JUNE, 1962
THE LINCOLN ECHO
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CUSS OF 1962
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Salutatorian Speaks
My friends, I am glad to wel
come you to-night. Our graduat
ing exercises would be incom
plete without your presence and
our parting from the school
would be sad without your good
wishes.
We feel that another guest is
present at our assembly. He was
not formally invited but his pre
sence has been eagerly awaited
by all of us. Our ears have been
listening anxiously to hear him
knock, and our eyes have been
gazing sharply at every stranger,
lest we should see and fail to
recognize him, for whose com
ing ”we so trustingly wait, and
upon whom so much depends.
This unseen guest is Oppor
tunity. Our future rests with
him.
It is often said that Oppor
tunity knocks but once at every
man’s door. Perhaps in this
modern age he wouldn’t knock
at all but call up on the tele
phone. And how tragic if we fail
ed to recognize his voice when
he said, “Hello”!
Chances have been neglected,
careers have come to naught,
battles have been lost, and fame
has faded away, all because the
protagonist failed to recognize
Opportunity when he came.
Perhaps many of you are
familiar with the poem of Ed
ward Rowland Still, called Op
portunity, which reads as fol
lows;
“This I beheld, or dreamed it in
a dream:—
There spread a cloud of dust
along a plain;
And underneath the cloud, or in
it, raged
A furious battle, and men yelled,
and swords
Shocked upon swords and shields.
A prince’s banner
Wavered, then staggered back
ward, hemmed by foes.
A craven hung along the battle’s
edge,
And thought, ‘Had I a sword of
keener steel—
That blue blade that the king’s
son bears—but this
Blunt thing!’ He snapped and
flung it from his hand,
And lowering crept away and
left the field.
Then came the king’s son,
wounded, sore bestead.
And weaponless, and saw the
broken sword.
Hilt buried in the dry and trod
den sand,
And ran and snatched it, and
with battle shout
Lifted a fresh, he hewed his
enemy down.
And saved a great cause that
' heroic day.”
The king’s son saw the oppor
tunity that the craven had failed
to recognize and with it won a
victory. Courage and a broken
sword achieved what fear never
dared to dream of and saved a
great cause.
To many combatants in the
battle of life the same disaster
occurs. Lack of success is laid
to lack of opportunity. How
often we hear some one say, “If
I had only been given his chance,
I would have'done even greater
things than he had accomplish
ed.”
Of course it is true that equal
opportunities do not come to all;
that would be impossible. But it
is equally time that many fail
to see or to use what chances
they have. They fancy that some
thing just ahead or out of reach
is the essential means of their
success. “A sword of keener
steel” or the blue blade of the
king’s son is not at hand, so they
go down to defeat. Then peti
tion, seizes the nearest weapon,
the unused opportunity, and
achieves his ambition.
We sincerely hope that we
shall all be at home when Oppor
tunity knocks at our door, calls
us on the telephone, or other
wise manifests an interest in us.
May we recognize him, receive
him warmly, and make the best
possible use of his presence; and
may we never, never neglect
him.
Once more permit me to wel
come you as our guests on this,
our last appearance as Seniors of
the Lincoln High School. When
next we gather here we, too,
shall be guests, assembled to wish
Gods’ speed to some other Senior
Class, as ambitious and happy as
we. To-night we trust that our
hospitality may be as gracious
and as pleasing to you as we
would have it. May you obtain
as much satisfaction and delight
from being here as we have in
entertaining you on our last ap
pearance as the Senior Class of
1962.
Carrie Webb, Salutatorian
Class Night Exercise
Our annual class night activi
ty was held Friday night, June
1, 1962, at 8:00 p.m. The theme
of the class night play waa
“So Bright the Stairs”.
At the opening of the program
Cubie Braggs, President of the
Senior Class, presented the
“Class Key” to Robert Edwards,
President of the Junior Class.
After the presentation of the
Class Key, the “Welcoming Ad
dress” to the audience was
delivered by Carrie Webb, Salu
tatorian of the Senior Class.
