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The Lincoln Echo The Lincoln Echo is published every six weeks by the students of Lincoln High School in Chapel Hill, N. C. THE ECHO STAFF Editor-in-Chief Ola Farrington Assistant Editor Betty Briggs Staff Reporter Faye Atwater Asst. Staff Reporter . . Robert Winston Business Manager Allen Mason Asst. Bus. Mgr Rufus Bynum Secretary Alicia Jones Sports Editor Thomas Booth Asst. Sports Ed James Guthrie Feature Editor .... Ernestine Powell Alumni Editor .... Barbara Burnette Society Editor Ruth Stroud Circulation Mgr Bertha Headen Ex. Editor Malissia Fearrington Auvisory Committee: Mrs. R. A. Smith, Mrs. M. G. Frazier. Mr R. D. Smith, Mrs. M. D. Turner, and Mrs. C. H. Barnes. Objectives of the Lincoln Echo: 1. To supplement i-eading materials. 2. To encourage free expression. 3. To interpret the life of the school to the community. 4. To promote greater school spirit, SALUTATORY BY ROSS FARRINGTON Youth Wends -EDITORIAL- Seniors’ Progress At the beginning of the school year the seniors char ted their course just as avia tors do when they begin a long journey. They made plans for doing things that they wished to do during the school year. They thought of ways of carrying out their plans. They checked their tools to see how well equip ped they were for reading and listening well and for speak ing and writing in a clear and interesting way. They wish ed these tools to be in good condition so that they could use them on their journey. They also hoped to collect ad ditional tools as they needed ■‘'em along the way. - ■^iring the year they have had t-any interesting adven- ^res their classmates. They ha,o come in conta,. with all typ^g of students and teachers. The> teachers have and__scolded,, t^ou- oxe too. They have also gain ed a great amount of know ledge by participating in their regular classes and activities. A Look At The Class Of 1953 Ten Years Hence The following question was posed to some members of the graduation class by the members of Mrs. Robinson’s tenth grade English class: “Seniors, how will you stand in 1963?” Answers to this query follows; Benjamin Jones: “I expect to be the most famous brick mason in the state by 1963”. Florence Suitt: “In 1963 I will stand as one of the best beauticians in town.” Nelson Riggsbee: “I, Nelson Riggsbee, expect to be teaching ; or directing a band ten years from now. I will have a home. | a wife and one or two children Bernice Johnson: “My great est ambition is to go to New Jersey and take business to be come a secretary in some large office.” Ola Mae Farrington: “My de sire is to attend college in Hamp ton, Virginia in order to be come a registered nurse. By ‘63, I hope to be a registered nurse, married and have a nice brick veneer home in California with my husband. Ross Farrington: “In 1963, I, Ross Farrington, shall have finished my studies in mathe matics and settled down to a teaching career somewhere in the state.” James Pendergraft: “I. James Pendergraft, expect to be preaching or directing a band ten years from now. I will have (Please turn to Page Three) “Day After Day Its Way" '‘Day after day youth wends its way-pausing awhile yet not to stay". Friends of the class of 1953, ve welcome you to our com mencement. It is to you, our parents and friends, to whom we dedicate this service. The message that comes first from our hearts to yours is a great hope for the fu ture of our institution. This ser vice means more to us than a mere beautiful ceremony. It is an assimilation of your endea vor, your community service, your sacrifice, your vision, and your determination for us. Each year graduation presents to the patrons of our school a partly fulfilled pledge of the youth of this community. Again this day we are filled with a spirit of re-dedication to the ideas and principles of your helpfulness and devotion. You are our trea sure chest. In you our hopes; in you are our loftiest desires. You have given abundantly to the youth of this community. Any institution is made stronger, not only by membership but also by the service, by the interest, and by the undying patriotism of its alumni and its patrons. It cannot exist unless it is through the spirit or service, co-opera tion and loyalty, the spirit of ap preciation, of constructive criti cism, of dedication to give in creasing devotion to our major objective, education. For that great bulwalk of democracy is ministered to fundamentally by a devoted loyalty, a passionate patriotism, and a fine zeal