THE.ADVOCATE VOL. LVI
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LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1950
Activity Sales to Begin Sept. 20 Mill Levy Home Room Reps Is Increased Will Sell Tickets To Meet Need
1950 Linlis Underway
-<:ourtesy or The Lincoln loumal.
DR. WATKINS
Dr. Watkins To Succeed Dr. Willey Dr. Steven N . Watkins has been appointed to the position of superintendent of Lincoln schools, to succeed Dr. Gilbert S. Willey, who resigned to become superintendent at. Winnetka, Illinois. Dr. Watkins has been serving for the past four years as superintendent of the public schools at Ames, Iowa, and visiting profesaor at Drake University a.t Des Moines, Iowa. He has served three years as an executive board member of the Iowa Department of S chool Superintendents. He has also served as superintendent at Newman Grove, Nebraska; Sheldon, Iowa, and Ame.s , Iowa . A native of Lincoln, Dr. Watkins attended Prescott grade school and Lincoln High School. He h as two sons: Norman, 15, who also attends Lincoln High School, and Michael, 11, who is in the sixth grade. When questioned further about the time he spent at Lincoln High School, .Dr. Watkins replied, "It Wd..S t :.1e
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Planning the 1951 Links year. book is a task already begun by the new Links staff. Events of the 1950-'51 school year will be recorded in the thirty-fifth edition of the Links. Mary Ida Barnds, chosen as editor for the 1951 Links, will supervise all copy. Alison Faulkner, managing editor, will be in charge of page layouts; while Joan Joyner, senior editor, will handle all senior biographies. Scheduling of formal photography will be in the hands of Jo Ann Knapp, while Bob Davey will · cover all candid photography. Handling the money will be John McGreer, business manager. The Links boasts a new steel filing cabinet. This was purchased because of inadequate spa ce for materials in the past. Faculty advisers are: Miss Irene Martin, editorial adviser; Miss Elizabeth Grone, photography, and Miss Mildred Waide, financial.
"Lincoln Is Finest" -M. Hoyan,a gi Mr. M. Hoyanagi, Secretary to the Minister of Education in Tokyo, Japan, visited Lincoln High, Monday, September 11, 1950. Mr. Hoyanagi cam e to L. H. S. to see a large secondary school in action. He is r eturning to J apa n after a ttending an interna tional conference sponored by UNESCO for the purpose of developing better understanding b e tween n:ttion~
Of p articular :intere~t to Mr. ever . spent-at that time high achool included grades nine Hoyanagi were the social studies through twelve." He further . classes and vocational shops. He stated, "I am very glad to be back was much impressed by the large home and I think it is particularly number of boo)!:s, maps, and visual nice to be connected with Lin- aids in us at Lincoln High. Mr. Hoyanagi visited the social studies coln schools." classes of Mrs. Pinney, Mr . P f ieff Dr. Watkins has taken an active part in civic and school business . and Mrs. Dodge and also the woodw orking, machine, electric, He has served as a 'board member and is a past president ot printing, and auto shops. Miss Bardwell's scien ce class, the Kiwanis Club. He is ·a member of the National gr eenhouse, and <. vi ew of . the Education Association, American· building a nd grounds frcm the Association of School Administraroof were included in Mr. Hoytors and has been a m ember of anagi's tour. Our visit or. was imPhi Delta Kappa , a professional pressed by a view of the L . H. S. fraternity, for 17 years. band marching in formation on the field. When asked for his opinion of Lincoln High's Bank Lincoln High Mr. Hoyanagi said, Moved to New Room "It's wonderful! One of the finest Room 318 is the new bank for I have seen in the United Sta tes." L incoln High School clubs, a ctivConducting Mr. Hoyan agi a b out ities, classes and all organizations. the building w ere M iss Rober ts Mrs. Ruby Evans is in charge of and Mr. Bogar . the bank. · Treasur er's of the organizations deposit the money, and if a club wants to take its mon ey f rom the bank, it must have William Bo1ar's permission.
