Lexington High School - Minute Man Yearbook (Lexington, NE)

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The Lexington Clarion Published bi-Weekly by the news writing class of Lexington High School Printed by The Lexington Clipper STAFF Editor-in-Chief ........... Marjorie Carroll Associate Editors ............... . .... ...Emogene Diefenbach, Ethel Pedersen Business Managers .................. Ilugh Stuart, James Burnett, Arthur Teetor Advertising Managers ................ Charlotte Newman, Marianne Zimmerman Athletic Editors. ..Harold Riley, Bill Banks Sports Commentators ................ Kenneth George, Clyde Taylor, Ray Brown. News Commentators ................. Mary Ellen Davidson, Alice Sorensen, Charlotte Reiter Feature VVriters ..................... Marjorie McFarren, Dean Lantz, Doro- thy Duryea Proof Readers ....................... Ruth Haworth. Alyce Hofreiter, Agnes Delahunty Illustrator .............. John Edwin May Columnists ...... Don Moss, Irwin VValker Activity Reporters .................. VVilma Chadwick, Addison XValbridge, Manrene Banks, Lois Buck, Olive French, WVillis Raser, Evangeline Lind- blade, Laurence Tyler. EDITORIALS I A JUNIOR MEDITATES I am a junior. Next year I shall graduate and have the task of choosing the right road to take for my profession and my future. As I sit here looking at you, and you my classmates, I hardly realize we are almost ready to pass to a dif- ferent period in life! or should I say a new world? When I was a freshman I felt grown up. The juniors and seniors were far beyond but still I felt passed. But now take the places me in knowledge, my childhood had it is different! We of those we once looked up to. I see new people in plays and musical programs. I see new faces, new friends, but how I long once more for the chance to linger in the halls with those of other years. This year another class goes outg another will come in. This means new acquaintances and friends, but yet there's a longing for those old stand-bys. Are we ever satisfied? No, but, my freshman friends, take cogniz- ance of all that's here for you. We go to school together only once and it is never long enough. James Lipps, sophomore, return- ed Tuesday to his former home in I P 1 DEMOSSING Yoon VOCABULARY ---D. Moss In a previous issue, I attempted to explain that a bromide is the fellow who repeats bearded jokes, and rides a stolen horse in the re- partee parade. A sulphite is harder to describe because-well, did you ever try to photograph an eel? He's explosive, spontaneous, and at times, shocking, but not a yawn-generator. In L.H.S. there are dozens of bromides, but I say to the highly eulogized minority of sulphites, t'Don't get cocky: 'Insane asylums are full of sulphites'. Tliey're not all there, however, just as not all bankers are in Leavenworth. You up there on the shelf, saw a sulphite in Harry White, Wednes- day, and learned that the difference between coal oil and kerosene is ten cents. S afzazzmd We have always heard that we would get into trouble if we told more than we knew. Now that the Welle's-Wells caprice has erupted the inner-tubes of us think-hers, we are convinced that dust column writ- ers are headed for the same no good end. Saucy red heads seem to be pre- valent in L.H.S. Certain youngins' Dorothy Duryea and Bill Banks add to the double features, as well as Paul Hanson and Dorothy Suphler. . Jean Smith and Pedunk Staton have been doing a lengthening job of making the long and short of it. . We see Diemer has gone back to torment her alumni . . . she seems to have swarms of them. Perhaps A Pocket Full of tMaybe nightmaresl . The Duffy-Hirsh affair has been rather a one-armed get together- Oh, well, who are we to judge. . . umni ,Q Norman Coffey, '29, now teacher in Holdrege, underwent an appen- dectomy, October 27. Stanley Neil, '35, is one of the two student photographers for the 1939 Plainsman, annual of Ne- braska Wesleyan. While in L.H.S. a member of the Na- Society, editor of the Man, which won first Stanley was tional Honor 1935 Minute honor rating, and was valedictorian of his class. lar work, he Besides doing his regu- now teaches two night classes in chemistry laboratory at Wesleyan. Janice Farley, '37, a sophomore at Nebraska Wesleyan, has been select- ed as the alto soloist at the First Presbyterian church in Lincoln. She will sing under the direction of Pro- fessor Oscar Bennett, head of the music department at Wesleyan Uni- versity. She was also chosen by Professor Bennett for the part of v You'll be the Belle of Autumn, The Glamour Girl of the Omaha. Village Clever lines! Mystery! AND Gyp- with your hair done at the sy Jim ! That's the junior play, BON TON November 10. K , New Shipment of WTNTER SPORT COATS fSpecial, 510.953 EVANS SHOP WE INVITE I all students and alumni to headquarter - at the - MOSS CAFE K K Gretchen, in Student Prince, a light opera to be presented in De- cember. You can get That Sticking Meal That Needs Repeal at HAGADONE'S PHOTOGRAPHS for the Yearbook Carefully Done at a Moderate Cost The best way to preserve i the present for the future. HEBREWS ' -- x l Invisible Half Soles make your old shoes new. i Have them nepaired at N I M I E'S Open Evenings and Sunday

