Before you turn these pages, think what has been the happiest occasion of your high school life. Has it been a certain class, the friendship of a faculty memb.er, a play, the actual beauty of the building-with its long halls and stairways pulsing with student life for nearly eight hours each day?
When you have read the book from end to end and laid it open to the signatures of your friends, if you have not found so much as an allusion to the cherished part of your career, then we have failed in bringing to you the story of Lincoln high school-19 37. We hope that it will present a fresh picture to your mind each time you return to it.
INTRODUCTION
Dedication . Administration In Memoriam
FACULTY
SENIORS
JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES
Dedication
Greater tribute than we are able to give is due the teacher u;ho, with u1itiring patience and business-like practice, has piloted the Advocate through nine years of publication. To the joy of every organization in school, she has maintained the Advocate's generous policy of giving to each all the publicity it deserves. To a remarkable degree she inspires every pupil to do his best, whatever it is. She has b~come, in the minds of all who know her, a keen and vibrant personality. With appreciation and admiration, we dedicate this book to Miss Belle Farman.
Exactly a century ago Horace Mann began his work as secretary of the Massachusetts State board of education. In this poshion he envisioned the possibilities of public education, and made practical the ideal that boys and girls are entitled to an opportunity to make the most of themselves. Today institutions like Lincoln high school and publications like the 19 37 Links are living expressions of this ideal.
Congratulations to the Class of 1937.
Your Links is the net which will assist you, in future years, to catch again the many delightful rainbow-hued memories of high school life, memories which might otherwise escape and be forever lost.
In view of the crowded conditions that have long existed in Lincoln high school, one is impressed by the gains students have made in s?lfdirection. It is much to their credit that for the most part they meet responsibilities, respect the rights of others and act with fairness and good taste in their dealings with one another.
Another chapter has been written in the history of Lincoln high school. Another group of boys and girls has upheld in a splendid way its traditions. As they scan the pages of this Links, they can justly be proud of the part they have had in making the life of the school meaningful, not only for themselves, but for others.
The Links 'Board
LUCILE THOMAS Editor
Miss SARAH T. Mu1R Chairman of the Board
EDWIN WITTENBERG Managing Editor
FRANK KANE Financial Adviser
ESTHER STUERMER Associate Editor
Miss VERA GARRJSON Literary Adviser
CLYDE MARTZ Business Manager
1IN MJEMORilAM lLOllJilSE MllLlLJEIR
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IFACllJJlTY
Latin.
ANDERso. -, .\fas. A LBERTA B.
Scitnce and homf econom1cs. credit 2djunmcnt ~omm,ttee.
ANDERSO. ' ELLEN V. Mithcmatics, iudicing committee chJirman.
APPLEGATE, GoLDIE P.
BABICH, MRS. LORETTA G.
Commercial, ,·ocational committee chairman
BALIS, ]\,fas. TELLIE Srudy hall Acting teacher.
BARDWELI., MARY
S ience, courtesy committee, health comm, ttee, national honor society sponsor.
BEATTIE, ETHEL B.
Latin, art committee, doss of 19 37 sponsor
BEECHNER, RALPH
Physical education, ba ketball coach , athlettc board, L club sponsor
BEEK fA
'EMMA E.
Social science, class of 1940 spomor.
BEYNON' A. BLOD 'EN
Commercial, auditing committee, faculty committee on student affairs, class of 19 38 sponsor.
Bo ' 'ELL, VALERIA
Modern language, leisure committee, libury committee, Bookworms sponsor.
BRATCHER, EULALIE
Commercial, commercial club sponsor.
BRYA ' EDNA E. Science, auditing committee4
BRYANT, ETHEL En~lish. Mimes sponsor.
CATHER, ELSIE M.
English, library committee, alternate repre entative to LincoJn tc;u.;hers assocu.1ion council, writers club spon,or.
CooK, INEZ M.
, hthematics department head, credit adjustment committee, debate board of control, vocational committee, Forum sporuor.
Coo:»rns, MR ~Ri.u \Vl. ial science, • times sponsor.
DA, A, GLADYS E
Fine arts, art committee, art club sponsor.
DAVIS, MARGARET
Social science, debate board of control, library committee, Forum spon or.
D1AMO o, EVELYN En lish Actin t~cher.
DUNCOMBE, FRANCES E. fngli h, credit adjustment committee.
DUNLAP, HELEN L.
M•them,tics, citizcmhip committee, faculty committee on studrnc affain, student council sponsor.
ELLIS, EDITH M. Muhematics, Girl Reserves sponsor.
ENGLISH, ELSIE M.
English, citizenship committee. home room reprcsentuives sponsor.
EVANS, CLARE CE E.
Industrial arts.
FARMAN, BELLE [ngli h, Advocate editorial ad,i er.
FISHER, BESSIE
English, faculty committee on student affairs, Advocate finance advistr.
FOSTER, CECILIA A. English.
GARRISON, VERA A. English, Link editorial adviser
GEIGER, Lucy M.
Science, citizenship committee, Girl Reserves sponsor, altern1te representative to Lincoln teachers association council.
GUNDERMANN, MARGUERITE M. Modern language, healrh committee.
HALL, RUTH N.
Mathem,tics, cbss of 1940 sponsor.
HENNINGER, MRS. KATHERINE L.
Home economic~, home economics club sponsor.
HICKS, CLAIRE I:ngla h.
HOUSMA ' MRS. FERN P.
Commercial, class of 19 38 sponsor.
HoY, HARRY
Science, Hi-Y sponsor, health committee.
HULLHORST, MARY F.
Mod~rn langua,ie, credit adjustm nr committee.
HYATT, MRS. GRACE G.
Social ien.:c department hud, as,embly committee, social committee.
JACKSON, MARY F.
Mathematic,, auditing comm,rcee.
JENKINS, FLORENCE G.
Social science, Clef club sponsor.
JOHNSON, ARVJD N.
Industrial arts.
JOHNSON, EARL
Physical education department head, athletic bond.
]ONES, GERTRUDE
Mathematics, faculty committee on student affairs.
]URY, ]ESSIE B.
Latin department head, leisure committee chairman, assembl>• committee chairman.
KANE, FRANK
Commerci,l department head, I.inks finance adviser.
KuKUN, HARRY
Physical education, swimming, golf and tennis coach, athletic boarJ. L club sponsor. Acting teacher.
KVASNICKA, GERALD A.
f:ni;lish, debate board of control ~h,irman, deb,te coach.
LEFLER, ESTHER
Commercial, auditing committee.
McMAHO T, GRACE E.
Mathematics, courtesy committee.
MAPES, MRS. MARY C.
School nurse, health committee.
MAYHEW, WINIFRED
English, writers club sponsor.
MEHRING, NEAL
Physic:! education, athletic board, reserve basketball coach, football coach, L club sponsor.
MoNIA, LILLIAN
Science, heahh committee, class of 1939 sponsor.
Mo TGO!>IERY, EsTHER D.
Engli•h, faculty committee on student 2flairs, home room representati\'es sponsor, Lincoln teachers association president.
MORRISON, CLAUDE 0.
Industrial arts, leisure committee. camera club sponsor, Radiolink ,ponsor.
MUELLER, FRANK
S, icnce, L club sponsor. rcsen·e iootb11l co,ch, bateball coach, athletic board.
~1UIR, SARAH T.
English department head, publications board chairman, ,oca11on I ommittec, • 'ebra,ka state uachers auoci2tion pre ,J,nc.
l I r, cc nomi ,, h me t..Omr111 t...· onumic club sponsor, hc1lth
NEVIN, BERNARD F.
Orchestra dirc.-cror, band director. Leave of absence second semescer.
NoLL, EFFIE M.
Commercial, auditing committee.
0RNESS, CARL J.
Industrial arts department head, altern2te to Lincoln teachers association council.
PHILIPPS, ELMO B.
Soci2l science, he2l th committee, tr2vel club sponsor.
PIPER, JENNIE L.
Soci2l science, 2s,embly committee.
PRICE, RUTH A.
Soci2l science, citizemhip committee ch2irm2n
PROCTOR, ~fARGARET E.
Mathematics, national honor society sponsor.
PROUTY, MARGARET Jo
Science, camera club sponsor, he2lth committee, courtesy committee.
PUTNEY, NELIE A.
English, library committee, ,Bookworms. sponsor.
REED, RAYMOND
Orchestra director, b2nd director, prep2ratory band and orchestra. Acting teacher.
REIN, MRS. FRANCES R.
Commercial, commercial club sponsor.
ROBERTS, CARRIE s.
Social science, library committee, national honor society sponsor.
ROKAHR, ELSIE K.
Modern language, travel club sponsor, cl2ss of 19J7 sponsor.
SCHAIBLE, JANE
English, Mummers sponsor, dramatics co2ch.
ScttEMEL, HELENE M.
Science, health committee chairm2n, librory committee.
SELL, DAVID
Commercial, athletic department business manager, L club sponsor.
SHORT, 11A:\IIE F.
Science, audidng committee.
s. 'YDER, EMMA E.
Library, libnry committee chairman, faculty committee on scude.r.c affairs.
SPRUNG, A ETTE M.
Modern language department head, faculty committee on student affairs chairman, Mummers ponsor.
STORY' LILLIA E.
Phy ical education, achlet,c board, G. A. A. POnsor.
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STOTTS, EVA
Home economics, home economics club sponsor.
STo ELL, HELEN M.
Music, octet director, Orpheons sponsor.
TEBBETTS, MRS. BF.R, 'ICE w.
Modern langua~c, class of 19 39 sponsor.
TEMPEL, \VJLLIAM G.
~fosic, opcu and choir director, Clef club sponsor.
W ,,LLACE, ]AMES S.
lndu.trial arts, vocational committee, ~raphic art club sponsor.
WEATHLRBY, DORCAS
Attendance director.
WrnLE, JosEPHt F E. Mathematics.
W1Lso. , HELFN
Fine arts department head, art committee chairman, art club sponsor
WOOLFOLK, V JRGINIA
Physical education, G A. A. ponsor. Peppers sponsor.
Administrative and Library Assistants
I.LONA OLso. Olli, actary. Eo. A B. WILLIA. 1s Registrar.
DOROTHY BEA \'ER cretary to the principal
VtRGI I\ A. BERG. IA I ,brary a 1 tant
Miss Cather, comfortably seated at her desk, scans the Scribe.... To her right is Ervin Landegren. It doesn't take a spry cameraman to catch him in this po e From the corner Miss Williams flashes her ever ready smile. . . . On the left is a candid cameraman's eye-view of Mr. Evans in his eternal blue and white stripe.... Harry Kuklin takes time out from his lunch to S HLE at the camera. \'X1hat is he reading? On the left is Miss Short To spy Miss Dunlap at her desk is to realize the thoroughness with which he works. On her right Miss Price presents an interesting profile again t the winter sky as she admonishes a modern 2 tudent. rvid Johnson lend a helping hand to a drafting student And at the bottom-y , they lunch, and the camera doesn't eem to fluster Mi ., Bryant or r. Hackman.
Miss Ethel 'Beattie
Her life has been dedicated to educational endeavors. When she was made sponsor, she took hold of the task in her usual quiet and unassuming way. She possesses qualities that enable her to obtain utmost cooperation from teachers, parents and students alike. She is a scholar, musician and friend whom we are proud to acknowledge.
Miss Elsie Rokahr
Miss Rokahr has again as class sponsor rendered to students of Lincoln high school a great service. By her quiet efficiency and cholarly diplomacy she has helped the cla,;s to success in its many undertakings. Students who have studied foreign language in her classes have gaiped a rich background of the fundamentals and will carry plea ant memories of this competent instructor.
Senior Sponsors
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Class History
As each September and January inevitably presents itself, the "Old Mill" receives its cut of raw material. This latest product, we the class of '37, is not only up to standard, but has reached the pinnacle of the standards established by the classes of the past.
During these three years we as a class have developed from mere children with meager ambitions into a student body that is representative of the youth of today, embodying a thirst for knowledge of the cultural, technical and literary sciences.
Coming from our respective junior high schools, we must have appeared a motley crew of impetuous juveniles with naught but deviltry for our goal.
The plant was prepared for us, however, and we were put through the first step in the production line. We were advised about curriculums and given an intelligence test. We came in two droves, our advance guard, the January seniors of '37; and the June group, about nine hundred in all. We were placed under the sponsorship of two resourceful and capable women, Miss Ethel Beattie and Miss Elsie Rokahr.
During this first period of our high school life we heard much of such minor details as what are we planning to do in later life? However, we gave more serious thought to what we were going to wear :1t the sophomore party. This party was, by the way, full of humor and pathos. As it was for many of us our first taste of high school social life, I believe that some of us were overcome by
the weight of the affair and consequently clung tenaciously to the wall.
Members of the sophomore cabinet for this class were Jean Gosnell, William Weston, Helen Coffee, Elizabeth Groth, Bruce Robb, Dorothy Anderson, Ray Schrader and Homer Labovitz.
Considering ourselves well established in high school by February, '35, we gloated with malign satisfaction over the class below us who were our inferiors by a whole semester. At this time the class was granted the right to hold an election of officers and the results were as follows: George Binger, president; Clyde Martz, vice-president; William Weston, secretary and Elizabeth Groth, treasurer.
Now we were enjoying the benefits and pleasures of the various clubs that seemed to fit our re6pective inclinations. Those who would dabble in the sciences found a haven in the chemistry club and the Radiolinks and then there were those who would have gone on indefinitely putting mustaches on posters, if they had not found vent for their talent in the art club.
Came the fall of '35, and we acclaimed William Kinnamon, president; George Binger, vice-president; Dorothy• Anderson, secretary and Clyde Martz, treasurer. This year the attendance at school activities was greatly increased by the inauguration of a new system, that of selling to the student body activity tickets with which they were able to enjoy the manifold pleasures of student activities at greater convenience and economy to all concerned.
Athletic, dramatic and debating organizations made outstanding records of achievement, the class of '37 doing more than their part.
In February, '36, Dorothy Anderson was elected to the office of president. William Kinnamon took charge of the duties of vice-president with George Binger and Jack Hyland as treasurer and secretary respectively.
In the dramatic limelight came the presentation of a weird and powerful mystery drama by the seniors, called The Green Ghost. Another dramatic high light, but in a lighter vein, was Dollars to Doughnuts, presented by the Mummers.
This semester also saw us proudly marching to the field of blood and honor, the olympics. (We lost.) There ensued on that day noble feats of strength and bravery, and the juniors failed by very few points to win the affair.
With the advent of September, '36, we were all seniors and walked confidently into school with that "Today I am a Man" feeling.
The officers for this semester were Virginia Westfall, president; Dorothy Anderson, vicepresident; William Kinnamon, secretary; Henry Lorenz, treasurer for the January graduates while chosen to serve the June class at this time were
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Jean Gosnell as president; Arthur Adams, vicepresident; Jack Hyland, secretary and William \'v"eston, treasurer.
Our class gave the annual senior assembly in N~vember of this year, '36. The quite appropriate theme of a ship was used co typify our Journey through school. It was touched with sentiment, for soon some of us would be on the outside in other lines of endeavor.
We gave as our dramatic offering Noel Coward's I'll Lea11e It to You, which was a dramatic and financial success. We watched the Mummers show, Daddies, and the juniors realize their dramatic aspirations in a mystery thrill that made our scalps feel prickly for the rest of the year.
The senior sermon for the January seniors was given by Rev. C. H. Walcott at The First Baptist Church. With that we bade a heartfelt farewell to a goodly portion of our classmates.
For our last election of class officers in February of '37 we chose Arthur Adams, president; Jean Gomell, vice-president; George Hulac, secretary and Calvin Rollins, treasurer.
By this time our thoughts turned to such traditions as class colors, class party and class picnic. The Links office on the third floor began to take on an air of activity. We began to feel the thrill of accomplishment, for we had plans for doing all the little activities that go to make being a senior worth the waiting.
For many of us this is a period of grelt decision. Matters of utmost importance to our futures must be decided. Shall I go on with my education and prepare for some specialized position or shall I take 1:he chance of jumping into a job with comparatively good future and requiring no great deal of additional training? To many of us the prospect of a salary lures us away from further education, but those with greater foresight can readily see that today the untrained worker must labor against greater odds than ever before, and that he has a very slight chance of doing more than barely managing a meager existence for himself and his family. This problem is in many cases solved by our curriculums which have prepared us for this most important decision.
Senior speakers chosen on the basis of what they can assemble in a piece written during an hour in English 11 classes represent their classmates at both t_he January and June commencements. Represcntmg the January class were Dorothy Cook, speaking on the ~opic, Foot prints of Aristotle, and Frank Roth, tellmg of New Trends in the Social cicnces. peaking for our June class were Calvin Rollins, on his topic, Education and Democracy, and Gertrude McArthur, whose theme was New Frontiers. The student speaker for the class of '3 7 imparted thoughts that will remain with us for a good while because they struck deep.
Many of us begin to look back, others steel themselves for more work. However, the majority
of us will admit that these have been the most important years of our lives and that the future holds little prospect for as much fun as we have enjoyed during our high school days. We now fully realize how great an influence a teacher may have over a pupil and we are thankful that the faculty of dear old Lincoln high school is of the highest type.
In a ceremony unprecedented in the history of Lincoln high, the class of 1937 planted on tht campus a tree to stand as a memorial to a teacher who had passed away leaving behind her thirty years of distinguished service in Lincoln schools Miss Louise Miller, whom high school will re~ member for her inspiring influence as an English teacher. Acting as master of ceremonies in his capacity of president, Arthur Adams gave a short dedicatory address, and the other class officers placed t_he ~arth around the roots of the young tree which 1s to stand for the spirit of Lincoln high's students and faculty for years to come.
It is an epoch-making period in which men are ~ttering previously established marks in every lme. The debate team engages in a heated battle of wits, and while we of the class of '3 7 are so engaged, the real thing is taking place with the peace of nations at stake. The football teams fight valiantly, charging toward their adversary's goal stripe simultaneously; the armies of nations go about similar maneuvers, but in no such carefree spirit of fair play, for their goal is not a white line but a bloody goal of military victory. :'7e as a class are privileged in that we are studymg at first hand what classes of the future will read about! Perhaps it would be more of a privilege to graduate from high school at a time when the world's society is more stable and not on the verge of revolutionary upsets.
Our cLm officers have been highly representat 1 \'c of our ideal They have embodied the characteristics of the modern young man and woman who, at the climax of their high school ~ojourn, are fulfilling their duties carefully and conscientiously, cooperating with the teacher •ind pupil. President ,vas Virginia Westfall;
January Senior Officers
I Icon· Lorenz
TT1·11 111rer
I >orochy Anderson
\ '1, ·,•- /1resid r 11/
William Kinnamon
Secretary Virginia W cstfall Preiident
vice-president, William. Kinnamon; secretary, Dorothy Anderson and Henry Lorenz, treasurer. They led their division of the class of 1937 through the lase semester with flying colors, a color day assembly and arrangements for commencement. We salute our class officers and hope chat they will be leader throughout their lives
Stenographic, home room rc.:prc,t·ntativcs. commcrcul dub, G. A. A., Girl Re,erves, nJti<>n•l honor ,,.,icty.
FoRREST ED IN BEHM, Jr.
Ans and science, choir, boys i;lce, Prmcr of P1l,r11 , fo,,tbJII, L club, national honor society.
]ACK CHRISTENSEN
Arts and science, home room reprc entail vcs, b•nJ, ,lny night, chemistry club.
HELE MARGARET CLARK
Stenographic, commercial club, G A. A.
DAVID CooK
Eni;incering, home room representatives, art club, Orpheom, national honor society.
DOROTHY COOK
Arts and science, senior speaker, Lhcm,nry club president, Advocate news editor, Orpheons, home economics club president, writer, club, Girl Reserves. national honor society.
Jovu E. CRAIN
Fine arts, Advocate.
JUNE £LAINE CRITCHJ 11.LD
Art\ ""d ~cicnce.
Cu o CARLTON CRONN
Arts and science, Advocate, band.
WILLIAM C. DAVISON
Engineering, home room representatives, Joy night.
ROBERT w. DEVOE
Agriculcur.:, frnm Staunton Military Academy.
DONALD G. DICKSON
Arts and science, Joy night, Mimes, Mummers, chemistry club, national honor ,oc,ety.
jOHN DIETRICH
Merchandising.
RICHARD C DOUGLASS
Bookkeeping.
CARL FRANKLIN ECKLE
Arts and science, home room represcntati,· s, Advocate, art club treasurer, art award.
]A, E ELLb
Arts and .:icncc, ,tudcnt council, choir, girls gle , Mime pres1d nt, ~1ummers, Orphet>n , Clef club, Joy night, Girl Re1tr, , nnional honor society.
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HELEN FERN EVANS
Stenographic, home room representatives, chairman property committee Grou:ing Pai11s, national honor society.
]OH DAVID FOLSOM
Arts ,nd science, home room representatives, Growing P11ins, Joy night, swimming, national honor society.
RAYMOND L. FRANCIS
Arts and science, home room representatives.
DOROTHY N. FRANKLIN
Stenographic, home room representatives, Advocate, Joy night, G. A. A. letter and state award, Girl Reserves, writers club, national honor society.
WILLIS E. FRAZIER
Enpncering, chemistry club, national honor society.
Ru-rH E. FRITZLER
Arts and science, Joy night, writers club, G. A. A., Girl Reserves, national honor society.
JOHN J. GABARRON
Arts and science.
H.'IRVEY L. GATES
Bookkeeping.
LENORA M. GORDON Merchandising.
WAYNER. GORTON
Industrial arts, football.
BARBARA F. GREGORY
Arts and science, from Westport, Kansas City, Missouri, high school.
HARRY L. GRIFFIS
Bookkeeping, commercial club.
CA THERINE L. GRONQUIST
Bookkeeping, from Holbrook high school.
DERRILL HANSEN Engincermg.
MAX M. HAYWARD Arts and science.
VIRGINIA KA THERINE HEIN
Arts and science, home economics club.
ERVIN HEISER
Engineering, football, L club.
LOUISE NATALIE HEISER
Arts and science, from Hallam high school.
ELMER L HELLWEG
Agriculture, boys glee, Joy night.
FRIEDA HELZER
Honie tc...:onomu.:\. n:uion2l honor society.
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GERALDINE HOWELL
Stenographic.
VINCENT CHARLES JOHNSON
Arts and science.
WILLIAM R. KEANE lerchandising, Links advertising staff.
ELLIS RUSSELL KENNEDY Fine arts.
BETTY JANE KINGERY
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Prince of P1/sm, joy night, Orpheons, writers club, Mimes treasurer, Clef club.
Arts anJ science, junior class president, junior class vicepresident, junior class secretary, home room representatives, Joy night, football, basketball, baseball.
Arts and science, home room representative,, Girl Reserves, commerci21 club, national honor society.
DONALD B. LEUCK
Arts and science.
RICHARD w. LOGAN
Engineering, Advocate, Joy night, swimming, cheer leader, L club, art club.
FRANCESBELLE LONG
Arts and science, commercial club.
HENRY LORE z
Ans and science, home room representatives, semor class treasurer, football.
HENRY R. LUTZ
Auto mechanics, track, football, L club.
JoHN W. McJ:?owELL, Jr. Fine arts, boys glee.