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Boys and Girls State June 4-13 proved to be. a v ery busy week for the boys ·and girls of Lincoln High who attended Girls' State and Boys' State. Those &ttending Girls' State, held a t the University of Nebraska campus were Natasha Stepanek and Mary Ida Barnds. The boys attending Boys' S tate, held at the Agriculture ca mp us were Ralph Best, who w as a senator and was sponsored by Cosmo! ,litan club; Roger Brendle, a senator, sponsored ·by Elks; M ack Hun t, m ayor , sponsored by Lions club; Hal Mardis, senator, sponsored by 40 & 8 club ; a nd Dougl as Wilcox , mayor, sponsored by Junior Chamber of Com m er ce. "You .really lea r n a bout your city, county and state governm ent," Douglas said and r ecommends it to anyone who w ants to m eet others· and d oesn't care for much sleep.
Links Log Wednesda y, September lS Student Counc il, 225, 2 :40. Ho me Room R eps , · Auditorium , l :40. G . A . A . , 326, 3 : 20.
Friday, Sept ern he r 15 L. H . S. Va rsity F ootball T eam O maha Centra l a t Omaha. Saturday, Sept ember 16 F a ll Golf M•et, Gra nd Island . Fall T enn!• Meet, Omaha . Monday, Se ptember 18 Assembly A, A ud itorium , 8 :50. Assembly B, Auditorium, 9 :1 0. Wednesday, Septembtt ! O A s• embly A , A uditorium, 8 :50 . Assembly B , Auditorium . 9 :10.
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Student Council, · 225, 2 :40. Sale of Activity Ticket• t •rtday, September 22 Newcomers ' P art y, gym, 3 :20. . Saturda y, September 2S L. H. S. Va rs ity Football T ea m l!oux City Eas t at Sit>ux Cit y. \\'ednesday, 8~ptemher %1 S tud ent Council. 2::· 5, 2 :4.0. J<' rlda y, September 29. . L. H . S. Vanity. Foot ball T eam lioux City Cen t ral ID OVal.
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"Five dollars blown and n ot even a statue to sh ow for it," said my friend in disgust as we trudged h om e from a h ectic d ay at the N ebraska Sta te F air. Of all the rides we tried, the Loup -The-Plane w as by far the most thrilling. Thank Heaven they had a safety belt on it! You don't sit on the seat h alf the time . My compani on on th e r ide lo.s t his billfold out the w indow an d it landed on a n earby trailer. We then tried the electric ca rs wh ere the idea is· t o j olt the other guy but n ot get jolted y our self. The Bug House or Mirror s house w as a lot of fun although I a bout brok e m y nos.e crashing in to a plate glass. We p layed tag in there which is v ery har d because you can' t f ind t he other player, a lthou gh you can see h im ir. the mirrors. The va.rio.us ball throwing p laces a lw a ys give a good d eal. If you knock over the lea d bottles or dunk the boy in t h e \vater you get a nice big button t hat says, " Kiss Me Honey," or something like t ha t. When you ask the r ing t oss man how much , h e will say thrf ~ rin gs for a q u arter. You start to w alk awa y t hen he says that he'll give you four fc. a qudrter . Then a ll you have to do i s r ing a prize bigger t han the rin g. We finally got h ome a t sunset hot, tir ed, dirty , h ungry, and brok e.
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Lincoln's school budget calls for an increased tax levy this year. The new levy includes 20.60 mills for the gen eral fund, 49 mills for bond interest, 1.19 mills for bond When we think of summertime retirement, and 1.40 mills for the we usually think of vacations, but building fund. Dan Cupid seems to have been The building fund levy will quite busy. Some of his trusty double last year's figure accord- ar rows have been aimed at the L.H.S. faculty. ing to the tentative budget. Any French studen t will notice This new plan provides for: · that Mademoiselle Mary Rumbolz 1. 12 more teachers, plus five is no more. She is· now Madame De;m E. Upton. The couple' was mo1:e if the n eed arises. marri ed August 13 at St. Paul 2. A $200 increase for beginchurch, here in Lincoln,. and spent ning teachers. their honeymoon in the Black 3. A $200 increase and $100 Hills of South Dakota. increment to teachers not on Miss Bessie Fisher, former Engmaximums who have been in the lish teach and financial advisor of the Advocate, was married to ~rstem Jor a year or more. Claude Barber, September 4, in 4. A $300 increase to teachers Chadron. o:i m a x imums. Miss Elizabeth F erguson, art 5. Approximately the sa me teacher, became engaged Septema:cnount for t extbooks and library ber 5, to J. Richard Sarby, The book s as was provided in the wedding will be an event of the Christm as holidays. .The Sarbys Hl49- '50 budget. w ill reside in Denver. 6. An increase of $2 ,400 received from the state department It seems that men teachers of p ublic instr uction for special aren't immune either. John Br uce education which makes possible beca me a married man August 5 an additional t eacher of speech. in Omaha. Mrs. Bruce was for7. A s um of $20,000 tor supply merly Miss P atricia Nordin of Om ah a . The Br uces also spent teacher s for a ll purposes. 8. Continuation of the program their honeymoon in the Black of im provemen t of the sch ools Hills. plants at the same rate a s the 1949-'50 budget provided. 9. An additional $1,000 over last year's $9,000 allocated to the Lincoln recr eational board. 10. A continuation of the professional development pol icy proStudents entering Lincoln High ~ :!;;:," $5,000 for consultant servSchool from out of t own and n ew icEs an d ~xpenses incu rred in sending repr c:,~ enta tives from the t eache rs are invited to come t o the Newcom er s' P ar ty in the girls Lincoln sch ools t o professional
Cupid Aims At Faculty
- Courtesy of The LincoJn Journal.
