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

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1940 volume:

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Schiffner, Who has led us through the intricate paths of mathematics, who established and coached OakfieId's first track team, and Who, by his sincere interest in student activities, has aroused a new spirit in our student body. 1 ii i- i, FACULTY 1 2 3 -1 5 G T 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2-1 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Faculty HARRISCJN E. XVILLIAMS. A. B., A. M., Principal--Syramlse IfY1I'l1'6T8lf!l, ffolumbia sity-Science and Mathematics. Uni1:e'r- JOHN F. HAMBEL. A. B.. A. M.. Vice-Principal-.-IIfred IIVHi'l'61'8ff1l'-HiSflDFjf. GORDON K. IJATES. A. B.-.lliami l'11ice:-s'if11-I'hexnistry and Mathematics. XVHEELER M. HAI.L, B. S. in Education-Huffalo Stale Teachers' College-Generali Science, Introduction to Business. Sociul Studies. JOSEPH P. IPERMOIDY, B. S.-Syracuse Iinfi'versity-Agricillture. BIELVIN H. BAUMI-IOFER., A. B.-I'ni1'ersify of Michigan-History, Social Science. :ROBERT YV. STRUNK. B. S.--Buffalo Stale 7'6U0h6I'Sy f'oIlege-Industrial Arts. LOUIS J. SCI-IIFI-'NER. B. S.-Alfred T'n'irersity-lllnthemntics and Science. JANE E. STEVENS, A. B.-IT71'l1'67'Slf1l of Rochexter--Euglisll. EDITH E. WVOOLSEY, A. B.. A. M..-Elmira College, Uolzmrlzia Iinivfersitgf-L11tin, Library, English. FRANCES H. BREVVER. A. B.'Il71l1'67'8lfjl of Roclzesfer: Ilertificat def: Etudes Francaixes, University of Lyon, 1 l'U1lO61f1I'PllCil and English. VIRGINIA JOHNSTON, B. S.-Keuka College-Business Education. DIARY A. LIVSK, B. A.-Il7Li17?7'8'lt1l of Rochesfer-Englisli. RITTH KATIiRYN KINSLEY. B. S. in Home Economics-Huyfalo Slate Teachers' College- Home Economics. EUGENE BRUCE-State Normal School af C'or'flan.d-Boys' Physical Training: and Coaching. ESTELLE DIEAD0l F -SfLlf6 Normal School af llortlalnd-Girls' Physical Training. DORIS M. BRUNCK, B. S.-Ifnirersity of lfuffalo-Art Education. K. ESTHER SGHULER-l'Y7'0d07!iCl, Normal-Music, VVALTER BIULHOLLAND-I'wI'?d07'llll Normal-lNIusic. NORMAN SLOCITLI-GEWIFSPO Normal, Houghton Uollege--Eiglitli Grade, Algebra, Voca- tional Guidance. MARIAN K. RUDD-Geneseo Normal-Librarian. Eighth Grade, .ARTHUR GILBERT-Geneseo Normal--Seventh Grade. VVALTER G. BLISH-B7'0Ckp0Tt Normal-Seventh Grade. JEANETTE GOVE, B. S. in Ed.-Buffalo Sfate Teachers' College-Sixtll Grade. NIABEL BEATRICE HILL, B. S.-Elmira Uollege-M. Ed.-Penn State-Sixth Grade. BIARIAN RUDMAN-Brockport Normal-Fifth Grade. DIAY JOHNSTON-Il7l'f'l76l'8lf1,l of Rochester, I.'1zire1's'il1,1 of New York, Geneseo Normal- Fifth Grade. EDITH J. COTTON-If1lj5cdl0 Normal-Fourtli Grade. MRS. ARTAMESIA A. Traver-Brockport Normal-Tliird Grade. BETTY LOUISE HORN, B. S. iI1 Ed.-Buffalo State 7'each,erx' College-Third Grade. HELEN VAN IJEVENTER-G67I6860 Normal-Second Grade. NIILLICENT I. KEhIP'G6?lES60 Normal-First Grade. ELIZABETH YV. ARMER, B. S. in Ed.-Buffalo Slate Teachers' Uollege-First Grades B and C. VIRGINIA L. HESLER'1G67If6860 Normal-Special Class. MARY ELIZABETH MOONEY--Geneva General Hospifal-Registered Nurse. WVICTORIA NEEIlELL--S6CI'Bt3Fy'. 7 S ORACLE STAFF Oracle Staff Editor-in-Chief .,.g,.g... Assistant Editor-in-Chief --- Literary Editor ..,Y-,------ Assistant Literary Editor .... Assistant Literary Editor --., Assistant Literary Editor .... Assistant Literary Editor .... Assistant Literary Editor ,.L. Business Manager ....... News Editor ,.... - .... - Associate News Editor L.s. Boys' Athletic Editor .Ls. Girls' Athletic Editor --- Art Editor ..L...... Follies Editor ........... Assistant Follies Editor --- Book Edltor ------------ Department Editor Muslc Editor s.-w... --- Assistant Music Editor --- Circulation Manager ,,..........M Assistant Circulation Manager v.L, Assistant Circulation Manager -- Treasurer ..............Lr.. Advertising Manager ........... Assistant Advertising Manager ---- Assistant Assistant Assistant Advertising Manager -- - Advertising Manager ---- Advertising Manager --- ----- Julia Hint --- Lillian Nyquist --- Pauline Brundage ---- Charles Reese Everett McClurg Dorothy Starkvveather ------ Louise Greene --- Patricia Martin --- Tony Juliano ------ Mary Fondi ---- Shirley Frosdick --- Aldrich DeSimone -------- Erma Caton -- Elizabeth Damiani ---- William Thomas ------- Robert Betters - Catherine DeSimone ---------- Ruth Dick --- Warren Schaal --- Helen Bullock ----- Victor Stornelli --- Clyde Starkweather ------ Julio Taddei ----- Anna Calus ----- Malley Feeney -- Robert Fitzsimmons --- Joseph DiFiore ---- James Whitcomb -- Wilbur Genesky Photograph Editor ------------ ------------------------- J oan Hint Alumni Editors ---- ----- Rose Sapienza and Haworth Traver 9 Y 1 1 10 SNAPSHOTS Snapshots Number one. Fancy pickets. Tall, Dark and Handsome. Telephone number 8246. Oh, it's Bill! Katy and Bess. W. P. A. On the up and up. Angles and angels. Fay Arthur Ring, Esq. Sure and it's Shirley. Left, right, left, right. Second flight up. Pillars of knowledge. And that's not all! Incorporated. Oh Johnny . Modest Maidens. Sittin' Pretty. M Qne hot-fudge sundae, please Those Ag. Parties ! Take a look, Prof. The long and short of it. Strictly Speaking- Simply dashing! Doing it up right. Up against it. We Won!! Corky. Guess Who! 11 V Z 12 SNAPSHOTS Snapshots Looking down on life. Ken. We'd call them cute. Tender eyes Cedj. Where's Betty? Ridin' high. What! nothing to eat? A slew of Sophs. Just passing by. Groundhogs. Now spell Heat . Just Plain Bill . From left to right- What a laugh! Ethiopian playboys. He's on the faculty now! Billy. The grocery boy for me! Good bait. Paper mister? Buzz and Bowser. Hello everybody! An artful study. The morning after. 13 O. H. S. ALMA MATER O. H. S. Alma Mater We raise our voice in song to thee Oakfield High, O, Oakfield 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, Oakield High. Around the landscapes fairest lie, Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. The sun ne'er lights a bluer sky, Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. The flag of red. and White and blue Proclaims the freedom of the true, The best is none too good for you Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. The years will come, the years will go Oakfield High, O, Oakiield High. Yet this will e'er be true, We know Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. '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, Oakfield High. Life's paths may lead us far apart Oakfield High, O, Oakiield High. But thoughts of thee Will bless the heart Oakfield High, O, Oakfield High. And memories will cherished be Of friends and school and streams and tree And high school days in Genesee Oakfleld High, O, Oaklield High. -Mr. Darling 14 mimfllhmr. STUDENT BUDY SUPHISTICATED SENIORS ASPIRING JUNIURS SNJDLED SUPHDVIORES .CREEN FRESHWEN ANT IUUATED PC's CLASSES SENIORS R. Pauline Brundage Shelli figure it out if it takes all nightg it may be a sticker, but she'll get it 'rightf' Vice President-45 Basketball- 2, 3, 45 Orchestra-1, 2, 35 Autumn Dance Committee-45 Student Council-3 5 Oracle Staff -3, 45 Ambition-Undecided. Bessie Buceeri Sports and giggles are a pair, but she doesn't know which one to spare. Basketball-l, 2, 3, 45 Soccer-- 45 Volley Ball-45 Girls' Glee Club-1, 2, 35 Autumn Dance Decorating Committee - 45 Dance Club - 3 5 Ambition -- Undecided. Arlene Bertha Burr i'Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee-3, 4 5 Ambition- Undecided. Grace Emily Churchill ' Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low, an ewcellent thing in woman. Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee+3, 45 Autumn Dance Committee-45 Usher, Junior- Senior Ball-15 Ambition-Um decided. Aldrich DeSim0ne- Ric A time to keep silence, and a time to speak. Basketball-1, 25 Basketball- Football Manager-3,4 5 Track- 35 Champions Intramurals-35 Senior Intramurals-3, 45 Bad- minton-45 Volley Ball--45 Horse-Shoe Tournament-3, 45 Dramatics - 4 5 Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee--3, 45' Ambition-Prominent in the field of Forestry. 15 Catherine DeSimone- Kitty Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. Basketball-1, 2, 3, 45 Soccer -45 Volley Ball-45 Girls' Glee Club---1, 2, 35 Assembly Pro- gram-35 Autumn Dance Com- mittee-3, 45 Dance Club-35 Oracle Staff - 45 Ambition - Undecided. Ruth Mary Dick 'iShe is pretty to walk with, and witty to talk with, and plea- sant to think on. Vice President-3 QJlll1l01'-S0l1l0I' Ball Decorating Committee-3, 45 Autumn Dance Decorating Committee4i5 Oracle Staff-45 Ambition-To be a successful lllll'SL'f. Gladys E. Eckstein fl good mind possesses a kingdom. Chairman of the Decorations, Autumn Dance Committee-45 Usher, Junior-Senior Ball-15 Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee-3, 45 Public Speak- ing Contest - 4 5 Ambition - Dietitian. Edwin Fava- Ed As the ivoiee of many waters. Football-2, 3, 45 Baseball- 2, 35 Soft Ball-45 Table Ten- nis-45 Ambition-Aeronautics. Malloy J. Feeney- Mall The prince of darkness is a gentleman. Football- 2 5 Basketball - 35 Baseball Manager-35 Junior Champ of Intramurals - 35 Senior Intramurals-45 Oracle Staff-45 Junior-Senior Ball Nominating Committee - 35 Agriculture-25 F. F. A.-25 F. F. A. Delegate to Ithaca-25 Ambition - Enter Engineering School. SENIORS Hazel Myrta Fitzsimmons A maid of pensive ways: Pleasin-g in all she does or says. Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Co-nnni1tee-3, -l 5 Autumn Dance Committee W -lg Tl'92lSll1'6l'- 45 xxmbifi0lI+IlllCl9Cllll'll. Robert F. Fitzsimmons-- Bob A 'lIl01'kH'l!L7l that needeth, not to be ashamed. Junior-Senior Ball Executive Committee - 4 5 Junior-Senior Ball Checking Committee-3: Student Council - 35 Oracle Staff-4 5 Ambition-Undecided. Marry Louise Fondi l'l'hat else is there good, but to live and he merry. Dram:-itics - 45 Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee-3, 45 Autumn Dance Committee- 45 Oracle Staff-3, 45 Student Council-45 Ambition - Secre- tary. Rodney Forsyth- Rod The farmer is r:o'1:etons of his dollar, and with reasonfl Football-25 F. F. A.-2, 3, 45 F. F. A. T1'9HSlll'Pl'-+41 F. F. A. Demonstrating Team-3, 45 F. F. A. Judging Teams-2, 3, 45 Ambition-Agriculture. VVilhul' Robert Gen esky- Buzz Can two walk together, except they be agreed? President - 25 Football - 45 Basketball-3,45 Track Mana- ger-35 Track-45 Tennis-45 Basketball Intramurals - 35 Junior-Senior Banquet Execu- tive Committee-35 Oracle Staff -45 Oracle Staff Nominating fJ0111llllffG6- 4 5 Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee---3, 45 Speaking Contest-45 Ambi- tion-Uhemieal Engineer. lli Eama Catherine Gerone fX'c'vcr hawzriny much to say, gentle and quiet in every wary. Glee Club-l, 2, 45 llixerl CllU1'llS-2, Junior-Senior Ball lJecorati1,g Commtitee-3, 45 Ambition-Beauty Culturist. Nina L. Hall A little mischief by the 'way is fine to spice the passing dayfl Secretary - 45 Junior-Senior Ball Committee-3, 45 Autumn Dance Decorating Committee- 45 Ambition-Secretary. Julia Hint Horn for success she seemed, ll-'ith grace to win, heart to hold With shining gifts that took all eyes. President - l5 Badminton doubles - 45 Band - 2, 35 Orchestra, Special-25 Co-Chair man of Junior-Senior Ball Exe- cutive Committee-35 O. H. News Staff-25 Oracle Staff- R, 45 Ambition-Undecided. Melvin Clayton Jesment- nllezzyn 'tHe swift to hear, slow to speak, sloilv to '1,I77'lllih.v Baseball-45 Basketball' Intra- murals - 3, 4 5 .lnnior-Senior Bull Decorating Committee-3, 45 Ambitiongllndecided. Tony William Juliann- Chick 'lVhen the brisk niinor pants for twenty-one. Basketball-2, 3, 45 Baseball- 2, 3, 45 Volley Ball-4, Bad- minton-45 Track-35 Senior Intramurals - 4 5 Horse Shoe Tournament-3, 45 Ban-cl-15 Oracle Stat?