Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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wi, WYLM. Ulduh, Pnunal To Jrravellers lor dislranl poris, lvliss Olivia Pound has been a dis- cerning guide, a friend io The bewildered when life rebuffed ihem in iheir iourney, and always a revealer oi Jrhe ioys ol genuine scholarship. Coming as she does from a disiinguished family, pioneers in educa- lion and advancemenl, she carried on foward lhe same goals wilh a cerlainiy ihal made her guidance unerringly lrue. l-lappy ihe high school Thai has fell ihe impress of a personaliiy so rare, a scholarship so ripe, a love oi young siudenis so grounded in a iaiih in iheir ullimale grealness. When we find our separale niches afier ihe iurmoil of war has abaied we may counl' as a greai iacior in our achieving our goal, our former assislanl principal and adviser of girls.

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2111114 312014- Dmp,bz,fluz.lmwzLnl.Jnxaa. If I could offer a word of advice fo fhe high chool sfudenfs of foday, if would be fo advise hem fo work a liffle harder and fry for beffer grades, fo fake life a liffle more seriously, buf sfill o enjoy 'rheir high school and college days. I sin- erely hope fhaf fhey may confinue fheir schooling nd be prepared fo help in fhe winning of fhe ieace. Capf. Don O. Shurfleff, '32 Somewlwus 121. I'm locafed somewhere-in-England wifh a combaf ngineer group. We frain and work hard day affer lay, and fhe feeling here is fhaf fhe day of invasion : nof far off. Affer we have won fhis war, I have only one plan. nd fhaf is fo refurn fo Lincoln fo live fhe resf of 1y life. The main obiecfive righf now is iusf fo 'in 'rhe war. Lf. Woodrow B. Shurfleff, '32 ' ' dawna, Ausfralia is complefely unionized and under- opulafed. New Guinea is differenf, a large, igged island equipped wifh iungle and insecfs for :fal war againsf fhe whife men. One grows accus- Jmed fo fhe heaf. Of course, fhe dawns and sun- :fs ouf here are unequaled. Too bad Van Gogh 3uldn'f have seen fhe Coral Sea af dawn as fhe :alors are beyond belief. Even I, who know so Iiffle boul' arf, feel 'rhe beaufy. Mai. J. G. DeWolf, '37 7an.lc3-vnua, ' ? Had a very inferesfing experience fhe ofher day. falked wifh a prisoner of war. I fhoughf I'd like fo fake a chance and see if 1y of fhe Ifalians could speak French. Above all, I anfed fo see if I could speak infelligible French. J I called fo one of fhe nearby Ifalians, Signor, arlez-vous francais? Francais? he said, buf he alled fo one of his buddies, and fhis man came fer, smiling. Vous? I asked him. Vous parlez ancais? Oui, he said, and we were off. If was e mosf fun I've had in a long fime. We gof ong famously. He fold me fhaf fhey 'reach Span- 1, German, and French in fheir schools. He also ld me he'd been in Tunisia, where he was cap- red. Abouf a birfhday presenf! There's nof much you in give a soldier, especially a non-alcoholic, non- :ofinic soldier like myself. Cpl. Romulo R. Soldevilla, '39 Maui. fha, Aoldim. Ifaly is so hisforic if has been said fo be a living Jseum of fhe pasf. We find fhe people friendly, simple, and gen- aus. The children are iusf children. One mighf find similar ones anywhere in fhe world, I imagine. They have a refreshing sameness in every counfry. Abouf fhe soldier. He has learned many lessons overseas, and quickly. Firsf he has developed an acufe sense of hearing. He has classified every sound from a rifle shof fo a screaming Mimi, and knows fheir proximify immediafely. He has sfrengfhened his back and shoulders for he has learned fo dig. fasf and deep. He has developed an abilify fo cook. He has learned many fhings abouf his opponenf. He knows fhe 'rimes of day and nighf Jerry is liable fo harass fhe pafhs and roadways he musf use. He has found his enemy fo be clever, fough, well frained, and equipped. He knows his weapons wifh which he musf drive away fhe enemy and profecf his own life. He has learned fo freasure fhe comradeship of ofher guys working af his side. He has done heroic fhings as daily fasks. He has gripped fighfly ahold Chrisfianify. He knows how. and does pray offen. No non-believers here. His hearf goes ouf fo fhe families, friends, and sweefhearfs af home, who suffer infinifely more fhan he. He loves his America as never before, and is realisfic abouf her faulfs. And he is going fo refurn a defermined cifizen, who will demand his counfry be run as he fhinks a democracy should be. Lf. Roberf T. Leadley, '35 arm Jaap-fwm Upon enlisfmenf in fhe Navy I was assigned as gunnery officer in fhe command of an armed guard crew sfafioned aboard a cargo ship, and if is our job fo man fhe guns and profecf fhe ship againsf enemy submarine and aircraff affack. Our own fravels have ranged all The way from fhe fropical porfs in Soufh America fo fhe frozen wasfes of Norfhern Russia, wifh a Mediferranean iaunf fhrown in for good measure. So far our luck has been good, and wifh my rabbif's foof clufched fighf, I frusf fhaf if may con- finue so in fhe fufure. We've seen ships forpedoed, and helped rescue fhe survivors: we've heard fhe ferrifying scream of falling bombs, and wafched fhe enemy shof from fhe sky: we've seen some of fhe horrors of fhe war, and fha+'s why we all wanf if fo loe over soon. Yef fhere has been fun-Iofs of if. When fhe ship hifs porf, fhere are frips ashore fo make, new fhings fo do and see-The nafive bazaars and mosques in Alexandria-The pyramids and sphinx in Cairo-shark fishing in fhe Caribbean-alligafor hunfing in fhe iungles of Surinam-fighfer plane dog-fighfs in Russia. The nexf sfop affer Tokyo, I hope will be home. Ensign Bernard Jennings, '30

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