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

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IJNCOLNITF SENIORS (LIZZIE) Gasoline — that which explodes- Nollie Whitaker. Sparks — that which keeps up excite- ment — Marietta Evans. Differential — that which runs in grease — Gilberta Neil. Muffler — the silencer — Laurenza John- son. Tires — that which is puffed up — Mable Collins. License — admit to class — Ethel LaNeer. Brakes — that holds back — Naomi Bran- nock. Tail Light — last to appear — Lorraine Smith. Self Starter — that which seldom works — Nettie Cole. Wheels — that which moves — Margaret III Wilson. Radiator — that which warms us up — ■ Wilma Lee. Nuts — a peculiar factor in the engine — Marcelneil Dotson. Body finish — the beauty of the car — Mary Brassfield. Horn — that which honks — Sammie Lampkins. The chauffeur — that which guides — Janavieve McClain. Ruth Redo, ’29 DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF— Lee Katherine Ross becomes a Journa- list. Oliver Bell becomes a Seargeant at West Point. Hilda Kirkendoll becomes Miss Smoth- ers’ private secretary. Collins Gilmore becomes an art instruc- tor in Lincoln High School. Marietta Evans becomes a leading lady on Broadway. Philip Gray becomes a mathmatician. Sammie Lampkin becomes Miss M. Jacksons’ assistant. Walter Wilson becomes the future Ro- land Hayes. Edna Parker becomes a cateress. James Walker becomes president of the Kansas City Libraries. Mozella Snyder, ’29. A LYRIC WRITER LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL “Here’s Gym. See how it goes, Down on the heels, up on the toes. (Hey! Hey!) You’rei the cream in my coffee, You’re the salt in my stew; Chemistry, you will always be my ne- cessity, I’d be lost without you. Crazy Geometry, there’s the doorway, I’ll go my way, Geometry, from now on we’re through. Just picture me upon our knee with tea for two, And two for tea, and a text-book on Sociology. Nursing’s my one and only. What’m I going to do if you turn me down? Logia, I took one look at you, That’s all I meant to do, But then my heart stood still. And ever so many do it, Sarah does it, —and so every smart Lincolnite does it. Let’s do it, let’s go to it— class. Ethel LaNeer, ’29 WE INTRODUCE 1. Electric stairways in order that students may get to the assembly on time without running up the steps. 2. Telephones equipped in the class rooms and locker rooms, so the students may telephone up stairs and tell the teacher they have been detained. 3. Elevators running to Mr. Marsden’s and Miss Smothers’ rooms. 4. Attachable wings for those students who run to the lunch line, enabling them to fly above the heads of others. 5. Musical waste paper basket, to at- tract the attention of students, so they may drop paper in them instead of on the floor. 6. Rubber key hole locks on the lock- ers that will open at a pull. 7. Steel soles for Mr. Ellison’s shoes, so he may be heard when approaching. 8. Admits with all the days of the week on them so they may be used all week. Julia Williams. ’29. 1929 Page Twenty-Six

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[ INCOLNIT p Long Live the Queen! We present to our readers the winner of the annual Queen Contest — Miss Vir- ginia Bryant. We know she will bear her regal honors with becoming charm and dignity for winning contests is be- coming a habit for her. She has already enjoyed the honors as winner of the first prize in the Les Premiers Masked party and was the honor gdest at the “Big Tent” last year whose privilege it was to present the prize for the Beau Brummel Club. She was also winner of the Bath- ing Beauty Contest in the Annual Wheat- ley-Provident Fashion Show. In the school activities Miss Bryant is outstanding. She is secretary of the Honor Society, Lincolnite Scribe, one of the most popular members of the Dra- matics Club, a member of the Senior Girls’ Glee Club, the school chorus, and has served as a member of the student council. To her and to the other two contestants Misses Marjorie Gordon and Vera Wright we extend our congratulations and our sincere thanks for the most spirited, most enthusiastic and most successful contest we have yet had. Long live the Queen!

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I INCOLNIT K Student Council PRESIDENT, OLIVER BELL The Student Council is a student gov- ernmental body such as is in operation in most progressive schools of the country. It is maintained for the betterment of scholastic standards and to train the students in that leaderships that is so essential to a progressive people. At the beginning of each school year much enthusiasm is expressed by the entire student body during the annual elections. Two senior candidates for president of the student council are chosen by student vote. They choose campaign managers, give talks and speeches before various groups, and create, with aid of their friends, as much en thusiasm as possible. This year the students voted upon as presidential candidates were: Miss Evelyn Searcy and Oliver Bell. After the votes were polled and count- ed it was found that the Student Codncil president for 1928-29 was Oliver Bell, whose picture therefore heads this column. The vice-president was to be Evelyn Searcy. Other officers of the Council were elected by its members, who are elected as representatives from the school’s advisory groups. They were as follows : Secretary — Rosa Lee Jamison. Asst. Secretary — Calantha Brown. Treasurer — Minnie Summers. Sgt. At-Arms — Cecil Poston. Asst. Sgt. At-Arms — Lawrence Var Winkle. At the first regular meeting of the Council, department heads are appointed by the president. They were: Department of Recreiation — Thelma Johnston. Foreign Relations — Julia S. Williams. Investigation — Gaither Johnson. Awards — Fern Belt. Justice — Neil Webb. Safety — Cecil Poston. One of the greatest of the Council departments is the court, which headed by Evelyn Searcy, Judge; Alfretta Hobbs, Clerk, and Burdett Hockaday, Prosecut- ing Attorney. Though the Council is entirely a stu- dent organization, it is backed by several competent teachers who act as advisors. They are: Miss Nolan, general advisor and advisor to the president; Miss Barker, Miss Brown, Mr. Jeffress, Mr. Mayberry, Mr. Griffin and Mr. Thomas. Oliver Bell, ’29 1929i Page Tiventy-Seven