Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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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.

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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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4I 4 -.. ri erson, . ors e nson, . e e , . eson, . Row I I A d E Th T I F K II y M OI M Davis, O. Opgenorfh. Row 2-E. Schwarz, W. Hardie, J. I-ToaTs, W. Dr k R 3 Alli on iM. Carr, J. ChrysT, R. Elder, W. ScoTT, W. S . HISTORY DEPARTMENT . . . A wide-awake sTudenT musT know noT only abouT school liTe buT also be alerT on subiecTs concerning naTional and world liTe. Qur I-IisTory DeparTmenT oTTers many opporTuniTies' To acquire This knowledge in such courses as social problems, civics, world hisTory, and PaciTic relaTions. The laTTer course has become increasingly popular because oT The changing condiTions in The 0rienT. and The inspiraTion oT Miss OpgenorTh. who was a guesT oT The Japanese governmenT lasT summer. LIBRARY . . . During each period oT The day Lincoln's library hums wiTh acTiviTy as sTudenTs Track down auThenTic daTa on innumerable Topics. This brighT and sunny room is presided over by Miss Anderson, who Tirelessly helps us Tind Those elusive biTs oT inTormaTion. Besides her many oTher duTies, she gives pracTical lessons on The use oT The library. The signing oT The Library Code, presenTed by The STudenT Council, proved very eTTecTive in reducing The number oT damaged or missing books. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT . . . The proper meThod oT mixing H2504 wiTh I-IZO is iusT a minor parT oT The science program, as chemisTry is buT one oT The six subiecTs ThaT may be elecTed in This deparTmenT. The courses oTTered are chemisTry, biology, physics, agriculTure, and geology, The laTTer being a com- paraTively new class, insTrucTed by Mr. I-loaTs, Torm- erly wiTh The UniTed STaTes Geological Survey. An annual proiecT in This deparTmenT is The reToresTa- Tion oT a large area oT burned over TerriTory known as The Lincoln Memorial I:oresT.