Lincoln Middle School - Lincolnian Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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THE LINCOLNIAN Thirty-one THE STORY OF THE DESERT At an assembly held on January 7, the orchestra supplied the music. The chairman was George Haskell. The flag salute was con- ducted by Charles Lombard with Elmer Martin as color bearer. The feature ofthe assembly was another in our sound picture series. The Story of the Desert. ALICE GEER, DIV. A-8 AN HOUR WITH BOOKS The assembly. An Hour with Books. was given on February 7 under Miss Wescott's direction. with Celina Chaves as chairman. After the opening exercises, the flag salute was led by James Doughty. with Lenclall York as color bearer. The chairman then gave a short introduction on books. The curtains parted and revealed the stage set to represent the living room of a modern home. Twenty-four chil- dren busily reading were grouped around the room. One of the group suggested that each person personify a character in the book he was reading. The results follow: The Perfect Tribute. Clifford Finnimorez Katrinka, the Russian ballet dancer. Marcia Sirois: Tom Sawyer. Joseph Dale: the new boy in Tom Sawyer, Norton Nevels: Trumpeter of Krakow, Robert Cummings: Little Women, Elizabeth Tukey. Dorothy Richardson, Jeannette Williams, Beverly Stevens. Ann Whibley: Just David. Wallace Jaffe: Bird's Christmas Carol, Barbara Goldthwait, Constance Quinn. Eleanor Deering. Betty Weeks. Emily Smaha, Gordon Haskell, Shepley Titcomb. Leo Smith. Howard Staples. and Donald Lowell: Scrooge, William Prouty. End his nephew, George Haskell: Gone with the Wind, Marie arra. The assembly music was furnished by the orchestra. CELINA CHAVES. Div. C-8 HERDSMEN AND FARMERS On March l l, the music of the orchestra led us into the assem- bly hall. After Mr. Stevens conducted the opening exercises and the flag salute was given. with James Doughty as leader and Lendall York as color bearer. we were shown the picture, l-lerdsmen and Farmers, the story of how families live alone in some of the most desolate corners of the earth. CONSTANCE HAYWARD. DIV. E-8 OUT OF THE EARTH On April 8 as we entered the hall the band was playing. The assembly chairman was Dorothy Richardson. For the flag salute. Churchill Cressey was the color bearer and the leader was Robert Speirs.

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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

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Thirty-two THE LtNcoLNmN We witnessed a sound picture entitled Out of the Earth. This told how the primitive people made houses of mud and the method they used in melting iron ore. It also showed coal mining and the oil industry. We saw how they put out a fire in an oil field. ln the latter part of the picture the production of steel was shown. DONALD BARBOUR, DIV. l-8 THE BASKETBALL ASSEMBLY On April 18, our annual basketball assembly was held. Mr. Stevens was chairman and Bruce Alden and James Taylor acted as cheer leaders. Miss Chandler awarded letters to the girls on the winning team and also to two girls who hadn't missed a basketball practice for two years. The boys' letters were awarded by Mr. Packard to the winning teams of the seventh and eighth grades. Mr. Stevens awarded letters to the school swimming team, Gifts were presented to Miss Chandler, Miss Ulmer and Mr. Packard, A short prevue of the annual entertainment was given. A song and tap dance was done by Margaret Feeney, and James Doughty and Emily Smaha gave a specialty number. The entrance and exit marches were played by the orchestra. MARJORIE MCCUBREY. Div. B-8 CONSERVATION WEEK ASSEMBLY The entrance march by the Lincoln Junior Band opened the Conservation Week assembly held Friday, April 29. The assembly chairman was Viola Everett who read Van Dyke's God of the Open Air, followed by the repeating of the Lord's Prayer by the school. The first part of the assembly with its theme. Getting Ready for Club Walks. was presented by the Killoleet Junior Audubon Club of our school. The setting was a regular meeting of the club. After the flag salute with John Bowles as leader and John Kennedy as color bearer was the roll call in which all members of the club took part, At this point two musical selections by the school were heard. The Secretary's and Treasurer's reports were given and the follow- ing club program was presented: A Map Showing Location of Birds' Nests. John Bowles and James Hanley: Hunting Nests. Viola Wilson and Beth McWilliams: A Bird Wheel. Judson Mer- rill: The Parts of a Bird Necessary for Identification. Arthur Emery: 4'Flight identification. Richard Meserve: A Migration Chart, Carol Harrington and Richard Hanley. The second part of the program was in the nature of talks on Conservation given by Mr. Myron Lamb, who is President of the