Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1930 volume:

r 1 -fx Q, x ' n. n,, V FW ,, ,, . W n, ,v. , W 'l as a memorial to Elizabeth Martin, ,27 whose loyalty, zeal and maidenly graces will ever be an inspiration to all who knew her, Oak Leaves is lovingly dedicated. GLIMPSES OF GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION ON GANNETI' FIELD HIFAIYTY IN SUMMER AND WlN'l'IiR UAK LEAVES Vol. XXXIII Vassalboro, Maine, June, l930 Number I EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief JANET APPLETON, '31 Assistant Editors BEULAH INGALLS, '31 IRMA RAYMOND, '31 Business Manager KATHLEEN RICHARDSON, '31 Assistant Managers RUTH WHEELER, '31 ARISTEEN TIMBEELAKE, '31 Athletic Editor Alumnae Editor JEAN BLANCHARD, '31 BEVERLY POWELL, '27 Class Editors 1930, Enid Humphreys 1933, Kathalenah Taylor 1931, Aristeen Timberlake 1934, Audrey Holman 1932, Marjorie Johnson 1935, Henrietta Farnum All communications should be addressed and checks made payable to Manager of OAK LEAVES. Price of annual 32.00. COMMENCEMENT Commencement is the culmination of years of Work and play, the fulfillment of a dream, the realization of a vision. Not only is Commence- ment the fulfillment of aspiration, it is also a beginning, for then begins the responsibility and the vitally important business of filling a place in the world. Life stretches ahead with unmeasured opportunity and unlim- ited possibilities, so even when there are regrets for the joyous years which can never be recaptured, there must also be golden dreams of the glorious years ahead. K. M. R. 3. OAK LEAVES PE-gy, NH , Aksltis- .lf mfr. A .xg ,f fig: sf-iff? . Q ., v J uit' If N .WVU fi ,' 4 1. .,.- i : V Ee:-, v ff - 3 . V' : Qs, ' -Tm V. V A -its il A S , , liignfff I 'xg it 1 E ' so ,, A ' ' wf, .wif r ' -i -fs ill . W ml, ' i' lg it , girl llLl ' 'llllfi Ailgiw- . ' .Mi 'M'--Bit , , . . allow, .. MORE PRESTIGE IN MUSIC With Mrs. Manter, Miss Brown and Mr. Habenicht added to our Music Department this year it was inevitable that these talented artists would bring fame to Oak Grove as we developed under their magic teaching. So rapid was our progress that we were soon invited to appear in vocal solos, violin numbers, piano numbers and chorus numbers not only in the cities of Waterville and Augusta and nearby towns, but we also sent a group to Ban- gor to broadcast on an afternoon program during the winter. It has been thrilling during the spring to accept invitations to sing for clubs and churches who have graciously sent cars for us, entertained us at dinner, and so treated us like princesses that we are in a fair way to become spoiled by their many kindnesses. Of course, we love it-what girls would not- and those of us who are lucky enough not to be graduating this June are looking forward with eagerness to going on with our music and giving many concerts next year. - A NEW TASK FOR THE .IUNIORS While Oak Grove has many delightful traditions to which she clings year after year, yet she is also quick to adopt the best of progressive and new ideas. According to a custom quite common in many of the better schools land no doubt because of the many activities of the Seniors during their final month and particularly in preparation for the College Entrance Boa1'd Examinationsj the responsibility for managing and editing our annual was delegated to the Junior Class. With all honors come correspond- ing responsibilities, but we are frank to confess that as Juniors we were overjoyed with this opportunity both to make it easier for the Seniors and to give ourselves a good test in executive and literary work. With what success we have accomplished our task it must be for others to judge, but we appreciate the opportunity and have thoroughly enjoyed the work. 4 OAK LEAVES ELIZABETH MARTIN, '21 A TRIUMPHANT LIFE Our personality is expressed by the way in which we meet the ditiicult things of life wrote Elizabeth Martin in her Salutatory in 1927. It is seldom that one meets the supreme test so young but Elizabeth's history is now one of glorious completed achievement as her freed spirit goes forth into life eternal after shedding a radiant glow across the paths of all who knew her. Fired with zeal to bring honor and joy to her family, friends and schools, Elizabeth always gave herself lavishly to the perfecting of every task, and in twenty short years she has given more than many do in four score. Distinguished for character and scholarship at Oak Grove, she continued at Mount Holyoke until her achievements won the honor of her Junior year in France. There again, her earnestness and brilliancy placed her in the highest group, and justvat the close of her academic year when she was looking forward joyously to the culminating tour to Africa and Central Europe, Elizabeth developed a fever and was taken to the American Hos- pital. Without self-pity because of all she was losing, constantly thought- 5 OAK LEAVES ful of others and steadfast in her beautiful faith, Elizabeth wrotethe last chapter of her life even more triumphantly than the others and lives on as an eternal influence for earnestness, loyalty and beauty. Elizabeth's loyalty, her power to apreciate, her grace of expression and her own radiant life shine out in the lovely Christmas booklet with an exquisite little engraving of Notre Dame, which Mrs. Owen cherishes. After the formal greeting Meilleurs voeux pour un Joyeux Noel et une Heureuse Aimee Elizabeth has written in her own fair hand, All of which means: A happy, happy Christmas and a blessed new year to dear Mr. and Mrs. Owen and to all Oak Grove. You would be surprised how often I think of you and Oak Grove. I adore College and have some dear friends there 'but somehow, Oak Grove seems still a sort of second home to me. As Father said once, it was my 'first love.' One doesn't forget 'first loves' and I can assure you that my love for Oak Grove and the Owens never lessens. When I come back, it seems strange to see new faces b-ut I find the spirit.always the same,- that of a large, loyal family. Best wishes and much love to the Owens, specially-Elizabeth. , No more beautiful salutatory has been written at Oak Grove than Eliza- beth's, and as a tribute to this beloved daughter whom Oak Grove was waiting to welcome back as a teacher, the Editors are publishing it as the first article in the literary columns. To Doctor Martin, our dear pastor, and to Dorothea of our Junior Class our hearts go out in united love. VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS Oak LEAVES tries to be a magazine of more than the English Department and for some time has invited and used articles in other languages. This is the first time we have used translations from the elementary Latin classes and some are included because the Department thinks it well for everyone to know Latin at Oak Grove is decidedly alive and includes more than the traditional books of Caesar, Cicero and Vergil. TO OUR ADVERTISERS We wish to express our cordial appreciation of the magnanimous gen- erosity of the many patrons whose names appear in the advertising section of OAK LEAVES. Without their fine cooperation this magazine would have had to be much smaller and with fewer illustrations. We do not expect that all of them will receive any direct profit from this generosity but we do pledge them our enthusiastic good will and pledge ourselves to patronize them at every opportunity. Not only the managers of OAK LEAVES but the entire family at Oak Grove join in this expression of thanks. 6 .I.NV:l9Vd SVNLSIHHD HBO NOYH SHNHDS OAK LEAVES A NEW CLUB EVOLVES Science has become real and fascinating this year under the teaching of Miss Shockney, whose enthusiasm many of us have caught. After three members of the Science Club had finished reading Microbe Hunters we were eager for more scientific knowledge than the time of the recitation could give us and we found Miss Shockney delighted to sponsor a Science Club. It was decided from the first that the club must be small and exclusive with only those admitted to membership who were sincerely interested in Science and seven was set as an ideal number for the first year. It seemed symbolic, too, as we were striving to break the seven seals of Science. The organization of our club met with the approval of Mrs. Owen. who has done a great deal to help us. From the first we agreed that our club should be seriously intellectual with regular meetings at which some pre- pared scientific subject should be discussed. Margaret Chase was elected president and Janet Appleton, secretary. We chose for our colors, green representing nature, and white for clarity of thought. We subscribed for a scientific magazine, Mrs. Owen arranged for us to have a table in the dining room so we might discuss scientific subjects while dining, and Miss Shockney has constantly contributed material and enthusiasm to our club. One project that met with Mrs. Owen's favor was for the Science Club to provide a speaker for one of our Wednesday ad- dresses before the entire school. We were most fortunate in securing the promise of Dr. Clarence C. Little, formerly president of the University of Maine and the University of Michigan, and now Director of the noted Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Research Laboratory in Bar Harbor, for our speaker. His address was one of the finest ever delivered at Oak Grove and it made us very proud and important to have had a part in bringing him to our school. Our importance and pride, however, were soon destined to break all bounds, for when we met with Dr. Little after his address he actually in- vited our entire club to come to Bar Harbor the following Saturday to inspect his laboratory. Our Principals nodded happy assent and we felt like the most favored of important persons in seven cities. The day itself, however, was conclusive proof to us that realization can far exceed anticipation. We arose very early the next Saturday morn- ing while all the house was silent to find Mrs. Owen expecting us in the dining room immediately where she had had a most delicious breakfast prepared. Just as we finished and three minutes before the time scheduled to leave, Peggy Chase's sister arrived in a big car and we were on our way to Bangor where Dr. Little's own car met us on the never-to-be-forgotten trip to Bar Harbor. The interesting research laboratory explained so clearly to us in all its departments by Dr. Little himself 3 the hundreds and hundreds of mice, the brown, yellow, light, dark, big, little, thin, fat, sick, and well, with which the experiments were performed: and the great im- 8 OAK LEAVES portance to mankind of the experiments which are being made in the laboratory impressed us beyond the power of words to explain adequately. After all our lessons and observations in the laboratory we were invited to the home of Dr. Little, where hospitality and bounty awaited us at a delightful luncheon. Immediately after this cars appeared at the door and Ur. Little invited us for a motor ride through beautiful Acadia National Park and around the scenic shores for which Bar Harbor is noted. It was just as though a fairy had come and given us all the wishes we could ask for as we reveled in one beauty and delight after another. When the time came to say good-bye to our wonderful host words seemed very futile to express the gratitude and happiness which were in our hearts. We reached Bangor in time for supper together and a bit of shopping before we took the late train back to Waterville, where our good principal met us very late and brought us back to Oak Grove at the end of a Perfect Day. All but two members of our Science Club are graduating, but they will be a nucleus for the club next year and what competition there will be for members, since Dr. Little has invited our club to come to Bar Harbor again next year. GREETINGS FROM ALUMNAE Commencement again-another group of Seniors join the ranks of our Alumnae. We welcome you, new graduates! You are our younger sisters and we are proud of you. We like to feel that there is an invisible badge which distinguishes every Oak Grove graduate. It shows in the power and charm of character that has developed as the Oak Grove ideals have become instilled in us. This ideal of Oak Grove holds a very definite place in our lives. You have now received your badges, your Oak Grove marks of distinction. The Commencement wish of the Alumnae, now your graduate sisters, is that your badge may ever be a controlling influence in your lives, an influence which will guide you always to that which is most noble, womanly and beautiful. It is our desire that you, as our new graduates, realize this and that as your lives deepen and broaden during the coming years,ethis influence of Oak Grove may lead you closer to the attainment of your highest ideals. Lovingly a11d confidently yours, BEVERLY POWELL, '27. 9 OAK LEAVES q Q 0 V I , I ow' ' 'ou 50 VSV ' Vnfv? 'XVNN V VW I 'J' Wm f ii lfuflfligzl lllywz ' if N A I mt 0' 1 l l llsisgmgjggql . . , , -as-1 --W - ' n-as so . I I Wynn 'wr llitwoh, . -,v F A i i XXX SA LUTATORY Our Class Day! With what eagerness we have anticipated this occa- sion! Now that it has arrived, We realize the honor that accompanies it and question our own worthiness. We are happy, however, in the con- fidence that our deep affection for our dear Alma Mater fills every place where we may be lacking. Because our school is so dearly beloved by us, this day has a tender significance. As our thoughts turn to the whole meaning of our Commence- ment, we realize that we owe a great debt to you, our Board of Managers. It is the greatest honor to welcome you. We know that what the school is, and what it is to become, rests with you. We are happy to believe that our Alma Mater is in wise and affectionate care. Dear Faculty, it is indeed a pleasure to welcome you. We are finishing a year, made fruitful by your earnest efforts. We have learned from you more than mere classroom studies. We have formed true friendships that will help us endlessly. We are happy in the thoughts circling about our instructors. Our Parents, we know that this day is even more blessed to you than to us. You have cared for us always. You have been self-sacrificing that we might benefit from Oak Grove. Our hearts are filled with joy as we welcome you to our Commencement. Schoolmates, we extend a hearty greeting to you who have shared this happy school life with us. Between us has grown up an affectionate friendship that has meant much to us already and will add new value with succeeding years. Dear school friends, you know better than all others how we have loved our Alma Mater. Today we beg you ever to care for her and always to keep her colors bright and her name fair. You, too, friends of Oak Grove, we welcome happily. Through your 10 OAK LEAVES influence and help, Oak Grove has prospered. You have shown your inter- est in many ways and as we greet you, we express our appreciation. A flood of tender emotions comes surging in at this hour as we greet you all, managers, teachers, parents, schoolmates and friends. We open our hearts for you to see there the gratitude and love we feel for the com- bined help given us in our training for life. We promise to do our utmost not only to meet and fill well the requirements of our age, but also to be an honor always to you and dear Oak Grove. There are few dawns that have been welcomed with as joyous salu- tation as the one ushered in by the imaginative little factory girl whom Browning has immortalized in his dramatic poem, Pippa Passes. As the little girl bounds from her couch at daybreak, she is eager to make the most of the one holiday allowed her in the whole year. Her heart overflows with intense anticipation as she greets the morning. Day! