Lincoln Junior High School - Lincoln Life Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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mat ATH LETI C FI ELD Before we had our playground, many complaints were made by the boys, because of the necessity of playing on a rough hilly lield, partly littered with ashes and refuse. The Parents and Teachers Association sensing our plight started a campaign for the bettering of our field. The campaign was a success for now we can see a level field three hundred fifteen by two hundred eighty- live feet on which all sports can be played. No matter What time of the year, when school is out, the lield is occupied. Last spring although the field was not linished we were able to play 0H our diamond ball schedule. . During the spring, diamond ball, service ball, track and held events are taking place. In the fall volleyball and soccer football are played. Also dur-v ing the first part of the fall and the last two months in the spring, classes are held outside with the boys and girls going through their exercises and after- wards playing games, and practicing track and field events. This year our diamond ball schedule will be a round robin affair because of the fact that four games can be played every night leaving more time for a longer schedule. Dur- ing class time we have played Serve Us ball and the girls have had their game on their sports calendar for two consecutive years. It will be the nrst time that the boys try their hand at the game. Our track and field events come early in June as usual, the boys grouped into three classes, TA class being boys over five -feet two inches, and llB class boys between live feet two inches, four feet eight, and NC class boys under four feet eight. There will be relay races and individual races of varying distances, and the high and broad jump event. The winners in these events will receive ribbons, and the room winning the relay race will receive a trophy. In the fall when we come back we Will hold our annual volley ball tournament which will be played on the lield this year. The climax of our outdoor activities Will be a soccer football tournament. Besides this the boys will play football and other sports after school, not under the supervision of the gymnasium department. Not only is Lincoln thankful for the field but the John Hay' School also has found a safer place to amuse the small children, who had no other play- ground than the street before. All of the boys and girls of Lincoln have found the playground to be even better than was expected and wish to thank those who helped to get it for us. 60

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SWIMMING SWIMMING One of the sources of delight and also pride at Lincoln lies in its swimming pool. In this pool over iive hundred boys swim every week. The pool is twenty feet wide and sixty feet long, the water is chemically treated and filtered making it as pure as drinking water. The majority of the boys at Lincoln go swimming at least every other week, the ninth graders having it once a week. The seventh and eighth graders Who have the good fortune to have gymnasium three times weekly also have swimming once every week. Besides the regular swimming period there is a class every homeroom period Friday devoted to those Who Wish to learn how to swim, these boys come every week until they are able to swim the length of the pool. Throughout most of the Winter any boy Who wanted to, could go swimming every Thursday after school. In order to have a passing mark a boy must be able to stay above water. To get a uB a 9A must be able to swim the length of the pool at least eight times and to get an TTA he must be able to swim the length of the pool at least fifteen times. A 9B to get a TB must be able to swim the pool at least six times, to get an iiA he must swim it at least twelve times and so on down till the 7B Who must swim the length of the pool at least once to get a TB and twice to get an A. Our swimming relays are held in the middle of April, the team consisting of six men counting the two substitutes. All the rooms are grouped into three divisions the seventh grade in the iirst, eighth grade in the second, and ninth grade in the third division. In the seventh grade there is a relay of eighty yards each boy swimming twenty yards in the eighth and ninth grades there is a relay of one hundred sixty yards each boy swimming forty yards; there is also a variety of individual races. 59

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TUMBLING Although greatly handicapped because of the lack of veterans, Mr. Fischer, from green material moulded a tumbling team that is a credit to Lincoln. From the strong man, Isadore Kaplan, to the midget, Sam Banick, each member of this team has devoted long hours of practice in order to be worthy to represent their school. With the announcement of a performance given by the tumbling team, little did the school realize how highly developed the acrobats were. Going through a great variety of gymnastic stunts from the simplest somer- saults to the most intricate pyramids they easily proved to the satisfaction of the audience that they had sacriliced their time and energy for a worthy cause. With the graduation of the January, 1926, class, Lincoln suffered the loss of the two outstanding performers, Louis Noun and Isadore Kaplan. Although the majority of the tumbling class will leave, we are sure that a new tumbling team that is fully as good will be moulded out of new material. GOLF In the spring of 1925 our first golf tournament made its debut. In spite of the fact that there was an entrance fee in order to accumulate funds for the purchase of a trophy for the winner, the turnout was tremendous. a The tourney was held Saturday mornings and before school. Melvin Benson became champion by defeating the foremost contenders. In this tourna- ment Stanley Larson, a semi-linalist, was the first of the 7Bls to win a letter. After the summer vacation and the fall tournament came under way, many new members joined the ranks of the golfers. History repeated itself once more, for Melvin Benson won the title for the second time with George Nelson once more losing in the finals. In this tournament. the champion proved his mettle in the hrst round. Losing by the score of three down and three to play he defeated LeX Hollenbeck in an extra hole match. In the championship match between George Nelson and Melvin Benson, Melvin won by the score of two up and one to go. SKIING Although Lincoln is three winters old, this was the hrst year that a skiing meet was attempted. The meet was held Saturday morning, February 13, from nine to one olclock. The judges were Owen Berg and Cecil Pence both of Whom have won fame throughout the northwest because of their skiing ability. In all there were thirty-three boys entered in the meet, eight of whom took part in the 11A class, the requirement for this class being to jump off of the fifty foot scaffold. In the 5B class twenty-five boys entered and jumped off a small bump on the hill. In the Al' class, Gilbert Johnson and Waino Filby were awarded Iirst and second place honors respectively, Gilbert Johnson having 19.75 points and Waino Filby with 16.25 points. The longest Jump ofyclass llAl, was sixty-flve feet and was made by Gilbert Johnson. Theoclore Erickson won championship in the lan class with a jump of twenty-elght feet. He had 15.93 points to his credit. Edwin Lambie came in second w1th 15.25 points. . ' Even though we are living in a section of the country that is famed for 1tS skiers this is the first year that we know of that any school has- attempted to run 0H a skiing meet. We are sure that skiing will prosper at L1ncoln and We need no more proof than the enthusiastic reception Which it received this year. 611