Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Guidance Helps Vets A friend in need is a friend indeed. So troubled Lincoln students find a friendly and helpful atmosphere in room 229, the guidance room. Straightening out difficult pro- grams. interviewing new students. putting out job bulletins and aiding veterans to obtain their high school diplomas were just a few of the services performed by Leslie Hoar, Miss Mildred Moyer, Miss Gladys Parker, Mrs. Nelle Delany and Mrs. Ruby Somerville. Vocational guidance was enlarged this year in an effort to enable students to relate their school interest to more or less specific areas of occupational activity. With Miss Gladys Parker as military adviser. veterans were programmed for regular enroll- ment after careful individual counseling on jobs. college or other advancemnet for which the high school diploma is a prerequisite. Over 50 ex-servicemen attended Lincoln this semester. Lincoln administers the General Educational Development test to determine whether or not the veteran has acquired either formally or in- formally the equivalence of a high school edu- cation. On the basis of this test, more than IOO men were placed on the 1946 graduation list. During the second semester. a handbook which will be available to all students in the fall of 1946 was constructed in connection with Miss Rosa Palo's advanced composition class. This handbook will contain information on the courses offered at Lincoln, the clubs, the student body constitution and other activities of interest to both old and new students, P. T. A. OFFICERS Left lu right. Row I-Mrs. Arthur Sandin. treasurer: Mrs. William Kohout, president. Run' 2-Nlrs. George Rennie. secretary: Miss Louise Van Devanter. second vice-president: Mrs. Fred Lockwood. first vice-president. GUIDANCE Left to rigf7l7Miss Gladys Parker, Miss Mildred Moyer. Leslie Hear, Mrs, Ruby Somerville, Mrs. Nellie Delany. Busy Year for P. T. A. Meeting every third Tuesday of the month to carry on their activities under the direction of Mrs. William Kohout is Lincoln's Parent- Teachers Association. This organization. better known as the P. T. A., is a combination of parents and teachers working together in both social and service projects. To start off their full schedule for the year the parents of the group gave a tea and reception in the library honoring the teachers. A meeting of particular interest was held in January when two student council members and Mrs. Russell Baker gave a report and dis- cussion on conditions at the detention home. However, the most important meeting of the year was held on Founders Day, February l9. when Lt. Col. F,nsley Lewellyn was their guest speaker. Lt. Col. Lewellyn, an ex-Lincolnite. was a fitting speaker for this occasion as his mother was one of the first presidents of the P. T. A. at Lincoln. Heading their list of service projects for the year was the important part they played in the collection of clothes for the needy people of war torn countries. ln addition to their activities in Tacoma, the P. T. A. sent two delegates to a state confer- ence in Wenatchee on May 7-8-9. Aiding Mrs. Kohout, serving her second year as president were: Mrs. Fred Lockwood. first vice-president: Miss Van Devanter, second vice- president: Mrs. George Renni. secretary: Mrs. Arthur Sandin, treasurer: and Mrs. J. W. Yost, program chairman.

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Principal Beal's Message ln order to inculcate a genuine sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation every indi- vidual must realize and strive to obtain the best education possible. Today, as never before, young men and women are attending various institutions of learning, many with the specific purpose of making preparation for some voca- tion or life work--a most Worthy goal for any person who desires to make a noteworthy contribution to society and who expects to enjoy his life to the fullest extent. Even though there is a feeling of uncertainty and unrest at the present time as a result of the recent war, yet it is extremely important that every citizen of this country keeps faith in humanity and strives diligently to uproot all evil tendencies by maintaining a spirit of goodwill, exercising tolerance at all times, and above all, to live and practice the Golden Rule. May it be that all ex-Lincolnites who participated in this recent world conflict shall not have fought and died in vain. May it be that their willingness to make sacrifices even to the extent of life itself shall result in a firm de- termination on the part of all of us to work diligently to promote peace and goodwill on earth, to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom, and democracy. Burt O. Beal, Principal Mr. Hoar Gives Advice Let's ask Mr. l-loarf' The number of times bewildered students have en- tered the office seeking advice from a friendly vice-principal are innumerable. But this suggestion has solved many a difficult problem for Lincolnites. With every new semester comes the task of making out new programs. The tedious job which follows, that of straightening out the multitude of muddled programs, also falls into the able hands of Mr. Leslie R. Hoar. This law-enforcer's understanding of teen-agers is probably felt just as strongly at home by his son and daughter as it is in school. In this, Lincoln's first post-war year, Mr. Hoar's words seem typical of the faculty's opinion: During the year many World War ll veterans, who were former Lincoln students have returned to their alma mater to continue their education. These boys are more mature and have a broader outlook on life than before they went away to war. Students and faculty rejoice that the war is over and that these boys are back in school once more. Leslie Hear, Vice-Principal nf l beg , rl

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A -Y. , . 4, fx K . 1 -in ,fo f A44 M xi k Faculty-Group l Ld! lu right. Ron Ifjohn Kennedy. mathematics: W'allace Drake. biology: Robert Krogfoss, commercial: Lloyd Hague. auto shop: Nix. livnns, lfngllshg Mrs. Dorothy Foster. English: lvlrs. Helen Ft-utl, German: hflrs. Florence Armstrong. commercial: Mrs. Eileen Gondy. English: lvliss Ramona Haltom. English: Mrs. Margaret Goheen, choir. glee club: Miss Prudentia Gowell. art: lylrs. Mary Gellatly, clothing: Nliss Lillian Anderson. librarian: Mrs. Edith Hild. English' J. R, Hoats. physicsg Frank Erspamer. commercial law. Run' Zf-Miss Helen Clarke. girls' physical eduintfonz Miss Jessie Lilly, Spanish: XV. B, Hardie, chemistry. arithmetic: Miss Stella Lilly, English: Miss Grace Liddell, Latin: Myron Carr, physics: Miss Catherine Crim, English: Sheldon Brooks. inlustrial arts: Charles Bonham. forestry: Mrs. Nellie Dr-lany. Englishg Miss Waiida Frederick. home nursing: George l. Forsyth. industrial arts: Miss Lola E. Friars, history: Mrs. Ecile Haddow, home relations: Weaver J. Allison, history, econamicsz Ellis johnson, boys' physical edu:ation: Emmett Anderson, band, orchestra: Miss Zaidee Bonney, foods. Veterans Claim Abe It isn't until after you leave high school that you realize what swell people your instructors were, and then you begin to appreciate all that they have done for you. This is a statement made by one of Lincoln's returned veterans. Proof enough for this statement may be seen every day in the halls of Lincoln. Returned veterans who, While in the service, realized just what they would need in the way of education to fare well through life, They have returned to place their education in the hands of Lincoln's competent instructors. There are also the members of the armed forces who return to talk to those instructors who stood by them l when they were in the rough, who aided them more l Upper-Lassies invade Ned's woodshop. I,ont'v4 Mr. Needham takes time out for a picture