Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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'II4 Thcf mysTerious unknown quanfify X. H . geygmfn HISTORY FOREIGN LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS am ran rs amer ina ors einson a e eson ive pgenor , R 3VDKy BLTh ,F kEp ,El TI1T ,MblOI ,OI O Th W I TT W All on, Rial Beniarnin. Row 2-Alice Griggs, Mrs. ScoTT, Twiia Kendall, Grace I P T h J sie Lilly. Row I-W, C. Orr, Helen WhiTney Jessie Barlow Helen ManTz A y H y Eb S' 5 DSS, EI' IZEV. FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT I.incoIn's Toreign language deparTmenT oTTers classes in French, Span- ish, German, and LaTin, The Tour chieT Toreign Tongues. Much inTeresT is aroused in The languages which They are sTudying, and Triendly Teeling is creaTed among sTudenTs in These classes by correspon- dence wiTh high school boys and girls in oTher counTries. In Lincoln High School an increasing number oT sTudenTs is To be Tound in This oleparT- menT each year. HISTORY DEPARTMENT E WiTh over l5OO pupils enrolled in iTs classes during The pasT year The I-IisTory DeparTmenT is ranked as a TavoriTe by Lincoln sTudenTs. Required by The STaTe DeparTmenT oT EducaTion, a semesTer oT boTh UniTed STaTes hisTory and civics becomes a parT oT every sTudenT's program beTore graduaTion. 0Ther hisTory courses may be Talcen as elecTives. The elecTives, Social Problems and Economics, are becoming oT increasing imporTance and inTeresT To The sTudenTs each year. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Now iusT whaT good is maThemaTics going To do a person? Train your mind, Johnny! Train your mind! There are people who realize some vanTage in liTe oTher Than maTerial gain. Everyday problems can very oTTen be solved easily iT buT reasoned ouT. There is noThing beTTer Than maThemaTics To TiT one's mind To do This guiclrly and accuraTeIy. The sTudenTs aT Lincoln Tully appreciaTe This as is shown by The large number choosing This mind discipline. i So baclc To your algebra, geom- eTry, and TrigonomeTry, Ivlary, and do learn To appreciaTe The paral- lelepipedon.

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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

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS SCIENCE MUSIC Row 2-George ForsyTh, VV. P, Wagley, Charles Miller, Amhur Turner, Jul M O B N dh Ned Ubben, Clifford WesTgaTe. Row IfFranIc Anarde, Mrs. Goheen, Lillia A WI H d J h I-IoaTs, Mrs. Davis, Ch I B h FI K II y, VV II D I SCIENCE DEPARTMENT IT has been said ThaT The purpose oT science is To sTudy wiThouT preiu- dice The TacTs, laws, and processes oT naTure. ThaT sTudenTs may learn To appreciaTe and undersTand naTure, Lincoln's Science DeparTmenT oTTers classes in biology, boTany, agricuITure, phys- ics, chemisTry, and geology. INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Our school oTTers iTs sTudenTs exceIlenT TaciliTies Tor shop worlc. Included in This are The classes oT The IndusTriaI ArTs. In This branch are Two dis- TincT courses: The high school course which requires one hour Tor each subiecT, and The indusTrial, or Trade Training, which has Two-hour classes. The shops are among The besT oT Those in any high school in The sTaTe oT WashingTon. MUSIC DEPARTMENT Supplying music Tor The school assemblies, special programs, bandramas, and operas Talls To The loT oT our musical Triends, The members oT The music deparTmenT. Their pracTice and classrooms are Tound in The Tower oT The building. The boys' and girls' glee clubs, The orchesTra, and The band are The organizaTions which malce up The personnel. LIBRARY WiTh a coIIecTion oT 5,000 volumes and subscripTions To TwenTy-Tive currenT magazines our library is one oT which To be proud. NineTy-six sTudenTs are accommodaTed each period oT The day. Miss Anderson, The school librari- an, gives Tour lessons in The use oT The library To Sophomore and Jun- ior English classes. Machinisfs in The making. I5