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

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THE POST (Class History In 1918, forty-three Freshmen entered the Atwood township high school. After about a week or two we became accustomed to our new surroundings and settled down to work. Most of us had come from the country and were not accustomed to the methods used here. The last of October the Sophomores invited us to a party. We knew all that was planned, and left our bash-fullness at home. Before the evening was over we had proved that we were not so “green” as they had thought. The year 1919 found us with only thirty-one; although we were not so large in number we were older and wiser. We displayed our wisdom when the Freshmen were invited. 1920 found us with twenty-nine members calling themselves Juniors. We added three new members: Earl Dick, Vera Johnson, and Martha Powell. The class as a whole has been well represented in the school activities. The boys have taken part in athletics and the orchestra, and the girls in oratory. Harold Auld ’22 djiutior Dictionary Affection. The link between Joe B. and “Maddy. Boy. Cause of ail heart breaking. D’s. They are very common especially in English. Dead. Our condition on Monthly morning. Education. That’s what we are here for. Flunk. Heard but un-known. Gum. A habit most everyone has. Habit. That which makes us loiter in the corridors. Ideals. Scarce and very fragile. Jokes. Necessary articles for the Post and when at a parly Kiss. Why don’t you know? Money. Our common interests. Notices. A token of Professor’s affection. Notes. A very common way of communication. Opinion Something anyone wants to give you. Pep. They say we have it. Quiz. We often meet them when least prepared. Receptions. Very peculiar and chronic ailment at the A. T. H S. Study. A desire never caught Verbosity. Often used by unsuspecting young and the teachers. Wisdom. What our parents think we’re getting. X Y. Z. Ad infinitum. iieabiita The dictionary definition for reading is the study of books,” and that is exactly what reading is. One may read hundreds of books, getting only the stories or the interesting points and yet not really study them and select the finer points. Many people leave out whole pages of description, or what they class as the minor points, in order to follow some certain plot, thereby losing much which is of value and would be of interest if taken as a means to cultivate a liking for it.

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.IJmtinr (!ll;iS5 Clausie Anderson, Grace Bushell, Leslie Harshbnrger, Carl Merritt, Richard Riggs. Earl Dick, Harold Auld, Daisy Dobbs, Hugh Harsbbarger, Opal Monroe, Arnold Short, Vera Johnson, Joseph Baker, Quenelle Dukeman, Keith Kiinmel, Edward Parsons, Harold Stevens, Martha Powell, Lillian Bowman, Cecil Edmondson, Stella McConnell. Mina Peters, Claude Ware, William Braithwaite, Huldah Greve, Laverne Manaugh, Helen Quick, Wallace Wiley.

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THE POST Through reading, many, who are not able to travel to a great extent, learn of people, countries and customs which otherwise they would never know. Reading enlarges the vocabu- and broadens the mind. Of course, there is “trashy reading, which has quite the opposite influence, but nothing can excel a good, clean, book lary, changes many of one’s ideas. Vera Johnson.