Peace on the Earth, Good Will To All Me

'Tis the season to be greedy

This seems to be the theme of Christmas nowadays. People talk about how much Christmas is costing them, what gifts they want, and exclaim how th ed they are. The true meaning of Christmas has been forgotten. In its place has crept a commercial attitude regarding this wondrous time of the year

What has happened to Christmas? It should be a period to renew old friendships and to l.tnite with one's family. It sho uld be the time of the year when people open their hearts and let love pour forth

Yet today too many are caught in their ruts of wo1·ry and haste. They spe nd so much time rushing that they never truly find the Christmas spirit.

Don't let this happen to you. "Seek and ye shall find," Jesus once said. Seek the love, faith, and brotherhood Christmas offers and you will find it.

Io K

The Student Lounge should be closed.

Indeed, with all the lack of interest, lack of respect, and lack of use this room has received, there is no reason for it to remain open.

The Student Council created the Lounge because the stores at the Village complained that they were sick and tired of having students loiter outside them. So, the room was created to give Westsiders a place to go after school. They were wanted here.

Instead, it has been mistreated since its opening. Today, all it is rea11y used for is a so UI·ce of food and pop. Students still trudge over to the Village a nd loiter.

The Senate has now taken on the responsibility of trying to create interest in the Lounge. They are planning to make it into a senior lunchroom. Under the proposed plan, seniors will be able to go there and eat. Pop machines are to be installed ; food won't be served.

And yet, how good an idea is this? Will the seniors and underclassmen u se the Lounge? Or will it again r emain empty and unused?

This school needs mor e classrooms. If students want a Student Lounge they sho uld support it. Otherwise, it should be closed. Un less you, the student body, take an interest in the Lounge, there is no rea son for it to remain open. !N

Santa Bring I I

Dear Santa: bring these Westaldcra Christmae glft.a appropriate to their needs Hero are a few suggestions:

,Joltn Lu cka._'lel\: Contact lenses

J t"an Le''ls: A bushel o! scl!-pollabing apples

!\lr. W l n c hell : 100 shares o! Coast

Clty oil

Snzi Petel"!len: Footprints In Grauman ' s Chinese Theatre

BriM Tl t'r rl 'l: A passing grade ln o. physical fitness test

J<:och: r,lfe membership In the John Dlrch Society no<l t\tlll<•rso n : Another brother.

PAt Dunldnu: A rreo lesson at Arthur Murmy'a

Resin?

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Gary Gray: Robert's Rules o! Order

Be¥ Burrows : AccountJng lessons.

Ta1l'f Sqnboes: Some salt-water Freed: 250 Y-Teen dolls

Gn-en Sutter: A wading pool

Karen Eden: 10 lbs. or resin

Broce Frazer: A Spanish-American dictionary ··

OaU Parish, class or '59, appeared as feature soloist In the Grinnell College Christmas concert.. Gail is now a junior at Orinnell.

The Lance

Hovlancl, Rheingrover, Wright In Music, Thespians, Journalism

For the past 1 0 years, senior Dona l d Elwood Hovland, Jr., known to his classmates as "Woody," baa taken plano lessons

Woody has competed in several plano contests, and won the State contest. For the last three years he has attended Ro cky Ridge Music Center ln Estes Park, Colo. While attending last summer, he started working on the "Third Movement of the SE:cond Piano Concerto In C by RachmanJnotr" which he played with the Westside Symphonette.

When asked about his plans after graduation he remarked,

"I wlll probably go to Omaha tor the first yea r so I ean decide what 1 want to do." He concluded he bun't decided whether he w111 10 Into muslc o r dentistry.

"It baa been a great experience to play with an orchestra. Thank you for doing such a flne job," says Woody In bls thanks to Mr. Welch and the orchestra.

"The less 1 say, the less I ean get Into trouble tor!'' was the aa!o reply of Jim Rheingrover, Aenlor spotllghter.

Visitors Start Off With Right Foot

Carolt, candles, cake, a cross and Kallcandgare a r e some of the Items thal make up Dimlt:ris Portolea' Christmas h o II d a y in Oreece.

Dlmltrls says carols are sung before NlCh lmportant holiday of tho The carolers r eceive candy and mon ey for th e ir slnelng

In Greece, Christmas trees are d ecorated with candles and bulbs. Like Americana, Oreeks have a Santa Claus but they call hlm St. Baall.

According to Dimltrls, New Year's Day Is the most important holiday and has many cl11terent customs associated with it.

When a f amily awakens, 1t brealis open a pomegranate and each member of the Wmly eats three aymbollzlng prosperIty and happiness.

Aa vtsJtors arrive they enter with the right toot 1lrst to wlsh the tamUy happin ess. In the morning, 11 cake containing one gold object s uch as a coin, 1s di\ lde d nmong th e tamlly and guel!t.'l; th e p e.rs on who receives tbu golde n object will have good 1uck all yeAr.

Jan 6 Is a n other Holy Day. It Is the Day ot Lights. A priest throws a cross Into the sea lo bless Is so It will bring good flshlng and soiling to the pople. Divers then dive tor the cross and the person who flnda It Is to have a special amount of good luck all year.

