Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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4 Paxton High School Ixeji color. Excused From Second Year Class Subjects. Elfio Carlson 4; Jessie Carson 4; Lowell Hodam 4; Chas Henderson 4; Edna Swanson 4; Lulu Frette 4; Jessie Hendrickson 4; Carl Peterson 4; Theresa White 4; Avis Moffet 3; Al'.ie Hanson 3; Agnes Leander 3; Amy Swanson 3; Charles Ernst 3; Paul An derson 2; Leona Peterson 4; Anna Watson 4; Perdue Atwood 2; Rudolph Fagerburg 2; Ida Levinson 2; Clarice Whitcomb 2; Raymond Ernst 2; Na omi Miller 2; Viola Lindgren 2; Edna Johnson 1; Mary Kellar 1; Flossie La-Bore 1; Clyde Martin 1; Bertha Olson 1; Lenore Pearson 1; Chalmer Rudolph 1; Gordon Carson 1; Ellen Erickson 1; Marie Fox 1; Edwin Hold erman 1; Claire Holley 1; Ruby Lind-berg 1; Flavius Webber 1; Berdella Hanson 1; Leonard Hathaway 1; Ralph Stanford 1; Leslie Ernst 1; Aurel Henderson 1; Jessie Button 1; Edna Helman 1; Elizabeth LaBare 1; Howard Wylie 1. Excused From First Year Class Subjects. Orran Gourley 4; Lester Johnson 4; Mauritz Anderson 4; Kenneth McCracken 4; Helen Swanson 4; Erie Hutchison 4; Mabel Fairel 3; Florence Hodam 4; May Tibby 3; Mahlon Kenney 3; Clarence Kollman 3; Hugh Udell 3; Nobel Johnson 3; Mary Webber 3; Fern Howard 2; Berdella Hanson 2; Fred LaBare 2; Hertha Helman 2; Mary Pearson 2; Lenore Pearson 2; Bernice Ainsworth 2; Betty Anderson 2; Edith Chrisman 2; Lorine Hanson 2; Edgar Peterson 2; Irene Bloomquist 2; Margaret Cissna 1; Clara Johnson 1; Mabel Congram 1; Elsie Lundquist 1; Albert Ostlund 2; Olga Stolz 1; Lillian Tackwell 1: Rob. bert Smith 1; Dorothy Palmblade 1; Leonard Johnson 1; Myrtle Hedstrand 1; Leila Karr I; Paul Currie 1; Gladys Burkland 1; Claire Holley 1; Rex Hammerlund 1; Nora Carlson 1; Ruth Funk 1; Nellie Hagens 1; Naomi Miller 1; William Westbrook 1; Howard Wylie 2; Agnes Anderson 1; May Pearson 1; Dorothy White 1; Edwin Holderman 1; Rudolph Fagerburg 2; Stuart Eddy 1; Charles Ernst 1; Leslie Ernst 1; Leslie Swanson 1; Leonard Hathaway 1; Jessie Button 1; John Hanson 1; Walter Congram 1; Emil Johnson 1. Seniors Excused From Spelling. A few days before the Semester examinations, Mr. Bainum announced that he would give a spelling examination, to consist of ICO words, which he himself had selected, and that all Sen iors who made a grade of 90 or above would be excused from participating in the daily spelling exercises for the rest of the year. The highest grade made by the Seniors was 99 which was that of Aurel Henderson. The highest grade made ty any one in the high school was Agnes Johnson, ’17, who made a perfect grade. The following Seniors, in accordance with the above, are excused from Spelling for the rest of the year: Aurel Henderson, Mary Pearson. Dew'-ey Fagerburg, Nellie Hagens, Raymond Smith, Hugh Garnett, Muriel Webber, Clarence Carlson. Lester Peterson, Allan McCracken, Edna Hel man, Elizabeth LaBare, Perle Swanson, Nora Carlson. Ruth Funk, Marion Sleezer, Doris Flora, Leslie Ernst. The average made by the Senior class in this examination was 91.2%, and 59% of the Senior class made grades that were above 9d.

