Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Commercial Department Commercial work is used almosf every day in everyone's life. Thaf probably is fhe reason 2,I92 sfudenfs are enrolled in This deparfmenf, fhe largesl' enrollmenf of any secfion in fhe school. Affer a course in bookkeeping and sfenographic work a sfudenf is pre- pared for general office work if he does nof care fo go on fo college. Adverfising and sales give an insighf info ofher vocafional possibilifies, especially sales, as fhousands enfer fhis field of work. One will encounfer Lincoln Alumni in almosf any com- mercial esfablishmenf in fhe cify. Many pupils of fhis deparfmenf ob- fain real experience by working in fhe office and helping Miss Washbuu'n: many ioin fhe business sfaffs of fhe sfudenf publicafions, The Lincoln News and The Lincolnian. Science In our science deparfmenf are handled such subiecfs as biology, chemisfry, physics, agricul- fure, efc. Each year fhe sfudenfs inferesfed in fhe pres- ervofion of our foresfs make a frip fo some area designafed by lhe Foresfry Deparfmenf of our governmenf as desirable for reforesfrafion. One such area has already been filled, and we are soon +o receive anofher. Miss Kelley wifh her sfaff of science insfruc- fors provide many opporfunifies for sfudenfs who are looking forward fo a fufure in fhe scien- 'rific world. Home Economics Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Can she make a cherry pie, charming Billy? She can make a cherry pie, quick as a caf can wink her eye - If you have noi already found fhis ouf, you mighf verify if by asking some of fhe eighfy lads who elecfed fo learn how fo selecf food wisely, markef economically, and prepare wholesome meals. The lassies' inferesfs are as wide aparf as bandaging shop casualfies and culfivafing arfisfic inferesfs. Their direcfors in fhe arf of living are Pru- denfia B. Sowell, Zaidee E. Bonney, Bernice Enger, Ecile Y. l-laddow, Mary O. l-lowey, l-lelen Pangborn, Edifh Befh Ramsay.

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1- CDfHce All business ond odrninisTroTive TuncTions cenTer in The oTfice. These include such ocTiviTies os operoTe Through The loudspeoker sysTer'n ond The swiTchboord. Our loudspeoker sysTer'n is on espe- ciol convenience developed ond pro- duced by TolenT Tound here in Lin- coln l-ligh School. We ore proud oT The obiliTy shown by The vorious pupils who ore being Troined Tor TuTure oc- TiviTy in This very rnodern r'neThod ol reaching The public. To lvlrs. lVlc1rTin, our eTTicienT clerk, we owe mony Thonks Tor her cheer- Tul response To our mony needs. To Mr. Beol ond lvlr. Meddins we wish To express our opprecioTion Tor Their kind- ly help, direcTion, ond counsel. 0 Enghsh AlThough This course is cornpulsory, iT probobly would be iusT os populcrr iT iT were noT, Tor good English is one oT The rnosT irnporTc1nT iTen'rs in our sTrug- gle To geToheo1d. ATTer one hos Tinished The required Tour ser'nesTers oT This secTion, he hos The choice oT vorious odvonced Eng- lish subiecTs. FirsT, ore The newswriT- ing closses, conducTed by lvlr. PosT, The odviser oT The Lincoln News. From These he chooses his sToTT eoch sernes- Ter. IT The sTudenT needs help ond procTice in public speoking, he rnoy ioin one of lvliss LingenTelTer's closses. AnoTher populor senior subiecT is Ad- vonced CornposiTion which is usuolly ToughT by Miss lvlcDonnell, heod oT The deporTr'nenT. History Department Economics ond sociol problems, elecTives, ore chosen by numbers indicoTing o growing in- TeresT in These subiecTs. A new course, PociTic ReloTions, hcrs been on The elecTive lisT since SepTernber. AT presenT, This course deols wiTh Chino, Jopon, Jopon's PcrciTic MondoTe, ond The inTeresTs oT The UniTed STcrTes in The PcrciTic. The course is To be suTFicienTly elosTic To permiT oT The sTudy oT oTher oreos ol The PociTic os occosion orises. During The yeor new rnenwbers hove been odded To The sToTT. lvlr. Schwarz come in SepTen'rberg lvlr. Nichols in Februory To Toke The ploce oT lvlr. Beniornin, whose poss- ing wos keenly TelT by his rnony Triends.

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Foreign Language The Foreign Language deparTmenT includes Teachers and sTudenTs oT LaTin, German, French, and Spanish. The Teachers are Miss Lilly and Mr. PaTchin, Spanish, Miss Kendall and Mrs. ScoTT, German, Mrs. Messelin, French: and Mrs. ScoTT and Miss Lid- dell, LaTin. The enrollmenT This semes- Ter is six hundred and sevenTy-six: Spanish classes numbering abouT Three hundred, LaTin one hundred sixTy, and French and German abouT one hun- dred each. ObiecTives Tor sTudying Toreign lan- guages vary: PracTical-For college enTrance, or as a prerequisiTe Tor law, medicine, science, or nursing, or To in- crease one's knowledge oT English. CulTural-For The enioymenT To be de- rived Trom language sTudy, or To en- rich one's background by a sTudy oT The liTe, cusToms, and liTeraTures oT Toreign peoples, ancienT and modern, Through The medium oT Their own Tongues. T21 1 Music OT The Music DeparTmenT we mighT say ThaT iT reaches inTo The liTe oT The communiTy To a greaTer exTenT Than any oTher oT These groups. The band is called upon Tor many civic TuncTions, such as The spring daTTodil parade, and aTTords universal enioymenT. The orchesTra, Too, renders service noT only in our own public gaTherings buT in answer To requesTs Trorn oTher schools. Added To This we are indebTed To The glee clubs, boTh boys and girls, Tor numbers presenTed in our own pro- grams, assemblies, radio broadcasTs, and chorus work in The opera. We appreciaTe The Tine work oT Mrs. Goheen who has charge oT The orchesTra, glee clubs, and The opera. Mr. Anarde is building up a band or- ganizaTion oT which we are iusTly proud. lndustrial Arts This deparTmenT oTTers a large varieTy oT shop work in addiTion To drawing and relaTed sub- iecTs. The courses include wood work, elecTrical consTrucTion, elecTrical Theory, radio consTruc- Tion, sheeT rneTal work, hoT and cold meTal work, machine shop pracTice, and auTo me- chanics. The drawing includes mechanical, machine, and archiTecTural'drawing. RelaTed maThemaTics and science are given wiTh prac- Tical shop applicaTions, and vocaTional Training is being oTTered in some oT The shop courses. There are nine Teachers in The deparTmenT and over Twelve hundred sTudenTs enrolled.