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

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The Senior Girls’ Glee Club has furnished music for special programs both at school and in the city. The leading members of the club are leading members of all the acti- vities department. They have studied many interesting and different kinds of music. Many of thse girls are members of the large chorus. The members of this club are: Emma Stokes, Elizabeth Anderson, Emma Saunders, Mineola Briscoe, Minnie Sum- mers, Laura Lankford, Helen Mallory, Evelyn Kelton, Rosetta Nolan, Grace V. Brown, Virginia Barker, Della Burroughs, Hortense Runnells, Loraine Walker, Dollie Mosby, Miss Blanche Morrison, director. L incolnit R jpSi— Senior Girls’ Glee Club Senior Ballot Best Girl Student Roberta Sampson Best Boy Student Hiley Hill Best Girl Athlete Louise Lewis Best Bpy Athlete ....McKenzie Coleman Girl Songbird of ’30 Laura Lankford Boy Songbird of ’30 Harry Johnson Jolly Good Girl Marjorie Hill Jolly Good Boy John Bluford Society Belle Thelma Johnston. Social Lion Leroy Reed Most Popular Girl ..... .Calanthe Brown Most Popular Boy Clifford Warren Most Bashful Girl .... Mary Alice Grant Most Bashful Boy B. Richard Smith Best Girl Actress Marie Marshall Best Boy Actor Tannon Caskey Best Girl Flapper Alice Johnson Best Boy Sheik George Hurse Most Dignified Girl Mollie Nix Most Dignified Boy Herbert Smith Best Girl Bluffer Helen Redmond Best Boy Bluffer .... Burdette Hockaday Baby Girl of ’30 Jonnie Nix Baby Boy of ’30 Hannibal Hill Best Girl Orator Minnie Summers Best Boy Orator Hiley Hill Most Business-like Girl . . .Jean Williams Most Business-like Boy.. Harold Strothers Emma Saunders, ’30 ]930

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I ft . T JNCOLNIT R Class Prophecy My heart is heavy and I have the blues So I go to my home for an all night snooze. I sleep and I dream of my classmates, the dears! And at last I awake to find I’ve slept ten years. I’ll hie me to the old familiar school and see who now is there. I started my journey, the weather was fair. I opened the office door with a jerk And there was Jean Williams, the busy, fair clerk, And to my surprise in the corner there stood Vice-Principal Tannon Caskey in a pleas- ing mood. I next visited the gym and to my surprise There were Mary Warfield and Beatrice Culliver giving exercises. I learned that Coach Shepard had gone far away And now the coach was Mac Coleman, so gay. The chemistry room still with bad odors were filled And the new instructor was sedate Mar- jorie Hill. Then traveling on I saw many others, Nor did I stop till I met Harold Strothers. B. Richard was with him still handsome and tall. They made up the editorial staff of the notable “Call”. Oh how I begged them their paper to see And I saw many things that were start- ling to me. I saw in the headline, yes, of course, Mrs. Helen Redmond Mitchell sues John for divorce. And then in the Society Column I did see Mrs. Frances McCampbell Lyons en- tertains with a tea. I saw that Sergeant Hill with his wife and wee daughter Plad been sent to active duty on the Mexican border. I saw that Dr. Harry Johnson of this city Had an accident in his lizzy. Oh what a pity! He is now in General Hospital No. 2 Under the care of Dr. Arnold and Dr. Swearingen too. In the news of the school I notice that music Was being taught by charming Lois Davis, who uses Many compositions of the now famous Melvin Handsome Who writes sacred music and popular dance songs. I noted that Howard Bell and famous Doc “Fojo” Are being held for investigation, you know ' Until they can prove to the big, bold policeman That the famed Musician’s Club does not stoop to sell gin. But these were not all of my classmates so dear. Where were they? Strothers, what’s that I hear? Oh, thank you so much for your valuable time And now the rest of the class I will find. Down on the corner of 18th and Vine Is the beautiful mansion of Hortense Mackey, so fine. She now has a husband whom I do not know And two chubby children who play on the floor. Now I see in New York, on the stage Mr. Leroy Reed is now all of the rage. And Cecil Reeves, too, is there and very tame Singing his way to fortune and fame. The vision now turns to Hollywood’s pit And I see Thelma Johnston starring in “It”. George Hurse, F. M. McGinnis and Alice Johnson with skill Complete the cast and Oh! what a thrill To see Miss Calanthe Brown so petite Startle the audience with her light, pretty feet! Oh! who is that in the audience I see? Oh, it’s Marie Marshall with little “Ches” on her knee, And next to her sits little Ethel; “Nuff said” Her name is still Thomas for she mar- ried Fred. Now back to the stage I turn with a whirl And see Eleanor and Gabrella as famed dancing girls. And there I see in the orchestra fine, Gallant Bernard Goss who is keeping the time. Oh! he’s the director so graceful and prim And the hot Jazz orchestra is owned, too, by him. My vision now goes to another big state There I see a large college and what’s this? Oh, wait The champions of the world I now see approach A great basketball team with “Cliff” Warren as coach. After meeting the Principal, Arthur Her- ring, I see Anna and Roberta of the large faculty. Though all of my classmates I have not found I’m weary and worn and forced to lie down To sleep I’ll return where perhaps to remain, Till consciousness comes and I my dream may regain. Louise Lewis, Class ProyKet —as® 1930 Page Twenty-Two

