1973

SOUTH OPPONENT

13 14 Westside
24 20 Prep
14 20 Bellevue
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33 6 Abraham Lincoln
15 0 Boystown
8 18 Benson
6 Central

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Pressure from numerous close games is reflected on the face of Mr. JuniorSeptember 14 marked the start of the
Pau l Blazevich, one of the head coaches of junior varsity football. He Varsity Football seasonwithagameplayed
also assists Coach Faiman with vars ity duties.
at Westside. Even though this game was won by the Warriors,
14-13, it proved the determination and the toughness of the
young Packers. Play throughout the rest of the season pro-
duced a hard earned record of 4 wins and 3 losses. In their 3
losses, the margin of defeat was never more than 6 points. Un-
der the coaching of Mr. Paul Blazevich and Mr. Todd Seastedt,
the JV's practiced hard and played hard. One of the most out-
standing games of the year was when the Packers defeated
Creighton Prep. The pack was down 20-8 at the half. In the
second half, the 1V's showed great offense and defense by put-
ting down the Bluejays 24-20. The leading scorer of the game
was Mike Fuqua. In the last game of the season against Central,
Mike rushed for over 200 yards. Mr. Blazevich commented,
"This game was comparable to our total season. It was a very
hard, tough game and our players rose to the occasion."

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Row one: Jay Urban, Do n Skrodis•, Richard Dickey, David Rutherford, Tim Persing, Bre tt Rozniariek, Rodney Mead and C huck Wees. Row two:
Mike Mancuso, Don Fricke, Bill Sherman , Tom Schneider, John Prucha, Leo Eledge, Jeff Stahmer, Bru ce Smith and Coach Wozniak. Row three:
Rick Cain , Frank Alba, Brad Harrison, Tom Lier, Mike Vajgert, R ick Noonen and Joel Rossell. Row four: Coach Denny, Sam Barajas, Dave
Kwasniewski, Leonard Bojanski , Fernando Castillo, Dave Payton, Reggie Spears, Dan Williams and Coach Davis. Row five: Ed Swe riczek, Leonard
Arenos, Alberto Fener, John Rosen thal , Bob Wezorek, Don Rosenthal, Tom Doyle, Steve Hocij, Kurt Galas and Joe Mittermeier.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

54 0 Westside
6 0 Prep

'.)""""' 12 27 Bellevue
14 6 Abe Lincoln
3 0 Boystown
_Q 32 Benson
18 Centra l

Coach Denny, a former pl aye r fo r the Om aha oac h Wo zniak, e nthu siast ica ll y coaches th e Defeating Westside 54-0 the
Must.:111gs, devo ted so me of hi s tale nt to thi s R~sc rvc tc:1111. I-le wew-s his South High , Go
years Re serve t am . His' words· of e I1CO LIW [!e- Big Red hat and ·houts his spirited "rah"l Reserves opened the 197_
mc nt h elped t o make the hard work ca ie;_
football seaso n with a smash! Al o
Coach Davis, also a Musta ng football player, beating Prep 6-0 fo r their second ga me,
he lped to carry the Reserves th rough their it looked like an undefeatab le season.
vic torio us se aso n. His professiona l adv ice led to Until their th ird game with Bellevue
many of their special p lays. were they to lose. but only by a mere

fifteen points.
The team mad e up of freshmen

and sophomo re s compiled a 4-win
3-loss record . 'This made it a victo-
rious season,' commented Coach
Wo zniak, "because anytime you win
more than you lose, it's a good yea r."

Tom Schneider, one of the leading

sco rers on the team co mmented, "I
really enjoyed playing on the Reserve
team this yea r, and I'm looking for-
ward to playing agai n next year."

Coached by Bob Davis, Mike Den-
ny an d Floyd Wozniak, the team dis-
played considerable satisfaction to
them throughout the season .

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Girls Gymnastics SOUTH OPPONENT

met with great success in the 1973 sea- 78 60 Northwest
son. Led by Junior Laura Hartung, the 75 54 Burke
squad finished their season undefeated. 36 North
The girls were first in the qualifying 72
meet and went on to win in Metro;
Laura placing first in each event and
winning all around athlete.

Due to the fact that it has been out-
lawed by National Gymnastics Rule
Book, the trampoline was obsolete in
this year's competition.

Rose Gutterman, Kathy Kilgarin,
and Carla Seaman performed with skill
and talent on the beam. Little Karen
Brennan will be a big threat next year
on the uneven parallel bars.

Lori Gauthreaux, Coach Beran, and Laura

l-lartung are content after winning over
North.

Top row, from left to right: Lori Gauthreaux, Carla Seaman, Mary Parks, Laura Hartung, Kathy
K.ilgarin, Debi Waggoner, Linnie Meyexs and Sue Tolliver. Bottom row: Judy Ratigan, Patty
Marscelco, Sue Kryzki, Rose Gutterman, Renee Rolfson, Connie Luczynski, Lorraine Valla,
Buni Scigo, Chris Harshbarger and Donna Hluchowechyj. Not pictured: Karen Brennan.

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SOUTH OPPON EN TS
82.45
89.48 Northwest 89.0
68.83 West sid e 44.95
79.40 Lincoln LI 0.55
68.5 Pr ep 109.06
Bell evue 59.31
Central 33.43
Burke 88.60
Benso n 78 .50
A. L. 82.0
Boystown 44.6

Row on e, left to right : Coach Ri chard Ilera n, Carlos Jenkins, Bob Buglewicz, Jim Riha and Ed This year's Gymnastics
Bruner. Row two : Doug Boyd , Mark Merwa ld. Row three: Charlie Faulk, Steve Kocourek . Not
pi ctured: Greg Montgomery and Steve Bilek. team ended their seaso n with a 5-5 du al
meet record. South ha s never had a losi ng
\ season in its history and this st ill holds
true .

