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

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with its dozens of toddling little ones; the next rung is the intermediate department on which cling a hundred or more boisterous youth and laughing maidctis: on the third, perch the boys and girls of the grammar grade; on the middle rung, stand seven wondering young ladies who comprise the freshman class. Six brilliant sophomores occupy the fifth rung, while on the next, you, juniors, patiently wait for that swiftly approaching moment when we, the Class of lit 7, shall step from the top rung of this ladder out into the broad field of activity. At that moment, worthy juniors, you will assumeour positions. It is fitting, therefore, that, at this last opportunity, we offer a few words of advice and urge you t continue steadfast in the course. Honorable juniors: • You have noticed how utterly useless is a carpenter’s ladder as in leans against the back yard fence on its side. Follow’ not such an example but carry this ladder yonder to the steep structure of knowledge and plant it firmly against the wall. At the foot, dig two holes, anchor the supports safely, making the first step easy: lean the ladder at such angle as to make a fall impossible, and to morrow you may stand on the top rung, viewing for the first time all the wonderful opportunities we now enjoy. Now that the time has come for us to part with this emblem it is with sorrow at having it with us no more, and with pleasure at leaving it in such worthy hands that wc, the Class of 10 7. present it to you. the Class of 1908 • Beneath the colors of the class before you, you will find those of the classes of 1901 and 19 Mi. Year after year, these wrappings tend-to euhance the value of this emblem. When wo look back and see the measure of success most of the alumni of this school have attained our hearts are filled with pride at the thought that we are standing where they once stood. T ?t these colors and this emblem ever keep before you the high ideals to which they have attained and the added opportunities which have come to you. Ever cherish the memory of this emblem and preserve its colors, being ever mindful of its signifiance, and when y i shill hiva stepped from it highest rung, may you entrust it to the watchful care ot your successors. ACVEPTANCE OF LADDER LESLIE I.EWI9 With fear, I stand before you to accept, for the class of ’.W, this ladder which you present to me. To think that I, a weak, innocent, insignificent little Junior, have been chosen to come into the presence of such mighty and glorious Seniors, makes me blifsh with pride. It is as if a few minor gods were ushered into the presence of tue nr.ghty Jupiter. They feel awed and highly honored to think they are the ones. But when I accept this ladder, it reminds me of the use you have made of it. I can readily see that several of the rungs have been broKen and mended. Perhaps they have been broken on some of your wild and aimless journeys over the country. It has been broken when you used it to climb fences You had just told your parents that your class was going out on a field excursion, or perhap to g t some specimens for the Botany class. But at the end of the month vour fathers and mothers have wondered why there were so many black marks on your report card. You knew what was wrong and could have told them had you b en so inclined. You had played hookey. Perhaps, with this little ladder you have climbed as high and have advanced as far into life as you intend to go. Altough we are Juniors, we can give you some advice. There are some things in this world that you

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WHAT SOME OF THEM ARE DOING, Josie Atwell, ’87, teacher. Fi.-klin, III. Nora Atwell, '88. stenographer, Kansas City, Mo. Lydia Diggs. 88. teacher. Atwood. 111. Wilhcluiinc Kaiser, '88, teacher, Dig Timber, Mont. Ida Davis (Yuell), 88, teacher. Fort Payne, Ala. Mary Abrams, 91. teacher, Alva, Okla. Kay Codditigton. '91, dentist, Litchfield. Ill llenrv Gross, '91, enployed in I'. S. Weather Bureau, Chattanooga, Term. Robert Bcrchcr, '91. manager in clothing store Mangutu, Okla. Alfred Helton, 93, doctor, N. Yakima. Wash. Thwait Abrams, ’94, salesman, Marshfield. Wis. Katherine Rrliardt, '96. stenographer, Chicago. III. Kdward Wrigbtsuran, ’96, M. I)., Chicago. Fieri I .null. ''Hf. attorney, Shelbyville, 111. Yollie Smith, ’96. superentendent of schools Rock Island, 111. Una Gross. '98, teacher. Atwood, 111. Walter Hassig. 'bo. book-keeper. N. Yakima, Wash. Alfred ). Gross, 'UO, gathering data in the interest of ornithology, Champaign. HI. Clarence Ii. Marshall, 00, vouch clerk, Kansas City, Mo. Clara Cook. 0U, teacher, Tolona. II). Waller Krburdt, 'i 2, bookkeeper. St. l ouis, Mo. Clara Rider.ut, '02, bookkeeper, Freeport. III. k-ilph Bln -k well, 03, student U. of 1.. Ill I.ee Knby, '04, teacher. Cadwell. III. i barley hrliardl, ’04, rural mail carrier, Atwood. III. Tena liav. »6. telephone operator, Atwood, 111. Kalnh Randall. '06. in U. S. Navy.