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maha orlOmmltl YOUTHS OMAHA NEBRASKA RIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 1069 Know System Senator Tells His Students Are youthful demonstrations politically ef fective in Nebraska? Not very two state senators say If you want to influence the Nebraska Legislature the best way is to know how the Legislature operates Sen Richard Marvel of Hastings said the organization of the Legislature and know where decisions are he said where to make contacts and understand the committee Marvel a political science professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University urged students to visit the Legislature and talk to their senators have any problem contacting your he said is the most democratic system in the United He urged outstate students to meet their state senators when they are at home Both Marvel and Sen Loran Schmit of David City said there is not too much youthful lobbying Sen Schmit said there was some student lob bying on the University of Nebraska budget in 19G7 and 1969 a little on lowering the majority age in 1969 and some on lowering the voting age in 1967 Political Parties Cathie Shattuck of Hastings a University of Nebraska law student who once was president of the NU Young Republicans said the easiest way to meet legislators is through political parties Although the Legislature is nonpartisan al most all members are fairly active in a party she said Miss Shattuck a former legislative page urged students to study a particular bill thoroughly and then to talk to or write their senator about it easiest way to do it is to find a bill he has she said Good sources of information include the clerk of the office and Secretary of State rank office she said Marsh is a very helpful Miss Shattuck said office handles everything from election laws to branding laws and he al ways has ideas for things he wants She also urged students to meet Nebraskans like Mrs Calista Cooper Hughes director of the Office of Comprehensive Health Planning knows going on and can explain ollow News Miss Shattuck a former Hastings High School and NU debater urged high school students to get active in debate to study issues and to take part in model student congresses Students also should follow news of the Legislature and keep track of what bills are being discussed she said Students even may ask their senators to introduce bills for them she said Miss Shattuck urged students to research Marvel Cathie Contact your senator 'A 'JR i A' 1 a yt I 'X a kv KM bOBH Herald Photo proposals carefully and to know whether the problem might be covered by an existing law Miss Shattuck and Sens Marvel and Schmit all said that personally typed or handwritten let ters are effective but mass letter writing cam paigns are not Good grooming and manners also are impor tant the senators and Miss Shattuck said Miss Shattuck suggested that boys wear either suits and tics or school clothes and that girls wear nylons and school dresses when visiting the Legislature Sen Marvel said students should avoid legislators can over he said all part of understanding the legislative process Budget Lobbying As an example of effective youthful lobbying he cited the work of Diane Theisen of Norfolk first vice president of the NU student body in working for a larger NU budget Miss Theisen is another former legislative page In addition to lobbying many youths get in volved in state and local elections An example of this type of activism occurred in the 1969 Lincoln City Council election when Ron Pfeifer 23 of Lincoln organized "Youth for to help elect Harry Peterson Peterson a former Lincoln policeman is the first Negro city councilman in history Pfiefersaid that about 80 students about half of them high schoolers participated They conducted a telephone campaign distributed handbills and were in charge of put ting up yard signs he said It was the first time an organized group of youths participated actively in a Lincoln municipal election he said The campaign work of Teenage Republicans Young Republicans and Young Democrats are other examples of youthful political activism Miss Shattuck said Miss Junior Achiever Got Title but Not Boy Leslie Marchcllo was looking for a boyfriend when she joined Junior Achievement She was attending an all girl school she said and thought A might be one way to meet boys After two years in A the Mercy High School graduate admitted to failure: No Junior Achiever asked her for a date Leslie 18 laughed when she told her story She had just returned from the National Junior Achievement Conference in Bloomington Ind where she had been named national Miss Junior Achiever Leslie find dates through Junior Achievement fri I3KL Wv iS' i Leslie Seller but found she had a knack for selling everything from Easter baskets to advertisements Quite During her first year in Junior Achievement Leslie was treasurer of We Co sponsored by Western Electric Although the company had a bad year quite go Leslie was selected the lop Junior Achievement salesman in Omaha The winner was selected by several judges who watched Junior Achievers