LHS Advocate 1950-1951

Staff Wishes Good Luck to Newcomers

On behalf of the student body, the Advocate staff wishes to welcome William Bogar, our new principal, and all the new teachers to Lincoln High School.

We hope you will enjoy your work in Lincoln High School as much · as we enjoy being a part of one of the top schools in the state. We feel that all pupils will try to cooperate and make all new ordeals easier for you; We of the Advocate staff would at any time like to become better acquainted with all of you. We are always happy to receive any suggestions as to making the Advocate and better each time it is published.

Troubled Sophomores

Find Many Difficulties

Who are these things who scurry around with haunted, frightened looks on their faces, and who stare frantically at maps of L. H. S.? Sure, they're known as sophomores, but that doesn't mean much unless you're awfully good in Latin. To most juniors and seniors they're known as "lost and lowly" ones. And since they can't· be anything but "lowly" ·until they're upperclassmen, they spend most of their time trying not to be lost. ·

part of their junior high life that is against them from the start is that as seventh, eighth and ninth graders, they were ridiculously allowed to think that when one came in the front of school, and went up a short flight of stairs, they ended up on first floor. This completely sophomoric misunderstanding leads wide-eyed girls to think that the boys gymnasium is a mighty unusual auditorium. ·

Then, too, these sophs were actually taught to count' one, two, three, four and so on up. Now, every junior and sen!Or knows that unless you want to stare at a blank wall for years waiting for a door to appear, the only way to count is one, three, five, seven and so on. Why on earth would anyone have the unheard of idea that 213 should be next door to 212 ?

And as for stairs leading up to the fourth floor, all upperclassmen know there aren't any. As one teacher told a worried little sophomore, it's necessary to go around to the south side of the building, and mount a ladder leaning up against the wall which takes the students up to 403 After all, one af the main requirements for entering L, H. S. is that you're not afraid to climb a tall ladder.

Of course, the word "sophomore" does sound faintly familiar to juniors and seniors. Couldn't be they once-millions of years ago-struggled desperately with locker combinations, shrank back petrified when l..i1t:y. .;, call slip and were a'ved to silence by word " g 1: 0.r1eti) 'f" not-never.

Hall Guards Ask for Pass In All Closed Corridors

H!ve you a Pass? This question is heard · frequently in the halls of L. H. S. Since all students do not eat at the same time, it is necessary to keep certain corridors closed while classes are in session.

M1:1ny newcomers to L. H. S. don't know which corridors are closed during their luncl;i period. Third period teachers will give you the information concerning which stair- .· · wdl to use in order to reach the cafeteria. It will not only help the hall guard, but will save you time!

Thoughts Turn To Study

Aa Vacation Days End

Stop drean1m1;;: You can't forget that now you have started school and it's time you should start getting down to business.

Of course, it is hard to forget those wonderful summer days when you could go for a cool swim and relax for once, no studies to worry about during those wonderful hours. Those who ventured to different parts of the U.S. have many memories of places they saw, people they met and things they did. But, be alert.

Ahoy, Mates! How are all the vacation kiddies? Ready to return to work? That's good! , The time has come once again for two more characters to take over Static. If you don't like it, remember it's as hard on us as it is on you! So, here goes nothing!

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Noticing all these frightened, bewildered faces around the halls of L.H.S at the beginning of the school year, we suddenly came to realize that a new group of sophomores had joined us old timers! Seeking through the crowd of wandering newcomers, we find many cute and shining faces. Only a few of the numerous are: Cathryn Hodder, Mary Joyce Deer, Norma Schridt, .fo Ann Junge, Helen Weir, Ruth Scott, Gerry Hanneman, Annie Noth,nagle, Sharon Reinke and Jean Aitken.

But of course, we can't forget the good looking sophomore boys! Such as Don Erway, Leroy Butherus, Don Sladek, Dean Stoneman, Merritt Nellis Bob Barnett, Mike Edwards and Ronnie Johnson.

* * Now for a short but sweet joke!

Ordered a steak t'other day, and that steak was soooo thin, ah thot it was a crack in the plate! Yuk, Yuk!

How about:

"Oh! Darling, I've missed you!" And she raised her revolver and tried again.

Back again, to school life.

Not to be outdone, we must say something about the new, smart Juniors! Over the week-end, Jane Bergquist stepped out with Tom Larson, and Ruthie Wiebe with John Kaveney, both N. U. students.

Then, of course, we mighty seniors!!

Nothing but gals and gents of the lovelorn. Just'ask us-we'll help you out. Maybe you can return the favor.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK

"A good line is the shortest distance between two dates!"

Seems as if we heard that Tom Becker has been seen with Shirley Usher. Mighty nice deal! Then ·for week-end dates, Phyl Kaufman was with Jerry Goede, Kate Crawford an' Hobe Jones, Annie Lutz and Bol:i Settell. N. U. men

* N o w f o r a n 1r e- on e! A GI cinving a tr uck a 20 0 " .,a,J. ..: •.iw road in Burma when he came <.:..t:ros::; an elephant squatting in his path. He requested the elephant to move, which the beast very graciously. He drove on a bit further and came upon a second elephant '>1.'hom he also asked to n10Yce; this beast refused point blank. The GI told him be had no such trouble with the other elephant up the road. At this, the second elephant got up in disgust. "Aw," he said, "that other bum has gone and spoiled everything. We were playing book ends!"

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Have any of you noticed the new twins 'around the halls? We are referring to Senior Bev Wilson and her little Sophomore sister, Margie. Two years doesn't seem to make much difference between those girls unless y1;11 happen to be lucky and see them together. We think that it might be a good idea if we put tags wtih their names on them.

SURPRISE DATE OF THE WEEK!!

Jerry Gableman and Lois Simmerman.

While racing madly down the hall towards the Advocate office the other day after school, we accidentally bumpe d into one of the shy little boys from the football team, and with the aid of a brain storm we decided that he would be super for our first interview! We cornered the unsuspecting fellow by the name of Donnie Scanlon and got a few questions and answers down pat. (Any resemblance between this timid looking soul and the guy in the sports column is purely intentional.)

Ideal feature in a girl-"Short " (Not 5' 7", Donnie?) What do you like to do on a date? "Play cards " Favorite Pastime-"Looking over n ew Sophomores."

Favorite Song-"! want to be Loved!"

Favorite Saying-"Stripes."

Now to leave our victim of the day, and return for a joke. Here ' s a goodie !

Kay Kimmel: "Are you a r e ckless driver ?"

Nat Nelson: "Say girl, wh e n the ro a d turns the same way I do, it's jus t a c oi ncid e nc e !" (Doesn't that sound just like the Juniors to you?)

Addition to ·SURPRISE DATE OF THE WEEK!

Don Smith stepped out with Nancy Hemphill Saturday night! Congr at ' s to both of them!

Ima Nutt: Did you ever get h o mesick ?

Soami: Yes, that's why I l ef t home!

Well, as the monkey said wh e n the lawnmower ran over his tail, "Won't be long now."

We leave you with one last reminder, fear not, for the next edition, we will bring you the best in ·the latest news and jokes. Let's hop e we have smooth saihn' the whole seme ste r. Ag'n N z n.

Quotable Quiz

While roving around L. H. S. this past week, your roving repol'ter heard many upperclassmen discussing this topic, "HOW CAN YOU TELL A SOPHOMORE FROM AN UPPERCLASSMAN?"

This question got your reporter's curosity aroused. So she talked around and listened to what some of the upperclassmen thought about this question.

Virginia Mann-,-" A sophomore can't get his locker open and an upperclassman can (most of them that is)"

Mack Hunt-" Probably cause the y all look so happy" (What in the world are they happy about?)

Bett ye Jo McMartin-"They a ll ha ve that innocent look which the juniors and seniors seem to have lost" (Are you disillusioned, Bettye ? )

Allen Chris tians en-"The s op homores look and act s cared and timid. Also the sophomore girls are followed by the junior and senior boys" (Hmlll, Whom you following Allen?)

JoAnn Thompson-"They carry zipper notebooks and get to their classes early" (B y this are y ou hinting that you hav e a ten den cy to get to class l a te ? ) Bla ine Ward-"l\fo s t of them look like they don't know for sure what's coming off and are strarigers io me " Chic k Gi·aham- They ca rry a ll their boo ks h om e :· '>n: Most cf ,hem tr y tn l ::;c,k studiou s."

Slezal{ New - '" Baseball And Tennis Coach

Bob Slezak, Lincoln Highs' n ew b as eball and tennis coach, u nd erwent an appendicitis opera tion August 21. The operation stymied his plans for the opening of s chool and for ced him to convalesce until Friday, September 8. Bob wa s raised in a baseball en vironment. He s ay s , " I think I know bas eball p1 etty well a nd wi t h thi

Y-Teens Present Teachers Flowers

for the teachers' desks.

LHS Senio1·s In Reserves

Kay Johnson, David Lynch, and Darrell Block, Lincoln High seniors, spent. two weeks o f their summer vacation at the Great Lakes Nav al Training Center, Great Lakes Ulinois, as part of th e United States Nav al Reserve prog1a m. Th e boys are members of the Nav a l :leserve station located at North Tenth street While at the Lakes" the boys le a rned, o n a l i mited s cale, how i-J; 1-: J\!:i Y "!'€'fat es and what it expects of its m en. The two thin g s that the Navy emphasizes most the boys soon found; a r e cleanliness and obedience If eit her of these are v iol a ted, the v iolator gets reprimanded by his Chief Petty Officer or reOE!Wes e:ii::tta allty.

Included in the training wa s a 12-hour liberty which could be s p ent in either Chicago, Milwaukee, or Waukegan. The boys spent this liberty in Chic ago Since the boys have taken their training du1y at the "Lakes," they are now eligible for one salt water c ruis e a year. Thes e cru ises take the sailor tci some foreign port, su ch as Hawaii, Turkey, and many Ca ribbean count ries. Th e t hree boys were a ll in com pany 9100, which was the honor company for both weeks of the training duty. The company set a record for reserv i;; groups in winning tll e honor a w a r d for the second week.

Between the Book Ends

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,

Ex-Students Hold Reunion

at the home of one of their members, by singfng "Auld Lang Syn e." The nine had all brought high school pictures with them which recalled a lot of memories Among the p ictures was found a cla ss day program. revealing t h a t a p rogram for the seniors was held at 10 A. M June 12, 1890. Their commencement exercises were held the evening of the twelf th. Upon leaving, f illed with a lot of old memories, they promised to ' be back for their anniversary celebration. Also holding a reunion this summer was the class of 1925. Miss Josephine Wible, the original sponsor of 'the Class, presided at the meeting in which 63 of a class of 500 attended. Heard among the remembering of the classes' L. H. S. days were many of the pranks played upon the teachers. Plans for holding more reunions during the years to come were discussed

Band Is Swelled By New Members

Number of -stucjents registered for band this year greatly exceeds that of previous years. In fact, because of a great need for uniforms only 74 of the 90 members will be marching. The •other 16 will remain in the s tand while the marching band performs on the field, then all -90 members will play during the games Al so because of the larger band, which will have seven files instead of the previous six, a new t w irler will be chosen to fill the spot New officers elected for the b an tl i ndudc ; Barker captain; Gordon Metcalf, first li e utenant ; Jack McKee, second lieutenant; Marilyn Lane, secretary.

Bette Minne has just moved from Kearney, Nebra s ka, and - is nnw a senior in Lincoln High. She attended L.H.S. in the tenth

Ann Furness transferred to this high school from Shortridge High School i n Indianapolis; Indiana. Since her father works for the government, she moves frequently, and has attended six different schools in one year Writing monthly book reports for the Shortridge Daily Echo, the school paper, was one of Ann's extracurricular activities Shortridge is one of the few high schools jn the country that print a school paper daily.

David Olson and John Pet erson are newcomers to Lincoln High School, but not to Lincoln. Both are Lincoln boys and have entered from Shattuck in Faribault, Minnesota. During their two years at Sh a ttuck they participated in athletics. David is a senior, lettered in track his sophomore year, and lettered .in basketball, both his sophomore and junior years. John, as a junior and as a freshman , was on the wrestling team. As a sophomore he lettered ill golf and was number one man on the team.

Octet Is Niue

For something new and different, this year the octet is settling down with nine members instead of the usual eight. This is due to the fact that one of the members, Rose Ann Myers, is moving to Denver in October. Taking her place after that date will be Arine White. Miss Gore disclosed the complete list of the members last Friday. They are: Winifred Win s ton, Phyllis Kaufman, Shirley Hergert, Barbara Carter, Georgia Baker, Mary Ann Bieber, Rose Ann Meyers Annie Lutz; and Anne White. As yet there have been no appearances scheduled for the near future.

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Ex-Teacher Visits L.H.S.

Dr. Harry Hoy, a former student and teacher at Lincoln High, visited here during the first week of school.

Dr. Hoy is the chairman of the Department o:f Geography at the University of Oklahoma, and has iaught at the University of Illi:lois, Michigan State

Red and Black Faces Omaha Central Friday

By

Basic Plays Big Problem Of Reserves

is the prediction of Joe Partington, newly appointed assistant varsity football coach. Partington, a former Lincoln High student, himself, played center on the 1938 and 1939 football teams. After graJuating from Lincoln High, he attended the Univ ersity of Nebras ka where he lettered in fo otball in 1942, 1945 and 1946. War interrupted his playing football for Nebraska in '43 and '44, but he did play for Northwestern in '43 and North Carolina Pre-flight in '44. Joe's athletic prowess was not all confined to football because he lettered in baseball while in high s chool. Jo e's coaching career is comparatively new, but he was footb all coach at Cr(;?ight on Prep in Omaha in 1948. His record there was a highly respectable four wins and four losses In 1949 he helped with Harold S cott's reserve te a m. Partington's school-time duties include study hall, and gymnasium d 2sses.

"An assistant's assistant," that's what Ardie Means, former L H. S. g r i d star calls himself. Joe Partington is Coach Bill Pfeiff's assistant so Ardi e claims to be Part.:. ington's assistant Ard ie is working with the varsity l inemall:and a:.so the re serves in helping Pfe iff in his rebuilding plan. He was All State guard his senior year at Lincoln High, after h a ving one year n :serve and varsity fo otball experience. Ardie s taye1 at bis same po sition and lettered four years while playing at Nebras ka University. He is going to dent al school along with helping out at Lincoln H igh.

Jim Munson, Ronnie Johnson. "College

Lincoln High Football Schedule GAMES SEPT. 15-0MAHA CENTRAL ___;THERE SEPT; 23-SIOUX CITY EAST -,.-THERE SEPT. 29-SIOUX CITY CENTRAL-HER E OCT. 6-LINCOLN NOR'l'HEAST-HERE OCT. 13-SCOTTSBLUFF HERE OCT. 21-0MAHA NORTHTHERE OCT. 27-0MAHA SOUTHNOV. HERE 3-0MAHA TECHHERE NOV. lo:.:-GRAND ISLANDTHERE

IBy Jack Tra bert

DON SCANLON, a little guy with a big 32 on his back, is· one of the backs on the Lincoln team to watch this year. Playing his second year a s starting halfback, Don is well remembered for his brilliant running in many games l ast year

During the win t er months, Don takes up · wrestling and swimming. During his sophomore year, h e swam for L incoln's varsity swimming team, and learned the tricks of the wrestling trade in his junior year. Doil is expected to add strength to the wrestling squad this coming winter In the spring, Don's mind turns to baseball Playing catc her a nd swatting a mighty wicked bat, Don :has l e ttered twice and has contributed much to the success of his team.

DON BECKER, one of t h e four retu rning l ettermen, is again ca rrying the n a me of work-horse on the Lincoln football t eam. Don played 314 minutes a t tackle pos ition on last ye ar' s t eam, more than any of his teammates, and Cpaci) J'feiff ._is again expected to dep end on him fo r strength at that position this year Football is not all of Don's a ccomplishme nts. He has lettered twice in baseb all and has played outfield and catcher for the city champion Lincoln Elks team Don is noted for his ability a t the plate being a n f ielder

Gridiron Sparkles

Under Good Care

"Field in best shape for five years ," Da n Theysmeyer says, is the result of reseediJlg, fedilizing, and w a t ering Bea utifica tion of the oval a lso i s a highlig ht A new fence h as a l so b een constructed on the west side. Water- proo fin g of th e stadium prope r August 20 w a s taken care of and pla ns for a ne w press box over the east stan d s a r e in the making :. Ever since the mi ddle of Jun e, the field has h ad c areful preparation.

MAGEE:S

Teams Enter Fall Tourneys

arid LeRoy Butherus are the gridders wh o had enough know-how c.nd deter- · m i nation to make the squad in their first year.

Rebuilding ls something we ha v e needed t o do for the last five years It is a long process and it

iron of Nebraska

Three new factors: one in equipment, one in personnel and orie in the pre- season practice sessi ons, have and will undoubtedly help the Red and Black cha n ces t his fall. The helmets are n ot black as before, but t h e y a r e of a light tan. They are the "Minnesota" style of h elmet which seem to offer t he best protection of their kind on the market.

Joe Partington i s the new assistant coach. "Dub," as he is called by· tht coaches and players, was assista nt r eserve coach last year. L yle Weyand, l ast year's assistant coach, wanted to devote more time to his ba sketball coaching duties so h e was· relieve d of the former -position this year. Lyle is now coa ching North field. In the pre-season .practice sessions, the varsity and reserve squ a ds wo r ked. :Jge ther on South field The four coaches, Bill Pfeiff, Joe Partington, Ardie

THE ADVOCATE

Seniors Have Begun World Faces

.Rehearsals On Play

play bY play announcers, w ill give you a first hand r eport of the games while t hey are happen ing KLMS is broadcas ting three of Lincol n Hig h's out of town games an d two of Northeast's. The three Lincoln High games, two of which have al re<irly been broadcast are : r)111aha C-.r,.ral, September l b; Sioux City East, 23, and Omaha North, O ctober_ 21.

Students Enter Essay Contest

Five e ssa ys sen t t rom L in coln High School in the "My Community and M e " contest were written by Jo Ann Knapp, Donna Borgaard, Don Smith, Le onard Bar ker and Loretta Leng er. Friday, September 15 w as set aside througho u t the sta te as Nebrask a Youth Day On that d ay all 200 000 of Nebra ska s ch oo ls were given the opportun ity i n their c lassrooms, to write what they think of th eir community and their respon sibility

collects antiques; Hubert, the fussy father-in-law, a typi ca l LaG uardi a (fire chaser); Irene, the houseguest; and Vida, the a:lwayslhreatening - to - quit , I-want-myown-way cook. These peopl e s eem worse than us ual because they are hungrily eyeing t h e l egacy Elizabe th has received. Elizab e th breaks down with amllesia. She believes she is twenty years yo unger and not only makes a play for J enni fer's boy friend, but also tells the fam ily what she thinks of them These happenings show results which promise well for Eli zabe th and her family' s futur e. The cast wh ich has started rehear sal -is : Elizabeth Joan Understudy. Mary Ann Schlegel Hubert •... Brice Belisle Ra lph Bob Cummings Jennifer Willa Herming·haus Laurett e Annie L utz Andy . D avid L ynch Po lice man David Mei senh older Harriet Bette Minnie Irene Pat Nellis Dr. Hollister _ Paul Scheele Vida Natasha Stepanek Me r ced es Sara Stephenson The student director is Paul Scheele ; the technical direc tor is Lee Simodyn es 'Rehearsals are going exception ally well," stated Mr s. Short, "considering th e fact that we h a ve only 'been wor king for a week entire play memoriz ed " The comedy w ill b e prese n ted Oct ober 20 and 2 1 in the Li nco ln High S ch oc» auditorium. It will begin at 8:15. Advertising and property rnmrnittecs w ill - beg in work soon under the d irection o f ·class sponsors, M iss Elsie Rokahr and Miss Carrie Roberts The different commi tte e mem·bers <in:- : Curtain -- Leonard B a rker Lights-Buh Newcombe Assembly-J .,·ce Laase, Bernard Wishnow, Nhncv Hemphill, Lowell Sohl, Georgia l'-' •.ker , and N ancy Chamberlin Radio and Sk its -Announcemt. ', - Genevieve S hilhan , B c v er l y Wilson, J ac k Rogers Shirl ey Jon es; Douglas Wilcox, George Strassler, Morse We is gu r t, Bria n He n drickson, and Arlen e Slote Posters and Special Advertisement s- Ilene Frailey Beverly Hamme l, Joan Winkler, Bob Simmons, Jack Tra ber t , an d Roge r Gohde Advoc a te and New:;pap ers- Fay Thoreson and Ann Whit e Hand properties-Sandra Gad d , Don Kitchen, Pat Graham," Lynette Bush, and Beverly Connell. Black Board Adv ertis ementVirgiriia Mann M ary Id a Bamds, Phyllis Nelson Jamee Ewing, Ka ren Broad y Maril yn Lane, Loren e Kuhn, a nd Phyllis Co lbert. Stage Set and Stage Proper ties - Lee Simodynes, Ann Lundy , J e rry Humphrey, Don Davis Mary Lou Lull George Strasslcr Bea Beutel. Pµt Porter, Charlotte Scott , and Kathy W ekh . Cavett Announces Noon Movies Attention! Th e n oon m ovi es hav e star ted The Three Musk ete ers will b e shown €\ ery Monday as the seri a l for t his semester Jack Skinner a n d Bob Newcombe are in charge of r unning the projector and _Miss Etm und is :in c harge of .th e auditorium The Three Musketeers the first s e r i a l show n in L. H. S. n oon begun the second of 1947. They were s t arted when the lun ch hour changed from 30 minutes to 45, to give the s tude nts more entertainment A ccor ding t o Mr. Cavett i h e sc hedule for the

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Sophomore Cabinet Is Surprised; Happy

Links (;raduate ls Leatherneck

Teachers Go To New York Conference

Lib,-ary Receives

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Chairs

Scene of the first meeting of the Sophomore Cabinet from left to

l'ight are John Be ideck, Ja-ck Winter, Nancy Aitken, Bob Barnett, Beverly Spomer, and Sharon Littrell

Swindle

DISC DOPE

To the guys and gals who crave good music, we are starting a new record corner in the Advocate. In this corner we are going to try to put in a few of the current record hits and the new releases. For instances, MONA LISA by Nat King Cole, and GOODNIGHT IRENE by Gordon Jenkins are leading the popularity list. A few of the others are:

BONAPARTE'S RETREAT Kay Starr

HOME Nat King Cole

SAM'S SONG Gary Crosby and Friend

COUNT EVERY STAR Ray Anthony

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Jan Garber

NOLA by Les Paul is an unusual arrangement' of an old song, and also mighty popular among record fans.

'!'he new releases climbing the ladder of popularity ·are: THE RED WE WANT IS THE RED WE'VE GOT Ralph Flanagan

ORANGE COLORED SKY

•••....• Nat King Cole and Stan Kenton

STAN KENTON'S NEW DANCE PARADE

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GET OUT AND GET lJNDER THE MOON

..•............ Nat King Cole and wife CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN?

,Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Armstrong

SUNDAY DRIVING -. Jerry Lewis

The ·old record king himself, H a r r y James, made his stand at the Turnpike Ballroom last Friday night, drawing a large crowd.

Don't Rely On Cheating To Help You In Future

Have you ever known an older person that no matter how hard they tried, could nt hold a position for very long? No doubt you have. Maybe you could trace his difficulty back to his high school years. Wasn't he the one who always copied or borrowed someone else's paper? Yes, he was the one.

You, too, may be like him if you depend on your friends to do your work for you, if you cheat. If you cheat in school now, when you're out on your own you will nor have the adequate knowledge of your field to make any progress.

Cheating is habit-forming and doesn't show self-respect. The one who helps others and does his friends' work is cheating too.

A lazy person cheats.

A boy who cheated in school started as a clerk in a law firm but advanced no farther because he was sent to jail for embezzling funds.

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A girl cheated in history and then had a chance to win a scholarship if she could name the first five presidents. She failed because her friend wasn't there to give her the. answers.

the person who gets a good grade on his own, is not only helping himself, but makes him feel that he has deserved his grade and he has a clear conscience.

Editorials; Open Forum Open to All Students

Attention L. H. S. :Pupils! Do you often wish you could write something for the paper or make some new suggestions? You may think that you can't write such an article because you are not in the Advocate preparatory course or on · the Advocate staff.

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Your problems are solved by our one and e>nly Editorial column or Open Forum. The Editorial column is your column. The articles in this column are to explain to you the laws, regulations, and customs of our sch?ol. Open Forum is similar to the preceding and takes suggestions and compliments through letters.

Next time you wish to express your opin" why don't you write to the Advocate mstead of your friends. Maybe you JUst like to get something in our paper. your writings ·to us then. The Advocate is your paper.

·Good morning' to all our ·fellow bird brains! And a Rang Dang Do to al of you, this bright and cheerful morning! And we're off to a feathery and flying start this trip, with, per usual, on:e of those "neatie" jokes. We think this very appropriate, considering how true it sometimes is!

"Is she a natural blonde or a platinum blonde?"

"Neither, she's a suicide blonde."

"A suicide blonde? What's that?"

"Dyed by her own hands."

And then of course, ,there's the little boy who went to the store for -his mother to get some diapers for the new baby. The storekeeper handed over the package saying, "Here you are sonny, that'll be fifty cents for the diapers -and two cents for the tax."

"Never mind the tacks," said the boy, "Mother uses safety pins."

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Have you ever seen such a wonderful football team? Guess there's just nothin' better! And nothin's going to stop them from staying that way either. And with football games, dates seem to come up. For instance, Jeannette Kleinert stepped out with Roland Wagner, '50. Martha Anderson 'n Tom Boukather, Polly Ackerson 'n Paul Stokely, '49, Barbara Sorenson 'n Ted Jeroy, NU, Mary Shellidy 'n Pete Finley; Martha Hill 'n Roland Breamer, and Lois Anderson and Stan Kaltenberger can be added to the list.

Of course everyone knows that fellows on the team are never out later than 10 :00, so we don't seem to be able to find any of these fellows with dates!

Seeing how our interview with our victim last issue proved successful, {in more ways htan one), we again appealed to our sense of direction and the result was the towering figure of David Olson. After much deliberation, he responded thus:

Favorite feature in a girl: "Personality."

Ideal Girl: (He said he couldn't answer this, but we have our doubts!) Pet Peeve: "Hadacol."

Things he liked to do most on a date: "Silly guestion!"

Favorite song: "Show me the way to go home!"

Nickname: "Duff " Thanks Duffer, now we all know a little more about you and all your pals at ol' Shadduck school!

Time out for a joke! "Young man," said the professor to the student who kept interrupting, "are you try· ing to instruct this class?"

"Certainly not sir," said the student. ''Well then, don't talk like an idiot."

LAMENTS OF A LOCKER All I know, Should be seen and not heard, But on this one subject I'm giving the bird!

I'm sick and I'm tired Of the world I live in, Take heed while 1 tell you Of the beating

LHS Pupils Worli, Act In Havloft

And it just wou1dnn't be right if we forgot the big dance Friday night at the Pike. Hal Mards was seen with Pat Pauley; Brien Hendrickson and Jackie Ullstrrum; Chich Graham, Sydonia Schaaf; Ann White, Bill Renner; Marilyn Berger, Bob Geis. Hope everyone had oodles of fun!

And then Saturday night there was a Freshman Hop at the University with Lillian Guest. and Dick King attending, and Ruth Randolph 'n Bob Admire were also out on that evening.

AI: "Let's skip 5th period!"

Charley: "Can't do it, I need the rest."

I love you little I love you small I love you like a football player

P. S. I get a kick out of you, (Dedicated to Bob Babcock from a certain admirer!)

We journeyed through a Sweet Shop the other day and this is the impression we were left with:

Bit O' Honey: Kate Crawford.

Power House: Beverly Garcia.

Three Musketeers: Bill Clinton, Joe Carter, Wally Wesierski.

Almond Joy: Barbara Turner.

Snicker: ·Arlene Slate.

(And we couldn't leave without remem· bering)

Fudge: Mrs. Dodge Barbara Herr and Paul Jordon are now calling it steady as are Shirley Feusna and Mike Curtis. We also are glad to henr that Marilyn Lane and Bill Griffin once more have taken hold of the good ol' Ball and Chain! There also seems to be a •new·couple roaming around the halls. We are referring to Susie Enyeart and Jim Harvey! Then for a hayrack ride date: Donna Plock was with Doug Wilcox.

Some girls fall head over in love while others go ahead and fall in love with a heel. (Meaning no one in pa ticular-just a bright thought).

We leave you with this reIQ ,nder, "It's the students who get paper The school who gets the fame. The printer who gets the money. And the staff who gets the \lame!" Bye For Now Ag 'n Nan

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Mary Margaret and Browning served as ushers. In the last show of the season Browning had a part in the production. He bellboy. The directors are to be congratu\ated upon their choice of plays

Quotable Quiz

What would you do with an inconoscope?*'I'* George Strassler-I'd give it to one of my friends to keep his mind off someone else. Mary Lou Lull-If I had nothing better to do, I'd burn i t.

strummin' of the uke · and the dainty voices blended together ii;i' Virginia Condon-I'd probably look through it. (Who at, Virginia?) treacherous harmony. Such songs as Stumblin'" and "Ja Da" are in full swing as ·well as "Simple Melody.'' The stfo1gs A, D, F #, and B, can be tuned to · the wit ty saying "My dog has fleas " More fun can be had with the uke than any other instrument. Try playing one sometime

There is quite a 3election among the new books ) 1is week in the l i brary. For boy;:: · ·ho a1·e interested in sports an the books : "Johnny King, riuarterback," by Scholz; "Punt by Harkins ; and My Life Story," by Joe Le·..:is Among the many new adv enture books are: "On To Oregon!" 'by Morrow, a story of John Sager and his adventures on the old Oreg o n Trail; "Two Against the N orth," an exciting man hunt across desolate Alaska, by Terrett, "Challenge," by Irwin; and Andrew's "Quest in the Desert." The non-fiction books this week include: The Labor Story," by Austin; "The World Must be Governed," by Nash; Lilienthal's This I Do Believ e," of faith in our free America; "Sch olar ships, Fellowships and Loans," by Feingold; and "Effects of Alcoholic Drinks Tobacco Sedatives, and Narcotics," by Rice and Harger Back to fiction books, we find "Peony ,'' a novel of a Ch inese girl by Buck; "The Rebel and the Turncoat," an exciting historical novel of old New York, by Decker; and Chapman's "Rogues March," which is a stirring novel of love and adventure during the Revolutionary War. With such a large selection at hand you are bound to find a book that suits y'our taste. Happy reading to you!

Chick Graham-Fly it to the moon. (With anyone else in pdrticular?) Bernie Wishnow-Tu m it upside down, stand on it with my head and stack with it. Jo Wisbl:'y d'd eat it for breakfast. (Wili i cream and sugar ?) · :£1 ,;iu e Novicoff--Make use of it. Allan Christiansen-Take it to ' bed with m e Phyltis Roberts-I'd put in my locker Peggy Dewey-I'd take L to the football games. David Jones-Gi ve it to Mr. Pfeiff for- the football team. Charles Yungblut - Look (lt some girl with it. (?!?!?!?!) Sharon Sheldon-Look at the stars througL it. '-'**An iconoscopc is the tube which receives the image in a television camera.

Keen Time Dance

Will Be Friday

"After the game Friday night, meet · at Antelope Pavilion for a climax to an enjoyable evening,"

Germany

Clubs The first meeting of the Y-Teens was held Monday, September 18, at an all girls assembly. Skits were given showing the different activities and duties of the club. Officers of the .club include; Ann Lundy, president; Joan .Joyner, vice president; Bea Buetel, secretary and Pat Graham treasurer. Sponsors of t he club are Miss Ethel Etmund Miss Elizabeth Ferguson and Mrs. Alice Upde- · graft The next meeting will be at 3:20, October 2, in room 326. The first Pepper meeting, Septemper 14th, got off to a good start with Mr. Bogar as the speaker. He discussed certain problems of the organization. Among them were: (1) Should sophomores and juniors be allowed to try out for cheerleader? (2) When shall Peppers be allowed to wear their uniforms ? (3) Should they have A and B "pep" assemblies or just one big assembly? A group of gkls were chosen to represent the entire club and talk over the latter problems with Mr. Bogar on September 19th They included Delores Carag, Joyce Finney, Shirley Jones, Annie Lutz, Nancy Mueller, and Donna Bogaard. No definite decisions were made at the meeting, They met again September 20th both first and second period.Out of the sixty Peppers, five squad leaders were picked. They are Barbara Turner, Shirley Jones, Mary P a ttison, Anna Marie Oberm eyer Helene Sherman and Mib B atnds. These girls will have the job of passing on all informati on to th e ten m emebr s of her squad The main reason s -fo r the forming of squads is for the purpose of selling at footb all games. First meeting of the S cience Club will be held Sep tember 28 in r oom 2 26 at 3 :20 There will be nominat ion of officers and a short talk. Everyone is invited. Ar t club again opened its doo rs by Pat

Orchestra Is Bigger And Better

Cheerleaders Are Chosen

Bogar Wins Radio Prize

Girls Only I

SCENE AT SCHOOL by Bobbie Russell

Gridmen Face S. · ·C. Central

In .Home Tilt

have always been exciting with the crucial issue sometimes being dectded in the jinal minutes.

The Links won the city crown seven years in a row with last year being the only year the Rockets could gain a win Led by All-State Jim Cederdahl, the boys from across town finished third in

for his post high-school plans Beverly intends to attend an eastern Ulii.versity, but hasn't definitely decided which one. Football is Garcia's main sport, but during the off season he finds time to take up the grappling sport. .Jack Feldt, veteran end, is the last of the returning letterman from the '49 football squad. Jack, who stands 5'7", and. weighs 162 pounds, was standout performer of last year's team. Playing longe r than any other end, Jack proved to be a s ticky fingered pass r eceiver as well as being a staunch d'i'.fe ndcr Jack started his football career in his sophomore year under the tutelage of Harold Scott, when he was the starting end. His performance there warranted him a starting berth on the 49 .varsity football squad, and also a starting position this ye<ir.

Jack plays intramural basketball during the winter months but perhaps to spend the greatest share of his time at the game of football Elks Aggregation

Wins City Title

LHS Fourth In State Golf Tournament

The Lincoln Elks, composed mainly of. " sons of the Red and Black," decisioned the Lincoln Fords this July in a best two out of three series for the city Junior Legion Baseba ll Crown. These vie· tories enabled the Elks to travel to the district meet at Hastings last July 30 to August 2. In the first game held on the University Place diamond the Elks pulled out a 4-3 victory, In the next game, that was held at Sherman Fie ld, the two teams battled to -a 5-5 deadlock. The Fords then evened the series as they won the next game 10-6. The city crow n was retained by the Elks the following night as they won behind the five hit pitching. of Bob Cecil. In the double elimination tournament at H astings the Elks were edged 4-3 by Seward and 5-4 b y Hastings. In regular season play the B.P.O.E. boys lost to Beatrice once to Millard twice and they split with York. They won from Fairbury 8-4 and 2-0 Out of 16 players on the Elks coached by Jack Helmsing, 14 were students of Lincoln High. They are: Stan Ebner, Joe Carter Dick Geir, Don Becker, Dick Sloan Don Erway, Wally Wesierski, Ronnie Ryan, Larry Messick, Bill Clinton, Bob Cecil, Bill Fl'aser Al Christian s on, and LeRoy Butherus Jack Curtiss and Bob ·. "Red" Wilson are in the ninth grade.

AFTER THE GAME

Let's Meet at the TREAT DRIVE· IN 14th & High

Lincoln Swamps Raiders Downs ·Omal1a Central

Hitting w ith a new a nd powerful on e- two punch, L incoln High rolled over Omaha Central 25-12 in the season ope ner at Oinaha, Friday, Sept. 15. Pfieff's two units, led by back.field men, Don S canlon, S a nford Nel son Don Sm\tf),; Bill D ebus and Ted K ing wore •. do wn an the n over-ran

Sophomore Elections; All Urged to Vote

Vote Now Sophomores! Does this statement bother you? You may think this refers only to those who are twenty-one or is it that you just don't have the energy to exercise ·your privileges.

Have you realized that the Student Council elections are coming soon? Yes, tlus means a lot to you. Much responsibility is placed upon those who take office.

One who holds offices should have the experience and knowledge needed for his position. He should have the ability to go ahead and enforce rules. You know who these people are and it is your duty to place them in office.

Voting is really very simple. All you · have to do ·is to go to the room designated, give your name and receive your ballot.

From there on you step into a private booth and choose your favorite. Think to yourself, though. Is this the i>erson who will do the job? Or 'is he just a good friend or name you have heard mentioned ? Vote willingly but smartly.

Primary elections are October 16th,

v(hile the finals are October 23. Don't just be the audience of the play. Be the cast. Act well your part. Vote in the coming

Life Can Be Thrilling

••• and So Very Short

Life can be thrilling-and short! The pfety record being piled up by our age group while behind the wheel of a car is amazing.

One of the worst dangers of the road today is the guy who just won't keep both hands on the steering wheel but keeps a heavy foot on the accelerator. Fast, reckless driving seems to be one of L.H S.'s favorite pastimes lately.

The guy with a car always has to be the biggest wheel when it comes to driving.

He piles the car or jalopy full of kids, usually giggly girls or happy-go-lucky boys who don't give a hoot and live for speed; never a happy medium of sensible kids.

The driver feels he can't be chicken and use both hands for steering; after all the others don't care, why should he? A wrong attitude; sure, but then--. ·

An amazing number of broken limbs and some of the worst accidents come from a car going out of control when a one-armed buckeroo is a mite slow on the draw. Sooner or later that car load of kids will wind up sprawled in a pool of blood on the highway or on some intersection.

The fact is, an automobile can be a great asset or a dangerous weapon, and ought to be treated that way.

If all of us would abide by the rules in the Man-to-Man and Dad-to-Daughter Agreements, there would be fewer accidents. Just remember: life can be thrilling and short!!

Illiteracy High Among Lincoln High Students

When the bell rings for a change of classes, have you ever bumped into someone on their way "up" the "dowri" stairs?

Yes, this is a frequent mistake of many of the pupils in school. But, don't blame it all on the unknowing Sophomores! No, sir, even Seniors aren't below that level. There are of course, the on es that travel the wrong way, just to be smart! This is not only dangerous, but rather selfoentered.

Everrone knows it's fun to be different, but this doesn't apply to getting other people hurt! It ls no other than be.ing selfeentered when a person thinks that h e •hould be allowed ·to run his own life and others·c ompletely. , Democracy isn't made up to be quite what some people think it is. We a ll must obey some rules, whether w e li ke it or not. Most mles and regulations are for your own good, and others too. So, try and be a little thoughtful when Y.OU debate about walking "up" the "down" stairs!

Nebraska.

To start right off the bat this jolly morn, we first must have a look around the school. Have you notiCed?

The bright smiles of Lois Simmerman, Bev Davis, and Nancy Hemphill?

The resemblance between Margie WHson and Gerry Gilberts? They'd pass for sister and brother.

The change in the voices of some of the gals that follow the football games? Especially after that big Northeast game!

How many "L" pins are left in possession of the original owners? Most of them seem to be pinned on female sweaters. (The boys are getting smart maybe?)

The new haircuts of the coming basketball team! Those "Mohawks" really add to appearance Especially when Senior pictures are due soon!

• •

Now for a direct quote from Ann Beynon,

This seems to be her favorite saying.

"A woman who swears she has never been kissed has a right to swear.

• Then , over the week-end Marvin Gooding was out with Helen Ratcliff, while Mickey Walt stepped out both · nights, Friday with Charlie Kostos, and Saturday Bob Frek N.U.

• We wonder if the football team has seen

"The Boy With The Green Hair" too often or if they put grass fertilizer on their hair. They had better look out or someone will take a lawnmower to them.

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Sophomore: I'm very happy to meet you.

Senior: Fortunate is the word, Sonny.

SOMETHING OLD : Bobbie Russell and Jack Trabert.

SOMETHING NEW: Norman Sinner and Ruth Carkoski.

SOMETHING BORROWED: Barbara Beal and Bob Babcock.

SOMETIIlNG BLUE : Pat Nellis and Bennett Martin, (Tnie blue, that is)

Marian Broer also has a most beautiful class ring from a certain fellow by the name of Gene Scott. It seems he comes from out Randolph Nebraska way.

""' A sailor and his girl were riding out in the country on horseback As they stopped for a rest the two horses rubbed necks affectionately.

"Ah · me ," said the sailor, "that's what I'd like to do."

" Well, go ahead,'' the girl answered, it's your horse!"

Don't groan too hard, but save yo ur lungs for the Scottsbfoff game Friday night!

• POME

Vacuum cleaners now are tops,

So are sweepers, also mops.

Yet many people have been known,

To get more dirt via telephone!

•

Our interview of the week, is mighty Bill Debus, who we finally got a hold of d own in the Machine Shop With much prompting from fellow students this was the result.

FAVORITE PASTIMES: "Mess around with the fellas."

LIFE'S AMBITION : "Tool maker as an industry."

PET PEEVE: "People who act too highhat."

YOUR HERO: "Bob Debus; football star."

NICKNAME: "Big Bill t he rail bender," or "Feet Debus;" IDEAL GIRL: "Mom."

IDEAL DATE: "No dancing- popular music."

MOST WONDERFUL MOMENT IN

YOUR LIFE: "When touchdown pass was complete!"

• • • Now, for more recent dates of just this last w eek -end, Rich Jennings was with his "steady'' from N.E. way Phyllis Moore; Annie Lutz n' Bob Se tte! N.U.; Donna Borgaard 'n Dick Saddoris; and Shirley Langhus was with Wayne Hunt, N .U As for th e big Keen Time after the game , Don Erway and Billy L oette rle attended as did

· Mary Baldwin, Dick Rice ; Ph yllis Colbert and Phil Eyen

Many unknowing underclass men g irls w ere wondering how to tell their friends fr om Seniors. We now have the remedy See if you agree.

MAJOR ACTIVITY:·

Sophomore: T a lki ng on t he telephon e

Junior : Worrying fat h er for new clo thes

Senior: Finding interest in new boys.

MOST IIlSTORIC MOMENT:

Sophomores: Learning to drive

Junior: Two bids to the P ike.

Senior: Finally graduating.

AMBITION:

Sophomo re: Congressman or woman

Junior: Model or designer.

Senior : Freshman in Uni.

FAVORITE SPORT:

Sophomore: Girl's basketba ll.

Junior: Football (tackle hero).

Seniors: Going steady.

FAVORITE FOOD:

Sophomore : Chocolate f udge sundae.

Jun ior: Hamburger with onions Senior : Coke.

CONTINUED N EXT W EEK Bye J!'or Now Ag 'n N a n

SAFETY ASSEMBLY Are you going to commit teenicide? Teenicide is the fine art of killing yourself through careless driving, according to ihe film, "The Last Date/ shown at the safety committee assembly September 27. State Trooper Ted Schroeder from the Nebraska Safety Patrol introduced the film. "For your own sa.fety be safety conscience," Schroeder urged.

ASSEMBLY The cheering of the entire

Clubs

Elect Officers

Miss Dorothea Gore, director of the Junior and Sophomore Girls Glee Clubs, announced that they ha ve elected their officers for this year. The Junior Glee officers were elected on September 8. They are: President, Vonna Finley. Vice President, Jeannette Coff'-\ man. Sec. Treas., Susie Good. Librar ians, A n·n Bramwell, .:.ifarilyn Beidick. The Sophomore officers were elected on September 12. The fourth period officers are: President, Courtney Campbell. President, Catherine Hodde r. Sec. Treas. Patty Johns. Librarians, Patty Stafford, H elen Weir. The fifth period officers are. President, Mary Hall. Vi ce President, Barbara Wells. Sec. Treas., Jo Ann Junge Librarians, Codd y Free land, Ann Nothnagel

Senior Sketches

SCENE AT SCHOOL

by

Bobbie Russell

Diek King Award of tb,e week goes to Sam Haupt. Sam faced the cruel world for the first time since ninth grade :i.nd had a date!! The lucky i;irl was Janie Bergquist 'lnd they attended a picnic See whaf you've been missing Sam?

