Lincoln High School 1937 Yearbook

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOLUME TWENTY~ONE

Preface

Before you turn these pages, think what has been the happiest occasion of your high school life. Has it been a certain class, the friendship of a faculty memb.er, a play, the actual beauty of the building-with its long halls and stairways pulsing with student life for nearly eight hours each day?

When you have read the book from end to end and laid it open to the signatures of your friends, if you have not found so much as an allusion to the cherished part of your career, then we have failed in bringing to you the story of Lincoln high school-19 37. We hope that it will present a fresh picture to your mind each time you return to it.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

Dedication Administration In Memoriam

FACULTY

SENIORS

JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES.

ACTIVITIES

Dedication

Greater tribute than we are able to give is due the teacher u;ho, with U1ttiring patience and business-like practice, has piloted the Advocate through nine years of publication. To the joy of every organization in school, she has maintained the Advocate's generous policy of giving to each all the publicity it deserves. To a remarkable degree she inspires every pupil to do his best, whatever it is. She has b~come, in the minds of all who know her, a keen and vibrant personality. With appreciation and admiration, we dedicate this book to Miss Belle Farman.

Exactly a century ago Horace Mann began his work as secretary of the Massachusetts State board of education. In this pos ltion he envisioned the possibilities of public education, and made practical the ideal that boys and girls are entitled to an opportunity to make the most of themselves. Today institutions like Lincoln high school and publications like the 1937 Links are living expressions of this ideal.

Congratulations to the Class of 1937.

You r Links is the net which will assist you, in future y ears, to catch again the many delightful rainbow -hued memories of high school life, memor ies which might otherwise escape and be forever lo st.

In view of the crowded conditions that have long existed in Lincoln high school, one is impressed by the gains students have made in s?Ifdirection. It is much to their credit that for the most part they meet responsibilities, respect the rights of others and act with fairness and good taste in their dealings with one another.

Another chapter has been written in the history of Lincoln high school. Another group of boys and girls has upheld in a splendid way its traditions. As they scan the pages of this Links, they can justly be proud of the part they have had in making the life of the school meaningful, not only for themselves, but for others.

The Links Board

LUCILE THOMAS Editor

Miss SARAH T. Mu1R Chairman of the Board

EDWIN WITTENBERG Managing Editor

FRANK KANE Financial Adviser

ESTHER STUERMER Associate Editor

Miss VERA GARRISON Literary Adviser

CLYDE MARTZ Business Manager

IlN MJEMORllAM JLOUilSE .N\Illl..LJER

"' - nnn m~moiry of Iherr IP&trncnrurn lberur111mg p !mer wuclle ~llnoiair&lhtnp \l mall the lbe&uty of lker mand ll1ldl ch rs.cteno .,,

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Latin.

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ANDERSON, MRs. ALBERTA B.

Science and home economics, credit adjustment ~ommittec.

ANDERSON, ELLEN V

Mathematics, auditing committee chairman.

APPLEGATE, GOLDIE P.

BABICH, MRS. LORETTA G.

Commercial, vocational committee chairman.

BALIS, MRS. NELLIE Study hall. Acting teacher.

BARDWELL, MAR y N.

Science, courtesy committee, health committee, national honor society sponsor.

BEATTIE, ETHEL B.

Latin, art committee, class of 1937 sponsor

BEECHNER, RALPH

Physical education, basketball coach, athletic board, L club sponsor

BEEKMANN, EMMA E.

Social science, class of 1940 sponsor.

BEYNON' A. BLODWEN

Commercial, auditing committee, faculty committee on student affairs, class of 19 3 8 sponsor.

BONNELL, VALERIA

Modern language, leisure committee, library committee, Bookworms sponsor.

BRATCHER, EULALIE

Commercial, commercial club sponsor.

BRYAN, EDNA E. Science, auditing committee.

BRYANT, ETHEL Eni?lish, Mimes sponsor.

CATHER, ELSIE M.

English, library committee, alternate representative to Lincoln teachers association council, writers club 5ponsor

CooK, INEZ M.

Mathematics department head, credit adjustment committee, debate board of control, vocational committee, Forum sponsor.

COOMBS, MRS. IRMA \V.

Social science, Mimes sponsor.

DANA, GLADYS E.

Fine arts, art committee, art club sponsor.

DA VIS, MARGARET

Social science, debate board of control, library committee, Forum sponsor.

DIAMOND, EVELYN

English. Acting teacher.

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Du coMBE, FRANCES E.

English, credit adjustment committee.

DUNLAP' HELEN L.

1'.fathem:itics, citizenship committee, faculty committee on st udcnt affairs, student council sponsor.

ELLIS, EDITH M. Mathematics, Girl Reserves sponsor.

ENGLISH, ELSIE M.

English, citizenship committee, home room representatives sponsor.

EVANS, CLARENCE E. Industrial arts.

FARMAN' BELLE Engli h, Advocate editorial adviser.

FISHER, BESSIE

English, faculty committee on student affairs, Advocate finance adviser.

FOSTER, CECILIA A. English.

GARRISON, VERA A. English, Links editorial adviser.

GEIGER, Lucy M.

Science, citizenship committee, Girl Reserves sponsor, alternate representative to Lincoln teachers association council.

GERE, MARIEL C.

Science department head, chemistry club sponsor.

GREEN, MELVILLE F. Commercial, auditing committee, student activity funds finance secretary. •

GUNDERMANN, MARGUERITE M. Modern language, health committee.

HALL, RUTH N. Mathematics, cl:iss of 1940 sponsor.

HENNINGER, MRS. KATHERINE L. Home economics, home economics club sponsor.

HICKS, CLAIRE English.

HOUSMAN, MRS. FERN P. Commercial, class of 193 8 sponsor.

HoY, HARRY Science, Hi-Y sponsor, health committee.

HuLLHORST, MARY F. Mod~rn language, credit adjustment committee.

HYATT, MRS. GRACE G.

Social science department head, assembly committee, social committee.

JACKSON, MARY F.

Mathematics, auditing committee.

JENKINS, FLORENCE G.

Social science, Clef club sponsor.

JOHNSON, ARVID N.

Industrial arts.

JOHNSON, EARL

Physical education department head, athletic board.

}ONES, GERTRUDE

Mathematics, faculty committee on student affairs.

JURY, }ESSIE B.

l atin department head, leisure committee chairman, assembly commiLtee chairman.

KANE,FRANK

Commercial department head, Links finance adviser.

KuKLIN, HARRY

Physical education, swimming, golf and tennis coach, athletic bo ard , L club sponsor. Acting teacher.

KVASNICKA, GERALD A.

Fn g li~h, debate board of control chairman, debate coach.

LEFLER, ESTHER

Commercial, auditing committee.

McMAHON, GRACE E.

Mathematics, courtesy committee

MAPES, MRS. MAR y C.

School nurse, health committee.

MAYHEW, WINIFRED

English, writers club sponsor.

MEHRING, NEAL

Physical education, athletic board, reserve basketball coach, football coach, L club sponsor

Mo IA, LILLIAN

Science, health committee, class of 1939 sponsor.

Mo TGOMERY, EsTHER D.

English, faculty committee on student affairs, home room representatives sponsor, Lincoln teachers association president.

MORRISON, CLAUDE 0.

Industrial a rt s, leisure committee , camera club sponsor, Radiolinks spo nsor

MUELLER, FRANK

Srien c e, L club sponsor, r eserve football coach, baseball coach, athletic board.

Mum, SARAH T.

En g lish department head, publications board chairman, vocation al committee, Nebraska state teachers association president.

MURRAY, ETHEL

Home economi c s, h o me ec onomics club sponsor, health comm1ttcc.

NEVIN, BERNARD F.

Orchestra director, band director. Leave of absence second seme tee.

NOLL, EFFIE M.

Commercial, auditing committee.

ORNESS, CARL J.

Industrial ans department head, alternate to Lincoln teachers association council.

PHILIPPS, ELMO B.

Social science, health committee, travel club sponsor.

PIPER, JENNIE L.

Social science, as~embly committee.

PRICE, RUTH A.

Social science, citizenship c;ommittee chairman.

PROCTOR, MARGARET E.

Mathematics, national honor society sponsor.

PROUTY, MARGARET Jo

Science, camera club sponsor, health committee, courtesy committee.

PUTNEY' NELIE A.

English, library committee, Bookworms sponsor.

REED, RAYMOND

Orchestra director, band director, preparatory band and orchestra. Acting teacher.

REIN, MRS. FRANCES R.

Commercial, commercial club sponsor.

ROBERTS, CARRIE s.

Social science, library committee, national honor society sponsor.

RoKAHR, ELSIE K.

Modern language, travel club sponsor, class of 1937 sponsor.

SCHAIBLE, JANE

English, Mummers sponsor, dramatics coach.

ScHEMEL, HELENE M.

Science, health committee chairman, library committee.

SELL, DAVID

Commercial, athletic department business manager, L club sponsor.

SHORT' MAMIE F.

Science, auditfng committee.

SNYDER, EMMA E.

Library, library committee chairman, faculty committee on student affairs.

SPRUNG, ANNETTE M.

Modern language department head, faculty committee on student affairs chairman, Mummers sponsor.

STORY' LILLIAN E.

Physical education, athletic board. G. A. A. s_ponsor.

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SToTTs, EvA

Home economics, home economics club sponsor.

STOWELL, HELEN M.

Music, octet director, Orpheons sponsor.

TEBBETTS, MRS. BER ICE w. Modern language, class of 1939 sponsor.

TEMPEL, WILLIAM G.

Music, opera and choir director, Clef club sponsor.

WALLACE, ]AMES S.

Industrial arts, vocational committee, graphic arts club sponsor.

WEATHERBY, DORCAS Attendance director

WIBLE, JosEPHINE E. Mathematics.

WILSON, HELEN

Fine arts department head, art committee chairman, art club sponsor.

WOOLFOLK, VIRGINIA

Physical education, G. A. A. sponsor. Peppers sponsor.

Administrative and Library Assistants

EDNA B. WILLIAMS Registrar.

DOROTHY BEAVER Secretary to the principal.

LEONA OLSON Offi e secretary.

VIRGINIA A. BERGMAN Library assistant.

Miss Cather, comfortably seated at her desk, scans the Scribe To her right is Ervin Landegren. It doesn't take a spry cameraman to catch him in this pose. From the corner Miss Williams flashes her ever ready smile. On the left is a candid cameraman's eye-view of Mr. Evans in his eternal blue and white stripe. Harry Kuklin takes time out from his lunch to SMILE at the camera. What is he reading? . . On the left is Miss Short. . . To spy Miss Dunlap at her desk is to realize the thoroughness with which she works .... On her right Miss Price presents an interesting profile against the winter sky as she admonishes a modern 2 student . . . . Arvid Johnson lends a helping hand to a drafting student. . . : And at the bottom-yes, they lunch, and the camera doesn't seem to fluster Miss Bryant or Mr. Hackman.

§JEN JIOJll§

Her endeav she toe and ur that e 1 tion f alike. whom

Mi: rende a gre : schol : to · SU dents her c : the 1

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Miss Ethel Beattie

life has been dedicated to educational ors. When she was made sponsor, ,k hold of the task in her usual quiet 1assuming way. She possesses qualities 1able her to obtain utmost cooperarom teachers, parents and students She is a scholar, rp.usician and friend we are proud to acknowledge.

Miss Elsie Rokahr

;s Rokahr has again as class sponsor red to students of Lincoln high school ;it service. By her quiet efficiency and 1rly diplomacy she has helped the class ccess in its many undertakings. Stuwho have studied foreign language in lasses have gained a r.ich background of :undamentals arid will c~rry pleasant ::>ries of this competent instructor.

Senior Sponsors

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Class History

As each September and January inevitably presents itself, the "Old Mill" receives its cut of raw material. This latest product, we the class of '37, is not only up to standard, but has reached the pinnacle of the standards established by the classes of the past.

During these three years we as a class have developed from mere children with meager ambitions into a student body that is representative of the youth of today, embodying a thirst for knowledge of the cultural, technical and literary sciences.

Coming from our respective junior high schools, we must have appeared a motley crew of impetuous juveniles with naught but deviltry for our goal.

The plant was prepared for us, however, and we were put through the first step in the production line. We were advised about curriculums and given an intelligence test. We came in two droves, our advance guard, the January seniors of '3 7; and the June group, about nine hundred in all. We were placed under the sponsorship of two resourceful and capable women, Miss Ethel Beattie and Miss Els i e Rokahr.

During this first period of our high school Ii£e we heard much of such minor details as what are we planning to do in later life? However, we gave more serious thought to what we were going to wear at the sophomore party. This party was, by the way, full of humor and pathos . As it was for many of us our first taste of high school social life, I believe that some of us were overcome by

the weight of the affair and consequently clung tenaciously to the wall.

Members of the sophomore cabinet for this class were Jean Gosnell, William Weston, Helen Coffee, Elizabeth Groth, Bruce Robb, Dorothy Anderson, Ray Schrader and Homer Labovitz.

Considering ourselves well established in high school by February, '3 5, we gloated with malign satisfaction over the class below us who were our inferiors by a whole semester. At this time the class was granted the right to hold an election of officers and the results were as follows: George Binger, president; Clyde Martz, vice-president; William Weston, secretary and Elizabeth Groth, treasurer.

Now we were enjoying the benefits and pleasures of the various clubs that seemed to fit our re.spective inclinations. Those who would dabble in the sciences found a haven in the chemistry club and the Radiolinks and then there were those who would have gone on indefinitely putting mustaches on posters, if they had not found vent for their talent in the art club.

Came the fall of '3 5, and we acclaimed William Kinnamon, president; George Binger, vice-president; Dorothy Anderson, - secretary and Clyde Martz, treasurer. This year the attendance at school activities was greatly increased by the inaugurat!On of a new system, that of selling to the student body activity tickets with which they were able to en joy the manifold pleasures of student activities at greater convenience and economy to all concerned.

Athletic, dramatic and debating organizations made outstanding records of achievement, the class of '3 7 doing more than their part.

In February, '36, Dorothy Anderson was elected to the office of president. William Kinnamon took charge of the duties Qf vice-president with George Binger and Jack Hyland as treasurer and secretary respectively.

In the dramatic limelight came the presentation of a weird and powerful mystery drama by the seniors, called The Green Ghost. Another dramatic high light, but in a lighter vein, was Dollars to DQUgbnuts, presented by the Mummers.

This semester also saw us proudly marching to the field of blood and honor, the olympics. (We lost.) There ensued on that day noble feats of strength and bravery, and the juniors failed by very few points to win the affair.

With the advent of September, '36, we were all seniors and walked confidently into school with that "Today I am a Man" feeling.

The officers for this semester were Virginia Westfall, president; Dorothy Anderson, vicepresident; William Kinnamon, secretary; Henry Lorenz, treasurer for the January graduates while chosen to serve the June class at this time were

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ean Gosnell as president; Arthur Adams, viceresident; Jack Hyland, secretary and William Ves ton, treasurer.

Our class gave the annual senior assembly in f?vember of this year, '36. The quite appronate theme of a ship was used to typify our mrney through school. It was touched with !n timen t, for soon some of us would be on the utside in other lines of endeavor.

We gave as our dramatic offering Noel Coward's ll Leave It to You, which was a dramatic and nancial success. We watched the Mummers 10w, Daddies, and the juniors realize their dramtic aspirations in a mystery thrill that made our :alps feel prickly for the rest of the year.

The senior sermon for the January seniors was iven by Rev. C. H. Walcott at The First Baptist :hurch. W.ith that we bade a heartfelt farewell o a goodly portion of our classmates.

For our last election of class officers in February f '37 we chose Arthur Adams, president; Jean ;o,;nell, vice-president; George Hulac, secretary nd Calvin Rollins, treasurer.

By this time our thoughts turned to such raditions as class colors, class party and class ,icnic. The Links office on the third floor began o take on an air of activity. We began to feel he thrill of accomplishment, for we had plans or doing all the little activities that go to make ,eing a senior worth the waiting.

For many of us this is a period of grelt decision. Aatters of utmost importance to our futures rnu~t ,e decided. Shall I go on with my education and ,repare for some specialized position or shall I ake 1:he chance of jumping into a job with com1aratively good future and requiring no great deal ,f additional training? To many of us the pros1ect of a salary lures us a way from further duc_ation, but those with greater foresight can ead1ly see that today the untrained worker must abor against greater odds than ever before, and hat he has a very slight chance of doing more ~an barely managing a meager existence for 11mself and his family. This problem is in many :ases solved by our curriculums which have pre1ared us for this most important decision.

Senior speakers chosen on the basis of what they ?n ~ssemble in a piece written during an hour in ~ngltsh 11 classes represent their classmates at >oth ~he January and June commencements. Rep·esentrng the January class were Dorothy Cook, peaking on the topic, Footprints of Aristotle, and ·rank Roth, telling of New Trends in the Social ;ciences. Speaking for our June class were Calvin lollins, on his topic, Edu.cation and Democrac-y, md Gertrude McArthur, whose theme was New ;rontiers. The student speakers for the class of 3 7 imparted thoughts that will remain with us 'or a good while because they struck deep.

Many of us begin •to look back, others steel hernselves for more work. However, the majority

of us will admit that these have been the most important years of our lives and that the future holds little prospect for as much fun as we have enjoyed during our high school days. We now fully realize how great an influence a teacher may have over a pupil and we are thankful that the faculty of dear old Lincoln high school is of the highest type.

In a ceremony unprecedented in the history of Lincoln high, the class of 1937 planted on the campus a tree to stand as a memorial to a teacher who had passed away leaving behind her thirty years of distinguished service in Lincoln schools Miss Louise Miller, whom high school will re~ member for her inspiring influence as an English teacher. Acting as master of ceremonies in his capacity of president, Arthur Adams gave a short dedicatory address, and the other class officers placed ~he ~arth around th'1 roots of the young tree which 1s to stand for the spirit of Lincoln high's students and faculty for years to come.

It is an epoch-making period in which men are ~ettering previously established marks in every line. The debate team engages in a heated battle of wits, and while we of the class of '37 are so engaged, the real thing is taking place with the peace of nations at stake. The football teams fight valiantly, charging toward their adversary's goal stripe simultaneously; the armies of nations go about similar maneuvers, but in no such carefree spirit of fair play, for their goal is not a white line but a bloody goal of military victory. :"e as a class are privileged in that we are studymg at first hand what classes of the future will read about! Perhaps it would be more of a privilege to graduate from high school at a time when the world's society is more stable and not on the verge of revolutionary upsets.

January Senior Officers

r Icnry Lorenz

Trr·as urer

Dorothy Anderson

\ 'icc-J,rrsident

William Kinnamon Secretary Virginia Westfall President

Our class officers have been highly representative of our ide a ls. They have embodied the characteristics of the modern young man and woman who, at the climax of their high school sojourn, are fulfilling their duties carefully and conscientiously, cooperating with the teacher and pupil. President was Virginia Westfall;

vice-president, William Kinnamon; secretary, Dorothy Anderson and Henry Lorenz, treasurer. They led their division of the class of 1937 through the last semester with · flying colors, a color day assembly and arrangements for commencement. We salute our class dfficers and hope that they will be leaders throughout their lives.

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DOROTHY JUNE ANDER 0

Arts and science, junior class president and secretary. senior class vice-president, student council pres ident, ophomore cabinet, Advocate news editor, national honor society.

FLORENCE ]ANE APGAR

Arts and science, Mimes.

PERSHING J. BACKDAHL

Arts and science.

DOROTHY MARIE BAIR

Arts and science, G. A. A.

THERESA E. BAKER

Stenographic, home room representatives, commercial club, G. A. A., Girl Re erves, national honor society.

FORREST EDWIN BEHM, Jr.

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Pri11c e of Pilr£'n, football, L club, national honor society.

JACK N. CHRISTENSEN

Arts and science, home room reprc entativcs, band, J oy night, chemistry club.

HELEN MARGARET CLARK

Stenographic, commercial club, G. A. A.

DAVID CooK

Engineering, home room representatives, art club, Orphcon\, national honor society.

DoROTHY CooK

Arts and science, senior speaker, chemistry club president, Advocate news editor, Orpheons, home economics club president, writers club, Girl Reserves, national honor society.

Jovc..E E. CRAIN

Fine arts, Advoca te.

]UNE ELAINE CRITCHFIELD

Art s ind science.

Cu o CARL TON CRONN

Arts and science, Advocate, band.

WILLIAM C. DAVISON

Engineering, home room representatives, Joy night.

ROBERT w. DEVOE

Agriculture, from Staunton Military Academy.

DoN ALD G. DICKSON

Arts and science, Joy night, Mimes, Mummers, chemistry club, national honor society.

JOHN DIETRICH

Merchandising.

RICHARD C. DOUGLASS

Bookkeeping.

CARL FRANKLIN ECKLE

Arts and science, home room representatives, Advocate, art club treasurer, art award.

]ANE ELLIS

Arts and science, student council, choir, girls glee, Mimes president, Mummers, Orpheons, Clef club, Joy night, Girl Reserves, national honor society.

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HELEN FERN EVANS

Stenographic, home room representatives, chairman property committee Growing Pains, national honor society.

JOHN DAVID FOLSOM

Arts and science, home room representatives, Growing Pains, Joy night, swimming, national honor society.

-RAYMOND L. FRANCIS

Arts and science, home room representatives.

DOROTHY N. FRANKLIN

Stenographic, home room representatives, Advocate, Joy night, G. A. A. letter and state award, Girl Reserves, writers club, national honor society.

WILLIS E. FRAZIER

Engineering, chemistry club, national honor society.

RUTH E. FRITZLER

Arts and science, Joy night, writers club, G. A. A., Girl Reserves, national honor society.

]OHN J. GABARRON

Arts and science.

HARVEY L. GATES Bookkeeping.

LENORA M. GORDON Merchandising.

WAYNER. GoRTON

Industrial arts, football.

BARBARA F. GREGORY

Arts and science, from Westport, Kansas City, Missouri, high school.

HARR y L. GRIFFIS Bookkeeping, commercial club.

CA THERINE L. GRONQUIST

Bookkeeping, from Holbrook high school.

DERRILL HANSEN Engineering.

MAX M. HAYV/ ARD Arts and science.

VIRGINIA KATHERINE HEIN

Arts and science, home economics club.

ER VIN HEISER

Engineering, football, L club.

LOUISE NAT ALIE HEISER

Arts and science, from Hallam high school.

ELMER L. HELLWEG

Agriculture, boys glee, Joy night.

FRIEDA HELZER

Home economics, national honor society.

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GERALDINE HowELL

Stenographic.

VINCENT CHARLES JOHNSON

Ans and scienc'!.

WILLIAM R. KEANE

Merchandising, Links advertising staff.

ELLIS RUSSELL KENNEDY Fine arts.

BETTY }Al'lE KINGERY

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Prince of Pil sl' n, Joy night, Orpheons, writers club, Mimes treasurer , Clef club

WILLIAM E. KINNAMON

Arts and science, junior class president, junior class vicepresident, junior class secretary, home room representatives, Joy night, football, basketball, baseball.

FRANKLIN L. KNUDTSON

Engineering.

WOODROW w. LAHR

Engineering, home room representatives, track, n:i ti onal athletic scholarship society , national honor society.

BETTIE V. LARSEN

Bookkeeping, Advocate , commercial club, Bookworms, Girl Reserves

MARGARET E. LEACOCK

Stenographic.

CATHERINE M. LEMLY

Arts and scienc e, home room representati ves, Girl Reserves, commercial club , national honor society.

DoN ALO B. LEUCK

Arts and science.

RICHARD w. LOGAN

Engineering, Advocate, Joy night, swimming, cheer leader, L club, art club.

FRANCESBELLE LONG

Arts and science, commercial club

HENRY LORENZ

Arts and science, home room representatives, senior class treasurer, football.

HENRY R. LUTZ

Auto mechanics, track, football, L club.

JoHN W. McDowELL, Jr. Fine arts, boys glee.