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last, Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim Where spurting and suppressed it lay. Oh, Day, if I squander a wavelet of thee, A mite of my twelve hours' treasure, CBe they grants thou art bound to or gifts above measure! One of thy choices or one of thy chances, CBe they tasks God imposed thee or freaks at thy pleasurej -My Day, if I squander such labor or leisure Then shame fall on Asolo, mischief on me! Thus she begins her one holiday of all the year with lofty resolution to make the most of every moment. She ponders as she dresses and won- ders how it would seem to be one of the four great persons of Asolo who seem so happy to her. Although overwhelmed by her own insignificance, Pippa decides that on that day she shall play the role of these four. It is here, as Pippa takes comfort in the message of a New Year's hymn, that the keynote of the poem is struck when she says, All service ranks the same with God, and Browning reveals his theme that each person, no matter how lowly, has his influence upon the world. The little girl from the silk mill hurries up the hillside to the palace where the haughty and unfaithful Ottima is receiving the courtier's homage. Through her singing, Pippa unwittingly arouses their consciences and frees them from their past. Pippa passes next to the home where are the artist, Jules, and his innocent Pheneg and here again, the song of the little girl has an influence all unknown to her. When evening comes, Pippa passes near the Turret as young Luigi and his mother are entering, and 11 OAK LEAVES the child's song stirs the young patriot to action. As night draws closer, Pippa passes by the palace where the powerful but unscrupulous and bold Monseigneur is moved to follow the night. Although the weary little girl is not conscious of it as she drops to sleep, yet she has had far-reaching influence and her service has ranked high with God. Pippa had one dayg we have one life. How are we to use our days? As Pippa expressed what she was, so we express what we are and our influ- ence goes forth for good or ill. Behind all our institutional life is the power of personality. What lies behind such institutions as Mount Holyoke and Wellesley Colleges? It is noble womanhood in the persons of Mary Lyon and Alice Freeman Palmer. What lies behind our political freedom? What brought the Constitution of the United States into being? Was it not the strong characters of noble men and women? What lies behind Christian- ity? Is it not the matchless character of Jesus Christ? We cannot express what we are not. Our first duty, therefore, if we are going to influence others, is to build strong, beautiful characters. How do we express our characters? There are laws which govern our influence upon one another. Pippa expressed her personality through song. We may not be talented in that way but there are three powerful ways in which we all exert an influence. One of the general ways in which we influence others is by our attitude toward life's joys. This is also true even of nations. The things in which the citizens of Rome, for example, found their excitement, reveal their character. The same is true of other nations, our own included. If our tastes are low, the influence which we convey is low. Persons who delight in unlovely pleasures, not only become unlovely themselves, but they tend to debase others. If, however, we find our pleasure in things which really ennoble human life, our influence upon others is ennobling. In the second place, we influence others by the attitude we take toward life's tasks. If we are careless in this respect, we influence others to be careless. A thorough and generous Workman inspires others to thorough- ness and generosity. If we develop a high regard for each day's task, we shall convey the sacredness of duty to others. In the third place, our personality is expressed by the way in which we meet the difficult things in life. We girls, going out from Oak Grove, are among a vast multitude of girls graduating at this season from secondary schools. Neither they nor we can expect that life's way will always be smooth in the days to come. As our parents have had to meet difliculties in life, so must we. Everything, so far as our influence upon the world is concerned, will be determined by the way in which we meet these difficul- ties. A cowardly attitude on our part will tend to weaken others. A brave, courageous spirit will tend to strengthen them. This is why the real heroes in life are so inspiring. Our attitude toward the difficulties of life may be the hardest test of character. Persons conquering obstacles become the 12 OAK LEAVES strongest and noblest characters, and their influence is one of infinite cour- age and inspiration to all who know them. In the third way, as in the other two, our influence is usually uncon- scious. If, however, we are thorough in our Work and if our attitude toward both the joys and the disciplines of life is true, we may know that whether our paths lead to exalted places or whether they lie along humble ways, we have given full measure in each day, and we may say with Pippa, All service ranks the same with God. ELIZABETH MARTIN. I , 13 OAK LEAVES A WISH OF LIFE Oh! to have lived Life's cares and pain: Oh! to have known Of its sunshine And raing oh! to be Hardened to love's Bitter strifeg oh! To just know Life! Life! Life! NATALIE SMITH. SPRING 1.-Lpologies to William Herbert Carruthj A mist on the Kennebec River, A smoky sky of gray, The dead brown grass of the meadows, And the blackbirds winging their wayg And all over mountain and valley The glories of Nature ring, Some call it just a season, But others call it Spring. NORMA LUCE. -l-..1.....i- WRITTEN FROM PARIS !With apologies to the author,-being a very personal letter from an Oak Grove girl who has been studying in France for a year at the University of Nancy, written on Palm Sunday,-and published without her permissionJ As for Paris, I just love it! Not that I've seen more than a glimpse of it yet, for the sights are tantalizingly scattered all over the immense city, one here and the next at a far corner. Since it's useless to try to see every- thing at once, and silly to see so much that half of it doesn't sink in, I've been taking it slow and easy with time to really feel as well as see Paris. My first three days have given me an immense amount as far as variety is concerned, that much is sure, from the frankly risque to the most awe- inspiring: lectures at the Sorbonne, including one by the famous Daniel Mornetg the Folies Bergeresg The Louvre-a first glimpse to be followed by days of studyg tea at the American University Clubg dinner at a Chi- nese restaurant, where we actually ate with chopsticksg a morning wander- ing through bookstores and along the banks of the Seine where book mer- chants have thousands of volumes exposed in cases perched on the wallg 14 OAK LEAVES Amphitryon 38, a modern play based on the story of Hercules, son of Jupiter and a mortal, wonderful music at the Russian church, standing next an exiled Russian prince, for all I know, the museum Where R0din's works are shown, and besides all this, fleeting visits to Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, the Luxembourg Gardens, the young New York, the Avenue des Champs Elysees, the Madeleine, the Opera, the Pantheon, the Hotel des Invalides, etc., etc., places that will take real visiting during the next two weeks. Paris itself just delighted me with its symmetric buildings along beautiful streets that lead off to the distant horizon. And every street, it seems, is teeming with memories of what so-and-so did,--Voltaire here and Corneille there, Henry IV here and Louis XIV there, and Napoleon every- where,-and such a host of celebrities who wrote, acted, killed or were killed, and always memories of the terrible days of the Revolution. Any- way-I'm going to have a great two weeks! Beth has been wonderful about initiating me into the points of interest and particularly, to the Way to reach them. She found a room for me before I arrived and has taken me to eat at the Girl's Foyer where prices are fabulously low if you know how to choose your menu, Some dine for less than two francs, partly with the hope of reducing, but since that is not my style I've been extravagantly including meat and still keeping my expense low. Considering that it is Paris and that the food is good, I feel that I am almost saving money. My trip from Nancy to Paris was eventful enough, too. It seemed awful to say good-bye to everybody I had known during the year there, for they have been wonderfully kind to me. Madame Wood herself came to the station with me, seeing me and my two heavy suitcases onto the train for Verdun, where I engaged a room for the night, ate all sorts of queer things, and then parted with two dollars and forty cents for the privilege of riding alone around the forts of Verdun. It hurt to charter a taxi all for myself but I didn't want to leave the section Without seeing a bit of the hard-fought country where the French declared, They shall not pass. I think it was worth it and I shall never forget the awfulness that war leaves. The tour included an exploration of a fort and a visit to a national cemetery where a monument to unknown dead stands out immense against a barren horizon, while all about is the desolation of fields pitted with holes Where once there were villages, cultivated fields and even forests. From Verdun next morning to Reims, riding with a pack of youngsters whom two Red Cross nurses were taking to the seashore made a lively trip. At Reims the Cathedral with its glorious rose window and its muti- lated exterior told an awful story of war. A little distance away from the great cathedral are blocks of new houses, gleaming white stone, with here and there a scarred remnant of a house and sometimes a gaping empty space. 15 OAK LEAVES - Since then, Paris. It seems queer that now when I'm so very near Havre, I'm not going straight down the river and embarking. However, the time will go quickly, with southern France, the Pyrenees, the Riviera, the length of Italy, then Switzerland, Oberammergau, Heidelberg, the trip down the Rhine, Holland, and, maybe, a glimpse of England before I re- turn to New York and see you all. The plans for the coming weeks are already taking shape rapidly. There is a movie here that intrigued me, but I think it is better to let movies slip and concentrate on the best plays and operas which one can't see at home. Monday, there will be one of Moliere's plays. Wednesday, Tristran and Isolde at the Grand Opera, and so much more that I will tell you all about when I see you. These are wonderful days I 16 OAK LEAVES DAWN The last hoot of the owl dies away, And pink creeps boldly o'er yon hill- A leaf rustles. A breeze, the herald of the dawn, Over the grass with its secret Hustles-- The secret of a new day. CHARLOTTE QUIMBY. FLOWERETS Tiny flowerets, Hidden in the grass, Nameless waifs, You smile At all who pass,- ' Some that crush you 'Neath their careless feet, Some that love your blossoms Fair and sweet. Patterned f With the shaven grasses green, Forming carpets Fit for any queen, Every day You gently bow And nod, With each Zephyr Sent to you From God. M. C. -i DIANA WEEPS Over the softly rippling water the moon shone in a long path of silver splendor that led to the very horizon and touched heaven. A sleepy cloud wandered near the moon and a sudden breeze stirred like a deep sigh from a distant realm. Into the troubled waters something dropped, disturbed the peaceful night like a low song. A moonstone, clear and glittering, 17 OAK LEAVES transparent yet reflecting depths of untold feeling, touched the silver waters and was lost. It was a tear of Diana, Goddess of the Moon, shed in distress at the memory of some old but tender sorrow. ..l. THE GYPSY CALL The wind is calling, calling, The wild Wind and the sea, And there's a tugging, tugging In the gypsy heart o' me. Oh, but I must be going, The clouds are scudding free: And they are calling, calling, The white clouds--and the seal K. M. R. ,l...i.i.l-l- POPPY O red, red poppy, I love your very flamboyancy, Your daring, And your utter independence. You are glowing, Burning, flaming With your youth,- You are beautifulg Ah! you know it,- And, without a tremor, Face your God. M. T. C. -1 A TRIBUTE TO MISS BULL Our hearts were heavy when an accident this winter interrupted your wonderful work at Oak Grove and suddenly made us realize more keenly than ever before what inspiration you had given to us ever since you came to Oak Grove. Your living appreciation of literature and magic power to instill that appreciation in us have made us love literature in its finest expression. You have shown us the beauty of words-words that are not used merely to express thought, but which suggest beauty of color and sound. Your interpretation of poetry has opened the door into a realm of music that will .enrich us as long as we live. More than this, dear Miss 18 OAK LEAVES Bull, after having known and loved you we have come to realize that it is the finest things of life which last and above all we know that nothing is more inspiring than the real lady you have constantly portrayed for us. NATALIE SMITH, '30. Heaven's azure lidded roof Is very high above, But heaven's blue in muddy pools- Why even I may love! E. H. R. ..il.11.-1-.1 THROUGH THE PINES Tall pines are silhouetted black against the western horizon like the setting for some giant Wagnerian opera as we look at them from between the overhanging trees of our lovely North Road. Above the topmost branches, the afternoonsun is sending great shafts of light against which the pines stand out in dark relief. Far in the distance, we see the dimly outlined mountains between the trees and above the horizon are the bril- liant orange and deep red clouds that flame about a golden ball just sinking behind the blue-grey hills. Suddenly the western sky becomes illumined, palpitating, gorgeous behind all the pines and to the very center of the heavens as though defying the shadows of twilight that are creeping among the little trees. The western sky is a blaze of scarlet and our pine grove outlined against it with picturesque pine boughs are Nature's own magnificent way of painting the Oak Grove colors, Scarlet and Black, across the western horizon. Tv. THE SUNSET The trees stand dark against the evening sky, And through each swaying branch there shows a cloud, That nature paints with rainbow colored dye, While all the world, its praises sing aloud. The setting sun like fire beyond the hill, Proclaims the perfect end of this glad day, And in the distance trills a whip-poor-will, Which puts our hearts in tune with his sweet lay. RUTH WHEELER. 19 I WALKED ALONE I Walked alone Upon the hill, OAK LEAVES A wind-swept, cold, forsaken hillg And looked aghast At hardenedwpines I That bore each icy blast Without a sighg I shivered, And drew my garments closer still And plodded on. GERTRUDE PARK. 20 l 1 l . O A K L E A V E S Translations from Elementary Latin A GHOST STORY There was a great house in Athens with a bad reputation. During the silence of the night the sound of chains was heard, at first far away, then very near. Then the ghost appeared, an old man with shaggy hair. He was wearing chains. Those were bad nights for 'those who were living there, then death followed. The house was then deserted and abandoned by the ghost. A philosopher named Athenodorus came to Athens, and having read the advertisement for the house and heard the price, asked why it was so cheap. He learned all, but nevertheless he rented it. When night came he demanded some tablets, a pen, and a light, then he dismissed all his serv- ants and directed his mind, eyes, and hands to writing so that he would not imagine fearful things. First, there was silence, then the chains were heard. He did not lift his eyes. Then the sound of the chains increased and came nearer. Now it was heard on the threshold, now within the door. He looked back and saw the ghost, standing and beckoning with a finger as if calling. But the philosopher turned back again to his studies. Again the sound of chains was heard. He looked back again at the beckoning ghost. Not delaying he lifted the light and followed the ghost. Afterwards the ghost turned aside in the courtyard and left him. He placed a sign in that place. The next day the philosopher went to the magistrate and advised that he order that place to be dug up. They found the bones and chains. They collected them and buried them. The ghost Was never seen in that building afterwards. Translation from an adapted letter of Pliny. REGINA LAMB, '31, FAMOUS ROMAN WOMEN Fulvia, the mother of Publius, was waiting with the latter's sisters, Cwcilia and Secunda, for Publius and Rufus. It is hard to wait all the time! declared Secunda. We wait for the men, we ourselves do nothing. The lives of boys and men are more inter- esting. They go to the games, to the Forum, to the senate house. But Rome does not love the girls. What? Doesn't Rome always remember her famous Roman women? asked Caecilia. It is true, were the words of Fulvia. Who does not remember Veturia who saved Rome? Coriolanus, theson of Veturia, had proposed a 21 OAK LEAVES law. This law did not please the state. And so his enemies put Coriolanus to flight, and he fled to the Volscians, enemies of the Romans. He came with the Volscians to the gates of Rome and prepared to seize it. Veturia with other distinguished Roman women went to the camp of Coriolanus and begged for peace. Coriolanus was greatly moved by his mother's words and said, 'Mother, you have saved Rome' I And what Roman has not been deeply moved by the deeds of Cloelia ? said Caecilia. When a prisoner, she escaped from the camp of the Etrus- cans, enemies of the Romans, and swam across the river. In those times it was easy to earn fame because the Romans were carrying on war, said Secunda. But now there is peace. What can Roman girls accomplish while there is peace ? Much! answered Caecilia. Haven't the Vestal Virgins often saved Rome by sacred duties to the unfriendly gods? And who will not remember good Livia ? But they do not go to the Forum. Could not Lmlia deliver famous orations? questioned Fulvia. Did not Hortensia plead the cause of the Roman women in the Forum? In the Civil War the triumvirs ordered the Roman women to collect money. Hor- tensia said in the Forum, 'Why ought we to collect money? We have no authority in the state. If enemies come, we will collect money, but we will never give aid for the civil war.' By these words the triumvirs were com- pelled to yield. Roman boys read and hear about these, and about Cornelia, Claudia, Lucretia, about our Caecilia herself, and will always read and hear about them while Rome remains. Good Roman women protect the state. When danger comes, they will always be prepared. -Translation by VIRGINIA SCALES, '32. .1,- SOUR GRAPES Driven by hunger a fox sought a bunch of grapes on a tall grape arbor, by jumping with all his strength. As he could not reach them he ceased trying. They are not ripe yet, he said. I do not wish to take bitter things. Those who make light of these words which they could not write, should apply this example to themselves. ...l.... .