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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNE.$DAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1935.
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Three Lincoln High School Enthzlsiasts,,.Endorse Home Rooms Registration Student Activity Ticket and :ftedict Complete New~ Enterprise Select New Increases 92 Cooperation of All Organizations and Athletics Legislators This Season Long Hoped For Several Changes Made 111 }"'acuity; Increased Staff by 1.
Added Duties Assigned Representatives This Semester.
This Provides 16-20 Activities at Tre· Home room represent ativ es t hat mendous Saving to Pupil.
were elect ed Friday f or this semester will hav e an added responLi~col:n high school 's dream of an activity ticket has finally sibility of the student a ctivity ?een realized . Today tickets wiU go on sale in every home room ticket s. Miss Esther Montgomery , m the school. A fi fty cent activity car d and p ayment each to L. H. S. who h as replaced Miss Vera Garrison as adviser of the representa- week of t en cents until two d ollars for the firs t semester have . Enrollment on September 16, tives, stat ed that these represent- been paid will admit th e pupil to five football games, four-re;; the first day of schpol, was 92 serve foot ball games, four basketball games, one t o four reserve atives and alternates must be st1.,1more than that of last year. On dents that will be ablt t o shoulder basketball garpes, two p lays and will also give him thirteen ist.1J.e first day of school in 1934 sues of the Aa vocate. A paid up ticket may be purchased for this responsibility. there were 2,480 registered and oh I $1.60 cash. Names Are An nounced. the first day this year there were ·R epresen tativ es are as follows : Ca n Be P urchased IN 'ii. R.. ~~.572 registered. An increase. in 100 Jack Christ e ns en, 101 N orma e.11rollment since the first day This t ick et can be purcha sed in Beauchamp, 102 Delbert Betz, 103 brought the total at the end of the the home room from t he home Robert Beltz, 105 Ga yle Condon, first week to 2,637. 107 Rober t F en ton, 109 William room representative. 'fo insurn Due to leaves of absence and MARIAN KIDD JAMES PORTER HERMAN ROHRIG E dwards, 117 Lucille Th omas, 120 the success of this p roject the rt,signations, some changes have James Porter, president of the student council, states, 'I think that .the activity ticket is a good thing J ean Sandlovkh, 121 J ack D onohom e room s w ill ha ve to resp ond been made in the faculty this fall. for Lincoln high school and I feel sure that it will work out successfully with the co-operat ion of all." . van, 125 Janet Harris, 130 Carl Miss Mariel Gere returned from a bout seventy five percent . This "The Mummers club is planning to co-operate completely with the student activity ticket and t o put E ckle, 133 Gertrude McA r t hur , 134 h~r year's leave of absence to her on one of the bes.t performances ever given," states Marian Kidd, president of the d ramatic club. should not be hard to do in view Elaine Brinkworth, 135 Betty BenPublication Beginning Its p< :ition as head of the science de· "This should be a :successful project," asserted Herman Rohrig, football p la yer. son, 136 Betty · Reese, 137 J ane of the low price and method of pa.rtment. Miss Marga1·et Prouty 4l st Year ; Arlene Gist Allen, 139 John DeP ut ron, 140 payment . If the a ctivit y ticket took a place in the science departDonald Sharp, 141 J ohn H uston. News Editor. ment while Miss Gere was on were not being int r oduced this 201 Marjorie Boggs , 203 H ugh B eginning its for ty-first year of leave and is retained in the deLa Mas ter, 