Lincoln High School - Knight Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Commerce Department But all teachers have outside jobs So Im not in the commerce department Im having un Clickity-clack, clickity-clackg Oh no! I was almost finished the whole exercise, and now I have to start all over again for one miserable mistake! This was the familiar noise and heart-rending cry issuing forth from certain corridors of the school building. Here was the realm of the commercial students, where they worked their way through junior business training and on to clerical practice. Suddenly they found themselves feeling quite capable with typing shorthand and sometimes bookkeeping As seniors transcription and senior office practice were the vogue and the students were to be seen gazing at ceilings thinking in terms of shorthand symbols and typewritten business letters After graduation these pupils will scatter to many different walks of life Some will pursue higher education at business schools Others may seek jobs in private oflices banks or other businesses S Weiss Dept Head First Rau L Graf XI ONe1ll N1 Gaynor S Abrams E Kravitz V Slumpo S Klein Second Hou L Alleman R Cohen R Petterolf M Sher I Abrams Third Rau S Weiss C lentner F Hess 17 ,A ! I ' Y , , , , 9 I I ' .. E1 , -- ., ,., - . - , .. , - , . fl.. A Q Qld K ':1.. ,. ,. . f:. ,... ,

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SCICDCC Department A ver lon tnme a o some of us were mere Cl hth raders takm Y 8 8 8 8 3 a general sclence course and seemg our first experlments In nmth grade as we had no scxence the teachers had a welcome reprleve Somethm s gotta give Abracadabra you young jackanapes However we were back at work agam the next year studymg flora and fauna It was then that we dlscovered that trees have leaves and that msects look qulte mce on the end of a pm As Jumors we wandered through the halls muttermg valences under our breath and almost blew up the school Wllh our sweet smelllng experlments By the tlme we reached our last year we were old hands at sclence and lab As we wrestled nn physlcs wlth the qual1t1es of matter machmes and energv we were encouraged by our teachers wlth such cheerful remarks as Thrs IS nothmg Wall tlll you take sclence 1n college' H Kuner Dept Head if ' First Row: E. Adelman M. Gendhart A. Reller j. Hayburn J. Kelly H. Marcus E. Mullen R. Poliner. Second Row: H. Kuner S. Grossman L. Dietz M. Kahn W. Dodies S. Savitz J. Hoban j. Woolson M. Coale. 16

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Fme and Industrlal Arts Department Last time I drd thls I made open toed shoes - ' Well maybe Walt Disney can Ars longa, vzta brews Art IS long hfe short Not at Llncoln Our line art staff managed to brmg almost all forms of art to lnterested students In addxtlon to showlng them the mechanlcs of productlon they planted 1n thelr mmds a love for beauty and a desxre to create In the large well equlpped shops glrls as well as boys, acqulred the patlence and perseverance necessary to produce good work Fxlled wlth enamelled jewelry, gllStCl'11Ilg waxed bowls, and gally decorated pottery, the showcases of Llncoln were constant trlbutes to these people Other boys examlned the recesses of complex engmes, whlle others beheld the maglc of electrxclty Slmultaneously students learned prmtlng methods 1n the graphlc arts shop Inc1dentally all those clever and attractlve slgns about school were products of that shop R Goldman Dept Head First Row G Glalas L Laskln I Murn F Keebler G Crawford D Haack L Devine S Laverson Second Row G Barber j Devms C Ellasson A Fedeh W Rothchlld Thzrd Row R Goldman J Slegle W Arnson M Shall B Segal J Marvm I8 . . . , , . . ' 5 ' 7 1 3 . . . sv ,vm to 1 4 1 . 'Q - ' ' 7 ' ' ' ' . . F ' if 'W ' Q. J, ' U . - 1 7 , ,, , ' 1 , use rt. li. h.: .M: , A A, . ' fr I , : . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . . : . , . , . , . , . . .'