Point System Considered by Sidney High Officials
The House of Representatives will address a proposed student activity point system after a survey showed 274 favoring and 90 against. Teachers and students offered mixed views on limiting offices but not clubs, with cautions about over or under active participation and advising broad student input before final action.
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House of Representatives
Sidney High
Bob Fry
House Point System
Senate
William Fankhauser
Student Leaders Split On Point System Debate
Leaders respond to a question about a point system with mixed views. Jim Allen opposes. Larry Boye supports giving everyone leadership chances. Jim Swanson worries about limited effects while Bob Jay urges student self regulation to avoid overload. Sue Allison favors more work but opposes the current proposal. Linda Sutton rejects it. overall leaders favor a revised version.
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Jim Allen
FTA
Larry Boye
Jim
Jim Swanson
Bob Jay Fel
Sue Allison
GAA
Sue
Linda Sutton
Four Varsity Cheerleader Candidates Named This Year
The selection process includes parental consent, three lecture arms on football basketball and wrestling, and a required seventy percent passing score. Finalists are chosen after semifinals and Pep Club voting, with Rick Davenport among the hopefuls in a list of twenty names.
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Rick Davenport
Rick
Peggy Jelinek
Kay Pattison
Linda Jo Sutton
Irene Keyper
Lori Perkins
Leslie Robinson
Donna Landmesser
Barbara Christ
Linda Abrams
Connie Fleener
Sharon Wilson
Marilyn Johnson
Minder Season Opens at Sidney High for Track Tryouts
Fifty prospects practice under Coach Glen Houtz as 16 lettermen return. Senior standouts include Roland Schobert Bill Koenecke Bob DeWeese Walt Griffiths and Doug Adams who rehabs from knee surgery and owns the 440 and 880 records. Juniors feature Jim Bonesteel Gary Thompson Dan McKay Dennis Mika John Bilby Byron Wicks and Jim Fleenor, who cleared 12 feet last year and holds the pole vault mark. Sophomores include Frank Utermohlen Steve Harlan Rex Swanson and Mike Coleman, with Coleman setting the freshman 880 record. Assistants Grady Reitz Osterday Brown Rath and Thayer assist.
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Sidney High
Glen Houtz
Roland Schobert
Bill Koenecke
Bob DeWeese
Walt Griffiths
Doug Adams
Adams
Jim Bonesteel
Gary Thompson
Dan McKay
Dennis Mika
John Bilby
Byron Wicks
Kimball
Jim Fleenor
Fleenor
Frank Utermohlen
Steve Harlan
Rex Swanson
Mike Coleman
Coleman
Houtz
Hank Reitz
Dick Osterday
Charles Brown
Ed Rath
Duane Thayer
Pep Club plans and Elks banquet notes at Sidney High
March 17 Pep Club meeting discussed cheerleading tryouts April 7 and 21 with voting by Pep Club at screenings. Banquet set for April 10 at the Junior High stage, $1.50 per plate, open to members and guests. S Club officers elected later due to point system. Jersey project introduced. initiation rescheduled to April 10. new members listed with requirements forthcoming.
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S” Club
Elks
Elks Club
Junior High
Country Club
Harold Chaffee
Sidney High
Teel Wins Scholarship to Attend Emporia Kansas State Teachers College
Marion Teel biology instructor at Sidney High has been chosen from about 440 applicants for a one year National Science Foundation funded scholarship to attend Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia. He plans zoology major and botany minor with focus on modern high school biology.
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Marion Teel
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia Repetition
National Science Foundation
Teel
Sidney High
Sidney Boy Scout
Kearney State College
University of Atlanta
Atlanta
Georgia
Calendar of Events March 20 to Scottsbluff Relays
Calendar of events lists activities from March 20 to March 28 including golf meet at North Platte FTA House of Representatives S Club initiation youth conference Jr De Molay Sweetheart Dance Science Club Masque and Gavel FHA GAA Gr high gym period times 8:12 3:35 7:30 p.m March 24 25 The Third Day at Gr High Au March 26 end of third quarter March 27 vacation March 28 Scottsbluff Relays Fort Sidney times noted 8 12 p.m 3 35 p.m 7 30 p.m
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North Platte
F .T.A
House of Representatives
de Molay
F.H.A
G.A.A. Gr
Gr. High Au
Scottsbluff
Sidney High Chorus Spring Concert Review
The Sidney High School Chorus directed by Larry Delinger and pianist Bonnie Slayton presented a March 17 concert in the senior high auditorium. The program featured hymns by Byrd and di Lassa, Delinger’s I Will Bless the Lord, Bach, Madrigal pieces, a clarinet quartet, and five spirituals with soloists Paulette Henkle and Bruce Blanchard, plus Moon River and The Lord Bless You and Keep You as a grand finale.
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Sidney High Chorus
Larry Delinger
Bonnie Slayton
Senior High
Byrd
Corsi
Mr. Delinger
Jesus
Bach
di Lassa
Lieber
Sue Allison
Cheryl Schnell
Cheryl Mintken
Delores Hall
Ron Riedler
Gilead
Paulette Henkle
Bruce Blanchard
Memories of 1964 SHS cheerleading tryouts and traditions
The excerpt recalls the 1964 SHS cheerleading tryouts with nightly practices, early morning workouts, and fabricating outfits. It describes the first successful flips, pep rallies, and the joy and eventual nostalgia of senior cheerleaders as they reflect on past uniforms, signs, and the school song.
