North Platte High School - Roundup Yearbook (North Platte, NE)

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1 Plan The Year A one-sided grin and a pleasing personaliTy inTro- duce Principal OTTO Cakes. A newcomer Trom Kearney, lvlr. Oakes insTiTuTed several innovaTions in The NorTh PlaTTe school sysTem. I-le has rear- ranged The regisTraTion sysTem, esTablished more rigid aTTendance regulaTions, and puT The emphasis on Tair play on The parT oT boTh sTudenT and Teacher. CaTeTeria employees have also been aided by his eTTorTs. Mr. Oakes has his A.B. degree Trom Peru and lvl.A. degree Trom The UniversiTy oT Denver. ln I924, he accepTed a posiTion as science Teacher in The Kearney school sysTem. ln l94I he was elevaTed To The posT OT principal oT The senior high school. This TwenTy-odd years oT school Teaching and his Three children have aided him in gaining a weallh oT knowledge and undersTanding oT The younger generaTion which has been puT To use a greaT many Times in his years as school Teacher and principal. The board placed The responsibiliTy oT school dances squarely on The sTudenTs. As long as sTu- denTs conducT Themselves as ladies and genTlemen The dances will have more encouragemenT. This year They approved one dance a monTh. Board members TreguenTly aTTend The dances. All The members oT The Board oT EducaTion are prominenT business men oT NorTh PlaTTe. lvlosT oT Them now have or have had children in The school here. Board members are noT paid, They consider service They render To be a civic duTy. On Monday nighT These men puT in long hours oTTen working unTil aTTer midnighT. FreguenTly special board meeT- ings are called To decide imporTanT issues. PRINCIPAL OTTO OAKES As This book goes To press an elecTion is To be held Tor new school board members. Russell C. LangTord who was elecTed To The board in I936 will reTire This spring. STudenTs and Tax payers will miss The wise counsel, unTiring eTTorT, and keen in- TeresT ThaT lvlr. l.angTord exercised in his Ten years oT service. Dr. Leland STaTes is running Tor This posiTion wiThouT opposiTion. THE BOARD MEETS. W. J. Braham aTTends a regular ses- sion oT The Board oT EducaTion. SeaTed around The conTer- ence Table Trom leTT To righT are Mr. Braham, Russell C. l.angTord, C. A. Norall, Frank Cornwell, presidenT George Luedke, Ezra Fisher, and Carl Cvreisen.

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SUPERINTENDENT W. J. BRAHAM As The guiding hand and The governing body, The Board oT EducaTion conTrols The NorTh PlaTTe school sysTem. The board is reguired by law To meeT once a monTh usually on The TirsT Monday, in The Board oT EducaTion room in The Franklin building. IT is The responsibiliTy OT This group To approve all changes alTecTing The ciTy schools. IT is They who selecT and employ The Teachers in boTh grades and high schools. They, Too, musT reguisiTion all books and supplies-no simple Task nowadays-hire cusTodians, and approve oT all eguipmenT To be purchased Tor The schools. This year The board granTed The TaculTy a Ten per cenT salary increase. These Leaders W. J. Braham, superinTendenT oT schools in NorTh PlaTTe since l922 has behind him a long record oT TaiThTul service. l-le was born in Mercer, Pennsyl- vania, and aTTended school aT WalnuT l-ligh School, Slippery Rock STaTe Normal, and Grove CiTy Col- lege. IT was aT Grove CiTy Thal' he won his A.B. degree in I909 and his MA. degree in l9l3. Three years oT Teaching and ThirTy-Three years as superinTendenT oT schools in Pennsylvania and Nebraska have proved his worTh as a valuable acldie Tion To The school sysTem. l-le has served as secre- Tary oT The Nebraska AThleTic AssociaTion and presidenT oT boTh The Nebraska SchoolmasTers Club and The DisTricT Four Nebraska SchoolTeachers AssociaTion. Mr. Braham is a civic leader, a RoTarian, and is a popular public speaker. l-lis greaTesT regreT is ThaT all These Things keep him Trom making as many Triends among The sTudenTs as he would like. STudenTs and school paTrons appreciaTe The school board acTion which direcTed The insTallaTion oT a seT oT Tlood-lighTs in TronT oT The Senior High School. These lighTs were placed There To prevenT casualTies aTTer evening TuncTions aT The school and To proTecT cars. The board also sancTioned The use oT l. TesTs which all high school sTudenTs musT now Take. The caTeTeria problem was a serious one Tor The board This year. Faced wiTh an increase in The num- ber oT sTudenTs who wanTed To eaT aT The caTeTeria, The board approved a program which allowed sTu- denTs To bring Their own lunches and eaT in home rooms. Classes roTaTed on This plan. I0

