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One of the greatest problems that has been before our High School during the past few years has been "The Place of Athletics in the School Work."

There have been many and varied views on this subject, but none have gone so far as to deny the necessity of athletics in our modern educational system.

And with few exceptions, our people have always recoginized this principle.

The interest in field sports at the present time is taking a very enthusiastic part. It is being recognized in recent years that the encouragement of manly sports in schools tends to promote a general growth and brings about higher grades of scholarship.

Some of our athletes may forget that there is anything more important than victory

Whenever in the presence of an assembled crowd, he takes his place upon the "scratch," nerving himself for the dash for glory, or when meeting with some of his old rivals upon the "grid-iron," the "6" gained by a touch-down may be the uppermost in his thoughts, but soon his mind changes from the hard, dusty, breathless and sometimes bloody sports, only to gain greater honors in the class room, and that he may prove that the highest results are attained by the mind, sustained by a powerful and vigourous body.

Although this is the first Athletic Association that has been organized in our High School since '94, they are almost all new members, they are making a successful showing for beginners. The interest taken in the work by the students and also the teachers induces the younger scholars to continue their work in school that they may some day be able to take the places of the older ones in the athletic work.

We have observed that those who make the best showing in athletics, are the best in the class room.



The enthusiasm which is arroused, and the interest that is taken in the work seems to be the connecting link, between the different grades.


The annual game between the A.H.S. and Alumni teams was played as usual. The high school boys played a good game and as a result they were the winners.

In a game with the Manning team, at that place, the Atlantic boys met their equal, although both sides played well. It was thought that they fed us too well to play good ball. As a result the score stood 12 to 13 in favor of Manning.

One of the interesting features in the athletic line of last year were the ball games between the Audubon and Atlantic high school teams. The one played in Audubon ended with a score of 20 to 15 in favor of Atlantic. The defeated team thought they could win in a longer game having played only eight innings on account of the Atlantic boys having to leave on the early train. They were given a chance to try when they played here at the fair grounds, although it was very close up to the seventh inning, when the visiting team made some bad blunders which resulted in several scores for the home team, and the game ended with a score of 9 to 3 in favor of Atlantic.

The Adair high school team came down to play our team. The game was very close, but at last they gained a score and it closed with 13 to 14 in favor of the visiting team.