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

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OAK LEAVES OUR FRENCH FRIENDS One of the most altogether dehghtful unlque and lnterestlng Frlday evenmgs of the entlre yea1 came on Aprll twenty second after the pre lll'l'l1Il3I'y trlals 1n our va11ous French classes when ten advanced students and five from the beglnnels class whose essays had been Judged best del1v ered them before a group of dlstmgulshed yudges and promlnent repre sentat1ves from the Cel cle Francals wh1ch was sponsorlng these contests IH a group of leadmg schools Evervthlng was French 1n word and Splrlt fl om the openmg welcome by our own teacher Mademolselle Zorbaugh to the bestow1ng of many compllments and the awardlng of the gold pr1zes by Dr d Argy Presldent of the Cercle Francals Two of the hlgh spots of the evenlng were the Slllglllg by Napoleon Marcou 1n whlch our d1s tmgulshed guests 1o1ned on the choruses and an eloouent oratlon bv Jules Savalm the learned edltor from Paus of Le Flanco Amezzcazn Our pro glam closed wlth the slnglng of the Marselllals but much to our dellght ou1 guests lmgered to converse ln French Wlth our teachers and some of ou1 students On May thlrd Vlrglnla Scales from the senlor group and Wlnlfred G1 eenvx ood from the begmnels group appeared 1n an mterscholastlc com petltlon ulth s1m1lar wlnners f1om other schools and much to our dellght u cn though the ma1or1ty of the contestants had had the advantage of l1v lng ln French speaklng famllles the gold prlze for the semor group was avwalded to V1rg1n1a Scales We also felt comphmented by the fact that ou1 Jumor Department glrls were 1nv1ted to repeat thelr French folk songs as a part of the final program We are overjoyed to hear from our F1 ench fuends that they w1ll sponsor a Slmllar and more pretentlous con test next year TO OUR ALUMNAE Greetlngs Alumnae' It s good to be back at Oak Grove agam' There have been more wonderful xmprovements slnce I graduated 1ust five years ago The brlck towers of Brxggs Hall whlch top our h1ll make Oak Grove look llke -1 castle on the Rhlne At the foot of the hlll IS beautlful Gannett Fleld and the Gymnasxum has moved down to be near by Then there are galdens terraces green lawns and shrubs everywhere There are to be three Oak Grove graduates on the Faculty next year Julla Brown Dorothy Colomy and I We re hoplng that a lot of you w1ll be hele for Commencement The Class of 1932 IS one of the largest and best Oak Grove has ever graduated We re all proud of them and we know you xull be The othel dav a frlend of mme asked me lf I llked the glrls at Oak G1 ove now as well as the glrls we used to have For a second I d1d not know qulte what to sav Then I told h1m that the glrls at Oak Grove now 10 . Y fn 0 - - . Q, . . L A ' r K . - L, L' 1 LW, T L L T L . 4 -I L' 7 9 . , . . . . , 1 . L , a' ' r ' r L 1 9 - .. , A - I - ra LI I L' 7' c L, 4 r L pw k ,. i V . N, . . . , K - . . Y. . . . Q . 7 ,vx ,- ' ' X r 1 ' - Y 7 L, L L K n . . , . , . L . , L L . K s . , L, . . , . . 5 Y ' 1 . L 0 , 7 7. 1 . . . . . 1 XT . L . 7 I . .