204 J a ck Logan, 205 publica tion, the Advocate will be year, pupils would be asked to buy partment. Sylvia Davidson, 207 Esther Lou- h eaded by Arthur Hill a ct ing a s this week , a season football ticket FIRS'l' SEMESTER. SE COND SE.MES'l'EH. Miss Lillian Monia from twentyise Lefler, 208 Dorothy Askey, 209 managing editor for the first s ix for one dollar, a semesters subWeek Week sixth and 0 junior high school, re· Ruth Hershn er , 212 Donald Ma r J Cl'ete weeks. Arlene Gist and W ilm a scrip tion t o t he A dvocate fo r fitly 1 places Harry Hoy who is taking ler , 214 Jean Gosnell, · 215 Helen ~ Sioux Cit y East ; Advocat e ~ --H all will serve as news and a:; Ge ,:<,u.ts, ;).Ud fox ten cc:nti:; Ti10Te ;i j, a leave of absence, and Frank Evens, 216 E nid Mae H offman, 217 8 York; Advo ca tc 3 E ast Sioux City game; Adciat e editors respectively. i.tle act 1vi · ·t·1es th · k e p I ace d ur Leger, also of Twenty-sixth and . a t .ta Marian Whit e, 220 Jack H yla nd, vocate 0, takes the position in study hall Frances Platt, John Mason A gain the staff 's p olicy is that ·'.in g the semest er cou Id 1Je h acl. 221 Willia m F olsom , 225 I rene 4 A team-Reserves; Ad vucate 4 St. Joe Cent m l; Advocate )f. Miss Carolyn Leavitt, who is. on the name of every st udent in Lin- , Ha rdung, 227 Bruce Listen. And Betty Meyer Have ;) Advoea te 5 li'al ls City ; Advocate coin h igh will appear in p~int a t Ca rd Thin a nd Tough . .eave. Miss Virginia Woolfolk was 302 John Hay, 303 A udrey GilOffices. 6 Handbook; Advocate (i College V iew-Reserves ; Ad:ransforred from the Havelock st once dur ing the year. A thin, tough, easy to carr:1 card lea la in, 304 Anita Brase, 305 Molly Jam~s Porter was elected presiv ueate nigh school physical education deF r a nk Hallgren, Oak Smith and will be used w it h yellow the 1:c.lor Woodward, 306 Lewis Tay lor, 307 dent of the student council at the 7 ,Joy nigh t; Ad\'oeate 7 Mnmmen; p lay partment to take the 'place of Miss Ervin Nye, 309 H oward Riggins, H arold Scot t are pag e t wo. t hree of t he cash cards and red for t hm;e first meeting of the s emester held 8 AdYocate 8 Advocate Marie Snavely who is teaching in 312 Jane Thornt on, 313 Ca rl Lon- a n d four editors respectively. Sept. 18. Fran ces Platt, ;was bought on the installm ent. pla n. 9 Om aha Centi-al ; Cathedral- 9 Advocate Beatr.ice. don, 31 4 Edward W ittenberg , 315 Th e rest of the twenty-one edi- The sch ool seal will be embossed chosen as vice-president. John MaReserves: Ad vocate . Mls:.i Pearl Shank replaces Miss (Cont inued on P a ge 3.) t oria l s taff members include R ich- on red partial paymen t cards cis Olive TI:astman on the office force. son is the new secretary-treasurer 10 Gra nd Isia nd ; BethanyI0 !:icl'i be and Betty Meyer, the editor. ard L everton, columnist , Louise the paymen ts a re made. Thi:; card, R eserves ; Advocate Miss Eastman was married SepIS Ma us, editoria ls , Jean F rey, ex- which can be folded, will he n·on . tember 3 to Merrit B. Sm.ith. . . . . Clyde Martz, temporary chair- 11 Wyandotte, K. C.; Ad vocate J l .Jun io1· pl ay; Advoca t e man, presided until the election of c~anges, Carl E ckle, librarian; Lu - transferable. The fron t of.' the 12 (Thanksgiving ) 12 Li nks ( li:!:J ; . Ad vocate James Wallace Ill. 1 the president, after w hich he c1le Besch, featu res. The reporters card will be signed in ink by th~ J:{ Ad voca t r1:1 Senior pl ay ; Ad voeafr I: t Wi th· the mam· ·purpose of in- a re J ohn Capron R obert Cocklin . h · . Because of an operation he un- turned the meeting over to James. · ' ' pup11, ome room representative 14 Omalia Cent r al ; Ad v ocate 14 Ad vocate 1 r oducmg the activity