THE ADVOCATE VOL. XLIX
NO. I
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FIVE CENTS
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, LINCOLN; NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1943
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Council Elects Officers, Loeffel Is President; Soph Cabinet Meets
Advocate Positions Announced Schwamb and Hu1nmel Hold High Positions
OLIVIA POU~D - Courtesy Star.
Olivia Pound Leaves LHS Facultv Staff el
Held Position Since 19.18 Mi!<s Olivia Pound has resigned h er office of assistant principal, the position she has held since 1918. She first became interested in girls' problems during the first World war. After a year as g irls' adviser she was made assistant principal. Born and educated in Lincoln. Miss Pound holds the B .A. and M.A. degrees from the U niversity of Nebraska. She has attended the Universities of Chicago and Harvard and teach ers college at Columbia . "Miss Pound's contact with thousands of girls has had a tremendous effect upon life of this and other commu nities to which her former pupils have gone," commented H . C. Mardis. "As adviser of girls in 'Lincoln high, Miss Pound has become a n integral part of the institution. Her high standards of scholarship and ethical character have helped mold the policy of the school over many years," continued Mr. Mardis. "I found last year that bPing respons11.> !•: 1.. 1· a llume and s<:honl was too difficult. My sister and I plan to stop about the sa me time so that we may spend some time together a t hom e." stated Miss Pound. H er sister is Dr. Louise Pound, professor of English at the University of Nebraska. Miss Pound spent her summer c atching up on things that had fallen behind. She pla ns to t a k e more part in club work and g et into some kind of war work. "If conditions h a d been n ormal. there couldn't h a ve been anything I would ha ve enjoyed more than c on tinuing at Lincoln high. · The faculty was so friendly a nd st imulating ." Miss Pound concluded, "It would have been h a rd to f ind ·a more friendly g roup of s tude nts to work with than at Lincoln high ." Miss Wea th erby Girls' Advisor. Miss Dorcas Weatherby, former direc tor of attenda nce, is n ow the counsellor of girls . She held th e position of director of a ttendance for seven years. "The thing I w ill miss, n ow tha t I am no longer in charge of th e attendance. is my contact with t he boys, a lso helping to spon sor the Peppers," she declared. Miss Wea therby sa irl. " I want every g irl to feel free to come in any time to see me about a n ything. A n y problems t hat t hey may h a ve outside of school, I would be glad to discuss with them."
Drama Group Holds Tryouts New Members Are Selected; Mummer s Unite With Mimes Mummers-Mimes held tryouts las t Thursday a ncl F riday, Sept em per 16 a nd 17, for th e Mum mers-Mimes play, to be p resented October 22-23, which will be " The Ame rica n P assport." Tryo uts for members hip in the Mum m er s and Mimes wer e h eld Friday, September 10, in t he a uditorium. They admitted 43 new members. S neJI ' Mi ck' P u tney Catherine W o rces ter Milton Hoffman M a n an H ~ n s e H a rry Davis Jea n Balla nce Newell Fra nc e Myr t is R id er Geoff rey Gass Lois N elson Theodore So rense n The res a K ar ve K a t hleen D ono va n G eor ge V\-~il cox Thoma s 1tlcDermo tt Ma ry A nn M oyle Gordo n P a ulP.y P r i sciJla Fla gg W esley
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Shirley Dreith Joan F a rrar
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Holding the highest positions on the Advocate editorial s taff for the first six weeks of the s emester will be Hal Sehwamb, managing editor, ;rnd Helen Hummel, news editor. Eleise S eright will serve as the associate editor. S econd and third page editors a re, Margaret Ann Amend, and Nancy Lee Smith respectively. Waldon Lauer w ill be in charge of the sports page with the assistance of Dorean Killian as girls sports editor. Mary Dye w ill be responsible for anything written in th e static column. while Ma ry Lou King will have charge of the editorial column. Carolea Miller is the exchange editor. The copy editors are Barba ra Cederdahl, Lois H euser, Lois Hoffman and Ruth Swarts. Reporting the news w ill be F rieda Bronstein, Helen F rickel, Jean Davenport, L eo Geier. Shirley Jo Ludwig, Thelma Miller. B e tty Mullendore, Katheen Portsche and Mabel West. Robert Litzenberg will serve as circulation mana g er. S erving as th e advertisin g -bus iness manager for the semester is Billie Bowman, an d the soliciting manager is Muriel Ericson. The secretaries a r e Mary Lou Bohn el', Edna R ebensdorf . . Gloria Zier and B everly Keith.