-3, 45 Ambition- lllulecidecl. SENIORS Virginia E. Krueger- Ginger I shall go softly all my yearsf' Dramatics - 4 3 Junior-Senior Hall Decorating Committee-43 News Staff-43 Ambition-To be a beauty operator. Donald L. Martin- Red,' Mine was a joke for the ages. Football-2, 3, 4, 53 Boys' Glee Club - 53 Mixed Chorus - 4 g Dramatics - 4: Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee-43 Future Farmers-3, 4 3 Ambition -Undecided. Everett Louis McClurg- liRed!! Ullnspotted from the world. Baseball-2, 3, 43 Basketball- 2, 3, 43 Football-2, 3, 43 F. F. A.-2, 3, -lg F. F. A. Judging Teams-2, 3, 4, Oracle Staff-3, 43 F. F. A. Reporter -33 F. F. A. Community Ser- vice Leader-13 Ambition-Be Successful in Farming. Thomas Miller- Tucker Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, 'tif thou 1.I'0llllli8t lead a tranquil lifefi Football-3, 43 Baseball-3, 43 Basketball Intramural-3, 43 Junior-Senior Ball Checking Committee-3, 43 Ambition- Undecided. Maria. Loretta Perozzi Oat of the abmidance of the heart. the mouth speakethf' Basketball-43 Soccer-43 Glee Club-1, 23 Mixed Chorus-23 Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee-3, 43 Dance Club - 45 Ambition - Interior Decorator. 17 Charles A. Reese- Terry hllijfzasefl knowledge immorfalizes itself. Assistant Librarian-2, 3, 43 Oracle Staff - 3, 43 Junior- Senior Ball Decorating Commit- tee-3, 43 Ambition-Riding Instructor and Librarian. Lucille Georgetta Richards I love a broad margin to my lifef' Secretary - 3 3 Basketball - 3 3 Dramatics Club-43 Assembly Program - 33 Oracle Staff Nominating Committee-3, 4g Junior-Senior Hall Decorating Committee-3, 43 Junior-Senior Banquet Committee-3 3 Autumn Dance Decorating Committee- 4g Glee Club-33 Mixed Chorus -33 Dance Club-33 Ambition -Nurse. Grace A. Sage- Sagie IV-zto the pure, all things are pure. Autumn Dance Decorating Com- mittee-lg Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee-3, 4g Ambition-Nurse. WVai-ren Richard Schaal- Straw 'AI am not a politician., and my other habits are goodfi President-4 3 Basketball-1, 2 3 Band-1, 2, 3, 4, F. F. A.-2, 3, 43 F. F. A. Judging Team- 2, 3, -13 F. F. A. County Group Chairman-43 F. F. A. Co-op Manager-43 Ambition-To be- come a co-operating farmer. Ruth J. Seahurg I have no mockings or argu- ments: I 11-itness and wait. Basketball Intramurals-2, 3g Glee Club - 1, 2, 43 Mixed Chorus-2, 4g Dramatics Club -4, Dance Club-43 Junior- Senior Ball Decorating Com- mittee-3, 4g Ambition-Nurse. SENIORS Marion L. Snyder- Mar Ally book and heart .llust nveirer partfi Basketball Intrainurals-2, 3, 4 3 Softball-3, 43 Volley Ball-3, 43 Bowling Intruinurals - 43 Glue Club-2, 3, 43 Mixed CllOl'llS-31 Drainatics Club- 4g Junior-Senior Ball Decora- ting Committee-3, 43 Autumn Dance Committee-43 Dance Club - 3, 43 Ambition-Conn inercial Artist. Edward Charles Sharp- Eddie '24, little farm ioell tilled .4 little barn zrell filled A little 'wife well willed give me, give me. Oracle Staff Nominating Coin- mittee-43 F. F, A.-2, 3, 43 F. F. A. Judging Teams-2, 3, 43 F. F. A. Vice President-33 F. F. A. Reporter+l3 Ambition -4Etlicient Farmer Clyde E. Stairlcweather- Shrimp JIoderation, the noblest gift of Heaven. Band-1, 2, 3, 43 Mixed Chorus -2, 33 Boys' Glee Club-2, 43 Junior-Senior Ball Nominating Committee-33 Autumn Dance Decorating Committee - 43 Oracle Staff-3, 43 F. F. A.- 2, 3, 43 Ambition-Agriculturist. Samuel Bordinaro- Boirdy KNO Picturej Has sighfd to many, though he loved but one. Football-8-1, 2, 33 Basketball -1, 2, 3: Baseball-8-1, 23 Ambition--To Hnd a job. Dorothy Marie Stairkweather Good health and good sense are tzro of life's greatest bles- sings. Baud-1, 2, 3, 43 Orchestra-1, 3, 43 Glee Club-1. 33 Mixed cjll0l'llSi3Q Oracle Stat?-3, 43 Oracle Staff Nominating Coin- mipttee-33 Junior-Senior Ball Executive COII1Il1itt09-42 Class Otlicer-33 Student Council-3 3 News Staff - 4 3 Ambition - Stenograplier. Victor John Stornelli- Slug For my part I'd tell the truth and shame the devil. Basketball-1, Double Octet- 3. 43 Boys' Glee Club-3, 43 Oracle Staff-3. 43 Junior- Senior Ball Decorating' Commit- tee-3, 43 Ambition--Travel. William Franklin Thomas- Tommy He adds tothe sum of human joyy T1'2lCk13Q Champions of Intra- murals-3g Senior Intramurals -43 Glee Club-43 Double Octet-43 Junior-Senior Ball Decorating Committee-3, 43 Oracle Staff-3, 43 Ambition- To be :1 man. Lucille Virginia Young- Cille Born, 'with a gift of laughter. Basketball-1, 2, 3, 43 Softball -1, Soccer-43 Volley Ball-43 Glee Clubhl, 2, 3, 43 Mixed Chorus-2, 3: Speaking Contest -43 Dramatics Clllbh-42 Dance Club-3 3Junior-Senior Platform Decorating Committee-3, 43 Autumn Dance COIIIIHHTZBG?-41 Assembly Program-33 Usher, Junior-Senior Ball-1 3 Ambition -To become prominent in the field of nursing. Officers-Class of 1940 President ----..2 .- .4.... Warren Schaal Secretary r.r4.,..r,......r, Nina Hall Vice-President -V ,ur Pauline Brundage Treasurer ....,-..., Hazel Fitzsimmons CLASS COLORS FLOWER MASCOT Navy Blue and White Carnation Goldfish MOTTO Done Well todayg no trouble tomorrow. 18 'nn 'xo' POST GRADUATES President kg...., Vice-President ..,. Secretary ..... Treasurer W- Lloyd Bamm 'Verle Campbell Vernon Campbell Anna Cianfrini Mary Costantini Anna Damiani John DeFilippo Elmer Fitzsimmons Page Gentsch Joseph Giordano Samuel Giordano Betty Greene Erwin Heckroth Rowena Hoertz Mario Ianni Vito Jacobbi Doris Josey Post Graduates OFFICERS Julia Latko Marie Lesso Josephine Madonia Rose Madonia Robert Maher Cesare Manetta Marion Mason Bernard Moretti Angeline Mosco Kenneth McEntee Lucius Ohs Regina Ohs Josephine Olmsted Eugene Peterson Filippina Pilato Betty Pixley John Puma ' 19 Kenneth McEntee -- Robert Mahar ---nw John Reed Elmer Fitzsimmons Marian Ransom Lester Rapiti John Reed Edna Rhodes Claribel Roth Virginia Rowley Evelyn Scarborough Leola Scott Betty Seaburg Haworth Traver Dominick Vallese Gerald Werner I Lucille Wickens William Wilder Martha Woeller James Young JUNIORS President ...,.,. Vice-President L-- Secretary ...M. Treasurer L-- Edith Acitelli James Allyn Robert Betters Helen Bullock Anna Calus Ruth Carroll James Cassiano Erma Caton Jeanette Christopher Edward Cianfrini Norma Clark Elizabeth Damiani Ethel Davidson Ronald Davis Joe DiFiore Shirley Frosdick Anna Galeota Juniors OFFICERS Sam Galeota John Gillette Louis Giordano Louise Greene Marie Hartwig Joan Hint Victor Ianni Elinor Kraatz Robert Marshall Patricia Martin Robert Merkel Polly Miller William Moretti Eugene Nanni Albert Needell Lillian Nyquist Lulu Pask 20 -AL Robert Betteis ,-,, Norma Clark L-, Julio Taddei Robert Vlerkel Nan Patterson Gina Perozzi Roland Pixley Charlotte Reese Fay Ring Betty Schlagenhauf Rheta Seaburg Clayton Sharp Alice Shipman Dorothy Smith Julio Taddei Jeanette Tooley John Trigilio James Whitcomb Herbert Wolcott SOPHOMORES President ..Wv,. Vice-President U- Secretary .,..... Sophomores OFFICERS ,. ,Y,, William Bird W, Laurence Greene Wu Richard Caton Irene DiFiore Treasurer ,,............v,....,...... ...,Ye...Y,......,, I -H Oscar Anderson Anna Balonek William Bird Arlene Bradt Robert Buckley Henry Burbules Harry Cafer Nickolas Cassiano Gloria Caton Richard Caton Henry Domagala Donald Feeney Josephine Ferrari Margaret Fondi Celia Forsyth Natalie Galeota Jennie Giordano Dorothy Glatz Frederick Glor Sydney Graves Merlyn ChamberlainLaurence Greene John Chapin Rosamond Hale Mildred Churchiield Caroline Halet Donald Cook Anna Corbelli Carmin Corbelli Francis Daley Malcolm Davis Anthony Deni Mary DeSimone Irene DiFiore Libria DiFiore Lillian DiMatteo Donald Harvey Ruby Hasselbeck Alvin Hilchey Daniel Howe Angelo Ianni Umberto Ianni Joseph Ingalsbe Zane Isenberg Joe Jacobbi Louise Johnson Leonard Joslyn Lyle Kelsey Harry Klehn Jeanne Klehn Frank Krtanik Felix Latko John Ludeman Ida Makovac Everett Martin Henry Mikolajczyk Pauline Miller Thomas Moore Annie Mcsco Ruth McClurg Mary Nagel Bruno Nannie Edmond Nannie Olga Nicometo Inez Paolucci Frank Perozzi Lena Pilato Flora Post Lorin Reed 21 Thomas Richardson Donald Rumble Robert Russel Alice Sage Dorothy Scarborough Earl Scharlau John Scopano Marjorie Stone Fred Stornelli Reginald Stornelli Amelio Taddie Olive Thayer David Thomas Marilyn Thornton Donald Towne Ida Towne Richard Towne Alfred Vallese Allan Whitcomb Harlow Wilder Pearl Young FRESHMEN Freshmen OFFICERS President ........ ....F,,YF.F ,,... J o anne Yunker Charles Olmsted Vice-President .... .s,s Secretary ,-. ...,e , ...s,.,....s ..... - , M.,.ss , Treasurer ,.,....ese,e,...s,s,es. -r,,r,L-Y,.----.--L- Kenneth Addington Samuel Dick Henry Kelsey Dorothy Adams Mario DiMatteo Erma Kraatz Betty Ames Janice Domm Sophia Kowalczyk Richard Anderson Jack Dudley Charles Krtanik George Beecher Norma Ernst Herbert Lewis Charles Bordinaro Gino Fava Doris Lindsay Robert Brundage Addison Burr Elsie Carter Mary Cayea Norman Cheney Alice Christopher Americo Ciaccio Doris Connolly Joyce Cook Lois Cook Anna Costantini Marian Cramer Jean Davis Anna Mae Feeney Gaspare Madonia Martha Gilbert Gordon Marsham Nancy Gower Nelson Mason Richard Greene Mayme Messina Dean Hagen Julia Mikolajczyk Robert Hagen William Miller Everett Hall Donald Mills Lloyd Harris Shirley Mullaney Lloyd Hough Marion McGuire Raymond Hutson Edith Nelson William Hutton Charles Olmsted Dorothy Ingalsbe John Owens Anna Jacobbi Jeanette Palone Dominick DeFilippo Evelyn Johnson Edna Pender -- Dominic Sapienza Barbara Taber Roger Reed Jean Sanford Dominic Sapienza Emily Schilling Anna Scopano Donna Scott Willard Sharp Shirley Shipman Carol Smallback ' Oren Stevens Wilma Stone Barbara Taber Harold Towne Francis Urbaniak Pauline Wickens Mary Wicks Virginia Wilder Willis Worthington Joanne Yunker Robert Yunker Edmond DeSimone William Jordon Earl Potter Emito DeSimone Charles Juliano Florence Pozzobon Olderico DeSimone Joseph Juliano Sherwin Radka 2 ALUMNI Alumni The annual banquet and meeting of the Alumni Association of Oakiield High School was held in the high school on June 29, 1939. Officers were elected as follows: President ---- --- Kenneth Woeller Vice-President ...n.,...o .o,..., E arl Reed Secretary and Treasurer .,.. -- Vernon Campbell Executive Committee: Haworth Traver, Leola Scott, Clare Buckel, Edith Stark- weather, Bernard Carney. The following news about members of the Alumni Association might be of interest: Those who have gone away to school: Robert Wright ...,...Tr...,.....,..,..,...,............... Rice Institute Dorothy Yunker --- -- McKechnie-Lunger School of Commerce Herman Ianni --- r,....,,,,......n.,. Canisius College Jean Root --- ....... Cazenovia Seminary Jane Wiktor ...r. --- Batavia Branch of R. B. I. Phillip DiSalvo .... ,....c.,.,...,,........-.. A lfred University Dorothy Mullaney --- --- Student nurse at Rochester General Hospital Douglas Peterson --- ----- - --------------- University of Buffalo Lois Reed -- ---- --.-- P ratt Institute Paul Roth ------ ----- --H -------- Cornell University Eleanor Forsyth ---- ---- Michigan State Teachers' College What they are doing: Harry Johns has joined the marines. LeRoy Sanford is employed at the Zigrossi Service Station. Esther Nyquist is working in the office of the Haxton Canning Co. Jennie Domagala is Working in a store in Buffalo. Victoria Needel is the secretary in Oakfield High School. Beatrice Nagel is employed by Dr. Gieb of Rochester. Lloyd King is employed by the United States Gypsum Company in Jackson- ville, Florida. . Marie Brumsted is teaching in Huntington, Long Island. 