The squad was led by sen ior three-
year lette rmen Ed Bruner, Charles Faulk,
and Jim Riha. The season was highlighted
by Bruner's first place win of the state
championship on the para llel bars. Faulk
was the team captain and all-a round man ,
and Riha was the team sco ring leader.
Other se niors were Carlos Jenkins and
Mark Merwald who were tra mpoline
specialists. Steve Kocourek, the only
junior on the team , par tici pate d in most
events and will be the top returning
scorer for next year. Sophomores this
yea r include Greg Montgomery and Doug
Boyd . Freslunan who worked hard are
Robert Buglewicz and Steve Bilek.

Coach Beran comments: " I had a pessimistic
view of the season, due to the loss of last year's
seniors, but they proved their worth."

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SOUTH OPPONENT

55 27 Bryan
66 Benson
20

Teaching the team new swimming nur
techniques was Mrs. Stevens role this
year. 100 RY
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Girls Swimtearn took sev- Row one, left to right: Debbie Leib, Jo Ann Aliano, Debbie Denn ell, Sue Boyd , Ruth Plambeck,
Cindy Dennell and Debbie Savatovic. Row two: LeAnn Kryzmien, Michelle Miller, Sue Lenc-
enth place at the Metro meet, and they zowski, Diane Savatovic and Mrs. Stevens. Not pictured: Barb J-laizlip , Cindy Kole and Lisa
were 1-1 in their dual meets. Nine of the Sailo rs.
girls attended the State meet which was
held at Lincoln East High. Special prac-
tice every night enabled so many to qual-
ify for this event.

Their first match against Bryan re-
sulted in a victory for South of 55 to 27.
Benson proved to be more difficult with
a score of 66 to South's 20.

Debbie Dennel, a fre shman this year
practiced and swam with the team, but
was not able to compete. She will qual-
ify next year with great potential for the
te am.

This year's team was coached by Mrs.
Lind a Stevens, her first year at South.
She also taught a regular gym class.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

Row o ne , left to righ t: Bob Nykie l and Gary Covey. Row two: Doug Boyd, Randy Bauwens, Dave 39 56 Prep
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Boggs, Larry Zag ursk i a.nd Will Gus taf on . Row three: Ri ck Wisc, Bob Ursdeve ni cz, Bill Rhodes, 48 JS Boystown
56
47 47 Bryan
55 39 Rummel
37 48 A.L.
59 40 Central
45 58 Benso n
36 Central
77 50 Bellevue
18 Boystown
81 4 Tech
51
31 44 Ralston
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64 Millard
Rick Spencer and Tim Mu rphy. Ro w four : Tip Spe ncer, Carlos Jenkins, Ri ch Hood and Tim Hunt. 56 North

Not pictured: Duke Spencer and Tom Livermore. '

Tim Murphy , a sophomo re this year, concen- South's Boy's Swim
trates b efo re he starts to swim.

team placed third in the annual Metro-

relays. Co-captains Tip Spe ncer and
Carlos Jenkins led the way with their
superior swimming and diving abilities.
Carlos again proved he is the outstand-
ing diver in the Metro area. A succes-
·sful sophomore , Doug Boyd swam on
the Medley Relay this year also. His
specialties were the butterfly and free-
style.

This year the team started a com-
petitive age group swimming team.
Coach Seasteadt h opes this will help
build the varsity program for comi ng
years. "A promising person is one who
does more than he promises," com-
mented Seasteadt. He is expecting a
good season next year.

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Steve Endres, a senior, played No. Losing o nly o ne match all season,
singles most of the season; facing senior Dave Downs proved to be the
tough compe tition in the Metro. best all-aro und player o n the tea.!n.

Mr. Jon Boomgaarden, in his first year of coaching tennis, used
his gifted talent to guide his team to victory.

Steve Edmonds and Dave Downs were consistent in winning all No. I do ubles
matches except one. Teamwork kept their season near perfect.

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TennisAt South High may not be number SOUTH OPPONENT

one on the spo rt s agenda, but it is ga ining much po pular ity I 4 Westside
2 4 Central
with the student body . This interest is main ly d ue to the 1 3 Abraham Lincoln
fact that South now has it s own tennis co urts, whereas in 5 4 Benso n
3 0 North
past years, none were avai lab le . 0 2 Rummel
Three se nio rs four juniors, an d o ne sophomore com- 4 5 Prep
1
pri se the So uth ten nis team thi s yea r. o doubt t his num- Boystown
ber will grow from season to sea o n . Through the coaching 4 Bellevue
of Mr. Jon Boo mgaa rden , the team fini shed the seaso n in
October with a reco rd of 3 win s and 6 losses. About l1i s
philosophy , Mr. Boomgaarden comments, "Tennis is a
contest which invo lves int ense concentration. I relate to
my players to keep that concentration number 1; and if
they do , it will b uild their confidence u p high to win ." He
ended a fairly successful first year as coach and hopes that
next year will prove to be even better.

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Front row : Doug Savich, Terry Breci, and Steve Edmonds. Middle row: Rich Ru ssell and Dave Downs. Back row : Glenn Moore, Bill
Wes tman and Steve Endres.

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Picture above at Spring Lake park, the home o f the Doane Invi ta tio nal Champions and the Distric t Champio ns arc, f'ront row, from lef t to
righ t: Eldon tfardy, Ron Harder, John Buckley, Lion el Oropeza, Duane Patt erson. Back row : Dave Pim para , Coach Lawren ce, Bo b Garcia.

