Oakes High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakes, ND)

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Foren ic CARYL ANDREVVS GENEVIEVE SANDERS Oakes High School will always be found aT The Top in declomaTion and all Torms of speech work. PicTured above are Caryl Andrews and Genevieve Sanders, Two of The ouTsTanding compeTiTors in lasT year's American Legion oraTorical conTesT. Speaking on The subiecT, Privileges and ResponsibiliTies of an American CiTizen, boTh These young people enTered The counTy conTesT aT Ellendale. Cale ' A on TirsT in The counTy, wenT on To win The regional conTesT, and qualified Tor The sTa conTesT aT Bismarck. WiTh The besT wishes of her class-maTes and The able supporT of her coach, Miss Luverne STeinolTson, Caryl emerged vicTorious in The sToTe conTesT and was sent To Billings, MonTana, To enTer The naTional regional conTesT, in which she placed near The Top buT was eliminaTed from furTher compeTiTion. In The Masonic Orotorical conTesT The subiecT was, A GreaT Influence on American Life. The conTesTanTs from Oakes were MargoreT Simmons and Shirley Hoar, who were selecfed from The field of speakers To represenT The school. MorgareT won second place in The disTricT conTesT. These oraTors were coached by lvlr. D. lvl. Washburn. LasT year's winner of The declamaTion conTesT, and represenfafive of The school aT The Dickey-Lalvloure speech TesTival aT Edgeley, was Genevieve Sanders. The l94l conTesTonTs in The Masonic conTesT will be Daniel Froien and Shirley MaTTson. T301

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Band t to light Xllun Hanson. Clwsu-r Anderson, NVilI'rvd Harrn-ll, xvlllllllll Hampli-, Loren Blazer, David Ehrlin, Stanley Hof'-:om I 13 lllrll L Ilner. Georgia Pederson. Iva SllHl'Q'l', Marilyn Harrell, lim-x Uuiliss, Muriel Olson, Ds-loros Hoe-fs, Doiothx Hoifs ini XX iese Francis Mueller. Donald Baldwin, Larry Snivlsi-r, Imiiisv Hansen, Dorothy Peterson, Donald B:I!g9l Donald Ol n Iamis Nlueller, Mr. David M. lYHSlll1lll'I'l, Dir:-c-tnr: Daniel Froji-n. l:l'l'l'llf'l' Carlson, Alvin Hansen, Doris VlllhElIll Donna N mt Dennis Hanson. XValtvr XVQ-luster, Marjane Ni:-hols. i'larv11t'v 1'-'l1'l'SOI1. l1l05'fi Ul2lZt'I'. l'liFfOl'll Kwiff, HllSSt TUE T1 tw Jck X miller, 1'lari-nm- .Xnfls-rson, .lark I-Inger, l.awri-in-v Qin-llxnan. Mary Jam- Low is not on picture. Oakes City Schools organized the first band in the history of the school during 'the school year l93944O. ln this first band 42 students signed up to play. It was a well balanced group and, before the end of the year had played for convocations, Junior play, basketball games, and the Dickey-Lalvloure Association Band Festival. This festival was sponsored by the local band, and a group of some l4O musicians from l.aMoure, Edgeley, Ellendale and Oakes participated. The festival was directed by Professor J. A. Holvik of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. During the present year, although the group was hard hit by graduation, it has grown into a more competent group, having gained in size and experience. There are now 46 musicians in the group, and the type of music is much in advance of that used a year ago. Concentration on pep tunes, popular songs, and novelty tunes has been the main thing on reheasals for the year, as the group plans to appear at all basketball games again with a completely new program from that used in the previous year. Mr. David M. Washburn, band leader, is the organizer and director of the group. He has been with it from the start and has done an excellent job with many beginners, giving freely of his time after school hours for private lessons free of charge to these boys and girls who otherwise would be denied this fine training. Mr. Washburn has also directed the Oakes City Band during the past year. E291

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aw lin Gnu W .fu t vin mnpson. Smnitniziste-i': XVilliziin XXYEllLilC'I'S. Di-nnis llunson, Clzirvncu l'e-terson. .Iaines Carlson, Bohln Vkllllilllg ck I ngmi Xlllfi-Ni llzirri-ll, l,2lXYl'1'Ill'0 Quclllnnn, L:11'i'y Sll1f'lS4'l', Alvin Hansen, L:l.wi'enCe Melhy. Stanley Hofsonnnel NIAFCLIB lIlI1lQlSlrl0l1 XY:ill:u-i- Slmfvr, Ruin-rl flllvllllltlll, Rolivrl Perkins. l'0l'lilIl Fvelcy, John Paul Gernhzirdt, Russrll Petg Jo n otslk is lflllllfi Leirsnn, l.:1i'i'5' l-'1-ir. lmlioy .lnvlk+-, .huns-s Sviifiwl. llonulfl IZv1'g'. Rivlinwl Iiluellvr, Tltonms lionnnuslmch irfoiil N tnson. Sl'1lllLlil2lSLl'l'. In the past two years, Scout Troop l47 at Oakes has had three major obiectivesp namely, to establish a well equipped troop room, to equip the troop with uniforms, and to advance the troop in scouting ranks. The tirst obiective has been almost realized. At the present the troop has a room equipped with scouting lore ot all kinds. Patrol tables painted in troop colors and marked with the emblem of each patrol, stand in the respective patrol corners. In the chest which each patrol possesses is first aid equipment, signal flags, ropes, tents, and other needed material. The second objective has been partially attected. More than three-tourths of the troop possess some part ot the scout unitorm. The troop as a whole has made very rapid advancement. In the past two years 34 tendertoot ranks have been awarded, 26 second-class ranks, seven first-class ranks, ten star ranks, nine lite ranks, and more than QOO merit badges. A patrol advancement contest was held last year, being won by the Eagle patrol with a total of 500 points. An explorer patrol has been organized for the older scouts who wish to participate in advanced scouting. This spring the troop will take part in a jubilee teither inter or intra- troopi, which will test the boys in their scouting craftsmanship in many ways. Each summer many of the local boys spend a week at scout camp where they brush up on the fine points of scouting, meet boys from other areas, and have a good time generally. Most of the scouts go to Camp Wakpala. Troop T47 is sponsored by the Oakes Lions Club, and directed by a committee ap- pointed lay the club, The chairman is L. C. Mueller, other members being R. W. Van Houten, Cal Lambert, E. A. Quam, and Frank Smelser. T311