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T JNCOLNIT R Jg5te £0|3S I fi Class Will We, the outgoing Senior Class, regret very much that we have to leave our dear old friends, but we regret most leaving dear old Lincoln High. However, sinct we are forced to leave, we must make our will, therefore: To Principal Cook, we will this bottle of medicine entitled “Power” so that he may forever be kind and generous. To Mr. Ellison, we will a pair of wooden soled shoes so that when he walks in the upper hall the students in the lower hall may hear him. To Miss Brydie, we will this book en- titled “Sympathy” so that she may for- ever make it convenient for every sup- posed to-be-senior to graduate. To Miss Smothers, we will 50 English classes and all the English students so she may forever teach English Lit. To Miss Baker, we will this bottle of medicine for patience and “nerves” so she may not have as much trouble next year as she did this year with her sixth hour class. To Mrs. Marshall, we will an automatic signal machine to stand in the lower hall. Maybe it will keep her from losing so many friends. To Mr. Mayberry, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Love, we will the power of making 60 one word test a night. To Miss Rhodes and Miss Taylor, we will this book entitled “Broadway’s New Dance Steps.” To Miss Morrison and Mr. Jones we will this bottle of medicine labelled “Live Forever” so that they may live to for- ever teach the value of good music. To Mr. Marsden, we will the power of making harder English Lit. tests. To Mr. Tompkins and Mr. Carrol, we will all the insects, animals, weeds, and flowers in California. To Mr. Jeffress, we will enough money to have Geo. E. Lee and Bennie Moten to play for the socials next year. To Mr. Griffin, we will this book on current Psycho-Analysis. To Mr. Morrison, we will another good dramatic class resembling the out- going class. To Miss Nolan and Mrs. Goss, we will the power to forever smile pleasantly so they may gain as many friends next year as they did this year. To Jean Williams, we will a book en- titled “How To Be President Hoover’s Secretary.” To the Lincoln High School Shoe Shop, we will the largest machine in Germany, so they may repair shoes in a hurry. To the Junior class, we will the honor of being as dignified as the out-going class. To Ruby Anderson and Mary Anna Johnson, we will the honor of taking the leading solos in Miss Morrison’s music classes. To Mable Logan of the Junior class, we will this book entitled “How to Be- come a Good Comedian.” To Clifford Harrison, we will the posi- tion of president of the Young Men’s Beneficial Council that was organized and presided over by Harold Strothers. To James King and Everett O’Neal, we will Cecil Reeves’ and F. M. McGinnis’ singing ability. To the Sophomores and Freshmen, we will the power of having good control of themselves at the assembly periods. To the basketball and football teams, we will the power to forever win the banner of victory for dear old Lincoln. To Lincoln High School’s Lincolnite staff, we will more Harold Strothers’ and B. Richard Smiths. To George Hurse, Hiley Hill and Marie Marshall, we will a bottle of “power” medicine so they may have the power to speak every big word in Webster’s dic- tionary. To Anna Sampson, we will a full course of aviation that she may forever be high and air-minded. To Elaine Young, Dolly Mosby and Jackson Desmukes, we will the ability of teaching English Lit. in Miss Smoth- er’s place. To Josephine Shellner we will the power of winning all the ticket contests. To Emma Saunders, Hortense Rey- nolds, Marjorie Hill, and Maudie B. Clark, we will a reducing machine for fat people only. To Harry Johnson, we will a new Hud- son sedan so he may ride in ease and not in hops. To Thelma Johnston, Lucy Williams and Tannon Caskey, we will the power of being “Broadway’s leading stars.” To Norvell Wilson, we will a box of aspirins for those terrible headaches at parties. To John Mitchell, we will the power of being chief of a fire department so that he may be on time. To Louise Lewis and Frances Lyons, we will this bottle of “Speed” medicine so they may forever be rapid basketball players. To Oralene Jenkins, we will the power of being Fisk University’s most “Popular Girl.” To Mildred Walker, Gabrella Williams, and Beatrice Culliver, we will the power of forever being full of pep. To Ruth Hogan, we wiil fifty Howard Mayberrys so she may forever have a Howard to talk about. To Tannon Caskey, Dorothy Fields, Dorothy Johnson, and Arthur Anderson, we will George Hurse’s, Burdette Hocka- day’s, Marie Marshall’s and Helen Red- mond’s dramatic ability. Laura Lankford Page Twenty-Four esS 1930