Lincoln High School - President Yearbook (Ferndale, MI)

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'gilt New Consider wisely, Arnericaf This is the product of your past and present, and a living symbol of the fast maturing, uncertain, and restless Atomic Era. This is the AMERICAN TEENAGER. Croping for security he seeks strength in number, tradition, and grown-up sophistication. He rebels a little at restrictions, yet conforms boldly to styles and codes founded by his contemporaries. Searching constantly, he seeks an answer. An answer to a question he cannot readily express. Rationalizing vainly, he questions the value of book-learning and quests adventure. He does homework assignments in company with others, and seems to require the blare of a radio or the glare of a TV set to work efficiently. twenty-four WHAT MAKES TEENAGER? Fho+ographecl by Brian Neal Wes+veer

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ill YY Y R, 'ai' QM LZ z I '77 Y M if 3 ' 1 There's a big, wide, wonderful world in Lincoln. A 1'een's world full of lcaleidoscopic inleresls, brillianl' experience, and slimulaling opporlunilyg for carefree fun, dislracied sludy, excifing sporls, and wonderful kids: of days . . . some ioyful, ofhers gloomy: of mon'l'hs . . . moslly successful, a few noi' so successful: of years . . . four over-crowded, promising years. THIS IS THE YEAR'S BIG STORY! capfured. This spiril' is illusive, invisible in lhe crowd, ye? surrounding each individual. We have +ried 'lo preseni-ihrough candid phorographs, a mood, an idea, or emofion, which may be shared by all. Time alone will fesl' ihis book and unlock fhe spirii of I958 which is caplured in lhe dress, acfions, vocabulary, food, fads, and cusloms. Success was hard won. Subscriprions jumped fifiy per cenf, copy and pholographs iripled, 'rhe budgei' doubled, and deadlines were mei, evenlually. The only difficuliy li maH'ers IiHle now who did whaf, when, or where if The spirif of lhe evenl' is noi l I I I I I I being a non-conforming edifor, phofographer, and layoul' man rolled info one. An un- prediciable idea-changer who crusaded for 'lwo-hundred pages and, overioyed wirh fhe freedom of room, ironically became slingy and saved +hir+y- six for a summer Log. Wi+h humbleness and awe we sei' before you a record, nol' of wha'r was done, buf of 'rhe spirii' in which ihese 'lhings were done. lllllllllllllllllllllll Our phoilographer-edi+or's in+eres+ in fhe individual per- sonalify gives his work a special, soughl aHer qualify: a qualify which has won him lop prizes in many nafional con+esfs. Brian's sfressing of mood and emotional impacl has won places for his work in papers and nafional maga- zines, and if is no? uncommon for a Lincoln sfudenf 'lo be sfarfled by seeing himself in prini. Our aciive Trail Blazer al l7 was ihe personalily of fhe week in fhe De- 'froif Times as a resull of his unique work, and Synchro- scope Magazine previewed 'lhe LOG in a double page phofo essay on The Life and Times of a Teen Ager . . . Brian speni' an average of fhree hours a day be+ween Augusi and May sfriving fo make fhe LOG info an ac- curaie porfrayal of fhe 'teen ager af Lincoln. He sfafed he would never do if again, buf we know befier! 7 17 ef 5 is S S W Nye y y Z' 19 . if L 'lx' X ff a 3 ,y , a 3 I V ff ll, , f . f f f w ffzwb Q Detroit Times Photo Mr, Howard Reilly, advisor of 'rhis years LOG, deserves much credit for ihe responsible iob fha? he so admirably upheld during fhis eniire school year. The Log Slalif members were responsible for the producing and assembling of fhe proiec+, bui wifhouf fha undersfanding and skillful leadership of fhe English-Social Sfudies insfruclor, the proieci would have been an impossible underlaking, His pleasing personalify and easy-going dispogiiian en. abled fhe enfire s'raFF lo place 'lhe LOG's produc- lion on an amicable basis. twenty-three

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'm m 5, fm , in fffwf ir? A He worships athletic prowess and finds great pleasure in games of chance. Striving to express an inner emotion he often shows a gentle maturity in under- standing. Y et, in a flash, he may be moved to expressions of force to release his pent-up emotions. He often needs to see in order to believe and places security on a materialistic basis. Harsh reality and the turmoil of vague ideals is often softened by his faith in God. 7 You have created a mind America, an individual mind. Is it a mind that has a concern or others? Is it a mind that will reason? Will todays youth measure up as tomorrowps leaders ? J! Only time will tell. twenty-hue