1964-1965 Lance

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1964-65 Lance has been sponsored

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Vol. 9-No. 1

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB., FR IDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1964

Cheerleaders Are Homecoming Plans Tops at July Camp For Oct. 2-3 Start Westside's varsity and reserve cheerleaders pro~ed t?eir abilities this T 0 Take Shape summer by takmg fust place at the Norman, Oklahoma, cheerleading clinic. During the week of July ll-18 the girls attended tumbling and pom-pom classes and competed with other cheerleaders from high schools all over the Midwest.

Four days out of five the Westsiders placed first, tying with two Oklahoma squads on the final day of competition.

The girls stayed in reserve training barracks on the South campus of the University of Oklahoma. Occasionally at night they were under the observation of window-peekers. One even crawled in and stole money from senior Nanci Shook.

All in all, the week was an exciting and memorable experience for each of the cheerleaders. When asked how they reacted when they won first place, Carolyn Richardson replied, "We all sat on the floor with our blue ribbons and cried!"

College News Mr. Karl Pecht has announced that the first opportunity to take the College Board Entrance Examination will be D ec. 5, at W estside High School. this is the first year the test has been offered at Westside. The application deadline for the test is Nov. 7, and the fee is $5.00. Information and mailing guides ccr~erning the test may be obtained in the guidance office.

As in the past, representatives from colleges and universities throughout the country will pay visits to Westside to interview ~udents who are inter-' ested in attending college. TI1ose representatives coming are: Brown University ..................Sept. 29 Stephens College ........... ......... Sept. 29 North Park College ................Oct. 27 Columbia University .............. Nov. 12 Interested students may contact Mr. Pecht in the guidance office for appointments.

Representatives from the University of Nebraska will give information on all aspects of college curriculum Wednesday, Sept. 30.

The program will be held at the University's College of Medicine, at 42nd and Dewey. All interested students are invited to attend. Professors of Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, and all other departments will be the speakers.

Although the theme won't be known until Saturday night at the dance, the chairmen of the affair agree it's one of the best ever. Chairmen are: overall, Jackie Moore; stage, Jackie Hauptman; table decorations, Kathy Sharp; walls, Anne Snow; stickers, Leigh Bovett; programs, Sue Petty; advertising, Anne Leigh; ceiling, Terry Fox; procession; Judi Runstrom; bonfire, Bonnie Rothchild; getting tables, Janeen Beck; crowns, Cindy Wheeler; cars, Terri Castater and Jean Hoeman; baskets and doors, E llen Jacobsen; punch table, Janet Sullivan; cookies, Carol Thomas. These girls are all seniors and have juniors as co-chairmen under them.

Merit Chooses Nine Warriors Nine Westside seniors have qualified as National Merit Semi-Finalists.

These students, Kristi Andersen, 路 Jim Arundel, Holden Aust, Kandy Bailey, Ward Baxter, Tom Hood, 路Ross Rizley, Elaine "Tegtmeier, and Carol Thomas, were selected on the basis of their scores on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which is given to juniors in March.

To become Finalists, the SemiFinalists must submit information forms, receive sufficiently high scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the College Entrance Examination Board, and have the endorsement of Westside High School.

Eels, Beatles, 50-Cent Cokes Characterize European Visit Was your summer boring, lifeless, dull?

Perhaps a six-week trip to Europe could have been the remedy. It was for II Westside French students who went to Europe under the Foreign Languages League program this summer.

Their main object-{)r excuse-was to study French at the University of Rheims and to take side trips to such countries as Belgium, Switzerland, England, and Italy.

Miss Sharon Billerbeck, a new French teacher at Westside this year, chaperoned the group which included Lynne Durham, Dave George, Suzi Gmf, Susie Howl, Janie Krug, Jacquie Moore, Steve Nicholson, Barb Norberg, Carol Thomas, Sally Thoms, and Kathy Wurl.

I nteresting observations included re1arks concerning the similarity bei路een

Tryo路uts Begin For Class Play Casting for the Junior Class Play will begin Sept. 28, Mrs. Anna Clark, director, announced last week. "You Can't Take It With You," the celebrated co.medy by Moss Hart and George Kaufman, will be presented Nov. 12 and 13. Rehearsals will begin Oct. 5.

An early October 2-3 weekend, will be the date for Homecoming this year. The .festivities will start with the annual parade of cars and club floats immediately after school on Friday. An outdoor bonfire will follow at 6 p.m. that night and then the big game with Bellevue at 7:30 p.m.

All clubs are urged to build floats for the parade to make it bigger and better. The Pep Club will have four decorated cars for the queen candidates.

Voting for the candidates for Queen of Homecoming took place Monday at th Pep Club meeting. The girls had to be of senior standing and to have won a letter and at least one other award to be eligible.

boys look like Beatles." / Such savory delicacies as eel, artichokes, and horsemeat were known to be served at the school cafeteria.

Lots of loose change was needed, since Cokes cost as high as 40 to 50 cents, and baths merited an extra charge on the hotel bill.

Most of the girls will testify that language wasn't too much of a problem. Upon asking several handsome, young Frenchmen where the bank was located, they were immediately escorted toward the nearest cafe.

Riding to Italy second-class on a coal train also proved to be an interesting experience, as well as the 16hour plane delay in New York.

A similar program will be offered again next year at Westside for Spanish and German students as well. If you're looking for an interesting ad-

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AFS students explore Westside's language lab fac ilities.

What's Going On? A few days ago a boy new to Westside stood in bewilderment as he watched his classmates suddenly leave their classes and scurry down the hall.

"Where's evezy,body going?" he asked his teacher. The teacher directed him to the stadium and to his first glimpse of American spirit and enthusiasm-a pep rally. This boy was Westside's exchange student from Germany.

Westside is fortunate this year in having two AFS stndents: Peter Mattchke from Kulmbach, West Germany, and Alicia Vargas-Poras from San Jose, Costa Rica.

Both Alicia and Peter live in the mountainous portions of their countries. Alicia, however, lives near the active Drazu Volcano. Her city is under the constant deluge of volcanic ash. Comments Alicia, "Our coffee harvest is badly hurt by the lava dust." Peter's mountains have a much different appearance. "Many of the mountains near my home are taller than Swiss mountains," he reports.

The governments of Costa Rica and West Germany are democratic and are similar to the government of the United States. Communist parties are not allowed in either country; however, there are many secret groups and definite attempts at infiltration into the govemm~nts.

How do West Germans view the Berlin Wall? Peter's answer to this question is, "My people do not want to think about it. I feel that if the American government had tom down the wall when it was first constructed, there would be no trouble now."

Music is of great interest to both

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Adult Education Classes To Commence Activities Adult education classes will begin Oct. 5 and will meet each Monday night for ten weeks.

This year many new courses have been added which should promote wide participation. Among these are the square dance classes to be held at Westbrook, Rockbrook, and Paddock Road Schools. A new class to be held at Arbor Heights called "Tops" (Take off Pounds Sensibly) may prove to be

Alicia and Peter. Alicia has studied piano while Peter favors the violin .

Peter is now a member of Westside's Concert Orchestra and enjoys classical music more than contemporary music.

Alicia, however, keeps tab on all the latest popular tunes and can sing many of them.

Both Alicia and Peter enjoy ..tmerican dancing. Alicia relates that the "Monkey" is very popular in Costa Rica.

After visiting King Arthur's and receiving his first taste of American rock and roll, Peter commented: "l'retty nice. I am learning your ways."

And how are the Beatles received in their countries? "Ooooeeel They are wonderful! Everyone my age likes them very much," grins Alicia. Adds Peter, "They are very poyular in Germany. They came to Nuremburg, which is near my city, and many people went to see them."

After leaving Westside, Peter and Alicia plan to attend college. Peter's choice is the University of Munich, and Alicia hopes to attend the University of San Jose.

Chryse Schory Political difference is wholesome.

It is political indifference that hurts.

This year a large property crew will be needed to provide snakes, fire crackers, and many other similar surprises. A toe dancer, a xylophone player, an ex-Royal Duchess, and a mad Russian head the list of characters of the lucid, heartwarming, Sycamore family and associates. All join in the uproarious capers of the somewhat mad, Sycamore family.

"Fun and excitement" are predicted by Mrs. Clark for both cast and audience of this year's whirlwind comedy. The cast will consist of about 20 characters, 12 males and seven fe males. Every junior interested is invited to the tryouts, and everyone is invited to the play.

Shield Sales Rise 1 To Meet 65 Goal Time is running out to buy your 1965 SHIELD. A special discount price of $5 00 wiU be offered until October 2. Then for the remainder of the sales campaign the book will be sold for $5.25. SHIELDS can be purcha&ed from any first year journalism student or SHIELD staff member in any study hall or before or after school.

"The goal for this year is 1300," states Rachel Ward, sales and promotion manager. It is hoped that the SHIELD may reach its goal by students taking advantage of this special dis.count price.

Kristi Anderson, SHIELD editor, reminds us to "remember, the more sales, the better the book." So get out and buy your 1965 SHIELD.

Debaters Capture Honors

ing course, will allow participants to repair home articles in class and explore their creativity.

Recreation has always played a large part in this program. TI1is year volleyball, basketball, and table tennis will be organized for men and women, who enjoy participating in sports, at Westbrook, Westside, and Rockbrook Schools.

The usual courses will again be offered and will include classes in public speaking, first year tyPing, French, Spanish, speed reading, and the Sanderson Audio-Visual Private Pilot Ground School. Beginning sewing, a new course, will also be offered.

At the university the boys followed a strenuous schedule. They reported to class at nine a.m., broke for lunch at noon, returned to class at one p.m. and stayed until four p .m. Most evenings were spent doing research at the library. Each day the boys listened to lectures by professors of debate from the University of Arizona and by Dr. Upton Palmer of the University of California. Practice was received in impromptu speaking: the boys had two minutes to prepare twominute speeches. During the entire session they ~orked toward the debate tournament. This was held the last two days and was observed by Mr. Rod Hansen, debate coach.

Although the boys worked hard, they found time for recreation. Since the university is on a beach, swimming was a daily exercise. This almost resulted in disaster, however. One afternoon Bob, Gary, John, and Stu were caught in a dangerous rip tide.

After being knocked around for several frightening minutes, all were able to extricate themselves.

. Those who wish to work with various skills may attend classes in

Only 30 students from the nation were able to attend the institute. According to Westside's representatives,

Five Westside debaters tested their skill at a summer speech institute and brought back top honors. Steve Calvert, Bob Johnson, John Mumaugh, Gary Neid, and Stu Sorenson went to the University of California at 1Santa Barbara in July for two weeks of study and competition. Steve and Stu captured first place in novice debate, and Bob and Gary took second. John reached the semi-finals in advanced debate.

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To The Reader Thanks to the Egyptians, who invented paper, and to Johann Gutenberg, who developed the method of printing from ~ movable type, you are now the owner of the first issue of the - 1964-65 Lance. At this time the Lance staff would like to explain several policies of the newspaper.

The Lance has a threefold purpose. First, it is to inform its readers of important and interesting occurrences at Westside. It also strives to entertain by providing original features. Finally, the Lance intends to explore happenings outside the school to broaden the knowledge and interests of its readers.

It is the hope of this staff that the 1964-65 Lance will serve as a true representation of Westside's varied moods and movements. This will be possible only with your cooperation. Your criticisms and suggestions are welcome.

You may also express your views through the "Letters to the Editor" column which has been established. Such letters may be submitted to Mrs. Judy Egbert in room 145 or to a member of the Lance staff. Letters may be published with fictitious signatures or without signatures, but no letters received unsigned will be considered for publication.

The Lance reserves the right of selection.

To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, "You can please all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time ." Although you may not be interested in every phase of school activity, the 1964-65 Lance staff hopes you will find something in every issue that will stimulate your thinking.

THE LANCE STAFF

Rights for Seniors· In the past it has been the privilege of the Senior class to enjoy the facilities of the Student Lounge during fourth hour. This year, however, the lounge has not been opened until sixth hour for several reasons.

This year's senior class has almost 200 more students than the class of '64. Without some restrictions this influx of people would obviously overcrowd the lounge. Teachers having classes in the northeast wing complain of nc:>ise from the T.V. set and general commotion of students on their way to and from the lounge.

The administration is against opening the lounge because the seniors in the past have abused their privilege of using it. Food was taken out of the lounge. Students left the building to sit in their cars and go to the Village. Janitors complained of the untidy condition the lounge was left in after fourth hour.

These are certainly very valid reasons as to why the lounge should be kept closed. The actions of past seniors prove that to open the lounge would just result in confusion -or do they? With the help of the student council and administration, couldn't a feasible plan be worked out by which only some of the senior class eats in the lounge at a time? Student supervision in the lounge by an assigned group might also be another answer to the problem. Is it really fair to judge the class of '65 by the actions of those who have previously abused their privilege of eating in the lounge?

This editorial definitely does not concern the seniors alone. Underclassmen should take an active interest in the problem of whether or not the lounge should be opened because soon they, too, will be concerned with it. The Lance staff hopes that anyone who has a suggestion will get in touch with John Buller or will write a letter to the editor of the Lance. All possible solutions to this problem should be investigated before it is dropped. Eating in the lounge has traditionally been a senior privilege, and the prospect of losing it is not a brjght one.

By CHRYSE SCHORY

Your Council

Takes Action by Jolm K. Buller

If you are interested in knovv:ing what the Student Council is doing or what they hope to do, look for a report in each edition of the Lance.

You Seniors are probably wondering why the Student Lounge is closed during 4th Hour, so listed below you will find a few of the reasons: 1. There are 550 Seniors, which numbers about 175 more than than the class of '64 and the Lounge has not grown.

2. It is impossible not to disturb classes in session in the Lounge area.

3. Last year the Seniors abused the privilege by not staying in the Lounge, and seemingly caused disturbances all over the building.

'Nuf said-but if this is not clear to you, talk it over with me.

The Student Council is selling our school emblem in patch form. The money made on these will be used for a Council project, to be decided later.

We hope each of you will give your support by purchasing at least one.

Cubby Taylor, a transfer student from Central, has been added as a member of the Student Council due to the fact that he is Presidettt of the state-wide Student Council. We welcome Cubby and know he will be a great asset to us.

It is up to you-all of you-to see that we get your suggestions, and it is up to us to see what can be done with them, for as James Oliver said, "The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them."

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tion problem at Westside. Many students have to take buses home from school. These buses leave the school grounds almost five minutes after dismissal. Many ' times a teacher finds it necessary to hold a class two to three minutes after class to finish for the day. When this occurs, the students often miss their buses. Something must be done to hold these buses longer after school so that no one is stranded at school without a

ride home. Anyone interested in helping combat this problem, please see me.

Gary Davis Dear Editor, I have a terrible problem. When my date came to the door last weekend, my father immediately began to ask him all sorts of questions. One of these questions was, "What is your zip code number?" Well, when he said that he didn't know, Dad sent him away saying that any boy who

Stock In Clairol Rises As Bleach Boys Invade WHS

By ROBIE CARMICHAEL

From within deep recesses of trackless time to the modem world flashes the old question, do gentlemen prefer blondes? .

Blinding light rays reflected off the platinum heads of 30% of Westside's male population seem to indicate the anwser is yes.

While I am aware of the bleaching properties of the sun during the long hot summer, it remains painfully obvious that many of the flaxen curls hanging over those bushy black eyebrows came, not from nature's influence, but from a bottle sold over a local drug store counter.

My suspicions were confirmed the day I walked past a table where several newly golden Apollos were seated. Instead of appropriate conversational topics as football or girls they were discussing the latest techniques in the manly art of hair coloring.

Now, for those of you still wearing last year's hair shade I extend these simple tips from a leading manufacturer. Apply the coloring to dry hair (do not rub· into scalp), cover it with a plastic hood and leave for 45 minutes. Oh, yes, wear rubber gloves if your hands have a tendency to break out.

While envisioning a strong young man in plastic hood and rubber gloves, perhaps we'd best try to analyze the situati9n. Someone is sure to suggest two of the guiding factors of today's youth, Beatles and surf music, as the reason for stock in Clairol hair prod·ucts tripling in the last few weeks.

Reports from Warriors recently returned from the magic land of California confirm the fact that one is not "in" unless he or she has long blonde hair and the inevitable surfboard.

Since we in the Midwest, for some unaccountable reason, usually end up emulating the sun worshippers of the West, such a rash of dyed tresses does not seem surprising.

Psychologists, however, undoubtedly would describe the entire situation as a reckless attempt of youth to capture an elusive quality curiously represented by such symbols as Monroe, Bardot, and Lyon. In other words, when the newly bleached heroes trot out before an appraising feminine world, they are hoping for a traumatic response, something akin to instant sex appeal.

All of this leads us to examine an axiom recently (and profoundly) stated by a leading magazine that boys are looking like girls and vice versa. I feel they have done our generation some injustice in this statement, but it cannot be denied that attitudes have changed.

A few years ago, while it was accepted as woman's perogative to abuse her crowning glory in any way she chose, the masculine population would have gone bravely to their graves rather than submit to such a feminine gesture as coloring their hair.

Unfortunately, many parents and teachers seem to have retained this horrified attitude on noting the rise election. "Republican Propaganda" of the Bleach Boys at Westside. To was then distributed. Freedom dol- them I say, don't worry. No one, not lars and bumper stickers were dis- even themselves, takes them serioustributed. Regular meetings will be · ly, and one must admit that if those held on Wednesdays. blond locks do nothing else for a All interested in either political boy's appearance, they do provide a party are urged to become active change. members of the TARS or Teen-Dems.

Far be it from this writer to conMake your choice! demn them (some of my best friends have dark roots). It's nice to see youthful enthusiasm and impulsiveness turned to such a movement of selfimprovement. So all red-blooded American boys, why. wait any longer?

By BETSY RASKIN Do blondes have more fun? Why not Did ah hear sumbody say teenager? be one and see?

When yo say thet, £ella, sneer! Ifn y' all see any o' them varmints, let me know. Ah'm shootin' 'em on sight.

What? Ya say ya don't know what them things look like? Wal, they's mostly arms 'n' legs if they's males; 'n' if they's females, ya kin hardly see 'em atall 'cuz they's mostly hair.

THE LANCE They's got a cigarette growing outen Published Semi-Monthly one hand, and a telephone growin'

by Journalism Classes outen t'other. They ain't hardly got WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL no face atall - jist a monster size hamburger 'tween their neck and their 87th and Pacific Sts., Omaha, Neb. forehaid. And when them things Editor ....... . . . . . . .. , , , , , Betsy Raskin walk! Why, ya cain't hardly call it Managing Editor, ..... .. . . , Leigh Bovett walkin'l Them males, they kinda Business Manager . , . , , .. , . Nancy Caster bounce 'long ta the rhythm o' their Feature Editor . , . , , . , . , Robie Corm gum chewin', 'n' them females, from the rear, look like they's whellt in a wind storm! Speakin' o' the females, they's always got big black circles Second Page Editors , . . .... Carol round their eyes-looks jist like sumDiane W o·o dhull l body give 'eJ!l a good punch. Ah tell ya, they's monsters, they is!

CPAF Forms New Branches Are you interested in politics? Are you a Democrat or Republican? The Contemporary Political Affairs Forum is now in the process of organizing Teen-Dem and TARS Clubs for Westside.

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September 16 was the group organizational meeting. Room 229 was the scene. The group soon divided into Republicans and Democrats.

Sponsors of the Teen-Dems are Miss Susan Rappaport, Mr. Stanley Wells, and Mr. Harry Miller. The speaker for the first meeting was Mr. F. J. Pepper, executive secretary of the Young Democrats of Nebraska.

He explained that "the aim of the Young Democrats is to have a TeenDem organization in each high school in Douglas County." The part teens play in an election was stressed, and all were urged to participate in the coming campaign. Organization was named as the key to a successful effort. Meetings will be held on Tuesdays.

The TARS received an excellent boost as Linda Lee Larson appeared, modeling Goldwater paraphernalia.

Mr. Winchell and ' Mr. Nelson will support this group of Young Republicans. Linda spoke on the goals of the TARS and gave suggestions of ways one could help in the coming

--letters To The Editor-It seems that there is a transporta-

Friday, September 25, 1964

didn't even know his zip code shouldn't be allowed to date his daughter. Really!! I was so embarrassed! What can I do? This has happened before, but with different questions.

Ennyl Mahrud Dear Ennyl, You no doubt have a horrible problem. I suggest that the next time a boy asks you out, you pick him up.

Your friend, The Editor

To Arms! Teens Are on Warpath

Dear friends, do you have telephone hands? Do your fingers have recessed filters? Have you noticed catsup on your nose llitely? What?

You say you haven't? What's happening to this younger generation? What has become of the good old "monster teenager?'" (When you say that, sneer!)

Advertising Manager . , , .. , . , Ginny

Circulation and Promotion .. , Lynn

Artists . . . .. , Holden Aust, D;<:r1e

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CLUB CLIPBOARD Most of Westside's many clubs have been busy this month having their first meetings and planning their activities for the rest of the school year.

Initiation for Science Club members was held Sept. 22. Plans for this year include a trip to the University of Nebraska Hospital, the annual sweatshirt sale, and to begin work on their science projects.

Miss Buman and Mrs. Barjenbruch are this year's new F.M.A. sponsors.

F.T.A. will hold its first meeting Sept. 28. Monday, Sept. 30, senior members may attend a college planning night at Omaha University. Mr. Andreas and Mrs. Limbaugh sponsor the club.

N.F.L. h eld a meeting Sept. 16 and prepared for debate competition within the club. Membership requires 25 points in competitive speaking. Mrs. Anna Clark and Mr. Rod Hansen sponsor the group.

Westside's Distributive Education will sponsor a sockhop after the gante wi~ Prep tonight.

Teachers Up in Air And on the Road

Mr. Sladick, math teacher, will join Mr. Gloor in sponsoring Math Club this year.

G.A.A.'s new sponsor this year is Mrs. Edwards, gym teacher. The members of G.A.A. plan to play girls' flag football this fall.

New sponsor (,.f Esquires this year is Mrs. Iris Clark.

English Pilots Change Once again the English department of Westside High is launching a pilot progra~ . This is the third year that the English department is taking part in this program. Now the emphasis is concerned with materials in Senior Literature Classes.

The study this year follows chronological order i~ each unit, and the work itself will be taught from a thematic basis. The following units are included:. 1) Shakespearean Tragedy; 2) Christian Epic; 3) The Muse of Satire; 4) Biography, The Life of Johnson; 5) The poet as Rebel and Prophet; 6) The Class Novel; and 7) Rhetoric. Mrs. Barjenbruch is the teacher and will have four classes each semester.

W E·s T S I D E

Vietnam War Before the Beginning

By BETSY RASKIN ruled Vietnam . This domination lasted until Japan's invasion in 1940; France returned to Vietnam in 1945.

To remain secure France kept the Vietnamese backward; understandably, they came to hate France and to crave independence. In 1946 a bloody rebellion began. Ho Chi Minh, a selfdeclared super-patriot, captured the faith of the people. His true form was revealed in 1949: his new Democratic Republic of Vietnam was recognized by the communist bloc. At this time America began to send aid to French troops fighting communist guerillas.

The Vietnamese were apathetic about the war: they did not understand America's objectives, and ·they believed Ho Chi Minh's promises of Utopia; not until communist rule began in 1954 did they realize their error.

Vietnam was partitioned in 1954 to the communists' advantage: North Vietnam received over half the people and land. Ho Chi Minh agreed to respect South Vietnam's political and territorial integrity; this vow has not been kept. Although· the communists had agreed to aid any North Vietnamese who wished to move south, they did everything in their power to prevent transfers. They instilled fear of Americans in the people; a favorite tale was that Americans were so obsessed with cleanliness they would chop off the hands of a

War is the curse of mankind. Robert E. Lee said of it, "War is hell." One author called war "a whirlwind .. . that sucks in men and spits out crippled wrecks." Our nation has long tried to avoid this evil. Yet this country was born by war and has participated in eight armed conflicts. T~day we are involved in another war: that between South and North Vietnam.

We have all studied the wars in which America fought. Since we weren't actually in them, we haven't been concerned about them. Vl'e can't afford such nonchalance now. We must try to understand what is happening in Vietnam; if this conflict continues, our friends will fight and die in it.

To understand the war in Vietnam, we must delve into the history of the country, which is the key to the conquest of Southeast Asia. War and oppression were common in Vietnam's history. Southern Vietnam was ruled

by Indonesians for 1200 years. China conquered the northern areas several times before A. D. 1000. During the Middle Ages Mongols invaded and were repelled. French power grew in the 19th century; by 1900 France

New Teachers Number 18

Answering a challenge to "live dangerously," Mr. Hardison and 18 students faced and conquered 12,327 miles of winding road stretching There are eighteen teachers new to through eight states and Mexico. The Westside High School this year. Many challenge was actually two California are transfers from other schools in Excursion trips, each lasting twenty District 66 and Omaha, while some days, which Westside's intrepid biolo- come from entirely different states.

These teachers have traveled to Westgy teacher supervised.

July 20 saw the beginning of the side to further our education, and it first trip which took eleven boys and is hoped that they will be afforded leaders through Nebraska, Wyoming, the welcome and courtesy known of Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Westside students.

Those teachers new to the school New Mexico, Colorado and Mexico.

Mr. Hardison enlisted the aid of this year are: Miss Joan Anderson, ' a graduate chemistry insttuctor Mr. Calvin Delano and his mother Mrs. Dorothy from Wayne State College in Wayne, Hardison to control John Anderson, Nebr., is teaching typing and shortChuck Barton, Steve Ferry, Bob John- hand this year. son1 Bob Laitos, Bob Mcintyre, Rick Mr. Calvin Bentz came to Westside Peck, Tom Petty, and Gary Spaulding. from Lincoln. He is a swimming and Stopping first in Halsey, Nebraska, boys' physical education teacher. at the National Forest, the group proMiss Sharon Billerbeck, a graduate ceeded to many points of interest, of Creighton University, student some of the more unusual being taught here last year. She teaches first year French, Seminole Reservoir, Bryce Canyon, the Kaibab Trail to Roaring Springs, Mr. Larry Dobbins is instructing Hoover Dam, Zion National Park, Senior English classes this year and is ranger shows, Las Vegas night life (?) a graduate of Nebraska University. and extinct volcanoes. During the Miss Sandra Edwards, a graduate course of the trip they were plagued of Morningside College, is now inwith constant irritations, such as structing girls' physical education. wheel bearing difficulty and troubles Mr. David Hennings, also a student with the tires and tail lights on the teacher last year, majored in Physics Ford. and minored in Math at Omaha UniArriving in Omaha Aug. 8, they versity. He is if1Structing Chemistry were met by Roger Anderson, Barry and Math classes this year, Roberts, Phil Blum, Bob Lovgren, and Mrs, Betty Howard taught preGordon Nealy, all eager for the second viously in Tulsa, Okla., after attending trip to begin Aug, 10, Evidently hav- Oklahoma State University, Her ing gained confidence on the first classes this year include Clothirlg and round, Mr. Hardison left his mother Interiors. and Mr. DeiJno in Omaha while reMrs. Jeanne Kautter is a graduate taining the services of veterans Chuck of Westside High and also Omaha Barton and Tom Petty as aids on the University. Mrs. Kautter taught art in second trip.

Texas and is now instructing classes Stopping in Denver, the crew in Art I, commercial art, and fashion added Warrior Jeff Brenton, and they design, Miss Virginia Lawton, a previous were soon experiencing the delights, (as had the first adventurers) of surf- student teacher at Westside and grading, Marineland, Disneyland and Hoi- uate of Omaha U., is teaching sopholywood, as well as such unique places more English and English literature. as cliff dwellings and the Scripps In- She graduated magna cum laude with stitute of Oceanography. Oh, yes, a' Bachelor of Science in Education. both groups also saw Las Vegas at Mr. Harry Miller has attended Wisnight. consin State University, the University I Mr. Hard ison d id most of h is trav- of Stockh om, and Carro11 CoII ege. eling on the ground, but Mrs. Mary He received his Bachelor's Degree McAllister, chemistry teacher, . took to from Carroll College last year and the air! Under the direction of the has done post graduate work at NeTeacher Orientation to General Avia- braska U. tion, Mrs, McAllister took flying inMr. Peter Pallesen, with a Bachelor struntions at the University of Ne- of Science in Secondary Education braska, and is finishing up her train- from Kansas State University, is teaching at Eppley Field, ing American, English and Modem l:rged to take the course by West- Literature this year. side teachers Mr. Bruce Holmquist Miss Susie Rapoport is a graduate and Mr. Ralph Reed, both of whom of the University of Oklahoma. She graduated from the program, Mrs. has chosen to spend her first year of McAllister is now an enthusiastic am- teaching at Westside and is an inatem· pilot. " It's so very interesting," structor of American Histofy. she nmiled, "and flying creates so Mrs. Lorraine Rogers has been inany new ideas for you. l.-:t'_..s_l=ik=e~a=-_t=e=a=c• h• in~g>....;; in-...D ;.;i;;;.st;;,;n.;,;·c..t,_6 ;;.6;;...;f.;. o;;, r .;.f;;. ou;;;.r;;,.,cy.;.e;;; ars ;;;;.:..,_

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lege and obtained her Masters' from the University of South Dakota. Her courses this year include English 12 and modem lite;ature.

seasick refugee. If indoctrination and delaying tactics failed to diss~ade refugees, the communists used brutality. Thousands still escaped.

America has continued to send South Vietnam economic and military aid in spite of political upheavals.

Former emperor Bao Dai was the first ruler. In 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem was elected to replace him by 98% of the voters. Because Diem was dictatorial, Duong Van Minh overthrew him in October, 1963. Neauyen Khanh staged another coup in January, 1964, charging that "Big Minh" hadn't been strong enough against the communists. During these changes communist agression and religious strife have been rampant. Americans have expressed faith in Khanh's ability to combat communism, but he has been unable to unify Vietnam.

To understand the present situation in Vietnam requires information not available to us. Yet several things are clear. The war in Vietnam is a dirty war of grave consequence. To win will be costly in lives and dollars, but we cannot afford to lose. Our enemy is elusive; via radio, he attacks the mind as well as the body of South Vietnam. To win this war we must prove both the might and the right of democracy. This is the challenge to our generation. It must be met with courage and with knowledge. History is waiting to judge us.

Students Study In Old Mexico

Mr. Leslie Sladick is teaching geometry, Algebra II and senior math this year at Westside. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Doane College and his Masters' from Iowa State College.

By Chris Pinali and Phyllis Donaldson Once upon a time a very brave and daring teacher had the wild dream of taking 25 junior high "kids" and these two "sophisticated bon vivants" to Mexico. Mrs. Romain Gibson, supplemented in most noble fashion by six equally courageous chaperones, led the group of Westbrook Junior High Spanish students last summer.

Our fun began June 8 when we departed by bus for Mexico City.

From then on, we traveled in a fantasyland of fun and excitement, with a sprinkling of let downs and the many tears which accompanied our final Mexican good-byes, While the anticipation was exciting, the reality was unbelievable.

Spending the second night in San Antonio, Texas, we stayed at the same motel which was playing host to Bobby Vee and Paul Petersen, recording-stars, As a sociological experiment in human gullibility, we started the rumor that the "famous" (and fictitious) Chuck Barton was also staying at the motel. With a little ingenuity we gave him two hit songs, "Surfin' Down the Mississippi," and

Mr. Thomas Selwold is another instructor add~ to the teaching staff of Westside this year. His classes are those of American history.

Mr. Edward Sokol attended Kearney State Teachers College and is an instructor of industrial education.

Mr. Sokol is n 0 w doing graduate work at Creighton University for his Masters' in Guidance Work.

Mr. Phillip ·Vreeland, an added member of the English -Department, is a graduate of Hastings College and has achieved his Masters from Nebraska ' U. Mr. Vreeland previously taught English in Sutton, Nebr.

Mr. Gerald Wisnieski attained his Bachelor of Arts at Wayne State College and his Masters' at the UniversitY. of South Dakota. Mr. Wisnieski is teaching math at Westside for these nine months.

Clever Comments by Linda Wells, Cece Corn, Lynn Durham It is a known fact that gossip is a necessity in our daily lives, We intend to enrich your lives.

Therefore: Word is around that John Buller has been spending his sixth hour examining dribbling water fountains.

A reputable source has informed us that WHS has three new theme songs: "GTO", "Wine, Wine, Wine", and "Chug-a-lug".

And what was a mysterious group of seniors ,doing at a certain West OmaHa boy's school this morning?

DECORATING!!!

Kansas is an eighteen state, Barb Norberg just turned eighteen. Form your own conclusions.

Recently sociology classes were entertained by battles between Mr. McCormick and Mr. Nelson; and Mr. McCormick and Norm Fischel. Remember-it could be you!

Special recognition is now given to our reputable? source, Barry Zoob.

Well, now that your lives have been emiched, so long! Do it-beat Prep!!!

"I Met My Girl at the Grease Pit." Reaction was little short of tumultuous as the neighborhood rocked with the news that Chuck Barton was in town.

But then we went to see Mexico, and see we certainly did. We also tasted and found the food wasn't half bad. After our first meal of goat tenderloin and ice cream made from goat's milk, we passed out of the tourist stage, By the time our group arrived in Mexico City at 11:30 P.M., we had adopted the Latin custom of always being late. As the new day dawned we began our sightseeing excursions with a visit to the truly fantastic University of Mexico, the largest in the world, Here we heard our first "chi-chi," which is the Mexican man's answer to a wolf whistle, We came to see, but undeniably wherever we went we also became one of the sights for "Mexican tourists.''

During the remainder of the trip, we began to accustom ourselves to the royal treatment afforded Americans and to exult that we spoke Spanish well enough to be received in a class rli;fferent from that of the normal tourist.

Our experiences are too numerous to mention, but the basic human understanding gained is too deep .to ever be forgotten. Maybe we will eventually forget the museums, the shops, the array of so~venirs; but we certainly will never forget the people we met, or the utter beauty and simplicity of a life in which time and money are not the most important factors.

Would we do it again? With enough time to pack a suitcase and a toothbrush the answer is an emphatic si.

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Good luck to Jim Musil, or should it be Lynn Koile?'

What are WHS transfer students attracted to? It could be our cheerleaders!

Don't be surprised if you see our Learn to Knit! once shy Senior Class Treasurer doing the "dog" on the way to class.

What does King Arthur's have that the Senior girls don't? THE SENIOR BOYS! It seems that John Finks has an West Loveland Piasa unusual last name, at least his Senior 2507 South 90th Math teacher thinks so. John had to 90th and Center .::.; sh;;.;o::..w ;.;.....;.; him a driver's license..,llw:tm~-1--~!S.K..bl:u:J~I_I!I!I_[!j~~--L-J..:.._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I___

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Warriors Top A. L. After -14-0 Defeat mark often with his passes.

Stout defensive work on the part of Jim Iverson, Jim Chase, Mike Burdic and Jim Musial held the Lynx to just over 50 yards. Tough tackling by these and other defenders kept A.L. in its own territory most of the night.

Westside's season opener with Benson found the Warriors on the short end of the score after the final gun, as they lost 14-0.

The first play of the game found Warrior halfback Bob Urosevich easily breaking into the clear. It appeared then and for the first quarter that the Warriors would have no trouble getting on the scoreboard. The Warriors gained good yardage several times during the game, but each time the attack bogged down inside the ten yard line due to fumbles, penalties, and inability to get that extra yard

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SEPTEMBER 28-Jr. Class Play Tryouts 3 p.m.

FTA 3 p.m.

Pep Club meeting 3 p.m. , 29-Jr. Achievement Conference, 2:30 p.m. Little Theater OCTOBER 1-FMA Meeting 3 p.m.

2--Football, Bellevue 3-Cross Country Invitational Homecoming D ance 5--Pep Club Meeting 3 p.m.

Math Club Meeting 7:30 p.m.

Adult Education Classes Begin 6-Key Club Meeting 7:30p.m.

Z Club Meeting 7:30 p.m.

7-Y-Teens Meeting 3 p.m.

9--Jr. Red Cross Meeting 3 p.m.

Football at North -

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by STEVE CURELOP

Westside will try tonight to topple Prep from the unbeaten ranks. Upsets like this help make football the exciting game it is today. Every weekend during the football season we hear of some surprising victories by otherwise unheralded teams. These upsets often raise the question-what was the greatest football upset in history? Surprisingly, the answer to this question is always the same and is never debated. The greatest football upset occurred in 1921 when the mighty Crimson of Harvard took on Center College of Oklahoma, at Oklahoma. The haughty and over-confident Crimson found themselves on the losing end of a 6-0 final score.

The game between Harvard and Center in 1921 might be compared to standing Texas or Michigan State against Omaha U. today.

Mr. Andreas' advice to the students -"save your money!"

by Bill Strateman

The new look in Warrior uniforms are the helmets. Last year's white helmets have been painted with a red stripe and a black stripe on both sides of the middle red one. There is also a black W on both sides of the

Sports Highlights

"We are going to the Columbus basketball game December 11," stated Mr. Paul Andreas, history teacher, further explaining that arrangements are being completed with the Union Pacific Railroad. Tickets will cost about $3 and will go on sale around Dec. I. Mr. Andreas and the other porponents of the trip want 600 students to go. Instead of "waiting until the last minute," students should begin to plan for the trip now.

From The Editor

Scurfin', the hottest thing to hit Westside since the hula hoops, appears to be a fad that will stick. For those not acquainted with the term "Scurfin'," it is the art of riding 路a skate board either frontwards or, as the experienced veterans do, backwards.

Throughout the last summer days, numerous students were seen scurfin' everywhere and every way, from down Pacific street to being pulled with a rope behind a car. Despite all the bumps, bruises, scars, tom clothing, and angry neighbors, anyone who tries it will agree that scurfin' is the greatest!

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A widely heard comment these days is, "Scurfs up!" "Where?" asks another. "Westbrook parking lot" is the answer.

Westside's toughest test of the season will come tonight however, as the Warriors meet Prep here at 7:30 P.M. GOOD LUCK FROM ALL THE SPORTS STAFF,WARRIORS!II

for a first down.

The offensive thrusts of the night were led by quarterback Mark Jensen, who was ten for seventeen in the passting department; Bob Rahe, who caught seven out of seven passes, and Urosevich who made several good gains.

Defensive efforts of the night were led by hard hitting seniors, Duane Stewart, Jim Chase and Jim Iverson.

However, Urosevich, a junior, led everyone by making the most tackles.

The highly favored Warriors then journeyed to A.L. where they scored a not too impressive win.

Th~ Warriors were all over the field, except for that one crucial spot the end zone. It was reached only once, on a one yard sneak by Jim Jansen.

Westside gained over 350 total_ yards during the game. Juniors Bob Urosevich, Jim Jansen, Mark Jensen, Andy Denes and senior Mike Stanner led the Warrior backs. Stanner made four crucial long gains during the game. A fine perfonnance was also turned in by Denes who broke loose for about 40 yards on a run, and caught a perfectly placed Mark Jensen pass for another 45 yard gain.

Jansen and Jensen continued to handle the ball well, and Mark found the

W EST S ID E

The class of '66 is probably the best athletic class in Westside history.

This is a fact that almost everyone will agree to, especially the coaches.

Never before have 26 juniors made the varsity football team, many of which made it in place of returning senior varsity members. This seemed a little strange at the time of squad selection and put a great deal of pressure on the juniors. This pressure and inexperience showed in the Benson game as Westside was unable to score.

Last week against A. L., the pressure wasn't as great, but the inexperience showed again as WHS lost the ball nuerous times within the A. L. ten yard line. However, in every game, the juniors are looking better, and with the help and experience of the seniors, the squad should be molded into a strong team by the end of the season.

* * * Congratulations are extended to Barry Zoob who qualified for the National Junior Golf Tournament in Eugene, Oregon last summer. While on the coast, Barry t9ured Stanford University.

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Westside, eager to show everyone that they can beat Prep in football, tries again tonight at the Warrior Stadium. Of all the games of The season, this is the one which Westside wants most to win. This year's team is just as fired up as last year's and assuredly wants to win just as much.

Coach Bill Hoyt stated that he would start with about the same line-up as he did last week against Abraham Lincoln, and hinted that Westside has a few surprises in store for the Junior Jays tonight.

However, we have to look at Prep's team too. Riding on a long, unbeaten string Prep has to be up for this game.

As defending State Champions, their backfield is probably the best in the state, built around fullback Gemon Longo, who gained 171 yds. rushing against Boys Town last week, and AllState half-back Jim O'Brien. 'Up front, Prep is almost as big as last year with Sam and Joe Buda anchoring down the line.

Returnees Help Distance Chance Tryouts were held last week in preparation for the first Cross Country meet at Tech, Sept. 15, with Mr. Stan Wells, history teacher, replacing Mr. Emil Wicina, the '63 coach.

The team was fifth in the state and second in the Intercity last year. The '64 season is the fourth year that Cross Country has been here, and with the many returning lettermen, Westside is figured to be one of the strongest teams in the Metropolitan ~ague.

Returning lettermen are Dave Larkin, Lynn Miller, Lee Fisher, Scot Anderson, Mike Pulhamus, Bill Strateman, Ken Meier, Steve Jenkins, Jim Farlee, AI Lenz, and Bill Jepsen.

The Cross Country schedule is as follows : Friday, September 25 Nebraska Wesleyan Invitational at North Saturday, October 3 Doane Invitational Tuesday, October 6 North and T.J, at Iowa School for the Deaf Saturday, October 10 Metropolitan Invitational Tuesday, October 13 Prep and Ryan Saturday, October 17 Metropolitan Conference Meet at Spring Lake Tuesday, October 20 Ryan Saturday, October 24 District Meet . Saturday, October 31 State Meet in Lincoln

A final point and a big one, wants to beat Westside almost as as the Warriors want to beat Since many Prepsters live and gone to school in District 66, the year for the Warrior game to try show up their Westside fri ends enemies).

With these facts it's hard to a Warrior victory. Let's call it 20-'6, and hope I'm wrong.

The Game

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By JOHN COE

Friday mornings always seem a tie different from other mornings the week. They should be this is the day the varsity plays game. Players along with fellow dents share in the anxiety of the coming that night. excitem~nt

noticed than on other Upon opening his locker the player finds how nicely it has decorated by some thoughtful leader. Pep rallies in the morning low the captains along with the players to get a little more about the game.

Mter school the player finds a time to relax and think about game. Eating his last meal the contest he then reports back school to prepare for the night Entering the locker room he it rather noisy and unorganiz~d Many of the guys are getting while others just sit around and until time for the pre-game talk. now it is almost six o'clock and one has quieted down realizing game is only an hour and a half The coaches are now preparing players mentally by going over offense and defense situations.

Time for the pre-game warmup come, and now the empty feeling side the player's stomach noticeable. Running out under lights and hearing the crowd roar is thrilling moment and all signs of vousness leave until the opening off. As game time draws near, tension and anxiety again mounts.

Standing out in the middle of field waiting for the kick-off player is now trying to remember he is supposed to know and hope won't forget. Then the ball is and all this is forgotten and the acts his natural self by playing game to the best of his ability. fore too very long the final blows, and each member of the knows whether or not he has gone out for the team no matter what result.

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Athlete of the Week'

Our first 'Athlete of the Week' of the year is senior end Bob Rahe. According to Coach Tangdall, he is potentially the best offensive end in Westside's history. Bob's sparkling play in the Benson game was one of the few Warrior high points of the game.

In the second half Bob caught seven out of seven passes for a total of eight for the evening. This fine play is not new to Warrior fans since last year 路he was awarded World-Herald Athlete of the Week after the Fremont game.

A good all-around athlete, Bob has participated in football for four years,

basketball and baseball.

At 5' 7", 145 lbs. Bob doesn't look much like a player. But once he gets his on the ball, it's a different story. of the fastest men on tl1e team, by is a "good runner, follows his do when there isn't any interfer~ ahead of him," according to Hoyt. Bob has proven this many this year by his good balance explosive hitting.

A returning letterman from year's squad, Bob also participal.es basketball and baseball .

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Far East Aid To Students A very worthy program that was adopted in 1963 is the Far East Scholarship Fund. Twenty-five hundred dollars, that has helped send two W estside students to college, has been raised in the p ast two years.

The fund was an inception of the Far East class of '63 and was heartily accepted by Mr. Vaughn Phelps, the Superintendent of District 66. The scholarships are given to the students in four sums per year of $300.

E ach payment is renewable as long as the student maintains the average attributed to the college.

The first recipient of the scholarship was Virginia Stein. After this scholarship helped her further her education, she received an additional one from her college. Bill Robinson received the scholarship in 1964.

A requirement for the scholarship is that one need financial aid. It is not necessary for a student to have attended F ar East classes to apply for the grant.

"Other clubs have contributed to

Shook and Iverson Homecoming Royalty

Sitting atop their winning float, the nine Drill Sq ua d members e njoy the I Westside Homecoming Parade.

the fund to help a really worthy cause," said Mr. Richard Winchell, Far East teacher. Since its introduction, Key Club, Z Club, and Student Council have helped "dipping out chili." The chili and pancake suppers are a large function for the Fund.

According to Mr. Winchell, "It generates a f~eling that the student body and faculty are not just paying lip service to their desire to further the education of students."

Jr. Class Raises Funds Aiming for a better than ever prom, the Junior Class is now collecting funds.

All are probably familiar with the present project, which is the selling of the class pins. These gold pins sell for $1 apiece and contain the initials W HS and the year of graduation.

Sales have gone quite well and already $90 has been raised. However, another $100 is hoped for. Stated Nancy Eaton, chairman of the pin sales, "I wish to thank everyone who has helped to make this such a success."

Another one of the planned activities to add to the present sum of $540 will be the two sock-hops sponsored by the Junior Class in December and January. It is hoped th at they will net $250 apiece.

eafendaF 13-Hi-Y 7:30p.m.

Cross Country, Prep and Bishop Ryan, here Sophomore football, A.L., here IS--National School Studios to take underclass pictures.

F.M.A. 3:00 p.m.

Open House, here Reserves at Fremont 16--Varsity with Fremont, here Distributive Education Sock Hop, here 19-Pep Club 3:00 p.m.

Math Club 7:30p.m.

20---Key Club 7:30 p.m.

Cross Country with Bishop Ryan, here Sophomores at Prep 21- Y-Teens 3:00 p.m.

Reserves with South, here 22-Y-Teens Style Show 7:30 p.~ . in the Girl's Gym. 23- South with Varsity, here Chili Supper, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Student Council Sock Hop 24-Social Studies and Debate Institute United Nations Day Cross Country District Meet 26-United Nations Convocation Interact Club meeting F.T.A. meeting 27- Sr. class officers select announcements at 3:00 p.m. with Mr. Skaug.

Hi-Y 7:30 p.m.

Sophomores at Boys Town

A fund raising convocation, the Junior-Senior Girls' Basketball Game, will be held in March and, if like last year's, will be highly successful and worth the time to see.

Final results from projects are expected to total somewhere in the neighborhood of $1300 to $1400 according to Jeff Meyers, president of the Junior Class.

Remember to attend the Far East Chili Supper to be held before the Westside-South football game Oct. 23.

Chili will be served between 5 and 7 p.m. The . price of the tickets will be 75 cents and will admit one. Support the Scholarship Fund and attend.

Seven Musicians Represent WHS At Music Audition Seven WHS students auditioned for the All-State Band and Orchestra Saturday, Oct. 3, at University High in Lincoln. These students were Kristi Andersen, Tim Gerber, Vicki Gibson, Craig Johnson, Bob Tilton, Paul Thornblad and Wayne Woodland . .

About 125 students from six Nebraska districts attended the audition.

They were chosen on the basis of a prepared solo. The All-State Band and Orchestra will be held in Hastings, Nov. 19-21.

WHS Turns Host Westside will have an Open House Thursday, Oct. 15. The Booster Club will sponsor the event, holding a brief meeting at 7:30 p.m., after which the members will go on an abbreviated schedule of their child's classes.

E ach year the Booster Club has an Open House to give parents an opportunity to know the teachers.

Through tHe Open House parents also learn what type of courses their child is taking and what goes on in the classrooms. Teachers welcome the opportunity to meet with and talk to the parents of their students. It gives both the teacher and the parent an idea of the student at home and in school.

Staters Learn To Govern Have you ever thought about becoming a politician? Seniors Kathy Rees, Ruthie Saunders, Chuck Barton, Bob Bucholz, and John Buller were given the opportunity to try a politician's life for a week last summer in Lincoln.

Assuming actual state government positions at Girls' and Boys' State, these six Westsiders learned first-hand the processes of government and "how to get the vote."

This "mythical state" was a facsimile of the actual Nebraska State Government following its procedure of voting, electing, and appointing officials.

Each of Westside's representatives were either elected or appointed to an office. The office of Lt. Governor was held by John. Ruthie was elected to County Commissioner while Kathy held the office of Girl's State Administrative Assistant. ' Bob Bucholz and Chuck Barton were each appointed to a district office.

Boys' and girls' assemblies were conducted separately in the Love Library with special guest speakers. The Girls' State especially appreciated a speech made by a lady lawyer on "Opportunities for the Woman In Government". "She made it seem like it wasn't so hopeless for women to gain public office," commented Kathy.

In order to distinguish the members of Boys' and Girls' State from the co-eds, each girl wore a beanie with a tassel and "Girls' State" printed in bold letters across the front. The boys were given an even greater asset to their wardrobe - a t-shirt stamped "Boys' State" which they always wore while on campus.

It seems that not all of the activities centered around government. Every morning at the crack of dawn (or so it seemed to the boys) all members of Boys' State were put through a rigorous outdoor calisthenics practice.

Somehow the girls escaped with only the endless hiking entailed in getting around on the campus.

For a climax there was a dance on the last night, although no one was allowed to "dress up" and it was thoroughly chaperoned. Everyone ,appeared in their official "Mickey Mouse Club" garb.

All six agree, though, that it was an extraordinary experience-a chance to really understand and appreciate the enormous and yet intricate mechanism called American Government.

W estside's enthusiasm began to mount Thursday, Oct. 1, as the cheerleaders led everyone in chants. That famous W .H.S. orator, Eric Hultman, gave a pep talk, as someone resembling an Indian, B. Z., whooped it up.

The next morning a skit put on by senior girls entertail).ed everyone at the pep rally. Bruce Sayles was called a traitor for having a date to the dance, John Coe was the ravishing lady killer, Jim Iverson's blonde head was charged with blinding a pass receiver, and Scott Swanson sat innocently by as "his" red curly locks flowed beautifully from "his" helmet.

Mr. Koch gave an inspiring pep talk to the student body, that was aimed especially at the football players.

Friday afternoon, school was let out early, so the parade could get under way.

The parade followed a route that went down Pacific St., across 72nd St., up' Center St., across 90th, and back down to Westside. The gaily decorated cars and floats provided a kaleidoscope of colors and good entertainment for everyone. This year, the Drill Squad received first prize and $20 for the best float, Top Choir received $10 with second prize, Where? Westside stadium. When?

7:30, Oct. 2. What happened? We literally stomped the Bellevue Chieftains. The game was loaded with spectacular touchdown passes.

Saturday, the girls' gym could have been called a beehive busily arranging itself. But by 8 p.m. everything and everyone looked very handsome in splendid regalia.

The candidates for 1964 Homecoming King were : Jim Chase, Terry Clauff, John Coe, Jim Iverson, Bruce Sayles, Mike Starmer, Duane Stewart, and Scott Swanson. Queen candidates were: Ruth Brock, Sally Cockle, Kathy Kelley, Carolyn Richardson, Carolyn Simmons, Nanci Shook, and Mickie Freed. "Men of Honor" truly described the boys as they escorted

the girls down the aisle, all candidates wondering if their partners would be the King or Queen. Then came the big news, as John Mumma, evening master of ceremonies, named Jim Iverson and Nanci Shook, King and Queen of the 1964 Homecoming Court. Congratulations filled the air, as Johnny Ray Gomez and the Uniques took a much needed break. The new monarchs were crowned, and the royalty and all the candidates danced.

As the dance came to an end, pictures of the court were taken, the sponsors were thanked, and boys could be seen almost everywhere securing souvenirs for their dates. Some of the seniors were sad since this would be their last Homecoming Dance at Westside. But on the whole, everyone agreed that this year the Homecoming dance had been a wonderful affair that would long be remembered by all who had attended.

Pictures Scheduled Underclass pictures will be taken Oct. 15-16 by National School Studios. If you are having your picture taken on one of these dates, it is suggested that you wear neutral colors.

Here is the schedule for pictures: OCT. 15 1st hour-Miss Laughton, Mrs. Patz, Mrs. VanAmburgh 4th hour-Miss Aspen, Mrs. Limbaugh, Mrs. VanAmburgh 5th, 6th hour - Miss Aspen, Miss Laughton, Mrs. Patz, Mrs. VanAmburgh OCT. 16 1st hour-Mr. Hansen, Mrs. Limbaugh, Mr. Pallesen 2nd, 3rd hour-Mrs. Barjenbruch, Mr. Hansen, Mrs. Limbaugh 4th hour - Mrs. Barjenbruch, Mr. Pallesen 5th hour-Mrs. Barjenbruch, Mrs. Limbaugh, Mr. Pallesen 6th hour- Mrs. Limbaugh, Mr. Pallesen, Mr. Vreeland

Accent On State,s Youth

by Robie Carmichael . . . Irresponsible, uninformed, even complacent. These are unfortunate adjectives used by many experienced voters to describe the political awareness of Nebraska's youth. Unfortunate words? Yes. True? Too often.

Our young people, however, have been blessed with both vision to recognize their shortcomings and enthusiasm to want to remedy them. These qualities were mirrored in the theme, "Let Youth Help Nebraska Grow," of the Nebraska Council of Youth. Mrs. Lois Lucas, guidance counselor, represented Westside at the Council Aug. 27-29.

In its fourth year the Council, a subcommittee of the Nebraska Committee for Children and Youth, has vowed to issue and answer many challenges. The teen-age members of the Council, chosen from over the entire state, want to increase the awareness of Nebraska's potential and of personal responsibility to develop that potential among their contemporaries.

The Council believes that the greatest opportunity to reach young people is in the school. Gpvernor Mordson, commenting on the quest for better education in the state, declared, "Whether Nebraska continues to prosper depends largely upon how well we nurture our schools, for without knowledge and a well-educated citizenry we are lost in the space age."

Opportunities for young people and adults to discuss and share ideas on projects which will provide for a more literate youth are afforded in the Council's district, local, and state plans.

Failure, the Council agreed, would ensue if members were lazy, paid too much attention to detail and not

It is the desire, enthusiasm, leadership and clear-eyed vision of educated, thoughtful young Nebraskans that the Council of Youth is striving to promote. Some of the groups' projects are already working to affect the political and social awareness of Nebraska's young people in various towns .and cities.

enough to a single goal, or tackled the wrong project for their community.

It maintained that Nebraska's youth must have clear communication, open minds, and a spirit of cooperation with adults before realistic ends for teens' active participation in the state can be met.

Smoking, physical fitness, teen clubs, volunteer services, and employment were a few of the community topics considered at the Lincoln meeting. Emphasis was also placed on problems of the individual such as moral codes, conformity, home life, and the young person's responsibility in his home, school, and community.

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Interest Needed Illegal Stickers Cause Amusement

Could it be that the citizens of Omaha have become lax and dormant in the selection of officials to govern our city? Is it the simple fact that we just don't care how corrupt and decayed our city government becomes?

A story was piJblished in the Sept. 25 issue of the World-Herald giving a front page description of a scandal that has taken place in our city of Omaha. A prominent Chicago builder came to Omaha to construct a million dollar apartment ,project at Eighty-first Street and Farnam. In order for him to begin construction, the area had to be rezoned.

It was later confirmed that Mayor James J. Dworak agreed to a $25 thousand "campaign contribution" and said he would not veto the rezoning action. Checks for lesser amounts were also accepted by two City CounCilmen: Ernest A. Adams and Stephen T. Novak. Planning Board Member Carville R. Buttner also accepted a check for his approval of the rezoning.

Another issue discussed was the demoting of Police Chief C. Harold Ostler. Mr. Dworak said that he was taken from his previous position because he wouldn't "go along" with the ideas of the mayor and some Council members.

It is a shame that "We the people," aren't more concerned with the operation of our city government, therefore preventing such a scandal. Rather than condemning those involved, we should examine ourselves as the cause of their corruption, through our lack of interest and participation.

Council Authority Question: What does the Student Council do? Answer: Nothing.

Although this conversation is not uncommon, (t is not entirely justified. To date, council projects include selling parking stickers, maintaining the Student Lounge, and organizing the Homecoming parade. Obviously, the Student Council is working to benefit the school.

Discontent with the Student Council may be due to different ideas of its purpose. We feel it is to represent the entire student body and, to some extent, to govern that body.

An analysis of council projects reveals that although they are beneficial, they are not vital. Other groups, like class officers, could handle these tasks. If the Student Council is to be a representative government, it should have a unique significance.

Expansion of the Student Council's powers and duties would create such significance. Areas which might be under council control should be explored by the Administration and council members. One possibility is an honor system, designed to curb cheating. Each class would vote to participate in this system. Before tests, each student would sign a statement that he saw no cheating on the test. If a student did see cheating, he would cross out his signature. Teachers would- then notify the Student Council of the violation of the honor system. Council representatives would again explain the meaning of the system, and the class would vote to rejoin. _ If students wish to augment the Student Council's sig-路 nificance, they must encourage expansion of council powers. Opinions may be expressed to the editor of the Lance or to John Buller, Student Council president.

. Letters to the Eclitor Dear Editor, The other day I was doing scientific research in the library, greatly enthralled by my findings. I happened to look up from my books, and I saw some fresh girl throwing kisses to me.

Everywhere I go I see this same girl throwing kisses. This has come to be a great irritation to me. What can I do about her?

Bewildered Dear Bewildered, Throw them back to her. You may find her to be of greater interest than your scientific research.

Your friend, The Editor Dear Editor, I am a transfer student new to Westside this year. I find the lunchroom service leaves something to be desired (like a new cook).

For instance, there is no salt, pepper, or ketchup available. There is no choice of foods as in the school

I previously attended. Can't this be remedied?

M.G. Dear M.G., Yes, your problem can be remedied.

Bring your own lunch! Include ketchup, salt, pepper, and whatever foods you want. Better yet-skip out and go to King's!

Your friend, The Old Cook Dear Editor, I have another problem. 路 Last weekend I went stag to the Homecoming Dance so that some poor boy could collect his $65. Did I do him right?

I felt so-o-o-o sorry for him!

Ennyl Dear Ennyl, Well, I guess it was all right.

Around here you'd beter take what you can get.

Your friend, The Editor

"It is unlawful to post or display any stickers on your windows or windshields except those required by law."

Westsiders are breaking Nebraska State Law by obeying a regulation set by the school. Westsiders are not the only lawbreakers, however.

Ten thousand drivers at the University of Omaha met with the same difficulty. When it was discovered that placing parking stickers on windshields is illegal, all 10,000 drivers furiously began scraping the stickers from their cars, wishing to remain law-abiding.

What is the solution, student drivers of Westside? Remain obedient to school regulations, take the chance of being accused of a violation, and possibly face a heartless judge in court?

Apply your sticker as soon as you arrive in the parking lot every morning and then peel it off before you reach 87th Street after school? Or be lawabiding to both state and school and plaster it on the outside of your car and explain it as being the latest car decal? We hope the Student Council will look into .this problem.

Your Council Takes Action

by Rich Young "The floats were most attractive, the cars were well decorated, and the kids really looked sharp. It was as fine a Homecoming parade as I've ever seen." This was the impression our '64 Homecoming parade gave to Alice Gillogly, office secretary.

Your Student Council worked hard in an attempt to make this year's parade what a Homecoming parade ought to be. Our greatest thanks are extended to the many clubs whose efforts made this fine parade possible.

We hope that this year's parade will set a good example for Homecoming parades in the future.

In our last meeting the invitation from the State Student Council was discussed. The conference will be held on Oct. 30-31, and plans have begun to support a Westside junior for a state office. , The suggestion box this week was loaded with good suggestions. The contents of the notes ranged from extension of sophomore privileges to helpful ideas concerning the Student Lounge. We are going to return the ice cream machine, but any other additions wouldn't be worthwhile unless more students start using the lounge.

It has been arranged for your convenience to keep the Lounge open sixth hour and after school.

Also before us is the idea of an exchange of student councils and convocations. Any sugges._tions you have regarding this or any other school affair will truly be appreciated.

Happiness -Defined Happiness is ecstasyaching to run, jump, fly with joy screaming to laugh and cry at once exploding inside like a million Fourth of July fireworks.

But happiness is more than ecstasy; Happiness is awarenessawe for God's presence in wonder over man's myriad accomplishments discovery of unique souls in ordinary people.

Yet happiness is more than awareness; Happiness is contentmentsatisfaction from a goal attained pleasure found in growing friendships gratefulness for God-given opportunities.

Still happiness is more than contentmentmuch more than all things definable.

Happiness is love of living.

Paula Bacon reprinted from The Islander, Grand Island, Nebraska February 27, 1964

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Play RollS Revealedi Cast Hard at WOrk Those who attend the Junior Class Play, "You Can't Take It With You"

by Moss Hart and George Kaufman, are in for an enjoyable evening. Directed by Mrs. Anna Clark, the play will be presented Nov. 12 and 13 in the Little Theater. Tickets may be purchased in advance with an activity ticket or at the aoor for $1.

The play is about a mad family named the Sycamo.res. The plot shows how Tony Kirby (Hap Patz) falls in love with Alice Sycamore (Pam Schaap) and brings his parents (Ken Bird and Mary Johnson) to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening. The Kirbys are insulted at dinner when they are invited to eat cheap food. This shows Alice that marriage with Tony is out of the question, The Sycamores, though sympathetic to Alice, find it hard to realize her point of view. In the end Mr. Kirby is converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores, particularly since he happens to drop in during a visit by an ex-Grand Duchess, earning her living as a waitress.

Duty Apparent: Give Fair Share "Everyone living in Omaha shares the advantages and benefits of the city. w~ feel that everyone has a responsibility to support these advantages." This was the enthusiastic comment of Mr. Bob Adams, head of the United Community Services drive in District 66.

