Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Gym classes were held five days a week this year. Activities of the girls’ classes included tumbling, dancing, volleyball and basketball. The boys’ physical educational program included basketball, volleyball, track, baseball, tumbling, games and relays, plus a physical conditioning program. GIRLS’ ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The G.A.A. was organized this year. The purpose of this club was to promote interest in sports among the girls and give them an opportunity to participate. The officers elected by the members were: Beverly Brown—president, Jo Williams—vice-president, and Pat White as secretary-treasurer. Two girls will be selected by the club to go to summer camp. Compliments of ALLIED GAS CO.

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DRIVER’S EDUCATION This class for Sophomores requires six hours of actual driving plus thirty hours of classroom work based on the study of “Sportsmenlike Driving.” When a student completes these requirements, he should be able to pass a test for a driver’s license. COMMERCE Typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, general business, and office practice constitute the commercial curriculum. As a practical application of office practice, students of this subject held outside office jobs during the last semester. SCIENCE Beside the usual courses of biology, chemistry, and physics, a new general science course was introduced this year. This is a study of the school, home, manners, health and safety, and vocational guidance. INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial Arts I is a general shop course. One semester of machine woodworking and one semester of general metal working make up Industrial Arts II. Compliments of CONSUMER’S WHITE FRONT STORE

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HOME ECONOMICS Three years of Home Economics were offered in our high school. These courses combine sewing, cooking, crafts, handiwork, and child care and training. Summer projects are included in these courses, also. 4. OFFICERS President........Dorothy Rowe Vice-President......Mary Linder Secretary...Laura Hclyn Fields Treasurer.......Jane Thompson Parliamentarian ...-Doris Sheehan Historian ......Harriet Baker The F. H. A. met daily the fifth hour in the Home Economics room with Mrs. Ryan as their advisor. Their chapter mother was Mrs. Cecil Fields. Barbara Hill was the chairman of the sectional projects for the year. The varied activities of the group included parties for the initiation of the new members, a Christmas Party and a Plastic Demonstration. All the responsibilities for the preparation of the Mother-Daughter Banquet were taken by the F. H. A. members. All of these parties required a great deal of time and effort in order to make them a success. If you have noticed the new Venetian blinds in the Home Economics room, they were purchased by the F. H. A. In order to accommodate the adult Home Economics class, the girls operated a nursery. During Christmas, they fixed two boxes containing fruit, candy, and gum to give Mr. Bear and Barbara Burton. The members also made valentine candy for their parents. Compliments of HEX OVERSTREET SOX