No. 09 - February, 1975 - Omaha Central High School Archives

Road Show '75, "Movin'
On," will be presented Friday
and Saturday, Feb. 28 and
March 1 at 8 p.m. in the Central
High auditorium. Tickets are
$2, available at the door or
in the bookroom.
Freshman-Sophomore matinee is today. and the JuniorSenior matinee is tomorrow.
Tickets are $1 with an S.A.
ticket, $1.50 without, in the
bookroom.
Behind the scenes
central high
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Students study at Tech
Approx im at e ly 50 Ce ntral stude nts an'
" mo ll ed in part-tim e classes a t T ec hni cal
IIig h School. The courses o ffe n ' d are pre mca tio na l and wo rth o ne o r two c r edi ts.
F:ac h class peri od is 40 minutes in le ngth.
Co urses includ ed in th e program ar e :
d!'ll ta l ass ist a nce, auto fund a m e nta ls , s mall
(' l1g inrs, we lding, photography, nurse a ss ista nce and graphics. At Tec h, th e stud ent
rf'c (' iv f's dual assistance . The classroom
tl' acher h('II)S the st udent plan and ('omplete
his IHogram, and the group guide monitors
his progre1's and advises him on any p('r~ (mal or ('(Iucational prohlems, Til l' g-roup
g' ui df' is a uniqu f' f f' aturl' at '1'1'('\1.
Oth!'r high 1'('hool s
ratt~· Matthf'\\'~ i!< f' nroll f' d in d ental
ass i ~t an('('. S he I ik l's t hf' prog ram h l'ca u ~('
of th (' s ma ll numbf' r of stud e nt~ in th ('
c la~~ ro o m s , individualized study and th r
cu rri culum. "It's r e ally grf'at," (' xpl a in ed
Patty, " wc 're now planning t o t o ur C r e igh to n' s df' ntal school. You m('et other 1't.udents
from South, North and Hurke (High
Schools) . as w('11 as s tudents from T('('h,
Patty ha ~ had a h ead sta rt in dl' ntal
a s~ i s ta ncl' s ince sh e works in a d l' nta l officf'. Co urs(' instruction is individuali zl'd ,
an d r nrollm e nt is de t f' rmin ed hy a s tud ent' s
past acad l' mi(' pf' rformallc l' and individual
,'va luation .
Spa('e i' hiJli', too
Bro\\'n fir st g'ot interested in
ph o t og-raph~' at the Boy s' Club. " They hav ('
f"'e r ything f o r ph otography work," sta t pd
Daryl. "Wh pl1 I fir st walk ed into tIl{' st udi o
roo m, to m e it lookf'd I ik f' a cro ss betwef'11
a n o pe rating' 1'00111 and a s pace ship.
"Next yea r ," co ntinu ed ])aryl, " I'm
planning to takr a co ursf' in TV prod uction .
The peop le at Tf'c h are r eally friend ly , th e
school itse lf is really ni ce and th e hall s a r e
1)aryl
Road Show moves on
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Today and tom orrow a large part of Central will be
entertained by th e 1975 Road Show and a ll will leave
with their own opinions of it. But what manv will not
leave with , is the knowl edge of what went into' the Road
Show to make it.
A group of st udents who had
a ~reat deal to do with the tot a l
ouf('ome of the s how are the
Hoad Show Managers , The 1975
ma nager s a r e: Eric I'; nh olm ,
;\Iaria Goodloe, l3eth Gl'nd ler,
Patti n ell , and D(' hbi (' Lau g h lin . Th p ~' are r es ponsible for
sl't ti ng- up and h el pi ng jud~ ('
th p auditions. A ft e r til(' tryouts , th e man a gers must kn ow
th e acts and th e order in which
th e y co m e. They are completely in "harge of the publi.· relations; getting the st ickers, posters. and prog,·am s. Th ey mu st
a rrange radio and news pape r
announ ce me nts.
Also
be fore
th e stage cr ew t a kes ove r, th e ~'
must move sets. Beth Gendl e r
es timated that th ey s pend a hout
!)O hours for th e compl ete show .
fluid. "
I )pnHllishin~ ('ars
,Jim S impson is taking auto funda ,
m e ntal s and !< ma ll ('nginf's. " WI" W" alrf' ad~'
"tarted to d(,ll1o li !< h an old ' Olo s' whi ch i ~
r ea lly fun ," IH' sa id , " lw(,<lu !<1' I lik e to
dem ol ish ca rs. They han' ~reat equipment
for workil1~ on engines , They haye a new
front-end alignmenl I1Hu'hine ano a new
tuneup mafhine,"
TranSllortation
" Alth o ugh eac h class is o nly 40 minut es
in length ," sa id .Vli ss lrl' nl' Ed en, guidancr
dl' p a rtnl<'n t hrad, " t hp st ud f' nts must al so
take into con ~ id l' ration til<' tim l' involvrd
in gptting I)('twr (' n t il<' t,,·o school !< ."
Thl' stud('nts who use the hu !< prodded
hy th e Board of Educalion must wait half
an hour hetw!'!' n huses, Other students driye
Iheir own ,·an.; at Iheir own ('xilense,
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Mr. Lynn !\loller , instrul11 r nta l
mu !<ic dirpcto r , is til(' product io n managf'r. Thi !< mf'ans h e
mu!<t a!<!<ist, thf' ma nagf' rs, in
looking- at th e acts and a lte rnatf' a('ts. H f' must make th e
acts fit th e th em f' and mak e
s urf' th ey a ll \\'o rk togeth er . He
also tak e s ca r e of th e hack up
mu sic for di fff' r f' nt acts.
O" erall, Mr. Moller mu"t
mak e su r e it is th eat ri cally corrrct along with the help of :\li ss
Vicki Lef' a nd 1\1rs. Penny Graham, dra ma in structors. "On
my part alon f' , I s pe nd ahout
1 ~5 hours of tim(', h a rd work
a nd worr~' on th e Ro a d Show."
S im'p A Ca ppella and various
other s ingin~ ~ro up s h ave a
larg-e pa rt in the Road Show,
~1 r. Rohert ~1 cMee n , vocal mu s ic
dir('cto r. is ke pt quite busy. H e
is in charge of all s inging parts
in th e s how. H e a lso g ives ad"ic e to indi"idual singe rs and
acts.
'\1 r. Thomas Mars ice k and th e
stage er e \\' have a hig part in
the total outcome of th e show.
If it wasn't for th e m th er e
wouldn't he any sce nery, lights,
or so und. They hegin work on
thp Road Show set as soo n as
th ey tak e down th e prev ious set.
The stage new works VII and
r III hours. on Sat urdays and
during I'tudy halls as the s how
nea"s production date, "This
set is hard to build, becau se
tIw rp arf'
many diffe re nt
!<e t!<." statl' d Darrell Fluphr , a
stagl' cr f' W mf' mber,
Last .hut crrta inly not lea st
arf' th e pe rfo rm e r" o f th e "how .
Th f'~' arl' what th e a udi e nce sees
so th e ~' mu!<t kn ow what th ey 're
doing. Onf' a ctres!< stated, "We
SPPI1.\ up to 100 hours of practice hy th e tim e th e show is
on' r!" Thf'Y are also r es ponsihlf' for th eir O\\'n props.
Whet her you s('(' t.he matinee
today or tomorrow. February 26
and 2i or the evening performances on February 28 and
.'Ian'h 1s t, ~ive a special hand
to all those who mad e it pos s ihle.
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Absence policies show changes at Central
Thi s Yl'a r, a nl' \\' atte ndanc e policy wa s introducl'd at C('ntra l, mu ch to til<' a ppare nt di s may
II f t hl' st ud l' llt s . This poli('y !<ta tpd that ('ach
' 111I1I'nt was only allowed to miss 15 days of
srhoul and 1'1 ill IHI1'!< his COlll'ses, The e xcf' ption ..;
to thi s ntl p \\'f' 1'1' that a t f'ae h f' r could mak e a
s p('r ial r!'fllH' s t to til(' p"incipal if th f' t('achf'r
f, 'lt lhat th l' s llldpn('s work ,,'a!< desf' rving' a
pa ss ing g-rad(', if til(' s tud f' nt had an admit sign l' d
I)y a doctor, or if th e student mi ssed school Iw "a us!' of se honl a ctiviti l's.
