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 .................. gvlugli Stuart, James Burnett, Arthur t ee or Advertising Managers ................ Charlotte Newman, Marianne Zimmerman Athletic Etlitors,..Harold Riley, Bill Banks Sports Commentators ................ Kenneth George, Clyde Taylor, Ray Brown. News Commentators ................. Mary Ellen Davidson, Alice Sorensen, Charlotte Reiter Feature WVriters . .... .......... . ..... Marjorie McFarren, Dean Lantz, Doro- thy Duryea Proof Readers ...................... . Ruth Haworth, Alyce Hofrciter, Agnes Delahuntv Illustrator .............i John Edwin May Columnists ....... Don Moss, Irvin Xvflllilil' Activity Reporters .................. XVilma Chadwick, Addison XValbridge, Mnurene Banks, Lois Buck, Olive Frencli, Yllillis Raser. Evangeline Lind- blacle, Laurence Tyler. I EDITORIALS SCHOOL DAZE School days, once termed golden rule days, are taking the present tense again. And by tense, we mean more than the class definition. Not that you are expected to mould yourself into a strained rigid rou- tine, but please, students, realize at tiiis beginning, that school is more than an abode in which to wear rolled pant legs and green hair rib- bons. Still, don't get the idea that on the morning school starts, The Fight Is On. You will find that L.H.S. is an all- around good place. To appreciate this, you must develop a certain firm, or tense attitude iantonym, jelly-fishl toward all school activi- ties, and then when the hazy au- tumn balminess and the gilded land- scape fades, school won't lose its glamour and inspiration. Then, just to make sure that freshmen will not mistake the Gold- en Rule alluded to for a local chain store, let us explain that there is a golden rule around L.H.S., such as golden silence in certain hallways and classrooms. And then with all respects to the English bard, let us inform you that all that glitters around L.H.S. IS gold. Don't let it become brass. THEY'RE EVER HERE School is on! If only some mystic charm could preserve the enthus- iasm, purpose and good fellowship that always accompanies the open- ing weeks! But-as always-there'll come a time when the weak-willed souls will lose their vim. That will be in about six weeks. There are others who will manage to keep up the fire 'til after Christ- l l 1 l l mas. A few staunch pacemakers, who are undaunted by hardships will be going strong by May 26. It's a sort of parable like the sower-some seeds falling by the waysideg some springing up from stony ground and then dying be- cause they had no depth of earthy some falling on good soil. From the fertile grounds came the harvest. OUR DECEIVING FEET Of all the illusions in this institu- tion, the greatest seems to have been, Go up to the annual room. True! We went up the main stairs to the north on the second floor, opened a door that led to a narrow passageway, descended two short flights of steps and never knew we '4hadn't been nowhere a tall. A slice out of the wall to make an entrance into the new adminis- tration office reveals that all the time we were on a level with the corridor despite our uppish hallu- cinations. I S 15gS' GfZ0Zlfl'ld . It must be the janitor's brushes! Nobody else sweeps, but goodness me-the DUST-the Dirt I mean. It's fogglng. One of the tires on Kelly's jalopy leaked all the air out Sunday night . . . it was only flat on one side so he had hopes of jerking back into town but all in vain . . . its occu- pants disappointedly thumbed their way back to the village . . . it is wonderful that it was no farther south than it was because Janice C., Marge Bellew, and Marianne Z might have gotten rather tired 1 should we say hitching?-ah, no hiking of course it Wouldn't affcct OUR big huskies Bill K., Bill Staton and Jim R. And now we take a turn for a little free advice to Bill and Dorothy we lend our strong right arm and suggest your first install- ment be paid on a bicycle built for two . . . may you prosper!! Second ly, come Lola and Howard . . . the Dr.'s porch may have awnings on top but they donlt cover the sides . . . beware . . . if you get my point of view. Now Wilma and Jack support our lovelorn column the last rain settled their rift but there is more than a dust storm between Jack and Keith. GIRLS : Get that must have Twin Sweater Set at I I uokg no Miss Carter, who tries to put a bright look on the faces of pupils of the Lexington high school Latin class