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the LINCOLN ECHO
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,
THE LINCOLN ECHO
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
STAFF
Charlene McDougle Editor-in-Chief
Thomas Bynum ^ Associate Editor
Jean Suitt I Feature Editor
Sherdena Thompson Society Editor
Barbara Burnette Distributing Editor
Earl Geer Sports Editor
Clemetine Fearrington,
Laura Burnette
Bernard Britt, Donald Mason
John Baldwin, Wilbert Nevilles
Barbara Scott
REPORTERS
La Verla Peace, Mable Minor
Johnny Perry, James Weaver
Mrs. G. Battle, Mrs. G. G. Clemons
Contributing Editors
Business Editors
Art Editors
Exchange Editor
.Advisors
Editorials
A Favorite Teacher - A Landmark
By Charlene McDougle
Mrs. M. E. Komegay, a teacher who loves and is loved by
everyone at Lincoln High School, is missed very much.
She is a person that makes all feel apart of what is going on
around them. A pupil that is in her room becomes one of her own
children. She takes each child as a different person and loves
each one. She always shows her appreciation for their co-opera
tion by doing something for them. We really never realize how
good a person is to us until we are no longer in contact with them.
For the past twelve or more years, pupils have always looked
forward to being in her room. She is the kind of teacher that no
matter how large or small your problem is she always has time
to try to help you with your problems. By being in her room and
seeing how she made us keep our room neat and clean made us
have the same desire to try to do the same at home.
Speaking from a personal point of view, whenever our class
to participate in anything we always had the best. When the
annual Thanksgiving Baskets would come around, 8-1 would al
ways win one of the prizes. We would have one of the best
dances in the May Day festivities. No matter what we undertook,
she would help us to strive to be tops.
We know that we can not triiiy see her walking up the hall
but she is consistantly in our minds and always will be. All of us
at Lincoln miss you very, very much, even your desk and chair,
so hurry back soon because the annual Thanksgiving Baskets will
soon be upon us.
American Fjlucation Week
Education directly involves more than one-half of all Ame^
tbV, -welfare,, secmaW ' *
ichers, aha other
and, "
rt
iwm ol ev’qryone. atuaents, leacners, ana otner citizens canpoF
afford to i^ore it. ,
Fortunately, most Americans have faith in education and be
lieve that educated young people are better equipped to “get
ahead” in the world than uneducated ones. However, the really
important reason for believing in the value of education is that it
can be the foundation of freedom. In the first place, a truly demo
cratic society must rest upon the knowledge, intelligence, and wis
dom of all the people. Without the proper kind of education
available to everyone, a free society cannot long endure. There
fore, all people must have the kind of education that will fit them
for freedom as responsible citizens.
In the second place, with the proper kind of education, the
individual will not be able to develop his own po\vers as a person.
He will not be able to decide wisely for himself what he should
do or think.
Freedom from arbitrary restraint, from compulsion, or
tyranny is essential for the free man, but that alone is not enough.
If each person is to achieve the genuine freedom of self-direction
and self-fulfillment, he must have an education befitting a free
man.
The theme is especially fitting and practical. If offers an op
portunity for the nation at large to concentrate on the improve
ments made in our schools; namely, changes in the curriculum,
new school construction, our programs for getting and keeping
the best teachers, effective teaching methods, improved facilities;
and, finally, how well we, the students, have taken advantage of
the facilities and'learning situations that have been made avail
able for us
Schoolmates, it is extremely necessary that we make these
years of high school training count. We must measure
up shoulder to shoulder with other students of our state and na
tion; so there must be some time set aside for thinking and making
decisions. One important decision is that of deciding which are the
urgent and which are the less-urgent studies in a time that de
mands more and more of its educated citizenry.
President Kennedy said in his recent address at the Univer
sity of North Carolina: Quote, “Peace and freedom do not come
cheap; and we are destined, all of us here today, to live out most,
if not all of our lives in uncertainty and challenge and peril”.
