Lincoln Middle School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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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

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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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Tiuenzy-eight THE LrNcor.N1aN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY The highlight of the year's activities in our school library is the addition of more than 250 books of interest to junior high school boys and girls which have been loaned to us by the Portland Public Library. Among this year's exhibits in the library. one of the best was the ship exhibit. Besides many pictures of famous ships, there were on display an old glass medicine bottle and a sextant which actually did service long years ago. The spring project in the library will be a garden exhibit show- ing the possible arrangements of little nooks and bits of ground into attractive garden spots. Emvaizo BERNs'rl2lN, Div. E-8 THE LUNCHROOMS Our lunchrooms are of great importance to the school because they furnish a place for the pupils to eat and enjoy their dinners. The girls' lunchroom seats about one hundred tifty comfortably. The host and hostess idea was organized this year by the Civics Clubs. Their duty is to seat the pupils, keep order, and see that any stranger is made to feel at home. In other words, they are to see that everyone is happy and satisfied. The hostess is Dorothy Williams and the host is Paul Keyes. The assistant hostesses are Jeannette Williams, Carolyn Manchester. and Ann Whibley. The assistant hosts are Turner Jones and Robert osen. This plan has worked out very well during the past year. DoRoTHY Wituaars. Div. G-8 The boys and girls in the lunchrooms felt that it was necessary to have some definite rules to follow. So a meeting of all the workers was called. The result proved very satisfactory. Each boy and girl submitted a rule and from these we made our code, which is as follows: l. Leave table as clean as you find it. 2. Drop paper into the wastebasket. 3. Talk only in conversational tones. 4. Do not visit other tables. 5. Do not leave tables without permission. 6. Wlien leaving tables do not talk. 7. Unless crowded, keep your feet under table. 8. With monitor's permission, you may talk to people at other tables. 9. Sit at table at least fifteen minutes. l0. Be as courteous as you would be in your own dining room. The workers in the lunchroom felt that it was necessary for the