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

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The Senior Railsplitter ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL TERCENTENARY of Public School Education in the United States is commemorated in this year of 1935 ... a backward glance at 300 years of education is a stretch to contemplate . . . what will even 30 forward-looking years bring to American public schools? These youthful graduates will be the men and women who are to build the policies of American growth. LUCILLE ALLEN. Maple Grove — G. A. A. 1,2; Hilarities 3, 5; Honorable Mention Quill and Scroll Journalism Contest 6; Life Saving 1, 2, 3, 4; Life Saving Mono- gram 1; Senior Student Council I, 4; Thespian Dramatic Club 1, 2. EVERETT VV. ALLISON. Hcwe— Member Stag Crew 5, 6; Science Club 1, 2. JESSIE P. A. ANDERSEN. West. Iowa— ALHS Tennis Monogram 4; All-State G. A. A. Monogram 6; C». A. A. Numeral 2; C. A. A. 3, 4, 5. 6; G. A A Monogram 4; G. A. A. All-City Monogram f] Know Dtf Moines Club 1, 2; Junior Life Saving 2; Library Staff 3, 4. 5, 6; National Hon..! Societj 4. 5. 6; Rules and Officials Club 4; Sports Club 5. 6; President 6; Tennis Team 4, 5, 6; Thespian Dramatic Club 1, 2. CHRISTY F. ARMSTRONG. Jefferson All-City Senior Student Council Cooi« ence 5 ; Football Team 3. 5 ; La Curie Science Club 3, 4, 5 ; President Senior Homeroom 202 6; Science Convention 4; Senior Student Council 5. DORIS BARR, Dixon. 111., Senior High Adelpbian Neophytes 1 ; Banquet Com- mittee Chairman of June ' 35 Class 6; City Extemporaneous Coated 5; Deutsche Gesellschaft I, 2; Library Staff 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; President 5; National Honor So- ciety 5, 6. MARGUERITE BENDER. Maple Grove Hilarities 1, 3, 5. Howe Know Des BERRY. uncil 1, 2 Park Avenue ; Track Team Moines Club 1 ; -Baseball Team La ( uric Science Club 1. 4 ; Senior Homeroom 205 . 3, 4; May President 5, EAR LA M. BIGGS. Maple Grove— Dantcnian Dramatic Club 1. 2 J Know Des Moines Club 3, 4; Life Saving Club 1; May Fete 2; Nurse ' s Office Staff 4, 5. 6; Social Committee Chair- man June ' 35 Senior Class 6. LESTER L. BISSINGER, Van Wert. Iowa ALHS Band Monogram 2, 4, 6; AU- Citv Orchestra 1; All-City Music Festival 6; Chairman Class Day Committee June ' 35 Senior Class 6; College Entrance Club -4; Deutsche ( .esellschaft 1, 2; Hilarities 1, 5; International Relations Club 6; La Curie Science Club 5, 6; Lincoln- Douglas Debate Club 1. 2, 3, 4. 5; May Fete 2; National Band ( ontest 4; National Honor Society 5, 6; President ; President Senior Homeroom 205 2; Senior Art Club 5, 6; Senior Student Council 6; Sub-district Band Contest 2; Sub district Instrumental (Flute) Solo Contest 2, 6; Woodwind Quintet 2. FRANCES EVELYN BOGARD, Watts— Know Des Moines Club 1, 2; May Fete 2. PAULINE M. BUHRER. Park Avenue ' .. A A Know Des Moines Club 1, 2; Library Staff 2 and Officials Club 2. 