Did You Know Know That . . .
Lincoln was built in 1907, 900 students? Four additions and 55 years later the enrollment was
up to 2500.
When Lincoln opened, instead of drive-ins and retail stores, there were only logging and
shingle camps?
Lincoln and Broadway were the first high schools serving Seattle? Lincoln's boundaries were
all the way from Roosevelt to Queen Anne.
Lincoln's first graduating class was in 1909, the same year that the Indian Head penny was
replaced by that of the school's namesake....Abraham Lincoln?
In 1909 the girls' basketball team were Northwest Champions?
In 1919 Lincoln defeated Ballard in football 107-0?
In 1920 the Lincoln TOTEM changed from a monthly to a bi-weekly?
Selecting a Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln is a tradition at Lincoln that didn't start until 1946?
It wasn't until the fifties that the song leaders were formed? Until then only yell leaders
represented the school.
In 1958 Lincoln won it's fourth consecutive city basketball championship. In addition to two
state championships?
From 1956 to 1958 Lincoln won 38 straight basketball games before being beaten by
Richland?
There used to be a huge rock that sat near the corner by the south doors, and all of the
students loved this rock. When rival schools realized this, they would paint the rock their
school color each time we played them. This rock was buried somewhere on the school
grounds at the request of the principal.
In 1951 Mr. Pfaff (the principal) surveyed the damage caused by a fire in the main office? A
mailbox containing 1,000 report cards was destroyed. They would have been distributed the
next day... sounds suspicious!
The sophomores of 1907, who later became the second class of seniors at Lincoln High School, picked
the colors red and black, as each class picked their own colors when Lincoln opened.
Every morning, the entire school met for morning exercises in the assembly hall where now
stands the cafeteria.