FRA. ·cEs McGREGOR
Home economics, choir, girls glee, Prine, of Pilun, Joy night, Orphcons, G. A. A.
FoRREST R. McM1cHAEL Engineering.
ARTHUR E. McWILLIA {S Agnculturt, r erve football, track, L club.
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JOHN 5. MADDUX
Engineering, hcmi>ery club, Hi - Y, national honor ,ociety.
]EANNF. ELIZABETH MARTIN
Arts and 'Scienc e , home room repr esentatives, commtrcial club.
DOROTHY C. MERTZ
Arts and science. from David City high school, home room representatives, commercial club.
LLOYD EVERETT MILLS
Ans and science, orchestra, track, national athletic scholarship society.
AuGusT C. MoRISSE
Merchandising, reserve football, first squad football.
FLO_\'D H. MORRIS
Ans •nd science, band, chemistry club.
RICHARD LEE MORSE
Arts and science, home room representatives, Prinu of Pilsen, Clef club president, boys glee, choir, wood wind quintet , Orpheons, orchestra, chemistry club, national honor society.
]ACK D. OBBINK
Agriculture, Advocue
ROBERT EUGENE ODEN
Commercial, home room represeatatives, ci\emistry club.
MARJORIE ANN OTOUPALIK
Agriculture, from Fairbury high school, Advocate
CYNTHIA MARIE OVERTON
Stenographic.
WILMA P. PARKS
Arts and science, Girl Reserves
KENNETH p ARROTT
Trades preparatory, baseball, reserve football.
]ACK CONRAD POTTER
Arts and science, from Commerce high school, San Francisco, California, home room representatives.
JUNE ARLENE PREECE
Arts and science, commercial club, Girl Reserves.
WILDA FAE PUDDY
Arts and science, Orphcons, Clef club.
MARY ETTA K. PURDY
Merchandising.
MARIE REITZ
Home economics, home room representatives, Girl Re erves, home economics club.
MARIAN LA V ONE REPETTO
Stenographic.
RICHARD CRAMER ROBBI s
Fme arts , home room repre entatives, choir, boys glee, art club •• 1umm rs, Pr,na of Pilsen, property manager for I'll l rau I I to Y 011, Joy night.
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E. WOODROW ROBINSON
Engineering, choir, boys glee, Pnnct of Pilsen, Joy night.
MILDRED OLIVE RONNE
Arts and science, writers club, chemistry club, Girl Reserves, G. A. A.
FRANK EARL RoTH, Jr.
Arts and science, home room representatives, senior speaker, national honor society.
VICTOR FREDRICH SCHAEFER
Trades preparatory.
DAVE H. SCHESSLER
Industrial arts.
OTTO G. ScHLEIGER
Arts and science.
PAULINE SCHNEIDER
Stenographic, national honor society.
EVELYN VIRGINIA SEIFFERT
Stenographic.
EDITH GERTRUDE SHAFFER
Bookkeeping.
LORRAINE SHARRICK
Arts anti science, from Pasco high school, Kansas City, :".fis,ouri, tra,·el club vice-president, Bookworms, Girl Reserves.
NETA ADELE SHEAR
Arts and science, chemistry club, travel club.
WALTER SILKEN
Agriculture.
SYLVAN FLOYD SISSON
Fine arts, boys glee.
JEAN LUCILLE SMITH
Arts and science, home room representatives.
LUMIR SPLICHAL
Electrical trades
HERBERT J. STEWART
Arts and science.
Mn.oREo STORER
Arts and ;cience, Advocate news editor, orchestra, Orpheons, Girl Reserves, national honor society vice-president.
EARL STROM
Bookkeeping, choir, boys glee, Prince of P,lun.
DOROTHY MARIE SULLIVAN
Stenographic.
ORA LEROY VA. Scyoc, Jr.
Arts and cience, Forum, commerci•I club, national honor ociety.
VICTOR F. wALTER
Arts and science.
BOYD MILTON WEDGVfOOD Arts and science, tr•ck, L club.
CLARA WERTZ
Bookkeeping, Joy night, commercial club, G. A. A. first and second state awards, national honor society.
MARTHA JANE WERTZ Stenographic, commercial club.
VIRG[NJA M. WESTFALL
Arts and oeience, home room representatives, senior class president, choir, G. A. A., Girl Reserves, Clef club secretary and treasurer, Orpheons.
VERL E. WHEELER
Ag ric ult u re.
DoN I. WHITMORE
Engin~ering, reserve football.
DOROTHY WISHNOW Arts and science, girls glee, Mimes.
GWENDOLYN ETHYLMAE WJTTENMEYER
Merchandising, Advocate, Joy !!•ght, com'!'ercial club.
JOHN F. WORRALL
Agriculture, home room representatives, reserve football.
HELEN ELIZABETH YOST Arts and science, home room representatives, Girl Reserves.
January Seniors Not Having Pictures
]AMES BAILEY
GEORGE E. BURR
MILDRED D. CLARK
MARGARET HELEN DE. 'NJSO
CRYSTAL EUGENIA ELI.JOTT
WILLIAM E. EsTE
DALE PRESTON FcLLiiRs
RONALD HARRY FOREMAN
HE 'RIETTA ARLEY G1EBELH\US
EvEL YN M. GoRRALL
FR .• K H. GR AHA. f
MrRRILL E. GRHN
LANORE B. HALLET
JOYCE EILEENE HARRINGTON
JACOB HucK
CHARLES ]ACKMAN
RrcHARD 0. JOYCE
ROBERT L. KASSEL
Rov EVERETT KERSEY
EVELY M. KOEHLER
DORIS B. LEIDIG
HARRY R. LUEDTKE
Eo ·1N D. Lnu •
AUGUST MORELL
LEONARD S. ORTIZ
HELEN FAE PITZER
PAUL RASMUSSE
ROBERT WILLIA!',.{ RAUGH
BRETA JEAN RE\SON
HERMA KENSINGTON Sett 110T
CHARLES H. So. GER
WALTER STIASTNY
PAUL F. Tow. ·sE D
ROBERT W. TwAY
ESTHER C. Wi:ns
M.u OAKLEY W,n
June Senior Office rs
Je an Gosnell
President
Jack Hyland
Se cretary
First Semester
William Weston Treasurer
Arthur Adams
Vice-President
June Senior Class Officers
The officers of the June division led approximately four hundred and £fty of their classmates through the concluding phase of high school life. The last semester of a senior class is always brimful of activities in which the class officers must be the guiding influence inspiring coordination of the various factions. The officers per-
formed the tree planting ceremony and were in charge of the senior party and commencment. These occasions were carried out under the competent guidance of our student administrative staff. They brought the class of thirty-seven through to a fitting and triumphant conclusion, a credit to their alma mater.
Sec ond Semester
C alvin Rollins
T reamrer
Ge orge Hulac
Secretary
Jun e Senior
Offi cers
Jean Gosnell
Vice-president
Arthur Adams
Presid ent
ARTHUR E. ADAMS
Arts and science, home room representatives president, junior class vice-president, senior class president, choir, boys glee, national athletic scholarship society, national honor society.
ESTHER M. ADAMS
Merchandising, Girl Reserves, commercial club.
ROBERT EUGENE ADAMS
Arts and science, orchestra, band, choir, woodwind quintet, Joy night, SwceJbrorts, Orpheons.
EDWARD ARCHER ALBRECHT
Engincesing, home room representatives, orchestra, band, football, basketball.
EDITH MARIE ALCORN
Arts and science, chemistry club, national honor society.
}Aclt BYRON ALLES Engineering.
VIRGINIA MARIE ALT
Commercial, from North Platte high school.
NORMA M. ANDERSEN
General, Girl Reserves, commercial club, G. A. A. awards, home economics club.
Roy FRANK ANDERSEN Bookkeeping.
BERTHOLD $. ANDERSON
Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Orpheons.
CLYDE L. ANDERSON
Agriculture, band
HELEN M. ANDERSON
Arts and science, from Edison high school.
MARIE ANDERSON
Arts and science, Advocate, orchestra president, Joy night , Orpheons, writers club, chemistry club, Girl Reserves.
ORPHA E. ANDERSO, Engineering, chemistry club, Hi-Y.
MARY RUTH ANDREWS Stenographic.
HARRY RAY ANKENY
Arts and science, tennis, Hi- Y, art club, L club vice-president, national athleuc scholarship society, national honor society.
DOROTHY ARMENTA AR OLD
Fine arts, commercial club, national honor society.
COURTNEY SUE ASHTON
Arts and sc1ence, Grotdng Pains, art club, Mummers.
ALLEN A. ASHWORTH
Arts and science, chemistry club.
WILLIAM B. AULT Agriculture.
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IRVIN CARTER BABB
Enginttring, chemistry clnb.
]EA KATHRYN BAKER
Arts and science, Girl Re,erves, G. A. A.
HELE~ LUCil.,LE BALD
Merchandising, from Custer, South Dakota, high school, home economics club, commercial club.
MARY E. BARCH
Arts and science, Girl Reserves, art club, travel clu b, Bookworms program chairman and president.
F. LENORE B ARCUS
Arts and science, home economics club.
]ACK BARKER
T ra des p reparatory
DOROTHY EVELYN BARTLETT
Stenographic, from Havelock high school, band.
WENDELL M. BASYE
Arts and science, Joy night, Forum historian, secretary and vice-president, debate team.
s. THOMAS BATSON
Arts and science, from Cathedral h,gh school, Hi-Y.
EDWARD BAUER
Arts and science
ERVIN H. BAUER
Agriculture, boys gltt.
RAYMOND BAUER
Agriculture.
NORMA M. BEAUCHAMP
Arts and science, home room repr=ntatives, national honor society
EDWIN J. BECKER
Merchandising, from Emerald high school.
WILLIAM E. BECKER
Arts and science, from Friend hi~h chool.
PAUL ORLANDO BEEBE
Engineering , home room representat,ve,, choir, boys glee, Forum, Hi-Y. <hemiscry club.
OTHELLO R. H. BEEZLEY
Arts and science, Hi-Y.
LARFNE BEIGHLEY
Agriculture, orchestra
RORERT LEE BELTZ
Arr• and science, home room representatives, boys glee, Joy night, I'll u111e If lo You, l club, national athletic scholanhip society, national honor society.
BETTY MAXT, 'E BE ·. 'ETT
Arts and science, girls glee, choir, Su.r.thrarl<, Clef club editor, writers club, Orpheons, Joy ni~ht, Girl R eserve, l imes, ,hemi trv club, tr>\·d club, national honor soc,err.
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LEO W. BENSON
Aru and science, home room representatives, choir, Joy night, football, baseball, basketball, track, national athletic scholarship society.
EVELYN MARGARET BENTLEY
Stenographic, from Central high school, commercial club.
DoJUS ELIZABETH BERG Arts and science.
ELIZABETH ;BERLOWITZ
A-rts and science, from College View high school.
DELBERT JAMES BETZ
Engineering, home room representatives, orchestra, band, football manager, L club.
MARY Lu BETZER.
Arts and science, Mlle Modistt, G. A. A., Girl Reserves.
GEORGE RICHARD BINGER
Asu and science, home room representatives, sophomore president, junior vice-president, Joy night, football, bueball, basketball, national athletic scholarship society.
EL WYN E. BLAKELY Agriculture, band.
BoNNIE DoRALDEAN BusH General, Advocate, G. A. A. awards, fir~ state award,.
ROBERT STANLEY BLYTHE Engineering.
PHYLLIS MAXINE BoLING Arts and science, Girl Reserves.
GEORGE G. BoRGENS
Arts and science, track, chemistry club.
ESTHER MARGARET BoWERS
Arts and science, orchestra, commercial club, D. A. R. scholarship.
JOHN EDWARD BOWERS
Arts and science, from Holdrege high school.
MARIAN BowERS
Arts and science, home room representatives, Mlle. Modist,, Prine-, of Pilsen, Swuthearts, I'll Leave It to Yott, Joy Night, art club.
ELEANOR M. BoYD
Arts and science, girls glee, Girl Reserves.
ANITA BRASE
Stenographic, home room representatives, commercial club, Girl Reserves, national honor society
METTA KATHERINE BRAUN
Arts and science.
ADAIR BRITTON Arcs and science, Advocate.
ELIZABETH MA y BROWNE
Ans and science, Advocate, writers club historian, Girl Reserves publicity chairman , art club.
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ROSEMARY LEE BRYANT
Arts and science, from St. Joseph Central high school, Advocate.
ELIZABETH L. BRYSON
Arts and science, home room representatives, Girl Reserves, national honor society.
LLOYD JOHN BUECHEL
Engineering. boys glee, chemistry club.
MAR y B. BULLOCK
Arts and science, Joy night, Mimes, Forum, writers club president, Girl Reserves, chemistry club, national honor society.
FRANK E. BURDELL, Jr.
Engineering, from Coney high school. Augusta, Maine, camera club secretary and treasurer.
H. MELBOURNE BURDEN
Fine arts, boys glee, Joy night, art awards.
MARY Lou BURNS
Arts and science, choir, girls octet, girls glee, Joy night, Mimes, Clef club editor, Orpheons.
WILLIAM BUSCH
Merchandising.
RlcHARD FRANKLIN BusH
Arts and science, Prittct of Pi/sett, choir, Hi-Y, chemistry dub.
HERBERT HAROLD BUTE
Merchandising.
EDWARD PAUL BUTLER General.
DOROTHY M. CAMPBELL
Arts and science, home room representatives, Scribe editor, Do/111,s to Doi.gh11Mh property manager, Gr01Vi11g Putts, Mummers, Peppers, writers chili, national honor society.
JOHN DARWIN CAMPBELL
Arts and science, Gr01Vi11g P11im, Hi-Y.
JoE B. CARLSEN
Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Sweetht11rts business manager, Mummers.
CHARLES L CARPER
Arts and science, golf.
DOROTHY IRENE CARTER Fine arts.
LORELLA THELMA CARTER
Stenographic, Girl Reserves.
VIRGINIA HELEN CARVETH Stenographic, G. A. A., commercial club.
LYLE CLIFFORD CAYWOOD Trades preparatory, boys glee.
FLOYD CHALLSTROM Trades preparatory.
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GEORGE MELVIN CHAPMAN
Industrial arts, from Omaha T cchnical high school, band.
WESLEY ARTHUR CHARLTON
Electrical engineering, boys glee, commercial club.
MARGUERITE CHASE
Arts and science, Orpheons, Girl Reserves, commerci club, Clef club.
GENEVIEVE CHRISTOPHER
Arts and science.
BARBARA CLARK
Home economics, home room representatives, girls octet president, girls glee, choir, Sweetbtitrts, Joy night, Orpheons, Clef club, Mimes.
TwriA YvoNNE CLARK
Arts and science, commercial club president, G. A. A.
BETTY ANN CLARKE
Arts and science, chairman of property committee l'/1 uitvt It lo You, Joy night, Forum, writers club, chemutry club.
WILLIAM LEROY COE
Arts and science.
GAYLORD L. COLE
Arts and science, baseball.
JoHN R. CoLE
Arts and science, home room representatives, debate team, national honor society.
JEAN ELEANOR COLEMAN
Stenographic, commercial club secretary.
ROBERT F. COLES
Arts and science, chemistry club vice-president, national honor society.
WAYNE A. COOK
Engineering, chemistry club.
MARGARET COOPER
Home economics, from Frankfort high school, commercial club.
AGNES FERN COTTER
Bookkeeping, Girl Reserves, G. A. J\.
IRENE CouR TE • Ay
Fine arts, home room representattves, an club, Girl Reserves, camera club.
]ACK H. COWELL General.
jEA ALENF. Cox
Stenographic.
W AHNEETA H. Cox
Arts and science, from Malvern hjgh school, commercial club.
ELIZABETH CROSS
Arts and science, art club, writers club, Girl Reserves membership chairman, travel club, Bookworm,, national honor ociety.
H. YVONNE CRUMP
Stenographic, commercial club.
VIOLAMAE CULP
Stenographic, commercial club, Girl Reserves.
EUGENE EARL CUMMING
Trades preparatory, boys glee club.
NORMAN 0. DAHLBERG
General, choir, boys glee, Joy night, Orpheons, Mummers, art club, Mimes, travel club president, Hi-Y.
JOHN FRANCIS DAL TON
Engineering, from Cathedral high school.
WINIFRED ANN DALTON
Stenographic, from Cat:hedral high school, commercial club.
GERALD WILLIAM DAVIS
Chemical engineering, boys glee, choir, Forum, Mummers, chemistry club, Hi-Y.
OAKLEY DAVIS
Arts and science, sophomore cabinet, home room representatives, basketball.
]AMES BARCLAY DAWSON
Trades preparatory.
WARRE. DAY
Arts and science, Hi-Y.
JANE DE LATOUR
Arts and science, girls glee, choir, Grou,i,ig Poins, Joy njghr, Mummers, Girl Reserves cabinet, Clef club, G. A. A., travel club.
MARTHENA DENSBERGER
Srenographic, commercial club, Links staff.
JOHN C. DE PUTRON
Engineering, home room representati<"es, choir, boys glee, Swuth,orts, Orpheons, camera club president and vicepresjdent, Hi-Y president and vice-president.
HARR y E. DEV ORE
Engineering, chemistry club.
IRMA DEVRIENDT
Bookkeeping, Girl Reserves.
RUSSELL L. DICKSON
Arts and science, from Panama high school.
DOROTHY DtEFENDERFER
Bookkeeping, Girl Reserves.
MARY DIETRICH
Stenographic, choir, girls octet.
ELIZABETH ELANORE DIETZE
Art and science, home room representatives, Girl Reserves, home economics club.
DOTTIE MA y DILLOW
Stenographic, from Wymore high school, commercial club vice-president.
FRIEDA KATHERINE DINGES
Arts and science, Girl Reserves, G. A. A. award.
HERMAN J. DINGES
Merchandising.
LEON CLAUDE DONLEY
Arts and science, home room representatives, choir, chemistry club.
KATHRYN L. DONOVAN
Arts and science, from Omaha Benson high school, commercial club.
MARGARET A 'N DoRN
Stenoguphic, commercial club.
DoRRENCE TRUEMAN DUFFIELD
Engineering, choir, boys glee, Prinu of Pifstn.
JULIA EASTMAN
Fine arts.
CLARE NEWELL EATON
Arts and science, chemistry club.
RICHARD DALE EBEL! G
Arts and science, chemistry club,. commercial club.
WILLIAM EBERLINE
Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Advocate, 1'11 u11i·e lt to You advertising manager, Prince of Pilsen, Joy night, Mummers, Clef club, writers club, Orpheons.
DOROTHY EB ER
Arts and science, commercial club.
CHARLES HARDING EDHOLM
Arts and science, camera club secretary and treasurer.
EDWARD EDISON
En!;tneering, orchestra, band, Forum editor, Hi-Y historian, Radiol,nks.
EVELYN MAE EGLEY
Art< and science, Advocate circulation manager, Girl Reerve , writers club, Bookworms secretary and treasurer.
VICTORIA J. EKBLAD
Arrs and science, junior glee, Joy night, Mummers, Forum, Girl Reserves, commercial club, travel club, national honor society.
EDNA MARIE EMCR ON Home economics, choir, iris gl~e, Joy night, Orpheons, Clef club, G. A. A.
LULUBEL EMERSON
Arts and ,c,cnce, choir, Dolfars to Doughnuts, Swttlbe,rts, Mummers historian, Orpheons, che,.;i try club, Mimes, Pepper,, writers club, national honor society.
RICHARD Cu TON EMRICH
Ans and science, Hi-Y.
AUSTIN R. EVERETT
Art, and cience.
TT.A J. EVERETT
•" rt• and cience.
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VIOLET ANNETIA FAJG
Arts and science, commercial club, Girl Reserves.
LEROY RrcHARD FAR.MER
Arts and science, home room representatives, choir, boys glee, Sweethearts, Advocate, football, basketball, L club.
RUTH HELEN FAilMER
Arts and science, from York high school, choir, girls glee, Orpheons, Girl Reserves.
BETTE FASICK
Arts and science, art club, Girl Reserves.
DONALD ALEX FAULHABER
Arts and science, from Walton high school, travel club.
WIL~ON EUGENE FJELD
Agriculture, cheer leader.
SHIRLEY L'MAR.IE FINK
Arts and science, from Wymore high school, Joy night, G. A. A. first state award.
GR.ACE JEAN FINNEY
Stenographic.
LESTER. EUGENE FISHER
Electrical engineering.
AVER.YE. FOR.KE
Arts and science, student council vice-president, woodwind quintet, drum major of band, Growing Pains, Forum, Mummers president, camera club.
LEROY FOSTER Engineering.
JACK D. FOWLER
Arts and science, home room representatives.
RAY J. FR.A CJSCO
Merchondising, commercial club.
CHAR.LOTTE LOUISE FRANKLIN
Ans and science, Advocate, Joy night, Peppers, commercial club.
WILLARD R. FREDERICK
Electrical engineering.
JUANITA FREDRICKSON
Arts and science.
MILDRED MAY FREEMAN
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Orpheons.
HENRY FRICKEL
Industrial uu.
WILLIAM FULLER Engineering.
MAR.JORIE ANN GABEL
Stenographic.
WILLIAM F. GAISER Engineering.
MAXINE ELIZABETH GARY
Stenographic.
JOHN ROBERT GATES
Engineering, student council, home room representatives, band, Hi-Y, camera club, national honor society.
MAXINE LORRAINE GIBSON
Arts and science, Mummers, Orpheons.
RICHARD FRANK GILLEN
Arts and science, home room representatives, orchestra, band.
BETTY Lou GoRRAL
Arts and science, from Aurora high school, Mummers.
JEAN GOSNELL
Stenographic, home room representatives, senior president and vice-president, choir, Mummers, commercial club, national honor society.
EDGAR TREES GRAHAM
Arts and science.
ROBERT C. GRAHAM Engineering.
FREDA C. GRASMICK
Stenographic.
BETH GREENE
Arts and science, from Jamestown high school, North Dakota.
MARGERY GRIESS
Arts and science, girls glee, choir, Joy night, Clef club, Orpbeon.s.
VELMA GRIMM
General, art club, Girl RescrYcs, commercial club.
ELIZABETH GROTI-1
Arts and science, student council president, jwuor class treasurer, home room representatives, girls glee, Swedbeorls, Mummers presidciu, choir, national honor society.
Lucn.LE ELIZABETH GRoTJAN
Stenographic, Girl Re,crves, Peppers, commercial club cdito.r, cbcm.in.ry club.
MILDRED B. HAAcx.
Arts and science, commercial club, Girl Reserves.
EMMA HABERMAN
Steno,11:raphic, commercial club.
Lois MAY HAGELIN
Arts and acir.nce, Girl Reserves, travd club.
RoBER.T HUGHES HA.GEMA~ Arts and science.
EVERETI" E. HALE
Arts and science, boys glee, Advocate, Mimes, travel club, Hi-Y, chemistcy club, track.
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ANNIS L. HALL
Arts and science, from Rosiland high school.
MERLE HANCOCK
Arts and science, orchestra, band, camera club.
HELEN MARJORIE HANDSAKER
Stenographic, from Nevada, low•, high school, G. A. A. award.
VIRGINIA L. HANEY
Arts and science, home room representatives, Girl Re<erves.
