Bay View High School - Oracle Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Ray Oridonc, Carl Pear- 5011, .wllzncffv Hayes, Rosalyn Potter, Ruth Krocnixzg, ,fnlm Nvlzorsf, Arflzzu' Kurscll, f fl c k C71zffhzojjf,A1'f1z111'Pi0jf1'r1. When the principals finally did assemble, what pictures were taken! Over a hundred of graduates alone, posed in every conceivable spot in the building, and utilizing almost every machine and gadget available. Qllr. Kyper's room alone was used for nine pictures when the june graduates were photo- gr'aphed.j Then there were the pictures of the Omfla workers, editors, writers, and business and stenographic staffs. These people were photographed in characteristic poses Qwe hopej, and the results really were pleasing. Jeanne Oxnam and Daisy Estes. the Qrganization editor and assistant, have exclaimed, Gee, they're all nice but our ownf, They will have to be consoled with the fact that other people thought jeanne's and Daisy's were fine, but that flzcil' own were complete failures. But, of course, none of us is conceited-oh, no, although, come to think of it, we didn't go into raptures over our own, either. Arenyt the illustrations in the Activities Section attractive? Our only regrets are that we couldn't take more such pictures, and that those we did take failed to show the brilliant colors of some of the costumes. But, you went to the meetings, saw the real thing, and even the simple black, white, and half- tones should bring back memories of the perfectly grand kids' partyn, or the rally our club put over with a bang . By the way, if it's action you want in a picture, just look at the lively splash picture in the Swimming Section. Small groups were not the only ones to be photographed-remember the two days when classes were almost forgotten-the two days when johnnie and Dorothy hied themselves to the Auditorium as the notices calling their groups were read, and how Dorothy surreptitiously powdered her nose as she skipped along the halls? Many a teacher found herself with an empty classroom those days, but she really didn't mind, for she knew her day was coming-the day the faculty pictures would be taken and she could desert chalk and pointers for a few minutes. Mayhap, when that eventful day came, she became as bashful and self-conscious as any of her students. VVe wonder whether it was shyness on Mr. Costellos part that made him threaten, more than once, to give a zero to anyone turning around while this picture is being takenw? And why did Mr. Boerner, after deploring the fact that the Man- ual Arts teachers took off their work jackets and Udressed up . want to take off his own paint-be- daubed smock and wear a coat instead? VVe asked him-and he's wearing the smock in the picture. Now we do have a picture of practically everyone in school, and may go about glibly assuring our friends. or our enemies. if we are in good humo1', that It doesnit do you justice, my dearl' VVe like to see faces, and they do tell a lot to one who has studied them, but how much more do we like a little information, perhaps a wise-crack or two, and a few interesting anecdotes about our friends! That's why the writing staff, under Bliss Wlatson and Miss Lane, busily set about giving you some real inside information. The senior biographers, and they are a hard-suffering lot, were Sup'- posedly fortified with questionnaires to aid them in presenting the truth, and nothing but the truth, but they often had to rely on the proverbial reporterls 'fnose for newsi' to ferret out information when these sources were found wanting. Sometimes, of course, an obliging friend would reveal a deep dark secret of decided interest, and that made the job just a bit easier, but still the trials and tribulations were many. lronically enough, it seemed that where most wordage was needed, least information was given. and where little space was provided, the most abundant and interesting material was of- fered. But the intrepid biographers, with the help of Ida Binder. the senior editor, used their imagina- tions in such cases, making really clever stories even though backgrounds were rather weak, and con- densed and cut in others until. lo and behold! they had consumed just the right amount of space. PAGE 20

