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

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and helpful suggestions to all girls who become members. The organization is supervised by High School teachers. This year, for the first time, this or- ganization is a combination of sopho- mores, juniors, and seniors. The presi- dent is Harriet Houston; vice-president, Mary Starling; secretary, N o r v e 1 1 a Rucker. The program at the meetings consist of regular Girl Reserve songs,, discus- sions on religion, home relations and se- lections of friends. Some of the outstanding activities of the year were the Glee Club’s- sing- ing at the Orphan’s Home at Christmas and at the Y. W. C. A. at a Palm Sunday breakfast. The Glee Club has also sung at Central High. Its members are Harriett Houston, Harriett Brown, Er- nestine Brown, Norvella Rucker, Earlyne Smith, Ruby Harris, Almentha Marshall, Christine Smith, and Hazel Royal. In the future, the Club expects to have book reviews and conference with Hi-Y boys and their activities which will include, “Know Your City Hikes.” There are at least 45 members. Page Twenty

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Senior Glee Club This is an organization under the di- rection of Miss Blanche Morrison. This group has been doing very fine and com- mendable work during the year. The club has served the community as well as the school. The personnel follows: Sopranos: Bernice Smith, Myrtle Har- ris, La Rue Younger, and Earline Smith. Altos: Maurine Smith, Evelyn Hem- mitt, Nina Brown, and Edith Moore. Tenors: Paul Herrera, Elmer Powell, and Bertran Wallace. Bass: Junior Brown, Robert Hargrove, Robert Smalls, and Clyde Washington. CLASS HISTORY— (Continued) receiving Lieutenant’s Commissions Were: Cleotis Earner, Henry Bausby, Harold Holliday, Leonard Locke, Marion Merritt, Roland Rhodes, Frank Wilkins, and Ralph Vann. Our class officers are : Katrina Lyons, President; Reuben Brown, Vice- President; Fred Harris, Secretary; Mar- guerite Jones, Assistant Secretary; Dorothy Johnson, Treasurer; Henry Bausby, Sergeant-at-Arms; Alma Mc- Williams, Critic. In leaving Lincoln each Senior feels a pang of regret, due to the fact that the happiest moments of his life have been spent here for the past three years. However, we must not see it in that light too much as it is too sad. May the mem- ories of Lincoln High School ever inspire us. Page Nineteen

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Class Prophecy By ISAAC SMITH Late one night as I worked in my lab- oratory, which was to be found at the top of Observation Hill, the following expe- rience befell me: It was a bright, moonlight night. The few stars to be seen twinkled like dia- monds. I was doing some research work in advanced electricity, and the moon was a vital instrument in my experiment. I recalled the old tale about the man in the moon; that he sees and knows ev- erything. I decided to learn a few things that the man in the moon knows. I had taken some reflected lays from the moon and raised them in my “futurescope” and projected them on a screen. I accidently crossed the rays with some ultra violet rays. Suddenly a bright ray shot from, the lense of my futurescope on the screen, and I was witnessing, for the first time what the future held for some of my many classmates. Please forgive me if I am wrong, for I am only relating what the man in the moon showed me. It was as follows: The first picture was a general staff room of a newspaper, “The Record,” in New York City. Whom should I see but Delmas Escoe as editor. By the way, Ernestine Everett was known as Mrs. Escoe. Clyde Washington was his as- sistant. Some of the reporters were Emanuel Fields, Rose Mary White, Mar- garet Guy and Guinvere Guy. Next I saw the Metropolitan Opera House and found Myrtle Harris playing the lead in the Opera called “Aida.” Some of the others in the cast were Har- old Holliday, Roosevelt Williams, Robert Smalls, William Fopp, Reuben Brown and Gailey Steele. Then I found myself as a spectator in a court room. I was surprised to find Thomas Killingsworth as judge. It seemed as though he was trying to straighten out the matrimonial affairs of Frank Wilkins and Harriet Houston. Adair Smith was the defense attorney for Mr. Wilkins. The next picture disclosed Fisk Uni- versity. I found Georgia Barton teach- ing Latin, Dorothy Hayden teaching Economics, Alice Gordon as the girls’ Physical Training instructor with Iris Goins as her able assistant, and La Rue Younger as the director of the Jubilee Singers. Next I was at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, and found Fannie Hill teaching Art; Valarie Murphy as one of the instructors in English, and Reginald Hodge as head of the commer- cial Department with Ruth Page as his assistant. The next view presented a manufac- turing plant in Charleston, South Caro- lina, with Wardell Scott as the owner of a barrel plant. Some of his assistants were Eugene Brooks, Lawrence Brown, Burnett Davis, and Harold Wright. I went next to the Rialto Theatre in Chicago and found the Allen sisters do- ing a comedy dialogue. The next picture disclosed a Club called “The Mountmatre” in Harlem. Here I found Leonard Locke and his “Dukes of Harlem” Orchestra. Some of the players were Marion Merritt, Joseph Sasser, John Ross and William Washing- ton. I next saw Boston, Mass., and found Roland Rhodes and Preston McAdory in an architectural establishment. Some of their draftsmen were Joseph Tony, Gor- die McDonald and Warren Foote. Then I saw our home town, Kansas City, and the first thing I saw was the Herrera brothers, Paul and Jose, in the photographic business, with their own shop. They had gone into the business so they could obtain pictures of beauti- ful girls legally. The next was a scene of a doctor’s of- fice. Why, it was Dr. Ida Williams. She had some patients, too. They were Mr. and Mrs. Madison Davis. Mrs. Davis, you know, was our old classmate, Mar- cia Knight. As I progressed through our city I saw also Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bausby, Eliza- beth Clark to you, and their twins out for an evening’s outing at the Swope Park I found myself next in the Y. W. C. A. building. As I was going through the corridor I came upon a door with a cai( on it. It read: “Old Maids’ Club Now in Session. I stooped and looked through the keyhole and whom do you think I saw? Arneda Williams was the presiding chairman, Alma. McWilliams was secretary; Lottie Rayfield sergeant- at-arms, and Georgia Watson was speak- ing on the “Wiles of Woman.” Some of the others were Anna Kountz ; Elizabeth Davis, Cleo Kirkendoll, Pearlies Moffet, Christine Smith and Almetha Marshall. There was a small building on the cor- ner of Twenty-first and Woodland that had been recently built and to whom do you think it belongs? None other than Miss Theola Thomas and Miss Catherine Green as business partners of the most exclusive Negro book store in Kansas City. With the changing of scenes I found myself on the campus of Western Col- lege and there I saw Percy Ervin as the Page Twenty-one