to co-operate, xt is through your efforts that we ure able to ex- -p».iVnce that realization for this through you that we may de velop ourselves not only mental ly but recreatively, and spiri tually. Without you our school would fail; for it sees only with your vision, it hears only through you; it is fed with the zeal of your effort. The prosaic elements in school life are overshadowed by the numerous activities and recrea tion which you have made possible for us to enjoy. Life, after all, is not the most pleasant thing at all times, but those portions which are hard to endure are alleviated by your foresight and wisdom in your provision for our development. In your hearts we have found an abode, in your thoughts we have found a salace, in your de votion we have found relaxation, and in your presence we have found and always will find a satisfaction. Through the dauntless cour age of you and your fathers and grandfathers, our local school system has been constructed. Slowly, yet efficiently, it has grown from a single wooden school house to our present educational system. Friends, I pay tribute today to our school, soon to be our Alma Mater. I shall not praise it in terms of her structure archi tecturally, not in terms of her in creasing personnel, but rather as a monument to the personal helpfulness it has given each of us and which we are sure it will continue to do in time to come. Our school has emerged from one of rigid curriculum to one which has an extensive program of clubs, plays, school publi cations, athletic, and student council. This growth has been due partly to the spontaneous pupil interest in a protest again st formalism of a rigid curri culum, and as a refuge from the routine of classroom work. The vigor and vitality of “this school within a school” has attracted the attention of teachers and ad ministrators to such a degree that the program has been en couraged, its function justified, and responsibility assumed by the school for its direction along sound educational lives. The basic aim of our school is character building, the bringing out of the best qualities that lie within the student. It endea vors to prepare them to succeed in passing the real test-the test of life itself. In accomplishing its aim it is bringing about the harmonious growth and develop ment of the student in every HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1953 BY ROSS FARRINGTON The history of the class of “53” is short and uneventful. The boys and girls, for the most part, have been conservative in their thinking, passive in ac tion, and satisfied with the sta tus quo. At the beginning of our high school years, which was in “48”, we began with an enrollment of fifty-two. under the leadership of Mr. Robert O. Kornegay. A few of these ninth graders had come from the eighth grades of rural schools and were not adapted to the school system, some caught on, and other drop ped out. We were left with an enrollment of forty-nine. At the beginning of our (Please turn to Page Three) : Tt I-.***' ^ «*-./-> i-~ producing capable leaders, not only scholastically but in every way it is actuated by high ideas of public service. Our school has aimed to temper and sharp en the fine tool of our minds and our whole personalities. A school may be many things, but it is nothing if it be not one above all things-a stadium for intellectual exercise. Let it not be thought, however, that High School is a place for constant enjoyment and plea sure. No one has yet invented a way to irradicate from educa tion the necessity for hard work, and no one ever will. It may be, and it is in our school, happy, interesting, stim ulating, creative work. But only the student can make it worth the wealth and effort that go with it. In this school the stu dents have learned the joy of stretching every mental muscle. For learning is an active pro cess and in the words of John Dewey’s often quoted words “We learn to do by doing.” This combination of facilities is easi ly explained by the fact that we are not interested in boun daries between fields; our con cern is with the growing crop. The duty of the school becomes that of setting up a situation conducive to productive growth. The next time you pass our school pause a moment to re flect that where the students gain the knowledge, self respect and recognition of his inalien able rights, the school has been his greatest ally. We can rightly refer to our school as “Common” because it belongs to us all; it is ourselves working together. But