Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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io cate” the candidate is entitled to write on each new monthly examination until he succeeds in writing at the rate of 60 words net per minute for ten minutes. He is then granted a “Special Credential Certificate” enclosed in a specially designed leather card case. Silver and gold medals are awarded for writing at the rate of 70 and 80 words net for the same length of time as necessary for the other awards. The names and rates of all successful candidates arer given credit upon the records of the Underwood Typewriter Company in New York City. Thus far IJndft Pearson has come the nearest to receiving the “Initial Certificate,” having written 36 words net for ten minutes. It is hoped that a number of the students will receive one or more of the awards before the close of the year. Prof. H. A. Hollister, High School Visitor for the University of Illinois, Inspects P. H. S. Prof. H. A. Hollister, the University of Illinois High School Visitor, spent the afternoon of January 11 inspecting the work of the various departments of the Paxton High School. Under the system of accrediting the high schools of the state by the University, a formal inspection is made by “The Visitor” at least once every three years—more frequently if conditions require. The credits granted Paxton at the last inspection, three years ago, expire in June, 1917. The subjects added to our courses of study since the former visit are pedagogy and teachers’ review subjects, household economics, manual training and mechanical drawing, commercial geography, commercial arithmetic, shorthand and typewriting. Of these, we have reason to believe that the commercial geography, manual training, mechanical drawing, and household economics will be accredited. The University does not grant entrance credit for commercial arithmetic, pedagogy, or for shorthand and typewriting. The only question raised in relation to the character of the work inspected was as to the crowded conditions under which so large a high school is being conducted. The number of units of credit held during the past 3 years......21 No. of new credits expected 2% Total .................24 units Of the above, 15 units are required for college entrance. Sixteen units are required for high school graduation. College preparatory students may therefore take one unit of high school work that is not accredited. Other students may select their studies with fewer restrictions. PAXTON HIGH SCHOOL RE-AC-CREDITED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Urbana, 111., Feb. 3, 1917. Mr. O. J. Bainum, Principal Township High School. Paxton, Illinois. My Dear Sir:—On my recommendation as a result of a recent visit the Council of Administration has approved the renewal of accrediting of your high school as fully accredited for a term of two years, or until June 30, 1919. This means that in our judgment you have an efficient high school. The enclosed card should be permanently filed in your office and also made a matter of record by your Board for future reference. With a sincere wish for the continued prosperity of your school, I am Very truly yours, H. A. Hollister, High School Visitor.

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9 vantages of our universities, they waste little time in other than the pursuit of their studies. Some days ago, these foreign students gave an entertainment which bade fair to rival some of the dramatis scenes staged in bygone days on old P. H. S. rostrum. As I think of some of those plays, I could almost wish to be back in them again. To me, they number among the most pleasant of my high school memories. I can only wish you good luck with them in the future. It must be almost time for another Reflector, and I am very anxious to receive it. The information which I have been receiving about the basketball team has been particularly meagre, and I want to get some firsthand news. Then, of course the Ads. are a source of interest to me, and I may say that I was glad to note their extent in the last edition. If everyone reads them as carefully as I do, you could conscientiously treble their price. Well, Mr. Bainum, the day has passed and I must close with the hope that you are in good health, and that your injured foot is strengthening rapidly. Sincerely yours, Dewey F. Fagerburg, ’16. A SPECIAL TALK TO THE GIRLS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ON HOME-MAKING. (By Mrs. Dunlap at City Hall. Reported by Katharine Thompson.) On Thursday, Jan. 11th, Mrs. Dunlap. wife of Ex-Senator Dunlap of Savoy, 111., gave a talk to the girls of P. H. S. The girls were requested to go to the City Hall where Mrs. Dunlap gave her address on Home Making. She named four great