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Vol. 8

No. 1

WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB., WE DNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1963

Young, Outstate Staff Arrives This fall Westside opened its doors to new faces. From seven states and two foreign courutr:ies 19 new teachers joined our senior high administrative staff. Over half of ,t hese te.a chers have grad uated from college just re~ cently, bringing the school quite a young group. The Mathematics .Dept. received one man and four womenmaking the female force predominant in the algebra and geometey fields. From .t he nearby s,ta;te of SouthDako•t a are MissDiane Brost and Mr. Bob Klein. Miss Mary Buman is a graduate of Nortre Dame. Mrs. Mary Ellen McCallister, arrival from Germany, is teaching math and also chemistry.

Westsiders Attend 1 Gov s Conference Mrs. Lois Lucas, guidance counselor, headed the Westside delegation to .the Governor's Conference on Youth, held Sept. 18 and · 19 in Lincoln. The del·e gates were seniors: Les Johnson and Jan Lai~· juniors: Kathy Ress, Ruth Sa er.s, and Rich Young; and so17!! , e: Don Marguardt. "Members ', of ·Boys and Girls State were also"invited," said Mrs. Lucas. Delega;tes took par.t in panel<; and workshops that centered around the theme, "Let Youth Help Nebraska Grow". The purpose of ·the conference was .to acquaint 1the delega,tes wtth Nebraska's potential, economically, recreationally, and oppor.tunity-wise. Delegates were instructed on how to plan projects to fu11ther these potentials. Reports were a lso presented on communities that had undertaken projects developed by previous conferences.

WHS Boasts 13 -Merit Winners Of 9 8 N a tiona! Merit semi-finalists in Nebraska, 13 are seniors at Westside. These winners· are Bill Bailey, Carol Cleaves, Gary Gray, Bob Johann, Stan Lemon, Joe Limprecht, Gary Luckasen, Richard Lyman, Linda McDorwell, Mickey McFarland, Dave Miller, Bob Rose, and Jane Ross. In Nebraska 324 schools gave the test and 7273 students took it. The names of the semi-finalists are sent. to all accredited colleges and universities so the students can obtain financial assistance if needed. Studies show that about 50% of the semi-finalists obtain financiaJ aid from sourclls other than the merit program. In the last phase of competition, the high school grades, creative :>_ccomplishments, leadership qualit ies, extracurricular activities, and school citizenship of the students will be evaluated along wtth !:heir scores on .the tests. Late in April, any scholarship winners will be announced. If a schola rship is won, it is good for four years and may pay as high as $1500 a year.

Also in the science field is Mr. Ralph Reed from the Unive~sity of Nebraska who is teaching earth science. Three new history teachers have all arrived from within Nebraska. Mrs. Dorothy Hicks, Omaha University graduate, is ·t eaching American history as• is Mr. Stan Wells from >the Unive•r sity of Nebraska. Mr. William Nelson, from Ainsworth, Nebr. teaches American history and modern problems. Mrs. Iris Clark, new head of Home E con om i c s Dept., .taug.ht at South High and marriage, family li-v ing, and vanced foods classes.

the has has ad-

Mr. Ed Saddler, fi·rr;t male teacher in five years in the Language Dept., comes from Council Bluffs and is teaching Spanish. Miss Josephina Higuera has come

Calendar SEPTEMBER 26-Wellesley college repre~ sentative 2 6-Annual Y-Teens MotherD a u g h t e r Style Show, 8:00p.m. 27-Football, Bellevue, there 3 0-Pep club meeting, 2:5 0 p.m. 30-FTA meeting, 2:50p.m. OCTOBER 2-Nebraska Wesleyan college 2-Y-Teens meeting, 2:50 p.m. 4-Football, North, here 5-Homecoming Dance, 8:00 p.m. 7-Pep Club meeting, 2:50 p.m. 7-8-Underclass pictures 11-Football, Fremont, there 12-Band Day, Lincoln 11-Columbia Universi-ty college representative 16-William Woods college representative (see Mr. Pecht)

Attention Juniors Tryouts for the Junior Class Play, "The Thread Tha;t Runs So True", began Tuesday and will continue 1this week in the_ Ltttle Theatre. "This year the acting company should consist of 3 0 to 40 people, with a cast of 24 speaking parts, and some extras," stated Mrs. Anna Clark, drama director. The play will be presented November 7-9. All juniors will be eligible for parts.

to Westside from Orienta, Cuba and teaches her native language, Spanish. Miss Brenda Pallesen is a new French teacher. Helping ou,t in the library is a Wheaton, Illinois woman, Mrs. Marilee Goldthorpe, and .ta.k ing chances with WHS student drivers is Mr. Ed Stribley from Wayne, Nebr. From N e b r a s k a Uni:versi:ty came the English · teachers Mrs. Marla Baryenbruch and Westside graduate, Miss Marilyn . Handschuh. Straight from •t he University of Wisconsin is Miss Sigrid Larson, teacher of senior English . Mrs. Judy Egbert from the Univers•i ty of Nebraska has taken over the journalism classes and publications. Three other Westside graduates have come back to District 6 6 to teach. At Arbor Heights Junior High, Mrs. Kathy (Carney) Encell ('59 ) ,t eaches co.r e classes and Mr. Bill Buller ('58) is a. science teacher. Miss Ri•t a Fiene, WHS graduate of 1959 is teaching the elementary grades.

PAGE TURNERS Student Council column reveals council "on the ball" ............ ............page 2 Want to know what :the clubs are doing this year? See "Club Clipboard" .....................Page three ·senicr fcotb&ll play&rs honored thi.s week in senior spotlights .................................... Page four Do you join clubs just .to get your name in the yearbook? See edttorial ..................... Page two

Aclult Eel. Classes To Start Sept. 30 Monday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. registration for the adult education classes began, said Mr. Ra~ph Farrar, director of the program. Olasses will start at 7: 3 0 p.m. the following Monday. This year a wide variety of cour·s es is being offered including typing, public speaking, bridge foreign languag-es, home furnishings, i~terior decoration, gift wrapping, g-olf, and a beauty course. There will also 'be classes held in grade schools to make it easier for parents to attend. Last year there was an increase in enrollment and ,t he administration is hoping for an even greater increase this year.

J. A. Convocation Pr'omotesMembers At the J.A. Convocation held Monday, Sept. 23, Mr. Reg Reeks spoke about promotion of Junior Achievemen,t in action was schedAcheivement in action was scheduled to be shown. Mr. Reeks explained that J.A. is a nrution wide organization in·c luding Canada using the American Free Enterpriz·e System. J.A. is an organization who5e members form a company wtth three prominent businessmen. The students learn the processes arid methods of business operM:ions and practices.

lnge Jensen, Westside's foreign exchange student from Denmark, is seeing what goodies come from the student lounge.

-Photo by

John Quarles

Gum, Keds Surprise lnge by Susie Madden "Only thing I knew about American kids was the tennis shoes, bubble gum, and bermudas," was Inge Jensen's first comment. Inge, a blonde-haired, blueeyed, senior, is the WHS American Field Service exchange student from Herning, Denmark. On August 5, Inge set sail from Holland to the United States for a 10-day ocean cruise on the Seven Seas ship. Inge commented, "I was with 8 50 other AFS stude·n ts fr·om all over Europe. Some of the exchange students returning from Europe gave s·peeches on the U.S. We had dancing on the decks al).d by 't he pools every night and it was fun." "Denmark is a little land and very far north," said Inge, "and we wear almost the same clothes as you do except for :t he tennis ·s hoes and bermudas." luge said that :t he tennis shoes are too hot a-nd :only for tennis. Although. the Danish girls do . not wear bermudas, Inge added, "we do wear shor.t shorts on the beaches, but never shopping and we wear slacks in school. It's wonderful for the snowball fights. We just get sma.shed." lnge observed that American boys wear white socks. Her comment was, "The boys in Denmark would raJther go to their gra.ves than wear white socks."

Inge described Danish life, "not as informal." In Denmark, besides never being in bermudas, Inge stated, "We never sit on the floor, but I enjoy it." Television in Denmark is no:t as popular as it is in America. "We always eat in the dining room," said Inge, "and not in front of the television. I don'rt know maybe tha-t's good." High schools in Denmark are called "gymnasiums" and only have an e.nroUment of 400 or 500 students. The Herning Gymnasium has very few clubs. "In our one, big club," said Inge, "teachers, actors, and po!Lticians talk and dances are organized. We have more culture in our schools. We are divided into ei.the•r mathematic or linguistic Iones." ·Inge took the linguistic line and has learned seven languages. Danish students are required 1to take 12 stubjects. Included are Greek and Danish hi-story and a study of the religions of various nations.

ATTENTI ON, UNDERCLASSMEN Pictures of studen,t s in grades 9-11 will be taken oc,t . 7 and 8. It is suggested that the girls wear a platn colored sweater or blouse and the boys should also wear a plain colored swea;ter or shir:t or else a suit and tie. The picture schedules will be arranged according to English class·e s.

Farrar Announces Vacations at WH S A New Enrollment Extended by Board "This year we have an enrollment of 1820 students," stated Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal. "This is," contiued Mr. Farrar, ".t he exact number Mr. Hansen estimated we would have this fall." The figure compares with 1532 pupils enrolled at ,t he end of May, 1963. The freshmen number 391 with an increase of 3 5 pupils. There are 53 5 sophomores which includes graduates of Westbrook Jr. High, almost equaling 1the Sophomore class last year of 537. The Class . of '6 5 is ag·a in the largest, totaling 543. Three-hundred fifty-one studeruts compose the Senior Class·.

Students may be glad to' learn tha;t this school year won't seem as long as preceeding years a-t WHS. The Board of Education felt thM. it was more desirable and convenient to extend Westside's vacatio'ns. "This makes i-t easier in corresponding with other schools." Mr. Kenneth Hansen sta-ted. "We also felt that a longer spring break ill needed," said Mr. Hansen. Vacations which have been extended are: Thanksgiving Vacwtion............ November 28-29 Christmas Vacation...... Decem ber 20-January 6 Spring Vacation .............March 20March 30

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THE

WESTSIDE

LANCE

Wednesday, September 25, 1963

Clubs Need Supportl Your Council Juniors Anxious To Work Hard At this time each year when the educational wheels start whirling, students meet head-on the question of which clubs to join and how many. The prudent student will consider which club will provide the greatest interest as well as to which organization he or she can make the greatest contribution . Club joining is not a matter of filling in a registration card and paying dues, but rather devoting time and energies in the behalf of the group. Officers can stimulate interest and provide leadership ability, but without the support of the club's members, little can be accomplished. Ask yourself where you will be when you are asked to help promote a bake sale, a car wash, or how you will feel when asked to devote some of your time to the planning of a social event. They say a club or a chain is as strong as its links. Are you a missing link? BETTE ANNE KUHN

Students Win ·Praise

Takes Action Outstanding Support Earn $750 by Dick lmig

In past years, the Studen:t Council ha;s been known for its weaknesses and ineff.ectiveness. This year, the Student Council has decided to make some majo.r changes in order ,t ha.t the student bory of WHS might be better represented. To date, your council: ( 1) has voted for improvements in rthe Student Lounge which includes new furniture, cu11tains, a ping pong table, and new paint for the benches,

( 2) is installing a suggestion bo·x in the lounge, ( 3)

has

provided a

bulletin

Westside students and faculty members are to be congratu- board in the cafeteria for student use, lated for an excellent beginning of a new school term. If the ( 4) has started revising its confirst few weeks are an indication of what is to follow, Westside st1tution. should enjoy its most successful year. . ( 6) has made preparations• for Especially noticeable to us has been the favorable att1tude of students toward school, the mature standard of behavior, and the forthcoming Freshman Student Council elections, the businesslike manner in which you have begun your school ( 7) has promoted an exchange work. We have received many favorable comments about 'a wide variety of student activities, ranging from academic perform- program between Student Councils in other schools in order to ance to athletic endeavors, and the f ine reception accorded better e x i s .t i n g relatio!lBhips Sergeant Buettner and the school music groups at our first among the school. patriotic convocation. ( 8) has started organizing a All of these attitudes and behaviors indicate an increased ap- Senwte. preciation for the work of an outstanding faculty and an excelKeep your council members inlent school program. formed as .to wha.t is happening in High morale is built upon the development of desirable tradi- order that they might act for you. tions of excellence. School spirit is more than an overt expression of loyalty. In its highest sense, it is typified by a quiet acceptance of and pride in the accomplishments of the individual students and his school. For a relatively young school Westside can be proud of its many achievements. As students you should be aware that by your positive actions you are constantly contributConst1tntion Day was celeing to the development and growth of fine school traditions. brated by a convocation rut WestKENNETH K. HANSEN . side. The Warrior Band, directed Principal

WHS Commerates Founding Fathers

All Must Seek Facts A few months ago os I along with five other Westside students prepared to leave school in order to attend a special interview with Mayor James Dworak, number of my associates phrased little morsels of derogatory wit directed 0 towards the mayor, with special concentration upon Mr. Dworak's mental agility, genera l administrative prowess, and personal integrity. Foiling in line with my fellow students I added to the general jocularity of the cynical demonstration with whot appeared ot the time to tie cutting scintillations of a highly amusing nature. Today, upon reflection, however, it becomes evident that my remarks, as those of my schoolmates, rather than beinQ indicative of a high degree of native intelligence, finely hewn by many years of formal education, were in reality hollow notes of ignorance. The net result of my personal contact with Mr. Dworak was a complete erasure of many of my preconceived attitudes concerning him and a reminder of the realization which I hove come upon many times in the post- that almost oil of my opinions and those of my fellow students, and undoubtedly many of the people of Omaha, concerning issues in and around Omaha ore based for the most port on information gleaned from the pages of the World-Hera ld, or from the opinions of friends and associates who hove formed their views on information from the source. Although it is true that the television and radio stations in Omaha also report the news, these media rarely editorialize or express a definite viewpoint designed to disseminate a definite opinion . News magazines and local newspapers other than the W orld- Herald ore only printed on a weekly basis and thus lose a great deal of the impact that would be available to them if they were printed every day. Therefore the opinions expressed by the World- Herald ore rarely in any way counter-balanced by viewpoints of on opposite nature, with equal persuasive power. It thus becomes quite eosy for on individual to begin to support the views expressed by the paper. I hod always disliked what I hod heard concerning Mr. Dworak. I forgot, however, that most of what I knew of Mr. Dworak come from the World- Herald which supported candidate Jim Green in the 1960 election. Today I consider myself neutral when it comes to Mr. Dworak. However, I don't feel that Mr. Dworak lived up to the image of the insincere administrator that I hod imagined him to be from what I hod read and heard about him, before our meeting. We should all be wary of passing judgment on individuals and issues with which we ore associated only through the pages of a single newspaper. It is the right of a newspaper to criticize and express opinions. However, in a community with only one doily we should all endeavor to learn more than just what is expressed by that paper before we form on opinion on on issue, or a particular person. We should rely on facts presenting different viewpoints and opposing sides of these issues. Other information on local issues and personalities is available primarily in the form of suburban weeklies. If we ore to form intelligent opinions concerning these issues, we should seek out this material, and toke it into consideration when forming our viewpoints. STEVE CURELOP

"Everyone is so eager ·to help •t ha.t tt is just wonderful," stated Ruth Saunders, secretary of rthe Junior Class. "Recently the Hoot.enanny netted approximately $450. The success is largely du e to the fine support given ·bY the Junior Class," commented Ruth. In the future 1the class will sell clear raincoa.ts for $1.00 each at home football games, hard candy, and rthey are planning either a sock-hop or an<>ther hootenanny in February. "The class has earned $ 7 50 so far," added Ruth . During the summer a bake sale, a car wa;sh, and a grade school rtrack meet earned close to $125."

by Mr. Darwyn Snyder, began !the program with paJtriotic marches. The Top Choir, directed by Mr. William Kellogg, sang "Where in America". The main address was delivered by Sg.t. Erwin C. Beuttner of Offutt Air Force .B ase. Sgt. Bewttner, who is a member of .the Toastmasters Club, spoke on the meaning of the Bill of Rights in today's world. He explained how· each ammendmen•t of the Bill of RighJts works . for us. He rthen challenged everyone to carry out his responsibiliity by follo·w ing these principles. The program was concluded by ing in their interpretaJtion of the ing in their interpretation of the "Battle Hymn of rthe Republic". The master o·f ceremonies for the convocation was Steve Curelop, senior.

Home Ec. Class Takes Field, Trips Mrs. Julie Swar;tzbaugh's home economics classes have taken two field trips during rt heir study of Victorian furnd•t ure. "On September 24, rthe girls went 1to my house ,t o see my antique furniture,'' stated Mrs. Swartzbaugh. The classes will take a rtour through Joslyn Art Museum to see the period settings at a later date. Mrs. Iri-s Clark, home economics teacher, t ook her advanced foods class of 25 girls on a field .trip Tuesday, September 17 to rthe Safeway Distribution C en rt e r . Sally Richter, student teacher, accompanied the group. Mrs. Clark said the trip to the distribution center would further the girls' knowledge of food buying, which they are now studying.

College Close-ups The undergraduate school, Columbia College, has an enrollment of 2 55 0 men. The other par,ts of the University enroll an additional 5000 students, and 13 ,000 graduate students. Located in Nerw York City, within 20 minu,t es by subway from Times Square, it is an interesting place for s·tudents from the midwest. Columbia College is across the street from Barnard College for women. Students rut Columbia are apt to claim that 't he old wrought-iron fence in front of the Barnard campus is for the proltection of the Columbia students, but the Barnard girls say that the oppo·s tte is ,true. Students planning ,t heir complete education should keep in mind <the number of degrees given in a recent year by Columbia University: bachelors degrees, 2,189; master·& degrees, 3,465; doctors degrees 7 0 9.

March Units Open ·Season On Warriors' Home Fielcl Combined march units of WHS par.ticipated in · both pregame and half time shows at the first home game of the season with Abraham Line<>ln last Friday. These groups .incuded the Warrior marchingband, the girls' drill team, the Squires, the Warrior, Mary Gay Westering, two baton twirlers and the drum major John Piper. Caprt;ain of the drill .t eam is Carol Ide, ;the Squire captain is Jane Ross, the twirlers are Susan

Buchanan and Mikey Morgan. Included in the pre-game routine was a fanfare and salute to the visiting team as they eiJJtered the stadium. The half-time performance presented mus.ic "Standing On The Corner Watching All The Girls Go By" from •the broadway musical "The ' Most Happy Flella". Squires portrayed the "fellas" standing on the corner while rthe drill team took ,t he part of the girls walking by.

"We are still looking for a good band and a place large eno ugh to accomodate t he whole group, for the Prom, said Ruth. "

Shielcl Staff Begins Sales W e s rt s i de ' s yearbook, the Shield, will go on sale Oct. 7 for $4 .75. The following two weeks the pric•e will be $6.00. Last year many people didn't buy .their books during the sale because they thoug.ht they could buy them in the spring. Many of these students did not receive yearbooks for the supply was limited. Students are urged rto buy their books while they are on sale. "We've been working hard sinoo school began and we hope to attain a goal of 1,250," sta.ted Pam Taylor, promartion manager.

Newcomers Reveal First Impressions This fall scores of students entered Westside's doors for their fir·s t time. These new sltudents are finding it necessary to adjust and adapt themselves to a s·o mewha;t different s~ool rou•t ine . In an ruttempt to find out the first impressions of rthese newcomers, the Lance staff conducted a poll. The replies were as follaws: ~dy Arthur, sophomore from Westbrook, "The office." Bill Strateman, junior from Lincoln, "The crowded area around the bookSitore and the shol"lt lunch periods." Jill Watson, s e n i o r from Brownene Hall, "The terribly bigness of the school and all the kids rushing at me." Mary It.alia, sophomore from Mercy, "So much rtime between classes." Bill Owens, fr eshman from Arbor Heigruts, "The teachers." Barb Major, junior, " I liked it at firSit. That's all, and I still do." Cindy Caden, sophomore, "Oh, it was big, really big, and so different." Pam Tyler, sophomore, "I was amazed! It was so large. Everyone is so friendly."

THE LANCE Publi5hed Semi-Monthly By Journalism Classes WESTSI DE HIGH SCHOOL 87th and Pacific Sts., Omaha, Neb.

Editor ........................Beltte Anne Kuhn First Page Editor ......Sally Thomas Second Page Editor ......KaJthy Roo,t Third Page Edito.r ... Susie J.\1adden Fourth Page Editor -··· .......Brenda Williams Business Manager ...... Jayne Sahler Advertising Manager ·····"Ca;rol Ide Advertising Staff ...... Judy StraJtton and Linda Shipke Circulation and Promotion ......... Arlene i'epper Sportswrtters ............ Steve Curelop, Gordon Smiley R eporters ........................ Cindy Lange, Susie Ness, John Quarles, Bill Strateman Photographers... Bill Hayes, Sc<>tt Holdrege, John Mcln•tyre, John Quarles, Steve Wigodsky Adviser ..................... Mrs. Judy Egbert

Wednesday, September 25, 1963

TH E WESTSIDE

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Chairmen Hustle To Plan Dance Plans are getting under way !or Westside's 1963 Homecoming, cosponsored by Pep Club and W Club. Homecoming chairmen have l>een posted . .They are Barb Brizzee, over-all; Marsha Mattson and Jackie Haupman, stage; Connie Wilder and Karen Wendt, table decorations; Pat Keating and Linda Wells, walls; Terry Fox, stickers, Gwen Sutter and Susan Fugitt, programs; Sally Thomas and

Cece Corn, advertising; Sandy Hinman and Connie Cotton, ceiling; Kitti Murphy and Susan White, ·procession; Linda Jackson and Susie Madden, bon fire; Barb Kucera and Holly Hinchcliff, card tables; Claudia Gresham and Linda McDowell, crowns; Kathy Root and Judi Switzer, doors and baskets; Sandy Tuerk and Jackie Borcyk, punch table; and Jean Hoeman and Virginia Moore, cookies.

WHS To Begin New Wing According to Principal KenHansen, bids are to be let this month and construction will begin in October for a new addiltion, to the phyrs ical plant of Westside High School. The addition, which will include a total of seven: new classrooms and a 25 meter swimming pool, will extend eastward, from rt he ould annex lying south of the main building of the school. The new classrooms wil !house a journalism room (which will include a darkroom), and several business educ111tion rooms. The swimming pool is of the deck level class, which means that the w111ter level will ·b e the same as the level of the concourse. Lt will have a high and a low diving board. The structure housing the pool will also include men's and women's locker rooms and seating capacity for approxi!I1altely 50 0 speCitators. The classrooms are rto be ready next fall and it is hoped !that the pool be completed soon ;thereafter. The new structure will also P·r ovide an enclosed passageway between the hallway running west of the girls gym and the annex which will put an end to the necessity of students fighting the elements to reach ,t heir classes.

AFS Programs Give Les, Steve Excitement Steve Curelop and Les Johnson, seniors, have recently returned fromr the American Field Service exchange student program. "I left June 26, on the Seven Sea's ship," said Steve, " with 6 0 0 other AFS studelllts going to Europe and Asia. On July 6, we arrived in Rotterdam and rthen 16 of us went on to Spain." Steve spent two weeks in Madrid wh~re he lived with the Rhond·a family. "In rt he morning we'd go swimming and water skiing," said Steve, "and then I'd spend a quiet at:ternoon writing letters. There were dances and movies and groups of kids would 'gert together' for evening enter:tainment. The kids always mixed in groups." "I did manage ,t o see a bullfight," commeruted Steve. "Lt's a very interesting sport, a1though it can become tedious." Steve pointed ou;t :thrut soccer is becoming the popular spo~t. "The boys in Spain are fans of cycling as well as soccer," said Steve. Steve returned home on Sept. 9. Les Johnson lef.t New York January 9, for Bloemfonetein, in the province of Orange State in .the Union O·f Sou:th Africa. He wen:t via the Lufthanasa Germran • airlines. Les spent sev.en and onehalf months as an exchange student at Grey College, an all boys school. "I played rugby, an English game like football and we eiVen had very informal pep rallies with two boys leading in the cheers," stated Les. "Kids can't date in Sou:t h Africa u n t i 1 .they are in the

Plans have also been made to remove the temporaries in the c()urtyard between the main building and the annex which ar.e not now in use. Projected plans call for the construction of an auditorium in .this area. Students who would like a glimpse of what •t he new facility will look like when completed, m111y see an artist's· drawing of the school with the new additiens which is now on view in the hallway above .the windows of the main office.

Business Women, Men To Take Over Classes "Sept. 2 7, industrial and profes·S ional people will contribute to the district's educational program," said Miss Nora Veerhusen, Jr. High School coordinato·r . While science teachers in the distriCit attend the Great Plains Regional Conference. for science teachers, representa:tives of various science fields will take over rt he classes for ;the day. Men and women will be in rthe di·s trict schools from. fields such as television, geology, I.B.M., hospitals, Western Electric, universities, industrial design and others. Eighteen business people will be ,t aking over the science curriculum. Miss Veerhusen said she feels <that "bringing in outside people in the science profession will make the classes seem. more alive and interesting ,t o rthe students."

Student Teachers Bolster Facuity This semester there are 22 student teachers at Westside. Thir>teen are from Omaha University, five are from Creighton University, and four are from St. Mary's College. They will be here for one class period each day all semester. There are seven studen,t teachers in the English Departtment, five in the History Dept., four in the Language Dept., :two in the Mathematics Dept., and one in each of the Home Economics', Physical Educ111tion, and Bus·i ness Departments. university because they can't get their drivers' licenses u:ntil they're 18," said Les. "But there are lots of house parties." Les left Johannesburg July 26 with 7 4 South African students coming to the U.S. "On .t he way home we stopped 111t Entebbe· and Uganda on Lake Victoria, and also 111t Cairo and Frankfurt. There were 10 6 of us •together on the char:tered plane on the way home. We had champagne and a dance as we flew over the Mediterranean and the Alps," concluded Les.

CLUB CLIPBOARD The annual Y-Teens MotherDaughter Style Show will be held tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in the girl's gym. This year ,t he style show is being s·ponsored by Zoob's. The models performi'ng 3/t the show will be mothers, daughters, and.t eachers from. Westside. "The money we will make will be donated to the YWCA for World Fellowship," commented Sherry Davis, presiden1t of the club. Committee chairmen are J o Kaplan and Kathy Root, decorations; Sue Hansen and Connie Cotton, refreshments; and Marsha Mattson and Barb Hosford, ticket sales. This year's Radio Club is busily working 111t assembling their short wave equipment that they purchased last year. All members will have ,t he privilege of using this radio and old members will be helping new members Ito receive their Amateur Radio Operator's

license. Chuck Barton is .this year's president, assisted by Bob Mcintyre, vice-president; and Dick Anderson, .secretary~treasurer. The club's sponsor is Mr. Bruce Holmquist. "For the first time in tht Westside's history the Junior Red Cross will be a regular club," stated Sharon Mosley, president. In past years, Red Cross has been composed of 1two representatives from. each home room. Now anyone who is interested may participate in club activities. Projects for this year include filling a gift chest f-o.r overseas, sponsoring the annual horse show, and participating in county Red Cross activities. Tuesday, Sept. 10, the Westside chapter of the Na:tional Forensics League held its first meeting of ~the 19 63-64 school year. The meeting devoted to rthe organization of the chapter for this year,

Scholarship Offers Jim Durham Chance To Work with Others "It was an invaluable experience, and I only wish others had the opportunity to work with such fine people," stated junior Jim Durham about his stay at the Congress of Strings, sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians. Jim received a full scholarship for eight weeks of study unde·r six differen•t conductors, including Eugene Ormandy. In addition to his studies at Michigan Strute University, Jim took priva:te lessons from Mishel Piastro, and practiced four hours a day. "It was basically a concentrated music course, designed to help develop string musicians so .thlllt they will be able to play in symphonies in :their own areas," he explained. "Although there was an emphasis on music, the students still had plenty of leisure time to have fun," Jim. continued. Top .students, ranging in age

from 16 to 2 3, were selected from all par,t s of the United States, Hawaii, and Canada. "I feel I learned the most from these different people; by working and living with •t hem." concluded Jim.

Y-Teens

Radio Club

Red Cross

NFL

D. E. Club

witnessed the election of seniors Ray Dryden, Scott Crabtree, and Kathy Laas, and junior Eric HuLtman .to the positions of president, vice-president, treasurer, and secretary of >tbe club respectively. A new innovation was also added to the chapter as Dennis Adams and Bob Bucholz were elected seargents-at-arms, the first .t ime such a position has been held in •t he history of Westside's NFL, and as far as anyone can remember the history of any other Westside club with ~the exception of Hi Y. According to its sponsor, Mr. Rod Hansen, rthe first official function of the 1963-64 NFL, which will coordinate many of cthe forensic activities of the school, will be >the operation of tryouts for this year's debate rt eam. "New officers for .t he 1963-64 D. E. Club ar.e Jack Williams, president; Marvin Brau n, vice president; Casey Hayes, secretary; Carol Graves, treasurer; Bonnie Roshong, historian; and Tom Dohn, repor.ter," said Mr. Dale Fuerst, sponsor of cthe club. The first state meeting of the D.E. Clubs of Nebraska will be held at Kearney October 19. State officers will be elected at this mee.ting and plans will be. made for the Spring Leadership Conference. "The club also plans to sponser a sock-hop Nov. 1 af.ter the· Central game," added Mr. Fuerst.

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Wednesday, September 25, 1963

Tilt as

Warriors Victorious Against Benson,A.L. Comeback Is Unsuccessful with Prep The Warrior varsity football tea:m started the season in grand fashion by upsetting .heavily favored Benson, 7-0. In a very close contest, the big break for the Warriors came when. Steve Sk!llug intercepted a Benson pass. Quarterback on Hinckley bhen completed a 4 8- yard pass play Ito Dick Hurst for the game's only touchdown. Hurst .t hen footed the extra poilllt to give West&ide the winning margin. STATISTICS: Total Yds. Gained ............ 308 ...... 145 First Downs ........................... 18 ...... 10 Passes Completed ............... 4...... 5 Intercepted By ........ -........... L.... 2

Freshmen Top North This year 7 5 boys turned out for .the freshmen fo01tball team., coached by Mr. Rex S:teinkruger and Mr. Bill McCormick. The Frosh began their seven gam.e season last Friday with a 7-6 viotory over North Freshmen. Coach Steinkruger .said that !the boys had had little experience, but showed much enthusiasm in _practice and in Friday's game.

Cr·eigh.ton Prep remained on .t op of the state . high-school football standings Friday evening, as ilt defeated the third-ranked Westside Warriors 27 to 20. The game which brought the Junior Jay's .season record Ito 3 wins and no losses, was Westside's first defeat in as many collltests. The first quarter left many o·f the · 8,000 spect!lltors on hand dumbfounded, as it appeared that .the highly touted Warriors were going •t o be routed by the only slightly favored B 1 u e-J a y s . Sparked by .two scamps by 162 lb. half.back Jimmy O'Brian-a· 70 yd. punt return and an 87 yd. dash from scrimmage., Prep jumped .to a 20 to 0 first quarter lead. The surprised Warriors managed to contain the Prep offense in .the ,s econd quarter, but could not mu&ter its own offense, and failed to make irts inttial first down, until the last play of the first half. Prep scored again in the 3rd, quarter as Gernon Longo carried for a TD from ,t he one after a 6 5 yd. Prep drive. When Westside, gained possession,

once Dave

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saw daylight for a 20 yd. gain. Leon Arps then followed through wi<th a 4 4 yd. jaunt to the Prep 16 . Several plays later quarterback Ron Hinckley plunged from the Prep 3 for Westside's first touchdown. In :the Westside dominated f o u r t h quarter, quarterback Hinckley completed a 4 5 yd pass play 1to end Bob Rahe, putting .the Warriol"s in scoring positipn again. Rupp capped the Warrior drive by scoring from the three. Wi.th a libtle more than a minute lelit, We&tside end John Demgen grabbed a Dave Bouda fumble, and scampered 45 yards for another Westside score. However Prep now in possession, aliter an unsuccessful Westside at-tem.p,t at r e c o v e r i n g an onsides kick, stalledowt the remaining 1time oo win the game. The Warrior Varstty won ilts second straight Interctty gam,e Sept. 13 with a victory over Abraham Lincoln, 33-0. A·t Westside's first home game, Dave Rupp made three of .the team's five !touchdowns. Mike Stann!lr and Leon Arps each ran another six poinrt:s. The A. L. offense was held Ito only two first downs in the whole game.

Harriers Victorious In Season Opener Pros.p ects for a successful year for the cross-country Iteam of Wests·i de High School appear good, according to coach Emil Wicina. The .t eam, which opened its 19 6 3 season in a .triangular meet at Sou,th on Wednesday, Sept. 11, d efeated Bellevue and !tied Sout h , last year's Inter-City champion. The team .then went on to defeat Central, Prep, and Sowth at !their second meet Sept. 19. Nine lettermen h ave returned to spark .the .t eam, as We.sts,i de lost only one lettered runner through graduation. Coach Wicina said -that seniors Jim Jones and Jim Ellis; j uniors Bill Jepsen and Lynn Miller; and sophomore Lee Fisher are among the leading runner& of the team ;to d ate.

'Athlete Of The Week' Our "Athlete of the Week" for the Benson game is senior, Steve Skaug. Steve intercepted a Benson pass to .set up the Warrior's winning touchdowns. Steve has ~een a;t Westside since 1956 and'has played football all four years of his high school career. Wearing t;.umber 34 and starting at defensive halfback, Steve is a valuable assert to the Warrior Varsity.

Brenda s Babblings by Brenda Williams

During 1ts first three weeks of school, Westside has e.x perienced several oddities in the field of sports. A great football team combined with school spirit has had various effects on students and faculty. Did you know that: Dave Rupp lost ten pounds during .the Benson game and team mate Mike Hotz fainted after-

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ward. A live bunny was presented to Coach Bill Hoyt Saturday afternoon after the Benson game by Barb Brizzee, Barb Kucera, and Lani Stockman. Varsity football players march around the locker room topped with shower caps. On lucky Friday .the 13.th, Dave Rupp's birthday, he was made an honorary member of .the seni•o r girls' Water Buffalo Society. He now mu&t shun other members of his sex. (.shun, shun, shun!) Weekly, Bob Rose is seen with a bobby sock hanging from his right letter-sweater pocket and one from his shirt pockert. These are referred .to as "lucky Sheila Dewey socks."

After making .three out of five touchdowns and gaining over 14 0 yards against A.L., .senior, Dave Rupp is a na.tural for "Athlete of the Week" Number two. Dave came to Westside last year from Chicago and immed,iately mO'Ved into a starting varsity pos1tion. After the season was complerted, Dave had won a World Herald star of .the week award and was voted outstanding back. If his record-setting pace is continued, a hearth on .the all-Inter~ cioty team shou ld be another Dave Rupp and Westside honor.

Warrior Line-up This year's varsity football Iteam consists of 4 0 members built around a nucleus of eleven lettermen. The seniors are Leon Arps, Lee Cummins, Ron Hinckley, Mike Hotz, Dick Hurst, J·o e Jones, Bob Rose, Dave Rupp, Stan Saklar, Steve Skaug, Kim Field, AI Beauregard, John Demgen, Paul DeFreese, Brian Halla, and Kirk Rahel. The juniors are Dick Weichbrodt, Terry Cluff, Jim Chase, John Coe, Don Ehlers, Mike Hansen, Jim Iverson, Bob Kelly, Bob Rahe, - Bruce Sayles, Make Stanner, Du ane Stewal't, Scott Swanson, Brian Vercoe, Bob Zu:ttermeister, Tom. Henry, and Denny Matta. The sophomores are Andy Denes, Roger Herring, Tony Rose, Scott Smith, Steve Snodgrass, John Thomas, and Bob Urosevich.

Photo by John Quarl<;s

Ready for another hord drive, Warriors line up against scoreless A. L. fo r a 5-touchdown victory.

Fast Backs Aiel Bellevue by GORDON SMILEY Wes.t side will be facing one of Bellevue's strongest teams in another of a long strong stlring of

GAA Begins Year With Field Hockey "We have more members than ever before," stated Georgellen Vogl, president of GAA. "Any girl may still join," added Georgellen. Field hockey will be the first sport played .this year. Jot is the first year GAA is participating in this sport. Volleyball, basketball, soccer, bowling, trampoline, .tennis, and softball are the other GAA activities. Hiking and camping out are planned for the end of the year. " Good sportsmanship, fair play, and fun are ·the purposes ofGAA," commented Georgellen. "GAA is planning a Homecoming float and money raising pro~ jects such as selling popcorn balls," continued Georgellen, "because our treasury is running low." Mrs. Peggy Johnson is the club's sponsor. Barb Hosford is vice-president, Jackie Haup,tman is secretary, and Laura Staszka is treasurer.

Warrior-Chieftain clashes. Bellevue sponts a strong, fast back fi·eld along with a good line-a combina.tion to give any team trouble. Dave R upp 's hard running coupled with Dick Hur.&t and L eon Arps, a combination which has helped gain much yardage, should prove to be a great assertt •t his season. Along witht the always-tough line, the Warriors should be able to handle the Chieftains easily. Westside-by two .t ouchdowns.

SEPTEMBER 2 6-Resetves vs Benson, 4 p.m., at Benson 27-Freshman vs Benson, 4 p.·m ., at Benson Varsity vs Bellevue, 7:3 0 p.m., a.t Bellevue Cross Country a~t Nebraska Wesleyan OCTOBER 1-Cros.s Country at Westside 3-Reserves vs Tech, 4 p.m. , a;t Westside 4-Freshman vs Central, 4 p.m., at Westside Varstty vs. North, 7:3 0 ,P.m., at Westside

Posters, Painting, Rally Highlight Westside's 'Go Beat Prep Week' For five days starting Sept. 16, Westside lived a "Go Beat Prep Week". Designed by the cheerleaders and Pep Club board members to arouse •S chool spirit and team loyalty, the week was marked by works of ar:t, guessing games, posters, decorations, and pe.p. Officially beginning by the ImigLaitos report, a "Go Bea.t Prep" day was different from. any other. Students were commonly asking each other-"Are you Mr. Spir, it?" or "Are you Miss Spiri1t?". The .two s t u d e n t .s> who asked the correct people first were presented at the pep rally. Earl Beam, senio·r and Cindy Wh.e eier, junior were the secret Spirits. The winners recerived a free ticket and bus ride .to the Lincoln Northeast \ football game. Tuesday, students passed .the

library to find a blue and white bluejay about 18 feet in len~th pailllted on .the floor near .the guidance office. Above it- were the words" S•t amp out the Bluejays", a rule which the students diligently obeyed. The bird was the work of Denese Handsclluh, Lani Stockman, Mary Gay Westering, and Brenda Williams. Denese made .the 40-foot poster advertising the week. In th!lit same hall were Mr. Paul Andreas' posters titled Your Foe". He had many and sa tire to the week. final highlight before •t he The g·ym, decora.ted with paper, balloons and po&ters, was the scene of a football game (between P r ep Westside).

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WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER

Seniors Attend Mocle/ U~ N. Team Debate Medical Issue Ten Westside senior girls will attend the Model United Nations project on Oct. 24. They are Sandi Hinman, Cindy Kruse, Kathy Laas, Laurie Olenberger, Virginia Patten, Pam Patz, Julie Rosenbaum, Mary Scanlan, Sherry White, and Shelly Wood.

Mr. Jerry Koch, modern problems instructor, said the purpose of Model United Nations Project is to give high school senior girls an opportunity to discuss and resolve questions that are facing the present 18th assembly delegates of the United Nations. The questions to be discussed by the delegates are : 1. How should the U. N. be financed? 2. Should the F.A.O. and W.H.O. be supported? 3. Should the UNESCO agency be supported? 4. Should the International Court of Justice be supported?

ATTENTION, STUDENTS! Nov. 1, preceding the Central-Westside game, a chili supper will be h eld, sponsored by · Mr. Richard Winchell's Far East classes. The purpose of this supper is to raise money for the Westside Scholarship Fund which will go to some deserving student with a high academic record. The classes hope to raise $15 0 0 for the scholarship.

Kennedy Sets Up Hot Lunch Week

Throughout U.S. Presiderut John F. Kennedy has set aside Oct. 13-19 as the second annual observance of National School Lunch Week. Mr. Kennedy in his proclamrution said he waruts "to increase public understanding and awareness of the significance on the school lunch program to the child, 1to the home, to the farm, to industry, and to the Nation." 'School Lunch Serves The Nation-Through Food For Learning' is this year's theme to carry out the President's ideas. The National School Lunch Program serves about siXJteen million children a day which Is 2. 7 billion lunches' a school year. It is the largest single food service in t he U.S. , spending approximately one and one-fourth million dollars a year and consuming five per oont of the milk prod uced. LaGit school year 226,080 half pints of milk were purcha;sed for Westside school lunch program and $40,462. 38 was sperut for food to ser ve 156 ,092 lunches. Twentyfive per cen,t of the to.tal income comes fro m the federal government, the rest the studeruts pay. How would you like to serve 2~,640 lunches a month and buy 32,0 0 0 half pints of milk a moruth? The WHS cafeteria avera.ged t his much in the month of September said Mrs. Ruth Severine, head cook. " We serve 55-60 per cent of WHS s tudents wLth a well balanced nutritous meal," a dded Mrs. Sever ine. All meals are set up to t:~eet one-t hird to one-half of the d~py nutritional requirements of e&.c h student.

Local, public and parochial schools are invited to send delegates to represent different countries of the world in the mock assembly. It is sponsored by the International Relations Club of Duchesn e College.

Journalists to Attend Student Conference Three Lance staff members, Bette Anne Kuhn, Kathy Root, and Jayne Sahler, will represent Westside at the ninth annual Round Table for Student Editors tomorrow at Creighton University. The bulk of the program, entitled "How to Publish a TopRated Paper," will be composed of the points emphasized by various national critical services used by high school papers. Also included will be presentations on news writing, page makeup, editing, and photography. The conference is sponsored by the Department of Journalism at Creighton.

Westside debaters will attend the annual Social Studies and Debate Institute held at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln tomorrow. It is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Department of Speech and the Nebraska School Activities Association. Two classes of WHS novice debaters will be among the many Nebraska high school students attending the program from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Proceedings will take place in Love Library Auditorium. Westside will pay for transportation for these students and there is no entry fee to the institute. The institute will discuss topic: What should be the of the federal government in viding medical care to the izens of the United States?

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Dr. Jack Murphy, professor of speech, Central College, Edmund, Okla. will conduct a demonstration discussion.

Seniors Receive Recognition· Fourteen Westside seniors have been honored for >their high performance on ,t he Natio•n al Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test given last spring. The winners are Bob Boyd, Barbara Brizzee, Eloise Cramer, Steve Curelop, Bill Dixon, Chips Elias, Jane Fjelstad, Phil Freyder, Sharon Harding, Ron Hinckley, Richard Imig, Richard Jones, Da;ve Keifer, and Jane Palmer. Each student who is endorsed by his school receives a formal Letter of Commendrution signed by his principal and the president of ,the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. John M. Stalnaker, president of the Nrutional Merit Scholrurship Corporation, stated:

To increase their opportunities to obtain financial asststance if they need

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the Merit Corpo,r a-

tion sends the names, home addresses, and test scores of all comIIlJended srtuderuts to the two colleges they indicated as their preferred "About 32,000 students throughout the country are being awarded Letters of Commendation in recognLtion of their outstanding performance on the qualifying tes1t. A1though they did not reach the status of semi-finalists in the cu,r rent Merit Program, they are so capable that we wish to call a;ttention in this way to their achievemerut and academic promise."

Lecture Services Helcl at OU .MJterution all CPAF members and any Westside students interested in current everuts! A series of six Wednesday evening lectures will be given, Oct. 23-Nov. 13. "Prospective o,f World Affairs" will be held at Omaha University at 8: 15 p.m. Two lectures have already been given by Mr. Hanson Baldwin, Oct. 9, and Mr. William Ryan, Oct. 16. Mr. Baldwin, military editor of the New York Times, discussed "Arms: The Race and the Control". Mr. Ryan, Associated Press over-seas correspondent, delivered a lecture on "Castro's Communism in 1the Western Hemisphere". Oct. 23, Dr. Horace M. Bond, Dean of Education at Alabama University, will deal with "Civil Rights and U.S. Leadeoohip in Emerging Africa." Mrs. Freda Utley will review ,the co·nfiicts between Russia and China, Oct. 30. "U.S. Impact Upon the World

in '63" will be the lecture topic of Mr. Roscoe Drummons, a noted newspaper columnist, on Nov. 6. Mr. Seymour Topping, a fo·r mer head of Moscow Bure·a u for New York Times will report "Khrushchev's Stra.tegy For World Communis.m ," NOIV. 13. "Prospective of World Affairs" ha;s fourteen local sponsoring organiza.tions and advisory committees, including the District 66. Teachers' Association. " ... Unless Americans make an eXJtraordin•a ry effor-t to comprehend whwt is happening <to the world .t hey live in they will fail to develop policies esserutial to advance .their intere·s ts and the cause of freedom."-from THE EMERGING NATIONS, MILL IKAN AND BLACKMAN. Contact Mr. Richard Winchell for tickets.

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Convention Coming .

Weekend Extended

Teachers' Conven•t ion will be Oct. 2 4 and 2 5 in the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Teachers from 108 schools in 't his district will attend the convention. At the convention, there will be sectional meetings for certain departments of education with speakers who are experts in their field, and educational exhibits by business companies.

Space lectures Inform Students Oct. 2 9, a spacemobile will be at Westside. Spacemobiles are specially designed panel trucks carrying equipment and materials such as mechanical and electronic devices with which the lecturer shows basic scientific principles and how principles work. Lecturers are experienced in the field of science, and are authoritatively informed in space science. Visual aids, such as authentic space models will be used in illustrating the numerous NASA space projects. The demonstration which lasts, 50 minutes, will answer five basic questions: 1. What is a satellite? 2. How does it get into orbit? 3. What keeps it in orbit? 4. What good is it and what does it do? 5. What are the present activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the results of these programs and plans for the future? Everyone may attend.

Herald to Sponsor Contest for Writers The World-Herald has again announced its "Opportunity for Writers" contest for students in grades nine through 12 and who live in the World-Herald's circulation area. Contestants should submit their entries, which are limited to 7 50 words, to their English teacher. Poetry is excluded but there is no other limitation as to type of writing. Each school is limited to one entry per month. Monthly winners will be chosen by university English teachers and will receive $25. Last year, Westside junior, Betsy Raskin, was one of the moruthly winners. "I didn't buy my yearbook," said the sad nerd unshielded. Don't be a nerd! Buy your Shield now from journalism enthusiasts wearing a yellow badge with SSH written on it. Don't worry, they aren't librarians telling you to be quiet. Shield Sold Here is their motto, as they take your five dollars. If you are a senior who likes to see your name in print, you may have your Shield engraved in gold for the nominal fee of 50 cents.

Mr. Joseph Condon who will speak Thurs., Oct. 24, has been a member of ,t he U. S. Air Force and an agerut for the Fed: eral Bureau of Investigation. He is working at .the FBI headquarters in Washing·ton. Dr. Walter Judd who will speak Fri., Oc.t. 25, has served as a member of United States Congress and is an authority on UnLted Sta;tes policies: Dr. Kenneth McFarland who will speak Thurs., Oct. 24, is an Educational Consultant for the General Motors Corporation and the American Trucking Association. Dr. Charles Wilson who will speak Fri., Oct. 25, is the Superintendent of Schools in Grosse Poirute, Michigan. Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, said "the convention is a program designed to help teachers improve their skills and to gain information in new tr,e nds of teaching." The convention is sponsored by the State Educrution Association. Oct. 2 8 is the District 6 6 facu1rty workshop . This will give Westside students an extra long weekend, five day·s.

OCTOBER 18-Football, South, Muni Stadium 21-Pep Club Meeting 2:50p .m. 23-Football, Lincoln Northeast, there 24-25-Teachers' Convention 28-Teachers' Workshop NOVEMBER !-Football, Central, here 4-Pep Club Meeting, 2:50p.m. 6-8-Jr. Class Play

Cast Is Working Diligently on Play ' A lonesome valley rural schoolhouse in the Kentucky mountains in th e year 19 2 5 is the setting for this year's Junior Class Play, "Th·e Thread That Runs So True." Mrs. Anna Clark, director of the play, said that the cast and stage crew are busily working on the play and that they are beginning to put the action into the scenes. The leading characters this year are double cast. Dick Doxon and Tom Williams will play Jesse S,tuart, and Barb Norberg and Mari Fabrizius hold the part of Naomi Dean Norris. The play cast practices each afternoon during the week, but hopes to begin evening practices about Oct. 21. "The Thread That Runs So True" will begin November 6, 7, 8, and 9 at 8 p.m. in the Little Theater.

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Don't Delay Planning Today, high school students everywhere are constantly reminded of the barriers along the road to college acceptance. These include maintaining high scholastic standards, meeting costs, and competing with many other well-qualified students. Pressures are put on juniors and seniors to excel in class rank, extracurricular activities, and various entrance exams and achievement tests. The high school senior who procrastinates college planning may later regret having given little or no consideration to the school he wants to attend. It is certain to be beneficial for all students to investigate several, not just one or tvyo schools, that will meet his needs. It may be the small school that you never heard of that will prove to be best for you. Often a student's decision to apply at a particular school is influenced by its tradition, prestige worth, or parental pressure. If not accepted at the "prestige school" he may feel it would be better to forego college than to attend a smaller or' lesser known institution. The future collegian must realize that one can find good, accredited schools which meet one's needs in all parts of the country. Although it may appear that most colleges are vastly overcrowded, there are actually many schools looking for more applicants. Some hope to attract students from different geographical backgrounds, more men or women, or more out-ofstate students. Syndicated columnist Russell Kirk stated in the Oct. 7 issue of the World-Herald that "In May, the National Student Admissions Center pointed out that at least 65,000 to 100,000 openings still existed for freshmen in colleges this fall. Except by accident, probably not a single really promising student will fail to be admitted by some college next September." With careful planning to find the best school, strong determination, and a sincere desire to enrich one's life with a college education, one will succeed in reaching this goal. BETTE ANNE KUHN

Are You Out of It? Too many students of Westside dwell in a cave. It is a pit of ignorance and misunderstanding. They remain in virtual darkness, their sense of values meaningless, bleeding the few benefits of their false existence. The light reflected from the fire of truth at the far end of the cave is seen by a select and inadequate few whose curiosity has driven them into tabooed land. These students are frowned upon; these students are spat upon; these students are "out of it." If further explanation of the terms cave, light, and ignorance is needed, one must look only to those facts of life most important to, the average individual attending Westside. He is indeed in a cavern ruled by the god of material-social gain, seeing not the light of self-understanding, ignorant to the presence of "other" forms of satisfaction. If doubt still remains ask this: What is of importance to us? The realization of one's duty to his superiors or the need to paint racing stripes on a car? The setting of a spiritual goal or that inevitable problem of finding a date to the Homecoming Dance? The cultivation of a personal philosophy towards one's fellow man or the concern for the almighty football game? Yes, we most certainly have failed to find or even to look for some true light in our narrow caveblackened environment. Thus the problem of Westside's cave is that we tend to follow those roads which appear necessary and pertinent to our "position" at school, but which are in reality mere diversions from what should be that one really important path. This is the path which leads us to recognize that the truly great things in life are not such shallow necessities as "Does Linda still like me?" or "If I don't get rid of this junk heap of a car no one will want to ride with me!" The important things of life are those mental qualities of realizing which characteristics constitute good and bad in a person, and understanding what you the individual really need to be a "happy" person. The physical may collapse and fall prostrate to our grubbing hands, but the inner attainments of the soul will remain to the end. Therefore, you students of "dear old" Westside High, let me assert again that too many of you are living in the cave of ignorance, using the wrong means to arrive at a true happiness. Only by changing our concept of what composes the truly consequential necessities of life can we begin to encoutner those virtues which will become so important in later life. JAN LAITOS

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Friday, October 18,

Labs Supplement New Courses as . •

Your Council Science Section Expands TakesAction by DICK IMIG Thank you, students, for voicing your opinions to your council members. Because of complairuts on s.tudy halls, and tests being given on Thursdays•, the following action has been taken: ( 1) A committee was formed to revise and enforce study hall rules, ( 2) The administration was informed :t hat /tests were being given on Thursdays, and .the rule againSit them will be enforced in the future, ( 3) Also •t he council decided upon a project for National Education Week. The project will be announced neJCt week, ( 4) Ten council members will travel to ScotJtsbluff Nov. 8-9 to participate in the Nebraska Student Council Convention. We hope to obtain some new ideas which will help to make your council a more effootive organization. Finally don't forget there are now three ways. to convey your opinions to your council represen/tatives. You [ll'ay use the suggestion box in the student lounge, you may tell a Senate member, or you may tell a Studen•t Council member. Remember, we're here rto sel'Ve you. This is impossible if we don't know what you wan/t.

Current changes in the Science Dept. began last year and have continued on a larger scale this year. More labs and better working conditions for students are being planned to supplement the new courses offered last year.

With additions to the curriculum, primarily freshmen are taking biology, thus making them eligible for the new physical sciences as sophomores. Earth science, botany, health, and zoology are taught to about twice as many students as last year when they were first offered. Physics has · become more selective for the sophomores as only about five per cent of this class is taking it, compared to about 30 per cent a few years ago. Yet eight sections of physics, an increase of three over last )'ear, are taught. As last year, there are six classes of chemistry. On the second floor of the school building, the Science Dept. now occupies almost all of the west wing. Two new physics labs are occupied and are awaiting furniture and plumbing. Room 212 and 208, Mr. Bruce Holmquist's and Mr. Charles Lang's respectively, will soon be equipped with blackboards, demonstration desks, and

Traveling Language Instructors Teach Mornings Classes at WHS Mi.ss Josephine Higuera, Spanish instructor, Miss Brenda Panesen, French instructor, have dual vocrutions as language tl'!achers. Miss Higuera teaches fi,f,t h year Spanish, first hour, at WHS and also instructs classes at Duchesne colLege. Aside from a busy teaching schedule, she is working o·n a master's de~ee at the Universi.ty of Nebraska. "My home is Santiago, Cuba," com1mented Miss Higuera. "I made my first •t rip ,t o the United States in 1956, where I attended Duchesne for •t hree years." Af.t er receiving a bachelor of arts degree in 19 59, · Miss Higuera traveled to France. "Alt. lthe Unive•r stty 0f Po1ters in Pours, France, I too·k language training courses, since my B.A. was not accepted in France," she stated. Miss Higuera

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spent ltwo moruths in Spain and one moruth in Haly before she returned to Cuba. "Although my parents were originally from Spain, they settled in Cuba," said Miss Higuera. Mi.s s Higuera moved Ito !the United States in 19 61 with h.er younger sister who is presen/tly a juniO<r at Duchesne. Although she lives in America, Miss Higue·r a speaks only Spanish in the class~ room and at home. Miss Pallesen is the instructor of fir s.t year French students at Arbor Heigh.ts Junior High amd Westside High school. "I have two classes at WHS, 1st and 2nd hours and three 8th grade classes at Arbor Heights," commented Miss Pallesen. At presen:t the junior high classes are offered French, German , Latin, and Spanish in the 8th grade. When th.e students enter high school, they will be p·r epared for second year of a language. "Thi<s way students will be able to have five years of a language," she s•t ated. "Students often ask me, 'We aren't behind the high school yet, are we?'" concluded Miss Pallesen.

lab tables for the physics clas Between these rooms is Joe the new storeroom and a pro; room for Radio Club. The st1 room off Room 204, previo shared with physics, is now C« pleteiy utilized for chemistry. I tables have been taken out 204 and replaced with desks. A small project room in the of the upper hall is planne eventually be a glassed-in room with plumbing. "Eventually we hope greenhouse across from the E mal room, about the same si7 stated Mr. Holmquist, head of Science Dept. Mr. Holmquist feels that " 700 students predicted for e: grade within five years, this modeling will come close to ta care of it."

Oh No Not Again I Is Cry of Senior

"It feels like my junior Y. all over again!" commented n da Jackson, senior, when asl about her senior term paper. M Hoy.t's senior composi•t ion clas have been working on term pers for the past three wee However, these are not quite long and involved as rthe jun research papers. These pwpers 1 be written on a topic involv; any aspect o-f literature, eitl American or foreign. The pap will be due Nov. 8.

by MR. KARL PECHT

Going West? Williamette University is a I vately endowed liberal arts c lege in Salem, Oregon. The 1 rollment is about 1,100, with 1 men slightly outnumbering ~ women. Besides the College Liberal Arts, there is a Coil~· of Music and a College of L a There is also a semester in Wat ington, D. C. for selected s · dents. Admission is selective, a based on the high school reco and the College Board tests. 'I cost is quite reasonable compar to the other colleges of sim quality. The "3-2 plan" in engineer! may be interesting to some s ' dents. In this plan, students engineering transfer at the end three years to Columbia, Carne• Tech, Stanford, '>r Southern Ca fornia, and earn an engineer! degree in addition to the B.A. 1 gree from Williamette.

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Between the Book EnC/s by MRS. FERNE MELLOR A Thousand Springs, by Anna Chennault Lin Yutang writes in his introduction to this book: "Many books have been writ~en about General Chennault of the Flying Tigers fame. Yet this is a book in a class by itself." A biography of unusual interest and beauty, Madame Chennault gives us a deeply moving and emotional story of the lives of General Chennault and his wife. Men and women will enjoy this touching portrait of a stubborn, independentminded general, who, in his home life was gentle, kind, and loving.

Here is a vital novel-hot today's headlines, about the str 11 gle of two microbiologist s who come involved in a highly c petitive struggle to develop technique for producing algae to feed the world. The ting is in Laos on t he Ch border. With their rival gies this makes a most ing and absorbing novel. T he tor is himself a doctor-tu writer, and he uses his experience as a basis for t he search problems. There is a theme through the book that competitive. This

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Friday, October 18, 1963

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CLUB CLIPBOARD Jr. Red Cross " The JuniorRed Cross will sponsor a Halloween par,t y for approximaJtely 9 0 pa-tients at Veteran's Hos.pital, Oct. 31," stated Sharon Mosley, president. Sharon, who spoke aJt the annual Teacher-Sponsor Workshop Banquet at Tech Monday, continued, "We feel the club is more active this year !than Lt has been for many years." Nancy Lincoln, vice-presidenlt, represented :t he Westside club on WOW's "Teen Topics," Sunday, OCit. 13. "The club's Homecoming floa.t, which carried 1the Lamp of Humanity, 100 year anniversary symbol, may be taken Ito !the Red Cross State Convellltion," Sharon concluded.

CPAF "The best wttendence ever at a CPAF meeting," listened to Rev. Kellesey Jones, Oc·t. 10 in t h e school library, according to J oe Limprech t, presidellJt of CP AF. About 60 students heard Rev. Jones, head of the 4CL (Cttizens' Co-Ordinating Committee for Civil Liberty) speak on civil rights. A question and answer period followed the speech. In the near future the club hopes to have more programs on. this subject. They plan to meet every .two weeks. CP AF ( Conltemporary Pol1tical Affairs Forum) is sponsored by Mr. Richard Winchell and Mr. Nelson. Other officers are Ray Dryden, vice-president; Les Johnson, secretary; and Jan L aitos, treasurer. "We invite anyone Ito join as long as he is interested in policical affairs. The club d oes not charge dues," added Joe in reference to CPAF.

NFL Lt's coming! NFL's fil'Bt annual Westside Turfin' Relays will be here Saturday, Oct. 26 !lit 1:30 p.m. on :the practice field. Trophies will be given ,to t h e ou,tstanding Turfer Girl, T urfer Boy, and Team Turfin' Champs. Limited registrrution for this spectacular event star.ts Oct. 17 . The entry fee is 50 cellJts per individual or $1 per team.

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"Ant club is printing wrapping paper on silk screens," said Ginny Moore, president of the clu b. "We are making all sorts of colored pwper and will sell it, four sheets for 3 Oc. "Any of the 50 club members are urged to come to Pam Ness' house .to work; the dates will be announced," stated Ginny. "We ,t ry .to make the school look cool thro u gh antistic endeavors," she concluded. Other officers for this yerur are Barb Stein, vice-president; Eloise Crwm:er, secretary; and Nancy Aronson, •t reasurer.

