Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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3 Names of Students Who, as a Result of Superior Scholarship and Regularity of Attendance, were Excused from Writing the Semester Examinations Excused from Four Subjects. Paul Anderson, Perdue Atwood, Mauritz Anderson, Byrnina Bevington, Carl Cratz, Elfie Carlson, Charles Ernst, Genevieve Carlsten, Frances Culver, Bessie Hamm, Lulu Frette, Rudolph Fagerburg, Florence Hodam, Allie Hanson, Ix well Hodam, Florence Hanson, Hazel Horner, Earl Hutchinson, Helen Johnson, Noble Johnson, Katharine Kemp, Lois Mof-fet, Mahlon Kenney, Agnes Leander, Ida I evinson, Ruby Lindberg, Viola Lindgren, Margaret McQuiston, Linda Pearson, }uy Pacey, Olga Pierson, Lorene Samtielson, Naomi Miller, Avis Moffett, Ruth Morgan, Lenore Pearson, Vernon Moore, Carl Peterson, T eona Peterson, Mamie Prestin, Edgar Peterson, Mildred Swanson, Edna Swanson, Glenn Sallee, Helen Swanson, Olga Stoltz, Maurine Schneider, Dessie Sliallenberger, Catharine Thompson, Fern Trickel, Anna Watson, Evelyn Wylie, William Westbrook, Ix rena Ferris, Rex Ham-merlund, William Overstreet, Bearl Sliallenberger. •Carried five subjects and excused in all. Excused from Three Subjects. Gladys Aukland, Marie Bennett, Florence Bear, Pauline Berquist, Floy Casey, Ellen Erickson, Edith Chris-man, Bertha Fox, Roy Flick, Agnes Johnson, Mary Fox, Mabel Farrell, Lorene Hanson. Jephthah Hathaway, Mary Holderman, Paul Hooker, Leonard Johnson, Lester Johnson, Clarence Koliman, Fred LaBare, Howard Newman, Maurice Peterson, Marion Sleezer, Dorothy Palmblade, Edward Rotrarael, Chalmer Rudolph, Amy Swanson, Eva May Schneiter, Mae Tibby, Lawrence Sackett, George Tibtoy, Ethel Swanson, Mary Webber, Flavius Webber, Dorothy White. Excused from One or Two Subjects. Betty Anderson, Gladys Burkland, George Burkard, Agnes Barnes, Mabel Brooke, William Cole, Selma Danielson, Lennea Carlson, Mabel Con-gram, Paul Currie, Mary Currie, Fern Dover, Benton Funk, Warren Hall, Harry Flanery, Marie Fox, Berdella Hanson. Sylvia Funk, Everett Given, Abbie Hanson, Dewey Hammerlund, Myrtle Hedstrand, Hertha Helman, Claire Holley, Daisy Horridge, William Hill, Dorothy Hoagland, Nobel Johnson, Charles Jensen, Stillman Johnson, Maurice Levin. Martha (Lund-berg, Mary Kellar, Otto Nelson, Elmer Olson, Clara Pells, Opal Morrison, Helen Nelson, Hazel Morgan. Walter Ostrom. Hazel Rardin, Ralph Stanford, Leslie Swanson, Martin Swanson, William Stites. Hugh Udell. Ruby Weberg, Clarice Whitcomb. SPELLING TEST GIVEN TO ALL PAXTON HIGH STUDENTS Once or twice each year, Superintendent Bainum gives a spelling test consisting of 100 words in common use. These words are never selected from a spelling book, but are picked up from newspapers, letters, etc..

