Lincoln High School - Ahdawagam Yearbook (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)

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What s Money F'or'P “To Spend” answers the foolish young man, who would have said, if he interpreted his thoughts correctly—“To Squander.” There is a difference between spending money and squandering money and that difference is exactly represented by a savings account in a bank. We don t advice anybody to save money that they really need to spend, but we do advice everybody-especially young men and young women-to save whatever small portion of their earnings that they are tempted to squander. IT IS AN EASY THING TO DO. You can start a savings account with one dollar, and the hardest part of anything is the starting. The young man or woman who follows this advice will some day be very glad that he happened to read this article in that popular sheet “The Ahdahwagam.” Wood County Nat’l. Bank GRAND RAPIDS. WISCONSIN THE BIG BANK ON THE CORNER “Young Man Wanted” is a very common expression among business men and manufacturers. The education and business training secured through our students bant account sytem will place a young man in a much better position to ob- tain one of the best situations. Ast about it. The First National Bank Grand Rapids, Wisconsin SEE Abel Pode wiltz Co. for NEW SPRING STYLES Suits, Shoes, Hats, Ect.

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A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN worked his way up to a flood position and for some vears had been in receipt of a splendid salary He had the confidence and respect of his em- ployers They decided to taxe him into the firm on condition that he make an investment of 1,500. It was a bifl opportunity for this young man —a chance of a lifetime Imagine his regret when he stood before his employers and confessed that he had saved no money but had spent his salary as he received it— frittered it away Needless to say. he didn’t get the partnership Don’t let opportunity find you unprepared. Open a Savings Account here to day—a dollar is all yon need. Bank of Grand Rapids WEST SIDE When In Grand Rapids Don’t Forget the Commercial Hotel UT ('HES FRUIT Brockman Akey NEAR NEW ST. PAUL DEPOT HOME MADE CANDIES ICE CREAM Dr. C. C. Rowley Physician and Surgeon Phones 466 150 MacKinnon Blk. F. S. GILL Painter and Decorator THE RETINOSCOPE Enables Us to accurately measure any Refraclive Error of the Eyes without fatigue to the patient- omce measured the correction is easily made with the lenses we prescribe and with prelectly fitted glasses you can see clearly once more. Headache, Nervousness and Eyestrain are over- come by proper glasses let us help you! A. P. HIRZY Grand Rapids. Wisconsin

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THE AH D AH WAG AM GRAND RAPIDS. WISCONSIN MEMBERS OF THE STAFF Faculty Advisors Minn Ua.sk el I. Miss Stitzer, Miss Snyder Editor in Chief—Theodrick Bradford Associate Editors—Leonard Kinister. Myron Hill, Dorothy Brazeau Athletic Editor Don Nat wick Exchange Editor—Neil Nash Debating Editor Warren Beadle Owl Kditor—Catherine Gibson Local Editors —Mary Jones, Dorothy Brundage Business Managers Herbert Wolf, Walter Baruch Subscription Manager—George Mullen Josh Editor—Harold Babcock. The Honor System. In schools where the honor system has been tried and proved successful, it has been a great lienefit. It has proved a success in the best schools, and has generally proved a failure where tried by schools that had no faith in it. This system is a method in which the pupils are put upon their honor by taking a pledge before writ- ing their examinations. In this pledge or oath they promise to neither give nor receive help, and to re- l ort all cases of dishonesty that they may see. No instructors are present, and the pupils are put en- tirely upon their honor. One of the general objections to this system is that the students are put in a jtositinn where cheat- ing is made easier. ('heating is often carried on without thought on the part of the pupil of the seriousness of this offense. But when this pledge is taken, they realize that their character is deter- mined by the keeping of it. In most cases this eliminates cheating because the seriousness of it is made clear to the student. Another argument againt the honor system is that it would l)e impossible to cany it out in a school of so varied a class of students. But the high school is the place where the tmining for future life should l»e firmly established. Responsibilities should he as- sumed at this age in preparation for life after the high echoed. If responsibilities cannot lie assumed in the high school, will it lie possible to assume them immediately after leaving school? In our present system the honest and dishonest are watched alike. But when the instructors are not present, the honest pupil has the op]x rtunity to prove his character, whereas that of the dishonest is discovered. In this method the guilty are often detected more quickly than in the old system, and they can improve their character by a little atten- tion. so that it may influence theirentire future life. The character of our honest pupils must lie devel- oped and that of the dishonest changed. Surely the honor system would help to bring this about, and certainly there are enough honest students in our high school to insure the successful trial of the system. Lyda Nelson Eva Lind. The Value of the Reading Table. Myron Hill '14. The students who use the muling table daily do not realize the value that it is to the school. They do not stop to think that very few schools have such a complete reference library in the current issues of the leading magazines. The school is at a great expense yearly in provid- ing magazines for the table. The magazines are held in heavy, transferable covers, which gives (hem some protection in their constant use. The maga- zines are all kept, and later bound; but some of them are sadly torn and marked after they have served their time in the main room. This is the way that the magazines are used. They are thrown from desk to desk and even on the floor. If some ridiculous picture or cartoon is shown many boys cannot resist the temptation of attacking some one’s name in pencil or ink. Many times a boy gets a good magazine and keeps it in his desk for his own use. This is a selfish practice, and many magazines with their covers have been lost as a re- sult. It is something to lie remembered that the girls know how to use the magazines as they were meant to be used. The gotxl things derived from the reading table are many. Of course, its greatest value is the num- ber of references that can l e found. The magazines furnish references for nearly all of the composition work done in the high scheel. The fact that the copies are saved from month to month makes it I ossihle to find a reference in a hack number with very little trouble. Then the reading table furnishes a corner for se- creation outside of school hours. During the noon hour especially, the supply of magazines is scarcely equal to the demand. With these thoughts in mind, let us hope that the reading table may be used with a little more con McMlLLAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY WISCONSIN RAPIDS. WISCONSIN