as she explains the meanings of different Latin words, says that since her childhood she has always wanted to be a teacher. Having taught several subjects in Lexington high for several years, and having been with the students, Miss Carter should know what she is talking about when she says the value of the school would be much improved if pupils would not take the Oh, I'il get by attitude toward school. Miss Helen Starr, new junior high teacher in L.H.S,, comes from Grand Island where her father is the prin- cfpal of the junior high school. Miss Starr is a graduate of the Grand Island high school and of Grand Island college. In college she speclalized in biology and speech, and also took part in dramatics and tennis. In the latter activity she l 'won a conference championship at a l summer conference. She has also taken work at the University of Ne- braska in music and English. Her hobbies are sports, reading, music and she has toured most of the United States and Honolulu. Before coming to Lex'ngton she taught music and junior high sub- jects in Leigh in 1933-36, and sci- ence and speech in Wood River high school in 1936-38. This year she is teaching geography, science and gymnasium. Berenice Velte, '34, has been elect- ed principal of a three-teacher school at Virginia, Nebr. v Fall is upo.n 'us, I Our appetite's great: Come in and see us And discover we rate! MOSS' CAFE 5 A Said Romeo to Juliet, Have you had yo u r dress cleaned yet ? Said Juliet to Romeo, No, I cannot find a place to go. : All Romeo said was- REUTLINGER'S SAGE'S x l

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-W T 'o 9 the LEXINGTON CLARION Megaphone :MW Lexington starts the year Witgh VOL. 4 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1933 NO. 1 more than a thousand pupils in the entire school system and with three hundred and fifty-four in high school. bk 211 914 EF With the new ruling that pud- dle-jumpers do not operate dur- ing the noon recess, the pressure on papa's gas bill may be relieved just a little. P12 P14 bk EF The ropes in the halls are doing a nice job of keeping the calves out till the bell rings, but why not use a charged wire and make it really hog tight? PF P14 S4 ICT Mr. Ashton's new radio used for demonstration Tuesday has a mystery box all right, but it still has the weakness of ours at home- once he gets K.M.M.J. he can't get rid of it. 11 is in :TF On Freshman Day during the first week, one hundred frosh came out cock robin fashion with trouser legs trimming knee bones, giris capped in green or carrying weed bouquets, one and all bowing to upper classmen. Pk 14 214 iff So that the north side of dear ol' L.H.S. will not look tawdry made by debris left from noon lun- chers, students will eat in the li- brary. Another advantage in the plan is that in winter a sandwich will not iinish freezing to one's tongue be- fore he reaches the middle of it. All this signifies thanks to Principal Ashton and Superintendent Miller. xi? How you used to hate 'swish- ing' and 'swashing' through the snow and mud every winter in cross- ing the road north of the school. This will be avoided as the country cars are to be parked on the south side of the road. Now last, but not immaterial, is the thing we all have in common-we enter at 8:30 and disperse at 5:00. Coming no sooner, and leaving no later, who can say you are teacher's pet? Sli Pl: PF KT' Oh, you treacherous villain! No, you won't actually hear those words, but if you should see some young charge's mouth framing a decided Oh! don't think of Martha Raye. It's none other than Miss Mitcheil's public speaking-minded proteges learning the art of panto- mime. This week they are introduc- ing pantomime into story telling. According to reports from the mem- bers of the class, this study is very interesting. 1 New Office Rooms Evolve From Cutting Cement Wall is : :za:s.:s:z:s:1-' '-za:s:ag:a:sg .:s:sssz1zi M SE E5551525555EiE5E2EiiE25e2a5eEe5a2 s 3 lf? 1 :-:Y::-,- . .... ': ff .M . .ft '1 ,,..,.,.,., .-,1- i .. ,, ,,:,.?' 1' 5 : 43E'5ff2fE2 :f 5 2,313 .... 1 -V .f.QQQ.Q.1.L1Q.QQ.fQ,Q.1,f,QQ,lfllffgIfIQ.Q.IQQ.QIQ.QQQgEff ..., T , ..Q,f.Q'.,QQ . ..... ,..... V...'3255552525555553255EiEE2E525E5E5EsE2iEE5,. . 