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

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LINGOJLNITE Activities yi) X1|» ]i OUR DIARY Ho-hum! Having just recovered from a summer fever, we now become affected with an acute case of school fever. It began on: September 8 — School opened. We ex- isted on football games until October 26 — Brought the big Charity campaign. November 26 — We celebrated with a Thanksgiving play. December 21 — We mourn for Perry Jones, a former Lincolnite, killed in an airplane crash. Then comes December 23 — When we commemorate Christmas with a cantata and begin our mid-year vacation. January 5 — Our basketball team played the Alumni team and Douglass in our gym. January 8 — We are visited by Ted Ma- lone. January 19 — Our Senior board first met. January 22— Brings the end of the se- mester. Strong men have mottoes, “Do or die.” Some of us ' died. January 29— Brought a basketball game with Fort Scott. We Seniors were entertained by the Alpha Kappa Alpha with a musical. February 21— We honored Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. March 4 — Our team played Vashon. March 11— They played Booker Wash- ington. March 12 — The Sand Springs game. March 14 — We were presented with four one-act plays. March 18— Mr. Richard B. Harrison of the Green Pastures Company visited us. March 19 — The Campfire Girls held a big council fire. March 24- — Our Easter pageant was presented. Good Friday. March 25 — Was a holiday. The school bonds were voted on Monday. March 29 — Passed upon. April 2 — The Girl Reserves celebrated their fiftieth anniversary. April 3-10 — Was Negro National Health week. April 5 — The alumni debate. April 8 — The double quartette was pre- sented to the public. April 22 — We saw the Senior play. April 27 — Marked the big R. 0. T. C. inspection. April 22 — The Junior play is a closing feature. Well, here are the old spring and sum- mer fevers back with us again. So-long. ATHLETICS The football season started off with a team very much underweight, thereby giving us a rather unsuccessful season. Due to the loss of so many letter men and the lack of heavy boys ' , Captain Kim- mons of the Tiger football squad was put in a very unpleasant position, when when matched against the strong teams of Kansas Vocational School, Western Baptist college and Western University college teams. In the many heroic battles on the old gridiron were seen Captain Arthell Kim- mons, Acie Lofton, Willie McGinnis ' , Jewel Word, William Brown and J. D. Starks, all fighting valiantly for dear old Lincoln for the last time. The call for basketball was even more faint than that for football. With only two letter men reporting, including him- self, Captain Walton immediately settled down to drafting any favorable looking prospects that could distinguish a basket- ball from an apple. The first game was ' played in the gym with our much-heralded Alumni. With this game over and victory num- ber one we settled down to meet Higgins- ville. They were beaten 58 to 9. With victory number two in hand the boys’ went into hard preparation and training to meet the highly touted Fort Scott team. The fighting lads scored a victory on us that trip but we gave them the worst beating they had ever received when they came down here. During this time many of the boys had made a name for themselves, some of whom were Acie (Epps) Lofton, a stellar guard; Willie (Big Time) McGinnis, bril- liant center, and the shifty Captain, Clyde (Skip) Walton, forward, all of whom tickled the net for the last time for old Lincoln. With everyone asking us to that we invite Vashion of St. Louis down and keep the bacon home. We beat these chaps ' a hard-fought game before a rec- ord-breaking crowd. With the bacon well in hand we began meditating an experi- ment whereby we might match brain against brawn. With this prospect in mind the Tiger quintet all huddled to- gether and went to Tulsa. These big, husky lads greeted us as the giant spider might greet an uncanny fly ) which flew in the web just to see if it could get out). To show our culture and manners ' we paid them dues respects to the best of our knowledge by giving them a good game, although we did lose. It is true we made a bit of history here by making it the first time we ever lost to them. CLYDE WALTON. Page Twenty-seven

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One of the outstanding divisions of every high school is the progress it makes in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. The Lincoln High School Battalion is ' one that any organization could justly cherish. It has been outstanding in all a ffairs that it has engaged in. Eighteen Cadet officers, one Sponsor Major and four Honorary Captains were ap- pointed as follows: Cadet Major, Jewel Word, Lieut. Adj., Edward Rogers; Cadet Cap- tains, Chester Kirkendoll, William Fowler, Jeff Sasser, Arthell Kimmons; Cadet First Lieutenants, Elmo Williams ' , William Elston, Eugene Banks, William Davis; Second Lieutenants, James Lane, Roy Dillard, John Herriford, Arthur Pullam, William McGin- nis, Raymond Robinson, Alfred Hudson, Acie Lofton; the Sponsor Major, Faye King, and Honorary Captains, Evelyn Mayfield, Mildred Mitchell, Constance Garrett of Com- panies A. B. C. and D, respectively. Two hundred and twenty-five cadets of Lincoln High School Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, marched in the Armistice Day parade and made a wonderful showing. Fifteen officers took part in a patriotic speaking program at most of the principal clubs and churches of the city, also in the high schools of Kansas City and Greater CADET MAJOR JEWEL WORD, L. H. S. R. O. T. S. B. SERGEANT W. BANKS, Instructor. Page Twenty-six