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Through the ni' gl 1, 54. o -R Y, 3SaP one aLEXINGTON CLARION M' Just before dusk on the night of the rain last week, six stalwart footballers plowed across the oozy junior high lawn-marching right over the crisp grass that had seen its first drink of rainwater in Weeks. They call themselves Minute Men, but they're not the men we like to think they are unless they recognize the mission of sidewalks, and appreciate the beauty of the school grounds. KF? At some time in your life haven't you had the diabolical desire to get even with the dentist! At last it has been accomplished! Delmer Tuc- ker did it. At two-thirty one morn- ing he got the dentist up to pull a tooth for him. KF The Welles-Wells broadcast has turned into a well, well sequence. While one group of thought is de- manding a federal investigation, an- other is requesting a repeat per- formance. KI? Results of the straw vote taken by the civics class of L.H.S., seem to show that Cochran leads in the race for governor, Coffee for con- gressman, and Reed for representa- tive of the thirty-sixth district in the Unicameral legislature. Of course, everyone that didn't vote had extremely good reasons such as, I don't want to, 'Tm too hungry now, 'Tm getting too old, It's too early in the evening, 'Tm a very poor citizen, I don't vote, and 'Tm in a hurry. It seems that many are against slot ma- chines. The vote was 111 for them and 242 against them. Kfif Oh, dear! Oh, dear! sighed Marge Carroll at the typewriter Monday at six o'clock as she was rushing to get Gypsy Jim's picture ready to be mailed to the Cozad Local for a cut. Shall I send this to Mr. Davis? asked Marge. Goodness! NO! gasped Charlotte Newman, he's the undertaker! Don Moss, always in the huddle, inserted, Bill won't need the under- taker until AFTER the play. il? Bob DeFruiter, '36, now attend- ing the University of Nebraska. and working part time in a bank, is do- ing the things he has always dream- ed of-that of competing in athlet- ics and going to school. Bob says that he likes his books even better than his freshman football. Those who know Bob's love for athletics can guess what school must mean to this champion state miler and Min- ute Man halfback. A good way to spend 35 cents! WVateh Bill Kelly in Gypsy Jim. VOL. 4 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1938 NO. 4 Gypsy Jim To Be Presented By Junior Class Thursday Evening 33 Drabness of Blake Home Bill Kelly in GYPSY JIM SUPT. MiLLER ANNOUNCES PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEK E As a special observation of Educa- tional Week, Supt. Glenn Miller has arranged a program to be given in ithe auditorium for the parents, No- vember 8, at 7:30 p.m. Education for Tomorrow's America, will be the theme of the program. Band and glee club numbers will be furnished by the music depart- ment, under the direction of Everett Ewing. Supt. W. C. Bloom will be the main speaker of the evening. Refreshments for the patrons will be served after the program in the ihome economics room. Also, at this time, the teachers will be in their rooms ready to greet the parents. Night school will be held in the three ward buildings Tuesday, No- vember 15, from 7:00 to 8:30. Pat- rons will have an opportunity to ob- serve the regular class work of the schools at this time. Miss Mitchell learned at the -teachers' convention that the origin- al oratory and extemporaneous speaking will probably be included with debate in the declamatory con- tests this year. It is likely, also, that the sub-district contest will be eliminated for class A schools. Hclieved by Comedy Costume and Fantasy With Bill Kelly as the leading character, the juniors are preparing a fanciful comedy, Gypsy Jim, for presentation November 10, at eight o'clock at the high school. When the play opens, the audi- ence views the unhappy Blake fam- ily whose heart-strings are about to be torn ruthlessly. Bill in gay gypsy costume, with an infectious smile, brightens the atmosphere of the Blake home and captivates the ro- mantic heart of Lucy Blake CWan- da Highj. Gypsy Jim has the difficult task of causing Mrs. Blake lCharlotte Newmanj to forget her deceased .twin brother, and to revive her in- terest in the family. Harry Blake, the discouraged hus- band, is impersonated by Don Gunn. Bill Staton plays the son's part and Vyrl Anderson that of a boarder. Assisting in the development of the story are Ferdinand Kopf as George Worthing, and Milton Stear as Harold Kent, who are business- Imen. Darren Hoilibaugh is Jen- nings, the butler. Mary Jane Thomas as Estelle, and Jim Roberts as Daniel Glazer, are characters of intrigue in the roman- tic life of Lucy. The small girl of the cast is depicted by Pat Naff- zinger as Grace. Gypsy Jim, is an enchanting comedy with plenty of sentiment, action, and a pholisophy of living unselfishly. Intermingled are hu- mor and fantasy. SCIENTIST MAKES LESSON i0N LIGHT ENTHRALLING Burst of applause all but raised the skylights in the auditorium last 'Wednesday afternoon when Harry IC. White, scientist, entertained and -instructed for more than an hour in a fascinating way. Starting with the earliest meth- ods of lighting, he showed the de- velopments, interspersing his de- monstrations with gesticulations and jokes that kept the audience in a pandemonium of mirth. Almost breathless, except for Ah's the students watched the display of painted cloth in its un- Ibelieveable beauty under the black ray. r l