}ANET HARRIS
Arts and science, student council editor, sophomore cabinet, home room representatives, choir, Mimes treisurer, Peppers, Joy night, Advocate Girl Reserves, home economics club.
AUDRA A. HA iVLEY
Arts and science, orchestra, Girl Reserves, Peppers, chemistry club, national honor society.
MALCOLM s. HA YES
Arts and science, orchestra, Sweelhe4rfs, Orpheons, Clef club vice-president, national honor society.
MORRIS DWJGHT HA YES
Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Advocate, Sweethe4rts , Joy night, Mimes, Orpbeons, Mummers , Hi-Y
BEN R. HEARD
Arts and science, from Roosevelt, Des Moines, Iowa, high school, Advocate business manager, band, Joy rught, national honor society.
MARGARET C. HEDSTROM
Stenographic, choir, girls octet, Dadd~s bu,iness manager, Joy night , Swuthe11rts, Mimes, Mummers, Orpheons, Clef club, Girl Reserves, Pq,pers, national honor society.
PH!LIP H. HELLER
Arts and science, home room rq,resentatives, orchestra president, string quartet, Orpheoru, writers club, chemistry club, national honor society president.
VMAN FRANCES HENDRICKS
Stenographic.
DoN H. HENDRY
Mechanical engineering, football, chemistry club.
RAYMOND E. HENSLEY Engineering.
0BERA HERRON
Arts and science, commercial club, Girl Reserves.
EARL HEUSER
Agriculture, boys glee, track.
Nou FERN HINER
Arts and acience.
}AMES RUSSELL HOAGLAND
Bookkeeping.
LuCll.LE F. H o FFE&BEll
Book.keeping, Joy night, G. A. A. fint and second sute award., Pq,pen.
E ID MAE HOFFMAN
Arts and cience, home room representatives.
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KARL HoHLEN
Engineering, orchestra, woodwind qujntet.
LIL y ALICE HOLLAND
Home economics, Girl Reserves.
FREDRIC HOLLINGS ORTH Engin.eering.
NATE CORNELL HOLMAN
Arts and science, cholf, boys glee, Doi/an to Doughnuts, Su,,tbe~rts, Mummers secretary, Orphcons, ffi-Y treasurert Mimes.
GLEN NEWTON HoLMES
Trades prep,ratory.
GEO}lGE E. HULAC
Arts and science, senior secretary, choir, boys glee, writers club, Do/111,s to Doughnuts, I'll Leave It to ¥011, Prince of Pilsen, Su,uthtorts, Mummers, Hi-Y.
EILEEN Lms Hu T
Arts and science, Joy rught, Clef club, Girl Reserves, commercial club.
ANN HUSTEAD
Arts and science, Advocate news and associate editor, Links staff, Growing Pains, Joy night, Mimes vice-presjdent , writers club historian and secretary, Mummers, art club.
JoHN E. HUTCHENS
Aru and science, Joy night, Clef club, commercial club.
WINIFRED HUTCHISON
Arts and science, choir.
]OHN WACHTER HYLAND
Arts and science, student council vice-president, junior class treasurer, seruor class secretary, home room representatives, football, basketball, golf, L club.
LEROY C. lHRIE
Aru and science.
ROBERT LEROY INGRAM
Arts and science.
MARIAN R. lNHELDER
Arts and science, Girl Reserves, chemistry club, home economics club treasurer and president, national honor society.
PHYLLIS Lou IVERS
Arts and science, choir, girls octet, girls glee, Growing Pains, Joy night, Mummers secretary, Mimes, Clef club, Orpheons, commercial club, Girl Reserves, Peppers.
BERNICE VIRGINIA JAHN
Arts and $Cience
DONNA MARCIA JE KINS
Stenographic, girls glee, Girl Reserves, G. A. A.
DoRITHY LORETTA JOHANSEN
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Orphcons.
BETTY MARIE JOHNSON
Home economics, from Manual Training high school.
EL OOD W. ]OHNSO Fine arts.
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NORMAN E. JOHNSON
Engineering.
VIVIAN E. JOHNSON
Sm,ographic.
BARBARA JOHNSTON
Atts and science, student council, choir, Advocate sales manager, Orphcons, Doddus property manager, Mummers, Forum, I'll Le.111 It lo You, national honor society.
RAYMOND A. JOHNSTON
Arts and science.
EMILY DARLENE JOHNSTONE
Stenographic, Advocate secretary, Links staff, Joy night, G. A. A. secretary, G. A. A. award, national honor society.
WILLIAM S. J oLITZ
Engineering.
HAROLD S. JuLIN
Trades preparatory, from Brinow high school.
B UKL W. J USTICE
Aru and science, from Wymore high school.
V IO LE T KAPKE
St enographic.
WILLA KEEF
Arts and science, Girl Reserves.
ALSA KELLER
Stenographic, Advocate, Doll•rs to Do11J(.hn11t,, Mummers, commercial club president.
KATHRYN ANN KELLISON
Arcs and science, Joy night, G. A. A. president and vicepresident, G. A. A. first and econd state awards, Girl Reserves, Peppers.
MARJORIE RuTH KELLY
Arts and science, choir, girh octet, Swuthurls, Mummers.
ROBERT F. KIERSTEAD
Arts and science, boys glee, Hi-Y, chemistry club.
R UTH HELEN KILZER
Aru and science, from Seward high school.
FRED ERVIN KING
Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Joy night, Pm,u of P,lun, Orpheons, Hi-Y secretuy, Clef club.
JACK DUi.NE KIRKBRIDE
Arts and science, from · Valley high school, football.
GERTRUDE KLEI ERT
General, from Wyandotte high ,chool, Kansas City, Kansas.
DOROTHEA RUTH MIPPERT
Stenographic, home economics club secretary, commer~ial club, national honor society
• iARIE MARGUERITE KN ABEL
tenographic, commercial club.
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DOROTHY DARLENE KNIGHT
Fine arts, choir, girls glee, I'll Lea~·e lt to You, art club, Mummers, Girl Reserves.
C. BRUCE KNOTT
Engineering, band.
GRACE HOPE KNUDTSON
Stenographic, Advocate, commercial club.
BETTY JoE KoEHLER
Arts and science, home room representatives, Grouing Pains, Peppers, Mummers, Orpheons, Joy night, Mlle. Modisft, national honor society.
Arts and •cience, home room representatives, senior speaker, Growing P11ins, Joy night, Mummers, Forum, Mimes, nnional honor society.
0RBA McAvoy
Stenographic from Omaha Technical high school, orchestra, commercial club.
VIVIAN JEAN McCAULLEY
Stenographic, commercial club.
MARILYN JEANNE McCLARY
Arts and science, Orpheons, Girl Reserves, Mimes, national honor society.
EDWARD BoswoRTH McCoNNELL
Arts and science, from Polytechnical preparatory school, ew York, home room representatives, Advocate managing editor, Hi-Y vice-president , national honor society.
Lois ARLINE McCRACKEN
Arts and science, orchestra, G,o,.,tng Pains, writers club, Girl Reserves, art club, home economics club.
BETTY JEAN McFARLAND
Arts and science, art club, Girl Reserves.
RUTH McFARLAND
Bookkeeping, G. A . A. award.
BETTY McGEACHJN
Arts and science, Advocate associate editor, Links staff, Mummers, camera club secretary, nac10:1al honor society.
MARGARET ANN McGoNAGLE
Stenographic, from Aurora high school, choir, girls glee, Joy night, Grou,ng Pains, Orpheons.
KAY DouGLAs McKAY
Engineering, D11Jd,es, Joy night, Mummer>, Mimes, Hi-Y.
LLOYD McMASTERS Engineering, Hi-Y.
ROBERT Mc IFF
Industrial art , orchestra.
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VAUGHN M. McVEY
Engineering, band. Clef club.
VERNO. CLYDE MADDEN
Art and science.
DONALD F. MARLER
Arts and science, home room repre entatives, writers dub. national honor society.
GEORGE WILLIAM MARRO
Trades preparacoq, baseball, national athletic honor society.
MARTHA ]A 'E MARTIN
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Joy night, Orpheons, ~1im treasurer.
RoD)'lEY L. MARTI
Agriculture, home room representatives, art club.
CLYDE 0. MARTZ
Arts and science, class vice-president and treasurer, student council, Advocate, Growi11g Poim business manager, Forum and Hi- Y presidents, national honor society.
AMENDA MASER
Stcnogrdphic, commercial club.
LILLIAN JUNE MASLR
Stenographic, commercial club vice-pre ident.
JOHN CHARLES MASON
Art, and science, stud nt council secretary, home room reprtsencatives, choir, Joy night, Hi-Y, Mummer treasurer, Forum vice-president, Orpheons, national honor society.
RuBI - MAUTER gricu!ture.
CA THERINE ELIZABETH MA y Arts and science.
V!RGINIA LEONA MAY
Stenographic.
FRED ]E NINGS MEIER
Aru and science, home room representatives secretary and treasurer, football.
CHARLES ROBERT MEISENBACH Engineering.
RUBY PAULI. TE MELI •• E
Stenographic.
Arts and science.
WILLARD TEAL MERTZ
Aru and science, band, orchestra, woodwrnd quintet, Joy night, Orpheon , Clef club, Hi-Y, tenni , national athlrtic scholar hip society.
ELIZABETH F. MEYER
Arts and c,encc, student council editor, Advocate managing editor, lummers, Pepper , national honor society.
ADA CHARLOTTE MILLER
Arts and cience, orchc tra, Clef club secretary and trea,ur r, national honor ien.
ADELINE Mrr.LER
Home economics, from East Denur, Colorado, high school, Girl Reserves.
AL VIN s. MILLER
Merchandising.
GEAN FRANCES MILLER
Arts and science, from Denver, Colorado, South high school.
KENNETH C. MILLER
Arts and science, Growing Pains, Joy night, Forum editor and treasurer, Hi-Y cabinet, writers club, Mummers, debate squad, manager of interclass debates.
MARION Mrr.LER
Arts and science, home room representatives, choir, girls glee, I'll u1lt'e It to You, G. A. A., Girl Reserves.
RICHARD G. MILLER
Aru and science, Hi-Y.
BERNARD B. MILLETT
Engineering, chemistry club.
DONALD V. MILLS
Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Radiolinks, Hi-Y, chemistry club.
VICTOR J. MOLZER
Arts and science, orchestra, band, woodwind quintet, Joy night, Orpheons.
MARJORIE HELEN MooRE
Arts and science, home room representatives, Joy night, Clef club, Girl Reserves, commercial club, national honor society.
AVADA JANET MORRIS
Arts and science, Advocate, Girl Reserves, national honor society.
DONALD L. MORTENSEN
Engineering.
ELIZABETH JEANNETTE MUELLER
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Growing Pains, Prina of Pilsen, Mllt. Modistt, Orpheons secretary, Mummers. Forum treasurer, national honor society.
ROBERT MULLINER
Arts and science, band, chemistry club.
ELEANOR FRANCES MURPHY
Arts and science.
JoHN P. NEILL
Trades preparatory.
DONALD A. TELSON
Engineering, boys glee, Hi-Y, chemistry club, nnional honor society.
GERALD! E NELSON
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Girl Reserve , commercial club.
ORMA NELSO
tenographic, Girl Reserves, commercial club.
RICHARD EU
Art and science, boys glee, Prmct of Pilsen, Forum, Hi-Y.
RUTH NEUENSCHWANDER
Arts and sci.-nce, G. A A., home economics club, Girl Reserves.
HAROLD MIL TO NEUJ"ELD
Arts and science, choir, boys glee, Prince of P,/un, swimming.
EVELYN Run-, EWKIRK
Horne economics, commercial club, art club.
DoRTHE JoANNE NEWMAN
Stenographic, Groitm., Pain,, art club.
HILLIS C. EW. IAN
Agriculture, Forum.
RvrH CAROLINE ICHOLAS
Stenographic , Advocate, G. A A , Girl Reserve,.
l.01s MAIZE NoBLE
Ans and science, Girl Re erves, commercial club , G A A.
JUNE AOMI O'DRISCOLL
Stenographic, girls glee
DEAN CLARKE OGLE
[n,:incering, chmr, boys glee.
MARIAN CHARLOTTE OL ON
Art I and science, from tissoula County, ~lontana, high school, camera club.
MILDRED FERN OLSON
Stenographic, commercial club.
G'11:"ENITH ORR
Art and science, student council, choir, girls glee, Daddies property manager, Mimes, ~1ummers vice-president, Orpheons, Peppers, national honor society
KENNETH ORTH
Arts and science.
THEL.. IA LORRAJN OSTERMILLER
Stenographic, Advocate, commercial club. G. A. A., Girl Reserves.
NELDA PABST
Stenographic, choir, girl glee, Joy night, Orphcum, <.lcf club
Vo. DA PACKARD
Stenographic, Ad,·ocate, commercial club editor.
DoRA LORETTA PARBST
Stenographic
]AMES B. PATRICK
Agriculture, from Beatrice high school.
ROBERT PATTERSON
Bookkeeping.
ELIZABETH A. PATTON
Arts and sci nee, home room representatives, girls glee, Joi ni ht, I'll l.e~t·r II lo ¥011, • times, Clef club, Mummers, Orpheons.
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FREDERIC PAUL, Jr.
Arts and science.
DoRoTH'i ALICE PEGANS
Arts and science, orchestra, I ummers, Mimes.
LEONARD FRA ·c1s PELTIER
Arts and science, Grouing Pains, Forum, Hi-Y, national honor society.
BETTY JEAN PENDLETO.
Arcs and science, G A. A. secrecary.
DOROTHY ELIZABETH PERKIN
Stenographic, from Maywood high school, commercial club.
CLAUDENE FRIEDA PETERSON
Stmographic, commercial club.
EDWARDENE MAE PHILLIPS
Arts a.nd science, Advocate, Grou i,ig Pai11s, Joy night. writers club, art club secretary, :\fummcrs, Drake scholarship.
]ACK A. PIERSON
Engineering, home room representatives, boys glee.
ROBERT E. PILLERS
Arts 2nd science, home room representatives.
HARRY w. PINNEKER
Engineering, football.
GERALD PIPHER
Engineering, choir, boys glee, graphic an, club, chemistry club, camera club.
DEAN POHLE. z
Arts and science, Scribe board, Advocate nunagrng editor, Daddies, Mummers, L club, "·ricers club, Hi-Y, national athletic scholarship society, national honor society.
LEo • H. PoucK
Arts and science, Advocate, chemistry club, national honor society.
JESSE CLINTO, • POLLARD
Arts and science, from Soldan, St. Louis, high school, crack.
SHIRLEY Pot.SKY
Arts and science, choir, Scribe staff, Ad,oute news editor, w ricers club, Girl Reserves, Orpheons.
JULI.'\ MAXI E POWELL
Stenographic.
FRA 'K WIL~IETH PROTZ:\fAN Ans and science, from !-.hkolm high school.
CH.\RLOTTE L. QUICK
Arts .ind sc:i~nce, orchcHra president. stnng quartet, "'·ntcrs dub vice-president, Forum, Orpheons, national honor society.
RICHARD D. RAD\IORE Arts and science.
HAROLD FREDERICK RAY. lhR lerchlndistng, , lim , national honor soci~ty.
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RUBY RECKLING
Fine arts, girl, glee, travel club.
BETTY L. REED
Stenographic, Girl Reserves, commercial club secretary.
ELIZABETH STOCKTON REESE
Arts and science, student council secretary, choir secretary, Su.·eeihearls, Orpheons president, G. A. A., Peppers capta;n, girls octet, Mummers, national honor society.
]ANET REGNIER
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Advoc2te, Orpheons, Girl Reserves.
ESTHER IRENE REITER
Stenographic, G. A. A., commercial club, Girl Resuves.
EsTttER L. REMBOLT
Arts and science, chairman sophomore cabinet, orche,tra, choir, girls octet, girls glee.
LOGA, B. RHODEN
Engineering, home room representatives, Advocate managing editor and advertising manager.
ARLENE RICE
tcnographic, commercial club.
BRUCE Ronn
Arts and science, student council, home room representatives, sophomore cabsnet, Mimd secretary,• chemistry club, national honor society.
HoRTE SE RoBnrNs
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Girl Reserves, chemistry club.
]OSEl'HINE A. ROBECK
Arts and science, Joy night, 1ummers, arc club, Mimes, Girl Reserves, home economics club, national honor society.
Ross RonERT Ron1NSON
Arts and science, from East high school. Sioux City, Jo,,,a, boys glee.
GFNEVJEVE IONE RODGERS
Arts and science, from Mankato, Kansis, high school, Dollars lo Doughnuts, Mummers, Girl R<'Scrves.
LAV ERNE MAXI E ROEDJ::R
Stenographic, from Emerald high school.
]ACK CURTIS ROHRBOUGH
Engineering, from Omaha Central high school, chemistry club, Hi-Y.
MARJORIE RoJESKI
Arts and science, home economics club.
CALYI D. ROLLINS
Arts and science, home room representatives, senior spcake~. orchestra, choir, woodwind quintet, debate, Forum president, Hi-Y, Orphcons, national honor society.
VIVIAN Roos
Stenographic.
SYLVIA MAE ROSENSTOCK
Stenographic,. commercial club, Girl Reserves.
RuTH RosKER
Art rnd ~cience, from Cathedral hi11h school, home econ mies club.
STANLEY BRUCE Ross
Engineering, camera club.
CYRIL wARD ROUNDS
Arts and science, from Mound City, :\1issouri, high school, band.
GEORGE S1BL.EY ROY AL
Arts and science, Advocate circulation manager, camera club president and vice-president.
CARL ALSTON ROYER
Arts and science, band, Joy night, Mimes, Hj-Y, commercial club
GLEN R. RUFF
Trades preparatory.
EDWARD J. RYAN
General, from Cathedral high school, home room representatives, Advocate, Joy night, Hi-Y, camera club.
JOHN ROBERT SANDBERG
Arts and science, student council, orchestra, Grort'lnJ! Pains , Mimes, Hi- Y vice-pre ident, Mummers vice-president, camera club, writers club treasurer, national honor society.
WALTER H. SCHAER
General.
MABLE LoDEscA SCHELL
Stenographic, Advocate, commercial club, G. A. A. awards, Girl Reserves.
LA VERNE LUCILLE SCHMIDT
Stenographic, comq,crcial club.
MOLLIE SCHNEIDER
Stenographic, comrr.ercial club.
ERNEST CHARLES ScHNIRL
Trades preparatory.
ORVAL RICHARD SCHREURS
Trades preparatory.
VIRGINIA DOROTHEA SCHUTTE
Stenographic, Girl Reserves.
LORRAINE A. ScHWEDHELM
Arcs and science, girls glee, choir , Joy night, writers club, Girl Reserves , home economics club vice-pre idenc, national honor society.
VERNETTA SEIPP
Arts and science, from Bethany high school.
HEROLD SE. 'G
Arts and science, choir, boys glee, camera club, Hi-Y, national honor society.
E. ELMER SHEY
Arts and science.
RAYMO o CHARLES SHRADER
Arts and science, sophomore cabinet, reserve football.
MARJAN JEAN SIMMON
Arts and science, orchestra, Advocate ne1' s editor. link, staff, debate, Forum, Orpheons treasurer, Clef club, Girl Reserves cabinet, nation•I honor society vice-pre ,dent.
FRANCES JOAN SJOQUIST
Stenographic, commercial club secretary, art club, national honor society.
DOROTHY loNE SMITH
Fine .arts.
GENEVIEVE LOUISE SMITH
Arts and science, choir, Orpheons, Mummers, Clef dub, Girl Reserves, chemistry club.
GLADYS CAROLI E S~ITH
Arcs and science, commercial club, home economics club.
RICHARD SMITH
Arts and science, orchescra 1 Orpheons president, tennis.
THOMAS PARKER SMITH Engineering, chemistry club
.}AMES RoY SNYDER
Arts and science, Hi-Y.
ALICE D. SOHL
Arts and science, from Ashland high school.
CARL HENRY SPECHT Engineering, Advocate.
PAUL WILLIAM SPEIER
Arts and science, home room representatives, Daddies, Joy night, camera club, Mummers, national honor society.
LOUISE HAZEL SPELTS
Arts and science, G. A. A.
VIVIAN PAULINE SPLAIN Stenographic.
KENT CLANCY SPOHN
Agriculture, home room representatives, choir, boys glee, travel club secretary, chemistry club, national honor society.
LOUISE ST,\ PLETON
Arts and science, choir, girls octet, girls glee, Sweelhtarfs, Orpheons, Girl Reserves.
JANET STECKELBERG
Arts and science, home room repr~entatives, orchestra, string quartet, Dollars to Dough11uts, Joy night, Clef club, Mummers, national honor society.
MARION STENTEN
Arts and science, choir, girls glee, Joy night, Orphcons. Clef club, Mimes secretary, Peppers, national honor society.
BETTY STEVENSON
Arts and science, from Fairview high school, Dayton, Ohio.
ROLL! EBERLY STODDARD
Arts and science, Hi-Y, chemistry club.
MARY HELE STODDART
Arts and science, Advocate, Girl Reserves.
PAUL STOEHR
Trade preparatory.
)ACK MAYO STo. E
Ans and science, horn~ room reprc!'lentativcs. Mummer , chemistry club.
DARLENE STORI. 'G
Arts and science, Girl Resen-e·
CARL STRASHEI [ Bookkeeping.
)OSEPH E. STRAUB
Engineering, from Ashby high school.
~iARGARE'T FLORE. ·er STRUBLE Home economics, choir.
ESTHER L. Sn,ERMER
Arts and science, Link board, Ad\'oCJt , I'll l,•01 II lo You, Girl Reserves cabinet, writers club, chemistry club, \tummers, national honor ciety.
RALPH STURDE\'A:S:T General, horn room ·epresentacivcs.
IVAN O SUNDER:\1AN
Arts and science, orchestra, band, boys glee, national honor soc icty.
RUTH SURBER
Arcs and c1encc, orche era, band, fluce trio, Joy night, Orpheon,, Clef club.
General. choir, boys ~Ice, Gmu ing Pantr, uuthe,uls.
LUCILE E. THOMAS
Art and ,cience, home room represcncacives, Links board, art club pre idenc, camera club ,·ice-pre ident and treasurer, Advocate, Scribe board, ..:•ricers club, national honor society.
DAvm Hou1.ano. Ttto.1r ON Arts and ciense, chemistr} club.
FLO)D E. THO:\l.PSO .• En. incering, H1-Y.
PHYLLIS A... THO. IPSO.
Arts and s i n c, wntcrs club, chemistry club, nn1onal honor odrcy.
MARGARET THRAILKILL
Arts and science, Mummers, home economics club vicepresident and secretary, Girl Reserves, chemistry club, Mimes.
DELIA TOMLINSON
Home economics.
R. GoRDON TosLAND Engineering, from Polytechnical high school, Los Angeles, California.
PAULINE TRACY
Merchandising, girls glee, Joy night, Clef club.
RUTH CAMILLA TRAVER
Stenographic , G A. A. awards, national honor soc iety.
MAR~ LOUISE TRAVIS General.
G. CARL TON TUCKERMAN
General.
C. LEE TuNBERG
Arts and science, band, national honor society.
