bill jumped to third plac e in the hi g h jump with a leap of 5' 1 0". Bill also was a member of winning relay teams
Jim Adams, senior hurdler and relay runn e r, plac e d s e cond in the low hurdles and was also on the 880 relay team. Bill Jepsen, sophomore, placed third in the 880 with a time of 2:07 2 and supported the mile medley team.
Westside's baseball team, coached by Mr. Marv Nevins, has com'piled a 1-1 record so far this year in the baseball league. Their win came against Ralston by the narrow margin of 7-6 Their one loss was to North, 7-4
It was Ralston's first time out playing in the Class A league. They were leading by a 6-1 margin going into th e sixth inning.
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by Shain HumphreyDrag racin g in the Omaha area began a new season last Sunday the Omaha Dragway. Improvements of facilities such as an enlarged p1t area, new fenc e s and strip improvements added to the spectical of a new season.
On e of the most spectacular cars was a 1955 D-gas Chevy owned by Bob Clarke of Omaha. The blue s e dan pulled the front wheels off the ground at every shift. Th e inject e d bomb turned in a top speed of 104 mph in 13.6 seconds. Clarke also captured the D-gas trophy and the Street Eliminator honors.
Top Eliminator was tak!m by •the Elic-Me-yers-fuel Chrysler rail from Lincoln with an ET of 9.54 s e conds. Little Eliminator was won by John Tedesco, driving a B-gas, 1958 Chevy s e dan at 13.89 , 105 38 mph.
Stock classes show e d much improvements in the quality of cars with Royce Anderson comin g out on top of the list in his 4;!1-A stock Pontiac with an ET of 13 78 and top speed of 103.32 mph
Show machinery will be in full force at the Omaha Auto Show in the Civic Auditorium this week end. Hundreds of rods and customs will provide a real interestin g tour of the latest in show cars and competition cars too!
Westside won nine of 14 track and field events and swept to its second straight track meet victory
Among a field of three teams Westside produced 8114 points to 52lh for Bellevue and 6 for Westbrook.
In the field events Westside won four of five. Steve Tyle r won the broadjump with 18' 5 " and Gordon Nealy rolled over 5' 4" .to win the highjump. John Elliot won the discus with a throw <'f 108' 6" and Bob Matejka pole vaulted 10' 1" to win that event.
In track events Westside 880 and mile relay teams won. The 8 8 0 team was composed of Dave Debuse, Dave Brown, Stoney Lane, ' Dave Menshik. The mile teamDave Hungerford, Andy Denes, Jim Killerlane, Steve Tyler
The relay teams boosted the winning ways by placing at least third in five relays In the 440, Bill Robinson, Mike Stanner, Phil Perry, and Bill Eilers won first with a time of 45.6 seconds. The Warrior two-mil e relayers combined for second in 8: 3 0 9 A time of 3 : 4 9. 2 was run off by the milem e dley relay team and third position
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This was the turning poj n t of the game. Mark Br ooks hit a three run homer and the game was all tied up g oing into the seventh inning
In the seventh Earl Beam came to bat for Westsid e and slammed a triple off Ralston's Larry Hulme. Paul Matt then came on to sin g le and brin g in the winning run.
North, with the pitching of Bob Churchich, held off a Westside rally in th e seventh innin g. The score was 7-1 when Churchich walk e d Earl Beam Paul Matt came on to hit a single to put a man on first and second.
ruck Willis then g ot on base on an error. AI Zimmerman, who earli e r in the g ame hit a long homer, came to bat and hit a single to bring in two more runs.
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the slot that the 880 relay team filled. Bob Gra nt, Mike Stanner, Phil Perry and Jim Adams rounded
place
This year W e stsid e is r a nked as a l e adin g contend e r in th e tenni s Inter-City L e a g u e Mr Bob Rad e mach e r, boy s ' t e nnis coach comm e nted, "W e have won fiv e g am e s. " They are Thomas Jeff e rson 4-0, Fr e mont 5-2 , Lincoln High 5-l, A L 3-0, B e ll evue 7-0. Westside is ranked about third in the Int e r-City this se a son Pr e p and North hold th e one-two positions r e spectiv e ly. Out of s even games that W e stsid e has pl aye d they have had on e lo s s w h ich w a s to Prep 2-1.
The tennis te a m is hav in g an active schedule this y e ar Coming games will includ e South, April 30; North, May 2; Bellevu e May 6, and Benson, May 7.
The Inter-City tournament will be May 11 and th e State tournament will be May 17-18. Mr Rademacher said that Westside's chances "look very promisin g . W e hope to rank in th e top four in the Inter-City and the top ten in the State meet."
Due to Lance deadline schedules the scores for the Valley and T e ch games could not b e includ e d in this issue.
In the 100 and 220 Westside did not win but Steve Tyler and Dave Menshik finished 2-3 in both Harold McCloughlin took the 880 with a time of 2: 19.4 and Harold
391 - 9850 FOR Burton added the mile title with SPECIAL DATES a convincing 5: 14 run The hurdles, Dave Brown finished first in the lows with 12 9 and second in the highs.
The first track victory for the Westside freshman team was over Ralston. The freshmen had a meet
Schimmel's Indian Hills Inn 85th & Dodge Rd
man, captain of rthe reserve cheerleading squad for '62-'63, stated with a smile. •
Preliminary tryouts for next y e ar's varsity and reserve squads were held May 2. Twenty-six girls are now crossing their fing ers in high hopes that their name will appear on the final list.
Many of the girls have worked on cheerleading since they were in junior high and they all have been working diligently for the past few months.
In order for a girl to .try out she must have at least eighteen points in Pep club, with at least four p oints a semester. These girls try o ut in front of 10 faculty members who have a particular interest in the club and the squad This year
the eighty. These 26 girls then tried out in front of the entire Pep club for the final vote.
The girl$ are required to know at least seven different cheers for tryouts. They must do one of the two cheers made up by the senior cheerleaders, then they must know five others, out of which Mrs. Judy Krhounek, Pep club sponsor, picks one for them to do.
The "Top Twenty-Six" are Pennie ' Anderson, Sandy Arthur, Barb Brizzee, Chris Calandra, Sally Cockle, Jewell DeFreese, Barb Dougla!'!, Andi Dugan, Nancy Eaton, Freed, Candy Morley, Diane Moore, Jackie Moore, Kar e n Nelsen, Pam Patz, Carolyn Richardson, Ruthie Saunders, Nancy Shoo!;, Carolyn Simmons, Barb Stein, !..ani Stockman, Kay Welch, Linda Wells, Cindy Wheeler,
"It's going to be fun eating oriental food in the oriental atmosphere we've been studying about all year."
This was the commen.t senior Cathie Filkins made in reference to Westside's sixth annual Far East sake blast, which will be held tonight at an Omaha Chinese cafe.
"The real fun will come in watching everyone try to eat with chopsticks for .the first time," laughed Mr. Richard Winchell, Far East instructor. Those in charge of the event are Betty Hahn, Kris:ty Isaacson, Mary Beth Percy, and Susan Reed.
Becky Williams, and Brenda Williams.
Drill Squad tryouts will be held after the final cheerleading tryouts.
Twenty-five reg ular and two alternate marchers will be chosen by the 'faculty and senior drill squad members
Practices are being held mornings in the girls' gym and after school at Westbrook.
To be eligible the girls must be a member of Pep Club and have 12 points. Tryouts will consist of a flag routine and straight marching. ·
May 16, 17, and 18 are the dates set for Westside's first Festival of the Arts. The cl a sses of Mrs. Anna Clark, Mr. Kenneth Grizzell, Mr. William Kellogg, Mr. Edward Lang, Mr. Darwyn Snyder and Mr. Harold Welch will participate They will represent the Drama, Art, Industrial Arts, and Music Depts.
