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

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- NIXQNI A„ — r CLASS NIGHT PROGRAM Salutatory Address, ... Walter Dressier Class History, ----- Bernice Bebie Class Poem, ------ Mossie Rich Music, ------ Girls’ Quintette Pearl Long, Margaret Railsback, Eileen Fleming, Irene Smith, Jessie Baker President’s Address, ... Walter Dressier Senior Charge, ----- Carol Adams Junior Response, ----- Lela Rainey Music, ----- Flute, Cello, Piano Eileen Fleming, Margaret Railsback Irene Smith Class Prophecy, - Kenneth Thurber Music, ------- Girls’ Quintette Pearl Long, Margaret Railsback, Eileen Fleming, Irene Smith, Jessie Baker Class Will, ------ Laura Barclay Music, Violin Solo, - - - Thelma Glenn Valedictory Address, - - Margaret Railsback Class Song A merry heart goes a long way. — Helen Baker. 17

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NIXONIA,, Margaret Kailsback, “Marg” Quintette; Nixola Society, 1, 2. 3, 4; ( hrchestra, l. 2, 4 : Glee Club, 1. 2, 3, 4: Pres. Glee Club, 3; Vice-pros, ( ' lass, 1 ; Pres. Class, 3; Sec. L. A. A., 4: Vice- pres. Nixola, 2: Sec.-Treas. Nixola, 4; French Club. 2, 3: “Gypsy Rover 1 : “Bashful Mr. Hobbs, 2 ; “Safety First. 3; “Belle of Barce- lona,” 4; Senior Charge; Valedict- orian. “And still we gazed, and still the won- der grew, that one small head could carry all she knew.” Kenneth Smith, “Moon Mullins” Boys’ Glee Club, 4: Orchestra, 1, 2, 3; Football, 1, 2, 3; Junior Play “Safety First,” 3; Nixola. 1. 2, 3, 4 ; World ' s News Club, 4. “Happy and from care, Pin free. Why aren’t they all contented like me?” Irene Smith, “Smitty” Girls ' Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls’ Quintette, 4: Orchestra, 2, 3, 4; Alethcnae. 1. 2, 3, 4; Class Pres., 2: Basket Bail Team, 3, 4; “Pierot Piereete.” 2: “Safety First. ” 3; Mys- tery of the Third Gable.” 4; “Belle of Barcelona,” 4: Calendar. “If there be good in small parcels, then behold this mighty maiden.”

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SALUTATORY Parents, Teachers, Students, and Friends: In l ehalf of the Class of ’27, I bid you a hearty welcome to our Class Night Program. Perhaps it will be best for me to give a word of explanation, of our inviting you here tonight. Ye, my classmates and I. have finished ihe course of study that is laid out for graduation from Nixon Township High School. We have spent the greater portion of our youthful years in school. Gaining an education has been the most important factor and the most absorbing interest in our lives. The end of our high school career marks the conclusion of something that for four years has engaged our closest attention, something that has been knit into the very fabric of our lives, and something that should l e fittingly celebrated. How letter could we celebrate this event than by gathering our friends here tonight to listen to the recital of our achievements in school and our aspirations in the life that is to follow graduation? You will hear extracts from our archives, for such an excellent class must have a history that is worth telling. It is to inform you of our gradual but eventual rise to power and to inspire oncoming classes with a zeal to make as great a record for themselves. You will hear our poem, our prophecy, our will, and our farewell. Some- one has said that a man who has no song in his heart is humdrum indeed — the same with a class. Then it would never do to not have a poem. And our prophecy! You have been deeply interested in our achievements in school ; I am sure you are anxious to know what our aspirations are for the future. And our will! Re patient for in a short time you will learn what our effects are and who is to profit by them when we are gone. Although we have si ent much time in preparation for tonight, the excitement and agitation of the moment may cause us to blunder. We ask you not to exi ect too much of us, for we are young yet in years ami in experience. I)o not compare our offering with your own public appearances, for, as Alexander Pope said : “Few sons attain the praise of their great sires.” David Everett later reminded : “Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow.” I shall now introduce to you the Class of 1927 in our Class Night Program and again I bid you welcome to the entertainment of this memorable night. — Walter Dressier. — — PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Tonight is the last program that will be given by the Class of 1927. Before time has sped on another week, we will be Alumni of Nixon Township High School. As president of the Class of 27. I wish to say that this is a joyous night for us, but still deep down in our hearts there is a feeling of sadness as we think of graduation. We have competed in our last athletic contest, we have taken part in our last activities as students of dear old Nixon High. Speaking in behalf of the Class of ? 27. I wish to take this opportunity to extend our A good heart is worth more than gold. — Loren Richardson. 18