tick et , H . C. Bu rd ette Morton , J oyce Cr ain d t .. d b derwent in Rochester, Minnesota, Miss Helen Dunlap, sponsor, men15 Omaha 'l'ec h ; Sprague.l\fa r- i;::; Oper a; Advocate Mardis r evealed t he advantages of (girls spor t s ), K enneth Campbell an coun ers1gne y. the . !10n1c ·iait summer, James Wallace, . tioned the color day assembly, · · · · I room teacher . If the ticket 1s Jo.c:t, tell-R eserves printing t~ache"t, . was unable . to which she stated is t o be Oct. 4, 16 s uc h a proJect m a double assem - an d Mary Helen Hustead. Copy b d th . . J ur ne or o er w1se des trovecJ 1t · Sioux Central; A1lvoc <11c 16 Ac1 vocatfb . .ly, Tuesday. By mean s of slides, r eaders are Dorothy Anderson, . . .,, 1, , •. 0 . · , . . , sta r t. t eachm _ g thrn fal.l. A.ccord1.ng·H.. . . ~"~:.t-m: b:t' ·ill"e c qu ;,,d l. 7 • l\ 1 ( )p" · 1 · ~ ~. .....•.1t\1 : ". 1.·;\_.·ne::?1· J 7 '\·r.t·sn•::.-.: .. ! "t•.,::;-~-~ i"tig~-;-~o me·rr1WYidUU.T, ·w~._..~ ( .a;1a1n~ · _ A:f~1·:1:r1n.1s·;·· J"1.1liiY· ·ttifiCf ancr ! }:Y.lll .n_ o t b~ ~ r.~ ..-~!)~-~ .:,2.U .ti'.; ;_f' .! 1rs. \.Y a. 11.-.t, t.~, bv ·.-..:. .l.-~~: I.~-· '\...~ .. ·.-· · :!3t !d ·~:fodt::r, hdving: g· vrh.~ \.u L.·.! i.i. .. j ~ ~ ' 1 8 Advoca tte shown .· The cos t and the method : Georo-e Haskell. ! iss~ea to tnose whu yu 1·cha.<<' a. s rapidly a:;1 Cvt1ld. be expe~tet:, aha, has been replaced by Robe~t - Ad voc<tte . o I t1cli:et. but because of a slight set-back, Wekesser, who was nPxt high m - - -- - - - - ' of payments were also expla med. Secretaries already enrolled are Repr esen t at iv es from the Ad- Irene Korcek Emma Sinner JeanTre mendous Saving To P up :I. he will be unable to be back fr the elections las t spring. Nan Talschool by the first of October a ; I hot's place was filled by Frances . i vocat e, the a thletic and ·dramatic ette Thimga~ and E leano; Zieg . This ticket is a tremendous <W.'>'departmen ts g ave their conception E xtra h elp was given on the typ- in g for the individual pupil beca use he expected to do. J Plav Substituting f or l\fr. Wallace in . of such an idea . The assembly ing for this issue by J ulian P owell, for three dollars a year he will r~ ~losed with the audience joining Dorothy Diam ond and Esther ceive ten dollars wor'lh of activi· his absence, is Glen E. Meacham, Fo~r a professional printer. 111rm a s ong led by W. G. Tempel and Walker. ties. The pu pil is not the on ly one. T en Former L. 11. S. Girls SuJlply $6 Per Month a school yell by Cecil Gore. H elen The business staff as ch osen by / who benefits by this ticket. be,:aus e Harry How on Year Leav(l. Attend School Far McMeen, sa les maanger, r epre- the faculty board is composed of ' t he influence of increased. atten~ }'or Lunch, Supplies, Mr. Hoy, while on leave of lil"' M.!.4.B Mary Tremain, formerly a sen ted the A dvocat e; Bill P feiff Donald A nderson, business m an- ance on teams and play casts will From Home. sence is attending the Univei'sify metiJ.l.!er of the Lincoln high school Carfare. spok e for t he ath letic dep artment ager, F loyd .R a.wlmgs, . ' bett er t heir !>erfo rmance. Then too, of Nebraska, working on a dc~-1 fil.cul[Y, died September 7 in Sugar Ma ny Lincoln hig h school girls a d vcr t 1sing S::hool authorities req~est teach tor's degree. He is studying co:i- hJiL ~~ew Hampsh ire. Eight years have gone to far points for the ers a nd p upils to help locate p er- and Pauline Boyd, member of the ma nager, Helen McMeen, sales a greater school spir it w ill be enMummers, repr esented the stage. manager, Selma Hill a n d Cecil gendered by more universal sup· servation of soiJ. ago, after teaching history here completition of their education.. sons