Westsiders, however, have not measured up to their responsibility in past Red Feather campaigns, Mr. Adams continued. In 1963, WHS contributions totale1:L $89. Last year the figure was $122, a notable increase, yes, but when divided by total student enrollment it reveals little individual participation. Mr. Adams ex- ' pressed hopes that in the current Oct. 15-28 campaign Warriors will strengthen the District 66 contributions appreciably.

The annual UCS drive funds are distributed among 30 organizations which provide services for the homeless or handicapped children, elderly citizens, troubled families, disaster victims, and boys and girls in UCSsupported youth organizations.

A minimum goal of $2,237,415 must be raised this year if the drive is to even approach success. The "dream target" is $2,397,738, the amount actually needed to meet the 1965 budget of the United Community Service, its agencies, and the Douglas/Sarpy County Red Cross.

Mr. Adams asks us to remember that the Red Feather can mean happiness for the giver, a warm glow that comes with giving a Fair Share to help stricken neighbors. The Red Feather is a symbol of love, freely given.

Other members of the cast inc Sally Dean as Essie, Ginny Hi~ as Gay Wellington, Dave Larkiii Donald, John Larson as Hende Barb Larsen as Penelope Sycam Dave Osborne as Paul Sycamore, ry James as Boris Kolenkhov, Meyers as Martin Vanderhof, Thorsen as Ed, Fred Weiner as Pinna, and Colette Reed as The three men will be played by Linsley, Ed Slavik and Duane S Debbie Chase and Elaine Richart assistant directors.

College Profile

by Karl Pecht ;Lake Forest College is 25 from Chicago on the shore of Michigan. The enrollment is The school year is divided into t1 terms, and the students take tl courses in each term.

The admission test required is College Board test, taken in Dec ber or January of the senior year. 路 high school record must be g. enough to meet the competition selective college, but no spe course requirements are stated iu catalog. Wtih many more applicat than can be accepted~choice is 路 enced by a good activity record.

The faculty is superior, judging the number who have their doctor (70%). (The national average is 4 The basic cost for tuition, b and room, and some fees is $2400 year. Applications should be o pleted by Dec. 1.

Feature Editor . ...... .. Robie

Artists . . . .. . Holden Aust, Diane Advisor ... . . .... . . . . ... Mrs. Judy

Tuesday, October 13, 1964

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CLUB CLIPBOARD Hi-Y Westside's football victory over Prep

will be shown on film, tonight at 7:30 p.m. The election of officers will also be held.

Mr. Reed is the sponsor of Hi-Y along with Mr. Sewold, a new sponsor.

Selling hot chocolate is scheduled by members for the final football games of WH~.

Interact Service to the school and community is the main purpose of this club formed two years ago by Mr. Bert Speece. As sponsor of the club, Mr. Speece states that as a part of the Rotary Club of Omaha, Interact is highly concerned with international understanding. A project it is now working on is the United Nations Day convocation to be held in November.

The '64-65 officers of the club include Jim Iverson, president; Barry Zoob, vice president; Don Nelsen, secretary; and Bill Strateman, treasurer.

Serving as a special board of directors are Rick Willis, Eric Hultman, and Steve Calvert.

Esquires A mixer given jointly with Y-Teens to welcome the new and old girls was held before the start of school. Esquires attended two meetings also previous to school.

Mrs. Iris Clark is the club's new sponsor. Esquires officers this year are: Ruthie Saunders, president; Patti Grasmick, vice president; Cindy Wheeler, secretary and treasurer.

Distributive Educ~tion Westside's Distributive Education Club held an initiation-installation meeting Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the student lounge for 35 new members.

New officers are John Van Pelt, president; Jerry Hightower, vice-president; Pat Shanahan, secretary; Mary Vales, treasurer; Bob Gibson, reporter; Susan Hayward, historian.

Immediate past president Jack Williams was in charge of the meeting, assisted by other alumni: Bonnie Roshong, Casey Hayes, Carol Graves, Virginia Purchase, Charlotte Robinson, Audrey Kahler, Pauline Jacobs, and Kathy Ludwig. A reception followed.

Plans are under way to attend the state delegates' assembly of DE clubs, to be held in Kearney Oct. 10. At this meeting state officers will be elected and plans will be formulated for the

state leadership conference to be held in Lincoln in March. Jerry Hightower, vice-president, is a candidate for state treasnrer.

Z Club Thirty new Z Club members were initiated Tuesday, Oct. 6, at a reception in the library at 7:30 p.m.

Guests included parents of both old and new members and officers of the Bishop Ryan Z Club. Representatives of Zonta, a service club for executive and professional women, also attended.

New members include: Penny Anderson, J ~neen Beck, Frances Bladt, Leigh Bovett, Ruth Brock, Debby Browne, Phyllis Donaldson, Micheline Eden, Linda Gilmore, Coleen Glisar, Karen Gotsdiner, JoAlyce Kaplan, Barbara Larsen, Meriel Lefler, Elizabeth Leuder, Penny Lyman, Cindi McDowell, Cheri Moredick, Barbara Norberg, Pamela Prall, Michile Rachford, Sharon Ross, Christine Smith, Linda Snow, Cynthia Sokol, Elaine Tegtmeier, Ruth Unzicker, Alicia Vargas-Poras (honorary), Barbara Veach, and Karen Wendt. These girls were chosen by application on the basis of scholarship and service.

WHSAmong TV Debaters Westside's varsity debaters are participating in KETV's Fall Television Debate Series. Bob Bucholz and Steve Calvert will represent Westside in a debate with Bishop Ryan Oct. 24 at 1 p.m.

In this debate series will be three rounds of competition, with losing schools being eliminated after each debate. Other schools in the contest are Bellevue, Creighton Prep, Fremont, Mercy, Marion, and Newman Central Catholic from Wahoo, Ia. Three judges will be chosen by KETV for each debate.

Each debate will have a different topic. All topics concern problems of international significance, and they have been chosen by KETV. Bob and Steve's topic is "Resolved: That the United States should recognize Red China." The final round of the series will be on the national high school debate topic: "Resolved: That nuclear weapons should be controlled by ·an international organization."

Banal Babbling This week's feature article about Byron and the Banals was written by a member of the illustrious quartet, Billy Gray.

Habeeb the Third." Although this personage has never been seen, his presence can be noted by watching a far-off wistful look appear in the eyes of one of the enlightened ones.

Seen ambulating around the halls this year were pseudo-intellectual people known collectively as Byron and the Banals. This group was formed by combining the warped thoughts of Bill Gray, Steve Berg, Bryon Vercoe, and Rod Ulfers. It started out as somewhat of a joke as words such as crass, churlish, and banal began to circulate quite often as one would retaliate to an uncalled for epitaph elucidated by one of our comrades-inarms. The movement mushroomed to such proportions, however, that it was considered necessary to determine colors and to establish a club uniform.

With the help of Hauff's sporting goods this was accomplished, and a rather garrish uniform was established.

It consists of an off-white practice footoall jersey emblazoned with Byron and( the Banals on the back and a pair of cut off levis. The colors have been esta~}ished as green, orange, and purple.; "The leader of this group is a seminebulous super-being known as "Pope

This group's presence in the Homecoming Parade (under the auspices of the N.F.L.) assured victory to Westside as a massive banner proclaiming "Byron and the Banals say Immolate Bellevue" destroyed the last meager hope held by Bellevue.

It was good to see Jim Chase at the Homecoming dance with his new girlfriend Norma Fishel. Although they had a tough time deciding who would lead, Norma won out because she is taller.

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by Barb Udes long, pointed ears and a gray trunk, even though they fear the loss of the Inaugural, 1 President Kennedy paraand arrives in a whirlwind of slogan- "good will" of the lawmakers and gov- phrased his address in this way: "We coated buttons and billboards? emment officials. have sworn to pay off the same party The answer is obviously the presiAdvertising has long been still an- debt our forebears ran up nearly a dential campaign, whose cost will add other source of income to expensive year and three months ago. Our defiup to a record-breaking $200 million political campaigns. Businesses are ex- cit will not be paid off in the next this year on the local, state, and na- pected td pay up to $15,000 a page hundred days, nor will it be paid off tional levels. This seems an almost infor advertising in the Democratic Con- in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life credible sum to raise in a matter of vention booklet. This might sound a of this Administration. Nor, perhaps just a few months, but both parties bit stiff, but both Democratic and Re- even in our lifetime on this planet, try to do it. publican officials insist that it will be but let us begin. . . ."

Food and Funds necessary to use whatever means they Count Your Blessings A favorite source of revenue is the can to raise funds.

If you find yourself paying more fund-raising dinner. At one such affair To Pay or Not to Pay. these days and getting less for it; the late President John Kennedy reDespite these attempts to gain inmarked, "I could say I am deeply come, both parties have found them- remember the political campaigns, and touched, but not as deeply touched as selves in debt due to excessive cam- be thankful that you don't have to pay you have been in coming to this paign expenses. One year after his $100 for every meal. luncheon."

Three million dollars were pocketed in two nights of work as the Democratic party kicked off its fund-raising campaign this spring. Thousands paid

by Jeff Meyers $1,000 each for a steak dinner and a glimpse of the President in a crowded With the coming of any major poli- was something that sounded like room, or $100 to watch a show that tical campaign (which includes just "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" But when the he attended. Four thousand Republi- about everything down to running for country's young voters were polled by cans paid $500 each for sandwiches Town Drunk) an integral part of the a private research organization (my at a July buffet in San Francisco. This democratic system comes to light with Uncle Ernie), the results were eyefee, however, did not guarantee a the appearance of what is commonly opening. 57% said, "I am voting for seat, and many ate while standing. referred to as a "dark horse" candi- Ringo Starr," 5% doodled on the test Eating customers of both parties are date. As a general rule, he is someone paper, 23% wrote "Ringo WHO?", being charged more and more for less who believes we should immediately 14% asked if Dondi was running, and and less. A $50 a plate dinner is al- declare war on Bolivia or something lh % thought they were filling out an ready regarded in a "minor category," equally as pressing. unemployment form. Nevertheless, and the same is becoming true of the But in the coming Presidential elec- this independent poll shows Mr. Starr $100 a plate dinner. The reason for tion, a new and different kind of dark unquestionably in the lead-at least high prices is not only the rising costs, horse will appear. If you ask any poli- over Dondi. but also the desire of party officials to tical scientist (the person next to you Ultimately, however, the choice is reap bigger net profits. A party will will do ... he knows as much about up to the voters as a whole, but if spend approximately seven to 10 per it as the next guy) who this dark horse young Mr. Starr is as well known cent of its gross for overhead on a is, he will probably say something among the older voters as-he is among $100 a plate dinner, but considerably like "I just work here, kid." So, to the younger, England may become the less than that for one priced at $500 · save you the anguish of such an en- 51st state. When asked about this a guest. counter, I will tell you. This year's possibility, all Sir Alex Douglas-Home Politicians have been using the din- dark horse appears to come in the would reply was something that ner approach for more than a century. form of a little-known Englishman sounded like "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" But, Proof that the dinners have been suc- named llingo Starr. in private, he confessed he would vote cessful was mirrowed in the $4 million -Mr.~ Starr, whose -political back- for AI Smith. That's the way it goes, grossed from the Republicans' "Salute ground is unknown, seems to be the Ringo. to President Eisenhower" in their 1956 choice of the country's young consercampaign. In this undertaking, closed- vatives (he is also the choice of the circuit television was ~ed to link country's young liberals, but that is fund-raising dinners in several cities. much too pornographic to tell here).

Together the fund-raisers of the two "Just how," I hear a strangled cry, big parties will sponsor up to 300 "do you know?" It is obvious from · For shoes t hat please the major dinners before election day. tangible evidence in the form of butt eenman and his g irl.

President Johnson is expected to be at tons, bumper stickers, and swaying 15 such dinners, and Senator Gold- hips. ' OPEN EVENINGS water will probably attend a similar This Mr. Starr's sudden popularity 391-1133 number. In addition, congressional is somewhat of a mystery. If one year -districts across the country will have ago you had walked up to a man on dinners on behalf of House candi- the street and asked, "Who is Ringo dates, while bigger cities will have Starr?" he would have parried with fund-raising dinners for local candi- "Am I on Candid Camera?" And dates. good riddance it would have ' been, $15,000 Per Page tool Yet, today, almost everybody, Dinners, however, are not the only with the possible exception of a few Do It Beautifully sources of income. Pressure is mount- infants under six months, has heard Cou ntryside Village ing in Washington to get federal offi- the name. cials to contribute to the party in The political platform of Mr. Starr 391 -24 15-Bus. power. Employees report that the is a little shaky at best. When asked 391 -08 16-Res. solicitations, previously confined to about it, all Mr. Starr would reply high-level officials, now reach down to government workers earning $6,675 a year. This places these officials in a dilemma, since they may find themselves out of a job with any subsequent administration. Many have to BARRY ZOOB says ... tum down some requests or go broke,

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Warriors Shock Prep 20-13 ... Editor by Steve Long

Topple Bellevue 39-0

by Bill Strateman It was Westside's greatest day as tough Warrior defense held Prep the Warrior players and coaches were again for the final time and kept poscarried off the field on the shoulders session of the ball for the last five and of jubilant fans following a decisive one-half minutes of the game, working the ball down inside the Prep nine 20-13 trouncing of Creighton Prep.

Ending any question that the jun- yard line.

Outstanding play was give!/ by the iors on the squad might not be able to carry the load this season, West- defensive and offensive lines as they side completely monopolized the last moved the bigger Jays all over the three quarters and, different from last field. Senior Chase led the defensive, year, held their own in the first quar- and offensive backs Jensen, Urosevich, Stanner and Denes played their best ter, too. games of the season.

Prep received the opening kick-off Westside finally got a few good and, with the fine end running of Jim O'Brien, scored the opening drive with breaks against Bellevue and trounced O'Brien going over from the one. The the Chieftains for a 39-0 Homecoming disheartening effect upon the West- victory.

Bellevue fumbles set up Warrior side rooters did not seem to reach the players as the Warriors came back to touchdowns as when Mike Stanner score the first time they had their scampered 58 yards on the first Westhands on the ball with Andy Denes side play from scrimmage. In the capping the drive with a 3-yard run. second quarter, quarterback Mark Bob Rahe added the extra point and Jensen began to throw and uncorked scoring passes of 60 yards to Bob Westside led.

After the Warrior kick, Prep came Urosevich and 36 yards· to Mike Stanback, with more end runs by O'Brien ner. Half way through the second half and a strong passing attack, and scored U rosevich picked off one of the four a second touchdown on Gernon Lon- intercepted Bellevue passes and ran it go's three yard plunger. As the first back 41 yards for another touchdown. period ended it seemed to be a game Another scoring drive in the period of offenses, but during the second was a two yard plunge by Marty quarter both teams bore down and Jones.

As Coach Bill Hoyt gave all his showed strong defenses. Midway in the second period, Westside, sparked players a chance to play, Westside by the running of Bob Urosevich and scored again in the fourth period on Mike Starmer plus the passing of Mark a 13 yard pass from Jim Jansen to Jensen, scored again on Mike Stanner's Steve Snodgrass. three yard run around left end. Bob Westside gave their best offensive Rahe added the point, and Westside showing of the season as they rushed led 14-13 at intermission. for almost 200 yards and passed over A still fired-up Warrior team came 100 yards. out in the second half to hold on to the lead and accomplished the feat by Resulting from his spirted play completely stopping the Prep runagainst Prep, senior Jim Chase rening game. The turning point in the ceives "lineman of the week" honors. contest happened late in the third Jim was a constant menace to the period as a stout Warrior defense, led Prep backfield, as he made 19 tackles

by Jim Chase, who made 19 tackles during the game. for the evening, stopped a Prep drive According to Coach Bill Hoyt, Jim on the Westside two. From there Westside's senior fullback Mike Westside moved the ball well, and Stanner is named "back of the week." later in the fourth quarter scored the Mike scored two touchdowns against cushioning touchdown on a 17-yard Bellevue, and several good gains pass from Jensen to Urosevich. The against Prep.

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Reserves Work For Next Games Sophomore reserve coaches Louie Milani and Cal Bentz could have a somewhat successful season when their team jells. They have lost one game and tied one.

Quarterback Dave Turnquist and another back, Dennis Hopson, are two they depend on, plus others. Next game is with A.L. Oct. 13.

The junior varsity has been successful in its football games, as when they defeated Central, and coaches Dick Lane and Bill McCormick are looking forward to a good season.

Some mainstays of the team who are relied dn are quarterback Scott Hinckley (J}on's brother), who scored in the Central game, and other backs; some of these others are AI Bach and Guy Ingle's.

Bishop Ryan will be the team's next foe, hosting the game Oct. 15.

Cross ·Country Led by junior Lee Fischer, Westside's Cross Country team finished fifth at Nebraska Wesleyan Sept. 25.

Lee, who is "the fastest man on the team" according to teammate Bill J epsen, took eighth place while Dave Larkin took twelfth. Other members of the team who participated are Don Albon and Harry McLaughlin.

The reserves were also busy taking second place in a triangular meet with Prep and Tech, with Prep taking first.

"Scurf's Up!" Hey all you "sc ers," here's your big chancel The teract Club is soon going to spo a "scurfing" contest for all of skate-board champions. Prizes wil given for running an obstacle co the longest run, and the longest ri backwards. The time, date, and e fees will be announced later. Inf mation concerning rules may be tained from Tom Curran, Jim lver or Bill Strateman.

Skate-boarding may look easy a little bit silly to some of you "n scurfers," but believe us, it take• real sense of balance to even stay skate-board, much less guide it aro corners. Just ask any "scurfer" show you the bumps and bruises received in trying to master the sp Last year's "turfing" relays we big success. Let's make this y new sporting contest an even bi successll Who knows, we might Sports Ulustrated again this year.

Another new sport may be co to Westside this winter. A gymnas team may be established in orde meet the newly formed Metropo League rules.

Mr. Wayne Wagner will be coach. He urges all interested boy start practicing now.

Speaking of practice, now is time to begin getting in shape for winter sports. Gymnastics, swimm and wrestling require top phys condition, and it is better to be good shape when the practice sess' open than to have to work on gett into shape.

Who ~ Pays Benz's Salary?

Who is paying the salary of Cal Benz, Westside's new swimming teacher and coach?

Sept. 8, Omaha's daily newspaper ran a story about a conflict between the District 66 Board of Education and the Timmons Construction Company, which is building the new addition.

According to the World-Herald, t4e Board asked its attorney to examine the possibility of forcing the contractors to pay Mr. Benz's salary until the swimming pool is finished.

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Why? Because the pool was to lu been completed by Sept. 1, 19 It is: yet unfinished, but Mr. Benz ~ hired to teach swimming as part of ..

Westside program.

Thus, said the World - Herald, "The teacher is on hand but cannot teach." Actually Mr. Benz is not idle. He teaches physical education and helps out on the coaching staff.

To satisfy the curiosity of those who are wondering c comes up in court, this reporter w to Assistant Principal Ralph Fan He claimed with a smile that 1 whole situation was a joke, perJ:l, Mr. Phelps' way of getting Mr. mons to speed up construction.

A't any rate, Mr. Benz is still ceiving a salary from District while he waits for the pool to completed.

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Hansen Heads Westside 7 Years A quiet, distinguished-looking man, he's always ready with a friendly smile. His associates consider him to be a fair, kind, :;md generous person, not easily excited but one who knows his job well. He seems to be everywhere at once-except, that is, when you're looking for him!

Most students will recognize this individual as Mr. Kenneth Hansen, Westside's principal for the past seven years. Originally from Iowa, Mr. Hansen graduated from Elkhorn High School. He spent four years in the service during World War II before going on to college. A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Mr. Hansen was a principal at North Platte, Broken Bow, Hebron, and Fairfield before coming to WHS. This enables him to know people from all over the state, which is a great asset in his work.

A kind of "jack-of-all-trades," Mr. Hansen's duties run from supervision of the curriculum to maintenance of

Several WHS musicians will represent Westside at the All-State Band and Orchestra Clinic to be held in Hastings, Nov. 19-21.

The musicians in the wind, brass, and percussion sections were chosen at the All-State Band and Orchestra Audition held in Lincoln on Oct. 3.

A special committee chose the string musicians whose names were sent in by their instructors. Westside is honored this year to have 15 string musicians represent the school. For the first time, all who applied for the position were accepted.

The band and the orchestra will each consist of about 150 musicians from every state which applied.

School Holds

Own Election Despite strong Democratic support, a Goldwater victory is the expected outcome of Westside's mock election.

Approximately two-thirds of the stu. dent body registered, resulting in a Republican majority.

-According to Linda Lea Larson, president of CPAF, Republicans and Democrats were not the only listed political parties. The other party affiliations were given as: two Dixiecrats, one Communist, seven Greenbacks, and 75 Independents.

The election sponsored by the Contemporary Political Affairs Fomm, is designed to make the student voters aware of not only national candidates, but local ones as well. Therefore, county and state offices were also placed on the ballot.

WHS Has Candidate Hear ye, all you grief-stricken souls who, due to unforeseeable crisis, missed the recent Goldwater or Miller rallies. There is still a chance to release political tensions in your fervent minds by giving your dedicated support to another outst~nding politician.

(I mean, besides Ringo Starr) This man is a firm grassroots candidate from our own school, which makes the odds of your being able to meet him at least 50-1 over Goldwater and more than 10,000-1 over Mr. Starr.

Like the Republican nominee, Westside's candidate is opposing a gentleman froin the South - South High School. The two are vying for an important position on the Executive Committee of District 2. This committee is responsible for planning the 1965 Teacher's Convention. It will also establish policies in regard to the 6,000 teachers working within its boundaries.

We students, of course, cannot show our enthusiasm for this fine man by ballot. Only faculty members of the 40 schools in the district are eligible to vote in this election. But we can give our candidate moral support by being at election headquarters, Civic Auditorium, Thursday at 7:30 a.m.

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A bevy of WHS charmers will fire the delegation with an emotional ~mmw'.1uo comparable to that produced Goldwater Girls · while two swing in traditional campaign Don't miss what may be the political campaign of

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Off the campaign track, Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal and Westside's standardbearer in the committee election, explained the intracacies of Teacher's Convention.

The Nebraska State Educational Association has divided the state into six districts. Omaha is District 2. Each district holds its annual convention at the same time, thus enabling teachers to visit districts outside their own.

"Many of District 66's nearly 450 teachers will probably visit Lincoln and other conventions outside their District," Mr. Farrar said.

"The purpose of Teacher's Convention is two-fold," he continued. "Bigname speakers are presented in the general assembly to discuss such areas as education, politics, economy, and various sociological problems."

The second facet of the convention begins with teachers meeting on departmental levels to listen to speeches and panels about subjects related to their specific fields. From these programs teachers are able to learn new educational techniques and concrete material to take back to the classroom.

So while you're sitting in your bedroom or at a library table downtown, snarling at your instructors who have given you that term paper to do over those glorious fall days when you could be out doing something, anything but what you are, remember. ~P--v't!

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Hunting and golf are two of Mr. Hansen's favorite sports though he modestly insists that he is inadequate in these fields. His activities are also somewhat· curtailed by the antics of his four children.

Attending meetings consumes about half of the principal's time. He is an active member and officer of several local and state organizations. Mr. Hansen is president of District Two's Activities Association, an organization that regulates such school activities as band, sports, and speech in 12 Nebraska counties. Treasurer of the West Omaha Rotary Club, he is also vicepresident of the Nebraska Association of School Administrators, a state-wide organization.

It is amazing that he has enough time to do everything, yet there are few occasions when a student does not receive a friendly "hi" from him in the halls.

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the building. His job brings him in contact with the superintendent, department heads, students, staff, and several public relations groups. His overall job is to encourage curriculum improvements and to get people working together for the good of the whole school.

Two thousand students were in the district when Mr. Hansen first came to Westside, an enrollment that has now reached the 9,000 mark. From the time Mr. Hansen joined the staff, Westside has been reduced by three grades though the number of teachers has tripled. Along with physical growth, an increase in the quality and variety of curriculum has developed.

An avid sports fan, Mr. Hansen recalled Westside's tender years when such teams as Pawnee City, Blair, Ashton, and Ralston were on the game roster, and WHS was only a foursport school. Westside is now a 10sport school and a top contender in the Metropolitan League.

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Duchesne College was the host of the sixteenth annual Model United Nations Assembly, Oct. 19. It was sponsored by the International Relations Club of Duchesne College. Adlai E. Stevenson, United States Representative to the United Nations, sent a letter to the Assembly praising them and wishing them patience. He felt everyone deserved commendation for taking such an active part in the celebration of the nineteenth anniversary of the U.N. There were 73 countries. Westside represented four: Czechoslovakia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, and Sweden.

The girls representing Westside were Nancy Beecroft, Joanne Lamp, Linda Wells, Pain Brinke, Claire Perrigo, Gail Zyck, Meriel Lefler, Cherie Moredick, Ellen Jacobson, Kathy MeBeen, Mary Fabrizius, Cece Com, Jo Alice Kaplan, Joanne Wolf, Micki Freed, Ramsey Swenson, Jean Hoeman, Susan Hansen, and Chris Enewald.

Genocide, international authority, co-existence, and trade development were the problems under consideration. All the girls had to discuss the questions from their- assigned country's point of view. This was very difficult, according to the Marian High School girls who represented the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

NHSP A W;/1 Holcl Annual Convention Friday, Nov. 6, members of the Lance and Shield staffs will attend an ali-day conference in Lincoln. This will be the 33rd Annual Nebraska High School Press Association's fall session.

Included in the session will be workshops and sectional meetings concerning the many phases of planning, writing, and producing a yearbook and a newspaper. There will also be two special workshops concerned with advertising and radio and television broadcasting.

Awards will be presented by the World Herald for the last year's publications. Individual competition for the Silver Key Award, the state's highest award for high school journalists, will take place during the n:.I CD-A ' ... --~---

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Two guests of honor sat in on the discussions. Governor Frank B~ Morrison and Dr. Charles A. Hogan, Chief of the Non-Governmental Section of the Economic and Social Council of the United States.

The order of business started with registration at 12:30 p.m. TI1en the committees held discussions at 1 p.m.

Refreshments were served at 2:30 p.m.

Then the General Assembly met from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., where the committees reported their discussions. Adjournment followed.

For almost as many years as the United Nations itself, delegates have assembled at the Duchesne College of the Sacred Heart. They debate the same questions that confront the representatives ·of 111 nations in their deliberations at U.N. headquarters in New York. Just as the United Nations has grown, so has the Mock U .N., both in size and importance.

The communications media, local and national newspapers, magazines, radio, and television have brought recognition of this fine program to an even wider audience than Omaha, Nebr.

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ij===~=al4= elt~=~~,~ OCTOBER 28-Varsity with Tech, here 29-30-Teachers' Convention 31-State Cross Country Meet at Lincoln NOVEMBER 2-District 66 In-Service for all faculty 3-Key Club, 7:30p.m.

Z Club, 7:30p.m.

Reserves with A.L. 4-Regents Exams Y-Teens, 3 p.m.

5, 7-Spirit of 66 Talent Show FMA, 3 p.m.

6--Journalism Clinic in Lincoln Varsity with Central, Bergquist Stadium 9-American Education Week begins International Club, 7 p.m.

10-Hi-Y, 7:30 p.m.

11-Veterans Day Convocation Benson - Westside Student Council Exchange 12-14-Jr. Class Play 13-Jr. Red Cross, 3 p.m.

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Two Teachers Plan Weclcling Marriage Date Still Unknown TI1e Lance takes great pleasure in announcing the engagement of Miss Mary Buman to Mr. Stanley Wells.

Both are Westside teachers. Although the exact date of the wedding has not yet been announced, the couple stated that it will be either late spring or early summer.

Miss Buman, math instructor, graduated from the University of Notre Dame, Ind. and obtained her Master's degree from the University of Notre Dame. Her home is in Tennant, Iowa.

Mr. Wells, who is an American history teacher, is from McCook, Nebr . . He attended Huron Coliege in Huron, S.D., Omaha University, and graduated from the University of Nebraska.

Miss Buman shares Mr. Wells' interest in swimming and hunting along with her own of sewing and bowling.

Mr. Wells collects coins and Indian

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College News

Of Barry's Boy Every four years our democracy sanctions that mass hysteria and organ1zed chaos known as "the Presidential election." We are now engaged in one such melee. For many of us, this campaign is the first in which we have been physically or mentally involved.

In connection with the campaign, this editor was privileged to speak with Mr. Mike Goldwater, son of the Republican Presidential nominee, Oct. 6. At that time we made a few observations which we would like to pass on to you. · We found Mike a ·personable young man with a welldeveloped wit. His face reminded us of Jack Parr's, and his profile resembled Bobby Kennedy's. He did not seem quite at ease, which is understandable, yet his sincerity and hur:nility were evident.

In a press conference before Mike spoke at an Omaha U. rally, two statements struck us as especially significant.

When we asked Mike why the Senator chose Representative William Miller to be his running mate, Mike gave us two reasons: Mr. Miller's experience as chairman of the Republican Party and his home in the politically potent state of New York. We realize that political considerations must influence the choice of a candidate, but we would have felt better if Mike had hinted that his father felt Mr. . Miller was the most qualified person to succeed him as President in case of some misfortune.

Another interesting comment was that the Republicans have not indulged in name-calling in this campaign. We fear we are becoming senile, for we remember that in July Senator Goldwater called President lyndon Johnson a faker and a phony. We also recall Mr. Miller's implication that Senator Hubert Humphrey is a communist and his charge that one of Mr. R. Sargent Shriver's aides is a socialist. Perhaps Mike considers these epithets truths and not names; to us they sounded like ugly labels slapped on without proof.

Two items of the OU rally also left a distinct impression. Mike declared that the campaign's climax, for him, would be "Jan. 20 when I see the look on Earl Warren's face when he swears my dad in." This idea was indeed ludicrous, but we were disturbed by its reception: it was more warmly applauded than any other comment. It greatly saddened us that the continued invective against Chief Justice Warren, an American who has worked hard for his country, has been accepted by so many people without proof of valid criticism.

My final regret was due to Mike's indication that his father has not yet established positive policies. During the press conference Mike had said that his father was attempting to show what is wrong with the country and would present his constructive ideas later. At the rally, Mike repeated this in specific reference to the Senator's farm program. We felt that it was a little late for a Presidential candidate to decide policies; the heat of a campaign is not an atmosphere conducive to sound, logical thinking that will lead to beneficial projects.

We must all be informed about this campaign. We must look beyond the invE1ctive and emotionalism to ascertain the candidates' philosophies and policies. Since Mike assured us that Conscience of a Conservative still expresses Senator Goldwater's basic philosophy, we urge everyone to read this book.

We respect those who know what Senator Goldwater advocates and who agree with him. We, too, admire Mike's self-sacrificing efforts for the Senator and Mike's obvious sincerity. But although he is sincere, in our heart and in our mind we believe he is sincerely wrong.

BETSY RASKIN

Letters to the Eclitor Dear Editor, I must confess that I used to be a "dirty Democrat."

Everywhere I went people used to tell me that one was either a conservative or a socialist. I kept insisting they were wrong.

But now I'm convinced. I realize that the Great One's ideas are the only ones that are truly American. It all came to me when I went to my closet and found three red skirts, a red pair of shorts, two red blouses, and a pink robe. I began wondering why I liked red so much. Then I realized my friends were right-! was a socialist.

I say this as a warning to other Democrats. Examine yourselves carefully; be sure you ·aren't socialists.

Remember: Anything that i un-conservative is un-John Birch. And any-

thing that is un-John Birch is unAmerican.

M. J.

Two Added To Play Cast The Lance Staff is very sorry to say that Nancy Silverman, who is Olga in the Junior Class Play was left out of our last issue.

Du'ane Smith was recently added to the cast and is playing the part of Donald.

Rehearsals are being continued nightly so that the play will be at its best opening night, November 12.

Tickets may be purchased in advance with an activity ticket or at the door for $1.

Representatives from the follow· colleges will be at W estside: University of Pennsylvania ......Oct. M.I.T ....................................... Nov. This is during Teachers' Convention, at 1 p.m.

Monticello ....................... .........Nov. Hastings .................................. Nov. Dartmouth ..............................Nov. Denver University .................. Nov. Earlham .................................. Nov. Stanford .................................. Nov. Lafayette ................................Nov. Princeton ..............................Nov. Columbia .........., ..................... Nov. Morningside ............................ Nov. William W ood ........................ Nov. Western College for Women .. Nov. Cornell College ...................... Nov. Drake ... ................................... Nov. Duchesne ................................Nov. Trinity ........... ............ ...............Nov. Macalester ..............................Nov. Lake Forest ............................ Dev. Dana ........................................ Dec. Students interested in seeing any these representatives should make appointment with Mr. Pecht in guidance office.

Europe, F. L. L. - Style

First Stop

- New York Buller Male

by Lynne Durham and Carol Thomas

What is Europe really like? Many people have asked this question of the 12 of us who traveled abroad during the past summer. All we can say is that only our Foreign Language League diaries know for sure! So here is the true story, straight from their uncensored pagesDear Diary, June 20 Our second day in New York is over. Tomorrow we leave for London, and it's about time!

Today we absolutely fried at the World's Fair. Can you believe it?

Four of us passed up the opportunity to hear Peter and Gordon, and instead went to watch the Dancing Waters Show. It consisted of some colored lights playing on squirting water.

Speaking of the hotel-what a hole!

Whoever named it "The Governor Clinton" must have hated him. It is sooo hot and the coffee shop food is inedible. Even though the maids and elevator boys don't speak much English, they love American money. When Barb didn't tip the bellboy at 2 a.m. he practically crawled in through the keyhole! But who can afford tips?

Last night, after wandering around 30 New York City blocks in spike heels (ouch!) we somehow wound up at ritzy Danny's Hideaway for dinner.

The spaghetti was over $5 a plate. We were lucky to get out of there without washing dishes!

Back to the hotel, the drain in Lynne's shower doesn't work, so I guess she'll have to take a bath in the sink! And she says that she has a lovely view--of a brick wall. I can see the Empire State Building from my window. We went up to the top tonight, just in time to see some girl drop her purse off! I hope it didn't smash anyone on the street.

Someone wrote "kill all whites" on the side of a building down the street.

It's a little unnerving. I'd lock my window tonight, but I'm afraid of suffocation. I'm glad we leave tomorrow!!

C.S.T .

plane hangar--complete with 115 hot kids (100 of them girls, dam it!) and thousands of pieces of luggage. I have never seen a bigger mess in my entire life! .Some kids went back to the World's Fair, but our poor, worn-out group did nothing but sit around. By then we had become used to it.

Well, 10 p.m. came-and went. Our plane still hadn't come. In fact, I don't think it had even been built yet, but that's beside the point. Around midnight I called home. My parents thought the whole situation was hilarious, so I gave up all hope of returning to Omaha then.

About 1:30 a.m. a miracle occurred when good old Flight 115 finally showed up. We even went so far as to get in the plane and taxi down the runway, but we had to tum around and come back because some sparkplug wasn't working.

It is now 4:30 a.m . We just took off!!! I am very tired of looking at half-dead bodies sprawled aU over counters, benches, and everything else in sight. I only hope the pilot knows where London is!

Lynne

Dear Diary, June 22 I can honestly say that I really don't know whr re to begin explaining all that happened yesterday, last night, and this morning. I guess it all started when we arrived at Kennedy International Airport at noon so that we would be certain not to miss our London-bound plane, which was to have taken off at 2:30 sharp.

Things started going wrong the very minute we got out of our taxi. To our dismay, the "terminal" turned out to be a tiny, un-airconditioned air-

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Prompt Rep/] In the last Lance edition, the torial was about the Student and its faults. I would like to right now that I am grateful to Raskin for this article and we, council, are taking its thoughts as structive criticism. In the last weeks, we have been spending time in answering the question: is the real purpose of the Council? In looking in our tion we find the answer. states : Purpose- The Student Council representative body with the of co-ordinating student activities, tering the relationship of student faculty, and serving as an diary whereby both the students faculty can express and formulate ideas for the better government of school.

If you did not read the quote ly, I wish you would read the purpose once again, " . .. an intermediary whereby both the dents and faculty can express formulate new ideas for better ments." The Student Council nothing without your help . W e elected by you each spring to sent you, not to think for you. meeting, we try to think of which need to be solved, but we only human. We do not see pro about which we know nothing. sure a great majority of you, who this article, have at one time or other criticized the council, and is your privilege. How many of h ave ever given your criticism problem to the council for If each of you who has criticized council had given us a to how to better OUr v•~;,a.u•.<.aL>U '-J had given us a problem which to be solved, we would be every day to t ake care of our Now, how do you submit an suggestion to th e council? This is simple. There are fifteen the Student Council, and if you s~e any of them, I am sure a would be happy to forward the gestion to the council. If you see a teacher, we have a box" in the student lounge, which take all suggestions.

I feel this is one of the best dent Councils that Westside has but we can only improve with help.

"Some would find fault morning-red, if they ever got enough ... The fault-finder faults even in Paradise."

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Wednesday, October 28, 1964

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CLUB CLIPBOARD Distri butive Ed ucat ion

Red Cross

Jerry Hightower, Westside Distributive Education vice-president, was elected 1964-65 State Parliamentarian at the Nebraska DE Delegates Assembly in Kearney Oct. 10. Jerry's responsibility will be to maintain correct procedures in DE meetings.

At the Kearney Assembly, plans were made for the State Leadership Conference to be held in Lincoln in March.

Red Cross members took cookies to the Child Saving Institute, Wednesday, Oct. 14. Yesterday they gave a party for patients at St. Joseph's Hospital. Collecting canned foods to give to needy families at Thanksgiving is a future project.

Interact The membership drive for Interact has been completed, and regular meetings are now being scheduled.

Meetings will be either every week or every other Wednesday morning at 7:30.

In the future the cl~b plans to sponsor a "scurfing relay" in order to raise money. This money will be used for the donation of a sewing machine to the North Omaha Home for the Elderly and to sponsor a speaker for the United Nations Day convocation, Oct. 26.

Chess Club Westside's Chess Club topped the favored Creighton Prep team 2% points to 1% in a tournament Friday, Oct. 16. The winning team members were Ward Baxter, Bob Johnson, Steve Ladwig, and Pete Thomas. The outcome of the tournament, held at Westside, was a "pleasant surprise" according to Ward.

Safe Teens Student aggressions were taken out on a battered heap of automobile last Friday at the Safe-Teens Car Smash. For many, the wreck became a symbol of the South Packers, and the 10-pound hammer provided was quite appropriate.

"Take Your Aggressions Out Here, Not On The Highways" was the objective of the club's project.

The newly-elected Safe-Teen officers are: Rod Ulfers, President; Janet Underwood, Vice-President; Bill Gray, Secretary-Treasurer; and Cindy Gillham, Publications.

Hi-Y Hi-Y elections were held at the Oct. 15 meeting. New officers are Jim Chase, president; Phil Blum, vicepresident; Dennis Madda, secretary, and Gordon Nealy, treasurer.

Future plans and activities of Hi-Y include seeing a film entitled "This Is Omaha" and selling hot chocolate at games. Nov. 27 and 28, some members will participate in State Youth Government in Lincoln.

Extremists Are Cool Cats

by Robie Carmichael If there is one word that has been used, misused, and fought over more than any other in this campaign, that word is "extremist". Even the socalled moderates, (whom acknowledged partisan extremists denounce as indecisive) have路 run the gamut of political extremes in defense of their position.

This shouldn't surprise anyone. Experts say extremism is part of the American Way. After all, America is a nation born of extreme conditions.

In case broad profundities confuse you, however, let's. turn to a common denominator. Cats for instance. There have been extremist attitudes about them ever since the Salem Trials.

That shows you how attitudes change.

In Salem they tried to exterminate the creatures. Today there is a faction of our society that idolizes them!

The strength of this little-known but representative minor faction was evident Oct. 10 and 11 in the Civic Auditorium at the All-American Scored Cat Show sponsored by the Cornhusker and Mo-Kan Cat Clubs, Inc. Being a patriotic soul (it was allAmerican) and admitting to a certain morbid curiosity, I paid the admission fee .and found myself in the middle of one of the most extremist atmospheres I've ever encountered.

proceedings, or, eyes bulging with nervous tension, they attacked the extended hand of their benefactor.

While watching one Siamese chew frantically on his mistress' hand, I observed the dignity of the fanatic spirit. The lady casually removed the mangled appendage from the monster's reach and smiled. I beat a hasty retreat!

It is interesting to note that these extremists, while endlessly applauding the beauty of God's creatures, are always trying to improve upon it..

Thus, Johnson's Baby Powder is combed into choking Kitty's white fur to avoid the natural tattle-tale grey.

The suspicious nature of all extremists was mirrored in the sign, "Help Keep Our Cats Free From Disease, Keep Fingers Out of Cage".

The idea of cleanliness was carried over to such extent that the tables on which the cats were judged (as well as the judge herself) had to be sprayed with disinfectant after each animal was exhibited. This proves that not only do extremists distrust outsiders, but they're not too sure about their fellow extremists.

In examining these traits of the extremist character, we must admit that we are all extremists of one kind or another. I say Thank God! As long as there are extremists complacency can never run rampant, and wherever you look life can never be dull.

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Kremlin Boots K, Appoints Brejhnev

by Margaret Kelley Russia has dropped another stitch in her government 'crazy-quilt.

Ilyich Brejhnev and Aleksei N. Kosygin have arrived. Just as Stalin shrewdly snatched the helm from his rivals Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev, just as Khruschev finagled power from his rivals Malenkov, Molotov, and Kaganovich, now Brejhnev 路 has snatched and won control of the Party machinery.

Possibly the motto for Russia's rapid change-over policy is collusion, for Brejhnev, following the path of his predecessors, has fused the meaning of the word friendship with that of subjugation. Brejhnev was born 57 years ago in the Ukraine, the son of a steelworker. After graduation from the Institute of Metallurgy in Dneprodzerzhinsk he engaged in many activities within the Party and rose to officiate many sub-organizations. However, three features in his career seem to be the most influential in his gaining ultimate 路 position. He served as Party chief in three regions - the Ukraine, Moldavia, and Kazakhstan and probably built personal organizations in each. He "proved himself" in

various posts to be an able leader. He appeared to have considerable control over Russia's police and is believed to have legated the support of many prominent military leaders from his days as a Commissar. Another fact of interest is that he and Khruschev are the only politicians that have held the rank of lieutenant general.

But what provoked the Party to dismiss Khruschev?

Disputes within the Kremlin are never really unveiled to the world but political experts can surmise what brought about this latest whiplash decision. Many feel that the Party believed that Khruschev had gone soft in his diplomacy and had failed to produce any tangible results internationally for Communism beyond the test-ban treaty. The party probably also felt that the Hungarian revolt, Albania's joining the Chinese camp and Romania flirting with the West were partially due to Khruschev's "laxity" in controlling Russia's satellites. Centralized Communist influence may not have been strong as Party brass would have liked to have had it.

Peking's influence kept growing so that it was able to lock Russia out of

Afro-Asian confer(',lnces to control Communist Parties in places like Japan, Indonesia and Australia, and to direct Communist actions in VietNam and Korea. The French Communist Party declared independence from foreign influence the day Khruschev resigned.

Still others believe that Khruschev's trend toward a nuclear showdown with Communist China and his proposed "historic change" in Soviet economic policy to give consumer needs top priority over heavy industry may have caused his dismissal. Whatever the actual reasons were, there is one fact that dominates the rest- a great amount of contention must have been present in Russia's hierarchy to cause them to renovate even the very fundamental divisions of power and institute a "collective" leadership.

What of these new leaders? Adlai E. Stevenson terms them "sensible men." A United States political expert says of them "they are prudent custodians." But most Americans and for that matter world citizens sit back with an air of scrutiny and feel that they are without a doubt, "men to watch."

4th Annual Spirit of 66 Lawton Marries To Highlight WHS Talent I

Everything from the "Indian Love Call" to "Beatlerriania" will be exhibited in the 4th annual Spirit of 66 talent show, Nov. 5 and 7 in the girls' gym. Curtain time will be 7:30 p.m.

Admissiou is free to students with Westside activity tickets, 50 cents for students without an activity ticket, and $1 for adults.

Ventriloquist Fred Weiner and his pal Morty will MC the show. According to Mr. William Kellogg, music instructor, this years talents will be worth the time to see. A variety of talent will be displayed; such as two

skits, "The Impostors" and "After the Beatles," modem dancing and acrobatic dancing, vocal solos, vocal duets, piano and accordian solos, a scurfin' combo, folk singing, pantomimes, group singing by the Top Choir, and many, many more.

As in previous years the money collected will go toward new robes, music, and this year's musical comedy, which has not been decided upon as yet.

Make plans to see these wonderful acts given by talented Westsiders.

Clever Comments by Linda Wells and Chryse Schory Hi Warriors! Here we are again, back to enlighten you with news about what's going on around the school.

First we would like to give our long overdue congratulations to Jim Iverson and Mimie Rapp on their well deserved victory in the dance contest at Peony.

Do people really believe in good luck? Dave Brown does!.He wears his socks (yup that's right) his socks inside out during the football games.

Deepest sympathy goes to Susie Buchanan who sprained her ankle after a nasty fall off her skateboard.

What's the newest sound around Westside? Clutch and the Lettermen of course. Members include Terry Clauff, Steve Long, Denny Matta, Barry Zoob, and John Brager.

Everyone be sure and attend the "Scurfin" contest sponsored by Interact Thursday at 1 p.m. The places are Westbrook and Valley View. It costs 50c to enter and who knows, you might win a trophy.

For those of you who are writing a term paper on the geisha girls of Japan, you will find Mr. Winchell a reputable source.

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This year seems to be the year for marriages in Westside's Faculty. Mrs. Jerry Scheschy, formerly Miss Lawton of the English department, was married on Saturday, Oct. 17, at St. Barnabas Church in Omaha.

She and her husband are both graduates from the University of Omaha.

Last year he did graduate work in speech. Now, he is working for the telephone company for a year, after which he will continue his graduate work to become a college speech professor.

School prevented tfem from having a honeymoon. On tHe night after the wedding they spent their time correcting papers. Mrs. Scheschy says that she plans to continue with her teaching at Westside.

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Why do Leigh Bovett, Kristi Andersen, and Debby Browne get such a large charge out of stuffing station wagons (like Ruth Brock's) full of crumpled newspapers?

And finally, another story on how disorderly conduct does not pay.

Duane Dudley seemed to be throwing crabapples at Roger Herring during 6th hour study hall. So for his punishment Mrs. Rogers made Duane push the cra"bapples ~round the room with his nose for the remainder of the hour.

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Juniors Blanked, Sophs Top Prep

Runners Nab Fifth in Meet ·westside's Cross Country team, coached by Mr. Stan Wells, finished fifth in the 12-team field in the Metropolitan Conference meet at Spring Lake Park Oct. 17.

No Westside runner p laced in the top 15 in this meet, but W HS came out with 91 points. The Warriors were p receded over the two mile course by Ryan, North, Central, and Boys Town, in that order.

The Vikings, favorites in this meet, ran into senior Elliott Evans of Ryan, and were derailed. This was also the case with Westside's harriers when the Black Knights came visiting here Oct. 20.

Oct. 24 was the date of the District Meet, with the five teams mentioned above going at it for the title. Halloween Saturday brings the State Meet in Lincoln, rounding out the season.

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"We ~e going to the Columbus basketball game December 11," stated Mr. Paul Andreas, history teacher, further explaining that arrangements are being completed with the Union Pacific Railroad. Tickets will cost about $3 and will go on sale around Dec. 1.

Mr. Andreas and the other proponents of the trip want 600 students to go. Instead of "waiting until the last minute," students should begin to plan for the trip now.

Many universities now have what they call "migration day." Almost all students go to ari. out of town game that day. This is good promotion for your school, and provides the team with an extra incentive to do well.

Let's make WHS one of the first high schools to have "migration day."

Mr. Andreas' advice to the students -"Save your money!"

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Westside end Ste ve Snodgrass a lmost gives W estside another· touchdown as he makes a great attempt at a Mark Jensen pass. A split second later a North defender jarred the ball loose.

WHS Loses to North.

Tops Fremont1 South North High invaded Westside and brought the Warriors down off cloud nine with a stunning 13 to 0 defeat.

In the battle of defenses, two North explosions, one in the first quarter and one in the last, brought the fired up Vikings a victory. The first was a 53 yard run by halfback Fred Hayek on the second play of the game, and the second was a 36 yard game clinching touchdown pass from John Yates to Willie Ridley.

Westside, unable to get its passing game going, made only one serious scoring threat, a third period drive which ended with a fumble on the North one yard line.

Bouncing back on to the winning trail, Westside toppled the Fremont Tigers who had beaten the number one team in the state, Benson, the previous week. As the game pro-

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gressed, the turning point for Westside was Fremont's punting troubles.

One error gave Westside the ball on the Tiger 41 yard line and on the first play, quarterback Mark Jensen threw a strike to Bob Rahe who shrugged off a lone Fremont defender at the five and scored. Later in that period a stray pass from the Tiger center bounced loose in the end zone and was pounced by junior end Rog Herring to give Westside the deciding touchdown.

A sparkling offensive game was the key to Westside's · success against South as they trounced the Packers, 28-0. Sharp passing by Mark Jensen and shifty running by Bob Urosevich gave the Warriors a victory.

Westside scored first as Urosevich took the ball on the South 31 an cut and weaved through the Packer sec-

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The Junior Reserves fell prey to Bishop Ryan at Ryan's field Oct. 15, 6-0, and carried a 3-2 record into their encounter with the Packers Oct. 22 at Westside.

This team, coached by Mr. Dick Lane and Mr. Bill McCormick, has its last game tomorrow at 4 p.m. with Tech, on Tech's field.

The Reserve "B" team, composed of sophomores, has lately improved, the most noticeable improvement being the 14-12 victory over Prep Oct. 20.

This followed a scoreless deadlock with A.L. the previous Tuesday.

The Prep victory brought their record to 1-2-2, which this team, coached

by Louie Miloni and Cal Benz, took into the last game yesterday at Boys Town.

For Westside in the Prep game, Dennis Hopson, halfback, intercepted a pass that led to a touchdown by quarterback Dave Turnquist, who ran the final 15 .yards for the score. The second TD was a pass to Loren Gregg.

Westside had one extended drive of 80 yards fo r one of those scores.

As the late fall days are approaching many Westsiders are giving up sleeping an extra four or five hours on weekend mornings in order to tromp the fields, hunting for pheasants and quail. Top spots in our area in Nebraska so far this year have been along tl1e Platte River basin and in the southeast part of the state.

From The Editor

by Bill Strateman

The talk of Westside High week is the Interact-sponsored FIN' RELAYS tomorrow at 1 p.m. the Westbrook Junior High lot. For a small entry fee of 50 you will have a chance to enter exciting contest which will some of the best scurfers in Omaha. Trophies and prizes will awarded to the winners of the ent events, so bring your scurf and meet your friends at the S FIN' RELAYS tomqrrow.

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* * * ,,, With the football season over the practice sessions seem to more and more enjoyable. For stance, after much heckling, center John Coe challenged Coach Jim Tangdall to a foot race 100 yards. Ob iously being in condition, John was even willing to this after wind sprints. As they it was easy to see that no world ords would be established, but Coach Tangdall had a slight lead.

Chase, seeing a friend in need, in front of Mr. Tangdall and with perfectly executed block made the winner by fifty yards, thus another speck of glory into the life Cassius King Coe.

* ondary to give the Warriors an early lead. However, on the kickoff South's Morris galloped 83 yards for a touchdown, one of three he scored that night.

Storming back, quarterback Jensen hit end Bob Rahe on four straight passes, the last of which was a six yard touchdown pass. The first half scoring was still not over as Jim Iverson took a Jensen handoff, ran over left tackle, cut back to the right, and down the sidelines for an explosive 80 yard run.

From then on, Westside controlled the game as the Warriors scored once more, on a 13 yard run by Bob Urosevich in the second half.

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We salute John Brager, who wanted his name in the week's

Athlete of the W Heading the Warrior backfield tllis year is Jim Iverson. Used mostly on Jim has been a starter for two years. However, he has that he is capable on offense too, he ignited the second Westside down over Prep.

A top all-around atlllete, Jim also bolster the basketball and ball squads this year. His many athletic interests include golf, skiing, and SCURFIN'.

Our "Lineman of the Week" is deservingly given to Duane Duane also lettered last year and proved a great deal as the season on. This year the coaches pleased to find that Duane was meaner than he was last year due to his drive and ability, is going both ways, offensively and fensively. Besides football, Duane participates in track, and SCURFIN'.

The "W" Club got off to a good start this year by setting up a more strict constitution and expecting its members to abide by it.

There have been changes in the lettering requirements as well as in attendance at meetings.

Tht list of members for the start of the year consists of boys who have earned their letter and have paid their dues. This is an active list and is Athletic competition, a concept posted on the window of the coach's ' sportsmanship, and physical health office. Anyone who ddin't make this goals strived for by the G.A.A. list can join at the semester or the sponsored by Miss Sandra physical education instructor. next lettering period.

Each girl works toward The "W" Club is meeting regularly letter by attaining a required now on the first Monday of every of units from participating in month. The meetings are 7:30 P.M. team sports offered. A round and will usually consist of a speaker or tournament, in which a team is determined, is offered for some other kind of program. sport.

For projects this year, the W Club A unit of flag football has has provided programs for the football been completed and prospective games an has co-sponsored the Home- leyball and basketball units are coming dance. planned.

Annual playdays at Nebraska, ha, and Wesleyan Universities and spring overnight are NOW OPEN! events.

A new contribution this year the G.A.A. trophy to be placed trophy acse with the name of an · standing member engraved each Another first is a possible Co1< IN ARCADE ski trip over Christmas vacation.

Experts in All Haircuts from Beatles to Flattops Meetings are held each T and Thursday at 3 to 4 p.m.

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WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1964

Candidate Defeated Even though 25 Farrar girls and Steve Cflvitch and the Dynamics were present to provide a colorful and lively rally for Westside's candidate, Mr. Ralph Farrar lost the position of Executive Committee Member of District 2 of the Nebraska State Educational Association to incumbent Bob Christie of South High School. Mr. Farrar stated that Farrar girls from Mr. Jerry Koch's Modern Problems classes wore banners and handed out pamphlets while the combo played.

Voting took place Thursday and Friday of Teachers' Convention. Mr. Farrar said that out of the 4,500-5,000 teachers attending, about one-half were registered to vote in the eiection.

Had Mr. Farrar won, his job would have included planning next year's convention and the state NSEA legislative policy.

Staffs Migrate To Lincoln On Friday, November 6, thirtythree Shield and Lance staff members attended the Nebraska High School Publications Association Convention in Lincoln.

At the convention, Westside captured first place in the Class A Yearbooks Division for last year's annual and received a beautiful two feet high traveling trophy. This trophy was presented by WMTV at a banquet held that night for those attending the convention. Lincoln Southeast had won the trophy the previous three years.

The staff members attended a general orientation meeting at 9:00 a.m.

Here the staffs were assembled and greeted by officials of the NHSPA~ Terry Boyle, Creighton Prep senior, presided over the meeting.

After this meeting each staff member went to his designated sectional meeting or workshop for hour long group discussions. The morning session ended with a luncheon at the Nebraska Union, where films of the

Curriculum Explored .on TV "I might give up teaching and go into show biz," laughed Mrs. Elaine Limbaugh, American Lit. instructor.

She was referring to her 12 minute T.V. appearance on Channel 7, Nov. 3. Mrs. Limbaugh gave a brief resume of her summer's semanties work, done as part of the new Nebraska English Curriculum.

Mrs. Limbaugh spent eight weeks summer at the University o{ Neas a member of the Woods InAlong with other teachers, she with professors to update the curriculum. Their revisions put to use in such programs as pilot English courses used at

ed Cross As ks tUde nt SUPPort From Nov. 23-25 a giant barrel will placed in front of the office. It hopefully collect cans of food each Westside student.

Annually sponsored by the Junior Cross, this project is held to help families for Thanksgiving. In years Westside's effort to share families in poor financial condihas been gratefully received.

This year the club hopes to improve project's record in both the numand variety of cans received. To achieve this goal, the club has the following recommendations the students: sophomores bring juniors and seniors bring vegeand everyone is asked to bring Thle Jr. Red Cross asks for the supIDr01€:Cot.f all WHS studnnts

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According to Mrs. Limbaugh, the National Office of Education gave large grants of money six years ago to three schools, Carnegie, Northwestern, and Nebraska U., for the purpose of introducing new teaching methods in the English curriculum. So far Carnegie and Northwestern have contributed very little material, while Nebraska U. has produced over 5,000 pages.

Choir Picks ~65 Musical "High Button Shoes," from the book by Stephen Longstreet, will be presented by the Top Choir January 21 and 23. It appeared on Broa4_way a few years back with Phil Silvers as Harrison Floy, the lead.

It all takes place in New Brunswick, N. ]., as "con-man," Harrison Floy, and Mr. Pontdue, dead-pan shill, come to New Jersey to make an easy dollar. They fast talk papa and mama Longstreet out of their farmland and tell them to make a housing prqject from it. Later, Pontdue and Floy run off with the down payment for the land sold. The land turns out to be swampland, and Papa and Mama have to make up all the money themselves by selling their old Model "T'' several times.

Songs in the musical comedy familiar to us are "Nobody Dies for Dear Old Rutgers," "Papa Won't You Dance With Me," and the Louis Armstrong

campus and of the journalism facilities were shown.

The afternoon sessions were designed to help students write in a more effective manner. For example, sports writers attended a meeting on the topic of "Sports writing with a punch." This was designed to help sports writ ers add more color and drive to their articles. Ad staff members attended an all day meeting on effective ad 'layout.

Most students had some free time during the day. They coul_d usually be found in the Union listening to a fabulous combo, or visiting old friends in the frat and sorority houses.

Westside Party A Huge Success "Fun ... it was a ball!" This statement seems to sum up the general feeling of the Westsiders who attended "Westside Night" at King Arthur's, Sunday, Nov. 1.

"Westside Night" was sponsored by seniors Norm Fishel and Bill Strateman who thought of the idea only eight days before Sunday night. According to B.ill, Norm and he started to mimeograph announcements and sell tickets almost immediately. The publicity paid off with the attendance of 275 Westsiders and a profit of $120 for Norm and Bill.

Steve Kavitch and The Dynamics, made up of Westside students, supplied the music. Another Westside group, although not as well known, also played a few numbers. This group was Clutch and the Lettermen, who played their renditions of such songs as G.T.O. and Little Honda.

A "population el(plosion" is the best way to describe the growth of School District 66 in the past few years. This district was formed by a merger of three rural districts in 1947 and has grown faster than any other district in Nebraska.

Along with the growing population, the district has changed from a small, out-of-the-way community to a thriving center of education. Through expansion, District 66 has been able to maintain the AA -accreditation of high schools awarded by the State Department of Education. This honor is the highest classification awarded, and only six other schools in the state have received it.

Westside, the district's only high school, has experienced rapid growth.

In 1951 the first part of the construction began, costing $648,000. Included in the original building were the main hall, the girls' gym, locker rooms, aild about half of the present cafeteria. Since its.dedication in 1953, Westside has had a series of new additions in order to keep in step with the growing number of students.

In 1952-53 the total enrollment of the school was 270. The building was expected to be large enough for a number of years, but just one year later new classrooms were necessary.

eatendar NOVEMBER 12-13 Creighton Visitation 13 Jr. Red Cross, 3 p.m.

End of the first quarter 12-14 Jr. Class Play, 8 p.m. in the Little Theater Pep Club meeting, 3 p.m.

16 Math Club meeting, 7:30 p.m.

17 Fall Sports Convocation Key Club meeting, 7:30p.m.

Y-Teens meeting, 3 p.m.

18 EMA meeting, 3 p.m.

19 Booster Club Meeting on College Admissions, for the parents of juniors and seniors Red Cross Basketball Bene20 fit, Boys' Gym Sock Hop, Girls' Gym 20-21 State Music Clinic in Hastings Fall Sports Banquet, cafe21 teria Sociology Field Trip to Glen23 wood, Ia. FTA meeting, 3 p.m.

Business Dept.-Guest Lec24 ture, Little Theater, 9:05 a.m.

25 Y-Teens Devotional, 7:30 a.m. at Countryside Church

A third addition was begun in 1957 and completed in 1958. This included math, English, and social studies departments. The cafeteria was modern-· ized, and the boys' gym, the library, and the little theater were completely new to the school. These changes cost $1,300,000 and provided for 1,250 students.

The football stadium was completed in 1960 and the parking lot in 1961.

With these two facilities the total cost of Westside reached $3,000,000, providing educational facilities for ' 2,000 students.

The latest construction efforts were begun in 1963. At that time three different portions of the school were under construction. Seven new classrooms were added to the annex and were intended to house the journalism and business education departments; the chemistry and physics classrooms were remodeled to facilitate laboratory work; and a swimming pool with locker rooms was begun and is now being finished. The combined cost of these changes is $550,000.

By 1970, Westside will have a sixth addition of an auditorium. Current plans show that the structure will be built in the courtyard behind the cafeteria. With this final construction, Westside will become a $4,000,000 school.

Dana Pupils At Classes Seniors at Dana College in Blair, Nebr., attended some of Westside's classes Thursday, Nov. 5. Their visitation was part of a course they take before they student teach.

The 25 students have visited Tech High School, Norris Junior High, Benson, and Westside. Most of them will student teach in District 66, some at Westsil;le.

The observers wanted to learn the philosophy of the school in terms of curriculum, extra-curricular activities, honors programs, athletics, and the student-teacher relationships. They also wanted to study the programs for the mentally and physically handicapped, students' study habits, the atmosphere (formal or informal), and manners of dress. All these things were under observation.

The group of prospective teachers heard Principal Kenneth Hansen, visited classes, and ate lunch in Westside's cafeteria with the teachers whose classes they had attended.

Rocks Are Creation Of Clumsy Devil "When the world was new, the devil spent a lot of time sowing stones in it. He carried the stones in his apron and when you see spots where stones are very thick, you know his apron string broke there."

