Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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FACULTY REVIEW Tis of the faculty I shall write A few words and some more; I hope they all will like it And surely not get sore. Mr. Spires, of course, the head of the school. Teaches Civics, and if we’d retain Only half that he talks about. Some place in Congress we’d gain. Mr. Swinney teaches and many things more. But with Columbus he'd never compare, For generally in all his lectures He wants the world fair and square. Miss Kerns for three years was with us. She returned in the fourth much the same As English and Latin magister, But Alas! she had changed her name. Miss Gracen is a very calm little dame Whom if you hear 'round the door. You better sit down wherever you are. Or else you’ll stand on the floor. Miss Sharp instructs in verse and prose While she keeps our eyes in rotation. She wants us to think and to learn While she adjusts the ventilation. There is one who teaches in Science I’ve heard is indeed very nice; I 11 tell you she is Miss Teeters, And I think she has wonderful eyes. Mr. Garnett is the friend of experiments. And with his many problems our life Is forever pestered and tried. But don't blame him (for it’s married life.) Page Ten

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT IN P. C. H. S. Student Government was this year introduced in the high school for the first time. It was somewhat of an experiment at first, but has proved to be quite a success. Each student in the high school is a member of the Student Association.” The Association is divided into the four Class Assemblies. The “Student Council,” possessing a combination of executive and legislative powers, consists of the president, Otis McQuiston; vice-president. Frances Wylie: secretary, Helen Newman; two representatives from each Class Assembly, namely: Senior, Vernette Larson, Raymond King: Junior. Dora Ireland, Marvin McHaley; Sophomore, Mildred Pierce, William Martin; Freshman, Alice Newman, Horace Shaw; and the advisor, Mr. Swinney. The Student Council should be considered by the students as an advisory body and not a police force. We have been working all year to create this spirit in the high school, and we believe that we have succeeded. The students should be complimented on their splendid co-operation with the members of the Council. —Helen Newman. Nine

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Miss Koch, tho' the dwarf of them all. Teaches French and English in school. But otherwise riding in a Jewett She enjoys herself and keeps cool. A perfect Math, teacher is Miss Hammond, For from your pleasures she subtracts; She di ides your attentions and multiplies zeros, But 1 hope to your mind she attracts. Miss Hi is our famous explorer. Who travels east, west, north, and south; Probably if she'd stay in one place We d have to know less, I don't doubt. Mrs. Toon teaches how to fix meals To our future housewives, if you please; For fine eats and attractive tables Are essential to appease. If you hear a person hammering Down in a room on first floor. Look in and you will be seeing Mr. Toon and his builders 1 m sure. Miss Hammerstrand tells us when diseases are around If we have not heard it before; She gives us instructions time and again Just how we may reach the score. Mr. Pierce teaches music just in its trim And keeps the school in a hum; We sing of Venice the Golden to Dream, And ‘‘Damascus with Bows Unstrung. And this is the last of the group Upon whom we all depend; I suppose you wondered as I did. If they'd ever come to an end. —Aline Kroon. Pase Eleven