Legislature of School Chose11 127 Reps., Alternates To Represent the L. H. S. Students One hundred twenty-s even boys and girls will serve this s emeste r as home room representa t ives a nd alternates . Among the duties o f the representatives are t o <i ttend r 0presentnt !vc.-. n H>.!ti.n:; :=: ·111 J report to the home room the plans discussed . They a lso handle act ivity ticket sales. Alternate:; have c ha rge of distribution of the Advocate and attend m eetm gs if the representa tive is absent. The lis t of r epresenta tives and alterna t es announced by the sponsors, Miss Esther Montgo mery and Miss E lsie English, follows : Room 100 : Rep!'l;'~entrtti v c , Va n A J\e.n : alternA 1e, Lorrain e Bclrl in. R oom lfl t : Rep resen tf!. t ive . D on Jle rg~ QUJ F t ; a lle r na l f' , J erry Tom~ i k . Room JOZ: Rt!!: pre!'l.f'n l~t 1 ve . R o t:ii::rl:l Ch:irl d c rdo n ; a lter na t e, E lm er C a r lson . R o()m 103 : R ep r e s en t ~ ti ve. Do ro th y Borg Pn s; al te rr.a te . Rober ! B artlett . R onm 10.".I : Rcprc 5c n ta tive . :M a non B a l l ey ; a lte rna te. F:i ye t h Winslow. R oom 107 : R o bert B roo k e ; John (Jat:k ) C a mpbell . R 0 om 109 : .Jea n Ca rt er ; J "<:k B rady. Ronm 116 : Irving Dana ; B etty Bu rk .... Room 117 : D o nn Spald in g ; l 'a ).'C Yonkev. Room 120 : Ke nn~ th A n dPr son : D ol o re ~ H arlma n . Roo m l 2 t : MC1uricf' Cull en; P ::i u l B l um rr. R oom 12,t : EYf'l yn Sc hmidt : }~!l e n D ierze. R nom 121) : A rthur Butherus ; .J e.1 n n e R1·anch . R oom 1 2B: F rPd F ulle r; Donna B e l! e H e rpol:=t h f' im er. Room 129: H arr~· D a v is: L".l11 1s P. f" ~rl e r . Room 1:rn : \V1lliam M!l n n ; Ernest \ Vf'1 r . R oom 1 3 2 : Sta n ley F or em a n ; S h irley G r ~s ne r.
R c:om l :J2R : J~ a n Bog an : St-:i rl r ' D ?i\'1rl . Rnom 1 33 : H ele n Colbe rg ; Geo r ge C hrist o pulos . Ronm 13fl : J P.anne R van : D avid Hi zc. Room 136 : Jac k l-~rn.S l ; R en.i a m in C u rt i s. R oom 137 : Bn r ba ra V an E ve r , · ; J ack Sl• berg. Room 139 : H elen Hummel : Na ncy Lee Smith . Room 141 : .fa n et J oh rnrn n ; J c:in F o-s t r. r .
Room 200 : ~7 ard Oln P:; ; (non e neerkct ) . Roo m 20J : F red P flu g ; Manori .. C n ch ·. R oom 203 : M ar~a ret R o hert s on : Fred H erzo R. Room 20.'5: P ::i trici a Daviso n; Barhara Ka is e r. Room 207 : VVill ia m B:nrett : D o n Spo mer . Room 208 : .Tune Fis l::ir : S hi r le y Gl;rnf 7. . Room 2 12 : Ha rolct Die t r ic h ; T..0 1s H euser . R oom 213 : E la ine W ashbur n ; Donn a M a ri e K r a u se . R oo m 21,1: M a r j orie \Va lk<' r ; Mary }l~l l en Ke h l
R oo m 215: Joyce S t eel e ; Charl e~ S t ewa rt. Room 21fi : I.orr::i i nP L ambert ; L>·Je P OPC' n h rtr!ell . R oom 2 17 : M a ry Su e H o ll<rnrl; R 1chrt n1. Ru .s~ el l.
