Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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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

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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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