not yet graduated from h igh Gore, solicitors. port. Another point in favor of t he Miss Snavely, former teacher of for 11lmost thirty y ears, Miss Tre- Na n T albot, w ho has a ttended activity tick et is t he elimin ation o( girls physical education, is he'-i main resigned. and since t hem, she Lincoln high for the last t w o vears school, who are not a ttending THE PRINCIPAL SAYS~ any . strife between a ctivities tor of the department of physical • has lived with h er sister, Mrs. Rob- has gone t o Washington, c.: high school beca use of financial 1 revenue. It will a1so eliminate th ~ I know of no other school F or1ner T eacher Sen ds ucation for girls of Beatril:e J ert Mccrosky, in New York City, where she w ill attend :Mount Ver- reasons , so tthose who qualify un1 in the country that is offerCheck for Subscription necessity for periodic drives of the schools. Miss Snavely was also life .Sbe visited Lincoln in 1933, spend- n on seminary. N an was a m ember der the nationa l youth a dministra ing ten dollars worth of acDr. Foster Matchett, ·former L. individual groups. gua rd and swimming instructo; at :i q· several w eeks here. of student council and sophomore tion may r eceive a ic. H. C. Mardis, tivities for ten cents a week. H. S. swimming coach and memCamp Kiwanis, a camp for gi'llli=J. Miss Tremain was graduated cabinet while in Lincoln high . ber of t he social science depart She also instructed a clasf in from the Univers ity of Nebraska Mary Stuart , who w ent t o Lin- principal of Lincol11 high s chool, Here is a chance for everv ment, sent a signed blank check to swimming· at the Y. W. C. A. f<:;~ in 1881 and received her master's 1 coin high last y ear, will a ttend says t h e gr eatest speed is neces- loyal Link to support school and save money at Miss Belle Farman, Advocate ~d some time. · degr ee there in 1890. She also Ferry Hall t his year, in Lake For- sary so t ha t s uch pupils m ay be the same time. A few pupils visory board, for the current years Two of the new members of the studied at Bryn Mawr, Pa., and est; Illin ois. Mrs. T . A. Colbu rn, former L i ns tarted l:Jack t o classes as 'soon as may be able to afford no subscr iption to tlle A dvocate. givfaculty came from the Twenty- Oxford, England, specializing in Elizabeth Waugh and J a net Lau. coln hig h t eacher, died July 7. .:.:.i's. possible. Mrs. E velyn Cummins is activities, but I will be keen- ing his addr ess as S hriner 's H ossixth and O junior high school English history. formerly of Lincoln high, w ill b eColbum had charge. of the study pital for Crippled Children, P hila building, which was condemned by She was fastructor in English gin their second year a t Wellesley checking records in the office a nd ly disappointed if less than delphia, where he is an orthopedic for ma ny years and came !n ha ll two thousand do not rally to the fire chief and the city engi- history at the University of N e- 1college in Ma ssachusetts this fall. visiting t h e h om es of pupils who this challenge. Keep Lincoln surgeon. Dr. Matchett will trans- con tact w ith practically eve r y> neer ; thus the · board of education braska from 1893 to 1898. From Martha Beghtol, who attended are known t o hsve withdraw n fer J anuary 1 to Temple univer high loyalti hig·h. was forced to close it last ,summer. then until she r etired in 1927 Miss Lincoln high her sophomore year, pupil in high school. She resigned from sch ool because of financia l sity, P hiladelphia, where he will Faculty and pupils were sent to Tremain was histor y teacher in tlle has but this last year to finisb her difficulties. be chief resident in charge of frac- a few years ago because of ill other-schools