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

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JUNIOR RESPONSE In Iwhilf of the Junior class I accept this charge. We appreciate vour good advice hut were you sin, -ere in your desire to help us, would not example have been Letter than precept? However, we are truly indebted to you for the lessons taught us bv vour experience in the pitfalls and entanglements caused by poor judgment. ' ' I he fact that each member of our class must work for the henelif of the group has already been impressed upon our minds. We must deny you any thanks or credit for this impression. If it seems to you that but three or four members of our class take all the responsibility, we would remind you that our class meetings are managed fairly and all action is strictly parliamentary. As three or four is not our majority vour state- men t is very misleading. We acknowledge your leadership in athletics. It takes all kinds of people to make the world, rhis class specializes in brains, not brawn. What is nearest the eye obscures me vision. Ion are looking at your own virtues from such .lose range that vou are blinded to ours. We are not devoid of talent. In scholarship, music, dramatics, drawing and literary pursuits, this class is well represented. If all your members are talented musicians, why do they not help in orchestra and musical programs? fan it he laziness instead of lack of ability? i„ the orchestra we are three to your one. We tie the seniors with a record of four students on the honor roll. We juniors have totaled 4,xy 2 days’ absence and 19 cases of tardiness; the seniors have (to their discredit) 35 days’ absence and 21 tardiness. Therefore, it; ill liehooves the seniors to charge the juniors with prompt and regular attendance. Howeier, faulty you think we are, you seem to enjoy our companionship, judging by the number of seniors in junior classes. We wouW not have mentioned your part in ladl-ringing episode, but since you have seen fit to make a member of our class seem responsible for that bit of mischief we wish to remind you that members of the senior class, who should have helped a junior overcome such a temptation, were sitting back, urging him on. I have not been permitted by my class to promise you that we will look to vou for our example, for the class of ’29 has higher aims. However, we juniors are able to see others’ good points as well as our own. We think you are a good class and have a splendid record for your four years in high school. You deserve all the honor which is yours tor having completed your course so creditably, and we extend to you our sincere congratulations. -Wayne Kceser. You see many blonds, but red hair is natural. — Mary Baker. 16

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SENIOR CHARGE As we. the class of 1928. shall this year leave Nixon High and therefore shall he unable to give you our personal advice next year, we believe it fitting and very appro- priate that we should offer you some valuable advice at the present in order that you will not he thrown wholly upon your own mental resources. We can truly say that we have been through the mill, and from experience can point out some of the difficult problems that will confront you which we can tell you how to solve. First, we must impress upon your inexperienced minds the fact that each member of your class must work for the benefit of the group. This is one of the many of your faults, which is likely to cause trouble. Each senior can boast that each indivi lunl always worked for the welfare of the class. Second, we might compare our athletic ability. Out of our class of five hoys, four are star players, while you have only one substitute. We can also boast that we have won the class tournament two out of the four years in which we have competed, receiv- ing second and thirl place the other two years, while you have been satisfied to receive fourth place for the three years in which you have competed. The senior girls also won their class tournament. Third, we would have you notice the comparison in music. Almost all of the members of our class can play an instrument or charm the hearer with his nr her singing. We do not doubt but what you have the most musicians, but it is quality, not quantity, that counts in music. Fourth, we would advise you to give personal opinion to all matters that confront you. We have noticed that you allow the responsibilities of your class to rest upon two or three members ' shoulders, and consequently you have had a great deal of trouble. We would advise you to study everything thoroughly before giving your answer instead of accepting two or three of your members’ ideas. Fifth, we would also advise you as to your attitude and ladiavior in school. We would advise you to hire a mechanic to work on the bells instead of trying to do it yourself and as a result make them worse. We would also suggest that you buy some alarm clocks so that your members might get to school on time. If you would do this and if the underclassmen would do as we did, the school could do away with the tardy statements and the exemption rules. Now we might compare our grades. Seven out of eleven of our members were exempted in all four subjects, while you were fortunate to have four out of a class of thirteen. Our ability to make grades is what has kept this school ' s average so high. We have set these examples for you this year, hut you have failed to see the signi- ficance of them. Juniors, we have not tried to criticise you hut merely point out to you your mistakes, and we have also told you how to overcome them. We, the seniors, wish to extend to you our sincere wish for a successful year during your last term in old X. T. H. S. — Max (loken. — I’m not afraid of m.v lessons, liecanse I have them in my hooks. — Wilbur Shinneman. 15

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VALEDICTORY Far to the north the nun shines incessantly for months; people work and prepare for the future. Hradually, day hy day, the sun slowly decline until finally it dis- appears heyoiid the horizon. For months all remains in darkness. Each individual ' s outcome during this period will Ik» in direct proportion to the preparation that he made during good weather. Those iieop!e who worked and saved will come through victorious. So it is in life. In our early years, those who work and prepare for the future come out victorious. Our success will he determined upon the extent of our prepared- ness. Thus tin en ling of our high school days resembles the setting sun of the North, marking the end of our preparation. Trial will come and will have to Ik fought and conquered. If we prepared diligently in high school for them, we will he successful. The foundation for success is laid in high school on which we shall build our later life. As freshmen, things were not so serious algebra was merely a required subject and Latin a conglomeration of letters, while Hannibal ' s crossing the Alps in ancient history didn’t mean anything to us. Hut as we prog r ess h 1 from freshmen to sophomores, and now to seniors, who are graduating, things became more ser ous; for now we have to look out into a broad world full of dangers and misfortunes. In each recitation we found a lesson to Ik remembered, something alive and applicable to everyday life. Each accomplishment makes one feel more capable for the greatest task of all life itself. Harder and more difficult propositions than physics lessons will he met after graduation. As we look forward to our choice of a life work in the fields of science, engineering, commerce or whatever we choose to do. we fully realize the value of the training we have receive! in Nixon Township High School. We understand that by the training we have obtained here, we are also better equipped to make better citizens. Some of this class goes immediately to further education in colleges and universities, while others soon will take up their life work. Whatever we do or wherever we go. we shall not forget Nixon High and those who made it possible for us to obtain our education. We wish now to thank our friends and especially the Board of Education for their undying interest in our education, our teachers who have given of their best to assist us, our school mates who have lent their hearty co-operation in all of our undertakings, and above all onr parents. To them thanks will not suffice; it is for us to live up to their expectations and with the help we have received at N. T. H. S.. we shall not fail. Now. as we are leaving Nixon Township High School to move on onr way forward. 1. in behalf of the (’lass of ’2S bid all our parents, friends, teachers, and schoolmates an affect innate farewell. — D. L. I used to he a good boy, hut look at me now, “dura it !” — Dale Pitcher. 17