Sidney High School - Trail Yearbook (Sidney, NE)

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znafa Gwendolyn Jorgenson, Clara Christensen, Vice President Reed, Elizabeth Williams, Agnes Horton. 5172001616 The Senators are nieinbers of the faculty elected lay popular vote. The presiding officer is the vice president. Candidates for the Senate often are affiliated with the political parties. Members ofthe House of llepresentativcs are elected lmy each of the four districts in each of the four states. These congressmen elect one of their number to the office of Speaker. The tvvo political parties, lndepcndent and l.'1'og'1'cssive, each ai- tempt to elect enough candidates to control the Congress. 'l'l1m-y also hope to fill the offices of each state. All states are organized with an executive branch and a unicanieral legislature which l'ttS0llllll0 the or- ganization of Nebraska's f.I'OVOl'l1lllClli, just as our school national gov- ernment is patterned after the United States of Aincrica. This school governnient is designed principally to lnnniliariml the students with governmental functions and to provide experience in sell'- government. f Ouia O eff' - - Xeffziaialzfa tives Barbara Banta, Rose Sparks, Stanley Perry, Leona Robbins, Ward Jones, Harold Brauer, Jack Welch, John Osborn, Darlene Koehn, Mary Zamarippa, John Harte, Elaine Hedgecock, Speaker Dick Atkins. Page Eleven

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Aiufzfzsms owzf O. A. Olson, Emanuel Troutman, R. B. Farquhar, Chief Justice N. W. Ladegaru, G. F. Liebendorfer, A. E. Wright, K. S. Agnew. f f' 512 155512 0. we The United States of tl1e Sidney lligh School are organized in a federal government with student-faculty participation. lilstablished four years ago by Principal XVCYIIIOHHI, tl1is unique school governnient utilizes the natural responsibilities of each group and creates a niaxi- niuni cooperation. The judicial branch is composed of the school board and super- intendent, who in their capacity ot' Supreme Court are given an oppor- tunity to niake the final check on all school activities. These justices are elected by the citizens of Sidney. Lower courts are not necessary under this plan. The executive council consists ol' President Weymouth, Vice President lteed, and nienlbers of the cabinet. The lleparunents of State, lliar, Interior, liabor, and Agriculture are represented by students ap- pointed by the president. M iss Sunnis is Secretary of the Treasury. daginst t President Weymouth, Mabel Simms, Dennis Larson, 'Ifhomas Kokjer Don Craig, Yvonne Reed, Barbara Radclitfe. Page Ten

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7 -R 5 ,Ni N .SX - f .f 'X -X. '- X Lg, 1, W- X iff F Yumggl . ,- wg it 4 1. 5, T , Y 'P' LALONG THE viii. l . 'jf ,h,,f , g.f-5- g 'f ' f4 4 1,-fffi 11 x' if ff 1, ' ,flffff K . X V' ff L 5- -ui H-wil! -G: On a sun11y morning in the fall of 1930, ninety boys a11d girls entered the portals of learning in different school rooms all over the country. To some of us it was an exciting new experience, and to others, just another thing grown-ups made them dog but to each one a new path in life was opening, for this was the beginning of the formal education of the senior class of 1943. Many of us remelnber how we held a pe11 in childish fingers, as we haltedly printed our names on a sheet of paper to be put into tl1e corner-stone of tl1e 116W high school build- ing. Little did we realize at that dedication that some day we would be graduated from that very building, and would go forth from its doors, proud of the fact that such a high school was ours. From those first days in school, on up through the grades, each year was a stepping stone to greater learn- i11g. Finally came the fall of 1939 when ninety students enrolled as freslunen at the Sidney High School. A 'tgreenern group it would have been hard to find, but by the end of the first six weeks we seemed to have everything under control. As a result of our class election the following officers were chosen: President, Bob Ackerinang Vice Presi- dent, Millicent Wait, Secretary, Jeanne Gross, a11d Treasurer, Marvin Kettler. They immediately took up their duties as officers of the freshman class. ,r 1- After the reading of Treasure Island everyone had visions of pi- f rates and their crews. Thus came the novel idea for a Pirate Party, ir, H. February 5, 1940, in the high school auditorium. Although Henry J u r- gens and Vernell Vtfalters had the two most outstanding costumes, all 4 Qi ,QA seemed to rival each other in their ingenuity. A treasure hunt came to an end when Helane Jo Nielsen, one of the captains, and her crew found the treasure chest. S-ince then this chest .has been our Strongbox for '43, K for in it has been hoarded the 'records for the 1943 Trail. In the spring the champion spellers from all three classes in Bing- fw ' i' jff x lish lined up in the auditorium for a fight to the finish. The final is 'Li champion was Emogene Nienhuser, with Olive Wittig', second, Gladys Payton, third, and Phyllis Mathewson, fourth. Our final social get'together that year was a picnic at the new Shelter House in the Page Twelve