Oakfield Alabama High School - Oracle Yearbook (Oakfield, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 98 of the 1937 volume:

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SFX N gr 1 Dedication To Edith Bond, eighth grade teacher and counsellor, who for nine years has given patient guidance to the pupils of Oakfieldg who has helped and encouraged each oneg a friend in the service of the highest educational idealsg we, the Oracle staff, dedicate, in behalf of the class of nineteen hundred thirty- seven, this, the seventeenth edition of the Oracle. i W 1 1 W l cs V FACULTY 1 2 3. 4 5 6 T S 9 10 11 12. 13. 14 15. 16 1 7. 18. 19. 20. 21 22. I Q 2-1. 25. 26. q-is .. . I - 2.9. 30. n 32 2.3. 28. 01. Faculty HARRISON E. W'ILI.IAMS. A.B., A.M., Principnl-S'yraI:use lf7niIvm'sii!l, Columbia Univer sity--Science illld h'Illth8Illllti0S. GORDON K. DATES, A.B.-Miami lfnirerxity-Cllelnistry and RI!'lfll0lllHtiCS. JOHN F. HAMBIQL, A.B.-Alfred Unirersity-Histo1'y. XVIIEELER M. IiIALL. B. S. in El1llC1ltillll'-l?IlFllI0 State T011-l5IIi'I'3' College-Biology. Intro duction to Business, Social studios. HEIRBEIET DIIINKWATER, A.B.-Ilumilforzv Ifollegv-Mutluumxtics and Sc-iam-0. OLIYI-II: D. MYER. B.S.-Itlzaca SI-bool of I'l1y.ricrr1I 19111lf!'llffllllf-1'llXSiCll1 '1'1'1liIlillf.Z'. ELMOIII: S. IXEIITER-Ifllfffllll Normul-Industrial Arts. A IRENI-I M. IIILL, A.B.-Syrauusc I'IIiI'0rxity--Lntill. FRANCES H. BREWI-III, rX.1'g.'-17lIf1'l'l'Sif!l of IfO1'l10Sfl'l'-l41l'9ll0ll und English. AXNITA PIIIOII. A.H.-Nyrur-usc' IVuirm'xiI'y-Englisll. IDORIS L. 1NII'r0IIEI.L, B. S.. 11.8.-l7m'nc'I! IYII5I7l?l'Sifjl-I,0llll!Sf1C SI'i0IlI'e. ROSE EBEII. B.S.-Syrrzmlxc Ifl!fl'l'l'Nif11-UOIll1ll0l'C'illl slllrjvvts. IQDYTIIE IJ. IQRAATZ, A.H.-U1ziI-I-rsify of RofrhI-ste-r-lfhnglisll. MAIRY ICEPPEN, AB.-.-Ilfrf-d I7llfl'Pl'Sif1l-I,l'ilXY1llg'. FLOIIIQNOE B1:AnI'.m', B. of Mus.-Hartman SI-lmol of Jfuxiu-Music. Em'I'II IQOND-F1l!lf'Hf'l'iH1' 7'rainiug Class-ldiglltll Grade. NORMAN SI.OcI'xI-Ge-Iwxvo Nov-Inul-Alfrubrn mul Eighth grade. XVI-INIIELI. HALL. BS. in EIIIICZIHITII--BNFIIIO SIIIIII 7'6'UffFlIOI'S' College-ScvoIItlI grade. AIz'I'IIIIII fllI.BER I'QG!'llf'Sl'!I Normul-Svvontln grade. l'lI'NICE MOORE-Genesvo ATOVINIII-SiXfll grrudv und lihI'aII'izIII. BIARION RrmlAN-Bro:-lfpo-rt Normal-Fifth grade. IIIIIITH J. C0'l l'0NiH11f4I,0 Korn:al-Fnllrth g'l'ild0. RIARION I'AI:'1'mmule-Gmwsvo Normal, .Fff?d0I1ilI AY0l'IIlUI'1110lll'tll grade and librarian. Mus. AI:rmIIcsIA A. TIIAVI-:II-Brockport Nm-mal-Third grade. BIAE RIAIIIIICN-GPIICSFO Nornml-Tlnird grumlv. NELLII-1 111-IIIIAN-G01Il'SI'0 Normal-SoI'ond grade. HI-:Lr:N YANDI-:VENTRI:-Gc'1w.wo Normrrl-Second grade. Fm:Im.I A. CIIENAN-Gvnvxoo Norma?-First grade. MIr.I.Ivr:N'r I. IQEISIP'-ffU7lCSl'0 Normal-First grade. VIRGINIA L. I'IESl.ER-fif'III?Sl?0 Normal-Special class. VIRGINIA M. SMITII-Gf'IIC.Vl?0 Av0VNlllI-'Iqi1lll1'l'2Ill'f0ll and First grade. ROSE S'I'.xI:Icw11:A'r11EI:-Sec:-otnry. -Q I 2 f l ,1 A w w 1 1 ORACLE STAFF Oracle Staff Editor-in-Chief ........... Assistant Editor-iu- Chief .... Literary Editor .........,. Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Literary Literary Literary Literary Litera ry Business Manager News Editor ..... Editor --- Editor -- Editor -L Editor -- Editor -- Associate News Editor --- Boys' Athletic Editor --- Girls' Athletic Editor .... Art Editor .,..... Follies Editor .... Associate Follies Editor .... Book Editor ........... Department Editor Music Editor ........... Associate Music Editor -- Circulation Manager .......... Assistant Circulation Manager -- Assistant Circulation Manager --- Treasurer Advertising Manager ---,- .... ,--- Assistant Advertising Manager ,-- Jane Seaburg --- Beatrice Nagel ---- Marie Olmsted ---- Eleanor Scroger -M Jennie Pilato - ---,-- Shirley Hint Virginia Standish ----- Earl Warner --- Pauline Orsini -H Margaret King ---- Erwin Heckroth --- Jack Shilvock ------- Lucy Puma ---- Eleanor Forsyth --- LeRoy Sanford --- Philip DiSa1vo --,- Francis Hackley ---- Ruth Merkel --- Elinor Searls ---- Lois Reed HW-- Ralph Rhodes Mario Grazioplene --- Kenneth McEntee' U- Helen Gillett --- Fred Zigrossi ---- Tony Stornelli Assistant Advertising Manager --- ....-.,,,..... Gene Peterson Alumni Editors ..-.......,,.,. 9 --- Earl Reed, Mildred Shepard O. H. S. Alma Mater We raise our voice in song to thee Oakfield High, O, Oakiield High. No fairer spot in Genesee, Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. Amid the trees thy halls are set, Wherein we ponder hard, and yet The best of everything we get, Oakiield High, O, Oakfield High. Around, the landscapes fairest lie, Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. The sun ne'er lights a bluer sky, Oakfield High, O, Oakiield High. The flag of red and white and blue Proclaims the freedom oof the true, The best is none too good for you Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. The years will come, the years will Oakfield High, O, Oakiield High. Yet this will e'er be true, we know Oakiield High, O, Oakfield High. g0 'Neath shining sun and heavens blue Where e'er we are, what e'er we do, We'll still be thinking oft' of you, Oakfield High, O, Oakfleld High. Life's paths may lead us far apart Oakiield High, O, Oakfield High. But thoughts of thee wil bless the heart Oakiield High, 0, Oakfield High. And memories will cherished be f friends and school and streams and tree And high school days in Genesee Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. 10 Mr. Darling K A , I ur- ' I1- 4' W' f Hx I 0 gl. ': ,- n-i ...nf f 'A' L, 'Zhi dl -if I U jr' -fl ma i-,k '-- ...fz-.... ,Ng X -GQ 5--, ,v,--1,43 im,- -ss' , i4s QILLXSSIES H vi I K I 1 4 31 'I i Q 5 Z - V f-,,L,..l5,-.,-X .I ,J-1,1 M441-A, ,-L-.N ...Q ..,, -fy, - ..-- V- A r- . . .,. mf. , , . -. , A 777777, f ,- .X .L . ,. .. .,'. ,- -. .,, .v ,- mn, .W V 1, , -fini.-.-5.1----.. SENIORS Pauline Mae Brydges- Bridget A part of life and yet apart from it. Glee Club-1, 23 Ambition- Secretary. Melvin Clayton Bundrock-- ' Pete His pus! is foo deep fo rf'- pimp, his future foo un- vorfain to forvtellf' Alllliltlllll'-'llll be u successful barber, Helen Barbara Burdett What else is there good but to Ioro and be merry. IlI'llIlllll'lCS-1, 23 Glee Club-1, 2, 3, 4: School N ews-3, Ambi- tion-Clothes Designer. John Constantiuo- Johnny The hos! in this kind are buf xhudozrsf' Dance Orchestra-2, 3, -lg Ambi- tion-Musivinu. John DeFilippo- Flip There is no ofher 'wisdom bud to gulp what time can give. Grade Stuff-lg Basketball---lg Baseball-1: Rexivs-1, 2, 33 Ambition-To bo ambitious. 11 Angelyne Marian DiFi0re- urxngien I shall desire an-ri I shall find lim Iwst of my doxirvsf' 1ll'2lllllll'll'S'--1, 2, 3, 4 3 Gloo Club -1, 2, 3, -1: A1nbitiun--1'l:1y- ground Director. Ida Faye DiFi0re- Mickey Sho docs bits of good behind omfs hunk. In-uzxmtics--1, 2, 3, 43 Glee Club -1, 2, 3, 45 Ambition--Air Hostess. Leslie George Easton-- Les It is a folly to fretg but grief'.s no comfort. Ambition--To become a busi- ness umn. Helen Flo-renee Gillett I'Il speak in a monsfrous little voice. Oracle StnFE+1g Dramntics, Clloruses--1. 2, 3, 4: Glee Club -1, 2, 3, -lg Octet--1, 23 Ambi- l'l01l--s9CI'6t1ll'l2ll XVork. Roseland Agnes Giordano- SKROSBYI It's nice fo be natural -when you'ro naiurally nice. Drmmltics--1, 2, 3: Glee Club --2, 3, 43 Ambition-Nurse. Mario Herman Grazioplene- ssGraSSynv Smooth runs the wafer wlmrc' flu' brook is deep. Orzu-10 Stuff-43 Baseball--1, 2, 3, 4: Football--1. Ambition-4 C0llllll91'l'llli Avcountauxt. Sylvia Betty Grazioplene- Lee Silf'm'0 is flu' most pvrfvvt lwrald of joy. I ll'l'l'f' ba! little lzrlppy, if I vould say how IlIIll I.u Axnbit ion-S swrotu 1' y. - Franvis M. Hackley- Hackley Spf-ak little. but that little is always the beast. Omclv Stuff-3, 4: Ambition- Fllevtricnl Engineer. YVeld0n Hilc-hey- XVell-done 'bl proprr man. as mm shall src on a s1nn1nc'r's day. Ambition-To bei-oxne a scientist. Charlotte Elvira Howell Young in limbx, in judgment old. fj1'Ili0l'ii'lli Caufost-4: Ambition --To be ax home oc-onomics ten- vlwr. Mario Joseph T. Ianni- Seniors No 101111111 is so rivlz as lmnvs- fu. Football--lg 01':1t0ri0:1l Contest -43 Ambition-Musiciun. Anthony Samuel Indovino- Tr:wy gl Forintlwiarz. a lad of mcrttla, a good boy. llelskvtbzlli--4: Autumn Daiwa Coin. - -lp Ambition -- Fellornl Agitxlli. Alan Ingalshe- Spike Jim: of few words are llle best men. Rexios--1, 2. 3, 4: Football- 2, 3, 4: Band-2, 3, 4: Draina- tics---3, 43 Ambition-Mechuni- cal Engineer. Merton A. Jones- Jonesy Marry as fhe day is Io-ng. Ambition-To be an Industrial Arts Teacher. ' l Cusime-r Joseph Kedziorslsi- KiKize!9 Tha fmt years of a man 1ll1l8f make p1'o1'isiin'n for the last. linsolmll-2g Football-33 Ain- lziition--To he :1 .Xt!I'0llIlUtiCZ11 Ellgilieer. SENIORS Margaret Sylvia King- Marg Thai are only truly great who arf' tr-uly good. Urnc-I0 Stuff--3, -lg Drmnntivs- 1, 2, 3, -lg Gloe Club-1, 25 Jr.- Sr. Bull Com.--43 Ambition- Undecided. Bert-ha Ruth Lewis-- Bert I know nothing about it: I am my only anuostorf' Hawaiian 01-4-liestra-2: Ambi- i.l0ll-+1llif'l'i0l' IJPI'0!'lli0l'. Grace Mary Madonia- Gray i ll'hi1-h I Ioarned with the xufoat of my brow. Bnskotbull-2, 35 1Jra1m1tiQs-- 1, 2, 3, 4112169 Club-l, 2,3,-1: Amhition--Supurixmtvndont of ax Hospital. Virginia. Jennie Marbellaf- Marbie i'Nothing great wax ever achimfffrl without 0Nfh1lSilIl7l.h Basketball-2, 3 3 llrmnntics-1, 2, 3, 43 Glve Club-1, 2, 43 Autumn Dance Coin.-4: Ambi- tion-Liln'1u'inn. Ruth Carroll Merkel Too fair to worslzip, foo divine to lore. Oracle Stuff-3, 4: l7l'AllllZliilfS- 1, 2. 3, 4: Give Club-1. 2, 3: Octet-l, 2. 3, 43 Ambition-- Mutlienmtivs Teaalzer. 13 John Peter Obach- Hold-tight Thr :roads are full of them. Ambition-l'nd01-idvd. Chester H. Ohs- Chet Faint heart never won fair lady. R1-x'os-1, 2. 3: 1ll'lllll2ltiCS' 2. R: Amhition-Cominercieil lV0rk. Marie Edith Olmsted High orvvfod thoughtx seated in the heart of f'ourt0sy. Oraale Stuff-3, -lg Basketball- 2, 3, 4: Orchestra-2, 3, 4: Dra- mativs-1, 2, 3, 4g Glee Club-1, 2 : Octet-1, 2, 3, 43 Orutori- val Contest-iq Ambition-Uir dei-id ed. Pauline Marie Orsini- Polly Smiles may come smiles may go, but giggles go 011' for- ever. Oracle Staff-4: Basketball-2, 3, 4: Draunativs-3g Ambition --To be usoful in this World. Lynn XV. Parsons- Lindy 1Iem-vfartlzy. I never -will be Roman. Orolu--tra-2. 3, 43 Band 3, -1: Ambition-To master the trum- pet. Frances Lucille Pask- Pasky 'iNotl1liug is impossible to dili- gence and skill. Dramatics-1, 2, 3: Glee Club -1, 2: Jr.-Sr. Ball Com.-3: Autumn Dance Com.-4: Ambi- tion-Stenographer. Janet Patterson- 'Scotty 'iVanity of 'vanities-all is - vanity. Dramatic-s-1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club -1, 2, 3, 4: Ambition -To travel. Douglas Duane Peterson- nnnollgnv 'iNo one knows zrlmt he can do 'till ho tries. Rexies-Nl, 2, 3: Orchestra-3, 4: Band-l, 2, 3, 4: Drnlnatics -2, 3: Ambition-Chemist. Jennie Theresa Pilato Some are born great, some aclnievc greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Class otlicer, President - 3 9 Oracle Stal?--3, 4: Basketball- 3. 4 : Drnmutics-1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club-1, 2, 3, 4: Oratorical Con- test-4: Ambition-Undecided. Lucy A. Puma- Lou Nothing is impossible to a -will- ing heart. Oracle Staff--4: Basketball-2, 3. -lg Drnmaties-1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club--1. 2, 3. 4: Ambition -Beauty Culturist. John XV. Reed- Johnnie T-ime ripens all things. No man is born wise. Basketball-4: Baseball-3, 4: Football-3, 4: 1JFl'llllili.lCS--2, Jr.-Sr. Ball Com.-3: Rexies-1, 2, 3: Ambition-Undecided. Ralph E. Rhodes- Toady Forget the brother, and re- sume the mon. Class ollicer, Treasurer-4: Oracle Staff-3, 4: Basketball- 4: Football-4: Rexies-1, 2, 3: 0rcl1estl'a--1, 2, 3: Band-2, 3, 4: 1l1'2llll2lill'S-3, 4: Jr.-Sr. Ball Pom.-3: Autumn Dance--4: Dance fll'CilllSfl'Il1-ij Ambition -Forestry. LeRoy F. Sanford, Jr.- Bud !'ontvnt to follow when we lead the u-ny. Oracle Staff-3, 4: Football--2, -2: Ambition-To be a success. Jane Minn Seaburg- Seaburg Fair and softly goes far, Class otlicer, Secretary--4: Oracle Staff-3, 4: Hawaiian Orchestra-1, 2: Dramatics-1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club-1. 2, 3, 4: Octet-1, 2, 3, 4: Oratorical Contest-3, -1: Oracle Staff No- minating Com.-3: Ambition- Teacher. Elinor M. Searls- R, C. Style is the dress of thought. Class officer, Vice President-3, 4: Oracle Staff-3, 4: Basketball -4: Draxnatics-1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club-1, 2, 3: Octet-1, 2, 3. 4: Autumn Dance Com.-4: Ainbitiou4Undec'idetl. SENIORS Jack Evans Shilvock 'The power of thought,-tlze magic of the mind. Class otlicer, President -- 43 Oracle Staff-4: Basketball-2, 3: fAttival 43 Oracle Stuff No- minating Com.-43 Ambition- Aviator. Virginia. E. Sta-ndish- Ginger Oh for a seal in some pooliv nook, Just hid with irons and spark- ling witlz- a brook. Oracle- Staff--15 Ambition-To go West and ride the wildest horses there. Tony D. Stornelli- Lawyer I dreamt that I dzrvlt in maar- blc halls, ll'ilh -rassalx and sarfs at my xi1lf'. 01'zu'le' Staff--lg Basketball--23 Football--1 3 Ambition - Busi- ness Executive. Edward Stanley Taylor- Eddie Jferriljl. -merrily shall I live now. I7mlf'r the blossom that hangs on the boughl' Basketball-3, -lg Baseball-33 Football-4 5 Drnmatics-L 3 Jr.- Sr, Ball Com.--35 Ambition- T0 find some athletic ability smnewllere. 15 J oe D. Thonnas- Tmnn1y Happy am I: from aarrc I'm free! Why aronft they all contented like ma? Basketball-2, 3, 43 Baseball- -ig Football-2, 3, 43 Ambition --To be ambitious. Earl Mivhael XVarnen- Mike .-l short saying oft contains -muclx wisdom. Orawle Staff--lg Ambition- Novelist. Joseph Xviktor- Half-done Good Health and good so-use are two of life's greatest blessings. Anxbition-Scientist. James Thomas Young- Youngie We grant, although he had -muah -wit, he was 'very shy of using it. Basketball-43 Baseball-2, 4g Football-1, 2. 