Coach Lawren ce is in his ninth year as
Cross Country coach at South.
Bellevue was o ne o f South's toughest opponents this year.
Edging South by the score o f eighteen to twenty.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

39 10 Burke-Bryan
19
17 Burke
14 24 Prep
12 Benson
29
20 Central
18 16 Abe Lincoln
20 Bellevue
21
17 Boystown
18
21

Duane Patt erso n is o ne of five sop homores CrossCoach Merlin Lawrence's
of th e tea m and one of seve n lcl!crmcn. Country team did excep-

Bob Garcia is one o f the Dave Pimpara was first in tionally well despite a late start in
best team runn ers. Distri ct and fou rth in prac ti ce . Coach Lawrence molded his
State. uni t into one of the finest in the
state, finishing with a 5-3 record for
the dual meets . They co nt inued
rambling on taking the Doane Invita-
tio nal and then fo llowing that with the
class A District meet.

Having a fa nt astic da y at district
the varsity runners seemed to have an
off-day at the state meet fin ishing an
impressive seve nth. Dave Pirnpara ,
last yea rs two mile r had what he
ca lled an off-season, taking only
second in District and State .

Varsity Wrestlers

started the season out this year with Varsity matmen, Front row, from left to right: Rick Flores, John Zaragosa, Mike Johnsen, Leo El-
one goal in mind. Their goal was to edge, Leon Craig, Felands Marion and Jim Bay ly. Second row: Coach Beauford Haiztip, Neil Bo s-
become State Champions. Coach Beau- ton, Doug Miller, Chuck Lubischer, Darrell Walton , Noel Bo ston, Chuck Feser and Coach Mike
ford Haizlip stated "The team showed Denny. Not Pictured: Tyrone Bi shop , Lou Slogcr, Rom as Jankvicious and Greg Montgomery.
great progress throughout the season".

South took fiist place in our dis-
trict, having ten wrestlers finish in 4th
place or better. First place finishers
were: Felands Marion , Chuck Lubis-
cher and Tyrone Bishop.

The State Tournament, held in Lin-
coln, had some close exciting moments
for South matmen. Like Chuck Lubis-
cher losing on a referee's decision, but
he did eventually take third. Mike
Johnsen lost in the final seconds to
qualify for the finals. South took fifth
place in State, with finalists Felands
Marion, 4th, Tyrone Bishop, 2nd, and
Chuck Lubischer, 3rd.

SOUTH OPPONENT

38 20 Lincoln High
14 29 Westside
29 17 Benson
17 26 Abraham Lincoln
18 28 Bellevue
26 20 Boystown
35 17 Rummel
50 11 Central
42 10 Tech
37 6 Prep

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South High wrestlers usually leave their opponents on their backs. Cheerleaders provide the spirit the wrestler's
need.

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Unidentified wrestler pin s his o pponent in mee t.

First row, left to right: Rich Dickey, Dan Schmeckpeper, Leo Eledge, Joe Wallker, Rick Novotny, Tom
O'Leary, Kurt Galas and Ri ck Flores. Back row: Coach Denney, Dan Curran, Alberto f-'errer, Jim Bailey,
Doug Miller, Rick Cain, Brad Harrison, John Young, Dan Novotny, Mike Michalak and Jim Bayly.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

42 12 Lincoln High
30 24 Westside

29 17 Benson

36 12 Abraham Lincoln

29 16 Bellevue

25 23 Boys Town
53 11 Rummel
35 20 Central
51 7 Tech
32 14 Prep

J. v.This years Wrestling team went

undefeated, winning all their meets. One of South's easiest op-
ponents was Tech, which South beat 51 to 7 . One of South's
toughest opponents was Boystown, which South beat 25 to
23. The J.V. Wrestling team competed in four tournaments,
where South took first in two of the four , which were Tech
and Lewis & Clark. South's other two tournaments were

South and Westside, where South took 7th in their own tour-

nament and took 3rd in the Westside tourney .

This year was one of South's best turnouts for fans,

which were enormous throughout the season. Some of the out-

standing wrestlers of the team were 98 pound Kurt Galas who

took first place in the Tech, Westside and Lewis Central dual
meets and also had tl1e record of (24-2-0). Sophomore Greg

Montgomery, who took frrst place in the Westside and Lewis

Central meets, with a record of (19-6-0). Leo Eledge, who

took first place in the Tech and Lewis-Central meets con-

cluded the year with a season record of (11-2-1).

Mr. Denney, head coach of the Junior Varsity Wrestling team, is in his -~ -
third year as coach at South High.

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SOUTH OPPONENT Coach Glenn Tiessen makes his coach-
ing debut in Varsity Basketball.
27 50 Ryan
54 61 Benson _ r·• ••\, 'r . .,..l.,,~ · ,.. ..• "'f', ,,. ~_g,.... ,,.
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75 81 Ralston 'A I ,· ' _. _;"
53 70 Bellevue
55 Thomas Jefferson i, . -'..• •? ~ ' ' ! -I
46 34 Bryan
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31 82 Rummel
39 72 Abraham Lincoln
70 68 Prep
59 69 Lincoln High
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Steve Ta ngeman jumps for the Varsity
ball for the Packers.
Basketball is one or

the most popular sports at South.
There were ten cagers on the team
this year with Pat Krigbaum and
Terry F ranks as student managers.

Coach Glenn Tiessen made his
coaching debut with a December
l game against Ryan. His thoughts
on coaching are, "I feel individual
pride and a desire to compete with
a good attitude are the ingredients
needed in the long run for a win-
ning team."

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The Varsity Basketball team, Front row, from left to right are: Pa t Krigbaum, Tim Zagurski, Al Velasquez, John
Babic, Jerry Opitz and Terry Franks. Back row: Bob Mata, Scott Swaney, Bob Claycamp, Steve Tangeman, Tim
Pershing and Gary Herman.

