New Lincoln School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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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

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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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Hebrew. We read and enjoyed The Odyssey as an example of Greek litrature, and most of the Bible as an example of Hebrew literature. We followed .,..-3--, our study of early Christianity by the reading of '-'- Dante's Divine Comedy . 0 Wood was our guiding light, leading us over the difficult places and explaining everything in de- tail. Despite this, there were arguments every day. HBut Dave,H Sue would say, Hyou Can't do ' ' that unless you've proved that triangles ABC and ABD are congruent, according to proposition ZQ section 76, on page i49.H NI beg your pardon, I I u ' la We were geometry students this year. Miss J K I -ig! can, in only 23 steps by.. ' 7 Miss Axelson need not wonder why nobody gain- Q' Q J. ed much weight this year, what with a, rugged phy- Z A f sical education program that included square- I v baseball. Several of our athletes made the var- . sity teams. pf WW' 9' ,,1.J - I ,Aix 4 , dancing, soccer, swimming, basketball, tennis and Q ,1':.... f is NV N 'f I , - X xx 15 by 9-'A K