FRANCES McGREGOR

Home economics, choir, girls glee, Prince of Pilsen, Joy night, Orpheons, G. A. A.

FORREST R. McMICHAEL

Engineering.

ARTHUR E. McWILLIAMS

Agriculture, reserve football, track, L club.

]OHN S. MADDUX

Engineering, chemi try club, Hi-Y, national honor society.

JEANNE ELIZABETH MARTIN

Arts and science, home room representatives, commercial ·club.

DOROTHY C. MERTZ

Arts and science. from David City high school, home room representatives, commercial club.

LLOYD EVERETT MILLS

Arts and science, orchestra, track, national athletic scholarship society.

AUGUST C. MORISSE

Merchandising, reserve football, first squ:ad football.

FLOYD H. MORRIS

Arts and science, band, chemisuy club.

RICHARD LEE MORSE

Arts and science, home room representatives, Prince of Pilsen, Clef club president, boys glee, choir, wood wind quintet, Orpheons, orchestra, chemistry club, national honor society.

]ACK D. OBBINK

Agriculture, Advocate.

ROBERT EUGENE ODEN

Commerci:al, home room representatives, chemistry club.

MARJORIE ANN OTOUPALJK

Agriculture, from Fairbury high school, Advocate.

CYNTHIA MARIE OVERTON

Stenographic.

WILMA P. PARKS

Arts and science, Girl Reserves.

KENNETH PARROTT

Trades preparatory, baseball, reserve football.

]ACK CONRAD POTTER

Arts and science, from Commerce high school, San Francisco, California, home room representatives.

JUNE ARLENE PREECE

Arts and science, commercial club, Girl Reserves.

WILDA FAE PUDDY

Arts and science, Orpheoos, Clef club.

MARY ETTA K. PURDY

Merchandising.

MARJE REITZ

Home economics, home room representatives, Girl Reserves, home economics club

MARIAN LA V ONE REPETTO Stenographic.

RICHARD CRAMER ROBBINS

Fine arts, home room representatives, choir, boys glee, art club , Mummers, Prince of Pilsen, property manager for I'll Lra11e It to Yott, Joy night.

E. WOODROW ROBINSON

Engineering, choir, boys glee , Prince of Pilsen, .Joy night.

MILDRED OLIVE RONNE

Arts and science, writers club, chemistry club, Girl Reserves, G. A. A.

FRANK EARL RoTH, Jr.

Arts and science, home room representatives, senior speaker, national honor society.

VICTOR FREDRICH SCHAEFER Trades preparatory.

DA VE H. SCHESSLER Industrial arts.

OTTO G. ScHLEJGER Arts and science.

PAULINE SCHNEIDER

Stenographic, national honor society.

EVELYN VIRGINIA SEIFFERT Stenographic.

EDITH GERTRUDE SHAFFER Bookkeeping.

LORRAINE SHARRICK

Arts and science, from Pasco high school, Kansas City, Missouri, travel club vice-president, Bookworms, Girl Reserves.

NETA ADELE SHEAR

Arts and science, chemistry club, travel club.

wALTER SILKEN Agriculture.

SYLVAN FLOYD SISSON Fine arts, boys glee.

}EAN LUCILLE SMITH Arts and science, home room representatives.

LUMIR SPLICHAL Electrical trades.

HERBERT J. STEWART Arts and science.

MILDRED STORER

Arts and science, Advocate news editor, orchestra, Orpheons, Girl Reserves, national honor society vice-president.

EARL STROM Bookkeeping, choir, boys glee, Prince of Pilsen.

DOROTHY MARIE SULLIVAN Stenographic.

ORA LEROY VAN Scyoc, Jr.

Arts and science, Forum, commercial club, national honor society.

VICTOR F. WALTER

Arts and science.

BOYD MILTON WEDGWOOD

Arts and science, track, L club.

CLARA WERTZ

Bookkeeping, Joy night, commercial club, G. A. A. first and second state awards, national honor ociety.

MARTHA JANE WERTZ

Stenographic, commercial club.

VIRGINIA M. WESTFALL

Arts and science, home room representatives , senior class president, choir, G. A. A., Girl Reserves, Clef dub secretary and treasurer, Orpheons.

VERL E. WHEELER

Agriculture.

DoN I. WHITMORE

Engineering, reserve football.

DOROTHY WISHNOW

Arts and science, girls glee, Mimes.

GWENDOLYN ETHYLMAE WITTENMEYER

Merchandising, Advocate, Joy night, commercial club.

JOHN F. WORRALL

Agriculture, home room representatives, reserve football.

HELEN ELIZABETH YOST

Arts and science, home room representatives, Girl Reserves.

January Seniors Not Having Pictures

] AMES BAILEY

GEORGE E. BURR

MILDRED D. CLARK

MARGARET HELEN DENNISO T

CRYSTAL EUGENIA ELUOTT

WILLIAM E. ESTES •

DALE PRESTON FELLERS

RONALD HARRY FOREMAN

HENRIETTA ARLEY GJEBELHA us

EVELYN M. GORRALL

FRANK H. GRAHAM

MERRILL E. GREEN

LANORE B. HALLET

}OYCE faLEENE HARRINGTON

}AcoB HucK

CHARLES }ACKMAN

RICHARD 0. JOYCE

ROBERT L. KASSEL

Roy EVERETT KERSEY

EVELYN M. KOEHLER

DORIS B. LEIDIG

HARRY R. LUEDTKE

EDWIN D. LYMAN

AUGUST MORELL

LEONARD s. ORTIZ

HELEN FAE PITZER

PAUL RASMUSSEN

ROBERT WILLIAM RAUGH

BRETA ]EAN RE SON

HERMAN KENSINGTON SCHMIDT

CHARLES H. SONGER

WALTER STIASTNY

PAUL F. TOWNSEND

RoBERT W. TwAY

ESTHER C. WELLS

MAX OAKLEY WITT

osnell d Cyland ry !mester

William Weston Treasurer

Arthur Adams Vice-President

June Senior Class Officers

The officers of the June division led approxiately four hundred and fifty of their classmates 1rough the concluding phase of high school life. he last semester of a senior class is always ·imful of activities in which the class officers ust be the guiding influence inspiring coordin1on of the various factions. The officers per-

formed the tree planting ceremony and were in charge of the senior party and commencment. These occasions were carried out under the competent guidance of our student administrative staff. They brought the class of thirty-seven through to a fitting and triumphant conclusion, a credit to their alma mater.

Semester

Rollins Hulac ry Senior

Jean Gosnell Vice-president

Arthur Adams

Prestdent

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ARTHUR E. ADAMS

Arts and science, home room representatives president, junior class vice-president, senior class president, choir, boys glee, national athletic scholarship society, national honor society.

EsT}:IER M. ADAMS

Merchandising, Girl Reserves, commercial club.

ROBERT EUGENE ADAMS

Arts and science, orchestra, band, choir, woodwind quintet, Joy night, Sweethearts, Orpheons.

EDWARD ARCHER ALBRECHT

Engineering, home room representatives, orchestra, band, football, basketball.

EDITH MARIE ALCORN

Arts and science, chemistry club, national honor society

)ACK BYRON ALLES Engineering.

VIRGINIA MARIE ALT

Commercial, from North Platte high school.

NORMA M. ANDERSEN

General, Girl Reserves, commercial club, G. A. A. awards , home economics club.

Rov FRANK ANDERSEN Bookkeeping.

BERTHOLD $. ANDERSON

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Orpheons.

CLYDE L. ANDERSON

Agriculture, band

HELEN M. ANDERSON

Arts and science, from Edison high school.

MARIE ANDERSON

Arts and science, Advocate, orchestra president, Joy night, Orpheons, writers club, chemistry club, Girl Reserves

ORPHA E. ANDERSO

Engineering, chemistry club, Hi-Y.

MARY RUTH ANDREWS Stenographic.

HARRY RAY ANKENY

Arts and science, tennis, Hi-Y, art club, L club vice-president, national athletic scholarship society, national honor society.

DOROTHY ARMENTA ARNOLD

Fine arts, commercial club, national honor society.

CouR TNEY SuE AsHTON

Arts and science, Growing Pains, art club, Mummers.

ALLEN A. ASHWORTH

Arts and science, chemistry club.

WILLIAM B. AULT Agriculture.

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IRVIN CARTER BABB

Engineering, chemistry club.

]EAN KATHRYN BAKER

Arts and science, Girl Reserves, G. A. A.

HELEN' LUCILLE BALD

Merchandising, from Custer, South Dakota, high school, home economics club, commercial club.

MARY E. BARCH

Arts and science, Girl Reserves, art club, travel club, Bookworms program chairman and president.

F. LENORE BARCUS

Arts and science, home economics club.

]ACK BARKER

Trades preparatory

DOROTHY EVELYN BARTLETT

Stenographic, from Havelock high school, band.

WENDELL M. BASYE

Arts and science, Joy night, Forum historian, secretary and vice-president, debate team.

s. THOMAS BATSON

Arts and science, from Cathedral high school, Hi-Y.

Enw ARD BAUER

Arts and science.

ERVIN H. BAUER

Agriculture, boys glee.

RAYMOND BAUER

Agriculture.

NORMA M. BEAUCHAMP

Arts and science, home room representatives, national honor society.

EDWIN J. BECKER

Merchandising, from Emerald high school.

WILLIAM E. BECKER

Arts and science, from Friend high school.

PA UL ORLANDO BEEBE

Engineering , home room representatives, choir, boys glee, Forum, Hi-Y, chemistry club.

OTHELLO R. H. BEEZLEY

Arts and science, Hi-Y.

LARENE BEIGHLEY

Agriculture, orchestra.

RoRERT LEE BELTZ

Arts and science, home room representatives, boys glee, Joy night, I'll Leave It to You, L club, national athletic schola_rship society, national honor society.

BETTY MAXINE BENNETT

Arts and science, girls glee, choir, Sweethearts, Clef club editor, writers club, Orpheons, Joy night, Girl Reserves, Mimes, chemistry club, travel club, national honor society.

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LEO w. BENSON

Arts and science, home room representatives, choir, Joy night, football, baseball, basketball, track, national athletic scholarship society.

EVELYN MARGARET BENTLEY

Stenographic, from Central high school, commercial club.

DORIS ELIZABETH BERG Arts and science.

ELIZABETH )3ERLOWITZ

krts and science, from College View high school.

DELBERT JAMES BETZ

Engineering, home room representatives, orchestra, band, football manager, L club.

MARY Lu BETZER

Arts and science, Mlle Modiste, G. A A., Girl Reserves.

GEORGE RICHARD BINGER

Arts and science, home room representatives, sophomore president, junior vice-president, Joy night, football, baseball, basketball, national athletic scholarship society.

ELWYN E. BLAKELY Agriculture, band.

BoNNIE DoRALDEAN BusH General, Advocate, G. A. -'>,. awards, first state award,.

ROBERT STANLEY BLYTHE Engineering

PHYLLIS MAXINE BOLING

Arts and science, Girl Reserves.

GEORGE G. BoRGENS

Arts and science, track , chemistry club.

ESTHER MARGARET BOWERS

Arts and science, orchestra, commercial club, D. A. R. scholarship.

JOHN EDWARD BOWERS

Arts and science, from Holdrege high school.

MARIAN BowERS

Arts and science, home room representatives, Mlle. Modiste, Prince of Pilsen, Sweethearts, I'll Leave It to You, Joy Night, art club.

ELEANOR M. BOYD

AftS and science, girls glee, Girl Reserves.

ANITA BRASE

Stenographic, home room representatives, commercial club , Girl Reserves, national honor society

METTA KATHERINE BRAUN Arts and science.

ADAIR BRITTON

Arts ahd science, Advocate.

ELIZABETH MAY BROWNE

¥ts and science, Advocate, writers club historian , - Girl Reserves publicity chairman, art club.

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ROSEMARY LEE BRYANT

Arts and science, from St. Joseph Central high school, Advocate.

ELIZABETH L. BRYSON

Arts and science, home room representatives, Girl Reserves, national honor society.

LLOYD }OHN BUECHEL

Engineering , boys glee, chemistry club.

MARY B. BULLOCK

Arts and science, Joy night, Mimes, Forum, writers club president, Girl Reserves, chemistry club, national honor society.

FRANK E. BURDELL, Jr.

Engineering, from Coney high school, Augusta, Maine, camera club secretary and treasurer.

H. MELBOURNE BURDEN

Fine arts, boys glee, Joy night, art awards.

MARY Lou BuRNS

Arts and science, choir, girls octet, girls glee, Joy night, Mimes, Clef club editor, Orpbeons.

WILLIAM BuscH

Merchandising.

RICHARD FRANKLIN BusH

Arts and science, Prince of Pilsen, choir, Hi-Y, chemistry club.

HERBERT HAROLD BµTE

Merchandising.

EDWARD PAUL BUTLER General.

DOROTHY M. CAMPBELL

Arts and science, home room representatives, Scribe editor, Dol/11,s to Doughnuts property manager, Gr01'ling Pllins, Mummers, Peppers, writers club, national honor society.

}OHN DARWIN CAMPBELL

Arts and science, Growing Pains, Hi-Y.

}OE B. CARLSEN

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Sweethearts business manager, Mummers.

CHARLES L. CARPER

Arts and science, golf.

DOROTHY IRENE CARTER Fine arts.

LoRELLA THELMA CARTER

Stenographic, Girl Reserves.

VIRGINIA HELEN CARVETH

Stenographic, G. A. A., commercial club.

LYLE CLIFFORD CAYWOOD Trades preparatory, boys glee.

FLOYD CHALLSTROM

Trades preparatory.

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GEORGE MELVIN CHAPMAN

Industrial arts, from Omaha Technical high school, band.

WESLEY ARTHUR CHARLTON

E.lectrical engineering, boys glee, commercial club.

MARGUERITE CHASE

Arts and science, Orpheons, Girl Reserves, commercia l club, Clef club.

GENEVIEVE CHRISTOPHER

Arts and science.

BARBARA CLARK

Home economics, home room representatives, girls octet president, girls glee, choir, Sweethearts, Joy night, Orpheons, Clef club, Mimes.

TWILA YVONNE CLARK

Arts and science, commercial club president, G. A. A.

BETTY ANN CLARKE

Arts and science, chairman of property committee I'll Leave It to You, Joy night, Forum, writers club, chemistry club.

WILLIAM LEROY CoE

Arts and science.

GAYLORD L. CoLE

Arts and science, baseball.

JOHN R. COLE

Arts and science, home room representatives, debate team, national honor society.

JEAN ELEANOR COLEMAN

Stenographic, commercial club secretary.

ROBERT F. COLES

Arts and science, chemistry club vice-president, national honor society

WAYNE A. CooK

Engineering, chemistry club.

MARGARET COOPER

Home economics, from Frankfort high school, commercial club.

AGNES FERN COTTER / Bookkeeping, Girl Reserves, G. A. .t\.

IRENE COURTENAY

Fine arts, home room representatives, art club, Girl Reserves, camera club.

JACK H. COWELL

General.

JEAN ALENE Cox

Stenographic.

W AHNEETA H. Cox

Arts and science, from Malvern high school, commercial club.

ELIZABETH CROSS

Arts and science, art club, writers club, Girl Reserves membership chairman, travel club, Bookworms; national honor society.

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H. YVONNE CRUMP

Stenographic, comm~rcial club.

VIOLAMAE CULP

Stenographic, commercial club, Girl Reserves.

EUGENE EARL CUMMING

Trades preparatory, boys glee club.

NORMAN 0. DAHLBERG

General, choir, boys glee, Joy night, Orpheons, Mummers, art club, Mimes, travel club president, Hi-Y.

JOHN FRANCIS DALTON

Engineering, from Cathedral high school.

WINIFRED ANN DALTON

Stenographic, from Cathedral high school, commercial club.

GERALD WILLIAM DAVIS

Chemical engineering, boys glee, choir, Forum, Mummers, chemistry club, Hi-Y.

OAKLEY DAVJS

Arts and science, sophomore cabinet, home room representatives, basketball.

]AMES BARCLAY DAWSON

Trades preparatory.

WARREN DAY

Arts and science, Hi-Y.

JANE DE LATOUR

Arts and science, girls glee, choir, Growing Pains, Joy night, Mummers, Girl Reserves cabinet, Clef club, G . A. A., travel club.

MARTHENA DENSBERGER

Stenographic, commercial club, Links staff.

JoHN C. DE PuTRON

Engineering, home room representatives, choir, boys glee, Sweethearts, Orpheons, camera club president and vicepresident, Hi-Y president and vice-president.

HARRY E. DEVORE

Engineering, chemistry club.

IRMA DE VRIENDT

Bookkeeping, Girl Reserves.

RUSSELL L. DICKSON

Arts and science, from Panama high school.

DOROTHY DIEFENDERFER

Bookkeeping, Girl Reserves.

MARY DIETRICH

Stenographic, choir, girls octet.

ELIZABETH ELANORE DIETZE

Arts and science, home room representatives, Girl Reserves, home economics club.

DOTTIE MA y DILLOW

Stenographic, from Wymore high school, commercial club vice-president.

FRIEDA KATHERINE DINGES

Arts and science, Girl Reserves, G. A. A. award.

HERMAN J. DINGES

Merchandising:

LEON CLAUDE DONLEY

Arts and science, home room representatives, choir, chemistry club.

KATHRYN L. DONOVAN

Arts and science, from Omaha Benson high school, commercial club.

MARGARET ANN DORN

Stenographic, commercial club.

DoRRENCE TRUEMAN DUFFIELD

Engineering, choir, boys glee, Prince of Pilsen.

JULIA EASTMAN

CLARE NEWELL EATON

Arts and science, chemistry club.

RICHARD DALE EBELJ.NG

Arts and science, chemistry club, commercial club.

WILLIAM EBERLINE

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Advocate, I'll Leave It to You advertising manager, Prince of Pilsen, Joy night, Mummers, Clef club, writers club, Orpheons.

DOROTHY EBNER

Arts and science, commercial club.

CHARLES HARDING EDHOLM

Arts and science, camera club secretary and treasurer.

EDw ARD EmsoN

Engineering, orchestra, band, Forum editor, Hi-Y historian, Radiolinks.

EVELYN MAE EGLEY

Art~ and science, Advocate circulation manager, Girl Reserves, writers club, Bookworms secretary and treasurer.

VICTORIA J. EKBLAD

Arts and science, junior glee, Joy night, Mummers, Forum, Girl Reserves, commercial club, travel club, national honor society.

EDNA ' MARIE EMERSON

Home economics, choir, girls glee, Joy night, Orpheons, Clef club, G. A. A.

LULUBEL EMERSON

Arts and science, choir, Dollars to D01eghnuts, Sweethearts, Mummers historian, Orpheons! che~istry club, Mimes, Peppers, writers club, national honor society.

RICHARD CLINTON EMRICH

Arts and science, Hi-Y.

AUSTIN R. EVERETT

Arts and science.

MILAN I. EVERETT

Arts and science

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VIOLET ANNETTA FAIG

Arts and science, cqmmercial club, Girl Reserves.

LEROY RICHARD FARMER

Arts and science, home room representatives, choir, boys glee, Sweethearts , Advocate, football, basketball, L club.

RUTH HELEN FAllMER

Arts and science, from York high school, choir, girls glee, Orpheons, Girl Reserves.

BETTE FASICK

Arts and science, art club, Girl Reserves.

DONALD ALEX FAULHABER

Arts and science, from Walton high school, travel club.

WIL~ON EUGENE FIELD

Agriculture, cheer leader.

SHIRLEY L'MARIE FINK

Arts and science, from Wymore high school, Joy night, G. A A first state award.

GRACE JEAN FINNEY

Stenographic.

LESTER EUGENE FISHER

Electrical engineering.

AVERY E. FoRKE

Arts and science, student council vice-president, woodwind quintet, drum major of band , Growing Pains, Forum, Mummers president, camera club

LEROY FosTER Engineering.

JACK D. FOWLER

Arts and science, home room representatives.

RAY J. FRANCISCO

Merchandising, commercial club.

CHARLOTTE Lov1sE FRANKLIN

Arts and science , Advocate, Joy night, Peppers, commercial club.

WILLARD R. FREDERICK

Electr ical engineering.

JUANITA FREDRICKSON

.Arts and science.

MILDRED MA y FREEMAN

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Orpbcons.

HENRY FRICKEL

Industrial arts.

WILLIAM FULLER

Engineering

MARJORIE ANN GABEL

Stenographic.

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WILLIAM F. GAISER

Engineering.

MAXINE ELIZABETH GARY

Sten~graphic. -

JOHN ROBERT GATES

Engineering, student council, home room representatives, band, Hi-Y, camera club, national honor society

MAXINE LORRAINE GmsoN

Arts and science, Mummers, Orpheons.

RICHARD FRANK GILLEN

Arts and science, home room representatives , orchestra, band.

BETTY Lou GoRRAL

Arts and science, from Aurora high school, Mumm~r~.

JEAN GOSNELL

Stenographic , home room representatives, senior president and vice-president, choir, Mummers, commercial club, national honor society.

EDGAR TREES GRAHAM

Arts and science.

ROBERT C. GRAHAM Engineering.

FREDA C. GRASMICK

Stenographic

BETH GREENE

Arts and science, from Jamestown high school, North Dakota.

MARGER y GRIESS

Arts and science, girls glee, choir , Joy night, Clef club, Orpheons.

VELMA GRIMM

General, art club, Girl Reserves. commercial club.

ELIZABETH GROTH

Arts and science, student council president, junior class treasurer, home room representatives, girls glee, Sweethearts, Mummers president, choir, national honor society.

Lucn..LE ELIZABETH GRoTJAN

Stenographic, Girl Reserves, Peppers, commercial club editor, chemistry dub.

MILDRED B. HAACK

Arts and science, commercial club, Girl Reserves.

EMMA HABERMAN

Stenographic, commercial club.

Lois MA v HAGELIN

Arts and science, Girl Reserves, travel club.

RoBEB.T HuGHES HAGEMAN

Arts and science.

EVERETT E. HALE

Arts and science, boys glee, Advocate, Mimes, travel dub, Hi- Y, chemistry club, track

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ANNIS L. HALL

Arts and science, from Rosiland high school.

MERLE HANCOCK

Arts and science, orchestra, band, camera club.

HELEN MARJORIE HANDSAKER

Stenographic, from Nevada, Iowa, high school, G. A. A. award.

VIRGINIA L. HANEY

Arts and science, home room representatives, Girl Reserves.

JANET HARRIS

Arts and science, student council editor, sophomore cabinet, home room representatives, choir, Mimes treasurer, Peppers, Joy night, Advocate, Girl Reserves, home economics club.

AUDRA A. HAWLEY

Arts and science, orchestra, Girl Reserves, Peppers, chemistry club, national honor society.

MALCOLM s. HA YES

Arts and science, orchestra, Sweethearts, Orpheons, Clef club vice-president, national honor society.

MORRIS DWIGHT HA YES

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Advocate, Sweethearts, Joy night, Mimes, Orpheons, Mummers, Hi-Y.

BEN R. HEARD

Arts and science, from Roosevelt, Des Moines, Iowa, high school, Advocate business managet, band, Joy night, national honor society.

MARGARET C. HEDSTROM

Stenographic, choir, girls octet, Daddies business manager, Joy night, Sweethearts, Mimes, Mummers, Orpheons, Clef club, Girl Reserves, Peppers, national honor society.

PH!LIP H. HELLER

Arts and science, home room representatives, orchestra president, string quartet, Orpheons, writers club, chemistry club, national honor society president.

VMAN FRANCES HENDRICKS

Stenographic.

DoN H. HENDRY

Mechanical engineering, football, chemistry club.

RAYMOND E. HENSLEY Engineering.

0BERA HERRON

Arts and science, commercial club, Girl Reserves.

EARL HEUSER Agriculture. boys glee. track.

NoLA FERN HINER

Arts and science.

JAMES RUSSELL HOAGLAND

Bookkeeping.

