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THE ADVOCATE VOL. Lill
NO. I
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, LINCOLN 8, NEBASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1947
Senior Class Play Announced; Plans Underway
Thompson Is New President Student Council Vice President Duties Given Jeanine Baker
E11glish Head, And Scie11ce Chai les Thompson was eleded Teacher Retire president of the Lmcoln high stuMiss Saiah T Muu, head of the English depa1 tment m Lim oln tember 10, at the first regulai high 1>chool for 29 yea1 s, \ etn ed meetmg of the student council this ~ June 6 year The other off1ce1s a1e JeanM1~s Mun 1>e1 ved Ill the leg1sldtne Baker, v1ce-pres1dent, JoAnn ture m 1925 and again m 1933 O'B11en, seci etary-treasurer and She was abo a candidate fo1 the Wallace Barnett, editor Umted States Congress r' or the la~t th1ee years she ha1> been dtIn charge of the election 5 was rector of the Nebraska Council of Jeamne Baker, chauman of the Teachers of English, and she student council for the summer served a term as pre1>1dent of the Precedmg the votmg, Mary Sid- assoc1at10n ner read the constitution's rules Also in the past, Miss Mun ha<; been president of the fu1>t d1~tuct for the elections One semester of Nebraska state teache1s asthe president must be a gnl, and soc1ahon and formerly chanman the other semester the office must of the committee on ethics of be held by a boy While a gul is teachmg for the nat10nal educa-
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holdmg the pres1dent1al office, the v1ce-pres1dent must be a boy, and if the president is a boy, the v1cepres1dent must be a gn l Charles has been a membei of the L club and boys' glee, was a rep1esentat1ve at Boys State, was on the swimmmg team and the Advocate staff, and se1 ved as edit01 on the student council last year Jeanme has been active m Peppers, writers club, Mummers v1cepres1dent, Orpheons secretary, girls glee librarian, is m the senior choir and a member of the Advocate staff, and served as a jumor member of the council last year Jo Ann 1s the 3umor class v1cepres1dent and girls glee vicepres1dent, has been active m YTeens, home room representatives, G A A recording secretary, and I
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MISS SARAH T MUIR hon association She helped d1aft the tirst code of ethics used m the teachmg profess10n Miss Belle Fa1 man, new head of the department and editoual ad\ 1se1 of the Advocate, was a student of Miss Muir when m high ' Miss M Jillie F Sho1 t teacher m the chemistry department at Lmcoln high 101 more than 40 yea1 s ha~ I etu ed She stai ted as a phy~1cs teache1 u nder JVhss Ma11el Ge1e, and when J D Young became science department head, Miss Sho1 t was lransferred to chemistry teacher
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Wally has been a member of the orchestra and tenms team, is a member of the Advocate staff and the semor choir To Plan for Elections Sophomore elections and the newcomers party will be a beginnmg to the many proJects to be supervised by the student counol this year The council members were called together Saturday, August 30 for a meeting to check out armbands and to assign the committees for the newcomers party Council membe11> were stationed throughout the bmldmg the f1rst mornmg of school to help the sophomores if they had any difficulty gettmg their lockers open Serve Durmg Summer Vanous duties of the council during the last part of the summer and up to the present time l ncluded choosmg the hall guards .:tnd locker mspectors for the seimester, and brmgmg the teachers directory m the mam entrance up 1o date Durmg the summer, all 1 ounc1l members wrote an essay on their ideas of parliamentary procedure, which were collected at the meetmg Wednesday Miss Mildred Kemp and Wilham Pfeiff have resumed their duties as co-sponsors of the counnl Miss Kemp has seived two ~·ears a> an assistant sponsor and <11 e year as a regular council f po. ~or Thi' will be Mr Pfe1tf'<; 1econd year m sponsoring the <aunc1l
