Lincoln Middle School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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THE LINCOLNIAN Twenty-nine comfort of the three hundred children who eat their lunches there each noon to have screens at the windows, After a conference, the host of the boys' lunchroom, Paul M. Keyes, was appointed to represent us and present our cause to Mr. Charles Perkins. the Superintendent of School Buildings. He came out and looked the situation over and. much to our delight, screens were installed in both lunchrooms. PAUL KEYES, Div. F-8 SCHOOL BANKING I wonder how many of us realize the story behind the small white slip that goes into the banking box on Tuesday mornings? The amount of money each one of us banks has to be recorded. nor only on the deposit slips, but in the ledger on journal sheets and in the school bank books. An average of 190 pupils deposit each week and over Sl ,800 has been deposited this year by thrifty students of our school. All the balances have to be added up and checked for mistakes. The money has to be counted and sealed in envelopes. Much credit is due Mrs. Morrison and her staff of bank tellers: Thomas Howarth. Churchill Cressey, Beverly Kitchen, Daniel Koe- lenbeek, George Haskell, Earle Trickey, Jean Marsh, Marjorie McCubrey, Gloria Hatcher, Myrtle Morrill, Mary Herrman. and Barbara Dennison. GEORGE HASKELL. Div. C-8 RESULTS OF CHRISTMAS CARD SALE When our last magazine came out, the annual sale of school Christmas cards, sketched and painted by our own pupils. was in progress. Nearly fourteen hundred cards were colored and sold. Howard Watts holds the all-time record of sales with one hundred fifty cards to his credit. Four others made notable records: Fred Wright selling Hfty-nine: Ruth Edgecomb, fifty-six: William Mer- rill, forty-six: and Katherine Dunn, forty-two. Room 209 achieved 10051 sales: that is. everyone in the room bought at least one card. RUBY SPARKMAN, DIV. E-8 ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT On Friday evening, April 22. our annual entertainment was held. For the opening the orchestra played a group of selections. The iirst part of the program was a minstrel show under the direction of Miss Blodgett. After the opening chorus there were musical novelties. Joseph Dale as interlocutor introduced the per- formers, who were: Paul Keyes, Mildred Bowdoin, Hazel Whitney. Raymond Purington, Donald Whiting, Norman Newton, Kenneth Newton, Arthur Emery, Margaret Feeney, Helena Shaw. Patricia Curtis, and Patricia Stickney. The Girls' Glee Club also had a special number. The closing number was our school song sung by cast and audience.

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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

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Thirty THE l.INcoI.NIAN During intermission the band played a group of numbers. The second part was A Boy's Dream of a Night Club. Those taking part in the introduction were George Haskell, David Andrew. Carl McCann, Florence Sawyer. Barbara Dennison. Those taking part in the dream were: George Haskell. owner of the club: David Andrew. master of ceremonies: and the following group of speclalty performers: Birge Peterson, Betty Grigson. Shirley Kuch, Emily Smaha, James Doughty, Dorothy and Jeannette Williams, Beverly Stevens. Norton Nevels. Florence and Robert Adair, Ann Whibley. Marcia Sirois. Walter Milliken, and Eugenia McCallum twhom we borrowed from the Heseltine Schooll. The exit march was played by the band. PATRICIA CURTIS, DIV. I-8 WEST MEETS EAST Perhaps you remember where! If you were present at the sound picture program on December 3, you surely remember it. In our own country San Francisco holds the key from west to east. Do you recall how we crossed the broad Pacific to Hawaii, the Philippines, China and Japan? Barbara Goldthwait was chairman of this assembly and the music was supplied by the band. The color bearer for the flag salute was Joseph Curran and the leader was Paul Keyes. PATRICIA CURTIS, DIV. I-8 BY COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY On January ll, a special assembly was presented with two guests on the platform: Mr, Myron Lamb, President of the Cumber- land County Audubon Society, and Mr. Allan Cruikshank, Lecturer from the National Audubon Society. Mr. Lamb introduced the speaker who gave an illustrated lecture on birds and then gave sev- eral bird calls. Mr. Stevens was in charge and the orchestra furnished the music. CHARLES BARNES, DIV. I-8 THE STORY OF PRIMITIVE LIFE After the school was seated on February 4. following the entrance march by the orchestra, Mr. Stevens led the opening exer- cises. He then gave a brief explanation of another of the pictures in our sound equipment series, The Story of Primitive Life. We saw how animals all over the world have gotten their needs filled. the simple life of primitive hunters on land. and lastly how early hunters sought much of their food from the water. DAVID ANDREW, DIV. C-8