Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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ENGLISH OFFICE PHYSICAL EDUCATION M dd Mrs. Gaul, STella Lilly, Kafherine Crim, Louise Van DevanTer, EThel Adams. R Z R I M Id d M G T d C gh y H P R l B O B l El b h hb M oyer, er ru e unnin arn, EdiTh Rummell, Mary BarreTT, Winifred Ches- . . ea, iza eT Was urn, rs. MarTin, W. C. P. Meddins, Helen CI k Franklin O'N I OFFICE Well mighT The saying, All roads lead To Rome, be paraphrased aT Lincoln Tor All sTeps lead To The oTTice. Through This imporTanT deparT- menT are carried all aTTairs concerning The school and sTudies oT The sTudenTs. The business oT The school procedure is supervised by Mr. Meddins, principal, and Mr. Beal, vice principal. A careTul check oT all sTudenTs is l4epT by Miss Washburn, aTTendance clerlc, and Mrs. Mar- Tin, oTTice secreTary. AlThough requiring The leasT space This deparTmenT Turnishes The cenTralized governmenT Trom which all insTrucTions are senT by means oT a daily bulleTin and radio announcemenTs. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ThaT a person is iudged by The language he uses is a well-lcnown TacT. WiTh This in mind our English Teachers have sTriven To correcT The errors oT 2,097 sTudenTs who passed Through Their classes each day Tor The pasT year. New Tields added To The English course aT Lincoln during recenT years are Tound in The Lincoln News and The Lincolnian, weelcly and annual publicaTions. Public spealcing, oral expression, and debaTe encourage The sTudenT's dramaTic abiliTy. PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EducaTion has come To mean noT only The developing oT a person's menTal gualiTies buT also oT his physical well-being and moral sTandards. Lincoln provides Tor This by requiring each sTudenT To Talce one semesTer oT Physical EducaTion beTore graduaTing. Classes in healTh, swimming, dancing, golT, and Tennis are oTTered The girls. Boys' classes consisT oT golT, swimming, wresTling, boxing, Traclc, TooTball, and healTh. Good sporTs- manship and consideraTion Tor oTh- er's righTs are also TaughT under This consTrucTive program. Anal The audience scxT spellbouncl.

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O members of +he Class of l935, con- grol'ulo'lions for o good work compleledy and moy success loe yours in 'lulure endeavor. The chollenge of The hour is lo lhinla criiicolly. The smug solisioclion Thor con- dilions, socially and economically, are acceplable does noi exisl now. ln ils place has come reslless disconlenl. If high school lraining accomplishes any- lhing, if develops a gueslioning allilude, an inquiring mind. The army of Thousands graduaring from high school and college lasi year, lhis year, and nexl' year supplies Jrhe leadership for The solufion of lhe greaf social and economic problems wi+h which we are conlronled. Lincoln l-ligh School gradu- ales have an obligalion lo do Their parl in This greal work, +o read much, +o lhirile cleorly, ond lo speol4 wisely. W. C. P. MEDDINS.

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COMMERCIAL HOME ECONOMICS Thornhill, Inez Moore Gladys Parker, James Frail. Row I-E i a Bonney PrudcnTia Sowell, Gerfrude Herring, Mav ' ewar, COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT To Take a commercial course does noT necessarily mean ThaT one inTends To be a sTenographer or bookkeeper, Tor The Training received in This course can be applied To problems oT everyday liTe. Bookkeeping, sTenographic work, and a combinaTion oT boTh are The chieT courses oTTered under The commercial deparTmenT. AdverTising and Sales is given as an addiTional semesTer sTudy. The bookkeeping course prepares one Tor a posiTion in ThaT line and also Trains in keeping privaTe records while The sTenographic course prepares one Tor general oTTice work. Members oT This deparTmenT give a real service To The school by doing mimeograph work, puTTing ouT The daily buIIe+ins, and Typing our reporT cards. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT I-lome Economics has been recognized in recenT years as a mosT impor- TanT course. Only lasT year The LegislaTure oT The STaTe oT WashingTon passed a bill which now requires every girl in The sTaTe To Take eiTher one year oT I-lome RelaTions or Two years oT one oT The subiecTs oTTered in The I-lome Economics course. By This iT is inTended Thar The TuTure home-makers, who are The girls in high school Today, shall be able To Take care oT Their homes capably. One oT The I-lome Economics subiecTs ThaT seems To have aTTracTed a large number oT boys aT Lincoln laTely is cooking. Two special classes were Tormed Tor These new enThusiasTs during The pasT year. Being someThing new and very diTTerenT, These classes were oT inTeresT To such a large number oT boys ThaT iT was necessary To limiT The enrollmenT To seniors only. i Row 2-I-I. J. Swarm, Mrs. Pugh, MarqareT Lapharn, Lucile JohnsTon, W. F W d Th R rn y M M I Z d SI T M M K FuTure bookkeepers. qI3