The Advocate – This is Our Story
The Advocate is the second-oldest continuously-published school newspaper west of the Mississippi River, with Omaha Central’s The Register holding the title of oldest. Here is a timeline of The Advocate and the events that shaped what our newspaper is today. This timeline will be updated as more information is located and documented.
1890s
- February 8, 1895 – The Advocate is formed by Professor F.C. Jackson and a committee of four others (Maurice Berkson, Lewis Ryan, John Ledwith and Henry Tucker) who were charged with the creation of the first Lincoln High School newspaper. Jackson was named Editor-in-Chief, Berskon was named Assitant Editor, and Tucker was named business manager.
- March, 1895 – Volume 1, Number 1 of The Advocate is published
- March 30, 1895 – First student appointments to The Advocate were made and Bessie Lane was named student Editor-in-Chief.
1900s
2000s
2010s
- 2019 – The Advocate moves to a digital-only format, ending production of printed versions.
- 2019 – With the retirement of Keller at the beginning of the school year, Daniel Carraher takes over the production of The Advocate as the advisor.
2020s
- 2023 – With the resignation of Carraher, William West assumes the roll of advisor of The Advocate.
The Advocate – Editors-in-Chief & Advisors
| Years | Editors-in-Chief | Advisors Alphabetically |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | Eleanor Erickson & Ollie Riggins | Amy Miller |
| 2023-2024 | -- | Belle Farman |
| 2022-2023 | -- | Brent Robinson |
| 2021-2022 | -- | Carol Nunnaly |
| 2020-2021 | -- | Carolyn Goodwin |
| 2019-2020 | Audrey Perry | Chris Maly |
| 2018-2019 | Angel Tran & Audrey Perry | Daniel Carraher |
| 2017-2018 | Angel Tran & Frank Wickizer | Dorothy J Colburn |
| 2016-2017 | Bailey Wood & Samantha Stuefer | F C Jackson |
| 2015-2016 | Frank Cuddy & Ashley Epp | Greg Keller |
| 2014-2015 | Frank Cuddy | H G Stroh |
| 2013-2014 | -- | Jacqueline Stice |
| 2012-2013 | Sammi Yelkin & Kylee Johnson | Jennie L Fox |
| 2011-2012 | Francis De Paz | Lee Johnson |
| 2010-2011 | Gwendolyn Ihrie & Jessi Anderson | Lucy Clark |
| 2009-2010 | Gwendolyn Ihrie | Marian McElhaney |
| 2008-2009 | -- | Mike Diffenderfer |
| 2007-2008 | Genni Bachinski | Pat Engelhard |
| 2006-2007 | Natalia Ledford | Robert Munger |
| 2005-2006 | Natalia Ledford | Ruth Gartner |
| 2004-2005 | Nhu-Y Ngo | Sarah T Muir |
| 2003-2004 | Jacob Miller | Teri Bigelow |
| 2002-2003 | Josh Swartzlander & Ruth Kohtz | Will West |
| 2001-2002 | Kat Shiffler & Josh Swartzlander | |
| 2000-2001 | Meghan Connet | |
| 1999-2000 | Molly Geiger, Adam Wuerfele & Meghan Connet | |
| 1998-1999 | Evan Littrell | |
| 1997-1998 | Ben Bryant | |
| 1996-1997 | Erik German & Jessica Intermill | |
| 1995-1996 | Patrick Farrell | |
| 1994-1995 | Ellie Erickson | |
| 1993-1994 | Ellie Erickson | |
| 1992-1993 | Jon Rehm | |
| 1991-1992 | Melissa Akin & Heidi Woerner | |
| 1990-1991 | Melissa Akin, Heidi Woerner & John Rehm | |
| 1989-1990 | Vikram Jaswal | |
| 1988-1989 | Kristie Rethmeier | |
| 1987-1988 | Charlie Hammer | |
| 1986-1987 | Tammy Ortega, Andy Nelson & Amy Tidball | |
| 1985-1986 | Kandi Gordon | |
| 1984-1985 | John Tidball | |
| 1983-1984 | Patti O'Brien & Becky Boswell | |
| 1982-1983 | John Smeltzer | |
| 1981-1982 | Kenney Loos | |
| 1980-1981 | Kate Kopischke | |
| 1979-1980 | Ann Henning | |
| 1978-1979 | Mark Tally, Diana Rene & Jim Pieper | |
| 1977-1978 | Debbie Goodwin & Debi Baum | |
