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This is addressed to the present juniors
and sopllomores and freshmen.
\\;Vt" seniors, after si,en(ling four years try-
ins different systems of getting along at
]euson, are ilOVC i)assin4 4)11 to you those which
we have found get the best results.
First, do not try to cram too many sub-
jects into one semester's work. Even if you re-
main the teachers' pride and joy because you
get all l's with 5J_ credits, your outside ac-
tivities will suffer.
Don't aim for grades alone in planning your
program. Take a few things that are good for
you, too. Even if you aren't the athletic type,
take a year of gym. Don't be afraid you'll look
silly" and clumsy to your more athletic friends.
There are many more ordinary" people like you
in the gym classes than there are star athletes.
Ten years from now you won't remember
whether you got a 2 or a 3 in speech class, but
you will be glad that you learned to enunciate
clearly and to make your voice carry.
One thing that will help you in your career
at Benson is observance of the rules of the
school. It won't make you any more popular
to whistle in the halls, or chew gum, or mark
the library books and magazines.
Get your assignments in on time if you
want the teachers to love w)u. When you know
you have to have three book reports in by the
end of the semester, don't leave them all until
the last week. When you have a two-day as-
signment, don't let it go until the last period
of the second day,.
Be careful of ahsences. Too many, absences
are hard on the grades. Be sure you have a
good reason before you stay" out of school. Of
course, if you have a bad cold, you don't want
to infect others, but if it was just because you
were out too late the night before, you had
better change 3-our habits. Be on time. Don't
stand in the hall talking quite so long and you
can make it.
If your schedule is not extra-heavy and yet
you find you have a hard time getting your as-
signments clone, you had better check on your
study habits. Have you been gossiping and
wasting your time in study halls? Have you
been fooling around at home until late in the
evening and then having to work until mid-
night to get your assignments clone ? Have you
been going out so many nights that your school-
work slides ?
Turn over a new leaf next semester. These
suggestions really work; they aren't just
preaching. The rest of your school career will
be easier and pleasanter if you take this advice.
If Tangerine is all they claim, I wonder if
we could or-ange a date with her.
We heard about the boy who forgot to lead
the seniors in the processional. I guess he didn't
know what commence-ment.
health means victory
Editor's note: This editorial was written by a eomminee
from Miss P, ertie Hoag's social problems class which is sponsor-
ing the Victory Through Health campaign this week in Benson
High.
Today we are living in a world of havoc
and destruction. Our normal easy-flowing
course of life is disrupted. In such a time the
health of the nation suffers, yet good health is
the first requisite for victory. It is the duty, of
each one of us to protect himself against disease
and poor physical condition, because the things
we can do at home are very important to those
on the front lines.
Regular hours, good food, and plenty of
exercise are needed to keel-} yourself in the
best condition. When we are in school these
conditions are taken for granted by most of
us. But summer is very near, and many of you
will be so anxious to have a good time that you
will be careless about your hours of sleep; you
will eat irregular meals, and often your selection
of food will not be the wisest. This certainly
isn't the way to make or to keep your country
healthy. During the summer months try to kee I )
yourself--and your nation--in tip-top condition
by following more closely, the rules of heahh.
Make ever 3, week health week. A nation's
strength is in the health of its people.
You have heard all the little moron jokes,
but did you hear about the Eskimo who froze
because he needed more-on.
Can anyone remember when the oulv con-
flict of a double (late was which car to use?
Farewell
Fellow
Jive Cats
Dig, dig. dig, you lovers of lovely lyrics: you sup-
porters of swing : yon benefactors of boogie-woogie ; yes,
even you comrade> of corn! Here I anl again.
O1' juke Duke Ellington has come out with a mellow
well-o this month. It's called "Moon Mist," and
Johnny Hodges' alto is super.
A tricky tune that is catching on quick is "Me and
My Melinda." Jimmy Dorsey's crew have done a smooth
job of it with some fine, nmted trumpet stuff.
Real, rock-bottom sending is \\;Voody Herman's plat-
ter of, "Blue Ink." Cy White pulls an "Ahino Rey" on
the guitar and gets by with it. For those who like
their songs solid, this is it.
Teddy Powell, whose outfit is getting better by
the beat, does a dreamy disc on "All Those Wonderful
Years." Peggy Mann rocks the lyrics to sleep.
Raymond Scott, who writes most of his own music
(and can't you tell by the titles!), rolls right on the
beam with "Dinner Music For a Pack of Hungry
Cats." It's red hot, low-down, jammin' jive with some
pretty paradiddle drumming sprinkled in.
\\;Veil, this is the last time you will read my jive
jargon and platter prattle for quite a spell; but before
I sign off I'd like to stuff the ballot box in voting
"Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and "Blues In the Night"
the best songs of the past season. How about it?
But, as all good things must come to an end, so
must all bad things, so I'm saying fare thee well, my
fellow hepcats, and during the sweltering summer
months when I'm beatin' it out on the side of a bat-
tered juke box, as Kay Kyser would drawl, "I'11 be
thinkin' of you."
