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

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OAK LEAVES Milf ' ' .W ' 'T W'-f . fxvzpf, .Vg - . ' ll fl 'i , ,, ll . ,C f, Y Ju l, ku , . 4 ,,,, ,,l,g it .gm N :lla pfiifgfi V Jag-H-'Y . , . se- , , M95 ' .bk . I 'ifgi' V ' 1 l kgs- . : I ', 3 LMWQ. xx X ,,- if -, Wifi ff y, ' 1 - ati: .1 gli. ft 'f li ' 1' lvtillbn . - Qllwfn 4,-fd Y L .. V ,Z 'Wir lv ,A A' lf fl. 1- f .-fra., ,. e Q , , , fill. i,A , y ,A L THE NEW GRADUATE COURSE Oak Grove has always been progressive in meeting the new needs in education and our school is now taking another forward step in the opening in September, 1931, of the new Graduate Course in Secretarial Science, An immediate proof of the value of this is shown in the fact that several of our own Seniors who had not been able to find a satisfactory higher institu- tion of learning that offered practical training in a cultural environment with recreational facilities, have already enrolled in this Graduate School. Even when OAK LEAVES goes to press, and before any bulletins have an- nounced the course, or any word of it has appeared in the newspapers, the enrollment for the coming year is more than half completed. The new Graduate Course of Secretarial Science will have as its head our own Miss Porter, who has endeared herself to us for two years as Mrs. Owen's secretary. Miss Porter is qualified by training, experience and per- sonality, being a graduate of both Wheaton College and the Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School, besides having taught school for two years and had practical Secretarial experience for two years. Two other teachers will also be on the staff and we expect that the entire program will be the very best. The curriculum will include the essential courses for a modern busi- ness woman who expects to hold positions requiring culture and personality besides the technical training. There will be courses in: Typewriting, Stenography, Business Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, Business Law, Business English and Secretarial Technique. In addition to these any graduate stu- dent may elect work in Science, Language or in any other department of the regular academic courses, as is not possible in schools offering only Commercial studies. Moreover, every student at Oak Grove also has all the social, recreational and cultural advantages of the best boarding schools. , , In addition to all this for the girl primarily interested in perfecting herself in Secretarial Sciences, our new department is open to any grad- 4

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OAK LEAVE g Vol, XXXlV Vassalboro, Maine, june, l93l Number l EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief PRISCILLA RYDER, '32 . Assistant Editors I BEATRICE HUSSEY, '32 HELEN THURLOW, '32 Business Manager .IOANNE RYAN, '32 Assistant Managers VIRGINIA SCALES, '32 ELIZABETH STEVENS, '32 Athletic Editor Alumnae Editor DOROTHEA MARTIN, '32 BEVERLY POWELL, '27 Class Editors 1931, Kathleen Richardson 1934, Stella Carvell 1932, Marjorie Johnson 1935, Nancy Carveth 1933, Cynthia Robinson 1936, Elizabeth Ingalls All communications should be addressed and checks made payable to Manager of OAK LEAVES. Price of OAK LEAVES, 32.00. WE THANK ALL As a Junior Class We feel it is an honor and a challenge that the edit- ing of OAK LEAVES is entrusted Wholly to us as it was last year to our present Seniors. We may frankly confess that We coveted this responsi- bility and we were also glad to I'elieve our busy Seniors of any cares We could. Our Managers have done their part splendidly and the Editors are doing their best to continue the high excellence of OAK LEAVES. We Wish to thank everyone,-the patrons who have advertised, the many who have contributed prose and poetry, the teachers who have helped and our devoted faculty adviser, Mrs. Owen, who have all helped in this issue of OAK LEAVES. 3

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OAK LEAVES uate student who may want just the typewriting or stenography. Now that so many college professors demand typewritten themes and since the large number of lecture courses make shorthand a real boon in college, it will be the greatest benefit to some of our graduate students coming for a year ALTA EMILY PORTER of intensive preparation for college to be able to take one or more courses in the Secretarial Department. There are also some graduates of high schools who want the pleasures and cultural advantages of a year in board- ing school, while they und themselves and discover what talents they have. These advantages are now combined with practical training in an excellent way at Oak Grove in our new graduate course of Secretarial Science. 5