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PAGE TWO THE LINCOLN ECHO OCTOBER, 1952 ^cKC&itt Sc/io^ 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 Asst. Bus. Mgr. Secretary Sports Editor . Asst. Sports Ed Feature Editor Alumni Editor Society Editor Circulation Mgr Allen Mason Rufus Bynum Alicia Jones Thomas Booth . .. James Guthrie Ernestine Powell Barbara Burnette Ruth Stroud = Bertha Headen Ex. Editor Malissia Fearrington Advisory 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 reading materials. 2. To encourage free expression. 3. To interpret the life of the school to the community. 4. To promote greater school spirit. GOOD ENGLISH CORNER By Belty and Ernestine Through letter writing one may develop the ability to use choice speech and form good English habits. Here two letters follow that show good usage, as well as a free and lively mood. THE EDITOR SPEAKS Learning to concentrate is one of the most important achieve ments in our education. It will go a long way in aiding us in all future activities. Every day we hear teachers urging us to concentrate on our school work and prepare our lessons thorough ly. To be able to do this one must put aside all other thoughts for the immediate achievement. He must realize that the ability to put his mind on one thing at a time will be a great benefit. A person is not really born alert or dull for his school work. Habits of study or concentration are cultivated bv practice. Those who are able to receive high grades have merely mastered the ability to concentrate to a higher degree than those who receive low grades. It is foolish to cast a.side failures lightly with poor excuses. No one is responsible but the person who has failed to reach whatever goals he seeks. Concentration and a keen deter mination are of great benefit to all. The joy that comes from achieving goals far outweighs the cost of time or the loss of some less valuable pleasure. ! 108 Caldwell Street Chapel Hill, N. C. September 16, 1952 Dear Ed, How is college coming along? I know you were lonesome the first week. I suspect the upper class students treated you pretty roughly. We heard all about their making you carry their trays while singing the school song. I You must teach it to me some time. I School opened here Monday. I ! got a kind of electric shock when I realized that I am a junior in I high school, right at the threshold seniority. Mrs. Turner has the ’fTrii.ire junior class and our en rollment is forty-three. I’m tak ing French and typing along with n:y old subjects this year. The band has almost fifty players in it. This is quite an improvement over last year, don’t 3mu think? Wednesday, the band is going to Pittsboro to play at the fair. We won’t be using Mrs. Susie’s bus this year. It’s too small for us. The football team went to Rocky Mount last Friday. Very much to our disappointment, they lost by the score of 13-0. Most of the boys are playing for the first time, so we can’t be too hard on them. We all miss the ride that you used to give us to school and back. You should see Nelson getting up early in the morning trying to get to school on time. Scott takes some of the kids who live Post Office Box 626 Chapel HiU, N. C. September 17, 1952 Dear Johnnie Mae, How are you doing in the Big City? I know you are having a wonderful time. I am writing especially to let you know that I am back in school now. I made up my mind to start where I left off. I think it is important that we all have a high school education, even if we can’t afford to go to college. Mother Allie keeps Angela and Ricky while I am in school. Willie is doing fine in Korea. : He is a cook now, and he is get- ' ting fat too. He will be home in January, and I will be the hap piest woman in the world. How do you like New York? When are you planning to come back to the hills? Benjamin is a senior this year. He plays on the football team. He is on the first string, too. All the family sends love. We want you to hurry back home. We miss you so. Your loving sister, Marion E. Brooks over our way to school in his “Jitterbug Buggy.” It’s really amusing to see all those young sters piled up in that one little car. Tell Billy to write soon, and don’t you forget to write. Your devoted cousin, Jerrie Gone—But Not Forgotten By Wenzo Thompson We entered school this year a little heavy-hearted, and with prospects of a happy season not very bright. We missed our friends of last year more than one could have expected from having a class to graduate. The graduates of ’52 seemed to make our school life complete. Their ideas and suggestions threw light upon our pathway. Looking back to the first year in our new school, we can see how the class of ’52 made the Lincoln clock tick at our new .site. There was Frank Robinson, president of the Student Coun cil, a very courteous fellow, who seemed to use sound judgment in all his work. Gloria Mason and lola Baldwin are best remember- I ed for their high scholarship and , general helpfulness in all areas i of the school. In the department of sports Thomas Bynum distin- ! guished himself, admirable, kind. ! and helpful. I It would be difficult to tell how i much they are missed. However, when we consider the reason for their leaving, our hearts are no longer heavy. We can rejoice through our tears as we watch those students pursuing their am bitions in other places. Social Notes Lincoln High School students are looking forward to one of the most outstanding social events; ^et us increase our vocabulary daily with at least two words: of the season. The Annual Har- 1 contemporary-occurring or existing at the same period, sedate-calm, vest Ball, which will take place j composed, at the Community Center No vember 24. Inez Alston and Ola Farring ton are two Lincoln students who will attend and take part in the Debutante Ball which will be given by the A. K. A.’s in Ra leigh on November 27. Ruth Strowd Correct pronunciation is very essential: This certificate—(ser-tif-i-kit) athletic—(ath-letic) column—(collum) Not this ser-stif-i-kit athe-let-ic col-jmm Election Campaign From what I have read and heard concerning the 1952 Elec tion Campaign and the candi dates I feel quite the same as Senator Smith of Maine, who, in a recent article pertaining to the campaign and the voters, stated that, “individual freedom carried with it not only thinking indi vidually but also thinking out loud and making ourselves heard among those that shared the same beliefs and opinions as we.” As to who will win, I haven’t the faintest idea. However, if I v/ere of voting age and planned to vote I would vote for Stevenson. V/hy? Because of some of the things that he said he would pro mote in contrast to those of Eisenhower, plus the fact that he is a Democrat. One thing that should always be remembered in any case is: think first; then make yourself heard. Think before you speak, everybody. Ernestine Powell
Lincoln High School Student Newspaper (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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