Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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THE SENIOR RAILSPLITTER Saint Patrick ' s Day Our photographer caught the genial Irishman, J. R. Anderson, commercial instructor, with a few lads and lassies, a wearin ' of the green , Saint Patrick ' s day. 1932. Bookkeeping Budgeteers The above classing is a representative group of our future accountants. They look happy, don ' t they? And they have reason to, for they have the feeling of a difficult task completed. We regret that we cannot mention more names on the honor roll for there are many others who have done excellent work and whose names might appear. High ranking students include: Mary Amodeo, Dorothy Babcock, Evelyn Biggs, (iladys Cross, Cecelia Evans, Sargio Fon- tanini, Sam Giannobulc, Stanley Hewitt, Ethel Hulten, Edith Kemp, Jean Lewis, Arkle Martin, Kathryn Masimore, Kenneth Miller. Martha Mordini, Wilma Newby, Linda Oliver, Mary Parker, Theron Peterson, Juanita Pontious, Madonna Robertson, Jean Sterling, Mildred Stohlgren, Frances Wcddell. Mildred Willey.

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THE SENIOR RAILSPLITTER 1932 Track Squad The track squad under the tutelage of Coach Arden I. McClain participated in five outstanding meets of the year, including the Drake relays, Grinnell relays, city meet, district meet, and the state tourney. The Railsplitters ' outstanding achievement was accomplished by Paul Meagher when he placed first in the discus throw in the district meet. Qirls ' Athletic Association Lucy Plemone, President Margaret Pilkington, Secretary Dorothy Latta, Vice President Amalie Myers Friedman, Adviser Laura Giudicessi, Treasurer In the fall of 1924 the first Girls ' Athletic Association in Abraham Lincoln High school was organized under the direction of Eunice Cripe, physical education instructor. The club then consisted of 20 members. Today it has a membership of 42 girls. The purpose of the association is to give girls a chance to earn school monograms for their work in home room games and ' outside athletics, such as hiking, rowing, skating, and swimming. A large L. G. A. is given for 300 points made as a total.

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THE SENIOR RAILSPLITTER Hobbies and Ambitions of ♦ • June • • 1932 • • Qraduates S€NIORS PRGF€R SPORTS VARIGTY IS SPICe OF S€NIOR AMBITIONS • l l . Athletics, sports, and outdoor life seem to make up the back- ground for the interesting hobbies of the June, 1932, graduates. This is true in spite of the fact that there are 16 more girls who will walk the platform for their diplomas than there are boys in this class of 100. That yo-yo wrists are a passing fancy as a hobby was another interesting revelation, as none of the senior grads mentioned this as his most fascinating hobby. But when it comes to sports that take you out into the sunshine the Lincolnites will be found. Baseball topped the list with nine backers ; while swimming, with eight finny followers; golf with seven fore shouters ; and tennis with six non-love scorers, ranked next, (ieneral sports and ath- letics of all types made the hobby choice of five grads, this being equalized in number with five students whose hobby was football. Basketball and track found a devotee apiece, while such sports as skating, interesting two experts; fishing, horse racing and hunting, concluded the list of sports fans. Going places and milder forms of recreation were the hobbies of another group, three preferring walking, and the others every- thing from ridfng a bicycle through caring for dogs, raising flow- ers, roller skating, to joy riding in the Lincoln models of hustling advertising seniors. Two June. VkU, diploma hunters like aeroplanes, as one of them has proved by modeling one. Such an interesting range of indoor fun as seniors like when it comes to indoor sports for selection of a hobby, reading and music lead, with