WILLIAM BOGAR
Principal Praises LHS "I am pleased and h onored to be associated with the students and faculty of Lincoln H igh School," stated William Bogar, newly-a ppointed principal. He con.tinued by saying , " I have long r egarded it as the outstan ding school in Nebrask a and feel as we continue to work together we can m ainta in the repu ta tion and standing of our school as one of the best in the n ation." Mr. Bogar is t aking the place of H. C. Mardis who is now asshtant to the superintendent. The new p rincipal attended high school and Junior college in Creston, Iow a. His A.B. an d M. A. degr ees w ere r eceived at the Un iver sity of Neb raska. Most of the w ork on his Doctor's degree is n ow completed. This was also done a t the Uni versity of Ne braska. Whittier's p rincipal for the past th~ ee yea r s, and principal of the senio t· h igh ~cbchJl~ :;t Fcrt Madison, Iowa; ·· McCook , Nel; r~1JKa; and West P oint, Nebraska ; includes his experience at this type of work . Als o h P h rts t ril t-..) 1! .', !' A~ l. i :.! ~..,, . ,.., a nd Mmatare. H is t t E":i c:~ ui te~,cil ing were English and social stu dies. While t eaching he has assist ed at · coaching a thletics a11d helped publish the d ifferent school annu als a nd newspapers. He h as been a Boy Scout Master an d has done work in d ebate and drama tics.
Newcomers' Party 'Planned
If you have only $2.49 in your piggy bank or purse, you had better find another penny! Why? Because $2.50 is the price of this semester's activity ticket. The cardboards go on sale Wednesday, September 20, through Friday, September 22, in all home r ooms. Attendance at all events, which consists of five football games, four basketball · games, two plays, t wo swimming meets, all -reserve games, and all issues of the Advocate; would come to $8.50 without this ticket. It really is a saving, you see! The tickets will be sold in junior and senior ho.me rooms by the Home Room Representatives. Representatives in charge· ol sales are: JOO . .• ., ... ..... ... ..... . Mary Ann Baker 101 . • •••• • •••• • ••••••• • • . E d wa rd Ubsack l 02 .•• , •••••••••••• , , ••• • Marilyn Beideck 103, •• • , • , • , •••• •• • , ••••••. . Sharon E gger 105 .••• , ••• , ••• , ., •• , , •• •• • Virg inia 107 •••• , •••••••••• • •• , •• , • • • . Pat
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Ren ner Schlesseln1a n 132 . .................. . . . . . .. J une Shipps 132 • • • • • ••••••••••• • •• • .. Patrick Houst on 1~3 . .... .. .......... . Josephlne Quatrocchl 131 . •••••••••••••••. • •... Dor othy H a rt v<ig 120 . •• •.••• •• •••.••••••• • .. .. . Elli
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136 .••• • •• . •••••• • •••. . .. .. Dic k Schtiilng 137 • • • , •••••• •• • , •• • . . . .. , ... J erry Cl lelTY 1 41 .• • • ••••• • • •• •• . W i nnie Lautensch 1 a :., ~ r 203 .•••••• •••• • ••• •• •• • .. .•.•• Donna E.u• 207 . ••.••• • • •• • •••••• • • . . . . .. . . Ted Fn: l:e
208 ..•••••••••••••••• • . ].fa ry J~ou B n r:!;er 209 . . ... . . ... . ......... . , •• .. . Betty I'ogt 212 ..•• , • ••• • •••• •• , •••• . • .• J oyce T a) !or 21 5 . • •••••••••• , ••••• , • • •• S h ir ley Feu ~.:: c r 220 .•• , ••••••••• •••., •• , •• . . Phillis Me: er 221 ......... . .. . ............ B arb ara