3, 4: Hi-y-1: Ambition-To be serious. Fred Zigrossi- Ziggio And I with Nature's heart in tune, Converted harmonies. Oracle Staff-3, 4g 0rcl1estra-- 3. 45 Band-3, 4g Dance Or- cliestra--3, 45 Ambition-To master Sax. JUNIORS President .... ,-- Vice-President --- Secretary ....M,. Treasurer ..... Lloyd Bamm Bette Brumsted Emily Calus Walter Churchfield Charlotte Daniels Arlene Davidson Ferruccio Desimone Emma DiMatteo Philip DiSalvo Norma Doxtater Celia Dziedzic George Eckstein Elinor Forsyth Leonard Genesky Joseph Giordano Sam Giordano Joe Grazioplene Erwin Heckroth Shirley Hint Delbert Howard Nellie Ingalsbe Harry Johns Betty Jordan Leona Kedzierski Class of 1938 OFFICERS Alden Kriner Julia Latko Arlene Long Silvio Manetta Dora Marino Kenneth McEntee Josephine Messina Anna Mikolajczyk Harry lVIiller Bernard Moretti Dorothy Mullaney Beatrice Nagel Ruth Nelson Onolee Newton Florence Nicometo Esther Nyquist Gertrude Nyquist lawrence Parkins Donald Parsons Evelyn Patterson Eugene Peterson Harry Pieszala Betty Pixley Lester Rapiti 16 M-- Arlene Long Kenneth McEntee --- Bernard Moretti -,-------- Beatrice Nagel Lois Reed Elizabeth Reese Cecile Richard Ruth Richardson Paul Roth Mary Russell Irene Scarcia Leola Scott Eleanor Scroger Betty Seaburg Barbara Sinclair Clementine Sinclair Floyd Speed Lewis Squires Eva Starkweather Bernice Stevens Clark Sumeriski Quinton Utz Warren Waldo Natalie Weber Gladys Werth Kilburn Whitcomb Edwin Wylaz John Yunker SOPHOMORES President ....,W Vice-President .... Secretary .....,, Treasurer ,--,-- George Adams Mary Angeles Gladys Balonek Lloyd Barker Sam Bordinaro Concetta Bucceri Verle Campbell Vernon Campbell Nancy Carroll Anna Cianfrini Anna Damiani Tony Desimone Alan Dick Jennie Domagala Jack Domm Joyce Domm Edna Easton Elva Easton Edwin Fava Josephine Feneck Elmer Fitzsimmons Hazel Fitzsimmons Kathleen Frieday Teresa Gallo Mabel Genesky Page Gentsch Francis Glatz Betty Greene Audrey Hilchey Rowena Hoertz Class of 1939 OFFICERS Henry Holliday Doris Howard Edward Hutton Herman Ianni Joe Indovino Vito Jacobbi Melvin Jesmant Doris J osey Leo Kedzierski Harry Klehn Virginia Krueger Marie Lesso Agnes Lindsay Glenn Maddock Josephine Madonia Rose Madonia Robert Mahar Cesare Marietta Donald Martin Marian Mason Ralph McClurg Carl Mikolajczyk Angeline Mosco Victoria Needell Lucius Ohs Regina Ohs Josephine Olmsted Josephine Panek Donald Pask Filippina Pilato 17 --- Josephine Olmsted --- Verle Campbell ----,--------- John Puma --, ........ Vernon Campbell Charles Puccio John Puma Richard Radka Marion Ransom Edna Rhodes Eflie Roesel Jean Root Claribel Roth Virginia Rowley Rose Sapienza Evelyn Scarborough Gerald Scarborough Marguerite Scharlau Edward Sharp Fern Shepard Clark Sumeriski Anna Tacca Joe Tacca Haworth Traver Dominick Vallese Gerald Werner Lucille Wickens Jane W iktor William Wilder Martha Woeller Marie Wright Robert Wright Dorothy Yunker FRESHMEN President ........ Vice-President L.- Secretary .... Treasurer r-- Lee Allyn Gordon Betters Pauline Brundage Bessie Bucceri Arlene Burr James Cassiano Grace Churchill Catherine Desimone Ulderico Desimone Ruth Dick Louis DiAntonio Howard Dutton Gladys Eckstein Edna Falker Malley Feeney Alfred Fessler Raymond Fessler Robert Fitzsimmons Rodney Forsyth Josephine Fuller Class of 1940 OFFICERS Phyllis Gacchina Wilbur Genesky Eama Gerone John Gillette Mayvis Griswold Warren Hagg Nina Hall Donald Harvey Julia Hint Umbcrto Ianni Lewis Johnson Lena J uliano Tony Juliano Harry Kelsey Verna Kowalczyk Charles Lonnen Edna Lonnen Everett McClurg Thomas Miller Ida Mills 18 -----,------ Julia Hint ---nun Warren Schaal ---L Dorothy Starkweather ------------- Warren Hagg Olga N icometo Peter Orsini Maria Perozzi Catherine Pursel Charles Reese Georgette Richard Grace Sage Warren Schaal Marjorie Schultz Ruth Seaburg Marion Snyder Clyde Starkweather Dorothy Starkweather Victor Stornelli Rose Sulimowicz Edward Sumeriski Harold Towne Lucille Young POST GRADUATES Floyd Betters A Emory Bromsted Laura Brumsted Louis Bucceri Lillian Burr Marvin Burr Francis Caton Paul Caton Bernard Carney Frank Clarke Jeanette Connolly Mary Costantino James Daley Ronald Daniels Post Graduates Esther Dutton Arthur Eckstein Laura Gann Ruth Hahn Robert Isenberg Edward Kriner Clifford Longs A -. Lena Madonia Lawson Mason Lloyd -Mason., Marvin McEntee Nick Moretti Celia Nagel r - Mary Novembrini 19 Arthur Parsons Bernice Peters Virgil Phelps Ruth Pickett Frances Pilato Earl Reed Elizabeth Sharp Mildred Shepard Lena Stornelli Robert Stevens ' 1 Elizabeth Straight Frank Trigilio Phyllis Wilder Kenneth Woeller g ALUMNI Officers-Class of 1937 President ...,... --- Jack Shilvock Vice-President .... --- Elinor Searls Secretary ..,.. --- Jane Seaburg Treasurer .................. ............ R alph Rhodes CLASS FLOWER CLASS COLORS Forget-me-not Red and White CLASS MASCOT CLASS MOTTO Scottie Dog To be rather than to seem. Alumnl The Oakfield High School Alumni Association held their annual reunion on June 25, 1936. Officers were elected as follows: President ............................... .... D onald Stevens Vice-President ........... -- Caroline Williams Secretary and Treasurer --- .... Rose Starkweather Executive Committee : Clare Buckel, Edith Starkweather, Bernard Carney, Jeanette Burr, Donald Powell. The following news about members of the Alumni Association might be of interest: Those who have gone away to school: Eleanor Clark ........................ ............ S yracuse University Jennie Cranston .... .... B uffalo State Teachers College Bernice Connolly ..... --- Fredonia State Normal School Sebastian DeFillippo --- ........... Syracuse University Virginia Forsyth ---- ............... --. ........... Canton College Lena Galeota ..... --- Central Bible Institute, Springfield,,Missouri Marion Gilbert --- ........................ Syracuse University Sidney Hood --- --- Syracuse University Genevieve Hyc --- .......- University of Buffalo Myrl Isenberg ..,. --- --- Oswego State Normal School 20 ALUMNI Anthony LaBue --- Julia Latferty --- John Moy .... Ruth Rhodes ....... Edward Rodamacker ,-- Margaret Traver --- Gordon Woeller --- Mary Whipple --- George Whipple --- Roger Richard -- What they are doing: ---- Buffalo State Teachers College --------.---, D'Youville College -.-- Johnson City Bible Institute --- Rochester Dental Dispensary - Geneseo State Normal School Brockport State Normal School --.-- Batavia Branch of R. B. I. -N Binghamton Bible Institute ---- Binghamton Bible Institute Coyn Electrical School, Chicago Earl Bloomingdale is teaching in Akron High School. Morris Bucher is managing a branch of the Peterson Drug Company in Newfane. Inez Brayley is employed in the Rochester Sanitarium. Wilfred Burton is teaching in the Le Roy Public Schools. Floyd Betters is employed in the Western Union office in Oakiield. Alice Dibble is in charge of the restaurant in connection with the Peterson Drug Company in Oakfield. Frank Gacchina is employed by the Ford Motor Company in Detroit. Ruth Hackley is employed in the office of the United States Gypsum Com- pany in Oakiield. Doris Hotchkiss is teaching commercial subjects in Fosdick-Masten Park High School in Buffalo. Rachel Rossman is nursing in Batavia Hospital. Gwendolyn Roth is teaching in a district school near Elba. Cecil Rhodes is employed in the office of G. W. Haxton and Son. Georgia Schultz is a clerk in the post ofiice in Oakfield. Laura Safford is teaching in a district school near Oakfield. Richard Sanford is employed by G. W. Haxton and Son. Mary Trumbower is taking nurse's training in Wyoming Community Hospital. Roberta Miller is nursing in Batavia Hospital. ' Guy Joe Desimone has recently received an advancement in the New York State Merchant Marine. 21 ALUMNI Theodore Kedzierski is employed, in the cfiice of the Dunlop Tire Company in Buffalo. Doris Lcsso is teaching in the Batavia Branch of the R. B. I. Edson Parker was recently transferred to a ministerial charge in Holley. Esther Phelps is a nurse in the Batavia Hospital. Victor Powell has completed a course in the Simmons School of Embalming in Syracuse. Marcelle Richard is employed in the oflice of the Batavia Express Lines. Jean Farnsworth is assistant to the head of Wasserman Laboratory at Strong Memorial Hospital. Marriages : Harry Bell and Sylvia Bickle. Ruth Krause and Raymond Johnson. Eleanor Gann and Gerald Woodstock. Grace Ella Haxton and Fred Hartshorn Bessie Bodell and George Fisher. Onolee Brackett and Leo Daniels. Grace Eckstein and Glenn Newton. Marion Fuller and Osborne Willson. Beatrice King and Arthur Frehsee. Virginia Searls and Roger Sleight. Ruth Elizabeth Sanford and Frank Manarel. Raymond Long and Corene Jenks. Reuben Miller and Dorothy Yerdon. Louise Motz and Seth Johnson. Dominick Orsini and Carmela LaRussa. Grace Peters and Leon Allen. Births to members of the Alumni: To Michael and Juanita Miller Miller, a daughter. To Clarence and Marguerite Pask Greene, a son. To Boniface and Mary Howell Kcmar, a son. To Fay and Florence Branton Starkweather, a son. To Albert and Edith Wolcott Scroger, a son. 22 X L IR' lU TV PRA N si I iii a r r 1 , - - M mmwmanmvknuu---.o.u1,w,.m...nf.-A-fvcv pu 1-.ru-.en-.11 v- X um,-ma ' -- , v -- + x -. f.- - uf- - X- - 4 - QX '--1 zwsfwu-n.ww-fxwqgmn-:umm-,pw-'.1L,--N:-w,,.,.2-,-svvffvmvw -Y.-f,-..- LITERATURE French LE PRINTEMPS A Mere Nature deplie ses vastes portes de paradis et expedie l'incident le plus gai de toute l'annee-le printemps. Toute la terre semble prendre une somme legere pendant l'hiver long et froid. Mais quand avril vient, la Mere Nature s'eveille avec de l'energie et de la beaute toutes neuves. Tout le monde accueille le printemps. C'est tres agreable de faire une longue promenade dans le bois. L'air est plein d'un riche arome. Marchant a travers le bois, c'est comme un riche tapis epais sous les pieds. Avec le depart du vent, le silence du ruisseau et le silence de la nature, le soleil, par degres, se couche derriere une basse colline pittoresque. A une vue pareille, ce n'est pas difiicile de comprendre la grandeur de l'oeuvre de Dieu et Sa puissance supreme. Ruth Merkel, French III. i-Q-. MONSIEUR FRANCAIS Monsieur Francais est tres unique Il est un bon ami Mais quand il montre son physique Je sens une maladie. J Je l'aime beaucoup un jour ou deux Et fais ma part tres bien. Mais quand probleme se trouve, parbleu, C'est fort, je n'y puis rien. 'Mais il a peur d'une seule jeune fille Qui porte le nom Brewer Car quand ils viennent aux mains Je les aime de tout mon coeur. Jennie Pilato, French III. L+.. LE PRINTEMPS LE MECHANT HENRI Tous les jours, toute la journee, Henri se leve au mauvais temps, Je vais jouer, danser, chanter, A neuf heures moins un quart: Et chaque oiseau, est bien content, Il va a classe bien rapidement, Car maintenant c'est le printemps. Ses lecons faites en part. Mabel Genesky, French I. -.,... CET HIVER? 'HIVER a commence au mois de novembre, est reste pendant une semaine ou deux de decembre, alors vraiment a disparu. Ou est-il alle? C'est un tres grave mystere. Avant Noel quand 1'hiver nous a fait une courte visite, nous avons eu de la glace, mais nous n'avons pas eu de patins. Depuis Noel nous avons eu des patins, mais nous n'avons pas eu de glace. C'est dommage. Les Skis n'ont pas ete pris du grenier et les traineaux y ont ete retournes deja. Les ecoles n'ont pas pu jouer au hockey parce qu'i1 n'a pas gele assez. Il y a plus de pluie que de neige. Si l'hiver retourne aux mois de mars et d'avril quand le printemps devrait etre ici, je pense que j'irai demeurer en Floride! Jack Shilvock, French II. 23 LITERATURE Latin MODERN TRENDS AMONG THE ANCIENT ROMANS N studying the life of ancient Romans we learn that they were not so different from our moderns. First of all, we note their vanity. Bald-headed men tried then in every way to disguise their disiigurement. Even the great Julius Caesar did it. That women spent hours trying to improve their beauty with cosmetics and elaborate coiffures is proved by certain references in literature and by the finding of various toilet articles in Pompeii. Roman barbers showed familiar tendencies. Martial, the Roman poet, says that one barber of his acquaintance stopped so many times to listen to or enter into the conversation of the loungers in the barber shop that, by the time he had finished one side of his patron's face, the beard had started to grow again on the other side. Martial also describes the person who went into an art shop and asked the shopkeeper to show him practically every article in the shop and set forth the merits and price of each --- only to emerge finally after buying a mere trifle. Many Roman homes had bathtubs, and the huge public baths with their very small admission charge offered bathing facilities to the Roman people. Roman politicians were also addicted to graft, as well as ours, if we are to believe the Roman writers. Fragments from the diary of Maecanas, who was a close friend of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome Q27 B.C. - 14 A.D.J, state that the emperor and some members of the imperial court were devotees of golf. Sometimes the august personage missed the ball, as the following lines, translated by Bert Lestor Taylor, prove. He swung the driver with terrific force, And - missed the ball a foot or two, of course, A caddy snickered, then discreetly blew, And Caesar after him the driver threw, With certain objurgations, warm and tinglish, That look less rude in Latin than in English. The Latin III Class. 