Nixon Township High School - Nixonia Yearbook (Weldon, IL)

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1921 r ii n x i x o x i a ’age 21 from start to finish, that they were not the only men on the field. Xo one will deny the fact that both Junior boys did excellent work. And what of the Senior girls in athletics? How often do you sec any Senior girls playing tennis? It is well known that you have no girls basketball team. We have a team and two substitutes, ready to play. So you see you are not |tiitc our superiors in athletics. You say you have a one hundred per cent membership in the Literal} Athletic Association. The Juniors would rather spend their money for necessities. Besides, why pay lines when all students are expected to be present and vote at the meetings? The preceding two years we have had a one hundred per cent membership ti»o. and would have hail this vear if we had thought it necessary to our improvement. True, none of our class are officer of the association this year, but do you remember your one officer won by a very narrow margin? You remark your class has always been the leader at the meetings. Yes. we clearly remember the brave, bold girl who almost invariably made the motion for adjournment and the boy behind her who seconded it. We wonder if you knew all the Xixola officers are Juniors? In response to your accusation of our copying you in leaving something to the school each year—we did follow your example the first two years but at the beginning of this term we saw the utter futility of such an idea and abandoned it. We noticed that your gifts descended from a twenty dollar one to a littlf magazine rack, and saw that you, too, must be seeing the foolishness of it. You say you gave the most elaborate reception ever given, or that ever can be given. Seniors, if you had spent more time praticing etiquette, and lc s time making the reception so elaborate, it would not have been necessary for you Haffy ami f ay she wiles the to ask this year if it were “proper” to cut up,” throw paper wads, and to indulge in other such amusements at a formal reception. Then you boast of giving an elaborate reception at a time when prices were the highest in history. In regard to our dignified manners, only the other day students in the room gazed with horror at the childish capers of three Seniors while the teacher was out of the mom. Truly, you set ns no example. You must admit you are somewhat inferior to ns in intellect, as is shown by our high class average. More than one teacher has spoken of the talent in our class; for we have among us—musicians, actors, artists, readers. |K cts, mathematician . and athletes. Let us give you an example demonstrating your illiteracy. In your charge as you had prepared it for the annual we saw apostrophes had been left out. and even words misspelled. This docs not speak well for your intellectual ability. You accuse us of not getting up until eight-thirty, and say this is the reason we manicure our nails and comb our hair at school. Seniors, we get up early enough, but we have something to do besides looking in the mirror: and such trifles as nails and hair must be attended to in spare moments. You say the girls' cloak hall is not a beauty parlor. So you have finally discovered that, after spending the first hour period in there nearly every morning this term! As to your closing advice— Work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. All that you do, do with your might. Things done by halves are never done right — hours away—Clara Parr

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20 1921 Junior Response Seniors, in behalf of the Junior class I accept this gavel as an emblem of faithfulness, truth, and dignity. We have listened attentively to your kind advice and we arc glad to know you wish ns to profit by your experience. You have cn-umeratedour many faults, and have classed them as sands of the desert. We are glad you think of them in such small pro-portions as grains of sand, for it seems t show tis you appreciate us at our true value, considering our small mistakes, because you know nothing is perfect. That iv the idea we wish to present—nothing is perfect. You in your unselfishness to point out our mistakes have some how neglected to mention your own. so we shall endeavor to help you. and also to defend ourselves, and bring forth our good points of which you have neglected to s] eak. First, you say our class as a unit is unable to give a program. We wish to mention here, our class play, whose cast was entirely members of our own class, and you cannot deny the play was a success. The play you gave last year hail for two of its star actors members of our class, which proves you arc not able to compete with ours in such a test. In regard to three or four of us acting without the consent of the entire class, we must say you have erred, as the majority always rules in business matters of our class. You ask what we can do in music. Is it nccessarv for you to ask' However, as you have asked, we inform you we have four soprano ami five alto singers, one bass ami one tenor. Until this year we have had eight girls In the ('.lee Club, and still have four to your one. You ask how we would feel if we heard our boy in the Glee Club sing a solo. In the A mod,-si win id. but unafraid—Gertrude Marsh. songs sung by the Hoys’ Glee Club he carried the melody, while your lone singer mumbled an occasional bass note. Musical people would rather hear the melody for a solo. You also say he was second choice, lie could hardly be called that, tor when Miss Swain heard his voice she sacrificed another singer for him. You Imast of your pianist: but her work has been nothing compared to the service rendered the school bv one of our mcml ers. liven the music director says she has asked her to d . so much that she is ashamed to ask more of her. Any time your temperamental pianist felj indisposed to play, our member could be relied upon to take her place. In the ('.iris Quartet you have no member, whereas we have three All the girls in our class can play the piano, and five of them play other instruments. One of the boys has also had training under Mr. Xees. as have the five girls. Neither of your ln»ys can Insist of such training and only one girl can. Ye noticed when glancing through the original copy .f the charge that you refer to your boys as being B.A.S.F..” singers. The common meaning, you know, for that word is bad.” No doubt you know what you are talking about, but we wonder ii they are the only bail ones in vour class? Another thing you boast of. is your superiority in athletics. You say yon have two Ixaskct-ball players with letters. I lies«- same pjayers have between them only two stars, while one of our players has two stars himself. Too often have the Juniors admired William’s playing against other towns, to desire to say anything to detract from his honor. I’.ut you call your other player a sensation, Is a sensation nsuallv on the second team in basketball, or a mere fielder in baseball? I lardly. You seem to forget, when you say the Seniors fought

