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

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Off f Iff Parade Wc re loyul to yon. Lincoln High, We re maroon anc goW, Lincoln High; We ll hack voit to stand Gainst the best in the land, For we hnoiv you have sand Lincoln High, Kah! Rah! So smash that blockade, Lincoln Hiqh, Go crashing ahead, Lincoln Hiqh; Our team is our fame protector. On boys! for a e expect a touchdown From you Lincoln High. Well ever be true. Lincoln High; All Imnors to you, Lincoln High; Your name tvill ever stand For the best in the land And ive think you are grand, Lincoln High, Rah! R.ah! Press onward to fame, Lincoln High: Your praises we ll sing, Lincoln High; We pledge every son and daughter Our best to Alma Mater Dearest of schools! Lincoln High.

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' We re hoy at to VV ff. tJnt oln Uiffh Once, nearly 200 sirona — now . just a l)and of ()3. Once, ever so inanv girls and ever so many lioys. Now. 50 girls and 13 boys comprise the list of January IQ43 graduates. In a period of six years since the present graduating class entered Lincoln, many students liave qui t. Others left to join the ever- swelling band of young workers. Some few have transferred to olher edifices of education. But one thing above all else has had the greatest effect on the reduced percentage of boys in the class . . . WAR. Manv fell ows w ent into the arin and naw . soiiu ' joined the ( oast guards, and even more became marines. War. jobs, and adventure ha c lured many a a ' from school, bul 03 have remained — remained for the banquet, the informal, class day, graduation, and of course the diploma. From their greatly depleted ranks, graduates-elect chose four students to take o cr the leadcrsliip of the laiiuary 13 ( lass. I alph Porter was elected president. He is a tall, shy lad. w ho wouldn t be suspet ted of having lofty ideals, bul he does. . sk his Iriends. Vice-president Harold (lollidav enjoys (and probably always will) himself greatly everywhere. Buck, a great hunter, hopes to put his marksmanship lo prat tice soon. The dream of every girl in every senior class was realized by Ella Louise Oalenbeck when she was elected class secretary. She is quiet; she is reserved, and her classmates like her better for it. Robert Mitchem. ( lass treasurer, is always in a good humor. Mite h s ' ever present ( ompanion is his smile. He is the type of person who always does the easy thing the hard way. bul usually succeeds. These four leaders of the class of lanuarv ' -43 are l pi(al of their generation whose duly il will be to win the peace when war is over.