Lincoln High School

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Lincoln High School

A very, very long time ago, before the dawn of recorded history, I was a schoolboy in a magical land beside the sea.

I lived in Sea Gate, the westernmost part of Coney Island, the southernmost part of Brooklyn. Therefore, I went to Abraham Lincoln High School. It was inescapable.

I was only there for thirty-four months (September, 1949, through June, 1952), but many experiences of that time are etched into my mind like the acid burns on the face of the phantom of the opera.

Here's to Lincoln.
Cheers to Lincoln.
Raise her colors high.
Fling her praise
Upon the breezes;
Shout it to the sky.
Sing to Lincoln,
Bring to Lincoln
Glory and renown.
Make Lincoln High the best
In New York town.

Note: My thanks to Julien Green (class of 1942) for correcting the error in the fourth line and to Rena Stutman (class of 1963) for changing it back. And thanks to others for the discussion of "colors" versus "banner". I have decided to show the school song as I want it to be.

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Many members of my family also attended Lincoln and I have absorbed some of their memories.

indent Click here Unrequited Love, my mother's story
indent Mitzvah Girls, Aunt Leonore's story
indent Never Say "Uncle", Aunt Sally's story

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My own memories are not as romantic:

indent Click here American History
indent Art
indent English
indent Extra-curricular, the exam club
indent Extra-curricular, the football game
indent French
indent Graduation, the end
indent Homeroom, the day begins
indent Homework, "Silas Marner"
indent Homework, "Two Victorian Poems"
indent Click here Lunch
indent Mathematics
indent Music
indent Passing from class to class
indent Physical Education (Gym)
indent Publications
indent Regents' Exam
indent Study Hall
indent What We Didn't Learn

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Recently I found many Lincoln alumni on the Internet at ClassMates.com. For a while I participated in the chat. The following are some of the messages I posted:

indent Click here Not Fun
indent Me, the Driver?
indent Famous Class Mates (1)
indent Famous Class Mates (2)
indent Relatives
indent Schreiber's Empire Mount House
indent He Can't Believe He Graduated
indent Brooklyn Rocks
indent Good Times (1)
indent Good Times (2)
indent Ultimate Chicken Soup
indent Click here Chicken Flicking
indent Kourva and Shonda

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