McGuffey Foundation High School - Reflector Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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THE REF LECTOR The Reflector, Mc Guffey's annual bulletin of the year, is being prepared by the Seniors in cooperation with the Mirror staff. Because of the desire for a bigger and better annual, the Mirror staff and the Senior Class have given plays, the proceeds of which will go for making the the annual possible. The annual will come out about June 5. SENIOR THANK YOU'S During the last of the Senior activities we have received much help from the various members of the faculty of both Mc Guffey and Miami, and from Miami students. We wish at this time to extend sincere appreciation for this assistance. First of all we wish to thank our own faculty for their untiring interests and efforts to make our Senior year a worthwhile one. We thank Misses Amy and Alice Swisher for their designing, and helping with the stage for the Senior Play. Mr. Nenninger and his print- ing class we thank for printing the programs and this Senior Bulletin. Thanks are extended to Miss Solomen and her class for the work they have done on the annualg to Miss Cone,Miss Wood,Mr. Barton,Miss S.lvI.Stevnson and Miss Goodwin for making up the actors of our various playsg to Miss Crecraft and Miss Rank for their help of various kinds at the play, to the ushers and stage managers of the play, to the electricians, Jack Byrne and Jack Eachusg to the Juniors who helped in clearing up after the play, and to Clarence Roberts, photographer for the Annual and Mirror. SENIOR DANCE On May 31st the McGuffey Auditorium is to be the scene of the most important, of all school participations,social functions of the year--the Senior Dance. As usual,it is strictly a date affair, and while the Seniors are allowed to bring outside guests,all other couples must be from the school. The com- mittee in charge,while carefully avoiding direct answers as to decorations, have hinted that they are unusual andidifferent. Awell known orchestra from Cincinnati is to furnish the music. Punch will be served throughout the evening. ' SENIOR PLAY Friday evening, May 17, marked the date of the last dramatic perform- ance of the year, The Three Graces, a farce-comedy given by the Senior Class. The play was well attended, with every seat taken and standing room sold. A large sum was realized which will be used for the Reflector, the school annuall . The play, a comedy of college life, had an unusual plot and was some- thing new to the McGuffey stage. Nancy Marshall, a junior at Hargate Col- lege is the recipient of a house, left her by her grandfather, and she is un- able to rent it because of a ghost story. Since she has no large income, she wishes to sell the house to get some clothes, thus aiming to win Bob Nordyke Being unable to sell, she converts the place into a tea-room. Two friends help with the scheme and the result is a delightful college rendezvous. The place is disgraced the first day, for selling waffles to a football star Bob Nordyke. However, the shop keepers are exonerated and Bob is al- lowed to play in the big game. Of course, after' all the excitement Bob gives his fraternity pin to Nancy. The cast was well-chosen and everyone seemed natural on the stage. The set, which was designed by a university art class, helped make the play a success.

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SENIOR TEARS Although A r'l ' 15 p 1 is past, .pril showers are still flooding the corridors f o Mc Guffey. . The Seniors are just beginning to realize that n ever again will they enter the dear, old, battle-scarred door of McGuffey in Septem- ber, as b ' - ' ' ' mem ers of that time honored institution Never again will the - Y say in June, Well, goodbye, old top! See you in the assembly room in September, for from now on th ' ' ey will be outsiders. As th f ese acts slowly sink in, girls weep copious tears,and even the b - . . . rave,hard hearted boys stealthily wipe thelr eyes Teachers d t d . o no are to refer to McGuffey as being '29 less f th - , or e sobs such a chance remark calls forth, you never heard. Big tears, small tears, medium sized tears, salt tears, go streaming down the cheeks of the woebegone Seniors, Faculty and even the underclassmen, although they are really too young to fully un- derstand, that the Seniors are leaving. Faculty members look especially blue and troubled when they realize that remarkable brilliance and ingenu- ity of the '29 ers is to be henceforth used in foreign fields. To be even more worthy of the large place they hold in the hearts of the facult th ' ' ' ' y, e Seniors are really 'digging-in . Do you see any Seniors dating? Or going to Folkers? I should say not! They are spending all their time working, working, working, so that they improve their minds. They leave this ' ' warning to the gad-about Juniors and lazy Sophomores: While you are yet young and unknown, make a good record, so that by the time you are Seniors you can slide right on through. FAREWELL Q A ringing bell, a scrape of chairs, A host of footsteps on the stairs, A little notice-white on black Lostl -Please bring my notebook back! A crowded room, a talk, or two, A clap of hands, some emblems new. ' 'I won't take long: just want to say - And then he talks for half the day. But we don't mind, quite soon we'll miss That good advice, that schoolday bliss. We'll miss dear Charlie and the rest, We'll even miss a six-weeks' test! A Though never more your doors we pass, Nor sit again in studious class, We will retain in memory The dearest thing of M. C. G. SENIOR RECORDS Four members of the senior class have an unusual athletic record. During their four years of High School work they have taken part in base- ball, basketball, and football each year. Not only have they played in each sport but they have attained remarkable success in their playing. The four Seniors who possess this record are: Kirk Mee, Harold DuBois, Leon Coulter, Donald Murray.

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f I L to ww-fain, I L ILL LL THE REELECTOR WILLIAM MCGUFFEY HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO WILLIAM H. MCGUFFEY XfOI,lJMNE VIII JUNE, I929 NUMBER I