Oakridge High School - Warrior Yearbook (Oakridge, OR)

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1937 THE OAK 1937 • Glee Clubs The O. H. S. Glee Clubs of '36- 37 under the direction of Miss Carol Wilkens fur- nished music for the following occasions: The Christmas meeting of the Woman's Club which was held at the home of Mrs. C. R. Jones; a Mothers’ tea which was spon- sored by the Home Economics girls, and for both the Junior and Senior plays. Besides the Operetta one of our special events was the broadcast over KORE. Due to the ffact that it was their grand opening O. H. S. was very proud to be able to take part in the program. The broadcast was sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary of the Cascade Post No. 64. In place of the Annual Music contest this year, the Lane County schools took part in a Music Festival of which Oakridge was a par- ticipant. The combined Glee Club con- sisting of some fifty students attended this festival. This year the Glee Clubs attempted a few- more difficult numbers, such as: The Great Awakening' , Kramer-Barlow; And the Glory , from Handel's Messiah ; The Sleigh . Kauntz Reeger; Listen to the Lambs , by Dett. • Hi-Y The school term 1936-37 has brought many new and interesting activities to O. H. S. Among these, one which may be placed as a leader is the Hi-Y club, under the direc- tion of Mr. Sprague. This club is for older High School boys and its purpose is To Create, Maintain and Extend Throughout the School and Community, high Standards of Christian Character”. It is a branch of the Y. M. C. A. and has been developed with purpose of Christian principles of fair play, honor, clean speech, and action, the develop- ment of the body, mind and spirit. On April 25. 1937. the Oakridge group of Hi-Y boys were inducted into the club at a beauti- ful ceremony held at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Eugene. The following are the names of the officers and members: President. Henry Wilcox; vice-president. Willis Robinson! secretary. Dorman Ellis; treasurer. Grant Carpenter! Paul Cummings. Harry Bacina. Earl Napper. Bill McCoy. Walter Lyons. James Walker. Raymond Bates, James McLarrin. Philip Dimick. Max Greer, and Lloyd Henson. • Girls League The Girls' League is a new addition to the activities of our school this year and has proved a very successful club under the di- rection of Miss Carol Wilkens. In the first meeting of the year the following officers were elected: President, Iola Dunning; sec- retary, Leona Blakely. Business meetings are held every Friday morning followed by a program given by the members themselves. The club has sponsored several candy sales to raise money for the benefit of the school. Gardening and psychology are among the most interesting subjects tbat have been dis- cussed. 12

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1937 THE OAK 19 3 7 • Oak Staff The 1937 Oak” was prepared and edited by the following students under the supervi- sion of Mr. Gilbert Sprague: Editor, Willis Robinson; Ass’t. Editor. Dorothy Hall; Business Mgr.. Iota Dunning; Advertising Mgr.. James McLarrin; Circula- tion Mgr.. James Walker. Class editors were: Junior class, Maxine Lansberry; Soph- omore class, Jesmer Fisher; Freshman class. Jack Robinson. Athletic editors were: Don- na Woodruff, (girls') and Henry Wilcox (boys' I. Activities were prepared by the following group: Oak Staff. Willis Robin- son; Student Council, James McLarrin; Hi- Brer e. Raymond Bates. Miscellaneous writers were: Joyce Mobely. Onata Greer (cover designer), Frankie Cecil, Philip Dimick. Gladys Fisher, Leona Blake- ly. Grant Carpenter. Margaret Sorenson. Lena Mae Mattoon. Ruth Smallwood. Marion Sorenson. Anna Bee Fisher. Dorman Ellis, and Francis Kelley. • Student Council Completing its fourth year of organized student body, the student council terminated another successful year despite many adverse conditions which effected the success of the school activities. W'ith Mr. Sprague as ad- viser the council led the student body through a year of varied activities and stud- ent affairs. The following students served on the ’36 37 council: Dorothy Hall. President; Willis Robinson. Vice-Pres-.dent; Ruth Smallwood. Secretary; James McLarrin, Treasurer; Philip Dimick. Senior class President; Iola Dun- ning. Junior class Pres’dent; Jesmer Fisher. Sophomore class President; Jack Robinson, Freshman c!ass President; Gordon Stanley, football manager; James Wa’ker. basketball manager; Lloyd Henson, baseball manager; and Ned Le Gault, cheer leader. • The Ridge Hi-Breexe This year started the eighth successive year of publishing the O. H. S. newspaper, the Hi-Breeze. A change was made in the advisership of the paper this year. Miss Louise Wetterstrom. the typing teacher, and Miss Margaret Lev- er. the English teacher, both being advisers. There have also been two editors for this year’s paper. The Ridge Hi-Breeze still re- mains the only weekly B-League paper in l.ane County and is published by the senior class. The paper was much the same as those of the previous years except for the intro- duction of a grade school sheet, the Broad- caster”. and the drawn ads. The officers selected for 1936-1937 were: Ruth Smallwood. and Marian Sorensen, editors; Raymond Bates, business manager; Anna Bee Fisher, circulation manager; Donna Woodruff, exchange manager; Dorman Ellis, advertising manager; Onata Greer, artist. 11

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THE OAK 19 3 7 • ORCHESTRA The Oakridge High School orchestra wn started during December. It wu first suggested by Mr. handles. Mr. Alvin E. Tempter was the director for two months and Mr. Crook later took his place so that meetings could be held during the evening instead of conflicting with regular classes. The orchestra consists of pupils who play the following instruments: saxophone, trombone, violin, piano, clarinett. drum, and trumpets. Until recently the orchestra ha developed rather slowly, but with the continued advancement of the pupils it is hoped that by next year a large band or orchestra may be achieved. • Home Economics Twenty-four girls took Home Economics this year for the first time in the history of O. H. S. The kitchen is conveniently equipped with an electric range, a wood stove, two sinks, work tables, cooking utensils and cupboards. Cafeteria lunches were served during the cold weather in the lunchroom adjoining the kitchen. An Honor banquet and a Mothers' Tea were undertaken and put over by the cooking class. Three sewing machines made it possible for the girls to take sewing in the spring and fall. Each girl has gained valuable practical ex- perience which will help her in years to come. • Manual Training and Mechanical Drawing For the first time in the history of Oak- ridge High School, manual training and me- chanical drawing were taught as regular sub- jects. The Manual Training Class is equipped with a circular saw. a band saw, a lathe, an emery, and two fine hard-wood work benches. During the year the students in the classes and on N. Y. A. work built some lockers and a tool cabinet for the various hand tools. The Mechanical Drawing room is equipped with indirect lighting, sound proof walls, and has a very good ventilating system. • THE ART CLASS This year the combined boys and girls art class started with lettering, perspective drawing and the drawing of objects from still life. They then designed posters for the senior play and took up blending of water colors. They learned how to make up other colors from the primary colors, and how to produce them on the color wheel in their natural order. As a Christmas project the class made popcorn plates by painting and shellacking paper plates. They also made hot-dish holder containers to be used as gifts. For the next project the class was busy carving soap from which they made models of animals in the miniature size. 13