Members of the Esquir es Club have been hard at work making various changes in their program. Included in these changes is the manner in which new members are received into the club . Instead of voting on recommended newcomers to the club, girls may enter into Esquires by petition. Girls eligible and interested may submit her name and reasons why she wishes to become a member.

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The new officers for this year are Sally Thomas, president; Pat Grasmick, vice president ; and Ruth Saunders, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Lois Lucas is sponsoring the club.

"This m onlth FTA will show a movie on some aspect of teaching," stated Marsha M!!itltsou, president of Fulture T·e achers of America. "Member·s of the club will be ush ering at Teachers' Convention, Oct. 24-25," she struted. Girls who will usher include; J o Ann Boyens, Connie Cotton, Paula Frykholm, Jean Hoeman, Linda HOltz, Susie H owl, Donna Pardee, Joann RheingrO>ver, Sharon Ross, Bonnie Rothschild , Linda Smith, Ann Snow, Kathy Stork, Karen Tohoma, Mary Wales, Karen Wendt, Cindy Wheeler, Debby Witgg·s, Janet Wigton, and Kathy Wurl.

Oct. 23, 24, and 25, tryouts will be held for the third annual "Spirit of '66" talent show at Westside. This year's theme is "Television." "By using this the:me, it will give us a chance to work in many various acts this year," said Mr. Kellogg, music director. Anyone attending Westside is eligible to tryout in Room 102 on the given dates. This will give all students a chance to show off their private study and it will also give them good stage experience. This year the show will be limited to one and one-half hours. Mr. Kellogg would like to see some good comedy skits and interesting acts show up, but he also cautions students to be prepared on tryout days for we all want the "Spirit of '66" to reflect Westside's talented students.

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Esquires are also working out a "Big Sister" plan where variou s members are responsible for one new girl at school to show her around Westside and intr oduce her to the students.

DE Club Distributive Education clubs of Nebraska are going t o attend the State Delegates Assembly Oct . 19, in Kearney, Nebraska. "The pu r pose of this assembly," stated Mr. Dale Fuerst, sponsor of Westside club, "is to elect state officers and make assignments and plans for the State Leadership CO>nference in Omaha, April 5-6. Westside is running two candidates for state ofll.'ce. They a r e Marvin Braun for president and Bonnie Roshong for state secretary. Other delegates from Westside include, Tom Dohn, Casey Hayes, and Jack Williams. Other schools participating in the assembly are Beatrice, Fremont, Kearney, Nebraska City, North Platte, Scottsbluff, Sidney, South Sioux City, and three Omaha schools, Benson, Sou th, and Tech.

International Club Les Johnson, Westside's foreign exchange stu dent to Sou,th Africa showed slides of his seven-monlth stay to members of International Clu b Oct. 14 in the Uttle Theater. He :told of his sch ooling !lit Grey College in Bloemfonetein in the province of Orange Sta.te in the Union of Sou,t h Africa, an d also the type of life he led in t h is foreign country. Individu al clubs will meet in November.

Botany Students To Tour Forest Westside botany students are going "leaf hunting" Oct. 16, in Fontenelle Forest. Mr. Gene Geisler, botany instructor, said that the students will explore some of the upland terrain and the flood plains area, and work on plant identification . A guided tour through the only virgin forest in this area will be conducted by a local naturalist. "The main purpose of this trip is for the students to J.earn _practical identification of plant life, explained Mr. Geisler. Many students don't know one oak from another, and the trip should give them a practical aspect of the theories taught in class," he concluded . "A poll was taken at the beginning of the year, which might be of interest to the readers of the Lance," Mr. Geisler added off the cuff. He asked students why they had enrolled in botany, and a large majority stated that they wanted to pursue this type of work in college. Another group said they took the course to strengthen their knowledge of science to obtain entrance into college. "Previously, pre-med students and future botany majors have been the main students interested in plant study. Botany is not usually taken to fulfill science r.equirements for college," he stated.

Quartet Places Fourth Oct. 2, the Westside Boy•s ' Quartet participated in the Omaha Retailers Vocal Music Contest. The quartet consists of Brent Warren, lead; Gary Shannon, top tenor; Rick Bergstrom, baritone; and Jim Anderson, bass. The boys took fourth place out of twelve groups competing. Their prize W!liS $150.

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Friday, October 18, 1

WHS Ties North/ Squeezes by Fremont Meets Unpredictable Foe,South Tonight by STEVE CURELOP

Although they trailed in all SltaUstics, after an absence of four weeks .the Westside Warriors finally broke into the win column last Friday evening as they squeezed by the Fremont Tigers 7 to 6. The first quarter of the game was scoreless as both Westside and Fremont were u nable to maintain a steady offense. The second quarter witnessed the Warriors' only to uchdown of the game, as quarterback Ron Hinckley connected wLth end Bob Raye for a 14 yard touchdown pass. Hinckley again passed to Raye for wha,t later proved to be the game winning eXJtra point. The ,t hird period was scoreless again. In the firs,t few minu:tes of the final qu a11ter, Fremont's Dave Christensen scampered 2 7 yards for .the Tigers' only touchdown. A fumble kept Fremont fr ooru attempting the extra point. The game brought the Warriors' season record t o 3 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie. The one point margin proved to be enough for Westside as the Warriors were able to coilJtain the Tigers' offense during the remaining minutes of the game.

Friday, Oct. 4, the Westside Warriors accomplished the unusual by maintaining an even football record through an odd number of games, as they ba,tltled to a 13-13 standoff with .the North Vikings a,t Westside. The favored Warriors met with stiff competLtion from the young North squad, and e'Xcept for some increditble d efensive play in the last minutes of the fo urth quarter the Warriors could easily have found themselves on the losing end of the ball game. Neither team scored until the second quarter when North's Gary Harmond received a pass from quarterback Denny Morrison, and scored from rthe Westside three. Behind the fine passing of quarterback Morrison, the Vikings managed to score once again in the second quaf\ter, as Dick Davis capped a North drive by carrying fo-r a TD from the North five. Westside was also able to muster its offense in the second period, and brought the Vikings within striking distance as Dave Rupp scored from the 3. In the third period Westside and North held well defensively and neither team managed to_ score.

With the score .tied 13-13, North's Davis scrambled 81 yards on a kickoff return before being brought down on the Westside four. The Warriors then put on a fantastic exhibition of defense by succ.e ssfully protecting their goal for four straighlt downs. Westside, then took possession, but was able to make only a few plays from s·c rimmage before the final gun sounded. The Warriors, fresh from their Fremon·t victory, will be facing one o.f the most unpredictable teams in rthe IIlltercity league. South is a team that has shown fantastic power this year, yet has fallen several tt imes to seemingly lesser teams. A very ver·s atile team, not u nlike .the Warriors, the Packers are a lways scrapping and fighting for every yard they can get. Warrior determinrutia.n to return to 1the 't op 10 should produce a victory if by a scailJt margin. Westside by 3 poiruts.

Joe came to Westside his freshman year, from Miami, Fla., and has played Warrior football each year since. Joe has played two year·s of varsity football, and even if his looks 'tlon'<t show it ( 2 01 lbs), Joe is one of the most speedy linemen on the team.

By Gordon Smiley

Emery, with a completely stock engine, was in a very tough class bUtt still won ,t he first round of eli,m ,inations over a 2 8 9 Ford Fairlane. In the next r ound the eventual class winner elimina,ted Emery by one car length, whiCih isn't too bad for the fir·s t rtime out for Emery's car. H ulac proceeded to ar...-aze everyone wtth the s·t artling performance of the little Chevy II, and a fte·r winning three r ounds of eliminrutions was forced to bow to Jack Anderson's extremely fast

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Much improvement has. been noted by f r e s h m en football coaches Rex Steinkruger and Bill McCofiiDdck. E v e n in defea;t coaches Steinkruger and McCormick have been pleased especially with the performances of Steve Seibold, John Jansen, Rick Anderson, Terry Johnston, and Jim Mu rray. Af<ter h aving defeated North, tied Central, and lost to Benson, WHS Frosh fell befo-re a rugged gro u p from Prep by the score of 2 0-0. TonigM will tell a different story as the freshmen will try to better their 1-2-1 record with a victor y over Bellevu e at Westside.

'6 3 Chevy 3 2 7. When mo-re<miles are put on the car and some drag racing devices added It should be a real contend,e r.

Besides football Joe has found time to letter in wrestling. He finished third in the Intercity hea.vyweighrt class last year.

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Attention all T urfer Girls! Don your black hats and capes an d get on your banana peel.s-remember, Halloween is just around the Teacher's Convention! This vacation provides an opportunity for the following list to be dissolved. Compiled and edited by KLtty Murphy, official promotor

Sports Highlights by JAN LAITOS

Do you know ·t he largest score a football .team was defeated by? Lt occurred in 1914 before football rules and players had develo,ped to their presen<t form. The Yale Univer·s ity varsity defeated the freshman squad of Boston Univers~ty by ,t he h u miliating score of 212-0. Not only d id every Yale player participate in the r oUtt, but Yale's first and second strings returned to second half in civilian clothes.

Westside's Cross Courutry team remained undefeated in triangular and quadrangular meets by beating Ralston and Nor,t h at WHS last week. Just four days earlier, Westside harriers proved to be one of the best teams in the state by running away with first place in the Doane Invitatignal Cross Country Meet.

"Athlete of the Week" for the North game is senior Joe Jones. Joe did an outstanding job a,t his defensive and offensive tackle po·s ition throughout the game as he has done all season.

I had a very bad day never turning in a time under my strip record, and finally after a missed shift los·t the tro-phy run to an MG. The final meet of ,t he season is Oct. 2 0 when m ore WHS boys are expected to compete.

by BILL STRATEMAN

'Athlete Of fhe Week'

AR ORNER

Three Westside High School boys competed in an an Omaha Dragway eveillt Oct. 6. Those competing were Roger Emery, Kstock, '57 Chevy; Frank Hulac, G-stock, '64 Chevy II V-8; Gordo•n Smiley, H~sports, Austin-Cooper.

Harriers Victorious Again; Ellis ancl Jones Spark Wins

of "Save Your Banana Peets Week," this list Is composed of the still-available football players at WHS: Leon Arps, Al Beauregard, John Coe, Lee Cummins, John Demgen, E. K. Field, Mike Hotz, Kirk Rahel, Bob Rose, Bruce Sayles, Mike Stanner, and Scott Swanson. For the available boys just mentioned there are OJVer 400 anonymous girls available a1so-a ratio of better than 2 0 f emales <to one football male. So, everybody-save your banana peeLs to rutract your favorite turfing partner. (This could only be wrLtten in America.)

Defensive linebacker Kirk Rahel wins the nomination for "Athlete o.f the Week" for his outsta;nding ,P lay in (the Fremonjt game. Rahel is playing his second year of Warrior football, and even <though he is rela;tively light fo·r his pos~tion, (16 5 lbs.), he shows a lot of determina,tion in his play to make up for his weight disadvantage. Before moving to Omaha, Rahel played two years of football and lettered in junior varsity, swimming, and basebal at Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois. Kirk W!liS captain of the Nor.th game and wears number 72 w~th <the Warrior varsity.

setting a new course record 56.9 to lead Westside to against North and Ralston. Emil Wicina said that he pleased with the strong of the reserves in last meet and throughout the so far. Two of the best harriers Westside's short btLt s Cross Country history are Jim Ellis and Jim Jones. Cross Country team ever since usually done by Jim Ellis. his aversion to running, Jim shown so much na;tural runnin rubiHty over the past three yeart that he has been a regular on th Cross Country team ever since i 1961 beginning at WHS. Jim says tha,t his moot thrillin! moment wrus this year when ht won the Doane Invita;tional Me rut Crete and deferuted heralded Tim Hendricks. Right on Ellis' heels or man. times tying him is Jtm Jon Jones, another fine specimen nrutural running ability, is the sec ond half of Westside's 1-2 punch years, Jim says his meet was when he more and defea,ted McMahill, who was year. Both boys are three-year men and were chosen co-c~•InalJtll their junior and senior years. ne~t

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Oh no! Not again !" moan s a Westside student. The first quarter ends today, and repeort cards are to be issued next Thur. This year Westside will again be using IBM machines to f a c i 1 i t a t e the d istribution of ·grades. P r i n c i p a 1 Kenenth Hansen stated that he was especially hapPY abo-ut the results in past years. "There are fewer errors, distribution runs smo-other, and i1t costs less money in terms of secretarial help," Mr. Hansen continued. He also explained that this system makes it easier to determine down slips and honor role, in addition to the checking 0'f permanent records. Individual teachers are given cards to write .the name of student, class, and grade. The absences, tardies, and grades of the various students are collected from several cards and placed on one permanent card. OOLLEGE ADMISSION' DffiE<Jl'ORS WILL BE HERE ON THESE DATES: Stanford, Nov. 12 Rockford College, Nov. 13 Macalaster, Nov. 25 Northwestern, Dec. 4 Simpson, Dec. 17

A Clj.St of 34 juniors, under the direction of Mrs. Anna Clark has been working vigorously to r'nake .the 19 6 3 Jr. Class Play a s u ccess. This year the play is entitl€d "The Thre·a d That Runs So Tru e." The

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Workmen tJ ncover ,60 Time Capsule A time capsule planted by the 1960 Westside Sel}.ior Class was recently uncovered by excavating work on the school grounds. Miss Charlene Olson, member of class of '60 and present attendance secretary here, explained that the cap.s ule consisted of a box containing momentos from the highpoints of the student' years at Westside. Among the so uvenirs were newspapers yearbooks, stickers, and program's from plays and musicals. It aiso held class prophecies made by the senior teachers with their predictions of what the class wo uld be like in five Years. "The C<q>:.ule w:~.s not ~ ... ~u>ve been opened 11ntil 1965 when the cla.ss is to hol<i a reunion," said Miss Olson. However, as excavating for the new addition continued behind the girl!!' gym, the box was discovered. It is now in the office of Mr. Joe Fishtr, grounds keeper.

Two additional adult education classes are sch.e duled to begin this month. Tuesday, Nov. 12 the adu1t recreation program will start at 7: 3 0 p.m. and include volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and badminton. "There is no charge or registration, just come," said Mr. Ralph Farrar, director of the adult classes. Gillt wrapping classes were scheduled to begin Nov. 4 and continue for three additional ses-

Top ~Third Seniors

Take Regents Test "Nov. 6 the Nebraska Regents Tests were given at Westside," stated Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance counselor. "The tests were given to the top one-third of the Senior Class," continued Mr. Pecht. The students who were eligible to take the tests were informed by lottor from the University of Nebraska. The winners of the tests will receive one year tuition scholarships to the university. Those students who place in the top 100 among all Nebraska students taking the tests will win four-year tuition scholarships.

Skits, Vocalists, Oances, Pianists To 1\ppear In 196l'Spirit'of '66' The annual "Spirit of 66" will Bei!:y Jones, and a dance band; be presented Nov. 15 and 16 in danes, Nancy Galley, Sandy ArJthe girls' gym. Tickets will sell thu·. Lynda Shannon, Sally Dean, for $1 for adu1ts and 50 cents for Dar~ne Weiner, Cherrie Moore, chidren under 12. Students with GailRowden, and a junior kickWestside activity tickets will be line;•ocals, Donna Barron, Susan admitted free. Aikmu, Mary Johnson, Kitty All the acts were judged and Murp and Susie Parks, Sharon decided upon by Mr. William KelHard1~, a trio, and boys' quarlogg, music dire<ltor. "There will tette; oot, Bob Jorgenson, Debbe a lot of comedy," said Mr. Kelbie Ch;e and Pam Schaap, s .teve logg, "and about 30 acts in all, · Bache~rg, Brent Warren, Tim since some will be combined." Gerber,,nd ~op Choir; skits and The acts are as follows: piano commeials, John King and Dan and instrumentals, John Case, Loring, Pat's Science Fiction Wayne Dudley, Mary Italia, Dave Theater,tyle show, liquid smell, Levine and Jeff Sunderman, Bon- Fred Wter, and the "King and nie Tomek and Ka;thy Meier, I" and <l-}mercial.

sions. However, as of Nov. 1 there was still no instructor. "If anyone knows of someone who is qualified to teach this class, please let us know," added Mr. Farrar. The total enrollment of all the classes this year has doubled over last year. Bridge is this year's largest class. Other popular classes are the do-it-yourself home furnishings and furniture repair class, •t he effective public sp€aking course, and the modern math sessions for parents of elementary school children. The latter is taught at Rockbrook. However, lthe classes were so large that more teachers have been hired and the class is now available at · Hillside for parents living north of Dodge. Also available this year is. the Sanderson Audio-Visual Ground Training Course for those persons who want private pilot licenses and must pass the FAA exam. Although the class started slowly it has ste•a dily grown," concluded Mr. Farrar.

Class of 64 Chooses Sr. Announcements The senior announcements for the Class of '6 4 were voted on by the senior officers last week and were narrowed down to three finalists, which were voted on Tuesday in ttie English classes by the entire senior class. Two basic color combinations were also decided upon, which were silver and black or gold and black. They will also have a Westside emblem on them. This year, as in pr.e vious years, the announcements will be ordered from Josten's. ~

PAGE TURNERS ~ Senior protests actions of classmates .....-............. ~page 2 See turfers in action ............ page 3 Special committee proposes new spo·r ts conference ..........._.............. page 4 Music students prepare for State Music Clinic. Clinic ........... _.......-................. page 3

setting takes place in a Lo·nesome Valley rural school house in the Ken;tucky Mountains. Students portraying th€ main characters are Dick Doxen as Jes·s e Stuart, Dennis Mackiewicz as John Conway, Rich Young as Don Conway, Anne Wupper as Bertha Conway, Candy Ziesmann as Vaida Conway, Norm Fischel as Burt Eastham, John Linstromberg as Bill Coffee and Mary Fabrizius and Barb Norberg as Naomi Deane Norris. Rehearsals· have been held in the evenings during week days. On •t he week of Oct. 28, a dress rehearsal was held. The finishing ttouches were made Nov. 4, 5, 6.

The thirty-second annual Convention of the Nebmska High School Press Ass'n was held Friday Nov. 1. This was not a contest, but ilt wa.s for the benefit of the stud ents to become better informed in the field of journalism and in the prc>.duotion of newspapers and yearMrs. Clark hopes that this play bookis. This was the first .time that will reflect •t he efforts and abilities the convention was held f or one of the ClaBIS of '65. day only. Workshops and sectional meetings were held to help the studeruts and later on in the spring .they will be able to submit some of their work and par.ticipate in the district workshops. This year there were workshops for the production of the yearbook and .the news•paper and also for The 19 6 3-6 4 Shield staff sold those interested in radio and tele1,257 yearbooks and passed their vision bro-adcasting and careers goal by seven books. This is over and in the field of advertising. 100 more than sold last year. Staff m€mbers and first year Jane Ross, edito·r , asttribwtes the journalism students attended the convention. Those who went were F<uccess to "a well-organized campaign led by Pam Taylor and the Nancy Ca&ter, Steve Curelop John King, Darlene Kriesel, Bett~ Anne enthusiastic participation by fir&tKuhn, John Mcintyre, Susie Mad- year journaism students." Juniors Cece Corn, of the third-hour clas·s, den, Sharon Mosley, Karen Nelsen, Jane Ross, Kathy Root, Mar- and Susan Whi•t e, fourth-hour, go Stanley, Gwen Sutter, Sally - sold the most books and as a result each will rl'lceive a free yearThomas, Brenda Williams, and book. Tom Williams. "A definite daste for making the --. balance payments has not yet been ·~-

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NOVEMBER 8-Jr. Red Cross Meeting 8-Fir·s t Quarter Ends 8-9-Jr. Clas·s Play 11-Veterans' Day 11-Individual Language ,Clubs Meet 11-Pep Club Meeting, 2:50 p.m. 12-Hi-Y, 7:30p.m. 13-Firearms Convocation 15-16-"Spirlit of 66"

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Sophomore Class Selects 0 Fficers Wednesday, Nov. 13, officers for the Sophomore Class will be elected. T'o be eligib'le to run for an office, any sophomore must submit a form with the signatures of ten students and three teachers. Thus far, ten students have applied for pr.e sident, ten students for vice-president, nine students for secretary, and eight students for treasurer. · "The reason for starting sophomore elections early," stated Mr. Geisler, co-sponsor of the elections, "is so ·that they will be able to 'build up a reserve' for prom preparations. By doing this, they will not be faced with financial difficulties next year." Mrs. Patz is acting as the other co-sponsor of the elections. Officers will be elected during English classes.

WHS 0bserves Education Week "The idea of National Education Week is to promote education and to encourage people to become interested in school activities," stated Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal. District 6 6 has participated in activities connected with the National Education Ass'n. The National Hot Lunch Week, held from Oct. 13-19, and the National Education Week, Nov. 10-16, are examples. "We encourage the parents to visit the schools," commented Mr. Hansen. "We've had our open house and feel it is a good idea to have it early." He added, "before terms and grades." Television and radio help promote National Education Association. "A series of programs will be made on KMTV," said Mr. Hansen. "One day will be devoted to high school in terms of a reading program." The WHS Stud.e nt Council plays a part in National Education Week. "We will be taking an apple to each teacher with a flag in it saying, 'This is from your Student Council,' " stated Dick !mig, president. "The idea is to let them know how much we love them," added Dick with a grin.

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Physiology Classes Participate ¥our C::o.uncil In One Year of Cancer Research TakesAction

Mr. Harley Hardison, biology instructor, said his three physiology classes are presently working on cancer research. The study will last throu gh both semesters. "Physiology is a one semester course so this means that both semester classes will participate in the r esearch," continued Mr. Hardison. The students are compiling information found in magazines, newspapers, and books, on the on the effects of smoking on the lungs. Both the unfavorable and favorable characteristics will be

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by KARL PECHT Tarkio College is a co-educational liberal arts college in Tarkio, Mo. Graduates are awarded the B.A. degree with the usual majors that are found at any good liberal arts college. The feature that makes Tarkio different is the trisemester plan. Instead of two semesters there are three trisemesters in a school year. Each one lasts 15 weeks. Students who are in a hurry. may get the B.A. degree in two and two-thirds years, and get started on a professional or graduate degree a year earlier than usual. One indication of the quality of instruction at Tarkio is the fact that over half of the faculty m embers have Ph.D. degrees. Of all universities and colleges in the U. S., Tarkio ranks 35th in the percentage of graduates listed in "Who's Who in America."

Two Convocations Planned for Future Nov. 13 and 14, convocations will be presented to all WHS students. Nov. 13 will be the "History of Firearms" and Nov. 14 will be "Mr. Quaker". Mr. Ray E. Sullivan, former F.B.I. special agent, will speak abou,t guns from the musket to the missile. He will load and fire guns as they were done in the frontier days. Mr. Sullivan will show arutique guns that helped build America. Among these will be an old flintlock, Kentucky rifles, six shooters, Sm~th & Wessons and others. Mr. Val Gould, better known as "Mr. Quaker" will talk about wha.t it means to be an American. As a living trademark of the Quaker 0111ts Company, Mr. Gould appears on stage as a Quaker, much like 1the one on the cereal box.

brought out. Letters have been sent to tobacco. companies and in return these companies have sent books .and articles on diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, and heart diseases which are caused by smoking. Stud.e nts in the physiology classes will contact the tax commissioners of every state to. find out the amount of cigarette tax received by the state, the amount of tax per package, and the state population. "Questionnaires will be made to present to the students of Westside and the two junior high ' schools to find out if they smoke an!! if their parents smoke," said Mr. Hardison. Other projects the students are doing in connection with the research are raising mice and giving them carcinogenic material to give them cancer. They are also in the process of building smoke machines to collect nicotine and inhaling cages for the mice who have to be forced to inhale the smoke. The students are making their own rat cages out of coffee cans.

Parking stickers will go on sale next week. All studeruts who · use the parking lot will be required to purchase a sticker. Teachers will receive one free. The purchasing of these stickers will benefit you in .two ways. First, we will now have a record of all oars here at Westside. Should something need 1to be taken care of, such as turning your lights O·ff, we will know your name and what class you're in thaJt hour. Secondly, the money received will be used for improvemeruts.

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Panek Enjoys "Because I have a teenager myself, I enjoy working with them," said Mrs. Jean Panek, school nurse at Westside. Mrs. Panek, who is employed by the Visiting Nurses Ass'n, has been assigned to Westside for two years and is also at Loveland School this year. She makes home visits in the surro~nding area and serves as a link between the school and home. Last year she worked at Paddock Road and Oakdale schools.

Red Wins Favor Officers of the Senior Class: Steve Curelop, president; Stan Saklar, vice-president; Bill Robinson, secretary; and Mickey McFarland, treasurer, met wtth Mr. Karl Pecht, senior sponsor, Nov. 5, and a representative of the ro.b e company to choose the colors of the caps and gowns for graduation for the Class of '64 . "The gowns will be a Wisconsin red with black t111ssels. The National HonoF Society members will have gold tassels," announced Steve. There was a choice between varying s•h ades of gray, blue, gold, white, brown, green and red. Gold was one of the favorite colors of all the officers but it is th~ color of the Beveridge High graduation robes.

Between the Bool<, fntls by MRS. MARl LEE GOLDTHORPE

The Little Toy Dog, by William L. White On July 1, 19GO an RB-47 jet left Britain on an electronic reconnatssance mission. Of .the six American airmen on .t hat flight, only .two s·urvived. This is the inside story of those two SAC officers who . were shot down and held prisoner by th~ Russians for seven months. Captains John R. McKone and Freeman Olmstead were accused of espionage, but the Russians were unable to obtain confessions from them. Theirs is a story that is very timely and important to all of us. " The Little TO·Y Dog?" You will have to read the book to discover why this was cho-sen as the title. The Moon-Spinners, by Mary Stewart

by DICK IMIG ~ Leaving today to attend a Student Council convention in Scottsbluff, Nebr. are Tom Bar.ton, Phil Blum, Andi Denes, Bob Henderson, Dick !mig, lnge Jensen, Liz Lueder, Jeff Myers, Terry Sconce, and Rich Young. AJt this conven•tion your council ;members will investigate new meth,o ds of running a Student Council.

All fans of Mary Stewart will enjoy her latest book as much, if not more, than he•r o.the·r s. She is no-ted for her romarutic mystery novels and .this ts one of her best. The island of Crete provides the unusual background for the attractive and impulsive Nicola Ferris who is on vacation from the British Embassy in Athens. Her bizarre meeting with Mark Langley and · all .the suspense that folows leads to a thrilling climax amo-ng the fishing .bowts in an Aegean Bay. For those of you who have never read a Mary Stewart novel, The Moon-Spinners would be a good iu.troduction and leave you with a desire to read her other Sltories.

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During the summer months Mrs. Panek worked at the nine child health clinics located in Omaha and Douglas County, and during the last school year she visited Omaha Parochial schools and District 6 6 schools giving the students audio tests. At Westside all students receive care V{hen they become ill and are given first aid if necessary. Among other . things Mrs. Panek works with emotional problems as well as helping and advising handicapped students in order to make their school life easier. Other duties include testing students for hearing and giving vision t ests. Keeping up-todate health records also requires much of the nurse's time.

Mrs. Panek thinks that "Westside is a wonderful school" and enjoys working here. She's usually in her office Monday through Thursday from 10 until 2 o'clock.

Girls Enter Contest for Sewing Skills Six girls representing WHS participated in the sewing contest held at Brandeis, downtown, Oct. 2 6. The girls were Fran Blad_t, sophomo·r e; Kathy Dunn, Carole Henderson, Janie Kinkead, and Johnette Schultz, juniors; and Marsha Mattson, senior. "The contest was open to the pub 1 i c," commented Marsha. Three Omaha high schools that attended were Benson, Bishop Ryan, and Westside. The girls entered 4-H and school projects. The seamstresses were placed in three divisions; subdeb, junior, and senior. "The junior division girts entered dresses, .suits, and coats," said Marsha. "We modeled our outfits for .t he judges and they really looked us over," added Marsha with a twinkle. The entries wer·e judged on construction and neatness. Four college girls were selected to go to the state conrtes.t in Kearney, Nebr. Marsha was one of rthe two alternates chosen. "Everybody. got a prize," exclaimed Marsha. A gift card was awar<led to all of the girls.

-Cartoon by Diane Woodhull

Protest tO Sen.iots This concerns a small group of people currently roami1 the halls of Westside. The persons involved are mostly senio and their weakness is that they cannot handle the responsibili of their seniority. They refuse to conduct themselves as the lea ers of the school, a traditional role of seniors. Not only do th renounce their leadership obligations, but they advertise th1 immaturity to anyone within hearing distance. I refer, of cour: to the adolescents who are often heard in the halls betwe classes making loud, animal-like noises .and shouting vulga ties at each other. We of the Senior Class want to know: WHAT is the pre lem of these people, that they cannot civilize themselves, t~ they must seek release in making animal noises in publ WHY do they find such fun in making the seniors, usually look up to as a group of venerable old intellectual dreadnough seem like a herd of cackling, groaning, lip-smacking primatl Incidentally, WHERE is this type of person usually found wb he should be in the classroom disciplining his mind, learning express himself, finding his identity? Probably, down in the lit boys' room smoking, or out in the parking lot warming up 1 old 1948 Monarch tricycle with the 16-cylinder engine in back. DO we need this relatively small minority group to h us push forward . the frontiers of the mind? Probably not. 8 since Westside is a public high school and not a private insti tion, we have to resign ourselves to living with this group, as have in the past, because, though they do not contribute mt to academic life here, they do nothing malicious enough warrant their removal. The final question, we suppose, wo be: WHEN are these people going to become aware of t~ supposed function here? We hope that it will be soon. PH IL FREYDER

Te'achers Work to ~arn Degre Other Instruct College 'Stuaent For many .teachers rut Westside th-e school day does not end when the bell rings at 2: 50 p.m. A number of tea.ch<>r" <>:ro r.ontinnhl.g their education as they work toward .their master's degree at night. Soi:ne of the "students" attending the· University of Omaha are Mr. Harley Hardison, science teacher, currently taking a course in microbiology. Mr. CJ:larles Lang, also a science :teacher, is taking a course iri the princip~1 of guidance. Miss Joan Aspen a%: Miss Marilyn Handschuh, Eng! ~ teachers, attended classes !Ais summer at 0. U. Mrs. Julie George, er, has been taking cour s aJt Creighton University fo 1time and ts presently enr a clwss studying .the wor cretius. Mr. Ralph Reed, scien er, has been working f lot's license through th sity of Nebraska. "Several teachers te classes at night," state Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principa~ Mr. Kenneth Grizze art teacher, is teaching a class sculpture at the Univer.s ity of aha. Also teaching at 0. U. is r. Richard Mr. Winchell, history

Ralph Farrar, wssistant princi is .teaching a class in psychol a.t Offutt Air Force Base. :M.;oa .!O<lophiue l:Iiguera, SJ ish teacher, has a double 1 ..teaching clas·s es at Duchesne lege and at Westside. She als working fo.r her master's degr

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Turfin' Draws CrowH of 600

Esquires Invite 32 Girls

A long W alk Say Jan & Steve "Walking can be fun if not overdone." For two Westside seniors, Jan Laitos and Steve Curelop, this phrase proved to be significantly factual. During teacher's convention, Friday Oct. 25, Jan and Steve decided to ruttempt -Photo by John Quarles a 50 -mile walk to Lincoln. Ann Wupper, WHS turfer, slides to Beginning at 6: 4 0 in the mornher fote 44 feet 8 inches away. ing at .the corner of Center street and U. S. Highway 6, they reached the outskirts of Lincoln a.t 7 p.m. that night. The distance covered · was 50.9 miles. For the first four hours they averaged 4.5 miles an In app roximately th ree weeks, hour. They rested only at Gret- the Shield staff will be selling na and Ashland. It was after Westside charms in the book Ashland, however, that the two sto-r e. first began to feel the pangs of Each charm will be in t he shape pain. For Steve, it was his feet of a red and black pennant with which started to blister. For J an, "Westside" p r in ted in silver the calf muscle in his right leg across it. One hundred-and-fifty cramped up. After 40 miles they charms have been ordered from no longer were using their orig- 1the College Seal firm in Caminal leg muscles, they merely bridge, Mass. through the C. B. shuffled their feet along. The rests Brown Co. in Omaha. More may were more frequent and pace be ordered later d epending on the much slower. Jan began to speak demand. incoherent sentences and Steve "For a bigger and better Shield needed to slap him out of his s-t u- everyone must buy a Westside por. But ·continue they did, and charm," exclaimed Margo Stanley, after 12 % hou rs they at last ar- associate editor of the Shield. rived at the city limits . The charms will be sold for How did they return home? $1.50 each. Revenue from the "We flew back," explained Jan. charms will be used in the pro"It took us 12 hours to make it duction of .the 1963-64 yearbook, there and 12 minutes to fly back." the Shield.

Westside Charms Sold Soon By Shield Staff

Music'ians To ·Attend Clinic Nov. 21, 22, and 23, 32 Top Choir band and orchestra students' will ruttend the · NMEA (Nebraska Mlllsic Educators Ass'n) Music Clinic to be held in Kearney, Nebr. Students will get the opportunity to meet and r ehearse wi-th top directors and also to associa.te with other outstanding music s-tudents from all over the state. Those attending from T o p Choir are Jim Anderson, Rick Bergstrom, Bill BoeLter, Carol Francis, Larry French, Susan Lockwood, Sharon Harding, Carol Ide, Sam Methe, Gail Rowden, Ron Swanda, and Brent Warren. Members in band and orchestra who are attending include Jim Durham, Kathy Heckenlively, Virginia Moore, Marilyn Schlegel, violin ; Karen Eden, Gregg Love, Nancy Riley, Virginia Roe, viola; Linda Allen, Janet Beck, Penny

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Turfin', Omaha'·s answer to surfin, came to Westside Sruturday Oct. 26, when the Nrutional Forensic League presented their firSit annual Turf Relays. The contest originrutors were Ray Dryden, presiderut of NFL and Sco>tt Crabtree, vice-president of NFL. According to Ray, "Around 600 attended but most just observed. Teenagers in the majority, are too inhibited to Turf." The event was originated to raise mo-n ey for debate trips. Trophies were awarded to the following: Queen Turfer, 11-year old Ann Cunningham, 44' 8" . King Turfer, 16-year old Kerut Johnson., 43' 6"; and Team Turf Champs, Dave Ross, Brent Warren, Nancy Killerlane. All are WHS seniors.

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Lyman, cello; Karen Johnson, Patty Otto, string bass; Tim Gerber, oboe; Phil Freyder, bassoon; John Piper, clarinet; Steve Levine, french horn: Stuart Sunderman, trumpet; Dave McEroy, clarinet; Bob Til.ton.

"Congratulations are extended to all the n ew Esquires! " stated Sally Thomas, president. This year the club has had an entirely new system of choosing the new members. The final decision was made by a faculty committee on the basis of the applications turned in during the week of Oct. 14 through the 18th. The new members are seniorsBarb Brizzee, D enes~ Handschuh, Bette Anne Kuhn, Marsha Mattson, Susie Ness, Margo Stanley, Jane Trumbull, Cindy Wallace, and Patty Williams. The new junior members are Ruth Brock, Lynne Durham, Ellen J acobson, Jo Allyce Kaplan, Bonnie Rothschild, Lynda Shannon, Karen Wendt, Cheryl West, and Cindy Wheeler. -The new sophomores in the club a re Penny Anderson, Nancy Aronson, Becky Burling, Barb Douglas, Nancy Eaton, Lynne Koile, Nancy Lincoln, Kathy Metz, Candy Pettengill, Colette Reed, Barb Stein, Pat Tvrdik, and Nancy Wood.

DE Travels to Kearney Jack Williams, Bonnie Roshong, Casey H ayes, Marv Braun and Tom Dohn attended the States Delegates Ass'n at Keamey, Saturday, Oct. 19 . Plans were made for the State Leadership Convention held the first week in April in Omaha. "No one fro.m Westside won an

Science Students Presen.t Program Mr. Calvin Delano's sixth hour science seminar class will present an original "play-type" science program for a convocation Nov. 14. This cast of 14 students will use a purely original script and theme on the subject of science. Mr. Delano is directing the program but his class will do all the producing and demonstrating. The "play" will consist of. demonstrations and experiments originated or copied by the students. The seniors began work on the convocation over two weeks ago and have met considerably out Jf class. While the demonstrations are mainly chemical reactions, they are "trying to get some physics and biology in," stated Mr. Delano. He assur-e s that it will be humorous as well as educational, for they attempt to show that science, though difficult, can be interesting and enjoyable.

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Schola rs Join Z-Ciub Twenty-six Westside girts have been invited to join Z club. Those joining were initiated into the club Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the school library. The seniors chosen by scholarship and activities are Denese Handschuh, Sandy Hinman, Kathy Laas•, Marsha Mruttson, Pam Patz, Margo Stanley, and Sally Thomas. Inge Jensen exchange· student from Denma;k, will be an honorary member of Z club. The following juniors were accepted: Kristi Anderson, Pam Dalling, Jackie Hauptman, Jean Hoeman, Karen Johnson, Nancy Lorenz, Virginia Moore, Christine Pinali, Betsy Raskin, Carolyn Simmons, Ann Snow, and Carol Thomas. Sophomores inv ~ted 1to join are

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To Help Faculty FTA and Pep Club members will soon be selling small, red notepads as a fund-raising project .to help ou.t the faculty. The notepads will sell for 3 5 ceruts ~and collltain about 80 pages. Th,e Westside ba.sketball schedule for 19 6 364 will be printed on the outside. Mr. Paul Andreas, h i s t o r y teacher, is promoting the sale. The facu Lty purcha.sed a cooling s•y stem for the teachers' lounge and expended their funds withou,t providing for adequate electrical wiring. With the help of the studel!Jts,' it is hoped that .t he $150 needed for the electrical wiring can be raised. The students should r emember tha.t two year·s ago the facuLty pllJ.yed a basketball game as a money-ra1smg project fo·r the school. The proceeds were used to pay for the red blaz-ers worn by -the varsity basketball team and to build a 1trophy case in the hall by the new gym, Mr. Andreas .said.

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"Join Hi-Y, one of the goingest clubs at Westside," wrus Hi-Y President Gary Gray's plea to •t he male sex of Westside .to join this year's Fii-Y. Although .the first few meetings h ave mainly been used for organization, .the club lias many projects on their calendar, one of which was their 's ale of hot chocolate and peanuts a.t the Westside-Central football game. Coming up soon is ,t he Youth Government Conference in Lincoln, Dec. 6 and 7. Assisting Gary are this year's officers Robby Lankford, vicepresidelllt; Dan Loring, treasurer; Jim Jones, secretary; Jon Runstrom rund Dave Rains, sergeant-at -arms ; Ray Dryden, historian.; and Neil Jones, chaplain.

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Varsity Warriors Click afSeason's Eri~; Victorio~s in l wo of Last Three Ga·mes. The Westside varsity football squad came on strongly in the last third of the 19 6 3 season by winning two games, . and losing only one. The Warriors managed to squeeze by South, and sail past Central, while meeting defea t only a.t the hands of Northeast, in a closely fought contest. The games gave the Warriors a season record of five wins, •t hree losses, and one tie. In the season's closing ga me against Central, Westside's Dave Rupp dea l.t the Central E a gles fits , by .s coring three touchdowns. Rupp capped a 92 yard Warrior drive by scoring from the two, in the first play of the second period. He scored twice in the fourth period, both on plunged from the three; the first completing a 40 yard W arrior drive, and the second a Warrior PlliSS interception. Quarterback Ron Hinckley's run from the Central four in the second period acounted for the only W estside touchdown not made by Rupp . The Eagles set up their sole touchdown of the game on a Rick P eterson to Dean Hokanson pass play. The final score of the one-sided game was Westside 25, Central 6. In Westside's lost to Northeast, the Warriors managed to score only once, as qua11terback Ron Hinckley ran from the four, topping a Warior drive highlighted by the sweeps of halfback Mike Stanner. The .tally however, was

not enough to overcome the two touchdown margin established by the Rockets in the firs<t quarter; one brought upon by a short Warrior punt, and the o.ther a Westside - fumble. As the final gun sounded, the score stood at No·rtheast 14, Westside 6.

Good-bye Interci.ty?

The South High Packers had a , In the fall of 1 962 several pubhomecoming upset in •t he making lic high schools' ap.pli~ for admisFriday Oct. 18, when Westside sion to the Intercity Athletic Leaend B;ian Halla caught a touch- gue. Ai a result of these applicadown pass from quarterback Ron tions, b. committee was formed to Hinckley, to tie up the game 6-6. enlarge a new conference that Bob Rahe then successfully kicked would include every school. the extra point to give the WarMr. Jerry Koch, athletic direcriors a one poilllt, game-winning tor, was the Wes.t side representamargin. tive !lit the conference. Along wUh other committee members, he In the first quarter the Packers managed to cash in on a high pass helped set up a new alignment O·f high school teams and helped pre~ by Warrio·r quarterback Hinckley, as South's Walt Gullie intercepted pare a ne·w constitution. Under this colllStitution, the teams were on •t he Warrior 18, and dashed to divided into various divisons. the goal for a touchdown, Westside was placed in the The second and third quarters proved •t o be defensive battles, as American division along with Creighton Prep, Benoon, Lincoln neither South nor WeSitside could Northeast, Hastings, South, and really j ell offensively. Central. The Nllitional League inAfter the Warrior score in the cludes Bellevue, Bishop Ryan, fourth period, South's hopes were North Lincoln Solllthea.st, Grand rekindled by' a 3 3 yard pass from Island, Lincoln High, and Tech. quarterback Tony Shaw to end Uowever, this plan was just a James Gauff, However the War-. proposal. lt will n o.t be pu,t into rior defense held, and Sou,t h's effect until 1964. drive WillS halted at the Warrior The plan a lso proposed that 35. football is ·to be played on league division. Each team is to play each The 7- 6 victory brought the other and the championship is deWarriors season reco·r d, to four termined by the season record. wins, two losses, and one !tie. The winners of each division compete for the championship. In wrestling, swimming, golf, .track, and tennis, pa11ticipants will have one large m·e et in each spor,t to determine ·the championship. Jeff Gaillord , and Harry McLaughThe superintendents, p r in c i lin, and John "Whop" Brager was pals, and athletic directors of varalso noted by Coach Lane. ious high schools will meet in Lincoln soon, for the ratification and adoption of this new league.

Reserves End Good Season The Westside reserve football team capped a successful season by tying a ru gged reserve squad from Fremont, 7-7. The overall r ecord of the reserves wa s 6-2-1, wtih wins over South, Ralston, North, Benson, Central, and Abraham Lincoln. Steve Tyler led the res erve scoring with 51 points, followed by Dave DeBuse with 31 points and Dave Brown with 2 6. ' According to Coach Richard Lane, there were several boys who were noted for their fine work throu ghout the season. On offense, the reserves were in capable hands with Mark J ensen or Jim Jansen at quarterback and Marty Jones, Steve Tyler, Dave DeBuse, and Dave Brown carrying most of the rushing load.

Freshman Football Has 4-2-1 Record

Another big part of W estside's success was the defense, which allowed opponents an aver a ge of less than nine points a game. Outstanding players in the defensive line were Bruce Bikin, Mike Burdie, Les McClanahan, and Steve Snod grass. The fine end play of Brad Hill,

The Warrior freshman team ended the season with a 4-2-1 record. Their only defeats were to league leaders Benson and Prep. Coach Rex Steinkruger stated, "I feel that this year's freshman 't eam has made more progress than than any other freshman team in recent years." Among the team's four victories this year was a 3 5-0 rout of Tech. Coach Steinkruger cited the following boys for outstanding play during the season: AlBach, back; Ralph Chaney, tackle; Jon Jansen, back; Terry Johnston, end; Jim Murray, center, and Steve Seibold, guard. The .team's leading groundgainer was Jansen; leading pass receiver, Guy Ingles. Leading scorers were Ingles, Jansen, and Greg Walker; leading defensive men, Seibold and Chaney.

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The final Omaha Dragway event found three Westside boys preselllt; Jerry Breci, N-Stock '53 Chevy, Tom Flannery, C-Stock, '60 Plymouth and Gordon Smiley, H-Sports, Austin-Cooper. Jerry running for the first time, found himself in a very tough class. John Maun driving "Mr. Clean," '51 Ford, is but a few tenths off of the national N-Stock record, so Jerry's loss to him by

just a few lengths was not too bad. Tom, was also running in a very tough class but '!lnfortunllitely did not ge.t the chance to run in eliminations as he was disqualified for lack of seat belts and bad front tires. I had my usual bad luck losing 1the trophy. It run again to an MG, as last time with an E.T. well over my strip record.

Filler? Countenance subverts true character, Its lofty crown shim:me·r with excellence, and scoffs regeneration. It's a plague that creeps o'er the dominant: And sails by the common w1th a whoosh-hah, Whoosh-hah, ha! ha! ha! ha! If you've been studying this poem don't study further, it's just a filler!

Tangdall Selects 1963 B-Ball Team Approximately 7 5 sophomore, junior, and senior boys turned out for the first day of basketball practice. The tryoutees were quickly divided illlto two gro·u ps. The juniors and seniors in the boys' gym, and sophomores in the girls' gym. Varsity Coach J im T.angdall hopes to have his varsity, built around a nucleus of six returning lettermen, chosen by today. He also plan·s to have the reserve squad picked by the star1t of next week. Available for

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by GORDON SMILEY Senior end Brian Halla took a unanimous vote for his outstanding 65 yard pass play in the South game. Halla was r es•ponsible for the lone Westside touchdown which eventually gave the Warriors a win. Halla came rto Westside in 1958 from Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he lettered in football, basketball, and track. · Halla has played three years of Warrior football, and just finished his second season of varsity ball. He would like to go on to a smaller Nebraska college and if time permits rtake up somi6 more football.

151 pounds. This is his second year of var·s ity football but he has lettered previously in varsity swimming and track. Stanner intends to again COIDIPete in swimming and track and next football season shoud see him in action for the Warriors. Ron Hinckley, Warrior quarterback, takes the honors for the Northeast game even though he had two of his passes picked off by the enemy. Hinckley has done a terrific job all season guiding ,t he Warriors through many tough situations. Ron sports an excellent passing arm and mixes his plays quite well. He came to Westside two years ago and has played two Mike Stanner is the .first junior years of varsity football . At his previous home in Locus•t Valley, •to win t he Athlete of the Week nomination. Though the Central , N, Y., he played two years of regame was possibly not Mike's •s erve football and one year each Qf reserve and varsity basketball. most outstanding game he has done a terrific job all season. Mike Even with his light weight of 15 0 pounds Ron came through a very feels he played his best game tough sell!son in good shape and against Prep when he made severdid a beautiful job for the team. al important runs. Stanner is a fast and agile fullback, but he is also very light at

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·y_ Teens, Pep Club Sponsor Devotional, Give Food Baskets

Fall Sports End and

Athletes Win Honors

Many boys who pa!'lticipa,ted in sports activities this year were ac"I•t '.s· a wonderful way to begin knowedged Thursday, November the Thanksgiving holiday," stated 21, when the sports convocation Sherry Davis, president o·f Ywas held .to honor .teams in fall Teens, about the Y-Teens devo- sports. This included cross-country, tional. , varsity football, and reserve football. Mr. Wicina gave a brief anThis year as in pre'Vious years, services will be at Cou11tryside alysi:s of .the cross country tea;m and records. Individual awards Community Church from 7 : 3 0 were given to Scott Anderson, Jim a.m. to about 7:50 a.m. on Ellis, Jim Farlee, Lee Fisher, Wednesday, Nov. 27 (the d.a y Steve Jenkins, Bill Jepsen, ' Jim WHS students get out of school Jones, Gary Krieger, David Larfor Thanksgiving vacation.) kin, Allen Lenz, Len Miller, Mike The program. will consist of two hymns and a sermon given by a guest minister. The- devotional is spo11sored by the school and .the Hi-Y Club will help the Y-Teens in organizing it.

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"Wildcat," the llltory of a "fast talkin" Texan girl, is the Top Choir musical production for 1964. Tryouts were held Nov. is, 19, and 20 for Top Choir members only. "We have 85 members in Top Choir and all will be in the show in one capacity or another," said Mr. William Kellogg, vocal instructor. "There will be dancers, actors, and singers." "Wildcat" is the story of oil discovered in Centavos City, Texas, during the 1800's. "Ther~ are three main leads for the l,ltd.ies and at le·a st 11 for the men," commented Mr. Kellogg. Wildcat Jackson, the main lead por.trays a girl who has no money, plays poker, and plots schemes to get oil leases. Miss Jackson creates a fictitious character, Joe Dynamite, to "handle all of her business affairs," said Mr. Kellogg. A crippled girl, Janie adds

NOVEMBER 2 2-2 3-0rchestra Concert, Little Theatre, 7: 3 0 p.m. 2 5-Sociology Tour, Glenwood Schoo•l , All Day 2 5-Macalester Represent111tive 25-FTA Meeting, 2:50p.m. 25-Pep Club Meeting, 2:50 p.m. 26-Hi-Y Meeting, 7:30 .p .m. 2 7-Y-Teens Devotional Service 28-Dec. 2--:-Thanksgiving VaC!IItion

the romantic light IllS she falls ln love with a Mexican boy, Hermandez. "The funniest character is Sooke, an old hermtt," stated Mr. Kellogg. "H all ends in a happy note." "We'll have a few llltage difficuUies because we need an old Stutz Bear-C111t car," said Mr. Kellogg. "If someone has one, could we borrow i:t," he said with a laugh. Another prop needed Is an oil derrick that will shoot oil on the stage. "Wildcat" will be held Feb. 6-7. The tickets will be 50 cents wi•th an activity ticket.

Alums Earn Honors "This is the first time that two Westside gradua.tes have been inttiated into Phi Eta Sigma," said Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal. The two graduates are John Luckasen, '63 and Steve Sydow, '62. Both grads go to the Universi:ty of Nebraska. John is taking a premed program, and Steve is enrolled in several honors courses. Phi Eta Sigma is a national scholastic honor soci·e ty. The minimum requirements for eligibility are so high tha.t only five ou't of 100 are eligible. "lt i·S a great honor to be in the ·society," said Mr. Hansen . ·

Ham, vegetables, fruits, candy, soap and other essential items will be delivered .to three needy Omaha families by the WHS Pep club. "Each basket is worth about $30," said Mrs. Judy Krhounek, cl u b S'POnsor. Pep club members donated money at a rece11t meeting, and .the club treasury ma.tches the •t otal. "The executive board members, Mary Gay Westering, Kathy Kelley, Ruth Brock and Denese Handschuh, will buy and deliver the groceries the day before Thanksgiving, Nov. 27," Mrs. ~rhounek added. The names are obtained from the Goodwill and Salvation Army,

Library Observes Nat''I Book Week "Three Cheers for Boo·ks" was the .theme for this year's National Book Week, Nov. 10-16. The Westside library observed the week by distributing bookmarks and setting up special book displays said Mrs. Ferne Mellor, librarian. Book Week is a campaign to encourage better reading habtts and excellence in juvenile literature. It was originated in 1918 by Mr. Franklin M111thiews and Mr. Frederick Melcher who were concerned about the state of juvenile publishing. The Children's Book Council sponsors Book Week in co-operation with local civic groups and prominent papers.

By Sophs, Frosh

Sophomore and Freshman Class officers were announced last week on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13 respectively. This is the first year WHS has had underclass officers. Sophomore class officers for the year are Jim Jansen, president; Lynn Koile, vice-president; Ju dy Wheeler, , secretary; and Penny Anderson, treasurer. Mrs. Pa.tz, sponsor of the Sophomore Class, stated .that one of .the reasons for Sophomore Class officers is .to allow them more •t ime to raise money for a bebter Junior-Senior Prom. F r e s h m en who have been elected are as follows: Jan Snodgrass, president; Steve Zamzow, vice-president; Theresa Nichols, secretary; and Bill Protz, treasurer. Mr. Steinkt:uger, social studies teacher, will sponsor the Freshman Class.

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All-Intercity Star 1 1 Rupp Is Lucky .

Administrators, Local Clergymen 1 Confer on Chufch Night' Policy

2-Carleton Representative 2-Wesleyan R epresentative 4-Northwestern RepreseThtative 6-7-Concert Choir 6-Basketball, Hastings, there 7-Pearl Harbor Day 7-Basketball, Grand there 9-Pep Club Meeting, 2:50 p .m. 9-Elmira College Representative 1 3-Basketball, Columbus, there 14-Basketball, Lincon High, there 16-Drake University Representative 17-Simpson Representative

"I feel lucky," is ;the comment Dave Rupp made when asked how he felt about being chosen for ·t he All-Intercity Football Team. Coach Bill Hoyt explained tha.t the 11 member.s of this team are cited for their outstanding playing during the season. 'l'he boys are elected by ballot by the game officials and ·the coaches of the schools participating in .t he Intercity League. ::r'hey are honorary positions. Dave said, "I'm glad .tha.t I was chosen, but I wish other Westsiders' were in it .t oo." . AI Beauregard, end; Ron Hinckley, back; and Joe Jones, tackle were also

Fifteen clergymen representing churches in ,the District 66 area recently met with district administrators to determine the effectiveness of Westside's church night policy. Representing the d i s t r i c t ' s school system were Mr. Robert Adams, asststan:t superintendent; Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal; Mr. Kenneth Hansen, prin cipal; Mr. Kenneth Hansen, prinsuperintendent. "A large majority of the churches have youth activities scheduled for Wednesday night," said Mr. Hansen. "However three or four do not plan for Wednesday activities because students claim

it IllS a church night. This complaint of overloading Wednesday homework was the major complaint. However, most of the churches apprecia.ted the fact ,t hat ILhe school planned no major activities for Wednesday night or major .tests for the following Thursday. This policy which originated in 1958, was the idea of Mr. Glenn E. Pickrel, former superi11tendent of the district. In that year it received nation-wide rocognttion in Advance, publication O·f the Congrega.tional Church. The representatives at the conference also briefly discl1Ssed the criticism of textbooks and mate-

Pulhamus, and Bill Stra.teman, all receiving letters. Jim Ellis holds the cross country track record of the invitational cross-country track meet held at .Crete, Nebraska. Ellis, Fisher, Jep.sen, Jones, and Miller hold the team record at Crete. Mr. HoYt prese11ted the studel1i body wtth an analysis of !the varsity football season. Members of :the .t eam receiving letters were Leon Arps, AI Beauregard, Lee Cummins., Paul DeFreese, John Demgen, Brian Halla, Ron Hinkley, Mike Hotz, Dick Hurst, Joe Jones, Kirk Rahel, Bo•b Rose, Dave Rupp, Stan Saklar, and Steve Skauq. Juniors receiving letters were Jim Chase, John · Coe, Don Ehlers, Jim Iversom, Bob Rahe, Bruce Sayles, Mike Stanner, Duane Stewart, Scott Swanson aoo Dick Weichbrodt. Sophomores were Andy Denes·, Roger Hering, Tony Rose, Scott SJ:p.ith, John Thomas, Bob Urosevich. Honorary co-captains are Mike Hotz and Dave Rupp. Pare11ts of the .t eam members of, the football and cross country were invited for coffee afterwards in the cafeteria.

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In Three Meets Westside's debate team coached by Mr. Rod Hansen has attended three tourname11ts .this year and brought home a trophy from each one. Betsy Raskin was the Sitar of the University of Omaha Cross Examination Tournament, Novem ber 15 and 16. Betsy took first place out of 9 5 girs entered in extemporaneous speech. Two deba.te teams were entered in this tournament. Twelve individuals were en1.ered. "Out of four divisions there were .three finaists from WHS," commented Mr. Hansen . Bob Bucholz was a finalist in boys' extemp and Betsy Raskin was a finalist in girls' extemp and origina oratory.

Frosh Try Out For Cheerleading The new cheerleaders chosen by the freshmen pep club are Sharon Brock, Karin Dudley, Liz Lueder, Bev Looby, and Cindy McDowell. For the first and l!IISt time WHS will have freshman cheerleaders. It is ,t he first .time because WHS has never had a separate freshman pep club before and the last time beca,use .t here will be no freshman at Westside neXit year. "Approximately 7 0 girls .tried out in front · of .s ix facul,t y members," stated Mrs. Peggy Johnson, sponsor. "They are not getting any elaborate outfi•t s for just one yea.r; they will most likely wear cullotes.'' Fifteen semi-finalists were chosen. They are Pat Adams, Sharon Brock, C her i Chin, Stephanie Dross, Karin Dudley, Debbie Durham, Kate Femmer, Karen Krogh, Sue Limbaugh, Beverly Looby, Liz Lender, Cindy McDowell, Kathy Newcomer, Mary Skaug and Su-

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Most Apples Shine In behalf a nd in defense of the Senior Class at Westside, I protest to "Protest to Seniors." The stars in their eyes match the stars in the crowns worn by our seniors and we are proud of them . True, there is a small minority that might sto rm through the halls shouting vulgarities and attracting unnecessary attention . These, the Class of '64 or any class, can do without. The achievements of the Senior Class ·should be and are far more noticeable than the wild babblings of a few who have never matured. They know they are going nowhere but most of the sen iors are going somewhere and it shows, too. A few rotten apples on the bottom can spoil the whole bushel but if they are well separated, the shiny ones on top will never be affected. In our case, the bad ones seem to be well separated! The Sen ior Class will have a good, high percentage of those going on to college and will represent Westside in the usual fine ·manner. Many will receive scholarships and many more will near miss. The school will miss the good sportsmanship and abilities of our graduating athletes and will also miss the help given in student activities by our present Senior Class. Lately, it seems, only the bad points of the seniors have been noticed by the students at WHS. lt. is an obvious fact that if the abilities of the seniors were brought to the attention -of the school, they would be considered capable and mature rather than classified as "lip-smacking primates." I am sure that the percentage of relatively mature and intelligent seniors far outweigh this other sma ll group which, I might add, is not made up completely of seniors. I firmly believe that the many accomplishments of the Class of '64 will be remembered far longer than the "behaviors" of the small group of "animals/' "Protest to Seniors" has singled out. Ll NDA SH IPKE

City-Wide Table Tennis Tourney To o·ccur at WHS for 'All Ages "The City is u sing our facilities' to sponsor a .table· t ennis tournam ent," commented Mr. Ralph Farr a r , assistant princi-pal. The tournament will be held Saturday, Nov. 3 0 , 3/t · WHS. It is sponsored by .the Omaha Park·S a nd Recrea tion Dept. "This is the third t able tennis championship meet we've had 3/t WHS," said Mr. Farrar. " I;t draws people from different areas. Last year a boy from Colorado carnie for the championship game," he collltinued. The tourney Ls for all ages. "We've had five-year olds to 60 ," said Mr. Farrar. All entries must be in no later than Nov. 29. They may be mailed to Benson, Kellom, or Florence Community Centers. Trophies are awarded to the winners and runners up in eacl:\ entry. Some of the eveUJts are the midget games , junio•r boys' and girls' singles and doubles, senior boys' and girls' singles allld doubles , wo1rn:en's novice., men's singles

a nd doubles, and men's and women 's mixed doubles. The junior session will be held at 1:30 p.m . and .the adults at 5: 3 0 p.m. No gambling is allowed, sponge bats, if used, must be approved, and s of•t -soled gym shoes are required. Dear Readers : "Letters t o the Edi.tors" are always welcome by t he entire Lance s taff. We feel that the Lance i.s your paper and this is a good way to express your feelings openly. Lt is also a good means of communication between .t eachers and students. If you do have something yo;u would like to have prilllted in the Lance, you may leave it in Mrs. Eg.ber.t's box or in her room, 13,7. All letters must be signed correctly, however an alias may be used with our permission if the artic-le is printed. The Editors

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b y MRS. MARILEE GOLDTHORPE The Incredible Journey by Sheila Hun includes a spectacular trial ,' an iUJternational horse race, and Burn ford an i m p o r t a n t historic ba;tJtle Three oddly assort ed ·Pet s, a a mong its exciting evelllts. youn g yellow Labra dor r etriever, When Nicolan's parents are a Siamese ca•t , and an old bull terkilled and .their property con;fisr ie r, sta rt on a 250 mile journey cated he is sold into slavery. He t hrough the Canadian wilderness escapes from his Roman rna.Biter on a very " incredible journey." They must endure starva tion, ex- and goes into service with Attila as posur e, a nd wild animals. Only a means of bringing revenge on Ranno, his enemy. After many t hrough their courage and devonarrow escapes, his posit ion is retio-n t o ea ch other were they able stored to him and he is reunilted to succeed. The individual perso- with the golden haired Ildico. n alities of the pets, t heir advenThoma Costain is noted for his tures, a nd the country are convin- many historical book•s, fiction and cingly, yet s imply, told. This is a non-fiction. Those of you looking for a wo.r ld hi.s tory book report story t h a t will appeal to animal lovers of all ages. mighlt try this novel or one of his The Darkness and the Dawn by o.ther history books of .the Medieval period: Below the Salt, The Thomas Costain Historical fiction-'I'his roman- Conquerors, The Magnificent Century, or The Last Plantagenets. tic novel in the time of Attila t he

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Reponses Prove Amusing "A melea-what? " asked many puzzled Westside studelllts, in reply to the questiop, "Whlllt would you do if you saw a meleagrididae over Thanksgiving vacation?" The responses Ito ,t he question were as follows:

Kathy Rees Chosen To Help Physics Lab " We chose her from the 15 applicants because she has the grades, the interest and •.the :time." Mr. Char 1 e s Lang, physics teacher, said this abou.t Kathy Rees, junior, the new lab assis tant. Every year one student is chosen to assist in the physics lab. Kathy gets out of her study hall for the entire year . and works in the physics lab getting things ready for experimen.t s and organizing •t he materials. One credit hour a semester is given for this position. " So far this year Kathy has

been very busy, since we have just moved into new rooms," continued Mr. Lang. ' 'However ·t here are both advantages and disadvantages to .t he job. The credit hours look good on your record and a great deal is learned about physics. However it tak•e s away school time to study."

