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

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C! ass Prophecy Where am I? Where am I? How did I get on this cloud? It seems as if I just dropped off to sleep a minute. Oh well, I can’t get down so I suppose I’ll just stay up here and see what I can find. Why, what’s that? A large church in New York? Well, well! It looks like Audrie Johnson. Yes, he is the pastor of this large church. Some of his members are Helen Smith, Eloise M. Brown, Alary Henderson, and Doris Bur- roughs. Why, Look? That young lady resembles Miss Betty Jean Kelly. Wait! It seems as though she is instructing a girl’s baseball team. Oh well, Betty al- ways wanted to be a Gym Teacher, anyway. Oh, boy ! California, here I come. There’s Edward Dillard, and Earl Ho- gan, making a salary of one thousand dollars a week, as best comedians in Hol- lywood. Well, knock me over with a feather ! Look at that sign. It says, Sensa- tional Boxing, “Frank Haugh versus Carl Holland.” Oh, yes! What is that large building over there? It looks like a school. It is — the school of “Nit Wits.” Some of the outstanding pupils are Warren Childs, Flernoy Barker, Roland Smallwood, Henry Davis and John Baker. Well, isn ' t this a surprise ! Who is that well-dressed Miss standing in that office? She seems to be typing away to her heart’s content. It’s Emily Ritchie. Poor Emily ! She wanted to be a scientist so badly, but I suppose she decided that typing was her line. Who are those other girls working over there ? Let me see ; those faces look familiar. They are Natalie Ferguson, Mary Catherine Smith, and Lucille Samuels. Now that I’ve visited Cali forma, I’ll just go anywhere this cloud takes me. I think I’m nearing a little love nest. Yes — and it belongs to none other than Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dawson, with Willa Mae AIcGee as the wifey. Their ro- mance certainly has lasted a long time. Wait a minute. The cloud is carrying me so fast that I’ll have to take only short glances so that I can take in all that’s going on around me. There’s Lerline Williams and Oneida King working as cooks in that large College Cafeteria. I wonder who else is working there? Oh! Yes, there’s Lamar Wallace, William Blakely, Vernon Brooks, and Velma Taylor working as chief dishwashers. I wonder what all that noise over there is ? It sounds like my old pal ; it is Edward Lofton, he’s shouting, “Hit that Word! Hit that Word!” He seems to be the director at a large moving picture studio. Some of the stars are Louise Carter, Florence Butler, Evelyn Lee and Lena Smith. Well ! Well ! There’s a large gum factory. It seems to be owned and operated by my old schoolmates. Let’s see. There’s Willard Adoore as manager. Some of his assistants are Anna Lee Bartlett, Evelyn AdcNeely, Adolphus Mooney, Elsie Adiller, Jamesetta Osborne, and Elisa Brooks. What’s this I see before me ? It seems to be a large building. So it is. The sign reads : “Otey’s Private School for Girls and Boys.” Look Look ! Look ! There are some of my old school chums ! There’s Clyde Otey ,as Principal; Frankie Martin, as American History teacher; Nathan Washington, chemistry instructor, and Georgia Swearingen, as geometry teacher. I wonder why it is so quiet over in that vicinity. Oh, I see, it’s a hospital. Some of the doctors are Alarian Spencer, Daniel Franklin, Robert Sharp, and Johnnie Bee Wallace. One of the main patients in the hospital is Wesley Trip- lett. Doctor Sharp is the bram specialist. He seems to be experimenting on Mr. Triplett. My! Aly! What is that old junky truck doing on this street? Well, Well! It’s my old friend, Flarry Jones, driving the city’s Garbage Truck. Isn’t that a shame ; he tried so hard to be smart. I thought he would probably be a scientist. 0(h ! Oh ! I seem to be falling. Ouch ! My back hurts ! Well, I do de- clare; I’m on my own bedroom floor and I’ve been dreaming. Anyway, let’s hope these realistic dreams come true. Elsia Brooks.

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Briscoe Hopson Williams Fields Brown Brooks Davis Davis Franklin Frazier Holland Myers Moore M i Her Osbourne Sublett Williams Williamson Williams Wilson Williams Welch Evans Doyle Jenkins Logan Burnett Williams Blackwell Hawthorne Williams Young Jackson CLASS DF 1938 JASPER BRISCOE Glee Club. “If only one of my girls would be true.” CHARLES HOPSON R. O. T. C., First Lieutenant. “Where there’s Doyle, there’s Hopson.” PAULINE WILLIAMS Dramatics, ’36, ’37. “Next to shortest, I come first.” JAMES FIELDS “God’s gift to beautiful girls.” JOHN FREDERICK BROWN Football. “Study when there’s nothing else to do.” CARL HOLLAND Football. “All good things come in one big package.” ERNESTINE WILLIAMS “I always treat others as I wish to be treated.” MARIAN EVANS Spanish ' 37, ’3S. “Say Forest and I’ll smile like everything.” LULU LEE BROOKS Girl Reserve. “I must have the last word.” PERCY MYERS Pre-frats. “Just plain papa.” LERLINE WILLIAMSON Advisory Basketball Team. “A blush is beautiful but often inconvenient.” JOSEPH DOY’LE R. O. T. C. Captain, ’36, ’37, ’38. “Me and Charlie.” HENRY DAVIS R. O. T. C. “Slow and steady wins the race.” WILLARD MOORE Basketball. “Send yourself lightly.” RUBY JEWEL WILLIAMS Girl Reserve, ’36, ’37, ’38. “Better known as Coquette.” SELMA JENKINS Girl Reserve. “Honor and shame from no condi- tion rise.” LEON DAVIS R. O. T. C. “Ladies’ man.” ROLLAND MILLER Paint Shop. “He’s quiet — but he’s trouble.” ARLINE WILSON Girl Reserve, ’36. “Precious things come in small packages.” LELIA MAE LOGAN Dramatics Club. “I would be all right if I could DANIEL FRANKLIN R. O. T. C. “Say Rhoda and I’ll smile.” JAMESETTA OSBOURNE Glee Club. “A thing well done is worth doing.” QUENTIN WILLIAMS Basketball, ’37, ’38. ARNELL BURNETT Basketball. “Slow but sure.” CORDELL FRAZIER Football, ’37. “You can’t ride me.” WILLIAM SUBLETT Deputy. “Ask me anything, I can give you an answer.” MARY WELCH Girl Reserve, ’35, ’36, ’37. ““A lady of very few words.” GLADYS WILLIAMS Glee Club. “Fools enter where angels dare not tread.” JUANITA HAWTHORNE Girl Reserve. “Watch out, here I come.” MARION D. WILLIAMS “I live my life.” LLOYD YOUNG Boy Scouts, ’36. “To be of not to be, ladies, that is the question.” JOSEPHINE BLACKWELL Girl Reserve “Better late than never.” ERNEST JACKSON R. O. T. C. “You can get it if you try.”

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HAIL THE QUEEN!!! Each loyal Lincolnite humbly and proudly doffs his hat to the most courage- ous and persevering young lady in Lincoln High School. With a calm disregard for all obvious handicaps, this young lady succeeded in selling more Lincolnites to the reading public than any other Queen Contestant. With a deep feeling of gratitude we proudly present the 1938 Lincolnite Queen — Miss Almeta Tolson. As her aspiring attendants we are proud to present Misses Lois Harmon and Ruby Smalls. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!