Interested in Science, Children, Dentistry ..

Senior Eldon Franz explained that taking pnrl In the "animated" discussions among the other members of the Contemporary PoUtlcal Affairs Forum "helps to develop my knowledge of politics which would otherwise be neglected for my interest In science."

Eldon, a W estslde r 81nce 1\b fNlshman year, was a Nationl\l 1\ferlt s emi-finalist this year BJs actlvtUes includ e playing lead trumpet for tho dan ce band, memborsh.tp tn National Hono r Society, and membersbJp ln the Omaha Association of Baptist Youth Fellowship, of wbJcb b e ts president. E ldon Is al so State Witness chairman for tb o Youth lt'ollowsblp.

When asked what he would like to be, he jokingly replled, "I want to be a cowboy. Seriously, though,'' he added, "1 hope to attend Carleton or Grinnell. My major wUI be chemistry; however, I'm not sure how far I'll carry i t. Possibly 1"11 go into medicine."

" Never a du ll moment," classmates obse r ve, when vice-president of the senior class, Judy Nelsen, Is around.

with KAREN KOZAK

School-sponso r ed clubs are supposed to prepare students for a userul future; however, sometimes their money-making projects are not as practical as they might be. For Instance, It would seem that FMA Is missing a lot ot money by not selling tranquilizers during test weeks and by not se!Ung nodoze durlng College Board weekends. Science Club could also clear quite a profit It they sold devices to unlock the doors between the two gyms, since a. number of people are locked out every week, just a!ter lunch perlods.

• • • l\l r. Koch, during bJs fourth period cJass, was empbaUcaU y giving a talk on the l aziness of the American people. D e became so lnloh·ed thAt h o Ig nored the bell tor lnnch Arter 10 minutes o f the l unch period had passed, 1\lr. Farrar's voice CADl e Ol"e r the loudspeaker. "1\lr. Koch, may I remind r o u that rou have o nly 10 minutes of rour lnncb period l eft?" 1\lr. Koch b l usbJngl)' dismissed th e class.

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Mrs. George, quizzing a class on Latin vocabu lary, asked a student for the singula r fo r m of the Lalln word tor "baggage." "Suitease" was the student's quick reply.

• • • l\fr. Larry West, a n ow studen t teacher, was beginning to take over Air. Win ch e ll's third h o ur Economies class. B e was eAl>laining to the class that h e bad not had much economi cs in college, when Suzl Petersen t\8SUI'ed bJm , " It's no t hard; w e' IJ belp yo u !"

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It was the last week before dress rehearsals tor "Ok lahoma!" were to start, and Greg Eden, one of the "Curlys" In the show, was speaking tho Hoe, "J>Iow a fteld and shoe a horse." 1\Ir. Kellogg wasn't satlstlod with the first r endition, so Greg repeated, "Plow a field and shoe a hearse!··

As treasure r of the Student Councll and Ed i tor of the Lance , Judy enjoys "keeping busy and being with people.'' She Is a member of National Honor Society, Quill and Scroll, and Z Club. Last summe r she attended Girls' Sta t e.

Judy can often be seen dashing through the balls tor a Pep Club, Y-Teens or Esqui res meeting; morning Drill also keeps her busy.

She wishes to attend Scripps College or Pomona ln Ca ll torn la, or St Olaf's in Minnesota. "I'd like to work with chlldren because they fascinate me you get to kno w bow their little minds work. Some of th e ideas they come up with oh!" she added with a chuckle.

"My goal in Is to share and give to others. I think that's praetleally everyone's goal," he r eyes sparkled as she stopped to think a. momenl "Well, practically everybody's except maybe Khrushchev's!"

"I wou ld like to see greater emphasis o n the academic extracu rri cu l ar activ iti es, such as debate," stated J ohn Wupper.

Although not a debater, John Is president of HI-Y, a member of German C l ub aJld Safe-Teens, and v ice president of Radio Club.

John is presi d e nt of the Omaha City Yo u th Counci l , youth org ani:u\tton of the Omaha Council of Churches, and "'ice-preside nt ol the Omaha East Association of Oongrega.tlonal Ohw·ch es.

"I llaten to ja zz records," John said of his spare time activities He also reads and Is an advocate of "Backyard Big Ten."

The ono tbtng be would to see changed at W estside Blgh School 1.8 the cro wded condition o f th e haH s "It Nlnlinds me of a bout 5 p m. in Washington, D 0.-the niSh bour tra.ftlc."

After graduation John plans to study dentistry at Doane College, C r ete, Nebraska, and the University of Nebraska.

''District 66 is building a bomb shel ter! They're going to build an underground school!"

These misleading statemen ts have spread through Westside, shocki ng and s urpri s ing many stud ents Actually, a bomb shelter is not being built. According to School Superintendent Vaughn Phelps there is, howeve r, a committee being formed to explore ways of protecting studen ts f r om radio -active particles created by a nuclear blast. H e also indicated that an underground sc hool idea is being looked into, but ver y cautiously.

Mr Phelps said, " Today, everyone talks about the perilous times. Yet, 140 years ago a farmer had to always carry a musket to protect his life. Of course we must be concerned, yet we must be calm too.''

As Mr. P he lps indicated, it would be naive of us not to r ecognize that a problem does exist It is now r ecognized that chances are 11 to 12 that if there were a blast it would occur during the hours when studen ts are in sc hoo l. So, in a somewhat "middle of the road" manner, the commi ttee is inves tigating the possibilities, trying to seek a possible solution fo r us if bombs should fall.