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SOUTH OPPONENT

45 46 Ryan
49
69 63 Benson
38
65 45 North
67
55 54 Central
78
53 67 Ralston
43
41 53 Bellevue
53
44 53 Thomas Jefferson
54
53 44 Bryan
54
42 Burke

44 Tech

56 Westside

41 Boystown

58 Rummel

62 Abraham Lincoln Kneeling, from le f t to right: Dave McDo well , Mik e Trummer, Tom Schneider, Al Martinez and J eff

61 Prep Bietterman . Standing: Ken Kryker , Mike Vend e tti, Jo hn Mi chlcun as, Roger Ga st a nd Je rr y Relford.

67 Lincoln High

Junior Varsity

Basketball team, ..... -

under the coaching of Ron Jiede Jerry Relford is intently keeping an eye
did a good job this year consid-
ering they lost many of their on the ball , planning his ne x t move.
players to the Varsity team.
Tired and worn out, the
According to Coach Jiede : team is resting.
" To participate in athletics is
easy- simply check out gear and -·~-~""""~"'11 -=---
go through daily practices. To
be a "true athlete" involves ·' ""-~ .
challenges and sacrifices." ~- ll u.I: \

The team had to work hard
to compensate for the player
shortage but these boys made
up for it. There are some out-
standing players who will give
the Varsity team next year a
boost.

Al Martinez was high scorer
this game.

Coach Ron Jiede feels that "the major
re sponsibility of a coach is to develop
within each person a feeling of pride."

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Reserve

SOUTH OPPONENT Basketball

60 34 Bryan team is made up of a group of
51 57 Burke hardworking, determined
34 50 T.J. boys out there to win. Terun-
50 33 North work is a big part of their
42 50 Cen traJ game.
42 40 Rummel
39 50 Prep Coach Bob Davis com-
54 64 Bellevue ments: "I enjoyed working
61 64 A.L. with these boys, they were
47 58 Boys town real hustlers."
47 49 Benson
The team won some and
A jump ball determines the Aimed straight at the basket, lost some, but the main thing
start. Who won this one? John hopes 11.is ball will drop was that they gained the
in. knowledge and responsibility
needed to reach a goal. These

boys will be tough competi-
tors on whichever terun they
make next year.

Nate Cooper dribb les swiftly across the court,
detennined to make two points for 11.is team.

Dennis Cannon is a big help to Coach
Bob Davis at daily practice. About
the team Coach Davis comments:
"The best kind of pride is that which
compels a young man to do his best
when no one is watching."

Kneeling in front row, from left to right: John B_aughman, Sam Barajas, Rick Ostronic, Nate

Cooper and Dave Dibelka. Second row: Mike Huntley, Tom Pesek, Jeff Gradel, Mark Mynste.r
and Randy Popek. Third row: Ed Karnik, Ron Achten , Don Michleunas, Mike Mancuso and
Jim Prater.

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On Mr. Mosscr 's desk arc hand-make re minders from
various cha pters of his li fe. Glass paper weight s co m-
memorati ng his birth, his basketball career and his
coach ing career.

Mr. Dean Meisinger, who counsels letters D, G, "My free time is spent with individuals offering guidance
W, X, and Z, enjoys spectator sports and out-
side activities such as hunting and fishing. and helping them to achieve their aspirational goals," says

Mrs. Nancy Calinger.

When asked how he feels about his office, Mr. Gene
Schwarting said, "I've seen better decorated phone
booths," and went on to say, "My office is so small,
the electric light bulb keeps it warm."

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Miss Karen Qark spent last summer traveling in Counseling is a tough

England. She a lso plays bridge with her friends j ob for only eight counselors. Each
and loves to read. counselor has more than tJ1ey can
handle. Mr. Neal Mosser stated, "The
Miss Beck enjoys her work because she is dealing poor stud ent, and the student with the
with people. Her spare time is taken up by read- scholarship, gets all ilie help. The aver-
age one gets left out if he, or she,
ing on subjects such as psychology and current doesn't speak up for help." Help is
events.
what the counselors give to the stu-
dents who want it.

From cutting classes to personal
problems, a counselor will do every-
thing possible to help. Mrs. Nancy
Ca.linger talks about SoutJ1 High stu-
dents, "They are probably the most
congenial and open of all the Omaha
Public Schools students." Mr. Gene
Schwarting enjoys Souili students, "I
like them , and really enjoy being here
at Souili." Counselors at South really
like their work here. At times they
have their problems, but somehow
iliey turn out a11 right. Mr. Dean
Meisinger states, "Souili students are
great kids and easy to work with."

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Assistant Principal , Mr. Willia m J. Nystrom. has his
after schoo l ho urs fill ed. He s till has time to enjoy
game hunting whenever he can.

Dr. Ronald Burmood spends his free time en-
gaging in carpentry work on his house or en-
joying his English Sheep dogs. He is also an
assistant principal to Dr. Leonard Hanson.

Emily Thalkcn works in the mair
office at the swit chbo ard. She en-
joys cooking, reading, and
watching all types of movies and
shows.

Some of Dr. Leonard Hanso n's hobbies
are fishing, golfing, watching sports on
T.V., playing bridge and he's active in
c h u r c h.

Rita Kalasky works with the withdrawal of students fro m
school. Away from school she e njoys bowling.

