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THE LINCOLN ECHO
JUNE, 1962
THE LINCOLN ECHO
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
: , CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Staft .
Charlene McDougle EdItor-in-Chief
Thomas N. Bynum Associate Editor
Jean Suitt Feature Editor
- Sherdenia Thompson Society Editor
- Barbara Burnett .... Distributing Editor
Clementine Farrington.
Laura Burnette ...Contributing Editors
Bernard Britt ; ;. Business Editor
Barbara Scott Exchange Editor
Reporters; La Veria Peace, Mabel Mi
nor, Lacy Reeves, Collins
Jones, Sadie Colson, Bettye
Alston, Dannie Thompson,
and Kaye Edwards.
Copy Editors: Sandra Weaver, Carrie
Webb, Terry Cobb, Jer-
dene Alston, and Helen
Davis.
Faculty Advisera: Mrs. G. G. Clemons
and Mrs. A. P. Battle.
EDITORIAL
WHAT WILL BE LEFT?
While graciously receiving
congratulation gifts and well
wishes, our graduates are prob
ably asking themselves, “What
Will Be Left?”
As someone has said “Lives of
great men all remind us we can
make our lives sublime.” To
those graduates who are still
wondering, this quotation should
have some meaning and inspira
tion. There are no limitations to
what we can do if we strive to
do so. “The sky is the limit” and
it is our responsibility to try as
hard as we can to reach some
goal, as man can do with God’s
help, there are no limitations.
What we will do next, is deter
mined largely by what we are
doing now. The aspirations,
hopes and dreams, that are held
by many of us, need not always
be so if we utilize the time and
opportunities we have to it’s ad
vantage.
Perhaps some may have no
aspirations, hopes or dreams, but
all the great men who have
brought us to this age of culture,
by the realization of their
dreams, they should give to us
some inspiration to institute
within ourselves to make our
^ 'V: lives sublime.
• • Thomas N. Bynum
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u T, the DEDICATION
, Six years and five 'days ago,
*. brought forth on the
i- campus a new student, conceived
in hope, and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are
created un-educated. Now we are
engaged in a great struggle, test
ing whether this nation or any
nation can endure without edu
cation. We are met here at Lin
coln High School. We have come
to dedicate our lives that we and
others may live. It is altogether
fitting and proper that we should
do this. But, in a laiger sense,
we cannot avoid this point. The
teachers, living and dead, who
taught here, have consecrated
this building far beyond our
poor power to add or detract.
The world will little note, nor
long remember, what we say
here, but it can never forget
what we do here. It is for us the
students, rather, to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work
which they who taught here have
thus far so nobly advanced. It
is rather for us to be here dedi
cated to the great task remaining
Icfjro us,—that from these
ho..cr3d t^nchcrs we take zeal to
that cause for which they gave
their last full measure of in
spiration—that we here highly
resolve that these teachers shall
not have taught in vain—that
this school under the Board of
Education shall have a new birth
of expansion, and that education
of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from
the earth.
The Seniors
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. P.T.S.A. NEWS
At the last meeting of the
P. T. S. A. the installment of
officers for the year 1962-63
were held. They are as follows:
President Clifton Stone
Vice President... Thomas Merritt ,
Secretary Inez Minor
Treasurer C. H. Barnes
SPIRITUAL MESSAGE
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 10-15
To every thing there is a sea
son, and a time to every purpose
under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time
to die; a time to plant, and time
to pluck up that which is plant
ed;
A time to kill, and a time to
heal; a time to break down, and
a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time
to laugh; a time to mourn, and
a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones,
. and a time to gather stones to
gether; a time to embrace, and
a time to refrain from embrac
ing;
A time to get, and a time to
lose; a time to keep, and a time
to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to
sew; a time to keep silence, and
a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to
hate; a time of war, and a time
of peace.
I have seen the travail, which
God hath given to the sons of
men to be exercised in it.
He hath made every thing
beautiful in his time: also he
hath set the world in their heart,
so that no men can find out the
work that God maketh from the
beginning to the end.
I know that there is no good
in them, but for a man to re
joice, and to do good in his life.
And also that every man
should eat and drink, and enjoy
the good of all his labor, it is
the gift of God.
I know that, whatsoever God
doeth, it shall be for ever:
Nothing can be put to it, nor any
thing taken from it: and God
doeth it, that men should fear
before him.
That which hath been is now;
and that which is to be hath al
ready been; and God requireth
that which is past.