1.1. OMETIME in our life, we allreceive an education. Usually when we are old enough to reason for ourselves Cabout five or six years oldJ we are sent to school Ca place of studyingj. We pass gradually through the grades and finally emerge into high school. Then comes the long tedious home work and studying for tests. If we are fortunate and have studied our lessons daily, we are most likely to pass. First we become freshmen, then we rise to become sophomores, and next we achieve the position of juniors, and finally after enjoy- ing a year as seniors we graduate from the school. On commencement night we are given a diploma which proves that we have earned the right to graduate. We set out upon the journey of life to find many rough places and bumps and many bridges to cross. After much strenuous work and worry we reach our destination in our ambition. Old age creeps upon us and we wait for death to take us away to eternity. Death finally comes and we are carried to our grave, a corpse. , In the above paragraphs the underlined words are words that come from Latin words either directly or through some other language. Bette Brumsted, Latin III. 24 LITERATURE English SONNETS A FRIEND Are you a friend to those who are to you- Who'd give their lives and all their glittering gold That you have your share of happiness to hold, Or just a friend to but a favored few Who're always carping others' deeds to you? Are you the type of friend to be cajoled By words and let bad deeds go uncontrolled When you might teach others to be true? You must be true in whatyou say and do, And not condemn a man behind his back. All faithful friends are precious finds todayg Then let us love the old as well as new And have our faith be flawless in its track And teach and trust our friends through life's hard plav Virginia Standish English IV lg-1. SATAN'S FRIEND I often wonder why the woodland trees Loose all their leaves when fall time comes around Why winter has to come along and freeze And spoil the wonderous beauties that abound. Frost chases to the root all of life's blood, And there he covers it with sheets of snow Sequestering it in pools of dirty mud, Where it can't help a thing to live and grow. Jack Frost, to me, is merely Satan's friend, Who loves to see the beauties all destroyedg But God in springtime does these harms amend By making all these acts of Satan's void. Then, when we see the trees leave out in spring, We all praise God and laugh and shout and sing. Earl Warner English IV l . HAPPINESS What greater care has any heart than life, Since all the sorrows, laughs, and sighs are naught And as each sprouting day appears, there's strife Among the crowd where joy or love is sought? Our happiness is sprinkled here and there. Unless some fool can find a way to mar it, The perfect path becomes too hard to bear. The shifting shades are always sure to cross it. The giggling brook bids birds sing cheery songs For those of us who cannot take the timeg While we berate the ones who do us wrong, And pat the backs of those with whom we shine. Of all the paths of life in countless glory, 'Tis happiness which makes our life a story. Jennie Pilato English IV 25 LITERATURE III IV VI V LIMERICKS There was a young man named Bob Burns, Who played his bazooka by turns, He lost his big horn One bright sunny morn' And now it's the sponsor who burns.-Jane Seaburg. I once knew a boy while in school, y Who wouldn't study, but would act like a fool. When exams came around, His face wore a frowng Q And he didn't pass as a rule.-Chester Ohs. There was an old duffer named Shakespeare- What trouble in English he makes here! To see his Midsummer's Dream Or two poorly matched teams, Leaves the latter to choose from I fear.-J ack Shilvock. He planned to elope in a boat To some place far and remote. She was so fat That boat upsat And both found themselves afloat.--Ralph Rhodes. I had a dog and his name was Jack, Who tried to sleep on a railroad track. A train came byg His face flew high, And hit the conductor right square in the eye.-Mario Ianni. There was a young man from Oakfield Who one day drove to Springfield. On the way there, He was hit for fair, ' And now he is in a Church field.-Alan Ingalsbe. The Tale of Two Cities ' There was a young man named Darnay, Whose lifeifor a cri-me had to payg But on the dayiof his case, - . A man took-' his place V ' . And left him on the good earth to stay.-Margaret King. '- . . IMISCELLANEOUS POETRY FLEAS I think that I shall never see A bug as lively as a flea- A flea who flits and flies about, And through your hair runs in and out- A Bea that nestles in your hair, And leaves a flock of Heas in there- A flea too small for you to catch, Yet not too .small to make you scratch. Flies are caught by girls like me, But only dogs can catch a flea. . Frances Pask, English IV ' 26 LITERATURE MY HOMEWARD JOURNEY FROM OAKFIELD HIGH Often wandering home at midnight, Walking past the gloomy trees, a Walking home from Oakfield High School, Hoping that I will not freeze, Walking in the winter's whiteness, Steaming like an iron horse, . 2' Hoping, praying, fighting onward, 'I Wandering never from the course, a Bucking wind that bites and chill-s'me, Smashing snowflakes under foot, Wondering why the trees grow barren, U Why the sap goes to the root, Why the leaves fall oif. and wither, When the fall time comes around, Why Jack Frost is so destructful To the beauties that abound. Walking past the old rock garden, Seeing spooks on every side, For these rocks are made of marble Marking where the dead reside. Chills play tag along my spine, And my wish to be arunning I'm unable to confine. At each leap I grow more windedg At each leap I'm nearer home. Suddenly, I am confronted With a sound much like a moan Coming from a ditch beside me. Where the grass grows thick and tall, Where the bushes in the darkness Hide, sequester-big and small. Soon I hear the sound repeated, With it comes a spooky cry. Then, it all is changed to singing As I slowly amble byg All my fears are soon abated By the thoughts of drunken Billy He's the one who makes these noises On this night so calm and still. Forward marching, onward, homeward 'Long this never ending trail Wandering home from Oakfield High School, Creeping forward like a snail, Soon I reach the home beloved, Soon I climb into my bed, Soon the light goes out above meg Soon to me the world is dead. Earl Warner, English IV 27 LITERATURE HUNTING I've often gone a hunting To see what I could kill, But never have had a chance To test my shooting skill. Though many a time I've wandered far O'er dale, and hill, and lee, I've never even a sparrow killed, They're all afraid of me. Oh, when they hear me coming, They scamper one and all Into their dark, deep, hiding place In rock, and ground, and wall. Sure, hunting is delightfulg I think the sport is fine. Although I've never shot a thing, It is no fault of mine. Chester Ohs, English IV. ..,.. FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW Men tell of new inventions- For each and all there'll be It's hard to believe our ears. A body-shapened chair, Our methods will be ancient For company, as the user, With elapse of fifty years. An arm with human hair. The forests will be replanted The food will be so simple By many trees man-made, A tiny pill will dog All colors will be removed then Another pill for any wine, Which nature has now displayed. And dinner will be through. The folks will live in houses Oh, man has done a plenty, They've built of durable glass, But still he isn't throughg It won't be any effort He'll spoil the natural beauty To see the neighbors pass. Of earth that's loved by you Virginia Standish, English IV. A POEM I have to write a poemg The words are supposed to rime, But I can't find a shorter way To save my space and time. I've sat here, oh, so very long, But have nothing to entwine. Whoever invented a poem Did an awful crime. Regina Ohs, English II. 25 LITERATURE SLUMS It's a pitiful sight to visit the slum Where dowdy people chew yesterday's gum- Tin cans, papers, boxes scattered on the street, And children running 'round with dirty, bare feet! Mothers lean against fences while they talk: They stand anywhere--even block the walk. No trees, no flowers-not even green grass To catch the people's eyes as they go past. You can hear the whistle of the departing traing When it is gone, there's the shouting again. Young, jobless boys stand around the street corners, With downtrodden look like that of mourners. N o matter through how many things you've trod, You have many things for which to thank God. Angie Diiiore, English IV. .-..- SILENCE AND SIN Your soul goes tiptoeing through the shady glen, Hesitates- My God, how quiet. -and trips on again. Good will overflow its boundaryg Your soul becomes giddy and dares not tarry. Hurry on, 0 Soul, through the forest, - For where there's sin, the shadow lies the longest. Until peaceful silence forever flits in To blot away the raging din of sin, Oh, God, forgive our soul of sin! Joe Thomas, English IV. ..-.1 THE RIVER OF HISTORY The great river of history Along this river of history Just flows alongg Are some larger stones- Things sometimes go smooth , Stones you see like these Other times, all wrong. Are Lincolns and Washingtons. In the river of history In the river of history Isalittle rock, Are holes, treacherous and deep Not one, but many They are all these awful wars People scorn and mock. Into which we should not leap. In this great long river We just float along, Although we really should try To keep it going strong. Edna Rhodes, English II. ?,i WRITING FOR ORACLES To knit and spin Was not much fun When 'twas my sole employmentg But now I write for Oracles And find it real enjoyment. Betty Greene, English II. 29 LITERATURE ESSAYS HISTORY OF THE ORACLE HE year 1919 saw the addition of the nineteenth amendment to our constitu- tion. The schoolyear 1919-1920 means even more to the students of Oakfield High School because in that year our school gave birth to its first year book, so felicitously named The O. H. S. Oracle by H. R. Avery, then a junior in Oakfield High. In fact, the Oracle was so appropriately named that there have been only minor changes in the title. The first three publications were issued under the title The O. H. S. Oracle, the next three under the title Oracle, and ever since it has been called The Oracle. As the nineteenth amendment gave the women the right to express their opinions, the Oracle gives the student a better opportunity of expressing his ideas, knowledge of literature, and feats of sport, music, or oratory. We must pay tribute to these students for their dexterity in departing from the old yearly calendar, to adopt the new and better Oracle. Like most infants, the first Oracle was small and the light of life flickering. The next year the light was sequestered and no Oracle appeared, but in 1921-22 it reappeared and the juniors and seniors ever since have tried to incorporate some indellible im- provement to make it more attractive and worth while in every way. Much creditfor its beginning should be given to Mr. Davis, principal at that time, and the credit for its continued success belongs to Mr. Williams and the various English teachers who have so unstintedly helped the juniors and seniors in this, their task. We have been unable to account for the discrepancy of the juniors and seniors of 1920-21 in not publishing the Oracle. However, there were only five graduates in 1919-20, not enough to take charge of the Oracle, so the juniors published our first book. We assume that when they became seniors they thought that the former book, being mainly the result of their efforts, was really their possession and an Oracle for that year was unnecessary. The Oracle was started to give outsiders a view of what the students were accomplishing in school, how they were preparing themselves to be broader- minded, patriotic citizens. Businesses were given the opportunity of advertising, and by advertising in the Oracle they showed their willingness to cooperate in any undertaking that was sponsored by their prospective customers. The school year should not be continuously filled with work because All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Much pleasure was found in preparing the Oracle and later in reading it. Thus the juniors and seniors published our first Oracle. The smaller book appeared for five years. At the sixth presentation it outgrew this small size but did not reach maturity till 1926-27 at which time a different binding made the larger book more attractive as well as more dur- able. Since then, there have been many improvements: placing the advertise- ments in the rear of the book and mingling jokes with them to encourage people to read the ads, bigger and better pictures of school activities, theme'd divi- sion sheets to separate the book into different departments, pages devoted to Latin, French and history, dedication cf the Oracle to some prominent person or teacher in the high school, odd snapshots of scholars, more pages devoted to music, sport, high school plays, and speaking contest, alumni features, post graduate pictures and many others. The students are really becoming zealous in their efforts to publish the best book yet. Our only hope is that the oncoming juniors and seniors will not become too fastidious, and thus spoil the spirit of the Oracle, but that they will strive to make some indellible improvement each year to better the former students' best . Earl Warner, English IV. 30 LITERATURE - THE HISTORY OF OUR CLASS LTHOUGH scattered like seed in the wind, the school-goers from the old- sawmill, the Presbyterian Church, the Methodist Church, and other places have blossomed into the present class of 1937. Our first school days were very happy ones. When we started from home with other small children, we would take hold of hands and march proudly to school with I'm-going-to-school-now faces and frequently we would look ataour wearing apparel or notice Janie's hair ribbon and stop to converse and tell that we had some at home, too. We learned to tie shoe laces, play games in groups, write our names, listen to the best fairy tales, and oh, so many other wonderful things! Some of the teachers who struggled through those effervescent days of childhood were Miss Hurd, Miss Smith, Mrs. Williams, and Miss Jacks. Our principal has alway been Mr. Williams. One fine day in 1927 the new school building was completed and the pupils of our class were transferred or transplanted to the new Oakfield High School. It was a somewhat spectacular event. We walked along the corridors and looked around with awe, .unaccustomed