in the city. Lincoln high school. school-life a t Emma W illard, in health and was succeeded by Misa Persons betwee n the a g es of 16 t ures and orth op edi?s on Dr. J ohn Troy , N ew York. Carolyn Lea vitt. Royal Moore's service. a nd 25 who are on relief or w orkMontecello s e minary in Godfrey, Before comin g to L incoln high Aft er Matchett left L. H . s., he Illinois will be the pla ce of s tudy in gon a f eedra l project are eligito teach, Mrs. Colburn taught ble f or the N. Y. A. School s upCom plet ion of the second over - went t.o the University of N ebra sfor Helen Burnha m, a former puplies, lunches and ca rfare a r e the wh~lmingly succ essfu l year of the k a College pf _Medici~e in Omaha Latin in t he University of Ne~ pil in Lincoln high. braska. June EriCkson has left for W ard t hree most important items for student activity ticket · showed a wher e he rec eiv ed his M. D. dereason why it should not work Belmol'lt school for girls. June was which a bout $6 . per mont h is paid. surplus of rougnly $1,000.00. at ~tie . --------------~------~==~====: Better Team Play A.ssur'ed here." from Lincoln high in Pupils receiv ing such aid will be en d of t he past yea r according to Asserts Coaches Baller Paul Beck-"The activity ticket graduated '35. required to do w ork in connection figures iss ued by t lie school treasAnd A.ndreti!s; Players should bring big ger crowds. " Doroth y Stoddard, sister of with the school, such as assisting urer Of. R oosevelt high school, Vision Larger Crowds. Adna Dobson-"Just what this Mary Stoddard, a junior at Lin- in the offices. a iding teachers with Seattle, Washington . 'f he school Leading sport figures heartily school needed, but they should have coln ·high school, is attending Mer- paper s, helping in th e caf eteria or this yea r is bringing back the "R" ril-Palmer school in D etroit this doing light custodial work. In spe· book, which is similar to t he Lin- Consider It W ill Provide the finest thing that could com9 endorse the new activity ticket had it about five years ago." t o Lincoln hig h s chool students. lt Bill Pfieff-"I am for an ything winter. Two senior girls a r e a sk ed cial cases wh ere work cann ot be coin high school R ed and Black Business Training, Large puts all a ctivities within the reach which will be introduced into Lin- tha t will better Lir:1coln high school from one university out of every s upplied or pupil8 can not work, hand book. Inspiring Audiences and of pr a ctically every one, and will A member of t he board recoin high for the first time ''{u:fo'l e~ics and it appears that the sta te to attend Merrill-Palmer for they are being given aid for t he p rovide a larg e and inspiring audi· marked, "From all standpoints the Greater Enjoym ent. . m ain tenance of high grades. semester. Coach Stuart BaHc1' · at;tivfty tick et will do just that ." one semester. ence f or a ll events. s t udent t icket can be con sidered Peggy Younkin w ill attend StaPupils mus t ma ke. a pplication a t Leo Benson- "The i n c r e ased gave his opinion by saying, "There "Sixteen sure events, p ossibiy crowds that will result from the ten Island Academy at Staten Is- t he high school of the ir choosing . a su ccess. W ith all school a cF aculty members all expressed a nineteen-games and plays- and is no doubt in my mind but that t ivities workin g togeth er toward a land, New York. The greatest number of applica activity ticket should ma ke us a delight in the possibilities of t h e t hir teen. A dvocates, all for "$2.00 a t e<i.in plays much better football better team." ~orothy Martin, gr'aduat e of tions is expected a t Linocln high common goa l, not only is t he fi· student a