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

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Organizations R. O. T. C. The R. O. T. C. unit is one of the outstanding departments of Lincoln High School. The unit consists of one hundred forty cadets. The training received has three objectives: physical development, citizenship training and character building. Not only do the cadets learn the essentals of military tactics, but they are taught the finer points of courtesy and etiquette. The Lincoln High School Batallion has participated in several functions. In November, the cadets took a part in the Armistice Day parade. The annual in- spection was held in April. Field day was held in May. The Officers’ Ball was the only social activity held by the Officers’ Club. The appointments made under the careful supervision of Sergeant William Banks were as follows: Cadet Major, Fred Banks; Cadet Adjutant, Thomas Miller ; Cadet Captains, Clyde Williams, Eugene Agins, Charles Allen and Or- ville Allison ; Cadet First Lieutenants, George Kimball, Harry Howard, Frank Haugh, Theodore Bagby and Marshall Love. THE PSYCHOLOGY CLUB The Lincoln High School Psychology Club was formed in 1930, having been organized by the psychology class graduating in June of that year. The existence of the club has not been continuous, since each successive class decides for itself as to whether th club shall be revived and perpetuated. The chief activities of the club consist in the carrying out of experimental pro- jects, reporting and evaluating psychological literature, and engaging in semi-re- creational activities of particular psychological interest.

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Organizations GIRL RESERVES The Girl Reserves’ Club has a membership of seventy-five, of which number nineteen are Seniors. Some of the outstanding activities of the year have been the observance of world fellowship, an interracial tea, the Girl Reserve mid-winter conference at St. Jo- seph, Mo., and the Palm Sunday breakfast and worslr.p at Central Y. W. C. A. The program for the year, built around the themes “Improvement of person- ality” and “Relationship of the girl to her home, her friends, and her commu- nity,” developed through speakers and panel discussions, has proved interesting as well as beneficial. The following offices were held by Seniors : Mary Louise Starling, President ; Joanna Young, Vice-President; Carol Lee Hill, Chairman, program committee; Edna White, Chairman, social committee ; Lavenia Powell, Chairman, social serv- ice committee; Bennie Jones, Chairman, finance committee. THE LINCOLN HI-Y CLUB The Lincoln Hi-Y is sponsored by the Y. M. C. A. The supervisor is Mr. F. Smith of the Y. M. C. A. The purpose of the club is to maintain high stand- ards of Christian character. The officers are : President, Cecil Chase ; Secretary, Maurice Wheeler, and Treasurer, Edgar Love.

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Junior College The Junior College Department, which is the first in the history of Lincoln High School, began in September, 1936, with an enrollment of seventy-nine stu- dents. Later in the first semester an organization was perfected. The following persons make up the class officers: President, Mae Della Alexander; Vice-Presi- dent, Adam Busch; Secretary, Eunice Weaver, and Financial Secretary, Mary Frances Battles. A definite schedule of activities was decided on to be controlled by a selected group, called the “Rail-Splitters.” A Collegiate Tea was given at the Y. W. C. A. on February 28. The boys staged a stag breakfast. A spring prom was scheduled for the last of May. On June 4 the group presented a play, “Oh, Susan. The Charcoal-Shovel Scholastic Honor Society is to be initiated this year at the close of the semester. The ten ranking students of the class will be eligible for mem- bership. The following faculty members have shown a great interest in the College Department: Mr. James Alfred Jeffress, who was elected Dean of Deans; Miss Octavia Wynbush, who was elected Dean of Women; Mr. Matthew Carroll, who was elected Dean of Men, and others including Miss Trussie Smothers, Mr. Gi- rard Thomas Bryant, Miss Marguerite K. Rhodes, Miss Glee Willoughby, and Mr. Lenel Mason.