Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Paxton High School Reflector. 17 SOPHOMORE DEPARTMENT j - A Sophomore Sermonette on “Birds of a Feather Flock Together.” This old saying is quite true. Intellectual people always associate with each other as also do ignorant people. Wealthy people are found in the same crowd as are poor people Also criminals associate with each other. If an intellectual person should be in the companionship of an ignor ant person, the ignorant person would become intellectual or the intellectual person would become ignorant, or else they would part company. Cats and dogs do not associate as a rule, neither do fishworms and elephants. Agnes J.—The Juniors’ Star. Once there was a little Junior And her name was Agnes J.; Although little, she was mighty In a spelling test one day. They pronounced a hundred words And requested each to write; Correctly spelled upon some paper Then they’d grade them all ’fore night. The Senior champion missed one word The Sophomores’—only two; The Freshman missed but four of these. (Cniy Agnes J. got through (with a perfect record). Anna Watson. Parody on “Sweet and Low.” Whisper low, whisper low, Students of P. H. S., Low, slow, low and slow, Students of P. H. S. Over the study hall the teachers go, Come from the office walking slow. Hushed is the crowd upstairs; While the Freshman, while the Freshman sleeps. Limericks. There is a young Senior named Ray, He went hunting on one fine day; He tried his ruck Upon a wild duck. And he’s going . -,a.n some fine dav. There is a young (joe.or named Hugi As a surgeon he’s capable too; He said with a frown As he chucked the pills down “I hope these, their duty will do.” There is a young fellow named Pete, From his looks he gets plenty to ear; For when he arrives He always contrives To the pantry, his brother to beat. “The Whistling Girl” Oft at midnight you can h.ear her, And sometimes at break of day. For her lips are always puckered In a rounded sort of way.

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16 Pax tun High School Rcjicclor. ever the ball was, he could be depended upon to be nearby. Last, yet first, comes Eddy. He did most of Paxton's scoring—7 free throws and five (5) field baskets—a pretty fair record one would say. “Puok” played a great game the whole way thru. He was in everything. For Kankakee, Sowers played the best game, with M. Walters at center coming a close second. The line-up was as follows: Paxton High Kankakee H. S. Swanson . Left Forward . Newberry Eddy Right Forward R. W'alters Wylie Center Chrisman . Right Guard Thompson Fagerburg Left Guard Substitutes: Overstreet for Swan- son; Sowers for Newberry. A Fable That is Not All a Fable. One Friday night, as two yor.ng nun (students of P. H. S.) were standing on a well known corner in front of a w'ell known drug store, strains of martial music (?) were heard. Upon hearing them, one of the young men turned to the other and said: “By Jove tonight is the night that we play K-------. Come on let’s go to the game.” “Aw what’s the use? replied the other “They’ll get beat anyway, an’ what’s the use of spending your money to see ’em get wiped?” The first speaker said no more, but starte 1 on a run for the Coliseum, for the music had ceased. The next monr'ng, there was talk of nothing else but of the last night's game. By chance, the two young men again came together. Say, said the first, “You were a fool to miss that game, and that’s all I’ve got to say about you. Why, that game was some game! And say, let me tell you, that Bddy is tome there when it comes to throwing free throws—and Fagerburg and Overstreet! Those fellows were “right there,” too, all the time. And Swede! Why, he was like a streak or lightning, and Irby and Chrisman! say, there are two comers. But don’t forget that Wylie played center, and the way he “tore around”.well, he kept his man so busy, that the perspirat on ran off him in streams.” “That so”, said the other, “Gee, I wish I’d gone. That must a’ been some game.” (Moral:—Don’t be a knocker, when we’ve got a team like we have, and w'ien we’ve got such a fellow as Chen-oweth working for this team; bait go right now and get a season ticket, and help to make the full house that we need, in order to be able to get good fast teams here.) Buy your tickets now! Platon an and Athenaeum Literary Societies. Plans are maturing for the preparation and presentation of two literary entertainments in the near future— one by the members of the Athenaeum Literary Society, and the other by ths Platonian. These will be held at the High School Assembly Hall, and the usual admission fee of 10 cents will be charged, although the entertainments will be worthy of a 50 or 75 cent admission charge as usual. These entertainments are given for the benefit of these taking part, and not for the money returns.

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18 Paxton High School Reflector. CONUNDRUMS. To the Seniors of P. H. S. Here’s to the class of T6, May their colors wave far and near. Showing to others about them The good they have done each year. Miss F. in Eng. HI.: “Edna, what’s the last narration you have read.” Edna S.: Oh. an antedote, I guess (meaning anecdote.) Mr. Chenoweth in Zool.: “Give some of the uses of white fish.” Jessie B.: For sterilization” (meaning fertilization.) Miss Felmley at 11:50 a. m.—“Will the ushers (meaning monitors) please bring up the spelling blanks from the rear?” We wonder where she thought shfe was. Mr. Huddleston in the 5th period: “There are people in this room who sit with their faces in front of them and mumble.” Carl Peterson, while examining an earthworm remarked, “Well, where are its wings?” Heard in Bookkeeping: “Have you a blotter? , Sleepy Answer: “No, I'm not chewing gum.” Mr. Chenoweth: “Edw-in, w'hat is the nephridium?” Edwin: “I can’t talk today.” At a Sophomore meeting held December 1, the following people were elected: Chalmer Rudolph, President; Anna Watson, Vice President; Raymond Ernest, Secretary and Treasurer. Answer at Leisure. Has Lowell ever shaved? Ans. No. He “Hodam.” What did Lillian Tackwell? Ans. Nothing. She didn’t have any Ham mer except what had “lund attached. Why doesn’t Miss K. need an automobile? Ans. She’s got a Kaar” of her own. What does Leland say upon being aroused from one of his pleasant dreams? Ans. “Moore”. What sort of a laborer is Clarence K.? Ans. “Kollman.” Why won't Bessie H. ever suffer from the pangs of hunger? Ans. She’ll always have a “Hamm” with her. What is characteristic of Raymond E.? Ans. He’s an “Ernest” young man. What student in P. H. S. bears the name of a magazine? Ans. “Puck”. Why is Cruzen popular? Ans. He’s always “Happy.” If Harold ever becomes a farmer, why won’t he need to build anything except a house? Ans. He’ll have all the “Barnes” he’ll need. In what way is Edwin H. different from the tide? Ans. He sometimes rises but doesn’t “Eb”. Friday, Jan. 7, Miss I aura Hammer strand, a graduate of the class of 1915. visited the high school. On Friday, Jan. 7, the members of the basket ball squad were excused from their classes to go to Kankakee They departed on the 3:35 train.