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

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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

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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 Annual Bally lIt'l'I ZUlilll follniux ii rzflfiag of llw 0110-mil' play fH'0.fr'11!ml at flu' Oracle Rally, lrflilllljll, flfwril l3, l934, and llllllfllllillfj flu' l'llfl'lIIC of the Suilrrcirififioiz llfl-'Zf't'. .S'vfl1'11g: ll ilvxzse 'zUcmrl.v, trery lille at niglzf. Bogie Mun. l always thought that the witch didn't know her alphabet. ltlow can you get Round Table and Dramatic Club out of the letters N. R, Af Wlell, whatls this? C. VV. LX. and l-l. Q. L. C. Put H. U. l.. C. up and see what happens. QThe devil pins it up but nothing happens as they both listen attentivelyzj D5-UU, I guegg thafll hold hey for 3 yvhjlg, lljlaces C. XY. A. on the curtain.j l wonder what this stands for? Hollow I 0ir0. Athletic Association, you nitwit. Bogie Man. l guess we've had enough of that. Listen! I hear someone in the woods. Clinter. lizdiferezzrc and Lrzzinesrj A lllClI'l'lCf'l'F1Il'C. just because a few students want their pictures taken and their names in print, they want us to subscribe. Hell, I donlt care what they do just as long as they leave me out of it. Luszvlrss. One of the editors even began to give me a whole list of things that I could do to earn the dollar to buy an A-lizzmal, but I didnit give her 21 Chance tO iinish. l just told her that I wasn't going to slave for any old book. llzcliffewxire. l'd just as soon read the funnies. l,cz:1'11f.s'.i'. l'd rather. Those don't cost me anything. Devil fTo Bogie Man.j l think that some poison is walking right into our midst. lll!lI'flit'l'L'1If't'. l think Bay View will have to give up its plans if we just hold out long enough. l,lISli1It'X.Y. CStopping near cauldroirj This looks as if there really might he something to that super- stitious idea about Friday the thirteenth. l11rl1'fl'a'i'z'11z'f. l can't see anything interesting in two, funny-looking things cooking soup. lilll not even hungry. l.f1:l'1zv.t.r. t'Talking to Bogie Man and Devilj lt looks as though there were enough soup in there to iced a pack. Bogie ,llfz11. Oh. you probably wouldn't be interested. Your friend over there looks as though he were falling asleep standing up. 1.t1:i1iv,i'.r. Uh. it takes more- than that to interest him. But what are you going to do with such a big kettle of soup? Bogie Nan. Nothing important. just see to it that the Aizzzzml isn't published this year. l1zil1'jfiim'r11re. Ck Still very bored.j He probably means the Oracle because I heard that theyire hav- ing some trouble fighting Ol' Man Depression. Lczsincss. The Oracle? Say, maybe I can help you-if it isn't work. Bogie Allan. About the only thing you can do is throw in some laziness and indifference. That ought to help a lot. Keep that ladle busy. Clgooking at devil who has stopped stirring to look at the newcomers. Devil immediately begins to stir.j Lasimxvs. lf that's all there is to it. you can have this. tHe starts to take off his sign, bearing the word 'llazinesslfj D0-tfil. tTo Bogie Manj Let's put them in the kettle. Then we'll surely have some effective poison. lliogie Man nods and they rush upon thenrj Offilic Heinz, Norma Schicbcl, Fred- crirk Bolzl, femz-y Hudaj, fame Rieseiz, lrla. Bzf1ic1'0r, Edward Sosfariclz, Clzarloffe Korlz, Sylvia Howard, Junior Kcffizer, illtirjorie Rants, Jafle Clzudiizeff, Irvin Gafskr. PAGE 22