Horace Mann Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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TEEN-ACE CONFESSICNS NVQ are all just Uteen-age'rs.', Xvlien we tliinli it over, wc arc a littlc- asldamc-fl tliat wo liavc spent so mircli ol our time aclmiring movic aftors, liste-ning to swing innsiv, ancl clisrussing new vlotlics. lxlost ol tlic girls wore- more 'in- te-reslwliin tlie possilvility ol gc-tting invitocl to the c'ommCnc'0mOnt clanro tlwan in tlic possi- lnility ol' anotlicr ll Jnrnluarton Ualcs roiilcrciivo Tliis was not true ol the liovs. lor altlwougli liill may liave asliecl lxilary Ann out to a movio or a clanfc, lie was still clf-voting most ol luis time to luis worli. Evvn tliougli tlao lJoys clicln-t talqc' tliis phase as soriouslv as tlw girls clicl, tlw sovial lilo ol tlie Class increasecl ancl was maclc miivli more important. Our lwirst Class party tliis yvar was on llallowcvcn. It was a goocl Cliancc to get to lqnow our new classmatos lx-ltcr ancl really to enter into tlie spirit ol Hallowoycn, apple on a string, clurliing lor apples. ancl lortiinci tolling. Tlac party was a groat surress. Our next party tooli plaro on tlio niglwt lxiloro Clirisimas vaca- tion. It was anotlwcr stop lorwarcl, lor it was tlio lirsl time lliat wc were alxlv to rome? to- gcllicr in llic- evening. Vlqlwc sovial vominittce lnevor running out ol' novcil icloasl liacl ar- rangvcl lor ovary girl to luring two pirnic' slip- pers, one lor a lnoy ancl tlio otlier lor lic-rsoll. rl-lic party was a lot ol lun anfl cvorvoiic- liacl a goocl timc. i Tlio most racliCal Cliango in our program Camo tlirongld tlde gym Clepartmont. Xvo liacl vosecl gym onrc a wccli, and inclulgccl in roller slqatiing, social clanring, square clanfing, ancl game-s. Tliis new oxporiment provvcl to luv very siirressliil lancl somvtimos amnsingl. During lllosllv work mul some play licilp lo mukc' CI ljnroln rlfiv.

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BUT CD E IN INTEREST WE SEEK THE TiauTi-1 Something has happened to the ninth graders. They are heginning to loolc around and notice things, little things that they didnyt notice before, a little lcinlcy-haired child playing in the gutter, a gaunt hollow-eyed man slouehed against the door ol a hrolcen-down tenement. XVe nines are he- ginning to notice and to wonder. Xvhat can we do lor them? A lew of us went to the Community Cluh. Xve made friends with these lcids from the neighhorhood. Vvle found that they lilced what we Xve wanted to get at the hwhysu ol' raeial prejudiee. The Community Center gave us that chance. A large numher ol Hlxl-l. students were needed at the Center. Quite a few ninth graders signed up. the hoys on the swimming team were helping at the pool. The Carpenters were helping neighlyorhood hoys malqe pistols out ol' slahs ol mahogany. The sculptors were in the pottery room helping prevent the little Lots lrom disappearing into the Clay. ' The small Children seemed happy, yet when we saw the traces of poverty, the laelc ol education. and the had health Conditions in their haelcground we wondered how these things will alleet their lives. Xvhat will they have to loolc forward to in the future? How can they get cleaner clothes, hetter eduea- tion, and all the good things of lille? Xvhy should we he ahle to live hetter than the people on the other side ol the street? Xve will continue to seareh lor the answer. QW'

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W4 ix iwiss Bcllcvr. Sevior IQKIIIIUS, mir, Ffllilfltilif' give ou! ill ci lighier momenl wiih Rancho Grciiicltau Spanish, like many olhcr of our classes, loofe us ou! of llie Spanish room, inlo iviss BflkC'F'S Hsiiloirn For Hfofin Broirnvx Boclyn we Composed and sang our own music. Such sessions as Ilie one Shown above were noi uncommon in Ilie Jays pre- - rafting our play, V 3 one of those famous co-recreational periocts ilw . V pp ladies and gentlemen of the eiass were partici- , f s X pating in a dwaiicing hack-to-hackn race. Pat Q XX Q and Pierre were hootcect together, wattcing for- warct and haciiwarci, respectively, at a great Q pace. They were matting excellent time when at suctcieniy Pierre sat ciown. One thing ted to 55 another anct, hefore we knew it, the great Chuck I Krasne hact Pat in his armsi This was purely for reasons of transportation, however. A f-N hroicen ankle marie it somewhat awkward for her to reach the Health Qfiice hy herself. So. with parties, dancing school, and Co-ect actiustect to a more prominent social iife. Ai- gym, we ninth graders are gractuaiiy hecorning E though at this stage it is stiti something quite ' 5 :hh .K new to us, we wilt have teamed to take it in 1.4 ,r 1 W, ,J 5 High School and are facect with new and more - f 5 535.1 X x , ! - X H ' bl W 'Q I, 15? I 1 f i X 243 1 . in N, A Y 1 f . i i t ' ,i x 'i - xx r' X -X , I' A G' ,Y K J ga' our stricie hy the time we enter the Senior I 2 important problems.