Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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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.

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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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Row lfG. ForsyThe, W. Orr, A, Haynes, W. Waqley, A, Ellingso O, Needham. Row 2-H. Whiiney, J. Barlow, H. ManTz, H. Clark N Ubb n, C. Wesfgale. Row 3 A Turner, J. Mari PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT . . . AT some Time during his Three years aT Lincoln iT is obligafory for each pupil To enroll for a semesfer in physical educaTion. Therefore This deparfmenf is indeed large and exTensive, including beside The regular floor worlr such represenTaTive courses as archery, golf, Tennis, fencing, and swimming. IT presenTs To each individual a challenge To develop himself physically, To pracfice good sporfsmanship, and To be considerafe of ofhers. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT . . . Verifying The Theorem seT forfh by Pyfhagoras, discovering The unlcnown guanTiTy of X and Y, and defermining disf- ances by Triangulafion were iusf a few of The an- alyfical problems of The sTudenTs enrolled in classes in algebra, geomeTry, or TrigonomeTry. Plane and solid geomefry, and Trigonomefry are offered by This deparfmenf expressly for Those sTudenTs who laTer infend To enfer college engineering courses. INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT . . . Many sTu- denTs aT Lincoln go Their way, unaware of The facT Thaf we have in our midsT one of The largesf Trade schools in The NorThwesT. Walking along The courT, however, one becomes conscious of This acTiviTy- The blinding lighf of blow Torches, darlc figures of welders, The hum of belTs, lafhes, and drills. Me- chanically-minded boys from all over The ciTy come here for such aTTracTive courses as machine design, archiTecTural drawing, auTo and mefal shop, and The recenfly organized class in show-card painfing.