LUCILLE F. HOFFERBER

Bookkeeping, Joy night, G. A A. first and second state ' awards, Peppers.

ENID MAE HOFFMAN

Arts and science, home room representatives.

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KARL HoHLEN

Engineering, orchestra, woodwind quintet.

LIL y ALICE HOLLAND

Home economics, Girl Reserves.

FREDRIC HOLLINGSWORTH Engineering.

NATE CORNELL HOLMAN

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Dollars to Doughnuts, Sweethearts, Mummers secretary, Orpheons, Hi-Y treasur~r, Mimes.

GLEN NEWTON HOLMES

Trades preparatory.

GEORGE E. HULAC

Arts and science , senior secretary , choir, boys glee, writers club, Dollars to Doughnuts , I'll Leave It to You, Princt of Pilsen, Sweethearts, Mummers, Hi-Y.

EILEEN L01s Hul'il T

Arts and science, Joy night, Cle£ club, Girl Reserves, commercial club

ANN HUSTEAD

Arts and science, Advocate news and associate editor, Links staff, Growing Pains, Joy night, Mimes vice-pres.ident , writers club historian and secretary, Mummers, art club.

JOHN E. HUTCHENS

Arts and science, Joy night, Cle£ club, commercial club.

WINIFRED HUTCHISON

Arts and science, choir.

JOHN WACHTER HYLAND

Arts and science, student council vice-president, juni0r class treasurer, senior class secretary, home room representatives, football, basketball, golf, L club.

LEROY C. IHRIE

Arts and science.

ROBERT LEROY INGRAM

Arts and science.

MARIAN R. INHELDER

Arts and science, Girl Reserves, chemistry club, home economics club treasurer and president, national honor society.

PHYLLIS Lou IVERS

Arts and science, choir, girls octet, girls glee, Growing Pains, Joy night , Mummers secretary, Mimes, Cle£ club, Orpheons, commercial club, Girl Reserves, Peppers.

BERNICE VIRGINIA JAHN

Arts and science.

DONNA MARCIA JENKINS

Stenographic, girls glee, Girl Reserves, G. A. A.

DoRITHY LORETTA JOHANSEN

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Orpheons.

BETTY MARIE JOHNSON

Home economics, from Manual Training high school.

ELWOOD W. JOHNSON

Fine arts.

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NORMAN E. JOHNSON

Engineering.

VIVIAN E. JOHNSON

Stenographic.

BARBARA JOHNSTON

Arts and science, student council, choir, Advocate sales manager, Orpheons, Daddies property manager, Mummers, Forum, I'll Leave It to You, national honor society.

RAYMOND A. JOHNSTON

Arts and science.

EMILY DARLENE JOHNSTONE

Stenographic, Advocate secretary, Links staff, Joy night, G. A. A. sC'Cretary, G. A. A. award, national honor society.

WILLIAM S. JoLITZ

Engineering.

HAROLD S. jULIN

Trades preparatory, from Bristow high school.

BURL W. JUSTICE

Arts and ~cience, from Wymore high school.

VIOLET KAPKE

Stenographic.

WILLA KEEF

Arts and science, Girl Reserves.

ALSA KELLER

Stenographic, Advocate, Dollars to Doughnut s, Mummers, commercial club president.

KATHRYN ANN KELLISON

Arts and science, Joy night, G. A. A. president and vicepresident, G. A. A. first and second state awards, Girl Reserves , Peppers.

MARJORIE RUTH KELLY

Arts and science, choir, girls octet, Sweethearts, Mummers.

Ro BERT F. KIERSTEAD

Arts and science, boys glee, Hi-Y, chemistry club.

RUTH HELEN KILZER

Arts and science, from Seward high school.

FRED ERVIN KING

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Joy night, Prince of Pilsen, Orpheons, Hi-Y secretary, Clef club.

JAcK Duft.NE KIRKBRIDE

Arts and science, from Valley high school, football.

GERTRUDE KLEINERT

General, from Wyandotte high school, Kansas City, ' Kansas.

DOROTHEA RUTH KLIPPERT

Stenographic, home economics club secretary, commercial club, national honor society.

MARIE MARGUERITE KNABEL

-.Stenographic, commercial club.

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DOROTHY DARLENE KNIGHT

Fine arts, choir, girls glee, I'll Lea11e It to You, art club, Mummers, Girl Reserves.

C. BRUCE KNOTT

Engineering, band.

GRACE HOPE KNUDTSON

Stenographic, Advocate, commercial club.

BETTY ]OE KOEHLER

Arts and science, home room representatives, Growing Pains, Peppers, Mummers, Orpheons, Joy night, Mll e Modiste, national honor society.

MARGARET FRANCES KooNs

Stenographic, choir, girls glee, commercial club, Clef club.

WAYNE HOWARD KOONS

Engineering, boys glee, national honor society.

RICHARD KOONTZ

Fine arts, Links staff, national honor society.

WILLIAM KORELLA

Arts and science, Radiolinks vice-president , secretary and treasurer.

MINNA KOROL

Arts and science, chemistry club secretary and treasurer, Girl Reserves, national honor society.

LEONA ANNA KRAUSE

Stenographic, from Syracuse high school, junior mixed glee.

DALE ANDREW KREPS

Art s and science, choir, boys glee, Dollars to Doughnuts, Daddies, Mummers, Mimes, Forum, Orpheons, national honor society.

LOREN FOLLMER KRICKBAUM

Arts and science, boys glee, Radiol inks.

HOMER F. LABOVITZ

Arts and science, home room representatives, sophomore cabinet , Advocate, football and basketball trainer, L club.

VIRGINIA LAGONIA

Stenographic, commercial club sergeant-at-arms, Girl Reserves , G. A. A.

ELWOOD LAHR

Arts and science

LEE M. LANGE

Engineering, choir, I'll Leave It to You business manager, travel club vice-president.

BETTY LAUGHLIN

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Joy night, Mummers, Orpheons, Girl Reserves.

GEORGE WAYNE LESSENHOP Agriculture, boys glee, Joy night.

IDAMAE HELEN LEUCK

Stenographic, Advocate, commercial club.

TAYLOR E. LEWIS

Arts and science, home room representatives, Advocate.

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ELAINE LINSCOTT

Arts and science, Joy night, camera club, Girl Reserves, G. A. A. president, G. A. A. first and second state awards , Peppers.

CARL E. LONDON

General, hoMe room representatives.

KENNETH H. LONGMAN

Arts and science, band, Advocate, writers club, Hi-Y, national honor society.

LESLIE T. LOVERCHECK

Engineering, choir, Growing Pains , Daddies , Mummers Hi-Y

RICHARD E. LOWE

Arts and science.

FREDERICK H. Lo WELL

Engineering, home room representatives, Hi-Y.

CHARLES RICHARD LUCHSINGER

Arts and science.

GERTRUDE McARTHUR

Arts and science, home room representatives, senior speaker , Growing Pa i ns , Joy night, Mummers, Forum, Mimes, national honor society

0RBA McAvoy

Stenographic , from Omaha Technical high school, orchestra, commercial club

V1v1AN JEAN McCAULLEY

Stenographic, commercial club.

MARILYN JEANNE McCLARY

Arts and science, Orpheons, Girl Reserves, Mimes, national honor society.

Eow ARD BoswoR TH McCONNELL

Arts and science, from Polytechnical preparatory school, New York, home room representatives, Advocate managing editor, Hi-Y vice-president , national honor society.

Lms ARLINE McCRACKEN

Arts and science, orchestra, Growing Pains, writers club, Girl Reserves, art club, home economics club.

BETTY JEAN McFARLAND

Arts and science, art club, Girl Reserves.

RuTH McFARLAND

Bookkeeping, G. A A. award.

BETTY McGEACHIN

Arts and science, Advocate associate editor, Links staff, Mummers, camera club secretary, national honor society.

MARGARET ANN McGoNAGLE

Stenographic, from Aurora high school , choir, girls glee, Joy night, Grou1ing Pains, Orpheons

KAY DouGLAS McKA y

Engineering, Daddies , Joy night, Mummers, Mimes, Hi-Y.

LLOYD McMAsTERS

Engineering, Hi-Y.

RoBERT McNIFF

Industrial arts, orchestra.

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VAUGHN M. McVEY

Engineering, band, Clef club.

VERNON CLYDE MADDEN

Arts and science.

DONALD F. MARLER

Arts and science, home room representatives, writers club , national _ honor society.

GEORGE WILLIAM MARROW

Trades preparatory, baseball, national athletic honor society.

MARTHA JANE MARTIN

Arts and science, choir, girl s glee, Joy night, Orpheons, Mimes treasurer.

RODNEY L. MAR TIN

Agriculture, home room representatives, art club.

CLYDE 0. MARTZ

Arts and science, class vice-president and treasurer, student council, Advocate, Growing Pains business manager, Forum and Hi-Y presidents, national honor society.

AMENDA MASER

Stenographic , commercial club

LILLIAN JUNE MASER

Stenographic, commercial club vice-president.

JOHN CHARLES MASON

Arts and science, student council secretary , home room representatives, choir, Joy night, Hi-Y, Mummers treasurer, Forum vice-president, Orpheons, national honor society.

RUBIN MAUTER Agriculture.

CA THERINE ELIZABETH MA y

Arts and science.

VIRGINIA LEONA MAY Stenografhic.

FRED JENNINGS MEIER

Arts and science, home room representatives secretary and treasurer, football.

CHARLES ROBERT MEISENBACH Engineering.

RUBY PAULINE MELINE Stenographic.

HOWARD WILLIAM MELTON

Arts and science.

WILLARD NEAL MERTZ

Arts and science, band, orchestra, woodwind quintet, Joy night, Orpheons, Clef club, Hi-Y, tennis, national athletic scholarship society.

ELIZABETH F. MEYER

Arts and science, student council editor, Advocate managing editor, Mummers, Peppers, national honor society.

ADA CHARLOTTE MILLER

Arts and science, orchestra, Clef club secretary and treasurer, national honor society.

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ADELINE MILLER

Home economics, from East DenYer, Colorado, high school, Girl Reserves.

ALVIN s. MILLER

Merchandising.

GEAN FRANCES MILLER

Arts and science, from Denver, Colorado, South high school.

KENNETH C. MILLER

Arts and science, Growing Pains, Joy night, Forum editor and treasurer, Hi-Y cabinet, writers club, Mummers, debate squad, manager of interclass debates

MARION MILLER

Arts and science, home room representatives, choir, girls glee, I'll Leave It to You, G. A. A., Girl Reserves.

RICHARD G. MILLER

Arts and science, Hi-Y.

BERNARD B. MILLETT

Engineering, chemistry club.

DONALD V. MILLS

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Radiolinks, Hi-Y, chemistry club.

V1cToR J. MoLZER

Arts and science, orchestra, band, woodwind quintet, Joy night, Orpheons.

MARJORIE HELEN MOORE

Arts and science, home room representatives, Joy night, Clef club, Girl Reserves, commercial club, national honor society.

NAVADA JANET MORRIS

Arts and science, Advocate, Girl Reserves, national honor society.

DoN ALD L. MORTENSEN

Engineering.

ELIZABETH JEANNETTE MUELLER

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Growing Pains, Prince of Pilsen, Mlle. Modiste, Orpheons secretary, Mummers, Forum treasurer, national honor society.

ROBERT MULLINER

Arts and science, band, chemistry club.

ELEANOR FRANCES MURPHY

Arts and science.

JOHN P. NEILL

Trades preparatory.

DONALD A. NELSON

Engineering, boys glee, Hi-Y, chemistry club, national honor society.

GERALDINE NELSON

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Girl Reserves, commercial club.

NORMA NELSON

- Stenographic, Girl Reserves, commercial club.

RICHARD NEU

Arts and science, boys glee, Prince of Pilsen, Forum, Hi-Y.

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RUTH NEUENSCHWANDER

Arts and science, G. A. A , home economics club, Girl Reserves.

HAROLD MILTON NEUFELD

Arts and scfonce, choir, boys glee, Prince of Pils e n, swimming.

EVELYN RUTH NEWKIRK

Home economics, commercial club, art club.

DoRTHE JOANNE NEWMAN

Stenographic, Growing Pains, art club.

HILLIS C. NEWMAN

Agriculture, Forum.

RUTH CAROLINE NICHOLAS

Stenographic, Advocate, G. A . A . , Girl Reserve s ,

L01s MAIZE NOBLE

Arts and science, Girl Rese-rves, commercial club , G. A. A.

JUNE NAOMI O'DRISCOLL

Stenographic, girls glee.

DEAN CLARKE OGLE

Engineering, choir, boys glee.

MARIA CHARLOTTE OLSON

Art s and science, from Mis soula County , Montana, high school, camera club.

MILDRED FERN OLSON

Stenographic , commercial club.

GWENITH ORR

Arts and science, student council , choir, girls glee, DaddieJ property manager, Mimes, Mummers vice-president, Orpheons , Peppers, national honor society

KENNETH ORTH

Arts and science.

THELMA LORRAINE OSTERMILLER

Stenographic, Advocate, commercial club , G. A. A., Girl Reserves.

NELDA PABST

Stenographic, choir, girls glee, Joy night, Orphcom, Clef club

VONDA PACKARD

Stenographic, Advocate, commercial club editor

DORA LORETT A PARBST

Stenographic.

JAMES B. PATRICK

Agriculture, from Beatrice high school.

ROBERT p ATTERSON

Bookkeeping.

ELIZABETH ANN PATTON

Arts and science, home room representatives, girls glee, Joy night, I'll Leave 1t to You, Mimes, Clef club, Mummers, Orpheons.

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FREDERIC PAUL, Jr.

Arts and science.

DOROTHY ALICE PEGANS

Arts and science, orchestra, Mummers, Mimes.

LEONARD FRANCIS PELTIER

Arts and science, Growing Pains, Forum, Hi-Y, national honor society.

BETTY JEAN PENDLETON

Arts and science, G. A. A. secretary.

DOROTHY £LIZABETH PERKIN

Stenographic, from Maywood high school, commercial club.

CLAUDENE FRIEDA PETERSON

Stenographic, commercial club.

EDw ARDENE MAE PHILLIPS

Aru and science, Advocate, Growing Pains, Joy night, writers club, art club secretary, Mummers, Drake scholarship.

JACK A. PIERSON

Engineering, home room representatives, boys glee.

Ro BERT E. PILLERS

Arcs and science, home room representatives.

HARRY w. PINNEKER

Engineering, football.

GERALD PIPHER

Engineering, choir, boys glee, graphic arcs club, chemistry club, camera club.

DEAN PoHLENZ

Arts and science, Scribe board, Advocate managing editor, Daddies, Mummers, L club, writers club, Hi-Y, national athletic scholarship society, national honor society.

LEON H. PoucK

Arts and science, Advocate, chemistry club, national honor society.

JESSE Cu TON POLLARD

Arcs and science, from Soldan, Sc. Louis, high school, crack.

SHIRLEY PoLSKY

Arts and science, choir, Scribe staff, Advocate news editor, writers club, Girl Reserves, Orpheons.

JULIA MAXINE PowELL

Stenographic.

FRANK WILMETH PROTZMAN

Arts and science, from Malcolm high school.

CHARLOTTE L. QUICK

Arcs and science, orchestra president, string quartet, writers dub vice-president, Forum, Orpheons, national honor society.

RICHARD D. RADMORE

• Arts a nd science.

HAROLD FREDERICK RAYMER

Merchandising, Mimes, national honor society.

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RUBY RECKLING

Fine arts, girls glee, travel club.

BETTY L. REED

Stenographic, Girl Reserves, commercial club secretary.

ELIZABETH STOCKTON REESE

Arts and science, student council secretary, choir secretary, Sweethearts, Orpheons president, G. A. A., Peppers captain, girls octet, Mummers, national honor society.

]ANET REGNIER

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Advocate, Orpheons, Girl Reserves.

ESTHER IRENE REITER

Stenographic, G. A. A., commercial club, Girl Reserves.

ESTHER L. REMBOL T

Arts and science, chairman sophomore cabinet, orchestra, choir, girls octet, girls glee.

LOGAN B. RHODEN

Engineering, home room representatives, Advocate managing editor and advertising manager.

ARLENE RICE

Stenographic, commercial club.

BRUCE ROBB

Arts and science, student council, home room representatives, sophomore cabinet, Mimes secretary, chemistry club, national honor society.

HoR TENSE Ro BB INS

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Girl Reserves, chemistry club.

JOSEPHINE A. ROBECK

Arts and s.cience, Joy night, Mummers, art club, Mimes, Girl Reserves, home economics club, national honor society.

Ross Ro BERT RoBINSON

Arts and science, from East high school, Sioux City, Iowa, boys glee.

GENEVIEVE IONE RODGERS

Arts and science, from Mankato, Kansas, high school, Dollars to Doughnuts, Mummers, Girl Reserves.

LAVERNE MAXINE ROEDER

Stenographic, from Emerald high school.

JACK CURTIS RoHRBOUGH

Engineering, from Omaha Central high school, chemistry club, Hi-Y.

MARJORIE RoJESKI

Arts and science, home economics club.

CALVIN D. ROLLINS

Arts and science, home room representatives, senior speake;, orchestra, choir, woodwind quintet, debate, Forum president, Hi-Y, Orpheons, national honor society.

VIVIAN Roos

Stenographic.

SYLVIA MAE ROSENSTOCK

Stenographic,. commercial club, Girl Reserves.

RuTH RosKER

Arts and _ science, from Cathedral high school, home economics club.

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STANLEY BRUCE Ross

Engineering, camera club.

CYRIL w ARD ROUNDS

Arts and science, from Mound Missouri, high school, band.

GEORGE SIBLEY ROYAL

Arts and science, Advocate circulation manager, camera dub president and vice-president.

CARL ALSTON ROYER

Arts and science, band, Joy night, Mimes, Hi-Y, commercial club.

GLEN R. RUFF

Trades preparatory.

EDWARD J. RYAN

General, from Cathedral high school, home room representatives, Advocate, Joy night, Hi-Y, camera club.

JOHN ROBERT SANDBERG

Arts and science, student council, orchestra, Growing Pains , Mimes, Hi-Y vice-president, Mummers vice-president, camera club, writers club treasurer, national honor society.

General.

w ALTER H. SCHAER

MABLE LoDESCA ScHELL

Stenographic, Advocate, commercial club, G. A. A. awards, Girl Reserves.

LAVERNE LUCILLE SCHMIDT

Stenographic, comQ1ercial club.

MOLLIE SCHNEIDER

Stenographic, commercial club.

ERNEST CHARLES ScHNIRL

Trades preparatory.

OR VAL RICHARD SCHREURS Trades preparatory.

VIRGINIA DOROTHEA SCHUTTE

Stenographic, Girl Reserves.

LORRAINE A. ScHwEDHELM

Arts and science, girls glee, choir , Joy night, writers club, Girl Reserves, home economics club vice-president, national honor society.

VERNETTA SEIPP

Arts and science, from Bethany high school.

HEROLD SENG

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, camera club, Hi-Y, national honor society.

E. ELMER SHEY

Arts and science.

RAYMOND CHARLES SHRADER

Arts and science, sophomore cabinet, reserve football.

MARIAN JEAN SIMMONS

Arts and science, orchestra, Advocate news editor, Links staff, debate, Forum, Orpheons treasurer, Cl f club, Girl Reserves cabinet, national honor society vice-president.

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FRANCES JOAN SJOQUIST

Stenographic, commercial club secretary, art club, national honor society.

DOROTHY loNE SMITH

Fine arts.

GENEVIEVE LOUISE SMITH

Arts and science, choir, Orpheons, Mummers, Clef club, Girl Reserves, chemistry club.

GLADYS CAROLINE S~ITH

Arts and science, commercial club, home economics club.

RICHARD SMITH

Arts and science, orchestra, Orpheons president, tennis.

THOMAS PARKER SMITH Engineering, chemistry club.

JAMES RoY SNYDER

Arts and science, Hi-Y.

ALICE D. SOHL

Arts and science, from Ashland high school.

CARL HENRY SPECHT Engineering, Advocate.

PAUL WILLIAM SPEIER

Arts and science, home room representatives, Daddies, Joy night, camera club, Mummers, national honor society.

LOUISE HAZEL SPELTS

Arts and science, G. A. A.

VIVIAN PAULINE SPLAIN Stenographic.

KENT CLANCY SPOHN

Agriculture, home room representatives, choir, boys glee, travel club secretary, chemistry club, national honor society.

LOUISE STAPLETON

Arts and science, choir, girls octet, girls glee, Sweethearts, Orpheons, Girl Reserves.

JANET STECKELBERG

Arts and science, home room representatives, orchestra, string quartet, Dollars to Doughnuts, Joy night, Clef club, Mummers, national honor society.

MARION STENTEN

Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Joy night, Orpheons, Clef club, Mimes secretary, Peppers, national honor society.

BETTY STEVENSON

Arts and science, from Fairview high school, Dayton, Ohio.

ROLLIN EBERL y STODDARD

Arts and science, Hi-Y, chemistry club.

MARY HELEN STODDART

Arts and science, Advocate, Girl Reserves.

PAUL STOEHR

Trades preparatory.

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JACK MA YO STONE

Arts and science, home room representatives, Mummers, chemistry club.

DARLENE STORING

Arts and science, Girl Reserves.

CARL STRASHEIM Bookkeeping.

JOSEPH E. STRAUB Engineering, from Ashby high school.

MARGARET FLORENCE STRUBLE Home economics, choir.

EsTHE.R L. STUERMER

Arts and science, Links board, Advocate, I'll Lea1Je It to You, Girl Reserves cabinet, writers club, chemistry club, \.1ummers, national honor society.

RALPH S:ruRDEVANT

General, home room representatives.

I VAN 0. SUNDERMAN

Arts and science, orchestra, band, boys glee, national honor society.

RuTH SURBER

Arts and science, orchestra, band, flute trio, Joy night, Orpheons, Clef club.

MELVIN GEORGE SWAIM

General, from Hastings high school.

WILLIAM SWINGLE, Jr. Arts and science.

DONALD TAYLOR Agriculture, football.

ELIZABETH MAE TAYLOR Stenographic.

PA TRICIA TAYLOR Stenographic.

VIRGINIA MAY THEDE

Arts and science, home room representatives, choir editor, girls glee, Advocate news editor, Joy night, Growing Paim, Daddil"l, national honor society.

RICHARD G. THIE.SEN General, choir, boys glee, Growing Pains, Sweethearts.

LUCILE E. THOMAS

Arts and science, home room representatives, Links board, art club president, camera club vice-president and treasurer, Advocate, Scribe board, writers club, national honor society.

DAVID HOUGHTON THOMPSON Arts and science, chemistry club.

FLOYD E. THOMPSON Engineering, Hi-Y.

PHYLLIS ANN THOMPSON

Arts and science, writers club, chemistry club, national honor society.

MARGARET THRAILKILL

Arts and science, Mummers, home economics club vice.., president and secretary, Girl Reserves, chemistry club, Mimes.

DELIA TOM LINSON

Home economics.

R. GORDON T OSLAND Engineering, from Polytechnical high school, Los Angeles, California.

PAULINE TRACY

Merchandising, girls glee, Joy night, Clef club.

RUTH CAMILLA TRAVER

Stenographic, G. A. A. awards, national honor society.

MARIE LOUISE TRAVIS General.

G. CARLTON TUCKERMAN

General.

C. LEE TUNBERG

Art s and science, band, national honor society.

HAROLD TURKEL

Arts and science, home room representatives, Links staff, Advocate, Forum president, Magee Cup, Faulkner Cup, Mummers, band , national honor society.

VERNA UMBERGER

Arts and science, student council, choir , G. A. A., Growing

Pai11 s advertising manager, Bookworms, Girl Reserves cabinet , Forum secretary, debate, national honor society

WILLIAM RICHARD VAN HORN

Arts and sc ience, art club vice-president, national honor so c iety

BERN ECE PARLEY VAN wAGENEN

Arts and science, home room representatives, national honor society

FRANCES VAUGHN

Arts and science, choir, home economic~ club, Girl Reserves.