to the spacious halls and large windows. Also the comparison of size was incredible. We had been in the habit of sitting around the stove when cold. A similar feeling was sensed when we became high-schoolers. We looked forward to a lovely time but were suppressed by the know-it-all seniors who looked down at us with look-up-at-us eyes and passed by us mincingly. Our very presence irritated them. But in spite of all the obstacles, we were still floweringg and then Realization told us that we were there. We were seniors. We weren't alone by any means or else all the wayside flowers would have been picked. But our dear high school teachers came along and helped us pick the prettiest, directed us to better places, and showed us the best. They have watched us blossom. Whether or not we mature depends on us. We can probably blame the depression-Yes, the depression of mentality! Jennie Pilato, English IV. ..,, LAST PERIOD IN STUDY HALL IGHTH period classes pass. How heavenly this phrase sounds to the tired ears of the student. Just forty-five minutes to go, then school will be over for the day. This is the sole thought of a student as he hurries into the study hall, so that he might secure his favorite seat. Great is the sorrow of the person who is directed by the teacher to take a seat up in front. After the scholars are settled for the period, a cavalcade to the library is started. Before long, nearly one-fourth of the group is in the library. But the pleasure of a few individuals whose scholastic standing is questionable is interrupted by a tap on the shoulder and a request to return to the study hall. While the teacher is in the library sorting out the sheep from the goats , a slight conversation is carried on among the less studious students in the study hall. If, on the teacher's return, he should see a person talking, the dreaded sentence, after school in 201 is pronounced. When the first bell rings, a noise is heard in the back of the study hallg the cavalcade of bookworms is returning. All the students prepare to depart. Many close their books so they will be ready when the last bell rings. Br-r-r-r x School is over for the day. Buddy Travers, English II. 31 LITERATURE FROST MAGIC NE cold morning, I woke to find that Jack Frost had left some of his picturesque scenes on my windows. What a study they made. There was a little village snuggled among frost mountains with snow- covered house tops. The mountains seemed like a mother, sheltering her children from the wind and the snow. I imagined the work and toil going on inside the house, and the good time the families were having. In another part of the frost landscape, there was an old mansion, and it brought reminiscences of the The House of Seven Gables . It was a recluse in respect to the rest of the scene, and as I looked at it more closely, I thought I saw seven gables. Would venerable Hepzibah open the shop, and Phoebe read to Clifford? Off in the distance was a cottage, nestling among tiny trees. There was a fence around the house, and in front I saw a gate. The cottage was like a bird who had built its nest for the year. What a cozy home! Maybe there was a fireplace, and a living room, and a party, in that house. In a few minutes my frost pictures had disappeared, and nothing was left but a little ice, which made me think of life after something has shattered your dreams and ambitions, and nothing is left but the faint hope that theymay be built again. - Arlene Davidson, English III. ...+L ECONOMICS HAT does economics deal with? Is it a diflicult subject to master? Ecoe nomics is not an easy subject. It is about wealth and the manner in which we obtain wealth. A certain few of us are born wealthyg wealth is thrust upon another selected few, but the greater part of us expect to work and work hard for what wealth we get. Students of economics study and work and much work is necessary to obtain its values. All the economics cannot be consoli- dated into one book, but its fundamental principles are studied and after these have been mastered the rest is fairly easy. There is not much to be memorized, but there is a great deal of plain thinking called for. This thinking may seem at first backwards , because most of us think that wheat costs money because the wheat, land, and other producing factors are valuable. In the study of economics the students will find it just the opposite. Arthur L. Faubel said, Pearls are not high-priced because men have to dive for them, but men dive for them because they are high-priced. Another thing he said is, Economics is a science, and in a science you must not talk before you know. Economics is generally divided into eight sections. They are: first, Foundation of The Science of Economicsg second, The Economics Organization for Productiong third, Demand and Supply, Price and Value: furth, Money and Banking, fifth, Trade and Transportationg sixth, Risk and Its Part in Modern Businessg seventh, The Economics of Government, eighth, The Distribution of Wealth and Income. Each one of the above is taken up in detail as much as possible. Some people think that they have obtained all the knowledg that there is available on some of the above sections. Many of them would be surprised how little they really know concerning the subject. No high school education is complete without the study of economics. This subject will be of help to the student no matter what he does in the future. The leading men of our nation are greatly concerned with the economic pro- blems. Shall we be leaders? Then, let us study economics in order to better 32 LITERATURE ' WAR WAR-a losing game for both sides? Is war a game? To associate games which mean happy times with war seems incredible. War is a loss for both sides. What party of the armed combat can be said to win if millions of its citizens lie dead on the battlefield, murdered by men who bore them no grudge, but had to kill or be killed ? These dead are not tokens of victory, a glorious symbol, but rather innocent victims of greed, the father of war. Their loss to their country is irreparable. Their places can never be filled. They are gone for- ever, caught in the trap of an unfriendly Fate. What gain can a country show when millions of her citizens are crippled, blind, disfigured, insane or otherwise maimed for life by war? Surely a multi- tude of people, sick, mentally and physically, is not a shining beacon light to guide the fiight of future generations. The women and children who are left fatherless, husbandless, or brother- less are certainly not human laurels. If people have been snatched from their loved ones by a ruthless monster, completely uncontrolled, there is no victory. The shortage of food, the utter devastation of land, the destruction of homes-to sum it up, territory left useless, until rehabilitated at the cost of several billion dollars, children crying for food and in desperation, eating anything, are results of war. Can this be called a gain? War is never a gain. 'Both sides lose and lose and lose. War never settles anything except which one of the two combatants is the stronger. Treaties are made, and broken. We once fought to make the world safe for democracy. Now dictatorships are springing up like mushrooms after a. summer rain. Did we accomplish our purpose, or our excuse for entering the war? In the face, of so many outstanding failures in achievement by force, surely some other way of settling disputes must be more efficient and civilized. War costs human lives, peace costs human effort. Anonymous. Q......-. GIRL SCOUTS HEN Lord Robert-Baden Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in 1908, little did he realize that he was paving the road for a world-wide program of scouting. When, in 1910, he called the Boy Scouts to him in London he was faced by a small but determined group of girls who had accompanied their scout brothers to the meeting. These girls insisted that they wanted to be scouts, too, so that they as well as their brothers could enjoy the scouting program of work and play. From this branch have developed the Girl Scouts of America. In America, Mrs. Juliette Low organized the first Girl Scout troop at her home in Savannah, March 1912. Until her death, Mrs. Low gave generously of her time, money, and enthusiasm, first to develop the Girl Scouts of America, and later to make Girl Scouting more widely known throughout the world. Girl Scouting is adapted to the various needs and interests of girls between the ages of ten and eighteen. The program is arranged in such a progression of activities that from the Tenderfoot test to the rank of Golden Eaglet, the highest award, there is always some enriching experience for the member, at least, I found it so. 33 LITERATURE The Tenderfoot test is comparatively. simple. The member takes the Girl Scout promise, learns the laws, and gives evidence to her captain that she understands certain national' traditions. To be advanced' to a Second Class Scout, she must pass approved tests which show that she is growing in Girl Scout character, is making progress in her knowledge of wood-craft and home- making, and is learning to safeguard her health. The First Class is the rank that most girls stop -at. To be a First Class Scout she must show continued progress in all requirements, especially in home-making, child care, cooking, and home- nursing. She must be a good and resourceful camper, be able to swim, and to understand the approved life-saving and first-aid methods. She must give evidence of some tangible service to the community. Girl Scouts who are interested in particular subjects, such as art, athletics, music, or horsemanship, may win proficiency badges for skill in these special fields. The Golden Eaglet, highest award of the Girl Scouts, is given to the member who has earned twenty-oneimerit badges, and who gives evidence of outstanding Girl Scout service and spirit. The organization is a simple one. A troop is made up of about three or four patrols with an adult member as captain. The patrol usually consists of about eight girls who elect a patrol leader from their own group. The patrol leaders and the assistants make up the Court of Honor. The Court of Honor considers suggestions made by the patrols and plans the program and activities of the troop.. The Oakfield troop is the largest in the county. With the leaders and troop committee there is an enrollment of ninety-nine. There are also four Golden Eaglets in the Oakfield troop. A Girl Scout has kinship with the pioneers who have gone before her. The adventure that was theirs, the joy of accomplishment, the satisfaction of giving service to others belong to the girl of today. The Girl Scout has no new lands to discover or in which to pioneer, but she explores new fields of know- ledge and in addition to finding new pleasures, she discovers the happiness and joy of rendering service. Ruth Merkel, English IV. -.-9.1 CREATIVE WRITING HE most difficult achievement of an author is the perfection of a master- piece. He must be highly imaginative and must be able to record his thoughts in a fine literary style. Imagination is the picture-making power of the human mind. The author who can best relate the imaginative occurrences can display to his readers a more lucrid mental picture than the author who chooses to write about the real incidents. Organization, unity, and compression of ideas are traits only found in the more prominent masterpieces. Only the experienced writers can handle these characteristics to the best possible advantage. The form of any literary work is usually considered to be the manner in which the writer expresses himself. No piece of literature is rated outstanding unless its style is almost without blemish. Any author who wishes to produce famous writings must not only think of the ideas to record, but must also put them down in a correct literary manner. 34 LITERATURE Description is another very poignant essential to any fine literature. Through imagination we can paint the background of the mental picture, but description must be employed to bring forth the real color of the picture. From a vivid description one obtains a mental picture similar to that gained by looking at a painting. The descriptive material used in any work should not be long and uninteresting, but should be short, concise, and very accurate. Nathaniel Hawthorne instantly comes to my mind as being a renowned American author of this fine creative type of story. He was serious, highly imaginative, and was capable of portraying his true emotions and opinions in a very distinguished form of literature. His usage of description may have seemed to some readers entirely useless, but when we have finished reading one of his descriptive paragraphs, We have an exact mental picture of the object or objects described. Any author of importance must be highly imaginative, must be able to put his ideas down in correct literary form, and should employ brief and accu- rate descriptions throughout his story. Eleanor Scroger, English III. Qi DEATH IN THE DUSK AT THE OLD STONE PIT He stealthy fog eddies and swirls. A fine, misty rain is filtering down.' It is prematurely dark. A perfect setting, is it not, for Crime and his com- panion, Death? A form looms through the mist, muttering and swearing to itself. It comes closer. Now, we recognize the evil, jeering Dunstan Cass, Houndering along the slippery clay road. What is he up to on such a night? Let's followhim and see. A Hickering light is seen during a minute's lifting of the fog. Shelter? Dunstan quickens his pace. A thunderous knocking on the door of Silas Marner's cottage breaks the silence. No answer? Again, he knocks. Still, no answer? Finding the door unlocked, he steps in. The cottage door is unlocked, but not a soul is inside. He steps in, and, making himself perfectly at home, he sees fingermarks on the sand floor. In an instant he has cast several furtive glances about him to assure himself that no one is near, and he drops to his knees. Sweeping the soft sand away, he discloses