Co-operative Study Done
~n2 Leade Activity
Sales; 121 Second A total of 1,476 activity ticket' was sold this semester This sl1ows that approximately 771 percent of the students of Lincoln high bought tickets compared with 7 5 percent for last fall A sophomore home room, 312, lPads with a sale of 31 tickets, and 121 is second with a total of 30 Tied for third place are 135 and 304 with 29 tickets each Sales m other home rooms are mo, 20, 101, 23, 102, 24, 103, 15, 1)5, 17, 107, 18, 109, 25, 112, 18, 116, 25, 117, 20, 120, 22 , U!4, 27, 1~6. 5, 128, 17, 130, 22, 132, 18, 132B, 23, 133, 22, 134, 18, 136, 18, 1 !7, 21, 139, 26, 140, 21, 141, 26 201, 20, 203, 20, 204, 22 205, 26, 207, 23 , 208, 18, 209, 27' 212, 24, 2l3, 27, 214, 28, 215, 19, 216, 20, 217, 24, 2.20, 27, 221, 26, 224, 22, 2 15, 23, 226, 21, 302 17, 303, 25 305, .25, 306, 22 307, 24 , 309 17 3 1, 17, 31 3, 14. 21, 315, 20 316, 2•l, 317, 20 318, 13, 320 16, 321, 2 325,24 326, 20 327, 20, 400, 20, 601, 26, 402, 26, 403, 18 I
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A bound eclihon of the iepo1 t on the Co-opeiat1ve ~tudy ot the Lmcoln pubhc <;chools was relea~ed f01 d1st11but10n Tuesday mormng at a meetmg oi the board of education Every teacher has received a volume The volume provides plans for mtens1ve improvements m the programs of the local school system Many maJOr improvements are recommended Plans have been made for a mo1e tntens1ve and long range study of the curriculum offered by the Lmcoln schools Too much preparat10n has been given over to the tra111rng of students for colleges and umvers1hes and not enough to pupils preparmg for general pos1hons and home makmg, accordmg to the i ep01 t Mentioned also 1s the sheamlmmg of cmncula, increased tia1nmg of teachers and keepmg up with world c.hanges and improvements m admm1strahve method~ A simpler busmess and accountmg p1ogram and a better method of secunng and d1stnbutmg supplies has resulted 111 much lowe1 operation costs The school bmldmgs have all been 111spected and found adequate and 111 good condition The only need is m high schools where space for physical education is madequate Wage scales for teachers have been found to be low However, an mcrease has been made smce the study was made The volume of this co-operative study is n ow available to the public at $6 00 per bound copy Begmmng next week there v. 111 be made a vailable a condensed copy at $1 00 pe1 copy Directors Clyde M Hill and S M Brownell of Yale umvers1ty will be in Lincoln the week beg11mmg October 26 for a speoal d1scu ss10n of the co-ope1ative eratl\ e study The two edu cato1 ~ \\Jll meet \~1th Lmc.o.ln tcache1s dnd all othets mvolved These meetrngs will be open to the publtc and 1ep1e::,enta h ves of the city s c1v1c. groups will confei with them
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Gatheied on the school i.teps to discuss the com111g school yeai are 13 or the 14 new teachers Left to Right-Mrs Edgar Farley Sam Hale, Mrs Jane FoJi., Mrs Esther Olmstead, Edgar Farley, Harrv Stroh, Mrs Margaret Pfleider, Mrs Lavina Coope1, M1•ss Mary Rumbolz, John Bo,lc, Mrs Roberta Johnson, Miss Wilhelmma Johnson, Mrs bvelyn Neyhart Not m picture-Claude Wmgrove
