Lincoln High School - President Yearbook (Ferndale, MI)

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LET NUT YOUR This year Choir A. under 'rhe direclion of Mr. OH'o Brown, underloolr a faslc rarely a++emp+ed bv a hiqh school choir: +ha+ of learning several choruses from Handel's Messiah. Through hard worlr lhey mas+ered +he selec+ions, presenfed ihem ai' 'lhe Chrisimas Concer'I', and consequenily added pres+ige +o fheir already excellenl repu- +a+ion. Lincoln High has always been lcnown for il's magnificeni' choir and orches+ra and +l'1is year was no excep+ion. They combined +o preseni Tchailcovslcy's Wal+z of +he Flowers and 'lhe Halleluiah Chorus which, along wi'I'h +he ofher choruses from 'lhe Messiah and various ofher seleclions, compleled lhe choir's porfion of anolher highly successful Chrislmas Concerl. ln addifion +o 'l'he Chrislmas Concerl. 'lhe choir a'Hended bo'l'h fhe Solo and En- semble Fesiival al' Pon+iac and ihe Disi'ric+ Choral Fesiival al Royal Oak. They also ores senfed Mr. Brown's special arrangemenf of +he Michigan Medley and A Tribule lo Fielding H. Yos+ a+ several occasions which included ihe Universi+y Alumni As- sociafions of Calcland Coun'l'y and of De'froi'r. An ln'l'er-School Choral l:es+ival Con- cerl' qiven ai' Highland Parlc in coniunclion wiih Hamframclc, Royal Oalc, and High- land Parlc, along wi+h +heir Dar+icipa'I'ion in fhe Band and Choir Concer+ rounded oul' a highly successful and profi+able year of music. lfk 2' f L?

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Your l957 Log is lhe producl of serious and unending work on lhe parl' of +he Log Slaff. The l957 Log Slaff, under lhe able supervision of Mr. Wendell Hough, advisor, and Mike Rofh, edifor-in-chief, has pu+ many hours of hard work info furning our 'lhe Log. From Seplember +o May, l'he s+a'Ff has worked hard 'lo carry forlh lhe lradilion of 'lhe Log by presenling 'lo you a yearbook conlaining informalion which will recall lo your memory your school days a+ Lincoln High School. Yes, hard work has gone inlo +he making of lhis year's yearbook. Bu+, despi'l'e 'lhe hard work, lhe sl'aFF members have enioyed working on lhe Log. We hope lhal you have iusl' as much enjoymenl' in reading +he I957 Log as we, lhe members of lhe slaff, have had producing il. Our perseveranl' and hard-workinglffl edifors, Bill Morley, arf edilorg Lee Keller, aclivilies edilorg Gail Moffalf, business manager: Dave Albee, aclivifies edilorg Sylvia O'Neal, seniors edilorg and Mary Op- penheimer, copy edil'or, somehow manage l'o leave 'lheir work and relax a minufe. I I I Checking lasl minule delails are 'the members of lhe adverlising slaff: Judy Shanne'H'e, Sue Null, Julie Thomas, Gwen Farmer, Mary Love, Gerri Bechlle, Rosalind Welch, and Calie Graelile. 21

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SONG END !! The Girls' Choir, under +he able direc+ion of Mrs. Rulh Neff, enioyed a mosi profi+able and rewarding year. The girls sang a+ +he Fall, Chris+mas, and Spring concerfs and compe+ed in rhe Disfricf Fesfival. By sfudying 'rhe works of many composers, +he girls have gained an apprecia+ion of fine music which will lasl for years. Ol Q 11' of 1 A F1 IV A n in I T W ' Normally, ihe boy's choir of a high school is a sec- .' ' lg, i' Q 0 ' X QQ ond or 'rhird-ra'l'e oulfif. This is noi' frue of Lincoln Al? 5' '- Cx' 'aw High. The boy's choir consisling of choir B and choir as ,' 4 al A boys has blossomed in+o one of +he finesl' organi- -2- 3 'J' 4 ' zafions ro come from Lincoln in many years. N nh ., ' They were invifed +o sing al' fhe Miclwesl Music D11 - ' Y Q , Teachers Convenfion in January and made a greal' g Ig' g X . impression on many of +he +eachers present They ' T A , i also par+icipa'I'ed in 'the Uniled You+h Rally af lhe Q Q ,- ,ivy 1 Ferndale Meihodisf Church in February and +hey plan +o presen+ several grade-school assemblies dur- ing fhe year.