23 ALUMNI Marriages: John Genesky and Bertha Balbick. John Moy and Helen Schlofke. Rose Starkweather and Maurice Alexander. Helen Burdett and LeRoy Sanford. Margaret Hilchey and Earl Dennis. Elizabeth Reese and Harold Stockwell. Mary Angeles and Gene DeLenardis. Frank Rosone and Kathryn Liberto. Births to members of the Alumni: To Ray and Gwendolyn Roth Mantel, a daughter. To Edward and Bernice Connolly Kriner, a daughter. To Charles and Lois Pask Shanley, a daughter. To Alva and Thelma Whitney Kellar, a son. To Willard and Gladys Natzke Ohs, a daughter. To Richard and Caroline Williams Beebe, a son. To Frank and Betty Sanford Manarel, a daughter. To Frank and Mary Holliday Mickey, a son. To Frank and Elsie Cassaro D'Alba, a son. To Osborne and Marion Fuller Willson, a son. To Merrill and Brownwyn Thomas Clendennon, a daughter To Roger and Virginia Searls Sleight, a son. To Raymond and Corene Jenks Long, a daughter. To Wilber and Inez Brayley Unger, a daughter. To Earl and Freda Crenan Greene, a daughter. To Achille and Dora Marino Spaziani, a daughter. I' 24 'i AGRICULTURE Agriculture I NCE more, for the third time, the Oakiield Future Farmers of America present a resume of the past year. A year ago the chapter was notified that their booth was selected for exhibition at the New York State Fair. After much work, the booth entitled Chapter Activity was built and exhibited at Syracuse. John Reed did the hand painting for the chapter. At the tinal judging, Oakfield received second place and forty-five dollars. During the week Kenneth McEntee and Warren Schaal explained to the public the main features of the booth twice each day. The Future Farmer department of the County Fair was instituted during August. The judging teams, placing second in apples and potatoes, third in horses and iifth in dairy cattle and poultry, brought home a total of twenty-eight dollars. The chapter won first in a county chapter contest by exhibiting its scrapbook. In the dairy herd improvement work, a second place ribbon was received for the records shown. Kenneth McEntee won fifteenth place in judging dairy cattle at Syracuse and a cash award. Rodney Forsyth judged applesg Edward Sharp, horses, Paul Roth, poultryg and Clayton Sharp, potatoes. During January ten boys made the trip to the Rochester horticultural show where Warren Schaal, Rodney Forsyth and Kenneth McEntee placed eighth in plant diseases. L. Reed, D. Cook, R. Forsyth, K. McEntee, E. McClurg and D. Martin made up the apple judging team. The annual two-day trip to Ithaca during Farm and Home week was very successful. Warren Schaal placed seventh against 101 schools in the plant disease contest and Kenneth McEntee placed third against 146 schools in the seed identification Work, winning an ever-sharp pencil as his award. Clyde Starkweather placed 20th in judging milk against 119 schools. Other judges were C. Sharp, Shopg E. Sharp, Live- stockg K. McEntee, applesg E. McClurg, potatoes and R. Forsyth, poultry. 25 ' . AGRICULTURE Much interest was shown in the annual demonstration contest. Three teams were prepared, and competed before the General Biology class to deter- mine the winners. Rodney Forsyth and Kenneth McEntee won the local contest with their demonstration on Vaccinating Poultry for Disease. This team went to Corfu and won first prize and the chapter's first cup in competition with the other chapters of the county. In addition to the demonstraticn con- tests, various athletic feats were held wherein Robert Buckley placed fifth in the light weight wrestling, and Clayton Sharp and John Scopano took fifth place in the light and welter weight boxing matches. Clayton Sharp and Everett McClurg placed third in the ping-pong doubles matches and Kenneth McEntee won the welter weight wrestling contest and a blue ribbon. The chapter organized a soft ball team, touch football team and A and B basketball teams which competed in the intramurals with other chapter teams. The chapter purchased a set of boxing gloves during the winter. A 35 M.M. Argus candid camera was purchased and is being used by the various members to take pictures. During the winter months, a Bingo party was held at Batavia, a Christmas party at Clyde Starkweather's, a sleigh ride party at Edward Sharp's and a monopoly party at Kenneth McEntee's home. ' The third annual banquet was held in the Agriculture rooms April 9, 1940 with R. E. Francis, Guidance councilor from Benjamin Franklin High School in Rochester, as the main speaker. Awards were made which included ten regular award of O's to Kenneth McEntee with 6,250 points, Rodney Forsyth with 5,424 points, Herbert Wolcott with 3,828 points, Warren Schaal with 3,676 points, Edward Sharp with 3,461 points, Clayton Sharp with 3,045 points, Everett McClurg with 2,732 points, Clyde Starkweather with 2,573 points, Lorin Reed with 2,637 points and Richard Caton with 2,520 points. Robert Buckley, Donald Cook and Donald Rumble received emblems with 2,305, 2,142 and 2,139 points respectively. Robert Brundage won the medal for the highest number of points in Agriculture I with 1,665. As the ORACLE goes to press, the members are preparing for the Apple Blossom festival to be held at Batavia on May 18, and for the State chapter contest, results of which will be judged at the Syracuse Fair and with anticipa- tion of having one of its members awarded the Empire Farmer Degree. The Future Farmers. Future Farmers of America, New York No. 253 OFFICERS President ...111. .- Herbert Wolcott Reporter ,.1,, 1.11 Edward Sharp Vice-President 1--- Robert Marshall Watch Dog -,- ---I Richard Caton Secretary ..v. .-- - III.. Lorin Reed Adviser ---LY 2.-- J. P. Dermody Treasurer --- 1- Rodney Forsyth 1939-40 CHAPTER ROLL 1. Robert Brundage 8. Kenneth McEntee 15. Edward Sharp 2. Robert Buckley 9. Earl Potter 16. Willard Sharp 3. Richard Caton 10. Lorin Reed 17. Clyde Starkweather 4. Donald Cook 11. Donald Rumble 18. Herbert Wolcott 5. Rodney Forsyth 12. Warren Schaal 19. Robert Yunker 6. Robert Marshall 13. John Scopano 7. Everett McClurg 14. Clayton Sharp Learning to dog Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to Serve 213 INDUSTRIAL ARTS 1 rm Industrial Arts NDER the special guidance of Robert W. Strunk, the Industrial Arts, including General Electricity this year and General Metal next, have accomplished a considerable quantity of work. In the many things which they have made are included: bookcases for the Free Library and Mr. Slocum, bulletin boards for the music department and Mr. Gilbert, goal posts for the school grounds and drum pads for the music students. One of the outstanding products of Industrial Arts is the score board which is appreciated by all. The chief objectives of Industrial Arts are: CU to teach the necessity and originality of work, C29 to illustrate the diversification of industry, C37 to provide for testing personal interests and aptitudes in representative crafts, C45 to interest the students in construction, C5D to develop consumer's know- ledge and appreciation and C65 to aid in formulating a personal code of ethics. Industrial Arts class is governed by the students. At the head is the superintendent. Other ofH,cers include the secretary-librarian, the supply Cstockj foreman, the safety foreman, the tool panel foreman, the maintenance foreman, the finishing foreman and the miscellaneous foreman. 0Hicers are changed every semester. Those included on the honor roll in shop are: Robert Merkel Addison Burr Henry Burbules Francis Glatz Albert Needell Gordon Marsham Herbert Lewis Gino Fava Allan Whitcomb Donald Feeney Mario Ianni Edmund DeSimone Kenneth McEntee John Reed Felix Latko Richard, Caton Thomas Richardson Clayton Sharp Nick Cassiano The Industrial Arts class of Oakfield High School is entered in a contest sponsored by the Genesee Industrial Arts Club to develop an interest in fine craftsmanship in the construction of projects by students in' industrial arts classes. A first, second and third award will be made to each school. Prizes are to be awarded on May 10, 1940. 27 HOME ECONOMICS Home Economics Department HIS year the Home Economics Department has been newly organized under the direction of Miss Ruth Kingsley. The high school girls have studied many useful arts pertaining to the home and have made this department a practicable and popular part of school life. Home Economics 2, the course in meal planning, preparation and service, consists of laboratory work and class discussions. In connection with their class-room Work, the girls prepared refreshments for Parents' Night, lunches for play days and the banquet for the Future Farmers. In Home Economics 5, instruction is given in the care of clothes, grooming and sewing. Students studied different kinds of cloth, collected samples of material and kept note books on personal grooming. Home Economics 6 is a study of home decoration in which such topics as good furniture arrangement, selecting floor coverings, lamps and lighting and thetexteriors of our homes are discussed. In connection with this work, the students have collected and mounted pictures in notebooks to illustrate each topic. Besides this regular work some of the girls have made confetti bowls, pillows, drapes, or have knitted or embroidered.: Home Economics 8, the study of the home and family, is divided into four units: C15 General study of the home fchoosing, cost and construction and furnishing of the homejg H25 The successful family C a study of personality, health, most practical foods and economic securityD 5 C33 Management Cmanage- ment of shelter, time, income, clothing and hospitalityl and CLD Child develop- ment Cstandards of physical and mental development, physical welfare and the social development of the childD. At the conclusion of their study of children, the girls made stuffed animals, scrapbooks and dolls. , 28 mMIMRHUIIlJiRna LITERATURE French PARIS, VILLE DU IVIONDE NE DES villes les plus interessantes de l'Europe est la grande ville, capitale de France, Paris, que beaucoup de voyageurs visitent chaque annee. Paris est situe sur la Seine et la ville se prolonge sur les deux rives. Il y a bien des ediiices, avenues, et scenes qui sont reconnus bien dans le monde entier. A Paris on trouve la tour Eiffel, la construction de fer la plus haute du monde. Egalement le visiteur voit le celebre arc de triomphe on les victorieuses alliees armees ont marche apres la Grand Guerre. Si le visiteur veut le faire, il peut marcher le long de l'avenue des Champs-Elysees et d'autres fameuses avenues on il peut se promener at travers de beaux parcs et de beaux jardins comme le Jardin du Luxembourg. D'ailleurs on voit la cathedrale magnifique de Notre Dame et beaucoup d'autres eglises. Ici, aussi, sont de nombreux etudiants etrangers qui etudient la science et la culture at la Sorbonne, renommee universite. Le Musee du Louvre est le plus grand et le plus riche ,galerie d'art du monde. La Bibliotheque Nationale offrit la vaste matiere aux etudiants. Donc, cette ville de quatre millions d'habitants tient bon comme un exemple de beaute extraordinaire dans le monde moderne. Vernon Campbell, French III. lgi. UMADAM CURIEH by Eve Curie AR la methode vivante d'Eve Curie en ecrivantfla biographie de sa mere, on peut voir la fameus Madame Skodowska Curie dans tous ses sentiments. D'abord l'auteur nous ammene a Varsavie en Pologne ou demeurait la famille Sklodowska et nous faisons la connaissance d'une des jeunes filles, Marie. Elle etait tres intelligente-toujours la premiere en sa classe, surtout dans les sciences. A Page de dixhuit ans, elle commencait a etre institutrice. Elle passait trois annees monotones-il y avait trop de travail et peu d'argent. Puis, elle est allee a la Sorbonne ou elle travaillait beaucoup dans le laboratoire de physique. En 1893 elle est recue la premiere at la Licence es Sciences Physique et en 1894, at la Licence a Science Mathematiquesn. Elle etait toujours la premiere! Pendant ce temps, elle a fait la connaissance de Pierre Curie, un physician, avec qui elle s'est marie. Ils travaillent ensemble et en 1898 Marie Curie a dit qu'elle a decouvert le radium. Personne ne la croyait pas. Tres pauvres, les Curie avaient dd travailler dans un hangar mais ils ne voulaient pas laisser leur