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

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Student Council The student election of September turned out in favor of the Junior candi- date for president. Geraldine Whisonaut emerged victorious over the Senior candidate, Lena Smith. Nathan Washington was elected secretary. Operzine Jones was elected assistant. Betty Kelly was appointed sergeant-at-arms. Eloise Brown was elected treasurer. The Department chairmen are as follows: Department of Awards, Nathan Washington; Department of Justice, Audrie Johnson; Department of Safety: Betty Kelly; Department of Foreign Relations, Dorothy Walton; Department of Recreation, Ethel Herriford. The Department of Awards has for its chief objective the securing of pins for the Council members. It has also planned several other awards. The Department of Justice, under Audrie Johnson, has organized a Student Council Court. The function of the court is to try offenses committed against the school. The Department of Safety, Betty Kelly, chairman, has been very instru- mental in placing emergency placards over the school to be used as quick exits. The department has also done much toward insuring personal safety within the school. The Department of Foreign Relations has functioned very effectively under the guidance of Dorothy Walton. The department has written several letters to local and outside schools inquiring whether these have student councils and their functions. Many good results have been obtained from this source. Probably the most active Department of the Council is the Department of Recreation. Under Ethel Herriford, the department has staged several student mixers. It has planned many good and helpful recreational activities which have been enjoyed by the entire student body. Besides these activities, the Council has collected material for a studio hand book, scheduled for publication next fall. The book will contain all information concerning the school history, tradition and school colors. The Council also planned several programs which present student talent to the group in a cultural light. These programs are rendered to give the students a greater apppreciation of higher arts.

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Other Contestants This year, 13 bright, young, energetic Senior girls set sail for a far-off shore — the land of Lilcolnite Queen. Armed with confidence, intelligence and a surpassing amount of salesmanship, they toured every nook and cranny of Greater Kansas City, offering to the public the nineteen thirty-eight edition of The Lincolnite. The first sailor to lower sails was Miss Almeta Tolson, who was followed by the Misses Lois Harmon and Ruby Smalls, respectively. Other skilled and seasoned sailors, as they appear in the picture : Devola Thomas, Lorine Tillman, Lelia Logan, Georgia Brown, Ernestine Walker, Georgia Swearingen, Louise Carter, Mamie Howard, Lucille Samuels, Almeta Tolson, Lois Harmon, Ruby Smalls, and Eula Cade.

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Tlie Mallory Case” The Senior class presented for the annual class play the thrilling three-act drama entitled, “The Mallory Case.” This was an unusually strong play with tense dramatic situations and striking characterizations whch gave the Senior students of the dramatic department a fine oppportunity to display the result of their two years’ training in the art of acting. Every member of the cast seemed especially adapted to his role. The sin- cerity of the acting and the skillful handling of the mystery element kept the spectators guessing until the final curtain. A spirited ticket sale contest among the Senior advisory groups resulted in a large and appreciative audience. The players in the above scene, from left to right, are: Seated — Gladys Brooks, Mildred Watson, Pauline Williams, and Florence Butler. Standing — Edward Lofton, Evelyn Lee, Lamar Wallace, Shirley Gibbs, Po- cahontas Floyd, Joseph Doyle, Eloise Brown, Louise Carter, Audrie Johnson, and Gladys Williams. Others in the cast were : William Estes, Marilyn Conley, Harold Love, and Harry Jones.