JEROME STONE '4a
Teacher's Pest
There are students who are silIy,
There are students who are stern,
But the ones that are mcst irksome,
Are the ones that never learn.
They're the ones who whistle,
And chew gum in study hall,
But the guy who whams you on the back
ls the biggest pest of all.
Tile gals aren't perfect either,
They often walk in fours,
And are practically impassable
In all the classroom doors.
And the freshman with the rubber-band
And rolled-up tin-foil lead,
\\;Vaits till the teacher's back is tnrned,
Then fires at your head.
But I guess school isn't school
\\;Vithout a pest or two,
\\;Vhy now that I come to think of it,
I fit this description, don't you?
Abbreviated Bunnies
Patti Shaffer--afterthought
Betty Berry--gun
Shirley Hilhner--quiet
Phyllis Garrison--soap
Philip Matza--afternoon
Alene Meschede--morning
Lorine Beam--pound
Rnth Reiter--railroad
Dorothy Rasmussen--doctor
Patricia Kelly--gum
m.
Store hours 9:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M.
Skip It
Skip day, the holiday- belonging exclusiw'ly to
senior% came to Bel>on High school May 10. After a
breakfast at Ehnwo.d [,ark, the seniors separated and
spent the day in xarious ways. \\;Vbat did you do on
skip day ?
Betty Haas: "[ ate 2 candy bars, 1 hox of licorice,
1 sack of carmel corn, 1 hamhurger (large), 1 ch}wn
sundae, and 1 limeade, during which, before, and after
I saw 2 shows."
Lois E. Harmon : "I walked and walked and walked."
Bob tonrad: "\\;Ve went to Lincoln and saw the
tov'n on foot--tate capitol, inu>eunl, staditnn North-
east High school, Lincoln Central High school, two
dime stores, city hall, and Goht and Co."
Shirley Bnrri: "I rode a tandem bicycle, went
horse back riding, ate footlongs, went boating and
fishing, and learned to manipulate a motor hoot, all
in one day."
Jack Gurnett: ".\\;rthur Rodgers and I cleaned up
Elmwood park after the breakfast."
Echo of An Election
Pot script to senior "Mosts and Best" election:
Best Actor--Jack Feierman
Best Artist Elaine Hohnan
Best Athlete--George Surber
Best Musician--John Hornbergcr
Best Mannered--Byron Erixon
Best Natured Boy--Oscar Cooke
Best Caveman--Mal Watkins
Biggest Bluffer--John Eldredge
Best Dressed Boy--Don Swanson
Sweetest Girl--Mary Powers
Best Girl Musician--loyce Ralph
Best Dressed Girl Nancy Nagl
Lest We Forget
'Tis a comfortln' thought that school is alnlost over,
but the seniors, though departing, will hold (lear many
familiar signs of B.H.S. For instance:
The drippy right water faucet at the front
of the cafeteria.
The venetian blinds in the office.
Mr. Krebs' prep tests.
The hall after the first bell has rung.
The annual electrical demonstration of
('. E. Jones.
English I, II, llI, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII !
The endless homestyle line.
The stuffed pelican in Room 120.
The worn little row of chairs in the office.
Putrid reminders that we have chemistry
classes.
And last, but not lea<t, the final day of school
--getting out for summer vacation [
Benchley Relates Zoo Tale
How would you feel if, upon applying for a cixil
service job, you were made superintendent of a zoo?
VVeI1, such is Mrs. Belle Benchley's story in "My Life
in a Man Made Jnngle."
Like a safari through the jungles of Africa this
book takes you through a tremendous number of ex-
periences with animals. From tile lowly sqnirrels to
the rare animals, the koala, the gorillas, and kopoki, she
gives a keen word description of her encounters, ex-
periences, and interesting facts and information about
most of "her friends at tile San Diego zoo."
She also tells how she helped build the zoo up
till it was truly a "man made jungle" and ranked with
the top zoos of the country. New kinds of cages, grottos
where the large animals could be happy in near natural
surroundings, and a great flying cage, large as a city
block to house the eagles, hawks, and vultures, all helped
make it a place where the animals could be happy
while on display.
BILL ROOKE '42.
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SENIORS
Insure yourself of a good
position after graduation.
Attend the
Commercial
Extension School
of Commerce
16th and Howard
Lack Of
Transportation
Facilities will make it necessary
to increase the prices of coal and
coke next |all.
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We Buy and Sell Grain.
Letter Perfect
118 No. Lincoln Ave:.
\\;Vashington, D. C.
May 29, 1952
Dear Ruth,
I arrived in Washington two days ago and am
ins a wonderful time on my vacation trip. Remember
ten vears ago when we were seniors at genson?
I've'lost track of a lot of nay classmates, but today I
nlct three of thent again. These three girls were really
brilliant and popular too. They were all placed on the
National Honor society and Quill and Scroll. You re-
member them, don't you? "Weasie," "Janey," and
Laurel.