ELEANOR LOUISE VEJTH

Art \ and science, art club, Girl Reserves, home economics club.

ROBERT D. VENTER Agriculture.

DORIS VERNON

Arts and science, from Blue Springs high school, Orpheons, travel club.

BERNAEDETTE VIOLET VooRA

Stenographic, from Aurora high school.

FRED H. VOIGT

Arts and science, chemistry club, Hi-Y.

ROBERT VOIGT

Arts and science, home representatives, chemi$try club.

PATRICIA WAC~TER

Arts and science.

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LOIS WALKER

Stenographic, commercial club.

CHARLES EDWIN WARNER

Industrial arts, from East high school, Des Moines, Iowa.

REX w. WEAVER

Engineering, from Broken Bow high school, choir, boys glee.

CALVIN j. WEBER

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Joy night.

MILDRED CAROLYN WEKESSER

Arts and science, choir, girls octet, girls glee, Joy night, Orpheons editor, Clef club vice - president, national honor society.

ALBERT HENRY WELSCH

Stenographic.

LUCILLE MAE WENDELIN

Arts and science, Advocate, writers club.

WILLIAM MITCHELL WESTON

Arts and science, home room representatives, junior class secretary, senior class treasurer, Advocate, choir, Sweethearts property manager, Orpheons, national honor society.

MARTHA E. WHELAN

Arts and science, art club, writers club, Mummers, Girl Reserves.

MARION E. WHITE

Arts and science, home room representatives, orchestra, choir, girls glee, flute trio, Joy night, Clef club president, Orpheons.

DONALD E. WHITMER

Engineering.

RUTH M. WICK

Arts and science, home economics club, G. A. A., Girl Reserves.

DRUSILLA M. WILEY

Arts and science, writers club, Mummers.

RICHARD PATTEN WILLIAMS

Arts and science.

CLARENCE JOSEPH WILLIAMSON

Arts and science, from Central Academy, Kansas.

ELIZABETH IRENE WILLIS

Arts and science, Girl Reserves, commercial club.

GERALD GEORGE WILSON

Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Advocate, travel club secretary, chemistry club, national honor society.

BARBARA LOUISE WINGO

Arts and science, Advocate, Scribe , writers club, camera club, Girl Reserves.

ALICE WISE

Arts and science.

WAHNEETA HELEN WISSER

Arts and science, Daddies, Orpheons, Mummers, chemistry club, Girl Reserves, Mimes.

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EnwI WITTE BERG

Arts and science, home room representatives, Links board, Hi-Y, Advocate · managing editor, Forum vice-president, Growing Pains, national honor society president.

EDGAR HERMAN WOBIG

Industrial arts.

NAOMI Woon

Bookkeeping, girls glee, commercial club.

MARGARET WOODARD

Arts and science, from Coleridge high school.

JAMES CARROLL WORTHINGTON

Arts and si:ience.

LESLIE I. WRIGHT

Arts and science, home room representatives, boys glee, chemistry club, 1936 Links advertising manager.

VIRGINIA CHRISTINE WRIGHT

Stenographic, from Cathedral high school.

HAZEL A. y OUNG

Arts and science, from Kramer high school, Columbus.

j OHN S. YOUNG

Arts and science. Growing Pains, writers club

LORENE WILMA YOUNG

Merchandising, commercial club.

EMMA YOUNKER

Stenographic, G. A. A.

RuTH YouRD

Arts and science, Mummers, Girl Reserves, commercial club, home economics club, Mimes.

ELNORA ZIEG

Bookkeeping, Sctibe staff

WILBUR ZIEGLER

Arts and science.

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TH loLA GLICK

RRY T. GUNDERSON

:EODORE E. HANNEMAN

BETTY EILEEN How ARD

MARTON M. HYATT

ESTHER MARIE JOHNSON

GORDON JOHNSON

ROBERT J. KARNOPP

STANLEY N. KLEIN

LEON LAHM

DORIS LARSEN

GORDON, LINTT, Jr.

FRANKLIN LOHR

MERWYN PAUL LUDWIG

RUTH LUTZ

ROBERT CHARLES MAR TIN

ELVA Lms MAYNARD

ERNA ELSA MERTING

CLIFFORD MILLER

IRMA MILLER

LUCILLE DAVISSON MORALEZ

MARY MOSHER

BENNETT R. MURPHY

EMA GENE A. NORMAN

RALPH OVERTON, Jr

ROLA PAPPAS

NELSON p ARRISH

EVELYN VIRGINIA POUND

JOHN w. PRUDEN

MILDRED FLORENCE RITTENBERG

THELMA IRENE RITTENBERG

HARRY RICHARD RoTH

FRANK RUBINO, Jr.

RICHARD SAYLES

KENNETH STOLL ScHARMAN

p A UL SCHESSLER

DALE L. SCHNEIDER

JosEPH SCHWABAUER

EUGENE SPOMER

LORETTA R. VANDERBURG

MABEL JEAN WALBRIDGE

LAVERNE AMELIA WATERMEIER

HELEN MA y WILLIAMSON

GOLDMAN YAPP

Ed McConnell neither frowns nor smiles but looks inscrutable. . . Next is Miss Emma Beekman's American 2 class-note one person studying. Dean Pohlenz in a rare tie-askew, serious mood talks to a class .... On the left, Dorothy Johanson's smile is no more friendly than her disposition. One of the rare but beautiful occasions when we did have to be dug out John Gates hanging U? a red and black "prompt" banner .... Betty Stevenson looks up from her history lesson. The coiffure with the center part belongs to Eleanor Veith.

Victoria Ekblad and Jane DeLatour choose their lunch with an eye out for vitamins .... Bare of seniors and assembly groups the auditorium seats creates unusual patterns in the sunlight-note the time of day .... Bottom: The senior class plants a hack berry tree in memory of Miss Louise Miller, class officers Adams, Gosnell and Hulac officiating.

JUNIORS AND SO IPlltlOMOJR[S

John

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Sidne} Treas Offi

Sidney Held Secretary

John Stewart Vice-president

The Class of 1938

he class of •3 8, the juniors of our day, is repreative of the highest type. They gave one of finest plays ever presented in Lincoln high, Thirteenth Chair, which was enthusiastically ~ived. The sponsors of the class are Miss A. dwen Beynon and Miss Fern Housman. This he class that will take our place as seniors and 1 have little difficulty in filling our shoes. The

officers elected to guide these juniors through their triumphs of the first semester were Jane Allen, president; John Stewart, vice-president; Sidney Held, secretary and John Huston, treasurer. Thei; leaders of the second semester were William Wiley, president; John Huston, vice-president; Betty Jane Benson , secretary and Sidney Held,

treasurer.

John Huston Vice-president

Betty Jane Benson Secretary

Dienst Pierce Thompson Neff Guthrie Knies Witt Koch Pappas Strauch Pine Penterman Sexton Hudson F. Johnson

Home

121 and 137

Home Rooms 13 5 and 141

Steputis

Home Rooms 201 and 203

Home Rooms 204 and 208

Home Rooms 207 and 209

Home Rooms 302 and 305

Lashinsky Leonard Opper M!ller Piazza Beaty Frankforter Schwart?.. Beet he Lawson Franklm Heiser

Theobald

Home Rooms 307 and 312

Home Rooms

326 and 226A

Patton Morton Miller Billy Olmstead R. Wittstruck Cyr Sharp Christensen

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Stuart Walters Wheatley Walker Young Trump Wilcox Vlasnik Yates Schmidt Tracy Weedham Scharman Repetto Pierson Richardson Stednitz Wentz Stebbins Taylor Silldorf Seifert Wohlenberg Miller Nieman Peffer Rixstine Schnell Phander Schlessler Wixson Wassenm1ller Tuttle Schneider White Nelson Parker Schuckman Ress Rosborough Moll Morrison Way Wl}eeler Vf' .1ter Roach Younkin Wilson Taylor Yokel Ryons Shank Wahl

Home Rooms 2 2 6B and 2 2 6C

Seacrest H Riggins Ozenbaugh Zook Varner Westerberg Pederson Reynolds Smith Werner Turnbull Cassel Sinner

Riggins

Ann Beard

Margaret Hedstrom

John Flack

Kay Watson

Gertrude Wachter

Fred Matheny

Frances Cofferton

Eugenia Faulkner

Elizabeth Umberger

Thomas Rice

William Beckman

Second Semester-193 5-36

First Semester-1936-37

The Class of 1939

The class of '39 was put under the careful sponsorship of Miss Lillian Monia and Mrs. Bernice White Tebbets. The president of this student governmental organization was Kay Watson. The vice-president was Fred Metheney; secretary, Bonnie Parsons; treasurer, Ann Beard. In the latter part of the semester the president of the

class moved away but remained president in name with an efficient vice-president in his place. This class ·is just getting into the saddle of high school activity, having spent two semesters in becoming familiar with the · methods and opportunities of L.H.S., and is often said to be the most interesting segment of high school activity.

Second Semester-19 3 6-3 7

Ann Beard

Treasurer Kay Watson

President

Fred Matheny

Vice-president

Bonnie Parsons

Secretary

Officers

Home Rooms 100 and 13 6

Alberty Blackstone Armintrout Cox Berkheim M

Home Rooms 101 and 103

Ager Jack Anderson Blankenburg Blewfleld Krause Ring Powell

Bergquist Atkins D. Baker Black Albreckt E Carlson Pote

Wendell Arthand Ayers Breed Carlisle Abker Wilborn Brumbaugh Beitz Welsh Anker Alder Barnett Chubbuck Alt V

Baskins Amend Harrington Beckman Corcoran Wimberly Bomberger Albin Bailey Clare

Harris Beauchamp Alles John Anderson Siemers

Worthington Sktpps Smith Keller Beatty Allen

H Smith Boatright Horst Morey Jake Maul Tracy Brodie Holland Arnold Seitfert Heuser Bernhardt

Home Room 102 and 139

Home Rooms 140 and 317

Home Rooms 205 and 217

Runnalla Pelton

Morse M.oell Robinson Portcky Putney Rice Simcoe

Home Rooms 214 and 3 04

Home Rooms 216 and 309

Home Rooms 227 and 313

Home Rooms 220, 310 and 400

Home Rooms 310, 325 and 403

Home Rooms 314 and 321

Ritzen White Laverty Kren1ng Schroll

Rardin Steffen Sprelr Spahn

Tomlinson Ripley Storm Smelser

Deyke Meyer Steputis Opper Butt Rimestad Pollard Oaydon Streeter Schneckloth Ebner Wood 0. Smith Sharp

Home Rooms 401 and 402

Tracy Newborn Miller Harrel Scofteld Hansen Cook Simpson VanVliet Luebs York Colin Stubbs Stephenson Taylor Soderholm Soldevllla Toothaker Umberger Vanderburg Velland Spellman Walters Spencer Mcclary Tebo Scott Sexton Thompson Schnirl Troxel Tway Warne Hamley Pierson Weil D. Wilson 8. Wilson Swarts Seng Wiesenmlller Sacrlder Wheeler Temple Smith Weirich Walker Weart Storer Tunberg Spomer Stewart Venter Welsh Wassung Wilson Westcott Wochner Bhumacher Trumbo

Cabinet

Harriet Carter

Samuel Kippert

Josephine Eastburn

Charles Wheeler

Nancy Raymond

Marcus Poteet

The Class of 1940

This class is the latest group to come to high school from junior high. They are, according to us of the class of '37, ultra green. Their sponsors are Miss Emma Beekmann and Miss Ruth Hall. They have appointed their cabinet: chairman, Josephine East~urn; treasurer, Samuel Klippert and secretary, Harriet Carter. Other members of the

cabinet are Charles Wheeler, Nancy Raymond and Marcus Poteet This cabinet had charge of the publicity for the " Open House" for parents, Tuesday , May 4. Marcus Poteet announced the program over KFOR on the Lincoln schools program. For the unquestionable success of the affair the class of '40 may be given much credit.

Home Rooms 117 and 311

Alfrey Bet t enhausen Blazek Sunyoke Welch Wiltsh i re Bouman Bruhl Brownlee Wentz Booth Warner Bard Weigel Schmunk Walcott

Lee Jacobs Dolan Heinz Latsch Lobdell Hinze Van Sickle Tumerson Hurd Ben Kahout

Upper left: All the boys flock to the Hi-Y for food and ping-pong Next, Betty Provost of the red-gold hair gives some welcome assistance in geometry. . . . Betty Rangeler looking pensive. On the le£ t again, Bob Simon ponders over an English assignment. Yes, we have a banana tree in the greenhouse, but we have no bananas It must be 3: 15 as the activity around the bicycle rack testifies. Odd that everyone is in such a hurry

On the left and all aboard: The street car is slow, but it will get you away from school fast enough On the right, rain at 3: 10 is no obstacle to Connie Rathburn and Jean Ann Donley. The oiled-silk raincoat remains unidentified

Lower left: Barbara Scott gets her lessons in a deep concentration Harriet Talbot, interrupted, looks coy.

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THE LI N K S 1937

Fu bl ications

No activities so exemplify the theory of learning by doing as the publications-the Links, the Advocate and the Scribe. Backed by the aid and experience of faculty advisers, students gu ide the destinies of these, «making up" the pages, writing the copy, handling the business and advertising sides and helping to solve the numerous problems which necessarily arise in th e course of their terms.

Through their exertions on these publication staffs, many students have found themsel ves , continuing in journalism as a v ocat ion. Othe r s with no intention of entering th is profession receive training and experience that will be valuable in making discriminating re aders of publications anti hence more exacting citizens in a democracy.

The Links

Recorded for the years to come in the Links are the vital, delightful events of the high school year. Representative of so wide a scope of activities, it is fitting that the annual should be published by many hands, artists, camera and typewriting experts, editors and salesmen Sophomores and juniors, heretofore neglected , now have their special section of home room pictures in the book.

For the most part, the camera club directed the photography. The informal snapshot pages at the end of each section represent interesting sidelights of high school act ivities. Photography has also been used for the divis ion sheets.

The Staff

Class es_ ___________ Bredon Werner

Publicat ions __________________ Betty McGeachin

A ssembli es __________________ Charlotte Quick

Or gan iz ations _________________ Harold Turkel

Art Editor _____________ Richard Koontz

Drama __________________________ Ann Hustead

Music _____________________ __ Jean Simmons

Bo y s Sports _____ Glenn Trump

Girls Sports_ __________ Darlene Johnstone

Humor ____________ ____________ Robert Smith

Librarian _________ ________ Donald White

Typ ewriting ____________ 5Marthena_ ~ensberger l Maqone Arthur Wh it e Trump Hustead Koontz Turkel Werner McGeachin Simmons Quick Johnsto e Densberger Arthur Sm it h Martz Thomas Stuermer Wittenberg

The Advocate

Given all-American rating by the National Scholastic Press Association for the eighth time, the Advocate has tried, not only to maintain the standard, but also to keep stepping forward on the road of progress. In an endeavor to make the paper more attractive to the eye, the headline style was revised so as to simplify reading. The new "stream-lined" heads were designed to allow more white space to show through.

An abundance of copy from would-be news hawks taking English 8 supplements the efforts and lightens the load considerably of the staff members, who are English 17 pupils. Financially the paper is aided by the English 16 classes, who sell advertising.

Since the staff members are eligible for one semester only and staff positions are rotated every six weeks, interest is maintained and the pape~ gains in the way of new ideas.

Heading the staff last semester were Clyde Martz, Edwin Wittenberg and Dean Pohlenz, managing editors; and Virginia Thede, Shirley Polsky and Jean Simmons, news editors. Business manager was Ben Heard. Managing editors this semester have been Nancy Mauck, Edward McConnell and Richard Yost; news editors, Betty Klingel, Frances Keefer and Gail Ferguson. The bu iness manager is Elizabeth Inhelder.

First Semester

Second Semester

The Scribe

In its seventh consecutive year, produced by a staff selected from the members of the writers club and sponsored by that organization, the 1937 Scribe was presented to the public in April. Published to furnish an outlet for literary talent, this magazine contains poetry, character sketches, short stories and essays written by Lincoln high school pupils.

The cover, unusual in its lack of color, has a black background on which are arranged four white angels and the name, also in white. Brush • drawings in black and white illustrate effectively some of the pieces written by the amateur Longfellows and Shakespeares who contributed to this volume.

The Style Card

Polite society of Lincoln high school may not eject you completely if you use such words as "guy", "kid", "bunch" ( of persons) or "eats" (used as a noun), but it definitely frowns on them, as well as others mentioned in the style card as not in good use.

This booklet contains, in· complete array for instant reference, examples of correct grammar, letter forms, written forms for book titles and musical terms. The style card, recently revised by the English department, is an extremely valuable and necessary publication in a school with as many different teachers and textbooks as Lincoln high school.

The Staff

Editor------------ Dorothy Campbell

Associate Editor_ ___________________ Ruth McMillan

Managing Editor l ______________ ___ Dean Pohlenz

Business Manager 5

Art Editor___ _____________________ Lucile Thomas

Art Editor________________________ Nancy Mauck

Copy Reader _ Robert Good

Typewriting ________________________ Shirley Polsky

T)·pewriting

____________ Barbara Wingo

Typewriting_______________________ Blanche Taber

President of Writers Club ___________ First Semester { Mary Bullock

Ruth McMillan

Second Semester

Sp()nsors of Writers Club _____________ Jl Elsi~ -M. Cather Winifred Mayhew

The Red and 'Black Handbook

No longer does the sophomore roam the halls, sear.ching for room 13 2B or the stairwells to the fourth floor, only to end by consulting some teacher or upperclassman. Such blows to his pride occur rarely, if ever, because he can refer to a clearly diagrammed floor plan of the school in his Red and Black handbook.

The six-semester schedule, ever a major problem in the life of every newcomer, has been greatly simplified by the section devoted to the arrangement of subjects required by each curriculum in their normal order. It goes so far as listing various vocations and suggesting useful elective subjects.

Wingo Good Polsky Mauck Taber Thomas McMillan Pohlenz Campbell

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Assemblies

Following the sound of the bell, chatter accompanied by the hurried shuffling of many feet coming down from the third floor and up from the first announces that an assembly has been called.

These periods are welcomed by all students as opportunities to enjoy the talents of others and to honor them for their accomplishments. Of ten guest speakers and soloists are secured for the assemblies. School cheers and songs that everyone likes to sing add to the spirit of fellowship developed here.

Mimes, the sophomore dramatic club, presented the first assembly of the year on October 1. Nine varied acts, introduced by the master of ceremonies, Fred Matheny, impressed upon the student body that new talent had just arrived.

Dr. Charles Patterson, professor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska, addressed the assembly on Seeing the World from Different Points of View. The importance of cultural education in establishing these views emphasized his belief that «our sense of appreciation is based entirely upon our ability to understand."

Playing Sons of the Black and Red, the band greeted students as they entered the auditorium on color day, October 9, for the convention of the L. H. S. football team, congregating to nom i nate the leaders of its faction. Cheers were led by Richard Logan. After official nominations in charge of student council members, Neal Mehring was made a nominee for president; Henry "Chief" Bauer, for vice-president, and Junior Hudkins, captain for the approaching game with St. Joseph

Central. Brief responses by the nominees followed, and more cheers showed the team the student approval and backing.

At the assembly, November 5, honoring the members of the national honor society, Paul Amen, a former Lincoln high student, described his trip to the 1936 olympics held in Germany. Mr. Mardis presented the certificates to the new members who were chosen from the upper third of their class for scholarship, leadership, citizenship and service.

In observance of Armistice day, Oscar Bennet, professor of music at Nebraska Wesleyan University, sang three appropriate numbers. The Rev. Ray E. Hunt, pastor of the First Christian church, spoke on The Significance of Armistice Day to Us. He stated that .. the only preparedness when a crisis arises is an i~telligent people, schooled as to values and methods of democracy."

Enthusiastic applause greeted the Master Singers quartet from KF AB when they appeared before the assembly November 17, with several varied numbers. Two vocal solos by William Miller and Walter Reusch, both former Lincoln high students, and a piano solo by their accompanist, Milan Lambert , were well received.

To the accompaniment of the band, the senior class, resplendent in their colors of scarlet and silver, marched into the auditorium for a program given on board the "Good Ship L. H. S." with Robert Sandberg , captain and master of cereip.onies. Music, dancing and tumbling presented by talented passengers were connected by a dialogue written by Ann Hustead. At the close of the assembly all the seniors joined in singing the March of '37, the senior class song written by Dorothy Cook.

To the joys which prevailed near Christmas, a tone of solemnity was added by the assembly sponsored by the Lincoln high school choir under direction of William G. Tempel. Thirty-three lighted candles interspersed with pine branches formed a setting for ' the choir which ch ;mted the Christmas story. Illuminated tableaux portrayed familiar Christmas scenes from the Bible, making this program the most impressive of the year.

The drama, Christmas Gifts, was given by the Mimes, sophomore dramatists, for assembly December 15. The story presented a wealthy family, who learned to see Christmas in its true spirit of giving rather than receiving by visiting the home of a poor family. Between scenes the audience was entertained with a ballet dance by Patricia Herminghaus.

The Lincoln high advanced orchestra, under the direction of Bernard Nevin, gave a short concert January 7 to both assembly groups. Louise Stapleton, senior, assisted by singing several selections.

Harold Turkel, who gave William Jennings Bryan's famous speech, The Cross of Gold, was declared the winner over two finalists in the 19 37 Faulkner cup contest in an assembly sponsored by the Forum. \Vhile the judges were making their decision, Jean Simmons played a flute solo

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and Verna Umberger explained briefly other activities of the Forum.

With Raymond Reed, their new director, conducting, the advanced band played four selections at assemblies February 18-19. Their last number was Headlines, a modern composition, which interpreted the news of the day to the audience through different types of music.

The birthday of George Washington was celebrated by an assembly at which Judge Edward F. Carter of the Nebraska Supreme Court spoke on The Supreme Court and the Constitution. Two selections by the University of Nebraska string quartet concluded the assembly.

Through the courtesy of a local motor company, four educational films were shown at a double assembly, February 26. The first showed the practical use of school subjects to an aviator. Turnabout Man encouraged us to apply our society ' manners to automobile driving. The third, Spinning Levers, explained the gears in an automobile. In the last, the necessity for considering the action of other automobile drivers was emphasized.

Educational movies met with such enthusiasm, that a film on the post office department was shown on February 4 and 5 by Edward Albrecht, a former Lincoln high student, who explained the films as they were being shown.

Cheer, Cheer for Old L. H. S. opened the pretournament assemblies on March 9. Mr. Mardis spoke about the regional basketball tournament and Ralph Beechner asked for the support of the students School yells and group singing assured him of the student backing.

Duane Harmon, cornetist, and the University of Nebraska men's glee club under the direction of William G. Tempel, entertained for a double assembly March 11. Bernard Dalton's solo in the negro spiritual Trav'lin' was one of the outstanding features of the program.

An assembly was held April 8 in recognition of the achievements of the newly elected members of the national honor society, which is composed of fifteen per cent of the graduating class and to which five per cent were elected last semester, the remainder being chosen this semester.

Appreciative applause met Professor Carl Steckelberg, who opened the assembly with four violin solos which, he explained, were all illustrative of the different tone types. Mr. Mardis closed the program by presenting to the new members their certificates of award.

Students participating in the double assembly April 9 presented seven acts as a sample of Joy night which was to be held April 16 and 17. The program consisted of a curtain act, two tap dances, roller skating by two experts, a comic sketch in which four boys burlesqued a bridge game, and a Spanish d~nce.

Many juniors displayed their acting ability at the all-junior assembly held April 20 to adver-

tise the junior play, "The Thirteenth Chair." The cast was presented by a mock try-out in which its members were chosen from the other juniors called upon unexpectedly to read lines.

