Lincoln High School - Torch Yearbook (Webster City, IA)

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Honors Many were the honors received by Lincoln High students this last year. Phyllis Williams of the class of '39 won honors as a 4-H girl. Her demonstration at the State Fair won for her the privilege of attending the International Livestock show held at Chicago. Besides team honors, some of the members won personal honors. John Boeye, a senior and quarterback on the high school football team, was named to the halfback post on the all North Central Conference first grid team. Raymond Bruner also a senior and center on the football team, was placed as guard on the second team. Joe Segar and Wayne Maudlin juniors, received honorable mention. Jack Smith won third in the dramatic division of the state declamatory contest with his reading Beyond the Last Mile. Frances Hemingway and Betty Nelson received honorable mention in a Quill and Scroll contest. Frances wrote an editorial entitled Our Heritage. Betty'-s article was a feature on hobbies, Scissors and Paste. Three basketball trophies were added to our somewhat imposing array, for win- ning the sectional and district tournaments. The third is a traveling trophy presented by the Iowa City Junior Chamber of Commerce, and will belong here if we can Win it three years in succession. Kathlyn Rasmussen won first place in a contest conducted by the local Woman's Club with her essay on Ideal Parents. Lois Guenther also won First on Queen Marie,, Ambassador of Peace in a local contest Sponsored by the American Legion- Auxiliary. Gerald Cleckner received sectional honors in a Quill and Scroll contest on banner heads. Kathlyn Rasmussen received honorable mention on an editorial Appease- ment, The Price' of World Peace. 28

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First Row: Betty Nelson, Eleanor Alexander, Kathlyn Rasmussen, Ursula VanSickle, Genevieve Haase. Second Row: Robert Bruner, Jack Smith, Wayne Zeiger, Gerald Cleckner, Warren Doolittle. Third Row: Raymond Bruner, Virginia Chase, Iola Ingertson, Gertrude Brin, Zora May Sweazey, Arlene Larson, Lila Maxon, Frances Hemingway, Miss Ethel Swanson. Quill ond Scroll The Quill and Scroll class had the largest enrollment ever in its history this year with 18 in the class. Each student had only two opportunities to be editor. Each Wednesday, The Schools Journal which is edited by the journalism class, appears in the Freeman-Journal. The class has entered various contests throughout the year with several members receiving honorable mention. The entire class attended the Iowa High School Press Association Convention held this fall at Ames. The journalism class is a member of the Quill and Scroll Society, the Iowa High School Press Association, and the National Scholastic Press Association, and is ably directed by Miss Ethel Swanson. Left to right: Arlene Miller, Frankie Jo Pliley, Wayne Maudlin, Bob Yockey, Ralph Clave, Margaret Louise Mitterling and Betty Nelson Student Council The Student Council has charge of many plans for the carrying out of extra- curricular activities. They have planned the chapel programs for the year and had general supervision of the homecoming. The Student Council has also made arrange- ments for the use of a tennis court, and for the enjoyment of various other leisure activities. Early in the fall, each class elected one member and the faculty also chose a member from each class, to the council. A representative at large was also chosen by the classes, and this was Ralph Clave. Officers President ......... ................. ,...,. . . ROBERT YOCKEY Sec'y-Treas. .... ......., M ARGARET MITTERLING 30