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

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FIRST RoW-Mildred Lapp, Nleriam Sperling, Emanuel Lupp, Bernard Merlin. SECOND RoWeViolel Bartxcb, Mabel Mikkola, Albert Goldberg, lean Chaqun, lane Tbomdssen. THIRD ROWeClaire Ryden, Gordon Smith, Rodney Paige Vance Ledin, Albert Neimark, Alex Bercowilz. FOURTH RoW-Hillel Cowl, David Lilliquist, Arthur Holmes. STANDINGeer. Mason, Clayton Erickson, Arthur Lather, Ioscpb Brochin. LITERATURE CLUB Under the leadership of Mrs. Mason, the Literature Club has been advancing through the Treasure Island of Books. They have traveled through England with Dickens, explored the Antarctic with Byrd, dined with the iiDaughtet of the Samuraiif romanced with Richard Halliburton, and chatted with Shakespeare in the little cottage at Stratford-on-Avon. The children have compiled lists of the various types of books, such as: travel, adventure, nature, and humor. These have been bound and made a list of the children,s many favorites. A system of promotion has been put into effect. After complying with the rules of entry that each must have a Minneapolis library card and must have read at least two- books since the beginning of the school term. After admit- tance, each must read one book a week, make one book re-' port a month, and promise to use a book-mark and not injure or destroy any book. He becomes a silver or gold star member after fulfilling these requirements. The club has derived not only pleasure from books, M . Mam but also a love of choice literature. Page Tbirty-four

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FIRST ROWedeie Supak, Milton Gordon, Itramar Romm, Israel Katznelmn, Edith Lakofsky. SECOND ROW-eSardb Brody, Sam Levine, Lester Gunman, Jerome Feiler, Dorothy Efron, Bertha Fcitelmbn. THIRD ROWeRulb Wold, France: Benenson, Fanny Eviden, Matilda Wolf. FOURTH RoW-Ruth Davis, Geraldine Brown, Sylvia Lin, Sylvia Groll. STANDINGeNorman Shapiro, Robert Bjorklund, er. Bolinger, Louis Herman. AT THE TABLESeheatuU Julius Schrieberg, Sarah lambs, Heiman Schermer, Stanley Greenberg, Leonard Cobn. PUBLIC SPEAKING CLUB Talking is our most common method of self-expression. Our club aims to improve the art of speech. This can be accomplished by working on voice, manner of speech, poise, facial expression, and the correction of speech defects. The chief defects which we have been working to remedy are: bad placement of tone, shortness of breath, and minor speech defects such as lisping, stammering, and faulty enunciation. Self-consciousness is the common enemy of beginners in public speaking. This seems rather strange because children love to perform before audiences and ask for opportunities to speak before large groups. Im- provement in ability to speak clearly and intelligently has brought new confidence and poise to our members. Inexperienced speakers have a tendency to emphasize wrong words and misconstrue the authoris meaning when they memorize recitations independently. Since it is difficult to break habits like these, the club members prefered to work with new selections. t Through their public speaking work the pupils have be- come acquainted with the finest orations and recitations, and have become more discriminating in their choice of reading material. . ., Mrs. Bolinger is the adviser. MU, Baum, Page Thirly-Ibree

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TABLE-Mn. Van Konynenburg IHead LibrariunJ, Richard Johnson, Thomas Colles, Max Buman, John McCagrey, lack Nemerov. DESKS-Ruth Stone, Miss Noam: tLibrarimU, Mrs. Dickson tLibrarianL STANDINGe-Abe Blindman, Lawrence Sands, Eugene Stein, Russell IVeller. LIBRARY CLUB 1Books are keys to wisdorrfs treasure; Books are gates to lands of pleasure; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are friends. Come, let us read? This poem characterizes, more or less accurately, the spirit which has prevailed in Lincolrfs Library Club for the past five years. The club had its inception in 1926, and under the capable guidance of Miss Marian Crosby, Lincoln,s first librarian, it began a fine career of useful instruction which succeeding librarians have striven to maintain and continue. Mrs. Van Konynenburg has directed the Library Club this year. Ten girls and three boys comprised the enrollment of the first club, which incidently, started off under the inter- esting name of 11Library Cadets? No hard and fast rules of policy or government were drawn up, as it was thought more advisable for each librarian to establish her own rules and regulations. This has made it possible for individual and new ideas to be worked out without affecting the general idea of the club itself. We are proud of our Library Club of 1931, which has twelve active and interested members, all eager to play an important part in our program to engender and encourage a . greater interest in, and appreciation for, the finer books. 7 M,L Van Konynenburg Page Tbirty-que