Presented to both assemblies through the courtesy of a local motor company were four motion pictures. The picture entitled The Other Fellow stressed the necessity for constant watchfulness in driving a car. Horsepower showed the development of the term and attempted to demonstrate that in each automobile are eighty-five horses willing to serve the driver. In Just a Spark, a lighted cigarette thrown carelessly into easily combustible material caused a fire that destroyed one of America's most valuable resources, the forests. More humorous and captivating was a technicolored animated cartoon entitled A Coach for Cinderella which showed the metamorphosis of a pumpkin coach into a glistening stream-lined model of power and beauty.

April 19, an all-boys assembly announcing the commencement of the citywide "Find yourself" campaign was addressed by Dr. H. E. Bradford, head of the department of vocational education at the University of Nebraska. He urged everybody to make his vocational choice. Under the direction of William G. Tempel, the boys glee cl ub opened the assembly with Song of Wes tern Men and Cossacks.

Ten days later the home economics department presented their annual fashion show, this time a musical comedy, the Suzanna Shop, April 29. Dresses for street, house, school, afternoon and evening wear were worn by their makers, the members of the sewing classes, for the customers of Madame Suzanna's shop. The propriety of styles and colors was explained by Madame Suzanna. A string quartet furnished the music.

Interclass Debate

Of prime benefit in providing experience for embryo debaters is the inter-class debate tournament which is held in the spring to determine the most able pair of debaters in the school outside of the members of the debate team. The winners of each class meet in separate tournaments, and the finals to decide the school championship.

The names of the victorious teammates are engraved on the silver Magee cup. The sophomore champions this year were Leslie Dienst and William Dowell; juniors, Dvrothy Wind and Harriet Bowman; seniors, Ward Rounds and John Pruden. In the finals the sophomores carried off the honors.

THE LINKS 1937 Debate

In order that a large number of pupils in Lincoln high school may learn the art of debate, a beginning and an advanced course in that subject are open to pupils. Only a limited number are admitted to the advanced debate class, and from this class the squad is generally chosen.

This year the question debated throughout the state was, «Resolved: that all electric light and power utilities should be governmentally owned and operated.,, Lincoln high school debaters took part in one hundred ninety-five debates altogether. Of the fifty-nine decision debates participated in, thirty-three resulted in favorable decisions.

Members of the debate team particularly distinguished themselves by winning the championship of district number one in the district tournament, which qualified Lincoln high school for the state tournament.

In addition to working on material and delivery, the debaters study different types of reasoning. Thus, debate is excellent not only in training good speakers and well-informed individuals, but also in making clear, logical thinkers.

Besides engaging in regularly scheduled debates with teams over the state the Lincoln debaters also took part in several tournaments which furnished competition not only in debate but also in after dinner speaking, extemporaneous speaking and oratory. The tournaments competed in this year by the Lincoln team were those held at Midland college, Doane, Peru and the state and district tournaments held in Lincoln at the University of Nebraska. Added to these was the girls tournament at Doane at which the feminine debaters from Lincoln succeeded in reaching the semifinals.

At the end of the year, a silver L shaped pin was awarded to Trudelle Downer, Wertdell Basye, Edgar Graham, Jack Stewart, Leonard Peltier, Kenneth Miller, Verna Umberger, Claranne Carpenter, Jack Cole, Edward Edison and Robert Pillers.

Peltier

Carpenter Umberger

Mlller Gerald Kvasnicka, coach

Stewart Graham Edison Pillers Oowner Cole Basye Maxey

THE LINKS 1937 Organizations

Under the head of organizations are includeq the student governmental bodies, the student council and the home room representatives, groups recognizing scholarship and athletic achievement, a club of enthusiasm-stirrers, the Peppers, creative clubs, hobby clubs, social clubs,-in short, nearly every kind of school activity one could wish to enter.

Under the interested sponsorship of faculty members and the alert leadership of their student officers, these groups, through their annual round of meetings, banquets, parties and picnics, constitute an integral and indispensable part of school life.

Student Council

Elected by the entire student body and the faculty, the student council seeks t'o better the school by constructive action. This group performs a great service in sponsoring Joy night, matinee parties, in presenting the color day assembly, and in publishing the Red and Black handbook. Members give aid at school performances by serving as doormen and hall guards, and the council supplies hall guides to serve during the lunch periods and locker checkers who try all the lockers.

The student council has effected an extensive campaign for safety, and presented record banners for promptness to holl)e rooms. At Christmas

time this group makes the building a cheerier place by placing appropriate decorations about. Committees and their chairmen which during the past year helped so much in bettering the school are as follows: John Gates, tardiness; Betty Meyer, Betty Reese, co-chairmen matinees; Barbara Johnson, courtesy; Avery Forke, safety; John Hyland, hall guide; Janet Harris, club schedule; John Mason, revision of E. C. A. system and Joy night; Gwenith Orr, extra-curricular activities; Sidney Held, posters; Robert Sandberg, sophomore and student council elections; Jane Allen, color day; and John Stewart, building directory.

Sandberg Oates Meyer Orr Johnston

Studen t Council

Stews.rt Dunlap Robb Allen Held Umberger Reese Hyland Groth Sec'11 Prea.

Wiley O'Shea Harrt.s Metheny Beard Polite Vtc.-prn.

Olson Lorenz Patton Anderson Hirshfeld McConnell White W Smith Olmstead Thompson Danek Watson Maddy McMillan Wingo Voigt Moeller Woods Zimmer Bettenhausen Faulkner Van Patton Herminghaus Bryson Held Talbot Fox Nickelson Mias English Rice Becker Iverson Farmer Meler A. Smith Wishnow Miss Montgomery Sec'11-trea,. Pre,.

Home Room 'Representatives

Home room representatives, composed of delegates elected by the various home rooms in Lincoln high school, meet once every two weeks during the last half of fifth period, with the purpose of discussing ways and means of bettering the school.

In order that they may be recognized, the representatives wear red armbands which be1r the letters "LHS" in black. Being a representative, though, is not all honor and privilege, as the representatives perform some vital duties about the school. They are in charge of the sale and weekly collection of the activity tickets. Also,

they collect class dues and supervise elections. A large staff of volunteers each semester ushers at school performances and Sunday concerts, and serves as hall guards. Besides all this it is the duty of the representative to report to his home room the proceedings of the meetings. This group has stimulated a desire to make Lincoln high school a more attractive place by promoting the clean-up campaign. The guide committee composed of representatives renders a vital service in showing visitors about the building. In addition, members of this body have helped to increase the membership of clubs and act as general assistants to home room teachers.

London McConne.ughey King Reynolds Hopkins Seifert Tyrrell Adams Rollins Pres. Good Jackson Weston Schwartzkopf Butt McConnell Doran James Crancer Ager Heller Soldevllla Price Simpson Bennet Leavitt Brase Bryan Pauley Parsons Johns Dunbar Kohout I.ehr Gosnell Brumbough Alexander Beckman Day Davis Franklin Taylor Scott Vtce-pre,.

National Honor Society

An honor of high esteem in the eyes of Lincoln high school pupils is election to membership in the national honor society, the object of which is to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote worthy leadership and to encourage the development of character, Members are chosen from the pupils who are in the upper third of their class scholas-tically, and only fifteen per cent of the graduating class is allowed admittance.

Not more than five per cent may be elected in the first semester of the senior year, the remainder being chosen in the second semester. Election is

based on scholarship, citizenship, leadership, service and extra-curricular activities.

National honor society members perform a very helpful service in the fall by helping to register incoming sophomores. Also, they aid new pupils in get~ing settled in the school. Pupils who are elected to membership have the privilege of wearing pins bearing the insignia of the society.

The members, upon election, make the following agreement: "I pledge mys~lf to uphold the high purposes of this society to which I have been elected, striving in every way, by word and deed, to make its ideals the ideals of my school."

Group National Honor Society

Alcorn Gosnell McOeachln Mcclary Hawley Korol Bullock Cross Bryson Stuermer Arnold Bennett Heller Martz Ekblad Beauchamp Campbell Pres. Sec'11-trea~

January Group

Evans Lemly Frazier Behm Lahr Wertz Schneider Joyce Baker Ellis Roth Dorothy Cook Franklin Van Scyoc Maddux David Cook Storer Fritzler Anderson Helzer Morse Vice-pres.

Johnston Groth Mason Adams Marler Gates Kreps Coles McArthur Brase Koontz Lahr Heard Inhelder Hedstrom Hayes Cole Koehler Reese Longman Koons Meyer Emerson

June

Speier Seng Wilson Sandberg Robb Robeck Travel' Mueller Van Wagenen McConnell Polick Tunberg Stenten Steckelberg Sjoquist Morris Moore Sunderman Van Horn Pohlenz Thomas Peltier Orr Schiewedhelm Quick Miller Turkel Nelson Rollins Umberger Thede Simmons Wittenberg Mertlng Thompson Spohn Vice-pres. Pres.

The Forum

Forensic club of Lincoln high school is the Forum, now in its twentieth year. This club contributes to the promotion of oratory and debate, and is also valuable in giving members a knowledge of correct parliamentary procedure by holding periods of drill. The most important social event on the club's calendar is the annual banquet, woven around some special theme. This year the twentieth anniversary idea predominated. There are usually about eight speakers who are chosen from the list of graduating members and . at each banquet one or two alumni of the club are invited to break bread with the present Forumites

and to speak afterwards. Anothe'r red letter Forum event is the alumni meeting to which all former members are invited.

This club sponsors the Faulkner cup contest in which only Forum members may compete. Contestants deliver a ten-minute oration which may take the form of a famous historical address of the ancient Greeks, a contemporary speech, or may be composed by the contestant himself. He whom the judges deem superior has his name engraved on the Faulkner cup. Harold Turkel won the honor this year by virtue of his rendition of William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold.

Arnold Day Pelton Neu McArthur Davis Zimmer Guenzel Luebs Deck Robinson Alexis Dosik Peltier Weil Alberty Blackstone James Morrison McMillan Hustead Cooper Smith Simmons Roberts Emerson Clarke Lewis Ekblad Pote Carter Day Lotman Poteet Pillers Taylor Nunnally Provost Bowman Bullock Woerner Gold Rollins Miss Davis Kreps Menaffe Wittenberg Martz Turkel Basye Umberger Mueller Miller Miss Cook Vice-pres. Pres Pres. Vice-prea. Sec'11 Treas. Trea,.

Stone Korsmeyer Kreps Lovercheck Hulac McKay McArthur Speier Pohlenz

Seaton Wind McOeachin Knight Johnston Patton Phillips Stuermer Wisser Whelan Stednitz Thrailkill

Sell Simpson Wood O'Shea Yourd Rodgers Mall Lotman Oxley Lefler Nunnally Scott

Miss Sprunii Thede Stewart Groth Orr Turkel Meyers Rathbum Trea,. Pres. Vice-pre,.

Mummers

One of the oldest and largest clubs in Lincoln high school, the Mummers is open by try-out to all juniors and seniors with an interest and appreciation of good drama. The purpose of the club is furthered by short plays presented at meetings, and talks on various phases of dramatic art. One memorable meeting had as guest a dramatic dancer and costume designer. Besides this, the Mummers present an annual assembly, a Joy night act and one major play a year. The Mummers' play this year was Daddies by John Hobble, which turned out to be a laugh provoker from start to finish . Miss Jane Schaible became the ' partner of

Miss Annetta Sprung in ~he sponsorial duties of the Mummers, taking the place of Miss Frances McChesney, now teaching in Omaha. Daddies was her first venture in play directing in Lincoln high school. The Mummers generously donated the entire proceeds of their play to the student emergency fund, making it possible for many a needy pupil to obtain warm lunches, glasses and other necessities

An added dramatic coot:ribution by this club was an entertammg, educational safety sk~tch presented over the Lincoln schools' broadcast program, written and acted by members.

Stern Wiley

Gettman Hayes Dalton Carlson Lavander Green Hackman Mueller Owens

Davis Miller Sandberg Ashton Benson Kelley Keller Gosnell Holland Phipps

Good Comerford Campbell Reese Bennett Hustead Hedstrom Donovan Eberltne Gorrall Gullliams Ekblad Koehler Leavitt Humphrey ~len Ferguson Ivers Alexis

Miss Schaible Blake Emerson Forke Holman DeLatour Bowman Woodward Pres. Sec'11

Smith

Adams Dahlberg Mertz Heller Hackman Klingel Kreps erline Garrison Holeman Folsom Blackstone Green Anderson Hackman Groth Dudley Inhelder Ivers Beyan King Johansen Freeman Chase Bennett Bums 1!:. Emerson Farmer Keefer Holland Orie Koehler Green Dawson Humphrey Ferguson Askey Alexander Beek.man Campbell DePutron Hayes Mueller Reese Maddy Carlsen Donovan L Emerson See'.JI Pre,. Vfce-pre,.

Orpheons

Orpheus, the ancient Thracian mus1c1an, was known for his ability to m~e trees and charm animals with his music. Although Orpheons members do not possess this lumberjack or Clyde Beatty abili~y, they can always be counted upon to move and charm the pupils of Lincoln high school with their musical presentations. Vocal and instrumental musical selections entertain members at meetings.

This club presents an annual assembly which overflows with fine music and which can always be counted upon to be one of the best of the year. The main event sponsored by the Orpheons, however, is the opera which is presented by mem-

hers of the choir under the direction of William G. Tempel This year the opera presented was Sweethearts, Victor Herbert's famous musical gem. It not only maintained past standards but $et a lofty mark of its own.

Each Orpheons meeting is built around some special theme such as a certain composer's works or a special type of music. The most noteworthy meeting held by the Orpheons during the past year was that at which Miss Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, internationally known composer, was a guest. At this meeting a small group from the girls glee club sang two of Miss Kinscella's compositions.

O'Shea Rosborough Mallat Martin Sandlovich LaughUn Pol ky Patton Wittstruck. Pedersen Rot.ahr Pierson Vernon Surber Poaster Osborn G Smith Wisser Bartlett Orr Stahl Seaton Stenten Wek.esser Quick. Thede Stowell Johnston R. Smith Sec' 11 Pres. Rangeler McOlary Moll White Vice-pre,

Writers Club

Best known by the school at large for its publication of the Scribe, a booklet pad·.ed full from cover to cover with entertaining stories, poems and essays written by pupils, the writers club is made up of Lincolnites with literary leanings. Pupils who desire to gain admittance to this organization hand in an original manuscript containing any kind of literary creation. All manuscripts are read anonymously by the try-out committee, so that all pupils will be assured an equal opportunity for admittance.

At meetings of the writers club members read their writings aloud to the club, or the efforts of

fellow members who have a sore throat or a bashful nature but who are still quite able scribblers. Members occasionally give book reviews, and outside individuals are often invited to give talks or book reviews. To make for variety in the programs, members present vocal or instrumental selections. All members are sometimes asked to write a poem within ten minutes, and some of the results are read to the club. In this manner writing is made an enjoyable game. The writers club is another of the organizations in the school which has an annual picnic every spring.

Stuermer Mall&t Polsky Klingel Heller Douglass Smith Pohlenz Eberline

Se.ndlovlch Grant Emerson Morrison McCracken McLaughlin Younkin Anderson White Zumwinkel Rosborouggh Nunnally Miss Cather Taber Thomas Mlller

Baylor Well Kier McMillan Keefer A. Blackstone Schwedhelm Schwartz Treas. Pre11. Vice-pres. Sec'11

Bryan Holland Phillips Clark Hansen Mauck Longman Morton Wittenberg Blackstone Gold Cook Campbell Good Maxey Emerson Ware Wiley Franklin Spalding Dawson Duermeyer Wingo Whelan Feber Miss Mayhew Hustead Quick Bullock Wentz Browne Cross Sec'11 Vice-pres. Pres. Treas.

Pickering

Perrin

Carnahan

Coombs

Mimes

Sophomores of Lincoln high school possess their own exclusive dramatic organization, so that pupils of this class with an interest and ability for acting need not wait until they have obtained the lofty status of a junior to join a dramatic club.

At an annual alumni meeting the present members present a play which convinces their predecessors that the Mimes •are going farther forward with each successive sophomore class. Other annual presentations of the sophomore dramatists are an assembly, a Joy night act and an act for the sophomore party. The under class actors are always certain to give a good account of themselves.

Clef Club

The Clef club, made up of sophomores who are musically inclined, promotes an interest and an appreciation for better music. Sophomores, in order to become members, memorize and present a solo, either vocal or instrumental, for the consideration of the try-out judges. The talent of their own members provides the entertainment for the n1eetings. A Joy night act, in which the musical sophomores •give a good acc~unt of themselves, always shows that great things can be expected of them.

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The Clef club is another of the dubs in Lincoln high school that hold an annual alumni meeting for the old members.

Meler Rice Evans Em.rich Bast 0 Anderson Hulac Albrecht Hale Arnold Mertz Davia Burdell R. McConnell Beardsley Chastain Mason Eaton Loeber Jones Davis Boumeme i r Gellatly · .,Leonard Kierstead Alexis Dahlberg Longman Mills Marcotte Dunaway F Anderson Heitkotter Mr. Hoy E. McConnell Miller King DePutron Kartz Stewart Sandberg Edison Holman Vice-pres Pre,. Pres. Sec•, Treas.

Hi-Y

The purpose of the Hi- Y, as stated in t~e constitution of that organization, is "to create, maintain and extend high standards of Christian fellowship throughout the school and community." This organization gives aid to its members in vocational education, sponsors a "Find yourself" campaign, during which boys ( not necessarily Hi-Y members) may have the privilege of hearing men who have had experience in the lines which they are thinking of following , and furnishes sociability through the medium of weekly dinners followed by a meeting On the programs are speakers who discuss world relations, politics, social relations and affairs of the day.

The annual older boys conference draws Hi- Y members from all over the state. This year the event was scheduled in Lincoln . Those present were entertained with a round of parties and by speakers.

Dances are occasionally held in the Hi-Y building at which a large number attend. There were five such affairs during the past year. An event of great importance to Hi-Y members is the annual Hi - Y-Girl Reserves con£erence, which brings members of these two organizations together for the purpose of discussing pertinent problems. At the beginning of the conference a party is always held 2' a get-acquainted affair.

Scharman Scbnectloth Holte Snyder Scott Zimmer Olmstead Se~rest Streeter Schappaugh Rausch Ryan Osborne Robinson Pettit Wllaon Morton Stoddard Well Peltier Wataon Nelson Pohlenz

Vanlteuren Wents Rolland Wittenberg Royal Voigt Rohrbough R. Smith Poteet Rolllna Mr R i ce Stover W. Smith Reed Wendland Walcott Nickelaon T. Smith

Albrecht OrotJan Adams Bum J. Green Helm Umberger Jones Hallstrom Carlson VlasnUt Robeck McCracken 1 ' Veith Ha ley Alexander Risser Wagner Wheele r Cross Way C. Robbins Pote Carter :aonand H. Robbins Dickerson Bell Lobdell Leverton Weston Spalding Mickey Ferguson Campbell Brown Cudley Zieg Ekblad Thrallklll Barch Buken Oaltley Cannon McClary Grimm Andersen Browne Askey .DeLatour Maddy E. Green Mlsa Gelger Sec'11 Vfce-pre,

Girl Reserves

With the slogan, "To find and give the best", the Girl Reserves furnishes social opportunities for members, helps them to make friends, and assists girls in making right choices.

The Girl Reserves is a branch of the Y. W. C. A. and its members are junior members of the organization. It has its own clubroom in the Y. W . C.A . building, the use of the gymnasium, and of the playroom for parties. An inter-club council made up of representatives from each high school in the city meets and plans city-wide suppers, conferences and parties, at which the members from the various branches meet, work and play

together. The Keyhole, a small mimeographed newspaper, gives the latest news of interest to members of this organization.

The theme stressed at all Girl Reserves meetings this year was "Keys to Growing Qp.,, Some of the keys discussed were ithose to friendship, to personality, to religious life, to pictures, to books and to use of leisure time. These were presented by outside speakers as well as by members.

To insure all members taking an active part in the work for the organization, each girl in the club serves on some committee. Members who . desire may join a city-wide Girl Reserves choir.

McLaughlin Wilkinson Ble field Brown Crawford Swanson Smith Wlaaer Prteaen Olson Rodenbeck Patrick Lagoni

Stuermer Harvey Ivers WalkeF Thompson Mason West Wllllama Scott Hirschfeld Mueller LinsCoU 1 Grant Wassenmiller Knight Becquet Schwedhelm Davis Barney M Nunnally o. Nunnally B l oom Wilson Orilflng

Bullock M Inhelder E Inhelder McCauley Young Gordan Iverson Day Ryder Davlson DeVrlendt Diefenderfer Osborn

Simmons Holland Keefer Downer Umberger Taylor Mias Ellla Pre,. Trea,.

Commercial Club

Moore Wall Gaydon Cox Dalton Bartlett Nelson Wilson Hertz Murphy Tepper Young Leuck Knudtson Gabel

Schell Hunt Dorn Heizenreter Heller Vogelgesang Wochner Massey Yeany Storm Hensley Riggle Bartzatt

Gulliams Preditt Anderson Baker Hand Hudkins Olson Lemen Ekblad Rardin Gass Ebeling Bergman

Henderson Dillow Koons Chase Taber Bebout Marler Howard Wood Phipps Olson Franklin Crump 9ulp Vice-pres.

Brady Pillers Mrs. Rein Grotjan Maser Ebner House Schwabauer Atkins Vice-pres.

Commercial Club

The aim of the commercial club is three-fold. It strives to stimulate interest in present day business problems and to provide social contact for its members. Also, it is instrumental in stressing the particular traits which characterize business activities; such as accuracy, initiative, tact and adaptability. These• are presented by means of playlets and sketches planned and staged by the members themselves. Outside speakers are sometimes invited to meetings to demonstrate the latest office equipment or to discuss some phase of business. The club also has entertainments in a lighter vein.

One of the more notable meetings of this club

Klippert McCandless Dalton Olson Walker Frick

featured a voice demonstration given in the auditorium by a local company. This demonstration illustrated not only the proper tonal quality to be used when speaking over the telephone, but also the proper inflection and courtesy to be used. The commercial club members had the good fortune at one of their meetings to witness a typewriting exhibition by Miss Hortense Stallnitz, who set a world's record in 1916 of 156 words a minute.

The commercial club at present time has one of the largest memberships in the school. The only requirement for membership is that the pupil must be carrying one commercial subject.

Anderson Royer Carveth Peterson Gosnell Pricer Dows Dalton Haack Bowers Chubbuck Ivers Keller Pres.

Arnold Grimm D. Fahrenbrucb Reed Sjoquist Baker Binning Noble Morrissey Bartlett Treas~ R. Fahrenbruch Mccaulley Young Zieg Brase P ckard Lagoni Worster Yourd

Schmidt Krieger Coleman Clark Schriber Miss Bratcher Pflug Sullivan Sec'y Pres. Treas.

Art Club

Membership in the art club indicates that a surprising number of pupils have artistic leanings. Pupils with an interest in interior decorating, costume design, drawing or any phase of art may try out for membership in this club .

Professional artists frequently discuss before the club the subject in which the art club members are most interested-art, of course. A true artist would rather pursue his calling than eat; so, much time is spent at meetings actually drawing or painting.

The annual art exhibit is the major feature of the art club. It is a resume' of the best work done by pupils in art classes during the year.

Chemistry Club

Unique among the organizations of Lincoln high school is the chemistry club. It goes out of existence every year and is never reorganized until pupils request that it come to life. The responsibility for programs is placed squarely on the shoulders of the officers. Thus the membership is made up of those who are genuinely fond of chemistry and desire to obtain a deeper insight into it. Besides witnessing exoeriments, the club hears speakers discuss composition of matter, relation of chemistry to the body, liquid air. The practice of serving refreshments after the meetings has been well-established.

