Western High School - Epitaph Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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r . TUDE T FINALISTS GAIN RECOGNITIO 7 . Janet Miller was named Western High School's Homemaker of the Year. She is now eligible for state and national hon- ors, the highest, Homemaker of Tomor- row, bearing a S5000 scholarship. After a day-long discussion on various subiects, Three Western students were chos- en as Sun Youth Forum Fi- nalists. Mike Devere, left, represented the group on Civil Rights, Queta Baker, the panel on International Affairs, and Greg Mlynar- czyk, Man in Our Society. These students are to be commended on their fine performances at the Forum. Adam McCoy and Ralph Gardner were named as semi-finalists in the Merit Scholarship competition. These students are among 14,000 seniors throughout the country who were chosen for their outstanding perform- ance on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. They are now eligible to receive a four-year scholarship to the college of their choice. lO5

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I BOY'S AND GIRUS STATE Mike McCune was selected as one of the two delegates to represent Nevada at Boy's Nation in Washington, D.C. While in the capital city the delegates were given a tour of the White House, attended sessions of the House and Senate, and met with State and Federal officials. Mike considered it ci great honor to represent, Western High School at Boy's Nation, lO4 Potential political and social workers ot the future met this past summer at Boy's State in Stewart and Girl's State at the University ot Nevada in Reno to exchange ideas and broaden their knowledge ot our form of government at state and local levels. The stuclentsl held elections for various' ottices and put into opera-l tion what they had learned: i Highlighting the week's ac tivities was a trip to Carson: C-ity, where the participants conducted their own sessions ot the State Legislature and adopted their own resolu- tions. Those attending Boy's State, fromll left to right, Mark 'Whitmore, lf. G. Stevens, Carl Woiciehowski, Jamesl Mathis. Second row, Adam McCoy, Mike McCune, Dennis Tupper, Jim Low- man, Not pictured are Greg Mlynar- czyk and George Schmidt. 1 ty, , Delegates to Girl's State were Marcia Aucr, Michelle Bunker, Ann Chabot, and Judy L

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FOREIGN STUDENTS AT WESTERN In June I left Germany and went by boat to Canada. I enioyed the lovely summer with my relatives at a beautiful lake. I like it very much in Las Vegas. The main reason I came to this country was to learn English, anal I think my English has improved quite a bit. I already know that I will miss the American school life and its social activities, es- pecially the football games. I like it very much here and I think I will return sometime. I would like to thank you for taking care of me and for giving me a chance to learn the English language. In Western High School my teachers and the students are very helpful, patient, and nice to me. This way it is easy to learn the new way of life. I immigrated to America with my motherto my sister's. Iwas afraid to be a stranger, but I feel at home here. If you know about Communism, you can understand how much I appreciate being here in America, and you can feel what the word really means -freedom. I am happy and very grateful. Thank you, all of you again. On April 4th I arrived in the U.S.A. and came to Las Vegas and Western. All without a word of English: But all of you who know me, helped me very much and I want to thank you. I shall never forget how so many stu- dents brought dictionaries to schoal with them in order to un- derstand me better. Many of my German friends said I would find it very difficult here at first, but that was not true. You were so kind and thoughtful that I hardly had time to get homesick. When I must once again return home, I can only say that West- ern shall remain the best school in it's friendship to other nations. Mmm fi -Wim ofljdluawuaa Germany Hungary Germany R