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

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xfxiw AFTISYS turn out projects wth sk ll and speed wIll not be buyIng do It yourself kIts for hcr husband because she was th only gIrl enrolled In mechanlcal drawIng thIs year FIrst on the lust of the lndustrlal Arts de partment s projects thIs year was compIlIng a schedule of classes and teachers whIch was then mad Into photostatIc CODIGS and posted tor the InformatIon of students and teachers The shop department also acts as the schools handyman by repaIrInq broken charrs table legs and other casualtIes ot over enthusIastIc VIkIngs In Apnl advanced students entered a va rlety of thelr own work In the lndustrIal Art contest sponsored by the Omaha BuIlders as SOCIOTIOH Ott ce staff beams I2 2: A peek In Room I48 wIll certaInIy prove hat OFTISTS have In'IagInCItIon plus talent There are always varIed and Interestmg dIs plays In the art room rangIng from paper sculpture to copper work All ot the publIcIty for the VOFIOUS dances uch as Fun NIght HomecomIng Chrlstmas B lle and the MIlItary Ball IS handled by the students The same group IS also responsuble for the decoratIons that grace the halls at Chnstmas tIme VIkIng artIsts have a new Instructor thIs year In the person of MIss LorraIne Ohlson DurIng February and March each art stu dent s best work IS entered In a regIoncIl ex hIbItIon of ScholastIc Art Mr Matzke shows how It should be done The admInIstratIve offIce could be com pared to the hub of a wheel because all or ders for runnung the school are Issued from here ln addItIon to the offIce staff the bookroom and the attendance othce are also Included In the admInIstratIon The three departments have a full tIme Iob keepIng track of all the books Issued to stu dents the number of absences each pupul has throughout the years that he IS In school and keepIng track of each person's grade and con duct record besIdes the other thousand and one thrngs they have to do I C . . . ' I I A 3 . . . ' I I , l . U - l - , . . . There is at least one tuture homemaker who ' ' II - II 4 e . , . . . . 2 . . . I II II ' ' I - I - I . - r ' ' I I

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The student who has had an average amount of Instructlon In the busIness depart ment can be assured ofa good Iob upon grad uatlon A total of sux teachers Includung a new type teacher MISS PhyllIs Parrlott offer Instruc tIon In nIne dIfferent buslness courses rangmg from type and shorthand to bookkeepung and busIness law Because of the Increased demand for fnle clerks and machIne operators In the busuness world students In Offlce PractIce I and ll de vote the maloruty of theur tume to masterIng the fIle cabunet and OffICe machInes Phonograph records add varIety to the memorIzatIon of shorthand brlef forms ana also help the begnnnung typsst to gaIn speed and rhythm through musIc Book club meetung d aws e thus astc g oup Aurora Fall FolIIes Thespuan conference senuor play These are only a few of the many productlons In whlch the members of the speech department partIcIpate eIther on stage or behund the scenes ln November the North HIgh ThespIan Troupe No 950 played host to approxImateIy IOO people at the fIrst RegIonal Thespuan conference In February the Troupe celebrated the sev enth annlversary of IfS CharterIng The Aurora would not be complete If there were not some dramatIc Sklf Included and those who do not perform on stage are behnnd the scenes servIng as members of the Aurora make up commIttee Speech students also have the opportunIty durIng the year to partuclpate In flve speech contests IncIudIng the sprung Fme Arts Fes tlval In Llncoln ',,,.o-4' M s Pete se super ses beg nn ng typ sts Chnstmas Presents for the Llbrary was the theme of Book Week at North thus year As a result of the SlOl student contrIbutIon 45 new books aImed for pleasure readung were purchased for the lIbrary The O30 lIbrary serves freshmen and soph mores whIle 220 contaIns books keyed to gun or and nIor Interests The total number of A eldom publIcIzed servIce of the llbrary Is the collectlon of audIo vIsual aIds These frm and frlm strups are catalogued and are a th dI posal of all teachers Newly formed IS the Student Book club Its prlmary functIons are to offer guldance for students who wIsh to purchase books for theIr own lIbrarIes and to share personal readIng experIences wIth one cnother Old fash oned elod ama f ds place In speech class ll . I . . I I - I T . . I . r, r n vi I I I . . . . , . . . . H I . H ' r n I i r . ' ' l I 2 se ' ' . 5 books is estimated at over l0,000. C - . . . . ' it 3 . . ' t 3 's . I l I . I I I . I , , - I m r IH , I - I C

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Sports ranging from ping-pong and badmin- ton to volleyball and archery are on the agen- da for girls enrolled in the physical education department. ln addition to regular gym classes, Mrs. Ruth Seely instructs a dancing class composed of senior girls. A ballet number from this class is a regular feature of the Aurora. ln April, the North dancers joined with the other high schools to participate in the Oma- ha Youth Spectacular. Mrs. Seely often stays after school in order to supervise intramural contests ID volleyball basketball and softball The blue and gold uniforms of the Polars Cubs and Teddybears brighten the scene of North s football and basketball games The activities of the boys physical educa tion department are centered In the gym the locker and equipment rooms and on the field east of the building Every boy In school has the opportunity to participate In a program which IS designed to develop physical fitness and cultivate the admirable qualities of young manhood For those boys who have neither the physi cal qualities nor desire for organized athletic competition a complete training course IS of fered which aims to make them physically and mentally alert Competitive athletics are gov erned by the Board of Control of the Inter city league of which North High IS a member The league includes eight high schools In Omaha and Council Bluffs All instruction and coaching In the depart ment IS given by well trained and experienced men Their knowledge of the field In which they work and their understanding of the boys under their guidance IS reflected In the success of their athletic program This success has not been easily won Som physical education classes are so large that the use of the gym IS allocated to squads All home basketball games must be played at the Unnversity of Omaha fieldhouse as the North gym will not accommodate the nearly l9OO students enrolled here The football field IS Steal ng the Troja ho se cl maxes pep rally sk t not large enough for freshmen reserve and varsity teams to work out simultaneously so some practice sessions are held In Fontenelle park during football and baseball seasons But there IS a bright side to the picture More students will be able to participate IH athletics and even greater recognition will come to North when the proposed improve ments In facilities become a reality The erec tion of a Iunior high and the expansion of North s present plant which were made pos sible through the approval of a school bond issue by the citizens of Omaha IH November l955 will remove the handicaps In the physi cal education department Phys cal educat on classes lterally o erflow the gym -M., al3 1 I ' n r I I , 1 I . . . , . I 1 . . . . . , . . . . . . I - I ' I - - ' I - , - i i i v 4 . . 5 the '