Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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Atlanta High School, 1919 GREEN’S DRUG STORE Across from Post Office ATLANTA Drugs, Patent Medicines, Perfumes Toilet Goods Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Complete line of school supplies SODA FOUNTAIN FIRST CLASS MENU SERVICE High Grade Confections JOHNSTON’S CHOCOLATES We sell stamps Make our store your headquarters HIGH CLASS TAILORING Any tailor can make you a suit to measure. But you want a Real One to make yours. We Suggest “The Royal.” They always lead. We also have a complete line of Young Men’s Furnishings at all times. Try us. Hitchell’s Men’s Wear Tailoring, Shoes, Hats, Furnishings, Dry Cleaning and Pressing. Atlanta, Illinois Phone 771 15

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Atlanta High School, 1919 EDITORIALS, NOTES, ETC. At the recent election of members of the Board of Education, Dr. Brock succeeded himself as president and Mr. M. E. Stroud was again made secretary. Mr. King retired from the Board and Dr. Lee was elected in his place. ♦ In the last two spring seasons the grade boys have made over two hundred bird boxes in the Manual Training shop. This spring the Boy Scouts, who are taking the work, have made and sold almost a hundred wren houses. The boys paid for the material and then sold the houses, the profit going into their treasury for the summer outing trip. Several splendid bird houses and bird shelters were made for the bird house contest. Patronize the advertisers of this book. They have responded heartily to our call for ads and it is these same men that back everything that is for the betterment of our school. This edition wrould have been impossible without their support. Now let’s show our appreciation to them. This booklet which is the only one of its kind ever attempted by the high school, is due largely to the efforts and hard work of Coach Sugg, who originated the idea, and to the co-operation and assistance of several of the high school students. Roy Robison and Byron James are responsible for the large number of attractive advertisements, and the boys are to be congratulated on the way that they handled the ads. The longer articles were written by Julia Patton and Ruth Bowers. We are indebted to Mary McCullough, Paul Houghton, Gertrude Montgomery, Julia Patton and Ruth Bowers for the editorials. Did some say that Atlanta High had lost the old “pep”? Did you attend any of the games? Well, then if you did you know that there never has been a time when old Murphy Hall has known as much pep as it did this winter. Pep? When the tow n people and business men get so interested that they cannot miss a single game, and when there are pep meetings such as were held in the high school assembly this winter at various times, we can say that that certainly is pep. The Patron-Teachers Association, which has been meeting once a month during the past year, held its last meeting in the high school assemb’y the first week in May. This was perhaps the most successful meeting of the year from the standpoint of attendance and interest. The program consisted of several excellent musical numbers and also a dress revue by the girls of the high school Domestic Art class. The dresses were all made by the girls in their class work. Following the program a social hour was spent, after which refreshments were served by the girls of the Domestic Science department. Owing to a general lack of interest (and the bashfulness on the part of the boys) literary societies have been neglected in the past three or four years. This is a fact that should be deeply regretted, as nothing so tends to produce enthusiasm and interest in school work as a display of literary talent. The Atlanta High School is not without talent by any means and a chance should be given those who will push it to produce worth while programs and concerts for the school patrons. We, the seniors, sincerely hope that in the future years the students will see the need of more school programs and will again bring out the old literary societies that used to be so interesting. (By a senior.) Supt. Darnall will not return next year as he has accepted the principalship of the Geneseo Township High School for next year. We are indeed sorry to lose Mr. Darnall for he has organized the w'ork of the school and placed it on a basis with the best schools in the country. Mr. Darnall will be in charge of over two hundred and fifty students and at a neat increase in salary. Mr. Sugg will also not return. He intends to re-enter Millikin next fall as he has one more year before graduating. During the two years that Mr. Sugg has been with us he has placed our athletics on a standing with the best teams in this section. His teams licked all of the smaller towns and made a mighty good showing against the teams of Bloomington, Decatur and Springfield, which speaks wrell for Mr. Sugg. 14

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Atlanta High School, 1919 Good Teeth are just as essential to beauty as they are to good health, and there is no getting over the fact that they are essential. It only requires a little time, a little care, and a bottle of ANTISEPTIC TOOTH POWDER to insure the possession of perfect teeth. Rcxall Antiseptic Tooth Powder will make your teeth pearly white, sweeten your breath, cleanse your mouth and give a refreshing sense of cleanliness to your whole mouth. It is a particular favorite with all our customers, and all who take a pride in having their mouth just right should use Rexall Antiseptic Tooth Powder. 25c. Shotwell’s Drug Store We greatly appreciate the courtesy of the Bliss Studio of Lincoln, Illinois, in contributing the splendid pictures in this booklet to us without cost. They are a mighty good example of Mr. Bliss’ high class work. ♦ This booklet has been gotten up, ads subscribed, and the material printed in less than three weeks’ time. Had the work on it been begun sooner we would have had a much better one, but we feel that we have done real well in the short time. Through an error of tlie engravers a snapshot of Miss Ilaffner was misplaced which should appear on the page of snapshots. They are also responsible for Iceland's name appearing under the picture of the Chemistry class as his name was on the back of the print. It is impossible now to make the corrections and still get the book out by the end of school. • Now in parting, let us say—Make next year and the years to come the biggest and best that the school has ever had. Boost the enrollment up to the hundred mark. With a goodly number of pupils from the country entering next fall we can get back to where we used to be in enrollment. Boost in every way for the old A. H. S. And we are hoping that this booklet is a forerunner of yearbooks that will be published in the future. With the hearty-co-operation that we know the business men will give, and hard work on the part of a good staff, there is no reason why Atlanta cannot have an excellent annual. Back your superintendent and teachers, boost your athletics and your school functions, push anything that is for a “better Atlanta High’’ and we are sure that the school will quickly go back to the standing that it used to have. Now—all boost. Atlanta, Illinois Leland I), (to President Taylor of Mil-likin University at the J. M. U. gym): “Don’t you knowr me? Why I’m Bill Dunham of Atlanta. My picture has appeared in the Chicago papers often.’’ DISOWNED Murphy (doubtfully): “Why you’re growing a mustache, aren’t you?” Dunham (boldly): “No.” (A cheerful -------------------------------.) And then Murphy laughed and told Leland that his upper lip reminded him of two basketball teams for there were five on each side. The faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.—Pup. 16