5:55 552.1:igigIf,.,53:3?135-iz25552252552525g?5g5g555Egs5si55f5Eg5:i5255gag555gigsggiaizissiiisiiE1:2:2:5:5:5: PRIN. LEON W. ASHTON Mr. Leon VV. Ashton, Lexington high's new principal, comes from Snyder, where he left the superin- tendent's chair. He is a graduate of Lincoln high school and of the University of Nebraska, where he took his master's degree in second- ary education last summer. At the university, Mr. Ashton was captain of Company K and a member of the military fraternity, Scabbard and Blade. He belonged also to the Delta Chi, Sigma Gam- ma Epsilon, Phi Delta Kappagsoc- ial, professional and educational fra- ternities. One year he was chair- man of Engineers' Week, an annual event comparable to Open Night in this school. While in high school, he was in- terested in basketball, track, and scout work. Later he became an Eagle Scout and organized a troop at Howells and at Snyder. When he left Snyder, he was Scout District Commissioner with jurisdiction over eight troops. A native of Lincoln, he compares Lexington with his picturesque city for its great number of trees. On seeing the 1938 Mfnute Man, he complimented the school very high- ly on its achievement. Principal Ashton, we welcome you to our school. M. C. Waste Space Becomes Useful for Various Activities Surprised Ah's were legion Monday, September 6, when students reached the top of the north stairs on the second floor to discover that part of the east wall had been re- placed by a silver coated iron fence guarding a covered, narrow pass- ageway which leads to the new of- flees. These rooms, once the annual copy-writing nook and storeroom, are re-decorated and furnished with the customary equipment, and made more attractive with monks cloth curtains on short movable rods. Ad- jo'ning the front office on the north- east, is a small supply room built three or four steps above the main floor. From a door placed in the middle of the south side of the front office, one may go down to another series of rooms that lead one to believe that Supt. Miller not only studled how to get passageways into new offices, but that he connived with the gods to make it impossiblefor anyone to get out. This second series, which was once the superintendents quarters when the building was new, affords a conference room for teachers and pupils, a convenient place to show slides, a small room for the ditto machine and workers, and an ade- quate storeroom for supplies not needed so frequently as those up- stairs. Altogether, t h e s e improvements seem to utilize hitherto unaccessible space, and apparently save time of officials in having equipment where it can be used with the least waste of energy. Supt. Miller said with a smile, Tell them this is the last time the office will be moved. I'm much pleased with present arrangements. Talent Club Elects Oificers At the first meeting of the Talent c'ub, Thursday at four o'clock, the following officers were elected: Don- ald Moss, presidentg Willis Raser, Vice-president: Evangeline Lindblade, secretaryg Marilyn Lindblade, treas- urer, and Mary Ellen Davidson, news ieporter.

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Classes Choose Boys For Major Oifices That the classes wish masculine rule was evidenced in the elections last VVednesday when they chose three boys and one girl for presi- dents. Jack Stuckey will preside over the seniors for the fourth consecu- tive year. Bill Kelly will engineer junior affairs. Dean Stuckey, fresh- man vice-president last year, has jumped to the sophomore president's chair. Verna Snyder, freshman, has! the distinction of being the onlyi girl elevated to president's ranking in L.H.S. Vice-presidents are: Ethel Peder- sen, senior, Ferdinand Kopf, junior, Wayne Speak, sophomore, and Kath- leen Norris, freshman. Secretaries: Bob Bailey, Frances Orthman, junior, Henderson, sophomore, and Anderson, freshman. Treasurers: Irvin Walker, Jean Banks, junior, Doris sophomore, and Bobby Norton, man. Student Councilmen were elected' as follows: Emogene Diefenbach, Vernon Smith, Marjorie Carroll, Ad- dison, Walbridge, seniors, Bill Brit- ton, Bill Doughty, Calvin McKibbin, juniors, James Duffey, Doris John-N son, Tommy Hock, sophomores, Inez. Kring, Raymond Sanks, freshmen. senior 5 i Gladys ' Arthur I senior, Hirsh, fresh- H 'NEWSETTES The Girl Reserves cabinet for this year met in Miss Lewis' room after school, September 12. They decided to hold regular meetings after the organization meeting, which is to be held soon, there will be a formal initiation of all the new members. Physical education and handicraft are the activities selected for the small groups this year. A