This nl'w polin' was dl'sig,wd to h,'lp im·...'ast'
<ltll'ndanci' at ('t';'lral. and aCI'ording to att('n<la 11 I' t· sl at ist ics. il a Plla rent Iy workl'd, How.',·er.
Ilast sl·hool "I'('ords ha"(, shuwn a t ...·nd toward
Iwttl' r attt'l1danCt'. "0 Ihis nt' \\' policy mighl 1I0t
haH' affl'clt'd thl' attt'ndam'p ratio at all,
'I'll<' se hool aU(' ndancl' "pco nl s show that during' til( ' first Sf' nH' stl' r of ID72- 7:\, !)O.7(i pe r rl' nt
IIf th!' studl'nt hod y attl' l1dl'd schoo l each d ay,
iII til<' fi rst sl'm('stl:r o f 1!)7:\-7 4, thl' pf' rc('ntag('
J.!"r<,w to !ll.:::\, and thi s past SI'IlI('Stf'1' th(' num h' T ro s(' to !11 .:12 I)(' r cl' nL
1'11<' 1:, day polic y also fI ,du c('d th e J1umlwr
of stud !' nts attpnding ('f' ntml to a s li ght dc grpl'.
:vtr. LaGrl'c a c laimf'd that SO lll P studl'nts that
ha d \)f'<' n s howing a lot o f a\)!<encl's I' itlwr droPPl'd
out of sc h ool, transfe rrl'd to an oth e r school ,
o r tUrll<'d to JS C ( Individu a l Study Ce nter).
.,\11 st ud f' nts that slww an exc essivp amount
of ahsf' lw l'S arr turn f' d over to thf' Omaha I'uhlic
Schools' Pupil P('rso lll)('1 Sp ,'v iel's. Thi s s('rvicl'
con~ i s t s (If community counsf'lors that talk t o
thl'sr p('op ll' showing ('x cl'ss ivp ah!<l' ncl's to t r~'
and hrl p tl1(' m .
nr. (~. E . l\1 nll e r. ('I' ntral prin cipal , wa s till'
pl' r;<o ll that t l' aclll'r apl1!'a ls Wf'rl' m a dl' to.
T pach r r a pp,.. : t1 ~ a n ' madp h~' a t('ae llf' r r f' <]u(' sting' that a s tud (' nt with morf' than 15 ahs encf's
hI' allow pd to pa ss a eoursf'.
1)1'. Moll( ' r ~ t : il l' d. "Teach e r 'a ppeal s' to grant
fil 's t s(' m('s l<' r cred it t n stud pnt s who rx cf'f'dl'd
th r 15 day ah se ncl' limit W (, rI' mad l' for 32 s tu I]('nt s. In ' mo st cas" S ti ll' ahsr nc('s ('xcl'l'dl' o Iii
oay s hv o nh' 1 t il :\ days, hut in :\ or 4 casp;;
th ~ nU;1I1I. ' r ' hl' ~'OlHI I ii " 'a s as l11uch as :, t.o 10
da)·s.
"In till' latll'r cas.'s," n llltinu!'d Ill'. MollI·r.
"till' 1I':H,h.'r f.'1t th., "irnllu"lancI's WI'TI' ,'xlra ordiuary 1'l1ough 10 l1lt'rit H' r y "IJt'rial ,·on"id.'raI iou , N(; lI'adll'r alllJt'al was (I.'ui,·d."
La st s(' l\l l's t f' r , tl1l' sr nior d ass shllw('d the
IH' st att(' llilanc(' p"IT(' nta g( ' . !)2.75 l1I' r cf' nl of th,..
senior class att. ' llIl l'd sc hool I'ach day; !11. :12 1)1' 1'
c!'llt of till' ju nio r class, !IO .(i~ p"r ('(' nl of th ('
s"ph o n1l>n ' cla ss . and !II. 7 I,,' r C(' nt o f tl1<' fn 'sh l\lan class canH' tn hll nH' roo l1l ,'ac h d a~' last
S(' n1<' st r r.
For compari !<o n , during thl' fir ~t s('nl('stf' I'
of 1!17 2-7::l, onl~' !l1.04 pf' r ce nt o f the se niors ,
00.(;4 p('f cp nt o f th p juniors, !lO,84 pH ('f' nt of
til(' !<o ph o mnrl's. a nd !lO.2 pl' r fPnt of til<' frrsh nwn a ppr arl' d in h onl('ronm. A poss ible ('x planation fo r th l' imprnvf' m(' nt !< hown by til(' fre!<hman
class, is th at th l' r r ar(' 75 fp,,'PI' frl'shm f' n thi s
Yl'al' than ill I !)72-7:L
Oth('f att l' ndan c(' figuI '('s showf' d that onl~'
1.57 p(' rcr nt of t hI' !< tU(]('nt hody ,,'as abse nt from
school fo r ov(' r 1;1 oays last sp mes t(' r, as comparl'd to :2.5 pPr cl'nt during- the fir st !<('mestpr
la s t ~· r ar. A, I!<n, 7(i .7 P('f (,I' n\. nf thi s Yl'ar's Rtu ol' nt hod~· wa s ah!<rnt ('i th (' r four day!< nr If'!<s.
a~ compal'rd to (lnl)' fi!) .:l p (' r cp nt O\'r r tlw sa m ('
t i m(' ppriod hl !<t yl' a r.
Of til(' :\0 p('o pll' that mi ss('d mo r!' than 15
day s of honwroom, 175 gradps w pre giv(' n. Of
tho sp grad!'", tllI'rr wer(' 7 " inrom pl l'tes", 2
" 1':-;", 2 1o~ 'S", 1 H ~r ' t !) "-l' ~ " , and t fi 4 "5 's ",
Of t hi' :10 1J('opl., I hat W('T(' ('ounlt'd ah1'('nl
fOl' nU)I'(' Ihan );; days, 1<8 1)l'rrt'nt refl'i"('(1 failing ~radl'''' Of t hI' ,11 8 IJI'o)1I(' that w('re prl'!<l' nt
at ("' nlral ('YHY day. only \.:\ 1J(' rCl'nt of th e
grad.·" a(lminisll'r('d wI'r(' failing .
:"'11'. l.a(;r(,(,:1 slat l'd, "Pass ing g-radl's giYl'n to
IH 'op l!' m issi Ilg- mon' than I;' rla~'s o f school
co uld ha n' h('(' n for athl l' ti es , onl' quartl' r co ursl'S,
or t!'achf'r appl'a ls."
February 26, 1975
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Curriculum meets needs
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.-\ ccording to t he se lf st ud y a nd evaluation
guidelines prese nted hy th e Omaha Public
Schools, "Central's chief ohjective is preparation
of its students for successful ('ollege work. However, in spite of r~ronounced space and ~quiIJ­
ment limitation s upon vocational offerings, a
satisfactory general education must be provided
for the ilO to 40 pe rcent who dirt'ctly enter the
labor market UIJOn graduation."
It is for this r easo n that th e basic concept of
Central's curri culum is to provid e all stud ents
with an education that e mphasize s traditional
academic subjects . Thi s bas ic education prepares
both th e stud ent who will go on to some form
of high er education and th e stud e nt who enter s
into full or part-time e mplo yme nt.
For the 67 per cent of the senior class who
will attt'nd collt'ge, it is obvious that a strong
background in academic suhjects such as English,
math, and social s tudies is necessary. Central is
one of th e f e\\' Omaha schools that place a
great emphasis on written co mposition, including r esearch papers a nd th emes. Central's adva'nced place m ent program is also uniqu e from
those at other Oma ha hi g h schools.
Recent coll ege s urveys ha ve shown that many
students enter the freshm en class unabl e to cons truct sentences correctly in an essay. Although
it would be impossihl e to follow up on all past
Ce ntra l graduates, th e fo llow-ups don e on some
graduates show that th e ma jority wer e not ha ving these difficulties.
