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- .2 a Pf1 'Q.lf-. ' N. -. A , 'Kege l ' . ? ' -, V. S., - - 51 . ,aw ,3,!',,i,e:fa--- , .., . ,,,, ,...,.a.., H ,,x, , j ., , Class Histor Our new adventures began about eight o'clock a fall morning in the year 1933. Radiant with bright notebooks, well polished shoes and great ex' pectations, we filed into our home rooms. Im' mediately bulletins, hand books and program cards descended upon us. At noon, fearful of being late to class, we gulped our sandwiches hastily, only to stand about the halls for ten minutes impatiently waiting for the bell to ring. Upon occasion we were wont to say that high school was perfectly duckie feveryone said duckie thenj and that we were not frightened, at least, not much. After all, why should we have been frightened? Were we not pioneers in a glamorous enterprise? When problems of registration no longer harassed us, we had our irst fling in a social way at a party given by the student council. A varied and enter' taining program, which included speeches, dancing, short sketches and music, was furnished by the clubs. We were then conducted about the building by our hosts and hostesses, and its wonders were disclosed to us. The quantity of refreshments conf sumed that afternoon was mute evidence of the sucf cess of this gala affair. Our sophomore cabinet members, former civic league presidents from the junior high schools were Betty Keefer, Rita Shea, Mary Sherburne, Mary Louise Speidell, Nan Talbot, Oakley Davis, Kenneth Fahrenbruch, William Pfeiff and Herman Rohrig. They filled the places of the last semesters cabinet which had included Katherine Carveth, Marian Kidd, Mary Margaret Maly, Mary Sher' burne, Herbert Cooper, William Marshall and Robert Martin. As representatives to the student council we elected Marian Kidd and William Cochrane. Classes may come and classes may go, but elecf tions go on forever. To solve our problems from january to june we elected William Pfeiff, class president, Marian Kidd, vice president, Ralph Tyler, secretary and George Ayers, treasurer. With our class sponsors, Miss Marguerite Gundermann and Mrs. Lillian Lawson as advisers, and with such able officers, our class was guided safely through the turbulent sophomore year. The first lap of our journey was over and we were juniors. Registration, physical examinations and seniors no longer abashed us. All the talk was of this club and that assembly and of how small the sophomores looked. A duck with red and black ribbons about his neck was led about at the football games by our loyal sons. For the first time in his' tory we went to real polls to vote. In our hearts was a warm and sincere affection for Lincoln high school, in our minds a determination to place a mile stone of merit along our road to greater things. Our increased importance in school affairs def manded the best leaders that could be found. We got them when we chose Marian Kidd, William Pfeiff, Herman Rohrig and Ralph Tyler to be our president, vicefpresident, secretary and treasurer, ref spectively. Not less capable were our student council members, Marian Kidd, Betty Keefer, Mary Hester, Robert Martin, Richard DeBrown and Adna Dobson. Their fine leadership and our cofopera- tion were a combination hard to match. At least that is what we thought until after the olympics when the seniors proved their superior brute strength and won the struggle by twelve points. But then, as a learned man once said, 'You can't always win. The abundance of triumphs during our junior year was sufficient proof that one defeat did not make a seasonful. The record breaking feats of Paul Beck, William Pfeiff, Herman Rohrig and their fellow athletes will not soon be forgotten. George Mueller gathered glory for our class by winning the state extemporaneous speaking contest. Ralph Tyler, Jane Welch, and Zellma Matheny received three of the eight superior ratings won in the state music contest. Drama, art and composition, each contributed its share of the laurels. We were modern. pioneers and each vicf tory was another step in the all important conquest of life. Bringing a thrilling season to a brilliant close, came the junior play, which gave to the patrons of Lincoln high school drama that ragged, roguish, for' ever lovable Huck Finn. The play laughed itself through three acts and the audience laughed with it. Warren Romans and Hal Hoerner played ad' mirably their roles of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. To the talented cast, to the littlefseenfbutfmuchfapf preciated managers, and to the director, Miss Frances McChesney, we give all praise for their realistic interpretation of this beloved classic. 1:23
