Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Wherever There is a UniTed NaTions TronT Lincoln high boys are Taking Their places in The baTTle lines. We are proud oT These boys and Their splendid conTribuTion To The naTion's war eTTorT. ThaT Their courage and spiriT may presenT a challenge To The sTudenT body, we bring from a Tew oT Them, mes- sages which reTlecT Their love and loyalTy To Their counTry, home, and school, describe Their TheaTres oT war, Tell of Their work, and inspire us wiTh Their TaiTh. There is quieT over The hills and plains oT NorTh ATrica TonighT. The rain of shells has sTopped, The umbrellas oT sTeel have been closed, The lasT blood is Trickling Trom wounds. Once again CarThage and her sisTer ciTies waTch The dusT oT baTTle seTTle on Their ancienT sTreeTs. The poppies in The Tields raise Their bruised heads in Timid bewiIdermen+ aT The new s+iIlness. NorTh ATrica, Tired and puzzled, re- sumes her peace-Time rouTine oT summer dusT and winTer mud. Our medical service has been superb over here. CasualTies have been evacuaTed speedily, and eTTicienTly. More wounded are being saved Than ever beTore in any war. Our supplies are plenTiTul and oT The besT. PrevenTive medicine and Tield saniTaTion have preserved The TighTing sTrengTh oT our army in The midsT oT unbelievable TilTh. Our hope Tor The TuTure is pinned on you aT home, as your hope Tor The presenT resTs on us. All we ask is ThaT This ChrisTmas shall noT have been in vain, and ThaT all The TuTure seasons will be happy, peaceful, quieT ones, spenT aT home. All day yesTerday l spenT up Torward visiTing lwe don'T inspecTl our TronT line hospiTals. Our gallanT boys don'T complain oT Their wounds. The American soldier is Truly magniTicenT and he can'T be Whipped' LT. Col. Charles O. Bruce, '25 ExecuTive OTTicer in Medical Corps OT The FiTTh Army .9 :IL UML Fnbzi Since receiving my commission l have been sTa- Tioned aT The UniTed STaTes MiliTary Academy, and even Though my experiences have noT been as exciTing and nerve-racking as Those oT my Tellow comrades who are parTicipaTing in acTual combaT, my relaTions wiTh The army have been rich and inTeresTing. The cadeTs aT WesT PoinT are parTicipaT- ing in The mosT vigorous and concenTraTed miliTary educaTion ThaT any insTiTuTion has ever experienced. They absorb in a period oT Three years an educa- Tion which is comparable To The average Tour years college course, and, in addiTion, These TuTure gen- erals receive combaT Training in all The various branches oT The service. My besT wishes To all my acquainTances aT Lin- coln high school. Capt Paul J. Amen' .34 Um Jazz a. wagmpfaas .ww wand l have iusT sTarTed a new assignmenT wiTh Tl' signal corps which l believe will prove To be TT mosT inTeresTing l have had yeT. The work will cove signal corps acTiviTies in seven sTaTes and w include everyThing Trom Taking picTures To decipl ering codes. We WACs oTTen discuss condiTions aT home an worry abouT our younger broThers and sisTers. W Talk oT our Triends who have resisTed The lure c high salaries and are serving by Teaching. We ai proud oT you. CapT. Mary Miller, '35 dn,av1htion,4h4duzL4zenA.4. l wanT To advise you while you are srill in schoi To sTudy hard and Take schooling seriously. l hop This Thing is over beTore you graduaTe, buT if isn'T and you geT in, The more maThemaTics, scienci and general knowledge you have The beTTer QTT yc will be. lT you inTend To be a piloT, bear down on maT emaTics and parTicularly physics. IT you Take avii Tion science. geT everyThing ouT oT iT you can. know because The Tew semesTers oT aviaTion I he are going To help me Tremendously in meTeorolog navigaTion, aerodynamics. Apply yourselT. You'll never regreT iT. AviaTion STudenT Jack PickeH', '4 Mau, lad In Scvtbmf' ScoTland surpasses anyThing l ever dreamed c IT is one oT The mosT beauTiTul oT counTries. Tl people are so Triendly and Tull oT good humor. Yc Tall Tor ScoTland immediaTely. The beauTy oT iTs lochs and bens and glens ar kyles and TirThs is unbelievable. Loch Lomond is long lake running The lengTh oT a valley. lTs waTe are blue and crysTal clear. The Loch is surrounds by jagged highland ridges rising 2,500 TeeT ouT The waTer. The Tops oT The ridges are covered wi snow and The sides are paTched wiTh pines and T' wiTh masses oT brown heaTher in beTween. ln Tl winTer The heaTher is brown, buT laTe in May Turns green and blooms in early June, and Scc land is a mass oT deep purple. There are liTera Thousands of liTTle TrouT sTreams ThaT come dashii down The ridges and look like ribbons in Tl disTance. ScoTsmen are cerTainly a proud race. lT does: seem To come ouT in a boasTTul way, iusT ple ScoTland is The TinesT place in The world and people The greaTesT. lT leaves no room Tor arg menT. AnoTher ouTsTanding TeaTure oT ScoTland iTs cleanliness. lTs beauTy is all so immaculaTe. LT. Frank Earl RoTh, Jr., '