Abraham Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Prineipalsg Message to the Seniors You are Lincoln, and your spirit is the Lin- coln spirit. Even though you leave us this June to go on in school or work you will be Lincoln, and yours the Lincoln spirit. We send you out, pride- ful in our love and appreciation of you, confident that you will try hard, always to be kind, tolerant, and understanding, that you will be honest and dependable and will feel for yourself and towards your fellows and your state a real sense of respon- sibility. Be happy and helpful. Fry to have joy in your work by which you will make your living. Come back to us often, and remember Lincoln's dearest prizes are your love and loyalty. Ethel lPercy Andrus Marjorie Nichols Ralph D. Wadsworth Roscoe C. Ingalls 13

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The present site of Lincoln High School was, during the Spanish era, part of the pueblo lands. In 1856, with the passing of a terrible plague, the citizens in appreciation of the services of an American, Dr. John S. Grifiin, presented him the land. He in turn gave it to his nephew, Hancock Johnson, who sold the beautiful hillside to a French nobleman, Baron. de Roguiat. The Baron built a beautiful home, which was later destroyed by fire. Discouraged. the Baron returned to France, leasing the land to two Germans, the Warneick Brothers, who converted the site into an amuse- ment park. The lease was soon revoked, however, and the Baron sold the land to Mr. Thomas Lee Woolwine, who again beautified the place by build- ing a lovely home. Many years later, the location being thought ideal for a school, the Board of Education purchased the site, and our school was planned. Lincoln High School had its real origin when the Avenue Twenty-one grammar school was made an intermediate school. By 1912 it had grown so large that a new school was necessary. The present site of Lincoln High School was chosen by the Board of Education under Superintendent J. H. Francis. In the fall of 1913 the intermediates of Avenue Twenty-one moved to the new school, which was also to be a high school. As the build- ings were incomplete, the students had their lessons in front of the school under the trees. The teachers who were of Lincoln's faculty then and now, Miss Isabel Ansley CMrs. Gruwelll, Miss Eva Cole, Miss Bertha Heise, Miss Marie Hopkins, Miss Elizabeth Leslie, Miss Katharine Moran, Miss Ella Morgan, Miss Carobel Murphey, Miss Julia Ruebhausen, Miss Esther Jean Spencer, Miss Mabel Walsh, Miss Grace Worthen, Mr. Burnham Ben- ner, Mr. J. S. Goldthwaite, Mr. Ralph D. Wadsworth, and Mr. Harry L. Zint, often recall the hardships they went through. At that time the Administration, the Science and Woolwine buildings, together with numer- ous bungalows, comprised Lincoln's building accommodations. The tennis courts were also built then and were paid for by bonds bought by students and faculty. Terracing and planting was started. 15 Q .4