Beebe Pipher Olmstead Davis Robb Anderson Mills Korella Wenz Hendry Hohlen Stone Gartner Hollingsworth D Thompson Millett Pollck Heller Smith Kierstead Wilson Eberling Loeber Alberty Lawson H. Thompson Anderson Royal Nelson Cook Stoddard Hawley Alcorn Emerson Clarke Bullock Scott it. Voigt Scharman Grotjan Bennett Coles Lovercheck Korol Miss Gere F Voigt Vice-pres Pres. Sec'y-Treas.

Simcoe Knight Park McFarland Veith McCracken Robeck Mauck Carr Beggs Fink

Whelan Cross Brown Grimm Hustead Courtenay Moffett Fowler Iverson Sjoquist Barch Seaton Anker Leland We art Pickering Garnand Paulson Newman Newkirk Baroch Phillips Van Horn Thomas Holtz Meyer Dahlberg Wilson Sec'y Vice-pres. Pres. Sec'y Treas.

Linscott Stenten Covey Harris Rokahr M Hackman Davison Gerdes L. May Mallat Hofferber Ivers Emerson Hansen Welsh Weigel Cooper Hedstrom White Franklin

Campbell McDermand Hawley Grotjan Keefer Nunnally McMillan Schroll Clark Miss Woolfolk O ' Shea Meyer Miller Ferguson Humphrey Allen Orr Osborn Beckman

Groth Kellison Mickey Morrison Reese Johnston A. Hackman Rosborough

L Club

L club, composed of first team lettermen, is an honorary organization meeting on call. Each year this group presents an act for Joy night which is one of the highlights of the evening. To prove what versatile fellows they are, the L club members give as good an account of themselves behind the footlights as they do on the gridiron, maples, cinders, tennis court, Jinks, diamond or in the pool. The L men who excel in scholarship as well as athletics are rewarded by being elected to membership in the national athletic scholarship society.

Red and Black Peppers

Resulting from much discussion and initial action by the student counci4 a girls cheering organization in Lincoln high school has been realized with Miss Virginia Woolfolk as sponsor. The girls who comprise the Red and Black Peppers give added zest to games by their hearty cheers and songs, and, as their name implies, they appear at games attired in bright costumes of red and black topped off with jaunty little caps of the same colors. This group, limited to fifty members, is built along military lines with a captain, sergeant and six corporals.

Swihart Garrison Edwards Labovltz Cole

Betz Paine Albrecht Schleich Hay Beltz Mertz Pohlenz Smith Huston Wilcox

Adams Ludwick Hyland Mussen Myers

Dean Blythe Farmer Stamm Schwartzkopf Sa er Binger Heuser Dale Blythe Mr. Kuklin Mr. Mueller Ankeny Meier Rubino Mr. Beechner Mr. Mehring $ec'11-Treas. Pres. Vice-pres.

Lieut. Capt. Sgt.

Linscott Blish

Halstrom S. Spalding B. Spalding F. Neuenschwander

C. May Brown Carter Hofferber Fink Loso

Schmidt Crouse Zipp

F. Andersen L. May N. Andersen

Kellison Pres Kyckelhahn Treas.

Sec'y Sec'y Heckman Klingel Vice-pres. Treas.

G. A. A.

Organized with the purpose of fostering sports for girls in Lincoln high school, the girls athletic association brings all potential "Babe Didricksons" in the school together. This club promotes the interclass swimming meet and basketball tournament. By keeping training rules and garnering points the members may earn letters.

Proceeds from the sale of confections at football and basketball games are used to buy new equipment for the girls gym:aasium. The club is famous for its tumbling acts and roller skating exhibitions given on Joy nig~t. A major G. A. A. event is the banquet at which the members are presented with the awards they have earned.

Home Economics Club

The home economics club, contrary to its name, is not occupied mainly with cooking and sewing, but with social welfare, and the discussion centers around questions on that subject. One function of this organization is the sponsoring of the spring style show, which, presented in an allgirls assembly, is a fashion parade of dresses made and worn by girls in the sewing classes.

The club has also made garments to be distributed by the Red Cross, and at Thanksgiving time it collects food for the needy.

Its meetings are lightened with occasional picnics and parties.

Stednitz Anderson Baker Wick Veith McCracken Robeck Smith Heuser Guilliams Seifert Rosker Neuenschwander Schutte .Thrailkill Rojeski Allhands Rodgers Hunter Gorrall Inhelder Schwedhelm Miss Stotts Christopulos Roberts Pre,. Vice-pres. Sec'11 Treas.

Bookworms

The Bookworms, a new club i n the school, brings together those pupils in Lincoln high school with a particular fondness for books. By reading stories and poems and reviewing full length books at meetings, members are able to share good books with their fellow literature lovers. Outside speakers are invited to tell of new books and to give reviews.

Novel and divert ing is the manner which the club has devised of calling the roll, making this necessity very entertaining . When each member's name is called, he responds with the name of a story he has read and tells something about it.

Travel Club

Membership in the travel club is not limited to those who have actually traveled. Anyone with a genuine interest in travel is allowed to become a member. Those who possess the mania to see far places either become explorers, following in the footsteps of Marco Polo and Admiral Byrd, read Richard Halliburton's books as quickly as they reel off the presses, or join the travel club and share their love with others.

By means of talks and moving pictures of foreign lands which are often shown, travel club members become acquainted at meetings with romantic and far-flung places.

Radiolinks

To most of us the radio is merely :i miraculous piece of mechanism which allows us to listen to Kate Smith, Boake Carter or Rudy Vallee, but such is definitely not the case w ith the Radiolinks members. This organization fosters amateur radio as a hobby among the pupils of Lincoln high school. At the bi-monthly meetings, questions may be asked by the members, of a competent instructor. The larger phases of their activit y consist of radio construction and radio code practice. When they have earned a l icense, members have an opportunity to operate the school transmitter.

Camera Club

Members of the camera club spend their time learning how to turn out pictures that will be a credit to the photographer as well as to the subject. To ;each this goal they study not only the mechanics of picture taking, but also the composition of good pictures.

Besides their regular meetings, camera club members hold dark room sessions to actually develop and enlarge pictures. During the past semester a monthly photographic con test lent zest to the art. Members of this club energetically came to the fore this year with over two hundred informal pictures for the Links.

Nieman E. Lobdell O"Donnell Friesen Olson Pote Robbins Burn Garnard Hale

A scene in the office humming with act1v1ty as usual with Miss Weatherby in the foreground checking on some absentee pupil. ... Bob Ager, Everettt James and Don Marler putting up "Clean Up the Campus" signs for the home room reps. Ben Novicoff, interclass debate entrant, expounding on cooperatives. Brawny athletes receiving their well-earned letters in assembly, Ralph Beechner standing on the extreme le£ t Violet Kapke casting a straw vote in modern problems class. Marietta Nunnally and Mark Seacrest, Advocate staff members, looking over the latest issue

A physiology exhibit for open house w i th posters prominently displayed Bob Sandberg trying out for annO\lncer on the Lincoln schools broadcast with Eddie Edison at the controls of his public address system Not a very active picture but a rest class resting .... At the bottom, the band facing the stands and playingwell, you guess .

THE LINKS 1937 Drama

The successful dramatic season recently witnessed was not just beginner's luck for Miss Jane Schaible, new Lincoln high school drama director, but a product of conscientious labor and long hours.

Converting raw material into a finished product is a director's task. As if taking rabbits from a hat, our director produced polished actors and actresses from an assortment of inexperienced novices. For that we congratulate Miss Sdiaible.

The realistic stage sets that neither shook nor fell, were created by the boys wood work classes under the direction of C. E. Evans.

We commend the Advocate and the art classes who advertised each production, and the orchestra which, under the baton of Bernard Nevin and later of Raymond R. Reed, kept things at a lively pace : Ushers were a volunteer corps of home room representatives.

Joy Night

Music! Comedy! J?rama! Laughter! Joy Night! The gala occasion came this year on April 16 and 17, with the sparkling gaiety of the best in talent at its best.

The wide variety of entertainment and the colorful setting of a Swiss inn made this annual event a never-to-be-forgotten evening.

With the Alps of Switzerland pi:oviding a fascinating background the girls and boys sang their lustiest, danced their sprightliest and provided a really joyful night.

Professor Quiz , alias Otto W. Hackman, formed the nucleus for a clever takeoff on the March of time. Who will forget William Tempel as our president, the Honorable F. D. Roosevelt? From whose mind will the pictures of James Wallace as Wallis Warfield Simpson soon fade? Many are the people who long to see these and the other faculty performances behind the silver screen.

The snappy opener of the program was a musical act by the waiters of the European inn, who, when not waiting on tables at "The Sign of the Purple Frog" go under the moniker of the boys glee. As one can not imagine Switzerland without its mountains, one could not picture Joy night minus a Mummers play. That dramatic club provided travelers for the inn who had some very amusing experiences. A vagabond, a Spanish senorita,. a crystal gazer, an accordion player, a sprinkling of foreigners and a chorus figured in the fetching Clef club act. Mary Frances Kier and Willard Mertz proved themselves another Astaire-Rogers team in the execution of a fast dance number. - Beck Benny rode again under

the sponsorship of the commercial and travel clubs, and Mary Beeson handled a rope with the dexterity of an old cowhand. The haunting voice of a continental serenader rang true in the person of Robert Wittstruck. Mimes presented the Hall of Fame, written, directed and acted in by George Blackstone. No few acclaim this the most tremendous of a terrific bill and rightly so Following the Mimes playlet a pleasant peasant waltz was presently rendered by the graceful Mary Ellen Comerford. According to Major Bowes and the G. A.A., wheels go round and round and according to the audience, Pat Herminghaus on roller skates is a dancer oi exceptional merit. Betty Mueller presented a lovely picture as a Spanish dancer, and William Morton appeared as Professor Morton the magician, who proved the hand quicker than the eye. Ach! Du Lieuber Augustine! The German band with its " oompah oomp" offered a dashing touch of the old country. Marian Bowers, who has been an outstanding part of Joy night for the last three years, shone as brightly as ever in the 19 3 7 performance. The Peppers gave a spicy bit of hot rythmn and left the audience humming a catchy ditty written by Mary Rosborough. Even the teachers are trilling "We are the Peppers". So ended a vivid, a magnificent, and a pretty good presentation of Joy night.

The student council, under the supervision of Miss Helen Dunlap, directed the affair with expert management. The teachers who sponsored the various acts are to be congratulated for their share.

I'll Leave It to You

I'll Leave It to You

The class of '37 displayed their distinctive capabilities as satellites of the theater with the presentation of I'll Leave It to You, by Noel Coward, on the night of December 11 and 12, 1936.

Uncle Daniel didn't have any money, but he wasn't lacking in brain capacity. As long as his four nieces and one nephew were under the illusion that he was rolling in wealth, they were perfection personified.

At the request of Uncle Daniel, each of the Dermotts tried his hand at earning a livelihood. To the most success£ ul businessman would go an immense reward. Now the little nieces and ne phews took to this scheme instantaneously, as they all had an eye on uncle's will.

In the utmost secrecy, Daniel promised to each the treasured prize. When they compared notes, Uncle Dan was on the spot. However, his resourcefulness won out and everyone was completely satisfied, the Dermotts proving much the better for their misdemeanors.

Cast

Mrs. Dermott ______________ Barbara Johnston

Daniel Davis_ __________________ George Hulac

Oliver Dermott ________ Clyde Martz

Evangeline Dermott_ _________ Betty Ann Patton

Sylvia Dermott_ _______________ Marion Bowers

Bobbie Dermott ___ Richard Morse

Joyce Dermott_ _________________ Marion Miller

Mrs. Crombie _____________ Esther Stuermer

Faith Crombie ________________ Dorothy Knight

Griggs, the butler ____ --· Robert Beltz

Business Manager __________ Lee Lange { William Eberline, chairman; Advertising Com. ___ Elmer Shev, Kenneth Miller, Bettie Larson, Betty Meyer, Barbara Wingo. [ .Betty Ann Clarke, chairman; Richard Robbins, subProperty Com. _____ chairman; Audra Hawley, Betty Browne, Gertrude McArthur, Gerald Wilson. Daddies

The Thirteenth Chair

The Thirteenth Chair

This power-packed, supercharged story was presented in such an effective way by the class of '3 8 that many of the audience wanted police escorts, May 8.

The Crosbys had invited a spiritualist, Madame Rosalie LaGrange, to entertain the guests at a dinner party. During a seance a weird cry cut the air! The guests screamed! A man had been murdered! He had sat in the thirteenth chair!

Not contented with one hair-raising murder, the victims involved offered two, the second of which resulted in an attempt to solve the complicated first. In keeping with their native reputation, Irish detectives Donohue, Doolan and Dunn found the solution of the entanglement.

Novel to the school were the brisk interludes presented between acts-a vocal trio, skeleton dance and ghost dance.

Cast

Madame Rosalie LaGrange ________ Ruth Holland

Edward Wales ______________ Robert Smith

Helen O'N ei/l _______ Evelyn Leavitt

Tim Donohue _____ -~-------_ Arthur Mason

Howard Standish _____________ Cyrus Miller

Will Crosby ______ Walter Johnson

Roscoe Crosby _____________ __ Glenn Reynolds

Mrs. Crosby ______________ Dorothy Jean Bryan

Braddish Trent_ _____________ _ __ Ervin Nye

Mary Eastwood _____________ __ Betty Benson

Elizabeth Erskine ______ Alice Jean Humphrey

Grace Standish ______________ Betty Rangeler

Philip Mason ______ Curtis Gettman

Sergeant Dttnn ____ Jack Donovan

Helen Trent_ __________________ Florence Moll

Pollock ____ Clifford Opper

Doolan _____ Paul Miller

Daddies

Amid bachelor quarters and ex-orphans the Mummers presented to the general public their versatile bevy of young actors, November 13 and 14, 1936. Daddies by John Hobble was the popular vehicle for their seventeenth success.

Confirmed bachelors, Robert Audrey and his friends, reluctantly decided to adopt orphans for the cause of charity. Expecting little waifs, they received such charming bits of juvenility that the old bachelor club was tottering in no time.

Robert's foundling arrived, a lovely miss of sixteen. However, Mr. Audrey proved more than equal to the ensuing situation. He proposed to the girl.

As the curtain dropped on the last act, each man had entirely · discarded his views on the bliss of a single life.

Ca st

Robert Audrey _ _ _ __ Dean Pohlenz

James Crockett _______________ Paul Speier

Henry Allen ______________ Dale Kreps

William Rivers _ Jack Donovan

Nicholson Walters_ _________ Leslie Lovercheck

Ruth Atkins __ Idris Sell

Mrs. Audrey _Betty Moritz

Bobette Audrey _________ Virginia Thede

Madame Levigne _______________ Wahneeta Wisser

Lorry _ Saurine Lottman

Alice ____ Joan Gellatly fMasters Tommy Harley, Francois, Emile, Gustave JlBobby Hinds, George Thompson

Parker _____________ Kay McKay

Katie ___ Dorothy Simpson

Nurse_ _____________ Barbara Scott

At the top, members of the faculty Joy night act shyly posing for their picture. James S. Wallace played a glamorous "Wally" Simpson to Raymond Reed's dashing Edward VIII while three F. D. R.'s helped the Supreme court to come to a decision .... In the make-up room, members of several acts discussing the show. Rolling off the press are advertising cards co put one in a quizzical frame of mind In the upper center, the university men's glee club singing Travelin' to assembly .... Below, a continental serenader 'neath the Sign of the Purple Frog The cast of the Mimes Hall of Fame posing in characteristic positions .... In the next row, the showers of style grouping on the auditorium stage . . The auditorium darkened during a moving picture seance .... The days of the Old West brought back by the commercial club stunt for Joy night.

THE LINKS 1937 Music

If Schubert, Beethoven or Saint-Saens were to visit Lincoln high school and hear one of his compositions being played or sung by any of the musical groups, he would probably remark, "Now, that is more like it."

At least such is not an impossible vision when the general excellence of Lincoln high musical groups this year is considered. Besides having fine quality and interpretation, the organizations have offered to a large number of students the opportunity of taking part in them, 3 2 5 persons being members of the various advanced musical classes.

In ovember, January and March, before appreciative audiences, the orchestra, a group of seventy talented musicians, played Sunday afternoon vesper concerts. Merry Wives of Windsor, Claire De Lune, Dance of the Buffoons and Jewels of the Madonna were some of the well re,·eived numbers. Miss Katharine Cox was guest cello soloist at the January vesper concert.

Victor Molzer's interpretation of Caprice Brilliante, a piano solo with orchestra accompaniment, was enthusiastically received at the March vesper concert, as was Philip Heller's cello solo in Air De Ballet.

In the first group of appreciation concerts, 3,000 attentive fifth and sixth grade children heard the orchestra play Danre of the Macabre with Janet Steckelberg playing the violin solo, and Spoon Rit:rr with Malcolm Hayes and Richard Morse playing the piano duet.

The second series of appreciation concerts were presented in the 1:pring by the orchestra which had increased its membership to eighty. The program was varied. including On the Steppes of Central Asia, The Doll's Dance and Flight of the Bumblebee.

Mary Lou Burns, Phyllis Ivers, Marjorie Kelly, Florence Moll, B tty Reese, Esther Rembolt, Louise Stapleton, Mildred Wekesser, Margaret Hedstrom and Barbara Clark were the two semesters members of the girls octet that excelled in fine ensemble work and sang a great many times during the year.

Betty Reese sang a lovely obligato to Gloria i11 Excelsis, a Christmas carol, and Barbara Clark demonstrated her beautiful contralto voice when she sang the solo part in Clouds, at the winter commencement. Miriam Hackman was accompanist.

Still other musical groups rounded out Lincoln high's array of talent. They were a string quartet consisting of Janet Steckelberg, Charlotte Quick, Alice Blackstone and Philip Heller, and a woodwind quintet composed of Jean Simmons, Calvin Rollins, Willard Mertz, A very Forke and Victor Molzer.

Music Contest

Twenty-one Lincoln high school mus1c1ans chosen to represent their school by competitive try-outs in February returned home April 2 triumphant after receiving eleven superior ratings out of a possible twelve at the district music contest held at Geneva

Louise Stapleton, soprano; Betty Bennett, mezzo soprano; Nathan Holman, tenor; James Price, violin; Calvin Rollins, bassoon; Willard Mertz, French horn; Victor Molzer, piano and Jean Simmons, flute, were soloists who received superior ratings. All the small groups, the girls octet, the string quartet and the woodwind quintet won the same honor.

For the first time in three years, Lincoln high school musicians returned from the state high school music contest at Hastings amassing a total of seventy points to win the class A sweepstakes.

Each of the four large groups entered-the choir , the orchestra, the girls glee club and the boys glee club--received a superior rating although the competition was especially keen. The choir and boys glee club were the only groups in their class to receive the highest honor given.

Two of the three small groups entered-the woodwind quintet and the string quartet-received superior ratings while the octet was given an excellent rating.

Louise Stapleton, soprano; Betty Bennett. medium voice; Nathan Holman, tenor; Calvin Rollins, bassoon, and Jean Simmons, flute, placed superior in the individual competition while Victor Molzer, piano; Willard Mertz, French horn, and James Price, violin, received excellent ratings.

Knott Leston Blazek Edison Mecomber Zimmer Brown Maxwell Leonard Van Sickle Hammond Curry Douglas Stinchcomb F Neunschwander Swiber Quimbly Kelley Beatty Knies Smith Loeffel Rounds ;Runnalls Allen Bartlet Mertlng Forney Tunberg Hauschildt Schastid Sehnert

Mr. Reed Blakely McAvoy Carck Alberty Longman Turkel Royer Nolan Anderson Gates Mcconnaughey Forke Yates Wiley Chapman Hancock

'Sand

Sons of the Black and R.ed and Cheer," Cheer /or Old L. H. S. were ampng th~ repertoire of the band as well as more classical pieces including Headlines, by Colby; Fugue in G Minor, by Bach, and Serenade Espagm>l-e, by Bizet, played at the February vesper concert. The band was one of · the chief cheer-leading organizations in the school, playing at football and basketball games and going with the fO()tball team to Omaha.

Avery Forke, drum major; and John Gates, captain for the first semester, and William McConnaughey for the second semester, led the band with flashing batons in such other events as the Armistice day parade and the University of Nebraska band day.

Orchestra

For the first time in five years the orchestra and band were under new supervision as Bernard Nevin, popular director of the instrumental groups, was granted a leave of absence for the second semester to complete his studies at Northwestern University. Raymond R. Reed, director of the University of Nebraska orchestra, succeeded in the difficult task of replacing Mr. Nevin and maintaining the reputation of the instrumental "groups. •

The orchestra; playing for the convention of the Nebraska state teachers association, was received with rounds of applause J as· a number of compositions including On the Mesa from the Desert Suite were presented.

Heller Robinson Koenig Betz McCracken Edison Albrecht Swihart Hackman Greenwatt , Sunderman Price James Welch

Wiley Mertz Smith Hogan White Inhelder Mr Reed Green Young Armintrout Evans Steckelberg Quick Corcoran

Keller Rangeler Blackstone Hayes Molzer Sut'ber Pemberton campbell Bell Bush Fowler Miller Meler Thompson Day Soldevilla Adams Hawley Patton Garnard McAvoy Blomen komp Radmore Sell Pappas Ward Hancock George Kay East Sandberg Anderson Mertlng Pegans Simmons Sec'11 Treas. Prea.

Donley Seng Thiesen W. Wilson Duffield Carlsen Rollins Bush Baker Anderson G. Wilson Hayes DePutron Chadderdon Wilcox Hutchins Mueller Johansen Eberline Dahlberg Beebe Laughlin Regnier Wekesser Stapleton Stone Robbins Ivers Hedstrom Maddy Pierson Polsky Schwedhelm Koons Bennett Griess Nelson McMillan Moll Harris Freeman Martin M1ller Thede Johnston Adams Umberger Clark Sec' y Pres. Pres.

Choir

Reaching an enrollment of ninety, the choir, which is under the magnetic direction of William G. Tempel, became the largest of the vocal and instrumental organizations in school. Musical recognition of the excellence of the choir was received when they were asked to represent mixed vocal groups of Nebraska at the first Northwestern music competition festival at Minneapolis under the auspices of the National School Vocal Association. Unfortunately, they were unable to attend.

Dimmed auditorium lights, thirty-three burning candles along the front of the stage, a tableau scene and ninety black-robed choristers! Such

was the scene as the choir presented the annual Christmas assemblies and the Christmas vesper concert Verna Umberger skilfully repeated the always new Christmas story as Mary Lou Burns sang the solo part in the Christmas choralogue. Nate Holman's tenor voice rang out in From Heaven Above, another Christmas song of the choir.

The high, clear soprano voice of Louise Stapleton brought many rounds of applause for her solo in Italian Street Song, a musical composition sung by the choir at the district convention of the Nebraska state teachers association and again at the March vesper concert.

Pipher Reynolds Kreps Lovercheck Davis Hulac Neufeld Ogle Lintt Pedersen King Holman Manning Mills Spohn Jenkins

Rem bolt Vaughn White Pabst Drummond Burns Kelly Smith Kn i ght Donis Bettenhausen Orr Struble L Emerson Hutchison Farmer Groth Adams E. Emerson Gosnell DeLatour

Worster D. Cook Ogle Maycock Klingel Rokahr Sandlovich Grant Pauley E. Cook Leavitt Holland Humphrey Bennett Dawson Dyke Dudley Blomenkamp Carroll West Remington Meier Holbrook Giilespie Wimberly Wheeler M. Campbell Carlson Bauer Lewellan Nunnally Jones Brehm Hutchinson N. Campbell Osborn Luke Anderson Koons Brown Lefler Harvey Peffer Hansen Harper Woods Ryder Trigg Ferguson Mallat Alexander Mickey M i ss Stowell Green Allen Keefer Seaton Askey Sec' y Pres. Vice-pres L i brarian Pres. Sec'y

Girls · Glee Club

To the strains of Glory to God, a solo trio composed of Maxine Maddy, Frances Keefer and Florence Moll gave a lovely, harmonious touch to the Christmas vesper concert as the girls glee club sang. It also sang Cbristmas Lullaby with Betty Ann Green trilling the soprano solo.