travail. A la mort de Pierre, le monde a perdu un grand homme et Marie a ete force de travailler seule. Dans son solitude elle a reussi at isoler le metal-le radium-elle-meme. Madame Curie a fit un voyage aux Etats-Unis Oil elle a recu beaucoup d'honneurs. Les chefs d'etats les roi, les ambassadeurs, et les foules-tous l'admiraient, et ils continueront at l'ad,mirer, Le 6 juillet 1934 at Page de soixante sept ans, elle est morte. Elle a joue un role tres important dans le monde entier. Chaque etudiant de francais doit lire ce grand livre d'une grande femme- Madame Curie . Rose Sapienza-French II. 29 LITERATURE MON VILLAGE E nom de mon village est Oakiield. Il est petit, mais beau. Il a beaucoup de rues. La rue la plus importante est la grande rue. En descendant cette rue, on Voit beaucoup de magasins. Il y a une cusine, un moulin, un bureau de postes, un cordonnier, deux h6tels, une pharmacie, deux boucheries, une quincaillerie, une epicerie, cinq coiffeurs, trois restaurants et beaucoup de boutiques. Oui, Oakfield est petit, mais il a beaucoup de magasins et il est tres actif. Il a une grande et belle ecole. Beaucoup d'eleves Viennent de la campagne a cette ecole, Des eleves sont paresseux et d'autres eleves sont appliques. Maintenant, il y a beaucoup de glace sur les trottoirs et je suis tombee beaucoup de fois deja. Cependant, je l'aime bien, mon Village. Anna Corbelli. ...L MON VILLAGE ON Village est un petit village. Il s'appelle Oakiield. Il y a beaucoup de maisons, petites et grandes. Il y a une ecole qui est au milieu du village. C'est une tres gentille ecole. Dans la grande rue il y a une quin- caillerie, un coiffeur, plusieurs epiceries, une mercerie-epicerie, une boucherie, une pharmacie, deux eglises, un cafe, un restaurant, des garages et un hetel. Il n'y a pas d'h6spta1 a Oakfield, mais il y a trois medecins. Pas loin du Village est une laiterie. Pres de la laiterie il y a une usine ou parfois beaucoup de personnes travaillent. Dans une rue de c6te, il y a le bureau de postes. En hiver Oakfield a beaucoup de neige. Nous allons patiner sur le lac et tout le monde s'amuse. Aussi il y a le cinema a l'ecole. Le dimanche beaucoup de monde vont at l'eglise. L'apres-midi nous faisons une promenade. Norma Clark. ...... MON VILLAGE ORQU'ON entre dans mon village, il voit peu. C'est un petit village avec courtes et etroite rues. Mais dans les rues nous avons beaucoup de belles maisons. Si nous examinons les rues, nous voyons que les maisons ne sont pas vieilles. Non, ils sont de belles nouvelles maisons. C'est un petit Village mais il y a assez de boutiques. Ils sont le cordonnier, la pharmacie, deux boucheries, deux quincailleries, et deux epiceries. Surtout les personnes sont tres contents de la Vie. Les enfants jouent tous les jours et les hommes travaillent tous les jours. Les enfants jouent dans les rues et les hommes travaillent dans les mines. C'est vraiment peu mais Oakfleld est chez les grandes mines de gypse. Oui, nous avons un beau petit village. James Whitcomb. 30 LITERATURE UNE LEooN Mon professeur me dit d'ecrire Quelque chose je peux traduire, Deux mots j'ecris, Les mots je lis Mais je ne peux plus les decrire. Mon professeur me dit d'ecrire Quelque chose que je peux lire Dix mots j'ecris Les mots je lis Mais je ne peux pas les traduire. Edna Rhodes--French III. -...L Latin ROMA INUTILITE Un homme gentil Pour une jeune fille Achete beaucoup de fleurs Hyacinthes Et belles pensees Bien timidement les offreg La jolie fille Les lui redonne- C'est l'asthme mal d'ete! Anna Damiani-French II. OMA est magna et pulchra urbs Italiae. In septem collibus ponitur. Hic populi Romani habitabant et laborabant. Pauci Romani in agris laborabant. Ceteri in proelio cum hostibus pugnaverunt, Viri multi clari in colle Palatio habitaverunt. Sunt multa clara loca in hac urbe antiqua. Multa aediiicia pulchra ab Romanis aedificata sunt. Pauca aedificiorum stant hodie. Maximum horum aediiiciorium est Colosseum. I-Ioc amphitheatrum aediiicabatur ab Tito. Multae pugnae in Romano Colosseo tenebantur. Hae pugnae erant inter optimos gladiatores. Ante imperatorem et populos vocabant: Morituri te salutamusf' Hi gladiatores interdum servi erant. Nunc hoc aedificium est in ruinis. Est etiam Forum ubi populi ibant et Pantheon, templum clarum. Multi populi has ruinas vident. Composed by Latin I class. l SIMILITUDINES ET DISSIMILITUDINES OSSUMUS videre multas similitudines inter nostram et Romanam humani-- tatem. Romanae viae fuerunt nostris viis pares, nisi validiores. Aquae- ductus Veteres nunc permanent, etiam ducentes aquam ea die. Oratores, imperatores, publici duces fuerunt perditissimi pro eis artiflciis. Multa de Cicerone homine virtute ingenioque legimus. Fortitudinem declaravit cum contra Catalinam dixisset. Tamen pro aliis se maluit. Quare, multa quae in suis orationibus dixit, pro se oravit. Orationes Ciceronis omnibus legendae sunt. Religio Romani populi multos deos habebat. Principes deorum erant: Juppiter, rex deorumg Mars, deus belli, Vesta, dea foci, Juno, regina deorumg Minerva, dea sapientiae, belli, et artiumg et Ceres, dea agrieolarum. Princeps Romanae religionis erat Pontifex Maximus. Romae vestales incendium sacrum Vestae custodiebant. Si incendium exississet, Vestal vivens in humum posita esset. Omnes Romani putaverunt hos deos exsistere. Hodie uni deo credimus. 31 LITERATURE Cum putemus pericula nostrae rei publicae esse nova, periculis Romae revocatis, videmus pericula nostra similia eis esse. Pro exemplisa Propter inopiam pecuniae Romani agricolae suam terram habere non potuerunt. Duo fratres, honestissimi homines, T. Gracchus et G. Gracchus, conati sunt juvare agricolas, sed interfecti sunt ab inimicisg item multi agricolae hodie suam terram omittent. Romae multi cives erant ignavi qui nihil operis pecuniaeque habuerunt. Res publica Romana frumentum eis civibus deditg item nos nostros cives curamus. His exemplis potestis Videre quo modo res hodie et res antiquae Romae sint similes. Composed by Latin III Class. . 4..T VITA ROMANORUM EMPORIBUS Romanis erant multi servi causa laboris non solum in agris sed etiam in domo. Quod plerique horum in bellis capti sunt, alteri crudele affecti sunt et alteri cum beneiicio aifecti sunt. Cum saepe liberarentur, tamen multas res dominis suis debuerunt. Romae scholae saepe foris tenebantur. Ad quas iverunt liberi cum paedogogibus qui mores liberorum curaverunt. Puellae autem domi ab suis matribus et servis educabantur. Pueri cognoverunt exercere sua corpora ad bellum gerendum et ad res gerendas in Circo Maximo. Etiam etudiebant litteras Graecas et Romanas. Romani suam aquae copiam ex montibus obtinebant. Ea Romam aquaeductu portabatur. Apud clarissimos aquaeductus est Appius aquaeductus, qui, factus primus, erat plus quam decem milia passuum longitudine. Alius et major aquaeductus est Anio Vetus. Alius est Claudianus aquaeductus. Hodie Roma quattuor aquaeductus habet. Colosseum quod ab imperatore Tito dedicatum est octogesimo anno Domini, erat unus e maximis amphitheatris in Roma. Hic multae pugnae tenebantur. Gladiatores et saevae bestiae partem in his pugnis habuerunt. Interdum gladiatores cum bestiis contenderunt, et interdum bestiae inter se pugnaverunt. Omnes viae Romam ducunt! Multae clarae viae ab Romanis aedificatae sunt. Hae viae Romanas provincias conjunxerunt. Eae bene faciebantur. Multae harum viarum hodie manent. Una Veta et clarissima via erat Via Appia, quae Roma Capuam currebat, circa CXXXII milia passuum. Ab Appio Claudio faciebatur et suo nomine appellabatur. Magna via Via Flaminia appellata ad Mare Hadriaticum currebat. Via Aurelia oram maritimam Italiae in Galliam sequebatur. Quod hae viae tam bene faciebantur, paucae viae hodie eis aequae sunt. Exercitus Romanus in partes divisus est. Apud eas partes erant pedites, equites, auxilia, calones, muliones, et mercatores Apud duces exercitus erant imperator, legati, quaestor, tribuni, militumg militi legionum erant galea, lorica, scutum, gladius, et pilum. Signa legionum erant aquilae. Cum exercitus Romanus iter non faceret, castra ponebat. Locus castrorum erat altus, vicinus aquae et silvis. Castra fossa et vallo munita erant. Alia Castra erant magnag alia parva erant propter numerum hominum in exercitu. In castris erant multa tabernacula. Praetorium, tabernaculum imperatoris, erat a tergo castrorum. Erant duae viae in castris, Via Praetoria et Via Princi- palis. Erant castris quattuor portae. Composed by Latin II Class. 32 LITERATURE English WHAT DOES AMERICAN DEMOCRACY MEAN TO ME? BOUT a century and a half ago, a group of far thinking Americans tried what was then considered a very radical political experiment-allowing the people to participate in the government. By maintaining and improving this democracy during one hundred and fifty years, America has proved beyond a doubt that democracy will work and has developed it to such an. extent that today democracy is one of the things most dear to the hearts of all Americans. Our American democracy is a government in which the power to govern emanates from the people and is exercised by them through representatives whose delegated power may or may not be renewed at regular intervalsg it is a government based on the principle of majority rule, but one in which the minority is allowed equal rights with the majority, a government which allows a maximum of personal freedom, so long as this does not infringe upon the rights of others, and a government under which exists more equality of opportunity than under any other form of government. What does American Democracy mean to me? First, it means the right to participate equally in a, government of, by and for the people , and the right to change the leadership and policies of this government if a majority decides it can be more ably served by another faction, and carries out this opinion by electing the public officials they want and who will support the measures they desire. It means the right to express freely my beliefs concern- ing all subjects before the public and on paper, without fear of persecution, no matter how unpopular these beliefs may be at present. It means the right to practice publicly whatever religion I choose, whether or not it is the creed of the majority, and it means the right to a fair and speedy trial by jury in case of arrest. But, above all, democracy means individualism. In a totalitarian state each person exists for the state, and is merely one small, obedient part in the vast machinery of the state, while a democracy is built on the theory that the individual has the right and ability to govern and that the government exists solely for the individuals, to be used by them to promote their common welfare. To me, democracy is more a goal than an accomplished fact. What is most important is the spirit in which the principles I have just mentioned are carried out, rather than the principles themselves. In an ideal democracy, we would have not only complete religious freedom, but each person would have a thorough respect for his neighbor's creed, even though he did not believe in it. Today We have definite class and race distinctions. We are inclined to look down on those who are a few steps below us on the financial scale, and to regard ourselves as superior compared to colored persons. If we set up race and wealth as standards for judging people, this is true. In a more perfect democracy, character, mind and ideals would be regarded primarily in a just criticism of a person. Also, at present, women are not accorded the same status as men, although recently they have made great strides in this direction. Today we have a larger measure of equality of opportunity than ever before, LITERATURE but still many boys and girls of above average intelligence get no more than a high school education, because they have to help out at home or because they lack the money