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

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Abraham Lincoln High School Conveyors of Facts X X X X X X X X X X X X X PORTION OF JOURNALISM I AND II CLAS Reading from left to right, back roie: E. M. Brannen,- director; C. Proper, Cleary, Acri, Arnold, Nuzum, Evans. Fourth row: Youngquist, E. Burmeister, Pilmer, Chiesa, Ferin, Fontanini, B. Coburn. Third row: Crook, F. Gillotti, Louberto, F. Domanico, K. Davis, H. Casady, DeMay. S, Nizzi, VerSteeg, Thompson, Max Moon, Boyd, Jaggers, T. Procopio. First row: Trindle, R. Procopio, Crowell, L. Comiskey, Willonghby, R. DeVall, Lurie. X. X X X Mind to Taper to Reader TT ' Tv ' ir ctot YQ UAH QPf TTTPR STAFF X ' JUNE, 1936, SENIOR RAILSPLITTER STAFF RtAffo fro fe l E - 1Jeen Extra Curricular Editor; E. If. Brannen, Director; R. DeVall, Associate Editor; Arnold, Associate Advertising Manager. Front row: L. Tamasi, Picture Editor; Crook. Sports Editor; Fontanini, Editor; F. Domanico, Ad- vertising Manager; Fontana, Business Manager; B. Coburn, Staff Artist.

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30 Abraham Lincoln High School (Character. . . Scholarship . . . . . . leadership . . . Service THESE four qualifications have been attained by thirteen members of the June, 1936, graduating class. Six I2B members and four 11 A members have also attained these important virtues. Students who possess these four qualities in the 11 A. 12B, and 12A classes are elected to this society each semes- ter. Fifteen per cent of the 12A class, ten per cent of the 121. class, and five per cent of the 11 A class are eligible for election. Members of the graduating class who have been elected to the Lincoln High chapter of National Honor Society- include: Lloyd Burnstedt, Earle Canfield, Leno Chiesa, Rex Feight. Frank Ivers, James Louberto, Robert Lusk, Betty McCaw, Russell Mote. Mary Oliver, Doris Stroud, Betty Tarn, and Robert Worthington. Members of the 12B class include: Hortense Casady, Kathleen Davis. Rose Procopio. Therese Procopio, Genevieve Stubbs, and Elsie Trindle. From the 11 A class are: Frank Gillotti, Clifford Hodge, Millard Kent, and Leonard Love. Officers of the Lincoln High chapter of National Honor Society who are June, 1936, graduates include: Robert Lusk, president; Russell Mote, vice president; Betty Tarn, secretary; and Rex Feight, treasurer. The National Honor Society emblem is a shield with a torch, and bears the inscription, National Honor Society and the initials C. S. L. S. When Odessa Farley, senior English head, and faculty adviser of this organization since Lincoln High ' s beginning in 1926, was asked for her opinion of this society she stated, I feel, responsibility that results from having a part in guiding the activities of the group, satisfaction in seeing some of these young people accomplish difficult things in an efficient manner. Up with the Curtain . . . Out Go the Lights THE past ten years have been primarily a period of pioneering and rapid progress for the dramatic de- partment of Abraham Lincoln High school. As we look back to the first dramatic production on the Lincoln stage, Six Who Pass, directed by Bess B. Ballantyne. and upon the service of Sefer Green Westrope, Lincoln ' s first dramatic coach, DeEtte Gracey, and Vesper Price, present dramatic instructor, we see the continual building and striving for a nearer perfect dramatic department. It lias been the purpose of this department to not only initiate its members into the various activities of play-acting and playing-producing, but also to attempt to build a better appreciation for worthwhile drama among students of Abraham Lincoln High school. This was first attempted by means of several dramatic clubs, engaged in different dramatic activities, which culmi- Photo-Engravers CENTRAL ENGRAVING COMPANY Artists • Designers M M F A C I U R E I) PRINTING P L A T E S FOR VOl R 1 A RTICUL A R N I- E D CATALOG • BOOKLET • DIRECT MAIL COLLEGE AND HIGH ANNUAL Ne-zv Plant A :c- 1 . cati )i 1017 WALNUT STREET PHONE 3-1117 DF.S MOINES, IOWA