loose bricks and then a small hole containing two leather bags. So this is where Silas keeps his much-talked- of hoard. Without meditation, he removes the leather bags, covers up the hole, and makes for the door. How absurdly simple! Now he will have spending money for a time, at least. The path is even more slippery now. He heads for home along the narrow path at the brink of the Stone Pit, spending the money in his mind, already, and greatly enjoying it. His foot strikes a crumbly portion of the rain-soaked shale. He slips. A piercing scream rents the air as he takes the long plunge. There is a sicken- ing thud as his head hits a projecting rock, a splash as he hits the water, and then all is quiet, once more. The water gurgles a little where he goes under, but aside from that only God knows what has happened. We were right. Crime and his companion, Death, were lurking near-by. And now, justice is done. Dunstan has paid the penalty. Robert Wright, English II. 35 LIBRARY THE LIBRARY T would be quite impossible to have even a casual familiarity with the things daily discussed were it not for the existence of libraries. The Oakfield High School library offers much knowledge for one mind to master in volumes of history, natural science, useful arts, literature, fine arts, languages, religion, philosophy, sociology, and the general works, all of which are organized by the Dewey Decimal System , an arrangement of decimals. The prodigious number of fiction books are not classifiedg but are arranged alphabetically according to the author's name. Biography, which is history's first cousin, claims the same classification. Although our library is ready for use, many students fail to take advantage for the simple reason that they don't understand the procedure of borrowing the contents. All questions that might arise are answered by means of the Card Catalog which is an index to all books in the library, as each book has an author, a title, and a subject card, except fiction which has only two cards. Ordinary, yet indispensable, miscellaneous knowledge of Who's Who in America and Who's Who can be obtained from books by that name, the dictionary offers information which we never realizedg the encyclopedias have a variety of materials, and the World Almanac keeps one well-read on foreign and domestic facts. The Reader's Guide is a useful index to the mate- rial in magazines. With all of these educational facilities, are you doing your- self justice? Shirley M. Hint, English III. lyi. BOOKS OOKS! A five-letter word spells romance and adventure to some, history to others, poetry and drama to others, and to the lazy, work that the teacher assigned, but from books, we obtain ideas that challenge, interest, amuse, or stimulate our thinking. Probably a book that challenges us is the most valuable. Biographies and autobiographies are usually of this type. The reader of Booker T. Wash- ington's Up From Slavery , comprehending that big oaks from little acorns grow , as evidenced by the rise of a poverty-stricken negro boy-forced to earn his own living-to president of a university, strives to raise his ideals and aims. Tracy Byer's Martha Berry invites us to assist in the education of the moun- tain children. Ernest Poole's Nurses on Horseback dares the reader to be- come a ministering angel on a beast of burden . Books that interest us are usually those dealing with the characters of people. Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter' grips us as we gradually uncover the minister's character. Stories of pioneers and frontier farmers, such as Gladys Carroll's As The Earth Turns , Rolvaag's Giants in The Earth and Peder Victorious , Aldrich's A Lantern in Her Hand engross us in the joys and woes of our forefathers. Books of adventures, such as Vincent Sheean's Personal History and Halliburton's travel stories hold us by their rapid action. Modern novels amuse us. Leslie Charteres, Carolyn Wells, Agatha Christie write mystery stories, not to propound their personal philosophy, but to draw our minds from us and fasten them on fictitious characters who are chasing elusive criminals. Edna Ferber, Kathleen Norris, Mary Roberts Rhinehart, Willa Cather, Emilie Loring, Grace Livingston Hill, LidarLarrimore are but a few of the writers who strive to make us forget ourselves. 36 LIBRARY Books stimulate our thinking. Autobiographies, like Robert Morris's Fifty Years a Surgeon, make us marvel at the progress of medical science. Ella Enslow's Schoolhouse in the Foothills amazes us, for we can not imagine the horrible conditions in which mountain people of our America, land of the free dwell. Carveth Wells' Adventure, changes our ideas about tropical life and makes us wonder if perhaps we are too susceptible to horror-stories. Literature is the art of expressing life in words. It is a noble art, given only to the chosen few, singled out of the mass for this honor. They are commissioned by a High Force to put down their thoughts that we might profit. Let us not fail to gain whatsoever we may! Marie Olmsted, English IV. Lg... HISTORICAL NOVEL REPORT Tale of Two Cities , the famous historical novel which got its impetus from the events of the great French Revolution, was written by Charles Dickens in the period between 1857 and 1859. Dickens was born in England in 1812 while his father was working in the Navy Pay Office. The family was always poor, and the childhood of the future author was passed in an atmosphere of makeshifts and experiments. He literally educated himself from his own experiences in life. He held jobs varying from that of a boy in a blacking ware- house to that of Parliamentary reporter at the age of nineteen. He began writing about the year 1833, and from then on turned out work after work. During his later life he gave readings in England and in America, which he had visited on a former occasion. Finally, on June 9, 1870 at his home, Gadshill Place, near Rochester, he died. Throughout his life his motto was Do well what you do do. Dickens acquainted himself with the period of the narrative by reading books concerned with it. The authority upon which he chiefiy relied was Thomas Carlyle's History of the French Revolution , but he used many other sources of information. While he was at work upon the novel he read nothing but such as had the air of the times in it. The result is a remarkably accurate portrayal of the life of the period. The scope of the book is the great period of turmoil, upheaval, and chaos in France known as the French Revolution. At this time there was a great surge of feeling on the part of the lower classes to overthrow all aristocracy and to free themselves from the tyrannical rules of the nobles-principally the Evremonde clan King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed on the guillotine, followed, during this period of the revolution, by Robespierre and his Reign of Terror . The system of government was despotic, power and wealth being concen- trated in the hands of the ruling classes. The land was almost wholly under the control of the nobles and clergyg the conditions of the peasants were intolerable. Heavy burdens were imposed-such as the enforced labor without pay on the roads and the estates of the nobles. Taxes were oppressive, and there were also the exactions of the nobles, who squandered the money upon their own pleasures. One of the worst practices was the use of warrants by which a man might be thrown into prison secretly without trial and held there indefinitely. The dress of the period was chiefly that of the aristocracy during the latter part: of the eighteenth century-knee pants, ruiiies, velvet and lace, and powdered wigs. 37 LIBRARY There was much dancing and drinking and party-making whenever there happened to be time for such things. Religious shams were common at this time. 'I These numerous events of historical importance form a background for Dickens' novel. Against this historical background he places the lives and habits of a few ordinary human beings. His object seems to be to write a picturesque story which swells up from each chapterg with characters true to life, but whom the narrative should express rather than they should express themselves by dialogue. Of this he said, I fancied that a story of incident might be written, pounding the characters in its own mortar and beating their interest out of them. Dickens does not try to give a survey of historical happenings, but simultaneously he is careful to indicate by allusions here and there the connection between the people of his iiction and the realities in the center of which they are set. Many of these allusions are merely suggestions, skillfully introduced, so that the reader is almost unconsciously kept near to the grim course of the Revolution. A I believe this novel to be one of the best of Dickens' many works. He is extremely adroit in linking the lives of his everyday characters with the ghastly public event which was taking place in the same hemisphere. A second great appeal of this book is the imaginative picture of by gone days which it leaves indelibly imprinted upon the consciousness of all who read it. A Tale of Two Cities is truly a great historical novel. Francis M. Hackley, English IV. -ig-1 BEN HUR HE title of the character-study novel which I read is Ben Hur by Lew Wallace. As every author has a special reason for writing his particular book, I believe Lew Wallace wrote his because he desired to encourage the cause of religion, and to introduce it as a means of developing one's character. He wanted us to realize how inspiring and uplifting it is to believe in God, and how we may better ourselves as Ben Hur did, by it. Ben Hur, the hero of the story, lived in the time of Christ and was a great follower of our Lord. He was scorned, as all Jews were, but was of such an outstanding and unusual character that he withstood all the contempt which was thrust upon him. He deeply believed in the teachings of Jesus, and as a result tried to live as he instructed. Honesty, determination, loyalty, and many other admirable traits make his character stand forth from the ordinary man's and make it a model for the molding of our own. Lew Wallace gives us a vivid picture of the life and customs of Biblical times. He shows us the hatred cast upon the Jews because of their religious views, and the corruptness and harshness of Roman rule. The author depicts the more agreeable side of life by describing the beauty of night in Egypt, the family life of the people, and the thrilling chariot races. One of the most vivid, gruesome descriptions was that of Ben Hur as a galley slave, illustrating the sweat and hard work, the beatings and poor food, and the terrible working conditions which the slave had to withstand while on the ship. One receives much value from the reading of Ben Hur . Not only does the reader obtain an idea of Biblical times, but he also secures a knowledge of the good which religion and belief in God can give. Charlotte Daniels, English III. 38 LIBRARY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE HAT thoughts of Hawthorne enter your mind as you read his novel, The House of Seven Gables ? Do you wonder about his personality and how it influenced his style of writing? p Casually dipping into his life, we know that Hawthorne had no ordinary childhood, but was reared in the solemnity of a dark and quiet house at whose head was his mother who replaced the usual love and companionship of a mother with a cold silence. Having no encouragement to mingle with people, he became a recluse, and as one, portrays the austere old Hepzibah with a friendly understanding. Steeped in Puritanism and witchcraft, Hawthorne had a valu- able source of information with which he could cleverly depict the superstitions of those sober characters in this novel. His passages about the missing arm of the dead Maule, the curse of the Maule's on the Pyncheons, and the death of Colonel Pyncheon were enriched with his knowledge of Witchraft. Understand- ing and sympathy with a quiet life affected the type of novel he produced. His characters were wholesome and real persons who knew nothing of dashing adventure, but were content to sit quietly by a friendly hearth. If as eccentric young moderns, we find Hawthorne's stories dry and dull compared to our own lives and imaginations, we can at least find joy in the beautiful descriptions and sentence structure. If we are not able to quench our spirit of adventure, we can find food for our minds in his sober tales of New England. Beatrice Nagel, English III. ..i,i.. A LITTLE DUSKY HERO by Harriet T. Comstock Little Dusky Hero is an interesting story of a brave, jolly, little negro boy, named George Washington McKinley Jones, but just plain G. W. to his comrades. This little dusky fellow had started out in the world to become a hero. For him the lazy, fun-loving life was never tedious or unpleasant. He was an obedient, faithful, little guardian of Colonial Austin and lightened many a burden among his comrades. He finally got his chance, grinned, and conquered things . It is interesting to trace how everything turns out favor- ably for the little, dusky, hero. Hazel M. Fitzsimrnons, English II. ...-..Q...... THE CAROLINIAN by Rafael Sabatini HE year is 1776. Harry Latimer, a young planter, espouses the cause of the rebels, and by doing so, he loses his fiancee, Myrtle, and loses, also, the friendship of her father. The British government orders Harry's arrest, but, not daring to carry this out, gives the young man a few days to escape. Harry, who is jealous of a British captain, refuses to leave Charlestown even to save his life. Certainly, Mr. Sabatini has put many a joyous thrill of adventure into his book, The Carolinian . John Puma, English II. 39 HIGHLIGHTS Sept Sept. Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept. Sept Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Q 8 9 10 11 14 18 22 25 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 16 20 23 24 29 30 Highlights of '6-'37 First day of school. Had silent movies entitled The Lion Tamer in the auditorium, while some planned their work for the year. Excused at 11:30. Classes were started and everyone was hard at work again. We have several new teachersg Miss Prior, Englishg Miss Eber, Com- mercialg Miss Keppen, Artg Miss Bradley, Music. Assembly: Had sound pictures on the raising of coffee, and West Indies cruise. Received Locker keys. Talking pictures in the auditorium at night featuring the Dionne Quintuplets in Country Doctor. Started practices for the play, Forward Pass , directed by J. S. Chubley. Assembly: One reel of the night picture was shown. Movies at night, Jane Withers in Paddy O'Day . Had class pictures taken. Two reels of the show, Littlest Rebel starring Shirley Temple, were shown in assembly. The movie was given at night. After thirteen days of rehearsing the play, Forward Pass was presented in a matinee for the grade children and again at night. There was a fair crowd at night. Second night of the play. There was a good crowd. A dance was given afterwards. The football season opened with Oakfield victorious over Amherst. The final score was 13-0. Alexander Novelty Trio. A very good program. The Petrie Musical Ensemble, the first program in the festival series. Had individual pictures taken today. Assembly: At night had movies. Irvin S. Cobb in Everybody's Old Man . b Football game here with Williamsville. There was a nice crowd. Williamsville was victorious. Columbus Day-No school. No school because of the Teachers' Conference. Everyone enjoyed the long week-end. Collins Festival at night. Football game at Le Roy under lightsg Oakiield lost a hard fought battle. Collins Festival, an electrical program. Mr. Jones gave an excellent talk in assembly on opportunities in the scientific field. Movies at night entitled O'Malley of the Mounted and Every Saturday Night . Pep assembly. Everett Taylor blossomed forth as new cheer leader. Football game with Akron. We were victorious. The new cheer leader apparently had a good effect on the team. Movies at night entitled Gentle Julia and Country Beyond . Both were excellent. Teachers' Conference. No school. All students sad. 40 HIGHLIGHTS Nov. 2 Caledonia cancelled the coming Saturday's football game because of injuries , Nov. 3 Election day, with plenty of straw voting around school. Nov 4 Big snow storm. Half of the high school stayed home to enjoy it. Nov. 6 The picture, State Fair , featuring Will Rogers, was shown at night. Nov 7 Football game between Oakfield and Perry, played here. We won 15-0. Nov 9 Tickets for the autumn dance were distributed to the Seniors. Nov 10 The second team Cfootballj was defeated at Albion, with a final score of 6-0. School was excused at 3:15. Nov 11 Armistice Day. School was closed. Nov. 13 The picture Captain January , with Shirley Temple, was shown in the evening. Nov. 14 Football game with Medina played here. The opposing team was supported by a large home crowd, in spite of the poor weather. The game ended in a tie, 6-6. Nov. 20 The popular picture Mr. Deeds Goes to Town was shown here in the evening. Nov 25 School was closed early after a short assembly. An autumn dance was sponsored by the senior class. A small profit was made. Nov. 26-29 Thanksgiving Vacation. Nov. 27 The movies Educating Father , with the Jones Family, and Whispering Smith Speaks , with Geo. A. O'Brien, were shown in the evening. Nov. 30 Basketball practice was started. Dec. 3 Girls' Speaking Contest. First prize was won by Shirley Hintg second, by Jane Seaburgg and third, by Jennie Pilato. All were very good. Dec. 4 The picture Little Miss Nobody , with Jane Withers, was shown in the evening. Dec. 5 Basketball g We dropped two games to Amherst Central H. S. Dec. 10 The Presbyterian Church play, Home Town Girl , was presented in the evening to a good crowd at the O. H. S. auditorium. The play was excellent. Dec. 11 Basketball at South Byron. The Oakfield B boys won 41-5, while the girls were tied 17 all. The Boys' speaking contest was held at 1 P. M., with Mario Ianni taking first prize and Edwin Wylaz second. Dec. 18 Motion pictures in the evening- Poor Little Rich Girl , starring Shirley Temple. A few reels of this pictures were shown to the school pupils in the afternoon. Dec. 19 Basketball game with Warsaw, played here. Dec. 24 A very short assembly in the morning and then we were excused for Christmas vacation. Dec 26. and Sat., Jan. 2 Basketball with the Alumni. Jan. 4 Pupils arrived back at school with beaming countenances. 41 HIGHLIGHTS Jan. 8 Movies in the evening consisting of a main feature entitled Sing Baby Sing , and added short subjects. The B boys dropped a game at East Aurora. Jan. 15 Basketball with South Byron, played here. The B bcys won while the girls lost. Jan. 22 The picture Ramona , with other short subjects, was shown in the evening. Jan. 23 The B boys took a game from Medina, played here. Jan. 30 The B boys, playing on home ground, beat Le Roy. Feb. 2 Moxo, the magician, gave a show in the auditorium. Opinions indicate that he was fairly good. Feb. 3 The Presbyterian Church presented the musical comedy, Sky High , here in the auditorium. Feb. 5 Motion pictures in the evening. Broadway Bill was the main feature. Feb. 6 The Albion basketball team invaded Oakfield to defeat the local B boys in an excellent game. Feb. 9 The seniors and Oracle staff pictures were taken. Feb. 11 The B boys dropped another game at Amherst. Feb. 12 Movies in the evening, the main feature being Ambassador Bill , starring Will Rogers. Feb. 19 Movies consisting of And So They Were Married and Pride of the Marines . The B boys met defeat at Le Roy. Feb. 22 Washington's Birthday. No School. Feb. 26 Assembly in the morning. Two reels from Pepper were pre- sented. In the evening the shows Pepper , with Jane Withers, and Back to Nature , with the Jones family, were given. , The B boys invaded Warsaw, there to win by a score of 30-29. Mar. 5 The picture Dimples , starring Shirley Temple, was presented in the evening. Mar. 12 Movies, featuring the Dionne Quintuplets in Reunion , were shown in the evening at the high school. Boy Scout benefit. Mar. 18 A band concert was held in the evening at the high school. Mar. 19 Movies, featuring Pigskin Parade , were shown in the evening. Mar. 23-24 The third quarterly tests. Mar. 25 The beginning of the Easter vacation. April 5 Back to school again. May 31 Decoration day CSchool closedj. June 14-18 Regents examinations. June 16, 17, 18 Fourth quarterly tests. June 20 Baccalaureate service, high school auditorium. June 22 Commencement exercises. p 42 ii I I fd E li. . ff!!! AQTVIIVIHTIIILS ACTIVITIES Forward Pass CHARACTERS AS YOU HEAR THEM Tom Linn, The All American Youth Shady Lane, A Fresh Frosh . .--- ...............,.M.... ---- Chuck Smithers, The Co-Eds' Dream ........... - ...........s.. VonJa, A Fortune Teller .......A..................... -. ...... Shadow Wert, The Campus Pest ........................ Susie Lewis, A Frivilous Frosh r. .. a........................ P -- Hector Tiddles, A Football Flash? ..............,........N Mary Clanahan, Campus Queen --e ...........,..... -. ....... - ---------------------.--- Everett Taylor Floyd Betters Harry Johns Jane Seaburg ---- Elinor Searls Ruth Merkel Emory Bromsted Marie Olmsted Pat Clanahan, Football Coach --, .............-,.............. , Cecil Rhodes Mrs. Tiddles, Hector's Ma .............................. Elizabeth Straight Tony Lagella, Pop Vendor ..... -.-,.----. .......................... Earl Reed Alexander Fondyce, Ph. D., M.R.A.B. V.D. ........,......... -- Jack Domm Mr. Musty ......... -. ...........-...,...............,.,. Marvin McEntee Mr. Dusty, Board of Directors ,...........,. , ..... ,. ....-... Mr. Crusty ......... -, r.......,..,....,..................... Jack Lee, Clayton Football Star ............................ Count Strovski, of the Secret Service ...................... Sophisticated Soph. -.................,............-...... -, e Newsboys .................... Buddy Ohs, Kenneth Woeller Ralph Rhodes Edward Taylor Marvin McEntee Margaret King Dorothy Mullaney Campus Tapper ........................................ Gene Peterson, Vernon Campbell, ThomasMiller, Buddy Travers SCENARIO The two acts take place on the Clayton College campus on the afternoon and evening of the big game with Rathburn College. PERSONNEL OF CHORUSES STUDENT CHORUS John Costantino, Douglas Peterson, Donald Pask, Alan Ingalsbe, Ralph Rhodes, Gerald XVerner, XValt.er Churchfield, Edward Htton. Lloyd Bamm, Francis Glatz, Umberto Ianni, Jack Domm, Malley Feeney, Buddy Travers. Gordon Betters, Betty Seaburg, Arline Davidson, Angeline Mosco, Phyllis Cacchine. Lucille Young. Maria Perozzi, Leola Scott. Anna Tacca, Lena Juiliano, Lucille Vilickens, Esther Nyquist, Marion Snyder, Emma Gerone. HEALTHY C0-EDS Irene Scarcia, Clementine Sinclair, Evelyn Patterson, Rosa Madonia, Margaret King, Leona Kedzierski. WEALTHY C0-EDS Emily Calus, Jane Patterson, Dorothy Yunker, Jennie Pilato, Edna Rhodes, Phyllis VVilder. XVISE C0-EDS Josephine Matlonia, Ruth Seabumr, Olga NlC0lll0l0, Josephine Messina, Anna Cianfrini, Gertrude Nyquist. 43 ACTIVITIES FOOTBALL FANS Filippina Pilato. Martha lVoeller, Jennie Doinagala, Gladys Balonek, Barbara Sinclair, Regina Ohs, Mayvis Griswold, Marian Mason, Betty Jordan, Lucy Puma, Virginia Rowley, Anna Dialnania. CAMPUS MOON MAIDENS Mayvis Griswold, Phyllis Cacohina, Edna Rhodes, Phyllis lVilder, Janet Patterson, Clementine Sinclair. Leona Kedzierski. VARSITY RHYTHM Dorothy Mullaney, Charlotte Daniels, Josephine Olmsted, Beatrice Nagel. Helen Gillett, Rowena Hoertz. Agnes Lindsay, Marie Lesso. BATHING BELLES OF 1904 Evelyn Patterson, Dorothy Yunker, Angeline Mosco. Lena Guiliano, Rose Madonia, Leola Scott, Anna Tacca, Florence Niconieto. MUSICAL NUMBERS, ACT I Clayton .......................................R....... Student Chorus Healthy, Wealthy, Wise ............................ Tom, Chuck, Students Stick in the Mud .................,....,.......,.......... Susie, Hector Sing Something Silly ............,..........-............ Shady, Students Campus Cutups ,..,..,......,................,. Tom, Chuck, Students Football Man ...... Hector, Football Fans, Healthy, Wealthy, Wise Co-Eds All my Castles ,,..,.-....,......,.,.,..........,...... Mary, Students Best Man Always Wins ............................,..... Pat, Students Sports Revue ,.,,-.-,,.,,,.,,.,,...,...,.,....l. Tom, Chuck, Sport Girls Snake Dance ...,.....,..................,.,................. Ensemble MUSICAL NUMBERS, ACT II Clayton Hymn .,.. - ....,..................................... Students Campus Moon .,,,, , ,,,,,,.-,,-..,,.,.,..-.- Jack, Campus Moon Maidens Varsity Rhythm ..,....,......,,,.......,... Shadow, Varsity Rhythm Gals Gypsy Song .,.......,.....,..c.,...,.........,n................ Vonja Gay Coney Island .................. Mrs. Tiddles, Bathing Belles of 1904 We're Rich ...................l........ -, .,................. Jack, Mary From Now On ........s.................... .. .............. Susie, Shady Finale ...,-,,..,a,..-....,..,,....,.......,.,-,,A.........,... Ensemble Pianist-Celia Nagel Music by Monarchs of Rhythm 44 ACTIVITIES Speaking Contest . GIRLS' ELIMINATION CONTEST Elinor Forsyth- The Unknown Soldier. Shirley Hint- Dancing Daughters. Lois Reed- The Hardest Thing in The World To Be. Charlotte Howell-'iPuppets and Patriots. Jennie Pilato- National Recovery of Character. Ruth Richardson- Homeless America. Jane Seaburg-- The Tragedy of Incomplete Thinking. Arlene Davidson- What is Right With Youth. BOYS' ELIMINATION CONTEST Edwin Wylaz- The Greatest Game in the World. Mario Ianni- The Vision of a Scientist. U The local contest for girls was held December 2, 1936. Shirley Hint won first prize of S53 Jane Seaburg, second Prize of S35 and Jennie Pilato, third prize cf 52. The other contcstants won S1 each. Due to the lack of contestants, the boys' contest was held on the afternoon of December 11, 1936, in the auditorium for the benefit of the high school pupils. First prize cf S5 was awarded Mario Iannig and Edwin Wylaz, the second prize of 33. The Oakiield High School orchestra under the capable direction of Mr. August H. Fricker has now nineteen members, six of whom were new this year. They have all taken lessons and practiced faithfully, and Mr. Fricker reports that they show a great improvement. The orchestra played at the Girls' Speaking Contest on December 3, and gave a splendid program in the auditorium on February 18. They are also planning to play in Brockport at the Annual Musical Festival on May 22. 45 ACTIVITIES Oakfield High School Orchestra Director-Mr. August H. Fricker Violins Shirley Hint Donna Scott Pauline Brundage Janice Domm Edna Rhodes Trumpets Rose Madonia Kenneth McEntee Lynn Parsons Clarinets Alan Ingalsbe Marvin McEntee Douglas Peterson Pianist-Marie Olmsted 46 Mellophones Marian Mason Joyce Domm Cello Leola Scott Bass Viol Lena Madonia Trombone Page Gentsch Saxophone Fred Zigrossi Drum Jack Domm ACTIVITIES Girls' Glee Club and Octet Elizabeth Straight Ruth Merkel Edith Acitelli Bessie Bucceri Helen Burdett Anna Cianfrini Charlotte Daniels Catherine Desimone Angie DiFiore Ida DiFiore Anna Damiani- Teresa Gallo Eama Gerome Helen Gillett Rose Giordano Mayvis Griswold Rowena Hoertz Betty Jordan Marie Lesso Agnes Lindsay e Grace Madonia Josephine Madonia GIRLS' OCTET Director- Miss Bradley Pianist-Celia Nagel Marian Mason Edna Rhodes Phyllis Wilder Marie Olmsted Elinor Searls Jane Seaburg GLEE CLUB President-Phyllis Wilder Vice President-Ida DiFiore Secretary-Lena Madonia Rose Madonia Lena Madonia Jennie Marabella Josephine Messina Angeline Mosco Dorothy Mullaney Beatrice Nagel Florence Nicometo Regina Ohs Josephine Olmsted Marie Olmsted Evelyn Patterson Janet Patterson Maria Perozzi Fillippina Pilato Jennie Pilato Lucy Puma Jean Root Virginia Rowley Rose Sapienza Irene Scarcia Leola Scott Betty Seaburg Jane Seaburg Barbara Sinclair Clementine Sinclair Elizabeth Straight Anna Tacca Phyllis Wilder Martha Woeller Lucille Young Alice Shipman Lulu Pask Shirley Frosdick Louise Giordano Inez Paollucci Rita Davis Jennie Giordano Lena Indivino Jennie Zaffron The Girls' Octet and Glee Club under the capable direction of Miss Bradley have shown much enthusiasm in their work. Not only have they enjoyed themselves, but they also have trained their voices. The Girls' Octet is planning to participate in the Annual Music Festival at Brockport on May 22. 