Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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2 Paxton High School Reflector FOREWORD “BETTER ENGLISH REFLECTOR’—This is what we have been pleased to call it, but no, because those who have prepared it wish to proclaim a better quality of English than other numbers of the Reflector have contained. Never, thelcs , a consisten, effort has been made to see that no provincialisms, no slang, no unauthorized abbreviations or contractions, and no other gioss violations of gccd usage appear, except where quotsd as the language of persons other than the writers. This can no. be said of the content of many previous numbers of the Reflector. In general, grammatical correctness, propriety and precis.on of diction, sente: .3 concord, and pioper paragraph unity and conerence have been insisted upon or encouraged within the limns of tne training, ab.lity, and experience ot die student wr.tors. The chief justification for calling this issue a “Better Eng.ish Number,’’ is found in the fact that thi; is “Better English Year,’’ a year set apart for a special and united effort to eradicate common eriois in the use of our language, and otherwise to improve both the spoken and written Eng.ish 01 students. A very definite campaign has been organ.zed and is being carried foiward in this school to achieve .ne des red aims of tiie better English movement. and thi3 number of the Reflector uas been designated as a better English number, because much of its content is intended to reflect this special phase of the work of this school year. Ar.icles that definitely reflect the better English work have been grouped together in the first part of the hook. In this group vvi.l be found an original “Better English Play.” written by Miss Emily Johnson of tue Junior Chass. It was presented as the leading feature ot tne ”Bct.er k.iSlisn Entertainment,” recently g.vcn and it w’as most favorably received. The better English motif will be evident to the reader, al.bough the gioss 1 ar-barisms frequently induiged in as a rort cf dramatic toil, may appear ia;hsr prominent, it was, cf course, written for vocal utterance, and action: nevertheless. it w'ill be found interesting to read. With minor exceptions, the content of this number of .he Reflector is the independent and original woi k of st.1der.t3. In some cases topics were suggested by the faculty adviseis and several students were asked to write on them. Only tne best cf those prcpaicd were given a place. One or two of the longer articles were re-written from the mater.ais gat.iered to-gether by twe or more students to whom related topics were assigned. The preparation of manuscript in correct and acceptable form for publication involves a care and thoughtfulness that it is often difficult to se-ure in the every day rout ne work of the class room. It is, therefore, believed tliut the manuscript preparation for this ‘‘Better English number of the Reflector is one of the most- helpful means thus far made use of in the “Better English Campaign” of the Paxton Community High Scncol. —FACULTY ADVISERS

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'jJa.xtmt Community Jiigl] $cluml lu'flcdnr 1921 Reflector Staff Kathryn Jane Dunnan, '22.................... Frames Watts, ’21!.......................... Marjorie Strong and Florence SI.inker....... Paul Nelson and Grace Larson ............... Everett Swenson and Elizabeth Kemp Leroy Johnson and Ressie Steward............ Raymond Johnson. '20........................ Miss Josephine Wade and Prin. O. .1. Bainnnv .............Euitor in filter ............Assistant Ed.tor Senior Class Reporters ...Junior Class Reporters Sophomore Class Reporters ..Freshman Class Reporters Business Manager ............Faculty Advisers lu'ttiu iaujltsh •Number PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Volume XVI Paxton, Illinois, April, 1921 Number 1

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3 Paxton High School Reflector Miss Josephine Wade English Hrpartmrnt 1919-21 Qai IfliSB JliiBfpliittr IHabf uho has enthusiastically worked with the students of the English department — and especially with the Junior and Sophomore English Classes — to make our Better English Campaign worth while (This Bolmitc of the ijJaxton Community Higl] School Reflector is Affectionately Behicateh —THE STAFF.