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WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB.
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January 28,
Juniors elect Scudder
Advisory Board has sibling team
1embers of "Tea House of the August Moon" discuss rehearsals.
Two members of the Martin Hochster family, sophomore Pam and senior Howard, have been joined by junior Steve Scudder as Westside's representatives on the newly formed Student Advisory Board of Education. The Board, designed to aid the District 66 Board of Education in obtaining "first hand communication" with the "consumers" of education "to
mior class play has geisha girls holds the Blossom.
by Sue Berg scene is Okinawa and the s right after World War II. is it? It is the basis for the class play, "Tea House of the ; Moon." main plot of the story is s of the United States Navy :tationed in Okinawa to :e a Headstart program. But, than start this program, with ; and hospitals, they open up 1 house. ~ leads are Gary Harper and ~gister as Sakini and Captain respectively. Holly Nielson
female lead as Lotus
Other roles are Rip Benson as the ancient man; Don Carlson as Mr. Omura ; Debbie Durrant as the old woman's daughter; Bob Howard as Mr. Sumata; Max Jorda n as Mr . Seiko; Nancy Lakin as the old woman; and Jane Limprecht as Miss Higa Jiga. Others include Bob Manchester as Mr. Keora ; Mike Morrison as Mr. Hokaida; Tom Rogers as Mr. Sumata's father , Fred Ross as Sgt. Gregovich; Pete Russell as Capt. McLean; Rick Schempp as Mr.
'nus robes, 128 inducted o National Honor Society :ing the traditional robes peeches, National Honor inducted 128 new members club yesterday afternoon. students were chosen on the cations of scholarship, ~r, leadership and service. a cumulative grade average ·r better. teachers voted on eligible ;, then a faculty committee representing the major tents, made the final choice. Department Head Mary is the faculty advisor to the following 82 seniors were into National Honor Society •: Stephanie Abraham, Cheryl 3arbara Barrett, Steve Baxter, ennett, Rick Berkshire, Sharla ren Bloom, Susan Bowen, Patsy e Bredensteiner, Linda Brown, •n and Karen Cain.
Wheeler, Ruth Widstrom, Lori Wintroub and Robert Woodle. Thirty-one juniors were also inducted into the society yesterday. They are Kathy Abernathy, Susan Adams, Bruce Amsden, Jeannette Austin, Heather Broadbent, Joel Cassman, Jane Clark, Dede Day, Kathy Degioia, Tom Dinwoodie, Elizabeth Farley, John Goldman and Elizabeth Greenly. More newly-inducted juniors are Paula Haeder, Cheryl Langdon, Janet Larson, John Nelson, Deborah Petersen, Bruce Richards, Tenley Rogers, Mark Ruben, Susan Schwarz, Fred Smith, Dennis Stamm, Hemala Subbaratha, Judith Vrana, Rich Ward, Jamie Weaver, Jo Marie Williams, Lee Ann Williams and Ann Yaffe. Named as provisional members were
15 sophomores. They are Carol Baska, Peter Cegielski, Caroline Chantry, Patricia Eaton, Michael Hathaway, Sherry Helmke, Michelle Holmes, Cindy Methe, Tim Patenode, Amy Peterson, Susan Severa, Linda Smith, Jessalyn Wilscom and Brian Wilson.
Oshira; and Gary Tibbie as Col. Wainwright III. Jane Houston, Nancy Keller and Sandy Weiss are cast as some of the villagers. But, according to director Anna Clark, some of the parts are yet to be cast. The play, which will be held Feb. 17-19, includes dancing by geisha girls and a wrestling match between Mike Morrison and Max Jordan. All the girls ' parts will be spoken in the Japanese dialect, Luchun. According to Holly Nielson, "it's hard to say and a lot harder to memorize!" Gary Harper, when asked to give a brief description of the play, said, "Well, some of the language may be considered objectionable, and there are a couple scenes which may prove to be quite a surprise!" Julie Vaaler will assist Mrs. Clark on the script. Sue Oliver, another student director, will help with some of the acting. She is also in charge of costumes and will help direct the dancing. Mrs . Clark had a new idea concerning dress rehearsal, which will be held on Feb. 16, this year. She would like to open it to other schools in the district and to school officials. She believes it would be a fun experience to have the junior high students come to see the play. But Mrs. Clark is not sure this idea will work because she has not had it approved by the main office. She also commented, "Transportation is quite a problem. It is going to be awfully difficult to get the kids here ." Admission to the play this year will be free with a student activity ticket in advance, or $1 at the door.