HAROLD TURKEL
Arts and science, home room representatives, Links staff , Ad, ocatt, Forum president, Magee Cup, Faulkner Cup, Mummers, band, national ho nor society
VERNA UMBERGER
Arts and science, student council, choir, G. A A., Growi111( Pam s advertising manager, Bookworms, Girl Reserves cabinet , Forum secretary, debate, national honor society
WILLIAM RICHARD VAN HORN
Arc s and s i,ncc, art club vice-president, national honor ,ociety
BERNECE PARLEY VANWAGENEN
Arts and science, home room representatives, national honor society
FRANCES VAUGHN
Arts and science, choir, home econom ics club, Girl Reserves
ELEANOR LOUISE VEITH
Art, and science, art club, Girl Reserves, home economics club
ROBERT D. VENTER Agriculture.
DORIS VERNON
Art s and science, from Blue Springs high school, Orpheons, travel club.
BERNAEDETTE VIOLET VODRA
Stenographi , from Aurora high school.
FRED H. VOIGT
Arts and science, chemistry club, Hi-Y.
ROBERT VOIGT
Ans and science, home representatives, chemistry club.
p A TRICIA W ACI-;ITER
Art and science.
Lors WALKER
Stenographic, commercial club.
CHARLES EDWIN WARNER
Industrial arts, from East high school, Des Moines, Iowa.
REX w. WEAVER
Engineering, from Broken Bow high school, choir, boys glee.
CALVIN J. WEBER
Arcs and science, choir, boys glee, Joy night.
MILDRED CAROLYN WEKESSER
Arts and science, choir, girls octet, girls glee, Joy ntght, Orpheons editor, Clef club vice-president, national honor society.
ALBERT HENRY WELSCH
Stenographic.
LUCILLE MAE WENDELIN
Arts and science, Ad,ocate, writers club.
WILLIAM MITCHELL WESTON
Arts and science, home room representati--es, junior class secretary, senior clJss treasurer, Advocate, choir, Su.ulhearfs property manager, Orpheons, national honor society.
MARTHA E. WHELA
Arts and science, art club. writers club, Mummers, Girl Reserves.
MARION E. WHITE
Arts and science, home room representatives, orchestra, choir, girls glee, flute trio, Joy night, Clef club president, Orpheons.
DONALD E. WHITMER Engineering.
RuTH M. WrcK
Arts and science, home economics club, G. A. A., Girl Reserves.
DRUSILLA M. WILEY
Arts and science, writers club, Mummers.
RICHARD PATTEN WILLJA 1S
Arts and science.
CLARENCE JOSEPH WILLIAMSO,
Arts and science, from Central Academy, Kansas.
ELIZABETH IRENE WILLJC:
Arts and science, Girl Reserves, commercial dub.
GERALD GEORGE WILSO.
Arts and science, choir, boy glee, Advoc,ce, travel dub ~ecreury, chemistry club, national honor society.
BARBARA Lou, E WINGO
Arts and science, Advocate, Scribe, ,niters club, earner, club, Girl Reserves.
ALICE WISE
Arts and science.
WAH EET HELE. \v'JSSl·R
Arts and science, DadJieJ, Orpheom, .1ummcrs, chcmiHrv club, Girl Res n·es, times.
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£D~'IN WITTENBERG
Arts and cience, home room representatives, Links board, Hi-Y, Advocate managing editor, Forum vice-pre,,ident, Grou ing Pains, national honor society president.
EDGAR HERMAN wOBIG
IndustriJl arts.
NAOMI Wooo
Bookkeeping, girls glee, commercial club.
MARGARET WOODARD
Arts and science, from Coleridge high school.
JAMES CARROLL WORTHINGTON
Arts and s,ience.
LESLlE I. WRIGHT
Arts and scic,11ce, home room representatives, boys glee, chemistry club, 19 3 6 Links advertising manager.
VlRGI IA CHRISTINE WRIGHT
Stenographic, from Cathedral high school.
HAZEL A. You G
Arts and science, from Kramer high school, Columbus.
JOHNS. YOUNG
Arts and science, Growing Pains, writers club.
LORENE WILMA YOUNG
Merchandising, commercial club.
EMMA You KER
Stenographic, G. A. A.
RUTH YouRn
Arts and science, Mummers, Girl Reserves, commercial club, home economics cl11b, Mimes.
ELNORA ZIEG
Bookkeeping, Scribe staff.
WILBUR ZIEGLER
Arts and science.
June Seniors Not Having Pictures
HARRY ABRAHAMS
M RGARET LOUISE ADAMS
CHARLES BANKS
FRANK w. BARTZATT
\'VILLIAM H. BARTZATT
RuBn, BAUER
VELMA KATHRYN BIGGS
HAROLD BRUNGARDT
WILBER s. CAMPBELL
'X1 ELDON DEVERE CANNON
NORRIS M. CHADDERDON
BESSIE CHRISTOPULOS
Roy R. CLAU sF
RoGER R. Cox
RAY A DERSON CRANCER
EDNA MAXINE CRARY
BELLA IRENE CROOK
ADAM Fox
RUTH loLA GLICK
HARRY T. GUNDERSON
THEODORE E. HANNEMAN
BETTY E1LEEN Ho\\ ARD
M'I.RTON M. HYATT
ESTHER MARIE JOHNSO
GORDON JOHNSON
ROBERT J. KARNOPP
STANLEY N. KLEIN
LEON LAHM
DORIS LARSEN
Go ROON, L1NTT, Jr.
FRANKLIN LOHR
MERWY PAUL LUDWIG
RUTH LUTZ
ROBERT CHARLES MARTI
EL v A Lois MAYNARD
ERNA ELSA MERTING
CLIFFORD MILLER
IRMA MILLER
LUCILLE DAVISSON MORALEZ
MARY MosHER
BENNETT R. MURPHY
EMAGENE A. NORMAN
RALPH OvERTON, Jr.
ROLA PAPPAS
NELSON PARRISH
EVELYN VIRGINIA POUND
JOHN W. PRUDEN
MILDRED FLORENCE RITTENBERG
THELMA IRENE RITTENBERG
HARRY RICHARD ROTH
FRANK Runmo, Jr.
RICHARD SA'l'LES
KEN ·ETH STOLL ScHARMAN
PAUL SCHESSLER
DALE L. SCHNEIDER
Jo EPH ScHWABAUER
EUGENE SPOMER
LORETTA R. VANDERBURG
MABEL JEAN WALBRIDGE
LAVERNE AMELIA WATERMEIER
HELEN :MAY WILLIAMSON
GOLD IAN YAPP
Ed McConnell neither frowns nor smiles but looks inscrutable. Next is Miss Emma Beekman's American 2 class-note one person studying. Dean Pohlenz in a rare tie-askew, serious mood talks to a class. On the left, Dorothy Johanson's mile is no more friendly than her disposition. . . . One of the rare but beautiful occasions when we did have to be dug out John Gates hanging U? a red and black "prompt" banner Betty Stevenson looks up from her hi tory lesson. The coiffure with the center part belongs to Eleanor Veith Victoria Ekblad and Jane DeLatour choose their lunch with an eye out for vitamins .... Bare of seniors and assembly groups the auditorium seats creates unusual patterns in the sunlight-note the time of day Bottom: The senior class plants a hackberry tree in memory of Miss Louise Miller, class officers Adam , Gosnell and Hulac officiating.
JlUJ IOIR§ ANID> SO IPIHI(())MO IRIE§
Officers
John Huston
Treasurer
Sidney Held Secretary
Jane Allen
President
John Stewart Vice-president
First Semester
The Class of 1938
The class of '3 8, the juniors of our day, is representative of the highest type. They gave one of the finest plays ever presented in Lincoln high, The Thirteenth Chair, which was enthusiastically received. The sponsors of the class are Miss A. Blodwen Beynon and Miss Fern Housman. This is the class that will take our place as seniors and will have little difficulty in filling our shoes. The
officers elected to guide these juniors through their triumphs of the first semester were Jane Allen, president; John Stewart, vice-president; Sidney Held, secretary and John Huston, tre-arnrer. Thei. leaders of the second semester were William Wiley, president; John Huston, vice-president; Betty Jane Benson, secretary and Sidney Held, treasurer.
Second Semester
William Wiley
President Sidney Held
Trcamrer
John Huston Vice-president
Betty Jane Benson SecrC'lary
Officers
Home Rooms 120 and 320
Dienst Pierce Thompson Ne!f Guthrie Knies Witt Koch Pappas Strauch Pine Penterman P. Johnson T. Johnson Mertz R. Ferguson Mutz Rolland
Stuart Walters Wheatley Walker Young Trump Wilcox Vlasnlk Yates Schmidt Tracy Weedham Scharman Repetto Pierson Richardson Stednltz Wentz Stebbins Taylor Sllldorf Seifert Wohlenberg Miller Nieman
Peifer Rlxstlne Schnell Phander Schlessler Wixson Wassenm1ller Tuttle Schnelder White Nelson Parker Schuckman Ress Rosborough Moll Morrison Way Wl:Jeeler v.- : ,ter Roach Younkin Wilson Taylor Yokel Ryons Shank Wahl
Home Rooms 226B and 226C
Seacrest
Pederson Reynolds Smith Werner Turnbull
Rlggms
Cabinet
Ann Beard
Margaret Hedstrotn
John Flack
Kay Watson
Gertrude Wachter
Fred Matheny
Frances Cofferton
Eugenia Faulkner
Elizabeth Umberger
Thomas Rice
William Beckman
Second Semester-193 5-36
First Semester-1936-37
The Class of 1939
The class of '39 was put under the careful sponsorship of Miss Lillian Monia and Mrs. Bernice White Tebbets . The president of this student governmental organization was Kay Watson. The vice-president was Fred Metheney; secretary, Bonnie Parsons; treasurer, Ann Beard. In the latter part of the semester the president of the
class moved away but remained president in name with an efficient vice-president in his place. This class is just getting into the saddle of high school activity, having spent two semesters in becoming familiar with the · methods and opportunities of L.H.S., and is often said to be the most interesting segment of high school activity.
Tracy Newborn Miller Harrel Scofield Hansen Coot Simpson VanVliet Luebs York Colin Stubbs Stephenson Taylor Soderholm Soldevllla Toothaker Umberger Vanderburg Velland Spellman Walters Spencer McClary Tebo Scott Sexton Thompson Schnirl Troxel Tway Warne Harnley Pierson Well D. WUson 8 Wilson Swarts Seng Wlesenmiller Sacrlder Wheeler Temple Smith Weirich Walter Weart Storer Tunberg Spomer Stewart Venter Welsh wassung Wilson Westcott Wochner Shumacher Trumbo
Cabinet
Harriet Carter
Samuel Kippert
Josephine Eastburn
Charles Wheeler
Nancy Raymond
Marcus Poteet
The Class of 1940
This class is the latest group to come to high school from junior high. They are, according to us of the class of '37, ultra green. Their sponsors are Miss Emma Beckmann and Miss Ruth Hall. They have appointed their cabinet: chairman, Josephine Eastl;>Urn; treasurer, Samuel Klippert and secretary, Harriet Carter. Other members of the
cabinet are Charles Wheeler, Nancy Raymond and Marcus Poteet. This cabinet had charge of the publicity for the " Open House" for parents, Tuesday , May 4. Marcus Poteet announced the program over KFOR on the Lincoln schools program. For the unquest ionable success of the affair the class of '40 may be given much credit.
Home Rooms 117 and 311 Home Rooms 125 and 225
Alfrey Bet t enhausen Blazek Sunyoke Welch Wiltshire Bouman Bruh! Brownlee Wentz Booth Warner Bard Weigel Schmunk Walcott
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Home Rooms 134 and 212
Home Rooms 221 and 306
Kahout
Upper left: All the boys flock to the Hi-Y for food and ping-pong Next, Betty Provost of the red-gold hair gives some welcome assistance in geometry Betty Rangeler looking pensive
On the left again, Bob Simon ponders over an English assignment .... Yes, we have a banana tree in the greenhouse, but we have no bananas It must be 3: 15 as the activity around the bicycle rack testifies. Odd that everyone is in such a hurry
On the left and all aboard: The street car is slow, but it will get you away from school fast enough On the right, rain at 3: 10 is no obstacle to Connie Rathburn and Jean Ann Donley. The oiled-silk raincoat remains unidentified. Lower left: Barbara Scott gets her lessons in a deep concentration Harriet Talbot, interrupted, looks coy.
Publications
No activities so exemplify the theory of learning by doing as the publications-the Links , th e Advocate and the Scribe. Backed by the aid and experience of faculty advisers, students gu ide the destinies of these, "making up" the pages , writing the copy, handling the business and advertising sides and helping to solve the numerous problems which necessarily arise in th e course of their terms.
Through their exertions on these publication staffs, many students have found themsel ves, continuing in journalism as a vocation. Others with no intention of entering th is profession receive training and experience that will be valuable in making discriminating re aders of publications anti hence more exacting citizens in a democracy.
The Links
Recorded for the years to come in the Links are the vital, delightful events of the high school year. Representative of so wide a scope of activities, it is fitting that the annual should be published by many hands, art ists , camera and typewriting experts, editors and salesmen Sophomores and juniors, heretofore neglected, now have their special section of home room _pictures in the book.
For the most part, the camera club directed the photography. The informal snapshot pages at the end of each section represent interesting sidelights of high school acti vities. Photography has also been used for the divis ion sheets .
Th e Staff
Cla sse s _____ _ _____________ Bredon Werner
Publicat ion s _________________ Betty McGeachin
A ssembli es. __________________ Charlotte Quick
Or gan iz ation s _________________ Harold Turkel
Art Editor _____ _____________ Richard Koontz
Drama __________________________ Ann Hustead
Music ________________________ Jean Simmons
Bo ys Sports _____________ Glenn Trump
Girls Sports_ _______________ Darlene Johnstone
Humor ____________ Robert Smith
Librarian _____________________ Donald White
T y pewrit i ng ____________ SMarthena_ ~ensberger { Maqone Arthur
Wh ite Trump Hustead Koontz Turkel Werner McG e achln Simmons Quick Johnstobe Densberger S m i t h Arthur Martz Thomas Stuermer Wittenberg
Links Staff
The Advocate
Given all-American rating by the National Scholastic Press Association for the eighth time, the Advocate has tried, not only to maintain the standard, but also to keep stepping forward on the road of progress. In an endeavor to make the paper more attractive to the eye, the headline style was revised so as to simplify reading. The new "stream-lined" heads were designed to allow more white space to show through.
An abundance of copy from would-be news hawks taking English 8 supplements the efforts and lightens the load considerably of the staff members, who are English I 7 pupils. Financially the paper is aided by the English 16 classes, who sell advertising.
Since the staff members are eligible for one semester only and staff positions are rotated every six weeks, interest is maintained and the pape~ gains in the way of new ideas.
Heading the staff last semester were Clyde Martz, Edwin Wittenberg and Dean Pohlenz, managing editors; and Virginia Thede, Shirley Polsky and Jean Simmons, news editors. Business manager was Ben Heard. Managing editors this semester have been Nancy Mauck, Edward McConnell and Richard Yost; news editors, Betty Klingel, Frances Keefer and Gail Ferguson. The business manager is Elizabeth Inhelder
Second Semester
The Scribe
In its seventh consecutive year, produced by a staff selected from the members of the writers club and sponsored by that organization, the 1937 Scribe was presented to the public in April. Published to furnish an outlet for literary talent, this magazine contains poetry, character sketches, short stories and essays written by Lincoln high school pupils.
The cover, unusual in its lack of color, has a black background on which are arranged four white angels and the name, also in white. Brush drawings in black and white illustrate effectively some of the pieces written by the amateur Longfellows and Shakespeares who contributed to this volume.
The Style Card
Polite society of Lincoln high school may not eject you completely if you use such words as "guy", "kid", "bunch" (of persons) or "eats" (used as a noun), but it definitely frowns on them, as well as others mentioned in the style card as not in good use.
This booklet contains, in• complete array for instant reference, examples of correct grammar, letter forms, written forms for book titles and musical terms. The style card, recently revised by the English department , is an extremely valuable and necessary publication in a school with as many different teachers and textbooks as Lincoln high school.
President of Writers Club ___________ First Semester
lRuth McMillan
Second Semester
Sponsors of Writers Club ____________ { Elsi~ ·M. Cather Winifred Mayhew
The Red and Black Handbook
No longer does the sophomore roam the halls, searching for room 13 2 B or the stairwells to the fourth floor, only to end by consulting some teacher or upperclassman. Such blows to his pride occur rarely, if ever, because he can refer to a clearly diagrammed floor plan of the school in his Red and Black handbook.
The six-semester schedule, ever a major problem in the life of every newcomer, has been greatly simplified by the section devoted to the arrangement of subjects required by each curriculum in their normal order. It goes so far as listing various vocations and suggesting useful elective subjects.
Wingo Good Polsky Mauck Taber Thomas McMtllan Pohlenz Campbell
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Assemblies
Following the sound of the bell, chatter accompanied by the hurried shuffling of many feet coming down from the third floor and up from the first announces that an assembly has been called.
These periods are welcomed by all students as opportunities to enjoy the talents of others and to honor them for their accomplishments. Often guest speakers and soloists are secured for the assemblies. School cheers and songs that everyone likes to sing add to the spirit of fellowship developed here.
Mimes, the sophomore dramatic club, presented the first assembly of the year on October 1. Nine varied acts, introduced by the master of ceremonies, Fred Matheny, impressed upon the student body that new talent had just arrived.
Dr. Charles Patterson, professor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska, addressed the assembly on Seeing the World from Different Points of View. The importance of cultural education in establishing these views emphasized his belief that "our sense of appreciation is based entirely upon our ability to understand."
Playing Sons of the Black and Red, the band greeted students as they entered the auditorium on color day, October 9, for the convention of the L. H. S. football team, congregating to nominate the leaders of its .faction. Cheers were led by Richard Logan. After official nominations in charge of student council members, Neal Mehring was made a nominee for president; Henry "Chief" Bauer, for vice-president, and Junior Hudkins, captain for the approaching game with St. Joseph
Central. Brief responses by the nominees followed, and more cheers showed the team the student approval and backing.
At the assembly, November 5, honoring the members of the national honor society, Paul Amen, a former Lincoln high student, described his trip to the 1936 olympics held in Germany. Mr. Mardis presented the certificates to the new members who were chosen from the upper third of their class for scholarship, leadership, citizenship and service.
In observance of Armistice day, Oscar Bennet, professor of music at Nebraska Wesleyan University, sang three appropriate numbers. The Rev. Ray E. Hunt, pastor of the First Christian church, spoke on The Significance of Armistice Day to Us. He stated th~t "the only preparedness when a crisis arises is an intelligent people, schooled as to values and methods of democracy."
Enthusiastic applause greeted the Master Singers quartet from KF AB when they appeared before the assembly November 17, with several varied numbers. Two vocal solos by William Miller and Walter Reusch, both former Lincoln high students, and a piano solo by their accompanist, Milan Lambert, were well received.
To the accompaniment of the band, the senior class, resplendent in their colors of scarlet and silver, marched into the auditorium for a program given on board the "Good Ship L. H. S." with Robert Sandberg, captain and master of ceremonies. Music, dancing and tumbling presented by talented passengers were connected by a dialogue written by Ann Hustead. At the close of the assembly all the seniors joined in singing the March of '37, the senior class song written by Dorothy Cook.
To the joys which prevailed near Christmas, a tone of solemnity was added by the assembly sponsored by the Lincoln high school choir under direction of William G. Tempel. Thirty-three lighted candles interspersed with pine branches formed a setting for ' the choir which ch ,mted the Christmas story Illuminated tableaux portrayed familiar Christmas scenes from the Bible, making this program the most impressive of the year.
The drama, Christmas Gifts, was given by the Mimes, sophomore dramatists, for assembly December 15. The story presented a wealthy family, who learned to see Christmas in its true spirit of giving rather than receiving by visiting the home of a poor family. Between scenes the audience was entertained with a ballet dance by Patricia Herminghaus.
The Lincoln high advanced orchestra, under the direction of Bernard Nevin, gave a short concert January 7 to both assembly groups. Louise Stapleton, senior, assisted by singing several selections.
Harold Turkel, who gave William Jennings Bryan's famous speech, The Cross of Gold, was declared the winner over two finalists in the 1937 Faulkner cup contest in an assembly sponsored by the Forum. While the judges were making their decision, Jean Simmons played a flute solo
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and Verna Umberger explained briefly other activities of the Forum.
With Raymond Reed, their new director, conducting, the advanced band played four selections at assemblies February 18-19. Their last number was Headlines, a modern composition, which interpreted the news of the day to the audience through different types of music.
The birthday of George Washington was celebrated by an assembly at which Judge Edward F. Carter of the Nebraska Supreme Court spoke on The Supreme Court and the Constitution Two selections by the University of Nebraska string quartet concluded the assembly.
Through the courtesy of a local motor company, four educational films were shown at a double assembly, February 26. The first showed the practical use of school subjects to an aviator. Turnabout Man encouraged us to apply our society ' manners to automobile driving. The third, Spinning Levers, explained the gears in an automobile. In the last, the necessity for considering the action of other automobile drivers was emphasized.
Educational movies met with such enthusiasm, that a film on the post office department was shown on February 4 and 5 by Edward Albrecht, a former Lincoln high student, who explained the films as they were being shown.
Cheer, Cheer for Old L. H. S. opened the pretournament assemblies on March 9. Mr. Mardis spoke about the regional basketball tournament and Ralph Beechner asked for the support of the students. School yells and group singing assured him of the student backing.
Duane Harmon, cornetist, and the University of Nebraska men's glee club under the direction of William G. Tempel, entertained for a double assembly March 11. Bernard Dalton's solo in the negro spiritual Tra v 'lill' was one of the outstanding features of the program
An assembly was held April 8 in recognition of the achievements of the newly elected members of the national honor society , which is composed of fifteen per cent of the graduating class and to which five per cent were elected last semester, the remainder being chosen this semester.
Appreciative applause met Professor Carl Steckelberg, " ' ho opened the assembly with four violin solos which, he explained, were all illustrative of the different tone types. Mr. Mardis closed the program by presenting to the new members their certificates of award.
Students participating in the double assembly April 9 presented seven acts as a sample of Joy night which was to be held April 16 and 17. The program consisted of a curtain act, two tap dances, roller skating by two experts, a comic sketch in which four boys burlesqued a bridge game, and a Spanish dance.
Many juniors displayed their acting ability at the all-junior assembly held April 20 to adver-
tise the junior play, "The Thirteenth Chair." The cast was presented by a mock try-out in which its members were chosen from the other juniors called upon unexpectedly to read lines.
Presented to both assemblies through the courtesy of a local motor company were four moti on pictures. The picture entitled The Other Fell<>w stressed the necessity for constant watchfulness in driving a car. Horsepower showed the development of the term and attempted to demonstrate that in each automobile are eighty-five horses willing to serve the driver. In Just a Spark, a lighted cigarette thrown carelessly into easily combustible material caused a fire that destroyed one of America's most valua b le resources, the forests. More humorous and captivating was a technicolored animated cartoon entitled A Coach far Cinderella which showed the metamorphosis of a pumpkin coach into a glistening stream-lined model of power and beauty
April 19, an all-boys assembly announcing the commencement of the citywide "Find yourself" campaign was addressed by Dr. H. E. Bradfo r d, head of the department of vocational education at the University of Nebraska. He urged everybody to make his vocational choice. Under the direction of William G. Tempel, the boys glee club opened the assem b ly with Song of Wes tern Men and Cossacks
Ten days later the home economics department presented their annual fashion show, this time a musical comedy, the Suzanna Shop, April 29. Dresses for street, house, school, afternoon and evening wear were worn by their makers, the members of the sewing classes, for the customers of Madame Suzanna's shop. The propriety of styles and colors was explained by Madame Suzanna. A string quartet furnished the music.
