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

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SWIMMING • i I The Lincoln high swimmers defeated Boone in their initial meet of the season Dec. 8, at Boone, 41-25, under the coaching of Mr. Lorin Graaff. The Lincoln mermen captured five firsts to Boone's three. Lincoln high opened the Des Moines prep swimming season by beating East, 39-27. Swimming Coach Gras!! Asst Football Coach Johnson Best performances were turned in by Max Mun-ger who piled up 75.4 points in winning the diving for Lincoln; Joe Flatt who toured the 100-yard backstroke course in 1:12. The three top swimmers of this year's squad who will graduate are Dick Mason, Kelmer Hall, and Joe Flatt. CHEERLEADERS A bevy of pretty girls resplendent in maroon sweaters and gold scarves; four senior cheer leaders with jaunty caps billed back, and lusty cries of Rah! Rahl Rah! Railsplitters! brought surging to the hearts of all loyal Lincolnites, pride in their school and faith in their teams. In planning pep assemblies and presenting victory skits, girl pep captains and four junior cheer leaders took an active part. In the auditorium, at the stadium, on the basketball court, the pep squad and cheerleaders carry on with that fire and spirit which typifies Lincoln at play. Pop Squad 3ack Row: Rich, Sinanni, Kr.ouf. Ackolson. Lane. Coburn. Aiort. D. Smith. Neal. Black, Maxon. Woodford. Point. Jackson. uy Fourth Row Crook8hank, Burlingame. LaPorto. RoberworT i Plemone, Pearce. Foreman, K Fillingham. Ryan. Stanley. Morris. X Third Row: Layton Wilson, junior high cheerleaders, Sheraden, Walker. York, Malloy. Greenfield. Bowes. Pame. Heaberg, L. Filltngji an. Cavcndor, Shorfy, Fackler. Reilly, junior high cheorloadors. , S' I Front Row Gruwell. Green. Zapata. Arrr.ol. Trindle. Mason, senior high cheerleaders .

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Back Row: Davis, Downey, Brown. Yakish. Morris. Rumbaugh. Uhlman, Park, Bloorr.quist. Mungor. Thomas. C. Karns. Banghari. Coach Harris. York. Second Row: Laroatta. Talorico. Gilloltt, Scione. Colacino, Tcter. LaBrash From Row Bagg. Glllam. captain.- Roland, B Karnes. Sheraden, Anderson, Evans. Beck, Robinson. Tursi. FOOTBALL What a season for the Railsplittersl And there's reason aplenty for such a comment this semester. The Lynx team won five games, tied two, and lost only one- and that to a strong East high eleven, 25-6. The Railsplitters were victorious over Chariton, Roosevelt, Knoxville. Winterset, and Indianola, and were held to a scoreless tie by Pella and North. The 7-6 victory over Roosevelt will be a long remembered triumph, its being the first such record in the historv of Lincoln. Abe's boys tied for second place in the city series, and took second in the South Central conference with a percentage of 991. Senior lettermen on this year's squad are Capt. Bob Gillam, Cliff Anderson, A1 Beck, Bob Karnes, Jim Sheraden, Bill Park, Biggie Gil-lotti, Joe Uhlman, Bill Banghart, Bob Bagg, Mike Scione, Marion La-Brash, Dewey Roland, Nick Calacino, Eugene Morris, and Bill Rum-baugh. Juniors who will receive letters are Charles Karns, Max Munger, Robin York, LeRoy Yakish, Dan Downey, and Billy Davis. Ik b Evans and Dick Thomas are sophomores who will receive monograms. Scores for the 1939 football season follow: Lincoln ........14 Chariton.........0 Lincoln ........ 0 Pella .......... 0 Lincoln ........ 7 Roosevelt ... 6 Lincoln ........ 6 East............25 Lincoln ......... 6 Knoxville ...... 0 Lincoln ......... 0 North ............0 Lincoln ......... 7 Winterset....... 0 Lincoln ......... 32 Indianola .......0 Coach Carl G. Harris Graduated from Stout Institute, also attended Universities of Chicago. Illinois, and Columbia. Likes livestock and would like to be a farmer.

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Loaders Club Back Row: Bourdon. Leon- ard, Cor.oyor. Cox. Mis Crlpo. fourth Row: Hanson. Boll, Buhrer, Zapata. Andrews, Anderson. Dunagan. Third Row OHphant. Wenger. S o I u r I, Ponralmo, Reynolds. Anita Gaspori, Moyer. Smith. Casner. Second Row Andriano. Ar-mel, Amelia Gaspori. Sin-anni. Crawford. D Gaspori, Garrison. Cartwright. Parkor, Bertrand. Front Row: Anania, Mat- thows. Leaders Club — All the world loves good sportsmanship —and all leaders club athletes including racketeers, basketeers, and tanksters live up to the maxim. Many iaurels await the girls who contest themselves on the veteran GAA point system. A monogram is the goal, and no sport is too strenuous, no obstacle too great to curtail their pioneer spirit. Any hour of the day will find girls playing in the gym with enthusiasm, friendliness, keen competition, and perhaps a few bumps and bruises characterizing all their games. Quit 7leu 'TLieslzolc) Excerpt From Prcxidont Gruwoll's Addross We are leaving the task of broadening our knov ledge of man's experience in life which we have gained from books—to go out into the world to experience life for ourselves. With great black clouds hanging over different parts of the world, it is our duty as adults of tomorrow to peserve the freedom, liberty, and justice of man in our country. The experiences we have had in Lincoln high will long be remembered—we must not forget, that although the seniors have the greatest loss by graduating, the school loses the group of pupils who publish the ever remembered Railsplitter.” It loses many of the boys who ranked Lincoln high in sports of all kinds Also from its student council many who have been active in the school management. V e lose the close contact with our many true friends among both teachers and classmates . . . The spirit of loyalty and support of our school will never die within us—any reflection upon our school in the future will also reflect upon us—and v e can never forget that we graduated from Lincoln high. As we step out into the world, the class as a group will disperse in all directions some of us never to meet again—though the road be long and in places rough, v e v ill always work for happiness, health, and success for all mankind—striving never to lose the common touch. We are about to step across a new threshold—whether these last few years have prepared us for these new tasks, time alone can tell.