watermelon feed was given by the second and third class agricul- ture boys for the freshman class at the west sandpit, Wednesday eve- ning, September 14. The Lexington Home Economics' club was organized in the advancedl home economics class Monday, Sep- tember 19, with Miss Leech as spon- sor. Charter members of the club are: Margaret Kearney, Pat Naff- zlnger, Betty Fellers, Clarabel Swan- son, Ileen Rutledge, Twila Flynn, 1 umni , 1 , o ,X 7' This year an exceptionally large number of L. H. S. graduates are attending colleges and universities, in Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, Illi- nois and Kansas. Those going to the University of ,Nebraska are: Sam Nisley, Darrel Peters, Donald Dean Bayles, Rethal Edeal, Clinton Banks, Harold Hirsh, Harold Bacon, Bill Haworth, Ruth Wallace, Paul Vern Adams, Herbert Dow, Carl Meyer, Gerhart Kopf, Bill! McKee, Ruth Velte, Bob Anthony, Bill Morgan, Bob DeFruiter, Milton Buchhoiz, Carol Kineh, Peggy Lou Beyl, Dean Edeal and Barbara Cook. Those attending Wesleyan are: Ru- by Wycoff, Keith Wyeoff, Janice Farley, Bill Sutphen, Bernice Bran-N son, Betty Weaver, Mary Catherine Jacobson and Stanley Neil. Those enrolled at Hastings are: Bobette Reutlinger, Ruth Bourn, Ruth Warnemunde, Florence Corl, and Keith Delap. Those at Doane are: Rod Widney, George Betzer, Bob Banks. At the business college in Grand Island are: Phillip Huff, Selma Olsson, and Jim Shulenberger. Jo and Mary Duree are enrolled at Stephens college at Columbia, Missouri, Deborah Hock and Kathryn Moore are attending ,Kearney State Teachers College. Roy lRinker is at Wentworth. Kathleen Engler is studying nursing at St. Mary's college at Leavenworth, Kan- sas. Phyllis Crawford and Dean Spear are attendng Northwestern, Dale Dunlap is in Indiana. Twenty-five of the Iifty-two above students are National Honor Society members in L.H.S. Harold Duryea, who arrived home September 17, will visit here two Weeks. He is stationed on the S. S Colorado at San Francisco as a First Class seaman. Lowell Cain, '38, who has been in the Great Lakes naval camp since June is visiting in Lexington. From here he will go to Bremerton. Wash., where he will train in ship Work. Oh, yes, 'tother day a junior wrote, 'tIt took eleven shots to bring the moose down at their feet twenty yards away. Clarion Wins Second Place Award Our congratulations! Your pub- lication has won outstanding honors in the 1938 Critical Service. j t'The Judges of this year's serv- lice, under the auspices of the Medill School of Journalism, recognize your 'paper as one of outstanding achieve- ments and bestow upon it an Inter- national Second Place Award. The above quotation was received last week from Edward Nell, execu- ttive secretary of the Quill and Scroll contest at Northwestern. l Page one was graded a 1 and the other pages 2 . General effec- Ltiveness of news Writing also scored H1.1! A straight line underscoring a word indicated exceptional excell- jence, a wavy line indicated weak- ness in that department. The Clar- ion received 21 straight lines and 4 wavy lines. I Dominant good features of the 'news stories were use of essentials, organization of story, variety in ilead construction, and Playing up the feature. Outstanding qualities in the make- up were symmetry and newsiness. The Features were underscored for quality and variety, the sports writing for use of essentials and playing up the feature, advertising lfor giving service fno formal or igift adsl. The four wavy lines signified head- ings in editorials could be improved, lack of white space in some of the advertisements, occasional typo- graphical errors, and too few re- porters' names in the column heads. 'The Clarion is a snappy little paper. Its alert editorial policy and lively news writing make it an in- fluential factor in school life at Lex- ington, concluded the critic on the score sheet. l r SONJA HIENE Sweaters and Caps to brighten your fall outfit. - Buy them at - EVANS SHOP H v It may be out of season, But the game warden Won't object Norma Miller, Nora Quitmeyer, andl If you have yourself Alice Sorensen. A constitution was Put it up! read and later adopted, after a few Put it down! Shot at- changes were made. Officers elected Not a worry or a frown- were: president, Alice Sorensen, and If you have your hair done secretary, Pat Naffzinger. Other of- at the ficers will be elected when new BON TON members have been initiated. x i