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PROGRAM IS MEDLEY OF SPEAKING AND SONG When it comes to afternoon pot pourri programs, L.H.S. is nonpariel! Where else, in an hour and a half, could one get entertainment varying from a requiem for all annual spon- sors, to free lessons in chorus direct- ing? On Wednesday, October 26, L.H.S. students hearkened to a speech by Photographer M. E. Hebrew, exhort- ing the students to get shot im- mediately for the sake of their spon- sors. Kenneth George acted as master of ceremonies over the remaining portion of the program. The sec- ond year Spanish class presented the play, Coma Cambian Los Fiem- pos, or How Times Change. It was given first in Spanish and then in English by Janice Cook, Marjorie Bellew, Marianne Zimmerman and Jean Smith. Calvin McKibbin's reading, Look- ing After Clara, marked his last public appearance before moving to South Dakota. Patricia Naffzinger and Virginia Knapple brought this part of the program to a close by playing two piano duets-the first being, Gold Mine in the Sky, with each girl manpulating a piano. On the sec- ond -number, Dark Eyes, they combined their musical talents to make only one piano talk. Over the second half of the pro- gram Marjorie Carroll presided and conducted a rally. The four Spiz members, elected from each class, were initiated publicly when each group led the assembly in a yell. They were arrayed in that choice miscellaneous attire known only to initiates. At this point the cheer leaders took the floor and guided the chilluns in several yells. Don Moss took charge of the dictation lesson when he read, line by line, three new pep songs and then pro- ceeded to direct the community sing. Thus the tale ended. Betty Weaver, '37, had the second lead in the comedy, Spring Dance, which was given at the Nebraska Wesleyan university Saturday, Nov. 5. 'KQV 1. f ' Newsettes fl Marietta Hagadone, junior, under- went an appendectomy November 1. Mr. Holbein is supervising a new scout troop that is sponsored by the American Legion. Miss Geiger was elected secretary of the art section at the teachers' convention in North Platte, October 26-28. All three home economics classes are now sewing. The freshmen have their aprons about half done. Soph- omores and making garments for their winter school Wardrobe and the advanced class is working on more difficult problems in wool and silk. Miss Lewis says that one of the things she enjoyed most at the teachers' association convention was the dinner for the women at which Sarah T. Muir, a candidate for state superintendent spoke. was, The Trail That The different stages were featured in the tions. Junior high music the direction of Miss selected pianists for Her theme Never Ends. of progress table decora- classes under Clapper, have all four divi- sions. They are: 8-A, Ellen Sage: 8-B, Marjorie Duryeag 7-A, Lols Carsong 7-B, Eileen Walker. The junior high English classes are studying the author, Ernest Thompson Seton, in the English classes. The Girl Reserves held their reg- ular meeting in the library Tues- day, October 25. Thelma Fair ex- plained how to give the code and salute. It was decided that this year the girls must learn the code and song and be able to answer any question asked her about Girl Reserves before she is entitled to wear a Girl Reserves pin. Miss Lewis impressed upon the girls the importance of being present at every meeting. An interesting dis- cussion was held on sub-deb ques- tions. i DIPLOMATS, AUTHORS, AND EDUCATORS ON N.S.T.A. PROGRAM Several teachers who attended the Nebraska State Teachers Associa- tion convention last week at North Platte seem to put Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde's talk on her diplomatic mission to Denmark at the top of the list in entertainment. Others name The programs pre- sented by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton as the spotlight of the convention. Mr. Seton, author of many famous books, such as, Wild Animals I Have Known, The Biography of a Grizzly, Woodcraft and Indian Lore, Scouting for Boys, told of his experiences in handling a large group of boys who were molesting his bird and animal sanctuary. Ap- parently, from his own story, he was the innovator for some of the Boy Scout code, because he had to devise a way to protect his property. Mrs. Seton's characterization of the Indians, her beautiful costumes, and her singing held her audience enthralled, say the teachers. Artistic, winning, and picturesque, these entertainers. and informers, seemed to bring to the stage per- sonalities that have long been known V among book lovers. For those smart frilly blouses that look like a million, Visit BAUMGARTNER,S x Number P10350 'P' CLEAN! RESSING- I want the Q ,, 'Z Cleaning Q V 5' works that I f will give my j'aA X . W suit that X ,S X 1 special f S tailored look. 6 Number 126, Answered Central! LINCOLN'S To Victor Wright, junior, who is saddened by the death of his brother, the students and faculty extend their sym- The Kutz Shop Be Wiser Buy Kayser ti 575152125 Thigty Pauly- - of House- K - , W wives ' Say You can go 'trucken' Stop and Eat Shop at DQWQ the avenue or where it's Clean and Neat! Swinging up the lane If you buy yglzr sheet music Where? PRASCI-PS McKEE7S MAY'S SWEET SHOP x