Lincoln High School - President Yearbook (Ferndale, MI)

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THESE WERE THE FEARS 'tame INJECTION: Amazing progress of medicine carne lo Lincoln in mass innoculaiion of Salk polio vac- JAN.-FEB. We had many fears, some iuslifiable. The fhreal' of Russian advancemenf exemplified by Spufnilcs, IC- BM's, and H-bombs forced 'rhe realiiy of life l'o dim our rosy fufure. Our small fears, imporiani af 'lhe lime, we can usually laugh al' now. We were afraid of flunlcing, of losing a game in sporls, and mosl' of all, afraid of ihe uncerfain place we held in our girl- friend's hearl. ' ' - AY .3 . ' '4 9 ' Q. . I A N -, f- I if I . y r .. ..1 I, Q i x I i - , .w l , l f 1 . i 39115 .1 , X 1 - N5 11.1 ln- S, s L S A Q I xg h X psp.: X ' K V ,., 1. If ' V ' P, WWE dip - D :ui 3: XR g 54 V -,f My ' 1 . LL? f -, as , -v He is my teacher. I shall not pass. He nmketlz me to go to the blachboardg He compelleth me to rlraw trianglesg He giveth me zero. He malrellz me sit flown for my classes, sake Yea. tho I .stzltiy until midnight, I gain no knowledge, For my propositions bothereth me. He prepnreth a test for me in the presence of my classmates. He giveth me F,'. Surely flanking shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in his geometry class for ever and ever. twelve A+ firsf I was siruclc wifh fear of all fhis panoply of war unl'iI I recalled 'thai' ii' rose oul' of a lhoughl and a lhouglvl' can mell' if away. - Emerson The fear of losing struck determination, not terror, into the hearts of our grid- iron warriors. Even on the szkielines Roger Sutton ex- emplifies this spirit.

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The engine won I' furn over, fhe lighfs won'i' work fhe baHery's dead, fhe doors fly open A senior wonders how he ever gof sfuck wifh such a junk heap. Buf fhen if sfarfs and all is for given-as long as if gefs him where he's going Fun comes nafurally in a ialopy, even fhe rifual of magic fo keep if running becomes fun we GRADUATION: lf was lafe, very lafe, when some of us woke up. Individuals and groups under fhe sponsorship of Lincoln's faculfy make headlines on nafional scale for exfra-curricular acfivifies. Sfu- denfs were given fhe chance fo be singled ouf for fheir work only because our feachers have promofed inferesfs in fields our schools cannol' 'leach buf can encourage. Some years are longer fhan ofhers. This year, when fhe fime was needed mosf, has been fhe shorfesf year in fhe life of any of our Seniors. ln appearance fhey haven l' changed much buf fhey have crossed a long bridge. They are heading now fo work or fo college, and fhal' is anofher world. The graduafes in fheir greafesf hour all sfood in fhe big gym, as fhey always do al' fhe end of IiFe's greafesf chapfer. They had marched in wifh im- pafience, happiness, relief: fhey marched oul' in profound sadness, reminiscing, offen wifh fears of regref, while fhe parenfs sal uncomforfably in fhe infense heaf and muggy weafher, buf rejoicing in fheir dream come 1-rue.

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THIS IS oun STRENGTH I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Ameri- ca, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, un- der Cod, indivisible, with lib- erty and justice for all. JAN.-FEB. UNTOLD BEAUTY ues IN THE UNDERSTANDING or RELIGIQNS, Revival: World even'rs awed usp we were eg ,M Wei!! f ff' ' If iff!!! dissalisfied by +he spirifual empliness. Gro- ping for cer'l'ain+y we became aciive in 5 i oufh rou s d h h db h'r 1 'mn , Y g p an our c urc es an roug fhe spirii' of broiherhood +o Lincoln in our daily acfivifies. The For+ifica'l'ion of 'Freedom 'ralces on realifv each weelc wifh 'ihe beginning Pledge of Allegiance. Pa+rio+ism 'roolc on meaning as we became more aware of social inius+ices which 'rhe nafion s+ands against Siudenfs disciplined 'rhemselves and +he Pledge became a sym- bol of respec+ 'For o'rhers 'ihrough lhe ex- amples of respecl shown by fellow class- y males. THIS UNDERSTANDING REAPS TOLERANCE thirteen