- THE FROG THAT BURST The wretched one dies while he tries to imitate the powerful. Once upon a time a frog saw an ox and touched with envy of so great a size, puffed up his body. Then he asked his children whether he was 22 OAK LEAVES larger than the ox. They said no. He puffed up his body again and asked in the same manner which was the larger. They said the ox. At last while he wished to puff himself up even more his body burst. Translated by Marjorie Johnson from the adapted fables of Phaedrus, written in verse. MAYO Ha llegado mayo y con el, la estacion mas bella de Oak Grove. El dia primero tuvimos una reina y su ceremonia de coronacion. Esta cere- monia me ha hecho recordar aquellos dias tan alegros pasados en aquel pueblicito encantador de Yauco- pueblo perfumado con la esencia del cafe. La alegria de una coronacion no va solamente en el coronar a la reina sino en el preparar el salon de baile y el trono. Me acuerdo particularmente de la corte y el trono de una reina de simpatia hace cuatro a cinco anos. 1Los dias que tuvimos haciendo flores, oj as y cadenas de papel para adornar el salon del Casino Espanol! E1 trono fue construido para representar un jardin ilorido en Mayo. 3Flores y elechos por doquiera! iCadenas de papel-crepe llenas de flores colgadas de un lado del salon al otrol Todo llevaba el lujo y la elegancia y belleza de la primavera. Llego la noche de la coronacion. Todas las senoritas de la corte se reunieron en casa de la reina y sus escortes en casa del rey. La reina iba vestida en un traje de crepe que tenia cosido toda clase de fior. Su cola era de terciopelo blanco bordado en perlas y su corona la mas bella y elegante que se pudo hacer. Su corte de honor iba vestida en gaza con flores por aqui y por alla. V La orchesta empezo a tocar y al son de la musica encantadora entro la reina y su corte. iQue expectaculo tan bellol Se efectuaron los bailes espe- ciales y la reina fue coronada. Puerto Rico se esta modernizando pero yo creo que nunca cesaran de efectuarse, en aquella esmeralda en el mar de los caribes, esas fiestas en mayo que dan a todo el mundo tanta elegria. RUTH E. HAMOR, '30. SERVUS ROMANUS . Quondam urbe Roma res mira est. Puer, Marcus Crassus, erat regis servus. Helvetii in populos Romanos bellum gerebant. Ita diu atque acriter pugnatum est. Homines bellicosi inimicique pontem Tiberis et loca potentia et maxime frumentaria occupaverunt. Prima luce dum omnes milites 23 XX'HliRli XVI? ROMP AND ENJOY LIFI' OAK LEAVES Romani somnum capiunt principes hostiurn impetum in urbem facturi erant. Quid quoque pacto agi placeat occulte inter se meditabantur. Marcus humi in vinea iacebat ut regem protegeret. Prima hora ille, hostibus progressis, strepitum armorum audivit. Statim regem excitavit. Uno tempore omni- bus locis eis pugnandum fuit atque omnia temptata sunt. Ita, proelio facto, Helvetii ex oppido se receperunt et Marcus a rege primipilus factus est. MARGARET CHASE. -lT.l l CZESAR, EQUES SOLLERS, ET EQUUS Caesar a pueritia eques sollers fueratg nam consuetus erat manibus post tergum adiunctis in equo sedere atque gradu pleno equum suum agere. In bello se instituit ut equitans litteras dictare et duos homines qui eodem tempore scriberent aut, ut Appius dicit, pluros regere posset. Ipse equo memoratu digno, pedibus bifidis et paene humanis, vehebat. Hic equus in eius villa partus eratg atque cum augures eum domino eius imperium orbis terrae prwdixisse confirmavissent Caesar maxima cum dili- gentia eum sustulerat et primus eum equitem alienum non tolerantem con- scendit. Postea, quoque, ante templum Veneris Genetricis statuam eius sacravit. GERTRUDE PARK. L'AGNELET O agnelet, Folatre et gai, Hochet du bon Dieu, Tu joues aux champs, Insouciant. Je donnerais mon tout Pour devenir joyeux Et enjoue Comme toi, O agnelet! -M. T. C. EN ETE Les oiseaux produisent la musique, A l'aurore ils chantent un cantiqueg Ils sont enjoyes et heureux, Et font tout le monde joyeux En 6136. 25 OAK. LEAVES Les champs de ble murissent, Et les pommes jutenses rougissentg On peut voir une odorante rose Dans le jardin ou elle repose En ete. Les arbres toujours verts du bois Chuchotent dans une incessante voixg Ils jettent sur la terre une grande ombre, Et la foret tranquille est tres sombre En ete. Comme rire babillent les ruisseaux Ou nagent les petits dans ses eauxg Les grillons gazonillent dans la meule,-- Et le saule est triste tout seul En ete. M. T. C. THE MEETING They met upon a hilltop, one robed in pure white, the other in pale green. The robes of the goddess in white were tinged with grey here and there and she extended her hand wistfully in a lingering farewell. The goddess in shimmering green fiuttered her tapering hands and laughed like a tumbling stream that plays in a beautiful glen. With reluctant, backward glances the white spirit drew her thin robes closer and wavered on the northern slope of the hill in the shade of a tall pine. There she lingered longingly for a moment and then vanished in the air like a pale moth. A bird sang in a budding tree as the maid in green tripped lightly, joyfully over the brown hillside, smiled at the leaping grass and raised her rosy fingertips to the bare trees. The sun kissed the hillside, a choir of birds sang in the branches and the Spirit of Life stretched out her hands tenderly, joyously to welcome the pink arbutus that was opening its buds and the brave little violet that raised its head from its winter's nap. Laughter filled the brook that had broken the bonds of winter. The God- dess of Life, her thoughts created the flowers and her joyful tears were the showers that mingled with the sunshine of her laugh, bringing forth new life on the hillside. Hail, O Spirit of Spring! ENID HUMPHREYS, '30. 26 OAK LEAVES TO A PANSY Pansy dear, your sweet little face, Framed by your yellow velvet gown, Smiles at me in all my dreams, And can all my troubles drown. The innocence of your lovely eyes, Your tiny upturned nose, The fluttering of your yellow dress, Makes you dearer than a rose. You fill me with such lovely thoughts My heart feels joy anew, With higher things than e'er before And all because of you. CHARLOTTE REVERIE 'A garden of old-fashioned flowers, Of larkspur, mignonette, and rose, Where oft in summer days I doze And dream of walls and crumbling towers, And castles where I'd roam for hours, Or in the stately ruins pose. Afar my dreaming fancy goes, But then too soon the twilight lowers, The garden fades in dusk of eve, My castles disappear as though The wind had blown them quite away. Bright tints of lovely flowers leave, The birds, my pretty songsters, go, QUIMBY The sun, my dreams,--they would not stay. T C M. RIVERS Rivers,- Sombre, greyish rivers, Streaked sunlit patches, Black silhouetted trees Cut in cardboard. Cold, forsaken rivers, Slowly flowing Seaward. M. T. C. 27 TO A VIOLET Dainty little violet on your mossy bed, Why are you so shy? Lift up your head- Do you think that man would step on you, Or do you fear the drops of dew? Personified I see you sitting in a royal chair, You look very royal with flowers in your hair, Blue are your eyes as a foreign sea. Indeed, I wish that I were thee! Of all spring flowers you are best, You are far above the rest, You lead a life of isolation- But in your way you rule a nation. OAK LEAVES Peace is the example which to the world you give, You say that only by it can a nation live- You have a right to lift your head and let your colors fly, Oh dainty little violet, do not be so shy! B. Z. W. 28 OAK LEAVES FROM OUR YOUNGER PENS For For For We For For For We For For For We GARDEN PATHS where the blue bells bend, where the Wild ilag blows, where the river flows, my lady wanders. Down Down Down There Down the fragrant garden-paths Flanked with blooming iris, Past the blue forget-me-nots,- The lily's gleaming chalice. Oft adown these winding paths, Amid the dewy grasses, Wistfully my lady passes, Searching for her lover. In the moonlight, ah, my lady! She will find him waiting there, Trysts to keep with old emotions, There to meet my lady fair. C., Eighth Grade WE GIVE THEE THANKS all the flowers bright and fair, all the trees and forest shade, ponds and brooks and oceans, too, give Thee thanks. animals that roam the woods, birds and butterflies so fair, the, green grass and rocks and fields, give Thee thanks. mountains and valleys and houses, the skies and stars and sunshine bright, all the beauty of Nature's life, give Thee thanks, God of all! KATHARIN ANN DEWEY, Eighth Grade. 29 OAK LEAVES . AUTUMN LEAVES Autumn leaves all bright with red: Wherever one looks it is always said, What beautiful colors on these trees Swaying in the autumn breeze. The reds and yellow, the orange and green, Wherever you look they are always seen Casting out their colors gay,- Memories of a radiant day. HENEIETTA FARNUM, Seventh Grade. VISIONS It's raining hard today, But behind the greying mist I see the ghosts Of a sunny yesterday, And the shadows Of many a golden tomorrow. For everywhere That a wee drop falls A blossom of April blows, The heralds fair Of summers rare,- Spring flowers Pearled with dewdrops. STELLA CARVELL, Eighth Grade. ESCAPE Last night I dreamed a dream So wonderfully sweet That it has caught And held me fast- It lingers with me still. But when it flees I shall have forgotten All of it. STELLA CARVELL, Eighth Grade. 30 MERRY MASQUERADERS OAK LEAVES BELLS TO BLINKS Clang! Cling! Clang! Oh, that bell would ring just when I was sleep- ing so luxuriantly! Well, here's for a shower. I Clang! Cling! Clang! A pause. Clang! Cling! Clang! Here I am in the shower with just thirteen minutes before the Two . Better hurry. The Two! What shall I do? My button is broken! Wheel Such a narrow escape with everyone down but me and I slipped in before the bell was tapped. It certainly was a good thing I found that pin. Breakfast just finished and it was good too. Now we line up for the letters and I'm here. Letters read. Room put in order for the day, and books deposited on my desk in study hall while I stroll about the campus. Morning Chapel lead by Mr. Owen. Good music and interesting announcements by Mr. and Mrs. Owen. The bell rings for classes but Chorus comes first today so Miss Brown comes smiling into the room. English! and the poem I had to learn isn't finished. Maybe Miss Taylor will excuse me as I usually have my English done well. Nice little scolding for me! Well, what could I expect. I'll be prepared next time. Recess for three minutes and a dozen folks to see-all very important business about plans for recreation this afternoon and many other things. For once my French is all done. Pollywogs are lots of fun and I've looked them up carefully for Nature Study. All my trouble for nothing until tomorrow. We went for a walk to find real pollywgs instead of talking about them in our Nature Study class. The woods and the little pond were beautiful and every tree seemed to have a bird singing in it. Then comes Art. I am such an artist, but I am sure I shall paint a fine picture today. And half an hour to do just what we wish before luncheon. I'm so hungry. Why doesn't the Two ring! Hark! who says so? Yes! The people in the kitchen are bringing the long serv- ing table out on the lawn and we are going to have luncheon on the campus. Three cheers !-and six sandwiches besides a great deal else! We have feasted and now everyone is strolling about the campus in the warm sunshine, or chatting in groups under the trees. Classes begin again. My period for piano practice. Mathematics. Nothing exciting-just work. 32 OAK 2:40 3:30 5:15 5:45 6:45 7:00 8:00 8:10 8:25 8:26 LEAVES Now we have History. My lesson is learned 'but not when it comes to writing it down as was necessary in a quiz today. We are all excused. Everyone begins to chatter. Some hurry to the croquet lawn, others get the bows and arrows, a dozen hurry off with tennis rackets, some are practicing on Gannett field, twenty making ready for the riding classes on our nice ring. Just in and ready for a shower. I couldn't have had a better afternoon or more thrilling ride. Dolly had a marvelous gait today and didn't she feel frisky! The Fifteen rings, and I am nearly ready for dinner. Who wouldn't be on time if she were as hungry as I am? Dinner is over. The strawberry shortcake was delicious. I wished our three courses had all been dessert. Study Hall. We are all busy but not like bees, for they buzz and we are supposed to keep quiet. Mrs. Owen comes in for evening announcements. One of the excit- ing things is that we are going to have camp supper next Saturday. We of the Junior Department are excused and feel sleepy. Mrs. Jones comes upstairs to read stories and then bids each one Good-night and sleep tight. Then she says, Be sure you're ready for 'Blinks'. ' Lights out and sleep! NANCY CARVETH, Seventh Grade. DOWN TO THE BEACH I must go down to the beach And watch the rushing tides come ing Breaking against the rocks of the beach, Like the howl of a northern wind. I must go down to the beach once more And see the yachts come sailing by: Like sea gulls now they dip and soar, Sailing o'er and cutting breakers high. So soon the sun dies in the west And behold! there falls the sprinkling rain: Sadly now must I go home to rest, But tomorrow will bring me back again! ' A. HOLMAN, Eighth Grade. 33 OAK LEAVES MYSTERIES Twinkle, twinkle, little star, Set in firmaments afar In the distant blue of heaven, Looking down on earth and me- If you but spoke our language What wonders you could tell To us mortals on this planet, Swinging through the azure realm! How yourself came into being, How your rays of light, thrown far, Reach this distant world of ours In the five points of a star: Why these mysteries remain To weak humans yet unsolved, Untold, unfathomed and unknown, As yonder beam the shining stars. STELLA CARVELL, Eighth Grade. THE BROOKLET The little brooklet ripples along, Singing happily a merry song: It turns and twists, leaps and falls, Till finally the river to the brooklet calls. HENRIETTA FARNUM, '35. ARBUTUS At just about this time Tomorrow, Where the pink arbutus trails Deep in the woods Among their delicate fragrance, I'll go and lose the world. Don't disturb me, please, I'll not care to think of things Just then- For spring has come With her sweet arbutus. STELLA CARVELL, Eighth Grade. 34 OAK LEAVES MEMORIES When I see the ocean Breaking on the shore, I think what I ne'er remember Elsewhere but on its shore. The thoughts that fill my mind I never may repeat, And that is why I love to roam Where the foamy billows beat. The Pilgrim Fathers landed On this lone and rocky shore: Perhaps a bit of their spirit Has stayed since days of yore, To haunt the ones who stay To list to its pleading toneg To haunt the ones who stray there By the ocean's shore alone. If I try now to recall The thoughts that come to me, All I can hear is the restless roar Of the endlessly surging sea. Some day the spell will break And I may then impart, Instead of the ocean's murmurs, These things which stir my heart A bit of the rugged stamina And the calm triumphant faith Of those who have walked before me A bit of their quiet grace. 35 OAK LEAVES aug 5115 agus 4:5411 gui iugi gsigzcx nigga ua in ALNJJ LX an in Act IJLX Jlaggia .ua Jicgiiagiix ua in in in gas 51:5 iii 4, 21 E D1 BC A L ., , ,. 