Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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his niversa! gnglisk Films, records and slides have played a large part in all English classes this year. Home radio programs such as Information Please and Dr l. Q. were transplanted to school soil to furnish a background for recog- nition of quotations and allusions to literature. Newswriting classes addressed their newscasts to their classmates over the sound system To have something worth saying, speech classes delved into a study of the Week's hap- penings in sports, politics, business, music and art. With genuine success, each pupil in a class in literature took one modern English writer for special study and served as the class authority on that author. With tolerance as the keynote of their re- search, classes became increasingly aware of the value that different nationalities have been and are to the growth of our country. Mrs. Mary Brand, Ethel Bryant, Mrs, Virginia Butt llva B. Cavett, Elsie English, Belle Farman, Bessie Fishcf, Ceal Foster 1-cwo Martin, Winifred Mayhew, Esther Montgomery, Sarah T, Muir, head, Margaret O'Rourke, Mrs, Carolyn Wenzlaff- ' E M ,,i., ,.,, . H ..,, I I .,. K ...A .i cl K . as . ..., , lyul L ge . i N , - .nw qu . mm. ss Montgomery's English l4 class dramatizes a scene from Our Town . Sophomore English classes learn the importance ki 41 of selecting good books from the library. .-...-

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Fllice B, Beynon Eulalie L. Bratcher Frank Kane, head Esther F. Letter Ellie M. Noll Mrs. Frances Hein David Sell acufty ur SA-gfine rows With one-fourth of the students in Lincoln high taking some form ot business education, the commercial department must and does pro- vide an excellent program of classes to tit the needs of pupils. To prepare these future busi- ness people tor their chosen vocations, courses in typewriting, business law, bookkeeping, salesmanship, shorthand and office training are offered. Fundamentals ot office work are Page 11 stressed and students learn to operate modern office equipment, to tile correctly and to follow instructions. Seniors are placed in good posi- tions after graduation. ng!! 77ZPIlIOI'l.ClHI Melville F. Green, teacher of bookkeeping and English in the Lincoln high commercial department, died December ll, 1946. ln addition to a full teaching schedule, Mr. Green was the able director ot the school bank, spending many hours in teaching pupils the value ot banking knowledge. He was a conscientious teacher, always willing to cooperate in his share ot the work, said Frank Kane, commercial department head Melville F. Green in a statement to the Qdvocate, December 18. Mr Green was an extremely hard working and conscientious instructor, stated the prin- cipal of the school, H. C. Mardis. Pat Price ponders her next words to dictate to Ellen Staberg in their office training class. Y'

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Mr Rcingeler directs the choir in the im l the ii'.tly1l1Qrifilqiiialna ol the voiiiliiriecl lags' IJ he Qeauty of! the World Music and art classes of Lincoln high make inany contributions to the school and its repu- tation. Under direction of capable music teache ers the traditional Christmas assembly, a serve ice of beauty and solemnity, has been pref sented annually by the vocal groups. Choir, boys and girls glee clubs, girls octet, boys quartet and the orchestra were all active in giving assemblies and vesper concerts, Band members added much color to the football and basketball games by their stirring marches. Responsible for beautifying the cafeteria with attractive paintings, the art classes also maintained a special case outside the office, displaying to interested pupils each week the iine artistry of some student, With high school training as a basis, many students will enter ,-Q v'v'2 L 1 I-X V i 'IXJVVWX ,GC s s ' ,gag Dorthea M. Gore, Bernard F. Nevin, Hugh T. Ranaeler 1 Gladys Fi. Dana, Helen Wil- son, head the art field prolessionally while others will always be grateful for ci vvell defined apprecia- tlon of art. pre-p:.i'.'? Cfifi. mug: tixzzcmlil, e qlm- cliilrx Tom Schmitt and Robert Hskey sketch on a sunny day.