Northeast Retains City Title

Links Win Third Mo-Valley Victory

side of the Links line .rtnd scoring his second touchdown of the evening. The extra point was blocked by John Schreiber. The score was 19-7 in favor of the Iowans. The Links scored their second touchdown when ''Skeezix" King, Sophomore back, started around left end, cut in and scampered 15 yards to the double stripe. Debus' · extra point try was good. There were only minutes remaining when Tackle Bob Bab-

cock recovered a Sioux City fumble on the Links 16. With the passing of Debus and the running of Smith and King the Links, with only 33 seconds left, were on the Maroons 17 yard line. It was then that Debu s calmly stepped back and threw the pass to Johnson, that provided the winning tally. D e bus' '. ry for the extra point was wide. The iinal score was Lincoln 20, Sioux City Central 19. Gloom bung heavy o ve r the Lincoln High oval Friday night as the Red ai1d Black suffered their fir s t defeat by the Rockets on home sod 25-0. It was the second straight City Crown for Northeast who allowed the Links nary a point which is also a record for the series. It was Lincoln's first loss in four games and the Rocket s fourth win in a row this s eas on Led by fullback Wayne Taylor and All State Halfback Jim Cederdahl the Rockets started early as they recovered a furn ble on the Links' 19. Seven plays later, Taylor carried across from a yard out for the initial tally. The extra point try was no good and the score read 6-0 The count was raised to 12-0 when with less than a minute remaining Cederdahl flipped to Jim Hertzel, who a few plays earlier had intercepted a Lincoln pass on the LHS 40. Hertzel was nailed on the 22 but lateraled to Guard Marvin Bradsby who went the rest of the way unmolested. No score was registered in the third period as Lincoln threatened several times but was unable to muster enough power to move the huge Rocket line. Fo r example comp a re 145 pound Link Guard Doug Wilcox to 281 pound Northe as t Tackle Jim Pavey. During the course of the game Lincoln was on the Rocket eight yard line twice and on the 16 once. Northeast's third score ca me on a 59-yard drive with Taylor going over for his second of three touchdowns during the evening. Cederdab.J.' f! f" 'X tr C\_ p c lr;.t <'o n ve rsion

twenty seconds of the S.C. central

Linl{s Host

to Scottsbluff; Travel to Omaha North Next The Scottsbluff

Boys Town Beaten bv

Junior Linlis

By Jack Trabert

BOB BABCOCK-Bob is the last of the returning squad members on the football team this year. Playing left tackle on the "Black" team, Bob's 173 pounds has · proven to be of great value, both on offense and defense. Bob played varsity football on the '49 squad, and in 194S was under the guidance of Harold Scott on the Reserve team.

Basketball and track take up the remainder of the year for }lob. He has played on two championship intramural basketball teams and throws the ' shot and discus during the Spring. Bob's plans after graduating from high school include attending the University of Nebraska and playing football for the Cornhuskers.

DON SMITH-Don, the Grand Island transfer, is the 5 foot lQ jnch, 165 pound halfback on the "Red" squad. Versatile Don, after playing three years of varsity :football, two at Grand Island, and this year at Lincoln High, is the teams hope for valuable punting, passing, and extra-point kicking Don scored his first touchdown at Lincoln High during the Sioux City Central game, and after three games has kicked three extra points. Playing varsity foot bull at Grand Island in his sophomore year, understudying all-state Bob Reynolds Don learned his job, and in his junior year became the starting halfback until the fourth game when he was injured. Track is Don s last sport of the year and in this he runs the 100 yard dash. Lettering in his sophomore and junior year at Grand Island, Don is expected to add much strength to the cinder squad this spring.

Upon graduation from Lincoln High, Don plans to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point w h ere his ap po intment has been approve d and passed.

previous scoring high 01' 26 points s et by the Link s in 1948. Standouts for Northeast were Cederdahl and Taylor in the backfield, and Guar.d Gene Thompson, Ends Paul Fredstrom and Rich Grell, and Tackle Ron Edward s in the line Girls' Nvlon

by Dick Wieland, John Maser, and George {}ohde, went out to the Bluff town as underdo gs and came back to Lincoln with an added victory. MISSING FROM this year's Scottsbluff team will be such s tandout performers as All-State Paul Mohr and Ladd Cochrane. Mohr, incidentally, after filling out entrance papers for the University of Nebraska, was given a plane trip to Austin, Texas, to look over the Texas University Campus and since then has enrolled at the Longhorn University Mohr plans to focus most of his athleti c activities on baseball. Scottsbluff lost its first game to Mitchell but defeated a strong Boys Town eleven 14-12 September 29. This year the Scottsbluff band, a n d p::1.rt' ,-f th"2. Se.:p.icr Choir are journeying to Lincoln. NEBRASKA HIGH school football spotlight will be focused on Omaha, October 6th, when Lincoln High and highly touted Omaha North clash in the schools' initial meeting. Depth and experience, two vital factors missing in the Vikings' lineup last year, are present aplenty this season. The Vikings, long in the Omaha prep doldrums, have spurted to the top in blistering fashion. They stand head and shoulders above the Nebr!lska high school football

scene at this time. Well stocked with veterans at every position, Omaha North is a team with confidence, spee-d, and spirit. The Omaha line will be strong this year, offensively and defensively. End Bill Heald is among · the best in the high schclol tanks. Tom Morse, · ppteiitial All State material, will run the center slot. Along with Morse, three other Vi,kings tip the scales at or over the 200 pound mark, Frank Ruvalo, 210 pound Senior, handles the tackle berth with able assistance from 199 pound tackle Julius Hafke. Rounding out the line will be Pete Eddy, 162 pound guard, Carl Dabney, 194 pound guard, and Howard Baker, a fleet footed end at 17 5 pounds.

NORTH'S JERRY TANNAHILL is tops in the halfback

Borgaard. Copy Editors -Donna

s Herit age. i n Washington, D C. GoodwilJ Being Urged in L.H.S.

ln the past years Lincoln High has be en more or less noted fo r being unfriend l y t o vis it i ng t ea m s T h is was brou ght to the e;ttention of t he student b ody just before school was out l ast year Thi s year t he Student Council has gone over this problem v ery carefully. They voted to give the vis itin g teams and our own team apple s af t er t h e I·game. They a ls o though t it wou l d be a good idea to giv e the offi cials a coke dur ing the half a n d after the game A courtes y card i s p l aced in each ap ple

ab out the sta tus of c hildren point o ut th e n eeds of parents l ook at the en v ironment in ' \vhich our c hildre n a r e growi ng UEO, !'i ze of' recen t

L.H.S. Ba11d Plays at N.U.

American Legion Sponsors Boys', Girls' County Day

Nations

Keep Standards High; Check Lockers Today

"These lockers are terrible!" That seems to be · a familiar cry heard in the halls of Lincoln High; but the people who complain never do anything about it. Maybe if they cleared their lockers of all excess papers, took home all the coats that have collected there and piled the books neatly, the locker wouldn't be so crowded. Trash cans at the ends of each hall are not for decoration. Use them! That's what they're there for.

Don't let all your friends ·keep their books and coats in your locker. The locker was assigned to you with the understanding that you alone would keep your books in it, and that the combinations was to be told to no one.

Picture drawing is nice-if it's done on paper and not on the lockers. Scratching initals and pictures on lockers just proves how childish some people can be and it also ruins the looks of Lincoln High.

Let's keep the rules set up to protect ourselves and our lockers. It will not only help you to find things easily and quickly, ·but will also improve the looks of Lincoln High.

Witches, Goblins Bring Halloween Difficulties

Yes, it is here again. Another year has rolled around. No, not vacation, but Monday, October 30, Halloween.

All over town , the youth of Lincoln look forward to this date. Many will enjoy themselves by taking in a scavanger hunt. These are always fun but maybe a nice comfortable hayrack ride under the harvest moon suits you better. Last but n ot least is the wonderful costume party which is always packed full of dancing or bobbing for applies. What could be m ore fun?

Yes, let's keep Hallowe en the way it should be • Forget about destruction. Resist marking windows with soap when a person neglects to co-operate your way Why clutter up the lawn of an innocent person? Think of the hard work it takes to clean it up the next day. How about those fences? Just bec ause you can't go over them, there is no need to push them

Let's have fun this H a lloween but put yourself in the other person's shoes and think first. Make it a day without an aftermath!

Grades Are Important So You Better Study

He is going to pass- no it's incom plete

No it's not football- it's your grades. Many people think that the six and twelve week grades don't mean a thing. They're wrong. These grades are just as important as the semester marks. If you do your studying properly from the start, your grades can b e kept up easily, and you won't have to atruggle at the last minut e to bring yo ur grades up, If some people would stay home on week nights, or get their studying done before leaving, they wouldn't wonder why they failed. A half hour of good hard studying each night is better than studying ·for hou rs one night each week.

Take advantage of your home room and study periods. These periods are set aside to give y ou plenty of time to do your homework.

Remember, you alone are responsibJe for the grades you received. If you didn't like them, then do something a bout it. Don't sit around and let your friends get all the grades. Keep ri ght up with them. ,If you do, you will be able t o enter into a lot more outside activities and you won't be bothered with ·poor grades.

THE ADVOCATE

Howdy--dao-dee-to 'ya! We must have a word from the to the. Sophomores: The first six weeks are the hardest!

Of course all three years seem pretty rough. Then there are the students that think the fourth year is. Anyhoo-once more we shall start on our merry way.

Last trip we ended our column with trying to aid the Sophomore· in trying to tell his friends from upperclassmen. We'll try to finish up this time.

STYLE OF DANCING:

Sophomore: Girls with gfrls.

Junior: Jitterbugs.

Senior: Cheek to cheek.

PET PEEVE: Sophomore: Curfew.

Juniors: Seniors.

Senior: College men, they think they're so superior.

SHE GIVES HIM:

Sophomore: Home-made cookies.

Junior: Her picture.

Senior: Argyle socks.

HE GIVES HER:

Sophomore: Spike Jones Album.

Junior: "L'' pin.

Senior: His class ring

We also have what we ccmsider a pretty good poem about "A KISS "!

Before I heard a doctor tell The danger df a kiss I considered kissing you The nearest thing to bliss · And now I take Biology, and sit and sigh and moan; SIX MILLION BACTERIA!

And I thdught we were all alone.

Kissing spreads germs, It has been stated; But kiss me kid I'm VACCINATED!

Over the week-ends many couples stepped out. Only a few of the many: Beverly Hammel was seen with Jack Meisinger; Marilyn Woltemade, and Ron Cross; Paddy Wright, 'n Steady Dick Claussen (N.U.); Georgia Baker 'n Dick Faes; Gerry Hanneman 'n Bill Franklin; Joyce Taylor 'n Ronnie Danek; Gretchen Teal 'n. Rodney Wight.

Teacher: How would you define 'unaware'?" Johnny: "It's the last thing I take off at night."

Also, one Sunday ·saw Marlene Livingston 'n Dick Bartles; Da Carag ' n Chuck Phillips; Shirley Stahnke n Dale Brown taking a little jaunt up to York.

Two rabbit hunters were discussing the question of what rabbits a t e. One of them said they ate only carrots while the other insisted their diet consisted entirely of lettuce So they bought five rabbits and cut them open, finding out they fed exclusively on turnip greens.

MORAL: Few arguments are settled by splitting hares!

Roaming through "ye ole halls" looking for a innocent looking victim for an interview, we thought it might plea se the fellows if we asked inquiring questions of some female! The most unsuspecting son w e could find was a junior by the name of Milli Grierson. She provided us with an interesting interview. See if you agree!

Favorite Date: "Leap y ear, no particula r date." · Best Buddy: "Hadacol;" Life's Ambition: "Polish toothpicks in a toothpick factory."

Fondest Memory: "The time my mother dropped me on m y h ead."

Pe t Peeve: "Weird screams in the · middle of the Favorite Feature in a boy: ''Ambition "

Favorite Pastime: "Watching television "

Favorite Saying: "Hi cat: Who's hop· p'ner ?"

Favorite Pastime on a date : "Trying to decide who's goin g .to pay for. the bills. " She lef t u s wit h this thought: I thin k that I shall never see A boy that qui te appeals to me.

A boy who doesn't always wear, A slab of g r ease upon his hair. A boy who wears his shirt tail in And doesn't h ave a silly grin. But boys are loved by fools like me, For who on earth would date a tree?

Teacher inquired : " Doug WilcoxWhat's a comet?"

Dou g's face was an a bsolute blank.

Teacher tried a n e w attack: "What is a star with a tail?"

Doug beamed knowingly an d sa id : "Mighty Mouse."

Through the h alls, Tootie Hahn a nd Harley Grasmick a r e often see n, while Jane Will seems to appear with Erwin Kraft Jan et Gordon has been holding back on us, and won ' t tell us who she had a date wi t h last week -end, but we do know this! It was so me N U. fellow! Anyone knowing more on this subject, let us know! Also, a new Junior gal from Louisiana by the name of J ane Summers has made a great start by dating Bob Cummings for t he past few weeks. Sounds like a soonto-be "steady deal! " A big birthday party was held last Friday nigh t at the home of Kay Wilson. She had a f ew gal friends in , and a good time was had by a ll. • • 'Till next edition, Ag 'n Nan.

Wells Leads Senior Play To Success.

Enthusiastic spectators nearly filled the Lincoln High auditorium in anticipation ot seeing the Senior Play, "Ring Around Elizabeth,'' the evenings of Octob er 20 and 21. Writt en by Charles Armstrong, t he play t akes place in a small American town; Elizabeth, whose legacy the v;hole family is after, breaks down with amnesia and makes a · play for her daugh t er's boy friertd, Andy. She finally admits that her amnesia was ·only Jeigned, after all the family troubles are cu r ed Playing the lead role was Joan Wells ,who gave an excellent performance.

Scottsbluff Band Takes ·The Cake

Brice Belisle played the part of Hubert Cherry, the fire chasing fathel.'-in-la:w of Elizabeth ,who couldn't leav e the house because he would miss something, Supporting them were Bob Cummings as Ralph Willa Hel.'minghaus as Jennifer Annie Lutz as Lauretta, David Lynch as Andy, Pat Nellis as Irene, Natasha Stepanek as Vida, Sara Siephenson as Mercedes, David Meisenholder as the policeman, and Paul Scheele as Dr. Hollister

The orchestra, directed by Bernard Nevin, entertained the audience by playing several numbers.

Good Sam Turns Pedestrian

Does Friday the 13th worry you? Are you supersti tious? No? Well, let us tell you about Good luck" Sam! He wasn't superstitious, either. We start' our story at 8:05 on the morning of October 13, 1950. S'am was just starting to school in his n ew car (which was about the neatest little car i n the 48 states), wh en all oC a sudden one of the little black cats walked right int o the path of our hero's car

Now, t o some pe ople. a sta tement like that means bad lutk Especially on Friday t he thirteenth. But not to S a m! Why, Sam just turned around and laughed at the poor cat. While Sam was turne d, he didn't see the telephone pole that his car was heading strai ght for. Needles s to say, "Good luck" Sam to th nt.' d a :r Of co -.irse y

Keen-time Soon; Why Not Dance

Remember, fellows! The tradition is for the b oy to ask t he girl to d ance Some of the Lincoln High boys

Officer .Ridsil

i b e tru e cannot b e o bt ained fr o m a person' s skin. A demonstrat ion was also given on takin g fin ger - prjnts and a ll the q uestion s of the· students were an swered.

Gordon Metcalf Is Drum Major

F or the first time in nine years

L in coln High h as a drum major; Gordon Metcalf. I n 1940 and 1941 Lamont Geissi nger was the drum m a jor. The dru:rn major's uniform con'sists of w hite t rous ers with a red stripe dow n t he sides, a r eguiar band j acket, and whit e head gear with a yellow plume Marilyn Lane and Vera Vosika have been named as a lternate major ettes. Besid es b e ing drum major, Gord on is treasurer of Orpheons and first lieutenant of t he b a nd.

Assemblies

Thursday, October 12 a double assembly advert i sing t his y ea r's S e ni or Play, "Ring Around Eliz.abeth," was presente d. L ol a Mania anno unced the p rog r am and a q ua r tet oi girls t hat consisted of: Carlene Ang, Georgia Baker, Bea Beutel, and M ary Ann Scb.legel, sang. The compl et e cas t appeared on the stage, b u t those in the skit w e re : Geo rge Strassler, Nancy Chamberlain Bernie W ishnow, Will a ·Herminghaus, Sar ah Steven::;on, Natasha Stepanek, and Brice Belisle Pa t Nellis .took A n n ie Lutz'

I Quotable Quiz

AT SCHOOL

Marlene Meinke 'n'

McBride,

McMar-

and Bob Ryan and Joy Bird n' Bob Miller. Unders t and that there wa s a - over the week;.end Janie Bergquis t was with Tom Larson, NU, Karen Decker came with Dave J·ones, Barbara Beal was w ith Ladd H ans com,

Junior Girls Win Contest

With two of the thirteen participants riding their own horses, the fall horseback riding contest of 1950 tbok place Wednesday, October 18, at Shreve's Riding Stable near Pioneers Park. All Lincoln High School girls were eligible to enter. Those not having their own horsell, rented one from the Marion Broer placed first in the English class on her Tennessee walking horse, Rhythm Allen. Joyce Wight won second place. Third went to Charlotte Sougey, while Myllicent McPheron took fourth. Fifth was Thea Borgman; sixth, Lu Makepeace; and seventh Carol Crowl. In the western class, Carol Crowl won first place. Thea Borgman came in second. Joyce Wight, riding her three-year-old palomino, was judged third, and Charlotte Sougey as fourth. Myllicent McPheron placed as fifth, and Lu Makepeace was sixth. Whistle-box proved to be another exciting event. When a whistle was blown, the girls raced to cardboard boxes, dismounted, and placed their feet in them. The one not getting a box was eliminated. This was won by Thea Borgman, Lu Makepeace, Jane Lynch, and Myllicent McPheron, respectively.

Mrs. A. R. Ackerman, a member of the Lincoln Saddle Club, judged t'1e girls' riding abilities only, and not their horses. Miss Lilli an Story, who was sponsor for the contests, announced that all girls placing first, second, or third in any e vent would be awarded an emblem by the Girls Athletic Association.

Peekin' Back I

Three Years Ago: Coach Bill Pfeiff's undefeated Links beat Omaha South 33-7.

Seven Years Ago: The Student Council signed a Halloween pledge and asked all pupils to endorse it.

Twelve Years Ago: Pupils over 16 years of age were allowed to take part-time jobs.

Fifteen Years Ago: T he L incoln High Reserves lo s t to Havelock, 7-0

Choir Makes 1950 Debut

An assembly Tuesday, October 24 gave the school it's first view of the Senior Choir under the tjirection of Hugh T. Rangeler.

Their first number was Ode to Music" by E C. Otis. This is written very much like a literary composition. The first measures announce the topic "Music." The next measures direct attention to the composers idea of other arts.

The second was "The Monotone'' by Peterf Cormelius ar• ranged by Jeane Boyd. The musical interest lies in the fact that very beautiful harmonies hav e been built around the tone of the soloist.

The third was "Village Festival" arranged by Don Malin. A Polish Folk Song with the emphasis on rhythm, it is a mood of joy a nd happiness in cont rast to the proceeding number.

"Four Whitman Sketches" by John Klein was the fourth number The statements are short and often reach depths so that words alone aren't adequate.

The concluding number was "Clap Yo' Hands" from the musical c9medy "Oh Kay" by Gershwin. With a modern rhy t hm it tells you how to get rid of your troubles.

The Choir will sing the same numbers for the opening of the Nebraska State Teachers' Convention, Oc tober 26. The program starts at 9:30 at the University of Nebraska Coliseum.

Choir Members

To Attend Clinic

The members of the chorus of the State High School Music Clinic, which will be held a t Scottsbluff November 16 17 and 18, have been announced.

Hugh T. Ran geler said t he following students have been chosen fr o m Senior Choir: Carlene Ang, Barbara Carter, Shirley Herger t, Jackie Large, Phy llis Roberts and Carol Ziegenbein. The six girls will travel to Scottsbluff by train, and will live in a private home A banquet will climax the clinic.

Th ose chosen from the Band and Orchestra hav e not ye t been announced

Clubs

Susan Diamond, president of G.A.A. presided at the meeting Wednesday, October 11, at which the girls attending saw movies of football.

Y-Teens

Y-Teens held their regular meeting Monday, October 16, with president Ann Lundy presiding. The prograrn was records of the United Nations. At the close of the meeting candy bars were taken up to send overseas.

Home Ee

The Home Ee. Club was opened by Judith Hilligoss, Monday, October 15

The guest speaker was Elizabeth Jacobs. She has spent a year in Japan attending school. She now intends to finish medical school in the United States and then go back to Japan.

This year the Home Ee. Club has 40 members

Senior Counselors

Senior Counselors had a meeting Tuesday, October 17. They choose a committee to get some samples of arm bands and each member was given a little sister.

Debate club

Do you qu iver and quake when speaking to a group? Do you like to argue? Are you interested in debating? If so, the debat e club being organfzed in Linooln High School is for you.

The first meeting was held Monday, October 9, in room 309 Jack Rogers was elec t ed president; Shirley Langhus, vice-president; Nancy Mueller, secretary, and Bernie Wishnow, treas urer.

Some of the purposes of the club are to acquai nt pupils who are unfamiliar with debat ing to learn to use deba t ing terms and rules, to sponsor an interschool oratorical contest, and interclass debating contest.

The constitutional co mmittee appointed by t he · president consists of: Bernie Wishnow, Joyce Laase, Marvin Friedman, Gail Kats kee and Jerry Cherry "I fee l that the debate club will be the b eginning of a permanent Lincoln High School debate club and will be an outstanding and s uccessful group in the school," said John Bruce sponsor of the club.

Mimes

The Mimes held their regular meet ing Thursda y, October 12, at

Cafeteria Joh Big Business

SCENE

Links Spill Bearcats; Fall to North

Links Beat

Scottsbluff

Bearcats 26-0

Omaha

Maroons Links' Title Hopes In M.V. Lincoln Falls At

against the Lincoln Links at- the Lincoln ov.al Friday, October 27.

The Packers will be withou t the services of their star end, Don Sweetwood, who broke hi s hand in the Omaha Central game. Omaha South, under the direct ion of Cornie Collins, have 15 veterans returning. They are: Dave Bell Bernard Brown Allen Philby John Stacey Jerry Korisko Harold Jones Charles Bryant

Emil Radik Jack O'Connor Don Sweetwood Tom Kripal Jini Gabriel Jim Norgard

They are ranked by two Lincoln · newspaper, fifth and sixth respectively; The Packers sport two wins and one loss, in the Mo-Valley l:onference by defeating Omaha Tech 7-0, and · Omaha Central 14-7.

BY JACK TRABERT

Sanford · Nelson - "Nellie" is the high-stepping, hard-hitting fullback on the Red squaq A transferee from Tea chers College High School, "Nellie" has proven to be of great value 'to this year's team for that needed three or four yards for a first down or touch• down. Weighing. 180 pounds and standing 6 feet tall, Sanford has cracked over for three touchdowns, one in each of the games that he has played. Hurt after Lincoln's first two contests, ' "Nellie" was forced tO watch the next two games against Sioux Ci ty Central ansJ Northeast Returning against Scottsbluff; he seemed to show no effects of the injury as he ·repeatedly cracked the Scottsbluff line for valuable yardage.

Lettering at Teachers High in Basketball during his Sophomore year, "Nellie" showed great promise, but decided to concentr<\te on football after transferring to Lincoln High. Sanfora, last year starred on Harold Scott's reserve team, and also played intramural basket ball.

Hopefuls Begi11

A lot of promising materi al, p l us six returning lett ermen, will make up the 1950-51 Lincoln High basketball •team.

city. The J" streeters traveled to Omaha North October 21, and play host to Oma ha South October 28 before the Tech Clas h. Bill Pheiff' s lads ha ve a won fo ur, l ost ; two record as up to printing time. Jn Missouri Valley Confe rence play, the Links are undefea ted. They ran over Omaha Central in their opener 2,5-12, then t ravelled to Sioux Cit y E ast and came from behind to win

J11nior Links Taste Defeat

At Fremont

.-aj Iii.,., HAS ACCOMPLISH ED 1H£ llNESMANS DREAM fWIC[ BY ' SCORIN& " foUOH>OWN lASf 't'El\R -ANO ONE 1HIS .5EASON/ t.J llH

·nHs IS DONS SHOND p Y£1\f\ Of VARS l'TY f OOTBALLo :!N HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR, HE PLAYED RESERVE BALL FOR rnr uNKS!. ALONG f001BALL HE HAS l Efff l\E 0 "f WO lN MSEBALL FOR IHE Lt Nl<S/ O\JRIN6 1HE SUMMER HE PLAYEO AME RICAN LE0 I ON "Nellie's" plans for the future include attending and playing football at some University, of Which he hasn't decided as of yet John Schrieber -:- John is a hard-tackling and vicious bfocking center who is fast becoming known as orie of the out-standing line-backers in the state: Standing 5 feet 9 inches and weighing 147 pounds, John makes up f or hi s size with power and pep.

Playing intramural football in his sophomore :Year, and pla y ing on the undefeated reserve squad in 1949, John shm.yed much ·i mprovement this year and was w arded with starting duties in ·Lincoln's first six games. An alert defender, John has repeatedly helped to break up many plays that the opposition has thrown at the Lincoln squad

This year they will be tryin,g to get over that 50(} Las t season' they finished with eight wins and eight lusses and a rank of tenth in the state. The hopefuls a nd l ettermen hope to start .practice around the middle of October. Promising material : Joe Carier, Ted Forke, Jim Ipwell, Dick Faes, Dick Wells Da v e'. Weber, Chuck Kostos', Jerry Gableman, John Rando lph Drug Sto.re · 27th & Randolpli

Boys Receive Physical Exams

By ELLIE and

Dads Ho11ored·

At Tech Game

THE AD 1VOCA TE

ParentsandTeachers Junior Candidates File

Wicken, Donna Blue, Winnie Lautenschlager, M a ry Joyce Deer, Joyce Sporn, Mary Dee Underwood, Delbert Hunt; June Schlesselman, and Ruth Wacker. S econd floor: Phyllis Meyer, m anager, Nancy Aitken, Shirley Feusner, Diane DeVrie ndt, Sharon Eg ger B arbara Bates, June Shipps Third floor: Marilyn Biedeck, mana ger, Sharon Littrell, Coddy

Mummers Cast Starts

Work on Play

The room was silent. You could have heard a pin drop. "Look Tony, this is something I wou ld have said long ago, but I didn't h a ve the courage." There was a moan from some far off corner. Then a stifled cry "No," the man's vo ice said "No, Thus it will be until the horror stops next month. Only then will the man be free from worry and

It i s a story of the S ycamore family who at firs t seem extravagantly mad but before long you re aliz e tha t if th ey are mad the rest of t h e world is madder. T h e p l ot of the story .is the contrast of these delightful people to the u nhap py Sycamore, the mother in the play She wri tes p lays. Glynda Thomas is Essie the b a llet dan cer Bea Beutel is Annette, the :maid George Strassler is P a ul Sycamore. · David Lynch is Mr D e Pinna.

Mike Shugrue is Martin Vanderhoff, the Grandfather who coll ec ts snakes and sta mps. He also goes to all the commencements.

Dav id M e is enholde r is Ed w h o play s the xylop hone Morse Weisgurt is Pierre. Val erie Hompes is A li ce, h e roine in the play. Don Kitc hen i s H e nders on. the Jack Rogers is Tony Kirby, Alice's dashing fian ce. Bernie Wish n o w is Bo r is Kolenk h ov, the ballet t eacher. Will a Herminghaus is Gay Wellin gton Pa ul Scheele is M r. Kirby Cyrithia Hen d erso n is Mrs K irby. The Kirby's are · a very sop histicate d coupl e Bob

ginia Mann. Fourth floor : Dick Schilling, manager, and Jerry Warnke. Dave Weber, Don Scanlon, Jack Trabert, Ted Forke, and LeRoy Butherus made up the Rep committee which put teacher's names and room· numbers on their doors. The Council members assisting at Open House were: Martha Hill, Ann Har d ie, Suzy Good, Ginny Wilcox, Charlie Yungblut, Sam Haupt, Peggy Dewey Larry Good, Bob Cumming, Al Anderson, · Miriam Wohlfarth, Agnes And e rs on and Winnie Stol z

Pupils Sew lJ.N. Banner

Creates

New Japan

Entire

Magic Show

Amazes All

s band, as well as ih Wally Milner 's. Monty's music a l interests extend beyond the "sax." He sings baritone in the Senior Choir He sang in the Junior Assembly l a st year. Monty is also a member of the "sax"

Shorty

THE ADVOCATE

Federalists ·Win Majority of County .Posts In Lancaster Participation Day Election

LHS Students Learn About Their County

.Grid Queen And Captains · Are Chosen

Queen Nancy Hemphill and Captains Don Scanlon a nd Don Smith were presented at the second annual Football Banquet at Cotner Terrace Friday, Novem-

ber 17: The Football Queen and , Honorary Co-Captains were elected by the senior members of the

football; squad.

Eleven Chosen in Voting to Rep resent Lincoln High Nov. 29

Yesterday, November 21st, was the final day of campaigning and the day of the general election for the 1950 Boys' and Girls' County Goyernment Day.

Complete returns from all precincts of the general election showed three positions filled by Nationalist Party affiliates and eight by Federalist Partisans. The offices of County Judge and County Superintendent of Schools were filled by Non-political candidates.

Con sisting of the m eal, a p rograrri planned by the football · squad and Bill Pfeiff and dancing, the proceedings lasted from 6:30 to 11:30. !Jon Smith as Master Through sound announcements, of Ceremonies of the · surprise posters, word of mouth, and naprogram. The highlights of this. · · tur a l popularity the winners acprogram were varied. They con- quired their pos itions. The folsisted of magic by Mack Hunt, lowing students were on the genthe reading of a will made by the era! e lectio n ballo t. The winners' senior member s of the football names appear in bold .face. squad to the lower class m e n, and General Election the introduction of the football For County ·.clerk squad and special guests to the Nancy Norris Federalist audience Bbb Eno Nationalist

After the progr am there was For Clerk of the District Court dancing to the Albers -Sorenson Reta Hosfield Federalist orchestra, which was formerl y the Gene Moyer orchestra.

Brings Joy

Seniors :Pies I>eadline Soon

Tomorrow the 23td day of Nobegins another of OU!'. iwo d ay vac ations. It doesn't see m possible that w e could. h ave slipped over so much time already, but we ha ve, and before you kno w it vacation will have arrived However, all news is not good news because as soon as we come back to the old school our iatest six weeks will be wait ing for us. Let's hope tha t in spite of the small a mount of bad ne ws all , ihe s tudents of L H.S will hav

,:scheiiUle for the next two weeks is: Wednesday; Noveinber 22 · HO-Girls Glee 10:00-Boys Glee · Monday, November 27 ·· :t:oo'-Band Y 3 :30..:-Ifosiness Club 3:34-Home Economics Club Council Counselors· M01lday, Dece111ber 4 PMiod Period 5--·Twirleo

3:1:;..-:..Art 3:3<J-Scienc e Tuesday, December 5 -3:15-Camera 3 :30-.-Safety ,December 6 · Dperator11 3

this year s team h a s a t otal of 11 scorers

Ronalll Cooley, Bill D e bus Jack Feldi, Beverly Garcia J a ck Geist De lb ert Hunt, Mack Hunt, Kay John son Ted K ing, Jared L a r abt,e, Don Lehi Bob Mellinger Syh P;;ter Men d o z a, Sanford Nelson Bob North up Di ck S a ddoris, D o:\ Scanlon, Ja ck Sca nlon, John S cbr.eiber Don Sladek , Don Smith, Bi ll Wagner, Orvis Wall, Roland We isser, and Douglas Wilcox. A certificate is awarded t <.; a ll boys who p l ayed less than 50 minutes Certificate winne rs are Bi1 l Harm and Dean Ston eman. Varsity "L" managers are Roger. Brendl e, Larry Hickey, and Tom Kissler

Play Practice Is Underway

County Day Primary Entrants Total 159

Trabert, Brien Hendricksen, Charley Younrblut.

"Thanksgiving D a )r'' Is Best For Eating _

On the last Thursday in November citizens of the United States of America dedicate the day and themselves to eatirig. Then tables are loaded with turkey- cranberries, mashed potatoes, apples, pie and everything possible that's good to eat. The name of this day is "Thanksgiving Day", but · when the turkey and trimmings are sighted, "God bless this food and them that eats it" seems to take care of the "Thanks" part. Way back at the first Thanksgiving the "Thanks" was more important than "giving ••• me the mashed potatoes." The Pilgrims were really thankful for. a good crop year and for just being alive, so the banquet was their way to celebrate. Nowadays the celebrating is taken care of by the school kids who are turned loose for two days, and the grownups usually end up being thankful for bicarbonate of soda and wishi!lg they weren't alive. Thanksgiving today is also an occasion of being reunited with relatives. After a good meal, it usually turns out that Aunt Nettie and Uncle Jake aren't such black sheep after all, and not only that, Cousin Hubert's daughteris becoming quite attractive. Even tlie' juniors forget the "my, how you've iz:own's" and the , "you1ook just like your mot}ler's," when they get hold of the whipped cream.

National Education

Poorly Received At L.H.S.

The week of November 5-11 was designated a.s National Education Week. This week was set aside to pay tribute to the gchools of America. It was to remind · ple of the wonderful work our teachers are doing for the children who are the future citizens of the United States. Many people just take the work bf our for granted. Children are sent to school because it's the thing to do and because it's required. · Parents sometimes forget th'.Lt they not only support the school, but are m :rriany ways a part of them. ·

· During this week that is set aside to_pay · tribute to the schools, each school has ·an open house. On this night, the school is open to all visitors. · The parents are invited to meet their child's teacher and learn more about the school and how it is run. Tuesday, November 7, was the day set aside for Lincoln High's open house, Many teachers had prepared displays of their pupils' work and had put in considerable time in arranging their rooms. WHERE WERE THE PARENTS? Unfortunately it was the n i ght before election and we realize that many parents were busy. We are sorry, however, ·. that there was not a better turnout. It is the belief of many people that the p upils were also fo bll!,me for this poor showing. Many didn't give their parents the written invitation and some jus t forg ot t o thes about it.

Open house is to help promote better Parent-Teacher understanding, so let's all back them one hundred percent.

Count Your Privileges

On Thanksgiving Day • • •

"Oh gee, Mom, that was a terrific dinner!"

:And with that or some similar exclamation Thanksgiving d ay will be just like any other day. (Except for the fact that i t's vacation.)

· What ifjust then, after you're pleasantly full and sat isfied, you we re commanded to sit down a nd "count your blessin gs"? It is jndeed doubtful if any one of us could act ually name the m any t hings we have to be thankful for.· We h ear talk about people more unfortunate than w e- unknown people far away. And because they are unknown and far away they are not importa nt in our lives.

Let's take a look at some of the "other" people in. this world. Those living in war.ravaged lands not sure where their n ext meal will come from. They m u s t worry about making their Clothes last throug h · the · :Many people do not have t h e privilege Of worshipping in the church of their own · choosing- and some h a ve not churches at all in which to worship. None of us know just how· many boys and girls in fo r eiegn lands·would welcome the c h a nce we h a ve to obtain an education. A chance which we often abuse.

THE ADVOCATE

II. I "'

Hi all-

Here we are again wanting to start the day off by bringing you our latest scoops!!!

First of all may we send congratulations to our colossal football team for a terrific season. And we cari't forget our two coaches Mr Pfeiff and Mr. Partington. You just couldn't ask for a more wonderful combination of players and coaches! We're all mighty proud of ya'.

•

Loµie DuTeau pulled a fast one on us a week,end not long ago. After putting him ' on our permanent non-dating list, we find he stepped out with Dot Perry-See what you have been missing, Louie? . .

And, it won't be long now before grade cards come out, which brings to mind a clever little joke: Small boy to father: "Here's my -report card and one of yours I found in the attic."!!

• MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR OF THE WEEK!

Bob Ryan

• • Can you imagine seeing: Roger Goh de with a cigar?

Ted Forke and Bill Foell with an ice cube?

Mrs. Updegraft without Harold (Red) Schwabauer?

Anita Daniels with one syllable words?

Or, Miriam Wolfarth witl).out dimples??

• • Maybe it's the weather, bµt whatever it is you have probably noticed how busy everyone has been. With so many activities on the calendar last week-end, we found the following J)E!ople out at the football banquet : Donna Borgaard showed up with Dick Saddoris, while Bobbie Russell was with Bill Debus. Barbara Beal and Ladd Hanscomb were there, as were Nancy Eastman 'n Johnny Peterson, Lois Simmerman 'n Bill Campbell, Marilyn Woltamade 'n Ron Cross, and last but not least Beverly Hammel 'n Jack Meisinger. Blaine Ward was seen with Marilyn Mueller also.

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-One girl to another: "Of course I wouldn 't say anything about her unless I could say something good. And, oh boy is this good •

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For the sµrprise Sadie Hawkins Date, we found none other than Charlie Haupt with 'Millie Grierson!!

Other dates for that evening included:

Ann Hardie 'n Dick Duling; Karen Benson ' n Harold Burling; Jackie Meyers n' Ray B arnet t; Ginny Wilc ox n' Joe Carter ; Arlene Slote .n' Dick Mans.

•

Sue: I wonder if Jack loves me?"

Mabe l: · "Of course he does, dear. should he make you an exception ?" Why

Other couples out over the week-end

w ere: Ardis Wes ton 'n Harold Elliot (N U.); Verna Lou Walin e 'n LeRoy Kulla '50 ; Joan Watson 'n John Harrington '50; Nat N elson 'n Jack Trabert ; Beverly Jacobs 'n Don Scanlon; Rita Johnson 'n Melvin Ellison '50; Cynthia Johnson 'n Andy Johnson 50; and Shirley Murphy with Bob Mellinger

-Young thing: "Not only has he broken my h eart and wrecked my life, · but he's messed up my entire evening" ! . . ,,,.

And with the end of football season w e

s ee many ''L" pins traveling around

Two of the n ewer "Steady D eals " with y e ol' fo otba ll players include : Ma ry Patterson and Ronni e ·Coole y. Joyce Finney 'n Jack Geist. · We also h ear that Donna Plock and Virgil Wulff are calling it s t e ady too!

• • • By som e odd accident, last w eek when the Advocate came out, lit tle Gary Sherman failed to see his name included with the story of "The African W ee Wee 's." We are now trying to make u p for th e mista ke by t ellin g you all to be s ure and m ention it to him that yo u r ealize what a mis take w e m ade !

Chilly Time

Had at G.I.

'1..L't

ll A mon g tho se hunt ing lately we fi n d Pat Madden and Wayne Mumfo

Lincoln doe sn t have

• • • Have you notice d Al Ch ristensen 's new. look? He s u rprised e veryon e by getting his fir st fuzz

Shortly after the team's bus left, nine chartered buses and _many cars followed. These buses were gaily decorated with red · and black streamers and signs such as "Put 'Em In Their Place.'' ' Heads and arms and yelling and waving attracted the of many on the yvay to Grand Is- · land l!lside these buses tI:iere was singing, yelling, putting on · of warmer clothing and eating. The biggest majority of the bus riders had their own lunches and around 4 :30 or 5:00 the buses were quiet as people ate. The Gra'nd Island announcer announced to the more than four hundred Lincoln High followers that the temperature was 24. This was the call to bring out the warm blankets, put on mittens .· and scarves and button up their c()ats.

Tlie climax to this evening was the exciting score 14-14. After the final gun had sounded, the horseshoe, which has brought us good luc k, was burned on the Grand Island cinder track.

Early Saturday morning the : hoarse and ti red Lincoln High supporters came back to Lincoln.

Quiz ,

After considering many questi ons, we came Ul) with this j'ewel: If you h ad your choic e for an evening s entertainmen t, what wo.uld you do?"

Mary Baldwin: "Listen to Stan K en ton in person! " (with whom?) K ar en Broady: "Sit and ch at on World Affai rs!" (Is P a t an au:thority?)

Marian Breer: "Chec k and r eche ck Eins tein' s Theory of Relati vity!" S heiia Overgaard: Sit and s tare! " (a

I'd

to

Mo rs e W eisgµrt: "Spend a mos t enjoya'.Ne evenin g doin g w hat \ com es Bob Egber t: "Looking for my shoo! (comrrionly lmo wn as s hoe) J ohn Sch r ei ber : "Going to a h a yra ck ride w ith P hil and Ka y! ··

Spanish DaYs l\lucho Fun

Habla Ud. espanol?

If -not, one would be very contuse d in. Mi ss Els ie Rokahr' s Spanish 5 class on a Friday aft e rnoon Every other Friday is Spanish Chip day a nd only Spanish i s s p ok en. A program is planne d · b y two m embe rs of the Class. Some of t h e l n the programs has been : p laying the g ame "Twenty Questions ;'' having spell downs, quizzes , p u zz les; s in ging son gs a nd liste nin g to the d es cription of Miss Roka h r's ro und- · the-wor ld t r ip which she took l as t summer. Th e programs have been planned b y Joy ce Tayl or an d G a il Katskee J oo n Knu cl.son a nd J ane Laase J ane t Gordon and JoAn n Kn app

'Torchy Tomatoes' Aim for Baskets

If you re walking down t h e

Males Get Hunting Urge

Senior Sli.etches

Al SCHOOL

was one · of the outstanding players on the Reserve b asketb all team.

This year Joe is out for Varsity basketball and will probably be seen out in the baseball diamond l ater thi s y e ar. He is also a Home Room alternate of Home Room 225.

Next year he would like to go to Creighton University and be a Business Administration major.

Charlie Yungblut-Th is senior boy has made quite a name for himself at L.H,S. Sports seems to play the biggest part in his life although he takes quite an active part in school activ ities.

In bis sophomore year he was a Home Room Representative, Class Officer Secretary, was a member of the track team and earned a letter in swimming, In his juni-Or · year he was a Class Officer, lettered again in swimming and lettered in track. He participated in County Government Day in which he was a Commissioner

So far his senior year is taken up by many activities. He is President of Studen t Council, · ii on the Student Affairs committee, is the Class Treasurer, and plans to go out for swimming and track. His future plans are to attend the University of Nebraska wh ere he will major in Engineering.

Othello and Ophelia

Guests of English 8

Othello and Ophelia were the honored guests in Miss Belle Far.man's fifth period English class Monday, November 13. The guests, who bore a slight reseml:ilence to David Meisenholder and Pa t Grah am \vere giving book reports on H amlet" and "Ofh,ello."

Campaigning Over For County Day

"Students beware! Be on 1he lookout f or a girl of this descr:ption-" S uch was the beginning of an announcement over sound advert isin g ano t her cadidate for "Coun- · ty Participation Day.'' Every morning since c a mpaigning was started, student s have used the sound system to its best a dvantage. Whether i t has had any etfect on the student voters is debatable, but they proved t o be interesting and amusing list• ening.

A cloud of dust, a hearty hi-ho Silver and the Lone Ranger rides agai n-at first it seemed as though a nother western serial was going to be broadcast in the morning to wake t he "wide a wake" student s of our school e ven wider a wake. Or to ask us to please eat our "Wheaties" for breakfast as we will grow up to be big and strong / -but again it was only ano t her political announcement.

Many other ideas too numerous to ·ment ion w ere used From observation it seems that campaign managers got a bigger kick· out o f the election than those running for the various offices.

Clubs

CLUB NEWS G.A.A At the regular meeting Wediwsday, November 8 at the G.AA. :meeting Josephine Quattrocchi was ,appointed vice-president.

Norma Somerheiser and Sara L ehman were elected basketball · leaders and Nancy Eastman was elec ted tap dancing leader. The new ,members were introduced.

MIMES

" Her F irst Party Dress" was the name ; of the p lay presented to the Mimes Thursday, Novemb er 9. The cast included Mary Joyce Deer Eleanor McCauley Cod dy Freeland, Darlene Ridg'.' ley, Jim Miller, Charles Beans and Butler Shaffer.

HOME ECONOMICS CLUB

The new officers for this semester are Martha Winter, president; Bob Wells, vice - presi derit;' S ara Stephenson, secretary; and Winnie Lautenschlager treas u rer. Robert Berry Supervisor of Dis -

Former Pupil Visits L.H.S.