2 Q 21 C I'2l 1131111 2lSS Q Rl ' 2 ' 4 if all 1 35 S 2' 2 Rl IS arf mfr uri xiii wr wr mir wirr wirrxerr vrmrr xirr xirfxirr xirfxirfxirrxirr xirr xirmrr xitfxirf vrrwirmrr zrrxirr xirfxarr xirr xarf xii i RUTH ELIZABETH BROWN BnowNin Entered from Portland High School in 1928. Christian Association Cabinet 1511 Sunday School Teacher 1511 Riding lixliibition 1513 junior Prize Reading, Fir-sz Prize 1515 Art Editor Oak LEAVES 1313 Gymnastic Competition 151 and 141g Choir 151 and 141g Track Meet 131 and 1-113 Tennis Tournament Finals 131 and 141g Captain Black Hockey 151 and 1413 Gymnasium Leader 131 and 1415 Black Cheer Leader 131 and 1413 Glee Club 1-i1 g Aesthetic Gymnastics 1415 Maid of Honor, May Day 141g Class Treasurer' 1-i1g Class Poem 141. Gfrill uimli in lhe pimm- llubilc' fm'-off mili- fl lirtiizw bird iiizgiiig- Proud jiuppiei -- Smiling ikiei! PLANS Ruth plans to enter Russell Sage College. MADELENE WEEKS BUNKER PEANUT Entered Oak Grove from Calais Academy in 1928. Christian Association Cabinet 1311 Class Basket- ball 151 and 141g Black Hockey 131 and 1-413 Art Exhibit 151 and 1411 Aesthetic Gymnastics 151 and 141g Track 131 and 1413 Captain of Second Class Team 1415 Black Basketball 1-113 Substitute Gymna- sium Leader 1413 Glee Club Accompanist 141g Science Club 1-113 Class Will 141. Purple pln1.iie.i'- Fmgmfife of binning dfiftwood- W'ide, open fielJ.i- Happy laughter- Coml rlaudi! PLANS Madelene plans to enter the University of Maine. 36 OAK LEAVES MARGARET ABBIE CATES MARGARETl' Entered Oak Grove from Coburn Classical Institute 1928. Class Treasurer 1353 Riding Exhibition 135 and 1453 Black Hockey Team 145. Hidden Llfflltflll' A wlaite-rhroaled rp.1rrow- Erhoing hoof beati- Greerz veiled bircber-- Bending blzze-bellr! PLANS Margaret plans to enter Farmington Normal School. ANNIE MERLE COLE l'MERI.EJ' Entered Oak Grove from Vassalboro Grammar School in 1926. Class Basketball 115, 125. 135 and 1453 Black Baseball 1253 Black Basketball Team 125, 155 and 145g Captain Class Basketball 135g Manager Black Basketball 155g Black Hockey Team 135 and 145. Sweel rzzignafzelle- Prim garden uuzlkr- Cool wooded l9illrider- Swear new-moufn bay- Low lullabierf PLANS Merle looks forward to entering Gramercy School in New York. JEANE ELIZABETH DANA UVERMIEU Entered Oak Grove from Gresham 1Oregon5 High School in 1928. Scarlet Hockey 1555 Oak LEAVES Staff 135g Rid- ing Competition 135g Cup in junior Reading 155: Black Basketball 145g Gymnastic Competition 1453 Gymnasium Leader 145g Senior Class President 1453 Class Oration 145. TIHqll0i.lE skier! A friendly lmndclaip- Cmrbiflg uwlerfallJ- Bury diy rMeelr- Su-'eel longs! PLANS jeane plans to enter the Oregon State College. 37 OAK. LEAVES -'X MARJORI E LOUISE DANA Hooi.ns linteretl Oak Grove from Gresham 1Oregon1 High School in 1928. Scarlet Basketball, Mangaer 1313 Tied for Gym- nastic Competition 1313 Gymnastic Cup 1511 Scar- let Hockey 151 and 1413 Scarlet Basketball 151 and 1413 Gymnasium Leader 131 and 1413 Interclass Champion Basketball 131 and 1413 Gymnastic Com- petition, First Place 1413 Presentation of Gifts 141. Leaping fires- Gmceful liger liliex- Fl.nlai11g humming bird- 1T8!Il'1t'.l1l .izwun dive- Clnefree r.'a!1w1b1ne.' PLANS l1Iarjot'ie plans to enter the University of Oregon. SYLVIA ALDEANNA EAMES HSYLVIAU Entered Oak Grove from Bangor High School in 1928. Christian Association Cabinet 131: Black Hockey 151 and 1413 Captain Class Basketball 1313 Captain Class Basketball, Second Team 1411 Black Basketball 151 and 1411 Tennis Tournament 1413 Track Meet 131 and 1413 Track Meet, Second Place 1413 Uni- versity of Maine Speaking Contest 1413 Senior Play 1413 May Court jester 1413 Glee Club 1411 Aesthetic Gymnastics 131 and 1413 Presentation of Gifts 141. Spring gludner.r- A drifting .mil- Frilkiflg Jquirrelr- Ddiillj' orcbidi- Elurizfe L ll'EJ',' PLANS Sylvia plans to enter the Boston School of Physical Education. MARJORIE LOUISE GREGORY HnRMiE Entered Oak Grove from Boothbay Harbor High School in 1928. Senior Play 1413 Riding Competition 1413 Glee Club 141. Blue cuvnfiuu'err- Gray, uim!-piled sem'- Luw organ mimic- A Jilzfer rimmed brooch- 1Hi.i ly 7110 unrrfim' f PLANS Marjorie is enrolled at Smith College. 38 O A K L E A V E s SELMA LAVINIA GREGORY Acorn Entered Oak Grove from Boothbay Harbor High School in 1928. Gymnastic Exhibition 131 and 141g Senior Play 14jg Riding Competition 14,3 Glee Club 14J. Yellow dfzirier- Quaint blue fbif7f7- Calm mill porzdr- Gleaming candle light- Comfomzble rurbiom. PLANS Selma looks forward to entering Simmons College. in 1928. Committee Ruth exp KATE BETSEY HULETT USHERMIEU Entered Oak Grove from South Hadley 1Massa- chusettsj High School in 1928. junior Basketball 131 Scarlet Basketball 131g Gymnasium Leader 1315 Scarlet Hockey 13, and 14jg Senior Play 141. Slender gmiirer- A brook in xpring- Dianzondf on black rebel- S1171 lippea' 1f'f11'ere- Bending lzirrherl PLANs Kate is looking forward to entering the University of Vermont. '59 I 1 RUTH ELIZABETH HAMOR HAMMER Entered Oak Grove from Bar Harbor High School Choir 13j and 141g Class Basketball 131 and 145g Oak Grove Quartet 1415 Chairman Refreshment 149. Shadowy irirei- Slrong hill:- Tlve lzigloliflgulefr Nfl- A flarlaifzg Spmzii-XJ .ilmrrlf l a1'-away ffIf7ffE'.l'.l PLANS ects to enter the University of Maine, in ENID MARX' HUMPHREYS Emo Entered Oak Grove from Lincoln Grammar School in l926. Class Editor -113, 123, 133 and 1433 Basketball 113 and 1233 Treasurer 1l3 and 1233 Oak LEAVES Staff 1333 Christian Association Cabinet 123 and 1333 Latin Play 123 and 1533 Gymnasium Leader 1533 Orchestra 123. 153 and 1433 Hockey 123, 153 and 1433 Senior Play 143. Pale tzzurc luxe -M The erlm of t1 violin- A quiet lake, rmyonuilziered- Pink clover- Friendly jirer! PLANS Enid is enrolled at the University of Maine. 1928. GERTRUDE EMILY PARK Gnit1'iF Entered Oak Grove from Fairfield Grammar School in 1926, Commencement Play 1133 Class Basketball, First Team 1l3, 123, 153 and 1433 Sophomore Declama- tions 1233 Pageant 1233 Varsity Baseball 1233 Scarlet Basketball 153 and 1433 Exchange Editor of Oak LEAVES 1331 Riding Exhibition 1333 Junior Reading, Second Prize 1533 Gymnastic Competition, Tied for First Place 1,533 Scarlet Hockey 153 and 1433 Scarlet Cheer Leader 153 and 1433 Gymnasium Leader 153 and 1431 Gymnastic Exhibition 153 and 143 3 Captain Scarlet Team 153 and 1433 Track Meet 153 and 1433 Aesthetic Gymnastics 153 and 1433 Tennis Tournament 1433 Gymnastic Competition, Second Place 1433 Glee Club 1431 May Day Virtue - 'Loyalty 1433 Senior Play 1433 Address to Under- graduates 1433 Presentation of Class Gift 143. jnyuui fiameri 'I'en1ptir13q by-pallai-r--H liar-,ilrelrbing horizont- A paired. quiifuring note- Gulden gleamr! PLANS Gertrude plans to enter Connecticut College for Wotnen. 40 OAK LEAVES MARJORIE STEVENS PECK Speck Entered Oak Grove from Lewiston High School in Christian Association 1333 Class Basketball, Cap- tain Third Team 1433 Gymnastic Exhibition 1433 Class Play 1433 Science Club 1433 Glee Club 143. Dappled mnrhine- Floating gondolai'-v A Drerden china ture- Rainbaued rloudr- C bfi ff77ld.f mmlr I PLANS Marjorie plans to enter Nasson Institute. O A K L E A v E s FRANCES ELMA PRINCE Entered Oak Grove from Edward Little High School, Auburn, Maine, in 1929. Black Hockey 1413 Black Basketball 1-113 Inter- class Basketball 1413 Gymnastic Competition 1413 Gymnastic Exhibition 141g Gymnasium Leader 1-113 Class Play 141. Wlzfled foie petals- A gay miniature- Suxifl 11'h2gcd birdi- Keen wizzdi arrori the plain- Gaj goldenmd! PLANS Frances expects to enter the Boston School of Physical Education. ,:. 1925. REBECCA RUSSELL STURGIS HBECCAU Entered Oak Grove from Science Hill School, Shelbyville, Kentucky, in 1928. Christian Association Cabinet 1313 Class Vice- President 1513 junior Prize Reading: 1315 Riding Exhibition 1313 Oak LEAVES Staff 1513 Gymnasium Leader 151 and 1413 Black Hockey 151 and 1413 Track Meet 131 and 1413 Gymnastic Competi- tion 151 and 1413 Gymnastic Exhibition 131 and 1413 Aesthetic Gymnastics 131 and 1413 Glee Club 1-11Q Basketball, Second Team 1413 Senior Play 1413 May Queen 11113 Class Prophecy 141. Rnclf girl pnolii F1111 iilziw' .flllflf lV'dl'i:I1g grain- llnild Cl76'7'l'-1' bloom- Offbid rxrgandief PLANS Rebecca expects to enter Russell Sage College. 41 Char wt 11 CHARLOTTE CHIPMAN QUIMBY HCHAU Entered from Bar Harbor Grammar School in French Play 111g Choir 111, 121 and 1313 Orchestra 121, 151 and 1413 Sophomore Declamn- tions 121g junior Readings 151: English Hontrs 1313 Class Secretary 1413 Class History 1-11. Du.rk-fringed pooh-- A birdl fall at dd-1' h1'w'i'- High mrnmiaifz puflii-A Amlaimz perfzulzvig Mellon' matic! PLANS lotte expects to enter the University of Maine. JANET WINTON WN.. Entered Oak Grove from Waltham School for girls in 1926. Scarlet Hockey 111, 121, 131 and 141g Scarlet Basketball 111, 121 and 141g Interclass Basketball 111 and 131g Captain Interclass Basketball 121 and 141g Tennis Tournament 131 and 141g Track 131 and 1413 Art Exhibit 131 and 141g Captain Scarlet Hockey 1-113 Science Club 141. Rain at dawn- Touing fir bouglai- Tufangin lennii rarquelr- A sleep filliide path- Mifl-zfeilea' mormminrl PLANS janet plans to enter the University of Maine. OAK LEAVES BARBARA ZERUA WHITE ..B-Z., Entered Oak Grove from East Dixheld Grammar School in 1926. Secretary Christian Association 111 and 1211 Post Graduate and Special Students RUTH HARRIET BODMAN RUTH Entered Oak Grove from Barnstable 11-lyannis, Massachusetts1 High School in 1929. Scarlet Hockey 1513 Class Basketball 151g Orches tra 151. Ari evening Jim'- Flu-la of steel in the .run Slmdofred Velvet lu1f'1zJ-- Vibrant cello notet- Cawed cameo! ' PLANS Ruth is looking forward to entering Art School. Christian Association Cabinet 1215 English Honors 1113 Highest Honors 111, 121, 131 and 1413 Ex- change Editor 121g Class Honors 111, 121, 131 and 141g Class Basketball 111, 121, 131 and 141g Scarlet Baseball 121g Sophomore Declamation 121g Pageant 1213 Scarlet Hockey 121, 131 and 141g Scarlet Basketball 121. 131 and 141g Captain Scarlet Basketball 141g Manager Class Basketball 131 and 141g junior Reading 131g Class Secretary 131g Orchestra 121, 131 and 1413 Secretary-Treasurer Basketball Association 141g Class Vice-President 141g Valedictory 141. Rereille-A Gleuming lIlll'l'0l'J'- Sun-barbed l 00d'ld?7d trailJ- Clem' r1yfl.1l.fl Yellow CL'l'j'J':1IZll76ll7Il7lI,f- PLANS Barbara is enrolled at Bates College. 42 OAK LEAVES M ARJORIE ANNE BRACKETT MARCH Entered Oak Grove from Marblehead 1Massachu- setts1 High School in 1929. Class Basketball 1514 Science Club 1515 Riding Exhibition 1513 Aesthetic Gymnastics 1513 Gym- nastir: Exhibition 151. L.111gLvir1g bmah- April Jl7U1!'!?!'.l'- A fiuilerirlg imrlel leaf- Yelfuu' butlerfiiesr- Se'I'L'll Seal! of Sr'iem'e.' PLANS Marjorie is enrolled at the Massachusetts Agri cultural College. CAROL ELISABETH CHACE UCAROLN Entered Oak Grove from Durfee High School, Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1929. Third Senior Basketball Team 1513 Scarlet Hockey 151- Blue .rleie.r- B1lll1.'7'L'ltfJ,f 112110115 the giulllf' A Imrzquil luke- Pale gold! Soft mo uxi' ! PLANS Carol expects to enter Normal School. MARGARET TAFT CHASE PEG Entered Oak Grove from Orono High School in l929. Tennis Tournament 1513 Class Basketball 1511 lklanager of Class Basketball 1513 Black Basketball 151g Science Club 1513 Aesthetic Gymnastics 1513 Riding 151 Commencement Honors 151. Yellow piimwieie- Dark blue lafkipur- A jlfzih of rzeel- Tbe cmrb of pounding ruff- Cmted folumnr! PLANS Margaret is enrolled at Mount Holyoke College. 45 OAK LEAVES MARJORIE ANNA PERLEY CituMu linteretl Oak Grove from Pei-ley School in 1925. Hockey Team fljg Class Treastirer ill and l2jg Class Baslcutball ill, Q21 and Ujg Sophomore Declamations fljg Scarlet Basketball Qjjg Riding Exhibition lellg Riding Councilor 151. Dizpflfwl inn i Lffle'--f lflizulg ipaflfi - Bmli Illureizig u011llltl'4lI'd- llzffmllli in .1 blue bowl- l'.1le pupfmif PLANS Marjorie plans to enter the University of Maine. NATALIE ROBBINS SMITH NAT Entered Oak Grove from the Whittier School, Merrimac, Massachusetts, in l939. Class Basketball Hjg Glee Club Q-Hg Oak Grove Quartet 14,5 Commencement Entertainment Com- mittee Q-lj. April ,iunliglvl H Red' mutha in el t'rVyil.zf jare- Greul zrimli .mzong line new-- Evening z'e.speri'- D.1u'n! PLANS Natalie plans to enter Bradford junior College. DUROTHEA LOUISA TEMPLE Do'l ' Entered from Riclnnontl High School in 1929. Class Basketball 1533 Senior Play 1555 Riding UIQ Gymnastic Exhibition Qijg Glee Club ljj. I'1npltwib.tduuw - Golden fnriliihitl -- Wild ut'e.m ztulfei- A jewel in mifen locki- Sbiuznzeririg lyllflll PLANS Dorothea plans to enter the University of Maine. 44 OAK LEAVES A ,f' g. 'Q T1 p siciglw --' y ,E u ' fm-Sffiksskil? fi, -waiter E E f u my H lt 'gi 'ft If az.u.zuraa.:L - - f? 1l: E, as 1- 5,?i,. JUST A mast E Two. Miami nil I N 5 all A BEFORE AND AFTER SCENE I 1The scene is laid in a well-known boarding school. A group of ani- mated Seniors are excitedly discussing the revolutionary change that seems to threaten their very freedom. The time is one week before the Christ- mas holiday.J Jean ftragically and with Western emphasish 2 Have you girls heard what we are coming to ? Natalie Qin open-eyed wondermentbz Why, Jean, what can be the trouble? Sylvia Cwith iiippant finality and a petulant tip to her chinj : X Yes, I heard about the new edicts, but you needn't think it is going to affect me and that's that ! Rebecca iwith martyr-like resolution and sudden tirei: Nor me! Give me liberty or give me death l Jrun Cpacing excitedly up and down the roomj : But Miss McCready has just come back from New York and she says it is not merely a wild rumor but that the shops are showing nothing for the modern athletic girl but pinched waists and trailing skirts. Jcwzict fsuddenly holding the latest number of Vogue before their eyesb : Look at the pinched waists and trailing skirts 'for the school girl's winter party.' We might as well be back at the Court of Queen Elizabeth. Ruth lwith a scornful laugh! : It is ridiculous. Can't you just see me tripping along with swishing, flowing skirts and my waist the size of a thimble ? Barbara fwith high disdainj : And a bustle-those fantastic bustlesf' Merle iwith righteous indignationlz Yes, and diminutive muifs to balance them. 45 OAK LEAVES Frances fwith a rippling laugh and adding fuel to the firej : Please don't forget the puff sleeves. Those gorgeous puff sleeves that make you feel so puffed up. Gertrude tafter some startling mental arithmetic! : Imagine need- ing eleven yards for a gown instead of the three or four that are sufficient now! Ruth fin sorrowing dejectionj : Girls, we are like innocent lambs led to the slaughter. Charlotte fresolved to make the sacrifice if necessary, for freedom! : I stand for our freedom and will not be bound by these new lines, but-it means I cannot accept invitations to any parties this summer unless it is to a masquerade. Natalie Cwith a sophisticated sigh of resignation! : I just had a let- ter from one of my friends in the city who has made her debut and said she felt like a walled town prepared to stand a heavy siege. Marjorie iwith tantalizing piquancyj : But girls, see how charming Mrs. Green looked at the Christmas recital last night in that dahlia chiffon in mediwval princess style! Madelene Cflashing firej : Yes, but Mrs. Green is one in a thousand who could wear an ultra mode and still look stunning and you girls all know it. Jean Cpausing dramatically in the center of the room and facing the group with the zeal of a Hyde Park oratorl : We will not stand it, girls! We will rise up in revolt! We are the Youth of today! Modern! Free! We have won the athletic style, the boyish clothes, the freedom of the first sensible style of the last thousand years! We will not yield! Janet fwith sudden resolution! : I for one do not propose to be im- prisoned in the sartorial shackles of my grandmother ! Sylvia Cwith an emphatic stamp of her foot! : I join the revolt. I will never consent to be incarcerated in this fashion! Madelene Cwith hand above her heart for a dramatic pledge! : Nor I! Barbara fwith determined finality! : Nor I! Marjorie fwith unexpected fervor! : Nor I! Never! Jean fwith the oratorical fervor of Demosthenes and a modern Bolshe- vistl : We are united, girls! We will revolt! We will not yield! Freedom for all! ' SCENE II fThe scene remains the same and the time is two days after the Christ- mas holidays when a group of Seniors have just returned from dinner. Jean is missing. Madelene enters radiantly in clouds of scarlet chiffon bil- lowing about her slender ankles and 'tiny puff sleeves adding a quaint, fasci- nating touch., 46 OAK LEAVES Madelene Cwith school girl enthusiasmj : How marvelous it is to be together again and how adorable you all lcok tonight! Gertrude Csurveying the eleven yards in her new frock with regretj : Yes, here we are, but in what manner V' Sylvia ' fpirouetting merrily in the midst of many rufflesl : Well, girls, we will have to admit that we were all wrong about the new fashions. They are really very becoming. Barbara fwith solemn warningj : Girls, do you remember that in- dignation meeting for the Revolt of Youth which we held just before Christ- mas vacation when wetall agreed that the sensible and athletic style should last for us and we would never yield ? Kate Cwith a sarcasm that loses its sting because of the dainty frock the speaker is wearinglz Yes, my dears, do any of you remember the violent pledges we made two weeks ago? Frances Cpetite and tantalizing in her yellow taffetaj : So this is our hard-won freedom! Marjorie fin consternation as Ruth refuses some nutsj : Ruth! Have you gone in training? Ruth fstealing a glance at the mirrorl : Yes, my dear, 'training,'- but please don't step on it. It is frightfully in the way, but of course, I am not going to be left behind in this radical change in style. Selma Cturning suddenly to a breezy Western maidl: So you sur- render, too, Marjorie ? Marjorie Qdropping an old-fashioned curtsey with skirts spreading like a great fanj : Yes, alas, my modern athletic figure is no more. Janet fwith feminine enthusiasmjz What a gorgeous muff, Char- lotte! Where did you get it ? Madelene fchanging from an athletic pose to sigh coylyl: Oh! I feel so upholstered but it is interesting to see how delightfully feminine we modern girls can look. Isn't it ? Rebecca Csmiling enchantingly above the daintiest of orchid draper- iesl : Oh! but you girls look perfectly fascinating in your new dresses. I really never knew you were so pretty. Marjorie lwriggling within her narrow beltl : Oh! It is sweet to be admired, but it isn't all comfort. I wonder how long this will last ? Margaret Cin prophetic tonesl : Paris knows. Sylvia Cin mocking, teasing tonesjz Vanity, vanity, all is vanity, ye fickle, changeable, fascinating maids who vowed with vehemence that your freedom would last and you would not submit to Victorian styles! Gertrude Cwistfully counting the cost of ten dresses with eleven yards each J : I yield! Jean fentering gracefully in the most becoming of long draperies and speaking in demure feminine tones! : And so do I l REBECCA STURGIS, '30. 