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Anderson Andresen Grill Gross The Staff Carries ANDERSON, R. CEDRIC . . . lnslrucls lirsl and second band . . . A.B., B.Mus., and M.A. degrees . . . gives privale music lessons . . . heads Nebraska Music Educalion Associa- lion . . . plays 'rhe Trombone in The swing band. ANDRESEN, RUTH C .... Teach is physical educalion inslruclor in iunior and senior high . . . B.Sc. degree . . . Sponsor ol G.A.A .... fisherwoman par excellence and a hunlress, when she can gel ihe shells. ANTONIDES, FLORENCE . . . sponsor Wood Bees and Knighlhood of Youlh . . . senior class sponsor . . . member of Aclivilies board . . . in charge ol allendance oflice . . . B.Sc. degree . . .always willing lo sir and lalk. BYSONG, ABBIE . . . newcomer from Arlinglon, Nebraska . . . B.Sc. degree . . . has allended Universily ol Wisconsin and Universily of Nebraska . . . before yarn became scarce she liked 'ro knil, bul since lhen has laken up sewing. CHRISTIANSON, HELEN . . . reaches all home economics 'ro young hopefuls , . . B.Sc. degree . . . makes a hobby of her profession 'wilh knilling, sewing, cooking, and all 'lhal goes wifh rhem. DANNATT, LILLlAN . . , came lhis year from iunior high . . . B,F.A. degree from Nebraska Universily . . . heads Slu- denl Council . . , direcls lhe choir al lhe Melhodisr Church ...sews in her spare fime. I2 Anlonides Bysong Chrislianson Danna'H' Hahn Heady Hohlfeld Huflon Oul 'rhe Plan DlENER, INA . . . A.B. and M.A, degrees . . . likes lo hold long alrer school conversalions wilh sfudenls . . . has been a nursemaid lo The sophomore class for several years . . . reaches world hislory. GRIEVE, MRS. DOROTHY . . . co-sponsor ol lhe Bulldog Barkers . . . heads fire drill comrnillee . . . B.Sc. degree lrom Kearney Slale Teachers College . . . was recrealional direclor al lhe park during fhe summer. GRILL, ERMA . . . sponsor ol Girl Reserves . . . a newcomer from Neligh, Nebraska . . . B.Sc. degree from Nebraska Uni- versily and M.A. degree from Columbia . . . likes lo be oul- doors picnicking or horseback riding. GROSS, MRS. MILDRED . . . is dubious aboul her home lown, having spenl her childhood in five dillerenl' slales . . . B,Sc. degree . . . likes music and pholography lo occupy her lime . , , lell son Danny in Grand Island. HAHN, HILDA . . . was principal of Wood River l-ligh before coming lo Norlh Plalle . . . B.Sc. degree in educa- lion . . . sponsors iunior class . . . organized Spanish Club .. . has laken up falling for enioymenl. HEADY, MRS. VERDELLE . . . replaced Miss Vencil as dra- malics leacher second semesler . . . A.B. degree from Wayne, Nebraska . . . came 'lrom Randolph, Nebraska . . . likes 'ro go on picnics and loaf in lhe sun.