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

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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

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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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DES MOINES. IOWA JUNE, 1935 The Senior Railsplitter tion the second time, the Lynx came back strong to defeat the Tigers 28 to 19. The Railsplitters downed Knoxville 29 to 15 on the Knox- ville court. In the second game Lincoln downed Knoxville 29 to 15 on the Knoxville courts. In the second round of the city series affair, East came back strong to down the Kailsplitters by a margin of 24 to 16. McClain ' s hoys came out of the Roughrider game with the top side of a score of 35 to 23. In the second game with North the Railsplitters were downed by the Polar Bears with a margin of 18 to 16. The Lynx then traveled to Oskaloosa to be downed by a margin of 24 to 16. This was the first time that the Railsplitters were defeated by an out-of-town school in two years. In the sectional tournament Lincoln won from Mitchell vilk- and Ankeny. losing to North High by a margin of 14 to 11. Lincoln finished the season by downing (iuthrie Center, twice; Knoxville. twice; Valley Junction, twice; Hast, once; Roose- velt, twice; Oskaloosa. once; M itchellville. once; and losing to North, three times, and to Last and Oskaloosa, once each. TENNIS During the past season the tennis team, under the direction of Aaron C. Hutchens, showed good form. With the invita- tional meet at Oskaloosa on April 20, the tennis season was on its way. At this meet Lincoln placed second out of five schools, winning a third and fourth place in the singles. Bill Bowman, number one man, won third place and Roland Stebbins won fourth. The following week Oskaloosa came to Lincoln for a dual meet. In this meet Lincoln dow ned ( )skaloosa 4 to 2, winning two singles and two doubles matches; losing their number three and four singles matches. Bill Bowman and Chuck Parker, number one and two men. won their singles matches and paired up with Eugene Crook and William Gooding to win the doubles matches. Roosevelt t(x k Lincoln to town the next week on April 30. by a score of 5 to 1, Eugene Crook being the only Lincoln man to win. At the invitational meet held at Ames on May 11, the Lincoln team came through to place third out of 14 schools, in this way beating out all three of the other city schools. During the latter part of the season the team went against some stiff opj osition, losing to IVrrv, Mav 17. bv the score of 4 to 0 and to Fori Dodge, May 18, 5 to 1, Chuck Parker being the only player to win from his man. SWIMMING The swimming team, while having an unsuccessful season, mainly through ineligibilities, managed to get two city champ- ionships at mid-season. Max Shelton, through a disqualifica- tion, won the 40-yd. free style in 21.5. Jack Mains took the second championship in the 100-yd. back stroke in the time of 1.16. The second city meet was held at the end of the season in which Max Shelton won a second in the 100-yd. free style and William Downey won a second in the 200-yd. free style. A relay team composed of Bowman. Downey, Mains, and Shelton, took a third. Coach Graaff expects a most successful season next year as he loses but one letterman, Downey. Dan Harlow, Jim Kolls. and Jack Mains will hold up the backstroke end; David Emery, Wayne Merryman, Charles Mortale, Max Shelton, and Art Wilson will bear the brunt of the crawl; Clifford Fisher, Wayne Merryman. and Edward Tarr will do the breaststrok- ing ; the diving will be handled by Tony Renzo and Walter Virden. FOOTBALL James Sterrett, present principal of Warren Harding Junior High, states that football men turned out well for prac- tice in Lincoln ' s early days. We went over the hill, which was unimproved for practice, as well, as on the campus . . . Today ' s football field numbers 50 Lincoln men practicing. The 1934 football season opened with 60 boys reporting for the fall sport, including five lettermen of the past season who were: Don Davis, halfback; Robert Keefer, quarterback; Dick Locke, tackle; Robert Scharnweber, guard; Corwin Venn, half- back. Coach McClain hurriedly rounded his team into shape for the opening game with Perry High, September 15, 1934. The game ended in a scoreless tie. The next game scheduled was at Winterset. September 29, 1934, a night game. After a hard-fought battle the Kailsplitters brought home the bacon with the final score of 6 to 0. On the night of October 6, 1934, Lincoln met North High in Drake stadium for the start of the city series races. The smaller Lynx team staved off their heavier opponents for two grueling quarters but the weight and power of North finally proved superior and the game ended with Lincoln on the short end of the 25-0 count. Lincoln ' s second city series clash was with Roosevelt in a night game on Drake ' s field on October 12. 1934. Lincoln wore itself out in the first half and again weakened in the last two frames, consequently losing the contest 14 to 0. A second open date followed, after which Lincoln and East battled it out in Drake stadium on the evening of October 26, 1934. Once more, superior weight and power proved supreme, and the eighth Railsplitter lost the battle by a score of 19 to 0. The next week Lincoln traveled to Newton and because of the muddy gridiron and a streak of ill luck, dropped that game 12 to 6. The Railsplitters, not in very good humor after that string of defeats, and seeking revenge for the year before, visited Valley Junction High on the suburban field and came from behind to win the closing game of the season 13 to 6. The sound of the final gun marked the end of the prep foot- ball careers of Burton Crawford, Russel Gibbel, Robert Keefer, Dick Locke, Ralph Nelson, Corwin Venn, of the class of January, 1935. and Nile Oldham and Robert Scharnweber of the June, 1935, class. GOLF On a windy afternoon this spring, the Lincoln High golf team started its campaign to gain another high ranking in the city round-robin. Nine boys reported to A. C. Hutchens, Lincoln golf mentor. Days went by and they played in their first dual meet of the season, losing to Fort Dodge 7 l 2 to 4 l 2 they played Roosevelt in their sec- ond dual meet and came out on the short end of a 11 to 1 score ; North was next and Lincoln was victorious by the margin of 9 l 2 to 2 l 2 ; the next Saturday Fort Dodge again downed the Lincoln Sod Cutters to the count of 9 to 3. COACH Hl ' TCHKN ' S, Colfcr rp, D .. , . I he Kailsplitters have three mor e meets left, a dual meet with East High, the city and state medal tournaments, as this magazine goes to press. 21