Roo m :!20 : Jl.:d w a rd Lo ngR.c re ; V !n dni;l L a m ps hi re. R o0m 2 ~ t : T.0 1 ~ N el "-on B Ptt\ L ;.i tt;l . R oom 224 : N a om i Rf'utlcr': Be\'rrly .Jachs n n, R nom 22."J: E dw ~ rd Mcfi:;t C'hc n : J rJhn \Vil..:;o n . R tJo m 221i.A : R PU y !' o~: Le o ( ~ P i er·. Rf•o m 2 2 8 : ·!l·l a rc ia :\Joc J{c lt : \VarrP.n R n her 1!i .
RnDm ;~f1 2 : \ \' jj}1rt m r;.eo rge: Bonnie H onplt' r . R norn :j03 : N l'l nc~' Gi:o:h : D on H e ins . Rnom 304 : L yle \.\'r ig ht; Ph yllis G t 1!> wolrt .
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30fi : Ka t heril.i..: H ~>·es; \ Vi!J ia rn R o lfsm e) er R oo m 307 : Ro hert \Va. lt crs : R :.i lph \Ye t •.:.;, Room 309 : D ou Sanford : Shi r ley SchnHt kcr . Room 310: N o rm a N ic e; Ade lta. B P:r g g ren. R oo m 312 : D o n L yn n ; R o be r t T owns Pnd . R oom :n J: Alma P a ul : ·w 11ma. J e a n Lumley. Room 314 : Ma rily n · Ma r tin ; A n n T o uVelle. Room 315 : .John R Pitter ; J o a nn Schach t. R oom 316 : L y d ia N ekuda ; T w ila Otou pali k .
R oom 317 : :\I yrtis Ri de r : Russf'll T u do r. Room :120 ; R ichar rt C a pek: .Joan 8;1 ncl ers Room .1 21: Ruth Mo ll : Rohc r t Pfc>H(' r . R oom 325 : Dorot h y H e ns e : J ane V::i n La n d l n g h a.m .
Room 326 : B a rh<i rn Ho vi::v : !'-."' 1-'l nc~· c;J\nr. . R Qom :327 : P a tri c ia Ranl<in : L ilJi;.1.n Selia ff! r . :Rno m 40f) : Rohe rt \\.ib le : .\Lu~· Lou St("lrk pl R or'm 4nJ :
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SOPHOMORE CABINET-First row: Ann Miles, Marian Batte,v, Virginia Loos. Second row: Bob Hubbell, Dorothy Borgens. Third row: Bill Rolfsmeyer, Bill Howard.
What's Cookin'? Wednesday, September 22. G. A. A ........ .. 306 3:20 Home room re presentatives .. . . . . 326 Mummers-Mimes .. 326 3:20 Student council . .. 305 2 :30 First issue Advocate 8:40 Frid a y, September 23: Sioux City game .. Oval 7:45 P eppers meeting .. . 326 3:20 Monday, September 27: Art club .. . . . ... . 129 3 :20 Business girls club .1 12 3:20 H om e economics club .. . ... .. ... . 116 3:20 Forum- Round Table . . .. . ... .. 326 3:20
Lawrence In Moscow For Ti111es Was Advocate Editor in ':l2 W illia m H. (Bill ) Lawren ce, who w a s managing editor of the L in coln high Advocate in 1932, and was sent to Englan d this fall as a forei g n correspondent by th e New Yor k Times , has r ecently a ccepted the post of chief co rrespondent for the Times in Moscow, Russia.
Faculty Gets New Members When school opened on WC'dnesda y, S epte mber 8 of th is year eight t ?.a.ch ers w ere found missing from the faculty with new ones in their places . Miss Olivia Pound, counse llor rf girls, and Miss Ethe l I3.
