January 20^th, 1971  Happy New Year!    It’s the last three days of high school for seniors graduating mid-year.  Real life is less than 90 school days away for the seniors pictured on the front page of the Clarion as they wait to be measured for caps and gowns.   Knights, including Senior Bill Bryant, who followed the  Huskers to the Orange Bowl rang in a deliriously happy new year  with the Husker win in Miami and a #1 national ranking.   Huskers and fans left Miami  poolside to  return to the Blizzard of  ’71 -- 14 inches of snow.   Meanwhile Lynelle Frankforter, Bobby Goodman, Penny Andros, along with the rest of the cast and crew are memorizing lines, rehearsing songs & dances and building sets and props for Fiorello! The musical, based on the life of NYC Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, is set for Feb 15, 16 and 17.

Applications and forms for UNL bound seniors are due now.  According to Assistant Principal Don Darnell, a great many seniors have not completed the necessary forms, A, D and the Activity Sheet.  Get these completed and to your counselor.  Next, complete the Counselor Evaluation with your counselor. Finally, return the forms A,D, and the Activity Sheet to UNL.  This is the senior’s responsibility, according to Darnell.  He cautions that freshman classes fill up early so the later you wait, the more risk you run of not getting the classes you want.

Men’s Liberation Invades Girls’ Intramural Tourney with Seniors Larry Beck and Steve Shelly entering the badminton tourney.   Their team, “Runners-up of Augusta, Georgia Invitational Tournament From 1952-1949” and a Junior boy’s team hope to net a win.    In display ads, Chubbyville, the “Burger Center” of Lincoln invites you to spend semester break with them but you can Buck the High Cost of Eating at Bronco’s with their 100% pure ground beef hamburgers at 1001 S. 13^th. 

Special college coverage by Seniors Candy Carroll, Sue Cunningham, Nancy Holyoke and DeAnn Nuernberger features the changing college settings, reasons colleges are facing financial crisis and how educators are rethinking post-high school education needs.   In addition, the coverage includes a look at the advantages UNL offers as a large institution, including a wide range of curriculum and the facilities available to students.

Update to fall coverage on rising school lunch prices:  Free, Reduced Price Lunch Tickets Offered.  A new program began January 5, according to Dr. Lauterbach, LSE Principal.  This is for students whose family income is below poverty level as established by Federal programs.   Parents have received a letter and pamphlet with program guides, he added.    January 8^th marked the completion of “The World Almanac” according to composer Bobby Goodman.   Seniors Penny Andros and Steve Shelly have been writing lyrics.  Next up for the new musical--getting it onstage somewhere.  Celebrate the end of the semester at the Dad-Daughter dance or Pep Club’s Masquerade Ball.   Dad is worth the $2 per couple price and the memories will last a lifetime.    Admission is $1.50 to the Masquerade ball but don’t expect to get admitted without a costume, Knights, according to Pep Club v-p Judy Moses.

In winter sports news Cagers Pounce on Islanders, Prep….Earn 4-4 record, Wrestlers Capture First City Meet and Mermen Face Ralston with 3-2 Record.  In Intramurals, Chocolate Mung wrapped the game against Pistol Pete and His Purple Posse in the first half.  Senior Matt Dalton, a Purple Posse player, said “It was a hard battle.  The fight under the boards was intense.”  Stockwell Pharmacy carries complete lines of Bonnie Bell, Revlon, Yardley and Max Factor to help keep you beautiful, according to their display ad.  You can do something different for a change—roller skate--- at the Arena or Holiday Skating Center or see THREE DOG NIGHT in Concert at Pershing Auditorium.   Sports commentary by Brad Knudsen covers discussion on the Controversial Purpose of S Club.   Is it a get together for lettermen or is it a service club for the school?  Vice Principal Dr. Dave Meyers helped form the club as a letterman, himself, when LSE was a year old, and, he feels, a simpler, closer school.   At that time S Club tried to fit into overall school activities.  Senior Jeff Deitemeyer, S Club President, said he thought the purpose was to recognize lettermen, get involved with school activities and help with the school spirit.  This is the direction S Club has moved in this year by helping with the school play and having a booth for the Key Club carnival.