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

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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

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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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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF Electricity The marvels of electricity a half century ago were little known. Perhaps in a few years future generations will be saying that about 1939. But these new developments will only come with the welding of long range planning, research, large monetary ex- penditures and skilled man power into one closely knit unit. The wise expendi- ture of labor, time and money has en- abled this Company to meet the de- mands of this growing community for electric energy and the building of an adequate reservoir for future growth. This is shown by the present capital in- vestment of approximately ninety-seven million dollars and the employment of more than two thousand skilled em- ployees. Research is constantly going on to in- crease the efficiency and to extend the helpfulness of electricity in all phases of life. And because of this desire and readi- ness of investor owned electric service companies to delve into the unknown, electricity is helping increase the span of life, reduce human drudgery and make living more worth while. hANSAS CITY POWER LIGHT 1