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4 3; Rex Hammerlund, 92; Viola I.ind-gren, 91. Number in class (2 sections), 29. Short Hand and Typewriting. Bearl Shallenberger, 95; Mildred Smith, 92V6; I inda Pearson, 93; Marion Sleezer, 92; Pearl Kridner, 90. Number in class (2 sections), 25. English III. Lowell Hodam, 95; Carl Peterson, 94; Avis Moffett, 93; Guy Pacey, 93; Lenore Pearson, 92; Anna Watson, 91; Bearl Shallenberger, 92; Charles Ernst, 90; Lula Frette, 90; Claire Holley, 90. Number in class (2 sections), 58 SOPHOMORE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP HONOR STUDENTS Mechanical Drawing, Paul Anderson, 94; Robert Currie, 91; Roy Flick. 90. Number in class, 11. English II. May Tibby, 94; Florence Hodam, 94; Helen Swanson. 93; Glenn Sallee, 91; Mahlon Kenney, 90; Earl Hutchinson, 90. Number In class (2 sections), 42. Latin II.—Caesar. Aurel Henderson, 91; Florence Hodam. 90; Earl Hutchinson, 90. Number in class, 18. Bookkeeping. Bearl Shallenberger, 94; Guy Pacey, 94; Gladys Aukland. 92; Glenn Sallee, 2; Feme Trickle, 90; Linda Pearson, 90. Number in class (2 sections), 31. Algebra II. Rex Hammerlund, 92; Olga Stoltz, 91; Helen Swanson. 91; Florence Hodam. 91; May Tibby, 90. Number in class (2 sections), 32. Zoology. Florence Hodam, 94; Earl Hutchinson, 93; Dewey Hammerlund. 91; Helen Swanson, 90; Hugh Udell. 90. Number in class (2 sections), 30. FRESHMAN CLASS SCHOLARSHIP HONOR STUDENTS Algebra I. Frances Culver, 97; Helen Johnson, 95; Genevieve Carlsten, 95; Cathar-ger, 94; Maurine Schneider, 93; Lois Moffett, 92; Fred I aBare, 92; Flor-ine Thompson, 95; Dessie Shallenber-ence Hanson, 92; George Tibby, 90;. Agnes Barnes, 90; Ethel Swanson, 90; Byrnina Bevington, 90. Number in class (3 sections), 51. Ancient History. Frances Culver. 95; Mary Holder-man, 95; Maurine Schneider, 95; Catharine Thompson, 95; Florence Hanson, 95; Mamie Prestin, 93; Glenn Sallee, 93; Genevieve Carlsten, 92; Noble Johnson, 92. Number in class (2 sections), 38. Manual Training. Mahlon Kenney, 95. Number in class, 10. Physiology. Lorena Ferris, 94; Florence Hanson. 93; Elfie Carlson, 92; Allie Hanson, 93. Number in class (2 sections), 30. English I. Florence Hanson, 94; Frances Culver, 91; Genevieve Carlsten. 91; Catharine Thompson. 91; Pauline Ber-quist, 90; Helen Johnson, 90. Number in class (2 sections), 57. Latin I. Maurine Schneider, Mamie Prestin, Guy Pacey, Frances Culver, Catharine Thompson, each, 95; Ethel Swanson, 93; Genevieve Carlsten, 93; Dessie Shallenberger, 90; Ix ls Moffett, 90; Florence Bear, 90. Number in class (2 sections), 31. Household Economics-Sewing. Helen Johnson, 88; Mary Webber, 88: Mabel Brooks, 87. Number in class, 13. Commercial Geography. Lorena Ferris, 95; Mabel Farrell, 94; Berdella Hanson, 90; Carl Cratz, 90; Floy Casey, 90.

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6 without regard to the words included in the daily lessons. Members of the Senior class who spell 93 of the 100 words correctly are excused from spelling during the rest of the year. These words look innocent enough, but if you think you are a good speller. let some one pronounce them to you before you look them over. The following members of the Senior class missed fewer than eight words: Howard Newman, Agnes. Johnson, Mildred Swanson, Evelyn Wylie, Lorene Samuelson, Katharine Kemp. Carl Cratz, Dorothy White, Lorena Ferris. Linda Pearson, Bearl Shallenberger. Warren Hall . and Olga Pierson. The highest grade was made by Howard Newman, who missed only one word, and that word is adviser”. He Is not likely to forget that In this word or must be er. The average grade of the class was 91.7%. Benefited, supersede, recede, fulfill, constitution, commerce, liquor, decision, intoxicant, debit, manufacturer, possession, congress, government, democratic, believe, receive, menace, increase, license, policeman, treasurer, cannon, canon, canyon, wholesale, independent, councilman, decide, conference. -treasury, consolidate, immediate. responsible, impossible, grievance, suggest, announce, committee, Illinois, difference, reference, prosperous, Chicago, become, indictment, disobeying, supplied, progress, enforce-1 ment, official, petition, superintendent, principal, respectfully, Dear Sir:—, Dear Madam:—, formerly, formally, election, vicious, mortgage, exclama-j tion, physiology, laboratory, algebra, J ancient, manual training, domestic science, geometry, physical, physics, chemistry, zoology, botany, German, Latin, literature, business, busy, handsome, February, moneys, farmers’ in- stitute, John’s book, moral, efficient, pretty, singing, singeing, legislature, management, judgment, proceed, procedure, precede, referring,committiffg, sentence, adviser. The Junior class made an average grade of 91.3%; the Sophomore class, 84.2%, and the Freshman, 84%. Twenty-four of the 53 who classed i themselves as Juniors, made from 93 to 99%. The latter grade was made j by Avis Moffett, and Claire Holley followed with 98%. Nine Sophomores graded above 92%. The highest grade was 95% and was made by Edgar Peterson and Beulah Anderson. Eleven members of the Freshman class were above 92%—the highest grade being made by our class president, Vernon Moore—98%. SOME INTERESTING DATA Number of class registrations 712 Number of examinations taken....271 j Number from which students were excused ......................441 Percent of Examinations Not Taken. Freshman classes ...............53% Sophomore classes...............62% Junior classes .................70% Senior classes .................71% Average for all classes.........63% Victrola Record Presented by Parent-Teachers’ Association. On January ninth, the Parent-Teachers’ Association held a meeting in the high school assembly room. During the evening the high school was presented with a Victrola Record. Later the record was purchased and the high school extends a vote of thanks to the Association for the kindness which prompted the gift.