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Page Number 18 Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the National House of Representatives, and Hon. Charles S. Deneen, Governor of Illinois, are numbered among the illustrious subscribers of our Year Book this year. Harold Nelson secured the governor ' s subscription, and Clifford Con nor that of Mr. Cannon. These students believe in the scripture that teaches us to “ask largely.” -o- A little girl in Momence, belonging to one of the low¬ er grades, recently went to Sunday School, and the teacher gave her a very pretty card containing a verse of scripture, telling her to keep the card and she would receive others. “Yes,” said the little girl, “I’ll keep it until I get a whole deck.” —— 0 - YVe call attention to the “ads,” in this Year Book and •especially to the page “ad” of Greer College, of Hoope- ston. Its in a good town, and a safe place to send the boys for a business education. Our Momence business men, who have always been so loyal to the Year Book, should be given all the patronage of Momence people, buy in Momence, and then watch the old town grow. -O- It has been demonstrated in the past year that some¬ thing ought to be done to “let off” some of the argu¬ mentative steam of the debating minds of the students of the high school. We suggest an easy way to do this is for the class to organize a debating society. In favor of this we might say that such a society would be an incentive to the students to do more reading, and also increase their knowledge along good practical lines. Knowledge of the studies of the high school course may be increased by debating questions pertaining to these studies. Mr. AYinans assures us that such a course is contemplated for next year. THE JUNIOR YEAR BOOK The Momence High School is one of the best that can be found in the state, in a city of this size. Our schools are fully accredited in the University of Illinois, and the number of students in the high school is very large in proportion to the population of the city. As the years go by the average age of our graduates is surely growing less. This is due, perhaps, to the law compel¬ ling pupils to attend school regularly in their early life. -O—- Many townships over the state are building township high schools. It seems to be a “condition not a theory” and the farmers are voting for these schools, in order to give their children a better chance. However, these schools do not add so much to the high school equipment of cities, as they, like Momence, already have good high schools that are usually merged into the township high v school. -o—— If we look around we see boys that used to be in the grades, but they are now out of school. Some of them are doing odd jobs when they are not loafing around the pool rooms or worse places. Our students should all profit by their mistakes. The high school education does not assure our success, nor make us immune from honest, hard work, but it will enable us to take up some better employment, if the opportunity comes, and at least we shall be better citizens of our country, and en¬ joy more of life and nature. It takes real heroism to remain in school sometimes, but it, will pay int, he long run. - 0 -
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THE JUNIOR YEAR BOOK Page Number 17 Editorial Section Junior year Book EDITORIAL SECTION. The Annual Momence High School Year Book, greets the students, and the citizens of Momence, for the tenth consecutive year, a record that has not been equaled by many schools of the state. The interest taken by the people and especially the business men, as well as the students, has been responsible for its long continuation. The Year Books of the past have all been a credit to the schools, and are the best advertisement the town has had. The many half-tone pictures have told eloquently of the beauty of nature and the public buildings, and also correctly portrayed the faces of the teachers and students of our cshools. All thesewill be of absorbing interest to the students, and citizens of the future. A copy of the Year Book of 1909 was placed in the corner stone of the new $250,000 court bouse at Kanka¬ kee, last fall, and may not again be seen for one hundred years, but when it is again beheld by the students of the distant time, they will no doubt be convinced that our schools were fully abreast of the times when the book was printed. The staff is grateful for the liberal patronage of the book this year, 475 copies having been sold. The high school pupils were divided into two divisions, the Ma¬ roons, with Ethel Dwyer captain, and the Blues, with Lester Polk captain. Prizes were offered of $3.00, $2.00 and $1.00, for the students securing the greatest number of subscribers. The first was won by Harold Nelson, the second by Charles Tuttle, and the third by Frank Connor. At the close of the contest, the sides were just a tie. A half day longer was given to break the tie and the blues won, the number of books sold being 244 for the Blues and 231 for the Maroons. The Maroons, were privileged to give a banquet at their expense, which they did with a royal good will. DEAN HOWK, Editor. -o- OUR FIRE ESCAPES. This book owes its existence mostly to people outside the school so we mention some things that will certainly be of interest to the patrons outside. This year saw the introduction of the fire drill in the school. The build¬ ing is large and if it caught fire there would be great ex¬ citement under ordinary conditions. But now fire es¬ capes have been provided and with the fire drill thor¬ oughly learned, much of the danger is eliminated. The pupils have become accustomed to the sound of the fire bell and there is no danger of panic when it rings. If a fire should start, the pupils would not know its real importance until they were safely out of the building. Our parents can now feel thankful that such a condition exists, and that danger from fire is practically removed. —o— The year of 1910 is an extraordinary year. In this year Halley’s comet reappears after a vacation absence of seventy-five years. The advent of such a wonderful celestial body was considered by the ancients to precede some wonderful event. Brilliant minds, therefore, at once think of the Momence High School Junior Year Book, of 1910.
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