Atwood Hammond High School - Post Yearbook (Atwood, IL)

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their prognostications and they have decided that on Friday, May the eighteenth. Nought six must die. Mv client wishes me to state that, owing to a lightness in the head, caused by its gradual swelling during the last four years, and a heaviness in the heart and other organs, caused by thoughts of parting and over feasting, respectively, she may have been mistaken in her inventory, but such as she thinks she has she gives to you, praying that you may not believe that it is only because she cannot keep her goods that she is generous. THE WILL: WV. the class of Nought six, being about to leave this sphere, in full possession of a sound mind, memory and understanding, do make and publish this, our last w ill and testament, hereby invoking and making void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. First, we do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends and well wishers, the faculty, only enjoining that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp our situation in the high school has merited. As to such estate as it has pleased the fates and our own strong arms to give us, we do dispose of the same as follows, via: Item: Wo give and bequeath to the Hoard of Edu- cation restful nights and peaceful dreams. We promise them a rest from “Naughty six's petitions. No more will we be called upon to bend our haughty knee to supplicate; no more will they be pained to refuse. It has been hard to have our fondest hopes thwarted; it must have been hard for them to refuse so fair a pleader. They have done their duty, and they have their reward. Hut oh! how much easier it would have been for them and for us if they had said “Yes. Item: We give and bequeath to the high school, as a whole, the two songs, “The Orange and the Rlack” and Our Class Song. These songs to become the posses- sion of the high school on condition that she hold them in trust as a nucleus to which, each year, others shall be added, until she has a collection to be proud of. Also, we give and bequeath to the high school the remainder of the piano debt, one hundred ten dollars. We have worked hard and have done all we could to lessen this debt. We sincerely hope that you may well succeed as we have succeeded. Item: We give and bequeath to our best beloved and cherished sister, Nought eight, all the wealth of love and blessing she may desire. She seems to get everything else unaided. May our mantle fall completely on her shoulders. We will waste no time in giving to one who seems very able to get. Item: The subjoined list will be recognized as entailed estates, to which we do declare the class of Nought seven the real and rightful successors. First, Senior dignity which is always handed over to the new made lords of the high school world. We are afraid this will be a strain upon the nerves and muscles of the gay and debonair Juniors, but all hope they will rise to the occasion, as they sometimes can. Second, The Senior seats in assembly to which as Juniors Nought-seven has not been unknown. May she be as fond of the front row next year as she has been this. Let every member show his gratitude for the gift by l eing promptly in his seat each morning. Perhaps Hie most valuable of this list will be found to be Senior Dramatic genius. Nought-six has enjoyed the excitement on the hoards , at least we have enjoyed the board of Control on its account. How the list lengthens; next come Senior priv iliges—with the professor's permission—too well understood to be detailed. Last comes the one thing hard for us to part with. To our successors we must give our course in Senior Ethics—and let me say that Ethics is a study where you learn that lots of things you once knew are not so. My

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note book is packed or I could tell you many interesting facts about moral law—the concensus of our moral nature and conscience, that makes cowards of us all when we are quizzed about it. But I must not tell you all we have learned from the course in live minutes. V will leave it a sealed book until next year. If Nought-seven gains half the profit and the inspirations we have found in room 7 with the principal, this will be their most precious possession, as it has been oars, as it is the one we are most loath to leave. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave, not of necessity, but of our own free will, our blessing and a pledge of friendship from henceforth. All the rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind and quality soever it may be. and not herein disposed of (after pay ing our debts and funeral expenses.) we give and bequeath to our Principal and Assistant Principal, for their use and benefit absolutely. If they see fit, they may use the knowledge and startling information we have given them at whatever times we may have written quizzes or examinations, in the education of our younger sisters. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the said Principal sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In Witness Whereof: We, the Class of Nought-six. the testators, have to this, our own will, written on one sheet of parchment, set our hand and seal, this seven teenth day ol May, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred six. 1 CLASS PROPflKCT M A R4 i A 4 KT K K10 N RK. T WAS weary of the merry chatter of friends, and wanted to be alone. All had been excitement since boarding the ship for our return to America. I soon found an opportunity of stealing away to a secluded corner of the deck, and pulling one of the deck chairs near the railing, I found that I had a most excellent view of the waters. The weather was glorious. A fine large moon shown down upon the water, and turned the ripples into indigo waves. Only ten years had passed since I had lelt home, but I felt as if they were a hundred. I had lived so much. In the first place, I had never been abroad before. After leaving Atwood in 1908. my home wasat Portland, Maine for twenty years. Here, most of my time was spent in teaching school. But now I was on a delightful vovage. I had seen and learned much. I had always anticipated just such a tour as this, and to my happy surprise, it had far exceeded my expectations. I had been to Prance. Germany, Italy, Spain and England, and was now on my return voyage to America. Sitting alone on the deck, I thought, Can it be that this is 1916 Yes, and just thirty years since I graduated at the Atwood high school It seemed as though it was but yesterday that 1 received my diploma.” Half asleep, I gazed down into the deep waters. I saw a picture of the class of 1900 just as we appearel on the night of graduation. A wave rolled by and the picture was destroyed. 1 wondered what had become of the members of that class and what each was doing, for I had not seen one of them since 190(5. Suddenly, my attention was turned to what sounded like a wagon and looking out on the waters, there was sure enough, a big wagon coming into one of the streets of an Indiana town. In the wagon sat a woman and a man. the woman carrying a big basket of eggs. 1 had not seen such back woods people for many a day. I watched them drive down the street and stop their noisy wagon at a grocery store. I heard the man sav, Tena, you can take these eggs into the store and wait until 1 come back. I am going to get some plows sharpened.” After getting a good look into the lady's face, I