Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Paxton High School Reflector 27 JUNIOR ALPHABET. A is for Anita who never is blue B is for Burklund of these we have two C is for Campbell a name of fame Also for Carlson and Carl, almost the same D is for Dorothy and also for Dicks E is for Engdahl who knows all the tricks F is for Florence, most jolly they say G is for good which paves the way To better things, so the teachers say. H is for Hazel, and Hildur, a very bright lass Also for Hanson, who surely will pass I is for industrious and invincible too J is for Johnson to her class so true K is for kindness we all like to show L is for Lloyd so slim as you know M is for Margaret and Marjorie gay Which is the best, no one can say N is for Newman and also for Nees The latter of whom takes in all he sees O is for obey, which we all do P is for Pearson and Pollock too Q is for questions which never do rhyme R is for Rasmus down the line S is for Strong and Schneider and lo! T is for thirty Juniors you know U is for useful, which we all try to lie V is for valor and victory W is for Walter an artist of fame X is for xants. which are always the same Y is for youth for which we all are yearning Z is for zealous which we all are learning. —H. K. A. Junior. SENIORS. PLEASE TELL US. (Parody, “Tell Me. j “Tell us why the office is haunted. Tell us why it’s so cruel Tell us why all our troubles Always come in doubles. When we go there. Why do we hate to go near That spooky old office door, Why is it we always dread it. From classes to go there. Seniors, please tell us why. —“F H.

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Paxton High School Reflector 29 FUTURE DESTINIES OF JUNIORS. Esther Carlson—A missionary in Japan. Catharine L. — Famous society leader. Katharine Campbell—Wife of prominent business man. Beth Newman—-Professional Piano player. Margaret Smith—Chief cook and bottle washer of Ireland. Marjory Strong—Country school maim. Mae Hanson—Magazine editor. Carl Helman—Traveling in France, seeking new styles. Lloyd Peile—Printer. Paul Carlson—Village school master. Edmund Ludlow- -Noted lawyer and statesman. Ray Corbly—Aviator. Helen Kjellstrand—Matron in Girl's college. Edith Burklund—Telephone Operator. Bessie Schneiter — Instructor in French. Albert Engdahl—Clown in Barnum ard Bailey's. Alice Pollock—Traveling with Pollock’s Jazz Band. Dorothy Johnson—Designer. Hazel Hancock—Police woman. Anita Rasmus—Movie actress. Mary LaBare—Waitress in cafe. Floren e Shinker—Poetess. Hildur Abrahamscn—Stenographer. Pauline Pearson—Country school marm. Walter Young—Cartoonist. Genevieve—Does Lovev Olson still love you?’’ Pauline B:—“Oh no. Last fall he said he could go through water and fire for me, but now he doesn't dare to walk home with me from the library, because it is too cold.” “He who has not suffered much cannot write real poetry.”—George Branden. That gives us an impulse to treat our school poets with a broom stick. AGES OF SOME OF THE FRESH-MEN AND SENIORS AS WE SEE THEM. Melvin Evilsizor—Three months old. Teddy Lind—Six months, bouncing. Noble Johnson—One year and three quarters. The Twins (V. M. L. S.—Thre3 years. Charley Jensen—Sweet sixteen. Walter Swanson—One hundred seventy-five. Lovey Olson—One year. WHERE YOU FIND THEM: Sara Hyde—Movies. Pote S.—Office. Kat Campbell—Sedan (Hudson or Ford.) Olive Johnson—Library. Evelyn P.—Rantoul. Maurine S.—Overstreet. Cat Thompson—Federal Bakery. Miss Davis now has left the History room, And all our faces are full of gloom. For we always went to her class full of glee. As she permitted laughter free. Peile (after having enjoyed an evening with Olive): “Gee but doesn't this hour between nine and ten go fast?”