47 ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES The Oakfield High School Band The high school band has greatly increased in membership and now totals sixty-nine members. It has been divided into two divisions-the younger children in the junior band and the older ones in the senior band. They have progressed very rapidly and have appeared at many public festivities. During the summer, the band appeared in four concerts held on the school grounds, at the Batavia Fair on August 22, at the Boy Scout ice cream social, and at the fireman's Labor Day program. They also played at the Williamsville and the Medina games, and at the Boys' speaking contest. The band is planning to give a concert on March 18, and also to play in the musical festival in Niagara Falls on May 7, and in Brockport on May 22. A Director-Mr. Carl J. Hulschoff Clarinets Bass Drums Josephine Olmsted Lois Reed Virginia Wilder Anna Costantino Cornets M N' t Lia, :mini yp Ruth Hahn Erma Caton Gloria Caton Rose Sapienza Josephine Madonia Fern Shepard Jane Wiktor Marvin McEntee Alan Ingalsbe Douglas Peterson Gene Peterson Emory Bromsted John Luderman John Puma Tony J uliano Donald Parsons Harlow Wilder Bruno Nanni Clyde Starkweather -I9 Pearl Young Victoria Needell Dorothy Adams Inez Paolucci Alice Juliano Kenneth McEntee Richard Greene Zane Isenberg Warren Haag Warren Schaal Eugene Nanni Mellophones Joyce Domm Marian Mason. Dorothy Starkweather Dorothy Yunker ACTIVITIES Cymbals Snare Drums Edna Rhodes Eva Starkweather Jack Domm Trombones Albert Needell Phyllis Wilder Betty Greene Lorin Reed Robert Merkel William Bird Glen Maddock Page Gentsch Edmund Nanni Charles Olmsted Sousaphones Paul Caton Clayton Sharp Harry Miller E Bass Alice Shipman 50 Frederick Glor Saxophones Helen Bullock Florence Nicometo Mildred Winkstern Marcia Andrews Dominick Sapienza Fred Zigrossi Lawrence Greene Piccolo Edna Costantino Baritone Ralph Rhodes, Jr. 6 ATV IL-IIL IUIB MQ S my 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 3 a 1 X 3 3 J 4 Q 5 A I 5 I 54 C 3 1 ,..,...-.-,.....,,,,.,... ,k,,.-,., ,. ,, , ,,A,,,, , .,..,,,M.-.,,,..,..A.L,.,,.,.Nx,.,,W,...J...vfY- ATHLETICS Football The opening whistle sent our eleven on its way to a spectacular 13-0 victory at Amherst. Touchdowns were scored on Trigilio's 75 yard run back of a punt and on a sleeper pass to Carney. Williamsville, playing us on our field, eked out a 7-6 victory. After a tiring fight to overcome Williamsville's 7-0 lead, Oakfield scored a touchdown in the final quarter and missed a tie game by one point. A night game at Le Roy was the hardest fought game of the season. After tieing the score 6-6, Oakiield gave all they had to score. Le Roy won 19-6 by scoring in the final quarter against our tired team. The next game at Akron found us victorious 12-7. The Akron team threatened our 12-7 lead in the fourth quarter but our team came through and held. With a game here against Perry, Oakfield marched on to another victory. Our 15-0 victory outclassed the Perry team. The curtain came down at home with Medina, our old rivals, as the opposi- tion. Both teams refused to give much ground and the game ended in a 6-6 tie. Although the running and punting of Trigilio and the work of E. Reed with the forward pass attack deserve special mention, equally deserving are the other members of the backfield and line who made our team a success. Date Team They Oct. 3 Amherst Central 0 Oct. 10 Williamsville ...... - 7 Oct. 16 Le Roy ..,.,.1.. 1 19 Oct. 24 Akron 11 7 Nov. 7 Perry 1, 0 Nov. 14 Medina 1..... 6 Total Points 1-1 ...,.s., --, 39 ATHLETICS A TEAM BASKETBALL B TEAM BASKETBALL 52 ATHLETICS A Team Basketball This year's varsity tackled a stiff schedule, finding Amherst Central, East Aurora, Albion, Le Roy, Warsaw and Medina plenty tough. With Trigilio and E. Reed, of last year's varsity, as the only veterans, the team made an excellent showing and surprised many of the local fans. During the season, the team exhibited nearly every kind of basketball game. In two games against South Byron, Oakfield contributed 89 points to the opposition's 15. The annual thriller was found at home in the 33-32 victory over Le Roy. This game, a toss-up throughout, brought forth a tremendous din as a large crowd cheered the varsity on. With a 31-33 overtime loss to Medina to avenge and but one game to do it in, the varsity journeyed to Albion to defeat the Albion team 33-19. This was Oakfield's best exhibition of basketball of the season and even topped the 30-29 victory over Warsaw. The Albion game was the last opportunity for Trigilio, E. Reed, Mason, Bucceri, Carney and Moretti to play basketball for Oakfield High School. This loss is even greater than that of last year and again the B team will furnish the needed replacements for next year's varsity. SUMMARY Score We They Dec. 5 Amherst Central --- --- 12 21 Dec. 11 South Byron -' .... --- 41 5 Dec. 19 Warsaw ....... --- 28 16 Alumni ..... --- 18 35 Alumni ........ --- 28 29 Jan. 7 East Aurora --- --- 21 40 Jan. 15 South Byron --- --- 48 10 Jan. 23 Medina ...... --- 26 15 Jan. 29 Le Roy ........ --- 33 32 Feb. 6 Albion - ....-..... ...... - -- 26 28 Feb. 11 Amherst Central 1- .,.... --- 33 37 Feb. 19 Le Roy .......... --- 21 32 Feb. 26 Warsaw ....... --- 30 29 March 3 Medina --- --- 31 33 March 6 Albion .......,. --- 33 19 Total points 1........... . .......... .......... 4 29 381 Average points per game -....-....,........-..,........... 28.60 25.40 Played ..............,.,. 15 Won ......-....... 7 Lost .............. 8 -.+, B Team Basketball With several of last year's Rexies in the line up, this yearis reserves gave Oakfield some interesting basketball. Playing teams that in their class were as tough as those met by the varsity, the team had a successful season. From this B team will come most of next season's varsity. 53 ATHLETICS Girls' Basketball The O. H. S. 1937 Girls' Basketball team has had a fairly successful year. Our good guards, Orsini, Brumsted, Puma, and Pilato seemed to give our opponents plenty of opposition. The Albion game, which the girls Won with a score of 26-24, was the most outstanding game of the season. Excellent team work was shown. Stornelli, the captain, made high score as usual. However, much credit is due to the strong support of the other forwards, Nagel, Olmsted, Wilder, and Searls. We also won the Albion game played at Albion with a score of 20-16. Although most of substitutes lacked experience, they looked very promising for a good team, next year. May we extend our thanks to Coach Myers for his patient guidance, and to Captain Stornelli for her winning spirit. SCHEDULE Oak. Opp. Dec. 1936 South Byron 17 Dec. 1936 Alumni .... -- 17 Jan. 1937 Alumni .... 30 Jan. 1937 South Byron 36 Feb. 1937 Elba ....... -- 25 Feb. 1937 Elba .... 35 Mar 1937 Albion --- 24 Mar. 1937 Albion --- 16 ATHLETICS l Baseball Due to bad weather which held up baseball practice, it is not known who will be in the starting lineup for Oakiield on May 4th, Trigilio and Grazioplene of last yeai-'s team will handle the pitching and catching. Also from last year's squad will be E. Reed and P. Caton for the iniield, and Thomas for the outfield. This leaves plenty of spots which must be filled before the opening game with Le Roy. The schedule follows: May 4 Le Roy Here May 14 Medina There May 18 Le Roy There May 25 Elba There June 4 Medina Here 03 Financial Statements FOOTBALL-Fall of 1936 Receipts-Gua ra ntees From Amherst .......... . ......,.............,..,,........................................t.......,..... S5 20.00 Le Roy ..... ,..... 3 7.50 Ak ron ........ ,.... 1 5.00 72.50 Gate Receipts xxYilliI1ll'lSVil10 game ....,., . 30.15 Perry game ..,..,,............. . 27.00 Medina game ..........,...........,.,.,,.....,.,. ..... I -14.65 101.70 Total Receipts ...., ..... if 174.20 Expenses--Guarantees To Nvilliamsville .....,......,............ ..,.,.., S 20.00 Perry .,................ ..., 1 5.00 Medina ..... ..,.. 2 5.00 00.00 Oflieials Xvilliamsville game ...... . 18.00 Perry game' ......,.......,. . 16.00 Medina game ..... .... ..... . . .. ..... 18.00 52.00 Rides to games ............,.........,........................,,.........,,.,...... 11.00 Upkeep of equipment and medical service Kelley Co.. cleaning equipment .. ,.,........ 50.00 Sunshine Cleaners and Laundry ........... 3.40 Joe DeFilippo, repair equipment .....,.. . S.-45 Dr. R. L. 1Varn, medical service ........ . 7.00 68.85 New Equipment Dick Fischer Athletic Goods, Inc., shoes and ankle wraps .. ...........................,. . 22.-17 A. G. Spalding and Bros., sideline coats ..... . 94.80 A. G. Spalding and Bros., shoulder pads ...... . 86.94 204.21 Total expenses ................ .......,. . . S 306.06 Net loss on football .....,...,....... S 221.86 ...l BASKETBALL-1936-37 'Receipts-From sale of admission tickets Amherst game .............................................. ........ S 33.20 1Varsaw game .. ,............................ ...... ...... 3 2 .50 South Byron game ....... . 4-1.00 Medina game ............... . 33.30 Le Roy game ................... .................... .........,.......... . 4 8.35 Albion game .................,.................................................. . 54.15 One-half net proceeds, Alumni games ...... , 15.07 260.57 Guarantee from East Aurora ............ ..............,.. 2 0.00 Total Receipts ......... 5 280,57 Expenses-For Referees Feueht, Amherst game .................. ........ S 10.00 Feucht. Warsaw game ........................,. ..... 1 0.00 Callahan, South Byron game ..... . 8.00 Farrell, Medina game .....,................ , 8.00 Moody, Le Roy game .....,........... . 10.00 Farrell. Albion game .. .................,... . 8.00 Mrs. Evans, girls vs. Albion ......... ...... 5 .00 50.00 Orchestra, 6 games ...,.. .... ...... ............ 3 6 0 0 Ticket seller and checkers, 6 games ....... . . 10.75 Snyder and Thompson, bus to 7 games ..,., 70,00 1Vindow cards for advertising ..... ...................,............ 1 3.25 Cost of score books ....,.. ...... , .. .,,,.. ........ 1 .43 A. G. Spalding and Bros.. B. squad jerseys ,,.. 13.21 Sunshine Cleaners and Laundry. cleaning suits ........ 26.20 Total Expenses .................................,...... SS 229.8-1 Net profit on basketball ......,,.......... SIS 50.73 Oaktield High School is a member of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association and pays the annual dues amounting to 36.00. No admission price is charged at Baseball games and therefore it is run at a net loss, depending on the amount spent on equipment. 56 G7 U X- f I4 Q S xv G3 sf-14 AA X, 205 7 Na JP- jab W gif' If ,ff W fjffjfylf I JYQIMES Amino ,MDS 1 2 naw- Lwmw.-,v 1. QW, . w.f,.Am:.NK:q..s.-- 'b..,-wr.-www-vjy-A 1- v, , X. 4,4-' 1. A tl ,f .nw . ' ' Q .gy x,,. .-Q1 f..v,. -. A .waz LM ,.f.a,1w -,-n..- 1-.4-X,-,J -Q:--?--ww n:fYwvf11x:imd ADVERTISEMENTS Acknowledgment to Advertisers The staff of 1937 wishes to express their hearty thanks to the following advertisers who helped make this year's ORACLE a success A Friend Alabama Produce Company Batavia Dry Cleaning Co. Batavia Plumbing 8: Supply Bates' Flowers Beals, McCarthy 8a Rogers E. J. Beardsley Co., Inc. S. A. Blumberg McAlpine, Brumsted Co. Burdett Brothers Robert M. Chapin Clark's Variety Store Louis S. Clendenon Earl J. Connolly Daily News De Luxe Dry Cleaning Co. Dutton's Garage Empire Photo Engravers Steve Fontana Sz Co. Francis 8: Mead Gann Bros. B. F. Gentsch's Sons John D. Gioia A. A. Grinnell Co., Inc. Guthrie Sz McMurray Frank A. Hackley Haxton Canning Co., Inc. Haxton 8a Burr Geo. W. Haxton 8z Son, Inc. Hinrich's C. A. Ingalsbe H. M. Ingraham George T. Lesso Chas Mancuso 8: Son, Inc. R. C. Marsham C. M. Merkel Miller Printing Co., Inc. Morse's Diner Munn Sz Young Murphy Brothers Oliver - Kahse, Inc. Parson's Garage Peterson Drug Co. Polliwog Club R. E. Rhodes Rochester Business Institute E. C. Root Salway's Hardware Schafer's Music House R. C. Searls Carlton M. Sleght Snyder and Thompson Sunshine Laundry Surprise Store The Arnold House The Ecxhange Bank The Outlet Co. Tumalty's Garage ADVERTISEMENTS GEO. W. HAXTON Sz SON, Inc Receivers and Shippers Hay Grain Beans Fruit and Produce OAKFIELD, NEW YORK ADVERTISEMENTS Glad to meet ' the boys and girls at MoRsE's DINER Open 24 hours Whenever you Want anything Use a classified ad ln THE DAILY NEWS and reach over 40,000 people 23 - 25 Jackson Street Batavia, New York Compliments of Tumalty's Garage fGerald Tumalty, Prop.J Alabama, New York 59 ADVERTISEMENTS Good Hardware The Big store on a little street SALWAY'S 2-6 Exchange Batavia, New York Diner: Do you serve crabs here? Waiter: We serve anyone, sit down. ig? Dates Cin chemistry classjz What does the formula HNO3 stand for? C. Howell: Er, ah, I've got it right on the tip of my tongue. Dates: Well, you better spit it out. It's nitric acid. Buy your sport wear at BEARDSLEYS where the assortments are complete also clothing, furnishings and shoes E. J. BEARDSLEY CO., INC. 65 Main St. Batavia, New York R. C. MARSHAM Telephone 61 Oakfield, New York Quality Petroleum Products 60 ADVERTISEMENTS George T. Lesso A bottle of milk is a bottle of health Compliments of C. A. INGALSBE Coal Flour and Feed Mr. Gilbert: I'm thinking of asking some girl to marry me. What do you think of the idea? Miss Keppen: It's the wrong idea, if you ask me. .