3, 4, 5, 6; G. A. A. Monogram 6; 3, 4, 5, 6; May Fete 2; Rules Monogram 2, 4; AL Football ROBERT E. BURGESS. Waverly— AL Basketball Monogram 5. RICHARD W. CHRISTIAN. Park Avenue ALUS GoM Monogram 2; ALHS Band Monogram 3, 4, 6; All-City Music Festival 6; District Band Contest 2; Golf Team 2 ; National Band Contest 4; Sub-district Solo Contest 4, 6; Sub-di n u t Group Contest 4, 6; The Boomerang °- DOROTHY A. CLARK. Pine Grove Assistant Advertising Manager of the Rail- splitter 6; Chairman Social Committee for Senior Prom and Informal, June ' 35 Senior Class 6; Curie Science Club I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; May Fete 2; Senior Student Council 5 ; Senior Student Council Conference 5 ; Science Convention 4 ; Thespian Dramatic Club I, 2. GRACE COBURN. Maple Grove— ALHS Band Monogram 5; All-City Music Festival 6; Associate Editor June ' 35 Senior Railsplitter 6; Delegate National Scholastic Press Association Convention, Kansas City, Mo. 5; District Band Con- test 2; 6. A. A. 1, 2; Hilarities 3, 5; Iowa High School Press Association Con- vention, Ames, Iowa, 5; Know Des Moines Club 3; Life Saving Club 1, 2; May Fete 2 ; Red Cross Life Saving Monogram 1 ; Senior Student Council 6 ; Smilin Through 4; Thespian Dramatic Club 1, 2. ALVA C. COOK, North High- Hilarities 1 ; President Senior Homeroom 23 3, 4, 5, 6; Senior Student Council 1, 2; District Band Contest 2. CARL W. COOK, Washington. KENNETH P. COOK, Park Avenue— AL Football Monogram 1; Basketball Team 2, 4; Football Team 1, 3; Red Cross Life Saving Monogram 1; President Senior Hotneroom 23, 2; Senior Student Council 4; Track Team 4. FLOYD COPIC. JR., Washington. 8

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DES MOINES, IOWA JUNE, 1935 The Senior Railsplitter Leaders . . Today . . Tomorrow STUART GEIL, president of the June 1935 class, better known as Stu , is one of the outstanding basketball players Lincoln High has produced. Much of Geil ' s success is due to his ability to become a leader through his school life as well as his outside life. Ambition is another of Geil ' s hobbies. He is always willing to undertake a great responsibility and accomplish it with favorable results. Geil is known also by big and little as a friend and pal who helps whenever he can. Lincoln will indeed miss this great athlete and leader. ROBERT R. SCHARNWEBER, vice pres ident, entered ninth grade at Lincoln High from Woodrow Wilson Junior High. What a lucky year for the June ' 35 graduating class! We gained not only an energetic athlete but also one who was destined to be one of our leaders. Studious and extremely good natured, he soon became one of the main cogs functioning in our class. His popularity and importance are illustrated by the fact that he is not only a leader in the senior class but also a leader in student government. Scharnweber ' s hobbies vary from sports to photographic work. He has the technique for constructing miscellaneous articles of real value. Ambi- tions will take him to college and thence into the engineering profession in which field we can confidently predict for him a brilliant success. EVA JO MASON, secretary of the June 1935 class, is one of the most popular girls in Lincoln High school. Her never- afraid-of-work policy has shown that she is ambitious, playing a slip horn in the band for two years and writing numerous articles for The Railsplitter. Throughout all of her school years she has been a foremost leader. Eva Jo has a sense of humor and enjoys good jokes. ELGIN HITE, treasurer, better known as Peewee, has grayish green eyes; dark blond straight hair; freckles and a bright smile, especially when he collects a large amount of the money for class dues. Now in his seventeenth year, Hite came from Gilman, Iowa, entering the fifth grade at Park Avenue. When this youthful leader came to Lincoln, February 18, 1929, he was four feet one inch tall and weighed S7 l 2 pounds. He is now five feet six inches tall and weighs 119 pounds. He likes three things : girls, dancing and theater. The Hite smile has made him one of the most popular boys in our class. We hope he may keep this smile always. 7

