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

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THE LINCULN HI-Y CLUB The Lincoln Hi-Y Club has been engaged in many activities and entertain- ments during the past school year. In order to raise money for the club to establish a more desirable boys” depart- ment in the Y. M. C. A., several benefits have been promoted which were very successful. Several joint meetings with other Hi-Y clubs have been held. Most interest- ing of these were the meeting with the Northeast group, the Cosmopolitan Dinner at the Southeast Presbyterian Church and the Camp Washata meeting. Other activities to be indulged in before the end of the year include the annual Father-Son Banquet and the possible sending of a delegation to Boys’ Town, Nebraska. The Hi-Y activities are under the direction of Boys’ Work Department of the Paseo Branch of the Y. M. C. A. with the aid of two members of-the faculty as sponsors.

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THE GIRL RESERVES The Girl Reserves are junior members of the Y. W. C. A. This organization was established for the purpose of affording some wholesome recreation for young girls. There are about seventy-five members in the Senior Girl Reserve Club; about twenty-five are Seniors. The Senior officers of the club are Daisy Stiles, president; Helen Sims, secretary ; Hildred Tollett, program chairman; Oakereader King, social chairman, and Emma Wiggins, cooperative social chairman. The purpose of the club is “To Find and Give the Best.” We have attempted to carry out this purpose in our many relationship conferences with other Girl Reserves of the state. The symbol of the club, the triangle within a circle, repre- sents a Girl Reserve and her relationships with the world. The Girl Reserves also seek to perform services for others. Every Girl Reserve is pledged to be always ready for service. Some of the activities in which the Girl Reserves have participated and spon- sored are: An Interracial Tea, a Conference in St. Joseph, contributions to the Big Sisters Home, a Little Sister Party, a Petticoat Prom, and entertainment for the Hi-Y boys, the Mother and Daughter banquet, and a puppet show.

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Poetru RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS To be content from day to day, With whatsoever should come my way, To smile and sing when things go Wrong, Putting serious thought before my song. To do a good deed every hour, Inspiring sunbeams, instead of show- ërs, And in all things to do my best, Is my short recipe for happiness. —Marilyn V. Hines. CHEM I’m through with Chem, both one and two. The E's I made were all too few. I struggled with the lousy stuff Until my brain was just a fluff. My Prof. in Chem was such a prince, I know my dumbness made him wince ; But on he taught and drew and pled, Until one day he finally said: “My dear young girl, you are so dull, I do believe your mind is full Of other things of lighter trend, So chemistry we will suspend. “When you complete your giddy fling, Then to my office you may bring Your books and brain and settled mind And leave frivolity behind.” I took his counsel right to heart And studied hard and long, And now today as I depart I sing a farewell song. I thank my Prof. so gratefully For the wise advice he gave to me But for his interest I would be A failing Senior, minus glee. —Ethel Herriford. A VIGOROUS MORRIS It seemed mighty rocky for the Lincoln Tigers that day, The score stood six to seven with just two minutes left to play, And when Ervin dropped the ball and Reed did the same, Misery wreathed the patrons who watched the boresome game. A straggling few got up to go, leaving there the rest, With the hope that lies eternal within the human breast, For they thought if Morris could only get to play, That he would win the classic of the homecoming day. But Lafayette preceded Morris, to the wonderment of all, And they passed and gained a little, but still the patrons called, “Morris! We want Morris!” Oh! why does Mr. Mason hold The one and only player who could score a winning goal ? And when Morris was sent in, up went a joyous yell, It sounded in the sky and rattled in the dell. It sounded on the hillside, it sounded on the plain, For Morris, Mighty Morris, was sent into the game. And when Morris took his place and was calling for the ball, Silence was among the patrons, as Morris took a fall. With a smile of Christian charity, Morris’ visage shone And he whispered to his mates, as the game went on and on. And when Morris saw that only a sec- ond was left to play, He called for a pass, which was his only way. Again calling signals as the team made his way clear, But Morris was so enthusiastic, that the signals he did not hear. Somewhere in this favored land, the sun is shining bright, And other schools are playing and somewhere hearts are light. Somewhere boys are laughing and somewhere children fall, But there’s no joy at Lincoln, for Mor- ris Washington missed the ball. —Elmer Harris.