Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Raw l-H. Post, F. Anarde, M. Moyer, G. ScoTT, E. Pugh, K Herring, E. Rumme' R Palo, B. Chesney Row 2-W. Paichin M L pham, G. Cunn gh m, M, Goheen, L Lirigenfelfer, T. K dal G Ldaell, S. Llly A Messelin, K. C ENGLISH DEPARTMENT . . . Four Tully accrediTed semesTers oT English are required Tor graduaTiong ThereTore This subiecT presenTs a challenge +ha+ musT be meT by every pupil who receives a diploma. ATTer compleTing The required courses sTudenTs may elecT advanced composiTion, public speaking, oral ex- pression, or worlc on The sTaTTs oT The school publica- Tions. RecenTly The deparTmenT acquired Ten small porTable libraries, which have made accessible a greaT varieTy oT supplemenTary reading. FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT . . . Evi- dence oT The closer and closer associaTion oT The greaT counTries oT The world is Tound in The ever- increasing numbers oT sTudenTs in The Foreign Langu- age DeparTmenT. A wide scope oT inTeresTs are responsible Tor The large enrollmenT: The require- menT Tor college enTrance, hope oT Travel, scienTiTic sTudy, diplomaTic service, and Toreign Trade. Plans Tor The inclusion oT Norwegian in The curriculum nexT SepTember promise increased inTeresT. MUSIC DEPARTMENT . . . AcTiviTies on The TourTh Tloor are now among The mosT popular oT our enTire curriculum. ln addiTion To our usual courses in music, glee clubs, orchesTra, and our splendid band, many new inTeresTs have been added To This deparTmenT in The pasT year or Two which have enriched our sTuclenT life and broughT much disTincTion To The school. Among These are our noTed A Capella Choir, classes in choral singing, The Popular Song Choir, and BroadcasT Club.

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W. C. P. MEDDTNS Principal PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE . . . The Theme oT This paragraph is Tound in The Tollowing guoTaTion oT unknown origin. The minTage oT lcnowledge is To lcnow ThaT resT is rusT and ThaT real liTe is in love, laughTer and work. Therein is a biT oT philosophy ThaT goes well wiTh The Theme oT This memory book, The Challenge oT School LiTe. The members oT This and oTher graduaTing classes, recognizing oppor- TuniTies Tor developmenT, have accepTed The chal- lenge. SelT has been resTrained and Trained To orderly eTTorT. TempTaTions have been resisTed. l-labiTs oT weighing values have developed a serious- ness oT purpose. l-lowever, There has been in The delighTs oT recreaTion and in The saTisTacTion oT worlc well done a ioy oT living Tound only in well balanced school liTe. For Those who have sTill anoTher year or Two in school The demands oT The challenge are To play, To make Triends, and To worlc hard. For Those who are leaving Lincoln l-ligh School I could wish noThing beTTer Than ThaT The challenge oT liTe aTTer school should be meT wiTh The ToresighT and deTer- minaTion which has characTerized Their progress Thus Tar. B. O. BEAL Vice-Principal ll0i

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R w I-fJ. Frail, P. Gowell, M. Howey, E. Ramsay, H, Pangbor Dunbar, G. Parker, F. ArmsTrong, M, Carmody, F. Erspame 2 I M E Hb L J h T E dd .I M I fy -, oore, . Was. urn, . o ns on, H Thornhll Row 3-vW. Siellc, W. C. P. M dd B O B I Grass H Swarm. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT . . . WiTh The cliclc oT shorThand pencils, The hum oT TypewriTers, and The balancing oT budgeTs, The worls oT The Com- mercial DeparTmenT seems never To cease. Besides The courses which are usually oTTered, advances have been made in This Tield wiTh The addiTion oT a very up-To-daTe and popular course in vocaTional analysis. GreaTly appreciaTed services perTormed Tor The school are The Typing oT reporT cards, ediTing OT The daily bulleTin, and The mimeograph worlc Tor classes. OFFICE . . . Malcing The decisions which aTTecT TwenTy-eighT hundred high school sTudenTs is no easy Taslcq yeT This is The worlc done mosT capably by our oTTice sTaTT, which includes Mr. Meddins, principalg Mr. Beal, vice principalg Miss Washburn, aTTendance clerlq and The oTTice clerk, Miss Dunbar. Solving our individual problems, consTanTly Thinlcing To increase our educaTional opporTuniTies, occasionally reminding us oT our ThoughTless adolescenT acTions are buT a small parT oT The daily rouTine oT This group. I 'IQHOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT . . . More and more emphasis is being placed on Training in home- malcing, noT only by our school buT also by The STaTe DeparTmenT oT EducaTion. Evidence oT This is seen in The increased numbers in our usual classes in Toods and cloThing, and in The TacT ThaT a Tull year's course in home relaTions is now required oT every girl. The deparTmenT has also widened iTs scope by including Two classes in Toods Tor boys and an even greaTer varieTy oT inTeresT in The popular course in arTcraTT.