Peggy Boerner, former s tud en t · of Lincoln High Sch ool, recently returned from German y for a thirty day vaca tion She has been visi ting old fr iends from her classes here at L H.$ Peggy has spent about fou r.teen months in Germany and when her v acation is up she plans t o go back and spend fourteen more months there. She will gradua t e from the American Dependent s Sc hool in Frankfurt, Germany. She has a ttended .this school ever since her arrival in Germany. There are about 25!} p upils in this school, 54 of which ·are the senior class. Out of t he 54 senior members, 30 of them a r e boys asked about the extra curricular activities of the pu

English Class Has Speakers

Links Have Best Record Since .'46

to Anderson in the end zone on a :fake extra point ki<;k. Lincoln opened the fourth period by going 80 yards in a drive, sparked by two Debus to Butherus passes, one for 40 and · the other on an all important 14 yard fourth down heav e that gave the Links the ball on the Purple a nd · Gold 13 yard line. "Slammin"

ficiency and capability has been invaluable to the Lincoln squad during the season; and e$pecially during Lincoln's final game,. against Grand Island where he proved this as he was seen helping to break up and stop the G.I. machine. Bob learned his football in his sophomore and junior years · as he played on the Sophomore and Reserve teams.

Wesleyan University ls the main part of Bob's future as he hopes to study there, and also play footbaU for the Methodists.

Jared La.rabee-" Jerry," a hard hitting guard on the L inks' gridiron has shown his blocking and defensive ability to great lengths during the past season. Proof of thi s is in the fact that Jerry h as playe'd more minutes this year than any other guard.

Weighing 165 pounds and standing 5 foot 8 inches, Jerry has played two previous seasons of football on Sam Hale's Sophomore team and Harold Scott's Reserve team.

Footpall ;;p0rt and he de,votes most of his tiine Sanford Nelson went thru a wall to this of tacklers to put the Links a Jerry 's plans for the fu t ure are crucial one point behind. The · undecided but he has definite tension was soon relieved when plans to attend the University ex-Islander Don Smith went of Nebraska. around end for the important 14th Lincoln point. A potential Grand Island threat was stopped in the last seconds of the game when Bob Babcock recovered a fumbled handoff. · Defensive laurels went to Don Becker, Jared Larabee, John Schreiber, Vern Burling, and Don Smith. For Grand Island, · John Sebold, Geisenhagen, Anderson, and Hinz stood out 19 seniors played their last

Coach Fred Swihart Tutors LHS Swimmers This Season

Links, G.I.

Share Third Place Honors

1 1 Winding out the

Th e 1'chcdule will L"": Dec. 8-Roosevelt, here Dec. 9-Hastings, here Jan. 5-Tech, Omaha 13-North here Jan. 19-Boys Town, Omaha Jan. 26-Hastings, Hastings Feb. 2-Boys Town, here Feb. 9-Tech, here Feb. 16-Triangular, Omaha Feb. 24-State Meet, N.U. Returnin g lett ermen th is year wiU be: David Gradwohl, Sam Haupt Jack Trabert, Blaine Ward, Charles Yungblut. Certificate winners froin l ast year that will add a lo t to the team arc: Fred Boucher, Larry · Davis, Dav id Drieth, Paul J ordan, Robert McBride, Lloyd Reed and Stan · Schneider.

Kansa s Sta te game he .played most of the fourth quarter and carried tbe ·

THE . ADVOCATE

Whole Family 'Nuts'

In Mummers Play

County Day .Officers Find Fun And InfOrmation at Court House

The thing to do now to straighten up the se messes, is to se e the murmers play which w ill be presented in the L.H.S. auditorium, December 8 and 9. The student directors, Anita Daniels and Don Kitchen are doing their best to h elp put on a fine performance

LHS Pupils Win Honors

The nineteenth annual N ebr aska High School Press Convention, h eld November 17 and 18 a t the Lincoln Hotel, proved to be a m em'orable oc casion for the m a ny h igh school stu dent s th at attended from all over Nebraska. R egistration was the fir st thin g on the agenda arid this was done b etwe en 8 :00-10:00 on Friday, November 17. Whil e waiting to begin the General Convocation which s tarted

Cherry, Jan et

Orpheons Present 3rd Annual Assembly

The Orpheons, L incoln High's music· club, presented their third annual assembly Wednesday, November 19 and Thursday, November 30. Jack Rogers emceed the program.

Ballet Tours

United States

Sadl er's We lls Ballet. was by many Lincolnites, November 20 , at th e University o f N e bras ka Colise

chor-us singing "Da ncing in the Dark " acco mp a nied by K athy

Welch. The Trumpet Trio played "Th ree Kings ," accompanied by Don K itchen; Virginia Jewet t s ang "The Ki s s W altz" from Romeo. and Juliet, acco mpanied by Judy Joyce; Be.tty Vosbourgh played "Malag u ena."

Play News

Travels Far

M akeup: It's Your Window Disp l ay." Lincoln High also t ook honor s i n the · competitive con t es t s. J oan R eili ng took a third p l ace in Newswriting. Tom Becke r came up with a second place in Current Events , as did Ron Gibson i n Editing and Copyreading Winnie S tolz Ann White, and Jo Ann Thompson wrote s tories fo r The D a ily Nebras kan F r iday even ing a banquet and dance were h eld in the b a llroom of the

Scottish b eauty and Robert H elpman were prob ably recogni zed from the British movi e "Red Shoes. " Sadl ers Wells is ihe only comtemp ora rv ballet company to do t he b a llets ''The Sleeping Be:i:ity ' and ' :Swan .Lake" m the i r comple te fo r m There we r e two modern b a llets given, Danie Sonata and Facad e Choir Cornbats Bomb Speech Yo u a ll will be burned to bits i f the Bomb comes within 6,000 feet of the earth." The teacher spoke i m persona ll y - too imp ersonally At her word s the class s hift e d un comfortabl y in t h e i r d esks

The mood of the _Program was cha nged when D elores Carag a nd Leonard B arker sa n g a du e t " Anyth ing Yo u Can Do, I Can Do Be tter," accompanied by C a rlene Ang Kay Schmoker p l ay ed a n accord.i a ri solo, "St. Louis B lues;" fo llowed by Annie Lut7. sa.ug '.Jus t S a y I Love· J!h H DJ A class ical du o, m a de up of Sylvia H ancock a nd Don Kitchen played Scha rmo u ch " Marilyn McCa uley s a n g A Heart That's True," accomp a nied by Cu rol Unte r seher ; W a lley Milner and his sax played "Sax Appeal," accompanied by Don Kitche n; Monty McMahon because of M a rl en e Living ston's i llne ss s a ng "Ha rbor Ligh (s" accompanied by Go rdon Metc a li on W ednesday

Held at G.I.

Seated left to right: Reta Hosfield, Virginia Jewett. Bill Harm, Sylvester Mendoza, Pattie f;llis. Stand -

to right: Nancy Norris, Sam Haupt Dean, Sloan, Dick Rohan, John Lauer, Don Taylor, Jerry

Gordon, Marilyn Beideck, Gail Katskee.

Honors Will Come For Today's Workers

"Hail The Conquering Hero Comes!" And coming down the corridor, followed by his numerous admirers, is the "IT" man of the day.

There seems to be a tendency in the human race to admire greatly the person who has many accomplishments to his credit Whether it be a football hero, a movie star or a very popular girl whoI!l everyone seems to know.

"Oh, if I could only do that" or "Gee, isn't he (or she) wonderful?", sigh all the little, lowly mortals as they sit back and · proceed to twiddle their thumbs.

Did you ever stop to think that the person you so greatly admire has worked hard to get where he is? He isn't someone who just merely floated into the state of being "very well known."

With the football or basketball player, it meant long hours of practice with no one there to cheer them on, with the exception of the coach "giving advice." And. then it was a question of whether or not they made the team.

The movie star worked hard at dramatic lessons and small "bit" parts before becoming the star she is.

The popular girl around school whom everyone seems to know is undoubtedly the one who was willing to stay after school and work. She was willing to take on lowly jobs and she worked on many committees without too much recognition.

'Twas once said that "all men are created equal." Set your own ideals and then live up to ·them. Popularity means hard work. The people you wish you were like set · their ideals and then got busy. They accomplished something. How about you?

Rat Races Seem to Take Place of Fire Drills

Hi Ho Silver, the Lone Ranger rides again. Don't be alarmed, it isn't the Lone Ranger riding his famous horse, but only a student pushing his way through the hall during a fire drill. The fire drill seems to be a race as to who can get out of the building the fastest not the most orderly. If each person would just remember how really important the fire drill : is, they would stop their running and file out quickly but orderly. · Each student is not·only taking his own life in his hands but also that of many others. What would happen if there really was a fire, and a few thoughtless persons pushed and shqved to get out. In their rush, they knock down some of their fellow students who don' t have a chance to regain their senses and thus get caught in the fire.

This story may sound rather fantastic, but it could happen. You m ay think th"!: some of these unfo1·Lu11ate a ccidents coulcln't happen to you or that you couldn't cause them, but don't kid yourself. You never know what your fate is to be, and you just might be the next victim of some mishap.

We know each person,values his own Hfe as well as the lives of others, so think before you push or run the next time you hear five short rings of the bell.

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" could pertain to a fire drill as well as on the highway.

Don't Rely on Emily Post; Rely on Own Reasoning

Do you realize when courtesy is n eeded? Most likely not all the time There is no need to read Emily Post books for such information. Reasoning is really all that is needed.

Take for instance the Lincoln High football banquet. All of us had a good time and agreed that the band was t ops. But, did we · ever applaud for the selections played by the band? No one ever thought of i t. They would have welcomed applause, just as if each one of them were playing a solo would. The music would probably have been twice as good if applause had been used for we all know we try harder when something is well liked. Maybe some of you thoug ht of it but didn' t do anything about it b ecause no one else did. All of this would have b een solved if even one person had used a little thought. A little courtesy is all it takes any time or any place when such a situation arises

Nebraska

Hi y'all!

How's life been treatin' ya' lately? Pretty rough ? Worry no longer, but take your mind off everything and settle down and enjoy yourselves. By reading S T A TI C OF · COURSE!

With the winter season upon us we see the beginning of formal parties. The Mili-: tary Ball started everything off last weekend, and many L.H.S pupils attended. For instance: Winnie Lautenschlager 'n Bob Kubitscheck '49; Phyllis Meyer 'n Paul Meyer; Claudette Helm 'n Dick Webb '50; Sandra Burnett 'n Bob Conover; Willa Herminghaus 'n Dave Kistler (N.U.); June Schlesselman ' n John Hacker (N.U.); and Susan Rudolph 'n Dick Stoehr. Found a little rabbit, called him "Jilll." Got sixteen now-warn't no him!

In the past two weeks, as the result of an idea by Paula Broady, we have been in the office looking up names, and this is the result. We now ha.ve a list of the lucky people that have birthdays in the coming two weeks: DECEMBER 6

'S.C.' Box Wants More Suggestions

With big tears and a break in her voice, "S. C.," the Student Council suggestion box, told me her' troubles. Every day she hangs on the wan by the 'office waiting for questions, complaints and suggestions about school activities. She knows there are complaints and because she hears the grumblings among the students that pass her evei:y day. : "S. C." isn't very big · but she is very powerful. When you give her a suggestion she quickly passes it on to your governing bodies. The reporter was told by "S. C,'' that she would appreciate any ideas from the students. Big or small, your ideas will be cussed and acted upon by Student Council, Home Roorn Representatives and Student ·Affairs "S. C." askes that you sign these suggestions if would like a direct • answer. Why not make "S. C." happy by giving your' suggestions to "S C.," the Student Council suggestior.. box

Independence Causes Happy Celebration

Chanukah or the · Feast of Lights, is the Jewish holiday which commemorates the victory of the Jewish f ight for independence a gainst Syria in 198 B.C. This is the l)oliday celebrated· by Jews the world over at this season of the year. This y ear Pecember 3 marks the first day of the eight day observance.

Personalities In the News

heavily d ressed than usual. It seems that Annie n ever quite woke up until after the assembly When Annie left home she still had h e r bathrobe on and she never pletely found out until after the assmbly. 01:, j :.1st ? P = 21evert h elesz ! 11 1(<

Teacher to class: "Keep your eyes on your books now because I'm going to around the room!"

Judas Maccabeus was the leader and hero who lead his army to v ictory The Star of David, a six pointed star, was the symbol used. · Following t he victory a fe s tival of rededication of t he temple was pl anned Th e H ebr ew word " Chanuka h" m ea ns dedication. In the temple in J ersualem ther e was only enough oil to keep the Lig ht of Dedicat burning one day. Strangely and unexpectedly the oil lasted eight days By this time a supplementary supply could be obtained 'rhe Jew ish people light a h { a!)_ e:.zl:!:Th e re are eight candle holders because the oil for the dedication i as ted eight days

One candle is lit ·the first n ight, two the second, three t he thirq, etc., until all eight are lighted. The follow ing bless ing is said over t h e candles each night: "Blessed art Thou, 0 Lord our God King of the univ erse who hast comma11ded u s to light the Chanukah lights. Amep.'' Chanukah is a t i me of gift-giving and holiday festivities. R ock of Ages is the song which commemorates th i s historical event.

1 Frenchman Visits L.H.S.

Want to Argue?

CQntest

STEADY DEAL OF THE WEEK !

Delores Schlenger a nd Merril Albury

• Dad: "Wha t kind of grades did you make in your finals ?"

Son: "All righ t in everything but one study, and in that I am like Washington Jefferson and Lincoln ."

Dad: Why is th 'lt '"'

Son: "I went down rn lli sto ry

Chuck Stewart was out with P eggy Mathei;s (N.E.) while Larry Davis was w it} Mary Loil Young. Also Milli Gr ierson 'n Howard Brown; Ros emary Colin 'n Wayne Hurd; Ginny Wilcox ' n J oe Carter; har a Bates ' n Del Madson; Mary Ann Crandall ' n Tom Freit; June Shipps 'n L a rry Boots; Katherine R eed 'n Jim Andersh (Wa gner, S. Dakota) ; a nd Carol Johnson was out with Sam Van Pelt! Do r othy Simon was seen at the W est U. Hockey game with Gene Gruber. j

We remember h earing so mewh e re or other that they h ad to di scontinue the Roman Holidays because of the overhead. The li ons were eating up all the prophets.

Seen at a York dance over the wee kend were: Betty B a rber 'n Haro l d V oller; Betty Jo -McMartin ' n Larry Zook. Barbara Carter was u p Omaha w ay at a Creig hton U. Dance with Pat Kenny, and Ora Hodge w as out with her "steady" Junior Zimmer while Lois Anderson w as wit h Jim Irmer. Ginn y Mann ha s been seeing an a wful lot of John McGreer la tely. Cotild be 1terious mayb&?

·· A g irt never g en; away r:rom pins Clothes pins, L pins, Class pins, a nd Safety pins. Knock , knock. Who's there? K ilroy Ki lroy who? Kill Roy Rogers, I' m .i. _, ..; ng Cassidy!

To close we end with this: If you can't lov e your enemies, Treat your friends a little be tter. Ag'Nan'Mick.

Would you like to have to p a ss an examination in order to attend school? Raymond B rugere, h ere from France to s tudy U .S. s chools; says French childr en hav e to pass · e :xam i nations in order to a t t end 6ch.ool. Mr Brugere en j o y e d U.S. schools v ery m u ch. In France, Mr - Brugere stat ed "classes are much more form al." Onc e a dEnt selects a cu rriculu m his classes arc ch osen for h im, until h e is 14 years old. Then he attends ;;irivate s chool, if he can afford it. l\fr B rugere w ould like to see ho-.v we study the United Nations When asked h9w he thought t h e US. had succeeded h e said, It h s e<•ntro1 le ri major w a rs so fa r. It is bdter to :rade insults than to tr«de bombs "

SCENE AT SCHOOL by

Bobbie Russell

What

Seemed to be

number of dates las&.

Keen

crowded

Some of the

:per

dancin' 'round · ·were Allan Christiansen ·a n d Marilyn Mueller, Tom Houchen ' n' Mar;gie Wilson, and B.ill Wagner 'n' Kate Cra:wford. There were also lots ot guys 'n' gals taking in the dnem<t or just foolin' 'rotii1d. Duft Olson went out with Ruth Ann Scott, Lois Simmerman was with Lyle Ga mp be 11, Helen Weir stepped out with Don Lind, Joan Larson was seen with Dick Rohan, Barb Turner was with Brien ·Hendrick..: son, and Mary .Lou. Young stepped out with Larry · Davis while Jennie Shilhan went out with Dick Gerlach.

While strolling down the hall the other day, I happened to bump into an unsuspecting character · named Harold Burling. After a skir1g him some questions, which his friends answered, I came up with this: Favorite pastime: "sleeping, and messing around with the boys."

F'avorite song: ''Tennessee Waltz."

H ero: Sanford Nelson. Pet: Peeve: "Girls." 1st thing you

Teachers See Many Places Senior Slietches

Thanksgiving vacat10n led several of Lincoln High,· teachers out of the state. Esther Montgomery, Belle Farman , Ethel Bryant, Margaret O'Rourke and Elizabeth Grone were allpresent at the'National English Convention. The convention was heid at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Attending ·the National Council for Social Studies in Minneapolis, Minnesota, were Miss Carrie Roberts and Mrs. Alice Updegraft. Robert Munger traveled to Savannah, Missouri, where he visited his parents.

Mystery of the 'Saucers' ls Told

BY RONNIE GIBSON

Hallelujah! Let all red-blooded, Saucer-fearing Americans relax. The saucer mystery l.s practically · solved.

My theory on the mysterious peregrinating platters is based on scientific observation as well as analytical research. All of you who have seen the queer discs may trust your eyesight. The saucers do exist. (Unbelievers, take note: The "saucers" are not saucers, but do exist nevertheless).

I call this Theory No. 5 because before reaching the conclusion which · I now hold to be true, I theorized and scientifically disproved four other theories, I can positively state that the so-called flying saucers are not records .of. "The Thing," pancakes, auto'mobile hub caps, or little childrens' ·propellor beanies gone astra y. The startling truth is that the mysterious discs ate nothing but the. Ii ttle targets used by hunters and shotgun experts for target practice, commonly known as blue rocks, clay pigeons or day ducks.

They are not ordinary blue rocks, however. They are bootleg blue rocks. Russian Submarines off the East coast. and the coast of Gulf of Mexico have been launching the clay pigeons with special equipment. Other com- · munist agents, stationed inland, follow the flight of the bltie rocks with radar and piCk them up early in the morning (The radar explains the trouble some ·people have getting programs on television. Radar waves are in direct contrast to television waves and s tu t. e n:i. :'i.s prvui Lo :ct.:. "' that the blue rocks are entering the country in this way is the fa ct. that early in the .morning strange·men arc often seen carry"' ing piles of circuliir objects. Most people think they are disc• jockeys hurrying to radio stations with stacks of records for .early niorning programs; These .spies, Cleverly fooling tbe people with their disc-jO'ckcy disguises, take the blue rocks to gun clubs and shooting galleries and sell them for 20 rubles a hundred (The reason they · can sell them so cheaply is that they are taken out of Siberian mines by slave The money froh1 the sales .of

and

Art Teacher Leaves L.H.S.

Miss Elizabeth Ferguson, Lincoln High School art teacher, left · for Denver, December 2, whete she will marry J. Richard Sorl:ly,

Coming Play IFor Girls Only I

BRIEN HENDRICKSON: A returning letterman on the basketball team this year has been '1'ery aCtive in sports. In his sophomore year he lettered on the reserve football and basketball teams, varsity track, and was a Home Room Rep. a professor of design and painting ism? Perhaps you're the studious at Denver University. type. Maybe you like fireworks, The wedding win be at Mount- · when in 1891 James Naismith, an instructor at the Young Men's · Christian Association College .in

In his junior year he was on the varsity basketball and track teams. In the state tournament Brien won the 100 yard dash, the 220 and was. on the state relay team. On county day he .was county attorney.

Next year Brien plans io attend the University of Nebraska: but is not sure of what he is going to take.

TED FORKE: Basketball has played an important part in Ted's high school career.

In his sophomore year he was on the sophomore basketball team.

On county day last year he was assess.or, and also played on the reserve basketball team.

This ·year he is a Home Room I Rep and in the Hi-Y club. You

1 :":.:: I engmeenng at the university.

l Biology Class Plans Picnic

Have you been up to Mrs. Gladys Temple's room lately'?

l:f you haven't you would probably be surprised to see four fuzzy littl!;! hamsters (which in case you didn't know are little .ratlike rodents that come from Europe and Asia). Also she has a box turtle, two frogs; fish ;md. some snails.

In Miss Helene Schemel's fourth period class Jim Miller and John Goldfein are going to, buy a rooster ·and have the ladies in the cafeteria cook it. The girls in the class are going to make sandwiches. After the chicken has been eaten the boys are going to let the boilCs dry and then attempt to put the skeleton together.

Peekt·n' Ba·ck I

view Boulevard Church fa Denver. Following the wedding the cOuple wiil take a trip through the southwest. On Miss Ferguson s last day at L:H.S. her third and. fifth period · classes presented her with a wedding gift of one piece of sterling :silver to match her silverware.

The ne.w teacher who will take Miss Ferguson's place for .the rest of the year is Mrs. Richard Taussig. She has a B. S.- degree from Ohio State and has had experience in teaching Whittier Junior high School. Mrs. Taussig worked at a Cleveland Institute of Art and belonged to the Cleveland Art Clubbefore coming to Lincoln; Mr• · Taussig is a ' salesman in a downtown department · store Mr. and Mrs. Taussig have lived in Lincoln since May of 1949 and they have a little boy, 6 months old.

LHS ls Rated In Top Category

In one rating of Lincoln High School on the items in a recent in Life magazine, this .schbol ;should be rated in the bes·t high school category

The questionnaire entitled "How Good Is Your School?" was tested ·on more than 500 good, average, and pool' schools in 48 states and is scored on the basis of their answers.

"The Life test concentrates on the tangible qualities that make up a good school. It cannot, of course, measure intangibles ' like faculty personality and school ·spirit. But any school scoring high in the test will be almost certain to hav e these factors to a high degree," says the magazine

Some examples of the questions I which. were answered "yes'.' are:

at le ast 503· of the classroom tP.achers. have masters' degrees; in I the high school, for every 250 stuJ 2 ago In the absence dents, there is a least one guidvr Ennn:.-.:i.1\ u.e l \Vi :;: b no \.t.Y w ho .!.-.; i:'1' studying in New York, Bernard at leas t part-time counciling ac,o Nevin took .over his work as con- ' ,tivities with at least partial re..; cert maestro of the Lincoln Sym- lief from teaching duties; there is phony Orchestra. a psychologist or psychiatrist 1g,..years ago Harriet Kem- available for consultation; at least the guest soloist at the $200 is spent per pupil (computed vesper concert which was held i n by dividing the total school budget the Lincoln. High .School Audi- for current operating expendi· torium. ti.ires by the total average daily 20 years ag'o Two hundred attendance); students can obtain and twenty-six peopl e from 50 hot food at the school; there different high schools attended the Qrganiied intramural athletic proNebraska, High School Press Con- gram in the high school; , there is vention which was held on the a high school football field. N.U. campus.

Some examples of the questions 45 years ago Yes, believe it answ ered "no" are: teacher...;paror not, your reporttir has been ·ent con1'erences are arranged for. thru the 45 year old Advocates. a majority df the pupils (any par-

the clay pigeons goes to buy the practice. of $muggling clay. ducks ingredients for Joe Stalin's borsh, came t o me when I questioned a popular Russian dish. Borsh, an odd-looking fellow standing translated roughly, means " It's near a shooting gallery. I· knew lousy, but it's the best we've got. he was a Commie· spy, because

Another rea:;on for the born- 1 he had a big black beard and bardment of America by the I couldn't , say anything but "Dal!"

Commies is that, comes the revo- So ArrH; rican;,; be alert. · Watch lution, the Russian gunners will your step the next time you are be well-trained to assail the at a shooting gallery or a gun United States with clay pigeons, club and you hear someone singcausing confusion and panic. ing the ''International." He may

Mrs. U pdegraft Visits Convention Mrs. Alice Updegraft s_pent her Thanksgiving vacation journeying to· Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the

Council of Social Stm:Hes wa s held. The mam banquet 01 the .convention was a pheasant dinner serving 500 persons. This was made possible by the Minnesota Council of Social Studies who purchased a large number of pheasant eggs l ast spring. The eggs were then transferred to Wisconsin where they Were hatched and raised. Then, before the conven· tion, the Minnesota Council again made a purchase, this time of the ·pheasants. Th es e transactions ,were made possible by 42 documents and by the. fact that Minnesota has no closed game season Some' of the topics discussed by the National Council were.: doing a better job of promoting de,. mCX!racy, the United Nations, having a better understanding of social .studies, and economics.

Link Cagers Face Rigid Schedule

Three Gridders. Gain All-State

On Road First Two Contests

Scott Cagers Prepare For First Game

Coach

starting

The

Friday i:o; pictured above. They

Dean Sloan, and Dave Jones.

By Tom Kissler

Hete's wishing the basketball t eam · luck iri it 's first two games and throu ghout the season. You' ll be far away from home in those first t wo, but you can be sure the school spirit will be behind you Congratulati ons to our three All-Staters, Don Smith, Don Becker and John Schreiber

Some of you gridders who spent this fall on north f i eld shoul d remember that Schreib e r was an · end on one of those teams dur-

the score being tied 35- 35, he sunk the 2 free throws that won the game for Lincoln. Last year he was a member of the track team and won the district broad jump with a leap of 20 feet.

RICH JENNINGS Rich is one of the s ix

under his belt. As a sophomore, Rich played on Coa ch S cott's defeated reserve team and last year he lettered at forward on the Red and Black varsity. Bas ketball isn't the only sport. that interests Ri ch. In the spri ng he high jumps Bill Pfeiff's

Cagers Play

Sixteen Tilts

I finally came up with

a little a r ticle on the fo;itball players and if some of you

jon t 'J.l k

season th ese boys were on hand each week to l e t the fans watching the games know exactly what was going on. They took turns announcing and spotting (identifying the players to the announcer) and both agreed that t hey had the best seats in the hou se This i s the first ye ar students have done this job and w e 're s ure you'll agree that it was very well d1:me!

er-weight boys, which the team l acked last year. The r eturning lettermen this y ear are: Michael Dereig, Bob Glenn, J im Owen, Charles Graham, and Delbert Hunt.

t::O :t f:a'1 ·ynn\ tH-ime in print (joke) you c an stop right now. Thi s is purely my viewpoint so don't bl a me anyone else MOST UNDER-RATED PLAYER-Sanford Nelson - injuries hampered "Nellie" this year but we saw enough of hi s p lay to warrant him this title. He had the p ower of a fullback thru the lin e w hich changed to an elu s ive h alfback style when he got to the secondary.

HARD LUCK PLAYER-Doug

Wilcox-when it wasn t h is l eg it was his ne ck. LUCKIEST FLAYER -K ay J ohnson - if h e \Vould have missed that pass he might as well have had ;ill his classes i n the

N ebraska go o ut for basketball.

tha t Vern played the whole l as t half of the Grand Isl and"Lincoln game without any relief. Against a team of G.I. 's caliber that's a feather in anybody's cap We'd pick Vern to back up our lin e

Ad,•ocate Photo by Don Hogg.

probable

lineup for the Links agairist Alliance next

i)re: Joe Carter, T ed Forke, Rich Jennings,

Junior Class Play Cast Announced

Rehearsals Begun hy 17 Character!!

Chosen From Field of 50 Tryouts

Announcement of the cast of the junior class play

"Meet Me In St. Louis'' was posted on the bl.llletin board in front of the office on Thursday, December 12th.

Results are as follows:

ROSE-Marilyn Beideck

JOHN-Pete Finley

ESTHER-Nancy Kiely

AGNES-Natalie Nelson

TOOTIE--Valerie Hompes

LON-Ron Danek

FRED-Jim Rogers

MRS. WA U G H 0 P - Paula Broady

IDA-Mary Shelledy

GRANDPA-Jerry Cherr y

MR. SMITH-Michael Shugrue

MRS. SMITH-Jane Laase

LUCILLi-Tiete Morris

MR. DODGE-Browning Robertson

MR. DUFFY-Pat McGinty

KATIE-Mary Ann Sommers

CONDUCTOR-Dean Zimmerman

Tryouts ' were held the 7th and the 8th of December. will begin immediately, because the play is to be given February 2, 1950•.

Mrs. Ella·Mae Short, play director, says that a new method will be· used this year. The cast is oo have the whole play memorized: by the end of Christmas vacation, so that they will be able to use the rehearsal periods after vacation for perfecting the play Because the date- set for: the play, · anq the date of. the vacation are so· close together, it is possible to do this, for this year; however it is not the usual procedure.

KLMS Airs Cage Games

Radio Station KLMS will be following the Links as they continue their state wide camx>ai.Jtn

For those of us who are unable to attend the Lincoln High out of town basketball games, · Jerry Granger who also broadcast some ot the LHS football games, will , again , be on hand · to give a play by · play acc.ount of three of the Llnks,. out of town games The three games, one of which has already been broadcast, are: Scottsbluff, December 9; Norfolk, ' January 26, and Sioux City East, February 3.

Annual Xmas

Vesper Given

The Annual Christmas Vespers were held December 17 in the Lincoln High· auditorium. program was presented b y the Senior Choir, Girls Gl ee , Boys Glee Girls Octet a nd Boys Quartet. · There was a t ot a l of s ixteen numbers, two of which·were community singing. The directors of the 156th conc ert were Dort h ea Gor e, H. T. Rangeler and T e d Thompson. The accompa nists w ere Carol Unterseher,. Carol Lundberg, Mrs. L. J. Owen, Don Kitchen a nd Kathy Welch.

Collision

Two Lincolnites

Mrs Ida Dean, 78, of 1532 So. 19th, was ser iously i njured as a result of a two -car colUsion a t 21st a nd Randolph on Decemb er 4th. Mrs D ean s u ffere d concussion and a cut tongue when she w a s thrown forward through the windshield of the c a r driven b i h er daughter, Miss Aileen Dean a s chool t ea che r. Miss Dean -w as treated f or minor leg injuries The second car w as : driVen b y · Jerry Lo uthan, a 16-year-old Lincoln High School stud ent. Police saM that J err y , g oing south on 21 st, made an a brupt turn e ast into

Contest Open To Students

Opportunity knocks again fo r

Lincoln High students that are interested in creative writing and show talent in this field. Scholastic" Magazine is sponsoring a nation-wide contest in an effort to recognize writing talent among junior and senior high school students.

Each year for the past 27 years this has been their policy. In Lincoln High it is sponsored by the Writers Club with Mrs. Agnes Heilman and Miss Esther Montgomery in charge.

ALL STU))ENTS in grades 7 through 12 may submit entries with a Senior Division for 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. In the Senior Division entries can consist of a short story, essay, poetry, historical article, journalism writing, literary article and a few others. Cash awards, Honorable · Mention Certificates, and Certificates of Commendation are awarded to winners in the national program. Anyone entering is eligible for Special National Awards consisting of a scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, a University of Idaho scnolarship, a National Conference of Christians and Jews Award, and an Ernestine -Taggard Memorial Award.

ALL ENTRIES must be mailed by March 1, 1951, so all those interested should see Mrs. Heilman or Miss Montgomery fo r r ules and ins tructions

The results will be announced in May with the principals being notified· before hand, as well as the local press and some of the best work -will he ;published in several of the lea ding magazines

1950 Goes On Parade

As this is the last issue of the Advocate in 1950, a look into the past year seems fu order. To many people the year was a pretty dismal one. In world affafrs, the Korean war brought · the need for sacrifices from everyone. At times ,the world seemed no better off than it was in World War II. Also, the failure of Russia and the r e st of the world to, get together contributed to the general louse -up of world af fairs. But to others, there still remains a great deal o f hop e for world p e ace. The hope lies in the many strides a way from "the scourg e of war" taken by the United Natioris. Many nations, formerly oppressed by hunger and poverty, h a v e been put on theii f eet and s tarted working fo r democr acy by the UN On · the home front, America ns hav e enjoyed a high standar d of livirig, due to the many adv a nces m a de in technical and industri a l fi elds The realization of this high stand a rd of living · was b r ought clea

Project of Alternates

Choir and Glees Present Vesper

Junior Class Play Cast ·Announced

Rehearsals Begun by 17 CharacterE Chosen From Field _. of 50 Tryouts

Announcement

Choir and Glees Present Vesper

Contest Open To Students

ToOTIE-Valerie

Broady

IbA....:...Mary Shelledy GRANDPA-Jerry Cherry

MR. S¥ITH-:--Michaei Shugrue

MRS; SMI"I:H-Jane Laase Morris

MR:· , Robertson

MR. bUFFY-Pat McGinty

KATIE--Mary Ann Som mers

CONDUCTOR-Dean Zimmerman Tryouts : were held the 7tll· anci the 8th of December. will begin immediately, because the play is. io be given February · 2, 1950

Mrs. Ella ·Mae Short, play director, says th at a new method will:be used: tllis year. : The cast is to have the whole play memorized· by the end of Christmas vacation, so that they will be able to - use the rehearsal periods after vaca"" tion fol' perlecting the play. :ae",.cause the datE} set for, the play, · anct the date of the: vacation · are so · close together, it is possible to do this; for this year; however it is not the usual procedure.

KLMS Airs Cage Games

Radio' Station KLMS will be following the LinkS as they contheir state wide camoa@.c

·. :For those of us who are tinable to attend the High out of town basketball games, JerryGranger, who also broadcast some : the ·LHS football ·ganies, will · again be pn hand · to give ·a play • by" play account of three of the ' Links' ' out or town The three games, -one of which has already been. broadcast, .· ate: · Scottsbluff, December 9; Nor!olk, ' January 26, and Sioux City East, February 3. ·

Annual Xmas -Vesper Given

The Annual Christmas Vespers were held December 17 in ·· the Lincoln High auditorium. The- program was presented by the Se'nior Choir, Girls Glee, Boys - Glee; GirlsOctet a11d Boys Quartet.

There w a s a total of, sixteen numbers, two. of which were community singing. The directors · of the 1S6th con• cert w ere Dorthea Gore, H. T. Rangeler and Ted Thompson. The accoinpariists were Carol Unterseher, Carol Lundberg, Mrs. L . .J. Owen, Don Kitchen and Kathy Welch

Two Linc9lnites

Mrs Ida Dean, 78, of 1532 So. 19th, was seriously injured as a result of a two-car colll:sio?l at · 2lst and· Randolph ·on December 4th, Mrs, Dean suffered concuss ion and. a cut_ tongue when she.: was thrown forward through the windshield of the car driven- by h er Miss. Aile,en · Dean, a teacher. Miss Dean ' was. treated for minor leg injul'ies The second car was ·'a.riven byJerry Louthan, a 16"'.y ear- ol<l Lincoln High School student; · · ·· Police sai'd that Jerry, going south on 21st, made a n aJ:>rupt turn east' into the path of the northbound' Dean car. No one was · hurt. in the Louthan · ca r.

senior high , school

Each year for the past 27 years this has been their policy. In Lincoln High it is sponsored by the Writers Club with Mrs. Agries Heilman and Miss Esther Morit-

gomer:y in charge: ALL STU.DENTS in, grades 7 through 12 may , submit entries with a Senior Division for 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. In the Senior Division · entries can consist of a short story, essay, poetry,_ his:torical article, Journalism :writing, literary article and a few others Cash awards, Honorable· :Mention Certificates, and Certificates of Commendation ai:e awarded to

winners in th.e national · program• Anyone entering is eligible for Special Natiomtl A wards consisting of a scholarship to the University ot a Univer- *Y of Idaho scholarship, a Nationa l Conference of Christians a nd Jews Award, and an·Ernestine Taggard Memorial Award. · · ·AI..L ENTRIES must 'be mailed by March 1, 1951, so all those terested should ·see Mrs Heilman or Mi!iS Montgomery rules and instructions.

The -results will be announced in May with · the princlpals : behig · notified before hand; as well as tlle local. press, and some oLthe work -will be rnblislad several of tlle leading magazines,

'1950 Goes ·on Parade

As ' this is the last issue of the · Advocate in 1950, a look into .the ·.past year seeiris fo order. To many pe¢ple the year was a pretty one Iii world affaii:s', · the K;orean war brought · the need for sacrilices from At. times ;the WO!"ld seemed;_ no , better of! than it was in World War it.· failure of• Russia .and the rest of the world · to, get together contributed to: the general louse'-up: of wo,rld affairs.

But' to others, there still rem;Uns a great, deal of hope fqr ' world· peace. 11Je hope lies in the many strides away from ;the : scourge of· waru -!aken by the United NatiQris. bany nations, .formerly oppressed by hunger and poverty, have been put - on their feet and started · working for democracy by the UN. on·· t,b.e home front, ,Americans have en joyed a high st andard of living, due to the m 1my :advances made in technical and industrial

The realization of this high sta_ndard of. living · was brought · clearly when it became necessa ry to economize and · "tighten your 1belt" of the worid crisis. I took a loss of some of the manY' things everyone enjoys because' of the Anierican way of life to remind Ameriearis of how well off they -were, in compar ison. to the other nations of the world; In our own government, 1950 was a · red-hot year in many :respects In the congressional elections, there was a sh arp swing· to the right. The past year was marked by investigations, n ame.:calling and p olitical dais; The :most recent incident was of course the Pearson-Mc:. Car.tpy bout. · President Truma.n's letter-writing also caused much stir. In· the fie ld of m e dicine, 1950 brought tremendous advances : which bring nearer the day when all disease can be cu re d or pre• Notable discoveries.in the

Alternates

With Marilyn Beideck &nne

·,.h

, ' . Red cross Camp in Bowling the new addition, and that· there Gi-een,, Michigan, last summer. : Was no danger of fire. An Ait:..stat• High 1

Lincoln High Students! Here is your chance to be the one to -suggest the theme for t he 1951 Joy Night. Watch television sets, listen to radio programs and do lot a i n g over the. Christmas vacation. Come back· on January 2 :fiied up with some new and i dea s for the- • best show Llncolh High h a s e ver had. The actual choosi.iig of the - theme is done by the Joy medicinal field have been sone (a relief for arthritis), (a weapon· against cornmon cold, .one of the most elu.:. sive and Hadacol (gooct for about everything).

In the fields of art, music, and literature, the trend has been more to the modern. It i s difficult· !or the great masses of people to uri. derstand the styles of Pica sso i n art, Stan Kenton in music, and William Faulkner, Nobel Prize winner in Literatur e. Surrealism, bebop, arid turbulent dramas ing with subjeets never before· touched upon by authors, all these styles-·are the · fashion. sports the wide-open, highsco;ring game· i s becoming the dominant r ather than the unusual. The· faris demand for action has brought more home runs, more touchdowris, more· b askets ' Now the high moguls ·in sports are beginning to favor a general return to the "good old days " Lastly in the field uf fashion, bright colors have been the general idea. Women (according to Paris aI)d New Yor k stylists) were supposed to adopt styles which would m ake them look like unworldly creatures. In WOIJ)en's bathing suits, there were many startling revelations; revelations which caused men tci wonder how far b a thing-suit manu :facttirers would go, and which way The Biki ru and · F r ench s tyles w ere a far cry. from turnof-the-century styles As man - waits for what the new· year will bring in other fields, he aiso waits with bated breath for what rns1 will ha.ve to show in womens' bathing suits.

Trades Classes Building Barn

'Good Will to Men' Theme for Christmas

Christmas 1950 is almost here and again we take time out from our everyday tasks to give thanks for all the wonderful things we are blessed with. To many of us, Christmas is a time for receiving presents and getting together with the relatives that we haven't seen for a long time. Many of us never think of the real meaning of Christmas.

This year, Christmas is especially important as many of our boys along with boys of other nations are fighting in Korea for a common cause, peace. Now more than ever before we should think of what our boys are fighting for, and help to do something about it. Most of us can't go over to Korea and get into the thick of the fighting, but we can help by sending them something for Christmas that will keep up their moral.

Food and letters are appreciated and help to make them feel that the folks at home are thinking about them, and are trying to help theiri in the best way they know how.

There are also people right here at home that need help at Christmas tinie but many of us don't seem to realize this Many familys in the United States and even here in Lincoln are too poor to buy many of the essential things. We can all help by contributing to special funds and giving some of our old clothing, dolls, and toys that have long been fotgotten, to 'them. This isn't too great a sacrifice to make, do you think?

Along·with the needy people here in the U.S. there are many people in foreign countries that also need help. A special organization called Care has been set up to do this kind of work. We send our money in to them and they send 'packages of food and clothing to a needy family in Europe or Asia. These packages are appreciated much more than any one can tell who has never been without want.

During this Christmas season we should all take time out from our busy tasks of everyday life and that of preparing for out annual feasting and think of Christmas in its real meaning. Also attend the Christmas services at the church of your choice.

New Years Celebrated

By Maiiy Countries

1950 will soon be on the way out, and 1951 will be given a helping hand by thouiiands of people celebrating the New Year. Everyone will probably be making his New iYear's Resolutions. In the United States people attend church, go to the theatre, or to· var!011s places of entertainment. Parties a.re :hc1d. en Nc w Year's E1Tt: t0 "'\iVa tch the old year out." January 1 became generally as New Year's Day in the 1500's when the Gregorian calendar was introduced.

New Year's Day is celebrated as a holiday in almost every country. Generally church services are held, with parties before or after·them. Even the earliest of the ancient nations had customs that celebrated New Year'$ Day. The Chinese; Egyptian, Jewish, Roman and ·Mohammedan years all began at different times, the first day of each year was marked with elaborate ceremonies.

· Thousands· of Years ago, the Egyptians celebrated the New Year about the middle of June. In ancient Rome, the first day of the year was given over to honoring Janus, the God of gates and doors, and endings. The inonth of Janu'.'" ary was named after this God. Janus had two faces and looked both ahead and backward. On the first of the year the Roman people looked back to what had · happened during the past year and thought of what the coming year might bring.

The Jewish New Year, a feast day, is celebrated in late September.

Both the- Chinese and Japanese people now celebrate New Year's Day on January :lst.

The New Year Begins on March 21 in Iran. Thus the welcoming of the New Year is a nother old custom, practiced by ancient people, and as the centuries passed, other nations began to celebrate New Year s Day.

THE ADVOCATE

Samtsirhc Yrrem! (to you)

Have you heard???? how Mr. Reel said the other day t o the class: "If this chemical were to explode, I'd be blown through the roof. Now gather around close so that you can f ollow me."

The other day we overheard Dav e Jones complaining

"Everyone knows t!Jit Joe Carter is nicll:named "Spider," Roger Pet re Catfish," Jerry Gabelman "Cl utch," Rog Goede "Foxy," Ted Forke "19 points," and Rich Jennings "Bones." But what do they call me????"

Well, Dave, ho w about-"Poon-Tang."

Congratulations to the cast and director of the Mummer 's Play. 1Ne hear it really went over with a bang!! A few of the guys and gals attending were: Shirley Fues ner n Mike Curtis; Rose Mary

Colin was with Wayne Hu rd; while Al Christiansen tOok Marylin Mueller ou.t

Look carefully and see if you can find any of your "Bestest Buddys "

December 21:. Carole S and lovich, Marjorie Yonkey, :Margie

Luft

December 22 : Jani ce \Villiamson J ohn Kys a J oe Carter, Bill Foell, Ethel Bi:ankow, Jeanne

December 23: Evelyn Tro be, :Marguerite Templin, Hanna Rosenberg Martha Anderson. Karen Br oady.

December 24: Barbara Herr, Charlie B eans Sh ir ey- Gaylor, Rahma Lee S ex t on December 21i: Merrilyn Burgess, Pauline Hansen, Bettie Rose Hustonf Shlrley -Ja c k son, :Marlene Alles.

December 2.6 :· Barbara .SchmJt.

December 27: Dave Drei t h, Hel Robiso Joyce Taylor, John Leghtle, Gary Brown, D on E rway Decembe 28: Darrell Ulrich, Esther Staats, K enny Brierly.

