Oakes High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakes, ND)

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CTT TTTE 5.4 19 40 CHORAL FESTIVAL One of the most representative activities of Oakes High School is the annual choral song-fest, in which Elle-ndale, Edgeley, and Lalvloure high schools ioin with Oakes in presenting a program of selected choral numbers and separate glee-club numbers. The group is composed of some 200 voices. Professor H. C. Rowland, director of vocal music at our State University, is the director of this group. The individual schools train themselves on the pre-selected music for the festival, Professor Rowland visits each school once to rehearse with them, and the entire group meets in the afternoon for a short practice together. This very brief meeting is the only chance these young men and women have of vocalizing together hefore the performance. All those who have seen one of these presentations and heard the group sing, will attest to the worthiness of the activity, and the fine quality of entertainment that is pro- duced. Professor Rowland deserves the gratitude of this entire district for his fine work with these young people, for which he receives no remuneration other than the pleasure derived from doing the kind ot work he loves. T231

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lunior Hi h Back rowwlvzx S'll2Lf'4'l', Gloria .Xndvi'son, Hazel l+'i-:itlii-rstaiiv, I.:iX'iiii1i1- l+':i1I:inil, Mm- llzikr-i', Nlziiyn-l lhinki-i'. Lowell :8Z1l'St6'lYl, Giwzilrlini' Mf'L'liiskvy, .liimm-s llrnkziyy. Harold llulnnrl, Sfilfllfj' IInfsmnim-V, liolwri XYilIi:ims, l lzii'i-m--- l'i-Ivrsim. XYinluii Uzinmm, M:ii'L:':ii'0T l.icli-ll. Lloyd Blazer, XYilliz1m Hzimple, Pozirle- XVilson, lllrni-st Ki':il't, liuln-rt liilligiiii-ii-1-. LeRoy Juelkr-, Lzirry Sixwlsi-V, Russell llvrgg liiigw-V Suliflvi-, 1'I:1i':i Iv'-rsmi. .Xllyn lilllblliltl, llnrutliy ,XIlCll'llS, Mary Wachter, John Paul GQl'Ill'lfll'llt, Lloyd 1'z1i'lsnn, liolwrl l'i-rkins, lizirlwirzi l':lll1'l', .Izmir Yun Houtvn. Mr. John S. 'l'hompsan, Dennis Hanson, .lalm Koalsilizis. Imiri-ii llluzi-V. Ilrirrx l ll'- -lf'f'li l'3lUl'1'i', liirilizirrl Fntland, Betty Liclvll. Flnrvrwi- l.:niln4-i', Olgu XV:if'l1li-V, llnnnu Km-li, Ili-ii liurp--lzi, Iii-nnvtli .Xnfli'iis, lim-X Uorliss, Floyd Ol- son, Il:iYm-n Hi:-ks. , The iunior high school group This year has Taken parT in a large number oT acTi- viTies, giving promise of vvorThy conlribufions in The way of music, drainaTics, and aTh- leTics in high school. Their olhcers are: STanley l-loTsommer and Dennis l-lanson, presi- denTs OT The eighTh and sevenTh grades respecTively, Iva ShaTer and Jack Enger, vice presidenTs, and ErnesT KraTT and Donna Koch, Treasurers. The group Takes pride in The annual declamafion conTesTs. LasT year The Winners of The TTrsT Three places were Larry Smelser, Roger Sandve, and John Paul Gernharclf, in ThaT order. The winners Tor The girls were Jane Van l-louTen, Geraldine McCloskey, and Barbara Elner. OT These, Jane and Larry also placed TirsT on Play Day, againsT ouTside cornpeTiTion. ln The social science essay conTesT This year The winners were Pearl Wilson, Jane Van l-louTen, and Kafhryn Quarn, in ThaT order. In The saTeTy essay conTesT The winners were Jane Van l-louTen, Kafhryn Quam, and Iva ShaTer. Lee Korpela and STanley Hofsommer placed in The spelling conTesT on Play Day. In The upper grade opereTTa This year The leading roles were Taken by Russell Berg and KaThryn Guam. This performance revealed an asTonishing array OT musical TalenT in This group. The upper graders who are in The high school band are Barbara Elner, Maralyn Harrell, lva Shafer, Russell Berg, Larry Smelser, Billy Hample, Clarence PeTer- son, STanley l-lofsornrner and Lloyd Blazer. ln aThleTics also, This group sTands ouT. RoberT Billigmeier gives promise of becom- ing a good TooTball player. He is also on The Pony basketball Team along wiTh Russell Berg, WinTon Cannon, RoberT Perkins, Larry Smelser, and John KooTsil4as. T221

