Abraham Lincoln High School - Landmark Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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LINCOLN Time waiTing Tor no man, conTinuaIIy leaves an inTeresTed audience To glance aT The clock. In This caTegory oT clock waTchers, we Tind ThaT Those addicTed are so impressed by The Time, ThaT There is a Tendency To TorgeT aT whaT poinT The inTerrupTion Took place, and The lesson conTinues wiTh a poinT long beTore covered. A pecuIiariTy presenT in all These denizens is The habiT oT disregarding sTaTemenTs which They previously made, and calmly acTing in manner conTrary To Their preachings. One oT Them, who proTesses a knowledge oT medicine and healTh and is a keen exponenT oT The no smoking campaign, TorgeTs his words oT advice when alone, and as Though Trying To make up Tor IosT Time, smokes TervenTIy. Cases such as The above occur quiTe TrequenTIy among The worThy members oT This sTrange race. The loud, boisTerous manner presenT in a creaTure whom iT was my misTorTune To meeT, remains unmaTched in our own more civilized plane. ConTinuaIIy sTalking up and down, snapping, as Though To caTch one unaware, always acTing quickly wiTh no regard Tor accomplishment This habiTanT oT The jungle presenTs a Tearsome appearance To Those who in subiecTed Tear siT unable To move. Inclined To agree quiTe oTTen wiTh The views oT The IisTeners, perhaps because TacTuaI knowledge seems To have eluded boTh creaTure and IisTener, causes one To value IiTTIe inTormaTion garnered Trom This Type. WiTh an evidenT dislike Tor a cerTain subiecT, The denizen. as Though in The Throes oT slavery, conTinues To expound Theory upon Theory oT-we know noT whaT-To The dissaTisTacTion oT boTh audience and speaker. Finally, enfhralled by a vision oT beauTy beTore iT, The criTTer begins speaking oT days longugone by, days which To iT are never pasT. The World War once more Takes place in iTs mind. There is a Topic which bores only The IisTener. A new, more viTaI, more alive, more inTeresTing, Type is now explaining a Theory which To iT is more imporTanT Than age-old laws which exisT only in prinT. TruTh is sTranger Than TicTion. Only aTTer observing in deTaiI The new Tind, did I realize The veraciTy oT The above sTaTemenT. I have read TicTiTious books deIineaTing people and animals whose acTions were sTrange, buT nowhere have I meT wiTh one so queer, as a member oT This new Tribe. This queer member acTuaIIy had The habiT oT imbibing some sorT oT liquid Through his nose. In The midsT oT an iIluminaTed discussion on The reIaTions oT smallpox wiTh Coney Island, a sudden overpowering ThirsT came upon The criTTer, and The nose drank hearTiIy. Perhaps a sTrange malady was The cause oT This, buT iT seems ThaT a habiT whereby The ThirsT would be saTisTied aT regular and deTiniTe inTervaIs, is possible. And so, dear Principal, I am submiTTing my reporT concerning my Tour years in LincoIn's jungle and The discovery oT sTrange-you probably have guessed by now -Teachers. The specimens To accompany This reporT, I regreT To say are lacking-buT you ougl-IT To see how big Those Lincoln Teachers are. BUT seriously, dear Principal, we cannoT buT Teel somewhaT sorry To leave our pIeasanT iungle, To leave iTs inhabiTanTs. In spiTe oT any TauITs They may have, and They cerTainIy have many, we realize ThaT all in all-They're okay. L A N D M A I2 K

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LINCOLN II SENIOR ACTIVITIES Our losl ferm of school hos been inorlced by 'rhe pleosonfries of Closs Doy, Closs Night ond The Prom. The resl' of Ihe world does noi' find ilself in so feslive o mood. We +oo sholl soon gree'r soberly 'rhe reoliI'ies which foceus. LANDMARK