give their sales pitches Leslie demonstrated how she went about selling an Easter basket to a woman think they picked me be cause I talked a lot and also asked the woman for her opi nion always good when you ask the most Leslie noted not letting the customer say Leslie brought that philosophy into her second year in Junior Achievement She was president this year of AD Co sponsored by Peter Kiewit Co 2 Scholarships AD Co put out an advertising journal and was so successful in making money that the com pany donated two $500 scholar ships to Junior Achievement AD Co won the financial suc cess award and the award for the best annual report And Leslie ended up as candidate for Miss Junior Achiever At the national conference in August she com peted against 83 other girls from the United States and Canada An Essay As a candidate for the title Leslie wrote an essay about Junior Achievement She also was interviewed by a number of judges and as one of the five finalists was asked questions on current events The daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Marchello of 6 3 3 0 Woolworth Avenue Leslie will attend the University of Nebraska in Lincoln this fall She has not decided on a major but said she will concentrate on psychology sociology and political science her first two years Would she like to go into business? I Leslie said still very undecided about a Disc een Captain Beefheart Album Is Not for Weak Listener Very likely the weirdest rock iazz album ever issued is Mask (Straight STS 1053) by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band The group makes the Mothers of Invention sound mainstream Oddly the two record album becomes quite listenable after the initial shock It is not however for the weak listener Often the music is a collage of abstract instrumental sound and free rhythm At other times it is close to rock yet free of the strictures of the backbeat The lyrics are strange yet oddly seemingly a mixture of reality and fantasy Leader Beefheart is the chief vocalist and plays tenor and soprano saxes bass clarinet musette and simran horn On a pair of tracks he plays two horns simultaneously Others in the group are Zoot Horn Rollo guitar flute An tennae Jimmy Semens guitar Mascara Snake bass clarinet vocals and Rockette Morton bass The drummer is not listed but undoubtedly several mem bers of the combo alternate in that chair Thelma Houston (Dunhill DS 50054) is the excellent debut album of singer Thelma Houston Though a highly personal performer Miss Houston may remind many listeners of Dionne Warwick There is strength and body to her voice and she knows how to sell a song Composer Jim Webb wrote all Seeking Teen Writers Would you like to be a correspondent for Youth in the Midlands? It might mean writing a story one week and seeing your byline in print Another week it could mean collecting opinions from other teen agers at your school Most important it would mean letting us know going on at your school and what teen agers are talking about Correspondents are paid for their work and for ideas they submit which result in a story This week letters were sent to journalism instructors at Mid high schools asking if interested tell your journalism teacher talk to your journalism teacher If your school have a journalsim teacher talk to your English teacher the principal or contact The World Herald but one of the tunes and did all the arrangements On most tracks she is backed by a combo while on a few tracks an orchestra and vocal trio are added The lock A Chicago group the lock has an okay but unspectacular first album Columbia CS 9911 The group has two tenor saxophonists and a trumpeter and uses them only for riff backgrounds Basically the group acts only as a backdrop for red Glickstein lead vocalist and lead guitarist and Jerry Goodman amplified violin guitar Neither are ex citing original performers Other combo members are Jerry Smith bass Ron Karpman drums Rick Canoff and Tom Webb tenor saxes and rank Posa trumpet Most group members provide background vocals The Illusion The Steppenwolf sound per vades the music of an East Coast group the Illusion on its new album (Steed ST 37003) Lead guitarist Richie Cer niglia is an adequate but only mildly interesting soloist Drummer Mike Ricciardella is dull Others in the band are John Vinci lead vocals Chuck Adler bass and Mike Maniscalco organ rhythm guitar Underground Gold (Liberty LST 7625) is a new sampler album It has the virtues and faults of most samplers a good cross section of music is provided but all of the tracks are available on earlier albums The record features two tracks each by Canned Heat Traffic Albeit Collins the Spencer Davis Group Jo Ann Kelly and Johnny Winter Will Smith 'tkt eens Most Interested Age Group9 Youths Put Into Joslyn tf li' a Wk a ra Pi 1 I vl AAJT'Yi LIB is i Si! KVras1 wJ L'H i "A Bonnie and Don Abstract sculptures A I I I A World Herald Photos by Robert Paskach Bill left Jack Work brings appreciation By Ellen Carlsen Joslyn Art Museum wants you That means you who are under 25 The new director claims that all over the nation young people are turning to art And