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B1 on Back 1'0W-VVanda Kraft, Elia Glaser, Nora. Johnson, VV:ilt4'r NVQ-ivsin-r, Rudolph Hnjvk, Dania-I Frojen, Glenn Hofsomnler, Robert Corbit, Clarence Anderson, Louis Arndt, Hurry Kolstzid, Marcus l:mmm-rshiurh, Alvin Hanson, George Cook, Maurice Mc- Closkey. Second row-Alice Gustafson, Bonnie Tre-tt, lrc-nv Hmnhy, Joym- I'i-rim-nfs-in, ltlurie llziuf-r, t'Iil'T'ord Kraft, Norman Featherstone, Gerald Kunz, Robert Anderson. Kennth Johnson, Kc-nnvth Nunclzihl, lynn Ili-vke-r, liivliitwi Mueller, rirfzil Featherstone. Third row-Muriel Bergeron, Bernice Hoenhztusrf, Arnold Uiinnmm. tlorrlim Johnson, Clit-slw Anderson, Clyde Korstad, Elmel Tobias, Ernest Arndt, Donald lflngvr, ltlzlynztrd lfnrsxn, Ifrzinris Mm-li--r, lmdlvy Muni, Ifrwrlt-t'ic-k Strutz, Idugene Peterson, Willian' Hazel. Fourth row-Mary VVuolu, Vtfaiter Mikkolson, Gonrfrv Konkli-y-, LT-Hoy lmitlki-, 'Plmmzns lijornstzul, Leslie Korpela, Stella Konkler, Genevieve Sanders, Frances Mueller, Marjrmct Nir-hols, N1r1t'ilynl'i-1'kir1s, K4-nnvth l,:u-son, Ki-nntli G1-oth, Phyllis Furan, James Obenc ain. Fifth row-Martha Dnnit-ls, Mary Lyon, Mzirjoric- Dill, Dorothy Wltitliimswig M:-rmirvt Gotten, l,eVono Olson, Muriel Olson, Amelia Steiner, Adeline 1 hristinnsrm, Graaf: llovgsuirfl, Mary imll l'l'l'if1'I2 l'3ll4'l'll llfllllll. UUYHIH Mlmfi GIHCTYS Nllfldfilll. Nlflifli Dothlefson, Ruth Rowe. Mary Kilr'hf-nmnnn. Front I'OW'-hf2il'22ll'l?l Perivrson, Li1c'ill+- flt'ussli:ms, Kliliiri-fl X'04lkllYk5l, lburlvm- 1'Illl'1lSkj', Hill-1-n I!rm-nnzm, Viola-t I1llf'k0, Miss Maeion Kaspari. coach and l':1c'nlty advisory lfivviyn Wunln, Jimi- Si-hmitz, lit-rtlm Uni-lson, Shirley Mattson, Donna Jztrrohchick, Merna VVieso, Essie Wim- Hutt-s. To The Bison Society This year is one to be long remembered. After losing three years in succession, the Bison came back to win this year and to be The first To have its name engraved on The new trophy, which will become The permanent possession of The society which wins Three successive years. This yearly competition between The Two societies reflects The desire on The part of The originators of The groups to discover and develop musical and dramatic talent. The groups are democratic in spirit, intending to give every student who wants it a chance to perform in front of an audience. Merely winning The cup is, of course, only a very secondary purpose of the setrup. The student otticers of the Bison Society are Glenn Hofsommer, president, Frances Mueller, vice-president, and Marilyn Perkins, secretary-Treasurer. Space does not per- mit the listing of all Bison who excelled in The performances this year. A few ofthe more outstanding performers were Bonnie Trett, Genevieve Sanders, Francis Mueller, Marilyn Perkins, Frances Mueller, Donna Jacobchick, Donna Munt, Dudley Munt, Merna Wiese, Bertha Carlson, Glenn Hofsommer, and Robert F. Anderson. T241