Interclass Debate
Of prime benefit in providing experience for embryo debaters is the inter-class debate tournament which is held in the spring to determine the most able pair of debaters in the school outside of the members of the debate team . The winners of each class meet in separate tournaments, and the finals to decide the school championship.
The names of the victorious teammates are engraved on the silver Magee cup. The sophomore champions this year were Leslie Dienst and William Dowell; juniors, Dvrothy Wind and Harriet Bowman; seniors, Ward Rounds and John Pruden. In the finals the sophomores carried off the honors.
THE LINKS 1937 Debate
In order that a large number of pupils in Lincoln high school may learn the art of debate, a beginning and an advanced course in that subject are open to pupils. Only a limited number are admitted to the advanced debate class, and from this class the squad is generally chosen.
This year the question debated throughout the state was, "Resolved: that all electric light and power utilities should be governmentally owned and operated." Lincoln high school debaters took part in one hundred ninety-five debates altogether. Of the fifty-nine decision debates participated in, thirty-three resulted in favorable decisions.
Members of the debate team particularly distinguished themselves by '¥inning the championship of district number one in the district tournament, which qualified Lincoln high school for the state tournament.
In addition to working on material and delivery, the debaters study different types of reasoning Thus, debate is excellent not only in training good speakers and well-informed individuals, but also in making clear, logical thinkers.
Besides engaging in regularly scheduled debates with teams over the state the Lincoln debaters also took part in several tournaments which furnished competition not only in debate but also in after dinner speaking, extemporaneous speaking and oratory. The tournaments competed in this year by the Lincoln team were those held at Midland college, Doane, Peru and the state and district tournaments held in Lincoln at the University of Nebraska. Added to these was the girls tournament at Doane at which the feminine debaters from Lincoln succeeded in reaching the semifinals.
At the end of the year, a silver L shaped pin was awarded to Trudelle Downer, Wendell Basye, Edgar Graham, Jack Stewart, Leonard Peltier, Kenneth Miller, Verna Umberger, Claranne Carpenter, Jack Cole, Edward Edison and Robert Pillers.
Peltier
Carpenter Umberger
Miller Gerald Kvasnlcka, coach
Stewart Grabsm Edison Plllers Oowner Cole Basye Maxey
THE LINKS 1937 Organizations
Under the head of organizations are includeq the student governmental bodies, the student council and the home room representatives, groups recognizing scholarship and athletic achievement, a club of enthusiasm-stirrers, the Peppers, creative clubs, hobby clubs, social clubs,-in short, nearly every kind of school activity one could wish to enter.
Under the interested sponsorship of faculty members and the alert leadership of their student officers, these groups, through their annual round of meetings, banquets, parties and picnics, constitute an integral and indispensable part of school life
Student Council
Elected by the entire student body and the faculty, the student council seeks t'o better the school by constructive action. This group performs a great service in sponsoring Joy night, matinee parties, in presenting the color day assembly, and in publishing the Red and Black handbook. Members give aid at school performances by serving as doormen and hall guards, and the council supplies hall guides to serve during the lunch periods and locker checkers who try all the lockers.
The student council has effected an extensive campaign for safety, and presented record banners for promptness to holl)e rooms. At Christmas
time this group makes the building a cheerier place by placing appropriate decorations about. Committees and their chairmen which during the past year helped so much in bettering the school are as follows: John Gates, tardiness; Betty Meyer, Betty Reese, co-chairmen matinees; Barbara Johnson, courtesy; Avery Forke, safety; John Hyland, hall guide; Janet Harris, club schedule; John Mason, revision of E. C. A. system and Joy night; Gwenith Orr, extra-curricular activities; Sidney Held, posters; Robert Sandberg, sophomore and student council elections; Jane Allen, color day; and John Stewart, building directory.
Sandberg dates Meye r Orr Johnston
Stu dent Council
Stewart Dunlap Robb Allen Held Umberger Reese Hyland Groth Sec•r Pru.
Wiley O'Shea Harm Metheny Beard Porll:e Vfcc-pru.
Olson Lorenz Patton Anderson Hirshfeld McConnell White W Smith Olmstead Thompson Danek Watson Maddy McMillan Wingo Zimmer Bettenhausen Paulkner Van Patton Hermlnghaus Bryson Mias English Rice Becker Iverson Farmer Meler A. Smith Sec't1-trea,. Pre,. Voigt Moeller Woods Held Talbot Fox Nickelson Wlshnow Miss Montgomery
Home Room Representatives
Home room representatives, composed of delegates elected by the various home rooms in Lincoln high school, meet once every two weeks during the last half of fifth period, with the purpose of discussing ways and means of bettering the school.
In order that they may be recognized, the representatives wear red armbands which be,r the letters "LHS" in black. Being a representative, though, is not all honor and privilege, as the representatives perform some vital duties about the school. They are in charge of the sale and weekly collection of the activity tickets. Also,
they collect class dues and supervise elections. A large staff of volunteers each semester ushers at school performances and Sunday concerts, and serves as hall guards. Besides all this it is the duty of the representative to report to his home room the proceedings of the meetings. This group has stimulated a desire to make Lincoln high school a more attractive place by promoting the clean-up campaign. The guide committee composed of representatives renders a vital service in showing visitors about the building. In addition, members of this body have helped to increase the membership of clubs and act as general assistants to home room teachers.
London McConne.ughey King Reynolds Hopkins Seifert Tyrrell Adams Rollins Pres. Good Jackson Weston Schwartzkopf Butt McConnell Doran James Crancer Ager Heller Soldevllla Price Simpson Bennet Leavitt Brase Bryan Pauley Parsons Johns Dunbar Kohout Lehr Gosnell Brumbaugh Alexander Beckman Day Davia Franklin Taylor Scott Vice-pre,.
National Honor Society
An honor of high esteem in the eyes of Lincoln high school pupils is election to membership in the national honor society, the object of which is to create an enthwiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote worthy leadership and to encourage the development of character, Members are chosen from the pupils who are in the upper third of their class scholas-tically, and only fifteen per cent of the graduating class is allowed admittance.
Not more than five per cent may be elected in the first semester of the senior year, the remainder being chosen in the second semester. Election is
based on scholarship, citizenship, leadership, service and extra-curricular activities.
National honor society members perform a very helpful service in the fall by helping to register incoming sophomores. Also, they aid new pupils in get~ing settled in the school. Pupils who are elected to membership have the privilege of wearing pins bearing the insignia of the society.
The members, upon election, make the following agreement: "I pledge myself to uphold the high purposes of this society to which I have been elected, striving in every way, by word and deed, to make its ideals the ideals of my school."
Evans Lemly Frazier Behm Lahr Wertz SChneider Joyce Baker Ellis Roth Dorothy Cook Franklin Van ScYoC Maddux David Cook Storer Fritzler Anderson Helzer :Morse Vice-pre,.
June
Speier Seng Wilson Sandberg Robb Robeck Traver Mueller Van W&&enen
McConnell Pollck Tunberg Stenten Steckelberg Sjoquist Morris Moore Sunderman Van Horn
Pohlenz Thomas Peltier Orr Schlewedhelm Quiclt .Miller Turkel Nelson Rollins Umberger Thede Simmons Wittenberg Merting Thompson Spohn Vice-pres. Pre,.
The Forum
Forensic club of Lincoln high school is the Forum, now in its twentieth year. This club contributes to the promotion of oratory and debate, and is also valuable in giving members a knowledge of correct parliamentary procedure by holding periods of drill. The most important social event on the club's calendar is the annual banquet, woven around some special theme. This year the twentieth anniversary idea predominated. There are usually about eight speakers who are chosen from the list of graduating members and at each banquet one or two alumni of the club are invited to break bread with the present Forumites
and to speak afterwards. Another red letter Forum event is the alumni meeting to which all former members are invited.
This club sponsors the Faulkner cup contest in which only Forum members may compete, Contestants deliver a ten-minute oration which may take the form of a famous historical address of the ancient Greeks, a contemporary speech, or may be composed by the contestant himself. He whom the judges deem superior has his name engraved on the Faulkner cup. Harold Turkel won the honor this year by virtue of his rendition of William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold.
Arnold Day Pelton Neu McArthur Davis Zimmer Guenzel Luebs Deck Robinson Alexis Ooslk Peltier Weil Alberty Blackstone James Morrison McM1llan Hustead Cooper Smith Simmons Roberts Emerson Clarke Lewis Ekblad Pote Carter Day Lotman Poteet Pillers Taylor Nunnally Provost Bowman Bullock Woerner Gold Rollins Miss Davis Kreps Menaffe Wittenberg Martz Turkel Basye Umberger Mueller Miller Mlsa Cook Vice-pre,. Pre, Pre,. Vice-pr••· Sec•, Treas. Treaa
Stone Korsmeyer Kreps Lovercheck Hulac McKay McArthur Speier Pohlenz
Thede Stewart Groth Orr Turkel Meyers Rathbum Trea,. Prea. Vice-pre,.
Mummers
One of the oldest and largest clubs in Lincoln high school, the Mummers is open by try-out to all juniors and seniors with an interest and appreciation of good drama. The purpose of the club is furthered by short plays presented at meetings, and talks on various phases of dramatic art. One memorable meeting had as guest a dramatic dancer and cootume designer. Besides this, the Mummers present an annual assembly, a Joy night act and one major play a year. The Mummers' play this year was Daddies by John Hobble, which turned out to be a laugh provoker from start to finish. Miss Jane Schaible became the ·partner of
Miss Annetta Sprung in ~he sponsorial duties of the Mummers, taking the place of Miss Frances McChesney, now teaching in Omaha. Daddies was her first venture in play directing in Lincoln high school. The Mummers generously donated the entire proceeds of their play to the student emergency fund, making it possible for many a needy pupil to obtain warm lunches, glasses and other necessities
An added dramatic con<:ribution by this club was an entertalilmg, educational safety sketch presented over the Lincoln schools' broadcast program, written and acted by members.
Smith
Stern Wiley
Gettman Hayes Dalton Carlson Lavander Green Hackman Mueller Owens Davis Miller Sandberg Ashton Benson Kelley Keller Gosnell Holland Phipps Good Comerford Campbell Reese Bennett Hustead Hedstrom Donovan Eberline Oorrall Guilliams Ekblad Koehler Leavitt Humphrey Mien Ferguson Ivers Alexis Miss Schaible Blake Emerson Forlte Holman DeLatour Bowman Woodward Pres. Sec'11
Adama Dahlberg Mertz Heller Backman Klingel Krepa Eberline Oarrlaon Holeman Polsom Blacltatone Green Anderaon Hackman Groth Dudley Inhelder Ivers Beyan King Johanaen Freeman Chase Bennett Bums E. Emerson Farmer Keeter Bolland Griess Koehler Otten Dawson Humphrey Perguaon Askey Alexander Beekman Campbell DePutron Hayes Mueller Reese Maddy Carlsen Donovan L Emerson Set:'11 Pre•. Vfce-pru.
Orpheons
Orpheus, the ancient Thracian mus1c1an, was known for his ability to mO¥e trees and charm animals with his music. Although Orpheons members do not possess this lumberjack or Clyde Beatty abili~y, they can always be counted upon to move and charm the pupils of Lincoln high school with their musical presentations. Vocal and instrumental musical selections entertain members at meetings.
This club presents an annual assembly which overflows with fine music and which can always be counted upon to be one of the best of the year. The main event sponsored by the Orpheons, however, is the opera which is presented by mem-
bers of the choir under the direction of William G. Tempel This year the opera presented was Sweethearts, Victor Herbert's famous musical gem. It not only maintained past standards but set a lofty mark of its own.
Each Orpheons meeting is built around some special theme such as a certain composer's works or a special type of music. The most noteworthy meeting held by the Orpheons during the past year was that at which Miss Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, internationally known composer, was a guest. At this meeting a small group from the girls glee club sang two of Miss Kinscella's compositions.
O'Shea Rosborough Mallat Martin Sandlovlch Laughlin Polsky Patton Wittstruck Pedersen Rokahr Pierson Vernon Surber Poaster Osborn 0. Smith Wlaser
Bartlett Orr Stahl Beaton Sten ten Wekesser Quick Thede Stowell Johnston R. Sm.1th Sec'11
Pre,. Rangeler .M'.cClary Moll White Vice-pre•
Writers Club
Best known by the school at large for its publication of the Scribe, a booklet pad·ed full from cover to cover with entertaining stories, poems and essays written by pupils, the writers club is made up of Lincolnites with literary leanings. Pupils who desire to gain admittance to this organization hand in an original manuscript containing any kind of literary creation. All manuscripts are read anonymously by the try-out committee, so that all pupils will be assured an equal opportunity for admittance.
At meetings of the writers club members read their writings aloud to the club, or the efforts of
fellow members who have a sore throat or a bashful nature but who are still quite able scribblers Members occasionally give book reviews, and outside individuals are often invited to give talks or book reviews. To make for variety in the programs, members present vocal or instrumental selections. All members are sometimes asked to write a poem within ten minutes, and some of the results are read to the club. In this manner writing is made an enjoyable game. The writers club is another of the organizations in the school which has an annual picnic every spring.
Plckerin& Blewtleld Moon Donovan Hansen ltinder Becker Poteet Walcott Schappau&h , , Kyckelhahn White Pelton Alberty Waggoner Perrin Fulton Arthaud Reed Emerson Momaon Cooper Zimmer .James Lavender Douglass Crandall Carnahan Freeburn Riddle Clinton Well Blackatone McLau&hlln Deats Davi.son Hennlnghaua M Simpson Weirich B. Simpson Baylor Sharp Howard Roberta Bengston Temple Rathburn Dvorak Mrs Coombs Talbot Beard Ager Roblmlc>n Patton Umberger Mias Bryant Vice-pre,. Pre,. Pre,.
Mimes
Sophomores of Lincoln high school possess their own exclusive dramatic organization, so that pupils of this class with an interest and ability for acting need not wait until they have obtained the lofty status of a junior to join a dramatic club. At an annual alumni meeting the present members present a play which convinces their predecessors that the Mimes are going farther forward with each successive sophomore class. Other annual presentations of the sophomore dramatists are an :issembly, a Joy night act and an act fot' the sophomore party. The under class actors are always certain to give a good account of themselves.
Clef Club
The Clef club, made up of sophomores who are musically inclined, promotes an interes t and an appreciation for better music. Sophomores, in order to become members, memorize and present a solo, either vocal or instrumental, for the consideration of the try-out judges. The talent of their own members provides the entertainment for the meetings. A Joy night act, in which the musical sophomores give a good account of themselves, always shows that great things can be expected of them.
The Clef club is another of the clubs in Lincoln high school that hold an annual alumni meeting for the old members.
White Wllaon Maser Mcchesney Pettit Lueb1 Benzel Ott Armintrout Park Hodgson Osborne Patton Meyer Eastburn Hunt Reed Simpson Weirich emlth Grant Oakley Becker Held Kendall OsbQm Hellman Riddle Schumacker Robbins Mayer Neufeld Reber Freadrlch Hansen Anderson Wheeler Miss .Jenkins Treaa. Vice-pre,. Pre,. Sec'11
Meter Rice Evans Emrich Bast O Anderson Hulac Albrecht Hale Arnold Mert.s Davl.8 Burdell R McConnell Beardsley Chastain Mason Eaton Loeber Jones Davia Boumeme l r Gellatly .,Leona r d Kierstead Alexia Dahlberg Longman 14111a Marcotte Dunaway F. Anderson Heltlcotter M.r . Hoy E. McConnell Killer King DePUtron Martz Stewart Sandberg Edison Holman Vlce-pru Pres. Pres. sec•, Treaa.
Hi-Y
The purpose of the Hi-Y, as stated in t~e constitution of that organization, is "to create, maintain and extend high standards of Christian fellowship throughout the school and community." This organization gives aid to its members in vocational education, sponsors a " Find yourself" campaign, during which boys ( not necessarily Hi- Y members) may have the privilege of hearing men who have had experience in the lines which they are thinking of following , and furnishes sociability through the medium of weekly dinners followed by a meeting On the programs are speakers who discws world relations, politics. social relations and affairs of the day.
The annual older boys conference draws Hi - Y members from all over the state. This year the event was scheduled in Lincoln. Those present were entertained with a round of parties and by speakers.
Dances are occasionally held in the Hi-Y building at which a large number attend. There were five such affairs during the past year. An event of great importance to Hi- Y members is the annual Hi- Y-Girl Reserves conference, which brings members of these two organizations together for the purpose of discwsing pertinent problems. At the beginning of the conference a party is always held 2' a get-acquainted affair.
Scharman Schneckloth Holte Snyder Scott Zimmer Olmstead Seai:reat Streeter Schappaush Rausch Ryan Osborne Robinson Pettit Wllaon Morton Stoddard \VeU Peltier Watson Nelson Pohlenz VanKeuren Wents Rolland Wlttenbel'II Royal Voigt Robrbough R. Smttb Poteet Rolllna Mr R ice Stover W. Smith Reed Wendland Walcott Ntcte!&on T Smtth
Albrecht orvtJan Adams Burn .J. OrHn Helm Umberger .Jones Hallstrom Carlson VJun1lt Robeck McCracken Veith Hawley Alexander Risser Wagner Wheeler Cross Way C. Robbins Pote Carter Holland H. Robbins Dickerson Bell Lobdell Leverton Weston Spalding Mickey Ferguson Campbell Brown CUdley Zieg Eltblad Thrailkill Barch Buken OaJcley Cannon McClary Grimm Andersen Browne Askey .DeLatour Maddy B. Green Miu Gelger Sec' 11 Vlce-,,re•
Girl Reserves
With the slogan, "To find and give the best", the Girl Reserves furnishes social opportunities for members, helps them to make friends, and assists girls in making right choices.
The Girl Reserves is a branch of the Y. W. C. A. and its members are junior members of the organization. It has its own clubroom in the Y. W.C.A. building, the use of the gymnasium, and of the playroom for parties. An inter-club council made up of representatives from each high school in the city meets and plans city-wide suppers, conferences and parties, at which the members from the various branches meet, work and play
together. The Keyhole, a small mimeognphed newspaper, gives the latest news of interest to members of this organization.
The theme stressed at all Girl Reserves meetings this year was "Keys to Growing Qp." Some of the keys discussed were <those to friendship, to personality, to religious life, to pictures, to books and to use of leisure time. These were presented by outside speakers as well as by members.
To insure all members taking an active part in ·the work for the organization, each girl in the club serves on some committee. Members who desire may join a city-wide Girl Reserves choir.
McLaughlin WllltJnson Blewfteld Brown Crawford Swanson Smith Wlsaer Prleaen Olson Rodenbeck Patrick Lagoni Stuermer Harvey Ivers Wallter Thompson Mason West Williama Scott Hirschfeld Mueller Ltnacott ' Grant Wassenmlller Knlsht Becquet Sehwedbelm Davis Barney M. Nunnally 0. Nunnally Bloom Wilson Griffing
Bullock M Inhelder E Inhelder McCauley Young Gordan Iverson Day Ryder Davlaon DeVr1endt Diefenderfer Osborn
Simmons Holland Keeter Downer Umberger Taylor Mills Bills Pre•. Tre,u.
Moore Wall Gaydon Cox Dalton Bartlett Nelson Wilson Hertz Murphy Tepper Young Leuck Knudtson Gabel
Gulliams Predltt Anderson Baker Hand Hudkins Olson Lemen Ekblad Rardin Gass Ebeling Bergman
Henderson Dillow Koons Chase Taber Bebout Marler Howard Wood Pblpps Olson Franklin Crump Culp
Vice - pres.
Brady Pillers Mrs Rein GrotJan Maser Ebner House Schwabauer Atkins
Vtce-pres.
Commercial Club
The aim of the commercial club is three-fold. It strives to stimulate interest in present day b u siness problems and to provide social contact for its members. Also, it is instrumental in stressing the particular traits which characterize business activities; such as accuracy, initiative, tact an d adaptability. These· are presented by means of playlets and sketches planned and staged by the members themselves. Outside speakers are sometimes invited to meetings to demonstrate the latest office equipment or to discuss some phase of business. The club also has entertainments in a lighter vein.
One of the more notable meetings of this club
featured a voice demonstration given in the auditorium by a local company This dem onstra t ion illustrated not only the proper tonal quality t o b e used when speaking over the telephone, but also the proper inflection and courtesy to be used. The commercial club members had the good fortune at one of their meetings to witness a typewriting exhibition by Miss Hortense Stallnitz, who set a world's record in 1916 of 15 6 words a minute.
The commercial club at present time has one of the largest memberships in the school. The only requirement for membership is that the p upil must be carrying one commercial subject.
Kllppert McCandless Frick Anderson Royer Carve th Peterson Gosnell Ivers
Arnold Grimm D Fahrenbruch Reed SJoqulst Baker Binning Noble Morrissey Bartlett R Fahrenbruch Mccaulley
Schmidt Krieger Coleman Sec'11
Treas" Young Zieg Clark Pres Brase Schriber Treas. Plckard Lagoni Miss Bratcher Worster Pflug Yourd Sullivan
Art Club
Membership in the art club indicates that a surprising number of pupils have artistic leanings. Pupils with an interest in interior decorating, costume design, drawing or any phase of art may try out for membership in this club
Professional artists frequently discuss before the club the subject in which the art club members are most interested-art, of course. A true artist would rather pursue his calling than eat; so, much time is spent at meetings actually drawing or painting.
The annual art exhibit is the major feature of the art club. It is a resume' of the best work done by pupils in art classes during the year.
Chemistry Club
Unique among the organizations of Lincoln high school is the chemistry club. It goes out of existence every year and is never reorganized until pupils request that it come to life. The responsibility for programs is placed squarely on the shoulders of the officers. Thus the membership is made up of those who are genuinely fond of chemistry and desire to obtain a deeper insight into it. Besides witnessing exoeriments, the club hears speakers discuss composition of matter, relation of chemistry to the body, liquid air. The practice of serving refreshments after the meetings has been well-established.
Beebe Pipher Olmstead Davis Robb Anderson Mills Korella Wenz Hendry Hohlen Stone Gartner Hollingsworth D Thompson Millett Pollck Heller Smith Kierstead Wilson Eberling Loeber Alberty Lawson H. Thompson Anderson Royal Nelson Cook Stoddard Hawley Alcorn Emerson Clarke Bullock Scott R Voigt Scharman Grotjan Bennett Coles Lovercheck Korol Miss Gere F. Voigt Vice-pres. Pres. Sec'11-Trea s
Simcoe Knight Park McFarland Ve i th McCracken Robeck Mauck Carr Beggs Fink Whelan Cross Brown Grimm Hustead Courtenay Moffett Fowler Iverson Sjoquist Barch Seaton Anker Leland Weart Pickering Garnand Paulson Newman Newkirk Barocb Phillips Van Horn Thomas Holtz Meyer Dahlberg Wilson Sec ' y Vice-pre,. Pres. Sec ' y Treas.
