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

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THE LINCOLNIAN ‘Dedication PROF. J. R. E. LEE, Principal

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‘Dedication THE LINCOLNIAN ‘Page 3 OUR PRINCIPAL In due appreciation of his untiring efforts to better conditions, and to make our work more pleasing and interesting, we dedicate the Publication of the Lincoln High School An- nual to our beloved Principal. We had read of his splendid work at Tuske- gee which was sufficient to fill one with ad- miration for such a character. But after his arrival we found that to be under the guid- ance of his stern yet patient rule, to be in his very presence, seemed to be an even greater force which tended to give him that magnetic power of leadership which he so abundantly wields. He is a worker who enters into a thing fear- lessly and usually accomplishes his end. Early in the term’s work, he won a place in the heart of every Lincoln student by installing a Lunch Room. It not only proved convenient for those desiring to buy lunch at noon but it proved itself a source of instruction, of prac- tical application to the girls, of the principles which heretofore had been given them in the class room style. The lunch room has, since its opening continued to improve in efficiency, so that today every pupil can be served in an orderly, systematic way. The idea made it necessary to employ an additional instructor to assist Miss Hawkins in the person of Miss Genevieve Wilson, an Alumna of Lincoln and graduate of Kansas State Agricultural School. (Domestic Science Department). His “check out” system of marking ab- sentees and tardiness lifted a burden from the shoulders of the enrollment teacher, each pupil has his own tag and checks in upon his arrival, which gives the office boy and the clerk a full record of his attendance. The morning chapel exercise has added so much to the school spirit and enthusiasm of Lin- coln, which, it has been found had gradually died out. A class in automobile training is also one of his per fected ideas and today, under the direction of Mr. Dallas Foster of Class ’06, five energetic, willing to learn, classes attend regularly and get the practical work which may be to some “ a means to an end,” in get- ting through college in later years. The class of T6 fully realizing the unrivaled and supreme scholarship, and true love which G. N. Grisham held and still holds for Lin- coln and her pupils, was grieved, deeply, at the idea of not being able to graduate under his regime after having received inspiration from him for three years. But fate must take its course and at Prof. Lee’s arrival they at- tacked their work with the same vim and determination of mind, and thus they find themselves attached to him and his rule and proud of the fact that the first class to gradu- ate under Prof. J. R. E. Lee is the Class of 1916. Prof. Lee has an even greater claim to understanding children, than constant training of them in school. He is a father of several. We wish for him in our departing moments a progressive and even more result- bearing year in 1917 than every before in his career of work.