December 29: Laura Hunter. 30 ; JoAnn Kelly, Lawrence :Messick, Patty Way

December 31. : M aril yn J ohns, B o b MHler, Esther L ambe rt, Barbara Roper, Ron Hors tman, Butl er, J oan Vtratson Kerm it Summers.Ja n ual'y 1: Benny ?ricCracken, "\Vanda. ?.!el linger Carol :McDe rmand Beverly Bice, Dick. Claren e, Donna Lee Landis. January 2; Vv"ayne Anderson. January 3: Jame \Varren Flora Lobs, Ron Krieger Jeannette Coffman. Jan ary 4: Dick L ank, Ruthie Wiebe Marilyn Berger :Marilyn Latture Wally We:sierski. January 5: Dave Lynch Eldon Strashurn, J Clark, _Juhrman, Carole :Marx .Ja nuary 6: Ron CooJey Carol yn ·May, Merle Kudelka, Patty O'Grady J'inuary 7: P hyll is Ronald R eil Lavonne Hul bert, Dic k McWllliams. Ralph Lon g, Heiser. Januai-y 8: Je.sse Dick Beechner Martha Gloe Betty Vosburg January 9: John Nemeth, Marvin Breslow. Peggy Gezel, Dot Perry, Rodner:ir Wight, Delo res Scl1eite1, Thelma E liker. De tn!:.nuary · 10: Jlm Lewis, Gene Laucks, Dick F r ey, Beverly January 11: Cha rles Wright, Bill Jack Feldt. Januar y 12; _Miriam W0hlfarth. Bruce l1""Iack Leonard Ro· bertus, Butler Shaffer. January 13: Alice Longinaker, Alv p Nelson, S0n dra Bricker. J anuary 14: Mary Margar e McKeone Rob e r a Kost Twyua: Sims, Barbara Ro th. Phyl lis Stewart. Ch arl e ne Dunham Diane Marviil Goesche1,

Success,

Goal Of Mummers, Is Attained

"You Can't Take It With You,"·

the Mummers P l ay was presented in the Lincoln High School Auditorium, F riday and Saturday, December 8 and 9.

The trials and tribulations of Alice Sycamore and her love affair with Tony Kirby brought about the basis for the plot The crazy actions of the Sycamm:e family as contrasted to the Kirby family brought many laughs from the audience.

Behind the scenes was Lee Simodynes who designed the original scenery for the play; also Anita · Daniels and Don Kitc h en who were student dfrectors. The· cast included:

Valerie Hompes as Alice Sycamore. Jack Rogers as Tony Kirby. Natasha Stepanek as Penny Sycamore, the mother. Glynda Thomas as Essie. Bea Beutel as Annette

George Strassler as the father of the family.

David Lynch a s Mr. De Pinna

Mike Shugrew · as the grandfather, Mr. Vanderho!; David Meisenholder as Mr. Ed Carmichael.

Morse Weisgurt as Pierre.

Don Kitchen as Henderson.

Bernie Wishnow as the Russian Ballet Teacher.

Pau l S cheele a s Mr. Kirby.

Cynthia · Hender s on as Mrs. Ki r by.

Mary Lu Lull as Olga Ka t r ina. Wilma Herminghaus as Gay Wellington.

Bob Cumming and Jim Songster as two G men.

Quotable Quiz

Christinas time is almost here again, and since mos t of us are too old to climb up on Santa' s l ap and tell him what we wqu1d like to receive, our reporter took Santa's place and these are a few of the answers he received.

Jerry Johnson-"Baby · Sister"

Sylvester (T.D ) Mendoza"Nice lookin g blonde."

Ronald Weiser- A date with a certain girl" (N. L. for S a nta s information)

Mary Margaret McKeone-"The Thing"

Lyle Campbell and Charlie With 'th<'! Light Brown · Hai'r."

Gail Katskee-"A complete term paper."

R oger Gohde-"A good, true, gal."

Paddy Wright

T oughtful •.••..•..•••••.•••••• • • Ann Hardie

I dle

• Ed Lebsock C uddles •...• ••••. Don Lehl (and who else??)

S mile ...•••.••••... Hugh Catron ('um nice?)

* * * It's a fact: A man can walk miles by moving only two feet The hottest country on earth is Chile. The most u seless thing on land is an aeroplane.

* * *

ELIGIBLE BACHELORETTE OF THE WEEK Kate Crawford!! (Take heed of this, boys !! ) And we just heard that Marilyn Johns loves "cold" water. Happy ice "Skate-ing"· Marilyn!

Also out over the week-end were: Marnie Hall am 'n Bob Davy; Ellen Picket was with Jerry Cherry; Martha Hill stepped out with Ronny Dreamer; Maddie Flynn was with the u s ual" Charlie Youngblut. We hear that Marian: Broer was with H. R. Kurth (N. U ); Bevie Wilson 'n Joel Milder; dra Gadd 'n Stan Meyer; Ann White 'n Bill Renner; while Jeannette Kleinert and Ralph Best were together,

OVERHEARD IN A l,JNITED NATIONS CAFE

ANNA (the waitre ss); HAWAII, SIDNEY? You must be HUNGARY?

SYDNEY: Yes, SIAM, Anna. And can't

RUMANIA Jong, eit'ier. VENICE lunch rea dy ?

ANNA: I'll RUSSIA table. What will you HAVRE ? AIX, HAMBURG or TURKEY?

SIDNEY: Whatev ei·' s ready, but can't JAMAICA cook step on the gas?

ANNA: ODESSA laugh! But ALASKA

SYDNEY: Someone should re-PORTUGAL. Skip it. Just put a ClJBA sugar in my JAVA.

ANNE: Don't be SICILY. SWEDEN it yourself. I'm only here to SERBIA.

SYDNEY: DENMARK by CZECH and call the BOSHORUS. I hope he'll KENYA. I d on't BOLIVA

care FORMOSA my tip s anymore, Anna.

ANNA: CANADA n oi se! I don't CARIBBEAN. You're AZORE head. You sure ARABAT!

SYDENY: 'SAMOA your wis e crack! What 's got INDIA? Do you think this arguing ALPS business'? Be NICE. Matter of fact, yo u can have anything I HAVANA; ANNA: Don't KIEVE me that BOULOGNE!

ALAMEIN do! SPAIN in the neck. FINNlSH your CHILE and scram! ABYSSINIA!

I love the paper I think it s swell, On Wednesday morn ing I rush pell-mell To get my copy And read e ach line The stories and columns I think a re fine. I laugh at the jokes, I read all the ads, I note all the news, I take up the fads. When I praise the paper I scorn at those who laugh; I'm really most loyalI'M ON THE STAFF!! Ag'Nan .Mick

Library Job Not So Easy

Although the librarians job may look easy, it is far from that! An average of 150 to 175 books are checked out each day. About 24,000 books are checked out each year. Fines are ranging from 2c to $1. The money received from fines is used to replace lost books. The High library contains 8,916 books, 83 mag azine subscriptions, 3. newspaper sub..: scriptions and 8 sets of

Chalk Eraser Starts War

Bridget Watson-"A French Pa ratrooper."

Pat Sehnert-,-"Three weeks vat ion in California " Sharon Egger-"Any thing is

O.K. (Oh Kay that is)! I

Jack Albert-"A car for Ed ' I

Lebsock." Goes

"And it came to pass in those days; tha t there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that · all the world should be taxedAnd all 1.vent to be faxed, e v er:yone into his own city-." St. Luke 2:1-14. Christmas, the greatest of ' all festivals, is celebrated over the modern world through the observance of both religious and ·secu lar cJstoms which are a heritage of many centuries. T h e Story of Nativity has inspired songs, legends, and b eliefs contributed by every lan d to the great treasury of· music and traditions which are now the background of Christmas observance

The birthday and l ife of Christ is faithfully presented in "The Greatest Story Ever Told," b;y Fulton Oursler. This book fully recounts what happened during those years of his life as recorded by the apostles. Christmas a ffects people in rr.any ditferent ways, "Journey Into Christmas," by Bess Streeter Aldrich tells how it affected several people. This collection of sto ries tells how one man regained the meaning of Christmas; of a mother who discovered a :new wonder in the season, even through her children- i:;ould not be with her; one that reminds us that Christmas knows no boundaries-· and a gallery of others

Cltristmas, its customs from a ll nations, symbols, meanings, beliefs, legends, and carols are all fo1d in a book by Ruth Heller. This is "Christmas-It's carol s, customs, and legends."

The book, "The Nazarene," by Sholem A s ch, tells the story of Chirs t's l ife from three different angles; of the Roman, of a disciple of the Nazarene, and of a young man of the people in, Jerusalem.

Nancy Mueller, · H.R. 309, has returned · from a two week plane trip to Peru Nancy said she saw many interesting sights while there. She saw a bull fight, a silver factory where they make sterling; Przar's body, the President's Manand the University o! Cruzco, where both bo;rs and girls attend school. This university is unusual: because they do not be:.. lieve in having both boys and girls attending the

Photo Class

Snapping Pix

SCENE AT SCHOOL

Senior Slietches

MARILYN MUELLER: She is known to be one of the more cheery members of the senior class. She has blonde hair and green eyes. Her personality adds color to her task of cheerShe was selected to help lead the · cheers of all athletic events. During her three years at Lincoln High she ha s been in many activities, one of \Vhich was a of Mummers. Also her activity in the Art Club, Y-Teens, and services on the Keen Time Committee kept her busy during her sophomore year. Home Room 309 elected Marilyn to represe nt their room at the Horne Room Representatives meeting. Also in her junior year she was apprentice cheerleader, in Mummers and G A.A.

Marily n plans to attend the University of Nebraska after graduation from Linc;:iln High. She is now in the Arts and Sciences curriculum.

When asked which sport w as her favorite, Marilyn replied, "I enjoy all sports but I'm a little partial to baseball."

ROGER BJtENDLE:

Although band i!t this senior's favorite subject, he is also a sports enthusiast. He is an arden t fo llower Of · all Nebraska sports as well as other major teams. In his junior year he a cted as student manager of the track team. He earned his major letter "L" and was carried over to continue his managership of Coach Bill Pfeiff's football group. As an incoming sophomore he played on the sophomore baseball team as an outfield er.

Roger, '.' Mr. Five by Five," is an Engineei:ing Major. His activity in Otpheons and in the cillb's ann ual a ssembly proved his ver satility as a trumpet player. He is first chair solo trumpet player in the Lincoln Hi gh Schoo l Band At the ·annual Nebraska Boys State, Roger was Sup er intendent of Trades and Industries. Also he served on the Board of Vocational Education. Last but not le as t he h as part icipated in

sfae. b ac kstage ." The high voltage transformer Anita, a participant in last for neon signs is used in cori.year's play, thought that this play nectjon with the rotary pump. .Jt wa s a bigger success ; than last steps up house current from 110 year's, ''Heaven Can Wait." As

she worked, she kept enjoying this

play more and more. "The setting

was unusual, the sound effects and , characters different, and the play · onsfra tions

·use was cleverly written and con- it

tained many good character parts "

"I think Bernie Wishnow did a ge neral types of pho to-electric very commendable job as Ko- eyes. They are the vacuum tube lenkhov," said Anita "He had type, sometimes the photonever been in a play before and r think he fit the part and did tube and the ph9to- voltaic type. a wonderful portrayal."

One of the humorous events that occurred during the rehearsals was the mixing up of lines. "There was a follow fellowing me everywhere I went." "She has a wonderful mask for a face" fostead of: "She has a wond erful face for ·a mask." David Meisenholder gets · the credit for these boners. '

"I think it was a fine play--. well and a great deal of credit should go to Lee Sirriodynes and her comm ittee for the scenery and properties, t he actors and a ctresses and Max Lien who was a wo nderful director," stated Anita.

L.H.S. Pupils See South

Sea Show

The moving picti+re "Mutiny on the Bounty" was shown to single assemblies , Thursday and Friday, December 1.4 and 15.

The picture was made several years ago from the novel "Mutiny on the Bounty/' by Nordhoff and Hall. Charles Laughton portrayed the unforgettable Captain Bligh, Clark Gable led the mutiny, with Midshipman Franchot Tone offerin g ineffectual re sistance

The film takes place in .· 1789. D urfog the voyage of the Bounty through the south seas; in se arch of breadfruit plants, harshness and brutality is shown by the captain and ruling officers to the men. Because of the mut iny brought about by these conditions a ·new respect was given to the crew members of the English Navy by their commanding officers.

Octet Busy With Many Programs

The Lincoln High Sc hool Girls' Octet has been keeping u p with a busy schedule for the past few weeks. They have a lready s ung the ir Christmas program for the Women s Division of the First Plymouth Church on December 6, for Eastern Star on December 5, fur the G arden Club on December 12, f or th e Chamber of Commerce on December· 13 for the Kensington Group on December 14. They also h ave sung for the Christmas Vespers on Sunday, Deceml;>er 17, and for a P.E.O.

me eti ng on Tuesday, D ecember 19. The coming performa nces this month are : December 22, for We stern Ele ctric a nd December 20, for a Jobs Daughters Install ation.

On January 6, they are singing for the D eMol a y Installation at the S cottish Rite Temple.

Ex-TB Patient Tells Experience

"Tuberculosis? Sure I had T.B• -now don't get the id.ea that , I'm different than anyone else, just because I did have H," answered John Jones.

"It .is no different than any other disease like :measles, except· it takes l on ger t o · get well and more heaithful living afterwards to keep well.

"People in this community and e v ery other community n eed edu-' cation on this subject :so that they -won't have the wrong idea about Tuberculosis. Many people are afraid to associate with or employan ex T.B. patient. There is' no rea son for this idea It is just a silly notion;''

After thinking a moment :1e went on, "I was a lucky patient. I mean b;;'this that I didn't spread T.B. among ·other people as much as some patients had Actually; only half of th e active cases of Tuberculosis can be hospitalized. Those who cannot be ii.dmitted right away are free to spreaQ T.B while they are waiting for hospitalization."

man I know couldn't be admitted because he · had only 'lived here ten months. He was :considered :a because he · had not lived her e a year. You see, we don't hav e in the state where transients can go."

"On group o:f persons who often break down because they overdo, are housewives and mothers. I! only they would -learn that there is always ·a -tomorrow when they can do t he work and not overdo today."

After this Mr. Jones summed up what he thought our community needed. He said that we needed another Tuberculosis hos11ital in the state, isolation facilities for persons waiting to be admitted a .isolatipn and hospi• taliz ation plan for transients an occupational therapy program to help prevent pe0ple· from over.; doirig, a broader economic assistance policy to help T.B. patien ts' families, and community education.

Gifts Given by Y-Teen Committees to Home

A r ecent project of the program committee of the Y-Teeris has been getting gifts for th e Cedii.rs Home Paula Broady, rh a irman of the program committee and Joan Knudson took · gifts, a Christmas tree and decorations out to Cedars .Home Wednesday night.

Harold Henriksen, 23, of Copenhagen, Denmark, did not heed the words of the popuh1r song "Take "L-I-N-C-0-L-N!"

had a · Virginia Jewett, Winnie Lautencrew of 37, at the princely sum schlager and Gail Katskee. of $1.10 a day · • and he ate all The six girls were chosen from of his meals with the captain. th f'ftv t d ts ho Harold Henriksen was b orn in Long Island, New York, of Danish parents, who returned with him to Denmark when he was three years old. His schooling in Den- · markjs interesting and most thorough. ' Their grade school consists of grades from one to five; next comes what they call middle school, which they attend until they are 15. What we c all high school; they call gymnasium and it is thefr preparation for the business world or .for the university. The gymnasiums are divided irito three types: in the first, major subjects are mathematics, physics and chemistry; in the second they are German, English and Latin; and in the third, Greek, Hebrew and Latin. young Henriksen studied in the first group. He speaks English fluently and without accent. In :fact, he prides himself on speaking like we do. He is an interesting eonversationalist and well iriformed. He has .9ome difficulty aHimes in finding the appropri'ate English word to use • • • 13ut he comes up with it all .right He also speaks and understands German, French .and Stfanish Before leaving for America, Henriksen had been employed with a shipping firm in Copenhagen and from here, he will go to New York City in hopes of securing employment in a shipping firm there. In fact, he has a:letter of recommendation from the employer in Denmark t6 a large shfpping firm in New York •• Oniy, he calls it ''Greetings." It was on September 10 that Henriks en left Copenhagen by · ferry boat Aalborg on the mainland. There he boarded the freighter, Miniewa; which jvas being ·1oaded with cement. They passed through the Kieler canal to H a mburg, Germany, where more cement was loaded on. He iaw many of the ruins of the war in Germany It was in Germany ·· that he saw and a t e his first · banana jn ten years. They are still µnable to get bananas · in Copanhagen. From Germany they .> alleu t11rcmgh m.. E11glish channel and t he Bay of Biscay, · They crossed the Atlantic in 19 day s. They · stopped at the i sland of Curacao in the Dutch West In· dies for oil, crossed the .Carribbean Sea and passed through th.e Panama Canal, which they took one day to pass through The vessel viSited three ports in Salvador and then to San Pedro, California. He took a train from San Pedro to Omaha, -where he visited friends for a week. He then came to L incoln to vi.sit his cousins and aunt, Mrs. Ruth Christiansen .and her sons, :Dan nie and 'Allen. Allen · is a senior )n Lincoln High. Going back to his school days in Denmark, Henriksen.· tell.s · of their annual skip days, so different from ours. There,. one skip day, , they have a large horse , drawn .wagon with seats and

L.H.S. Teachers Attend OhiO Science Meeting Miss Mary

Links Split Pair .

to G.I. ·in Home Tilt

St. Joseph Dropped By Weyand-men

t the third city men was in 1948 when Gus Lebsock · poured 25 points thru the hoop to lead Lincoln in their 44- 2 6 victory. Last year the L inks' cagers went down in defeat to the Islanders 52-29. At the · half it was Grand Island by a 23-17 margin, and at the third quarter it was still G.I 37-27. But in the fourth canto, the Third City boys captured the victory while aliowing the Links only 2 points in the fast quarter. · Bob Backman and Jim Senkbell led the Givens-men with 11 counters while Bennett Martin got 10 for the Links. The score - read 35-30 as play for the fourth and final quarter began.

St. Joe moved out in front i;oon fi)UTUJ.,

By Al Anderson

yard f Fee style.

WRESTLING

Chick Graham: Chick, a two letterman in wresling will be b a ck again grappling this year in the 124 lb. class, It can't be said that he isn't moving up in the wrestling sport for he moved up from 105 lb.

Uncle!.' t he guid.ance of Joe P artin g ton the L incoln High Gr a p p lers. are prepping for the Omaha North Invita tional which will be the 21, 22 , and 23 of December. Lettermen that will be back in their same weight division will be Delbert Hunt 155, Chick Graham 124, Jim O w e1<s 118, Bob Glenn 112 , and Mike D e ri eg 105. These boys have sho wn exceptional mat knowledge and previous experi ence which w ill prov e us eful against their opponents. Among o thers that have shown up very well in workouts and will be probable starters are; P a ul Smith and Sanford Nelson heavyweights, Bill Mitchell 165, Doug Wikox 145, Don Scanlon 136, J erry Louthan 130, and Daryl: Micha rd (:oach P artington says he does not yet h;,ve anyone · for the 85 pound cla ss and woul d like to see any boys jnterested in wre s tling in this class The schedu le this y ear for the matmen is : D ec. 21, 22, 23 Omaha North Inv i ta tional. Jan. 6 Thomas Jefferson at_, Whittier. J an 6 Boys Town at I..H.S. J an 12 at Abraham L incoln. Feb. 2 at Boys Town. Feb. 9 at Omaha North. \ 6. 17 To\..1! 1':..ey Omaha. Feb. 2!1: Missouri valley at Om a ha So uth.

Pacl{ers, Rams Lead League

BASKETBALL

JWger Petrie: · "Jake" a lanky 6' 5" center is playing his second year of varsity basketball. In his soph9m9re year he played on Harold S cotts undefe a ted reserve team. Rog er picked up two field

I T wo unde feated teams, the R ams and the Packe rs are the hoily contested I ntramural Basketball League race. Capta ined by Bill Renner, the Rams have notched four str aight · w ins. The J?ack ers, led by Gary Bu r k a re close behind w ith a three win, no -loss record. In the race for ind ividual scoring honors, two hoopsters are engaged i n a red-h ot battle. Ed Lebsock of the Rams - i s currently leading the -pack with 31 points while Leonard Robertus of the Giants is close behi nd with 30 points. The team are

Linli Tankers SplitOpening , Swim Meets

Lead Lincoln

Le bsock, Eagles-31. Robertus, Giants-30. S elden, Bisons-27 McCammon Rams-25.

R e nne r Rams-24 Kunzendorf, Packers-,.24. Clinton, Bears-19. Sellmeyer, P ackers-22. Burling Bea rs-19. Deubelbiess, Gia nts-15 Smith, E agles-15

Sophs Topple Malcolm, 31-12

PAT NELLIS

THE ADVOCATE

after the pla y is over Al so, Nancy Kiely (Est h er ) is going to be ducki ng around the ha li "S. hPr her back until Tim Rogers (Fr ed Gregory) decides to shake hands with h er. It' s a ll becaus e of s ome

kind o f a s upers tition that she and her siste r Ro se prefer t o believe in. Something about i f yo u swallow a chi cken hea r t whole, the next boy yo u sha k e h a nd s with w ill be the one t h at you w ill marry "And V a leri e Hompes ( Tootie} tsk, tsk, she'll be needin g fa l se te e th before sh e s 2 l if she dce sn't leave poor BrO\vning

j Boys Offered I Scholarships

Skating Great Sport

e made to you n g men w ith sound scholar ship who have· taken a pl a ce in the l ea dership of high school affai rs Any young m a n who i s i ntere sted should confer with h is high s choo l principal a t o

Octet Sing·s For Plant

SPortsmanship Is Stressed; LHS Raises Its Standards

Now that our basketball season is in full swing we tum once again to the subject of good sportsmanship. Some of you will probably say, "Oh, not again!", but th1s isn't the right attitude to take. Sportsmanship is something that none of us should forget. Lincoln High proved during the football season that we have the best sportsmanship of any school in Nebraska, or even in United States. If we fan do it for football, we certainly can do it for basketball.

Manners are one of the most important things to watch; Since all our home games must be played at the Whittier gym, and since the gym is rather small, we must be on our guard more than ever. Many throw candy wrappers and other papers on the floor, not realizing that this hampers the players. Unneces8ary shouting also causes much disturbance. When our opponents are making free throws it is very impolite to shout and yell to make them miss basket. Put your v0cal cords to good ul3e and yell with the Peppers. The players appreciate the yells that our cheering them: on to victory but not the loud boistrous shouts of someone trying to attract attention.

Let's all try to keep up the good sportsmanship record that we have already gotten off to a good start.

Challenge Given Seniors; Future Bright for Many

Seniors, remember how small and insignificant we felt when we were lowly sophomores? Now look at us! Just one more semester and we will be high school graduates. The fondly remembered high school days will he over forever.

What have we accomplished in the past three years? Was ·the time well-spent and will the record we leave behind us be a record we will be proud of in future years? Let's hope so.

Of course the time's not up yet. The next eighteen weeks are a challenge. The last chance to set things straight , to apply the finishing touches.

So let's get with it. Let's make the most of our opportunities so that when June rolls around we can rest assured that the effort was not in vain.

Support Your Class Play, Serve on a Committee

"I'd surely like to have a part in the play; moaned Sorrowful Sally, after the cast had been chosen. Guess my acting ability stinks." Now hold on for just one minute, Sally! You still can have a part in the play. There are other roles just as important as the acting.

Who do you suppose paints the scenery?

And who digs up the f urniture to be used, advertises the play, plans the play assembly and does a million other odd jobs connected with the performance?

Right here you can play your role You and your clas8mates .do all this behind-thescenes work through serving on the different play committees.

Support your class :Play; and plan for a barrel of fun-and work!

Instructional Films Are a Privilege; Treat as Such

"Yippee! MoVies t oday !" is the shriek that comes from the classroom when the teacher announces that our· class is to s ee an instructional film None of us bother to notice what it's about, or care whether we actually learn from it as we're supposed to, But instead we talk with our fri ends and have e. genuinely happy time revelling in the fact that we won't have to work in class today.

We are, not too innocently, passing up a great advantage to learn in a most interesting and painless way that pupils ten and even five years ago did not have. So the next time you are see ing an infilm, take advantage of thTs pri'rilege, and remember you are in school to learn.

THE ADVOCATE

Have you noticed all the drowsy looking faces around the halls Yes sir, vacation has come to an end and back to the ol' grind we come again. Oh well, not for long!

Did you hear the story of the rookie s first parachute jump ? Well, the rookie's commanding officer tells him that the para· chute jump will be easy. "Nothing to it. A truck will take you out to the field," the officer says. "You go up in the plane, you jump out, you wait five seconds, and you pull the rip-cord. Then you float down and the truck is waiting to take you back to camp. Nothing to it!"

Well the rookie jumps out of the plane waits five second and pulls the rip-cord. Nothing happens. He pulls the rip-cord on his other parachute. Nothing happens. So he muttered, ' "I bet that darn truck won't be there, either. "

• And, as the woman shopper said to the butcher: "Suppose we try it again and let's have no more foolishness! Now, then-LET ME SEE YOUR TONGUE!"

Many parties were in the making over the long week end, and one of the gayer ones had Shirley Usher 'n Claus Von Schuattending; · Valerie Humpes 'n Doug Wilcox; Dave Gradwohl 'n Sandie Reishus; Hal Mardis 'n Pat Pauley; Joyce Carl 'n Bob Alberts; Lu cette Mak epiece 'n Bob Day and Mary Shelledy 'n George Strassler. Sounds like fun!

. "" "" CUTEST COUPLE OF THE WEEK

Miriam Wolfarth a nd Jerry Gabelman

• • •

What color is a horse and buggy?Dray

What color is a kitten ?-Purr-:ple. What color is marriage?-Wed. What color is shampoo ?- Dreen. What color is a telephone?-Yell-o.

What color is a desert island ?-Maroon. What color is a gho st ?-Boo! ·

Other dates include: Betty Torrey seen with Charlie Jacobsen; Jack Winter 'n Mickey Finney; Ruth Ra ndolph was with Bill Austin; Wanda Mellinger 'n a boy from Texas way, Lynn Campbell; while Carol Gillett seemed interested in Texas also by stepping out with Jim R estine. (And, could it b e that "The Eyes of Texas" might have their eyes on a few more · gals up Lincoln way?)

·

• • THE ANALYSIS OF A KISS

:N o un - Because it' s common and prooer

Prono un-Because she stands for it.

Ver b-Because It's active and passive.

Adverb-Because it makes an explanation.

Conjunction- Because it brings together and connects.

Interjection- Because it shows strong and sudden feeling.

• • •

And we thoug:ht it might be worth while to put down a few of the t eachers' favorite sayin gs. Do they so und familiar?

Mr. Rangeler: "My Gosh ! Gee whiz ! Take it again, t enors !"

Mr. Hackman: "May I see you a minut e, you've been acting u p "

Mi ss Gunderman: "Now, what 's your excuse?"

·

Mrs. Dodge: "Thank you- You ' re the change."

Miss Roberts: "All right you small children."

• ""

And, as the little boy said at the wedding : "If that's th e best man, this is REALLY a sorry affair."

Don't forget the employee saying to his employ er; "Ordinarily I can get along nicely on my sal ary, sir, but lately the ground has been frozen and it's impossible to dig for roots!"

• This week the stage show "Oklahoma" is being presented, and one of th e couples attending from L.H.S is Joan Wells ' n Bob Peterson '50.

For a new "Steady Deal" we have Martha Anderson 'n Mike Morton. Marilyn Gordan 'n N orma n Watkin are also calling it "steady".

· Then for a fe w of the "usua ls" Beverly Davis wa s see n with Bud Hamilton; J oyce

Lutgen 'n Don Burton ; Pat Nellis ' n Bennett Martin. Karen De cker has · b ee n o ut with Blaine Ward lately a n d Shirley Jesse has been dating Don Be cker frequently. Annie Hardie 'n Mik e Hickey h ave a ls o been seen around.

ELLIGIBLE BACHELORETTK OF THE WEEK! Joyce Rush!?

• • T a ke heed of this , girls : A w edding ring is li ke a t ourniquet - it stops circul ation. He: " Why doe s the stork stand on one foot ?"

Him: "Because if he lifted th.e other one, · he'd fall down."

•

"I love you! I love you! I lo ve you ! By

Ge orge, I think I've gon e and con vince d myself " Joe : "I can t s leep, I ca n't eat, I can't th ihk since I met you " Mary : "Oh Joe w h y not ?"

Joe : "Beca u se I'm broke "

• And we couldn't forget s ome of the Sophomores! Hele n Weir h as been out with D on Lind late ly; Dia n e Knotek 'n Bdb Cook (NE); Barbara We lls 'n Gary Meyer ; JoAnn Jun ge 'n Marvin Gooding; AND, last but n ot least!!! Gretchen T eal and Roger Gohde!!! Hav e f un nex t se m ester! Ag 'Na 'Mick

I Exchange Clips I Lincoln High

-s-tu_d_e_n ts_o_f_J_e-ff-er-s-on--H-i_g_h Enjoys Xmas School, Portland, Oregon, will have t he chance to take a ski t r ip to Mou nt Hood over the w eek end. A trailways bus was chartered to ha ul t he skiers and tickets were s old at $L95. A televi sion set was donated to the Central High S chool science depart ment of Fort Wayne, I ndiana. It \vas giv en by the wor th Corporation :for demonstration in physics cl.asses It is a 1949 model, table set with a 10 inch s creen.

A chi le supper was presented by the seniors of E a st High School, Des Moines, Iowa. The m a in e vent of the e v ening was the eating of cakes baked by boys especially for t he occasion. E veryone assi sted b y bringing the remains of the meal. Seniors of Arsenal Technical High School of Ind i anapolis, Indiana voted to purchase an Audit ory Training Unit for the Nursery .School. The unit consists of a record· p layer, ear phones; and a · public address system It will be u sed by p r e - school deaf children.

1. Thou shalt not whisper in class ( Shouting draws more att ention )

2. Thou shalt not w r ite on the desks ( Carving js more artistic.)

3. '.l'hn : s h a lt not r u n d ovm th e sta irs · (Sliding down t ho: banister is more tun.

4 Thou shalt not wear sla cks to s ch oo l. (Shorts draw more a ttent ion.)

5. Thou shalt n ot th row spit wads (Book s hit h a rd er.)

6 Thou shalt ngt look o ver anyone else's paper. ( H a ve it passed)

7. Th ou shalt not talk b ack to to the t eacher s. (Throw something a t them. )

8. Thou shalt not ch ew gum in s ch ool. (Tobacco c reate S · more of a sensation.)

9 Thou not be tardy. ( Just. stay horrie.)

10 Thou sh alt not d r iv e the teacher to i ns a nity (Take her there in a p l ane .) - Author · Unknown (Courtesy of Fra nklin Post)

A small co- e d college in so uthern Michigan is the settin g for Dorothy Mayw ood B i rd's my s tery, "The B lack Opal." Laur el S t an:.. wood a fres h man w ith journalistic a m bitions, stu mbles u pon the story of an unsolved m u rder a nd theft of a rare b l ack opal which happ ened m a n y ye ars earlier at the old ' Sagarrio or I n n nearby the , campus: The so l ving

1· Quotable Quiz

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10,

Perrin, T r e asurer.

Joyce Carl, F j rst M essenger. Janet Jenkins, Second Messenger. J anis Jones , T h ird M essenger.

Shirley W y m or e, Libra rian

Carolyn Roxb e rg, Junior Custodi an.

Shirley Salmori, Outer Guar d. Installing offi ce r s w ere: Carolyn Weath e rhogg, Installing officer. Sally Grant, I nsta lling Guide. Josephine Shot terikirk, Installing Marshal. Irma Jane Laase, Insta lling Senior Custod i an Barbara Farquar, Ins talli ng Junior Custodian. Kay Barton, former Lin coln High School s tud ent was recently installed as H onore d Q u e e n of Bethel 27 in Lincoln. K ay is n ow a senior

l Alternates

Sponsor Gift I Giving to

Clubs

Home

L.H.S.

Students

SCENE AT SCHOOL

glbrious days Some of the many were Sue J ouv enat and Tom Hawke, Nancy Hemphill 'n' Don Smith; Nancy Fleming and Reg Roper, Phil Dosek 'n' Har-

Becker, Patty Schwabauer and Jim Lickei, Sandra S i ck n' Mike Stubbs (TC), Sharon Egger and Kay Wahlman, Marilyn Lane 'n' Carr Trumble (NU), Mary Hall and Jack von Gilern, Mari lyn Beideck ' n' Dean Sloan, and Ph y llis Colbert and Jack Geist (' ow bout it-)

MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOROF THE WEEK

Bill Fra ser (by reques t)

There were lo ts of couples leaving the fa milia r maples of the Whitti er Gym a f ter the Fairbury game Frid ay night. Lynn H olland was with Vern Burling, Charlie Haupt and Jud y Fla nsburg were together, Marian Broer left with Herm Kurth Mariam Wohlfarth wa s with Jerry Gableman, and Diane DeVriendt

Islanders Toppled By Link ·Cagers

Cagers Roll 58-39 0ver

Jeff Quintet

107, Fairbury Reserves Fali To LHS ·Subs

honors for the evening Bill Fraser sank four fielders from 30 feet out in th,e first period as the "B" team poured it on In the third quarter Ray Tarpley and his fine ball handling and Mendoza, a scrappy guard, hurt the reserves by allowing them only one lielder and two gratis tosses for four points while the Home Room boys poured in nine. In the fourth quarter, t he reserves led by Johnson, simply the Links increased their margin to 24_15 at the intermission. · overran the underdogs and went

Behind ,rnooth

THE SECOND ·half was strictly all Lincoln as they racke d up 24 points themselves to the Jeffs' lone six markers. The scoreboard read 29-11 at the three quarter mark. Barnett led the winners with 12 points while the defensive play of Ron Johnson and Ted King was noted.

Mo Valley Trio

Next Link Foes

Coach Neal Mosser's Omaha Tech cage squad will have only 3 returning lettermen back from last year. They have added reserve strength but lack in depth.

Tech will be without the serv• ices of Willie Washington, Wally Gray, Aaron Reed and All-State Ray Novak who were on hand last year when the Maroon!> captured the Omaha city cage crown.

Holding victories over Omaha Benson and Omaha Central and losing by only two points to Omaha North establishes Coach Mossers crew as , a slight favorite.

The team consists of the :following men : *Rodger Rosingquist *Bob Machie So.de:::

Glen Sullivan

Roy Seals

Ken Prideaux

Don Hansen John Cottrell

Doug File Lou Pendrock * Indicates letterman.

A talented Omaha South f ive will invade Lincoln in hopes of their fifth victory of the season, Friday, Janu ary 18 Coach Cornie Collins is starting hi s 17th year of coaching at South. Their only loss I has been to Omaha B e n son when the Bunnies trimmed the Pa ckers I 57-47. I South will be without the services of their 6' 8" center, Da v e I Pritchard, who suffered a collapsed lung shortly after the season began The· :following boy s will be on hand when South pla ys Lincoln

Dave Bell

Stan Schnet:de

Ron Chapman

Clarence Jones

Larry ' Spausta t

Emil Radik

Dave Koile

Leonard Houston

Max JohnsoI.J

Lincoln travels to the Omaha Central maples January· rn in the Links' third meeting with Mis.:. souri Valley competition. Central will field a team consisting of three returning letter".' men, two of the three are retu rning starters. The lettermen are Jack Lee,' a t w o year' vet, who was second high scorer last season. He will be at guard Don Sirles, the other gUard lettered at t h e spot Ja st y ear H e was high

I P. a mt man .in iheir 37-35 !o.ss lu Thomas Jefferson in early Decem1" ber. · Mel Hansen, the third let-

I I f terman on the quintet, will be at a forward. Maurey Rule and Bill Bowman make up the remainder of the starting fi v e Rule, 6' 2" will be at cen ter and Bowman ! also 6' 2'; will be at :forward, I I Sophs

Ramble

Over

Beatrice

I I I I Lincoln high sophomores added· a clean sweep to Link cage victories last Friday riight as they wove a tight man-to -man defense· around the Beatrice reserves · for a 4 1-21 viciory, John Beideck and Dick Hens e I i tied for high point honors with 8 points apiece. Dick McWilliams \ and Dean Stoneman were close behind as each garnered 6 points.

TELEGRAM

To: EverJone who likes good entertainment. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS-STOP-JUNIOR

THE ADVOCATE

Junior Play Director

Finds Cast Agreeable

Pupils Learn About Plans For Lincoln

Mr. Faulkner said that ci t y planning must be based on factual knowledge of the problems of the city " We must guide t he development of our city so that it may become a desirable place for people to liv e and work," he stated.

The City Planning consists of nine citizens who devote their time to studying different municipal p roblems. They receive no pay.

In order to have s uc cessful city planing, citizen support is essential. "The citizens' support has to be earned on a basis of understanding and willfo.gness;" stated

Mr. Faulkner.

Facts about the cit y are obtained largely through surveys. The four basic surveys a re: ( 1) economi c a nd social, ( 2) population growth and distribution (3) land usage, ( 4) study of the urban highway program. Mr. Faulkn er stated·that the population of Lincoln is a l ittle more t h an 100,000.

May Be Site Of Building

New Semester Brings Squawks

Class And Rep Officers Elected By LHS Students For Spring Semester

and

s

Some just sat. A f ew complained, "We re seniors. Why s hould this happen to us? Well, after all!" Must .i u nior 6 supreme:iy

a l ot of griping. Sophomores; in don ' t care which get and which di dn't ge t.

w ere ei t.h;;r or wo:re domg gen eral. still teachers they teach e rs they

But by ihe end of the we ek, the. smok e had cleared away and everyone had settled down to work as the spring s emester of 1951 got un der w ay.

Debate Team Rates High

Lincoln High d eb aters attended the Wesleyan Invitational at Nebraska

A few aspects of city p l a n ning cited by Faulkner a r e schools, parks, housing situations rail a n d air transportation, local transporta tion and p u blic building p ro jects. "Lincoln is well balanced ·economically," declared M r Faulkner.

"All of us want to live in a beautiful city. By working together we sha ll b e able to face the crucial years a lfead ," he stated

Over 300 At High Spot

,, .9':'..t:!" -"' tysl_ent!:i turned o ut for the first Hig h S p ot ·of the season held Friday evening, ·January 19 at Lincoln Hi g h, Mrs. Doris Pierce, ci t y recreation director, , reported. Mrs P i e r ce, with the h e lp of committees, had dancing "piligpong -a:na · ' · v arious ga mes lined up for the entertainment of the evening, with Paul Bieberstein's orchestra providing the music i n , the girls' gym. A snack bar was set up in th e cafeteria fo care for refreshments. Cokes, potato· chips, -ice cream bars, and gum w e re sold to the stud ents. No High Spot was .t eld January 26, because. of the star t of the new semester, but Mrs. Pierce announced that there would be a H igh Spot scheduled for FebruarJ 3.

Link's Log

Student Council 2 :40-2 25 Home Room Reps 2:45 -Aud Thursday, February 1, 195 1 Tournament, held Wesley an Unive r sity January 19 and· 20, Schools from all over the state we" rei;;r esented at the t ournament.

H- Y 7: 15- 320 j Mimes 3:20-326 I Science Club 3:20- 220 Friday, F e bruary 2, 19 51 Peppers 3:20-326 Junior Play 8:15 Swimming, Boy's Tow n Bask etb a ll, Sioux Cit y Central Ther e

I Printing Shop Reconditioned

The print shop, room l44 has taken on a new look, according to Martin Gundersen , printing instructor.

T ype and equipment are being moved t o m ake mor e floo r space, : he presses, are being r econditioned, and by the time they a re fin ished the shop will be i n st yle with everythin g else hav ing the "new look."

Mr. Gunder sen said last semester the print shop, whe r e th ey p rint all the programs for· the plays, operas, conc erts and the l ike, did a "profitable business ," but could not s ay f or sure how much they printed. The sh op isn 't the only t h ing with a " new lo ok" evidently , fo r t hree g irls are enrolled fo r printing this SPmeste1 '.

I Three Teachers ! Leave L.H.S.

If yo u 've b ee n won deri n g wha t happ ened t o some of the t e a ch ers that l eft duri n g the s chool y e a r , here's the answer. Miss Ethel Murray, fo r mer g irls h ygiene tea c her; and M r Carl Ma nthey, firs t aid t ea cher now are teaching at Eve rett J unior High School. They say t hey are both very pleas e d a nd happy w ith their new p ositions T hey both st a rted teachin g at E verett at the be g inning of t he second seme ster Mrs Mary U pton, former French te a che r, l eft a t Chr istma s time to join her h u sb and in N e w York.

Rangel e r Chooses New Choir Members

F our n ew S e nior Choir members ha ve:

Thirty Students Receive Diplomas

1 During

Mid-Term

atics for w hich t w o yea r s o' alge bra and · one of geom etry a re n eeded, thre e parts are English and on e to test reading ability The afternoon a r e not required by all co lleges. They are called a chievements t e s ts, a nd can b e c ho sen from a wide vari ety of subjects. S ome includ e Frenc h, Spani sh, i n termediate a nd advanced mathemat ics , biolo gy, chemistry,

The two new class officers, Joe Carter, senior class; and Nancy Aitken, sophomore class, were snapped discussing class problems.

What Democracy Means to

Me

Democracy means much more than just a word describing a type of government, It means a family living without fear-fear of hunger, fear of oppression, fear of life itself-a family that is one of the majority of families in a democracy, able to obtain the joys of living as well as the bare ne'cessities.

It means a high school where students have an active voice in their own government, a school where opinions and ideas of pupils and teachers alike are weighed and accepted.

It means a plane trip to visit a greataunt in Italy, a train trip to California to see an old school friend, or a short walk down the street to show a new h a t to a neighbor-all these visits freely and easily accomplished without government ference.

It means a chance to advance in the world of success as fat as a person's ambition will carry him, a chance to attend the university of his choice, to select the vocation he is most suited for, to find the job that appeals to him most.

It means a library full of books expressing all types of views and ideas, and arousing unrestricted beliefs and opinions.

It means a nation of people attending the church of their own choice and praying to the God of their own faith.

Radio Has .Jinxed New Semester Study Resolutions

"This semester it's going to be different! This semester, I'm going to study!"

And how many times have we heard that one? Ever since our sophomore feet first pattered through the doors of L.H.S.

Of course, it seems that one is always willing but it also seems that fate its working against all potential master minds, for "When you come to the end of a perfect day," out come the books, pencils pens, Spirals, etc. Diligently, we open "The · American People" or "Algebra, First Year" and then "Arthur Godfrey and His Talent Scouts" or "My Fri(;md Irma" comes on. Unless one has an unustlal amount of will power, that is usually the\end- of the study session.

But i f at firs t they d on't su c ceed, along comes "Lux Radio Theater," and makes sure that all thoughts of studying have vanished from the heads of the little people who were going to do their home work. ·

"Oh, well, I'll do my home work tomorrow night " but then, the next evening, "Sam Spade" does his be st to interfe re This goes on until the end of the semest e r, arid the res ult-some teachers, who don' t appreciate your feelings for ·the finer things in life, give you a low grade.

And such a life! But it n eedn 't be. LivL• up to that "first"of-the -semester" reso lution and get all term papers, general hom e work and library readings in on time.

Greetings fellow L.H.S.'ers ! H ow's the new semes ter treatin' you? Here we are, your new Static writers, and to show you our undying spirit, we have written a poeni. ( ?)

We hope we can bring you some views, N ' oodles of interesting news!

J okes that are humorous , (dreamers)

New happenings numerous And plenty of yahs and no boos!

Starting out the new semester right are Dot Perry and Louie DuTeau, who are calling it "STEADY." ata boy Woo!!

By the way, here are some brand new stars for yo ur favorite radio programs:

SING IT AGAIN Marlene Livingston

THE DREAMER Carol Lundberg (dreams of Bob)

ESCAPE Oh, you 18 year olds

GABRIEL HEATTER, , George Strassler

MY TRUE STORY, Paula Broady

ENCHANTED HOUR Quiet lunch hour

BOSTON BLACKIE Carol Sandlov ich

STOP THE MUSIC, Senior choir practice

PRIVATE EYE Little Louie

SHADOW , , Wally Vestica

JUST PLAIN BILL , "Coach"

MY FRIEND IRMA, Mary Pattison

BOBBY BENSON of the B-Bar-B RID-

ERS , , , Charlie Yungblut

SAM SPADE David Meisenholder·

LONE RANGER Ronnie Horstman

News Classes Tour Journal

The journalism classes of Linco ln H igh

Two New Yells Used at

Game

Seppin' out over the weekend were

Marilyn Lane and Ronnie Beideck, Carol McDermand 'n' Rudy Nelson, Virginia Mann with her steady "Dangerous John" McGreer, Nancy Mueller 'n' Lyle Campbell, John Schreiber and Suzy Enyardt and Paddy Wiight with Charlie Haupt. Also takin' in a movie were Ann Bramwell and Leonard Barker doubling with Marylyn Mc - · Cauley 'n' Jack Rogers.

