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

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SILVER ANNIVERSARY by Vtvlha Shapno Irene Hack Im Tznegold On September 8 1930, an eager band of h1gh school students knocked on the door of the Abraham Lmcoln I-llgb School and lsked to be let IU The beautxful new lilllldlllg burlt on the marshes ot Loney Island opened IIS arms wrde to welcome these Hrst students and then settled down to pre pare for 1ts current prestrge -Xct111t1es whlch haxe slnce become Lmcoln tradrtrons were rnltrated that hrst year by 1 student and faculty body pflllllflly mterestecl 111 the progress and lL1N'lI1LCl11CIlI of the young school They rmmedrately establrshed a news paper the Lmcoln Log a Cazgocs magazme, an Arrsta Honor bocrety 1 Football Team, the Varslty Show, and a R1f1e Team Forty odd clubs 1nd two necessary euls, a cuttmg squad and a detcntron room began lLlI1LIl0l11I1g P ms for a st1dxum 11111 tn ll etc held were declded upon Flllllly tory wls ntde xt C ouncrl meet1ng when the comm.ttee 1dopted a measure to present a gold medal each year to the c1t1zen most worthy of It rn the lrght of h1s serx 1ce to the L1ty of New York In 193-1 whrle economrc condltrons were stlll clusmg hardshrps rn tht country Lxncolmtes sponsored 1 two llly Peace Conference to untte the students 1n the1r actlons to pres ent war and promote tranqurlllty Lrncolnttes, realrzmg the1r responslbllrty IH the future of the world worked arduouslv rn an mtl w 1r purge But fate had nts NN ul Izurope started borllng and soon the glrls at Lmcoln outnumbered the boys as war became the professlon of many male Llncolnltes The depressron h1d left on the heels of war 1nd he schools halls grew d1m as hope for a world peace was shattered Student act111t1es contmued through out the fate war years and the Splflt of the teachers as well as the students nexer flltered The boys on the battle helds were not forgotten for we sent oxer sexentecn hundred greetmg cards to alumm exery C 11119111115 Ind Easter As often as possrble Cwgof Logs and letters were also sent Other defense act111t1es proxed so successful that the school was able to purchase one hun dred yeeps, an ambulance three tanks 1 B '79 fTlze Spur! 0 Lmcoln Hzgh cmpllry were these accomplishments th1t congrttulrtory messages were re cerxed from Presrdent Roosexelt, G01 ernor Dewey and Mayor Lafvuardra The peace so xallantly sought was finally achrexed and xeterans returned to Lmcoln, eager to complete the1r hrgh school CC1UQ'lI1Ol1S To honor the one hundred twenty s1x tlumm who were nexer to return the Lmcoln War Memorlal Fund a permanent hung INCl1lOI'1Z1l, was establlshed Three fold Memorxal Day ceremonres that pay homage to the war dead and Abraham Irncoln, and are h1ghl1ghted by the presentatlon of the Lmcoln Award, be ame an annual esent Thousands 1' I I' 1 I 1 ' 'l I , - . . . ,I . . . . 1 D- . . , I l . ' , 1 I C A X , Q .5 I K V . L . ' ,' - , . I 1 x 1 1- I . ' , . . Q . . V . . . gc I ' 1 2 ' . A ' , 2 ' A 1 , ' 1 1 '. ' A . I x , C ' J . ,. 1 ' -'51 I K 7 . - T Ls C ' .. ,' ' . 1 1 9 I a ll 1 . 1 .' I I hl and a C-47 ambulance plane. So ex- ' . ' 1 f, in I I ' 1933, his 'L ' 1 1 A a 11.0. , K K . - 1 Q- I 7 Q : N 4 , , . . Y A ' . . .Y 1 A. ' .1 .' K , ' A ' Hg ,-' 1 ' r Q 1 , - R ' A ' H I 'I . U A I . ' - 1 Y ' I . . , Y 1 A. . . ' - '1 . . ,, , ,. . ,

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LINCOL T WORK Here is Lincoln at work-maintain- ing one of the highest scholastic rat- ings in Brooklyn. Here is the unique movie class- running off to previews was a fabulous experience -the Shakespeare h on o r class-listening to Olivier's Hamlet - the psychology course for future Freuds. Here are history courses supple- mented with nlms-here we discov- erecl the tangy taste of avocaclos in our Spanish class. and cliscoverecl the Par- thenon in Latin-preparing for the Civil Service Examinations-the day the Chemistry class experienced with carbon disulphicle-special classes to prepare stuclents for the State Scholar- ships aml the XVestinghouse exam and the long list of Lincoln winners- Here is Lincoln at work.