47 OAK LEAVES SENIOR MATHEMATICS Twenty-six Seniors very much alive, Beezy made the honor roll, Leaving twenty-five. Twenty-five Seniors, not a person more, Nat missed her daily letter, Leaving twenty-four. Twenty-four Seniors, pompous as can be, Gertie sings a solo, Leaving twenty-three. Twenty-three Seniors, always in view, Brownie wins a medal, Leaving twenty-two. Twenty-two Seniors, playing in the sun, Kate fell off another horse, Leaving twenty-one. Twenty-one Seniors, who never disagree, Char begins to doubt it, Leaving only twenty. Twenty mourning Seniors irked by routine, Hoolie copies Willie Rogers, Leaving nineteen. Nineteen jolly Seniors, making you a bow, Jan's brown hair gets a new comb, Only eighteen now. Eighteen little Seniors, singing in the rain, Ruthy says, I love you so! Just seventeen remain. Seventeen pretty Seniors, always up to tricks, Peanut really gets too fresh, Leaving ten and six. Sixteen studious Seniors, to be good they strive, Carol was too noisy quite, Leaving ten and five. Fifteen active sbniors seeking change of scene, Humpy goes a mile or more, Leaving fourteen. 48 OAK LEAVES Fourteen cunning Seniors playing games with glee, Peck and Agie at last begin to ride, Leaving nine and three. Twelve delighted Seniors, having loads of fun, Hermie goes a visiting, Leaving ten and one. Eleven ducky Seniors, feeling pretty fine, Jean is training saw horses, Leaving one and nine. Ten biased Seniors, each praising her state, Hammer forgets Domingo, Leaving one and eight. Nine eflicient Seniors, all their lessons done, Perley's horse kicked up his heels, Leaving seven and one. Eight ambitious Seniors climbing to heaven, Catesy argues on the way, Leaving only seven. Seven expectant Seniors, life has just begun, Science beckons Midge, Leaving five and one. Six hard-working Seniors, into books they dive, Dot starts a gym for teddy bears, That leaves only five. Five attractive Seniors, always up to par, Fran is locked without, g Four is all there are. Four busy Seniors, busy as can be. Becca learns her class part, And that leaves three. Only three Seniors! Whatever will they do? Merle forgets to study, Leaving only two. Two clever Seniors, before the queenly throne. Sil is chosen Jester, Leaving only one. One poor, lonely Senior, all her trunks are gone, Peggy makes the College Boards, . And then there are none. 49 OAK LEAVES YT xx -. -I I 1.5 I - v Y r , I 7 sf gu m ' I :N + W ww? te I Xin- 4 I 4 P 'wi i if y OO ' X I -- ' ' Y ' I , ,. Q ' V, f MJ, SENIOR CLASS NOTES When September's gorgeous foliage welcomed us back to Oak Grove we were overjoyed to discover that every one of our last year's Juniors had returned for her Senior year and that enough new members had joined our ranks to make twenty-six, which is the largest class in the history of our beloved Alma Mater. Our class was bubbling over with enthusiasm for the many and varied tasks before us and we were soon plunged into the midst of our work and play. Individuality seemed to reign among us from the first, for our talents and even opinions were as many and varied as the width and breadth of the United States which our numbers represented. Some of our classmates excelled in athletics while six of the twelve Oak Grove Gym Leaders were from our own class. Three fast basketball teams represented our class during the championship series and one led the entire school in winning the championship. Music, Art, and Dramatics, each found prominent places in our hearts. The Senior quartet has been much in demand to give enter- tainments in surrounding cities and our talented readers have also been invited many times to go to clubs and churches to give readings during the year. In fact, we have had many more invitations than we could accept, particularly as our fame grew toward the end of the year when We were so busy with our Commencement program that our principals did not feel we were justided in accepting all of the invitationsg but there is so much talent in the classes below us at Oak Grove that we know the other engage- ments will be delightfully filled next fall. In exercising our prerogatives as Seniors we had the Hrst class meet- ing of the new year. We were very fortunate in securing Miss Brown as our class teacher. Jean Dana, who had the honor of being elected as our President for the Hrst semester, Worked hard with the best interests of the class at heart. The other officers were: Vice-President, Barbara Whiteg 50 .RVCI AVN OAK LEAVES Secretary, Gertrude Park, and Treasurer, Ruth Brown. According to the tradition of electing Senior officers at Oak Grove we have a new set for the last semester and when we held our elections Gertrude Park was elected to the presidency, while Charlotte Quimby took her place as Secretary, and is bringing us to the close of four memorable years with real Oak Grove spirit. We have been busy during the past weeks with entertainments to make money for our Commencement expenses, with several parties, with a formal tea, with the gymnastics in which so many of our number excel, and with dramatics as well as taking an active part in all the many pro- grams of Oak Grove. One of the most interesting entertainments was a musical farce, presented under the direction of Mrs. Green, that proved a hilarious and popular hit. The success of the play, however, was not its great applause but rather the cooperation of the entire cast in staging it so successfully and the good fun we enjoyed doing it. The weeks have whirled by with unbelievable speed, filled to the brim with work and play. Spring has now touched our campus with her magic fingers, transforming it into soft and lovely verdure and our Commence- ment days are just beyond. There is a tender sadness in our hearts as we realize that we must soon leave our school home. Four years have passed since we entered these halls, days gone too soon, but filled with a wonderful measure of training and progress as well as happiness. We are now pre- pared to go forth to new activities that will scatter our class from sea to sea as we enter colleges this fall from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. Alma Mater, may we be worthy of thy wisdom! We have tried to perform our tasks well and leave nothing unfinished. While other events in our lives roll on like mighty rivers, thou wilt forever be like a fresh spring of pure water in our memory. To thee we owe a guidance that is worth more than riches, for thou hast given us our ideals. Like the knights of old we have learned, Live pure, speak true, right wrong And follow the King. As the portals of Oak Grove, which have always opened in warmest hospitality to us through four years, now swing the last time for us as a class as we go forth, may the vision of these four happy years be imprinted in our hearts until eternity. JUNIOR CLASS NOTES We were delighted when we returned in September to find ten new girls to welcome to our class, for ever since we entered Oak Grove we had been the smallest class in school. We were even more delighted when we discovered that our new members not only added numbers but also added a great deal of talent to our class. While we are not nearly as cosmopolitan 52 OAK LEAVES and do not represent the wide areas of the Senior Class, yet we do repre- sent, and well we hope, five different states. We held our class election immediately after the Senior officers were announced. We were fortunate in securing Miss Nutter as our class teacher and her artistic skill has been most helpful in planning decorations for teas and entertainments. She has also given generously of her time whenever it would help us. The following officers were elected: President, Nancy Patterson of Bostong Vice-President, Irma Raymond of North Jay, Sec- retary, Jean Blanchard of Bellefonte, Pennsylvaniag and Treasurer, Ruth Wheeler of Worcester, Massachusetts. When the class entertainments began in the fall we selected a mock trial for our evening and it was carried out with a great deal of ceremony as well as elaborate costumes. The original plot was cleverly worked out and kept our audience in suspense until the very last moment when the judge rendered the verdict. Before the Christmas vacation began we were already puzzling our heads about the subjects for our Junior Essays, which must be prepared and then read at chapel. A few of our remarkable members had theirs done when they returned after the Christmas holidays. The rest of us began to speed up and when the morning came for each Junior to read her essay she brought credit to herself, her school and her class, although we must con- fess that there was something in the formality of it that was an ordeal even after our lessons in Expression, and all confessed that a palpitating heart and trembling knees accompanied the reading. Another formality and of a different type was the afternoon tea that we gave during our winter season which is always marked at Oak Grove by a pleasant number of these occasions, as each class entertains the rest of the school at an elaborate and charming afternoon tea. We spared nothing to make ours the best, arranging everything from sandwiches to bonbons in our class colors of silver and orange as well as carrying out the same color tones in our decorations. Our guests paid us many compliments and told us how much they enjoyed it and we know that we did, too. A popular change-at least with us-was made in the form of the J unior' Readings when our class appeared in an evening of Modern Poetry instead of in the rather stilted essays that have been given in the past. The evening of Modern Poetry was held on May twenty-third in Sophia Bailey Memorial Chapel and we had each asked to have short selections so that each one in the class might have the practice of appearing on the platform in a formal reading. Just now we are working harder than ever before, for to us has been entrusted for the first time to a Junior class in the history of Oak Grove, the editing and publishing of our school annual, OAK LEAVES. With all great honors come corresponding responsibilities. When our class notes go to press we do not know what our success will be but we are doing our best 53 OAK LEAVES to prove worthy of the confidence that has been shown us and every girl is cooperating in the true Oak Grove spirit. In a few swift happy weeks we shall be dignified Seniors. How won- derful that name sounds to us! It is our hope to be the most loyal and best Seniors Oak Grove has ever had the pleasure of living with for a year. We extend a special welcome to the new girls who have already been enrolled to swell our numbers next fall and those who will be accepted during the coming weeks. We challenge each one to come to Oak Grove with finest spirit and highest ideals, and to all Oak Grove girls who will join our num- bers in September we extend a royal welcome. It has been a wonderfully happy, abundant year with many activities that could not be recorded in our class notes because they are those in which other classes have shared. We wish we had words to express the appreciation We feel to our principals, our teachers, our classmates, our schoolmates, and all who have cooperated in making this our best year yet at Oak Grove. --.l ..i SOPHOMORE CLASS NOTES It was with pleasure and expectation that we returned for our second year, and those of us who had been here before were happy to welcome the new girls who joined us, all eager for work and play. As soon as it was our turn, we elected our officers for the year. We chose Miss Eleanor Taylor as our faculty adviser. The officers elected were: President, Idella Hewesg Vice-President, Betty Andrewsg Secretary, Priscilla Ryderg Treasurer, Gwen Humphreysg and Class Editor, Marjorie Johnson. We have been very successful in athletics this year. Nearly everyone played on the soccer teams, and we won many honors in the Track Meet. Eleanor Manter won the underclass Tennis Tournament. Our basketball team, the G. G.'s, was the runner-up of the famous Senior first team, as we lost only two out of all our games. Priscilla Chase, Ethel Soule and Eleanor Manter were chosen as members of the Leaders' Class in gymnasium work. Riding is also a favorite sport and many of us tried out for places in the Riding Meet. Early in the fall, when our turn came to present the Friday evening entertainment, we gave three short plays. We felt very much elated when Mrs. Owen asked us to repeat one of the plays at Dr. Averill's birthday party. We were the honored guests of the Seniors at their first tea, and so it was with pleasure that we invited them to our Valentine Tea. The rooms were beautifully decorated in red and white, and best of all, we felt, was the new china which we had secretly bought for the occasion and later presented to Oak Grove. 54 OAK LEAVES Our Sunday evening meetings have been very interesting this year, and we have gained much from the small discussion groups held once each month throughout the year. Several of us were happy to have the privi- lege of being in the Christmas Pageant and the beautiful Easter Ceremonial. On the evening of May ninth, in the chapel beautifully decorated with apple blossoms, the seven girls who read in the finals of the Sophomore Declamation brought our class great credit. The humorous selections chosen by five of the girls were well balanced by two serious selections, so that everyone said we presented one of the most enjoyable evenings of the year. It is to Mrs. Green that we owe all the credit of our success, for she has spent many hours in teaching us how to present ourselves and our material to an audience. After planning a picnic several times we hope the one for Memorial week-end really materializes. As OAK LEAVES goes to press we are busy with our work, but are looking forward eagerly to next fall when Dorothea Martin, who has been in an English school during her father's Sabbatical year in England, will be back with us once more. We have all missed her and judging by her letters, she has missed Oak Grove. We wish to thank every one who has helped make this year mean so much to each one of us. .