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THE LINCOLN ECHO
JUNE, 1955
The Lincoln Echo
staff
Editor-in-Cilief . Samara Burnette
Assistant Editor . . . . Ida Battle
Staff Reporter . . Martha Norwood
Assistant Starr neporter
Doretha Merritt
Business Manager . . Allan Mason
Assistant Business Manager
Wallace Oldham
Secretary Druscilla Clarke
Assistant Secretary
Deborah Norwood
Sports Editor Floyd Hogan
Assistant Sport Editor
Herman Burchette
Alumni Editor .... Delores Mason
Society Editor Alicia Jones
Exchange Editor Hillard Caldw'ell
Assistant Exchange Editor
Janie Harris
Circulation Manager
Joseph Burnette
Feature Editor . . Billie Lee Perry
Ohjcctives
Objectives of the Lincoln
Echo:
1. To supplement reading
materials.
2. To encourage free ex
pression.
3. To interpret the life of
the school to the community.
4. To promote greater
school spirit.
hope t.hat remains, the only gold- j
en rope by which sad men may i
climb out of the sloth.
The world belongs to us, but
first we have to mould and |
shape our days. We have to
learn to take knocks and blows.
We need to help make our world
one w.hich holds more hope and
less ignorance and fear.
\Ol \\ EDITOR
SPEAKS
The Seniors of 19.55 are
marching from Lincoln High.
We often wished that gradua
tion day would hurry and come.
We often felt that time was pass
ing too slowly. Now we realize
that the four years passed ra
ther fast.
We know that when we leave
this stately hall of learning we
shall run into many obstacles.
We know that t.he day will be
rough and difficult.
We bow in gratitude to those
near and dear to us for witli-
out them we could not have
made it this far. Our parents
have made many sacrifices,
given us gifts and pleasures for
whioh they bore the pain and
strain. Our moms and dads
praised and guided us all the
way. Our thanks we owe to our
parents for peaks and heights
and honors gained.
Teachers are often hated, talk
ed about and scorned. Often they
are the ones we should praise.
We feel this way about them be
cause they give us many assign
ments or make us behave. Now
we realize those are the ones
76 really owe our thanks to.
hey .have.taught us to give all
> have for honor and truth and
■•er count the cost.
^ost of the seniors anticipate
ring on as the faculty ad-
us. Education is the only
loiH’ A I Hill U! !
Efliloi- Speaks !
The time has come again, j
when the Seniors are at the }
height of choosing their pro- ;
fessions. and making plans for
the future.
In that the Senior class will
be marching down the isle to
receive their diplomas, it is
hoped that they will receive
them with the thought and am
bition to further their educa
tion.
We hope that the largest per
centage of the members of the
class of '5.0 will try to attend a
college, business school, or trade
school. It is very important that
these students should prepare
themselves for the future.
T.he "valedictorian" of the
class of '55. Faye Atwater plans
to attend North Carolina Col
lege at Durham. S.he is plan
ning to major in Health Educa
tion.
The "salutatorian." Frances
Hargraves plans to attend
Hampton Institute at Hampton,
Virginia. She plans to major in
Science Education and Nursing.
I We hope that you. the class of
'."■5, will enjoy the summer and
be wmll prepared for your up-
' coming ‘‘fres.hman" year in col
lege, business school or some
trade school. The remaining stu
dents wish to say to the grad
uating class, that we wish you a
happy and prosperous future.
DELO,RES MASON
('lass Histofv
j
I hesitated when I was asked
; to prepare this history of the
mlass of '55 for your inspection.
' I am only one person, of decid-
I edly individual opinions, and
could only look at my class
mates through my eyes.
This, dear friends, is the class
of 1955. as I see it today. We
are thirty-nine members, twelve
boys and twenty-seven girls. We
range in age from Robert Snip
es’ sixteen years, three months
and fourteen days, to Freddie
Durham’s twenty-two years, four
months and fifteen days. We
range in height from Katrina
Baldwin’s five feet one and a
half inches, to William Me
Cauley’s six feet two and a half
inches. We range in weigh!
from Emily Durham’s ninety- j
four pounds to Joe Parrish's one !
hundred eight-five pounds. i
Our .hands are certainly large |
enough to get a good firm grasp
upon our own individual con
cerns. Our heads are of suffix
cient capacity to hold even the
vast amount of knowledge we
have been cramming into it for
the past four years. i
This is the class of 1955 in '
her big moments. Even this class '
history .has to be taken on the !
installment plan. !
Our class has many star stu- j
dents in various organizations. I
For four years this class of '55
has been tops in all of their
activities. Let’s take a look at
the .members of the class and j
the activities that they .have !
I
been a great part of.
