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THE LINCOLN ECHO
OCTOBER, 1951
The Lincoln Echo is published
every six weeks by the students of
the Lincoln High School in Chapel
Hill, N. C.
THE ECHO STAFF
Gloria Mason Editor-in-Chiel
William Burnett Business Mgr.
Wenzo Thompson Asst. Bus. Mgr.
Cynthia Booth Staff Reporter
Bessyne Ward. Asst. Staff Reporter
John Clark Sports Editor
Velma Bell Secretary
Grace Nevilles Asst. Secretary
Frank Robinson Photographer
Ernestine Powell Exchange Ed.
Delores Walker.. Asst. Exchange Ed.
Alicia Jones Circulation Mgr.
Ada Marie Edwards. ..Asst. Cir. Ed.
Delores Hargraves. Alumni Editor
lola Baldwin Society Editor
Faye Atwater Asst. Society Editor
Advisory Committee: Mrs. R. A.
Smith. Mrs. M. G. Frazier and Mr.
R. D. Smith.
Letters
The Editor
Speaks ...
Keep Your Noise in the Correct
Place
Do you know the definition of
noise? Noise is a loud confused
or senseless shouting. Bearing this
statement in mind, one can plain
ly see that inside the school is
no place for loud senseless shout
ing. When you walk up and down
the hall, do you have to carry on
conversations? No. Then let’s re
frain from gossiping with our fel
low friends while passing on the
hall. Save your gossip for the
lunch hour or better, just forget
it.
What does the Library mean
to you? The Library is a place for
study. It seems that some students
think it is a recreation center.
Leave your noise on the thres
hold. stud.y to become wiser. If
you do not wish to study, let oth
ers do so. Never let the Librarian
have to tell you keep quiet please!
Be wise enough to do so yourself.
To all noise makers and inven
tors, save your noise for football
games and recesses. No one ever
h.ars you then.
Take heed, learn to utilize your
time wisely.
Camp Carson, Colo.
October 8, 1951
Lincoln Echo
I Lincoln High School
! Chapel Hill, N. C.
1 Dear Coach and Members of the
I Football and Basketball Teams,
I assume that you all remember
one of the best men of our high
school sports, Willis ’Wootsy”
Barbee, who met an accidental
death while participating in a
football game. I am sure that if
he were here today, he would
\ want his team to win and keep
on winning. When you play re-
j member Wootsy and play for him.
j Rciiiemuer LUc figiiiL^g ^oirit that
i he had. He plajmd to make lUcs
team the winning team. Keep the
, same motto that he had—“Play
fair and hard.”
Sincerely,
Cpl. James L. Cates
North Camp Polk, La.
October 10, 1951
Dear Mrs. Turner,
I am doing very well in the
Army. ... I would like to receive
the Lincoln Echo each month. . . .
I enjoy reading the article “The
Editor Speaks” very much. . . .
Sincerely,
Jeppie Foushee
Poems
OUR AQUARIUM
There’s an aquarium in our class
room
And it’s not sitting in the sun,
There are lots of water plants
in it,
And the fish have lots of fun.
It is not only the fish though.
There are water snails too.
There’s a bashful fish in it,
And he doesn’t know what to do.
Because the fish are so beautiful,
And they get all the oxygen they
need.
There’s nothing in the aquarium
to hurt them.
We enjoy them indeed!
Pauline Edmond—7B
THE LILY OF THE VALLEY
I had found a sweet green spot,
Where a lily was blooming fair.
The din of the city disturbed it
not.
But the spirit that shades the quiet
Cot with its wings of love was
there.
Mildred Bessine Farrington
Grade 5—A
A LETTER FROM A TEAMMATE
!
I 308 Sunset Drive
! Chapel Hill, N. C.
I October 12, 1951
[ Dear Ross.
Having seen what happened to
you in the recent game, as I pre
pare to go to play the Henderson
Hi team, I feel anxious. The game
that wrecked you was a toughie,
wasn’t it? Those fellows just had
no mercy on us—either that, or
we just lost that do or die spirit
that we showed while we were
in the dressing room before the
game.
We did make a few good plays,
though. Nick made a good show
ing, didn’t he? I think he stopped
at least two touchdown plays of
Kinston Hi.
You know they were supposed
to be the under dogs to at least
two touchdowns: but as it came
out they really made the under
dog of us.
Well, I have nothing else to
say about that ball game. I am
putting that behind me, looking
forward to future victories. A
AUTUMN
Autumn leaves are falling down.
Blowing, blowing all over the
town.
Boys and girls are having fun.
Rocking, rocking in the sun.
Alice Partin
team that fighls is not likely to
lose all the time. This is written
hurriedly in class as an assign
ment in English; so you can’t
expect much at this writing. I’ll
write you a real note soon, one
with some laughs in it.
Your friend.
Prince Taylor
Dear Schoolmates,
We are enjoying our unit of
“Fall Fun” lots.
i We talked about some of the
things we did and had fun with
in the fall. Some of them were:
gathering fruits, going to school,
i burning leaves, playing football,
feeding the squirrels, playing
games, and gathering fall crops.
We took the squirrel as our
animal to study and found so
many interesting things about
him. These are just a few: j
1. There are families of squir- i
, rels. The Chipmunk and Wood-
. chuck belong to this family. Old j
Mr. Groundhog is a woodchuck. I
I 2. The squirrel is a good swim- |
mer.
I 3. Some squirrels can really flyl |
I 4. They plant trees for us by ;
leaving some of the nuts they hide ’
in the ground.
How I Fed About
The
New Lincoln High
By Florence Suiit, English III
Ever since I was a small girl,
1 have dreamed of graduating
from a large beautiful high school,
with modern equipment adequate
to the needs of every school child.
This year my dream seems des
tined to come true.
Here we are located in the new
Lincoln High, surrounded by a
spacious playground that can be
made very beautiful. Too, the
large colorful classrooms, the spa
cious, well-equipped home econ
omics room, the large attractive
cafeteria, the very attractive lav
atories, and finally the science de
partment that is gradually being
fitted with equipment such as we
never before seen—all these
seem to be tne ^^swer to mv
dream.
I feel that these things will
have a very helpful influence up
on the students. It seems to me
that they cannot help but have
some effect upon even the most
indifferent boy or girl. To me
education is life, a slow process
of developing body, mind, and
character, something that is con
tinuous throughout life, resulting
in a desirable individual.
Thus, the new school, which in
spires us all to work up to our
highest abilities, provides this
slow, but ever-growing process of
developing body, mind, and char
acter.
AUTUMN FUN
Autumn time is here,
The football team will cheer.
Running, jumping, playing in the
air.
Come on gang let’s go to the
fair.
Leaves of many colors fall,
Green ones, red ones, I like
them all.
Soon the world series will begin.
I hope the Brooklyn Dodgers
win.
Ethel Atwater
Grade 6—A
soil and making it rich.
Anilizabeth brought a squirrel
to school for us to see. We had
him in our assembly program.
Our next unit is milk. We might
5. They are gnawers and bur- »tell you about it next time.
Your schoolmates.
Third Grade—A
rowers. They burrow deep in the f
ground turning the leaves in the