Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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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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