New Lincoln School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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POET'S CORNER Elaine is like a little mouse Because she's nice and quiet. The opposite is Sally, Chatterbox and can't deny it. Steve is hard to figure out. He seems a wee bit shy. And Phil's a junior devil, But I really can't say why. Jane, she is a dainty one, Never was a bore.. Louise, she is a donkey, He haw, he haw, he haw. Eddie is the playful type, But nice, I'll dare to say. And Barbara is a dreamer, A million miles away. Chin is quite the silent kind But nice to have around. Steffiels nice and jolly And seldom wears a frown. Rachel is a listener But brings her point to liqht- Francis is a scientist And thinks he's always right. ws .ff Hayes is the reserved one But can be fun also. Michelle is often very sweet And Very nice to know. Jonathan is nice at times And fits in with the clan. And Carol is an okay kid, A roller derby fan. Next is Ivan, Steffie's twin, Might say a double feature. Connie's last, but not the least, She is the lucky teacher. EDITCRIAL The question of whether or not we have really been a united group this year has two sides. As a class we have worked together and worked very well. Yet, socially, we tended to pull apart and to be cliquish. Half our class was new this year, and we didn't know one another very we1L Each of us had his own views, but we found that we could cooperate. We feel now that the class has benefit- ted and has been enriched by each student's background Gnd id9G5- ALE f'i'N15S5 ' CSN'-2 i s 7 5 X x ' ' 1 oi' ' .S X X X X 4 X

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SPORTS Gym, Aprile-It has been reported that the NGC lNinth Grade Classl has produced several promising athletes. Sally Williams, manager of the girls basketball team, flicked balls through baskets and-made fabulous scores. Ed Gardner was a member of the boys' basketball team. The girls' junior varsity was made up mostly of ninth graders. Both the boys' and girls' teams beat the eighth and tenth grades in basket- ball. In the beginning of the year, Steve Perls helped the boys' soccer team and Hayes Lamont was, perhaps its best halfback High school sports are off to a good start tai the ninth grade. SOCIETY There have been rumors that five families will be asked to leave their apartments if they continue to hold ninth grade round-robin parties. These class parties have taken place once every month at different homes, and, luckily, there are en- ough students so that no one need be visited twice. The parties have lasted through the wee hours of Sat- urday mornings. Activities have in- cluded waking up neighbors, breaking up other neople's houses, playing games, dancing, and eating. Attire has ranged from taffetas and suits, to bobby socks and dungarees. Class representation has been good and so has the fun. + ATOM SPLIT BY NINES Lab., January--A press release has been received from room BC1, announ- Cing that seventeen renowned scien- tists have gathered to explore thg atom. A steering committee Volun- teered to lead the way through the various nuclei and other sub-atomic particles. The scientists inquired diligently into the physical struc- ture of the atom , taking a look at the protons, neutrons, and those fleeting particles, the electrons. Secret films from the labs of such famous scientific organizations as Westinghouse, General Electric, and Do Pont were shown. In addition, the scientists hugely enjoyed them- Selves with comic books - on the atom, of course. mom stun

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THE TE TH GR DE We were a small class this year, with only sixteen people. Among these were some very colorful characters, however. Our skills and talents ranged from those of cartoonist Steve Knight, to those of Silvio Estrada, a genius at the piano. This year found us well supplied with core teachers: Messrs John Davis, Jack Ryskind, and Leon Rosenthal. These gentlemen were unusual in some respects, but we think they were swell. It was under their leadership that, after a bit of debating, we decided on our goal for the year - a better understandihg of the world today . A few diehards fought to break core down into English and , Social Studies. This was partly accomplishedg start- :ff ing in November we had one period of straight English T-T ' a week. The other'ten periods were still referred to - as core. We experimented in methods: our first pro- Q Z ject, which was the world food problem, was all group workg the next project was completely teacher led This study centered around atomic energy from the social aspect, but took in the U. N. and a little about the tricks of commercial advertising. Core tem- porarily intergrated with our science course, in which, among other things such as astronomy and astrology, we studied atomic energy from the scientific aspect. Our next CQIQ project was concerned with the study of a primitive soc- iety as compared to a modern one. The class read HComing of Age in Samoan by Margeret Mead. when we began to study the modern culture, we found it necessary to study its main influences, in this case the Greek, Roman, and E c T