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Class History September 1, 1952. The Entering of the Class of ’56. What sort of a day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events which alter and illuminate the course of our lives. And we were there. September 1, 1952 marked the beginning of a new era for 60 enter- prising young men filled with ideas of becoming leaders in the world of tomorow. We were oriented into our college life as Lincoln Men during our first week, by a group of energetic Senior advisers and an even more energetic football team. The true Lincoln spirit wasn’t instilled in us, however, till the arrival of the Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. This group gave us our first taste of Lincoln rabble and a vivid but somewhat hard picture of what was required of a Lincoln Man, at Wood-Night. We are happy to say that most of us survived Wood-Night, to be Preps no longer, but Freshmen. Along with our newly acquired status we cele- brated our first of four Homecomings. After celebrating two quick holidays, we returned to the campus, only to hear cries of “punch-out time” and “he who fights the TV screen will never see the grass grow green.” What does this mean? Finals, of course, which we passed with flying colors. We were now true Lincoln Men. The second semester passed rapidly with glimpses of Student Senate, Pan-Hellenic and African Students Week Ends, and our first Hell Week. Before we knew it finals were here again. Thus it was that we spent our first year at Lincoln. Our second year was one of reunion and hard work. We enthusias- tically welcomed the Freshmen, afterwards resuming our roles as cam- pus personalities. There were Bob Davis and A. J. Johnson as standout football players; I. O. Harris and Bill Thompson as “weekend splitters”; Lonnie Fuller and Walter Scriven as outstanding students; and Bill Walker as champion TV watcher and classroom sleeper. Those Sopho- mores with the average, the desire, and the spirit decided to seek the brotherhood of the Greek Letter Organizations. Other Memories of 1953 include those of our second straight CIAA Wrestling Championship, Lincoln’s second place in the CIAA Track Championships, Stanford Mumford’s two gold medals, the Soccer Team being led by Kariuki Njiiri, George Kimani and Isaiah Smith, and the Howard-Lincoln game in Philly. Perhaps our fondest memory was the Centennial Celebration. As our second year ended, we gladly relinquished our claim to the title “wise fools,” for we were surely more wise than foolish.
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A short and fleeting summer separated our Sophomore and Junior years. Though our number was now less than 40, each of us still carried in our heart the desire and purpose that came with us in our Freshman year. No longer concerned with welcoming the Freshmen, we now con- centrated on looking ahead to our Senior year and to the future. Our studies were our primary concern with a minimum of rabble and TV thrown in. This was evidenced by the large number of Juniors on the Dean’s List. The year 1954-55 saw the addition of J. J. Johnson and Paul Cannon to the “automobile club”; Milt Corsey became Lincoln’s Don Newcombe, Alfred and Allen Shropshire were welcomed into Greek- dom; Bud Taylor became known as the “Great Biologian”; the addition to the Library was completed and the Administration gave Frat Houses to the Frats. These are but a few of the cherished memories of our Junior year which ended with Milton Corsey accepting the Mantle from the Class of ’55. We were now Seniors. It was with a new determination and will that we returned in September of 1955. We were aware of the fact that we were now the leaders, that it was up to us to carry on the work, the ideas, and the traditions set down by previous classes and scholars. Realizing the importance of the coming year we elected Clinton Smith to lead and guide us. For the third time the Shropshires served as secretaries of the class. This was the year of our last Wood-Night, Homecoming, Winter Carnival, Organization Week End, and Penn Relays. All was not pleas- ant, however, for there was the GRE with George Nemethy scoring off the chart, and everyone else “dying horribly.” Beta Kappa Chi Honorary Science Fraternity initiated several of our members. They were David Bridgeford, Lonnie Fuller, Clarence Guy, Alfred Shropshire, and Allen Shropshire. Our Who’s Who representatives were Phillip A. Gerard, Clinton Smith, Lonnie Fuller, David Bridgeford, George Nemethy, and Walter Scriven. Looking to the future, we congratulate our members who have been accepted to grad schools and extend our hopes and prayers to those who are yet striving. It is with a great deal of sadness that we pass through Lincoln’s Arch for the last time as students. We have worked hard so that we were able to see the “grass grow green” four times. We’ve learned many things here at Lincoln in the way of selective knowledge. Perhaps the greatest lessons we have learned lie in the field of human companion- ship and relationships. To the Class of '56 this is a commencement in the true sense of the word, for it is the beginning our lives as men. On September 1, 1952, we entered to learn. On Tuesday, June 5, 1956, wc went forth to serve.
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