Afton High School - Echo Yearbook (Afton, IA)

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HE A., H. S. 1 J l 11 JAN. 10, Monday. Everyone is working hard and is excited over theHome Declamatory Con- ' test, which will be held in the near f future. Mrs. Nhrion dePaaris helping x 1: select the readings. ,. J f- Twenty-five definitely decided to speakg ten more thinking seriously of plunging. I f jp. , Q i Dlikfjfvl ' Yes, our ban.: has opened, altho- I ft 3 cf ugh there isn't any money in it yet, IL , there ia e. great interest around. :':' X f This banking department is one 1 of the new subjects offered for the u X2 - , 'X last semester. gl26?.x J X1 JAN. 12, wednesday. v 1 54 X15 ' We are now at the end of a half , I year. Reach' to take over semesterex- K Q aminations today. ff A great interest has been taken 1 ' in e. IBasket:y Class . Several out- 4 x siders are taking this course. There ' A will be 'no charges, 'except .the cost .it of material used. JAN. 13, Thursday. Exams are still going on. Almost over, No lives reported lost yet. CU JAN. 114, niasgf. 1 Tonight .Afton meetefdromerell here on the Basket Ball Court. A. hard game anticipated, ,judging from the fine shaving Cronwell has made in the past. . We won., 15 to 194. Pretty good at that. It was a. fast and close game. It is said to be one of the best games ever wit - nessed on the home eonzxrtf The eyes of Kelly, Killion , and Treichler and the close guarding by Porter and Hadley broughtvs another victory, QQ 2 7-..gQf l3gw

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- 4 mmmmlieo--I IHI IE A. IHI. S. IE C IHI lrxxgigis lx ' '7 Jin. 5, Ivlornay. :M Vacation is over. Everybody is back. Look happy and ready to begin '.'4 ff the daily routine of classes. Sev- 'Z v-' S' eral of the girls are wearing rocks. ! Freshmen have a new classmate - Mar- H Lgy! ion Mbffitt of Millerton, Iowa. I JAN. 4, Tuesday. I X M'Ql'gaf . -4-J..X.'3,ij. ',:' The new year is bringing visi- f 5921525 Q tors as well as new ideas. County A, ' 4 4, , Supt. Ella M. Day, visited school to- fjfw X WQQEC' day- , gif J 1 Normal Trainers working ondsc- EXX Q15 A g orations again. Oh my! sr I -X, J ' 5 Q Semester exams next week.??? s-- 1 Wonder if Physics will be easy? S , JAN. 5, wednesday. e X el I Seniors working hard on Physics EJ posters. Good thing they count on I! I the semester grade. E JAN. 6, imrsaay. QQQQZT '1' Twenty-six aspirants scramble , and fight for declamatory pieces in- night- Can it be possible there are that many oaators here for us to listen to. Mildred Myers, Mildred LaFavre, Mary Jo McCall, Arnold Crippen, among the would-be contenders. JAN. 7, Friday. Pep seems to be lacldng today - - - Semester examina- tion schedule occupies prominent place on bulletin board. No Basket Ball game for a change. Boys getting ready for the big game with Cromwell next week. Ionian Literary Society held their New Years' Meeting tonight. 'Twas very interesting. Funny in spots. Grace Olmstead read an original poem. what wasn't the funnyprt though., Q2 2

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JH H-H 1E Ao H-Hn Sc E Q H-H U--.si lk JAN. 11, Monday. Three long six weeks have elapsed and the second semester is at hand. Everyone is anxious to take up their new subject. Just think! Only three more sir-week periods of schoo1.'I!nere has been some new courses offered this semester, including Banking Journalism and Basketry. JAN. 18, Tuesday. The T. N. T. Club met at the High schoolbuilding for their regular meeting. They discussed many interesting things and Mrs de Paar also talked to them a. while. JA-No 19, lednesdw. Normal Training examinations began today under the super- vision of Miss Mae Briggs. Nineteen pupils took them. JAN. 20, Thursday. Another day of hard. work on exams. Everyone seems to be, busy. Some arithmetic tests were made and applied to the gradepup- ils from the third to the eighth inclusive. Juniors and Seniors benefit by the practice teaching involved in giving these tests. if the pupils don't. JAN. 21, Friday. J ,oe Still one more days' toil , its Amr on the exams. and we are through f ' x X ' ,luvvf 3 1 I I i49 .-A-1 M-1' for a while. 5 I I Q : x,'1'Qf-iiitlw 3 ,Q i u Today the bank opened with 1- , f- I L44 ' ' 4 H twenty-one depositors making a if QL, .13 H Z total of ss.6o.. vice-Pres-ment N 'PZ A f hm. l Emerson and Orville Linquist of l . ,P v 5 1 D' I - the bitizens Bank were here to fi? L' 11 1 th bu 1 f the All bins start e s ness o 1--'---'H I-5 '-T': '- f b V The deposits are taken in A6OC'7?57?'D0'X here and sent to the Bank and l.. ' 3,67 , vp each account is entered on the J 'J books of the Citizens Bank. -- eng .muzzmsvrr1.z11Imm7111r:Lnr.n1::1Fao--H 9 2 7--we'Qg mm?Z9y-