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THE LINCOLN ECHO
DECEMBER, 1952
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 Allen Mason
Asst. Bus. Mgr. . ., Rufus Bynum
Secretary Alicia Jones
Sports Editor Thomas Booth
Asst. Sports Ed James Guthrie
Feature Editor Ernestine Powell
Alumni Editor ... Barbara Burnette
Society Editor ,, Ruth Stroud
Circulafion Mgr. . 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.
The Story of
Betty Clark
Buy Christmas
Seals And
Wage War
Tuberculosis
The 1952 Christmas Seal ap
propriately displays a lighted
candle. This symbolizes among
other things a ray of hope, a
shedding of light on the tubercu
losis problem. In a dark room
candle light glows very brightly.
Tuberculosis, with its army of
billions of germs, is like a dark
room, casting gloom and fear of
penetration to thousands of people
in the United States every year.
With its candle-light, doubled-
barred cross, the Christmas Seal
can bring about an .attack on the
enemy again and again. It can
penetrate this darkness that now
surrounds us, and shed light into
all areas of our Nation.
How does an army of Christmas
Seals fight the enemy? It does
it in many ways. To begin, the
people in all areas of our life
must purchase Christmas Seals, j
especially the citizens of our!
town. This will give ammunition |
with which to fight. The Seal I
makes possible research into the
nature of the disease and methods
of curing it.
Too, the purchase of Christmas
Seals makes possible the spread
of new knowledge gained by pro
viding literature to be circulated
among the people, and the secur
ing of books and magazines to
bring cheer to the discomforted
patients in the sanitoriums. Who
does not thrill at the sight of a
‘ happy, smiling patient, who has
found an absorbing hour in a
By Bettye Briggs
What Tuberculosis Is?
That it is a contagious disease?
; That when a germ reaches the lungs the body surrounds it
! with cells where it may grow?
That you cannot contract it if the germ is not present?
I What the First Danger Signs Are?
That they are fatigue, loss of weight, indigestion, a cold
i with a cough that “hangs on”, and coughing up blood?
j What To Do To Prevent It?
That you must keep the body in a healthy condition by
eating nutritious foods, getting plenty of sleep, avoiding
I worry, and exercising in fresh air and sunshine?
That you must go to your doctor or to the Health Depart
ment for frequent check-ups?
That you need periodic X-rays.’
What Your Health Department Can Do For You?
1 That it will give you free fluoroscopic tests?
That the doctor will give you a skin test?
That the doctor will give you an X-ray if he thinks it
necessary?
That the Health Educator will help you organize health
and give vou information about the District Health
Association and its services?
That the present Health Educator is Mr. Joseph H. Huff?
If you know all this, I do not need to urge you to buy
Christmas Seals. You will buy them because you know what
they can do for others.
book made possible by him?
Further, the purchase of Christ
mas Seals can help to provide an
effective program of control,
which includes a broad range of
activities. Community organiza
tion, health education, patient
services, case supervision, and
fact-finding are but a few of these
activities.
To achieve these much-needed
advances, the citizens of our town
— the school, the teachers, the
students, and certainly the par
ents must give their full support
by buying and using Christmas
Seals in large numbers.
Class Elects Officers
The 8 B class has elected the
following officers and committee
chairmen for our class of 1952-53.
They are as follows:
President Mary Mason
Vice President Joseph Burnette
Secretary Betty Jones
Assistant Ersell Gattis
Treasurer Helen Walker
Committees:
Social Esphere Foster
Housekeeping Preston Smith
Program William Nunn
Preston Smith
Why I Like
Mathematics
By Ida R. Battle
Now that I am a freshman at
Lincoln High School, I have found
that the subject I like best is
mathematics.
Since I have been under the
supervision of Mr. E. D. Lowery,
I have learned that you must be
alert and must put yourself in
most of the thought problems.
You encounter mathematic prob
lems in everyday affairs.
I hope that the freshman class
of 1953-54 will enjoy mathematics
as much as I am enjoying it in
my freshman year.
Re-Told by Ruth Stroud
From 1 Had T B
It was a bright, hot Saturday
afternoon. John called Betty for
a trip to the town carnival, where
I their friends were waiting for
them.
At the carnival, this gay party
went on all the rides and watched
the various acts. They soon grew
tired of the carnival and were
standing by the entrance gate,
when John said jokingly, “Hey.
Gangl There’s an X-ray outfit
! parked across the street.’’
‘■What do you mean by a X-ray
outfit?” asked Mary.
John suggested that they go
over where Mary could find out,
and have an X-ray just for fun.
The doctor in charge took their
names and addresses, and made
an X-ray of each. The gang was
surprised at how simple it was.
Betty had forgotten about her
X-ray until she received a notice
telling her to visit her doctor. He
examined Betty further and found
she had T.B. The doctor told her
that her case was not serious, and
that with proper treatment she
could soon be well. He recom
mended immediate rest in a hos
pital. Betty was puzzled because
she did not feel sick. The doctor
told her that one can have T.B.
and not feel sick at all.
Fearing for her future with
John, Betty told John everything
the doctor had told her. John
assured her that the doctor was
right and that she need not fear
or dread the period she would
have to spend in the hospital.
Betty was taken to the hospital
where she found everyone so
kind and interested in her recov
ery that she felt quite happy. She
was happy not only because she
was going to recover, but because
John had promised to wait her
i recovery. After she was discharg-
I ed from the hospital, she and John
were married.
No Initiation !!! Aims Of Th is Issue
The three divisions of the fresh
man class are rather surprised
because they have not been initi
ated so far. They do not really
regret it because it will save their
looks.
The freshman are also getting
ideas about going places, and do
ing things this spring.
Delores Mason
To give a more complete under
standing of T.B. as related to the
high school age group.
To extend the knowledge and
appreciation of community health
services available for tubercu
losis control.
To encourage all-out war on
T.B. by purchasing Christmas
Seals.