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

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Wit and Humor IN ONE MINUTE 1. You can get a zero. 2. Mr. Ellison can get silence in the assembly hall. 3. You can start a rough house in 110. 4. Jeremiah Cameron can answer a question correctly. 5. Miss Burcl can put you out of the library. 6. You can persuade Mrs. Edwards you haven ' t whispered. 7. You can start a test. 8. Mary Louise Starling can start talking about “Carl.” 9. Mr. West can get you sore. 10. You can get an “F” from Miss Smothers. 11. Mr. Lewis can say, “Here I am. Teach me if you can.” 12. Edith Williams can look soulful if you mention “Freddie.” 13. Mr. Mayberry can say, “In a neat three-column chart. ...” 14. Mr. Buford can say, “Quiet, please! Quiet!” 15. Mr. Morrison can yell, “Hit that word! Hit it!! HIT IT!!!” 16. Mattie Swearingen can get angry. 17. Mr. Cook can make you laugh. 18. Miss Baird can smile. 19. Mr. Ellison can tap you on the shoulder when you are where you should not be. 20. Alfonso Fox can get one hour after school from Mr. Buford. OUR OWN COMIC STRIP Popeye Wimpy Olive Oyl Maggie Tiggs ■ . Fritzy Ritzy Tarazan of the Apes Leslie Love Chief Wahoo Little Joe Mutt . Jeff Hair Breath Harry Winnie Winkle Ad Lips Phi 11 Fumble Little Abner Micky Mouse Minnie Little Anire Rooney Timid Soul Dick Tracy Donald Duck Hawkshaw Skeezix Harold Teen Shadow Til lie Mrs. Sappo Kitty Higgins Earl Brown . . . Sampson Stiles . Earnestine Haugh Nina Martin Alonzo Diggs Mary Jane Greene Bert Bartlett . . . Gleason Simms John Smith Joe Gayles . .William Jackson . . . Clarence White . . . Harry Howard Willa Wilson . . . .Eugene Agins Frank Smith . . . George Kimble , . . . Arnell Burnett . . . Nadine Blakley Anna Barton . . . Franklin Pierce .William Woodson . . . .Robert Woods . . Egbert Mayfield . . . James Langum Fred Banks . . . . John Wat rous .Earnestine Brown . . .Edith Williams . . Frances Hughes IN THE MORNING ’Better wrap yo’ sef up honey, chile, It’s sho’ col’ out and it’ll be for a while, Better tie tha’ scahf way up ’round yo’ nick, ’Cause it ’taint no time for you to git sick, Put dat underwear on ’fore you leave. Yeah, it’s forty below outside, I b’leve. Bring me dem overshoes here, right now. Don’t start no poutin’ cause you don’t know how, Did you get yo’ sweatah’ hangin’ on yoh nail? Fetch me dem gloves outta’ dat coal pail, Now jest tell me what ’ta you know about style? Better wrap yo’ self up honey, chile. — Christiana Carter.

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“Of Thee We Sing” SENIOR GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB The Senior Girls’ Glee Club is an organization under the supervision of Mr. Lewis, the band and orchestra instructor. The G : rls’ Glee Club is one of the foremost Senior groups. It consists of girls who have worked hard and have taken active parts in the school activities. Most of the girls belong to the Lincoln High School Chorus. The club has been outstanding in all of its extra curricular activities. Members First Soprano — Ozella Grissom, Rosemary Franklin, Flora Grant, Edith Wil- liams, Juanita Chisholm. Second Soprano — Leola Merritt, Ola Marie Myatt, Rosetta May, Doroline Knight, Rosalee Holloway and Dorothy Thomas. Alto — Mattie Swearingen, Frances Hughes, Roberta Carlock, Eula Berry, Grace Dennis, Maxine Reeves and Viola White.

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Wit and Humor WHAT WOULD I DO— If I saw Miss Smother not willing to help a studious pupil? Mr. Marsden without a kind word on his lips for all of his friends? Mr. Mayberry stay angry for two minutes more? Lida Mae Muldrew without her air of importance? Cecil Chase not busy? Anna Barton being idle for a moment? George Kimble without the “Aces” on his mind? Laura Pearl Richard without a sharp answer to turn? Eugene Agins and Bertram Bartlett ever serious? Ernestine Haugh acting at school as she does other places ? “Jimmy Langum” when he left his “jive” at home? “Norma Jean Brashears lost her love of work? William Sullivan not blush when a girl speaks to him ? Marie Williams not acting “giddy?” Jeremiah Cameron going home a single evening without a book to study? Mary Jane Greene ever lost her self-control? Alfred Poindexter got his American history? Ernestine Manier ever stayed out of mischief? Wendell Oliver had a frown on his face? Gwenden Mitchell acted like a high school girl : Walter Thurston not “togged down?” Nadine Blakely wore short dresses? John Smith and Jeremiah Ca meron were not entering into a heated discussion in the American H ; story class? Lavada Smalls was not angry with someone ? Clyde Williams when he was not acting the part of a gentleman? I saw Louise Brown ever make a little noise? Thomas Miller was not symbolizing high ideals ? Betty Cowan was artistic? Grover Jackson had a good excuse? Mayetta Wilkerson was without “George on her mind?” William Woodson was in Lionel Barrymore’s shoes? Mildred Lindsay with a satisfied mind? Geraldine Stevenson wasn’t feeling good ? Mary Louise Starling stopped for breath when she talks? Nina Martin was without a yarn to spin? Marshall Love would stop playing? Dorothy Agins acted like Joan Crawford and not Gracie Allen? Charles Allen was not being polite ? Edna Mae Graham was being a good sport? Gleason Simms said anything but “sharp?” Roxie Alma Savage was not being President of something? John Watrous had a streamlined car? Dorothy Bell was without a joke in mind? Ervin Clark was not being a cute little gny? Eula Berrry resembled Zasu Pitts? Fred Curls was filled with the knowledge that he is handsome? Mable Goode forgot to sneak to everybody and smile sweetly for them? Mattie Swearingen was ever on time? Gladys Shockley was not forever dancing in the halls and rooms of Lincoln High School? Ernestine Brown forgot her desire to sing? By a Good Friend of the Senior Class. OH, WILL YOU LISTEN? A street car inspector, watching- the work of his new conductor, Robert Woods: Inspector: Here Woods, how is this? You have ten passengers and nine fares have been rung up. Robert Woods: Is that so? (turning to his passengers). “There’s one too many on this car; git out, one of you!” Mr. West: Don’t ask so many questions, Gayles. Curiosity killed the cat. Joe Gayles: What did the cat want to know, Mr. West? DEFINITIONS Mildred Hunter: A vacuum is a large empty space where the Pope lives. Eugene Agins: Elaine gave Lancelot an omelet before he departed for the tourna- ment. Edith Williams: An angle is a triangle with only two sides. Gladys Shockley: Parallel lines are the same distance all the way and do not meet unless you bend them. Willa Wilson: Horsepower is the dis- tance one horse can carry a pound of wa- ter in an hour.