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OAK LE XVES thelr colol ful costumes or the plctulesque aesthetlc numbers done Ill flow 1ng robes under the spothght The evenmg closed w1th a bedt1me St01y by Ahce Wh1tt1er Jones who mvxted them all to m 1ke 1 b1g clrcle around the Hreplace IH Brlggs Hall whlle she 111'1y6d IH Easteln robes told them 1 lovely legend ot the Palest1n11n Clnderella Mrs Owen had blg pltchels ot toamy m1lk brought ln and as soon as It had dlsappealed everyone w IS wlshed a happy good nlght Immedlately atter b1eakt1st on Sunday mornlng ou! guests had theu plctures taken and then evelyone p 11t1c1pated IH a tleasure hunt that led to the Rendevvous where soux emrs tor each one and 1 box of m1n1atu1e chocolates were hldden Ou1 guests 1ttended church w 1th thelr st11dent hostesses and went fol a 11 alk atte1wa1ds untll d1nne1 tlme The1e w IS anothe1 rest houl ln ant1c1p 1t1on ot the long tllp some ot them would t 1ke befole 1each1ng home and then they all gathered wlth the1r parents at 1 charmlng te1 ln the Cl13.Wl1'1g' 1oom ot Brlggs H111 The 1el11ctance w 1th whlch some ot our llttle guests sud tarewell W IS vely flattermg to us lS w IS the 1nd1gn 1t1on ot one l1ttle glrl who S3161 th It lt w IS perfectly ho1r1d she could come to Oak GIOYL and 11de those beautllul ho1 ses We w e1e 1ll so charmed wlth our guests th lt we are lookmg tolw ard e1ge1ly to 1 Slmllal partv next yeal We w e1e honoled at our tea by the NVlf9 of our Governor whose daughter w IS one ot ou1 Week end guests All ot the parents who came for the1r daughte1s 1nd other guests w ho w e1e he1e on Sunday afternoon were 1nv1ted to the tea w h1ch Mrs Owen gave and It wh1ch some of us telt much h0HO19Cl to be asked to asslst ANOTHER OAK GROVE ALUMNA IS HONORED We were as happy as M1s Owen when she shared .1 secret w 1th us regardmg some of the many w ondertul pl1ns tor next year Long before It was publ1cly announced we knew that an lmportant new posltlon w h1ch had been created on the Faculty was to be occupled bv one of our own charmmg graduates w ho IQCQIX es he1 B S ln Home Econom1cs and Chlld T1a1n1ng th1s June It IS none other than Dolothy Ann Colomy who entered Oak Grox e ln the Jun1o1 Dep 1rtment was 1 student here for seven years and has all the talents sparkle and 5,1 ace ot a typ1cal Oak Glove glrl TVIISS Colomy w1ll be d11 ectly 1n eh1rge of the 1ct1v1t1es of the younger g1rls besldes seulng IS D1et1t1an and Soclal Seeretuy to plan all ot the many teas and lovely part1es AIIS Ow en dellghts to glue tor small g'1OLlpS both he1e at school and at he1 chalmmg country home Roseme1e Mls O11 en says 1ny loom that D01 othy Colomy enters lmmedlately has more sunshme 1n It 1nd we can haldly walt to prove It next September 9 2 s x A A C A '- ue ., 1 e 2 2 1 , ,S t L, , 2 .1 , ch, , . 7 2 Y , . .Z . ' I U Y C . . E . Q l C A A' C C ' Y I YC sv A C C ' . c c N c ZA' 1 K L X ' . c ' 2 1 c c ' lc .' 1 4 C. A C C 1 C x1 Y l . 1 LY Au K R 1 Y. . 1 4 v Q v I 1 7 1 1 . . 1 . 4 wg 1 u C A 4 I I D I 6 l h 1' I v s C A C v 1 . l ' 1 f A C C K 1 z ' ' .1 z . ' e ' I I D 1 vc A . Y f 1 v . 1 1 A C A C L C A C A C s V2 . .A 2. . . . 2 . ,UH t. ' ' 1 Q. 77 1 ' 1 ' ' . to be ln the TOLllth grade because lt meant she had to YV2llt so long bBf0l0 S C , 1 , . . L, C . , , . 2 I 1 A V 4 ' . I V J I I c 1 - C c c t c ' I Q r y 1 Y v . 1 1 ' - 1 A ' E X. . c 1 , V 12 L1 l 1 - A1 K. I 3 ' ' e 1 2 1. .1 1 1 1 1 I Y. Y A Y I C . C C . h 1 T 1 1 1. C As. . Y C L1 in ' Y L C 1 V. ku c A ' 2 . . v . v V D 1 V . I V ' L C A Y ' Y 1 ' . l iw I Y 1 1 f 1 1 z , sz .' 1 I 1 I1 I . l v c , . l, L c 1 c c ' Q, s as ' 'fe ' 'e 1 12' ' 1 C ' . V V A C i K 1 1 1 . v 11 c , A . A . V 1 I 1 1 1 . ' Q A C A 1 A . l I Y 9 Y . ' C C a

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OAK LEAVES were the very finest posslble but that I wasn t surprxsed to find that they were because Oak Grove glrls always had been I m golng to g1V6 you some blts of alumnae news thlS next year lf the alumnae are 1nterested and lf we have enough financ1al support I 1ntend to edlt an Alumnae News Bulletm three tlmes a vear Wrlte me lt you are 1n favor of my ldea Every blt of news from you IS apprecl xted BEVERLY POWI' LL 1927 HONORS FOR SECRETARIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS The heads of our new Department of Secretarlal Sclence sent candl d xtes to the busmess scholastlc contest 1n Augusta 1n both shorthand and typmg Thns school wxs allowed two candldfntes We were uulte thulled when we recelved word that second place IH each contest had been won by an Oak Grove student p'1rt1cularly smce some of the contestants had been studymg secretarlal courses for four years wh1le the cour e IS new th1s year at Oak Grove It IS such an 1ntens1ve course however that more work 1 +P- nrm vpnr here than IS expected 1n the four years ot pubhc school program. The wi 11 . 1 , .1 3 , . . , . . . . . X ., . . . . . X .. 'I . 1 C - . , , . Y K - Z sw. 1 ' l 1 . L K I . .' 2 1 . ' X ' v 1 ' 1 v . r . . X L , I . ' ! 7 ' np.. ,J ' - - ' S Q ,tm W. Q K I Y Y ,M , Y A A A, S-, .s..-..s 1 I ., 4. 1 -' s I V . ' ' ic q' .. ' bv i ' ' Qi'-9 r if-,fi ' cs 4, 'l' a I f I2 .-1, lg I 'Q . f 1 Y A . .4 7 -s