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

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-3 $ R incolnit R Psychology Club Each year finds certain groups of students who have the best interest of the school at heart, advocating new features for its improvement. This year has been no excep- tion to the rule. The Psychology class was organized into a club through which some very constructive and uplifting w T ork has been started at Lincoln High. Every student in the class is a club member. This is one of the largest classes in the school, and the largest Psychology class which has been enrolled for several years. The club was organized w T ith the purpose of sponsoring a campaign for better be- havior at Lincoln High, and proceeded to take upon its shoulders the work of helping the students to follow the standards of better order and conduct. Members: Denver Adams, Woodrow Adkins, Sylvester Allen, Tannon Caskey, George Hurse, J. R. Williams, Cecil Reeves, Sappho Allbright, Mary Baldridge, Virginia Barker, Mineola Briscoe, Grace V. Brown, Della A. Burroughs, Ardath Cave, Beatrice Gulliver, Ruth Hogan, Arlethia Hopson, Dorothy Hood, Jessie Jackson, Margaret S. Johnson, Thelma Johnston, Laura Lankford, Helen Mallory, Katherine Martin, Jaunita Mullens, Lillie Mae Perkins, Marjorie Perkins, Thelma Petway, Hortense Runnells, Emma Saund- ers, Mildred Walker, Mary Warfield, Sylpha Watts, Gabrella Williams, Grace Whitmore. THESE QUESTIONS HAVE CAUSED INSANITY AMONG THE TEACHERS 1. I lost my admit, may I get another one? 2. Shall we write on both sides of the paper? 3. Will you repeat the question? 4. Shall this be in ink? 5. Can I go? 6. What did you say the lesson wms? 7. Can I have some more paper? 8. May I sit with Eleanor? 9. When do we get our grades? 10. Di dn’t I do better work than him? 1930 £

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L incolnit R I ft S 85 Giftonian After looking about and observing my classmates of four years, I discovered an air of wistfulness and sadness about some of the fold. Being somewhat bless- ed, or cursed as the case might be, with the power of mind reading I discovered what was most wanted and most needed by each one. In a spirit of fun and mis- chief I have bestowed the following gifts, • hoping they will be accepted in like man- ner. To Elsie Florence, I give this little book entitled, “English Lit. Made Easy.” To Marion Watkins, I give a double action, reinforced tri-speed pep motor. To Calantha Brown, I give a high pow- ered Packard roadster so that she can keep up with Fenimore. To Charles Drew, I give a little book entitled, “Just Breezin’ Along Where He Doesn’t Belong.” To Marie Marshall, I give “A tall good looking man to take the place of ‘Chess.’ ” To Bernard Jackson, I grant the privi- lege of always being right and the cham- pion Wise Cracker. To Lillie Mae Perkins, Mabel Davis, Snova Perkins, Lorraine Walker, Ger- trude Jett, Roscoe Jones, James Long, and Richard Rodgers, I give Pierot’s won- der height producer. To Burdette Hockaday, I give Mabel Logan for life, and to Mabel Logan I give a job for she will need it. To McKenzie, “Big Shot” Coleman, I give a book entitled, “The Wolf of Wall Street.” To Sappho All-bright, Mary Aikens, Helen Redmond, and Mollie Nix, I give an admit with all the days of the week on it. To Lillian Gladies and Sylpha Watts, I give a quanti ty of quiet pills which guarantee an hour of quietude. To Ada Gardner and Emma Stokes, I give a loud speaker so that they may be heard the first time. To Frances McCampbell and Eleanor Westmoreland, I give each other for keeps. To Virginia Barker, Della Burroughs, Grace V. Brown, and Grace B. Brown, I give a book, “How To Win and Hold Love,” by Eleanor Glyn. To Bernard Goss, I give the honor of being first and undisputed in all chemis- try experiments. To Harry Johnson, I give a book of ex- cuses as Mr. Bluford is getting wise to his old ones. To John (Capt.) Mitchell, I give a book entitled “How To Be Hard Boiled,” by Badman. To Charlotte Nix, I give the pleasure of being the first and only Sponsor Major of 1930. To Howard Bell, I make Missouri State Wine Connoisseur wi th the aid of Narvel “Fojo” Wilson. To Dovie Brown, I give a little book entitled, “Eat, Drink, and Be Slender.” To Mary Alice Grant, I give a little courage under pressure (Miss Smothers). To Lina Dottrey, Ethel Baxter, Bonnie Gaines, and Mary Baldridge I give the honor of being the popularity queens of 1930. To Elizabeth Anderson, Maude B. Clarke, Lucy Williams, and Gloria Mer- ity, I give a magazine on Paris Fashions and Cosmetics. I make B. Richard Smith and Harold Strothers editors of newspapers as they have shown great ability along this line. To Nathaniel Nelson, Godfrey Gentry, Melvin Handsome, Frank Jones, Charles Logan, and Leo McClelland, I dedicate a book, “Why I Appeal to the Ladies.” To Virgil Swearengen, I give a book, “Bluffin’ My Way Through” by Golly. To Ethel Thomas and Mary Wariield, I give a book entitled, “Pals Forever.” To George Murdock, I give the honor of being Chief Operator for the Wrigley’s Chewing Gum factory. To Reginald Humphreys and Clifford Warren, I give the Athletic Ability of DeHart Hubbard to divide between them. To Hiley Hill, I give a book entitled, “Me”, which gives his own estimate of himself. To Josephine Shellner, I give the geo- metry classes of Mr. Jeffress. To Laura Lankford, I give a Singer machine for her life’s companion. To Helen Redmond, I give another Buick to take the place of John’s. To Roberta Sampson, goes the honor of writing “How To Win and Hold a Taxi Man.” To Anna Sampson, I give a library full of dictionaries so that she may work cross word puzzles to her heart’s content. To Ruth Hogan and Howard Mayberry, I give the book entitled, “Perpetual Bliss.” To Thelma Petway, Margie Robinson, and Elaine Young, I give a “Modiste Shoppe.” To Thelma Johnston, I give a trip abroad so that she may study all the lat- est fashions. To Marjorie Hill and Louise Lewis, I give large hands so that they can hold all the money they borrow for lunch. To Minnie Summers, I give an interest- ed audience so she can preach forever. To Leroy Reed, I give a little book en- titled, “Look Who I Am.” To Woodrow Adkins, I give the Paseo Academy from sun to sun. To John Bluford, I give a typewriter so that his writing may be legible. To the present senior class, I give the honor of being the first and only class to graduate from Lincoln in 1930. Ada Dickerson Page Twenty -Eight ■« 1930 Brs-

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T jncolnit R YOUR FUTURE And the future of every graduate of high schools and colleges is bound up, inevitably, with the Negro press. The great papers of the race, The Call, The Courier, The Defender, The Afro-American, The Amsterdam News and others will insure a healthy public opinion in which you can grow to your possibilities and your efforts will reap the reward they deserve. Make them better servants for you and the race, not only by subscribing for them, but by patronizing the firms who advertise in their columns. KANSAS CITY CALL EBLON THEATRE Equipped with R. C. A. Talkies Newest and Finest in TALKING AND SINGING PICTURES DAVID W. WILHITE Attorney-At-Law 217 Lincoln Bldg. — 18th at Vine Street HA. 3754 Practice in All Courts HOMER “JAP” EBLON, Prop. Vine St., Between 18 th and 19 th Thirty - 1930 Ess-