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225 . . ....... . ............. Donald Scan1on a05 . •. • • , •••..., ••••• • •••••• • •Mary Pattisor1 307 ................... , ••• , • •J oyce Spo"' :109 . . • •• • • •• •• •••• • •••• ••• • , , .Bob Selden
.313 . • • •• ••• • •• • • ,, •••• • • • • •• •D avid I..y n ch 314 . ...................... . .. . Shirley L u x 315 . , . • , • , , , , , , , • • • , , , , , , . . , .. . J im 0\YCH! 31 7 . . • •• • ••••••• • •••••• •• B a rba r a .Sch1r.11 lt 318 . • • • • • •• • • • ••••••• , •••. Marlys '\Vick en 325 . .... ; ... . .... .. .... . .. .. D elber t J c\ml
326 . .•• , •••••••••• •• •••• •.. Shirley Norto n
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In lOB home rooms special representatives to :.ell tickets h ave been n amed by Mrs. ·Ruth Dodge.
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};liei,e ptu·chase of a schnol sit e in sou theast Lin coln and to replace approximat ely one-fo urth the estima ted cost of the p roposed ;:ourroom addition to Randolph sch ool. This budget was pr esen ted for fin al approv al to the board of education T uesday, Sep tember 12.
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T he Student Council, w ith t h e help of the Home Room Represen tatives, will sponsor th t: party. Committee chairmen are: Da ve Jones, refresh m ents ; Winifred Stolz, enter tain m ent; Donna Plock, ,; nv itation s; a nd Monty McMahon , pr ogr am .
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321 . . •. •••••••••• • • • ••••• . Dixie B orga a rd 320 . ., ..... . ....... .. ....... B arb a r a I >an iel 316 .. ....... . .... . .. . ... , ••• Ann B ra m v.•e ll 312 . ... .................... ... Alice D av is
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213 . . ........ ........... .. ... Gail K at,ke 205 ., • ••••••••••• • • • , • , • •. Barb a ra Carter 201 .•• • • •• , ••••••• • ••••••.. . • . A n nie Lutz.
140 . . ••••• . •••••.•• , • ••••• R obert McBride 139 ... . .. , .. ... . ..... ... . . .. . Shirley Scutt 135 . . . • , •••••••• • • •• • • • . P a tty Sch waba uer 1 30 . •• • • •• , • • ~ .,, • •• • ••• Dixie Lee Standa rd 128 .•.•.•••• , , ••• • •••.••.... . . Arl ene Slote 124 .. . • • ••• •• •••• •• • .•••.. . . J anet Gordon 117 . •••• ; ••••• • ••.•• • •• . Mar y A n n B ie be r 11 6 .• .• • , . .... . . . . . .... . .. . . Ma r y V alercia 113 .. . .. .. .. .. . .... ... . . . Shirley P eterson
Football Exhibit At Open House
Advocate Phot o by Bob Dav•y
Standing· from left to right: Mrs. Kather ine Stewar t . Morton Gunderson, M ax Lien, Miss Wanda Crawmer, Dale H enderson, Robert Munger, Ted Thompson and Robert Berry. Pouring is Mrs. William Bogar. wife of the new principal , a t a coffee hou.r given honoring the new teachers at Lincoln High by the Bogars September 7. Not i:r. the picture is Joe Partington, whose picture appear s on page 4.
A pprox imately 300 spectators were on hand Frida y, September I, wh en the Lincoln High football t eam gave an exhibition on footb ;.;ll ~-\md aroentals at the Lincoln High OVd.i . U nder t he d irection of Coaches Pfeiff, P artington, Scott, and· Means, the ·Player s gave demon•, stra tions of tackling, blocking, drills for ba cks, and systems of p lays. Similar exhibitions were held by other high schools throughout the city.