-..lT.,i-.L.l-- FRESHMAN CLASS NOTES The thirteen new members of the class of 1933 arrived with enthusiasm on September seventeenth and much to their delight found some members awaiting them who had already enjoyed a year at Oak Grove in the Eighth Grade and knew how to save our traditional greenness from being too ob- trusive. To us who were new it was a joyous adventure in preparatory school and we have not been disappointed, for as one week has succeeded another we have liked our school better and better. We were jubilantly happy to have our desires filled when it came our turn to elect a class teacher. Miss Shockney graciously accepted the hon- ors and duties accompanying such a post and has been a helpful leader and adviser in all our many activities. The class oliicers were elected as follows: President, Katherine Bunker of Calais, Vice-President, Janice Smith of Haverhill, Massachusettsg Secretary and Treasurer, Dorothy Ricker of Poland Springs, Maine. Being a really modern Freshman class, when it came our turn to present an entertainment during the fall we gave ours in the form of a radio program. A pretentious instrument resembled a radio, and one with many surprising propensities that had the spice of much originality as the program revealed. The special event to which we look back with the most pride and satis- faction is our tea on the afternoon of Saint Patrick's Day. The good old 55 OAK LEAVES saint was honored lavishly in our color scheme that included even the refreshments. Miss Shockney poured and after it was all over and our guests had been served, as well as bidden farewell, it was heaps of fun to attend to the little domestic duties afterward,-which included a very informal tea with plenty of refreshments for ourselves. On several occasions during the year we have had special picnics and parties and one of the gayest of these was that on May thirty-first, when the members of our class were invited to the spacious country home of Kathalenah Taylor, where her parents proved royal hosts. A marvelously delicious luncheon was one of the high spots in a day of many pleasures, including the excitement of swimming in the sparkling waters of Lake Cobbosseecontee. So our pleasures and work have been happily mingled in study, sport, music, dramatics, entertainments, formal social events, picnics, and all the merry round that make up our interesting life at Oak Grove, and we look forward with eager anticipation to a fuller, more wonderful year to begin in September, nineteen thirty. EIGHTH GRADE NOTES Before the summer vacation was over we who had had the privilege of being at Oak Grove in the Seventh Grade were eager for school to open and when we returned we were happy to find five new girls who were also enrolled in our department. The Seniors, of course, were the first to choose their officers and class teacher, but our turn soon came. Much to our delight Miss Hoke consented to be our class teacher. The following oflicers were elected from our grade and the Seventh, which combine together in officers, in parties and in many of the Junior Department activities: President, Gladys Bennett, Vice- President, Barbara Hurd: Secretary, Stella Carvellg Seventh Grade Editor, Henrietta Farnum, and Eighth Grade Editor, Audrey Holman. When the basketball season started we discovered that we had not only an enthusiastic group of would-be basketball stars, but also some good players. We selected as our name, T. N. T.'s, a title to which we have tried to live up. We were so happy that we have been smiling ever since, when we won our Hrst game with the Thunderbolts, which is the third Senior team. All the T. N. T.'s played their best and when the first half ended we were one point ahead, but as they were Seniors we did not really expect to win. Our enthusiasm and courage continued, however, and we really won the game. In the next match we were not so lucky, but we have just as much enthusiasm for basketball as ever. It was our class that gave the entertainment on George Washington's birthday. In the first short play Katharin Ann Dewey was stately Manuel, the king who demanded that the maid, Zingerella fGertrude Beasleyj, 56 OAK LEAVES bring his sweetheart, Maggie O'Brien fNancy Carvethl, to him. Maggie did not return the aHection of the king and later Patrick CAudrey Hol- manl, her true lover, came to her rescue. Another funny sketch was staged by Barbara Mixter, Phyllis Holmes, and Beverly Allen. Refresh- ments were served after the entertainment and then soon came the fifteen bell and our evening was over, although pleasant memories will always remain. There were many interesting events during the fall and winter in which we took part and in some of which we had the full responsibility, such as in our formal tea that we enjoyed so much. Now that spring is here, we are all busy as bees getting ready for the big exhibition and all the other Commencement activities, as well as the lessons that our teachers insist upon every day, regardless of all the other things. We are now looking forward to the days when we are Seniors and will have the delightful privilege of spending our free study periods in the grove and about the lawn as these favored persons always do at Oak Grove each spring. SEVENTH GRADE NOTES While we may be the youngest girls in school we are sure we are filled with the real Oak Grove spirit and we feel the most fortunate of all the classes at Oak Grove, for we shall be here longer than any of the others. Oak Grove will become a part of us and we will become a part of Oak Grove in a way which we hope will make both better as the years slip by. When all the other classes had elected their officers we lost no time in electing ours, uniting for our activities according to the custom with the Eighth Grade. We were happy and fortunate to have as our class teacher, Miss Hoke. The ofiicers are as follows: President, Gladys Bennett, Vice- President, Barbara Hurd, and Secretary and Treasurer, Stella Carvell. Our members have taken a great interest in athletics and particularly in riding, which we enjoy to the full. We had many games and much fun on the Scarlet and Black soccer teams during the fall. After many happy prac- tices coached by Miss Taylor we had our championship game. It was ex- citing as the teams played with great enthusiasm, for the score was tied until the very last moment when the Blacks won by one point. It was a big occasion for us when it came our turn to give a formal tea on Sunday afternoon. We had already been entertained by the upper- classmen and had learned how to be proper hosts. Miss Hoke poured while Nancy Carveth and Henrietta Farnum served. Those in the receiving line were Gladys Bennett, Barbara Hurd, Stella Carvell and Audrey Holman, and everyone was assigned some particular task to help make the party a real success. We were particularly honored to have as special guests at our tea some friends of Principal and Mrs. Owen, who included Dr. Augustus 57 OAK LEAVES O. Thomas, President of the World Association of Education, and Mrs. Thomasg Dr. Godfrey Dewey of the Lake Placid Education Foundation and Mrs. Deweyg Professor W. J. Wilkinson, head of the Department of His- tory at Colby Collegeg and Colonel and Mrs. Francis Farnum of Augusta. Sometimes we feel like a very small part of a very large whole when the entire school meets for some exercises together, but on certain Sunday evenings when the large Oak Grove family meets in five groups for our Christian Association meeting we enjoy it very much. We have been hold- ing our meetings in the beautiful living room of Briggs Hall. Our group meeting opens with a hymn chosen by the leader. Someone reads a favorite passage of scripture and then we have our season of prayer in which every- one takes part if she wishes to. After the devotional service our leader talks about the subject of the meeting and then everyone adds some thought in an open discussion before we have our closing hymn. Our meet- ings have been very interesting and inspiring. We have very many other things to do at Oak Grove but we must be modest and let the older girls tell about many of these good times. Now that our first wonderful year is so near a finish we are looking forward with more anticipation than ever to next September. TO THE GIRLS OF THE RAM ALLAH SCHOOL IN PALESTINE FROM THEIR OAK GROVE SISTERS We send our kindest greetings to the girls of Ram Allah across the sea and assure you that although distance may separate us, many of our interests are very close. We are always happy to learn about your many activities and your progress at Ram Allah and we are looking forward with happy anticipation when your beloved former principal is to be on the staff at Oak Grove. How much better acquainted with you we will each feel after Alice W. Jones has told us about your interests and customs. We hope spring is as lovely in Palestine as it is at Oak Grove. Spring has arrived with magic in her hand and quickly transformed the brown earth into radiant green from the palest to the darkest shade, and bright- ened everywhere with colors of many hues from the tiny pink arbutus to the velvety purple violets and the gay yellow jonquils. Just now the bright pink buds of the apple trees are bursting into fragrant blossoms that make each tree look like some giant bouquet. Do you ever study out of doors? One of the special Senior privileges at Oak Grove is permission to study under the lofty trees of our campus during any of the free periods of the day. With what wistful countenances the underclassmen watch their privileged elders as they work over their lessons in friendly groups about the campus. Each day seems filled to the brim and running over with all our many activities, for besides our studies which must be prepared thoroughly every 58 OAK LEAVES day we have rehearsals for our orchestra, glee club, and many Commence- ment tasks as well as preparation for our big gymnastic exhibition and the many other activities that make up our Commencement program of three days. We have been having very interesting, helpful courses in Bible this year and our textbooks that we use in addition to our Bible have given us a beautiful picture of your country. It must be very inspiring to you to live in the Holy Land. We are looking forward to learning a great deal more about Palestine from Miss Jones next year, and maybe she Will also write you some things about Oak Grove. Meanwhile, we all send our best wishes for your happiness and prog- ress not only in your studies but in all the things of life that are worthwhile. A MADRIGAL OF MAY Dawn turned on her purple pillow and came the day. Such a day and such high spirits! Were we not to crown our May Queen, midst orchestra- tion furnished by the birds? And that was not half the glories this May Day was to bring, for had not Mrs. Owen promised us a surprise break- fast, and were not Mrs. Owen's surprises always delightful? Thus it was with gay hearts that we donned our smart English tunics and hied us down the dining room staircase very early with eager expectancy. And such a feast as greeted our eyes! Nectar and ambrosia in the shape of delicious strawberry shortcake came first and in unlimited abundance. The next course was also fit for fairies and what a merry, merry May breakfast it was with songs and cheers for all. By the time breakfast was completed, our fear of rain had vanished and fleecy, white clouds were skipping about like little, wooly lambs while the jolly sun was actually smiling down at us like an indulgent grandfather. We peeked at the throne. Oh, lovely, lovely, lovely! On a terrace before two symmetrical arbor vitae, was the perfect setting for a queen's throne. It was covered with velvet draperies and leading to it was a carpet strewn with flowers for the royal procession and right before the throne, quite filled with pride, was a wee foot stool for the dainty feet of Her Highness. The orchestra was playing. We marched to the North Campus with hearts in tune and formed two long lines on either side of the royal aisle where we waited expectantly. Slowly the Herald standing beside the throne lifted the bugle to her lips. How it gleamed in the sun and what a hush fell over us as its clear notes floated out into the still air. Here comes the queen it sang, and, indeed, here she did come, beautiful among lights and waving white hands in courtesy. Like a princess she came up the path between us, a wonderful, fairy like creature in a gorgeous rose gown carrying an exquisite shower bouquet. Her filmy green veil floated about her and the long green court train,-the green of new leaves in 59 OAK Lnfxvns spring, was held by two attendants. They were followed by four virtues all in white, Wisdom, Loyalty, Truth, and Courtesy. Of course, there was a court jester, a jolly court jester with bells, a gay costume and funny pranks. Even our dignified queen smiled at the antics. Now our queen must be crowned and a herald presented a lovely crown of flowers, a circle made of May itself, and Rebecca Sturgis was crowned. Viva la reina ! Happiness reigned and gaily we frolicked and pirouetted on the green before our charming Queen. H ER MAJESTY Hut wait! Still more was in store for us! Comes Mrs. Owen with shields and badges of honor. Each girl received a scarlet shield and then the devices or emblems for our shields were awarded. After the honors had been received, the court and guests were enter- tained with quaint and charming folk songs interpreted by graceful maids. 'l'his entertainment put Her Highness in such a gracious mood that she consented even to having pictures taken of her lovely self. However, a queen, though ever so gay, can not stand such publicity indefinitely, so soon the bugle sounded again. Speedily we lined up on either side and dropped a courtesy as the royal procession passed, like a breath of Spring, and to the tune of merry, jingingly bells returned to the royal palace. Ah! But then was a May Day! I think if any dainty figures go down in the annals of our Oak Grove, it will be the queen who was crowned with a bit of spring and the jester crowned with a laugh. KA'PHLEEN RICHARDSON, '31. 60 OAK LEAVES MEETINGS OF OUR CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION In the wide range of recreational, scholastic, social and cultural activi- ties of Oak Grove, the spiritual side of life holds an important place. Our own student activity finds expression in our Sunday evening meetings, of which there are three different types during the year. There are the regular meetings in our quiet little Chapel when some inspiring speaker from outside, or one of our own teachers, or some of our own girls, lead the meeting, taking a theme in which we are all interested and which is developed after our opening devotional service and season of prayer. Then there are the group meetings, when we separate by classes into five smaller groups, to be held wherever we choose with the Seniors making the first selection. These meetings are often held in the school par- lors and are charmingly informal as we discuss together after our opening devotional service some of our problems that all girls must face. These interesting and helpful discussions, for want of a better name, we have fallen into the habit of calling Group Meetings and they meet at least once each month. Most lovely and impressive of all are the beautiful ceremonials, Candlelight Services and Special Pageants, that open and close our year so beautifully as well as give an added significance to days such as Christmas and Easter. There are also our Spring Vesper Service and our outdoor twilight sing in the spring. Each year sees new services added and new traditions begun that enrich our lives and make Oak Grove mean more and more to each of us. TWO LUMPS? After all the rollicking outdoor parties, camp suppers, and jolly in- formal times, it is great fun when the winter season opens at Oak Grove to don our prettiest frocks for afternoon and evening parties. Among the most delightful of these are the series of afternoon teas when each class entertains in turn after the faculty in the first big tea. Each class plans its own decorations, its own refreshments, and has the fun of being host to its many guests, and-let it be whispered-each class tries to do some- thing a little bit better than was ever done before. While the teas last for two hours, yet there are so many of us that we are invited in four different groups for every half hour so that we appear to drift in naturally as one would at a quite grown-up tea. We are formally re- ceived ancl try to observe all the little rules of etiquette in which we have been carefully rehearsed before the first tea. There is always some instrumental as well as vocal music and the whole affair is alluringly correct in a way that fascinates us instead of being boresome as some might think. We all try to express the graciousness and refinement which is what Oak Grove 61 OAK LEAVES aims to bring out in each one of us. Maybe it is because we are playing at being very grown-up, but whatever the reason, we thoroughly enjoy our winter season of afternoon teas. PICNIC LUNCHES Oh, girls, do you remember that bright sunny day very early in the spring while there were still patches of snow on the ground when as we all gathered for luncheon near the dining hall door, Mrs. Owen invited us to get our coats and come to