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Mrs. Paul Moosea u, formerly of Phoen ix, Arizona, is the new attenda nce director. Mi ss Maxine Miller. ' 43. is helping Miss Snyder in the libr a ry. Mrs. F . J . Hobbs star ted as M iss E thel Mu r r ay·s assistant in hyg iene class es Monday, Sept. 20. Mrs. Hobbs is a gra dua te n nrse and a lso has her credits in teach ing . Sh e will h a ve a f ull t ime job assis t ing Miss Mur a y in demonstra tions and in tea chin g . Miss F er n Hubba.rd, a former Englis h t eacher of Irv ing jun ior hig h. is new a t L incoln hig h , having tak en the place of Miss Doris K lu ver , who resigned t o be m a r r ied. Since sh e is head of distributi vP. education, h er pupils lea ve s_c hool a t noon to g o to work. Mis:; Hubbard says that she does not have enough pupils to fi ll the jobs wLi ch sh e h as open . H er cla ssroom, 101, is t he sa me number as her room at Irving . Teach e rs Reass igned. Miss Irci1e Martin has taken over dramatics , f orme rly t aught by Mrs. Ay ers w ho has m oved t o the west coast. Mrs. Ruth Pinney is in the study hall ex cept for one period in w hich s he t each es history.
Mabel West New Choir President Choir elect ions w er e h eld Wednesda y, S eptembe r 15. T hose elected a re : pres ident , Mabel W est; vice president, D a le McCr ack en ; trea sur er, B e tt e Heck enlively ; man ager, Waldon Lauer. S ect1011 ! o ~-' ~rs include Ma r gar et Ann Amend. Do11,.~ o --o ..t 0 n_ Katherine Bow m an, Phil Ox ley, Junior S eiffert, .Ja ck H an son, Annette J aco bs a nd J ohn Kirsch. Due to war work, s everal students have not r eturned t o school, so in order to have a w ell bala nced c hoi r. Hug h Ran gelf~ r. director, ha s invited s ev er al boys from t he jurnor c!af's to participat e. I n t he nr a r future th e m e mbel'S of the c lnss will vot P on a "s t udent d ire1.:tor " after a series of tryou ts.
Council Plans Activities for School Year
Sophomore cabinet held its first meeting Thursday, September 16, in the principal's office. Plans for the sophomore party were laid at the meeting, a nd the party is t o be held Friday, September 24th w ith each l'Chool contributing something to the program. There w ill be games in the boys' and girls' gymnasiums and all sophom or es are urged to attend. Mr. Mardis addressed the meeting and o utlined t he duti es of the cabinet, which holds office until regular elections are h eld.
F rank Loeffel, by unanimou s vote, was elected president of t he student council at its first meet• ing, Wednesday, September 16. Officers under Frank are Jackie Tobin. vice-presiden t, a nd S usan Lancaster, who will serve as sec· retar y -treasurer. Mary Lou King holds the posit ion of editor. Frank's unanimous election as p resident may be attributed to the fact tha t th is is his sec ond year on the council, and heretofore he has served a s secr etary-treasurer of the group. Sally O'Shea and P hyllis Harris were elected to serve as members of the com mittee on committees, along with the new officers. Their duty is to s elect a ll committees for the coming term, of w h ich the complete list is as follows: Committee on committees P h yllis Harris, Sally O'Shea. Student affairs-Frank Loeffel, Sally O'Shea.. W a r com m ittee - Velma Me· Grew. Safety-Ha r ris Graves (ch r. ), Ka t hleen B lue, Jack ie Tobin. E . C . A.- Phyllis Harris (chr. ), Jackie Gordon, J oa n F a rrar, Sally O'Shea, S usan Lancaster. H ead doorma n- Bill Reinhard, Roger Stew a r t. E lect ion - T om Green, Phyllis H arris. Property- Jack ie Gordon, Wal· do Hansen. Scrapbook- Mary L ou K ing. F aculty citiz enship and Hallo. we'en- Tom Green , Jackie Tobin. Courtesy- K a thleen Blue. Club schedule-Roger Stewart. N ewcomers party-Mary Lou King, SuRan Lancaster, Sally O'Shea, P hy llis H a rris, Jackie Gordon, Kathleen Blue, Harris Graves. Chri s tmas decorations: Ed Schaumberg, Susan Lancaster, Joan F a r rar, Sa lly O'Shea. Bulletin board : Ed Schaumberg. Open house : Mary Lou King, Joan Farrar , .Harris Graves. Building directory : Tom Gr een, H a rris Graves. Hall g uides capt ain : J im Swan• son. L un ch hostesses: Susan Lanca~ ter , J a ckie Tobin , Velm a McGrew. Lock er book: F ran k L oeff el. Halls : Ma ry Lou King, Waldo H a nsen. Noon recr eation: Ed Schaumberg a nd Bill Reinhard . Time repor ts a nd council box: Frank Loeffel.