This timely bit of information gleaned from Clifton Johnson's "What They Say In New England and Other · on1Y one examp1e 0 f a F olkl ore" 1s · teres t"mg an d t rea~ure of d el1.ghtfu11Y m . Ie-kn own supers t"ti" I1tt 1 ons Wl"th w h"1ch · . Amencans were fam1·1·Jar. earI1er With the rise of a fiercely modernistic society, th e ro Ie of superstitution has been reduced outwardly to what "th writer Pau1 Tab ori exp1aine d as e " natural science of stupid ity. But superstitution and f olklore in many cases go han d in h an d , an d in a country like ours it is near1y impossible to separate the peep le from t h e f olk traclition. Thus even the most staunch modern realists still teach their children about Santa Claus and the Good

however, about which even the most enlightened among us are ignorant.

For instance, how many of you knew that to carry a baby downstairs first will make him low-minded, and he will never be able to rise in the world.

Perhaps here lies the long-sought answer to juvenile delinquency, suicide, cleptomania, and unwed mothers.

table wasn't unlucky except when there was only victuals enough for 12."

Stones, particularly precious ones, have also had special connotations throughout history. Diamonds and emeralds were once believed to contain healing powers. But perhaps no stone could match Oriental jade which assisted childbirth, helped intestinal Mystic numbers have always held troubles, drove away beasts, cured a strange fascination. The most popu- thirst, made men victorious in battle, lar manifestation of this today is seen gave protection from lightning, and in that game with the dice. In ancient relieved palpitations of the heart. times nine and three were the most Superstition is still an integral part recognized mystic figures. The Greeks of the wedding ceremony. A bride will had nine Muses and three each of the be unhappy if she is married in black, Furies, Graces, and Fates. Englishmen . and bad luck will attend her if she used to cure a sty by taking hair from wears green. Brides should never wear the tail of a black tom-cat and applypearls because they signify tears. Uning it to the eye nine times, a tradider no circumstances should a bride tion which didn't enjoy much popube wed without a veil. The veil is her larity among tom-cats. protection from the Evil Eye of illThe most commonly expressed mys- wishers. tic number today is 13. An old New But my favorite superstition is one Englander comments, "I ain't got ob- that comes from rocky New England.

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Friday, November 13, 1

Studies Aid Life "The foundation of every state is the education of its youth."

Socrates said that centuries ago in ancient Greece. But the principle he expressed, that a state governed by the will of the people cannot be strong if its citizens have no knowledge of issues and ideas, still holds true.

We've been told that an education is valuable until the repetition approaches indoctrination. There are always those dark days when anything seems better than the supposedly valuable 1 school. But those days do pass, and somehow we manage to continue our educatidn and, occasionally, to learn something.

This is the end of American Education Week. It is spons9red by the National Education Association in an endeavor to underscore the unique opportunities of our American educational system.

By mentioning this program, we do not wish to imply that we should thank heaven for every test and book report. Nevertheless, without these necessary parts of education, many of the material and spiritual achievements we now enjoy would be lost as education would falter.

Education is valuable because it enables us to have better, longer, more interesting lives. A little knowledge may be a dangerous thing, 'but the waste of an unused mind is a tragedy.

THE LANCE STAFF

Deepest Thanks Last weekend was one of the most rewarding in my short career as a student council member. I had the honor of being elected vice-president of the Nebraska Association of Student Councils, thanks to the help of others. I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the many people who actua-lly won the election for me.

I would especially like to thank John Buller, student council president, who was the head of the campaign. He was always there to help and push a little when I got behind.

I would also like to show my appreciation to the faculty members who aided my campaign. Mr. Paul Andreas, Mr. Kenneth Hansen, and Mr. Richard Winchell gave their time willingly. I appreciate this greatly because I realize how busy they are. I am also grateful to Mrs. Anna Clark, who helped me with my speech. Mrs. Alice Gillogly, who was always willir)g to find time in her busy day to type and mimeograph letters and platforms, gave me much moral support. Don't ask me how she does it, but that' lady seems interested in everything we students are involved in. She is not just an office secretary but a vital part of Westside.

Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank the many students who ·helped campaign at Fremont. These pe0ple were the backbone of the campaign, -and, thanks to their hard work, it was a success. I hope, for the sake of all these people and of Westside, that I fulfill my obligations and face my responsibilities squarely.

RUSTY WELCH

Letters To The Ec:litor Dear Editor, I have been wondering fdr some time now why students of our school have acquired the habit of taking down posters before they are supposed to be taken down. It is very frustrating to spend a great deal of time making a poster and just a few hours later notice that it has been removed. Why is it that the "mental midgets" of our school can't keep their hands to themselves?

Leigh Bovett Dear Editor, I was recently appalled at the performance of the junior girls in the Junior Class skit at the Tech pep rally. It showed little organization, preparation, and effort on the part of the Class of '66.

It seems to me that the girls could

have put more polish into an event which takes place only twice a year.

I hope this is not an indication of future plans of the Junior Class, specifically the Prom; A Junior Boy

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The Student Council had a successful trip to the Nebraska .Al: ciation of Student Councils conve in Fremont, Oct. 30 and 31. side's Student Council has been tending these conventions off an for the past eight years, but thi the first year someone from Wes~ has run for an office.

Rusty Welch, a junior and president of Westside's council, elected by the council to run for president at the convention. He

london loves the Beatles..

And How We love london!

By popular demand we're back!

Here are some more of our European misadventures.

•Dear Diary, June 23 Our midnight arrival at Gatwick, near London (yes, we actually made it!) was the biggest thrill yet. As we staggered off the plane, three shaggy Beatle-boys ran up to us and introduced themselves as Peter; Dick, and Geoff, our guides. Peter was the most adorable, Beatie boots, turtleneck sweater, cigarette holder, and all.

We found our old tumbledown hotel (?), the Albro, at 3 a.m. The toilet is up one floor and the bathtub up two. The heater takes schillings, and we have no hot water.

The birds sang us to sleep at 5 a.m.

We went sightseeing in London all day. Our guide was a strange little German, Mr. Babb, who terrified all the girls by calling them his "little lambs."

After supper at the London University student union, Lynne and I went roaming the streets while Jacquie, Barb, Kathy, and Susie went to a Mods and Rockers party apd created quite a sensation.

Strange things go on at the Albro after dark. For example, at midnight, a little Chinese raced into our room, snatched Barb's pillow, and ran out again! I'm sure I wasn't dreaming.

Carol Dear Diary, June 24 Today, going to Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace, we saw where "Tom Jones" was filmed. After we arrived our darling, stuttering Scottish guide, Peter Scott, turned us loose for the day. A few of us, including Peter, decided to row down the Avon. With J acquie and Kathy in one boat, and Janie and me in another, Susie went on downstream with Peter!

Some people have all the luck!

Anyway, Janie volunteered to steer, so that left my muscles to do the rowing. I can still see the people on the bridge above us, laughing hysterically.

No sooner had we started, than two scruffy Beatle-type boys rowed up and rammed a big hole in the side of our boat!

College News

Dear Editor, I think the editorial published in Representatives from the following the last issue of the Lance was en- colleges will be at Westside: tirely too long considering the subject Morningside .......................... Nov. 13 William Wood , ____, _____ , _________ Nov. 17 with which it dealt. I agree that the , Western College for Women..Nov. 17 editorial column is the place to exCornell College .................... Nov. 17 press views, but such a long one writ- Drake ...... ____________ ,,,, ____ , ______ Nov. 18 ten on political views is out of place !Duchesne ........ __ , __________ ,_, __ , _Nov. 23 Trinity _____ , ___ ___ ,, ______________ .... .Nov. 23 in a school publication. Furthermore, Macalester _____ ______________,_, ______ Nov. 24 support for the Republican political Lake Forest --------------------........Dec. 4 view was not presented in any way. Dana , ____ ____________ ____________________ Dec. 9 It appeared as though the Lance was Students interested in seeing any of a sounding board for the Democratic these representatives ·should make an party. appointment with Mr. Pecht in the guidance office.

A Young Conservative

As if that wasn't enough, they tied their boat to ours and pushed us into the bushes. There we were, just the four of us, until two little boys on shore spotted us. They ran to find help and scared our "friends" away.

What a relief!

Later, we visited Anne Hathaway's cottage, where I spent 20 minutes hunting in the bushes for a beetle to take to Sandy Tuerk. I have a funny feeling that she wants a two-legged instead of a six-legged one!

This evening we saw "Richard II" at the Royal Shakespearean Theatre.

Almost everyone fell asleep. Dave George, naturally, had to start snoring.

We finally got back to the Albro at 2 a.m. I'm so mad because I left my shoes on the bus. I can't figure how I could have walked off without themll

Lynne

an overwhelming victory over s other candidates from other parti Nebraska.

We all had a marvelous time we also found it to be an educa and interesting experience.

The schedule of Friday, Oct. was mainly made up of campaig) and speeches by the candidates. S day was the most rewarding and cational of the two days. An excel lecture was given by Dr. G Mathes on "Dynamics of Leaders} His speech contributed many ideas and helpful hints on bette our Student Council and gave us initiative to work even harder to prove Westside's council.

The entire program was le Cubby Taylor, a transfer from tral and a Westside senior. Whil tending Central last year, he elected President of the N.A.S.C.

Singers Give Histo Hilarious New Twist American history was set back 200 years Oct. 28. It was, that is, if you believed the two young men in red blazers who apperaed at the Civic Auditorium Music Hall. According to these authorities, that brave, noble group of pilgrims, came to America "to throw off the chains of religious prostitution." Venerable old Plymouth was reduced to the status of a big slimy rock, and Johnny Appleseed ended up getting all his seeds from the Good Fairy.

Despite their garbled interpretation of characters and events, if the Smothers Brothers ever decide to teach American history, they won't lack enthusiastic students.

Tom and Dick Smothers (if they'd had a brother he would have been named Harry)· began their folk singing and spoofing career six years ago at the Purple Onion coffee house in San Francisco. They have been successful mainly because of their distinctly hilarious style.

Romantic ballads were by no means forgotten by the history-oriented duo.

Tom's heart-rending version of "I Never Will Marry" brought tears to the eyes until he ended on the cheerful note that "maybe I'll mess around a little." Then there was the lament for the deceased canary. What in the heck is a guy supposed to do with 500 pounds of bird seed?

Besides historians, the boys appear to, be minor psychologists. Billy the Kid was a deprived child with a deficient playground. His swing didn't have a seat, his slide had only a ladder, and his sandbox lacked sand. Tom stoutly maintained that his own problems stemmed from a sort of Charley Brown complex. None of the kids would play with him when he was little, and his only pet was a mis-

guided chicken who retrieved fused to bark.

During intermission the announced we could all have packed minutes to smokf}-{)r But there wasn't enough time thing else . . .

Though their enlightened the ridiculous was evident, the ers , Brothers proved straight renditions of the lovely iah," "Down in the Valley," "That's My Song."

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!CLUB CLIPBOARD Esquires At a recent meeting of the Esquires, 20 new members were chosen from the many applications submitted. All applications were carefully considered and limited by the {)ld members and then by teachers.

Thirteen underclassmen were selected, including five sophomores and eight juniors. Sophomores are Micheline Eden, Liz Lueder, Fay Sutter, Annette Van Pelt, and Susan Wurl.

Sandi Arthur, Jewel De Freese, Sharon Forehead, Susanne Giller, Julie Klopp, Karen Olson, Annette Ross, and Bev Wood represent the juniors.

Those new members chosen from the senior candidates were Jackie Hauptman, Sue Howl, Me.riel Lefler, Anne Leigh, Susi Petty, Chris Pinali and Pam Prall.

Plans are under way for a party to welcome those girls new to Westside at the beginning of the year and more recently. New members are also to be guests of honor.

Z Club Westside's Z Club is a service organization that has taken on several new projects this year. Plans were discussed at a meeting Nov. 3 of a charity drive, hospital work, and the making of play blocks for the disadvantaged.

A project that will be held Dec. 1 is called the "Food for Fun" drive.

This will take place in affiliation with Key Club and is for the purpose of collecting food for the needy. Another project copnected with the club is that of working at Childrens' Hospital Sunday afternoons.

JCL Members of JCL and several other Latin students visited the Greek Orthodox Church Nov. 12 and heard Father Stevens speak on Byzantine

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art. Officers of the club this year are Holden Aust, president; John Mattson, secretary; and Linda Lea Larson, treasurer.

Cars, Jobs Influence Grades

by Barb Udes

Do grades, cars and jobs mix?

Hindrance to future success may be Band the result of this combination, accordOfficers for the 1964-65 Warrior ing to a recent high school study.

Band were elected in October. There Twenty-thousand juniors and seniors I are seven new positions and the Band ·attending 29 schools in the United States and Canada were included in Major, Gary Spaulding, who was sethe survey, all from varying social and lected last year. economic backgrounds. Several interThe Captain, who must be a senior, esting facts were revealed about the is Paul Thornblad. The first lieutenant relationship 'among cars, grades, and is Wayne Woodland, and the second jobs. lieutenants are Kristi Andersen and Cars Don't Make the Grades Bob Tilton. Other officers are Tim Seventy-two per cent of the students Woodland, treasurer; Marti Dieterich, questioned had learned to drive. secretary; and Pat Tvrdik, librarian. Among the "A" students 67 per cent drove, among the "F" 's, about 82 International Club per cent.

Car ownership was the most detriSurprise! The International Club will not be selling chocolate bars this mental factor where cars and grades year. Instead, boxes of chocolate will were concerned. Junior boys were particularly susceptible to this malady, be sold. Everyone is ~rged to prowith 16 per cent of the "A" 's having mote the sale of this candy to pay for cars, and no less than 42 per cent of our future foreign exchange students. the "F'' 's!

At the French Club meeting Nov. Driving to and from school didn't 2, Lynne Durham, Dave George, Su- have serious effects on grades, but sosie Howl, Jane Krug, Jacquie Moore, cial driving on week nights did cause Steve Nicholson, Barb Norberg, Carol Thomas, and Kathy Wurl talked about their experiences in Europe during the past summer with the Foreign Language League.

Are you superstitious? Do you do FMA anything special for good luck on FriFMA recently enjoyed Dr. Waldean djly the 13th? Here are a few answers Mcintire, a prominent woman doctor, to these questions: as its guest . speaker. Dr. Mcintire Sharon Brock, sophomore - ''I'm spoke on the "Philosophy of a Poe- going to stay away from skateboards." tor."

Suzie Buchanan, senior-"On FriNov. 5 the members of the club day the 13th I sleep with a piece of and its two sponsors, Miss Mary Bu- wedding cake under my pillow for man and Mrs. Marla Barjenbruch, good luck to make sure the button on went on a field trip to the Eppley Re- my alarm clock is out." search Laboratory. Additional speakers and field trips are planned for the future.

Anne Leigh, senior-"For good luck on Friday the 13th I warned my troll doll not to talk to any ribald gos-

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the student to neglect his homework.

Twice as JI!any failures were recorded among the "weekday" social users as among the "week-end only" group.

Twenty times as many "F" students drove seven evenings per week as "A" students.

First Things First Was the car the sole cause for decline in grades, or was the car-user a poor student before he owned or began using an automobile? Twentynine per cent of the junior boys surveyed were "A" or "B" students. Now, among car owners who bought a car after these grades were compiled, 22 per cent were "A" or "B" students.

This slight change shows that most car owners were poor students before the car had an influence; yet there is evidence that grades were further lowered when the car was acquired.

ple from different parts of the country was an education in itself."

Jim's plans for the future include his attendance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio.

He hopes to teach some form of music on the college level for a profesMter graduation Kristi hopes to attend Smith College in Massachusetts. She has not yet decided what career she will pursue.

Jim first took up the violin 10¥.! years ago with the help of private lessons. He has been a member of the Omaha youth symphony for seven years and the concert master for the past two years. A member of the Westside orchestra for six years, Jim is currently concert master.

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Extra-curricular activities and interests include memberships in Key Club, W Club, and the Varsity Tennis Team. He also enjoys fishing.

Jim feels that he owes a great deal of gratitude to Mr. Harold Welch.

In the summer of 1963, he attended the Congress of Strings at Michigan State U. He was a guest of the college and according to Jim, the atmosphere _greatly inspired him.

He commented, "Meeting all the pea-

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Jobs and Grades Part-time work in itself did not have a harmful effect on grades, but when it was coupled with car ownership, it proved to be disastrous. Week-day jobs of three or more hours per day were particularly ruinous, 49 per cent of the students in this category earning a "D" or lower. Half of the boys that worked part-time did so in order to earn money for car upkeep.

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Driver education and its effects were also studied. In the final result, high school-trained drivers had fewer violations and accidents than did drivers trained by parents. Thirty per cent fewer tickets and 29 per cent fewer accidents were recorded among schooltrained junior boys. Seniors having had similar instruction had 46 per cent fewer tickets and 12 per cent fewer accidents.

"First things first" could well be Naturally, getting the car keys the motto of parents concerned with doesn't automatically transform the the teen's study habits. Car usage teen-ager into a maniac, but it might withheld well past that magic num- · be wise to lay aside present pleasures ber 16 and strictly controlled after and think about what the future will that did not affect grades adversely. bring. Careful car use and driving education can save both lives and money.

Happy Friday

Kristi Andersen and Jim Durham

The Lance thanks Tim Gerber, senior, who suggested we establish this regular feature.

Seniors will be chosen for the spotlight for outstanding achievements or for contributions to the school. Suggestions for future "Senior Spotlights" may be left in room 145, in Mrs. Judy Egbert's box in the office, or in the care of any Lance staff member.

"Learning is not picked up only within four walls." Kristi Andersen and Jim Durham, the seniors spotlighted this week, have taken this statement to heart. Their interests and experience go far beyond formal education. · Kristi feels that several of her high school activities have especially benefited her. Her major activity this year is editing the yearbook. Although various organizations give critical awards, Kristi hopes to make the yearbook of value to students and not to organizations. She feels that her work with the Shield will help her learn to work well with people and to make her own decisions.

Last summer Kristi attended Nebraska U's All-State where she studied journalism. She felt this was valuable because it acquainted her with people of varied backgrounds anct introf auced her to college life.

Kristi has many varied interests. ~he is president of Spanish Club, ' Vice-president of Z Club, and second

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Happy birthday to sophomore Allan Bach on Friday the 13th!!

Ken Meier, senior-"1 cut off my big toe nails and cross my two left feet" Barb Whinert. senior-"! think I'll stay away from the car because it would be my luck to run over someone."

Judi Switzer, senior-"! plan to lift up both feet when going over railroad tracks. This could be kind of bad, though, if I'm driving."

Virginia Moore, senior-"! don't.do anything for good luck except wear my Ringo Starr Halloween costume.

Then I'm so ludicrous that the bad luck dies laughing."

Ruth Saunders, senior-"! plan to hide Mr. Winchell's pointer."

Jeff Meyers, junior-"! don't even plan to get up."

Trut Truhlsen, senior-"On Friday the 13th I go out to the Elkhorn river and build a tremendous fire on the dense and forest lined shores.

Here, I spend the evening singing ALONE." Cindi McDowell and Liz Lueder, sophomores-"We think Friday the 13th is good luck like all Fridays because they're the beginning of the week-end and then better things are bound to happen."

Dell Sennentz, senior-"! get the feeling that the great pumpkin is sitting on top of my hearse so I always keep a dead body around for protection."

Classes Held The entire District 66 faculty is expected to spend 15vhours per semester on Project English In-Service. Each tea~her may work in special classes and on special projects concerning the subject matter, procedure, and problems involved in teaching to earn the hours.

These classes will be held on Thursdays, from 7 to 10 p.m. Five professors from the University of Nebraska are scheduled to, present five different lectures concerning the Project English In-Service. District 66 teachers will lead various discussions at the meetings, along with the planned guest speakers.

The English In-Service has traditionally been held every year since the foundation of Westside High School. This year, however, is the first time it has ever been standardized to 15 hours a semester.

The second of these meetings is to be held next Thursday night. This meeting's planned agenda is titled Syntax and Morphology.

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Warriors End 6-3 Season lntramurals anJ GAA Are Activ With Triumph Over Eagles Westside's football season · ended last. Friday night with a fitting 31-0 rout of Central. This victory takes some of the remorse out of the Warriors, who were stunned a week earlier by Tech, 19 to 14.

The thrilling Tech contest, at the new Berquist Stadium, was the best offensive show of the season.

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Toy W ins Relays A crowd of over 200 adults and - young people gathered at Westbrook Jr. High parking lot on the Thursday of Teachers Convention to watch the First Annual Interact-sponsored Scurfin' Relays.

The relays were divided into two age groups and each age group had three events: Slalom, speed, and backwards scurfin'. Charlie Toy was the over-all winner and received the first place trophy. John Brager, who won the slalom event, finished a close second and Interact Club President Jim Iverson placed third.

Highlights of the afternoon were Jim Iverson's complete wipe out on the first slalom run, John Brager

scurfin' barefoot, and last but not least, the song about King Arthur's

by Fishel and Strateman.

The course for the approximately 40 entered scurfers was one of extreme difficulty. The first event, the slalom, had ten gates scattered about the lot and only a small percentage of the scurfers made it all the way through the run. The second and third events, speed scurfin' frontwards steep slope, and backwards down brought many disastrous falls as some of West Omaha's best scurfers bit the dust, much to the enjoyment of the crowd.

FIRST FEDERAL

Starting his sixth season as varsity basketball coach, Jim Tangdall probably has the best material he has ever had.

Building around four returning starters and a once-beaten reserve team from last year, Coach Tangdall will have the difficult job of deciding which junior will make the team. It is hoped that his unorthodox idea of

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The game pitted Tech's explosive running backs against Westside's sometimes pass-minded offense. A win would have put Westside in front of Tech for good, but as it turned out, the loss leaves them tied for fourth place in the new Metropolitan Conference.

The Warriors spotted Tech two early touchdowns in the first quarter.

The Tech team scored as Reggie Young plowed over from the six yard line after a 54 yard run by track star Mike Green. A 12-yard pass a few minutes later gave Tech its second score.

Westside got on the score board when Rusty Welch scored on a 12 yard pass from Mark Jensen. Mark, along with Jim Jansen, covered the air during the game.

Westside controlled the third quarter, and scored in the fourth. The tally came after the game's most thrilling play was executed. Jensen fired a short pass to all-intercity prospect Bob Rahe who lateraled to Mike Stanner. The play went for 56 yards to the Tech 18 yard line. Stanner went over from four yards out a few minutes later to put the everpressing Warriors ahead.

Disaster struck late in the game as the Troj<tns drove for a touchdown after a short Westside kick. The final score was 19 to 14 in a real heartbreaker for Westside.

Work Out last year of playing all sophomores on the reserve team will lead to a more experienced group of juniors who will make up this year's varsity.

Top candidates for the squad are John Buller, last year's leading scorer and rebounder, Eric Hultman, Jim Iverson, and two-year letterman Rick Willis. Heading the juniors is returning starter Mark Jensen.

Last Friday's game with Central was completely opposite from the previous game with Tech. The game was never in doubt as Warrior seniors John Coe, Jim Chase, Mike Stanner, Bob Kelly, Duane Stewart, Don Ehlers, Scoot Swanson, Bob Rahe, Terry Clauff, Jim Iverson and Bruce Sayles gave their all in their final varsity game of Westside.

Warrior signal-callers Mark Jensen and Jim Jansen led the rout of Central. They also figured in four of Westside's five touchdowns. Jensen scored from the 12 yard line and threw a 29 yard pass to Bob Urosevich. Jansen had four and ten-yard runs to his credit. The only other scoring was done by Mike Starmer on a 33-yard run.

Leading the defensive charge for the Warriors were Duane Stewart, Jim Musil and Marty Jones. The defensive unit held Central to 150 yards compared to Westside's 380 yards.

As any back will tell you, it takes a good blocking line to open holes.

The Warriors found them this season in tackles Mike Burdic and Don Ehlers, the guards Tohy Rose, Duane Stewart and Bruce Sayles, and center John Coe. These are just some of the game heros who receive little recognition during the season.

Fine team leadership in Jansen and Jensen will be back again next year.

Along with them will be leading scorer Urosevich and fine runners Andy Denes and Marty Jones. Much of this year's defensive unit will be back next year led by big Mike Burdie and linebacker fim Musil.

Prospects look good for Coach Hoyt's team next year. · Hoyt, along with Mr. Jim Tangdall and their assistants are to be commended for the fine season and the six wins and three loss record.

Klein, replacing Mr. Wayne are responsible for the program this year. If their crop players is to be as large as' last group, it will have to number tween 100 and 150. The date set the slate to begin is right Thanksgiving; they are to about the time basketball ends, the beginning of March.

Basketball is the only sport in Intramurals at Westside, and year there will be varsity, and sophomore teams. No plans have been made as far as schedule of games, but there is possibility that separate senior underclass leagues will no exist, as they did last year.

GAA has just held a tournament composed of six competing for the best record out a total of six games. The began Oct. 21 and the games played every Tuesday and 'T'h,,~,,.to•.a after school until 4 p.m. The ment ended Tuesday, Nov. 10.

"A very exciting sport," was opinion of Terry Fox. "Everybody urged to join because we need new members," she added.

An overnight at Camp Brewster coming up soon. It will be a sponsored activity. Those in participating should contact Sandra Edwards, sponsor.

Coaches Praise Warriors During Sports Convocation Awards will be presented by coaches to the deserving varsity, ior varsity, and sophomore team members and to the f'rr•«-"m try team members.

Special awards will be given to outstanding linesman and back and the honorary captains. The Award will also be presented to most outstanding senior foot player.

'Athlete of the Week Quarterback Mark Jensen is the "Back of the Week," thus honored because of his pl~y in the next-to-last game of the year with Tech at Berquist Stadium, Oct. 28.

Although the Warriors were on the short end of a 19-14 score when the final gun sounded, they were ahead earlier in the game in a see-saw battle, partly . due to several passes. An example of this is when Rusty Welch caught one of the Jensen passes for a touchdown.

Going into the last game with Central Nov. 6; Coach Bill Hoyt gave some statistics: "So far this year, Jensen has completed 46 of 99 passes for 660 yards." This means that he has been successful almost 50 per cent of the time.

Center John Coe is "Lineman of the Week" for his tinually fine play on the gridiron, in the Tech game.

Coach Hoyt described John as ing "a steady center all year who excels in downfield where blocking is needed badly," went on to say that this was thing people in the stands might see, hut that it still is important.

Being a starter in the line-up the Central game, rounded out football career at Westside. He have earned two varsity letters he graduates, because during his ior year, this six-feet, gained his first letter. The fact he lettered last year gave the added experience at his position.

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Science Visitors Instruct Students Scie nce has become instrumenta l in pre paring students for the futu re. In the month of Decembe r, W est sid er s will have the opportunity to see three Con vocatio ns concerning science.

On Dec. 4 researcher s from Oakridge, a nuclear research plant, will give a number of demonstrations concerning atomic research.

The visitors will then spend the r est of the day attending classes to answer questions.

usical Show Reveals Cast as r oles were announced for musical comedy, "High Butbe presented on of tryouts, the w e r e selected for their in the musical by Mr. WilK ellogg, music instructor: .,.,._,-,-,, ,."" Floy, Dick Doxon; Oggle, Mattson; Papa, Tim Gerber; Connie Morey; Fran, Judy ; Pontdue, Don Noel; WilNancy, ZeiseJunior S., Fred Weiner ; Anderson, uuu''"''u.· Lenters, Holdy Aust; Gary Scbroeder; P olice Terry Sorenson; Nat, BryVercoe; Glennon, Wayne WoodMurphy, Fred Bergstrom; the chorus part by Top Choir.

Enjoy Yourself!

Are you lonely? Do you want meet new friends? Why not your pent-up emotions to the thrilling music Kavitch and The Saturday night after Admission to the is only 50 cents. The is the girls gym so come enjoy yourself.

usicians Attend astings Clinic musicians an-d four us i c instructo rs represe nting de tra veled to Hastings Nov. 20, and 21, for the Nebr as ka and Orch estra m e m ber s cipated in tryouts fo r chai r ns a nd s uccessfully f illed the perce ntage of the fi rst special con cert was presen ted the W estside Ch a m ber orc heson F riday a fternoo n . It feabrass spec(alis t , M iss Joyce , Band I nstr ucto r. main attraction on F riday was from the "Tonight "Doc" Severinse n on his weekend was c l-imaxed on urday by a public concert by Orchestra, Chorus and Band. ng wac. made and each will receive a copy in rebrance of t U. eventful w~ek-

Dancers learning their steps are Pat Kirioski, Gary Schroeder, Gary Shannon, Terry Sorenson, Bob Tilton, and Wayne Woodland.

Others include Missy Adler, Nancy Aronson, Kathy Hammer, Barb Larsen, Linda Thompson, and Kris Waara.

Alternates will be Bob Schwarz and Laurie Saffer.

Calendar December 4- Sophomore Basketball a t Tech, 4 p.m.

Convocation, 10:31, The Atomic World Varsity Basketball, Hastings, here 5-Varsity Basketball, Grand Island, here College Boards 7- Convocation, 9:31 a.m.

Orchestra Concert, 8 p .m.

Pep Club, 3 p.m.

Math Club, 7:30 p.m.

Adult Education, final night 8-Hi-Y, 7:30p.m.

10- N.S.A.A. Representative Assembly 11-Sophomore Basketball a t North, 4 p.m.

Wrestling Westside at Ryan, 7:30 p.m.

Junior Red Cross, 3 p.m.

Varsity basketball at Columbus 11-12- NSEA Delegate Assembly 12- Sock Hop, Junior Class 14-International C 1 u b, 7:30 p.m.

15- Key Club, 7:30 p.m.

Wrestling, W est side at Tech 16- Bill of Righ t s Day Y-Teens, 3 p.m.

17- FMA, 3 p .m.

18- Sophomore Bas ketball a t Prep, 4 p .m.

Wrestling at Prep Varsity bask e tball at A.L.

Pizza Su-pper To Gain Funds Tonight is the night ! From 5:30 to 8 p .m . in the W ests id e cafeteria get all the pizza yo u can eat, catered fro m th e Pizza Villa.

Tick e ts are 75c for yo ur choice of hambu eger, mushroom, or a nchovy pizza.

P rofits will go to the college sc holarshi p fund fo r som e w ort hy se nior w ho has fi na ncial n ee d a nd hig h sc holastic a bility . T he goa! is $1200, $300 · a yea r for fo ur years.

Far East classes, the Sludenf Co un cil, Z- Ciub and Key-Club are spo nsoring the dinner and doing ?,ll the work, with Far East i n>;tructor Mr. Richard Winchell, who is o\·erall chairman.

The second of these convocations will be Dec. 14. The National Aeronautical and Space Administration, commonly called NASA, will bring an exhibit to Westside.

The lecture will resemble the one given last year and primarily Junior Physics students will be attending.

Later in the month, the Science Seminar class will give an "original presentation" convocation.

The program will be centered around the male theme as there is only one girl. The comedy will take place in two schedules- for upper and underclassmen.

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WHS Hosts Alums This is a special issue of the Lance, carrying a friendly message to all Westside alumni. Sent to the graduates, the Lance is informing them of current WHS events. Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, and the members of the Student Council invite the graduates to return to the school during their Christmas vacations.

To make the visit more enjoyable, a tea will be prepared for the former Warriors.

This tea, which has been given for the last &ix years, has become an annual event for all those who have been graduated from Westside. It offers an opportunity for the alumni to visit with old friends

and teachers and to see changes in the school.

As in the past, the Alu·mni T ea will be sponsored by the Stude nt Council, and it will be, gi ven on the day before Westside's Chris t· mas vacation. Under the direction of their sponsor, Mrs. Iris Clark, the members of Esquires will be serving at the tea. These girls will prepare the refreshments and deco. rate the library. Faculty m embers are also invited to attend the tea.

It is the hope of the members of the Lan ce staff that all the alumni will enjoy this special issue. The staff also hopes that they will take advantage of this opportunity to "return to the sce ne of the crime."

The Westside Sfudenf Council cordially invifes you to attend

The Alumni Tea on Wednesday, December 23

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As you will probably not~ce the Lance is sporting a new look. This change of style is due to a change of the company which prints the newspaper.

For the last few years the Lance has been published by the Douglas Printing Company. But from now on it will be prin ted by The Stockman's Journal Press, located in the middle of the stockyards.

This company is larger than the f ormer printer. Its size allows for more variety in kinds of type and a smoother production. The new printer will also permit more timely news in the Lance. Although it will be printed on smaller sheets of paper, The Lance will contain about the same amount of news.

These advantages will hopefully facilitate production of the Lance and make it more inte resting to its readers. Besid es, on hectic da ys members of th e Lance staff feel right at hom e in the stock y ards.

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WHS Debaters Triumph "Speak the speech . : . trippingly on the tongue. Nor do not S>iW the air too much with your hand ... " It i-s not certain that Westside's de·baters have been following this advice, delivered by Hamlet in William Shakespeare's play. Nevertheless, the team, coached by Mr. Rod Hansen, has been doing well in debate competition. In the l wo major varsity tournaments thi s fall , Westside captured first place in debate.

Bob Buchol z, Ste ve Cal vert, Gary Ne id, and Stu Sore nson won the first trophy af the Boys' Missouri Vall e y Tournament at Tech. Originally competition was scheduled fo r N ov. 5, 6, and 7, but a threew a y ti e n ecessit ated extra roun ds of debate. W est side defeated Ce ntral in the fin al r un- off wi t h Benson tak in g t hi r d place.

Omaha University hosted the second large tournament Nov. 13 and 14. Steve and Stu, undefeated in six rounds of difficult crossexamination debate, were again the victors. A total of six Warriors competed in individual speech contests as well as debate, including Steve, Stu, Mary Johnson, Chris Pinali, Be tsy Raskin, and Nancy Wood.

Novice de baters received their first expe rience a t the Tech Novice Tourney Nov. 21. Thirty-six Westside rs competed, and eig ht membe rs of t he va rs ity acted a s ju dg~s.

Nex t week M r. H a nsen will take te n Wa r ri or s to Kansa s Ci ty. Mo., for one of the mos t di ffic u lt v ar~ sity t ourname nts of the yea r. Co mpe tition will be at William Cht'ism an Hi gh School in In depende nce, Mo., Dec. 11-12.

Chemistry Singers Creat e New Hits b y Barb Udes Th e scie nce lab m a y n ot seem very condu cive to th e c r eati\·e at·ts, yet it has rece ntly fostered a gro up of b u d d i n g lyricists.

K now n a s The New Chem istry M instrels, t he sextet in cl udes An ti mo ny Anderson , Bu nsen B. Brock, Jo hn Coebal t, F erric Finks, R adium Ross, and Barium Zoob. Ca lcium DeL ano a nd Mercury McAllister are the honorary sponsors of the group_

T he ~ource of the ir inspira-tion Italian decorations will brighten was sentimentally recalled by one the cafeteria and complete the of the members: "A vision ap· atmosphere of a 1·eal pizzalia. peared to us in the cloud that

a rose f rom t he can dle in Experim e nt I. '' T he follow ing co m positions have bee n t h o ughtfully dedi ca ted to M rs. Mary McAllister, " [or h er di lige n t pa5ie nce and understa nding."

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Be sure and watch for the rel•'as•' of the Minstrel<;' next hig h it.

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College Fund Built During the last 20 years the American emphasis on educafion has intensified. We are constantly urged to seek higher and higher levels of education in our great struggle of "keeping ·up with the Commies." Despite this insistence on the value of a colleg·e education, it cannot be denied that college is not for every student. Many young men and women are contented, contributing citi:oens without two letters after their names and diplomas on their walls.

We do not need to be upset if a student does not desire a college education. Our concern should be for the student who wishes to enter college and cannot since it is he who is denied the opportunity to develop his abilities as he would wish. This concern has already been manifested in the increasing number of scholarships, or financial aid programs, which are being offered to students financially unable to obtain a college education.

Supporting higher education, our school has formed the Westside High School Scholarship Fund. Every year a senior is chosen ~o receive the benefits of this Fund: $300 a year for four years of college. This is not an exorbitant amount, but it does provide a little extra help to a student who might find the financial burden of a college education too great to bear. . .

The most significant facet of this scholarship is not that .1t IS large but that the money for it is raised by Westside studen!s gu1ded

by Mr. Richard Winchell, Westside teacher. Through vanous sock· hops and suppers, members of the Student Council, Z Club, Key Club, and Far East classes offer their aid to a classmate. These workers would not have been successful, however, if the entire student body and all of District 66 had not generously supported the project.

We commend all who have helped establish and maintain the Westside Scholarship Fund and who are working now to continue it.

As Queen Elizabeth II said, "Your generosity is born of Y'?ur conviction that . . . human dignity and kindness shall not pemh from the earth."

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WHS Prestige Up Successful football teams are made from players with a combination of ability, a strong will to win, and a lot of. intestinal fo:titude.

Westside found this combination and proved 1ts worth th1s past season.

Westsiders no longer have reason to hang their heads when :he topic of football is brought up. No longer do they have to f1nd answers to questions concerning a mounting number of losses. These days, Warriors are happy to talk about their win-heavy record, and will defy anyone to find a better bunch of foot?allers in the are.a. .

The coaches and especially the players d1d a wonderful 1ob ih1s season in bringing prestige back to Westside. It was a tremendous team effort by one of the finest groups of athletes ever assembled at Westside.

Prospects for next year's team are extremely bright, as almost two-thirds of this year's team will be back.

Speaking of good prospects, this year's bas~etball team ha~ shown siqns of becoming one of the best. The Warriors have the SIZe and th.e ability it takes. All they need now is a loud-c~eeri~g cro":"'d at every game. It is up to us, the spectators, to prov1de 1t. Lets gei out and do all we can to make Westside one of the best in the state.

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Council President Speaks

By J ohn The main topic of discussion at the last few Student Council meetings has been the student lounge.

It has been decided to bring ::>ack the pool table, put in a coin changer and keep the pop and candy mcichines filled. It is our hope that the students will use the lounge to the fullest, so that we can put in machines such as a juke box, and maybe a pin b!l.ll machine.

Last week our Student Council had an exchange with the Benson Student Council. Exchanges of this kind will create a better understanding between the students at Benson and W e s t s i d e and through understanding friendship will grow.

Parking Lot check was made for a week.

On Wednesday before Thanksgivnig the Stude•rt Council served the Teachers coffee and rolls before school- a gesture of tha11ks.

The Council will be meeting Thursday, and we hope to have some open meetings to enable interested students to get an insight as to the working of the Student Council.

I feel a subject that is most important to the student body is class rank. It is a subject which everybody says is important, but very rarely does one get advice as how to improve his rank or how to receive the most from one's grades. We all know grades are the most important part of the point system, and each grade receives certain points depending upon the group or type of clases one takes. The following three

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groups of classes are offered at Westside: Group 1: accelerated courses and h o n o r s courses such as seminars, fifth year of language or mathematics, science Group 2: academic courses taken in regular sequence Group 3: art, home economics, industrial arts, business education The points for each grade are listed below: Grade Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 1 9 8 6 2 7 6 5 3 6 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 2 6 7

3 0

2 0

1 0

Bonus points are given for carrying five solids, with a minimum grade of 4 in any subject, or for taking scheduled music full time (five hours per week). Also if a person takes 6 solids with a minimum grade of 4 he will receive 4 bonus points. Drivers Ed also receives 2 bonus points, but the grade does not count toward class rank in Drivers Ed and Music.

This brief discussion of the Point System, which Westside uses to figure class rank, is to make you more aware of the Point System and I hope the information will be helpful to you in your quest to obtain the greatest benefit from your high school education.

"To be average is to be the lowest of the good and the best of the bad. Who wants to be average?"

Mr. Pecht Ha

Slides of Collel' Colored slides of colleges available in Mr. Pecht's of These pictures were taken by Pecht while visiting the var colleges.

Augsburg College Macalester Wisconsin State at Stevens Poi Gustavus Adolphus Hastings Beloit Air Force Academy Augustana at Sioux Falls South Dakota State at Brookin Lawrence University

Climate control in the classroom.

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by Rob ie Carmicha e l A curly-haired 14-year old stood outside the Civic Auditorium Friday, Nov. 27. "I can't believe it," she gushed. "They're people. Real people!"

I smiled, knowing that a year earlier, when I first met three wonderful performers called Peter, Paul and Mary, I had experienced the same revelation. Peter, Paul and Mary are the kind of people you'd love to have for a sister or brother. Their friendship is warm and open, something to be treasured because it is freely given.

Mary greeted Melinda Murdock and me at the dressing-room door with a wide smile. "Come in," she bubbled, her outstretched hands and wide eyes revealing the childlike intensity that is a part of her charm.

While the beards tuned, Mary discussed her favorite subject, people, specifically other folk singers and fans. For many performers, Mary believes, fame come s too early, before they are mature enough to handle it. Relaxing in a chair, the lanky blonde said, "It's going to be interesting to s~e how singers like Bobby Dylan, (who Wrote "Blowin' in the Wind") will react to their fame."

"The Kingston Trio is good for their type of music," the singer reflected quietly. "But they started so young and have been on the road for long stretches. I can tell

you it's easy to become jaded when you've been at it that long."

T he one thing that P P&M hate most is insincerity. "That's what really bothers me about a lot of fans," Mary pointed out. "They may say they're sorry to interrupt me, but I know they're only using a particle of the English language.

Most fans don't care about a performer after they get his autograph." Peter injected, "It's hard to be yourself with a big crowd of fans."

Peter, Paul and Mary have a sense of maturity and reality ("We like to think of ourselves as real people") coupled with an appreciation for spontaneity. "Flying into New York the other night we met a child who'd never seen the lights of the city from the air before.

You know what she said?" Mary asked eagerly. "She said it looked like people clapping."

I am glad I know them. For Peter, Paul and Mary have so much love, hope, and laughter in their hearts that, even when the song is bitter, some of that hope and love has to spill over, and the result is pure joy.

St. Olaf Bradley Hamline University Sioux Falls College Yankton College Lindenwood Coe College Cornell College Carnegie Tech Chatham Carleton College A projector and record pl combined may be used in Pecht's office. In addition are colored film strips and r ec ings from: Cornell University Wesleyan (Conn.)

Rockford College Pratt Institute Macalester College University of Cincinnati Trinity Hamilton New York University Brown University Columbia University Austin College

French Boys Fascinate·

By American Shirt Loo by Lyn ne Du rham a nd Carol Thom as

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J un e 29 Dear Diary , Our 15-hour trip from London to Reims was exciting but tiring.

We took a train from London to New Haven, and a boat across the choppy Channel (poor Jacquie Moore almost tumed green.!) to Dieppe, France. The train to Paris was the kind in European spy movies, with overcrowded compartments and quite uncomfortable wooden seats.

We arrived by bus in Reims and got settled in the beautiful, brandnew dorms. Each of us has a private room with a sink, windowdoors, and maid service! We eat breakfast (bread, butter, and tea) in the dorm cafeterias.

Lunch and dinner are served at "Creps," part of a dirty, local physical education school. We eat all our food from the sQup dishes, after cleaning them out with stale French bread. Popular items on t)'le menu are eel, tongue, and horsemeat. For dessert we get cheese, fruit, or yogurt. I have a feeling I'm going to be losing weight!

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June 29 Dear Diary, Around one o'clock this afternoon, Sue Howl, Carol Thomas,

Kathy Wurl, and I decided to downtown to cash some of traveler's checks. We didn' t actly know where we were g) but after roaming around about forty minutes we fi1 ended in the main section of t We asked some boys in Fr where we could find the bank they said they would gladly the responsibility of getting there. Someone mentioned everything is closed from 12 to 2 p.m. So instead they up taking us to a cafe and ing us some coffee. I'm n o~ sure just how that happe ne language barrier can surely r a difference!

The boys seemed quite fasc ed with the tab on the bac Susie's blouse. I really ca n't what is so exciting about a though. One boy even wen far as to tell us that he is J ol Halliday's (a famous F singer) drummer. That's a la~ Tonight our group atte n lecture at the University the French educational was interesting. I had no a student in France is of school if he is caught classes. I'll bet that few minds in a hurry!

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Friday, December 4, 1964

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liAtt~.~~~T~~~~~:~~~~;~~. ~ ~! :ss GL;~d~;; 'SP~tlighted Contest ends Dec. 15. Those wish to make a poster must

it on the topics of General

open to all Westside High All posters will be adthe Safe-Teens in Room First prize will be $5, second will be $3 and $1 for third Hurry and turn in your postthe deadline is less than two

Z-Ciub as a servorganization, Z-Club has many vities planned. is the collecbooks. These to a pre-school r.he club urges student supContributions may be given

East classes to promote the Pizza Supper. The posters, cookies, and to gain service hours.

Another service activity in which members participate throughin the on Sunday

Math Club will vht Corps of Engineers Build;ng , Dec. 7, to watch demon in the computer center. last meeting a guest speal{Mr. Hunt, explained programwith computers in order to students for their trip.

KEY CLUB made more than $4CO on sock hop, Key Club is secure for the year. is now studying possible

repainting of the parking lot lines, a float in the Homecoming parade, a trip to the District Board Meeting in September, and a trip to the Commuter Center at the new Post Office.

New members of Key Club elected for their scholastic achievement and willingness to help the club and the school are Bud Anderson, Rick Anderson, Holden Aust, Tom Barton, Steve Calvert, Dennis Cox, Tim Gerber, Tom Grossman, Peter Matchka, Bob Mcintyre, Joe Rapoport, Doug Smith, and Rusty Welch.

Hi-Y Ten members of the Westside Hi-Y attended a mock legislature convention in Lincoln, Nov. 27-28.

Participants included John Brager, Jim Chase, T erry Clauff, John Coe, Steve Green, Tom Henry, Tom Hood, Dennis Matta, Del Sennentz, and Dave Vickery. The group was accompanied by .Mr. Ralph Reed, the club sponsor.

The Mock Legislature was held in the capitol building and delegates used "Parliamentary procedure to bring bills before the legislature for a vote. The legislators went through every phase of operation without formalizing the bills into state laws.

Two bills were offered to the legislature by the Westside Hi- Y. These were a law providing tor the proper chlorination in the water of all incorporated communities and provisions for painting guidelines along the outer extremities of state highways. The first bill offered was voted down on the last possible vote and the second bill was passed by the assembly.

A banquet was held for the tielegates at the Cornhusker Hotel in downtown Lincoln.

ast Exchange Stucienfs till Remember Westside as the years come and go students at Westside same. Even though they are they do not forget Westside, does Westside forget them.

ng the past month the parAndy Eckman, the other student who was here year as Marisa, visited and Westside.

Andy's with Mr. and Mrs. who were Andy's farohe lived here. recently Mr. Kenneth Hanprincipal, received a letter last year's exchange student Jensen. Here is the letter in part:

at Westside from the first day I put my foot inside its doors and it was with much sorrow in my heart that I had to say good-bye. Well, I guess it was hard for all us seniors, but at least the others can come back within a reasonable time.

I ask you to give my warmest regards and thanks to the whole staff of teachers and especially to those I had myself.

Yours sincerely, Inge Gereon Jensen

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want to express my deepthanks to you and your for the wonderful year at Westside. That realsuch a great experience just now am able to fully how much I gained both scholastically personally. I felt at home

by Margaret Kelley

Titian hair and a bubbly, glowing charm are the things you first notice about Jackie Moore. She is just as much at home over a bridge table as she is in a stadium

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rooting for her team. Her exuberance has been expressed repeatedly in her participation in activities at Westside. She is a member of Esquires, International Club, Math Club, French Club, Pep Club, Drill Squad, and is project chairman of Y-Teens.

Not only has Jackie maintained a full social schedule throughout her years at Westside, she has also excelled scholastically and is.. a member of National Honor Society.

Mathematics seems to be Jackie's greatest interest. This year she

is student math adviser. After attending Lake Forest College in Illinois she hopes to teach either math or French.

Last summer Jackie studied in France which she considers "my most thrilling experience."

Jackie considers her parents the most influential to her. "They always stressed a good educational background." However, she relates that it was Mrs. Judy Krhounek, former Westside teacher, who first initiated her interest in teaching math.

Chuck also credits his parents as the force which motivated him to excel, promoting initiative and providing a solid background.

Chuck's ambition at present is to study at either Yale or Dart-

A shy, pensive person, not fond of crowds might be the description given by someone unfamiliar with Chuck Barton.' But to those people who are fortunate enougn to know him well he is the "guy with the unbeatable sense of humor and a great outlook on life."

Chuck Barton greets life with a very optimistic philosophy and often proves to be the source of leadership within a group. He is an avid radio fan and is president of Radio Club. His other extracurricular activities include membership in French Club and Key Club.

Scholastically, he is a superior student and is a member of National Honor Society.

mouth and major in biology. What are his plans after college? "I hope to go into some field of bi· ology, most likely research," the determined senior stated.

Chuck has very definite feelings about the school. He says, "1 think W estside is the best high school in the state simply because the teachers are of a much higher caliber than in other schools, and they are given a far wider selection in curriculum and far more freedom in their methods of teaching." H e praises the ability in all of the members of the ~taff at Westside but feels that Mr. Winchell had the greatest influence on him.

Clever Comments Friends, Romans, Warriors, lend us your ears: Why does Mr. Nelson, American Government instructor, always seem to have a defeated look on his face? Could the answer be that when he was 12 years old he threw a lollipop stick at a police car and was given three years probation?

Flash! Rod Ulfer2 went 47 days without getting a hair cut. He's now trying to beat his own record.

If you happen to walk into the

WEA Attends State Meeting On Dec. 11 and 12, four delegates from the Westside Education Association will attend a state-wide convention of the Nebraska State Education Association at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln.

Mr. W]lliam Dunn, principal of Sunset Hills Elementary School; Mr. Bruce Holmquist, president of the WEA; Mr. Carl Ludington, principal of Loveland Elementary School; and Mr. Clifton Robinson, president elect of the WEA, will represent District 66. Alternates to attend are Mr. Jerry Koch and Mr. Gene Geisler, Westside teachers.

WEA is the local association ot the NSEA and has 440 members.

NSEA is comprised of more than 16,000 Nebraska teachers.

The purpose of the delegation is to advise the state legislature on how the majority of teachers stand on an issue affecting all the teachers in Nebraska. Teacher retirement and ten-year continuing contracts are two topics to be discussed. Also, committees and officers for next year will be chosen.

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After the Hastings game

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December 4

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office 4th hour and find a 6'5" senior boy diligently working on his knitting, don't be alarmed.

John Buller has a new hobby.

Mr. Dobbins, senior English teacher, asked his 5th hour class how the field trip to Glenwood turned out. Dave Vickery piped up with, "We had to pay $10 to get Norm Fishel out."

If you see Chris Pinali with a puzzled look on her face it's because she is trying to count the 7,000 Philippine Islands at low tide!

Don't get excited if you hear some girls talking abou~ being in a "Hare111." It's true-tfJ.E!Y areDenny Humphrey's.

Do it! BEAT HASTINGS AND GRAND ISLAN D!

Fuerst Wins Two Positions Mr. Dale Fuerst, Westside Distributive Education teacher, has been elected to two positions in the Distributive Education field.

Mr. Fuerst won the office of vice-president of the Nebraska State Vocational Association for 1964-65 on Sept. 26 in Nebraska City. This association is made up of vocational educators.

He has also been asked to sen•e as General Chairman of the National Distributive Education Leadership Conference in Chicago Apr. 27-30 and May 1. Mr. Fuerst will be in charge of all confirence activities. Two thousand p ople, D E students and their advisers, will attend the conference.

Westside Scholarship Fund Pizza Supper

Directories Coming Our Student Council is at work again! Soon students will be able to purchase directories containing names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the Warriors. "We hope to include all students, even transfers. with the new directory," stated Steven Calvert when qu~s­ tioned.

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Friday, December 4,

Winter Sports To Premiere Tonight

8-Ballers Meet Hastings Tigers; Swimmers Face Tech Trojans The last three weeks have been grueling ones for the Warrior basketball players. Since the cut to the present team strength of 12 players, the team has been working very hard in preparing for the opening games of the <;eason with Hastings and Grand Island.

New plays have provided much extra homework for these Warriors. Much of the time these past weeks has ':>een spent on conditioning drills and fundamentals. According to senior center John Buller, "Coach Tangdall has become q u i te a connesieur of w i n d sprints!"

The last week of practice has been anything but easy for the Warriors. Game-type scrimmages take up most of practice. "It is very important that you know your teammates' moves; if you don't, it could cost the team a very easy two points," stated senior guard Jim Iverson.

Hastings High School has a very fine team with exceptional heights.

Nine of their players are over 6'2" and four of these are over 6'4".

Friday's game should hinge of the Warrior's ability to make the outside shot, and to get the fast break. Experience is also a factor in favor of the Warriors.

Swimming A new swimming pool will highlight this year's swimming season.

Scheduled for a January opening,

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the pool should get plenty of use before the season is over. Not only will all Westside meets be held there but also the Metropolitan League Championships.

The prospects are bright for Coach Cal Bentz, who ·sends his team against' Tech tonight. This team, second in both the Intercity and State Meets last year, is out to bring the State Championship to Westside.

Leading the squad this year will be Tom Curran, defending state champion in the 400-yd. freestyle, junior backstroker Hap Patz, and sprinter Mike Stanner. Returning three-year lettermen Dave George and Steve Jenkins will also add strength to the 400-yd. freestyle and the 200-yd. breaststroke respectively. Others of whom much will be expected this year are Steve Burdick, the sprints; Cubby Taylor, distance; John Linstromberg and Rick Anderson, the butterfly.

Wrestling Coach Louie Miloni's wrestling team recently finished with 31 points in the South High Invitational Tournament, and then travelled to Fremont Dec. 1 for a match.

The Warriors were far behind the pacesetting Trojans, who finished with 71 points. Host South placed second with 62 points in the 10-team field.

Two Westside grapplers fought for the title in their respective weight divisions, but both were defeated in t h e championship match. In the 133-pound semifinals, Steve Harless was defeated

by Tee Jay's Estes Lawton, 2-1. In the heavyweight final, Mike Burdie lost, 6-5, to Tech's Mike Goodman.

There will be eight regional tournaments this year, four each in Classes A and B. State championships will be in Lincoln Feb. 19 and 20.

Westside this year has returning senior lettermen such as Scott Swanson and Scott Lausterer, who should help bolster the forces.

From The Editor by Bill Stratemaa

As winter rolls around, athletics take another step forward. For the in its short history have a varsity uvrnn,..,H,,..

This is a long many Warriors who bling, swinging, and of luck to Coach Wayne and the whole team.

to use it until a few Second last year, w.~•·--~ championship hopes seem on how soon the pool will pleted.

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Photo by John Mcintyre Westside grapplers SeoH Swanson lleftl and Seott Laus· terer I right J end their "starvation diet" by making their weight.

Intramural Time Is Here Mr. Bill McCormick, Intramurals sponsor, is instituting a new rule concerning the forfeiture of games.

Because there were too many forfeits last year, team members this year must bond themselves for $1. If a team forfeits a game, the members do not get tbeir dollar bills back. Conversely, the money will be returned if the game is not a forfeit.

Although the schedule of games will not be completed until about Dec. 10, the basketball games definitely will be on Tuesday nights, from 6:30 until they are concluded.

There will be seven to nine members on a team, and the total number of teams will be around 20.

This is fewer teams than last year's 26, including the freshmen teams.

The deadline for getting on a team is Monday, Dec. 7. Contact Mr. McCormick.

Team Three ended victorious in the GAA volleyball tournament.

The teams consisted of girls com-

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The wrestlers will have face this year too in Coac1l Miloni, who in his hlgll days was an all-stater IID4 was twice on the wrestling team. Snm1:intr man at almost every the wrestlers should South and Tech for tbe League Crown this falL

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peting for the GAA volleyball title.

Tuesday marks the beginning of the second unit in GAA. This unit .w ill be basketball. It will be made up of six teams of girls playing a double round-robin in basketball, each team playing each other team twice. Winner of the most games will also win the tourney.

Gymnasts Toil In First Try The newly formed gymnastics team is well on its way. According to Coach Wayne Wagner, "Everyone is trying real hard to master this new sport. Gymnastics is probably the toughest of the individual sports, as far as strength and balance go."

The first two weeks of practice were spent learning the exercises and perfecting them. During the past week, Mr. Wagner has been making cuts in each exercise. He wants to carry about 25 boys on the team.

Gymnastic events are scored on a basis of form, variety, and difficulty in a contestant's exercise.

Each contestant must work up a routine of his own in his event.

Some of the events in a gymnastics match are the parallel bars, horizontal bar, suspended rings, trampolene, side horse, and free exercise.

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WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, N EB., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1964

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Holiday Plans Made All students are urged to attend the Omaha Invitational Holiday Basketball Tournament and to support the Warrior team and Tournament Queen candidates. Westside's first game is with Creighton Prep on Monday, Dec. 28, at 9 p.m.

Warrior fans will be seated on the west side of the Civic Auditorium, with the Pep Club sitting on the main floor.

The Invitational Holiday Tournament will be held on the 28, 29, and 30, of December. Westside is among eight schools competing, the others being Bellevue, Benson, North, Creighton Prep, Central, South, and Tech. The times set

Seven Boys Invade WHS

usty Welch Selected or Senate Youth Trip William Randolph Hearst, the celebrated entrepreneur and rnalism pioneer, is helping send Westsider to Washington, D.C. Rusty Welch is the Westsider, of two Nebraska youths chosen participate in the United States ate Youth prpgram. A $70,000 from the millionaire Hearst's prompted the organizaof the program nearly three ago.

Rusty was chosen for the Senate program on the basis of the qualities he has exhibitschool government. The afjunior is Vice-president of

eachers Busy is not unusual to see Westteachers and administrators tc''"'u" 15 outside of the WHS classActually, they are very busy with numerous activities.

WHS teachers and administeach at a university in one night a week. Mr. Jack coach and counselor, is to teach next semester He will called

Westside's Student Council and recently added to his laurels by being selected Vice-president of the Nebraska Association of Student Councils. He is an active member of Interact and Key Clubs, and Westside sports fans have watched the fiery letterman participate on baseball, basketball, and football teams.

The third annual Senate Youth program will . begin Jan. 30 and last until Febr. 6. Rusty will join 101 other delegates from all parts of the country for a first-hand glimpse at the sights of the capital and a closer observation of the working machinery of our national government. If possible, he will meet and talk with Nebraska Senator Roman Hruska.

Also on the itinerary is a visit to the White House where Rusty hopes he will be given the chance to see President Johnson.

Reminder!

A group of seven boys from Mexico City visited Westside Monday, Dec. 21. Their visit that day, which was arranged by Student Council and International Club members, included a workout on gymnastic equipment and a chance to visit several classes.

The boys, who will start college in Mexico after the first of the year, are spending two weeks in Omaha to visit schools and also visit with some of the Westbrook students they showed around Mexico this summer.

Last Monday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m. the Mexico students attended a reception for them held in the student lounge. Also present were the Westbrook students who went on the trip to Mexico, the chaperones, Mr. Vaughn Phelps, District 66 Superintendent; and Mr. Kenneth Hanson, Principal. John Buller, Student Council president, extended a welcome to the students, and refreshments were served.

for the six different sessions are, 1:30-3:30 and 7-9 p.m.

From each of the competing schools four girls were chosen as Tournament Q u e en Candidates.

Five hundred tourney tickets were presented to each of the 32 girls to sell. The Queen will be determined by salesmanship alone as the crown goes to the queen hopeful who sells the most tickets. The Tournament Queen will be announced the last night of the games. Westsiders may purchase their tickets from any one of the Warrior candidates: Chris Calandra, Sally Cockle, Nanci Shook, and Carolyn Simmons. Tickets are 50

December 23-January 3 Christmas Vacation! !

January 4-Pep Club- 3 p.m.

Math Club-7:30 p.m.

5-Wrestling here with Abraham Lincoln K Club-7:30 p.m.

Z Club-7:30 p.m.

6-Y-Teens- 3 p.m.

7-F.M.A.-3 p.m.

English In-service 8- Jr. Red Cross- 3 p.m.

Wrestling h e ~ e w i t h Boys Town-4 p.m.

Basketball with Central here Sock Hop after the game 11- International Club-7:30 p.m.

12- D.E. Employer-Em p 1 o y e e Luncheon-:!.2:30 p.m.

Wrestling with Benson- 7 :30 p.m.

Hi-Y-7:30 p.m.

15-Gymnastics at Central- 4 p.m.

Swimming with Bishop Ryan and Thomas Jefferson, here Wrestling at North with North Basketball at North 16-Basketball, Beatl'i _,) here. It will be broadcast on the radio.

Westside's debaters, coached by Mr. Rod Hansen, have been working hard to prevent any shortage of gold or silver in District 66. T he most recent additions to the team's booty a re a trophy and a medal from the William Chrisman Tournament.

Chris Pinali and Betsy Raskin, seniors, received the trophy as they won first place in Regular Debate at the tournament in Independence, Mo., a small town near Kansas City. Betsy also won the medal by placing second in Girls' Extemporaneous Speaking.

Six Westside seniors will appear on WOW-TV on Jan. 3 at 11:30 a.m. Organized by Mrs. Elaine Limbaugh and Mr. Rod Hansen , the program will center around the Project English course which is presently being used in Amencan Literature classes at Westside.

The Westsiders participating are Bob Bucholz, John Buller, Steve Calvert, Chris Pinali, Betsy Raskin, and Rich Young. These seniors, who took this course last year, will discuss America's attempt to live up to its early ideals. A basis for this panel discussion will be the works of such authors as T. S. Eliot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, F. Scott .Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis.

Herman Melville, He n r y David Throeau, and Mark Twain.

Six other debaters competed a William Chrisman. Bob Bucholz and Steve Calvert, seniors, and Gary Neid a nd Stu Sorenson, juniors, represented WHS in the exceedingly difficult Cross Examination Debate and several individual events. Sophomores Wally Dean and Warren Whitted received their "baptism of fire" as they competed in Regular Debate.

"This tournament is one of the ten most difficult in the country," commented ~r. Hansen, "and this is the first year a Nebraska school has won at it."

Held Dec. 11 and 12, the William Chrisman Tournament was sponsored by the Independence chapter of Rot a r y Club International.

About 50 schools in Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska sent nearly 350 competitors to the annual event.

Blast Occurs

intermediate, and adsculpturing and Mr. Gloor Beginning Algebra.

Program Reviewed

Debate Team Hoards Gold

Information concerning the curriculum changes for second semester will be announced in the morning announcements following Christmas vacation.

Any student wishing to have his curriculum changed is urged to do so as soon as possible after vacation. A list of the courses being changed will be published in a future issue of the Lance.