>f S—M——L—E V r '
How many people have smiled
at you today? Did you smile
back? Did you even think about
it? Probably you didn’t for the
origin of a smile, grin, giggle,
chuckle, or laugh is often taken
for granted. According to Web
ster, a smile is merely “A change
of facial expression involving a
brightening of the eyes and an
upward curving of the corners
of the mouth.” But do we con
sider these points when we
smile? Certainly not! A smile is
much more than this.
The smile is an unpatented de
vice used by many, scorned by
some and unknown to an un
fortunate few. It is a symbol of
affection, a companion of amuse
ment, dr an expression of pleas
ure. It is coincident with rejoic
ing or can represent sympathe
tic feelings. It can patch up a
quarrel, brighten the hopes of
the sick or the discouraged, and
relieve the tensions bred by
worry and trouble.
A smile is contagious. If you
smile at someone and he returns
your silent message, he may
then extend the communication
to someone else and on it will
go. Smiles are funny things. You
can't beg, borrow, or steal one.
You can't even buy one no
matter hov/ much you may offer.
The only way one can be ob
tained is for someone to give it
to you. A true smile (not one
which is forced and stiff) may
flash spontaneously to some
lips or may emerge from deep
inside the heart. Either way, it
is yours to give. You have an
unlimited supply; there is no
need to be stingy.
Therefore, let's riot cache our
smiles away and reserve them
“For emergency use only.” In
stead, let’s concentrate every
day on extending “PROJECT
S-M-I-L-E”.
COMMENCEMENT MESSAGE
It seems strange that we
should use the word “commence
ment” to designate the day on
which we .lay down for all time
the school work we have carried
for so many happy years. “Com
pletion” would seem to be a more
appropriate term.
But that would not be life,
for in this world everything that
marks an end, also marks a be
ginning. The end of one day is
the contmencement of another.
The end of one task, the begin
ning of a'fi^w one. The tree
blossoms, bears fruit, sheds its
foliage, and immediately begins
preparation for another crop.
So it is with our education.
What we have learned at school,
valuable as it is, is only a begin
ning. The end of our school work
merely means the commencement
of those experiences which will
put to the test the principles we
have learned.
Whether or not you rave de
rived all the advantages of the
course you have just finished is
a matter between you and your
own conscience. Up to this time
your work has been directed and
made as easy and beneficial as
trained minds could make it.
From now on you must rely more
and more upon your own efforts.
The good you derive from your
college work will depend entire
ly upon you. The success you
make of your life career will like
wise be due to your own initia
tive.
You have -.enjoyed that bless
ing which a benevolent state has
bestowed upon her children—a
free education. To you have been
given freely that which great
men of the past have obtained
only with many sacrifices and
much labor.
Today means different things
to each of you. To some it is the
commencement of higher educa
tional work;;,^ .others it is the :
beginning of business life or
home cares. To those who are
going on to higher schools, I
would say: Have a purpose. Do
not go merely because a friend
will be there, or for the social
enjoyment it will afford. You
will find plenty of both without
seeking thejn. Select a goal and
work toward it with earnestness.
Know what you want and shape
your course of study toward that
end. To those who by choice, or
necessity, are going immediately
into some line of endeavor, I say,
also: Have a purppose and work
toward it. Do not work aimless
ly, even for a single year. If you
do, that year will be a wasted
year.
You are well equipped. The
fact that you will receive your
diplomas in a few days proves
that you have high intelligence,
that you know how to work, and
that you are ambitious. These
qualities should carry you far.
As I complete this message to
you, I am reminded of a certain
professor who was to address a
graduating class. To reach the
stage he had to pass through a
door which was labeled “Push.”
Using this as his text, he said,
“In one word you will find the
secret of success. Behold it for
yourself.” And he pointed to the
door, on the inner side of which
was emblazoned the word “Pull.”
Yes, “Push and Pull” for your
Success.
The best wishes go with you
as you leave the school door for
the last time, and commence the
laiger life which lies just beyond
the threshold. May your hopes
and dreams be realized in the
fullest degree, and in the years
to come may your names reflect
credit upon the institution which
has been your home during the
formative period of your life.
Jerdene's Etiquette
Corner
HONOR SENIOR SPEAKS
By Jerdene Alston
Today every youth is con
fronted with serious challenge of
preparing himself to cope with
the changing social, economic,
scientific and religious society in
which he has to live. The way he
prepares himself is dependent
upon the way he has or will use
his educational facilities.
