Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL RE ELECTRO 8 r ii i Exchanges, Comments and Clippings EXCHANGES. The exchange depar.nunt is the one most helpful and Unef.cial to a school. By our comments on other papers and their comments upon our paper, we are able to “see ourselves as others see us” and by so doing help to make our paper Ict.er. Many very good and interesting ex- changes have come to us t::is month. One of the best that have reached us is The Bulletin,” Stuebenville, Ohio. It is up to the standard in all its de- partments. Come again. “Yellow and Blue”, Chicago, 111.: We congratulate you on being able to publish a paper as good as yours is without the help of advertisements. It certainly does improve your paper. “Ocksheperida,” Sheridan, Wyom- ing: You have some splendid artists who are to be congratulated. The Kankakee High School stu- dents certainly have their share of school spirit. Their December issue was a football number. We congratu- late you on your team, Kankakee. Welcome to our table, “Messenger”, Wichita, Kansas. You are one of our best exchanges. Voice of South High”, Youngstown, Ohio: You are always welcome. Come again. “Maroon and White”: Your literary department is certainly worthy of note. “The Bake Breeze,” Sheboygan. Wis., is a splendid paper from cover to cover. It is especially rich in stor- ies. Come again. Among other exchanges we have received are; “The Junior Life”. Chrisman, 111.; “Visalia High School News”, Visalia, Cal.; The Booster”. Primghar. Iowa; “The Rayen Record ' Youngstown, Ohio; Wayzata High school Recorder , Wayzata, Minn.; the “Illinois Wesleyan Argus,” Bloom- ington; and “The Scout”, Muskogee, Okla. As Others See Us. Paxton High School Reflector has an unusual feature. All pupils hav- ing a grade of 90 or above are given honorable mention.—“Maroon and White,” DanvHie, 111. Paxton High School Reflector: Your cover design for December was origi- nal, but not very artistic.—“Rayen Record”, Youngstown, Ohio. “The Bulletin,” Stubenville, Ohio, says: Paxton High School Reflector is rather limited in all its departments. Make your artists get busy, Reflector, and turn in some goad cuts. (Cuts are expensive and our funds are lim- ited.—Reflector Ed.) The Paxton High School Reflector is a neat and businesslike little pa- per.—“The Ocksheperida,” Sheridan, Wyoming. We seem to be well known in Floy- rirdr., Texas. This is what “Plain Talk” says: “We wish to say that the Reflector is an old friend of our Pres- ident. Dr. Bailey. It has always been an enterprising paper. Joke3 from Our Exchanges An officer was showing an old lady over the battleship: “This,” said he, pointing to an inscribed plate on the

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ffaxton tfityh Srluml tRrttrrtur Published Monthly by the Paxton High School (Office with the Eastern Illinois Register) SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copies ...... 10 cents Yearly Subscriptions .... 75 cents Editors General Number, . Mack Wylie, Helen Nelson Business Manager . . . Herbert Stevens Assistant Business Manager . . Carl Fagerburg Athletic Editor . . . Eugene Frederick Alumni Editors W. M. Glenn, '06 Gladys Swanson,'J3 Faculty Adviser . . . . O. J. Bainum CLASS REPORTERS Senior Class . David Danielson, Myrtle Hammerlund Junior Class . . Carl Fagerburg, Helen Ludlow Sophomore Class . . Jamie Kerr, Mary Hagens Freshman Class . . Ray Smith, Ruth Skinner Considerable space has keen give-n in this issue oi the Re'lector for the publication of the names of all stu- dents who were excused from taking the semester examinations, and for the special mention of those students who won the highest grades in the examinations which they were requir- ed to take. The editorial management believe themselves justified in this, as in no o her way can recognition be given to so many students who have been loyal and faithful. It is an hon- or that every student should strive to merit. A careful study of the rules providing for exemption from exam- inatons twice each year, must reveal to every candid person that he must be a very JndifTr rent student who can not, at least once each year, either be excused from one or more of his ex- aminations, or write so fatt?factorl’y upon some one or more of the subjects which he is studying, as to merit special mention. It may be argued that the motive, honorable mention or relief from writ- ing some examination, may not be an ideal one, and yet experience is abun- dantly proving in the Paxton high school and elsewhere, that the results, as shown by increased regularity and punctuality of attendance, and in the more careful and continuous daily preparation of the lessons assigned, fully justify the method and the mo- tive. There is an old I.atin maxim, the meaning of which is, that pursuits or habits pass into or become character. It is well that high school students realize that th°ir intellectual pursuits are prssing into and becoming per- (Continued on page 00.)

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J9 THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR deck, “is where our gallant captain fell.” “No wonder,’ replied the old lady, ‘ I nearly slipped on it myself.” “John, dear, can you see what those people at the next table are eating?” “I can’t see at all, but it sounds like soup.” (With apologies to Tennyson) Broke! Broke! Broke! Oh my hard earned “bones”,Oh Gee! But it brings some relief to utter The thoughts that occur to me. Oh. well for the beautiful gifts. As they rest in a fair array! Oh! well, for the haunting thought That intrudes: Does the whole thing pay? And the giving still goes on. As it has in years gone by; But the last of the merry holidays, Bring again the same old cry: Borke! Broke! Broke! Not a single cent, Oh Gee! And the dough that I spent for the Xmas gifts Will never come back to me. No Reason to Worry—Mike got a job moving some kegs of powder, and, to the alarm of his foreman, was smoking at his work. “Je-ru-salem!” exclaimed the fore- man. Do you know what happened when a man smoked at this job some years ago? There was an explosion that blew up a dozen men.” “That couldn’t happen here,” re- turned Mike, calmly. Why not?” “’Cause there’s only you and me, was the reply. All good boys love their sisters, But I so good have grown That 1 love the other fellow s sister Better than I love n:y own. Willie walked on the railroad track He didn't hear the bell; The engine went to Halifax; 1 know where you think Willie went es i know very well. But Willie v.a? walking on the oth er track, So i made no difference if he didn’t hear the bell. Luring !he reconstruction days CL Virginia a negro was convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced iO be banged. On the morning or the execution hi mounted the scaffold with reasonable calmness. Just be- fore the noose was to be placed around h s neck the sherifT asked him if he had anything to say He studied a norrent and said: “No, suh, boss, thankee, suh, ’cep- tin' dis is sho gwine to he a lesson to me.” Be he went, or am he gone? Has he left I all alone? Will he ne’er return to I, or I go to ho? It cannot, was. Mary had a little lamb,” You’ve heard that fact before: But did you know she passed her plate And had a little more. When in England an American had luncheon with a prominent English nobleman who was very proud of his ancestry. Taking a coin from his poc- ket the Englishman said. My great, grpat grandfather was made a lord by the king whose picture you see on this shilling.” “Indeed,’ replied the American, smling, as he produced an-