"1ten lflllall children in Greece eat cADdy and food they aren't to, they blame in ou JU\11<-andglln.', a !!D1all creatu:re with blark b alr, borru., and goat's l eg-. lit• I<U PJIOM> dly entel'S the h o u ,;e by coming in the chimney.

School c hum Bob Can.o n euluate s : "He's th e grcatc t guy I'v e ever known - naturnlly a goodnatured, hllJ)PY·go·lucky guy."

Jim Is presently a member of Th espians, Key Club, NFL, HI-Y, and hold s the position of treasurer ot OP AF (Contemporary Poll tical Atralra Forum).

"Rather und e cided" ubout fu· ture plans, Jim Is conllldcrlng attending Nebraska U; perhAps entering Into politics o r "tetu)hing, probabl y 1D the fteld of social studies."

Jim's lnteresta range from bowling and basketball to "an occasional poker game" with "th e boys."

New Math Program Requires Unclerstancling

Formulas, equations, and unknown qu antities- thla Is what moat students associate with math courses. However, thla yoar a. new area Is being cmpbaalzed In this subject. Tho "how" and "why" of various tormula11 n.re b o I n g stressed.

Somo cJchth and ninth grad e alge-bra c l asses nro piU"tlclpAt!ng 1D the four progri\Ulll d evlsc<l by the University or lll1nola Commit.. tee on School l\lath emaUcs.

According to Mlaa Anna McConnell, Math Department head, the main difference between tho lllinols method of teaching math and t.he standa rd way Ia that students discover tblnga f or themand prove problema In algebra-muc h u ln ceomotry.

"Th e purpo!lle," l\D u l\feC'onn ell stated, "i'> to teach studentJJ to llllderstand whllt Ua ey ruoe dolnc instead Of jUIIt l eftrnln1 IUC• chan:lcs."

"Moder n indu stry requires a deeper und e r s tanding ot math, even though machines do much ot lhe computing," she added

Mr. Pecht Refuses

To Direct Hamster

By Lori Whitted

There Is one Westalder to whom

Mr. Karl Pecbl refused culdance. This may have contributed to the former's unexpected death two weeks ago.

H e w aa half-grown tlDd white, w e ll known by t.clence ltudents. He wlls a hrunste r bclongine to Room 208, the ciM!!room of :\lr. Emil Wiclna, aclen ce tench er.

Five times the hamster opened his cage, squeezed und er the cltuss-room door. and acurr led d own the hall to the pay phone outside the gutdanco offtce. Each Ume ho built a nest behind ll. Perhaps all be wanted was a dime !or the phone; no one ever inquir ed.

When :\lr. Wlclna would come d own and caU him Ito would u.suall)· Clomc out and rldt- back on :\lr. Wl clna's ann. SometJme , howc,·er, he prdcrrcd to 8l t'<'p.

"He was one ot the most Intelligent hamsters I ever took care of," "'lclna mourned.

Friday, December 8, it au ended. Tb l'! hamster wna f o und dead, pre.!>-nmabl) o f a bite front another hamsU'r.

Perhaps Mr. P echt needn't ft.'(') .s:o guHty, altt'r all.

"I want Santa to bring book report that's due right Christmas vacation," Jan W stated wtth a chuckle. "Serlo u she added, "It does peeve ma we have so much homewor k cause Christmas vacation &h be a Ume to reunite with tr a nd relatives, not a time to 11 about everyday problema, homework."

Jan's activities Include :\a al Honor Society. DriU Sq Z Club, Pep Club, Quill and Managing Editor of the and Girls' State Alternate; hasn't decided yet about her ture plana.

"I don t !mow yet what I'U she ponde r ed. "I'll go Into cine, journalism, or educ As f or college she Indicated Ia planning to apply to Col U. and Neb r aska U. Jan concluded by sayl nr. think senior year ls a riot. kids and activities surely ma kt fun. It's going to be hard leave.n

Hounding the Hal

Okay kid.s--hlt the panic ton. There's only one shop day le!t until Christmas! Thlt also the week-i!nd when a dozen Christmas car ds usually rtve from people whom you got, and at least as many are turned with address incorrec t. Snow sifts through the e green branches wltile junlon seniors sift through no te car d• term papers. Gi!t-glving, 11 ta lte part of the holiday se makes us all more apprecla o t many things, Including e ca rds

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Also having holiday was the original ju senior sociology and psychol trip. Dangerous driving co Uona on the highways forced cancellation of the tou r , so seniors and juniors were stra at school all day Dec. 11 wll any books.

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Student teacher Larry wu discnasing rent near stock)•ards In Mr. Winchell's hour economies class. Trytnr get the point across, he explal Joklnglv "You see, as the a goes up, the rent goes down! "

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While plann111g tho Obrtst Issue o! The l•n.llc(', Idea of lng pictures or L\ie 1tatt Christmas tr<> f! decorations llrst conside : •:d 'Y•nttor to troduce all •Jrldn&9U The L Judy that could be top.

«roups to rea and dlseusa e they had Wt:ll en. ln n Wright Just read hers to the group, replied lD a