Teen Fashion Board Honors Pat Keating "It seems to be an h onor and I just hope .that I can fullfill their requirements," st31ted senior Pat Keating. Pat has recently been seleoted as one of the many outstanding home economic students from all over the United States and neighboring couUJtries to serve on McCall's 1963-64 Teen Fashion Board. Pat was very surprised when she received a letter in the mail telling her that she had been chosen .t o be on the Board. Among the gitts she will receive Ls a mem bers'hip card and a pin and certificate which is to be presented her by Mrs. Julie Swa11tzbaugh, h o m e economics teacher. She will also get the T.F.B. Mirror, a monthly newspaper which .tells about the Teen Fashion Board and its members·, a· catalogue of McCall's FaLl Fashion and a por:tfolio which will be used Ito hold mailings and clippings about her honor and also report on her s·e wing and classroom projects. Throughout her high school years, Pat has taken many of the courses the department has t o offer. After she graduates she plans to attend Iowa State and major in home economics.

Mary Marple, senior, "Pu•t it in the freezer." Candy Lyman, senior, " Try to •talk to it." Sally Thomas, senior, "Cry a lot!" Bruce Frasier, senior, "I'd hope it wouldn't bite me." Tom Hood, junior, "I'd stomp on· it before it spreads·." 1\larilyn Deets (Nyliram) senior, "I'd shake its hand and then I'd kiss it." Margo Stanley, senior, "I'd sell it a Westside charm! " Jane Fjelstad, senior, "Give it to Stan." Mike Hotz, senior, "I'd cook it." Bev Butterfield, junior, "I'd stuff it for my Thanksgiving dinner."

Bill Strateman, junior, "I'd ask if it gobbles before I 'd e31t it. " Robbie Lankford, senior, " I'd probably kill it." Susie Graf, senior, "I'd wish it a Happy Thanksgiving! " *For those who are non-zoology major·s, a meleagrididae is a turkey.

by JOHN BULLER President Has , your club been giving you all tha,t it promised? Your Senate feels this is a very importalllt question which should be answered. We are now in •t he process of reviewing the constitultio.ns of each club to see if t hey are reaching the goals for which they were es.tablished. Starting this week your Senate members will be selling "note pads" .to support a cause which teachers feel worthwhile. The pads will be red and black and have t he Westside basketball schedule on them. They sell for only 3 5¢ and it will be advallltageous for each of you t o have one. It is our hope that all suggestions which you feel will benefit the school, be brought ta the attention of your Sen!llte representative who will present it at the nex:t Senate meeting for consideration. The Senate .this year will be as good as you walllt it to be. Give us your suggestions.

Coe .College i.s a meiil)ber of the Associlllted Colleges of the Midwest. The campus is becoming a "downtown" campus, due to .the rapid growth of t he city, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is an ideal situation for students who want a fine, liberal arts college located in a more metropolitan area than many of the small colleges. Like many of .t he colleges in the Midwest ASSI'n, Coo has an enrollment of ·s lightly under 1000. In addition <to the u s u a 1 pre-profess.i onal courses, degrees in nursing and medical technology are available while on campus, because of the facili.ties of St. Luke's Hos,piltal adjoining the campus. The traditional rival of Coe is Cornell College, less than 20 miles away.

Mr. Pecht Journeys ~900 ~iles; ' .. Visits 19 Midwestern ( alleges ~

Nineteen colleges covering an area of 19 0 0 miles were visited by Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance counselor, in seven days by c'ar. "I had a schedule to follow and I k'ept ;to tt," said Mr. Pecht, " even when it meant staying at second rate motels, missing lunch and driving when I'd r!llther have slept'. " Mr. Pecht was not assigned the tour ; he did Lt to benefit the col-

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leges, WHS, and the students. "It helps the colleges understand our system here at WHS and for me ,to betJter aid se-niors in their choice for college," Mr. Pecht remarked. The district financed the trip. Mr. Pecht is the only counselor he knows of who makes personal trips to colleges . He said he enjoyed his .trip and feels a great deal of information ha;s been 3/ttained. Mr. Pecht claims that "a majority of the colleges I visited now have new libraries, s.tudent unions and science halls." He knows all the facilities of the colleges he visited. On this .trip Mr. Pecht took 160 color slides of the 19 schools and said he' d s how them to anyone who might be interes,t ed. In Previous years he has visi·t ed colleges in the West and E3/st but Mr. Pecht pointed out "studellJts should be more interested in Midwestern schools ; there are plenty of good ones." The colleges visited are Yankton , Augusta.na and South DakOita. State in South Dakota; Augsbu rg, Hamline, Macalester, Gustavus, Adolphus, St. Olaf, Carlton Olf Minneso.ta; Wisconsin Strute, Lawrence, Ripon of W isconsin ; a nd Rockford, Monmouth, Brad 1 e y, Parsons, and Knox oflllinois. Also Mr. Pecht visited H astings in Nebraska.

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DE Wants 'Outstanding'

Almo&t all the members of the Westside Hi-Y have donated ,t heir eyes to the Lions Club Eye Bank, stated Gary Gray, presiderut of the club. Mr. George Kennedy, a member of the Lions Club s·poke to the gro,up abou:t donating their eyes. He told them that if they wanted to donate t heir eyes they must first fill ou t a pledge card stating that in the case of their de·a th their eyes could be removed. Although the pledge has been signed one can still refuse to donate his eyes by dispooing of t he card. Mr. Kennedy went on to say that Highway Patrol and · sheriffs' cars are equipped with portable eye banks in ·t he case of a fa.tal accident. If this should happen a doctor could remove :the eyes immedia:tely. When t hey are removed the cornea must be transplan,t ed within 48 hours. Throughout the United States short wave systems have been set up and ham operators check at certain hours each day .to see if and where eyes are needed.

Thirty sophomore, junior, and senior boys have ·been inducted into Key Club on .the basis of scholarship and activ~ties. They are Steve Bachenberg, Bill Baily, Bill Boelter , Bob Boyd, John Buller, Jim Chase, Douglas Dixon, Duane Dudley, Jim Durham and C.hips Elias. Continuing the list are R on Hinckley, Jim Iverson, Terry Johnson, David Keifer, John Kotouc., Bill Kyser, Jan Laitos, Robby Laitos, Rusty Lyman, Don Marquardt, Gerald Mosher, Jeff Myer s (transfer), Gordon Nealy, Hap Patz, Mark Rickerson, Tony Rose, Jon Runstrom, Gary Spaldin.g, Bob U r o s e v i c h , and Richard Young.

Westside's Distrib utive Education Club is "carrying ou,t plans Ito become :the piLilstanding D. E. Club of the year in the state of Nebraska, " said Mr. Dale Fuerst, sponsor. President Jack Williams has appointed the following committee chairmen for the job: Marrvin Braun, Tom Dohn, Carol Graves, Casey Hayes, Cheryl Hicks, Virginia Purchase, Bonnie Roshohg and Jack Williams. Clubs are ra;ted on the "number and quality of professional a ctivities during the year," explained Mr. Fuerst. Prepara;tions are also being made for the annual D. E . Employer-Employee Luncheon to be held early in February. At this time each stu dent invites his employer to be a guest a1t ,t he luncheon.

FMA Girls Visit Center " To explore d ifferent medical professions," members of FMA took a field trip to the University of Nebraska Medical Ceruter, according 1lo Karen Eden, president of ·t he club. AboUit 50 girls left after school yesterday •to :tour t his school for future doctors a nd nurses. They also saw a film on the birth of a baby. Cheri Moredick , vice-presiderut, was in charge of p-lans and preparations for .the trip. Mrs. Helen Kelly and MLss Mary B u m a n , sponsors·, accompanied the girls on t he bus and at the center.

New Girls Welcomed Hundreds of introductions were made yesterday as the Esquirees welcomed all new girJ.s having entered Westside during the past quarter. These girls e n j o y e d cider, doughnu,t s, and cookies in the Student Lounge after school. They were also provided with music and could play cards if they wanted .to. Each girl was "marked" with a name tag. Susie Graf, senior, was over-all chairman; Denese Handschuh and Patty Williams, both seniors, were in charge of ID'aking sure each E·s quire took a "new girl" to the party, Cindy Wallace, senior, was head of the refres·hment commoctee; Kathy Kelley, junior, was chairman of the decorations: committee, and Nancy Truhlsen, junior, was the erutertainment chairman . Mary Gay Westering, senior, was in charge of making name 1tags, and Lynne Durham, j u nior, was clean-up chairman .

'Play Day' for GAA GAA will be taking a trip Dec. 7 t o Wesleyan College in Lincoln for the annual "Play Day." Karen Petronek, ex-president staJted .that this special day is sponsored ·by the college's branch of the GAA. "We par.ticipate all d ay in various activities such as swimming, tumbling, trampoline, relays, volleyball, Ne,b raska ball, and possibly badminton," staJted Karen. At the present ·time GAA i5 playing volleyball .

Did you know !that we have celebrtties aJt Westsidte? November 10 Mrs. Anna Clark along wi·tJh Ruth Brock , Kathy Laas, Mickey MacFarland, Betsy Raskin , Ann Snow, and Margo Stanley appeared on "Camera on Mid-America" on station KETV for National Education Week. Each student gave a speech on what she felt was the importance of this week. The girls were representatives from

by Brenda Williams

Since sports· are so completely covered on page four, t his column. has a new purpose and a n ew place (glad you found Lt). The subject 3Jt hand is, of course, Thanksgiving Day, which will come with all the trimmings nex.t Thursday. Sympathizing w~th Jlhe fowl family of turkeys, I wish to express :my feelings on thLs example of self-sacrifice for man's holiday dinner. Do you, the reader, realize tha,t almost the entire turkey popuation will gobble ilts last gobble? Served on a decorated dinner table surrounded by relalives and friends , such foods as yams, cranberries, squash, mixed nuts, and pumpkin pie will supplement .the Thanksgiving Turke~ at ,the feast . Yet, Thanksgiving 1lradition has remained for 17 4 years, 11 months, and 27 days and undou'b tably will remain . Its da:te had been appointed for various reasons in at least eight different months. In 19 41 C o n g r e s s changed ,t he dalte from the last Thursday in Norvember, set by President Lincoln, to the month's !oul'lth Thursday due to pressures by businessmen, who wished for a longer shopping period between Available for

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Varsity B-ballers Prepare For Season by STEVE CURELOP Fourteen boys still entertain hopes of playing on Westside's 1 9 6 3-' 6 4 varsity basketball squad after surviving the team's most recent cut Nov. 8. Those remaining include seniors Al Beaureg uard , Jim Ellis, Gary Gray, Stan Saklar, Earl Beam, and Ron Hinckley, Juniors John Buller, Rick Willis, Eric Hultman, Al Zimmerman, Al Lenz, and Jim Iverson, and sophomores. Mark Jenson and Jerry James: Senior Dick Hurst who is currently r ecovering from a severe knee injury suffered during the football season, is another possible varsity eager. According to Ooach Jim Tangdall the Warriors will be opposing a "big" team in the season opener against Hastings Dec. 7. However, due to tne fact that Hastings will be playing ·at the reins of a new coach this season, little more can be conjectured concerning the Hastings squad. Speaking about We-stside's tilt with Grand Island Dec. 7, Mr. Tangdall stated that the Warriors biggest worry could be sen-

Reserve Cagers 'Working Hard' "This is the largest and hardest working group I've ever coached :lit Westside," was Reserve Coach Jack Peterson's statemeillt regarding this year's reserve squad of 21 sophomores. The team plays the preliminary to all varsity games except the first two rut Hasting-s and Grand Island. Asked if he planned to make another curt on :the reserve squad, Coach Peterson said thart he might possibly cut again around Christmas.

ior John Sanders who scored 22 points against the Warriors the last t~me Westside played at Grand Island. As for Inter-city competition this year, Mr. Tangdall implied that Creighton Prep would be one of the teams to beaL He continued by saying that Tech, last year's state Class A champion, although they lost several key men through graduation, could be tough again this year. At any rate one thing is clearly understood about this year's team. They're going to have to win consistently if they're to improve upon last year's regular season record of 11 wins and 6 losses.

Sports Highlights The Westside Warriors began their successful 19 6 3 football season with a surprise upset againslt a highly rwted squad from Benson. Upsets like this help make football the exc1ting game it is today. Every weekend during the foOitball season we hear of some surprising victories by otherwise unheralded teams. These upsets often raise HLe question-whaJt was the greatest football upset in history? Surprisingly, .t he answer to this question is alway.s the same, and is never debated. The greaJtest upset occurred in 1921 when the mighty Crimson of Harvard .took on Ceii!ter College of Oklahoma, at Oklahoma. The haughty and over-confideii!t Crimson found themselves on the losing end of a 6-0 final score. The game ·between Harvard and Center in 1921 might be compared ltQ standing Texas or Michigan State against Omaha U. ;today.

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Warrior Varsity· Varsity Finishes Sixth 1963 ;proved to be Wests-i de's best year in its. short history as a Class A football school. The Warriors finishing up the season with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses, and 1 -t ie, wo•und up si~th in the state among the class A teams, and thus for all practical purposes six.th in the Sltate from among all the various high school ·s quads. This position placed the W a r r i or s above such notables as. Benson, and South high schools, and helped silence those critics of a year or so ago who clammored for Westside's remo<vaal from intercity competttion as a school to aJthletically weak to compete w1th other inter-city teams.

Sqauds Immunized "We're giving flu shots this year to the varsity and reserve baskeltball teams," said Mr. Wayne Wagner, physical educwtion in· structor. "It's merely a precautionary measure, because the resistance of :the players runs low toward !the end of the season." Mr. Wagner added. Dr. Donald Jackson will administer .t he shots in conjunction wilth the physical to be given at 3 rp.m., Nov. 14.

Coach ·Chooses Frosh Squacls Friday, Nov. 8, 63 WHS freshmen reported to Coach Robert Rademacher. Over the first week and a half, Coach Rademacher has reduced h1s squad .to 35 boys. Of :these 3 5 he will keep 2 4 wi·th 12 boys on the A-team coached by himself and 12 on the B ...team which is coached by Mr. Bill Buller of Arbor Heights Junior High. The frosh open their 18 game schedule against South the. first Saturday in December.

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Two weeks ago 60 students sardined themselves into a school bus and sped downtown. Their designation was the Omaha YMC:A and its swimming pool. Swimming season for Westside had finally offically begun. Compared to last season the team is almost an exact duplicate. Loosing only senio,r Steve Sturgess through graduation, the team is composed of the same swimmers who placed third in the Intercity and fifth in the State last year. The most noticable change is in !the ·cooching personnel. The new coach is Cal Be-ntz, replacing last year's Larry Hill. Mr. Bentz was a swimmer. in co.Uege, coached at Lincoln High, and

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Well, this is it~he big one. You've waited a long long time for this moment. Re~ember last year? Two strides WIQould have put you on the victory stand. But that was last year. Things will be differerut now. Boy, things better be different. You've worked harder this year. How many times did you run around the school track-that damned . track, harder than iron when it's dry and an ova of ankledeep mud when ilt's wert. You know every hole, every sof.t spot, and every Sltone on it, don't you? All that running, and for whaJt? For one race; 100 yards; 300 feet; the length of one football And the whole thing, from start to finish, will .t ake less than 10 secO'llds . Alt least the track is better here. "Runners, go to your marks." Okay, let's go. Relax. Shake your Jegs·. First one, !that's it, place it firmly in the block. Now the other. All right, you're just about re.ady. Wipe the cinders off your hands. Thllit's strange; your palms are wet. Calm down! A quick gance at Peltersen. Remember how he smiled when he shook your hand a few minutes ago? No siii1ile now. Your s•t art must be perfect today. Remember to chop .thaJt firslt step. The coach wants ilt at leaslt ·three inches shorter. More power that way.

"Get set." Hands in position, just barely behind the chalk line; thaJt's ilt. The cinders dig in1to one ki!Jee and all of your fingers. No.t really painful, just irritating. Exactly the sor.t of thing that could take your mind off the gun at exactly the wrong time. Now fix your gaze on a spot about three feet down the track and fix your mind on the sound of the srt ar,t er. The seconds creep by and the crowd becomes silent. Your parents are somewhere up in thlllt crowd. Sharon's up there too. Won't there be some party tonight if-

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The traditional Alum Tea will he held at Westside today. The .tea will be held between 2 and 4 p.m. in the school library. As in th e past, the schoo l administration will spo nsor the even t. This year members of FMA will act as hostesses. Several members of .the high school staff will be pouring. they are Mrs. Alice Gillogly, Mrs. Mary Connor, Mrs. Lois Lucas. and Mrs. Clara Dunn. Mrs. Fern ::\1ellor, librarian, has been h elping with the arrangements.

Chili Feed Helps Scholarship Fund The second annual c hili supper was given Dec. 13 in Westside's cafeteria from 5-7: 3 0 p.m . "Far East classes, Z-club, Key club, sold tickets for 7 5 cents along with the Student Council," sta.ted Pat Williams, chairman for the supper.

After the Westside-Columbus game, that night, a sockhop was held, featuring Tom Golder's combo. The money raised will further the scholarship fund.

'W;/clcat' (onsists 01 Kookie Cast :\!embers of the "Wildcat" cast have been rehearsing diligently to make this year's play a success. "The play consists of kookie characters and lots of fun," laughed Mr. Kellogg, director of the play. Leading lady, Wildcat Jackson, is portrayed by Gail Rowden. Joe Dynamite, leading man, is played by Rick Bergstrom. Other members of the cast include Nancy Aronson, Steve Bachenberg, Bill Bailey, Jeff Brenton, Dick Doxon, Carol Francis, Sharon Harding, Tim Gerber, Carol Ide, John McCallester, Sam Methe, Connie Morey, Suzy Parks, Ginny Patten, Laurie Saffer, Pam Schasz, Gary Shannon, Ron' Swanda, Bob Swartz, Brent Warren, Judy Wheeler, Wayne Woodland . The Choreography is done by Gail Rowden, Carol Ide, and Kenny Ploss. Some unusual scenery is being used in this year's play. An oil well that spouts oil and a 19 0 6 Stutze Bearcat car are among these. The orchestra is pal'lticipating in the play also. The setting takes place in the Southwest and is abo ut the people of Centavo· City during 1912. The play is divided :nto two acts with 4 7 song and dance selections. It will be presented Feb. 6 and 7.

Eoo.d For Fun To Help Needy Wha.t would be your reaction if some teenagers came to your door asking for food? This could easily have happended Dec. 16. as the Westside Key Club and Z-Club members went on a "scavenger hunt.'' The purpose of the scavenger hunt, which was entitled "Food for Fun ," was not to collect food for <the Key Club and Z-Club stomachs, but to send th e food to needy families in Omaha. After canned goods and other foods were accumulated, the two clubs took more money from tneir treasuries in order to purchase ham or turkeys. Two or three families were selected, depending on the amount of food collected. The Westside area was divided into districts and about four members covered .these areas. About 60 members participated ; 30 from each club.

"Invitations were sent to all of last year's graduates," stated Mrs. Mellor. "However, all Westside alumni are invited." Mrs. Mellor expects about 200 a lums to attend.

Proceeds from the chili supper will be added to a special scho'larship fund. "This scholarship, which originated last year, is presented to sOillle deserving senior student," Pat continued . Any senior can apply with a board of teachers making the selection." The student's academic achievements and financial needs will be the primary concerp. of the teachers in their selection.

After the scavenger hunt was over, the two clubs enjoyed refreshments. Bill Dixon and Joann Rheingrover, this year's presidents of Key and Z club, organized the annual scavenger hunt.

...___e_~ -:---;--.---ll Dist~ic:t· Ea~ulty De;in:O-Christmas vacation beDec. 20-Basketball A. L. here 8 p.m. Wrestling Tech here 3:3 0 p.m. Dec. 20-21-Swimming Central Invitational at Norris Dec. 25-Merry Christmas! Dec. 26-28-Holiday Tournament at Civic Audttorium Jan. 1-Happy New Year! Jan . 3-Basketball Benson at 0 . U. 8 p.m . Jan. 6-Classes resume Jan. 8-Swimming at South Jan. 9-Swimming at Tech Wrestling North here 3: 3 0 Jan. 10-Basketball Central at Norris 8 p.m. Jan. 11-Wrestling at A.L. 7 p.m. Jan. 17-Basketball North here 8 p.m.

Music Groups Give Concert Traditional Christmas numbers were presented by the Warrior concert band, Top Choir, and Brass Choir at .the Pre-Holiday Concert held Thursday, Dec. 19. "What Child Is This" was sung by ·the Trail-Blazers, a senior girls' trio consisting of Carol Ide, Sharon Harding and Gail Rowden. Top Choir, directed by Mr. William Kellogg, sang "Child Jesus Lay on Mary's Lap," "Christ of Snow," "Gloria in Excelsio Deo," " Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy," "Star of Bethlehem," and "Hallelujah" from the· "Messiah." Steve Bachenberg, Deb b i e Chase, Tim Gerber, Jean Kennedy, Mary Johnson, Laurie Saffer, Gary Shannon and Paul Thorson were the echoes in the "Echo Carol." The Concert Band, dirooted by Mr. Darwyn Snyder, and the Brass Choir, directed by Miss Joyce Johnson, presented the traditional Christmas carols.

Tours Academy "It was a very enjoyable trip," stated Mr. Richard Lane, shop instructor and a ·member of a District 6 6 delegation who toured the Air Force Academy, Dec. 13 and

14. The twelve men who represented District 66 were Mr. Vaughn Phelps, superintenderut; Mr. Gene Geisler, ~r. Karl Pech.t, and Mr. B!JJ Hoyt, Westside teachers. The remaining representatives were Mr. Max McAuley, principal of Rockbrook Elementary School, Mr. Ed Lindergh and Mr. Clifton Robinson, Arbor Heights teachers, and Mr. Don Erickson.. principal of Arbor Heights Junior High. The purpose of .t he trip was to enable the administra.tors to become familiar with the type of men which the academy admits. School standards and the type of students the academy selects were par·t of the information given during the morning orientation. Standards are very high, both physical and academic, with 500600 men being selected as freshmen.

"The most impressing sight was the three m!llion dollar church, which was built through donations. It was really four churches in one, with the Protestant on top, and the Roman Catholic below. Behind the Cwtholic section, there was a Jewish synagogue, and· below this part was a smaller division for Buddhists, Seventh Day Adventists, and other minor religions at the Academy," stated Mr. Lane. Athletic facilities were excellent with 16 football fields, which are used for .intramurals, cricket, and socker, and .three swimming pools . There are alf types of recreation: fencing, judo, basketball, track, an w·r.est.lini!'.

SeconC:I Semester To Begin Jan. 27 Looking for a new chance to succeed in the school year? WHS offers that chance Jan. 27 with the beginning of the second semester. Several semester courses w!JJ begin on this date. A completely new course offered for the first time at Westside is Business Arithmetic. Other subjects which have been offered before are zoology, physiology, botany, sociology, speech, economics, Russian history, general business, personal typing and Typing 2. The Home Economic courses Fashion Illustration, Advanced Foods, Advanced Clothing, and Family Living will start over a.t the semester also. RegistratiO>n for these subjects took place last spring but if

changes occur, students should consult •the guidance department, according to Mrs. Darlene Eliason, secretary for the guidance department. New students must register upon arrival at Westside. "We are anticipating that report cards for the second quarter w!JJ come O>ut Jan. 31," added Mrs. Eliason.

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Cellist Guest at Winter. Concert ~lrs. James Bell was guest cellist at the Annual Winter Concert held in the Little Theater, Thursday, Dec. 12 and Saturday Dec. 14. Conducted by Mr. Harold Welch, parts of the program included Great Gate of Keiv by Moussagshy, Overture to the Roy· al Fireworks by Handel , several selections from Ballet Parisien by Offenbach, Fiddle Faddle by Anderson, Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington , and Fandango by Perkins.

Also on the agenda was Mozar.t's The )lusical Joke which involved six members of the Westside orchestra. They were Jim Durham, Karen Eden, Karen Johnson, Steve Levine, Virginia Moore and Bob Tilton. · Mrs. Bell, mother of five who is originally from California, studied 'cello with Mischa Schneider, cellist of the Budapest String Quartette. La.ter she attended the Eastman School of Music . and . tnAi.o.A ,..,U·h

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A Tribute to.JFK The misery endured throughout the entire nation on Friday, Nov. 22, was almost unbelievable. President_Kennedy had bee~ shot down by a sniper's bullet. The news came to Westside after fourth hour. No one knew for sure what had happened, until shortly after 1 p.m. when it came over the loudspeaker-President John F. Kennedy, our leader, was dead. There was a period of silence, when deep thoughts and prayers poured out of the hearts of millions. There was a feeling of insecurity . . . . "What comes next?" many asked. There was astonishment-many still could not believe it even after the announcement. All over, people wondered, "Why, why?" John Fitzgerald Kennedy had brought a new outlook on life to the American people. With his wife, Jacqueline, by his side, he willingly faced all responsibilities given him, backing down from nothing . He was a proud, dynamic driving man . His ideals brought new hopes for the Negro who for nearly 100 years had been overlooked . The strong stands this man took aroused many Americans and this stimulus created shall perhaps open the door to an even greater democracy-bringing on even more dedicated "liberty for all." President Kennedy was America's leader, but he will be re membered and loved by many a nation. Shortly after his death, these words appeared in a Chilean newspaper : "We too have deep concern for this man, because John Kennedy was a world citizen . Latin America loses its best friend . He was a fighter, the best fighter in the hard strike to attain world peace and understanding among all notions. America has lost its leader, but most of the world has lost its best partner in the struggle against hunger, misery, and illiteracy." Such is in the hearts of many Americans today. President Kennedy's strong belief of equality ~or all, and his fight for freedom is still living, and will continue to do so for a long time. These and many more beliefs our late President brought us could never be destroyed. As Cardinal Cushing said, "Life is not taken away, but is transformed." This is true of President Kennedy, a man whose spirit shall live forever . But fellow Westsiders and Americans, we must remember these words of Jacqueline Kennedy, "It is time to focus our attention on the new President, and the new First Lady. But never let the spirit of John F. Kennedy leave our hearts." . . . We must always remember that "our nation cannot be assassinated by anything less than the destruction of the nation itself." For so important is a strong feeling of · national unity, and a strong belief for nothing less than complete freedom . These represent our great leader, the late John Kennedy. I believe these are our greatest tribute to this man . Let us never forget John Fitzgerald Kennedy--or his fresh, vigorous ideals of freedom . KAREN NELSEN

Between the Book Encls by Santa Claus Ho ! Ho! Ho! This year I have filled th e library stockin g with over 700 new books for you. There are plenty of goodies for everyone; such as mysteries , science fiction , war stories, romance, science , historical novels, and short stories. Of course, I've also left many special reference . book s that wlll help you with research papers, class assi g nments, and even choosing a vocation . The library s taff has 1told me JAPANESE NAVY, by Norton tha.t .these books are now on dis- TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD, by Catton play In the conference room of the library and waiting to be' checked THE FIRE NEXT TIME, by Baldout. win Some of these choice morsels THE CONQUEST OF THE SEA, are: by Troebst FAIL-SAFE, by Burdick THE DEADLOCK OF DEMOCLILLIES OF THE FIELD, by BarRACY, by Burns r ett THE WORLD OF LEONARDO GLASS BLOWERS, by Du MaurDA VINCI, by Hart ier MEN OF MATHEMATICS, by Bell TWO-WHEELED THUNDER , by WORSHIP SOURCEBOOK FOR Gault YOUTH , by Couch YOUR FUTURE IN INTERIOR DESIGN, by Greer HIGH S C H 0 0 L STUDENTS SPEAK OUT, by Mallery WHAT IS JAZZ ALL ABOUT, by HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LITERErlich ATURE , by Mirshy RUN TO DAYLIGHT, by LombarTHE SCIENCE OF OURSELVES, di by McBain F 0 0 T BALL IMMORTALS, by Weyand OLEAR THINKING, by Ruchlis 1918-THE LAST ACT, by Pitt BOXING ' S UNFORGETTABLE FIGHTS, by Bromberg MEN OF SPACE, by Thomas

THE TRUTH ABOUT CANCER, by Cameron

DARE CALL IT TREASON, by Wa.tt

T HE SUPER-SALESMAN, Hoy.t

BATTLE OF BRITIAN, by Collier THE END OF THE IMPERIAL

FORMS OF MODERN FICTION, by O'Connor

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Your Coun~il W~y .T~kesAction by Dick lmig Yes students, your council Is a t it again. Two weeks ago we _sponsored s ix buses to Grand Island a nd H ast in gs. Over 25 0 studen ts we r e a ble to· see th e games. For t h e st ud ent lounge we h a ve order ed two pool tables, which s h"Ould a rrive som etime n ext week. The council started off the th e Chris tmas decorating campaig n by erecting a Chr istmas •tree in t he hall outside the library. La ter variou s sections of the school were assigned to each club for decorating purposes. F ollowing are some of the more pert inent s uggestions r e c e i v e d a nd t he a ction taken : 1) Sell pop in the cafeteriaThis is against Federal government regulations. 2) Slop Day-The council favored t his, but it was later voted down by the administration. 3 ) Tes ts on Thursday-Because of numerous complain•t s, the administration held a conference with churches in t his area. 4 ) Phone in lounge--There is no line near the lounge ; thus this is not possible. 5 ) Pool .tables in lounge--Coming soon! Thank you for your coopera.tion in keeping council and Senate members informed .

A time of spir~ts high A time to come and bring noise And laugh wi.th merry boys . For while the Christmas log is firing Let's all of us drink its joy t o our heart's desiring. And wit h the last year's brand We mus t light the new year and For good success in our spending We' ll receive while others are sending. Yes Cut the fresh loaf here And while .the white meat fills us With the rare mince-pie And •t he plums near-by We will go out together And drink in the festive times of Christmas. - Jan Laitos

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Editor ........-.............. Bette Anne Kuhn Managing Editor......... Sally Thomas Business Manager ......Jayne Sahler First Page Edi.tor............Kathy Root Second Page Editor... Susie Madden Third Page EdRoL...Linda Shipke Fourth Page Edi.tor.........Susie Ness Fifth Page Editor.........Brenda Williams Sixth Page Editor ......Steve Curelop Feature Writer ..................Jan Laitos Advertising Manager.........Carol Ide Advertising Staff...... Judy Stra.tton, Linda Shipke Circulation and Promotion .....-........ Arlene Tepper Sportswriters ............Gordon Smiley, Bill Strateman Reporters ...........................Cindy Lange, Susie Ness Photographer ............... John Quarles · Advisor ....... ,.............Mrs. Judy Egbert Artist ........................... Diane Woodhull

Give Presents?

With the advent of anothe r joyous Chr istmas season we must be wary of becom ing so involved in the Yu leti de rush and excih~me.nt that we forget the motive beh ind the custom of Christmas giving.

When we were small children we looked fo rward to Christ mas only for the gifts we knew we would recei ve . These were the magic days of Santa . Claus. But as we · grew older we learned that we could not only receive gifts but g ive them as we ll. Although at first the thought of g iving wa s not a s a llu rin g a s receiving, there was a sense of satisfaction in selecti ng presents that we hoped would please others. We then began to notice the expressions of joy and gratitude as our gifts were received . The smiles of happ iness helped us realize that g iving gifts expressing our love could be as reward ing as receiving. So in this Christmas season let us remember to also ·give our gifts of time, love, and understanding as .on exemplification of God's greatest gift to all mankind. That gift which started in a wooden monger and ended on a wooden cross . BETTE ANNE KUHN

Praise to Mat Fans would like to personally congratulate the cheerleaders and the Pep Club o~ a fine job of supporting the wrestling team . It is true, that this is a relatively new sport at Westside and also, it is a fairly difficult one to understand, but for the five years that it has been here, the cheerleaders had not once gone to support it, nor had any girls in Pep Club outfits attended . Not only have the cheerleaders and Pep Club members been coming to the matches this year, but also other members of the student body and faculty hove been there to increase the Westside cheering section. I om sure that seeing so many more Westside fans in the crowd has been a great incentive to the team . As Mr. Morvin Nevins, wrestfing coach, stated it, "I 've waited for this for five years. It makes me and the boys very happy to know that some body took enough interest to come." So, let's keep up the good work! A WRESTLING FAN OF MANY YEARS

Stan Cultivates Interesting Wofl~ as Omaha Planetarium Speaker "In five months it should ' . be one of .the b est planetariums," s ta.ted Stan Lemon , senior. St an is .the first and only student from Westside to be active in t h e Omaha Astronomical Society. He is also rt he vlce-p'r esldent of t h e group. Students, one from Benson, one from Central, two from Tech , and one from Westside, presen t s peeches in shows at the Om a tt a Planetarium.

The studen•t s have built and r epaired all equi.pment in t he four year old planetarium . " At first," commented Stan, "the planetarium was held t ogether by black plastic .tape and tack s." "The planetarium seats 55 legally, but we've crammed in 8 8," added S.tan . Mr . Calvin DeLano. Mr . Harley Hardison , Mr. Bruce Holmquist, and Mr. Ralph Reed , along wi th other •t each ers of the Midwest Conference of Science Teachers in Omaha, attended a performance Sept. 2 7. "The first director of t he planetarium was Mr. Dave Solvman , a gradua.te of Chicago University, who is presently working for his Ph. D. in hist ory," r em ark e d Stan. Mr. Solvman built a machine 13 years ago which is used in the planetarium. The planetarium is staffed an<l direoted by the high schools. "We are going to put on a show called the 'Christmas Star,' "re-

plied Sta n . The pr ice of th e seats is 50 cents for adul ts a n d 25 cents for children . The location is 20 27 Dod ge Street.

by Mr. Karl Pecht The college is P u get Sound . The location is Tacoma, W ashin gton . The coeducational enrO<llmen t is ab out 3,000 . Westsiders looking for a college t h at is bigger t h a n t h e typ ical college, but smaller t h a n t h e ty pical university, may be inter es ted in this one. It offer s Bachelor's a nd Mast er 's d egr ees in a r ts a nd scien ces , t eachin g, m u s i c , occu pationa l th er a py, business, nursing, m edical -t echn O<logy, a nd prepar atory courses in medici n e, law, n eerin g, d en istry, a nd a ot hers . Men m ay live in dorm itories one of .th e seven f r ater nity ho All wo men live in resi d en ce wi t h d esignated a r eas i n .t he se.t aside for sorority m Fixed fees, t u i.tion, books, and room t otal ab out $1,70 a verage budget for colleges t o St udents who like a college cated n ear the ocean or in mountains would do well to vestlgate this one because it near Puget Sou nd, a nd a short d tance from t he Olympic and cade mountain ranges.

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by Phll Las t week at about this time I was talking to my five-year-old cousin, George, and somehow our conversation turned to the sub ject of a large and expensive Christmas gift which I was planning to give to m y pare nts ( as a •t oken of my appreciation for th eir lon g years of faithful service) . George was a littl e concerned a;t t his, and wondered what could hav ~ motivated me to spend so mu ch time, effort, and money for th e sake of two Gther people, especially since they were adu lts. I explained that I was doing it simply because I wanted to. He was still suspicious. "But why thls compulsion to give to your parents?" the fiveyear-old wanted to know. "It's not your role to give to them . Children are supposed to take from their parents. Take, take, take! So why are you giving? You got guiLt feelings or something? " I began to sense that there was something very d ifferent about our family t r a i n i n g . "Look, George," I said, "my motivation for giving is love. That's what Christmas is. " Seeing my naivete, George lost no time in giving me the wor d , mixed with a little acid. "Sweethear.t," he said, '"greed is basic •t o the self-centered nature of man, right? Christmas, then, is dedicated to the satisfying of liottle children's greed so that they

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Freyder won 't turn into neurotics in lat e r life, when they have to compete with other greed"y slobs fo r t he loot. Not only that, but whe n th ey get ma r ried and have kids, t hey've go t to be able to satisfy t h e k ids' g r eed, right? So that's why the mer chants invented Christmas. " \\'ell, I went home and ·th oug h t a bout it and I discovered a beaut iful thing about yo u ng George's philosophy: the guys who r eally ge t their greed satisfi ed , t he guys who get the biggest gift of a ll a re the merchants. So now I' m giving up my plans of joining t he Peace Corps and I' m going to go right down to t h e nearest department store a nd get In on t he ground fioo·r .

Weight Lifters Get. In .Shape lor '64 Weight lifting, Westside's newest athletic activit y, began three years ago. Mr. Bill Hoyt has been in ch a r ge of it si nce its beginning. Mr. H oyt said t h at t he program was or iginated t o " get boys in shape fo r t h e coming football season" and involves mostly freshmen a nd sophomores. Approxim ately 3 0 boys en gage daily in the six exer cises, cales.thenlcs and ru nning. " Ther e is much more inter est .th is year t han in any of t he previous years," stat~ Mr. Hoyt.

Pep Club Started By frosh Girls For the first ti me, Westside has a Freshmen Pep club . "The fresh men were no t allowed to join th e reg ula r P.eP clu b an d this gave t he m somet h ing to call their own a nd partici pate in, in con nectio n with sports, " · said Mrs. P eggy Jo hnson , spons or . T h e gi r ls cam e up with th e idea o f havi ng a pep club of th eir own . They ask ed Mr. Kenneth Hanse n . principal, and Mr. Ralph Farrar. assistant principal for permission . a nd ·wer e t old they would perm it it if Mr s. Johnson wou ld be their sponsor. She a ccepted the job. Up until now th e club has met every Monday t o get well organized . T h e fr esh men h ave elected their own ofllcers. They are as fol lows : Susan Wu r l, presid en t: Micheline Eden, vice-p r esiden t : Sharon Brock , secr etar y ; and Debbie Hillmer, t reasur e r . To be in the club, one must attend every home ga me. If a h ome game is missed one can ma k e it ·up by at tendin g an a way game.

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Merry Christm~s to I, 2, 3, 4, and 6 from the "Boss"

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Merry Christmas to Benson from Uncle George

Hove o Very Merry Christmas and o Happy New Year! The 3 Graces

Merry Christmas from the "Mike" fans

Merry .Christmas-Peaches, White, ond L1ndol

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JOYEUX NOEL! Susie GLAEDELIG JUL-JNGE & SHARI

Merry Christmas Duane ond Bonnie

Merry Christmas Susie Senior, from 4 Jrs. ond o Nebraska Sophomore

Best Wishes for the Holidays B.S., V.G.

The Library · Staff W ishes All the Students of Westside a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas to Everyone-The Cheerleaders

Light the Tree of VICTORY!! Kathy ond Nancy

Like, Joy to You All This Merry Season

Happy Chanuka from Jonas, Lainie and Jud

Merry Christmas to Bill from Connie MERRY CHRISTMAS, WESTSIDE!

Hei r's a fright, but that's all right-

We hope you see Santo too!!! Signed the Scurvy Six

Merry Christmas from Speedball and Sugarbeet

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Merry Christmas to Mr. H. from the "flowers of the Physics deportment."

Merry Christmas to Chryse, Lindo, Lynne, and Annie from Doug

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Santo Claus is '!'fOtching you II Hanky, White, Legs, Gin, Pam, Prep, Peaches, Cheryl Merry Christmas to Anonymous from Anonymous .

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Merry Christmas, Steve Tyler ond reserves from Linda

Sing a song of joy.

Christmas brings love? Cris ·' n Jim, Mimi 'n Dove

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Cherry Mristmos and Nappy Yew Hea r to Dick, Joe, Doug, Bob, and Harry from Dione

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Foreign Exchange Student lnge Relates 1.1 · r:~L · H 1·d ( Denma.fK : s::·:\:ll,f.IStm _ as. ·. 0 I ay -. ustoms The Christmas in · Denmark act ually begins wl·t h the first : of Deceml>er and lasts the whole month th r ough. All the shops are beautif ully decorated and across t he streets are fir-festoons with lightening stars. The whole· town is lit u p and as we usually have a white Christmas the scenery is ver y beautiful. Actually it is when school gets out Dec. 22 that we first re~~olly h ave time t o enj oy ~t. 1'he last school day before Chrisrtmas va• c!lltion is a very special ope , We have only two regula,r hours and in these we are allowed to bring a ll SOI1ts of candy and fr uits and just enjoy ourselves with sinall perfor mances, etc. . After the two hours the whole school, 600 students, goes to· the auditoTium whe.re. our princip!l-1 makes a Christmas. speech and one of our ministers talks to us about

~he·· 'Qhristinas eva~gelism. When

I . went to elemen·t ary school we we11t'to the church. On the day before Chrisrtmas we decorate our Christmas trees. In Denmark you can see no tree without candles and small Danish flags. How else it is decorated depends on .the individual families but usually paper hear.ts, angels, and .tinsel are used. In the afternoon on Christmas Eve all Danish families go to church before dinner. Our dinner consisrts of soup, duck, chicken, or goose, and rice a la mande. We have a very old tradition · conne<;ted with this rice a la mande which is still held by many peoi)le, especially in the cou11try. People in the 17 th and 18th ce11turies believed that pixies lived on their farms and if they were not good to them, they would take re. enge. Therefore, on each Chrisrtmas

Brerida s Babblings by Brenda Williams Dear Sa11ta: I am writing for all the good little girls and boys at Westside High school. Would you please bring the following gif.t s t o the seniors who are asking for them? Thank you. Bob Rose-five Toostie Roll Pops, . three packs of juicy fruirt gum, and a gross of jelly beans. Jan Bosse-a new hair color. Dick Hurst--a brand new pair of crutches. Susie Ness--a pony tail. ,J on Runstrom-fo ur new fingers. Cindy \ Vallace-snow. Rich ard P erry...!-a hock&trad. Andi Du gan-a Chatty Cathy dolly. Craig Mack-a junior girl. J oAnn Rheingrover-a watch to count .t he minu.t es left in class. Bette Anne Kuhn-troll rollers for my troll. Gordon Smiley-a rtrip to the Winter Nationals. Gwen Sutter-(don'rt bring her anything). Robbie Lankfor d-the age 21.

Barb . Kucera--a recording of Phil Dugan on the saxophone. Mary Gay Westering-Rudolph. Dan Loring~three mor~ horns to honk. Jeanne Krogh-to be crowned Queen Snowball. J im Ellis-a supply of throat discs for Mr. Tangdall . Kitt Murphy- more home games. Karen Nelsen-a Doug doll and Maris a. Kit Dwyer-my name in the paT per. Dave Rupp--my two real front teeth tha.t Bobby Rose knocked out. Alice Glliogy (she isn't a senior but we counrt her as one)-a nice n ew front tooth and Cary Grant. Dene$e Handschnh - a Happy Kissmas.

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night the farmers would set out a big bowl of rice a Ia mande for the pixies. Another tradition with this dish is to hide an almond in it and the one who gets it wins a present. Before we get our presen.t s on Christmas Eve we always dance, or actually walk, around the tree and sing ·many of our beautiful Christmas carols. All the Christmas day are spent wtth family gettogethers, big dinners, calls, etc. until New Year's Eve. New Yenr's Eve is not as much a family get together as one of friends. Af,ter dinner the kids go out and make harmless fun with people, however, the high school kids usually have parties. At 12 when we hear the 12oth stroke from the bell in rthe town hall of Copenhagen, small children jump up and down from chairs. They jump 'i nto the beautiful new year. We others celebrate the new year with champagne, no school, and rockets of all kinds which make the wonder fully dark sky with rthe bright stars look just beautiful.

Have you ever wondered why a basketball team is able to work . together so smoothly? Many peo-. ple think th!llt a practice session entails only scrimmaging and running plays. If you are one of these people, then you are badly underrating your basketball team. Varsity Coach Jim Tangdall has many drills that help the players get the best benefits from the basic fundame11tals of basketball. Four main drills stress this: The first is the machine gun drill. It strengthens the players wrists and passing ability. The second is the lay up- drill . This is very ill}portant because it better co-ordinates the players' moves around the basket and their driving ability. The third drill is rebounding. Coach Tangdall plans to get a great deal of use ourt of rthe newly acquired rebounding machine. The fourth and probably ,the most important drill is the "figure 8" drill which sharpfillS the team's defense. With these four, plus various

Spanish Five Now Alive

Several years ago District 6 6 began offering a program of advanced study to Spanish studenrts. The program made first year Spanish instruction available to capable students in the eighth grade instead of offering the course only to students in the ninth grades and above. The goal of this program was to eventually give the students a chance to study a foreign lan~ guage for five years instead of four. This year •t he end goal of that program m!llterialized as a fifth year Spanish class was offered at Westside. The course is taught by Miss Josefina Higuera. l\Iiss Higuera, a native Cuban, teaches one section composed of 16 seniors. The class started

with some of Spain's earliest national writings such as the Bal· lad of the Cid, and has worked its way up to and through Spain's "Golden Age of Lioter!llture" which included the study of greats such as Miguel de Cervantes, and Lope de Vega. During this time each student also read a novel by a Spanish master of his own choosing. In the area of culture, the studenrts are currently studying the great artists of Spain. Since actually learning how to converse in Spanish is one of the main purposes of ,the course, the class is conducted. entirely in Spanish. Half 1the class is usually devoted to free discussion on almost. any topic from agnosticism to the racial problem.

J>Pecjal drills and exercises, West:.side b-ballers receive a well rounded workout that should produce a winning basketball team .

Music -Can Be Fun If In Combo Business l\Iusic is a popular subject at WHS as shown by the numerous combos. There are about six amateur combos and two professional groups at Westside. These combos usually practice four to five hours a week, charge $ 5 an hour per person and have played in previous combos. Tom G o 1 d e r s ' combo the Belvederes, was asked to appear on the Joe Martin show in Lincoln, played at the Dec. 13 sock hop and was asked by KOIL radio to play for an opening night in a new downtown club. Joe Cohan, senior is a member of Johnny Ray Gomez and the UNeeks. They belong to a union and recieve union wages. "RompOut" and "Lonely For Love," two hit parade records were recorded by this group. Joe has played wi.th two other combos and !laid he's considering music as a profession. The combo is playing at the Christmas Prom. The Caravelles headed by Mike Lipman, senior, are meiDibers of a locai union also. Mike said they plan to cut a record soon. They practice about eight hours a week together and in their spare time separately. The Caravelles are opening at King Arthur's soon. Mike said they have about $4000 worth of equipment. Jerry Breci and the Satelights, Steve Kavttch and the Dynamics, Wayne Woodland and Rick Redemske are a few (}f the other WHS musicians.

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T H E W E S T S I DE L A N C E

Friday, December 20, 1963

Chief Teaches Judo Methods have new plumbing and gas, and Qther needs for the club. Mr. Charles Lang, physics teacher, will be the sponsor.

Dolls Dressed by Y-Teens Y-Teen members dressed 100 dolls for needy families. The dolls w ere obtained throu gh .th e YWCA and then were rtaken to tbe Good Fellows Toy Shop. Karen Wendt was in charge of distribution of the dolls which a re at the civic auditorium and are free to the needy families. Girls who participated in dressing the dolls received six s ervice points and four more points for making any extra outfits. -

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" Deck the halls with boughs of holly" . . . or crepe paper, or streamers, or any ot her red and .g reen mate rials your club can find . Internationa l Club, supported here by (top ·to bottom ) Nancy Shook, Karen Nelsen, drapes a section of the school in Christmas decorations.

WHS Clubs Decorate Halls Christmas spirit rings .through the halls with holid ay decorllltions designed and set up by WHS clubs. Upstairs; Science Club decorated the halls by the science labs with festive colors. From the staircase in front of .the school ,t o the office, FT A added Ohristmas highlights. Art Club decorated the area in front of the office. The library center-"StudeTht Council has done a wond erful job," said Dic_k !mig, Council president, modestly. FromRoom 217 toRoom 233,Key Club and Z-Club strung up the traditional colors. Downstairs: International Club added Yule-tide greetings from Room 111 ,t o 133. The hall by the boys' gym was set up by the Pep club and W-club. From ,t he book store to the language classes, YTeens and Hi-Y wished Westsiders happy holidays.

DE Club Striving for Best Westside's DE Club is striving for one of its best years. The club has just finished selling pins to promote school spirit. Money from these pins will assist in paying for the employee-employer banquet planned for late January. DE Club is also sponsoring a sock hop Jan. 24.

exchange students ing year. In order exchange studeiiJts sale must raise at

for the followto sponsor two next year the least $1,200 . .

Westside's American Field Service Program is financed this way so .that money for the exchange students will come from the students of the school to benefit the school. AFS is a national organization with chapters in many cities. The members of AFS are the paren,ts of those students who have taken part in the foreign exchange pro·g ram. Mrs . Don Marguardt takes care of making arrangements of Westside' s exchan g e students.

Jets-New Club at WHS

Math Club Hears Speaker The development of . the telephone sys tem was explained at the December meeting of math club. The speaker, a representative of Bell Telephone Company, told the mem hers how the company determines the way in which all the wires are hooked up in a telephone system . The group also saw a film showing how words are put on cables for overseas calls .

ATTENTION! Ski Club is being organized again for all Westsiders wishing to participate in that popuar winter sport. Contact Sco.tt Crabtree, John Blackwell, or Mr. Ed Sadler, Spanish teacher. who is the new sponsor of Ski Club.

J u do expert, "C h ief" Irv Mo r gan , appeared at was. Dec. 1 7. for a j unior and senior convocation . " Irv Morgan has been an ins tructor for the Naval and. Mar in e bases in World War II," commented Mr. Jerry Koch , activities dir ector. Chief Morgan tours schools, colleges , science clubs and police d epartments throughout the mid west for .the Bureau of Lectu res and Concert Artists in Lawrence, Kansas. He has played profootball, been a member of a South Dakota police department, an d taught and coached high school students. "Chief l\Iorgan was here a few years back," stated Mr. Koch . Demons-trations of the jud o .ta ctics-throws, trips, counters, nerve pressure rtaotics, and police meth ods were included in the performance.

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Mat Men Have 2-0 Record Westside grapplers got off to a successful sta rt .this seaon with victories over Fremont, 23-22 , and Central, 3 6-17. In the first dual meet of the year, W estside edged Fremont in a close match . State champion, Phil Dugan, and Scott Swanson registered pins to provide the deciding margin . In the second dual, against Central, Gary Krieg-er, Tom Phalen, Bill Robinson , and Bruce Sayles all had pins which sparked the Warrior victor)'. In other action this year, Phil Dugan, Gary Krieger, T om Rydberg, and Scott Swanson all advanced to .the finals In lthe Sou th High Invitational Tournament, with Dugan and Swanson winning

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their r es pec ti ve weig h t classes. The only o t he r tourna m en t Westside attended so far this year was the North High Invitational. Jo e Jones was the only Warrior t o make th e finals in t his tourn ament.

Swim Team

Defeats Jays by Jan Laitos West sl de varsity swh:n, t eam achieved a long awaited victory over the Creighton Prep BlueJays. Though the score of 53 -38 was not . par,tlcularly spectacula r , the fact t h at the Westside vict ory was the first defeat of ;the " invincible" Jays by the team, is s ufficient rto laud ,the Wes tside tankmen with hardy " well done." An lmpor.tant aspect of t he victory is that It showed lthe potential of the swim t eam this year. The Prep defeat helps put a little more punch Into lthe recent stat ement of faculty advisor Mr. St an Wells, that "Westside will take the Intercity Meet this year," as Creighton teams have consistently ranked among .the top two Intercity teams , and have finished first In the state several times. · According to coach Cal Bentz, Westside not only won t h e Pre p meet, but on the average bettered its past performances of this year. as most of the Westside swimmers bettered !their tim e.

'l'he complet e dominance of Ford this year was not j ust at I ndianapol is or with th e Co r br a bu t also in late model stock car r acing. Beginning with .their 63% "Fastback '' eq ui pped with t he already strong"42 7" e ng ine an d one four barrel, Ford h ad a very fast and , most impo r tan t , ve r y reliable r un ne r . Po ntiac, 'wh ich was forme rl y unb eatable at t his ty pe of r acing, was vi rtu a ll y rul ed off t h e trac ks by .th e s u pe r hot Fords. To war ds th e end of t he season it h a d gotten s o bad th a t t h e r e was only two Pon tiac's left ru n n ing in t h e big r aces. · The one fie ld of r aci ng F ord h as no t been a ble to dom in a t e, even with a very large effort, is dragging. Their t rouble has been t hey a re too h eav y and don't get good traction. The 427 mill is one of th e mos t powerful In dragging but 't here a re very few people that know how to t une t hem. The T asca Ford that runs on t h e E ast coast is one exception t urnin g 1 2. 10 E . T .'s a nd 1 20 trap speed's. Rumored re-entry int o r acing n ext year by GM could m a k e troubl e, but it will be a rough roa d for even GM , to overtake t h e excellent experience gained by Ford in this year of their virtu a lly . total domin a nce.

WHS Co-sponsors Holiday Tourney W estside, one of t he co-sponsors of t h e second annualln tercityLeague Holida y Bask e tball Tournam ent December 26 , 27 , and 28, dr ew t op-seeded Cr eighton . Prep for first round action. The game is scheduled for December 26 , at 9 p.m . The ot h er teams participating in the .tournament are Abrahain L incoln , Benson , Central , North , Sout h , a nd Tech .

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Buller Ties Luckasen's Record; Links, Columbus Fall to WHS T h e \ Varrior s leading all the way, brough t thei r 19 6 3-6 4 season r ecord to two wins an d t wo losses with a victory over the L i ncoln High Links by a score of 6952 Satu rd ay, Dec. 14. T he Warr ior s wer e never s e r i o u s 1 y t hreat ened by the faltering Links as they j u mped to a ni ne point 38-29 h a I f time margin, and stretched it to 17 points in the fi n al two periods. ~parked b y John B uller, w ho scored 3 6 points, the Warriors defeated the Colu mbus Dicoverer s Dec. 13. Bulle_r tied John l.uckasen's r ecord for most points scor ed in a single game. The Warriors, who led the scoring in both h alves, improved upon a 7 point advan,tage in t h e third a n d fourth quarters to lead the Discover ers 87-77 at ,the final buzzer. Rick Willis who s h ot for 22 points and John B uller who shot fo r 18, teamed up to total more than two thirds of the Warrior score against Grand Island Satur-

day Dec. 7, but could not turn the tide for the Warriors as Westside went down in its second defeat of the season in as many contests. The War riors, losing a halftime lead in the third quarter, trailed th e Islanders until the fi nal bu zzer so unded a 67-58 Grand Island victory. Despite t h e fi n e performance of John Buller who led .the Warriors' scoring totals with a game total of 21 points, Westside failed to sink enough shots to defea t Hastings in the 1963-64 season opener Friday, Dec. 6. The Warriors who 't railed in all four qu arters were eight points down from Hastings as the final buzzer so un ded freezing the score at 61 53.

Abe Lynx Rough

by Dahl Sen-I>etrarch Although prospects for the Westside varsity cagers to defeat Abraham Lincoln tonight are certainly brighter following thei r two ~ic.tories last week than they were after their two opening losses, no one at Westside has anYJ r eason to get cocky about to With the first icy blasts of win- night's contest. The Warriors ter, the i n ter est of millions of wo uld be making a grave mistak American sports fans t u rns .t o bas- to judge AL basketball teams b k etball. At the same time, as has comparing them to the relative! weak football squads the schoo become u s ua l in the last few years, many sports writers begin fields. Westsiders may bear th criticizing one of t h e very few fact out for themselves simply b t rul y Am er ican s ports. The com- recalling Westside's narrow on point victory over AL in regula ments of t h ese writers u sually r ev olve aroun d. statements concer n- season play and its loss to AL i the Holiday To urnament last year ing t h e over prevalence of "over s ized giants a nd whistle bowing AI.though the season is youn the 1963-' 64 Lynx squad has a ! officials" i n m odern bask etball, w h ich according to these jou rnalready earned a reputation for i ists "empty the game of interest.'' scoring abilities having averaged There is probably !Lttle doubt 71 points a game thus far thi t h at th e game of bask etball does . year. Accord ing to Coach Jim bore m any people, bu t as t o mer it- Tangdall, the Warriors will have in g th e criticism it receives every to better ·t heir previous performyear t h ere is some dou bt; for staances to be victorious over a team .tist ics show t h at each year bas- .th at scores consistently that highk etball attenda n ce is greater than ly. I n ever bet on imp rovement r acing, boxin g, baseball, football, t herefore-AL TO TAKE WEST· a nd h ock ey com bi n ed . SIDE.

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Westsiders Westside's Distributive Education Club will have its Fifth Annual Employer-Empl(}yee Luncheon on Feb. 4. The luncheon will be held on the east ballroom of Schimmel's Indian Hills Inn. The purpose of this luncheon is to honor (}f the employers. At the luncheon each Bltudent of the club will introduce his em ployer. Other guests, such as the school administrator, will be introduced also. There will be .a short program which will consist of a film called "DECA-Profile of Leadership" and several short talks given by some of the guests. Marvin Braun, the club's vicepresident, will preside over the luncheon. The welcome will be given by Jack Williams, president of the club. Bonnie Roshong, the club historian, will be in charge of the introductions.

Debaters Shine

With-16-20 Win The Westside debate squad won 16 of 2 0 rounds of debate at the K earney debate tournament Friray and Saturday, Jan. 10 and 11, to place fourth among 3 2 schools attending the contest. In individual events Steve Curelop won 1st place in radio news C(}mmentary, and Jan Laitos took 3rd place honors for original orat(}ry. Other Westsiders partiCipating in thet ournament were Ray ryden, Scott Crabtree, Bob Buch lz, Rob Laitos , Jeff Meyers, Dennis Adams, and Mike Diegel. There are 26 intramural teams this year each playing. once a -,week . "Intramural's purpose," aid Mr. Wayne Wagner sp(}nsor, "is toma ke available' to all boys an all around actvity who do not articipate in inter-scholastic athetics."

Westside s Freyder

o live in Mexico Phil Freyder, senior, has reeived a $450 scholarship to Mex-

Westside has 11 Nebraska Regents ing winners are (front row, 1.-r.): Cleav~s, Joe Limprecht; (second Bailey, Stan Lemon, Gary Gray, and

Scholarship winners this yea r. The follow Steve Curelop, Mickey McFarland, Carol row), Les Johnson, AI Beauregard, Bill Bob Rose. (Not pictured, John D'Audney.)

