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The Paxton High School Reflector Volume VI. JANUARY, 1910 Number A WORD OF ADVICE TO THE SOPHOMORES I do not know that the Sophomores need this well-meant advice any more than the members of the other classes but this is your Reflector and 1 dedi- cate it to you. To begin with; Do you care to amount to anything? And secondly. Have you any ambition? I imagine that “Yes” will be the answer to both of these interrogations. Then comes the question, “Are you laying the right foundation?” I will answer this for you. “Probably not,” I say. Why? Well, you don’t go at it right, you don't use method, perseverance, and work to sufficient extent. You, like the majority of people, want to have a good time, and you have it; that is, you think so. But it’s the old story of “The Ant and the Grasshopper.” Certainly its old. but it’s just as true as the day it was first stated. Remem- ber this. Any one can be a good fel- low, but does it pay? Cast your eye around for the good fellow. Is he building his future upon a reinforced concrete foundation? No; he forgot tha' there had to be a foundation. He started his house by shingling. Listen! Have you any brains? If so. use them,—not necessarily in your studies alone (though incidentally that might help some), but in every move you make. Think independently. Don’t use your neighbor’s brain for a crutch. Some time he will need it himself and then you will be at sea in a leaky boat and “far from home and mother.” Do you want a good remedy? One 4 that will lead to success? I’ll endeav- or to tell you one. Get up in the morning with a definite aim, and try to accomplish some thing or part of thing that day. Begin now. Pick up loose ends and carry some thing to its logical conclusion. Be it mental or physical labor, finish it then at once. I admit it doesn’t sound invit- ing, but, it’s the only way. You can loaf your way into luxury, but you can’t stick with it very long. “You can’t get something for nothing.” That’s not new either, but, it never- theless holds good. It always has, and probably always will. Watch the Good Fellow. Keep your eye on him a while and note down results. The Good Fellow can be found by going over the salary lists of business firms and picking out the names with twelve dollars a week or less opposite their pay roll numbers. They seldom are worth that much, but some times they get it. While his money lasts, so lasts his popularity. But the dream vanishes, another Good Fellow takes his place; and the once Good Fellow “Joins that in- numerable caravan that moves” to the poor-house or the penitentiary. Also don’t be a “Cut-up.” The world is full of cut-ups, the market’s glutted with them now. The one-ring circus, the dog and pony shows, and the cheap vaudeville has strenuously endeavored to absorb the output, but has signally failed, and the Cut-up is omnipresent. The nearest degenerate relative to the Cut-up and the Good Fellow is the “Willie Boy” who wears a hat two
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THE TAX TON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR 2 sizes too small and cultivates a lisp,— who is the pride of his mother and the scorn of-his younger brothers. Conceive, if possible, any one of the above three nonentities, (yet pro- ducts of civilization), embarked on •the high seas of business or profes- sional life. Picture the harrassed litigant seeking counsel, aid, or com- fort from a Willie Roy lawyer. Imag- ine the good fellow in the pulpit and the cut-up as your family physician. (May Heaven help us, for they won't.) Let -me repeat, be independent, be something, do something, do it meth- odically and continuously, and culfi- vate horse-sense. A SENIOR. HOW “PIG” SAVED THE DAY The atmosphere of Harding College was plainly in commotion. Students failed in their recitations openly and without regret. Teachers had ue- spaired of infusing interest or know- ledge into the heads of their pupils, and now smiled sadly and hopelessly upon their excitement. Even “ Old Pickle” had said with a grunt that his pupils would not prepare their lessons, and had consequently short- ened them, a very unusual proceed- ing. The social and intellectual spasm of the year in Harding College was approaching, and everyone was look- ing forward to it with interest. Com- mittees rushed around with vacant, absent expressions, and with an ap- pearance of much at stake and much to do, that would have done credit to a Wall S reet speculator. Upper classmen hardly ate, and when they did, they could not have told you what they had eaten. The unfortu- nates who had to furnish the intellec- u3l ability, walked around with their beads in the clouds, preparing elo- quent speeches that would make the “stunt” a memorable one. Youths stood around in little knots, talking of the affair, and endeavoring to find out whether or not somebody was going to appropriate some one else's girl. The girls lived in a flur- ried and expectant state, and the main topic of conversation every- where was the coming function. Preparations were being completed for the Junior-Senior banquet, and the various committees were working to make It more brilliant than ever be- fore. This was an affair much an'i- eipated. with joy by the students, wiih apprehension by the Faculty. It was traditional for the Sopho- mores to endervor u stop proceedings and to obtain a part of the decora- tions and menu, and many were the stories that had been handed down of past attempts and f'ilures. The Soph- mores had been holding secret meet- ings, and many plans had been pro- posed but rejected, one by one, as un- favorable, until the whole class was dejected, and as surly a bunch as it would be possible to find. They were particularly anxious to capture the toastmaster, Hal Hast- ings. In addition to his work as mas- ter of ceremonies, Hal was to accept the relic from the Seniors, an old, time worn manuscript which had been handed down from the Seniors to the Juniors for many years. Also It was bis privilege to lead the grand march in the dance which followed the ban- quet Pig” Jones and “Petey” Oleson agreed unanimously, then and there, that no failure would occur this year, and that they would secure the part of the menu which appealed particul- arly to “Pig.” “Pig” Jones was a happy-go-lucky, good-natured boy, with a jolly, freck- 1' 1 face and a pug nose, and wh.it
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