N eiv Associate Superintenden~t ls Chosen~ Many New Teachers Join L. H. S. Faculty G1lbei t S Willey nc'~ dssoc1ate supe11ntendent of Lmcoln &chob, will take the supe1mtendent" chan upon M C Leflei s re51gnahon, which will be m effect July 1, 1948 M1 Willey prev10usly held the position oi supe1 mtendent oi schools rn Pueblo, Colorado Preceding that, he was assistant supeuntendent m Denve1 He had been with the Denver 5chooh t oi 16 years Bef01e M1 Willey lived m Denve1, he held the pos1t1on of supe11ntendent of schob and dJrector ol J umm college for four years m Tumdad, Colorado Mr Willey's ftrst ta::,k a~ "-Upeuntendent of Lincoln schooL will be puttmg the "Lincoln Coope1 ahve Study" plan mto operation v e1 y pleased with the i,chool sv~tem of Lmcoln ""' '"oll pv "''""e:s tu oe a rne11u ol t.\e1y :otudent and help the pupib 111 eve1y way Junea u, Alaska 1::, ve1 y beauti ful, extremely iamy but mce and cool " said Mr<; Ev el:, n Neyha1 ~ who is a new rnsti uctm m the commei c1al depa1 tment th1> ) ear She taught fm th1ee :yeais m Ju11eau and w01ked one :oumme1 in the mte11or ol Alaska neat Ancho1age In m1dsumme1 , Ala::.ka a t midnight 1s ltt tle da1ke1 t hdn -1 cloudy 1amy day 111 Nebraskd But lll the \\inter it 1s e:xaclh tlv opposite How would you like tJ go to a d ance 111 the evenmg a n{ come out at 11 o'clock and ftrd the sun still shmmg? Although Mrs Ne)hat! 11a5 spent some time m a colder climate she ts not entnely urw-;ed to Nebraska weathe1, having taught school m weste1n Neb1 aska "Lincoln hu;h school is the l.i1 gest school that I have evei taught 111, but the classes ai e about the same size and th e opportu,uty to become acquarnted with the students is JUst as good," rephes Mr:, Neyhart She imds Lmcoln high school pupils verv com teou~ and enJoyable to work with Duung her teachmg career she has bee11 m charge ot seve1al school pape1s as JOUtnahsm Is one of her outside mte1est~ Mts Ne:y ha1 t has been the head of the "Quill and Scroll," which is R 1ou1 nallstK 01gamzation for high school students F d>luons mei chand1~mg and sales a1 e the mtei eshng and p1 ac.tical sub1ects taught by the new d1st11buttve education head, Mrs Jane Fox The sub1ec.b a1e taught m the moimng In the afte1noon, students w01k in sto1es downtown Mrs Fox came he1e dnectly f1om John ';\,Tanamaker's m New York City, wheie she was i,tyllst and fash10n co-ordmator She attended the University of Washmgton m Seattle She graduated from Colorado A and M Her graduate degree was received f1om the Prmce School of Mer chandising m Boston Traming, reseai ch w ork and teachmg ''ere earned on by Mrs Fox at William F1lene's m Boston In New York City she was a member of the executive trammg squad oi B Altman Mrs Fox was also head of the Resea1ch Depai tment 111 Pi O\ 1dence, Rhode Islanct At the Fa.1 m Chicago , she wa~ mel< hand1<e co-01d111ato1 and la te1 a%1<otant buyei In Eutlei B100 New r 01k City, she v. as a 1es1dent buyer IVhile llvmg rn Colombia So Amenca, 1n l945, 1>he was active
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GILBERI: S WILLEY
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laugh! m Teacheis College One ~ummer she went to 5Lhool 1n Cah1oi n1a a t UC LA !\Ii 55 Rumbol.c abo 'is1ted Kan~as City and "as employed at Sea1s The newest addition to the athletic depa1 tment is Sam Hale, not th i1eld football coach and boys gymnasrnm m stt uctor M1 Hale formelly coached at Knnball Nebraska, and Kemme1, Wyoming Footbdll 1s inst one of his many talents wlnch mclude basketball, baseball and hark Graauatmg flam high ~chool m l\.Ia1shalltown , Iowa , Mt Hale ~tai ted play mg football with the Umveis1ty of Iowa and then fm1shed at the Umverstty of Wyommg Altogethei he played tour yea15 ot t1mvers1ty football At the piesent tune, Mi Hale's :tdm1ly 1s not m Lmcoln, but he plans to move them hei e as soon
