Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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61 THE PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR Spicy Notes from Class Room and Assembly—Personal Mention—Items of Special Interest to Students and Faculty Only. Others Snould not Read them unless they still have some of OUR Kind of “HIGH SCHOOL SPIRIT, and Enjoy What We Enjoy. CLASS REPORTERS FRESHMAN NOTES Stuart Eddy is known in Ancient History I. B, as the ‘Lightning Con- ductor.” On January 18. 1913, Signe Olson had a serious mishap. (Ask her about it.) She fell between Market street and Railroad Avenue.) P. S. Quite a fall. Ix st—My powder rag, a dime’s worth of spearmint, and a can of paint.—B. K. Many P. H. S. students received ter- rible downfalls during the icy weath- er. I wonder why Howard W. never takes those strolls over in the East End any more. Lost—Three hours of good sleep, between 11 p. m. and 2 a. m.—Ran- dall Bear. Lost—On January 20, my smile. Bill McDevitt. The swings which were put In the basement for the grade children, are much enjoyed by several of the high school pupils. Even some of the Soph- ies go down there and swing. We wonder when those Sophs will quit being such babies! Wanted—Better train service. Pat” Sheehan and John Watson. Wanted—School the year round. Clarence Carlson. Roses are red and violets are blue Latin is hard and English is too. Ancient History I. A enjoyed a quiz in the assembly Monday, Dec. 15. Extra good grades (?) was the result. The Freshmen are very proud of their musical genius. Elizabeth LaBarre spent the holi- days visiting friends and relatives in Bloomington. On December 19, Miss Cbipps changed the seating arrangement of the English I. class. The girls were the greatest sufferers. Although we don’t think much of self praise, nevertheless, we are quite proud of our number of the Reflector. It might have been better in some re-

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THE PAX TO N HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTRO 6 o other coin. “What a coincidence! My great, great grandfather was made an angel by the Indiaji whose picture you see on this cent.” MinisterJon know w’here little l.oys go wh? go fishing on the Sab- bath? Johnny Yep; get yuur hat and fol- low me; I'll show you the place.—Ex. V ' tfr - VOLUME VIII. PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL REFLECTOR Volume VIII. of tbe Paxton High School Reflector has just come in f;om the Jacksonville Book Bindery, and is now in its appropriate place on the shelving of the High School Li- brary. It contains 180 pagqs of, regu- lar school reading matter and 70 pages- of advertisements. It was not intended that the latter should be in- cluded, but through some error 'the advertising pages were1 not discarded as is usually done by magazine bind- eries. However, the advertising pages ai'e not without their local interest, and they are not unattractive in their appearance. Another copy of this volume of the Reflector Is honored by being given a place cn the shelves of the Paxton Carnegie Library. - i : : : : : Next month the Reflector will ue under the management of the Sopho- more Editors, and their Faculty Ad- viser, Miss Chipps. Judging from their Fr fhm.an number of last year, we predict a good number with plenty of speci 1 features. A Warning to Girls. Don't put these jokes too near your face Or you’ll be blown to chowder. I 's dangerous to place dry things So near a store of powder. •2. : 1 4---i-----------------• The Freshman Number. The Frc.-hman number of the Re- j Hector, which was issifed last month, was indeed, creditable to both the class and the school. While not every- tb!ng it contained was the result of Freshman effort, yet much credit is d e to t e c’ass for the success of the r. 'rr.ber. We are especially anxious to have the Seniors contribute to the Reflec- tor. Many Seniors have never had a signed article in the paper, and there will not be many more chances for them to do so. Get busy. There, there little Freshie, Do not cry— You will be a Suffer More Bye and Bye. (Continued from page 57) manent elements of their character: that habits of punctuality and regu- larity in the performance of duty or of task—these habits, however ac- quired. from whatever motive or stim- ulus become highly valued assets in personal character. I et us hope then, that the results idealized as tne end shall justify the motive and the means: and better still, let us have faith that, as character, through good habits and ennobling pursuits, takes permanence of structure and form, the lower motives of expediency, im- maturity and youth shall themselves be transformed to an ideal of pur- pose that shall be an unfailing inspi- ration and guide. F ay your subscription.

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THE PA X TON HIGH SC HO OL RE ELEC TP O 6j spects, but as “experience is the best teacher and our editors have not had much of that, we think it was all right. We wish to take this op- portunity to thank Mr. Lathrop for his kindness in writing the article, School Spirit” ror us, and, also Miss Gourley, our Faculty adviser, for the assistance she gave us. Ray Smith has been absent several days on account of sickness. Hjalmer Eckman caused a great deal of excitement by stepping over a desk in Room 8 in Ancient History B. Dewey F. while reading a piece about Babylonia called it Bylonia. Miss ChippS: “Dewey you must be hungry. had some part in it were: Mildred Smith, Gladys Corbly, Ethel Kelley, I eota Thrasher, Gladys Bobo, Mary Hagens and Ruth Flora. Miss Chipps: “Dorothy, what do you think of Leota’s diagiam on the board ” Dorothy S.: I think Its real good, it is just like mine.” The Freshmen are to be congratu- lated upon the December number of the Reflector. “Old timers” say that it was the best Freshman number ever published except the one by the Freshmen of last year. We sincerely hope that Santa Claus brought the Freshmen everything they desired and called for in their Reflector. Marie and Blanche Barnes were ab- sent several days during the sleet. Some one person in Algebra I. B thinks it is necessary to use all the signs of aggregation at the same time. For information see the occupant of seat three, row nine. Does Albert L. like to stand up? Ask him. SOPHOMORE NOTES. Miss Swanson (in Alg. II.): What do we do to the problem when it comes to this part? Intelligent lad: Square it.” Miss Swanson: “Oh! I guess not square it.” (Everybody laughed ex- cept Mildred S. Too deep for her.) We find the Sophies well represen- ted in the Literary program given by the Athenaeum Society. Those who On Thursdays from Jan. 10 to Jan. 14 visitors will be received in Lower Lab., and shown the zoo, with which the Sophies play. English sparrows and pigeons constitute the display. Notes are hard to find this time of year. Scarcely anything will make a pupil laugh in class. The semester exams left such sad faces in the class room that it makes the tears come to your eyes to look at them. Miss Gourley in Zool.: “Does any- one know what chiropodist means?” Lavern A. informed the class that he knew. “What is it?’ asked Miss G. “A patent corn remover” was the reply. “They always pick on me” is P. J.’s favorite song. The last thing v hich hurt his dignity was a large sign which had been placed on his back