Mem bers of the cabinet coming from the jun ior high s chools are : Marian Battey and William Howard from I rving ; Virginia Loos and Rober t H ubbell from Whittie r; and Dorothy B orgens from Everett. When the ca binet were interviewed by a sta ff m ember Friday their comments ran a s follows: Questioned as to their opinion of Lincoln high the majority replied, "It's swell!" Bill H oward from Irving likes Lin coln high bett er than Irvmg and is on the reserve football team. B ob Hubbell. Whittier, likes everything in general. B ob is on the third team of L.H.S. Ma r ia n Battey, Irving, a member of the Mummers, thinks Lincoln high "is fine.'' Virginia Loos, Whittier, likes it very much her~. and especially t he s chool sports s uch as basketball. "It's a °Jot better than t h e first w eek," com mented Dorot hy Bor g ens, Everett. ''Lincoln high definitely has good .things to offer." Jack Spr eier , who was Everett's president of the boys' junior c ivic league, is not attending Lincoln high, making the cabinet consist of only five new members. J a ck is in Ca lifornia w it h his brother attending ntgn school.
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reti re<!. l\1r s. 'vV '11i1'rcd L. Ayers, English ten.ch <'r, r esigned as did Miss Doris E . K'iuver , formPr supervisor of di stributive education and Mrs. Nellie . M. Walker, study hall t eache r. Mrs. L oretta G . Babich , commer cia l. has a speci fic leave and K M . Jcffer~" s cien ce t ea cher , transferred to N ortheas t hight school. E. Bryant Phillips, social :;cicnce t each er , ha s a military leave. H e was s ent to T exas where he is at pres en t an ins tructor for the Air Fo rCf~S.
Cabinet Ready For Business; Party Is Soon
Fern Hubbard Is New L.T.A. Head Miss Fern Hu bba rd. head of the distributive edu·~a.tion department, s ucceeds Miss Esth er L efler as presiden t of the Lincoln t eachers associa tion.
WILLIAM H. LA WREN CE - C ourtes y Stn. r .
In a letter r eceived from him recently he sa id in regard to his new position. " I a cce pted p r omptl y for I can imagine n o a ssig nment that would he so in terest ing, both becaus e of the mag n ificent fight which the Russia ns are p utt ing up an d a ls o becaus e of the trem endous ly complica ted p os twa r p roblems tha t will face us all when H itler finall y is beaten." M t'. L a wrence's letter contmued, "I arrived in E ngland with nothing but uniform s. I n Russia I can't wear uniform s ." He added, "I a m h aving a wonderful new w ardro be made by a very good ta ilor. T oda y, I m ust buy a. hea vy fur coa t and all the t rimmings ." Concern ing Engla nd. Mr . Lawr e nce w r ot e, " Com on the cob is 90 cents a n ear when you can g et it, ·a nd peac hes. $1.50 a piece. An orang e would bring a fortun e." In concluding h e s aid, "But, wit hal, it is not un pleasant h ere, particula rly in the very g ood hotel wh ere I live a nd wor k ." Mr. L a wren ce stopped br iefly in Lincoln las t y ea r while on the tour of the country with P r esident F . D. Roose velt. H e w a s White H ouse corr es pondent for t h e Times befor e go ing overs eas.