CHORUS MEMBERS
Alberta Jones—4; Effie Mann
— 1: William McCauley—1;
James Guthrie—1: Lilbert Har
graves—2: Freddie Durham—1;
Gloria Vickers—4; Katrina
Baldwin—4; Vivian Farring
ton—2: Josephine Atwater—2:
Delores Walker—4: Betty Hog
an—3 ^'2 : Carolyn Hogan—3 :
Alicia Jones—31^2; Frances Har
graves—4: Druscilla Clark—
2G; Faye Atwater—4; Marjorie
McClam—4: Betty Walker—4;
Ada Edwards—4: Martha Nor
wood—4; Barbara Burnette—2;
Arnold Harris—4: Gwendolyn
Snipes—1.
BAND MEMBERS
Beatrice Robinson—6: De
borah Norwood—3^2; Betty Ho
gan—2 ’ 2 : Betsy Ann Cordal—5
Martha Norwood—6; Barbara
Burnette—5: Arnold Harris—5
Gwendolyn Snipes—3: Alberta
Jones—3: William McCauley—1
James Guthrie—5: Lilbert Har
graves—5: Gloria Vickers—6
Katrina Baldwin—6.
CROWN AND SCEPTER CLUB
Gloria Vickers—2; Katrina.
Baldwin—2; Beatrice Robin
son—2: Betsy Cordal—2: Ahcia
Jones—2; Frances Hargraves—2;
Druscilla Clark—2; Faye At
water—2: Bertha Headen— 2:
Gwendloyn Snipes—2: Barbara
Burnette—2.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Bertha Headen—3; Frances
Hargraves—1: Betsy Cordal—3:
Beatrice Robinson—3; Barbara
Burnette—1: Gwendolyn Snipes
—1; Arnold Harris—4; Gloria
Vickers—1: Joe Parrish—2:
Robert Snipes—3.
SOFTBALL TEAM
Veora Hackney—4; Ada Ed
wards—4; Frances Hargraves
—4; Alicia Jones—4;. Carolyn
Hogan—4; Betty Hogan—4; Bea
trice Robinson—4; Gwendolyn
Snipes—4: Barbara Burnette—4;
Meter Thompson—2; Gloria
Vickers—2: Joe Parrish—4;
Lilbert Hargraves—4: James
Guthrie—1: Alfred Parrish—1.
Alfred Parrish—4: William Mc
Cauley—1; Joe Farrington—4;
Arnold Harris—4: DeLeon By
num—4: Wescote Booth—4; Wil
liam Guthrie—4.
BASKETBALL TEAM
Barbara Burnette—4; Beatrice
Robinson—3: Betty Hogan—4:
Frances Hargraves—4: Veora
Hackney—4: Gwendolyn Snip
es— 4; Gloria Vickers—4; Al
fred Parrish—3; Robert Snip-
e.s—1: Lilbert Hargraves—1 ;
Arnold Harris—4.
BASEBALL TEAM
DeLeon Bynum—1: James
Guthrie—1: Alfred Parris.h—1.
FOOTBALL TEAM
.lames Guthrie--2: Lilbert
Hargraves—1: William Guthrie
—4: .Joe Parrish—4: .Joe Far
rington—2: Arnold Harris—4:
DeLeon Bynum—1.
VARSITY CLUB
Barbara Burnette—1: Betsy
Cordal—.1; Betty Hogan—1:
Gwendolyn Snipes—1: Beatrice
Robinson—1; Gloria Vickers—1;
Veora Hackney—1; Frances Har
graves—1; Arnold Harris—1:
Joe Farrington—1: Carolyn Ho
gan—1; DeLeon Bynum—1: Joe
Parrish—1; Lilbert Hargraves
—1: William Guthrie—1; James
Guthrie—1: Robert Snipes—1;
Alfred Parrish—1.
DRAMATICS CLUB
Alfred Parrish—3: Wescote
Booth—1; Robert Snipes—1;
Delores Walker—3; Emily Dur
ham—1: Barbara Burnette—1:
Martha Norwood—3: Ada Ed
wards—2; Betty Walder—2.
Druscilla Clark—2; Alicia
Jones—3.
NEWSPAPER STAFF
Beatrice Robinson—1: De
borah Norwood—1: Betsy Cor
dal—2: Druscilla Clark— 1 ;
Faye Atwater—3: Ada Edwards
-2: Bertha Headen—2: Alicia
Jones—4: Gloria Vickers—2:
Katrina Baldwin—2; Delores
Walder—1: Martha Norwood
—2: Barbara Burnette—3;
Gwendolyn Snipes—1.
GIRLS’ ENSEMBLE
Alberta Jones—3: Gloria
Vickers—3: Barbara Burnette
—1.
MAJORETTE
Gwendolyn Snipes—6.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
All of the students that take
typing or Business Arithmetic.
N. H. A.
All of the girls that are in
.homemaking.
N. F. A.
All of, the boys in Agricul
ture.