it is a great institution it is relatively new. It is democracy’s greatest gift to civilization. Throughout the world, among upward struggling peoples, wherever parents share in the SENIOR CLASS SONG (Tune: Sweet Genevieve) Words by Inez Alston and Ross Farrington Dear Lincoln High, we sing to you A song of praise and faith anew. And as we go along the way We’ll remember you from day to day. The time has come for us to go. We’ll miss you now, we’re certain it’s so. But as we go along the way, We’ll remember you from day to day. Our Senior year has brought to us, A joyous past and so we must Go on ahead and do our best And bring to all a great success. AWARDS ANNOUNCED The following awards of honor will be presented as a part of the Senior Class Day Program on May 29. Senior Scholarship .. .. Wenzo Thompson Junior Scholarship . . Ernestine Powell Sophomore Scholarship Faye Atwater Freshman Scholarship Malissa Farrington Valedictorian ... Wenzo Thompson Salutatorian . Ross Farrington Citizenship Roberta Morrow Activities . Arnold Harris St. Joseph Church Awards for loyalty to church and community .... Inez Alston, Betty Dooley. Ernestine King The Rock Hill Baptist Church Award for Loyalty, Citizenship and Scholarship . . . . .. Ernestine Powell Local Unit—N. C. Teachers’ Association . Janette Alston (Grade 8-A. Av. 96.77) Parent-Teachers’ Association Awards for Attendance, Scholarship, Citizenship, and Loyalty Ernestine King and Robert Winston Drivers Awards . Wenzo Thompson, Charles Jackson, and Douglas Caldwell School Prize to the Student who has Contributed most to the whole School Program _ . Charles Jackson Office Awards . Ross Farrington, Bernice Johnson, and Ernestine King HOME ECONOMICS AWARDS Most All-round Home Economics Girl Bertha Headen Most Faithful and Efficient Lunchroom Worker .... Rufus Minor Best Home Project Sara. Tvlae Foushee SPECIAL AWARDS English Award by Mrs. M. D. Turner for Highest Achievement in English for the year .. Wenzo Thompson English Award by Mrs. L. C. Hicks for the most com petent student in Ereshman English for the year Carolyn Brewer French Award by Mrs. M. D. Turner for Highest Achievement in French for the year, Ola Mae Farrington Chemistry ... Ruthie Stroud, Gracie Nevilles. Jean Wright, and Ernestine Powell Biology payg Atwater Chorus Awards — Ola Mae Farrington, Bernice Johnson, Charlie Mae Booth, Nelson Riggsbee, James Render- graft, Ernestine Cole. Band Awards — Nelson Riggsbee, Bettie Dooley, James Pendergraft, Thomas Booth, Warren Jones, Allen Mas on, Barbara Burnette, Lilbert Hargraves, Shirley Reavis, Gloria Vickers. Farm Mechanics ... Roosevelt Colson Home Improvement ... Robert Faucette Public Speaking ... Alfred Parrish Most Efficient Library Assistant . ... Ernestine King Athletic Awards Inez Alston, Johnnie Goins Faculty Award to Student who has shown Greatest Improvement in Personality Nelson Riggsbee Award for Most Promising College Student . . Betty Dooley Typing Awards — Ernestine Powell, Margaret Nevilles, Ruthie Stroud, and Robert Winston. MERITORIOUS AWARDS Awards given for worthwhile achievements, meritorious service, agreeable attitude, and respectful manner toward others and contributions towards the general welfare of the school: Charles Jackson, Ernestine Powell, Ernestine King, Roberta Morrow, James Guthrie, Alicia Jones, Bertha Head en, Arnold Harris, Gracie Nevilles, Robert Winston, Allen Mason, Vivian Farrington, Annie Jones. Betty Dooley, Ola Farrington, Jean Wright, Ernestine Cole, Carolyn Hogan, Janette Alston, Philip Smith, Roland Harris, Mary Mason, William Farrington, Betty Jones, James Hogan, Ross Far rington, Bobby Norwood, and Rosa Sanders. aspirations of their children, the American common school is being copied. We cherish our school. May we improve it by being true to its ideals. The destiny of our city is largely in the hands of the peo ple who shall mould the policy during the next decade. Our school is preparing us for a con tinued development; it is awakening in us a consideration of great fundamental and eter- I nal truths. It is teaching us to rise above the tyranny of ready made thinking and strike out for ourselves into the unknown, penetrable only by persons whose determination and ability to overcome the conflicting for ces and interests in life are strengthened by the excellent and productive period spent in a school like ours, where “Day after day youth wends its way pausing awhile, yet not to stay.
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