December 14 a disrupting and unusual incident took place in Mr. Calvin Delano's Chemistry room.

During an attempted experiment involving liquid oxygen, the beaker containing the substance exploded, sending glass around the room.

Seven of the class memb~rs sitting in the front row were injured just seriously enough to warrant being sent to the hospital for treatment.

Those students injured included: Steve Abrahamson, Jim Arundel, Bill Browr., Debby Browne, Jim Farley, Ron Manow, and R oger Neumann.

cents for children and high school students, and $1 for adults.

Profits from the three-day tournament will be evenly distributed among the school entries.

Another holiday event, already past, was the Christmas Prom 'Qeld last Friday, Dec. 18. The Christmas Prom was sponsored by John Kuhns and Steve Nelson from Central. A semi-formal dance, it was held from 9:30 to 12:30 p .m ., and the music was supplied by the Vibrations. The Prom Queen Candidates from Westside were, Micki Freed, Kathy Kelley, and Nanci Shook. Reigning together as Prom Queens were Ellen Bank and Kathy Eichorn of Central. Benson , Beveridge and North also had q u e e n candidates representing them.

Westside's debate team has attended the tournament for the last four years, but it has never before returned victorious.

Phot o by John Macintyr e

Chris and Betsy show results of debate effor ts.

One week after the team went to Kansas City, four novices attended another tournament at Creighton Prep. Tom Barton, Wally Dean, Warren Whitted, and Susan Wurl received fine records of four wins and four losses with high speakers' points. Nevertheless, a team from Central won the tournament.

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Page Two

This Feeling. •• Wha t Is Christmas To You?

U.S. Is Forgetting Saint and Dragon

By Robie Carmichael

"Santa C laus!", the little child chirps delightedly, his face illuminated by t he mere mention of the Mo rning of mornings.

"I'm going home," a homesick soldier or college student says, a distant yet e ager expression flooding his voice and fa ce.

Smell t he fresh pine needle as it bleeds its sap to spread t he word , " It is Christmas!"

Touch the t iny, cottony snowflake as it s descent it whispers, " It is Christmas!"

Taste g randmother's succulent Christmas goose, the sugar plums, the Christmas pie, all the crystalline candies, and sense with each treasured bite, " It is Christmas!" , Hear the bells and chimes ring clear and long from distant belfries; and the chippery, giggly, ecstatic sounds made by snow-covered , j ubi Ian t children all resounding , "It is Christmas!"

See a million multi-colored lights halo the very air and reflect in the eyes of the carolers, the bell-ringers, and Santa's helpers, and know "It is Christmas!"

But What Is Christmas To You? Search deep in your heart-for this is where it lies. It is with you always but once a year it spreads its wings and you are filled with its love, its charity, its hope, and its eternal blessings.

The SPIRIT of Christmas is within us all. Be you Christian, Jew, Moslem, or "Atheist; be you white, yellow, black, or brown , know that umanity shares one heart and it beats loud and strong-now shouting over and over in rhythmed pulsations:

"Peace On Earth, Good. Will Toward Men!" MARGARET KELLEY

·~tudents

Wednesday, December 23, 1

Equal

"Congratulations to the National Merit Semi-Finalists . . . Congratulations to the Nebraska Regents scholarship winners ... Congratulations to the students who scored high on the College Board tests . . ."

We have all heard these sentiments expressed, and we know what they indicate. Every year students take all varieties of tests to ascertain what they have learned and how much they are capable of learning. When students do exceptionally well on these . examinations, they bring honor to themselves, their parents. and their school.

But we cannot let the results of such tests be emphasized out of proportion. Each student is no more and no less than a person, having both strengths and weaknesses. Our school can only remain of high c:tliber if both teachers and students recognize that each student is important in his own place in the school.

Let us note those who give the school flashes of glory, but not at the expense of all the others who, in their own way, contribute to the moods and movements of the school.

BETSY RASKIN

LETTERS Dear Editor, I have been slightly disturbed by Why do the cheerlel:lders and the use and misuse lately of the Pep Club officers always get to be word team as applied, for example, candidates for this and that? Sure, to the debate team. By definition they work hard-I k now only too a team is not one or two individuwell-but would n't anyone else, if als working separately but severaJ ~he were elected to the honor? working together. It may seem Look at all t he girls who are active in many clu bs and organiza- that one or two members of a tions. They work hard to keep the team receive the publicity, gain club going. These are t he people the honors, and outshine the who are the vitality and stability others. Nonetheless, what we genof the school-not just the cheer- erally forget are the efforts of the leaders and Pep Club officers. 1 group as an entity. Although one know many will be offended by this individual may shine in one area honest ex~ression of thought, but of competition or in one basketball I think I should also mention the game or in one swimming meet, fact that some of my better friends the moral and physical support of the whole team ls necessary to are officers and cheerleaders and make po~~ible the achie\'ements of P \ en feel as I do. Let's Jet some 'J ther deserving girls be candidates the one.

R.P. his year!

American Christmas c u s t o m s have grown a little stagnant. Every year we groan, "Commercialism," as gaily-painted Yuletide decorations appear in store windows the day after Halloween. But what do we do about it!

In 1236 the King of France presented England's Henry III with an elephant for Christmas. That's originality! But this year twenty million fathers will smile wanly over neckties, while Aunt Sarah sighs with a 59 cent bottle of bath salts.

Not that neckties and bath salts aren't proper gifts, just very dull.

Thousands of embarrassed US youngsters will be pushed on-stage Dec. 24 to perform as elves, fairies, or vegetables in some charmingly trite play. Why can't we bring back the exciting British pageant of St. George and the Dragon? Not only would the children be enthusiastic, but so would the adults asleep in t he audience.

Christmas used to be the season of great tournaments, minstrels, a nd jesters. Richard the Lionhearted took time out from t he Third Cr usade to hold a mock battle in Sicily. The only jousting people do today is in the middle of frantica lly shoppin g, notoriously unchivalrous crowds.

Not all customs are forgotten . In P a lmer Lake, Colo., C h r i s t m a s

Musical Shows Celebrate· ,· xmas The Top Choir, directed by Mr. William ~ellogg, and the Warrior Band, directed by Mr. Darwyn Snyder, presented a Christmas program Monday Dec. 21.

A 25 minute cantata by Roy Ringwald told the story of the Nativity t hrough songs, carols, a nd Bible verses. The narrator was Tim Gerber and soloists were Steve · Bachenberg, Debbie Chase, Dick Doxon, Tim Gerber, Mary Joh nsen, Connie Morey, P am Schaap, Ga ry Shannon, Paul Thorson, Bob T ilton, and P udy Wheeler. W ayne Woodland played the chimes and Mrs. William Kellogg and Miss Marlene Toft, a studen t teacher from D ana College, accompan ied t he Choir.

T he Warrior Band enr iched the performances with several selections. The Christmas theme w a s carried out in the songs, "A Christmas Festival" and "White Ch ristmas". Other songs were "Variance on a Medieval Tune" and "Velvet Trombones".

8 Instructors Study Flying Each Tuesday night, trict 66 teachers meet hour period to become quainted with subjects aerospace.

eight Disfor a two better acconcerning

Instructed by Mr. Bruce Holmquist. Mrs. Mary Ellen McCallister, and Mr. Ralph Reed, the teachers will be presented with materials for use in their own classrooms and subject matter to prepare them for the Sanderson Audio-Visual Examination. This test is the written pre-requesite for a pilot license.

Those participating from Arbor Heights Junior High School are :Mr. Ed Lindberg, Mrs. Marian Meier, Mr. Paul Nyholm, Mr. Roger Van Noekel, and Mr. Erline Schultz. From Hillside Elementary School Mr. Maynard De Golier will attend, and from Loveland Elementary School, Miss Dorothy Rosenbaum and Miss Eleanor Sklenar will participate.

means the annual yule log hunt. A four foot log is hidden in the mountains. The finder drags it back to town where it is burned to symbolize the rekindling of the hearth fire. In Bethlehem, S. D., mass is held in a natural cavern.

Young men of the Greek Orthodox faith dive for a cross thrown by the Bishop in Tarpon Springs, Fla. , But the least commercialized Americans are Alaskan eskimos who celebrate by lifting weights, broad-jumping, and topping the day with a meal of reindeer roast, seal blubber, and blueberries. If this celebration seems a little extreme be thankful you weren't a miner in 1849. The shortage of females in California forced them to hold all-male dances. Maybe we are better off today.

NASA Pair

Visit WHS The National Aeronautical and S p a c e Administration, b e t t e r known as NASA, presented its annual space research convocation Monday, Dec. 14, to all juniors· taking physics.

Speaker Mr. Robert Helton and his partner, Mr. Bruce Reski, from the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston , Texas, turned the little theater into an outer space as they displayed models of launching vehicles and spacecraft, mechanical and electronic devices with many experiments. Highlighted in the demonstrations was the illustration of the earliest rocket, which was a firecracker on the end of an arrow.

It is basically an information program and enables the student to see advance and latest developments in space research.

Council Corner

By Jim Iverson The Student Council has busy lately serving the faculty students of Westside. On De!ceml>' 23, the Council will annual Alumni tea in the after school. This tea will former Westside students some of their teachers and their experiences at college.

The main topic at recent m ings of the Student Council been improving the present over those of the past few These Councils, of course, pated in their annual events seemingly were losing power respect in the eyes of everyone Westside. This year the Council trying to regain some respect will do more in the area of inating the activities of the dents and, thus, bettering stu faculty relationship.

Hold onto your hats folks, a order of "W estside Warrior" ers has arrived. Council m~~mbel will be selling them for the day Tournament and hope everyone will be representing school and wearing one of stick ers.

After Christmas vacation Student Council plans to hold op.e n meeting. Anyone can attend th is meeting exactly what the council and how the faculty and ca n help. · · Student directories are done at the printer and sold now.

The students at Westside always been given many and privileges, and it is up to take advantage of them.

Studen t Council urges all clubs students a t Westside to realize importa nce of these privileges to m ake the best of them.

Champagne Bubbles At Reims Reception

by Lynne Dur h am aDd Carol Thomas June 30 Dear Diary, The work has begun! We had placement exams this morning. Our guides (10 darling French boys around 20) were absolutely giving every answer away, so the tests weren't too hard.

Today is Jacquie's birthday! We went shopping in some of the nicest little shops and bought her a book. The proprietors of the stores are just wonderful to us. They greet us personally as we walk in, and they do everything they can to help us.

After supper we had a little party for J a c q u i e with a slightly smashed cake, can d 1 e s and all.

Doug, a boy from Wichita, bought her a rum cake, so we ate that too!

Reims is just full of bakeries and pastry shops, so we shouldn't have any trouble keeping our weight up after the meager meals at Creps!

Carol June 30 Dear Diary, This afternoon everyone went downtown to the Hotel de Vi!le (Town Hall) where the Mayor of Reims held a reception for us. The Hotel, with its old tapestries and paintings, is really '>eautifu1. After the Mayor presented his speech, we were served cookies and champagne. (1 can see why they are the more desired products of France!)

An excited little Frenchman informed me that because I received the last drop (by accident ,of course), I will be married within the next year. ( Oh boy!)

Tonight, after Jacquie's party,

Sue Howl, Carol, Kathy Wurl, I walked downtown to take in of the sights of the city by We stopped in a cafe to buy Cokes and a little German showed us some pictures of on the back of Champagne We panicked when we how late it was so w~ left a 2 cents and dashed back to dorm in ten minutes <a forty ute walk!), arriving locked the door.

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nesday, December 23, 1964

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Once A Year

by Jeff Meyers

With 1964 rapidly drawing to a close, the Joyous Time of Year again at hand, and the all-pervading Spirit of Yuletide is in air. (It's been in the air ever since the merchants started putting Christmas decorations and holding pre-Christmas sales for early the end of May.) And, despite a late-starting vacation this year, we hope all Westsiders have the hapof holiday seasons. is nothing more enjoyable r.raril<t.n1a~ Day than the warmth Christmas, little girl . . . Ho, ho, pleasure that is derived from ho?" and then breaking into hysSpirit of Giving. But there is terical laughter. m o r e harrowing in the But the majority of people somenr,~ce, eding the 25th than the how manage to make it through for Christmas giving, this trying period and successfully "The Perils of Christmas reach Christmas day without too or "How to Make $3.14 many permanent mental scars. And a Counterfeit Nixon Button the appreciation they receive more Presents for the Family." than makes up for the troublefirst problem one encounters until they find that, on the day this yearly ceremony is the after Christmas, everything they question "What to buy for have bought is either hidden away If you hope to get around in a convenient closet never to be simply asking the potential seen again or else exchanged. Ah, what he wants for Christwell, just grit your teeth and say it. You will get the to yourself, "You've got 364 days answers. The Old Man will until you have to do this again, so a while and finally say relax." Merry Christmas and Good like "A new Cadillac" Hunting. entire North American " If you are smart, you this point, pick yourself the floor where you have and hastily scribble "Dadof after-shave lotion." brother will give you a oration in which he Rev. Simon A. Simon spoke to list that would stifle Claus, and your Grand- the Contemporary Political Affairs w i 11 say something like Forum, Thursday, Dec. 17, on the my • • • is Christmas here Southern Negro voter registration.

Rev. Simon spent a week at Hat?" over and over. tiesburg, Miss., last February as 1ag;az1me ads are no help. Every a part of a group of ten clergymen thinks they t.ave perfectin a church-affiliated effort to ultimate _Christmas gift in encourage Negro registration. all-electric Yak hair Some interesting points of his $395 FOB Detroit.'' the department stores talk: of the 8,000 Negroes who either. While trying to have lived in Hattiesburg since· the they are just not fa- Reconstruction period, only 12 were your family's tastes. registered voters by 1964. After find yourself in a predica- several groups similar to that of which the only way out Dr. Simon's worked with the Nevery politely, "Thank you groes, 800-1,000 were determined to much, madam, but I don't register, in spite of the fact that a maroon and aqua smoking those who do register have their that lights up and says names published in the paper for Cancer Here I Come' in or- three weeks. Thus, those who have letters is quite what I had in white employers are likely to lose their jobs, and those who don't " this point, the shopper is re- lose their jobs are subjected to to wandering the streets with threats and injury.

While in Mississippi, Rev. Simon n k expression on his face to himself, "It's only the and other participants in this projcounts ••• It's only ect worked with the Student Nonthat counts," until he Violence Coordinating Committee, away to the Funny Farm demonstrators who refuse to fight he is placed in a padded cell back. Rev. Simon concluded his inquiring of the head physi- talk with films of this and other aspects of his trip.

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Goals Revealed As ..•

T op Seniors Featured Most mornings W estsiders are anxious for college, Kathy is re- -tivities. The energetic senior has a job at Cibo's and still finds t ime greeted by the pleasant voice of luctant to leave Westside, in her to excel in his hobby of painting.

Steve Calvert over the P.A. sys- opinion "the greatest school."

Kathy Kelley admires all the tem as the announcements are teachers and credits Mrs. Judy read. Four-hundred-seventy-five Krhounek, former Westside math pairs of ears hear another fateacher, and Mr. Gerald Wisneski miliar voice at each Pep Club for arousing her interest in math. meeting, that of Kathy Kelley.

Steve is on the Both Kathy and Steve, however, go constantly and have much wider interests than The Scholarship Fund Pizza Sup• shows a gr e a t Pep Club and debate alone. per after the Hastings game was a amount of potenbig success for some lucky Senior.

Kathy, though tial in the varied A long waiting line of 1,250 people somewhat quiet interests that he came to enjoy a delicious dinner and reserved, has pursues. Resemprepared by the Pizza Villa. Un· a wonderful bling a Napoleon, fortunately 250 people could not sense of humor Steve vigorously be served because of the diffi· and a sharp wit. follows a b u s y culties in prepartion. The tremenShe is a good schedule. Having dous turnout was not anticipated, sport and will enmoved from Calibut in the future those who atthusiasti c a !_ 1 y fornia to Westtend will be adequately provided join in, even if side as a sophoSteve for. it's doing "the more, he is a "I want to thank the Z-C1ub as dog" on a crowdmember of Key Club, Interact, the an especially ardent contributor to ed train! A reStudent Council, and is vice-presthe success," complimented Mr. s p o n s i b 1 e and Kathy ident of NFL. This is Steve's first Richard Winchell, sponsor of the thoughtful peryear on the varsity debate team, son, the spotlessly-groomed senior having been a novice as a junior. event. "They baked all the cookies continually goes out of her way Steve has appeared several times and sold a great number of tickets.

I also want to thank the two Far to help people. She is a former on television as a debater and has East classes, the Key Club, and the member of French Club, G.A.A., helped WHS place first in tourna- Student Council for their help." and Y-Teens. Kathy has been in ments in several different states.

After the Westside-Benson game, Z Club and Esquires since her This past summer Steve attended sophomore year, and is this year's a speech institute at the University in the end of January, there will president of Pep Club. She con- of California at Santa Barbara and be another supper. "This time we plan not to have a waiting line," siders this office to be one of her I won first place in novice debate. stated Mr. Winchell. greatest experiences and enjoys As chairman of this year's chili working with so many different supper, Steve has further shown girls. Kathy feels that the club his capabilities and sense of reis a great organization and that sponsibility. Though English is his ~ all the girls are working their favorite subject, Steve is also inOF N EW HAVEN hardest. terested in dentistry and plans to A devoted math student, ~thY. major in it at the University of plans to pursue this subject in' col: Nebraska next y~ar. lege. After attending the UniA well-rounded and restless inversity of Nebraska, she will teach dividual, Steve Calvert has intereither math or history. Though ests outside of school-sponsored ac-

Pizza Supper Raises Funds

Club Spirits Soar

Westside's clubs are really in the Christmas Spirit. Each olub has a special section of the halls to decorate. Though all the clubs take part in this project, many have taken on special activities during this season.

Did you recently see girls in the halls wearing little gold ribbonsi These were Z-Club members collecting books for a new children's day school in North Omaha. This was only one of the club's current projects for the Christmas season.

Many girls braved the cold of Saturday, Dec. 5, to solicit donations to Christmas Seals at the Crossroads.

A week later, pairs of Z-Clubbers rang bells for the Salvation Army Tree of Lights. They way to raise team spirits on Thurs- _ sang "Jingle Bells" and did the day night before games. He has dog to help forget the cold wind! organized the Art Appreciation Z-Club and Key Club also collected food for needy families Club and holds weekly meetings Tuesday, Dec. 15. on Thursdays at the Farnam Street Interact Club decorated the SenBranch Library. The c 1 u b has ior Citizens Recreation Center found widespread popularity among Thursday, Dec. 17. junior and senior boys who have This year, as in the past, the discovered great pleasure in the Pep Club is making cookies for appreciation of art. Awards are various homes in Omaha. Each girl given at each meeting. Eric won the endurance trophy last week and Barry Zoob won the award for "The Most Appreciative." Prospective members of this exciting club should see Jim Iverson or Dave Sheppard, chairman of the Committee of the Council on "Youth Art Appreciation."

oys Are Amusing dictionary defines gossip as rumor, an idle tattler, chatter, so here goes: in a Far East class Bill Eric Hultman were dispopulation explosion in attributed this fact to TV or other materialis-

Myers would like to know all this "garba.,.e" is about going 47 days without t. He hasn't had a profes· haircut since September.

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The Esquires this year have a new project for Christmas. Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, asked the girls in Esquires and their sponsor Mrs. Iris Clark to hold the annual Alumni Tea today. The members wrote invitations, baked cookies and decorated the library for the tea.

For their Christmas project, the members of Hi-Y plan to give the money raised at their sock-hop to a needy family in this district.

Y-Teens dressed 75 dolls to be distributed this Christmas among needy families in this area.

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Page Four

From The Editor

Warriors Win Fi Varsity, Reserves Stoy U...... _ Jensen, Willis, Buller Sparkle

by

Bill Strateman In its twelfth year of existence, Westside High School has had its sha re of top athletes. Probably one of the best was P a t Fischer , of t he Class of '58. After transferr ing to Westside in his junior year, P a t wen t on to win letters in football, basketball, and tra ck. Following his graduation, he was a star h alfback and quarterback for the University of Nebraska and was a key factor in Nebraska's stunning upsets of P ittsburg, Penn.

S tate, and T exas Universities. Considered too light for professional football, Pat decided to try it anyway and eventually became one of t he top defensive backs in the National Football League. Now in his fourth year with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pat was recently selected to the All-Pro defensive team and was also voted by his 路teammates as the team's most valuable player.

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A hearty "thanks" is extended to the Columbus rooting section for their fine sportsmanship after the ' game.

* * * Holiday Tournament

As the approaches, undefeated Westside will go in as a top contender, but the team should have its hands full with Prep, Benson, and Central all sporting tough teams. Nevertheless, with the Bombers, I vy, and J et Set all progressing rapidly and looking better each game, I'll predict that the Warriors will emerge from the tourney with the first place trophy.

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In the world of animals, the Fish, more commonly known as the "Chern Wizard", is selling his car.

The "Brown Turtle," lovingly nicknamed by Fish's many, many friends is quite the machine. It's a hot '51 Chevy, three on the tree, hand operated windshield wipers, two snow tires on the front, a heater, a dip stick, and a glove compartment full of candy. It also has safety features which include: unopenable doors; unbreakable glass, probably because there isn't any in the windows; and last but not least, a WHS parking sticker.

Anyone interested in this beau tifu l hunk or in a good ch uckle call the Fish at the Aquarium.

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To all readers: Have a happy Ch ristmas wherever you will be and don't get too messed up over New Year's so that you can read the Lance when you come back.

Photo by Steve Wigodsk y Dua ne Stewart shows his gymnastic prowess as he wor ks out on t he high bar.

Gymnasts Start Three Meet Season Jan. 15 At Central A tenth and final sport has been added to the athletic program at Westside. This sport is gymnastics.

Only a few weeks ago the remaining equipment was received to give Westside a complete set of gymnastic equipment. Since then Coach Wayne Wagner has been working with his squad in preparation for the first meet which will be next month.

Gymnastics is a sport where strength and balance are necessities. It is one of the oldest sports and is popular in high schools and colleges throughout the country.

In the various events, which include the side horse, the high bar, the parallel bars, trampoline, still rings, free exercise, and tumbling, points are determined by the difficulty and accuracy of each boy's routine. The judges take poin ts off for slight errors in the routine which the spectators probably don't even notice.

Both Mr. Wagner and Assistant Coach Larry Morsey a re pleased' with the enthusiasm shown by the 25 members of the squad. Coach W agner said t hat th e com petition for each event is ver y fierce and t hat each event has promising material.

The schedule for this year is as follows: Jan. 15, Cen tral, 路P rep, North. and Westside at Central;

Decisions,

Jan. 22, Ryan, South T. J. and Westside at South ; Jan. 29, A. L., Benson, Beveridge, and Westside at Westside. These three meets are followed by the Metro League Meet, Feb. 12 and 13 and the State Meet, March 5 and 6.

WHS Tankers Stay Victorious

Swimmers such as Tom Curran, Dave George, Steve Jenkins, Hap Patz, Mike Stanner, and others have made t he Warrior team the state championship contender that it is.

In addition to the fine swimmers W estside possesses, t he school will a lso have another factor leaning in -their favor. T his is the advantage of competing at home in&tead of in the opponen t's territory.

All th e Warrior meets w ill be at home when the pool is ready for use, a nd the pool will a lso be the site of the Metropolitan League Championships, Jan . 29-30. Abou t two weeks after the Metro Championships is the state meet, Feb. 12-13, closing out the season.

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A tough zone defense and a ccurate inside shooting has been the key to Westside's success this year. This tight defense has made t he difference in many games as the Warriors have built up substantial lea ds in the first two quar t ers a nd can work on offense in t he second half. The r ugged inside sh ooting of 6'5" John Buller and 6'3" Eric Hultman ha s been the key factor in Westside's 77 points per game average.

Throughout t he five-gam e winning streak, John Buller's offensive and defensive board work has been impressive. Against Hastings in the opener, Buller and 6'7" J erry James each hit for 18 points followed by Rick Willis with 16.

T he following night a gainst Grand Island, Buller was outshot by senior forward Eric Hultman who also dominated both boards for a n 84 to 65 win.

A week later Westside traveled to Columbus and had their hands full with the fired up Discoverers.

Behind 67 to 66 with 1:26 left, calm free-throw shooting by Hultman, Willis, Mark Jensen and Rog Herring proved to be the difference as Westside pulled it out, 72 to 68.

The following night a scrappy Lincoln High team was an early nemesis to the Warriors but the inside shooting of John Buller, who collected a season high of 26 points, and the outside shooting of Jerry James, 17, Rick Willis, 13, and Mark Jensen, 12, proved to be the difference as Westside came on strong in the second half

GAA Works Out

Coach Cal Benz's swimming team has been successful in their beginning meets this season. So far, they have had meets at Tech, at McMillan Junior路 High, against Ryan and North, and with Prep.

They decisively out-pointed T ech, approximately doubling the Trojans' 40-point score, and then went on to win in their following meets.

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Miss Sandra Edwards' GAA players have basketball games right after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in the girls' gym.

There are approximately 10 girls on each of the eight teams. The Bouncers and Basketweavers are tied for first place, each with perfect 3-0 records. Following them closely are the Globetrotters and Cllemdlpvs, with two wins in three games.

Other teams are the ??????, the Team, Knuckleheads, and Loafers.

The teams play 20-minute games, divided into four periods. These games are much shorter than the regulation high school basketball games, which consist of a 48-minu te contest divided into four equal 12-minute quarters.

and toppled the Capital 73 to 56. Last weekend, an outclassed Abraham squad, Westside c a m e with a well balanced

by Buller's 16 points and Jensen's 15 points, to the Lynx, 77 to 54.

Westside's next game II ni ght against Creighton t he first round of the Tour nament.

Westside's Sophomore balkt~l team, coach~d by Mr. macher , played its .irst 12 against the Benson B.IIJIIIillili.

Benson came out on score in a battle that .....,.._,.._ 38. The t e a m membera t hose sophomores who were able to earn a position on the serve team.

The B-ballers are: Mark

lntramurals Here to Stay son opened with a puffs, groans of agony, T uesday, Dec. 15. Blisters legs were not uncommon night was over . showed t hey would be beat all year.

Several games had lop-sided scores. The rupUIIJIIio)l example, trou nced the Duinkellll to 24, while the Hawks the Sroirraws 62 to 18.

Everyone was a little ious to get his hands on and consequently there were ty of fouls. J im Chase and Keefe found themselves spectator role during the of their game as Mr. Roger man, the referee, rejected There were no hard feelings, ever.

Several of the boys good shots. Randy Knox night's high of 20 points. sen and John Katelman the n ight with 18 points.

Everyone was pretty vinced that being careful to shape pays off.

Wrestlers Trounce P The wrestling team has had a good season so far, but Coach Louie Miloni has reason to be up set with Westside High School.

There were no students at all at the first three meets, but the attendance has picked up lately. How can we expect anything from our wrestling team, if there is absolutely no backing? After Christmas v a c a t i o n, the next three matches are here, so there is no excuse for lack of attendance.

The team's record is 2 won and 2 lost. The losses were registered at Bishop Ryan and Tech, who are one and two in the intercity. We

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Pool Finally Ready The swimming pool that Westside ·has been waiting for is finaHy finished. The facilities are wonderful and is an addition Westsider'!> should be very very pro~d of.

The pool is 42 feet wide and 75 feet long.

Photo by John Mcintyre Westside's swimming pool, which has just been completed, h as been a center of attention and a lllf'oll"o :m P. addition to our facilities.

1Jjuurr WEST!iiDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB., JANUARY 22, 1965

Song is Dedicated Reverend Wade Alexander Mana member of the Omaha , has graciously dedia hymn, that he wrote, to students of Westside High. H e inspired by the Dec. '2:7, 1964 in the World- Herald: High School Students Hopes for the New Due to lack of space the will publish only the first stanzas of "0 Let Us Join Peace Crusade". It is sung tune of Waltham by J. Calkin.

PEACE SONG FOR YOUTH 0 let us join the peace crusade, By all the youth to give our aid ; That youth with youth o'er nations wide,

estsider es East face familiar to many at Westwas riding on the Nebraska President Johnson's inparade Wednesday, Jan. Kelley, senior, was the who received the of riding in the parade. rode on the Nebraska with two other Omaha girls Miss Nebraska. was chosen for the trip Hansen on the basis of her and her service to the

Shall rise for peace and truth besides.

2. 0 let us teach the nations peace, That war on earth shall ever cease; With help of God to bring the day, When peace on earth o'er all shall sway.

3. 0 let us help through all the youth, In every land to spread the truth; That truths of peace have power to free, From age old w r o n g s to brothers be.

New Musical Dates Planned The show must go on-and it will! February 11 and 13 are the new dates set for Westside's musical, "High Button Shoes", originally scheduled for Jan. 21 and 23.

The delay was caused by the late arrival of orchestra scores for t he show.

Curtain time is 8 p.m. in the girls' gym. Tickets are now on sa le from any Top Choir or Concert Choir member. Reserved seats are $1.50, g e n e r a I admission is $1.25, and student admission is 75 cen ts with a Westside activity ticket.

Orchestra, Top Choir, S t a g e Crew and many others are learning music, staging, and building sets, promising you a great musical.

oncert Choir Miami Has Musical Convention Concert Choir, under the of Mr. William Kellogg, present the musical comedy B e II e of the W est" by es George as their first major T h r e e performances planned; and although te dates have not been anit will be sometime in is the first year that Conhoir has had the opportunity ting on a musical. Mr. Kelfeels that this will not only the students in Concert Choir experience but it will also C o n c e r t Choir in the highs. story takes place in RoarCreek, Idaho, and is about the tures of Ida May Brown, a barber in a town where all wear beards. According Kellogg, "It is a lot of fun \·ery funny." ·

Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, was at Miami Beach last week attending the convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. As he is State President -of ·the Nebraska Association of School Administrators, Mr. Hansen's expenses were paid.

The convention, which lasted from Jan. 16 to Jan. 20, presented an excellent program which examined all aspects and advancements in education. Several major sessions dealing with topics varying from "Caribbean People and Problems" to ~'The Federal Government and Education" were held each dar except on Sunday. Sessions involving panels and discussion groups were also included in the program.

Former ambassador to South Viet Nam, Henry Cabot Lodge, delivered a speech titled "The Crisis in Southeast Asia." Other distinguished guests, including William Fulbright also spoke to the group.

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Students Malie Field Trips The State Home for the Mentally Retarded at Glenwood, Ia., the Nebraska State Penitentiary, and the State Mental Hospital in Lincoln have been the subjects of two Sociology field trips this semester.

Student manager, Terry Fox, >tated,. that the boys' times are ~etting much fastet and everyone s pleased with the progress. Sh e also saiCI that when people come to see the meets, they leave before it is over and often miss the best part of the meet.

The pool will be open 80 hours a ·week (4,000 hours the year around) under a Joint School-Community Program. There will be family and adult and also stud~nt parties. The permanent schedule hasn't been set up for sure yet.

The competitive swimming at Westside will be Varsity, Reserve, girls, junior high, and synchronized swimming and junior and senior life saving. Mr. Bentz wants to have a Student Leadership Group to do student teaching. It is for students who are not interested in competitive swimming.

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Sponsored by Mrs. Clara Dunn and Mr. William McCormick, the sociology students went to Glenwood in December. Here the students were able to mingle with the retarded and see how they lived and were treated. All made efforts to speak to the patients.

Trips to the Penitentiary and Mental Hospital in January were made in two sections, Mr. McCormick's classes going first and Mrs. Dunn 's group a week later. Students realized the seriousness when they were sea rched for matches or sharp instruments, such as na il files or scissors, before entering the Penitentiary. Tours were conducted through the dining room and workshops, and students also saw some cells, A speaker talked to the sociology students and answered their questions before they toured the Mental Hospital. Patients were more isolated from the visitors than at Glenwood because too much excitement was feared. However, students still enjoyed conversation with some and saw facilities such as the journalism clinic and the occupational therapy wards.

22-Gymnastlcs at South4 p.m.

Swimming with Ryan4 p.m.

Wrr_st~.ing Conference at North-4 p.m.

Basketball at Prep - 9 p.m.

23-Basketball, Sophomores with South 25-F.T.A. 3 p.m.

AduE Education Classes 26-Western Electric Class --219-through May 4 Wrestling with South7:30 p.m. her~ Hi-Y-7:30 p.m.

26-28--Semester Exams 29-Pep Rally-10:50 a.m.

Gymnastics - AK-SARBEN-4 p.m.

Wrestling at Beveridge -4 p.m. .

Basketball with South Sock Hop--Junior class 30--Sophomore Basketball at T ech Basketball with Benson Chili Supper Westside ::; ~ho~arship F und Sock Hop 29-30-Conference S w i m ming Meet Februa r y 1-Pep Club-2:50 p.m.

Math Club-7:30 p.m.

2-K Club-7:30 p.m.

Z Club-7:30 p.m.

3-Y-Teens-2:50 p.m.

Faculty Bowl F.M.A.-?:.50 p.m.

The team is undefeated in four meets. .They. are expected to finish very ·high in state ratings.

The swimming schedul e is as ·follows: Jan . 15-Ryan and T.J. ·at Westside-4 :00 16-Sioux City Central at Sioux City- l:QO 20-Benson at West.side4:00 29-Metropolitan High School Activities Association Swin1ming · an d Diving Championship at Westside - Preliminaries on Friday, Finals on Saturday at 2:00 29- Central at Westside- 1:00 F eb. 2-Boystown at Westside4:00 12-13-Nebraska State High S c h o o I Swimming and Diving Champiom;hips at Lincoln High - Preliminaries on Friday the 12th.

Finals on Saturday at 2:00.

Journalists Rewarded The Society of Quill and Scroll has taken seven new members into it's organization. These new members were selected by Mrs. Judy Egbert, journalism sponsor, and old members.

New members include Leigh Bovett, Jean Hoema n, Linda Jensen, Anne Leigh, John Mcintyre, Carol Thomas, and Barb Udes.

Quill and Scroll is an International Honorary Society for High School Journalists. It was founded in 1926 on the campus of the State University of Iowa, and Westside's chapter was first begun April 10, 1958.

A new group of members will be selected in the spring of 1965.

In order to be eligible for membership.._students should be in the upper one-third of their class and be of junior or senior standing.

The students must have done superior work in some phase of journalism, or on one of the publication staffs.

Finals Given Semester exams will be given oyer a three day period this year.

The testing days will include Jan. 26, Periods 1 and ·; Jan. 27, Periods 2 and 3; and Jan. 28, Periods 4 and 6.

Tuesday, Periods 1 and 5 8:00-10:11 period 1 exam 10:17-11:17 period 3 class 11:23-12:48 period 4 class 12:54- 2:50 period 5 exam Wednesday, P eriods 2 and 3 8:00-10:48 period 2 exam 10:17-12:48 period 3 exam 12:58- 1:49 period 5 class 1:55- 2:50 period 6 class Thursday, Periods 4 8:00- 9:05 period 9:11-10:11 period 10 :17-12:48 period 12:54- 2:50 period

and 6 1 class 2 class 4 eJi;am 6 exam

Regents Announced Ten Westside High stud'ents have been awarded 4 -year tuition scholarships to the University of Nebraska as a result of high marks received on the Nebraska Regents test taken Dec. 3.

Of these ten scholars, Da,·e Sheppard received the highest mark in the state, with Chris Pinali receiving the third highest score. The other eight students who received scholarships are Jim Arundel, Phyllis Donaldson, Tom Hood, Betsy Raskin, Kathy Rees, Ruth Saunde,rs, Doug Smith, and

Ann Snow. There w e r e 100 scholarships of this kind gi\'en m the entire state.

Westside also claimed a number of alternates for the scholarships.

Those scholarships that are not used by the winners are reassigned to the highest ranking alternates in the state. Those alternates from WHS include Kristi Andersen, Holden Aust, Steve Bachenberg, Kandra Bailey, Nancy Bar, John Baxter, Debby Browne, Bob Bucholz, Carol Bunz, Steve Burdic, Tom Calame, Steve Calvert, Mike Caplinger, Sherry Carlson, Robyn Car-

michael, Connie Cotton , Mark Co,·ert, Dennis Cox, Pam Dalling, Don DeFord. Bill Gray, Susan Hansen, Jackie Hauptman, Scott Holdrege, Eric Hultman, Karen Johnson, Tom Kahley, AI Kammerer, Dan Kuttner, Nancy Lorenz, John Mattson, Greg Montes, Jackie Moore, Virginia K. Moore, Peggy Morgan, Jean Newman, Tom Nilsson, Barb Norberg. 'Jeff Passer, Joe Rapoport, Ross Rizley, Sharon Ross, Bruce Sayles, Lynda Shannon, Car o I y n Simmons, Elaine Tegtmeier, Carol Thomas, Shari Trester, Barb Udes, Ruth Unsicker.

Karen Weber. Tim Wolin, Kath~ Wurl, and Rich Young.

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Regents Examin.e d Te n W e st side seniors have wo n Nebra ska Regents' scholarships.

Their parents are proud becau se e ither they have e xposed their chil dren to va st amounts of kn owledge or the ir chromosomes are intelligent. Their teachers are proud because either they have done their jobs well or they have proved the possibility of verbal osmosis. The winners are proud becau se either they are extreme ly intelligent or they have ma stered the art of guessing .

By John Buller The first semester is almost with only finals left. I would to say that I feel this has one of the best starts to a year Westside has

Such pride is understandable. Yet it is also di stressing when one re ali zes that it manifests an unhealthy emphasis on test s.

We have won in sports, debate team is winning, and have people in the scholastic who have received r e k no throughout the state. There more thing which is most ing to me and that is the shown by the students. It is hope that all of these areas continue to remain of the standard.

Tests like the Nebra ska Regents are supposed to determine the students ' knowledge as a basis for deciding eligibility for schola rs hips.

They have also become contests to prove which school provides the best education.

This attitude ca n and does crea t e problem s. One e xa mple of this ~i s found in considering the Ne braska Regents' Test. Of all who take the test, the I 00 students -who score highest receive scholarships which will pay their first years' tuition at the University of Nebra ska. These scholarships are almost automatically renewed for all four years. Regents' alternates, whose scores are not quite as high as those of the winners, receive the scholarships that are refused. These scholarships also will pay the first year's tuition; their renewal is considered more carefully, however, and is uncertain.

Approximately one-half of the winning Warriors are refu sing their scholarships. Some of these students knew they would do so when they took the test. If they had not taken it, others could have benefited.

Perhaps a re-evaluation of attitudes toward tests is in order. Students who are sure they will not attend NU should be urged not to take the Nebra ska Regents' Test. School pride is not so important t hat it should come before the benefit of individual students.

BETSY RASKIN

Test Schedule Is Announced The atives Those Pecht

following college repr-'sentare coming to W estside. interested should see Mr. or Mrs. Lucas.

January

20 Mills 20 Williams 21 Lindenwood 25 Drake

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2 Beloit 11 Yankton 16 Hamline

N ati onal Merit T ests will be held March 13 a t W estside. The deadline for applica tion is J a n. 25. To sign up juni J <S should see Mr. P echt or Mrs. Lucas.

College Boards will take place March 6 at Central, deadline for applica tion is Febr. 6. W estside will host the College Boards May 1, application deadline is April 3, however, one should apply early in March t o be a ssured of taking t hem at W estside.

The deadline for American College Testing is Jan. 23, they will be given Febr. 20, and again April 24.

Are you interested in having an e xchange student live with you next year? Attend the meeting Jan . 28 at 7:30. A representative from American Field Service will speak at the meeting to e xplain the program.

THE LANCE WeS:tside High School 87th and Pacific Sts., Omaha, Neb. .-: Editor . ..... ........... . .. . . Betsy Raskin Managing Editor • , • , , , ••. . .. Leigh Bovett Business Manager •• ~ . . • ... . . Nancy Caster

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Voorhees Praises WHS Musicians "Even if you don't go into music as a career, participating in music in high school will enable you to appreciate good music throughout your life." This was the advice of Mr. Donald Voorhees, director of the Bell Telephone Orchestra.

At Westside yesterday, Mr. Voorhees listened to the Warrior Band and spoke briefly to .an audience which included orchestra and Reserve Band members and a number of junior high band members.

"Interest in music is increasing by leaps and bounds," declared Mr. Voorhees. He feels that television writers are rapidly running out of original material, and will have to depend on such things as good music.

Director Darwyn Snyder asked Mr. Voorhees for criticism after

Beach Boys Babble

by Hap Patz and Duane Smith "I cr edit all ou r success to MY good looks ; I'm a bs olutely adorabl e," chuckled Mike Love, soloist of the greatly famed Bea ch Boys.

"It seems as though I'll be stuck with good looks forever ," he cont inued as he k issed the mirror.

After a successful performance before a record-br eaking crowd of screaming teenage rs, the Beach Boys retired to their , hotel rooms to get some rest.

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T hat good old time of year again.

While the hotel manager assured us that the famous five weren't registered there, we saw one strolling across the lobby. We stopped him and inquired if we could ask a few questions. He turned around, exposing the smiling face of Mike Love, and said warmly, "To ask is but to receive," and cordially invited us in.

We found the quintet humble, frank and obliging. Essentially they place emphasis on living life itself. Their Epicurean view of "eat, drink, and be merry," is characteristic of their personalities. Would normal people have a snowball fight in a hotel corridor or douse a fire with beer?

Individually, they have unique personalities. Mike Love, from whom it is hard to get a st raight answer, ge ts a k ick out of playing practical jokes. Howe,·e r, view in g his serious side, he see ms to ha ve

great respect f or intelligent people.

"There ain't nothin' I hate worst than stupid people," he added.

As we interr upted Al Jardine and Carl Wilson, who were intently watching "Bonanza" , they only facetiously discussed their common pet peeve of rude and inconsider· ate people.

Dennis Wilson, the drummer, is a great surfer and quite easygoing. He doesn't worry about the future, is content with the present and forgets the problems of the past.

Glen Campbell, taking the place of the ill Bryan Wilson, proved to be the most responsive to our endless questions. He informed us that Bryan founded the group and writes most of their songs.

These young stars, who follow a heavy schedule of traveling and performing for up to ten days at a time, sometimes only get to rest for a few days. When asked what his idea of relaxing and having a good time was, Mike stated, "Spending two weeks in Hawaii away from my squirrelly partners."

What impression did the Beach Boys make upon us? They portrayed a "big brother" image of being down-to-earth, fun-loving, and out of their trees.

the band had played several selections. "A strong sense of rhythm is always evident in young people," he said. "However, your intonation is above average." He concluded that the performance was "a happy surprise."

The Student ·Council table in the student lounge. week ago Thursday two pool were taken. We want those back! We don't care to know took them because there is reason to know. If you wanted prove you could steal a pool that's fine, you proved it. But are paying a lot of money to that pool table in the can't afford to have things On Febr. 11, the Student will have an open meeting. will announce the time, and our hope that a nyone will come to give us see just how the Council Best of luck with finals.

Durham Shows Music Skill, Presents Solo Violin Concert Mention Jim Durham's name to someone who knows him and it will immediately conjure up a picture of a violin. Since he began studying the instrument several years ago, Jim has exhibited marvelous talent. His many music awards attest to his hard work and determination to play the difficult and beautiful instrument.

Sunday, Jan. 10, Jim revealed his excellent progress with a solo v iolin recital at 3 p.m .

Nearly 100 people fl ocked to the First C e n t r a 1 Congregational Church to hear the W estside senior. They were rewar ded with

superbly executed selections of accompanied Bach, Conus, Mendelssohn.

Jim summed up the recital "a combination of all the work done so far". His violin im:trlt<'li• Mr. David Majors, was res;po:nsll for suggesting that Jim recital. It was part of of solo recitals being each w eek by students Majors.

Several people, when nnoooti..about the recital, gave a stic r eplies and many are ning to attend some of the recitals, all of which are the public.

Rules Made But Not

by Lynne Durham and Carol Thomas Thursday, July 2 Dear Diar y, We all went to the park after class today. It is beautiful and huge, with tennis courts and a swimming pool. I watched our guides play soccer, while the homesick kids wrote home.

After a Creps supper, Janie, Lynne, Doug from Wichita, and I went to our local bar, "La Slavia", for ice cream, but wound up buying a bottle of champagne. It fit perfectly into J.ane's purse. What luck!

We smuggled it up to her room for a party, but first, we had to steal glasses from the orangeade machine downstairs. Then Jane broke off half the cork and had

These courses will begin at the start of the second semester, Monday, Feb. 1: Personal Typing Business Arithmetic Speech Zoology Physiology Botany Space Science Economics Sociology Russian History

to dig the rest out with her f ile. Finally, the champagne ploded all over the room us!

Jane had to run to a Council meeting, so Lynne went for a walk. Two diers on a Honda waved, and they came and asked us to a think??). Too bad- we here Saturday night!

Dear Diary, Today might as well be "We're Only Doing This Own Good Day." But I Monsieur Choiselle, the head coordinator, just the student body that the can girls are not to date associate with the explained that a not understand the relationships as the In France, "going steady" heard of and is completely terpreted and misunderstood. are just furious however, is the French stag line continuously in front of our There are now 300 left to about 50 joyous boys! (Nice odds!!)

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a nuary 22, 1965

Club Briefs Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cowan will present a program about their ip to Iran at the next Z -Club meeting on Feb. 2.

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by Barb Udes

Breakfasts for the new students attending WHS will soon be ven every Wednesday morning by the combined efforts of the squires and the Interact Club.

The Junior Red Cross has recently begun plans for their annual orse Show in May. The club is also preparing a chest of supplies be stored and later used for a disaster community.

Congratulations are extended to the three Safe-Teen poster inners. First, second, and third places were awarded to Karen reeman, Steve Thorton, and Kathy Sharp, respectively.

So far this year the Chess Club has had an even record with a in over Prep and a loss to Central. Four members of the club aveled to Lincoln Jan. 15-16 to participate in a state meet.

W-Club is engaged in the activity of ordering new shirts. They ill be similar to the red ones ordered last year.

riumphsContinue Westside's debate team has conued its winning season, doing 11 at the Kearney State Invitional Debate and Speech Tourent and at the Watertown InIn Watertown, S. D., Jan. 14 16, the Warriors, coached by Rod Hansen, placed fifth ong 38 schools in sweepstakes mpetition. Chris Pinali, senior, eived special honors as she won st place in Original Oratory. Anher senior, Steve Calvert, was ognized for reaching the finals Mixed Extemporaneous Speakinding themselves susceptible the unusual, the debaters added their list of extraordi-nary hapings in the South Dakota cold:' carburetor of the District 66 xury wagon" froze; three of four debate teams were forced forfeit a round due to the enng delay. ne weekend earlier, Jan. 7 to 9; team swept the Kearney State rnament. Here the Warriors ced first in sweepstakes, edgCentral by three points. This m victory was made possible by individual showings in speech debate events. Jeff Meyers, ior, was first in Interpretive blic Address; Betsy Raskin, senplaced first in Women's Exporaneous Speaking; and Bob cholz, senior, won second honin M e n ' s Extemporaneous aking. In the novice division of ate, sophomores Wally Dean Warren Whitted placed sec. Bob, Steve, Chris, and Betsy tured fourth and second posis in Varsity Debate. ot allowing the time between

andies Sold o Help AFS he International Club Candy was a success. Earning over 00, Westside will be host to American Field Service stunext year. This year boxes andy were sold for $1 instead the 50c bars. The boxes aped to sell more easily. inny Hronek received the inive prize of $35. Over-all prize 25 went to Jackie Hauptman. vidual prizes of $20, $10, and ere given by the clubs. First winners were: French Club, y Hickman; German Club, Gary Spanish Club, Sandy son; and Latin Club, Iris der. rs. Diann Althouse, Internaa l Club sponsor, wishes to k everyone who helped make project a success.

tournaments to go to waste, the debaters host€d a novice tournament Jan. 13 with the Westside Stu dent Council acting as sponsor.

Winning top honors at this event were teams from North · and Prep.

The Warriors will be inactive until February when they will travel to more tournaments and host another tournament.

Senior Wins Essay Contest Senior Kristi Andersen was one of the three Omaha winners of the Daughters of the American Revolution Essay Contest. Cont€stants met at the YMCA, Jan. 16 and were asked to write 100 words on, "How our actions can reflect the ideals of the Founding Fa· thers."

After winning this contest, Kristi and the two other winners were given an opportunity to enter the state essay contest, top prize being $100.

Pool playing has caught the eye of two top Westside students. Both Ruth Brock and Dave Sheppard have become enthusiastic fans of this ever-growin sport.

Ruth, likes all sports, • particularly enjoys s p e c t a t or sports, water ski-

expressed by her wide parR u th ticipation in school activities. A member of Esquires, French Club, and Z Club, she is also treasurer of Pep Club and captain of Squires.

In past years, Ruth has been vicepresident of GAA, a member of Y-Teens and FTA, and a Girls' State alternate.

Ruth has certainly earned her reputation as a great practical joker with a wonderful sense of hum9r. She greatly enjoys sliding down the school's banisters and is an eager snatcher of fruit loops, her collection now totaling 40.

Some of Ruth's pranks have been known to backfire, however. As a former believer in the idea that eggs soaked in vinegar become rubberized, Ruth heaved one at John Brager, a fellow-classmate, during an eighth-grade science session. The dismaying results quickly disproved Ruth's faulty theory.

Math and sociology are Ruth's major fields of interest, After at·

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Farrar reacts while under the strain of a ra)>id succession of intellectual questions? Everyone will be able to witness this spectacle on Feb. 4, during 6th hour as team captain, Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principle, challenges Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, in the

Boys Hit Campus

Whop, Vick, Strat, Clutch, and Cub made the big trip to N.U. last Saturday and got fixed up with some real beauties. The Big Cat has sharp claws.

The Lance staff will miss Leigh Bovett when she moves to Chicago at the end of the semester.

How will we get our stories in on time now?

Dave Sheppard says that three plus three equals nine . •. so be it.

After this past weekend the debaters feel that the District should buy a new station wagon because the car has had one blowout, the tread is wearing through, there is an ominous crunch (presumably the gas tank) when the car goes over a bump, and the car smells like a gas station.

tending either the University of Nebraska or a college in Colorado, she )>lans to teach mathematics in high school. Ruth feels that Miss Julie Donoghue, Miss Diane Brost, and Mr. Charles Lang have been most influential during her years at Westside. She feels that the school itself offers everyone the opportunity to receive the best education possible.

Dave Sheppard, recently named first in the state on the Nebraska Regents exam, markedly illustrates the potential of Westside students and the education offered them. A member of the National Honor Society and a candidate for the Navy scholarship, Dave missed being a National Merit semi-finalist by one point. Though he has received such notable scholastic recognition, Dave has some trouble budgeting his time and has become addicted to No-Doz as the result of several Far East book reports.

Dave's extracurricular activities include Hi-Y, Key Club, Math Club, CPAF, and Interact Club. He formerly played in the band and was a member of the Senate as a junior. Aside from his present interests in b rid g e, p o o I, c h u r c h league basketball, and zoomeranging, Dave was on Dave the football a n d

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Girls Form Clubby Chryse Schory Senior Carol Thomas recently started a new girls' club known as E.V.E. New members of the club are required to read a book for conditioning purposes and are also taught the club song. As field trips are an essential part of every club, Carol has made plans for several trips. The first trip will be to the Farnam Branch Library on Thursday night where the girls will march in singing "Men of Honor" and the second to the "Open Door Mission." All prospective members are urged to contact Carol for further information or Kathy Rees who is in charge of the book department.

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and IJnda VVeUs ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS OF E.V.E AND A.A.C. There will be a meeting at the Library, Thursday after exams for a rally!!

Slides Ready Eight volumes of 24 slides each which cover every major art move· ment are now available to students in the library.

These books also have supple· mentary illustrations all d text about the major periods and indi· vidual artists.

Students may use the slides in classes or view them in the li· brary with the new projector.

Faculty Bowl. Sponsored by N.F.L. to raise money for debate trips, the Bowl is opened to the general public and admission fee will be 35 cents.

Other team members will include Mrs. Judith Hoyt, English instructor; Mr. Charles Lang, physics teacher; Mr. Harry Miller, American History teacher; Mr. Larry Dobbins, English teacher; and two other surprise members.

Moderator will be "Dearheart" John Coleman from KETV.

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Westside will again hold another Chili Supper in its cafeteria. The supper will be held before the Benson-Westside game on January 30. Everyone is urged to come and support the Scholarship Fund.

The last Supper turnout was so successful that the large amounts of people were not anticipated.

This supper will be fully prepared to meet any large crowds that ar• rive. This time there will be no long waiting lines and people will be served immediately.

Everyone come and support the Fund, and at the same time get a good meal.

Students Go To Luncheon

We s t s i d e High's Distributive Education Club held its annual Employer-Employee Luncheon, Tuesday, Jan. 12.

The members work, under the supervision of their sponsor Mr. Dale Fuerst and their employers, in retail businesses in the Omaha area. The employers are invited by the students to attend the luncheon.

The luncheon was planned by D. E. members Bob Gibson, Susan Hayworth, Jerry Hightower, Pat Shanahan, Mary Vales and John Van Pelt. The proceeds of D. E. sponsored dances paid for the luncheon at Palazzo Italiano.

Recently broadcasting on KFAB radio were Chloie Fleming, Jerry Hightower, Donna Schober, and John Van Pelt. Each night from Jan. 5-8, they were heard promoting the Distributive Education program.

Westside's Faculty Bowl will be conducted in a way similar to that of CBS's T.V. College Bowl. Gen· eral knowledge questions will be tossed out to both panels and points will be awarded for correct answers. There will also be ques· tions pertaining to specific fields such as science or math. Seniors Eric Hultman and John Buller and junior, Jeff Meyers, will serve as judges, kee)>ing track of points and making final decisions in case of ties.

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track teams as a freshman and so)>homore.

Economics or math will be Dave's college major. He has been accepted at the University of Iowa and the University of Michigan, but plans to go to Princeton if accepted there. Dave may go on to graduate school and then into business. He feels that Mr. Richard Winchell has influenced him considerably in many ways.

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Steve Long Snow-skiing is rapidly becoming a favorite sport of many Westsiders. Although it is a very difficult and challenging sport, few participants ever give up. Lately, t~e lack of snow has been a problem. However, John (Whop) Brager solved the problem during Christmas vacation. John journeyed to Denver, Colo., where there was plenty of snow and many added attractions. While there, John spent several days on the ski runs at Winter Park and Loveland Basin. Both runs are considered to be tops in skiing circles. According to John, "It was great! The snow was perfect and I learned a lot from watching the tremendous skiers that were there."

For those of you who can't get to where the real snow is, Cresent Hills has used their snow machine to cover the small hill with a fairly adequate amount of snow. It is not much, but it is a good piace to learn, before you challenge the real stuff!

19 T eams Vie In lntramurals Supervisor Bill McCor mick has

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19 teams in two i n t r a m u r a l leagues, 10 in the A m e r i c a n

League and nine in the National.

Some high scorers are Dave Davis, Bill Jensen, Randy Knox, Dave Lar kin , Roger Larson, Gary McClendon, Jerry Petersen, and Rod Ulfers.

1 The Rejects and Hawks led the American League after the first three games with perfect records.

Their counterparts in the National were the Pop Tops, Fighting Irish, and Wildcats, also having 3-0 record!.

Trailing the American leaders were the Rogues and Sroirraws, each with a 2-1 record. The Rhino's and Gluckes each had a 1-1 record. after their two games, for a second place tie in the National league.

The National League has only nine teams to the other league's 10 because one team, the Beatabies, were disbanded after their forfeiture of scheduled games.

Rounding out the list of these teams, who play on Tuesday nights are Al;nerican League teams the Clutchkickers, K r is p y Critters, Physiocrats, Simple Simons, Squirrels, and Zips; National League teams the Ball Hawks, Cakroaches, Dunkers, and Eight Balls.

Westside ·entered the · Holiday Tournament a strong contender, riding a five game winning streak: Playing three of the stronges t te_ams in tJ1e city, Westside started their journey to the finals by toppling defending State Champion Creighton Prep 68-66 in overtime, as Rick Willis ·scored on a jump shot in the closing .seconds of th e ex.tra period to stop the Jays. John Buller led Westside with 27 points.

Reserves like Doug Riley ch allenges varsity swimmers t o excel.

Photo by Steve W igodsky

New Pool Opens As Tanl~tnen Set Marks "Marvelous" was s w i m m i n g Curran, Patz, and Steve George coach Cal Benz's reply when asked _ are u ndefeated so far this year, how he felt about the new pool.

With freshmen Todd Smith and "This is the finest high school pool Steve George declared eligible plus in the state and one of the best in the incentive to win that is presthe Midwest," added Benz, who ent in the team, the swimmers also stated that the swimmers could dethrone five-year defendin g would show their appreciation for champion Lincoln Southeast for the pool by continuing improvethe state crown in March. ment and by an assured challenge to Lincoln Southeast tankmen for the state championship.

Undefeated this year, Westside mermen opened the new pool Jan .

8 with a 62 to 33 decision over Lincoln High and ari 84 to 11 trouncing of Bellevue. Outstanding performances were registered

by Tom Curran swimming to a new school record in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of :52.0, and the 200 yard medley relay composed of Hap Patz, Steve Jenkins, John Linstromberg and Curran lowering the school record to :1:50.0. The following day Westside edged past a favored Sioux City Central team 51 to 44 and dropped Creighton Prep 55 to 40.

Westside continued their winning streak the next week by easily defeating first year teams Ryan 77 to 18 and Thomas Jefferson, 87 to 8. T he outstanding performer in this meet was freshman T odd Smith who completely ran away with diving.

A trip to Sioux City the following day proved to be a victorious one as four school records were broken. Hap Patz lowered the backstroke mark to 1:10.2; Steve Jenkins, breaststroke to 1:10.5; Tom Curran, 200 yd. freestyle to 1:56.6; and freshman Steve George, individual medley, 2 :17.7.

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Gymna st s Cop Third

Westside's gymnastic team journeyed to Central Jan. 15 f o ·r their first meet. Competing against Central, Prep, and Tech, the Warriors finished third behind Central and Prep, The Warrior's best event was the trampoline. John Moore and Armin Barnett placed first and second respectively in the event.

The overall point-leader was Gary Spears. He gained a total of eight points by placing third in free exercise, fourth on the long horse, and sixth in tumbling.

Senior Bob Eades, who has participated in gymnastics before coming to Westside this year, finished in third place on the side horse and fifth on the horizontal bar.

Warrior Duane Stewart nearly missed being hurt as h e lost his grip and flew off the horizontal bar. Luckily, he landed on his feet and received no serious injuries . .

The next gymnastic meet will be Thursday, in the girls gym at 4 -p.m. According to Coach Wayne Wagner, Westside will have a better chance to do well, as they will be on their own equipment and wm · have gained confidence after participating once.

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In the second round a well-balanced Warrior scoring attack stopped Centra I 67-65, as the Eagles rallied in the final period to almost pull out a victory. Rick Willis and John Buller led Westside with 15 points followed by Jerry James, 14, and Eric Hultman, 12.

In the championship Westside was plagued with early foul trouble and cold shooting, and bowed to the hot-shooting Trojans, 74-65.

A defense that was designed to stop Tech star John Mackey left the other Trojans open and their ability to hit from all over the court proved to be the margin ot victory. Allander led the winners with 22 points.

Central 58-Westside 56

The regular season continued with a rematch against Centr al.

In a closely fought contest Westside came out on the short end, 58-56. The lead changed hands many. times throughout the game and a five-point Westside lead in the fourth quarter faded as Eagle Superstar Arthur Allen hit from all over the court in the closing minutes to pull out a victory for the Eagles. Allen led all scorers with 27 points. Buller paced W estside with 17 points.

Top North, Beatrice Westside bounced back onto the winning trail last Friday against North, downing the Vikings 70-49.

Despite a few cold spells, Westside played a sharp game both offensively and defensively and dominated the game the whole evenirg.

John Buller led all scores with 20 points.

T he following evening Westside showed their . field goal ability by hitting 31 field goals in topping Beatrice 87-56. Leading by only one point at the half, Westside outscored .Beatrice 30-9 in . the third quarter which proved to be the difference. Rick Willis, returning to his old positiOfl as forward, led the scoring with 27 ·points.

Rusty Welch addea 12, all in the second half.

Prospects for a good game night look bright as W meets twice-beaten Creighton at Civic Auditorium. · Prep is for the gam~ of Westside's ranking in the state and loss to the Warriors in at -the H oliday To.urnament.

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and no losses. He also has fastest pin which he got at Benson match, in 1:18.

Lausterer (120 lbs.) record. He has hasn't wrestled team has had.

The support given to the ling team has helped them siderably. The team's morale is a great deal. In the match Benson, Westside tromped 32-13. There were home with North on Friday and on Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Conference at Tech tonight at 6:30. The finals are on Saturday, at 1:00, and the finals on nfght at 7:30. "Don't be afraid go to the Tech wrestling ·meet; wrestlers will protect you. Get and support your team!"

Coach Miloni.

'The boys in the varsity classes are as follows: 95 Cohen; 103 lb.-Doug n."Ll»Luu; lb.-Gary Krieiger; 120 Lausterer or AI Bach; 127 lb.Phalen; 133 lb.-Tom Rydberg; lb.-Steve Harless; 145 Morris or Bruce Sayles; 154 Steve Hill or Ralph Cheney; Ib:-scott Swanson; 180 Trapolino ; Heavyweight-Mike die.

Soph., Junior Hoopers Win For Rademacher and P · Coach Jack Peterson's reserve basketball team started on the way to a successful season, winning four of the first five games, and tonight at 6:15 face Prep on the Jays' court, as a prelude to Pl'ep's varsity game. .Central was the only school to outscore the Warriors as Hastings, Columbus, Lincoln High, and A.L. fell, in that order . The Eagles barely escaped by two points, 49 47 and the junior s then went on to ' win games with N orth and Beatrice.

In Coach P e terson's four th sea-

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son last year, his 13-1 record and the championship, and players Lee Fischer are helping to another healthy season year. Lee has averaged ab.out points per game, and against Lynx he potted 30 . _Mr. P eterson thinks one fa ce his t ea m's play t hat could be proved is th e rebounding.

Mr. Bob R ademacher's more basketballer s r allied 6-18 deficit with Boys won 49-45, a fter having been beaten by Benson.