Teachers as Well as Sophomores Are Ne1v To Halls and Classrooms of Lincoln High S ophomore a ren't the only stra nger s here i n Lincoln High. Dow n in the printing shop h Morton Gundersen, the new prin t ing instr u ctor. He received h is B.S. in education from t he Kansas Sta te Teacher s College in P ittsbur gh , K a nsas, and is now doing graduate wor k for h is Master's degr ee. Mr. Gundersen , w ho com es from N ew York , says he really lik es the mid- west. I n room 127, is another new face. This belongs to Dale Hend er son. Mr. Hender son teaches commercial s ubjects. He h as been a sm all town su perin tendent and teacher. He was in active ser vice with n avy for fou r year s, and four years in the r eserves. Mr. Hender son played pr ofessional. baseball with a farm club of the Brooklyn Dodger s. He r eceived his A.B. degr ee from K earney St at e T each er s College and his Master's de gr ee from th e U niv er sity of N ebraska Sch ool of Adm inistr ation. Mr. Hen derson is teach in g t he classes assign ed to M r s . Francis Rein who is r ecuperating from an oper ation. I n 101 is Robert Berry . M r . Berry r eceived hi s B.S. degree from the Univer sity of Minnesota, and h as had p rev ious sales experience from s tore sales and
out sid e sales. He is in char ge of distrib utive educa tion. Up on second f loor in room 213 is Miss Wanda Cr a wmer. Miss Crawm er is a gr aduat e of t he Univer sity of Nebraska, wher e she received he r B.S. degree in Education. After t eaching in Colorado for sev er al years, sh e w ent t o McCook, Neb rask a, .w he re she ta L1ght for sev en y ear s b efor e coming to L incol n high. In r oom 217 one finds Rober t Mun ger , th e Advoca te adviser. Mr. M unger r eceived his A.B. d egr ee in Jonr ualism from t he Un iv ersity of Nebra.ska. He has worked fou r y ear s on a paper in Sav annah, Missouri, and has done some grad u ate work in English . He w as on act ive duty in the navy for th r ee year s, and h as been in the reser ves for four year s. Rober t S lezak, one of the n ew p hysical erJu cation teacher s and coach, lived in San Fran cisco till h e j oined th e Air F orce. He w as a ca ptain and a fligh t com mander , with t h e j ob of t rai ning Chin ese <:ad ets to be pilots. After th e w a r he went t o the Un iversity of Nebraska, whe re h e m a jor ed in physkal education . Mr. Slezak wa:> tennis c:ha npion .. of Lincol n in 1948.
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a nd English teacher , has h ad classes at Whittier for three y ears. Prior to that h e was in the n avy Jor three years. He plays golf, ten nis an d football. Mr. T hompson at tended the U niversity of Nebr ask a, w here he m ajor ed in m usic. Mrs. K atherin e Stewar t, in room 227 , r eceived h er B. S. degree from Pittsburg. K ansas, and her Master's degr ee at the Univ er sity of Nebr ask a. Sh e taught in California and substituted a t U.S.C. H er h obbies ar e horseback riding and music. Up on third floor in r oom 3 03 is Max L ein. His B .S . degr ee in Education was r eceived at Nor ther n S tate T eacher s College in Aber deen, South Dakota . He also has an M.A. degr ee which he r ecei ved from the Univer sity of Nebrask a. During the w ar he spent tour and a h alf years in the na vy . He also tau ght in Sout h Dak ota for three year s J oe P artington, a former student of Lincoln High, is not so ncv, ar oun d b ere, for he was an assist an t in the sports depar t m ent last year. This year h e is the assist an t coach. Sam Hale is doing physical ed u cation work in the elem entary schools this year .
fF irst l~sue of Advocate I !Free to LHS Student. ! / ' 'Mee t the Advocate"- this is l it he slogan f or th e first i:':sue lot our paper, for it is absolutely j jf ree. i i T his free issue o:f the Advo- 1 jc ate is t o enable sophomor es iand new students to get ac- 1 iq uain ted w ith their school \Paper . . The Advocate comes out J1 1 :e very other Wednesday and !w m be deliver ed to you durin g i 1 !'home room period. 1 A su bscription to the p aper II !is 75 cents a sem ester or in!clud ed in the p rice of y our J 1acti vity tick et. J
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