Many stud ents may be sk eptical of the curri culum meeting the n eeds of the students who
seek full or part tim e employment. For these
s tudents, the present curriculum at Central will
provide them with the ne('essary qualifications for
any job.
According to Mr. Anthony LaGreca, vice-principal, businesses are seeki ng post graduate employees \\'ho h ave a firm grasp of r eading, writing, and arithmetic. He s tated, "It would be impossible to train st udents for all specific vocations, so instead it is our job to teach the students the basics s o they will later be able to
learn the particulars of a certain trade." If a
student can n ot r ead or write a t all, h e ca n not
e xpec t to mak e it in any business world. For
students who are s ure of th eir vocation, T ech off ers n . wy specialized vocational courses.
Once the stude nt takes a closer look at our
present curriculum, h e will see that it is trying
to mee t the n eeds of th e stud ents. As long as
Centra l conti nues to h a ve a diversified student
population th er e will he some problems. However, the curri culum is fl exible. Over the past
seven years between 20 and 30 courses have been
added while only one has been droPIJed.
The curriculum will change if th e majority
of th e stud ent's need s also changes. Regardless
of these changes, a stro ng academic program
will still be emphas ized for th e stud en ts. In th ese
day s of eyer-changing educational methods it
seems as if a basic education is still th e best
preparation for graduating se niors. Many schools
are returning to th e bas ics. As for Central the
traditional education outlived the changing times
and proved the best for meeting students' needs.
soap box----Review lire poLicy
Lately, a decision was mad e
to correct violations of the
most current fire code. Many
other sch ools we r e cited as
having vio lations. Burke , one
of the newe r sch ools in th e
Omaha area, was found to hay e
140 fir e cod e violations. The
use of sensationalism helped
Ce ntral to have the appearance
of a building no more fire proof
than a tinder hox. Thi s se nsationalis m has led many to a
f a lse noti on. The current socall ed "corrections" whi ch are
be in g mad e are a was te of th e
tax-p ay e rs' mon ey and a nui sa nc e .
Ce ntral was built at th e beginninlr of th e twentieth ce ntury. At that tim e it was r egard ed as one of th e best high
sc hools
con struct ed
in
th e
t· nit ed States. When fire codes
came into ('ons iderat ion, small
corrections were made to compl y with the reg ulatjons. Th pse
co rrections
we re
probably
needed, a nd th p r ela tiv ely s mall
cost fo r th e r e pa irs could 1)('
over-loo ked.
The n, heca use o f an abrupt
ch an ge in th e fi re code Ce ntral
bl'came res pon s ibl e for' 110 v io-
la tion s of the code. How could
a school in existence for nearly
75 years without a m ajor fire
he in violation of so many
"necessa ry" fire r egulations?
This is totally absurd since Central has had numerous contained
fires, all of which were extinguis hed before major damage
was done.
The r e pairs which are now
being mad e are cr eating a nuisan ce for stud e nts in and out of
th e classroom. Several classes
had to be discontinued for th e
r es t of th e pe ri od as th e noise
of hu sy work ers ec hoed from th e
ha ll s.
Before the corrections
were made, the halls already
contained too many s tudents .
But with the mountains of ladders, electrical equillment, and
other assorted IJaralJhernalia
the halls are nearly im\lassable:
Ce ntral has tak e n upon its
s houldprs a $:WO,OOO task. The
doll a rs whi ch are be ing s pent
for a proposed fire cou ld be ]Jut
to a hette r cau se. Ce ntral's lack
of faci liti es co uld begin to be
plimin at('d through a n equal
sum . The violations, which hav e
he(' n
bes towed
on
Ce ntral
should be the object in need of
t'Orrl'ct ion, not Ce nt ral.
Bob Hekl
Court decision favors students
Stud e nts have th e right to a
hearing before be ing s uspe nd ed.
So ruled th e Suprem e Court
of th e United States in a r ecent
decision. The court said that a
s tudent being suspe nd ed has
property rights which are protected und er the Due Process
Cla use of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. Due
Process allows a student the
right to have some forum in
which h e can air his side of the
story before the school can tak e
away his right of an education
which has been extended to him
by the State.
In October 1972, Judge Richard Dier of the Federal Dis trict
Court in Omaha made a s imilar
decision. This decision came
out of a case where several
students of Omaha schools
sought a decision against Omaha Public Schools; su ch that th e
school district would r eform
their suspension policy. The
Judge rul ed that the sch ool district must put th ei r policy in.
writing.
One of the defendents in this
case, Dr. Rene Hlavac, assistant
s uperintend en t for pupil-personne l ser vices, say s the school
hoard has put out a pamphlet
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whi ch explains the policy on
suspensions. He further s aid
the pamphlets are di s tributed to
students when they are suspended.
Dr. Hlavac. said ther e were
three types of s usp ensions in
Omaha school distri ct. In these
proceedures "no attempt is made
to hold a student out of school ,"
he said.
A type 1 s u spension, or a
principal s u spen s ion , is where
a student is s uspended from
school with a letter g iving th e
r easons for hi s suspension. An
identical le tte r is sent hom e to
the parents with the clate and
tim e of a scheduled confer en ce .
A t this conference the s tudent is g iven a second ch a nce
to prese nt hi s side of the sto r y
(the first chan ce be ing at the
original suspension h earing with
th e principal.) After th e parent confe r e nce, th e st ude nt is
reinstated.
At Ce ntral, according to Mr.
Anthony LaGreca, there is a
modification of the principal
SUSIJension. The IJolicy here,
said LaGreca, is to s uspend the
s tudent at 3 :15 until a parent
conference. If thi s confer en ce
participates
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can be arrang('d at 7 ::HI (hi.
next morning, th c-ll Ill, s('hol,i
tim e is lost.
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Hlavac saitl a t)"1>(' 2 su~.
p ens ion involve s t hp J'l'incipai\
r e comm endati on th at th .. stu.
de nt be r eassign ed to anothr-,
sch ool. Afte r an ini ti:li hl'a ri n·
which will in vo l\'{' \I i "I" :~
any are in vo h 'ed, t ho 'tu·,le;:
will r ecei ve a let lf'r and hi;
parents will r ecei\'{' " I,·ttr.r.
The ce ntral offi C(· ., .II sl,nli
someon e out t o in\,(· ,t cat .. Ihl
matte r and w ill hold " ."'(·on,
h earing in no m orl' tl :In ,,,>\,,;.
days . Th e central of'ic t> will
th e n recomm end on (' of thrH
things . One, to I"l' ill ' atl' th,
st udent; two, to a ssig- 11 the st u.
dent to a new s chool : 01 . thrt·,.
to re co mm end exp ul 'I"n. Hcentral o ffi ce tllf'n I
thre'
days to n oti f ~' t hl' I' ,: nt, ,,;
their deci s ion.
.T h e last t ype of '.. "'n,ion
is th e principal suspen- II \lith
r ecomm end a ti on f or t ,d,inr..
This type f oll ows t h,' '<lIlo" procedure a s in t ype ·2 su , .. I., iop.-.
If th e ce n t r al offi t" YI'comm e nd s ex puls ion, tht·! .. ,tu·
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The Omaha Central High Cha\lter of the Future Farmers of
America (FF A) participated in the District II Contest held at
Mead, Nebraska at Mead High School on Saturday, Feb. 15. District II consists of a ll 21 sch ool FF A Chapters in th is immediat e
area.
Central's chapter participated in fiv e out of the six individua l
contests held. Although ther e are no overall s chool ratings f or thi s
contest, through th e winnings, (one first pl ace, two s eco nd s , a nd
two thirds), Centra l's FFA was the best chapter .
Debbie Miller, a junior and Central FF A pres ident, won fir st
place in the Public Speaking Contest. The topic was left open to
anything dealing with agricultiure . Debbie's topic dealt with a
global problem: .. Solutions to the World Food Cris is."
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In the Wildlife Public Speaking Contest, Dan Huffman, a
sophomore , won seco nd place with his speech on Coyote Management. Another contest, Creed S peaking, is a reading of the FF A
C reed. This was done by Ken Jansa, who took third place.