Nommee~ for home ioom representative oft1ce1s chosen at the fn st meetmg of the rep1 esentabves Tuesddy September 9, a1e Don Bohmont, Mauuce Ladwig, John Moore, Mitzie Moyle, Wmme Owen and Shirley Sidles Don is m 212 and is an llB He was representative 111 his sophomore year, was on the sophomore basketball team and was the High Spot clean up committee chatrman last yea1 Mauuce, from 221 ts publicity and eqmpment manager of the science club, is a membe1 of the came1a club, and has an "L" letter for band John, a 12A f1om 320, 1~ "L" club p1es1dent, was a home ioom alte1nate, has a basketball and a iese1 ve basketball letter, a football lette1, and has taken part m the opera dnd Joy Night Mitzie, an 11B from 226, wa& Mimes secreta1y, a member ot Clef club Il> m Peppe1s and gnls glee club, and has participated m Joy Night Wmme, an llB f1om 130, is a member of Mimes, Y-Teen, girls glee club and is Clef club p1 e51dent Shuley, anothe1 nommee, 1~ a 12B fiom 120, a membe1 at the chou, octet, Mummers and Peppers, has participated m Joy Nmght, was girls glee club librarian and she was on the property committee of "Janua1y Thaw" Nommahons of home ioom iepresentatives and alternates were held m all lOB rooms on September 11 Elections were made on Monday, September 15 Thn
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Cast Tryout Announcement To Be Made "Pride and PreJudice," the play to be given by the semor class of 1948 on October 17 and 18 1s the story of M1 and Mrs Bennet and their five daughte1s The names of the sudents cho~en fo1 the cast, which consists of ten women and six men, will be released at d later date by Mrs Lou McLean, Lmcoln high sc.hool dramatic coach "There was a good tu111-out for the try-outs, and fiom the marvelous prospects that we have, we should be able to pick a good cast," declared Mis McLean Try-Outs Two Days T1y-outs f01 the play were held on Wednesday and Thursday. September 10 and 11 m the audi· touum The semoi class oi 1948 is sponsored by Miss Ethel B1yant and Call Manthey and the class officers a1e p1es1dent, Jane S1mp• son, v1ce-pres1dent Bob George, ~ec1etaiy Roxanna Elias, and hea~mei, Dick Phelps Plot Is Complicated The plot of the play offe1 s amusing ioma ntic compllcat10ns. Jane, the sweet-tempe1ed beauty of the fa1rnly is not apt to p1ove a p1oblem Flntat10us Lyrl1a elopes with a penmles~-but handsome young officer But Elizabeth is so Lnhc.al that her good looks hardly count When her clergyman cousin comes to com t her, she b1 ushe~ him off without a second glance Mama is f1anbc' Then Jane falls deeply m love with the wealthy M1 Bingley (a real catch) and it looks as if an affau is possible between Eliza· beth and Mr Bmgley's friend, M1 Darcy But Mr Da1cy is a proud young man and is shocked by Mama's vulgar attempts at matchmakmg He not only whisks
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Claude W!ngrove, new mdus- with representative named first Mr Bmgley with him- before Edgar Fu le ' - •be ne' tPd< her and alternate, second, are as folhe 1s ensnared Jane is heart• e Amn1can «lld ll rn l a1 ts teacher m room Ell, in 141 HP te broken, and pmes away until she ts a g1aduate of the Kansas State lows 101, Jo Ann Beiry and He ce~eived h1~ "odd hi to' 'f Teacher college at Pittsburgh, Raymond Ba1nett, 109, Bai ba1a becomes 111 ~dchelo1 s "eg1ee dl Kea1 nev c1nd Elizabeth is enraged that such Kan~as He g1aduated m 1937 and Bell and Naiman Bell, 116, Robll ~ m3 <;te s degree from the l-man mJustlce should be done dear, maimed in 1ndu<;t11al educat10n el t Deems and Melvm Chase, 1 e1 qty rt Neb1aska Before comHe was an athletic and mdustnal 124, Elizabeth eBamis and Carole sweet Jane And then, Mr Darcy m g to Lmcoln high, he "" "~ ~u ai t mstt ucto1 in Oswego, Kansas, Chuich 128, Phyllis Kem and comes back to p1 opose to Eliza• p e 1111!' 