Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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r6 THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR former one played at Kankakee. The visitors started with a rush and scored all their three runs in the initial inning. Pitcher Kelso then tightened up and was very selfish ever after. P. H. S. batted the ball at will, and ended the game with a total of 8 runs Lundin was accidentally spiked in the 7th inning and was forced to retire in favor of Flora. The feature of tha game was the furious batting of Swenson—getting four hits out of five times at bat. FOR SCHOOL ATHLETES “To the boys I wish to say a special word. I emphatically believe in manliness, in courage, in physical address, but I believe quite as much in good comradeship and in a spirit of fair play. I hope that wherever you enter a contest you will do all that is in you to win and yet that you will remember that it is far better to fail than to win by any unfairness, by any underhand trickery. Keep in mind that it is only by persistent effort in the face of discouragement that any of us ever do anything that is really worth while doing. The fellow who gives up when he is once beaten is made of mighty poor stuff and if he thus gives up as soon as he is beaten in a sport, he does not stand much chance of success in the serious conflicts of after life. “The true spirit, the spirit which wins victories in after life, is the spirit which fights hard to succeed, but which takes defeat with good nature and with the resolute determination to try again. It is a good beginning for this serious work of after life if on the playgrounds you learn how to co operate with your fellows and to do your best to win, while at the same time treating your opponents with fairness and courtesy. —Theodore Roosevelt “Jforth Sttto thr Ciitht of illumiB' (Cnmmritrrmrttl Jlrtmram £aturfUui turning. Sunr 5. 1900 Chorus...............“The Kind’s Champion” (.1 . Watson) Invocation...................Rev. C. C. Jessee Chorus, with obligatosolo..“The Kvening Wind” (Saint Sams) Address.....“Young America and His Mission'' Dk. John Mekkitte Driver, Chicago Vocal Solo (a) “The Nightingale’s Song”...........A Win (b) “When Love isGone”.. G. Waring Stcbbins Miss Pordyce Presentation of Diplomas................. A F. Trams, Lincoln, 111. Benediction

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THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR 5 State Association would do away with athletic contests with high schools which have no definite requirements, and with whom victories have been won that have not benefited us in the least. Therefore, let this upward movement be forwarded by all, for we are all concerned in seeing our high school reach that height where athletics and scholastic achievements so blend as to make the school a clean cultured preparation for the destined vocation of the individual. THE DEMON. (An Actual Incident) But see! Yon slugger comes to bat. But why so tidy with his hat? Why shake and tremble in such a state, And nervously edge from the plate? Hear his team-mates loudly cheer— He swings, and punctures—the atmosphere. With fained surprise he takes his seat, His framed excuse, these words repeat: “Just as I swung to break the tie Some water dropped down in my eye.” Thus struck out Mighty Pettigrew, The Idol of the Sigma Nu; His papa’s pride, his mama’s joy, This bouncing, graceful, baseball boy. Paxton H gh School 11, Kankakee H. S. 4. P. H. S. had the extreme pleasure of a journey to Kankakee for th« purpose of playing a game of baseball—they did—in a down-pour of rain. The proud K K. K. H. S. nine was humbled and dragged down in the mire, but not without a little struggle at the very beginning. They succeeded in round No. 1, through the aid of the elements and a combination of errors in amassing a total of four runs. They succeeded in keeping this lead until round No. 5—then the balloon ascended and soared higher and higher, and when it all ended the victorious P. H. S. waded through a sea of mud, gathered up their bats and noisily departed, leaving their muddled victims to th mercy of the raging elements. Paxton High School 8, Kankakee H. S. 3 The game was played in a cyclone of wind. It was a repetition of W

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THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR 17 Jlbrntifiratinu Sabi of Ihr (Haas nf 1UUU Name Distinguished Favorite Characteristic Occupation Ellen Anderson Size Talking (to boys) Leola Beach Golden Locks Pulling wire Nora Birket Giggling in B-flai Growing tall Edna Carlsten High forehead ) Spilling acid on i 1 her clothes ) Mildred Carson A kind smi'e Talking to George Feme Condit My salts, please Longing for Hugh Esther Engstrom Dignity Witnessing a 1 1 “pitched” battle ' Faye Flora Far away-look Giggling Lucy Frankliu Melvin Froyd Followed by a Jr. Strolling “Busyness” Writing Notes Joe Gourley Auburn hair Collecting hearts Edwin Johnson Roman nose Florist Lillie Hanson Good nature Singing Lillie Kelley Radiance i Playing the suu- t beam ' Ralph Keirp Promptness Teaching Mr. Baiuum 1 Leon Kelso Small feet Talking to Esther Ruth Kjellstrand Frown Cracking jokes Clare Moffett Crowing Farming Cleta Moffett Diligence Smiling Karl Moffett t Intersection I of toe-lines ) | Studying Mathematics Merrie Mills Bashfuluess ( Studying Virgil I (V. E. D.) , Ella Morgan Puffs f ‘ Eddyfying” Scandinavia Carl Stearns Blushing Sleeping Essie Shelby Grinning Roaming Ralph Stine t “Got the key I I to the Lab?” i Writing poetry Frances Swanson Curlv hair “Monkeying” Subject of Thesis The Burning Blush t What are the wild waves say-( mg? “Not Stern but Stearns” Women's sufferage Burke’s speech Picking “Stones” in North Dakota Base Ball t A Fluter who ( I flluted the flute ) S How to run an ) I automobile S How to keep young i The pleasure of j ■ flitting from -I flower to flower S People in glass houses I should say Not! | George the First Psychological 1 mensuration of the Universal j Poteu’alities J Great elocutionists To sew or not to se ? Fine Poultry How to wash dishes Spring styles k Is inan descen-’ ded from the ( monkey? Johnsonian jewelry Morpheus Blondhue (Hugh) | Beware of Gas- ] 1 eous mixtures! j A B X