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THE LINCOLN ECHO
APRIL, 1953
The Lincoln Echo
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
Circulation Mgr Bertha Headen
Ex. Editor Malissia Fearrington
Auvisory 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.
Do You Belong?
Do you belong in this school?
You may say that your name
is on the roll and that you
have a desk in a certain room.
You may also say you pay at
tention in classes, that you do
enough homework to get by,
and that you get a report card
when everyone else gets one.
You may say all those things
and still not “belong.” Ask
yourself how much you are
giving to the school. Ask your
self whether you are giving as
much as you are receiving.
There is an old saying that you
get out of things what you
put into them. How much do
you help in classes, on the
playground, in assembly, in
the hall, with the class pro
grams and the newspaper?
There is another saying you
may have heard—it is—“Let
Jane do it.” It’s the “Janes”
who really belong. They are
the ones who are really giving
to the school, the town, and
the country. They are also the
ones who are getting the most
out of everything. Let us all
be the Janes. Let’s belong!
OLA MAE FARRINGTON
^tirig subjects? Yes, all of
these and other minors are
required.
It would be wise for other
high school students who have
not begun developing good
speech habits now, to take ad
vantage of this course before
their high school career is
over.
Start improving today!
Importance Of
Good Speech
By RUTHIE STROWD
Recently Lincoln High in
troduced the course in speech,
which is seemingly very in
testing and effective. This was
made evident in the two plays
presented this year.
In order to obtain a good
speaking quality or qualities,
certain habits must be form
ed.
What is required of a good
speaker? Good posture? A
-clear-speaking voice? Inter-
WATCH YOUR
CONDUCT
By ALICE HARGRAVES
Did you know that good con
duct is one of the greatest as
sets one can possess? Why it is
the truest expression of what
one really is. You had better
start setting up favorable
standards of behavior for
yourself to follow.
They are sure to include
avoiding boisterousness and
the use of coarse language. Be
sure to include accepting
jokes on yourself with good
humor, readiness to forgive a
person who has offended you,
refraining from cheating in
class or on the playground, and
to be on the safe side, just
don’t tease other boys and
girls. Don’t permit gossip or
false rumors to poison your
mind. Respect others and
please don’t pretend to know
more than you really do.
The only things that it take
to live up to these standards
are will power, practice, and
patience. There are always lit
tle demons that upset the apple
cart. Temptations are num
erous. An individual who has
the will power or patience to
cast off these temptations and
put into practice good conduct
possesses one of the finest
qualities of citizenship.
Yes, your conduct is truly
really your expression of what
you are. So watch your con
duct. People might get the
wrong impression.
This Gum Chewing
-A Menace
By PATRICIA DAVIS
From time to time notices go
out from the principal’s office
concerning the undesirable habit
of chewing gum. Almost every
time the notice is read the stu
dents enter into discussion of
the question to chew or not to
chew. It always ends with noth
ing worthwhile been said in
favor of this very ugly habit.
Gum chewing looks bad,
sounds bad, and indicates a lack
of refinement in personality.
People who sit near gum chew-
ers in theatre, in church, or in
riding buses or trains usually
form an unfavorable impression
of the offender, and fail to en
joy themselves as they have a
right to do.
The gum chewer not only
shows himself up as lacking
good manners, but he trespasses
on the rights of others by mak
ing those near him uncomfor
table. If those guilty would on
ly think not only of themselves
in the matter, but of the effect
on others, perhaps they would
cease to chew gum in public
places.
WELCOME NEW
STUDENTS
The 7-B class is proud to
have two new boys in our
class. They are John Ray Dav
is from Horton High in Pitts-
boro, N. C. and Azel Shaw
from Sedalia High in Sedalia,
N. C. We hope that they will
enjoy going to school here as
much as we are enjoying hav
ing them. All of us have done
everything that we could to
welcome them to Lincoln High
and the 7-B homeroom.
An Open Letter To
Our Coaches
Lincoln High School
Chapel Hill, N. C.
April 2, 1953
Dear Coaches,
We, the students of Lincoln
High School wish to extend
to you our hearty apprecia
tion for the services you have
rendered to the basketball
teams this year. Although the
teams did not win all the
games, they were always try
ing hard.
We hope that you will con
tinue to keep the winning de
termination that you now
have. We also hope that the
students as well as other
things will give you the cour
age you need to make each
team, each year more success
ful.
Yours truly,
CAROLYN BREWER
9-A.
Class Plans Tour
The 8-A grade has been study
ing and learning about our state.
Some valuable information has
been learned.
They are now making plans
to tour our state before the close
of school.
LET’S WRITE,
THEY SAY
My Sister’s Beau
By OLA MAE FARRINGTON
My sister. Sue, has a new beau!
His name is Rando White.
He comes around to call on her,
’Most every other night.
She dresses nice and fine enough,
As far as she can go;
And she has changed an awful
lot.
Since she got her new beau.
We used to go with sister when
We’d nothing else to do;
But now she says she hasn’t
time,
And soon as supper’s through.
She goes up stairs and primps
and primps
And dolls herself up so.
Things just aren’t right around
our house
Since Sis got her new beau.
♦ ♦ *
You
By BERNICE JOHNSON
You said you would remember
me;
And then you passed me by.
Although it hurt me very much,
I never asked you why.
You simply went along your
way.
And never seemed to care.
But I was thinking of you, dear.
In every dream and prayer.
* * *
How I Know
By EMMA J. HAIRSTON
One by one like leaves from a
tree.
All my friends have forsaken
me.
But kind stars shine above my
head.
Keeping watch as I lie in bed.
Beneath my feet, how firm the
earth!
All around says life is worth.
Now that all my friends are
gone.
And I am feeling all alone.
For the first time now, I know
There’re stars above and earth
below.
♦ * ♦
Tears From The
Mountain
By WENZO THOMPSON
O Nature, dear Nature, please
tell me from where
Those towering mountains came,
over there.
Their faces look tired and weary
from years;
Their hearts must be broken, for
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