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

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tance apart and in rows, but farther back they form a dense wood. Running' through this field is an old rail fence, which is to keep the sheep off the neighbors’ field. Then we see the ground which is covered with a light fall of snow, but we can tell there is very little for the roots of trees and small stones are left bare. There is a flock of sheep in the pasture and they act as if they had just come from their master’s barns where they had been fed. Part of them are ahead of the others and seem to have found some grass which was not covered by the snow. The rest of them are walking very slowly as if they were in no hurry. The trees in the foreground form shadows on the ground which resemble small streams running from a larger one. ANIMAL COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL LIFE By Naomi Romine Man is generally called the social animal, but he is not the onlv one for honey-bees, bumble bees and ants also lead a social life. The bees at first made their homes in hollow trees, but-after being domesticated they live in hives made for them by their Owuers. In a colony there are three kind of bees each performing a certain work. The queen, who is the mother of the whole community, lives from five to ten years and lays about a million eggs each year. There are also about one hundred drones or male bees and many hundred workers. The workers live for only a short time but they do a great amount of work in that time. They care for the young, procure food and make the honey. The workers make the comb from wax, a fluid secreted from glands on the under surface of their abdomens. They gather pollen from the flowers and store it in pollen baskets on their hind legs. Nector is also gathered and taken into the honey stomach. There is a great deal of water in the honey and to evaporate this the bees stand in front of the hive and fan it with their wings this produces a current of air which evaporates the water. There are many cells in a hive each one being the home ot a bee. The queen lays an egg in each empty cell and they hatch in about three days. They first appear as larvae and are fed on honey and bee-jelly until they go into the pupa stage which lasts about thirteen days during which time the pupa lives without food. When it again transforms it is an adult bee. The larvae which are expected to.be-come queens are fed a special prepared food making them develope better than the others. For by previous experiments it has been found tint the larvae which are fed on the prepared bee-jelly develope into queen bees, while those fed on common food develope into workers or drones. When a new queen is hatched the old queen tries to kill her and they fight until

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cteariy her hidden modesty and delicacy. Some may say that Rdsalihd Was riot capable of so great a love as that which Celia had for her, but shehad no such chance to show her love as her cousin had. However, we have demonstration of how truly and faithfully she loved Orlando. Thus, Rosalind honored her sex; for she was truly a woman in the fullest sense of the word; she forgot her own sorrows or tattler hid her troubles while She tried to make others happy; she was capable of giving her true love; and she possessed a wholesome quality of humor which was always used at the right time. THE BANISHED DUKE By Emma Fahrnkopf The banished Duke led a rath • er happy, careless life. When fortune turned against him he made the best of it and adapted himself to the new conditions. The fact that he was banished by his brother did not seem to IbWer his spirits at all, for he still indulged in all the pleasures of the forest. Charles in hi§ conversation to Oliver said that many mferry men were with him in the forest and there they lived like old Robin Hood of England, and that numbers of young gentlemen flocked to him every day, and fleeted the time carelessly as they did in the golden world. The Duke not only enjoyed things himself but made everything pleasant for those around him. We see the result of this in the speech of C larles, mentioned before. And also in the fact that several of the lords of | his duchy gave up their court life to follow him when he was banished. Judging from his disposition and banishment, he had not ruled strictly enough, had allowed his brother to gain influence and when his downfall came had made no resistance. The Duke showed his hospitality when Orlando demanded food by allowing Orlando and his old servant to sit down at the table and eat. He was considerate of his attendants, and when he was told l.e could return to court said, “those who have endured shrewd days and nights with i s shall share the good of our returned fortune, according to the measure of their states.” DESCRIPTION OF A PICTURE By Casper Smith 1 think this picture represents i scene in England for Farqu-hafson the man who painted it, is one of the most celebrated English landscape painter of the day. The first thing one notes is the sky in which the moon is hining brightly, and the white s clouds which are made many times whiter by the moon’s rays falling upon them. In the distance however, they are much darker and some are almost black. Then come the trees, which are large old oaks with, huge twisted branches. Ib the foreground they are some dis-

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Otie is forced to flee with her the ants Very Carefully convey workers, these go off to them- them to other plants. Each ant has a certain work selves and start a new colony. to do. The soldier ants protect Ants live in colonies or com- the home and drive all insects munities and they also arrange away. The workers care for themselves into sections, each the young and keeps the house having a certain work to per- in order. form. Their home is an under- Both the bee and ant com- ground building divided into munities are S3 steinatically ar- several different rooms. One ranged, for each member has a room is used as a store house certain task to perform. for the fo d, another as a nur- Animals have many charact- sery for the young and another eristics of people. Those living as a farm for the plant lice or in colonies divide their work as the ants cattle. These lice live several people would do, and on certain plants from which like society leaders the queen they obtain a sweet-fluid called bees contend among themselves honey-dew. When the ants for leadership. touch these lice they give up Thus we see if a community this liquid which is the ants prospers whether it be a com- chief food. They take great care munity of people or of animals of the lice and if the plants die each one must have his special which the lice are feeding on task to perform. AN ANTIQUE EPISTLE By Ted Merritt An old epistle has recently old Pompeii, a marble column, been found in an obscure and as it fell, crushing his body. unexplored recess of an ancient Poor Glaucus! He so tenderly building in Rome. It was evi- implored me not to think him dently writteu soon after the guilty! I am positive that he eruption of Mount Vesuvius in is not. 79 A. D. and consequently has Without any other proof than an age of over eighteen bun- fiom the characters of the two, dred years. Translated, it runs I should judge against Arbaces as follows: and in favor of Glaucus. My “Capus Lucius to his beloved noble friend was frank; Arbaces Marcus—greeting and health! was subtle. While the Athen- If thou be well, it is well; I am ian was amiable, the Egyptian also well. I have just received, was abominable. From my first to my great joy, a long letter meeting with the former, I felt from Glaucus, telling me that at perfect ease in his presence. he and lone are safely landed in The other held me in awe when- Athens where they are soon to ever 1 chanced to encounter be married. He also states that him. he saw Arbaces breathe his But circumstances are suffi- last among the ruins of dear cient to convict the Magician. I