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

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THE N IXONl A 19 22 u|H n various occasions. Our class lias the honor of having a valedictorian and a salutatorian who the records show have made the highest grades of any valedictorian and salutatorian graduating from Nixon Township High School, and we further state that we have the highest class scholastic average of any class graduating from this institution heretofore. And furthermore. we maintain that present Juniors can never equal such average. At the end of the first semester eight Seniors were exempt from all examinations; the other three had to write on only one subject. W here is there another class with such ability? The Juniors, said to say, had a far different average, although they should be very good in their work due to the fact that at least six of them were once prospective Seniors of twenty-two. W hy do we remind you of these things? Not to lioast. but to show you what you can hope to attain if you will only humbly consider vour many faults which we have so kindly brought before you and try to live up to standards such as ours. Remember.frivolities must give place to work, which will at last bring you to the top round of the ladder. The Seniors all join in wishing you the best of success during the following year. May you climb to a goal surpassing that which, at present, you can not possibly comprehend. Now. will the representative of the Junior Class please come forward? Juniors, we know it will be difficult indeed for you to endeavor to be all those things which are honorable and becoming in a Senior, but speaking from a year’s experience, we assure you you will not regret it when at last, as Seniors, you step from these things which build your life into life itself. Opal Gray 'ZZ. Junior Response Members of the Class of Twenty-two: In behalf of the Class of Twenty-three. I consider it my duty to thank you for those kind, brotherly words of advice which have just fallen from the lips of your representative. As a matter of courtesy, I thank you. Seniors, we will admit that much responsibility will be placed on our shoulders next year, but we shall try to meet this responsibility by exercising. our best physical and mental facilities. We are. indeed’ aware of the fact that we have made many errors, but I can truly and justly say that you have not pointed out a single one. in addition, you understand how impossible it would be for a class of our high standard to accept counsel from anyone who has set no better example than has the Class of Twenty-two. % Page 25 Wisdom conquers all—Mrs. Thompson.

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 9 22 THE NIXON I A him she dislikes to waste her time picking up the hook for so small an amount. hen you are a Senior, you will find you have plenty to do if you have no assignments at all. So when the teacher assigns a lesson already too long, keep still, unless you see some chance of getting it shortened. Here we give you a little advice known only to Seniors. The one thing we urge upon you in this case is tact, which consists of one’s wearing an overworked look and in making the teacher believe what you say. This honesty, to the present Seniors is naturally easy, because having been so free from fraud, honesty naturally beams from our faces. on. perhaps will have to change somewhat. However, after a careful study of our open countenances you will, probably, as h.arnest with the Great Stone 1'ace. he able to take on a semblance of guileless wisdom by the time you are Seniors, at least. There are certain others of your class whom we wish to bring back from their lawless ways. One 1m v with a soulful look and heart rending sigh has become a very Beau Brummel. Now that takes practice! We are very much afraid that the said young Romeo has sadly neglected certain books which are necessary in a high school education. We offer this young man the satisfaction of knowing that if he were to puzzle less on the moods of Juliet, and to settle down to earth and facts, he would find when hP is graduated from this institution that there would still be enough girls left to supply him and all his triends, and to till more aeroplanes than have ever been made. Speaking of heart affairs, you Juniors seem to be badly affected with cases of puppy love. e call to mind now a young girl who talks often over the telephone in guarded tones about theatres, parties, and other affairs. There are other cases too numerous to mention. The fact which we wish to impress upon you is that with Seniors l)ooks must come first. Now as for the musical ability in your class. I shall have to admit that one or two of your members show a growing talent. Of course, we do not expect you to attain our musical ability, but we thoroughly understand you naturally do not have the native gifts, and so do not blame you. ou all know our attainments and achievements: you are well aware that we have in our midst the best saleswoman in Nixon High, the pianist of the High School and Girl's Glee Club, the captain of the team .winning the County Tournament this year, the president of the High School Literary-Athletic Association, the only letter man with two stars on the team, and the runner who won the prize at the meet at Deland. I have not mentionel all. however, lor we have in our class, musicians, poets, mathematicians. artists, brilliant, intellectualists. and winning personalities. In fact, every member in our class is himself a finished artist in several lines. An excellent program can be procured from our class, as has been proved The N. T. If. S. ticket seller—Ethel Smith. Faye 24

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19 9 9 THE NIXON I A Firs! of all. I believe the Class of Twenty-two did not start just right. Consider the motto, for instance. Isn't it an odd one? Listen! We build the ladder by which we climb.” You must have been ambitious when you thought of that, for I'm sure it's evident to everyone that you haven't even the first round in place yet. You mentioned athletics, I believe, Miss Gray. I say mentioned, for that is one subject upon which you did not dwell. W e have a few athletes in our class. There’s Tilbury who was high point man of the County Tournament. In fact he scored two thirds of the points made during our whole basketball season. Furthermore, he was chosen for the All-Star team after the County Tournament. In West, manager of the basketball team this year, we have the best basketball manager the school has ever had. With respect to the Junior (.iris' basketball team, it is needless to state that they have won every game this year, thus winning the championship for three years. Since I have a few other things to mention. I shall forget athletics for the present and tell you about the girls of Twenty-two. Seniors, you should never have brought up the subject of girls. Friends, let me ask. did you ever stop to notice the Senior girls? There surely must be something wrong with them, for neither of the handsome Senior boys go with them. They surely are a rare collection—all sizes, shapes and almost all colors. Something must be done immediately to break your girls of the habit of using such superfluous amounts of cosmetic composition on their round, long and square faces. It is absolutely necessary that they do this, for if they are ever lucky enough to have any Sunday night company, and he gets a taste of that horrid tasting face dressing, he will immediately report them to the pure-food inspector. It would be advisable. I think, for you to secure some means of conveyance for your rather fat and awkward girls, in order that they may not be seen stumbling and falling downstairs. Now Seniors, in regard to lxx kkeeping. you admit that our Superintendent. Mr. C. A. Rumble, boasts of the efficient work of his bookkeeping class. Because of this rare efficiency of ours in bookkeeping we took your books for the simple and sole purpose of finding your numerous mistakes and pointing them out to you, so you might become as competent as we But because of your narrowness of vision you accused us of copying. You spoke, a few moments ago, of the one member of our class who is interested in aviation. It certainly would be a goinl thing for your Senior boys if they would get interested in something. This Junior boy, so inter- Ahvays Sweet Miss Cook. Page 26