Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Jagh spar, One evening This spring, The subdued cligniTy oT Lincoln high school was broken by The careTree noTes OT Shoo Shoo Baby. As The TlippanT sTrains oT iT TloaTed Through The halls, The yellow brick edi- Tice aT TirsT seemed shocked and unable quiTe To comprehend The phenomenon. lT seemed To shrink and recoil aT The joyous gaieTy. However, as oTher pieces Tollowed and The aTmosphere oT Triendliness heighTened, The very sTrucTure seemed To loosen up iTs ioinTs and shiTT around on iTs ToundaTions. BeTore The evening was over, The old building was iiTTer- bugging wiTh The besT oT The rug cuTTers, Tirmly converTed To The new Theories oT modern peda- gogy in a modern age oT war. This evenT, apTly TiTled The l-ligh SpoT, was so popular ThaT iT was repeaTed every second Friday nighl ThereaTTer. On The TirsT evening in spiTe oT a driving snowsTorm aTTendance numbered 250, and during The ne-XT Two weeks, iTs repuTaTion so spread ThaT parTicipaTion doubled. Dancing, swimming, games, and reTreshmenTs were on The menu. AlThough The dance Tloor was acceded The mosT popular, and The mosT crowded, yeT many people enioyed a dip in The pool or played pingpong or baskeTball. An aTTracTive snack Table was seT up in The caTeTeria where couples goT TogeTher over pop and doughnuTs. The enTire school is graTeTul To The ioinT com- miTTee oT The sTudenT council and The home room represenTaTives Tor making The conspicuous success ThaT was The l-ligh SpoT. Mrs RuThalee Jorgensen assisTanT super1nTendenT of recreahon plans lasf min-

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, 6,0 . ll--.,,KA A wp. www K V nf . Q., A, .7 ui If ' . J A . A , ' ' 9,16 V, A .,. . K . , .:- ..... .c - TI' ' ii' ' V 4 W NM? ,L , swab, 2 3 2? 'T ,. , -' ,, I sw -'. , wwvsigl .. - P 1: TMW 1 TER 5 ,T , , ,., , . ,L ,..,. ,, 4 A 5 xx T , ss rj I af, U iz, W 9 y g'w- sag -Mp M. g ,E 4 The spiriT of cooperafion runs high as home room represenTaTives, council members, and VicTory Corps members combine To aid The paper drive. RepresenTaTives, Jean Bogan and Roberfa Chadderdon, help Dorofhy Borgens Hll ouT Red Cross hospiTal aid blanlzs. ln The midsT oT a world aT war when The prize aT sTalce is our whole way OT liTe, democracy and iTs Treedoms suddenly become very dear To us. We Tind ThaT we rnusT TighT and worlc and discipline our- selves To preserve Those Treedoms which we Tor so long Took Tor granTed. These viTal liberTies are in- herenT in every phase and Tield OT American liTe. AlThough WashingTon and iTs busy men seem Tar disTanT To The average high school sTudenT, yeT rep- resenTaTive governmenT is an acTualiTy To us in Lincoln high school. An absofuTe necessiTy To The mainTenance oT democracy is cooperaTion and uniTy oT purpose among The various divisions OT governmenT. The sTudenT council, consisTing OT TwenTy members elecTed by The whole school, serves as upper house oT our governing group. Members OT The home room represenTaTives body consTiTuTing The lower house are elecTed by Their own home rooms. Through so wide a disTribuTion oT members This organizaTion is able To reach inTo every home room in The school. A Third group, The ciTizenship com- miTTee oT TOO, is composed OT sTudenTs chosen Tor Their consTrucTive leadership, and has beTTer ciTizen- ship as iTs aim. During The pasT year, These Three organizaTions have sTriven To coordinaTe even more closely Their duTies and increase Their muTual eTTorTs Toward wiri- ning The war. CommiTTee of IO0 members, Helen Hummel, Dan Jones, Arfhur Parchen, and Jeanne Branch, discuss a posTer for Their clean-up drive. BEUEAN I7

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nzuwl No group ever rises above iTs leadership. IT ThaT leadership is poor, disuniTed, and ineTTecTive, Then The enTire group will sinlc inTo oblivion. l-lowever, if The leadership is vigorous, uniTed, and eTTicienT, anyThing, and everyThing may be achieved. This laTTer is unguesTionably The case in Lincoln high school. Through The TarsighTedness oT The admin- isTraTion we are privileged To have The TreesT and mosT democraTic Torm oT sTudenT governmenT pos- sible. The TwenTy members oT The sTudenT council, our lawmalcing body, are elecTed Trom all Three classes, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Each oT These oTTicers has TirsT Tiled a nominaTing peTiTion, Then proceeded successTully Through primary and Tinal elecTions. STudenT council members give much oT Their Time To exTracurricular acTiviTies records, clean-up cam- paigns, ciTizenship problems, and saTeTy programs. The maior underTalcing oT The sTudenT council is Joy NighT, The mosT popular enTerTainmenT oT The year. Floogle STreeT, The G. l. never-never land, came To liTe beTore The eyes oT an elecTriTied audience when iT was The scene oT Joy NighT This year. The TwenTy-one acTs, in which Two-hundred and TiTTy sTudenTs parTicipaTed, ranged in varieTy Trom a pseudo Franlc SinaTra and Toe-dancing To a roller- slcaTing duo, and were chosen wirh greaT diTTiculTy Trom a Tield OT TorTy-Two hopeTuls. Box oTTice reporTs Tive days beTore The opening perTormance showed every seaT sold Tor all Three nighTs. As a parT oT Their paTrioTic wish To enTerTain and help The soldiers aT The Lincoln Air Field, several oT The acTs wenT To The base hospiTal There. Recording E. C. A. poinTs is an imporTanT responsibilify of council members, Phyllis Harris, Joan Farrar, Mary Sue Holland, Susan LancasTer, and Jackie Gordon. Head doormen, William Reinhard and Roger Sfewarf, collecT TiclreTs before a play performance. WesTover, Schaumberg, ATlcinson, SToesz, Towle Gordon, Holland, Harris, Reinhard, Heins, Farrar, Dye, McGrew Graves, O'Shea, secrefaryg Blue, vice-presidenfg Green, presidenh Loeffel, presidenfg Tobin, vice presidenh LancasTer, secreTaryg King I9