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

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D E $ MOINES, IOWA • JUNE, 1935 The Senior Railsplitter Kailsplitter publications ' creators . . . English class motivated first regular Railsplitter May, 1925, under Bess B. Ballantyne . . . Today ' s 10-year-old Railsplitter rates first class in the nation . . . one of eight superior ratings in Iowa . . . First Senior kailsplitter booklet published January, 1932, under Editor John McCormick. Left to right I Michael Graziano, circulation manager; Evelyn Study, extra-curricular editor; Wayne Lee, picture editor; Audrey PottS, advertising manager; Grace Coburn, associate editor; Albert Graziano, business manager; Frank Mauro, editor; (ilenn Ellenwood. artitt; Stuart Ceil. IpOftB editor (not pictured). National secondary school journalism, in its teen age . . . striding with youth . . . First Lincoln class organized September, 1925 . . . Fifteen students with Iduna Bertel, instructor ... a portion of today ' s unit. Ufi to right, back row: June Eilbert, Mary McKowen, Louise Mc Daniel. Mary Jane Rogerson, Thomas DeYoung, Margaret Storey, Clyde Klli-. Phyllis Morris, Martin Xeal. William Lucas. Stuart Ceil, Harry (amp, Jr.. rrancis Moore, Karl I oulouse, Albert .ra i.i... I ' .n..... i :i I I ofiti H-.rrU tnlr.v roll-. ( lin»t Armstrong. lyue imiis, rnyius . iorn , . iarun . cai, niuwui i , u.u»., A« ■ J » ' ' iauo, lolm Cil ' lotti, Clenn Kllenwood, Koran Harris, Audrey Potts. ( hristy Armstrong. Third row: (Irace Losh, Charlotte Dixon. Bonnie Thornton, Lucille Allen, Mary Fini, Helen Clew. Dolores Salt man, Dorothy Parks. Hazel Martin, Dorothy Clark, Sara Westergaard, Lela Halzer, Jean Kobmson, Kenneth look, Charles I arker. Second row: Frances Hogard, Elsie Pento, Ruth Ellis, Peulah Hutchings, Sadie Mazza. Sara Mason. Eileen Wood. Mary Corla, Winifred Pelkey, Evelyn Mady. Margaret Thomas, Esther Mary Prannen, director of journalism; Maurice Nelson, James Dalton, Robert Pur- gtS9, Herbert Gunson, Max Shelton. First row Wayne Kee. Oliver Eppright. Michael Craziano, Crace Coburn, Frances Giudicessi, Fay Stirling, Maurice Graziano, Ivyl Cox, Henry Buccello, Martha Harmon, Michael Falbo, John Masolini, Frank Mauro. 15

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The Senior Railsplitter ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL Extra-curricular activities today develop leadership . . . Lincoln ' s 32 clubs, represented by club presidents, pictured left to right, back row : Joyce Lydon, liird Club; Nellie Spragg, Scribblers Club; Carol Newbanks, Tuesday Activity; Alice Burrowes, Tuesday Travel Club; Glenn Ellenwood, Art Club; Jessie Andersen, G. A. A.; Florence Styles, Library Staff; Phyllis Morris, Nurse ' s Staff. Front row: Richard Franklin, Thursday Travel Club; Raymond King, Junior Council; Donald She. Basketball; John Dillotti, La Curie Science; Helen I e Vail. English Club; Nile Oldham, Senior Hi V; Lestef Bistinger, Honor Society; William Downey, Senior Coun- cil; Robert Eaton, Toy Club. Education . . . continuous growth ... A group of Lincoln ' s prospective January, 1936, graduates. Fourth row: Charlotte Dixon, Mary MeKowen, Tosephine Mortale, Sara Westergaard, Virginia Myers, Jean Robinson, Reulah Hutchings, Don. IJittle, Rose (ieinell, Ha el Martin, Mabelle lirown, Martha Harmon, William Bowman, Harry Camp, Jr., Earl Short. Third row: Dorothy Weidemar, Grace Eosh, Doris Spragg, Ruth Ellis, Margaret Thomas, Mary Jane Rogerson, Horence Stylo, !• ranees Giudicessi, Sarah Mason, Sadie Mazza, Maxine Martz, Violet Quentin, Oliver Eppright, Henry Ihiccello. Second row: Glenn Martin, William Lucas, Charles Parker, Juanita Pettit, Clyde Ellis, William Mason, John Gtllotti, Herbert Gunson, Thomaa I KYoung. Front row: Bonnie Thornton, Coleen Cherry. 14

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Art. old as time . . . Public School Art instruction in cities in 1885 . . . Lincoln ' s first semester class under {Catherine M. Walker, with five divisions of art. Today ' s classes number 158 . . . International, Lincoln ' s youngest club . . . Ex- pressive of 300 years of public school goodwill education. Reading from left to right, back rote: Iola B. Qttigley, international councilor; Rosa Sposeto, Kvelyn Kleinlein, Mary Gorla, Katherinc Miller, Betty Mcl ' aw. Clara Torri, Rose Procopio, Ellis Sheldon, Mary Hollinusworth, llortcn.se (as.viy, Kvelyn Stady, Kathleen Davis Nadine Peterson, Harriette Johnson, Jcanettc Lewis, art councilor. Second row: Mando Tonini, John Gillotti, vice-president; Mildred Holmes, Petty Tarn, secretary; (Jlenn Ellenwood, art president; Lester Bissinger, treasurer; Elsie Trindle, vice-president, art; Theres • Procopio, secretary; William Downey, president; Dorothy Kent, Genevieve Stubbe, David Irwin, Jessie Andersen, in front. Lincoln ' s library started with a librarian, Alice Story, and no library . . . Second semester library in 221 . . . Lincoln ' s second year a permanent library and librarian . . . Today ' s library staffed by ten members. Left to right, hack row: Dorothy Stevens, vice-president; Ruth Matson, Marie Harbert, Pauline Puhrer, Jessie Andersen, Doris Barr, Kuth DeVall. Front row: Winifred Linguist, librarian; Florence Styles, president; Lenore Lenhart, Caroline Munyon, secretary. 16