necessary for a college education. In the democracy I want for America, we would have true equality of opportunity-equal educational oppor- tunities and a chance for success in a field of one's own choice according to ability, honesty and perseverance, regardless of present station. We have progressed far in our development toward this goal. When the Constitution was framed, only the well-to-do business men and landowners- constituting about one-sixth of the people-could vote, slavery was permitted, women's rights were greatly inferior to those of the meng and the government was operated by the rich largely for the benefit of the rich. Although these conditions have been vastly improved, we have not reached the perfect democracy, but the unspread education of the American youth of today-the politicians of tomorrow-will help us to more nearly approach this ideal democracy. An important reason why American democracy means so much to me is that I believe this is the type of government most likely to keep us out of war. In a totalitarian state, the dictator is necessarily aggressive, or else he would not have forced his way to power, but in our American democracy, we are concerned with producing internal peace and harmony rather than with extending our rule and, furthermore, the people have a large measure of control over a declaration of war and I do not believe that the United States could enter another war without the approval of the majority of its citizens. Although our American democracy may seem sometimes to be a slow and ineflicient vehicle, it is the type of government most capable of satisfying the needs of all the people and it is the type of government which allows to the greatest extent the individual's right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. R. Pauline Brundage-English IV. i-91. WHY MACBETH IS A TRAGEDY HAKESPEARE'S tragedies result in the complete ruin or death of a main character caused by a Weakness in his own character, which is also connected with his best trait. In the tragedy f'Macbeth we are more interested in the reasons for the events which take place than in the events themselves. In this drama, Macbeth is brought to death by one of his best traits-ambition. The circumstances, which prevailed, allowed this ambition to be fulfilled in a criminal way and no other. Then the effects of these actions upon the mind, soul and prosperity of the character bring about his destruction. At first, the crime which he had committed weighed heavily on his mind, but when Macbeth became no longer horrified by murder, he kept on committing crimes to gain his end. The opposing forces, however, were so great that they finally resulted in his downfall. Many times a man's best possessions, being put to use in the wrong manner, will result in his ruin. Maria Perozzi-English IV. 2:4 LITERATURE WAR-A LOSING GAME FOR BOTH SIDES AR! horrible war! Is it worth the price we have to pay? Do we actually win out in the end? War is waged principally for three things: for advantage, for vengeance, and to prevent a strong and overmastering power from crushing small nationalities. Today, the greatest problem nations have to accept is the possibility of war. Billions of dollars are spent for the machinery of destruction and for maintain- ing standing armies. Every nation on earth is either prepared to fight or planning how to avoid fighting. Armies battering at each other, and planes dropping bombs from the skies, or swooping low to open fire with machine guns are the habitual scenes at the front. War brings destruction by artillery shells and incendiary bombs to cities and towns, killing and wounding those who are left behind. All around, among the debris, lie the mangled limbs of the unfortunate victims of the disaster. On the battlefield, we hear the moans and groans of the dying soldiers and the sight we see is very horrible indeed. Most of these men are either never to return, or to return crippled, blinded or mentally undone. As a result of war, business booms and prices rise, but from experience we shudder over the possible effect of too great a price inflation and the disas- trous after-effects of the boom. People invest their capital in iiourishing businesses such as munition plants, worsted millfs, iron and steel factories and various other enterprises that are essential in helping to carry on war. Prices rise to an exorbitant height, but, after the war is over, depression is inevitable, despite the boom. The war is over! The soldiers who had marched forward young, strong and whole, come back shell-shocked victims of poison gas, disabled for life and with distorted minds. They carry back with them all kinds of diseases which can't be cured. Many of them are half-starved and without jobs. What have they gained by fighting? Many of them are to return to find that members of their families have met with death by the air-raids that are common in war. This is part of the miserable after-math of war. In the homes we see women without husbands and children without fathers. We see widows' tears and hear orphans' moans. Because prices are high, these children are undernourished and have to go without the body-building foods that are essential to every growing boy and girl. Then there is the vast debt, accumulated during war, which is laid upon the public, who must sweat and slave to pay the high taxes that are levied upon it. There is no longer a need for these iiourishing businesses, so thousands are jobless and there is depression. These are all results of war. Think of what it would mean if the billions of dollars wasted on war were spent upon human welfare, public health, better education and better housing. But, also think of what it would mean if the threat of war were forever eliminated from our national consciousness. I think that we can come to the conclusion that war is delightful only to those who have had no experience of it. Mary Louise Fondi-English IV. 30 LITERATURE SWING LTHOUGH Ol' Man Mose is dead, swing is just beginning to live. Swing isn't dead, isn't dying or isn't going to die. Swing has been around a long time, but not until 1935 was it accepted as swing to the great masses. It is more mature and more sure. Listening to that thing called swing are college boys, debutantes, chorus girls, song writers, Hollywood stars, prize fighters and millions of jitterbugs. The popular acceptance of swing has raised the standard of modern music. Before the fever swept America, the bandleaders who achieved great popularity were good-looking, well-tailored lads, who were often referred to as person- ality boys. It didn't matter if they couldn't read a note of music, just as long as they could wave a stick. Today few swing bandleaders ever wave sticks- they wave instruments. Swing is responsible for the rebirth of that once popular industry, record- making. Now, more than two million phonograph records are sold in America every month. Records make it possible to be a swing fan on your own time and without seriously decreasing yourbankroll. With records, high school boys can hear Glenn Miller's band without spending two dollars and fifty cents minimum charge for an evening in a Fifty-second street swing spot. Perhaps the most astonishing phase in the development of swing has been the great use of the coin machine, or nickelodeon. Thousands of small restaurants and bars which have never before had music have installed the record-playing machine by demand. If a song is popular on the coin machines, it is popular all over the country. All you have to do is put a nickel in a slot and prestol- you have it. Swing is appreciated by the younger set, but there are a few older people who are prepared to take it. Swing has not only swept the country, but has taken roots and grown. Irene DiFiore-English II. i-gl. TREES AND THEIR TREASURE N the spring when the flowers are just beginning to lift their little heads above their winter home, buds begin to grow on the bare branches and 'twigs of the trees. As the days pass and the flowers raise their heads higher and higher, the buds grow larger. Finally they open into beautiful green leaves. Throughout summer the leaves remain a rich green. When the rain falls, they simply open themselves to the bright rays of the sun and soon are dry. Then, as autumn approaches, the leaves turn to a pale yellow, rust, red or brown. When autumn arrives, the leaves are rich in color. They are dropping fast now. Those that are left on the trees await their fate calmly. Soon all have perished in boniires. ' The trees are now free of all their leaves that were once their pride. They spread out their bare tentacles as if trying to find their lost leaves. All winter, through snow, sleet and ice, they long for their leaves. Then, as the snow and ice melt, a new season comes and the trees once more see a glorious future. Joanne Yunker-English I. 36 LITERATURE GETTING UP ON COLD MORNINGS FTER a careful consideration of the things in my everyday life which are difficult to do, I am positively convinced that getting up on cold mornings is by far the hardest. Someone may argue that a lengthy or hard-to-understand assignment, such as one in physics, is most difiicultg and another may suggest that household chores, such as dish-washing, lawn-mowing or shoveling snow, require much more will-power and energy. Nevertheless, I hold dogmatically to my opinion that arising in a frigid bedroom makes those difficulties seem as nothing. Not long ago this very problem asserted itself. Now, before I further relate the details of my dilemma, I must make it clear to my readers that I am not always confronted by this problemg no, only on the coldest mornings when a protruding nose or ear is nearly frost-bitten even in the so-called shelter of a bedroom. But, to continue, on this particular morning, my window was open as usual and I was nestled beneath several layers of warm blankets. I knew instantly that this was no ordinary chilly morning and, likewise, that the fresh air invading my sanctuary was not ordinary. It 'seemed to me that icicles must be hanging to the very molecules of that frigid substance, for my nose felt frosted and my breath was visible as I yawned. My next thought concerned that death-defying feat, getting up. First I thrust out an exploring foot. Goodness, it certainly was cold. Then I peeped over the edge of the bed in search of my slippers and, to my dismay, I found that they were far beneath it where I had kicked them the night before. Indeed, I was being punished for my carelessness, for now I must either step onto the cold floor or, worse still, crawl under the bed to get my slippers. I chose the former. Bravely I touched one foot to the floor and soon gathered additional courage to do likewise with the other foot. Behold! I had accom- plished my purpose! With that diiiiculty behind me, I was prepared for the worst the day had to offer. Perhaps you have no such trouble, but if you do, I am a hearty sympathizer as a fellow-sufferer. I am convinced., more and more, that this is the hardest thing we are forced to do and I trust you will agree. Rheta Seaburg-English III. 37 LITERATURE BOOK REVIEWS , DAWN IN LYONESSEH by Mary Ellen Chase I I-IE people of the lower classes are usually considered ignorant. Perhaps they are when it comes to book knowledge, but any one who has the capacity for forgiving an evil, directed towards him by his best friend, has a deep understanding - of humans. I 'f'f.' 