ten and seven followers, respectively. But here is a slender girl who has decided to cat more bread, another senior who collects pictures, others who read detective stories, play ping- pong, cook, enjoy their radio and do handwork. But the unusual thing about the indoor sport list is that there are actually some students who study for a hobby. What an excellent refutation to skeptics ' ideas of the average high school student of today. Look them over, here ' s the list: Wily Addis, playing a saxophone; Laurence Adye, aeronautics; Dor- othy Anderson, sports; Robert Backus, sports of all sorts; Marjorie Barnhill. dancing. Myrtle Beck, dancing-; Irene Bell, dancing; Berrimand Breeden. football; Lois Burgett. living out doors; Mary Burkhardt, flowers; Joseph Caldwell, baseball; Dorothy Callahan, walking; Richard Callahan, baseball; Corlyss Callison, swimming. Rosemond Campbell, reading; Mildred Christian, baseball; Clarence Cobf.rt. reading detective stories; Roland Comiskey, sports; Eugene Cook, hunting and fishing; Arlene Coon, cooking and reading: Esther Cooper. swimming; Edward Davis, golfing; Ralph Davis, ice skating. Alice Davisson, music; William Devin, horse racing; Bert Duff, basketball; Bern ice Enos. hiking and reading; Nadine Faidley. skating; Alice Gallagher, tennis; Ruth Mary Gardiner, reading; Lorin Geil, play- ing a piccolo; Weldon German, athletics. Mary Giannobule, selling fruit; Joseph Gillespie, baseball and football; Charlotte Giant ., baseball; Margaret Gi.assburn, riding a bicycle; Helen Gi.essner. dancing; Orrie Goodvin. going places; Owen Hall, football; Doris Harmon, dancing; Leona Harper, swimming. Mildred Harper, swimming; Harold Harvey, collecting pictures; Deane Hoskins. baseball: Richard Irwin, swimming; Arthur Johnson, tennis; Glen Joss, dancing; Edwin Kennedy, studying economics; Irma Kurtz. reading; Dorothy Latta, tennis; Rosanna LaVHTY, getting good grades; Carl Leopold, ping-pong; Joe Lindsay, baseball. Aryid LlNGQUIgT, golf; Helen McNulty, swimming; Harold Macy. dancing; Lina Masolini, reading; Paul Meagher, foootball; Mildred Mil ear. hand work; Eloise Mills, sports; Marguerite Morlan. dancing; Kathleen Munzenmaier. tennis; Russell Oberender. writing poetry ; Ward Ogden, golf; Linda Oliver, baseball; Charlotte Parker, eating; Mabel Peerhoom. banana splits. Margaret Pilkington, basketball; Joseph Plemone. dancing and golf; Lucy Plemone, swimming; Ethel Potter, character study; Florence Pratt, reading; Clyde Randall, modeling airplanes; Beverly Robinson. •lancing; Rex Ross, music; Zelpiiia Ross, roller skating; Pauline Rum- mans, music and poetry; Loren Runge. hitch-hiking: Doris S iiaknwkhkr, dancing; John Sharp, golf; Mary Louise Smith, playing an oboe; Alice Sokrick, going places; Dorothy Stanton, dancing; John Stevens, radio; Blanche Stewart, reading; Isabella Stokesbury, swimming; Jack Sum- mers, track; Alice Tam. dancing; Dwight Thomas, joy riding. Vei.ma Thornton, reading; Gerald Turner, baseball; Eunice an Vlair. dogs; Elbert Venn, golf; Esther Wadding, playing popular music; Paul Watson, golf; Wilmetta WhiteloCK. tennis; Virginia Wiyr. dancing and reading; Margaret Young, tennis; Dean Zempel, football; Mary Zimmerman, sports of all sorts. Upon looking into the inner souls of the seniors, it is found that business will claim 21 members of the June, 1932. graduat- ing class. In this field the most desired positions arc those of a private secretary, stenographer, department store buyer, person- nel director, certified public accountant, and salesman. Twelve members of the present senior class intend to be teachers, the more popular fields being: football coach, swimming instructor, director of physical education, girls ' adviser, commer- cial instructor, kindergarten teacher, and Knglish instructor. Ten boys of the class are intent upon becoming engineers. Electrical and mechanical seem to be the most popular in this field. Journalism will