Fairfield Community High School - Reflector Yearbook (Fairfield, IL)

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----'....L-: ..... '- '- THE REFLECTOR H FUN 8 FEATURES MEMORIES High School was rough 'and stormy, The teachers howled and wailed, The principal like a big white ghost, Seemed to me to haunt the most, As down the halls we sailed. Five years Bill worked to finish, He probably needed more, But along did come Mr. Hake Blll's books he did then take, And tossed them out the door. Julius was another bright student, Very seldom taking time to rest, And in his little brief case Tucked very neatly in place, Were the answers to all our tests. Another very brilliant young gentle- man, Was no other than our Hladies' man, Red'?, When he came in at four, His dad at the door, Said, Get yourself upstairs to bed. Then I -guess the cream of our seniors Was Swede from old Buggerville town, Every week would go up to Centralia To see his little 'iazalia . Till his Pop broke his ford V-8 down. Then down from Cisne came Clutter, As Super-man Babe he was known. A collection of A's he had some, But we weren't so dumb, Because his brother got his lessons at home. Now as I finish my poem, This fact I wish to imply.. In case you're seeking book knowl- edge Don't go off to college, Just say, Make mine old Fairfield High . -J. K. Jones 1- Miss Marlin fin English, classy: What is a. metaphor? Walter McKay: To keep cows in. ,..-1.-1 ALL BEAUTY SLEEPS Across the prairie steals the night, O'er the quiet hills and dale The mystic moon glides in sight Through a gloomy clouded veil. Above the dark fields drift the mist Soft'nin-g the autumn stubblep Then sleep, the spell of night assists And dreams go up in bubbles. All through the woods the branches sway Casting a shadow of peace, And quietness lulls all care away To give our soul release. -Evelyn Newby THE RAKIN' QA parody on , The Raven 'by Edgar Allen Poel Once upon a Monday evening as I sat in English dreaming, Dreaming of the night before, Suddenly there came a tapping of Miss Marlin fiercely rapping, Rapping las she'd never rapped before, Betty, the waste-basket! so I stalked across the floor. To throw away my gum I walked while students 'round me talked And whispered, Send her out the door! Like a hawk Miss Marlin watched me, Stood iher -ground -and fiercely watched me, And I blushed as I had never blushed before, As I tottered to the front with my eyes upon the floor, As she quoted, Nevermore! -Betty Mitchell

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- THE REFLECTORQ-W-+- FUN 8s FEATURES- DAFFYNITIONS Mandate-An appointment With a gentleman. Iceberg-A permanent wave. Matrimony-Not a word, but a sentence with a lot of hard words in it. Maneuver-Something put in soil to make it rich. Armature-Any one who sings for Major Bowes. Hypocrite-A kid who comes to school with a smile on his face. Geyser-The result following the act of pushing a milk bottle top in with the thumb. Hound-One dog whose bark :s about as bad as his bite. False Doctrine-When the doctor gives the wrong medicine. Mountain Ranges-What ancient cliff-dwellers used to cook on. Simple Sentence..Not longer than thirty days. Good Line-Shortest distance be- tween two dates. Knapsack-A sleeping bag. Tom Thumb-The inventor of hitch-hiking. Hick Town-A town where there is no place to go that you .shouldn't Spine-A bundle of bones that runs up and dovsm the back and holds the ribs together. The skull sits on one end and we sit on the other. Love-Something very funny, in fact, it's just two silly. .-Ln.. Monologue-A conversation be- tween a man and his wife. Cutie-One who goes out with the Johnnies. Old Maid-One who stay home the Willies. In A Melancholy Frame of Mind Is 'any good scholar mixed in with our class? Leave him in, leave him in, we need someone to pass ' English IV, and all the rest of the junk, That, sure as fate, We're going' to flunk. We're flunking! We're flunking! But what can we do, With brains iddle-addle, 'and hang- overs, too? V We try to study, but fall sound asleep, Till the study hall teacher yanks.us out of our seat. This spring is, I think, the most mo- mentous spring Of our livesg not one of us knows a darned thing. Can we fool our teachers the rest of the year? We can't? So wihat? We have nothing to fear. If our lessons aren't perfect, out of class we are kicked. We're quitting, by golly, we know when We're licked. And if you will take the advice of a fool, Keep away from the profs of the Fairfield High School. -Julius Hammack

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Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring - THE REFLECTOR FUN 81 FEATURES SPRING IS HERE is here, sings the robin to his mate, is here to everyone, everyone and Nate, is here to schoolboys as they leave the gate, is here to death, sickness, and hate, is here to garden tools, the garden hoe and rake, is here for lazy boys to use the hook and bait, is here, Summer's coming, Winter much too late. -Russel Wilson -1-. GOD BLESS THE U. S. A. ,ii God bless the U. S. A. Where the democra.tic red, white, Unfurl and blue and wave throughout the day To display their fearless hue! God bless the U. S. A. ' K The home of movies, plays, and sports, Free speech, free press, and religion all day To creeds and races of all sorts! God bless the U. S. A. Where bombs and air raids are unknown, Where children study, and laugh, and Play. And are not shipped to foreign homes! -Joyce Lambrich -111,1 OH TEACHER! MY TEACHER Oh Teacher! My Teacher! our dread- ed task is done, We Seniors have completed every- thing, the diploma we sought is won. The Junior-Senior banquet was a time for all rejoicing, While under-classmen envied us with eyes green and glaringg But Oh the work! work! work! And Oh the torture to our souls. While in the class rooms We scratched Our heads to obtain this goal. Oh Teacher! my teacher! rise up and hear my pleas, Rise up-for you the work is done.. for you we've written themes. For you we've labored every day, and streaked your hair with gray, For you, your disposition ruined, and neared you to your grave: Here Teacher! dear teacher! Though we are full of pranks, Yet in our modest humble way, To you we give our thanks. -Mary E. Bobbett Miss Marlin fin English classlz Bobby, give me a sentence containing the word flippancy . Bobby Lambrich: Let's flip 'n' see whether I pass or flunk. 10101 Jerry Coale: How can you tell when a man is going to propose to you, Sis? Jean Coale: There is usually an engagement ring in his voice.