'flu DAWN IN LYONESSEH deals with the lives of three people-Ellen Pascol, Susan Pengilly and Derek Tregonny. Ellen is engaged to Derek, but leaves her native town to. take a position as a waitress in a near-by hotel, thereby adding to the supply of money needed to get married. While she is away, Susan, Ellen's best friend, realizes that she loves Derek, and by methods she suddenly found herself capable of, makes Derek love her. Susan and Derek both understand the situation, and Derek commits suicide as a way out. When Susan finally tells Ellen, Ellen forgives her, and the two finish their lives together. Although Derek never enters the story in person, he is the topic of so much thought and conversation that the reader can picture him very vividly. I can see him as a substantial, self-contained, unimaginative person who never really enjoyed life until he came under the iniiuence of Susan. Then, he became alive, capable of real thought and seemed to enjoy himself. I can easily understand why he committed suicide, for he has seen life with living eyes, and couldn't bear to see it through dull, world-weary ones again. Although this story includes beautiful descriptions of Cornwall, and is well-told, I think it lacks something. Perhaps it is plot, or perhaps it is as Olga Owens of the BOSTON TRANSCRIPT says, It rings true, except that it is a little hard to believe that quite so clod-like a person as Ellen would catch fire so quickly and consuminglyf' It seems fantastic to believe that the tale of Tristram and Iseult should so thoroughly weave itself into Ellen's mind, that it makes her forgive Susan as easily as she did. On the whole, I didn't like the book because of the very long descriptions and because of the absurdity of Ellen's understanding. Julia Hint-English IV. ACTION AT AQUILA by Hervey Allen CTION AT AQUILA is a romance of the Civil War. Because it gives you the mood of the burning days of the great conHict as seen and understood through contemporary eyes, the feeling of having lived through those memo- rable times is vividly recaptured. Mr. Allen echoes in plot and style the period in which his story is set. He writes from an unexpected standpoint and with the recognized capacity for sustained drama and brilliant succession of scene, which will again remind everyone that reading can be an intense pleasure. Along the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia borders and against the magniiicent autumn background of the Valley of Virginia, this story moves in the pageantry of war shot through with lives, deaths, loves, thoughts and tragedies of the long-to-be-remembered people who throng its pages. Battle, 38 LITERATURE two love stories with passages of poignant and pathetic beauty, the threatening tragedy and stark triumph of the story's end, which complicate and resolve its unusual plot-all prevent the skipping of a page. - This is indeed romance, love and great adventuring. But it is romance with an idea, war with a theme, and adventure with a purpose. The strong necessity, the braving of infinite difliculty for preserving the unity of a nation, the intolerable prospect of misery which disunion would entail, are here brought home as a reality to the reader in the form of contemporary experience. The cool stories are dependent upon the growth of character through the frustra- tions and chaos of the war, involving both the younger and older generations. What happens when oratory fails is pictured in one of the most moving battle scenes of modern times, ACTION AT AQUILA . Tony Juliano-English IV. l,i THE JAMES by Blair Niles HIS story of Blair Niles begins with the arrival of three small vessels sailing up the old muddy Jeems, and landing a group of adventurers on Jamestown Island. There the drama of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith was played, and the plantations were early established along the river banks. Vividly the reader sees the early glories of Williamsburg . . . the tall youth, George Washington, riding down Duke of Glowcester Street to receive his first commission from the governmentg red-headed young Jefferson coming to enter the College of William and Maryg and Patrick Henry, the country storekeeper, arriving to take his law examinations. From the lonely old mansions of planta- tions and towns still others come to make Virginia great--Robert E. Lee, Matthew Fontaine Naury, Edgar Allan Poe, and the gallant women of the confederacy. This story of the tidewater country carries us through the reconstruction period and on down to the distinguished Virginians of today, and gives a fascinating account of the restoration of Williamsburg. By a treatment of our country's past in terms of the men and women Who peopled it and the rivers which united them, the great American romance has been brought to living drama for the people of today. This book interprets America in a new light for the American. It brings to life the historical records and traditions of Virginia and surrounding territories. Charles Reese--English IV. ...Q MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis HE plot of MAIN STREET is not so important as its philosophy, whose satirical quality is well known by all readers of Sinclair Lewis' books. Carol Milford, the main character, graduated from Blodgett College with honors and became a librarian in the St. Paul Library. Then, at a friend's home, she met Dr. Will Kennicott. As Dr. Kennicott's wife, Carol was ecstatically happy for a short time, but as her position became stationary in Gopher Prairie, the theme of her existence, boredom, came to shape. Although her baby, Hugh, was a source of enjoyment and an absorbing task for her, Carol's life became so 39 LITERATURE tedious that she enjoyed even stale love affairs. Her husband, Will, was a typical midwestern, small town doctor, and he could not understand her dislike for his crude tastes and friends. She went to Washington, D. C., when the war broke out, for she thought that she might be able to find satisfaction in war work. After nearly two years in Washington, she returned to Gopher Prairie, Main Street and Dr. Kennicott. ' Dissatisfaction was rooted in Carol Kennicott's soul. Librarian's work became stereotyped, life as the wife of a doctor was dull for her, reconstructing the town discouraged her, love affairs turned flat and war work became tiresome. She was too sophisticated for her own good. She could see no color or personality in the village characters. They thought her funny . Slender body, flower-like skin, naive eyes, raven hair-Carol was a typical modern girl: It is difhcult to say whether I like MAIN STREET or not, but I do admire Sinclair Lewis' style. He has genius for concocting dramatic scenes with a few dynamic words. True to life is an over-used phrase but descrip- tive to the nth degree of the characters, settings, conversations and action of MAIN STREET . There is no special moral in MAIN STREET , but reading the book causes something of a feeling of futility and, pessimism for the whole world. The author ridicules small town people, city people, religion, atheism, intellect and illiteracy. In fact, Sinclair Lewis is a cynic on nearly every subject imaginable. The style is realistic, the vocabulary forceful and the plot Vague. MAIN STREET is an odd book. Louise Greene-English III. 1.41. MEIN KAMPFH by Adolf Hitler RACTICALLY everyone has heard of Adolf Hitler and one person knows just as much about him as another. We all know that he is the dictator of Germany. We can easily picture him in the role of some monster trying to subdue smaller nations just as a monster would devour smaller animals. We learn more about him through his book, MEIN KAMPF , which proved to be interesting reading. Adolf Hitler was not a dictator when he was supposed to have written this book. At the time of the publication of the first edition of the book he was in prison and the dedication and preface bear the inscription from Lanberg on the Lech, Prison of the Fortress, October 16, 19243' By reading this book, one becomes acquainted with an entirely different style of writing from that to which one is accustomed. It is quite diflicult to understand-part of this being due to the fact that it is a transcription from German. It does not read so smoothly as many books and in order to grasp the idea in many of the passages one has to read them over again. By this book, one learns of Hitler's character. As an example, all through the book it was I did this, I did that, or I thought this. He never gave credit to anyone else, unless to one who thought and did just as he. Also, a person who is not afraid to be judged by the public for what he is, does not list his good points only, but lists his bad ones too. He, as well as the public, 40 LITERATURE knows that no man is perfectg therefore, he is not afraid to put down his faults. Hitler, however, wrote his story with no such thought. Never once did he mention a fault of his. He made himself perfect, admitting no defects, and his ideas and deeds were always right and beyond question. This conceit was prominent throughout the book. Although we learn so much about Hitler through this book, the book, in my opinion, cannot be rightfully called a biography in the sense we usually use the term biography, because most of the book is devoted to the presenting of Hitler's ideas and deeds. By this we know more about his ideas than about any particular event in his life. As one reads along, thinking about what Hitler said, the immediate reaction is to contradict him. Some of his opinions and ideas may be all right, but many are either contrary to one's opinions, or are ones which do not originate with him. To add to this rebellious feeling one becomes disgusted in having to read one hundred words instead of ten, in order to discover what he is trying to say. This is what Hitler did, which made his book a laborious task to read. However, in thinking of this, one has to bear in mind that Hitler is no artist in literary expression, but is merely a rough- and-ready political pamphleteer, very often indifferent to grammar or syntax. The object of Hitler's book was undoubtedly to use it as propaganda and it is a propagandistic essay by a violent partisan, warping historical truth and sometimes ignoring it completely. The German people could be and were induenced by this writing. After reading the book, I cannot say that I did not gain anything from it, because I did. Although I did not always agree with him, he did give valuable information and facts about the World War and the period prior to it that were new to me. The question may arise, What should one expect to learn from MEIN KAMPF? To this the answer is that we learn what manner of man Hitler is compared to the boy, who possessed nothing but the passionate desire that Germany would some day rise to be a great world power. In conclusion, I might add that I found that the time I spent in reading MEIN KAMPFH was worthwhile. We read and listen to many things which do not coincide with our beliefs, yet we read or listen, either to contradict or to agree. Hitler's present actions have become clearer to me after I read this book. I don't think he is always right in what he does, but he has given some reason Why he does what he is doing. My recommendation for this book is a favorable one and I would urge anyone who is interested at all to read the book. Adolf Hitler, himself, not just a man, is made known to the reader. Anna Calus-English III. -.i4 . IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE E do not ordinarily think of dictatorship or any form of Fascism coming to the United States. In this modern novel, IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE , we are shown what, perhaps, would happen if it did come. For the first time in their lives, except the Civil War and the World War, people were afraid to say whatever came to their tongues. -ll LITERATURE This wave of one-man rule affected Fort Beulah, Vermont, as perhaps it might the town in which you or I live. Doremus Jessup, editor of the INFORMER, refused to print the things that the Windrip men wanted him to. He tried to print the truths of the new government. He saw his