Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Fithian, IL)

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+ + THE ACORN Board of Education Officers J. E. Downey, President Muncic, Illinois P. H. FiTHIAN F. L. ENDICOTT Geo. G. E. LlTTELL, Secretary Fithian, Illinois Thomas Oakwood E. H. Fox P. Vinson Committees Finance Building Fithian Oakwood Endicott Supplies Vinson Littell Fox Vinson Littell Fox Teachers Fithian Oakwood Endicott . 18 + 0. T. H. S [6]

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WE THE CLASS OF NINETEEN EIGHTEEN DO DEDICATE THIS SECOND VOLUME OF THE ACORN TO MR. WEISIGER OUR SINCERE FRIEND AND HELPER

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THE ACORN Functions of a Modern School HERE was a time when the institution called the school did little more than provide a teacher for a few months each year whose duty it was to hear children recite from textbooks. It never occurred to the people then that the school could be of benefit in many ways to children out of term time and to adults as well. Now the school is made use of for ever increasing purposes. A rural community may use its school building and grounds for farmers’ institutes, chautauquas, lecture courses, religious meetings, political discussions, home gatherings, and community meetings of many other kinds. And, why should this not be true? The school building and grounds constitute the only common property in the school district, that is, it is the only property that is owned by all the people. One person should have the same interest in this property as another, and all should take advantage of what they own. Why should the school property be allowed to stand idle during the summer when it could be used in so many beneficial ways? Cities spend thousands of dollars to have recreation parks that are not half so beautiful as the 0. T. H. S. grounds. They put large sums of money into libraries. In a rural community this necessary work can best be carried on through the high school. The war has in various ways emphasized the uses to which the schools may be put. Schools have sold War Savings Stamps, Liberty Bonds, have organized Junior Red Cross units, have formed Boys’ Working Reserves, and have aided in hundreds of ways. The schools must serve the nation, the state, and the community to the greatest possible extent, and any community that does not make use of its school property to the fullest extent is committing an economic waste. Geo. B. Weisiger. + O. T. II. S. ’18 [7]