Vi pond an d Bob Henderson led scoring while Gene Jensen and T harp played a good floor game, which a lso was str umen tal in the outcome.

"We'r e stiH making but n ow we're cu tti ng th em ," Coach Rademacher m.ented. After the Boys game th e team played Prep.

South co ntest is tomor row al a.m.

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Photo by J o hn Mcintyre Candidates, Fro nt row: Mic ki Freed, Sally Cockle, Kathy Kelley, Carolyn Simmons, C arolyn Richardso n.

Back row: Tippytoes Iverson, Killjoy Willis, Baby Buller, Pee Wee Hultman, Stretch Zoob.

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W ESTS IDE HIGH SC HOOL, OMAHA, NEB., FEBRUARY 19, 1965

ehater s Win Again t 2 Tournalllents "Success depends on three things : ho says it, what he says, how he ays it; and of those three, what e says is the least important."

Apparently Westside's debate earn has learned to follow this

uccess formula, for in recent eeks they have continued to win ournaments: the Warriors have on first in sweepstakes at the arian Bellarmine Speech Tourney nd at the Morningside Invitation! Tournament.

At the M o r n i n g s i d e College ournament, held Feb. 5 and 6 in ioux City, . the team placed first in h ·e out of six events. Seniors Bob ucholz, Steve C a l v e r t, Chris inali, and Betsy Raskin won first lace in debate; Sob and Steve ere among the three undefeated earns. Chris and B e t s y also cored in individual events, with hris winning original oratory and etsy winning girls' extemporaneus speaking. Tim Gerber, also a nior. added a trophy in his first xperience in dramatic interpretaion. With these achievements, here was no doubt that Westside would win the sweepstakes trophy.

One week earlier the debaters ttended one of the toughest ournaments of the year at Marian nd won a n o t h e r sweepstakes

trophy by a decisive margin. In debate competition, the Warriors again prov.e d their skill: Bob and Steve captured first place in championship debate; Wally Dean and Warren Whitted, sophomores, won third honors in novice debate; and Mike Armstrong and Roger Franz, also sophomores, placed fifth in novice debate.

Westside was also well represented in individual competition. Steve took third place in boys' extemporaneous speaking, and Chris and Nancy Silverman, junior, reached the finals in original oratory and dramatic interpretation.

Although the year is not yet over, the debaters have already established an impressive record. At eight tournaments the team has won 16 trophies, 3 medals, . and a plaque. Its achievements include three first places in sweepstakes competition, five firsts in debate, six firsts in individual events, two second places in both debate and individual events, one third place in debate another third in indi.vidual co~petition, and fifth places in sweepstakes and debate. Team members attribute their success to their coach, Mr. Rod Hansen, who has been at Westside three and a half years.

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February

20 -Sweetheart Dance 22 -Washington's Birthday1732 F.T.A.-3 p.m.

23 -Hi-Y-7:30 p.m.

25 -11th Annual Warrior Downbeat- S p.m., Girl's Gym 26 - Basketball at Fremont l\farch

1-Pep Club- 3 p.m.

Math Club-7 :30 p.m.

Z Club-7:30p.m.

2- K Club-7:30 p.m.

3-Y-Teens-3 p.m.

4-National Math Exam- 8 a.m.

F .M.A.-2 p.m.

1-5-District Basketball Tourney 6-College Boards

Team Number One, consisting of r. Ralph Farrar, Mrs. Judy Hoyt,

fr. Charles Lang, and Mr. William el;;on. remained ahead for the of the contest. owe\ e r. team Number Two, con-

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Rich Clayton and the Rumble~ will provide the ballroom dance music.

The theme for the dance is "Victory Valentine" which will be represented in decorations made bY. Pep Club girls, who put many hours of planning and preparation in to the dance.

Committee chairmen· are as follows: over a II. Cindy Wheeler; stage, Kathy Sharp; walls, Linda Wells: ceiling, Bonnie Rothschild ; baskets. and doors~ Pam Prall; tables, Karen Wendt; programs, Joyce Page; procession, Ann Snow; crowns, Becky Burling; punch table, Meriel Lefler; cookies, Lynne Durham ; getting tables, Marty Dieterich: stickers. Terry Fox; and advertising, Sharon Ross.

Remember, guys, you have only one day left to get a date, so hurry!

Baxter and Gloor Explore Bell Labs Each year students from one Omaha high school and Westside are sent to the Bell Laboratories to observe the research being conducted and to attend lectures. This year recipients of this trip were Ward Baxter and Dennis Steinauer, Beveridge student. Mr. Alvin Gloor, math teacher, and Mr. Bentner, of Beveridge, served as sponsors. Ward was chosen on the basis of his achievements in the fields of math and science.

The group arrived in New York Saturday, February 13. The remainder of Saturday and Sunday morning were occupied with seeing the City. Such well-known spots as the United Nations, the Pan American Building, a math exhibit in the Time-Life Building, and the Empire State Building were visited. Saturday night they were able to see the Broadway

production of "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying".

The remainder of the time was spent at the Bell Telephone Murray Hills Labs in New Jersey. Lectures on the purpose of the labs and math research were presented the first day. Monday the group heard a talk on electronic switching systems and then divided into separate groups dealing with math, physics, chemistry, or electronics. Ward chose to attend the session on electronics. Mr. Gloor attended the talk on mathematics. These sessions were followed by a talk on teaching and visits to the research laboratories.

The travelers returned to Omaha Monday night and resumed their regular schedules Tuesday, but with many exciting remembrances of their study.

Bluto Image A Misnomer; Farrar Guides Warriors "Why, I've seen. him take two hours out of a loaded schedule to try to talk a student out of quitting school. He's one of the finest men I've ever worked with." Westside's Mrs. Alice Gillogly commented so earnestly that the feeling of deep admiration and respect she has for Mr. Ralph Farrar could not be mistaken.

· Being the parent figure at Westside often demands a gruff reprimand from Asst. Principal Ralph , Farrar when one of his charges misbehaves. Consequently to some students he is associated with the Bluto imagecarrying the club of a stalwart tyrant. This is not the case.

Mr. Farrar views discipline as a very necessary part of the growing up process. Helping people along the oftentimes treacherous and difficult road to maturity and success is the greatest reward in his work, Guidance has been Mr. Farrar's chief interest for several years. After obtaining his Bachelor's Degree at Nebraska Wesleyan and his Master's Degree at the University of Nebraska, he became a counselor in the Lincoln Public School System. He later became principal of the high school in Wilbur, Nebraska. He is presently working on an advanced degree and is teaching guidance at the University of Omaha.

sistlng of Mrs. Anna Clark, Mr. Larry Dobbins, Mr. Ken Hansen, and Mr. Harry Miller, suddenly shot ahead to victory with a 220 to 210 score. Mr. Dobbins, high scorer for his team, made the winning points.

These contestants certainly surprise\'! the majority of Westside students. For example, Mr. Dobbins, a bachelor, can say "I love you" in five · languages. Mr. Nel. son knows his history, but he also knows his movie stars. Mrs. H oyt looks nice in her KOIL sweatshirt, and none of the contestants knew that the five senses, according to Aristotle, are seeing. smelling, hearing, tasting, and touching.

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Who will be the 1965 Sweethear t and Prince? This question will be answered as the royalty is crowned at the annual Westside Sweetheart Dance tomorrow n ight.

Candidates for Sweetheart, selected by the Pep Club, are Sally Cockle. Micki Freed, Kathy Kelley, Carolyn Richardson, and Carolyn Simmons.

The Prince will be one of the following seniors on the varsity basketball team: John Buller, Eric Hultman, Rick Willis, or Barry Zoob The other senior team member, Jim Iverson. was Homecoming King, but wi!I serve as escort.

The ballots cast by the Westside student body Monday, Feb. 8, will determine the winners.

The dance, co-sponsored qy th e Pep Club and W Club, will be in the girls' gym from 8 p.m. until midnight. Tickets for $2 a couple are available from W Club members.

acuity Competes in Bowl "My oh my, Dear Hearts," cemented Mr. John Coleman of ETV as he glanced over the rowded gymnasium, "just look at 11 the people who are willing to ay 35 cents to get out of their ixth-hour class! " Mr. Coleman, cting as master of ceremonies at he Westside Teacher's Bowl on eb. 4, went on to say that it as "sure nice to be here at P rep." he audience booed and the con-

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Mr. Farrar attributes Westside's present scholasti c and athletic successes to the excellent rapport-that personal element-which exists between teacher and student at Westside. He also commends parents for providing the guidance and the type of environment conducive to a responsible and yet "pleasantly ornery" teenager.

Reading, music, and obser\'ing sports occupy whateYer time he may ha,·e remaining after his fuU sC'hedule.

Photo by John Mcintyre Mr. Farrar-Friend not foe.

Someone once stated that America's greatest assPt is well-trained, dedicated teaC'hers, for they are the cornerstones of America's posterity. Westside C'an rest assured that its contribution to posterit) is in capable hands.

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Actions Discussed Since Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, man has known the difference between right and wrong. And since that fateful act, man has continued to commit both a:ight and wrong deeds. · As individuals have decided their idea of right, or morality, they have often tried to impose it on others. Prohibition exemplified this tendency. But prohibition didn 't work. Cotton Mather yelled all of his life to promote morality, so did Billy Sunday and so do contemporary clergymen. But this doesn't seem to do any good, either.

In recent weeks morality, or the lack of it, has become an issue in our sc hool. Bel ieving that preaching ha s little permanent value and that it is entirely too smug, the Student Council and the La nce decline to deliver any sermons on this topic. But as important voices of the student body, these groups wish to e xpress their stand on the issue.

Teenaged students cannot be perfect; to attempt to force them into an angelic mold can only lead to frustration. There is a struggle inside teenagers that must sometimes vent itself. Fighting both childhood and maturity, the teenager may sometimes express his confusion with . improper, wild behavior. While this expression, this release, ne~d not be condoned , it should not be condemned. One cannot restrtc+ a teenager . to Victorian standards of decorum. f\ny restrictions must come as the teenager finds the maturity to restrict himself. · Although we have the right to sometimes vent our frustrations as

we move toward maturity, we teenagers must not think that we can run wild. We must realize that there are times when we must suppress our feelings and observe rules of proper behavior. One such time is when we are in school.

At Westside, both students and teachers have always enjoyed a fiberal atmosphere in which student-faculty relationships have flourished. We students have always been given a great deal of academic freedom. We must not abuse that freedom , or we will lose it.

As groups concerned with their school, the Student Council and La nce hope that past mistakes will be forgotten and that students will remember the appropriate behavior for each situation in the future. . .

JOHN BULLER BETSY RASKIN

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Gerlllans -a nd Swiss Fascinate Students

By Carol Thomas and Lynne Durham Sunday, July S Dear Diary, Barb, Miss Billerbeck, and I just returned from our three-day trip to Heidelberg, Germany, famous for the castle above it. Everything in Germany is either very old and quain~ or .very_ ·n~w'~ and i:nodern.

Prices are )n~rec,U.biy ' low. We all bought . cuckoo cloclis .iind Hum' . • ll-;\, --. mels. Barb got some lederhosen (leather shorts) lik~ the little boys wear! t

New Teachers Come to WHS Don't be surprised i:( you come -' to class , one of these days· and find a new ,slave driver ill cplace of the_; old one 'rhe new facy~ _-~nless your regular teach!lJ;- is . just ~-sick, probably belongs tif &le 'o t several student teachers wh~ .will be teac-p'1• ing some of Westside's classes during the second semester. If you happen to be one of those not-tooobservant . students who has not yet missed your reguhir- teacher, here is a list of the student teach- ers to clarify if you have been sitting in the wrong class for the past two weeks.

John Ahrens-Mr. Speece's 4th hour Economics Erleen Christiansen-Mr. Wells' 2nd hour American History Graciela Conto-Mrs. Davis' 2nd hour Spanish Norman Custard-Mr. Wagn e r's 5th and 6th hour P. E.. M-W-F Phyllis Faasse-Mr. Hardison's 6th hour Biology Renee Franklin-Mrs. Clark's 6th hour Speech Mercedes Higuera-Mrs. Gore's 1st hour Span ish James Hu bschmann-Mrs. Limbaugh's 6th hour English William Jones-Mr. McCormick's 5th hour World History James Kettle-Mr. Speece's 5th hour Economics Rosemary Loftus-Mrs. Dunn's 4th hour

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We went through part of the Black Forest which is absolutely beautiful. On the Fourth we hear d U.S. soldiers shooting off fireworks but that was our only celebration.

On the way back we stopped in Luxembourg for lunch then went on to Verdun, France to see t he ba ttlefield and monuments. There were thousands of rows of white crosses all over the area, and it was quite an emotional experience.

The German food was so good -it's a shame to return to Creps.

I only wish I had k nown some of the German language. I couldn't get far with gesundheit!

Carol

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Blizzard Alters Plans

By Robie Carmichael

Fifty years from now the "Blizzard of '65" will probably rank with the "Big One of '89" as Nebraska's most r e n o w n e d meteorological phenomena.

Actually, though it created gargantuan inconveniences and kingsize frustration head-aches, last week's blizzard was little more than a white snowstorm of unusually large proportions.

Now if we had had some Microccus nivalis in the air, it might have been a snowstorm of a different color. Scientists have discovered this fungi has the remarkable pronerty of transforming ordinary white snow . into shades·· of ted, green, blue, or black. (At last scientists seem to have found_,_ the',. answer to the great Blue Snow in · Paul Bunyan's' logging campj, ..

De11oite its ordinary _coto~. lfJ.St . week's sno\l(storm wrought ··bftvoc to many Westsiders' well-laid plans.

For example: • This space was to have been filled with an amusing Valentine's Day feature for last Friday's issue. Since the holiday week-end has passed, and rather than asking you all to utilize your fertile imagination and pretend it's still Valentine's Day, we decided to kill the story. (Thus leaving an hysterical feature editor with ten inches of copy to concoct at the last minute).

Is there anything more disgusting than staggering out of bed at six a.m. to get ready for school, an astounding feat which includes sewing a button on your sweater, hunting frantically for your shoes and a lp:;t garter, and applying lipstick with the aid of the full-length mirror on the back of your door, at which point Father opens said door. When you have regained your breath, (the door-knob hit you in the stomach) and have elE!aned up "Brightly Pink" from all over the mirror and floor, you glance with horrified stare at the clock and fly toward the door to catch the bus. It is then that you learn ther-e is to be no school today.

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I k now I left that car around her e someplace last night.

spent two hours putting chains on their cars, only to get stuck behind someone who didn't on the way to work?

And perhaps most upsetting of all, that party you'd finally convinced your parents to allow you to attend has been cancelled due to the adverse weather.

Considering all the problems raised by ordinary ~no~, perhaps it is 1Jetter that we don't have any Microccus nivalis fungi. Royal Blue snow . would be appealing but I doubt that it could ever be taken seriously by an indigenous population trained to believe snow should be white.

Still, it might be fun for a change. I might even get to like it • • • until I started seeing blue oxen.

Your Council Takes Action

By Rusty Welch

the White House. We also saw Action isn't the word for it! The experience I encountered Feb. 1-6 the changing of the guards at the was too fast and furious to be Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and defined as action. the late Pre s i d e n t Kennedy's Last week, Feb. 1-6, I spent five gravesite.

Along with all these experiences, glorious days at our nation's capital as a representative of Nebr as- I spent some time with Senators ka at the William Randolph Hearst Curtis and Hruska, during which Foundation Youth Senate. T he I learned about the duties of a activities of the week are too nu - Senator and how his office is run. merous to explain, so I will just As you can tell, I am very exdiscuss the high points of the fully cited about this trip, and if any·:scheduled week, one would like to talk to me about · it, ple;1se feel free to do so. I ~ • ~:·~Sunday, July '5' Out .· of the ~many things the Dear Diary · ...! · ·1Youth Senate group did, a few -of can't i}~,f ,e~oug~. ~bout m~ WOJk: What-a ~eek-eJ{d this has beent · )hem · are as: :follows: spe_eches- --~~r~t , expe~~~~ces~ in Washin~~~l}· Ea rly Fri~;: mo~g we left for _ ··::with question and answer period$Geneva -1ln' a bo(!ncy little bus were given by '. Supreme Oeurt'. whicli~~aa;<:,ked ~pririg!'f.- After a ,,:Justice-•; ,.Arthur · Goldberg.- Vice.. bealftiful-; ~:scenic triii,"" we finally ;President'' .,H u·· b,e I"t • Humphrey, arrived at our ,destination about 14 Peace Corps D i i' e c t o r Sargent hours later.<. Tired and dirty, we Shr~ver, Under s -e cretary of State checked into our hotel and ate dinAverell Harriman, Gen. Earfe G. ner. Then Steve Nicholson, a girl Wheeler of the J oint Chiefs of from Texas, and I went for a walk Staff, Sen. Jacob Javits of New THE LANCE around Lake Leman where we York, Sen. Len Jordan of I daho, Published Semi-Mo11thly saw the highest fountain in the Sen. Robert Kennedy. of New York , world. It was just b e a u t i f u 1 ! Sen. Thomas Kuchel of California,

by Jour11alism Classes Switzerland is so much cleaner Sen. George Murphy of California, Westside High School than France. and Sen. Stuart Symington of MisThe next morning we went to souri, and the highlight of the 87th a11d Pacific Sts., Omaha, Neb. Lausanne to see the Swiss Fair. week was meeting and hearing Editor ...................... Betsy Raskin g ing Editor .• , , , , , , , ••.. . Steve Long It wasn't very large, but it was President Johnson speak. There Mana Busin e ss .Manager • , , , , • , .•. Nancy Caster extremely impressive and beauti- were more events; these are just Copy Editor .......... ........ Bar b Udes Feature Editor , , , , , , ••.. Robie Carmichael ful. a few.

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VirginiaMo Gives Con "Just mention that I'm laughed Virginia asked about her violin Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. the "'"ou'"J!-•uu11 senior displayed her talents solo violin • concert at the Central Congregational '-'"'urcu. played pieces w r i t t e n art, Handel, -Beeth6ven and awski. · · Virginia, who practices hours every day, has been a her of the Omaha Youth Svmr1h<l1i for five years, and is playing professionally with David"Malcolm Strings. This entertains at various dinner gagements and parties.

Last summer Virginia the String Congress at State University for eight "Playing the violin ten hours is really an experience," Virginia.

Next year she plans to Syracuse University in New on a music scholarship.

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Dear Editor, I think it is about time Westside st arted paying more tention to their Reserve ball team. With only four against them, these boys done their best for the school yet, they go practically This school is so wrapped up in Varsity basketball team, that seems the reserves are of little portance.

Out of all the pep rallies have had, one of them should been devoted to the and praise of the Reserves. recent pep rally recognized swimming team, the team, the wrestling team, and Varsity basketball team, but the Reserves. There they sat, ing their day would come.

These guys deserve praise, ognition, and support. After they will be our Varsity stars our claim to State in future

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Clu b Briefs Y-Teens h elped the YWCA with their city-wide project of maklayettes. Tuesday, Jan. 19, Y-Teens present_ed a Panel of Amerconsisting of women of all races and religwns. Each tol~ of_ the and difficulties they had encountered because of preJudices.

Interact is planning to sp~ joint-party with Esquir_es for entire student body in the near future. " W e are also trymg to for the Senior Citizens' Home," stated Secretary In a meet with North on Feb. 1, the Westside Ches~men tron~ped Vikings, 4-1. A m eet was held Monday, Feb. 8, agamst Bevendge Beveridge.

Art Club is traveling to Sheldon Art Muse~m in Lincoln some y in the middle of February. !hey ~ave JUSt completed notemade from linoleum blocks wh1ch wdl be on sale soon.

Science Club visited the Clarkson Hospital Pathology La? Tu~sDr. Foster took theJ:? on a tour of the Ia~ ~nd ~xplamed Its The hospital re-cently donated a mlCtOP.fOJ&t<;r on a tu><uu,.,., t loan basis i:o the Westside Science D epartment. . '! \

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finale promises to be a high of the evening, Seventy-six who are studying tramthroughout District 66 will "76 Trombones,'' a favorite from the Broadway musical Music Man." The instrumenrange from the fifth to the grade. "These students are diligently to prepare their for the show,'' stated Mr. DarSnyder, band director. will be a variety of tunes One arrangement will be the movie "How The West tickets can be purchased door for $1 each. Students theirs for 50 cents on an ticket. Student t i c k e t s be previously obtained at if an activity ticket

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··, ·.- 1 f ··, .•. new feature was added to the held by Thespians for Thought Of ' by President Tim Gerber, was to incluae an initi~ part of the customary in~ According to Tim, "It never been done before and thought it would be a lot of held Feb. 4 Little Theater. The inwere told to wear the oldthey had and come prethe worst. The students in a program that was to represent stage life. order to join Thespians a permust make a certain number by appearing or working musicals. The followwere inducted by Mrs. drama teacher, into Debbie Chase, Kathy Barb Hosford, Linda Peter Mattchke, Alicia Fred Weiner, Linda Whitaker, and Anne

The annual Orchestra Banquet will be on March 8 at the Mediterranean Restaurant.

Approximately 100 people are expected to attend and guests will include the orchestra members and their parents. An interesting program is planned with entertainment provided by a choral and instrumental g r o u p. The choral group, Voices of the Gateway City, is directed by Mr. Mel Olson, minister of music at the Dundee Presb~erian Church. The iitstrumental · group is comprise<.} of three members and is directed by Mr. Jack Bourdess.

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By Barb Udes Sports - minded Warriors have president of Esquires. been primarily interested in basDespite her widespread particiketball, football, wrestling, and pation in extracurricular activities, swimming. Two Westsiders, RuthRuthie gives top priority to the ie Saunders and Bob Bucholz, are scholastic side of school life. A participating in two additional member of National Honor Society sports, snurfin' and scuba diving. and a Nebraska R egents winner, Snurfin', a combination of surfing Ruthie attended Girls' State this and snow-skiing, requires neither past summer. Due primarily to a Pacific beach nor a snow-capped this influence, Ruthie may take mountain, but can be done right several pre-law courses in college on your own block. Simply latch with a major in history or political on to a car bump- science. Ruthie's choice of colleges er and go zooming down . the hill. . includes Grinnell, Lindenwood in Or if you prefer St. ChaFles, Mo., :.and Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. After s~ul:ia diving, join graduation, she may continue her Bob in his ~lass law study and go into juvenile law at the J e w i s h ~an area in which she feels much Community Cencan be done. ter pool on Sunday afternoons.

Bob Bucholz's interest in scuba Ruthie and Bob diving lessons stems from his enR uth also engage in thusiasm for science. This sumseveral other pastimes that fill mer he hopes to work with Mr. their already-busy schedules. A Hardison at the neat and well-groomed senior, Valentine Lakes Ruthie sews many of her own outin western N efits. She plays the piano very well braska. Bob also and has displayed her artistic talenjoys golf, tenent in her schoolwork and by helpnis, and bridge, ing out on club committees. An and is playing on enthusiastic and bright personality, an i n t r a mural Ruthie especially enjoys golf, swimoasketball t e am ming, and ice skating. A former this year. He is member of Art Club and Internapresently in tional Club, Ruthie is presently in B ob Spanish Club and Pep Club, Z Club, CPAF, Esquires, Math Club, is president of Key and Y-Teens. She was secretary of Club and treasurer of N .F.L., and the Junior Class and is "this year's is a four-year Student Council

All reservations for the buffetstyle dinner should be made by .March 4. Tickets will cost $2 per person and the money should be turned in to Alice Gillogly in the office. The banquet will begin at 6:15.

Happiness is-not having used the chemistry questions.

-being able to say "I love you" in four different languages.

-getting a "4" on a paper from Mrs. Hoyt.

-hearing the swimming team sing "Valley of the Jolly Green Giant".

-a rally on Thursday night at the library.

-not hearing a lecture on morals from Mr. Koch.

-having handed in your term paper.

-getting your junior class ring, -standing in line with Mr. FarSighs of relief were heard Monrar to see Mary Poppins. day night as the final performance -going to the Sweetheart Dance·.

-having of "High Button Shoes" was preShoes. s e e n H -i g h Button . sented. Hours upon hours were ' -completing the assignment to. spent on· memorizing lines · alone~ · cure Senioritis from Mr. Nel• · no_t to m~ntion . s!agi~gL }?~ilding ... ~· son. ·· .; ' .. ~ ~ ·; sets learning orchestra music and . t· -having your .nor~al hair ·e olor,-;.

• . . . again.... .~ · .r. ~· ._·".!... • : .,. costume des1gnmg. Cooperation by -- -a good report :card. , everyone,;,;1W.#s ~e surest secret ·:o~:;c~···.~ -being · in c.l;he. sophomore skit• . ,,. ~).?., ...• l<.<l.'*-r· ,.,,,.v :t. · · t e.na .. t'onal ·.'8\lcces~7 f'~-"; -o..:ioi ·· l .,..... w ·'i n·ru· n g . t. h e ·m 1 . • · Skate Boar:d Contest;: :From the~ begfnning hush of the - a fire drill qu'ring a test. crowd to the gr~and finale, the big! ·' gest thrill ·from . back stage was --------~.-, the response of the audience. They played a big part in both shows.

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-driving on the sidewalk at Memorial.

-watching the pom-pom routine.

-would be eating lunch in the student lounge. .

-working with John Buller in the office.

-being treated like a seniorfor a change. , ,.

-finding . a country ·that Al Zimmerman doesn't know the capital of.

-taking State in swimming and basketball.

-and getting people to give us some gossip for this column!!!

membe r. Bob's outstanding debate r ecord reflects his ability and desire for speaking before large groups of people.

Bob's scholastic r ecognitions include m embership in National Honor Society, the Exchange Club award for the outstanding sophomore boy, Boys' State, and Nebraska Regents alternate. Bob has been making extensive preparation for college, and last summer attended the National High School Institute at Northwestern Univer. sity. After his five-week exposure to the college a t m o s p h e r e at Northwestern, Bob made a twoweek toiJr of the Eastern colleges and has applied to Yale, Harvard, Northwestern, and Princeton. He is considering a major in some field of science or math.

Bob Bucholz finds Westside especially appealing due to the relatively large amount of freedom and responsibility placed on students and teachers. He feels that this freer atmosphere in the classroom makes it easier to learn.

Lance Staff Changes Made Staff members of the Lance have been switched to new positions for the second semester. These positions will be as follows: " Editor-in-Chief: Betsy Raskin Managing Editor: Steve Long Business Manager: Nancy Caster Copy , Editor: B1;lrb Udes Feature ~ditor: Robie Carrriicbael Staff: . Barb Udes, Margaret Kelley Page one: Carol Thomas, Jeanne Roegner Page two: Debby Browne, Dianne Woodhull Page three: Chryse Schory, Linda Wells, Cece Corn Page four: Bill Strateman Assistant: Sue White _ ..

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Kenny Ploss, Kristi Waara, and Candy Ziesemann, did the choreography for the show. Dances which probably looked familiar were the Castle Walk, · th~ Polka, and the Can-Can.

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Bright spots in th e wr estling team, whic"h is exper iencing a mediocre six-win-five-loss season, are seniors Scott Swanson and Scott Lausterer.

Swanson, captain of the Warrio~; grapplers, is undefeated t h i s year and has reg_ istered 15 p i n s.

South 's Dan Loftus has tied him once. Among his victories are the 165 lb. championship in the North High Invitational .and the Me tro- r_.•,:· poli tan Confer- . ·e n c e ChampionSwanson ship.

Lausterer, at 120 lbs., has r egistered 13 wins, including f o u r p i n s, t w o ·ties and a lone setback· which came in the championship m a t c h of the North High ; I n vi t a t i o n- ~al against South's Rick Johnson.

His s t r i n g of wins also includes t h e Metro-ConLausterer ference c rown where he decisioned former Westside all-stater, Bensonite Phil ,Dugan.

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· The dog-eat-dog race for the Metropolitan Basketball crown is getting more a nd more fierce as the season draws to a close. Westside is tabbed as having a · good chance to win both the conference and the state championship but right now it's still anybody's race.

Besides Westside, Benson . Boystown, Central, Prep, Ryan, and Tech are all caT)able of winning the conference and all field tough teams. Whoever emerges as the winner will have to have played almost errorless basketball in the remaining gam e s and in the tournament. Let's hope it's Westside.

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Westside mermen capped an un'defeated .eason by winning the Metropolitan Conference S w i mming Championships h e 1 d here Febr. 1 and 2. Decisive wins in the freestyle events pr oved to be- .he me.rgin for victory as Westside, with 281 points, pulled away fr om Central and Prep who finished with 193 and 190 points respecti vely.

Tom Curran led ~ h e Warr iors with victories ·- t he 200 yd. and 400 yd. rreestyle. Other first place medal winners wer e : Steve George. the 200 yd. in,'_;vid ual medley ; T-Ia p Patz, the 100 yd·. backstrok e; an d fr eshman Todd Smi th, d;ving.

Press·e c hard at fi rst by Centra l, ·westside's depth proved to. be benefi cial as the Warriors took at least

"We're gonna win," was senior s wimming capt ain Tom Curran's reply when asked the common question heard around Westside's halls these days-"How well are we going to do in the state meet?" ' Tom summed up the feeling of the whole squad in his confidence in the t eam to bring Westside its "first team state championship in the school's history tomorrow at the State Swimming Meet. The road won't be easy as fi ve-year defending state champion Lincoln Southeast won't be willing to r elinquish the title without a hard fight.

Southeast's mermen are also confident, but all of Westside is hoping that the Warrior depth will prove to be too much for the highly rated Knights. It will be close, well worth driving the 50 miles for.

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Professional Wrestlers Delight and Amuse Many By J eff l\l eyers

The Westside basketballers continue to push towar d th e state title by winning two out of their last three games. After being blitzed

by Lincoln Northeast, th e Warriors r ebounded for wins over Bellev ue and Tech.

W estside fans found the Warrior s badly off-stride against the Northeast Rockets. The Rockets, who have not lost on the Lincoln High court this year, held the Westsiders to a meager 22 points the first half. Center John Buller was high scorer for Westside with 20 points, even though he sat out much of the second q uarter due to foul trouble. The loss dropped the Warriors to second place in the stite ratings where they have remained.

For centuries, ever sin ce the Romans popularize d fam ily entertai nment by holdin g C hristi a n-eating co ntest s at the Colosseum ' (with Bingo every ot he r Tuesd ay for variety), sadistic sports fans have turned out in d roves to see any contest t hat featu red two o r more people totally destroying e ach other. The urge t o se e someone e lse's blood spattered legally is still a well-h idden drive in man, and today thouThe Bellevue game put ·the Warsa nds of o nlookers ja m auditoriums every weekend to witness the most riors back on the winning track, carefully choreog raphed minstrel show sin c e the Radio City Rocket tes as W estside won 72-53. T eam-work proved to be the winning combina-professional wrestlin g .

If yo u have not had the fun of watching thi s ma yhem, there is tion, as Rick Willis, John Buller, ·Mark Jensen a nd Eric Hultindeed something missing from your life. So, as a public service fea- man scored 54 points between ture, we wou ld like to present a typical matc h bet ween Emile (The them.

Exterminator) Vo nFarq uar and Handso me H arry Whitewash. .

Last weeks game with Tech A s t he two jump in-to the ring , the audie nce immediately recog - ranks as one of the highlights of nizes who is to be th e hero and wh o is t o b e the villia n. Emile (The the season. The Warriors avenged ·Exte rm inator) wears the b lack . tights with the la b e l that says " Palo- an earlier loss to the T rojans by dumping them 67 to 62. Six A lto Ballet School" rather ineHectualfy covered b y o ne t hat says "Abstraight free -t hrows in the final so lute W orld's C hampion W restler of Do uqlas C o unt y an d A lso O fficial G -Man." H andsome Ha rry [known affectionately as H .H .) wears quarter by Rick Willis proved to be the differen ce. Westside fell only a pair of white trunks left-over from an old Steve Reeves picture . nine points behind in the fourth Before the match b eg ins, the refe ree, who is invariably two feet qu11rter after leading at the half shorter than t he shortest of the two co ntestants, tries to explain the 34-30. Willis along with Eric rules. Emile (The Exterminator) b e llig erently refuses to listen, insist- Hultman and Mark Jensen led the Warrior comeback against the sudinq that he "knows da ru les in dis hayseed state," but H.H. ca redenly cold-shooting Trojans. fully follows along, correcting the ref in spots. / As the match begi ns, Emile [T.E.) does a beautifully exec uted _ T he win advanced Westside's rectwo-step and smashes Harry over the head with a chair. Harry does ord to 14-3 overall, and put the Warriors at the top of the Metroa quick pirouette and good-natur~dly explains to Emile that if is League with a 7-1 league record. not good manners to break up other people's furni'ture, whereupon Emile jovially beats Harry's mid section into the shape of a triangle.

Harry, recovering from the series of blows, realizes that his opponent is not going to observe . Marq uis of Queensbury rules, and resigns himself to try to fight fairly and obey the law of the Pack anyway.

Amid loud stage-grunts and groan S. Emile alternately ba shes Harry with several more chai rs, the bell from the side of the ring, and a n unsu specting bystander-all unbeknownst" to the ref, who seems · t o be plea sed by the general good-sportsmanship of the whole affair.

As the match. draws to a close, Harry is beaten into an apparent stupor and ultimately pinned, setting up a grudge match for the ne xt weekend th a t will net the matchmaker a tidy pile.

And, as the spectators drive away, resolving that the y must buy a ticket to see th e ne xt installment, the two wrestlers, who are actually b rothers-in-law of the promoter, sneak off to enjoy a steak tog e the r at t he nea rest restaurant, co mmenting all the whi le on each othe r's qo od an d b ad moves of th e nigh t . They are friends to the en d-u ntil next weekend.

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100 yd. backstrok e, and th e individual medley.

Besides the winners, point at the meet were: Bob in the 200 yd. freestyle ; H a wkins second and J ohn thi r d in the 200 yd. inaiv1d u ley ; Stu S orenson, fou r th in J ohn Linstrom berg sec o Rick Anderson fourth in yd. butterfly ; S teve Burdic, in the 50 yd. f r e est y 1 e: Spaulding second an d Phil fi fth in the 100 yrl.

Steve George second Hawkins four th in ~ h e 400 style; and Steve Snodgrass and Steve Jenkins fi fth in yd. breaststr oke. Both r elay placed a strong second.

This afterr. oon and Westside com plet es it's sea son with the St ate coln. The Meet will narrow down ~o a t wo for th e crown bet ween and defending state cn:arn.pH>t coin South east. LSE will favorite but both coach es cials know that it will right up to the fi nal even t.

Intramural Ti Draws To As the Intramural comes in sight, some liam McCormick's players are Rick Albers, buse, Da ve Larkin, Jim Roger Neumann, and Jerry sen.

Some rules these and ers must follow are: own towels; no one is the playing floor until on Tuesdays; there are ute running q uarters outs or free throws ; are 7, 7 :50. and 8 :40 three games. There is w a rm-up before each Mr. McCormick's new each player must gi ve lateral so forfeits may ed has been partially but the National League Beatables was disbanded of forfeitures.

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week, however, a "represampling of student body indicated that the studid not want the AstraConsequently, it was decid-

ed to end the negotiations. This decision is irrevocable.

The chief disadvantage in the decision lies in the loss of the name as Prom entertainment. Furthermore, our decision places a further financial strain on Prep, who had hoped we would pay half the group's traveling expenses.

Many advantages are gained by the decision. Without the high expense needed for the Astronauts, the Prom can be held at the Prom Town House, which will be far more comfortable and "conducive to a Prom atmosphere" than the gym. Then, too; the undesirable date of May 8, . which was also needed for the Astronauts, can be changed to the better date of May 29.

"We now have an excellent p~ace, a good date, and a fine ban-d," explained Jeff. He added, "We have tried to plan the kind of Prom that the majority of the student body seemed to want. We hope the results will be satisfactory."

As the chief administrative officer of the complex school system, his duties include carrying out the policies of the Board "Jf Education, overseeing business relations, curriculum, facilities, and personnel work. Final responsibility in any ·of these areas rests ultimately upon his shoulders.

But the soft-spoi-.en educator is equal to the multitudinous tasks.

A self-proclaimed "GypsY of Education", Mr. Phelps began his academic career at W a II a Walla, Washington's Whitman College.

He earned his first degree, a baccaulaureate in enginee ·ing, at the University of Southern California.

While most of his study has been at the University ·Of Nebraska (baccaulaureate and masters degrees in school administration), he

excelling are G o r d o n Kristi Anderson, Joyce Jim A r u n d e I, Steve lertberl!' Kandra Bailey, Nancy Barrett, Chuck BarBarton, Lorraine Baska, Baxter, Janeen Beck, Leigh R u t h B r o e k, Debby Susan B u c h an a n, Bob Carol Bunz, Steve Burdic, Calame, Sherry Carlson, Carmichael.

Caster, Sally Cockle, ConDennis Cox, Maureen Curtis, Pam Dalling, Charlotte Doering, Jonell Dunn, Lltln''""'· Terry Fox, Tim Gero:>ut:taJuJtt! Gregg, Janice Hansen, Hanson, Susan Hargleroad, Harnett, Jackie Hauptman, Hinchcliff, J e a n Hoeman, Holdrege, Tom Hood, Sandi Sue Howl, Eric Hultman. in c 1 u de Jim Iverson, J enldns, 1{ a r e n Johnson, Johnson, Marilea Johnson, Kahley, Jo Alyce Kaplan, Kelley, Jane :Kinkead, Kathy Dan Kuttner, J o an n e Linda Lea Larson, Meriel Anne Leigh, Louise Lewis, Nancy Lor· Mattson, Bob Mcintyre, G r e g Montes, Moore-, Virginia K. Moore, Morgan, Melinda Murdock, Nilsson, Barb N o r b e r g, Nord, Cathy Nothhelfer, Orth, Ste\·e Pace, Jeff Passer,

Claire · Perrigo, Chris Pinili, Pam Prall, Jewell Ranieri, Mimi Rapp, Betsy Raskin, Kathy Rees, Julie Reynolds.

Carolyn Richardson, Nancy Riley, Valerie Rich, Dave Roberts, Sandi Robinson, Jeanne Roegner, Sharon Ross, Tom Rydberg, Ruth Saund• ers, Bruce Sayles, Marilyn Schlegel, Johnette Schultz, Lynda Shannon, Dave Sheppard, Diane Shoemaker, Carolyn Simmons, Doug Smith, Ann Snow, Mike Stanner, Kathy Stuhr, J a n e t Sullivan, Ramsey Swenson, Elaine Tegtmeier, Karen Thoma, Carol T h om a s, Candy Trapp, Barb Udes, Jean Vipond, Ruth Unzicker, Kristi Waara, Linda Warren, Karen Weber, Linda Wemmer, Karen Wendt, Cheryl West, Sue White, Rick Willis, Tim Wollin, Diane Woodhull, Lea Ann Wright, Kathy Wurl, Gail Zyck. Juniors receiving honors are B. A. Abernathy, Diana Allen, Darwin

Anderson, Gail Anderson, Pennie Anderson, Art Annin, LeAnn Appleby, Nancy Aronson, Sandra Arthur, Linda Babcock, Armin Barnett, · Debby Beal, Francis Bladt, Susan Blower, Phil Blum, Sally Breunsback, Rebecca Burling, Andrea Cole, Krya Craig, Jewell DeFreese, Duane Dudley, Nancy Eat· on, Nancy Filkins, Mike Gendler, Gerry Gibbs, Marilyn Gibbs, Vicki Gibson, Colleen Glisar, Del Gordon, John Hafer, J!lnine Hahn, Tamra Hall.

Connie Harden, Steve Hartung, Leanne Hazlett, Kathy HeckenliveIy, Ken Hermsen, Ginny Highfield, Ron Hinman, Mike Hocevar, Mari· Iyn Holcomb, John Johnson, Kathy Johnson, Mark Johnson, R o b e r t Johnson, Tim Johnson, Becky Jones, Nancy Keifer, Jean Ken·

maintain a relatively good puoil teacher ratio now, individual atten~ tion is sometimes lacking," he added. The superintendent is also adamant in proposing additional work-study, hon()rs, and seminarcourses. He feels there should be more of these courses offered on a less selective basis.

Mr. Phelps is a strong supporter of the idea to hire a secretarial staff to aid ceachers and reduce the amount of non-professional duties they have, "I feel the cost we'll save on waste paper ordinarily used by teachers in this capacity · will more than pay for a clerical staff," Mr. Phelps smiled.

Kindergarten roun'd-up and graduation are the two eve n t s Mr. Phelps regards as most inspiring in his job. "But when we win the state basketball championship I'll further qualify my answer," he laughed.

Although he devotes 16 hours a day, six days a week to District ~6 work, Mr. Phelps takes time occasionally to e n j o y such ·outdoor sports as hunting, fishing, camping, and boating with his wife and three children.

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Senior Class Play Is ~Ch a rlie's Aunt ' There hasn't been one week since 1892 t h a t Charlie's Attnt hasn't been performed somewhere in the world. This English farce by Brandon Thomas is the only play he wrote and it is the play that

mester Honors Announced hundred fifty-five constudents have earned a the first ~emester honor include 133 seniors, 103 and 119 sophomores. Each students has received one all other grades above that.

has also completed courses at Harvard and Columt-ia. He is presently finishing his thesis for a· doctorate.

A man who b~lieves that every child should have the best in school, Mr. E'helps ·was -enthusiastic ·over many· projects proposed for the district. The major .pl1ysical 'proposals for Westside include a larger auditorium for both community and school use, new tennis courts, landscaping, and expansion of the stadium by 2,000 seats. "We also intend to improve the administration office space area," he said. "The offices now are cramped and inefficient."

Mr. Phelps also outlined a proposal for the cafeteria, a p 1 a n which calls for a senior room with circular tables seating six. "We know how rough it is now, and I think the kids have been real understanding. It just isn't conducive to a quiet. relaxed atmosphere."

Dramatic revolutionary changes in curriculum are not in the offing at Westside, Mr. Phelps advises.

Rather, curriculum changes will be on an evolutioPary basis. Mr. Phelps wants to decrease the sizes of some classes, particularly in the English Department. "Although we

the seniors chose to present this year.

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Simmons, Willis Reign As 1965 Dane~ Royalty

"It was one of the b<>st dances I ever attended. The music was great." This is !1. comment on the This three-act play will be given Sweetheart Dance made by an enin Victorian costumes by a com- , thusiastic senior girl. The dance was held in the girls' gym Saturpany of twelve. The company is day, Feb. 20. as follows: Jack Chesney, Dick Dox on or B iII Gray; Charley Starting at 8 p.m., 362 couples danced to the music of the RumWykeham, D on Noel; Lord Fancourt Babberley, Tim Gerber; bles. The candidates were announced as Lori Tangdall and DavBrassett, B ob Smallwood; Donna id HQyt carried the {!rQwns and Lucia D'Alvadorez, Linda Lawson; led the procession down the aisle.

Rick Willis was then named Prince Kitty Verdun, Barb Norberg or Mary Vales; Amy Spettigue, Linda and Carolyn Simmons his Sweetheart.

Wells; Ela Delahy, Kristi Waara.

The attractive decorations efThe student directors are Pete fectively carried out the theme of Matschke and Mary Fabrizius. The the dance--Victory Valentine. One three footmen are Ed Spencer, wall was decorated with basketJohn Lofberg, and Wayne Woodballs labeled with the names of land. teams defeated by Westside this season. Silhouettes of the candiCharlie's Aunt will go on the dates were placed on either side ~f stage April 1, 2, and 3, in the little theater. There will be an advance the stage and two cupids guarded sale of tickets, but the tick-ets may a basket of hearts on the stage.

After the procession, a huge net of also be purchased at the door. balloons was released.

Charlie's Aunt has three leads, Fast m us i c, a lot of anticiall male. They are Jack Chesney, Charles Wykeham, and Lord Fan- pation, and a few humorous incidents made the 1965 Sweetheart court Babberley. Babberley is the one who poses as Charlie's Aunt, Dance a fitting tribute to Westuntil the real one comes along. side's successful basketball season.

It is the problem of these three that has to be solved.

nedy, Candy Kiplinger, Larae Koppit, Karen Krabbenhoft, Steve Ladwig, Mary Lankford, Dave Larkin, Barb Larsen, Roger Larson, Barb Lawson, Lorna Love, Penny Lyman, S an d r a Malin, Don Mar· quardt, Judy McSJ:oane, Katherine Metz, Sharon Meyer, Barb Mid· dleton, Greg Miller, Connie Morey, Candy M or I e y, Allene Munson, Marilyn Novak, Paul Olsen, Stan Ostrow, Hap Patz.

Nancy Person, Candy Pettengill, Mary Kay Piper, Afton Prestwich, M i c h e I e Rochford, Julie Reed, Elaine Richart, Barb Robbie, Barry Roberts, David Segur, Nancy Silverman, Donna Slatin, S h a r o n Small, Cindy Sokol, Stu Sorenson, Gary Spaulding, Karina Stauers, ~arb S t e i n, Jill Tappero, Dick Tharp, Jane Thompson, Lind a Tway, Barbara Veach, Doug Vercoe, Steven Walker, Sandra Ward, Lloyd Welch, Connie :..ee Wendt, Barbara Williams, Dianne Williams, Nancy Wood.

There is expected tQ be a rush Sophomores putting forth effort include Rick Anderson, Carol An- on tickets, b e c a u s e the little gus, Hale Aust, Allen Bach, Rick theater is so small. Get yours ear· Backhaus, Kathy Barrett, Betsy ly. This revival of Charlie's Aunt, Barton, Tom Barton, Janet Blazek, as others, promises to be hilariDiane Boyens, Diana Bruno, Ann ously funny. Attend and find out Brunell, Kathy Bussey, Stanley just who really is Charlie's Aunt?

Carpenter, Mary Chase, Cherie This play has been translated Chin, Tom Cleveland, Jeanne Cohen, Chip Crowell, James Dwy. into 29 different languages since er, Micheline Eden, Charles Falk· 1892. In its many stage and mo· tion picture revivals, Charlie'a enroth, Helen Fanckboner, William Ferer, Mike Finkle, Renee Aunt has never failed to reach a Fishel, Can.d ace Fox, Roger Franz, wide and eager audience.

Barbara Friedl, Margaret Fritz, The play was' first produced at Bruce Garetz. the Royalty Theatre in London, Robert Gehringer, Jerry Gere· England, on December 21, 1892. lick, Linda Gilmore, Karen Gots· Its original run in London was diner, Thomas Grossman, Diane four years. After this period, it Gzehoviak, Brian Hill, Ellet Hoke, was transferred to the Globe (Continued on Page 2) , Theatre.

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THE WESTSIDE LANCE

P'ay It Cool Policy Prevalent At WHS

Council Corner

Last week the Student Council held an open meeting to let the student body see how the student It seems that the prevalent philosophy of Westside students _can council functions. From the turnaptly be described in three words: Play It Cool. out at the meeting it is quite evi· that the student body has litTh is attitu d e was demonstrated at the open Stu d en+ C cunei I dent tie interest in the student council. meeting which _was held for the benefit of the student body and I feel this is very unfortunate. The faculty after- school on Feb. 19 in the Little Theater. No more than Student Council has tried hard all seven students .both_ered to come to the meeting, and only two faculty year to improve Westside High me~bers were present. This cool reception of the opportunity to School, seeking out ideas that would actoaily help fhe· council by offering opinions and suggestions is cer- serve the general welfare. It was tl:linly in -contrast to the majority of students who are continually wail- our hope that this meeting would in.n, "Why doe_sn't the Student Council ever do anything?" help bring suggestions to the coun"~ -cil, and I am sure that if we had Of course we all had good reasons for oot being at the meeting. had a better turnout it would have l·t was held · on a Friday after school-a time when everyone wants to served its purpose. One suggestion be at frome. W .ith our Play-It-Cool attitude we wonder how bene- was brought forth 'Nhich might ficial our presence at an open council meetinq will be to the school. solve the problem of communica'lt's much easier to take th'e bus or leave with the waiting carpool th.an tion between the Student Council to ·stay and perhaps become involved. and the student b o d·y. Once a ., Tbe , Piay-lt-Cool. philos.o phy is by no means. a nobl~ one, _put it month each first-hour class will seems to be one as far as individual welfare is concerned. _By clos- ··spend -about 15 minutes discussing ~ . . . . · . problems around school and the .; tnq our eyes and keeptn~ our mouths shut, we avotd the patns of teache.rs will bring all ,suggestions making a commitme11t• lt is rl:ot an exciting road, but it is safe end '· .. the council. i hope we will be leqal to travel. After ·. all, .why should we ,· stick out . our necks since ~ble Pc'u~ this plan ·into operanobody is going to cry for our lack of happiness? · tion. · We know everything else is uncertain, so we reason we should One of · the main articles of busbe. We make few commitments and we are afraid to be definite. iness of the past two weeks has Instead we satisfy ourselves as best we can by following the easy path been the setting up of a committhat winds from fad to fad. Our "code" tells us to let others worry tee that will regulate all sock hops about the affairs of the school. But as we refuse to accept responsi- and fund raising convocations. The bility, we lose the right to complain at any action that is taken. purpose of this committee will be Earlier this year we asked what does the Student Council do? to give Mr. Koch information as p h L ld h d bo to whom should have sock hops er aps we snou ave replied : A lot more than the stu ent dy and pay convocations. It is my deserves. hope this cme1.mittee will be in CHRYSE SCHORY operation within a few weeks.

John Buller

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ResponsibilityOurs March I marked the fourth anniversary of the creation of the Peace Corps. .Since the Peace Corps' birth, it h(Js been praised and declaimed.

It has made news with an uncomplimentary postcard from Nigeria, .unwarranted criticism by Ghana, and unfortunate violence in Venezuela.

And during all the publicity, its members have steadily strived to work with and for the peoples of the world.

The Peace Corps' importance need not be explained to the nations it serves, for it has adapted American skill and affluence to projects that fit their individual needs. But the organization is also important to all Americans.

Different than other American foreiqn aid programs, the Peace Corps establishes personal involvement of Americans in their government's policy. Thus, it demonstrates to the world that Americans really care about their government and about other peoples. The Peace Corps proves that American ingenuity, combined with Ameri<;an warmth and thoughtfulne ss, is a powerful force.

We cannot all be Peace Corps volunteers; not every?~e finds spending two years in a jungle without modern conveniences a blissful experience. But all of us can and must take an active interest in our government and its attempts to help others. If we do not take care to understand and contribute to the machinery and philosophy - of our government, then we will truly be a " nation of sheep."

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Honor Roll (Continued from Page 1) James Howl, Eleanore Hunter, Robert Hurst, Joy Jacobsen, Tom Johnson, Jeanne Jones, Merrie!

Kalb, Tom Kirshenbaum, Naomi Kuttner, Mary Lair, Debra Larsen, David Lemon, Susan Limbaugh, Linda Liston, Betty Loers, Linda Lovgren, Liz Lueder, Patty Lustgarten, Pat Lynch, J. MacDonald, Susan Mack, Mark Malashock, Connie Mattson, Ken McCall, Cindy McDowell, V a I e r i e McKinnon, Kathy Meier, Pat Miller, Raymond Moulis.'

Kathryn Newcomer, Jan Orth, Robert Peckham, M, Pedegana, Stu Perimeter, Terry Pirrucello, Jeff Riel, Selga Ritums; Mollie Rivers, Virginia Roe, Carol Ross, Don Salyards, D i an e Sanders, William Sawtell, L i n d a Schat, Kathleen Schilz, Lloyd Schneider, Dan Shannon, Jerry Sim .~ns, Chris Smith, Linda Snow, Mark Snyder, Jeff Soucie, Fay Sutter, Susan Swanson, Betse Taylor, Craig Taylor, Bill Tharp, Beverly Timperley, Stephen Tobias, Pete Tomas, Bonnie Tomek, Ron Volherding.

Robert Walander, Deborah West, Dee Anna West, Sharon Wheeler, Don Wikoff, Donna Wikoff, Sharon Wilson, Dan Wolf,

Letter to the Editor ., Dear Editor, , ~The seniors this _year for tli.~--· first time have the privil~ge of mixing socially with the lower classes as they dine in the spacious, tidy cafeteria (yea, Administration!).

However, we have found one slight flaw in this dream come true. To preserve our strong bones, healthy teeth, and intellectual stamina, we face a daily battle of astounding proportions: the milk line. The gracious and willing service we receive once we reach our goal is de'finitely offset by the 19 grueling minutes in the line, spent ~ainly in fending off the hordes of rude underclassmen who rush into line ahead of us. . 0 Administration! Is this epitome of culinary delight to be marred by human frailty? Surely there is something which the omnipotent powers of the District can do to remedy our plight.

Five Thirsty Seniors Kristi Andersen Kathy Rees · Debby Browne Jane Kinkhead Marg Haffner

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Debaters Win; Host Tourney If people tired of winning, Westside's debate team would be suf· fering from extreme fatigue. Fortunately, winning is always enjoyed so the Warriors have been spared discomfort.

Yes, the debaters have won.again.

This time honors went to Wally Dean, Bill Dunbar, Dean Holland, and Warren Whitted. These sophomores won first place in Novice Sweepstakes at the Hastings ColI e g e Invitational Tournament Febr. 19-20. Wally and Warren also placed second in individual novice competition.

Varsity debaters participating were Bob Bucholz, Steve Calvert, Tim Gerber, Gary Neid, Chris Pinali, and Betsy Raskin. They achieved a combined record of nine wins and three losses.

Bob was also victorious at the American Legion District speech contest Febr. 17. Presenting an oration on the Constitution, Bob won a $25 bond and the right to participate in the state competition at Norfolk, Nebr., in March.

The state winner will vie for the national title and $4,000 in Portland, Ore., later this year. · . · w ·estside turned host Feb~. 24:26 for- _the Missouri Valley Open Tournament. Nine schools from the Omaha area attended the contest. Central, · Benson, and Creighton Prep · finished in the top three positions. Representing Westside, Wally, Bill, Warren, and Chris placed fifth.

The team will compete next at the National Forensic League District Debate and Speech Tournament. Ten Warriors will participate in debate and individual events this week and next week in an effort to become eligible for the national tournament of the NFL.

by Lynne Dur h am and Carol T h omas

Tuesday, July 7 fabulous, even though it Dear Diary, _,in g.

Tourist's come from Today we toured Mumm's Caves where the famous Cordon Rouge rope to the beautiful ""'""'"'u.-.,..

Champagne is made. It was sim- windows and ply fascinating! I had expected to Gothic architecture, It seems see people jumping on grapes, but gargoyle has a different story instead everything was processed hind it. by huge machines. The caves exThis evening, for a little tend far into the ground where ment, we went skipping down the temperature varies only one street, eight abreast to our degree all year around. Thousands vorite party spot (La Slavia of bottles of fermenting cham- of Refreshment>. The own pagne must sit there for many know us pretty well by now; years before they are ready to be they are very friendly when ·· sold. When the tour was over we come in.

We kept the party going sampled some free champagne (yum!) and then bought some to after we got back to t)l.e take home (to America, that is). I'm waiting for complaints Everyone left in such a happy the girls on the floor i don't see how they could mood!

Tonight we went to an old sibly sleep with all that chaos bombed out garden to see slides stairs! of Relms. ~ ThE!y were interesting but rather difficult to understand since they were explained in French. I think the mosquitoes must have had more fun than we did.

Lynne Westside's Warrior Concert will perform at Drake Thursday, July 9 on We.d nesday, March 10.

Dear Diary, Early Wednesday morning Today we saw what Reims is fa. will take the performers to a mous for (besides its champagne!)

Moines high school where they -the beautiful cathedral where present a concert and have the Dauphine, Charles VII, was Aftell lunch the Band will taken by J o a n of Arc to be Drake University where they crowned. We climbed hundreds of be in a convocation for the winding steps to the tower only to dents and the faculty of the find the door locked, so our guide department. They will play had to run down, get the key, and of the selections that were run back up! It was worth the wait at the Warrior Downbeat because the view from the top was 25. The tour will last one

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Choir To Give Musical District 66 soon will be able to ron, Linda Jordan, Connie view a new production by West- .Stan Carpenter, Bruce side's Concert The musical Ken McCall, and Jeff . Choir. . comedy,. "The Belle of the West"

by Charles Grange, will be presented to Arbor Heights, Valley View, and Westbrook Junior Highs in . matinee performances. One evening performance will be given.

At this time, dates of the production are uncertain.

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The central character in this saga is Ida Mae Brown. Coming to Roaring Creek, Idaho from the East, she unexpectedly meets an old beau. She becomes the town's woman barber and hotel manager, thus upsetting the town women.

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. The incidents brought about by her work and the animosities of the town women, as well as the love interest, make this an entertainment everyone will enjoy.

Cast in this exciting story of the "Golden West" are: John Frinfrock, Debbie ·Larsen, Bob Stewart, Steve Hartford, Bob · Barrett, Bob Walender, Sue Aikman, Janet Lefler, Bob Groth, Yolanda Sideris, Andrea Cole, Sonja Hovland, Liz Siebs, Jeanne Lynn, Donna Bar~

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Enthusiasm Is .Key

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Leading Seniors Shine

by Barb Udes . E is for entl.usiasm. " T h is closing line of a well-known Warrior tun e fi ts two Westsiders to a "T". Both Sally Cockle a nd Tim Gerber have a character istic sparkle and get-up-and-go that is reflected in every part of their busy life. Sally's excited and beaming face can be spotted at any Warrior game; Tim's liveliness has displayed itself in a soft shoe dance or a rousing folk song.

As captain of the varsity squad, much of Sally's life revolves around cheerleading-that "wonderful experience." A considerate and conscientious i n d 1vidua:J, Sa~Iy coniStantlY. , pJ<a~tic(;s ·a hd puts ever1t h ·i n g she has into each game.

She is presently teaching : cheers to h~r two younger sisters (ages three a nd five> and superstitiously e m p I o y s all sorts of good luck devices at games to assure a Warrior victory.

Sally's interests are by no means restricted to this one phase of her busy schedule. She has a fondness for water skiing, phone conversations, knitting, scrapbooks, and for the family's new silver Mustang (with red interior). A member of Esquires and Pep Club, Sally is esi?ecia:I.l y active in Y-Teens.

Former "President of junior high Y-Teens, she leads the club at Westside this year and is vicepresident of the YWCA Inter-Club Council.

The University of Nebraska is Sally's choice of college, where she plans to m a j o r in sociology or American government. After graduation she may teach these subjects. Sally loves Westside "more than anything in this whole world," and finds that Miss Julie Donoghue and Mr. J·erry Koch have been especially influential in her high school years.

Music, drama, and debate are Tim Gerber's main interests. His impressive roste~ of activities at WHS in these areas includes participation in five Westside musicals, the Boys' Quartette, Top Choir, Leatherslade 3 (a tolk , . , sing i.n g .grqup~, 'tappers; the Chamb(!r Or e h-e s t r a, 'l'hespians, d e b a t e, NI< 'L , · a h d t'l]. e Junior ·class play.

Tim has also played r o 1 e s a t the Omaha Play- · house in Bye, Bye Tim Birdie and BrigaGerber d oon.

His talent with the oboe has landed hifn a first chair in the N ebraska State Music Educators Clin· ic and in the O•.uaha Youth Symphony for two years. Also an able guitar player, Tim won the senior division of the Omaha W orld-H er ald Show Wagon this summer. By giving four guitar lessons e a c h week, Tim is also able to make his talent pay off literally.

Host to Westside':> German exchange student, Peter Matschke, Tim has ~. knack for m a k i n g friends easily. This year he is a

Club Briefs Distributive E ducat ion Club members are making plans to attend the Nebraska State Leadership Conference, March 7 and 8, in Lincoln.

At the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, nine different contests will be held which the D.E. members may enter. The winners of these contests will then be eligible to go to Chicago and compete in the national competition. The cost of the trip to Lincoln is $5, and the members will stay at the Cornhusker Hotel.

Future Medical Assistants toured the new Archbishop Bergan Mercy Hospital on a sponsored field trip Thursday, Feb. 25. President Cheri Moredick said, "It was one of the most modern hospitals I've ever seen, was more like a hotel than a hospital."

Red Cross Club members chose Terri Castater as Westside's candidate to the annual Criss-Crosser. The dance is sponsored by various Red Cross Clubs in schools of the Omaha area. The club has been preparing chests for the needy, and the members are now busy filling them. The chests are then sent to the chapter house and from there distributed to the needy.

member of Interact, Key C 1 u b, JCL, and is president of Thespians and Latin Club. In pas. years Tim has been active in Hi-Y, In tramural basketbail, Student Council, and has been president of J CL. An ardent golfer, Tim also enjoys spectator sports and "wouldn't m iss" a football or basketball game. He devotes much time to church activities and is vice-president of the Youth Fellowsi1ip, teaches a second-grade class, and is a member of the ch urch bask etball t.eam.

Future plans include hopes to attend Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, wh ere Tim will m a j o r in some field of :nusic an d minor in speech a nd dra m a. After gra duate ..work,. Tim.. hopes tQ . , teach m usic at. t he cellege level. · Teachers tha t h ave influenced .

Tim a grea t deal inciude Mrs. Anna ' Clark, Mr. t.a rr:r b obbins·, Mr. Rod H ansen, and the entire m usic faculty. T im Gerber feels tha t W estside is a n excep tionally fine school, and his only wish is q1:1ite u nderstandable- that the schedule be divided into a seven-hour day.

Juniors Plan New Proiects Garters Are Sold.

B-Ball Is Sc:heduled To Aid ·Ju.n ior Fund As the time grows nearer, the Junior Class is still concentrating on projects to raise money for the Junior-Senior Prom. One ·of the projects t,hat was just completed was the selling of Westside Gart ers.

The next project scheduled is the Junior-Senior girls Basketball Game. The game will be held on March 19 in the Boy's Gym. Mark Jensen and Rqsty Welch will coach the Junior girls headed by An nette Ross and Rita Tarpley while Eric Hultman and Rick Willis will coach the Seniors captained by Ruth Brock. According to Jeff Meyers, President of the Junior Class, "It will be a lot of fun and a good way to end our projects."

.,Seniors Begin Busy Month of Final Semester March will be a busy month for Westside seniors. The guidance office has scheduled two special dates that seniors should especially remember.

First, a reminder to those studen ts who have signed up for t he National Merit tests this month.