Arvid Johnso11 Returns Home Drafting Teachers Is Absent From L. H. S. Year; Served In Army A r vid J ohn son, drafting teacher a t L incoln hig h s chool s ince 1925, h a s r eturned t o the school after a year's leave of absence. He w as drafted in J u ne, 1942, a n d tll e •• --.. ~ ~ sent to Ca m p R oberts, Calif ., w here h e received his basic trai"'" "' U pon completing his training he w a:,, ~ c : "' ,-, n~<l at Ca m p Butner, Nort h. Ca r olina. Mr. J ohnson was w it h th e division h ea dqua rters in the mapping s r. ction of G-3. G-3 is t he plans an d tra in ing divis ion. 'Mr. Johnson received a dis cha rg e from the army to enter defens e w or k.
Miss Ruth Hall and Gilber t Roge rs w ill be the Lincoln h igh s ch ool s enior repr esentatives on the council of the ass ocia tion. Miss E lizabeth Grone a n d Da vid S ell w ill be the junior representatives, w ith Miss Effi e Noll and Julius Young as alternates.
FRANK LOEFFEL E . Gr one p h ot o.
CAP Offering Cadet Training Civil Air Patrol Organize New Cadet Squadron For a. limited number of boys and girls in the last two years of high school t he Civil Air P a trol began a cadet branch last year. This cadet p rog ram is j ust gett in g into full swing here in Lin· coln, and more boys a nd g irls a r e n eeded to swell t he ranks of the squadron. Ther e a r e a lready some h igh school students in the Lincoln squadron. This unit would be ideal training for possible f ut ure air corps w ork. The p r ogram in cludes navigation, military drill, military etiquette, Civil Air Reg ul ations, g e neral service of a ircra ft and many other useful subjects. Only American citizens, nativeborn or natur alized at lea st ten yea rs, m ay join, a nd those na turalized mus t ha ve come to t he United States from friendly countries. Finger prints of a ll are checked by the F . B . I. The uniform is r egula tion army, with s pecial C. A . f' . insignia, a nd red piping on the cap.
Girls' Octet Is Now Organized After hearing 22 girls try out for octet. Miss H elen Stowell, director, h as m a de known her final choices for this tuneful g rou p. They are as fo llows: F ir s t soprano, Lois Hoffman , .Jackie J a ne Andrews ; second sopr an os, Nancy P ierson, Geraldine K elley; firs t altos, J eanne W oodworth, D orisanne Michael ; s econd altos, Vi r g inia Reit er , Kathryn B ow m an.
Four Students Receive Highest Rating On New Honor Roll; 70 Recognized Four p upils atta ined high est schola stic r ating la st s em est er. They a re Ma r y Dye, W illiam Miller , Cec ily Raysor a nd H a l S chwam b. T he honor rail includes 70 stu dents. They are as fo lluws : 2~
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M a r gare t Ann L ewis, Sh irley Lou do n , Dona ld Munson, Grace Olne y . W a rd Sch eidt, N orma n Sh elley, Peggy T ele cky, Alma. T emp le, D o roth y
23 Rours- 1 's o.r 2 · ~ . M e ye r, Patsy Nuss , Sharon Ann Dahlm a n . Ma rjo rie Osterlund . D o na Belle Hen d rick :-: on, Dona ld P fe ile r, R ob ert K irsch, J oh n P i nd erton, M a rgar et L ew is , ,F red rick Tobin , Jackie 20-22 H ours- 1 ' l'i o r 2·,. A lien. B ecky M ay, M ary B rackney. Be tt y Lou M •::N a b b , H a r o ld B ranch , J ea n ne M{'rr itt, J a e E . Lou Brow n e. \\ril11am Me theny, Les lie. Burnham, G ret che n itzn er , A r lee n Cadwallad e r , P hyllis ll!oll. Rut h F:llen Ch u man. T heodo re .Mulder, a r iJy nn Coo k, L o is Paul , A lma Dil1 . J ean Pflu g , John D illm a n , Ma r Jo r ie R a sm ussen, P h ylh.s Ba con , S h i rley R e illy , Dorothy Farra r, J oa n Sla u gh ter, D e a n }~owl c s . Alice J ean So rensen . Beverly H a rris , P hyllis St acy , Ma rgan·t H er m a n n. D a rrell K . Swanso n, J ame s L y n n , J ack T u bman . G e ra ldine Manning . Rober t W enke , R obert M arvin. J osep h Battey , Bever ly
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Drop· Of 158 In '43 Enrollment Tha t t he enrollm ent at Lincoln h igh for this s emester ha s drop ped w a s s hown in a r e port by M. C. L efler, superint e ndent of schools. Mr . Lefler pointed out t hat the re was a r educt ion of 158 from 2,134 t o 1,976 students in com par ison with t he same per iod last yea r . L incoln hig h 's loss w a s g r eat er than a ny other public school in Lin coln, with its loss m aking more than one-third of t he total r educ• tion in all the schools . Northeast high showed t h e sma llest decrea se in en rollment, with a drop from 922 la st year at t he tim e to 920 t his y ea r .
