Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Paxton High School Reflector 5 XI By Their Speech Ye Shall Know Them

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4 Paxton High School Reflector OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE PAXTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION ALBERT FROYD, President CARL HEN GTS ON, Secretary Y. H. WESTBROOK J. T. C. STRONG JOHN CARSON O. J. BAIN CM'...... HARRY A. CUNNINGHAM MERRIL T. EATON CHARLOTTE WIGH T MA N JOSEPHINE WADE ..... ANGIE LATEER........ GLADYS CORBLY HELEN L. HUMMEL .... •HELEN DOOLEY ...... .MILDRED BA HR...... FACULTY ................................Principal Assistant Principal ard Science Instructor Manual Training and Athletic Director ......................Commercial Subjects .......................i..........English ..Domestic Science and American History ..................Mathematics and French ..................................History .........................Latin and Algebra ...................Pedagogy and Reviews OFFICERS OF ATHENAEUM LITERARY SOCIETY President, Kathryn Dunnan Vice-Presiden., Edmund Ludlow Secretary, Frances Watts OFFICERS OF PLATON I AN LITERARY SOCIETY President, Everett Given Vice-President, Emily Johnson Secretary, Irene Bear SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President, Claire McKnight Vice-President, Florence Shinker Secretary, Marjorie Strong JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President. Edmund Ludlow Vice-President, Earline Nees Secretary, Mary Wampler SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS President, Elizabeth Kemp Vice-President Robert Moffett Secretary, Helen Pass waters FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS President, Carl Campbell Vice-President, Rachael Thompson Secretary, Arline Carlsten

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6 Paxton High School Reflector An 3ntrrrfitinu anb Unatrurtiur S’rrirr. of (Ja'.Ua mi Un'ttrr teiutlisli (6iuni luj IttfinbriB nf Ihr Jfcirulti]—©tlirrs tn Jfollmu BETTER ENGLISH TALKS IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL In order to keep the “Better English” movement i.i our high school constantly and prominently in the minds of Ua hers and students, Mr. Bainum called upon the members of t:ie facu.ty to present with soni detail assigned phases of the subject in a series of special talks in the assembly. MISS WADES TALK The first of these talks was given by Miss Wade of the department ()t English on Monday morning, Feb. 14th. The topic assigned her was. “The I’se and the Misuse of Personal and Relative Pronouns.” She first spoke of the difficulties and dangers encountered in selecting the correct case forms of these pronouns, and emphasized the fact that habit or a choice made by the ear is never a safe guide, but that a definite and clear know.edge of English grammar is essential. Many striking, though very common, errors were given as illustrations—such as “It is him,” “He told you and 1 ” “Who did you see?” and many like errors. She then urged upon all, the prime necessity of knowing the following three rules, and particularly of knowin- how to apply them: 1. A pronoun used as the object of a preposition or of a transitive verb is in the objective case; and therefore, the objective forms, me, him, whom, etc., should always be used instead of the nominative forms I, he, who, etc. 2. The verb “to be” in all of its forms, (is, was, etc I except the infinitive should be followed by the nominat've case forms. 3. Pronouns must agree with their antecedents in person, gender and number. In discussing the third rule, the emphasis was placed upon th. importance of the number agreement of pronouns with their antecedents. Miss Wade’s presentation of the subject was clear, forceful and interesting. MISS LATEER’S TALK The second talk of the series was given a week later by Miss Angie I ateer. The topic assigned to her was, “The Proper Pronunciation of Words.” She gave notice at the very beginning of her talk that she would not present any very definite rules fer pronunciation, although a few may be found in text bocks. These, however, have so many exceptions that their value is quite limited. She emphasized the fact that the standards adopted by orthoepists are intended to reflect the established usage of the most cultured and scholarly people. It is the business of dictionary makers to indicate by proper markings, the standards thus obtained. Two ways of learning the proper pronunciation of words were suggested; the first, the use of a good dictionary, and the second, the careful observance of the way words