"I've been thinking abo-ut something like this for about three years," stated Mr. Snyder, band director and co-ordinator of the program. "There is :so much to show off here and H seemed that this year we could get the job done•," he went on.
The program for l\fay 16 will feature "rather unusual .things,'' Mr. Snyder said. It in c ludes dramatic presentations, a woodwind quintet, a brass choir, and a recorder ensemble (a recorder is a small woodwind instrument). This program will be presented in the Little Theate.
May 17 will be an orchestra concer,t and the presentation of awards and scholarships, including the National School Orchestra Association A ward.
The Festival finale will be May 18 in the boys' gym. This will be the climax of the three day:s' activities. The program will include selections by the Warrior and Reserve Bands, the Top and Concert Choirs, and an ensemble of about eight harps (it will be the fir st harp festival in Omaha). The groups will do selections both separately and together.
Mr. s tated that several art pieces which have been on dis.play at Joslyn Art Museum and architectural drawings will be exhibited lllt each program.
Westside Relay Queen will be chosen at first annual W estside Relays p. 1
Would a college scholarship help you? See story on p. 2
Two Westside draftsmen receive honors. Story on p. 3
Oindermen win Dutch White Relays but fall to Tech in Inter-city meet. Individual performances on p. 4
On May 21 at the first annual Westside Relays the crowning of the first Queen of the Westside Relays will take place.
The Queen-to-be will be chosen from a group fo candidates nom,inated by all clubs except Pep Club. Her only requirement is that of Senior status. FMA, Y
Teens and the different language clubs are just a few clubs who will have candidates.
Accord.iug to 1\:lr. Jerry Koch, Athletic Director, the candidate of the club that sells :the most tickets to the relays will be the one crowned at 8: 15 p.m. under the lights of the Westside track field.
The menu includes egg roll, s weet and c he s tnuts, sour chop pork, suey roasted and, of
This year Dr. Robert Sakai, Prof essor of Far Eastern History at NU, will speak on rthe subject of "Changing Traditions in the Far Easrt."
The Westside Relays will begin at 6 p.m. with teams from Bensou, North, Prep, Tech and Tee Jay competing for the two foot high trophy. course , fortune cookies.
"Preparations for the Prom are well underway. All the committ e e members are enthusiastic and the Seniors should expect a good Prom!" stated Sherry Davis, seccretary of the junior class.
There will be no Senior Skip D a y! In s tead the seniors will go on a picnic, May 22.
This was one of the announcements made at the senior class me e ting May 8 Senior s voted betwee-n a .senior breakfast and a picnic. The senior class will furnish the food and seniors will be excused from afternoon classes to attend.
"S e nior skip days are elimina ted b e cause seniors get out of sc hool a week early," stated Prin-
cipal Mr. Kenneth Hansen at the meeting.
Commencement, Baccalaureate and other details concerning graduation were also discussed at the meeting.
ATTENT IO N!
All juniors who have registered for English Seminar, or those who are i n t e r e s .t e d , please meet in Room 219 June 9 after sixth hour.
Invitations for the Prom have been sent to all juniors, seniors, faculty members, and to the Board of Education. Programs and favors are being made and the decorations planned and have been started.
"Everything that has to be ordered, is ordered, such as refreshments," commented Brenda Williams, vice-president of the junior class. Lists of the couples who will be attending the prom
will soon b e circulated around the junior and senior English classes.
Some junior girls are planning either an all-night luau or a trip on the Missouri River boat.
This year's Junior-Senior Prom will be held at the Schimmel Inn May 25 from 9 to 12 p.m. The Larry Bell Band will provide the music.
Brenda added confidently, "Don't worry seniors, this will be the best Prom ever!"
Originally designed metals will be awarded to firsrt and second place winners. Trophies donated by Westside Boosters, Tangier Imps, Jost ens, Lions Club, West Omaha Business Administration and the W Club will be awarded to the winning relay teams.
Tickets for thi.s inaugural event will be 25 cents for students and 50 cents for adults
Fifty-one students taking sociology this semester are getting a look at the institutions that help people who are not well adjusted in their society.
Tomorrow from 4 to 8 p.m. school clqhs will again participa te the annual Westside Carnbal to be held in the east parkLng lot.
Tw ? nty -five cents of every dollar s1pent at the booths will be put :t.owar d the scholarship fund, established by the Far Ea s{, c lass es.
All proceeds from the Student C u ncil c oncession stand will go to t he fun d," said senior Rod And£ rs on , St udent Council president.
'.f h e S tudent Council also plans tu s ponso r a booth at which stud e n ts can throw wet sponges at ll.f r Ralp h Farrar, assistant prin-
cipal. Other clubs and their booths are :Pep Club, make-up booth and bean- bag throw; International Club, penny-pitch and shave balloons booth; and FTA, cake-walk.
Plans for the other clubs were not available before the Lance deadline. '63
The all-new '63 Shield will be distribu ted May 27. A spring supplement wil also be available for 25 cents.
Yesterday the classes went to Lincoln and visited the mental hospital.
"The students usually leave the institution with the impression that the inmates don' t look much different than the keepers," stated Mrs. Clara Duli-n, sociology teacher.
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Students went to a session of t'he unicameral instead of rna king the usual trip :to the reformatory as previous classes have done. The warden of the state prison, who is in charge of the reformatory, wrote saying the classes couldn't come because of an inadequate number of people to show them the building.
1\t:rs. Duun has taken her classes to the mental institution and reformatory in Lincoln and the hospital in Glenwood for over 20 years. "These trips are to give st,udents somewhat o-f an insight into the field of sociology," concluded Mrs. Dunn.
This morning approximately 300 World History students left on a field trip to Lincoln.
This is the first field trip for the World History students
and the purpose is to "get kids acquainted with museums and history," stated Mr. Paul Andreas, instructor.
They are visiting the State Historical Society, and Morrill Hall w hich is the museum at the University of Nebraska. Also on the agenda is lunch at :the Student Union.
"Most kids at Westside do not really understand the b lue collar worker. Trips like this can inspire them to be a blue collar worker or not to be one," stated Mr. Richard Winchell, economics instructor. He was referring to the field trips his classes t ook May 9.
The 65 students in the classes, visited Cudahy, Mutual of Omaha, A. C. Allen, and Western Eectric. "We often give lip service to 'things," Mr. Winchell went on," "but actually seeingiBMmachines develops the students' appreciation of American ingenuity. That's whlllt I'm really after-appreciation of American ingenuity.''
Are 20 minutes adequate to proceed from class room t o c a f ete r ia, stand in a slow - moving lu n c h l ine , a nd still have time to eat lunch?
This period of the school da y ha s be e n set up as be ing sufficient for this purpose But is it?
During fourth hour many s tuden ts a re in cla s srooms situated at the far end of the build ing By the ti me the y reach the cafeteria, a lengthy line has form ed and th e un f o rt unate late ar r iver, through no fault of his own , is s tu c k a t the end of the line.
When he has finally obtai n ed h is lun c h, almo st half the allot t ed time has sl ippe'd by an d t he stu d en t ha s to ei t her gulp hi s meal whole or leave it half un e a t en
Twenty-five minutes, although sti II r inadequa t e , would help considerably A possible arrange m ent would be to begin the lunch hour earlier by cu t ting fi ve m in u tes from each of the first three hours , which are alread y long e r than fif t h and s ixth hours
A possible schedule would be :
11 :06 a m t o 1 1 :3 1 a m 11 : 16 a m. to 11 :4 1 a.m
1 1 :3 1 a m . t o 1 1 :56 a m
11 :41 a m to 12 :06 p m
11 :56 a m to 12 :21 p m
12 :06 p.m to
This would also allow 12 minute s t o clean off the tables and other .fl ecessary cleaning up that would have to be done.