(End of quotation)
Nothing comes cheap, if it is truly valuable; and since we are
a part of this age of scientific discovery and invention - an age in
which, for the first time in history, two opposing powers have the
capacity to destroy each other; we must set up new goal, goals
that enable us to ascend to the heights of success - thus meeting
ttie challenges and perils of our times - educationally secure.
The challenges of the age demand that we concentrate on the
essentials in school - seeking not the apparently easy courses; but
seeking a basic education - avoiding not the courses of science,
mathematics, and foreign language, for instance; but rather, re
questing to take more than the minimum requirements of those
essential courses. Eagerly thirsting to build a firm educational
foundation in keeping with the times - an age in which the de
mand for sound thinkers is the cry of the world.
To know and evaluate the existing problems, there is a great
for extensive reading - including the daily newspapers,
What Happened
When I l)ropped
Out Of School?
Question; What were some of
the problems and situ
ations that led you to
decide to drop out of
school?
Answer: I did not like cer
tain subjects, some
were uninteresting, I
became bored. I could
not get along with
some of my teachers;
mainly, I had outside!
interests.
Question: Did you think about
how life would be after
dropping out of school?
Answer: No.
Question: Did you consult your
principal, teacher, gui-
' dance counselor or any
other advisor about
your decision
Answer: No.
Question: What happened to
you when you dropped
out of school?
Answer: At first everything
was grand, like, whats
happening. I had fun
with other people when
I dropped out (at-least
what we thought was
fun). I had no idea of
what would happen in
the future. At that time
I didn’t have any plans
of any kind, I was just
tired of school.
Question: What made you de
cide to come back to
school?
Answer: After being out in
the streets 1 realized
there was nothing out
there for me, and after
seeing there wasn’t
. anything out there, I
finally decided to come
jLand try...'harj-.-to
The Origin Of Thanksgiving
Our first American Thanksgiving was held in Novemb
1612, William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony, set asi
a time to feast and to give thanks to God for the Bountiful h:
vest after the first hard year in the New World.
In 1789 President Washington proclaimed November 26,
a day of Thanksgiving that should be held for the New Natic
From then on, some of the states observed it one date and soj
on another, but always in November.
Finally Mrs. Sarah Josephe Hale, an editor and author, (
cided that Thanksgiving should be a National Holiday, celebral
by all Americans at the same time. For thirty-five years t
wrote letters to Governors and Presidents about her plan.
1864 President Lincoln proclaimed the fourth Thursday in Nove
ber as a National Thanksgiving Day. From that time on, ea
President has proclaimed a November Thanksgiving Day.
THANKSGIVING POEM
By Sara F. Hill
Thank you stars that shine so brght. i
Thank you, sun for your warmth and cheer.
Thank you, Lord for friends held dear.
Thank you, Father In Heaven Above.
Jerdene’s Etiquette
Corner
“ETIQUETTE—P.S.”
A knowledge of what is the
right thing to do and how to do.
it, whether you are in class, the
library, or at a dance. Being
well-mannered means following
the accepted rules of behavior
which help to make our rela
tionship with others more plea
sant. All the rules in the world,
however, won’t help you be a
really well-mannered person if
you aren’t basically kind,
thoughtful, and considerate of
others.
t make a go of it. As the
I quotation goes and I
quote, “The surest way
not to fail is to sue
ceed.”
Question: Are you convinced
the school and a high
school education are
definitely essentials of
a successful future?
Answer: Yes. A hint to all
who may feel as I once
felt. Stay in school,
don’t drop out. Most
dropouts today are
people who don’t weigh
the advantages of their
future in as much as
they are not taking into
consideration the needs
for education in this
present day.
You have heard from one who
tnows, and interesting report
urging you and everyone to stay
in school and get the best of
Ife; to stay in school and with-
kand the trials and obstacles
that you might encounter in
yiur verge of life’s success.
neighbdr when^
tvhiking.* It is ^is'o
Band News
(continued from page 1)
Annual Parade.