Linscott Stenten Covey Harris Rokahr M Hackman Davison Gerdes L. May Mallat Holferber
Ivers Emerson Hansen Welsh Weigel Cooper Hedstrom White Franklin
Campbell McDermand Hawley Orotjan Keefer Nunnally McM1llan Schroll Clark Miss Woolfolk O ' Shea Meyer Miller Ferguson Humphrey Allen Orr Osborn Beckman Groth Kellison Mickey Morrison Reese Johnston A. Hackman Rosborough
L Club
L club, composed of first team lettermen, is an honorary organization meeting on call. Each year this group presents an act for Joy night which is one of the highlights of the evening. To prove what versatile fellows they are, the L club members give as good an account of themselves behind the footlights as they do on the gridiron, maples, cinders, tennis court, links, diamond or in the pool. The L men who excel in scholarship as well as athletics are rewarded by being elected to membership in the national athletic scholarship society.
'Red and Black Peppers
Resulting from much discussion and initial action by the student council. a girls cheering organization in Lincoln high school has been realized with Miss Virginia Woolfolk as sponsor. The girls who comprise the Red and Black Peppers give added zest to games by their hearty cheers and songs, and, as their name implies, they appear at games atrired in bright costumes of red and black topped off with jaunty little caps of the same colors. This group, limited to fifty members, is built along military lines with a captain, sergeant and six corporals.
Smith Huston Mussen Myers Binger Heuser Mr. Beechner
Wilcox
Dale Blythe Mr. Mehring
Lieut. Capt. Sgt.
Linscott
Kyckelhahn Treas.
G. A. A.
Organized with the purpose of fostering sports for girls in Lincoln high school, the girls athletic association brings all potential "Babe Didricksons" in the school together. This club promotes the interclass swimming meet and basketball tournament. By keeping training rules and garnering points the members may earn letters.
Proceeds from the sale of confections at football and basketball games are used to buy new equipment for the girls gym11.asium. The club is famous for its tumbling acts and roller skating exhibitions given on Joy nig~t A major G. A. A. event is the banquet at which the members are presented with the awards they have earned.
Stednltz Anderson
Home Economics Club
The home economics club, contrary to its name, is not occupied mainly with cooking and sewing, but with social welfare, and the discussion centers around questions on that subject. One function of this organization is the sponsoring of the spring style show, which, presented in an allgirls assembly, is a fashion parade of dresses made and worn by girls in the sewing classes.
The club has also made garments to be distributed by the Red Cross, and at Thanksgiving time it collects food for the needy.
Its meetings are lightened with occasional picnics and parties
Bookworms
The Bookworms, ·a new club in the school, brings together those pupils in Lincoln high school with a particular fondness for books. By reading stories and poems and reviewing full length books at meetings, members are able to share good books with their fellow literature lovers. Outside speakers are invited to tell of new books and to give reviews.
Novel and diverting is the manner which the club has devised of calling the roll, making this necessity very entertaining. When each member's name is called, he responds with the name of a story he has read and tells something about it.
Travel Club
Membership in the travel club is not limited to those who have actually traveled. Anyone with a genuine interest in travel is allowed to become a member. Those who possess the mania to see far places either become explorers, following in the footsteps of Marco Polo and Admiral Byrd, read Richard Halliburton's books as quickly as they reel off the presses, or join the travel club and share their love with others.
By means of talks and moving pictures of foreign lands which are often shown, travel club members become acquainted at meetings with romantic and far-flung places.
Radiolinks
To most of us the radio is merely :i. miraculous piece of mechanism w hich allows us to listen to Kate Smith, Boake Carter or Rudy Vallee, but such is definitely not the case with the Radiolinks members. This organization fosters amateur radio as a hobby among the pupils of Lincoln high school. At the bi-monthly meetings, questions may be asked by the members, of a competent instructor The larger phases of their activity consist of radio construction and radio code practice. When they have earned a l icense, members have an opportunity to operate the school transmitter.
Camera Club
Members of the camera club spend their time learning how to turn out pictures that will be a credit to the photographer as well as to the subject. To reach this goal they study not only the mechanics of picture taking, but also the composition of good pictures.
Besides their regular meetings, camera club members hold dark room sessions to actually develop and enlarge pictures. During the past semester a month1y photographic con.test lent zest to the art. Members of this club energetically came to the fore this year with over two hundred informal pictures for the Links.
Nieman E. Lobdell 0-Donnell Friesen Olson Pote Robbins Burn Garnard Hale Steputls Moseley Schappaugh
Vlasnlk
A scene in the office humming with activity as usual with Miss Weatherby in the foreground checking on some absentee pupil. Bob Ager, Everettt James and Don Marler putting up "Clean Up the Campus" signs for the home room reps. Ben Novicoff, interclass debate entrant, expounding on cooperatives . . . . Brawny athletes receiving their well-earned letters in assembly, Ralph Beechner standing on the extreme left Violet Kapke casting a straw vote in modern problems class. Marietta Nunnally and Mark Seacrest, Advocate staff members , looking over the latest issue
A physiology exhibit for open house w i th posters prominently displayed .... Bob Sandberg trying out for announcer on the Lincoln schools broadcast with Eddie Edison at the controls of his public address system Not a very active picture but a rest class resting At the bottom, the band facing the stands and playingwell, you guess.
THE LINKS 1937 Drama
The successful dramatic season recently witnessed was not just beginner's luck for Miss Jane Schaible, new Lincoln high school drama director, but a product of conscientious labor and long hours.
Converting raw material into a finished product is a director's task. As if taking rabbits from a hat, our director produced polished actors and actresses from an assortment of inexperienced novices. For that we congratulate Miss Sclaaible.
The realistic stage sets that neither shook nor fell, were created by the boys wood work classes under the direction of C. E. Evans.
We commend the Advocate and the art classes who advertised each production, and the orchestra which, under the baton of Bernard Nevin and later of Raymond R. Reed, kept things at a livel y pace '. Ushers were a volunteer corps of home room representatives.
Joy Night
Music! Comedy! J?rama! Laughter! Joy Night! The gala occasion came this year on April 16 and 17, with the sparkling gaiety of the best in talent at its best.
The wide variety of entertainment and the colorful setting of a Swiss inn made this annual event a never-to-be-forgotten evening.
With the Alps of Switzerland providing a fascinating background the girls and boys sang their lustiest, danced their sprightliest and provided a really joyful night.
Professor Quiz , alias Otto W. Hackman, formed the nucleus for a clever takeoff on the March of time. Who will forget William Tempel as our president, the Honorable F. D. Roosevelt? From whose mind will the pictures of James Wallace as Wallis Warfield Simpson soon fade? Many are the people who long to see these and the other faculty performances behind the silver screen.
The snappy opener of the program was a musical act by the waiters of the European inn , who, when not waiting on tables at "The Sign of the Purple Frog" go under the moniker of the boys glee. As one can not imagine Switzerland without its mountains, one could not picture Joy night minus a Mummers play. That dramatic club provided travelers for the inn who had some very amusing experiences. A vagabond, a Spanish senorita. a crystal gazer, an accordion player, a sprinkling of foreigners and a chorus figured in the fetching Clef club act. Mary Frances Kier and Willard Mertz proved themselves another Astaire-Rogers team in the execution of a fast dance number. Beck Benny rode again under
the sponsorship of the commercial and travel clubs, and Mary Beeson handled a rope with the dexterity of an old cowhand. The haunting voice of a cont inental serenader rang true in the person of Robert Wittstruck. Mimes presented the Hall of Fame, written, directed and acted in by George Blackstone. No few acclaim this the most tremendous of a terrific bill and r ightly so. Followi ng the Mimes playlet a pleasant peasant waltz was presently rendered by the graceful Mary Ellen Comerford. According to Major Bowes and the G. A.A., wheels go round and round and according to the audience, Pat Herminghaus on roller skates is a dancer ot exceptional merit. Betty Mueller presented a lovely picture as a Spanish dancer, and William Morton appeared as Professor Morton the magician, who proved the hand quicker than the eye. Ach! Du Lieuber Augustine! The German band with its " oornpah oomp" offered a dashing touch of the·old country. Marian Bowers, who has been an outstanding part of Joy night for the last three years, shone as brightly as ever in the 19 37 performance. The Peppers gave a spicy bit of hoc rythmn and left the audience humm ing a catchy ditty written by Mary Rosborough. Even the teachers are trilling "We are the Peppers". So ended a vivid, a magnificent, and a pretty good presentation of Joy night,
The student council, under the supervision of' Miss Helen Dunlap, directed the affair with expert management. The teachers who sponsored the various acts are to be congratulated for their share.
I'll Leave It to You
I'll Leave It to You
The class of '37 displayed their distinctive capabilities as satellites of the theater with the presentation of I'll Leave It to You, by Noel Coward, on the night of December 11 and 12, 1936.
Uncle Daniel didn't have any money, but he wasn't lacking in brain capacity. As long as his four nieces and one nephew were under the illusion that he was rolling in wealth, they were perfection personified.
At the request of Uncle Daniel, each of the Dermotts tried his hand at earning a livelihood. To the most successful businessman would go an immense reward. Now the little nieces and nephews took to this scheme instantaneously, as they all had an eye on uncle's will.
In the utmost secrecy, Daniel promised to each the treasured prize. When they compared notes, Uncle Dan was on the spot. However, his resourcefulness won out and everyone was completely satisfied, the Dermotts proving much the better for their misdemeanors.
Cast
Mrs. D ermott ________________ Barbara Johnston
Daniel Davis _______ George Hulac
Oliver Dermott_ _____ Clyde Martz
Evangeline Dermott_ _________ Betty Ann Patton
Sylvia Dermot/ ________________ Marion Bowers
Bobbie Dertno/t ___ Richard Morse
Joyce Dermott_ _________________ Marion Miller
Mrs. Crombie _____________ Esther Stuermer
Faith Crombie_ _Dorothy Knight
Griggs, the butler ____ Robert Beltz
Business Manager ________ Lee Lange
{ William Eberline, chairman; Advertising Com. --· Elmer Shev, Kenneth Miller, Bettie Larson, Betty Meyer, Barbara Wingo.
{ Betty Ann Clarke, chairman; Richard Robbins, subProperty Com. _____ chairman; Audra Hawley, Betty Browne, Gertrude McArthur, Gerald Wilson.
The Thirteenth Chair
The Thirteenth Chair
This power-packed, supercharged story was presented in such an effective way by the class of '38 that many of the audience wanted police escorts, May 8.
The Crosbys had invited a spiritualist, Madame Rosalie LaGrange, to entertain the guests at a dinner party. During a seance a weird cry cut the air! The guests screamed! A man had been murdered! He had sat in the thirteenth chair!
Not contented with one hair-raising murder, the victims involved offered two , the second of which resulted in an attempt to solve the complicated first. In keeping with their n ative reputation, Irish detectives Donohue, Doolan and Dunn found the solution of the entanglem ent.
Novel to the school were the brisk interludes presented between acts-a vocal trio, skeleton dance and ghost dance.
Cast
Madame Rosalie LaGrange _______ Ruth Holland
Ed1uard Wal es ____ Robert Smith
H elen O'N ei/l _______ Evelyn Leavitt
Tim Donolnte __________________ Arthur Mason
Howard Standish ______ Cyrus Miller
Will Crosby __________________ Walter Johnson
Roscoe Crosby _____________ _ Glenn Reynolds
Mrs. Crosby _____________ Dorothy Jean Bryan
Braddish Tr ent_ _____________ Ervin Nye
Ma! Y Eastwood ____________ Betty Benson
Eliz abeth Erskin e ______ Alice Jean Humphrey
Grace Standish ________________ Betty Rangeler
Phil i p Mason _________________ Curtis Gettman
Serg eant Dun n _________________ Jack Donovan
H elen Trent_ ________________ Florence Moll
Pollock _____________________ Clifford Opper
Doolan ________________________ Paul Miller
Daddies
Amid bachelor quarters and ex-orphans the Mummers presented to the general public their versatile bevy of young actors, November 13 and 14, 1936. Daddies by John Hobble was the popular vehicle for their seventeenth success.
Confirmed bachelors, Robert Audrey and his friends, reluctantly decided to adopt orphans for the cause of charity. Expecting little waifs, they received such charming bits of juvenility that the old bachelor club was tottering in no time.
Robert's foundling arrived, a lovely miss of sixteen. However, Mr. Audrey proved more than equal to the ensuing situation. He proposed to the girl.
As the curtain dropped on the last act, each man had entirely discarded his views on the bliss of a single life .
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Ca st
Robert Audrey __________ __ Dean Pohlenz
fames Crockett ____ Paul Speier
Henry Allen _______ Dale Kreps
William Rivers ______________ Jack Donovan
Nicholson Walters _________ Leslie Lovercheck
Ruth Atkins_ ______________ Idris Sell
Mrs. Audrey _______ Betty Moritz
Bobette Audrey __________ Virginia Thede
Madame Levigne _______________ Wahneeta Wisser
Lorry _________ Saurine Lottman
Alice
___ Joan Gellatly
JMasters Tommy Harley, Francois, Emile, Gustave lBobby Hinds, George Thompson
Parker
Katie
Nurse
_____________ Kay McKay
_____ Dorothy Simpson
__________ Barbara Scott
At the top, members of the faculty Joy night act shyly posing for their picture. James S. Wallace played a glamorous "Wally" Simpson to Raymond Reed's dashing Edward VIII while three F. D. R.'s helped the Supreme court to come to a decision In the make-up room, members of several acts discussing the show. Rolling off the press are advertising cards to put one in a quizzical frame of mind In the upper center, the university men's glee club singing Travelin' to assembly Below, a continental serenader 'neath the Sign of the Purple Frog The cast of the Mimes Hall of Fame posing in characteristic positions .... In the next row, the showers of style grouping on the auditorium stage The auditorium darkened during a moving picture seance The days of the Old West brought back by the commercial club stunt for Joy night.
THE LINKS 1937 Music
If Schubert, Beethoven or Saint-Saens were to visit Lincoln high school and hear one of his compositions being played or sung by any of the musical groups, he would probably remark, "Now, that is more like it."
At least such is not an impossible vision when the general excellence of Lincoln high musical groups this year is considered. Besides having fine quality and interpretation, the organizations have offered to a large number of students the opportunity of taking part in them, 325 persons being members of the various advanced musical classes.
In November, January and March, before appreciative audiences, the orchestra, a group of seventy talented musicians, played Sunday afternoon vesper concerts. Merry \Vives of Windsor, Claire De Lune, Dance of the Buffoons and Jewels of the Madonna were some of the well re,·eived numbers. Miss Katharine Cox was guest cello soloist at the January vesper concert.
Victor Molzer's interpretation of Caprice Brilliante, a piano solo with orchestra accompaniment, was enthusiastically received at the March vesper concert, as was Philip Heller's cello solo in Air De Ballet.
In the first group of appreciation concerts, 3,000 attentive fifth and sixth grade children heard the (\rchestra play Dance of the Macabre with Janet Steckelberg playing the violin solo, and Spoon Ri1.:rr with Malcolm Hayes and Richard Morse playing the piano duet.
The second series of appreciation concerts were presented in the ~pring by the orchestra which had increased its membership to eighty. The program was varied. including On the Steppes of Central Asia, The Doll's Dance and Flight of the Bumblebee.
Mary Lou Burns, Phrllis Ivers, Marjorie Kelly, Florence Moll, Betty Reese, Esther Rembolt, Louise Stapleton, Mildred Wekesser, Margaret Hedstrom and Barbara Clark were the two semesters members of the girls octet that excelled in fine ensemble work and sang a great many times during the year.
Betty Reese sang a lovely obligato to Gloria in Excelsis, a Christmas carol, and Barbara Clark demonstrated her beautiful contralto voice when she sang the solo part in Clouds, at the winter commencement. Miriam Hackman was accompanist.
Still other musical groups rounded out Lincoln high's array of talent. They were a string quartet consisting of Janet Steckelberg, Charlotte Quick, Alice Blackstone and Philip Heller, and a woodwind quintet composed of Jean Simmons, Calvin Rollins, Willard Mertz, Avery Forke and Victor Molzer.
Music Contest
Twenty-one Lincoln high school mus1c1ans chosen to represent their school by competitive try-outs in February returned home April 2 triumphant after receiving eleven superior ratings out of a possible twelve at the district music contest held at Geneva.
Louise Stapleton, soprano; Betty Bennett, mezzo soprano; Nathan Holman, tenor; James Price, violin; Calvin Rollins, bassoon; Willard Mertz, French horn; Victor Molzer, piano and Jean Simmons, flute, were soloists who received superior ratings. All the small groups, the girls octet, the string quartet and the woodwind quintet won the same honor.
For the first time in three years, Lincoln high school musicians returned from the state high school music contest at Hastings amassing a total of seventy points to win the class A sweepstakes.
Each of the four large groups entered-the choir, the orchestra, the girls glee club and the boys glee club-received a superior rating although the competition was especially keen. The choir and boys glee club were the only groups in their class to receive the highest honor given.
Two of the three small groups entered-the woodwind quintet and the string quartet-received superior ratings while the octet was given an excellent rating.
Louise Stapleton, soprano; Betty Bennett, medium voice; Nathan Holman, tenor; Calvin Rollins, bassoon, and Jean Simmons,. flute, placed superior in the individual competition while Victor Motzer, piano; Willard Mertz, French horn, and James Price, violin, received excellent ratings.
Knott Leston Blazek Edison Mecomber Zimmer Brown Maxwell Leonard Van Sickle Hammond curry Douglas Stinchcomb F. Neunschwander Swlber Qulmbly Kelley Beatty Knies Smith Loell'el • ' Rounds ;Runnalls Allen Bartlet Mertlllg Pomey Tunbere Ha118Chlldt Bchastld Sehnert
Mr. Reed Blakely McAvoy Carclt Alberty Longman Turkel Royer Nolan Anderson Gates McConnaughey Forke Yates Wiley Chapman Hancock
Band
Sons of the Black and R.ed and Cheer, Cheer for Old L. H. S. were amt>ng the repertoire of the band as well as more classical pieces including Headlines, by Colby; Fugue in G Minor, by Bach, and Serenade Espagnole, by Bizet, played at the February vesper concert. The band was one of the chief cheer-leading organizations in the school, playing at football and basketball games and going with the football team to Omaha.
Avery Forke, drum major; and John Gates, captain for the first semester, and William McConnaughey for the second semester, led the band with flashing batons in such other events as the Armistice day parade and the University of Nebraska band day.
Orchestra
For the first time in five years the orchestra and band were under new supervision as Bernard Nevin, popular director of the instrumental groups, was granted a leave of absence for the second semester to complete his studies at Northwestern University. Raymond R. Reed, director of the University of Nebraska orchestra, succeeded in the difficult task of replacing Mr. Nevin and maintaining the reputation of the instrumental groups .
The orchestra, playing for the convention of the Nebraska state teachers association, was received with rounds of applause , as a number of compositions including On the Mesa from the Desert Suite were presented.
Heller Robinson Koenig Betz McCracken Edison Albrecht Swihart Hackman Greenwatt , Sunderman Price James Welch
Wiley Mertz Smith Hogan White Inhelder Mr Reed Green Young Armintrout Evans Steckelberg Quick Corcoran
Keller Rangeler Blackstone Hayes Motzer Surber Pemberton Campbell Bell Bush Fowler Miller Meler Thompson Day Soldevllla Adams Hawley Patton Oarnard McAvoy Blomenkomp Radmore Sell Pappas Ward Hancock George Kay East Sandberg Anderson Me rt Ing Pegans Simmons Sec' II Trea,. Pre,.
Donley Seng Th!esen W. Wilson Duffield Carlsen Rollins Bush Baker Anderson G Wilson Hayes DePutron Chadderdon Wilcox Hutchins Mueller Johansen Eberline Dahlberg Beebe Laughlin Regnier Wekesser Stapleton Stone Robbins Ivers Hedstrom Maddy Pierson Polsky Schwedhelm Koons Bennett Griess Nelson McMillan Moll Harris Freeman Martin Miller Thede Johnston Adams Umberger Clark Sec' 11 Pres. Pres.
Choir
Reaching an enrollment of ninety, the choir, which is under the magnetic direction of William G. Tempel, became the largest of the vocal and instrumental organizations in school. Musical recognition of the excellence of the choir was received when they were asked to represent mixed vocal groups of Nebraska at the first Northwestern music competition festival at Minneapolis under the auspices of the National School Vocal Association. Unfortunately, they were unable to attend.
Dimmed auditorium lights, thirty-three burning candles along the front of the stage, a tableau scene and ninety black-robed choristers! Such
was the scene as the choir presented the annual Christmas assemblies and the Christmas vesper concert. Verna Umberger skilfully repeated the always new Christmas story as Mary Lou Burns sang the solo part in the Christmas choralogue. Nate Holman's tenor voice rang out in From Heaven Above, another Christmas song of the choir.
The high, clear soprano voice of Louise Stapleton brought many rounds of applause for her solo in Italian Street Song, a musical composition sung by the choir at the district convention of the Nebraska state teachers association and again at the March vesper concert;.
Pipher Reynolds Kreps Lovercheck Davis Hulac Neufeld Ogle Llntt Pedersen King Holman Manning Mills Spohn Jenkins
Rembolt Vaughn White Pabst Drummond Burns Kelly Smith
Knight Donis Bettenhausen Orr Struble L. Emerson Hutchison Farmer Groth Adams E. Emerson Gosnell DeLatour
Worster D. Cook Ogle Maycock Klingel Rokabr Sandlovlch Grant Pauley E. Cook Leavitt Humphrey Bennett Dawson Dyke Dudley Blomenkamp Carroll West Remington Meler Holbrook Holland G illespie Brehm , . Wimberly Wheeler M. Campbell Carlson Bauer Lewellan Nunnally Jones Hutchinson N Campbell Osborn Luke Anderson Koons Brown Lefler Harvey Peffer Hansen Harper Woods Ryder Trigg Ferguson Mallat Alexander Mickey Miss Stowell Green Allen Keefer Seaton Askey Sec ' y Pres. Vice-pres Librarian Pres. Sec'11
G irls · Glee Club
To the strains of Glory to God, a solo trio composed of Maxine Maddy, Frances Keefer and Florence Moll gave a lovely, harmonious touch to the Christmas vesper concert as the girls glee club sang. It also sang Christmas Lullaby with Betty Ann Green trilling the soprano solo.
An added flower to the large bouquet of compliments for the girls glee was given when it was the only public school organization to take part in Miss Hazel Gertrude Kinscella's original composition program in December.
Just before Easter they sang Snow Legend and On the Steppes for a meeting of Nebraska superintendents and elementary principals.
