Agawam High School - Sachem Yearbook (Agawam, MA)

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Helen Rudma Rooster When away to school you go You need to be, right on the spot. So take this rooster along To wake you up at six o’clock. Steven Sliech Quinine Pills SA dance is bad for Stevie’s health Jr If practiced every night, jT A few of quinine pills we hope j Will help his cold all right. Richard Kellogg Pillow When the class is very tiresome And you feel the need of sleep Put your head upon this pillow You’ll be sure of slumbers deep. Anna Fay Package of Seeds Anna’s yard is bright with flowers, She likes to rake and hoe, Here’s a present for her garden, Just see if they will grow. Anna Fay, Richard Kellogg [27]

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Helen Humist Nurse's Kit Helen, when you’ve gone away In a hospital to train, Take this little kit along To cure each ache and pain. Frank Keating Red, you are very quiet jr And do not often recite; Take this horn and blow it And we’ll know you’re alive all right Richard MerwAl y Kathleen has many admirers, » y For Tex, you’d better watch out, y So take this bottle of poison, That will finish him, no doubt. Doris Parker “Vo is knows the latest thing or shoes, or coat or hat; Vogue” has hints of styles from Paris Just read the news in that. Clifford Pon Harry P Clifford, your feet in English class Are always wont to roam, So take this little footstool And keep your feet at home. ERSON A chauffeur’s job we know you want You’ll find it without doubt. Just use this little taxi cab To drive yourself about. Ruth Renton Ruth, you are rather tiny And Harry’s very tall. So we’ll give you this ladder And it won’t be hard at all. Eva, your hair often tumbles In strings about your face. Bobby pins, you’d better use To keep it in its place. Gerald, gives you gum We know, almost every day; Keep this package with you And a nickel he need not pay. Lawrence Roy When you are off at college With nothing much to do, Take out this pad of paper And write to a girl or two. H orn Poison Fashion Book Footstool Taxi Cab Ladder Bobby Pins Package Gum Paper [26]

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MECMEATIGH EOU EEISUME HOURS wo generations ago many laboring men and women kept at the task for ten and eleven hours of the day. They were not troubled over the question of how to spend hours of recreation. 1-1 Today it’s the eight-hour day, and the question of recreation is already a problem. Tomorrow, says Mr. Ford, prophetically, we may expect a four-hour day. The question of recreation in that event will become a vital one. The improvement in machinery and the increased use of machines have been important factors in this shortening of the laboring hours of a day. Slowly but surely heads of manufacturing plants have become aware of the profit to business in providing adequate recreation facilities. The National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio, was one of the first to acquire plots of ground for the use of recreation. Others followed suit. Life Insurance Companies provide their members with reading rooms and libraries, swimming pools and gymnasiums. Machines have made a change in the home. They enable the house- keeper to have leisure time which she can spend in recreation. Thus the question of recreation becomes one that affects everyone. There are three great values in recreation: First, we have the disciplinary value, what we might call the shock ab- sorber. Boys and girls, of the school age, who are provided with play- grounds and recreational centers keep out of trouble. They go to these places and play ball, tennis, and marbles. The smaller children are even provided with swings and other equipment which keep them well amused all day long. Boys and girls who attend these places enjoy themselves to such an extent that they have little thought of mischief. Keeping a boy or girl out of mischief may be keeping that child out of a reform school. On the recreation ground, children form friendships, learn the value of sports- manship, and learn to co-operate with each other. It is in these places that the boy or girl learns to play the game squarely. He sees the effect of hon- esty and clean living. These are the qualities that make people of value to their community. Second, we have the tonic value. Recreation is welcomed by the laborer, or business man who works strenuously day in and day out. A game of bas- ketball and baseball, a tennis match or a round of golf makes him feel like a new man. Large factories are now securing land for golf courses, tennis courts, and ball diamonds. Shop leagues are organized which arouse great rivalry between contenders. Most factories arc represented by athletic teams. The McCallum Silk and Hosiery Company of Pennsylvania owns a golf course and the factory is represented by a very good golf team. It also sponsors a very good baseball team, capable of playing class A teams. Recreation is a great tonic for the laborer or business man. As a third value we can count contentment. No one is contented unless he feels that he knows how to play, how to spend his leisure time in rec- reation. [28]