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

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Sense and Nonsense WHO’S WHO IN FUNNY PAPER LAND Popeye Richard Pullum Olive Oyl Margaret Floyd Toar Charles Neaves Wimpy Winifred Edmunds Sea Hag Juanita Harper Goon , Alice Scott Moon Mullins Jessie Shelton Tilda Willa Silvers Andy Gump Laurence Mayfield Kitty Higgins Lassie McGee Rosie Hiawatha Davis Rosie’s Beau Thomas Wright Little Orphan Annie Vera McCoy Ben Webster Alfred Monroe Tillie the Toiler Sudie Brooks George Bungle Robert Nix Josephine Bungle Leotine Blakely Winnie Winkle Octavia Starnes Skippy Victor Travis Kayo Hugh Williams Mamie Mullins Mary Townsend Emmie Frances Clardy Maggie Dora Whisonant Jiggs Clifton Hoard The Timid Soul Edward McDowell Mutt Alexander Moore Jeff James Field Dick Tracy -David Pierce Junior Tracy Mose Davenport Little Annie Rooney Dovie Miles Harold Teen Hollie Linder Uncle Walt Edward Lesure Uncle Walt Edward Smith Auntie Blossom Willa Fennel Skeezix E. J. Carey Fritz Ritz Madaline Gaines WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO BE As quiet as Freida Roye As beautiful as Katherine Benton As jolly as Ethel Mullen As intelligent as Eunice Weaver As well dressed as Freddie Goodloe As unconcerned as Christine Simmons As witty as Monteal Davis As sweet as Bernice Sanders As pleasant as Dovie Miles As peppy as Dorothy Collins As innocent as Mildred Brummel A wise cracker like Virginia Price As fat as Willa Fennel As ambitious as Cullen Hodge As friendly as Marian Means As polite as Herbert Washington As neat as Sudie Brooks As earnest as Edliene Grisson As dignified as Norvella Rucker As handsome as George White As sure of yourself as Mae Alexander As dramatic as Hiawatha Davis As much in love as Helen Walls As much pretense as Alice Scott As important as Ella Mathews As carefree as Frances Walker As practical as Nadine Thomas As interesting as Thomas Wright As demure as Georgia Hollins As cultured as Alfred Monroe As conventional as Margaret Carloek As clever as Irene Whitley As adverse as Ernestine Richardson As immobile as Charles Neaves As particular as Dorothy Miller. C. SIMMONS. SENIOR DICTIONARY American Government — A class in loafology. Mr. Marsden — A perpetual wise- cracker. Miss Spurlock — The students’ pal. “Two colorful” charts — Mr. May- berry’s byword. An admit — An unnecessary evil. Assembly — A celebration. Mr. Cook — The best person. Deputies — Egotistical stooges. Mr. Howell — The peanut king. Mr. Bluford — Known as the absent- minded professor. THEO NIX. SAYING Mr. Cook is our beloved principal; We shall not want another, Mr. Mayberry maketh us to draw two columtn charts, Miss Smothers leadeth us into the dan- gers of English Literature And Restoreth our F’s with ease. Ye, though, we walk through the corri- dors of Lincoln High School daily, We cannot tell when Mr. Ellison is near us. Mr. Howell’s history shall follow us all the days of our life And Mr. Griffin shall dwell in Lincoln High School forever. WILLIE HARMON. [25J

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Editorial DON’T STOP, KEEP GOING We, the class of “36,” are being grad- uated from, high school. But was this our goal? Was this our only ambition? No! We must go forward and combat the trials of life. Graduation was ONE of our ambitions, but it is just another milestone that we have to overcome on our upward climb to the top of the lad- der of success. We must strive more than ever now for the higher assets of life, for those character builders that make us trong in every respect. Our work has just begun. Remember, Loyal Lincolnites, “Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part, there all the honor lies” Forward! March! Class of ’36. Four years of minor disappointments, but balanced with four years of over- whelming joys. This sums up the four years that we seniors have spent at Lincoln High School. We started out as freshmen. Lincoln High School was one of our goals. It has been reached. But after we reached Lin- coln High School, we were a little uncer- tain and nervous in our strange sur- roundings. During the sophomore year our uncer- tainty began to leave us, we began to feel as if we were at home and to know what loyalty was, and to develop cour- age. We also made friends that were to be with us during our junior and senior years. Then came the junior year, the year when we began to think that the lower classmen should have a better opinion of us. Our studies became harder and there were more social activities which we could attend. After three years of trying to reach the goal we finally made the senior class. Of course, there were a few of our friends that had dropped from the class, and then as the time came ne ar for grad- uating there was not so much joy be- cause we would miss the building after we left and the many teachers who had helped us on our way. But What a thrill at graduation! ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Lincolnite Staff of 1936 is truly grateful for the assistance of our principal and faculty and for the support of our readers and friends. We appreciate the fatherly guidance of our beloved principal, Mr. H. 0. Cook. To the faculty, for their untiring efforts to broaden our knowledge, we could never give thanks enough; and to the readers and friends who gave us support when we needed it most, we do express our deep gratitude for your encouragement. MAE DELLA ALEXANDER, Editor-in-Chief. Reflections If with one message I may impart Fresh hope to some fast fainting heart It would be this — 0 classmate, O friend, This day of rejoicing is not the end, We may be twisted by the cruel hand of fate — But no matter what happens, be strong and wait. Clouds may hang darkly over your head, And your feet once light become heavy as lead, But presently those clouds will disap- pear Sweet music ring heavenly in your ear A sunbeam will point the way to go — How will I know? For I have stood beneath a threatening cloud, Looming dismally as from a shroud, And always a ray has broken through, And shown me the urgent thing to do. And so success like a golden cup Awaits the person who keeps his chin up. EUNICE WEAVER. VICTORY We were tried and found true; we stood the test; ’Neath whirlwinds of doubt when all the rest Crouched down and submitted, we fought best. There are wounds on our breasts that can never be healed, There are gashes that bleed and may not be sealed, But, wounded and gashed, we won the field. And others may dream in their easy chairs, And point their soft hands to the scares we bear; But the laurels are ours — not theirs! JAMES HARVEY WESTBROOK. r 24 i