One of the more difficult co ntest, Extemporan eo us S p eakin g,
gives the participa nts t e n to fiftee n minutes to prepare an impromptu topic into a speech. Phil Worthing, who did his entire
SIJeech with just one card of sca nt notes, took second place.
One of the most involved contests is the De monstration of
Parliamenta ry Procedure. This is a 10 to 12 minute co ntest in
which seven t eam m embers act out various roles of parliamentary
offices to demonstr ate th e workings of the procedure during a
m ee ting. Central's FF A chapter place d third in th e eve nt with
team me mbe rs Debbie Miller, Rich Zajic, K en Jones , D enn is
Riley, Dan Huffman , Phil Worthing, and Mike R eich.
All of the first place winne rs from the Di stri ct II m ee t will
then move on to a State m eet which will be h eld in Lincoln,
N ebraska on April 3, Debbie Miller, Central's fir s t place winner,
will participate in the State contests.
Debb ie ft'ed s hungry \i"tl·l1t'r,.
Seniors stay at school through spnng
For many Central seniors, the
thought of graduation seems to
occupy most of their tim e. It
is not un co mmon to h ear the
wishful cries of the seniors "It's
tim e to graduate " or "Graduation is only 90 some days away,"
throughout the halls of Ce ntral.
Howeve r, for three Central
se niors, th e thought of graduation is not as ove rwh~lming.
Kay Cee Buss Debbie Galas
and David Sch~al a l\ had th~
necessar y credit r equire ments
to graduate at th e semester but
didn 't graduate. Accordi n g to
Mr. Ri ch ard Byers, guidance
co un selor, ma ny stud ents stay
through second se meste r so th ey
ca n obtain extra cr edits. Alth ough these three s tud ents will
graduate with t\\'o or m or e extra credits, thi s was n ot their
primary reason for de layin g
th e ir graduation.
Ka y Cee a nd Debbie's main
r easo n for waiting u ntil SUJllnH' r g r aduation was th ey co uld
not chee rl ead anymore if th ey
gra du a ted a t th e semeste r . Hoth
Kay Cee and De hhie att(' nd e d
s umm e r sc hool with th e inten tion of g radu a ting- at sem est('r.
Kay Cee stated that h er mind
started to chan ge from the beginning of the year. She and
Debbie the n both decided to w ait
until summ er to graduate.
Debbie a nd Kay Cee leave
school at 11 :;{O a.m. both w orking part-time. K ay Cee also
stated, "I did no t want to begin working full tim e y e t, th e re
will be ple nty of time for that
later." Both cheerl eader s agr eed
their senior yea r w a s tll" n10,t
fun ' anoth e; r ea son " cc oU llting 'for th e ir dela yed )!r:l du:ltilll1.
David Schaa l, :tl so :ddt' 1,1
graduate, is st ay in g- ;l l'l)\llllL 11>·
too , ha s a sh ortE' npd d a~ :tnd :\1:
afternoon job. J)a \"{' ,;lid t1~:tt
,
therE' was n o s pec ia l rl' ;lSI 1 11 !I r
his d el a \' in g-rad u a ti ()n: It" ju;!
.
.
l ith
wanted to s pend tilt' (lilli' I
hi s fri end s .
CENTRAL HIGH REGIST ER
The Central High Hegis ter is publish ed se mi-m onthl y cxCl'pt
for vacation and examination period s hy th t' Jou rnali s m Cla,,,r"
Central High School, 124 Nort h 20t h S trt't' t, Omaha, :-;" hra ska.
68102.
Second class postage paid a t Omaha , N ebrask a. ~I a il suI>·
sc ripti olls $2.00 pe r y ear.
editor.ill .chie! : S teye Wi se
I'xecutil'e edit or: Ken neth ~1ilder
editorial editor: Beth Gendler
associate editor : Bruce 1'. Hips
sports editor : Nea l Ste inhart
IIssistallt sports editor : Brian Simmon ~
fe atu re editors : Gary RroI\n. Ju ~ tin Coo per
di.~trihl/tinf/ flllI'U/~e r : Lesli e Hart o n
IJII sif/I'sS flllIlIlI !!!'r : ~lark n. Grf'f'lIil c r;!
rq)()rters : J llur nali sm I Student.~. Ed Kount ",
photographers : P eter Bu ffe tt. Kc\'i n Ande rso n. l\1:Jrk Si lll[1!l
grl1p hics : J oel Dayies Mike Lai e r
IIdl 'isor: Mr. T . M: Gah e rt,
prin cipnl : Dr. G. E. \l ()lIe~
v
February 26, 1975
s
the
:hool
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stu)ther
Iri ng
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dent
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send
the
cond
Cent~alites
fRES HMA N CLASS
Phillip Bea ucha mp 17.75 ; Kathleen Costantino 15.75; Wa nda Crossley 16.00 ;
Lora Da vi s 19.50 ; Timothy E ngler 16.00 ;
Janel (; ibbons 18.25 ; Janet Gillespie 15.00 ;
Janet C; rablin 17 .50 ; Kareni na Hayes
1650' .Ju lia Hembd 17.00
Roblll HoIl15.50 ; J effrey Jacobsen 15.25 ;
Jea nl'lle J ohnso n 17.75 ; Andre w Krolikowski In i5; Diane Ledgerwood 19.00 ; Cheryl
Lemke 19.00 ; Serena Ma jor 17.25 ; Na ncy
~lil llrIQton 15. 50; E liza be t h P a nkow 19.00 ;
Brian' Heed 16.25
Je.11l Rivard 20.50 ; Windi Triplett 16.75 ;
Robt·,.t VlOce 15.25 ; Julie We rner 18.00 ;
KUliberly Ya tes 15.75 ; J ohn J York 17.75 .
even
will
h ree
the
stu.
Iree,
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hree
; of
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proo ns.
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s.
SOP HOMOR E CLASS
Ernest Addison 16.75; Ke nne th Alle n
19. (lO. Ro bert Ande rsen 17 .75 ; Kenneth
-\nd,>rso n 16.50; Lynae Ande rson 15.25;
Stephen Ande rson 16.75; Kathryn Axiotes
lilili. Anita Bahle 16.00 ; P a tric ia Ba rnes
16 ;;,. Ard ith Ba rton 16.25.
Pa,,1 Bashus 16.75 ; Denise Bazemor e
Ii :;U. John Be rti no. 1625 ; Cynthia Blum
1,1111 Hebecca Bohl 22.00 ; Ka thy Bom e r
lti Oil. Ka ren Bor c hma n 16 .50 ; Jus tin
An 1l1ll 23. 00 ; Dia ne Brinkma n 16.50 ; Rhonda Bu ller 18.00 .
lIobNt Burch 19.75; Da nie l Butts 19.00 ;
:>l lC"hele Carey 16.00; E liza beth Case 15.25 ;
Il",ha ra Chappell 22.00; J ea nne Cla rk
25 IItI Hobert Cle m e ns 15.25 ; Anne CooIIdc.· 1850; Na ncy Cox 17.00 ; Thomas
('urran 20 .75 .
\"net te Danie lson 16.00 ; Marga rette
[xil;1ckcr 16.00 ; Ta mm y De leze ne 17.50 ;
SLlrle\' Denney 21.00 ; Deborah Edwards
IRIn).' Susan E lbert 15.75 ; Diana Elliott
1:1 ';0. Diana E nge l 23 .00 ; Theresa
Etter 16.75 ; John f a ie r 16.75.
" IOnic fairchi ld 16.25 ; Ke rry F a ve ro
I; ~S. Michael F enlon 21.75 ; Margare t
Fleissner 17.75; Catherine frederi c k
I~' :;0. Joel Ga rd 17.00 ; Roger Gerzesk i
21151). Renee Glase ma n 15.00 ; Douglas
(;nNhe 18.00 ; Douglas Goethe 18.00.
