Northeast High School - Rocket Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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-5 - 1-1 -ev----1-.1-ew ----f------W Q.. .. . is.m,,1 . .'f' . ln- Through the tront entrance they come and go, a thousand Northeast boosters. Citizens Are Education Promoters At the outbreak ot the war, the gov- 1 ernment appealed to the nation's youth to continue its education wherever pos- sible. Where there is a project or move- ment, there are leaders. The school board and its administrative statt are the leaders ot Lincoln's public school system. It is ditticult to comprehend the many duties ot the board and the time that is required to determine school pol- icies and attairs, It was tun to come back to Northeast, to start a new year. There were no hands on the clock, but the tlag was tlying bravely. There was grass, green and well cared tor, new shrubs set out on the terrace. Caretul planning and prep- aration had made things ready tor us. We could make this year whatwe would. To back up the reputation tor a pro- gressive new school, winning teams, time music organizations must be serious class room endeavor. Hundreds ot stu- dents working a tull 60 minutes every hour, studying English, history, current problems, languages, math, science- this is the work that makes a year really worth while. They all study history, read the current magazines. Here are Bethel Came, Norman Pierce, Doris Schoenleber Doroth Deeds I Y 1 Margaret Schmer at work. . f :s -Wiz ' f 5- ,., ,, , na. ' - A......4:m.u...-,. ,.s.-,...,,-- - r ,se . . ....

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Miss MargareT E. Servine lilces The W. A. A. C. -l'onighT l'm C. l24 hour duTy as ,Charge oT QuarTersl, wriTes Miss Servine. l ThoughT iT was going To be horribly boring, buT iT has lcepT me running my legs oTT insTead. One oT my duTies as C. is To scrub The Commanding OTFicer's oTTice. You would have laughed To see me halT an hour ago carrying a scrub pail and mop Trom The barracks, and aT The same Time all dressed in my uniTorm, haT and all. Cn This day l've ceased To be a common sailor and have been selecTed To ioin The ranlcs OT honorable 'Gold Braid', declared Lloyd Rob- erTson. We are also allowed To Talce The V-I2 exam Tor oTTicer maTerial which They gave aT school. Lloyd was high poinT man on The TirsT TesT. sec- ond on The second TesT, and came ouT on Top on The physical examinaTion. l-le will spend one and a halT years in The universiTy and Then he will be commissioned in The navy wiTh The rank oT ensign. - As many oT our alumni have gone inTo The armed Torces, so This year's grads will be scaT- Tered To The Tar corners of The earTh. So ThaT They, wiTh us, may recall The happy, careTree days aT NorTheasT, we presenT This boolc. 7 .D+

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CLARENCE E. SWANSON compleles his 'lerm and no longer will be wiih fhe board afler lhis, his sixlh year of membership. Mr. Swanson, of Hovland-Swanson deparimenf sfore, has been in business since he was in 'lhe eighlh grade. He is also prominenl in 'foolball circles, as he is a former Universify of Nebraska player. For four years MRS. EVERETT ANGLE has been on fhe board. Acfive in Red Cross work since fhe beginning of ihe war, she is chairman of volunfary special service. One of her sons is in fhe army, one is afiending lhe Universily of Michigan, and anolher is a+ home. ww' M. C. LEFLER has held ihe posilion of superiniendenl- of Lincoln public schools since l920. Preceding ihis he was assisfanf principal of Lincoln high school and assisranr superin- iendenf of schools. His ever-ready fishing equip- menf adds a +ouch of sporf lo lhis execuiive, who also has a liking 'for hunling. F. M. GREGG is now presideni' of fhe board, and has been a member four years. For+y-seven years in +he leaching profession gives him a fine background 'For his presenl' work. A re- markable facf is +ha+ one-sixih of Lincoln's feachers have been his pupils. He has len pub- lished books fo his credif, and one is used as a fexfbook in Lincoln schools. W. A. ROBBINS, a board member for fen years, served as presidenf fhree years. Mr. Robbins, presicleni of fhe Lincoln School of Commerce, is noi' inexperienced in lhe field of educafion, as he has been wilh ihe school since I904. Since lhaf lime he has seen many pro- gressive changes in mefhods and machines of business. ROBERT VAN PELT firsl' convened wilh fhe board members fwo years ago. Wilh a back- ground of some 2I years of law praclice, his knowledge is valuable +0 rhe board. Afler care- ful consideralion, Mr. Van Pell could find liHle displeasure in working on lhe board, and seems fo enioy it ELMER MAGEE is +he only member who has aifended Lincoln schools. Mr. Magee has been in mercanlile business for many years, and is now presidenl of Magee's deparfmenl siore. He sfales +ha+ he enioys all of his board work, and has learned much from if.