Westside this year boaBits 11 of of the state'·s top 100 Nebraska Regeruts scholarship winners. These seniors are Bill Bailey, AI Beauregard, Carol Cleaves, Steve Curelop, John D' Audney, Gary Gray, Les Johnson, Stan Lemon, Joe Limprecht, Mickey McFarland, and Bob Rose. . Joe was also named to the Second All-State Scholastic ·t eam chosen on the basis of the scores. "The winners will receive fouryear tuition scholarships if they decide at attend the University of Nebraska," said Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance counselor. In addition to the four-year scholarships are 2 50 one-year scholarships which are distributed to ·students with high scores but wh() did not reach the finaU.st level. There is one given to schools throughout .the state until they are used.

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As these one-year scholarships are •t urned down, they will be offered to >those students who placed as alternates. Of the 117 Westside students who took the test this year 7 0 are alternates. The)" are Cath}' Arnold, Kathy Arthur, Rick Bergstrom, Dave Bigler, Knox Bish· o_p, Bill Boelter, Bob Boyd, Barb Brizzee, Gail Burbridge Cheryl Callahan, Gary Carlton, Carol Cole, Scott Crabtree. Eloise Cramer, Paul DeFreese, Tim Denz· ler, Ann Dilworth, Bill Dixon, Karen Ed· en, Max Elliott, Mary Fendle, Jane Fjel· stad, Carol Francis, Bruce Frasier, Phil Freyder, Garry Grau, Sharon Harding, Les· lie Henderson, Ron Hinckley, Sandy Hin· man, Dick lmig, Bob Johann, Mike John· son, Dave Keifer. John King, Lynn Koetter John Kotouc, Gale Krichbaum, Darlene Kriesel, Jeanne Krough, Bette Anne Kuhn, Jan Laitos, Steve Levine, Susan Lockwood, Rus~ Ly· man, Diane Madsen Mary Marple, James Manchester, Sam Methe, David Miller, Laurie Olenberger, Jane Palmer, Ginny Pat· ten, Gary Peterson, Karen Petranek, John Piper. Dave Rains, Jim Reese Bill Robinson, Jane Ross, Jon Runstrom1 Stan Saklar, San· <!Y Schapiro, Ron Swanaa Harlan Susman, Gwen Sutter, Jackie Tharp.~, Constance Wilder, Brenda Williams, and l..ieorge Woodbury.

.. ~-PAGE TURNERS~ See all the ads ........................ page 3 Is spirit lacking among Westside boys? See editoriaL......... ...............................................-..... page 2 Swim team successful.......page4 Key Club honors Snowball Queen ...... :................................ page 3 The library has many interesting science fiction books. Read Between the Book Ends .....-..........-.-....-....-.....page 2 Ski Club is planning more trips to Crescent Ski Hills... page 3

Junior Class Holcls Dance Tonight immediately following the North-Westside game the Junior Class will sponsor a sock hop. All students are invited to bring 50 cen.ts and their activity ticket to the girls' gym to dance or Us-ten to the music of Curt Chiles' Combo. J()hn Buller, class president remarked that they have earned enough money, $900 for the Prom which will be held May 23 at the Stock Yards Exchange Building. However John urges everyone to attend and support the Junior Class so they can present the best Prom ever.

Sociology Group Visits Gle nwood

"It came somewhat as a Christmas gift," stated Phil, for he was nformed of the scholarship Dec. 24th. A postponed field trip to Iowa Last year Phil took a test put out by the American Association State Hospital for the Menially of Teachers of Spanish and Por- Retarded took place Monday, Jan. 13 , for 7 5 sociology students. The uguese. "I was later notified I had scored in the top 1 per cent · original date set to visit the Glenof the nation,'' he stated. Phil wood, Iowa site was Nov. 25, the was given applications for t)le date of national mourning for the 3Cholarship and was selected on a late President Kennedy. Three classes of . juniors and competitive basis. · He qualified gain and was one of two students seniors in sociol(}gy, taught by Mrs. Clara Dunn, lett from school ut of 20 who was selected. Monday and arrived at 10 a.m. for "Experiment in International a lecture on the procedure for the .Living" is the name of the scholcare of the patients. Until noon arship. "Its basic purpose is to s (} c i a 1 workers, psychologists, promote world peace and under- teachers and others concerned in !tanding through individual con- the field talked to the group. The :act with families,'' he continued. patients put on a short performance. Phil will stay with a Mexican Later in the afternoon, the 1~amily for four weeks, followed by group took a complete t(}ur of the period of informal travel building where they "saw :the paI roughout Mexico with a mem- tients in their everyday activities," said Mrs. Dunn. 1 er of his new family.

Finals Cover Three Days "Final exams will be given over a three day perioo: Jan: 21, 22 1 and 2·3,'' stated Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistan,t principal. "Period one and five tests will be given on Jan. 21, period two and ·t hree on Jan. 22, and period 4 and 6 on Jan. 23," added Mr. Farar. Two hour exams will be administered >to grades nine through 12 . Students will not be required .to attends study halls on .t hese days. If a student chooses to attend a study hall during an exam period he must remain for the two hours. Students are not to be in the halls during an exam period he must remain for the two hours. Students are not ·t() be in the halls during an exam period he must remain for the two hours. Students are

Lunch Room Schedules: For Semester Exam Week North 11:23 South 11:88 Delano Althouse Haffey Clare Harison Davis Lang, c. George Reed Study Hall Swift Allen Wincina Baryenbruch Geisler Lemon North 12:08 South 12:18 Ha11Sen Stein kruger Koch Van Amburgh WelLs Winchell Larsen Egbert Sadler Mansur Muenchrath Nance Patz Swartzbaugh Speece Noooell McCormick McCormick North 11 : '18 South 11:58 Hoyt, w. Andreas Russnogle Aspen Tangdall Dunn Buman Hoy·t , J. Dewell Hicks Krhounek Kelley, H. Limbaugh Library McAllister Nelson North 12:23 Lane Rademacher Steuck Wederquist Grizzell Fuer•st Handschuh Olson

not to be in the halls during an exam period. They must either go to .a study hall or leave the school grounds. Final Examination Schednle: Tuesday, Perioo 1 and 5 8 a.m. lO:lL................ period 1 exam 10: 17 11 : 17 .....-.....period 3 classes 11: 2 3 12: 4 8............... period 4 classes 12:54 2: 50 .................. perioo 5 exam Wednesday, Period 2 and 3 8 a.m. 10: 1 L ................ period 2 exam 10: 17 12: 4 8 .....-........... perioo 3 exam 12 : 54 1 : 4 4............ perioo 5 classes 1: 55 2: 5 0.....-..... period 6 classes Thursday, Period 4 and 6 8 a.m. 9: 05 .....-..... perioo 1 classes 9: 11 10: 1 L .......... period 2 classes 10:17 12:48 ..................perioo 4 exam 12:54 2:40 .................. perioo 6 exam

January 17-~0I"th

Basketball, Here 20-Pep Club Meeting 21-Key Club, 7:30 p.m. 22-Y-Teens 24-First Semester Ends 25-City Table Tennis Tourney 25-Frosh Dance 27-FTA, 2:50 p.m . 27-Make a Convocation, 10:24 28-Hi-Y Meeting 7:30 p.m . 2 8-0ne Act Plays 30-Math Program, period 5-6 3 0-0ne Act Plays

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After Five Years of l eaching Mrs. Krhounek To ~eave WHS Mrs. Krhounek · will be leaving Westside at the semester to begin a family and lead a domestic life. She has been teaching math courses at Westside for four and one half years and ·has been Pep Club sponsor four years. Teaching was her first job and the first time she was out (}n her own. Mr·s. Krhounek replied she "wouldn't .trade these four years of experience for anything." Speaking from a woman's view point Mrs. Krhounek recommends teaching for a professi(}n. She said, "It's never dull, there is a chance in the summer to advance yourself and a woman may quit to raise a family and then if she wants or must, go back again. After her family is grown Mrs. Krhounek m a y go back to teaching, and she'll a 1 ways have t h e experience should circumstances demand a career. "Unusual class experiences and

the fact teaching is no·t routine,'' is ·the way •t he math teacher will remember her career. As Pep Club sponsor "the or· ganization and the loyality shown by the girls" will stick in her mind.

Mrs. Krhounek said with a sigh thats he "has mixed emotions about leaving WHS. I'm quite excited to start my family but hate to loose contact with the faculty and students." She definitely plans t(} follow--" Westside academically and athletically through the newspapers and teachers. Mr. Roger Hoffman, a Ja,nuary graduate from Midland College will ;take over Mrs. Krhounek's position. Miss Marilyn R(}lf and Miss Julie Donoghue will continue as Pep Club sponsors without the aid of Mrs. Krhounek. "We have not chosen any names for the baby yet, but with a last name like Krhounek it's pretty hard t(} get a good one," laughed Mrs. Krhounek.

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WESTSIDE

Friday, January 17, 1964

LANCE Who Needs a Degree? when ...

The Spiritless Ones Students of Westside pride themselves on their everlasting, ever-increasing spirit. Other schools look upon Westside with regard . Teachers and parents encourage and praise this enthusiasm. As freshmen we first encountered this intangible thing called school spirit on a large scale. It was new and exciting. This spirit was immediately instilled in many students for the rest of their high school careers. But for the less mature, enthusiasm for their school was considered trite and insignificant. All too often, by the time they had reached the senior level, they had acquired a "Jekyll and Hyde" attitude of enthusiasm for their school. Repeatedly to outsiders they were· the first to boast of being a Warrior) but this position was all 'too often not carried over into actual school participation . To be sure these Westsiders attended athletic events and other school sponsored activities .. However, they were there as bleacher-sitters, and not as participants and supporters. A first-rate example of this may be observed at any typical Westside basketball game. Review some of the happenings of one particular game. The Pep Club has been standing up and singing the school song for as long as most of us can remember. The .Westside boys made the eff-ort to stand up although no one exerted the effort to sing their school song.

On-Job Training ~ Pays 0ff by Dick lmig Recently the Westside Senate and Student Council have · been striving to please every type of student, whether his pleasure be basketball, bridge, or pool. Scheduled for .the week of Febr. 24th is a basketball game pitting the . senior girlos against the junior girls. Also scheduled for late January or early February is a duplicate bridge tournament ·for the numerous card fans at Westside. And last but not least, there are pool tables in the Student lounge for people who enjoy this pa,sttime. Another activity of the council took place immediately before the Christmas Holidays when a tea honoring our faculty was held. Although Rich Young has lost the key to the suggestion box, still feel free to drop in any ideas you might have.

by Jan Laitos The yells led by the cheerleaders are not just for the Pep Club, but for the entire studer;~t body. During a particular game the Pep Club rang out with "Victory Competition ." The sophomore and junior boys partook in this cheer. But when it was the seniors' turn, two boys stood up. A third attempted to do the same, but his friends pulled him down. Don't these boys want to be recognized as the senior boys of Westside High School? Many boys were to be noted clapping and cheering after baskets and free throws. But there were also those vegetables who sat throughout the entire game with blank expressions on their faces, unmoved and unstimulated by the excitement which flooded through the great portion of the crowd. Surely, these people could find a better way to spend a Friday or Saturday night or a better place to wait for their girlfriends. MARGO STAN LEY

Between the Book Encls by Mrs. Marilee Goldthorpe Time: approximately 2060 A.D. Vacations to the moon have become quite common now. One of the main tourist attractions is the cruise across the Sea of Thrist, miles of dust as fine as talcum powder, in the Selene, the only specially designed Dust-Crusier. Captain Harris always t akes his tours through the canyons and around the Mountains of Inaccessibility, which are surrounded by the Sea, before returning to Por·t Roris. This particular group was t(} have a most unusual and horrible experience before their return. As the Selene was making its trip homeward, the Sea seemed to come alive and began moving in a circle of tmany acres in extent. Then it deepened into a funnel. The Selene was going into the depths! Dust began falling all around it. "In darkness and in silence, they were sinking into the Moon. This is the setting for a FALL OF MOONDUST One of Arthur C. Clarke's many science fiction novels. Many of you come into the library and ask, "Where are your science fiction books?" Since they are fiction, these books are placed in alphabetical order by author with the fiction . The card catalog has a science fiction drawer for your convenience in finding these books.

Jules Verne became the first well-known science fiction writer with his TWENTY THOUSANDS LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. He wrote ' about submarines almost thirty years before they were invented. Automobiles and airplanes were also in some of his stories, all of which were quUe unbelievable in his time. A few other science fiction writers are H. G. Wells, Andre Norton, Isaac Asimov, Paul Stanton, Robert Heinlein, Lester Del Rey, Franklin B.radbury, and Alan Nourse. Some, such as Arthur Clarke, and a especially Asimov, are also well-known for their scientific writings. Don't overlook the many collections of science fiction short stories. Three new ones in the library are SPECTRUM, SPECTRUM II, both edited by Kingsly Amis, and FROM THE OCEAN, FROM THE STARS, by Clarke. The catalog cards for these will have "S C" .. for story collections, in the up·per left corner. Jules Verne's were considered fantastic and improbable to his readers. Many times the modern science fiction seems very unlikely to us; and yet, most writers use proven scientific knowledge in their stories. S(}meday vacation trips to the moon may be very common. In the meantime, many people enjoy reading into the future.

The author of the following poem would like to apologize for the garbage that was in the Christmas issue of .the Lance. Lt is hoped that this attempt will make up for it. When He came It was like a sno~fiake falling (}n the cold December ground. When he left It was like the roar of a mighty oak tree Felled by the blunt ax of an ignorant wood·s man. Before He came The world was festering like an oozing sore. After He left The wound was closed Healed permanently by His soothing medicine of hope. During His life The earth's people were like an untouched field. When He departed The field had been cuLtivated And the fruits of harvest were swaying majestically Over the land. He was born in a land of misunderstanding He died. Forgiving the land There were none like Him before His birth There has never been one since.

"Train1ng for the adjustment and participation in work is the purpose of the Distributive Education program," stated Mr. Dale Fuerst, distributive education instructor. "Our program .teaches the principles and practices of business," Mr. Fuerst con·t iued. The actual job experience is where they can put into practice whlllt is taught in class." The DE motto 'Developing future leaders for Marketing and di.stribution' is put into ·effect by two courses, merchandising and distributive education. D u r i n g their junior year students interested in business may take merchandising and learn various facts and talents which they put into practice their following year in Distributive Education. Students .then may take jobs in their .s eparate fields of interst. "Generally, there are three types of people who enr(}ll in the DE program," Mr. Fuersot stated. College bound students who are planing business careers are the first group. They usually plan to go on to college for background and then on to executive roles. The second group, terminal, plans no more education after high school. "DE makes it easier to get jobs and the experience is helpful in t he future because it bridges the gap between high school and work. " Mr. Fuerst commented . He also stated that student s of an exploring nature compose the third group. "They are not sure of what they want to do or what they want to be. It can work either way. Most of the students know when they are through if they want ·t o take a ~areer or want further development at college," he replied: About 26 senior are involved in the DE program, working, being paid, and receiving school cred ~t . Each year the senior DE students

Teachers Attend Tea Members of the Westside English Dept. were invi·ted to. attend the Omaha University English Tea Jan. 13. The purpose of the tea was t o acquaint the teacher·s wit h the rules for the " Grains of Sands" wri·t ing contest. The conte&t is f()r high school students wishing to enter work in the " Grains o.f Sand" literary magazine. Also attending were English teachers from the Omaha School system.

receive 10 credits plus five addiHonal credits if they worked both semesters. Distributive Education, outside of being an academic course, is also a club which has members and officers which c () m p e t e against (}ther DE clubs in contests. " Most contests are demonstrations of salesmen-ship, public peaking, ad layouts, and in general, individual par.ticip111tion," Mr. Fuerst ment ioned. Westside's DE club has participated in .the state DE contest every year, won honors, and has gone on to the national contest for four years. Personality development and human relations play an importan•t role in distributive educat ion. "They have dances and banquets throughout the year where the students from all over can meet one another," Mr. Fuerst concluded .

by Mr. Karl Pecht Berea College is loc111ted in Berea, Kentucky. It is a privBJte, liberal arts college with about 1300 students. Two degrees are offered : the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science, wLth all of the u sual areas for specializastion. Anyone can arl'l'ord to go to Berea ; the trick is getting in . Students in the top t hird of t heir class, wioth scores (}n the College Boards high enough to show signs of being educable, and extra-curricular activities are given consideration. Thus far, Berea sounds like any other good college. There are several unique features . First, there is no tuition charge, and the cost of board, room and fees for a whole year total about $500 . All students are :.:equired to work rut least 10 hours per week in the college labor program and earn up to one-fourth of their fees. The college considers t he educational value of this labor important. Here is t he hitch: about 90 % of the students are selected from the Appalachian Mountain area, and preference is given to them in the admission office. The other 10 % come from the rest of the country and from• foreign countries. A Westsider would have a chance of admission, but no assurance of being accepted.

Office Duties Rewarding and

Secretaries Praise Work Mrs. Darlene Eliason, Mrs. Alice ·Gillogly, and Miss Charlene Olson are always busy during the week days for their tasks in the office include answering phones, typing up transcripts, and in general, working with the students themselves. ' 'I- found it very rewarding and refreshing working with young people," replied Mrs. Eliason. She has been at Wests·i de five years and is the secretary in the Guidance Dept. She is a clerical worker and helps with schedules and report cards. Mrs. Eliason aLso arranges conferences for counselors and parents.

All Freshmen ·are invited to come to the Freshman Dance, the first social activity of the year, to be held in the girls' gym on Jan. 25 from 8-10 p.m. Music will be provided by the Satelite C(}mbo.

Mrs. Alice Gillogly, who is Mr. Kenneth Hansen's secretary, has been here for 10 years. She came only as part-time help and when the superintendent's office was moved she decided to stay with the high school. "I think that the people I have met out here the faculty, parents, and student~ are just about the finest group of people I have met." Mr. Ralph Farrar's secretary who is also in charge of the attendance office is Miss Charlene Olson, who has been here one year she stated, .that "Since I am a graduate of Westside, I enjoy working with all of the students, many of them who are the little brothers and sisters· of my friends when I was also a student. I think the most interesting factor when I first started here was the fact that I was on the (}ther side of .the fence from the students. I especially enjoy working under Mr. Farrar and have learned a great deal from him."

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Members of the Red Cross recenUy elected Susie Ness as Westside's candidate for queen of the Criss-Crosser Dance, April 1Oth.

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Skiing Fad Hits Westside

This year, for the first time, the It's winter time in the Midwest ' Esquires Club decided to order club pins. Thursday, Jan. 9, each and .the big winter fad sweeping girl in the club ordered one from t>he United States skiing, is also the Bale Pin Company. The pins very popular at Westside. are in the shape of a shield with " Nearly 250 kids were at the the word Esquires written difirst meeting," stated Scott Crabagonally across the surface. The tree, president of Ski Club. The colors are red and white enamel sponsor of 't he club is Mr. Ed Sadand they also have a guard set ler and the other officers are Bill with the class numerals on 'it. The Olson , vice-president; Rick Anpins are expected to arrive within derson, secretary; and Rusty Lythe neXJt three weeks. man, treasurer. "There are no dues -t his year, but 50 cents will be charged for insurance on skis. So many were broken last year." Scott added.

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WHS Defeats Benson, Central The Warrior varsity upped their season record to 7-3 with wins over Benson and Central. High scoring John Buller and ·S harp-shooter Rick Willis led the Warriors in both victories. Central put on a surge in the latter stages of .the game but couldn't make up the lead the Warriors had accumulated . The Eagles were very close .to upsetting the favored Warriors with a final score of 6 6-6 3. Benson, trying to match shots with the Warrior's from the beginning of the game on, but could not compete with the point mak ing ability of the Warriors. The Warriors held on in the end with the final score ending up 6 4-5 8.

Westside emerged from the Inter-city League Holiday Tournament with a respectable fifth place. Losing to Creighton Prep in the fir.s t round, the Warriors followed up with victories over South and North to win the loser·s, bracket. John Buller led Westside and all other tourney scorers with 7 5 points in three games. His to.tal was only three points less then the tournament record of 78 points set by Tech's Joe Williams in 1962. Co~tch Jim T a n g d a 1 1 was pleased with the Warriors performance and noted that there were several under-rated · city teams who showed that they would definitely be in contention for the Inter-city 'League crown.

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Grapplers Top North27-22 Westside grapplers defeated North 27-22 , but lost to tough Abraham Lincoln last week. Against North, 103-lb. Phil Du gan and 154-lb. Scott Swanson registered pins, while Randy Mess ner, Gary Krieger and Bill Robinson all won by decision. Joe Jones, final match. Phil Dugan, Tom Tom Phalen, and Bruce Sayles

tied. In the reserve meet Westside won 26-22 as John Brager's firstperiod pin was the deciding margin. Against Abraham Lincoln the Warrio·r s led all the way until the Phalen, Bill Robinson, Bruce Sayles, Randy Messner, and Joe Jones all registered pins as Westside was defeated 22 to 18.

· Westside swimmers continued their winning streak and proved that they are one of the strongest teams in the state by soundly defeating South, 84-11 and Tech, 7025. In .the South meet Westside won every event, topped off by Tom Curran's state record breaking 400 yd. freestyle . Other winners were Hap Patz, 100 yd. backstroke; Steve Jenkins, 100 yd. backstroke; Bob Johann, 100 yd. freestyle; John Lindstromberg, 100 yd. butterfly; Mike Stanner, 50 yd. freestyle; Curran, 200 yd. freestyle; John Larson 200 yd. individual medlay; and Steve Sor enson, diving. The following day, against Tech, Westside again won every event w~th Curran, Jenkins, JCihann, Larson, Lindstromberg, Patz, Sorenson, and Stanner repeating winners. Jan Laitos edged out Steve Jenkins for first place in the 100 yd. breaststroke, · and Bob Hurst captured the 200 yd. freestyle.

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Uncler Supervision of Mr. Wagner Ninth and tenth grades have a separate league which according to Mr. Wagner, the Aces and the Tigers are leading. The Blue Raiders and the Rejects lead the list for the eleventh and twelfth grade league.

namen.t will be held. The top four teams will play each other to determine the champion. In the 1112 grade league the cha;mpion of each division will play to determine :the o·v erall champ.

Juniors and , seniors participate more in intramurals and so this league has two divisions. The season last eight weeks and has improved over last year's.

All standard basket ball rules are used except that the clock never stops. Mr. Thomas Eastlack, Mr. Willam Haffey, Mr. Richard Lane and Mr. Rex Steinkruger are the referees.

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Vol. 8-No. 8

M_ath Moves With Times

JANUARY 31-Basketball at South

FEBRUARY 1-Far East Pancake Supper, 4:30 3-Pep Club Meeting 6,7-"Wildcat" 8:00 p.m. 8-College B o a r d s 8 : 3 0 a.m. 8-Bas•k etball, Bellevue 11, 13-0ne Acts 14-Valentines Day 14-Basketball, Tech 18-10th Annual Warrior Downbeat, 7: 3 0 21-Basketball at Southeast 2 2-Sweetheart Dance 26-Basketball, Fremont

Throughout the entire District 66, a modern program in math is taking place with emphasis on changing times. "There are new methods and topic introductions stressing interrelationships instead of separate," stated Mr. Alvin Gloor, math instructor. "The program has many tracks with provisions for students to take five years of math," he continued. Students •t hat begin algebra in the eighth grade can be pre.p ared for going into areas of calculus on college level providing they continue mwth t h r o u g h o u t high school. "The levels of the modern math program slowly change with the time," said Mr. Gloor. The program was initiated five years ago with Miss Anna McConnell. "In a couple of years we expect to have changed into a modern program w i rt h rearrangements and additions of new products," Mr. Gloor added. Just as improvements in •t he science and social studies departments are made, there are improvements in m~~>th to move with the times. "Material is changing and better suited ,t o rthe preparation of studenrts in this day and age," concluded Mr. Gloor.

Varsity Squad Places Fourth The Westside varsity debate squad won six of eigh,t rounds of debate to place fourth among all schools participating at the Fremont High debarte tournament Friday and Saturday, Jan. 17 and 18 . .Steve Curelop brought back a personal trophy for the second week in a row by winning first place in ex,tem.poraneous speaking. In other individual events, Jan Laitos once again took fourth place honors in original oratory, and Betsy Raskin won fourth in the girls' division of extemporaneous speaking. · Other contestants in the tournament from Westside included the consistently w i n n i n g , but unhearalded Ray Dryden, and Scott Crabtree.

Freshman ·class Looses $35.00

In a recent atrtempt to earn money the Freshman class lost $35.00! The Freshmen sponsored a dance held Saturday Jan. 25 in the girl's gym rto raise money for their future prom. According to Bill Protz, treasurer, "only 7 5 students attended and the dance ended with someone throwing something a·t the Combo." In the spring the class plans to another project in order rto break even and then have a Freshmen Class Picnic in May.

Plans Progress For Graduation At a senior class meeting Jan. 22, it was disclosed that on Saturday, Febr. 15, seniors from Westside and many surrounding schools will be the guests of the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln. Studenrts will go to three lectures, eat lunch and then take a tour of the campus. All seniors are invited to go whether they plan rto attend N. U. or not. It was also announced that m~asurement for graduation robes will take place on Monday morning, Febr. 18.

6reat Decisions, UN Debate Present Current Problems Are you aware of •t he key global c h a 11 eng e s facing the United States foreign policy? If not, there is an opportunity for you rto learn about eight topics concerning U.S. and its Foreign relations. 'Great Decisions ... 1964' gives you the Westside students, the opportunity to learn more about current problems. K~ts are given to interested citizens and students containing information a b o u t foreign policy problems. Tllese people will then present this information and formulwte discussion questions. There will then be a period of open discussion. Topic presen•t ations will be given once a week for eight weeks beginning Feb. 9. Topics for 'Great Decisions . 1964' are " W or 1 d Communism Today,"

"France and the West," "Egypt and the Middle East," "Disarmament," "Castro's Cuba, "Indonesia," "Foreign Aid,''- and Ideological Warfare." American Citizens' Forum is another organization interested in current problems of the United States. The purpose of ACF is to be alert, inform, and safeguard a Free America. The first of four lectures sponsored by ACF will be presented Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. The program to be held in .the Music Hall of rthe Civic Auditorium will be in the form of a debllite. Mr. Samuel Blumenfeld will take an affirmwtive stand and Mr. William Morgan will discuss the negative prospects of the topic; R e s•o 1 v e d : The Unf.ted States Should W i ·t h d r a w From the United Nwtions.

One-Act Plays To Be Feb. 11, 13 On Feb. 11 and 13 the annual One-Act plays will be presented in the Westside LiHle Theater. Mrs. Anna Clark, drama teacher, stated that the three plays rto be prese~~:ted this year are "WurzelFlummery,'' "The Man in .the Bowler Hate" and the "Ladies Macintosh." The plays are sponsored and produced by the Thespians. The characters in Wurzel-Flummery are: Robert Crawshaw, Larry French; Margaret Crawshaw, Barb Larsen; Viola, Pam Nye; Richard Meriton, Rich Young; Denis Clifton, Bob Smallwood and .t he student director will be Linda Larson. The second play, "The Man in the Bowler Hat" will star; John Chris Petersen; Mary, Elaine Tegtmeir; Hero, Brent Warren; Heroine, Ed Spencer; Bad Man, Bob Schwarz and the stude11:t director will be Tim Gerber. The third play, "The Ladies Macintosh," will star Susan Lockwood, Kathy Laas and Rich Caniglia. Tickets may be obtained from ahy cast members.

Member's of Mr. Winchell's Far Eaf!'t Classes along with Z-Club and the Student Council are busily working to make Westside's Annual Pancake Supper as big a success as last year's. The supper will be held tomorrow night, 4: 3 07: 3 0 in the cafeteria. Our regular cafeteria staff will be serving. · It is hoped rthat everyone will have a hearty appetite. It will begin directly before the Benson-Westside game. The purpose of the annual pancake supper is ·t o raise money for the Westside Scholarship fund. This year's goal is $1200. "You can have as many pancakes, sau.s ages, peaches, milk, and coffee as you can eat,'' says Phil Freyder, Far East student. Tickets may be purchased from any Far-East student for 7 5 cents.

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Bette Anne Kuhn, Jayne Sahler To . Head Lance Second Semester Bette Anne Kuhn and Jayne Sahler have been announced by Mrs. Judith Egbert, Lance sponsor, as editors for the second semester. Bette Anne remains editor and Jayne has moved from business .manager to managing editor. The new first page edLtor is Sally Thomas who was managing editor last semester; Susie Madden remains second page editor. Linda Shipke changed from .t he adver•t ising staff to the new third page . editor and Brenda W i 11 i am s switched from third to fourth page edLtor. Kathy Root is the circulation and promqtion manager.

'Wildcat' To Be Best Show Yet Febr. 6 and 7 the Top Choir will present rthe annual musical which rthis year is "Wildcat." It will be held in the girls gym at 8 p.m. Admission will be 50¢ for •S tudents, $1 for adults and $1.25 for reserve sewts. Baby sitters will be provided. Mr. William Kellogg, choir director, said, "I have one of the most talented groups this year and I think they will do the very most with the show-they will do one or if not rthe best shows yet." This year's leads are Rick Bergstrom., Joe; Gail Rowden, Wildcat; Sh.a ron Harding, Jane; Tim Gerber, Hank; Carol Ide and Carol Francis, cou11:tess; and Bill Bailey and Brent Warren, Sookie.

AGONY or ECSTASY? Do you hav~ a complaint) or compliment to make about the school? If so, fol low Joe Limprecht'sleadwho stated his opinion on page 2. Letters to the editor or Lance staff are always wel come. It's our wish to promote student interest.

Carol Ide is taking on the jobs of business manager and advertising manager combip.ed to head a larger advertising stafr. Included in this advertising staff a r e Diane Madsen, Judy Strattan, Arlene Tepper, and Shelly Wood.

Sportswriters are Steve Curelop, Gordon Sm~ley, Bill Strlllteman, and reporters ,are Cindy Lange, and Susie Ness. Also, t his semester the staff has taken on a new junior, Robyn Carcichael. Diane Woodhull remain.s the staff artist, and J ohn Quarles and Todd Clayton will continue as photographers. The reason for changing the staff at the semester is to give each members a more rounded experience.

Bands to Present Warrior Downbeat Westside's tenth annual War~ rior Downbeat will be presented. Tuesday, Febr. 18 and Thursday, Febr. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theater. During the first rthird of the program the Warrior reserve band will perform and throughout the remaind er of the program the concert band will perform. A trombone accompanied by the band and consisting of Dave Andersen, Jay Erdmann and Paul Thornblad will play a number known as "Slide-Kicks." This year's band captain Is Rick Berg·s trom. Other members of the staff include: Krist! Anderson, Dave Levine, Steve Levine, Dave McElroy, John Piper, Stuart Sunderman, Paul Thornblad, Pat Tv e r d i k , Ruth Unzicker and Wayne Woodland.

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After attending a pancake supper and basketball game, any Westside student may go to the Soc-Hop, sponsored by the KeyClub. Students will be dancing to the music of the Satelites, Westside's own combo. Admission is 50 cents. The Soc-Hop is also aiding the Scholarship fund.

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Extreme importance of planning individual high school programs is being stressed by the Guidance Department, said Mr. Jack Peterson, Westside counselor. Due to automation, students must decide quite positively what courses they want. Westside counselors will start registration for next year early in March. By Febr. 15 it is hoped the 19 6 4-6 5 registration bulletins will be distributed to eighth through eleventh grades. Mr. Peterson will be regi.s tering eighrth-graders at junior high schools first. These bulletins are "more complete" than they ever have been, according to Mr. Peterson. Each contains necessary high school requirements and a schedule for a tentative four-year program. It also has a list and explanation of everything offered at Westside in the school year, in the summer school program, and in special programs. The counselors hope to have everyone registered by April 15.

Interact Promotes World Fellowship Members of Westside's Interact Club were the guests of the West Omaha Rotary at a luncheon at the Hilltop House today. Mr. Bert Speece, club sponsor, said the luncheon will give the two clubs an opportunity to explain their programs to one another. Earl Beam, president of the club, will be the master of ceremonies. Gary Gray, Tom Henry, Eric HuUman, Jim Iverson, and Barry Zoob will be present to help explain Westside's Interact program. Interact is an international club. Westside's is the only one in this district. The purpose of Interac·t is to give young men an opportunity to work together in a world fellowship dedicated to service and international understanding.

THE MARCH OF DIMES

THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION REMINDER

The Deadline for signing up for the Mar. 7, College Boards is Febr. 8. The next opportunity to take College Boards will be May 2.

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WESTSIDE

Envy Leads to . Hate.

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One of the television newscasters commenting on the a-ss a s s i n a t i on of · our late ·-- pres:ident, · caHed the . :act ·· 1~ . . "A cutmi11otie ate." He Sl,lgg~st~d that heho(?.ed_that -~h'is would make all of us to e r look at ourselves and see if by Dick lmig we couldn't make a personal imprqve in this respect." Since the last issue of the paper This brought to mind many things that we a itnessing in our daily activities and perhaps even participate t a bqrder came out, the Student Council and Senate have worked on two basic on hate complexes. projects. Due to Council action, Have you made an extra effort . to make that new stu ~ent we were able to obtain closed cirfeel at ease, or are you one of a closed group that just co Cln't cuit television ,equipment from Bellevue Higb. School for use at possibly accept a newcomer? Di d hear a and relish it? It pleased you so much that you passed it on? the Westside-Prep game last Friday. Even though it was an untrue story1 by passing on rumors/ you Due to this television we were parti ipated in a hate campaign. Because a certain student able to ac·c ommodate several hundoes tter in math than you do, you /'hate" him?· Because some- dr ed more spectators. one is p · r or dresses better than you/ do you '/hate" _liei-? The Senate has been concenDoes it give you re to see someone hurt? trating on the Junior-Senior powThese acts and many o s are typical of hate campaigns derpuff basketball game scheduled that go on in school every day an hat are an example of what for Feb. ?O. Tickets will g!> on saie that week. the newscaster had in mind. Why don' t we Westside students ma _ · a particular effort to dissolve these feelings within our school, and bear in mind that saying ... 1 "There is so much bad in the be~t of us and a ch. good in the worst of us that it hardly 15 s t e best of us to talk about the rest of as." "The ;New Look of Industrial

Farrar Englebart Attend State Meeting

LINDA SHIPKE

Education" is the theme for thi·s year's Nebraska North Central Association of Secondary Schoolmasters, today in North Platte. Representing Westside are Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal, and Mr. Leon Englehart, head of the Industrial Ar-t s Dept. "Ever since Sputnik the empha·sis has been on the area of science, but now automation has changed t he outlook to industrial and vocational -training," &aid Mr. Farrar. " This meeting will offer _ the new trends in vocational trai ning." Tonight Mr. Engelhart and Mr. Farrar along with Mr. Martin Dunklau and Dr. Niels Wodder, district administrators, will attend the Nebraska Schoolmasters' Dinner,

by Diane Woodhull

Brenda s Babblings by Brenda Williams "I made a BASKET!" This .is a comme~ heard frequen,t ly (but not too requently) as t he two new WH ba.sketball teams warm up for th big game Feb. 20. Competition tween the junior girls and the senior girls will take place in ~ ront of the whole school. All girlsf have been practicing diligently and receiving all the hel possible Mr. Wagner, gym teac er who is amazed when ,t he gi _s make b · kets, has been teach ng layups nd dribbling techni es. Nat Uy, the seniors wil win . An example of th r poa showing by Linda Mc2 free throws in a x:ow! I predict a Class of '64 vi tory _by at least 'ght points.

outfits ; b ore the game,the first time ' n a out ·t wo years. Among a plea ed g up of boys were John Buller wh has been waithig to s2 ven years and Eric o's been waiting 17

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classes will hold a drawing critique. Each of his 10 students will be required to draw a model for a stadium entrance gate and ticket booths. They •m us•t allow space for six ticket sellers and r est rooms for men and women. "This must be a practical project which could be used .by the school board for our entrance," said Mr. Lang. After they draw t he J?lan they must build a scale model of it, planning for land scaping also.

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Each drawing must be on a minimum 18" by 24" base with a scale of ~"= 1 '. On Feb. 11, each student will present his project orally <to the class and •t he class will then give constructive crUicism to the student. Mr. Lang will grade each . student on originality, design skill, adherence :to rules and craftmanship. Mr. Ralph Farrar, Mr. Kenneth Hansen and Mr. Jerry Koc h,

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and has ball bearings? What's the latest hit recorded by the Beatles·? What has four wheels, four on the floor , and is fuel injected? What is purple, feminine and carries a gun? Who's pur pIe , weighs two •thousand tons and swims under water? Who's purple and carries a sword? What's two thirds-white and one-third purple? Who's purple and wears green silk stockings? Who's purple, uses silver bullets, and wears a mask?

Between the Book Enc:ls by Mrs. Marilee Goldthorpe Meeting an interesting person is always a pleasure. Yet many students fail to receive this pleasure because they do not read biographies. When they do come into tJle library for them, too often they say, usually wi•t h great disguest, "Where are your biographies? I have to read one for class." Everyday such media as TV, newspapers, and magazines, in addition to classwork, introduces remarkable people to all of us, people whom we should be interested in learning more about. Reading biographies of those in today's news can give a better understanding of current problems. Many times it is hard to realize that a historical person such as Benjamin Franklin, was once a child because we always see pictures of him as an elderly man . Yet a biography can tell of all phases of a person's life and make hlm seem more real and human . It can also make historical periods more meaningful with its descriptions of the' everyday life, customs; dress, ideas, and the events and people involved . How many people have received help or inspiration from reading about the lives of people with ·handicaps or problems? Lt would be impossible •to even ' estimate.

Biography even h e lps some choose a career. There is so much more to· be gained from biographical reading than ju s t learning about a person. The old saying (changed slightly) "Truth is more interesting and exciting !than fiction" would certainly apply to biography. There are two types of biographical books. The first is individual biography, which has one person as its subject. Collective, :the second type, many have each chapter on a different individual, such as PROFILES IN COURAGE; or the entire book may discuss a family like the ROTHSCHILDS. In our library the individual biographies are indentified by a "B" on the back of the book. The lower letJter will be 1the initial of •t he subject. The book THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF B E N J A M IN FRANKLIN has B/ F on •t he book spine. The library now has biography books on display, and any of them may be checked out. Also, the English teachers and the library have lists "Ou•t stand Biographies ies for ·College-bound Students" that any of the students may con·sult. Whrut interesting person are you going to meet soon?

e~ etcue~_'llp by Mr; Karl Pecht

Published Semi-Monthly by Journalism Classes

New Mexico Highlands is a libWESTSIDE' HIGH SCHOOL eral arts college ·with some em87th ond Pacific Sts., Omaha, Neb. phasis on teacher training.· It is loca:ted in north~rn New . Mexico, Editor ........................ Bette Anne Kuhn about half way between Chicago Managing Editor ......... Jayne Sahler and Los Angeles· on the Santa Fe Business Mana·g er.................. Carol Ide railroad. Witli an · altitu'de· of · 6,- First Page Editor......Sally Thomas Second Page EdLtor ... Susie Madden 500, there is a · good chance· of good -s kiing in t he winter. Las Third Page Editor...... Linda Shipke Surpris Coach Tang all! Guess Vegas is a 1town of about 15,000. Fourth Page Editor...:.. Brenda Wilwhere the eam goes w. en you tell -The em:oll.m ent is about 1,000. liams them to ro m around to-w n awhile The ..college offers .the bache- Advertising Staff ......... Judy Stra-Han before an ay gamt In Beatrice lors and masters degrees and a Arlene Tepper they were discove ed by none Ph.D . . in biological chemjstry. It Fea:ture Writer ..................Jan Laitos other than Mr. BiV Hinckley in also offets· two-year programs· in Advertising Manager......... Carol Ide an exciting pool ~arne between areas such as electronics, electri- Circulation and Promotion .........................Kathy Root city, printing, machine shop, and Jim Iverson andfu! ·s ecretarial science. Pre-profes- Sportswriters ............ Gordon Smiley, Bill Strateman Westsidertl! E erything's gone . sionaJ programs include medicine, Steve Curelop r ed and bla k! · restlers and B- law, dentistry, and. engineering. Out-of-state students must have Reporters ...........................Cindy Lange, Ball boys h ve~heir blazers, Pe_p Susie Ness Club and I w- lub have thelr at least a "C" average, . which would mean a 4.5 average at Photograp):J.er............... John Quarles, sweaters, 9rnd n o w-swimmers Todd Clayton Westside. The basic cost for one have their tW)>-toned trunks! Last Frida'y the Warrior basket- year is 9-QO for tif~tion, room, and Advisor ..................... Mrs. Judy Egbert . Artist ........:............~ __ Diane .Woodhull ball .team wore .t heir Teddy Bear board .

The Westside Pep Club annually chastises all Westside boys in a Lance editorial, for not being enthusiastic enougli at basketball games. Thi-s year, as always, we are attacked for not participating in Pep Club yells, not singing the school song, and , moreover, of not really caring one way or the other about the fortune s of the team. Let us look at these criticisms objectively. First, the school in which the boys follow cheerleader yells is extremely rare. For unexplainable reasons of pure tradi•t ion, it is simply not done, and probably never will be. Certainly the girlsdo n'.t expect us to wear white gloves and go through the intricate gyrations of the Pep Club, do they? To the second contention., of not singing the school song, I say so what.

I risk general condemnation by admitting I don't know it, and I doubt if many other boys do either. After all, it isn't the national anthem. To the last contention, I agree that most boys, at least in the upper grades, don't really care much about the team . But this isn't really so deplorable. If .the girls of the Pep Club want to- put the fol'tunes of t he basketball team uppermost in their minds, fine, but don't try to force the rest of us ·to agree with you. I submit that the Lance should praise Westsiders for putting their haranguing us to cheer louder at the games. I don't begrudge the Pep Club i1ts school spirit, but I , more than anyone else, admire the girl who has the courage to ubck conformi-ty by not being in the Pep Club . Thank you for the opportunity to express my views . Joe Limprecht, senior

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Ct tJB CliPBOARD Chairmen Plan Dance , Committee chairmen for th e Sweetheart Dance were chosen by the Pep club executive board . Decorating for the d ance will begin Wednesday Feb. 19 . All chairmen are r esp on ~ibl e for ideas pertainin g t o th e t heme of t he dance . Chairmen are over-a ll cha irman , Linda McDowell ; Jane P a lmer, Leigh Bovett, stage ; Susie Madden, Janet Sullivan, ta bles; Jackie , Haup t man , P a m Nye, wa lls ; J anie Trumbull , Cindy Wheeler, progra m s ; Debby Browne , Darlene Kri esel , adve rtising; Connie Wilder , Claire Perrigo , ceiling; Cindy Woodland , Kathy McBee, procession ; Bonnie R othschild, Marcia F i n 1e y , crowns ; Danny West , Jean Newman , getting tables ; Kathy Sharp, stickers ; Ann Snow, Lau rie Olenberger , baskets and doors; Karen

Eden , Karen Reigle, cookies; a nd Susie Ness, Susan White, pu nch table . Music for the da nce will be provided by Johnny Ray Gomez a nd <th e U-Neeks.

Y-Teens Sew Kimonos "Y -Teens will be working on needlework projects, " said Sherry Davis, president. Mem bers will be making kimonos and baby clo t hes to be donated throu gh the YWCA to hospitals. Y-Teens clubs throughout all of Omaha will be participatin g. " Materials will be passed ou t at t h e Feb. 5 meeting, " added Sh erry.

Page Three

McFarlin Performs Melody of Songs

FMA Takes Hospital Tour

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Singer Mr. P ~uth McF ar lin presented a convocation for the student body Jan. 2•4. H e was accompa nied by Miss Ja nette Grue n.

Future Medical a ssistants, more commonly called FMA, will tour t he St. Joseph 's School of Nursing Feb. 27. This tour will enable the club members t o see the school a nd its fa cilities .

It was a s pring-like morn-

The program containe d a variety of selections including " I Believe", " Th e Donkey's Serenade" from " The F irefly ", a piano solo " Climb E very Mount ain" from " The Sound of Music", " The Green-Eyed Dragon wLth Thirteen Tales", " Ra mb li ng_ Rose", a nd " Lucky Old Sun " .

St . Joseph's Hos pital has· the n ewest dormitories for nurses in Oma h a, said Mr s. Helen Kelley, s ponsor. The· building was complet ed in la.Jte 1963 , and also contains classrooms and recreationa i facilities, including a swimming pool.

in g. As the sun pulled itself up into the eastern sky, Wesley Wa r rior regreta bly pu lled h imself out of his warm, soft bed . "Seven o'clock! What a gruesome h our · of the mo r ning to have to get up! " The usual complaints,

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" Reh earsals are going well," Mr. Welsh conti nued," but four or tl.ve stu dents m ust r ead the same books." Th e m usic is complicated and written in books for musicians who can play four or five instruments. Westside st udent s are incapable of such a fflu ency now, a nd m u st t r a de books du r ing t h e present ation .

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@~chestra, Band Members Members of the Warrior Band and orchestra have been pr acticing in the evening to prepare for the music presentations of 'Wildcat.' " This year the group is made entirely of students," stated Mr . Harold Welsh, orchestra instructor. Previously, adults had played for Westside's m usicals. On e orchestra member stated " the music is hard." "Original manuscripts· tha.Jt pit orche ~tras on Broadway used are being played w i t h o u t simplifications," explained Mr. Welsh . "Aany<me who does the work has had qu ite an experience," he s aid emphatically.

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For the past ~o years record crowds have turned out to the gridiron and to the basketball floor to witness showdowns between the Junior Jays of Creighton Prep and the up-and-coming, but perpetual underdog Westside Warriors. Prep has a lways come through in the clinch; last Frid ay it was no di:fl'erent. Unbeaten Prep, ranked fi rst in the Intercity could not help b ut be concerned about their meeting with Westside, rated below the Jays, but nevertheless unbeaten in Intercity play also. For the first f our minu tes of the contest, the warriors took fu ll control of the game, r u nning up a five point lead , and mak ing It look as if Creighton had per hap.s bigger problems ahead tha:t evenin g than it h ad anticipated.

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But then it was all over. The Jays playing cool and collectedly suddenly began to pour it on the apparently rattled Warriors. At the end of .the first quarter, behind the top rebounding of senior Wally Anderzunas, and the accurate shooting of Herb Johnson the Jays were leading 17 to 11. By the half their lead had increased to 31-23. The second half proved just as fa;tal to the Warrior squad. By .the end of the game the Jays had increased their lead to 16 points, humiliating Westside by the final score of 7054. Beatrice had its seventh game winning streak broken by the visiting Warriors 79-70, Jan. 18. BeB~trice jumped to a first quarter

North lligh · which only the week before had surJrised iocal sports fan s with an upset victory over Tech, couldn't continue their winning, Jan. 17 , as the varsity Warriors maintained a 31-22 half~time lead to emerge victorious 59-56 at the end of the final period. The Vikings making a s pirited comeback after a life-less first half, tied up .the game in the final minutes of the last quarter, but couldn't keep up enough momentum to come t hrough with the win.

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Led by 6' 7" Jerry James, Westside's reserve B-ballers are carryby Bill Strateman ing a very respectable 7-1 record. Despite a disappointing loss to Winning their first six, the WarCreighton Prep, Westside should riors bowed to Beatrice, 58-45, to bounce back this week-end against end their winning streak. South and Benson. Sophomore Jerry James leads Tonigl:t.t, at South the Warriors the team in scoring witll a 13.1 should have no difficulty, unless average, and also in rebounding they are unable to contain South's with 23.0 per game. Behind James Ken Vincent and Walter Gullie. · in scoring is Roger Herring, who Saturday, with the advantage of is averaging 11 points a game. the home court, WHS should ·be Other reserves who have done able to stop the slipping, but still especially well this year . are Jim strong, Bunnies. Let's call it Jansen, Bob Urosevich, Steve TyWestside over South by 12 and ler, and Rusty Welch. Benson by 8. They earned a rewarding victory last Friday by tromping the .Creighton Prep team 82-58 .

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by Jan Laitos Last Friday th_e Westside swim team quelled any doubts which may have arisen over their abilities. In a moot of teeter-tooter like scoring, •t he Westside team came within 3 points fo. grasping its first Intercity championship. Beginning with a surprise second place in the medley relay, and ending with an unexpected first in the free style relay t he meet was a two-way struggle until the fin a l event. Central clinched it only because of the disqualification of Jan La lotos in the 10 0 yd. breast stroke and a .3 second touch out in t he 100 yd. free style. The team placed in every event and eventually won one of the two relays, and ·three other individual events.

C a I i f o r n i a super-star Tom Curran was the hero of the meet, breaking both state records in the 200 and 400 yd. free style. Sophomore Hap Patz showed the most courage and competitive spirit by winning the 100 yd. back stroke for a straight year, this time with a severely cut hand. The free style relay was the surprise winner, taking first place over a highly ranked Lincoln High team. The Westside qualifiers are as follows: medley relay ...... 2nd Tom Curran ...... 1sL ... 200 yd. free style Mike Stanner...... 6th ...... 50 yd. free style Don Larson ...... 2nd ......diving

Trackmen Get Ready Trackmen who are not participating in other s•p orts have already started working for the s pring season, says Mr. Bill Hoyt, coach. They are working outdoors whenever the weather permits or indoors after 4 p.m. Hurdlers and distance men are practicing in the halls. Weight men are also working.

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Sports Calendar JANUARY 31-Varsity and reserve B81Bketball; South at Frosh basketball; Westbrook here Wrestling Intercity Toura;t Tech FEBRUARY 1-Varsity and reserve basketball; Benson here Frosh basketball; at Tech Westling Intercity Tourney at Tech 3-Frosh basketball at Bellevue 4-Wrestling at Bellevue 5-Swimming a.t Benson Wresting a:t Beveridge 6-F r o s h basketball at Ralston 7-Wrestling at Lincoln 8-Varsity andres e r v e basketball; Bellevue here 14-Varsity andres e r v e basketball; Tech here Frosh basketball Benson Wrestling Distriot Tourney at Westside Sta;te Swim Meet at Lincoln 15-Wrestling. Dis .t ric t Tourney at Westside State Swim Meet at Lincoln

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Vol. 8-No. 9

Senate, Council To Boost Funcl

Sweetheart H ails Royalty

Girls Vie In B-Ball Game

The WHS Court will welcome the royalty and guests in a "Warrior Wonderland," Feb. 22, the '6 3-' 6 4 Sweetheart Dance. " 'Warrior Wonderland' is a different th~me than any used before," commented Linda McDowell, overall committee chairman. "Committees have all submitted their plans and are busy working on the decorations," continued Linda. The fifth annual WHS Sweetheart will recognize the Ladies of the Court; Andi Dugan, Denese Handschuh, Karen Nelsen, Jane Trumbull, Mary Gay Westering, and Brenda Williams, and the Princes; Earl Beam, Al Beaureguard, Jim Ellis, Gary Gray, Ron Hinckley, and Stan Saklar. "We urge everyone to come," said Mary Gay Westering, president of the WHS Pep Club. Tickets and stickers will be sold at the beginning of next week by WClub members. Entertainment will be presented by the Johnny Ray Gomez Combo from 8 p.m.-12 a.m.

Sophs. Learn of DECA Tuesday, Feb. 11, Sophomore Class attended a convocation concerning ·their future courses. "This is the age kids decide which way they are going to go," stated Mr. Dale Fuerst, Distributive EduC!Iition teacher. The Distribu·tive E d u c a t i on Program (DE) was presented t o the class and Marvin Braun, senior, was master of ceremonies. They also showed a film entitled "DECA Profile of Leadership." The guest speaker at the convocation was Mr. Louis Boukal, division sales manager of National Foreman's and Sales Institue. Mr. Leon Englehart, Industrial Arts teacher, also explained a new similar program for 19 6 4-6 5 concerning .trades and industries.

College Students Practice, Teach Second Semester Thirteen student teachers, 11 from Omaha University, are practicing at Westside this semester. Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, said, "Student teachers are beneficial to Westside because it gives uo a chance to screen them carefully. Also then ·the regular teacher is able· to spend more time with the individual who is having trouble in the course." Before students begin practice teaching, they fill out a form stating their first and second school choice. Unless the school discovers some conflicting matter they are permitted to start practice teaching. Westside has hired several student teachers as regular teachers after they graduate. "Westside students," according to Mr. Hansen, "usually accept the student teacher as an· ordinary teacher and don't pre-judge them." Colleges used to employ labs where students could learn teaching techniques, but this became too expensive so the idea of sending students to schools to teach was adopted.

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"What do you think this is, a wrestling match, Keat i ng ?~' says Ja nie Tru mbull to Pat Keating as (from left to right) Kit Dwyer, camera shy Chris Calandra, Mimi Rapp, Barb Grothe, and Kitti Murphy sta nd ready.

Debate Team Takes Seconcl Westside's debate team finished ,Events Series, Feb. 9. Senior desecond at the Bellarmine Debate baters Steve Curelop, Ray Dryden, and Forensics Tournament, the (and Jan Laitos debated, Resolved: largest in the state," and nation- Social Security Should Be Exended ally one o·f the top 10 tourna- to Includ·e Complete Medical Care. Feb. 11, Steve Curelop and Jan me~ts," stated Mr. Rod Hansen, Laitos presented an exhibition dedebate coach. "William Chrisman high school ' bate against Prep at an Arbor of Kansas has won the nationals Heights convocation. Steve and Jan gave anoth~r exsix consecutive times in the past hibition debate that evening . for 19 years. Westside defeated them, was second in sweepstakes, and the Nebraska division of the lost to Creighton Prep by one American Medical Ass'n. Ray and point," Mr. Hansen explained. Scott also attended t!he meeting The anual contest was held at held at the Omaha Athletic Club. Marion high school where some Wednesday Jan, Ray, Scott, and 200 debaters competed from Iowa, Steve left with other varsity deKansas, Minesota, Missouri, Ne- baters Les Johnson and Betsy Rasbraska, and Texas. kin to attend a four-day tournaSteve Curelop and Jan Laitos ment in Denver. The Rocky Mounplaced second in Championship de- tain Invitational Forensics a·n d Debate over previously undefeated bate Tournament is sponsored by Central and William ·C hrisman, Denver University. "Westside will national champions. "Kathy Laas bring back the sweepstakes trotook second in dramatic inter- phy." concluded Mr. Hansen smil" pretation, Jan Laitos rated second in g. place in orginal oratory, and Betsy Raskin won first place in girls' extemporaneous speaking," continued Mr. Hansen. Other debate activities scheduled this month included an apHard work has paid o:tr for 3 5 pearance on KETV's S p e c i a 1 Westsiders, who made second semester honor roll. These students maintained a "3" average with no grade lower than one "4". Feb.. 14-Happy Valentine's Day! Linda Adams, Diana Allen, Darwin AnJunior Red Cross derson, Gail Anderson, Harlan Anderson, Band Rehearsal Sixth hour Kristi Anderson, Pennie Anderson, Rick Anderson, Art Annin, Cathie Arnold, KathTech Basketball Game here leen Arthur, .Sandra Arthur, Jim Arundel, Feb. 14-15-State Swim Meet Joanne Attkisson, Hale Aust, Allan Bach, Steven Hackenberg, Jan Bachrach, Kandra District Wrestling Meet Bailey, William Bailey, Joyce Barrett, LinFeb. 16-"Brotherhood Week" da Barron, AI Beauregard, Betsy Barton, Tom Barton. Begins Lorraine Baska, Ward Baxter, Debby Feb. 17-"Brotherhood Week" Beal, J aneen Beck, Dave Bigler, Bruce Bikin, Francis Bladt, Leigh Bovett, Robert Convocation Boyd, Marvin Braun, Barb Brizzee, Ruth Band Sixth Hour All Week Brock, Debby Brown, Robert ~ucholz, John Pep Club Meeting Buller, Gail Burbridge, Wendy Burden, Randall Cable, Thomas Calame, Cheryl CalFeb. 17-18-Frosh Tourney lahan, Sherry Carlson, Gary Carlton, Robyn Carmichael, James Chase, Cherie Chim, Bar· Feb. 18-Key Club Meeting ry Christensen, Bill Clayton, Carol Cleaves, "Warrior Downbeat" Tom Cleveland, Sally Cockle, Charles Cocks,

This isn't Iowa but Westside ha11 girls' basketball now. However it is only a temporary affair. In order to raise money for the scholarship fund, the Student Council and Senate, after many ideas, decided on a basketball game between the junior and senior girls, Feb. 20. Admission will be 25¢ per student. Gary Gray is coaching the seniors and John Buller is the junior coach. Mr. Wayne Wagner and Mrs. Peggy Johnson will referee the game. Approximately 50 girls tried out. The senior team will consist of Jan Bosse, Barb Brizzee, Cheri Brown, Sheila Dewey, Kit Dwyer, Barb Grothe, Sandy Hinman, Linda Jackson, Pat Keating, Barb Kucera, Marsha Mattson, Kitty Murphy, Karen Nelsen, Margie Ringwalt, Jane R oss, Kathy Ryder, Lani Stockman, captain; Jo S .t e u t e v i 11 e , Sally Thomas, Jane Trumbull, Mary Gay Westering, Brenda Williams, and Pat Williams. The junior team members are Kristi Anderson, Leigh Bovett, Ruth Brock, Cris Calandra, cap-

Leonard, Pfuderer Entertain at WHS Mr. Bob Leonard and Mr. Bil Pfuderer entertained the student ,b.o dy today, at a convocation en.Utled "Contrasts in Shakespeare." The 't wo men presented a blend of comedy, drama, music, song and dance based on Shakespeare's most popular plays. Included in the program were scenes fr om "Julius Caesar", " Romeo and Juliet," "Taming of the Shrew," and "Hamlet." The selections were presented in a different way. Both Mr. Leonard and Mr. Pfuderer are professional enter· tainers of summer stock, radio, television, and !the theater.

tain; Sally Cockle, Terry Fox, Micki Freed, Barb Hosford, Kathy Kelley, Muriel Lefler, Cheri Moredick, Jackie Moore, Joyce Page, Pam Prall, Mimi Rapp, Kathy Rees, Bonnie Rothschild, Judy Runstrom, Nancy Shook, Ruth .Saunders, Judy Vanderpool, Karen Wendt, Barb Wintry, and Cindy Wheeler.

Hansen Attends Chicago Meeting Principal Kenneth Hansen represented Westside 31t the national Secondary School Principals Convention in Chicago Feb. 8-12. "Every state in the nation was represented and even several foreign countries sent delegates," said Mr. Hansen. The purpose of •t he annual meeting was to acquain't principals with new practices, curriculum programs, and administrative policies. Group discussions were held during which such problems as youth employment, dropouts, and "everything from electric data processing to discipline were discussed." Nationally known speakers such as Dr. James B. Conant, adviser to the Ford Foundation in Free Berlin; Mr. Allen Dulles, former head of the Central Intelligence Agency and presently a member of the Kennedy assassination investigating committee; and Mr. Francis Keppel, U.S. Commissioner of Education addressed the delegation.

.Attention Adults Adult square dance classes are now meeting on Friday evenings in the Westbrook Junior High multipurpose room. The classes meet from 7: 3 0-10: 3 0 p.m. Cost for the 12 week session is $10 per couple.

