Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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Prof. H. P. LITTLE, Supt. Momence Schools

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erjior i(g Bob v pude. The seniors stole forth, one still, clear night And whispered, “now we’ll be ‘out of sight’ And thro the valley and over the height In silence we’ll take our way We’ll start the “bob” as soon as its dark Preparing ourselves for a jolly ‘lark’ And we’ll hie us away to the town of Grant Park And we’ll be as ‘boozy’ as they.” But the frost stole in and they almost froze It grizzled the bangs and reddened the nose But their hearts were light, ’spite of frosted of toes For they had their happiness with ’em. In fact they had a glorious time; The girls all declared that it wat “simply sublime.” (And here is a line that will help out the rhyme And another to balance the rhythm ) And so, when they had reached the town They went to a store of wide renown And proceeded to slip the viands down In a way that was not discreet. And Mr. Ehler did not know And wouldn’t believe when they told him so What a place it was for provisions to go Until he had seen them eat. But on the way home, oh, sad to relate, A youth lost his balance, slipped o’er the end gate And, catching on something, was dragged on his pa In a manner both painful and sad, And his comrades, next day, declared, one and all, When questioned on lessons they couldn ' t recall That they were the ones who had suffered the fall And lost all the sense that they had.

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Essay. ■a Has Nature or Education the greater Influence on Character? It becomes evident, by observation and experience, that both nature and education have great influence upon the character. But one will, in all probability, have a greater influence than the other. Hence arises the question. It is related in an Arabian story that a Prince of the East once upon a time offered a prize to be given to the loveliest boy in all his kingdom. Many came from the remotest confines of his wide domain and contended for the prize, but popular acclaim awarded it to one of the most surpas¬ sing beauty. Such perfect and angelic loveliness had never before been seen in the gay and wealthy court of the eccentric prince. Some years la¬ ter the caprice of the same prince prompted him to offer a prize for the ug¬ liest man that could be found in his realm. The most diligent search was instituted and many came to compete for the prize. There were all degrees and kinds of ugliness, so that a de¬ cision was difficult, but while the contest was yet undecided a man was. ushered into the presence of the judges whose aspect was so forbidding and utterly hideous as to have lost almost all semblance to humanity,. The spectators shrank from him in disgust. Sin had set its seal on every blotch and in every wrinkle of the seared and bloated face. The prize was awarded him ' ithout a dissenting voice. Inquiry among the neigh¬ bors of the horrible creature revealed the fact that he had been the lovely boy, who years before, had won the prize for beauty. Intemperance, debauchery, sensuality and crime had wrought the fearful change. It was early education that had transformed the boy of perfect beauty and loveliness into the man of hideous and forbidding aspect. How fearful the responsibility of those whose duty it is to educate the young. Here had been wrought a transformation most complete and startling. An innocent boy, of pure and perfect character, whose heart was a holy temple into which only pure thoughts should have been al-