Abraham Lincoln High School - Railsplitter Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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THE SENIOR RAILS PCTTT ER EjACCALAUREATE Triumphal March of the Boyards HdhfOrseh Prelude L ' Arlesienae No. 1 Bizet Processional Marche Noble Bach Abraham Lincoln Hk.h School Orchestra Invocation ! Ri.v. S. C. WaWMNG Music Lincoln Hk.h Girls ' ( iLee Club Address Rkv. Stoddard Lane Benediction Rkv. S. C. WADDING Recessional Abraham Lincoln High School Orchestra COMMENCEMENT Processional All-City Hioh SCHOOL Band Invocation Rev. Floyd Allan Bash Address Dr. Kdward Steiner of Grjxnell Presentation of Class and Diplomas Members Board of Education Des Moines Public Schools Benediction Rev. Floyd Allan Bash Recessional All-City HlGH School Band East Pes Moines High School Ushers One Step Nearer Heretofore the frontispiece in The Senior Railsplitter has been a picture of the school building with no sign of life in view. In order to create the atmosphere of the regular school life a group of students were found one day in positions characteristic of every day activities. The following students gave their time most pa- tiently in an effort to bring The Senior Railsplitter one notch nearer perfection: Joseph Lindsay, Ralph Davis. Bert DufT. Lorin Geil. Harold Harvey. Ward Ogdcn. Elbert Venn. Joseph Pletnonc, Mildred Christian. Nadine Faidlcy. Orric Goodvin. Lina Masolini, Virginia Wier, Wilmetta Whitclock. I 11 1

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1 1 E S E X [OR K A I L S P L I T T E R EUNICE E. Van VLAIR Washington ALMS monogram 3, 5; Belasco Dramatic club 5, 6; Girls ' Ath- letic Association I, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Cheer Leader 3, 4, 5, 6; Know Des Moines club o : Moliere Acteurs 1. 2; Secretary Se nior Stu- dent Council member 9A, 6; Tennis team 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Thespian Dramatic club 3, 4. ELBERT H. VENN Park Avenue AL monogram 3; AI.HS monogram 5, 6; Football 3. 5; Honest commission 3. 4. 5. 6; Junior Character commission 9B, 9A; Know Des Moines club 5. 6; Senior Student Council member 5, 6; Track 2. Esthfr I.iddkli. Wadiuno Park Avenue Know Des Moines club 5: Senior Student Council member 3. PAUL JOSEPH Watson West High Golf 3, 4. 5. 6; Golf monogram 4. Wii.mit ' I . RUTH WhITELOCK Fort Des Moines Belasco Dramatic club 5, () ; Girls ' Athletic Association 1. 2, 3. 4; Girls ' Athletic Association monogram; Home room president 6; Know Des Moines club 5. o; Mignonette 6; Moliere Acteurs 1, 2; Tennis 6; Thespian Dramatic club 1, 2, 3, 4. Virginia E. Wier Park Avenue Girls ' Athletic Association 1; La Curie Science club 4, 5, 6; Lin- coln-Douglas Debate club 9B, 9A ; National Winner Headline Writing Contest, 6; Senior Dramatic club 3, 4; Social Relations commission 5. 6. Margaret Young Park Avenue Anglican Anglers 2, 3; Adelphian Neophytes 4; Junior Character Commission 9B, 9A : Honor Society 6; Know Des Moines club 5. 6; La Curie Science club 9B, 9A ; Leisure Time commission 5, 6; I ife Saving 1. 2, 3, 4; National Columns Contest Winner 6; Presi- dent Junior Character commission 9A ; Senior Dramatic club 5, 6; Senior Student Council member 4, 5, 6; Treasurer Senior Student Council 6. Dean L Zbmrl Hast High Football 6; Loyalty commission 5, 6; ' ' Mignonette 6; Senior Dramatic club 6; Senior Student Council member 5, 6. M a k v F. Z i m m kr m a n Ki rk wood Dantenian Dramatic club 9B. 9A ; Home room president 9A, 4. 5| 6; La Curie Science club 1, 2; Moliere Acteurs club 1, 2: Thes- pian Dramatic club 3. Rosanna B. LAVERTY Fort Des Moines Audubon club 9A ; Girls ' Athletic Association 2, 3; Home Eco- nomics club 1, 2; Honesty commission 5; Know Des Moines club 6; Literary Society 9B, 9A Loyalty commission 6; Senior Student Council member 5, 6. THE JUNE 1932 CLASS POEM Classmates, rest wc here a little, chi ' e our life is yet at morn; Pause and voice the neiv emotions that of this glad hour are born. ' Tis the time which ail has led to, since zve heard the first bell ' s call, Summoning tis to meet together in the nozc familiar hall. Dear old school! How much our days here slowly led us on to know! How much then undreamed of knowledge we arc taking as ivc go! Many a day we ' ve sat and pondered o ' er some strongly puzzling text. Wondering what our wise in structors could bring forth to