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arriors Will Beat Their Drums

8th Annual Downbeat

estside's Warrior Band w ill present its 8th annual Warrior ynbeat tonight in the Little Theate r is th e second fo rmance The first was he ld last night.

Darwyn Snyder, band dlr, explained that the perunce got the name Downbeat se it Is the "drat fu 11 eveconcert" of the year. e 80 membe r ban d and som e rates will all partlclpoat.e with &eeoroton solo b y Carol R unt, pr, and a clarinet quartet ot "Tenderl y ."

partet members are John Pippophomore; Woody Hovland, r; Steve Lagerberg, junior; Les Johnson, sophomore. the r m em bers sch ed uled are t ory a t Sea., " f1'0m t11 e tel ev i'"ers lo n b y Ri c hard Rodgers odgers a nd H runm erste ln , Trombon es" b y Ca rl .Frang' and "Cr escen t Ci t y Sui te" a ul T b e l a t te r deal s "Crescen t City " - New Ors b e performance Is at 8 p.m. tickets may be obtained from band member. For adults the is $1 and for students It is or an activity ticke t.

Rotary Assembly On Occupations

The West Omaha R otary club will sponso r a senior high convocation tor Westslders, J an. 30

B ook l ets w111 be handed out to th e senior high s tuden ts prio r to tbe convo cation These booklets will contain names of different co unsel o r s and the occupations in whJ ch they speclal1ze.

At the convocation, vario us c ivIc and pro f essional lea der s will disc uss the opportunities o p en to seniors.

In t h e e v e nJng stndents w111 be abl e to attend m eetings a t which spec lfl e occup atio ns w111 be discuss ed A qnall.fied represen tativ e will h ead t h e m ee tings an d answer all question s; givin g d e talled inf o rma tion an d reqn:irem.en ts.

If only a few people are interested In a certain occupation, they will be able to talk with a counselo r f o und in t h e directory.

1nch Hour Rush Soothed by Lounge

{d yo u know that Llle s Lnci• t has bee n reopaaedr li&'re een there since tt.a oP e DhlC? , yo u cou ldn't hel p lit o t lce addition. There ar•• also adena! pop machines rele goes to the .Jan klr ca..... 3e l o un ge will remaha as t h e stu d ents the (l and i ts p ropertJ, Boll ms, Student Council PrellldeDt. nee it& opening Jua. ge has seemed both pr 1 been given seniors 19'bo r lDI lunch; it ls opf!n to them 11 am to 12 :30 m. mllk are b q l ed by Student Co u ncU lluve yo n trJed it? All for the twistin g craze a r e W ests ld ers P eyton Whitel y a nd Krlsty Isaacson (lett) ; Ba rb B elnlrod and Harvey Le m on (cen te r ); and Bob G arre t t and Car o l Bloom (right)

The r eo p e ning and future sn cooss of the l ounge is this ye ar' s pr<>Ject for the S enate. Stated s peaker Oam Lucas, "As ide from s mall p r obl e m s such as keeping the pop and candy machine s med an d keeping the volume of the tel e vision d o wn, the lounge b as bee n a s u ccess as f a? as we can t e U W e will d ecid e for sure a bout k eeping it ope n as a result of the a ttendan ce."

AddiUons of more recreational next project taclllt1es are planned as the next project money f r om candy machines and sock hoJ)s will be used. Any suggestions for recreational f acilities are welcome.

Semester Closes Jan. 26

Students to Face Exams

New Year Brings New Lance StaFF

With the coming o r 1962, come many changes and resolutions. Westside's Journalism department Is not without changes either. A rotation ot staff. positions on the Lance is one ot the first orders of new business for the coming year.

The r eason fo r this rotation Is to give different people an opportunity to do different jobs

Due to this reorganization, and the end o f the semeste r (also finals) the next lss u e of theLance will not be p ublished unt il Feb. 16.

Occ u pying the new 'POSitions are edllor, S u e Tlchace k ; mana-ging edJtor , Joa n Olson; 1st page e d itor , Pat Miller; 2n d page editor, Karen Kozak; Srd page ed it or, Connie Oo l llton; 4th page e d i- tor, Priscilla Young; Junior High columnist, Susie Johnson; fea-tu r e editor, Lori Whitted; staff. reporters; Judy Nelson and Ja n Wright; circulation and exchanges, Kay Fuchs; business manage r , Cheryl Bird; and advertising, Cathy Eaton.

Hum at Mardi Grass

Come as a "Song Title" to the Thespians MardJ Gras March 10 I

Costumes for this year's Mardi Gras are to represent some song title.

The Thesp ians h ope to p resen t t b e Mardi Gr as as an annual even t. This i s the seco nd year.

Cathie Filkins and Nick Kostos are the chairmen of the d ance.