The lunch period is the only par t o f the school day when one can enjoy a change of pace from boo ks and classes Bu t if 20 minutes are all that are allowed , student s will have to continue the inconven ient routine of run, ea t, and ru n
Should something be done?
Pl anning on going to co llege? Woul d a scho lars hip h elp yo u ? iif s o, get a n app li cati on for the Westside scholarsh i p fro m 1r Karl Pecht's office, fi ll it ou t and ret u rn it by May 1 5
The winner will be determin ed by a co mmit te e of a prin cipal , g uid anc e co un se lor, tw o d epart m ent hea ds, a nd on e student
You may be the one to receive it at the honors convocation May 21.
T h e sch o l arshlp f und, w hi ch was sta r ted b y the Far East classes and a d ded to by severa l Wests ide c l ubs, wi ll awar d the st ud ent $3 0 0 f o r the first year with a tentative re n ewa l for the fo ll owing t h ree Th e wi n ne r may ap pl y the scho l ars hi p a.t any c o llege.
Mr. Kenn eth Hanse n , P rincipal , state d "financial nee d as well as scholars h ip w ill be taken in to 1 considera-tion i n d etermin in g w h o gets t h e schola r sh i p."
Se n io r s: Omaha University g u idance examina:tions wi ll be given on .the fo ll owing dates : May 18
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" D E gives the common man a chan ce to g o somewhere- to be something. There are just as many, and perhaps more millionaires made in the fie l d of business than there are in any other fie ld or occ u pati on," stated John L angan, Nebraska's DE St u de n t of t h e Ye a r."
"To me, Distrib u tive E du catio n is a fie ld for students who aren't certain exac tl y what they wa n t to do for an occupation. T his is an area which does not req u ire speciali zation in science, mathematics, E n glish, but a composite know ledge of all of them," J ohn cont inued.
As Stu de n t of the Year for the state , John repr e s e nted N e braska at th e national conv e ntion for Distributive Education in Chica g o, May 1 to May 5 He comp e t e d with 49 other candidates for nationa! honors.
J ohn also r e ceived $100 cash for his achievem e nts in DE The award was pr e sented to him at th e DE' state convention in Linco l n sev e ral w e eks a g o Wh e n que s tioned as to h ow he became Student of the Year, John replied: "Letters of r ecommendation were s e nt to the j udges by my boss at work, and by Mr Da l e Fu e rst. A compl e te r es u m e was then compiled in which my soc i al, schoo l , reli g ious, and job activ i ties wer e li sted."
" When I arri ved at the convention, I was interviewed by a pan e l of judge s and grad e d on my r esponses On this basis, and upon my record, I was made Student of the Year , " he added.
Steve Cur e l op, junior , is th e winner of a Webst e r's Coll eg i ate Dictionary pr e s e nted to him by th e Time Ma ga zin e Corporation.
The dictionary was r e ce ntly awarded to Steve as a result of hi s· top score in his class on a curr e nt events t es t g iv e n by Time to those class e s u s i n g the m a gazin e as a part of their class study. Steve is a student in Mr B e r.t Speece's American History cla s s
The test was compos e d of important names and facts tak e n from past i ssues of this ye a r ' s Time.
BETTE ANNE KUHN"His!ory should herald confidence in all generations of manpast and present. It should t•vercome a ll i n t h e stru g g l e of mankind for p r ogress. The l aw of histo r y is continual progress-not by great strides, but sl ow, su re, inevitab l e progress " T hus spoke Dr. J H . P l umb, p ro fessor of history a, t Chr ist's Co ll ege at Cambridge , Eng l and.
Dr. P l umb spoke on "The Abuses and Uses of Hi story " at his lect u re at the Un i versity of Omaha, Ap ril 30. In it he stated that many people be li eve history is persona l- th a t o n e co u ld se1ect certai n facts to supp o rt one ' s theories but that no historian had yet a ttempted to make broad genera li za-tio ns concerning history and its deve l opment.
H e ci te d tw o reaso n s for this I n the 1840's , historians found thai t h ey ha d few facts upon whic h t o base th e ir ideas and be came SO i nvolve d in their fact
finding, that they soon forgot the pur p os e of th e ir work. Gre a,t tr ea tis e s were w r itten concerning small ar e as of di s puted fact and no generalizations were made.
"Secondly, the p s ycholo g ical beli e fs of F r e ud and others b eg an to influence the historian Afte r studying them, he came to have l e s s· confidence in his ability to g e neralize. He fe l t that making ge neralizations abused the past," continued Dr. Pl u mb
"Th e s e two faults are what I t e rm the abus e s of history. Fr o m th e practice o f them cam e papers that s e rv e d to further prevent the historian from attainin g his tr u e g oal, to find s imilarities in the course of e v e nts w e term history.
"It is by doing so that h i story can b e us e d to g ive man confidence in his pro g r e ss, and faith in h i s futur e ," concluded Dr P l umb.
In th e last issue of the L ance , th e ten univ e rsities with the l argge st e nrollments were liste d I n a n s we r to "what is small" in co ll eg e e nro ll ments, here are ten goo d "small " coll eges Amher
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St u den t s m u st have c o mplete d the application blank and have b e en adm i tted to the u niversity bef o re ta k ing t h ese tests
S t u d en t s sh o uld r e p ort t o Room 213 at 8 a.m. o n .the test d a y
Results of .t h e sch o lars hi p examinations taken April 11 may be s u bstitute d for the gui d ance exams. St u dents who took the scholarship exam may r epor.t between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m pay a $5 testing fee, present "pe r mi t s to register", and make appoi n tments to see c ou nse l ors i n Ju ne
If an 1 advanced standing is d esi r ed in chem i stry, politica l science , or engineering d rawing , p l acement •tes t s will be given June 14
Chemistry 9 a. m
Politica l Sc i ence 10 p m
Epg i neering Drawing 11 a.m
J ohn p l ans to attend the University of Omaha next fall, and w ill major i n retailing and sa l es mana g ement. H e hopes to receiv e a r e tailin g scho l arship to the univ ersity
Stevoe ow es his succes s to the fact that his family has tak e n 'l'ime for a numb e r of y e ars and "I g ot into the hab i t of r e adin g th e whole magazine instead of ju s t the parts that w e re assi g ned. "
A certificate was awarded to Gary Gray , junior, for s e cond hi g h scor e
L e o n ard Be r nstei n : A B i ograph y for Young Peo pl e by David Ewen.
Leonard Bernstein is a magic name to most t e en - a g e music love r s. Truly he has captured and he l d the wor l d ' s imagination and we consider h i m the most v e rsatil e mus i cian of ou r g eneration In this biography h e is revealed as a successfu l composer, a personab l e commentator and one of the world's foremost symphony conductors. Leonard Bernstein is a p ortra i t of an a r tist as a manon e who is we ll - informed in phi l o s ophy , psychology, the esthet-
Several o f Wes tside's f ac ult y membe r s h ave received Su mme r Ins tit u te Sc h o l a r s hi ps to various u niversities f ro m t h e Nationa l Science Fo u ndation.
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Mor e t eacher scho l arships a r e yet to be announced, an d will appear in th e May 24 iss u e of the Lan ce
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Mr Charl es Lang , p h ys i cs i nstr u cto r , i s to atten d t h e U nive rsity of Minnesota fo r h is thi rd s u mmer st ud ying p h y sics and chemistry
Mrs Juli ann D o n o u g h u e , Fre n ch instr u ct o r, w ill st ud y F r e n c h at R u tgers on a Na,tiona l Mr E u gen e G eisler , scie n ce teac her, wo n a sc h o l arship to stu d y g uid ance at the Universi ty of I d ah o :
1 0- Go l f vs Central at Mira-
cle HiUs
Baseball vs. L incol n
11 - District T rack meet
Tennis-Inte r -ci:ty To u rnament
13-Go l f vs So u t h a.t Mirac l e H ill s
T ennis vs Bo yst o wn
14-So p h omo r e T rac k Meet at Prep
17-Baseball vs Bens o n at F o ntene ll e
17-18-State T rac k Mee t State Te n nis Meet
18-State Go l f T o u rney
21-Trac k-Westsid e Relays
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I ics , lit e ratur e, art , th e theatr e , and current events. He indul g e s with e nthusiasm in puzz l e s , g a mes, and movies ; he finds d e li g ht in the cu isin e and in bein g w e ll-dr esse d.
