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18 ' 1 E L J N t : ( 1 . N T A N LITERARY. Gardiner Pinckney 1 J . If one should visit the Senior Class in English literature which is so ably conducted by Miss Anna 11. Jones, you would be very much interested in her classes, especially the public speaking contests. There were several debates in the class. First was, Resolved that ‘ ' The Right of Suffrage Should be Extended n o to Women ’ Cordell White had the affirmative side and Robert Uaily had the negative. .White won the debate. Although Baily began his speech with several brilliant remarks, he cut short his speech before having gained enough points to obtain the verdict. There were also several other debates. Resolved “Should the LI. S. Interfere With the Mexican Revolution.” Gardi- ner Pinckney, affirmative, (won)) and Robert Baily, negative, (lost), and be- gan their high school existance under the excellent corps of teachers. It would be impossible to go into the detail of every department of our school, but w.e will only touch upon several of them to show you how the year has been made successful. First, we have with us this year Miss Fordham, our art teacher. If one should visit her room, he would find hand painted pictures of all descriptions, burnt wood and hammered brass. Not only is she a teacher of art, but of other studies as well. After you have looked over her room you may pass down the stairs into the manual training depart- ment. We shall not see the familiar face of Mr. Clifford Evans, but, a new teacher, one who not only can hold his own in cabinet making, but he is second to none in the teaching of architecture. This teacher taught the Senior bovs the i • are of drafting, and many of the boys have drawn the plans of the Negro Y. M. C. A. and several mansions and bungalows. If one should see the blue prints of some of the drawings and the cabinet work and see the upholstering work he would agree with us by saying that we had a verv successful year under m m the careful training of Mr. Charles Westmoreland, our new manual train- ing ' teacher. n WITH APOLOGIES TO POE. Frank May, ’12. 1. It was many and many a year ago, in a town which you’ll never see, Was a haunted house which was down below In a hollow, three blocks from me. 2. It was said that a man who had lived in this town, In this town which you’ll never see, Had been killed in the house which was down below, In a hollow three blocks from me. 3. I was afraid and the rest were afraid, In this town which you’ll never see, ■» ' To live in the house which was down below In a hollow three blocks from me. 4. But by and by there came a man From the well-known place, K. C., Who said that he would stay in the house Which was only three blocks from me. 5 So on Friday night he was given a gun, With amunition ten charges, free. And he went in the house to have some fill! With the ghosts which were said to be. 6 . lie staved with the ghosts until half- » o past four, W hen with some he could not agree, For they wanted to wrestle him right on the floor, But he told them that one was not enough for three. 7. But when he could plead with the ghosts no more TTe went to the window near And called aloud “Open this d oor!” For I and the ghosts are having a ' ii hot time in here. 8. But there being no one to receive his message outside, is calling was all in vain ;
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T II E L 1 N C O L N I A N m 19 So he went to the window which would not slide, So he jumped through the window pane. 9. Then he ran and ran for many a mile, And he thought “Surely this will do ' So he sat him down and began to smile, But the ghost says “I’m here, too.” 10. Then he ran with a speed that was more than speed, From the ghost which he could not see, But all the night tide, He could hear by his side, r l The encouraging voice of his ghostly guide He could hear, but could not see. H. When morning dawned he was miles from the town, And the house with the ghost within it. But was fined 300 “plunks” by the cou rt For exceeding the law’s speed limit. o ATHLETIC NEWS. By Gardiner Pinckney, ' ll. The Lincoln High School athletic club organized January 5, 1911, for the purpose of pulling off a number of fast and clever boxing and wrestling matches during the winter months. o The pupils of Lincoln High School are greatly in need of a gymnasium. There is no apparatus in the school whatever upon which exercise can be taken ; almost every white school in this city has a gymnasium ' and there should be no reason why the pupils of Lincoln High should be deprived of the physical exercise that is of so great importance to their health. Let us all hope that the principal of the high school will become wise and present m ■ the matter before the school board for consideration. Q February 17, 1911, Robt. A. Bailey defeated Clay in 1.54 minutes of hard wrestling. ' Phis match was one of the hardest matches that was ever pulled off in our club. This was the first real bout Clay has had since he broke into fast company. Referee Brooks was continually warning Bailey against his fouling tactics, and several times threatened to disqualify Clay for biting. A large crowd witnessed the match and was well pleased with the entertainment. -o “One Round” Bailey and “Kid Clay’s” boxing contest was called off. The six round boxing contest scheduled to take dace between Bailey and Clay was ca led off, the contest was billed for Mar. 23, 1911, but on account of the promoters not being able to post a sufficient purse at a stipulated time the boys refused to enter the ring. “Young Pink,” cham- pion light weight of Lincoln, chal- lenged the winner of this bout for the championship of the school. o Brooks vs. White. “Lonnie” Brooks and Cordell White wrestled 1 hr. and 30 minutes without gaining a fall. Brooks gained one fall in 2 hours exactly, although Brooks’ weight was 185 pounds and White ' s was only ' 159 pounds. White was greatly handicapped by weight. It was a fierce battle from start to finish. Brooks depended greatly on his weight while White was very clever. White had Brooks several times but Brooks’ weight was too much for him. After two hours of work White was com- pletely exhausted and Brooks won easily. ' This bout was for the heavy- weight champion of Lincoln High. 2 O White offered to bet 2 to 1 that he could pin Bailey’s shoulders to the mat twice in a half hour. o The Lincoln High School 2nd team n defeated the Phillipps school by a score of 13 to 8. Jenkins, a new recruit of the Highs made his first appearance on the rub- ber and struck out nine men. This same team defeated Attuck school in an errorless game 6 to 5. The game was played throughout without an error, and was accompanied by some brilliant features; the high school .
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