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DES MOINES, IOWA JUNE, 1935 The Senior Railsplitter IVYL H. COX. Howe. GOLDIE VIRGINIA CROSS. St. Monica ' s Numeral 4; Life Saving Club 4. A. A. Mum MELVIN F. CROSS. Maple Grove Life Saving Club 3, 4, 5, 6; President 6. JAMES DALTON, Berryton High. Topeka. Kan. — Senior Student Council 6. FLORENCE I. DEVIN, Pine Grove— May Fete 2 ; Senior Student Council 6. WILLIAM H. DOWNEY. Maple Grove ALUS Swimming Monogram 6; tnter national Relation! Clnb 6; President 6; Life Saving Club 3, 4; Lincoln- Douglas Debate Club 5; Master Swimmer 4; Red Cross Life Saving Monogram 2, 4; Senior Student Council 6; President 6; Senior Student Council Conference 6; Swimming Team 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Track Team 6. JUNE EILBERT. Howe Know Des Moines Club 1; La Curie Science Club 1, 2, 3, 4; May Fete 2. GLENN ELLEN WOOD. Howe- Art Editor, the June ' 35 Senior Railspfitter 6; Art Scholarship S Co-chairman Senior Prom and Informal Committee June ' 35; Senior Class 6; Excellent Rating Block Print Design, Iowa City Art Content 6; Honorable Mention National Cartoon Contest 5; L Curie Science Club 3. 4, 5. 6; Na- ti onal Honor Society 5, 6 ; Science Convention 5 ; Senior Art Club 3. 4, 5. 6; President 6; Staff Artist The Railsplitter 5. 6. EMILY ELAINE ELLERMAN. St. Monica ' s Senior Art Club 3, 4; The Boomerang 6. ETHEL MAE FACKLER. Maple Grove MARY IRENE FINI. Jefferson— G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6; G, A. A. Numeral 3; C. A. A. Monogram 4; G. A. A. All-City Monogram 6; Added Ring 6; Know Des Ifoina Club 1, 2, 3; Leaders ' Club 3. 4 ; President 3, 4; May Fete 2: Rules and Officials Club 3, 4, 5, 6; Senior Student Council 5, 6. ROBERT EARL FRANK. Albia, Iowa— ALHS Band Monogram 6; City Oratorical Contest 6; District Music Contest 2; Hilarities 1, 3, 5 ; National Band Contest 4; Senior Homeroom 230 President 5 J Service Orche. tra 4, 5, 6; The Boomerang 6. RAYMOND G. GALENBECK, Park Avenue— All-City Music Festival 6; District Music Contest 2. 4; Hilarities 3, 5; National Band Contest 4; Service Orchestra 3. RAY GARLICK. Howe— ALHS Band Monogram »; Hilarities 3, 5j National Band Contest 4; Service Orchestra 5, 6; District Music Contest 4. STUART G. GE1L, Park Avenue— ALHS Basketball Monogram 2, 4. 6; Basketball Team 2, 4. 6; Honorable Mention Quill and Scroll 6; President June ' 35 Senior Class 6; Sports Editor June ' 35 Senior Railsplitter 6; Sports Editor, The Rail- splitter 6; State High School Publicity Drake Relays 6. BERTHA L. GIBSON. McKinley. DOROTHY I. GILLESPIE. West Junior High— O. A. A. 1, 2. 3, Monogram 2; Hilarities 3; Thespian Dramatic Club 1. 2. G. A. A. HELEN DORIS GLEW. Callanan G. A. A. 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; C. A. A. Numeral 3; ( .. A. A. Monogram 4; O. A . A. All-City Monogram 5; Added Ring 6; Home- room Tournament Manager 6; Junior Life Saving Monogram 3; Life Saving Club 4, 5; Rules and Officials Club 3, 4; Sports Club 5, 6. GRACE GLESSNER. Park Avenue —Hilarities 3, 5; Senior Student Council 5, 6. MARY VIOLET GORLA. Washington Third Annual Drake Press Clinic 6; Inter national Relations Club 6; Senior Student Council 4. 9