Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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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.

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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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Paxton High School Reflector. 19 @ ' - --------------- FRESHMAN DEPARTMENT n ---- d] The Discovery of Gravitation. (An original ballad.) A man named Isaac Newton. Went walking one bright day. The wind was blowing gently, And scarce the trees did sway. He walked into an orchard Where grew some apple trees. The evening now was coming on, And stronger blew the breeze. He took a seat beneath a tree Where lay some luscious fruit, He picked one up, bit into it. It tasted good to Newt. This satisfied his hunger, And he prepared to sleep, He fell into a slumber. Which was, indeed, quite deep. The wind now blew so strongly. It tossed an apple red. Which, falling thru the atmosphere, Struck Newton on the head. So quickly from his slumbers, Sir Isaac then did jump, And now upon his head is seen A slowly rising bump. He put his hand upon his head, As if in greatest doubt Concerning this catastrophe, And how it came about. And having set h's brains to work, He proved that the relation Between tha apple and his head. Was merely gravitation. —Kenneth McCracken. Limerick. There was a brave man named Hora tius, Who stood at the bridge! Oh good gracious, He made a great leap And dived into the deep, Oh dear! He was surely audacious. —Kenneth McCracken. A Limerick. There is a young Sophomore sublime, Who talks as slow as old Time. He studies his book As a fish does a hook. And I hope he won’t hear of this rhyme. A Hundred Years Ago. A hundred years ago. When the wilderness was here. The man with the powder in his gun Went out to hunt fhe deer. But now the thing is changed To quite a different plan; The “dear” with the powder (on her face) Goes out to hunt for the man. In Ancient History: Miss Hanford; “George, what is a phalanx?” George B.: “A phalanx is a big machine for throwing large stones.”