The tests will be held at Westside from 8 a .m . until 11 :30 a.m. on Sa t u rday, March 13. Students takin g these tests are reminded t<.. bring t heir name grids with them.

Second, all seniors will be measured for their gra duation caps and gowl)S on Thursday, March 18.

Measurements will be taken from 1-3 · p.m in either the Little Theater or the Girls' Gym. A rental fee of $3.75 must be paid by students at t his time. This money will be refunded to seniors who fail to graduate.

Seniors Visit Nebraska U. Nebraska University held Orientation Day for Omaha area high school seniors Saturday, Feb. 20.

Approximately 60 Westsiders attended the activities which lasted from 9 a.m. to 3 :30 p.m.

In the morning, after r egistering, students attended two sample lectures in classes of their choice.

After lunch and entertainment

by N . U. coeds the seniors went to one more class at a college of the University, followed by a tour of the dormitories.

The day's final event was a coke hour during which the Greek system of fraternities and sororities was explained.

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Safe-Teens are making plans to sponsor a basketball ,game between the Westside High faculty and the KOIL Good Guys. The game is for Monday night, March 15. Bill Gray will do the announcing for with the ·h~lp .of cheerleaders of somewhat questionable ut,Jler:tttc:ity. The cost lp J:t,l~~mal for an evening of large enjoyment,

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Many new and exciting things are h~ppen­ ing at Brandeis. They have just opened a new shop for young Omahans. It has all the newest and sharpest fashions for spring priced just right to fit the teenager's bud .get. The Young Omaha Shop is located on the t h i r d f I o or downtown and the upper level Crossroads.

Be sure to come in soon.

Brandeis has also organized the 17 Club for all high school girls.

The dues are only a dollar for many exciting activities. An e v e n t coming up for members is the spring dance in the I Oth floor auditorium downtown Saturday, M a r c h 13, 2-4 p.m. Live music will be provided by one of your favorite combos, the Starfires. Boys are eligible to .join the 17 Club too, up to ·the age of 18.

Send your dollar soon.

Members of the 17 Club are invited to a tea and press conference for Miss America of 1965, Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Friday, March 5, 4 p.m. in the C r o s s r o a d s Room.

Membership cards are n e e d e d for admittance.

Charm and beauty workshops will be starting for high school girls March 15. The fee is only $5 for a 6-week course. The downtown classes meet Monday at 4 p.m., and the Crossroads c t a s s e s start Tuesday at 4 p.m.

You can register for this c I a s s by calling 342-8482 or by mailing your registration to the Brandeis 17 Club.

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THE WESTSIDE LANCE

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lntramur als to Begin Tourney The intramural basketball teams closed their regular season last week, with the top three teams in each league entering tournament play. The tournament winners of each league will vie for the overall championship at a later date.

The- National League was led by "Pap Taps; " followed by the "Fighting Irish," and the "Wild cats." The "Pop Tops" were led

by Jim Musil and Jeff Gaillard.

Each aYeraged about 15 points per game. Jeff contributed 32 points in one of their contests.

The American League leaders were the "Rejects," "Zips," and the "Hawks" in that order. The "Rejects" breezed to their second straight title. Balance and experience paid high dividends for the "Rejects." Each player is a former Westside reserve or freshman team member, and four out of the se\ en team members averaged 10 points or better. Bill Jepson led the "Rejects" with an 18 point per game average. "Rejects' " captain Terry Clauff stated, "We are a little · rusty when it comes to technique, but we've always gotten the job dane. I hope the championship game is the same!"

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·Bellevue Falls to Westside ·InTournament Playoffs Westside's chances for a berth in the state tournament blosso!lled last Tuesday night, as the Warriors pounded their first-round district opponent Bellevue, 75 to 60.

The win allowed the Warriors to advance to the d i s t r i c t finals against Benson tonight.

Rick Willis and John Buller provided the punch for Westside, against a hot and cold foe. John poured in 27 points, while Rick tallied 21. Westside hit 85 per cent at the free-throw line to bolster their total.

Westside jumped off to an early lead in the first quarter and never let up. Ahead 21 to 15 at the quarter and 41 to 28 at the half, Coach Jim Tangdall was able to substitute freely with good results, The times when Bellevue found the range, Westside was comfor• tably ahead. Steals by Mark Jensen and Jim Iverson turned the tide back for Westside.

In games previous to this week's game, Westside trounced Lincoln Southeast 84 to 59 and was upset

by Fremont 67 to 63.

Westside jumped out to an eight point lead in the first quarter and never let up. Paced by John Buller's 18 points, 11 out of 12 players scored for Westside. Senior guard Jim Iverson and junior for~ard Dick Tharp sparkled with 12 and 13 points respectively.

Disaster struck in Fremont last Friday a s the Tigers whipped second-rated Westside. The game was tied 57 to 57 at the end of regulation time, and took three over· times to decide the outcome.

Fremont came from behind to tie the game with a little over a minute remaining. Both teams _applied tough defensive pressure,

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Westside added two State Champion wrestlers to its list t his year.

Scott Swanson (165-pound class) and Scott Lausterer (120-pound class) battled through the regular season and the Metropolitan, District, and State Championships, and came out on top. This is quite an honor,- since Westside has had only two other winners, Doc Hor· wich in 1960 and Phil Dugan in 1961. .

Both boys found some of their toughest com petition outside Omaha, where they didn't expect it. Lausterer beat a boy from Alliance in the second round, who had never been beaten before. Both in the finals and semi-finals, Lausterer went into overtime to win

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Westside's scoring leader was John Buller with 18 points, followed by Mark Jensen with 14 points.

Gymnasts' Big Day The State Gymnastics Meet is today and tomorrow in Lincoln, and Westside's representatives are senior Bob Eades and junior Gary Speers.

To go to the State Meet, a finish in the top ten in the Metro League Finals, Feb. 13, was required.

These finalists were then further reduced in number by another meet in which only they competed.

Bob works on the horizontal (high) bar and Gary on tumbling, among other events.

Judges look at the difficulty and accuracy of each routine-the system for judging any of the normal seven events is seven points for 1st, five for 2nd place, -four for 3rd, three for 4th, two for 5th, and one point for 6th. Coach Wayne Wagner's team competes in free (floor) exercise, side horse, high bar, parallel bars, still rings, tumbling, and the trampoline. The latter event was taken out of the State Meet because it is too dangerous. with the comparatively large number of contestants there will be.

In the Metro Meet, the Warriors out-pointed every other firstyear gymnastics team, finishing 5th.

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the last m atch, beating a boy from Benson.

Swanson registered the only pin of the finals, over . a boy from Scottsbluff. He and Wendell Hakenson from Benson are the only undefeated wrestlers in the state this year. Swanson has a record of 22 wins, 16 of them being pins, and no losses. ·when asked what he thought about having two state champs in his first year of coaching, he re· plied, "It's great, but I thought we had three." He was referring to the tassle he got into when a spectator took a punch at him for no reason at all.

Commendation shouldn't go only to these boys though. Everyone on both t e a m s has to be in perfect c o n d i t i o n, try to stay on weight, and go through grueling practices and wind sprints. If he doesn't follow the strictest of training rules, it shows up on the mat, for he is all alone and can't look to team mates, as in foot· ball and basketball.

In a meeting last week, Ron Volerding was elected most improved wrestler; Swanson and Lausterer, most outs tan d i n g wrestlers; and Mike Burdic, captain for next year.

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In Stole Swimming One point is a small margin. So is .4 of a second and 18 inches.

However, small margins prove to be the difference in athletic contests as was the case at the State Swimming Meet in Lincoln two weeks a go. · · Edged 82-81, W e s t s i d e was spa r ked by double first pla ce m edal winner Tom Curra n in the 100 and 200-yd. freestyle, a nd by other first pla ce winners Steve George, 400-yd. freestyle; Todd Smith, diving; and the record breaking 200yd. medley relay team composed · of Phil Amis, Steve Snodgrass, John Lindstromberg, and Mike Stanner.

George and Smith a re freshmen.

As expected, the meet narrowed down to a fight between W estside and defending champion Lincoln South east. Surprising finishes gave Westside a comfortable early lead but one which was gradually narrowed down to 77-76 going into the final event.

The excitement and tension of the meet were present in both the swimmerJ> and thei:c backers as the 200-yd. freestyle relay teams stepped onto the starting blocks.

Both S o u t h e a s t and Westside knew that whichever team finished ahead of the other would be the state champion. All eyes were on: lanes five and six as Cubby Taylor and Southeast's Mark Moreland

both hit the water at the ume time. A slight Westside lead wu narrowed until anchorman :Mike Stanner and Knight Rick Gilbert; left the blocks at the same time.

Fifty yards later, Gilbert cllppecl Stanner by a foot and a half g1vf1!1 Southeast a come from behind vietory and the State ChamptoJI.IIail'; Besides t he winners, those winning points at the meet Steve Jenkins second and Boll H urst third in the 200-yd. f.ree;o style; Roger Hawkins fifth allllt T odd Smith sixth in the 400-Jd. freestyle; Hap Patz third and P bfl Amis fo ur th in the 100-yd. beck• stroke; J ohn Lindstrombe~ tbiN in the 100-yd. butterfly; Stew Snodgrass fourth in the lGO-Jd, breaststroke; Steve George, tldrit in the 200-yd. individual ~ a nd the 200-yd. freestyle ieJit team, fifth.

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CORRECT-ION On page one of t he March 5 ' issue of tlie' LANCE .the qualifi-cations ·for the honor 'r oll were incorrectly - given. T he article stated that those listed ·had ie-· ceived one four and ·a ll other grades above h at.

Actually, to qualify for the . hon or r oll, a: student must have · a three avetage · or better. A grade of · f~r is _permissible ~ orily if there is at least one : grade higher· than a three on the report card.

We regret that the names -of those accidentally excluded · from the list cannot printed ·at this 'time.

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Junior Girls Meet Seniors

J~ff Meyers, Pennie Anderson, Dick Tharp, and R usty Welch look over summer State plans with Mr. Hansen.

Again this year the junior girls are challenging the senioF girls to a basketball game. The game will be held during 6th hour today, ·in the boys' gym. Profits from the game will go · towards the JuniorSenior Prom in the spring. Coaches for the juniors will be Mark Jensen and Rusty Welch. They will be coaching a select number of juniors from the large number t')-lat signed up. Practice began this last week after the state tournament:

WBS LEADERS CO TO STATE . Four Junior Class leaders have been chosen to represent Westside at Girl's and Boy's State in June.

Attending Girl's State will be PenJ1ie Anderson . . Jeff. Meyers, Dick Tharp, and Rusty . W elch will attend Boy's State. Alternates chosTwo of Westside's sparkling en are: La Rae Koppit,. Hap Patz, - cqeerleaders have gained state recJerry James, and Don Marquardt. ognition for tMir cheerleading talThey will attend if the chosen ents and good looks. . Senior Cris delegates are unable to.

Calandra, a Varsity cheerleadThe "workshop in government,'' er for two years, was named held in _Lincoln, is .sponspred by captain of the state basketball the Am'erican Legion. Nearly every ttmrnament all-star cheerleading

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Last year's championship team is coached by John Buller and Eric Hultman.

Field -Trips In Archaeology

Westside's newest club, the arcommunity in Nebraska · will · be squad. chaeology club, is still accepting · Sophomore Sharon · Wheeler, a represented. Delegates will - learn about state and local government, R e s e· r v e cheerleader, was also members. Each member will be reand will function in a "mythical chosen as_ a . member _ of the all- quired to write a short report of one of the different areas in arstate," electing state and local of- state squad of five. . chaeology. ficials: · The five girls were cho~en by According to Mr. Wells half .of Westside's delegates were chosen four members of the Phi Kappa the work done in the club will be from the upper half of the Jun- Psi fraternity from Nebraska Uniior Class. Teachers ' nominated sev- versity. The judges were: ·L arry academic, the other half will coneral candidates. After the choice Wachholtz, Tom M i 11 sap, Bob sist of field trips. For the larger part the field trips will remain ·in was narrowed, the teachers voted Churchich, and Don Wolcott. the Omaha, Council Bluffs area, a again The finiil decision was few will protrude into outstate Ne• based on the individual leadership, braska. cllaracter, 11-nd record of' service to · the school.

A reminder from Mr. Wells to • archaeology club members is that Delegates will benefit frp,m their report topics are due March- 31, association with students from all better hurry. of the state. The entire -.' The International Club's Banquet school will benefit when the dele- will be April 5 at 6 p.m. at the Pagates share their experiences with cific l:Iills Lutheran church. The Warriors next year. banquet is held for the .purpose of Activities will include athletics introducing foreign exchange stuand music as well as the "mock ~E;nts from other schoo~s. goyerl)~ent."

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-t ... skits b~ th~ separate ' language It i&. nop~d that the . dele~ates clubs and the annual . slave sale. ~ill ..P'!t th~ir summer experiences Proceeds., t-rbh1, the ~lave sale ·help ~o good use . at .. We!>tsiqe and in the community; so ·that the exist- · pay banquet :eJCpenses. i~g la'ck of . interest' iii state and' Spec;i;Cguests will include meJ-· lp,~al governments may pe ·~·anged. • bers of the ··af}ult AFS ·chiihter. · A. to .that qf erithii~~asin . and genu-. check from ·Inter~ational G:Iub wll1 ;..'.~ interest. , be pres!?flted' to th1ni ·ui~re... · ~ ~ : - -.

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WHS ·Principals Busy With· NCA Activities Westside's guiding lights, better kpown as Mr. Kenneth Hansen and Mr. Ralph Farrar, have schoolwork besides that at Westside. Principal Hansen has recently been elected to the. state advisory committee of tlie Nprth Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, and · Asst. . Principal Farrar· will soon be' ·a ttending a · meeting - in €hicago, headquarters of the Association. .

The NCA, of which District 66 is a member; is an accrediting agency for high schools and colleges in North Central United States. All members are, of course, accredited schools; that is they have maintained the prescribed standards set up by the agency.

The purpose of the Chicago meeting, which Mr. Farrar will attend March 29-April 1, is to evaluate all member schools and decide if they are keeping a high quality of education. Mr. Farrar will be on a committee which will evaluate new schools wishing to gain acceptance into the Association.

The Association ti-ies to assist coo'peration ' bet~een high schools apd colleges, both by, discussing common problems and by trying to keep a continuity between high school and college courses.

The state advisory committee, to which Mr. Hansen has been elected .for a three year term, helps set the requirements which Nebraska schools must meet in order to become accredited under the Associa· tion. It also helps set the standards for . the evaluation of the schools.

Problems of Nebraska schools are discuss.e d at meetings of the state advis9ry committee and state board, and s.u ggestions are made as to how these schools might im._ prove their educ'a tional systems.

Visitation committees call on various schools to see if they are biding. by the poli'cies 'which Jtave fleen set• for them.

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The WHS · Athletic Booster Club and Athletic Department will host a sports banquet March 27th at 6:15 p.m. in the Westside cafeteria.

Varsity- letters in basketball, football, gymnastics and individual sports will be presented; special awards in each sport are to be given to some of Westside's outstanding athletes.

Pat Fisher, a former WHS graduate , and all-pro football star for th e St. Louis Cardinals will be honoree!.

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Two of Mr. Delano's classes will participate next Y.ear in an electro chemistry project. In past years only individuals have worked in . this are.a.

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Jazz Concert, 8 p.m.

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• ..,. · sente.d in the Little Theater April 1, 1 2,~a~d::-3- .• .. .. <:--· _ , , I! . i,s .exciting ·.re~ause, _ you ~ yot~r· ·;elf as a par.t Of ~the - a~,tdience )'llUStlis·c·o yer ' w:.h o, · is really Charlie's . \unt. · · .. · ·

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What are Westsiders doing to plan for the future? · In this special eight - page issue of the LANCE, put out by first year journalism students, pictures and stories will give ·you a · glimpse of the future that Warriors are helping to create. page 2 ........ Behind the Scenes page 3. ...D.E. Big Winner at State Convention page 6 ..... Special Picture Page

After attending the University, he plans to study for his Doctorate.

Also, he hopes to help other Midwest t~achers with new teaching methods he has used in a threeyear old Westside chemistry course.

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The' piay,- ~ill be colorful and lrigiJill!.l tl)rp-Jgt\: th~ : nEi\p of Mrs. _.'Iowa~d. · fi.9-~-~-'tfl~4i~ . !n~tructor, 3.nd per, sewers~.'rifntble fingers in ·~.

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Mr. Calvin Delano,- Westside chemistry teacher, has been awarded the Shell Merit Fellowship, sponsored by the Shell Oil Industries. The purpose of the program is to assembie teachers in order to exchange ideas. Chosen from app-lications across the nation, Mr. Delano will attend Stanford University in California for eight weeks next summer.

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Charley's Aunt's cast rehearsing for a big opening night.

This year's Senior Class play, "Charlie's Aunt," should prove to

be exciting, colorful, and original.

The English farce, under direction

One hundred seats are available or each night and advance reservations can soon be made. The price is $1.00 for adults or those without activity tickets. Tickets may also b!o' purchased at the door but don't wait - the theater is small and with a cast like this year's, you won't want to miss it!

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THE WESTSIDE LANCE

March ··19, 19 .

Junior Journalists Actor Gargan Discusses Evils of Teen Smoking Explore The Future c,;!!~••~.m!~~~-:,.T,:~. ~~·. ~~ TEEN AGE During the past two weeks, vexed teachers, interrupted study halls, and near blindness from e xploding fla shbulbs. have been the results of an annual movement on the Westside scene-the production of a Cub edition of the Lance.

It is the purpose of this paper to give the first year journalism students a chance to put into practice a II t hey ' ve Iearne d a b ou t th e " m_ec han1cs · o f ·1ourna I'1sm ," wh'l ' ? prov1'd 1' ng th a t most necessary e 1emen t 1 wh ch no book can teach, expenence.

Besides the standard features on any Lance, the Cub edition is also designed with a specific theme in mind and with greater length.

Our theme, "Warriors Look To The Future ," was chosen with several objectives in mind.

It was discovered that school is only one part of a teenager's life.

In addition to this are jobs, travel , college level study, hobbies, and • · · wh'IC h he Ip h'lm t o d e t ~rn:me · h'IS f ut ure. many o th er. act~vltles , • .

Westslde IS, of course, students. but 1t IS also people, young md1viduals growing to ·adulthood while trying to find their places in the world. For seven hours every day in the school atmosphere, we are all alike, students concerned with basically the same material to study and activities to follow. These are geared to a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis . They are important to our lives in the present because they serve as an introduction to our general interest areas. But there • h" h d' 1 • d h f are other th,ngs w IC are more lrect y alme at t e uture.

Out~ide of school. we ~re still Westsiders because. the school gives us what 1t should, an 1dent1ty, a general background 1n all areas, from which we may move individually to specific areas as we begin to look to the future.

On the feature pages (four and five) and the picture page (six), we have tried to choose representative examples of the people, the individuals who are developing a specific interest in addition to their · h.IQ h sc hoo 1 careers. . • May I extend my thanks to a wonderful staff, our adv1sor Mrs. Egbert, our patient printer, and all the faculty and parents who hav~ given us so much support.

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cent press conference given by the American Cancer Society. The purpose of the conference was to give teens a broader insight into the real dangers of the social habit known as smoking.

"Take A bNumber••'th Th t e program a en minute film stripegan calledw1 "Take A Number" which discussed the magic numbers in cancer detection. t'even for the seven danger signals of cancer, and fourteen for the two weeks in which they should be detected and stopped.

Aft Dthr. Hf.elnry tL?moDn H er head e 1 of m 5the np Cancer r. enry Lemon, Research Foundation in Omaha spoke on the medical evidenc~ which links cancer with smoking.

"Tobacco is not the real cause of the cancer virus," he said, "it is the tar in the cigarette which is ~ohhlarmful. Thh~ average_ smoker m a es enoug cigarettes m twenty years to accumulate thre to four pounds of tar in his l:ngs.

This tar cuts down the amount of air allowed in the circulation and is the cause of many fatal diseases.

One out of every twenty American~ will die of ?ancer, heart diseasek,. or, lung disease caused by smo mg.

Actor William Garga.n

Ironically the main speaker of the confere~ce was actor William Gargan, a cancer victim himself who now speaks through a hole in his wind-pipe because his voice box was removed due to a malignant cancer growth. Although he still has a hard tim'e ' speaking Mr. Gargan tours the country lecturIn the last issue of the Lance the final prom - plans were pre- · ing on- the dangers of cancer. sented with the approval of many but to the disappointment of all because of earlier rumors thought to be true.

Everyone thought that the Astronauts Were 11nder contract to play for us when actually we had sent only a letter of intent request- The future? inq information.

Are you kiddin' me man?

The point to be made does not concern this specific incident but Who cares about it?

Fake it many others which have occurred in the same way and for the same Now is what countsreason-a lack of communication between those who know and the Today man, not tomorrow. rest of the class.

Yeah- I get it Continuing with this example because it is so typical, the class Now my childofficers' reasons for trying to get the group, raising the _extra money, Remember-future is alland fighting until the bitter end, was because they felt this was what 1 have big plans for youthe students wanted. It is not often you can find people that dediYou've got to make it. cated to the students who chose them. .

Tomorrow is what counts Tomorrow child-not today.

When a representative meeting was held it . was learned that' the officers were working under a complete misconception which prob- What really counts?

Tell me - please ably would have been discovered -earlier if a similar meeting had Please been held.

There were also complaints about the lack of volunteers for class projects which brought to light the fact that more than half the juniors present were unaware that th~re were things to be done.

Again , it is all due to a lack of communication, which , in the past, was overcome by class meetings. Because of the size of the group and the difficulties in controlling the students, this is now forbidden.

The answer, then , must lie in a new system, perhaps in the form of a "class cabinet" or advisory board which would relay ideas and plans to and from the students and officers of each class.

THE CUB LANCE STAFF

Harmony Is Needed

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Calling All Warriors Seniors Only

Attention Seniors! Hurry and get your applications for the O.U. Placement Tests. Applications should be in by May 1.

Don't Delay

Any person wishing to take the Advanced Placement Te!\ts should register by April 1.

Military Academy A representative from the Military Academy will be at Westside March 23.

by Karl Peeht St. John's College of Anna Maryland, was founded in 1696.

John's of Santa Fe, New Me opened in 1964. Both colleges under the same board.

Students wanting a coeducat al, highly selective, small co in a setting that is unique sh investigate St. John's in Santa There are twelve new buildi used for the first time this y Santa Fe is one of the oldest ci In the United States, and is interesting to students of hist The Palace of Governors served for different governm and there are other places of torical interest in the city.

The feature of the curricu is its Great Books study requ of all students. It is for stu who can read, write, analyze, think.

Sign Up Soo11 W estsiders wishing to take the College Boards at Westside in May must hurry and make sure their applications are in by April ·1.

Think to the Future

Seniors, start thinking about applying for the Far East Scholarship Fund. More information will be given at a later date.

Attention Students

Those students who still ha · not paid for their yearboo will, have another chance to so next_week, March 23 and Final payments can be made the bookstore. Please check t list in the library or booksto if you have not paid. Your operation is needed better yearbook.

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'65 Cub Lance Means Problems But Satisfacti-on Ca st Eager Editor : Nancy Eaton-bright, energetic, full of ideas.

Dynamic Manag ing Editor: Nancy Wood-bright-eyed , witty, dying to get to work.

Eiqht page editors and their assistants-worried about filling their pages and eager to establish their beats. .

A nd our special guest star: Mrs. Judy Egbert-our wonderful advi sor, warm, patient, ALWAYS sympathetic!

ACT I The date is March I, the scene is a first-year journalism class at Westside, the staff of the annual Cub edition has ju.st been announced.

As assignments are given out and beats assigned, busy Warri-ors are seen running about looking for news to fill their pages.

ACT 2 It is now four d ays later, a nd fme for the first set of copy to go to the printer's. Although some of the copy does get in, there are ma ny excuses, such as State Tourney and American Lit papers, which g reet the ears of our somewhat tired editors. By their gruff an swers of 'get-it-in-or-else,' one would think that there was more to putting out a paper than just making the assignments and then sittinq back. In fact, they have even threatened to replace the whole staff with defe ctive tinker-toys and cocker spanie ls named Charlie.

Council Corne The week of March 1 thro March 5, the S t u d e n t Cou helped sponsor a project ca Bundle Days, in order to help Children's F e d e r a t i o n to clothes for needy children. It announced every day that stud could bring any clothes they longer needed to the stud lounge. Unfortunately this p ect, apparently because of stu de lack of interest, was not as cessful as we had hoped. The S dent Council was disappointed cause we felt it was a very wo cause.

A committee for helping orga the scheduling of next year's dent activities has been appoin · We will soon be sending a le to all club presidents concer a meeting in the near future.

Also, the student council elect the outstanding teacher will be given the trophy for next quarter. Past recipients Mr. Harley · Hardison, Mr. Hansen, and Mr. Richard chell.

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"Cub Epic"- A cast of thousands ') ACT 3 The story has progressed quite a bit since the la st act and it is now March 17, D-Day minus 2. According to the schedule, today is the day the staff does everything that should have been done in the rast two weeks. As one enters room 145, a slight twinge of tension is visible in the air. After two weeks of sleepless night, tempers are obviously frayed and the room looks more like a battlefield than a pressroom.

ACT 4 It is now D-Day (better known as Disaster-Day) plus two, and the paper is finally out. Since last Friday our faithful staff has recovered some sleep and friends are again speaking to each other. Although it was a long, hard three weeks, the Cub edition will be remembered as a success for a long time.

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Club Briefs Junior Red Cross .

The Junior Red Cross is busy making plans for the Cnss-Crosser, annual dance sponsored by Red Cross clubs in schools throughout Omaha area. Terri Castater has been chosen as Westside's candiWork has also been started on the annual Horse Show to be held 2.

Pep Club Plans are now being made for the annual Sports Banquet, to be on March 27. The event, hosted by the Pep Club, is in honor of basketball team ~nd coaches.

Pep Club members will participate in this year's Easter Seal drive, will take place on March 28. mass practices are now being held every Saturday . Girls wishing to take part in spring tryouts should attend.

Z-Club Z-Club will hold a progressive dinner for the first meeting in April, to Mrs. Lois Lucas, club sponsor.

Y -Teens Nancy Bounds, of the Nancy Bounds Modeling Agency, spoke at 17 meeting of Y-Teens. Needlework projects have been comand members are now preparing for the upcoming election of Distributive Education the D .E. Leadership Conference in Lincoln, at the NeCenter for Continuing Education, on March 7 and 8, were Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hansen, Mr. Vaughn Phelps, and 30 students. Stu dents winning the various state conNational Conference in Chicago, during the last

Hi-Y of officers was held at the March 11 meeting of Hi-Y. The theme was "Bring a Friend," to encourage new boys to join.

y's Fads Not So Bad styles nowadays are simI don 't know what kids will wear next !" many of you are thinksome illustrious parent. this u n der his breath , however this was a remark made by the typical in 1925!

legs. But to compete with this the twen ties had t h eir n ylon stockings rolled u p in lumps a roun d the knees. Of cou rse this often occasion ed blue knees from cu t -off circulation.

An other poin t of con tentio.n between the adult world .a n d the teenagers is dancing! While dances such as the swim, jerk, and m on key m ay not be choked f ull of ballroom gra ce, at least the Pirls these days don't tangle their partners up in long beads or give t hem black eyes by swinging them in their fa ces!

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Class officers include: Terry Johnston, president; David Prall, vice-president; Sharon · Wheeler, secretary; and Jim Tettenborn, tre a s urer. Sponsors are Mrs. Hazel Patz and Mr. E uge n e

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Noodell, Winchell, Dunn Aid ·Juniors···

Class Shows Appreciation It has been a recent custom to have a "Senior Spotlight" to acknowledge students' contributions to Westside. But the greatest contributors have been overlooked, the faculty.

Mr. Jack Noodell, Mr. Richard Winchell, and Mrs. Clara Dunn, who may be found in many different places outside of school; ranging from selling tickets at football games, to teaching at the University of Omaha, to a sociology field trip, join together in sponsoring the Junior Class this year.

Mr. Noodell, who has been at Westside the longest of the trio, 12 years, now teaches specifically in the area of business education.

In his first years he was involved in junior high social studies and civics as well. In addition to teaching and sponsoring the Junior Class, as he has for ten years, he also handles all the club fi na n ces, the activities fu nd, t he athletic fund, and any other money in the school.

He holds a B.S. degree in bustness admin istration and a M.A. in educa tion, both from Omaha University, and h as 36 hours toward his doctorate at the University of Nebraska.

Mr. Noodell commen ted that h e en joyed Westside m ore when it was smaller because he could be more involved in everything and feel more a part of the whole.

Mr. W inch ell is known t o many as a friend, a dvisor, counselor , pizza dou gh builder, and a n all aroun d great guy, as well as a teacher of -Advanced American History a nd Far East History.

H e holds B.S . . and M.A. degrees from the Universit y of Omaha.

- He - also t eaches Modern J a pan, Modern China, and Russian His· tory a t O.U. In his ten yea rs here, he bega n the history courses in the honors

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program in 1957-58 but has also teaching history and some geogbeen involved in math, economics, raphy a t Westside for eight years. · and civics. In addition to this he Besides her wor k with the honcir$has sponsored CPAF, H i-Y, and t h e progra m, she a lso brought l?OCiol~ · yearbook. Three years ago the ogy to the school five years ago. W estside Scholarship Fund was Known a ffectionately as "Mrs. begun under his direction. Each year t h e $1200 earned is given to Pep Club," Mrs. D unn helped get-: t he club on its feet a nd sponsored . a deservin g senior. it for six yea rs.

Mr. Win chell -cites the "optiIn her b ackground is a B.A. de• m ist ic environment" w her e stugree from Peru State Tea~ne·r•:s . den ts reflect t he "enthusiasm for learning" w hich means so ~uch to College -a nd a M.A. in Education · a teacher. W ith t he parents and .from N.U. administra tion t h is ent husia sm is She has always been very inteP ' directed towar d suppor t of a ll ~sted in all facets of student ac- · school and commun ity pr ojects. ,H e ·. ~-t_ivities a nd regrets that the size'' also labels his studen ts as an 1pakes it impossibte to attend· ev~ "amia ble group of keen people ·eryth ing. S he praises W estside for. its co-operative atmosphere and w ho a re refreshing to wor k with."

Mrs. Dun n, found genera lly in notes tha t the stu dents are pleast he Social S ciences Dept., bas been ant to w or k with.

Seniors Gain Prominence

by Ga r y Davis Usin g a blend of extra cu rricular activities and h ar d work, both Betsy Raskin and John Buller have made themselves known throughout the school.

Debate Brings Honors Betsy is probably best known to the students as a fjrst-rate debater. She is certainly this and much more.

This year in tournaments, she has placed first four times, second once, and .third twice in the extemporaneous speech division. In joint efforts with other teammates, she has helped to earn two firsts and a second.

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Mr. Winchell, Mr. Rod Hansen, and Mrs. Hoyt have left the most lasting impression on Betsy.

Looking towards the future, B e t s y wants to attend either Stanford or the University of I o w a. After she graduates, she would like to teach high school English.

Betsy's feelings toward Westside w e r e revealed . Betsy when she stated that Westside is the kind of ·school that lets the student develop him-

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Buller E xcels One of the busiest and most well known boys at W estside is John B uller . " Big John," as he is affectionately called, is best k nown as one of Westside's finest basketball players. At present, John holds the school scoring record at 36 points.

Aside from basketball, John enjoys most spectator sports and has an interest in water polo.

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Another talent of John's playing the clarinet. Although John is too modest to say so, he has been called one of ·the finest clarinetists to play at Westside.

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John, an Honqr Roll student, says that Senior Math and English are the subjects that he faors most. He attributes his enjoyment of English to Mr. Rod Hansen, who inspired John's interest.

I think his answer to my question of what his pet peeve is could best describe John. He said, " I'm happy here. I don't have any complaints."

Eaton and Klopp~ to Clinic This su mmer two W estside jun..:' ions, J ulie K 1 o p p and NancyEaton, will a ttend a journ alism'' clinic a t Fort Collins, C_olo. The , girls are attending this clinic ·to increase their knowledge and un~ 1 derstandin g of the field of journalism. They will stay in the residence halls on the University of· Colorado campus. The clinic will. begin June 20 and go through._ June 25. Besides learning about· journalism, they will get a sample. taste of college life.

The classes will be taught by university professors. The purpose of the clinic is for students to ex.: · plore the possibilities of a career in the field of journalism. The. daily lectures will be supplement-· ed by films and field trips to a newspaper plant and to a y e a r book printer~ There will a1 s o be wor k s hops wh e re th e s tud e nts ca n g a in

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Wha t would you do if you ran into a NUDIBRANCHIATE? Mike Bundy: Depends on if it were male or female.

Alice: .I'd send it down to the IBM machine.

Jim Iverson : I'd tell it to put its clothes back on.

Rich Ide: I'd throw a snow cone at it.

Sue Swanson: I'd tell it to go jump in the lake.

Mark Rickerson: I'd sic it on Miss Rapoport.

Steve Ladwig: I'd kill it before it multiplies.

For those of you who don't know what a NUDIBRANCHIATE is, it 's an animal related to the clam.

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Tongdoll Comments With a fine record and a threes t i t c h e d scar, "Diamond" Jim Tangdall ended the season with a team rating of third in the state.

According to Mr. Tangdall the high point of the season was winning the district tournament. Mark Jensen and Roger Herring agreed to this · but they added that another highlight .took place on the day before Thanksgiving when Mr. Tangdall was demonstrating how to jump for a jump ball. It seems that before Mr. Tangdall had a chance to put on the demonstration Eric Hultman took over and collided with "Diamond" Jim's mouth. The result was three

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One point in swimming took victory out ·of the hands of the Warriors who came the closest of any Westside team in history to win a state championship. Lincoln Southeast overcame a WHS lead in the final event of. the meet to ~in their seventh straight swimming title.

It was the same one point mar&:ln in basketball as Westside Bowed to a final McCook surge Which eliminated the Warriors in the semi-finals, 51 to 50. No one will ever know how Westside would have fared the following night against seeded Boys Town.

Looking back over the achievements and rec.ords of both the swimmers and the B-ballers, I know most Warrior backers will agree that Westside tried its best and the outcome of both the meet and the game could easily have gone either -way. Congratulations on fine performances throughout the year and in the state meets.

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- Regarding the McCook game, €oaeh T angdall pointed out that the loss was due to a second . half change of momentum. However, · he stated that he ·was extremely proud of the team throughout the season and the tournament.

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stitches and no Thanksgiving dinner for Mr. Tangdall.

At the end of each season the team votes for their captain, and most valuable player. Receivers of these awards are Rick Willis, captain, and John Buller, most valuable player.. Rick Willis will also be the recipi ent of the Kiwanis award.

As most improved players Mr. Tangdall chose Phil Blum, Roger Herring, and Dick Tharp, all of whom will be fine players next year.

Mr. Tangdall has been coaching varsity basketball for five years and has records of 1-16, 2-15, 13-8, 4 14-7; and 18~.

All and all Mr. Tangdall was quite pleased with this year's season and is looking forward to next year's, when he hopes to take state.

Westside's reserve team w a s a t t h e swimming meet March . 17 new W est$ide po"ol. peted with swim team.

Accord.ing three standouts of the stroke, . Steve Renier, sprint. and Tom Petty. experience for next year's team.

Kovitch Devotes Time:And Talent In the preceding issues of the Lance it has been tradition to highlight one of the outstanding athletes of the week. This time the sports staff has decided to go behind the scene and feature one of the persons who is not in the limelight, but is an important part of the overall su9cess of the school athletic program - our s t u d e n t trainer Steve Kavitch. Steve came to Westside last year from West-· brook where he began his career.

He is now under the guidance of Mr. Wagner and has devoted his sophomore and junior years after school to relieve the twisted limbs of many athletes.

When he graduates from Westside he pians to become a physical therapist. Accord~g to Mr. Wagner, "He has done ll good job and I hope he returns next year."

by Dave Benton Even though it was a great disappointment for our basketball team to ·be edged out in · the semifinals by such a small margin, we as W ests)de ·s tudents should be prou-d .. of the record set by them this season. They compiled a record of 18 wins and five losses, won their first district chax,npionship and first place Class · A trophy, and reached the semi-finals of the state t o u r n a m e n t, only to be beaten by a very slim one point.

To see how fast WHS has come up, compare this year's record with our win-loss standings just four years ago. In case you weren'there or don't remember we won Only one game, that being against Ueatrice. It makes one wonder what the person is thinking now who sent the lett-er to the· WoJ;ld Herald several years back saying that Westside should be dropped . from Class A because they couldn't compete.

pulled ahead of the Bulldogs to stay. The · final buzzer sounded with Westside leading with a margin or" four points. The outstanding player for this game is, naturally, John Buller. His consistent hitting brought him 31 points before the night was ov.er.

Of course credit has to be extend~ ed to the whole tea·m for the great job they did against a really tough team.

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It seems that as soon as spr.ing - Signs of ; the sports are showing Mr. Tangdall further added that· comes · around a · certain -alertness up all over the school. One can rye wouldn't ·be a b(t s~rJ!ri~ed to begins to. app r in the school and" ·i i til alk th" h th - n udents .. As. far as Westside <:;_ ar _Y "! roug e an ex.

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Girls' swimming is force this year. with Northwest team.

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In the semi-finals we were brought up against a really tough McCook team. When half-time rolled around the Warriors had a ten point advantage.

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The golf season seems to be shaping · up · to _b~ ·one · o,f the' b~g­ g-est. ever. With the ret.l,!rn. _of oyer sev.epty-.five · percent ~ of :the ·. state_ cha.mpiopsbip team, it- -pt:qmises: to be· another win·nin_g . sea~on. Returpil).g lettermen .are: Lar.ry Hamer, Jpft Rapoport, Barry Zoob, J)iY. )i:nt-_ 1111!11,. Mark Rickerson, . ~Ul.Ji Nillsol)·. ·. · · · '· , .' •' ·.. , · · "'rtie traCk teiim .is · showing- gr·e at enthusia§m- this y,el\r. in t)).ejr ~f;, fort to uphold ' vy esiside's ~ record.

Some promising runners · returning this season are· Bil.l · 'Jep,sen;. Dori Albon, and Dave Larkin. The hur: die department has ·Dave Brown ..

Dave DeBuse is returning in the broad jump along with Dave Bush~ nell and Bob Matejka in the pole ault. ·.

The tennis team also has a large number of regulars returning this season. These are Rod Ulfers, Rich Young, Jeff Gaillard, Phil Blum, ( Randy Nogle, Gary McClendon, .

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'Trophy Collectors' End Year Author To Speak _ One point made the difference in still another state tournament. This time Westside's victims were senior debaters Bob Bucholz and Steve Calvert, excluded from the state quarter finals with one point less than the Centra 1 team which placed first.

The success of this year's team, eoached by Mr. Rod Hansen, is revealed in a summary of the debate record.

Bob, Steve, and juniors Gary Neid and Stu Sorenson started the year by winning the Boys' Missouri Valley Tournament in early November. Steve and Stu joined at Omaha University Nov. 13-14 to win another first in debate.

December saw success In Independence, Mo., where seniors Chris Pinali and Betsy Raskin placed first in regulation debate, and Betsy captured second honors in girls' extemporaneous speaking.

January was a month of triumphs. At Kearney State College Jan. 7-9, the team won its first sweepstakes award.

Chris and Betsy ranked second in varsity debate, and Warriors succeeded in individual events: Jeff Meyers, junior, received top honors in interpretive public address; Betsy placed first in gids' extemp.; and Bob took second in boys' extemp.

Wagner Shows Musical Talent Mr. Wayne Wagner's musical career was highlighted March 26 when he played with an orchestra conducted by Mr. Henry Mancini.

The two and a half hour concert, held in Lincoln at the Pershing Auditorium, was sponsored by Nebraska University and open to the public.

Wagner has played the drums for about 20 years but considers playing with Mancini his greatest musical privilege. He secured this position when Mancini found he had need for a drummer and Mr. Wagner's name was suggested to him. When asked if it was diffi路 cult to play with the group after only a few rehearsals, Wagner replied that, "It was difficult but he made me feel right at home and one of the group."

To Upper Classes Pearl Buck, Nobel Prize winning author, will be at Westside Friday, April 23, for a convocation set up as a press conference. The purpose of her Omaha visit is to promote the Pearl S. Buck Foundation for American-Asian children.

Miss Buck is presently on tour to raise funds for her agency through contributions and benefits. Because she cannot present a program for less than $1,500, a press-conference type convocation for juniors and seniors was arranged instead.

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Bob Bucholz and Steve Calvert, erudite and euphonic masters of the spoken word, survey the results of their debating efforts.

Travelling to Watertown, S. D., Jan. 14-16, the team was fifth in sweepstakes, and Chris won first place in original oratory.

Two weeks later the team added a sweepstakes triumph at Marion.

Bob and Steve again won first in debate. Steve also ranked third in boys' ex temp.

A final sweepstakes victory came at Morningside College in Sioux City, Febr. 5-6. Bob, Steve, Chris, and Betsy captured first in debate.

In addition, Chris won again in oratory, Betsy added another first in

Arts Festival A +tended Westside students, representing either the Music, Art, Drama, or Speech Departments, participated in the Fine Arts Festival in Lincoln on April 2-3. The Festival was designed to help students improve their abilities and to give recognition for skills achieved in their various divisions.

The Warriors tied for fourth place in speech. Senior Steve Calvert received a superior rating in Information Address; Warren Whitted and Walter Dean, sophomores, scored superiors in Discussion and Interpretive Public Address; and senior Tim Gerber received a superior rating in Oral Interpretive. Seniors Kristi Waara, Pam Schaap, Tim Gerber and junior Mary Johnson received an excellent rating in Oral Interpretation of Drama.

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Robie Carmichael It happens every year. Along about April strange psychological transformations occur among Westside students. Many people are concerned. Most teachers, however, merely nod their heads , acknowledging the reappearance of the world's oldest equation: Springtime plus Youth equals Energetic Explosion.

Among sophomores and juniors this disease, commonly labeled "spring fever," is characterized by alternate listlessness and excitement, staring out windows, and an over-active imagination, usually on a destructive bent. In acute cases, the more daring. boys give up watching "Flipper" on Saturday nights to engage in mild-mannered affairs of the heart.

Much more concern is expressed for seniors, with whom the disease takes a more acute form called "senioritis."

Teachers stare with profound pity or disgust at normally serious students who suddenly begin dancing down halls, eyes darting fur-

girls' extemp., and senior Tint Gerber won in dramatic interpretation.

The rest of 路the year was relatively anti-climactic. At the District Speech Contest March 5-6, Tim received another first in dramatic; Betsy won third place in girls' extemp.; and Bob and Steve placed fourth and seventh in boys' extemp.

As one debater has said, "We've tried to show the academic excellence Westside can achieve. I don't think we've done too badly."

tively toward the doors, with inordinately happy expressions on their faces, l.ooking as if they couldn't care less that their term papers are due.

"Senio,ritis," as with everything else connected with spring, means campaigns. Barring such _obviously silly suggestions as a pigeon race between faculty and students, or a troika race down Dodge, the strongest campaign drive now (instigated by more "sophisticated" seniors), is the one to declare "The Man From UNCLE" and his .Russian friend the official symbols of the Class of 1965.

Even the most seriously affected seniors, however, maintain at least one foot on the ground and manage to find time to worry about the saner difficulties of life such as college and summer jobs.

"Senioritis" in its most dangerous form is rarely fatal.

It is a releasing of superficial energies in superficial ways to make room for the more serious things to come. Isn't it better than taking yourself too seriously?

musie department~ S~niors Jim Du rham, Nancy Riley, and Paul Thornblad a uditioned for the Nebraska School of Music. Junior Karen Krabbenhoft played a clarinet solo for critism.

Westside's Art Depart]nent sent ten students to the Festival. They had a choice of attending demonstrations on photography, painting, drawing, college, sculpture, design or ceramics. They also attended an art show in which 200 pieces were shown representing students from all over the state. Westside had 20 works in the exhibit including a Commercial Art entry by senior Tom Craig, a fashion design by senior Cheryl Lowrey, and linoleum prints by Art Jetter, senior.

Others having entries in the show were seniors Mary Curzon, Chris Gembica, Kris King, Marci McDonald, Duane Stewart, Kristi Waara, Diane Woodhull, and junior Becky Burling.

To integrate lost and needy American-Asian children into their

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22--0pen House Pre-contest musical in Little Theater 23-24- Music contest at Fremont 26-Pan Hellenic meeting for Sr. Girls-3 p.m.

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27-Convocation-"Facts and Fallacies of Reptiles" Student Council filing 28-Primaries f o r Student Council 30-Student Council general elections Intra Club Dance in Student Lounge

societies is the goal of the only agency to which Miss Buck has ever given her name. Born o[ American fathers to Asian mothers out of wedlock, these children lead a life of hardship and despair. They need care and help in obtaining an education to enable them to find occupations.

The foundation also tries to find work for the mothers so they can raise their economic status enough to keep the children and care for them adequately.

Club's Trip Wins Glory Fifteen Key Club members and Mr. Karl Pecht, sponsor, brought Westside new glory at the District Key Club Convention at North Platte, Nebr., April 3-4. Warr iors won five out of 10 available trophies, and Don Marquardt, junior, was elected to be governor of the Iowa-Nebraska District Key Club for the coming year.

Individuals received awards for efforts at the convention. Jeff Meyers, junior, placed first in oratory while Tom Barton, sophomore, took third. Holden Aust, senior, captured second honors in the essay contest.

Westside was also honored for group events. Key Club's scrapbook took first place and its December scavenger hunt received second recognition in the service awards.

Scheduled activities of the convention included business meetings, elections, contests, a Saturday night dance, and a Sunday morning breakfast.

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By Westside "I want to go to college, but I haven't enough money."

T oo often this is t he plain t of high school seniors. To help ease the conflict between educa tional _ambition and financial limita tion, Westside gives one senior $300 yearly for four years of college .t hrough the Westside Scholarship Fund. Any senior who wishes to apply for this aid may do so by May 7; applications may be obtained from Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance counselor. 路 Selection of the recipient will be based on the student's need, worthiness, academic growth and attitude, and class rank. Explains Mr. Richard Winchell, sponsor of the fund since it was created three years ago, "Our major interest is that the scholarship goes to someone who will definitely benefit."

The selected senior will retain his scholarship as long as he continues satisfactory progress toward a degree.

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Charley's Aunt, this year's senior class play, has come and gone.

The efforts of Mrs. Anna Clark, director, and of the entire cast were applauded April 1-3. Next year there will be still another play, but many of this play's moments will long be remembered. Pictured here is one memorable scene in which Charley (Don Noel) Wykeham "convinces" Fancourt (Tim Gerber) Babberly to impersonate his aunt.

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The privileges of being a "Senior ..

Westside offers top courses taught by top teachers to its seniors.

Many of these courses could be considered college level. In years gone by, Westside has had a college-type atmosphere not · only scholastically, but amonq the students. Upper-classmen were recognized as being such by the work they did and the added privileges extended to them.

By Rich Young

However, when I came to school to begin this glorious year, I could find none of the privileges I had looked forward to. The students lounge was closed at lunch, my locker was in the middle of the sophomores and only close to one of my five classes. When it was explained that the Senior Class was too big for the lounge and no solution could be found, and that my locker was there because of my first hour class, I reluctantly sank back to the dreary tasks I had been performing for the last three years. I felt sure that something would come up to change things.

I am not trying to say that seniors should be considered "untouchable" or "exempt" from restriction in school. I am saying that the last year in high school is a momentous time in early li-fe, and I think it should be set ap<ilrt from other years by the school.

ST EVE LONG

Easter Season Ash Wednesday . . . Lent . . . Palm Sunday Good Friday-Easter.

.. Holy Week

We are in the middle of the Easter season. In between songs about "Easter bonnets" and stories about the Easter bunny, we hear snatches of the story that has changed the lives of millions of people.

It seems incongruous that Easter should see war and hatred spread over the globe. It seems wrong that so much ugliness beclouds a time that means so much to so many. It seems somehow shameful that after all these years people have been ·unable to live up to the ideals of brotherly love expressed during Easter.

No, this is not a good time to have Easter. Or perhaps it is better to say that it is not a good time to be old enough to have no faith in the Easter bunny, to see beyond the pretty bonnets and the gay parades. It is not a good time to be old enough to know reality.

But this is the Easter season, and we must have Ea ster . So let us make the happy pre-t ense while we may. And if we must think on reality, let us remember the words written by Anne Frank, hiding from Nazi tyranny: "I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart."

And perhaps that will be enough to get us through to ano'her Easter.

BETSY RASKIN

' Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, A horrible rumor has been going around school that there is no Easter bunny. I would like to tell the faculty and the student body that this rumor is false because :vir. Hansen, our principal, told me he saw one at school.

A Conscientious Objector

Something must be done!! A nailfile is quite inefficient and the faculty table frowns when I pull out my switch-blade. ·I will personally accept all responsibility for any bloodshed. as I have already stocked up on band-aids (with super stick).

Love, Jack the ,Ripper

Dear Editor.

Everyone knows that when spring comes in, grades go down.

That is nature, so why fight it?

A helpful Senior

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago Westside was involved in the State Basketball Tournament. On the Thursday of the tournament many students got excuses to leave school and go to the afternoon game. The next day these students found that some of the teachers had given quizzes, with the purpose of giving ones to the students in class and tens or zeros to the students at the tournament.

I feel that this action was unjustified. If the administration had not wanted the students to go they would have refused to accept tiJe notes giving permission to leave.

But since they DID accept the notes the teachers should have done the same.

Zero

Dear Editor, For five and three-fourths years I have eaten in the school lunchroom. For five and three-fourths years I have cut my gristle-burger with a spoon. Please, dear friendsin charge of the kitchen, why can't we have knives?? Are we soooo dangerous and bloodthirsty? The majority of Westside students who eat in the cafeteria are civilized most of the time (except, of course, when we revolt because the chocolate cake turns out to be neanut butter).

Council Corner ~otice!

I can remember that from the time I was a freshman at Westside until the beginning of this year, I looked forward to being a senior at Westside. I can remember thinking about graduation day, a chance to eat in a semi-leisurely manner in the lounge or outside in the spring, and the right to get out of school early. I think these thoughts are typical of most high school students.

Next, the seniors were told they had to have a job to get ou+ of their last hour or two of study halls. This shattered the last hope of having something a little better than the under-classmen.

Now that it is spring and the weather is getting better, a majority of the seniors thought they would be able to eat outside as last year's seniors. At the present time, this seems to be out of the question also.

April 9. 19 I

Soldiers at Dance Enliven Old Reiins B y L ynne Durham a nd Carol Thomas J u ly 13 Dear Diary, Tonight we walked half way across town to see a parade celebrating Bastille Day, the French equivale n t to our Fourth of July.

I had expected to see a huge brass ban d with flying banners, but in stead the entire parade consisted of ten little drummer boys and a few people c a r r y i n g torches.

What a disappointment!!

After the parade <which lasted about 30 seconds), the whole town went to a street dance. Here we came into our first close contact with the French soldiers. It was rather odd how Barb Norberg ended up dancing with a soldier who looks like Sam Buda. One little fellow ran up to Carol, snatched her ice cream bar, ate it, gave her the st1ck, and then just stood there sf aring at her.

The band was unbelievable! All the members were dressed in cowboy outfits and, as if that wasn't enough . they played Western mu sic and sang "My Friend, the Witch Doctor" in French!

Old men were running around either asking all the girls to dance or throwing confetti into their faces. When I refused to dance with a certain Frenchman, he called me a "Frigidaire". It was lucky for him that I dinn't understand him at the time!

Lynne July 14 Dear Diary, Bastille Day- no classes!' We walked clear acr.:oss town to see

Music Entries Fremont .Bound Twenty-four entries for the Nebraska State Music Contest have been selected to represent Westside at Fremont, · Neb., April 23 a nd 24 They were chosen in a precontest elimination held March 30 un der the supervision of Mr. Carl Carter, vocal instructor from Coun cil Bluffs, Iowa, and Walter Olson from Midland. College in Fremont.

The entrants will include Band, Orchestra, Top Choir, String Quartet, Mixed Trio, Boys' Quartet, Woodwind Choir, and Saxophone Quartet. Solos will include Janeen Beck, Richard Cornell, Jim Durham, Micheline Eden, Tim Gerber, Ricky Gibson, Vicki Gibson, Karen Krabbenhoft. Mary Johnson, Pam Schaap, Gary Shannon, Nancy Riley, and Paul Thorson.

All large groups will perform on Friday. April 23, and solos on Saturday morning, April 24.

a Military Review, but it was so hot t hat the walk was hardly worthwhile.

T his even in g we had an instant iced-tea party in Barb's room.

Barb told t he little old man at the desk dow nstairs that I had a bloody nose, so he gave her a whole tray of icecu bes!

Last weekend most of us went to Belgium and Hollan d. Our guide was. a 300-l b. girl nicknamed N'est-ce Pot. Both Brussels and Amsterdam are, fascinating and unique.

In our Brussels hotel my room was the closet off Barb's room.

Brussels is half French. half Fle mish. The Grand Square, surrounded on all four sides by gilded buildings, is the most spectacular sight I have ever seen.

Our Amsterdam hotel gave us the basement which was rather chilly. We took a canal tour of the city by night and saw the famous spots as well as some of the local characters who emerge only after dark!

Carol

Pat Fischer At Awards Dinner St. Louis Cardinal football player Pat Fischer spoke of his days at Westside as a three-sport letterman and winter-sport coaches contrasted the 1965 season with Pat's days, at the annual Winter Sports Banquet Saturday, March 27.

WHS, considered a doormat then, now is second in state swimming and third in basketball.

Mr. Louie Miloni gave the wrestling awards and assured Mr. Verne Moore on the District '66 sc hool board that his son Bruce would be a state champion next year. People now address Mr. Moore as Dan ny Thomas.

Mr. Jim Tangdall stated that he would like to adopt Rick Willis and that every time he tried to get mad at Eric Hultman, Eric would pull one of his famous stunts. John Buller received the All-State award from Con de S a r g e a n t of the World-Herald.

Mr. Ca l Be n z showed great hope for the coming season, with AllState returnees Steve George and Todd Smith, and good strength in a young team.

Pro f o o t b a 11 cornerback Pat Fischer told of the rigors of the pro training camps and of the tremendous struggle he had had to go throu gh to be where he_ is today. His old jersey, number 44, was retired and will never be in the Westside lineup again. He contributed his success tb a ' ·"lot of luck and many wonct~~·f\lfpeople."

Any club presidents w have not yet received their fu raising application forms, pie get them immediately to the fice. These applications are to turned in by April 23.

The project which has most c cerned the council in the past s era! weeks is its new interest the scheduling of fund-raising tivities for next year. The s hop, the candy sale, and the convocation are the financial l lines of the majority of Westsi clubs. Because under W estsid constitution the Student Cou is given the function of co-ord ator of all clubs, we feel that it our duty to again take some tive part in the scheduling of c activities.

After receiving the clubs' ap cations, a committee from the S dent Council will formulate tentative schedule distributing t.ivities with regard to such f tors as past use of funds, proje ed use of 1965-66 funds, and t dition. We will then submit t tentative schedule to the activit director for his approval.

Rev. Jones Give Talk on Rights Alabama's r a c i a 1 strife \ brought closer to home Marc h as Rev. Kelsey Jones, noted 0 ha civ1l rights leader, addres Westside's CPAF. His comme r<tnged from general observati on the status of the American gro to specific analyses of lo problems.

In his speech, Rev. Jones del into the need to end racial crimination. To point out the surdity of the problem, he s gested that if Max Factor crea skin bleach and skin darkener be used by both races, it would difficult to physically disting between the two. Instead of su ficial moves to end segregat· Rev. Jones called for meanin 1 acts to truly face the issues to interweave the status of Negroes with other Americ Only through such dynamism, Negro minister explained, may Negro be freed from the shac of second-class citizenship.

Contradicting a popular be • Rev. Jones theorized that the issue involves more than mere · or differences. He indicated r a c i a 1 discrimination someti serves as an outlet for fru str individuals to vent the insecu caused by various unresolved sues. The real problem, he ass ed, is not one of breaking the " or bar" but of sober, open-mi maturing by all groups.

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Seniors Succeed

By Barb Udes nk first of a studious, topsenior and then of a personfull of spirit and drive. are you'll come up with Kathy Rees, top-ranking stuof the Class of '65 and second, Zoob, student manager and booster of Westside's , a responsible and considindividual, key posiin several r a c u ractivities. presently president, - treasof Math In past Kathy was Kathy Rees t rea surand a member Y-Teens, Pep Club, debate, NFL, the tennis team. A delegate to State, Kathy was also a valworker at t he Meyer TherCenter this summer. Though has never had a study hall, inquisitive senior finds time much outside reading. this year's chemistry lab is especially interested in and plans to do research in this s ubj ect after college. of National Honor Society ner of a Nebraska Regents she will attend NeUniversity next year. Westfy and c urriculum are assets of the school in

cially credits Mrs. Judy Hoyt and Mr. Richard Winchell for helping her establish her academic standards and values.

Barry Displays Skills Referee of the Junior-Senior girls' ball game a nd a cheerleader at last year's W Club pep ral·w ly, B a r r y Zoob continually ex hibits a buoyant and exhilarating humor. He knows how to t a c k I e serious matters, however, and has excelled in many Barry Zoob areas. Not only was Barry able to defeat Mr. Jim Tangdall in a golf match this summer, but he finished seventie-th in a nationwide tournament sponsored by the United States Golf Association.

Five-year winner of the Junior Division championship at Highland Country Club, Barry also enjoys baseball, bowling, water-skii ng, and intramural basketball. Presently vice-president of Interact and W Club's sergeant-of-arms, Barry has been a member of Hi-Y, International Club, and the cross-country team.

Corporate l~ is Barry Zoob's primary academic interest. He plans to major in t his field either at Dartmouth College or Nebraska University. Mr. Rod Hansen, Mrs. Judy H oyt, Mr. Jim Tangdall, and Mr; Richard Winchell especially have aided Barry academically.

rt Dept. Has Variety ts in the Art Department busy since the start of year on an assortment lprojec1:s and assignments. Westhave a wide selection of urses to choose from, all of are taught by Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Jeanne Kautter. first year art, open to any there are advanced classes: an d Water Painting, CommerArt, Fa s hi o n Illustration, re, and Ceramics.

Mr. Grizzell's painting classes, get experience in alt of painting- from realistic non -objective. Students paint problems Mr. Grizzell gives ; in recent weeks these probhave includecl the patriot, the , and the captive. including oil paintings, ·cs, and sculpture. Mrs. Kautinstructor, said the class will experime nting in commercial during the last three weeks of

Mrs. Kautter's commercial art class will begin advertising newlyconstructed Omaha buildings on posters.

Mr. Grizzell's sculpture class is doing plaster figures done over metal armitures (frames). Students are working with welded sculpture, and plaster and lead casting. In addition to this, next year's classes will be able to do aluminum casting.

This is the first year of Westside's ceramics class. The 15 students taking the course learn how to use coil, slat, and wheel throwing methods in their work and also how to develop glaze formulas .

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···club Briefs Th e City Sa.fe-Teens Safety Week will open April 19 at the Crossroads. Displays will be held the 19 and 20. W estside's project for the display is drawings of safety items.

The next project to be undertaken by WHS Safe-Teens will be to make the parking lot safer. Dates for this are still uncertain.

Students from Westside and Central Ski Clubs wi ll visit Winterpark, Colorado, over vacation. They will leave April 12, have four days of skiing, and return April 17.

This trip is sponsored by Mr. Richard Butoff ot CentraL About thirty students are going.

A progressive dinner was held April 6 by members of Z Club.

Officers for 1965-66 were elected. They are : Barb Stein. President; Chris Smith, Vice-President; Fran Rladt, Secretary; Barb Veach, Treasurer.

Teachers Take Trip to Denver Three Westside science teachers, Mr. Harley Hardison, Mr. Calvin Delano, and Mr. Bruce Holmquist, attended the 13th annual convention of the National Science Teachers Association in Denver, Colo., from March 27 to March 31.

Approximately 2,900 high school and college teachers fro m all over the United States attended.

The program included several general sessions with speakers from colleges and universities located all over the country. Other features of the convention were numerous field trips, made especially interesting and informative b,.ecause of Denver's excellent surroundings and terrain, and enormous displays of new scientific methods, text books, and equipment.

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Next are the sporty looks for spring. One of the new looks that really thinks big is the zipper rage. An example of this is the Ring-O skirt in cotton denim with a big zipper buzzing up and down the skirt. It comes in sizes 5-15 for about $10.

There are also zippered jumpers, jackets, jump suits, and culottes.

Another new look that has everyone talking is the "London Look." The English have · made the Picadilly dress very big for this spring. There are no waistlines to the dress which gives them a comfortable and casual look. Another zany new look is the jazzy jumbled up look of dots, dashes, stripes and solids. Sounds crazy? W ell, it's not. All of these are teamed together for a m erry mixed-up idea for spring.

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This week's Lance salutes John Buller who was recently named to the World-Herald All-State basketball team. John is the first Warrior in the school's thirteen year history to rate a berth on the m y t h i c a l team. The 6'5", 205 lb. s e n i o r holds school records for career points, points in one season, rebounds, and field John goal percentages.

Buller Sporting a 20.0 point per game average, John was a key factor in Westside's successful third place finish in the state ratings and in their first trip to the state tournament.

Still unsure of hi s future plans, John has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Nebraska next fall but plans to visit other schools in the East over Easter vacation before making a final decision.

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A popular sport on week-end afternoons is bridge. The cards can fall any way and last Sunday was no exception. Norm Fishel and Tom Curran were playing Jim Iverson and me and it proved to be an eventful as well as profitable afternoon.' Fishel, renowned among duplicate bridge circles as a fierce competitor, was playing with his usual cosmopolitan attitude that makes opposing teams go out of their way to set a FishelBid contract. Today was no exception as the "Fish" was bidding and making the hands in style-until the below shown hand was dealt: N ORTH (Fishel) S-J7 H-KQ 1084 D-Q10 C-9, 762 WEST EAST (Iverson) (Charles Goren) S-A K 105 3 S-65 H-A5 H - J9762 D- A94 D- K85 C- AQ8 C-KJ3 SOUTH (Curran) S-Q982 H-3 D-J 7 6 3 2 C-1054 Seeing that Jim and I had a game on and not willing to yield to a 700 rubber, Norm calmly opened with a 3 heart pre-empt.

