Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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mli am! we Twenty minutes alter eight any school clay lincls the students ol l.incoln high in home room. The more conscientious use this periocl to hrush up lor the last time on a physiology test or history report. The less inclustrious are just laorerl. Home room periocl is the only time ol clay when those who malie the school are engagecl neither in l.atin, shop. nor home eco- nomics, hut are simply playing their incon- spicuous roles as ujust stuclentsn. liy chrono- logical reclconing ancl creclit hours these stucly- ing or yawning persons are rliviclecl into three classes: seniors, worlclly wise juniors, ancl cau- tious sophomores. Seniors to the casual ohserver are no cliller- ent lrom the sophomores lmut annually class rivalry reappears, even il clothecl in out-floor merriment in olympics, ancl in stuclious palaver cluring the interclass clehate tournament. l.ate in spring comes olympics clay--glorious, sunny lusuallyl holiclay ol almanclon when l.. H. S. utalces the clay ollln lor a happily riotous time ol combat. picnic. anal general celelaration. Squirrel-tailed cars dripping stu- clents. streamers. and white-wash signs lcey- note the arclently youthful scene when classes Vie lor championship in mass athletics. But win or lose, all celelmrate the clay to the exhaus- tion ol their senses. l.ess gala ancl spectacular. hut equally repre- sentative. the interclass clelrate tournament attracts many stuclents interestecl in speech ancl argumentation. Alter competition within classes, the successlul pairs ol the three contests clehate to clecicle the victor. Vvinning names are then engravecl on the Downer-Stewart cup, callecl thus in honor ol its lirst winners. ln all other matters, stuclies, clulms, ancl inlormal groups, clistinction lmetween classes means little. lt is last lmeing lost in a new unity ol the school as a whole. All are, as home room periocl lwetrays them, just stlulents. CZOUTQI' I IOVVIITJ illtll Afllllll' Sl'lllllillI', l l ll C' lIlilIISlfl0I15. NVHNI Url- llUl'1'll0lll

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Uuafocfiani Keep ffia Aicgoof in glean Aifiizfi Students. iaculty, and otirers connected witix tile sclwool arrive eaclr day to lind a ireslx and unused building, and begin to discard papers, be-cluallc blaclcboards, tracic iioors, and aban- don candy wrappers. Daily tlrey Wear time place down, and yet it seems to simow no clut- tered-up appearance next morning, it is always neat and ready for tbeir return. lt's all because Hwipe-and-poiisirersn under Edwin Geistlinger ioolc alter tile scllooi and act as collective Hmotbersu by eacir evening sweeping and dusting myriad rooms to remove traces of students' Hpicnicn irabits. Building ixiaintenancen is an official title hiding a loyal army WlliCl'l bas tire welfare of tire premises in conscientious mind. Bill Elam lras just tinisllerl tire niglrtis woric ljown in time sawdust well Floyd Pillard lifts out a barrel of sllavings 4 Edwin fir-istlinger I'llf?1'kS meters in time basement C. E. Evans and Leland Xvolle. stage manager on tile custom ll lorce, talk over a setting lor a sm llool play ,lill0Sf? in tire mass ol onloolcers at a perform- ance ol some student production may see only glittering costumes, coioriully clranging ligirts, and interestingly acted dialogue. Tlaey may not get as lar as time acknowledgments footing tire programs, and ii tllat lar, noticing tile cus- todians mentioned, tlrey probably wonder wily uanybody canit turn on tllose iigiltsfl 'iAny- bodyu no doubt can, but your Hanybodyn can't and probably wouldnit consider banging bacii- drops, and mounting special llies iligb in tile lofts oi time stage. To prepare lor a stage slrow. top and foot ligiits are cbeciced, scenery and lreavy props are placed, tire stage and audi- torium are cleaned, and ticlcet bootlls put up. Before tiene actors ixave wiped tire last red smear from tireir faces, custodians are cleaning all again, removing properties from tile stage, dis- posing of waste-upicicing upu after tiiem. Silent and dependable, not glamorous or dra- matic, tirese men and women are tbe white corpuscies oi tlris body, keeping it in repair and livalnly comfortable.

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,ful 11. 5 'X F? E ff 'x .ME .ffvofsi on ffia 931091511 of ffzje Ufaai of Qozfy-one Memhers of the ciass of '41 wouid protest ioudiy at any story of their entering Lincoln high school as naive iittie elves. True, they did have some trouioie with iocicer comhinations. and finding home rooms in the odd corners of. the huiiding, hut they were on the whoie quite unimpressed by these expected triizies of high school life. After the fearful newness of breathing in these hallowed hails had heen hiown away, they hegan acting like hardened veterans. Elevator tickets and reserved seats in the cafeteria were oid jokes and schooi hecame the husiness at hand. They studied, some much, some a iittie. joined a ciuh, just one at iirst, and hegan to recognize other ciass mem- hers after a get-acquainted party. The Mimes assemhiy presentation of scenes from A Mid- summer Nighfs Dream made them realize the potentiaiities of their ciass, and their sopho- more year ended with forty-oners treading a cautious path hut nevertheless at home in their high schooi surroundings. As juniors they adopted a new easiness, and a seif-assured attitude. in the interciass dehate tournament Arthaud and Johnston out-argued the senior winners to make a junior team win the intramural championship. The Youngest was chosen for the junior piay of that year, and class memioers became actors for a night in a creditable performance. Olympics in the spring was a much sung junior victory over the surprised seniors. The juniors weren,t sur- Niiss Martin and Niiss ,ionos puzzle over a hit oi' ciass husiness i261