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Feb. 20-Student Council B-ball Benefit FMA Meeting Feb. 21-Yankton College Representative Feb. 22-Washington's Birthday (Tell The Truth Day) Sweetheart Dance Feb. 24-FTA Meeting Feb. 25-Hi-Y 7:30p.m. Feb. 26-Y-Teens

Andrea Cole, Connie Cotton, Dennis Cox, Steven Cozette, Charles Scott Crabtree, Eloise Cramer, Karen Curtis. Pam Dalling, John D'Audney, Sally Dean, Jewell DeFreese, Tim Denzler, William Dixon, Donna Doerflein, Dennis Dohner, Phy· llis Donaldson, Ray Dryden, Jacque Duch· anne, Duane Dudley, Jonell Dunn, Kathleen Dunn, Lynn Durham, James Dwyer, Nancy Eaton, Karen Eden, Micheline Eden, Larry Eisenhauer, Jon Elliott, Max Elliott, Barbara Engle, Jan Erdmann, Terry Eriksen, Jeff Esbenshade. Helen Fanckboner, Mary Fendle, Steve Ferry, Brian Finley, Anna Foster, Carol Francis, Roger Franz, Linda Freeberg, Philip Freyder, Gerry Gibbs, Linda Gilmore, Colleen Glisar, Judi Goldberg, Karen Gots·

diner, Gary Gray, Thomas Grossman, John Hafer, Susan Hansen, Susan Hargleroad, Mary Harnett, Debbie Harris, Steve Hatrung, Jackie Hauptman, Leanne Hazlett, Kathy Heckenlively, Debbie Hill, Steve Hill, Holly Hinchcliff, Ron Hinckley, Jean Hoe· mann, Eddie Hoke, Marilyn Holcomb, Scott Holdrege, Susan Holt, Tom Hood, Nancy Hosman, James Howl, Susan Howl, Rich Hoyt, Eleanore Hunter, Richard Imig, Mary Italia, Jim Iverson. Phil Jackson, Dean Jansen, Jon Jansen, Linda Jensen, Bob Johann, Karen Johnson, Leslie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Michael Johnson, Sandy K. Johnson, Steve Johnson, Bill Jones, Jo Alyce Kaplan, David Keifer, Nancy Keifer, Kathy Kelley, Jim Killerlain, John King, Candy Kiplinger, Tim Knight, Greg Knox, Lynn Koetter, Francis Koile, Larae Koppit, John Kotouc, Gary Krieger, Gale Krichbaum, Jean Krogh, Karen Krogh, Jane Krug, Bette Anne Kuhn, Kathy Kuzak. Jan Laitos, Stan Lemon, Susan Lockwood, Robert Lovgren, Linda Lovgren, Elizabeth Lueder, Penny Lyman, Richard Lymal}, Steve Ladwig, Mary Lair, Dave Larkin, Barbara Larsen, Merial Lefler, Louise Lewis, Susan Limbaugh, Joe Limprecht, Linda Madden, Susan Madden, Diane Madsen, Mary Marple, Don Marquardt, Marsha Mat· tson, Marjorie Mayberry, Gary McClendon, Cindy McDowell, Linda McDowell, Mary McFarland, Robert Mcintyre, Valerie Me· Kinnon, Mary McMahan, Sue McHaughton, Kathy Meier, Jeff Meyers, Pat Miller, Mar· tha Mincer, Barbara Montag, Greg Montes, Jackie Moore, Virginia K. Moore, Linda Morrison, Lynne Morrison, Gerald Mosher, Raymond Moulis, Barbara Munson, Melinda Murdock, Karen Murphy. K dlleet• Naylor, Don Nelsen, Kathryn Newcomer. Geraldine Nied, Barb Norberg, Marilyn Novak, Paul Olsen, Stan Ostrow, Jeffrey Passer, Howard Patz, Marilyn Pedegana, Tom Pelkner, Candy Pettengill, Claire Perrigo, Susan Petersen, Pam Peterson,

Christine Pinali, Afton Prestwich, Terrance Price, Michele Rachford, Jewell Ranieri, Joe Raroport, Betsy Raskin, Julie Reed, Kathy Rees, Jim Reese, Joan Rheingrover, Carol Richardson, Deb Richardson, Claire Richart, Bruce Ricldey, Douglas Riley, Nancy Riley, Selga Ritums, Millie Rivers, Ross Rizley, Barry Roberts, Sandra Robinson, Virginia Roe, Jeanne Roegner, Paula Rosen, Julianne Rosenbaum, Robert Rose, Bonnie Roshong, Carol Ross, Sharon Ross, Susan Jane Ross, Kathryn Ryder, Karl Jon Runstrom. Jayne Sahler,Don Salyards, Joanne Sacchi, Ruth Saunders, William Sawtell, Bruce Sayles, Harlene Schapiro, Kathleen Schilz, Marilyn Schlegel, Kurt Schroeder, Marilyn Sedlak, Elizabeth Seils, William Seims, Lynda Shannon, Leah Shelley, Dave Shephard, Nancy Silverman, Carolyn Simmons, Jerry Simons, Mary Skaug, Bobbie Smith, Christine Smith, Douglas Smith, Ann Snow, Linda Snow, Mark Snyder, Cynthia Sokol, Stuart Sorenson, Jeffrey Soucie, Gary Spaulding, Margo Stanley, Barbara Stein, Sally Steusloff, Susan Steusloff, William Strateman, Kathleen Stuhr, Jeffrey Sunderman, Stuart Sunderman, Harlan Susman, Fay Sutter, Gwen Sutter, Susan Swanson, Ramsey Swenson. Jill Tappero, Rita Tarpley, Sharon Tatreau, Elaine Tegtmeier, Dick Tharp, Karen Thoma, Carol Thomas, Sarah Thomas, Stephen Tobias, Bonnie Tomek, Janet Trachtenber, Sally Tramel, Candy Trapp, Brenda Turner,· Linda Tway, Barbara Udes, Ruth Unzicker, Annett Van Pelt, Barbara Veach, Douglas Vercoe. Cynthia Wallace, Jill Watson, Kay Welch, Linda Wemmer, Connie Wendt, Danielle West, Cheryl West, Cindy Wheeler, Barbara Whinery, Connie Wilder, Brenda Williams, Patricia Williams, Rick Willis, Steve Wilson, Gordon Wintus, Dan Wolf, Nancy Wood, Diane Woodhull, Karen Weber, Sally Woodworth, Pat Worley, Kathy Wurl, Rich· ard YoUllR'. Candv Ziesemann lbrrv nnh

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"Let 'em learn English." Too often in times past this has been the unfortunate attitude by Dick lmig of the American people toward the necessity of foreign lan During the second semester you guage education in high school. will be seeing numerous improve~ Perhaps it has never been so apparent as at a 40-nation ments throughout the schooL In conference a few years ago. None of the five United States the library a new clock will be delegates, each armed with a Ph.D and nearly 20 years educa- added. In tt he student lounge new tion behind him could speak in a foreign tongue. The United curtains, chair.s, and tables will be States was at a disadvantage because her delegates not only purchased. Also, along with rthe could not understand conversation first hand, but they could pool table, a ping pong table will not take into consideration the cultural background of the na- be brought in. These improvements are all coming in March and tive people in their decision. April. This lack of linguistic and cultural knowledge raises a barrier Two weeks ago the Council and between our foreign diplomats and the people of the country. Senate concentrated on making Suspicion and subversion run rampant due to lack of communi- the pancake supper a success. Last cation. One of the causes of the recent Pa·n amanian uprising week a bridge tournament was held in the girls' gym.. stemmed, in part, from a mistake in translation. Gary Gray and John Buller This failure in our language system puts the United States · have finally .s elected the members in poor comparison with other major countries. In the Soviet of their basketball teams. It apUnion, for example, an ambassador must master the princ;ipal pears that the senior girls, · language of his assigned country, as well as two secondary coached by Gray, should have a dialects. This education begins in the primary schools and by slight edge over the juniors. If the time a Russian student has finished college he has a mini- you enjoy football, I'm sure you'll want to see this game on Feb. 20 mum of nine years in foreign language training. at 2: 15 p.m. Admission is 2 5 cents In 1956 nearly 10,000,000 Russians were studying English, per person. but only 165 of all United States colleges even offered Russian, and there were far fewer high schools. Only 5,000 American students studied Russian and fewer still could study the desperately neglected eastern languages such as Chinese and How absurd Arabic. To be different It is not enough to speak a language 'without understanding From the Crowd. the culture behind it. New and more effective methods of teach- Not too loud, ing languages must be introduced, as well as a broader choice Not too proud, Not too flashy, of language material. There must be more of an inducement to Not too brashy. young language enthusiasts to go into foreign service. In the Keep it cool, past many have been discouraged by job insecurity and the Not too mousy, surprisingly low wages as compared with that of many pro- Not a creep, But not too neat. fessional men in the United States. Take your cue from Clearly the first step toward appreciation of foreign language The way they're talkingtraining in the United States must come through the schools, Way they're walking. both primary and secondary. For as former United States Com- Think like they think. missioner of Education Samuel N. Brownell once said, "We are Don't stand out. in a period of history when America's role-even her survival Don't be a square, Nor too long hair. -depends on America's knowledge and understanding of peo- Play it safe man. ple everywhere, knowledge of their mother tongues and under- Take it easy, standing of their native ways." Incoherent and even breezy. ROBIE CARMICHAEL

English Seminar Enters 3rd Yeari Students Manage Class Conduct "The student is responsible for running the • class," commented Mrs. Judith Hoyt, English instructor. This is one of 't he requirements for seniors in the English seminar study.

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Mr. Hoffman Attains ,(hildhood Ambition Mr. Roger Hoffman, a recent graduate from Midland College in Fremont, is the new math ~teacher in Mrs. Judy Krhounek's place. He went to high school at Rising City High School in Nebraska. "I chose Westside because of the wo-nderful set up here ," stated Mr. Hoffman. "I think it's _a fine school so far." "It's hard to say yet," replied Mr. Hoffman about how he 1ikes teaching. But as long as he c!ln remember he's wanted to be a teacher. Mr. Hoffman has five math classes. He chose to teach math "because that's where my talents and interests lie. "

The seminar program has been a d m i n i s t e r e d at WRS for three years· under the direction of Mrs. Hoyt. "The format has changed from that of last year," she stated. This year there are two seminar classes with an average of 12 students in each. "The students have been selected for their ·ability to communicate," replied Mrs. Ho~. "8even weeks are spent on analyzing student writing and writing of the masters," she added. The classes are conducted by the method of inductive ~teaching in which the students teach themselves and make evaluations. Students are expected to be prepared for class participation in discussion of authors." One may be responsible for the autobiographical or for the critical analysis," she said. The second half of the semester is spent on research projects. The studeut may selec•t any topic of his interest. Mrs. Hoyt stated th at in ~true seminar all students work on the same project but there is not enough information. For the last two weeks of school, hour presentations will be given on the research papers. The presentations will be first and third hours and also during week nights. "Any students with free periods during these hours may come to listen," said Mrs. Hoyt.

Friday, February 14, 1964

Don't take ·t he rap, And all that crap. Who wants to lead . And maybe bleed? Don't stick your neck out, Silly Boy Then you' ll know That blissful joy Of never knowing who you are Or why you came, and Everyone can be t he sameWithout a name. (Reprinted from the Program Guide For Youth)

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.Shopping in Paris, .s tudying in France and Austr~a. hearing opera in London, and sight-seeing in all tP,ese places as . well as in Italy and Switzerland are only lJ.ighlights of a trip 't hat 14 language students are schedul ed to take early this summer. Eleven French students and three German students will start their six-week study excursion in New York. Some of the students plan to attend the World's Fair before they leave for Paris. by plane. A tour of Paris by night, a visit to the castle of Louis XIV, and .s hopping galo_re will be- some of the highpoints of the •t hree-day stay in Paris. But, during the major par.t of the six weeks, French students will study at the university in Besancon, France, and German students at Mayrhofen near Innsbruck, Austria. Occasional weekend trips will break up the study routine as the students see Rome, Vienna, the Alps, and other nearby cities. In the mornings, the "linguists" will intensively study their respective languages in classrooms; in the afternoons they will practice speaking practically in activities such as skiing, horseback ritling, theater-going, shopping, and sight-seeing. For the last five days of their trip abroad, both · French and German students will be in London-watching a Shakespearean play, enjoying ballet, and visiting Buckingham Palace and the homes of Carlyle, Milton, and Kea;ts. Mademoiselle Sharon Billerbeck I

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will chaperone mademoiselles and messieurs Susie Graf, Sue Howell, Jane Krug, Jackie Moore, Steve N i c h o 1 son, Barbara Norberg, Craig Swope, Kathy Rees, Carol Thomas, Sally Thomas, and Kathy Wurl. Herr Martin Trautimas, German instructor in Fremont, Nebr., will accompany Fraulien Peggy ~organ and Herrs Stan and Bob Carpenter. The Foreign Language League sponsors the program which is open to French, German, and Spanish students who can pay their own way at reduced prices .

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by Mr. Karl Pecht Colorado School of Mines is a state-supported college of mineral engineering, located 13 miles west of Denver. For people who like Colorado, the location of 't he summer field camps at Wild Horse Park, Idaho Springs, Ouray, Fairplay and Rangely .s ounds mos•t attractive. The school enrollment shows an admirable balance between men and women, 995 men and five women . The admission requirements are about the saiille as for any good college, and Wes·tsider·s would have no difficulty meeting subje«t requirements. The school has a reputation . fox: being "tough" on grading, and only superior students should e:x;pect to survive. There is a unique museum at Golden, the Narrow Gauge Museum, with its collection of old steam locomotives and cars.

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by Mrs. Marilee Goldthorpe Have you chosen your career yet? Most of you have given this a lot of thought by now, and many have already decided wha;t your goal will be. The library has many .b ooks and quite a large pamphlet file on voca;tions that we hope will be helpful for both groups. Your Future in the Fashion World, by Fashion Group, Inc., is a good example of a career that is discussed in depth. The differen.t phases of designing, fashion buying, reporting, advertising and publicity, careers with cosmetic firms, ad' home-sewing industries are some that are discussed.

What are the motives and aptitudes needed for becoming an architect? Wha;t preparations before college are necessary? Where are the different schools that offer architecture and what type of schools are they? All of t hese questions, plus most any other that you would ask are all answered in Architect, Creating Man's Environment, ·b y R. W. McLaughlin. If you are still _in doubt or have already decided on your career, but want more information, come into the library and see what is available.

WHS Students Take Tests "Why do we hav.e to take these achievement tests an y .w a y ? I •t hink they're ridiculous!" Such were .the grumbled comments of many Westsiders Jan. 17 and 20 as they stumbled wearily into first hour classes, there to demonstrate 't heir skill on the Scholastic and College Ability Tests. The reasons for :t aking the tes·ts are actually quite simple.

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sent to every college to which the student applies. One of ·the biggest complaints made by students was that the achievement ~tests were given just after final exams. Thus, they had to go from one round of rigorous testing immediately into another. For convenience sake, these dates were chosen to give teachers more time to correct exams and turn in semester ' grades. This marks the second year tha;t the Scholastic and College Abllity Tests have been given at Westside, tl~ ough similar tests have been offered annually for several years. Westside is the only school in the area to use this particular kind of achievement ttes•t . Most Omaha high schools continue to use standard Iowa tests. The exact date when scores will arrive is not known . However, Mr. Pecht believes it will take ~~;t least a month.

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EC~B GAA Plans B-Ball Tourney GAA is planning •t o hold a basketball tourney for all members who wish to pal\ticipate. The girls will be divided into teams and play one another. A championship game will be held to determine the winners. Among their other activities coming up is an overnight campout .to be held this spring at Camp Brewster. This campout is taking the place of an initiation which was supposed .to be held this fall but was called off. Various members of GAA are participating in bowling tournaments of their own. The teams compete at the Ranch Bowl.

FTA to Make 8 Banners Westside will be joining an expanded city league next year. FTA, Future Teachers of America, has asked the members to make eight additional banners t o represent the schools WHS will be playing. The- new banners will look just like the ones presently flying in the boys' gym. They should be completed by the time school is out," stated Mr. Paul Andreas, FTA sponsor.

Art Club Blocks Windows Art Club has begun work on blocking out the south windows to the art room. Mr. Ken Grizzell, club sponsor, said, "The lighting in the roo.m is bad, and I need it darker so that I may show slides to my art classes.'' The nor.t h windows will be the club's next project. They will be done in the form of a collage, to serve a dual purpose. "Lt will cut some of the light from the north, and also make th e hall and room more attJ_"active," stated Mr. Grizzell.

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After .these two projec-ts are finished, members of Art Club will begin individual projects.

I nge Jensen Shows Slides Danish foreign exchange student, Inge Jensen showed slides of her homeland at Monday's Interna tional Club meeting. She a lso answered questions from the grou p concerning the country. Karen Nelsen, club president, announced that the annual banquet is tentatively scheduled for April 13 at either Rockbrook Methodist Church or Pacific Hills Lutheran Church.

Chess Team Seeks Trophy Westside's Chess Club is now involved in the current Individual City Championships. All schools in Omaha which have a chess club are participating in the event. The second, fifth, and sLdh best players in the high school division are members of Westsid e's chess team. They are Gary Grau, Larry Grau , and Ross Rizley respectively. For the past two years the chess team has won the Intercity Team Trophy. Gary Grau, club president, stated, "As ~ result of .team interest the chess club is ·t he proud owner of eight wood chess sets and ten chess boards. " He said that the Chess Club publishes· a monthly newspaper called MATE, and that they have bought a library with club dues and the money they received from the annual spring carnival.

Science Club Plans Tour "Science Club mo:nbcrc hn.Y8 been spending their time planning tours to the Veterans Hospital," s tated Dave Olson, president. In two weeks members of the club

freshman, Jay Erdmann, and Paul Thronbladt, junior. "The Slidekicks is an addition of music just 'livened up," commented Jay. Mr. William Kellogg, vocal instructor, will sing in .t he Warrior Downbeat. Some of the selections .the band will play are the "French M i 1 it a r y March," "Camelot," "March of the Steel Men," a repeat performance of "Lawrence of Arabia," which was played at t h e Christmas program, and many more.

Math Students Attend Special Convocation Students in senior math and advanced algebra attended a special convocllition Jan. 30. The speaker at this program was Dr. Walter Mientka, number theor.is.t from the University of Nebraska Math Department. The t opics discussed were, "Prime Numbers and Unsolved Pro·b lems,'' and "What is Calculus All Abou.t." Dr. Mientka u sed several modeis in his presentation. The models used included curves of constant distance, one-sided figures, and a bottle with one surface. He also brought a book with 600,000 prime numbers.

Rev. Tyler Talks On Brotherhood Rev. Charles Tyler of the Calvin Presbyterian Church will speak t o West,s iders at a brotherhood convocation Feb. 17. To carry out .the spirit of National Brotherhood Week, beginning this Monday, Rev. Tyler will present hi6 viewvoi.uts Oil brutheihood between races in America. Mr. Jerry Koch, activities director, has appointed three senior students from his third hour Modern Proble¥ls class t o organize the assembly. Brenda Williams will introduce the speaker, Stu Sunderman will arrange Pllitrio.tic musical entertainment from the band, a nd Carol Cleaves will present an acknowledgment of two American presidents born during the month of February-Abraham Lincoln and George Washington .

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by Kathy Root The U11ited Nations in recent years has caused much controversy within the United States as well as abroad. On Feb. 5, a debate between Mr. Samuel Blumenfield and Mr. William Moran brought many interesting points to light. At the Music Hall, the issue debated was, Reso.Jved: The United States Should· Withdraw from the United Nations. A high school news conference was held at · the Shera;ton-Fontenelle Hotel where Mr. Blumenfield relMed that this was the third time be had defended the proposal that the United States should withdraw from the UN. "Amer·i can people are given one side of the story 9 9 per cent of the ·time, and it is usually pro UN or written by someone affilated with the UN," stated Mr. Blumenfield. "It's good to give the public both sides of the story."

"World organizations have offered the r·a tional approach in which to handle the complex, large problems of our time," Mr. Moran replied . In the areas of m a i I distribution, agriculture, h ealth , and weather there have been great advances. "The UN offers this type of world organization, where countries can talk out and reason with their problems ," con-tinued Mr . Moran. "It's a school of learning for they can't always intervene, and teaches the large nations that instructs the smaller countries on how far .they can stretch their wings," Mr. Moran commented . "Our being in the UN with the communists makes us accomplices in keeping their people enslaved. It is completely against the principles of our r ep ublican govern ment. Communist .c ountries have nothing to offer us ; and we have everything to lose," Mr. Blumenfield concluded.

This is one of the main reasons why the American Citizens' Forum sponsored a debate concerning both remaining and withdrawing from the UN. "Th e world at pr,e sent is divided into two hostile camps. Communists have over a long period of time demons.trated a system of ruthless tyranny, whereas the United ~tates has been trying to increase freedom throughout the world," said Mr. Blumenfield. "To save the world for oemocrar.y" was the main reason two world wars were fought by the United States. Our entry into the UN was to maintain peace , and free nations of the world . "Yet, in the past 19 years Cuba has been taken over, Berlin is still very much a divided city, and communist forces are making consecutive conquests in the Far East," Mr. Blumenfield stated as three specific examples .

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Erdmann Hides Musical Talent "He's too modest to ever let anyone know he can play,'' replied Mr. Darwin Snyder, ·b and instructor. Mr. Snyder was speaking of a WHS junior, Jay Erdmann. Jay has been a student of the trombone for eight years. He has not taken lessons since the eighth grade but plays· in •t he WHS Warrior Band. Along wi.th playing the trombone, Jay is in his. eighth year of .s tudying piano. Jay played four piano numbers at the Joslyn Art Museum in :the Young Ar·tists' Program. The tenth annual W a r r i o r Downbeat, Feb. 18 and 21, will feature as one of the numbers, t he Slidekicks, made up of ·t he trombone players, Dave Anderson,

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WHS Swim Team Champs Joe Jones Sparkles As Westside Places To Strive for 1st in State The Westside swim team finished its re gular season today by entering its third state meet. In three short years of existence, it has progressed a long way. In its fledgin g year, 19 6 2, only diver Steve Sorenson managed to dent the sacred bracket of those finishing in the top six of the state. Last year the team finished third in Intercity and fif:th in the state, with an eight-two over-all record. This year, Westside has advanced to the ranks of the champions. Their only loss in a major meet occurred at the hands of the Intercity champion Central. The Eagles defeated the Warrior tank men by three points.

The team brings six Intercity and one state champions to the meet. Much of the team's hopes rest on two individuals in particular. Steve Sorenson, three-time state gold medal winner, hopes to make it four in a row; and Tom Curran, new hold er of the Intercity's 200 and 400 yard free style records, aspires for a repeat performance at State. Besides Tom and Steve, Intercity champion Bob Johann, John Linstromberg, Inter.ci.ty champion Hap Patz, and Mike Stanner and 'the medley and free style relays may well propel the Warriors into the coveted position of either first or sec.ond at State.

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Paced by 180-pound class chaiJ?.pion Joe Jones, Westside wrestlers emerged from the Intercity League championships with a respectable fifth place. J ones, Westside's only winner, defeated Albert Paine of Tech, 5-0, in the semifinals and Mike McNeil of Prep, 4-3, in the cnampionship match. 103-pound Phil Dugan and 120-pound Scott Lausterer also made the finals but fell to South High's Tom Bell and Tom Ruffino respectively. Other Warriors who placed in the tournament were Gary Kreiger, third in the 112pound class and Bruce Sayles, fourth in the 138-pound class. These Warriors : Dugan, Krieg, er Lausterer, and Sayles, plus the rest of the squad will all be looking for r evenge at the state meet in Lincoln Feb. 21 and 22.

Friday, February 14, 1964

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For a while it looked as if Westside was going to have a good chance to pull it out, but the Warriors couldn' t sustain themselves and were on •t he low end of a 6 6-5 8 final score against Bellevue, Saturd ay, Feb. 8. The game was nip and tuck the entire first half, and only a two point 3 8-3 6 half time advantage separated •the leading Chieftains from the Warriors. In the third quarter, play continued much the same, and by the fourth period the game was evened up at 50 all. However, in :the fourth quarter the tide turned. The Warriors could not maintain the Bellevue pace and fell far behind by the end of the game. Althou gh the Chieftains won by a sound eight point margin, it is interes·t ing to note that from the standpoint of fie ldgoals .the Warriors were the more consistent scorers. In the final analysis it

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WHS To Top Tech by Bill Nametarts The crystal ball fo resees a Westside vic t o r y over colorful Tech High at the Warrior gym tonight. The highly rated Troja ns and Warriors will clash at 8 p.m. and the winner will emer ge t he undisp uted holder of second place in the Intercity League. In an expected thriller, t h e taller, better balanced Wa rr i o rs should be victorious if they are able to h old d own Tech's Ron Boone, John Mack ey, and B'ozar Starks. Westside by four! . •

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INTRAMURAL STANDINGS WHS Intramural standing as of Feb. 7, ar ~ as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5,6 5,6 7,8 7,8 9. 1. 2. 3,4 3,4 5 6;7 6,7 8. 1,2 1,2 3. 4,5 4,5 6,7 6, 7 8,9 8,9

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Sports Calendar 14-Varsitty and Reser ve Basketball; Tech here Freshmen Basketball; Benson here 14-15-Dist r i c t Wrestling Tourney; here State Swim Meet in Lincoln 1, 7-19-Freshmen Basketball Tourney 21-Varsity and Reserve Basketball; at Southeast 21-22-State Wrestling Tournament in Lincoln 28-Varsity and Reserve Basketball; Fremont here

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was those all-important foul shots that determined :the outcome of the game. Coming from behind in the t hir d period, ·t he Warior varsity defeated the Benson Bunnies by a humili'ating 57-45 Feb. 1. The Warrior cagers jumped to a· firs~ quarter lead but were down 26-21 at the half. In the last :two periods, however, < t he Warriors almost doubled the Benson scoring, shooting for 3 6 points compared to the Bunnies' ·19, and were the obvious victors long before the clock ran out signaling the end of the' game. The varsity Warriors, although they played well from a mechanical standpoint, had a cold night in 't he .s hooting department Friday Jan. 31, and thus fell prey to the South High Packers 58-54. The Warriors, hitting less than 30 per cent of their shots in the first two periods, were down 31-18 at the half. Hitting better in the second half, Westside was able to tighten the game difference to a respectable four poin-ts before the final South victory.

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WHS Graduates Evaluate System Mr. K enneth Hansen, principal , and the gu idance counselors will be attendin g the Tenth Annual Principal-Freshman Conference at Nebras k a University Ma rch 26 . Mr. Hansen a nd the guidance counselors will t a lk with the freshmen who graduated from Westside to learn the effects their high school progra m has had on them . " The students usually give real, honest opinions about their program at the university and what was good or bad about their high school program and guidance," stated Mr. Hansen. After spending the morning with the students, they will go to lunch with the deans of the .various departments. F o 11 ow in g lunch , ail the attending counselors from the Nebraska high schools will discuss with the deans what the freshmen liked or didn't like with their college program . Mr. Hansen said, " This program has helped us as well as NU , because by talking to former WHS graduates we find out what is wrong with our program; t herefore we are able to correct it. " One example of this is when former Westside students complained about the lack of com!Position they received. " Now we have developed an adequate course in composition and we r ecei....-e only a few com plaints about it ," said Mr. Hansen .

Debaters Succeed If you h ave no ticed the window in Room 21 8 this J ear , you have proba bly observed the steadily increasing number of trophies and plaques which have appeared . Th ese have been won by the member s of the varsity deba t e squad : Scott Crab-tree, Steve Curelop , Ray Dryden , Jan Laitos, and individual event specialist s Kathy Laas and Betsy · Raskin . So far this year the t eam has placed third in the Boys' Missouri Valley Open, first at the Lincoln Northeast Open , third at Fremont Open, second at the Bellarmine Forensics, and recen•tlY returned from a highly successful tournament showing in Denver. At this Rocky Mountain Invitational Debate and Speech Tournament in Denver, they finished fourth out of 58 teams. Schools

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from Colorado , Wyoming, Arizona, Missouri , and Nebraska a;ttended the meet. Steve, Jan , Scott, and Ray won nine out of 12 championship debate rounds, finishing with the tournaments highe st speaker ratings. Jan , whose original oration has been consistently winning this year, placed along with Ray and Betsy in that event. Betsy and Steve whose attempts at extemporaneous speaking have ear ned at least three trophies, participated in extemp with Ray Dryden and Kathy Laas, who finished fifth in one of the nation's largest speech tournaments · at Kansas City, plac.e d high along with Les Johnson in interpretative reading. The squad returned wHh eight superior ratings. "In general, we have had one of .the most successful years in Westside's history" commented NFL President, Ray Dryden .

Hardison Attends Panel on Cancer Mr. Harley Hardison, biology teacher, attended a conference of the American Cancer Society for th state field representatives Feb. 15 in Gran d Island, Nebr. A panel consisting of Mr. Hardison, · Dr. Lemon of the Eppley Cancer Research Center, two social problems instructors from Grand ·Island High School, and four students was formed for the purpose of discussing methods for cutting down the number of be: ginning smokers.

Mr. Hardison said that they hope to accomplish this tas•k by "exposing people to informllltion" about cancer being likened with smoking: It was decided that the campaign should be aimed at the junior high school student where smoking usually begins.

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Mary Gay and Prince Ron congra tulat e Dance.

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t Warrior W onderland Warrior Wonderland, produced a huge magician on stage, of as tles, glittering stars, a golden ro.oon, trees growing hearts for leaves and clouds of balloons floating outo f the baskets made a tlreamland effe!\. of the girls' gym . Johnny Ray Gomez and the UNeek s provided popular music for the couples a t the annual Sweetheart honoring the senior varsity basketball players .

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The Unive))Sity of Omaha· Regents' Scholarship E:l'aminations will be held on March 2 6 on ,t he University campus. Seniors in the upper one-fourth of the class who intend to register at ·the University may apply for the test. See Mr. Pecht for application to take the test. Two-hundred fifty juniors, are scheduled to take the 1964 National Merit Exam March 14.

Anticipation grew as couples wondered , "who will get it?" and asked each other, " who did you vote for? " At 10:15 p.m. the candid!!-tes walked down the heart strung Procesion and Jan Laitos announced Ron Hinckley as the 1964 Prince and Mary Gay Westering as Sweetheart.

Testing will begin at 8 a .m. in the school cafeteria. The $1 fee will be collected during the week of March 2. Semi-finalists will be notified in September.

Mary Gay has been active in Pep club for four years and is this year's president. Ron has played varsity basketball two years.

Tryouts for the Senior Class Play were held t h is week, Thursday and today. This year, the Senior Class will be presenting ·t he play "Harvey" by Mary Chase. Mr. Anna Clark, drama instructor, stated ·that a cast of 12 people will be needed for t h e play-6 boys and 6 girls. The play will •b e pre-

During intermission the effect began to fade as decoration came down for souvenirs of the Sweetheart, ,s ponsored by Pep club :md W-club and decora ted by wlli.i ng members.

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Westside students will partici"Quest for QuaJi.ty Education in pate in the mathematics test on Nebraska" was the .theme for the March 5. Feb. 22 Governor's Conference on Jointly sponsored by the Math· Education at Lewis and Clark ematical Ass'n and the Society of Junior High School. Actuaries, both organizations are Representing Westside were concerned with the development Mr. Paul Andreas, history instrucof mathematical talent to serve tor; Mr. Leon Englehart, head of our society. The exam itself is · the Industrial Arts DeJ}t.; Mr. hoped · to stimulate interest in Ralph Farrar, assistant principal ; mathematics and in fields requirand Mr. Kenneth Hansen, princiing math as a background. pal. The tests provided interesting "The purpose of the conference a nd challenging problems that are in the realm ·of possibility for a is to create and stimulate interest per·s on with the background. The in education in Nebraska and to tests is not to be compared with find better ways to finance this clasroom tests on course content. education," explained Mr. Farrar.

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Other areas discussed included the reorganization of school districts and the possibility of a broader t ax base for educational needs.

Juniors, Seniors Compete as .

Girls' Basketball Comes to WHS ing three minutes. Mr. Wagner The true test of the Jr. and Sr. girls' athletic ability was final- and Mrs. Johnson acted as referees. ly taken as they participated in Sixteen hundred tick ets were the basketball game Friday , Feb . sold, brin g a profit of $400. 23. The Jr. and Sr. boys, however, showed the school that they could Our apologies are extended keep up school spirit as well as to Jeff Gaillard, Virginia Highthe cheerleaders by leading the field, Ellet Hoke, Laurie King, yells during the game. Linda Lea Larson, Gary Lind, Dressed in exquistie uniforms Jane Palmer, and Pam Patz and showing a great deal of enwhose names were omitted thusiasm were Gail Burbridge , from the first semester honor Kirk Rabel, and Mark Renner as roll story of the Feb . 14 issue cheerleaders for the Senior Girls, of the Lance . with Gary Gray as their coach. The Junior Girls had John Brager, John Mumaugh and John Van Pelt representing their team as cheerleaders .' John Buller was the Junior Girls' coach. The boys performed organized "Plans for the prom are almost cheers. The Junior boys showed their spirit by wearing Pep Club complete," stated Nanci Shook, sweaters and sitting as a group. Junior Class treaurer . "So far we The two capable captains cho- _have raised about $1,000," Nanci sen for the game were Cris Cal- continued. The annual Junior-Senandra, Jr. and Lani Stockman , Sr. ior Prom will be held on May 23 . The game proved to be very The event will take place at exciting with the outcome a close the Livestock Exchange Building. 12-11 victory for the Juniors. This building is one of the few Those girls starring in the game. by scoring points were Mar- Omaha buildings that can accomsha Mattson, Linda Jackson, Sally modate the large number of peoThomas, and Brenda Williams. ple going to the prom . Music will Junior girls making points were be furnished by Carl Jay. "The Leah Bovette, Ruth Brock , and theme for the prom has been Barb Whinery. chosen, but will remain secret, " The game consisted of four

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Are Westside's convocations appreciated? The answer "yes" for most of the student body, but the simple minority causing great concern. The Brotherhood Week Convocation Feb. i 7 prompted this editorial. Most of the comments heard were complimentary to the speaker, but very un-complimentary to the audience. It was embarrassing for those who were enjoying the musical part of the program to have the band director ask for our respect f,or the performers. One teacher was seen climbing to the top of the bleachers to sit with a group of unruly boys. Is this disturbance necessary? These same unfortunate circumstances have· occurred at several other convocations in the boys' gym, but conditions are · not improving . There is a great difference when a convocation is held in the girls' gym. Here, there are not as many students, · and they are better supervised. Most of the disturbances are not made maliciously, because everyone wants to comment on the program. It is the fact that too many people want to continue talking and the soft whisper becomes magnified. · Mr. Ralph Farrar, principal, said that it is up to the student body to decide whether there will be more convocations in the boys' gym for everyone or whether most will be held if! the girls' gym for a limited audience. JAYNE SAHLER

Council Earns Praise In past years the Westside Student Council has been criticized for its ineffectiveness and has been accused of doing little or nothing. However this year's council is a different organization. It is an active, striving, successful organization. Under the enthusiastic leadership of Dick lmig, president; John Buller, vicepresident; Micki Freed, secretary; and Bob Johann, treasurer; the council has become a greater bond between students and faculty. In addition to this accomplishment, the other list of achievements is long. Earl.ier this year council members painted the student lounge. The money for the paint was raised by selling doughnuts in the halls after school. They established a bulletin board in the cafeteria for student use and set up a suggestion box in the student lounge for new ideas and constructive criticism . The council held a Christmas Holiday Tea for faculty members and sponsored a special National Education Week project honoring Westside's teachers. The Senate, an offspring of the council, has been working in close cooperation with council members. The two groups along with Far East classes, Z-Ciub, and Key Club, sponsored a chili and a pancake supper to raise money for the Westside Scholarship Fund. Recently, the council-sponsored girls' basketball game further aided this fund. This review of council action thus far this year does not include all the activities, improvements, and money raising projects. But it is an indication of the hard work that has resulted in the many accomplishments of the council members. It is hoped that the outstanding work will continue throughout this year and carry over to future Westside Student Councils. BETTE ANNE KUHN

Some students will bask in the Florida sun a~d eat oranges while attending the University of Miami, Rollins, or Florida Presbyterian. But across the country others will be skiing and eating apples when they're not studying at Washington University. Others will be packing off to Stanford, Whittier, Mills, Pomona, Southern California or Redlands universities. Fishers and water lovers will be stationed at St. Olaf, Carleton , or Gustavus Adolphus in Minnesota or Ripon in Wiscon sin. Southern hospitality of Tulane in Louisiana, Rice and Trinity in Texas, and Vanderbilt in Tennessee has attracted Westsiders. "Go West, youn g man," is the cry of University of New Mexico,

Illinois colleges, Augustana, Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern, Principia, and Chicago University have WHS applications. Staying in the· Midwest area will be those attending ..the University of South Dakota, Augustana (South Dakota); the University of Missouri, Drury (Missouri); the University of Kans.a s, Ottawa University, St. Benedict's (Kansas); Cornell College, Iowa State University, and Coe (Iowa). Eastern colleges are Johns Hopkins, U. S. Naval Academy, . College of William and Mary, Virginia University, Hollins (Vir-

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Miss America--every girl's dream, and every boy's dream girl. In 1964, 22-year old Miss Donna Axum, · formerly Miss Arkansas, must fulfill these dreams as she represents the ideal American woman. During a high school press con-ference two weeks ago, the 5'60" southern belle constantly glowed with one of those southern-hospitality-type S!fliles as she chatted with the reporters . "People are beginning rto call me ' Mis-s Sunshine'," she laughed. Even though she received this nickname because of the prevailing good weather wherever she goes, it certainly descri-b es her.

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Seniors To Attencl Colleges Coast to Coast Arizona State, Brigham Young in Utah, and Colorado colleges, University of Colorado, Colorado State University, Colorado State at Greeley, Colorado Women's College, and the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

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ginia), Brown University (Rhode Island), Duke, and the University of North Carolina. WHS scholars have applied at Harvard, Boston University, Williams, Tufts, Wellesley, Amherst, Regis, and Wheaton in Massachusetts; Colgate, Elmira, New York University, Skidmore, Cornell University, and West Point in New York; and four Westsiders have applied at Yale in Connecticut. Prince.ton and Stephens in New Jersey, Dartmouth in New Hampshire, Middlebury in Vermont, Swarthmore, Lafayette, and Pennsylvania University are other eastern interests. The state of· Nebraska has by no means been neglected in the choice of -colleges. Midland, Hastings, Nebra-s ka Wesleyan, Doane, Creighton, and Omaha University have WHS applications. Nebraska University ·has 103 students from Westside enrolled.

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As anyone can see this is a woman who is likley .to receive many marriage proposals, and America's number one beauty has. One man promised Miss Axum one million dollars if she would marry him, one million dollars for each child, and one million dollars on each of her birthdays! "He's at the top of my list," she drawled as she winked at one of the reporters.

"Why aren 't any of the boys saying a n y t h i n g ?. Maybe we should talk about sports," the alla r o u n d red-.b looded American girl sugeg-s ted. John Mcintyre, Westside photographer, and the other red-blooded American boys came out of their daze at this sugestion and immediately responded. "What'-s your favorite sport?" one queried . "I love football," she exclaimed, warming to the subject. "Oh! What's your favorite team? " another raced on. Surprised, she drawled, "Why, the Arkansa·s Razor backs!" to the blushing repo-r ter.

Talk then turned to other people in the news. The Beatles were first, naturally. "I think they are ridiculous," was the amateur singer's comment. "I don't think teens should model themselves after them," she continued. Finally, Miss Axum was ready to answer that inevi•t able question -"What would you advise girls to do who have dreams of becoming Miss America?" Miss America 1964 answered in a way that could be applied to any goal in life. "First, always have a dream and work for that dream." That ·t akes a great deal of "determination." Next, "concentrate on your one best talent. It's better to do one thing well." Then, "wait until you are old enough" so that your voice and talent and poise have a cha·nce to mature. The important factor in beauty, though, is that it "comes from the inside, " Miss America emphasized. After you have done all of this, she si-ghed just b e f o r e she wrapped up in a big white fur coat to be rushed off to a fashion show, "Good luck!"

Touch of Florida, In Nebras~a? by Robie Carmichael Florida, that southern paradise of inviting lakes, bright sunshine beautiful .tans and captivating bathing beauties has rarely in the past made any , contributions to us in the North. Unless, of course, one counts the hours idled away by day-dreaming Westsiders staring out bleak classroom windows at cold, snowy Nebraska winters. Yet a contribution has been made by Rollins College of Florida in the form of Mrs. Judith Hruska, at Westside on special assignment. Married to a Creighton law student during mid-semester break, the striking brunette found that she still needed credits in student -teaching to qualify her for a June graduation. To solve this problem and still remain with her husband in Nebraska, Mrs. Hruska is now fulfilling her student teaching requirements, by agreement with Rollins College, in Mrs. Helen Kelley's short story and novel classes. To aid the professors in Florida in evaluating her work here she is taping some of the daily sessions and forwarding them to the college; information which may come as a shock to some seniors in the classes. How does Nebraska stack up against Florida? According to Mrs. Hruska, very favorably. "The people here are all friendly," she Spectators at the WestsideFremont game will be trewted to an unusual half-time program. The R .O.T.C. Drill Team from the University of Nebrask a will perform close drills and pre cision rifle marching; Membership requirements for this tea m are very high.

smiled. "It's remarkable how accepted they can make you feel." Though no Nebraskan in his right mind can say that our blustery winters are as bright and balmy as .those of the Southland, Mrs. Hruska seemed to have no complaints except, "I do miss the water." Since neither the Missouri River nor Car.ter Lake are very inviting this time of year, we have to say we don't blame her.

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'Everyone Can Rise' Says Minister Tyler The rea l enactment of brotherhood is acceptance of the belief that "every man can go a s high a s his fellow men ca n promote h im ," according to Rev. Cha rles Tyle r of Calv in Memorial Presbyterian Church. In annual r ecog nition of Brotherhood Week, Rev. Tyler said at a convocation F eb . 17 t h a t our system of Americanism proposes that "every boy in th ese United States .of Ame rica can rise as high as his intelligence, cha racte r , and pocketbook allow." He stated that if the s tandards set by a civilization are lost, that civilization will disintegrate. To this he a dded that "if democracy cannot work here in the United States, it cannot work anywhere ."

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BaiJJ.lm94 by Brenda Williams Eric Hultman, have yo u got a wom.an? Coach Tangdall felt this must have been the problem at ~ recen·t practice when Eric could n ' t do one thing right. It's terrible! How could it happen? Abe Leber was left out of the last issue's Ji.st of boys performi ng a~ the Beatles at the "Beatie Belle vue" pe p r a lly. Apologies t o the s kit writer, producer , leader and head Beatie and his fans who m issed his name. Jim Ellis and Earl Beam want their names in the paper. Tom Curran, j unior free-sty ler, is leading the swimming team debtors with losses of 713 in playing "seven-card low hold " on t h e buses to workouts and meets.

T eache r s we re not allowed to g-e t married or keep any kind of company with me n . If th ey we r e goin g to some soqial function, they m u st be home by 8 p.m. Their ent ertainment was very r estricted fo r they were not allowed to loiter in ice-cream parlors, ride in carriages or automobiles with any man except a fath er or brother; smoking cigare ttes, drinking any kind of alcoholic beverages was strictly forbidd en .

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DE Members Go on Radio · Do you know t h a t Westside has three rad io celebrities righ t in· its own population ?! Bonnie Rosho ng was the first w h en she made h er deb ut Feb . ·15 on KFAB . J ack Williams made h is br oad cast Feb . 22, an d Marvin Brau n is on · tomorrow between 5-5 : 30 p .m . . These three Westsid er s h ave used t he rad io· t o· creat e a wider intrest in Distributive Education. Each one spoke between five a nd 10 min utes to "in form t h e pu blic abou t D.E .. " said Mr. Dale F uer st, club sponsor "because a lot of people don ' t know a lot ab out it." Two years ago W estside presented a panel on D.E . at a local radio station, and three years ago one individual presen te d a program on the same station. Fremont and Kearney are carrying similar progr a m s. Other activties include a d inn erdance at Johnny' s· R estaura n t on Mar ch 1 , and attend ance at the Nebraska State Lead er sh ip Confere n ce April 5 and 6 at the Blackstone Hotel.

CPAF to Start Discussing Great Decisions, 1964 , a controversial booklet pu blish ed by the · Foreign Policy Associatio n , will be the main point of departure for all future Contempor a r y Political Affair s Foru m discuss ions, accordin g to Joe Limprecht, presid ent. The booklet is part of a 10-yearold progr am that chooses eight of the most vital for eign policy problems facing the United States each year and pu b!ish es info r mation and arguments on t hese issu es. Panels on TV, clubs, and communities then take sides on the issu es and hence develops a nationwide discussion program.

As for their · wearing apparel , brightly colored dresses, dyeing their hair, and using face powder, mascara or lipstick wer e also restricted. It was the r ule that at least two petticoats sh ould be worn. The school teacher's daily tasks consisted of cleaning the classroom once daily, scru bbin g the fioors once a week, and starting the fire at 7 a .m . on s chool days. Times and customs h ave changed in the past 41 years but the attitudes of teachers have not. Each one strives to hel p the student in every way possible t o make him or h er a better citizen .

Mr. l;talph F arra r suggested the prog ram to Joe Limprecht in hopes that if the students beca me interested in t h e prog ram perhaps the parents would become interested in the adul t education end of it. Tuesda y, Ma r . 5, will be the first discussion. Ray Dryden ,' vice president, officer s Les Joh nson and J an Laitos, a nd Pamela Patz will be the pa n el for that discussion on "World Communis m Today."

Club Attends Open House Thirteen Science Club stu dents attended an open h ouse, sponsored by the U,.S. Corps of Engineers, at the Computer Center and Reser-

They also saw a linotype chine that set 1,000 lines o.f per minute and a machine draws graphs from d ata fed it.

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"Quiet in •t he s tudio! Stand are also expected to k eep accur ate by!" The director's words knife company record s, to be judged at thr ou gh ,t h e air. The time is 1:25 ' the end of ·the season. p .m . on a Saturday aftern oon and ·the well-lighted· television studio The ad v a n t a g e s of Junior is electric ·with .the tense excite- Achievement to the ind ividua l a re ment that come s, like the lull be- many. A Junior Achiever receives for the storm, in .the final five m inthe most reliable k n owle d ge rth ere utes before air time of a live TV is, that of exper ience, for if its b r oadcast. members make too many m istakes, their company may well end What m a kes this show differt h e year in finan cial •r u in, Mement fr9m any other live television bers learn the h eigh ts a nd pitfalls broadcast? The greatest d ifferen ce of American business procedure lies in the fact that "Teen Pano throu gh economic e ducation. and r ama" is produced, written, a nd pu blic r elations wit h in t he comacted entirely by Omaha area high pany. JA also str ives t o overcome school s tudents, under the a u steenager's too oft en a path etic atpices of KMTV. For "Teen P anotitu des toward b usin ess a nd mold r ama" is the product of TEE VE E them into aggressive defend er s of III Productions, a Junior Achievethe American way of life . . ment company. Junior Achievement in Omaha consists of 3 4 " dummy" cor pora tions run by high school stud ents between t he ages of 15 and 19 . Each corporation is under the guidance of a large business in the community and each has three advisers from the parent company t o supervise, not rule, the JA company. The Achievers in a compan y must originate · a product, sell stock in the com.pany for capital, or ganize their own officers and positions, and th en prod uce, promote and sell that product. T hey

Over 8 0 0 students are pa rticipating in Junior Ach ievement in Omaha this year , ~any of t h em from Westside. T hese w ere selected from over 2000 applications. The su ccess of JA in Omaha is mirrored .throu gh the achiever s,

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'School . Teachers Lackeel Normal Existence in 1923 All of us look up to a nd r espect today 's school teachers . Nowadays, t eachers have a r elatively normal existence, but it wasn 't always that way, as was noted in the Nebraska Education News from an Idaho teachers contra ct way back in 1923.

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Led by forward Rick . Willis, Westside defeated Tech 8·3-75 , to take over sole possession of first place in the Intercity league. Top defensive play by Willis on Trojan ace John Mackey plus well balanced Warrior scoring gave WHS a 37-34 half-time lead. In the second half Tech , hurt by the fouling out of Ron Boone, and Mackey, surged back on the shooting of Bazar Starks and narrowed the score to 71-68. Baskets by · Willis an d sophomore Mark Jensen brought WHS to life a gain and put the game out of reach in the closing minutes . Willis finished with 24 points while Jensen had 17 . WHS 63, Despite early few bad br eaks balanced scoring

en rubled them to beat Southeast 63-53 at Lincoln last week. Down 18-14 at the end of th e first quarter WHS fell behind by six during the second quarte r but caught fire s oon and narrowed the margin to 3 3-31 111t halftime. In the second half, shooting by Eric Hultman and reboundin g by John Buller a nd Ron Hinckley brought WHS in front 43-42 at the end of th e third quarter. Still ahead, 5 2-51, WHS was quickly pressed and fouled by the Knights and responded with nine out of ten free throws by Hinckley, Hultman, and Mark Jensen. Hultman led WHS scorers with 15 points. John Buller followed with 13, Rick Willis , 12 , and Ron Hinckley a nd Mark Jensen , 10 .

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rebounding and offensive rebounding. Another reserve success s tory has been total t eam cftort and to back this up, Coach Peterson said there is no real starting five for the team-but more of a starting eight that he must choose from before each game. Bench strength and depth were also main features, according to Coach Peterson. He stated , "I have never bad a ball club in which I felt so many deserved to play." Up to last game, Jerry James was the leadin g scorer with 196 points, trailed by Roger Herring with 140 also attesting to the team effort.

Tonight when the Warrior reserves go against Fremont in their final game of the season , they will be shooting for their seventh strai ght victory on the way to compiling a 13-1 win-loss record. The reser ves had previously r un up an eight game streak before the upset loss to Beatrice 58 -45 . Coach J ack Peterson said in a r ecent inter view that even though 6-7 J erry .J ames is extremely tall fo·r a reserve player, the team was not very tall, as their 5-10% average proves. Coach Peterson went on to say that the main reason for his team 's tremendous success this season has been excellent

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Varsity Wrestlers Oualify; Jones Turns in Fastest Pin The varsity Warrior wres tling team brought th eir regular season to a close in good style by qualifying four members for the s tate championship in Lincoln . AI-

Freshman B-Ball Has Fine Season "This was a season of improvement" was freshman Coach Dick Rademacher's statement concerning his Freshman A team. Taking fifth in the Intercity the Warriors showed improvement in their last eight games as they won five . Victories over Ralston , three times, South, Central, Bellevue, and Westbrook were paced by center Terry Johnston, who was the t eams' leading scorer and rebounder, and rebounder Gene Jensen . Other members of the team wer e Gary Ingles , Bob Hend ~ r s on , Jon Jansen , Da ve Prall , Jim Tettenbarn , !)ave Turnquis t , Ke nt Vipond, and Ed Wigg. "A real well balanced t eam that improve.d as t he year went a long," was B tea m coach Bill Bulle r's opinion of 't his yea r 's squad , which ended their season with a n 8-3 record . Losing only to Benson , Prep, and Tech , t he B-Teamers finished in second place in the Intercity league. A r eal " Te am effort" was shown all year by these boys, Ma rk Ca rp enter, Phil Jack son , Steve Johnson , Tom Kirshenbaum , Randy Knox, Tom Lindlay, Jim Lodey, K en McCall , John Ruben , Glen Spaulding, Jeff Sunderman, Warren Whitted , a nd Gordon Winters.

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W estside knew at the close of its 19 6 3 swimming season that its 1964 squad was going to produce winners in a v ariety of events . Nonetheless, two events it did not count on for strength were the 200 a nd 400-yard free-style races. For this reason and others the team welcomed the arrival this year of super-star Tom Curran. Tom , who comes from the Bay a re a of California, just won the 4 0 0-yard fr ee-s tyle in· the state

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though Gary Krieger was the only class winner, Joe Jones, Phil Dugan , and Scott Swanson, all were runner-ups. At the state meet Dugan finished fourth losing the consolation to Westside district's winner Joe Stuart of Ryan. Gary Krieger was eliminated in early wrestling in the tough 112 pound class and Swanson lost third place on a 7-1 decision to George Himelic of Bellevue. Joe Jones turned out to be Westside's best representative even though be did not mak e it to the championship bracket. Joe, in the process of finishing third, turn ed in the fastest pin of the entire meet with a 1 : 00 flattening of Rog Donahoe of Lincoln High .

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by Jan Laitos \Vestside' s newest athletic teant, . recently finished s econd in .the state swim meet. Though the team' s finish was commend.able, it was not surprising. Not- only had it been predicted in numerous articles in the Lance, but also at various pep rallies throughout the year. What was of significance was twofold in nature. First of course was the very high placing of the tankers themselves. Second, and perhaps more important, is the incredible youth of the team. The medlay relay, which finished third, was composed entirely of underclassmen . In the individual medlay , Jon larson, sophomore, placed fifth. In the back stroke, sophomore I n t e r c i t y champion Hap Patz was third and sophomore Phil Amis was sixth. J1,m ior Jon Linstromberg finished fourth in bu tterfly, junior Steve Jenkins placed sixth in breaststroke, junior Dave George placed fifth in the 400 free style, and even Tom Curran, I n t e r c i t y champion who finished •t hird in the 200 and first (record) in the 400 free style, is only a junior. Only three Westside state qualifiers are seniors. Bob Johann placed third in the 50 free and anchored the first place free style relay, Gary Peterson was also member of tha,t relay, and Steve Sorenson, the "winningest" team member anyone ever had , again finished first in diving. It is very likely that W estside , second place this year, will indeed be next _rea r 's State Swimming Champions.

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swimming meet held in Lincoln two weeks ago. He also placed third in the 200-yard free~style event. His 400 time of 4:12:3 not only proclaims him state champion but may make him a high school All-American. \ Vhile Tom would be the first high school All-American Westside has ever graduated, it would be a mere continuation of the record set by other graduates of his old school. As far as Nebraska swimming is concerned Tom stated that he has seen a lot of good swimming in the state. Tom said that he thought ~bat the new pool would help Westside produce a lot of champion teams in the very near future. Speaking of Tom himself, coach Stan Wells said that "He is without much doubt Westside' s best all-around ~wimmer, and a fine athlete in general."

Boy, Girl State Belegates Revealed Five leaders of the Junior Class will represent Westsid e at Girls' and Boys' State, June 13 to 19 . Attending Girls' State will be Kathy Rees and Ruthie Saunders. Bob Bucholz, John Buller, and Br uce Sayles will go t o Boys' State. If chosen delegates are unable t o attend, al;te·r nates will take their places. Girls' alternates are Ruth Brock and E laine Tegtmeier. Bachenberg, Chuck Barton, and Rich Young are the boys' alternates. Quotas for the delegates to these "workshops in government" give representation to nearly very Nebraska commu nity. Westside's Booster Club sponsors two boys and two girls. Since the quota allows WHS :three delegates to Boys' State, the Optimists' clu b sponsors one boy. Sponsored by the American Legion, Girls' and Boys' State will be held separately but simultaneously in Lincoln . Attending classes and lectures, delegates will

learn about state and local government. They will also function in a ''mythical state," electing all ofticals of state and local government. Other activities include athletics and music. It is hoped that In the future the delegates will put this knowledge to good use in their schools and communities. Thus, 't he existing lack of interest in state and local government may be dispelled. Westside's delegates were chosen from •t he upper half of the Junior Class. Teachers nominated several candidates. After the choice was narrowed, the teachers voted again". Their final decision was based on the individuals' leadership, character, and record of service to Westside. According to Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal, the entire school will benefit as the delegates share their experiences· with Warrio r s next year. Delegates will also benefit from the opportunity to associate with students from all parts of the state.

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WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB., FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1964

Achievement

Novice Debaters (om pete The~e Westside's novice debaters, coached by Mr. Rod Hansen, have attend ed numerous tournaments this year, winning several trophies. In their first year of debate, the novices have competed in tournaments at Central, Creighton Prep, Holy Name, ·L incoln Northeast, Lincoln Southeast, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Tech , and Thomas Jefferson in Council Bluffs, Iowa. At the Tech Novice tournament last fall, Mary Johnson and Chris Pinal! took third place in debate. Chris also placed first in Informalive Public Address at Nebraska Wesleyan's Enid Miller tourney in January. At the Creighton Prep

Science Teachers ~eet at Convention

tournament in February, Jeff Meyers placed first in Humorous Interpretation; Robby Laitos took second in Ora·tory; and Steve Calvert placed third in Newscasting. March 14 the novices attended two tournaments. Mr. Hansen .took Nancy Eaton, Robby Laitos, Jeff Meyers, and Nancy W ood to •t he Annual Beginners' Tournament at Lincoln Northeast. At the same time Mrs. Anna Clar k, speech •t eacher, took 15 other Westside·r s to Central for the District Speech Contest. They entered all individual speech even ts there. April 3 and 4 Mr. Hansen will take eight to 15 debaters t o the Benson Novice Tournament. Novices may also compete in the Coe College Beginners' Tournament.

COntest April 2

The National Science Teachers' All instrumental or vocal soloA-ssociation will hold its National Jonvention in Chicago, March 20- ists or small groups wishing to par,t icipate in the District Music H. The .theme of .the convention "The Scientific Enterprise and Contest this year will be requ ir ed to take part in a home eliminahe Education Process." Teachers tions contest. This competition vill attend meetings in specific reas of science and w ork on spe- will be held April 2 at 7 p.m. in .ial committees. Th e event will be the Little Theruter. Participants in imaxed with the annual banquet the elimination contest will be n Monday evening. The eighit rated by an impartial j udge, probeachers from District 6 6 attend- ably a music instructor from ng the convention are Mr. Calvin another school. This year's m usic contest will }elano, Mr. Bruce Holmquist, Mr. · larley Hardison, Mr. Charles be April 2 4 at Bellevue High .ang, Mr. Emil Wicina, Mr. Ray school. The Westside entries will join other musicians fr om eleven wift, Mr. David Bath, and Mr. Class A schools. Villiam Krueger.

For Special Issue

What feat has recently been accomplished by the 56 first year journalism students? P utting out this issu e the Lance! For the past three years, one of the spring issues of the paper h as been a "cub" issu e, wrLtten , edited, and distributed entirely by the first year journalism students. Mr s. J udy Egbert, j ournalism teacher, determined staff positions and advised the "cubs." The .theme chosen for this special six-page issue was '63-'64, A Year of Achievement. In accordance with this theme, the insert pages contain many featu res on the scholastic, athletic, and extr acu rricu lar activities of Warriors during this year.

The actual experience of pu tting together and publishing a newspaper will help prepare the students for next year, when they will be members of the regular publications staffs.

IN MEMORIAM The members of t he staff of .this issue of the Lance extend their sympathy :to ·t he family and friends of Karen Lee Knott. Karen died March 12, having been struck by a car March 11. She was 17 and would have graduated fr om Westside _in January of 1965 .

Harvey Capers In Senior Class Play No Easter bunny has statu s unil he has ·b een six feet tall and as participated in the Senior l ass Play, "Harvey," a three-act omedy written by Mary Chase. Harvey is a six foot "pooka," tore commonly known as a whLte 3.bbit. He is also the loyal friend f Elwood P. Dowd (Brent Waren) but is invisible to everyone lse. This leads Elwood's sister ta Lo u ise Simmons (S usan .ockwood) to take him to a sani.trium for psychiatric care. At the . nitarium Elwood is cared for ·bY :mng Dr. Sanderson (Dick Imig ) ·nd registered nurse Ruth Kelly Gail Rowd en). Romantic interest provided by the relationship of .lese two characters. By the end f the play, Elwood and Harvey i ve added to the happiness of eir associates. Other members of the cast !nude Hugh Abrahamson as Wil-

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Stan Lemon Young American 1 Of Month for Planetarium Work Senior Stan Lemon was recently chosen as Young American of the Month by the American You t h magazine. Published by the General Motors Corporation, this magazine selects a deserving individual every other montll . Stan

Four WHS Girls Set Winning Table Margo Stanley, senior, and Lynda Shannon, junior, will compete in Seventeen magazine's national Pace-Setter table-setting competition. As members of Brandeis' Fashion Board, they chose Connie Wilder, senior, and Kris King, junior, to assist them. For the contest the girls had to plan a menu, set a table, and make a centerpiece. The Westsiders' table placed first in Omaha. Pictures of the table will be judged in the national competition.