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THE SPIRIT TRIUMPHANT Go, hated Laziness, Go to the gloomy cave from whence you came And live there with the squatty toads and creeping snakes That crawl along the cold and dirty ground. Take with you to the hole Indifference And Depression with his morbid face- And dwell there in the darkness evermore. Come, Loyalty, That I may see you in the light. Now that the hour of witchery is past The evil spell is broken, And my eyes are clear. I see a long procession grouped in two's Pass by with rapid step, their shining eyes Fixed on the goal ahead. 'Tis through their loyalty, their self-sacrifice, The devotion of l9OO loyal students That I, the Spirit Triumphant of this school, May give to you this book to place upon the shelf Beside the Ammals of other years? A record of their service. And may it bring you thoughts of this successful year, And joy to all in all the years to come. XVe heaved a sigh of relief as we realized that now we could go ahead and take more pictures, write more stories, and paste more dummies Cand pasting a dummy , dear reader, has nothing to do with tisticuffs and pugnacious acquaintances, as some slanguage expert has imaginedj. The subscriptions were in, thanks to the help of the home-room representatives. Taking the pictures was fun! Miss Vklatson carefully watching that no suspenders were flagrantly displayed, and that collars were 'closed and ties worn straight, Miss Lane suggesting novel ways for getting informality into the pictures, and Mr. Boerner contriving to achieve artistic poses and effects were a cartoonist's first heaven! The affair usually resolved itself into a kind of f'5ee Bay View First expedition, with those concerned trotting from floor to tloor and room to room, and ending by leaving the editor in a. sad state of disrepair, the damage including a shiny nose, disheveled hair. and, like as not, a round hole at the heel of each stocking, the holes at the toes being mercifully hidden from the public gaze. Getting the pictures taken with dispatch required lots more than an all-informing' dummy and a willing Jair of heels, however, . 5 . as l ' for behind the scenes on those da s when the Jhotoffra Jher s black l F b l box was parked in Room 223 there was an almost endless stream of telephoning. TOP Row: EXKTTUI-'ll Hzzlwlmnf, folm O Lfzz1g7zI1f11, Ed- 'warzf Hzrfrlzmzx, Ted Cclfaf. Borro at R ow: Slzirlcy Pagan, Carol K y ji ef 1' I ' cf 1' 11. D 11 71 71 l7cIz'1'd Brozzscl, Logan Osffrn- n'01'f. 1 1 PAGE l9 Ilazlvy E.ri'v.r, fl.r.x t O1'gc11'zi:m'i01z Edz't01',' lrffr Bixzvdmx .S'0111'0a' Ed1'i01',' feaazm' O.l'll1Il1I, f21'glHII.3CZfIOJI Eli'If01'.

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SEATED: ilftzrgarvz' Qzrzrle, fosaplzbzc Rolwrts, Jane Dvga, Alice EIICft'I'S, Ralph Lowe. STANDING: Donald Srlzzizeclzel, Earl Heisc, Karl Kl't'l11I?S, Rzzflz Sturlccy. Friel1dS who know were much sought after by those students doing the faculty write- ups when they just couldn't get a thing on Miss So-and-So of Such-and-Such Depart- ment . Not all were so fortunate as Carol Kyper, who, on hearing she was to include Mr. Korn in her write-up, said, Ulm that's easy-he lives near us and l know all sorts of things about him . Perhaps, from the stand- point of the faculty, it is better that all writers did not have Carols advantage. Sometimes the in- formation was hard to get-we know that when Vera Dunn asked us what we knew ab-out Miss Lane we tactfully referred her to Miss VVatson, saying she might be much more helpful. tVVe've already gotten into too many scrapes, and value our young head too much to lay it open to any more assaults, verbal or otherwise. Wle're being careful from now on.j XYriting up the faculty might have offered some writers a chance to avenge themselves for an ill-deserved ninth hour, only the writing staff never, never, get in wrong-much. The club representatives had a rather difficult time of it, for they were compelled to tell about com- ing events by only the shadows cast before. Deadlines, you know, do not permit waiting until the last minute to get a story through. However, the semesters programs had all been arranged and the record is therefore complete .... the stories all in on time, that is all but that of the ever-procrastin- ating editor-the pictures all taken-nothing left but the actual printing and binding of the book. Here again you hear of the dummy-first a working dummy, a very crude atfairg then the en- graveris dummy. with a few very attractive sketches, and really straight margins, and then the paste- up dummy-that with the engraverls proofs and the copy set up as it should appear in hnal form. Copy and proofs-well, they have to be checked and rechecked. corrected and re-corrected. and still errors will creep in. Reading proof calls for a pair of gimlet eyes and a lexicographer's knowledge, stretching or shrinking it to meet the ascribed length almost calls for higher mathematicsibut, oh, the satisfaction over a perfect page! Now, and only now. do we begin to see how our fflllllftll will appear. To those of you who asked XVill the -flmzzml be any bigger this year?', we can say proudly, Yes, look at it, almost two hundred pagesf' To those who wanted to know about the pictures, See for yourself-you'll admit thcy're at- tractive. To those who asked about the cover, wondering, perhaps, how it would compare with those of other years. well, you have seen it, and we hope it has pleased you. Now all that remains is to turn the pages-locate your friends' pictures, read the write-ups, and keep the book you helped make possible, the book which records all the interesting and outstanding events of a happy school year. PfXGE 21