Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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l-l. C, Mardis Head Trail Blazer Blazing the trail for some 2,500 students and teachers, Harold C. Mardis has guided the upper and lower classmen along rough and rocky paths. Through all this he has moved quietly and efficiently. Not one to be content with halfway meas- ures, Mr. Mardis has led the way in preparing for an all-out war effort in the school system. Under his direction, the school's air raid alarm program and the building of model airplanes were instigated. Pllso victory book drives were set up which have given the pupils a chance to help during these difficult days. The school has become a center of the defense program with the role it had in rationing sugar. The efficiency with which this work is handled is due in no small way to Mr. Mardis' direc- tion, He has awakened the school to the seri- ousness of the times and charted a course to follow for the achievement of the best possible results. Nor are school duties his only responsibil- ities, for he is called on to act in many city affairs. National and state educational groups find his aid ready and efficient when it is needed. When he hears a particularly inter- esting speaker or program he immediately at- tempts to secure it for a student assembly at school. Qlthough he is constantly on the go, he can still remember thousands of students' names and greets them on his rounds about the building. l-le participates in the teachers' meetings that are held and he also lends aid to the student governmental agencies when called upon to do so. Pllthough occupied with many weighty prob- lems, he has still found time to act as a skilled adviser to the pupils and has had a part with student activities such as loy Night, plays, and sports events. Thus, not only as an executive, but also as a fellow worker, he has been a constant force in molding the policies of Lin- coln high. The first air raid alarm goes off smoothly. Flanked by the flag, Mr. Mardis announces an assembly.

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Our SchooI's Wor Effort Many defense projects are going on at the present time in Lincoln high, most of which are concerned with the students. They have done much to help in an all-out War effort. Students participated in tin-foil and victory book carn- paigns for the men in the armed forces. They have built model airplanes for the navy and in outside-of-school activities have learned first aid and conserved in various Ways to preserve materials. Perhaps one of the least known activities in the defense set-up at Lincoln high is the Work of the men in the basement. Men who are eligible apply for the Work and are on a pro- bationary period of six Weeks. Both electrical and airplane Welding is stressed. lf they show an aptitude for the work they continue in it. lf not, they are placed in some other position that they are fit for. They become adept in skills needed in ship yards, navy yards, cle- fense industries, and airplane factories. They also alleviate the scarcity of man power in local industries. The national government bears the expense of the project and it is un- der the supervision of the federal office of edu- cation. ln other Lincoln public schools defense work is also a part of school life. Sugar ra- tioning has been effected through the ele- mentary schools' help in registration and many schools have been hosts to courses in trades training. Because of an expected farm labor shortage a program has been set up that has given Lincoln boys who are interested, defi- nite aid in orientation and training for farm Work. Classes were also offered in first aid and fire combating. lt is gratifying to know that the pupils of Lincoln high and the entire school system are aiding materially in an all-out war effort. Where materials are needed students are con- serving, and when Workers are needed the school system is doing its part to furnish skilled Workers for skilled occupations. Spot welding and arc welding are of vital interest to future de- fense Workers. f13l

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The 1942 Links gives a resume of a busy school year. Our thinking has been inter- rupted again and again by the incidents of a world at war. lt is important that we have made this school year count in every Way. We must continue to prepare and equip our- selves not only mentally, but physically and spiritually as Well. To the seniors leaving us this year, I would Wish God-speed. I 1 Though the members of the class of l942 are starting on a Way beset by difficulties and dangers, yet may they find a rainbow at the end of the trail. WAPA. o an n