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was chosen f or the honor because of his planetarium activities. He previously served as an assistant at the Omaha Planetarium and was then recommended for the top job by the former director. Stan was honored at a luncheon Mar ch 11 by the General Mot ors Management Club of Omaha, where he was presented with a plaque. Du-ring the §Ummer of 1962, Stan attended lectures by directors of the Telstar and Apollo space progr ams at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. Last summer he spent eight weeks at the University of Oklahoma, studying nuclear physics and computer programming. These two summers of study were made possible by National S c i e n c e Foundation grants. This summer Stan might go back t o Norman, Oklahoma, as a student assistant and teach astronomy to junior high school teachers. Next year Stan hopes to attend either Yale, Princeton, or Chicago University. He plans to major ir> physics with special attention in the fields of astrophysics or computer technology.

Forty-five of Westside's third , fo u rth, and selected second year German students will be competing with 40 students from other schools in •t he first National GerMARCH man Contest. Sponsored by the American Association of Teacher s 20-End of quarter, Convocation 1 p.m. of German, the contest will take place Saturday, April 4, at West- 20-31-Easter Vacation side. APRIL "Stu dents will be tested on 7- Convocation, Hastings Choir grammar and laboratory compre9, 10, 11-Senior Class Play, Lithension," explained Mr,s . Elizatle T heater, 8 p.m. beth Griffin, German instructor . 24-District Music Contest "Prizes range from a six-week , 21 5-Track, Dutch White Relays expense-paid trip t o Germany t o 27-Pep Club Banquet transistor radios."

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· - Photo by Steve Wigodsky At the sanitarium Dick, Gail, Su san and H ugh wonder abou t Brent. Chauvenet, Eloise Cramer as Mrs. William R. Ch umley. Chumlety, Larry Fr~mch as Judge Directed by Mrs. Anna Clark, Omar Gaffney, R u.s ty Lyman as "Harvey" will •be presented April the cab driver, Mary Mar ple as 9, 10, and 11 in the Little Theater. the maid, Pam Nye as Elwood 's Tickets may be purchased in a d-

Music is in the air! Today, a t an .afternoon convocation, the University of Nebr aska Symphony Orch estra performed, and April 7 the Hastings Choir will sing at Westside. Members of .t he NU orch estr a include 58 stu dents and fac ulty members. Mr. Emanuel Wishnow, chairman of Nebraska's Mu sic Department, condu cts the band. Three Omahans, Rosemary Flores, Sandra Keriake des, and Bill Sprague play in the band. Handel's "Suite from the Royal Fire Wo·r ks," Sarasat' s "Gypsy

"Newsreels," and Dvorak's "Car nival Overtu r e" made up the program. One of the oldest musical organizations in the state, the NU orchestr a can be traced back t o the pioneer days of Nebraska. r.t presents spring and fall concerts annually, with guest soloists such as Sidney Harth, dean of music at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. The Hastings Choir, consisting of 44 members and directed by Mr. Warren Scharf, head of Has-

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Liverpualians (onquer WHS With Swinging Beatie Beat

Years of Pro gress This issue of the Lance is devoted to the achievements of Westsiders in the year 1963 -64 . We would like to take th is opportun ity to solute the remarkabl e progress and achievement of Westsi de itself a nd Dist rict 66 during their comparat ively brief existence. Remember the wr ite r to the Pu blic Pul se who ca ll ed Wests ide the "doormat of the Interci ty League"? Tha t wa s two years ago. Since then the " doormat" has come to life, f in ish ing th is year in the first div ision of t he league in foot ba ll, wrest ling, swim ming, and basketba ll . Indica ti ng an even bri ghter future in at . least one sport, our rese rve basket ba ll team ra n away with the Interci ty League title. Even more important, the qua lity of Westside's education nos been clearly demonst rated by the number of National Merit Scholarships, Nebras ka Regents Schola rships, and other aca dem ic honors which have been a warded to W estsiders in recent years. Dist rict 66 has pionee red in insti tut ing new prog rams in physics, chem ist ry, math, and Engl ish. This academic excellence can be a tt ri buted not onl y to the superior faculty and admin ist rat ion, but al so to the wi ll ingn ess of the taxpayers of the distri ct to pay for better education. In eleven short yea rs WHS has emerged from small-school anonymity to take its place among t he top - ranked schools in the state and count ry. KR IST! ANDERSEN

Beatlemania swept the countryand di d not pass up W estside. J ohn, Paul, George, and Ringo, th e Liverpool four some r esponsible for this world-wide m ass madness, are among the most talked ab out people in Wes tside h a lls and classrooms. Warriors have done their share toward helping the Beatles get rich quick by purchasing countless Beatie records, boo-ks, wigs, etc. Some "Beatlemaniacs" have spent over $10 on their idols! W h at do you think of , the Beatles? Here are some candid answers to that question : Jackie Moore; junior-"! plead t h e fifth amendment ." R oss R izle y, j unior-"The less the better." Kathy Root, senior- "They're refreshing an.d different- a change of pace from all the others." Lynda Shannon, j unior-"! love the Beachboys."

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Aside from the discovery of insulin, Goddar d's first rocket, and the TV weather girl, the greatest discovery in America in the last 10 0 years has been those living larynxes from Liverpool, th e Beatles. Lou d as a pep rally, they get paid for it! Saucy, irrever ent, and honest, with a defini te appeal to adu lts who are sufft:ring from either a delayed maturity or premature senility, they are the breath of freshness that sweetens a spring wind laden with the heavy scent of presidential pr imaries, Viet -cong, and mid-term examinations. I now know hbw th e pyramids of E gypt were built -they had a drummer like Ringo playing full steam all day long . With that 4j 4 beat boosting the metabolism, anybody could throw to gether a few pyramids in his

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Warpath by Diane Madsen Darwin's ·t heory of evolu tion is a m u ch-debated idea of man's creatio-n. But Worrd Lit. classes have found the real answer-man was made from trees! Intead of being monkeys, then, I suppose, we 're all knotheads?! ! !

• • • Then ther e was .t he day Mr s. Kelley said, "We'll now have the call t o worsh ip ... ! " T he students prayed that the Supreme Court wo ul d fin d o u t Mrs. Kelley was making them read the Bible, thus eliminating all those tests O·n the Book of Job .

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Today some adults are remin ded of the locust plagu es of the '30's-only now it's the Beatie Plague . Most adults cont end the latter is worse.

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spare time. Yes, there a r e still a few squares wh o are hold ing out, who refuse to admit their to etappin g is due to the sed u ctive beat. But to allay all their doubt s I'll just put on another BeaU~ record and let the h ips fall wher e th ey may. J AN LAITOS

Famous Drummer Plays Piano Tool The internationally k no wn drummer of Da ve Bru beck's quartet, Joe Morello, was the guest soloist in the W estside J azz Concert Ma rch 17, in the Girls' Gym . Joe was born and brough t up in Sprin gfi.e ld , Mass. H is father is a well-to-do French emigr ant and his mother, a music-loving FrenchCanadian. His career in music was n ot started as a dru mmer but as a pia no and violin student. It began when his mother recognized that Joe's vision was too poor to allow him any kind of athletic career. She chose to send h im, at t he age of seven, to a school fo r violin st ud ents. At the age of 17, J oe began to play the drums and was drawing the attention of many professionals. In 195 6 he joined Dave Br ubeck 's quartet where he was requ ir ed to sensitively match h is far-reaching rhythmic exposition s. But, he was also given t h e ch a nce to express his own individu ality throu gh solos. La st year, h e was elected "best ja zz drumm er " by polls conducted by Playboy, Down Beat, and E n gla nd 's Music Maker magazines. He s till continues to rece ive sho wers of public acclaim. One ad miring critic says, " Joe just seems to get better and bettera nd busier and bu sier - every day."

Your Council TakesAction by DICK IMIG The proceeds are in from the Jun ior - Senior girls' basketball game, sponsored by t h e Senate, Feb. 21. This money, combined with the money from t h e College Bowl, sponsored by the Senior Class and the Student Council, will be used to buy furniture and draperies for the student lounge. Also, coming up soon will be the annual Student Council Carnival , th e proceeds of which will go to the scho.l arship fund. 'The Council has recently been working on qu.e s tionnaires for both students and teachers which will answer some pertinent questions for us and make ou r job much easier. Also, we have been working in cooperation with Central High School on a cultu ral exchange program. Complaints have been voiced against the recent crackdown on haircuts at W estside. J ohn Buller and Dick Imig discussed the situation with Mr. Farrar. The fo llowing policy is being used by the administration: ( 1) if a student is r epresenting W estside at an athletic or speech conte~t . he should be discroot in cutting his hair, ( 2) any haircut is a ll right as long as the student is a good citizen of the school, and does not use it to draw attention.

Well , sp r ing is almost h ere as is evidenced by all the track stars ordering glasses of milk at King's or Todd's. Also one doesn ' t walk around after school witho-ut firs t looking to see if one of those track stars is speeding down the hall with all the ecstasy one gets from r u nning in the halls-legally !

• * • As you have pro•bably guessed by now, this paper is to show that Westsiders are outstanding in their fields, and by now th a t is probably where you think I ought to be-outstanding in a fie ld (with the rest of the corn), S() with that I'll leave you.

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District 66's residents have been reminded to register and vote, through "Operation Citizenship." T his project was launched by the ninth grade social s tudies classes of Westside, Westbr ook, and four classes of eighth grade at Arbor Heights. Approximately 400 students went door to door distributing questionnaires concerning voting. " Operation Citizenship" has two purposes: first, to urge every eligible voter to register and vote ; second, to provide an educationa l experience for the students and to help them realize and appreciate the r esponsibilities and the privileges of good citizenship. , "It is a good experience for the students," commented Mr. Rex Steinkru ger, social studies instructor. "They are learning that quite a few people d()n 't take vot· ing a s seriously as they should. " The results of the effort put forth by them are that of 2, 6 71 eligible voters, 2,136 are registered and 4 8 2 will plan .to register, 50 will not and three might. And 91 per cent of the above listed plan to vote in .the November election.

Bob Sund, junior-"They turn me on." Barb Norberg-"It' s not their hair combed down, it's their eyebrows combed up." Eric Hultman, junior- "They are there. I like their raunchy movements. " Betsy Raskin, junior-"! get the feeling t hey' re la u ghin g a t •t he whole world . I appreciate th a t ." Del Sennentz, junior----<"Don 't ask me. Yo·u can 't put swea r words in th e Lance !" Carolyn Richardson, junio.r-"I want to hold t h eir hands ." Chryse Schory , junior- " Ringo! Ringo! Rin go!" Sally Tramel, junior-(fainted, screaming "Ringo" before she could a nswer ) . Mary Tarr, junior-"May they go down in history-Elvis Presley, Lawrence Welk, and YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! The Beatles!" Candy B lli1ey, junior-Words can)lot express the emotions which flow from my heart and possess my very being. I LOVE 'EM! " Mr. Richard Winchell, history teacher-" ! think t hey' re th e gas!" THOUGHT FOR GOOD FRIDAY Is it nothin g to you who hurry by, A lonely cross in a windswept sky ? Th e emblem of sacrifice high in the blue Calling you home-is nothing to you? Is it nothing to you who close your eyes To th e Sa vior's s uffe ring as H e dies, And th e little church with its empty pew, And room for on e more - is it nothin g to you? I s it nothin g to you , t he debt you owe F or His crown of thorns, His blood-red flow? That t he taste of the gall you give Hi m anew By passing Him by-is it nothin g to you? Is it nothin g to you that only H e Ca n carry you over eternity 's sea ? That H e is salvation, total and tru e , And you r only hope-is it nothing to you? --'Frank H . Keith

by Ka rl Pecht DRAKE UNIVERSITY . Dra ke University in Des Moines, Iowa, is one of the larger private universities in the midwest. It is m ade up of ten colleges : liberal a rts, b\lSiness administration, education, fine a r ts, pharmacy, journalism, law, divinity, graduate, and University College (part-time, ni ght school, and Saturday classes ) . The enrollment is over 7,000. The cost is "reasonable ," compared with, some other private unive r sities. One policy of the admissions department that appeals to high school students is the early notification of ca ndidates. (Usually we h ear from Drake within two weeks a fter applica tion.) In athletic circles, Dra ke is best known for the Drake Rela ys, which have · been a spring event since runnin g was im·ented. This year the Drake basketball team is one of the top t eams in the country. Ther e are some scarce items on the acad eJ:ttiC offering : a major in a stronomy, or photo-journalism, or actua rial science, commercial art, fin e arts, church music, retailing - you name it and they have it.

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Sports Highlights Harriers Always on Top Top places and winning meets consistently have become the trade-mark of the Westside harriers. Their hard running and · superb mark of winmanship have placed Jim Ellis and Jim Jones as two of the shining stars on Westside's Cross Country team. As captains and the outstanding team members, these two boys have ~ set the mark that all other team members strive to achieve. During the season, the harriers hav~ shown other schools that Westside cannot be pushed into the grou nd when they are competing. Outstanding achievements during the past season include the · consistent wins in triangle and quadrangle meets that the team has brought home to Westside. Also included is the Doane College Cross Country invitational Meet where the team set an individual and team record. They placed fourth in the state and second at the Wesleyan Invitational. Among the outstanding members of the 15 man team were Jim Ellis and Jim Jones, two of the original members, and Lynn Miller, Bill Jepsen, Lee Fisher, and Jim Farlee.

Mot T eom Ends Season The Westside High School wrestling squad completed their '63' 64 season by taking tenth in the State Meet and fourth in the Intercity. They wound up with an over-all record of 8-4 ·in dual meets, which is the best record in dual competition for any Warrior team. After placing third in the district meet, the Warrior squad was represented in the state meet by Phil Dugan, Joe Jones, Gary Kreiger and Scott Swanson. Out of these four entries, Jones finished highest as he took third in the state wrestling meet.

Swimmers in Second 1963-'64 has been the best season yet in swimming, starting with a hardy victory over Prep and winding up with a surprise second place in the city and state swimming meets. The WHS swimmers suffered defeat only twice at the hands of Central and Lincoln High in dual meets. Westside showed their depth with their victory over favored Lincoln High in the city and state championships. Warrior tankers suffered disappointment at the hands of Omaha Central at the city and were toppled by Lincoln Southeast at the state meet. Victory at the state meet was led by Tom Curran and Steve Sorenson; fo llowing their examples were the freestyle relay and the medley relay. Steve, one :~f the co-captains, showed superior skill and form throughout the season, outscoring divers from every other school in the state. Due to an unfortunate UJ,JSet, Steve was held down to second place in the city but at the state meet he returned to take his proper I>lace among first place winners for the third year in a row.

Curran also took his place among the champs as he stroked his way to victories in the 200 and 400 yard freestyle' at the city meet and in the 400 again at the state meet. The ex - Californian swim ace bettered all of the existing state records for the 400 yard event by a margin that will assure him the title of "the man to beat" next year at both the city and state meets.

Pigskin Review With a record of 5-3-1 this season, W H S was quite enthusiastic over its ' varsity football team. The Warriors finished third in the Intercity and sixth in the state. Coach Bill Hoyt commented, "I feel this is the most rewarding season I've had at Westside." The squad was mainly a defensive ball club this year, although there were quite a few offensive stalwarts. Mr. Hoyt expects a better balanced team next year, but experience will be lacking. The team chose Dave Rupp as outstanding back and Joe Jones as outstanding lineman. In the win and loss cycle WHS defeated Central, Fremont, Benson, Abraham Lincoln in Council Bluffs, and South High. The Warriors lost only to Bellevue, Lincoln Northeast, and Prep. The Prep game was especially thrilling because in the last quarter the team seemed to be on the march. John Demgen took a fumble and scampered for the touchdo·wn. This was the final score which left tbe game 27-20. The North game ended in a tie.

Buller Leads B-Bollers Westside's most successful basketball · season ended with I the team rated fifth in state and finishing a close second in the Intercity League race. Sparked by high point man John Buller and starters Rick Willis, Earl Beam, Ron Hinckley, Eric Hultman, and Mark Jensen, the Warriors accumulated an impressive 13-6 record. The squad showed both balance and dei>th as they defeated all their Intercity League foes except South and top-ranked Prep.

Reserves Win Intercity Westside Reserves ended their basketball season with an overtime victory over Fremont, which brought their record to 13-1, the best In the Junior Warriors' history. Undefeated in Intercity League play, the reserves lost only to Beatrice in a very close game. Top scorer for WHS, which averaged 68 points a game to the opponents' 52, was Jerry James, with a 16 point average. Rog Herring and Jim Jansen· were close behind, av·e raglng 10 points each. Rusty Welch also scored high with 8.6 points per game. Coach Jack Peterson stated that the key to success for the reserves was the tremendous aggressiveness, especially In rebounding, and the desire to win that the boys showed throughout the season.

Staff Finds Lance Hectic1 Rewarding Lance staff members will readily agree that "there's a story behind every story." Meeting deadlines, juggling page layouts, and getting copy to the printer can be a hectic schedule, thou gh really "lots o~ fun," . admitted Lance reporter Robie Carmichael. "Some of the printing errors that need to be corre9ted, such as upside down lines, can be quite funny," smiled Brenda Williams, fourth page editor. Kathy RoQt, circulation and promotion manager, more painfully recalled the time she got a parking ticket downtown while at the printer. "Sometimes we don't know how we're going to get to the printer at all," added Second Page Editor Susie Madden, "and we end up taking the bus." Mrs. Judy Egbert, adviser for the paper, recalled a major goof in the ad layouts. A large teninch ad for a major department store boldly sported the signature of a rival store. · Editor Bette Anne Kuhn, however, probably knows the bustling rush 'involved in putting out a paper better than most staff members. Continually, incidents crop up that were not anticipated. Holes in page makeup discovered at the printer often result in 'a quick call to the school for more news. Several headlines have to be dashed off right then. Despite these unforseen events, staff members will admit that it was worth it, as they breathe a sigh of relief after another hectic edition is complet~d.

Sally Thomas and Bill Strateman find that Lance is not all work.

Biology Department Busy One of the busiest places in Westside this year and every year is the west wing, where the biology department is located. Mr. Harley Hardison's physiology classes have now almost finished their well-publicized smoking project. The project's · main feature is the two smoking machines, which are operated by Dave Bigle;r and Kim Fields. Cigarettes for the research are provided by the American Cancer Society, and the machines will even. tually have smoked 365 packs of cigarettes. The purpose of the machines is to remove the tars and nicotine from the cigarettes. After this phase of the project, "the accumulated tars and nicotine will be used to show people the kinds of

things they actually take in when they smoke," according to Mr. Hardison. Biology students, says Mr. Hardison, are building field biology kits for use on field trips anu other activities. The kits, which open to become tables, contain a microscope, slides, preservatives, reference books, and other materials to aid students in collection and identification of specimens. Another sign of the increasing interest in the life sciences is the number of students taking physiology, zoology, and botany. This year there have been six sections each of physiology and zoology and two sections of botany.

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Warriors Take To Slippeiy-Slopes by Yvonne Henry

It's one thing for a ski pro to glide flawl essly up to the tow rope and be gently carried up a slight incline, slowly release his grip a nd slide gracefully over to the sid e, goin g into an even more graceful decline. Easily turning ba ck a nd forth , he ends in a perfeet half pivot stop. Then once a gain he slides over to the tow to begin a nother flawless ascent. Mr. Hardison "and friend" watch one of the many science projects, a mechanical "smoking fiend," in action. -Photo by Steve Wigodsky

It's a n entirely different matter for certain Westside students. After struggling with weighty boots and unmanageable skis, the un skilled Warrior hopelessly tries to stand up. With this feat acIn 1961 and a gain in 1963 he was elected to the . Planning Board complished, the next ten minutes of the Nebraska Science Teachers are spent trying to maneuver over Association's Regional Conven- to the tow. Mr. WHS, upon grabtion. H e has attended the National bing the moving rope, finds himScience Foundation Institute at self ripped up the mountain at the unbelievable speed of 12 miles Omaha University for the last four years. Mr. Hardison stated that an hour. Arriving at the top he this course has "supplemented my finds himself cold, alone, and usually on the ground. This was knowled ge of biological science." In January he received his . Mas- the case of Sally T., Susan W., and many others. Reaching this point ter's degree from OU. and on his feet again, he begins Even though h.e is busy with outside classes, Mr. Hardison has to build up the courage for the found the time to sponsor the trip down. With the realization Westside Science Club. With this that he cannot go back the way he club he travels to various places has come, stark terror sets in as in Nebraska to view scientific ac- he gazes at the slippery slopes. While in this predicament, his complishments and advancements. This year Mr. Hardison has best friend solves the problem by giving him a friendly shove, sendbeen working on various projects. His physiolo"gy classes have been ing him half-way down the hill. At the bottom lie gracefully stops carrying out the~r well-known by falling forward, face in the smoking tests and poll. Right now · snow and skis overhead. Once unhe, with a number of his students, wound he starts another valiant is busy with preparations for the try. If unable to get unwound he Science Fair at OU in April. stays on the ground, as was skill-

Mr. Hardison Outstanding by Linda Wells "A great teacher, a counselor, and a friend," was the comment made about Mr. Harley Hardison, science teacher, by one of his students. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from Nebraska, Mr. Hardison came to Westside and has been teaching here ever since. He has also been living up to the comment made by his student. Though here only five years, Mr. Hardison has played a big part in modernizing and improving the Science Department. Seeing a need for an expanded program, Mr. Hardison introduced botany and zoology classes. He r ealized that the students needed new experiences in the way of science and brought in live animals and microscopes to give them a closer connection with the work-· ings of nature.

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Five minutes before the finals of the Kansas City tournament, Kathy Laas found out that she was to compete. She was then at the hotel, 30 miles from the host school. A cab was called and she explained the situation to the driver, asking him to hurry. Turning off his meter, the sympathetic cabbie gave Kathy a free ride. Competition is also interesting. After Chris Pinal! spoke at the Tech Novice Tournament, the opposing team left, saying, "We can't debate you." Scott Crabtree and Ray Dryden's female opponents cried during a debate at Denver University. In Fremont Steve Curelop and Jan Laitos' opponents quoted "Dear Abby" ' to prove a point. A memorable round of debate occurred at the Marion Tournament. During the final round, the opposition tried to make Steve admit that he didn't need to debate. Unable to evade the issue, he finally quipped, "My school needs me." Tall stories are prominent in the debate world. "Carmen" Curelop debated with Jan in Denver. Then, too, there is a waitress in Estes Park, Colo., who thinks the Omaha group she served is a ski team.

fully demons~rated by Mr. W. Now the skier finds that he must once again face that speeddemon rope. Some have less nerve after the first try, and try walking up the slope instead. Grabbing the rope again, our man on the slopes discovers that this isn't so bad after all. However, he soon notices both skis are in the same rut

WHS Shows Progress In Ratings of Scholars Westside's high scholastic ability has been fully proved by the high scores received on the different tests given this year. Of the 9 8 National Merit semifinalists in Nebraska• announced last September, 13 were seniors at WHS. Receiving this high honor were Bill Bailey, Carol Cleaves, Gary Gray, Bob Johann, Stan Lemon, Joe Limprecht, Gary Luckasen, Richard Lyman, Linda McDowell, Mickey McFarland, Dave Miller, Bob Rose, and Jane Ross. Westside also claimed over one tenth of the Nebraska Regents Scholarship winners, which is more than any other school in the state. Regents winners include Bill B a i 1 e y , AI Beauregard, Carol Cleaves, Steve Curelop, John D'Audney, Gary Gray, Stan Lemon, Joe Limprecht, Les Johnson, Mickey McFarland, and Bob Rose.

English Program Moves Forward Westside's English Department has introduced a new program. Launched last year by Mrs. Mary Conner, department head, in her sophomore English classes, it has been carried through to the junior American Literature classes. This experimental plan covers a five-year period and is being used at South, Central ,Westside, York, and in the Lincoln Public School System. Kindergarten through 12th grade students are involved in this Nebraska-developed experiment. A new idea in teaching is presented: the student is given principles and is allowed to give them his own interpretation. Most of the units are divided into the following sections: 1) Samples of general principles; 2) Application of principles; 3) Applicability of principles to various subjects through individual study.

and his nose close to th e ground. Mary R., Mary F. , Cheryl W ., and Ch eri T. fo und this a common occurrence. A little lapse of time a nd we find Mr. WHS doin g all sorts of daring thin gs. Hitting his head with his skis was a feat accomplished by Mr, L. It might not have been so unusual except he was standin g upright with both skis fasten ed to his feet . One Warrior, Sharon R., almost made it to the bottom without falling , an outsta nding trick for the WHS skier." With feats of daring going on all around him, we find our hero willing to have a little sport. He decides to challenge a fellowskier, as did Al L . a nd Al K. The winner of that race was never decided, as Al L. seemed to think the finish line was in the adjacent cornfield. Others, such as Mr. w. and Art G. ·had races, too. The winner was decided by the least amount of falls. The end drawing near, we find the almost proficient skier standing at the top of his conquered mount, wet to the bone, cold, covered with bruises and already planning the next trip.

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New Clubs rwestside's newest club, the Etarletons, is devoted to broadening the cultural :horizons of Westside and the study of yogi. So far this year they have had an art expert from Joslyn and a yogi expert speak. The club has no permanent membership and anyone can come to the meetings. The six Praunas, or equal heads of the · club are: Pam Patz, Lani Stockman, Les Johnson Jan Laitos, Ray ' Dryden, a~d Steve Curelop. The Etarletons is another activity organized and operated by students of Westside to advance our cultural and educational background .

Interact Promotes Amity "The purpose of the Interact Club is to try and better the relations between people, states, and nations," stated Earl Beam, president. This is the first year for the Interact Club at Westside High. The club was started by Mr. Hansen and is now sponsored by Mr. Speece and the West Omaha Rotarians. ·The 25 sophomore, junior, .and senior members must be in the upper half of their class scholastically, This year Interact Club has had a busy start, and many projects have been completed. Among these projects have been a car wash which raised $2 9 for the club; a convocation presenting Dr. Robert Joslyn speaking on United· Nations Day; and the selling of notepads for the faculty lounge. The club has also been invited to a luncheon given by the West Omaha Rotarians. In the future Interact Club plans more service and fund-raising projects. Other officers are Rick Willis, vice-president; Jim Iverson, secretary; and Eric Hultman, treasurer. Available for

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* More than 25 cents worth of good entertainment was enjoyed by all who attended the second annual Intramural Tournament, March 11,, sixth hour. In spite of the referees, Mr. Bill H affey and Mr . Rex Steinkruger, the Junior Rejects came out on top of the Senior Blue Raiders. The juniors were ahead all the way until the seniors tied the score; then they were tied!??! First quarter ended with the juniors on top (naturally) 12 to four. Rejects led in the second and third quarters, also, with scores of 26-18 and 36-24, r espectively. With a boost from Tim Denzler, Daryl Olsen, and Phil Perry, the Blue Raiders tied the score 3 6 to 36 with two minutes and 34 second~:~ to go in the fourth quarter. (Something good had to be said about the seniors!) From then on to the very end, it was touch and go-or , more appropriately stated

-basket and run. With 40 seconds to go, the score stood 42, to 42-but not for long. With just three seconds left, Zoob shot a long one for the winning two pointer. "Money from the sophomoresponsored game will go toward the Junior-Senior Prom," stated Lynn Kolle, sophomore class vice-president, in an exclusive interview. She commented that the winners' names will be engraved on a plaque and placed in the trophy case. VITAL STATISTICS Jr. Rejects Sr. Blue Raiders Clauff 2 Arps 0 Jepsen 8 Cummins 0 Johnson 4 Denzler 14 Lenz 6 Olsen 14 Rahe 6 Perr y 14 Zoob 18 Petersen 0 Wiese 0 44 42

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"When in Rome do as the Romans do." This was the motto followed by the Latin Club members who attended the annual Roman Banquet, March 10 in the girls' gym. In a grand procession, each member wearing a homemade toga entered the gym which was decorated with Roman columns. A slave auction followed which netted $12.50 for the club, the highest bid being $2.10. The dinner was catered, and fried chicken, french fries, beans and apple pie were served. In keepin g with the custom revelers ate reclining on the floor , with a covered cardboard box for a · table, and used fingers only. After a somewhat messy meal the Olympic games began. Straws were used as javelins in the javelin throw, and paper plates in the discus. Then a contest using Pluto Platters, followed by a threelegged race fought to the finish , ended the games. Then the fun part,_ clean-up, began. "This is the best banquet we've had in five years," said Latin Club sponsor Julie George.

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These are the facts kids, just the facts . The names haven't been changed to protect the guilty. Tim Gerber and some of his other mature junior friends were th r own out of the Westside-Prep tourney basketball game for blowing a moose horn. Charlie Toy uses Aqua Net hair spray. Eric Diegel just couldn't control himself during Mrs. VanAmburgh's third hour English class. He started to eat Mary Johnson's lunch and when Mrs. VanAmburgh questioned him about this he offered her a sandwich. Kirk Rahel has a new job fourth hour-keeping constant vigil over the boys' restroom. It's too . bad Jeff Meyer has a hard time staying awake under

sun lamps. The freshman girls want Doug Riley to contn;>l his emotions when returning · home from. those ski trips. Good lu«k to Jim Jones on his four-m inute mile. He's gonna need it. Susan Howl should think twice before . attempting to drag in Prep's parking lot. Barb Norberg, Sandi Hopkins, Sally Tramel and Carol Thomas ' have an unusual hobby-smoking pipes! AI Zimmerman is trying real hard to break Stan Saklar's reco.r d for not taking a shower after basketball practice. . .. And remember, if you don't want to read about it in the Lance, don't let it happen.

"The Toppers," stated Mr. Bill Kellogg, vocal music instructor, "is a new vocal music group just fonl;led at Westside this year. It is a modern jazz ct.oir consisting of ~ i ght girls and eight boys. The purpose of organizing such a group is to provide another type of musical activity for students." . Auditions will be held again next year for sophomores through seniors who are eligible. The swinging Toppers for this year are: Leanne Appleby, Steve Bachenberg, Donna Barron, Rick Bergstrom, Dick Doxon, Tim Gerber, Mary Johnson, Becky Jones, Jean. Kennedy, Monte Lefholtz, John Mattson, Ginny Paton, Gary Shannon , Paul Thorson, Judy Wheeler, a nd Lee Ann Wright. Julie Reed is their accompanist.

il'iracles, lnclustry D. E. Convention 'Vocational Class To Be Apr. 5, 6 The 8th Annual Distributive Education State Convention will Available in 64-65 be held at the Blackstone hotel · Something new has been added to the curriculum at Westside. Beginning next •year, Westside will have a Cooper111tive Trades and Industry Program . The purpose of the program is to prepare teenagers for their chosen vocation afte r graduating from high school. Students will be individually advised by their instructor and employer. Trades and industry will occupy a two hour time period and yield 2 5 credit hours. The first hour will be devoted to the study of subjects rel111ted to the student's choice of trades. The second hour will be individualized study in a specific area; this study will >be mostly paper work. Students will have to have an after-school job in the field they are studying. They will have to work a ' minimum of 15 hours a week. Instructors will help students in applying for parttime work.

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April 5 and 6. Entertainment includes speaking, sales demonstrations, job interviews, business math, window display judging, business terms, shadow boxing and a dvertising. E ,a ch year an outstanding D. E ,. student is chosen from one of the various high schooJ.s. This year's representative from Westside is Bonnie Roshong. Westside has won the outstanding D. E. State .Student Award five years consecutively, and has won the national award twice.

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Warriors Over Beveridgei [ ose to Prep · The Warrior basketballers lost their chance at a shot for the state title when they lost in the final r ound of the district playoffs, 6 4 to 54, against Prep. The Warriors led many times during the first half, but faded in the fourth quarter as Prep surged ahead to stay. J ohn Buller and Rick Willis led the Warriors early in the game, as Westside ended the first quarter ahead 13 to 12 . Teamwork showed during the rest of the half for Westside, as many times the Warriors left Prep flat-footed and drove for t wo points. After the half, the Warriors temporarily lost, but soon regained , their shooting eye to stay within two points at the end of the third quarter, 44 to 42 . Prep dominated the fourth quarter as the Warriors went cold . Westside tried to apply a press, but Prep turned on the steam and broke through many times. T he final score in a real heartbreaker fo r the Warriors was P r ep 64, Westside 54 . -

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Sophomore basketball gu ard Mark J ensen is the best of 'em a ll this week. Mark has been playing organized basketball since the 7th g r ade, when he played freshman ball. Since then he has progressed into one of Westside's t op player s and he still has two years a head of him to improve. Mark made up for his lack of height ( 5' 10") by making good use of his fin e shooting eye. He finished the season with a 10 point scoring average. JENSEN Surprisingly, enough , he came up with his share of rebounds too! A deadly outside shooter, Mark is a fine ball hawk. Many times during the season, Mark made a key steal and

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raced for an easy two points. According to his coach, Jim Tang~ dall, "Mark has the quickest hands I've seen in a long time, and he has the poise and confidence to go along with them. He is a real leader ·and should go on to a terr ific basketball career." Mark started in every game but two, and had more quarters (70) to his credit than any other Warrior. He is setting a fine example for all up and coming athletes to follow. It's' not often a sophomore can accomplish what he has.

The boys' varsity .tennis team, coached by Mr. Bob Rademacher, began its seasonal practice in the girls' gym, March 9. From a se lection of 3 5, the team will be cut to 15 or 20. These players will include veterans from last year's t eam. "The coming season looks promising," remarked Coach Rademacher, upon viewing .the team 's strength.

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Suburban Beveridge High came downtown to meet Westside in th eir first Nebraska District Basketball Tournament, but WHS waltzed, as expected, to an 87- 40 margin over the Bulldogs. John Buller, despite intermittent use because of one-sidedness, whisked away the night's scoring honors with 22 markers. Westsiders are looking toward the future. One good reason is sophomore J erry James' 12-point sprint Tuesday night. This was Jerry's s econd varsity game and b,e hit five .fielders from 2 0 feet out. Westside outscored the Beveridge team 19-8 the fi r st quarter, 20-11 the second quarter, 25-6 the third quarter, and 23-15 the fourth quarter. The tension seemed to let up when a cold-shooting BHS team fell behind 39-19 at the half. The tournament saw many boys playing excellent games. Rick Willis, junior forward, tallied nine points and sophomore Mark Jensen, eight. Senior Gary Gray and J unior J im Iverson played their outstanding games of the season. Gray marked up 10 points while Iverson went for eight and Ron Hinkley seven.

Booster Banquet To Laud ·Athletes The Westside Athletic Booster Committee will sponso-r a dinner and program for Westside athletes and their parents tomorrow in the girls' gym. Misleading in title, the Winter Sports Banquet will honor Warriors who have participated in football, basketball, swimming, wrestling, and cross country.

From The Editors

by Susan and Steve

The athletes earned them with many hours of hard work, why shouldn't they have them on their sweaters? T his is the question many Westside students are asking each o-ther in regard to the suggestion that the boys take all their emblems and medals off of their letter sweaters. The awards sewn on the boys' letter sweaters are an incentive to work even harder at their particular sport . Many boys w ould no-t work nearly as hard as a boy who is state champion, yet they bo th r eceive the same reco-gnition. This seems completely u nfair, not only to the athlete, but to Westside High. When a WHS athle te •t ravels to another school we want to be proud of him.. In recent years, Westside has risen from the depths of defeat to the glory of victory. The Warriors· have in rthe last few years beaten every maj or high school team in the area (except Prep; go to it, Warriors!) and beat them soundly. Why? Not only are the athletes themselves giving their all, but the coaching "team" is giving its all too. T hese fine gentlmen spend many outside hours with "their" athletes, improving their ability and giving .them the confidence that they themselves have in the team. Westside's coaches are unique in that they work together as a team for each sport. J.t's not just one or two coaches worrying about their sport, it's the group. Some ,s cout, some coach varsity and some prepare the varsity-<tobe.

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The Warriors will be led by mound veterans Larry E'isenhaur and AI Zimmerman, and streng thened by returning lettermen Earl Beam, Rick Grandgenett, Dick Hurst, Daryl Olsen and Rick Willis. These regular s will undoubtedly be joined by some of last year's members of a very strong reserve team. With both regular pitchers returning from last year and a host of returning lettermen, this year's prospects for a successful season look very good indeed. In the '64 •t rack season, distance running overshad ows other ·events, as evidenced by t h e qu antity of athletes in this catego·r y. Examples of these d istance runners are J im Jones, senior, juniors Scott Anderson, Bill Jepsen, and Lynn Miller, plus other cindermen. Some of the runners, like Jones, can be remembered for their track action last year in the mile or half-mile. The field events (high jump, broad j ump), because of their lack o-f personnel, are not expected t o carry the load. The prediction is that WHS w111 . have a good track season, starting with their track meet tomorrow at Omaha unive~sity.

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A little-known athletic unit of Westside High School has 1mproved greatly in recent yea;rs t o become one of our most outstanding teams . Last year the golf team finished second in the Intercity with a 5 and 3 record. With four returning lettermen, Doug Her, Tom Nilson, Steve Wilson, and Barry Zoob, the golf team should. place first or second in <;ity and state this year.

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WHS, Central Westsiclers To Participate Take 1st Place In Science Exhibit at OU The Speech Department is again making news! Competing against all the high schools in the Omaha area, Westside tied for first with Central in the District Speech Contest. All entries in competition receive a rating of superior, excellent, good, or fair. Westsiders receiving a superior grade for their presentations were seniors Scott Crabtree, discussion; Kathy Laas, oral interpretation; and Jan Laitos, both original oration and interpretative public address. "Excellent" grades were earned by Dennis Adams, poetry; Richard Caniglia, one act plays; Steve Curelop, extemporaneous; Barb Hosford, one act plays; and Kathy Laas, one act play.

EclucatorsEvaluate School Stanclarcls Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal, represented Westside at the annual North Central Ass'n of College and Secondary Schools Convention, April 6-9. "The purpose of .the co·n ference is to continually evaluate the academic and activity standards being set for high schools," explained Mr. Farrar. Educators from the central United States determine the standards and help member schools to enforce them with the idea of providing a more adequate education for high school students, he continued.

' Westside will again participate in .the Junior Academy of Science exhibits to be held in the University of Omaha fieldhouse tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Some of the Westside exhibits on display include: a model of the brain stem by Al Bach, a smoking machine by Dave Bigler, a snake skeleton by Dennis Dohner, and a dog skeleton by Ned Whitsell. Other projects also include such displays as bird ecology, evolurtion and an acceletor. Many other projects will also be represented from various schools located in Western Nebraska and Eastern Iowa. Also on .the agenda will be a talk on the development of the ocean presented by Dr. Karl Busch, chairman and prof!lssor of the Biology Department at the University of Omaha. Dr. Busch

APRIL 10-Senior Class Play, 8 p.m. 11-Senior Class Play, 8 p.m. Mass Cheerleading Practice, 10 a.m. 13-Int~rnational Club Banquet Sociology Field Trip 14-Hi-Y, 7:30 p.m. 16-FMA 21-Key Club 22-Y-Teens 23-Engineer Week, University of Nebraska Open House, All Grades 24-District Music Contest 25-District Music Contest ACT Exams 8 a.m., College of St. Mary 27-Pep Club Banquet

also gave a talk at Westside April 3. The students will benefit not only from their own projects, but also by investigating other projects from other schools," stated Mr. Harley Hardison, science instructor. Mr. Hardison also stated that this year's fair is much larger than last year, with 35 schools participating.

Senior Class Play To Appear Again Tonite, Tomorrow Harvey, the big white rabbirt in the Senior Class Play, has been attending classes with Brent Warren (Elwood P. Dowd). He was singing alto in Top Choir last week according to Brent, but he . is the only person able to see the rabbit. The 12 seniors in the play have been attending evening rehearsals . for the past two weeks. "The rehearsals are· extremely casual and really we have a lot of fun," said Pam Nye (Myrtle Mae). Terry Madden, chairman of the prop committee, remarked that she has "been spending many furlours hours looking for about 53 various props. The worst headache has been trying to obtain a melodian, a musical instrument." In spite of the problems, Mrs. Anna Clark, director, said "everyone should come and see it, it's a good play wirth a good cast." The play is being presented tonight and tomorrow evening at 8:00 p.m. in .t he Little Theater.

Coaches Award Winter Athletes "This convocation is an awards convocation for winter sports," opened Mr. Jerry Koch, activities director, at the "Winter Sports Convocation, April 3. With the varsity basketball team finishing sixth in state and second in intercity, Coach Jim Tangdall stated, "We feel this has been an excellent season." Mr. Tangdall presented awards to Earl Beam·, Al Beauregard, John Buller, Jim Ellis, Gary Gray, Ron Hinckley, Eric Hultman, Jim Iverson, Mark Jensen, Stan Saklar, Rick Willis, Al Zimmerman, and to student managers Bill Anderson and Lee Cummins. Mr. Jack Peterson, .;:oach of the undefeated reserve basketball team, called the following players to the stage for awards; Roger Anderson, Phil Blum, Jon Elliot, Lee Fisher, Jeff Gaillard, Roger Herring, Denny Humphrey, Jerry James, Jim Jansen, Jim Musil, Gordon Nealy, Mark Rickerson, Dick Tharp, Steve Tyler, Bob Urosevich, Rusty Welch, and student managers Wayne Dudley and Jerry Peterson. Members of the W H S swim team, placing second in state and 3econd in intercity, were presented ta.wards by Coach Stan Wells. Phil !A.mis, Rick Anderson, Steve Burlite, Tom Curran, Bill Dunbar, :Oave George, Roger Hawkins, iBob Hurst, Steve Jenkins, Bob ohann, Karl Kehm, Jan Laitos, ohn Larsen, Hap Ptaz, Gary Pet-

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berg, Bruce Sayles, and Scott Swanson. Reserve lettermen were Allan Bach, Sam Bonacorso, Bill Boucgeois, John Brager, Dan Brown, Ralph Chancy; Ben Cohen, Bob Flood, Jerry Mainelli, Bruce Moore, Don Noel, Pete Payne, Doug Ralston, Jerry Simons, Scott Smith, Bob Taren, and Dick Welch, and student managers Tom Grossman and Lloyd Woodland .

DE Places First In State Westside's Distributive Education Chapter not only had two of its students take first places in individual contests, but also was chosen to· be the Outstanding DE Chapter of Nebraska at the annual DE State Conference held at the Blackstone Hotel, April 5 and 6. Senior Bonnie Roshong was chosen as Outstanding All-Around Business Student of the Year in Nebraska, and was awarded a trophy and $10 0. The other first place was taken by Jim Derby, in business math. Jcak Williams, president of Westside's DE chapter, Bonnie, and Jim will represent WHS in Chicago at the end of April in r national competition. Jack will represent the club as a whole, wt:ile Bonnie and Jim will try for top honors in their own fields, and a $1600 scholarship in business.

standing Business Student on the basis of her scholarship, her work on the job, her DE' club participation, her other school activities, and an interview. The chapter was presented the huge trophy that is now in the DE room in the annex, after being evaluated on its activities of the year, its appearance before civic organizations, its club meetings, its projects, and the number of points won by the individuals in the contests. Westside's proj ects, which took second place in creative marketing was entitled "A Study of the Effect of Show Cards, Price Reduction, and Direct-Mail Advertising on the Movement of Selected Staple Merchandise." Bonnie, Jim Derby, and John Estey worked with a local grocery store observing the increase of sales of

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Linguists To Go South to Study It now appears that Spanish students will not be completely outdone by those adventurous French and German students who are traveling abroad .this summer to study.

Approximately 15 Spanish students are planning to go .to the Inter-American University in Saltillo, Mexico, for two weeks this summer to improve their Spanish

WHS Enters 24 In Music Contest Westside will enter 24 events in the District Music Contest at Bellevue. Forty-five people tried out for the vocal and instrumental contest. The judges for the elimination contest were Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Thomas from the University of Nebraska. The large groups will perform Friday evening, April 24 and the small groups and solos will perform Saturday morning, April 25.

tongue. The students will live with well-to-do families who will provide the "foreigners" with food, sleeping quarters, and laundry services, as well as chances to practice talking in Spanish in everyday situations. For three hours a day for two school weeks each American student will have a private tutor-a Mexican student of about the same age--who will expose the American student to different phases of Mexican life where he can use his Spanish tongue. According to Mr. Edward Sadler, this experience will probably be noted on the students' high school record. All university activities will be open to the visiting students, hut a nearby motel will also be available to the students for swimming, horseback riding, dancing, and other activities. The students may even see a bullfight to complete their foreign summer school.

Students See 'Hamlet,

Around 3 00 English students The vocal groups representing from Westside . went to see the Westside will be the mixed chorus, ' play "Hamlet" yesterday, April 9. boys' quartet, girls' :triple trio, These students were given reduced girls' quartet, and soloists Rick rates, 50 cents. The presentation Bergstrom, Tim Gerber, Mary was at the Du.ndee theater at 1: 3 0 Johnson, Gail Rowder, and Paul p.m. Thorson. The instrumental groups will be as follows: band, orchestra, woodwind trio, clarinet choir, brass quintet, string quartet, cello· duet, Linda Allen, cello; Jim Durham, violin; Michelene Eden, flute; Ricky Gibson, clarinet; Karen Johnson, Gail Rowden, and Paul vine, french horn; Virginia Moore, violin; John Piper, clarinet.

ATTENTION Don'•t forget .the ACT tests to be given April 25. at the College of St. Mary's at 8 a.m. Also, the College Entrance Examinations will be administered May 2 at Central High school at 8:3 0 a.m., and the Omaha Universi>ty placement tests will be given all day May 23 at OU. In order t o take these, the student must have all his applications in and

Convocations Prepare Students for Future College freshmen present a more personal view of college than either parents, teachers, or counselors, according to Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance counselor. This is why four former Westside students, now at OU, were asked to speak wt the senior convocation in the Little Theater Wednesday, April 8. Kristi Isaacson, Bill Olson, Charles Perrigo, and Jane Stockman revealed to the seniors these real facts about the different phases of college life. "Pioneering the Space Frontier," was a convocation presented today by Robert T. Edgar, guest speaker. The purpose of the convocation was to help prepare the students tro.

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Are Rights Wrong? These guest editorials were originally written as English composition assignments. They do not necessarily express the opinions of the Lance staff. By presenting both sides of the issue we hope to stimulate thought, and will welcome your comment. THE EDITORS

One of the most controversial political and moral issues in the States today is that of the social status of the Negro. Since the Negro was first used as a slave on Southern plantations, he has been thought of as the vassal of the white man. In our modern day and age some people have begun to see the fallacy of this attitude and have attempted to adopt measures which will elevate the Negro to the social position he should rightfully occupy. One of the main points discussed in relation to the Negro and modern civil rights is the issue of equal public accommodations. This would allow the Negro to patronize any restaurant, hotel, or any other public establishment or service, and be served on the same basis as a white .person. As stated in the constitution of the United States, no citizen shall have his life, liberty, or property put in dange.r. A Negro, being a citizen, is entitled to this constitutional protection. If our forefathers brought forth a nation "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal," it seems "only fitting and proper" that all men should be treated equally disregarding the color of their skin . · Opponents to civil rights say that the Negro is not equal to the white man because he is lazy and ignorant. Although laziness may be in some cases a personal trait, it can hardly be considered as a characteristic of a race. However, it seems highly improbable 'that the Negro as a race be noted for his intelligence and scholastic accomplishments when Negro children are kept from having adequate education. We cannot continue to sit back in our chairs and calmly accept the fact that man is superior to the animal and the Negro. Intelligent Americans must realize that there is something terribly wrong with a ·society in which even little girls in Sunday School must suffer for the prejudices of their parents. For the Lord has said, "Amen I say to you, whatever you do to one of these, the least of my brethern, so also do you to me." This should be proof enough that when we treat the Negro unjustly, we are only hurting ourselves. Unit~d

JACKIE HAUPTMAN

Civil rights or civil wrongs? That is the issue at hand. Is the Civil Rights Bill good or is it a threat to our constitutional rights? This issue came to the public's attention in a most distressing manner. Groups of militant Negroes have staged in the past few months, many demonstrations both violent and quiet against alleged discrimination. Whether or not these demonstrations have been violent, they most certainly have led to much violence. Mobs of angry young Negroes have attacked Southern policemen assigned to keep law and order.

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1 by KARL PECHT Central Missouri Stat6 College is in Warrensburg, Missouri, a town of 10,200, 50 miles southeast of Kansas City. The enrollm ent is about' 5,000 . Starting out as a teacher training college, Central Missouri has expanded to a liberal arts college, .with many of the specialized offerings of a large university. One feature that will appeal to students who want special training for two years is the planned programs of secretarial science, gene ral business, power mech<tnics, bookkeeping, drafting, homemaking, and electricity-electronics . Of course, there are complete four-year programs in all of these. No special tests are required for admission. A surprising feature of the college is the cost. Because of the state sales tax in Missouri, there is no tuition charged for residents of Missouri, and out-of-state students pay fees of only $204. Textbooks may be rented. Dormitory board and room fees are about $600 per year. Students looking for a diversity of courses in a good cellege where the cost is low should investigate this one.

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Of Adventurous Boys in Kayaks by BRENDA WILLIAMS A unique trip during spring vacation took seniors Kim Field and Bill Robinson in kayaks down the "Muddy Mo" from Omaha to Kansas City. Their smp.ll, one-man boats were packed with only food, clothing, money and a tent as ,t hey paddled .the winding Missouri River. The trip began Sunday morning, March ·22, and involved six days of sleeping and cooking along the river bank, buyin ~ meals at riverside towns, and diligently riding the waves during daylight. As the Midlands experienced cold weather and bitter winds that week, so did the river waters. Kim expressed the cold trip as "ice on the river, ice on the boat, ice on the paddle, ice on the food, and ice on us." Bill remarked that their hands were frozen to the paddles and they couldn't bend their arms. The first two days especially entailed rough water as the northern wind caused big waves. They still found plenty of excitement. In a "blinding snowsto·rm" four miles above St. Jos-

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Kingston Trio Sparklesl by ROBIE CARMICHAEL Take three witty and talented young men with a deep love of their country and people, combine with some of the best folk music ever created, add excellent musical arrangement, accompaniment, and an innate sense of timing and you have a very special American institution-the Kingston Trio. All these qualities were evideiLt March 12, the night the Kingston Trio played before 2,500 enthusiasts at the Omaha Civic Auditorium Arena. From the moment the three singers •bounded on stage, they generated a steady flow of spontaneous energy. They swung immediately into a lusty version of "Hard, Ain't It Hard?" which had every member of t}le audience tapping his foot and 1eagerly absorbing each golden note. The humor provided between songs sparkled with earnest satire. Once John excitedly announced that there would be a contest for the best clappers in the audience. To the first prize winner went an all-expense paid trip to Red China -about the time of the annual famine. Another prize was a twoday trip to Adventureland(snicker) John's room. A glossy picture of Art Linkletter was provided for anyone participating in the contest. Everyone was thrilled.

How many people have an eight by 10 of gentle Art hitting a child? Only the Kingston Trio could have taken songs dealing with unwed mothers and nuclear holocausts and made people laugh a£ them in good clean fun. Yet this is just what was done with songs like "Shape of Things," and "Merry Minuet." The Beatles by no means escaped the good-natured satire of .the Trio . Bob jokingly referred to chocolate-covered ants as Beatie Candy, "They don't melt in your hand, they crawl in your mouth." The p-eople watching them in Omaha were enchanted, as are most people who see them. Nick Reynolds, John Stewart and Bob Shane have done a great deal to help the American people learn to laugh at themselves. Truly .t he Kingston Trio has identified with Americans everywhere nd Americans have identified with them.

The term "civil rights" could have many meanings. In this essay it means the rights of the Negroes to eat with, live with, and intermarry with, and to spend their leisure hours with the white population of the United States of America. Published Semi-Monthly by Journalism Classes I do not believe the Negroes should live with us at all. We WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL are two different races, different not only in color but in culture. 87th and Pacific Sts., Omaha, Neb. The Negro is by instinct or nature more violent than a white Editor- - ·· -- Bette Anne Kuhn Every good Nebraskan knows Managing Editor ___.. Jayne Sahler person. The morals of the Negroes are appalling. I believe that in this case, a militant minority is trying to that we have a one-party political Business and system. The Party is Republican, impose its will upon a majority. It is only natural for peo- and we all know that the only Advertising Manager..__ carol Ide ple to want to be with their own kind . This is not a case of good Republican is a conservative. First Page Editor_._Sally Thomas Negro privileges, but this possibility of the white man's rights It has come to this writer's atSecond Page Editor...Susie Madden being trod upon. Integrated restaurants reserve the right to tention that someone is spreading · Third Page Editor-....Linda Shipke refuse admission to undesirables. With the new Civil Rights the horrible rumor that there are Fourth Page Editor......Brenda WilIiams Bill, how will a restaurant owner keep a noisy drunken Negro some Democrats in this country. Not only that, it ,is even said that out of his establishment without being involved in costly law- some people are liberals (excuse Advertising Stafi'.-...Diane Madsen, Judy Strattan, Arlene Tepper, suits? the profanity)! Shelley Wood Many people say that because our current nation's leaders Citizens of Westside High Feature Writer...._. __ .Jan Laltos are all out for total integration, it must be right. What these school, unite! Stamp out those pu- Circulation and people do not realize is that these leaders want more votes so trid liberal Democrats before they Promotion.·-- - -····-···-Kathy Roo·t spread their vil,e philosophy! If that they can remain our leaders. we let them go unchallenged, they Sportswriters ___Qordon Smiley, Bill Strateman, Steve Curelop I believe that I have shown that the segregationists are not may insist on mention in our ilalways ungodly people who have only prejudice for reason. I lustrious municipal newspaper. Reporters ..·- ···--··Ro bie Carmichael, Cindy Lange, Pam Ness, Susie believe also that the integrationists's "holier-than-thou" atti- They may even demand their own separate but equal newspaper. Ness tude is somewhat of a sham. The white masses should protect Unite now ; aler t your parents to . Photographers. __....John Quarles, their constitutional rights and vote down the new Civil Rights the danger; pr otect our perfect Todd Clayton Bill. society! Advlser ..·---···-····Mrs. Judy Egbert KURT SHROEDER -Betsy Raskin Artists------·-·Diane Woodhull

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seph, Mo., Bill broke a pa ddle. One morning they awoke on penitentiary grounds at Lawrence, Kan., to the trumpeting of a bugle. The boys became quite familiar with reporters and photographers as many media scooped the story

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and the boys' picture appeared in Omaha, Kansas City, Wichita, and Lawrence newspaper s. Seniors Mike Strange and Bob Boyd joined them Friday night and the four returned by car Easter Sunday. Kim and Bill agree they might try this type of travel again "if we can find a colder and more hazardous river!"

by DICK IMIG Congratulations are extended to Mr. Harley Hardison, this month's outstanding teacher. A trophy with his name engraved on it was. presented to him by the Student Council. Plans for the May carnival are surging ahead. The Senate and Council will have several booths. Also each club sponsored by the school f.s required to have a booth. Plans should be submitted to John Buller as soon as .they are compl~ted.

Also, a new clock was given to the school library by the council in memory of Karen Knott. This give will let her memory live on as long as Westside is standing. Finally, please fill out the Student Council questionnaires carefully. They will be an invaluable help to us.

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Key Club Travels to Iowa Eleven Westside Key Club members are 31ttending the Nebraska-Iowa Key Club District Convention .today, tomorrow, and Sunday in Spirit Lake, Iowa. They are Ward Baxter, Bob Bucholz, John Buller, Bill Dixon, district treasurer; Doug Dixon, Scott Holdredge, who is running for district governor; Tom Hood, Dave Keifer, Don Marquardt, Jeff Meyers, and Hap Pll!tz. Activities for .the three-day convention include speech and essay contests, reports on club activities from rthe different schools, and the election of d istrict office.r s.

GAA Girls Brave Cold Sixty-six cold members of GAA and three equally chilled chaperones returned Saturday mor ning, April 4, after spending the night at Camp Brewster, Mrs. Peg Johnson, GAA sponsor, advises. The enthusiastic girls left the school at 4: 30'· p.m. Friday afternoon and were up early to return home Saturday. Mrs. Johnson also says that Westside's GAA plans to send several junior and senior girls to participate in the annual Sports Day at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, April 18 .

Students to Go on Sale "Who'll gimme ten cen's for thiz beootiful specimen uv femininity to wait upon you? Good boy! Now, who 'll gimme twentY;?" Such a slave auction will be one of the highlights of the evening at the annual International Club banquet Monday ,April 13, at Pacific Hills Lutheran Church. Thirteen boys and girls dressed in slave costumes will be sold p.nd the money will be used for Internrutional Club.

and all of the ski.ts will involve the sports from the different countries. The evening will formally begin at 6 p.m. Tickets may be purchased for $1.7 5, according to Karen Nelson, over-all chairman .

Y-Teens Sponsor Party Y-Teens held a party at the Hattie B. Monroe home, April 4, for the children. Story telling and games were on the a genda. A bake sale will be held on April 18 at the Hinky-Dinky store. on 84th and Center. Their plans for the coming carnival were not disclosed.

Club Sends Gift Chests During spring vacation, Westside's Junior Red Cross members were busy filling a chest of supplies to be sent overseas. Miss Arline Russnogle, Junior Red Cross sponsor, said the chests contained school supplies, health supplies, and some recreational equipment for a room of 24 students. Miss Russnogle stated that the total cost of the chest will be close to $7 5 when all the supplies purchased at a wholesale house are added and water-proof paper is added.

Z-Ciub Plans Dinner, Tea Z-Club members are engaged in several activities for April and May. April 7, rthe Annual Progresive Dinner was held to elect officers for next year. "We wellit to the Hattie B. Monroe Home April 8," stated President J oAnn Rheingrover, "to have a party for the crippled children. Sometime in May we will have our MotherDaugh!ter tea," · JoAnn continued.

Some of the other entertainment will include a skit by each language club-Spanish, French, German, and Latin. Appro·x imately 10 guests will be on hand also. The main feature of the program will be the announcement of next year's language club of officers. Later the four individual club officers will compete for International Club officers. The dinner and program will follow a sports theme this year When YOt.J Save Special S ide Panels From FAIRM ON T Y.·G A L. MILK CARTONS

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Other Schools Make News Newspapers from schools all over the United states are received by .the Lance staff for the purpose of comparing format and content with the L ance. Several stories of interest have been found. Ten .s tudents in Highland Park, Illinois, completed a pilot film for

Teachers Study During Vacation Seven science teachers from District 6 6 attended the Twelfth Annual National Science Teachers' Ass'n Convention, March 20 to March 31 in Chicago, Ill. This convention is open to all science teachers in the United Stllites and several foreign coun~ tries and is one of the largest held. "The budget for the convention was $9!!,000 and was planned for 20 months," stated Mr. Ray Swift, science instru ctor. Mr. Swift explained that the convention was conducted in the form of seminars. Each teacher went to the seminar that was connected with his special interests. Delegates also visited the Museutn of Natural History, and the Museum of Science and Industry. Several teacher s also t ook .t he opportunity to visit various cultural centers in Chicago. "The convention was a yery rewarding educational and cultural experience," Mr. Swift conclude d.

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a new show on one of rtheir local stations. The program, called "Our 2¢ Worth," is a .teenage d iscussion program. Pulaski High school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recently held a Red Cross Soap Drive. Bars of s·o ap were collected and then given to .t he patieruts of Milwau kee Cou nty Hospital. Students in .the Nebraska City, Nebraska, high school are having some mixed emotions about moving into a new building next year. Along wi:th their old traditions, new ones will be added, among these to be a seven-period day. This will enable .the students to take five 's ubjects, but still h ave two study halls.

Fashions Ar,rive ?????? What shou ld I do? Sixteen inches of copy to write and I don't know where to start. Let me consider t he subject. Fashion. Such a broad topic with so many aspects and angles. Where should I begin???

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NOMA Rewards Correct Spelling Each year the National ·Office Management Ass'n (NOMA) prepares ~nd distribu!t es a list of 600 spelling words .to be taken by high school students in shorthand and office practice classes. If a student received 100 per cent on a list of 100 words taken from the mas;ter list, she will re• ceive a spelling certificate. This certificate is often helpful when applying for office jobs. ·Those winning certificates are sen iors Cheryl Callahan, and J ulie Rosenbaum; and juniors Carol Henderson, Kathy Kuszak, Kllithy Stuhr, and Candy Trapp.

