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

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The Junior Varsity basketball team followed almost the same pattern of vic- tories and defeats as the Varsity. This year's squad included many unusually young members who, under Miss Bernste1n's able coaching, have shown amazing progress in both poise and ability on the court. With Helen Dickenson and Carolyn Barrera's accurate shooting and all-around good guarding, the J.V. girls just escaped outshin- ing their sister Varsity team. This year H.M.-Lincoln offered a course which is rather unique in a secondary School - namely, a co-educational modern dancing class. It all started last year when a number of boys, curious to discover what went on behind the barred doors of the girls' gymnasium on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, obtained permission to par- ticipatejJ1one of Miss Jones' exercise classes. The following day they were reported by 'Chiefn to be physically unfit for basketball practice and were seen limping about the school halls. This year, much to everyone's surprise, we found that droves of them had enrolled hmboth the exercise and creative classes for the entire season. After a few somewhat difficult hours which were disrupted by alternate groans and self-conscious snickers, Miss Jones' new protegees accustomed themselves to the usual hard work that accompanies modern dancing and amazed us all by quickly acquir- ing much coordination and grace. In the Thursday classes the boys showed much abil- ity and taste in their original dance creations. The season was climaxed by a dance recital which was given for the student body, the parents, and a group of Teachers College observers. Ellen Riesenfeld, Helen Thomas, and Nancy Harrow stole the show with their excellent rendition of our old favorite, 'Hong Hong Bluesn, and Levon Simsarian co-starred with Helen Thomas in 'Country Style Dancen. In retrospect, the 1948 athletic season has been a satisfactory one for both the boys and girls of H.M.-Lincoln. Almost everyone has succeeded to some extent in mastering at least one phase of the school's athletic program. Student-faculty games have been successfully played off, and varsity and junior varsity letters have been awarded to an unusually large percent of the student body. awe V51 ' iii: .554 S ,-,I gd at ,f ig, Sl ca? C-bij ll M .Z 01 l:.2 I I I if 1 t X61 nj -'rx Umm Mb 'N ,hp Page 24

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