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Sidney
Tracey
Junior High Student of the Week Betty Knutson
Betty Knutson, born June 4 1950 in Duluth Minnesota, has lived in many cities and is an eighth grader at Sidney Junior High. She is in the Junior High Concert Band, Pep Club, and the Sidney Wranglers 4 H club with interests in basketball, football, baseball, and trampoline.
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Betty Knutson
Betty
Duluth
Minn
Chicago
Ill
Houghton, Mich
St. Louis
Great Falls
Belt
Lewistown
Mont
Rapid City
S. C
Sidney
Sidney Junior High
Sidney Wranglers
Arnold Knutson
Jean
SHS
Helen
Kenneth
Spencer Black To Conference At Chadron
Ralph Spencer guidance director Sidney High School and Richard Black Sidney Junior High School attended the High School College Regional Conference at Chadron. Interviews with former Sidney students showed stronger preparation and self reliance. Suggestions from students covered the high school to college transition.
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Chadron
Ralph Spencer
Sidney High School
Richard Black
Sidney Junior High School
Sidney
College Night Aims For Counselor and Student Engagement
Conference in western Nebraska drew about thirty-five high school counselors and administrators. Goals include touring classes, involving students in College Night events, visiting high schools during vacation, meeting teachers and department heads early, learning note taking and study habits, using practice teachers as resources, encouraging open value discussions, avoiding fear about college, and guiding vocational goals in applications through advisory systems.
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Nebraska
Student teachers arrive at Sidney High School
Four final year student teachers from Chadron State Teachers College join Sidney High School staff. Sue Wohlers teaches junior and senior English under Dorothy Holloway and Hank Reitz. Ward Larson handles biology and advanced biology and assists in Guidance with Ralph Spencer. Ron Blundell teaches shop under Don Burrows and geometry under Mabel Nelson. Keith Robinson also assists in shop with Burrows and teaches American History under Elmer Hartmann. Fred Gabsewics completed nine weeks of Distrib utive Education with John Hettrick and returned to Colorado State Teachers College at Greeley.
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Bob Jay
Chadron State Teachers College
Sidney High School
Sue Wohlers
Dorothy Holloway
Hank Reitz
Ward Larson
Marion Teel
Ralph Spencer
Ron Blundell
Don Burrows
Mabel Nelson
Keith Robinson
Burrows
Elmer Hartmann
Fred Gabsewics
John Hettrick
Colorado State Teachers College
Greeley
Prom Committees Chosen Last Week
Three new prom committees were selected at the junior class meeting last Friday, March 13. The program committee includes Gary Boye, David Cox, John Bilby, Colleen Bennett, and Judy Johnson. The refreshment committee features Jean Olinger as chair with Lynn Robinson, Jerry Knight, and Connie Schnell. The invitation committee lists Rachel Perez, Bonnie Bauer, Sheryl Peter, and Ramona Schereivogel. Decoration headed by Jim Bonsteel and Donna Landmesser includes Jim Selzer, Rick Davenport, David King, Karen Richards, Ellen Olsen, and Lynne Sentency. They will place advance orders for decoration materials. Money making projects were also discussed by the class.
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Gary Boye
David Cox
John Bilby
Colleen Bennett
Judy Johnson
Jean Olinger
Lynn Robinson
Jerry Knight
Connie Schnell
Rachel Perez
Bonnie Bauer
Sheryl Peter
Ramona Schereivogel
Jim Bonsteel
Donna Landmesser
Jim Selzer
Lab Day Brings Gas Experiments To SHS Classrooms
Vergal A. Winn, chemistry and physics teacher, lets students reenact experiments with gases including oxygen hydrogen chlorine bromine and hydrogen sulfide each Wednesday. Students lean from doors as they work with safety devices like clothes pins on noses, signaling active science education rather than danger.
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Vergal A. Winn
SHS
Canton board member serves without a school to represent
NO TEACHERS NO BOOKS Canton Kan AP Floyd N Vogts sits on the school board but has no school to represent as the vocational school planned for the district remains in the planning stage.
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Canton
Kan
Floyd N. Vogts
Albany Artist Turns Teacher After College Return
Mrs Harold Feigenbaum of Albany became an established artist and art teacher before returning to college for a degree in fine arts. At 38 she is listed in Who's Who of American Women and has shown works at the Albany Institute of History and Art while conducting art classes in her studio.
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Albany
N.Y
Harold Feigenbaum
Albany Institute of History and Art
Senior Class Plans Gift for the School
Seniors discussed the tradition gift at a recent class meeting and will decide at the next gathering. Graduation announcements with a new crest and high school image were handed out, and final banquet plans were set for 5:30 PM in the Elks Auditorium at $2.00 a plate, payable by April 13 to Paul Sheaman.
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Elks
Paul Sheaman
The
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