An added flower to the large bouquet of compliments for the girls glee was given when it was the only public school organization to take part in Miss Hazel Gertrude Kinscella's original composition program in December.

Just before Easter they sang Snow Leg end and On th e Steppes for a meeting of Nebraska superintendents and elementary principals.

Gartner C Miller Pres P Miller Boggs Nye Treas Hall Joy

Boys Glee Club

A Babt Is Born was sung by Louise Stapleton accompanied by the boys glee club at the Christmas vesper concert. George Manning, Orval Pederson and Robert Wittstruck also displayed their abilities by singing solos in Rose of Tralee. The boys glee club, under the direction of William G. Tempel, proved themselves a fine group during the year. They appeared in a number of performances. One particularly worthy of note was the February vesper concert when Louise Stapleton sang Romany Life and Harold Osborn gave his interpretation of Rose of Tralee. Uniform white suits made their appearance even more effective. Honig Gettman Shelley Egan McChesney Denning Carter Evert Kushner Ellis Poaster Meyer Anderson Knippel Folsom Sec ' y Pres. Do1,ovan Sec'y Maser Frankforter Garrison Myers Ball Runk Wittstruck Brown

Girls Mass Chorus

Five hundred girls in black dresses with white collars accompanied by. the Lincoln high school orchestra was the sight that greeted the eyes of visiting teachers as Miss Helen S~owell, skilful d irector of the girls glee and girls octet, led the great chorus in the most thrilling single mus ic event of the year. The concert began with Prayer of Thanksgiving and ending w ith Glorious Forever.

Clamors for repeating this success were so persistent that the one hundred thirty-eight Lincoln high school girls' voices included in the group, performed for two assemblies and a vesper concert. A pit orchestra accompanied. The entire chorus also presented two of the numbers at the piano carnival on May 15, singing My Johnny Was a Shoemaker and Kathr·yn's Wedding Day.

Opera

Mysterious plots , deeply masked intrigues , restoration of a kingdom , a royal romance and the best voices in Lincoln high school in mass chorus!

Sweethearts, the opera presented this year by the choir, weaves around the ad v entures of Sylvia, princess of Zilania, who as a youngster is left in the care of Dame Paula, proprietor of the laundry at the White Geese.

The plot deepens when Mikel, wh o left Sy lvia in Dame Paula's care, conspires to put Sy lvia on the throne which is about to be offered to Franz, the heir presumptive. Meanwhile F ranz, traveling incognito, has fallen in love with Sy lv ia, and has found a rival in Lieutenant K a rl who is engaged to Sylvia.

Trouble, mistaken identities , surpr ises, all of these lead up to the happy, l ight opera ending.

Cast

Sylvia -___ Louise Stapleton

Prince FranZ -------~--- - ------- Nate Holman

Liane _________________ __________ Betty Reese

Lieutenant Karl_ ________ LeRoy Farmer

Mi kel _ Morris Hayes

Von Tromp ______ Richard Thiesen

Slingsby __ Robe r t Adams

Paula _____ Ruth McMillan

Caniche

Nanette

_ John DePutron

______ Marjorie Kelly

Babette ____________ __ Margaret Hedstrom

Clairett e . ______________ Hope Drummond

Toinette

Li ze tte

Jeanette

Acc011ipanist

Director

__ Barbara Clark

____ Betty Bennet

____ Betty Groth

____ Paul LeBar

__ W. G. Tempel

Upper left-The bass violinists of the orchestra strictly on their dignity, having a solemn job as they manipulate their big bows Next to them, lusty voices ringing out in a rendition of Song of Wes tern Men by the boys glee club Members of the girls octet posing on the front steps with their accompanist before they sing. To their right is a portrait in pastel ch:ilks and its subject. Dick K~ontz carefully draws the cover design for the 19 37 Links . . . . Violin bows rising in unison as the violin section, Janet Steckelberg and Charlotte Quick in the first and second chairs, melts black and white notes into lovely music A wide perspective of a drawing class at work. . . . The brass section forgets a natural inclination for swing and plays something classical.

THE LINKS 1937 Sports

A coach, a fighter, a gentleman-and in those three words you have summed up Lincoln high's new football and basketball instructor, Ralph Beechner, who succeeded our old friend, Stuart Baller.

Beechner is not exactly what you would call a stranger at Lincoln high school. "Beech" earned his monogram here in 1924-26 in three sports-football, basketball, and baseball.

When he moved here this year, it wasn't the first time he had taken over the coaching reins when Baller had departed. When Harold Browne shifted to the University of Nebraska in 1929, Baller left Jackson and Beechner replaced him.

It v/as a great blow to the hopes of Lincoln high when Beechner suffered an eye infection at the start of the football season; but Neal Mehring, in his first season as a tutor , filled in most satisfactorily. Mehring is an ex-Nebraska football ace. A.fter receiving one of the finest compliments Coach Dana Bible ever paid to one of his coaching school students, Mehring was signed by Lincoln high for reserve basketball coach last year.

Whereas Mehring is known as the "Beau Brummel" of the state coaching circle, Frank Mueller is known as "Frank the Card." Mueller's rare humor is not confined to Lincoln alone. One of the best referees in the state, Mueller has traveled many miles to officiate at athletic contests. In his first game as reserve coach at Lincoln, he held the undefeated Jackson team to a 6 to O reckoning, the bigg est scare the Cardinals received all season.

Who piloted Lincoln's swimmers to a victory over Omaha Tech in the second meet of the season the first time the Maroons had been defeated for nearly five seasons? Harry Kuklin , another newcomer. Kuklin was state high school and Bix Six diving cham'pion two years , and was captain of the Red and Black in 19 2 9.

Earl Johnson, acting director of athletics, is serving in place of Harold Lauritsen. Johnson, at the head of Lincoln sport activities for years, is a man about whom little has been written. Johnson attended Crete high school, then advanced to Doane. After receiving his degree, the Doane officials immediately signed him to tutor the athletic teams. Serving at Doane three years, Johnson took over coaching duties at Peru for five years, and then moved to Lincoln .

Perhaps Will Rogers could have stated it better, putting it something like "Howdy, fellows, we're doggone glad to have you with us." But lose or win, our coaches will be right in the midst of the flying fur, and when it's all over, they'll come up smiling. They're that kind.

Football

Up to their o]d passing tricks after several years of devastating running play, Lincoln high's 19 3 6 football team again maintained the enviable reputation that has been built up in years of winning games. Under the tutorship of Neal Mehring during the absence of Ralph Beechner at the start of the seasop., the gridders captured six games , while losing but three and tying one.

Lacking a sufficient scoring punch, the Red and Black and Omaha , outh battled furiously in a game of frustration as the season opened, the game ending O to 0. Superb line play annulled the offensive :fireworks.

Thoroughly chastened by the Omaha South deadlock, Lincoln put the screws on Crete, flogging Bob Gibbs' Cardinals 19 to 0. It was here that the Red and Black found wings on its feet and bullseyes at the end of Junior Hudkins' pitching arm. Hudkins passed to George Binger for all of the touchdowns, ranging from 27 to 10 yards.

In the annual "A" and "B" skirmish Frank Mueller's junior wrecking crew dimmed the undefeated hopes of the first stringers for three quarte1'5, but two swift touchdowns in the final quarter gave the Links a hard earned 13 to 0 victory over the scrappy seconds, led by their center, Junior Ennen. Hudkins scored both touchdowns on short gains.

Flinging the pigskin with amazing dexterity, the Red and Black clad magicians baffled the beefy St. Joseph Central team, placing a 12 to 0 victory on the credit side. It was Hudkins to Binger again, a 44-yard pass in the second quar-

Football

ter netting the first score, while the last touchdown in the fourth quarter was made by one of the most freakish plays ~ver shown in a Lincoln game. From the one-yard line, Hudkin$ plunged across, but fumbled and Binger caught the ball in the air to chalk up the score.

Tossing forward and lateral passes with the abandon of a Rugby team gone basketball crazy , the Links whipped Falls City 13 to 0. Hudkins tossed a 10-yard pass to Binger for the first marker in the second period, and Reuben Bauer flipped a 5-yard aerial to Binger for fhe third quarter score.

Giving in doggedly and grudgingly, Lincoln found the man power and general all-around talent of Sioux City Central too much and dropped a thrilling 7 to O contest It was the first defeat the Red and Black had tasted since the same club had turned the trick two years ago. When Red Salzman wheeled off tackle in the third quarter for the score, it was the first time an opponent had crossed the Lincoln goal line since Kennedy had two years ago, wearing the same colors as Salzman.

A slimy pigskin that rose as a black oval from the ankle-deep mud to go tumbling between the crossbars in the second period appeared to have Omaha Tech headed for victory, but the Red and Black, operating with the speed and determination of a locomotive, came in the second half to dnib the Maroons 14 io 3. Hudkins, draped with Tech tacklers, plunged across from the 1o:..yard stripe in the third quarte,r, then came through with a 47-yard dash off tackle in the final quarter to clinch the game.

Striking with bewildering swiftness in the first half, Lincoln downed Omaha Central 13 to 0 the following week. Binger snagged a 3-yard pass from Bauer to score in the first quarter,

then blocked a punt and dropped on the ball in the end zone to complete the scoring.

Attacking with a vigor which surprised even " its adherents, Grand Island captured the mythical state title by edging out a 6 to O victory over the Red and Black. A 60-yard drive in the second quarter, with Phelan going across, netted the lone score of the game, although the Links rallied numerous times in the final period only to be denied some five yards from the promised territory.

_ As smooth a working piece of high school football machinery as any that ever rolled over the gridiron at Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis South, crushed and outclassed Lincoln 28 to 6 on Thanksgiving day to ring down the curtain on the season. Art Ir.gens, South ' s ace back, was the most proficient, leather lugger the Links faced all season LeRoy Farmer plunged across for. the only Lincoln score in the third quarter after a 49-yard drive

George Binger, end; Arthur Adams, tackle, and Junior Hudkins, fullback, received all-state honor, while much mention was given to Sidney Held, end; Austin Wilson, quarterback; Don Taylor and Ervin Heiser, halfbacks. The seasonson's record:

13

12

___ 13

____ 14

Hutton Wilson Taylor Quarterback Halfback

Miller Fullback

Yakel Fullback

Morisse Tackle Meier Center Schwartzkopf ' Guard

Sauer Guard

Second Team Football

Revenge is sweet," the poet said, and the 19 3 6 Lincoln reserve football team will have to take his word for it , for against their arch enemies, Lincoln, Jackson and Havelock, they found the task of :finding out for them selves much too much, although they damaged the prestige of all three · teams

Hauling themselves together after the shock of a 2 5 -yard touchdown run by Bus Knight, the seconds fought fire with fire and held J ackson to its closest score of the season, 6 to 0.

Lincoln's first team had to call on all its resources to turn back the stubborn reserves, 13 to 0 in the annual A-B team game. The seconds held their own nicely until the final quarter when Junior Hudkins hit pay-dirt twice.

The hand may be quicker than the eye, but Havelock's razzle-dazzle style of attack held no terrors and no bewilderment for the junior squad , until a third quarter pass edged out the seconds 7 to 0.

Thwarted time after time by penalties, the Estes Center Bauer Garrison Quarterback Guard Brlll Halfback

team unleashed a powerful running attack in the fourth quarter to defeat the Beatrice seconds 7 to O.

After Cathedral had forfeited, the underclassmen dropped a heartbreaking 2 to O game to Bethany when Brick's punt slipped off his foot for a safety in the opening period.

Duped by one perfectly executed forward pass that traveled 48 yards, the B team ended the season by taking a 6 to O defeat at the hands of College View.

Junior Ennen, center; Art Bartzatt, tackle; and Brick received much praise at the conclusion of the season. The record:

TotaL ____ 8 TotaL __ J4

Helser Halfback Farmer Halfback

Labovitz Trainer Betz Manager

Albrecht

Basketball

With a double-barreled display of brilliant shooting and flaw less passing, Lincoln's 19 3 6-3 7 basketball ripsaw sliced off eleven victories. Mustering a scoring spree that couldn't be stopped, the Red and Black opened the season with a lopsided 33 to 22 victory over Omaha Central as Sid n ey Held garnered a dozen markers. Hi t ched to a sharpshoot ing forward , Lou is M ahacek, Omaha South , conquered t he Links 22 to 14 though behind 12 to 10 at the start of the last quarter.

Operating w i th the speed and determinat ion of a locomotive, L incoln took Columbus into camp 3 5 to 17 and added a 3 8 to 16 victory over Grand Island. Although Clifford Miller did his painstaking best to prevent it , Omaha Tech dumped the Links 26 to 20 , and on the Sioux City trip, the Red and Black split a double-header, Dick Hine's onehanders spelling a 31 to 24 victory for Central while Miller led the Links to a 24 - 18 triumph over East.

Lincoln duplicated i ts earlier win over Om.aha Central b y clipping the Eagles 34-31, but fell prey to Harry Hopp & Co. from Hast ings, 27- 18 , Frank Rubino's last-minute basket edged out Crete 25-24.

In the annual Lincoln-Jackson game, the Cardinals made it three in a row by making nine out of fourteen free throws to win 23-22 before an overflow crowd of more than 1, 500. With Austin Wilson at the helm, Beatrice bowed 37-25, but John Peterson ' s side shot gave York a 19 - 18 victory over the Links.

Revenge for an earlier defeat was gained when Omaha Tech was defeated 3 6- 24, and the Red and Black en.ded the season with wins over St. Joseph Central and Fremont.

The season's record:

Basketball

STATE TOURNAMENT

Lincoln's drive toward a state championship began with a bang, the bearers of the Red and Black drubbing Teachers 62 to 0 in the opener. The winners held a 30 to O lead at the half and added 3 2 more the last half.

Read j usting the i r sights after being held to a 3 to 3 count for half the first period, Lincoln clinched the right to enter the state meet by subduing Ashland 39 to 10.

In the regional finals, the spell that Jackson seems to have cast over Lincoln remained unbtj)ken when the Cardinals won 12 to 11.

Coach Beechner's drive to a state championship was frustrated by a wizard with the ball, Wilson Belka, of Crete. Belka tossed in 19 markers to lead his mates to a 27 to 2 5 victory. Held was high for the Red and Black with 13.

Beechner should be commended on his fine showing as coach, considering he had but three lettermen to work with, and then, there's always next year.

Labovltz Trainer Fo x Huston Farmer Manager F o r w ard Guard Wllson Hudkins Forward Guard

Mussen Gu a rd Rub i no Held Guard Center

Albrecht Ce n te r M1lle1· Forward

Covey Forward Hyland Guard

Ralph Beechner Coach

Second Team Basketball

Second Team Basketball

Neal Mehring's :fighting reserves, who captured thirteen contests and dropped but three during the season, and who tied the great Jackson quintet for top honors in the Greater Lincoln league, wrote the most sparkling, luminous chapter ever recorded in the "B team recordbook during the 1936-37 :fiesta.

Scoring with gay abandon, the seconds rolled up a 32 to 17 count against the Omaha Central Reserves in the opener, and, after a half of dreary basketball, revived to rout Sprague-Martel 21-14. In a game that brimmed with surprises, Bethany fell 27-11 as Bob Sauer dumped in 10 markers, but Walton gave the "B" team their first taste of defeat, 24-14

The Red and Black dumped College View 27-16, only to fall before the same Omaha

Central team they had routed earlier in the season, 39-32. With John Hay scoring at will, Teachers were handed a 30-24 defeat, and the Crete seconds were shellacked 33-17. Eagle was dropped from the exclusive ranks of the unbeaten, 2 8-2 5, and the Jackson Reserves were handed a 24-19 reckoning.

Cathedral and Beatrice Reserves couldn't keep pace, bowing 27-18 and ?9-7, respectively, but the Seconds suffered a 44-24 setback at the hands of eeresco. Liberty, state Class C champions, were knocked off 27-7, as were College View and Havelock, 34-16 and 41-31.

John Hay was third in Greater Lincoln league individual scoring with 141 points, while in average points per game he was second.

Neal Mehring Coach Clough Student manager

Bachman Forward Hay Francis Forward Forward

Gelletly Guard Sauer Guard

Metheny Forward Weidman Center

Murphy Guard King Center

Miller Forward Jackson Guard

Frank Mueller, coach Danek Kohout Carrel Blake well Warne Butts Held Lovell

Lawrence Mlller

Rubino Dean Blythe Sauer Cole Marrow Gillette

Gilmore

Baseball

What makes a good baseball team? Some say hitting strength and others say fielding .ability, but it is generally agreed that the combination produces a winning club. And that, combined with the sterling pitching of elongated Sid Held, is the main reason why Red and Black's diamond forces handed in one of the finest records ever made by a Lincoln nine.

The Links got off on the wrong foot by dropping a 1 5 to 5 decision to the cream of the Omaha crop, Central, when the Gate City lads bunched fourteen base knocks with an even dozen Lincoln errors. Held started on the mound and whiffed seven in five innings, Keith Feaster finishing.

Held's brilliant two-hit pitching evened the season's ledger, Omaha Tech falling victim to his fireball, 4 to 0. Held set sixteen Maroon batters down with their quota of strikes. The Links scored three counters in the third inning and added another in the fifth when Gaylord Cole's outfield fly enabled Frank Rubino to cross the mathematical hassock. Sauer and Held each got a double for the victors.

Omaha North couldn't cope with Held's speed, and bov.:ed 2 to 0. The Vikings were held to three hits and fourteen potential hitters were fanned. Dean Blythe paced the swatsmiths with a pair of blows.

Held's third straight shut-out was chalked up, with Tech the vanquished again, 19 to 0, as Coach Mueller ran a parade of twenty-one players on the field. The Red and Black ran in eleven counters in the second to sew it up.

Swimming

Swimming

One meet made an otherwise dull season one of the most outstanding ever turned in by a Linco]n team, when the Red and Black splashers broke Omaha Tech's winning streak at. 23 straight by winning in a mid-season dual.

Y. M. C. A. bowed before the Links as the season began when Harold Osborn, Don Hilgert, Les ·Oldfield and Bill Hutton garnered first places. Omaha Tech was forced to win the final relay to nudge the Links 39 to 36 at Omaha.

The Red and Black made it two straight over the Y. M. C. A. by defeating Burton Amgwert and Co., 47 to 29.

Lincoln's water magicians then pulled a trick out of their hat that critics had almost termed impossible. The Red and Black splashers ended Omaha Tech's victory streak 37 to 29 in the home pool. Gordon Paine's 19.9 in the 40 yard free style got the Red and Black off to •a lead they never relinquished, Oldfield, Swihart and Bill Edwards following with firsts, and the two relay teams winding up in the initial place.

Tech edged out Harry Kuklin's tankers 74 to 68 to take the Tri-State competition at Omaha. Relay teams composed of Oldfield, Osborn, Paine, Swihart, Turnbull, John Edwards and Bill Edwards took three firsts.

Lincoln's free wheeling splashers again played second fiddle to Omaha Tech in the state meet.

With the final event, the 200-yard relay, on deck, the Red and Black held a slim 2 point margin, but dropped the relay as the Maroons broke the state record and captured the title 66-64.

Gordon Paine, honorary captain of the team, distinguished himself as the outstanding swimmer by taking firsts in the two sprint free style events. Don Hilgert arid Les Oldfield each grabbed a first apiece, and the 15 0 yard medley relay team was triumphant.

Harry Kuklin, coach Stoddart Knies Specht J Edwards Crancer

Rolland Turnbull W Edwards

Cotton Foster Paine

Schoflelc1

Hutton Hilgert

Horne, manager Van Horn

Track

Track

Lincoln's cinder aspirants captured the first large track meet of the season by amassing 44 points to win the Y.ork invitational. Bob Beltz turned in a scintillating 54. 5 in the 440 and George Borgens stepped off the low hurdles in 23 flat for best performances. Bill Becker, Robert Francisco, Earl Heuser, Victor Schleich, Austin Wilson and Junior Mussen chalked up seconds.

The Red and Black emerged on top the scoring heap at the M-I-N-K four state meet at Peru with 46 ½ points, Omaha Tech placing second with 35 ½. Beltz was clocked in 53.3 for the 440, the relay team clicked off the 8 8 0 in 1 : 3 7 flat, Austin Wilson vaulted 10 feet 7 inches and broad jumped 19 feet 6 ½ 'inches for outstanding feats of the day. Ralph Hill finished second to Falls City's great miler, Gilbert Dodds, in 4:49 flat.

The second team, composed of men who had not qualified for the state meet td date, ran hog-· wild to capture the Greater Lincoln qualifying affair with 641/2 markers. Jackson was second with 37%, Havelock third with 20. Firsts were turned in by Bill Barton in the century, Richard Van Horn in the 880, Clarence Schmidt in the mile, Carl Leonard in the shot, Gordon Paine in the discus and Barton in the broad jump.

With Bob Beltz sitting on the sidelines because of an infected cheek-bone, the Links dropped the last meet for the state agenda, losing the Hastings invitational to Hastings, 30 to 29, when the Tiger relay team nosed out Lincoln. George Borgens tied the low hurdle mark of 2 3. 8, and Wilson broad jumped 21 feet 1 ¼ inches for firsts.

Heuser, Becker, Wilson and the relay team garnered seconds.

STATE TOURNAMENT

A dark horse Omaha Tech outfit, paced by Dave Wall and Dick Beal, collected too many firsts for Lincoln high's seconds and thirds to cope with and nudged the Red and Black 27 to 19 to win the state meet.

In the feature track event of the day, Bob Beltz, ace Lincoln quarter miler, was bested on the home stretch by Raymond Helms of Hastings and forced to take second in 52.1.

George Borgens, low hurdler, stayed with Beal of Tech three-quarters of the route but trailed into a surprise second place. Austin Wilsop got the other Lincoln second in the broad jump.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the meet came in the broad jump where Leonard Barton, who had failed to place in a big qualifying meet all season, leaped over 20 feet to take third. Vic Schleich garnered a third in the shot and Junior Mussen a third in the high jump.

Bill Becker, putting on a fine display of speed, took a pair of fourths in the dashes behind one of the fastest fields ever gathered in Nebraska and Wilson added a fourth in the pole vault and Roy Turnbull a fourth in the high jump.

Those qualifying but not playing in the finals included Earl Heuser and Bob Brill. The relay team of Borgens, Heuser, Brill and Beiker was barely one-tenth of a second out of the money.

Schmidt Lobdell Herr Everett Copple Barton Bottorf Zeigler Halter Bunker Ring Metheny Dammann Spradling Ptanmiller Liston Edwards Wiley Hay Van Horn Handricks, student manager

Pinneker Hill Mills Becker Brill Specht Turnbull Leonard Schneiber Schleich Limprecht , student manager Dietrich Francisco Borgens Beltz, captain Wilson Heuser Olsen Pohlenz, trainer Neal Mehring, coach

Tennis

Willard Mertz and defending state champion, John Huston, were the only lads able to win matches as Lincoln tied with Jackson 3 to 3 in the state meet preliminaries. The two were teamed to win their doubles and enable the Links to tie for first honors.

In the interclass meet, Richard Smith bowed before Huston in the finals, while others winning places on the team were Mertz and Wendell Smith.

STATE TOURNAMENT

John Huston, Lincoln high ace racquet wielder, remained unscathed as a high school tennis player in the second year of his competition when he successfully defended his state singles crown from Wayne Kellogg of Omaha Tech, 6-4, 6-3.

Huston earned his way to the finals by whitewashing Carl Chloupek of Wahoo and Sidney Hardeman of Grand Island in the first and second rounds respectively, 6-0, 6-0, and by brushing aside Lewis Hall of Omaha Benson in the semifinal, 6-4, 6-0.

The Red and Black doubles combination of Richard Smith and Willard Mertz encountered little difficulty in w inning its first round match, and came back to nudge the pride of Jackson, Paul Souders and Waldo Winters, 6-1, 4-6, 8-6, before bowing to the Omaha Tech duo, Gayle Kellogg and Hoyt Chaloud, runnerup to Hastings, 4-6,. 6-3, 6-8.