\I ic haela G reen 15. 75 ; Alice Grow
'~OO. Janet Gue va ra 15. 00 ; J ohn Hall 19.75 ;
achieve Honor Roll distinction
Gregory Ha nsen 16.75; J a ne t Ha nsen 15.00 ;
Cindy Ha nson 18.00 ; Re becca Harrison
18.50 ; David Ha rrold 20.75 ; Ellen Heard
18.75.
Timothy Hedric k 15.00 ; Ma rilyn Heldt
17.00 ; Che ry l Hills 20.00 ; Da nny Hooi
16. 75 ; Yu e n Hue y 17 . 75 ; Matth e w
Ire la nd 17.75 ; G r e ta J ac kson 1500 '
J a m es Je nse n 16 .75 ; J a ne J o hn's o~
15.00 ; Richa rd Kings ton 16.75 .
Willi a m K o p e r s ki 18 . 50 ; Su s an
Kope rs ki 16.50 ; J a ne lle Kostka 16.25;
Juli e Kregness 19.00 ; Ke ith Kroeger
15 . 5 0 ; R ose m a ri e Lamb e rt 17 .00 ;
F lo r e ne La ng ford 17.50 ; Ta mi La nti s
17.75 ; Tobi Lee 19.00 ; De bra Le mke 20.00.
Ga ry Lukowski 19.75; Bradfo rd Lynch
16.50 ; Mi c he ll e Ma d ej 20 .00 ; Willia m
Ma h o n ey 19.75; Troy Ma j o r s 17 .00 ;
Pa tri cia Ma rsh 15.75 ; Jill Maser 21.00 ;
Ja ne tte Ma tney 17.00 ; Julia Ma tschine r
16.25 ; Jacq ul yn McG inni s 16.00.
Tom McLa ughl in 21.75; J a mi McSha nn o n 15 . 25 ; M o ll y M ee h a n 16 . 50 ;
Ja neen Me urre ns 15.50; Vic toria Mil.
le r 16 .75 ; Je nn i fe r Mit c h e ll 16 .00 ;
The resa Mora n 15.00 ; J a m es Ocander
15.00 ; Luna Okada 20.00 ; La ura Olsen
22 .50.
Joa nn Olsen 20 .00 ; Che ryl P eavy 17.00 ;
Jo na tha n Petersen 23.75; Claudia Pete rson
15.00 ; J or ge Porta 16.75 ; Lis ton Rose
17.75 ; Anita R ose nfi e ld 16 .75 ; Gina
Sa itta 17.00 ; Susa n Saxon 15.00 ; Da vid
Sche lle nbe rg 17.25 .
Na ncy Schneider 15.75; Ga ry Schube rt
17.25 ; La ur ie Sc hw a lm 18 .00 ; J a ne
Sh a ll be r g 15 .75; Sco tt S hurts 15.75;
J olayne Sip 15.25 ; Willia m Skog 25.75;
Cynth ia Sleder 18.00 ; Ka thy leen Sloa n
21.50 ; Steven Solom on 23. 50 .
Ri chard Steele 21.75 ; J a nice Swe ta la
16.75 ; Cha rl es Thomas 18.75; Coleen
Thom as 17.00; Dia ne Thompson 16.50 ;
Ste ve n Tho rnburg 18.00 ; Mic hael Timmins
15.25 ; Timothy Tra bold 15.75 ; Pame la
Tracey 18.50 ; Sa r a h Tra ub 20 .00 .
Alice Tre ke ll 24 .00 ; Kirk Trofho lz 16.75;
Charles Tsche tte r 16.00 ; Ke ve n Ward
17.75 ; Scott Wendt 18.25; Neil We ngert
17.75 ; Pa tricia West 18.50; Ala n Whea t
16.75 ; Ste ve n White 16.75 ; Da vid Willia m s
24.25 .
Ka re n Woita 21.00 ; Pa me la Woodma n
17.75 ; J e rry Wools trum 17.25 ; Richa rd
Za jic 18.00 .
J UN IOR CLASS
Joa n Alb r echt 20 .00 ; Doug las All en
20.00 ; R oc he ll e All oy 16 .50 ; Kri s ti
Ande r sen 20 .00 ; Joa n Barna 17.00 ; De bbie
Beals 18.00 ; Ma rl e ne Be lmont 19 .00 ;
De bra Be rka 19.00 ; Juli e Bla ir 22 .00 ; Bre nt
Bloom 17.50.
Suza nn Bockes 24 .00 ; Ric ha rd Bouma
20.00 ; Linda Bowen 27 .00 ; Mic hael Brand
15. 00 ; J a mes Brown 15.00 ; Kris tine Brown
18.00 ; Hube rt Brown 19.00 ; P e ter Buffe tt 17.00 ; Ken Burson 15. 00 ; Te rry Ca rlton 19.00 .
Re be ka h Claassen 15.50; J oel Davies
20.00 ; Ke nne th De ba cke r 19.00 ; Debora h
De ne nbe rg 22 .00 ; Bradl ey Dollis 18.00 ;
Kim Dumk e 16.50; Cynthi a Dye 17.50 ;
La rs E ric kson 17.00 ; Pa ul Fishkin 17.00 ;
E laine fl a xbea rd 17.50 .
Darrell flu ehr 18.50; Anne Galaska
25 .00 ; Pa tricia Ga lvin 18.00 ; Julie Gomez
20.00 ; Pa t r ice Goodsell 15. 50 ; J a n Goranson 22.00 ; Sha ron Griffin 18.50; Joan
G riffith 16.50; Caryn Haac k 21.00 ; A.
J ohn Ha lls 20.00.
De bra Ha ne k 16.50; Douglas Ha nson
21.00 ; Ra m ona Ha rl off 17.00 ; Ca rol Harms
15.00 ; J ohn Ha rris 21. 00 ; Robe rt Henkl
24.00 ; Colleen He ndric ks 16.00 ; Ba rry
Hoberm a n 22 .50; De bora h Hoffma n 21.00 ;
J a ne t Hra bovsky 20.00.
De borah J aco bsen 15. 00 ; Da niel J a ks ich
16. 00 ; Rober t J espe r sen 20 .00 ; Te rri
J ohn son 21.00 ; Robe rt J ohn son 17 .00 ;
Adele J oseph 21.00; Julie Kalkowski 19.50 ;
Susa n Kl oste r 16.00 ; Kimberl y Knutson
21.00 ; Pa me la Kohout 19.00 .
Stua rt Koln ick 16.00 ; Da nie l Kra ft
18.00 ; J e ri Kresl 22.00 ; J a ne t Kres l 24 .00 ;
Rose Kudlacek 22. 00 ; Chri stine Kulas
15.50 ; J oa n La be nz 17.00 ; Ca rol yn Larson
16.50 ; Gay lin La ug hlin 17.00 ; Sh a r on
Lee 15.50 .
Ma rk Lewi s 23. 00 ; Re nee Love 16.00 ;
Ke rs te n Lue bbe rs 16.00 ; P a tr icia Maca
20.00 ; G lenda Mann ing 1800 ; Mic hael
Ma tejka 18.00 ; Sarah Ma ttox 15 .50; P eggy
Me rt z 16.00 ; De bra Mille r 16.00 ; Marcelyn
ntto
i e,
an
lat
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ith
pI
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b-
Morrow 20.50.
Va le ri e Morrow 24 .00 ; Michaela Mullen
15.00 ; Ca r ol Nas h 19 .50 ; Jill Ne lson
21.50 ; J ea ne tte Oba l 20.50 ; Ka re n Olson
15.50; Ga ry Os trow 24 .00 ; De bra P a nkow
22 .00 ; Mic hael Pe relma n 22 .00 ; Joseph
Pe rry 16.50 .
Da rl e ne Pe te rson 19.50; Winfred Pi ·
kelis 22 .50; Gle nn Prettym a n 21.00 ; The re·
sa P ta cek 22 .50; Richa rd Re nn 21.50 ; Carol
Renne r 17.00 ; Denni s Riley 16.00 ; Paula
Roxlau 23. 00 ; Keith Scha fe r 17.00 ; Sue
Schwa rt z 20.50.
