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

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THE SENIOR K A I L vS P L I T T K R Arthur Clark, President Senior Student Council Owen Hall, Vice President Eunice Van Vlaik, Secretary Margaret Young. Treasurer Senior Character Commissions Loyalty Commission Leisure Time Commission Honesty Commission Soeial Relations Commission Owkn Hall, Chairman Arthur Clark, Chairman Corlyss Callison. Chairman MARGARET Glassburx. Chairman Aaron C. Hutchi ns, Adviser Iola B. QuiGLEY, Adviser Mary E. Coffey, Adviser Mrs. Warren E. Pollard, Adviser Junior Student Council ♦ ♦ Junior Character Commission Council Alva Cook, President Edward Brown, Vice President Grace Glessner, Secretary-treasurer Aaron C. Hutchens, Adviser Junior Character Commission Edgar Shephard, President Lester Bissinger, Secretary Lenore Murrow, Assistant Secretary Mary Hollincs worth, Treasurer Winnina E. Brownson, Adviser I u 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

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THE SENIOR RAILSPLITTER Abraham Lincoln High School Chapter of National Honor Society Arthur Johnson. President Ethel Potter, Secretary John Stevens. Vice President Dorothy Latta, Treasurer Odessa Farley. Adviser Twenty active members compose the present chapter of national Honor So- ciety in Lincoln High, Des Moines. Each semester an additional group is selected from the 11 A, 12B, and 12A units to make up the active group. Initiation cere- monies are conducted in a special all-student assembly. The aim of the Lincoln High chapter of national Honor Society is to develop character, to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to promote leadership, and to stimulate a desire for high attainment. 1932 All Club Presidents Back row, reading left to right: Eva Jo Mason, Junior English club; Harold Macy, Dramatic club; Joseph Lindsay, Lincoln-Douglas Debate club; Terry Bissinger, La Curie Science club; Lucy Plemone. Home Economics and Girls ' Athletic Association; {CATHERINE Buhrer, Bibliophile and Library staff; Edgar Shephard, Junior Character commission. Front row reading left to right: Lloyd Burnstedt, German language club; Dorothy Tur- ner, Junior Debate club; Alva Cook, Junior Student Council; Ruth Brown, 10th grade Dramatic club; John Gillotti, Tuesday language club; Herbert Gunson, Junior Aviation; Thomas De Young, Thursday Scribblers; and Leda Nizzi, Folk dancing.