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

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JENSE AND NUNSENSE THESE QUESTIONS HAVE CAUSED NEAR INSANITY AMONG THE TEACH ERS 1. Can T pass? 2. I lost my admit, may I get an- other one? 3. Shall this be in ink or pencil? 4. Is this to be written out? 5. May I sit with Jean? 6. Shouldn’t I get a better 6 than him? 7. Will you repeat the question? 8. What did you say the lesson was ? 9. Must we write on both sides of the paper ? 10. May I hand mine in Monday? DOROTHY JANICE WALKER. WHAT'S THE USE? If you do not have school spirit, the Lincolnite calls you names. If you do some say you're trying to show off. If you do buy an A. T., you have to do without your lunch for a month. If you don’t buy an Activities Ticket, the A. Association will go broke. If you don’t go out for football, you are a slacker. If you do go out for it, you get your nose broken and “F” as well. If you hang around the girls, you are “molly coddle.” If you leave them alone, you are a “rough neck” and a “low brow.” If you pass in all your work, some say you have a “pull.” If you flunk out, you’re a “feeble wit.” So, what’s the use? “How old is Miss Byrdie ?” “Quite old—I heard she taught Caesar.” Mr. Morrison: “Run up the curtain, Lester: Lester: “What do you think T am, a squirrel ?” —From 25 Edition. Natural Mistake From an examination paper: “Mo- hammedans take several wives. This practice is called “polygamy.” Chris- tians may have only one wife; this is called “monotony.” Teacher: “Smoking, hey ?” Boy: “No, Camels.” Be Nonchalant When— Searching for needles in a portable phonograph. Tying a bow tie. Accepting a collect telegram. Hunting for a blotter. Changing razor blades. Reading a timetable. Cashing a personal check. The man who invented the white stripe in the middle of the road has been given a medal. We understand the committee is now searching for the fellow who stays on his side of it. WHEN Will Mr. Mayberry stop giving three column charts ? Will Mr. Dunlap stop exaggerating? Will Samuel Ellsworth Hill stop carrying his trunk to class? Will Virgilene Miller stop “igging” the public? Will Mr. Lynk stop saying, “Miss Byers, Please ?” Will Leonard Huff stop blushing? Will Margaret Graves’ sailor boy come home? Will Georgia Robinson gain a few pounds ? Will John Hobbs add a few feet to his height? Will we speak of Charming Odell Scott and Eva Mae Roundtree ? Will Bettye Arnold learn to make lemonade ? Will Daniel Robinson stop growing taller? Will Anna Byers become quiet and sophisticated ? Will Robert William Jackson stop being so popular with the ladies?

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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.

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Farewell A NEW TROPHY The Doctor Howard M. Smith Me- morial Cup will be added to Lincoln's trophies this year. It will be given to the youth who has excelled in athletics and deportment. Dr. Smith was a star runner for the University of Pennsylvania from 1904 to 1907. THE- PARTING The time is drawing near When we must part, And though it hurts my heart, Lincoln dear, we must. Four years you've sheltered us— Kept us from despair, And taught us to avoid the tempter’s lair: So now we go the world to see. But always before us there will be, The memory of you, dear Lincoln. —Wallulah Ockleberry. GREENNESS THE SCHOOL ON THE HILL Lincoln High is the school that stands on the hill, Where all the students try to practice good will. We all wish to do the best we can To make our school the best in the land. We Seniors are sorry from the bottom of our hearts That from a school like Lincoln High we must depart. But Pm sure Lincoln High will con- tinue to be Always in the hearts of you and of me. — Edith Carter, 39. Oh, the leanness of the Senior when he's lean, And the meanness of the Junior when he's mean, But the leanness of the lean And the meanness of the mean Aren't in it with the greenness of the Freshman When he’s green. —Submitted by Louise Brockington IN MEMORIAM Today’s most trivial act may hold the seed Of future fruitfulness, or future death— O, cherish always every word and deed! The simplest record of thyself hath worth. —Timrod. ELIZABETH. BERRY EMZIE STRONG FREDERICK MALONE ORLANDO. GARRETT