Victory t;orps Activities Shown in Color Film; Corps to Sponsor Air and Nursing Programs A colored film taken of t he Vict or y Cor ps mem bers in a c tion by t he Lincoln hig h camera club w as sh own September 15 a t t he Vict ory Cor ps meeting in room 306. T he film consisted of boys w orkin g in t he shops, ma.king model airplan es a nd ta bles fo r the A ir Ba se ; girls mak ing bed ja ckets ; boys and girls contrib ut in g t o the scrap driv e ; child ca.re ; h os nit al work such as r ollin g ba ndages and c'hecking h ypoderm ic n eed les ; and student s wor kin g a t the R ecr eation Office filing r ecords . of boys in the services. This wa s the first a ttem pt of Mis s E liza beth Gr on e, sponsor, and the ca m era club to tak e suc h pictures a nd they proved t o be quite successful. Nina B . L ambK:rn . director of the divis ion of pu i;lie health education , is interes t ed in l...iucoln h igh a n d what the Vict or y Cor ps is doing. Miss L a m bkin is pla n n ing t o t ake t he fil m over t he st a te and show it t oh ig h schools . Becky Allen , chairman of the
Victor y Corps, introduced the speakers. Mis s Mur ray s p oke on the Nur s es Cadet Corps. This n ew phase of n urses training w ent into effect early t his year . While in training. t he gir ls get a ll t heir expe nses pa id and soph omor es r eceive $10 m onth ly, juniors $20 and seniors $30. This course is offered in a ny of the hospita ls. T rain ing nu r ses h ave t o a ttend 100 pa tient s daily . Th e u niform is a snappy one, bot h indoor a nd outdoor. Gir ls a r e elig ible if they are 'g raduates of a credited school and if they are between the a ges of 18 a nd 35. A ny gi rl tha t is interested may see Miss Murra y in room 120 a n d she will expiain t he s u bjects t hat are r equir ed. After t h e t r a ining p eriod g irls m a y go direc tl y in the W AVES or WACS or in to a governmen t h ospita l. A picture of t h e Nur ses Cadet s unifo rms a nd insign ia w ill be posted on the bu llet in boa rd. H . C. Ma rd is w as then ·in t r odu cl'd. He told t he boys . since t h e .enlistm ents in the Air Service are
limited and just everyone ca:Mlot get in, a ll boys between the a gea of 17 and 18 should be on the look• ou t for the screen test which will be given by officers around Octo• ber H a nd 15. Th e boys passing this t est h ave a g ood chance of g etting in t o th e s ervice. E very boy th a t is t hin king of th e A ir Se rvice for the f uture should w atch his curr iculum a n d get all t he mathema t ics a nd s cience poss ible. M r. Mardis t old that soon ther• may be volun t eer radio w ork a dded to L incoln h igh 's subject s if r adi o s ets can be obt ained and if enoug h boys and gi rls are inter ested . This w ould be lea rning t h e internat iona l cod e an d being a ble to send and receive it. M r. Ma rdis exp lained what a g r ea t a dvant age th is w ould be for a n yone p lann ing to join t he w omen 's a nd men '!! s ervices , since there is a lot of comm un icating done by r a dio in t his war•
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