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

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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

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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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THE W X ON I A 19 22 ested in aviation, shows that he has a great deal of ambition and ability along this line. I can't cite any field of work in which either of your boys lias shown that lie has either ability r ambition. I understand, however, that the boys in your class are greatly enamored of some fair damsels in a neighboring town. Since they seem not to have done a great deal in school. I should advise them to pursue their suits more furiously, for the average person, when he can do nothing else, usually marries. We don’t feet the least bit insulted when you say some of our girls make love over the telephone. On the contrary we feel highly complimented. The present financial condition of the United States causes everyone to be as economical as possible. The Junior girls are certainly doing their bit. Can you not see how much cheaper it is to trip inti) the Superintendent’s office and talk with one’s fair Romeo than it is to take him down home on Sunday night, feed him what’s left of the noonday repast and to waste electricity, kerosene—or whatever it may be—by keeping a light burning until the early hours of the morning? You boast of the musical talent in your class. Did you ever stop to consider that all the Junior girls with the exception of one are in the Girl’s Glee Club, that all of the Junior boys but one are in the Roys' Glee Club, and that the Junior class is. indeed, well represented in the orchestra? As for your brilliant intellectualists, I should say—judging from the fact that the Class of Twenty-two lost five members—that the Class of Twenty-two merely represents the survival of the fittest. With respect to your having the highest average of any class yet graduated from X. T. 11. S., we congratulate you. Rut how long will you be able to hold it? Remember the class of Twenty-three finishes next year. You speak of your faces beaming with honesty. I’ll grant that your faces beam with something, but I think the honesty must be covered with some kind of skin applications. To gaze upon some of vour faces is enough to cause one to write a book and call it. “Why Roys Leave Home ’’ Truly I can not believe that you mean to urge us to wear an honest expression upon our countenances, and so cause us to follow your example of “Looking like the innocent flower and vet being the serpent under it.” It has not been my intention to slight anyone, and if by mistake. I have overlooked any of vou. I trust you will consider it an accident, as you surely realize there are so many things which might be said. So in closing. I shall say that the Class of Twenty-three sincerely trusts and hopes that you will soon complete the first round of your ladder and rise rapidly from then on. Corwin Miller. Page 27 Handles Everything well—Gertrude Marsh.