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

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EARL DREW C. D. — Being cute. B. W. — Tee, Hee. A. L. — To be chief cook for Fred Harvey. LILLIE FREDERICK C. D. — Being quiet. B. W. I wouldn’t know. A. L. — To be an expert Typist. EDMUND LANE C. D. — Trying to impress the girls. B. W. — Great balls of fire. A. L. — Cartoonist for New York Tribune. SENIORS’ LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. Before leaving dear old Lincoln we wish to distribute our property among our friends. To the Junior Class, we give our seats in the Assembly Hall, knowing the Juniors will feel more dignified than they do this year. We also leave them the “little friends” who visit our lockers every evening and cause so much destruction. To the Junior Class we leave our books, es- pecially our “English Literature,” knowing they will enjoy (?) studying it. We, the Senior Girls, give the Junior Girls our places in the lunch room, hoping they will enjoy (?) the privilege to cook for the school. To the Juniors, we give our teachers, with their long, troublesome, and tireless lessons. To the Sophomore Class we give the “right” to be the most wide-awake class in the school (next year). To the Freshmen, we give “paying jobs,” in order that they may deposit more in the bank, and bring up their percentage. ALUMNI NOTES. For the last month and practically all the year the Alumni Association has been having some very enthusiastic meetings. The older members of the association attend so much better and are so much more enthusiastic than the younger members. We wish that our new graduates of each ensuing year will fall right in line and help us to put our association on the very top shelf. We have been meeting of late on Thursday night at the Y. M. C. A. at 8 o’clock, pre- paring for our night of commencement week and the entertainment of the graduates and other things that come to hand at the end of each year. Thursday night, May 13, we had one of the grandest meetings the associa- tion has experienced for a long time. Every- one got up and expressed themselves freely. The meeting ended with a very nice talk by Prof. G. N. Grisham. Miss Judith Simms, TO, is the ten year an- niversary speaker on commencement night this year. Misses Doris Novel and Irma Frazier, T 6, are of the graduating class of Kansas Univer- sity. The exercises to be held the last week in May. Miss Lena O’Neil, T 6, is of the class at Manhattan, Kansas. Mr. James W. Pryor, T 7, finishes a very successful junior year at the K. S. A. C. and Mr. Raymond Wil- liams, T9, finishes a successful year also at the K. S. A. C., this being his first year. He is very much in love with the school. Mr. Harold Bledsoe, T 7, and Miss Louise Unthank, T6, attended Howard University the past year. Misses Roxana Cowden, T6, Mazie Diggs, T6, Pauline Rone, T6, and Edith Williams, T7, all young teachers in Kansas City Schools, re- port a very successful year. Edgar Unthank, T6, Earl Fowler, 16, Ethy- lene Wilson, ’07, Melody Tomlin, T4, Hazel Hickum, T7, Mary Irvin, T8, have all been recently bound in matrimony. Mr. Lee Whibby, our president, and Au- thentic Higby, are in the mail service. Mrs. L. B. Smith, ’03, is one of Kansas City ' s leading “Poro” agents, having taken first prize in the arrangement of her hair at the Fash- ion show. Miss Cherry MiGill, ’03, has proven a very successful speaker. She will deliver an ad- dress on June 2nd, at the Trinity M. E. Church, Armour Boulevard and Kenwood, where the St. Louis Conference of Methodist Episcopal churches will be held. L. P. Tht. v.ZnooJnian Page Seventeen

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ROBERTA CONNOR C. D. — Talking to M. Taylor about D. R. B. W. — Let me tell you, honey. A. L. — To become an effi- cient housekeeper. JOHN DAVIDSON C. D. — Being still. B. W. — Great Scoth! A. L. — To teach civil engi- neering in L. H. S. HELEN TOLSON C. D. — Eating candy kisses. B. W.— Say, kitchie. A. L. — To be leading soprano in Tolson’s Jubilee Concert Co. Now comes the time when we are leaving dear old Lincoln for the outside world. Some will go to college, others will be engaged in useful occupation. Whatever we do we will do it well. A vast difference exists between the high school and the world. Outside of school few are willing to help, but everything must be done upon our own willingness. We must depend on our own resources. These years have been joyfully spent, and now the dear old class must leave. Probably, it will be years before we shall see each other again. But, wherever we are and whatever we do, we can keep those memorable days, spent at Lincoln, in our minds. No one knows where we shall be ten years from now, and we shall never again see the blissful school days we spent at Lincoln. So let each graduate of the Class ’20 strive to make him- self a useful tool in this great, wide, wonder- ful world. Let each Senior carry with him this motto : “Lives of great men all remind us ; We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ’ OUR FUTURE LIES BEFORE US! In Lincoln High, with pen and ink, Our happiest days we’ve spent. The teachers trained our minds to think And we were all content. In nineteen sixteen we entered here Our purpose plain to all. It was to leave a record clear In every stately hall. ’Tis true the path was often rough, And failures seemed the end, And some would fain have said “Enough” When cares with joys did blend. For though we oft our tasks would shirk. As youths we knew no better; But now as we begin life’s work To these tasks we’re the debtor. We shall go away to college, To a place of learning rare; To obtain a better knowledge From the courses offered there. For our future lies before us, May it be a pleasant one; One to make the world respect us, As our schoolmates here have done. EDNA L. TURNER. CLASS DAY EXERCISES. Lincoln High School Lawn, June 10, 1920, 7:00 P. M. March, singing “Auld Lang Syne” Senior Juniors Song, “Lincoln High” President’s address Earl E. Clark Piano Solo Vuelta Green Class History Aurbrazenda Henderson Vocal Solo , Edna Turner Essay Ruth Price Cornet Solo Edward Horsey Class Motto — Class Orator Joel Holman Vocal Solo Bernedia Lee Class Poem Ernestine Wade Class Will • John Ross Presentation of Class Gift James Johnson Class Song and Farewell Ulysses Arnold Clarence Bradford Page Sixteen The Lincolnian

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VICTORIA SIMPSON C. D. — Sewing. B. W. — You better quit now. A. L. — To own and super- intend a first class sewing and millinery shop. MARSHALL TAYLOR C. D. — Being funny. B. W. — Quite so. A. L. — To become a lawyer. MABEL WINSTON C. D. — Arguing with Mabel Grant. B. W. — Lem me alone, Wal- ter. A. L. — To teach English (when she isn’t clowning). THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY Three years ago Prof. J. R. E. Lee intro- duced into this city, what is known as “com- munity meetings.” These meetings are held twice a month on Sunday afternoon. The first meeting of every month is a musicale concert ; while the second is the “community meeting.” We have had some very talented musicians and speakers come to us. The fol- lowing is a few of the programs given this year : The first musical concert was held in Lin- coln High School Auditorium, Sunday after- noon, September 7, 1919, at 3:15. This opening program was given by the Second Regimental Band, K. of P. This was a very fine treat. The first community meeting was held Sep- tember 21. The program was given under the auspices of the Kate F. Newton Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. This meeting was held in memory of Miss Frances Eliza- beth Willard, the world’s greatest prohibition- ist, who died September 28, 1898. WALTER PORTER C. D. — Talking to M. W. B. W. — Mercy ! A. L. — To live as royal as a King, LELIA SMITH C. D. — Entertaining Johnnie. B. W. — Darn it. A. L. — To %e Mrs. Miller. FREEMONT HERMAN C. D. — Saving money. B. W. — Take it from me. A. L. — To be a doctor in Kansas City. Page Eighteen The Lincolnian