Golf

In warm-ups £or, the state meet, Lincoln high golfers were undefeated, Omaha Tech and Havelock falling before the Red and Black. Herb Duermyer shot a 7 6 for 16 holes as the Maroons fell 12 to 0, while Jack Hyland's 81 paced the Red and Black to their 14 ½ to ½ victory over the Shoptowners.

In the interclass meet, Hyland provided a stunning upset when he defeated Duermyer 1 up on 20 to win the title. Duermyer i~' city golf champion. Others coming through in fine style were Roy Anderson, Jack Weidman and Charles Carper.

STATE TOURNAMENT

Although the individual championship was awarded to Byron Adams of Grand Island, Lincoln high's golfers, Jack Hyland and Herb Deurmyer, succeeded in copping the coveted team championship trophy.

The Red and Black entries and Omaha South tied for the trophy in the prelims, but in the one hole playoff, Deurmyer's birdie 4 combined with Hy land's par 5, bested the Packers' aces, Stephen Stefanski and Stanley Daniels, each of whom carded a 5.

Hyland was the individual medalist. He went out in 7 6 and returned in 81 for a 1 57 total, one better than Adams. Deurmyer carded an 83-80 for a 16 3 total.

Hyland was eliminated in the semi-finals by the runnerup, Stefanski.

Harry Kuklln, coach Anderson Duermyer Hyland Carper Wiedman

Harry Kuklfn, coach McConnell Carothers Hemsworth Mertz R. Smith Huston W. Smith Sandberg

THE LINKS 1937 Olympics

The juniors, black paint smeared across their faces, did something that no other junior class had done for three years, that of bringing down treasured banner from the pole in the flag rush, but lost the annual olympics to the crimson-splotched seniors, 72 to 60.

The underclassmen got off to the lead in the baseball throw when Glenn George upset the dope bucket by defeating the favorite, Sid Held, with a toss of 113 yards, but Lucille Hofferber evened the count when she tossed the sphere 64 yards to walk 1way with the girls event.

The juniors jumped back into the lead when elongated Sidney Held heaved the football 63 yards, but this margin was again nullified by Lucille Hofferber when she threw the basketball 27 yards, 6 better than her nearest competitor.

Sprints were distinctly of a senior flavor , George Binger breaki1:g the tape in the 40-yard •dash for the boys, and Lucille Hofferber encountering little difficulty in winning the girls 40-yard dash.

Bill Wiley put the juniors back into the picture when his last second spurt enabled him barely to win the 7 5-yard dash, but Lucille Hofferber racked up her fourth straight victory of the morning a moment later in the 60-yard dash , and the seniors were still boasting a 20-point lead.

The junior shaved the seniors' advantage to 10 markers by winning the 75-yard shuttle relay , but the seniors wouldn't relinquish their lead, and nurtured it to 20 points by capturing the 60-yard shuttle relay for girls.

Wrestling proved to be the turning point of the meet, Newton Copple and Arthur Bartzatt , both juniors, winning close decisions from Willard Frederick and Carl London respectively. This evened the score with 10 events remaining.

Seniors steooed back out into the lead again when they captured the girls archery division, but Jack Portsche's mitt-throwing enabled him to outpoint Willard Frederick in the lightweight boxing and to even matters again.

Harold Julin chalked up an upset in the heavyweight boxing when he outslugged the juniors'

Lee Partington, and the seniors stretched their lead to 3 0 points when the girls took the progressive broad juump and tug of war and the boys brought home the bacon in their tug of war.

The juniors came through with a victory in the lightweight battle royal, although Don Taylor and Harry Abrahams forced Sidney Held out of the circle, and the seniors were seeing victory on the horizon.

With two events remaining, the juniors had to take both to win the agenda. It was all over but the shouting when the seniors won the sack rush, due to some efficient work on the west sack.

However, the juniors were not going home without taking Leo enson down from the pole in the final event, the flag rush. For three minutes Benson and his bodyguard, George Binger, had matters well in hand, but the juniors forced Binger down and three more went up and brought Benson down, taking some of the sting out of the defeat.

The juniors showed a distinct superiority in the boys events, but this was overcome by the senior girls' captain, Lucille Hofferber, who won four individual first places and led her mates to three more. The senior girls failed to lose an event. Junior wrestlers and boxers had no one to cope with them, taking three firsts and dropping but one.

Upper left-Seniors and juniors in a wild dash towards each other for the sack rush, seniors from the right and juniors from the left Don Taylor, Warren uHeavy" Day and Ray Francisco strain themselves in the forefront of the seniors as the tug of war gets under way. Willard Frederick, senior, and Jack Portsche, junior, in a clinch during the light weight boxing In upper center, Leo Benson fighting off a junior in the flag rush .... Lucille ~Rustyn Hofferber breaking the tape inches ahead of the junior entrant in the girls 40-yard dash In the third row, lanky Sid Held dragging a senior from the circle in the battle royal .... Frank Mueller during his spirited announcing of the olympics while Betty Bryson, in the foreground, and two juniors in the stadium watch the events. . . . Senior girls in the tug of war prove that they can pull.

THE LINKS 1937 Girls Sports

Coaches are an indispensable part of any girls athletic program. Miss Lillian Story, the renowned owner of the brown wool slacks and the little white shoes, is respected by all the girls with whom she comes in contact. She sponsors the G. A. A. and teaches tennis and baseball after school. Miss Virginia Woolfolk has proved her ability in sports by taking part in the games which she supervises. She understands the opinions of her pupils about sports, for it was only a few years ago that she was a pupil herself. She was once secretary of the girls athletic association which she now sponsors and is Peppers' sponsor. In addition, she supervises the rows of clicking, tappirlg, •brushing-hopping" girls who present an e ergetic picture as the after-school tap dancing classes try to perfect their dance routines.

Awards

Even as a dancer strives for perfection, so the girls interested in athletics work for athletic letters, which are miJestones along their road of accomplishments in sports.

To get an award, the girl is required to keep training rules covering a period of sixteen weeks. One set of training rules is necessary for each letter. The points are earned both inside and outside of school.

It is possible to earn four awards, but the beginning athlete feels just as proud of her felt L as the advanced ath l ete feels about her chenille state award, for it signifies to her, an achievement.

Bernice Askey . spent most of her sporting hours in archery and basketball.

Bonnie Blish specialized in basketball and archecy.

Dorothy Carter helped the junior win the basketball tournament.

Shirley Fink swims and dives with the best of them.

Lucille "Rusty" Hofferber . . shoots and makes baskets and knccks home runs.

Betty ttHecky'' Heckman . plays first base with a vengeance.

Kathryn rrKelly" Kellison wields a tennis racquet with a purpose.

Elsie Loso ... devotes her talents to baseball and basketball.

Elaine "Linny'' Linscott was born holding a tennis racquet.

Freda Martin ... plays basketball and baseball with an equal display of skill.

Betty Jeanne Spalding swimming and basketball her forte.

Hofferber Loso Martin Fink arter Linscott Spalding Askey Kellison Blish

Awards

Swimming

Swimming

Again this year the seniors proved their superiority in sports. Led to victory by Shirley Fink, they netted seventy-nine points to win the interclass swimming meet.

Participating in speed, form and diving events, Marion Bowers captured the enviable position of high scorer, totaling thirty-six and one-fourth points.

The sophomore mermaids, captained by Lois Lahla, came in for some glory, winning second place with a score of sixty-two. Juniors, under the leadership of Elsie Loso, took third place with fifty-seven points.

Honorable mention went to Jean Ann Donley, sophomore, for her accumulation of twenty-seven and fifty one-hundredths, and to Shirley Fink who garnered twenty and one-fourth points.

'Baseball

Any or all of the noises which accompany a baseball tiff may be heard from the lot at the east side of the building when the after-school baseball class is in action.

With the twenty or thirty girls as rivals for the coveted position of pitch, catch, first base and so on, there is little difficulty in finding players to fill the positions. The feminine Dizzy Deans and Babe Ruths are given plenty of opportunity to work off excess energy at least two nights a week under the helpful supervision of Miss Lillian Story.

The girls are organized into teams under captains of their own choosing, and enier into competition with each other. Near the end of the semester, an interclass tournament is organized 10 which the girls compete for class superiority.

Seniors Kellison Bowers Fink

Juniors - Dingman Loso Stoffel Hutchinson Mattley Vlasnick Sophomores - Lahla Vandenberg Black Crandell Harnley Latsch

Abbott D. Ingram F Martin D Carter V. Carter Hand Askey Church Smith H. Ingram Stuart Neuenschwander Buls Provorse Simmons D. Martin Plank Farrar Schafer

'Baseball

Basketball

Basketball

TEAM SCORES

Sophomores ___ 10 Seniors_ ___ lO

Seniors ____ 17 Juniors __ 21

Sophomores __ 2 Juniors ______ 3 3

Seniors

Lucille Ho:fferber_ __ f._ ______ .E l aine Linscott

LoDesca SchelL _______ c _________ Gwenith Orr

Kathryn Kellison __ g _____ Betty Pend leton Mildred Wekesser, substitute

Juniors

Betty Heckman _f_ ___ F reda Martin

Dorothy Carter_ ___ c ________ Ruth Bullock

Elaine Larsen _____ g ___ Bernice Askey

Sophomores

Helen Whitmore _____ f __ Dorothy Martin

Harriet Black ___ c __ Mary Jane Trumble F ranees N uenschwander g Florence W eisenmiller La V trne Schroll, substitute

The word senior" definitely does not mean "superior" when it comes to a basketball tournament in the girls gymnasium. Under the captaincy of Betty Heck m an, the junior team forced the seniors to accept a tie for second place at the hands of the sophomores, with the above results.

The team captains were Lucille Hofferber, senior; Betty Heckman, junior; and Helen Whitmore, sophomore.

Freda Martin, junior, was the high scoring player in the tournament, chalking up 23 scores in the game against the sophomores. 1 0 scores for her team, and Lucille Hofferber, senior, sacked 9.

Tennis

All t h e would - b e Wimbledon players are given p le nt y of opportunity to run off their plentiful energy in the after-school tennis classes. Under t he i nstruc t ion of Miss Lillian Story and Miss V i rginia Woolfolk the largest number of tennis enth u si ast s in Lincoln high school for many years we r e shown how to improve their strokes and play a better game The girls who were new to the game were gi ven special instruction on the t echnique of w ielding a racquet and how to coun t scores

In the l ast two or three weeks of the cou r se, a tennis tournament is held. This tournament, played on the municipal courts, decides which girl is to be champion for the semester. For the past two years, tht! championship has rested with two girls, Kathryn Ke!lisop and Elaine Linscott.

Ke lli son

Hoff erbe r

L ar se n Aske y

L in scott Heckman D Martin Carter F Martin

Whitmor e Trumb l e Ne u enschwander Black

Kellison Linscott

HAt the upper left, a cheerleader soothing the mascot of the football team at the university stadium during the Minneapolis game Next, a feminine pitcher putting over a "fast one" Bill Wiley taking a low hurdle in his stride at the start of the 220. In the second row, Don Hansen about to toss a pass into the waiting arms of a teammate John Young 1ooking as if he were about to attempt 12 feet in the pole vault .... Dick Logan in mid-air leading the Lincoln section in a cheer.... George Borgens practicing his start in the 220 low hurdles Victor Schleich giving a demonstration in throwing the discus. . . A scene from the Crete football game at Doane, Gore and Logan leading cheers Two dozen or more attractive Lincoln high mermaids posing at the side of the spacious Y.W.C.A. indoor pool.

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How to Read Your 1937 Links

In case some of you have not read the title, I might repeat that this article is called, How to Read Your 19 3 7 Links. Being a man of action, I say let's get down to brass tacks. Are you down? Good.

There are primarily only two qualifications for reading your Links. First, ( and I think this is the most important) you must have a Links; second, you must know how to read. The reason I emphasize the former so much is that it cannot be overcome without fetching a few shillings • from the moth-bag (pocketbook to you) . The second can be easily remedied, for all you have to do is to enroll in first grade and work up all over again. It's very simple, I have done it several times. I have always been a firm believer in the fact that seeing is learning or something like that, so if you will whiz with me to my home, I will show you how to get the most out of your Links . Whizzz -that's us whizzing to my home. Fun, isn't it? But here we are. Won't you come in?

First, you must work up a pleasant mood by saying casually to yourself, "Ah, now for a pleasant evening at home gazing among pages of my new Links. By the way where is my Links? I'm sure I laid it right here on this table. Let's see now, where is it? In this drawer-no. Under the rug-no. Ma, oh Ma! Have you seen my Links? You haven't huh? What's that, dad? Under my arm: Well, can you beat that? It was under my arm. Shucks, I knew it all the time; I just wanted to see if the folks could find it. Now to sit down in a big fluffy chair. This one will do. Funny but I thought the installment man took this when he

got the dining room set. I think I better have a little more light. Gosh, a fellow might know it. Just when you get all settled, the floor lamp goes on the blink. It must be this plug. No, that one is in order. Say, I know what it is. It's this worn-out cord. I'll just repair it now if you don't mind.

TWENTY MINUTES LATER

That's a good job even if I do say so myself (and I do). What's this? It still won't work. Wait a minute, I've been turning the switch on the receptacle without a bulb in it. There's the light; I'll bet the cord wasn't even broken. As I said about an hour ago, now for some good reading. This year's cover is sure a beauty. My favorite colors too--tombstone pink with greenish-orange trimmings. The division sheets are pretty too. What's that, dad? Yes, I'll answer the door. Yes-one minute, please. It's the paper boy to collect for the Daily Gab. What? Pay him out of my allowance. Oh, all right.

As I was saying the Links is nice but at the rate I'm r~ading it now I will be too old to see before I'm finished. Would you look at Fred Minovinchious's picture in the senior section? So he's going to graduate at last. I'll bet if he bought a Links every year he attended L. H. S., he could start a library. By the way, I wonder how these cookies happened to be here? This is too good t-o be true.

TEN MINUTES p ASS

What's that, sis? Did I see Fido's dog biscuits? Oh-h-h, I'm sick. If any of you dear people could tell me how to read and enjoy my Links, just address me in care of the Loose-Screw SanitariumPadded Cell number 1313.

Today's Bulletin

(With apologies to Roy Atwell)

The home room teacher in room 000 ¼ stands and announces that Jonathan Speechspu ttle will read the morning bulletin. Jonathan with this valuable doc um en t clasped in his hands turns politely to the teacher. t(Cuples, er, ah, pupils send me your sneers-I mean, lend me your ears and I still, will feed, read the bulletin. Spank you, thank you.

"Runday, Soptember the sift-I mean, Monday, September fifth.

((There will be a treating-meeting of the Spiders, er, ah, writers club to bite, tonight in gloom, room 306. Samey, er, Mamie M uckinfusch will feed fur dream -read her theme about the U ncovery of the United Snakes, I mean, the recovery-discovery of the United Bates, Dates, Mates,-the Discovery of America by Columbus, Ohio, no, Christopher Columbus. Door ball-for all that swish, wish refreshments, sandwiches quill, will be driven, given away bat, er, ah, at the floor, i:nore, door for a pickle-a nickle.

"The Fivum, er, ah, Forum, our public sneaking-speaking blub, club drill, will hold its meeting tonight on the hoofno, the root Clay far-pardon me, they are folding-holding it there so they can fair, dare, air their opinions letterbetter.

((The Dummers, er, Mummers would like boo-to announce that true-due their graduation,-! mean presentation of Baddies-Daddies, fast squeak, last week they have believed, received countless borders, orders from morphines, I meaii orphans. Day, may-they say that this is got to slop-stop. They soap dew, hope you will call-all, attend next week's day, play, entitled, Bargain Sale Bill bore or dry-Why Women Leave Home. Miss Rally-Sally Boofield will ring, bring, I mean, sing the theme gong -song from their fast, last blow, show called Last Year's Flop, no, Crop of Hisses.

"Mr. Landered-Landegren dead, said, brall, all unclaimed farms and pegs, arms and legs drowned-found at last year's olympics - will tree - be auctioned through-off next leak er, ah-weekyes, week.

uMr. Chopper, er, ah, Mr. Backman, no, I mean, Mr. Hackman read, said that the Dead book,-Red Foot Book-The Red and Black Handbook, will be driven, given out again next tear-year. Yank you, Sokes, I mean-Thank you, folks, and I soap, hope the flight, bright, slight bubble, trouble I have with dry-my choice-voice_ has not bothered you.

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In the upper le£ t corner, spring fever has got Orval Beezley But it hasn't got Wanda Seaton, below Gwenith Orr really enjoying the music contest. Don't look now but she's eating pretzels .... The Friday convoy disembarking from the bus at Hastings, Lois McCracken stepping down. . . Below is a trio of Peppers with their hats at a variety of angles . .. The strolling, satisfied-looking pair left of them is Joe Carlsen and Allen Ashworth .... Keep going left What unaccommodating expressions -Wayne Cook, Everett Hale and Woody Wilson

Something of a landmark-same spot in the hall, same couple day a£ ter day, Gwen Cannon and Bud Chadderdon.... Right, Bob Adams tickles (or is he pounding?) the ivories in the aud Lower left, Ann Beard and her widest, A no. 1 smile.... Next, Bob Wittstruck. Is that a smile or what?

Paul Anderson looking slightly bored w i th everything .... The matinee party mob swinging it .... Homer Labovitz taking it easy again. Note the fancy hardware on his sweater Go back to the left to return Art Adams' contagious grin. Remind me to measure that sylph-like waist-line To the right, Gavin Pemberton and Phil Heller lining up with the capitol. Jack Stewart saying something hilarious at the football rally, John Mason and Mary Ella Bennet agreeing .... Margaret Hedstrom doesn't seem to mind the heavy load of books Lower left corner, Bimson, Reed and Mardis hold a conference at the music contest Ruth Kaufman and Charles Mann anticipate a rainy walk home Dad, still on duty, says that he has never lost a nickel through a high school pupil .... Another chem-lab experiment being performed by Mildred Wekesser while Mary Bullock looks on.

Upper left-Margaret Thrailkill, Gretchen Seifert and Sunshine Hunter busily work on their dresses for the spring style show .... Following through, see two prospective printers shaving edges of programs in the print shop . . Lower, Don Marler flashes a grin in physics lab whjle f~rthest to the right, Karl Hohlen seems to be engrossed in an experiment. Coffee for two or more being fixed by the home economics pupil to the left .... Merle Hancock in the darkroom examining some photo prints. . . Hands squeezing type into a make-up form .... Custodian C. W. Rickel piling up the dust left by s-tudent feet. Dean Ogle as an amateur distiller of alcohol in the chemistry lab. Bob Hutton and Dick Lowe finding out why their radio, built in electricity class, doesn't work

Up in the left corner, drummer boys going to town. Open house night, Bill Eberline andhumm-pretty blouse she has, isn't it?-scrutinize the stationery display in 227 Sun and snow and clear winter air enhance the front facade. The Advocate broadcasting for the Lincoln schools program. Virginia Thede is talking into the mike. Bashful sector of the after-school exodus, Helmina Maul, Cordelia Lebsock. Three guesses on the identity of the other two.... To the right, the smiling service in evergreen gray cafeteria-the graceful arm with the wrist-watch belongs to Ruby Reckling Back on the left again is a typ1cal Advocate beehive of activity, Esther Louise Lefler raising an enthusiastic hand Bill Jolitz leaning over the speaker's · stand with a convincing look.... Below, Leon Schmidt and Frances Blake take in the timely cartoons on world affairs in their history class.

Top, the basketball seconds resting during practice in the gym Right, members of a boys sport class look like pygmies from an upper story window. . In 'the second row, Fred Meier clearing the bar with room to spare while Larry Wentz looks on .... The press box in the oval, a shabby sight after its burning .... Neal Mehring, sartorially smart, puzzling about track prospects. . . Third row, another view of the oval with the win~ow curtain cords resembling cables Carl Leonard about to put the 12-pound shot. Bob Sandberg clearing a low hurdle. . Bottom, a cross-section of a football crowd with band members in the background.... Austin Wilson pole vaulting and making it in an angelic pose.

0\cknowledgemenfs

The Links board did not pubp.sh this book.

Though it is not exploited, we believe that there is a theme embodied in the 19 3 7 Links. It is represented by hands which are at work in the book from beginning to end-writing, opening books, making music, drawing, holding tools and turning wheels or expres~ing emotion. Behind those hands are the brains and ambition of 2,700 high school students at work on the future. So it is with the Links. The hands of a vast student organization made the book. The Links office was the- clearing house for the activity of innumerable talents and influences.

Here we acknowledge what tangible contributions space will allow.

It is doubtful that a successful Links has ever been published without the backing and counsel of our principal, H. C. Mardis. Because he keeps entirely in the background, we ourselves do not realize many of the discerning services he has rendered us; the time he has spent in our behalf cannot be measured in hours or points or money His interest is omnipresent. His approval of ou r advances and his check of our radicalism we do know, and no services are more gr.ttef ull y acknowledged than those of our principal and friend.

With pleasure and admiration for their writing ability, we thank superintendent of schools, M C. Lefler, Miss Olivia Pound and Otto Hackman for the copy which appears with their pictures .

Returning impatient demand patiently with an enduring supply of prepared lists, Miss Edna B Williams has contributed more fact and confirmation of fact to this book than any other factor outside the immediate board. We learned to run to her for the answer to question upon question Such will always be the lot of so good-natured a person who knows the entire population of a school.

It takes an active and ambitious group to supply the Links with over three hundred informal photographs of Lincoln high school life, and i t was with regret that, because of duplication and lack of space, · we omitted a great many fine snapshots. The camera club is to be congratulated both collectively and individually. To C. 0. Morrison , club sponsor, goes much credit for suggestions for organization and for specified pictures. Club members most active· in snapshotting were George Royal, Robert Marcotte, Charles Edholm, Jack Thompson, Donald Wilson and Van Lamb. Other camera-fiends who swelled our supply beyond b!!lief were Harry Kuklin, Robert Sandberg, Paul Speier, Betty Groth, Barbara Johnston and Mark Seacrest.

We also thank Carl London for his idea of selling Links subscriptions as Christmas gifts. We are grateful to Ben Simon and Sons for lending us space on their main floor o make these sales.

To acknowledge Richard Van Horn as calendar artist is scarcely paying him half the commendat i n due him for his excellent execution of a difficult job. For further contributions we thank Robert Fink, and, though their vork does not appear, Irene Courtenay, Dorothy Knight and Velma Grimm for their cooperation.

Nearly every activity in school has its art element, for which Miss Helen Wilson and Miss Gladys Dana willingly give profitable advice. The Links is not an exception to the rule.

Ever as reliable as it is interesting, our fellow publicat ion, the Advocate, has given the Links all the publicity it sought.

An innovation made success£ ul by an impressive ly efficient group was the selling of Links subscriptions by underclassmen. They handled the problem of reaching every underclassman and show ing him that the book includes his class and its functions as well as the seniors.

George Binger broke an all-time record by selling 217 Links Should we compliment him, acknowledge him or present him with a book? We have done all three.

To all home room teachers who so ably coped with the problem of shepherding their home rooms before the camera goes our sincere acknowledgment, and we specially thank those home rooms who graciously waited until 4:00 to have their pictures taken.

It is with apology as well as sincerity that we direct our fullest than~s to the office staff, Miss Leone Olson in particular, for their ever-willing compliance with our innumerable demands which may often have been inconsiderate interruptions.

We extend our best wishes to the only one who really tried to keep the office clean, the third floor custodian, C. W. Rickel.

All clubs, activities, classes and their sponsors are to be commended for their cooperation during photographing, in identifying their members and in giving our staff a new slant on the organization.

It is impossible to put into words the gratitude the Links board h lds for influences so widely spread, so intangible, that have gone in ~o the making of this book. We can only repay them with the hope that they will welcome the annual as a true record of the past year of Lincoln high school's history.

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