Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR J» ,1 HGH SCHOOL CALENDER Dec. 16—Nothin’ doin’. Dec. 17—The faculty and one Jun- ior girl held a lengthy session in the office after four p. m. Dec. 18—The Freshman number of the “Reflector was issued. Dec. 19—The students discovered they had a musical genius in their midst. For particulars ask Marian S. Dec. 20—One Senior boy could stand it no longer, so he took the afternoon off and jurneyed to Gilman to meet “her”. Dec. 23—Ethel W. lost her equilib- rium on the front stairway. Dec. 24—Mr. Rogers gave the chem- istry class their Christmas gift, in the form of a quiz. Jan. 2—Everybody is back at hard work after a much needed vacation. Jan. 3—This broke all records as visitors’ day.”. v Jan. 6—Mr. Papineau flooded the school yard. He took so much delight in doing it, that we can not decide whether he did it for his own pleas- ure. or the students’. Jan. 7— C’mon and slide—‘Every- body’s doin’ It.’ ” Jan. 8—Still slidin.’ Jan. 9—Nothing but grind on our lessons. Jan. 10—Too bad. Sophies, that the rain spoiled your bob-sled party. Jan. 13—The thirteenth and a Mon- day at that. Jan. 14—Clithroe made a social call. Jan. 15—Clithroe called again. Jan. 16—Mrs. Daniels of Greenville, 111., gave the high school students a short talk on Household Science.” Spelling exam. Jan. 17—E. J. did not have his alge- bra. H. A.'s paper failed to reach him. Jan. 20—Call is issued to Sopho- mores and Seniors for their report cards. The girls lunched” at school on account of bad weather. Menu: banan- as and cheese-straws. (Continued on page 55.) THEMES SELECTED FROM THE RHETORIC CLASS. An Unpleasant Experience. (By Marie Newman, T5.) Charles Lyons was making his way rapidly down the street, whistling as if his life depended upon it. A block or so ahead of him, he saw the sign of the commercial bank, his destina- tion. In his pocket he had a roll or bills which a neighbor had asked him to deposit in the bank for her. At first he had thought it might be well to hold the money in his hand to guard against losing it, but some of his friends had kindly presented him their greetings in form of snow balls, and he could not resist the temptation to “fire” one back. So hastily putting the money in his pocket, he fired several back, and hurried on. On reaching the bank, he was re- lieved to find that it had not been closed. He went in, and. drawing off his mitten, reached into his pocket for the money. Why, he must have put it in another pocket! No, it wasn't there either! Finally, after a thorough search, his first awful dreads were now actual facts. The money was lost. What should he do? Go back and tell the neighbor that he had lost the money or got and look for it. He de-' cided upon the latter course. He re- traced his steps to the place where he had stopped to make snow-balls, but no trace of the lost money could be found. By this time it had grown quite dirk, ‘o (here was no use in

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THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTRO construed to mean two-thirds of the members actually present and voting. Speaker Clark ruled that a two-thirds vote of all the membership was not necessary. The protest declares that even If the proposed amendment should be ratified by three-fourths of the states it would not be valid since there was a flaw in its inception. If this objection should be conceded by the present Congress, or sustained by the Supreme Court, in the event that body should be called upon to determine the question, other amend- ments might le invalidated. It has been suggested, that this is the real :motive of the Georgia legislature; for. both the 14th and 15th amendments are charged with some similar weak- ness, and these amendments which resulted from conditions relating to the civil war, its causes and results, have not always been accepted by the South as desirable. The class in Civics should keep track of this question during the next fe- r months, and see how it termin- ates. FOR THE CIVICS CLASS Ten Pledges That the New President and the 63rd and 64th Congresses are Expected to Keep. 1. Speedy reduction in the tarifT. 2. Financial reform and ample cre- dit under government control. 3. Civil prosecutions against trusts and criminal proceedings against trust organizers. 4. Two amendments to the consti- tution—one providing for the popular election of U. S. Senators, and the oth- er providing for a federal income tax. 5. Congres-ional action limiting the 5° president of the U. S. to a single term. C. Economy in government expen- ses. 7. Free use of Panama Canal Dy American coast-wise vessels. 