This morning I went to see a friend in the hos-
pital. \\;Vell, as I was passing the operating room, out
came a cute nurse v¢lloin I recognized as Eloise Seaton.
She told me she had been in surgery for about two
years. In Benson she was sort of a "Jill-of-all-trades,"
heing ice president of the Camera club, chairman of
the make-up committee, associate editor of the Cupola,
and news editor and proofreader of the Benson High
News, not to mention her membership in various other
school clubs. Photography and bird study were tbe
most important of her long list of hobbies. I remember
two of her pet peeves were a boy who comes early for
a date and clocks that stop. Coming back to the pre-
sent, I left Eloise at her work and went on to see
the rest of Washington.
Sauntering down the street, I wandered into the
consulate buihling and ran into Jane McElhaney. I re-
cognized her right away. She was editor-in-chief and
advertising manager of the Benson High News and
won the Quill and Scroll medallion for creative writing.
She was on the honor roll every semester and was a.
member of many cluhs. She spent a lot of time read-
ing, liked to drive a ear, play tennis, and swim. She's
certainly gone a long way heing in Washington as a
Spanish translator for tile government.
Well, since a trip to \\;Vashiugton just isn't a trip
unless you see the capitol building, I decided to go
there. Just as I was going up the long flight of stair
to the building, I met Laurel Fuller. She was news
editor of the Benson High News, assistant editor of
the student handbook, and co-director of ProductloR
Staff. She came to Omaha from Ames, Iowa, and said
it's the "most horrible feeling to walk into a school~
room when you're new." Now Laurel is the private
secretary of Otto Buildemwell, who goes about the
country supervising the President's projects. Becoming
a secretary and traveling around the country meeting
lots of people were her greatest ambitions, and she
certainly got her wish.
So long, Ruthie,
Your pal, Bey.
; Styles
In
Swing
When it's Springtime in old Benson, it's time to
sing and swing, so get on the down beat and look at
the "Zoot suits" swinging round tbe Benson balls.
Eleanor Petrich's striped cotton suit, (which she made
herself), and Jo Anne Bennett's light brown suit are at-
tractive assets to Benson's balls. Betty Ocander's white
pleated skirt and reddish-brown jacket also "takes-
your breath away! .... The Beautiful Lady in Blue,"
might be Virginia Chadwell in her smart blue dress
trimmed in very crisp white pique. "Hurrah for the
Red, White, and Blue" and red-headed Jacqueline
Young stands up in her attractive, flower-printed navy
blue and white cotton. "Oh the Lady in Red" is-
Betty'Lou Traynor swishing down the hall in a heart-
warming shade. "Dark Eyes" has Betty Latta, which
reflect her fresh brown and white polka dot dress of
crisp waffle pique. After seeing Pat Hasselquist's new
formal, all the Benson senoritas sigh "Tangerine."
Well, gals, "Good Bye Now," the clothes line wilI
be full of gay, exciting new styles when " 'Tis Autumn."
Benson High News
All-American Honor Rating, National Scholastic
Press Association, 1938-39, 1941-42
International Honor Rating, Quill and
Scroll, 1937-41
Published Bi-Weekly by Journalism Classes
Benson High School, Omaha, Nebraska
Managing Editor ........................................................ Paul Patterson
Editor-in-Chief .................................................... Jan© MeElhaney
J Charlotte Smith
Associate Editors .................................................. Bob Kroeger
News Editor ............................................................... Laurel Fuller
Sports Editor ........................................................... Dick Puetz
Phyllis Johnson
Patrlcia Berigan
Copyreaders ........................................................... Carl Berglund
Lois Beebe
Head Prootreader ....................................................... Birgit Snderberg
Assistant Proofreaders f Beverly Hyde
.......................................... Jeanne LeNoir
Staff Cartoonist ........................................................ Tom Sheehan
REPORTERS
Virginia Baumer Lucite Lindborg Bill Poe
Ralph Bradley Catherine Maxwell Jean Reynolds
Harry Farnham Marjorie Meyer Bill Rooke
Marian Grant Kethryn Mullen Howard Selling
Betty Lou Hess Carletta Okerberg Gloria Shufelt
Edith Holmes Johnny Ostronie Lois Spellman
Paula Lee Jones Bernice Peck Eleanor Stainman
Patrieia Landis Virginia Van Perry Jerome Stone
Kenneth Larsen Mary Lou Wilson
Business Manager ................................................. Virginia Chadwell
Assistant Business Manager ..................................... Lois Beebe
Advertising Manager .......................................... Betty Rhodes
Assistant Advertising Manager .......................... Lueille Sapienza
Circulation Manager ................................................ Jim Kratt
Exchange Editor ........................ : ............................ Fritz Ruzicka
Assistant Exchange Editor ...................................... Bob Fust
Adviser ............................................................................. Gunnar Horn
Mary MeNamara, Principal ot Benson High School
Entered as seeond class matter, Oct. 2, 1929, at the Post Office
at Omaha, Nebr., under the act of March 3, 1879.
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