'ldent at Table R ock He1e until 1941 He was then employed Donna Folmer, 135, Margaret Bar- beth "agamst his better JUdg· he ,o taught 1omnal1slll ;rni bv the gove1nment as a toolmaker h el eo with the school papf , Betunek and Eleanor Epp, 1.39, Cor- ment " She promptly tells him m the Naval To1pedo Station at 1r e th!<; he was a n ,; rl'o/,rnt mne Clore and Howard Doty, "No'" and beiates him for takmg M1 Bmgley away and breakmg \,Vashmgton, D C He se1 ved a LOac h at Oid, and a coach at A1 a140, Wilham Griffm and Betty Jane's heart yea1 m the na\ y at the Na\ al Rep <1hoe Heidt, 141, Joy Unger and Owen This 1s only one of the manv p,i11 Base at S dn Diego, Calrfor- Otto, 205, Joyce Hayes and Joyce l\I1 < V11 gm1a D Fa1lev 1s h amusmg mc1dents that arise as the ma This is the first teachmg he <;ucce<'d Ralph Hansen Sbc "ill Hock, 214, Robert Keller and story contmues has done since 1941 tench Ameucan and wo1 ld h1~to1 ) Marga1et Ko1n, 216, eJan MontHau y Stroh, new English teachShe 1~ a g1aduate of the U111gomery and Velma Loos, 224, veu,1tv oi Nebia:,ka, whe1 c <he er m 203, is a graduate fiom the Sally Mallory and Leo Manke, received a bachelo1·~ deg1ee She Umvers1ty of Nebra5ka He has 304, Lynne Morgan and Richard h<1 ~ been almost all ove1 the a B S degree m educat10n, also Lowe, 311, Hatl.m W1ederspan Umted States Before commg he1 e one yeai m post giaduate work and Mary Ann Zimmerman , 312, s he t.rnght at Pawnee City and at M1 Shah has taught before m Nancy Remrngton and Kenneth the JUn101 high at Hubble for two Uhsses Moshe1, 316, Virgm1a P1e1son and John Boyle, chemtstly !eache1, yeai s and one year 111 a rural Louise Nelson, 318, Kathryn The New officers of the girls school He was also puncipal of l'l n ew to Lmcoln high this seGrebe and Mary Bryson, 400, mester He ha~ received both hrs a ten g1 ade high schol at Powell, Phyllis Waldman and Richard glee club were elected Wednes• day by a maJonty vote bachel01 's and master s degiees Nebraska Scheeier, 401, Yvonne Shrader New officers are as follows. Mr Stroh was m the army for flam Nebraska um\ eis1tv and John Schwmdt, 402, Jean president, Jeanne Vierk, vice• He has taught \ Lhool m Hebron, four years and nme months He Toohey and Lois Wassmg p1es1dent, JoAnn O'Brien, secre· Filley, Davey, Stiang Ha1gle1, was marued JUst four weeks ago In 126, Jerral Schwartzman tary, Virgm1a Noble, and li· Stella and Fanbury iumor college, Hii, maier mterests dre m sports was elected as new alternate brauans, Joan Schacht and M1tz1e and music all of which are m Nebra ska Moyle lVhss W1lhelmma Johnson, new His family is res1dmg m Hebron The off1ceis will meet to choo>e social studies teacher m 130, is a till he can fmd a home fm them four or five smtable outfits for he1e 'Thev have ha\eled to Old graduate of the Umve1s1ty of Neumforms to show to the girls The braska She h as the bachelor of Mc>.1co d.n d Coknado best hked will be the permanent Mr Bovle:; hobby is <po1 t, , of science and education egree and um form also a maste1 's degre ot ai ts Miss Twenty-six pupils making up \\ luch ba1>eball 1., h1' Ja\ mite He The girls glee will piesent the aho lonclied basketball and hack John~on has taught m high schols this semesters Advocate editorial rn Centet, R1smg City, Clarkson, staff were assigned and began first musical program of the year. rn ct1fie1ent .f\.eb1aska hig h school< The date has not yet been decided. Tecumseh and Wayne He1 maior their duties on Tuesday, SeptemMis Esther Olmstead, 32'1, v- n, Some of the songs they have ber 9 Takmg her place as man30111ed the history depa1 tment, IS interests are readmg, radio, and started to work on are "Cmdy," agmg editor is Louise Asmus a spectator of sports a giactuate of the Um' "1s1ty