Omaha North High School - Norseman Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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ROTC Observes Twentueth Annuversary eute a t Colon I Charle a e st o d la K yke dall A new course for all R O T C cadets un the upper classes thus year covered Unuted States mulutary hustory from the Revolutuonary War to the recent Korean Confluct lt paralleled the Amerucan Hustory course requured by the school Underclassmen receuved a general un structuon coverung mulutary tactucs ROTC Other than the Mulutary Ball the cadets had two hugh pounts on the calendar The furst was Federal lnspectuon whuch began on Aprul 25 At that tume the lnspectung General checked fules weapons supplues and mulutary duscuplune Schools receuvung Natuonal recog nutuon were pruvuleged to wear a red star on theur unuforms All Omaha hugh schools have qualufued for thus Funal promotuons for the year were revealed on Recognutuon Nught un May At that tume cadets were rewarded for outstandung achueve ments un R OTC Junuors were awarded the ranks wuth whuch they wull enter theur senuor year One phase of the R O T C s actuvutues us to supply ushers for all school functuons that re quure them lt also provudes mulutary poluce to protect and supervuse students when boardung buses as well as a flag detaul Annually the boys bear the colors at the Ak Sar Ben Rodeo 22x Presentung the Lueutenant Colonel Charles Lagerstrom and hus lady Judy Kuykendalll Thus was the sturrung clumax of the furst bug event on the ROTC calendar the Mulutary a Thus the twentueth annual ball was held at Peony Park on Feb 9 Forty senuor offucers and theur ladues partucupated un the grand march The ball was opened wuth a concert by the R O TC band and specual maneuvers by the Crack Squad Addutuonal awards presented were the Har vey A Roffmann R OT C Cutuzenshup Award to Cadet Mauor Bruce Flemung and the Best Junuor Cadet Award to Cadet MfSgt James Feustner The new Battaluon Commander us durector over fuve companues whuch unclude 277 cadets MfSgt John E Kerner mulutary unstructor un charge who uouned the faculty thus year and SFC Owen T Burcham mulutary unstructor taught and advused the boys un theur depart ment Theur new udeas and new methods have raused the caluber of the R OTC among the students and un cuty competutuon Newly organuzed un ROTC us the pustol team born at the begunnung of the year lt was coached by Sergeant John E Kerner and was affuluated wuth the Hugh School Pustol League ln thus competutuon ut placed fourth wunnung one match and losung fuve The Crack Squad also buult utself up thus year Startung almost from scratch Cadet Majors Ruchard Clark and Bruce Flemung co commanders drulled the squad to near perfec tuon for the Chevron Shuffle The boys clucked theur heels and dud a Queen Anne wuth rufles at the Fall Follues Mulutary Ball and before the Governor un the sprung Matches wuth three Omaha hugh schools and two from Councul Bluffs rounded out the years actuvutues for the Rufle Team lt rated fufth on the ladder for ut won two lost sux and tued one match SFC Owen T Burcham was coach . I . 1 1 I I ' N .... I . ' B ll. I I 1 .... W . 4 Li n n e s L g r r m on his dy, Judy I . I u n , . . . . D I I I . U ' . . . . ' ' I . . I . . I . ' I I organization and the use of weapons. - - - - I . I I ' . . 1 I Q - U . ' I . . ' 1 . . . . . 1 ' l , . I t ' I 1 . . . . ' I I I 1 1 I Q , , ' . , I l , l

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Journalists Publish School Year Record NORTH STAR NORSEMAN Back row Martha Whules Donna Jordon Claudua Trauthen Dorothy Thorn Roxy Eddleman Artha Mies Jerry Veatch Torn Jones Fred Smuth Bob Bullotte Made yn Howell Judy Canaway Sharon Wulch Second row Mary Lou Moore Anuto McGlynn Marilyn Kunold Karen An der on Mary Lozuer Marcia Wetzler Duck Menze Merlun Mrs Pearey would you take a look at thus dummy? us not a cry for the uournalusm ad vusor to catch a peek at a dunce student' Ac tually ut us one of the many strange sounding terms un a uournalust s vocabulary Vukung uunuors began on their wrutung career by complete mastery of these terms During the balance of the year they learned the essen tuals of good wrutung and put out munuature North Stars and Norsemans Thus year begun nung uournalusts Barbara Hayes Ellen Stokes, Beverly Stalnaker and Sue Platz submutted Vukung news and feature stories to the North Omaha Booster Focal pount for advanced uournalusts was the awardung of Quull and Scroll puns on April I9 un the presence of parents teachers and fellow senuors Membershup un thus unterna tuonal honorary society sugnufues the accep tance of responsubuluty and hugh caluber wrut ung on school publucatuons At the same tume Bob Bullotte and Tom Jones received a new award for creative wrut ung Daryl Frazell was awarded a sulver key for sports wrutung and Barbara Blumenscheun, a sulver key certufucate for feature wrutung These are guven to the outstandung uournalusts of Nebraska Pedersen Charlotte Mtchell Nancy French Mary Henkel Bar bara Jackson Wulla Tullotson Furst row Nancy Wulson Sandy Rohlfs Marulyn Petersen Barbara Sanderhoff Duane Langevun Barbara Blumcnscheun Paul Hass Jane Russell Nancy Wolfe David Raabe Daryl Frazell Several Vukungs attended the National Hugh School Press conventuon at the Unuversuty of Minnesota un August and returned home with suntans and a new eagerness to be applied to the North Star The 23rd Annual Nebraska Hugh School Press Assocuatuon Convention was held un Lun coln on November 5 6 At a specual recognu tuon banquet Charlotte Mitchell walked off with second pruze un current events Sandy bara Blumenscheun thurd un yearbook themes At the same tume Mrs Pearey became trea surer of that assocuatuon Vukung uournalusts shared top honors wuth Luncoln Northeast at the suxth annual Hugh School Press Day Held at the Unuversuty of Omaha the conventuon hughlughted panel dus cussuons and awards Paul Hass won furst place un both feature and edutorual wrutung Furst and second place un sports wrutung went to Daryl Frazell and Dave Raabes photography re ceuved second and thurd places In addutuon to thus the North Star earned awards for the best front feature and sports pages Finale to the errors trubulatuons awards and worrues of the year was a pucnuc un May At that tume begunnung uournalusts grad uated ' and were appounted to North Star and Norseman staffs for l955 56 c2l -A : U f ' . l ' . ' . ' - ,, . . . . . ' I ,, . . . - . . . I . . . , ' , Q . .- . . , . . l . . Q f . Q ' ' f ' Rohlfs, with third in editorial writing and Bar- . I ' I A I . - A I . . . . - 1 I I A , I . . . - I . . . ' I - , I . . I - I I I I ' I 1 I I . . . G . . . . , . . . . . ,, 1 , - . . . . , .

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Tenslon grnpped every game but especially the match wnth Thomas Jefferson Both schools shot a total of 902 points Joe Phrllnps was consrstently hugh scorer for the team wlth a I77 sprung average After the season offlcnally closed the Rlfle Team took fourth place IN the Fufth Army Inter Collegiate match PISTOL TEAM Back row Dave Tlnkcr Dale Anderson Mlke Flannngan Fnrst row Robert Kaos Brlan Vncfarla Jam Fe-lstncr Patrlck Davus Doug Shcarcr RIFLE TEAM Back row Ken Aascn Chrus Gould Jlm Norlem Don Poast Doug Shearer James Allow Flrst row Jerry Patrick Roland Postlcwalt Joe Phnllps Rlcharcl Cork Larry Vogel Scrgcant Owen T Barcham KC 23 I , . - ' 1 I , I I I