8. Efficient supervision and rate regulation of rail roads, express, tel- egraph and telephone lines.” 9. Conservation of resources for tue benefit of the people. 10. Prohibition of corporations from contributing to campaign funds. The above is a brief statement of the leading pledges of the Democratic platform on which Woodrow Wilson was elected president of the United States. The new democratic members of the 63rd Congress are bound by the same pledges; and as the Democratic party will soon be in control of both the legislative and executive machin- ery of the Nation, we may reasonably expect all of these pledges, both in principle and spirit, to be faithfully kept. THE SEVEN MODERN WONDERS OF THE WORLD. Recently 700 European and Ameri- can scientists were asked by Popular Mechanics to name what they consid- er the seven wonders of the modern world. The following were selected: Wireless, Telephone, Aeroplane, Rad- ium. Anticeptics and Antitoxines, and the X-Ray. It may be interesting to compare and contrast these with the seven wonders of the ancient world, which were the Pyramids of Egypt, Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Diana, Statue of Jupiter by Phidias, Mauso- leum of Artemisia, and the Colossus of Rhodes.

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THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTRO trying to hunt any more then. Again the question arose. Should he o home? No, he was not a coward, but s i I he didn’t just feel like facing his p-rents or the poor woman who had sent him. He knew what the loss would be to her. A faint hope flashed through his mind. Possibly, in the growing dusk he had failed to see the money, and if he were to look early in the morning he might find it. So he decided to search for an empty box or barrel to sleep in, and to re- new his search at the first signs of light in the morning. After a time, he found a place to sleep and settled himself for the night. Although he was warmly clad the piercing wind chilled him thoroughly. This, added to the thoughts of a warm supper at home and the warm blankets on his own bed. rendered him very uncom- fo-table. In spite of his efTorts to re- strain them, the tears forced them- selves into his eyes, and the harder he tried to forget his warm home and his father and mother, the faster the tears came. Finally, he resigned himself to that babyish art, crying, and cried himself to sleep. He did not awake until he heard the strange noises of traffic. He had intended to be awake before daylight, and. judging by the number of people about, it must be quite late. He stood ttp.and tried to straighten out his wrinkled clothing. He felt rather weak, and wondered why. Then he remembered the facts of the preced- ng night, and at the thought of hav- ing had no supper, be became very hungry. But he must hunt for the money so that he might get home. He staggered forward and sank down on the snow. A policeman came up, and after restoring him to consciousness asked him where he lived. The boy began crying again and managed to J2 tell the officer his address. Then he lost consciousness again. Charles opened his eyes in his own room at home. His father and mother and the doctor were bending over him. He had been trying to tell, in an unconscious state his story. Now he managed to tell it, and the parents at last found out the reason for his absence. When he was strong enough he and his father w'ent in search of it aga.n. He picked up his cap, and out of it fell the lost money. He had put It into his cap instead of his pocket. THE FATE OF AN EASTER BONNET. (By Orpba Jessie, T5.) The general topic of conversation, in a certain colored settlement, was Dinah Black’s new Easter Bonnet.The gossips soon spread the news far and wide, and lastly it reached no other person than Dinah herself. Of course she was very proud, and said to Mos- es, her husband, “Well, eben if I do be a washerwoman. I guess dat 'hat will make dose cullud belles mighty jealous,’ and Dinah chuckled at- the sensation she thought would occur, on her arrival at the meeting house. As Moses said, Dinah seemed to be living in the future, for she could hardly wait until the eventful Easter day, when she should come forth in her new creation. One day, about a week before Easter, Mrs. Black de- cided she needed a new dress to cor- respond with her hat. So Moses hitch- ed old Sam, the mule, to the wagon, and off the two started for a nearby town, where Dinah had formerly purchased her new hat. As the wheels of the wagon rattled along the unpav- ed street, the neighbors came to their windows to see what the noise was