Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Senioi Depaztment 22 CONTAINING TWO PAGES ONLY, SENIOR ABILITY AND ENERGY BEING CONSERVED FOR THE SENIOR NUMBER; YET, NOTE HEREIN THE SLEDGE-HAMMER RAPS ON THE FACUL-TEE “Berg, C. — Homer E. And the rest of our facul-tee SOME SENIOR SENTIMENTS (With apologies to Mr. Lowell and his Bigelow papers.) The Senior class is a down-trodden clan, Overworked and oppressed, they have no time to play, They toil through their labors the best that they can Except in the class-room, theyv’e nothing to say. For B. C. Berg he There never was better assemblage, I ween. But if recreation is part of their plan. They never try it in Room Sitxeen For Amandie Kaar, she Doesn't conduct a class in Levity. So Senior maidens’ smiles are wan. And Senior youths ne’er chuckle more They sigh for care free days of June, And Senior troubles to be o’er. For Ruth J. Holmes doth say, Her class room is no place to play. For innocent pastimes has no sympathy. Isn’t it awful? What can they do? All work and no play makes us dull, that’s a fact; In Chemistry lab. amusement we’d seek, But if test tube be broken or flask be cracked, Homer E. Chenoweth he Won’t stand for such actions in Chemistry. So it’s work from nine till four P. M. And take your books all home with you. Work ere you retire, and when you arise— Wouldst have some more to doj . It's a tragedy! For Frances, she And Char-Iot-tee Yea, all the rest of the facul-tee Pile up the work on you and me. THE PEPLESS WONDERS The Senior Class are as good as can be This term was given to the student body of Paxton High School, last fall, at the first meeting of the Athletic

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21 you? But. say, now. I’ll just tell you one thin?—I don’t like to go to school. It is such strenuous labor for one to stand on one’s feet and recite. It's lots easier, you know, to just sit still and say, “'I dunno.” I have nice yellow hair and a pretty complexion and the girls like to talk to me. They do it to make me blush; but, say, do you honestly suppose they mean what they say? I’m nice and quiet, like.......... I have real fine curly brown hair and prety blue eyes and the whitest teeth. My hobby is Zoology. My ideals run higher than ......’s; they run clear up to Seniors, even. I like some of those nice Freshmen, especially those which have Fords. 1 have big blue eyes, rosy cheeks, and real dark wavy hair. I also have a nice little dimple in my left cheek which hardly anyone notices. I get along real nice in school—for I let nothing bother me because one can get along any old way if one is cute. My favorite ambition is looking sweet and that isn’t one bit hard for me, either. Behold in me the knowledge and wisdom of the class. I am the most meritorious person going. I hail from ............ from whence comes the wisdom which is found in various classes of P. H. S. My forehead which always bears a frown, well denotes the fact that I am a very, very deep thinker. Even though I do study-all the time, almost, I have ‘a good time quite often, anyway. I am an all around good sort. I I am one of the perfectly harmless, and very studious • members of our class. One could tell by my ever rumpled hair and perturbed look, that I was a deep thinker. I care not for the frivolities,—my thoughts run deeper. I am the worker of the class of ’19. I’m going to be a great person —someday. A LIST OF MAGAZINES. ■“The Country Gentleman”—Ralph Stanford. “Farm Life”—Bessie Hamm. “Happy Hours”—Maurice Peterson. “The Gentlewoman”—Gladys Auk-land. “Tip - Top Weekly” — Lawrence Sackett. “Saturday Evening Post” — Roy Flick. “Motion Picture Magazine”—Clyde Martin. “Cosmopolitan” — William Westbrook. “Life”—Elmer Olson. “Delineator”—Avis Moffett. “The Elite”—I ona Peterson. “Woman’s Home Companion”—Mr. Berg. “Electrical Experimenter”—Mali Ion Kenney. “Literary Digest”—Lorena Ferris. POSSIBILITIES. Books and Magazines which one delights in reading : Gentlewoman—Mary Currie. Linnea Carlson. The Modern Priscilla—Allie Hanson. When a Man’s a Man—Lawrence Sackett. The Prairie Farmer—Clyde Martin. The Poultry Journal—Hen Newman, Chick Cole. The House Wife—Beulah Anderson. Eyes of the World—‘Paxton High School. Little Men—Maurice Peterson: Noble Johnson (Soph.)

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23 Association. It was given by an outsider. the coach of athletics in this school. At the recent meetings to elect Literary Society officers, there was a bunch of the above mentioned people. At least, there were several in the meeting which I attended. Out of nearly one hundred students there were not more than six who took active part in the meetings. Then, the instructors had to prompt the students. I do not think I am above the ordinary but at this particular meeting, not to pat myself on the back, I managed to get on my feet once or twice, which is more than the majority can say. If the students of this school have any self-respect they should try to change a little so that the outsiders will not get the chance to call them such a name as that which is the subject of this outburst. H. N. WHAT WAS HEARD IN THE HALL. A great rumor was heard in the girls’ hall one morning, about a week ago, when one girl came rushing into the hall and said that the teachers had searched every desk in the Assembly the night before.” “Well, I don’t think that’s fair, do you. to search our books? Our books aren’t theirs. It makes me tired.” Another one would say. “I don’t care, I don’t think they got any of mine, because I usually tear mine up as soon as 1 get them, but Oh Gee! kid. there was a letter in one of my books! I hone to goodness they didn’t get it. I’d rather they would take all the notes I ever had. and leave that letter.” “Oh well, I don’t think they would have the nerve to read our letters do you? If they say anything to me about it, I’m going to tell them, “They were mine not yours.” Another one rushed in and explosively cried out, Say, kid did you know—!!!” “Yes, we know all about it. It makes me tired’’— “Well, I’m mighty glad that I don’t sit in either the first, second or third row, that is all they searched,” “No it isn't either, they searched every desk,” and just then the bell rang. F. C. SENIOR NOTES AND COMMENTS. In English IV when Margaret M. was reciting a verse from Emerson’s “Concord Bridge,” w’hich ends, “and fired the shot heard round the world,” she bravely quoted the first three lines ending triumphantly, and shot the fire heard round the world”. The American Literature class is, at present, trying to acquire an extensive memory. That is, trying to learn the names of the authors of about one hundred and sixty-five hooks of American Literature. We think that the grand hunt for the authors was quite interesting and served the purpose of fixing many of them in our minds. Have you ever: Played hookey from the school of Experience? Drank from the fountain of Life? Sailed on the Ship of State? Been weighed on the scales of Justice? Reen lost on the shores of Destinv? Tliot of paying your Reflector Dues? In Commercial Geography. Abbreviations and their meanings. e. g.—eggs. etc.—and so “fourth”—(example), apples, pears, etc.