Lincoln High School - El Eco Yearbook (Lincoln, CA)

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RICHARD A. LEE Principal Principals Message My message to the class of 1947 is a very important one, especially in light of the theme to which you have dedicated your annual. True we have achieved Peace, though a very shaky one it is. However, now that there is some semblance of it, the talk again turns toward international competition on a friendly basis in the form of the Olympic Games. These, you may recall, were the athletic contests oiriginated in Ancient Greece and lalterr revived by our present civilization as a ways and means of promoting peace and friendship, as Well as a sense of competitive sportsmanship, among all of the nations of this earth. . Now, the significant point. Who knows? Some of you young people may participate in these Games, may represent your country in this United Nations of the playing field. Remember, then, your responsi- bilities not only for the maintenance of our country's international reputation but also toward the establishment of friendliness between our country and those with which we compete. Even though you may not all take part in these Games. many of you, the boys especially, Will very possibly find themselves in this nation's Armed Forces as occupational troops on the soil of our former enemies. Theirs is a difficult yet extremely important task. They are Democ'racy's true representativles abroad, and it is only through the examples which they set that we can persuade people of otherr nations to recognize the sincerity of purpose behind our own country's governmental philosophy. For the greater number of you who do not leave this country, yours is the even more critical responsibility of establishing and! maintaining an increasingly stronger internal peace here at home so that our nation, as a whole, may be looked upon as an example worthy of the respect and admiration of other peoples. 6

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Forward We of the graduating class of 1947 are about to begin a new phase of our lives. For many of us this means that we will be leaving the sheltered environment of home and school to make for ourselves a place in this world. Consequently it is with the deepest respect and gratitude that we bow our heads to those students before us Who, through their sacrifices during the recent conflict, have made it possible for us to go out into a peaceful worlcl, a World Where We can plan our lives free from the uncertainties that come with war. Therefore, with Peace as our dedicatory theme, We are using this book as a symbol or, let us say, as a reminder to ourselves that we must carry on what they have begun. We must do everything in our power to maintain as Well as to improve constantly the peace which they have helped to establish. Only by the development of intelligence, broad- mindedness, and understanding on our parts can this be accomplished. THE EDITOR. 5

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Cldable of Conlents ADMINISTRATION CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS AND ,ACTIVITIES VOCATIONAL CLASSES SPORTS FEATURES ADVERTISEMENTS 7