Attica High School - Crimson Yearbook (Attica, IN)

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THE CRIMSON Atter a great deal otdeliheration it was named alter its illustrious predecessor, The Idler . We are now nearing the close ol our Junior year but we know that many good times are yet in store lor us this year. What the luture holds lor us we cannot tell, we do not know what will be disclosed to us when the veil is removed from before our eye, swhether happiness or sorrow be our lot, -G. E. M. '08 Heres to the Juniors ol A. H. S. With hearts so earnest and true. May the year thatis before them With more knowledge store And something ol happiness too.-C. E. F. '08

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THE CRINISON Junior History. HERBERT FOSTER, President. GLADYS MARTlN, Historian ln the tall ol the year '04 a group ol twenty-tive boys and girls entered the High School as Freshmen. How exalted we lelt as we looked at the Eighth-graders in the seats on our right, yet too we lelt rather diminutive our- selves as we gazed about and saw the Juniors and Seniors. How lar away that double row ol seats, sacred to the Seniors did look! Would we ever reach it? But we soon lound consolation lrom such ruetul thought in the joyous occupation ot inscribing our namesin every book with A. H. S. '08 attached. Near the middle oi the term we donated curtains to the assemhly room which are to this day- classed among the artistic decorations ol that room. At the end oi our Freshman year came the first parting ot the ways. A lew remained while some lelt school entirely, consequently the following year when we assembled we found our ranks somewhat thinned. There was not much done by the class as a whole during this year but we all settled down to work, determined to win out. We began to see during the Junior year that some of our number were budding geniuses with great futures belore them. L. S. we saw was amathe- matician without rival lin the classy while C. F. was the Latin shark. Then too we could loretell in J. C. a luture historian while A. T. thought English work was lovely. The Junior year may well be called the climax ot our H. S. course lor we have neither the giddiness oi the Freshmen and Sophs or the dignity Q7 ot the Seniors. During this year we became very literary. We commenced the subject ol debating under our English teacher. It was at this time that we won a victory over the Seniors on immigration while they put a feath- er in their caps on the Telegraph vs. Telephone. A little while belore the Christmas holidays we decided to edit a paper.

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THE CRIMSON LITERARY. Affiliation With Chicago University. A year ago last March the Attica high school was visited by Prot. Paul 0. Kern ot the University oi Chicago. The purpose oi his visit was to in- spect our high school to determine whether or not we should be placed on their list oi co-operating schools. The following June a letter was received by Superintendent' Layton in which it was stated that the Board ot University Relations had voted to place us on their list ot co-operating schools. For some time previous to this we had desired to be thus recognized. and while the studentship oi the school in most respects had a reputation pos- sibly worthy ot a larger school the equipment ot the science department was below the required standard. Last spring all departments ot the school stood the test oi a rigorous examination. The standard oi the work in all the classes had been raised and the laboratory equipment had been increased and improved. When it is known that there are two hundred and twenty-one commis- sioned high schools in the state and oi this number only twenty-six are ac- credited by the University oi Chicago,this recognition can be better understood. According to the provisions oi the commission, til all the graduates ol the high school presenting the University certificate signed by the superintend- ent and the teachers oi the high school will be admitted to the iirst year ol the Junior College oi the University without entrance examination: t2l the high school principal has the privilege ot nominating a candidate for a scholarship in the University trom each oi the graduating classes: CD the superintendent '-YT sits- 3 . AERA it J , ...J.