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Harriers Place 2nd Out of 31; Medley Relay Sets State Record Westside trackmen got off to a fine start in the 1964 season by placing second out of 31 schools in the Omaha University Indoor Track Meet. L osing only to Central, the Warrior high point of the meet was the sprint medley relay t eam composed of Leon· Arps, Bill J epsen, Phil Perry, and Mike Stanner. A n ew state record was set with a winning time of 2:53.6 .

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Faculty; Seniors T-riumph At Burro' B-Ba/1 Be.nefif · Hannibal conquered the Alps from the backs of elephants, and now several Westsiders have conquered the backboards from the backs of donkeys. Although their feat may not equal Hannibal's, scoring baskets from the back , of a bucking burro is some accomplishment, a s was demonstrated at the Westside gym, Saturday, April 3, during the first annu al Donkey Basketball Game.

Other outstanding WHS performers were: Jim Jones, second in the mile run; Bill R obinson, fou r th in the 6 0 yard d ash; and the distance relay .t eam placed secon d . Warrior varsity trackmen won over Central April 7 by 62 to 61.

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Freshmen, reserve, and varsity participants in basketball, crosscountry, football, swimming, and wrestling were ho nored a.t the AllSports Banquet March 21. The boys and their parents were crowded into the school cafeteria , f.Qr a swiss steak dinner. Mike Corrigan, backfield coach at Nebraska University, was SP€aker for the occasion. Members of the administration and faculty and the coaches and their wives were guests of honor. The event was sponsored by the Westside Booster C.Qmm.ittee and emooed by Mr. Jerry Koch, ath letic director . Pep Club girls gaily decorruted t h e ro om and set tables that morning. Several wall dr awings of lanky athletes were the work of ju nior Terry Fox. Pep Club officers and varsity a nd reserve choorleaedrs served at the d in ner.

Forty-five boys reported t o try out for the varsity golf squad, March 31. They started practice April 2. Cuts have been made unt il t he squad was finally d own to 10 varsity all-state members. The first match will be played against Beveridge today at Miracle Hills.

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An April Fool's Day joke on Bellevue's track men left Westside on top 70 to 53 in a dual meet on the War rior field . Bellevue won more than half of the first places, eight of fifteen events, and was led on by great hurdling and jumping of Bill Pickavance. Yet the Chieftains failed to match Warrior pointage in depth runs. Chief War rior winners at the meet were Phil Perry in the 100, Jim Ellis in the mile, Steve Skaug in the high jump, and Harry McLaughlin in the 880. Westside's relay teams-the two-mile, mile, and 880-all sprinted t o decisive victories OV!Jr Bellevue.

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In the first contest Gary Gray's senior girls managed to even the Jr.-Sr. girls' B-ball record at one win apiece as they rolled over the Jrs. in a resounding victory. Later on in the evening standout "Big Bad Bill McCormick " who electrified the crowds with his agility and lightning speed in leaping off the bench to shout encouraging words to his teammates, led the All-Stars (psychologically) to a victory over the over-matched sportscasters. The game was staged to earn money for the West Omaha Baseball Association which sponsors a variety Qf "little leagues" for young West Omahans.

W eatherHampers Tennis Practices Spring sports have bloomed at Westside, even if the weather hasn't. Many femmes have taken tennis rackets in hand, hopmg to make the girls' tennis team. Miss Arlene Russnogle, girls ' Photo by John Quorles 1 tennis team coach, stated that fiSenior Pam Pats rides a bucking burro durin g t he J unior-Senior Girls' Grudge nal selection of the team has not been made. Gold weather has limB-Ball game. The festivities began with sev- · ited the amount of outdoor praceral introductory acts inclu ding ticing the girls can do. "I can' t say how many girls a trick donkey performance and a there will be on the team. I have men's garment race before the highlighting contest of the eve- to see more practices, then I'll ning, the Jr .-Sr. Girls' Grudge B- make some cuts," Miss Russnogle explained. "There probably will ball Game, and the donkey basketball game between the District be no m ore than 10 or so. " Returning letter "women" are 66 All-Stars and the Omaha Leigh Bovett, Debby Brown, SanSportscasters. For those who don't already dy Hinman, and Margie Ringwalt. Girls who are trying out are Penknow, donkey basl{etball is like ny Anderson, Jewel DeFreese, any other basketball game except that the players must play while Lynn Foile, Kay Hiatt, Susan Limbau gh, Nancy Lincoln, Cindy riding donkeys. McDowell, Kalleen Naylor, Karen Olson, and Debby Wiggs.

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Iowa Teens Come to WHS Eastern Trip 72 Schools Enter Festivali During Farm-<;ity Exchange Approaches ·Westside Contestants Take 4th

Twenty-one Atlantic, Iowa, stu- ama. Trying to do everything there dents visited WHS Monday, April is to do in a big city, they went 13, as part of a farm-city exchange to a party given for them by the program with the First Methodist 1'!JYF after the show. youth group (MYF) here in OmaRising early Sunday morning, ha. the students and their hosts atThe Iowa students, who were tended the First Methodist Church out of school because of the state for services. The Iowa teens also teachers' conference, were making joined the Omaha teens in their a return visit to the Omaha youth choir and youth meetings later group who visited the farm stu- - that day. Monday, the "country kids" got dents last summer. After arriva glimpse of Westside Warriors, ing in Omaha Saturday afternoon teachers, classes, and Westside in a nd getting situated with their hosts and hostesses of the Metho- g.e neral as they roamed the halls dist group, the farm students at- and sat in on classes with their t ended It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad host Warriors. In the afternoon, World at the Indian Hills Ciner- hosts and guests toured SAC and the OU campus to complete their view of the city. Winding up their stay, the exchange students were guests of the MYF at a banquet Monday Graduation this year has been night. Then it was "home again" slated for. Friday, May 29, at 8/ to a country life. p.m. in the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseu~ instead of in the Westside stadi- ~ urn as was previously planned. The change was necessary due to the 1arge size of the graduat.J ing class and the large number of I Sla 0

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Mr. Farrar pointed out that for "If you've never attended the the past two years graduation day horse show, I'm sure you've has been rainy, but it cleared up missed a truly enjo-y able day," just in time for the ceremony to stated Jan Chamberlain, chairbe held outside. Because there is man of the eleventh annual Westaot enough room inside for com- side Red Cross Horse Show. nencement exercises this year and This year it will be May 3, 1 )ecause the weather cannot be · p.m., at Hillside Stables, 108th )redicted far enough in advance, and Old Dodge Road. The show .he only choice was to find a larg- is a tradition initiated by the lr place. Class of '53, and is the only high school money-raising project of its Although Mr. Farrar stated hat the change was made "for kind in Nebraska. "This is the big money project of the year for the he benefit of the students and heir relatives," many seniors are Westside Red Cross," stated Miss nhappy about the break in tra- Russnogle, sponsor of Red Cross. Proceeds will be donated to the ition . But the advantages far utweigh the disadvantages as American Junior Red Cross. The cost of the tickets sold by he air-conditioned coliseum has nough room and enough parking horse show committee members is 7 5 cents. Children under 11 are paces for everyone. admitted free. Special classes for Westside students only include the Western Pleasure Division of Westside Westside students' art work Class, English Pleasure Division s exhibited April 5 through 20 of Westside Class, and the Westthe lower south hall at J oslyn side Class Championship. Any rt Museum. Mr. Kenneth Grizrider who wins class champion11 chose 85 to 90 works to repships for three consecutive years sent Westside. can keep a large trophy. No one On exhibit were sculptures, has won this award as yet . .st stone, oil painting, tempra Other featured classes at the tintings, water color, wood rehorse show will be Walking lf, metal work, calligraphs, penHorse, Three-Gaited, Five-Gaited, t, ink, felt pen, charcoal, and Palomino, Bareback, English and tels drawings. Western Pleasure, English and Students represented in the art Western Horsemanship , Pony ow were Mark Abrahamson, Class, Costume Class, and Barrel ike Anderson, Larry Bourne, Racing. ucla Brogden, Jody Buick, •cky Burling, Linda Carrick, J an amberlain, Dave Chin, Mary Curzon, Andy Denes, Ch.._a r.te Doering, Shirley Ann Eberly, m IDyden, Terry Fox, Kris King, ne Krug, Mitzi Lewis, John McSaturday, May 2, the third annald , Marci McDonald, Val Menoon, Wayne Metcalf, Barb nual Student Council Carnival ddleton, Mickey Morgan, Melin- will be held in the east parking Murdock, Dave Peterson, Dave lot from 3-7 p.m. There will be a concession stand and various ss, Tom Ross, Joanne Sacchi, ry Scanlon, Kathy Sharp, Nan- booths from Westside clubs. The Senate plans to "Smash-aSilverman, Mike Slayden, Dale ith, Linda Strait, Norm Van Car," the Science Club will have et, Kristi Waara, and Dick a "Dippy-Dip, the International Club will have "Shave-a-Balloon" chbrodt. and a "Penny Toss." .~ext year Mr. Grizzell hopes to "Part of the proceeds will go e the exhibit at the Cross:tls because more people will to the Far East Scholarship fund it. District 66 jr. high and and the rest will go to thP club I entary schools will hold the treasuries," said Jane Trumbull, I · exhibit at Joslyn. Student Council member.

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For over 100 seniors going on the Modern Problems trip to Washington, D. C. and New York, graduation night curfew had better be early. The California Zephyr on which the trip begins leaves Union Station at 6:14 a.m. on May 30. After a change of trains in Chicago, the group will reach Washington Sunday morning as guests of the Hamilton Hotel. While in Washington they will see such things as the Wax Museum, the Congressional Library in the Archives Building, a professional baseball game, a night tour of the Potomac, Mount Vernon, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, and several embassies. · Also they will see the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, President Kennedy's grave, the F.B .I. and a possible briefing by J. Edgar Hoover, the Smithsonian Institute, the National Art Gallery, and Wednesday morning they will be guests at a breakfast with the senators and representatives with Senator Hruska as their host. Wednesday evening, June 3, they will arrive in New York to stay at the Governor Clinton Hotel. While in New York the group will visit the RCA Building, the Rockettes, the World's Fair, the Statue of Liberty, and the UN. They will also experience a midnight stroll in Times Square, and, of course, the trip wouldn't be complete without an afternoon of shopping. For anyone who would like to welcome a group of tired travelers back to Omaha, their train arrives at Union Station Saturday, June 6, at 8:20p.m.

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Orchestra Has Feast 'To Get Acquainted' The second annual Orchestra Banquet will be held on Monday, April 27. The banquet, which will be held at the Winterset Inn, is open to all orchestra members and their parents. "The event is held so that those attendl,ng may become better acquainted with each other," stated Mr. Harold Welch, orchestra director. Mr. Welch also said that the arrangements have been made by the parents. The evening's entertainment will be furnished by the Dave Malcolm String Ou::~rt.At .

"We felt we had top performance," exclaimed Mr. Rod Hansen, debate coach. Mrs. Anna Clark, English instructor, and Mr. Hansen, both sponsors of NFL and Thespians, took WHS students to participate in the Fine Arts Festival, held at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Saturday, April 18. "The Fine Arts Festival is put on every year as a final speech, art, and music contest," stated Mr. Hansen. "Speech is the only competitive contest," he added. WHS took all superior and excellent ratings in seven divisions. Jan Laitos, in original speech, was rated superior. Kathy Lass received a superior for the interpretation of prose. Denny Adams, competing in the interpretive public address, rated excellent. Kathy Lass, Susan Lockwood, and Brent Warren entered in dramatic in-

Ross, Westering Root Compete In NHSPA Contest This year Westside boasts three winners in the Nebraska High Scr.ool Press Ass'n District Journalism Contest. They are Kathy Root, Jane Ross, and Mary Gay Westering, all seniors. Jane received a first place in yearbook copyreading and editing. Mary Gay got a third place in yearbook layout, and Kathy received a third place in newspaper layout. These girls, along 'with five other journalists, entered the District Contest March 14. The girls are now eligible to enter the State NHSPA Silver Key Contest in Lincoln May 2. The contest will last all day starting at 10 a.m. and ending with an awards banquet. Steve Curelop will also be going to Lincoln · that day to participate in the NHSPA District contest in radio newswriting and announcing.

Choir To Sing In Competition Westside's Top Choir will journey to Bellevue for the District Music Contest. The event, which was held at Westside last year, is tonight and tomorrow. In addition to the Top Choir several smaller vocal groups are competing. These groups are girls' triple trio: Dorothea Beck, Susie Fugitt, Suzanne Giller, Linda Harvey, Mary Johnsen, Julie Reed, Lori Saffer, Janet Sullivan, Lea Ann Wright, and their accompanist Jean Kennedy; girls' quartet: Linda Harvey, Becky Jones, Jean Kennedy, and Judy Wheeler; boys' quartet: Jim Anderson, Rick Bergstrom, Gary Shannon, and Brent Warren. The soloists · In the contest are Rick Bergstrom, Tim Gerber, ).,(...,.,.. .....

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terpretation from the Sister MacIntosh. For radio and television commentary, Steve Curelop received an excellent. Ray Dryden, with a superior, and Scott Crabtree, with an excellent, were contestants in the discussion division. Larry French made an excellent in the l)Oetry division. This year there were 72 schools participating throughout the state and WHS took fourth place. "The last five years WHS has taken second place, but we still felt we had the best people this year," stated Mr. Hansen. "This was the final speech contest. It's all over for this year," Mr. Hansen concluded.

School Board Caucus To Name Candidates Four nominees for the District 66 School Board will be selected April 28 at 8 p.m. at Westside when residents of the district caucus. Two of the four will be elected in June. "The caucus is actually the residents' opportunity to select school board members, rather than waiting to vote on the four nominees. We strongly encourage a big turn-out so that a large group makes the selection," said Principal Kenneth Hansen. Incumbents Mr. Irvin Yaffee and Mr. Verne Moore, Jr., end their six-year terms this year. Both have indicated a willingness to continue on the Board. Issues appear to be important this year, according to a Dundee\Vest Omaha Sun newspaper article. Geographic representation, alteration of the curriculum, and dissatisfaction of residents concerning the apartment project at 76th and Dodge are probable areas of discussion.

Open House Info rms Westside sponsored its annual spring open house on April 2 3 from 7: 3 0 p.m. to 9 p.m. for parents of students in all four grades. "The purpose of this open house," stated Kenneth Hansen, principal, "is to allow parents to informally visit the classrooms and teachers and to .see any exhib~ts which are on display." Mr. Hansen also said that the new officers for next year's Booster Club were elected.

Math Tearn Takes 6th The Westside math team placed sixth in the Nebraska State Math Contest. This year's team consisted of seniors Al Beauregard and Mickey McFarland and junior Linda Larson. Out of 109 contestants from Westside who participated in the March 2 district contest, Al placed first; Linda, second; and Mickey, third. This is the second year AI has been in the state contest . "The contestants with the three highest scores at Westside comprised th.e math team," stated Mr. Alvin Gloor, head of the

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Spring Is A Challenge e~K!:~"P In the spring, a young student's fancy turns to thoughts of love, cars, week-ends, and if time allows, occasionally school work. Soft winds, bright sunshine, and blue skies certainly are inviting after months of cold winter. With only a few weeks of school remaining, it is not difficult to abandon homework responsibilities. Seniors, especially those who have already been accepted by universities and colleges, often take .the "I've got it made" attitude toward their final quarter's work. Underclassmen are prone to procrastinate by saying, "Oh, I'll make up for these bad grades next fall." Unfortunately a drop in grades either for seniors, or underclass~en can bring about unnecessary problems. Most insti-

tutes of higher learning request complete records of a student, before final admission. Previously accepted seniors . can, and have, been rejected, because of a significant drop in grades. Prospective sophomores, juniors, and seniors discover, often too late, that if they had put forth only a little more effort, they would have been admitted to the. college of their choice. It may seem like there is a lot of studying to do in high school, but when compared with the many years this knowledge must suffice, four years are a relativ~ly short period of time. All students should try to do their best, even when the weather is inviting, and it is easier to ignore studies. Springtime is a fun time, but it should be a learning time as well. KATHY ROOT

There has been, for several generations, a popular notion among college students about "the Gentleman's C." Any g rad e above that level was a mark of the grind, the squar~. the grade-grubber, the egg-head or whatever jargon happened to be in vogue. There is some r eason to believe that we have come to the end of the era of the "Gentleman's C." At one v·e ry _good liberal arts college, 94 sophomores and juniors recently received a letter, according to an article in The ·N ational Observer, stating: " . . . You are felt to be an underachiever . ... No later than the end of spring semester next year the executive committee of the faculty will determine whether or not your record justifies continuance in college." Underachieving will be based O'll a formula that figures the student's high school rank, his entrance test scores, the academic standing of the high school, and predicts what he ought to be capable of doing in college.

A long-awaited Latin American journey is in store this summer for senior Karen Nelsen. As soon as Karen graduates this May she will leave Omaha and fly to Santiago, Chile to visit Marisa Orozco. Marisa lived with the Nelsen family last year while she attended Westside as a part of the American Field Service exchange student program. "Marisa and I count the days in our letters which we write

about two or three times a week." Although she is not packed, Karen has all her clothes organized for the big · trip. Karen will live with Marisa's family which includes a 15-yearold sister, Consuela, and a 17year-o ld brother, Armando, who is applying to be an exchange student next year. "We'll spend some time in their cabin in the mountains where we'll probably do some skiing. There is also the possibility of a trip to Brazil," Karen explained. After Karen's two-month stay in Chile, Marisa and a friend will join her to fly to New York for an AFS convention. Then Karen will be hostess at her home to the two visitors for two weeks. Karen is not the only member of the Nelsen family to travel this summer. Andy, her 13-year-old brother, will visit friends in Japan during the month of July.

Karen Nelsen is preparing for a journey to Chile.

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If You ·Coulcl Skip School

Long Road Is Short Well, the time is drawing near, seniors. Are you joyous, melancholy, or feel lucky to have made it? As freshmen, remember the long road ahead? Now only to have come too soon. Some say, "Go to college and grow .up." Others say, "Stay home. You're not mature enough to carry responsibilities." But look at all the experiences four years of math, sciences, history, and languages have brought. High school education and self-discipline are tedious and may be responsible for those graduating, but high school is much more than books and tests; it is the source of invaluable friendships . Sermons have been appropriate for seniors. They have been the opportunity for lectures on delinquency, self-pity, and laziness. The voice of experience always steps in and tells us to know our life vocation before we go away to school, or it is saying, "Don't make the same mistake I did; go off to college with an open mind." Sometimes we are confused and not just disinterested or irresponsible. With the advancement and growth in educationdl requirements, students depend on the taxi service of Mom or Best Buddy; and cars, TV, and movies move us from outdoors to indoors. Don't worry, underclassmen, the years go too fast . It will soon be time for you to wish there were one more year before graduation . Some feel that if they cram subjects into the sophomore and junior years, they will be able to sit back and have fun times when seniors. But the schedules for the senior year somehow don't have enough hours for the last high school courses. It's still another year of beating the typewriter. When it nears the end, it's not the term papers and semester exams that make the girls misty eyed . The comment, "I can't believe I'm a senior; it's all gone too fast/' is heard at the last homecoming parade, the last sweetheart, the last pep rally, and the last prom . Maybe we are wet behind the ears and in for a big blow next year as freshmen again, but this isn't the important feeling of the senior year. It's the proud feeling to graduate from WHS and have had the wide opportunities in education, both academic and social. It doesn't hurt to say once a year, "WHS -you've been great!" SUSIE MADDE N

Westside students may be seen on sunny days staring wistfully out the window. What are their thoughts? If you could skip school one day, and be guaranteed of not being caught, what would you do and where would you go?

Bill Strateman, junior, "I'd go the same place I go every day."

The fi~t response of everyone polled with this question was "I'd sleep." It is safe to assume that the entire populus of Westside doesn't belong to the Rip Van Winkle Society. Upon further questioning: Jane Ross, senior, "I'd go to Memorial Park for the Senior Class meeting.'' Stan Lemon, senior, "Go downtown and pick up a ( . . . censored). Gail Herbst, sophomore, "I'd probably go to Council Bluffs, go up on the top of a hill, lie down, and take a nap. Of course, I'd have a picnic lunch with chicken and everything." Susie Madden, senior, "You know what I'd do! "

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Bev Looby, freshman, "I know what I'd do, but it couldn't be put in the Lance."

Terry Fox, junior, "I'd go on a picnic, and lie in the sun all day."

By DICK IMIG Student Council elections will be coming up next month for next year's sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Filing blanks can be picked up in the office during the week of May 4. The carnival will be held May 2 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. We expect a record turnout. Come out and support your club and the Far East Scholarship Fund. Also discussed at the last meeting was the Student Council Convention to be held at Central High School on May 9. The council d·e cided to sponsor several representatives to this convention. Remember, the student lounge is yours. Help us to take care of it.

Violinists Plan Musical Careeri Durham, Moore G·o· Professional Violin maestros seem hard to come by in these days of jazz and the Beatles. However, Westside is fortunate to have tw(}-"in the making." Wednesday night, April 15, marked a turning point for these two maestros-to-be, Jim Durham and Virginia Moore, juniors. That night they joined the musicians' union and became professional violinists. No elaborate ceremonies were involved, all they had to do was "sign our lives away," according to Virginia. Mr. David Majors, violin teacher of the two, urged Jim and Virginia to join the union so they could be in his adult musical group called "The David Malcolm Strings." Thursday, April 16, the novices fulfilled the final requirement before they really were professional violinists-they played for pay at a dinner in the Schimmel Inn. It has taken Jim nine years and Virginia eight years to reach this

point in their musical career. In recent years, they have both been in the Westside and Youth Symphony orchestras. Jim is a charter member of the Youth Symphony orchestra and has risen from last chai'r to first chair. At Westside, Jim and Virginia battle it out every month to see who will be first and who will be ·second chair. While at Westside, both Jim and Virginia have entered annual district contests and have received "superiors." They will be in the one at Bellevue April 2 5 performing in a quartet and individually. Last year Jim won the local union music contest and won full tuition to the "Congress of Strings" at Michigan State University for eight weeks. ' Neither of them are too certain of plans for after college, but Jim said he thinks he would like to teach in college. However, both are agreed that music is their field, and to be maestros is· their dream.

Interested in a military career? Attend West Point, Annapolis, Air I<'orce Academy, or Merchant Marine Academy and be a commissioned officer. Qualifications for cadets are to be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Second Congressional District, Nebraska, physically fit, unmarried, a high school education, and between the ages of 17 and 22. Appointments are made every year to these academies by state congressmen. 19 65 appointments will be made in January 1965. The deadline for submitting the applications is November 1, 1964. Application blanks may be obtained from Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal. Appointments will be based on grades received in preliminary written tests given by the Civil Service Commission in July and November and are dElsigned to assist Congressman Glenn Cunningham in selecting the best qualified candidates. A preliminary medical examination is also required to see if the applicant meets the physical standards of the academies.

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CLUB CEIPBOARD Junior Classical agu e plans a n election of nex t rear 's officers to be held April 30. Ba llots will be distributed to all mem bers during Latin classes. " We are planning to have a ,picnic too, probably sometime in May," smiled Mrs. Julie George, JCL sponsor and Latin teacher. T hou gh no definite arrangements fo r the picnic had been made by April 15, plans should begin takin g shape very soon.

Chess Cl ub to Match Prep The chess club is really taking advantage of the fine weather as they are holding m?st of their meetin gs out of doors . The club wa s recently d-e feated by ·Crete, Ne braska, in which contest nine of the members competed against Rev. Ohman of Crete. One West3id er won against Rev. Ohman. Other activities in which Chess Club is participating include· a project which will be entered in the Westside Carnival. In two weeks the club will compete a gainst Creighton Prep in a rematch.

Members have announced that approxim a tely 400 people are expec ted at th e banquet which, besides the presentation of service a wards, will also feature the announcement of next year's officers.

Girls Attend UN Playday Nine junior and senior girls in GAA left Westside on Saturday, April 18 at 8 a.m. to attend the GAA Playday in Lincoln at the University of Nebraska. Mrs. Peggy Johnson was the sponsor for the girls. The girls were divided into different groups. In the morning they played soccer, baseball , and volleyball. They also ran relays. After lunch they went swimming, and had a tour of the campus. The girls were back in Omaha around 4:30 p .m .

Publication Staffs Planning Banquet

"Noses for News" is the theme for this year's journalism award,s banquet, May 7, at Old English Inn. Beginning journalism students and staff members of the Lance and Shleld will attend. The new staffs for next year Pep Club Banquet May 4 will be announced by this year's The annual Pep Club awards staff, and the new members of ba nquet will be h eld May 4 at Quill and Scroll, honorary society he Peony Park Ball Room. A.t- · for high school journalists, will be tapped. tending the banquet will be all Chairmen for the banquet are Pe p Club m embers who have overall chairman, Bette Anne ~arned an award this year. Kuhn; program, Jane Ross; inviMothers of these m embers will tations, Susie Madden; decorabe invited to attend. Seniors who tions, Brenda Williams; and tab.ave earned four points this year ble programs, Arlene Tepper. will be eligible to come_ also.

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The small groups consist of: a boys ' quartet, girls' quartet, girls' triple trio, woodwind trio , clarinet choir, stripg quartet, brass quint et, and cello duet. "After selecting 24 entries from the 52 that tried out, I think we stand a very good chance of taking many 'division I ratings' a gain this year," concluded Mr. Snyder.

Music will be flo ating throu gh the air ton igh t a n d tomorrow in Bellev ue when 11 Class A schools compe te in th e dis trict m usfc eo ntest. The larger groups, band , orchestra, and chorus, will perform tonight and the smaller g roups and solos tomorrow. About 175 st ud ents from Westside will take part in these activities under the dir:ection of Mr. William Kellogg, vocal events; Mr. W·e lch, orchestra; and Mr. Darwin Snyder, band. The vocal solos will be sung by: Rick Bergstrom, Tim Gerber, Mary Johnsen, Gail Rowden, and Paul Thornson. Instrumental solos are being played by: Rick Gibson, John Piper, clarinet; Jim Durham, V1rginia Moo r e, violin; Steve Levine, French horn; Linda Allen, cello; Karen Johnson, string base; Michelene Eden, flute .

Student Measures Bariana Found in the Hendersonville, North Carolina High School paper, The Red and White: The Student Council of the school declared a "Fruit and Vegetable Week" during which one male student attempted to measure the circumference of a banana t o determine if banana peelings are suitably large for use as golf-ball covers. This definitely merits consideration.

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Jeanne Krogh, senior, has a very unusual hobby for a girl. She collects pipes and now has a fine set of 15. What's more, she has smoked them all. ·

• * * Kirk Rahel is . trying for his second straight "Bathroom Monitor" award . This week, placed at his favorite spot, Kirk is seen with a smile on his face as he reminisces about old fires and flames.

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Junior Steve Jenkins lost 43 houses from his father's real estate company playing cards last week-end. He 'll never know the difference, Steve.

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Trackmen Triumph Fremont Falls in Firsts, 83-64; Jones Runs Again, Wins Mile Capturing ten first places, WHS harriers triumphed over Fremont April 21, 83-64 . Letterman Jim Jones reached stardom in the mile once more after a month's layoff due to injuries. Mile-runner Jim Ellis did not participate in that event but raced to victory in the 880. Other first place winners were George Lahners, discus; Steve Skaug, high jump; Bill Robinson, 100-yard dash; Mike Stanner, • 220-yard dash; Harry McLaughlin, 440-yard dash; Stan Saklar, high hurdles; and the two-mile and mile relay teams.

Counci.l Bluffs Relays Title Won Again by WHS Trackmen Kirn Field in Council Bluffs was the scene of Westside's second straight C. B. relays championship on April 18. The Warriors achieved almost all their points in track events and outscored A. L. and Prep by 7 6-5 9%-51% respectively. The Warriors scored two firsts, two seconds and a third in relay com- · petition with Bill Robinson, Leon Arps, and Mike Stanner on both

winning teams with assistance from Dan McCo·r mack and Dave Buschnell. 0 ther high scoring Warriors were: Jim Ellis-first place mile, Mike Stanner first place 220, Bill Robinson - first place 100, Harry McLaughlin-second place 880, Leon Arps-fourth place, broad jump, Steve Skaug:_fifth place, high jump and Kim Fields -third place, pole vault.

Ellis Shines with 4.34.4 Mile; Trackmen Break State Records The Westside- Benson track dual April 14 proved to be one of the biggest duals of the year with several state records broken. Even though the Warriors fell to the Bunnies by 14 points, highlights were a 4.34.4 mile by Jim Ellis, a 22.8 220 by Phil Perry, a 205.9 880 by Bill Jepsen, and a discus victory for George Lahners with a toss of 1~8' 4". Benson also had its moment when sophomore Randy Reeves vaulted to an all time Nebraska High School record of 13' 1".

Midland Meet Harriers Take 440, 880, 2-Mile Relay Events The Warrior relay teams proved most capable by capturing the 440, 880 and two mile relays at the Midland Meet, in Fremont, April 10. Bill Robinson, Leon Arps, Mike Stanner and Phil Perry were the runners for both the 880 and 440. themselve;~

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'Trough 'Matches Coming Up For Victorious Tennis Team Undefeated so far in six matches, the Warrior tennis team is preparing for the "tough ones coming up," according to Mr. Bob Rademacher, tennis coach . Warrior wins thus far are the following scores ,which are determined by the number of matches played): Bellevue, 7-0; Boys Town, 13-0; Lincoln, 5-2; A. L., 3-0 (there are always only three matches in intercity meets) ; Central, 3-0; and Tech, 4-2. · Currently, intercity starters in singles are Rich Young and Paul DeFreese with Wayne Schultz and Mark Renner first in doubles. Rich and Paul, numbering one and two Warriors respectively, are undefeated so far in the matches, as is also the top doubles team of Wayne and Mark. Substitutes for· intercity starters are John Andreasen, Jim Durham, Jeff Gaillord, and Jim Misil. Other juniors on the team are Morgan Tyler, Rod Ulfers, Gary McClendon, and Dave Woodworth. Sophomores are Phil Blum, Randy Nagel and Woody Petersen. Freshmen are Woody Vosburg, Tom Barton and Jeff Sunderman. "We are setting our sights oii North and Prep. We have to beat them to win Intercity," says Coach Rademacher. Last year the Warriors finished third to these schools in the Intercity Tennis League.

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Score Beats Beveridge, Not TJ The Westside varsity baseball team opened its 19 6 4 season on the wrong end of a 9-3 score, as it went down to defeat to Thomas Jefferson, Tuesday, April 14. The Warriors, getting off to a fast start by picking up two runs their first time at bat on a double by Earl Beam with two men aboard, managed to maintain a 3-2 lead over TJ until the seventh. In the top half of the seventh inning, TJ's batters through a combination of walks, hits, and Westside errors were able to chalk up seven runs before the Warriors could end the costly inning. TJ ~

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As Warrior participants in the Dewey Tournament, Wayne Schultz won the senior division with 4-6, 6-3, and 8-6 wins over North's Dave McClellan, but Rod Ulfers bowed to Tom Morrow of Prep in the longest match of the tuornament-three hours and 42 minutes. Due to deadline dates, the Lance could not print the score of yesterday's match with South.

Gray-Suited Warriors Run1 Run, Run 1 Run1 At Daily Practices Not only outside in the rain, snow, and wind, but also inside on the stairs and in the halls do Westsiders see gray-suited boys running, running, running. At these times and in these places Warrior trackmen practice for the track season. Contrary to a spectator's ideas, the track season begins late in January for most Warrior participants. Those boys not involved in other sports begin the routine cross-country and indoor rui:ming during preseason. Form, endurance, and speed are further developed in conditioning early in the track season. The coaches "find the event the boy is best suited for and train him along these lines," according to Mr. Bill Hoyt, head track coach. He specializes in training sprinters and hurdlers while Mr. Bill Haffey exercises the weight men and Mr. Dick Lane runs the distance men. Fi.eld work on the broad jump, high jump, and pole vault requires individual efforts. Three or four nights before a track meet the boys experience a "stiffer" workout-one requiring a total of five miles of running for the distance men and fifteen 100-yard timed races for the sprinters. Both finish practice with "a two-and-one-half lapper to relax," says Coach Hoyt. The night before a track meet the boys all loosen up.

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~CORNER By GORDON SMILEY The Omaha Dragway season opener on April 12 had a fine turnout of cars and spectators but unfortunately was rained out after the first round of eliminations. There were many interesting cars at the strip though and most of the classes were shaping into terrific battles. Returning after a year's absence was Don Stephenson in his '5'l Chevy EjStocker sporting dual quads on a 283 mill. This white bomb with red stripes is a real hauler; watch it in the future. "Dyke" was in attendance with his AHRA National Champion 426 Plymouth but was having traction problems. Joe Kidd had a new rear end in his FjSA 57 Pontiac and was turning strip record 15.50 et's. John Maun in "Mr. Clean" NjS 50 Ford was running about .4 second faster than his closest opponents "Miss Drano" and your reporter. A new car at the strip was Dick Marr's AjMP 421 Pontiac. This grey beast will be one of the top runners in weeks to come. The next "Car Corner" will featured results from the first full day of dragging, so watch for it in the next issue of the Lance.

APRIL 24-Baseball, South at Westgate Golf, Lincoln at Miracle Hills 25-Dutch White Relays Baseball, North at Westgate 27-29-Baseball District Tourney 28-Track, South at Westside 27-Golf, Benson at Miracle Hills Tennis, North at Dewey 30-Tennis, Benson at Dewey MAY 1-Intercity Track Meet at Westside Baseball, Central at Westgate Golf, Prep at Miracle Hills 2-Baseball, Prep at Westgate Intercity Golf Tourney 5-Baseball District Finals 8-District Track Meet Baseball, A. L. at Westgate Golf, Tech at Miracle Hills Tennis, Prep at Dewey 7-9-Intercity Tennis Tourney

Golfers Outshoot North, Beveric/.ge; Bellevue Squeezes To 345-348 · ~in Warrior golfers started off on the right foot by defeating Beveridge 325-437 and North 338-368 in their first two matches of the year. Outclassing Beveridge in the first meet, all eight Warrior golfers fired better than the lowest Bulldog score. Barry· Zoob was medalist with a 38 followed by Doug Iler, 39, and Steve Wilson, Joe Rapaport and Tom Nilssen

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with 40. Against a tougher North Squad, Doug Iler and Tom Nilsen paced WHS followed by Larry Hamer and Joe Rapaport with 41. · In their third Miracle Hill match, the Warriors were squeezed into the background by Bellevue, 345-348. Larry Hamer led Westside with 3 9 while Steve Wilson followed with 40, Jay Erdman with 41, and IJoug Iler and Toruleilson with 44. • Bellevue's four golfers scored 39, 41, 41, and 42, bettering ·t he Warrior team's scores. Due .t;o Lance deadlines, we were unable to include the results of the golf match with Abraham Lincoln last Tuesday.

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uncil Sponsors Annual Carnival iJ1o Bolster Fund Slaves were sold, pennies tossed, darts thrown, balloons shaved, a car bashed in, and ~any other interesting appenings as Westside's Student Council sponsored its annual carnival Saturday, May 2, in the east parking lot. Twenty-five cents of every dollar spent at the booths will be put toward the scholarship fund, originally established by the Far East classes. "All proceeds from the Student Council concession stand and the Senate car bash and turtle race will go to the fund," said senior Dick !mig, Student Council president. Other clubs and their booths were Y- Teens, snow cones; Pep Club, cake walk; W-Club, slave auction; International Club, penny-pitch, and shave balloons booth; Thespians, make-up booth; Chess Club, the one-ball game md the board bounce; Sophomore lass, dart throwing; Math, ESP C>ooth; Radio Club, transistor radio ·affle; FMA', cotton candy machine; md Science Club, drav;:ing numbers l=or; prizes.

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tours Labs Back East " New York, New York, it's a wonlerful town . . ." This is probably the song Stan ~emon was singing last Tuesday after Lis trip to New York, and New Jersey. Mr. Harley Hardison, science intructor, Stan Lemon, and Charles .fusselman, a senior from Central reurned from a tour of the Bell Labor.tory, Monday night at 8:30 p.m. The ;roup left Omaha May 2nd at 8:30 on non-stop jet to New York where hey arrived at Kerinedy Airport at :30 a.m. Stan explained before he left that e and Mr. Hardison would probably isit the World's Fair and take in the ights. "We are free all Saturday and unday morning," Stan said. "Sunday fternoon we will take a bus to Murey Hill in New Jersey where there 1ill be a meeting of delegates from 11 over the country, and an informal isit of the laboratories," he connued. All day Monday, 8-4 p.m., was pent on a formal tour of the laboraJries, and talking with the scientists. tan added that his jet ride and hotel ccommodati~ns were free, "We're lso given a little pocket money." Stan Lemon spent part of Thursday, pril 30, at Western Electric in tmaha being informed about the trip. unch was served, and Stan related

( earbook Eclitor '!ins Silver Key senior Jane Ross is the winner of e of the first 10 silver keys given '{ the Nebraska High School Press ss'n. This is the highest award given td gh school journalists by the NHSPA. Competing in the yearbook copy·ading and editing, Jane took a one 1d one-half holur test along with 20 her district winners from seven ·eas. A third place certificate went to .athy Root for newspaper layout. The . ards were received at the annual mquet in the University of Nebraska 1 dent Union, Saturday May 2. ; Advisor Mrs. Judy Egbert accom1 nied the students.

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Told at Annual Journalism Dinner Forty-five junior journalists have been chosen to serve on the 1964-65 publication staffs. The staff positions were appointed by Mrs. Judith Egbert, adviser, from a list of junior appli~ants, and were announced at the second annual journalism banquet last night at the Old English Inn. Editor of the Lance is Betsy Raskin, and the top position of the Shield will be held by Kristi Anderson. Managing Editor of the Lance will be Leigh Bovett, and Associate Editor of the Shield will be Linda Jensen. Lance Business Manager is Nancy Caster; Shield, Karen Weber. Robyn Carmichael will be Lance Feature Editor and will head a staff whose members will be Barbara Udes, Yvonne Heney, and Margaret Kelley. This is a new staff added this year and they will be in charge of writing features and interpretive news stories. Other members of the Lance staff will be Page One Editors, Jeanne Roegner and Debby Brown; Page Two

Prom Theme Stays Secret "Nope, I'm not going to tell you what the theme is. It's a secret and it's going to stay that way," declared Sally Cockle, junior. Each . Prom committee has begun working. The invitations have been mailed under the direction of chairman Susie Petty. The Carl Jay Orchestra has been obtained by John Coe and Linda Shannon. Kathy Rees has sent the programs to the printers and Sally Cockle and Nancy Truhlsen have divided the decorating committee into six subdivisions. "At last count we had $1,050," replied Nancy Shook, treasurer. "If we need more money we'll earn it." The annual Junior-Senior Prom is May 23 at the Livestock Exchange Building. Sally remarked that "we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful ballroom." Nancy added under her breath however that "everyone should 'go' before he comes." John Buller, president, concluded that "everything is going as planned and it's going to be a really, cool Prom."

Editors, Carol Thomas and Diane Woodhull, Page Three Editors, Chryse Schory and Cece Com; Page Four Editors, Bill Strateman and Steve Long; Reporters, Bob Gibson, Sandra Tuerk, Susan White, and Pam Ness; Advertising Manager, Ginny Moore; Circulation and Promotion Manager, Lynne Durham, Assistant, Susie Petty; Advertising Staff, Linda Wells. Other Shield staff positions are Senior Editor, Jean Hoemann, Assistant, Nancy Truhlsen; Underclass Editor, Judy Switzer, Assistant, Pat Grasmick; Sports Editor, Karen Wendt, Assistant, Tom Williams; Academic Editor, Carolyn Richardson, Assistant, Bev Butterfi.eld; Activities Editor, Ellen Jacobson, Assistant, Jody Buick; Organizations Editor, Anne Leigh, Assistant, Judy Carman; Index Editor, Susan Buchanan, Assistant, Susan Lincoln; Advertising Manager, Gail Zyck, Assistants, Cris Enewold, Cris Calandra, Steve Wigodsky.; Sales and Promotion Manager, Rachel Ward. Twelve Westsiders were selected for membership in Quill and Scroll, a national honor society for high school journalists. They were tapped at the journalism banquet by present members Bette Anne Kuhn, Jane Ross, and Sally Thomas. The new members are Kristi Anderson, Robyn Carmichael, and Betsy Raskin, juniors, and Steve Curelop, John King, Darlene Kriesel, Diane Madsen, Jayne Sahler, Margo Stanley, Gwen Sutter, Mary Gay Westering, and Brenda Williams, seniors. To qualify for membership, the student must rank in the top one-third of his class and have done outstanding work in the field of journalism.

Freshmen Earn $50 At Class Car Wash Saturday, April 25th, many shiny clean cars could be seen whizzing around West Omaha. The Freshman Class held a car wash at 90th and Center. "We made about $50," stated Mr. Rex Steinkruger, Freshman Class sponsor. Concerning future activities, Mr. Steinkruger said that he might take the freshman on a picnic if he could stand them all afternoon.

Twenty-five seniors and 26 juniors were inducted into Westside's chapter of National Honor Society in an aftternoon convocation Thursday. The seniors, selected from the top 10 to 15 per cent (scholastic ranking) of their class, and the juniors, chosen from the top five per cent of their class, joined 22 senior members who were tapped last spring. "If a student ranks scholastically, he is considered for membership. Selection . then is based on his character, leadership, and service to the school," said Mrs. Mary Conner, director of National Honor society. Seniors tapped Thursday are Dave Bigler, Cheri Callahan, Gary Carlton, Eloise Cramer, John D'Audney, Tim Denzler, William Dixon, Max Eliott, Sharon Harding, Ron Hinckley, Bob Johann, Dave Keifer, John Kotouc, Kathy Laas, Stan Lemon, Joe Limprecht, Susan Lockwood, Mary Marple, Dave Miller, Jane Palmer, Virginia Patten, Pam Patz, John Runstrom, Harlan Susman, and Steve Wilson. Juniors selected are Kristi Anderson, Steve Hackenberg, Charles Barton, Ward Baxter, Debra Browne, Bob Bucholz, Sherry Carlson, Phyllis Donaldson, Jay Erdman, Jackie Hauptman, Tom Hood, Linda Larson, Greg ·

Dixon Gains Honor Bill Dixon, senior, has been chosen one of the Nebraska students to receive an honorable mention rating in the annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search contest. Bill, who is president of Key Club, recently attended a dinner in Lincoln, sponsored by the Academy of Science, where he and other area contestants were honored. The results of this year's national talent search contest revealed two Nebraska winners and five honorable mentions.

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Montes, Jackie Moore, Jeffrey Passer, Christine Pinali, Betsy Raskin, Kathy Rees, Ruth Saunders, Dave Sheppard, Douglas Smith, Anne Snow, Elaine Tegtmeier, Carol Thomas, Barbara Udes, and Kathy Wurl. School Board member Mrs. Marge Durham was convocation guest speaker. Student Induction Director was National Honor Society member Richard Lyman.

Parking Problem To Bring Change Because next year's sophomore, junior, and senior classes will be the largest in Westside~s history, the parking lot will not be able to accommodate the needs of all student drivers. Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal, stated that with the hel11 of the Student Council, he will conduct a study with a questionnaire form to determine who will be able to use the school parking lot next year. The questionnaire, among other things, will ask how far a student lives and if he intends to drive to school. Two steps may be taken. The first would be lu determine whether a particular single class will be able to drive, and the second to see how far a student lives. Students living within 10 to 15 blocks of the school may not be permitted to drive. Mr. Farrar also stated that the rule would be enforced this coming fall and that students will be notified sometime this spring about the use of the parking lot for next year.

Voters Meet Candidates The voters of School District 66 were invited to a legislative pre-primary information meeting Tuesday, May 5, at 8 p.m. at Westside High School.

Former Westsider Bob White, now The legislative candidates from Disof Pulaski High School, Milwaukee, trict 4, . 10, and 12, appeared on a Wis. has been named the winner in panel in order that the voters could the 1964 Firestone Tire and Rubber · get to know the candidates and their Company Scholarship Program. views . As a result, Bob received a $6000 A coffee hour followed the panel grant which he will use at Carleton discussion in order that the voters and College in Northfield, Minn. candidates might become better acBob attended Westside in seventh quainted on a more informal basis. and eighth grade and was a member of the Class of '65. But now he is a senior and is co-valedictorian and co1 1 editor of the school. According to the Pulaski newspaper, Bob had to rank in the upper third of his class and one of his parents had to have had at least five years of experience with the company. The Firestone Company selected winners on the basis of high school ,grades, subjects taken, rank in class, scores on the SCAT test and other qualifications.

College Entrance Examination Boards will be administered July 10 at Central High School at 8 a.m. The deadline for registration for these tests will be June 8 at Westside. Applications can be obtained from Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance

Wine Women Song Win Faculty Bowl

Bright yellow sweatshirts went to the team of Mr. Alvin Gloor, Mrs. Judy Hoyt, Mr. Calvin Delano, and Mr. William Nelson on defeating Mr. Stan Wells, Mrs. Helen Kelley, Mr. Bruce Holmquist, and Mr. Rod Hansen in the first Faculty Bowl, May 5. Mr. Bruce Holmquist was strangely silent until his team had a bonus question requiring the filling of the two blanks of a three-word saying, "Wine, women, and song!" he answered quickly. Unfortunately his team received some of the tougher bonus questions, including five obscure state capitals, and were edged out 43-40. Bob Wilson of KOIL asked the questions which had been prepared by the University of .Nebraska. Judges and scorekeepers were Dick Hurst, Roh

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Shirt Loops Bewarel Of all of the frivolous fashion fetishes that have been palmed off on the American public, probably one of the most interesting and provocative is the little loop on the back of many sportshirts. This small length of material, sewn just under the horizontal . pleat on the back of the shirt, seems to serve no useful purpose, which probably explains why it is a status symbol. Over the last few months, this bit of frippery has become the object of great controversy. Parents are complaining that their sons are coming home with only one-half of Measles Plague Hits WHS; a shirt. Let me explain, if you happen to be a little out of Spreads to Teachers, Too Beatlemania, senioritis, spring fever, it, or have been in Europe for the last three centuries. Th is little hook is a prize trophy to many membe rs of the fairer and now the three-day measles have sex . (Perhaps I should not have used that word; it may plagued Westside classrooms. Bill arouse the ire of the administration. Oh well .. . no matter .) Strateman, Lance reporter, ~laims that Their favorite sport (well, one of their favorite sports) he instigated this plague by breaking is pulling this little ornament off the shirt, taking it home, out with them Thursday, April 16. and pinning it on their wall. Thrilling, no? Anyway, if the . Monday, April 20, the epidemic broke "pull," as devotees of the sport call the movement in which and 50 red-speckled students were the little hook is severed from the shirt, is executed poorly, sent home, and the rest of the week it results in disaster: the whole back of the shirt comes off an average of 35 students a day came with the hook. This is very un-Zen. So, because I feel it is in "itching to go home." -Although most teachers seemed to my patriotic duty to do so, I will herein inform you of the avoid this plague like any other, Mr. correct method of executing the "pull." Rod Hansen, debate teacher, and Mrs. Step 1: Grasp the loop firmly with the thumb and first Linda Clare, Latin teacher, were also two fingers of the right (or left hand, if you happen to be attacked by the red speckles. Howa southpaw). Step 2 : Grasp the collar of the shirt with the ever, according to Mrs. Charlene remaining hand . Step 3 : With a quick downward and out- Fross, office assistant, top honors go ward movement, jerk the thing off. Step 4: Release the col- to Central for the most sent home i'n one day-5001 lar and give the victim artificial respiration if he happened to have the top button of his shirt buttoned. That is all there is to it. But, a word of caution to boys: do not be free From Bunny-Hop Days with your loop. Save it for someone. If you do not, and you let any girl around pull it off, you will acquire a bad reputation as having a "loose loop." This is also very un-Zen.

Friday, May 8, 1964

SHerry Raone~ l.s Miss Omahai Othe( Westsiders Reach Pinals By ROBIE CARMICHAEL Boosters of the institution have long claimed (and with some justification) that Westside High School boasts some of the best-looking girls in the state. To this, the loyal ones can add the adjectives poised and talented, and then take a long, soul-satisfying look at the recent Miss Omaha Pageant. A field of about 21 starters in the contest was quickly narrowed down to ten finalists, and from this select group four, Jana Doxon, Pat Dunklau, Sherry Rooney, and Gail Rowden, were either past or present students at West~ide. With representatives as lovely as these, the odds were pretty good that a Westsider would come out on top. And conjectures proved faithful when pretty, 18-year old senior Sherry Rooney was crowned Miss Omaha Sunday night, April 26, in the Civic Auditorium Music Hall. Pat Dunklau was awarded the trophy for Miss Congeniality. Not to be overlooked is the other outstanding senior who earned a coveted position in the finals. She is Gail Rowden, the explosive "Wildcat" of Westside musicals fame . Gail found herself entering the contest primarily on a request from the WHS Student Council. The Council chose three boys

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Before very long you would no longer have a loop with which to hang yourself up at night. Let only one girl regularly de-loop you. And make sure she is very worthy. (If necessary, have applicants fill out forms, but you will probably have a favorite de-looper you want to bestow the honor upon .) She shov,ld be loyal, truthful, trustworthy, brave, follow the law of the Pack, and, above all, be cute. (Here people with Arthur Miller minds may substitute other such words which, for obvious reasons, I could not mention.) Now you may go back to doing whatever it was you were doing before you started reading this, confident in the knowledge that you know how to perform this tricky move. As a matter of fact, it might not be a bad idea to show t his to your favorite (and, if you are smart, only) reliever-of-the-loop. It might save a great deal of wear and, especially, tear. jeff meyers

New Addition Behind Schedulei Pool Not Ready Before October "I think the new addition is behind schedule," stated Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal. Originally, the completion date was set for Sept. 1, and the classrooms should be done by then; but the swimming pool won't be done until sometime in October.

Council Is Active Attention Seniors! After numerous inquiries about eating outside, the Student Council finally sent a representative to get the administration's view on the matter. The representative was told that as long as the students did not eat in their cars or near classroom windows, students will be permitted to eat outside. The problem of parking for next year's students was also discussed. Because more students will be driving next year, parking space will be a problem. Questionnaires were formulated which will help us decide who can and who cannot drive. Money from the Cancer Drive was turned in and the council discussed the Senior Class Faculty Bowl. Congratulations to Mr. Richard Winchell, Teacher of the Month for April.

The building, which will harmonize in design with the present structure, will contain two typing rooms (the temporaries will be eliminated), a journalism room with a darkroom, an office practice room, the Distributive Education room, and two general classrooms. There will be an enclosed walkway between the girls' gym and the n_e w building. The pool will· be open all year round, but mainly for instructional purposes. Mr. Cal Bentz has been chosen as the swimming coach and instructor. He coached the swim team this year and . was formerly the swimming coach for the University of Nebraska. There has been no date set for the building of the auditorium, but plans are being considered for the structure. Mr. Hansen said that "we have to wait until the other building projects in the district are completed to make definite plans for the auditorium so we know how much funds are available." Valley View Junior High is the rmique building in the district. The separate - but - connected "pods" are round and each classroom is pieshaped. Because there are few windows for ventilation, and the cost was decreased because of the design, airconditioning is being installed.

May 30 will be 'the big day for more than 80 se,iors who will leave Omaha for a week of sight-seeing in New York and Washington as a part of the 1964 Modem Problems trip. This annual trip began 10 years ago when 36 Westsiders and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Koch left Omaha on an April Saturday morning and traveled all night by train to St. Louis, Mo. There they joined with other student groups from St. Louis and transferred to a special train which was a part of the Council on World Affairs tour. "It was quite an experience," recalls Mr. Koch. "There were about 760 students on the train and they were not always well-chaperoned. It was pretty hectic with lines of kids jumping around doing the bunny-hop from car to car." From St. Louis the group traveled all day Sunday and Monday and fin ally reached Washington early Tuesday morning. "We were scheduled to

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have breakfast with Senator Hruska that morning, but there was no place for us to change clothes on the train," said Mr. Koch. "So we made a makeshift curtain out of raincoats, pinned them together, and changed on the train." Perhaps the most significant change in the trip since it first began is the fact that now the group travels independently. "This is a great advantage, because now we are able to see and do more as a smaller group."

Classes Take Trip Members of Mrs. Clara Dunn's sociology classes of first, third, and sixth hours went on a field trip April 29. The trip consisted of a tour through the State Penal Complex and the State Mental Institution in Lincoln, Nebraska. A guided tour was made throughout the prison, in the educational departments and cafeteria of the penitentiary. From th e state prison, buses took the students into Lincoln for lunch. Succeeding lunch, a tour was made of the State Mental Hospital where students in the tour gained a greater knowledge and better understanding on the maintaining of the hospital.

to select three girls to enter. Of the three, however, one was too young and the other decided not to enter. "I felr it was a great honor to be picked," Gail smiled, "and I felt I should enter." The girls were judged in four different categories; · bathing suits, long fonnals, talent, and their ability to answer questions. Of the three, petite Gail was most impressed with the talent performances. The reason? "I love to dance," she bubbled. Gail, who has been dancing for eight years, choreographed her own number, a song and dance to "Secret Love". "The hardest part of the contest was th e questions," she admitted. "Each contestant had to choose his own question from a bowl filled with them." Gail was delighted with the appearances she got to make as a finalist. "The high point of the show for me was actually the performing talent, and, of course, the TV shows and parades. They sure were an awful lot of fun!" In all, Gail felt the contest experience was completely worth all the effort it required. As for drawbacks, she hastened to assure me, "Oh it didn't have any." The new Miss _O maha, lovely Sherry Rooney, explained some of the preparations she made for the pageant. "We each received a folder on the type of person selected for Miss America and I literally tore it apart. I took notes on it and tried to read between the lines to find out what kind of girl they wanted. I also got some pamphlets on the city because I felt I should know if they asked me abont it."

Two Bo.ard Positions To Be Elected May 12 Every two years, the Board of Education holds an election for two offices, serving a six-year tenure. The incumbents renominated for the next term are Mr. Verne Moore, Jr. and Mr. Irvin Yaffe. "Verne Moore's the present board member and his opponent is Dr. Ray Gillies," stated Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal. "Irvin Yaffe is the incumbent for the other position. He is opposed by Mr. John Doxon," Mr. Hansen continued. May 12 is election day. "In the past, we have had one place to vote for the primary and another place for the election. This year both will be held in the same· precinct," replied Mr. Hansen. The Board of Education caucus was h eld April 28. "We had a very good turn out. Approximately 556 people were present," Mr. Hansen concluded.

Science Trip Proves Enjoyable

by KATHY ROOT "I wanna hold your hand, please, climbing, and filling our shoes with please me, I saw her standing dirt, the group departed,. While leavthere· . . ." ing, Dave Rupp sighted some cow Any American teen recognizes these skeletons and we all had a good laugh songs as Beatie tunes, being hummed, as he jokingly said, "Hey look Mr. whistled, and sung all over, and the Reed, dinosaur bones.' earth science field trip last Friday was After lunch we earth scientists conno exception. tinued the quest for fossils at the With 40 other students, all equipabandoned Kiewitz Quarry, then left ped in "grubbies" and ready for a day to see the State Fish Hatchery. Bill of digging fossils, I left Westside for Arant noticed a slight resemblance bea happy May Day. It was quite a tween a carp and Mr. Reed. No comholiday in many ways. One of the stument. There were many large tanks dents brought his guitar and soon and pools of fish and I almost had the there was a regular hootennanny on pleasure of joining them when I stood wheels, bus wheels that is. too close to the edge. It was rather a chilly morning, but Concluding our trip was a stop at the spirits of Mr. Reed, the earth sciLinoma Beach. No swimming was alence teacher, and his fellow students lowed, unfortunately, as we were all could not be dampened by a little hot, but the rocks on the tower proved foul weather. interesting with many leaf impresStudents found brachiopods, crin- sions. It was 2:30 p.m. when a still oids, and types of fossils and it was gay, but tired and dirty group of really exciting, After mnch digging, earth scientists returned to Westside.

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CLUB CLIPBOARD Key Club Captures First Westside's Key Club did well in the District Convention held at Spirit Lake, Iowa. In the speech contest in which three clubs entered, Westside took first. The service contest had two entries; Westside again took first thus coming home with two trophies. Bill Dixon, president, remarked that "this is the first year our district (Nebraska and Iowa) has held a contest and that's the reason so few clubs participated." "We were surprised to win first place," he continued, "because our original speaker got the measles." Jeff Myers had prepared a speech for the contest but a few hours before they were going to leave he became ill. The Key Clubbers did not .give up, however; Bob Bucholz wrote a speech in the car on the way, with some help from his fellow travelers, to take first place. Scott Holdrege, Tom Hood and Don Marquardt plan to go to Dallas for the International Key Club Convention. Don was chosen lieutenant governor for the district. His job is to co-ordinate the activities of the district. Scott ran for the governorship and came in second.

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In spring the clubs at Westside are . busy electing new officers. On . April 30, FMA elected officers for 1964-65, they are president; Cheri Moredick, vice-president, Barb Veach; secretary, Kay Hiatt; and treasurer, Barb Douglas. - P hoto by John Quar les English Seminar students diligently work on research papers. From left to right National Forensic League held elecfront row: Kathy Laos, Pam Pats, and Dick lmig; back row: Carol Cleaves, tions on May 5; Betsy Raskin is the Les Johnson, Rusty Lyman, Karen Eden, and Mickey Mcfarland. new president, vice-president is Steve Calvert, Cris Pinali was named secretary; Bob Bucholz, treasur~r; and Jeff Meyers and Bill Gray are the serof geants-at-arms. BILLIARD STRA'l 'EMAN If you are walking in the h alls dur- Star Meet in Hastings. The new Pep Club officers were · Listening to KOIL, old songs and revealed at the annual banquet on ing sixth hour or after school and a May 4. Officers are president, Kathy Frizbee sails by followed by a young various people pop into my mind at gentleman clad in tenny-boots and the same time. Kelly; vice-president, Nancy Wood; secretary, Jewell DeFreese; and treas- cut-offs don't be alarmed. It's one of "On the Rebound"-John Buller. the "Frizbee Fifty", the new athletic urer, Ruth Brock. "409"-Larry Andrews. This year's International Club offi- team at Westside. A sport that t ough· "In My Room"-Dave Vicery. cers are president, Nanci Shook; and ens your hands and quickens your re"Where The Boys Are" - Four secretary, Barb Steih. The officers of flexes, Frizbee will soon be a must sophomore girls. the language clubs are F rench Club : in ev~ry boy's curriculum. In the spring the boys' thoughts president, Pam Prawl; secretary, Mary Lyn Lankford; German Club: presi- turn to what the girls have been thinking about all winter. Yes; the dent, Steve Bachenberg; secreta'ry, Junior-Senior Prom at the Livestock Colleen Glisar; Latin Club: president, Exchange Building, May 23. Many Tim Gerber; secretary, Janeen Beck; Roshong Wins Scholarship Spanish Club: president, Kristi Ander- girls already have dates but it's still not too late men. Remember too, it's Mr. Dale Fuerst and three of his son; secretary, Ann Snow. a pretty good excuse to get out of the Distributive Education students, James The Z-Club officers for next year house at night. will be president, Kathy Rees; viceDerby, Bonnie Roshong and Jack Seen roaming the halls daily sixth Williams, attended the National DECA president, Kristi Anderson; secretary, hour is probably the best swimmer Conference at the Conrad-Hilton Ho- Barb Stein; and treasurer, Jackie in the state, junior Torn Curran. These Hauptman. tel in Chicago, April 29. mischievous hands not only led Tom Senior Bonnie, D.E. Student of the to the State 400 yd. freestyle and Band Banquet Honors the Inter-city 200 yd. and 400 yd. freestyle crowns, but also the 200 yd. Outstanding Members butterfly and the 400 yd . individual "We've even told where the pen It's F A I R M 0 N T Band members had the eighth an- medley in the Kansas-Nebraska Alland ·pencil machines are"" boasts nual banquet May 4 at the First for the best Methodist Church. Mr. Darwin SnyMargo Stanley, Shield staff member, MR. JAMES ICE CREAM about the WHS handbook the staff der, band director, said the purpose of is publishing. the banquet was to honor members of and the Warrior and Reserve bands . In recent years, the foggy freshman NOVELTIES and naive newcomer have had to find The awards presented included letout about Westside-including the ter awards earned on a point system, FAIRMONT FOODS CO. "For the Look of Spring" blue slips, the off-the-beaten-path and certificates from the State Activi1209 Jackson Street temporaries, the gum-chewing poli- ties Ass'n. for soloists and members of 84th and Center, 391-1111 cies, and "What's an 8?!"-by the small groups who received one ratings OMAHA, NEBRASKA trial and error method. Or perchance in the District Music Contest. they would be so fortunate as to meet up with trusty come-to-me-l-knowthis-school-inside-out Mrs. Alice GilSay it with logly in the office and be sent merrily on their way, enlightened, and with problems solved. But next year, following Mr. Ralph EDERER FLORIST Farrar's suggestion and because of this year's Shield staff efforts, all 2 Locations students will be furnished, free of 92nd & West Center-391-6700 charge, a WHS handbook. It will 30th and Bristol---451-1795 include a code of ethics, a history of Westside, Westside traditions, information on clubs, an explanation of On the Strip the grading ~ystem, a report about the guidance offices, a map of the school, and a few pictures. Darlene Kriesel and Margo Stanley, For shoes that please the seniors, are co-editors and will be asteenman and his girl. sisted by Kathy Ruder, makeup editor, and Carol Strauss, copy editor, as OPEN EVENINGS well as the rest of the Shield staff. 391-1133 The handbook will be printed this summer and distributed next year.

