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

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22 THE LINCOLNIAN MARGUERITE ARNOLD. F. E. — H’m yes. A. I. L. — To travel some sweet day. C. D. — Sitting down. GARFIELD GREEN. F. E. — Dang bust it. A. I. L. — To be a comedian. C. D. — Acting the clown. “f 3 SI ) • 3 il •J g id :v.jfe No Photo HENRY MONROE. F. E. — Dang bust my top- lights. A. I. L. — To be a dentist. C. D. — Oh, dear me — imi- tating? No Photo LINCOLNIAN STAFF. Ora Bond Editor-in-Chief Lucile Pryor Beatrice Parson Essociate Editors Jas McLean Jas. Pryor Business Managers THE PERRY ORATORICAL CONTEST. Mr. J. W. Perry, president of the South- west National Bank of Commerce, has of- fered two prizes, one of ten dollars, and the other of five, to the students, who shall best acquit themselves in an oratorical contest, which will occur during Com- mencement week. Forty-two students gave their names to write in the contest, but only twenty- eight wrote These twenty-eight were given numbers so that the judges would not know the individual to whom the papers belong, and in this way no partiality could be shown. The judges ' wt re to select the best fif- teen and eliminate the other thirteen. The judges reported that all the papers were good. It happened that there were eight Sen- iors and seven Juniors, eight girls and seven boys. They were : Hazel Hickum, Beatrice Parson, Marguerite Arnold, Doris Wells, Bertha Maddox, Edna Robinson, Willa Kimsey, Edward Fladger, Harry Rob- erson, Neal Herriford, Felix Goodwin, Em- mett Gleed, Melvin Tolson, Ruth Redd, Beatrice Baston. There is to be a preliminary hearing before other judges the 24th, and all but eight will be eliminated. From this eight will be chosen the two best. The Lin- colnian wishes success to all, and that those who are not chosen will not be dis- couraged but will be inspired to try again. EDITOR. ' t I

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THE LINCOLNIAN 21 F. E. — He’s got ’em. A. I. L. — To be a Prima Donna. C. D. — Enjoying life. F . E . — N o — o — o . A. I. L. — To become a Mrs. in June. C. D. — Talking to Felix. ETHEL EWING. VERA PATTON. VASSEL TOLBERT. F. E.— Oh, child. A. L. — To look cute. C. D. — Talking to the gen- tlemen. F. E. — Take it from me. A. I. L. — To be a baseball star. C. D. — Discussing spon- taneous combustion. JAUNITA CAMPBELL. YVETTE JONES. F. E.— Oh, shoot. AH. L. — To become a Do- yvmestic Science Teacher. C. D. — Cooking. F. E.— Hello kiddo. A. I. L. — To flirt. C D. — Having a good time. ETHEL COCHRAN.

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THE LINCOLNIAN 23 LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL CADETS MILITARY TRAINING Last year our principal thought that it would be a great thing to start military training in our High School among our boys. He was able to get a few boys interested and also was able to get an instructor who had been in the army and knew all about military training, namely, Dr. Bruce. He was strong, straight and erect, and was a good example for all the boys. Dr. Bruce had a great deal of patience with the boys whom he succeed- ed in getting interested. The boys got a great deal from him in the little time they had last year. Since the beginning of the school year, September 5, 1916, we were fortunate enough to get Major N. Clarke Smith in our High School as our music teacher. He being an officer in the army, we were able to have military training again. There were more boys that took interest in this training this term than there were last year. We drilled this year just as we did last year in our building under great difficulty due to the fact that we did not have a gymnasium in our school. The drills were three times a week, the other two days, music. At the beginning of the year we organized two large companies; company A and company B. The officers who were picked out of the companies were the boys who were best in drilling and the boys who carried themselves well. The officers were all supposed to be juniors or Seniors. Some of our boys became discouraged and wanted to stop, but were encouraged by Major Smith and their officers, who told them of different things that they could do after they had learned to drill well. For a while during warm weather we were no longer able to drill out side, our school ground, at the north side of the buildings, but after the weather changed we were no longer able to drill oustide. The principal then, after looking around and talking of crowded conditions, got the consent of Mr. DeFrantz, our great Y. M. C. A. leader, to let the boys take their military training in the gymnasium of the new Y. M. C. A. We appreciated this very muc h. Then we were given a new officer, Sergeant Weeks, who is another straight and erect soldier and a very fine man. He was given to us by the Board of Education. He, too, drilled us three J