* * *

OVERHEARD: Ron Cooley: Why do yo u act so unhappy? Anythin g wrong?

Jerry Start: I h a d to shoot my dog

Ron: Was he mad?

J erry, Well, he wasn't exactly pleased about it!

* * *

Waltzing th eir partners at the Snowball Formal were Ann Lundy with Bob Albers, Bill Griffin and Bev Wood (N.K), Rosalie · J ensen and Tom Weatherford, (C.V ), and : Bill Weir and Nan Chambedin. Catherine Hodder was seen with J ack Trabert and Mary Baldwin took her steady, Dick Duling. Doug Wilcox and Ilene FraiIE'.Y were also seen tripping tlle lig h t fantastic.

* * * MEMO TO. Shirley Scott : intertube for, Shirley ? ?? What's the

And by the way, we heard there was a little get -together at her house Friday night; those present were Shirley with her steady Jim Lowe ll Don Becker 'n' Carol Unterseher, and Judy Joyce with Kenny Brierly

* * *

Don't listen to "Crime Photogra pher" unt!l the ·bitter end, end of your s tud y session, that is. *

Dave Weber: Do you think that late hours are bad for one ?

Car<:>I Schuck: Yes, but they're all right for.two!

MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR OF THE WEEK: Bill Mitch ell

Questio11s Put To Students

Pupils

Was ¥our Spor,smanship STATIC THE WEEK: High or Low Last Nif!.ht?

. What's th e straight on th e r ecord "Marcia u and J ohn" ? ? ?

Now that this year's annual Lincoln ANSWERS: High-Northeast basketball game is over, Phil Dosek: MemorieS. can you say you treated the visitors with Bill Harm: A g em.

Cl atts von Schumann: Ki ssin

FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: One cow to another : I d on 't know. Personally, I n ever tou ch the stuff. One s kunk t o a n other:. So d o you!

Moth e r rabbit to Junior : The m agic ian brought y ou! * * * Also steppin' out in fo rma l frills last week end wer e J a n e B ergquis t with Tom L a r so n, N U ., Beve rly Davis a nd Bud H a milton, N. U , a nd Winnie Lauten s chlage r and B ob Kub it sch ek, N. U

J ourneying to Omaha last w eek end w er e

Sara L e hma n Sonnie Br icker Audrey Ma r x Gai l Kats k ee , E la ine N ovicoff, E lean or N ef s k y, H elen e Sh erman, a nd B everly

Wils on. What is it w ith these boys ?

• • • Farewell t o : Vern B u rlin g , Jack F eldt, Amigo Gar cia, a n d Carl Woh lfarth (49) who left fo r s unny California with the Ma rin es P. S H ell o a g a in to J ac k a nd Amig o who cha n ged t h eir min ds in Oma ha. * * * Miss R obe rts

AT SCHOOL

by Bobbie Russell

Hi Stoo-dents, and

As

w ere Lorrain e Lubke 'n Bob Egbert, Susan Rudolph and Dick Stoehr, Bev Wilson 'n Jake Kolb, Lois Simme r man and Roger Gohde, Jane Will and Irvin K ra f t Margie Wilson n Ronnie Johnson and Karen Decker a n d Blaine Ward.

Cutes t Steady Deal of th e WeekBob Millinger a n d Shirley Murphy

Today I am not ad ver t ising anythin g as I am not i n ·town, b ut I suggest, if any of you want to l earn h ow to

37 Musicians In Orchestra

Clubs

Orpheons-

Orpheons held its regular meeting January 10 for the election of new officers. Th.ey are: Jack president; Barker, vice-president; McCauley, secretary; Leonard Marilyn Cynthia Henderson, treasurer; Pat Pauley, sergeant-at-arms. Their next meeting will be held. January 31.

Peppers-

Y-Teens Pick 1951 Princess

The princess from Lincoln High is Rosalie Jensen. Blue' lights and silver icicles turned the Y.W.C.A. gym into a winter wonderland for the YTeen Snowball dance January 27. Icicles and snow flakes hung. from the ceiling creating a starry effect. Four princesses were chosen by popular vote from the Y-Teen clubs in Lincoln. The schools represented were Lincoln High, The recently elected officers of Northeast High, College View Peppers were disclosed at the ! High and Teachers College High. basketball game January 18 at i The six girls nominated from Whittier gymnasium. They are: I L.H.S. were Y-Teens Bea Beutel, I Ann Lundy, Nancy Hemphill, Anna Marie Obermeyer, presi- Joan Knudson, Paula Broady and dent; Margaret Moore, vice-president; Sondr;a Bricker, secretary; and Anita Daniels, treasurer.

Y-TeensRosalie Jensen l Th.e th1:ones for the were white lacy lawn chairs I backed by blue drapery. The princesses were given their I ·.crowns and. tiny silver pins in the

Y-Teens are conducting their

mid-year membership drive and fo1m cif crowns to attach to their have been selling Lincoln High ! club pins. The crowns were pre-

Senior Sketches

In her sophomore year she participated in Y-Teens and Clef Club. This year Bette takes an active part in Debate Club, YTeens Senior Counselors; and i s a reporter for the Advocate.

She p l ayed the part of "Harriet," the neighborhood gossip, in th e s enior play, and was also a m e mber of the Mummers Play Adv ertising Committee. Bette plans to attend t he University of Nebraska Business lege, a nd someday hopes t o become a private secretary. She now h as an Arts and Sciences curriculum.

Her favorite s p ort s are .swimi ming and tennis, but she also enjoys w a t ch i n g wrestling matches.

You'll find your

its new· officers; ' They·are: Ronald Cutts, president; Walter Ross, vice-president; Carole Brehm, secretary; Barton Lewis, treasurer.

Senior

l(FOR's Johnson Interviews Cast

and Joan Felton, representing the belles of 1952, opened the assembly with a tap dance and closed it with a ballet. Short parts of the play were given.

Milli Grierson announced the assembly.

L.H.S. Visited By Principal F1·om Norway

Lincoln High was visited by a Norwegian educator Monday, January 22, when Haakon Holmbpe, high school principal in Mandel, Norway, spent part· of the day observing the L. H. S. :method of teaching.

Mr. Holmboe is in the United States on a United Nations sc holarship, sponsored by UNESCO, He is visiting and observing school systems throughout the nation.

American schools are better in several ways than those of his own country, Mr. Hol.mboe stated, in that students in this country are allowed greater freedom in their subjects

Giris Only I

He also commended ihe American method of combining vocaticmal and commercial subjects within the high school, instead of Mimes-

N ew officers were elected at the regular meeting J an uary 25. They a:re; Diane Knotel\:, president; Gretchen Teal, vice-president; Courtney Campbell, secretary; Janet Lutzi, treasurer.

Mumme rs-

The Mummers are getting ready for a one act play which will he presented for an asse mbly sometime this semester. The name of · ' the p1ay or the d a te has µot been O.esignated.

1 tiresome," is Karen Broady s 1 comment on being fla t on h er back for Cl couple of months. in- separate schools as in Norway. Mr Holmboe is spending six

Karen, ·L H.S senior,. .knows from first-hand experience because she has been in this ' predicament since Deceni.ber 6, when Ehe became ill with a disease kno wn as "gµUian-barri syndrom e. " )n plain (or at least litUe pl a iner) English, that can be boiled' down to "inflamation of the spinal nerves" which causes a kind of general paralysis. Now, howe ver, the doctor reports that i s starting on the way t o r ec ov ery; Everyday during her long sta:ir I in bed, Karen has received many cards, letters, and gifts from I

u friends and "well-wishers." tFor Better I "I want to tell everyone a J 'thanks'," she .says, "but I. can't

I I months visiting the United States, France, and Switzerland in o rder to stUdy elementary, junior, and senior high schools of these coun-

1 ;;rls, Be Smart! I Seu; Your Suit; I Shine at Easter Attention girls!

LHS Cagers Win Thref; Drop

Maroons, South, Norfolk Dropped;

THE ADVOCATE

Students Sign for Joy Night

Is Presented To School Board

$5,000,000

Includes

Randolph and Cotner Boulevard in east Lincoln. The board took no action on the 1uggestions and will continue to 1tudy the proposal. The members · stated they wanted to "be sure of the facts before making any proposals.

LHS Students Help Demands For Employment

It sounds impressive-it is impressive! Through a work experience program, many of the commercial students are now beina µlacec'l in part""time ;lobs downtown, with the promise o:t being retained in the position upon their graduation in June. According- io Miss Esther Lefler, head of the commercial deparment and in charge of this aervice to commercial enrollees, there is a demand for student help in our city. This on-thejob-program is being carried on with the :seniors now enrolled in the commercial classes. It is hoped that many of the juniors and sophomores may be able to get summer work through this medium. "We are hoping to be able to place a number ilf oul' students on the University campus next fall," stated Miss Lefler.

Constance Schaaf, Arlene Slote, and Dorothy Kahm have already accepted jobs with the State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company.

"!We have had many calls for positions," says Miss Lefler. "It is really regrettable that we do not have the students available right now to fill these positions. We are hoping that some of these full-time jobs will be open the first o:t June, when we can send our &tudents in to work,'' she continued.

" I wish more boys would avail themselves to the opportunity of studying shorthand, typewriting, and bookkeeping while in high achool Boys seem to think that commercial work, especially shorthand, is a 'sissy' vocation. A boy uses his commercial training as a stepping stone to a supervisory position to become a manager, a general manager, and the like," she stated.

"I:t you haven't read GET YOUR TOE IN THE DOOR, do ao. It will give you an idea of the importance of knowing a salable skill.

LHS Basketball Team Sent Off With Rally As a beginning movement toward higher pep morale at Lin.:oln High School, the student body sent off the L.H.S. varsity ba11ketbiill team to Falls City, February 9, with an organized pep rally. Students w ere dismissed at 3:1() to gather· outside the building. The team was led out of the building by the cheerleaders, down an aisle form ed by the Peppers to the bus. Then the crowd was led in chfAl>S and s inging until. the bus left for Falls Ci ty.

Con1lllittee For Pep Forming

The presidents and v ice-presidents of Peppers L-Club, Band, Student Council, Cheerleaders, and Home Room Reps met w ith William Bogar L.H.S. Principal, Thurs day, February 8, to discuss a prospective central committee to take the initiative in organizing pep rallies and assemblies.

The main principle behind the forming oi this cent ral committee is to organize more spirited backing oi the t eams. Mr. Bogar said that everyone should hav e enough pride in his school that he will feel a personal responsibility to help keep morale high.

This central committee will consist of on e representative fr om P eppers Band Student Council, L-Club, Home Room Reps and all six cheerleaders. The duty of the committee will be to plan the rallies and assem"'.' blies. Each representative will carry all plans and sugges t ions to their respective organizations so that t hese groups may be equally informed.

Mr. Bogar said that every L. H. S. student should remember that it is his duty to cooperate with the committee to help put our school morale on the same basis it has been on in the years past.

L.H.S. Band To Perform

Tht> Lincoln High S<chool Baiitl, together with the Northeast High Girls' Glee Club, will present the first in a series of vesper concerts, Sunday, February 18, at 3:00 P. M., in the Lincoln High Auditorium. Participating in the concert will be Roger Brendle playing a trumpet solo; and Paul Bieberstein, Roger Brendle, Jack McKie and Carl Honnens in a trumpet quartet.

"The school support of band vesper concerts has been notably poor,'' said Lyl e Welch, band director. He feels that the band should be backed. more by the • student body.

The L. H. S. Band's part ifi the program will be as follows:

1. Chorale - How Brightly Beams the Morning Star ....• ......•.....••.•. Schlegel

2. Carnival Day in New Orl eans :Morrissey

3 Sounds from the Hudson Clarke Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral Wagner

5. Indian Love Call. Friml

6. Finale from Symphony in F MiilQr N-0. 4 . Tschilikowsky

7. An American Week End Morrissey

a. Picnic-Outing

b. Evening Stroll

c. Concert in the Park d. Stepping Out 8 March-Little Gian t Moon

All Juu.ior Girls' Assembly Held

At a meeting of all junior girls, Friday, February 2 , Miss D orcas Weatherby and Mr. William Bogar disc ussed the problems concerning the Altrusa Career Conference and the Peppers. Miss Weatherby, talking on the Altrusa program, told the group that this year they are picking j unior girls and that twenty from Lincoln High would be c hosen from applications that could be filled out that day.

Mr. Bogar then took up the discussion of Peppers. He said that he th ou ght that since the juniors wo uld be the Peppers next year, they should have the say i n any changes made in the organiza tion.

Jt was decided that each junior home room elect a representative to meet with Miss We athe rby and Mr. Bogar in order to plan another meeting of alt junior girls.

Suffering Journalism Student Tells Story of Harassed Life

Beginning journalism is one of those prerequisites that give students gray hair before their time.

Of course, since English 8 simply ha s to be taken before one can become member of the Advocate staff, many p eople suffer through it quite willingly. I suppose it's nervous strain more t han anything else • counting the number of uni ts i n a headline until you can see words dancing befo re your eyes every where you go! Then there's the little slogan qesigned to help write a good lead; W's and an H ". By the time you ha ve finished rattling off "why, when, where, who and what," · the "h" is likely to stand for • help! And you'll need it. Or the copyreader s marks. Those are some other jewels. Of course, it d oes sati sfy that inner frustration of the urge to scribble but somehow all the joy is taken ou t of it when the doodles have to be interpreted and graded. In beginning journalism, you are urged to develop a " nose for news." Well, by the time you write headlines a hundred billion times, count .another million head lines out copyread an endic-ss sta<.:k 9f ]t>ar-1:1_ .fr tically the difference between a feature story and a news story, and try to remem'per to alw ays avoid editorializi ng, except in editorials, you have finally developed a "nose." But that's when the fun of journalism really begins. You hav e struggled through an exam that would have put sotne of· Albert Einstein's test questions

Link's Log Wednesday, February 14 Advocate Student Council HomeRoom Reps Friday, February 16 Swimming at Boys Town Basketball, here Saturday, February 17 Basketball, here. Sunday February 18 Vespers Wednesday, Febru ary 21 Student Council Opera dress rehearsal Friday, February 23 Beatice Re serves, LL.H.S. Reserves, here. O.Pera Saturday February 24 State Swimming Meet Oper a Tuesday, February 27 Joy Nnigh t Troyouts Wednesday, February 28 Advocate Home Ro om Reps

Mum1ners Plan

Melodrama Skit

Good old -fashioned m el odrama will take over in the L H.S auditorium, Mar ch 6 a nd 7; when the Mummers gi v e The City Slicker and Our Nell."

Nell's family 1s very honest but very poor. A crooked city slicker and a lady fr i end of his come to t hat part of the co untry. The city sticker a nts a certain piece of land which the rest of the people don t think is good. He decides he has to win Nell, who is already in lo v e with a local guy, to get the l:rnd.

The cast includes : Nellie Beard Pat Nellis Violet Beard Sandra Sick

Frank Beard Paul Scheele

Minn i e Bea rd Anita Daniels Dan Tu cker Pat Mc Ginty Toby Snodgra;;s Pete Finley Sheridan Doug las Bob Wells Claribel Worth Joey Din gman Aunt Marthy Glynda Thomas Student Director Jan et Gordon

Try Out List For Joy Night Numbers 477 Classes Compete In Debate

to shame. You have written an endless array of stories that were hopefully captioned, "Advocate" ( ?), only to have most of them returned with the question mark underlined in dark blue pencil You have wept in bitter defeat and sorrnw and it seems to be quite worthwhile to go out and buy some strychnine. But wait! Oh, happy day! You have finally been gran ted a position on th e Advocate staff, or so rumor has it. The first day of the new seme ster, you stalk into 217 with you r "nose for news" all tuned up. Your press badge is flashing with sQme inconspcious p la ce, usually; the middle and direct center of your sweater You have spent good money on a n o te pad and p ress pencil. U n doubtedly, you will be assigned t he most harrowing beat of the paper. With dignif1ed patience, you wait until your name is called. Trembling with happin ess and pride, you march forward t o receive your tough assignmE:nt and a wurd o f prai s e and caution from the ins t ructor.

He hands you a slip of paper an d you open it and glance down at the w ords; So this is it! After a semester of anguish ed slave t his if;. v...d·u:: t -y o 1J t' f work-weary eyes:

You are assigned to the position of lit erary editor. You will also check the museum, Morrill Hall Love Library, the County Jail and other places of culture. And don't forget the concerts!

So n ow you sit. The strychnine before you Farewell, journalis m!

Nine Boys Try For NROTC

Names of the nine L.H.S. boys who passed the navy college aptitud e test on December 9, 1950, were released by Mr Otto Hackman February 6. Those who passed the test were Bob James Alber s Dav e Beynon, Don Lind, Hal Mardis, D ave Olson, Bob Ryan, B ob Selden, Jack Thomas, and Bard Turner. These boys have repor t ed or will report to Omaha for rigid physicals and interviews. They will be notified whether they are accepted sometime between now and June 1 Physical req u iremen t s f o r the NROTC · are ex actly the s ame as those required of candidates for entry into the U.S Na va l Academy. F rom t he candida tes fo und physically qualified, state and territorial sel ec t ion committees will m ake the final se lection of candidates. a cc ept e d a re enti tled to a fou r -year course at the college or univ er s i ty of thei r choice. The Navy wilt pay t heir tu ition and books plus 50 dollars

Duchesne Offers

Scholarships

Du chesne

all registra t ions in room 309 be fore February 23. First rounds of debate will be held Marc h 1. Chairmen for different committees from the advanced debate class are Nancy Mueller, t o urnament dire ctor; B er n i e Wi s hn ow, judges: Shirley La nwohl r e cor der, and Morse Weisgurt, publicity.

·Opera Has Varied Cast

Wh en fairies mee t mor ta ls on the stage at one time something i s bound to happen Annie Lut z, Queen of the Fairies, just won't yield to morta ls, a l though they are quite nice. These things happen in "Iolanth e", to be presented February 23 an d 24.

The orchestra a nd choir are beg inn ing to practice now. Da vid Mei senh older, one of the Lords, in one scene, sings a song with A I C h ris tensen, another Lord. Da vid , howev er, has quit e a time because Al has been in the hospital. Therefore, Da v id has been singing to a pair o f p ants · and a chair At these r eh e arsals one may find anything hap pening. Bob Cumming, followed around by M orse Weisgurt sings a song th at g oes so fast he almost gets tongue - tied. La t er h e and Dav id do a dance.

How would yo u li ke t o li v e at th e bottom of a Phyllis Kaufman, ali as Iol anthe , lived in one for many, y ea rs S t range , is n t if? Bu t don't w orry, she won t b e all wet"-and ne ither will the opera, s o d on 't miss it ! S t u d ents h ave been chosen t,o serve on commitees f or t he Opera They are as follows, p r ompters; Bea Beu

Donna Plock and Mary Hall register for Joy Night try-outs.

Can Seniors Adjust To Final Results?

Last Thursday seniors voted on four questions which have been uppermost in the minds of students. Today results were announced. Each one Of us could not win Some of us came out on the other ·side; Halo Cupids' Since one cif these questions was hotly de- And a happy Valentine's Day to you! We got bated many are probably disappointed with to thinking ab out the significance of this day and de ci ded to pick a Cupid of The Week " After results, and very disgusted weary hours of research, we found someone who

We know that these votes are the final fills the bill. H ere's your settlement of the question, but there is CUPID OF THE WEEK something more each person can do. In- Mr. Slezak stead of grumbling around about how it After telling Mr. Slezak about his honor, we should have been "this" way, why not try picked him up off the floor and fired a f ew quesand adjust ourselves to the way its going tions at him: to be? Maybe the whole situation isn t so "Who's your favorite Valentine ?" bad after all. The other guy might have a Mr. Sle zak: "Peggy." point. The whole question is settled, so "What's your biggest weakness?" why make it worse? Mr Slezak: "Argyle socks and bow ties." (No

We can always adjust our plans. As lie?) seniors in Lincoln High, as well as in a "What do you like to do in your spare time?" democracy, we should be able to accept the Mr Slezak: Pla y bridge " majority, and take it in our stride. Our "Now don't let us floor you with this one, Mr. class has made a decision, so let's try to Slezak but w ho would you most like to shoot uphold general senior opinion. your Cupid's arrows at?"

If each one is really interested enough, Mr. Slezak : " Shelly Winters." he might speak to next year's seniors and "That would be shooting kinda hi g h, wouldn't get them thinking about the matter. Do it?" they want caps and gowns, color day deco- ., · (We didn't wait for an an swer!) rations senior speaker or a junior-senior party? Perhaps they might have the thing CONGRATULATIONS TO: we wanted n ext year because of us. Joan Knudson and Gordon Metcalf who are

This is the last semester for us in Lin- calling it steady, as are Diane Bell and David coln High We want to enjoy it, and leave Dreith. Miriam Wohlfarth and Jerry Gableman feeling that we h ave had a part in creating and Sharon Egger 'n T om Haley are doing likeone of the best classes ever. So let's accept wise the decision of the majority, forget our ODE TO A LOST LOVE first opinions, and make these last weeks and graduation pleasant for the whole senior class.

Student Poll Results Ask More Action Assemblies

In a re cent poll, students were asked what kinds of assemblies they enjoyed. Out of 39 students asked, 25 replied "talent assemblies," an d abo ut fi v e answered "demonstrative .''

By talent assemblies, the students desired the participation of the students from Lincoln High more frequently. Some examples would be the Orpheons assembly, and those presented by the band, orchestra and glee clubs.

By demonstrative assemblies the student body wished to have gymnastic teams and exh ibitions simil ar to that.

Mimes or Mummers could put on a one a ct play for an assembly. If the play were short fast moving, and "cute," the students would appreciate it greatly. An assembly doesn t have to be elabor a t e to be good A simpl e one is very satisfactory. Just so it gets you through the day in good spirits. The quality of o ur assemblies would be improved if our conduct to the performer were more co urteous and attentive. This may b e du e to the fact that we find assemblies dull, or it may b e that we are just plai n inconsiderate. Whichever it is, our ])etter conduct will bring better assemblies.

Our Basketball Team Needs YOUR Yell Now!

What's the matter with our pep? It' s all right! You bet it's all right but "all right" isn't right enough.

There have been many comments lately among teach ers and students that o ur pep a ssemblies, Peppers and pep at games have not been up to L.H.S. standards. Remember, kids the Peppers can't do everything. There are only 60 girls comp ared to all of us, and maybe some of those loud male voices would h elp. Everyone keeps suc h a "hawk eye" o n the pep club that they almost forget to yell themselves. W e want something new in pep assemblies. Why, when we have a new cheer, don't we print lots and lots Of copies of it and hand them out in fifth period? We could issue them both in assemblies and at the games too. There must be some othe r ideas for some inspiring pep assemblies. If you have them, voice them Our pep

(or OH MY BUSTED HEART) My love hath f lew, Him

Me

To

was a

knew,

love, Let me forbid; Never be done , Like I been did! Co ngrats to the terrific Junior P lay cast and sponsors. A few of t he couples seen there wer e Jane Summers and Bob Cummings, Judy Joyce and Ken Brierly, Phyllis Meyers 'n Paul Meyers, also Kay · Kimmel and her steady Ted Schlaebitz, NU.

Interes ting conversation: Joyce Fineny t o Barb Turner: "I just can't get romantic with him. Have you ever tried to run your fingers through a fuzz cut?"

"HURRAH FOR THE FALLS CITY GAME, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, TEAM !" We heard that the hearts of the bus riders who journeyed do wn to F. C. reall)' skipped a beat when · Sloan made those g ame wi nnin g poi n ts we just couldn't hold back the urge to ask Dean what he was thinking of w hen it was left to him to make or muff the decisive points so we cornered him and this is what he told us: "I was scared, but I knew I had those baskets to make and luck was with me."

Parties, Parties!! ! Heard there was a big one at Joan Clement's a week ago Saturday night. L ots 'n lots of people were there; much too numerous to mention but we heard that at 12:00 so many peopl e came that everyone feared the roof would pop off pretty 'airy huh????

· Ju st l ast weekend, Bonnie Splichal had a small get-together. Those present were Bonnie with Dick Saddoris, Shirley Murphy 'n Bob Mellinger

Marilyn Swindle and Stan Ebner a nd Marilyn Towne and Bill Boettcher.

SURPRISE DATE OF THE WEEK: John Gray and Rita Johnson!!

Charlie Yun:gblut: What would you h ave if yo u chopped up a canary?

Phil Dosek: Barf! I don't know. What?

Charlie: Shredded-tweet!

(That was for the birds and now for something a little more foul:)

"Th at's the guy I'm layin' for," muttered the hen as the farm er crossed the y ard.

THOUGHT:

The hen is immortal; her son never sets!

The Lincoln Explorer Scouts had a big party last Friday night at the C.Y O building. They called it the "F o 11 i e s" and they even

e I e ct e d a Q u e e n. Dancing, m o v i e s a nd skits provided the entertainment. Seen havin g a good time were Bob Eno with Shi rley

Ush er Ann Furness and Jack Fields, '49 B ob C ook and Di ane Knotek, Carol Knowle (NE) and W alt Blore, Jean Stanton 'n Norman Francis, Johnny McKean and Nancy Aitken, also Lloyd Reed and Mar ilyn Hicks

"RHYMES OF THE T IMES"

Ma ry had a little l amb, Some salad and d essert, · And the n she gave the wrong address ..•

The nasty li ttle flirt!

A ga: l very neat Sat out at "Treet," Having a malt and some fries, She called him dear, She called him honey, She had to he had the mone y!

Note: W e're re rtain l y glad t o h ave All en Chri stiansen out of t h e hospita l a nd up a nd about ag ain !

Mr. Scott: "An awful lot of girl s are s tu ck on me!"

Mr Pfeiff: "They mu st be an awful lot!"

We ve been peekin around corner s in th e halls lately and w e've noted that nine time s out of t en Joan Larson has been with Don (Cudd les) Lehl, Don · Scanlon with Bev erly Jacobs. Not to leave out J ack von G illern a nd Mary Hall, Ginny Jewett 'n Dick Wells, and Beverly Holcomb with Buddy." For the a ll time all tim er Blaine Ward w ith Karen Decker. Watch for nE!xt wee k 's "Peek Parade."

My lady b e wa r y of Cupid, And heed to the lines of this vers e.:

To let a foo l kiss you is stupid, To let a kiss foo l yo u is w orse !

Wh oops! We almost forgot to sa y Hello to Carol Gif ford who's come back to L.H.S after hav i ng gone to Enid, Okla., for a year. NOTICE TO ALL WHO DON'T READ STATIC: All w ho co mmit this horrendous act are liable to fift y las he s with a wet noodle! We l eave yo u with that happy thought

Grandma Sees Busy Staff

The room wa·s so quiet you could hear a bomb drop. A cloud of dust hung over the room and people scurried everywhere. Paper seemed to cover the ground, the tables and the people.

But outside this room all was calm and serene. A small, grayha ired, stooped over lady limped briskly up to the door, then straightened a little tcr read the sign.

" Let's see now, L-I-N-K-S. Ah, thats it. Links Office Can t see too well without my glasses." She opened the door only to be knocked against the wall b y the maddening traffic.

"I want to buy one of thesehere new-fangled yearbooks· you re puttin' out," she shouted w hen she finally found the editor. "That is, if you've got any left."

"I' m sure there's one left for you, but why do you want one? We sell most of them to people who go to ·L H S .," shouted back the harressed editor.

"Now listen here, little girl, I got nine great-grandchildren comin' to this here institution, and I a ims to see their photygraphs. Besides, I used to teach here when I was a young sprout, and I'd sorta like to see some of the good old teachers. Now, where's m' book?"

" Here you are, and that'll be $3.50."

"Is that all? Why, my lands, that's a real bargain and just look at that! Tha t's the· nices t, and most elegant yearbook I ever did see! I bet these are goin' like hotcakes! My stars alive; these kiddies sure are lucky to get a book like this! Why, just think of all the fun they'll have when they get to be m y age and pull out their good old 1951 Links to look at! Believe me, I know! Well, I got to be tr ottin' along now. Byel"

And she stumbled cheerfully across the cluttered room, fought her way to the door and was gone, leaving a cloud of dust, a rustle of paper and only a slightly less crowded room behind her , while the Links office settled back into its agonizing routine.

Peekin' Back

While searching through the old Advocates we' found that seven years ago · today Lincoln High was having a drive to collect old buttons ·. for the Red Cross A contest was being sponsored by the Advocate for originality in new songs and yells. The Static column came up with a good joke that year that we thought we would pass on to you

After seeing the home team lose a game a fan stopped the referee ''Where's your dog?"

"I have no dog. "

"Well, you're the first blind m an I ever saw without a dog!"

Ten y ears ago, in 1940, a · ga vel wa s presented to Miss Lucille Schemel, symbolizing goodwill, greetings and fellows hip from the teacher s of Brazil.

A victory valentine was to the winner of the game between Lincoln High an d Jackscn High.

A pet club was organized for students interested in or owning pets.

A slo'gan contest was held 17 years ago for any person turning in the most u nu sual sloga n for keeping t h e halls tidy Lincoln High had the popul ation of the combined towns of Waverly, Green wood, Ashlan d, Gretna, and Millard and wa s thus procl a imed a town in itself Dorothy and Bob were the mos t popu l ar n ames of pupils at this t ime

Program Given To Junior High

A group of Lincoln H igh S cho ol students presented a progrnm to the Irving Junior High School P.T A and ninth grade Fe bruary 6, for the purpose of introducing Lincoln Hig h t o future students and inter este d persons.

A trump e t quart et composed of Roger Brendle, Carl Honnens, Jack McKie and the new member, Paul Bieberstein, presented one number, "Indian Love Call " The girls octet sang t w o numbers, "Spirit Flower " and My Hero," before Morse Weisgurt and George Strassler pre sented slides of Lincoln High While showing the slides of t he puilding, grounds, a nd school. a ctivi .:. ties the bO¥i e ach one. WEDNESDAY,

A lone Confe derate soldier, making his way to Chattanooga, is moved by the singing of a mockingbird in complete disregard of the two armies preparing to attack one another The song symbolized all the good qualities of the South for which Lieutenant Beasley Nichols was on a spying mission to Federalheld ·Chattanooga. The author brings out the suspense, devotion and action of the South in this novel, "The Mockingbird at Chickamauga" by Crabb. Do you w an t to read a good mystery? "Great Ceasars' Ghost," by Manning Coles, describes the exciting adventures of Jack Liss and Carrie Barr, whose fathers are archaeologists. Their fathers promised to take them along to the "Copper Coast" of Africa in search of ancient Roman relics. The question concerning the missing half of a bracelet, owned by Julius Caesar, turning up in Africa supplies the bulk of the adventure.

Another good mystery in our library is "Head of Thunder" by Day-Lewis.

A very descriptive book on occupied Japan's adjustment to the American "God" is Lucy· Crockett's book, " Popcorn on the Ginza " T his book will answer all questions you may hav e concerning Japan, in addition to .supplyjng humor. The t itle explains the white peopie being called "Popcorn" and · "Ginza," and the Fifth Avenue of Tokyo, where Miss Crockett spent some time.

Miss Crockett can speak from experience, haying spent 18 months with the Red Cross in occupied Japan. Her work allowed her to travel extensiv ely observe, absorb, and analyze the facts behiiid the circumstances of these people. This book supplies what statistics can not, in a v ery informal manner.

Need Protein?

Try Spot Test

Remember w hen you used to rub dandeli<;>ns on your nose to see if you liked butter?

The same theory ·is now being used in the chemistry lab. Only it s nitric acid on your hands to see if yo u like protein!

The chemistry students are busy manufacturi ng . f or iheir experiments that is nitric acid. When spilled on one's hands this chem ical turns them yellow due to the protein content in the human bod y So if you chance to see a multitude of L.H.S.'ers wandering a r o u n d with y ellow-spotted hands don t worry. It s not a leprosy epidemic bu t jus t a gang of stylish chemists. One caution! Use nitric acid sparingly or you won't have hands to be t hat stylish yellow

Quotable Quiz

What w ould YOU do with the extra mont h if there were 13 months in the year? ?? Here are some thin gs that se v e ral L.H S. students would do. H e le ne Sherman: Dri ve a ro u n d the university ca mpus." Paul Bieberstein: "Lounge on a beach in California." Marolyn Hicks: "Go to DeMolay

Whew! · Just got the girls home in time I'm so hunrry I could

Crowd Lauds Lincoln High Junior Play

Senior Sketches I

Cupid Strikes Many Hearts With Bow and

I Clubs

Jim Sommers (NU) a nd Betty Torrey and Charley Jacobsen.

Don t forget that Joy Night tryouts are only two weeks away so hurry and get your acts ready.

Toodle-ooBobbie

Today I am wearing my Full Fashioned sweater in the royal blue

SHELIA OVERGAARD "Gee, what does that mean?" is the :favorite expression of senior Shelia Overgaard. She has plenty of opportunity to use that phrase since she is in six different classes and is a member of the Chofr, Orpheons, Peppers, Senior Counsellors, G.AA. and Business Club. Informed people say t hat Shelia is calm and efficient about everything she does. When the fall of 1951 rolls around, Shelia will be found in a very exclusive all girl s' s chool, the University of Nebraska.

PAUL BIEBERSTEIN

One of the more musically inclined members of the class of '5 1 is Paul Bieberstein. He is, or has been a member of every musical organization in L :H.S., with the exception of Girls Glee and Octet. At the present time Paul is a member of Senior Choir, orchestra, band and Orpheons.

He is a member of a trumpet quartet and he has done a lot of

val France and England was a gatheri ng of young people on S t. Valentine's eve. Names were drawn by chance from a box, th e pers<>A whose name was on the slip becoming the "valentine" or s w ee th eart of the holder for the coming year.

The most plausible explanation is that St. Valentine's Day is a

Scribe Selections Now Underway

Production of thi s year's "Scribe" got underway Feb ruary 1 with the choosing of the 1951 editorial and business staff. Writers Club members elected Anita D aniels and Marvin Breslow as editorial staff, w ith Bea Beutel and Janet Gordon the business sta ff. Typists w ill be Lynnette Bush, Iilene Frailey, Shirley Gillispie, and Helene Sherman.

"Scribe" is the y early literary magazine pr oduced by members of Writers Club. It is composed of short stories and poems written by Lincoln High students. Most contributions are from members of the club, but i t is no t necessary to belong in order to have material published.

Any student who wishes may submit material to Mrs. · Agnes Heilman, room 103, by March 1

" Twisting about of words to carry a sentimental message, such as the following, apparently designed for the man who runs the butcher shop, i s being done: I never sausage eyes as And if you'd butcher hand in mine

And liver round me every day

We'd seek some hamlet far away.

We' d meet life's frown with lif e s caress

And cleaver road to -Kansas City S tar

Imagine N.U. Song Sung in German?

" Es gigt keinen platz w ie Nebraska, liebe Nebraska U." You've guessed it, i t' s German for There is no place like Neb raska." Miss has translated Valeria Bonne"! the Cornhusker song int o German and is t eaching i t t o her third, fourth and fift h periods.

"Il n'y a pas de p l ace comme Nebraska, chere Nebraska U." That should ring a bell with t he French students, for that' s the French version. Miss Bonnell is teach i ng that t o her first an<l second period students. S he say:; tha t she t ea ches these translations o f familiar songs to ner pupils purely for their enjoyment.

While walking downti>Wn after on e of those hectic days at school, I approached Rosewell s. Nothing could have re• freshed me any more than t hose darling Valentine win-

L.H.S. Library Has New Books

LHS Cagers Topple

Matmen Lose Two In Omaha

ean Sloan dumped in seven points against. Falls Ci ty to bring his se ason's total to 118, Ted Forke .surpassed the century mark scoring 111 points Following close behind is Dave Jones with 97 and Joe Carter wi th 96 tallies. Question of ihe week: What does Ha stings have that other towns don't h ave? The little town of Millard is again moving into the Nebraska high school sport spotlight. Last spring Millard fielded a baseball t eam that beat many Omaha schools and dropped Lincoln H i gh in ihe first night high sc hool bas eball game in Nebraska They continued dw;ing the summer under The American Legion sponsorship and walked j,rw ;.:. t h e: can Legion Baseball championship Now again t hey are in the sports scene as they are currently leading the class "D" schools in The Journ al and Star's b a sketball rat ings. Th ey downed Teachers Hig h (cla ss B) and dropped a close 41-35 decisi on to Omaha South. The tea m. that is State Legion Champ s and the players that are topping the class D schools in basketball will tangle with th e L. H. S. diamond men this spring. After being outclassed b y Lincoln Hig h Reserves, 80- 59 an alumni team is cla morin g to play the Intramural Champs

Reserves Run String To 10

THE ADVOCATE

Pep Committee Meets -To Boost

School Morale

LINKS' LOG

February 28, 1951 Student council, Room 225, 5th period. Home Room Reps Aud 5th · Joy Night Tryouts

Advocate Mareh. l Mummers, Room 326, 3:15

Class C and D basketball tournament.

March 2 Basketball-McCook, here

March 4

Honors Convocations Will Be March ·1 and 2; Bracy to

Be Speaker

L Club

Project. Includes Pep Asse1nhlies, Peppers,

The central pep committee, newly organized at Lincoln High, has been meeting recently with William Bogar, school principal, to discuss student and team spirit.

This committee consists of all the cheerleaders, Marilyn Mueller, Mimi DuTeau, Lynn Holland, Mary Belle Baldwin, Miriam Wohlfarth, and Phyllis Nelson; representatives .from L Club, Don Becker; Home Room Representatives, LeRoy Butherus; Student Council, Peg·gy Dewey; and Band, Leonard Barker.

One of the ideas discussed by the group concerns improved pep assemblies which would stimulate the team and the student body. It was suggested that the club members sit together during these rallies to ·enable them to cheer as a group.

The group decided that the syster.1 of co-operation between L Club, Band, Peppers, arid the 11tudents would be one of the first steps toward better and more varied pep assemblies. More frequent rallies have also been debated. These would include team send-offs eithe r in the cafeteria during · the noon -hour, or after school.

· Another iss lle before the committee was the idea of improving and enlarging Peppers. The group suggested that perhaps the Peppers could present 3kits during the pep assemblies

The committee decided that a pep assembly would be held

T hur sday, March 8, when the b as ketball t eam goes to Fairbury for the district tournament, and during the state meet a s long as Lin coln High continues to qualify.

Debate Team ·Will Attend Junior Class Pick Officers

Tournaments I

The Junior Class officers were ( disclosed February 13 by the Junior Class sponsors Miss Freda Schmeling and Miss Helene Scheme!. ·

They are: Sam Haupt, president; Marilyn Beideck, vicepresident; Dick Rohan, secretary; and Ron Danek treasurer.

Due to the fact ·that Marilyn Beideck had been president ot the Junior Class during the first semester, and could not serve a second term, the officers we.re not announced with the other class officers.

Choir Gives "Iolanthe"

"Iolanthe," Gilbert and Sullivan 's - musical cor;nedy, was presented by the Lincoln High Senior Chofr under the direction of Hugh T. Rangeler, February 23 and 24.

Iolanthe, sung by Phyllis Kaufman, was banished by Annie Lutz, playing t he Fairy queen, for marrying a mortal Iolanthe' s son is Strephon, who is played b y Monty McMahon lie loves Phyllis, played by Marlene Livingston, and they warit to marry. Strephon is not' her only suitor though, as there is the Lord Chancellor, portrayed by Bob Cummings; Earl · Tolloller, sung b y David Meisenholder, and Earl Montararat, played by Allen Christiansen.

After much trouble and m a n y songs everything is straightened out and everyone li ves happily ever after, for all we know.

There were some very romantic parts in the opera. Probably t he sir:mgerlt part -was thnt of -ihetrain b ea rer, played by Morse Weisgurt, who followed t h e Lord Chancellor about and made fa ces

The res t of the choir formed the chorus of fairies alid peers. The principal fairies were Shirl ey Hergert, Mary Lou L ull, G eorgia Baker Don Campbell played private Willis · The Linc oln High S chool debate team attended a debate tournament held in Omaha, February 16 and 17. Representing L .H.:::.. w ere Ja ck Rogers Marvin F r iedm a n, Bern ie Wis hnow, an d Mor se Weisgurt. The tournament was h e ld at Oma ha Centra l High School. Schools from Lincoln, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Grand I s l and, N eb r aska; Independence, M issouri·; Sio u x Cit y, Iowa; Vermillion, South Dak ot a ; a nd Malv ern, Io wa, were represented The Rog ers-Friedma n t eam won i; eve n and l ost five ; the Wi s hWeisg urt te am won three out ot six Wis hnow and Weisgurt defea ted Nor t h east fo r the first time in t wo years. February 23 and the L H.S. debaters attended a debate held at Doa ne College. Schools from this are a were :represented at the Doane College Invitational. Six 1;eniors were d e\:)a ting for L.H.S They wer e Jack Rogers, Marvin Friedman, Ber ·n ie Wishnow Morse Weisgu rt, Na,ncy Mu eller, Joyc e Laase, Dorothy Perry, and Shirltty Langhus The L H.S. deb ate te am i s also

114 Seniors

To Try Exam One

Cadets Help Instructors

fo urth period. She is also helping in Alva Cavett;s fifth period English class. Miss · Ruiz is attending Wesley an an.d recently came to the United States from Panama F rank C ummin s, a former L. H. S. sh.id ent,.is attending WesJey an and is teac hing in Miss Carrie Roberts' fourth period Ameri can his tory class. Marvin Walters • a gradu ate of Wesleyan, is teaching · in Miss Lucy Geig er's first, second, third and fourth period classes; and M iss Helene Schemel's fifth period class; Be is · working at the state· house, is teaching here t o receive a t eacbing ce rtific ate. In the boys gym· are two University of Ne b raska stude nts who assist Bill P f eiff and Joe Partingt on Bill Hoy t is assisting with intramural sports. Assisting. Bob Slezak in the boys gym during the noon hour ls Dale "Dee" Y ung Helping in the Music Departm e nt also a re se v era l university students. Edward And erson ass ist s M iss Dorthea .Gore's period five mus ic a ppreciation class· as do e s J a n Sc hw.eser in the chorus classes period 2 and 3 Dean Dellinger, first trumpet in the Univers ity of Nebras ka Orchesfra, h e lps d irec t Bernard Neve n 's period 3 Orchestra· class Mi ss Mary E Richert, senior in the D ep artment of Physical Educa tio n at the Unhrersit y of Nebra ska, i s t eaching in Miss S t ory's four th p eriod gym cl asse s Mond ay J a nd Wednesday.

j Choir Presents j Opera Assembly Combining magic with comedy, D a v i d Meisenholder brought forth the a ssembl y on February 16, adverti sin g the opera, ''Iolanthe ," w h ich was presen ted in the L.H .S a u d itorium o n F ebrnary 23 and 2 4 A sh ort s kit wa s presented by the members of the senior choir.

Vespers, Northeast, 3:00

March 6

Report Cards

March 7 Club, 302, 3 :1 5

Orpheons, -326, 3:15 Clef Club, .131, 3:15 Student Council, 225, period 5

March 8

Science Club, 220, 3 :15

Mimes 326 3:15

Class A and B- district basketball

March 9 Peppers, 326, 3 :15

District Basketball tournament

March · IO State Gymnastic meet District Basketball tournament

March 12

Home Economics Club, 116, 3:15

Art Club; 3:15

Radio Club 132B, 3:15 ·

National Honor Society As-

sembly

Joy Night Split rehearsals

.March H Student Council, 225, fifth period

State Basketball tournament Advocate

Boy Emcees Radio Show

A fourteen-year- o l d h igh school

freshm an ci'ashed the disk jockey ranks in Lincolri when Bill Armstrong, Northe.ast teenager, aired the first edition ·of his platter party, "Off the Record," January 24 on statfon KOLN.

