Lincoln High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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X r , - V' X rw 2.- tif phd Seated around the fountain, and under the blossoming branches of the old Kamm cherry tree, a science class and teacher bask in the glory and beneficience of spring, Such a scene, no doubt, would have pleased Judge Kraemer. Z III D CQ 0 EI C9 Gil El Keeping in mind its theme, The School and The Commlmity, the Cardinal Yearbook staff respectfully dedicates the 1956 edition to the late Otto J. Kraemer. His career exemplified the ideals of citizenship which every good school hopes to inculcate. His was a life of warm friendliness, of quiet, wholesome counsel, of generous community service On his death, Mr. Kraemer left a bequest of 35, 000 for the construction of a fountain or fountains at the new Lincoln High School. A decorative fountain has been planned for the courtyard, and will be completed shortly. Mr. Kraemer also left Sl, 000 to the School District which is currently being used as prize money for annual essay contests among senior social studies students in all the Portland high schools.

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SUPERINTENDENT JONATHAN W. EDWARDS He started his Portland career as a classroom teacher and coach at Lincoln High School. Superintendent J. W. Edwards knows thoroughly every part of the Portland School System. Having been an employee of the district for over thirty years, and having worked as classroom teacher, coach, department head, and assistant superintendent, he has learned by experience to appreciate the problems of all school personnel. X The rapid growth of Portland's school population has posed many difficulties which Mr. Edwards and the Board of Directors meet each year with courage, determination, and integrity. From year to year the School Board is made up of intelligent and generous citizens who perform an outstanding service to the schools and to the city. Below: Mr. Herbert M. Schwab, Mr. Clifford E. Zollinger, Dr. Dorothy O. Johansen, Mr. Wendell Gray, Mr. Jeffery Holbrook, Mr. James C. Yeomans, and Mr. R. M. Robson.

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JUDGE OTTO J. KRAEMER 1874 - 1951 Graduate of Portland High School 1892 Father of Lincoln graduates Kenneth and Richard Born on October 25, 1874, in Portland, Otto J. Kraemer had the pleasure until his death in 1951 of watching the city and its schools grow. In his youth, his family moved from their home where the Circle Theatre now stands to a house on Southwest Main Street, just half a block from the new Lincoln High School. In his youth he played fwhen permittedl on the Kamrn Estate and even ventured as far as the Chinese vegetable gardens where the athletic field and the Multnomah Stadium now are. He caught an occasional trout in the stream that ran down Canyon Road and through the Stadium. Mr. Kraemer later attended the old Portland High School, the University of Oregon Law School, at that time located in Portland, and after a few years on the bench, spent the remainder of his life practicing and teaching law. A contemporary of Miss Lillian Edna Amos and of the late Miss Emma Griebel who taught at Lincoln for many years, he was active in Portland High School alumni activities. This interest was increased when his sons Kenneth and Richard attended Lincoln in the middle 1930's.