ask us next! Many a day we ' ve worked some problem through in gratifying style, Trying to make ourselves believe that wc had known it all the zvhile. Faithfully zce ' z ' c toiled and striven, pressing on with higher aim, (iravely vying with each other, emulating men of fame. Here about the grounds we ' ve wandered, talking over all zve ' ve read, Thinking thoughts too deep for utterance — dreaming what must ne ' er be said; When wc leaped into a future, far as human hrain might sec; Saw the vision of our lives and all the wonders that might be! Listening for some Never! Never! whispered by the phantom years, Till a song from out the distance rang its promise in our cars. Boys will surely come to manhood; men will surely older grow; Will the dreams of future glory follow after as we go? Where ' s the fate that we must turn to. leaving happy scenes like these. Are the doors not barred with gold to open but to golden keys? Are the gates not thronged with suitors, do not markets ozerfiozvT We are young, and know so little! Where ' s the place for us to go? Ah! we ' re well prepared for action! Watch us write on History ' s page Names to shine throughout the centuries as the wonder of the age! For we feel a wild pulsation summoning to actiz ' e strife, With a whole world for the winning, in the tumult of young life. Yearning for the wild excitement only strife worth while can yield. Eager-hearted as in class room forging through some nciv-found field. We have conquered in thai class room — we shall zvin in efforts new; Guerdons zve have won but promise all the things we yet shall do! For I doubt not through our future life increasing purpose runs. And our thoughts, too, zvill be widened by the process of the suns. O Commencement ! not the ending that it seems to all our strife, But the gate that opens outward to a bigger, broader life! Classmates, may the crescent promise of our spirit never set, But the fount of inspiration gush through all our fancy yet; Howsoever life may lead, a long farewell to school zve say, And to principal and teacher, nevermore to point our zvay. There ' s a blessing in my soul, friends, welling from its deepest part. Gathering in its hold the deepest, truest throbbings of my heart. Let it fall on our dear school and every old friend, as we know, We must clasp each hand and whisper, Goodbye, Classmates ! as wc go. — Jack Russell Oberender. £ 10 1

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THE SENIOR RAILSPLITTKR 1932 Faculty N. H. Wekks. Principal ..c , , .. A gnat educator has said, Wisdom is knowing what to do next; skill is knowing how to do it and virtue is doing it. May the class of 1932 as they leave Lincoln High carry out with them that wisdom and skill and virtue that will enahle each one to do effectively those duties that will make for per- sonal success and for true ser- vice to societv. .. m . The Greeks had a word for them. They called their instruct- ors didaskaloi which means guide post. Nathan Hale Weeks has, for the past nine years, been the leading guide post at Abraham Lincoln High School, Des Moines. Mrs. Warren E. Pollard Girls ' Adviser .. .« •• May the Giver of Gifts give unto you Things that are good, things that are true — A courage to do — a singing heart — A will to serve — a beautiful part In Life ' s dream. And e ' en to the ctiil The constant joy of a faithful friend. -Sarah F. Pollard. C. HuTCHENS, Vice Principal ..c i ■ •• Then is a high degree of correlation between earnest en- deavor and success in any en- terprise .... so the best of success to the June, 1932, grad- uates of Abraham Lincoln High school. Makers of Men executive committee included: Mrs. Mae J. Wilson, president; Lemuel L. Wires, secretary; Mary try; Winnina K. Brownson, vice president and Herbert A. Grabau, treasurer. h. Coffey, assistant secretary; VVmnma E. Brownson, vice president and rierhert A. uraoau, treasurer. Standing committee chairmen were: Faculty study meeting: Margaret M. McEniry, chairman; Football banquet: Hazel E. Mitchell, chairman; Senior assembly: Frances Laing Smith, chairman; Junior assembly: Francis W. Sharratt, chairman; Transportation; Mrs. Edna McCaull Bohlman, chairman; Decorations: William S. Morgenthaler, chairman; May Fete: Mrs Amahc Meyers-Friedman, chairman; Faculty social: Edith Sherwood, chairman; and Floral: Mrs. Goldie A. Arnold, chairman. a9