Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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THE LINCOLNIAN VOL. 5 JUNE, 1909 NO. 5 EDITORIAL STAFF. HERMAN M. HOCKADAY ------ Editor in Chief JAS. E. WILLIAMS - Ass’t Editor in Chief EDWARD S. BAKER, Jh. - Business Manager WERTIE BLACKWELL Ass’t Business Manager MATTHEW PROCTER ------ Advertising Manager Editorials. The Lincolnian makes its tilth annual bow to the students of Lincoln High and their many friends. We are thankful for a successful year and hopeful for continued progress in every department ct our Alma Mater. The year just closed has offered many interesting and encouraging incidents to which the editor would give greater space did not he find it necessary to hasten the issue ere it was thoroughly prepared. We trust that the influence of our publications an d the spirit of the students will ever keep the standards of Lincoln High in the foreground. Our graduates and student body are to be congratulated upon the equipment of our school and the growing facilities for higher and better work throughout. The faculty is to be congratulated upon the growing tendency to serious work on the part of most of the students, and the city is to be congratulated upon the presence of a force for social and moral uplift. Our school has assisted in making the production of ‘‘Mary Magdalene by Geral Tyler Choral Society, one of the rarer events of the year. Musical critics all over the city without a single excep- tion testified to the excelence and finish of the work. The following from the Post is worthy testimony to the work of the conductor and the. society. “Mary Magdalene.” All the intricacies and difficulties of ' hratorio were easily overcome by the Gerald Tyler Choral Society and the soloists. Miss Inez Clough, soprano: Miss i. monia llnbbcll, con- tralto; Mr. H. T. Bur 1 h, baritone, and Mr. George Holt, tenor, when they sang Masse- net’s “Mary Magdalene” at Central High School this week. The chorus, which was under the direction of Gerald Tyler, director of music at Lincoln High School, proved a surprise to even the most sanguine. In every line this body of singers showed a training of the most superior character, of course like all new organizations weak spots were appar- ent, lmt on the whole the choruses were sung with a unity and attack and a finish worthy a much older organization. With a few years’ singing together there can be no doubt but what under the direction of so competent a man as Mr. Tyler this organization should become one of the most proficient in the city. Miss Clough is a dramatic soprano with the reputation of being the best soprano among the singers of her race, and fully sustained that fine record. Miss Hubbell is rather mod- est in her claims for favor, hut those present soon discovered the beauty of Iter voice and the proficiency of her interpretation of the character of Martha. Mr. Holt, tepor, sang in a very creditable manner the role of the Evangelist, but it remained for Mr. H. T. Burleigh, baritone, of New York, to create the evening’s sensation. Mr. Burleigh lias a beautiful voice, is a man of rare intelligence, and lias tile musical ability to sing any role in oratorio, anywhere. His elucidation of the character of Judas, insinuating, treacherous, dissembling, hypocritical as it is, was ati almost perfect exposition of character portrayal. The accompanists, both Mr. Diton of Philadelphia and Mrs. (. ' . II. Evans, did capable work in their respective places. Mr. Tyler, director, lias tlte good wishes for success of every musi- cian present at the first performance of the Gerald Tyler Choral Society. During the pas few years Hon. Looker 1 ' . Washington, distinguished for his authority on race conditions and logic, lias been ranked among the highest of the members of his race. His lectures and writings seemed to inspire the ambi- tion of tlie members of his race who arc seeking advancement. After a few years’ this inspiration was increased by the pro- found s .gestions and lectures of a most distingn.-hed personage, Dr. W. . E. B. PuBois.

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Lincoln High Assembly Hall.

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8 THE LINCOLNIAN At length or within the past few months the inspiration created by these two men, our most distinguished lead- ers, has seemingly been lifted to a height seemingly to be unsurpassed by another logician and lecturer, Prof. Kelly Miller, Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University. Prof. Miller’s recent publication of his esays on the Negro in America, known as Race Adjustment, can easily he compared with the best logic of our present day, touching history, poetry, education, and many other things which should be of interest to the Negro popu- lace at large. Commencement Day. There is no day so longed and pre- pared for, and really significant in the rotation of the school years, as Com- mencement day. It is well known to the college and high school student. And al- ways has a seemingly significance to this class of individuals, that none other fully realize. To the undergraduate it is a day of a big event ; a day of rejoicing and fun- making. But to the class of students, who on this day receive their diplomas signifying that they are prepared to start in pursuit of success., it is seen in an entirely different light. As the days spent in school are happy ones to the mass of students, it means that this must cease. It means that no longer trifling mistakes are to be subjected to the haughty criticism of a professor, but that these are to play an important part in the weighing and placing into lifelong positions, young men and women. From its real meaning it means a com- mencing to encounter life from a stand- point of individual interest ; a commenc- ing to endure the hardships with the pleasures, with which one comes in con- tact during a lifetime. Indeed, to many it is a sad event, for many ill-fated ones being carried forth to their doom, undoubtedly rue the day when it first began, But thus we go. A Woman’s Revenge. Chapter I. There was excitement in the great house on the hill. The servants were Hurrying to and fro with frightened faces, and in her room Mrs. John Drew was lying prostrate with grief. The cause of the disturbance was that little Mildred, her daughter, had been lost and could not be found. There was cause to believe that the child had been drowned, because her little sun hat and favorite doll was found lying on the edge of the pond. Vainly the grieved father gave orders for the pond to be dragged, but the nets came in empty. It was known that a swift whirlpool was somewhere in the pond, so they con- cluded that the child, after falling in the water, had been sucked in by the pool. The child had never been allowed near the pond without being accompanied by the nurse or some older person. She and the nurse had been out all the after- noon, walking and playing around the ponds, but towards evening they had re- turned to the terrace where the nurse left her to go into the house. When she returned she did not see Mildred and thinking she had hidden in some place, she began to lok for her. After looking in every place where she thought Mil- dred could he hiding, she went towards the pond. There she found the sun-hat and doll. She ran terrified to the house and without forethought she announced to the mother and father, who were then on the veranda, that Mildred had been drowned. Mrs. Drew fainted and had to be carried to her room. What fol- lowed has been already narrated. The search for mildred lasted for a week ; then all hope was given up. The nurse gathere d all the child’s toys in her rom and locked them up ; and in the house, where only a week ago a merry little voice and little pattering footsteps echoed from rom to rom, there was quiet and loneliness. The mother seemed very hard to console, and each day she was worse. Finally the doctors advised Mr. Drew to take her to the seashore. So in 3. few weeks the multi-millionaire, his