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

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SENIOR GIRLS GLEE CLUB Marietta Evans. First Soprano Ruth Redd . . . . First Soprano Lilla Mae Marshall . .First Soprano Gilberta Neal Second Soprano Nollie Whitaker. Second Soprano Virginia Bryant First Alto IzoLA Abrams ....... Second Alto Frances Ward ... .Sec ond Alto Miss Blanche Morrison. ... Directress “If music be the food of life, play on!” At Lincoln High every student is given ample facilities to take a part in one of its many musical organizations. There exist the chorus, girls’ glee club, boys quartette, orchestra, and band. The in- struction to the members of these organizations is gratis. The orchestra, and band furnish music in the assembly, for programs, and the Glee Club, Quartette and Chorus furnish music for special programs, both at school and in the city. This year these organizations prominently figured in the “Musical”, which was given April 12th in Lincoln High Auditorium. Miss Blanche Morrison and Mr. J Jones are in charge of the music depart ment and have rendered most efficient service and their reward has been the genuine appreciation of all. Ruth Redd, ’29 1929 Page Twenty-Eight

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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

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[ INCQLNIT K Class Will We, the honorable and most worthy seniors of Lincoln High, 1929, being of sound mind and memory, hereby make and publish this our last will and testa- ment. First, we appoint Harry Johnson of the Junior Class, as the executor of this will, to see that all its provisions are duly performed. Second, to Principal H. 0. Cook and Vice-Principal Geo. S. Ellison, we will a continuation of their already great suc- cess in life, thereby giving us the peculiar pleasure and distinction of being one of th0 first classes to graduate from Lin- coln High. Third, may you, the Seniors of 1930, be as conscientious and zealous in your work at the model school as your late predecessors. Fourth, we will to some of the members of the Senior Class of 1930 as follows: To Marie Marshall, wel will Ernestine Scott’s talent of dramatics, and hope she will be as successful a leading lady as she has been. To Francis McCampbell and Elnora Westmoreland, we will a book in “How to Act Grown Up.” To Ethel Thompson, we will another Leon Bowman. To Thelma Johnston, Wilhelmena Hill, Lucile Crith and Charlotte Flynn, the front selats of the Senior row belonging to Virginia Bryant, Marietta Evans, Ruth Redd and Minnie Prather. To Roberta and Anna Sampson, we will the honest honor marks of L. Clark and Leona Ware. To the basket ball team, we will to the girls the playing ability of Fern Bell, to the boys the ability of Geo. Pennington. Fifth, to the Sophomores, who have the distinction of being the wisest peo- ple anywhere, we will our love for language and mathematics and also our unparallel efficiency in each. “Keep this motto before you” — “Thro’ difficulty to Honor, Labor on to Success.” To some of the members of the class we will as follows: Anna Marie Thompkins, we will the beautiful grand piano in the assembly for she will appreciate it. To LeRoy Reed, we will a large pan of feet so he can make more noise in his tap dances. To James King, a girl to take the place of Minnie B. in the cafeteria. To (Red) Williams and Edward Arn- old, we will you the honor of being men of Lincoln High that Miss Brydie can point to as helping the school to come to a higher standard. Sixth, to the young and budding Freshmen, we will the love and esteem that we have enjoyed since the begin- ning in that class. We give to you three more years of the hardest work, thei great- est pleasure. Seventh, we will and bequeath to the faculty as follows: To Miss Trussie Smothers, one of our English teachers, we will the anecdote “How to Recover from the effects of losing one of the best classes she has ever taught.” To Mr. Jones, we will a symphonic ar- rangement of “Lindy Lou,” that he may long enjoy. To Miss Morrison, we will a gold medal for the efficiency in teaching music. To our dear beloved Miss Brydie we bequeath a set of “Rules and Privileges” for the year of 1929-30, that she may be able to answer directly “yes” or “no,” when she is asked any question. To Misses Barker, Jackson, Unthank, and Mrs. Marshall, our teachers in sew- ing departments, we will a book on “Uni- form Planning.” To Mr. Pittman, we will a substitute for the words, “Hurry Girls.” To Misses Barker, Glenn, Nolan, Mas- soy, Brown, Taylors, Payne, Claggett, the circulating book entitled, “A Little Home Out West,” and “Fortune Teller,” which cells whether or not one will be success- ful in love. To Mr. Bluford, Chemistry Instrdctor, we will a filing cabinet, in which he may deposit his correspondence courses and all ranges of “True and False Tests.” To Mr. Thompkins, we will a fund, the interest which will enable him to main- tain flower beds annually for botany classes. In witness whereof, we have here un- to subscribed our names and fixed our seal this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-nine. Senior High Class — Signed, sealed and published by the said testators, the Senior Class to be their last Will and Testament, in the presence of each other, this fifteenth day of April, in th? year of our Lord, One Thousand, Nine Hdndred Twenty-nine. SENIOR CLASS, Ruth L. Redd. 1929i Page Twenty-Nine