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

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mit l Reich and lxfulin: trighll Pliyl Stryker und r , . Ilzings are lreuflecl in Ilia' righl direction. COMMUNITY CLUBS BREAK BARRIERS The Lincoln building is a big, impressive, and mysterious sight to most people who live near it. lt isnt a real part ol its neighborhood. As a result. llbl-L students have occasionally felt uneasy as they hurry to the subway. and the people in the houses they pass have at times been suspicious and even hostile. 194-1-45 has seen what loolts lilce a change in this. lt's possible that the Community Club has helped to bring about this change. Organized to help boys and girls in HM-lu to lcnow the teen-agers in their own school neighborhood, it has worlqed through discussion meetings, with a more or less social event thrown in here and there. lts members are from several impor- tant high schools, and the club has given many ol them their lirst loolc inside l'llVl-l.. lwaybe they have seen only the rosy side tot all the years haslaetball games, the Birch-Vyfathen massacre was the one they watchedl, but they seem to have come to lilce the school and the people in it. Other community projects have carried the clubs worlc lurtherg most notably the worlc at lvlorningside and lvlanhattanville, the swell band that llowie ltowe organized, the new Hbjl-lu Neighborhood Center. One ot the best things about this last is that it has opened the gyms to the older boys ol the neighborhood. who have practiced baslqetball with some ol the boys lrom l llxl-L. tThe HM-I, players can tell you ol the fancy shooting the neighbor- hood boys have displayedl Community Club boys have worlced as assistants in the Center, sharing responsibility with HM-I- assistants and doing a lot towards malcing the whole thing a success. At the end of the year HM-l. still isnt doing the community job that it should and some day will do. It is clear. though, that things are headed in the right direction and that wegre really gaining ground.

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TEAM PLAY-SECRET QF SUCCESS ,litlietI'C'IT1C'llLt0llSt0ilIl1 spirit ctisptayecttmy tt1esoer'erplayers was varriect oyer into ttwe tbastqettuatt season. btttue learn was ttelteatect tart ttlree times in sixteen games. 'tttme team was macte up ot tive inctivictuats wtuo were not inctispensatvte tJy ttaemsetyes taut wtuose eontriluution to ttie team macte tor an almost untveate atbte eomtiination. tt is ctimeutt, tor ttue reasons atreacty statect, to pietq out inctiyictuat stars. tfyery player stooct out in ttie tieen competition ttiat ttie varsity met: antt wtienf ever one or two ott ttie team let up. anottder memtuer XX'0lltCt ignite tt1e spartq ttwat wolrtct tigtit ttie ctriving spirit wittwin ttie players anct earry ttiem on to vietory. Len Ragjozin was ttle teamts t1i,Qt1 seorer. tetis t1ei,Qt1t anct trernenctous rearti were usect to territie actvantage nncter ttie twaetqtuoarcts on otttense anct ftUl.CIISL'. Ctmartie txftatone was ttie stwarpstiooter ot! ttue team. t'tis stwooting anct smootti tuatt twanctting were an important Cog in ttie maetmine. t.aurie txlettzer, wtlo will teact ttie team next year, improyect tt'0ITlCt'iClOltSty not only in tiis stdooting, taut also in tlis altnitity to wortx wittm ttie team. tte will tae a star ot' tomorrow. tlan Singer, playing tiis tirst year ot' varsity tvatt, reminctect ttwe otuserver ot' tlotm tloyer wittl tiis speect anct ttgtat. tlan tearnect muetw anct will tx' ttle tnig gun in ttie teamts Qtetense next year. ,lay txtettzer usect tiis tueigtit anct experienve to tletp wetft ttie tremenctous Ctettense ttie team put up. txt Etsen, veteran captain, set up ttwe plays anct usect tlis experienee to glricte ttie team on ottense anal ctetense. Howie tlowe, Bert tjaintaerg, anct Arvie Strom pietaect up wtmene ever any ot ttle ottier players woirtct let clown. Atttiougti tive ot' ttie varsity are gractuatingj. ttie remaining men anct ttie J. Y. tiaye ttwe matcinggs ot' anottuer strong team. tus!-minute nfrrrrlstruke. 44 oreer unct tmskeltvutl teams, ttvetoul tlml

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INFCDRMALITY-THEME QF D.C.F.M.CD Fttie Stuctent Canteen ltiligggers' Cluln lor Minors Unlyl was an imlirc-rt result ol' ttle war. tts luouncters vreatect it as a protest to tlie sltyfliiglw prives tlie rtowntown movies anrt ollmer places ol amusement were c'l1arg3ii1,Q'. 'l-lie Canteen was rfreatert to ltll a cleltnite social neect. A plave was neertect wlnc-re tlie luoys anct girls linew ilu-y eoiilct meet eacli weeli ancl liave a lot ol lun witlm- out spencting all tlmeir allowanfe. 'ltlde existencie ol Sllfll a place XX'Olllft put many parents more at ease on Salurctay niglits. 'lqlie iclea ol llle Canteen was llfijllfjlit up lmelore tlie strirtents ol tlre llorafe blann lloysv Svlmool antt tlie l lorave Nlillill-l.,tlN OlI1 Setiool. Despite ilu- r'ritic'ism tluat tlme Canteen woiilrt lJe tlie lnreecting gjroiincls lor sorial C'llCllIK'S. llie Canteen was actoptett luy luotlw stnctent luocties anct tlue ly. Vt. rx. llelore Cluristmas vacation tlue ollieers ol ttle Canteen were elevtect. Vltlie Canteen, it was cteeiclect. was to tue an inlormal allair wlmere people ifoulel ctrop in. Dating was rtiscouragect. ljeople were eneouragect to mme anct Q0 in groups. it-tiere was always plannorl entertainment, ranging from Xvorlct Series movies to tlwe Quartet. Xvtuen tlre Canteen olinfially openect in rlaniiary it vonsistect ol a large permanent room witlw easy clrairs, rugs, lamps, carct talales, ractios, anct a piano. Two small gyms suppliecl spare lor ctanving, luotti soeial anct tolli. anct ping- pong. A relrestmment room. appropriately catlect mtqtme Cave tnnf, suppliect tlie extra punrlw wliiifli greatly laelpect tlae Canteen. The sufeess ot ttae Canteen lwas tween in its inlormality, its excellent lqaciti- ties, tlie entertainment cterivect from it, ancl most important ol all. ttao warm spirit ot trienclsllip wliirta laangs over its ping-pong tatnles, carct talvtes, easy Clwairs anct colce lnar. 46 Prllt' CftIIIlf'l'll . . l'!IC'f'1Cl'l'S. VHFLIS. f'UL4'S. FUIILHN