Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Paxton High School Reflector 27 Miss Dorothy Davis, A. B. Miss Mary Tiffany History Department, 1918-1920. Music Instructor, 1919. MISS MARGARET PEALE WILL NOT RETURN Miss Margaret Peale, who, following Miss Mabel Moore, has had charge of the Sewing and general subjects this year, h3s decided not to return to Paxton next year. She was tendered her position here at an increase in salary but the situation here demands that the teacher of Sewing, teach general subjects also, and as Miss Peale is especially well prepared in the line of cooking as well as sewing she is of course anxious to enter those fields alone. Miss Peale has not definitely decided where she will go next year but she has been tendered one position at a very attractive salary and without doubt she will receive a very fine position. Miss Peale likes Paxton very much and has been very popular both as a teacher and as a friend of the students and it is to be regretted that she can not be offered a position here more strictly within the bounds of the fields in which she prepared herself while in college. Wherever she may go. the best wishes of her many friends in Paxton will follow her and our hope is that she will be located near enough io return for a visit occasionally.

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M'es He'en Crawford, A. B. Science, 1317—1919. Misc Margaret Peale, A. B. Comcct c Science, 1918-1919. Miss Minn 2 McClure, A. B. Latin and French, 1918-1920. Mirr Charlo'.ie Wightman, A. B. Commercial Department, 1916-1920.

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28 Paxton High School Reflector MISS HELEN CRAWFORD RESIGNS TO ACCEPT LUCRATIVE SCIENCE POSITION IN THE MOUNT VERNON, ILL., TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. Miss Helen Crawford who for the past two years has teen the efficient instructor in the Physical, Chemical, and Biological department of the Paxton High School, was recently tendered and has accepted a Science position in the Mount Vernon Township High School. Two very strong inducements were held cut to her—the opportunity to work in a fully equipped and modern high schorl building, and the very comfortable salary of $1200 for the term of 9 months. The position left vacant by Miss Crawford’s resignation is a very difficult one to fill now because of the pronounced shortage of Science teachers. This shortage is due to the recent demands of the government and of large industrial and manufacturing interests for men with the required training tor Science instruction, and also to the fact that c-nly a limited number of women have heretofore chosen Science courses of study for their major work in College or the University. Miss Crawford's work in Paxton has been highly successful and she will be greatly missed by associate teachers and the students of the high school generally. The very best wishes of all go with her. MISS CECILE HANSON RESIGNS Miss Cecile Hanson, who followed her sister. Miss Frances Hanson, as teacher of Mathematics, has resigned her position here to accept a similar one at Downs. Miss Hanson has shown herself to be a very capable teacner and her many friends among the student body and faculty regret that she can net be persuaded to return next year. Though the high school to which she is going is far smaller titan this, there are certain advantages in the situation. Chief among these is the tact that Miss Hanson can become a commuter”— going cut to her school each morning on the Big Four and returning to her home in Normal early each afternoon. Though we are sorry to hear of aer departure, we rejoice with her that she will be able to enjoy the many comforts •of home at the same time that she is teaching, for we all know that ‘‘there’s no place like home.” Miss Frances Hanson who taught here two years, is now teaching in one of the Junior High Schools ot Cleveland, Ohio. She began teaching in the Danville High School last fall, but resigned her position there just after Christmas, as she had not fully recovered from the effects of a severe attack of the “flu.” In April she accepted the position in Cleveland and she states that she is enjoying her work there very much. MISS GOODWIN NOT TO RETURN Miss Eugenia Goodwin, who has had charge of the high school Mechanical drawing this year, is not planning to return to Paxton next year. Miss Goodwin followed Miss Lois Sue Gordon, who came to finish Mr. McCord’s work in Manual Training and Mechanical drawing when he was called to service