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Sense and Nonsense WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR Mr. Mayberry to stay angry? Theo Nix to lose her faithfulness? Thelma Saunders to be present ? Mary Ann Tyrees to lose her sweet disposition ? Anna Mae Bruce to be seen while not eating ? Martina Price to be noisy? Freddie Cooley to be high tempered? Octavia Starnes to really look studi- ous ? Mary Townsend to sit dignified? Lassie McGee to grow taller? William Stevenson to be serious? Any one to be as instructive as Har- riet Briscoe? Georgia Hollins to act natural ? Anyone to be friendlier than Ruby Brown ? Thomas Marshall to overcome his bashfulness ? Louise Johnson to have a sweet dispo- sition? Geraldine Smith not to smile? Doris Thornton to laugh often? Margaret Carlock to be unable to write ? Willie Harmon not to be a tom boy? Robert Ann Huff and Margaret Car- lock not to win typing contests ? Mazola Humphrey not to be talking playfully ? Cecil Whitney to stop bluffing? Edgar Love to stop saying “ah.” Harriette Briscoe to refrain from us- ing so many parenthetical expressions? Hilda Beatty to stop going up in the air? Fyrne Coleman to be serious? Opal Battles to be bragging? Mose Davenport to be dignified? Earnest Anderson to smile often? Mary Clay to try to be seclusive? Lessie Brown to make herself known ? Wilma Brooks to stop acting babyish 0 WHEN Will Fred Vincent stop acting funny? Will William Kyle Jr. stop trying to use big words? Will Victor Travis stop laughing? Will Nadine Thomas get to school on time ? Will Francis Walker stop talking about her boy friend in Jefferson City? Will Harriette Briscoe stop looking dignified ? Will Virginia Price stop being nervy? Fill Sidonia Jones marry James West- brook ? Will Sellie Truitt stop “framing” his classmates ? And when will Willa Silvers stop “eye- ing” the hamburgers and conies in the school cafeterias? BAILEY WHITAKER. Jean Farley to stop falling in love so often ? Virginia Price to refrain from trying to be funny? Dora Whisonant to stop trying to play Miss Important? David Pierce to act as a human should ? Chauncey Roulette to stop hounding Herbert ? Willa Fennel to stop playing? Cullen Hodge to lose his strut? James Miller to stop murdering the English language? Victor Travis to gain 15 pounds ? Theo Nix to walk natural ? LaVaria Howell to stop talking with her eyes? Sidney Tullis to stop imitating a chicken ? Sellie Truitt to take off his solemn mask? Alfred Monroe to shed his shoulders of other people’s responsibilities ? HAVE YOU EVER OBSERVED: That Miss Smothers has a pleasing disposition after all ? That Mr. Mason gives admits like a machine. That Mr. Bluford can be stern? That Miss Edwards has bobbed hair? That Mr. Jeffress has an Eastern ac- cent? That Mr. Jackson is always immacu- late ? That Mr. Dunlap has great ambitions? That Mr. Logan does well in the place of Miss Morrison? That Miss Baird still has her smile of smiles ? That Mr. Morrison still has the best of lungs? And, last but not least, that we have the best faculty ever. LA VARIA HOWELL. WHAT WILL HAPPEN To Miss Mason when Ella Mathews is gone ? To Miss Claggett when George White, Frederick Cooly and Margaret Hopkins are no more ? To Mr. Jeffress when Eunice Weaver leaves ? To Miss Cherot when Mae Della Alex- ander leaves? To Mr. Morrison when Herbert Wash- ington departs ? And — to Lipcoln when Mr. Cook re- signs ? Miss Dora Whisonant took second place in the Lincolnian contest. There- fore, she should be honorably mentioned. Although Miss Price did take an over- whelming victory, Miss Whisonant made a splendid showing. Miss Whisonant is a memiber of Miss Smothers’ advisory group. [ 26 ]