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

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Abraham Lincoln High School • D e s Moines 1933-34 tA. L. H. S. Tutors ADMINISTRATION Nathan H. Wekks . . Principal Aaron C. IIutchkns Sarah F. Pollard WiNIKRED LiNQUIST (ioLi)iE A. Arnold MariwVret a. Hayes ' (•( Principal, . Idviscr of Boys Adx ' iser of Girls Librarian Registrar Stenographer ANCIENT LANGUAGE Margaret C. Hurcl COMMERCIAL J. Russell Anderson Modesla M. Barton H. Ray Hartley Hazel M. E. Mitchell Francis W. Sharratt Gladys E. Sutter Ada B. Tippett ENGLISH Bess B. Ballantync Amy R. Coventry Odessa Farley I )uise R. Hamilton Emily K. Scanlan Geraldine Scliol field Sefer Greene We lnipc FINE ARTS Frederick E. Engel, Music Eula V. Flagler, Art Jeanette Lewis, Art HOUSEHOLD ARTS Marian I. Barr Cecile Brock luiith Slierwoixl JOURNALISM Esther Mary Brannen CAFETERIA Maude Carmichael, Manager Lena Ovcrholscr Edna Stradley MATHEMATICS Lena M. Cliandler Mary K. Coffey Edna R. Fegtly Margaret M. McEniry Josephine C. Smith Alma Walder MECHANICAL ARTS Henry Andersen Ki l)ert L. Brewster Milton M. Gerhart William S. Morgenthaler PHYSICAL EDUCATION Eunice M. Cripe Lorin H. GraafF SCIENCE AND HYGIENE Helen A. Dunkelherg Herlx;rt A. Grabau Aaron C. Hutcliens A. Godfrey Siverson Lemuel L. Wires SOCIAL SC1ENCI-: Edna McCaull Bohlnian W ' iiinina E. Browiison Herman D. Eickelhcrg Ardcn I. McClain Sarah F. Pollard lola B. (Juiglcy Elizabeth R. Rolih Nora D. Sherwood BU I LD I NG CARETAKERS Leo J. Allen, Custodian Anna L. Bliquez, Matron John T. Clarke Joseph Mazza Edward R. Payne Rollo Pratt Bert Stecn Hiram E. Dyer, I ' irenian

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The Senior R a i 1 s p 1 i t t c r • | a n ii a r v 1934 SARAH I RI-:ARK I ' OIJ.ARD. Lincoln High girls ' adviser, re- ceived her A. ]{. degree from Maker Ljiiversity, Baldwin C ity, Kansas, and her A. M. from the State University of Kansas at l iwrence, Kansas. ' I ' his unique greeting is her farewell thought for Jfnuiary, 1934, graduates : ( )nce on a time in the long, long ago. and it ' s just the same now, so I hear, there came angels with gifts for the mothers to choose, and to save for their hahies .so dear. The gifts were many, hut only one gift to a child might he given, and it might never he exchanged for another. Pain it miglit hring, or woe — joy or peace. For a price, a gift. The Mother must choo.se and having chosen lift her hurden and life and toil and dream to make a setting for the gift. For choice the angels otTered Health with all its heauty ; then great Wealth in store; Majestic power to govern lives of others and control the world ; Wisdom, calm judicious wisdom, grave and great ; and Love, a wonderful flaming love more heautiful it appeared than all the rest. Finally a wraith-like thing tliat lifted its head and hand to heckon. and then to draw away, as if tt) ask and then to shrink from choice. Its angel called it hut a vision — Ideal was its name. To reach it one must need to pass by Wealth. Power, Fame. Health might never rest on him for whom its choice was made. Great wisdom he might never know. And the voice of glamorous love iie ' d never hear, h ' orever i)ressing onward past these lovely things he must follow far this thing he ' s set to reach. Perhaps not until Death set the seal upon him would he draw near his great Ideal. I ' or you. and you. the choices have heen made, and yon. in turn, will choose for yet another. This sad old earth has had many boons to give of showy things that seem .so grand. She yearns for youth to call to youth to follow an Ideal until in hands forever reaching out to serve another the wraith-like thing takes shape in Progress, growing .strong and real. January ig Senior Qlass Officers CliAK KS R V FaKK President One of Des Moines ' pi omincnl athlelcs J. ' .( K I.. GOODINC Vice President One of Lincoln ' s star football men |- ' l.(JKK.Nl K I.KliNA Secretary The only t irl drum major in the Pes Moines I ' lthlic lii ih schools KoHKin L. Cari ' kntkr Treasurer The National Honor Society man ' n ' illi the lirilliont tenor Toice 3

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The Senior R a i 1 s p 1 i t t e r • January Address of (pernor Glass ' President CJIAKLES KAY PARK SIXTE1 ' :N years ago T()DA Inindmls of Des Moines High school students were ])re])aring to graduate and to eml)ark, amid the unfurhng of flags, and the rolling of drums, ujxni a great journey to combat a crisis of our nation. Each student was alert and eager to set sail, incited hy this great iwtriotic fervor, and encouraged on all sides hy the enthusiasm of their elders. Today we also .slant! ui)on the eve of graduation, ready to .set .sail to meet a crisiii — a crisi.s, far greater and more penetrating in its grasp than this earlier one. We, the graduates of January, 1934. mu.st face this great aftermath (jf the World War. However, today as we prepare to embark there is no unfurling of flags nor rolling of drums to cheer us on; instead there is only the S () S cry of distress from hundreds of broken, disillusioned youths who have .set sail before us. .Such is the course which we must sail. We realize that we are attempting a diflicult voyage, one which demands the very highest type of leadership and service. However, we are not discouraged or afraid to attemirt it. Instead, we feel it a .stirring challenge to those of us wlio are privileged to steer our vessels over this .strange, unexplored course — a course fraught with many treacherous shallows of depression and unem])loyment. ] ' ' or years we have been l)uilding and iin])roving our ships of character and knowledge — we have been studying this ever-changing course of life under the tutelage of our admiral, N. H. Weeks, and his crew of assistants. If we have studied well, in prei)aration for this life ' s voyage, we shall be able to steer the ship safely to the shores of success. Hut if we have failed in our jireparation. if our vessels of character and knowledge are not well constructed, they will prove un- seaworthy and we will likely be stranded upon the shoals of di.scouragement and failure. Here in . brahani Lincoln High .school our e. i)erience has been limited only to .sailing vessels u])on ])lea.sure-seeking cruises through calm and well-known seas. .Such trips re(|uire but little skill. However, the voyage of life upon which we sh;dl soon set sail, is beset with many dangers, and sailed upon a strange and unknown course. It re(|uires a captain, who is a capable and fearless leader. To steer a vessel through life ' s ever shifting waters, in these stormv dlays, demands .strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and willing hands. It is a chal- lenging test of our i)re])aration which we are eager to attempt. We are standing at the helm, alertly awaiting the final command, our . dmiral, when we mav each of us ca.st overboard the anchor of high school days and embark ui)on our life ' s voyage. It is our fervent hope that all our ships may prove .seaworthv, and that we may guide them all to a .successful port. 5