With 21 high card points, Iverson went to 3 spades followed by Curran's and my passes. Fish didn't figure Tom for a weak pass and hesitantly, but still in the Fishel manner, bid 4 h earts.

Now came the tricky play of the afternoon. Knowing we would set the "Fish" I gave Iverson a solid kick under the table, advising him to pass. Unluckily the "Fish" intercepted my signal and was displeased so Ivy and I were forced to pass instead of doubling his bid.

It was worth cheating just to see the look on Norm's face as he lost the first 7 tricks. However, he did manage to salvage some heart trump tricks and only ended down seven. After completed, even the "Fish" grinningly had to admit the hand was a "heartbreaker".

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Coaches Dick Lane and Bill Hoyt had a track team which finished fourth in a field of 37 at the Greater Omaha High School Indoor Track Meet at Omaha University March 27. The Warriors, however, were not able to show their prowess at Columbus for the scheduled meet there April 3, because rain forced cancellation of that event.

An event Westside won both this year and last at OU is the sprint medley. Sprinter Mike Stanner, half-miler Bill Jepsen, Dave Bushnell, and Dave Brown were the quartet lowering the record to a time of 2:53.

Senior distancemen Bill Jepson a n d Len Miller wonder if Westside's waterlogged track will ever dry for the oncoming season.

Reiects, Senior Girls Win Basketball Games Accurate outside shooting and a tenacious defense were the key f-actors for the Rejects as they easily c o a s t e d to their second straight intramural title.

Toppling the junior league, winning Pop-Tops, 46-32, the Rejects erased all doubt as to whether they could retain their title by jumping to an early 10-2 lead.

From there on it was smooth sailing as the Reject's Barry Zoob led the way with six straight field goals.

Zoob led the winning seniors and all scorers with 14 points. Bill Strateman had 8; Terry Johnston, Bob Rahe and Al Lenz, 6; Terry Clauff followed with 4; and Bill Jepson had 2. Jeff Gaillard and Jim Musil led the Pop-Tops with ten points each.

Both teams were undefeated going into the final game. The Rejects emerged from the tourna-

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Another senior victory was registered in the junior-senior girls basketball game. Paced by Barb Whinery and Barb Hosford, the seniors broke an early tie and added steam in the second half to run away with the game, 15-9.

Co-ordination and skill were not present but the usual enthusiasm was, as almost all of the student body turned out for the second annual game which was highlighted by the male pep club and cheerleaders from both classes and a "mock" drill squad.

Coaches Rusty Welch and Mark Jensen of the juniors cited the extra effort shown by Tamera Hall and also mentioned that the "unbiased" job of refereeing done by one of the officials was a key factor in the game's outcome.

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This was the meet in which the Warriors collected 21 points, and were just five short of third-place Benson's 26 and seven shy of North's second-place finish of 28.

Central came out on top with 41.

In addition to the sprint medley runners, there are trackmen such as Dave Larkin or Don Albon who have, according to the coaches, been valuable assets to the squad.

Dowell, and Terry one letter. Regula r April 6 in the girls'

Baseball Baseballs h ave begun Westside as the opening the season draws near. poor weather, t he team held to indoor practices nis balls being used for practice.

H ead Coach Mr. neski, who is in his coaching at Westside, termen returning this position has at least with the needed ex11M!rlalll hind each of t hese an promising players who were serves last year.

Defensively, the very strong. Work to improYe the team ofl[eaiQI Low batting aYerages team last season.

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Tennis · The boys' and girls' varsity tennis teams are beginning practice after weeks of disappointing weather.

Wide enthusiasm was expressed by the boys. Originally, 14 sophomores, five juniors, and four seniors came out, and the team boasts four lettermen. Three-year winners are seniors John Andreason and Rich Young, and one-year winners are juniors Jeff Gaillard and Jim Musil. Coached by Mr. Bob Rademacher, the team begins play against South on April 8.

The girls' team had one of its largest turnouts as 20 attended the first meeting. Sponsored by Miss Julian Donoghue and coached by Miss Sigrid Larson, the team is first scheduled to play on April 28.

F i v e returning letter-winners lend experience to the team. Senior Debby Browne is a two-year winner and juniors Penny Anderson, Jule De Freese, Cindi Me-

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Teachers Take Honors Three outstanding Wests i d e teachers h a v e recently received honors in their individual fields.

These teachers are Mr. Harley Hardison, Mr. Alvin Gloor, and Mr. Edward Lang.

Mr. Harley J. Hardison, biology teacher, h as been named Omaha's first "Outstanding Young Educator". This title was conferred as part of a nationwide program by t he U. S. J aycees, a young m en's civic organization, "to spotlight achievem ents and dedication of young educators."

The J aycees honored Hardison not only for his deep involvement with his subject, his outstanding ability in presentin g it and his enthusiasm for it, but also for the extensive schedule of activities he maintains after school hours. Mr. Hardison is constantly active with student field trips which include camping trips to Halsey National Forest and scuba diving explora-

a great need for qualiteachers. Therefore, to apply for the is urged to do so. Apmust be made no later May 10. The scholarship winwill be announced at the RonConvocation.

Journalists ttend State W es.tside journalism stuCO!llpete in the State Contest at the N.U. of Journalism, May 1. Each eight was among the top in district contests held across the state. district contests involved tition in t en categories of ability. One student each school was entered in category. Eight of Westside's of ten scored high to be eligible for the state district winners inti Anderson, Yearbook and Editing; Robyn Newswriting; Linda Yearbook Layout; Anne g h, Yearbook Copywriting ; Raskin, Editorial Writing ; Strateman, Sports Writing ; Thomas, _Newspaper Layout ; Udes, Newspaper Copy• g.

May 1, these students will pate again in individual class After these morning tests will be given a free the campus while the be given · the task crt the 1965 state winners. that night will teaannouncement of the state and silver keys will be to first place winners and to the second and third There will also be presentation to the highest in the indiclasses. The banquet speak! be Mr. William McCleery nceton University.

May 1-College Boards at WHS 2- Jr. Red Cross Horse Show 3- Pep Club Banquet Golf-Prep-WHS, at Miracle Hills 4- District Baseball Z Club Tea in the Library Golf-WHS at Wahoo, 3 p.m.

Tennis-WHS-T.J. at Dewey Track- T .J. at WHS, 4 p.m.

6- Distrlct Baseball Tennis- WHS-Bellevue at Bellevue 7- Golf-WHS-Lincoln at Miracle Hills, 1 p.m.

8- Bellevue Relays Baseball-WHS at Lincoln High Golf-M.H.S.A.A. Meet at Miracle Hills 10- Bureau of Lecture's Convocation-9:30 a .m.

Golf- WHS at T.J., Dodge Park Reserve Baseball-WHS at Prep, 4 p.m.

11- Tennis-WHS-Ryan .at Dewey Baseball-North at WHS, Westgate, 4 p.m.

Golf-Fremont Track-WHS at Bellevue

tions off the coasts of Florida and California. _Mr. Hardison will r e c·-e i v e a scholarship of $100 from an anonymous donor. He will also be Omaha 's nominee for the Nebraska "Ou.tstanding _Young Educator" awar d to be presented at the "sta te convention of the Jaycees in Lincoln on May 1. Should Mr. H ardison receive this h onor, he would receive a $250 scholarship for further study, plus an all-expense paid trip to Washington for the national final this summer. Here the nation's fourteen Outstanding Young E duca tors will be named and each will be awarded a $2,000 scholarship.

Mr. Hardison has his BA degree from the University of Nebraska and his MS degree from the Univ ·sity of Omaha. In the future he hopes to obtain his doctorate degree.

Mr. Alvin Gloor, math teacher, was recently elected President of the Nebraska Council of the Teachers of Math in Grand Island. The organization is affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of Math. Its purpose is to sustain interest and to improve the methods of teaching math. Mr. Gloor bas been a member of the organization for four years.

Mr. Ed Lang, Industrial Arts tea cher, was recently awarded the "Nebraska Industrial Arts Teacher of the Year." As a representative from Vlestside High, his name was recommended to the State Industrial Arts Association w hi c h carefully screened all of the N ebraska delegates. The organization selected Mr. Lang and he went to Tulsa to receive his award at the American Industrial Arts Associa· tion 's national convention.

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holarship Pla nned International Club American Service is sponsoring a scholfund in the interest of furforeign language educa· The scholarship is offered to graduating senior planning to a foreign language teacher. scholarship, which consists annually for 4 years, will on specific qualificainterest, rather than on of need. scholarship will be available student as long as he conhis preparations for a teachIf his plans should scholarship will be dis-

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WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB., APRIL 30, 1965

Plans Still Unsettled As Graduation Draws Near Plans are now being temporarily arranged for the senior class. Recently at a senior meeting, Monday, June 7 was announced as the definite day of commencement. It will be inside the air conditioned Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum at 8,;.00 p.n1.

Teachers Me~t Six teachers from Westside will attend a PSSC physics meeting May 8 on the Nebraska Wesleyan Campus.

Mr. Calvin Delano, Mr. David Hennings, Mr. Bruce Holmquist, Mr. Robert Klein, Mr. Chuck Lang, and Mrs. Mary McAllister will meet with teachers from all over the state to listen to ten-minute discussions. At least one teacher from Westside will be speaking.

According to Mr. Holmquist, the greatest value of these meetings is the exchanging of ideas and teaching techniques.

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Senior Girls Learn Facts Of Sororities

Due to the remodeling of the Coliseum for horse racing, the date was changed from Friday, June 4 to A panel discussion on "The SoMonday, · June 7. Seniors will be dismissed officially June 4, but . rority System" was presented for the benefit of senir·r girls in the there may be a commencement practice on the afternoon of June 7. Little Theater on April 26. Sixteen .alumnae, representing the 20 naBaccalaureate plans are indefintional sororities whict. comprise ite at this time. Though a meeting the Omaha Panhellenic Council, was held with several clergymen participated as pan ~:is~s. this week to discuss the matter.

Topics for discussion included The senior class picnic is set for the responsil"-iliUes of sorority May 27 with an alternate date of May 28 in case of :-ain. If any membership, the requirements for senior has a suggesti'ln as to where rush .participa.io-:1, and the usual rush week procedures, particularit might be held please contact ly at Omaha U., Creighton U., and the office.

Nebraska U. As a token of appreciation, the The girls attending ';he meeting senior class has helped purchase were told that "A sorority offers emblems of the warriot which have been placed in the library along a girl much more than a place to live and friends. We stress scholarside the clock.

Also discussed at the meeting ship, leadership, friendship, and alumnae ties." was the trip to New York. If any senior is interested in the trip there Panelists included representais still time to sign up. The deftives of the three major colleges inite d a t e of departure will be in the area, but the general inforavailable May 10. mation was a 1 so applicable to other campuses where national sororities are present. A 15-minute question aud answer period followed the panel discussion.

Pearl Buck Speaks to WHS "Valuable human beings and a s y m b o l of our extraordinary times." This is haw eminent author Pearl Buck described the American-Asian children whose welfare is the goal of tl)e Pearl S. Buck Foundation,

Music Dept.

Rates Superior

Miss Buck spoke at a Westside convocation April 23, by answering questions of a panel of Westside students. She is presently touring the country to raise funds for her agency whose aim is t_o establish permanent committees in each city visited: ·

Superior ratings were given to the B a n d, Orchestra, and Top Choir Friday, April 23 at the Nebraska State Music Contest in Fremont.

-Senior Steve Calvert headed the panel of Ward Baxter, Phyllis Donaldson, and Tom Hood, seniors, and junior Nancy Wood.

Miss Buck explained the purpose of- her foundation as the integration of the American-Asian .child into his society, Concerning the adjustment of the East to Western culture, she stated "the. West must also adjust to Asia" and that a mutual effort is necessary for better understanding between nati{)ns.

Citing President Johnson's policy iri Sottth· Viet Nam as very wise,

Photo By John Mcintyre

Panel participants: Tom Hood, Phyllis Donaldson, Steve Calvert, Nancy Wood, and Ward Baxter question Miss Buck (center) accompanied by Mr. Harris.

Miss Buck stressed her belief that we must w o r k for "negotiation from strength."

Following the convocation Stu-

dent Council President John Buller presented Miss Buck with a contribution for the Pearl S. Buck Foundation.

The contest numbers wer.e played and sung in a convocation earlier in the month. They included "Worthy is the Lamb" and "Roots and Leaves" by the Top Choi.r under the direction of Mr. William Kellogg. The Band, directed by Mr. Darwin Snyder, played "La Procession du Rucio" and "Montmartre March". Mr. Harold Welch led the Orchestra to their superior rating as they played "Egmont '' and "Espana."

Of Westside's 24 entries, all received superior ratings except three. The entire Music Dept. was extremely pleased with the results and should be commended for their outstanding work.

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THE WESTSIDE LANCE

Questions Poor

Council Corner

Recently the students a nd fa culty at Wests.ide had the privilege of attending a "press-conference" for the famed authoress Pearl Buck.

I, along with many other students,. went to the conference hoping t o hear an interesting and informative program.

Many people have stated that after Miss Buck's opening comments on the great number of children who are considered social outcasts because they are half-American , half-Asian, and illegitimate; the p rogram became less than interesting.

I feel this certainly could not be attributed to any fault of Miss Buck. On the contrary, it was not Miss Buck's answers but the quest ions t hat were asked that were dull and uninteresting.

It seemed ridiculou s to ask a person like Miss Buck, who wa s born a nd raised in Asia, who ha s written a Pulitzer Prize winning book , and who has worked in Asia most of her life questions that could be discu ssed in any current events session. Yet these were the exact questions that were asked. No one a sked her about her work or life in Asia, or the Asian people.

A person once said that if something is stated in a short and con c ise matter in stead of a lo ng and drawn-out question it will be more easily understood and interesting. This is the poli cy that should have been fo llowed a t t he "pre ss-conference."

LINDA WELLS

Election Nears La st autumn the hue and cry was rai sed in Omaha, charging corruption among the officials of our city government. At that time the desire to " do something" to improve the situation was nearly unanimous throughout the city. 1 Much of the fall furor has died down, however, as the ca se has moved from the heat of t he press to the temperance of the courf.

But as local elections approach, the problem again comes to mind.

To base one's choice of officials on unproved accusations cannot be justified, for in our society "a man is innocent until proven guilty." Candidates should only be selected according to their records of public service and their public statements.

Nevertheless, the question of corruption can be of value in the election by serving as a reminder of the need for care. Even if this accu sation is proved fal se, corruption can occur in future city governments. Only through energetic e xertion of their freedom of choice ca n the citizens of Omaha prevent such misfortune.

This election may not receive as much fanfare as .a Presidential campaign, but its outcome will have an important influence on our daily lives. Students are urged to remind their parents to vote in the local election, May I 1'.

Voting is neither a right nor a p rivi le ge . It is an obligation.

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Rafts, Guitars, and Jeeps Make Exciting Summer Fun

by Robie Carmichael Within 42 days <38 for seniors), Westside students will be given a three-month liberty pass.

For many of them, the golden summer days will be spent lazing on a beach-the lifeguards casually ogling the swingy-haired girls as they slink over the sands in their two-piece bathing suits.

Oddly enough, after two and a half months of the All-American summer sport, it gets to be a grind.

Girls don't know who's ogling them because all the I i f e g u a r d s are tanned, bottle-blonde, and wear wrap-around shades. Boys are discouraged because some . girls in a bathing suit do nothing to stimulate the imagination, and those that do, wear suits that leave nothing to the imagination.

With a little more originality summers could be exciting, educational, and perhaps mildly dangerous. You could for instance: 1. Borrow a jeep, paint it in your choice of colors, like pink and white stripes, pick up two college friends, and take a jaunt to Mexico.

2. Board a tramp steamer on the St. Lawrence Seaway and go to Ireland to make an educational study of leprechauns. {Since distilling is the main industry there you should have no trouble in locating one.)

3. Build a raft and follow Huck Finn's route down the Mississippi.

(A knowledge of navigational procedure is advisable.) This is sure to net you a great deal of publicity and maybe even a college credit for original research.

4. Sing in a Greenwich Village coffee house. {After hitch-hiking to New York with a guitar on your back you will have achieved the necessary "gaunt rebel" look.)

Youthful imagination and enthusiasm can make a summer far more interesting than reading the 457 books teachers insist are "musts" before college, or watching re~runs of "Jonny Quest" on TV. Remember, you're only young once; but if you play your cards right, once is enough,

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by J ohn Buller During the past few weeks pool table has not been in tion. This is due to two first, the people from rent the table have not yet able to remove the clogged from within the table; some people who had table in recent weeks in the ceiling. At the last the Student Council the pool table should be from the lounge because of problems it has caused.

One of the Council's most portant projects at this time distribution of club next year, considering the needs and their traditional ects. We hope that this new od of organizing the will greatly benefit the

What's Zythu When asked what they A typical Warrior with youthful imagination.

Boys Wear Bikinis ·At French Beaches Sunday, July 19 Dear Diary, What a weekend! Barb and I are the only ones left from our group; e v , r y .one else went to Rome. Yesterday the two of us and Rex and Doug from Wichita decided to go on a picnic. First we walked to the store to buy a loaf of French bread and a bottle of wine {the cheapest beverage available). I was almost laughed out of town because I was in shorts and barefoot.

We w <1lked for an hour and fin ally stopped, exhausted, b e s i d e some sort nf navigation canal. We put the wine in to cool, then started to wade. It was deeper than we expected, so pretty soon the four of us were swimming around, fully clothed! {and we hadn't even had any wine yet!) The people peddling by on their bikes gave us some very curious looks.

The beach was p a c k e d with French girls and boys in bikinis. It was quite a sight!

Carol

Thursday, July 22 We went to Italy last week.

What an experience!! The country

was having its worst heat wave and drought in 30 years, and the Italian men pinched every American girl in sight.

The train trip from Reims to Milan was too horrible to imagine, so I won't describe it any further.

I never want to travel third class again!

Once in Italy we traveled from city to city by bus. Our first thrill was seeing the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Climbing to the top of the Tower just about killed us, but the view was worth it.

On a warm beautiful night in Venice we took a gondola ride down a canal which was all sewage. It wasn't as romantic as I had imagined it would be. After that we visited a Venetian glass blowing factory where we bought all the glass products we could afford.

Our hotel in Florence was the worst yet. It looked like a haunted house {complete with the spider webs). Kids bought as many as six mohair sweaters because they were only $2.50 apiece!

Rome was by far the ntost fascinating city. Seeing it was like stepping back into history. On Sunday we saw the Pope and were blessed by him.

if they were given home

the following replied: John Brager, senior, ' to my girlfriend at the =<>u'''"j''" and Cafe in Mike Pulhamus, junior, to the Prom."

Nancy Shook, senior, toothpaste."

Steve McCollister, "Give it to Miss Buman for a ding present."

Anne Leigh, senior, "Use clean my cherry bomb-pop AI Zimmerman, senior, it in on my Ford."

Linda Wells, senior, "Give Chryse Schory to play in the band."

Jim McShane, sophomore, on my Shakey's Pizza."

Lynne Durham, senior, it! What else?"

Randy Nogel, junior, "Give Mrs. Dunn so she can gripe Ruth Brock, senior, "Try Superman with it."

Bill Olson, sophomore, it at the new cheerleaders."

Barb Norberg, senior, it in mass quantities and a millionaire."

Virginia Moore, senior, in my Far East term paper."

Dell Sennentz, senior, "Use gas."

Carol Thomas, senior, away in my closet for the who are renting my room this mer."

Charlie Lee, senior, convertible top with it."

Zythum is a malt beer the ancient Egyptians.

Lett-ers to the Editor .Dear Editor, It is ·a well known fact that Westside covers a vast area and for some students this means walking a considerable dis~ance between classes. This, in itself, is not a hardship, as we are allowed six minutes between classes, but it is somewhat difficult when these six minutes are cut to two. This is frequently the case when teachers hold class after the bell rings, invariably leading to running down the halls, forgetting a book for the next class, or just plain "short tempers." Would it be possible for these teachers to schedule the end of their classes to allow dismissal at the bell?

Tardy.

Dear Editor, With the warmer months drawing closer, I think the administration should consider installing air conditioning in the school. It should include more than just the office.

It usually gets to' be so hot that people will get into trouble just to be able to go there to cool off.

A Wilted Westsider

Many students at'Wests~de really think they're t r i c k y. They've puUed some party or some prank and apparently think they've gotten away with it. Be realistic!

The administration knows of about 95% of all the beer parties, class and lunch skippers, and vandalism that goes on during and after school mainly because students talk about it freely and LOUDLY in the halls. If you plan or have done something against school policy and/ or the law, for goodness sake don't tell everyone in creation.

Keep your little secret to yourself and your friends until you get away from these blissful halls and their administrative ears. Luckily we've got an understanding faculty or there would be a lot of kids each Monday morning out on their ear. If you don't believe me, go to the office and ask to see your record.

One Who Knows Dear Editor, I am wonder ing just how the importance of grades is affecting the hardening of consciences. More and more students seem .to be resorting to "unfair" tactics in order to gain a good g r ade on an. ~xam., Obvi-

ously these students realize what kind of <'h,ar:'l<'l:er are developing and cheating- not only everyone else also. getting away with it the long run I don't think have benefited.

Dear Editor, The time has come again juniors and seniors are membership in the National Society.

According to the ideals organization, this selection b a s e d on students' leadership, character, Because of this s•.>m<Jal'·n ship in the Society has ingful for the "chosen In recent years, ho·weve1rJ emphasis on ment has increased until is the predominant index bership. Consequently, have lost the feeling that lection was especially We respectfully r e q u each of the ideals be coJ~SHle• its proper proportion will truly be a National ciety.

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ing which she visited the American Embassy.

today consists of much Hultman Heads Class than just the three R's. Evfrom sports to seminar, Senior Class President Eric Hultto dramatics, choir to clubs • man credits Westside for making part of school life. Those stu- him basically the kind of person who take advantage of these that he is. In his six years at WHS, according to their Eric has excelled scholastically and interests and talents reap athletically a n d ' rewards that will aid them in has d i s p I a y e d future. Seniors Chris Pinali leadership qualiEric Hultman are excellent exties. A Nebraska of such students.

Regents a I t e rnate, he is taking who considers "Westside a several h o n o r s place to start becoming courses and is a kind of person that I want to key f i g u r e of has chalked up an impressive Westside's b a sof honors and awards during ketball team. In high school years. Chiefly inpast y e a r s he Eric in departicipated in football and track, Chris capand enjoys water-skiing, golf, and honors at swimming. Presently a member of e p e n dW Club and director of Interact, Mo.; Kearthe 6'3" senior was last year's NFL S tate Colsecretary and vice-chairman of the ; Watertown, Senate. ; and Sioux Eric is a thoughtful and sincere Iowa, this individual with decided interests.

As a sophPreferring to go East to college, re, Chris Eric may attend either Brown Unifirst in the University Spoken Spanish versity in Providence, R. I., or Layear students and in the fayette College in Easton, Penn. year placed first in the His present interest in law stems on the test given by the Na- from Eric's sophomore year, during Association of Teachers of which he was a member of the and Portuguese. Also in varsity debate team. The impresyear, Chris represented sive senior considers this experion City Government Day ence in public speaking an asset in the American history establishing associations with other people, a decided advantage fo1• any individual interested in profesmember of National Honor sional law. and winner of Nebraska this hard-working senior Men who call salads "rabbit a balance between good and a sense of humor. food" should remember what such her favorite pastimes are food does for rabbits. Says Dr. reading, spectator sports, W. W. Bauer: The male rabbit is light on his feet, has no paunch , • .,.,uJ•u~;;. Chris finds time to and maintains lively romantic inin Z Club, Esquires, Club and is secretary terests.

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Club Briefs Presiding over next year's FMA meetings will be Barb Veach, president; Terrie Goddard, vice-president; Mickie Rachford, secretary; and Kathy Hiatt, treasurer. An installation tea is planned for May 13.

A GAA 0\·ernight is planned for April 30 at Can1p Harriet Harding in Louisville, Nebr. Omaha University will host a playday May 1.

The Thesp ians will present the One-Act Plays May 13. The year's project has been the renovation of the prop room into a "Green Room." Members have painted, furnished , and carpeted this area.

Jeff Esbenshade, Jerry Hightower, Mike Pepple, Sam Sacco, Pat Shanahan, Mary Vales, and John Van Pelt will represent Westside's Distributive Education Club at the national convention in Chicago.

The Interact Dance will be held Friday night in the Student Lounge. The Impacts will provide the music. Theme will be "The Greats and Their Dates." According to Bill Strateman, " It's the social event of the year."

The Red Cross will present its annual horse show Sunday, May

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There are many new dress looks for spring. Some are sporty and some are for the dressy special occasions. The first dress falls in the sporty category. It is a one-piece suspender dress with a red and white striped cotton blouse. The skirt is blue with a row of gold buttons going halfway down either side of the skirt. It is about $15 by Gay Gibson.

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It's not too early to be thinking of swim wear. The two-piece suits are very popular this year.

The first suit is a cotton denim laced up the front and sides of the bottom. It is by Bobbie Brooks for only $17. The second suit has a ruffled white top ribbed in blue with red buttons.

The bottom has wide pleats topped off with a red belt. This suit is also by Bobbie Brooks for only $18.

To cover up the suits without hiding them are the great sheer cover-ups. The first is a cotton lace shirt jacket for only $13. The second is a see-through fishnet with all edges ribbed.

This is about $8. All the swim wear can be seen in the Swim Shop on the second floor of Brandeis and upper level Crossroads.

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April 30. 1

Thinclads Win Duals, Relays

Baseballers Continue to Trounce Opposing _Nines Westside's "Whiz Kids" of baseball continue to roll on, as they have upped their record to four wins and no losses. With coach Gerald W i z n e s k i pointing the way, the Warriors are riding at the top of the Metro-League standings. The Warrior nine has enjoyed triumphs over Beveridge, Centr al, Abraham Lincoln, and Prep.

Westside opened the season by defeating Beveridge, 3 to 0. Al Zimmerman allowed only two Beveridge hits in the game played on Boys Town's field. Beveridge threatened to score only once, that coming in the fifth inning. AI put down the threat with a strikeout, leaving runners on second and third. Westside scored a run in the fifth and two in the sixth on four hits ' and two errors.

The "Whiz Kids" had to rally from a five run deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Central, 7 to 6. Bob Urosevich, Bill H a v e 1 k a, Rick Willis and Rusty Welch all hit safely in the rally. Welch's 2-run single drove in the tying and winning runs. Terry Clauff got the win as he relieved starting pitcher Larry Eisen-

Golfers Unbeaten ~

Coach Jim Tangdall's golf team started off the season on a bright note Monday, April 19 with a victory over South, and continued their winning ways against Tech, April 23. The third match for the team was with B i s h o p Ryan, April 26.

Out of a total of 38 who tried out. the number was whittled down to 12 who made the team, through a process of the 12 best scores over 36 holes of elimination tryouts.

Six of the 12 on the team are returning lettermen from last year's championship team. The six are Jay Erdmann, Larry Hamer, Tom Nilsson, Joe Rappaport, Mark Rickerson, and Barry Zoob.

Bellevue and Prep will probably be fighting for the top positions, and Westside should be right in the thick of things with them. The State Tournament in Lincoln May 21 should be a contest among these schools, and isn't likely to be a run-away by any one school.

hauer in the seventh inning. _ The Warriors had to come from behind to win again in their next outing. This time they decisioned Abe Lincoln 4 to 3. Westside had jumped to a 3 to 0 lead · by the third inning. However, starting pitcher Steve Hartung was almost routed in the bottom of the third as A. L. spurted for four runs.

Hartung held on to win as the Warriors tied the score in the fourth and won on a single by Bob Urosevich and an error.

The Westside nine won its fourth start as they downed Prep 8 to 5.

The Warriors bombed Prep pitching for eight hits. Prep erased a five run Westside lead in the top of the fourth inning by tying the score at five all. The Warriors bounced back in their half of the inning for three runs -on two hits and three Prep errors to win the game. AI Zimmerman was· credited with his second win.

Tennis Having Great Season The little-hailed sport of t ennis at Westside has had an excellent season so far. The team won over South, 3-2 and Tech, 5-0. Their only loss came when North, who is last year's inter-city champion, beat them.

Senior Rich Young, the only undefeated member of the tennis squad, was second in the state last year, and is expected to finish as high, if not higher, this year. Phil Blum, junior, is a rapidly improving asset to the team. The schedule for the rest of the year is as follows: May May May l\'fay May May May

4-WHS-TJ at Dewey 6-V\"HS-Bellevue at Bellevue 7-WHS-Lincoln at WHS a t 3 p.m.

11-'\YHS-Ryan at Dewey 12-Make-up date for pos tponed matches 13-15-l\'f.H.S.A.A. Meet a t Dewey 21-22-State Tourney at Lincoln

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Lifesaving Class Opens Mr. Cal Benz started the Lifesaving program at the Westside pool Monday, April 19, and it ·will continue until about Monday, May 17.

Sessions are held at 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and last from one to 1 'h hours. There are 21 people taking the course, with the total number being about evenly divided between members of the swimming team and non-competitive swimmers.

One important and natural qualification is that the person have a good, strong swimming background. The standard Red Cross method is used for instruction, plus the Red Cross Lifesaving book.

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For safety reasons, any person passing the course must not have

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Injuries which have pla Warrior sprint star Mike Sta throughout the season were m healed Tuesday as the senior both the 100 and 200 yd. das Junior Dave Brown, another ble winner, continued his d nance of the hurdles by wi both the 120 yd. highs and the yd. lows. Other first place ners were: Marty Jones, 440; Jepsen and Len Miller who in the 880; Bob Matejka, vault; and the 880, mile, an m!I., relay teams.

Coach Bill Hoyt stated that was very pleased with the and progress shown by this y team and that Westside had track prospects for future y He cited senior distancemen Jepsen and Len Miller as indivi al standouts.

Trackmen this week are pre ing for the Metropolitan Meet day and tomorrow at Bellevue. maining meets include duals Bellevue, Thomas Jefferson, Bishop Ryan, the Chieftain Rei the State Meet, and the West Relays.

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"Doc" Severinsen Plays In Festival of the Arts Westside's Third Annual Festival of the Arts held this week displays the work of 500 Westside students. Talent in dramatic, musical, and manual arts were dis· played May 10, 11 and 13 and will be presented again tonight at 8 p.m. The special appearance of Mr. Carl "Doc" S everinsen will highlight this finale.

The Festival opened Monday night, May 10, with an "Honors Concert" by the Westside Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Harold Welch. On Tuesday and Thursday, May 11 and 13, the Homemaking, Drama, and Music Departments performed. Featured were a style show given by the Homemaking Department; "Oratorio Excerpts" sung by the T op Choir; "An Hour of Comedy" with interpretive readings of Shake· spearean, romantic, and contemporary comedy, presented by Mrs. Anna Clark's drama classes; and a Harp Ensemble.

"Doc" Severinsen (of Johnny

Carson's "Tonight Show") will be the featured soloist with the Warrior Band and Concert Jazz Band in tonight's performance.

Students' Achievements Shown In addition to these performances three WHS departments are displaying the work of their students. These displays were open to the public Thursday night and will be shown again tonight in the boys' gym from 7-10 p.m. Eighty pieces of s c u 1 p t u r e, paintings, drawings, commercial art, and ceramics, will be exhibited by the Art Department. Mrs. Betty Howard's classes of the Homemaking Department have on display fashion designs and garments from coats to formal attire. The Industrial Arts are also represented among the entries.

Mr. Darwin S n y d e r, general chairman of the Festival Committee, encourages everyone to attend this final night of the Festival.

Admission is $1 for adults and 75 cents for students. '

Photo by John Mcintyre Left: "Doc" Severinsen entertains with trumpet solo; Top; Home Ec. girls display fa.shions; Bottom: Top Choir performs.

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WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB., MAY 14, 1965

Senior Plans Final; Set for June 2 and 7 Graduation has definitely been set for June 7 at 8 p.m. at AkSar-Ben. Baccalaureate will be in the football stadium on Wednesday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m.

Speakers for graduation will be Bob Bucholz, John Buller, and Betsy Raskin. Valedictorian, Kathy Rees, and Salutatorian, Chris Pinali, are also scheduled.

The invocation at Commencement will be given by Rev. Ralph Gerber of The Church of the Cross.

Rev. Fredrick Faulkenworth of St. Mark's will give the benediction.

The speaker for Baccaulaureate will be Rev. Alan Pickering of Lincoln. The invocation will be given by Rev. James Anderson of the First Covenant Church. Father Meister of St. Joan of Arc will give the benediction.

Everyone has been wondering whether the annual American Government trip to New York and Washington, D. C. is still planned.

Mr. Koch, co-sponsor of the event, has announced that the trip will still be taken, but the group will leave Tuesday, June 8, at 6 a.m., instead of Saturday, June 5. The students will return June 15.

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24-Class elections F.T.A., 3 p.m.

25-Hi-Y, 7:30 p.m.

26-Spring Sports Awards 28-Academic Honors vocation.

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Honor Society Inducts 83 The Westside...Chapter of National Honor Society inducted 56 seniors and 27 juniors in a ceremony held Tuesday, May 4.

The induction ceremony tapped 10 per cent of the top seniors and 5 per cent of the top juniors. If the student ranks scholastically, his ratings in three other areas are then considered. Service, leadership and the character of the in· dividual are considered also.

New members ceremony.

The program included dissertations on the purpose and history of the National Honor Society along with the lighting of the four candles which exemplify the Society's emblem.

Seniors Added The new senior members include Scott A n d e r s on, Jim Arundel, Holden Aust, Kandra Bailey, Linda Barton, Lorraine Baska, J aneen Beck, Ruth Brock, John Buller,

light candles at National Honor

Tom C a l a m e, Mike Caplinger, Robie Carmichael, Jim Chase, Connie Cotton, Dennis Cox, Pam Dalling, Don DeFord, Jonell Dunn, Larry Eisenhauer, William Gray, Sue Hansen, Mary Lou Harnett, Jean Hoemann, Scott Holdrege, Sue Howl, Eric Hultman, Jim Iverson, Karen Johnson, Sandy Johnson, Jo Alyce Kaplan, Kathy Kelley, Jane Kinkead, Joanne Lamp, Meriel Lefler, Nancy L orenz, Sue McNaughton, John Mattson, Cheri M o r e d i c k, Gerald Mosher, Tom Nilsson, Barb Nor· berg, Mary Orth, Pamela Prall, Joe Rapoport, Nancy Riley, Dave Roberts, Sandi Robinson, Sharon Ross, Bruce Sayles, Lynda Shannon, Carolyn S i m m o n s, Ruth Unzicker, Karen Weber, Karen Wendt, Rich Young, and Barry Zoob.

27 Juniors Chosen The juniors tapped were Pennie Anderson, Art Annin, Sandy Arthur, Debby Beal, Bruce Bikin, Frances Bladt, Nancy Eaton, Gerry Gibbs, Leanne Hazlett, Ginny Highfield, Nancy Keifer, LaRae Koppit, Steve Ladwig, Dave Larkin, Penny Lyman, Don Marquardt, Jeff Meyers, Hap Patz, Michele Rachford, Julie Reed, Barry Roberts, Nancy Silverman, Donna Slatin, Cindy Sokol, Dick Tharp, Jill Toppero, and Barb Veach.

A reception for parents, faculty, and new members was held in the library following the induction.

Journalists Applaud '66 Staffs, Winners New publications staffs for the 1965-66 Lance and the 1966 Shield were announced Monday, May 10, at the annual Journalism Banquet.

Junior journalism students who will publish next year's newspaper are: Nancy Eaton, Editor-in-chief; Linda Tway, Managing editor; Susan Peterson, Business manager; Julie Klopp, Page one; Jane Thompson, Page two; Gary Davis, Page three; Scott Hinckley, Sports page; Susan Kruse, Feature editor; Lorna Love and Gary Neid, Feature staff; Leanne Hazlett, Copy editor; Sherri Ricard, Advertising manager; Missi Adler, Circulation and Promotion; Steve Reger, Tony Rose, and Sandy Ward, reporters.

1966 Shield The yearbook staff will be as follows: Nancy Wood, Editor; Ginny Highfield, layout and Sandra Malin, copy, Associate editors; Connie Harden, Business manager; Kathy Metz, Seniors; Assistant, Kathi Piper; Janet Doctor, Underclass; Assistant, Kathi Piper; Suzanne Giller, Sports; Assistant, Gus Moustakes; Linda Harvey, Academic; Assistant, Brenda Lucas; Susie Waldbaum, Activities; Assistant, Candy Kiplinger; Sharon Forehead, Organizations; Assistant, Lynne Lange; Kathy Johnson, Index; Assistant, Barb Brooks; Karen Wall, Advertising; Assistants, Dave Benton and Mike Bundy; Jan Felker, Sales and promotion; Assistant, Gwen Lichty.

Jeff Meyers was master of cere-

monies of the banquet held at the Ranch Bowl. Guest speaker was Mr. Paul Williams, Editor of the Sun Newspapers. Each seniqr staff member presented his or her successor with a gift which will come in handy next year. They ranged from poetry to pop guns to Playboy.

New members of Quill and Scroll, the honorary organization for high school journalists, were tapped following the announcement of the new staffs. They are seniors Nancy Caster, Bill Strateman, Karen Wendt, and juniors Nancy Eaton, Ginny Highfield, Susan K!use, and Nancy Wood.

State Winners Four Westside journalists won awards for their efforts in the State Journalism Contest at Nebraska University, Saturday, May 1.

Robie Carmichael won the first place Silver Key for News Feature Writing. Linda Jensen took second in Yearbook Layout, while Barb Udes and Carol Thomas placed third in their divisions, Barb for Newspaper Copyreading and Editing and Carol in Newspaper Layout.

Westside had eight entries in the competition. Other Warriors who placed among the top ten in the state in the District Contests were Kristi Andersen, Anne Leigh, Betsy Raskin, and Bill Strateman.

Contests were held from 10 a.m. until noon, and winners were announced at the banquet Saturday night.

Drill sq·uad Announced· New Squires Selected The new Drill Squad and Squires were chosen at final tryouts Tuesday, May 11.

Next year's Drill Squad will be: Linda Babcock, Diane Boyens, Sharon Brock, Cherri Chin, Janet Doctor, Stephanie Dross, Karen Du_dley, Karen Freeman, Linda Gambrell, Mary Lee Heintzelman, Cris Hopkins, La Rae Koppit, Jane Krug, Nancy Lake, Mary Lin Lankford, Janet Lefler, Beverly Looby, Kathy Newcomer, Terry Nichols, Karen Olson, Barb Robbie, Ginny Roe, Sue Sinovich, Rita Tarpley, Karen Wells, Judy Wheeler, Barb Wille, Barb Williams, Chris Zyck. Alternates are Sheri Betlgler and Linda Jordan.

Squires include: Lynn Calen- · dine, Linda Dresher, Cathy Dunn, Lynn Garrett, Debby Hill, Mary.

Johnson, Linda Krcmarik, Marti Mincer, Sue Swanson, and Chris Zender.

Judging the competition were senior members of the Drill Squad and Squires, plus Mr. Snyder, Miss Edwards, Mrs. Dunn, Miss Held and Mr. Kellogg.

Captain Jody Buick arranged pompom and marching routines for the girls to follow. Judgments were based on co-ordination, general appearance, personality, and marching ability. The girls were rated on a three point scale: excellent, average, and poor.

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THE WESTS I DE LANCE

May 14, 19

Praise Library Two students recently wrote this description of their school library: "Jhe library ha s neither tables nor chairs. Its windows are eight fee+ above the ground and covered with six-inch thick, iron bars (the librarian measured them herself). Its door is a hand-me-down from a bank vault: it is a full foot thick. Next to the door is a supply of sterile gloves and masks, which students must wear in the library . Also by the door is a special electric eye that checks departing persons for hidden volumes. On the shelves are manifold volumes-those which are rarely wanted. If someone does happen to touch a shelf, a sensi_tive alarm system alerts the librarian . Most of the books people want and need, however, are kept in the back room, where they are protected by three sheets of bullet-proof glass. Here, too, are kept the four viciou s dogs who prowl the room at night."

The following scene, from the same source, describes a n ordinary attempt to check out a library book: (As a student attempts to leave with a book , a shrill whi stle cuts the library silence. The libra rian detain s the student with the following questions.)

"What cl a ss do you need th is book for? Who' s t he teac he r?

'Are you sure you need thi s particu lar vo lume? Wh at is t he e xact nature of the assignment? H ow long do you want th is boo k? Fifteen minutes? I don't know if we can let you have it that long . Will any other students be using it? And one more question: Do you promi se to love and cheri sh this book until death do you part?"

Some school libraries seem to work against students ins tead of for them. Aren't you glad ours isn't o ne of them?

THE LANCE STAFF

Work Rewards During the long weeks of summer vacation, many students will be looking for jobs. However, not everyone will be able to find employment. Others may not want to work or be responsible to one job, but do not wish to be idle all summer. There is an answer to which serious ·consideration should be given, and that is teenage volunteer work at hospitals or other medical institutions.

At first glance, this may seem not at all suited to you or your interests, but with further studying many benefits may be found. The most obvious is having something to do when the inevitable summer boredom sets in. It does not take much time and can easily be combined with a part-time job . .

Volunteer work is welcomed and appreciated by professionals a s it frees them of trivial duties. It is growing in popularity, and teenagers are among its most valued participants. They are usually considered devoted and willing to work.

Satisfaction with oneself is a greater asset than monetary reward s, but not everyone is capable of this type of work as it requires pat ience and responsibility. However, for those who find a place in volunteer service, the rewards are many and the regrets are few.

DEBBY BROWNE

DriYers, Swimmers Enlarge Summer Courses at WHS I

Come on, seven and eleven!

No, not a dice game. June 7 and 11 are the "Freedom Days" Westsiders have eagerly awaited for two months.

Many Warriors, however, will return June 15 to spend part of the holidays enrolled in one or more of the 21 District 66 summer school courses set up at Westside and Valley View Junior High.

"I'd say summer school at Westside started around 10 years ago," smiled Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal. Wlten Mr. Farrar Iirst came five years ago, summer enrollment was about 150. "Last year we had close to 800," he said.

Nearly 35 teachers will be on hand to conduct courses in art, economics, English, math, instrumental music, science, and social studies, as well as athletic classes in tennis and weight-lifting.

Special enrichment courses, such as Mrs. Helen Kelly's literary seminar and Mr. Harley Hardison's biology field trips, are highly recommended for seniors planning to attend college. The literary seminar, described by a former student as "fascinating," covers extensive r eading and analysis of books and magazines. The biology trip includes a visit to the Halsey National Forest for a limited number of students.

Swimming and drivers' education classes n et the largest number ot participants. Mr. Fan·ar estimates that 1,500 childre n between. Kindergar ten and ninth grade will

learn to swim in the Westside pool this summer.

Drivers' e d u cat i o n, the only course aided by state funds, is expected to accommodate 230 pupils.

Since state supports provide $30 per pupil for this expensive course, it can be offered at Westside at the standard summer school rate.

Resident ·fees for academic courses are· $15, for · non-academic courses $5. A $5 a d d e -d · fee is charged to non-resident students.

Applications for summer courses are in the office, and classes will be filled on a first-come, firstserved basis.

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Boozing Bus Driver Provides Thrill Ride by Lynne Durham and Carol Thomas

Monday, July 27 Dear Diary, Early Saturday morning a group of us hopped on a little bus and headed for Luxembourg. Our French guides, Bernard and MarieClaude, entertained us the entire trip by teaching us every French drinking song they could think of.

Monday, July 27 Dear Diary, Our last week in Reims already!

Barb, Jane, and I had a fabulous weekend in Switzerland. We stayed in a quaint hotel in Olten, the most picturesque town· I ha\le.: ever seen. There were flowers everywhere and a covered bridge over the river that runs through town.

Vl'e finally arrived in Luxembourg around noon and ate lunch.

The most interesting part of the tour was visiting the Casements, a series of a n c i en t underground caves and tunnels which served as a fortification for the country during enemy invasions.

There seemed to be a lot of second-class travelers in our hotel. I learned not to go out in the hall in my nightie the first night there.

Barb and I we re chased through the building at midnight by a couple of Italian men when we were so foolish a s to think that we could run from her room down to my room without being seen!!

Later, on our way to "Little Switzerland", we stopped in a small town where a man in a bar bought Cokes and pretzels for Sue Howl, Kathy Wurl, and me. We didn't want to accept them but he

Then I stuck my head out of my bathroom window, right into the one next door, and I found myself face to face with a man in his underwear, his face smeared with shaving cream!

We took a beautiful drive to insisted because he thought that Basle and bought watches, mvsil!we were hungry <true) and broke - boxes, chocolates, etc., then went (n~t true). After that, we walked ..:; to Zurich. The only thing which across a bridge on the Rhine and slightly marred an otherwise ,perwent into Germany, where we feet trip was the fact that the difbought beer. I was a little disap- ference in the water finally afpointed because it tasted just about fected me, and I still have indellike any other beer to me. ibly imprinted on my memory the view from the hotel bathroom After arriving in "Little Switzerwindow! land," an old and quaint tourist Carol trap just outside Luxembourg, we shopped for beer steins and · then left. The trip home was very long and tiring. Around midnight the bus driver decided he couldn't go on any further without a beer, so we had to stop at a bar and wait for him and the guides for at least 45 minutes! The rest of the trip was considerably faster, to say the least!!

Lynne

THE LANCE

Council Corner

By John Buller

Last week the Student Council held elections to determine next y e a r ' s representatives. Choosing from many qualified candidates, Westsiders arrived at the following decisions. Next year's seniors will be represented by Penny Anderson, Phil Blum, Jerry James, J eff Meyers, Dick Tharp, and Rusty Welch. Council members from the Class of '67 will be Rick Andersen, Jim Coe, Art Denny, Liz Lueder, Jim McShane, and Jan Snodgrass. I would like t o take this opportunity to congratulate each of these people and to wish them the best of luck next year.

Dear Editor, I am writing this heart rend' letter in the form of a complai A large and bitter complaint ab the guidance counselors at W side High School. Westside, it been said, has some of the counselors in the state. It foil directly that Nebraska must b very poor state. I don't wish fully condemn the counselors people but as counselors.

The system . of changing fr one counselor to another ev year is stupid if not ridiculous. student just starts to get used t counselor, and he is changed another. I would advise that c tain counselors follow a spec class all the way through h school.

An e ven larger complaint against the methods used by counselors. seems that the co selors have he habit of select the best students out of the c and getting them scholarships into schools of the best qual While these people are waited hand and foot, the rest of the s 10r class can forget about mak grades and be entirely satisfied attend Peru State.

I should hate to knock the g ance system or anything about school, but I would like to p out that the guidance system is grading, worthless, f u t i I e, sickening. So is lunch.

Dell Senn

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And now for just a few words to next year's seniors and juniors.

Many of you do not realize the power that the Student Council has, and many of you do not comprehend the effect it can have on WHS. The Student Council is the way · in which each student can express his feelings on any topic and be a ssured it will be given due consideration. Use your Student Council as it was meant to be used - a s a sounding board for student feelings.

It's your school and it can be run as you want it to be.

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Dear Editor, Wake up! We're sleeping on job! The recent tryouts for D Squad can definitely lJrove Too many girls made Drill Sq on the basis of popularity prejudice- instead of skill. Bev idge gives a better example fairness. Their Drill Squad judged by a qualified outsider, director of Pom-Pom girls at braska University. This way, girls · that are really good will r resent their school.

Angry Juni Dear Editor, Everyone realizes that Spr has finally arrived! And every also r e a l i z e s that along Spring comes sunshine (usually school days only) and tall gr I don't object to either; the only natural. But I don't un stand why the custodians insist cutting the grass during class ti It is hard enough to concentr with nice weather, let alone a mower puttering outside y window.

Couldn't the custodians cut football field during class ti (when the track team isn't p tieing) and cut the lawns a p.m. <when the track team is pr tieing)?

Confused and

Dear Editor, Be dadng! Have life!

Just a s u b t I e hint to ju and senior boys who remain d less for the Prom. By askin girl now, you can avoid the necessary embarrassment of h1 ing your date wear grubbies cause there wasn't a dress left town. Remember-only 15 days the Prom!! ! · Still Wait

87th and Pacific Sts., Omaha, Neb. Editor .•.. , .. .. ..... .... ... . . Betsy Raskin Managing Editor ... •••••• .• .. .. Steve Long Business Manager .•..••..... Nancy Caster

Copy Editor .. .. ....... . .. ..... Barb Udes Feature Editor . •..• • . • .. Robie Carmichael Feature Staff ........ .. . .. ..... Barb Udes Margaret 1 Kelley First Page Editors •• • ••• . . •. . Carol Thomas Jeanne Roegner

Second Paqe Ed itors ...... Diane Woodhull Debby Brown~ Third Page Editors ... .... ..... Cece Corn Chrvse Schory Linda Wells Fourth Page Editors . • .• , • .•. . Susan White Bill Strateman Reporters .. . .......... , . .. .... Bob Gibson Sandra Turek Advertising Man ager . . ... . . . Ginny Moore

Assistant .... . . . ... . .. . . .. Bill Strateman Circulation and Promotion . . lynne Durham

Assistant .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . . Sandra Tuerk Artist • •. . . • •• • ••• • .. . . , . . Diane Woodhull Adviser •• . • • • • • • ••. •.•. . Mrs. Judy Egbert

Staff Changes The following teachers wi not be teaching at Westside f the school year of 1965-66: Mrs. Diann Althou s e Mrs . Marla Barjenbru ch Mis s Mary Buma n Mr. Larry D obbins Mrs. KiKi Gore Mr. Bruce Holmqui s t Mi ss Susan Rapoport ~vrr s. Virginia S ch eschy Mr. B e rt Speece Mr . Sta n W e lls

Lance advisor, Mrs. Judy EIJ bert, will not teach journalist or sponsor the Westside publics tions next year. She has acce p1 ed the position of Public Relf tions Manager of District 66.

THE WESTSIDE LANCE

nts Choose Vocations

Jobs Add Experience

By Barb Udes end of school draws near, are busily making plans will range from working in order to earn needed money, to stretching out at the neighborhood pool.

Cindy Wheeler and have mapped out be of special value will be gaining firstthrough jobs contheir future fields of who hopes to be....,_ _ _ come a math teacher, is planning to apply for a job as a volunteer worker for P r o j e c t Headstart. Aimed primarily at young children in the North 0 m aha .J a r e a, t h e program attempts to backgrounds of those not been exposed to a amount of culture in years. Joe, who is cona career in the field of will be an orderly at Hospital this summer.

Several experiences at Westside have greatly influenced Cindy's decision to become a math teacher.

This year's secretary of FTA, Cindy considers many of the club's projects interesting and rewarding.

Having been a student of former Westside teachers Mrs. Linda Clare and Mrs. Judy Krhounek, Cindy was impressed with their teaching methods.

The active sen i or has illustrated her d e p e n d a b i l i t y and sense of responsibility through her participation in numerous clubs and projects. Treasurer of Esquires and secretary of the Senior Class, C i n d y was the over-all chairman for Sweetheart this year.

She is also a former member of Latin Club, Y-'I'eens, and was last year's FT A tr~asurer.

Cindy is the kind of person who possesses strong ideas, is willing to speak up, and "never seems to be down." Her outside interests range from sewing many of her own clothes to washing cars and striving for long hours in the summer sun to get a tan. Favoring smaller colleges, Cindy plans to attend

rriors Receive mphony Awards orchestra, under the Mr. Harold Welch, in the annual Fine May 10. Awards were recognition extended to ng students during the honors concert.

Johnson was the soloist bass. The orchestra for her piece was the theory class at ty of Omaha. Numbers d in the program were

by Chabrier and "Fair is official New York World's

by Richard Rogers. and Vicki Gibson preheir original compositions.

Beck is the fourth conWHS recipient of the of Strings award. She has a scholarship to OU, will be attending next University of Nebraska

has awarded a scholarship to Jim Durham. Karen Johnson was recently awarded a scholarship to Interlochen. Among other scholarship recipients are Virginia Kay Moore to Syracuse University and Nancy Riley to Hastings College.

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Joe Rapoport's interests have also been determined to a large degree by his high school years.

Mr. Harley Hardison and Mr. Ray Swift stimulated Joe's interest in medicine, while Mr. Larry Dobbins, Mrs. Judith Hoyt, and Mr. Rich ard Winchell further aided him academically. For the past two years Joe has been a member of the golf team, and as a 'freshman and sophomore he played the oboe in the band and orchestra. During that time, Joe also played in the Junior Symphony Orchestra of Omaha.

Presently a member of FMA, Math, French, W, and Key Clubs a n d vice- presi dent of CPAF, Joe has also excelled academically. A National H o n o r Society member and a N e b r a s k a Regents Alternate, Joe stands out in Joe any classroom. Witty, likeable, and generally uninhibited, he often utters a remark that puts the whole class in stitches.

Outside interests include bowling, swimming, classical music, and a passion for cars and the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Having lived in the East before corning to Westside in his freshman year, Joe will attend the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia next year.

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Newly elected officers of Internatio n a l C lub are Barb Stein, Officers oJ the individual language clubs include French Club, .Julie Reed. president, and Cindy Cadden, secretary-treasurer; German Club, Stu Sorenson, president, and Mollie Ri,·ers, secretary - tr~ asurer; Latin Club. Bud Anderson, president, and Allene Munson, secretary-treasurer: and Spanish Club, Cindy Kiplinger, president, and Linda Snow, secretarytreasurer.

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The new officers of Pep C lub ,,·ere announced May 3 at a banquet held at Schimn1els Inn. The newly elected officers are: Nancy Wood, president; :.Ylicheline Eden, ,-ice-president: Kathy Metz, trcas.1rer ; and Susan \"Juri , secretary.

Mr. Sam ]. Franco of the Franco School of Hair Styling 2,·a\'e a demonstration and shO\,·ed a film on new summer hair styles in the Little Theatre, ::VIay 12 at 3 p.m . Sponsored by Esq u ires, the p10gram was open to a!! interested girls.

The word bulb originated from the name of the inventor, an American, Fred C. Bulb. Until Bulb's invention, all illumination was provided by gas, which was named after its inventor Milton T. Gas who, strange to tell, had been Bulb's roommate at Cal Tech! In fact, strange to tell, the third man sharing the room with Bulb and Gas was also one whose name burns bright in the annals of illumination- Walter Candle!

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We think so because other people all think so; Or because- or because- after all, we do think so; Or because we were told so. and think we must think so; Or because we once thought so, and think we still think so; Or because, having thought so, we think we will think so.

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Boys' and Girls' Tennis Holding Own in Competition

Photo by John Mcintyre Rich Young (left) and Debby Browne return an opponent's serve in recent matches.

Warriors Hit Ben son In Tournament Play

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W estside advanced in the Class A district baseball tournament by trouncing Benson 7 t o 3. Benson was previously unbeaten and had an eight-game winnin g streak going into the contest at Rosenblatt Stadium.

Starting pitcher AI Zimmerman survived a shaky first inning. In the inning he allowed three run s on three hits, but only allowed one hit the final six innings. AI also doubled home two runs.

However the big gun for W estside's "Whiz Kids" turned out to be Bob Urosevich. Bob provided the highlight of the game by unloading a triple to rightfield with the bases loaded in the third inning. His hi t followe~~ t:hr-ee singles by Rusty Welch, R;:,g.,r Herring, and Mark

J ensen and a double by Zimmerman. Jensen 's second hit of the inning drove in the seventh Westside run.

Also getting good wood on the ball was leftfielder Gene Jensen who drove a triple off of the stadi· um fence.

The "Whiz Kids" returned to Metro-League play on Friday. In a game played at Westgate, the Warriors were blanked by Bishop Ryan, 5 to 0. The Warriors were only able to collect two hits off of Ryan pitcher George Stilen.

Four Westside errors also con• tributed to the downfall.

Larry Eisenhauer went the distance for W estside. He allowed ten hits, including two home runs.

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The Westside boys' tennis team has split in th e last two matches, and the girls' team has- won two of three matches and tied the other.

The boys defeated TJ Tuesday, May 4, by 3-2, and then bowed to Bellevue the following day by the same score. The female players whitewashed Tech 4-0 and topped Beveridge 3-1. Benson ended up a 2-2 stand-off.

WHS played Lincoln High and Ryan in the last week, and the Metropolitan High School Athletic Association meet is presently going on at Dewey Park.

There were 23 boys out to begin practice, and through cuts the number was reduced to 15, including players such as returning senior letterman Rich Young. Rich is the only unbeaten person on the squad through six matches, and he is trying to better his second place finish in the state last year. Some other m embers of the team are juniors Phil Blum, J eff Gaillord, who has won four of six, and Randy Nogel, who has a 6-3 record.

Coach Bob Ra demacher made the comment that the team is young, and this could account for some of their failings, but he is

Sports Calendar May H-15- District Track meet 13-15- Tennis M.H.S.A.A. meet at Dewey H-Golf match with North at WHS 13- Baseball- WHS at Benson 17- Divisional Golf match 17-18- Baseball State Tournament 18- Track- Ryan at WHS 20-Baseball-South at WHS 21- Baseball- WHS at Tech 21-22- State Track meet at 4 p.m.

State Tennis Tourney at Lincoln 22- State Golf Tourney 25- 3rd. Annual WHS Relays, 4 to 7:15 p.m.

Baseball, T .J. at WHS at Westgate at 4 p .m.

still disappointed in progress made by the team. The team generally practices regularly after school, but they are forced to practice at five different places, which Rademacher said could not possibly be an asset to the team. The list of places is Happy Hollow, Dewey, in a gym at school, the Country Club, or on Westside's one good court.

The coach commented that two more courts could be used.

Miss Julie Donoghue's feminine tennis players are practicing on their own presently, after having practiced three days a week before Easter and launching into matches after vacation. There are between six and 10 on the team.

Returning varsity players are Pennie Ander son, Debbie Browne, Jewel DeFreese, Cindy McDowell, and Terri Sconce. Three of the subs a r e Nancy Lincoln, Karen Olson and Mollie Rivers.

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Bill Strateman Congratulations are J ohn Coe, Bob Rahe, ner and Duane st.,w ln1; recently named to of the 1965 Shrine game. WHS head foo,tbaLDI Bill Hoyt, is an assistant the South team.

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After one complete ing at Ak-Sar-Ben, mand a special race up by the Westside mission. The course, run south goal posts through locker room and student lounge, is tremely tough" by all The race features nags with their theses followed by a each .

Jepson, Relays Puce Truckmen Although not fini shing high in either the Me tropolitan Conference Championships or the Chieftain Relays; W estside has had ils share of track standouts this season.

In the r elay department, Westside owns one of the state's fi ve fastest times in the 880, mile, and 2-mile relays. Their 2-mile time of 8:12.9 set by Scott Anderson, Len Miller, Bob Ford, and Warren Whitted is the state's fastest so far this year.

Individual leaders include Bill Jepson, who leads the 880-yd. pack with 1:57.5, closely followed in the state's third notch by sophomore Warren Whitted at 1:59.0.

Close behind event leaders are Mike Stanner in the sprints and Dave Brown in the hurdles. They will be heavily counted on to help Westside in the District meet at Bellevue this weekend follow ed by the State m ee t in Lincoln May 21 and 22. The final meet of the year will be the W estside Relays, May 28.

Warrior team baseball squad, the Whiz Kid'!. In state tourney berth, pled Benson, previously in 19 league games, and in the district Under the guidance of coach Jerry Wisnieski, bailers have compiled t h e best : r e c o r d in the school's history.

T i m e 1 y hitting has been the major factor in the seven w i n s as key b 1 ow s by B o b Urosevich, Mark Jenson and Al Zimmerman have often turned

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chievements Recognized ,____t Honors· Convocation of Westside's outstanding were recognized today at Honors Convocation. were presented, and received various the World. Herald this year were Kathy and Doug Smith. Jane Kinbecame the third Westsider the Westside Scholar-

Rotary Club Citizenship went to Eric Hultman, the , .......... , senior boy. Steve Ladjunior boy in received the Brown UniAlumni Award. Warren was named the outstandsophomore boy by the ExClub.

Department Honors honoring students w e r e academic departments. year's Woodmen of the Life Insurance Association History award was preto Steve Ladwig, and the History Medal w e n t to Hill.

the French division w e r e Mimi Orth, fourth year; Bob Peckham, third year; Kathy Barrett, second year; and Valerie McKinnor, first year.

In Homemaking, the outstanding senior was Johnnye Schultz, and the outstanding junior was Debbie Beal. Jane Kinkead received the Betty Crocker Award.

Science and business students received their share of glory. Tim Knight was named Outstanding Physics Student, and Kathy Rees was the Outstanding Chemistry Student. The Outstanding Business Student was Sandra Robinson.

Scholarships Westside seniors were awarded a plethora of scholarships. Some of these are Kristi Andersen, National Merit Finalist, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship; Scot Anderson, NROTC Scholarship at University of Pennsylvania; Jim Arundel, University of Nebraska Four-year Scholarship; Holden Aust, National Merit Finalist, Nebraska Scholarship; Steve Bachenberg, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Kandra Bailey, National Merit Finalist, Trustees' Scholarship at Nebraska Wesleyan; Nancy Barr, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Lorraine Baska, University of Omaha Ak·SarBen Scholarship; John Baxter, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Ward Baxter, National Merit Finalist; Janeen Beck, OU Regents' Scholarship, Congress of Strings Scholarship, Schmoller Scholarship at OU; Debby Browne, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Bob Bucholz, Na-

ouring Bug Hits WHS niors After Graduation morning of 8 is almost here for the 1965 class of Westside. To

This is the annual Government trip sponby Mr. Koch,

train arrives in Washington :30 Wednesday morning, and begins immediately after in at the Hamilton Hotel. in D.C. the students will Congress in action, the Sue our t, the Washington Mt. Vernon, Arlington and President Kennedy's the Congressional LiWashington Cathedral, and Maul, and more famous sites. group leaves Washington afternoon at 1:45, arin New York at 5:40. They in at the Taft Hotel and to Rockefeller Center and show at Radio City Sunday, the 13, will at the World's Fair, exa visit to the Statue of Monday will bring visits

to the United Nations, Washington Square in Grennwich Village, and other points of interest in Manhat.tan. From 1-4 p.m. everyone will be able to shop for whatever they want.