habits which every person should possess. They ! were the Health Habit, the Work Habit, the Play Habit, and the Study Habit. With regard to the Work Habit, she said every high school girl should be able to get a good square meal and do other ordinary house work. She said that every person, young or old, should have a certain time each day especially for recreation, and that the Play ‘Habit was just as important as the Work Habit. Mrs. Dunlap said, regarding the Health Habit, that a person’s health depended largely upon the food he eats. She discouraged the eating of white bread and advocated whole wheat bread and vegetables instead. A person must be able to concentrate his mind so upon his lessons that he can study, no matter what is going on. She said that a person should be able to gain more than merely his or her lessons from the books which are studied, namely something which is practical in order to get the Study Habit. All of these accomplishments are necessary to make an ideal home maker. Prizes for Speed and Accuracy in Typewriting. The students of the Commercial Department are showing much enthusiasm over the Underwood Credential Typewriting tests which are being given every month. These tests are sent by the Underwood Typewriter Company and the student has no chance to practice them but is given time to read them over once. An “Initial Certificate of Proficiency” is awarded to the student writing 40 words net per minute according to the International Contest Rules .for ten minutes. Five words are deducted for each error as a penalty. After receiving the “Initial Certifi-

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11 Following is a copy of the credit card” referred to on the opposite page. Algebra, 190 hours; credit, 1% units. Plane Geom., 127 hrs.; credit, 1 unit. Solid Geom., 03 hrs.; credit, % unit. Eng. Comp. 127 hrs; credit, 1 unit. Eng. Lit., 381 lire.; credit, 3 units. Latin, 508 hrs.; credit 4 units. German, 254 hours; credit 2 units. Anc. History, 127 hrs.; credit, 1 unit. Eng., and U. S. History, 264 hrs.; credit, 2 units. Civics, 03 hrs.; credit, % unit. Bookkeeping, 240 hrs.; credit, 1 unit. Com. Geography, 03 hours; credit % unit. Physiography, 03 hrs.; credit % unit. Physics, 170 hrs.; credit 1 unit. Chemistry, 170 hrs.; credit 1 unit. Botany, 88 hrs.; credit, % unit. Zoology, 88 hrs.; credit, % unit Physiology, 88 hrs.; credit % unit. Man. Training, 254 hrs.; credit 1 unit. Dora. Science, 254 hrs.; credit, 1 unit. Total, 24 units. The school was last inspected Jan. 11, 1917. The above credits are to expire June 3 9, 1919. Approved by the Council, Jan. 31, 1917. (Signed) Thomas Arkle Clark, Secretary. Paxton Township High School District No. 117 Declared by a Recent Decision of the Circuit Court to be Without Legal Warrant. Last summer legal proceedings were instituted calling into question the validity of the Paxton Township High School District No. 117. The questions involved were argued at the September term of the Circuit Court, but no decision was rendered until late in December. In the mean time, a decision of the Supreme Court was rendered, in a case that had been taken up from Leroy, 111. This declared the 1911 Township High School act, under which the Paxton district was also organized, unconstitutional. The decision of the circuit court, which soon followed, therefore, came as no surprise. According to “The Illinois Teacher,” published by the Illinois State Teachers’ Association, 198 township high school districts have been organized under this law. Those districts that were actually maintaining schools at the time the decision was rendered—• or those in which bonds had been issued, taxes levied and collected, and the money wholly or in part, expended for the erection of buildings or the employment of teachers—it is generally understood will not be seriously affected 'by the decision. They will be given legal status as “de facto schools. The Paxton district, according to an authority on the subject, only missed by a narrow margin being a 4,de facto” organization. But it missed. Rah! Rah! Rah! Team! Team! Team! Who? Team! Team! Team! Students of Paxton High School: You should be proud of your basket ball team. It’s a great team, and is sure to make a name for Paxton High ! such as it never has before. The residents of Paxton are more loyal to the team, than you. the students who should back your teams no matter if they win or lose. The team has entered the tournament to be held at Champaign, Feb. 23 and 24. Be loyal to the team and show the boys that you are anxious that they make a name for Paxton by winning the Championship of this county. Physics Student (ready to construct apparatus for experiment): “What kind of pulleys should we use?” Mr. Chenoweth: “Use movable fixed pulleys.”