Lincoln High School - Totem Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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HYLLENGREN FRANKLAND PICKERING KUNZ CUTTING MCMULLEN BOYLE WELLS MCCLOUD JOHNSON GARDNER GREEN THOMPSON PAGE T VVICN'I'Y-THR EP w A

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sz.. CD09 S Boys' Association Lincoln High School Boys' Association was chartered and accepted by the boys of Lincoln in September l920. This association comprises the two organizations which heretofore governed boys' activities, namely, the Boys' Club and the L. H. S. Athletic Association. As accepted, the charter called for a Board of Control which was to be made up of three faculty members and nine students. Of the nine students on the Board of Control six were to be, two boys from the Senior Class, two from the Junior Class, and one respectively from the Sophomore and Freshman Classes. The other three students, chosen at large, were to hold the offices of President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer. Results of the first election under the new organization were as follows: President-Henry Hyllengreng Vice-President-Judson Cuttingg Secretary- Treasurer-Stanley Olson: Senior Representatives-Jack Pickering and Joe Mc- Mulleng Junior Representatives-Walter Frankland and Dean Boyle, Sophomore Representative-Kenneth Johnsong Freshmen Representative-Wallace Watts. The three faculty members selected for the Board were Mr. Wells, Boys' Adviser, Mr. Green, and Mr. Thompson. With the organization work completed the members of the Board of Con- trol started to work out plans for benefiting the school. The Fire Squad was re-organized and put in good running order. A Traffic Squad, designed to relieve congestion in the halls and on the stairways, was originated through the Board and put in action. A system known to the boys as the Merit System to promote activities and the general welfare of the school was organized and is now carefully noting the activity of every boy in Lincoln, whether a Frosh or Senior. The Welfare Committee of the Board of Control has done some very good work at opportune times such as the Thanksgiving and the Christmas Drives. This Committee helped in the collection and distribution of food, clothing and other necessary articles for holiday cheer. Besides the major undertakings of the Board of Control there have been numerous others not so important but, nevertheless, having a direct bearing on school life. Some of the lesser activities are: the equipping of the athletic teams, the football squads, and the basketball teams. All of these are equipped through the Budget System, the object of which is to regulate the expenditures of each team. It is the hope of the members of the Board to place the Athletic Managers of our football, basketball, and base- ball teams in a position where they are to select equipment and distribute it, thereby making an athletic manager's job one of responsibility as well as one of just distribution of athletic material. The Boys' Association is an attempt at regulated student control of activi- ties in Lincoln and it is the desire and hope of every member of the Board of Control that the boys themselves do all they can to promote it. Due to mid-year graduation it was necessary to elect three new officers to the Board of Control- Walt Frankland was shifted to the office of President, taking Henry l-lyllengren's place. Gene Kunz was elected Senior Representative in Jack Pickering's place. Walt lVlcCloud was chosen as the junior Representa- tive to take the place of Walt Frankland who was elected President. In recognition of the service which every boy in Lincoln rendered in making the new organization a success, I take this opportunity to thank you. We hope in the future that the association may be the biggest factor in the boy's school life. 4Walter Frankland, President. PA GE T WEINTY-TYVO

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590973 BUDGET SYSTEM. At the third meeting of the newly organized Board of Control the matter of regulated expenditures was brought up for discussion. The discussion resulted in the appointment of a committee to draw up a budget for the expenditures of the Association. When the committee reported and proposed a definite budget, regulating the allotment of money to the various activities, the Board adopted the new sys- tem and it has been in effect during the entire year. The budget provides that the money be used as follows: 351,000 for football, S200 for baseball, S180 for basketball, S100 for track, sl5 for tennis, and S200 for additional miscel- laneous expenses. Under this system the athletic manager and the coach each knows exactly how much money is at his disposal. One of the purposes of the system is to place the different athletic managers in a position where they may select and pur- chase the necessary equipment, thereby making his job one of responsibility. This puts the expenditures of the Association on a business-like basis and is a constructive step toward making the Association an economical and efficient organization. MERIT SYSTEM. Many times the necessity for some system of rewarding students in some manner has been felt at Lincoln. It was with the idea of meeting this demand that the present Merit System was devised. The Board of Control deems that merits should be awarded for all work which is not granted academic credits. A definite scale of merits which the various activities deserve was adopted. This plan provides that merits be awarded lo letter men, class officers, fire and traffic squad members, dramatic stars and the stage force. The Board reserves the privilege of voting merits for special services- and those not covered by the schedule. The Merit System, being new, is not entirely complete, but is a good step toward the development of a plan whereby student activities will receive their just recognition and students be awarded what is due them. The plan has the tendency to stimulate the spirit of leadership in the activities of the school and to create a more wholesome interest in its affairs. ' It has met with the hearty approval of all the boys, who are doing their best in co-operating with the Board of Control in an endeavor to make the system a complete success. BANQUET. - ln the list of new activities started this year the First Lincoln Annual Father and Son Banquet is among the most important. It was planned that every year at the end of Football Season a ban- quet be given in honor of the grid- iron squads. This year the new enterprise met with great success. All who could possibly be accommodated were there. The purpose of the project is to promote the coop- eration of the father with his son in school work and activities. The committee which put this enterprise across was fleft to right, Erwin Rieger, Karl Burdick, Dwight Thomas, Frank James, Kenneth Meisnest, fin- sertj Harold Budlong, Chairman. PAGE TVVENTY-FOUR