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

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DES MOINES, IOWA JUNE, 1935 The Senior Railsplitter Sprightly Chorals . . . quarter of a century old . . . Lincoln ' s mixed second semester, January-June, ' 24 . . . Mrs. Anne Hall, director . chorus includes 75 songbirds. introduced Today ' s senior ch. Left to right, back row: Karl Kunatli, Harry Ritchie. Charles Parker, Robert Adamson, Rdoerf Adams, Carle Can- field, Robert Willey, Lester Conn, Raymond (larliek, Janus Kelley, Felix Pascnzzi, Eugene Crooks. Fourth roiv: Tack Shrader, Harold Hayes. Francis Warren, John Knight, Alfred Kin :, Lloyd Burnstedt, Edmond Kooii-, Jamei Cassel, Charles Pilmer. Wayne Willet Manley Howe, Millard Kent, Raymond (ialenbeck. Third row: (irace Oliver, Thelma Williams, Harriet Johnson. Dolores Salt man, Margaret McCullough, Lois Stickler, librarian; Ethel Tinlin, Maxim- Ray mond, Rosaling Brightman, (irace Coburn, Katlierine Burgess, Edna McC ' lintic, llernice Burgess. Second row: Viola Work, Margaret High- land, Katlnrine Manatt, Charhnc White, Gladys Manning, Eva Jo Mason, Dorothy Ogden, president; (irace Thomas, Maxine Crowell, Mary Hollingsworth, secretary; Evelyn Stady, Norma Walters, Frances ( iiudicessi. Front row: (lenevieve Stabbs. Betty Davis, Eva Higgins, Nadine Bierwirth, Mil dred r.i.ikcly, Adlaidc Simmons, Lil- lian Woodard, Alma Jane Hai h, Carmella Renda, Norma Waters. Tercentenary thoughts turn toward Lincoln ' s dramatics and their interesting development . . . first play presented on the Lincoln stage, Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil . . . coached by Bess B. Ballantyne . . . Sefer Greene Westrope, first dramatic coach . . . established dramatic classes two years ago as part of regular curriculum. Under the direction of Dc Ette A. Gracey, the past year dramatic students have learned to develop their personalities; present characterizations; study the lives of persons; and study the history of the drama. Classroom work consists of reports on the theater, monologues, and play presentations. Among the senior students who contributed outstanding work in this field were Coleen Cherry, Richard Christian. Robert Frank, Maurice Graziano, Rosa Sposeto and Florence Styles. Plays produced the past semester took the form of assembly programs, public skits and a semester all-school play. The Boomerang, a three-act comedy by Victor Mapes and Winchell Smith, was the first all-school play to be presented under the direction of De Ette Gracey, Lincoln ' s new dramatic coach. The personnel of the cast included : Dr. Gerald Summer Robert Frank Marian Summer Mabel le Brown Emile Maurice Graziano Mrs. Woodbridge Coleen Cherry Budd Woodbridge Edward Brown Gertrude Ludlow Victoria Marino (irace Lyler Rosa Sposeto Virginia Zelvo Florence Styles Prestin De Witt Henry Buccello Harteley Elaine Ellerman Scenes : Act I The office of Dr. Summer. Early afternoon. Act II Home of Mrs. Woodbridge one month later. Act III Same. The next morning. Scene : The action takes place in a small town in the kitchen of the Abel home. The Neighbors are typically small town people and in the Thanksgiving atmosphere they are even more so. The next assembly program was presented before the Parent- Teacher Association on December 21, 1934, and later was given at the senior Christmas program. This cast included : Mrs. Davies Coleen Cherry Mr. Davies Edward Koons Buddy Craig Spaulding Virginia Victoria Marino Ned Gerald Tavenner Dick Robert Frank Kay Florence Styles Molly Pendleton Juanita Pettit Scene: The living room of the Davies home on the afternoon of December 24. Other public skit s included presentations of: A Pair of Lunatics George Fielding Robert Frank- Clara Manners Coleen Cherry Scene: In the club room of an insane asylum. The night of a big dance. Stage Stkivk Mamie Maxine Martz Adelaide Dorothy Gillespie Scene: On the street. Any afternoon. Fish to Nuts Straight Clara Patterson Nut Craig Spaulding Scene : Street. The Neighbors, by Zona Gale, was