Lincoln High School - Totem Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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FRIEX DLX RIX -XLRX Out of the chaos of clrscussron about scores standrngs and champron lr Ds urroundrnv our crty hr h school contests of wll ltrnd y rth therr attendant rr rlry there has emerged or rs emergrng an rnter school sprrrt yyhrch embodres rll the most desrrable attrrbutes of true sportmanshrp The old sprrrt of anythrn to urn by farr means or foul has fought rts la t frght and has gone foreyer Old Man Pessrmrsm groyyls Bunlt But do not the folloyyrng rnstrnces proye hrm yy rong3 Durrng the football season Captarn Loyyrre ot Ballard yyas loudly cheered bv the assembled students of Ballard Hr h yy hen he stated I am genurnely sorry Dem Boy le has so rnjured hr rrm rs to b unrble to play agarnst us rn our next ame for I yy ant to play affarnst hrm and do not lrlte to see Lrncoln so handrcapped by hrs enforced absence from therr lrne up Alter Lrncoln s lo rnv the lrnal Game of the ser on to her old rryal Broad yyay Coach Green receryed the same response from the Lrncoln stt.dents rn therr yy as to Broadyy ay because rt restored that school s conhdence rn therr te 1m incl rn therr co ch and squared the tum ysrth the student body Xvhen athletrcs yy ere Ju t ettrnff started at Carfreld rn order that they mrght rot be handrcapped rn any yyay Broadyw ay bought outrrffht for them some two hundred and ten dollars of equrpment ln all probabrlrty Lrncoln yyrll do as rnuch for Rooseyelt next year l'hrs polrcy of the parent s hool proyrdrn equrp ment for therr offsprrnv and future opponents as applred cy eral trmes rn the past lr rs done and yyrll do much to prey ent hard feelrnf' These are Just a feyy rnstances taken from many Are they not conclusrye enough to conyrnce any pessrmrst of the truth of our state nt3 The burldrng of Rooseyelt Hrgh adds a neys factor to the game In a few years all erght schools yyrll be strrvrng for rndryrdual honors and for crtv champ ronshrps Let s malte rt a Battle Loyal ywrth rryalry and competrtron eyen lceener than before but neyer losrng rght of the frrendly helpful sprrrt behrnd rt I lg v 7- v 7 L A - ., s rr ' s ' D 'g . - r 'K s, v' ' fu . , -. - ' ' ' e r . , D D , ' , s . ' . .. 'g ' . : ' Y' 'z ' e s 1 ' a' e t .' L - gc y ' ' O ' X ' s g g ' rs ' ' , ' ' - ' -v, ' ' 'Q N c ' ' ' ' . letter assembly, on stating, lf we had to lose that game to anyone. I am glad lt 4 n v 7, . -3: u 1 N ,Q . .A K Q K . 4 an , e - r A' 2 c 5 gl o ' ' . r ' A C ' ' 'ey' gs 'D ' ' . 4 ' . . ' I.. HY, . . l . ' ' .' 1' '. V ' ' ' t 'c s 'A ' g ' - - U , 5 ' , ... L 1 'I .' ' gs. as is , ' S ', - . Jr ,J tl

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DRAWING BY ERNEST WATERS LINCOLN TRADITIONQ Every school has nts customs and tradltlons peculrar to Itself Since Lmcoln Hrgh School came lnto belng ln 1908 lt has acqurred a number of things which have become nts tradrtlons Wrthout these the Lincoln we know would be a That lndehnable something called Llncoln Spmt has brought vrctory to Lrncoln on the athletrc field and everywhere that Lincoln students have sought to galn honors It s the thlng mstllled m the student body that makes rt support so strongly everything that IS started ln the school There rs no student here at Llncoln but remembers when some day once a year all the upper class glrls appear rn aprons and prgtalls lookrng luke therr Freshmen sisters whlle the Beau Brummels appear collarless and lookrng as though they were on thelr way to a day s hard labor mstead of to the mtrrcacres and snares of a Geometry or Latm class Passrng to more serrous matters we fmd that the spmt of helpfulness here at Lincoln IS great At Thanksgxvlng time many unfortunate famrlles are helped through the generosxty of the roll rooms Agaln thls spmt IS shown at Chrlstmas trme when the klddres from the Mother Ryther Home which Lmcoln has vlrtually adopted are her guests at a Christmas entertainment This IS a tree with a real Santa Claus to glve each lrttle chlld some present Vvho does not know the Beanery wlth its hot dogs and pre a la mode3 These are some of the happlest memories of our hrgh school days Although a umform standard of schoolarshlp has never been set by those xn authonty rn school affalrs yet all the classes requlre that their otfrcers and therr representatlves ln athletrcs or any actrvlty marntarn a hrgh scholarshrp standard ThlS IS fast becomlng tradltlonal and ln years to come should be one of the tradrtrons of which Lmcoln IS most proud On account of the growth of the school and unexpected obstacles two of Llncoln s oldest and best tradltxons have been dlscontrnued Schram Lake around whrch so many lnterestmg thmgs have happened has been done away with to make room for portables while the Lmcolonlal the event of the year rn which all organrzatlons of the school took part had to be omrtted thls year Should Lincoln lose or forget any of these tradltrons rt would no longer be the school we know and love Page 12 I A - . , 1 K ' if'-13 ' H f E , V, -'17-ll' M . f ' l strange and unfamrllar place. ! - . I . . I 9 1 . , . . . . ' - . . . . , . .