Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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' THE LINKS possession of the Magee cup, the interclass forensic trophy. This made the class of ,24 debate champions of the school for tl1e third time. George Jolmson was chosen president of the class for the second semester. It would seem that the juniors and seniors-always friendly enemies-were to be mo1'e so now, for Ted Johnson was meanwhile holding thc office of senior class president. As juniors, it devolved upon the class to live up to tradition and present a play. The one selected was Young America by the best known Nebraska play- wright, Fred Ballard. The play was coached by Mrs. Lucile Shipley and pre- sented on April 27 and 28 before full houses. The cast could not help wishing that Judge Ben Lindsey had seen their efforts. The theme of the play was one well calculated to touch a responsive chord in his heart, and he no doubt would have applauded the court's decision in favor of unregenerate young America. The event which marked the close of the school year was the junior-senior party May 29. 'Twenty-four entertained 'twenty-three with a program at the high school auditorium, followed by a dance in the pavilion at Antelope park. ln September the class came back, this time as seniors. entitled by precedent to the lion's share of everything, including the best seats in assembly. Delbert Judd was the successful'candidate for president. Senior class day was the biggest event of the first semester. The various committees had a busy week preceding October 19. On that morning all the members of the class gathered in 226 at eight o'clock. Here they were decked out with streamers, canes and comical hats. Two by two they marched into the auditorium and' sang their class song, written by VV. Keith Miller. The program consisted of instrumental and vocal solos and a short farce, Suppressecl Desires, presented by Sam Bignell, Ethelyn Ayres and Gertrude Rowe. A visitor dur- ing the day might well have wondered at the curiosities of education, to see dunce-capped seniors parrying and lunging in impromptu encounters with canes as weapons. Charles Benbrook and Ernest Clary acquitted themselves nobly, annihilating their opponents, and shivering their glances in fine fashion. The senior banquet was held that evening in the high school cafeteria, with the majority of the class present. The toast list was presided over by Delbert Judd, and although some of the remarks and recollections in the various toasts hinged o11 the slightly personal, no fatalities are known to have resulted. The banquet was followed by a dancing party in the gymnasium. The class play. The Admimble Crichton, by James Barrie was presented with great success December 14 and 15. The title role of the flawless and re- sou1'ceful butler was played by Wayne Gratigny. Richard House, Helen Ander- son and Keith Miller had important parts. The class won new laurels when its debating team defeated the class of '26 and won the new Magee cup for the current year. The senior team consisted of Evert Hunt, John Skiles and Charles Speedie. Skiles served as a classidebater four years, and ffnever lost a case. The winter class, numbering ninety-seven members, was graduated on January 25. The Rev. Paul C. Johnson delivered the address. Harold Zipp was president of the class, and Donald Robb was secretary. The last six weeks before graduation were full of excitement. ln rapid suc- cession came the olympics, the class picnic, class day and the junior-senior party. In many ways. these last six weeks were the happiest of all the four years. The school had done much for the class, and in return the class endeavored to create a lasting impression upon the school. .. 1924 -19...

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THE LINKS '- Class 'itfistory p , On September 13, 1920, scores of Lincoln boys and girls had a new experi- ence-that of going to high school for the first time. They displayed originality from the very beginning by refusing to be the usual green and gullible freshmen. Even Mr. Kaneis proteges were forced to admit that these new freshmen hadea few grains of common sense, for despite all conflicting reports, they refused to buy wildcat tickets to anything. The first event which interested them as a whole and made them feel a real part of the school was the election of officers. lVard Dudley was elected presi- dent, bliss Olive Lehmer and Miss Inez Cook were chosen as sponsors. The freshmen soon began to manifest their loyalty to the school by pur- chasing athletic tickets, and contributing their support to the carnival. Not content with merely signing the student petition, they helped to make the car- nival a success by blossoming out as concessionaires and side-show managers. The class debate team, characteristically ambitious, defeated the sophomores. Ill an assembly on January fifth they captured tl1e debate cup by defeating the juniors also. John Skiles, Sterling Hatfield and Otho De Vilbiss composed the team. ff Hazel O , canditlatefpn the woman suffrage ticket, was chosen president for the seconc semester. Jerrold Kohn was heard to express his positive opinion that the nineteenth amendment had gone altogether too far. After three months summer 'growth the class came back as sophomores. Otho De Vilbiss held the office of president for the first semester, Jolm Skiles and Hazel Olds were chosen to uphold sophomore position and standing on the student council. In keeping with an established precedent, the class of ,Q-1 made its bow to the school in an assembly Decem-ber 14. The stage was festooned with orange and black, the class colors selected but a. short time before. The program con- sisted of a piano solo by Margaret Rice, a flute duet by Sterling Hatfield and Richard Jones. and a group of dances by sophomore girls. The class champion de- bate team of the year before, Otho De Vilbiss, John Skiles a.11d Sterling Hat- field, lived up to the standard they had set for themselves and retained tl1e Magee cup for another, year., They defeated both the freshmen and the seniors. In athletics also, the class of 324 trimnphed. The boys secured the school champion- ship for both baseball and basketball, and the girls won the soccer tournament. Sterling Hatfield was selected by the class as its president for the second semester. A sophomore party was given. and individually and collectively the class established itself in the various activities of the school. By the third year the class of 724 ha d decidedly grown up. A startling in- crease in long trousers, bobbed hair and the worried, hurried look of ambition proclaimed the fact. John Skiles, long known as a debater, was chosen to lead them for the first semester. Miss Margaret Davis was chosen as sponsor to fill the place of Miss Olive Lehmer, who had resigned during the summer. The first important event of the junior year was the Halloween party given in the boys gymnasium. Dancing, fortune telling, a short program and refresh- ments, helped to make up the fun of the evening. A few days before Christmas class pins and rings were selected. Unobtrusive they were, yet proudly worn, for it is a credit to belong to '24. The juniors were hosts again in January, this time not to themselves, but to the outgoing winter class. The class added to its long list of successes when the debating team, John Skiles, Evert Hunt and Charles Speedie, won permanent 19 2 4 ..13-

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i THE LINKS i 4 i i i i I i i Miss INEZ cooic Miss MARGARET DAVIS Senior Sponsors i i 'fllerv is one word in the ciictiolmly which has llt'Y9l' been p1'ope1'ly nivfinod. Tliat word is sponso1 '. In the case of Miss ixI2ll'fI2l1'8f IJilYi5ill1lii Miss Inez Cook, sponsors of tho dass of 24. it would sewn :is if tho following definition might svrvv: LLSPOIISOIN :iw pvrsons who combine all thv I'2ll'0 qualities of cfiic-iency, tact. ingreiinity, and pzitix-lice in suvh 21 way that they aro nlilv to attend endless coin- i initteo iiivetiiigs. lJl'0lD2ll'0 for IIUIHCFOIIS and vnrioil func-tions. carry responsibility for all tlw an-tivities of the class,-and yvt ronniin sane and lnnnanf' i i , ' 1 9 2 4 Y-:lot