Gartner C. Miller Pres P Miller Boggs Nye Treas. Hall Joy
Bo ys Glee Club
A Babt Is Born was sung by Louise Stapleton accompanied by the boys glee club at t he Christmas vesper concert. George Manning, Orv al Pederson and Robert Wittstruck also displayed their abilities by singing solos in Rose of Tralee. The boys glee club, under the direction of William G. Tempel, proved themselves a fine group during the year. They appeared in a number of performances. One particularly worthy of note was the February vesper concert when Louise Stapleton sang Romany Life and Harold Osborn gave his interpretation of Rose of Tralee. Uniform white suits made their appearance even more effective. Honig Gettman Shelley Egan McChesney Denning Carter Evert Kushner Ellls Poaster Meyer Anderson Knippel Folsom Sec' 11 Pres DotJOVan Sec ' 11 Maser Ball Frankforter Garrison Myers Runk Wittstruck Brown
Girls Mass Chorus
Five hundred girls in black dresses wi t h white collars accompanied b y. the Lincoln high school orchestra was the sight that greeted the eyes of visiting teachers as Mis s Helen S~owell, skilful d irector of the girls glee and girls octet, led the great chorus in the most thrilling single musi c event of the year. The conce rt began with Prayer of Thanksgi v ing and ending w ith Gloriou s Forev er.
Clamors for repeating this success were so persistent that the one hundred thirty-eight Lincoln h igh school g i rls' voices included in the group, performed fo r two assemblies and a vesper concert. A pit orchestra accompanied. The entire chorus also presented two of the numbers at the piano carnival on May 15, singing My Johnny Was a Shoemak er and Kathryn's Wedding Day.
Opera
Mysterious plots , d eeply masked intrigues , restoration of a kingdom , a royal romance and the best voices in Lincoln high school m mass chorus!
Sweethearts, the opera presen t ed this ye ar by the choir, weaves around the ad v entures of Sylvia, princess of Zilania, who as a youngster is left in the care of Dame Paula, proprietor of the laundry at the Wh ite Geese.
The plot deepens when Mikel, who left Sylvia in Dame Paula ' s care, conspires to put Sy lvi a on the throne which is about to be offe r ed to Franz , the heir presumptive . Meanwhile F ran z, t raveling incognito, h as f allen in love with Sy lv ia, and has found a rival in Lieutenant K arl w ho is engaged to Sylvia.
Trouble, m ist aken identities , surpr ise s, all of these lead up to the happy , l ight opera ending.
Cast
Syl v ia ___ Louise Stapleton
Prince Franz _ _______ Nate Holman
Liane
Lieutenant Karl_
Mik el
_________ Betty Reese
________ LeRoy Farmer
_____ Morris Hayes
V on Tromp__________________ Richard Thiesen
Slingsby
Paula
_ Robert Adams
_ Ruth McMillan
Caniche ______________________ John DePutron
Nan e tte
___________ Marjorie Kelly
Babette _Margaret Hedstrom
Clairett e ___________________ Hope Drummond
Toinette
Lize tte
f ean ette
A cco-,npanist
Direct or
_ Barbara Clark
________ Betty Bennet
____ Betty Groth
____ Paul LeBar
__ W. G. Tempel
Upper left-The bass violinists of the orchestra strictly on their dignity, having a solemn job as they manipulate their big bows Next to them, lusty voices ringing out in a rendition of Song of Wes tern Men by the boys glee club .... Members of the girls octet posing on the front steps with their accompanist before they sing. . . . To their right is a portrait in pastel ch:ilks and its subject. Dick K~ontz carefully draws the cover design for the 19 37 Links. Violin bows rising in unison as the violin section, Janet Steckelberg and Charlotte Quick in the first and second chairs, melts black and white notes into lovely music .... A wide perspective of a drawing class at work The brass section forgets a natural inclination for swing and plays something classical.
THE LINKS 1937 Sports
A coach, a fighter, a gentleman-and in those three words you have summed up Lincoln high's new football and basketball instructor, Ralph Beechner, who succeeded our old friend, Stuart Baller.
Beechner is not exactly what you would call a stranger at Lincoln high school. "Beech" earned his monogram here in 1924-26 in three sports-football, basketball, and baseball.
When he moved here this year, it wasn't the first time he had taken over the coaching reins when Baller had departed. When Harold Browne shifted to the University of Nebraska in 1929, Baller left Jackson and Beechner replaced him.
It v/as a great blow to the hopes of Lincoln high when Beechner suffered an eye infection at the start of the football season; but Neal Mehring, in his first season as a tutor, filled in most satisfactorily. Mehring is an ex-Nebraska football ace. After receiving one of the finest compliments Coach Dana Bible ever paid to one of his coaching school students, Mehring was signed by Lincoln high for reserve basketball coach last year.
Whereas Mehring is known as the "Beau Brummel" of the state coaching circle, Frank Mueller is known as "Frank the Card." Mueller's rare humor is not confined to Lincoln alone. One of the best referees in the state, Mueller has traveled many miles to officiate at athletic contests. In his first game as reserve coach at Lincoln, he held the undefeated Jackson team to a 6 to O reckoning, the biggest scare the Cardinals received all season.
Who piloted Lincoln's swimmers to a victory over Omaha Tech in the second meet of the season the first time the Maroons had been defeated for nearly five seasons? Harry Kuklin, another newcomer. Kuklin was state high school and Bix Six diving cham'pion two years, and was captain of the Red and Black in 1929.
Earl Johnson, acting director of athletics, is serving in place of Harold Lauritsen. Johnson, at the head of Lincoln sport activities for years, is a man about whom little has been written. Johnson attended Crete high school, then advanced to Doane. After receiving his degree, the Doane officials immediately signed him to tutor the athletic teams. Serving at Doane three years, Johnson took over coaching duties at Peru for five years, and then moved to Lincoln.
Perhaps Will Rogers could have stated it better, putting it something like "Howdy, fellows, we're doggone glad to have you with us." But lose or win, our coaches will be right in the midst of the flying fur, and when it's all over, they'll come up smiling. They're that kind.
Football
Up to their old passing tricks after several years of devastating running play, Lincoln high's 19 3 6 football team again maintained the enviable reputation that has been built up in years of winning games. Under the tutorship of Neal Mehring during the absence of Ralph Beechner at the start of the seasop., the gridders captured six games, while losing but three and tying one.
Lacking a sufficient scoring punch, the Red and Black and Omaha South battled furiously in a game of frustration as the season opened, the game ending O to 0. Superb line play annulled the offensive fireworks.
Thoroughly chastened by the Omaha South deadlock, Lincoln put the screws on Crete, flogging Bob Gibbs' Cardinals 19 to 0. It was here that the Red and Black found wings on its feet and bullseyes at the end of Junior Hudkins' pitching arm. Hudkins passed to George Binger for all of the touchdowns, ranging from 27 to 10 yards.
In the annual "A" and "B" skirmish Frank Mueller's junior wrecking crew dimmed the undefeated hopes of the first stringers for three quarter5, but two swift touchdowns in the final quarter gave the Links a hard earned 13 to 0 victory over the scrappy seconds, led by their center, Junior Ennen. Hudkins scored both touchdowns on short gains.
Flinging the pigskin with amazing dexterity, the Red and Black clad magicians baffled the beefy St. Joseph Central team, placing a 12 to 0 victory on the credit side. It was Hudkins to Binger again, a 44-yard pass in the second quar-
Football
ter netting the first score, while the last touchdown in the fourth quarter was made by one of the most freakish plays ever shown in a Lincoln game. From the one-yard line, Hudkin~ plunged across, but fumbled and Binger caught the ball in the air to chalk up the score.
Tossing forward and lateral passes with the abandon of a Rugby team gone basketball crazy , the Links whipped Falls City 13 to 0. Hudkins tossed a IO-yard pass to Binger for the first marker in the second period, and Reuben Bauer flipped a 5-yard aerial to Binger for the third quarter score.
Giving in doggedly and grudgingly, Lincoln found the man power and general all-around talent of Sioux City Central too much and dropped a thrill i ng 7 to 0 contest . It was the first defeat the Red and Black had tasted since the same club had turned the trick two years ago. When Red Salzman wheeled off tackle in the third quarter for the score, it was the first time an opponent had crossed the Lincoln goal line since Kennedy had two years ago, wearing the same colors as Salzman.
A slimy pigskin that rose as a black oval from the ankle-deep mud to go tumbling between the crossbars in the second period appeared to have Omaha Tech headed for victory, but the Red and Black, operating with the speed and determination of a locomotive, came in the second half to drub the Maroons 14 ~o 3. Hudkins, draped with Tech tacklers, plunged across from the 10-yard stripe in the third quarte!, then came through with a 47-yard dash off tackle in the final quarter to clinch the game.
Striking with bewildering swiftness in the first half, Lincoln downed Omaha Central 13 to 0 the following week. Binger snagged a 3-yard pass from Bauer to score in the first quarter,
then blocked a punt and dropped on the ball in the end zone to complete the scoring.
Attacking with a vigor which surprised even /' its adherents, Grand Island captured the mythical state title by edging out a 6 to 0 victory over the Red and Black. A 60-yard drive in the second quarter, with Phelan going across, netted the lone score of the game, although the Links rallied numerous times in the final period only to be denied some five yards from the promised territory.
As smooth a working piece of high school football machinery as any that ever rolled over the gridiron at Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis South, crushed and outclassed Lincoln 28 to 6 on Thanksgiving day to ring down the curtain on the season. Art lrgens, South ' s ace back, was the most proficient, leather lugger the Links faced all season. LeRoy Farmer plunged across for the only Lincoln score in the third quarter after a 49-yard drive
George Binger, end; Arthur Adams, tackle, and Junior Hudkins, fullback, received all-state honor, while much mention was given to Sidney Held, end; Austin Wilson, quarterback; Don Taylor and Ervin Heiser, halfbacks. The seasonson's record:
Second T earn Football
"Revenge is sweet," the poet said, and the 1936 Lincoln reserve football team will have to take his word for it , for ag.iinst their arch enemies, Lincoln, Jackson and Havelock, they found the task of finding out for themselves much too much, although they damaged the prestige of all three · teams
Hauling themselves together after the shock of a 2 5-yard touchdown run by Bus Knight, the seconds fought fire with fire and held Jackson to its closest score of the season, 6 to 0. .
Lincoln's first team had to call on all its resources to turn back the stubborn reserves, 13 to 0 in the annual A-B team game. The seconds held their own nicely until the final quarter when Junior Hudkins hit pay-dirt twice.
The hand may be quicker than the eye, but Havelock's razzle-dazzle style of attack held no terrors and no bewilderment for the junior squad , until a third quarter pass edged out the seconds 7 to 0.
Thwarted time after time by penalties, the
Garrison Guard Brill Halfback
team unleashed a powerful running attack in the fourth quarter to defeat the Beatrice seconds 7 to O.
After Cathedral had forfeited, the underclassmen dropped a heartbreaking 2 to O game to Bethany when Brick's punt slipped off his foot for a safety in the opening period.
Duped by one perfectly executed forward pass that traveled 48 yards, the B team ended the season by taking a 6 to O defeat at the hands of College View.
Junior Ennen, center; Art Bartzatt, tackle; and Brick received much praise at the conclusion of the season. The record: Second team _______ 0 Jackson __ 6 Second team____ __ 0 Lincoln. _________ 13 Second team _ 0 Havelock __________ 7 Second team
7 Beatrice Reserves ___ 0
_ 8 TotaL __________ 34
Albrecht
Basketball
With a double-barreled display of brilliant shooting and flawless passing , Lincoln's 1936-37 basketball ripsaw sliced off eleven victories. Mustering a scoring spree that couldn't be stopped, the Red and Black opened the season with a lopsided 33 to 22 victory over Omaha Central as Sidney Held garnered a dozen markers. Hitched to a sharpshooting forward , Lou is Mahacek, Omaha South, conquered t h e Link s 22 to 14 though behind 12 to 10 at the st art of the last quarter.
Operating with the speed and determination of a locomotive, Lincoln took Columbus into camp 35 to 17 and added a 3 8 to 16 victory over Grand Island Although Clifford Miller did his painstaking best to prevent it , Omaha Tech dumped the Links 26 to 20 , and on the Sioux City t ri p, the Red and Black split a double-header, Dick Hine's onehanders spelling a 31 to 24 victory for Central while Miller led the Links to a 24 - 18 triumph over East
Lincoln duplicated i ts earlier win over Omaha Central b y clipping the Eagles 34-31, but fell prey to Harry Hopp & Co. from H astings, 27-18 , Frank Rubino's last-minute basket edged out Crete 25-24.
In the annual Lincoln-Jackson game, the Cardinals made it three in a row by making nine out of fourteen free throws to win 23-22 before an overflow crowd of more than 1, 500. With Austin Wilson at the helm, Beatrice bowed 37-25, but John Peterson ' s side shot gave York a 19 - 18 victory over the Links.
Revenge for an earlier defeat was gained when Omaha Tech was defeated 36- 24 , and the Red and Black e[\ded the season with wins over St. Joseph Central and Fremont.
The season's record:
STATE TOURNAMENT
Lincoln's drive toward a state championship began with a bang, the bearers of the Red and Black drubbing Teachers 62 to 0 in the opener. The winners held a 30 to O lead at the half and added 32 more the last half.
Read j usting their sights after being held to a 3 to 3 count for half the first period, Lincoln clinched the right to enter the state meet by subduing Ashland 39 to 10.
In the regional finals, the spell that Jackson seems to have cast over Lincoln remained unbli)ken when the Cardinals won 12 to 1 1.
Coach Beechner' s drive to a state championship was frustrated by a wizard with the ball, Wilson Belka, of Crete. Belka tossed in 19 markers to lead his mates to a 27 to 2 5 victory. Held was h i gh for the Red and Black with 13.
Beechner should be commended on his fine showing as coach, considering he had but three lettermen to work with, and then, there's always next year.
Le.bovltz Train
Fo x Hu s ton Farmer Manag e r Forw ard Gu ard WU son Hudkins Forward Guard
Mu s sen Gu a rd Rubino Held Gua r d Ce nter
Albrecht Cente r Mlller Forward Covey Forward H yland G u ard
Ralph Beechn e r Coach
Second Team Basketball
Second T earn Basketball
Neal Mehring's fighting reserves, who captured thirteen contests and dropped but three during the season, and who tied the great Jackson quintet for top honors in the Greater Lincoln league, wrote the most sparkling, luminous chapter ever recorded in the "B" team recordbook during the 19 36-3 7 fiesta.
Scoring with gay abandon, the seconds rolled up a 32 to 17 count against the Omaha Central Reserves in the opener, and, after a half of dreary basketball, revived to rout Sprague-Martel 21-14. In a game that brimmed with surprises, Bethany fell 27-11 as Bob Sauer dumped in 10 markers, but Walton gave the "B" team their first taste of defeat, 24-14.
The Red and Black dumped College View 27-16, only to fall before the same Omaha
Central team they had routed earlier in the season, 39-32. With John Hay scoring at will, Teachers were handed a 30-24 defeat, and the Crete seconds were shellacked 33-17. Eagle was dropped from the exclusive ranks of the unbeaten, 28-25, and the Jackson Reserves were handed a 24-19 reckoning.
Cathedral and Beatrice Reserves couldn't keep pace, bowing 27-18 and }9-7, respectively, but the Seconds suffered a 44-24 setback at the hands of Ceresco. Liberty, state Class C champions, were knocked off 27-7, as were College View and Havelock, 34-16 and 41-31.
John Hay was third in Greater Lincoln league individual scoring with 141 points, while in average points per game he was second.
Neal Mehring Coach Clough Student manager
Bachman Forward Hay Francis Forward Forward
Oelletly Guard Sauer Guard
:Metheny Forward Weidman Center
Murphy Guard King Center
Miller Forward Jackson Guard
Frank Mueller, coach Danek Kohout Carrel Blakewell WarnJr Butts Held Lovell Lawrence Marrow Venter Miller Gillette Rubino Dean Blythe Sauer Cole
Jackaon Feaster Dale Blythe
Gilmore
'Baseball
What makes a good baseball team? Some say hitting strength and others say fielding ~bility, but it is generally agreed that the combination produces a winning club. And that, combined with the sterling pitching of elongated Sid Held, is the main reason why Red and Black's diamond forces handed in one of the finest records ever made by a Lincoln nine.
The Links got off on the wrong foot by dropping a 15 to 5 decision to the cream of the Omaha crop, Central, when the Gate City lads bunched fourteen base knocks with an even dozen Lincoln errors. Held starteci on the mound and whiffed seven in five innings, Keith Feaster finishing.
Held's brilliant two-hit pitching evened the season's ledger, Omaha Tech falling victim to his fireball, 4 to 0. Held set sixteen Maroon batters down with their quota of strikes. The links scored three counters in the third inning and added another in the fifth when Gaylord Cole's outfield fly enabled Frank Rubino to cross the mathematical hassock. Sauer and Held each got a double for the victors.
Omaha North couldn't cope with Held's speed, and bowed 2 to 0. The Vikings were held to three hits and fourteen potential hitters were fanned. Dean Blythe paced the swatsmiths with a pair of blows.
Held's third straight shut-out was chalked up, with Tech the vanquished again, 19 to 0, as Coach Mueller ran a parade of twenty-one players on the field. The Red and Black ran in eleven counters in the second to sew it up.
Swimming
Swimming
One meet made an otherwise dull season one of the most outstanding ever turned in by a Lincoln team, when the Red and Black splashers broke Omaha Tech's winning streak at. 23 straight by winning in a mid-season dual.
Y. M. C. A. bowed before the Links as the season began when Harold Osborn, Don Hilgert, Les Oldfield and Bill Hutton garnered first places. Omaha Tech was forced to win the final relay to nudge the Links 39 to 36 at Omaha.
The Red and Black made it two straight over the Y. M. C. A. by defeating Burton Amgwert and Co., 47 to 29.
Lincoln's water magicians then pulled a trick out of their hat that critics had almost termed impossible. The Red and Black splashers ended Omaha Tech's victory streak 37 to 29 in the home pool. Gordon Paine's 19.9 in the 40 yard free style got the Red and Black off to a lead they never relinquished, Oldfield, Swihart and Bill Edwards following with firsts, and the two relay teams winding up in the initial place.
Tech edged out Harry Kuklin's tankers 74 to 68 to take the Tri-State competition at Omaha. Relay teams composed of Oldfield, Osborn, Paine, Swihart, Turnbull, John Edwards and Bill Edwards took three firsts.
Lincoln's free wheeling splashers again played second fiddle to Omaha Tech in the state meet. With the final event, the 200-yard relay, on deck, the Red and Black held a slim 2 point margin, but dropped the relay as the Maroons broke the state record and captured the title 66-64.
Gordon Paine, honorary captain of the team, distinguished himself as the outstanding swimmer by taking firsts in the two sprint free style events. Don Hilgert and Les Oldfield each grabbed a first apiece, and the 15 0 yard medley relay team was triumphant.
Harry Kuklln, coach Stoddart Knies Specht J Edwards Crancer
Rolland Turnbull W Edwards
Cotton Foster Paine
Schollelc1 Hutton Hilgert Home, manager Van Horn
Track
Track
Lincoln's cinder aspirants captured the first large track meet of the season by amassing 44 points to win the Y.ork invitational. Bob Beltz turned in a scintillating 54 5 in the 440 and George Borgens stepped off the low hurdles in 23 flat for best performances. Bill Becker, Robert Francisco, Earl Heuser, Victor Schleich, Austin Wilson and Junior Mussen chalked up seconds.
The Red and Black emerged on top the scoring heap at the M-1-N-K four state meet at Peru with 46½ points, Omaha Tech placing second with 35 ½. Beltz was clocked in 53.3 for the 440, the relay team clicked off the 880 in 1:37 flat, Austin Wilson vaulted 10 feet 7 inches and broad jumped 19 feet 6 ½ inches for outstanding feats of the day. Ralph Hill finished second to Falls City's great miler, Gilbert Dodds, in 4:49 flat.
The second team, composed of men who had not qualified for the state meet td date, ran hog- · wild to capture the Greater Lincoln qualifying affair with 641/4 markers. Jackson was second with 37%, Havelock third with 20. Firsts were turned in by Bill Barton in the century, Richard Van Horn in the 880, Clarence Schmidt in the mile, Carl Leonard in the shot, Gordon Paine in the discus and Barton in the broad jump.
With Bob Beltz sitting on the sidelines because of an infected cheek-bone, the Links dropped the last meet for the state agenda, losing the Hastings invitational to Hastings, 30 to 29, when the Tiger relay team nosed out Lincoln. George Borgens tied the low hurdle mark of 23.8, and Wilson broad jumped 21 feet 1 ¼ inches for firsts.
Heuser, Becker, Wilson and the relay team garnered seconds.
STATE TOURNAMENT
A dark horse Omaha Tech outfit, paced by Dave Wall and Dick Beal, collected too many firsts for Lincoln high's seconds and thirds to cope with and nudged the Red and Black 27 to 19 to win the state meet,
In the feature track event of the day, Bob Beltz, ace Lincoln quarter miler, was bested on the home stretch by Raymond Helms of Hastings and forced to take second in 52.1.
George Borgens, low hurdler, stayed with Beal of Tech three-quarters of the route but trailed I' into a surprise second place. Austin Wilso,n got the other Lincoln second in the broad jump.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the meet came in the broad jump where Leonard Barton, who had failed to place in a big qualifying meet all season, leaped over 20 feet to take third. Vic Schleich garnered a third in the shot and Junior Mussen a third in the high jump.
Bill Becker, putting on a fine display of speed, took a pair of fourths in the dashes behind one of the fastest fields ever gathered in Nebraska and Wilson added a fourth in the pole vault and Roy Turnbull a fourth in the high jump.
Those qualifying but not playing in the finals included Earl Heuser and Bob Brill. The relay team of Borgens, Heuser, Brill and Beiker was barely one-tenth of a second out of the money.
Pinneker Hlll Mills Becker Brill Specht Turnbull Leonard Schneiber Schleich Ltmprecht, atudent manager Dietrich Francisco Borgens Beltz, captain Wilson Heuser Olsen Pohlenz, trainer Neal Mehring, coach
Tennis
Willard Mertz and defending state champion, John Huston, were the only lads able to win matches as Lincoln tied with Jackson 3 to 3 in the state meet preliminaries. The two were teamed to win their doubles and enable the Links to tie for first honors.
In the interclass meet, Richard Smith bowed before Huston in the finals, while others winning places on the team were Mertz and Wendell Smith.
STATE TOURNAMENT
John Hwton, Lincoln high ace racquet wielder, remained unscathed as a high school tennis player in the second year of his competition when he successfully defended his state singles crown from Wayne Kellogg of Omaha Tech, 6-4, 6-3.
Huston earned his way to the finals by whitewashing Carl Chloupek of Wahoo and Sidney Hardeman of Grand Island in the first and second rounds respectively, 6-0, 6-0, and by brushing aside Lewis Hall of Omaha Benson in the seminnal, 6-4, 6-0.
The Red and Black doubles combination of Richard Smith and Willard Mertz encountered little difficulty in winning its first round match, and came back to nudge the pride of Jackson, Paul Souders and Waldo Winters, 6-1, 4-6, 8-6, before bowing to the Omaha Tech duo, Gayle Kellogg and Hoyt Chaloud, runnerup to Hastings, 4-6, 6-3, 6-8.
Golf
In warm-ups for, the state meet, Lincoln high golfers were undefeated, Omaha Tech and Havelock falling before the Red and Black. Herb Duermyer shot a 76 for 16 holes as the Maroons fell 12 to 0, while Jack Hyland's 81 paced the Red and Black to their 14 ½ to ½ victory over the Shoptowners.
