Oberlin High School - O High Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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THE o-HIGH ANNUAL, 1923 21 Class History Our Freshman year was so insignificant when compared to our three years of Senior High that l hope you will excuse me if I pass over it. Due to being in Junior High we l1ad no Freshman otlicers and though we had many good times, it was tl1e least exciting of all the years. SEPTEMBER 1925 At last we are no longer green little Freshies. VVe are sophisticated Sophs in Senior High! But, sad to relate, our sophistication soon dwindles away as we go to our Iirst chapel exercises and are told by Professor Gehrkens to be good little girls and boys and follow the grand example set by the Seniors tas much as our weak little minds are capable ofj. And to crown it all, at the 91141 of the exercises we are told to wait humbly while the Seniors pass out with condescending nods at us. However, we soon show the rest of the High School that we are not to be slighted, for ten of us enlist in the Senior Orchestra, eight of us i11 the Girls, Glee Club, iive in the Boys, Glee Club, nine in the G. A. A., seven for track, and ten i11 the Hi-Y. Moreover live of the seven Senior High School boys in the Band are Sophs. XVhere would it be without us? Also three of the players on this year's basketball team fwhich proves to be a state ehalnpionship onelj are Sophs. As for football, live become regulars and six win their letters. ' WVe have four new classmates this year: Mary Smith, Hildredth Barone 7 Helen XVard, Hllll Jack Barnard. About this tilne the nomination of our class officers takes place and the following are chosen: President ----- - Charles Hahn Vice-President - - Russell Stone Secretary-Treasurer - Frank Locke Social Chairman - ------ Susan Carson Class Reporters - - Esther FiizGerald and George Brandon Senate -------- Katherine McCullough and Betty Gibson The days go swiftly by until about Christmas time when one of our number steps into the limelight as one of the famous 0. H. S., l our-Piece, Female, Syneopating, Jazzaballoon Orchestra. This jazzaballooner, as you may have guessed tor rememberedj, is Sue.

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SMRLQI1 l SR Z Class Poem Bon Voyage Life's restless sea allures usg we ninst go Ont where the white-capped billows roll. From distant harbors beckoning lights do glow T0 guide us onward toward our goal. But soon from QVQII these we shall depart To face alone the open sea, YVith only stars to guide ns from the start To our ideal where e'er it be. And always we are searching as we go For that which in Life's surging sea Seems in the deepest, truest sense to show The finest, noblest things that be. Lois D. BROWVN, '28. ll Il

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22 THE O-HIGH ANNUAL, 1928 Then come the semester exams and, for a time, we actually study! For the first few days after they are finished, the High School building is well ventilated by sighs of relief. February 3! What a grand time we have as our long attempted class party comes off in the form of a sleigh ride. There are 30 of us, the weather is fine, and Miss Lafever makes a wonderful chaperone. June 6-and we are no longer Sophs. SEPTEMBER 1926 Here we are back again as Jolly Juniors. As we go to our assigned home rooms we find we are divided into two groups, one under the helpful guidance of Miss Lefever, the other under the watchful eyes of Miss Yarrington. Five new students enlist in our ranks this year: Phyllis Thompson, Ruth Tong, Frances Zavodsky, Charles Metzler, and one of those wild Chi- cagoans, Frances Robinson. At our class elections this year we elect the following: President --------------- Frank Locke Vice-President - - - Ted Princehorn Secretary-Treasurer - ------ Russell Stone Social Chairmen - - - Carl Kinney, Susan Carson 0-High Reporters - - - - George Brandon and Betty Gibson Student Senate ----- Charles Hahn, Robert WVright, Lois Brown The days pass so quickly that it is class distinction day before we realize it. What fun we have parading the halls with our monocles and gay-colored parasols. The monocles especially seem entirely suited to us. The stunts, too, are good. - And now it is May and time for the Junior-Senior Prom. It turns out to be a great success and we have one gorgeous night. The end of our Junior year soon comes, and with it the departure of three of our most honored and respected faculty: Mr. Mackey, our principal, Miss Yarrington, and Miss Ludwig. We wish them luck. SEPTEMBER 1927 We are Seniors! The long looked for time has arrived. We march proudly through the building to Study Hall, which is our new home room, and there find fgreatly to our delightj Mrs. Gibson waiting to take charge of us. Secretly we think she has undertaken a very great task. Then come chapel exercises-but how different. At last it is our turn to set the example, and then march grandly out while the others wait.