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Top Choir membe r s are now looking back on their second mu sical of the year, "Re d head "
Herb Armbr u st o f the WorldH e r ald called the present a tion "a p l eas in g mix" and T op Choir members knew what he meant after s pen d ing nearly 14 weeks
on a show that had everything from murder to out and out c omedy.
l\lore t h an two t h ousand people attended t h e $2500 pro du cti o n , according to Mr. Willia m Kellogg, director The show giV n May 2, 3, and 4 bro u ght showe rs of compliments to •the ca s t an d everyone connected with the sho,w , mccording to Mr. Kello gg.
Fri d ay n ight May \ 3 , a cast party was he l d at the R anch Bowl with choir, orchestra, and st t ' ge crew members among those invited. Tom Met zger, Top C)l oir Presi dent, presented Mr a gift representi n g the choir's a ]Dpreciation for all of h is effor.t.
At a recent GAA meeting, officers for next year were elected. After a revote for treasurer th ey are as follows: Georgellen Vogl , president; Barb Hosford, vice president; Bonnie McMaster, retury; and Laura Stazko, trea-
GAA is the equivalent to W Club and members participate in sports such as volley ball, basket b a ll and socce r.
Hill s id e S tabl es was the scene of the tenth annua l Red Cross Hors e Show h e ld May 5.
"The show is more or less a trad iti onal pro g ram. It is diff e rent from any other activity presented by the Red Cross. This is why we have it, to present some variety," stated Connie Chandler, co-chairman of the show.
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• Thespians Initiated
A we 11-k n own mid-westet·n horse trainer, Mr. Day l e Pugh, was jud ge at the event.
"There are 18 classes, both Western and English plus the W e s t s i d e Championship Class, which offers the Challen ge Trophy to the first place winnecr," sta,ted Connie
Thes pians are plannin g a picnic to be held at Mrs. Anna Clark's house May 23. New Officers will then be elected.
Fourteen new members have been inducted to Thespians. They are Ronnie Bounds, Jim Brown, Beth Burlingame, Kathy Colliton, Eloise Cramer, Tim Gerb e r, Sandy Hinm an , Gayle Hubb ard, J anet Mc Entire, John Mesterhazy, Kay Newcomb, Pam Patz, Becky Peters, and Chris Petersen.
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The future "SENIORS" don't look at all too happy abo ut their fo11thcoming year. In fact a few when asked, "What would you do if someone called you a les grands (French for Senior), seemed a little confused.
Examples of the somwhat unbalanced answers of the Jun ior class are:
John White-Hit 'em and run.
Jim Allen-I'd say like you've got the wron!? sex 'J'winkie S utton- Dro p Dead.
Larry Andrews-Does it g row on trees?
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Denny Adams-They'd probably be ri g ht.
Den ese Handschuh-How did you know?
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Westside draftsmen gained two of the top five awards in the ninth annual Omaha Home Builders' Association ArchiAwards Program held April 29.
Since April 24, 29 girls, members of FTA have been participating in the Kindergarten Round-up program h e ld throughout the school di st rict.
The g irl s participating ar e Janice Hansen, Holly Hinchcliff, J ean Hoemann, Kathy Kall wait, Bette Anne Kuhn, Nancy Lorenz, Mickey MacFa rl and , Marsha, Matt so n, Janice McConkle, Susie Ness, Linda Otte, Donna Pardee, Betsy Raskin, Susie Roberts, Kathy Root, J a ne Ro ss , Sharon Ross , Chryse Schory, Jo Steutevi ll e, Judy Sherman, Janet Sulliva n, Gwen Sutter, Carol Thomas, Judy Thoma s, Helen Town se nd, Mary Vales, Connie Wilder, Cindy Wheeler, and Diane Woodhull.
"The program i s to acquaint children who will begin school next year with the school. The children will be given a taste of actual c 1 a s s r o o m experiences while their mothers are attending a lecture explaining the school program," stated Judy Thomas, president of the club.
Most of 1the girl-s in the club are planning a .teaching career and participating in the Kindergarten Round-up will give them "practical experience" said Mr. Andreas.
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Seniors Neil Clark and John Slack took first and third places, respectively, in the competition from among 130 total entries.
Neil won a $250 scholars hip to either Creighton or Omaha University for -the top drawing, along with a trophy and a $100 savings bond; John won a $25 savings bond and a set of drawing instruments.
Mr. Edward Lang, WHS mechanical and architectural drawing instructor, added .that the winning designs and the trophies they earned will soon be on display in the trophy case.
A "critique," said Mr. Lang "was h eld May 1, at which top 0 m a h a professional designers pointed out the strong and weak points of the five award winners and suggested imprO<vements."
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Prep grabbed a 5-1 decision from Westside May 3 for the second time .this seaso n. Westside was•. held hitless by Prep in an earlier meeting with a 6-0 loss.
The May 3 meeting got off on the right foot when Westside scored in the first inning when Danny Higgins singled then stole second, then was sacrified to 1third by E a rl Beam. He scored on an awkward bunt by Al Zimmerma n. Westside held on to a 1-1 tie un-
Prep's 880 relay team wrapped up the Prep-Westside Frosh Meet May 2 by winning the even t with a time of 1:41. G.
Mr. Rex Steinkruger, Frosh track coach, d escribed it as the "closest cont es t we've had all year." The contest was not decided until after the running of the 880 relay which gave Prep the 62-56 victory.
Westside claimed six firsts: discus, Jon Elliot; hi gh and low hurdles, Dave Brown; pole vault, Bob Matejke; high jump, Gordon Nealy; mile r e lay , Dave Hun gerford, Andy Denes, Jim Killerlaine, and Steve Tyler.
At the Freshman -Junior High Invitational, Westside finished fifth in a field of seven. Although no Westsider took a first place, Westside finished in twelve of fifteen events, with the hi ghest finishers being Steve Tyler, second in 440 yard dash; and Bob Matejka, ti e for second in pole vault
Final standings: Beatrice 51 1h, Norfolk 48 "h, Columbus 48, Bellevue 411h , Westside 26;2, Fremont 18 "h, Westbrook 5 "h
til the third when Larry Isenhauer got hammered for four runs.
Then Gary Luckasen took over mound duties and held rthe Jays .to ju s t three hits, but Warrior bats couldn't pull :the game out
The Warriors have been unable to win a game since beating Ralston 7-6. So th e ir record stands at 1-4.
Several games were played .t his week, one against Ryan and one against Tech. D u e to Lance deadlines we are un ab l e to get rthese scores.
Westside will meet Lincoln tonight at Lincoln.
Westside's golf team coached by Mr. Jim Tan gdall is now in second place in the Inter-city standings with Prep in first place. Their record in the Inter-city is 3 -1 with wins over North, A.L., and Benson. Their one loss was to Prep.
Westside played Prep at Mirace Hills .to d ecide who would take over first place. Both schools had been t i ed with a record of 3-0. The final score was Prep 342 and Westside 354.
The schedule for the rest of the season will be as follows: May 10, Central; May 13 , South; and May 18, State Tournament.
Westside 's tennis team, coached by Mr. Bob Rademacher, has a 3-1 record in the Inter-city with Prep and North in the first and second place positions respectively.
Mr Rademacher commented , "If we can b ea t North who is in second place we will have a chance to tie Pre{} for first in the Interctiy.''
