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

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| INCOLNIT p PSALM Miss Smothers is my English teacher, I shall pass. She maketh me to learn poems, she leadeth me to make oral reports. She preserveth my marks; she leadeth me into the Library for my grade’s sake. Yea, though I study until my head aches; I shall fear no evil, her favors are for me. She prepareth an assignment in the presence of my classmates. She annointeth my head with injunc- tions, my cup runneth over. Surely conditions of flunking will fol- low me all the days of my stay hare, and I shall be studying English forever. Sammie M. Lampkin, ’29 THINK OF ME Think of me long, Think of me forever, Think of the fun we’ve had together Think of me when life is sweet, Think of me until we meet, And when the grave shall be my bed, Think of me when I am dead. Lttmbta L. Rains, ’29 DO YOU KNOW THEM The Musical Maid Elnora Balia (r)d The Shore Maid Estella Banks The Tinkle Symbols Cecelia and Mary Brassfield The Expert Flyer ..... Ruby Byra The Maiden of Spring Essie Green The Light Spreader. .Sammie Lamp (kin) The Prayer Maid Gilberta Neal The Book Worm Nina Page The Saint . .Hortense Patrick The Master Writer. . . .Therensis Pen(n) The Lady of Color Ruth Red(dj The Melancholy Maid . .Frances Sadberry The Maid of the Forest. .Aileen Wood(s) The Maid of Truth Vera (W) righ t The Gentleman of Color Philip Gray The Heart Breaker Lumbia Rains Laurenza Johnson, ’29 YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL You can always tell a Senior, he is so dignified. You can always tell a Junior, he tries to have so much pride. You can always tell a Sophomore, lie newer carries any books. You can always tell a Freshman, only by his looks. Nollte Mae Whitaker, ’29 Page Thirty ml929

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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

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| INCOLNIT K Giftonian After spending four years at dear old L. H. S. in such jolly good companion- ship, I find it difficult to go away with- out leaving some small token of love to my class-mates and school-mates. Dame fortune has been kind enough to allow me this opportunity, and in bestowing these gifts, I hope they will be accepted in good faith. To Lorraine Smith, Leona Ware, Therensis Penn, Ruth Arnett, Margaret Desmukes, I give Professors Zuzu’s magic height tonic. To Ralph Byrd I give a library full of books on Feeble Mindedness. To Goff Young and Janavieve McLain, I give an extra large Pep Motor. To Arthur Woody, I give the privilege of traveling with L. H. S. Champions of 1930. To Edith Crews, Ruth Redd, Ruby Byrd, I give a box of Height Reducing Pills. To Sherwood Harris, I bestow the com- mand of the Negro forces in Patagonia, and a new pair of R. O. T. C. pants. To Leon Bowman, I give money enough to pay all his debts and still be a million- aire. To Oliver Bell, I give some dancing lessons, and a book entitled “How to Win a Girl.” To Wilma Lee, I give a gay Cavalero from Rio Janerio. To Jewell Burgett, 1 give this book “How to Become Popular” by Clara Bow. To Carey Daniels, I give the right of always being right and undisputed in chemistry class and bigger and better test tubes to break. To Walter Day, I give a book of “Indian Sign Languages”, to do away with an interpreter. To Edward Harris, I give a portable couch. To Vera Wright, I give a rich and gentle Beau — Really no “chocking.” To Wm. Hambrick, I give an elevator so that he may be first to English class. To James Ramsey, I give directions for spelling his name in English (James not Jaques.) To Cecil Poston, I give “Bigger and Better Excuses” for Miss Smothers. To Elmer Baker, I give the privilege of being the sole night watchman of Wrigley ' s chewing gum factory. To Hortense Patrick, and Gene Davis, I give this pamphlet on “The Inseparable Two”. To Magnolia Johnson, I give an air- plane to get to her first hour class on time. To Elbert Cole, Gaither Johnson, Printus Tucker, Roy Buckner and Chester Walker, I give an appointment to West Point. To Thornton Smith, Theodore Wyatt, Elbert Thompson and Charles Logan, I give one carton of fire works, so they will not use up all Mr. Bluford’s sodium for their explosions. To Marcelneil Dotson, I give a high powered motor car to save her snoe soles in walking to meet her boy friend. To Frances Sadberry, Lorenza Johnson, I give a loud speaker so that they may be heard. To Virginia Bryant, Minnie B. Prather, Ernestine Scott, I give a book on “How and When to Be Sedate”. To Lumbia Rains, I give a trumphet so he may substitute for Gabriel when his time has expired on earth. To Phillip Gray, I give a book on “How to Use a Slide Rule.” To Sammy Lampkins, Margaret Wilson, Ruth North, Louise Smith, I give a book on “Popularity.” To Edward Nolan, Marjorie Perkins, I give a copy on “Fundamentals of Married Life.” To Hortense Jackson and Louise Gardner, I give a very elaborate beauty parlor. To Charles Butler and Elree Houton, I give a bottle of “Giver” so they may give as well as take. To Leslie (Bus) Smith, I give this ad- vice “Why sleep at home when advisory is more comfortable”. To Leonard Jones and James Walker, I dedicate this song “iTi Get By”, by Bluf- fer. To Mary Brassfield, I give these direc- tions “How to Reduce Without Pain”. To Aileen Woods, I give Phocile Wil- son so that they may never part. Guy Davis 1929 Page Thirty-One