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

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LINCOLNITE Senior Girls Glee Club Ruby Anderson, soprano; Mary Anna Johnson, soprano; Alta L. Lock, soprano; Cornelia Robinson, soprano; Jeraldine Adamson, mezzo-soprano; Anna Marie Tompkins, mezzo-soprano; Muriel Williams, mezzo-soprano; Lyle Thompson, alto; Clarice Hagood, alto; Florence Robinson, contralto; Alberta Lewis, contralto. The Senior Girls’ Glee Club of ’31 was composed of s ome of the most vivacious and energetic girls of the Senior Class. They were trained under the efficient leadership of Miss Blanche K. Morrison who worked very conscientiously with the girls. The club took an active part in many of the school programs and also in several civic programs. During the first semester of the term the girls appeared on school pro- grams, at the State Teachers’ Association and entertained the Book Lovers’ Club and the patients at Wheatley Hospital and General No. 2 during the Christmas holidays. During the second semester the girls entertained at both White and Negro churches, at the Y. W. C. A. On the night of the N. A. A. C. P. Minstrel they were the brightest spot on the program.

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LINCOLNITE Class Prophecy of ’31 The lights grew dim, ’tis hard to see. Ah! A mystic cloud envelopes me. Nov the mist is clearing, and I see, I see Wyatt Logan, who is the greatest music- ian both at home and abroad; Ruby An- derson is now the prima donna in the “Opera of Strauss” ; Aaron Moore has re- placed Paul Roberson in the role of Othel- lo with Anna Marie Tompkins playing opposite him. Ohio Cooper is a very tal- ented actress; Guion Bluford, so little and bright, is a civil engineer. All right here are engineers, three in number: James Cox, chemical engineer; Verlon Buchanan, mechanical engineer; Charles Caldwell, electrical engineer. Elisie Stewart is now a great doctor and for nurses she has Medora Johnson, Dorothy Johnson, and Lillie B. McIntyre. Chris- tine Cole is a novelist. Juanita Mullen is a teacher in high school. Lois Drew is a stenographer. I float into the field of athletics. As coaches I see James Epps, William Pond and Fred Thomas. Novella Jackson has succeeded Miss Taylor as gym instruqt- ress. Walking down a business street of Kansas City, I see a drug store operated by Geo. Browning; a modiste shop with Dora Louise Walton as proprietress; the law offices of Winston Williams and Gar- rett Jones. Let’s proceed and see what else is in store. Gee! I’m frightened, we’ve drop- ped to the underworld and whom do I see? No other but Dan Hickman, better known as “Little Caesar” to 12th Street and there is Elmer Bates, chief of the gang called the “Racketeers.” Juanita Mullen, ’31. TEACHERS I am wondering if Westmoreland could- n’t be bought so we could build a little White cottage by the side of the Rhode and then we could have Waters to Wash- ington. Of course we’d have to use some Armstrong , but we hope this doesn’t cause us to have a Payne. We then take this down the Glenn and build a fire. I hope no one Smothers it out so we cannot Cook. I hope all will have plenty of time to listen to the Barker. Say, who will be our Baker? Oh, we’ll let Jack-son do that. I hope there will be some Gaines in this. Frankie Lyons, ’31. 1931 Page Twenty

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LINCOLNITE Class will of ’31 We, the class of ’31 in passing out of the role of “Lincoln’s Best” make the fol- lowing persons our sole heirs: To the L. H. S. faculty we will a row of box seats in the assembly to prevent further standing. To Mr. Morrison we will D. W. Grif- fith’s place as movie director. To Mr. Ellison we leave a motor cycle so that he may be heard before he reaches groups of unsuspecting students in the halls and elsewhere. To the Misses Rhodes and Taylor we will a pass each to Fairyland so that they may learn all of the latest dances. To Mr. Russell we will the position as manager of the Lincoln Auto Wrecking Co. To Mrs. Goss we will “1000 Kitchen Tested Recipes” of good things to eat. To Mr. Carroll we will “Cleo the Hippo” so that he may perform a big experiment. To Mr. Bluford’s new Chemistry classes we will this book on “How To Read.” To Mr. Howell we will the title of “The Peanut Vender”. To Miss Claggett we will a position as cartoonist for Toonerville Folks. To Mr. Westmoreland we will the privi- lege of collecting all old shoes. To the Sophomore class we will the place of being the dignified Junior Class of ’32. James Epps and Fred Thomas will their basketball ability to Clyde Walton and Henry Williams, the future stars. To Verlon Buchanan we will this song composed mainly for him, “I’m Bashful But I Don’t Know Why.” To Floyd M. Brown we will $10.50 to buy license for his struggle buggy. To Faye King we will Jewel Word for- ever. To Marvin Whittaker, Elmer Bates and Chas. Wilkerson, we will a new laugh. To Ruth Lay we will a place on the perch with the birdies (Tweet tweet). To Corrine White we leave a pair of stilts. (High heels won’t do.) ❖ Oscar Ward leaves his ability to use big words to anyone capable of using them. The Senior Girls’ Glee Club will their nightingale voices to the coming glee clubs. Christine Cole and Zelma Craft leave their positions of newswriting to Con- stance Garrett. To the Freshmen class we will a lead- ership to be used in the following years. Mabelle: Logan 1 , ’31. THE YEARS Our Freshman year has just begun Have mercy upon us please. We know you love to have your fun, That’s why you always tease. Oh Gee, its fun to go to school We sit around all day, Our Sophomore year was number two And all we did was play. Then came the third, our Junior year, The dearest one of all; We had nothing but our grades to fear If you will just recall. Our Senior year is here at last Amid the strife and pain, When we think of all the joy that’s past, We wish we were Freshies again. Leona Blalock, ’31. Page Twenty-Three 1931