New Lincoln School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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8, If The The tens accomplished much in French this , ,3'1Rg,,L,,Hn' year, thanks to the excellent teaching of Mad- ,Qv y, W P ame Browne. Patiently, she drilled us in id- is iomatic expressions, irregular verbs, and per- ,yf :: sonal pronouns. She brought us the sad tale of -1 .1 . k,,e Frantz, in HLa Derniere Classen, and the heart- . ln breaking story of old Colonel Jouve in Le f!l?1l -I, Siege de Berlinn, both short stories by Al- ' U phonse Daudet. After these, we read HLe Petit Frinceu by Antoine de Saint Exupery. What's more, we did some recording this year, thus improving our pronunciation. flmogine hearing yourself as another Charles Boyerij Two of the class took Spanish with Senor Villarejo. One of our extra-curricular activities was the forming of the audio- visual aids committee, under the supervision of Mr. Davis. It was formed maiH1Y because of the need for operators to run the movie projector. How- ever, its members, all the tenth grade, also did other jobs such as ordering and returning films, announcing them to the faculty, and filing film cata- logues. Gradually, the other Classes began to share and take over the duties of the committee, until it became an all school committee. Let it be remem- bered, however, that we, the tenth grade, were the pioneers. we feel that we have really learned to work as a solidly united group this year, and that we are able to face any problems that next year may bring with a firm understanding. 'Q

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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

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THE ELEVE TH GR DE During its study of ancient history, the eleventh grade took a short four year trip to Greece to investigate ancient ruins. While they were there their mentor and guide, R. N. Bliss, uncovered several tablets upon which there was ancient Greek script. It turned out that these were the lost books of NThe Oddysseyn, which had been sought by many historians and archeologists since the dawn of history. We reproduce a translation of them here for pos- terity. 1' H' no A v 'F' 0 Q my P figs-L-1, - ii Then rose, with rosy-fingered dawn, from his bed the noble Oddysseus in the house of Alcinous, king of Phaecia. And once more called they him to their Court to discuss with them his journeys and adventures. After the marvelous minstrel, Demodocus, had finished with singing the deeds of the mail-clad Acheans, Alcinous came upon Oddysseus and to him he said, UNoble stranger, will you continue your tale that was left unfinished yesterday?U And to him said noble Oddysseus, Hwhy, I will indeedn, and he began. UAfter we had weathered the rage of the Cyclops and steered away our sleek ship from his treacherous isle, we sailed for many days, tossed at the whim of Poseidon, the Earth-shaker, hither and thither, all the while wishing more and more to be home in our own rocky Ithaca. Suddenly, however, we came upon a strange isle that stood alone in the middle of the sea, barren and rocky. Not knowing what lay in store, we steered our swift, black ship to- ward the craggy island. Landing suddenly upon the firm and stony shore, we quickly disembarked, and headed up the craggy cliffs that surrounded the cen- ter of the island. HThe first inhabitant we saw was an aged figure, bent double with his years, perusing a tablet on which were written three strange words: 'The NGW Link'. I boldly stepped forward and greeted him. 'Alas', he Said, 'I Gm doomed to wander this craggy isle forever and to pray to the gods that I mOY be protected from the wrath of Blysseus, the Pencilshaker'. As the ancient disappeared down a lonely path, muttering into his gray beard, there came IH sight Q fair and lovely blond-haired damsel. we approached her and asked