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

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Our Farewell AN ODE TO LINCOLN Dear Old Lincoln High, we hate to leave you, But to your memory we’ll ever be true Altho from your portals we now depart Many good lessons are stamped on each heart. We hope our dear teachers have no cause to regret That the good advice they have given us, we chance to forget, For we are now just beginning our lives to live And we hope to the world our best to to give. Many times our teachers have been fretted and vexed And over many problems we have been perplexed. But our days spent in Lincoln Have been a source of much pleasure And they will remain in our memory as a valued treasure. RUTH E. PATTERSON. FAREWELL LINCOLN Dear Old Lincoln High Is the school young people adore; We hate to leave it Because we love it more and more. When we were freshmen And on up through the years, We decided to stop at Lincoln Until we grew beards. We love the teachers and the principal, Mr. Hugh Ollie Cook; Whose picture is always seen In the front of this book. And now it is time for us To say good bye, to Our friends, who have been So loyal and true. But in the end We all shall meet In the gorgeous heavens Where angels are fresh and sweet. ROBERTANN HUFF. GOODBYE, LINCOLN HIGH We, the class of ’36, for the last four years Have surmounted many milestones with bitter tears; Our leaving fills us with deep sorrow But, we smile again when we look to- ward tomorrow. In every condition we’ve stuck together Through sunshine and through cloudy weather; We saw in the distance a far set goal And worked in earnest, heart, mind, body and soul. We thank you kind Principal and teach- ears, too, For advice and theories we’ve learned through you, May rrovidence forever keep you up high. Now, the class of ’36, bids you goodbye, dear Lincoln High. MAE D. ALEXANDER. 3ln (JJknummtt The very walls of your school — yes, even the substance of the atmosphere in that school — seems to be proclaiming over and over the words you have spoken there, whether you are present or not. DECEASED Ella Lee Jones James Shupee [ 28 ]

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Sense and Nonsense WHO’S WHO IN THE SENIOR CLASS Prettiest Girl Katherine Benton Thinks She Is Helen Walls Handsomest Boy George White Thinks He Is James Miller Best Girl Athlete Fryne Coleman Best Boy Athlete Charles Neaves Most Popular Boy Thomas Wright Most Popular Girl Bernice Saunders Dantiest Girl Sudie Brooks Would Like to Be Ruby Harris Smartest Girl Eunice Weaver Smartest Boy Cullen Hodge Most Capable Girl Mae D. Alexander Best Natured Girl Ella Matthews Most Love Sick Girl Theo Nix Sheik Harold Reynolds Thinks He Is Alfred Monroe Flapper Hilda Beatty Biggest Bluffer William Stevenson Best Girl Songster Ruby Brown Most Bashful Girl Dorothy Williams Most Bashful Boy Thomas Marshall Best Actress Hiawatha Davis Best Actor Herbert Washington Man Hater Florence Hunter Best Boy Songster --William Kyles Most Baby-faced Girl -Winona Carlock Woman Hater --Harold Mezile Chaxppion Typist Robert Ann Huff Tallest Girl Evelyn Sublett Tallest Boy Henry Bronson Most Sophisticated Girl- Dorothy Miller Wants to Be Lydia Sprawley Smallest Girl Yenue Lee Smallest Boy James Fields Best Dressed Girl Mildred Brummel Best Dressed Boy Freddie Goodloe Friendliest Boy Walter Agins Best Natured Boy Albert McKirey Quietest Girl Frieda Roye Quietest Boy Ernest Anderson Most Studious Girl Harriet Briscoe Most Studious Boy Edgar Love Most Playful Girl Mary Jane Lewis Most Playful Boy Julius Hambright Nerviest Girl Virginia Price Laziest Girl Margaret Joness Slowest Girl Harriet Brown Biggest Loafer Cecil Whitney Most Sophisticated Boy Bailey Whitaker NOTED FOR (NO REFLECTIONS): Mr. Dunlap — Author of famous his- tory entitled, “Reconstruction of Civili- zation.” vvGlla Silvers — Crooning like Kate Smith. Mae Della Alexander — Frankness and dependability. Sudie Brooks— Extravagance. LaVaria Howell — Criticizing. Theo Nix- — Putting on. Fyrne Coleman— Dancing and pranc- ing. Cullen Hodge — Ideal judge. Eunice Weaver — Solitude. Miss Byrdie — Assisting others. LA VARIA HOWELL. Vera. “I’ll bet you five dollars you can’t answer five questions wrong.” Dovie: “All right. Try me.” Vera: “Who is the president of the United States?” Dovie: “Mr. Bluford.” Vera: “Who is the principal of Lin- coln High School?” Dovie: “Mr. Ellison.” Vera: “Where is the location of the new school?” Dovie: “Some where on 12 street.” Vera: “How many questions is that?” Dovie: “Four.” Vera: “Well, that’s the fifth one.” Marian: “Dorothy, what is that funny looking thing on your neck?” Dorothy: “I don’t know; what is it?” Marian: Your face.” Mr. Howell: “John Jones, will you take a seat up front?” John Jones: “Is there an extra seat up there?” Mr. Howell: “It isn’t anything extra, but I guess it’ll do for you.” Mr. Howell: “Willie Robinson, will you tell us what Biblical personage mar- ried an Ethiopan?” Theo Nix (whispering to Willie) : “Moses.” Willie Robinson (misunderstanding): “Roses.” Mr. Bluford: “Children, that was Duke Ellington, the famous orchestra leader.” Student: “Mr. Bluford, have you ever danced to Duke Ellington’s music?” Another Student: “No, he hasn’t danced to anyone’s music.” Mr. Bluford. “All the children who are absent today raise their hands.” F. Cooley (in Negro History): “Gee, but these chairs are hard to sleep in.” Miss Smothers (just before giving exam.): “I will answer no questions.” C. Whitney (looking at exam, writ- ten on board): “Neither will I.” C. Hodge: “There is enough iron in your head to make a kettle.” V. Travis: “And there is enough sap in your head to fill it.” Mr. Bluford: “What do you know about nitrates?” W. Agins: “They are cheaper than day rates.” [ 27 ]