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LINCOLN!!] I 9 O Here and There JUST PASSIN’ BY We hear the click of heel plates and look up just in time to see Mr. Ellison rushing down the main hall. The object of his rush is to prevent Miss Smith, the Gym teacher, from executing a very cute tap-step for the benefit of Mr. Mayberry, who has taken up tap dancing lessons in order to reduce. the students of English literature take their subject more seriously, hits upon an idea to that effect. The sound and demonstration of emotion which are pro- duced leads Miss Morrison and Mr. Mor- rison to believe they have discovered two persons having unusual musical and dramatic ability and rush forward to em- brace them. Close upon their heels is Mr. Howell, who has ' left his bag of peanuts (what a pity), and his favorite expression, “is yat so,” at home on the table. Mr. Griffin, hearing the sounds of ac- tion, comes forth to observe the psycho- logical reactions, but changes his mind when he discovers Miss Payne limbering up for the tennis season with Miss Rhodes. While walking down the hall with an armful of geometry papers, Mr. Jef- fress is discovered by Miss Claggett to be a perfect example of a mathematician, and just as she is ready to begin on a portrait of him, she overhears Miss Glenn chattering in Spanish to Miss Barker about her diet and rushes off to join in the chatter. Just at this point, Mr. Marsden, who has been trying to find a way to make A loud clatter is heard as a nondescript automobile comes into view. It is an in- vention of Mr. Russell, sporting a paint job by Mr. Massey and driven by Mrs. Miller. She is making her morning de- livery for Mr. Westmoreland’s shoe de- partment and Mrs. Goss’ cooking depart- ment. The noise frightens Mr. Carroll, caus- ing him to drop a cage of mice, that im- mediately begin to chase Miss Barker down the hall. She turns a sharp cor- ner and finds herself resting in the ar ms of Miss Brydie. Imagine their embar- rassment upon seeing the dignified ap- proach of Mr. Love and Mr. Jackson who, with the aid of Mr. Cook, are transport- ing to Mr. Thompkins a specially con- structed aquarium made by Mr. Bluford and Mr. Anderson. Then the conductor sounds his bell and our street car continues on its journey. TO OUR TEACHERS Dear Teachers: We, the Senior class of 1932, are now deaving dear old Lincoln. We know not what our course will be. Some will make good, some no doubt will fail. Some will live to a good old age while death will overtake others and cut them down before they can begin their career. Some will be lawyers, doctors, preachers, painters, nurses, teachers, librarians and common laborers; but all shall keep in our memory how you have striven to make us a part of what we are. We realize how hard the tasks have been, how you have stuck with us through thick and thin. It has not always been easy for us to see that it was correct for us to do as you said, all of the time, but, nevertheless, we realize it now. You have steered us safetly to this stage of life’s journey. Now we are preparing to continue our journey on life’s rugged sea. Though the storms may come and our ship be wrecked as we make our footprints on the sands of time, we shall ever hold in our memory your loy- alty, your faithfulness, your anxiety and your sincerity to do your share by us. When we have reached our destination After we have traveled years upon life’s stormy sea, We will think of our dear teachers Who have striven to make us what we should be. NAOMI BARKER ’32. EDITORIAL At last the Senior class of ’32 has reached the height of one ambition, gradua- tion! Oh, how long it seemed, four years ago, when we were just a tiny bud preparing to burst into full bloom. The years have dragged on. Sometimes we became weary and tired of the long journey, but our happy days were there, too — football, basketball and track meet. Then we turned out in large groups roaring, shouting and cheering for our school. Our teachers have been most kind, helping and giving advice whenever necessary. Now that we are departing, we are very happy — but, then, a sudden thought pops into our heads. We hate to leave dear old Lincoln and our beloved teachers. We think that Lincoln can never be the same without this class; although, many more shall come, our place will remain vacant. Now we go out to conquer the world. When we finish singing “O Lincoln High,” the song will be ended but the melody will linger on. LOLA KILLINGSWORTH ’32, Editor-in-Chief. Page Twenty-eight