Lincoln High School - Totem Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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1 VICE-PRINCIPAL .... M., Lothrop, Lincoln's Vice-Principal since 1921, was previously head of the history department here. Graduated from the University of Minnesota, he became Su- perintendent of Schools in Mapleton, Minnesota. One of the busiest members of the faculty, he is advisor to both pupils and teachers in almost all school matters, assigns and adjusts classes at the beginning of each school semester, checks activities of school organizations, and lxeeps in touch with all grade schools contributing to Lincoln, all with an unfailing interest in youth and its well-being. Xllil. nl. l.lVl'IllUPl' Bovs' ADVISUR .... M., Aim., Quan-fx l,l l'llIiRf',.Xl.'l'N1.XN age I I Boys' Advisor at Lincoln for nine years, graduated from the University of Washington in 1923 with his B. S. degree, returning to secure his M. S. degree in 1927 and his Ph. D. in 1933. Before coming to Lincoln, he taught for several years in Ohio and Wgishington schools. As Boys' Advisor he has charge of the fire squad, traffic squad, motor squad, Boys, Big L, Lynx Club, and Board of Control. He is also a proficient gym teacher, and his Zoology classes are among the most interesting in school. Administratzon

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.... Eleven years of work in Lincoln and experience teaching in other schools have made Mr. Higgins the successful man We know. He graduated from Ohio WCSlCy'dH with Phi Beta Kappa honors. His many and varied duties include overseeing in- struction, planning assemblies, supervising courses of study and athletic activities, and consulting parents over difhculties of the students. For the past year he has been working as chairman of a committee for the development of Character Edu- cation. His main interest, however, is Lincoln High and its students. He is working constantly for the Welfare of his school. , K 1 i 3 1 l.eRHY .XL IIICNQIXS K , ex r i ' 5 i I' f K - , Y 1 . GIRLS' ADVlSOR .... Miss Coit, born and educated in Seattle, went to Broadway High and received a Master's degree in English from the University of Washington. Before becoming Girls' Advisor in February she taught English and has conducted one Literature V class this semester. She was sponsor of the Class of 1932. She aids needy girls to find jobs and is a willing advisor for all girls. While interested in everything, her hobbies are music, art, and literature. Her ap- preciation and interest serve to brighten the Girls' Club Room and the lives of the girls who come there. Administration 1252, Nam, ' ... I NI I R I.X.Xl lf. VOL!-1 to

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The largest department in the faculty of Lin- coln High School is the English Department. Its purpose is to teach all of Lincoln,s twenty- five hundred students better English, so that they may more easily find their place when they enter the business World or Whatever other lines of work they have chosen. Split infinitives, dangling participles, gerunds, complex sentences-all these hold no terrors for those who com- plete their Work under the capable instructors who compose our English Department. The nineteen instructors required by the size of Lincoln teach such varied subjects as composition, literature, public speaking, oral expression, and journalism. Ron' 1, ILXIIL, GRAYIQS. ,lOlINS'l'UNIi, Sl'CYl l'. Rim' J, l'l ,XFIf. QZUIQRICLL. liSI'ICSli'I'll, Nlr.XI,l,.XS'l'lil!. XYlLI.l.XXIS. Rim' 1. BLAIR, TIENSEL, GRINDROU, SAYRES. Rn-zu J. BIQCONIIIE, S'I'EIiLTNCQ, l!I.OL'flH, COLE, B.XU.EY, PHILLIPPI. Faculty Heading this department is Miss Edna L. Sterling, co-author with Miss Miriam E Cole of the English text used in Seattle high schools. Other teachers in this group are Katherine Bailey, Clio Blair, Miriam Cole, Bernice Dahl, Cora Espeseth, Genevieve Gorrell, Elizabeth Graves, Louise Grebe, Ione Grindrod, Emilie Hensel, Harriet Johnstone, Marion McAllaster, Aimee McConihe, Earl Pfaif, Herbert Philippi, M. Evelyn Sayres, Cora H. Scott, and Inis Williams. Closely allied with these are Miss Jessie Eastman, Lincoln,s librarian, and Miss Allie Blough, formerly an English teacher, who now acts as study hall teacher. Page 12