Rich Young who is undefeated in the Inter-city singles competition has had only one defeat all year. Westside's doubles t eam is also undefeated in Inter-qity play
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Charlie Perrigo, Wayne Schultz, and Paul deFreese make up the doubles team.
The girls' tennis team, coached by Miss Arline Russnogle, has a 1-0 r ec ord so far this year. They will play in the Inter-city elimination tournament May 15 17, 20.
Warrior trackmen were plagued by troubles Tuesday at the Intercity Track Meet held at Westside.
w estside won the last event, the 8801 relay, which would put the lid on their first Inter-city title, but the t eam was disqualified for runnin g out of an exchange zone.
T ech, the meet champ ion, finish e d second in the 880 r e lay but because of the disqualific a tion wer e mov e d up to first and took over the lead for team paints by a 49-46 margin.
Other troubles came in the form of a spill after the last hurdle by high hurdle specialist Jim Moore Jim was l eading the race and lost e nough balance to caus e his disheartening spill.
Individual performers were: Bob Grant, second in the 100 and 220; Jim Jones, second in the mile; Jim Ellis, second in the 880; Mike Eisele, fifth in the 8 8 0; Jim Adams, first in the 180 low hur-
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dles; Jim Moore, second in the 180 low hurdles.
The two -mil e relay team of Lee Cummings, Bill Jepson, Lynn Miller and Warren Vaad placed second. The mile-relay t eam also placed second; Phil Perry was fourth in th e 220; George Lahne t'S, second in the discus; Lynn Findley, fifth in shot with a throw of 48' 9 "h ", breaking the school record Bill Eilet·s broke another school r ecord in the hi gh jump and second in the meet with a jump of 6' 1,4".
April 30 the Warrior cindermen won the Dutch White relays at T ech The two-mile r e lay team broke the meet record with a time of 8:18.6 and now l eads the state two mile list.
Next Tuesday Westside will b e host to the first annual Westside Relays. Prep, North, Benson, Central and Westside will be the teams competing.
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" T h e p r og r am i s geared mos tly t o juni or high a nd g r ade sc h oo l st u de nt s," st a t ed Mr D a rwyn S n yde r , b and direc t or, in r efere n ce t o W es t sid e's m u sic s u mme r sc h oo l.
"Ho wever, w e ' ll probably have fe we r h e re thi s y ea r be ca use we a r e g oin g to have two centers, the other one b e in g a t We st brook."
Mr. Snyde r said th a t there will b e five l e v e l s of band class es and two of orch e stra. The cass es will me e t anh our e a c h d a y, five days wee kly. Mr. Sn y der al s o st a ted th a t t h e re will be a conc e rt at t h e e nd of the si x w ee k cour se
The tui ti on i s $5 and pro s pecti ve s tudents m a y r e gi s ter in adva n ce or on th e morning of June 1 0. " L ast ye a r w e had ov er '200 ," M r Sn yder continu e d.
Seniors Look forward, Back in Years
Th e Juniors be gan work on this year's p rom l as t s u mm er with a da n ce a nd h ave e a r n e d almo s t $ 1 ,00 0
Those people who still have to m a ke a final payment may make it in the bookstore. For those who did not order a yearbook and wish .to have one, there may be a few extras available in the bookstore after distribution on May 2 7.
Miller Leaves for Grad ·Studies
" Th e journ a li s m d e partment will gr e atly mi s s the guidance of Miss Mill e r, but it w ill pro ce e d from the •s turdy foundations that she has l a id to b ec om e t h e b es t publi ca tions department in the state of N e brask a," stat e d Ca thi e Filkin s ' 63 Shield editor
" Th e i nspirati on an d e n t hu s ias m Mi ss Miller has given to the publicwt ion St a ffs will b e g r e atly miss e d n e xt year. She has helped Westside p rodu ce some of th e b est high s c hool publications in Nebraska," added Be v Klein '6 3 e ditor of th e Lance.
H s here-the last week of being a WHS senior. One w ee k from tod a y •the Class of '63 will graduate. This la s t w e ek will be the most memorable It will be a week of joy and sorrow. For some a week •that ' s much !too long; for others, a week !that's much too short
Commencement will be held May 31 a;t 7:30 p m. in the stadium. This is the second year Colllr mencement excercises have been
held in the oStadium. There will be no r e served seats In case of bad weather, Commencement will be held in the boys' gym. Senior speakers at Commencement will be Rod Anderson, Jay Barton, Rich Vosler, Steve Watson, and Wade Wright. Baccalaureate services for the Class of '63 will be held in the gym at 8 p m. May 29. Chorus memb e rs will be s e a t e d in the· first rows. Pat Frederickson will sing "W e ho pe t hat ev e r y one ha s as m u c h f un a t t h e p ro m as w e did p r epa rin g f or it," ad d e d B r e nda.
60 Grads to Tour East on Annual Trip
"We l e ave at 6:14 a.m. the mo r nin g after g radu a tion," stated Mr. Jerry Koch, activities director and Modern Problems instructor.
"Thi s is the ninth tour a nd if r / make th e t e nth one I'm g oin g to quit, " lau g hed Mr Koch.
Some of the hi g hli g hts of the trip include the Lin c oln Memorial, th e ch a nging of the g uard at th e toinb of the Unknown Soldi e r, and
thin g s as the Radio City Rockett e s, s t a ge shows and profesional bas e ball g ames.
Curelop to Spend Summer in Madrid
The Lord's Prayer. Each senior will be given two reserved seat tick ets for Baccalaureate.
Gift for Convoc ations Flag with Go/c:l Eagle
Rena Olson, Senior class treasurer, stated it was purchased "because we neeeded a flag to use at convocations and such."
The flag was purchased with money left over from the Senior class play.
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ENGLISH SEMINAR
Junio rs interested meet in Room 219 af ter sixth hour Monday, June 3.
Thes e stateme n ts we r e mad e about Miss Marilyn Miller, journalism br e akfast with Nebraska's Senai n s tructor and pu b li cation s advi s or. Miss Miller will be leaving We s t- tor Roman Hruska at .the Capitol s id e to a tt e nd Iow a Unive rsity .Ait Iowa U. she will complete her maste rs de g r ee as w e ll a s s up e rvi se s tudent t eachers of journalism and En g li s h.
Durin g h e r thr ee ye ars at We s t s ide Miss Miller taught English as we ll a s journ a li s m a nd w as a dvi s or for t he school publication.
Taldng Mi ss 1\filler' s pl a ce n e:x; t year will be Mrs. Judy Egbert, a journ a li s m m aj or from N e br a,s k a Un i v e r s ity
in Washington, D C.
The Statue of Liberty and the U nit e d Nations in New York are ' points of interest, Mr. Koch continued.
H e added that most of th e stud e nts enjoy th e e ntertainm e nt in N e w York whi ch includes such
Convocation Reveals Senior Scholarships
Scholarships r eceived were: Rod Ande r son·S chol a r shi ps a t North· western at U. of Pennsylvania , Nebraska Rege n ts Al te rn ate ; Bru ce Bachus·Nebraska Regents Freshman Schol ars hi p at So u t he rn M e thodist; Leslie Benton.Nebraska Regents, Nat iona l Me rit Fin a l ist; Steve Carter Nebraska Regents ; Nei l C l a r k · Om a h a H om e · builders Scholarship at Omaha University ; R obe rt Cocks·N e bras ka Regents, Union Carbide Scho larsh ip a t Case T ech Scholarship to Princeton, Nationa l Mer i t Fina li st.
Frank Denes-A ll expense Scho l ar ship a t K ansas Ci t y Art In sti· tute; Lynn Finley·Alumni War Memor ia l Schol arsh ip , the hi g he s t honor given to a freshman at Co lgate" ; B ill Foste r·Neb r as ka Reg· ents; Les l ie Gaillard·Nebraska Regents; A nn Ga ll oway. f our .y ea r scholarship at Nebraska State Teachers Coll ege at W ay n e, Mu s ic Scholarship at Nebraska ; Bob Gra n t·Athlet ic Sc hola r sh ip at the University of Wyoming.