Following the Welcoming Ad
dress, Cubie Bragg gave the
“Ups and Downs” of the Senior
Class.
Here is the remaining portion
of the class night exercises: Four
years of history related by the
class historian, Sandra Weaver;
a dance by the Step-ettos—Edna
Minor, Delaine Perry, Terry
Cobb, Barbara Bynum, and
Charlene McDougle; Backstage
Gossip, by the two statisticians—
Penny Edwards and Carl Ed
wards; class poem entitled “The
Shining Stairs”, by the class
poet—Earl Geer; Senior Super
latives, Terry Cobb and Charles
Edwards; Last Will and Testa
ment of the Senior Class, Faye
Jones and Sylvester Bynum; the
Prophecy, Betty Baldwin and
Thomas Farrington; then the
Valedictorian, Charlene Mc
Dougle, told us how to
“Reach For The Summit”; reces
sion by the Senior Class.
Senior Superlatives
Best Dressed—Helen Davis
and Bernard Britt.
Coolest—Alice Terrell and
Earl Geer
Filibusterer—Charlene Mc
Dougle and Earl Geer.
Best Lovers—Delaine Perry
and Thomas Alston.
Loudest—Vera Cordal and
Earl Geer.
Youngest—Carrie Webb and
William Smith.
Most Likely to Succeed—Car
rie Webb and Thomas Farring
ton.
Best Leaders—Charleiie Mc
Dougle and Cubie Bragg.
Complaining—Vera Cordal
and Johnny Perry
Dancer—DeLaine Perry and
Roy Cotton.
Shape & Physique—Sandra
Weaver and Thomas Alston.
Bossiest—Barbara Bynum and
Lacy Reeves.
Most Talented—Kannis Minor
Best Liked—DeLaine Perry
and Frederick Battle.
Most Non-chalant—Mary Link
and Norman Merritt.
Anti - Socialist — Einestine
Rogers and Jimmy Rogers.
Neatest—Betty Baldwin and
Robert Cole.
Wittiest—Mai'y Link and
Daniel Whitley.
—Terry Cobb and
Charles Edwards.
Best Personality—Christine
Parnnsh ami Donald .Mason
Play boy & girl—Shirley Pure-
foy and Napoleon Farrington.
Most Cooperative—Flora Far
rington and Dannie Thompson.
Laziest—Ernestine Rogers and
Sammy Headen.
Lady of the Year—Charlene
McDougle.
Gentlemen of the Year—Syl
vester Bynum, William Webb,
Roy Cotton and Napoleon Far
rington.
Best Actress & Actor—Betty
Baldwin and John Fikes.
Most Ambitious—Penny Ed
wards and Carl Edwards.
Most Unpredictable — Betty
Baldwin and Norman Merritt.
Best Looking—Carrie Webb
and John Rushing.
Oldest—Bessine Baldwin and
Sammy Headen.
Most Argumentative—Sandra
Weaver and Thomas Farrington.
Smallest—Jerdene Alston and
Charles Edwards.
Tallest—Penny Edwards and
Eugene Lyons.
Shortest—Terry Cobb and
Lacy Reeves.
Largest—Flossie Alston and
Raymond Bynum.
Most Jealous—Kaye Edwards
and Beniard Britt.
Most Ancient—Vera Cordal
and William Webb.
Most Athletic Faye Jones
and Frederick Battle.
Sneakest—Alice Terrell and
Bernard Britt.
Quietest—Bessine Baldwin
and Jimmy Rogers.
Non-Conformist—Kay Ed
wards and Johnny Perry.
Versatile—Charlene McDougle
and Wilbert Farrar.
Tai'diest—Edna Minor and
Norman Merritt.
Happiest—DeLaine Perry and
Daniel Whitley.
Most Business-Like — Terry
(]obl) and Cubie Bragg.
Most Improved—Baihara By
num and Roy Cotton.
By Jerdene Alston