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. +n'!..J Administration

Nadine Rickley , secre tary to Dr. Hanson , work . on re- department has their time filled .
port s, re co rd s, types le tt e rs, sc i up appoin tment · and One of the three assistant princi-
work s a lso with the payro ll. Outsid e ol schoo l he pon- pals , Mr. William Nystrom, feels
sors a yo uth group. that all his time is devoted to being
an assistant principal. He said his
I life is proj ecte d as a " mi ssionary
zee l for kids".

Dr. Ronald Burmood counted
I50 additional students this year.
The only problem this generated
wa s the crowding of students in the
building.

Dr. Leonard Hanso n stated that
this year's curriculum was more of
a cooperative program. This pro-
gram is a vocatio nal program in
which students work in the sub-
ject manner for a future occupa-
tion. This, he said , is being carried
out in the busin•ess area mostly.

In additio n to the added stu-

d ents this year there are also 16
new teachers at South High. Four
teachers of the 16 increase the
total number this year because of
the rise in students.

Jacqueline Young does the clerical work and some typing in the
school office. Boating and snow-mobiling are two of her hob-
bies .

Administrative assistant, Robert '\1/hilehou se, participates in Ruth Davis work s in the book store
basketba ll a nd o th er spo rts wh e never he has tim e. keeping track of books for trea-
sure rs, checks in supplies a nd kee ps
fil es of invoi ces.

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P.Jul Blazivich is seated cozi ly with his wife T o ni ,a nd their chil dren Joe,
Mary a nd Sabrina. Paul' great love of footba ll is alre ady rttbbing off
on Joe.

Mike Rice enjoys hunting as a past-
time. He and Lad Nemecek no w
share an apartment. Wo w! Ca n you
imagine that, girls?

Mrs. Cathy McAndrews is rela xing on a Saturday after- Jim Faiman bend s over his wi sh-
noon along with her son Michael, while d aughter ing fountain built right in hi s
Shayla is at a party and husband Mike is watching a kitchen, which students come
basketball game. over and t hrow pennies in. What
a profit that wo uld bring !

Lad Nemecek spends three days a
week after school in the weight
room . He' s got to kee p in shape for
his many extra-curricular activities.

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A Teacher's Life

Mrs. Rosalie Shepherd enjoys being home away from school, is a very human
with her husband Jim , and daughters one. Teaching is performing. Teachers
Julie (shown in picture) and Sherri. She' must be actors and students the audi-
also very interested in community affairs. ence. Teachers are the cause with edu-
cation the result. Teachers during the
day have duties to perform, halls to
patrol , papers to grade and black-
boards to write on. At night, some
carry their jobs home with them and
grade papers. The lights at Eden West,

a Papillion townhouse and a house on
26th Street burn brightly as Mr. Boom-
gaarden, Mrs. Oldfield and Miss Fel-
lows cook, read or entertain.

Teachers wearing waffle stampers?
Smoking cigarettes? Shopping for gro-
ceries? It may be surprising to some,
but teachers 1ead the Jives of everyman.
Teachers drive Corvettes and Chargers

and Mustangs. They are friendly or
modest , single or married. They pay
rent and sing for fun. They dislike
some thinos about how their school is
run. Theyoare human. Teachers don't
read books all night. Teachers find
life where they enjoy it the most-at a

theater, a party, a skating rink or a

gymnasium. ·
Next time you go to a rock concert
Jerry and Joyce Peterson are still happy af-
ter four LONG years of marriage. Joyce m. the park, don't be surprised at that
is the homemaker and muse in the family, . cut offs sunglasses and san-
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tant.
dals. It's just a teacher ...

Kent Yaw and his wife Marcie spent one sum- John Boomgarden displays his style and dexterity in playing ping pong. His talent
mer knapsacking th.rough Europe, hitting all for playing the piano has led in to the composing of his own songs.
the ex citing countries and cities.

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Miss McMartin helps stud ent s find Mr. Dallas Hemenway teaches his debate stud ents ma ny meth ods
a boo k. of debate.

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Th es pi a ns. emies .

Right to left: Margaret McMartin, Oara Ross, Mike Rice, John Smith, Betty Mc-
Ginnis and Julie O'Connell .

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Student s wait patiently for in-
structions.

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Dr. Sale rn o spark s his dasscs with guitar Right to left : David Bock , James Faiman, Deanna Ludwin,
music . To ny Dusatko, Janet Mody and Patrick Salerno .

Humo r adds zing to Ms. Lud- In the English Department,
win's classes.
several new editions have been added. Three new teachers
have been introduced to the staff. Mr. Michael Rice feels,
" Improved student-teacher relationships would result from a
mutual understanding o f what South High School goals are."

Mr. Rice is the TOOTER Staff advisor as well as teaching
other classes. Mr. Alan Dusatko claims the most exciting
experience he ever had was "Entering the world of Jacques
Cousteau." Among his many hobbies are skin diving and
motorcycling with his wife. Mrs. Julie O'Connell came late in
the year to alleviate the student load in the department. She
enjoys going to movies, painting and sewing.

Also many new mini-courses have been added to the
curriculum. Th.ere is a new sophomore program called Sopho•
more Orientation, it consists of reading, writing and the art
o f speaking. English 7-4 has been changed. It is built up of
Philosophy in Literature, Shakespeare Tragedies and World
Litera ture. There is a new course, English 7-5 which contains
Business English, basic communications and basic English.

One of the activities t he English 7-2 mini-courses are
involved in is making their own television show. The students
write and perform with their own commercials and program.
Mrs. H augse, Mr. Faiman, Mr. Bock and Mrs. Ross are in
charge of these activities.

When asked the question, " What do the mini-cou rses
offer the studen t?" Mr. James Faiman replied, "It offers an
opportunity to experience material such as science fiction,
television and rock music, that they might otherwise no t
encounter in a formal classroom study."