-,.... John Yunker CTO Ed. Taylorj : You know, I think I've got at least one friend in this school-our typewriting teacher. Taylor: What makes you think she likes you? Yunker: Well, she's the only one who ever looks up to me. STEVE FONTANA SL GO. Staple and Fancy Groceries Fruits, Meats and Vegetables Phone 148-J South Pearl Street Oakiield, New York 61 ADVERTISEMENTS Compliments of Scott Sz Bean Miss Kraatz: Vernon, what is a synonym? Vernon Campbell: A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one. --4-i Restaurant patron: I want a good-sized glass of orange juice 3 two strictly fresh eggs, poached medium soft, on buttered toast that isn't too browng coffee with no sugar and plenty of cream in itg and a couple of doughnuts that aren't all holes. Laura Brumsted: Yes sir, and would you like any special design on the dishes? , Snyder and Thompson Garage South Alabama, N. Y. General Garage Work Tow car service, Oxy-acetylene Welding, Battery service Auto accessories and supplies Motorola Radios Phone Oakfield 33-F-11 62 ADVERTISEMENTS GIFTS for the Graduate . . . Students, from their many years of dealing with us, will respect the gifts you purchase here. Just a few suggestions. Portable Typewriters Fountain Pens Leather Goods eght Books, etc' 67 Main Street Batavia, N. Y. PARsoN,s GARAGE H. C. Parsons, Prop. U. S. L. Batteries General Auto Repairing-Starter and Ignition Work Webber Avenue Oakiield, New York Pike: I bet you don't know what's the difference between a bull frog and a cat? Carney: You've got me, what's the gag? Pike: Well, a cat has nine lives and a bull frog croaks every night. ...,..- Miss Prior: Name a collective noun. Philip DiSalvo: A vacuum cleaner. l,T Sanford: Everything seems brighter after I've been out with you. Burdett: It should, you never go home till morning. Q-.XXX-x i I ,-,I f Cleaners and Laundry William E. Preston lnc. Batavia, New York No. 1 Clark Place C Rear of Kresge Storel 63 ADVERTISEMENTS Fine Dry Cleaning Knit and Boucle Pressing and Dresses Blocked Repairing To Your Measurements. rANY C M 2 ,,,,,, ,O QV CLEA PHONE :sal iz CENTER S11 The two Peterson boys were out riding one afternoon. As they stopped for a traffic light a load of cattle drew up beside them. Douglas, trying to slam his brother, said, Hey, Gene! there's your brother in that truck. .......+i. Mr. Williams: Jennie, where were you when we studied this chap- ter? Jennie Marabella: Gone With the Wind. Meet me at the fountain in the Rexall Store where they serve the best soda in town PETERSON DRUG CO. Service with a smile . .,..,.--v . .,. , .,. . .,.,.,,. .L, . . ,,. .,,,5 .,l,.,,,.,,, . ... WgZj.99f'15vZ'Z'1g.'Z-5753-'Fig-'03-'.'I'.'Z'!'Z'.'Sw-1J:-,.:.g.g.-.g4:'ZgZ3Ig.g '. .-A 4 n, 4 Q,-, ,'.g.g, .gn .'. 1.-.-.-.f.g.g,,,.,.,f,f,,. A 'Q 9. . 5,3,,3,:5.,g.g.,.,:,., , ,,.,. . , :.:':,:.:,:,:,::5::g,.,., ,:, N fn '- ,-c-:-' -1-:g:fr:-: -e.w. ::':- 1 L23 - 434 uxiv15Wnr' ,41 r . h T. , ., , ,,, . p . 1- 1 W . ..- :f-'. 5-95- . Y 1 ' v 9 E . A . ' -.63 '-359:-1-bs. . A U 1 U 'bb J'-'- 2'tv2'is':- - W f -,f, . ' -.'.-.-' f.. ..'.-,-...y.... ..i.. ......-.-.'.'.'.s.v....- -'.-.v.'e.'.- -'-' n ' '.'.'.'f N . -'-'.'.'.'.'.-.-.- ' -.f.'e.'.'.- -,.,.......,..'..-.-N. H. .'.. H.. ... ... .....'.',..... .'. .. .. Q. . .. .............. . 2-:-3-2-:9.+.'2-tw:-.-:Qt-toat-If.-.'.'.'.-.-.-.'.f.-.+.-.-.-:.t-t-:-sto.-:.t,:.t.1- A watch is a gift that is appreciated by everyone. Guaranteed timepieces are always found here. HINRICH'S Jeweler 2 State St. Batavia, New York G-1 ADVERTISEMENTS POPULAR MOVIES The Thin Man-Marvin Burr. After the Thin Man-Elinor Searls. That Girl from Paris--Miss Brewer. Sing Baby Sing-Miss Bradley. Without Orders-Taylor Twins. Show Them No Mercy-Mr. Williams. Small Town Girl-Margaret King. The Informer-Wheeler Hall. The Magnificent Brute--Pike. Moon's Our Home-Wendell Hall. Riffraff-Study Hall. Ride 'Em Cowboy-Marvin McEntee. Everybody's Old Man-Dan Ralyea. Big Brown Eyes-Jennie Domagala. Silly Billies-Dorothy Mullaney, Marian Mason. Compliments of HAXTON CANNING CO., INC 65 ADVERTISEMENTS Beals, McCarthy Sz Rogers Founded 1826-Incorporated Steel - Hardware - Metals Buffalo, New York Crosley and General Electric Refrigerators Easy and Maytag Washers Hoover and Royal Cleaners Philco, Crosley Radios N Furniture and Floor Covering at E. C. Root's bl ADVERTISEMENTS DUTTON'S HARDWARE Sherwin Williams Paint Bignall Burners Phone 191 Main Street Oakfield, N. Y. Mr. Hambel Cin economic geography classj : 3,426 elephants were needed last year to make billiard balls. Now are there any questions? Lloyd Barker: How did they train the beasts to do such delicate work? .i,... Trafiic cop: Come on! What's the matter with you? Merton Jones: I'm well thanks, but my engine's dead. ...,-- Prof.: What is it a sign of when a student never passes anything? Taylor: Poor table manners. Radios Repaired Guaranteed Service at reasonable rates Member of Radio Mfg. Service ROBERT M. CHAPIN 22 Drake Street Oakfield, N. Y. Compliments of POLLIWOG CLUB 67 ADVERTISEMENTS Phone 584 Res. Phone 1412-R Batavia Plumbing Ka Supply Company 326 Ellicott Street B. J. Mancuso, Pres. Batavia, N. Y. 1937 Chevrolet The Complete Car-Completely New Sales Service LOUIS S. CLENDENON Phone 98 Oakiield, N. Y. Lena Madonia: I don't believe any woman could have been so fat. Rose M.: What is that you are reading? Lena: Why this paper tells about an English woman that lost two thousand pounds. Mrs. I-Iambel: My, but the price of food is going up! I wonder what we can do? Mr. Hambel: This would be a good time to go and make a visit to your folks. l CLARK'S VARIETY STORE Quality Merchandise for Men Women Children at 5 Kr 10 Prices NVVHERE EVERY DAY IS BARGAIN DAY Main 8z Forest Oakfield, N. Y. l GS ADVERTISEMENTS Socony Products Car Washing Certified Lubrication Simonizing B. F. GENTSCH'S SONS United States Royal Tires and Tubes Kendall Oil Cleaning Fluid Seaburg: After I wash my face I always look in the glass to see whether it is clean. Woeller: I don't have to. I look at the towel. L+ Mr. Williams: There's a hair in this pie crust. Mrs. Williams: It looks like yoursg it must have come off the rolling pin. i,.. Fortune Teller: You have a tendency to let things slide. Page Gentsch: Yes, I play the trombone. Oliver-Kahse, Inc. Jewelers - Stationers 1048 University Ave. Rochester, N. Y. College 8z Students', Young Men's Clothes Munn 8x Young I 83 Main Street Batavia, New York 69 ADVERTISEMENTS A. A. Grinnell Co., Inc. Buyers of Beans, Grain, Potatoes Coal Lumber Builders' Supplies Agents for G. L. F. Feed Seed Fertilizers Oakfield, New York Elba, New York Phone 29 Phone 48 Conductor: Here, you must not smoke in this car. Everett Taylor: I'm not smoking. Conductor: Well, you have your pipe in your mouth. Everett: Yes, and I've got my feet in my shoes and Pm not walking. Reed: That girl is a corker. Shilvock: Who is she? Reed: She works down at the bottling works. Surprise Store ' Everything in clothing, dry goods, shoes and rubbers - Open Evenings - 315 Ellicott Street Batavia, New York T0 ADVERTISEMENTS When you think of flowers Think of BATES' FLOWERS S Phone 22 50 Drake Street, Oakiield, New York Member of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association Oakfield Sales Sz Service Earl J. Connolly Ford Sales and Service ' General Garage Work Phone 108 Oakfield, New York You remember when you cured my rheumatism a year ago, don't you, Doc? asked the patient, and told me that I should avoid damp- ness. Yes, that's right. Well, I've just come back to ask if you think it would be safe for me to take a bath. 1... Mr. Williams: Say, what does this mean. Some one just called up and said youicouldn't come to school because you were sick. Ralph McClurg: The joke's on him. He wasn't supposed to call up until tomorrow. BATAVIA DRY CLEANING CO. M. J. Kallighan, Prop. 35 Jackson St. Batavia, N. Y. Phone 292 T1 ADVERTISEMENTS Chas. Mancuso Sz Son, Inc. OLDSMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE The Car that has everything 2 - 4 - 6 Main Street Telephone 907 Genesee Uomity's Oldest Dealer Batavia, New York Ida DiFiore: Pa, does money talk to you? Father: Yeah, but only broken English. ..,.... Two students in the study hall were telling about their abilities to see and hear. Burr: Do you see that barn over there on the horizon? Reed: Yes. Burr: Can you see that fiy walking around the roof of that barn? Reed: No, but I can hear the shingles crack when he steps on them. C. M. MERKEL For Quality Groceries Dry Goods Boots and Shoes Free Delivery Phone 167 Oakfield, New York FRANK A. HACKLEY Sun Proof Paints General Hardware Phone 126-M Oakiield, New York ADVERTISEMENTS Always a little better value at GANN BROS. BURDETT BROTHERS On Main Street for Quality Meats and Groceries Telephone 118 Delivery 8-10-3 Tony Indivino: Did you kiss your girl friend's ruby lips many times last night? John DeFilippo: No just once. Indivino: Why only once? DeFilippo: Well, after my first kiss, they weren't ruby any more. ....+i Teacher Cpointing to a deer at the zoojz Johnny, what is that? Johnny: I don't know. Q Teacher: What does your mother call your dad? Johnny: Don't tell me that's a louse! Semesan Products and other insecticides for the control of seed diseases For Better Crops 1 John D. Gioia Druggist 242 Ellicott St. Batavia, N. Y. I Prescriptions Drugs Rubber Goods T3 W ADVERTISEMENTS Compliments of R. C. SEARLS Dealer in quality merchandise Phone 23 Oakfield, New York Mrs. Dates: Don't you think I have put too much salt in the soup, dear? Mr. Dates: Not at all, darling. There is perhaps, not quite enough soup for the saltg that's all. ....Ql Laura Brumsted: I said, No when that handsome man asked me for a kiss last night. Lois Reed: Then what? Laura: Then, Yes. We respectfully invite all YOUNG MEN GRADUATES to inspect our splendid line of hand tailored suits and furnish- I ings. Snappy up to date merchandise at prices you can afford to pay. THE OUTLET CO. 7 Jackson St. Batavia, New -York -'erx 1 1 ie- 3 Gifts for all occasions S. A. BLUMBERG Jeweler Optician THE GIFT CENTER OF BATAVIAN 110 Main Street Batavia, New York T-I ADVERTISEMENTS Engravings produced in Oakfield High School 1937 Oracle by Empire Photo Engravers A 87 Franklin Street ' Rochester, N. Y. Merton Jones Chanding in English paperjz Is the story perfectly clear? Miss Prior: It should be-there's nothing in it. M., . Mr. Dates: What profession have you selected for your son, Tony? Mr. Stornelliz I'm going to educate him to be a lawyer. He has an argumentative nature and can't keep out of other people' business, and he might as well be paid for it. g TRAINING FUR JOBS The Placement Departinent records of R. B. I. show that 529 graduates acquired full time jobs during the year ending Novem- ber 1, 1936. Business seeks trained young people. Rochester Business Institute 172 Clinton Avenue So. Rochester, N. Y. I l ADVERTISEMENTS Compliments of HAXTON SL BURR There is hardly anything in the world that some men cannot nmke ai little worse :ind sell xl little 1-lienper. and the people who consider price only are this n1an's lawful prey. -John Ruskin. John Costantino: Speaking of baseball, I've even got me a base- ball dog. Fred Zigrossi: What makes you call him a baseball dog? Costantino: Cause he wears a muzzle, catches flies, chases fowls, and beats it home when he sees the catcher coming. L- . Ed. Taylor: Miss Bradley, tell me, what do you think of my voice. Miss Bradley: Well, it reminds me of toothpaste. Taylor: Er-toothpaste? Miss Bradley: Yes, you squeeze it and it comes out flat. Compliments of A FRIEND Compliments of R. E. RHODES Manager of A. Kr P. OAKFIELD, N. Y. T6 ADVERTISEMENTS THE ARNOLD HOUSE Phone 53 Oakfield, N. Y. If it's a Sandwich-Light Lunch-Dinner-Banquet or Refreshments We are able to serve you at reasonable prices Comfortable rooms-all with running water .o l sf?- Till - Eqfigigyirggpg- 'z gsghagii-E E'iEiE . NW- ,..!lH U For Fine Watches and Diamonds see H. M. INGRAHAM Batavia's Upstairs Jeweler 2 Main Street Opposite Post Oiiice Miss Prior: What's the matter, Buddy? Buddy Traver: Well, teacher, I think it's my duty to tell you that you are about to sit on a tack. 1191...- Rose Giordano: So you were in church this morning, eh? I'll bet you felt like a new girl when you left. Lucy Puma: Yes, a good nap always refreshes me. Murphy Brothers Wholesale Candies and Soda Supplies Paper Bags, Wrapping Paper, Twine and School Supplies 57-59 Ellicott Street Phone 77 Batayia, New York I ADVERTISEMENTS There's one consolation! When it's 110 in the shade-you don't have to stay in the shade unless you want to. Another comforting thought is that this month at YOUR price you are master of your own thermometer. The cool things here are down where you can reach them- McAlpine, Brumsted Co. THE CLOTHIERS Batavia New York Compliments of THE EXCHANGE BANK TS Q 1 g ADVERTISEMENTS Announcing our NEW LOCATION in the Masonic Temple Bldg. with a complete line of Musical Instruments Accessories, Sheet Music and Nu-Enamel Schafer's Music House 202 Main Street Batavia, New York Esther Nyquist: What did the singer mean when he called his country the land of the free and the home of the brave? Gertrude: He was probably referring to bachelors and married 111811. i+l Polly Orsini: Oh, steward, I've got a complaint. A sailor peeked into my cabin last night. Tony Stornelli: Well, what do you expect for a. second class-the captain? GUTHRIE 8a MCMURRAY America Amoco Gas Sz Oil Firestone Tires General Accessories Telephone 126-W ALABAMA PRODUCE COMPANY Dealers in C0al-Lumber-Hardware-Fertilizer Feed and all Farm Produce Basom, N. Y. X 79 ADVERTISEMENTS For Your Printing Needs 0 0 . . Q? '5 1097 A Modern Plant 100 per cent Automatically Equipped Looseleaf and Special Ruled Work Commercial Printing of all kinds Charles F. Miller Printing Co., Inc. 117 Ross Street Batavia, N ew York Mr. Hambel Ctalking to Mr. Drinkwaterjz Did you give your wife that little lecture on economy you talked about? Mr. Drinkwater: Yes. Mr. Hambel: Any results? Mr. Drinkwater: Yes, I've got to give up smoking cigars. ...,i Mr. Hambel: Angie, who discovered America? Angie Difiore fday dreamingb: Three Men on a Horse. Watches - Diamonds -- Jewelery Francis Sr Mead 96 Main St. Batavia, New York S0 J?1Z41fc?0faW.M y 4 81 4 '...LH,.n..LQLmg..L. a.......-..f.14,n.1....xQ......r. ,nU.m..L-1Au.,..ma....L