Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

Page 16 text:

The prism of Backward The Old Building 1q2o-iq3o Twday we speak atleetiwnately wt the wld huildineu. hut the students whw hattled their vsay tw elasses in its erwwded ewrridwrs eould never stwp asking. Vx'hen's the new huildine giving tw he huilt7 And althwugh time casts an unelerst-tnding lialw arwund wur memories. we ean nwxx' eateli hut fleeting glimpses wf the piwneei' lieginning wl that indwmitahle l.inkf fziftwliiiewliihh spirit xx-liieli IS lired in the , I , liaekpwiie wt wur sehwwl. The Old Assembly XK'itli strategie figurine. many mwre pewple e -uld he packed intw the ewntines wt' the wld assemlily walls than, at lirst glance, seemed pwssihle. The lihrary tw the right of the rwwm prwudly flaunted real hwwk eases with several hundred vwlumes. The irwn piping wver the plattwrm ewuld he ingeniwusly trans' twrmed. with several yards wf gray eurtztin. intw a stage eanwpy under which aspiring Thespians gave their liest. Here were nur' taired the liwunders wf Linewln High Sehwwl. The First Qffice Thei'e was nw lwne. impwsing desk flanked with gates tw har students lirwm the innermwst preeinets wt' that hwlly wr' hwlies. the wiliee. ln the wld liuildinuu the rwwm was wpen tw all e imers. Bedlam might ensue. hut the ewntinf :eney was prepared fwr. Filing eases lined the walls. the desks wf the elerks were statiwned in mivit ewnvenient and unwhtrusive ewrners' f .mary trwni the matutinal erwwd wt' hahitual ta1'i.lj.' risers.

Page 15 text:

e Sl'11l t1I1g Scene The Kaleldoscope turns cenes o other clays come An wxth them lashes o today ln one corner o our pxcture Looms the new structure Next to the old url mg T e picture slfu ts to a long hall A ter school the lanxtor sweeplng To the ca eterra now rss Strohm despatches nxclcels clzmes rll cross the street St paul s always The same alway St Paul s watchmg the changes 5 f cl ' f f . f . H b .d. .,,

Page 17 text:

Looking Thoughts Lincoln High School 1935 XVe might almost hecome rhapsodic and call the new huildingn the vision splendid. To' clay when we see some heedless suhflireshman ,iliout to carve his name on a polished desk. or clrop a wad of gum on the floors, we are tempted to shake him and to cry, And was it for this we dreamed a dreamff' But a freshman soon learns. and then he too lief comes a, link in that endless Lincoln chain. The Structure Rises The shifting glass ol' time lcts us see once more the ohstreperous arrival of the steam shovel. lets us hear once more the drumming rhythm of thc rivet. and the clamor and the hammering ot' steel upon steel. We ohserye once again the laying of the foundation of that vast structure of glistening stone which had hcen the dream of Lincoln students since the very tirst class entered its doors in lvlfi. The Builder Looked Down As the structure rose as if hy magic. we could hardly helieye that the time was fast approaching when the huilder could writc 'ims to his work. As floor lay floor each section was added. we wondered what. tor instance. third lloor corridor west would look like with only girders to mark its lioundaries. The huilder went all the way to the top one ,lay with a camera ancl looked down .