of "Storm Kmg," and "God of the New teacher m the English de-o She will be assisted by Mai tha Nebraska and wenl to C1tv College pa1 tment is Mt s Margaret Pfle1dHamilton, news editor, Barbara Wmd and the Waves" of Lo-, Angeles .fo1 the p ast few Chesen, associate ed1to1, Sara Deei Mrs Pleifder received an vea15 s he has taught h1stoi y m voe, second page editor, Jayne A B dPgree form Iowa state teachl't1ca and Bellwood Mt" OlmCa1ter, thtrd page edit01, Wallace Pl S college Cedar Falls, Iowa stead '~ also a graduate of LmBarnett, fourth p a g e ed1to1, She maio1ed m both English and coln high Geo t g e 'Westerman, assistant drama tics and took graduate work Teachmg mathematics 111 102 JS sports editor Marilyn Rogers is Mis Lav md Cooper who is a m dramatics and ia10 at the UmR M Hansen left Lmcoln high the girls spoits editor Jeamne veis1ty of Michigan, Ann Arbor, graduate of tl'e Umver1>1ty of at the end of last week to become Baker and Mary Allee Foster will M1ch1gan, and Northwestern umSouth Dakota She h a s t aught wnte the Static column Barbara head of the history department comme1cial mathematics m Have- versity, Evanson, Illmo1s Yeager is 111 charge of editonals sophomore, will also go to Il1111ois She prev10usly taught m Weblock and out of state at Willard, while the feature editor is Man- Carthage is a Lutheran church ster City, Iowa, Rochester, MmneMissomi, and S10u:x Rapids. Iowa college with an enrollment of lyn Bstand1g Evchange editors are sota, Milwaukee Downer, a pnMrs Robe1 ta Johrson graduated about 1,000 Ruth Jewett and Dorothy Oste1vate girl's school m Milwaukee, fiom the Umve1s1b of Nebraska Mr Hansen has been a history man, copy editors, Jeanette ArmShe also attended Radcliffe and Wisconsm She had some radio teacher for the past ten years strong, Roberta Guest and Roexperience in Detroit, M1ch1gan, the Umvers1ty of Cahforma and in LHS berta Seidell Acting as repo1 ters at WJR she is planmng to get bet masHis daughter, Joan Hansen, a are Phyllis Heuser, Jeanne Hoyt, He1 husband 1s a graduate mmtei 's degree Wher enteung the sophomore, will also got to Illmo1s. Howard Kirsch, Geraldme Meye1, mg engmeer of the Umve1s1ty of teachmg p1 ofess10n she taught m Mr Hansen said that he has Cal!forma, South Dakota and Ne- Mmnesota an dhas lived 111 Bo- Ioleen Miller, Arlene Olderoy and livia and Cuba While m Cuba, Joan Selleck Lomse Stam is 111 appreciated and enJoyed workmg biaska She 1s mtei eoted m mathewith the faculty and the L HS charge of local circulat10n, Dous matics When asked i f she we1e he \\as mstrumental 111 developassociat10n duung his entire time Yankey, marl Typists are Lorene mg a new method of extractmg lost 111 this school the answe1 was, here He and his family will miss Hoschell, Burdette Pecha, Marmckel M1 Pfleider was also a "l dttended Lrncoln high and I their many fnends gery Van Pelt, Ma1y Bass, Dou:; commandei of a ship for two years {an remembe1 the scho0l " Mis "I famly believe there 1~ no Gillett, Wm1fred Davidson The 111 the P ac.ific He dnd his brothet J ohn<on h as bee n teachmg 101 better high school m the Umted bu~mess manager is Gei aldme 'lWn Capitol Airmotl\·e at the -,e\ en ) eai o States On the whole, the1e 1s ex· Wertz, ad\eihsmg, Janet Frenchs Mumcipal dlr field l\li-.s Mal\ Rumbol1, n e1\ :F1encn lellent co-operation between stu• The contributmg staff 1s made Mi 5 P1le1de1 s ma101 rnteiesls tea1be1 rn 318, _., a native dents and teachers and m each up of pupils of the three begmnmg a1 in iad10, dramatics, music and of L1nLOln She "ent to the lJrngroup m itself as well," he stated. Journalism classes. ve1s1ty o1 Neb1a:,ka and ha• ltterature
Jeanne Vierk Elected Girls Glee Head
Staff Begins New Year
Hansen Leaves For Illinois