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

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5 THE LINCOLNIAN OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. Some recent discussions and theories have caused me to look over the work of the past year in Lincoln High School to see whether its educational results have been so meager as to justify the suggestion for radical changes and a new departure in its educational aim. Since the year 1885. when the first class of four graduated from Lincoln High School, 325 young men and women have completed its course of study. One-fourth of these have be- come teachers for a longer or shorter period of time, in city. town or country schools. Some have taught more than twenty years. One-third of the entire number have pursued regular studies beyond the High School course. Some studying at State Normal schools, Lincoln Institute or Emporia, Kas., and some at TisU. University, Spelman Seminary, Tuskegee Insti- tute, Wilberforce University, Howard University, Manhattan Agricultural School, Kansas University, the University of Ne- braska, University of Denver and Oberlin College. Two are taking courses in ' Theology, one at Wilberforce University and one at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Ga. The largest number, twenty, have taken courses in the University of Kansas. One of the first if not the very first of these was m. E. Griffin, of the Class of ' 92. Nearly half of this num- ber have completed courses there and received degrees, the most recent being Estelle Christian, of the Class of ' 05, who receives the degree of A. B. June 8, 1910. Inez Wood, of the Class of ’99, was the first of our girls to take a degree from Kansas University, and Leanore Osborne, of ' 98, the first to take a degree from Oberlin College. •Three of our graduates who pursued further study are teaching in the schools of Kansas City, Kas. — Lydia Lock- ridge, who studied at Fisk University and K. U. and taught with remarkable success in Iowa and Kansas, is principal and teacher; Inez Wood, who was for several years a teacher Topeka, and Woody Jacobs, of the Class of ' 04, who -eived the degree of A. B. from K. U. and distinguished him- self by winning a debate for his university over Baker Col- lege. For several years one-fourth of the colored teachers in the grade schools of Kansas City, Mo., have been graduates of Lincoln High School. Several of our young men and women in professional life have found the High School course a good foundation for their future life work. Out in Oklahoma John Teague, of the Class of ' 95, is well known as a careful and successful physician.

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4 THE LINCOLNIAN The Annual offers its patrons merely a bulletin this year, trusting that another year will be more favorable to the pub- lication of a larger and more adequate magazine. While the year just closing; has been a prosperous one in many respects, ssveral accidents have made it impractical to issue a more pre- tentious volume for the parents and friends of Lincoln High. However, we hope this issue will receive the welcome accorded our annuals in the past. The school has suffered seriously from the epidemics of •id and grip that have visited Kansas City this past win- mong the sad features of these troubles, from which a lumber were compelled to drop out of their classes, we lined to note the death of three of our promising school- ' s: Daisy Tittle, T3; Beatrice Darden, ' ll, and Bertha Pickett, T3. We desire to offer our deepest sympathy to the bereaved families, at the same time expressing our loss of three lives that have meant a great deal t-o our school. |c As usual our school has been honored by the presence of any friends and visitors during the year, among whom was dr. Riley, an inspector of schools of Australia for the province of New South Wales. Mr. Riley gave us a very interesting and instructive talk on the people and customs of his country. BRAIN FOOD. in picking out a foo.d for tho’t From all the bookish jam. Adapt your mood to worthy food. And try a little Lamb. Or if Lamb ' s not your favorite dish. And with no gusto taken, Sonic Hogg might do, or else a few Nice iuicy bits of Bacon. Tf Lamb and Bacon prove too tough, And difficult to Chaucer, With Browning o’er, you’ll like it Moore Than Campbell eaten raw, sir. ' Perhaps Crahbe’s Tales will please your taste. Beware of Burns when fried. If poorly cooked you’re surely hooked To get an Akenside. i

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6 THE LINCOLNIAN Launey Smith, of the Class of ’97, is a successful business man in one of the large cities of Canada, where his racial identity is no bar to success. Thos. McCampbell, of the Class of ' 98, is making his course and work in pharmacy a stepping stone to medicine and is now completing a course in that profession, while a younger brother of the Class of ' 04, Dr. Ernest Mc- Campbel), has completed a medical and post graduate course and became one of the professional men of our city. At least five — four boys and one girl — have completed courses in pharmacy and are “making good” in that profes sion: Houston of ’97, McCampbell of ’98, Green of ' 04,- Wil- lard Hines of ’01, owner and manager of a successful drug store in Oklahoma, and Wilmer Campbell of ' 04, who was re- garded by the faculty of K. U. as one of their most brilliant students in pharmacy. Another girl, Wertie Blackwell, ’09, has entered upon the study of pharmacy in K. U. The Class of ’04 is remarkable for sending out the largest percentagle for college study. Out of a class of twelve, eight pursued further work, two taking pharmacy, two the A. B. course, one taking medicine and the remainder work in Nor- mal schools. Their motto was a fitting one: “Fnished, yet just begun.” The largest numbers for further study have gone out from the classes of 1907 and 1909. The Class of ’09 was the first to send out the number 10 out of 28. Four of these went to K. U., one to Perdue, Ind.; two to Howard University, and three to Manhattan Agricultural School, Kansas. A few months later the Class of ’07 sent 10 out of 23 for further study — two of these to Fisk University, two to Lincoln Institute, four to K. U., one to W ilberforce and one to the University ' Denver. Another of this class, with remarkable thrift, has already a large bank account with which to begin his college course this season. At least fifteen of our graduates have passed the civil ser- vice examination in the city. Several have been appointed and have done acceptable work as carriers and railway postal clerks. I wo of these did good service as census enumerators, 1. M. Horton and Lorana Richardson. Geo. Love, of the Class of ’01, has done good work in the office of the City Treasurer. If we could obtain definite information our list of thos clerical positions would be larger. At least one-third of the graduates have married and have families and homes. Some have bought homes for parents and have placed them in comfortable circumstances. A great ma- jority of these homes give evidence of thrift and culture. I could name several with large cases of books, good pictures on the walls, with comfort and cleanliness in evidence. Visit