new seniors are Don Carlson, assling, Nicole Chauche, Debra ~ob
Daasch, Carol Eckman, : kwall, Margie Eliason, Sally Wilma Ennega, Tom Fauth, ·elt, Debra Fieck, Bill Finley, temming, Susan Fried, Don ::han Gibson, Bruce Grewcock ence Han negan. 1uing with the seniors are Gary Beth Harrington, Jim Harris, ·iiand, Peggy Hineline, Debbie )n, Deborah Ireland, Diane )avid Johnston, Bruce Kabat, incaid, Connie Kravchuk, Sue 1, Linda Lawson, Jennifer ferry Lieber, Alan Lienemann h Livingstone. Barbara Loers, cMaken, Laurie Meyer, Carol m, Sandra Myers, Cynthia Beth Newell, Holly Nielson, liver, Carol Pelkner, Deanne
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Linda
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Larry Schone, Mark Schupack, wartz, Deborah Shidler, Susan and Joe Sloan were also
eting the list of seniors are wanson, Jewel Swenson, Sonja Rick Walstrom, Joseph Warta, ~instein, Scott Wells, Ron
Towering above Westside's picnic tables, the new geodesic dome is destined to become Louis Niemann's new greenhouse.
enable effective and relevant decision making," meets with their adult counterpart for the first time February 7 . The students are supposed to "represent the student voice in policy development in School District 66" while serving as official non-voting members of the board of education. The three were selected last Monday by caucuses of their respective class members in both the Student Forum and the Student Advisory Board. All candidates presented speeches to the select group of their classmates. A general election was impossible because of time limitations. Besides the three high school members, the Board will have a representative from each junior high. This Board's term ends
August 31. Senior Howard Hoc promising the vocal suppo "constructive change at advantage," was elected by f majority of the sparse 21 vott opponents included Doug Wilma Ennenga, Gary Harpe Tom Wattonville. The junior class had the participation with 36 elector ten candidates. Scudder was ci out of a field of Carl Anders01 Barr, Bob Brite, Jayne Cra Kathy DeGioia, Barb Den Chris Icenogle, Dave Jones and Meisbach. The sophs, with a voting tm similar to the senior class, , Pam Hochster over Bob Eisen Neil Cooper, Sue Weldon, Wilson and Robyn Ginn.
'Limited courses' revealed incentive for early graduati1 by Pam Hultberg
Graduation. Most students think of it as the most important mo1 of their 12 school years. The word brings to mind baccalaureatt elaborate commencement with cap and gown, and friends and rela gathered to express their congratulations and hopes for the future. Such was not the case for 32 Westside students who graduated a close of first semester. This "early commencement" was made possibl their successful completion of English Literature during the summer the fulfillment of all other necessary credits, or by participation in ~ form of correspondence course. According to principal Dr. James Tangdall, there are a greater nur of semester graduates each year, and more of it coming about by "wl rather than necessity. One of the "early graduates," Nina Williams, < what she considered the reason. "I think people are not as intereste keeping in a class. They want to get as much as they can from one lev education and progress to a higher one as soon as they can ." Dr. Tangdall stated the advantages to regular completion of these year. "First of all, there are courses here at Westside which if taken can be bypassed in college. Second, you can explore and take a variet courses in different departments and fields you may be interestec Third, the senior year is the chance to be a student and really have f He added, "I think that as long as it's planned for a valid reason,· we ought to provide this type of semester commencement. Otherwi could be a real mistake. Some of these students who think they wil able to find work after they graduate early may be in for a big surpri It was found the main reason for students wanting to graduate E was the lack of courses that further interested them. Said Kurt Ander "I exhausted the number of courses I want to take at Westside excep1 one or two. I want to get some free time and then I'll be more anxious ready for college." Mike Goodman said that he also had run out of cor he wanted to take at Westside and was planning to take a couple at U J second semester. This was Nina's reason for her early graduation . "I've lea1 everything I can at Westside. I didn't want to take a year off but I want to take some time off, rest and work for awhile before goin1 college. This seemed to be the best solution. Also, I didn't especially Westside. Once you get to a level of people trusting you, you've g< made, but it took me two years to have people find out I wasn't a 'sno nose little kid'." "Last year I decided to get involved in some activities for sometl to do, but it didn't really help. I feel I have little in common with I school students. Everyone has to decide what they want to do with t life and Westside wasn't helping me. I told people I was interestec drama or writing, but they couldn't understand that. They all wan tee become teachers and go to Nebraska," she added laughingly. None of the students interviewed received any particular static f1 the administration. "I had heard an unofficial rumor that it would be 1: to do, but I went to see my counselor. I found out all I needed was ale from my parents and they agreed with me wholeheartedly." Of the traditional graduation exercises, Mike said, "I don't really< for it that much. My mom's the one who wants to see her 'little boy · through the line." Nina expressed her feelings about it. "I suppose fc student who really looks forward to it as something exciting it's fine. just not too impressed with it myself." Said one graduate, "This is a bad idea on the part of the counse. and administrators. They should realize the coming evolution. The semester of the senior year is a waste anyway. College applications already in and students are going to start hating their last semeste1 school. I think that if a person feels he's gotten everything he can fr high school, then he ought to graduate as soon as he can."