ctivity ticket. T hey or $1.60 cash! That makes te n in front of a large crowd. It would Coach Higgins-"The activity is '35, will attend school in Sa cra- school but all principals h ave ap - nancial problem s im plified, but the str essed the fact t ha t it includes cents or less for each event and school spirit i& va stly improved." plication blanks . even affect a university team if a wise change because there ar!! mento, Californ ia, t his winter. so m any student activities for .. so thirteen Advocates free !" declares The St adium high school, Ta- s mall a price. they had to play before empty a lot of students that ha ve never Miss . Annetta Sprung. coma, W a s hington, is charging Miss F r an ces McChesney says, Miss Sarah T. Muir says, 'Tm stands. It is so much easier to attended a game and they don't $3.50 for the s tudent activity ticknow whether they like it or not. "I a m ver y enthusiastic ab out t he in favor of t he activity tick et and generate the necessary 'pep' and ket . With t he activity ticket they will student activity ticket. I feel con- want to see it g.,.' en a good t r y. enthusiasm for a winning t.eJm if give it a try a nd after seeing ~ F irst Secon d . S k fident that it will be of great ben- Ins tead of so many campaigns, L k d H they know that the student ·body game will talk it up to the other Se.me st el' Sen:.ester Year a ·e an iatt pea -ei•s efit to the dramatic activities. t hey a r e all con centrated in to ons is behind them." students and it is bound to in~ Cash at gate . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . if;5.6·5 Tuesday at Rotary Club W ith the ticket p urchased and the sale, costing the s tudent m uch lcsz. .~ J 0 .00 Players who gave their version er.ease the crowds." Ma."< Lake and Richard H ia tt date ,set aside at the beginning of It a lso gives home r oom membe!·.~ 1-fjl) By activity t icket (lOc 'nck) .. :2. 00 :3.60 of the activity tick et _ a.re enCoach Andrews-"T he a ctivity By activity ticket (cash ) .. ... . l.60 .l -!O . 1.00 were g u est speakers at the Rota ry t h e year, every student will na t - business training ;arJ.y in their thusiastic. tick et is a ver y good idea t ile in- , club Tiiesda y n oon, September H, urally count the plays a part of careers!" Y.upib .will purchase a. fi.fty-C'. cn t ;1eti.vit;y- card t oday Geot·ge Binger-"I think that it creased crowds will provide a g oe'.'d ' in the inLerest of the Hi-Y clubs his sch ool activities. A large a tMiss Helen Dunlap says, ·•1t ls a very good idea and it should Rpil'it for the t eam. Even if some l•.1 rno1To w . The µup il w ill t hP n p :i :v t en cents a week fo r fif. of Nebl'aska. Max spoke on thn ! t enda nce means a better perfor m - seems unbelievable t hat s o much work." of the s tudents a re not interested t ee11 weeks. Wlien m aking µa: ·i,-tclltS- to fbe home room r ep· H i-Y and it9 activities, taking u p ' ance on the part of t he play ers can be offered for such a small Arthur Adams- "It wor.ked sur:- ! in ~roo,.ts they will be interc6t.ed in t·escntat il'<" t h e pi.1,rch.ase1·s sh ou ld hw• '' l'JG:l •·t <'hange. lf some _ chiefly the history and pu rpose of an.d gr eater enjoyment for t he au - amount of money. I am ;;ure. cessi'ully ii.t Denver hi~h school a.t lea.st three a ctivities a nd can 1 PUpi.ls r refrr to pay for their Lick et a ll a l onn• th<".V m:1,v r] n ·1t h e Hi -Y, Hie.hard spolrn. on thr. dience." :·every pup il in school 'Nill want to where I came from and ' ~M iin hr ''1e ~nnrh to1· nothing.'' 'IO for $ 1.60 c ash . ' \ state Hi·Y camp at Co lumbus. "The st uden t a ctivity ticket is i buy an a ctivity ticket."
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