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ran,- 22 run xixoxi.i 1921 of which vcyi admit you do not know the author, we wish to compliment you upon a memory which makes it possible for you to remember an anonymous little jingle from the second grade reader, above all the greater things you have learned in high school. Nevertheless, we thank you for your corrections, and find our sentiment Oil this subject beautifully expressed in Holmes's “Sunshine ami Shallow, where he says: “Thus drifting afar to the dim-vaulted caves— Where life and its venture are laid, The dreamers who gaze while we battle the waves— May see us in sunshine or shade. N ct true to our course, though the shadows grow dark, c’ll trim our broad sails as before. And stand by the rudder that governs the bark. Nor ask how we look from the shore.” OPAL GRAY. Class Prophecy Place—Sitting Room. (Class prophet walks in t h what a dreary day this has been! I wonder if 1 couldn't find something to entertain myself with? (walks across stage to library table) “Well here i a book: I think I will read a while,” (s’it down, opens liook and secs a name) Paul Peterson.” Why that was one of mv old classmates. He scribbled that here the day we had our last old quiz in Physics—Oh my. it's been (pauses) ten years since I have seen any of my old classmates! I wonder where they are now? Wouldn’t it be fine to know? Hut how am I to find out? (glances around room) Oh—a Ouija Board.” (Gets it and sits down again) “Dear old Ouija Board, since you have been my only Pal all these years, surely you can satisfy my curiosity.” “Now Ouija. Paul heads the list. Tell me how many hearts he has broken”? (watches lx ard very close for a few seconds then looks up) “Oh Paul has deserted us for sure. He has gone on the stage and now he is a regular matinee ol. (hiija says ti e only time lie has been in a tight place was when he was engaged to six girls at once. But lie managed to get off easily bribing five of them with locks of his beautiful hair. But alas (gives a big sigh) “he married a little maid several inches shorter than he. who makes Paul dance to her every wish, especially when her hair becomes a brighter hue and her eyes flash. (Looking down at the Ouija Board) “Now Ouija. tell me whether Cora Swearingen has accomplished life's dream. (looking up) Oh my! ha ha! to think of Cora's being cook in the DcWitt County Jail: it is almost too good to be true. Ouija says that Cora has had many proposals of marriage: but all the men are so good, she can't decide which one she likes best, as there are always two or three new ones every morning.” (Looking down at the Ouija Board) “Now can you tell me what has hapjiened to la is Knnis. who was always such a wonderful artist in Physics. “Well”! (I x ks up) Who w mid believe it. Lois is now painting signs for bill boards. She has made some of the classiest cigarette advertisments ever known. Ouija says she has a partner whose hair matches the color of her cartoons.” (Squinting closely at the Ouija Board) What has become of Sarah Montgomery? Oh Ouija. arc you telling me the truth.' Well! Well!” (I-ooks up) “to think of Sarah’s To know her. is to Ur. c her—June MeConkey