Lincoln High School - Totem Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Faculty Quite a good many changes have come about since dad smoked his first corn-tassel cigarette out behind the barn. Not only that, the rising generation has to take theirs out behind the garage, which is doubly more risky because of the gasoline and the closeness of the house, but other changes have come about as well. Take, for instance, education. It hasn't been in a static condition all these years. Oh my no, nothing of the kind. The present generation has so far outclassed its forefathers that the hickory rods have all been taken from the corner and thrown out the window. We never draw pictures of our teachers on slatesg we never have spring fever and we never, no never play hockey! No sireelll Of course there have been minor changes in studies, in curriculum, and in school government, but we refer only to those bigger and more important changes. Changes have taken place in regard to our teachers. They are no longer the formidable and fantastic ogres of fifty years ago. The sufferings undergone by our ancestors at the hands of those feelingless wretches have, in a degree at least, been saved to their posterity. With the passing of the three R's passetl a dreadful line of oppressors and in their place we beg to introduce, The new generation of teachers. Not that we'want to give anyone the impression that the millennium is at hand and that all hostilities have ceased between teacher and pupil. My no! We still have some fight, but because we know we have a faculty second to none-our hats are off. Besides being instructors our faculty can be human-something you would never suspect of a teacher if you've read fiction at all. ln fact, they actually en- joy themselves at times, they say. As soon as the school machinery was running smoothly at the beginning of the year, the old teachers entertained the new members of the staff at a reception down in the south lunch room. The different departments staged stunts. The language teachers acted out charades for the rest of the sages to guess, while the mathematicians presented some mathematical puzzles which somehow or other they, themselves, couldn't solve before company. Mrs. Oral Expression Folsom garbed as a mystic from the far East to whom the past, present and future is re- vealed, read some interesting and startling facts from a crystal. The commercial department entertained with songs, after which the men proved how well trained they are as butlers in their own homes, by serving simple refreshments of tea and cake. When the bells rang out at three-ten on St. Valentine's day, each and every teacher solemnly closed all books and, laying aside those serious-faced class-room masks, journeyed down to the Library, which was decorated with the conven- tional hearts, for a few hours surcease from school-room worries. By a previous arrangement everybody had a valentine for somebody else. They ranged from the comic to the serious kind that have two hearts pierced by a Cupid's arrow, but all carried with them the same goodwill of the sender, even if some were hand made and others more humorous than expensive. After refreshments, the guests scat- tered at an hour consistent with all proper school affairs. Once again members of our faculty appear as a quartet. From Mr. Hasting's zooming bass which he drags up from somewhere down near the soles of his feet, to Miss York's bell-like soprano, the quartet is an unqualified success. Dad Leaf carries a free arm tenor, while Miss Craven adds the historical alto. The quartet made its debut at an assembly one morning before anybody knew there was PA GE Nl NIC ftx NA A FAicul.Tr

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Another sport that has drawn considerable attention is basketball. Up to l9l 3 her team was rather successful although not appearing at the first of the list: however, in that year the championship would have been hers, had it not been for Queen Anne's excellent playing. Lincoln's Midgets have been very successful, having taken the titles for I9l3-14, l9l6-l 7, and 1917-18. Baseball like other sports has been very popular although only two cham- pionships have been won, I9I2 and l9l 3. The girls have not lagged in enthusiasm for sports either for they have been interested in indoor baseball, tennis, and basketball. Some of the time there was such an interest that leagues were organized. One of the most interesting of Lincoln's activities has been debate. Early, it was of such interest that many class debate clubs were formed beside the gen- eral debate association. Three times Lincoln's clebaters have won the state championship, besides several of the city. Another phase of activities has been dramatics. ln addition to the senior plays and those of the dramatic clubs, since I9l4 Lincolonials have been ar- ranged each year. One of the most successful of these was the Liberty pageant, presented in l9I8, portraying the development of Liberty. Music also has been a very important factor in the life of the school. Every year the two glee clubs and the orchestra have given some performance. These three organizations united last year in producing the opera Martha and this year in The Little Tycoon . Beginning in Qctober l908, the Totem was published monthly but in Sep- tember l9l8, the weekly was substituted. This has seemed more practical for it has changed from a mere magazine with no special purpose other than that of amusement, to a really progressive influence, recording the events week by week as they occur and keeping students informed of noteworthy things in Lincoln school world. PAGE EIGHT DRAWING BY EARNEST WATERS

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I Q. W. P fm it' 355' .4 al such an thing. We're glad to say they're a regular institution at Lincoln now. .Long life to the quartet! For no reason whatever fat least no one found out that she was married or to be married, Miss Virginia Evans took her leave of Lincoln aboard the Wenatchee on her far-famed maiden voyage. Miss Evans expects to take up government work in China after she has toured that country. - At different times during the year, mostly on Saturdays, groups of teachers have taken what they called vocational trips. That is, they visited local places of interest in the commercial world. Among the trips taken were those to a coal mine, l-lollywood Farm, The Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, and the American Maid Bread establishment on Queen Anne Hill. Lastly, our faculty took an intelligence test-an indication both of their humanness and their courage. Results were not published, though, so we will say no more on the subject. Taken all in all, admitting any exception made by a flunlcing pupil, we still stand by our faculty. They're a good bunch of sports in every sense of the word. To The Faculty There's a little group of people All unhonored and unsung, To whom we always go when e'er Our selfish hearts are wrung. No bronze memorials are for them, For they are not the kind Who tallc about the battles won- They are guardians of the mind. So let's propose a toast to them, For without them, maybe we Could not be here to proudly say, I-lere's to the faculty! -Catherine Jones, '23, PAGE TEN