Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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REFtBCT ORd Editor Assistant Editor. Sports Editor— Picture Editor Calendar Editor-Faculty Advisor. Roy Larson Virginia Froyd Philip Lindell Margaret Brunton Lily Helmericks Irene Bear We, the members of the Reflector Staff, as representatives of the senior class who publish the Reflector each year, sincerely hope that this 1937 edition will help you recall the many happy times we spent together.

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ACTIVITIES OUR SCHOOL: ITS COURSES AND ACTIVITIES P. C. H. S.—Within her walls there lies a wealth of opportunity. She maintains a well-rounded and carefully planned curriculum for all who attend. Every student receives individual attention in the planning of his schedule to enable him to make the most of the opportunities at hand. Besides the regular academic studies, he has access to complete additional courses in the practical field and interesting work in outside activities. Included in the curriculum are a four-year course in English and a two-year course in both French and Latin. In the fields of history there are ancient and medieval, modern, world, and American, also civics. Science offers general science, biology, chemistry, and physics. A valuable commercial course is elective and includes shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, commercial law, and commercial arithmetic. The home economics department offers one year each of both sewing and cooking. Practical courses are available in manual training and agriculture. With all these at his command the responsibility for making the most of them lies with the individual. Extracurricular activities have a definite place in the high school’s program—in fact, they furnish the basis for the so-called “school life.” There is a certain definite exhilaration and enjoyment that comes from having been a part of an important organization. These activities are invaluable in the training they afford the student to prepare himself to take an active and constructive part in society as a useful citizen. The outside activities are optional with the individual but the average student participates in at least one or more of them. Paxton has always prided itself on its music department which includes both the band and the glee clubs. Those interested in the literary field find work on the school paper, in the Junior and Senior play, in the annual literary contests, and on the Reflector Staff. The Future Farmers, an active organization of nation-wide significance, has a chapter at P. C. H. S. The students have a voice in self-government through the medium of the Student Council, consisting of a representative group from the entire student body. Athletics, too, in the form of football, basketball, baseball, and track, receive a strong backing from the majority of the student body. It is the participants in such activities who, through their zealous efforts, form the nucleus of P. C. H. S.

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EBaiiSS TUDEMT eCUMCIt President Virginia Froyd Vice-President Shirley Davis Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Ashley4 Faculty Advisor Marjorie Strong (’lass Representatives Seniors—Margaret Brunton Sophomores-—Mary Anderson Wayne Voorhees John Cornelison Juniors—Pearl Sullivan Freshmen—Annabelle Hancock Arthur Patton Robert Vinson ♦Marjorie Purn completed the term of Joseph Ashley The Student Council, a representative group from the entire student body, holds its meetings every third week. Its primary motive is to create a spirit of cooperation and sportsmanship among the students. With this idea in mind a sportsmanship code was adopted and later accepted by the student assembly as the P. C. H. S. Code. The Student Council sponsors various student activities. This year there were two all-school parties, one at Christmas time and one in the spring. During the year three professional talent programs were engaged for assembly programs. (Remember the Brown-Meneley Musical Duo— the cathedral chimes and saxophone?) Among other activities were intramural basketball in which both the senior boys and girls were the victors, a ping-pong and checker tournament, distribution of P. C. H. S. song sheets, contribution of two dollars to the flood relief, and a field-day. This year the Student Council joined the Illinois Association of High School Councils, and on April 10 delegates attended the state convention at Bloomington, Illinois.