friends, his former handyman become avid, avaricious Minute Men, comparable to the Storm Guards in Germany. Jessup and his family became promoters of the NEW UNDERGROUND, an agent for writing and distributing anti-Windrip propaganda. There were wars with Mexico, recalcitrant labor unions, filled. concentration camps, people debauched by immoral Corpos QlVIinute Menj, upheavals in once happy families because of differences-all were results of this four-year scourge of one-man government. We all have wondered at the possibility of dictatorship in America. Sin- clair Lewis used imagination and facts and made an excellent novel. It is good because it incites thinking. Perhaps this could be considered as fantasy, how- ever, it could have happened in 1936. And what makes it so very important is that it can happen yet! Personally, I am inclined to believe that this is propaganda-the kind that originates from people who like the country the way it is. Propaganda or no, it makes excellent reading, and even if it is not true it is exciting to delve into what would happen if av,ggA.......g . Patricia Martin-English III. ...,, WE ARE NOT ALONE by James Hilton N the little town of Colderbury, England, lived a doctor named David. The people of Colderbury nicknamed him little doc because of his size. When he was in the early stage of his career, his parents died. He was heading toward destruction when he met a girl named Jessica who realized what was wrong with the little doc and persuaded him to marry her. - When he visited his patients in Sandmouth, he found he had two hours to spare so he decided to go to a theatre. The act consisted of comedy and dancing, but when the dancing act was to be put on, no one appeared, to take part. After all the other performances had been finished there was a call for a doctor. The little doc rendered his services. He was led to a dressing room to find the German dancer, he had treated prior to this for a broken wrist, stretched out on a cot unconscious. She had tried to commit suicide by turning on the gas jet. The doctor revived her and then made arrangements for her to stay in Sandmouth until her wrist was healed. On his next trip to Sandmouth, the little doc took his son and left him with Leni Krafft, the dancer. To his surprise, the boy took a liking to her and made a scene when he had to leave. When David told his wife about this, they decided to hire her as the boy's governess. It was while Leni was governess to the boy that little doc grew fond of her. When war broke out between Germany and England, he took it upon himself to help Leni to leave England to return to Germany. While little doc was trying to get Leni to a boat, Jessica was found poisoned. Since Leni and little doc were going from Oolderbury together, they were thought to be leaving the crime. They were accused and sentenced to die. David's last words to Leni were that they were not alone in dying because many more were being killed in the war. John Scopano-English II. -L2 LITERATURE POETRY THE HUNGRY STUDENT At breakfast time he eats his fill, Another bite at ten. At twelve o'clock it's time for lunch, Friend student feeds again. An apple or a candy bar Will hit the spot at two And hold the student's appetite Till supper's rendezvous. The student then seems satisfied And keeps a solemn fast, Until he needs refueling at The nine o'clock repast. The ice box gets another rest, But student soon comes back To end the day with nourishment And steal a midnight snack. -Malley Feeney. ...QT- TI-IEY SAY The subject ofmy speech is one We hear of every day- 'Tis simply all about the fear We have of what they say! 79 I-Iow happy all of us could be, If, as we go our way, We did, not stop to think and care So much for what they say! We never dress to go outside, To church, to ball, or play, But everything we Wear or do Is ruled by what they say! The half of those Who leave their homes For Olcott or Cape May Would never go, if it were not For fear of what they say! But so 'twill be, I judge, as long As on the earth folks stay- There'1l alwaysbe, with wise and fools, That dread of what 'tthey say! Flora R. Post--English III 43 LITERATURE THAT'S WHY WE'RE CIVILIZED We've learned to stop and think Before we start a fight And we respect the rights our fellow men, why we've ceased mere beastsg why we're civilized. Of all That's To be That's If we don't like some men We don't go up to them and Stand up and fight like men! Say, Because we might not win that way. Besides, that's not good sense When ten will die instead of one, If we just use that sense And simply shoot them with a gun. Of course we stop and think Before we rashly start a fight. We have to stop and think, Will we come out of it all rig We think of other men? ht? We only Want what they possess. And they-dear fellow men? They only want what we possess. We've learned to stop and think Before we start a light And we respect the rights Of all our fellow men. That's why we've ceased To be mere beasts. That's why we're civilized. A ...,L WE SENIORS When the last bell rings at nine, We should all be here on time, Take our books and start our class And our exams, we hope to pass. We study hard both day and night, Trying always to be right. Though we find our subjects hard, The knowledge gained is our rewar senior-English IV d. We are the Seniors from Oakfield High, Do our studies without an alibi, And when in June we graduate We'll pack up our troubles and celebrate. Bessie Bucceri-English IV .54 ff, ' f as ilfg 9:29 ' Gig N O Y? Q Q Q up Q fmr1IIlWlllIlIlEm fix nge. 42' 4 N, HIGHLIGHTS Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 25 Oct. 12 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 25 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 24 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 Dec. 12 Dec. 14 Dec. 21 Highlights of 1939-40 Faculty meeting held Monday evening at 7:30. - , . ' The doors of Oakfield High School opened for the first term. Pupils Were excused early. , Back to our studies again. Among the new teachers were: Miss Stevens, Englishg Miss Woolsey, Lating Miss' Kinsley, Domestic Scienceg Mr. Mulholland, Musicg Miss Gove, Sixth grade, Miss Hill, Sixth gradeg Miss Horn, Second gradeg Miss Mooney, School Nurse. School closed for a week because of infantile paralysis. Columbus Day-School closed. .A . Short assembly in the afternoon. Movie Wizard of Oz shown at night. A 'Z Fogrbaii game with Pine Hill here. score 0-0. o A busload of French students Went to Rochester to see the French movie Mayerling . School closed. Teachers' conference at Buffalo and Rochester. Football game with Medina there. Football game with Batavia. They gained revenge for last year's defeat by Oakfield. A Assembly program for Armistice Day. An interesting talk by Mr. Cummings. Representatives for the Student Council' were chosen. Silent movies on- the New York World's Fair, shown in the auditorium. Annual Autumn Dance held in the gymnasium at night. ' School closed at noon for Thanksgiving vacation. Was every- body happy? Well, I should say! Movie Tarzan Finds A Son shown at night. First basketball game of the season. Our team came out the victors by a 30-21 score. Individual pictures distributed. Assembly program at which We sang Christmas carols. Another French movie The Three Waltzes was attended, in Rochester. The first meeting of the newly-organized Latin Club was held under the direction of Miss Woolsey. School closed for Christmas vacation. There was great rejoic- ing at O. H. S. -15 HIGHLIGHTS Jan. 5 Our hopes were revived in our not-too-Victorious basketball team when we defeated Medina 47-28. Jan. 22 Regents week. Why haven't we studied before? Feb. 8 Second quarterly tests.-Another few days of worry. Feb. 12 Lincoln's Birthday-School closed. Mar. 12 Parents' night. Open House was held so that the parents could view the Work which we had accomplished. Mar. 21 School closed at noon for Easter vacation. April 1 School reopened after a week of Easter vacation to admit some very reluctant students. April 5 An assembly consisting of a silent film of Batavia's Y. M. C. A. camp and two other sound films. Drums Along the Mohawk was shown in the evening. April 8 No school-thanks to a teachers' conference. April 9 F. F. A. banquet. April 15 Spelling contest for rural schools. April 16 Bradley Kincaid, the Kentucky Mountain Boy in person-for benefit of Veterans of Foreign Wars. April 17-18-19 Third quarterly tests. April 19 Students were entertained by the musical organizations from Corfu High School. The film Judge Hardy and Son was given at night. April 23 The High School bands and vocal organgations gave an assembly program. S , April 25 The movie Everything Happens At Night starring Sonja Henie. April 26 County spelling contest at Batavia. We were shown a short on Commerce in the auditorium. April 26 The Junior and Senior Ball-Music provided by Al Williams and his orchestra. First baseball game of the season played at Medina. April 29 Coach Bruce and. Miss Meadoff gave a physical training demon- stration. April 30 A film entitled Cooking School was shown to the students by Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company. Baseball game with Holley at Oakfield. May 2 The school musicians and singers gave us a delightful assembly program. May 3 An Arbor Day program was given by several members of the Student Council. Baseball game with Le Roy here. Swanee River , a technicolor film, was shown in the evening. May 7 Baseball game at Albion. 46 HIGHLIGHTS May 10-11 Genesee Valley Music Festival at Oakiield. May 13 Girls' County Speaking Contest at Pavilion High School. May 14 Baseball game with Medina, here. May 15 Boys' County Speaking Contest at Oakfield High School. May 17 Oakfield met Holley in a baseball game. Movie '6Goodbye, Mr. Chips . May 21 Baseball game with Le Roy. May 24 Little Old New York with Alice Faye, was shown in the evening, Albion came to Oakfield for a baseball game. May 29 Memorial Day assembly. May 30 School was closed for Decoration Day. May 31 Babes in Arms on screen at night. June 7 Jane Withers starring in Bad Little Angels . ' June 17-21 Regents examinations. How quickly our jolly feelings changei June 19-20-21 Fourth quarterly tests. June 23 Baccalaureate Address in our auditorium. June 25 ,Commencement exercises. The class of 1940 said Goodbye ! ,.-...- Dance Club HE members of the Dance Club, under the supervision of Miss Meadoff, presented some of their Work in the program presented to the parents on Parents' Night. In this program they presented a Swedish folk dance called THE FIFTH BOY in which all were gaily clad in the dashing garb of the Swedish peasants. They expect to display more of their Work in the Demonstration this spring. 47 ACTIVITIES Upper-Oracle Nominating Committee Lower-Junior-Senior Bail Committee ACTIVITIES Stunt Club THE Stunt Club consists of numerous agile girls from the seventh and eighth grades and from the freshman class. The one performance that they have made this year was for the Parents' Night. They are much improved and demonstrated new and clever feats. This club is known as the challenger of individual ability. 