Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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The Pm.ion High School lief lector 17 A bargain sale was held In the girls’ wrap-room recently. Some very useful and ornamental articles of wearing apparel were offered at very low prices. The sale seemed to have been a gn at success as the wares soon disappeared. Since the advent of Mr. Funkhouser, several of our boys have begun to “sit up and take notice,” froth literally and figuratively. The Sophomore Science Class has ta ken up the study of Botany under the able supervision of Mr. Funkhouser. When Miss Felmley asked Bill O. to name some needed improvements of the community, he promptly named the Interurban from Kankakee to Champaign.” We wonder why! A letter from Mr. Messenger, our high school principal and teacher of history and civics last year, states that the Reflector is a very welcome visitor, and that when the Freshman number came to hand, he read every word of it from cover to cover at a single sitting. He has promised a letter to his students of last year to be published in the Junior Class number. Mr. Messenger is pleased with lr's new work in the business world, but intimates that European war conditions have unfavorably effected the larger operations of his company. Word from Mr. Rogers indicates that he is very much pleased with his position as a member of the faculty of the State Normal School at Stevens Point, Wisconsin. THE BUSINESS MANAGER’S COLUMN SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE. It costs from forty to sixty dollars to get out each issue of the Reflector We need money to meet this expense promptly. I ess than one-third of the subscriptions have been paid, and the amount still due from subscribers is too small in each case to justify the hiring of an automobile for making the rounds on Saturday to urge payment: and the school days are too fully taken up with regular work to warrant special effort to collect then. So come across at once with the cash and have the agony over. Your receipts are ready. Do this and you will be happy and we will be happy— get busy and make things snappy for tempii8 fugits. The Business Manager. BU$INE$$ MANAGER’S SONG. How dear to my heart 1$ the ca$h on Subscription, When Some kind Subscriber PreSentS it to view. Of one who won’t pay I refrain from description, For perhaps, gentle reader, That one may be you.—Ex. Do not forget Reflector Advertisers. When you have read the general and special contents of our high school paper, take an evening and read all that our advertisers have to say to you. Call the attention of your parents to the good things they are offering. Occasionally speak a word to others about our friends, the Reflector Advertisers. Remember that they pay about one-third of the expense of the Reflector.

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16 The Paxton High School lief lector Decalogue. 1. V a e the text l ooks. thy taskmasters: Thou shalt not place the movies” before us. 2. Thou shalt not take the name of the fae iltv in vain for O. J. B. shall not hold him gu'ltless, who taketu their illustrious name in vain. 3. Rememl er the “ten-minute” bell and keep it holy. 4. Honor the study periods, else the grades will be low on the cards which thy teachers will give thee. 5. Thou shalt not chew sum. f.. Thou shalt not borrow thy neighbor’s Latin translation. 7. Thou shalt not use “ponies , neither shalt thou get canned from class. 8. Thou shalt not throw notes unto thy neighbor. 9. Thou shalt not borrow thy neighbor’s tablet, neither his pencils, nor his fountain pen, nor his compass, nor anything which is thy neighbor’s. 10. I, Mr. Elmer, am a jealous prin cipal, visiting the iniquity of this High School noon its members even unto the third and fourth classes of those that hate me, and giving good grades unto those that love me and keep my emmandments. Book Reviews. (Few of our school fellows reali .e the number of authors within our midst. It is with the thought of bringing the work of our most em! nent geniuses before the pul lie that we publish these reviews.) Latest Fashion Fancies.—Dot W, How to Reduce—Taken from Author's Own Experience.—Perle J. Latin Made Easy—An extensive work based on the work of our public schools.—Alma G. “Leisure Class Ideals —-Shrewd observation drawn from author’s own experiences.—'Dewey H. Ph. D. “Affairs of the Heart”—The author is well qual fled to discuss this question. His experiences in this field ar- many.—Russel T. Crowe. “Beauty Hints —Containing fifty-six illustrations of author.—'Ethel Kelly. ’’Remin'scences of My Childhood Days”—Ruby F. “Curls—Their Care and Arrangement —’William O. “How to Amuse a Small Boy” Maurice Peterson. A TRAGEDY. I shot a paper in the air It fell some place, I know not where. I tried to follow it in its flight But could not see where it did light. I breathed some word about an exam I learned my fate and said, “Oh--” For who has mind so keen and strong To answer questions all the day long. Two days afterward on the floor ( The tiny wad appeared once more; The long exam, and that little wad I fondly wished were beneath the sod. SOPHOMORE NOTES. With the beginning of the second semester, the Sophomores took up the study of English History, with Mr. Elmer. The class promises to be a very interesting one in several ways. Miss Bisbee (in bookkeeping): “Maurice what is a ledger account? Maurice: “A riddle, I guess.”

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18 The Teuton High School lief lector athEOTics TTTTT Loda 44, P. H. S. 16. Paxton High School opened the basket hall season at Loda with a bad defeat. This was largely due to the fact that they were unable to s?c:ire a place to practice an 1 thus lacked team-work which generally wins games. Loda's s ora was the resu’t of poor guarding and the r ability to shoot baskets. The bright light in the Paxton lineup was Dartar, our forward, who was fortunate enough to secure two full goals, all the rest of the poin's, with exception of Eddy’s goal, were made by free throws by Radeke. The line-up wrs as follows: Paxton —Forwards, Eddy and Radeke; Cen ter. Dartar; Guards, Mart n. Archer. Danielson. Loda Forwards. H. Swanson and Griswold; Center, Goodell: Guards, W. Swanson and Hutchison. Paxton 30. Buckley 16. P xton played its in't a’ home l as ket tall contest of the s’ason at the Coliseum, Jan. 22, 1915, against Buck-ley. The came was ra’I-'d at 8:30. The boy from the north opened up fast with two fiMI goals and a fre one. Their team-work was very good and d zed the horns team for a short time. When Paxton overcame their stage fright, they started out in earnest: Tartar and Wylie leading in the scoring, the former making a couple of shots which were marvelous. Ones started, Buckley was unable to stop them, and were outplayed in every di -partment of the game with the exception of team-work in spots. For the opponents Morean as center and forward, lead in the scoring with flv full goals and four free shots, while Hendselmon, playing the first half, secured the only other full goal that they scored. Fencken as guard play-ed a clever game throughout. The first half closed with the score 14 to .1 in favor of Paxton. The second half of the game commenced with Eddy playing forwar I and F-adeke moved hack to Archer’s place at guard. For Buckley Heinde'-son was taken out and Morgan taken from center to forward, while Mell was placed at center: but all of these shift were in vain. Paxton continued her scoring and was considerably aided by Eddy’s goal shooting, coupled with Tartar’s and Wylie’s consistent playing. This is only one-half of the story. Where would we have been without our guards? While forwards were throwing goal after goal, Archer. Martin, and later Radeke, were playing a good “all around” game, and the fact that Buckley did not have thirty points at the end of the game mils'