THE JUNIOR YEAR BOOK COUNTY ORATORICAL AND TRACK MEET COUNTY ORATORICAL. The tenth annual Oratorical Contest was held at the High School building in Kankakee, on Friday, May the thirteenth. There were four contestants in oratory and also four in declamation. The size of the room was against the speakers as it made it hard for them to make themselves heard all over the house Momence, Herscher, and St. Anne now realize their mistake by not choosing a patriotic subject. An orator can arrouse more feeling in his hearers by such a sup- ject, and it gives a good impression. One of the Kanka¬ kee papers said that it was noticable that the winner of of the cup held the attention of the audience, while Geo. Grabe did not. The reason was that anybody can under¬ stand a patriotic subject, while it takes a thinker to un¬ derstand a subject like tariff revision. St. Anne and H rscher did well and their men are good for another trial. Hjalmer Hasselquist, of Kankakee won first, and George Grabe, of Momence, won second. In declamations there was a neat little task laid out for the judges when itcame to deciding who received first. Its a nice thing to be a judge of such a contest. In the declamations of the winners, every word was heard dis¬ tinctly and clearly. This counted a whole lot in win¬ ning a place. The declamation winning first, was a story of a case of jealousy between the Emperor of Rome and an extremly good archer. The climax of the piece is the triumph of the archer over the jealous king. The decla¬ mation that won second was a story of a street boy’s talk to the governor The music was furnished by the Kankakee High School Glee Club, and the greeting was given by Superintendent F. N. Tracy. The medals were awarded to the winnersi of the field day meet, while the judges were making their decision. Page Number 21 HELD AT KANKAKEE, ON MAY 13, 1910 THE TRACK MEET Friday, May 13, 1910, the High Schools of Momence, Kankakee, Herscher, St. Anne and Manteno met for the tenth annual track meet, on the Kankakee Fair Grounds. The contest was a close one, all thru between Momence and Kankakee, Momence being beaten by two points. Both teams were well represented by a number of enthu¬ siastic rooters, who encouraged them with their High School yells The track was in good condition, but the temperature of the day was very low for the events. Notwithstand¬ ing the coolness of the day, a great many records were broken. Norris, of Kankakee, broke the county record for the 220 yard dash, making it in 23 4-5 seconds, the old record being 24 1-5, held by Simmons, of Kankakee. The county record for the half-mile and the mile were broken by Metcalf, of Momence. The time of the half was 2:13 2-5, breaking the old record of 2:15, which was held by Deselm, of Kankakee. The new record that he made was 5 minutes and 3 seconds, 2 seconds better than Coyer’s of St. Anne Mann, of Kankakee, broke the rec¬ ord of the countyfor the pole vault, which was held by Hayden, of Momence. The new record is 9 :9, one inch better than the old record. A new record for the discus was made by Corcoran, of Kankakee, the distance being 100 feet 7 1-2 inches, and the old 93 feet, by Deselm, of Kankakee. Stratton, of Momence set a new record in the 120 hurdles, and broad jump. • In the first he broke Deselm’s record 17 seconds bv four-fifths of a second. The county record in the sec¬ ond was 19:11 l-2feet, held by Momence, Stratton’s new record for the broad jump being 20:3. The relay was won by Kankakee, it being decided in the first 220 by Simmons, but Momence men gained on each Kankakee man after the first 220. The total score was: Kankakee, 5 :3: Momence, 5:1: Herscher 1:3.
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THE JUNIOR YEAR BOOK Page Nubmber 23 HAPPINESS HOR3B9 KB ff ■ Tgrar» -«gwEgaaBg mmnvKn Ba ammmnmamtmmm iamaMBmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmaa mnwnam mu n The sun was just setting in the west with all the beauty and grandeur of a summer evening. The soft breeze stirred each leaf on the trees with a touch so gentle that the leaves seemed, to quiver like delicate instruments. The little creek went babbling along its way. In fact all nature seemed to be in tune. Soon the stars crept out in the heavens and the moon came also to cheer the earth. The moon beams were sent streaming to the ground. The little white cottage with its large porch, overhung with a rambling rose vine, seemed in harmony with the surroundings. There was no light in the cottage for the light of the moon was enough. Two chairs were placed on the porch, one a wicker, and the other a Morris chair. In the first sat a gray-haired lady, in the last, an old man. As the moon beams fell across the porch and on the faces, their sweet and noble characters shone forth. But it also showed that anxiety reigned there. “Well, mother, this is the most beautiful evening, that I have ever seen. Are not the moon and stars and every¬ thing beyond description? And the perfume from the roses that is wafted here is just grand.” “Yes, it is fine,” answered the old lady. “Its too bad that- everything around here should be so lovely, for it makes the parting the more unbearable. ” Mr. and Mrs. Tremont had lived in this place for many years. They had worked and saved to make it so beauti¬ ful. They had been happy, until their onlv child, a young man of twenty years of age, had gone ' into the world to make his way. At first they heard from him, and received money, but finally lost track of him, and xlow for several years nothing had been heard from him. All had gone well with the old people until Mr Tre¬ mont was taken sick, and could not work. He had not been able to work for a long time, and now a mortgage, which was on the property, was to be foreclosed on the next day. That was the reason for the anxious looks as the old people sat on the porch that night. As a sound of music and singing was borne by the breeze to the now silent people, they were spell-bound. So sweetly came the sound of the piano, and the voice of ' a young man singing. “Mother,” said the man, “that is the song that Phil was so fond of singing.” “Yes,” came the answer, “I recognized it when I first heard it. Oh, how I wish he was here! It would not be so hard if he was here to bear it with us. But let go in now. ’ ’ Presently all was quiet except for the occasional breeze and the sound of a, distant whip-o-will or hoot owl. The next day was as bright and beautiful as the pre- ceeding one had been. It was almost too bright for such a dark day for the old people. The man who was to foreclose the mortgage, was at the house and ready for business, when a large red touring car swept up the lane. A tall, handsome young man jumped out and turned to assist a lady. He then ran in¬ to the house. He stopped short when he saw a strange man there. But on seeing his parents he rushed over to them. “Mother, father!” he cried, “I am Philip. Why did you not write?’ “Son,” gasped Mr. Tremont, as soon as his surprise permitted him ‘ we never received a letter form you; we-
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