Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Xjsrin Williams gathers up balloons Thar were given away during Open House W Charles Jones flashes a grin as he heods for his nexr oppomrmenr Above: Jerry Ohlscbwoger gets reody ro dean up anorher dassroom Below: Yolanda Oatlev and Tem Pc ne begin anorher day of school Linked in '81—223

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Sobmo Weaver mates her pomr about lunch Linked in '81 As the year draws to a close, the rime for reminiscing swells and flourishes. Everyone is stopping everyone else in the halls, trying to get oil of their friends to autograph their yearbook os they exchange recounts of the post year As they leaf through the book, trying to find o revelent place with ample space to leave their signatures and best wishes, they come ocrdss o picture that mokes them pause and then burst our in joyous laughter or embarrassed moons. this was the purpose of the yearbook: to capture memorable moments of your high school days for later years. this year we used the theme LINKED IN '81 to give coherence to those memories locked in the words and photographs. We wonted to capture some of the events that hove occurred and bring to light o facet of Lincoln High that mokes it so special ond distinguishes it from the other high schools. Thor is, its unity amidst diversity. In times when rhe news medio is flooded with stories of disharmony. Lincoln High, with oil of its voried backgrounds, has been able to stand together—nor divided os is the com- mon assumption by people who use our ill-gotten reputation to judge us by. Lincoln High is the means by which such different ond voried people ore woven together. A common pride in our school is the strongest link between us oil. We demonstrate this pride or gomes, meets with our involvement in school ocriviries ond clubs, ond by the awards received ond given our by the students ond staff. This pride motivates us to continually keep on Improving ond expanding Lincoln High academically ond socially. 222—Linked in'81

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Linked Dy People If has become o common fixture in the short rime ir has been here. Most of the rime we don'r give ir o second glonce. Why should we? After oil. ir is only o senior doss gift, righr? Wrong! Ir is more than o doss gift. The mural, which hongs over rhe fronr doors, captures the rrue essence of Lincoln High. Ir Is o thoughtful reflection of Lincoln High. The four yourhs of different ethnic backgrounds symbolizes the variety of social and cultural groups thor comprise the studenr body and the faculty. Bur, more imporronrty, ir subconsciously stresses rhe strength of Lincoln High: o multiplicity of people with diversified backgrounds, thoughts, and beliefs. While rhis diversity sometimes couses rifrs within rhe school, ir more often brings rhe school closer rogether. Academically, ir has enriched rhe school, espeaally the sroff and the students. Through rhe combined efforts of the faculty and srudenrs of pasr years, we are able ro rake classes in Afro-American Hisrory, Women's Changing Role in Society, and Self- Defense just ro name a few. The dosses demonstrare rhe people awareness, which in today's society is sometimes sorely locking. Extra-curricular acriviries and rhe clubs and organizations are anorher illustration of our strength. The strenth comes from people listening ro and working and co-operaring with each other. Whether you hold a position of power and rirle or you ore one of the followers. you are extremely imporTonr. Everyone has on imporranr role, bur unforiunarely, we are usually blind ro oil bur the most obvious ones. Luckily, in the pasr couple of years we have begun ro appreciate the efforts and accomplishments of present and pasr Links.'' In 1978, we began honoring alumns. It's obvious rhar Lincoln High has gained something from rhese honored men and women: whether ir be by influencing and motivating present srudenrs or by adding a positive facer ro our repurorion. This year rhe Studenr Council began recognizing the accomplishments of staff and students who have been active in school activities and ro students for their scholastic achievement. These ore only rwo examples of how we demonstrare our appreciation and congratulations. We can all counr ourselves as one of the people making Lincoln High successful. For ir is people working with ond lisrening ro each other rhar makes anything successful. And if you aren't publicly congratulated for your accomplishments and contributions, jusr remember: we are usually blind bur ro rhe mosr obvious. So rake another look at the yearbook. You might be surprised at oil rhe different people here. If people make the world go round, as rhe old oddoge goes, then the people here should really moke this world spin. Be proud of who you are ond whar you have done. We are. 224—Linked in'81 Top: ine mural reflects rhe rrue essence of Lincoln High Above left Khuong Nguyen pays dose orrenrion ro her English lesson Above right: Mrs Khodijo Abdulloh shows her srudenrs how ro worts rhe olgebra problem Oelow,- Mrs Joan Huffer assures her student thor he won r hurt the dummy.