presented November, 1934, as a Thanksgiving assembly. The cast consisted of : Miz Abel Maxine Martz Inez Elaine Ellerman Peter Edward Koons Grandma Rosa Sposeto Miz Trott Maxine Sohn Miz Moran Doris Bittle Miz Ellsworth Charlene White Ezra Gerald Tavenner 10 Mansions, a serious one-act play by Hildegarde Flanner, was given as the last presentation of the semester on May 28, 1935, at the senior assembly and junior assembly. The cast was composed of : Harriet Wilde Rosa Sposeto Lydia Wilde Florence Styles Joe Wilde John Gillotti Scene: In a small town on the southern border of a middle western state near the Mason-Dixon line. Place : The living room of an old brick house. Time : Yesterday.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL junior Character Commission with 25 members is an outgrowth of Senior Character Gwnmission . . . Junior Student Council ' s 25 members are an outgrowth of Junior Character Commission . . . Winnina E. Brownson, com- mission councilor from its establishment. council presid ft to riuht back rozc : David Emery, council vice-president; Raymond King, council president; junior council; Kenneth Kottmeier, Howard Trent, council treasurer: Robert Eaton, Ralph K ' lthrvn VuffUStine, Lorabelle Brooks, Alice Burrowes, t ranees ileoxson, council secretary; character secretary; Marv Moon. Winnina E. Brownson, councilor for character Commission; Third row: Arthur After, Lyle Ledlie, Donald Slye, Clara Barber, .Mary Palmer, Geneva Neal. Character COmmi-ion ; Betty Jane Davis, Eileen McMillan, Shirley I olle t Second row: John Zeroni, I - rank ..annobule, James Prunty, bam Gillotti, Jack Shreffler, Carole Medium. Marguerite Civitate. Front row: Harold Nelson, James Palmer, Robert hiteley, Marguerite A. C. Hutchens, councilor for Figg, character vice president; Louise Morris, Dorothy Malloy, Katherine Sciachitano. Mary Jean Calvert, president Dwayne Stebbins, George Brownbridge, Junior choral is an outgrowth of senior choral work . Betty Av S MT y Jmn Co Ruth Leopold, Dons Polen, Alberta ( )verhol er Mau ella . Lincoln ' s 62 singers include : Genevieve Upton, Marv Alice Genovese, Betty Adamson, Gertrude Gouka Norma Ferrari, Grace Giudicessi. First row: Maxine Rummans, Marian Durant, Rowena Camphe Brown, Bonze Custer, Mildred Haney, Audrey Morris, Prances Haney, Thelma Clark, Oliver Huxford. Raymond, Lillian Ham ely, Marcella Cherry, Constance Zapata, Anita Thompson, Faye Helen Paige, Lucilie Berry, Mildred McCormick. IS

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Basketball . . . what would they have though ' , of it 300 years ago? Stars of today, squad of 30. !hi k raw. reading from left to right: Coach Arden I. McClain, Leno Chiesa, Maurice (Jraziano, Stuart Gei!, captain; William (ioodititf, and Donald Davis. FfOUi roWl Charlc I ' arkcr Jack Cleary, Howard Faust, Michael (iraziano, and Orvillc (Joens. BASKETBALL Kxtra curricular activities last half of the century included sports . . . Basketball started in Lincoln with four or five teams selected by weight, according to lames Sterret, coach . . . Today ' s basketball s( iiiad of 30 ranked second in city series. Under the coaching of Arden I. McClain, the Lynx basket- ball team showed some good work toward placing a high record for Lincoln High. This team has won eleven and lost five games throughout the season. The first game was against Guthrie Center, which the home boys won 35 to 16. The following game was played against Valley Junction on the Tiger ' s floor. This game was close, ending 25 to 20 for the Railsplitters. Coach McClains boys won the first city series affair from Kast by the score of 24 to 19. In the second city series game the Railsplitters downed the Roughriders for the second time in school history by the margin of 14 to 11. The most thrilling game the Sotlthsiders ever witnessed was at the Drake fieldhouse where North won the count by 27 to 25 in three overtime periods. In the second game with Guthrie Center the Railsplitters easily downed them by a 35 to 19 score. Meeting Valley June- 20