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

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The music department, under the instruc- tion of Prof. F. J. Work, has accomplished much this year and the school should be very proud of it. Several programs were given and apppreciatcd very much. The musical talent of the pupils not only showed improvement but also the effective elocutionary work brought forth the result of the careful training and preparation that our most able and beloved teacher, Miss C. Brydie, has given the pupils. One of the most remarkable pieces of work was the program which the Seniors present- ed on Negro day, the 6th of March. The au- dience was very attentive and declared it was one of the best productions they ever witnessed. Prof. Grisham was very much pleased and lauded it to the highest. I. Piano, From “In the Bottoms” Dett Joyce Dorsey. II. Quotations from Paul Lawrence Dun- bar. III. Paper, “Henry 0. Tanner” Melody Tomlin. IV. “You Ask Me if I Love you” , Burleigh Elsa Nix. V. “The Negro in Sacred History” Ely den Lester Hubbard. THE IMPERIAL QUARTET VI. “The Freedom of the Free” Brawley Mattie Revis. VII. “Negro Love Song” Elsoneter Fowler .Work VIII. “The Sorrow Songs” Samuel Winston Negro Melody, “Cheer the Weary Traveller” Semi-Cnorus.

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THE LINCOLNIAN don tli e following day on the tenth and would arrive in the United States in about four weeks, as they were going aroundabout way. Each was accompanied by her fiance. At the dance a hundred dollar lavalicr was given to the best lady waltzer. Who got it? Guess again. After staying a few days in Kansas City, I returned to my home in Denver, Colorado. Every one was glad to see me as I had been traveling for two years. Dovie Murray, ' 14. A BOUT. Characters : Hank Hawkeye Lester Hubbard Von Whangdoodle Eugene Walker It was an awful night. Along the dark and deserted highway a solitary figure stealthily made its way. It was the mighty Hank Hawkeye whose very name caused the stout- est hearts to quail. Malignant hatred gleamed in his right eye and in his left — a cinder. His back pocket bulged suspiciously as if a hand- kerchief had been thrust therein and from Ills belt the cold glint of a nickel-plate watch chain glittered glitteringly. About him the snow drifts were piled high and the fierce north wind whirled the snow flakes against him and cruelly dropped them down his neck. He stumbled along vainly seeking to avoid huge mud puddles, and shield his face from the pitiless hail. The wind roared and howled furiously, whirling great, choking clouds of dust into his eyes. The lightning rolled and crashed, the thunder flashed all about him. It could not have been worse. Above all, the sun flung down its powerful rays with blitering heat, and Hank Ha. keye sighed cautiously as he mopped the dry per- spiration from his alabaster brow and mut- tered between his set teeth, rather his two sets of teeth, “Hist! He cometh 1” He paused for an instant, listening to the silence. Then hastily drawing his trusty lemon- squeezer from his pocket, he cut a great hole in the darkness, stepped inside and dragged the darkness in behind him. A little later a short, seven-foot man swung along the highway. It was F ' itzroy von Whangdoodle, Hank’s deadly enemy. Raising his trusty lemon-squeezer aloft, Hank Hawkeye stepped out and said in a voice choking with emotion and cough drops ; — (To be continued next year.) W. Robert Williams, T4.

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1914, not only a credit to its members but an honor to the school. The number is so large that it would take too much space to tell of each individual’s accomplishments. The class is separated into four divisions : Singers, those who play piano and other instruments; those who sing and play; those who cannot perform but can detect the beauty of diffi- cult and high class music. MUSIC. The Imperial quartet of Lincoln High has been a credit to the school and community. It plays only high class music and at high class places. The members are : C. Russell Banks, a junior; R. Wallace Bruce, M. Tanner Wil- liams (director), sophomores, and W. W. Rob- ert Williams, a senior. After the closing of school the Imperial- ists contemplate taking a tour through Mis- souri and a part of Kansas, giving concerts for a month. FRED ' K J. WORK, A. B Music. X. “I See and Am Satisfied” Miller Virginia Akers. XI. ‘Since You Went Away” Johnson Prof. F. J. Work. XII. Short Address Principal G. N. Grisham. There are many musicians in the class of