as they do the concept of the dusty traditional museum is giving way to the new image of art museums as yes he used the word places one group more interested in an than any other age group is teen said Richard Gregg direc tor are as serious about loving art as they are about hat ing he added Gregg noted that in most museums now including Joslyn slightly more than half of the visitors are under 25 And he added good museums everywhere are doing more to encourage this trend At Joslyn the first oriented program of the year will be Sept 21 when a local rock group the New Haven Rock will perform from 1 to 5 pm on the front steps The world of jazz and ampli fied music carries over naturally to modern art Gregg said So he noted museums today are putting more emphasis on art of our own generation 20th century way of look ing at Jazz Rock people are really moved by modern art part of their whole scene You listen to jazz or rock music and not carry this same kind of tonality to visual he said at that Gregg said as he pointed at an op art work on the wall you let it it will scream at you just like amplified music Joslyn is planning an exhibit of work by living California ar tists for sometime next year Gregg said But why are young people interested in art today? And when did this interest flourish? Gregg thinks something that has developed since World War IL Before that most museum visitors were older persons and for example those dragged along by parents Gregg said Now in a world growing more impersonal and mechanical young people are interested in art because is an ex pression of the Gregg said only a reflection of some feelings about his time and surround Gregg also thinks that interest in art is part of the youthful search for honesty truth and something they can react to in a positive are completely on i for exlrapnlinary i Is rrgislcred Irodcnimk of lh Honry I Siegel Co Make it big the scene with MMIM vai he S225 TPS2 MOTOROLA' PERSONAL PORTABLE Powerful audio system Oulstanding sensitivity in rncictnrL AC Vernier tuning Telescopic anlenna Omahan Assists Explorer Events A Westside High School senior is one of seven Explorers from across the country planning the first National Explorer Olym pics sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America next August 24 28 Mark Trustin son of Mr and Mrs Yale Trustin of 227 South Eighty eighth Street recently returned from a week long planning session at ort Collins Colo The event on the Colorado State University campus will consist of 30 to 35 competitive events ranging from chess and electronics to marksmanship track and field swimming and bowling A qualifying competition will be held next spring in the Omaha area to select partici pants in the national event CPO jacket 100 wool Oxford grey 1500 skirt red or grey plaid 5 13 1400 18" pants red or grey plaid 5 13 1300 junior 1 Sportswear downtown third Crossroads Southroads Lincoln Grand Island brandeYs The store that has everything Oinohn remont Norfolk Couuot tliullt Grand Bland Columbus South Omaha 1 3k SIW I i 0 MfW ml LWA Pl OWN J' vt A A i To 11 (W A 1 I I ra I sK disillusioned with business And searching searching searching One of the things they can come to is A visit to Joslyn generally supported theory Young people were there 4 like 18 yCar old Sandy Schafersman of Hooper Neb Sandy on a few vaca tion between her summer secretarial job and starting tier freshman year at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln was spending much of her time at Joslyn Sandy Wandering Although she is not an artist Sandy likes art especially modern art lets your imagination go she said She had just spent four after noons in a row wandering through the museum On the same day IwtJ Beatrice Neb teen ag rsj Bonnie Kilgore 18 and Don Kelly 18 were ambling hand in hand through the museum Both will attend NU this fall but on this day they were in the midst of abstract sculptures and such things as a giant sunburst dandelion made of brass Westside High School grad uate Bill Kirshenbaum 18 spent most of his summer in the museum not as a visitor but as a worker painting the galleries and hanging paintings and tapestries Both lie and Jack Kempner 22 a University of Nebraska at Omaha student had summer jobs at Joslyn i Spending his summer with 20 centuries of art has changed his life said Bill who will atterfd UN ormerly he was unin terested in art he said I look at a painting and not just a painting anymore a story behind Gregg may seem to be giving more emphasis to the younger museum visitors but he said that not forgetting the older patrons BPO A VAftH MrJ'W SOPHOMORES JUNIORS It is your decision to select the finest high school ring There is none finer than the John ring and you will be wear ing yours in four weeks It features school colors look alive mascots encrustings achievement panels designs under the stone and more Take a look the decision is yours BMT CREDIT 11 rvir graciously to taoni young and servicemen No co necessary 'jr World's ined School Rinas Salislaction Guaranlaod Omaha Muih Omaha Council Bluffs 0 romonl Cotumbul Grand Island Norfolk fcV xH llilaO Bi.