The Marching Tiger Band is
under the leadership of John
Rushing, drum major, and Carl
B. Edwards, president. Others
elected for the year are as foK
lows: Vice president, Thomas
School Behavior
It is bad manners tp stare out
of the window or to talk to your
teacher is
bad
to talk or to mak^ fun
another student when^ he is
citing. It is equally bad to snap
your fingers or to wave your
hand and arm wildly when you
want to recite.
For effective work in the li
brary, quietness is essential. Re
turn magazines and books
are using as soon as you are
through with them so that
others may usa them. The li
brary materi^s are the property
of our school. You should handle
them with caie. Librarians will
be glad to hdp you whenever
you need their services. Remem
ber to acknowsdge such service
courteously.
The Dance Pronram
The progran or dance-card
has some unteniable advan
tages. A girl cai give as many
dances as she clooses to whom
ever she chooses; and a man can
be sure of havingnot only many
but uninterruptec dances with
the one he’ mosts wants to be
with—provided “sle” is willing.
“Cutting In”
When one of the “stags”
standing in the doerway seec a
girl whom he wants to dai
with dance past, he darts f
ward, lays his hand on
shoulder of her partner, who
linquishes his place in favor
the newcomer, and a third
turn does the same to him.
When “cutting in,”
following rules must be •
served:
1. The partner who was fi
dancing with a girl ra
not cut back on the n
who took her from him.,
can cut in on a third mai
he wants to, especially if
is “giving her a rush.”
2. He i^iust not continue to
dances with otl
partners.
Asking For A Dance
HirT hi" " ‘"‘'■O'iuced to
’ either renlie*! “C'a
tetnly. or ..Veo fd ^
you Srbut “y^
aid I ® “P- P*' to
^ ^“nces. At the end of
dance, wL.ther it has Tasted
minute or sik^ tJT ^
“Thank you!” '
adds, “That was wondert^,, ^
they have danced only a fei
steps, she says nothing when cu
in on unless ^e says, “Sorry
so low that the one cutting i
does not hear. At the end o
quite a long dance, when h
“Thank you” she also sayj
“ThanK you” or possiblj
“Thank you v^o.”
A girl never asK:, . ^lan t.
dance, or to go to supper wiu
her, though she may, if she i
one of a “flock,” say, “Com
and sit at our table!” This how
ever would not imply that ii
sitting at “their” table he is sup
posed to sit next to her.
Farrington; Secretary, Faye
Jones; Assistant Secretary,)
Betty Baldwin; T r e a s u rer,
Charlene McDougle; Sergeant-
at-arms, Kannis Manor.
The band is looking forward
to a very successful year.
weekly and monthly periodicals or magazines, and books of all
periods - never omitting the Holy Bible; for without the practice
of its teachings all else is in vain.
Francis Bacon said, Quote, “Reading Maketh a Full Man.”
^End of quotation) As modern day students, we cannot afford to
let the printed word of the past nor the timely books of the present
pass us by unread - for therein we are exposed to a wealth of
knowledge and inspiration.
American Education gives us an opportunity to analyize our
selves, to discover our weaknesses. Let us, therefore, resolve
today to be open minded and always ready to learn, to put class-
wo^ik above frivolous activities, to choose the rigir currlculm ra
ther than the least difficult one, to read with an eagerness never
before experienced.—bearing in mind that education is far more
than learning; it is a way of life.
How About This
New G ding
System?
What do you think of thL
new grading system that in
eludes D as a passing grade!
You used to be almost as afrait
of seeing a D on your repor
card as to see a ghost. You jus
knew you had to repeat tha
subject. Now that D has pass
action. Perhaps this Qualit:
Education emphasis has some
thing to do with it. No matte]
what it means, a D just won’
look good on my card. My hear
almost skips a beat at the verj
sight of a D. I hope you feel a!
I do about a D and I hope thal
we will all strive to do bettei
this six weeks.
Jean Suitt