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Mr. Da vid Kahm 's reso nant voice

is hea rd over th e PA sys tem at
ga mes.

The job of Student Council sponsor keeps Miss
Sally Fellows involved in many school activities.

Teachers in need of a tape recorder turn
to Mr. George Wildrick, who is in charge
of the audio visual aids.

Seated, left to right: Mr. Pa ul Blazevich, Dr. Edward Kuncel, Mr. Robert Davis, Mrs. Rosalie
Shepherd , Miss Sally Fellows, Mr. Theodore Matsukis, Mr. James Meinsenheim er, Mr. Cecil
Stutzman, Mr. Merlin U1wrence, Mr. Robert Christie. Mr. James Swanso n a nd Mr. Ray
Brown .

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Colorado mine lawns during the summer months beckon Mr. Warr en Witham,
who has been at South for 18 years.

Besides coaching reserve football and reserve Social Studies, as
basketball, Mr. Bob Davis plays football for
the Omaha Mustangs. one of the largest departments in the
school, requires the services of 15
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teaching history, government, modern
problems, economics, psychology and
project geography. An outstanding fact

concerning the department is that
there is a very high percentage of
teachers who have obtained their mas-
ter degrees. Dr. Edward Kuncel, de-
partment head , feels it is one of the
highest percentages for any depart-
ment in the Omaha Public High

Schools.
In an attempt to give students a

greater awareness of government in
action, a stimulating project was un-
dertaken this year. Students enrolled
in American Government classes could
visit local institutions such as the city
council and city jail. These could be
toured after school or on Saturday.
Dr . Kun eel states he would like to "do
more of this type of thing."

Electives were so popular the de-
partment had a space problem this
year. Psychology and American Stud-
ies classes, along with other electives
and required courses, had very large
enrollments. So large in fact, every
available room was employed along
with some from other departments.

I Although at South since 1935, Dr. Edward Kuncel,
department head, faces each new year with re-
newed interest.

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Hunting is one of the major interests of Mr. Joseph Perina, who attended South as
a student.

Dan Zanders head of the scie nce department,
commutes to So~th everyday from his home in
Iowa. He is interested in antiques and his coin col-
lection besides teaching earth science and advanced
biology classes.
Mr. Rich Beran and his wife are on the
teaching staff of a nat ional gymnastics clinic
at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, every Oirist-
mas.

Mr. Paul L. Eisenhauer is active as coach of Little League sports and as
manager of the Spring Lake Park swimming pool during the su mmer.

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SPEC7 ? t':.: - ~ C . SC ience is probably one of the most stimulating de-

- II partments in the school. Students can gain an awareness of
many fields which would otherwise be closed to them. They
Oiarts and graphs make up an in- can learn the purpose and procedure of frog dissecting or
tegral part of any science co urse launching a rocket into the atmosphere . Science gives the stu-
offered at South High . den t an opportunity to experience and perform; to become in-
volved in the subject. Labs , which accomplish this , are an
important part of any science course. Students don't have to
learn strictly from text books.

The department this year was involved in continuing the
evaluation of the individualized biology program which has
been carried out the past few years. This was probably the
major job of those teachers involved. Some snags were in the
program this year because of problems concerning the resource
center. Another project contemplated by the teachers was the
sealing of coniferous and deciduous trees in the spring. They
hoped to repeat the success of a sale held two years ago which
helped to plant many trees in South Omaha.

When not trying to master the technique of riding an Appaloosa, Mrs.
Helen Sorenson grows turnips at Honey Oeek, Iowa.

A familiar face at many games selling tickets Ouistmas break saw the leaving of Mrs.
is Mr. Gary Gonzales, one of several biology Quistine Koentopp to await the arrival
instructors. of the stork.

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The 1973 Math Department co nsis ts of th e following members: from left to right, Mr. Mic hael Denn y,
Mr . Jerry Pettit , Miss Barbara Seifert , Miss Lauriann Kaufman, frs. S::indra S::indcen, Mr. Way ne Boldt,
Mrs. Beth Anderso n , Mrs. Betty Wisner, Mr. Lad Nemecek, Mr. Richard Wohlfarth and Miss Linda
Thorell.

There are a few new additions to the Math Depart- Mrs. Beth Anderson, a former cheert:rdcr
ment this year, and Mrs. Sandra Sandeen is one of herself sponsors both Jr. Varsity and - f
them. sity ch~erlcadcrs while in her fourllt year 0

teaching at South .

A familiar face in the M;ith De- Discussing the pros and cons of the new
partment is that of Mr . lad techniques of teaching Mathematics are Mrs.
Nemecek, he teaches Math 3. Betty Wisner and Miss Barbara Seifert.

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To Mr. Jerry Pett it mod ern music is a fascin ating and abso rbing Math Department,
hobby. He spends most of his free time Listening to popular musi-
cal gro ups in the Oma ha area. Mr. Pett it is in his seco nd year of faced with teaching South High stu-
teaching Mat h to Sout h High st ud en ts. dents d iffere nt types o f Ma th, are try-
ing to fin d n ew me thods of d oing this.
Most o f Mr. Micheal Denney's leisure time Many of the teachers b elieve more
is taken b y sporting activi ties.
time with the individual student
would help.

Subjects such as Algebra, Geome-

try, an d Se nior Math Review comprise
some of t he things they teach the stu-
dents.

New teachers w ho j oined the d e-
partment this year we re: Mrs. Sandy
Sandeen, Miss Lind a Tho rell and Mr.
Wayn e Bold t. Miss Thorell joined the
department during semester break.

Mr. Richa rd Wolfar th is t he h ead of
the Math Depa rtment.

Mr. Way ne Bo ldt is in his first year of teach-
ing high school m athe ma tics a t So uth.

