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

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Lincolnite Queen Again, we are indeed happy to present to the patrons and friends of Lincoln High School the queen of the class of ’36 — Miss Virginia Price. She worked most diligently in this contest, trivial though it may seem, and em erged victorious over a large number of competitors. We feel certain that she will continue to lead in every task that she undertakes even more easily than she emerged victorious in this contest. There was no equal to Miss Price this year. Miss Price is a member of Mr. Mayberry’s advisory group. The class of ’36 bows down in humble reverence to her majesty, the queen, for she has set a record for Lincoln High School. [ 15 ]

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m BESSIE MATHIS Dramatics Club ’36 Psychology Club “A natural born orator” HELEN McGAUGHY Psychology Club Girl Reserves “Unconcerned, but sweet” ALFRED VICTOR MONROE Trigonometry Tribe Student Council “Dick Tracy” LAWRENCE MAYFIELD Track ’35, ’36 First Lieutenant R. O. T. C. ’35, ’36 “If the world can’t go on without me, I can surely go on without the world” VERA McCOY Spanish Dramatics ‘35, ’36 “A lover of verse” edward mcdowell Band “Music makes him” ELEANOR RUTH McGARY Courtesy Committee Spanish Club ’35, ’36 “Shy as a shrinking violet” LASSIE McGEE Girl Reserve ’32, ’33 Trade Sewing ’33, ’34 “This lass is plum full o’ fun” A. BERNARD McKIREY Dramatics ’35, ' 36 Chorus ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36 “Tall, dark and handsome” MARIAN MEANS Booster Club ’34 Lincolnite Staff ’36 “Come, live in my heart and pay no rent” DOVIE MILES Health Council ’34 Advanced Gym ’35 “Her pleasant ways win them all” DOROTHY E. MILLER Camp Fire Girls ’33, ’34 “Charming and sophisti- cated” JAMES H. MILLER Captain R. O. T. C. ’35, ’36 Orchestra ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36 “I is me and me is I. We is e verything” DOROTHY BELL MONROE Chorus ’ 33, ’35, ’36 Booster Club ’33, ’34 “Good things come in small packages” ETHEL MULLEN Girl Reserve ’33 Spanish Club ’36 “Fat and friendly” PERCY MYERS Chorus ’34 Auto Mechanics ’35, ’36 “He sings under autos” CHARLES NEAVES Football ’33, ’34, ’35, ’36 Heavyweight of Gateway Boxing Fraternity “Joe Louis can be the big shot until I’m ready to K. O. him” GEORGE RAY NICHOLS Master Draftsman ’35, ’36 “A little man that does big things” [ 14 ]

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Lincolnite King The royalty of Lincoln High School increases this year as we present to the reading public a king, in the person of Mr. Wendell Givan. This is the first time since 1930 that the boys have been in- terested enough in the selling of the Lin- colnite to appear with the queen. Mr. Givan worked untiringly and in the end emerged victoriously over his tree other opponents, Victor Travis, John Wesson, and Cecil Whitney. Mr. Givan is a mem- ber of Mrs. Goss’ advisory group. Along with the queen, the class of ’36 bows humbly to his majesty, the king. Class The day was hot, oh so hot! A wave of warm hot air overswept two lazy caterpillars just crawling around the front door of Lincoln High School. “Did you ever see such a day in your short life?” asked one solemnly. “It ' s terrible, I do admit, but this shad- ow from this splendid building is grand,” rejoined the other. “A friend of mine told me the doings of the class that is coming out of it this year; it’s a school, you know,” replied the first. “Shall I relate it to you as I heard it.” “Oh, well, it’s so cozy here, I guess you’d just as well. If it ' s not interest- ing I’ll go to sleep. If it is, ft will keep me awake.” Freshmen, 1932-1933 “As freshmen, they came to the dear old edifice, 649 strong, in September, 1932. There never was a jollier and more frivolous group. Yet, I remember they were a shy group and regarded up- perclassmen with great caution. They held their standards, though, for when the upperclassmen tried to tack green on them for a class color they protested. They waved the banner of school spirit for the freshmen class high and kept it there. Among their honor roll residents for that year were: Theo Nix, Ella Mathews, Eunice Weaver, Mae Della Alexander and Fryne Coleman. That first year was kind o’hard for some of them and with such excuses as T must work,’ ‘I’m too dumb to learn,’ ‘My health won’t stand it,’ ‘I’m tired of going to school,’ and so forth, they dropped to 506 that first year.” History Sophomores, 1933-1934 That second year they started with a bang! They knew more of the school customs now and tried harder to observe them. There were no more pranks played upon them by the fine upperclass- men. They were a wiser group by now. I saw the playful, frivolous little fresh- men of yesteryear begin to attain spe- cial likes in that second year. Some were battling with mathematics, others liked English, science played a part and many decisions concerning trades began to arise. It was real fun to see those little boys of a forgotten prankful day don their first R. 0. T. C. uniforms; see the shy- ness leave them and watch them, claim student council offices only to promote a growth of their dignity. They parti- cipated in everything worth while and everything they turned their hand to went over. Juniors, 1934-35 — How Many? A perfect junior class! They were just that. Now the positions they had longed for began to be a reality. They were very proud of Eunice Weaver and Fyrne Coleman as president and secre- tary of their student council. I often saw them at athletic activities, for there they often watched John Wesson and Andrew Ervin capture track honors, marveled at the spunk of Walter Day- ton and Charles Neaves on the football team and fairly gasped at the speed with which some of their classmates (Continued on page — ) [ 16 ]