claim six students with three desiring to be come feature writers, two advertising men, and one a reporter. Music has been chosen by four students of the senior class as their desired life work. Blues singer, concert pianist, and music director are the chosen fields. Other prominent vocations in which members of the June, 1932, class intend to embark include those of an aviator, doctor, forester, nurse, professional dancer, professional golfer, and traveler. Other members of the class are planning to become criminal lawyers, enter consular service, and act as a cateress. One girl has chosen to become an embalmcr when her high school days are ended. To be a successful housewife is the sole ambition of two girls of the present June graduating class. Wily Addis, music director; Laurence Adye. watchmaker; Dorothy Anderson, dietitian; Robert Backus, scientist; Marjorie Barnhill. pro- fessional business woman; Myrtle Beck, private secretary; Irene Bell. stenographer; Berrimand Breeden. coach; Lois Burgett, travel; Mary Burkhardt. botanist; Joseph Caldwell, business man; Dorothy Callahan. embalmer; Richard Callahan, forester; Corlyss Callison. suTgical nurse; Rosemond Campbell, department store buyer; Mildred Christian, com- mercial teacher. Clarence Cobert. criminal lawyer; Roland Comiskey. traveller; Eugene Cook, architectural engineer; Arlene Coon, interior decorator; Esther Cooper, personnel director; Edward Davis, professional golfer; Ralph Davis. electrical engineer; Alice Davisson. blues singer; William Devin, forester; Bert Duff, aviator; Bernice Enos, nurse; Nadine Faidley. private secre- tary; Alice Gallagher, girls ' adviser; Ruth Gardiner, private secretary. Lorin Geil. scientific feature writer; Weldon C.erman. coach; Mary Giannobule, traveller; Joseph Gillespie, advertising man; Charlotte Glantz. private secretary; Margaret Gi.assburn. editor of The New York Times; Helen Glessner. private secretary; Orrie GooWIV, aviatrix; Owen- Hall, woodshop teacher; Doris Harmon, secretary; Leona Harper, nurse; Mildred Harper, nurse; Harold Har e . certified public accountant: Deane Hoskins. mechanical engineer; Richard Irwin, professional dancer; Arthur Johnson, electrical engineer; Glenn Joss, printer; Edwin Kennedy, engi- neer. Irma Kurtz, school teacher; Dorothy Latta. golf; Rosanna Laverty. feature writer; Carl Leopold, artist; Joe Lindsay, piccolo; Arvid Lingquist, highway construction engineer. Helen McNulty. traveling; Harold Macy. business man; Lina Masso- lini. stenographer; Paul Meagher, consular; Mildred Millar, cateress. Eloise Mills, swimming instructor; Marguerite Morlan. professional tap dancer; Kathleen Munzenmaier. private secretary; Russell Oberender. master of ceremonies: Ward Ogden. contractor; Linda Oliver, kindergarten teacher; Charlotte Parker, to wci h 100 pounds; Mabel Peer boo m , to be successful; Margaret Pilkington. nurse; Joseph Plemone, sports writer; Lucy Plemone. department store buyer; Ethel Potter, concert pianist; Florence Pratt, private secretary; Clyde Randall, aviator; Beverly Robinson, professional dancer. Rex Ross, aeronautical engineer; Zelphia Ross. English teacher; Pauline Rum mans, housewife; Loren Runge, traveller; Doris Sciiarnweber. nurse; John Sharp, salesman; Mary Louise Smith, teacher; Alice Sorrick. mag- azine illustrator. Dorothy Stanton, business woman; John Stevens, radio engineer; BLAHCH1 Stewart, accountant; [tAlKLLA Stokesbury. athletic instructor; Iuk Simmers, director of physical education. Alice Tam. successful housewife; Dwight Thomas, advertising manager; Vei.ma Thornton, newspaper reporter; Gerald Turner, criminal lawyer; Eunice Van Vlair, dog fancier; Elbert Venn, doctor; Esther Wadding. private secretary. Pali Watson, professional golfer; Wilmetta hitelock, to be famous in some line; Virginia Wier, college education; Margaret Young, newspaper feature writer; Dean Zempel. chemical engineer; Mary Zimmerman, private secretary.