Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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tance IQI5 at fgia acfcffcamn The two ciecacies ami a iiaif do not weigh on our inuiiciing. Xviiy iiie cioesnit even iuegin to ioegin untii tilirtyi L. H. S. is imareiy oi voting age, not Hoid L. H. ivy a iong, iong. si1ot. indeed. tile piace iias improveci, grown ami meiioweci, iet us say. Tiie auto meciwanirs, printing, eiectrir, ami woodwork silops and ciassroom iafiiities in the addition imring opporf tunities never cireameci oi by tile originai occu- pants of tile imuiiciing. XN7il6I1 nationai defense neecis caiieci on Lin- coin iligil tile ivuiiding was aimie to responci. Now iormeriy unused ivasement spaces iiave ioeen turneci into fiassrooms for vvoricers wiio wisil to iurusil up on a nalionai defense tracie, and after reguiar sciiooi ilours time program moves upstairs to time simops. Ever aciapiant to new eciucationai cieveiop- ments, tile SCi'l00i refentiy instaiieci lilC sound system, anci now raciio programs, announcef ments, and student ciramas are pipeci into time classroom. A score or more of graduating groups iiave ieit tiiese doors, cioors opening stiii to more oi young Lincoin, doors that iiave seen the un- imowing iaeeome eciucateci anci laice tiieir piaces in tile eternai sfileme. How cilangeci from the oici earnivai times, and iiow weii cilangecii Bulge! 9 Pnui Sriiupimril iwrourirasts tile morning announremenis Simps twring unriroanleri ni' oppurtuniiic' Biacii and wilitc in tile sluciio

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Buifding Fifteenth strectts mansarct-roots-it piie The new irig lop on the oid circus grounds ff , , n confuzuoua o afcahol Twenty-tiith anniversaries attect atmost everyone, and in varying ways. A husiness tirm may make them an occasion to get rid of some stocic which the other guy got in tor Christmas: estahiishments with Repuhiican ieanings may put the tact on their ietterheads as marie ot endurance and a chaiienge to the New Dealers: Democratic owned enterprises wiii do the same and ciaim it as evidence prov- ing that husiness is tnehind the President. A score-and-tive years ago Lincoln was just opening a new huiiding, one not tong from the schooi hoard tahte and tax proposais. Students entering the new schooi twenty- iive years ago, in the fait of 1915 couid hardly imeiieve it just a school. Shining marhie stairs and railings, pientitui rooms, exciting new taciiities-iew couid find any tautts, except the fact that it was Hmiies trom nowheren for some. Attending the new paiace huiit on the city's oid circus grounds was Wondertui. Each day hecame an adventure. Leaving the oid mansard-rooted piie at Fifteenth street with its wooden iioors and awkward, unhandy arrange- ment was not diiticuit when you considered that it was over forty years oid, and had none oi time moderniy attractive points that the new school possessed. Noon l'UCl'CiltiUI'l lllijkCS ii IICXV USC i0l' CIHSSTOOIHS

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X X M I f X A, - 1 f 'gift K ,f x VR i 15,11 L it P411 Q ' W Y i s aim iz X X vi 1 c I ,K ' fi Xp. G , W NN X JA pfi'-SCIIOOI lUI1iv0I'CIlC'C RdngClCf IIC VVCICOIIICS Xrxlcfldfln BCIQC bI!ivO!'C HH HSSCIllbiy is sc mo d'y txegins hciorc 8:00 a. 111 'zouncf ffis cfoc ivieasurement of time is a most important. yet tedious and iimiting part of Harold C. Mardis, life. Time enters the scene for a more important roie than that of mereiy ordering his hours of rising and going to hed. Time maices itseit evident in aii his activities-limiting and demanding. Before 8:00 a. m. each day Lincoin high's principal arrives inconspicuousiy. in a moment he is in his office, iiteraiiy piunging into eariy morning misceiiany. Pre-school conferences crowding in, sound system announcements to edit, and then perhaps it's time to preside over an assemhiy, or initiate sophomores into the mysteries of requirements, grades, and extra- curricuiar activities at one of their Weeidy convocations. Thus hegins a characteristic day for ivir. iviardis. Vvhat is the position of a principal? VVhat duties is he expected to perform in any school day? These are questions easier to asic than to answer, for his working hours invoive decisions demanding the executive, psychologist, and educator. His woric is much more than mereiy presiding at a shiny desk in a iarge room piastered with hooics, certificates, and pictures. Groups-with-an-ideau demand appointments, the maiis hring a wide variety of time consum- ing questionnaires from inquisitive sources, and prospective empioyers write for graduates, schooi records. Nor are community groups con- tent with his mere attendance at their gath- erings-he must serve as a speaker, otiicer, and committee memher. Everyday, iittie heard ot