Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Mr. Zimmerman (Zim) is our coach —football, basketball, and track—and has the algebra classes. Miss Gracen, assistant principal and commercial teacher, has classes in bookkeeping, typing, shorthand, commercial law, and arithmetic. She directs the freshman class. Mr. Judd, a newcomer to our faculty, teaches general science, chemistry, and physics. He also sponsors the sophomore class. Miss Swinford teaches Latin and English II. She supervises the P. C. H. S. Keoord Staff and the sophomores. Miss Egan, also a newcomer, is the music instructor. Her efforts are shown in the Glee Clubs, A Capella Choir, trios, and other musical groups. Mr. Bidner is the agriculture instructor. He does an admirable job of sponsoring the F.F.A. Miss Clark, domestic science, biology, and general science, acts also as one of the Junior class advisers. (Miss McKnight held the position the first semester.) Miss Bear teaches all the histories of P. C. H. S.—ancient, world, modern, and American, and also Civics. In addition, she has one “gym” class and advises the Kefieetor Staff and senior class. Miss White is the junior-senior English teacher. She has a “gym” class, directs the senior play, and is a senior class sponsor. Mr. Wagner (Wag) is our assistant coach, geometry, and manual training teacher. When spring comes “Wag” becomes a full-fledged coach—in baseball. Miss Strong (Mademoiselle Strong) teaches French and freshman English. She has two physical education classes, directs the junior play, Student Council, and junior class.

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PRINCIPAL JOHN J. SWINNEY In 1922, Mr. Swinney came to Paxton as assistant principal, coach, and science teacher. The following year he was made principal. Since the fall of 1926, he has held the position of Superintendent of the Paxton Schools and has taught advanced mathematics in the high school. Our high school accomplishments we gratefully attribute to his supervision, a true reflection of his kindly guidance.

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Ib N I O JR. df (Item oj- JQ3 In September, 1934, eighty-seven students entered P. C. H. S. as freshmen. To distinguish us from upperclassmen, we wore the traditional green ribbons. In our sophomore year we simply marked time as any sophomore class. Although the junior year found our class diminished to fifty-seven, we contributed our share in many school activities. Our play, “Skidding,” proved a success. We were represented by seven lettermen in the various sports and furnished tw'o of the three varsity cheerleaders. Keeping up with the times, the coronation scheme was used for our banquet. As seniors we kept our prominence on the athletic field and supplied the same two varsity cheerleaders. In music our representatives in band, glee clubs, and special musical groups are of no small number. Our dramatic ability was adequately shown in the class play, “Minick.” With Baccalaureate on May 22 and Commencement on May 25, we finished our career at P. C. H. S.