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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1967
Page
9
A 1956 Hi-Life editorial urges students to plan ahead and avoid a nearsighted approach. It argues futures depend on present effort, daily lessons, and proper attitude, warning that neglect leads to little interest, missed promotions, and a bleak life. The piece stresses farsighted guidance.
Editor notes publication of a student letter in Hi-Life advocating speaking up and taking a stand. It urges readers to exercise the right to express opinions, critiques passing responsibility to others, and questions whether a name should be changed.
Mr. Larry Pippitt, Sidney High School band instructor, is featured. A 1958 SHS graduate, he earned a Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Wyoming in 1962 and plans a Masters next summer. He taught in Hayes Center Nebraska and Eaton Colorado before joining Sidney.
The Sidney Hi Life column notes the Sidney High School Journalism Class prepares content for the Sidney Telegraph every other Friday under the direction of Glen C. Houtz as instructor.
A lighthearted diary entry notes the annual teachers convention in Scottsbluff, with 14 to 15 hundred attendees from six districts. Students pledge two days of absence for lecturers, while joking about headlines and the impact on Monday classes.
A reader urges Sidney to keep the Maroons nickname for the school amid debate over changing the name. They cite local sentiment, mispronunciation concerns, and pride in tradition, arguing the Maroons should represent the community and teams.
The note recalls 1951 52 coon skin caps and name belts as fads, mentions a 13 year old Sidney band trip to Lincoln for Band Day, and notes 1953 Trail sale price of $1 with booster ticket while listing 1956 top ten songs over USSR stations including Wake the Town and Shoot the People and Red Suede Shoes.
An overwhelming student majority favors changing the school name from Maroons with 63 responses 58 supporting a name change 5 opposing and only one against red and white colors. Names suggested include Spartans Red Barons Hawks Trojans Broncos and others.
Hi-Life staff reports SHS students Janis Geu and Peggy Sharman injured in an auto mishap last week will return to school next Monday. Both students are recuperating and are expected to rejoin classes soon.
A folklore overview traces Halloween origins from Celts and Druids to American customs. It recalls early practices such as bonfires, black Vespers, grave prayers, and animal charms, plus divination games with apples and bowls. Legends include Jack o' Lantern and ghostly beliefs in Anoka and Anaheim festivities.
Sidney faces McCook Bison tonight at 7 30 for the season finale. A “Bison Barbecue” pep rally at Standpipe Hill honored the team with a bonfire and marching band as the crowd chanted We will win amid the flames and crowd noise.
Five members of the Sidney Cross Country team travel to Lincoln on October 27 for the State harrier meet at Pioneer Park. Tom Biggs Bill Rice John Seidel Mike Selzer and Loren Swanson compete in a team effort with Selzer eligible for individual contention after a top six district finish. Sidney scored 50 points, placing second to Lexington, 1967 Class B district champions.
The Sidney Hi-Life invites amateur photographers to enter a monthly Trail picture contest. Submit black and white glossy prints at least 2.5 by 2.5 inches in a sealed envelope with the owner's name by the 15th of each month. Entries pertain to Sidney High School and its students.
Varsity football Mc Cook here at 7 30 Oct 26 Teachers Convention Scottsbluff Oct 27 Teachers Convention Oct 28 State Cross Country meet Lincoln Freshman football Scottsbluff there at 1 00 Oct 30 Faculty meeting 3 15 Jr Varsity football Scottsbluff here 6 30 Oct 31 Pep Club 3 05 S Club 3 05 GAA 7 30 Men s Chorus 8 00 Nov 1 Masque and Gavel 3 05 French Club 3 05 Jr High House of Representatives 3 05 Jr High Parents Night 7 30
The Sidney High band travels to Lincoln on Friday November 3 to join the University of Nebraska Band Day. They will perform in the Band Day Parade and later attend the Nebraska game with a mass rehearsal and a fifty nine band concert planned by Donald Lentz. A certificate will be awarded on completion of the trip.
June pursues nursing at St Joseph's School of Nursing in Denver and plans to practice in Tallahassee Florida at Sunnyside Home for the Mentally Retarded. Her most memorable moment was twirling in the 66 Homecoming show as a junior varsity cheerleader and SHS marching band twirler. She enjoys Pep Club band teaching swimming water skiing and Memorial Hospital work. Bob Ladine son of Mr and Mrs Alfred E Ladine born May 11 1950 attended Sidney and North Ward schools and plans to enter agriculture with no fixed college plans.
Students in Mr. W. T. Miller's physical science class tossed coins to study probability a math branch predicting future events. Miller says science relies on predicting outcomes and plans further probability experiments with marbles birth dates and similar activities.
The Hi-Life staff roster lists Glen C Houtz as advisor and Janis Gell as editor along with Suzie Janda Connie Kuhns Mary Prester DeAnne Thies Teresa Tucker Cindy Wolf and June Zwickl as listed personnel. The message reads as a compilement of staff credits without additional context or actions.
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