Lincoln Middle School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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Twenty-six THE LINCOLNIAN THE DRAMATIC CLUB The activities of the Lincoln Dramatic Club have been numer- ous this year. Miss Brawn carried on the work until the return of Mrs. Hersey. A prize speaking contest was held and those taking part were: Thelma Scott, Jeanne Clare, Anne Johnson, Ann Kimball. Barbara Dennison. Evelyn Bennett, Elaine Mahoney, Ann Whibley, Norton Nevels, James Doughty, and Charlotte Greenstene. Ann Kimball received the prize. Some of the members participated in the radio broadcast which was one of the Maine Schools on the Air series. Most of our time has been spent working on the Annual Entertainment which was held the last of April. A play was pre- snted entitled. A Boy's Dream of a Night Club. The officers for the year were: Beverly Stevens. president: Patricia Dodge, vice-president: Barbara Golclthwait. secretary: Ann Kimball. treasurer: Carl McCann, reporter: Barbara Dennison. auditor. MARJORIE MCCUBREY. Div. B-8 THE GIRLS' GLEE CLUB The Girls' Glee Club with over titty members meets under Miss Blodgett's direction every Monday noon in the Music Room. The group furnished the chorus background for the Minstrel Show part of the Annual Entertainment and also had a special number. The ofhcers are: Mary-Lyle l-Ierrman, president: Patricia Curtis. vice-president: Helena Shaw, secretary: and Frances Kidder, treasurer. MARY-LYLE HERRMAN, Div. C-8 THE HARMONICA BAND The Harmonica Band under the direction of Miss Blodgett con- tinued through the second half of the year. We elected new officers at the half year as follows: Richard Skillin. president: Howard Mosley. vice-president: Frank Smith, secretary: and Elmer Martin, treasurer. There are fourteen members. RICHARD SKILLIN, DIV. N-7 THE ORCHESTRA The orchestra this second half, under Mrs. Haines' direction, has grown to a group of 45 musicians. We worked hard to supply every member with a cape and to prepare a good program for the Annual Entertainment. We have furnished the music for most of the assem- blies. We have practiced hard for the Western Maine Music Festival in Kittery. One of the high lights of the year was having Rudy Vallee conduct our orchestra in the Stein Song when he spoke to us in April. XVILLIAM PROUTY. Div. A-8

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THE LINCOLNIAN Twenly-Eve the plumage and habits of the birds who are both temporary and permanent residents of Portland, Maine. When spring comes, in place of the regular indoor meetings, the club members go out for bird walks under the guidance of Miss Goodwin. The increased knowledge in bird and nature lore thus gained will do much to enrich the lives of its members. CAROL HARRINGTON. Div. O-7 THE BAND The Band, under the direction of Mr. Gaudreau. has increased since September from Z3 to 30 members. On April 8 we played at an assembly and on April 15 We gave a concert at the Woodfords Club. The Band is now studying the Narrator, the required con- test number for the Western Maine Music Festival to be held May 14 at Kittery. We have done much outdoor practicing and marching for this. We hope to bring back high honors for Lincoln Junior. LENDALI. Yomt. Div. H-8 THE CIVICS CLUB The Civics Club of our school under Miss Usher's guidance started a project to keep the grounds free from rubbish and paper, The pupils who work on this project are volunteers from the different Civics Clubs. The duties of the people on the Pick-Up Squad are to pick up paper. see that the pupils do not run across the lawn. and mend fences as they are broken. This is done at noon. There are twenty-six members working under Edward Bern- stein and his two assistants. Citizenship points are awarded to each member who does his work well. The officers of second semester Civics Clubs are: Division A: Henry Hagman, president: Norton Nevels, vice- president: Constance Canning, secretary: Dorothy Richardson. as- sistant secretary: William Prouty, treasurer: Beverly Stevens, assist- ant treasurer: Ann Kimball. literary chairman. Division B: Merrill Bachelder, president: Jean,Marsh, vice- president: Marjorie McCubrey, secretary: Marjorie Gross. assistant secretary: Thomas Howarth, treasurer: Charles Lombard. assistant treasurer: Frances Kidder, literary chairman. Division C: George Haskell, president: David Andrew, vice- president: Mary-Lyle Herrman, secretary: Allan Johnson. assistant secretary: Richard Peterson, treasurer: Henrietta Hammonds, assist- ant treasurer: Robert Thomas, literary chairman. Division D: Kenneth Finlayson. president: Carl McCann. vice- president: Barbara Goldthwait, secretary: Barbara Arnold, assistant secretary: Helen Isenberg, treasurer: Constance Nanos, assistant treas- urer: Carleton Day, literary chairman. HOPE NEEDHAM. DIV. D-8

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THE LINCOLNIAN Twenty-seven THE STAMP CLUB During this semester the Stamp Club, with Mrs, Ranks, has held several interesting meetings at which many useful topics have been discussed. including the printing of stamps, grills, watermarks, and the precancelling of stamps. Each member of the club is preparing a sheet of stamps covering a subject in which he is particularly interested. The club is now preparing for an assembly program which is to be presented to the school during air-mail week. This will show the various methods of sending messages by air from the earliest days to the present time. Another project undertaken by the club is the correspondence with stamp collectors in foreign countries. DOROTHY DAVlS, DIV. A-8 THE JUNIOR RED CROSS American Junior Red Cross activities were continued with more vigor than ever during the second semester. Meetings were held the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in Room 201 under Mrs. Whitney's direction. Thirty-five representatives met in this group. To our adopted institution, the Marine Hospital, the Red Cross sent at Christmas individual cups tilled with candy made in the Home Economics classes, Valentine memo pads with pencils attached were sent in February. In March our project was the Red Cross Portfolio which was sent to The Netherlands. This portfolio was dedicated to Princess Beatrix. It contained pictures, photographs, paintings and composi- tions illustrative of Portland, Maine, and Lincoln Junior High School. A later activity will be the raising of contributions for the National Childrens Fund. A Junior Red Cross Broadcast was given May 4 over the Red Network of the National Broadcasting Company. The program opened in New York with a symphony and chorus in the Junior Red Cross World Song, followed by an introduction in English, repeated in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. and a dramatization of the origin and development of the Junior Red Cross. Following this. the program was switched to San Francisco. where six or eight delegates to the Junior Red Cross Convention spoke. The program was then switched back to New York, where the Good Will Message, given at the Convention. was translated into foreign languages. The conclusion was given by Commissioner of Education Dr. Studebaker, who spoke for the American people and the Government on the meaning of the Junior Red Cross movement. THoMAs HOWARTH, Div. B-8