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

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Teachers 1. Miss Claggett 3. Sergeant Williams 5. Miss Glenn 7. Miss Unthank 2. Miss G. Mason 4. Miss B. Morrison 6. Mr. Jeffress Students 8. Grace Range 12. Felix Payne 16. Juanita Homer 20. Wilhelmina Harrison 9. Gwendolyn Butler 13. Sleeta Whibby 17. Margarette Goss 21. Vashti Collins 10. Bernard Houston 14. J. R. Lillard 18. Ruth Barker 22. Thelma Arnold 11. Frederick Moten 15. Vendetta Jones 19. Helen Floyd 23. Lucile Bluford 24. Etta Love 25. Ponchetta Price

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LMJ m TincolniaN J A Diary of the Senior Class 1924-25 FRESHMEN September, 1924 Ah! We enter the portals of Lincoln High! We are Freshmen, the baby class, but we are going to show those upperclass- men what we can do. Yes, sir. We’re go- ing to stay alongside of them in every ac- tivity. We might surpass them in some things. We number four-hundred-ninety strong. With this big force of nearly five hundred we’re going to “do our bit.” October, 1924 If we want to make a showing before these upperclassmen, the first thing we must do is to have a leader. Out of a band of nearly five hundred, we ought to get a pretty good president. Yes, there’s Oliver Brown. He’s the very chap for a president, for he’s full of inspiration and enthusiasm. He’ll help us go over the top. November, 1924 Well, we’re going over big! We are one hundred per cent in banking. No other freshman class has ever gained that dis- tinction. We are not boasting, but those upperclassmen are beginning to look up in the balcony at us “Freshies” with admira- tion and wonder. Wonder what they’ll think when we are through? December, 1924 Now, guess what? We are publishing a newspaper. Again, we are the first fresh- men to accomplish such a feat. There isn’t any other paper in the school, so we know the upperclassmen will read our paper. It is called the “Observer.” Its publication is a project of Miss Buchanan’s first hour English class. The staff is composed of Oliver Brown, Vivian Howard, Camille Perry, J. R. Lillard, Lucile Bluford, Thelmla Arnold, J. P. Mbrgan, John Hurse, Dorothy Canterbury, and Chalmous Lawshea, all of whom are freshmen. It is just a little paper but it’s full of news. It contains poetry as well as prose and is well made up, especially for freshmen. We know those older stu- dents are going to follow our example and start a paper next year. Just watch. January, 1925 We are really making them take notice of us. Our Student Council members are just as active as any in the school. The Fresh- men representatives to the Council are Doro- thy Canterbury, Vivian Woods, Jessie Greg- ory, Alfred Thomas, Anna Shields, Aileen Chinn, Daniel Shingleton, Josephine Payne, Claude Porter, Simon Williamson and Vic- toria Thurman. March, 1925 We are shining in the music world, too. Miss Morrison has organized a Freshman Girls’ Glee Club. It consists of Victoria- Groves, Wilhelmina Harrison, Willardean Reynolds, Gwendolyn Butler, Thelma Arn- old, Vivian Howard, Lucile Bluford, Grace Bibbs, Gertrude Hooker, Fern Beck, Thelma Foster, Josephine Payne, Sadie McAdams and Hortense Brown. Miss Morrison says that this Freshman glee club will continue each year and finally become the Senior Girls’ Glee Club. May, 1925 We have had several students on the hon- or roll the whole year. They were Camille Perry, Natlieth Chavers, Lucile Bluford and Thelma Foster. We were second in having the highest number of honor roll students at the first report this year. June, 19 25 Well, we are about to end our first year at Lincoln High. It has been great! We are going to accomplish more next year. We are very grateful to our advisers, Miss Smothers, Mr. Mayberry, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Carroll, Miss Burns, Miss Patterson, Mr. Johnson, Miss Osborne, Mr. Howell, Mr. Miassey, Miss Spratlin, Miss Jackson, Mr. Love and Mr. Herriford, for their guidance throughout the year. 1925-26 SOPHOMORE September, 1925 Sophomores are usually termed “wise fools,” and are characterized as being the “deadest” class in the school. We intend to outlive these two titles. November, 1925 Due to our great confidence in him, gained in our successful Freshman year, we re- elected Oliver Brown for class president. January, 1926 Several of us have entered the world of oratory. Those who participated in the Sergeant Williams’ Oratorical Contest were Gwendolyn Butler, Eben Lightfoot, Oscar Hayes and Leon Walker. February, 1926 We have not only been active in scholastic and literary activities but we have also be- come prominent in athletics. Those who promise to become basketball stars before we leave are Paul Gamble, Adolphus Jones, Cordell Norman, Therion Haggerman and Felix Payne. i?T nil | tnm] I tnmj I tnmj 1 tmnj 1 (ami I tmn] I tnml I tnm| Page Twenty-two