Sweetheart to be Feb. 17

W:ests lde's tribute to the Warrior basketball team, the ann u a l Sweeth eart Dance, will b e held Feb. 1'1.

Pep Club members wm decorate the gym unde r the theme o f "Go for Broke, '62." Cupids and basketba ll s In basically red and white, wlll ado r n the gym Candidates for the Sweetheart wlll b e voted on by the basketl>all team from a Ust o f senior Pep Club girls who have er-rned their l etter. All senior varsity basketball players wlll automatically be Prince candidates. The Sweeth eart and Prlnoe will be chosen at the dance.

The Pep Club will be in charge of hiring a band and selling tickets. All preparations for decoration and refreshments will be under the supervision of ove r -all chairman, Josie Hapner. Other chairmen and their committees are Reba Fosler, stage; Pat Moore, walls; Marleen Stark, programs; Suzy Tichacek, ceiling; Kathy Llerley, procession; Ginny Stein, advertising; Kathy Zoroya, punch and punch table; Gayle Hubbard, cookies; Nancy Simmons, crowns; Phyllis Sharp, table decorations; and Caro l Bl o om, card tables.

Senior high students wUl not be required to attend study halls on these days. H a student chooses to attend a study hall during a n e xam period he must remain for two hours. Students are not to be Jn the halls during an exam per iod. They must either go t o a study hall or leave the school grounds.

The classes llsted below will be taken by these teach e rs during exam periods. Mr

Debaters Take 2nd At Kearney Meet

A common topic of complaint and dissension here at Westside seems to be the fact that most of us like to voice our disgust with the school lun ch program.

It seems to me that when the situation is carefully surveyed, it is harder than most people imagine to find overwhelming faults in the lun ch program.

Let me first begin with the price of the lunch. As you know, the price for this meal is 35 cents. Is this outrageous considering what yo u receive for this menial s um? In each lunch, meat or fish is served on the average of four times a week. You can't get this at most good 1·estaw·ants for less than 80 ce nt s. Also you get bread or rolls, a salad, and a serving of vegetables. A m eal of this quality or quantity can be attained no place in this town for less than a dollar

Next, the food itself. The food is all good quality, the majority of which is government tested and certified accordingly. The sanitary conditions of the Westside kitchen and its food handling processes were given an "Excellent" rating by the Omaha-Douglas Co unty Health Board.

Can yo u imagine walking into the eafeteria and finding flies clustered on and around your food? Or eating you r food off of dishes with the grease and re sidue of the last meal still clinging? Even worse could you possibly see a cook with an over-soiled dress running her hands over a dirty co unter and then touching the food you are supposed to eat?

Although these conditions are from the mind of the writer, aren't you glad you don't have to face up to something like this just to have lu nch?

A word of advice from me to you. If you haven't seen or experienced anything worse than what you ' ve got--you don't even have the moral right to complain I

D. D.

Is it hard for you to get along with teachers? If it is, you should try to decide why this person and you don't get along. I emphasize person because that is what a teacher is, believe it or not I

1\lany st ud ents get along very well with a majority of the teachers, but they sometimes find one teacher that they just can't get along with, or do not like in some way.

This is not unusual, but a complaint that really is not fair or true is that teachers hate students

A teacher would not be a teacher if he or she did not really and tru ly like students and teaching.

It is not the job of the teacher to let personal feelings enter i nto his job. A teacher doesn't hate a student, that is not hi s purpose as a teacher. His purpose is to further the education of the st udent. It is not for his benefit that he stands for six hours a day talking about something which he has heard many times. The one to gain by his efforts is you, the student.

I t is very n eurotic fo r anyone to say that they got a bad grade because the teacher hates them. You get the grade which yo u deserve.

Even if you don't like a teacher, you owe him your civility and the amount of respect due to a person of this stature. Think about it Il l

S.B

What's wrong with American youth? This question is often heard among teen-agers, and especially among high school students. But, altho ugh the question is often heard, what about the answer? Most people aren't s ure what is wrong with u s, if anything. They can think of examples, but they still aren't really s ure.

This gap has bee n filled recently by an article in the Dec. 80 issue of the Saturday Eveni ng Post called "Youth: The Cool Generation." The article was based on a survey made by the Gallup Poll. Since the Gallup people are reputed to be experts in their field, perhaps we shou ld listen to what they have to say. They carne to the conclusion that the majority of youth is pampered, spoiled, and lacks ambition.

Although this survey does offer some definite conclusions, the Lance does not agree with all of them. Isn't Westside supposed to be above average? On the other hand, maybe this situation holds true at Westside. Who can say? You cant

The point is, read the article, th en draw your own conclusions as to whether Westsiders are lazy, spoiled, pampered, and gutless.

P.W