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Strikes, Trophies Not Uncommon To Active WHS League Bowlers Dick, Larry, and Bob (left to right) push hi g h a verages at the bowling alleys.

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practice. Pushing a 202 average this year, Larry is playing for his first year on a men's league. However, "all my trophies are in junior league" which Larry has participated in for three years. His junior league team won top series in a statewide tournament. Larry, who thought bowling sounded interesting, then "tried it and liked it," has shot a 280 game in league and close to perfect, 299, in practice. He has won two awards in Men's league for 700's with scores of 705 and 752. Larry currently plays on Tuesday nights in the Businessmen's Classic League, Bob Wilson, a sophomore, went in West Lanes Bowling Lanes two years ago to get a coke and somebody asked him to bowl. Since this beginning he has been a regular fan and has worked up to a men's league position. On the Businessmen's League which meets Monday nights, Bob holds the second highest series, a 734 series he. bowled early in April. By himself or with friends, he practices every night and on weekends in about "35 games per week." Quitting junior league in . March with a 175 average, he has since increased it to 185.

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The Shelby American Ford Cobras are starting their winning ways again this season but a new name on the scene is giving them some real trouble. The 'new car is owned by Nickey Chevy of Chicago and is based on a Cooper chassis and uses a 377 cubic inch all aluminum Chevy block. Last week at the Riverside, Calif. pro races, Skip Hudson in the Nickey Chevy scored a resounding victory over the might of the King Cobras driven by · last year's champion Bob Holvert. In stock car racing the Fords returned to the winner's circle with a five-place sweep in the Virginia 500 defeating sitxh-place man Dick Petty in his Hemi-head Plymouth. There were no GM products of any high caliber in competition. In drag racing Hot Rod Magazine is sponsoring its first drag meet to be called the Drag Meet of ·Champions and already entries are coming in from such notables as Gas Ronda in his 427 Fairlane, Jack Williams in his Chrysler Fueler, AI Eckstrand . in the Ramcharger Dodge and others. Should be a wild meet! SPORTS CALENDAR MAY 9-Intercity Tennis Tourney 11-Golf, South at Spring Lake Sophomore Track Meet at Prep 14-Baseball, Tech at Adams Golf, Central at Elmwood 15-16-State Tennis Tourney State Track Meet 16-State Golf Tourney Baseball, Lincoln at Westgate 18-Intercity Frosh Track Meet at Benson

Tennis Team Beats Bensoni Loses Title to North The Warrior tennis team continued their winning ways with an easy victory over Benson at Dewey. The 3-0 victory included wins by Rich Young,

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Harriers Break Records The Intercity track meet last Friday at Westside did not produce a home ground victory but there were several outstanding performances by Warrior cinder men. Jim Jones returned to action in grarid f~shion taking the 880 while running mate Jim Ellis scored a victory in the mile. Mike Stanner ran the first sub 10 second 100 yd. dash in Westside history but could not quite take the win

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WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1964

Commencement, .Prom Complete Year Baccalaureate Is Tonight

Decorations Reveal Theme

Tonight marks the beginning of the end for nearly 350 seniors in . the Class of '64. Mter two practices, much anticipation and anxiety baccalaureate services will be held tonight at 8 p .m. in the boys' gym. Featured speaker at baccalaureate will be the Rev. Robert Alword, pastor of Countryside Community Church. The Rev. Quentin Lockwood will conduct the invocation. Top Choir will sing ''I'll Walk With God," and the girls' trio will sing "Lift Thine Eyes." Mter tonight's services seniors will await only the final graduation ceremonies, Friday, May 29, before joining the ranks of Westside's alumni. Commencement will start at 8 p.m. in the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum. Senior speakers will be William Bailey, Barbara Brizzee, Richard Imig, and Jan Laitos. Mr. Vaughn Phelps will distribute the diplomas.

"We didn't even need our clean up committee because every one cleaned up before they left," laughed Nancy Truhlsen, over-all chairman. Couples danced around a colorful fountain or threw in a coin and m ade a wish. The theme this year was "Three Coins in a Fountain."

Ak-Sar-Ben, with a seating capacity of 6,017, offers more than enough room for all those planning to attend commencement exercises. "We could reserve 1,500 seats for parents and still have a lot left over," stated Mr. Karl Pecht, senior guidance counselor. The coliseum's air conditioning unit will also be welcomed as "those robes can be terribly hot." According to class president Steve Curelop, the senior gift from the class of 1964 will be a set of books.

WHS Juniors To Host New Exchange Students Two Westside juniors have been selected by the American Field Service to host the foreign exchange students for the 1964-1965 year. Karen Johnson and Tim Gerber -received the news May 11, after having turned in their applications the beginning of the last school year. The AFS were processed from applicants to June. The new students will arrive sometime in late August, giving them time to get adjusted to 't heir new homes. It is not known now from what countries they will come. The American Field Service offers excellent opportunities to study in foreign countries. T~rms can be arranged for either six months or one year. Anyone interested is urged to contact any language teacher.

New Cheerleaders Chosen Girls screaming, crying, dropping their books, and hugging each other was a familiar scene Tuesday, May 12th after fifth hour. The reason? The varsity and reserve cheerleading

64-65 Term To Be Three Days longer Westside students next year will be attending school 657,00 more seconds than they did this year. This comes to a total of three days. "The state minimum is 176 and we had 178 this year," said Mr. Kenneth Hansen, principal.

The 1964-65 school year will begin on Sept. 8, with the first break Oct. 29-30 for Teachers' Convention and an ali-day teachers' workshop Nov. 2. Thanksgiving vacation will be Nov. 26-27. The Christmas Holiday break will extend from Dec. 23-Jan. 4. Spring vacation will run from April 9-20 and will be the last break before classes are dismissed for the summer on June 11.

squads for the 1964-65 season had just been posted. The list read as follows: varsityPenny Anderson, sophomore; Sandy Arthur, sophomore; Cris Calandra, junior; Sally Cockle (captain), junior; Jewell de Freese, sophomore; Carolyn Richardson, junior; Carolyn Simmons, junior; and Nanci Shook (Shooki), junior. The reserve squad is as follows: Barb Douglass, sophomore; Micki Freed, junior (captain); Mary Skaug, freshman, and Sharon Wheeler, freshman (Westbrook).

The Livestock Exchange Ballroom gave the effect of being outside. Large trees made out of chicken wire with red roses were on either side of the Carl Jay Orchestra. Wicker bird baskets filled with a variety o~ flowers were hanging from the ceiling and three coins hanging from the ceiling in front of the stage to help carry out the theme. The Prom was not the only activity Saturday night. Before the Prom couples went to pre-Prom parties or out to dinner. Mterwards, couples were seen d ancing at Ray's Valley Lakes, riding down the Missouri on the River Belle, out to breakfasts, picnicking and even skiing at the pits.

32 Girls Makeup 1 64-65 Drill Squacl "About face, forward march . . .'' This is the sound of the marching feet as over 100 Westside girls demonstrated their abilities at try-outs, May 18th. 'J;he girls were judged by Mr. Kenneth Hansen, Mr. Ralph Farrar, Mrs. Clara Dunn, Mr. Darwin Snyder, and senior members of Drill Squad and Squir~s. In judging the smiling girls marching ability, porn porn routine, appearance, and crowd appeal were considered. The 1964-65 Drill Squad constitutes the following girls : Joyce Andrews, Jodi Buick, Judy Ca rma n, J a ne t Doct or, Marcia Finley, Wanda Poley, Carol H enderson, Chris Hopkins, B a rb Hosford, La Rae Kappit, J a ne Krug, N a ncy L ak e, Muriel Lefler, N a ncy Lorenze, Linda Ma dden, Diane Madsen, J ackie Moore, Cheri Moredick, K a ren Ols on, Joyce P age, Mimi Rapp, Sharon Ross, Judi Runstrom, Johnette Schultz, Sue Sinovich, Judy Sw itzer, Barb Willia m s, Chris Zyck, Gall Zych . The a ltern a t es will be R ita Tarpk ey, B a rb Wille, and Jddy Wheeler. Next year's Squires will be Ruth Brock, Debbie Brown, Bev B utterfield, Marty Dieterich, Lind a Dresh er, Lynn Durham, Lynne Ga rrett, and Barb N orberg. Alternates select ed to be on n ext year's squa d a r e Linda Burron, K a thy Dunn, a nd Ma ry Johnson.

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Students Elect Council Members Three freshmen, four sophomores, and five juniors have been elected to serve on the Student Council next year. Those finalists, announced Monday, May 18, are freshmen Rick Anderson, Bob Henderson and Ginny Hronek; sophomores Phil Blum, Jeff Myers, Rusty Welch, and Judy Wheeler; and juniors Bob Bucholz, John Buller, Steve Calvert, Jim Iverson, and Rich Young. These students and the other semifinalists gave campaign speeches to their individual classes May 18. Officers elected by the new mem-

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These. girls were chosen by the Pep Club the previous day from the "Top Twenty-Six" and the "Top Twenty-Six" was chosen by a faculty committee and the senior cheerleaders. Graduating senior cheerleaders, Andi Dugan, Karen Nelsen, Pam Patz, Lani Stockman, and Brenda Williams will make their final appearance with this year's squad at the All-Star Shrine Bowl football game in August. They will be cheering ·for Ron Hinckley and Dave Rupp, players for the South team.

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Westside cheerleoders for 1964-6 5 smile ga ily even a fter a long first practice. These girls are (I t o r ) Sally Cockle, copta in; Nancy Shook, Ma ry Skaug, Sandy Arthur, Carolyn Simmons, and J ewell de Freese. Those in t he front row include Ch ris Calandra, Barb Douglass, Sha ron Wheeler, Pennie Anderson, Micki Freed, and Ca rolyn Richardson.

135 Are Recognized at Honors Convocation One hundred thirty-five students were recognized at the annual honors convocation May 21. Mr. Herb Armbrust presented the World Herald Scholarships to Bill Bailey and Barb Brizzee and the Westside Scholarship went to Bill Robinson. Mickey McFarland received the Brandeis Award from Mr. Arthur Bosmeier and the Lou McConnell Mathematics Scholarship. The following also received r ecognition: Carol Anderson, Outstanding Senior Home Economics Student ; Cathy .Ar-

nold, Nebr. Regents Alternate; Bill Bailey, 4-year Nebr. R egents, Nat'! Merit Finalist; AI Beauregard, U.S .A.F. Academy w ith Honors a t Entrance, 4y ear Nebr. R egents, Math Team Captain; Rick Ber-g strom, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Outst a nding Top Choir Member; Dave Bigler, Scholastic recognition a nd Freshm a n Scholarships at Nebr. Wesleyan , N ebr. Regents Alternate; Knox Bishop, N ebr. R egents Alternate; John Blackwell, Hastings College Honor Schola r shi p; Bill Boelter, N ebr. Reg ents Alterna t e ; Bob Boyd, Nebr. Regents Alterna te, Nat'! Merit Letter of Commednation, Honorable Mention state a r chitecture competition; Jerry Brecl, 2nd Place Intra-School archltec-

hers for 1964-65 are John Buller, president; Rusty Welch, vice-president; Jim Iverson, treasurer; and Judy Wheeler, secretary. Primary elections for the freshmen, sophomore, and junior classes were held Wednesday, May 13, when the nominees were voted upon. Other semi-finalists were Ben Cohen, Liz Lueder, and Bev Looby, freshmen; Andy Denes, Jerry James, Jim Jansen, Jim Killerlain, Lynn Koile, Rita Tarpley, and Dick Tharp, sophomores; Marty Dietrich, Mickey Freed, Jackie Moore, Virginia Moore, Kathy Rees, and Ruth Saunders.

ture competition; Barb Brlzzee, Nebr. Regents Alternate, N a t'! Merit Letter of Commenda tion, Northwestern U. and Mills College Scholarships ; Marcia Brogden, Arthur Anderson & Co. Jr. Achievement Scholarship; Gall Bnr· brid.ge, Nebr. R egents Alterna te; Cheryl Callahoo, N ebr. Regents Alterna te; Gary Carlton, Nebr. R egents Alterna te ; Carol Cleaves, 4-year Nebr. Regents, N a t '! Merit Fin alis t, Cornell U . National Scholarship, Na t'! French Test Winner ; Carol Cole, Nebr. R egents Alt ern a te; Scott Crabtree, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Outsta nding Varsity Deba ter. Eloise Cramer, Nebr. Regents Alternate ; Lee Cummins, Coe College Schol-

arship; Steve Curelop, 4-year Nebr. Regents, N a t'! Merit Letter of Commenda tion, Outsta nding V a rsity Debater, Quill and Scroll; John D'.Andney, 4year Nebr. Regents; Paul de Freese, Nebr. Regents :Alternate; Tim Denzler, Nebr. Regents Alternate; Ann Dilworth, Nebr. Regents Alternate; Bill Dixon, Nebr. Regents Scholarship, Nat'! Merit L etter of Commendation, NROTC Sch ola r shi p, appointment to U.S. Naval Academy ; Ray Dryden, Cornell College Scholarship, Outstanding Varsity Deba ter; Karen Eden, Nebr. R egents Alterna te, Betty Crocker Homemaker for Tomorrom; Chips Ellas, Nat'! Merit L etter of Commendation; 1\lax El· Continued on page 5 and 6

Five . . . four . . . three . . . two . . : the higb school days for the Seniors are drawing to a close and preparations have been made for those last activities that carry with them all the memories of the past and the hopes of the future. Tomorrow, May 28, one of these activities, the senior class picnic, will be held at Fairmont Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. Traditionally, it is called "skip day" since a few years ago the seniors merely took a day off (legally) to do anything they wanted. At the picnic, there will be some organized activity, but there are no facilities for swimming or boating. At the Senior Class meeting, May 7, the Seniors were instructed on procedures for picking up their caps, gowns and diplomas, how report cards would be issued, times and places for baccaulaureate and commencement and the preceeding practices. Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance counselor, reminded the Seniors that all caps and gowns must be returned immediately after the commencement exercises, so all pictures should be taken before that time. Thus, the last senior meeting of the Class of 1964 of Westside High came to a close.

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Goldwater Criticized O n the eve of the Nebraska primary, Senator Barry Goldwater addressed a group of Republicans at the Music Hall, and, through te levision, many other Nebraska cit izens . According to the p rinted media and general comment he reaffirmed himself as Nebraska ns' pet universal panacea. As one colleagu.e put it, " He stands for ever yth ing we Nebraskans believe in ; what he says can't really be criticized." Oh yeah? Let us look at some of the points of his speech . Paraphrasing Goldwate r: -We are all ti red of seeing NATO, our greatest force against the advanceme nt of communism , being weakened under Democrat admin istrations. Here Goldwater blames NATO's problems on Kennedy and Johnson, where obviously the actual blame lies with Charles de Gaulle's Force de Frappe and his desire to make France the leader of a Europe quite independent of the United States and thus of NATO commitments. As Walter Lippmann put it, Europe no longer lives in real fear of physical communist aggression as it did when NATO was founded, because of a general thaw in the cold war and a much more relaxed atmosphere surrounding East-West, or at least Russian-West relations. That is, NATO has almost o utlived its purpose, and thus has begun a process of dissolving. , -The Democratic administrations since World War II have done nothing to thwart communism, as did the Republican administration under Eise nhow.e r, says Goldwater. Here Goldwater completely writes off: the Cuban blockade which removed Soviet missiles from Cuba, our aid to Viet Nam, The Berlin Air Lift, Korea, and his own NATO, all anti-communist, and all under Democratic administrations. He glosses over Soviet difficulties which occurred under the Republicans An example is Hungary. -President Johnson has chosen to avoid the basic issues of this coming election with his war on poverty facade. Goldwater here is paradoxical for he limits his criticism to foreign affairs only, when, with 1963-64 being the years of civil revolution in America, domestic issues are obviou sly as important if not more important. Finally, sprinkled throughout Goldwater's speech were witticisms such as LBJ, "light-bulb Johnson." While I fully support justified criticisms of a president's policies, or even of his personal life, if criticism is truly warranted, belittling the president for the sake of belittling does not reflect favorably upon the belittler. No matter what one feels about the president of the United States, his office deserves respect. It is difficult to cover such a broad topic as the issues surrounding a political candidate in this short space, but I ho pe that I make my point clear. Before Goldwater becomes your savior look at the man clos~ly and weigh carefully what he says against what others have to say. Goldwater has a canny ability to over-simplify to the point that he appears to have one logical, cut-and-dried answer to any ,world problem. He doesn't. (No one does.) And he's fallible - very fallible . By TRAX COLTON (STEVE CURELOP)

'Lasts' Remembered Prom . .. baccalaureate . .. commencement ... the last high school activities to be experienced by the Class of '64. Now we are pushed out into the adult world of re sponsibility either to work or to continue our education.

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Large Enrollment For Summer 864 Approximately 600 students are expected to attend summer school this year at Westside. Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal, stated that summer school is a good facility for the parochial schools and that the purpose of summer school is to enrich curriculum, to make up any failing work or just to keep busy during the summer months. Courses which are included are: Typing, Literary Seminar, Reading Improvement, Grammar R e v i e w , Spanish, Algebra, Advanced Algebra, Geometry, Tennis, Weight Lifting, Archery, Plant and Animal E cology, Halsey National Forest Excursion, California Ocean E xcursion, World History, American History, Social Stuies Seminar, Drivers Education and Band. Courses are $15 except for Plant and Animal Ecology which costs $30, Halsey National F orest E xcursion, $40, California Ocean Excursion, $150 and Driver Education, $5. Classes will begin June 9 at 7:30 a.m. and end July 18. Classes are scheduled to be over at either 9:45 or 11:45 except for Driver Education which drives all day.

Wednesday, May 27, 1964

Psysiology Smoking Poll Reveals Westside Teens Smoking Too Much "After four months of counting, it's finally d one!" elated Janie Krug about the smoking poll. This was given to W estsiders in their English classes in November. This poll involved various questions concerning the smoking habits of teenagers. It was instigated by Dr. Lemon from the University of Nebraska and Dr. Edward Lyman, Public Health Director in Omaha. The entire smoking project was given to Mr. Harley Hardison's ,physiology classes to do instead of a term paper. Out of 1,729 students in grades 9-12, here are the results: FEMALES MALES 313 218 Never smoked cigarettes at all. 362 453 Tried cigarettes, but at present do not smoke them. 75 62 Do not smoke cigarettes every day, but do smoke them at least one day a week. 80 67 Smoke cigarettes just about every day, but smoke less ilian half a pack a day. 17 79 Smoke half a pack or more of cigarettes just about every day. Strongly Mildly Neither Agree Strongly FEMALES Agree Agree Nor Disagree Disagree Smoking costs more than it is worth. 477 205 123 102 When I have children, I hope they never smoke. 414 181 165 41 There is nothing wrong wiili smoking. 89 153 212 354 Smoking is a bad habit. 441 120 121 51 MALES 178 205 45 Smoking costs more ilian it is worth. 457 When I h ave children, I hope iliey never smoke. 494 153 213 35 There is nothing wrong with smoking. 81 126 258 398 Smoking is a bad habit. 501 191 131 75 The poll also revealed many oilier interesting facts. F or instance some Westside students have been smoking since the age of six. The reasons for starting smoking varied from friends, social, pleasure, curiosity, and p arents.

New Careers Beckon . . . grad u a tionj oy or sorr ow h a te t o leave W H S love to see t omorr ow wh a t w ill we do go t o school follow the r ules of conformity education means s uccess wealth a nd h appiness but d oes itby w h ose law h appiness is a s t ate of being su ccess and wealth material is it a ll n eces sar y · by norma l standards-yes wh y no t travel- live m eet people do you want stuffy rooms old pr ofessor s-old fact s or--do you want adventure be a beatnik-be a bum find some love live--day by day it' s up to you wh a t you want ou t of life n onconfor m ity or conven tion a lism m ake your decision.

Parking Data Sought "Because there are approximately 480 students who want to drive to school next year and there are only 250 parking facilities at W estside, it will be necessary to limit the number who drive," stated Dick lmig, Student Council President. The Student Council along with Mr. Kenneth Hansen and Mr. Ralph Fa~ar will decide exactly who will drive next year. "As tl1ings are now sophomores won't be able to drive unless it is an emergency; some juniors will drive on the basis of need and almost all seniors will be driving," stated Mr. Hansen.

Nine Faculty Leave WHS Nine faculty members will be leaving W estside and their District 66 teaching careers at the close of this school year.

No More Freshmen At WHS Next Fall The Class of '67 is the last of 11 freshman classes to attend Westside High. Starting next year, for the first time Westside will include just sophomores, juniors, and seniors. When tile school first began, freshmen were part of W estside Junior High, but since then the sevenili and eighth grades have been moved to other schools. This year tile Freshman Class has been entirely on its own as it has been separate from the upperclasses. For instance, a freshman p ep club was organized for the first time at Westside with its own officers and cheerleaders. Next year freshmen will be attending Westbrook, Arbor Heights, and the new Valley View Junior Highs and they will all come to Westside their sophomore year. The enrollment at WHS is expected to be 1650 next year. In about four years it is estimated to climb to 2100. Gene Jensen and Jon Jansen, official promoters of the "great" Freshman Class, have originated a "Be Kind To Freshman" week from June 1-5. So, after full recognition has been given to the seniors, underclassmenplease appreciably recognize tile 391 students of the Class of '67 as the last Freshman Class at WHS.

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Two classes of students started the WHS Class of '64 in 1957 when the school housed a sixth grade class. More students were added to this original group each year, until there are now 360 members. It's not too hard to remember all the joys and sorrows making up our years at Westside . We remember the odor of formaldehyde as we disected a frog in biology, the trips to the library to work on our first term paper, and getting extra help after school from a patient physics teacher. But most of all we remember our senior year and all of its "lasts." We experienced our last football game, our last Sweetheart dance, and our last prom . Happily, though, we experien.ced our last modern problems test, our last English paper, ·and our last chemistry experiment. JAYNE SAHLER

Mr. Ed Sadler, Spanish instructor, will be teaching classes at Omaha University next fall, while Mrs. Julia Swartzbaugh will be teaching art classes part-time at that school. Miss Marilyn Rolf, of the Business Dept. will also enter the college teaching level as she will become an instructor at Midland College in Fremont, Nebr. Mrs. Marilee Goldthom e, librarian; Mrs. Peggy Johnson, gym instructor; and Mrs. Mary Muenchrath, English teacher will be leaving to welcome new arrivals into their families. Mrs. Muenchraili will also be leaving Omaha since her husband will be transferred. Mrs. Betty Griffin, German teacher, will be going to Germany with h er husband who is being transferred with tile Air Force. Also leaving because of her husband's job transfer is Mrs. Marilyn W oodbury who will be moving to Portland, Ore. Mrs. Helen Kelley, senior English teacher, is leaving to become a homemaker and do graduate work.

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Seniors Leave For College1 Careers As the 1963-64 school year draws to a close, the seniors are finishing plans for the future. Many are going to work, but most are going to school. Omaha University is the most popular school choice with Nebraska University running second and Hastings College as third. Hugh Abrahamson will attend the University of Texas. Jan Achelpohl will attend NU. Denny Adams is going to OU. Jim Allen is going to Nebraska. Carol Anderson is going to Bethel College. Jim Anderson is going into the Navy. Mike Anderson is going to attend art school. Pati Anson is going into the C. E. School of Commerce. Bill Arant will attend St. Paul Bible College or OU. Cathy Arnold is going to Cornell College. · Leon Arps is going to NU. Kathy Arthur is planning to attend NU. Jeanne Aulabaugh plans to attend NU. Bill Bailey will attend Yale. Sandy Barnhart is going to work. Earl Beam is going to attend NU. Al Beauregard is going to attend the Air Force Academy. Doretha Beck plans to attend OU. Cheryl Beckey is planning on a fulltime job. Jackie Bennett will attend OU. Ricky Bergstrom is going to NU. Dave Bigler will attend Nebraska Wesleyan University. Knox Biship is going to the University of Texas. John Blackwell is planning to attend Hastings College. Diane Blum will go to Franco's Beauty Salon. Bill Boelter will attend Hastings College. Jean Borneman is going to Brigham Young University. Jan Bosse is planning to attend OU. Bob Boyd will attend Iowa State. Marvin Braun is going to NU. Tom Bray is going to the Univer.sal Trade School. Jerry Breci will attend NU. Barb Brizzee is planning on Northwestern University. Marcia Brogden is going to NU. Cheri Brown is planning to attend NU. Joyce Brown will go to Midlands Lutheran College. Gail Burbridge is going to NU. Rex Burton will attend Nebraska Wesleyan. Cheryl Callahan is going to work. Richard Caniglia is going into the hairstyling business ·with his uncle. Fred Carlgren will attend Hastings College. Gary Carlton is planning to attend Cornell University. Jan Chamberlain is going to NU. Carol Cleaves is going to Cornell University. Joe Cohan will attend OU. Carol Cole is going to attend OU. Connie Collins is going to the Capital Beauty School. Steve Cozette will attend Michigan College of Technology. Scott Crabtree will be at Colorado College. Eloise Cramer will attend NU. Lee Cummins will go either to Coe or NU. Kathy Cunningham is getting married. Steve Curelop is going to Yale. Sherry Davis is planning to attend

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John D'Audney, will attend Carleton College. Neil Deatsman will attend OU. Marilyn Deets is going to Dana College. Paul DeFreese will attend Midland College. John Demgen is planning to attend the College of St. Thomas. Tim Denzler is going to attend Nebraska. Jim Derby is going to NU. Sheila Dewey is planning to attend either Kansas U. or Arizona State. Jane Diercks will go to NU.

Ann Dilworth will attend Nebraska. Bill Dixon is going to the University of Colorado. Tom Dohn is going to OU. Ray Dryden will attend NU. Andi Dugan will attend Franco's Beauty School. Gary Dunn is going to Nebraska. Karen Dunn will go to Nebraska. Kit Dwyer will attend Marquette University. Karen Eden is going to the College of William and Mary. Chips Elias will go to Vanderbilt University. Max Elliott will attend NU. Jim Ellis will go either to Wake Forest or NU. Karen Emrick will attend either Mar. ietta in Ohio or NU. Ernest Erickson is going to OU. John Estey is going to work. Roger Emery is going either to OU or Nebraska. Paul Favor will attend OU. Marlene Feinberg will work. Mary Fendle will attend Bay Path Jr. College in Mass. Kim Field will attend Colorado State. Jane Fjelstad is planning to attend NU. Jim Foley is going into the service. Mike Fox is planning to go to NU. Carol Francis will attend NU. Bruce Frasier is going to Iowa State. Larry French is going to attend OU. Phil Freyder will attend Pomona College in California. Nancee Frileck is planning on OU. Marcia Fruhwirth will attend St. J oseph's Nursing School and Creighton. Kathy Funkhouser will go to NU. Tom Golder will attend NU. Mike Goodwin is planning on NU. Richard Grandgenett is going to NU. Garry Grau is going to OU. Larry Grau is going to OU. Carol Graves is going to Business College. Gary Gray is planning on either Duke, Northwestern, or NU. Claudia Gresham will attend Mills in California. Don Grimm is going to work. John Grimm will attend NU. Barb Grothe is going to OU and transfer to Kansas U. at the semester. Brian Halla is going to NU. Denese Handschuh will attend NU. Tom Haney is going to OU. Susanne Hansen is going to NU. Sharon Harding will attend Drake. Nancy Harvat will go to Midland College. Casey Hayes will work. Elizabeth Hays is going to airline school. Bill Hayes will go to NU. Mary Ann Head will go to OU. Leslie Henderson is going either to Colorado State or Hastings. Bill Henderson will attend OU. Pati Hendricks is going to the C. E. School of Commerce. Cheryl Hicks is going to the Franco School of Hairstyling. Patty Hilbert is going to IBM School. Ron Hinckley will attend Dartmouth. Sandy Hinman is planning to attend NU. Judy Holt will attend OU or airline school. Mike Hotz is going to NU. Jack Houck is going to NU. Lane Hough is planning to attend NU. Kathy Hubble is going to NU. Frank Hulac will attend NU. Dick Hurst will go to the U. S. Air Force Academy. Carol Ide will attend Drake. Doug ller is going to NU. Dick lmig is planning to attend Stanford. Linda Jackson plans to attend NU. Pauline Jacobs will attend IBM School. Susan Janak is going to OU. Sandy Jelken will go to OU. lnge Jensen will go to Denmark to school. Bob Johann will go to college but is undecided as to which one. Mike Johnson is going to NU. Jim Jones is going to attend NU or the University of Paris.

Joe Jones plans to attend OU. Neal Jones will go to NU. Richard Jones plans to attend Hastings College. Audrey Kahler is going to OU. Carol Kaiser will be going to OU. Pat Keating is planning to attend Iowa State University. David Keifer is going to NU. Nanci Killerlain will be going to the University of New Mexico. John King will attend NU. Lynn Koetter will be going to Hastings College. John Kolash is going to attend Drake University. John Kotouc is going to Harvard. Louise Kostos plans to attend NU. Gale Krichbaum is planning to go to the University of New Mexico. Darlene Kriesel is going to OU. Jean Krogh will be going to OU. Cindy Kruse will be at OU. Barb Kucera is planning to attend Hastings College. Bette Anne Kuhn will be attending Hastings College. Connie Kunkler is going to OU. Bill Kyser plans to attend either NU or Kansas University. Kathy Laas will be at Augusi:ana College in Sioux Falls. Jan Laitos plans to attend Yale. Cindy Lange will be attending NU. Robbie Lankford is going to NU. John LaRandeau will attend OU. Abe Leber is going to NU. Candy Lautenschlager will be at OU. Stan Lemon plans to attend Princeton. Steve Levine is going to the University of Pennsylvania. Pat Lewis is going to OU. Joe Limprecht will be attending the University of Chicago. Elena Linsley is going to OU. Mike Lipman plans to attend the University of Arizona. Susan Lockwood is going to Georgetown University in Kentucky. Danny Loring is going to Hastings College. Bobby Lowe will be attending OU. Candy Lyman plans to attend Gustavus Adolphus. Rusty Lyman is going to Rice University. Craig Mack is going to NU. Susie Madden will be going to NU. Terry Madden is planning to attend either NU or UCLA. Diane Madsen will be attending OU. Jim Manchester is going to the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mary Marple will be going to Hastings College. Marsha Mattson is going to Iowa State University. Linda McDowell will attend Hollins College in Virginia. Dave McElroy will be going to NU. Mickey McFarland will attend NU. Shirley McMaken will be attending

ou. Billie Mercer is going to the C. E. School of Commerce. Sam Methe will go to OU. Dave Miller will probably be attending Northwestern or Miami. Sharon Mosley is going to the Nebraska Methodist Hospital School of Nursing. Barb Munson will attend Gustavus Adolphus College. Kitty Murphy is going to OU or NU. Kirk Naylor is going to Nebraska

Wesleyan University. Karen Nelsen will attend Colorado Women's College. Susie Ness is going to the University of North Dakota. Kay Newcomb will be attending OU. Pam Nye plans to attend Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri. Laurie Olenberger is going to NU. Steve Olmstead will be at OU. Daryl Olsen plans to attend NU. Dave Olson will attend St. Olaf. Susan Oquist is planning to attend

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Joe Ostromie is going into the Navy. Linda Otte plans to attend OU. Jane Palmer will be Iowa State University. Susie Parks will go to OU. Ginny Patten is going to Nebraska Wesleyan University. Pam Patz plans to attend Kansas University. Phil Perry is going to NU. Craig Peterman is going to work. Chris Petersen is going to Kansas or Arizona. Gary A. Petersen is going to NU. Gary L. Petersen will go to Annapolis or NU. Karen Petranek will be going to Coe College. John Piper will attend Creighton University. John Quarles is going to OU. Kirk Rabel will be attending NU. Dave Rains plans to attend NU. Skip Rapp is going to Michigan University. Dianne Reaugh will atten,d Cabrillo College in California. Kathy Redmond is going to the University of Hawaii. Jim Reese plans to attend Southern Methodist University. Diana Reeves will be attending OU. Mark Renner is going to NU. Joan Rheingrover plans to attend Hastings College. Marjie Ringwalt will be going to OU. Diane Robey plans to attend NU. Chuck Robinson will be going to OU. Charlotte Robinson plans to attend Franco's School of Hairstyling. Bill Robinson will be going to Tufts University in Massachusetts. Bob Rockwell is joining the Marines. Sherry Rooney is going to NU. Kathy Root plans to go to Colorado State University. Bob Rose will be at Michigan State · or NU. Julie Rosenbaum is going to airline school. Steve Rosenberg will be attending

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Diane Ruge plans to attend OU. John Runstrom will be attending Wisconsin University. Dave Rupp is going to Wyoming University. Bill Ryan plans to go to NU.

Pecht Shows Slides Mr. Karl Pecht, guidance director, presented colored slides of colleges he has toured at a convocation. Augsburg University, Carleton University, Gustavus Adolphus, Hastings University, MacAlester University, St. Olafs University, United States Air Force Academy, and Yankton University were a few of the colleges reviewed. The convocation was held May 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the WHS little theater for any students and parents interested.

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Class of '64 Plans Picnic, Washington Trip Kathy Ryder is planning to attend the University of Southern California. Jayne Sahler will be attending Hastings College. Stan Saklar plans to attend NU. Bob Sawyer will attend NU. Mary Scanlan is going to NU. Sandi Schapiro plans to attend Washington University in St. Louis. Wayne Schultz is going to OU. Mike Shaw plans to attend NU. Eileen Shelley is going to attend the C. E. School of Commerce Business Machines. Linda Shipke plans to attend NU. Steve Skaug will attend NU or Hastings College. Mike Slayden is going to work. Gordon Smiley will be attending OU. Steve Sorensen will attend Arizona State University. Jim Sousley is going to NU. Susan Springer plans to attend the University of South Dakota. Harold St. Clair will attend Texas A. and M. Margo Stanley is going to the University of Missouri. Doug Steinert plans to attend California University. Jo Steuteville will attend OU. Barb Stock is going to the Capital Beauty School. Lea Ann Stockman plans to attend

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Mike Strange will attend NU. Judy Strattan is going to the Franco Beauty School. Carol Strauss plans to attend NU. Stu Sunderman will be at NU. Harlan Susman will be attending NU. Darlene Sutton plans to attend Concordia Teachers College. Gwen Sutter is going to Arizona State. Ron Swanda will be at NU. Patsy Swanson plans to attend Monticello Girls' College. Pam Taylor will be at Stephen's College in Columbia, Missouri. Susie Taylor plans to attend NU. Arlene Tepper is going to NU. Jackie Tharp will be attending OU. Sally Thomas plans to attend NU. Rick Thompson will be at NU. Joe Tollefson plans to be at OU. Jane Trumbull is planning to attend Iowa State University. Gregg Trupp will attend OU. Paul Vanderhaven will be at OU.

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Seniors Reveal Last Wills, Testaments Richard Van Tilburg is planning to attend NU. Bob Vipond is planning to attend

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Georgellen Vogl will attend Norfolk Junior College. Cindy Wallace is going to NU. Brent Warren will be at the University of D~nver. Jill Watson is going to William Woods. Jim Welch will attend OU. Cheri Watters is going to the Omaha School for Vocational Nursing. Kay Welch is going to Drury College in Springfield, Missouri. Don West is going to NU. Mary Gay W estering will attend the University of New Mexico. Diane Whitaker plans to attend William Woods. John White is going to NU. Sherry White is going to NU. Mike Wiese will attend OU. Connie Wilder is going to Elmira College in New York. Sharon Wille plans to attend Kearney State Teacher's College. Brenda Williams is going to OU. Jack Williams plans to start his own outdoor advertising business. Pat Williams will attend Colorado State College. Steve Wilson plans to attend the University of Southern California. Susan Wingender is going to St. Joesph's School of Nursing. Shelly Wood is going to NU. George Woodbury will attend West Point Military Academy. Harry Woodbury is going to NU. Cindy Woodland plans to attend NU. Dick Wyman is joining the Navy. Mary Jo Ziegler plans to attend NU. Linda Zulfer is going to the C. E. School of Commerce.

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I, SALLY THOMAS, will Lynne Morrison my ability to walk. I, JOHN QUARLES, will John Mcintyre 36 undeveloped rolls of film and a quart of expired developer. I, ROBBIE LANKFORD, will my senior math papers to Jim Iverson. I, BRENDA WILLIAMS, will my right to interview Mr. Tangdall, Mr. Hoyt, and Mr. Steinkruger to the luckiest girl an the LANCE staff.

I, LARRY GRAU, will one pillow to Ken Johnson so sleeping in Modern Problems class will be quicker and more restful.

I, JOE COHAN, will my guitar to Chet Atkins.

I, KNOX BISHOP, leave faith-beauty to experience.

I, KATHY LAAS, will the top of my locker and senior superiority to Nanci Shook.

I, GARY DUNN, will a copy of LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER along with a sub· scription to Playboy to the library.

I, ROG EMERY, will Kirk Rahel's custom shoes to the Goodwill! I, BETTE ANNE KUHN, will to Betsy Raskin, six hours every other week to spend at the printers.

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We, SUSIE OQUIST and GEORGELLEN VOGL, will our good looks to Charlie Lee and Don Noel.

I, BARB MUNSON, will my Rambler to whoever wants itl

I, SCOTT CRABTREE, will my presidency of National Leech Society, and the respec· live privileges thereof, to Rod Hansen.

I, RICH GRANDGENETT, will my ability to sit on the bench to Steve Hartung.

We, THE SENIOR BOYS, will the senior girls to the junior boys.

I, BRIAN HALLA, will my B5 page Far East research paper to anyone who's got ten bucks.

We, MARK RENNER and KIRK RAHEL, our Denver Little Black Book to John Brager and Phil Dugan.

I, KITTY MURPHY, will my dish towel flag to Sharon Ross.

I, DANNY LORING, will four horns to Darlene Kriesel.

I, JOE LIMPRECHT, will the back room at Ross' to Andy Denes.

I, JANE ROSS, will Kristi Andersen a blank mind for thinking up Spanish Club programs and 156 sleepless nights to work on the '65 SHIELD.

I, GORDON SMILEY, will my great drag racing ability to Mr. Asher and his hot Ford. I, STEVE SORENSEN, will all the West· side library books I haven't checked out to Mrs. Mellor. I, GWEN SUTTER, will my muscles to Ruth Brock. We, KATHY REDMOND and KATHY RYDER, will the basement lavatory after 12:15 to Judy Carman and Taffy Hayes. I, JOE JONES, will my '36 Ford to Mike Shaw for his "loving care" extended to my engine I I, JAYNE SAHLER, ,will to Leigh Bovett, the '64-'65 managing editor of the LANCE, my special tone of voice used exclusively to motivate LANCE staff members to get their stories in on time. I, RAY DRYDEN, will my hair to Jan Laitos, Steve Curelop, and Les Johnson, and my 18 J.D. to Scott Crabtree.

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I, KAREN DUNN, will my little brother's body to Mr. Hardison's Physiology classes.

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I, SUSIE MADDEN, will my grubbies and hen parties to the girls of '65. I, ROGER EMERY, will my church key to Chips and my ring to Ludi. I, REX BURTON, will my broken test tubes to Mr. Delano. I, CHERYL CALLAHAN, will a glob of mud in the middle of nowhere to Skip.

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OU Regents Received By 3 Westsiclers

For the second year in a row Westside Junior Achiever Marcia Brogden is the Omaha Treasurer of the Year. A written test and personal interview were the ciiteria for judging. This honor again entitles her to attend a national conference at Bloomington, Ind. in August. Marcia, a senior, has been a member of the company sponsored by Henningson, Durham, and Richardson both years. She belongs to $100 Sales Club and has earned the Junior Executive and Execcutive Award Pin. Arthur Anderson & Co. has awarded her a $250 scholarship which she will use to attend the University of Nebr. A pre-pharmacy course is her tentative choice for study.

"With five brothers and sisters, I need it," stated Diane Madsen about receiving an Omaha University Regents scholarship. The other finalists for the scholarship are Jean Krogh, and Harlan Susman. Jackie Tharp was the recipient of the Ak Sar Ben scholarship which she is going to be using at 0. U. The test was administered all day March 26 during Spring Vacation in the Applied Arts Building at Omaha university to high school students from all over the Omaha area. Applications to take these tests had to be made previous to taking the test by students planning on attending OU. These tests were the same administered for OU placement.

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I, DIANE MADSEN, will Ia a future Hoyt and Kelley student, Bob Zuttermeister, 16 tons of old essays and 16 gallons of mid· night oil. I, KATHY ROOT, will my grassy, grubby, moldy tennis shoes to any faithful drill squadder marching on the dew-soaked fool· ball field at 7:15 a.m. I, BRENT WARREN, will my French outhouse to all those who are taking French! Blah I I will my cooking utensils to all those taking "Past Problems." I, DOUG YOUNG, )Viii all my hair to Mr. Farrar! I, CASEY HAYES, will to Marci McDonald, my artistic ability. I, CAROL IDE, will the Drill Squad to my brother Dick for him to use at his discretion. I, LESLIE HENDERSON, will to my sister, Carole, my half of our room. I, LAURIE OLENBERGER, will to Dave Shephard, my ability in chemistry. I, JOHN KING, will to Dave Vickery the sheriff, scuds, and fuzz. I, NANCY KILLERLAIN, will to two most deserving freshmen, Cai's and my ideas. I, SHARON MOSLEY, will to Brian Finley my talent for writing letters to his brother during class. I, DAVE RAINS, will to Miss Russnogle my cut-off sweatshirt.

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From Coat H angers to Sculpture . . .

Dave Ross Molds 'Masterpieces' "I start out wiili coat hangers, turn them into sculpture and then back into coat hangers," Dave Ross, senior, remarked about his new-found field of art-metal sculpture. Although, according to Dave, a few of his sculpture pieces are in his room wiili clothes piled on top of them, along wiili oilier pieces that he has sold, more than "coat hangers." Dave does start his work with coat hangers, as he bends them into a skeleton figure of his intended work. After the skeleton is finished, Dave takes more coat hangers (once he used 1.500 coat hangers-perhaps this explains why he has to use his sculpture to hang up his clothes!), and wraps iliem around the skeleton, one on top of anoilier. "It's like building a log cabin," he explained to the unenlightened reporter. "First you build your frame, then you pile your logs up, ilien fill in between the logs to make a solid structure." The metal-molder uses a gas blowtorch to melt some extra metal and drip it over the form . . . Voila! -A modern "masterpiece!" One aspect of the work that really appeals to Dave is "If I make a mistake (he admitted that tills occasionally happens), I can fill it in, burn it off, build around it, or start over again wiiliout ilie great expense (iliat he would have if he made a mistake wiili marble)."

Clubs Elect Officers For Next Year; End Activities of Old Year Several of Westside's clubs have been electing ilieir new officers for the coming year. These clubs are FTA, Science Club, and the Junior Red Cross.

Mary Vales to Head FTA FTA has elected Mary Vales as tl1eir President for 1964-1965. Linda Hotz will be vice-president. Cindy Wheeler was named secretary, and Sharon Ross is the new treasurer.

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One of his pieces, "The Crucifix," sold for $80. The purchasers, in connection with religious art promotion, are now exhibiting Dave's work in Lincoln, Nebraska, as an example of inexpensive, yet superb, student art available in this area. Among his best art works are "Kneeling Figure," "The Prospect of Doom," "The Samaritan," and a three figure piece, some of which were exhibited at the Fine Arts Festival. "The Prophet of Doom," a statute the size of a man, took 40 pounds of filler rod to create, and Dave hopes to sell it for $100. Although Dave is going to continue with the art as a hobby, his tentative plans are to become a lawyer. He will start his studies at NU this fall. According to Dave, Westside has at least as good an art department as Omaha University, and is "running a tight race with NU." Dave is one of ilie artists that so distinguishes Westside, wiili his metallic representations of ideas, people, and life.

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Junior Classical League (JCL) members bought frizzbees and roasted marshmellows at the JCL picnic held May 14, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Elmwood Park. JCL officers were elected May 13. Holden Aust was elected ilie club's president, Linda Larsen was elected secretary, and John Madsen is the treasurer. llot, Nebr. Regents Alternate; lllary Jane Fjelstad, Nat'! Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebr. Regents Alternate; Carol :Francis, Nebr. Regents Alt ernate; Bruce Frasier, Nebr. R egents Alternate; Phil Freyder, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Nat'! Merit Letter of Commendation, American Ass'n of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Scholarsh ip for study in Mexico; Garry Gran, Nebr. Regents Alternate; Gary Gray, 4-year Nebr. Regents, Nat'l Merit Finalist; Sharon Harding, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Nat'! Merit Letter of Commendation; LesUe Henderson, Nebr. Regents Alternate; Ron Hinckley, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Nat'l Merit Letter of Commendation, Geo. F. Baker Scholarship a t Trinity, Scholarships at Dartmouth, Amherst, Carleton, and Colgate. Sandy Hinman, Nebr. Regents Altern ate; Carol Ide, Outstanding Top Choir Member; Dick Imlg, Nat'! Merit Letter of Commendation, Nebr. Regents AI-

ternate, Rotary Outstanding Senior Boy; Boil Johann, Nebr. Regents Alternate, NROTC Scholarship, Nat'l Merit Finalist; Les J oltnson, 4-year Nebr. Regents, Yale and Lafayette Scholarships; llllke Johnson, Nebr. Regents Alternate; Dick Jones, Nat'l Merit Letter of Commendation; David Keifer, Nebr. Regents Schol arship, Outstanding Chemistry Student; Mark Kibbey, Nat'! Merit Letter of Commendation; John King, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Quill a nd Scroll; Lynn Koetter, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Hastings College Scholarship; John Kotouc, Nebr. Rgents Scholarship; Gale Krichbaum, Nebr. Regents Alternate; Darlene Kriesel, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Quill and Scroll; Jean Krogh, OU and Nebr. Regents Scholarships; Bette Anne Ku'hn, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Hastings College Scholarship, Outstanding Journalism Student; Kathy Laas, Drama Award; Jan Laitos, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Outstanding Varsity Debat-

Scott Holdrege was elected as ilie president of the Science Club. Assisting Scott will be Tom Calone, vicepresident; Ross Rizley, secretarytreasurer; and Jeff Passer, librarian.

Red Cross Officers Named Nancy Lincoln was elected as tl1e new president of Junior Red Cross. Serving as vice-president will be Wayne Woodland. The new secretarytreasurer is Linda Wells.

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In this tl1e last issue of the '63-'64 Lance, I feel we should salute tl1e Senior Class of Westside High School. Not only have iliey left tl1eir name upon ilie school, but will long be remembered in ilie hearts of ilie underclassmen. The seniors girls had a tendency to follow President Johnson's emphasis on youth. Throughout the year iliese tendencies caused skirmishes between the rest of the school. These skirmishes, much to tile enjoyment of all concerned, brought new life into tl1e Senior Class. As iliese girls pass through the doors for ilie last time, it is doubtful that WHS will ever see another group similar to iliem. TI1e senior boys, headed by "Kirkie's Cradle Robbers" were one of ilie finest graduating group of boys ever at Westside. On the aililetic field they proved to be ilie best in Warrior history. This is not ilie whole story. Their fun-loving attitude was so popular wiili teachers and fellow students iliat one might say iliat Westside was happy to see iliem go.

was published recently. 1. The Days of Wine and Roses and Seniors of the Westside Prom 2. Jailhouse Rock-John Kolash, Rick Thompson, Bob Haney, John Coe, Tom Henry, Dave Vickery, Dennis Matta. 3. Popsicles, Icicles-Bob Rose 4. New Girl in School-Mike Shaw 5. What's Say-Mr. Farrar. Track coaches Bill Hoyt and Dick Lane were presented wiili gifts from the track team at the aililetic awards convocation last Wednesday. Mr. Hoyt received a brown sportscoat, while Mr. Lane received a gold wristwatch. In this my last column of the Lance, I am unable to say wheilier I will return again next year to put joy into your dull Fridays. If so, my column will be called "The Wisdom of King Darius." Have a neat summer and MTSD.

frosh Receive Letters Coffee, punch, and cookies were served at ilie Freshman Pep Club Tea, May 12 in ilie girls' gym. Susan Wurl, president handed out 86 freshman letters to ilie girls who earned the required points. She was assisted by the oilier officers.

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About 1600 students will be using ilie new swimming pool and class rooms next fall. "Grades 10-12 will be the largest classes ever attending Westside," said Mr. Ralph Farrar, assistant principal. The Senior class next year will have 560 students compared to 346 this year. The seven classroom addition a-;i. swimming pool are to be completed in the fall. Commercial typing, and D.E. classes will be transfered to the new addition. The art classes will be expanded and the temporaries will be removed. An auditorium is ilie next project in mind. However, according to Mr. Farrar, "Construction is coming along quite slowly and we are way behind schedule." During ilie past year tl1ere was a great deal of remodeling done in the science department. New physic labs were installed in ilie rooms along wiili air vents. An animal room is planned for ilie future.

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-cAR ORNER By GORDON SMILEY At the final Omaha Dragway Meet before the Regionals a three car invasion from Kansas occurred and showed the Omal1a boys the way home. Running in the S/S and SS/A class with two 426 Plymouth's the Wichitan' s took home the class wins but were beaten in the Special Eliminator races by Dick Dyke of Sioux City with his Mo-Par. Competing in the B/G class with an Anglia sedan powered by a 327 fuelie Chevey the Kansas boys ran away with hot Eliminator, class,_ and strip records turning in times of 12.12 and 112 plus mph. Gene Kidder of Omaha was eliminated in one of the early runs by the Wichita Plymouth's turning 12.90 e.t.'s! Hope you have enjoyed the Car Comer this year and if you would like to see it continued in the future let either Steve Long or Bill Strateman know 1md I'm sure it will be.

WHS Tops Tech,A.l. -Photo by John Queries

Leon Arps soars to his best jump of t he evening at the Westside Relays.

/nge Jensen Wins Relays' Crown

Westside Takes Second in Meet Relay Queen lnge Jensen, WHS exchange student from Denmark, presented the Westside Relay Championship trophy to Central High Tuesday, May 19. This was the second annual competition for the Westside Relays. The six teams competing were Benson, Central, Prep, South, T.J., and Westside. Central finished first with 76 points, Westside second with 59%, and Benson placed third with 58. Westside's two-mile relay team of Lee Cummins, Jim Ellis, Bill Jepsen, · and Jim Jones set a new record. Westside's 880-yard relay team also came

Sutter To Continue Swimming at A. S. U. Seventy-nine trophies, 164 medals, 62 ribbons, and nine plaques serve as reminders of Gwen Sutter's sevenyear swimming career. Graduating this year, Gwen will pursue her "favorite sport" as a life guard at Happy Hollow Country Club this summer and on the women's swimming team of Arizona State University in the fall. Her family was among the original members of Sunset Hills Pool and she has competed for the pool each year since its opening in 1957. Starting in free style and backstroke, Gwen eventually switched to butterfly and is presently ranked fourth in the nation in girls' 15-17 years 200 yd. butterfly. Swimming meets in all parts of the country have provided her many new friends and experiences. One that she especially recalls is '1ast summer in York, Nebr., we had to swim with our eyes closed because of the eclipse. Most of us couldn't even stay in a straight line." Although one Sutter is leaving Westside, there is another already here, and a third to come. Faye is a freshman and Jayne is a fifth grader at Swanson. They have already proved themselves by bringing the total number of awards to almost 1000.

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in first. Steve Skaug placed first in the high jump with a height of 5' 11". Sam . Buda of Prep set a new shotput record, while Central set a new time in the low-hurdle relay. The eight candidates for Relay Queen presented trophies to the winners in the relay events·. lnge was presented with roses and a trophy by Jim Ellis. and Jim Jones, co-captains of the WHS track team. lnge won by having her name written on the majority of the tickets sold for the Relays.

Westside baseballers captured their second Inter-city League victory of the year by beating Tech High 2-0. Led by the pitching and hitting of AI Zimmerman, Westside scored both runs in the third inning. Zimmerman started off with a double to deep center and scored when Rusty Welch was safe on an error. Rick Willis followed with a double, driving in Welch. Starter Zimmerman went all the way in giving up only three hits. Westside won their second Intercity league game in a row and their third of the year by beating A.L., 6-1. Clutch hitting and sound pitching were again the 'key to Warrior success as Larry Eisenhauer and Terry Clauff allowed A.L. only four hits. Rick Willis and Rich Ide collected two hits each for Westside.

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Golf, Tennis, Track Tearns Excel The varsity golf team ended its 1964 season with victories against Central and Tech in a triangular meet Thur., May 14, and over South in a dual at Spring Lake Park, Monday, May 11; and a sixth place rating in the state high school tournament in Lincoln. In the Tech-Central match, the Warriors, led by Larry Hamer who shot the team low of 33 for nine holes, made a good showing and defeated without much difficulty the two other contenders; and in the South match, Doug Iler shot a hole-in-one on the 11th to highlight his high school golf career and lead his teammates to a sound victory. In the state meet in Lincoln, the Warriors managed only a sixth place rating, as even Larry Hamer who had the best Warrior score was well over par with his 79. The Warriors golf squad which generally did well this year, has a promising year ahead. Of the eight men lettering this year, only two wili be graduating. The Warrior varsity tennis team finished its 1964 season with fine showings in the Inter-city tournament May 7 and 8, and in the state tournament May 15 and 16. In the Inter-city tournament the Warriors managed a third place ranking behind leaders North and Prep. Junior Rich Young playing fine tennis gained a second place ranking in singles, and the team of Wayne Schultz and Paul DeFresse took second in the doubles competition. In the state tournament, Westside finished in the third position, once again behind Prep and North. This ranking was the highest ever achieved by a Warrior squad in the state tournament. Rich Young once again led the Warriors in the singles department by overpowering opponents from Tech, South, and North before eventually

being eased out 3-6, 4-6, for first place, by the state's outstanding tennis player, John Sobyck, from Prep. Westside's hopes of strong team competition in the state meet was nullified by sub par performances in the districts. The Warrior two mile team did qualify though. Consisting of Jim Jones, Jim Ellis, Lee Cummins and Bill Jepson the team ran to a new state record of 8:05.8 with fine times turned in by all the runners. er, Scholarship at Yale, Brown, Princeton, and Amherst; Stan Lemon, 4-year Fendle, Nebr. Regents Alternate. Nebr. Regents, Nat' I Merit Finalist; Steve Levine, Nebr. Regents Scholarship; Joe Llmprecht, 4-year Nebr. Regents, Nat'! Merit Finalist, U. of Chicago Scholarship; Susan Lockwood, Nebr. Regents Alternate, Jeffress Scholarship at Georgetown U.; Rusty Lyman, Nat'! Merit Finalist, Nebr. Regents Alternate, 4th Place Inter-city and Honorable Mention State Architecture competition; Diane :Madsen, Nebr. Regents Alternate, OU Regents Scholarship.

Eight Gain Letters The end of this year marks a successful ·girls' tennis season at Westside High School. Making this her fourth consecutive year, Margie Ringwalt, senior, will have captured the Inter-city Girls' Tennis Championship for Westside. Westside stands second place only to Benson High School. Thus far, Westside has defeated Thomas Jefferson High School, Abraham Lincoln High, and Valley. Westside's record was twelve out of twenty points gained in the Inter-city round-robin tennis matches. This year the tennis team, with Mrs. Arlene Russnogle as their sponsor, has eight letter winners.

Spring Athletes Receive Sports Awards Spring Sports ath letes were recogn ized at the a nnu al Spring Sports Convocation hel d in t he boy's gym, May 20. The coaches presented the awa rds to the lette rmen . "The golf team was proud of their Inter-city Championship," stated Coach Jim· Tangdall. Lettermen were: seniors, Doug Iler, two years, Steve Wilson, four years; juniors, Jay Erdman, Tom Nielsen, Joe Rappaport, Barry Zoob; sophomores, Larry Hamer, and Mark Rickerson. Mr. Bill Hoyt presented the track letters to the following: sophomores, Don Albon, Dave Brown, Dave Bushnell, Dave Jackin, Dan MacCormack, and Harry McLaughlin; juniors, Scott Anderson, Jim Farlee, Bill Jepsen, George Lahners, Lynn Miller, Bob Schwarz, and Mike S tanner ; • seniors, Leon Arps, Lee Cummins, Jim Ellis; Kiwanis Award, captain, Kim Field, Jim Jones; outstanding, Phil Perry, Bill Robinson, Stan Saklar, and Steve Skaug. Harlen Sussman received a special award for his work as student manager. The two other stuednt managers were Mike Hotz and Bob Lowe.

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Reserve track lettermen were given their awards by Coach Bill Haffey. They were John Baxter, Roger Beier, Steve Blackburn, Bruce Biker, Mike Burdic, Harold Burton, David DeBuse, Andy Denes, David Duffen, Joe Elliott, Eric Erickson, Bob F a rris, John Finks, Lee Fisher, Bob Ford, Vermos Frickholm, Mike Henlez, Eric Hultman, Jeff Husbord, Kent Johnson, Marty Jones, Bob Kelley, Jim Killerlain, Jim Kovarik, Charles Lee, Bob Mcintyre, Bob Matijka, Dave Mershik, Tom Mertz, Gordon Nealy, Jim Nielson, Mike O'Hara, Larry Pleas, Mike Pulhamus, David Ross, Bill Siems, Duane Stewart, Bob Sund, John Thomas, Charles Toy, Steve Tyler, Brian Vercoe, Davey Vercoe, Ned Whitsill, Bob Zutteermiester. Baseball awards were presented to Westside lettermen by Mr. Marvin Nevins. They were sophomores, Ralph Chaney, Rodger Herring, Mark Jensen, Bob Urosevich, and Rusty Welch; juniors, Terry Clauff, Larry Eisenhower, Bill Havelka, Rich Ide, Jim Iverson, Rodger Neuman, Rick Willis, Don Weir, A1 Zimmerman; seniors, Earl Beam, Kiwanis winner, and Rich Grangenett. Mr. Bob Rademacher gave the awards to the tennis lettermen. The team was third in Inter-city, and tied for third in the state. The -awards were presented to seniors, Paul de Freese, Mark Renner, Wayne Schultz, juniors John Andreason, Jim Durham, Rich Young, and sophomores Jeff Gaillard, and Jim Rugal. Miss Arlene Russnogle gave the Girls' Tennis Team awards to seniors, Sandy Hinman, and Margie Ringwalt, Intercity Women's Champion; juniors, Leigh Bovett, Debby Brown; sophomores, Penny Anderson, Jewel de Freese; freshmen, Cindy McDowell and Terry Sconce.

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