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Here, we look back to the 1943 Lincoln School
yearbook. A powerful introductory letter
destroys the myth of soldiers silently marching
off to war. ese were seniors witnessing the
collapse of Europe and sensing what was likely
to come. ey're "restless, unsure, and a little
bit scared." is simple note takes you back to
their reality. ese were the same students you
see lined up in a hallway in the photo to the left,
practicing air raid drills in case of attack.
Every era contains unique experiences. ese
yearbooks are invaluable additions to the Trevor
Living Archive (TLA). n
– Mason Stark '84, P'27, P'32,
Director of Alumni Relations & Planned Giving
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revor has a unique and complex history. We're a school with more than one parentage: when
Walden New Lincoln came into the fold in 1992—adding a high school to e Day School (grades
N–8), that lineage expanded to include important institutions created in the early 20th century,
at the beginning of America's progressive educational movement.
New Lincoln School was an institution that merged with Walden School in 1988, and was started by
parents who wanted a return to the coeducational philosophy that the original Lincoln School had
initiated in 1917, but was dismantled in 1946. We have some early Lincoln yearbooks, and as historical
markers they are worthy of preservation. History's "story" tends to mutate with greater distance. Having
original source documents often sheds light on the reality that gets lost in the changing narrative.
