Lincoln High School - Totem Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY 1941-2 . . . Well, as you probably know, our class started out in much the same way as any ordinary class, namely, as being frosh, fresh- men, or whatever you want to call us first-term kids. We led a tough life that first year but we Weren't destined to be just an ordinary class. Our school lives were to be complicated by Iapanese and Nazis. We managed to struggle through that'first battle with teachers and seniors under the leadership of Helen Coleman, our prexy, and Roy Bogrand and Shirley Bo- grand, our vice-president and secretary, respec- tively. Miss Schofield was honored by being our advisor or was it vice-versa. 1942-3 . . . Time dragged by until we were finally sophomores, with a little more knowl- edge than we had when we first got here. Yes, some of us even had learned well enough to be members of the Honor Society, some fifty of us. The effect of being in a big school and eating at that marvelous institution, the Beanry, was beginning to wear off. We swaggered down the hall with the best of them and looked forward to being upper classmen next year. In our sophomore year we had Vern King as our president, Evelyn Holmes, vice-president, and Helen Ballard, secretary. 1943-4 . . . Ah, at last, juniors. Now we are getting somewhere. We can bash a few fresh- men, stand up to the seniors lalmostl, and act more matured. To show up the other classes, we started the year off with the first big dance, then around Christmas time, a lot of us who Weren't Working already got Christmas jobs. The war was still plaguing everybody so we did our share. When the bond drive came along to buy the B-17, we helped put it over-another plane purchased for Uncle Sam. The class of 1945 covered so much ground that we were seriously thinking of nicknaming the class Eleanor. We were intellectual that way. We got nearly as many in the Honor Society as the year before. lack Bergman, Lloyd Nolte, and Sybil Skullerud were the class officersthat year. 1944-5 . . . Well, what do you know, we are seniors already. What a bore school is getting to be, dear me. l suppose we still have to carry on though and be a good influence on the younger children. Our class hasn't done much this year, that is, out of the ordinary. We just helped in the bond drive, holiday work, and had a few dances and mixers. Senior Week we really had a swell time with our luncheon, dance, paper, and play. With lim Covington, Claudia McKnight, and Pat Barney as our.offi- cers, and Miss Schofield as our sponsor, we have really tried to make our last year at Lin- coln one we will remember. Yes, the class of '45 has come a long way.

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WHAT WOULD a representative of Lincoln High School's student body say to America if she requests a record of Lincoln's activities in a world at war? Our spokesman could say, Lincoln students are, first of all, Americans. Their school has been and shall continue to be typically American. Their lives are of necessity molded by the conditions existing around them. May he add, Since their life pattern is changed by such conditions we must accept as true the tact that students are assuming many of the responsibili- ties heretofore reserved for older persons who now shoulder arms for America. Do not imagine students to retain all the carefree ways displayed in peace- time. They show intense interest in the march of events. S Furthermore, High school pupils are an important cog in America's economic war machine. Lincolnites are holding down jobs, attending classes as usual, participating in all descriptions of drives to obtain needed materials, investing in what should better be called Peace bonds, and, like always, finding moments for relaxation and fun. Yes, we of Lincoln are taking our places as full grown citizens-earlier perhaps than our predeces- sors-but still citizens who envision and prepare for the future, hoping for a better world in which we all may live-as Abraham Lincoln once said, 'with malice toward none, with charity for all.' CLASSES

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HONOR SOCIETY OFFICERS: Row 1+-Lorraine Gold- tield, Marcie McCray, Fred Christensen. Bow 2-Helen Colman, Helen Hiskern, Barbara Ault- man. Row 3-Miss McClellan, Harold Buckley. THE HONOR SOCIETY TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS! That's what the Lincoln Honor Society boasts this year. They are our future Einsteins, and Lincoln is proud of these students. In additionto performing countless tasks around school, they must maintain a high grade average, and thus these students are the cream of the qroup. Although the Honor Society has been inactive for the past few years, this year saw a great change. Officers Were elected and committees appointed: a constitution was made and plans were drawn up. The Honor Society was under way. Under the capable hands of Mrs. Helen McClellan, the officers-Fred Chris- tensen, president: Lorraine Goldtield, vice-president, and Marcie McCray, sec- retary-treasurer-drew up plans to put Lincoln on the map as tar as scholar- ship is concerned. A very good background has been formed, and Lincoln can again take pride in her Honor Society. ' SENIORS-lt was a long climb to the top oi the ladder. They've cherished those grades, eagerly counted each point, and rushed to have them added to their cards. Although they have their laurels, these students probably won't rest on them. SENIOR HONOR SOCIETY: Row 1-Gloria Husby, Rosemary Strobel, Helen Colman, Helen Crocker, Claudia McKnight, Edith Scott, Pat Barney, Velma Wasser, Gerry Krum, Anita Bosley. Row Zvlanice Knudsen, leanette Kinclelan, lean Chelin, Lorraine Goldtield, Phyllis Lowman, Iris Gerdes, Barbara Bailey, Norma Garey, Dolores Weeks, Alice West, Elaine Bensene. Row 3-Pat West, Frances Carlile, Mary Casperson, Betty Reiman. Phyllis Torrey, Adele Iohnston, Beth Clark, Helen Sanclell, Barbara Danner, Barbara Aultman, Ioanne Clark, ilo Case, Sybil Skulleruda Row 4-Don Cleveland, Frank Aff, Bill Hamilton, Harold Buckley, Fred Hawkes, Fred Christensen, Donovan Day, Wayne Horner, Elvin Haley, Walter Parkhurst, Ed Underhill, Don Luke.