Pau l a Hower·Nebraska Regents; Lar r y J acobson·Mu si c Sch olar· ship at Nebraska; Donnelly Jones·Freshman Scho l a r shi p a t H ood College, Nationa l Merit Fina l ist, Nebraska Regents A lte rnate; D a vi d Johnson·Freshman Schol arship at Washi n gto n Unive r sity; Jim J oh n. son-The Hawksworth Scho larsh i p at Nebraska, Honors Prog r a m in History at Nebraska; Mary J obnson·Drake U n ive r s ity S chol a r ship for Music, Nebraska M u sic Scho larship.
Kath l een McGraye J.Honors at Col or ado Coll ege ; W e ndell M ess· ner·Atb letic Grant at Nebraska; A lex Orkow·Nebr aska R egent s ; Barbara Rahe·Freslunan Scholarship a t Linde n woo d; P h y ll is S ha rp· Special Mer i t Scho larship a t Bradley Univers i ty, Natio n a l M e rit
Finalist, Nebraska Regents A l ternate.
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Sousa Band Award
Th e award i s pr e sented annually to "the senior who contributed most to the band's organizations durin g his four ye a rs of high school," stat e d Mr. Darwyn Snyder, band director. Th e winner is selected by a f a culty committee.
Tho s e presented with third year letters were Keith Bell and John Piper. Se cond y e ar letter s w e nt to Bruce Bachu s , Rick Bergstrom, Max Elliott, Carol Hunt, Steve Levine, Dave McElroy, Stu Sund e rman, and Paul Thornbad.
First year letters were won by Kristi Anderson, Steve Carter, Craig Johnson, David Levine, Jim Manchester, Kirk Naylor, and Ron Petersen.
From Ro tt0. rJam S t e ve will go t o Madrid, wh e r e h e will liv e with the [<, mil y T he f a mil y includ e s an 1 8 -ye ar o ld bo y , a 15y ear old g i r l , and a f our-ye ar old boy. ' ·.Mr. Rhon da i s th 'l h e ad of Can :J. da Dry in Ma dr id," s tated S tev e Steve plans to r e tm n tc the States S epte mb e r r, , Shari Tr e ster, s o phomor e , and her f a mily will b e ho s tin r; Inge Jensen, 17 ¥.! -year old exchange s tud e11t f • om H e r n i ng, D on m lli:.
Marisa Or.ozco· Is Relays Oueen
Marisa was announced as queen of the fir s t annual W e stside Relays Tu e sday, May 21. Marisa, representin g French club, was pre s ented with a doz e n red roses, and later award e d the first place trophy <t o the Warrior track team.
The que e n w as determined on the basis of the club selling the most ti ckets .to the me e t. Each candidate presented trophies to the ev e nt winners.
Other candid a tes and the clubs they re p resented were Nadine B e rg, Pep Club; Bev Burrows, Z Club; B e tty Hahn, FMA; Barb Mc K e ll a r ,. German Club; Mary Mead , Y-Teens; Kitty Murphy, Spanish Club; Jane Pamer, Latin Club; Karen P e tranek, GAA; and Cindy Woodl a nd, Junior Red Cross.
WHS lncluct s 50 Westsicle Scho lars
S e niors inducted were Becky
A mis, Bruce Bachus, Nadine Berg, Kathy Brooks, Kenton Brooks, Mark Brooks, Jeanne Buesking, B e v Burrows, Steve Carter, Mike Elliott , L e slie Gaillard, Bill Grossm an , Me r e dith Herring, Kristy Isaacson, Jim Johnson, Donnie Jones, Steve Lagerberg, Kathy McGrayel, Sherry Paden, Barbara Rahe, C a rol R ee s, Seiger, Dennis Shannon, Phyllis Sharp, Taffy Squires, Judy Thomas, Ruth Wri g ht, Wade Wright.
Juniors included Bill Bailey, AI B e a u r e g a r d, Rick Bergstrom
Barb, Brizzee, Carol Cleaves, Steve Cur e lop, Karen Eden, Phil Freyd e r, Gary Gra y, Claudia Gresham, Richard !mig, Les Johnson, Jan Laitos, Steve Levine, Richard Lyman, Linda McDowell, Mary McFarland, Bob Rose, Jane Ross, Sandy Schapiro, Gwen Sutter, Brenda Williams.
TYPICAL SENIOR PASTIMES (?) -Seniors Mary Mead, Gary Kopecky, John Allen, and Donni Jones find the quickest wayoutisn't always the easiest! Jeff Dale studies the bridge game-or is it Bev Burrows' leg s?-as Steve Saylan, Don Chase, and Jeanne Buesking take up their usual pastime in the Student Lounge. Senior lockers hold the strangest things - e ven Stu?ent Council presidents-as Wade Wright disco vers (Locker courtesy of Susan Perry.) Photo by Hal Stu it
These were the words of Marisa Orozco, 4' 11" exchange student from Santiago, Chile.
Marisa will go to California in June with Karen Nelsen and her family, with whom she has been· living while a:ttend\ng Westside. "We're going to Disneyland and Utah," she said excitedly. Af ter returning from California she will tour, by bus, ten states with other exchange s,tudents in Nebraska.
Marisa will leave the U.S. July 23, ladened with stuffed animals, three s'Crapbooks, and a complete cowgirl outfit-a graduation gift from Mr. Nelsen. "Then I can show it to all my friends in Chile and tell them everyone in Nebraska is a cowgirl," she laughed. "I can ony .take 6 0 1bs. of I uggage back and I have about 300, so I have to ship everything," she continued.
Next year Marisa will enter the Catholic University of Chile and ;will major in psychology. She also plans to •take English "so that I can be an interpreter like a;t rthe UN," she said. "I also want to do some social work. There are so many things I want to do," she laughed.
Marisa said that the things she liked mos-t about Westside i s tha;t "all the peope are so nice--even the teachers!" She said tha;t her only complaint is the "too short lunch period."
What will she miss most? "My
friends," she said sadly. "The Nelsens are the people I'll miss the most."
by Sandy CliftonAndy, one of two Westside foreign exchange students, will be returning to Sweden after nearly a year's stay with ,the !mig family " I'm terribly sorry to leave the United St111tes," Andy Ekman said with his Swedish accent, however, he did admit he was looking forward to seeing Stockholm again.
Andy will leave Omaha June 24 and go on a ,trip rto the East that will last about 10 days "President Kennedy will speak to the foreign exchange students at a luncheon in Washington a;t the end of the trip," Andy stated.
In reflecting on his stay in America, Andy stated that he would never forget <the "friendliness and hospitality of American people."
"I like American food," he admitted, "but I can't stand peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I just can',t understand how you Americans can eat them."
"When I first saw football it looked like a big mess. Two lines · of people hitting each other for a little ball!" he commented.
And speaking about WHS he smiled and sajd, "I think Westside is the best school in all of the United States."
The thing Andy will remember most of all is, "lthe wonderful family I am living with!"
"We hope that construction will have s.tarted by the second week in July on the fifth and final addition at Westside," commented Mr. H. Vaughn Phelps in an interview concerning the addition.
"We also plan to remodel the North wing of the bu-ildin g The business rooms will oecome physics and chemistry labs We hope to have this much of the work completed by September.
"Time waits for no man" and "How time flies." Time is a constant and advancing force in our lives, always present, threatening, constantly persuing
Time is perhaps one of the most precious possessions of the senior Time for term papers, time for dates, time for meetings, football practice , bridge, plays and countless other activities that require that priceless quantity- time
Yet time is running out. The last paper, the last meeting, the last track meet, and the last glimpse of high school.