At 4:30, they will check out of the hotel and depart from New York at 5 on the Pennsylvania Railroad. On Tuesday, June 15, the students will arrive in Chicago at 8:45. Brunch will follow and then departure at 11 a.m. on the Nebraska Zephyr. Arrival in Omaha will be at 9:15 p.m.

Shield To Be Here Thursday Westsiders will receive their yearbooks Thursday, June 3, in the Boys' Gym. Seniors will be dismissed to pick up their yearbooks at 1 p.m., juniors at 2 p.m., and sophomores at 2:30 p.m. After distribution there will be a signing party in the Girls' Gym complete with music and refreshments.

Protective plastic yearbook covers will be sold for 25 cents.

Shield D i s t r i b u t i o n Manager Rachel Ward said this will be Westside's second 9" by 12" yearbook. A very few extra books will be sold in the bookstore for $5.25 on a first -come, first-served basis.

tional Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship; John Buller, Scholarship at Lafayette College, Scholarship at NU; Carol Bunz, Neb.r aska Re· gents' Alternate ; Steve Burdic, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Thomas Calame, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Steve Calvert, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Mike Caplinger, Nebraska Regents' Alternate ; · Sharon Carlson, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship.

Also honored were Robie Carmichael, Alumni Scholarship at OU, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship; Jim Chase, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Iowa State University Freshman Scholarship; Connie Cotton, Luther Drake Scholarship at NU, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Mark Covert, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Dennis Cox, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship, Appointment to U. S. Military Academy; Pam Dalling, Honors at Entrance at University of California, Neb r a s k a Regents' Scholarship; Don DeFord, Nebras(Continued on Page 4)

May 29-Junior-Senior Prom at the Prom Town House Mrs. Herman Dance Recital in the Girls' Gym at 7 p.m.

June !-Spring Sports Convocation 2-Baccalaureate 4-Faculty picnic Seniors out of school 5-W-Club picnic 7--Commencement 11-End of the school year 15-Summer school begins

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Next year's Junior Class officers {from left), Doug Ralston, Secretary; Sharon Brock, Treasurer; Gene Jensen, Vice-President; Rick Anderson, President.

Sophomores Choose New Leaders of '66 Next year's Junior Class officers are Rick Anderson, President; Gene Jensen, Vice-President; Sharon Brock, Treasurer; and Doug Ralston, Secretary.

Rick, who is presently Lt.-Gov. of Ski Club, will also be vice-pres· ident of the Student Council next year. He is an active participant in Thespians, W-Club, International Club, and Key Club. Rick is a two· year letterman in varsity swimming and he has consistently been on the Honor Roll.

Gene was a member of the sophomore basketball team and the reserve football team. He lettered this year in varsity baseball and will soon be initiated into W -Club.

His favorite hobbies are cars, swimming, and L. T. (a girl).

Sharon, who was a freshman cheerleader last year, is a member of Pep Club, Y-Teens, Ski-Club, Drill S q u a d, and the NFL, of which she will be next year's Sargent-of-Arms. Her favorite hobbies are swimming· and collecting fruit loops. Her phone number is 393-

Because of the large crowd expected, the Prom committee has engaged two wings off the ballroom itself, which will be used for additional seating. The patio and lobby area off the ballroom will also be available. In addition to these facilities, several rooms downstairs, below the ballroom, will be used for refreshments where tables and piped-in music will be provided.

In the lower rooms, a photographer from PepTone Studio will be available for those couples who wish to have pictures taken. The studio will be offering color pho· tos, two 5" by 7" and two walletsized prints for $3.50. Payment will be made for these pictures when they are taken.

Benson Wins Third Annual Relay Crown

The annual Senior Class Picnic was held May 27 at Camp Calvin Crest in Fremont. Located near the Platte River, the area provided many recreational facilities.

According to Cindy Wheeler, Secretary of the Senior Class, this was one reason why the camp was chosen.

The third annual Westside Relays was held Wednesday night.

Ten new records were established on a some-what wet track. A good crowd was on hand to cheer the ten participating teams on. Benson won the over-all championship followed by Central and Westside. A near blanking in the field events prevented the W·arriors from taking the title. The Warriors won three of the seven track events, two more than any other team.

Boystown's mile relay team turned in the best performance of the night as they knocked almost five seconds off the old record time of 3 :27.3.

This year's Westside Relay Queen is Carole Henderson. She was chosen by the track t e a m from eight candidates. Co-captains Mike Stanner and Bill Jepsen presented her with a trophy and a bouquet of long-stemmed red roses.

The Student Council provided entertainment after the meet by sponsoring a free dance. Music was provided by the fabulous Im· pacts. The dance was held on the patio outside the lunchroom. Sponsors included Mr. Jerry Koch, Mr. Ken Hansen, and Mr. Ralph Far· rar. When asked whether he would care to dance, Mr. Koch begged off with the excuse, "I'd much rather waltz!"

The Seniors who purchased tickets were dismissed after their third hour classes to attend the picnic. Once there, the students were served hot dogs, potato chips, pop, and ice cream. Everyone that attended agreed that it was a nice way to end their Senior Year.

Spotlight on New Council members .... Page 3 Senior Plans ........ Pages 3&4 Picture Page ................ Page 5 Senior Wills ................ Page 6

Final Prom Plans Unfold Final touches will be added to the ballroom of the Prom Town House tomorrow in preparation for Westside's Junior- Senior Prom there Saturday night. A variety of music will be provided from 9-12 p.m. by Ray Bachman's orchestra.

0349 and the line is almost always open.

Doug 1 e t t e r e d this year in wrestling and will soon be initiated into W-Club. His favorite subje.c ts are world history and physiology.

Next year he plans to try out for the traCk team and take up bird watching.

Annette Ross, chairman of the Prom committee, reports that plans are going along smoothly and anticipates a successful 1965 Prom.

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'65 Nears End

Historians tell us that almost every civilization has had some type of spring celebration to herald the "rebirth" .of the world.

Westside, too, has a way of recognizing spring, but it differs from other rites. At this time every year a quiet, gradual, but very determined process of "phasing out" occurs: seniors are replaced in the many phases of school life which they have occupied. One by one the seniors give up positions which are the result of four years of work, trading them for a diploma and the realization that they really don't belong here anymore.

It's not too difficult for seniors to become sentimental now. In giving up a world where they know their olaces, they face an unknown future. It is easy to look back at the good times they've had and to cling to their memories as a kind of sophisticated security blanket.

We who came here as freshmen four years ago were challenged to adjust to new problems and responsibilities. In the past four years we have probed every aspect of the school, taking and giving what we could.

But we're not the same people any more; somewhere along the way we stopped being the lost freshmen. We're a little more sure of ourselves now, a little closer to knowing what we are and where we are going. And if we haven't benefited enough by now, chances are that we wouldn't ·in still another four years.

So despite all the ties we've formed and the insecurity which makes us hesitate to leave, it's time to go. Only through new experiences and challenges can we grow to our highest attainment.

A Persian mystic has written: "How shall I go in peace, and without sorrow? Nay, not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city.

"Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of a loneness. And who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret?

"Yet I cannot tarry longer. The sea that calls all things unto her calls me, and I must embark.

"For to stay, though the hours burn in the night, is to freeze and crystallize ~nd be bound in a mold ."

BETSY RASKIN

Students Invade- Par-is For Final French Fling August 1 Dear Diary, Early Friday morning we sullenly ate breakfast, bid our final farewell to the city of Reims, and headed for gay old Paris. It was rather hard to tell just how everyone felt about leaving because they were either laughing, crying, or sleeping.

It took us about three hours to get to Paris. We found that our hotel is located in the Latin Quarter on the left side of the Seine and is very close to the Notre Dame Cathedral. Jackie, Barb, Carol and I went upstairs to our tiny, cramped room and unpacked.

That night we took a tour of the city by horse and buggy. The funny, toothless, old man driving the buggy showed us the various sights of the city such as the Eiffel Tower and the Arc of Triumph. Paris may be old, but it is simply bea utiful!

After the ride we went to a sidewalk cafe on the ChampsElysees. W hile we were sitting there, two boys walked in front of us and one of them turned out to be Andy Eckman, WHS's exchange student three years ago!

We were sooo surprised! !

Around 2:30 a.m. Jackie woke up to find the man from the desk standing over her bed. He said that the phone was off the hook, but it wasn't. That was all he said and we woke up just as he was leaving. Jackie got scared and started crying, Barb and Carol went back to sleep holding various weapons, and I was too tired to really care.

The next morning the man was fired.

Lynne Tuesday, Aug. 4 Dear Diary, Today is the last of our five fabulous days in Paris. We are all so sad to leave, even though most of us have spent every precious centime of our limited funds.

Prices in Paris are geared to the American tourists' pocketbooks; in other words they are terribly high.

Sunday morning we walked to the Louvre and spent several hours (but not nearly long enough) looking at the world's art treasures.

That afternoon we toured the magnificent palace and gardens of Versailles.

We were entertained at the world-famous Folies-Bergeres Sun-

day night. Four hours of dancing, singing, beautiful scenery, and costumes (occasionally!) We bought the cheapest tickets in the house, so I had the fold-down jumpseat at the end of a row near the ceiling.

Monday was sightseeing day. Our guide was a toothless, weepy-eyed old man of uncertain nationality, who took snuff and spoke unintelligible English. Needless to say we avoided this spook!

Our last evening in "gay Paris" was spent in the stuffy third balcony of the opera, Barber of Seville. Afterwards Lynne, Steve and I went skipping down the ChampsElysees. spending all the money we had left. What fun!!

This morning we packed for the last time and were thrown out into the street by the hotel manager.

The rest of the day we spent walking around the city and visiting all the book stalls along the Seine (set up mainly for tourists, I'm sure).

Now we are on our way back from the most entertaining, edu<:ational, and wonderful experience any of us have ever had. Our only problem now- how to smuggle switchblades through customs!

Carol

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Englishman Visits

by Robie Carmich ael Since the Beatles first began, a pervading interest in all things British has wielded considera ble influence over Westside stu dents.

On Wednesday, May 19, however, a ·distinguished English educator arrived to determine how a program in use at Westside m ight help influence developments in the British edu cational system.

Mr. George C. Allen , Staff Inspector for English for the Ministry of Education of England, came to the United States under the auspices of the British Department of Education and Science to study the Project English program being used in schools throughout the country.

"Project English," ex p 1 a in e d Westside English Dept. head Mrs. Mary Connor, "is a term which re fers to recent changes in English cu rriculum, designed to improve the teaching of English." The program is in operation at Westside at 10, 11 and 12 grade levels.

Mr. Allen's main interest was the Curriculum Development Centers for English as a subject of teaching. He visited Westside because it had a good, representative Project English program set in a suburban atmosphere.

Plans for a similar project in the United Kingdom are being made which will in v o 1 v e curriculum study centers comparable to t h e Project English Centers, such a s Westside, in the United States. Mr. Allen believes that emphasis should be stressed particularly on these centers and, wherever possible, on in-service traini n g programs.

The well-traveled Briton ob-

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: Recently I overheard two girls discussing their opinions of the new drill squad. The common statement was, "I could do a better job than she can." Why must the girls who do not win spread rumors and constantly criticize the girls who did make it?

This question is pointed at both sexes and concerns all activities.

Instead of complaining about not making cheerleading or drill squad, students should use their time in promoting other activities in the school. Westside is growing, and the responsibility of keeping its standards of leadership in all activities and sports is up to the student body. New ideas are always appreciated.

A Senior Dear Editor, This letter is in answer to the !<otter in the last issue signed

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Angry Juniors. Just what was unfair about the judging of the Drill Squad tryouts? There were twenty-two judges including the senior Drill Squad members, Miss Held, Drill Squad sponsor, (Miss Held was a majorette in college), Mr. Snyder, and other teachers. The tryouts were judged on a three point system: poor, average, and excellent.

The girls were graded on general appearance, marching ability, personality; and coordination. With twenty-two opinions of each girl, how could this be unfair? You stated that Beveridge has the leader of the Nebraska Pom-Pom girls as a judge. I have inquired and to my knowledge the director did not judge. If these girls were rea.lly so good, why was Beveridge's Drill Squad dissolved? If anyone doubts the fairness of the tryouts, I have the records which may be checked.

Drill Squad Captain, Jody Buick

served Mrs. Elaine Limbaugh's American Literature class all second period, and Mrs. Connor's third hour class for 15 minutes before his busy schedule required him to h u rry off to examine programs at Omaha's J e f f e r son Elementary sch ool.

D urin g his brief visit, Mr. Allen was able to answer and direct a few q uestions to the classes.

H e believes the United States is playing a significant role in the development of the English language and its instruction. He fears, however, that some of the subject matter taught in both countries is so painfully obvious that it does not receive the study it deserves.

Mr. Allen pointed out that both Britain and America have followed the trend of separating grammar study and English Literature in their schools.

His broad educational background includes two years (193436) in the United States as a Commonwealth Fellow, studying at both Harvard and Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The native of Epsom, Surry obtained his Masters degree at Oxford, England. After traveling extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East, he rose to the position of Cultural Advisor to Bon n and Inspector of Schools in 1951-54.

Council Corner

by John Buller The school year is almost over; for seniors just a few more days and then off to a new life, and for the jun iors a n d sophomores a few more weeks, a long summer, and then back to W.H.S. This is the last issue of the Lance for the year and my last opportunity to write these Council Notes. I want you to know that this has been a wonderful year for me, and I know I speak for the whole Student Council when I say thanks for all the help you, the members of the student body, have given us.

Last week the Student Council elected officers for the year 196566 with the following results: President-Rusty Welch Vice-Presiden t-Rick Anderson Secretary-Penny Anderson T reasurer-Phil Blum Congratulations! A happy and successful year is wished for you.

A special thanks to the Lance staff and Betsy Raskin, the Lance editor, for the wonderful co-operation and help throughout the year.

Another year is ended; another year will come.

Along with the 560 graduating seniors, ers will be leaving W the end of this year.

Holmquist, head of the Dept. for six years, will to Colorado State College ley to work on his Science Education. the Westside Education and Radio Club sponsor. quist was influential in ing an aerospace teachers as part of the program and a similar the Adult Education After finishing her teaching French at Diann Althouse, head guage Dept., will move Nebr. International and supervisor of laboratory, she is in a third-year and civilization of A Spanish for five years, Mrs. head of Westside's .Loalu~;u<LI two years ago. After family move to Cinci Mrs. Gore intends to ing.

Mr. B ert Speece, world history teacher, at Westside for five plans to leave in on a doctorate in Ed chology at the Uni braska.

FMA sponsor Mrs. jenbruch, who English into classes during her two Westside, will be moving Utah, where she plans to teaching. Miss Mary siQe math teacher for and sponsor of FMA and plans to teach algebra at College this summer married later during Mr. Larry Dobbins, modern and world year, is undecided ture plans after leaving Mrs. Judy Egbert, jou structor and publicati will be working Public Relations "'"'"u.""'"r.

last year, Mrs. Virginia taught sophomore English literature may later continue During the two years Stan W ells has been at he has introduced a new to American history, wh expanded to world history nomics in future years. graduate, he plans to University of Denver earn his Master's tory. Mr. Wells has Chess Club, CPAF, the team, Teen-Dems, the try team, Ski Club, and ogy Club.

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the University of Missouri.

Allen will attend Omaha am,otlivP Institute.

Alseth plans to go to NeUniversity.

Altman is going to the Uni· of Miami.

Altsuler will go · to OU next

Andersen plans to attend College in the fall.

Anderson will attend HastCollege.

Scot Anderson is planning to the University of PennsylAnderson is uncertain plans for next year.

Andreason will attend OU

A t t k i n s o n will go to College in Iowa. is uncertain about

Backhaus is going to atState College.

Bailey will attend Neesleyan.

Bailey is going to attend Barnes is planning to ayne State College.

Barr will lrttend college college

Barton is planning to atIowa State University.

Baska is going to atNU. attend Techmajor in at Beecroft plans to attend School of Nursing.

Berg is planning to attend

NU. ~ Larry Caldwell will attend OU. Steve Calvert is movf,ng to Michigan and will go to Michigan State University.

Mike Caplinger will attend NU next year.

Sherry Carlson is going to Carleton.

Judy Carman will go to OU. Robyn Carmichael will attend

ou.

Nancy Caster will enter OU..

Jim Chase is going to Iowa State University.

Diane Charles is planning to go to Nebraska Methodist Hospital School of Nursing.

Mark Christensen will attend the NU. Mike Christiansen will also attend the University of Nebraska.

Gene Church will go to Coe College.

Matt Circo will work.

Terry Clauff will attend Iowa State University.

Sally Cockle will go to NU. Charles T. Cocks plans to attend the University of Wyoming.

John Coe will go to Southern Methodist University at Dallas.

Chris Comstock will attend OU. John Connelly will go to OU. Cece Corn will attend NU. Connie Cotton will go to NU. Bill Coughenour will go to Drury College in Springfield. Missouri.

Ralph Coughenour plans to go to OU. Mark Covert will go to the University of Virginia.

Maureen Crouch is going to OU. Tom Craig will enter NU. Tom Curran plans to go to the NU. Karen Curtis will attend the NU. Mary Lou Curzon will attend either Kansas University or NU. R ay Cusik will go to <YU. Pam Dalling plans to enter the NU. Bob Darling will enter OU. Susan Marie Dasher hopes to attend Scottsbluff Jr. College.

D avid Davis will attend the NU. Don D eFord will attend the University of Colorado.

Bob Dieterich will go to the NU. 1\larty Dieterich will attend NU. Gene Dinkel plans to attend the

ou.

Bourne plans to attend at OU. Bothel will attend C.P.A. in Minneapolis.

Boyens is planning to atOU.

Tony Distefano will enter OU. Charlotte Doering also plans to go to OU. Jim Doll will go to OU. Phyllis Donaldson will attend NU. Steve Douglas plans to attend the Computer P r o g r am m e r ' s S chool.

Jim Ducharme will enter NU. Bill Duerkoop is going to attend

ou.

Brewer is working at the 76th and West Dodge Theater.

Brewer will attend a or college.

Brice is planning to at· art school.

Brinke is going to attend College.

Brock will attend NU.

Browne is planning to atleton College.

Buchanan is moving to and is going to attend Butcholz will go to Yale Uninext year.

Buick is going to attend State.

Buller is planning to attend Bulloek w ill go to ·OU. Bunz will attend NU. Burdic plans to go to NU. Cala m e is pla nni ng to atIowa S tate University.

Dick Dummar plans to attend

ou.

Jonell Dunn will also be at OU. Jim Durham plans to go to the University of Nebraska.

Lynne Durham will enter the University of Kansas.

Bob Eades p I a n s to attend Creighton University.

Don Ehlers will go to Nebraska University.

Larry Eisenhauer is going to attend Oklahoma State University.

Cris Enewold plans to go to Wayne State College.

Barb Engle will work at Baker's and go to Beauty School.

Jay Erdmann will attend Hastings College.

Jeff Esbenshade will be at South Dakota University.

Mary Fabrizius plans to attend NU. Jim Farlee will be attending NU and working part time.

Leann Ficklin will work part time at the Haven House and enter Franco's Beauty College.

Robe rt Fimlla;v, Jr. is planning to go to Baker University.

and, if 'Possible, work at Gold's.

Marcia Ffmie'y plans to attend Nebraska I..Wesleyan University.

Norm Fishel will be a Fuller Brush Man. Chloie Fleming will enter St. Mary's College.

Connie Foley will be attending the Nebraska Methodist School of Nursing.

Wanda Foley plans to attend OU. Robert Forb is going to go to the University of Southern California.

Linda Forrest plans to enter Beauty School.

Terry Fox wiU attend NU. Mickie Freed will go to William Woods College.

Cindy Fruhwirth plans to go to NU. Chris Gembica. will attend OU. Neil Gendler plans to go to NU. David George is undecided as to which college he will attend.

Tim Gerber will attend Oberlin.

Howard· Gerelick is planning to go to NU. Bob Gibson will go into the Marines and then to OU. John Gilgan will attend NU. Karen Gilligan will work.

Carla Giwoyna plans to attend Peru State.

Judi Goldberg will be at the University of Missouri.

Pat Grasmick is planning to attend NU. Sam Grasso will attend OU. Bill Gray plans to go to Grinnell.

Pamela Grear will attend NU. Suzanne Gregg is going to NU. Darwin Greiner will attend OU. Lana Grimm is planning to work at the West Omaha National Bank.

Betsy Guild will be at NU. John Gulizia will be working.

Mary Kay Haffner will attend Wayne State.

Linda H agman will work at Brandeis or Northwestern Bell.

K athy Hammer will attend OU. Janice Hansen plans to attend

ou.

Ron Hansen is going to OU. Susan Hansen will attend Iowa State University at Ames.

Susan Hargleroad plans to go to NU. Mary Harnett will be attending Doane College.

Jackie Hauptman will attend Drake University.

Bill Havelka is planning on OU. K athy Hayes plans to enter OU. Kenneth Hayford will go to NU. Susan Hayward will go to NU. John Headley will attend OU. Carole Henderson plans to enter Colorado State University.

Rich Henningson will be attending OU. Tom Henry will go to NU. Kim Hebert is planning to go to NU. Pam Herbst will do some sort of office work.

Pat Herrick plans to attend NU. Margaret Herring will work.

Bolli Hickman will enter OU. Jerry Hightower plans to go to

ou.

Holly Hinchcliff will go to Colorado State University.

Terry Hinders will go to C.E. School of Commerce.

Tim Hinz will be at Doane College.

Jean Hoeman is planning on NU. Mil{e Hoke plans to go to Creighton University.

Scott Holdredge is planning to attend Brown University.

Elayne Holste plans to attend

ou.

Samlra Hopkins will enter Doane College. · Barb Hosford will go to Hastings College.

Susan Howl is going to Gustavus Adolphus.

Allan Hruby will attend John F. Ke nnedy College.

Susan Huffman will enter Univ rsity of Arizona.

Erie H ultman will a ttend B row n University.

Valedictorian Kathy Rees and Salutatorian Chris Pinali lead the Class of '65.

\\D~~rt Hunter will enter OU. \oDuane Linomier will Ricrl Ide is going to Drake University.

Jim Irvine is going to NU. Jo Dee Iverson will attend NU. Jim Iverson is going to NU. Ellen Jacobson will attend Augustana College.

Steve Jenkins plans to attend Iowa State University.

Jay Jensen will attend NU. Linda Jensen plans to go to Ol).

Bill J e psen is planning to attend NU. Art Jetter will go to NU. Chucl{ Johnson will attend either Omaha or Creighton University.

Craig Johnson will go to North Park College.

Kenton Johnson plans to go to San Jose State College in California.

Sandy Johnson is going to Hastings College.

Terry Johnson will go to NU. Bob Jorgensen will attend OU. Marilea Johnson will work as a secretary.

Thomas Kahley will attend OU. AI Kammerer is planning to go to Hawaii.

Jo Alyce Kaplan will be at Morningside College.

Sara Kaul is going to St. Mary College in Xavier, Kansas.

Marilyn Kaya is attending Capital Beauty School.

Jerry Keefe will attend NU. Karen Kehm is planning to go

to

ou.

Bob Kelly will be at NU. Kathy Kelley is going to NU. Tim Kelley is attending NU. Patricia Kettleborough will attend OU. Kris King is planning to go to NU. Jane Kinkead will be at NU. Diane Kolasky is going to go to

ou.

Greg Knox is planning on attending OU. Carol Krakowski is working part time at Woolworth's and studying to be a Dental Assistant.

Gary Krieger will attend OU. Dan Kuttner is planning to go to Texas University.

Kathy Kusal{ will be at OU. Michael Kyser is going to Kansas State.

Linda Lacy is attending OU. George Lahners will attend OU. Joanne Lamp is planning to go to NU. Jorjette Langford will be at OU. Bob Lapsley is going to OU. Linda Lea Larson is attending Careleton College.

Scott La us t ere r will attend Wayne State.

Lynda Lawson is planning to go to Brigham Young University.

Nancy Lawson will be at NU. Meriel Lefer is going to OU. Anne Leigh is planning on attending NU. Roxanne L Lembke is not sure as to future plans.

Allen Lenz will attend NU. Louise Lewis is planning to go to Hope College.

Sue Lineoln w ill be at NU. Ga ry Lind is going to OU.

be at OU. John Lofberg will attend Kearney State.

Steve Long is planning to go to Southern Met hodist.

Nancy Lorenz will be at Kansas University.

Ret Louis is going to Marymount College in Florida.

Robert Lovgren is going to Iowa State or Fresno State.

Cheryl L o w r ey is attending Brigham Young University.

Randy Luder will attend OU. Dennis Mackiewicz is going into the service.

David Mack will attend the Colorado School of Mines.

Linda Madden is going to Oregon Universtty.

Frank Maddox is going to work.

Dianne Madsen plans to attend Wayne State.

Dean Magnuson will be working.

Barbara Major will be attending NU. Don Marrow is going to NU. Ron Marrow is going to NU. Dennis Matta will be at NU. John Mattson plans to attend Northwestern University.

Peter l\'latschke will be attending a high school in Germany.

Margo McCallum will attend Business School.

Gary McClendon is going to NU. Michael McCumber plans to attend the Colorado School of Mines.

Marci McDonald will be at OU. Janice McFarland will attend Beauty School.

John Mcintyre will be attending Iowa State University.

Mike McMahon is going to NU. Karen Mc"Vhirter will attend

ou.

Ken Meier plans to attend NU. Tim Mellor will be at NU. Melimla Meudodi plans to attend William Woods College.

Becky Mezger is going to OU. Dianna Miller will attend Capital Beauty School.

Len Miller will be attending Kearney State Teachers' College.

Barbara Montag will be at OU. Gregory Montes is going to Yale University.

Dianne Moore plans to attend Hastings College.

Jacquie Moore will attend Bradley University.

Linda Moore will be working.

Virginia Kay Moore will be at Syracuse University.

Virginia Moore plans to attend Kansas University.

Cheri 1\'loredick will attend NU. Mickey Morgan will work.

Peggy !\forgan will be attending Valparaiso University.

Linda Morrison is going to the University of Wyoming.

Lynne Morrison plans to attend Arizona State University.

Gerald Mosher will attend the University of California.

Randy Mosley will be at the University of Montana.

John Mumaugh will be attending NU, or Creighton.

• George Moustakes is going to NU. Deanna Neely will work at Mutual of Omaha.

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Don Nelsen will go to College.

Pam Ness will attend OU. Jean Newman will go to Ohio Wesleyan University.

Paige Newman will choose between NU and Durango.

Steve Nicholson will attend Park College in Missouri.

Sharon Nielsen will attend Nettleton Boyles Sant Business School and will work in the Civil Service.

Don Noel will go to either Denver University or NU. Barb Norberg has decided to attend NU. Linda Nordman will go to Dental Assistant School and work.

Kaye Nordyke is going to Garden City Junior College.

Cathie Nothhelfer will attend

ou.

Ruth Novak is going to beauty school and will work part time.

Terry Obteshka is planning to go to OU and will also work.

Mike O'Hara will attend Creighton University.

Mimi Orth is going to Vassar College. · Bob Paeper will attend OU. Joyce Page plans to go to OU. Lynn Palmer plans on secretarial work.

Donna Pardee will attend OU, and will also work at Northwestern Bell.

Craig Parkhurst is deciding on Business College and will work on construction. · Jeff Passer is planning to attend Creighton.

Bob Paulson is deciding between Florence State and the University of Alabama.

Jackie Pentan will be a dental assistant.

Mike Peppee will go into Retail Management.

Claire Perrigo has decided to attend OU. Susan Petty will go to NU. Tom Phalen will attend NU. Lade Piatt has decided to go to OU. Connie Pierce plans to attend

ou.

Chris Pinali will attend Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.

Terry Piper is planning to work.

Larry Pleas will attend Peru State and enlist in the Marines. ' Pam Prall plans to go to Doane.

Bob Ra.he's plans are not definite.

Sheila Randall will attend NU. - Jewell Ranieri will go to the University of Kansas.

Joseph M. Rapoport plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania. _ Mimi Rapp will go to NU. Betsy Raskin will attend Northwestern University.

Connie Ream plans . to attend Central Tech.

Elizabeth Reed will go to Nettelton Boyles. n:athy Rees plans to go to Rice University.

Barb Reichmann will go to the University of Kansas.

Karen Reigle will attend NU. Julie Reynolds plans to go to Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Merry Rice will attend Saint Joseph's School of Nursing and the University of Omaha this summer.

Carolyn Richardson will attend Valapariso University.

Dennis Riffel will go to Little Rock University.

Doug Riffel will also attend Little Rock University.

Nancy Riley will go to Hastings College.

Floyd Ring will attend NU. Valerie Rish plans to work at Mutual of Omaha.

Bill Ritchey will work at Bakers'.

Ross Rizley will attend NU. Mike Roach plans on attending NU. Dave Roberts will attend Hastings College.

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Sandi Robinson will go to Wyo.Jf\ing trniversity.

BJiii'bara Rockwood will go to the C/ E. SCh-ool of Commerce. / Jeanne Roegner wl'll attend NU. H. B. Rohwer will attend Iowa State.

Sharon Ross plans on attending NU. Chuck Roth. will go to NU. Bonnie Rothschild will attend NU. Don RoU(lebush will be attending NU. Leslie Ann Rowland will also go to NU. John Ruby will attend Iowa State.

Gerais Rudolfo will go to OU. Judi Runstrom will attend the University of Arizona.

Walt Ryan plans on becoming a Machinist.

Sam Sacco will be working for Kinney's Shoe Corporation.

Dave Samson plans to attend Phoenix Teacher's College.

Ruthie Saunders will go to NU. Marilyn Schlegel will attend the College of Saint Mary's.

Donna Schober will be working for the American Acceptance Corporation and attending night school at OV. Chryse Schory plans to attend NU. Johnette Schultz will go to OU. Bob Schwarz is going to Wyoming University.

Carol Seamonds will attend OU. Dell Sennentz plans to go to NU. Jim Sents will go to OU. Pat Shanahan will be attending beauty school.

Lynda Shannon will be at NU. Kathy Sharp plans to attend Brigham Young University.

Dave Sheppard will wash dishes at Princeton.

Diane Shoemaker plans to attend NU. Nanci Shook is going to NU. Julie Shriner p 1 an s to go to Kearney State Teachers College.

Carolyn Simmons w i 11 attend NU. John Skeans will be at NU. Dean Slack plans to attend OU. Rick Sline will be g o i n g to Drake University.

Bob Smallwood will attend Iowa State University.

Dave Smith is going to either OU or NU. Doug Smith will be going to Northwestern University.

John Smith will go to OU. . Linda Smith plans to go to Wayne State.

Ron Smith will attend Utah State Forestry School.

Ann Snow is going to Pembroke College.

Mary Soukup plans to become an airline stewardess.

Ed Spencer p 1 an s to attend Kearney State.

Mike Stanner will be attending NU. Cathy Stork plans to go to OU. Bill Strateman will attend either Nebraska or Texas Christian University.

Kathy Stuhr is going to OU. Pam Stutzman will attend OU. Bob Sund plans to go to NU. Scott Swanson will be at NU. Steve Swanson plans to attend Creighton University.

Judi Switzer is going to NU. Cubby ',raylor is planning to attend Missouri or NU. Elaine Tegtmeier will go to Gustavus Adolphus.

Tom Thiessen is attending NU. Karen Thoma will be attending

ou.

Carol Thomas is going to attend NU. Terri Thompson will be going to Nursing School.

Paul Thornblad is going to NU. Karen Thornton y•ill be attending Capital Beauty School.

Les Tighe is attending OU. Bob Tilton will attend OU. Carl Trapolino will be at OU. Candy Trapp is going to be working as a secretary.

Sha.r i Trester is attending Wyoming State University. Nancy Trulllsen will be going to NU. Sandy Tuerk is planning to attend NU. Barb Udes will be attending Central College in Iowa.

Rod Ulfers is attending OU. Ruth Unzicker will be going to Kansas University.

John Van Pelt is going to enter

ou.

Bryan Vercoe will be attending

ou.

Dave Vickery is attending the State University of Iowa.

Richard Vinal is attending NU. Jean Vipond will be ·attending

ou.

Kristi Waara is going to OU. Ron Walker will be going to Kearney State Teachers College.

Steve Wa.l ker will be attending NU. Rachel . Ward plans to study Nursing at the Nebraska Methodist Hospital. _ Linda Warren is planning to go to beauty school and then get married.

Bruce Wawers will be attending

ou.

Doris Weber is planning t-o get a job in an office.

Karen Weber will move to Mississippi and enter a college there.

Marg Weingarten is going to NU. Linda Wells will be attending Hastings College.

Linda Wemmer will go to OU. Karen Wendt is planning to attend NU. Dani West will attend OU. Cheryl West is going to NU. Cindy Wheeler is planning to attend William Jewell College.

Barb Whinery will attend Colorado State University.

Susan White is going to NU. Steve Wigodsky plans to go to Yankton College in Yankton, South Dak. Diana Wilkins will attend OU. Tom Williams will enter Luther College at Decorah, Iowa.

Rick Willis is going to NU. Gary Wilson is planning to attend OU. Jo Anne Wolf is undecided on her future plans.

Tim Wollin will be attending the University of Colorado.

Mary Wood is planning to enter business school.

Diane Woodhull will attend NU. Lloyd Woodland will go into the Air Force.

Wayne Woodland is eoing to attend Wayne State Teache!'s College.

Pat Worley will attend NU. Lea Ann Wright will attend OU. Mike Wright is planning to attend OU. . Anne Wupper is going to NU. Kathy Wurl will be attending Northwestern University.

Rich Young will enter Stanford University.

Bill Zastera will attend NU. Pam Ziegman is planning to attend OU. CAlandZi~ Ziesemann. will go to OU. mmerman IS planning to go to OU.

Barry Zoob will go to Wisconsin or Missouri.

Bob Zuttermeister will NU. Gail Zyck is going to State Teachers College.

Honors (continued) ka Regents' Scholarship; Phyllis Donaldson, NU Four-year Scholarship, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Grinnell Freshman Scholarship, Stella Kirker Meissner Scholarship at NU; Dick Doxon, National Merit Letter of Commendation; Jim Durham, NU Music Scholarship, University of Kansas Music Camp; Bill Gray, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Jay Erdman, Hastings College Honor Scholarship; Mary Haffner, Wayne State College Scholarship; Sue Hansen, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship; Mary Harnett, Eugene C. Eppley Scholarship at Doane.

Others recetvmg awards were Jackie Hauptman, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship; Tom Hood, NU Four-year Scholarship, National Merit Fin a 1 is t; Scott Holdrege, NU Regents' Scholarship; Eric Hultman, Scholarship at Lafayette, Nebraska Regents' Alternate, Brown University Scholarship, Columbia College Scholarship; Jim Irvine, National Merit Letter of Commendation; Karen Johnson, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Tom Kahley, OU Regents' Scholarship, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; AI Kammerer, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Jo Alyce Kaplan, Honor Scholarship at Morningside, Scholarship at Augustana at Sioux Falls; Jane Kinkead, National Merit Letter of Commendation; Dan Kuttner, NROTC Scholarship at Texas University, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Linda Lea Larson, National Merit Letter of Commendation; Meriel Lefler, OU Regents' Scholarship; Nancy Lorenz, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; _J ohn Mattson, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Mike McCumber, National Merit Letter of Commendation; Sue McNaughton, Wayne State Teachers College Scholarship; Greg Montes, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship; Virginia Moore, Nebraska Regents' Alternate, Syracuse University Scholarship.

Also b e i n g recognized were Jackie · Moore, .Merit Award at Bradley University, National Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship; Peggy Morgan. Valparaiso University Scholarship, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Gerry Mosher, National Merit Letter of Commendation; Jean Newman, Nebraska Regents' Alternate; Thomas Nilsson, Nebraska Regents' Scholarship; Barb Norberg, Nebraska Regents' Alternate;

Jeff Passer, Creighton U Freshman Scholarship, A;kScholarship at Creighton, N Regents' Alternate, Nation Letter of Commendation, Pinali, Emily Dickinson ship at Mt. Holyoke, M University Scholarship, Merit Letter of Commenda Four-year Scholarship a State Team (placed third braska Regents' competitio Prall, Academic Scholar Doane; Betsy Raskin, N year Scholarship, Nation Letter of Commendation; Rees, NU Four-year Sch National Merit Letter of C dation; Nancy Riley, F Scholarship at Hastings Kansas University Music NU Music Scholarship; R ley, National Merit Final' braska Regents' Scholarshi Roberts, Hastings College ship; Sharon Ross, Nebra gents' Alternate; Ruth S NU Four-year Scholarshi tiona! Merit Letter of Com tion; Bruce Sayles, N ebra gents' Scholarship; Lynda non, Nebraska Regents' AI Westside seniors receiv more academic honors Sheppard, top student in N Regents' Scholarship, Fo Scholarship at NU, Nation Letter of Commendation, Scholarship, Princeton U Scholarship; Car o I y n s· Nebraska Regents' Al Doug Smith, NU Four-yea arship, National Merit L Commendation; Lind a Smith, Wayne State Teach lege Scholarship; Ann Sn Four-year Scholarship, Pe College Scholarship, Nation it Letter of Commendation Tegtmeier, National Merit ship, Nebraska Regents' ship; Carol Thomas, Nation it Finalist, N e b r a s k a Scholarship; Sharon Trest braska Regent:.' Alter]late Ulles, National Merit Le Commendation, Nebraska Scholarship; Ruth Ann U Nebraska Regents' Alterna en Weber, Wayne Stat e Scholarship, National M~ri of Commendation, Neh'ra gents' Alternate; Tim '\\{o braska Regents' Alternat~e; Woodland, Wayne Stat~ Scholarship; Kathy Wurl~ Merit Letter of Comrfne Nebraska Regent s' Richard R. Young, Nebr gents' Alternate; Gail Zyc+ State College Scholarship(

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WHS-1965 1965' has been a lot like other years: various sports have attracted attention according to the seasons; several theatrical productions have been staged; school dances have been planned; and students have struggled through the intermmable material that others had struggled through before.

Yet 196 5 has left its own unique memories. This year will be remembered as the time when Westside came of age athletically and was recogniz.ed as a major state contender in almost all sports. It will be marked as the year when five Westside teachers were honored for excellence. And it will be known for much more: success in scholarship examinations, such as Nebraska Regents' and National Merit, success in speech contests, and still more.

As we prepare to meet the challenges of a new year, we can look back .. .

Photo by John Mcintyre

Whether they were watching outstanding performances by a winning basketball team, led by All-Stater John Buller (left ), whooping it up at pep rallies (above), becoming involved in national politics with a mock election (right ), or discovering the other facets of school-life, Warriors experienced few dull moments this year.

Photo by Scott Holdre9e

If boredom seemed to be t h r e a t e n ing, W estsiders found a sure cure in such special e v e n t s as Homecoming (left ) and the music a I (right).

Photo by John Mcintyre

There have been some troubles and disappointments, but

all in all, it's been a pretty good year. As we look back again, years from now, much of the year will have faded from our thoughts. But each of us will keep a few, special memories of this year at Westside.

When we do look back, it will be with pride for . . â&#x20AC;˘ WHS-1965.

Photo by John Mcintyre

THE ' WESTS fD E LANCE

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Seniors Leave ValuableS

We, Nancy Barr, Sue McNaughton, Sandi Robinson, Linda Smith, and Nancy Caster will our lock er and all of its left-over belongings to the organized Marilyn Gibbs.

I bequeath all of my J ean S hrimpton pictures in my locker to the J.F.er's. Steve Burdick.

I hereby will all my poetry and stories to Mr. Dobbins a s he seems to be the most able to stand it.

Marilyn Anderson.

I will my skateboard to Mr. Vreeland. Al Lenz.

I, Kristi Ander sen , will to Nancy Wood a gold-plated cropping pencil and my secret way for getting into t he journalism room on Saturday, when the school is locked.

I, Mr. Koch , will my definition of propaganda to John Buller.

W e will the pin -ball m a chine, bridge games, scurfin' and T odds to a ll the senior fellers. The B .G.'s.

I , J ack ie Borcyk, will my collection of 56 chiquita Banana Labels a nd 8 Barry Goldwater campaign buttons to any person who will take t h em.

W anda F oley and Marcia Finley will our dirty old tennis shoes to the new Drill Squad members.

To Dave Ross, I will m y smashed Buicks and broken noses. To Bob Mcintrye I will all my Far East books, papers, and phi1osophies.

Mike Caplinger.

I will m y superior skate boa r ding ability to Mr. Vreeland. Rod Ulfers.

We, Elaine Tegtmeier and Krlsti Andersen, will to the Troopies the u se of Mr. Lang's room after school, a fur-lined canoe, and a year's supply of strength sapper s.

I will my tel ephone and time limit to m y brother, Bob. Carole Henderson.

I will Nan cy Eaton th e autobiography of John Peter Zenger.

Betsy Raskin.

I will to Nancy Wood all of th e left over ribbon sayings of the P ep Club. Kathy Kelley.

I , Terry Clauff, will my place on the bench during football and baseball season to Dick Tharp.

I, J oe R apoport will two cut up golf balls to Larry Hamer ; and my "tennies" to Mr. Tangdall.

I want to give my Spanish accent to Sue Limbaugh ; Good Luck, Kid! Alicia Eugenia VargosPorras.

I will the presidency of E .V.E. to any junior girls who are still eligible. Carol T homas (Madam President> .

I bequeath to Mr. Chuck Lang a pair of brass knuckles for use at next year's basketball games.

Bill Zastera.

I, St eve Lon g, will my black eye to anyone who wou ld r a ther fight than switch.

I will all my old Goldwater buttons to Mr. Nelson. Bob Kelly.

I will Tom Miller my Baby moons and to Willie I give my old Arizona No. 3. Ron W a lker.

I will our dwindling senior ileges to the class of '66, if t are any left. Kent J ohnson.

I, Merry R ice, bequeath my slightly used, smelly, dissected rat to the WHS trophy case.

We will our supply of N tablets to Mr. Gloor's Senior class of next year. T his Y Senior Math Class.

One large roadmap to Mr. Winchell so he can more easily explain to his Far East students the way to Nirvana. Bill Gray.

I, Steve Abraha mson, will my spot in the parking lot to the janitors.

I , Linda Nordman, will my work ou t ska teboard t o Barb Roman.

I will all my Christmas Trees to Gu y I ngles. Bolli Hinch cliff.

We will to all future studen 204 a copy of our forthco book, Chemist ry W ith Cal or to H ave Fun in t h e Lab. McBee and Linda Lawson.

We, Bill J epsen and Dave p ard, will the Science Se class of '66 all of our script f rom t he Science Semina r Sh '65.

I , Barb Hosford, will Mrs. to the Thespian s.

I bequeath my absentee award to Mr. Nelson, old love letters to Mr. Rademacher and greatest admiration to Mr. Tangdall. Carol Searnands.

I, Dan Kut tner, will the phrases "cycles a re best," and "get a Honda!" t o Eric von Zipper a nd his "cycle R atz".

I will my eye-make u p to my look alike, An nette Ross. Susie P et ty.

I, Tom Hood, will two scurf boards to Mr. Vreeland and Mr. Dobbins.

I, J ane Kinkead, will all my pr iceless notebooks, compositions, a nd term papers to m y sister or anyone else b rave enou gh to dig t h em ou t of the p ile I have a ccum ulated in t h e back of m y closet over the p a st four years.

I will my su perior pinball playing to the junior kook-kare Orchestra. Steve w a.l ker .

I will Mary Catania my basketb all uniform (#44> because she fills it better tha n me! John Buller.

We will our collection of cardboard boxes to Lee Fisher. Mary Fabrizius and Diane Woodhull.

I, Linda Lea Larson, beq the cause of conservatism t loyal young Americans, let th treme right thrive.

I will my sidewalk surfin g record to Mr. Vreeland, and I will the Investors Guide to the Vending Machine Industry to Mr. Winchell. J eff Esbensh ade.

I, Bob Sm allw ood, will my nickname of Splinter to Mr. Ed Lang.

I will my talking ability to Linda Beckey. Cathy Stork.

I, Mike McCumber, leave dirty test tubes and beake next year's lab assistant.

1, John Andreasen being of unsound mind, will my No-Doz tablets to Mr. Gloor's Sen ior Math Class.

I will my String Bass (alias the Professor) to Pat Otto. Karen Johnson.

I, Lynne D uham, will the to anyone who has the drive it!

I will one package of Winston cigarettes to Mr. _ Grizzell. Mary Wood.

I will my "strut" to the Se A-Go-Go. Tim Gerber.

I will my nearly-new car to Mike Tuerk and my sleepless nights to Kathy Metz. Jean Hoemann.

I will my seat in the Little Theater study hall to any deserving Junior. Marg Weingarten.

I will my 396 supercharged injected Corvette to any Junior boy who can take over the payments.

Frank Maddox.

I will all my Iris pins and b olts to Rookie and all my sweat to Lambchops. Edwar d Spencer.

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by Eric H ultma n.

1, Sandi Hopkins, will to Charlie Wilber my cherished key to Ray's Lakes.

I, Steve Dou glas, will my surfer shirts, tennies, and number four Q to Tom Platner.

To the J. F. er's we will the "Hag" for ever and ever and ever and ever. J ohn and t he F ish.

We, John Va n P elt and Mickey Morgan will our ability to not fight to Steve Long and Susie Petty.

We the senior boys, bequ eath to Mrs. Clara Dunn all our worldly problems.

I will my perfectly balanced set of competition skateboard wheels to Bill Brown who hurts too much to graduate anyhow. Also my "Duane Stuart, How to Skateboard Booklet" to anyone who wants it.

Arthu r C. J etter, Jr. We will to Mr. Grizzell our vast collection of classical oil paintings done in third hour painting class.

P a m Brinke and Diane W oodhull.

I, Ira Meiberger, will my motorcycle and ability to ride to Steve Renier.

I will the panel from my lovely locker to Jean Kennedy and my letter stencils to Barb Skrable.

J an et Sullivan.

1, B ob Sund, will "Whitey" to the boys at the second lunch table.

I will the rocks in my driveway to whomever has the courage to drive it. S\lZY Bucha n a n.

I, JohiJ Muma u gh , will Steve Wigodsky to ' Mr. Nelson for life, and I also will Ca lvin Delano 35 broken test tubes.

I will 5,000 soggy pizzas to next year's F a r East Classes. Chris P inali.

I, David Mack , do bequeath to Scot Lausterer my ball point pen.

I . Limla Lacy, will my horse which doesn't have to be moved every 48 hours to Charlie Toy.

I will Dave Brown to the Senior Girls of 1966. Bonnie Roth schild.

I will all the erasers in the school to Dean Slack. Dave Smith.

We will Sharon Brock and Susan Wurl 3 pairs of sunglasses, 7 bottles of aspirin. 9 lessons in the philosophy of yin/ yang, and 10 t imes the normal measure of tolerance. Pixie and The Voice.

I bequeath to Mr. M cCormack my ability to put my lefL hand in my right front pocket. Bill Zastera.

I will my nose to research; my golf clubs to Mr. Tangdall; my scurfboard to Mr. Dobbins; my song, "The Row Boat," to my coun t ry; my toys to Mr . W inchell; and the newspaper to Mr. Lane.

Bar r y ZooiJ.

I , Robyn Carmichael, will a autograph ed h ockey st icks, team pictures and wine bottl t he n ext WHS girl who of the Omaha K nights.

I, R ich Ide, will to Barb S six -pack and a pack of Lu To Jan Bachrach 20 acres o tureland, and next month's ings.

I will that ugly Jewel De all 487 of my Chiquita B stickers and JBK at least h my summer evenings and convertible. Carolyn Richar I will all my pop-tops and c keys to Gus Moustakes.

Kelley.

I will the journalism dark to whomever is unfortunate e to work in it next. Steve sky.

I, Nancy Caster, will my s shorthand Daisy to Miss And , I, Can dy Trapp, bequeat frizzled "water boy" Jette snaggled sweater sleeve, an crumpled, grubby F. R. t emotional s p or t spectator needs. 'em, and my grubby p ball to Mr. Rademacher.

I will my year's supply of ' to Soapy. Soapless.

I will H ap Patz a bottle of sake to help him get through Far East next year. Sh aron Ross.

I, Debby B r owne, will t Moran a roadmap to Nort Minnesota and a year's sup gas.

I will my position as the only girl in Science Seminar to anyone crazy enough to take it. Ann Sn ow.

I, J o Alyce Kaplan, Teens secretary book Durham.

I will my corpse to Mrs. Hoyt.

May I rest in peace. Cheri l\loredick .

We, Mr. Delano's fourth Chemistry class, will to Ha and Don Marquardt three d fun and ten dozen dirty test

I will all my future Chiquita banana transaetions to the Vritea Fruit Co. of Costa Rica because they don't have a s many stickers so they must be hard up. Jackie Hauptman. 路 I will Lynne McWhor:ter and Am y K lop p to SLeve M;cColli ste r for t ender care aitd loving guidance through the ir j!lnior year.

L ynda Shannon.

I will to Miss Brost "20" my sist er, Shar on , m y "sex s secrets." Ruth Brock.

We, THE CORNER, will Diane Br ost a bottle of tt路 izers a nd Gerry Gibbs.

I will to the upcoming Se object lef;son of a bad exam pl Jert路y Bergman.

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Barb Udes Welch Has Experience Freshman president of the past few weeks have been with elections that establish- Westbrook Student Council and leaders of Westside's stu- vice-president at Westside this body for 1965-66, decisions year, Rusty Welch has had a good will influence the school's de- · deal of preparation for his new position on the Council. As vicet for years to come. The g senior leaders can be president of the S tate Student that they will be handing Council, Rusty toured Washington, D. C., for seven days last January their duties and met such individuals as the ble reprePresident, Vice-President, the KenTwo n e d y brothers, and n u m e rous s e n a t o rs. This summer the politically - minded junior will attend a national con- w vention of stu- i~ dent councils in ;{ Pennie Lexington, Ky. a bubbling and active J As a ninth- ,g~;,;, will also assume the grader at WestRusty nm0<::1mnties of captain of the brook, Rusty participated in track and was on t·he Rotary Club Honcheerleaders next year. A at Westside since seventh or Roll. During his two years at Pennie is a member of Z Westside, the athletic student has Y-Teens, Pep Club, the tenplayed on the reserve basketball Spanish Club, and is secand football teams and earned varof Esquires. In past years sity letters in baseball, football, been in GAA and served as and basketball. Rusty was on the Class treasurer.

Student Council and in the Senate ~,n,,.;,oto,ntJy on the Honor Roll, as a sophomore and was chosen was elected to National this y e a r to represent WHS at Society and w i 11 attend Boys' State.

State this summer. PresentA member of Key Club and InSpanish and Latin, Penteract, R u s t y has also excelled to go into languages academically and is considering . Also active outside of taking several · advanced courses she is a member of her next year. In the future, Rusty youth group and choir, and plans to major in business admintaken baton, piano, and daneistration and minor in either hislessons. tory or political science.

Club Briefs New officers for NFL have been elected. President for '65-'66 Sorenson; Vice-President, Gary Neid; Secretary; Warren WhitTreasurer, Jeff Meyers. Serving as Sergeant-at-Arms will be Bonacorso, Sharon Brock, and Mr. Rod Hansen.

Next year's FTA officers were announced at the annual banquet 19. President is Linda Hotz; Vice-President, Barb Friedl; , Barb Robbie; Treasurer, Candy Kiplinger.

by Robie Carmichael For most seniors and many juniors the task of picking the "right" college from a 900-page catalog listing 32,785 colleges and universities in the continental United States is finished . Many students, willing to go to White Horse Junior College in Alaska to get away from home, find themselves frustrated by parents who won't let them out of the state. Others are influenced by legacies left them by older members of the family, they like the climate or the boygirl ratio, and now and again someone takes the academic situation into consideration.

With the choice established, however, each prospective college freshman faces the task of deciding which precious miscellaneous possessions he will take with him to the 12' by 18' room he will occupy (along with a roommate) for the next four years.

Portable stereos are a must, along with the 475 Peter, Paul & Mary, Mancini, and Hub Kapp and the Wheels albums he has managed to collect.

Travel posters and Danger, High Explosive signs stolen from construction sites m ust be taken to decorate the walls, as well as the last 42 copies of Mad (to be plaoed in strategic positions to cover up food stains on the desks).

Once the decision of what to take is made, the problem of transporting it is tackled. Since the cost of air shipping such items as 22 empty wine bottles with candles in them, three beer can pop art sculptures and a giant panda bear, along with other necessities, like clothes, is exorbitant, many harried fathers wearily relent and let their calculating offspring take the most precious image-producer of them all, the car.

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From Russia To Prom Tips by Chryse Schory, Carol Thomas, and Linda Wells To aid the socialites in deriving maximum enjoym ent from the Prom, here are a few not-to-bemissed attractions: 1. Cheri Moredick's combination formal-swimsuit with waistplunging neckline and breakaway skirt.

2. Tim Gerber's blue brocade tux.

3. S u z y Buchanan's midnight dive into the T own House pool <fully dressed!).

4. All the senior boys who didn't come.

5. Post-Prom rumble at Ray's between seniors and juniors.

Question of the week: What was the plot of "From Russia With Love"? For those of you who missed the details, dittoed summaries can be obtained from James Dworak.

0. K. seniors, get out the stop watch. Only 903,600 seconds till graduation starting at 3 p.m. to day!!!

Eaton Sees City Gov't Nancy Eaton attended the an nual Honorary City Official Luncheon Tuesday, May 25. After the noon luncheon at the SheratonFontenelle, Nancy and other students sat in on a C i t y Council meeting in session.

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The Westside Chapter of the Archeological Society has also officers. Master Archeologist is Tom Thiessen; Correspond' Holden Aust; Direc tor of Research, Ellet Hoke; Chief rbisher of Artifac ts, Dave D' Audney; Chief Cartographer, Hale Imperial Keeper of the Sacred Bundle, Mike Christiansen; Archeological Tital, Praetor, Coordinator, and Kudos, Mr. Wells.

Chief of the Hot Winds is Mr. Richard Winchell; Dolt, Bob Schilesser; Comptoller of the Nahu-rack, Eric NilsGreat Royal Unquestionable Boob, Dan Wolf.

Others in the club were given the title of Members of the Skunk Tobacco Pouch. These include AI Beamis, Patti Glenn, Bob Steve Kinsey, Patti O'Connor, Bill Simms, and John Skeims.

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Another populat· outfit this summer will be the French-influenced hip buggers. The hip hugger pants have the bell shaped bottom. The pants are of white cotton sailcloth, pocketed, with brass buttons and belted in a tri-color stripe. The halter top. also in cotton cloth, tops off the pants. pants are about $10 and the halter top about $5 both by Phil Rose.

A girl's best friend this summer will be the smocl~ed dresses.

These swinging, carefree dresses are plain and fancy to fit the occasion. The first smock dress is checked with white eyelet at the cu ffs and the collar.

It 1s about $18 in sizes 5-15.

The second is a tailored smock with giant pockets and an extra large collar for about $15. The third is a fancy smock with poofed sleeves and the popular Empire line.

We've outfitted ourselves with summer clothes for the dry set.

Now we need to take a look at the off shore swim suits. Cole of California has created the "Scandal Suit" for the nice girls. One example of this type of suit is the bikini connected with fishnet that makes it look like a one-piece suit. The "Scandal Suits" come in a variety of styles in sizes 8-16 priced from $18 to $24. Jantzen also has different suits from which to choose. There are two piece styles, blouse styles, fishnets, polka dots, lace covered, and checks. All these suits and many more can be found in the Swim Shop at Brandeis.

For the best in summer furl wear be sure to stop in at Brandeis today located downtown, the Crossroads, and Gold's in Lincoln.

Have a great night at the Prom and a wonderful mer!

Sandy will see you next year but Lynda will be at the university. Best of luck to her and the other 1965 graduates.

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The 1964-65 sports year has been the best in Westside's history.

Once considered the doormat of the Omaha schools, Westside has progressed to the point where this year it can win the Metropolitan all sports trophy, given to the Omaha school which has amassed the highest total of points through state ratings in all ten sports.

Outstanding and unprecedented accomplishments by this year's ath· letes include: 1. the state's sixth-rated football team which toppled defending state champion Creighton Prep, a team said to be invulnerable, 20-13; 2. Westside's first all-state football player-senior end Bob Rahe;

Westside State cha mpions for the 1964-65 year. Top row: (I to r) Bob Rahe and Jo hn Buller. Second row: Phil Amis, Joh n Lindstromberg, and Tom Curran. Bottom row: Rich Young , Steve Snodgra ss, Scott Swanson , and Scott lausterer.

Baseballers Defeat UnbeatenSouth4-3 Westside's debut in the state baseball tourney was spoiled as they were defeated by Ryan 6 to 3.

Ryan jumped out to an early lead which they never relinquished. The Warriors bounced back, but could never quite catch the Knights.

Topped by Mark Jensen's deep triple, the Warriors collected five hits. Their main downfall was the seven errors they committed. Al Zimmerman pitched the entire game and gave up only one hit after the first inning. After defeating the Warriors 6 to 3, Ryan went on to win the state title.

Returning to Metro play, the Warriors handed South their first loss, 4 to 3. The game was tied 3 to 3 after the regulation seven innings. Steve Bachaus, second string catcher and outfielder, then led the eighth inning with a home run over the left field wall. The blast, Steve's first of the year, gave starting pitcher Larry Eisenhauer the win. Also leading the nine hit parade were AI Zimmerman with a home run, and Bob Urosevich with a single, double, and triple.

Rain has plagued the baseball team this past week. Only one game out of two that were scheduled has been played. The Warriors game with T. J. was called at the end of two innings with the "Whiz Kids" leading, 1 to 0.

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The baseballers did manage to complete a shortened game with Tech. The Trojans fell to the Warriors 3 to 0. Led by Steve Hartung's one hit pitching, the Warriors were never threatened.

Six Tech batters were strike-out victims. Al Zimmerman led a five hit attack with two hits.

Cindermen Bent At Truck Meet in the state capped a Westside's

. run, and the 2-mile relay team, both of in their event U,P until th Neither Jepsen nor the rela team qualified in the preliminaries.

The season itself did have its bright spots as Westside won the Council Bluffs Relays for the second straight year and both of the season's d u a 1 meets. Coach Bill Hoyt is pleased with the performance of this year's underclassmen, who promise a strong team next year.

3. a basketball team which won 18 games and placed second in the Metropolitan Conference, one-half game behind Bishop Ryan. In achieving their first state tourney berth, the Warriors were eliminated in the semi-finals by McCook, 53-52, and finished the season on the third notch of the state ratings.

4. Westside's first all-state basketball player----John Buller.

5. a swimming squad that won the conference championships in the newly built pool, acclaimed as possibly the best high school pool in the Mid-West. This same team was edged out by five-year defending champion Lincoln Southeast by one point in the state meet.

6. two-event gold medal-winner Tom Cu rran, 100-yd. and 200-yd. freestyle, and freshmen champions Todd Smith, Diving, and Steve George, 400-yd. freestyle; 7. two wrestling state champions in Scott Lausterer and Scott Swanson; 8. a track team which included event leaders throughout the season a nd up until the state meet, Bill J epsen , 880-yd. run, and the 2mile relay team; 9. a golf squad which won the Metropolitan Conference championships for the second straight year; 10. a baseball team which made it to the four-team state tournament; 11. R icb Young's tennis singles mastery in both the Metro and state meets.

T he 64-65 athletic year was a year of heartbreakers. One point w as the difference in both the swimming meet and the basketball semi-final loss. However, Westside is capable of going all the vvay in j ust about every sport as shown by this year's results; and with the number of outstanding athletes and returnees, will almost a ssuredly repeat this year's success next year. Westside has excellent material, coaches, facilities, a nd most important-desire. How can they lose?

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Young Wins Net Tit Westside golfers won their second straight conference crown by winning the Metropolitan Conference Championship at Miracle Hills Mark Rickerson's par three on e eighteenth hole proved to be the difference as the Warriors edged Creighton Prep by two strokes, 322-324.

Westside leader Rickerson finished with 77, two strokes behind medalist Tom Hopkins of Prep.

Larry Hamer• finished with 79 fol,.~~·~~'hyTom Nilsson, 82, and Barry Zoob, 84.

The State Meet in Lincoln was a different story, however, as the four capital city schools took the top four places in the meet at Lincoln's Holmes Park. Lincoln Northeast, paced by medalist Tim Nelson, who shot a 73 on the par 72 course, took top honors with 224, followed closely by Lincoln Southeast, Lincoln Pius, and Lincoln High. Nebraska City was fifth followed by Westside with 238.

Mark Rickerson again paced the Warriors with 77-followed by Barry Zoob, 80, and Larry Hamer, 81.

Both male and female tennis teams have compiled impressive records in city and state competition this season.

The boys ended tied for third in

New Pool Has ANew Sport A new sport played strictly for fun and conditioning has been started at Westside. The new sport is water polo. Members of the swim team and other interested participants play every Tuesday and Thursday night.

Mr. Cal Benz, director of the program, stated that "The game is an excellent body conditioner as well as being challenging and a lot of fun." Mr. Benz also explained that "Seven-man water-polo is very similar to basketball. The players are positioned in a similar manner, and the object of the game is to shoot a ball into a specific area without being blocked."

Sophomore 'D:Jm Petty, an enthusiastic participant who hopes to make the swim team next year, stated, "I think it's great fun, and it also improves my swimming ability."

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Phil Blum and Jeff Gail who, according to Mr. Bob R macher, played a fine match, defeated by the s t ate do champion team from South.

In Metropolitan competition, girls' team remained undefe with two ties to Benson and tral. Westside did not show in finals of the elimination tou ment, however. Debby Browne to the eventual winner, Sh Kemp, of North, in the se round. Terri Sconce was elim ed in the first round by Ben first singles and Cindi McD and Carol Stromberg were be in the semi-finals by South's doubles team.

With Debby as the only ating senior, the team's chanc next year look good, accord' Miss Sigrid Larson, tennis c

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