Lincoln High School - Bumblebee Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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ttWe halld these truths to be self evident . . . in- troduces the theme of the Democracy program, an annual presentation of the Social Studies de- partment. This program points up the American democratic ideals as set forth by those statesmen who wrote our Declaration of Independence. democracy in action Left: Patrons tour the new wing of the school building during open house immediately following the De- mocracy program Batlom, left: Students in Mrs. Millerts govern- ment class learn the meaning of democracy and its impartance in fostering human rights. Bollom, right: Students in government this year had the responsibility of setting up and carrying through all voting in student electians. They issued poll tax receipts, kept the records on qualified voters, announced election returns, and handled the voting booths.

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t1 . 7 , Above: Choral Clubhs readings and songs on the birth of Christ SH mood for yulctide svasnn. assemblies were interesting t. Wednesday is not just another day of the week to students at Lincoln. It is the day looked forward to, because it is assembly day, and this usually means an interesting and entertaining program by one of the departments or organizations of the school. Opposite, right: Dorothy Ellison, contralto, appeared in assembly as part of our cultural series. Cultural programs, coming a! least once a month have been varied, Below, inset: History dev parlmenl students dis- Mr. Miller often makes cuss Negro History Week. Program was under di- rection of Mrs. Millert informal talks to slu- dents.

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30 Mrs. D. J. Chester, annual staff sponsor, goes over picture layouts with Josephine Brons- sard, editor-in-chief; Susie Bowden, facully editor; and William Broussard, sports edilon Know how it feels to walk a light rope? If not, ask us how. We did. Those countless hours and midnight oil in the scramble to make the deadline . . . all contributed to make us artists at walking tight ropes. However, as tedious and as exhausting as the job was, we enjoyed every minute of compiling the story of . . . Lincoln, 1955. We hope you,II enjoy this story, 100. 7THE STAFF Below: Searching for new material for the annual are Russell Pierre, organization editor; Delores Benson, senior editor; Barbara Newman, activity editor; and Laura Mae Babb, sophomore editor.