the roof of Briggs Hall? With what appetites and enthusiasm we ascended the tower stairs, enjoyed the sweet fragrance of the spring air, the bright blue sky, and the quiet old Kennebec Valley reaching far beyondg but this was not all, girls, for how good the food tasted and how much we did eat! We also remember those warmer days when the grass was green and the bell rang to invite us to the south lawn instead of the dining room and there again we feasted informally and frolicked about the entire noon hour as we chatted in groups, played tricks, and felt the magic of spring. Picnic lunches are among the many things we love at Oak Grove. -. i.l. AROUND THE CAMPFIRE The very word campfire immediately conjures up something pic- turesque and romantic in our minds, but when it is one of our own Oak Grove campnres with more than fourscore members of our jolly family encircling it, with all the good things to eat from the school kitchen, then campfire really means something. Any school is fortunate to have a site for a camp supper, but here at Oak Grove we have more than one. When school opens in the fall our favorite haunt for camp suppers is beside a pine grove where an outdoor fireplace tops a ledge on a ridge overlooking the Kennebec River that winds down the valley. There under the pines we seclude the great bundle of long toasters on which we cook our frankforts over the glowing coals and here we also keep some other accessories for these occasions. Even before we arrive the school fireman has been there and a blazing fire is leaping with joy to welcome us while a supply of wood is nearby for further use. We all help build the fire higher and then a great shout reaches the very clouds when the school truck arrives burdened with dozens of camp supper viands, and with rolls piping hot from the school oven. We feast and feast, each one cooking her frankforts and preparing everything just to the turn her individual taste desires. We scramble to serve the teachers and all the time keep devouring more and more until we suddenly feel the need of much exercise and someone calls us to the orchard near the outdoor fireplace where we run and play games under the trees. They are old-fashioned 62 OAK LEAVES simple games like Three Deep, Drop the Handkerchiefn and Farmer in the Dell, but with what zest and fun we romp through them. Finally, Mrs. Owen calls, Who would like to toast the marshmallows ? Everyone flocks back to the fireplace where the coals are just right and pounds of marshmallows are waiting for us. We toast our marshmallows in a great circle about the coals and begin to sing songs as the sunset glow strikes the western horizon or the moon appears in the East. Folk songs, school songs. rounds, and merry serenades echo across the valley as we relax and sing for the joy of singing, until it comes time for Alma Mater and we walk arm and arm up the hill to our dormitory. As the seasons change we have our campfires in other sites. Some- times on the south of Briggs Hall, sometimes in the midst of the big campus in front when all the lights are turned on in all the buildings and we coast and ski by the light of them, the moon and the campfire. Some- times we go to a distant hilltop and sometimes We do not know where the camp supper is to be until we follow the leaders to some unexpected place. Wherever it is there is always an abundance of good things to eat, good fun, and good fellowship. f EXPRESSION How little the catalog tells when it states that all the students at Oak Grove have a lesson in Expression each week. It reveals nothing of the talent and fascination of our teacher and neither does it tell anything about the technical training we get or the fun we have in our dramatics. As Mrs. Green teaches Expression it is not a mere matter of giving readings, for she includes instruction in verbal, vocal and bodily expression. She gives us a magic key with which each girl at Oak Grove may unlock a new door that leads to happy self-expression. If we but stand in the door as one who takes the general lesson, we learn a great dealg but if we enter the depart- ment for real study, there is no end to the possibilities and pleasures. We learn to understand human nature more fully, to impersonate other charac- ters. We catch a picture in the words of an author and produce it for others. We learn more of the artistic bodily expression which lends grace and poise. We have had several delightful recitals this year which have given us confidence in ourselves. Expression at Oak Grove is not an elaborate study that is forgotten as soon as the textbook is closed, but is something that adds charm and vivacity to each day's experiences as long as we live. We are looking forward to next year when Mrs. Green comes back again and we may go on with our work in Expression. 63 l W- OAK LEAVES TH LETIC Hockey, tennis riding, soccer, archery, basketball, baseball, croquet, track, the whole round of indoor gymnastic events, skijoring, all of' the winter sports, and,--one must simply stop and catch one's breath be- fore trying to name all the sports at Oak Grove or really take in the full meaning of' the word athletics as enjoyed on our big campus. We know and love them all. Our sunny gymnasium where we have such fun with the apparatus, our level Gannett Field up and down whose length the hockey halls fly in the autumn, the riding ring encircling it where our horses prance, the green for archery and croquet, the swings beneath the tall pines, the tiny skating pond nestling in the woods, the winding bridle path flaming with color in the fall and fragrant with blossoms in the spring, the fine clay tennis courts where swift balls pass,-who can name all the fun where life is free and joyous at Oak Grove in the great outdoors that seems all our own l As soon as school opened in September the two great teams into which Oak Grove is divided for competition in all athletics throughout the year, the Scarlets and the lllacks, were organized. Each new girl immediately felt absolute loyalty and a great deal of' responsibility for the team to which she was elected, and each side seemed sure of winning the silver cup offered for the sum total of the years athletic events. One of our first pleasant duties was to elect the Major who would direct and manage each team throughout the year. Ruth Brown was unanimously elected to lead the Blacks while Gertrude Park was enthusiastically chosen as head of' the Scarlets. Both of these girls had al- ready distinguished themselves at Oak Grove by their wide and varied interest in athletics and both led their teams with enthu- siaSm. First, the rivalry in the fall between the two teams came with the Hockey tournament. Our teams were ably coached by Miss Wheeler who O 'l OAK LEAVES had had the honor last year to play in a western college on the Varsity Hockey Team that competed with the famous Hockey Team from England. For the first few weeks both Scarlet and Black teams practiced without organized competition for there was much new material to be developed and durin: this time the captains were chosen, Ruth Brown for the Blacks, Janet Winton for the Scarletsg then the games began. Closely matched and excitingly well-played the games were played off amid the cheers of the ardent followers of each team. According to custom the series consists of five games but the early snow and freeze cut the series short and the Black team emerged victorious with two games out of three. EACH SPORT HAS A FINE COACH While the Hockey matches were pressing between the Scarlet and Black teams of the upperclassmen, a very exciting Soccer season was go- ing on among the underclassmen, coached by Miss Taylor. The Scarlets were captained by Priscilla Chase and the Blacks by Gwen Humphreys. The same enthusiasm, good sportsmanship, and enjoyment characterized the Soccer rivalry that also marked the Hockey contest. A great deal of promising material appeared among the underclassmen who will undoubt- edly make their powers felt in Hockey next season. The underclassmen 65 i OAK LEAVES must be especially praised for the fine sportsmanship and school spirit that they showed throughout all their contests. Here again, the Blacks were victorious, winning two games by a safe margin although earning every inch of their way against the Scarlets who played an equally fine game. Another attraction of the fall that claimed a great deal of attention from the entire student body was Track that culminated in an exciting Meet. Much to our delight, during the first two months of school, prac- tically all of our morning gymnastic periods were enjoyed in the sunlight and pine-scented air of Gannett Field as one fair day followed another. It is no wonder that many tourists returning to other states from Maine stopped their cars on the highway a little distance away to watch our girls in smartly arrayed tunics and scarlet blazers as they took their exercises under the sunny skies and practiced for the coming Track Meet. High- jumping, broadjumping, discus throwing, and relays were among the events enjoyed so much. There was hardly a girl in school who could not find something she could do well in this department of activity. Miss McCready's superb training and marvelous leadership showed itself con- stantly. When the day arrived for the big Meet nearly every girl in school was entered in some event in which she had learned to excel. Cheered on by enthusiastic groups of Black and Scarlet the Meet was closely con- tested. Janet Appleton showed great promise of exceptional athletic ability scoring the greatest number of points of any upperclassman. With the big lead which Janet Appleton scored, the Blacks won the Meet of the upper- classmen, and the underclassmen under the threatening black banner also romped away to victory, Eleanor Manter having the most points in her group. While our riding classes were on the ring and Track, Hockey, and Soccer were in full swing on Gannett Field, another group of enthusiasts under the leadership of Miss Brown devoted their days and nights to ten- nis on our school courts. After a few weeks of preliminary practice a tour- nament-was organized with many, many days of exciting conflicts in the preliminary matches until one victor in Scarlet and one in Black finally emerged for an exciting and intense game between the two teams. It was in tennis that the Scarlets scored their first decided victory and began their tally of scores for the big championship cup. The whirl of athletics which claimed us during the fall lasted until the Christmas holidays, but a new sport began to claim some, even by Thanksgiving time when our little pond lured the skating devotees out be.- fore school in the morning, and when we returned after New Years we found ourselves in the midst of winter. Some of us from states farther south who had dreaded it were most delightfully disappointed, for nothing could be more delightful than winter at Oak Grove. Toboggans, skis, snow- shoes, skates and swift Flexible Flyers appeared by the scores. Everyone was enthusiastic and Oak Grove seemed to have gone winter mad. Hikers 66 SOME OF OUR PET MOUNTS OAK LEAVES on the North Road wanted to walk foreverg skiers on our hills resented the dinner hour that brought them in 3 skaters on the pond returned reluc- tantly at sunsetg and the sliders had an insatiable thirst for the thrilling sweeps down our long hill. Skijoring thrilled the more adventuresome while our Seniors seeking the unusual tried practicing swimming forms by diving in the snow. It was all a glistening world of white made just for us! In the midst of all this came the never-to-be-forgotten sleigh rides to East Vassalboro where the Quaker Ladies always serve us suppers fit for a whole court of kings, with a return ride by moonlight with some run- ning along beside the sleighs and others packed comfortably inside, and everyone singing songs to the merry jingling of the sleigh bells and the muffled beat of the horses' hoofs in the still brightness of the world around over which the moon and stars shone in splendor! Everything forgotten except the joy of living in such a wonderful world. Then when we got home each night quite late, just a little cold perhaps, how good Mrs. Owen's wel- come was with the news that hot chocolate and cookies awaited us in the dining-room. While so much fun was going on outside, Miss McCready was far from idle in planning our indoor gymnastics. Basketball had been organ- ized and the interclass series was soon in full swing. The single fact that eight teams were competing for the championship is sufiicient to show that for a season in the winter Oak Grove goes quite mad about basketball. Eight captains were elected and eight names pondered over, since there are now so many that they cannot merely bear the name of their class- tSenior First, Senior Second, and Senior Third being somewhat unroman- tic, for instance.J The Seventh and Eighth Graders combined in a team with a name that sounded dangerously explosive but was quite typical of the energy within their number- T, N. T. The Freshmen waged their basketball battles under the title, The Runaway Six. The Sophomores changed overnight into Green Goats. The first Junior team suddenly became Pirates while the second one chose True Blue. The first Sen- ior team became Cougars, the second Why-Nots and the third, Thun- derbolts. Each team tried to wage a battle as awe-inspiring as its name. Every basketball afternoon saw the league one point nearer its close and every game saw the Cougars strike cold terror to our hearts as they swept onward toward the inevitable victory that ended the league with the Cou- gars possessing an overwhelming number of points in their favor. The Green Goats came in second and the Why-Nots a close third. Even more exciting and thrilling, however, than the games between the eight teams in the interclass championship was the big and final basket- ball game of the year between the Scarlets and the Blacks when each group picked its six best players. Some of the girls who had played together for the entire season on the Cougars, for instance, found themselves now 68 OAK LEAVES matched against each other. The big league had taken so much time that there was not opportunity for a series between the Scarlets and Blacks so we played what Miss McCready called a sudden death tournament to be decided by one game which proved to be a sudden death for the Blacks although the decision hung in the balance for a long time as first one and then another forged ahead. The Blacks showed superb sportsmanship, playing a smooth and even game, but favor was with the Scarlets for the points that tallied. Undoubtedly, however, it was a victorious game for both sides and the officials from away who came to referee declared that the technique and sportsmanship were some of the finest they had ever seen exhibited. If Oak Grove played other schools, it seems certain that the State Championship would have come to our hilltop this year. While basketball was at its height, Miss McCready was also finding time to prepare us for the gymnastic competition held on March fourteenth. This included every phase of gymnastics with apparatus work, games, aesthetics, marching and pyramids. The outstanding girls in the class who had shown the most ability and leadership competed for the twelve coveted places as leaders. The judges were all experts from away and in our audi- ence were five physical directors from other schools who declared it was one of the finest competitions they had ever seen. It was thrilling for many of us also and showed the results of much work as well as careful training. Every girl did her best and the judges certainly had one of the most diffi- cult tasks to select the best. Alphabetically, the twelve highest places were awarded to Janet Appleton, Ruth Brown, Priscilla Chase, Jean Dana, Marjorie Dana, Sylvia Eames, Eleanor Manter, Gertrude Park, Frances Prince, Janice Smith, Ethel Soule and Rebecca Sturgis. Madelene Bunker, Enid Humphreys, Gwen Humphreys, and Dorothy Ricker received honor- able mention and were made substitutes for the first twelve. Marjorie Dana scored the highest number of points in the competition and Gertrude Park was a close second. Throughout the year, riding is always king of outdoor sports at Oak Grove. We ride forth regardless of weather or season. Every afternoon enthusiastic equestrians can be seen trotting around the ring that encir- cles Gannett Field on fifteen fine horses varying in temperament and speed to suit the different stages of riding from gentle, patient Pat to spirited, impatient Major. Horses to suit the mood of any rider, a perfect ring for our formal riding, and the North Road for special occasions, a long, wind- ing country road for our all day jaunts-what could be more wonderful than a six-mile canter on a glorious autumn day