In the interclass meet, Hyland provided a stunning upset when he defeated Duermyer 1 up on 20 to win the title. Duermyer i~· city golf champion. Others coming through in fine style were Roy Anderson, Jack Weidman and Charles Carper.
STATE TOURNAMENT
Although the individual championship was awarded to Byron Adams of Grand Island, Lincoln high's golfers, Jack Hyland and Herb Deurmyer, succeeded in copping the coveted team championship trophy.
The Red and Black entries and Omaha South tied for the trophy in the prelims, but in the one hole playoff, Deurmyer's birdie 4 combined with Hy land's par 5, bested the Packers' aces, Stephen Stefanski and Stanley Daniels, each of whom carded a 5.
Hyland was the individual medalist. He went out in 7 6 and returned in 81 for a 15 7 total, one better than Adams. Deurmyer carded an 83-80 for a 16 3 total.
Hyland was eliminated in the semi-finals by the runnerup, Stefanski.
Harry Kuklln, co11ch Anderson Duermyer Hyland Carper Wiedman
Harry Kuklln, COllCh McConnell Carothers Hemsworth Mertz R. Smith Huston W. Smith Sandberg
THE LINKS 1937
Olympics
The juniors, black paint smeared across their faces, did something that no other junior class had done for three years, that of bringing down treasured banner from the pole in the flag rush, but lost the annual olympics to the crimson-splotched seniors, 72 to 60.
The underclassmen got off to the lead in the baseball throw when Glenn George upset the dope bucket by defeating the favorite, Sid Held, with a toss of 113 yards, but Lucille Hofferber evened the count when she tossed the sphere 64 yards to walk 1way with the girls event.
The juniors jumped back into the lead when elongated Sidne y Held heaved the football 63 yards, but this margin was again nullified by Lucille Hofferber when she threw the basketball 27 yards, 6 better than her nearest competitor.
Sprints were distinctly of a senior flavor , George Binger breaking the tape in the 40-yard •dash for the boys, nd Lucille Hofferber encountering little difficulty in winning the girls 40-yard dash.
Bill Wiley put the juniors back into the picture when his last second spurt enabled him barely to win the 7 5-yard dash, but Lucille Hofferber racked up her fourth straight victory of the morning a moment later in the 60-yard dash , and the seniors were still boasting a 20-point lead.
The juniors shaved the seniors' advantage to 10 markers by winning the 75-yard shuttle relay , but the seniors wouldn't relinquish their lead, and nurtured it to 20 points by capturing the 60 -yard shuttle relay for girls.
Wrestling proved to be the turning point of the meet, Newton Copple and Arthur Bartzatt, both juniors, winning close decisions from Willard Frederick and Carl London respectively. This evened the score with 10 events remaining.
Seniors steooed back out into the lead again when they captured the girls archery division, but Jack Portsche's mitt-throwing enabled him to outpoint Willard Frederick in the lightweight boxing and to even matters again.
Harold Julin chalked up an upset in the heavyweight boxing when he outslugged the juniors'
Lee Partington, and the seniors stretched their lead to 30 points when the girls took the progressive broad juump and tug of war and the boys brought home the bacon in their tug of war.
The juniors came through with a victory in the lightweight battle royal, although Don Taylor and Harry Abrahams forced Sidney Held out of the circle, and the seniors were seeing victory on the horizon.
With two events remaining, the juniors had to take both to win the agenda. It was all over but the shouting when the seniors won the sack rush, due to some efficient work on the west sack.
However, the juniors were not going home without taking Leo nson down from the pole in the final event, the flag rush. For three minutes Benson and his bodyguard, George Binger, had matters well in hand, but the juniors forced Binger down and three more went up and brought Benson down, taking some of the sting out of the defeat.
The juniors showed a distinct superiority in the boys events, but this was overcome by the senior girls' captain, Lucille Hofferber, who won four individual first places and led her mates to three more. The senior girls failed to lose an event. Junior wrestlers and boxers had no one to cope with them, taking three firsts and dropping but one.
Upper left-Seniors and juniors in a wild dash towards each other for the sack rush, seniors from the right and juniors from the left .... Don Taylor, Warren "Heavy" Day and Ray Francisco strain themselves in the forefront of the seniors as the tug of war gets under way. _ Willard Frederick, senior, and Jack Portsche, junior, in a clinch during the light weight boxing . . .. In upper center, Leo Benson :fighting off a junior in the flag rush. Lucille "Rusty" Hofferber breaking the tape inches ahead of the junior entrant in the girls 40-yard dash.... In the third row, lanky Sid Held dragging a senior from the circle in the battle royal. Frank Mueller during his spirited announcing of the olympics while Betty Bryson, in the foreground, and two juniors in the stadium watch the events Senior girls in the tug of war prove that they can pull.
THE LINKS 1937 Girls Sports
Coaches are an indispensable part of any girls athletic program. Miss Lillian Story, the renowned owner of the brown wool slacks and the little white shoes, is respected by all the girls with whom she comes in contact. She sponsors the G. A. A. and teaches tennis and baseball after school. Miss Virginia Woolfolk has proved her ability in sports by taking part in the games which she supervises. She understands the opinions of her pupils about sports, for it was only a few years ago that she was a pupil herself. She was once secretary of the girls athletic association which she now sponsors and is Peppers' sponsor. In addition, she supervises the rows of clicking, tappidg, 'brushing-hopping" girls who present an energetic picture as the after-school tap dancing classes try to perfect their dance routines.
Awards
Even as a dancer strives for perfection, so the girls interested in athletics work for athletic letters, which are milestones along their road of accomplishments in sports.
To get an award, the girl is required to keep training rules covering a period of sixteen weeks. One set of training rules is necessary for each letter. The points are earned both inside and outside of school.
It is possible to earn four awards, but the beginning athlete feels just as proud of her felt L as the advanced athlete feels about her chenille state award, for it signifies to her, an achievement.
Bernice Askey ... spent most of her sporting hours in archery and basketball.
Bonnie Blish . . . specialized in basketball and archety.
Hofferber Kellison
Dorothy Carter helped the juniors win the basketball tournament.
Shirley Fink swims and dives with the best of them.
Lucille "Rusty" Hofferber shoots and makes baskets and knccks home runs.
Betty "Hecky" Heckman plays first base with a vengeance.
Kathryn "Kelly" Kellison wields a tennis racquet with a purpose.
Elsie Loso . . . devotes her talents to baseball and basketball.
Elaine "Linny'' Linscott ... was born holding a tennis racquet.
Freda Martin ... plays basketball and baseball with an equal display of skill.
Betty Jeanne Spalding . . . swimming and basketball her forte.
Loso Blish Martin Fink Carter Linscott Spalding Askey
Awards
Swimming Baseball
Again this year the seniors proved their superiority in sports. Led to victory by Shirley Fink, they netted seventy-nine points to win the interclass swimming meet.
Participating in speed, form and diving events, Marion Bowers captured the enviable position of high scorer, totaling thirty-six and one-fourth points.
The sophomore mermaids, captained by Lois Lahla, came in for some glory, winning second place with a score of sixty-two. Juniors, under the leadership of Elsie Loso, took third place with fifty-seven points.
Honorable mention went to Jean Ann Donley, sophomore, for her accumulation of twenty-seven and fifty one-hundredths, and to Shirley Fink who garnered twenty and one-fourth points.
Any or all of the noises which accompany a baseball tiff may be heard from the l ot at the east side of the building when the after- school baseball class is in action.
With the twenty or thirty girls as rivals for the coveted position of pitch, catch, first base and so on, there is little difficulty in finding players to fill the positions. The feminine Dizzy Deans and Babe Ruths are given plenty of opportunity to work off excess energy at least two nights a week under the helpful supervision of Miss Lillian Story.
The girls are organized into teams unde r captains of their own choosing, and en~er into competition with each other. Near the end of the semester, an interclass tournament is organized m which the girls compete for class superiority.
Seniors - - Kelllson Bowers Fink
Juniors - Dingman Loso Stoffel Hutchinson Mattley Vlasnick Sophomores - Labia Vandenberg Black Crandell Harnley Lat sch
Abbott D Ingram F. Martin n Carter V Carter Hand Askey Church Smith H. Ingram Stuart Neuenschwander Buis Provorse Simmons D Martin Plank Farrar Schaf er
"B a seball
'Basketball Basketball
TEAM SCORES
Sophomores ______ }0 Seniors _ }0
Seniors ______ 17 Juniors _ 21
Sophomores ___ 2 Juniors _____ 33
Seniors
Lucille Hofferber_ _ f ___ Elaine Linscott
LoDesca Schell ________ c ________ Gwenith Orr
Kathryn Kellison ______ g _____ Betty Pend leton
Mildred W ekesser, subst itute
Juniors
Betty Heckman ______ f_ ________ Freda Martin
Dorothy Carter_ ___ c ____ Ruth Bullock
Elaine Larsen _g ___ Bernice Askey
Sophomores
Helen Whitmore _____ f _______ Dorothy Martin
Harriet Black_ ________ c Mary Jane Trumble
Frances Nuenschwander g Florence Weisenmiller LaVtrne Schroll, substitute
The word "senior" definitely does not mean "superior" when it comes to a basketball tournament in the girls gymnasium. Under the captaincy of Betty Heckman, the junior team forced the seniors to accept a tie for second place at the hands of the sophomores, with the above results.
The team captains were Lucille Hofferber, senior; Betty Heckman, junior; and Helen Whitmore, sophomore.
Freda Martin, junior, was the high scoring player in the tournament, chalking up 23 scores in the game against the sophomores. 10 scores for her team, and Lucille Hofferber, senior, sacked 9.
Tennis
All the would-be Wunbledon players are given plenty of opportunity to run off their plentiful energy in the after-school tennis classes. Under t he instruc t ion of Miss Lillian Story and Miss Virgini a Woolfolk the largest number of tennis enthusiasts in Lincoln high school for many years were shown how to improve their strokes and play a better game The girls who were new to th e game were given special instruction on the technique of wielding a racquet and how to count scores .
In the last two or three weeks of the course, a tennis tournament is held. This tournament, played on the municipal courts, decides which girl is to be champion for the semester. For the past two years, tht championship has rested with two girls, Kathryn Kellis?P and Elaine Linscott.
Larsen Whitmore
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Kellison Linscott
At the upper left, a cheerleader soothing the mascot of the football team at the university stadium during the Minneapolis game Next, a feminine pitcher putting over a "fast one" Bill Wiley taking a low hurdle in his stride at the start of the 220. In the second row, Don Hansen about to toss a pass into the waiting arms of a teammate.... John Young look.i'ng as if he were about to attempt 12 feet in the pole vault Dick Logan in mid-air leading the Lincoln section in a cheer. George Borgens practicing his start in the 220 low hurdles.... Victor Schleich giving a demonstration in throwing the discus. , A scene from the Crete football game at Doane, Gore and Logan leading cheers. Two dozen or more attractive Lincoln high mermaids posing at the side of the spacious Y.W.C.A. indoor pool.
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How to Read Your 1937 Links
In case some of you have not read the title, I might repeat that this article is called, How to Read Your 19 3 7 Links. Being a man of action, I say let's get down to brass tacks. Are you down? Good.
There are primarily only two qualifications for reading your Links. First, ( and I think this is the most important) you must have a Links; second, you must know how to read. The reason I emphasize the former so much is that it cannot be overcome without fetching a few shillings ' from the moth-bag (pocketbook to you) . The second can be easily remedied, for all you have to do is to enroll in first grade and work up all over again. It's very simple, I have done it several times. I have always been a firm believer in the fact that seeing is learning or something like that, so if you will whiz with me to my home, I will show you how to get the most out of your Links . Whizzz -that's us whizzing to my home. Fun, isn't it? But here we are. Won't you come in?
First, you must work up a pleasant mood by saying casually to yourself, "Ah, now for a pleasant evening at home gazing among pages of my new Links. By the way where is my Links? I'm sure I laid it right here on this table. Let's see now, where is it? In this drawer-no. Under the rug-no. Ma, oh Ma! Have you seen my Links? You haven't huh? What's that, dad? Under my arm: Well, can you beat that? It was under my arm. Shucks, I knew it all the time; I just wanted to see if the folks could find it. Now to sit down in a big fluffy chair. This one will do. Funny but I thought the installment man took this when he
got the dining room set. I think I better have a little more light. Gosh, a fellow might know it. Just when you get all settled, the floor lamp goes on the blink. It must be this plug. No, that one is in order. Say, I know what it is. It's this worn-out cord. I'll just repair it now if you don't mind.
TWENTY MINUTES LATER
That's a good job even if I do say so myself (and I do). What's this? It still won't work. Wait a minute, I've been turning the switch on the receptacle without a bulb in it. There's the light; I'll bet the cord wasn't even broken. As I said about an hour ago, now for some good reading. This year's cover is sure a beauty. My favorite colors too--tombstone pink with greenish-orange trimmings. The division sheets are pretty too. What's that, dad? Yes, I'll answer the door. Yes-one minute, please. It's the paper boy to collect for the Daily Gab. What? Pay him out of my allowance. Oh, all right.
As I was saying the Links is nice but at the rate I'm reading it now I will be too old to see before I'm finished. Would you look at Fred Minovinchious's picture in the senior section? So he's going to graduate at last. I'll bet if he bought a Links every year he attended L. H. S., he could start a library. By the way, I wonder how these cookies happened to be here? This is too good t<> be true.
TEN MINUTES PASS
What's that, sis? Did I see Fido's dog biscuits? Oh-h-h, I'm sick. If any of you dear people could tell me how to read and enjoy my Links, just address me in care of the Loose-Screw SanitariumPadded Cell number 1313.
Today's 'Bulletin
(With apologies to Roy Atwell)
The home room teacher in room 000 ¼ stands and announces that Jonathan Speechsputtle will read the morning bulletin. Jonathan with this valuable document clasped in his hands turns politely to the teacher. "Cuples, er, ah, pupils send me your sneers-I mean, lend me your ears and I still, will feed, read the bulletin. Spank you, thank you.
"Runday, Soptember the sift-I mean, Monday, September fifth.
"There will be a treating-meeting of the Spiders, er, ah, writers club to bite, tonight in gloom, room 306 . Samey, er, Mamie Muckinfusch will feed fur dream -read her theme about the Uncovery of the United Snakes, I mean, the recovery-discovery of the United Bates, Dates, Mates,-the Discovery of America by Columbus, Ohio, no, Christopher Columbus. Door ball-for all that swish, wish refreshments, sandwiches quill, will be driven, given away bat, er, ah, at the floor, more, door for a pickle--a nickle.
"The Fivum, er, ah, Forum, our public sneaking-speaking blub, club drill, will hold its meeting tonight on the hoofno, the roof; Clay far-pardon me, they are folding-holding it there so they can fair, dare, air their opinions letterbetter.
"The Dummers, er, Mummers would like boo-to announce that true--due their graduation,-! mean presentation of Baddies-Daddies, fast squeak, last week they have believed, received countless borders, orders from morphines, I mean orphans. Day, may-they say that this is got to slop-stop. They soap dew, hope you will call-all, attend next week's day, play. entitled, Bargain Sale Bill bore or dry-Why Women Leave Home. Miss Rally-Sally Boo:fi.eld will ring, bring, I mean, sing the theme gong -song from their fast, last blow, show called Last Year's Flop, no, Crop of Hisses.
"Mr. Landered-Landegren dead, said, brall, all unclaimed farms and pegs, arms and legs drowned-found at last year's olympics -will tree - be auctioned through--off next leak er, ah-weekyes, week.
"Mr. Chopper, er, ah, Mr. Backman, no, I mean, Mr. Hackman read, said that the Dead book,-Red Foot Book-The Red and Black Handbook, will be driven, given out again next tear-year. Yank you, Sokes, I mean-Thank you, folks, and I soap, hope the flight, bright, slight bubble, trouble I have with dry-my choice--voice, has not bothered you.
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In the upper left corner, spring fever has got Orval Beezley.. . . But it hasn't got Wanda Seaton, below . Gwenith Orr really enjoying the music contest. Don't look now but she's eating pretzels. The Friday convoy disembarking from the bus at Hastings, Lois McCracken stepping down. Below is a trio of Peppers with their hats at a variety of angles .... The strolling, satisfied-looking pair left of them is Joe Carlsen and Allen Ashworth Keep going left What unaccommodating expressions -Wayne Cook, Everett Hale and Woody Wilson . . . . Something of a landmark-same spot in the hall, same couple day after day, Gwen Cannon and Bud Chadderdon Right, Bob Adams tickles ( or is he pounding?) the ivories in the aud Lower left, Ann Beard and her widest, A no. I smile Next, Bob Wittstruck. Is that a smile or what?
Paul Anderson looking slightly bored with everything The matinee party mob swinging it Homer Labovitz taking it easy again. Note the fancy hardware on his sweater Go back to the left to return Art Adams' contagious grin. Remind me to measure that sylph-like waist-line .. . . To the right, Gavin Pemberton and Phil Heller lining up with the capitol. Jack Stewart saying something hilarious at the football rally, John M.ison and Mary Ella Bennet agreeing Margaret Hedstrom doesn't seem to mind the heavy load of books .... Lower left comer, Bimson, Reed and Mardis hold a conference at the music contest .... Ruth Kaufman and Charle! Mann anticipate a rainy walk home Dad, still on duty, says that he has never lost a nickel through a high school pupil Another chem-lab experiment being performed by Mildred W ekesser while Mary Bullock looks on.
Upper left-Margaret Thrailkill, Gretchen Seifert and Sunshine Hunter busily work on their dresses for the spring style show Following through, see two prospective printers shaving edges of programs in the print shop Lower, Don Marler flashes a grin in physics lab while f~rthest to the right, Karl Hohlen seems to be engrossed in an experiment. Coffee for two or more being fixed by the home economics pupil to the left Merle Hancock in the darkroom examining some photo prints. . . . Hands squeezing type into a make-up form Custodian C. W. Rickel piling up the dust left by student feet. Dean Ogle as an amateur distiller of alcohol in the chemistry lab. . . . Bob Hutton and Dick Lowe finding out why their radio, built in electricity class, doesn't work.
Up in the left corner, drummer boys going to town. Open house night, Bill Eberline andhumm-pretty blouse she has, isn't it?-scrutinize the stationery display in 227 Sun and snow and clear winter air enhance the front facade The Advocate broadcasting for the Lincoln schools program. Virginia Thede is talking into the mike .... Bashful sector of the after-school exodus, Helmina Maul, Cordelia Lebsock. Three guesses on the identity of the other two To the right, the smiling service in evergreen gray cafeteria-the graceful arm with the wrist-watch belongs to Ruby Reckling.... Back on the left again is a typical Advocate beehive of activity, Esther Louise Lefler raising an enthusiastic hand Bill Jolitz leaning over the speaker's stand with a convincing look. . . . Below, Leon Schmidt and Frances Blake take in the timely cartoons on world affairs in their history class.
Top, the basketball seconds resting during practice in the gym Right, members of a boys sport class look like pygmies from an upper story window. In 'the second row, Fred Meier clearing the bar with room to spare while Larry Wentz looks on. The press box in the oval, a shabby sight after its burning Neal Mehring, sartorially smart, puzzling about track prospects Third row, another view of the oval with the window curtain cords resembling cables Carl Leonard about to put the 12-pound shot. . . . Bob Sandberg clearing a low hurdle. . . . Bottom, a cross-section of a football crowd with band members in the background Austin Wilson pole vaulting and making it in an angelic pose.
~cknowledgements
The L-inks board did not pubJish this book.
Though it is not exploited, we believe that there is a theme embodied in the 1937 Links. It is represented by hands which are at work in the book from beginning to end-writing, opening books, making mus ic, drawing, holding tools and turning wheels or expres~ing emotion. Behind those hands are the brains and ambition of 2,700 high school students at work on the future. So it is with the Links. The hands of a vast student organization made the book. The Links office was the- clearing house for the activity of innumerable talents and influences.
Here we acknowledge what tangible contributions space will allow.
It is doubtful that a successful Links has ever been published without the backing and counsel of our principal , H. C. Mardis. Because he keeps entirely in the background, we oursdves do not realize many of the discerning services he h as rendered us; the time he has spent in our behalf cannot be measured in hours or points or mone y. His interest is omnipresent. His approval of ou r advances and his check of our radical ism we do know, and no services are more gratefull y acknowledged than those of our principal and friend.
With pleasure and admiration for their writ i ng ability, we thank superintendent of schools, M . C. Lefler, Miss Olivia Pound and Otto H ac kma n for the copy which appears with their pictures
Returning impatient demand patiently with an enduring supply of prepared lists, Miss Edna B Williams has contributed more fact and confirmation of fact to this book than any other fact or outside the immediate board. We learned to run to her for the answer to question upon question . Such will always be the lot of so good-natured a person who knows the entire population of a school.
It takes an active and ambitious group to supply the Links with over three hundred inform al photographs of Lincoln high school life, and i t was with regret that, because of duplication and lack of space, we omitted a great many fine snapshots. The camera club is to be congratulat ed both collectively and individually. To C. 0. Morrison , club sponsor, goes much credit for suggestions for organization and for specified pictures. Club members most active· in snapshotting were George Royal, Roben Marcotte, Charles Edholm, Jack Thompson, Donald Wilson and Van Lamb. Other camera-fiends who swelled our supply beyond belief were Harry Kuklin, Robert Sandberg, Paul Speier, Betty Groth, Barbara Johnston and Mark Seacrest .
We also thank Carl London for his idea of selling Links subscriptions as Christmas gifts. We are grateful to Ben Simon and Sons for lending us space on their main floor to make these sales.
To acknowledge Richard Van .Horn as calendar artist is scarcely paying him half the commendat ion due him for his excellent execution of a difficult job. For further contributions we thank Robert Fink, and, though their ,vork does not appear, Irene Courtenay, Dorothy Knight and Velma Grimm for their cooperation.
Nearly every activity in school has its art element, for which Miss Helen Wilson and Miss Gladys Dana willingly give profitable advice. The Links is not an exception to the rule.
Ever as reliable as it is interesting, our fellow publication, the Advocate, has given the Links all the publicity it sought.
An innov ation made successful by an impressively efficient group was the selling of Links subscriptions by underclassmen. They handled the problem of reaching every underclassman and show ing him that the book includes his class and its functions as well as the seniors
George Binger broke an all-time record by selling 217 Links. Should we compliment him, acknowledge him or present him with a book? We h a ve done all three
To all home room teachers who so ably coped w i th the problem of shepherding their home rooms before the camera goes our sincere acknowledgment, and we specially thank those home rooms who graciously waited until 4:00 to have their pictures taken.
It is with apology as well as sincerity that we direct our fullest tha.l).~S to the office staff, Miss Leone Olson in particular, for their ever-willing compliance with our innumerable demands which may often have been inconsiderate interruptions.
We extend our best wishes to the only one who really tried to keep the office clean , the third floor custodian, C. W. Rickel.
All clubs, activities, classes and their sponsors are to be commended for their cooperation during photographing, in identifying their members and in giving our staff a new slant on the organization.
It is impossible to put into words the gratitude the Links board holds for influences so widely spread, so intangible, that have gone in to the making of this book. We can only repay them with the hope that they will welcome the annual as a true record of the past year of Lincoln high school's history