This loc al Arthur. Godfrey, Jr., handles an entire one hour show, aided only by his own brief scripting and whatever ad-libbing comes · to his mind. "Oft the Record," broad cast on Saturday morning at 10:30 to 11:30, has no sponsor and Bill carries on the show alone, so outside · voices are i'areiy heard except during interviews. The idea behind the program is to Play tunes most requested bY the teenagers of Lincoln. Bill s ays that he would lppreciate know ing what music the studenb of Lincoln High and other local high s chools would like most to hear. Below is a sample ballot that may be fillea out in order to lis t t he listener's favorite choices. Please turn in to Advocite office. BALLOT 1. Favorite Recor• • ; .••••

Please turn in te Advocate offic1

Junior Glee To· Perform At Northeast

The L: H. S. Junior Girls' Glee Club, directed by Miss Dorthea Gore, will present wi fa the Northeast H i gh School Orchestra a vesper concert 'March at 3 p. m. in the Northeas t Hi gh Schooi' Auditorium. · · The Glee will sing:

Morse

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w record set by Brien Hendrickson last year by eight sales This will put Brien. in second with 240 sales, imd :l'ldwin .J&hn,. in thi> d 9ellin g 166 Links in 1948

T11e second highest salesma n th is year is Oary Sherman, who sold 112 Links. He will receive $2 00 toward the purchase of his Links. Third place goes to Marilyn McCauley with 57 sales Glynda Thomas is the only other of the ·27 salesman who sold SO Links. A pproximately 9 50 books have b een sold.

The 19 51 campaign has ended, b ut Links can still be purchased until t ime of. distribution, the last day of school this year. The price w ill increase ten cents e ach week , and top price will be $5 00 Links m ay be purchased in 31 9 after school.

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L.H.S. ' Camera Students

Photograph Children

To earn enough ni.o ney f or an enlarger forthe dar k room; several students in Miss Grone':> photography cla,ss, a nd others interested in photography, have gone to Randolph School to take pictures of the classes ;' These pict ures will be >sold to the children's' parents

The 600 photograp h s at e belng taken a:fter school or on the students; tifue. · ·who are doing the work, mainly for experience, are Wallace' Millner, J ack Merritt, Dick Remington, J im Tayl or, Char l es Hughes, John Webster, Herbert Cloud, Bill Hurst, Ruth Ellenw ood and S ally Grant.

Language Unit Is Scheduled

Lincol n High will t ake on a n in ternational fla vor th is sp ring when t he Foreign Language Department sets aside April 9-13 as Foreign .Language Week. The pu rp ose o: t hi s special u nit is to gai n the interest of stu d ents not t

Girls' Octet

Octet ch ose to sing we re "S pirit Flowers ," by C a mpbell- Tipton ; "The Sleigh," b y Kountz-Baldwin; " My Hero " by Oscar Straus; an d ior t>neore "\V ho' ;; Thi. t T:>.IJp in g at My Door," by Will Jame s The members of this y ear s O ctet are Georgia Bake r, Barb ara Carter Shirley Hergert, Phy llis Kauftnan Annie Lutz Ann White, Winifr

Shugrue Wins State Finals

High School .. Board

IDiscusses Recreation

S ch ritt, Lucille Schwartz Sha ron Sheldon , Genevieve Shilh0an, S andra S ick Elsie Sienknecht, Mary A nn Spadt N atasha S tepanek S a ra Le e Stepenson, Georg e S t rassler, Marjor i e Tonkinson, Bard Turner, Carole Unterseh er, Mary Valencia, Betty Vosburgi1, Joy Wagner, N orman Watkins, Sheryl Whitmus, Joyce Wichelt, Mar ily nn Williams, Bernie Wishnow, Char les Wright. The honor siudeniS in Group B are- ; Carol Anderson, Leon ar.i Barker, Mary Ida Barnds, R obert B a t tey, Bea Beutel, Ann Beynon, Dixie Borgaard, Donna

Basketball Fans Want Tournament Vacation

With the dates of the district and state tournaments just aproaching, both students and school executives face the problem of "skips" to see these ball games.

To Lincoln High students the temptation for having that rare sickness, tournament fever, is a big one. And why not? At the tournaments the attender meets people from all over the state, along with seeing some good basketball by teams from every corner of the state.

On the other hand, students who skip all of their classes · will find that work missed is not easily regained. No matter how versed the stude!lt is in his school work, the class discussion cannot be 'returned to our basketball fan.

If the administration could find some way of settlement, the second semester might not be so long and dragged out. Maybe letting school out at the end of the second or third period and then making up the time by adding two days to the school year would do the trick. Perhaps cutting down Christmas vacation would add the time lost by going to the ball games.

The solution to this problem is a hard one, but we can dream, can't we?

Clarinet and Oboe Voice

Dislike of Noisy Audience

Charley Clarinet and Ozzi Oboe ily leaned against the wall in the dark and empty auditorium. No one else had arrived yet and they had come early.

"Gosh," said Charley disgustedly, "I hate to play at these programs. Here I sit blowing until I'm blue in the face and hoarse and everything else, and so what? Why, do you know that if I were to play an entirely different piece than the rest of the orchestra, the people beyond the first four rows wouldn't know it?"

"I know, and even if some one did want to listen he couldn't because of all the noise/' added Ozzie. "Of course there are some thoughtful people who applaud, but if people expect us to play they might at least listen."

Now maybe Charley Clarinet and Ozzie Oboe have a point. Sometimes we do take good things for granted, and certainly the L. H. S. orchestra is a good thing. Not all schools are lucky enough to have an orchestra, so next time there's a program-not just at Vesper concerts, but at any of them -Jet's all really support the orchesqa.

Links Luxury Liner Needs .,. Many Agents, Passengers

ZOOMMMMMlVIMMM! What was that?

Oh, that's just the Links Liner passing by under full steam, and it'll soon be heading into port.

No doubt you've booked passage to perform, or maybe you're helping with the ba c kdrop or advertising. But don't feel left out i f you ' re not on the top deck. You can be a very worthy mate by passing the word a r ound to your family and friends that the " Li nks Luxury Liner" will be docking at L.H.S. April 5, 6, and 7. With the performances being given three nights in a row, it's going to be tripley hard to have a full house every night, which is the goal of every good showboat.

There's bound to be talent galore, beautiful music, and plenty of laughs, so your parents and friends are bound to want to see it!!

Look Back, Seniors! What Have You Accomplished?

Hey Seniors! Remember how small and insignificant we felt when we were lowly sophomores? Now here we are, upperclassmen, with only twelve more weeks of school. Looking back, can we say that we've really accomplished anything in our three years? When we graduate can we proudly say, "I made my time wcirthwhile in LHS ?"

Some of us won't go on to college, so when we apply for jobs, employers will look at our high school marks and ratings · We will be accepted on the basis of how we stood in schooL Let's consider how much it will help to be in good standing

The first six weeks of our last semester in school are almost gone, but there are still twelve more. How is each one of us going to finish, right or wrong? Let's see how much higher we can lift these first grades, to give ourselves, and our class a good future.

THE ADVOCATE

Hi, You-all!

And a special "Hello" to the basketball enthusiasts 'cause we've gone to special pains for you. We've been planting bear traps in dark corners all week long and have succeeded in catchin' some basketball players. (Apologies to those who got caught by mistake) While we were reviving our "Victims" we asked them a few personal questions:

Joe Carter answered this way:

Ambition: To be a great orator like Ladd Hanscom. When asked "Who's your dream girl?"

Joe just remarked "Oh, nobody in ticular." But we did notice a spark of life when the name Mary Jane was mentioned! You're not Mary's little lamb, are you Joe?

Jerry Gableman is a man of few words: we finally pryed this much out of him:

Dream Girl: Mrs. Dodge.

Ambition: To become a rich garbage collector!

Biggest Thrill: Going to basketball practice every night after school!

Roger Gohde has this to say for himself: Greatest Thrill: "Scoring my first point after being an "L" man for two years."

Roger's life ambition is to become a confirmed bachelor. (Who are you trying to kid, Rodg??? ?)

Dream Girl: Ava Gardner.

John Gray is the elusive type, but finally we tackled him and got the low-down on him "My greatest ambition is to become a good basketball player!"

Dream Girl: Rita!

Biggest Thrill: His first time · playing Varsity. (Against Fairbury).

Brien Hendrickson uttered these words of wisdom:

"My ambition is to be.come a Biggest Thrill: Watchmg L.H.S. wm the basketball tournament this year!

(Won't we all!)

Dream Girl: Ski Slide • (Her mckname, Brien?)

Rich Jennings, commonly known as Bones, remarks:

Dream Girl: Mom!

Biggest Moment: When Dave Weber made that free throw at the Abe Lincoln game.

Biggest Thrill: Becoming a basketball player!

Dave Jones states it this way:

Dream Girl: A girl who will make a wonderful wife. (That boy's thinking of the future!)

Thrill: Being able to play on the same team with "His Hero" Dean Sloan. ,

Duff Olson, the history whiz, is an easy ! guy to spot. He responded thusly:

Biggest Thrill: When Gray got to play against Hastings!

Ambition: Play against George Mikan!

When asked about his "Dream Girl" the only answer we got about that "big date" with a certam h

Roger Petri was the bashful one of t e bunch. He answered us this way:

Biggest Thrill: Fi.rst varsity game.

Favorite Expression: Jeepers!

Ambition: To win the State Championship! ,,

Dream Girl: "I haven't dreamed lately!

Dean Sloan, who holds top scoring honors, was just bursting with answers: Ambition: To be a good basketball player, someday.

Dream Girl: Mom!

Biggest Thrill: Playing on the same team with Dave Jones!

Dave Weber had some very brief but bright answers for us!

Dream Girl: Miss Carrie Roberts.

Biggest Thrill: Passing History!

Ambition: To keep out of the Army!

Dick Wells said he knew we were coming, (You should have baked a cake, Dick) so he was well prepared: Thrill: Getting on the team.

Ambition: To wear size 13 shoes. (He now wears 7's).

Dream Girl: Shelly Winters. (What! You too?)

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Ah! Glorious Springtime!

I tho't I saw a robin

Sittin' on a nest. But it was just a sparrow, With ketchup on its breast. (Courtesy of Morse Weisgurt)

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Bill Debus: (finding a worm) "Parr iddle wurm: Is your mudder and fodder dead? Does oo want to be wif your mudder and fodder? Squish!

Taffee pullin' after the opera Friday night at Gail Katskee's house were Gail with Bernie Wishnow, Carolyn Roxberg with Paul Jordan, Joan Knudson with Gordon Metcalf and Jane Laase with Clause von Schumann.

The tragedy of the flea is that he knows all his children are going to the dogs!

Surprise Date of the Week: Ginny Wilcox and Ron Danek!

Heard that Betty Vogt had a surprise party for her steady Art Sharp (50) who is leaving for the Army. Those present were Shirley Wymore 'n Allen Barnard NU, .Bette Minne 'n Glen Hall NU, and Sandra Gadd with Stan Meyer.

We leave you with this witticism: Those who laugh last ..•••. don't get it! Ann, Milli, Kate 'n Marian.

Students Visit Legislature

Something new is being added to Miss Florence Jenkins' three · modern problems classes. The pupils have been studying about Nebraska state government, and as special activities have been sitting in on· Legislature hearings. The students had several different activities from which to choose. They could attend public hearings, make maps of Legislative and Judicial Congressional districts, make scrapbooks of Legislature· news, draw cartoons concerning the Legislature, or attend a session of the Legislature. The Legislature hearings won the approval of most of the students.

A few of the well-known personalities that the students have become aquainted with are Senator Tom Adams, SenatOr Robert McNutt, and Senator Otto Libers. Their names have appeared on the Legislative Journal as being visitors. Some of the hearings they have attended are the "Fire Cracker Bill'', "The Fair .Labor Practice Bill", and the "Four Day Cream Bill."

The classes leave during school in small groups, and stay for two periods. They bring back copies of bills, and any other information Of interest.

Miss Jenkins stated that her classes seem to work better and gain more information on their own than they would if she accompanied them.

LHS Graduate Publishes Story

Bill Doole, '50 graduate of Lincoln High, has written one of the leading short stories in the February 3 issue of the Nebr<1ska Farmer.

The title is Lost: A Heart, the story is about the romance of a country mail man and his schoolma rm girl friend.

While in L. H S. Bill took an Engineering curriculum. He was on the National Honor Society, played in the band and was a member of the Camera and Science Clubs.

Many students are studying family relationships in their classes. The library has many books on this subject, among which are novels.

"Holiday Mountain" by Lloid and Juanita Jones, full of adventure from beginning to end, describes the Campbell family and their vaeation cabin camp. Young Tom Campbell must take over the task of running the camp and making hundreds of Christmas wreaths when his father breaks his leg. T h e wreaths are the source of the family's winter income, but Tom manages to get the job done and improve the camps.

This colorful picture of rugged life takes i'nto consideration, the building of a ski trail, being snowbound, and hunting and fishing trips.

The characterization of the great and wealthy people of Chicago, from the 1880's to 1918 results when Arthur Meeker writes of the people with whom he grew up This novel, "Prairie Avenue," is cast· in the form of a chronicle as to what happened to the family of one of the mansions on this street.

The author has also wi;itten "The Ivory Mischief" concerning King Louis XIV of France.

A very rare novel, similar to "The Yearling" or "The Call of · the Wi'ld" is the story of Bucky Calloway and his family's adjustment to the hardships of poverty and loneliness. It takes place in the isolated section of the north woods of Maine near New Brunswick. • Bucky's father, Cam, breaks his leg at the beginning of trapping season, causing Bucky to tend the traps and brave the weather

There is a very dramati'c scene, in which Bucky saves the trap line by c9nquering a wolverine in "Swiftwater" by Paul Annixter. A summer ends with the result of a girl reali!ing that she has become a more mature and good-humored girl. She had spent the summer in New Hampshire and gotten herself entangled in a love affair, which, to her, was very serious. This girl is "Sandy" who has been raised by an aunt to whom she is devoted. For a very applaudable book, read "Sandy" by Gray.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951

'Coon Visits

English Class

Seems as though there ;yas quite an attraction down in room 100 last Thursday_ Teachers and office girls alike stopped their work for a while to watch the · antics of a raccoon in Miss Montgomery s room. Miss Montgomery likes to illustrate her stories. After assigning a story on raccoon hunts to her classes she had Lorenzo DelGado bring his pet racoon to school for a day. Lorenzo found his raccoon, "Squeaky" about 20 miles west of Omaha, seven or eight months ago, along with four others which he sold. Now at eight months "Squeaky" is only about half the size he will be.

Squeaky also has another playmate at home, a dog. "At first they didn't get along, but they were about the same age when I got them and I've trained. them to like each other. They are real friends now," said Lorenzo. "But just let another dog come in sight and he is ready to fight."

"Squeaky is very mischievious and Jikes to get into everything he can find to stick his nose in,'' Lorenzo remarked. "But he learns fast. Even faster than a dog. One of his many tricks is to drink coke out of the bottle."

A sophomore in Lincoln High, Lorenzo has owned many pets. Some of them were skunks and a garter snake. Some people even ask him if Squeaky is a skunk.

School Nurse Relieves Ills

According to a recent count, it has been discovered that approximately half of the entire school body has been to the Lincoln High nurse, Mrs. Mapes, at one time or another. Out of this group the average is three times for their three years here. Of course there are exceptions. Some have gone to the nurse's · office only once while others have as many as nine or ten times on their record. New this year is the file in which the names and ailments of every one now irt school, who has been to the nurse's office, are kept. This has also proved itself to be a great help in parent consultation. "I have anywhere from 15 to 22, depending on the season and epidemics, to care for daily,'' stated Mrs. Mapes. Complaints range from the common headaches, stomach aches and floor burns, contracted in gym, to µiajor and minor accidents. A great. number of students come in for dental or doctor excuses. Average time out of class is one and a half periods for resting or a dental aPPointment.

Green Archer

Friend or Foe?

Who is the Green Archer? Is .he a friend or foe? How does he always happen to be at the scene of the crime? How does he fit info the mysterious serial, "The Green Archer?"

That's what noon movie-going pupils are beginning to wonder as the mystery deepens.

Spike Holland, who is an insurance investigator, iS seeking the identity of a master jewel thief and becomes quite involved iri the affair. Abel Bellamy, who has secured a castle from his brother by unscrupuious means, and is the villain in the picture, now uses the ·castle as a headquarters for his hired crooks. ·

To add to the dilemma, hidden oors and secret passages are located all over the huge. treacherous castle. These doors can either be used as a means of escape from the law. or as "bobby-traps" for "unwanted" viSitors. Spike Holland's life is constantly in danger because the crooks are always trying to "do-away" with him.

To make the mystery even more confusing to Spike and his friends, there is a fake Green Archer who poses as the real Green Archer, who is re<illy on the side of the law, we hope.

Hats on Display

In Home Ee Room

Girls, are you wondering what style and color of hat to get for Easter? See the miniature hats in Miss Ethel Etmund's room. They are made by her Home Economics 14 class. Since this class has been studying engagement and bridal showers, they made hats that they thought a bride could wear to a dress-up party in her honor. These hats are made from scraps of felt with sequins,

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951

Mabel the Mute Keeps Diary

Of L.H.S. Opera, 'Iolanthe'

"Hi! I'm Mabel the Mute. I'd like to tell you about the part I played in the L.H.S. opera, 'Iolanthe.' " January 25-"My story begins during the last week of January. The members of the L.H.S. orchestra received the music for "Iolanthe" and proceeded at once to practice.

Practice! An eight letter word with a very big meaning. Well, the orchestra members started practicing with quite a bit of enthusiasm.

This la where my part comes in.

My master> Mike; would put me on the bridge of his violin to make the notes softer. Back and forth I would go, from the bridge to the music rack and back to the bridge again. Pretty soon I got tired of this routine, but I told myself that in the end it would be well worth the effort.

When I was listening to the music of the orchestra, I thought how the days were flying by, Soon, very soon, the important ?tights would be here. I was getting excited

Every once in awhile during reheanal, I would hear a sigh of Seniors Asked To Write Song Attention seniors!

A committee has been chosen to select a class song. The members are Mickey Clinton, Jack Rogers, Leonard Barker, and Kathy Welch.

Out o:f the songs and words handed in, this committee and a member of the Music Department is to choose one to represent the Senior Class.

The sponsors, Miss Elsie kahr and Miss Carrie Robers, want to urge the seniors to work hard and try to make th.is year's •ong the "best."

The deadline is March 31, as the Senior Class Day is May 18.

despair. Naturally most of the kids were getting tired of playing the same thing over and over. I knew, however, that in the end it would be well worth the effort.

February 13-At · last the day came when the opera cast and the orchestra rehearsed together. I was very excited as I rode up to the auditorium on Mike's fiddle. Was it fun! That first rehearsal was an experience that I'll never forget. I think that both the cast and the orchestra were a wee bit discouraged.

The next day the rehearsal was a little better and slowly, day by day, rehearsals improved consid-:erably.

February · 21-The dress rehearsal was stupendous. Everyone was a little nervous. There was an air of excitement during the rehearsal, amid the confusion of picture-taking and costume discussion.

February 25-Well, the opera has come and gone and I'm at a loss for words. All I can say is that it surely was a lot of fun. It was also well worth the effort."

Clubs ]

HOME EC.

New officers elected to fill the offices of the Home Ee. club are Ruth Walker, president, Carolyn Sackett, vicepresident, Elsie Sienknect, secretary, and Beverly Sponer, t reas urer BUSINESS CLUB

Members of the Business club witnessed a demonstration in speed typing by Miss Jane Stewart, w ho was assisted by ten students from the advanc e typing cl ass Y-TEENS

Y-Teens presented its annual Spring Fashion Show sponsored by Miller & Paine Department Store February 19, in room 326.

Modeling the many different costumes, provided by Miller & Paine were Nancye · Lesher, Patty Schwabauer, Nan cy Hemphill, Mary Joyc e Deer, and Bea B eutel.

ORPHEONS

Newly electe d officers fo r this semester in Orpheons are Jack Rogers, presiden t ; L eoRe. :::ker Marilyn McCauley, secretary; ·Cynthi a Henderson, treasur er ; and Pat P auley, ser gean t a t arms.

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Senator Adams Speaks at LHS

"There is no necessity for people of different faiths and colors to live apart," stated Senator John Adams of Omaha, in the double assembly held February 20, at the L.H.S. auditorium.

National Brotherhood W eek, February i9 to ·25 only serves to emphasize the fact that there s hould be no segregation in our world, claimed Senator Adams. He went on to say that politics, armament and even education will be no help in teaching the world to understand fellow men without the study of matter, mind, history and revelation.

Senior Sketches ·I

Carolyn Weatherhogg:

Carolyn, a saucy little browneyed senior, hails from home i:oom 326. Next fall she plans to attend Wesleyan University, although her plans after that are indefinite. She is now in the Arts and Sciences Curriculum. In her sophomore and junior years Carolyn was a member of Y-teens, For eign Language Club, Orpheons, and Sophomore and Junior Gl ee. Carolyn served on the a d v ertising and make-up committees for the opera and the make-up Committee for the Junior an d Senior Plays. She also t akes an active party in Business Club, Senior Choir, and is on the honor roll. She is fond of dancing and basketball; h er favorite .singer is Mario Lanza. When asked what was her pet peeve, Carolyn replied " peopl e who alway s · look for fau lts in others." She is especially interested in piano and sewing.

Rollin Dreamer Rollin, better known to hi s friends ·as "Ronnie " is in the Art s and Sciences Curriculum. N ext year he plans either to attend the University of Nebraska or go to C a lifornia to school, where he will study to be a mortician. Ronnie h as been a member of the band during his career at Lincoln High. Music is one of hi s hobbi es. He p lays the saxophone, clarinet, and the pian o. His favorite dance b a nd is Ralph Flanagan He is al so inter ested in coin collect ing. Ronnie is an acti ve member of the or der of DeMolays. He likes to participate in golf unci ·bo.wllng R o nni e · enjoys traveling too. L ast summer he journeyed to New York and ba-::k a gain, then to California. Pet peeve? Chemistry!

Well, guess what!. I wa s walking downtown again and r i ght th er e b efor e my v ery ey es, in all its splendor, was Rose well's The windows were so nice a nd sprin gy that it ma de you wish that it (meaning spring) were h ere to s tay Upon entering the store you stop and wonder what kind of a corsage you might get fo r Easter. What a super way to complete that new Easter out -: fit! There is also t hat good, ol e , I rish St Patrick's d ay when

Counselors

Have you wondered ab out the Se nior Counselors and their purpose? This organization, sponsored by Miss Dorcas Weatherby, has set the welfare of all new students and the problems of the student body as their goaL These senior girls confer with Miss Weatherby and O. W •. Hackman, boys' advisor, as to schedules, extra-curricular activities, etc. They will, if necessary, go to the junior high schools and help the ninth -gra ders with the system of registration and expl a in the facilities of Lincoln High. The members would app r eci..; ate any suggestion for improvement pup ils would have. They are Peggy D ewey, president; Barbara Turner vice-president; Beverly Davis secretary-treasurer, Agnes Anderson Betty Barber, Mary Ida Barnds, Sondra Bricker, Karen Broady, Nan cy Chamberlin , Phyllis Colbert Anita Dan iels, Sandra Gadd, Barbara Hof, Mary Lou J anicek Cynthia John son, Jeanette Kleinert, Jo An n Knapp, Ann ie. Lut z Virgi n i a Mann, Bette Minne, Ma r garet Moore, Sheila O vergaar d, Verna Del Peterson, Barb ara Sorenson, Marilyn ;Hayes, Nancy Hemphill Barbara Herr; Mar th a Hill Mickey Walt, · Bridge t Watson, Beverly Whitted, Donna Plock a nd Kathy Welch. The members will be distinguisha ble by their red and black arm-bands with the .letters S. C."

I Hey, L. H. S. Students! When " The Ci ty Slicker a nd Our Nell" comes to L inc oln High School March 6 and 7, be sure to b oo an d hiss the villain, cla p for the heroine, and cheer the h ero!

Library Gets . More Boolis

A n umber of new books w ere re cently p urch ased and placed on the shelves of t h e L.H S lib rary · T h ey a re a s follows : "Twelve Against Crime," by Radi.n D o y ou want t o know w h o sol ves crimes? Read about the behind t h e scenes crime sol vers For the story of a great bus iness man and nation al fi gure read "Bern a rd B aruch ," by White. Scott gives you the fina n c ial fac t s of s avings and i nvestments in his book "How Tu Lay a Nest E gg ." An amazing story of 25 years in the strange , terrifying world of the Belgian Congo is Stine t orf's "White Witch Doctor. " S eeger s dramat ic st ory of a n ati on of great upheaval s a n d viol ence i s, "The Pageant of Russian History." An interes ting s t ory of the cust oms, peop l e and p l aces in Ceylon, the Bahammas, and I ran is " Friendly F aces in Far-away Places," written by people who s hould know bes t about it thirty · native wr it ers "Famous Men of Medicin e," b y Chandier.

A his tory of medicine throu gh person alized sketches of outs t anding men A story of two interesting girls, ages 16 and 18 is "Saturday s Child," by Simon. Undset wrot e one of the v er y fin est of European hist ori cal n ovel s, "Kristin· Lavrans datter." He was at one time a Nobel Prize winner. Four more bo oks are "How Love Grows in M arriage," Wood; "Incredible Tale: The Odyssey of the Average American in the Last Half Century," J ohnson; "Century Collegiate H a ndbooks," Greever; and "The Art Olf Gift W rapping," Lowrie

Jackie Nothnagel, sixth; and Jane Cullwell, seventh. Janet Gordon will be awarded a l e tter. Emblems will be pre- · sen t ed to Susan Diamond, Jane L y nch, Jackie Nothnagel and Jane Cullwell. Junior and Senior Red Cross Life Sav ing will be taught by Mrs Vi ola Brown on Saturday mornin gs from 9:00 to 10:30, beginning February 24, also on Tuesd ays a n d Thursdays a fter school, beginning s ometime in March. With basketball almost over for the year, this column could n ' t be complete wit hout mentioning baseball, the game that fascinates millions. With spring just around the corner and b aseb all in t he air, now is the time for all of you baseball-minded gir ls to earn that e m blem to become a member of G. A. A. by playing after sc hool s oftball. First b r a cket singles winner s in t h e table tennis t ournament are Susan Diamond, Iva Noble Beverly Pagel, P hyllis H arms Ann Nothnagel, Peggy Ellis, Marilyn Towne, Winnie Lautenschlager, Ja ckie Nothnagel, Beverly Miller , Gail Ka tskee , Suzie Good, K ay Pe r r in Elizabeth J a cobs, Phyllis Mey er an d Margaret Mo ore. Former L.H.S. Pupil To Enter West Point P a ul Johnston, 1947 graduate of Lincoln High S chool a n d a pre - law student a t P er u State Teache rs College, h a s been

Lincoln Seeded In ·District

Packers Talie First Place In Intramural

Second

Building, the team is concentrating on tumbling, the trampoline the side horse and parallel bars: Regarding the sports column in the February 8 Hastings Tiger Cub concerning the "not a fluke win" over the L.H.S. swimmers, we wish to point out that the Lincoln divers didn't make the trip because the H astings pool doesn't have a diving board, And since in earlier season competition against Hastings the Lincoln divers placed first <1nd second, we feel that that event might have made a difference on how the score r e a d. The swimmers have no alibis, but they feel they can beat Hastings swimmers any tin:ie, any place (that has a diving boa rd) in a full swim meet.

Beatrice Seconds Edge Sophs,

The Beatrice reserves edged out the Lincoln Sophomores 24-22 in the L H.S. gym Thursday, February 22.

Beatrice showed a strong defensive team and led 7-5 at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter was more even but Beatrice was leading at the half 13-10. Coach Bob Slezak's Sophomores came back strong after the half , and led at the three quarter mark 17-20.

Beatrice proved too much for the Sophomores by putting in two free throws in the last seconds of the game to take the win.

Linc oln High finished second with 55, Omaha Tech was third with 41, Hastings ha.d 33 for fimrth, and Omaha S outh was fifth with seven A trio of Dan, Da \'e, and Ed Villegas accounted for 33 of B oys Town's total, points. Lincoln got its , only first place points on first by the 150-yard medley relay team Qf Larry Good, Fred Boucher and Sam Haupt, and the 200-yard free style relay team of Robert McBride, Dave ' Gradwohl, Dave Dreith, and John Lightle.

Results: 60-ya.rd. tree slylC-\'\ 0ll bj' DRU VH les as (BT); second Dave Vlllegaa ( BT); third, Terry Anderson (BT); fourth; John Lightle (L); fifth. Jim Gotch ! Tl; sixth Don Ande (Ji) Time 25.0.

100--yard breasts&rokc-Won by Ron Manarik ($); secOnd, Tim Anders on tH ) third, Tom H o uchen (L); fourth, Ken Olson (T); 1ifth. Fred Boucher (L); sixth, John Cahill (BT). T ime: l:lLS.

200-yard freestyle-Won bY Dave Nelson (BT); second Sam Haupt (L ); third, Dick: Hill (H) four t h Pa Bergin ( BT ); filth, Rober M cBride (L) : •IXth, Dave Dreith ( Li; Time: 2 :12: 3, lOOCyard bacl<strok<r-Won by Julian Johns on (BT) ; •econd,

Matmen Grab ·

Sixth in State

THE ADVOCATE

National Honor Society Members

Are Selected

Seventy-five seniors were notified of their membership in the 1951 National Honor Society Friday, March 9.

The members elected Jeck Rogers as ' president; Bernie Wishnow, vice-president; and Peggy Dewey, secretary-treasurer.

On Monday, March 12, the members of the organization were introduced in an assembly.

Dr. Lewis A. Warren of Indiana, editor of "Lincolh Lore" tor 22 years, spoke at the convocation.

He is a member of the Nebraska State Library and Historical Bureau and is the of the Lincoln National Life Foundation, which has gathered the largest collection of literature on Abraham Lincoln.

The members representing Lincoln High School include: James Balley, Georgia Baker, Leonard B ark er, Mary Ida Barnds, Beatrice Beutel, Mary Ann Bieber, Dixie Borgaard, Donna Borgaard, Carolee Brehm, R oger Brendle, Joe Carter, Nancy Chamberla in, Dana Clement, Phyllis Colbert, Marilyn Cook Ronald Cutts, Anita Daniels, Beverly Davis, Peggy Dewey, Susan Diamond.

Marlene Dumke, Elaine Eddy, Ruth Ellenwood, Alison Faulkner, Ilene Frailey, Marvin Friedman, Ronnie Gibson, David Gradwohl, Patrida Grahm, Lillian Guest, Nancy Hemphill Shirley Ann Hergert, Martha Hill, Delbert Hunt, Paul Jordon, Joan Joyner, Natalie Katt, JoAnn Knapp. Lorene Kuhn, Joyce Laase, Shirley Langhus, Loretta Lengner, Jimmy Lowell, Mary Lou , Lull, Ann Katherine Lundy, Patrick Madden, Virginia Mann Hal Mardis, Betty Jo McMartin, Gordon Metcalf, Shirley Morisse, Nancy Lee Mueller, D0!!!!a Neltmn, Antonine Quatfrocchi, Josephine Quattrocchi, Lloyd Reed, William Renner, Jack Rogers. Don Scanlon, Paul Scheele; Phyllis Schiedler, Richard Schilliri g, Gi>nevieve Shilh:n1, Betty Jean Sittner, Lowell Sohl, Natasha Stepanek, Sara Lee Stepheni;on, George Strassler, Glynda Thomas; Fay Thoreson, Kathleen Welch, Richard Wells Martha Winter, Bernit. Wishnow, and Charles Yungblut.

Onb 15 percent of the graduating class may become members of the National Honor Society. In Lincoln High the 15 percent is taken from t he scholastically high 25 percent of the graduating class. A student must also be accepted by the f acu lty in order to become a member Those whose average falls below a "3" are not considered for membership. The N ational Honor Society has four ()bjectives. They are scholarship, characte r, leadership, and service. A General Aptitude Test for the National Honor Society will be given March 13 to nineteen members of the organization. Mrs. Ruth Pinney will conduct the exa mination in room 316. The best qualified members of the organization

I Rep Dance Planning 1Underway

Pavilion. Tickets are 75c per couple and will b e sold by the Home Room Representatives in home rooms only. Outsiders may attend if their tickets are bought in advance and one member attends Lincoln High School. Tickets will probably go on sale next week. Music will be provided by Paul Bieberstein and his band. Wednesday, March 7, these preparations were made at a meeting of the Home Room Representatives

The committee for the dance is: Chairman, Betty Vogt. Decoration, Ruth Wacker. Snack Bar, Dick Schilling Publicity, Dave Weber and Ted Forke Program and Music, June Shipp s and Charles Knudson Tickets, Jack Hale. There will be no Junior-Senior Banquet this year, as several home rooms voted against it. There is a possibility of a Junior-Senior Prom, but definite arrang ements haven ' t been made as yet If anyone !\t":· ences as to what they would E!;e instead of the banquet, th ey should see any of the junior or senior sponsors. The sponsors ask that everyone be thinking about what they would · like, as a vote will be taken later on.

Do You Have Spring Fever?

Spring fever is a funny thing. Quite unexplainable. Now the definition that suits spring f e ver is one similar to this. The girls fall all over their fe et to get some boy to notice them, send the poor, non.Suspecting males dreamy starry-eyed looks that would knock over a cow, and the dumb guys, it seems, don't even notice them. So the girls walk further down the street or hall and sight some other innocent male at whom they drool and on whom, again, they try the " lo ok." The male merely continues on his way without noticing anything.

T hen there are the boys themselves, heaven help them! Their attention sadly turns to track and , baseball. Oh, brother! If a girl is fortunate enough to acquire a date with a member of the weaker form of human beings, male, the whole conversation consists of track and baseball talk. Something like, "Bob Jones is going out for second base this year, pretty good too." The girl sighs, "Isn't the moon big?" Then the boy continues, "Jim is out for t he shot put; probably do okay " The girl sighs again and says, "Do you think one should go steady in high school?" The boy with a far away l ook, says, "Got to get in ea r ly because coach says he is going to run us tomorrow." Do you have spring fever? way to tell is by answering these questions:

1. Do you hate to get up mornings? -Yes-- No--

2. Are you extra lazy? - YesNo--

3 Do you daydream?-YesNo--

4. Are you forever wanting to be outdoors? Yes- No-5. Do you get a kick out of life without taking Hadacol? Yes-No--

6 Are you attracted to the opposite sex? Yes No--

7. Does even Latin seem easy? , Yes-- No-If to all these questio11 you can answer yes, you've got it kid, you've got it!

The central pep committee,

They are, left to right, first

Lynn

as

Central Co111mittee Continues Pep Plans

With the idea of building and preserving school spirit and morale, the cen tral p ep committee h as been continuing its program at Lincoln High.

The group, made up of 10 representatives from va1ious s tudent organizations, meets to discuss plans and make suggestions concerning schoo l support.

A recent outcome of the com- 1 mittee's functioning was the rally given for the Lincoln High basketball team when it l ett for the District Tournament, held March 8 at Fairbury. William B ogar, · L. H. S. principal, who heads the committee, states that he feels the student body h as accomplished much this past semester in regard to schoo l spirit and morale.

"In a school as larg e as ours there are bound to be many s tudents who just aren't interested

Senior Speaker Candidates Sign

Fif teen seniors signed up in r0•Jm '..!15 for th<> of senior spe <>ke!' a t exercises Among the list of suggested topics that can be found in all senior ho!lle rooms and English classes include: " The Importan ce of Today " "Keepihg Our Heads." "Some Uncrowded Vo cations." "Taking In ventory." "UNESCO." Certain rules mast be followed by the candidates. A type-written COPY with one carbon copy of the candida te 's speech must be submitted by April 13 in room 215. The writer's n ame should be oh a separate sheet of paper at:.. tached to the manuscript which should be limited to a speaking time of ten minutes.

Pupils who n eed help in having manuscripts typed may arrange with Miss Lefler in room 113 for having them done. Oral tryouts will be scheduled later.

;r, cheering, pep rallies, and games. They are not concerned with team support and that is their r ight ," Mr, Bogar stated. He went on t o say that such s t udents need not close their ears to talk of school spirit and mora le, and they need not feel excluded from a ll this talk, for support of sports events is only a small part of good school spirit and morale. School s p irit anc:!. morale are built up by two factors: ( 1) accomplishments relating to the school, such as winning sports contests, presentations of dramatic productions, programs given by voice and ins t ru m ent groups, Open House and Joy Night; (2) the attitude · or spiri t of bot h the students and the faculty; their desire to do their best in using good citizens hip , possessing good scholarship, initia tive, courtesy, and dependability.

LINKS LOG-

Wednesday, March 14, 1951

ADVOCATE Home Room Reps

St':'te ! - n1e11t

Thursday, March 15; 1951

State Basketball Tournament Friday, March 16, 1951

State Basketball Tournament Sa t urday March 17 1951 State Baske tball Tournament Monday, March 19 1951

Regents' Exams Wednesday, March 21, 1951

Student Council Spring Vacation begins 3:15 Tuesday, March 27, 1951 Classes re-convene Wednesday, March 28, Home Room Reps Student Council 1951

Thursday, March 29, 1951

Monday, April 2, 1951 Joy Night Dress Rehearsal 6 :30

Wednesday, April 4, 1951

ADVOCATE

Judges Choose Final Joy Night Skits, Soloists

Eighteen acts were selected from tryouts tQ board the Links Lux;ury Liner April 5, 6 and 7.

The program for Joy Night will open with the Boys' Glee and close with the music of the Girls' Glee. The L.H.S, faculty will also be on deck ·to present an act. These three acts traditionally participate in Joy Night and are admitted without tryout. The acts chosen by tryouts include: • ------'----------, Tap Dance-8hirley Jesse and

Week

The Foreign Language Committee met Thursday, March 8 in room 205 t o discuss definite plans for Foreign Language Week, to be held April -9-13. Delegates from the language classes, who make up the committee, decided upon a form of identification for the foreign lan guage - students during that week. This would be a badge or emblem with a suitable design to distinguish each country. Members of

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newspaper put out combining all four languages -French, German, Latin, and Sanish.

Alternates Give

Red Cross Panel

The annual Red Cross Assembly was presented in the Lincoln High auditorium Friday, March 8. sponso red by the Home R00rn Alternates. ThP p 1_'0t;-Tiff<• featured a panel of four stud.ent speakers: Gary Sherman, who spoke on what the Red Cross has done in the past for the United States; Morgan Bancroft who told what Linc<;>ln, Nebraska is doing for the Red Cross; Nancy Mueller, w ho discussed what the Red Cross expects to do in the year 1951; and Shirley Hartman, who told how Lincoln High School students can help the Red Cross. A movie was then shown on what the Red Cross is doing in Korea to v. S. troops in time of disaster. This movie showed the value of the human blood that is given by Americans every day and how much it means to a soldier in time of life or death. The movie emphasized the fact that most people don't realize what the Red Cross is to a family · in distress until the disaster strikes.

Katz. Sponsored b7 Robert Slezak. Musical Travel Skit-Jean Ait· ken, Nancy Pat Alvord, Mary Lou Calhour., Courtney Campbell, Diane DeVriendt; Polly Ann Nancy ;Fieming, Catherine Hodder, Jo Ann Junge, Diane Knotek, Sandi-a Saylor, Carolyn Schimmel, Patricia Staf· ford, Gretchen Teal and Helen Weir. Sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Dodge. Marimba Solo-Eileen· Patzel. Sponsored by Lyle Welch. Tap Dane-Mimi DuTeau and Jean Ann Sweeney. Sponsored by Max Lein. Boy's Quartet--Bob Barnett; Ed Mischnick, Warrer. Schwabauer, · Rollen Shepherd and Paul Zim mermani;i. Thompson. Sponsored ey Ted Comedy Hawaiian DanceAnn Lisa Loomis. Sponsored by Miss Ethel Bryant. Accordion I;>uet--Kay Schmoker and Don Kitchen. Sponsored b:y Miss , Lillian Story. · L Club Skit--Allan Anderson, Bob Babcock, Don Becker, Dick Beechner, Roger Brendle, Joe Carter, Allen Christiansen, Roger Gohde, Larry Good, Ladd Hans· com, Sam ·Haupt, Brien Hendrick· son, Mack Hunt, Rich Jennings, Kay Johnson, Dave Jones, Ted King, Bob Mellinger, Sanford Nelson, Jim Owens, Roger Petri, Diclc &l.ddaris, Don Scanlon; John Schreiber, Dean .Sloa11, Rolanu Weisser, Douglas Wilcox and Dave Olson. Sponsored by Lyle Weitland, Joe Partington, Bill Pfeiff and Bob Slezak Magic -D a v e Meisenholder, Jane Summers and Marion Broer. Sponsored by Miss Mildred Waide. Pknic Skit--Mary Ida Dixie Borgaard, Donna Borgaard, Beverly Davis, Shirley Langhus, Betty Jo McMartin, Marilyn Mueller, Nancy Mueller, Phyllis Nelson, Dorothy Perry and Ann Workman. Sponsored by John Bruce.

Vocal Solo-Vonna Marie Finley. Sponsored by Miss Grace Mc· Mahon. Trumpet Trio-Roger Brendle, Carl Honnens and Jack McKie. Sponsored by Lyle Welch. Tap Dance Solo-Nancy Kiely. Sponsored by Miss Irene Martin. Girls Octet-Georgia Baker, Mary Ann Bieber, Barbara Car• ter, Shirley Hergert, Phyllis Kaufman, Annie Lutz, ' Winifred Winston and Anne White. Span• sored by Miss Dorothea Gore. Plano Solo-Jack McKie. Spon• sored by Lyle Welch. Tap Line-Betty Barber, Polly Ann Downs, JoAnne Felton, Sally Gangham, Patsy Gordon, Helen Ratcliff, Shirley Jesse. Charlene Katz,

shown

they met Friday, March 9.

row, Phyllis Nelson Marilyn Mueller, Mary Belle Baldwin; second row, Miriam Wohlfarth, Leroy Butherus, Doil. Becker, Leonard Barker; third row, Mimi Du Teau,

Holland, Margaret Moore, Peggy Dewey.

Charlene

Jane and Shirley Find Lines Congested

Jane Jones, a new student at L.H S., was standing in the lunch line talking with Shirley a newly-found friend A little way down the line a girl was getting an ice cream cone, and the entire line was held up. Jane noticed this and inquired, "Why don t the people behind that girl go on around her while she's waiting for her cone?"

Shirley thought for a momeI!t and replied, "I don't know. I guess maybe they don't know it is all right to go on pas t her."

The line moved on, and Jane and Shirley :went to find a place to sit ''Let's sit here,'' suggested Jane "No, we can't sit here," replied Shirley "These seats are saved See , the chairs are tipped forward."

The girls looked around in se arch for another place, but seeing no v acant seats they waited until two girls had finished eating. Then they sat down

" What do you mean, 'the y 're saved' ?" asked ihe newcomer again.

"I mean the people at the table are holding those chairs for some friends who have the lunch period following this one, " Shirley explained.

"But," protested Jane, "that isn ' t fair to the rest of us. They are actually being selfish. Why, somebody could sit there and be finished eating before his friends come " Shirley agreed.

The new student at our school doesn t get a favorable impression of the L.H.S. cafeteria when she sees a congested lunch line and chairs saved for friends. We can change that impression by going on around the person who is delayed at the ice cream and candy counter, a nd by remembering to share the chairs with others.

Six Weeks Grades Cause

Many Worries to Some

He looked suspiciously, first over one shoulder, then the other. Being sure rio one was around, he opened his book. Then looking around again he slipped out a white paper and cautiously opened it with trembling fingers.

Yes, you guessed it. It was a report card, and you can imagine what the grades on it were!

Report cards came out recently and if this is what happened when you got yours don't you think the grades could sta nd some improvement? There are five more weeks to work hard before they're out again, so how about it?

Report cards aren't what's important though, it's how much we really learn that counts. Getting good grades on a t est by cheating doe s n' t mea n "I.Ve a re i e;.,lly i mproving grades, because we really don 't deserve them.

Even if we don' t get 1- " 1", there's always a chance that next fime the grade will be better.

Newcomers Face Difficult Problems of Adjustment

Has it ever occurred to you that possibly the loneliest person in the world could very easily be the new transfer to Lincoln High School?

Every year L H.S sees new people, usually from some small Nebraska town, coming into the fold. The new "kid" is often without friends in his new adventure

Unless the newcomer has some very special athletic ability or acting talent, he will find many a night with only assignments and a radio. The average person will find it hard to " get in,'' especially if he comes from a small town. In the city friendships are formed in the early years and the gang sticks together throughout high school and college.

If we students of L.H.S will show the newcomer around the building and help him out generally, his gloom will soon pass and his work will improve. No one can do a· really good job unless he is happy. When you see that newcomer just try to picture how you would feel if y ou were to move to Chicago Wouldn t you want someone to give you a helping hand?

THE ADVOCATE

Nebraska

Greetings, Gates! How's life treatin ' ya ? ?? What ' s t hat?