De bra Schwa rtz 15.50 ; Michae l She ri ·
da n 19.00 ; Scott Shoup 23 .00 ; The rese
Sima ne k 18.50; Ma rk Simon 16.00 ; Michael
Simpson 19. 00 ; Ste ven Siref 18.00 ; Nancy
Sowl 1900 ; E la ine Spindle r 16.00 ; Bob
Spitzer 24 .00.
Pa m e la Stage man 15.00; Angelo Stennis
15.50 ; J oseph Ste ph e n 19 .00 ; Thom as
Stephen 20.00 ; No rma n Ste wart 15.50;
S t eve nson Sw a nson 23.00 ; R e becca
Tha ldorf 17.50 ; Dona ld Thomsen 19.00 ;
Shelley Tuttle 19.00 ; Louis Wa lch Jr .
21.50.
Da ni e l Wa lsh 18.75; Ma rgo Wa rd 17.00 ;
Anne Wa tson 22 .50; Nancy Watson 15.00 ;
Ma rlon We iss 23.50; Barba ra Well s 21.00 ;
Stephen Wentworth 16.00 ; J oy We rne r
15.50; Ronold Wha ley 16.00 ; E lizabe th
Willia m s 23 .00 .
SENIOR CLASS
Ani ta Acevedo 15.00 ; Linda Ac ke rson
15.50; Linda Albin 19 00 ; La uri e Almgre n
18.00 ; Adrienn e Alston 23. 00 ; Kare n
Anderson 18.00 ; And rew Ba ra n 15.00 ;
Lesli e Ba rton 16. 00 ; Douglas Bauma nn
17. 00 ; P a ula Be rnstien 20.00.
Kelly Breen 17.00 ; Gary Brown 16.50 ;
Sta nley Brown 16.00 ; Michael Brown 17.00 ;
Linda Brown 16.00 ; Jane t Car 17.00 ; Gary
Ca rl son 15.00 ; Linda Ca rte r 25 .00 ; Julie
Cohen 16.00 ; Vi c ki Cohe n 20.00 .
Ala n Coope r 16.50; J effrey Cox 17.00 ;
William Da vid son 15 .00 ; Sandra Davis
15.00 ; Dawn Deem s 15.00 ; Thomas Diamond
16.00; Kenne th Edwa rds 16.00 ; Joseph
Egnoski 16.00 ; Cynthia Epstein 17 .50 ;
Richa rd E rlich 15.50.
Ca rm e n Ewa rt 15.75 ; De bra f a rber
18.00 ; Bria n Favero 20 .00 ; Pe te r Gardir.ee
18.00 ; Be th Gendle r 19. 00 ; Jane t Giles
22 .00 ; Br ia n G illan 22 .00 ; J oa n Gra jeda
15.00 ; Gay Gusta fson 15.00 ; Ma rk Ha ley
18.00 .
Ka th y Haye k 15.00 ; Ma rk Hoc kenbe rg
15.00 ; Pa ul Hodgson 16.50 ; Willia m Hoff
15.50 ; P a ul Hoffm a nn 20.00 ; fr a nk Hughes
18.00 ; E li za be th Hunte r 18.00 ; Ma rk J a k·
sich 21. 00 ; Phillip J effe rson 18.50 ; Myro n
Kapla n 15.00.
E ileen Keena n 16.00 ; Ruth Kelle r 16. 00 ;
De bora Ke nda ll 22 .00 ; Christine Kirby
19.00 ; Bar ba ra Kope rski 15.00 ; De borah
Kor bitz 21. 00 ; Kat hleen Kroege r 22 .00 ;
Mic hae l Krupi cka 23.00 ; Ste phe n La ng
18.00 ; De bra La ughlin 16.00 .
Ma rk Loch 15.00 ; Cynthia Lockwood
20.00 ; Te rri McA liste r 15.00 ; Timoth y
Mc Kay 17.00 ; Pa tric ia Meyer 16.00 ; Ke nne th Mil d e r 20 .50 ; Ka th y Mo bley
15.50 : Be tty Moses 22 .00; Mic hael a bity
16.50 ; De bra Nelson 18.00.
La ura Nie lsen 15. 00 ; De ni se Nolan
18.00 ; Carolyn Ogborn 23.00 ; J ea nnie Olsen 16.50; Erica Olson 18. 00 ; Kellie Pa tter·
son 15.00 ; Sylves te r Pie rce 16.00 ; Da niel
Poll ac k 19.50 ; Glori a Porta 16.00 ; J a ne
P otash 17.00 .
J a nice Powe rs 16.00 ; J a ne t Pugh 18.00 ;
De bra Ratner 15.00 ; Dona ld Rees 15.00 ;
Pa ul Reese 15.00 ; Robby Reinke 15.00 ;
Bruce Rips 18.00 ; J oel Rogers 15.00 ;
Pauline Rosenfie ld 22.00 ; E ileen Rush
15.50.
P hyllis Sa unde rs 15.00 ; Edwin Sc hmidt
15.00'; J ohn Sco tt 15 00 ; Tim Seaver
23.50 : Do ug las Shukert 23. 75 ; Bria n
Simmo ns 15.00 ; Willi a m Smith 24.00 ;
Lonnie Smiih 18.00 ; Lisa Sore nsen 17.00 ;
Nea l Steinba rt 19.00 .
Debra Stodola 1800; Lydia Stra nglen
17.50 ; Dav id St runc 18.00 ; Pa tricia Ta rve r
15.50 ; Donna Ta ute 18.50; Ginge r Thomas
17.00 ; Li sa Tsuji 23.00 ; Cles tus Va ughan
18.50 ; Wilma Vogle r 18.00 ; Susa n Vrbanac
15.00 .
J obe th Wa lsh 19.50 ; Gle nn Webster 17.00 ;
J ohn Wees 17.50 ; J ohndrea Whitmore 18.00 ;
Steven Wi se 22.50; Michael Zevitz 19.00 ;
Dia ne Zipursky 21 .00 .
years of
• • • • • 101
Opera stars McMeen, Ross
journalistic history
"It a ll started when I was over at a friend's apartment a
month befor e Beve rl y Sill s came to Omaha for th e oper a," stated
David Ross Ce ntral seni or . What "a ll started ?" Why, Da vid's
debut with th e Oma ha Opera Company, of course. Both David and
Mr. Robert McMee n, Ce ntra l music instr uctor, appeared with Miss
Beverly Sills in the production of "Lucia de Lammermoor."
David was asked to be a "sup er ," or a fill -in prop man that
app ears on st a ge in the oper a; however, Mr. McMeen was a member of the chorus, with a singing part. Quite obviously, the opportunity was music to their ears.
• • •
by Rrure Rips and Justin Cooper
To capture the m ood s of 101 years of "Register " hi story would be a feat
extraordinaire. While th e "Regist er s" a tte mpted to record Central his tory, they are
history unto them selves. In F eb. of 1874 , Ce ntral's first newspaper was published.
The newspape r was called the "Hi g h School Journal." It was run by an outsider
strictly a s a profit makin g venture.
In 1886 th e pape r, as we kn ow it, was found ed. The na me, of course, was the
"Register," and it was published by the s tud ents. The firs t editor was J . Wallace
Broatch. As r e ported in a 1~2 1- 22 issue of th e Regi ster , Victor Rosewater, editor
of the 1887 Register, said, "The Regis t e r began as a small four page s hee t iss ued
twi ce a month ."
The Regis ter format cha nged often during th~·· UU years. In the beginning,
it resembled a book or small magazine instead of a newspaper. Over the years
the number of columns on a page changed from five to s ix de pending on the
editor's choice. Pictures becam e incr eas ingly more evident and dramatic over
th e years.
The journalis ti c st yle always per vad ed. Th e difference in year s seemed to be
how gossipy th e paper was. For example , th e majority of the articles written during
World War II wer e na tura ll y a bout the war. The columns wer e called "ROTC
Revi ew" and "Boys at W a r " in 194:~ . whi ch featured th e war activities of Central
graduates.
The eXCe rl)ts taken from the 101 years of Registers is a modest attempt to
capt ure the many moods of tht' Register- ultimately the moods of the people who
wrote and read t he Regis ter.