These happy moments of times past will long be remembered. Sadness mixed with anticipation fill the seniors hearts. The memories have been made and much lies ahead. College, jobs, marriage, all of •these will now fill the vacuum of time.
High school is over yet time is still present, calling How will you answer its call?
BEV KLEIN
wh et her Westside really needs a swim!ID.ing pool or an auditorium. It's not a tllattcr of an aJditorium OR a swirnrnm.; pool. A c o m p 1 e t c educati lnal facility should included both of these
"An auditorium to fit the needs of a school and a community such as ours would cost over $800,000. In comparison, the swimming pobl will cost $300,000, and will be the most used facility in District 6 6.
"This year, we'll lose more instructors than we like to, however, we still will not lose our safety limit of ten per cent," commented Mr. Kenneth K Hansen, principal concerning the seven teachers who have announced that they will not re,turn to Westside neXJt fall.
Another school year will soon come oto an end, and as usual a class of seniors will leave the halls and classrooms of Westside for a look at what the wo rld and life ha>s in store for t hem.
B e fore a senior graduates he first believes that leaving the rschools present form of indoctrinations will be ,the best thing that has happened to him. But once he think s back t o everything that has interrupted hi s path to graduation, he begins to realize how much he has really enjoyed high school.
Ev:ery senior has had his own fling at being a '\teenager" and now must begin to take life more seriously. He remembers rt he fun of his high school career, the da>tes, t he parties, the stirring speeches at pep rallies tha>t led the team t o victory.
Along wtth the fun there were the trials and tribula;tions of school. Always having his homework done , finishing ,term papers and being a model student caused many pains before that final week of graduation. Also, there was the time his rteacher embarrased him in front of 'the class for talking when he shouldn't have.
Mr. J. Richard Burrows, mwth teacher, has taken a job with an engineering firm.
Mr. Clair Swallers, math instructor, will return to his home state of North Dakota to teach there.
Now that the seriousness of the approaching world is drawing nearer, he can ' t help but be a littl e afraid. Ne xt year coll ege will IJ e a new expe rienc e for most, and he is looking forward to it with vivid and exciting expecta tions.
Seniors for 19 6 3 will always be, in his own eyes as every other
Mr. Richard Mortweet, Science teacher, has applied for a national class has been, the best item that
science foundation grant to com- has befallen Westside Hi g h. But plete his masters in science. If he · now the tim e has come to leave does not r e ce ive the grant he will return rto teach in his home state.
"The addition will includ e seven classrooms, a darkroom and swimming pool-capacity for 550 speetators.
"There has been much contro·
"I would hope that the community would feel an auditorium would be needed within the next five years. Space has been allowed and a flexible aud'itorium is very
Mr. Wayne Glidden, history instructor, will transfer to Omaha University where he will become Professor of Secondary E 'ducation. He will supervise student teaching at the university, and· consequently, will be at WHS often in the
Mrs Nila Magdanz will .transfer to the home economics d epartmenrt of the Metropolitan Utilities Dis;trict.
Mrs. Ki Ki Gore, Spanish teacher, will end her teaching career this year, to assume the blissful joys of homemaking.
the friends and experiences be hind, and g o on to g r eate r heights with the knowledge that he may have rec e ived many things of vaiue from the education given to the g raduating class at Westside versy concerning the queation of much an advantage to a school' coming years. We'll have to add seven more instructors to replace .t hes e teachers leaving, and to compensate for increased en rollm ent we'll add six additional teacherS"," sta;te d Mr. Hansen.
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These fifty girls then tried out last night.
Varsity cheerleaders for the "Fifty girls were chosen from 1963-64 season are Andi Dugan, those ,trying out," said Nadine Pam Patz , Lani Stockman, and Berg, ,this year's· drill squad captBrenda Williams, juniors; Chris Calandra, Sally Cockle, Nancy Shook, and Carolyn Simmons, sophomores.
New reserves are Karen Nelsen, junior; Micki Freed, sophomore; and Pennie Anderson and Barb Stein, freshmen.
ThP- girls were chosen from the "Top 26" finalists by a vote of Pep Club members.
Drill squad tryouts were held May 20 and 23 in the girl s' gym.
"It is sort of like the cheerleading Top 26," explained Nadine. "We hope to get a really good squad. The girl must be between 5'2" and 5'7 " tall, be an active member of Pep Club and have 12 poiD.Jts in the club.
The judges were several faculty members and •this year's senior drill squad members.
WHS Librarian
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck needs no introduction and especially this book, for surely you have seen it on the "best seller" list for weeks. However, after twenty years of writing about America and its people, Steinbeck realizes !that he has been an "arm chair" author and decides to set out on a voxage covering forty states with his pick-up !truck, Rocinante, and his companion, a dog
named Charley. His love and insight of his own coun,try makes ,this a mo s t enjoyable book Victory Over Myself, by Floyd Pa>tterson.
All you wrestler:s! Here is a book you will want to read a:t one sitting. We learn, through his own words, that Floyd Pa.tterson has come a loug way. Not only did he have .to use hi s fists to get ahead, but he had to win a victory · over himself, and rtha;t, he realizes, was the most impo11tant victory of all. Here we see him achieving an honor and a digni ty in his own special way.
Miss Marilyn Miller, journalism instructor, has accepted a fellowship at Iowa University. She will complete' work on her masters degree and a l so supervise student teachers who will be teaching classes in Journalism and English.
There are only ten study days left until finals, June 4 and 5!
If you are a fairly attractive fe-male st udent, in high school or college, and becoming proficient in typing, but needing actual onthe-job office experience in preparation for a high paid secretarial career; and-
If you regard good groo!ID. ,ing and a pleasing personality as s uch desirable attributes tha;t the opportunity to receive the very best training available in professional fashion modeling would mot!vate you to devote a s ub stantial part of your time this summer to working in an office; then-
MISS BETTE BONN MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER YOU AN IDEAL ARRANGEMENT.
The head office of the Bette Bonn schools and model placemerut agencies (located in Omaha, Winnipeg, Mexico City, Des Moines, Lincoln, and two in Kansa;s City) has recently been moved from Kansas City ,to 5010 Dodge Street in Omaha The office is equipped with IBM eleetric ;type-
wrirters, Dictaphone, Verifax and other office machines. Its stenographic staff i s composed of an experienced legal stenographer augmented by modeling students receiving hourly wages commensurrute with their attained typing or stenographic ability. This rate is increased as skills develo p.
As enjoyed by oth er students in the Bette Bonn schools, ,there will be frequen-t opportunities to be 'placed upon well-paying modeling assignments when the tnaining in modeling techniques has progressed.
Shorthand and bookkeeping would be u seful but not esseu tial.
IF INTERESTED, call 3419 3 8 6 for an appointme nt. In,terviews will be at the school and agency office, 1615 Howard Street. If under 21, you should plan to be accompanied by a parent
If you have other plans for the Summer, the same arrangement is available throughout the year.
"I'll be glad to get home, but I don't want to leave Oh, I can't wait to get home!"For once Marisa is taller than Andy! WHS exchange students are sorry to leave, but will be glad to get home.
Friday, May 24, 1963
New members of W Club will have a busy weekend!
Westside ath l etes who have received their l etters this year will face t he dir e conseq uen ces, t ri a l s, and tribulations of W Club membersip May 2 5- 2 6, as e ld e r l ette rmen vent their pent- u p ho s tilities on tho se young s ters' helpless bones
The initiation is a lo ng s tanding tradition at Westside, and it will be carried out with the usual thoroughness this Yea r by Wests i de l ettermen.
Some of the proced ur es from past years include the in evita ble wearing of burlap underwear by i11duct ees , as well as car washin g at 3 a.m peanut rolfing in th e
parking lot , chivalrous book-carrying for as many as five or six young maidens, and ponderous races in the parking lot wtth automobiles pushed by 1the initiates.