Ya say y ou ' re not satisfied ? Ya say y a w ant

more for y our m oney ? Well, tell ya what

we ' re gonna do !' This week we are offering

you one flawless Static column. (We hope.)

No names mispelled, no dates m ixed up , and guarant eed, if kept, to bring back happy memories in fu t ure years!

* * * CAN YOU FEATURE ?? ??

Joan Larson going steady !

Shirley Scott .•... without her innertube !

Ron Cooley afraid of gir ls!

Barbara Hof as A dvocate Literary wri t er !

Roger Gohde . dr essed in rag s !

Tiete Morris minus her Boston a ccent !

Bernie Wishnow. about an ything!

Tommy Kissler with long curly hair!

Blaine Ward keeping that " L " pi n permanently located !

Charlene Katz talkin' y our ear off !

Di ck Sloan : Without h is jalo py ! Ha!

Vonna Finley over 5 f eet t all ! I

Helen Broer getti n g straight l ' s in t yping!

Ace Fogarty with a h a rem !

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SURPRISE DATE OF THE WEEK :

Sandra Gadd and Dick Saddoris !

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Heard that Jane Laase t h r e w a big sur-

prise birthday party Saturday night for

Lucette Makepeace, Ann Lundy, and Mary

Jane Ernst who all celebrated their birthdays last week. Those present were Jane with Claus Von Schuman, Ann with B ob

Albers, Mary Jane with Bob Eno, Lucett e with Bob Day, Ellen Pickett wit h Jerry

Cherr y , Joyce Carl with Gary Pierce, Sandra Reimers with David Gradwohl, and Nancy Kiely with Larry Good.

* * SING WHILE YOU DRIVE!

At 35 miles per hour •. "Show Me A Way I To Get Out Of This World"

At 55 miles per hour "Highways A re Happy Ways "

At 65 miles per hour "Nearer My God To Thee"

At 75 miles per hour When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder I'll Be ' There! "

At 85 miles pe r hour. , " Lord, I'm Comin g Home "

At 95 miles per hour "Heaven, I'm In ' Heaven"

* * * NEW S TEADY DEAL : Diana McClure

a n d J ack H al e

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A few of t he L H. S .'e rs seen toget h er over the last two weekends have been Barbara Beal with Don Scanlon, Donna Borgaard wi t h Don Becker Bea B eutel with Dick Cecil, Betty Barber with Harold Voller, and Mary Lu Lull with Leroy L engner Also Betty Spomer and Johnny Wier, and Darlene Fischer with Lee Riegel (NU) Not to leave out several steady couples such as Delores Schleuger and Merril Alberry (WU) Lynn Holland with Eldon Lovell (NU) , Caddy Freeman and Tom Houchen, and Jo yce Taylor with Ron Danek! and Shirley Murphy with Bob Mellinger!

* * * LIFE OF AN L.H S. STUDENT:

Monday Recover from last weeke nd! Tuesday ..•.. Prepare for next weekend! Wednesday The lull between weekends! Thursday Get all ready for next weekend! Friday Leave for the weekend! Sat. and Sun The WEEKEND!

* * * Don Lehi: Hey, do y ou know wh y a chicken crosses the road?

Dean Stoneman : Sure, to get t o t he other side.

Don: No, for fowl reasons!

* * * Most humble apologies to Ladd Hanscom , Ted Forke, and Charlie Kostos , who had to be excluded from our basketba ll players' interviews last issue b e cause of space mix- ups. This w as a very serious error and the boys didn't seem t o take it too well.•. Ladd told us " I f eel very mistreated and abused!" Ted told us "I feel hurt!" and Charlie said " I'm sick I tell you I'm just sick I'm sure my· public was terribly disappointed Yes I'm just v ery distressed about the whole affair!"

* * * WORDS OF WISDOM: A modest girl never pursues a man neither does a trap pursue a mouse !

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Now for some DEADLY HUMOR:

· Dracula : My wife had a baby a t this hospital, may I see it ?

Nurse: Yes sir. Shall I wrap it up or will y ou eat it here?

Underneath these polished stones Lie the remains of Mary Jon es, Her name was Brown, it wasn t Jones But Brown doesn't rhy me with polished stones, And she'll never know if it's Brown or Jones!

One eight foot cannibal to anoth er: " Shall we boil this missionary now? " Other cannibal : "No, let' s not 'cause he's a friar!"

* * * Before we leave you all we want to let 1 you in on a little secret. Static has turned commercial. Yes indeed, this week we are using in our bathtubs " LUMPO SOAP", doesn 't lather, doesn't smell, doe sn ' t bubble, just company in the· tub!

Be seein' ya, Ann, Milli, Marian and Kate

High Prices

Nothing New

Peekin' Back

Patrohnan Gives Drivers Tests

New Student Enters L.H.S.

3.

Jenkins Gives Safety Rules

Lloyd C. Jenkills,

SCENES

AT SCHOOL by Bobbie Russell Howdy!

Well, the disti:ict tourna.,. ment is over now and tl:ie State-is coming up Come on, you guys, lets run away with that championship this year!

There were lots

I SeniorSketches 11 GD · roup

Dixie and Donna Borgaa.rd:- I ives rama

"The only thing we don't like about being twins is that no one · teil us apart," stated both Dixie and Donna Borgaard, L. H. se!liors

Dixie and Donna are in the Arts· and Science Curriculum, members of Peppers, Senior Choir and were in the op@ra, · "Iolanthe." During their junior year, they were on the Advocate staff, and in Junior Girls' Glee. Donna was a Home Room Alternate; Dixie; a Home ·Room Representative. Dixie was vice-president of the Language Club and lettered in swimming. Donna lettered in archery.

Sara Lee Stephenson-Sara hails from home room 317 and is in the Arts aµd Science Curriculum. Her present thoughts are toward learning to be a lab technician at the University of Nebraska.

Sara is a member of Mummers, and played the role ofMercedes in the senior· play, ''Ring Around Elizabeth." She was also on the make-up committee for the Mummers play, "The City Slicker and Our Nell." Sara· was a Links salesman this year.

Being: on the Advocate staff and holding the office of secre• tary of the Business Club kept her busy during her junior year.

Sara is a member of the Cornhusker Kennel Club, and is especially interested in the obedience training of show dogs In 1949 her dog won best of breed in the Scottish Terrier class.

Clubs

Y-Teens The movie "One God" was shown to the Y-Teen members in the auditorium of the Public Administration Building Monday, March 5. It was pre-

sented in connection with Brotherhood' Home Economics Club Dr. Janet Palmer, school psychiatrist, spoke at the Home Ee-

"Hey Nellie! Never trust a city slicker, 'cause they'll always do you ·wrong!"

This sound advice was demonstrated in the annual Mummers assembly, "The City-'Slicker and Our Nell'', given March 6th and 7th amid cheers, hisses and loud guffaws. Janet Gordon, the dent director, introduced the play.

It :eems that thii; black-hearted, mustache-twirling city slicker, otherwise known as Sheridan Douglas and played by Bob · Wells, and: his girlfriend Claribel Worth (Joey Dingman), plotting for our heroine Nellie's supposedly worthless land. Pat Nellis, who takes the part of this delicate mountain flower, loses her heart to him, forgetting all about her love for the handsomest, strongest, most honest man in those parts, namely Dan Tucker (usually identified as Pat McGinty). The culprits are captured by "the bestest de-tackatif this side o' Noo York," Toby Snod:grass (Pete Finley), the rather unintelligent boy friend of our Nell's sister, Violet Beard (Sandra ' Sick). ·

To her maw, Minnie Beard (portrayed by Anita Daniels in - a size 15 shoe), Nell's safety means more to her than anything else, with the exception of her corn bread. Glynda Tho!nas as Aunt Marthy' had an excellent memory, an<;i she proved that she "warn't after ·all!"

The story epds as all good melodramas should, with the villain and villainess being herded off to jail, and our Nellie in the strong, protecting arms of her hero, Dan

0 nomics meeting Monday, March 12. The · topic was "Problems of the 'Teen Ager.'' Business Club At the regular meeting of the business club Monday, March, 12, Lefler spoke on the placement ap.d registration for girls wishing part time jobs in their senior year. Musical selections completed the program.

Easter vacation is creepin' uµ on us again ·

the same mann,;r, ·boys. Rosewe).i'I> will have all sorts of ideas for that spring bouquet or corsage. The windows have been redecorated, incidentally, in lush-pink and cute little rabbits. What a sight! Along

IFor Girls Only I

Phyllis Harms, sophomore, won the L. H. S. Table Tennis Championship.

Phyllis defeated quarterfinalist Susan Diamond, pre-game fa vorite and ousted Ann Nothnagel, semifinalist. Then Phyllis went on to victory by upsetting Margaret Moore two to one.'

Quarterfinalists were Susan Diainond, Phyllis Harms, Ann Nothnagel; Winnie Lautenschlager, Jackie Nothnagel, Suzie Good, Elizabeth Jacobs, and Margaret Moore.

Semifinalists were Harms, Ann Nothnagel, Jackie Nothnagel, and Margaret Moore.

Finalists were Moore and Harms.

Vic tory in the doubles went to Susan Diamond and Jackie Nothnagel over Phyllis Harms and Beverly PageL

Interciass Basketball ended Feb. 21 in a: three-way tie between the sophoinores, juniors and seniors, all winning two and losing one.

Individual scorers are Susan Diamond, 18; Carol Marx 11; Norma Sommerheiser, 11; Elizabeth Jacobs, 11; ,Jackie Notlmagel, 10; and Sara Lehman, 9. Girls lettering and earning emblems in basketball will ·be honored in the Annuai A wards Assembly held at the end of the year. will be awarded letters and twenty will receive emblems

N. U. Professor Conducts Band

John Whaley, a professor of music education at the Uniy ersity of Nebra ska, has been conducting the Lincoln High Band for the past several weeks, while Lyle Welch, L H.S. band director, attends an advanced s<;hool of army theory and practice in the. movement of supplies in St. Louis "I'm enjoying the experience of w orking with many fine musicians, thanks to Mr. Welch and the other instructors," Mr. Wha ley stated,

There

also some guys and gals· journeying up to Fairbury. Natalie Nelson went up with Bud )Viederspan (NU) along with Janie Berquist · and Tom Larson (NU).

ROMEO OF THE WEEK: Tom Kissler Everyone be sure and turn out at the

With

Lincoln Trying Fot· Thirteenth Crown

Prep downed ' them in the .opening game, · 25-23 in an overtime. Rod Cox and Gayle Lebsock led the way with 9 and 7 points respectively.

1945 vvas anoiher poor year as Scottsbluff tripped Lincoln, 2422 in the first round game. Lebsock notched ten points .while a new Scottsbluff star, Bus Whitehead, got nine.

The · Links raced back in 1946 to again win the title as they downed Omaha Benson's Bun'n ies 36-30, in the finals. Bob Pierce was high scorer with 12 points followed by Bruce Bergquest with eight. Lincoln also beat Fremont 31 -23, and McCook, 59-Z9. ' Pierce gathered 43 poiilts in the tournament as Lincoln finished an undefeated season.

copped six points apieee for 1he Lincoln cause. In the preceding games of that tournament, the Llnks had teaten McCook 31- 39, edged Schuyler 35-29, and beaten Grand 28-18. 1941 was a bad year for Lincoln as they were shaded in the opening g ame, 26-25, by the Fairbury Jeffs. Bob Campbell was high :for Lincoln with a mere five points.

Don McArthur was the big gun -as Lincoln High swept to the championship .· with a 35-27 win over Northeast in 1942.

In 1947, the Red arid Black lost to Grarid Island in the finals, 4036. Pierce and Dick Means were high for Lincoln with twelve and ten points respectively. Bobby Reynolds paced G. I. .y,rith twelve points.

The Links t opp ed Hastings 4633, and Scottsbluff, 40•22 in the preceding tournament. games.

In the Lillks iast appearance in a State Basketball in 1949, they were downed in the semifinals 35-22, by · Hastings.Chuck S tickles l ed Hastings with sixteen points: Joe Good was · hi gh for an i ce cold L. H. - S. team with seven

In the first round game, - the Red and Black pushed o ver the Omaha North Vikings, '46-36. Gus Lebsock of Lincoln shared scoring honors with Dan Hartman of North at fourteen. Good collected ten. For his valuable play, Joe Good was awarded a guard position on the Lincoln Newspapers all- t ourney Class A team

L.H.S. Gymnasts

Fourth in- State

Reserves -Top Sophs 62-22

Track

Bright

Links Win District By Trouncing NE, Fairbury; State Tourney Bound

The certificate winners were: Bob -Babcock, discus, Harold Burling, I)ole vault, Charles .Gib-son, 449 and 880, John Gray, ,880 and mile, Jerry Hardestry ,sprints, D ave Manske, sprints, Bill Renner, 440 arid 880, and Dean Sloan, discus

Workouts began Monday, March · 12, with a tur:nout :of over 60 b oys

The first week is to be spent of conditioning; The boys wiil begin working on their individual events during the··s econd week. Tryouts will take place probably the·fast Week in March, The first meet will take place at the L. H .S. oval against Beatrice. This is ·a dual meet.

The s chedule i s partly undecided w ith a few da tes still not !Hled The schedule is as follovvs: April 6-;-Beatrice (D uilJ Meet, Here) April 12- Central Nebraska ( H a s tings ) ( Li coln the def d ng chamtpons i AprH 27-Di s trlct May 12·13- State Meet, May 19- Ml ouri Valley at Abl'.Rham Lincoln

BRIEN HENDRICKSON-Track

Brien lettered i n track in his sophomore and j unior years, and in basketball

The L incoln High school Gym Team finished. fourth in the novice division at the Nebraska High School Gymnastic Meet Saturday with a total of 2,344 points Hastings won both the advanced

TED FORKE-Basketball

Ted is one of the leading· scorers in the city with 131 points to his credit and the regular sea'son finished He scored 16 points in the Omaha Tech game, which the ' Li11ks won 46 to 39 Ted won the Omaha World Herald "Pl ayer of the W ee k" a ward after the Falls City game,

respectively to win the meet. This year B rien w m be gunFollowed by Beatrice, 2 674; ning for the state records in t he ' Omaha Central, 187; Lincoln 100 .and i2o yard dashe s Teachers, 137 ;· in the adv anced division; and Beatrice, 3 ,584; L incoln T each ers, 3.327; Lincoln High, 2,344; Omaha Central, 869, in the novice , d i vision Dale Anderson, Has t ings; received a gold med a l for · the allaround .athlete in the advanced division with 849 points, while teammate Joe Dixon received the same 'in the n ovice division wit h 858 points. John F l ory and Mike Calder were the ·on ly on es from L inco ln Hig h to p la ce in the first six places of any event. Florey w as fourth and Calder was si xth in the tumbling in the novice division.

the l ast -0ne was "Baseba ll Today." The diamond m en st a r ted the ir r egu l ar workouts Tuesday,

Vocational Subjects

R l "A d " ep ace ca emics

"Latin (or what you may) is too hard, awww-must I? My mother wrote a note and -said--" These expressions can be heard everywhere in every American school. Naturally, you know what these "negative wains" pertain to-namely, exercising one's brain in a little trig, Latin ("it isn't dead yet") or perhaps som!'i , chemistry, with acids, litmu-g paper and all.

Why do students feel so academically ' shiftless? It's not lack of ambition-or is it? Is it JUSt laziness, that "can't" attitude, or is the school at fault in not demanding that the American girl and boy have a more academic background-in just leaving it up to th e individual's good sense? Perhaps, the school curriculum is too liberal in offering so many vocational and avocational courses to tempt students who should be studying academic subjects.

A young man in an L.H.S. history class presented a slightly exaggerated view, when he very seriously and subtly remarked, "You can bet your boots you'd never fin!i anybody outside of the U.S. receiving a diploma for puttering in pottery, dabbling in art, taking sewing, singing or typing."

Vocational courses are indispensable, but more is needed to help students to become good c itizens. If an elective course in civics were offered, how many students would sign up?

If students want to be treated like adult s, they must take the initiative and act with intelligence. Next time a wellmeaning teacher says, "Well, it isn't r equired for graduation, but. you have to take so and so to enter such and such a college," instead of whining, "Do I hafta ?" just say, "Miss Well-m eaning, I'd be delighted."

Baseball and Track Boys

Need Backing of Students

Hey, you guys! !! The s houting 's not over yet! Where's all the "Rah Rah Lincoln?"

Every y ear a bout this time Rootin' Rach el, with long fac e a nd tearftil eyes, sobs "Boo hoo, no more games, my last game in Linco ln High." And everyone looks sad.

Sure, th e Peppers w ear th eir uniforms on the days of trac k mee ts , and everybody is gay. But where are all the female s s:'eec hes and male roars at the meet after is over?

MayiJe Rachel should open her 2,nd cars a nd stop moaning. Since when has baseball, the great Am erican sport, lo st all its glamour? You can get just as hoarse over it as football. Those guys are working and hoping as hard as anyone How would .'OU feel if you swam across' the English Channel and no one cheered fo r you when you got to the other side? About the sa me way they do.

Why not get out and s upport these guys? Goin g "out to the ba ll game" or screaming to have your gang win the rel ay in the warm spring sun is as mu ch fun as freezing in the stadium or sweating in the packed baske tball ble achers.

Students Act Like Pups, Get Same T1·eatment

Have you ever had a dog? If so, remember when it was a pup how you hated to let it out of your sight ? Yet as the pup grew you let it out fo r longer periods and soon , as you grew t o know and trust it, it was almoEJt on its own.

Funny as it m a y seem, we are to our parents as th e pup was to us. If we act silly, the y :::orget our size and consider us playful pups. The b est way to remedy the "pup att itude" is to act grown up and show our trustworthiness.

Mayb e we are still actin g like pups

L inco ln, Nebraska Founded in

Bonjour! ToU:s les chats et chatons! Before we started, we were going to tell you something about absent-minded people, bi \t we forgot what it was, so we'll just have to go ahead without stating the statement. Also the tournament seemed to prove interesting for a few of the guys and gals in this manner: Seen stepping out with "foreigners" were Ginny Wilcox 'n Bob Brown from Fairbury, Sis Matskee with Lippy Vance, also from Fairbury, and Diana Hann with Denny Smith from North Platte.

Lest we forget: An idiot is the fellow coming up the right side of the stairs when you're trying to go down on the wrong side in a hurry. ,

Back to the tournament for a second. Things seemed to be kind of mixed up as , doubling were Mary Pattison and Dick Winslow with Barbara Beal and Kay Woolman, while Ron Cooley and Nancy Branch doubled with Allen Cheney and Phyllis Weiden (CV).

* * * Bachelor Of The Week

Richard Glenn Saddoris

Managed to get an interview with our "bachelor" and this is what we found:

Height: 5'11" (wouldn't reveal his weight)

F avorite dishes: Apple pie and hamburgers!

Ambitions: Graduate, go on to N.U., and be a big business man.

Favorite sports: Track, for which he's going out this spring, football and swimming.

Now, while placing a 10 to 1 bet that our "bachelor" will be taken by the next issue of the "NEW AND BETTER" Advocate, we shall amble on.

* * * A Toas t to the la nd we love and vice versa! * * *

T orturella Gives Feelings of Drivers Ed Car After Energetic -Student Completes Lesson

There comes a tim e in everyone's l ife w hen you get that urge to iearn to drive First you n e ed someone who i s nice, calm, understanding, has ext remely steady nertes, and who is willing to uhdertake the task of t eaching you for the betterment or ruin of , mankind, as the case may be. In most cases t,his lucky crea ture will be your father, mother, or maybe a brother, but some wise people have proved tha t it is better to le arn from someone specially tra ined in the job. For this certain communities have what i s known as a Driver's Education course The teachers of this are specially tr ained and seem to know what they're talking about though it i s usually a mile above the pupil's und e rstanding The main r equirement for these teachers is that they be in soundhealth, don't ha ve hi gh blood press ure low blood pressure, weak kne es, fallen arches, tunnel vision, and all other common ailments. You have, no doubt, seen cars

Quotable Quiz

Congratulations: To all the boys who got letters and to the girls who got the "L" pins. Hm:trtmmmrri.ininm who got the best of the deal? Also congratulations are in order to I Donna Plock and Virgil Wulff NU. We've noticed a new sparkle about you, Donna, and I it's not in your eyes either! , There are a Jot of ways to Boom Boom, Boom! Thank you Phil know different people, but one of Harris. Of course; y ou know by now that ways is by the ir expressions. w e 're talking about the Rep Dance. Some Here are some "stoodents" a rid · of "Things" seen together were Paula e xpressions. Broady with Jiin Bailey. Nan Chamberlain Kay Erickson: "Oh, my con'n Bill Weir, Marolyn Hicks with Lloyd Reed science!" while Dorine McMullen was with Jim "Al" i Jack Crawford: " George!" R ()$" e rs, Gail Katskee :Mor se "\-Ve isg-i:i::· i Sharon Egger: "l heard aiJou: you!"

and T ed Forke, Carol Schuck 'n Dave Weber, Anna Mar ie Obermeyer: "I can Carol Unterseher with Don Taylor, and jus t see that!"

Marilyn McCauley with Monty McMahon: Leah Gittelm a n : "Oh you gubb er!"

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High Finance: Sales man's son : My dad sells TV sets

Big stuff! , Dentist's son: That's nothing. My dad sells bridges! Heus, heus, illud est opimum!

* * We h eard that Genie Orput gave a luncheon -theater party to celebrate her birthday over the Easter w eek-end Those attending were Ruth Randolph, Margie Mo ore, P eggy Dewey, Anna Obermeyer, Lillian Gu est and Florence Maser. Sounds like a lot of fun.

Das Traurnschiff der Woche: Dave Jon es ! Bel ated rem embrance to St. Patricks Day: If you have dingy teeth , s mile , with your eyes the way the Irish do! ,

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FAVO RITE EXPRESSIONS :

Duffy Olson: Yo! As a matter a' fact, yo !

Mary Belle Ba ldwin: Doesn't affect me, 'feet me, 'feet me, 'feet m e ! Miss Montgomery: This is how it doesn't look, thank goodn ess. Mike Curtiss : Pass the can opener, McGinl e y ! JoAnne Felton: I wish I were dead ! (Do you suppose s he lea ds an unh appy life ?)

* * * "I s uppose that lets m e out," said the air as the balloon h a d a bo x ing match with a ¢n ! ,

She knew h e was a n accordian p layer

th e minute he p ut his a rm about h er wais t.

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Well! what do yo u know: N a n cy Leshe r and "Doc " Wolfe (N E ) are now callin g it steady. And here's some s urpri ses in the way of date s: Don Erway wit h Shirley Witt a nd Joyc e Rush wit h Leroy Butherus. Als o in the way of dates a r e Karen Decker who' s been see n quite a bit late ly wit h Bob Britton NU, like wise are Willa Arledge a nd J ac k Klin gle, N ancy E ast m a n and Johnny Pete rson, a nd Pat Stafford with Gary S herman.

* * * DE F INITION S: Filabuster ." Boy who hits a gi r l. Canope , Can full of p e as Bayonet Fisherman s dream Canada goose Italian for "Tha t's the end of youse !"

Billboard Boy who is bored

* * * Father, I regret to state Cut his daughters up for ba it! We miss them when it's tim e to dine

But father 's fish tastes simply fin e ! Tenemos buenas noticias para todo s l os estudia n tes. Solam e nte h a y medi a dia d e esce ula esta man ana ! !Ah, pero el otro medio dia e esta tarde ! * * *

J a ck McKie: "Oh ,hen!"

Carol John son : "Oh kid!"

Na nc e Lesher: "I about died!" Mors e Weisg urt: " Well , I guess!"

or if you have failed to see them you couldn't help hearing the strange sounds coming from them Well, such is the object of attention now as we in terview a very unsuspecting 1950 Ford w hich we shall call "Torturella." , Firs t of all we find that turella, or "Ouch" for short, bas four girls and boys driving h e r every period of the day. At this time there is a nice, calm, grey-haired l ady givi ng instructions, and being the last period of the day she i s rather exhausted, and "Ouch" readily agrees that she i s nearly done for. Let s climb into the back seat and obs er v e for aw hil e Th e first driv er for today look s quite s ure of herself but seems to have forgotten where th e clutch is and pulled out the ch oke instead. Finally the car starts, but oops ! She killed the engine- all beginners do that. Well, h ere we go a-ohh-uh

Scribe Goal Set at 500

Sinc e this i s Forei gn L a n g u age

Wee k th e lib rary h as some books i on t h e sh e l ves to educ ate you mor e fu lly as to th e cu stoms of our nei gh bor s i n foreign count r ies. A f ew of the c ountri es r e pres ented ar e : France-

The Land of Joan of Arc by Lilli an J B r agdon is a short compact s um mary of F r en ch history de scribing every phase of life in France

IndiaA s t ory of India's people a nd thei r gift s to the world i s Made in India, by Cornelia Spe nc er Des criptions of India's lit eratur e , ligion, di scoveries, g am es , dances , p aintings j e we l s T a j Maha l mus ic, g rea t l e ader s, gr ea t reso urc es and p e ople are found in t hi s book, a long wi th ill ustrations i n col or a nd ink t o m ake easy an d in t e resting

The 1951 Sc ribe , campaign beg an last Thursday with the goal for total sales set at 500. This yea r Scribe has 37 writers with no one writer having more than one contribution. The s ixty - four page s will be composed mo stly ol: hum0rous essays, short stories and poems. At the back of Scribe will be a biographical ske t ch of each contributor. , Salesmen will sell during home room periods The price is seventy-five cents a copy or twenty. five cents with an activity ticket. The booklets will be distributed fr om specified rooms early in May. The cover, designed by Sammy Zelen, i s a quill pen with the word Scribe beneath. Iilene Frai· ley i s Art Director, and Janet Gord on will be in cha rge of advertisemen t. Bl ackboard and Sound Committ e e members are : Mari an Broer, Kay Erickson, Barbara Far quhar , I ilene Frailey, Joan Knud sen, Nance Lesher, Helene Sherman a nd Glynda Thomas Sal esmen are: Thea Borg m a n, Bea Beutel, Anita Daniels, Joey Dingman, E;l aine Eddy, Ronnie Gibso n, Ruth Ellenwo od, Janet Gordon and Loretta Lengner.

Debaters Enter District Tourney

Lincoln ' High deba t ers will tend the District Debate T ournam e nt to b e h el d on the Univers ity of Nebraska campus Saturd ay, Ap ril 7 Linco ln High, Northeast T each ers College High and several other itchool.s will compe t e. Tentative p l ans for t he dis trict contest include th e fo llo wing t e ams: Nanc y Mue ller and Joyc e Laase J ack Rogers and M arvi n F r iedman , Doroth y P e rry a n d Sh irley L a n g u s, Bernie Wisltrtow and Dav e G r adwohl, a nd N orman Francis and Jerry Cherry The intercl a ss de b ate is now in t h e third ro u nd of a doubl e eliminati on tour nament. H

WEDNESDAY,

College Days April 26-28

Science Revision Plans Underway

Senior Sketches

Morse Weisgurt To make people laugh and smile has been Morse Weisgurt' s aim in life ever since he can remember. This senior sees radio, television, and the stage in his future, after he has attended the University of Nebraska.

Morse has already begun to prepare for his career. He has been in two plays, "You Can' t Take It With You," and "Heaven Can Wait." He participated in Joy Night, ''Iolanthe," and was an announcer at the Lincoln High football games. Morse was also on the L.H.S Debate team and receiv ed an excellent rating in the tournament at Doane College.

A variety of things keep Morse busy He was in charge of the production lights for t he junior play and talent show, Joy Night and the Orpheons assembly. His hobby is collecting stamps and coins. Morse has been vice president and is n ow histo r ian of the Mummers Club.

William Pfieff, football coach, is the author of Morse's nickname, "Moose."

Llo yd Reed

Swimming, track,cl ubs, hobbies, and th e girl friend have managed to keep Lloyd Reed pretty busy during his three years in Lincoln High.

Lloyd h as been a member of the Camera Club, Mummers, Science Club and the L Club. He re ce ived a swimming letter and a certificate in track

Lloyd likes to play the piano and is interested .in p h otography. He plans to attend the Univ ersity of Nebraska, but h as also applied for a scholarship to Harvard. His ambit ion is to become a che mical engineer.

Lloyd was in the Mummers play, "Heaven Can Wait," and the opera "Iolanthe." Some of hi s outside intere sts include Demolay and E agle Scouts.

Links

and 7." "Hey you! Come aboard the Links Luxury Liner f or a gala voyage "

and

For weeks before try-outs, harried students and sponsors worked on their acts. By try-out time, everyone was in the traditional dither. Some of the judges who picked the acts still a r en't the s ame as they were before they undertook this undertaking. At any rate, 18 acts were chosen and everyone really w ent to work. There are some people in and about L.H.S who were not sur e that" all of the acts would be ready by the re quired date. Just to make sure we decided to investigate.

We go t all of our celebri ties together and found that:

Charlene Katz and Shirley Jesse, Mimi Du'!'eau and J ean Ann Sweeney, Ronnie Johnson and JoAnne Felton, and .Nancy Kiely are doing some very clever footwork, dancing to some of you

Clubs

Eileen Patzel, Jack McKie, and the trumpet trio composed of Rog Brendle, Carl Honnons, and Jack McKie will be doing some fine instrumental solos.

The Octet and the famed Boys Quartet with its' five members will be serenad ing th e audience on the " Big Nights."

While loafin g around in front of 226 polishing our magnify i ng g lasses, we ran across "Playwright" Lyle Weyand and slyly questioned h im about the L club act. We didn't learn a thing and all we got was -a typical Weyand grin.

In between rings· of the cafet eria cash register we "pumpe¢1" David Meisenholder about the act he's doing with Marian Broer and Jane Summers. In the usual magician manner, he said • • n othing. Guess we'll h1ve to wait. S em i -classical love songs will be sung by Marlene Livingston and Monty McMahon, Carlene Ang and Keith Bell, and Phyllis Kaufmann and Bob Cumming. The duet s describe the thr ee stages of love There are thre e? Happened to drop into the auditorium during the course of our investigation and saw some cute sailors sitting on the deck

Teachers

Attend

Recent Lecture

Dr. Willi am Pfeiler of the Uni-

Y-Teens

Miss Dorcas Weatherby spoke v ersity of Nebraska gave a Iecon "Schools a 11d S cholarships" at ture on "Literature of a People the last m eeting, Monday, March 19. She talked about costs at u ni- in .Ex ile" in the Public Schools versi ty and p la n s for girls who Administration Building Monday; will not b e attending college, March 19. The Forum, an organ• May-baskets fo r Veterans Hos- iza t ion of administrators and supital will be made at the next pervisors, invited the teachers of meeting, April 2 the English, Social Studies and Science Club I Language Departments as gue sts. Plans are being made to go to · Dr. Pfeiler reviewed his studies the· University of N ebraska at I of exiled German wri ters from 7:00 p .m on the day of the reg- i 1933 to 1945. Some authors he ular meeting April 12, to study studied are Thoma s Mann, Lion the moon and stars Feuc htwanger, Franz Werfel, who Mummers Club wrote "Song of Bernadette," and A business meeting was held a number of other authors Thursday March 15 at which Cynthia Henderson gave a reading, Mimes Club At the regular Mimes Club meeting March 8, a pantomime w as presented. At the next meet., ing, Thursday, Aprii 12, a short p lay will be presented.

SCENES AT SCHDOL

Two Players Gain Places On All-City

Lincolh

and

P.aui .lrecis t r"OlH, B1..a.1 > was the only Lincoln player to receive a starting position of the All-State teams Other members of the All-State team were : Don Muenster, Benson, Darrell Lloyd, North Platte, Clarence Cook, McCook, and John Anderson Grand Island. · Partington Golf And Tennis Head

The Lincoln high golf and tennis teams will open the 1951 season early this month. Their new coach, Joe Partington issued a call for all tennis and golf hopefulls" last Thursday. He was greeted

Sloan, F orke Lead , Scorers

Cou11cil Seekers

THE ADVOCATE

Annual High School Arts Festival Open

21 and 22 on the University of Nebraska · campus.

University of N ehraska

Again Offers

All-State Course to Fine Art Pupils

Heads

I State Council Association

Noted Artist

Visits Lincoln

b e en interested in art from an early age. While still in grade school he atte nded classes at the University of Nebraska. He says he enjoys painting port raits and fi gure studies. When asked his favorite color Mr. W ebster explain e d that it was hard to pick one particular color, but that he was fond of blues, b r owns, greens, and y e l M lows.

S ome of his work han gs in the Libra ry of Cong ress, the National Gallery in W ashington, the Metrop olitah Museum of New York, the New York Public Library, A r t Institute of Chicago, National Aca demy of Design Princeton and. Stanford universitie s, and the University of Nebraska's W E. Barkley Memorial Colle ction Mr. Webster's n ext visit to Lincoln will be in the fall , when he plans to do some portrait painting. He said he would like ve ry much to visit H S again He now resides in T ucson, Arizona.

Latin Classes

Give Banquet

A R o man Banquet, sponsored b y Lincoln

May 1, Bo11d Voting Date

"All of the proposed buildings are planned fo r functiona l u se w ith ou t added a rchit ectural niceties," s tated Dr Ste ph en Wat. t :: School s Electrically con t rolled doors will d ivide the gym n asi u m in the ath eltic b uilding, inclu ded in the propose d s chool

L. H. S. speech students who are entering are Natalie Nelson dramatic reading; Mary Lou Lull, humorous reading; Marvin Friedman, interpretative oratory; Dave Gradwohl and Jerry Cherry, original oratory; Bernie Wishnow and Jack Rogers, extemporaneous speaking; Mike Shugr]Je, poetry reading; Morse Weisgurt, radio newscasting; Joyce Laase, Nimcy Mueller, Jack Rogers, and Marv F r iedman discussion; and Joyce Laase, Nancy Mueller, Ja ck Rogers Marv Freidman, Dave Gradwohl and Bernie Wishnow, de-, bate. A one-act play, "The Valiant," with George Strassler, Joan Wells, Bob Wells, Morse Weisgurt, Jerry Peterson, and Browning Robe rtson is also entered.

Six speech scholarships of $50 e ac h will be awarded, applicable on expenses at the University Of Nebra ska, d onated by Mr and Mrs Woodrow Magee d Lincoln the art branch of the 1 festi val are Jea nnette Coffman, · Loretta Lengner and Larry John• son, water colors ; Ilen e Frailey, p encil sketch and water color; Betty S it tner, temp era iJ aint; Rita Cepure, two pastel s; Alison F a ul kner, thrown plaster head; Lee S i modynes two w atercolor s; Brice Belisle, w atercolor and charcoal; Carol Sievert, Flexola; F a ith Hanrahan, watercolor and Flexola; and Pa t Anstine, oil p ainting

The Nebraska Art Association p ro vides four sc holars h ips of $50 each for senior high school students who m atriculate in the Univer sity of N ebn•ska with t he intention of obtaini ng a degree in the Departmen t of Art. Awar ds will be made on the basis of wo1·1<: subm itted, scholarship and ·

Twenty partial scholarships-$40 a y ear-$20 a semester are oi'fer ed to sen i or festival stu dents contemp lating entr y into regular courses in the Department of Mu· sic or B achelo r of M usic in Edu-

Students Find Joh Openings

Several girls hav e accepted j obs in the pas t few through the Work Experience S ervice, Miss Esther Lefler , head of the p r ogram, announced. Violet S ch!ieger h;...; accepted a p0sition with the Koismeyer E l ectric Comp an y Betty Spomer a n d Shirley Morisse have b een r ecently employed by t he State Securities Company. June Ware r J acki e Amen, B etty T orrey and D arlene F i sher are now employed at the Lincoln T elephone and Te l egraph Co m pany; while Jane Will, Mary an n Bak er, Shirl ey Fuhrman, Marlys Wicken and Marilyn Latture w ork at the Sta t e Farm Mutual Company.

d relieve t he cong estio n at both Irvin g Junior High a n d L. H S If the bond iss ue fa ils to carry, L inco ln High w ill g r ow t o approximat e ly 3,200 in five ye ars Scribe 'Sales Near Finish

ibe as s oon as possi b le Th ere are not e x pected to b e man y l eft when it is issu ed, for those w ho didn't order th eir copy sooner. One hundred more were ord e red this y ear than l ast, making a total of 500 There a re 41 con tribu tors wit h no p ers on having more than one article. There a re s hort b io graphies of each cont ribu tor in t h e b ack of S crib e. The c over was desi gned by Sam Zel en Th e contributors are J oe Alexi s, Leonard B a rke r, Ch a rles B e an s, F red Bouche r, Marvin B r e slow, Paula Br oad y, M a rian Broer, Ly

Fou r t een students of Lincol n High t ook th eir Merit Exams on March 31. The t est is a clerk-typist or steno grapl;J.ic and con sists of a w r i tten and a perfor man ce test, and w as given unde r the directi on of the Lincoln S chool of Commerce.

O n April 11 a nd 1 2 Mr. P ierce of the Nebraska State E mploym ent S ervice condu cted a series of s horthand, typing and bookkeeping tests Only the t hird and :fo urth seme;:;ter s tudents w e re eligible to be t ested.

On April 14, the spring Civil Service exams were gi ven t o those who s igned up pr evious to Mar ch 23 T h ey were Mae Etta Winkleman, Hev erly Conn ell, Carol Lundberg, Shirley F uhr'm an , J oyce Rush, Barba r a Mor aliz Bette M inn e Betty Vosburg Jeann ette K l e inert and M arlene Duinke Re s ults of th e t est will be given l ater.

Coffman Wins

First In Contest

First p l ace in t he pos ter contest sponsored by the Foreig n L a n g u a g e d epartment was awar ded to J eanette Coffman, H

What's Going on in Lincoln May 1?

May 1 is a big day on anyone's calendar, and especially here in Lincoln when National Children Healt h Day, May Day, and the city election all share the spotlight. And while high school students feel themselves far enough past t he "children" stage to abandon May baskets, they can 't afford to ignore the remaining event. The outcome of the city school bond issue decides whether they're to keep on being crowded into junior high gyms during basketball games, jolting on busses several miles to school every morning because of lack of facilities, and seeing the small fry of the famil yor the babysitting business-sitting in overcrowded grade school classrooms.

If the students from all over the city were the ones to "exercise their 'x' ," everyone , from t he unsuspecting kindergartners to the sophisticated high school seniors, would leave no doubt as to the public 's support of the school bond issue.

But since there are very few people still in grade or high school at the age of 21, all the st:udents can do is to urge their parents to go out and vote the ir approval of the idea. Even this effort isn't enough, though , for the parents of school children--counting every votemake up only 30 per cent of the city's voters.

The remaining 70 per cent must be reminded that they went to school once themselves and that although their grandchildren or nephews live in a· well-supplied · school district now, they may move across town whenever building and rent costs go down. Besides, mayb e Johnny-next-door wouldn't be playing football in the petunias if he could play basketball after school and on Saturdays with the · benefit of good equipment and coaching.

- This much is sure-one May basket that students of any age and any part of town would like to have hung on their door to the future is the assurance of better school and recreation facilities for themselves and their great-grandchildren - The Editor

Dehate Team

l Wins District

, The L. H. S. debaters took the I.op honors a t the District Debate J.'ou.1 11a1rnmt, nll!i a 'i uli University of Nebraska campus Two four-man teams w ere entered One team, consisting of Joyce Laase Nancy Mu elle r, Marv Friedman , and Jack Ro gers, won a ll fo u r of their debates. The other tea m w as composed of David Gradwohl, and Bernie Wish' now, who w on two d e b ates, and Jerry Cher r y and Norman Watkins, who l ost tw o d ebat es The combined record of the t wo te ams placed L inc oln High first A tournament for beginnin g deba tors was held at L H. S. Saturday, A pril 14 Teams frolll Northeast, Lincoln Hig h, A be Lincoln, Omah a North, s o uth, and Tech atte n ded.

LINKS' LOG

Wednesday, Aprl 18, 19 51 ADVOCATE S tudent Council Baseball Oma h a S ou th F ri d ay, Apri1 2Q , 1951 Un i versity F ine·A r t s Festiv a l Baseball Creig hton Prep Sat u rday, April 21, 1951

Uni versity

Some Senior Scholarships Still Open

s tings, Luther, Midl and, Nebrask a Central, Wes leyan or York. O ther scholars hip s include an award of $100 given by the Junior C h amber of Commerce to a n outstandin g student in the city of Lincoln ; $50 offered by the Qu ota C lub to an outstanding senior gir l in L H. S ; the Nebraska State Tea c her s Colleges tuition sch olarship t o Chadron, Kearney, Peru or Wa;vn e; anu a t u i t ion a w ard to be gi ven to senior girl planning to attend the Colleg e of St. Mary , in Omaha St udents wishin g to obtain further informa tion about the te ::;cholarships s h oul d see Miss Dor· c as Weatherb y i n room 2

1 School Dance I Plans Ahead

There are barely six weeks left b efore the end of school, so it is not too soon to start making plans for the summer. Of course our families are making vacation or summer work plans for some of us or some are riow employed and plan to continue with these jobs this summer, but there are still many remaining who are yet undecided as to what they will do this summer

If no vacation is planned for you this summ e r, the natural alternative is to find some sort of job which will give enjoya ble, constr uctive that will benefit and provide you with useful experience, b esides giving extra cash to help expenses and pad savings. Many types of work can be obtained for eligible students of varied abilities. The drug and department stores, shops, hotels, cafes, country clubs, swimming pools, amusement parks and grocery stores are only a few of the concerns in Lincoln which offer summer positions to high school students

If y ou are not of age, or don't h ave this kind of ambition, other opportunities offer good ways to make money, a chance to use your originality , and give a lot of enjoyment b esides. For the artistically inclined, y ou cart try your hand at painting murals in basements and re creation rooms Offer your services, and you'll be surprised at th e eager customers. If you've got a green thumb and the garden space to do it in, flo we r and vegetable garde ning offer good outdoor work, although small profits. Inquire at the Agriculture College and local nurseries for other gardening jobs Lawn and hedge trimmin g, as well as weeding and hoeing offer goo d chances for the boys to keep busy. Neighborhood contracts. for banding trees against insects is another idea. And, of course, the girls, and bo ys too, can always revert to the old favorite , b a by sitting. Establish your reputation as a good worker and you needn't hunt for customers, they' ll be hunting you.

Schools Not Appreciated By Present-Day Students

Do we really appreciate the fact that we ' / a re here iri this school receiving an education? By our conduct and lack of interest in classes one would think we would rath er give up this opportunity which is given to us absolutely free.

In the past courageous people have worked and fough t to give us th is privilege. , If they could see us now they might wonder what had happened to the spirit and enthusiasm for learning which they fought with so that everyone could afford to have an education.

Girls, especially, take h eed. It w a s not their rights It used to be tlwnght that if a woman could cook an d sew that she was Would th at do for you, girls?

MayJ:ie if we were deprived of this opi portumty today and h ad to win it back /. again we would realize how valuable it is to : µs. That isn't necessary though 1 Le t's stop criticizing our. t eachers and list en to them. Those books are loaned to u s. · We didn't have to buy or even rent them, so l et's treat them right, and even more impor"" - " ta.nt-read .the1:Jl! We ought to do the best what is g iven us for our own sake.

24 Years of Editorials

Finally Secure Results

Lack of good sportsmanship ! W e need b etter cooperation! N o interest in school a ctivities!

Since 1927 this has b ee n the cry in v ocate editorials, but never was there a front page story teiling of some organization or group of students who were interested in doing something really constructive about encouraging school spirit and interest. The story is different in 1951 ! Proof of th is comes from the issues of the Advocate, wh ere stories have b een written , first abo ut th e formin g of a Pep Committee In th e fo llowing iss u es the accomplishm e nts and r esults of its work were brou ght forth.

R e presentatiyes from the Peppers , Band, Student Council, L Club, Home Room Reps and cheerlead er s should all be given credit for their i nitiative in solving L.H.S.'s long standing proble m s.

THE ADVOCATE

Lin coln Nebraska Founded in

GOOD MORNING! STUDENTS OF L.H.S.

