Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Prologue This year has been a year of machines and technological advancement. We have watched a man walk on the moon, seen steaks broiled in seconds with micro-wave heat, listened to computers tell us how to live our lives and witnessed the transplantation of human body parts. Despite all our scientific achievements however, we found that 1969-70 was not without problems. We saw poverty take its toll all over the world. We saw racism--a — festering cancer in the body of America. We saw campus demonstrations, anti-war protests, a rising crime-rate, a shrinking dollar, a growing population, an increasing threat of pollution and a deadly war that seems destined to go on forever. But behind all of these things--the good and the bad, the successes and the failures, the hopes and the disillusionments--we saw a spirit--a spirit which gloried in its tri- umphs, wept at its failures, and, most important, never stopped trying. That spirit, of course, is MAN. In this, the 1970 Quill, we hope to present a look, our own small look, at man. We hope to portray the human side of Lincoln High School--the student, the teacher, the administrator, the office worker, the maintenance man--anyone and everyone who is a part of the life blood of L. H. S. We dedicate this book to Lincoln High School and to the spirit of man which prevails there. THE QUILL STAFF Glinda Thompson, Editor 1970 Historical Highlights 1969-70 NATIONAL C INTERNATIONAL 1st Man on the Moon Nigeria defeats Biafra Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial War on pollution begins. Mini gives way to the Maxi” and the Midi. 11 Desegregation ordered in the South. Lottery draft system begins. The war in Vietnam continues. L.H.S. Dress code revised. Bi-lingual program in history started. Last mid-year graduation. PTSA (Parent-Teacher-Student Association Started. ) Inservice reading program for teachers conducted. Literary magazine Getting It Together started. Freeway begins to slowly surround Lincoln. 5