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“The teachers inspired all of us, and they encouraged me to write—and write I did. This school changed my life.” Augustus Colson

“The teachers would visit our homes and would become part of our extended family. Our parents would come to expect and depend upon the teachers to keep them abreast of what was going on at school, and the parents would do their best to continue this at home.”
Lorraine Footman Barnes
   


Front row, l-r: M. L. Bryant, H. M. Adams, G. P. Anderson
Back row, l-r: J. H. Abner, G. L. Porter, R. F. Nims
 

“Our teachers would talk to us about what we read, and ‘the keeper of books,’ Gladys W. Anderson, our librarian, handled those books like they were her babies. The library was an integral part of the school and of the curriculum. English teachers would set a time for us—elementary and secondary students—to go to the library. It was exciting for us, especially elementary children, to go to the library, to be around all of these materials, and to choose what we wanted to read. There were high school students who would read to younger students.  It was a special place. Of course, there were many homes that didn’t have any books or magazines.” Lucille C. Alexander

Lucille C. Alexander
         


Gladys W. Anderson, school librarian a participant
in the Secondary School Study workshops

     


“It seems as if every class was a reading class. Whatever the topic, we read and read and read. Mrs. Anderson, the librarian, was always involved.”
Irene Thompson Perry

  

“The librarian, Gladys W. Anderson, inspired me. I loved to read before I entered Lincoln High School. But when we went there, we read and read, and she was so sincere about helping us.”
Lucille Brown
      “The program here is in the beginning stages. It is developing around three English teachers and a librarian. The program aims to promote growth in ability to find information, ability to get meaning from written passages and ability to get pleasure and satisfaction from a variety of reading sources.”
Secondary School Study Catalog		    
           


Carrie Bentley, language arts teacher

       


“Our English teacher, Carrie Bentley, was an inspiration. She motivated us to do our best and encouraged us to read outside of class. We always hated for the class period to end.”
Lessie Sanford


“Carrie Bentley was our English teacher. She was something! She was very firm, and we had to write a lot during our high school years. She demanded that we do our best . . . and we did. We so respected her and wanted to be like her. Miss Bentley was able to bring out the best from us.” Lorraine Footman Barnes
                     
   


 “Teachers brought clothing to school where they had a special room. If students did not have appropriate cloths for the weather, they allowed them to go into this room and select items without shame and without others knowing. I am reminded how humane the teachers were when dealing with children who did not have as much as others.” Lucille C. Alexander

  
     

 


“I grew up out in the country and, for many, schooling often ended at 9th grade. Coming to Lincoln High was the sole way to continue our education. The teachers changed our lives.” Charles Rollins

  

Charles Rollins
          
 

“If it were not for Lincoln, I would never have gone to college. Mr. Porter and the Lincoln teachers guided and inspired me and prepared me to become a science teacher. They taught me how I should treat children -- that stayed with me throughout my career as a teacher. I learned from the Lincoln teachers the importance of teaching the whole child, touching the child at every level, and how to care for others.”
Anne Floyd Denefield

  


“The teachers believed in us and saw what we had not realized—that we had talents. Mr. Nasbeth saw the artist in me. And Mr. Harry Nims is responsible for so much that I have accomplished. They saw potential and brought it out.” Augustus Colson

  

Harry Nims
       


Ray Yarn

       

 

“The teachers were like surrogate parents. They were always concerned about what we were doing, what we were going to do, and what we were going to be. Mr. [Ray] Yarn would tell us ‘you can do anything in God’s world if you want to do it badly enough.’ I never forgot that. If we made up our minds to do something, we did it. Those were the real lessons that were taught to us by the Lincoln teachers.” Hazel M. Brown

  

Hazel M. Brown
 


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