Thi s article will be published in two parts. The next iss ue will be the yea r s
from 1931 to the prese nt. The f ollowin g f eatures excerpts from 1886 to 1931.
ost
on.
Three
1886 to 1931
The Advocate, grandfather to
th e Week ly Register, was edited
III
the Omaha High S chool
wh ich then held session in the
old sta te hou se on Ninth Street
between Farnam and Douglas.
Each publication had a different editor or " editoress."
There was one copy of the
pa per printed, so it was copied
ca refully in ink, and r ead aloud
in a class room wh er e th e
Whole s tude nt body was a sspmbled.
()id You Know What th e latps t (liscove ry is at School?
Herm a n F a ier has just found
out th a t h e can wi g gle hi s ears.
As k for a demons tration
Did you Know That Bob Long
has th e biggest f ee t at Centra l ?
Anyo ne di s puting thi s title appl y to the Regis t e r office for
meas urement.
Did You Know That the r ea son for so many g r ea se s pot s on
the So uth s ide of the building
s because of so m a ny freshm pn
~rt cru shed in th e ru sh for th e
lun ch r oo m.
Now that th e new yo-yo cr a ze
has worn off, it is es tim a t ed
tha t ther e are a t present 1,678
yo-yos a t Ce ntral.
In 19::l0 th e price of th e 0 nook was $1.00.
uniform in front, and for the
tim e being all wer e ardent RelJublicans. The president chose
to talk on "World P eace" and
paid a high tribute to our intelli ge nce by so doing.
H e s poke of the arbitration
treati es, whi ch he is e nd eavoring to per s uad e the sen a te to
ratify, and g ave th e students a
glimpse of some of the difficulties the president must cont end with. H e hi g hly complimented the O.H.S. girls whe n
he said that they wer e much
better lookin g than the bo ys,
a fa ct which we have long suspect ed, and stre ngthened by
s uch authority, now known to
be true.
editori a l October 1911
Anyone with knowledge of
who the man speaki ng is, please
cont act t he journalism depart ment.
Taft s peaks at Ce ntr al
On
Monday,
October
2,
Oma ha High School was greatly honored by th e prese nce of
Willi a m H owa rd Taft, pres id ent
of t he U nited S ta tes. The wh ole
sc hoo l was masse d in front of
Ow past s te ps, the cadet s in
"Puttin g it Mildly" by Ken Milder
From Class President to Lackey
Where Mr. McMeen had a set pa rt as a me mber of the chorus,
David h ad no idea of what he was to appear as. "I wanted to be a
groomsman, because they said that it was either that or a lackey,"
explained Da vid, Senior Class President. "I wanted to be more
ar istocr atic." U nfortun a tely for David, aristocracy does not appear to be in his blood, as hi s destiny forc ed a t urn about.
"The n ext day, I learn ed that ther e was only going to be one
groomsman. It wasn't to be me, e ither," complain ed Da vid. There
was a bright point, how ever, as Dav id got to appear in four
sce nes instead of the one scene that the groo ms ma n appeared in.
In my opinion, it could be classified as a "ham eo" appearance.
David did admit to outbreaks of f ea r, however. " In one
scene I was holding' a torch, and I kept ima ginin g myself dropping 'it, burning down the Orpheum (t he opera was presented in
the Orp he um theater), and killing several thousand people." By
th e wa y , h e didn 't , the theater wasn't, and they wer e n't.
A Great Person
Both David and Mr. Mc Mee n described the ir impressions of
Miss Be verly Sills, the star of th e o pera and an internationall.y
fa mous opera singer. Both said , " She is one of the most fantastIc
people that I have eve r met." Mr. McM{'en add ed, "She is a real
down-to-ea rth person. Needless to s ay, s he has t he most fantastic
voice that I have ever heard."
Mr. McMee n admitted that h e was a littl e e mbarrassed at
tim es whil e pe rformin g . "I had to wear a long w ig, a fak e
goatee , and a fak e mus tache. We a ls o had to wear tights, and I
was told, by friends, that I have very thin a nkl es. Once, I had to
pull out a swortl from m y scab bard, and I couldn 't ge t it out f or
a moment."
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Four
• streak
Prep cuts win
" Stunned!" that's the explanation given by Mr. Jim
Martin, v a r sit y basketball
coach, as the Eagles fell to
Creighton Prep 40-42 on Thursday, Feb. 20 at the Omaha Civic
Auditorium.
Th e loss was Ce ntra l's first
after 19 consec utive win s thi s
sea son, The battle was, quite
obviously, a turn-around from
Ce ntral's 22 point win ove r Pre p
in the Holiday Tournament,
Prep took control right from
the start, building up a 21 -8
lead in the second period ,
"When a team has confide nce ill
th e ir shooting," r eason ed Mr,
Martin, "they hit very well.
Pre p was amazingly a ccurate ,"
The Eagles became des per a t e
a s th ey scrambled to mak e up
the deficit , Mr, Martin relJlied,
"We lacked the poise we had
shown all season. We had to
improvise by running the ball.
hoping to Ilick 1111 a ft·w quick
bas kets."
To s lo\\' down th e high -flying
Eag-I es, Broth e r Mik e Wilmot,
Pre p \'a rsity coac h , ins tituted
th e " box a nd on e" def en sf' ,
" Thi s was th e first 1\'e see n
of thi s t y pe o f de fe nse in the
Metro area," said 1\1 r, Ma rtin ,
"Whe n we worked th e ha ll in
hut couldn't g et an open shot,
th e "box a nd onc" de fe nse mad ,..
returning th e hall to Clayton
(Bullard) rough,"
Afte r Pre p sec ured th eir lead,
th e nIu ejays used th eir df' lay
ta cti cs, Ce ntra l countered with
three
difff' re nt
hac k-co urt
presses, finding tha t m a n-toman co\'e rage all o\'e r th e court
was most pffec tive,
With only seconds remaining
in the game, Senior John C,
Johnson's three IJOint play tied
the game at ,10, John's he roics
of 18
thoug-h.
senior,
for' the
seconds
points were drowned,
as Gre gg- Jacks on, Prep
hit an outside jumpt'r
winning goal with 14
le ft on the clock.
"C oming into th e ball g am e ,
Ce ntral's t eam didn't h ave th e
de termin a ti on needed to beat a
g ood team ," e xplained Mr , Ma rtin, " Th e playe r s have g a ined a
ne w a ttitUd e, s imila r to th e f eelings of las t year's t ea m after
th f' Pre p los s, They h a ve hecome mu ch mor e r es pon s ive to
coa ching,"
Mr,
Martin concluded, "I,
with th e team. would be
very disallilointed if we didn't
get another crack at Prep,"
Tradition upholds the loss, for
no unbeaten team has taken
state since South did in 1960.
alon~'
Sidelines
\...
by Neal
Ste inbart
Ma n y f eel the W om en's Li be r atio n moveme nt is :\ n(' \\' fro~,
t ie r, hi g hli g h ted a t Ce ntra l with g i r ls ' bas ketb all. This orang,
sphe r e is not at all ne w to Ce nt r a l gil'ls, for
"weak er " sex w as f ound On t he CO Ult ,
PVPn
I I!
191~, Ih'
The 1912 ('ompe tition was within th e school, wi th th sopho,
more, junior, and se nior classes e ach formin g an all ~ ir l t ~am,
Each squad wOllld IlIa), two gam es in th e tourn amen t, "ork ing for
Central's chamllions hip.
Sco l'in ,::- was n ot ov erwh e lmi ng, but thp sp ni ors cJld ('ontrr,:
th e contest s , whipping th e sop ho mores 20-6 and t h(' j U!. ,,, r, 311,1;.
