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

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that In will forget that he is living, and yell himself hoarse when the team makes a touchdown. If the team loses, he weeps with the team. If the team wins, he goes mad with the rest of the crowd, yells like an Indian, and helps to carry the team off the field. When night comes a parade starts for down town to hold a celebration. Hoards, planks, piano cases, and boxes begin to appear from all directions. Soon, a big bonfire i blazing. Everybody yells and has a good time. Street car traffic may be stopped, and the police force may be called out to put down the riot, but the whole thing is enjoyable, and is an event to be remembered for a life time. Such pranks may seem foolish but I believe they have a place in a man's general education. It is a fine thing to get one's bood stirred up occasionally, and it is always beneficial to work up a little enthusiasm now and then. The best things to be learned cannot always be gotten from books. Books are a fine thing, but they are only a means towards an end. A working knowledge which is to be gotten from books is necessary, but only constitutes the foundation of an education. The “book worn) .or the man whose accomplishments are limited to what he has learned from books, of little value to the win 1 I. The man who can think for himself and knows how to apply knowledge is the one who wins. There is a great demand for people who can stand on their own feet and take part in real life; people who arc wide awak- and ready to get busy. In this lies the value of a university training. There are so many things here to employ one's time and so many opportunities for development that if there is any good in a man at all, four years' university training will bring it out. After living the life of an earnest student for that time one ought to develop enough enthusiasm to last him a lifetime. This is why a university training helps a man to get along in the world. The people who arc ready and willing to work soon advance above the sleeping multitude. The song,“Wait for an opportunity, is the chant of a lazy man. The oppressive age is past. All people have equal chances. Success is not a question of opportunity. It is simply a matter of getting busy. The man who works gains. The man who loafs loses. This is in accord with all laws of nature and rules of justice. What a man becomes varies with the closeness with which he sticks to the motto “Get Busy.”

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K K F, B. T. McCIjAIX Clerk of of the Board of Education. Iphysician and Surgeon EERCHKR Before Painting KSTIMATKS H’RMSHKD ON AITI.ICATION ATNVOOI). ILLINOIS ' Farm When wanting Fresh Fruits in their Season, call on the Shady Dell Fruit Farm. Telephone No. 1533. ALKX T. GROSS ISetta Jlft. jfabrnhopf TEACHER OF PIANO AND REED ORGAN Will give technic class lessons free of charge to all music pupils. Fitting Eve C.lassoi a Specialty. ATWOOD. ILLINOIS. ATWOOD. ILLINOIS

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