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Class History (Continued from page 16) played basketball. It was even more in- teresting to see their R. 0. T. C. boys rise from positions of privates to com- missioned official positions. The honor, that year, was bestowed upon Cullen Hodge, Ella Matthews, Vic- tor Travis, Eunice Weaver, Mae Della Alexander, Henriette Briscoe, and Mild- red Brummel. I never saw so much pride exhibited as when Mae Della Alexander, Fryne Coleman, Eunice Weaver, Ella Matthews, and Mildred Brummel entered the National Honor Society. They were a dutiful class. That year they gave a marvelous reception. The class officers were: Mae Della Alex- ander, president; Herbert Washington, vice-president, and Bernice Saunders, secretary, they worked very diligently to put the grand event over. It was the grandest event of the whole year. In 1935 there was given an exhibition i f Lincoln High School at its best. Miss Rhodes and Miss Smith trained their Junior girls who showed their best. Those R. 0. T. C. privates of other days were low putting forth their best appearance as officers in a drill that surprised the whole audience. There was no conir plaint; that junior class did its part. The dramatic department was a won- ler! They put forth a junior play that was well worth its production. Hiawa- tha Davis, Herbert Washington, Sudie Brooks, Madolia Massey and William Stevenson played excellent parts. Holhe Linder and Ruby Brown had most effi- cient leads. Seniors, 1035-1936 That last and most glorious year at last arrived. Now I see them as seniors. Cullen Hodge ,as a most ablv proficient classmate, was judge of the student council court while David Pierce and Frederick Cooley were sheriff and as- sistant sheriff, respectively. They looked with honor at such students as Theo Nix, Harriette Briscoe, Mose Davenport, Cullen Hodge, Eunice Weaver, Ella Matthews, Mae Della Alexander and Mildred Brummell, for they were honor students. The R. O. T. C. was a prominent fea- ture. The boys had finally attained their hopes with William Stevenson as Cadet Major, William Palmer as Lieu- tenant Adjutant and the three captains as follows. Cullen Hodge, James Miller, and Howard Wilkins. The monthly Lincolnite staff boasted Mae Della Alexander as its editor-in- chief and Margaret Hopkins as assist- ant editor. They worked rather hard to put forth a monthly edition and suc- ceeded. Those likes and dislikes formed in the sophomore year now began to manifest themselves. A special class in journal- ism was organized. They eventually took the monthly issue of the Lincolnite 3 n their hands. A trigonometry class was organized and resulted in a trigono- metry club. The promise of a new junior college has turned most of their hopes for a college education there. A project to se- cure information for a commencement program was a duty for all of them. Their dignity and pride was increased when they were told that their graduat- ing exercises would be held in the new municipal auditorium. “Say, are you asleep?” he asked. “How in this world did you expect me to go to sleep? I never heard anything so interesting in all my life. It was something to be proud of, indeed!” HARRIETTE J. BRISCOE.