Mr. Richard Wo lfarth, is t he head of Scale d rawings played an important
the Math department this year. part in some of t he Math classes this
year.

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Business classes are answering the demands Mr. Wozn iak is the Reserve football and assistant track coach.
He and his son are now in the process of break ing in a ho rse.
of the "Business World." Students graduating with the
basics in office training sometimes have greater chances of

obtaining jobs.
This year's business teachers are spreading knowledge in

a number of differentiated classes. These include Office
Practices, Distributive Education, Typing, Business Law,
Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Accounting, and General Busi-
ness. The staff is made up of nineteen teachers, all highly
skilled in their profession.

Debit and credit, cross reference, transcribe, and
backspace are all terms fam iliar to business students.

"The Business Department at South is one of the
best in the city. South business students are in great de-

mand throughout the Metropolitan area," according to
Mrs. Carol Limoges, Office Practices teacher.

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Left to right: Mrs. Carol Limoges, Mrs. Loma Rollag, Mrs. Mary Ann Knappenberger·, Mr. Ronald,
Jiede, Mrs. Connie Baden, Mr. Clark Wohlers, Mr. Dennis McDonnell, Mr. Ke nt Yaw, Mr. Glen-
wood Tiessen, Miss Edith Niederhoefer, Mrs. Patricia Pruss, Mrs. Marj orie Fishel and Mrs. Ellen
Finnegan. Not pictured: Miss Karen Clark, Mr. Lawrence Masters, Mrs. Diane Vieselmeyer, Miss
Jean Whiting and Mr. F loyd Wozniak.

Mrs. Vieselmeyer spends much time with her daughter. She likes
to knit, sew, cook and other household duties.

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Office Practices is a very beneficial clas for future secretaries and business-minded students.
Besides th e fundam e ntals of fil ing and working with mach ines, yo u lear n good-groo ming
techniqu es and clea nliness.

Mr. Jiede is very active in ch urch work. Mr. Yaw enjoys all spor ts. He keeps busy
He participat es in adult baseball and bas- working with student s in extra-curricular
ketball leag ues. He enjoys watc~ing all activities, such as D.E.C.A .
sporting events o n T.V. , and domg yard-

work at home.

Mr. Wohlers acts as the Business Depa•tment head. He belongs to a bowling
league and also sponsors th e South High Chess Club, which has 25 members.

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Mr. Dennis Cannon is shown distri-
buting type.

Left to right: Curt Leza nic, Charles Massey, Frank Pistone, Frank Rucker and Ke n- Studying the anatomy of the ca r is Mr. Pi stone's
neth Stansel. c lass.

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In addition to teaching auto body, Mr. Curt
Lezanic teaches the theory o f auto body.

Shop teachers pictured from left to right: Gene McDonald, Kenneth High•
tower, Ed Mandi and John Faiman. Not pict tucd: Dennis Bernadt, Ray
Long, Fredrick Kratzke and Albert Pribramsky.

Shop Teachers a1ways

keep their minds and eyes open to catch all

I the new trends and devices in auto body,
woodworking, electricity, ancl printing since
progress keeps changing styles and construc-
tion from the simple models of cars to the
complex wiring of buildings.
This year Mr. Curt Lezanic was added to
the shop department. Mr. Lezanic, originally
from Rhode Island and a graduate from
Kearny State, feels that South is a good
school with good kids, but that more empha-
sis should be placed on industrial education
of all types.

Mr. Roy Long, a familiar face at South High, teach-
es wood shop to sophomore boys third hour.

Print shop is one of the many courses
offe red to So uth students.

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Foreign Language Mrs. Barbara Oldfield has been he lping lo plan "mini co urses" for third
and fourth year students. These co urses arc fo r specified interests in
department gave students a choice be- certain areas of a language.
tween four languages: Spanish, Ger-
man, French and Latin. This depart- Mr. T. Scott Clemons plays and composes
ment has tried several different pieces for the organ and piano. He is inter-
techniques of teaching students a ested in outdoor sports and meeting dif-
foreign language of their choice. One ferent people.
technique which didn't work out very
well was individualized study. For the
above average students it worked out
well but for the average or below stu-
dents it didn't. Rather than giving the
classes drills everyday, the most inter-
esting way of teaching them is by
fitti ng many different styles of learn:
ing together. Foreign Language
teachers have stated that, without the
Language Lab it makes the tapes not
as worthful. Some of the tapes used
this past year were made by students
of advanced classes. The books this
year were revised editions.

Mini Courses are always being
worked out for third and fourth year
classes. These courses give the student
a chance to specify their interest in
certain areas of their preferred
language. Some of these areas of the
language are religion, poetry, and law.

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Miss Rosetta Nastasi, a student Spanish Dr. Helia Pico teaches Spanish. When she is
teacher, was born in Ita ly. She trained at away from school she enjoys traveling, read-
the College of St. Mary. ing and training dogs. She accounted for a
new series of books fo r the past year.

Mrs. Joanne Sokalsky likes to travel during the
summer. She also enjoys cooking, reading and
working wi th the talent show and Spanish Club.

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Making decorations for Christ mas was a home- -
making project in some of the classes this year.
Rapport is th e key word fo r Mrs. Kathy
Ha lverso n 's classes.

Students' problems are of great interest to Mrs. Sue Rhode, who tri es to
get involved as m uch as poss ible in stud ent life.

T he idea of a mifle home mak ing teacher stunned Mrs. Dee Crane. However,
after co nsiderin g it, she liked the suggestion .
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Ma king Christma s deco ra tions was just o ne un-
dertaking of ambitiou s stud ents.

A convenient cup of coffee is only one advantage of homemaking.