| 1976-1977 | Lori Maxfield & Dana Pratt | |
| 1975-1976 | Sue Spahn & Chris Harris | |
| 1974-1975 | Greg Tally & Brenda Lightbody | |
| 1973-1974 | John Hopgood | |
| 1972-1973 | Bob Copple | |
| 1971-1972 | JoAnn Highstreet | |
| 1970-1971 | Linda Wagner | |
| 1969-1970 | Patricia Smith & Michelle Grady | |
| 1968-1969 | Robin Hadfield & Lorie Keech | |
| 1967-1968 | Barbara Porath & Connie Pappas | |
| 1966-1967 | Jim Ogden & Bev Proctor | |
| 1965-1966 | Ruth Stanton & Patsy Cleveland | |
| 1964-1965 | Christine Hathaway & Holly Rosenberger | |
| 1963-1964 | Gil Arnold & Barb Van Zandt | |
| 1962-1963 | Norman Weill & Pat Heidenreich | |
| 1961-1962 | Susan Hossack & Wallis Lundeen | |
| 1960-1961 | Sandy Weber & Barb Singer | |
| 1959-1960 | Jim Roach & Marilyn Kostos | |
| 1958-1959 | Anda Anderson & Marshall Jones | |
| 1957-1958 | Jean Murphy & Sallye Miller | |
| 1956-1957 | Carol Vermass & Bob Hill | |
| 1955-1956 | Diana Gease & Carol Thompson | |
| 1954-1955 | Helen Siefkes | |
| 1953-1954 | Beverly Buck & Karen Hermanson | |
| 1952-1953 | Jo Ann Junge | |
| 1951-1952 | Ann Hardie & Ruth Klelnert | |
| 1950-1951 | Ronnie Gibson & Paula Broady | |
| 1949-1950 | Joyce Johnson & Mary Ann Zimmerman | |
| 1948-1949 | Sondra Lotman & Ann Mockett | |
| 1947-1948 | Louise Asmus & Mary Jean Neely | |
| 1946-1947 | Frances Wallace & Nancy Benjamin | |
| 1945-1946 | Alice Babst & Warren Wise | |
| 1944-1945 | John Witten & Niel Atkinson | |
| 1943-1944 | Hal Schwamb & Harris Graves | |
| 1942-1943 | Mildred Breuer & Becky Allen | |
| 1941-1942 | Louise Putney & Barbara Emerson | |
| 1940-1941 | Ghita Hill & Winifred Nelson | |
| 1939-1940 | Turney Sharrar & William Todd | |
| 1938-1939 | Katheryn Park & Wallace Provost | |
| 1937-1938 | Dorothy White & Mary Adelalde Hansen | |
| 1936-1937 | -- | |
| 1935-1936 | Arthur Hill & Elizabeth Meyer | |
| 1934-1935 | Robert McGeachin & Selma Hill | |
| 1933-1934 | Jane Walcott & Walter Meyer | |
| 1932-1933 | Helen Edwards & Dorothy Bentz | |
| 1931-1932 | George Leonard & Dorothy Kline | |
| 1930-1931 | Willdene Anton & Maragret Lewis | |
| 1929-1930 | Eldon Farris & George Murphy | |
| 1928-1929 | Benjamln Rehmar & Burgess Boyd | |
| 1927-1928 | John Bailey & Rasche Myers | |
| 1926-1927 | Paulina Buol & John Cronley | |
| 1925-1926 | Archie McMillen | |
| 1924-1925 | George Hutton & Raymond Marsh | |
| 1923-1924 | Richard Smith & Phillip Smith | |
| 1922-1923 | Margaret Hyde & Ted Tompkins | |
| 1921-1922 | Mildred Ames & Jere Mickel | |
| 1920-1921 | Walter Dobbins & Hope Barkley | |
| 1919-1920 | Lucille Vanderhoof & Marylouise Bryan | |
| 1918-1919 | Gertrude Tomson & Belle Farman | |
| 1917-1918 | Katherine Brenke | |
| 1916-1917 | Walter Gardner | |
| 1915-1916 | Ronald Forrest & Donald Parry | |
| 1914-1915 | Frank Fowler | |
| 1913-1914 | Harold Long & Earl Jeffrey | |
| 1912-1913 | Soren Mathiasen & Harold Cordner | |
| 1911-1912 | -- | |
| 1910-1911 | Merril Reed | |
| 1909-1910 | Lorraine Searle | |
| 1908-1909 | Eugene Holland | |
| 1907-1908 | Bruce Johnson | |
| 1906-1907 | J Richard Meyer & Archibald H Dinsmore | |
| 1905-1906 | Edwin Miller & George Westover | |
| 1904-1905 | Byron Worrall & Gary G Young | |
| 1903-1904 | Ray Fletcher | |
| 1902-1903 | Joe Scott | |
| 1901-1902 | Edwin R Guthrie | |
| 1900-1901 | Clarence Johnson | |
| 1899-1900 | W H Warren | |
| 1898-1899 | Chas Taylor | |
| 1897-1898 | J Buell Chessington | |
| 1896-1897 | Chas T Hoge | |
| 1895-1896 | Bessie Lane |