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241 In a lucid moment last January we elected Herman Rohrig, class president, George Ayers, vice' president, William Pfeiff, secretary and Marian Kidd, treasurer. Loyally they stood by us through stress and strain until final examinations had come and gone and we were seniors. We embarked courageously on probably our happiest and certainly our most exciting year. Honor society pins were displayed up and down the halls by their proud owners. Snow was drifted so high that school was closed for a day Qhappy dayj. We carried our senior picture proofs furtively about with us, hesitating to show them even to our inti' mate friends. The most frequently heard lament was, I always take terrible pictures! Everyone wondered who would capture the senior speaker' ship, and when we'd stop hearing the Music Goes Round. Activity tickets were being used forthe first time, so everybody attended everything. Our life with its complicated duties was comparable to running a three'ring circus with one performer. To share the responsibilities of class day, the senior play and graduation, the January class chose Paul Beck, class president, Harold Sampson, vice' president, Marian Kidd, secretary, and Adna Dobson, treasurer. We who were to be left behind elected Ralph Reed, Herman Rohrig, Dorothy Swisher and Harold Scott to be president, vice' president, secretary and treasurer, respectively. Class day opened with a bang, the bang of the gavel wielded by convention chairman, Arthur Hill. Committeemen Floyd Rawlings and Pauline Boyd then enlightened us upon subjects near to our hearts, such as self'operating powder puffs and chewing gum compartments. After a nice bit at the pianos by George Ayers and James Simonin, tap dancing by Marjorie Misch, impersonations by Cecil Gore and vocalizing by Mary Fellows and the girls octet, John Good convinced us of the advantages of hav' ing a radio in every class room. Under the di' rection of Vernon Heiliger we sang our class song, written by Elaine Vacik to the tune Anchors Away and took our bright blue and white pins with their bothersome ribbons to our classes. 1 The Green Ghost walked the boards in the auditorium Friday, December 13, and Saturday December 14, with Helen Hoifmark doing a fine piece of acting as the wealthy old lady whose pearls were stolen. A finished performance by the cast and excellent direction characterized this play whose theme might well have been A thrill a minute. Having cut their diflicult way through senior speaker try'outs and final examinations, one hundred and ninety'eight of our band of pioneers reached a clearing. With John Good and Pearl Stuhr paying the last tribute to Lincoln high, they were graduated into a greater adventure demanding the courage and endurance that characterized their pioneering fore' fathers. Graduation was in the ofing for us who were left behind and our high school days were rapidly slip' ping away, so we paused in our pursuit of a diploma long enough to select our last oilicers. Ralph Tyler, Ralph Reed, Donald Barth and Lois Wadlow filled the bill, and with the cooperation of our student council members, Pauline Boyd, Henry Eitel, Mary Jo Henn, Selma Hill, Marian Kidd, Max Lake, Frances Platt, James Porter, June Porter, Ralph Reed, Charles Roberts, Ralph Tyler and Robert Wekesser, a fine ending to our senior year was as' sured. When Marian Kidd and james Porter left in mid'year, Rose Hill and Frank Coffman were added to the council. April 2 was a day of triumph for those 74 stu' dents whose earnestness of purpose and iineness of spirit had placed them in the national honor society. At an assembly their certificates were presented to them and to their officers-William Pfeiif, Marian Beardsley, John Good, George Mueller, Dorothy Anderson and Selma Hill. A word about an undefeated football team which won the Missouri Valley title should certainly be in' cluded in the annals of the class. Proud of such fine playing, the class of '36 takes off its hat to the splendid work of both the football and basketball teams. The announcements of the Links and the Scribe boards have always been eagerly anticipated by the whole school. This year was no exception and we all extended our sincere wishes for success to Helen McMeen, Helen Severa, William Bramel and Max Lake, who comprised the Links board, and to Jessica Mutz, Dorothy Swisher, Selma Hill and Frank Hall' gren, who published the Scribe. Keen competition between the students and an acute discrimination on the part of the judges re' sulted in the selection of the senior speakers, Selma Hill and Samuel Kirshenbaum were chosen to speak for our class at graduation. It is truly a great honor to be the spokesmen for such a body. The Shrine club was a mecca for gay colors and lovely music May 9. The senior party, a modern affair in blue and white was under way and the boys and girls of the class of '36 danced their farewell dance to high school days. If the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter would look into the future, she could tell of the courage and the sincerity with which we solved our problems and of the zeal with which we assumed our responsibilities to the world. As matters stand, how' ever, the class of '56 can determine only to face the adventures of life in the spirit of modern pioneering.
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