Have we used what has been
provided, here at Lincoln, for
that period of future adjust
ment? Can we truthfully turn
the pages of history back on the
f -aduaring class of 1962 and de
clare that every waking moment
of our time has been used to
better prepare ourselves for ad
justment in our society, or are
we guilty of mis-using valuable
time and facilities? The past can
only be recalled with memory,
these memories may be pleasant
or unpleasant, depending upon
where one places his values.
Nothing can change what has
liappened, but unpleasant memo
ries of one’s past need not deter
mine that the future will be the
same. Profit from ones mistakes
is an education in itself.
To prepare ourselves for the
future, and the great problems
that are constantly being under
gone, we must resume the re
sponsibility of giving serious
thought to further study. The
time has come for America to
have better and many more
scholars.
It is true that in seeking our
' placesFin the worli^, we gradrilateS,
have no experience, but we have
an eager, hopeful outlook; it is
true that we lack wisdom but
we have boundless courage and
a capacity for industry. It is true
that we do not yet know the
rules of the game. But we have
a firm faith in high ideals. With
all limitation our adjustment and
service to our fellow men will
become a reality.
We have eagerly anticipated
this occasion for four years, yet
upon its arrival we feel some
what sad and a genuine regret
that the ties of friendship, bind
ing us so closely in our work and
recreation must now be broken.
In seeking to further our educa
tional growth, the memories of
our stay here at Lincoln can
never be forgotten. May our
future be such to reflect credit
upon our home, our school and
our country.
FAREWELL, DEAR SENIORS
“Your school days are over, your
books laid aside.
Never again to be read;
For the days that were happy
and carefree and gay,
Are the days that forever have
fled.
“Life, with her problems and
lessons severe,
Has added your name to her
roll;
And you have commenced the
long path to be trod,
Before you can win to your goal.
“May your pathway of life be
made easy and smooth,
And your efforts along its bright
■way
Be crowned with success, is the
wish of your friends.
On this, your Commencement
Day.”
How To Get Along
With People
Seniors! It is very important
for us to know how to get along
with people, now that we are
going out to face and share the
problems of the world. After
reading “Inspiring Messages for
Daily Living" by Norman Vin
cent Peale, I found some in
formation that will help us to
get along with different people
in the future.
According to Mr. Peale, first
vve must practice loving people.
It is true that this requires effort
and continued practice, for some
are not very lovable, or so it
seems. Every person has lovable
qualities when you really learn
to know him. Second, changing
yojr critical attitude toward
people and looking for their good
points. Once you start picking at
people critically, you will find
yourself criticizing everything
they do. Discard this mental atti
tude by finding something, how
ever small, to praise in every one.
Third, practice believing in peo
ple and show them that you be
lieve in them. It is true that oc-
cassionally someone in whom you
believe will fail you, in the
greater number of cases your be
lief keeps them true. Build
up a person in your own
mind, that will cause you to
like him better and it certain
ly will make him like you be
cause your esteem of him raises
-his ego. Fourth^ we must help
others. Never do something for
others and expect something in
return. In doing things for others
you develop the attitude of help
ing others and you will win their
affection. This is the surest way
of learning how to get along with
people. Fifth, watch for every
opportunity to congratulate a
person on his birthday, or about
his children or upon some
achievement attained by his ef
forts. Look for every chance to
say the right words and always
do it sincerely without any ex
pectation of return, when people
are in sorrow or disappointment.
Sixth and finally, according to
Mr. Peale, we must pray daily
that all selfconsciousness may
leave you and that when with
other people you may be your
own happy, natural and released
self. Then when you are released
from the inhibitions of self, peo
ple will like you because God
has made the wholesome, natural
individual that you really are to
be attractive and likable.
Lincoln Echo Advisers Farewell Dear Seniors, Farewell!
THE SENIOR'S PRAYER
Dear Lord, thank you for the
guidance that Home, Church, and
School have given us, and give
us the Wisdom to use the knowl
edge that we have gained from
this guidance in our future en
deavors. Dear Lord, please guide
us on our journey over the High
way of Life and help us choose
which of two paths we will
henceforth tread. Dear Lord,
after we have chosen the road
that we will follow, and we are
on our way to the City of Light
let us know that you are with us.
If we stumble, help us to stand
so we may be a credit to our
Home, Church, School, and our
Country.
Amen