Mrs. Ollhy McAndrews, department head, heartily Home Economics
supports the women's liberation movement.
could be considered one of the most
"forgotten" departments at South.
This is a pity because not only is it
one of the best-equipped depart-
ments we have , but it also is sup-
ported by a good, healthy bu~get.

Mrs. Cathy McAndrews, heM of
the domestic courses , feels in spite
of her belief in women's liberation ,
that girls should be required to take
at least one year of the course. She
is surprised that more boys don't
take homemaking because "boys
should be naturally good at sewing.

It's a lot like putting together a
model car or airplane."

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Keeping up with current fashions is the way
Mrs. Agnes Nelson modernizes her classes .

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Mr. Hai zl.ip doubles as P.E. in structor and Other than teachjng P.E. act ivi t ies, Mrs . Juli e Haney ca n o ften be fo und
coach. o n stud y ha ll duty writing out passes.

Mrs. Linda Stevens enjoys a vigorous game of vol-
leyball.

Physical Education

Department started having co-ed classes in vol- Many different kinds of activities are encouraged to promote physical
fitness.
leyball. This gives the boys and _girls the chance to compete
against one another while learning.

This year was the last year for the girl's Play Day, and it
was held at Northwest High School. South High's girls came
in first in the volleyball competition. Mrs. Julie Haney would
like to see more competition in girls sports between different
Omaha High Schools. Mrs. Haney is head of the girls depart-
ment in physical education and is also the G.A.A. sponsor.

Student-teaching is not an uncommon sight in the boy's
classes. Mr. Gary Boyle is student-teaching with the supervision
of P.E. teacher Mr. Todd Seastedt. Mr. Seastedt is the head of
the boys Physical Education unit and is also the Junior Varsity
football coach. According to Mr. Seastedt, "The most promis-
ing boy is the one who does more than he promises."

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Mr. Gary Boyle student-teaches swimm ing to many
luc ky b oys.

Mr. Todd Seastedt and Mr. Beauford Haizlip o ft en ha ve lunch in the
ph ysical education office, whe re the surroundings are informal and
comfortable.

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One o f the most im portant parts o f P. E. activities is exercise. There is a locker provided for every student who participates in
gym class.

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In any Library The tables are filled every hour in the library with students
busily working on schoo l assignments.
silence is golden, but ... especially in
South High. The cheery combination
of the colors red and orange brighten
up the libraries atmosphere.

There are approximately 24,000
books in the library. One can find
books ranging from biographies all
the way to marital problems. On the
average there are 50-60 books checked
out a day.

The librarians, Mrs. Alice Thompson
and Mrs. Barbara Moore both have de-
grees in teaching Library Science and
Music, respectively.

Mrs. Alice Thompson , daily provides students with the help they need to co mple te daily assign-
ments, oral repo rts, project s and book reports.

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Sgt. George Gill enjoys making improvements R. 0. T. C. instructors here at
on his home in his spare time.
South, Sgt. George Gill and Sgt. Clif-
1122,.,.llltlf ford Harck, feel that the enrollment
' ...... ~- in the R.O.T.C. program has held its
•- own over the past years. Sgt. Gill ex-
pects an increase in enrollment in the
near future due to the fact that mili-
tary interest seems to be increasing.

For those who aren't acquainted
with the R.O.T.C. program, it ac-
quaints young men with the military
and the activities involved therein.

Sgt. Qifford Harek enjoys bowling and ·
golfing in his leisure time.

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APeering into rt rooms 426 and 421, .. ·~- ,.•
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the viewer is presented with a wide array of art
objects designed and executed by students. ..
These have been created with the aid of art
teachers Miss Toni Turnquist, Miss Marcia Zur-
ovski and Mr. Michael Mathias. One of the ad-
vantages of art is its versatility. A student has
the freedom to work in any numbe r of art me-
diums including clay, oils, metal, wood, plaster
and acrylics. Horizons are almost limitless for
the serious student.

For the serious student, art is the foca1
point of school. "I love art," Rose Guttermann,
a senior, declares, " I could spend my whole li fe
locked up in a paint cabinet." For the many
other students like Rose, "The Gallery,"
Sou th's gallery l ocated in room 426 gives the
students an opportunity to exhibit his work.

Miss Marcia Zurovsk i, new to South this Head of t he depar tme nt , Mi ss Toni Turn-
year, teaches t he o nly class of its kind at quist, teaches advan ced art courses. She
South, ce ramics, is in her sixt h ye::i r of teaching at South
High.

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Mr. Michael Mathias left South at the semeste r to join the Armed Forces. He was replaced
by Mrs. Susan Perry.

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Directo r o f first cho ir, Mr. Ro land Hinrichs is kept busy thro ugho ut the year di- icAmid broken reeds and tune-ups, MUS
recting th e Am bassadors.
plays an importan t role in t he lives of several South
High studen ts. From Bach to Bacharach and classical
to current hits, each student can find h.is niche in the
world of music. Classes offered as part of the cur-
ri culum range from choir to co ncert band.

Mr. Albert T ravis wishes South's music program
could reach more students. He believes everybody
should be involved, "No o ne is immune to music.
Music is necessary in any civilized community."

As o ne senio r states, "Without music the day at
school would be a great deal more complex and
tax ing." Felt by many to be a pleasurable challenge,
music aids in relieving the bo redo m of a school day.

Mr. Albert Travis, in o rder t o o btain his doctorate degree in music administration, attends
the University of Texas during some summers.

Sile nt instruments soon become alive and reverber-
ate to the music whe n the magic touch o f students
is a_ddcd.

In his spare time, Mr. Viggo Carlsen reaps
much e njoy ment fro m directing his church's
ch o ir .

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