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Paxton High School Reflector. 3 The Semester Examinations lanuary ;r.d 21, 191 b. Students Excused from Taking Them. EXCUSED FROM THE SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS. Names of Students in P. H. S. Honored By Being Relieved From Writing One or More of the Semester Examinations. P'or the past five or six years, it has been the policy of the management of the high school, supported by the unanimous vote of the students each year, to adopt and work under a sys tem of rules providing for the relief of those students who maintain certain fixed standards of excellence in their classes, and in regularity of attendance, from the writing of the semester examinations. These rules may be briefly summarized as follows: 1. Perfect attendance with no tardi ness, 82 per cent. 2. No absence from class, 83 per cent. 3. One absence from class, 85 per cent. 4. Three absences from class, 90 per cent. 5. Five absences from class, 95 per cent. G. Highest rank in mid-semester examinations (all students are required to take these) and satisfactory class work, with no absence thereafter. Excuced From Fourth Year Class Sub jects. (Numbers following the names indicate the number of classes from which students were excused. ♦Clarence Carlson 5; Hugh Garnett 5; Dewey Fagerburg 4; Allan McCracken 4; Marion Sleezer 4; Muriel Webber 4; Aurel Henderson 3; Lester Peterson 3; Carl Radeke 3; Agnes Anderson 2; Elizabeth LaBare 2; Guy Pacey 2; Stuart Eddy 2; Ruth Funk 2; Leslie Ernst 2; Randolph Cruzen 2; Nora Carlson 1; Kay Smith 1; Perlo Swanson 1; Edna Helman 1; Mary Pearson 1; Lorena Ferris 1. (♦Carrying 5 studies by special per mission and continuous record in all subjects above 90%.) Excused From Third Year Class Subjects. Agnes Johnson 4; Otto Nelson 4; Howard Nowman 4; Olga Pierson 4; Lorine Samuelson 4; Mildred Swanson 4; Evelyn Wylie 4; Ix rena Ferris 3; William Westbrook 3; Katherine Kemp 3; Wm. Overstreet 3; Bessie Hamm 3; Margaret McQuiston 2; Carl Cratz 2; Elmer Olson 2; Maurice Peterson 2: Everett Smith 2; Jessie But ton 2; Dorothy White 1; Floy Casey 1: Guy Pacey 1; Linda Pearson 1; Hertha Helman 1; Blanch Barnes 1: Lester Peterson 1; Ruth Funk 1; Nora Carlson 1; Jessie Button 1; Nellie Hagens 2: Elizabeth LaBare 1; Howr-ard Wylie 1; Mary Pearson 1; Leslie Ernst 1.

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Paxton High School lieflectot. 5 STUDENTS EARNING THE HIGHEST GRADE IN EACH SUBJECT TAUGHT DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER. Fourth Year Subjects, American Literature—'Hugh Garnett Dewey Fagerburg, an(i Marion Sleez-er; grade, 93. American History.— Ruth Funk-grade, 95. German IV—‘Carl Radeke; grade, 94. Chemistry. — Dewey Fagerburg; grade, 94. Geometry IV.—Dewey Fagerburg, and Lorena Ferris; grade, 95. Pedaagogy—Ruth Funk; grade, 95. Third Year Subjects. Geometry III—Olga Pierson, and Mildred Swanson; grade, 95. Latin III IV—'Clarence Carlson, and Dewey Fagerburg; grade, 94. English III—Agnes Johnson; grade. 95. Physics III—Howard Newman; grade, 91. German III—Jessie Button, grade 93. English History—Dcrena Ferris, grade, 94. Shorthand and Typewriting—Leslie Ernst, grade, 93. Second Year Subjects. Latin II—Anna Watson, grade, 93. English II—Jessie Hendrickson, Avis Moffett. Carl Peterson, Anna Watson, and Lowell Hodam; grade, 92. Zoology—Jessie Button, grade, 94. Bookkeeping.—Leonard Hathaway, grade, 94. Algerba II—Jessie Carson, grade,95. First Year Subjects. Latin I.—Florence Hodam, grade, 9G. Physiology—Florence Hodam,grade, 95. Algebra I—Florence Hodam, 97. Ancient History I—Florence Hodam, 96. English I—Mary Pearson, Kenneth McCracken, 93. Manual Training.—Rudolph Fagerburg, grade 95. Sewing—Jessie Button, grade, 91. Commercial Arithmetic — Leonard Hathaway, grade, 94. Ten Statistics Regarding the Semester Examinat ons. 1. Fourteen of the twenty-seven Seniors were excused from all of their examinations. 2. 52% of the Seniors did not take any of their examinations. 3. Twenty-seven of the twenty-seven Seniors, or 14 0%, were excused from one or more of their exams. 4. 9 of the 27 Jun ors were excused from all of their exams, or about 33% of the class. 5. 22 Juniors, or 79% of the class, were excused from taking one or more of their exams. C. 13 (if they were superstitious they’d look upon this as a bad omen. However, they’re not so don’t worry) of the Sophomores, 24% of ’em, were excused from taking any of their examinations, and 7. 41 of them were excused from one or more. 8. Only six (6) of the 64 Freshmen escaped, unscathed, the clutches of the semesters, or about 9%, while— 9. Thirty-six (56%) “got away” from one or more of the “terrible ordeals.” 10. From the above,we find that of the students enrolled in P. H. S. 42 were excused from all of their semester examinations, or 24%.