with gorgeous leaves fiuttering about you, the joy of living just throbbing in your veins? There is one thing which vies with it and that is galloping down a country road on a sparkling winter afternoon when all the world is glistening white and a scarlet sunset emblazons the west. There is something that vies with it but in the opinion of some excells it,-that is a ride by soft moonlight in 69 OAK LEAVES the spring when the frogs are piping in a distant pond and every gentle breeze carries a breath of fragrant wild flowers. There are daily rides, there are occasional moonlight rides, there are the long trips on Saturday and there are the red letter days when we ride to town to attend a football game or some special event in the college town at Waterville. One can never mention them all and just to tell about half of the sports at Oak Grove would take all the space there is in OAK LEAVES so much has to be omitted. And now spring is here-spring, the lovely, when Oak Grove is en- chanting beyond imagination, spring the glad, spring the fair! Everywhere about our campus is the busiest and happiest time of year in the gym, on the ring, on Gannett Field, on the tennis courts, on the croquet lawn and the archery green, or under the pines where we just swing and study and dream, we are living the abundant life and preparing for the many exer- cises that will be the culmination of our year's work. There are still the riding meet, the gymnastic exhibition and many other things to work for. It seems impossible that so much can be crowded into a few short weeks, but somehow we know that everything that is planned will be accomplished as these last weeks fly swiftly by and another wonderful year comes to a happy finish. GYMNASTIC DEMONSTRATION To one who had never seen a gymnastic demonstration at Oak Grove some of our statements might seem extravagant, but to one who had seen the technique and grace with which Miss McCready and her many classes performed charming and intricate feats, or to one who had heard the elaborate compliments paid by physical directors and guests who were here, this article seems very modest. The program opened with a grand march followed by the Flag Salute and the singing of our national anthem. The marching, which is taught in miltary style is strictly Swedish, the rhythmic stamping of feet marking the change of com.mands. Every corner was turned by every girl in a quick, smart right angle and not once during the grand march was a girl seen out of step. The Senior Leaders were second on the program in charge of Marjorie Dana who demonstrated what can be done with club swinging as they executed some intricate twisting that received prolonged applause. The third number was the usual Day's Order. The exercises were done with music following -the Swedish use of command. The coordination and poise of the girls were most wonderful as they went from one difficult number to another. The Brook, an interpretive fantasy, was the next number and com- bined some difficult technique. It was an aesthetic number interpreted 70 OAK LEAVES by five girls wearing flowing Grecian robes in harmonizing pastel shades from palest to very deep green. A merry relay game by the underclassmen was next on the program and there was keen competition between the four teams as they held their spirited contests wholly unconscious of the many interested spectators. Meanwhile, the Leader's Class was preparing to appear in a snappy and unique number called Fun in a Toy Shop. The girls, costumed to repre- sent wooden soldiers were smartly attired in scarlet and white uniforms topped by the jauntiest of high black hats with straps under their chins. The entire number was presented in stiff, mechanical movements just like wooden soldiers and scored a great success. The entire school appeared in the next number which was a picturesque Lantern Maze led by the Senior Leaders. This maze combined difiicult fancy marching tactics in an intricate maze that was made more compli- cated by the fact that all the lights in the hall were turned off and the entire number was done by the glow of the lighted Japanese lantern that each girl carried,- and it was executed without a single false step. The girls of the Junior Department next romped onto the floor in the gayest of French peasant costumes and played the old French games with amusing bits of French conversation followed by a French Folk Song that they interpreted in a clever demonstration reflecting credit upon their French teacher, Miss Kent, as well as their physical director, Miss McCready. Six girls dressed in dainty organdie frocks in pastel shades and accom- panied by six youths in white flannels and English blazers appeared in an interpretive Old English number entitled, Where are you going my pretty maid? In the two closing numbers the Leaders demonstrated what can be done in advanced Mat Work including forward and backward somersaults, handstands, headstands, cartwheels and other stunts as well as in the advanced apparatus on the Vaulting Horse, Parallel Bars, and Ropes. We are indeed fortunate in having such a well-equipped gymnasium and we want our generous friend, Dr. Averill, to know that we actively appre- ciate it every day. The program closed with Musical Pyramids followed by the singing of the Alma Mater. The entire program of the evening had been accompa- nied most effectively by Irma Raymond, the pianist who added a great deal to the evening by her talent. A beautiful bouquet of flowers was presented to Miss McCready as a token of the affection and admiration of the entire school for her and for the Work she is doing. 71 OAK LEAVES DAYS WE REMEMBER Our year has been filled with unusual and delightful programs ranging from those with which our versatile classes entertained us to speakers and entertainers of note. Very early in the fall Philomen Brown from Jamaica told us about the customs in her country and showed us how pic- turesque our own schoolmates would appear of they were wearing the costumes she brought to show us. Two readings by Edward Abner Thompson made high spots in the literary joys of the year. A very different but deeply interesting evening was provided when Miss Eleanor E. Brannan addressed us. Our own Mrs. Manter and Mrs. Stubbs charmed us on March seventh with a perfectly lovely concert. During Music Week we were entranced for an hour while listening to the noted lecturer and music critic, Sigmund Spaeth, and the week came to a happy close with a concert by the talented tenor, Roger Nye. Twice during the year popular and beloved friends of Oak Grove have come to entertain us with moving pictures which they took themselves on the many interesting travels that Mr. Gannett and Dr. and Mrs. Averill have taken. To mention all of our entertainments and happy evenings would take a whole book and another author might select a totally different list from this, but it is enough to show any one that variety, talent and quality are the outstanding features at Oak Grove. Sept. 17 Oak Grove girls arrive from Maine to Oregon and find a royal welcome. Sept. 18 Hockey, soccer, tennis and riding claim us after registration. Sept. 19 Our Principals surprise us with a delightful party. Sept. 20 The formal Faculty Reception introduces everyone and reveals much talent. Sept. 21 Fifteen fine horses are kept on the ring all day by entranced riders and would-be's. Sept 22 Christian Association Meeting and Mrs. Owen speaks on Choices Sept 25 First French Chapel. Fire Drill tonight. Sept. 27 Honor Lists appear. Our Expression teacher arrives as charm- Sept 28 ing as ever. Miss Nutter organizes Craft Club. The Misses Hersom are marvelous hosts at lovely Camp Abena on Belgrade Lakes. Oct. 1 Dr. Martin and Dodo write us delightful letters from England. Picnic Lunch on the lawn makes a happy surprise. Oct. 4 Five merry class parties show us what good times we shall have together. 72 1' AROUND OUR RIDING RING 1 Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov Nov Nov Nov. Nov. Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec. Dec. OAK LEAVES A dozen lucky girls trot off for a long jaunt over country roads that their horses like. Tennis Tournament starts keen rivalry. Hockey, soccer and archery also have their ardent devotees. We extend a royal welcome to Mr. Gannett on the second anni- versary of the dedication of Gannett Field. Theme for our five group discussions Sunday evening, How Oak Grove may mean the most to me this year. Ellie wins underclassman championship in tennis. Brownie elected Captain of Blacks and Gertie of Scarlets. The jaunty red-coated equestrians who ride to Waterville are spoiled by compliments on every street they appear. The gym moves! Really, it does! A charming native teacher from Jamaica addresses us at Mid- Week Meeting. An envied group rides the five miles Round the Square by moon- light. Senior class entertains us. Poetry that has inspired me is theme for our Sunday evening meeting. Wilbur K. Thomas of Philadelphia delivers challenging address. We welcome our beloved Averills. Mr. and Mrs. Owen entertain us at the most delicious Hallowe'en supper and thrilling party. We attend the churches of our choice in Augusta. We break scholastic record this week with twenty-seven holding college certificate grades in all subjects and an Honor Roll too long to read. Craft Club hammering busily on fascinating gifts for Christmas. Formal Armistice Day Service at Chapel. Exciting Scarlet-Black Track Meet this afternoon. At last! Mid-semester exams are over. We celebrate with a famous supper at East Vassalboro. Beginners in Riding Classes literally making fast progress. Sophomores convulse us with their clever farces and acting. Dr. Fradd of Harvard makes silhouetteographs and Posture Project begins at Oak Grove. Thanksgiving spirit reigns. We begin to think what we will do to make Christmas happy for others. New record established! Senior Chapel Talks begin earlier than ever Cbecause the class is so large it will take longerj. 74 OAK LEAVES Dec. Dec Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec Dec Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. . 6 10 13 15 18 19 20 7 10 11 12 15 17 18 20 24 25 We celebrate with dinner party and entertainment, an important date-Dr. Averill's birthday. Beautiful radio arrives. Guess who sent it! Early freeze lures a bevy of skaters to our little pond. We have a big bee dressing dolls to bring happiness on Christ- mas to fifty little girls who are in hospitals or have no homes. Impressive and lovely Christmas pageant is given tonight in our Chapel. Charming French Chapel and traditional christening of each doll. Dog Show fof forty cloth animals to be given awayj makes a popular hit. Christmas spirit reigns supreme as we give party to children of village-Santa Claus and all. Now we have our Christmas party with presents for everyone- and we all believe in Santa Claus again. We sing carols be- fore houses in the village tonight and it is so wonderful with a soft new snow beneath the stars. Christmas carols awake us in solemn stillness in each hall. Then we rise just before the first bell to iinish packing for today vacation begins! Grand exodus this afternoon. 1930 Back we flock with many good resolutions. Mrs. Owen reads exquisite letter from Dr. Williams. Cyrano de Bergerac enraptures us as read by Edward Abner Thompson of Boston. 1 Enormous black fur robes, long strings of bells and a stunning sleigh for twelve arrive from Poland Spring. Our formal winter teas begin and Seniors are hostesses. Scientific Seven Start Science Society. The big Masquerade of the year tonight with every land and idea represented. Such fun! Home Hygiene Classes begin. Fudge parties feature Saturday afternoon. William T. Hussey conducts chapel. Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Oh, what fun it is to have a sleigh ride to East Vassalboro and a supper there we can never forget-or the ride home by moonlight! Basketball enthusiasm waxes warmer every day. Augusta Y Pool is ours for a swim today. 29, 30, 31 MID-YEARS! 1 Coasting, skijoring and skiing climaxed by delicious camp supper around huge bonfire. 75 Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar. Mar Mar Mar Apr. Apr. . OAK LEAVES Freshmen entertain us-and do it well. Special program in honor of Lincoln. Radio brings us Tannhauser this afternoon. Valentine Party shows versatility of Seniors. Sophomore Tea is charmingly complete. Junior Department is jubilant! T. N. T.'s victorious over Thun- derbolts. Dr. Franklin W. Johnson delivers inspiring address, The Torch of Life. We begin our new system of self-government and character de- velopment by working for a higher C. Q. We receive interesting letter and beautiful South American pic- tures from Mr. Gannett. Such a short and happy month! Oak Grove musicians broadcast from Bangor. Miss Dunn pleases us with her interesting address. Basketball championship series in full swing with an exciting game every afternoon between some two of our eight teams. Violin recital shows much talent. We make marked progress with our new Self-Government System. A new Grand Piano arrives! Our youngest girls are hostesses and are honored by the pres- ence of several noted guests of Principal and Mrs. Owen. Dr. Godfrey Dewey of Lake Placid speaks to us tonight. Mrs. Owen is addressing a Parent-Teacher Association in Bos- ton tonight. We feel proud. Priscilla and Ethel charm an Augusta Club. Our big gymnastic competition with judges from away and many admiring guests. Informal piano recital. Quartet sings in Winslow this morning. Oak Grove choir and orchestra appear in concert at an Augusta church and receive many compliments. Right Rev. Benjamin Brewster, Bishop of Maine, speaks to us at Mid-Week Meeting. Recital of Department of Expression. Another delightful recital--Miss Brown's pupils. Medals awardedbfor highest C. Q.'s. ' Spring holiday begins. We all return and welcome two new students. Dr. and Mrs. Averill bring us interesting moving pictures, in- cluding reels he took of Oak Grove Commencement last June. 76 OAK LEAVES Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 23 Apr. 25 Apr. 29 May 1 May 2 May 4 May 7 May 9 May 10 May 14 May 16 May 17 May 21 May 23 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 20 An English Quaker preaches this morning. Our Chapel is lovely with Easter lilies. The Easter ceremonial this evening as prepared by Miss Gil- patrick and Miss Taylor is most beautiful. Eleanor Brannan of New York and Washington lectures to us. Arbutus time and signs of violets. The Juniors work industriously on OAK LEAVES. Busy Juniors also give spring entertainment tonight-a circus. Another of our many lunches served on the lawn. We all pose for a photographer. May Day, one of the merriest of the whole glad year! Another recital shows increasing power in the Expression pupils. Scarlets win basketball championship. Music Week begins with concert of classical music this after- noon. Oak Grove song birds are heard in Waterville-Winslow concert. Dr. Sigmund Spaeth of New York captivates us in his lecture on music. Music Week culminates in concert with Roger Nye, the tenor, singing for us this evening. Secrets! Thrills! A wonderful party. We shower Miss Mc- Cready and welcome Miss Ramsay. Wonderful Gymnastic Exhibition tonight. Dr. Clarence C. Little, our distinguished guest and inspiring speaker. Sophomore Declamation-and much talent! Science Club makes epochal trip to Bar Harbor and sees noted research laboratory. Baseball and tennis in full swing. Equestrians preparing for riding meet. Everybody busy! Mrs. Frank Hinckley charms us. Art classes sketch outdoors these days. Junior Reading brings more applause. We admire and envy our Seniors who adorn our campus during all their study periods-and our campus is lovely now. Our Chorus and Orchestra appear at the First Baptist Church in Waterville tonight. Chemists motor to Winslow as guests of Mr. Owen and tour the great paper mill there. Everybody making adorable costumes for the Commencement Festival. ' Our big Horse Show with Dr. Averill chairman of the Judges and twenty swanky, clever riders with horses right on tip-toe. Commencement Recital tonight delights everyone. 77 OAK LEAVES May 31 Five big parties. Dr. and Mrs. Averill hosts to seniors at mar- velous banquet and theater party at Lakewood. Freshman royally entertained in Winthrop by their President. Sopho- mores celebrate approaching promotion to ranks of Upper- classmenf' Juniors enjoy afternoon ride and Camp Supper at China Lake. Junior Department girls frolic at afternoon picnic and supper. A truly full day! June 1 OAK LEAVES proof goes back to printer and we are on the eve of our Commencement festivities. ROSES I mounted slowly, I picked all the flowers I could hold, I cut away the thorns. 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