The blue and gold . nd Ralph Berry Quarter Back Ted Merge Full Back Ed Capell Left Half Back Lester Lear Right Half Back BASEBALL The Washington School has turned out a good baseball team to meet their rivalsthe Lincolns. There will be no lack of interest in the game for every one is anxiousto play a part. Already games have been scheduled with other towns. This teamalso makes a good showing for F. H. S. in the future. GIRLS BASKETBALL The girls were not to be outdone by the boys in their athletics. Four girlsteams were formed with Marjorie Koontz, Ruth VanVorhis, Mary Louis Pocta andHazel Fis
The blue and gold . nd Ralph Berry Quarter Back Ted Merge Full Back Ed Capell Left Half Back Lester Lear Right Half Back BASEBALL The Washington School has turned out a good baseball team to meet their rivalsthe Lincolns. There will be no lack of interest in the game for every one is anxiousto play a part. Already games have been scheduled with other towns. This teamalso makes a good showing for F. H. S. in the future. GIRLS BASKETBALL The girls were not to be outdone by the boys in their athletics. Four girlsteams were formed with Marjorie Koontz, Ruth VanVorhis, Mary Louis Pocta andHazel Fisher the captains. CLASS COMMENTS The English department of our school was unfortunate in losing its first Mary Blackford, but fortunate in finding a teacher, Miss Emma Scott, of Colum-bus, to take her place. In addition to regular English and Literary work, spelling-lessons were given during the year thus aiding Porter Gillespie, Leona Bayless andDick Smiley considerably. 39 •n I9S9 BLUE and GOLD 1919. 40 1919 BLUE and GOLD 1919 History of Lincoln Freshmen Class MABEL GEORGE The locusts were warbling merrily. Summers last installment of dandelions wasblooming gaily. The world was happy and so were we; and why not? Was thisnot the day, the most wonderful day, when we were to enter into the mysteries ofHigh School? Of course we would have to suffer; ridicule, and taunts and cruel heart-rending epithets and sneers would be our portion for one whole year; but did that takethe joy out of life? Alas! It was a brilliant prospect and it looked, (what a goodly outside falsehoodhath) it looked like an easy job. It wasnt. And by the time we could conjugateporto thru the perfect tenses the illusion had entirely faded. That first day! Shall we ever forget it? I think, that we never, never, never, will. We listened to speeches and sharpened our pencils and looked at the teachers andthey looked at us, and we spilled ink and sharpened pencils and listened to speeches and spilled
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