Those being inducted are Phil Amis, Bud Anderson, Scott Anderson, Ben Blackwell, Mike Brands, Bob Bret, John Buller, Harold Steve Dolby, Jim Durham, Larry E ise nhowe r, Mike Ford, Bi ll Godd· ard, Bill Grossman, Pat Harris, Bill H en · derson, Danny Hi gg in s, J e rry Hi ghtower, R on Hinckley, Mike H otz, Doug Iler, Bob Johann, Joe J on es, Carl Kehm, Gary Krieger George Lahne r s, Scott L austerer, J ohn Linstromberg, Gary Luckasen, Ken Mayer, Lynn Miller. Don Ne lson , T om Nielson, Denny Os· borne, Hap Patz, R a lph Phillips, Bob Ro se, Dave R u pp, Stan Saklar, Wayne Shultz, Steve Skaug, Cooley Smith, Steve Snodg r ass, Stu Sorenson, Gary Spaulding, Jim Speichinger, Mike Starmer, Du ane Stewart, Steve Sturgess, Scott Sw anso n, Dick Weich· brodt, Rick Willis, and Barry Zoob
e Z Clubbers Receive Awards
e Math Club Elects Officers
Ginny Stein, Barb Brizee, and Kathy Rees were elected ou tstanding Z Club members of the year at a May 14 tea at the home of senior Crut hie Filkins.
The three girls were preselllted awards by Mrs Jack s, a repre sentative of Zonta International.
The ' 63-'64 Z c lub officers were installed rut the tea Heading the cl ub next year will be Jo Ann Rhinegrove r, president, Kathy Rees vicepresident, Brenda Williams, secretary , and Linda McDowell ,treasurer
The new president of .t he Westside MBith Cl ub is Mickey McFarland: The elect ion was h eld at the May 20 mee ting of >the club
"The vice-president and secreta ry-'treasurer wi ll b e elected in ,the fall," Mr. Alvin Gloor, Math Club sponsor.
On May 21 the Earth Science class went on a field trip to Louisville and Lincoln. The y visited the cement plant in Louisville to study rocks and fossils that could be found in the field.
Mr Ca lvin D elano, teacher of the class, set the trip up so the students could get a realistic view of .the rocks and fossils they have studied at school. After they fini!lh e d their tour of the cement plant they went on to Lincoln to visit Morrill Hall Here they viewed fossils many thousands of years old and .saw some of the anima l•s .that roamed :thi s area in the early stages of its extstence.
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Westside's Radio club will have a radio station which will broadcast from Westside. They hope j;o rides herd on get a ll of the necessary equipment and the statinitiate Rick Willis tion befor e the end of .t his school year. as Dick Hurst stands near to supervise.
- Photo by Hal Stu it I
The stati on will cost around $1400. Westside will h ave to pay $700 of this and the government will pay the other half. The most expensive items :t hat will be purchased are a transmitter, receiver, a.nd antenna.
Anybody :that would be intere ste d in joining Radio club can get in touch with Mr. Bruce Holmquist, physics teacher, or Dick Theis.
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Westside trackmen did well at the State High School Track and Field Meet in Lin con May 18, and although collecting no gold medals, won fourth place in Class A. Grand Island, Scottsbluff, and Hastings finished in the top ,three positions; these teams were s t rong in both the field events, where Westside had no finalists, and on the track.
The highly favored Warrior two-mile relay team of Wa1.-ren Vaad, Bill Jepsen, J:bn Jones, and J:bn Ellis was surprised by a previously unknown Columbus foursome. It was strictly a two team race all the way, with the Columbus runners sticking close on the heeis of the Warriors until the Columbus anchor man slipped by coming o u t of 'the final turn and increased his slim lead in the last 50 yards to the tape. The Westside .team missed a gold medal by 6/10 of a second, and both teams broke the old state record.
Bob Grant and Bill Robinson ran in t h e sprint events, with Grant taking fourth in Jthe 100yard das h , but not placing in the 220. The 1 00 was extremely close between second, third ,and fourth places; Grant was orginally announced to have taken third, but that decision was l ater changed.
The Warriors' lone qualifier in the field events, Bill Eilers, dropped out of the high jump competition too ear l y Ito place. Jim Adams won fourth place honors in the 180-yard low hurdles, and Jim l\loore turned in his best time, a 14.9, Ito place third in lthe 120 highs.
The Westside 880-yar d re l ay team with Phil P erry, Mike Stanner , Jim A d ams, and Bob Grant , ran a steady 1: 31. 4. to place second in that event.
The World-Herald's so-called "Grand Championship" listings rated Westside seventh over all, placing Fairb u ry, Tech, and Boys
Town ahead of the Warriors The Omaha daily •that two-mile relay points were "not considered in grand championship standings because on l y c l asses A and B complete." However, all three schools
placed above WHS in the W orldHerald's standings were class A schools which did not place (or did not compete) in the two-mile, and which Westside defeated in class A standi n gs.
Doug Iler, Jerry Jansen, Tom Nilsson and Steve Wilson were Westsides team entry in the stwte Golf Championship held at Pioneer golf course in Lincoln on Saturday.
On that Saturday some 29 hig h schoo l teams and 116 players competed for the state Team an d Individ u al title.
Westside closes its baseball season tonight against South at the Stadium.
To clo-se the final week of baseball the Warriors won over A. L. 7-1 and lost to Lincoln High.
Kris ti Isa ac son, Judy McClendon Marg ie Rin It Petersen, Brown , Leig h Bo ve tt. Sitt ing Phyllis Shor Sq urr e s Na nc y Lrnco ln, Ch ynne Koser Marty .Deitrich, Sandy Hinma:.' y
s girls tennis team coached by Miss Ar li ne Russnogle came m thud m the Inter-city with a record of 13 7 No r th d B -. an enson .took the one, two respectively. North had a record of 16 - 4 d Benson 15-5. an l\largie went on to the semi - finals in the singles division of the tournament. Miss Russnolge stated, "Margie sho u ld take the smgles championship with ease. She has won the cham ionshi f the last two years." P P o r
Letter on the team ,this year will be L e i gh B ovett, Debbie Brown, Leslie Gaillard, Sandy Hinman, Kristi Isaacson Ch K Judy McClendon, Rita Peterson, and Margie Ringwal t. ' ynne oser,
The boys' .tennis .team coached by Mr. B o b Rademacher wound up the season with a 12-2 record for the first 1team and a 3-0 record for the second team. They were third in the iil!ter-city with Prep and Nor th in the one, two positions respectivey.
At State they placed seven.th and with one more wi n could have gone into third place. Mr. Rademacher commented, "I th o ught we had a very good season this year ending up w1th a record of 15-2."
The letter winners on !the team
thi-s year are John Andreasen Pau l d eFreese, J im D u r h a m : Andy Ekman, Charli e P errigo, Terry Petersen, Wayne Schultz, and Rich Young
Westside finished 14 th in comparison to ninth the previous year. In individual accomplishment Steve Wilson finishe d with six over par 7 6. Jerry Jan-sen an 84, Doug Iler 84 and Tim Nilsson 89.
This years ,team champ is Bellevue and Individ u al Champ Charles Borner of Lincoln High.
To sum up the Golf season Westside finished second in the Intercity behind Prep with 6 1 and had a 6-4 to,tal record.
Westside competed in 2 .tournaments finished fifth in t h e Fremont Invitational and 14th in state. The Intercity Tourney will be held Sat u rday.
Westside's record now stands wt 4- 7 with three victories in eight Intercity games.
Westside' s o n 1 y to-urnament this year was the district. In that they were knocked out in the first round by Prep, 6-0.
Among this year's victories were A L. and North. Westside losses went to Prep, Ralston, Central, Lincoln, Ben son and Bishop Ryan. '
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