Th e soph omor es f ini s hed seco n d hy de featin~ th e last p l~",' juni(}f;,
Th e 191 2 ye arboo k n otes Seni o r He lga Rasmu s~pn a.- t h.. q,r,
" Wh e nevp r she ( He lga ) secu red th e hall w e we rf' sur' if, ';('W,"
f)jstrict play com ing-
1912
On Monday, Mar. 3, Central
will face Bellevue in the opening round of di s trict play. The
winner of this 7 :30 game at
Burke High School will play the
winner of the Gross-Millard
g-ame for the district championship.
team
Eagles surprise Warriors
The W est s ide Warriors f elt
th e full power of Central's explos ive offe nse, as the E a gles
pic ked up 14 qui ck points before
th e Warriors could g et on the
scoreboard in the Boys Town
Stadium on F eb, 13 ,
With thf' early lead, s ubstitutes we re put into th e E a gle
line -up during th e firs t p eriod,
Senior Clayto n Bulla rd's 11 out
o f Hi shootin g p aced th e E a gle s
t otheir 55-4 5 win.
1975
team
CHS routes Northwest
The following evening saw
th e Ea gles ove rpower Northwes t in a G(i- 44 ba ttl e a t th e
Northw es t gy mn as ium,
Cc ntral moun te,1 a ba la n ced
a tta('k with Se ni o r John C,
,John son and .Junior La wre nce
Wil son pa('11 g ettin g 15 points,
C la y ton follow ed with 14.
Ray Williams drives for the hasket in Prep g-anH'. Syln."tl'r
Pierce (52) awaits rebound.
Eagles lose at State
Gl en Da wso n decisioned T ed
Husa r of Fremont 5-0 and th e n
we nt on to qualify for th e fin a ls
of State Wre stling Mee t. Gl e n
th en lost to Brya n's Tom
H a mpton in a closf' match hy
r ef eree's decis ion,
Curti s Love lost in firs t r ound
competiti on to Carpente r of
W est s ide in a ove rtim e r e fer ee's decis ion, Bill Duncan , an other Ce ntral hopeful, was de-
cis iolw d ina las t 81'('OIlCl pff ort
hy Sa ntf' P of Ilurk l',
Cf'ntral s howl'd pot pntial In
its tIlI '('(' se nio rs a s a ll los t in
close ma t(' hps, "A II th e ma tdws
co uld ha vp g On!' (' ith f' r wav a nd
hl'l' n \\ on hv us, Ilu t I'n~ s till
Pl'O llil t hat tIl(' ho ys mark it
down to Lin ('o ln ," ('oa(' h (; a rI'(,(t said ,
Tlw
Eagl ps produ ('('d t(' n
points to ('a rn a 20th pla(' ('
fini s h o ut o f 28 t pam ,s
Qui te obvio us ly, g- irl s' has ket ba ll has ('om p a long- \\",\, 1>:1"1',
in 6a year s, Mr, Paul Se ml'a d , g ir ls' baskethall ('o;[('h, 1,\I .kl'd "I
th e 1!!J 2 t ea m a nd said s im pl y, " W e'd stomp 'e m, I ('an'! ,;,,,, hoI\'
th ey co uld pl ay bas kf't ha ll in t hose s k ir ts,"
This year's winning- record s iwa ks for it st. lf. as t h,' Ea~II"
rolled pas t Be nson :;2-32, Bry a n 74 - \ 6. N ort hw t's t ;' .1-26, and \orl h
77-27. One can s ee that Ce ntral's oh\'iou s ad\'ant ag-e is ('~ I)('r i,' ncr.
a /l:l year pre-gam e warm-up.
CHS swimmers place fourth in Metro
Th e Cp ntra l H i~h ta nk e rs
placp fourt h III th l' Warri o r
Im'ita tional - Met ro
Co nfe re n(, e
,\ I (.pt he ld rp(, f' ntl y a t Wl'sts ide,
TIH' four t h place fini s h Was
C(' ntral s h('s t s howin g in t pn
~' l'al' S, Coach Ilrian Watso n pxprr'ssf'd
hi s
s urpri sl'
" Th e
Northwpst coach figur~ d th a t
\\'(' would outs('o rf' hi s tf'am hy
fi\ 'p points , I pl'edi ct (' d \\'e
\\'ould los!' to No rthwes t hy
tf' n, Ilut our rf' la ys sco rf' d so nw
hig poi nts a nd \\'r~ I' nd ed up hv
hf' a t ing- til(' Hu sk i('s o ut 88-85,; '
Hos t s('ho ol Wf'sts in e \\'o n t o p
honors with Prql, I!urk (. Cp ntra l, and No rthw ps t rO ~nding
out th p top fi \'(' placl's,
elud e d ; 200 m edl ey r e lay, fi fth,
200 frppsty le,
Bri a n Gill a n ,
!\\ a r k
pig h t h ,
50 frel's tyl e,
Iial,'y, I' igh t h, !living, Stp\,('
S pra tl l' n, s ix t h , I )a le J.; lIefson,
t(' nt h, lOt) hutte rly , P a ul Hod gson f' le \'('n t h ,
500 fr eestyle,
I!rian (;illan , s ixth , 100 hac ks trok p, T orn ~l c La ughlin , nin t h,
,1 00 fr(,l'sty lp, fourt h.
The only thing- the boy s had
We've earned our
letter by helping
students save.
to do to g et on th e t('a m wa,
tr y -out.
An yon I' that Irir;
mak es it. ('oach W at~on gil" ';
all tht' memb{.l's a dIa nn ', "I
non't mak e an y cll ts, th t' b()~,
can tt'll Ilrt'tt y mu ch th"I11,;t,/I'c,
wht·ther or not th e), ('a n 13';(. "
'Vat.s on wpnt, on to sa~' , " EIt'n
the lOllS), swimnH'rs I:'('t to ~\linl
('ol11lH't it i v{'l y a t If'as t (HH' " or
twi(·t.~ . · ·
R u,<.<i,mui
I\n ciss l
To p fini s lwrs fo r Cf' ntl'al in -
J V'S, reserves post WIn marks at seasons,
end
On F eb, 7 th e squad whipppd
Benso n 54-:J8, and on th f' followin g eve nin g Cf' ntra l dpfpatl'd
Dryan 48-4 1. Th e J,V, team hl' ld
W est s ide t o :{3 points , a s th p
Eagles coll ec t ed 4:{ po int s a nd
th e ir elE; \'e nth win,
Northwes t 's J ,V, s qu a d pro \'ed
little co mpe titi on , as Ce ntral
hre('wd to a (if)-~ (i \'iclo l'\', Th p
s!'ason ('o nclud f' d last Th'ursday
( Fph, 20 ) a s til(' I';a gl l's go t h v
th(· Crl' ig hto n I'rf' p Hlu pja ~':~
id -,1(i at th " Oma ha ( ' i\'i(' Au di t p ri Ulll ,
Th f' juni o l' \";,rs it,l' tpa m fpa -
tUrf 'd ll1an ~' up(' o lll ing g"n'ats ,
ill<' ludi ng
Fr!'shrna n
))pn ni s
lIu g ,l!'in s, " I )!' nn is isn't a s tall
a~ ,J ohn C. .J ohnso n , hut Iw
is
as q ui ('k," px pl a in ,'d Coa('h Pa ul
Pf'n nin g-to n,
p ro hah l~'
" 11 1" 11
l.nnl:t:
The l-:al:'ll's rt'sprve team fini"hl'd thl'ir sea s on with an 1l-3
r('('ord aft('I' a 71 -:; /l win over
.
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Sco tt
Central's junior vars ity basketball team finish ed their sea son in s tyle, pos ting win s in all
of their las t eight games and
mounting a 13-3 winning record.
.
/} y nnmir
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t.
Hy an.
"Central's
Ski Shop"
So pho l11 o l'l' Boh by Kilgo!'!.' ]Pd
th !' sco ring a ll spaso n, a Ve fl'g _
ing l/i,li p(' r g a m p, "Thi s a l'(, I'-
ski rac~uet
a g-I' is good," said ~Ir, P (, lIningi on , " bu t it do('s n 't ,'Omp (' Ios('
to las t ~' !' a r 's Ca rl Pittm a n wh o
'
:\\" 'I':\g('d 2 1 point s,"
" I.ook ing back," ~Ir, P" nn in gton ('o nc ludl'd, " I spp t hp sea so n
:\~ a j.!'ood If'a r nin ,l! f'~ p !' ri (' rr ('f' , "
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