Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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The Paxton High School lief lector 25 A Junior Parody. (Construction of Stanzas from Barber, Barber, Shave a Pig.) and Sam. Found—A Junior I like pretty well. Clarence Danielson. (By Agnes Anderson) Teacher, teacher, have a heart, When you know we are not smart; Do not give us poems to write, Or long stanzas to recite. When it comes to a short story We come forth in all our glory, Till it's read before them all Then we feel, so very small. Teacher, teacher, have a heart. If you’ll help, we’ll do our part. Ask us common things to do And we sure will favor you. Lost and Found Column. lx st—My temper. Bill Westbrook. No reward. Ix)st—A haircut. H. W. Garnet. Reward optional. Ix st—Several hearty laughs. Return to “Matt O’Dell.” Dost—Cicero translation books. Return to Miss Gourley. Reward: several good grades. lx st—My balance in physics. Albert Ludlow. Lost—One year’s growth, owing to frigidity of room ten: physics class. No reward offered, for it is gone forever. Found—Myself lacking in geometry. Ray Smith. Found—Where gum belongs. Puck A Skating Accident. It was'in the dead of winter. In the very dead of winter That a crowd of merry lassies When their irksome school was over. Started out with joyous chatter Bent on pleasure, bent on skating On the shining big lake Johnson In the east end of the city. Soon the air was filled with laughter Filled with shouting and hallowing. As they glided past each other. Thus the merry games continued. No one dreaming of disaster. Suddenly there came a cracking. Cracking of the ice beneath them: And the merry shouts and laughter Turned to screams and groans of terror, An 1 the day's fun thus was ended. Truly 'twas a sorry party That was seen to leave Lake Johnson With wet feet and wetter clothing. They went home in mournful silence And resolved ne’er to go skating. Skating on the big I ake Johnson In the east end of the city. —Aurel Henderson. TO. An Apology. I do not bring to English class, The share of work that’s mine But all my writing up to this Has been exceeding fine. —Alan McCracken.

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24 1 'he L'axton II ink School lief lector Marie Newman—“The Master’s Violin.” Pearl Holy. ‘Tale of Two C ties.” Mamie Finch—‘The Gypsy.” I-atin III. IV. -“Pools’ Errand.” Clyde Carter—“Little Lord Fauntle-roy.” Lola Kelly—“Prudence.” Lucile Moore— The Flirt. Florence Martin “All’s Well That Ends Well.” Ethel Kelly—“The Broken Heart.” Chet Westlund—“The Story of a Bad Boy.” Ruth and Ruby Flora—“The Heavenly Twins.” Gladys Kellog—Wells “Algebra.” Birdie Sackett—“Love is Enough”. Laura Strong—“An Old Fashioned Girl.” Perle .Johnson—“Skeleton in Armor.” Gladys Corbly— ‘Essay On Love.” Clarence Danielson — The Other Wise Man.” Eva Swan “The Coos» Girl. Laura Hammerstrand “Laura. My Darling.” Lora LaFarre—“Divine Comedy.” Dorothy Smith—“William and B;ll”. Harriet Hamm and Robitine Fuller “Sense anf| Sensibility.” Flossie Steele—“Alfred the Great.” LaVorne Archer—“Rip Van Winkle.” When telling the story cf the Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come in American Lit. class, Flossie S. had just come to the exciting part in the love scene between Chad and Margaret. Whereupon she innocently enough remarked, “Well, now I guess we will leave them alone until tomorrow,”— which remark seemed to tickle the fan y of the class, and served to cre- ate a greater desire for the remainder of the story, at l ast for some of the hearers. During the three weeks previous to the Christmas vacation, the Senior literature class enjoyed a helpful and agreeable variation from the usual routine of class work. This consisted of short talks by the members of the class. The subjects were chosen from the minor writers of the first and sec-and National Periods of American Literature. All the talks showed a considerable amount of preparat'on. and in general were very well given. Some were especially interest ng because the members of the class were quite familiar with some of the works of the authors. Others of the talks were made attractive by synopses of the authors’ works, or by the reading of short stories and poems. While the speakers did not express as much appreciation of the authors as might have been the case, this was due more to the lack of experience, in the expression of appreciation than to the lack of feeling. A few of the students received a grade of 95 per cent on their talks. Echoes from the Typewriting Room. “DARN!! I’ve spoiled my perfect copy and I was writing the last line! “Who’s been monkeying with this machine?” “I’d like to know who has been swiping my paper!” “Do you suppose ‘Biz’ will noFice this little mistake? “Everybody shut up- -I’m writing a perfect copy! “Where’s “Biz”? Th's machine is on the Mink”.

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26 The Paxton High School Reflector JUNIOR NOTES. Talk ai out your literature And what Edmond bpenser wrote LV.it physics is the stuff 'ihat surely gets my goat. —Randolph Cruzen. There is a wte Freshman called Jack Who could crawl thru most any old crack— In fact he’s so small He's most not at all He could hide in a candy sack. There is a young Freshman named Jim Who. they say it's most common to him To go out with the girls Who have bright yellow curls, And we can’t help envying him. On January G. Stuart Eddy, alias “Buster”, at home, and “Fuck”, in foreign circles, paid a short visit to the sewing class. We feel, however, that this was quite irkso ue to Stuart. The Junior reporters and future editors are the happy recipients of two empty cigar boxes for the sa'e keeping of Reflector materia! lest it evaporate. Things to he left aione unless compelled not to do so—'Parodies, original poetry, etc. Puck Eddy in English III, upon being asked for a criticism of a eerta n poem: “I have not enough brains to criticize such an article, ac;ording to Pope. I am net going to criticize un til I am able to do better myself.” Better subscribe for the “Daily Yelp , the only daily paper published in P. H. S. Editor—tLester Carlisle Peterson. Price $1.00 per year (more or less.) Enacted in Latin III. IV. S ene: Classroom. Time: 3:10. Characters: Miss Gourley and bright pupil. Act I., Scene I.: Miss Gourley: “In the sentence, ‘They painted the house green,’ is not ‘house’ the object? Bright Pupil: “No mam it would be the victim.” Miss Felmley (in Eng. IIP): “Stuart. which would you prefer, a nice moonlight night or a night so dark that you couldn’t see your hand before you?” Stuart E.: “O, that depends upon the circumstances.” On the evening of January 2fi, Admiral Dewey Hammerlund appeared on one of our principal streets in the company of a most charming young lady. On his left arm he bore two pairs of skates and on his right the youug lady. Puzzle: “Who was the young lady and where were they going?” Miss Bisbee. (in physiology) What is the use of the thick padding between the parts of the backbone?” Ethel K.: “To keep them from rattling.” There is a blithe Freshman called called Matt WTio is never seen wearing a hat She laughs all the time In a sort of rhunic rhyme But we can't hardly blame her or that.