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of students now H11 the stadlum one day each May to wltness these exercxses In the years tollownng the war Lmcoln became one of the best known secondary schools ID Brooklyn Var slty Show productrons expertly d rected by Mr Blum and always fea turmg Lrncolns Hnest trouper D Xllson contlnued to thnll capacity wudlences Plays ringed from flncmc and Old Lace to You fan! Tu z It Wzth You The M1th Team orglnwed durmg Llncolns earllest days captured tour clty champ1onsh1ps The Basket ball Team won 1tS Hrst P S A L cham plonshlp ln a thrxlllng game at Madl son Square Carden ln 1950 Llass Nlybht Shows grew IH size and qual 1ty and althouph there were free trckets for senlors all students were muted to the performances Our Lzncadoon proxed so successful that exeryone agreed It belonged on Broadway For 1 quarter of 1 century lll'lC.Oll1 has been our commumtys citadel ot eduwtxon Vle the Class of DD are lndeed proud to honor xt A YK fyvl -iv . is it-.4-,, rw lla: ' W ul'-. . 71 WSU! lil H. ll Ewa . 1 H rl' ' . v If V ' I la' '1 K' ' n Q1 N, gagsgivf pmnwwr 1 l nm' I E!,j73j'C6?,. .P 4 IW J 'NHVF ' 7f 3 3 'I dl! 1 I 1 A' ' A I U11-,il x W T. .,,' l A I 1 1 47. 'l Z! fu jlfllff at f H GN Sv f-- m ' Q- ?. nga f.nunvfnH.gln'lllal1 lllllllllllllll lllzwjl IH 9 f AW Rolfrzz S wh: , ' ' , ' . 3 ' . '. . ' C A .7 ' ' - ' . . 1 - . 4 7 ' ' ' ' , r. ' ' ' A 2 , ' ' ' :Y . . . ' . . 1 f A ' 1 'z ' . J ' , ' if ' ' ' . ' . 2 , z '. 1 ' . 7 , 7'-. . t in , ' ff, ' ! 2 ' ' Q.- s N 1 1? ' 5' f ' JY., ' B -I A , -I ,Z ffIi?XA',L 1 f ',:Tg 4Tliggg Wtn1- T Z :',:fvS EB ull I r ak X , ,,,,, 2,2 , wg-4 h . iEE5EiI!lll'!fflGllEg5 ry, 4 .QE-' illiilll IZ .' l ' 4 B' WF l!fllil,i'Qf' Z A 7 azz: av g bg A -B T' , - ' , ,,. lmaiel ,alll elff 4-'f , , .. ,Q mime' I 2' B' ! . as me! fe L l BX4 'H ,e ff- Fi ll ::l'L1Ll1!':'55 'Ir 5,7 Tr' : ' X , 'T 'lie B If -:: r il X 1 is , Q W ls l IJ :sy .eg .ne :wi 2 , -- a 4 1: L , T E5r':f'-1' R! -2- , -an mae EEE :El .n sf m - w ff-w ww T ' if -, as fi, .I If fhl Alai' -ll lg- l 1 ' 1 if I V f.. 1'?Wll --,,avt-'-a W5 ffl. v.: - -Jae T f T, 5 K1 L TM ,sl - -15' .lf . -,pu . 10, ' xglf' ,.' . f-1, .' 5 ' 'Iwi QQ' .J,g,,7rf, ii 11' --fl 91 nf, ' 'F' 554 ff ' a' ' H J A f .'5 ' ' iff- .-vw' -1 FEA Y 'ii 'ht' .. sm . - IAQ' I' Es 1, h 5 - 1' ' L. n. , Q? V S' T k 'lm V' l 1 X X . Y : ,v u 7 L K