This is a familiar cry heard around Westside, yet often we yell it without knowing its meaning. The yell was incorporated by Mr. Jerry Koch , former basketball coac h, to promote team spirit by giving the boys something common to believe in. The team chan ts t his s logan before they came out of the huddle. T hey have a large "Go for Broke" sign hanging over their dressing r oom door, which they a Jl jump up and touch before running onto the floor.

The yell originated in World War ll in the 442 JapaneseAmerican battalion of t h e American Fifth Army. The soldiers u sed it to mean t h ey would give t h ei r best-and t h ey did. They were the nation's most highly decorated unit during the war.

Thu s, thi s s logan has a lo t of meaning behind it. The team takes it seriou sly and s o sho uld we; for in its own way it is a symbol of Westside.

complaining about t.be lack of lime in which to study current events. So, the Lance bas considered the J)roblem nnd bas found a solution!

Following Is a list of recommended records to be played during leisure time. Teachers n1ay eontact the Radio Club and students should InQuire form any Lance staff member as to where t hey might find these records.

1 Them o from " l\fan with a Golden Ann ," with Les El· gart

2. "I'm Dreaming of a While Chr istmas," crooned by Molovtov

More new types of classroom instruction are belng used every yea r at Westside.

For example, a n ew series o f language exercises are being experimented with Ln the French classes.

The use o f a ' ' i ew1naste r tApe, a and a printed tio n are the tools.

Classes are Instructed by way o f a three-part l esson Fi r st, U10 movie Is shown with th e aid of the reco rd Second, the movie Ia shown again with the record and a conversation sheet. Third, the movie Is shown without the record and the class speaking the parts.

"Th e I>urpose of th e program is to acqualnt the pupU 'l'.ith th e real French language," tated Diane Althou se, French t e acher In charge of th e eq>e rlment.

About three-fourths ot t h e French classes are participating In this tryout fo r a new kind of oral teaching.

"We, the Westside Senate, wish to thank all of tbe people who participated In the benefit basketball game Nov. 17. Your coope r ation and enthusiasm made the great success of the project poss i ble. T he proceeds will be used to purchase new blazers for tho basketball team, aid the Sen io r Class trophy ease p r oject, and cont r ibute to the Senate project of tu ruiabing the student lounge. Thank you again Cor your vigorous support of the game.''

Sincerely, THE WESTSIDE SENATE

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3. Com plete score of " Annie Your Gnn," lneluding "..1 thing You Can Do I Can .Better," a. duet by KeDn and Xhrusbchev

4. "Somewhere Over the RaJ bow," by Shepherd and G som

3. "Fight On W estsi d e" by Central ncapella. cholr

G. "Three Penny Opera ," fe urlng Nelson Ro ckfeller

7 "John Brown's Bod)•," by llu

8. Medley of I nterpretive Fo Songs, Including "It's So HI You Can't Get Over It, by t East German R ef u gee eho

0 Original sco r e from "0 homa !" fcatarlng the '6.1 R k e r f ootball squad, led Thnnd er Thorton

10. Favorite Melodies for Barb shop Quartets, wit h Cas Brothers, Fidel and Rao Che Guevara, and Goul directed by Mitch Miller

1 t Orig1nal east recordlng " Hnpp)' Annh·ersa.ey," wt stirring duets by Abe Lin and Jetre rson D am

"O h, no-not another one!"

Tbe above is only one of t many enthusiastic r eplies vole as seniors received new ass l g menta tor their respective Engll courses. Com position students plunged into another phase of s tud y of the essay. 0 s id e is being done t o in d eterm1ning elements n ee In a.n essay.

ReQuired soon is a. personal say, from six to eight pages length, and based on some actu experience. It has been made cl to the classes that this need n be n "confessional" situation.

W orld Literature Rtudents n ow e.q>lorlng the fle ld of com Ute field oC com edy through 1 dJffe rent types--iron y, farc e, th-e, and burlesque. The class t recontly compl eted a. portion Gulliver's Travels, b y Jona Swif t.

Outside r eadi n g done. Each s tudeJJt Is now wrt ln g a satire based on a presen day topic.

Behind closed doors (or roo 217), shor t. story and nov classes have been engaged In t symbolism and technique used Stephen Crane's Red Badp Courage. The study of three four more noveia and 'l"arfo short stories Ia on the agenda f th e rest or the semester.

Is vory u sefu l In ta kin g classroom notes. It makes It easy to write a lol In a short time using little space," sa id Vicki Taylor, notehand s tud ent.

"A fine course tor ta king notes for lectures. It's unlike sho rth a nd because you don't copy lectures word t or word. It teaches you to pick out the malo Ideas," says Judy Sherman. These are two comments made by no tehand students of Miss Allen.

Just what. i s notf'hand? College notehand fs a combination or shorthtmd nnd l ong hand. are told to 118ten and condense \Vhat they hear T h ere nre uo st>eed press ures as s h ort hand

Noteband has n o relation s h orthand and the purpose is e tlr('ly differe nt, Miss Alle n so.id.

Miss Allen teaches the o class in college notehand. The are o nly "11 to 13 ln the class she sai d It ts open to juniors a senior s and is a course.

Tb e fin.t (Jllarter Js conc:em malnlJ' with learnln,r how to wri notchand. The sec:oaCI qual'ter the practical use o f what 'ba§_ I canted. This Is the notehand haa Westsi d e.