There's good news today! We've got Jots of inside stories , so grab on to your hats cause here is the latest PREDICTION: Jot down April 23rd in your note books, rumors say there is to be a Gunderman investigation of all unnecessary and unprecedented leaves of absence taken by students during 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th periods •.• We cannot rl;l-

veal our sources this time •.. but offenders are warned to take cover • Hayrack party last week end. Those attending were: Wally Wesierski with Shiela Siren, Joe Carter with Mary Jane Mapes (Cathedral), Stan Ebner with Marilyn Swindle, Allen Christiansen with Miriam Wohlfarth, Bob Mellinger with Shirley Murphy, Larry Hickey with Bonnie Gubler (N.E.), Don Becker with Donna Borgaard, and Stan Schnieder with Janice Hussey. FLASH : Steady deals released for publication: Barbara Beal and Dick Winslow, Eleanor Heiser and Dick Faes, Kathryn Hodder and Danny Merrit Jeannette Kleinert and Ralph Best, Gary Sherman and Pat Stafford, and Paddy Wright and Rog Gohde OUR FIRST EXCLUSIVE: (All American History II students should get a load of this) We have procured through various means the final semester test to be given in many American, II history classes We will print it as a public service: American History II Test End of Semester 1951 Part I. Fill in the blanks:

1. from discovered in ........•...

2. The colony of .••. became in 3 ' . ' ' P art II. Choose any eight questions:

1. What was Ge orge Washington's great grand-mother's name?

2. Explain each phase of the Revolutionary War, how it b egan, why it b egan, where it began, when it b egan , and who fired t he first shot in the British Army, in the French Army, in the German Army. Prove it. ·

3. Your map shows 1 ,000,000 square miles. Draw the state of New York in a ratio of 1 to 5. ·

4. If Daniel Boone l eft B oonesville running 12.9 miles an hour how long would it take him to reach Fort Astoria? Account for 4 stops for water and food, two attacks by Indians. ·

5. Write a summary of the discussions discussed this semester.

6. Write a s ummary of the discussions not discussed this semester.

7 What coin did Alexander Hamilton use · to fiip Lato.:y·ctie fol- Dolly hand in marriage? Prove it. '

8 When do you plan to make u p this test? Helpful history students? ? ? ? ? ? ? For the Golfers: A mad golfer with the name of Dunbar, Gave his poor parents quite a jar, He picked up his p u tter, Clobbered his mutter, And finis h ed with one over .•...

2 Big Name' Bands came to tincoln last wee k. Those lucky enough to see o ne or both of them were Shirley Hartman and T ed Forke, Virginia Jewett and Dic k Wells. Annie Lutz and Stan Matzke, and Miriam Wohlfarth and Bob Babcock, al so Joan Clements with Ted Colhap (50) and Joan Larson with Rohie Dunn · (50), and Bette Clark with Don Marti (NU) Miss Roberts to Sam Van Pelt: "The ancient Greeks often committed suicide.'' Sam: "Those were the good old d ays, now you can only do it o n ce.' ' Bi11 Harm and Phyllis Cast, and Dick Sloan a n d Joan Winkler took in the Ice Capades in Omaha F L ASH: what three junior boys are planning to make an airplane trip to Allian ce some time soon ??

A Strange Confession: Whoever said you were boring, Whoever said you were stout, W h oever said you were stupid, Knew what they tal king about! Shirley Murphy had a surprise birthday party l ast Sunday when Carol Robe rts, Marilyn Swindle, Marylyn Towne, Bonnie Splichal and Joyc e Sporn droped in on her and took h er out to dinne r and to a show, to celebrate Ayoung Theologian named Fiddle , Refused to accept his degree, Said h e "Tis bad enough to be Fiddle, But Tis worse t o b e Fiddle D D."

DEARIE DO YOU REMEMBER?? ? ?'? When Mike Curtis went with Joy Bird • , Nan cy Mueller went with Bob Fife r • N a n cy Lesher went with J erry MecC racken Ginnie Wilc ox went with Monty McMahon Lois Simmerman went with Laddy Hanscom Carolyn Sc himm el went with Tom K issler Ace Fogarty went with Joanne Junge Mary Hall we nt with Leroy Butherus (Jus t wondering) . Sleepin g in class h as r eached scandalous proportions h ere are some Vital Statistics : I f a ll the st udents who slept in cla s s were placed end t o t h ey wou ld b e much more comfortable! L etter received by Stat.ic: Dear Static writers, Where has Mr. Parti n gton gone? We miss him t erribly, Yours Tru ly, "The J oe Partington WE'D Die For You Fan Club ," Bob Slezak president What is th e differe nce b etween kissing your g irl friend and your sister? Answer : 2 minutes (Thank you Micky Clinton) Reme mber: It's better to b e broke, than never to h ave loved at all! , . Teacher: Johnny, did you miss my class yesterday? Johnny: Not a bit, teache r! F eudal Lord : I hear you behaved badly while I was away! Knight: In what manor, sir? What senior boy with the initials of T .B. has been breaking girls he a rts by the doze n s? They ar e forming a club in protest! Remember: If you read it here, it's tru e ! Ann .•. Milli •.. Marian Kate Your "Knows" for n e ws ! P.S In case you notice a pronoun ced drop in th e quality of Static next issu e , it will be because so m e males ( u gh!) are going to write it (the Advocate Boys ) W e 'll be back, t houg h , time after next, you lu cky peopl e !

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"I'll admit he doesn' t have much form but :!le sure is fast!"

First Council Opens In 1916

With filing for St u den t Council already a thing of the past and with general elections scheduled for May 3, perhaps you are curi· o us t o know how this governing bod;v got its start at Lincoln High. It happened way back in 1916 when upon the suggestion of the new pri ncipal, Jesse E. Newl on, a body of 14 students from the t wo upper classes was appointed by the committee on student af. fairs to serve as Lincoln High 's first Student Council. The Council held its first meet· · ing on October 6, 1916, with Mr. Newlon as advisor. This group had the io make and enforce laws for raising tl;le stan· dards of the schOol. The Council served as manager-in-chief of m any social, a thletic, and literary a ctiv ities It boosted color day and made i t an annual event. The co un cil also managed the sale ·of season tickets to footba ll and bask e tball games It did such a good job that the athletic office showed a sizeable profit f or the first time. Committees of nomination rev i ewed e li gible students and selected 40 from which 20 were ul· timately elected by the s chool.

I Quotable Quiz

"What unusual thing would you like to see happen in Lincoln H igh?" Here a re some · of the answers:

.Chai:lene K a tz '.'To see the pupils t eaching the teachers."

Mickey Clinton "My brot her, Bill, walking a girl to class."

Barbaril Carter " To see the · walking around barefoot." · Bill Clinton "To see some boy walking my sister, Mickey to class." (Seems· we've heard that before.)

Harold Schwabauer "Mimi

D u Te au going steady with "Hank " (What is this, Mimi?)

Bev erly Connell "Tom Becker with l arqngi tis " (No such luck.) Ronnie Gib son "Snooke r tables in every room." (and where do you spend your spare tiine ? ) · Roger Brendle 'The scho ol burn, down." (Let's not be bitt er.)

Ginny Jewett .•. "Ann Hard ie · going steady!"

Ler oy Butherus "Don Sladeck date a girl." (Girl, that is.)

Li!Fan: _: Guest "I wi sh all of year' s seniors were back again." (Wouldn't D. K be enough?)

In 1925 ,Student Council sp onsored its f irs t Joy Night which ran two nights befo re packed houses The E. C. A po int system v,ra,. also es t ablished by th(! C oun- ) Bi!! Disaster cil dul'.ing this - ye-ar : · · I · '-' ·· · By 1927, Student Council was Coming Soon well established The students of Lincoln High, who had worked for a democratic system of student government, had fina lly reached their goa l. After a f ew un certain steps, Studbnt Council had begun to b{ a re al service to the school.

Ann Beynon "Mr. Bogar a s a cl;leetleader.''

Mysteries The Head of a Traveler by Nicholas Blake, concerns the ad· ventures of Nigel Strangeways in solving the murd er of a traveler This travel er was impossible to identify because his head had disappeare d His body · had bee n f ound n ear the country h ome of Robert S et on a hi gh ly r esp e ct ed En glish poet A rare book is Below Suspicion b :i" John Dickson Carr Written in a very casual m a nner, it bases itself on the trial s in English high- courts Patrick Butler, law· y er, i s quite a character and sa ys fi rml y tha t h e is never wrong Is he or isn't he? College S t ories Constancia, a beautiful Lat in girl wanted very much to become a tea cher and take par t in the struggl es of Ecuador aga inst

Pelley Takes Ohio Position

For Giris Only ]

Senior Sketches

School Dramatics Beneficial; Offer Varied Opportunities

''For the average student, participation in school dramatics is an excellent way to gain poise," says Mrs. Ella Mae Short, Lincoln High School dramatics director and English teacher. "There's no other thing that g i ves so many opportunities for personality development and close personal relationships, and there's always that wonderful feeling when you face your first audience."

Mrs. Short, who hns directed rive plays in her two years at Lincoln High, feels that the best opportunities for those who are interested are in the class plays, both in trying out and in other projects. "It takes from :fifty to sixty boys and girls beside the cast to Ptit on: a good production They work on such committees as make-up, set, stage, property, costume and advertising."

Other opportunities lie in English 20, the drama course, and t h e two dramatics c!.ubs, Mummers and Mimes. Registration for English 20 J:s· small, however. This is partly due t6 the fact that it is not publicized greatly "In English 20, we try to give

a chance to practice stage technique and learn the fundamentals of acting," says Mrs Short, She would also like to have a section on set and stage craft worked into the present program.

"The percentage of pupils who try out for a play is a.::tually very small, and it's even smaller among the seniors;'' · went on. "Part of · the answer to encouraging more to try out, lies in more ef· fective advertising and a better variety of plays."

Due to the close scheduling of the auditorium, it would be difficult to produce more t han three plays, Joy Night and the Opera. However, Mrs. Short says she would like to see a: series of oneact plays given after school for those interested.

"! think I liked working on the two plays this year more than others, because I had more experience in working out the various problems that came up. For instance, we had a hard t i me loa Pekinese puppy for one play, and finding the two cats, "Uncle Elizabeth" for "I Remem· ber Mama" and Lady Babby, for "Meet Me In St. Louis."

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Links Liner

Success

llST IY TASTl•TIST

District Traci\: lVIeet

Coach Bill Pfeiif's cinder crew, led by Brien Hendrickson, ran up 751/2 points duling the afternoon. In the second place spot Be3 tri.ce with 41 tallies while L!11coL'1 ! 't:achet s sc( 1-..:d 29lh. Hendrickson won the 220 in 22.5, the 440 in 5 2.8, and ran the anchor leg of the mile relay team. Soaring 11-8% in the pole vault Bob Seldon set a new mark, and Ladd Hanscom ,leaped 20-6 % in the broad j ump for another new record. The 880 was won by Dave Jones with

L. H. S. Sportsmanship Trophy

Scheel, Rogers Earn Graduation

Speaker Posts

Board Sifts

.Applicants, Picks

Six Finalists

Jack Rogers and Paul Scheele

were annQunced Wednesday, May 2, a s speakers for the 1951 commencement exercises to be held Friday, June 1 at Pinewood Bowl. Paul will speak on "Taking Inventory" while Jack's topic will be "Four Score and Seven Years Ago." · The two speakers were chQsen b y oral try-out, from a group of six finalists consisting of Anita Daniels, Marvin Friedman, David Gradwohl, Jack Rogers, Paul Scheele, and Claus Von Schumann Fifteen students indicated, March 5, that they would try out but only ten submitted manuscripts tQ Miss Belle Farman, head of the English · Department, by April 13. A "sifting committee" from the English Department selected six of the ten to be given orally.

The final judges were William Bogar, otto Hackman, Mrs, Ella Mae Short, Miss Dorcas Weatherby and J. D. Young. The senior class sponsors, Miss Elsie Rokahr and Miss Carrie Roberts attended the meeting but they did not vote.

The candidates were judged on the basis of voice, diction, stage presence, content, and suitability

Fall Sentester

University Offers Sixty Scholarships

Links' Log I L.H.S. Editor Adv

The school newspapers are divided into four cl ass ifications depending upon their size and circulati on Paula won her Key in the Class A news w riti ng d i- · visio n. Onl y one key is awarded to each division. · P aula is t

Paul Scheele and J a c k Rogers have been selected as the two senior speakers for the 1951 commencement exercises

Senior Color Day, May 18

May 18 h as been chosen as Senior Color Day at Lincoln High and wine and wh ite will be worn b y members of the graduating class on that day. Ronnie Gibson, Iilene Frailey and Alison Faulkner, members of the color committee, chose the hats to be worn. They sugges t ed that boys wear w hite shirts and girls, pastel shade dresses. Home Room Representa tives are responsible in seeing that the hats are m a de If seniors want to wear their colors, wine and white, on May 18, they should see that some volunteers go

Registration Glee, Quartet Lists Changes· Will Perform

The fall term of 1951-52 at Lincoln High has some changes in the registration. Health education is a graduation requirement offered for either two or three hours, and includes the material formerly given in first aid and boys' and girls' hygiene. This means that registration in health education will be tabulated separately for boys and girls. Greek and Roman History are now included in world history l which is recommended as a lOB elective in college preparatory curriculums. The other change is seniors should carry English 11 one semester and modern problems the other. These subjects may not be taken together without approval of the counselors Typewriting ·2 is for pupils who have had typewriting 1 or t yp ewriting lA in Lincoln High School. In commercial curriculums, shorthand, typewriting a n d bookkeeping are not started until the 11B semester Commercial placement is offer._ed to senior girls and boys in l2A commercial curriculuins with approval of Miss Lefler and counselors. Consumer mathematics may be taken by llA pupils, as well as 1eniors. Instrumental music is a beginning class. Pupils wantfog instruction in brasses, woodwind s, and strings are placed in it. It meets two, three or five times a week.

The combined Sophomore Glees, under the direction of Miss Dorthea Gore, w ill present a double assembly Fri day, May 4.

The program will open with three selections by the glee.

They are: "Prayer" from "Hansel and Greetal" by Humperdin ck; "Wake With the Dawn" ("Mattjnata" in Italian) by Leoncavallo; and "0 Sing Your Songs" by Cain.

The boys quartet will sing two ,numbers : "Song of the Jolly Roger" by Candish ; and "Mood Indigo," by Duke Ellingt on. glee will close the program with "Sweethearts," from the operetta "Sweethearts" by Victor Herbert and "Sun and the Warm Brown Earth'" b y Dranscombe.

This is the only appearance Of .the sophomore glee. There are 92 members in the combined period four and period fi v e glees.

All gir ls assembly, Style Show; Student Council, 225 at 3:20 ADVOCATE ing Weekly tours will be made

to Chicago's metropolitan news- I papers. printing plants · and

' classes will consis t of I

the writing, directi"on and presen-

emporane ous speaking and ori ginal oratory. The course in dramatics covers instruction in acting, directing, stagecraft, voice and diction. Interested high school students may obtain ap pli cations and scholar sh ip information about debate, public speaking, dramatics and radio by writing to Karl F Robinson, Northwestern University School of Speech,

Links' Board

os1t1ons

The Links board is offering positions on the staff to any pupil graduating in June, 1952. Pupils wishing to -serve on t he staff filled qut a questionnaire and signed for an interview April 26 and 27. Applicants will be interviewed by faculty advisors Wednesday May 2 Thursday, May 3, and Friday, May 4

All board members are t o be assigned to the Links office one period each day during both 1emes_ters. This means t h at the Evanston, Ill. Journalism infor- maximum n umber of hours that m ation may be obtained from a board member may carry in Floyd Arpan Northwestern Uni- addition to the Links is 20 hours versity School o f Journalism, l each semester. Evan,;ton Ill. It is requ ired th at' board memJJ.t& b vul ..ln!iU£11te is part of the University's regular Summer Session which this year will offer· 500 courses for grade, high school and college teachers. ·

Pupils Take Merit Exams

The following · L.H S. stud ents took the Merit Exams on March 24 : Marlene Dumke, Jeannette Kleinert, Bob Cummi.Ilg, Shirley · Fuhrman , Bette Minne, Car.al Lundberg, Sydonia Schaaf, Mari• lyn Latture Barbara Moralez, and Jacquelyn Amen.

There were 778 persons from all over Nebraska w ho took t he tests given .in 86 examining cen:.. ters There were 597 who took the Typist-Clerk examination and 297 who took the S tenographer-Clerk examination.

The first place in the TypistClerk examination went to a stud ent at Omaha. In• t h is group, Marlene Dumke placed eleventh out of the 597 participants in the examination.

; be avaliault: !or work on \ the yearbook after s ch ool and on Saturday mornings, therefore anyone wishing to be on t he board shou ld not plan to participate in other major act ivities Board positio ns to be acqui red are : Editor. Man aging Editor, Biography Editor, B usiness Manager, Formal Photography Editor and the Candid Photography Editor.

'Red and Black' Struts Forth

The flashing s ilver of the twirl;.. ers' bat ons arid the clear, brassy strains of "Hail to the Red and Black" greeted downtown Lincoln Wednesday, April 18 as the Lincoln High School Band made its first spring marching apeparance

The mile-long parade welcomed the arrival of the Linc.oln Athletics and opened the 1951 base".' ball season for Lincoln fans. Featured in the parade was a string of convertibles carrying players of L i ncol n team

Junior-Senior Dance, May 4

May 2. The decoration committ ee includes Jo Knudson, Shirley Hartman, Sandra Sick Mary L ou Young, Phil D osek, Kay Kimmel, Ellen Pickett, Barbara · Bates R uth Wacker, Audrey Sievert, Suzie Enyeart; Ann Bramwell, Marilyn Shirley P eterson, Joyce Taylor, Phyllis · Meyer, Nancy Norris, Suzy Good, Nancy Crawford Roberts, · Ginny Jewett Barbara Wieck, Pa t t.v Ellis, Ann Beyn on, Judy Joyce, Nancye Lesher, Joyce Sporn, and Jane Berquist.

Former Student Receives - Award Miss Mary Ann Chamber s, a graduate <if L incoln High School and a senior at Sullins College, received ·the award ·for outstanding work iri languages wbich w as presented at theHonor's Day program held at Sullfns Wednesday,

Hugh T Rangeler, Lincoln music director, tells L.H.S. seniors of the musi-0 teachini career

Voting Tomorrow Prepares for Future

· What's going on at Lincoln Hig h tom.orrow? It's May 3 and that 's the date for the primary election of next year's student council.

Do you know that some of the same booths and ballot boxes that are used on May 1 for the city elections will be moved u1:i here at Lincoln High for this school election? The election is as nearly like the city' s as possible so that L H.S. stud ents may have this experience before they vote in a city election.

The city is divided into definite precincts determined by where you live. Lincoln High is also divided into precincts determined by the number of your home room-whether it is an even or · an odd number. L.H.S has two precincts or voting polls on first, second, and third floors.

·Every member of the faculty and of the sophomore and junior classes is already re g istered in his own precinct so that when h e goes to the polls to "exercise his X" his n a me will be checked from his home room list.

The members of the N a tional Honor Society under the direction of the student council are acting as judges and clerks in the six precincts.

On the back of every ballot received by the voters in the city election on May 1 ".ere the signatures of officials of the precmct. The people serving as judges in our coming election will also sign every ballot for their own precinct.

The student council represents you. Vote f?r. candidates who can accept respons1b1llty, who are dependable, and who will work for the improvement of L.H.S.

The present seniors do not vote in either the primary election May 3 or in the general election May 10.

Determination and Struggle Win Sportsmanship Cup

"Cheer, cheer for old L.H.S."

This year the student body wel l des erves a cheer of praise, for Linc oln Hig h been awarded the Good Sportsmanship Cup. The award was achieved only th.ro ugh a hard !1-nd continuous struggl e, wit h the determmation to come out on to p. Soon after school began in the fall the student council sponsored a aimed to b etter schoo: standards. Apple s were given to the opposing foot.te ams, _and were given to the vif1cials durmg halftime. Student b acking for the games was encouraged by special f eatures-the first homecoming, and Dad's Day.

O ne C<ln see that ec -.. e:·yone rr::;, ;:;t, have enough for his school to accept the r es pons1b1hty of h e lpin g to keep school pep and morale. This year the schoo l were constantly pushing th e camp mg n, but they too w ould h ave failed witho u t the support of the rest of Lincoln High

Our team win the game, but we can wm admiration by showing good sportsmanship and school spirit.

We' ve ·won the cup, now let's keep it!

Worthwhile Minutes Lost Anticipating End Of Class

In history class the other day J ane turned in a b eautiful poster. May looked at it enviou sly and remarked "Sav tha t's g ood , but where did you find the time to make it? I just nev er get things done ."

J a ne and May both settled down to work, and studied a while. Finally May l ook ed at the clock

"Oh she gasped a nd preparing to l ea ve, piled up h e r boo k s When th e bell rang May was the first out of the r oom. The next class was study hall, and wh en the bell r ang May was again the fir st to leave. Every day May wastes to ten min -

u tes

h

Since we the boys of the Advocate staff feel that the Static column this semester has not b ee ri too successful we plan to show you what a Static column should be lik e

Every one has his favorite song. So do we, and here are a few we like and the people they remind us of.

"High on the List"-Barbara Hof.

"Oh You Beautiful Doll"-Joan Hagen

"Nature Boy"'--Louie Duteau

"Once a Week and Twice on Sunday"..:.Dick Faes

"Beautiful Brown E yes"-Dick Wells

"I Love The Way You Say Goodnight"

-Karen Decker

"Dry Bones"-Rich Jennings

"One of The Roving Ward

"Sweet and Lovely"-Milli Grierson.

"You and Your B eautiful Eyes"-

Nancy Chamberlain

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We have a few tips for the girls about choosing a boy friend.

Keep away from trackmen ••• they are usually fast.

Never make dates with biology students

••. they enjoy cutting up too much!

Beware of basketball players

• • • they just dribble till they can pass

Be careful of dramatic students • • the y usuaJly have several lines.

Watch out for baseball players they hit and run.

The football players are all right .•• they tackle anything !

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In addition to the Juni or-Senior pa+ty

May 4, there will be an inn er-high school

spring dance, Saturday, May 25 at the Cornhusker Hotel. · It will b e a semiformal affair with the music supplied by Arron Schmidt and his band from 9 to 12

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To Bob Seldon: We of the Advocate staff sincerely want to give our regrets that you h ad s uch a n unfor unate accident. We feel that you would have won the state championship and may have even broken the state record. · You are a great credit to Lincoln high school and to sportsmanship and competition.

* * * Can you imagine: John Lauer with his hair combed.

Charley Haupt without his Richard Hudnut hair oil. Dave Weber with black hair.

Roger Gohde without a "girl."

Bobbie Russel without gum in h er mouth.

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Below is a time photo of two bald polar •bears on the glacier un top ·of Mount Everest playing a fast game of solitare. Note the number of spades in the hand of the bear on t h e left.

Hollyivood Television Producer Visits Lincoln; Describes New Methods

"Televis10n · is a business in which one meets very interesting personalit ies, both stars and unu sual Hollywood figures " sa ys

Mr Louis Snader, tele".ision prod ucer, of Beverly H ills, Cal iforn i a, and uncle of Carole Marx, L. H S. junior. Mr Snader's first interest in television w as in connecti.on with the "Firesi de Theatre Series" which began about 1948. These were seties of 15 minute comp lete plays produced on film at the Hal Roa ch Studios in Beverly Hills " Fireside Theat re " has since been rated the number two s h ow on tel'.!vision, ranking second to Milton Berl e's program. The telescriptions which Mr. Sander makes are distributed in t he form of a l ibrary of these three and o ne -h alf mint1te musical films.

Battling Soldiers Finish Themes

seniors , ·your themes are due n ext Mon day Select your top ic and begin rea ding."

At t h e issuance of thes e c ombat ord ers innocent seniors begin choosing the fields of b a t tle on which they will work. Thoug ht, .resear ch, w hi ch subject is best? Finally topics are chosen fight prepara t i ons are begun.

Peekin' Back I

9 Years Ago For the 13th consecut ive year the Adv ocate won the award of t he "All Am

Waitress: I have s te.,.::J kiuneys cow ' s brains, boiled tongue and pigs feet .' Cla us Von Shuman: Don't t e ll me your troubles sister; just give me a hamburger.

* * * Here is another "rare" one: They sat on her porch at midni ght, But his l ove was not to her t aste.

His reach was 36 inches, But she had a 44 waist.

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Want a rid e ?

A g re a t big b eautiful car drew u p to curb where a high school g irl was waitmg for a bus, and a gentleman stu ck his he ad out of the wind ow a nd said hello

I d '7 m nvmg w est "How won derful", said the g irl, "bring m e back a n orange "

* * *

Don't believe ' e m girls : "You're th e first gir l I ever kissed" said the senior as he slufted gear s with knee s

* * A perfe ct s itua tion : Th e mo on was r ight, 'h e r oad was dark , A perfect place ':Co stop and park I gave a sig h l gave a moa n ; I c u r se d my fate; I wa s a lone. · * * * * A nn Beynon: Bill, why do you call yo ur ca r a crate?

Bill Weir : Cause I a lways have it fill ed

p e aches

* * * Wh en a boy breaks a date

H e u sually ha s to; Wh en a g irl breaks a dat e She u su ally h as tw o! * * * If yo u lik ed t he Static column t h is week, pl ea s e a ns>yer in the space r es e rved belo w and r e turn it to t h e Advocate offic e. i lil':ed t h e Sta t ic column this

Yo! Off to battle sall y t he confident warriQrs! Into the fi eld of combat, l eaving nothing untu rned. Note cards, card catalogue, clippi n g file, magazines, Encyclopedia Britannica, Readers Guide to Pe riodical Literat ure, not es , •• N otes .• NOTES! Three d ays later lhe triumph- · ant warriors return from the librar y battlefield to t he native cl ass room, Excited and confident · of compl ete victory, they babbl e awa y, r ec itin·g deeds of bravery to the commander -in-char g e. But w ait ••• disaster disheartens the soldiers, for the plan of battle h a s b een carried out incorrectly. All the notes have to be rearranged and r ecopi e d! The warriors sp end ' the next two days in camp re• covering fr om the shock of mist ake and attempt, trying to mend all possibl e b eiore the last s eige. Friday and Saturday night find a ll engagemen t s canceled in ord e1 gl e The last bciok is re ad hurr iedly from cover to cover, a nd b y Saturday n ight everything i s arranged for the comi ng encount er Charge! Into the stru ggle with sabres flashingLSharp wits cliisfi into stiff adversaries. The soldiers battle on, and on, and on. Page s, notes, food coffee. Don't give u p the ship, men! Midnight, t hen morning, but heroes never die though the fight be bloody t he:y stagger through to enemy l ines, typewriters i n h and: Dawn! The fir st ra y of light reveals w eary combatants soaking battle-scarred limbs i n warm water drea d ing the coming s l eepl ess day The ma in s t ruggl e is over, yet terms must be com'p\et e d and loose ends dr a wn u p, so that the day provides desperate l ast-minute operations Finally each now m atu red su rv ivor staggers i nto home g round a:i d p l aces h is w a r - booty b efor e the Operation Th e sis comp lete d!

Cornhusk er Sun Rarely Appears

Aha!

Pupils Enter Art Festival; Win Honors

Many

ES AT SCHOOL

Heilman Sells Manuscripts

Convention Elects

Danese

AU the modern language teach ers of Lincoln High School att ended this convention held at Creighton Univer s ity -in Oma ha. The conventi on included foreign language t

inclu_ded many natives of Europe and South America

Senior Chosen As Sweetheart

Ruth Ellenwood, L H S senior, wa s chosen Demolay Swe etheatt at the annual Demolay Sweetheart Ball held Friday, .l\Pt il 20 a t.Cotner Terrace. Her ti.vo attendants were Jackie Erway, L H S. senior, and G lenda Hays , L. H. S. junior Bob Church; Master Counselor, presented the sweethear t w ith one do z en roses and each att endant with. Qne dozen white carnations.

DON'T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY WITH Madame de Vllmar

For Girls Only I

April 16 Participating ' in the panel wel't! Rosalie Jensen, Mary Shelledy, Barbara Hof, GCl-rY Pierce, Mike Shugrue and Douglas Wilcox. Lucette Makepiece was leader of the qiscussion. The May meeting will be a birthday party and officers for next year will be nominated.

Science Club At the meeting of Science Club, Thursday, April 26, Lowell Sohl demonstrated his geiger counter. A talk on "The Effects of Atomic Weapons" by Glenn Burgess completed the program.

G A.A. The Girls Athletic Association will meet in the gym after sc:hool tonight for a picnic to be held at Antelope Park Tickets were bought in advance.

Students Address Science Meeting

A meeting of the Junior Academy · of Sciences was held April 20-21 at Morrill Hall. Several Lincoln High School students were on the program. Marilyn Kroehler talked on "Wild Ani· mals of Nebraska;" Shirley Thom• sen arid Ione Wilkinson, "Recreational Areas in Nebraska;" Phil Graham, Bruce White and Sandra Sick, ''Rheumatic Fever" and "Di sease of Young Hearts;" Margaret S chwabauer and Carole Pietenpole, "History of Halsey Forest;" Elaine Eddy, "Crystallography;" Lowell Sohl, "GeigerMuller Counter;" Kay Perrin, "Life and Work of Marie Curie;" Joy Bird, "Shade Trees on Lincoln $treets and in the Parks;" Glenn Burgess, "Effect of Atomic Weapon·s " The. Nebraska .Academy .of Sciences, a forty.,yea r-old organ• ization, established the Junior Academy of Sciences about twenty y ears ;i.go to interest high ._ school boys and girls in science so · they may appear on programs as such.

Sponsoring the students !ror.1 Lincoln H igh School were Miss H elene Scheme! and Windle Reel.

Hub of Harmony

Gives Assembly

After a short concert tour Of one week through parts of Nebraska, t he Hub of Harmony, under the direction of Frank Hale, made its final appearance at Lincoln High, Friday, April 13.

The group opened the assembly w ith its theine song, "Babylon Is Falling" and :followed through with "You Better Mind," "Scandalized ," and "Little Liza."

The quartet, Frank Hale, LeRoy Lecount Butler, and Milton Wood son sang "Get Togeth er Wi t h The Lord" and "Let The Church Roll Along " For the encore number the group sang "Thi'!! ls My Country."

To

The Link!! won 10 out of a possible 14 first place points and sl;lared first place in two other in a warmup for the district meet. Jerry Hardesty won the 100 and 220. Dave Weber won ·both the high and low hurdle events, while other winners for the Links were Hendrickson in the 440 in 51.6, four-tenths of a second off the district a.nd his besl performance this year, Da.ve Jones, with a 2:04.8 half mile, Ladd Hanscom, who took the broad jump with a leap of 21 feet 4Vz inches, Ken Brierly in the shot put, and Dean Sloan in the discus. Boys Towns bright spot came in the mile when freshmart Charles Jones · turned in a 4:37.4 for one mile', the best time recorded in the state so far this year. This mark equals the district record. Summary_ TRACK tto-yard hlrh by Dan Weber (L); second J m Munson ( L )·; Joa n Jameo (BT). Time :16 3. 100-)Jard duh-Won hy Jerri• Harduty (L);

JONES One of the

a thletes

come out of

Seldon has

a;!d hard to

in

his

vaulting. Under the coaching of Harold, Scott, Bob has imp;oved his height from nine fee t to twelve feet in three years. During his three year s on the track team Bob was the first one out on the track and the last one in. He is a wonderful team man, always giving courage to team mates in work outs and in track meets. He not only worked on vaulting, but helped the underclassmen starting out in the vault.

Mr. Scott made up a workout schedule for Bob to follow. Day after day Bob followed it faithfully. Track season wasn't t he on ly time for work out. Bob worked out in the summer and during football season. Qualifying for the state meet highlighted his promising career: Bob also ran on a sopomore relay team which piaced fifth at the Thomas Jefferson Relays. In his junior year Bob vaulted over 11 .feet several times and tied for second in the state track meet at 11 feet even. His bid for state champi onship recognition as one of the l eading pole vaulters in the state was cut short by · an · injured ankle at Omaha North while trying to vault 12 feet 4 inches He · had made 12 feet 1 inch which s t ill stands as the second best vault in the state. However, .wi

Swimmers . In AAU Contest

The ooys were led by Torn Houchen, who set a pool record · of 1 :25 3 in the 120-y'ard indivi dual medley and then swam on the 160-yard t.reestyle relay team along with Norman Watkins, Jerry Gilbert, and Dave Dreith which swam home with another pool record of 1:27 1. Dreith -also picked up a third in the senior men's 40-y ard freestyle The quartet compiled a total of 15 team points, competing against four other • teams With coaches and approximately 30 swimmers each.

Benson High, of Omaha, b eat Lincoln High 4-3, at Omaha Tuesday April 17 when a tenth inning · error allo wed the winning run to score. Jack Bravdt, B enson righ t f ielder, opened the tenth with a single and was sacrificed to second by J ohn Me1 se and scored when JQhn Delaney s grounder went past first baseman S t a n Ebner. Dick Geier, who started for t he Link s, gave up five hi ts before being removed in favor of B ill Debus early in the seventh inning. Debus allowed three hits and was given the loss. The Lincoln catcher, Don S canlon, played most of the g ame with a broken hand, but still managed two hfts in four appearances to lead the Link s Ron Smith started for Benson but was replaced by Munster i n the · eighth inning Munster was credited with the wi n. Both·

Draft Hits Lincoln Golf Team Wins

Slezak Now Officer

The Lincoln High baseball team became a casualty of the Korean war, when Coach Bob Slezak was recalled into Force Tuesday, April 24. Mr. Slezak had coached sophomore football and basketball and was in his first year as v arsity baseball coach. The new duties Of· the former baseball skipper will be otf1ce work pertaining to information and · education. Mr. Slezak will report to the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Field, in Omaha, for :further assignment. During his college career, Mr. $lezak was a NebTaska University tennis star. He served in the last

TYPEWRin;R EXC. 323 No, 13th 2-5258

Lowerclass Behavior Decides 1952 Skip Day

'Attention sophomores and juniors!

What are WE going to be doing on May 28_? Of course if we want the privilege of having a skip day of our own, we'll be in school just as we should.

Suppose tqat there are some sophomores an:d juniors who are thinking of skipping. Not only will they endanger their own stand-1 ing but they may also be the cause of the removal of skip day for the following years. If we abuse the privilege of the senior skip day, we will have to face the consequences. Just a few sophomores and juniors can ruin the chances for our own skip day. We want to carry on the idea of a skip day for the ·coming classes.

A vote was taken in all senior home rooms to ,decide on the skip day. The seniors voted to have it on the last day of school. It took the seniors a long time to get permission to have a SENIOR skip day and just as soon as we abuse it, we' ll have even a harder time getting one.

Why don't we start thinking ·about plans for our own skip day next year? There are many good ideas and suggestions which we · can use to make our skip day one of the best. L,et's start planning

Shirking Now Doesnt Pay; Summer's the Time to Play

"Forget your studies and just get happyi forget your studies and just feel g a y" • Is that your version of the popular song? You know, it's really lots of fun to put the stuc:lies· on the shelf and just feel happy and gay and enjoy the beautiful weather. And it' s terrific to take a doze after school when that old spring fever get's a hold of you. It's really the life to play around all weekend and just save studying for the week days, and it's even better to save the studies the weekend, because after all, going to school during the week is enough. Of course, the best plan.is to not do them either time · · · · ) '' · ' ·

But.isn't this reallyletting ourselves drop to a new low? ·Perhaps that phrase was a bit high sounding. MayI>e taking the same old subjects next fall or ev,en not graduat· ing is a little more down to earth. It only t ,..· ;es time, study time, to pull through with g :::>d grades in June. We '\re got to just put r ' :' our fine weather activities and brain lar ''. for a few weeks, and then we'll find a two -fold reward : good grades and three r ':: velous months of "no school." We must r let ourselves fall down during the last y, eeks of school; those falls can a ll too often bscome fata l!

"Take Me Out To The Ball Game." Say how 'bout that?? ? Have you seen the L.H S. Baseball Boys do their stuff yet ?

StJH1ents

Regret 'Losing V nnoticed Upperclassmen

When Sally Senior received her diploma· the room rocked with applause. To a stranger this m ight seem strange, for Sally was certainly a n average)ooking girl and her record was not outstanding Sally would b e the first to admit that she was definitely not an I. P (importan t per· son). ''Yes," she would admit,· 1'I worked on the scenery for Joy Night but I wasn't in it and I worked on the decorating committee for the Senio:i;'. Dance, but ! ,wasn't q u een."

Sally would assure ypu that she will not be missed at Lincoh1 High, but Sally was wrong. ·.· ·.

While the job of Sally's frie nd, the queen, is very important, h er is also neces- 1 sary. Sally and all thos e like her have made many friends at L.H.S. and whe t her they know it or not they will be missed as much as their more conspicuous colleagues next yea.r.

THE ADVOCATE

Food For Thought:

Miss Helen Jo Miller, girls' swimming instructor, as she coaxes all reluctants into the pool, says that swimming in high school develops form and grace; BUT, have you ever taken a good look at a duck? ? ?

Jack and Jill went up the walk

To take Jill to the door; Jack came back with a black eye ! Try and guess what for?

• Thanx to Shirley Scott for this bit of poetry.

Listen my children and you shall hear That school is over for the year

On the 28th of May in '51,

That's the day we'll begin our fun.

M:any a man can truly say

He won't forget that famous day.

We'll say to our friends and teachers dear, We're certainly glad to get out of here!

Now don't get us wrong, we've really had fun,

But it's time we were out in that good old sun!

A hurry of feet you'll hel:!-r down the hall,

When the last bell will ring to dismiss us all

We'll leave this building sturdy and tall, Not to return 'till early next fall.

It's been fun, MARIAN

• Joyce Lutgen-"Don , when your mother takes her vacation I'll cook and darn y ou r socks for you."

Don Burton-"Well, thanks Joyce, but just darning them will be enough."

And then there 's the story about the man named Kissinger. Never being ·satisfied, Kissinger went to court apd had his last name changed to Jones. After a f ew weeks with this name, he grew tired of it too, went to court, changed it to Brown. He proceeded to change his n'ariie every few weeks and his friends b ecame very con· fused. Not being able to keep track of their 'old' buddy and all of his names, they began asking each other, "I wonder who's Kissinger now?"

SURPRISE DATE OF THE Barbara Carter 'n Bob Starr (N.E.)

• John Chambers- "What is a will?"

Bill Clinton-"It is a written document in which a person tells how he wants his erty divided among his errors."

A mournful mother met her youn gest at the door as soon as h e got home from school. Sh e told him, "Son, poppy was just hurt in a terrible accident."

The little boy went into hysterics.

Trying to comfort him, the mother expl!l-ined, ''Poppy wouldn't want you to cry Uke '"Poppy," screamed the b oy "I thought you said 'Hoppy'. " ·

GOOD NEWS FOR EIGHTEEN YEAR

OLD BOYS ! Want to keep out of the army? We Staticers have t hought of a way. Join t h e Navy. Give us credit for trying, felas.

• •

• •. KATE

With a tear in my eye I would like tp say

HAloha" to J ane Summers who is planning to return to the of LHS.

Rumors have· it that she is planning to att ent school in gay Cuba next year! Others with plans like wise a r e Tiete Morris who is going to Stephe ns Junior College for girls in Columbia, Misso uri, and non e other than · our own Static writer, Ann Beynon, who is going South for the winter to spend the m onths basking in the sun on the beautiful Gulf

DOUBLE TROUBLE

H er e are a few double billings you might find at your local movie.

Kill The Ump ire It Happens Every Spring The Cure For Love · Hold That Baby Unfinished Business.

·

_ _ _ _ More Than A Secretary Wife Wanted .• I Love Trouble Mothe r Didn't T e ll __ _. _. 'rhe Postman Always Rings TWice

Then there was the profess or who h a d no control over his pupils. ·

* Clerk in the b athing s uit department: May I help you?

P hyllis Meyers: Yes, l want someth i n g that will look all right to my mother until I get it on at the beach. ,

Tes ts T ests, everywhere, With drops and drops of ink, And never a teacher who'll leave the room And a ll ow a guy to think!

DATE OF THE WEEK : Bonnis Splichal'n Jim Cederdahl ! Ronnie Beideck t o Dean Sl oan as Marilyn rushes to grab the phone: "You must have th e

American Privilege Proves Too Much for Long-Suffering Poll Worker

AhL Voting! The privilege of every red-blooded A m er i c a n school boy and girl. The greatest thing a student can do to promote 'democracy. · But, there is one greater t}ling i n which a more red-corpuscled student may participate, and that is to work at the precincts : "Work at the precincts? Wh'y, yes, of course, I think that would be fun. Oh, certainly, it is a gJ,"eat · honor," remarks the innocent National Honor Society member. "Come early in the morning, remain through the whole lunch ''hour and stay aftei; school a few hours? Be glad to!" The happy laborer appears bright and shining at bis post at · eight in the mornihg. The door · to · his precinct is unlocked but no one is there. After fixing the

J!;Veryone drags in slowly until it is 8 :33 then, whiz! Two wild moments of pi.I:;, pils bumping each other, dashing for a booth, and talking 5o loudly no one can hear. The worl<er falls over himself trying to get ballots out. A little discouraged, he takes the ballots, box and registration lists upstairs until the noon voting. Noon comes Five long whole minutes to

Students come one by

little confused, some quite sure of themselves, others colliding with every other person arid ob· ject, trying to look important

Quotable Quiz · l 'Ralph'

Tells

Council and. Home Room sentatives shoUld be allowed to

serve ffil)re t h an once?

Redge Roper: " No; it dbesn't giv e enough kids a chance."

Ralp h Best: "No, it isn't a representative government i f the s ame people represent all the time, besides if serve all tl).i! way through.they get in ariitA'

Mike Edwards : "Yes-; if they· do a good enough job the f irst time "

Jerry Gillers: "Yes, if they want : it; they should be able to run aga in "

Joan Junge: "No; thi!re are too. many kids who ate Sam Haupt: "Yes, if they are good enough."

Daryl Emens: "No, there are enough good kids that can do the job. I think they should give more people a chance."

Fritz Herminghaus: ! No one should s top the m from running again but I think they should limit themselves of their own ac cord "

What's Bound in 300?

A t tention: All Li p r ary books are due May 23. No niay be checked after ·t his date, · Allen-

feeling t iptop. Mrs. Jones hands Ral ph to Junior·smith and with one glance Junior ciomps u p to Mrs Jon es des k with such a death grip on ;Ralph he can h ardly breathe For a splid 15 minutes Junior argues he should h a ve a 'T' plus instead of a "1 " and the t ears spfatte r on R a lph as Junior pleads for the "error'' to be corrected. Junior h as no resped for age , so he folds Ralph in h alf only to stick hi'm in his "back pocket. Time passes comparatively fa s t.· till 3:15 and then the journey h ome. He 'i's passed from hand to hand and apparently all of them think R alph is double jointed tor that is exactly how he i s handled : ' At l as t

School Offers

June Sessions

SCENES Al SCHOOL by

Bobbie

I Senior Sketches

Students ·Taking Life Saving Need Courage wid Patience

Room Reps, Orpheons, Clef Club treaslirer and Sophomore and Junior Girls Glee. She spends the rest of her spare time making and collecting dolls.

Ann Lundy One of Lincoln High's busiest · seniors this year is Ann >Lundy :from hOme room 201.

close season of the Lincoln High School Band. Sponsored by the Milford Chamber of Commerce, the band will make the trip by bus. Tentative plans call for the bapd to arrive at one end of town, march down the main street to the city park, where they will play an

"Help! Help!" As Jane dived into the water, thought of the different "carries" and "holds" which she had been taught. She w as now facing the real thing as she s t art ed b swim ti;iward her victim. When Jane had decided to take Senior Life Saving, she thought that it would be simple and fun. Little did she know about the hard work and fatigue of life saving. The first day about twenty-six girls came to the first session. They learned the "fireman's" and "saddle-back" carries and had to swim about six lengths. In the second and thir d ses• sions they reviewed what they · had learned and continued learning the "carries''. Then they had to swim from 10 to 15 lengths The increase · of required lengths was gradual. When the number had reached. 18 or 20, several of the girls had dropped the entire course. Jane could well remember how tired she was after a class. Then came the instruction different "holds." Jane was taught what to do when the victim grabbed her around the neck in a strangie hold, grabbed aholq of her wrist, and grabbed ahold of her head The first few practices on the different holds had been a panic to Jane. She · had kept telling herself not to be afraid, but when the time came to practice them her heart w a s beating ·like f'ury. ·· '.Many time$ Jane had wanted to quft life saving, biit she de.:. l'ided to plug along because she knew that

Students Make· Newspaper Tour

GARY SHERMAN