49 ACTIVITIES X Cheerleading UR hopes of last year for a better and more efficient cheerleading squad have been conirmed. The cheerleaders were eager and enthusiastic and have produced excellent results. New and effective cheers, which met the critical approval of the student body and faculty, were used to cheer our teams on to victory. Credit goes to the cheerleaders' patient supervisor, Miss Meadoif. The senior leaders, Erma Caton, Lillian Nyquist and, Marian Mason, assisted in training several more recent additions, namely: Lena Pilato, Dorothy Adams, Shirley Shipman and Gloria Caton. The little stunt man, Ralph Betters, Was exceptionally popular because of his adept skill as a contortionistic leader. The cheerleaders' interests extended even farther than the actual cheers. They originated their costumes and are planning more attractive ones for next year. 50 ACTIVITIES Nos Romani ' OS ROMANI is the classical club of Oakfield, High School. Its purpose is to study ancient life and customs in order to gain background for Latin studies. All students taking courses in Latin are members of the club. A meeting, held once each month, is in charge of a program committee, supervised by the Latin. teacher. The committee plans and carries out a program approp- riate to the season or month. The Latin students have shown a keen interest in this newly organized activityg upon their continued interest will depend its survival. ' The members of NOS ROMANF' are: Kenneth Addington William Bird Gloria Caton Doris Connolly Lois Cook Irene Di Fiore Norma Ernst Shirley Frosdick Dorothy Glatz Louise Greene Joan Hint Zane Isenberg John Ludeman Marion McGuire Annie Mosco Mary Nagel Lillian Nyquist Charles Olmstead 51 Charlotte Reese Rheta Seaburg Shirley Shipman Wilma Stone Barbara Taber Marilyn Thornton Haworth Traver Joanne Yunker ACTIVITIES Oakfield High School News Staff HE students have again published school news in a section of the town's newspaper, the HOAKFIELD INDEPENDENT . Each week reports of curricular and extra-curricular activities are printed. The staff consists of the following: High school news editor, Anna Damianig Assistant, Elizabeth Damianig Grade news editor, Rose Sapienzag Feature editor, Haworth Traverg Assistant feature editor, Erma Catong Sports editor, Vernon Campbellg Assist- ant sports editors, Wilbur Genesky and Julio Taddieg Home Economics, Alice Shipmang Industrial Arts, Thomas Richardsong Agriculture, Edward Sharp and Lorin Reedg Typists, Dorothy Starkweather, Gerald Werner, Angeline Mosco and Betty Seaburg. 52 ACTIVITIES Dramatics HE first school dramatic enterprise of this year was successfully pr sented under the direction of Miss Lusk on March 12, Parents' Night It is a well-known play, The King's English by Herbert Bates. The cast was as follows: Ripley O'Rannigan ff, ...,, Vernon Campbell Sokka Wagga W-, .... A ,I Ulderico DeSimcue Loola ...... ..,,,I N orma Clark Kawa Koo M, wif-, Don Martin Warra Goola I,I, ..,I,-,T V ietor Ianni A guard ...I ,, a,e.. I- ,I ,... -ff Allan Whitcomb Silas Q. Pudkins ,,,,,...- ---, ..,,. mf, L-, Francis Glatz Montmorency van Renselaer Smythe ...I f-.- Bud, Traver Hard-boiled Mike v.,..........-,.,,, -W John Ludeman Baxter B. Brashley .....a ,V William Bird Carlton Purley Patterby ,I., ,ff Eugene Nanni Richard Willis ......,I,, -MI Vito Jacobbi Announcer T...I,,...,I.....I,....-...wv -.- Anna Damiani Sam Giordano was an able stage manager with the help of the following committees :' Setting: Miss Brunk, Alice Shipman. Costumes: Georgette Richards, Ruth Seaburg, Miss Schuler Production: Lillian Di Matteo, Josephine,Ferrari, Mary Costantino Mary Fondi. l41 The Merry Melodiers Director-Mr. W. Mulholland Assisted by Mr. M. Baumhofer HE Merry Melcdiers , the newly organized dance band of Oakfield High has furnished avid dancers with music after basketball games and has played for various functions. TRUMPETS Rose Madonia Raymond Hutson Zane Isenberg . PIANO Edna Rhodes MEMBERS DRUMS Jack Domm 53 SAXOPHONES Helen Bullock Laurence Greene TROMBONE Robert Merkel ACTIVITIES Oakfield High School Band - Director-Mr. Mulholland HE Oakfield High School Band was newly-organized this year under the leadership of Mr. Walter Mulholland. New music was obtained, namely: TORONTO BAY, concert waltz by J. J. Gagnierg STRAUSS Cselection of melodiesj by Johann Straussg HPILGRIMS' CHORUS from TANNHAUSER by R. Wagnerg Marches- UINVERCARGILLU by Lithgon, HIS HONOR? by H. Fillmore, THUNDER AND BLAZESH Centry of the gladiatorsj by Fucik-Laurendeau and STUNT BAND FOLIO by P. Yoder. During the year the band has participated in many events. On May lst, it gave a band concert at Corfu High School. The band took part in the Spring Music Festival May 11th in Oakfield. April 23rd the Annual Spring Concert was held in the auditorium. The Program was as follows: HELLO -March ..I,.II...,..vI--.-.....,,.,I,....,I.,,,-. P. Yoder TORONTO BAY -Concert Waltz ...I II- J. J. Gagnier UINVERCARGILLH-March ,...,.I ..,. L ithgow HARP SOLOIST .... -. ..,. --- Joan Hint ANGELUS ..I. ..T... ..,, R e nie THE LILY r,i.,.... g i,-.....ii.iiw.,i.... ....ic P into VICTOR HERBERT FAVORITES-Selection, .... ,... V . Herbert HIS HONOR -March Tw.,..,.........IvTw .... H . Fillmore STRAUSS -Selection ,- ..,... ,WATT .... J. Strauss ROXY'S ACCORDION SEXTETTE 54 CLARINETS SAXOPHONES ACTIVITIES AT THE CALL -March I ,,., II ,,,, II III E. VanAlstyne JAPANESE SANDMANH-Fox Trot II H ,II Egan-Whiting TILL WE MEET AGAIN -Waltz III III R. Whiting ACCORDIANA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIII C . Magnante CANADIAN CAPERSM-Fox Trot III IIII Chandler, White 8: Cohen AVALON IIIIIIIIIIIIIII I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII V. Rose HPILGRIMS' CHORUS from UTANNHAUSERH UTROMBONE TOBAGGONU-Novelty IIIIIIII I BEST LOVED IRISH MELODIESU--Medley BRASS QUARTETTE- PRAYER from FINLANDIA II 'KSWEET AND LOW ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT SONG OF LOVE I.- IIIIIIIII I IIIIIIIII HBELLS OF ST. MARY IIIII VICTORY MARCH -March III CHASER -March IIIIIIIII Erma Caton Gloria Caton Norma Clark Merlyn Chamberlain Anna Costantino Josephine Madonia Mary Nicometo Lillian Nyquist Lena Pilato Rose Sapienza Clyde Starkweather Harlow Wilder Virginia Wilder FLUTE J Edna Costantino BARITONE HORN Joyce Domm Helen Bullock Laurence Green Dominic Sapienza Mildred Winkstern CORNETS Raymond Hutson Zane Isenberg Paul Joslin Rose Madonia Richard Merkel Warren Schaal Pearl Young MELLOPHONES Lloyd Harris Rheta Seaburg Dorothy Starkweather Robert Wilder 55 III RQ Wagner IIIII Weber IIII -III W. Hayes III J. Sibelius IIII F. Schubert IIIIIII Adams III Shea III P. Yoder TROMBONES Robert Merkel Betty Greene Edwin Greene BASSES Paul Caton Clayton Sharp Alice Shipman PERCUSSION William Bird William Churchiield Jack Domm Louise Greene Frederick Glor Edna Rhodes William Smallback Eva Starkweather Ralph Taber HARP Joan Hint ACTIVITIES Oakiield High School Orchestra Director-Mr. Mulholland HE orchestra Was, this year, under the direction of our new music teacher Mr. Walter Mulholland. The orchestra is preparing many new numbers Tschaikowsky CTwo Excerpts from the 6th Symphonyj, Mozart Fantaise Menuet from the 11th CMilitaryD Symphony, and the Angelus Cfrom Scenes Pittoresquesj by J. Massenet. VIOLINS Janice Bates Carolyn Calman Mary Costantino Janice Domm Georgia Ficarella Ruth Hotchkiss Clida Jacobbi Dorothy Mayback Marjorie Patterson Erma Pender Donna Scott Barbara Taber Mary Wicks Virginia Wilder Elizabeth Young MEMBERS CORN ETS Rose Madonia Richard Merkel VIOLA Edna Rhodes CELLO Leola Scott BRASS VIOL Marie Lesso FLUTE Edna Costantino CLARINETS Josephine Madonia Helen Bullock 56 SAXOPHONE Dominick Sapienza TROMBONE Robert Merkel H TUBA Alice Shipman MELLOPHONES Rheta Seaburg Dorothy Starkweather DRUM Louise Greene ACTIVITIES Junior Band Director-Mr. Mulholland HE Junior Band and the future senior band of Oakfield High School has an enrollment of twenty-five members. Other music enthusiasts will be added later. The members of the Junior Band have been very faithful and, con- sequently, a great improvement has been made. CORNETS Richard Brundage Dean Ernst Robert Reed Duane Seaburg August Stornelli CLARINETS Lloyd Bamm Helen Olmsted Frank Puccio Joe Puma Carlton Seaburg SAXOPHONE Donald Waterstreet SNARE DRUMS Ralph Betters Robert Bird MELLOPHONES FLUTES Sz PICCOLOS BASS DRUPJ Robert Wilder Eugene Damiana Inez Poalucci R' h d R d TROMBONE LLLSQ Yjjng cYMBA1.s-BELLs William Konieczko BASS HORN Lillian DirMatte0 Alice Shipman BARITONE Robert Merkel -1,-. Double Octette HE Double Octette, under the skillful direction of Miss Schuler, is complet- ing a most successful year. They sang in the annual Spring Concert and Parents' Night. They are going to sing at the Music Festival, too. The favorite songs in their repertoire are: HSHORTENIN' BREAD , SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT , LO, HOW A ROSE E'ER BLOOMINGH and BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL. Director-Miss K. Esther Schuler SOPRANO Joan Hint Anna Domiani Lillian Nyquist Danna Scott TENOR Lorin Reed Francis Glatz Vernon Campbell Robert Betters 57 ALTO Josephine Olmsted Rose Madonia Janice Domm Edna Rhodes BASS Victor Stornelli Haworth Travers Samuel Dick Page Gentsch ACTIVITIES Girls' Glee Club Director-Miss Schuler Pianist-Helen Bullock OR the third consecutive year, the Girls' Glee Club has been under the direction of Miss Sohuler. This year there are many new voices and more difficult selections. Some of the numbers which the girls have been working on are: NOON by C. Harris, IN A MONASTERY GARDEN by A. W. Ketelby, DANCE A CACHUCHAU by Sir A. Sullivan, THE LIGHT OF DAWNINGH by P. Tchaikovsky and HOW GREATLY THOU ART GLORI- FIEDX' The girls have taken part in many events and Will also take part in the Music Festival on May 10. Anna Damiana Norma Ernst Jaan Hint Marion McGuire Donna Scott Ruth Seaburg Carol Smallback Mary Wicks Pearl Young Lucille Young FIRST SOPRANOS SECOND SOPRANOS Jeanette Christopher Irene Di Fiore Anna Galeota Dorothy Glatz Anna Jacobbi Mayne Messina Pauline Miller Josephine Olmsted Gina Perozzi Lena Pilato 58 ALTOS Gloria Caton Natalie Galeota Josephine Madonia Rose Madonia Mary Alice Nagel Leola Scott Marion Snyder Barbara Taber Marilyn Thornton Virginia Wilder ACTIVITIES Junior High Girls' Glee Club Junior High Boys' Glee Club 59 ACTIVITIES Boys, Glee Club Brass Quartette Director-Mr. W. Mulholland brass quartette was organized this year by Mr. Walter Mulholland. This quartette has participated and will participate in many events of the school. The members are: CORNETS TROMBONES Rose Madonia Robert Merkel Zane Isenberg Betty Greene 1+- Septette Director-Miss Schuler Pianist-Edna Rhodes ITH the experienced members from last year, the Septette has been able to improve considerably this year. They have worked on THROUGH THE YEARS by V. Youmansg SUMMER TIME by G. Gershwing NTI-IE STAR by Rogers-Baldwing HOW MERRILY WE LIVE, an English Madri- gal, by M. Este: BY THE BEND OF THE RIVER by Edwards and HMEA- DOW SOLITUDEH by J. Brahms. The Septette has performed frequently and will take part in the Spring Music Festival May 10. The members are: FIRST SOPRANOS SECOND SOPRANOS ALTOS Erma Caton Joyce Domm Rose Madonia Anna Domiani Josephine Olmsted Leola Scott Lillian Nyquist 60 ACTIVITIES Genesee Valley Music Festival VITHIS year the eighth annual Music Festival was held here in Oakiielcl High School on May 10 and 11. Fifteen hundred students, representing seventy-four organizations from thirty-four schools in eight counties, participated in this Festival. The Festival was held under the auspices of the Genesee Valley Music Festival Association, of which Mr. Walter Mulholland, Oakiield instrumental music director, is president and Miss Esther Schuler, our vocal teacher, is secretary and treasurer. Mr. Frank Owen, director of music of Batavia Public Schools, and Dr. Harry King, director of instrumental music at Fredonia Normal, again con-- sented to act respectively as vocal adjudicator and instrumental adjudicator. The Festival was not a contest and Mr. Owen and Dr. King merely gave helpful criticisms to the different musical organizations and suggested ways in which they might improve the quality of their music. The Oakfleld student body cooperated whole-heartedly and was an impor- tant factor in its success. Many of the students volunteered as student helpers to the teachers in charge of the rocms to which the different schools were assigned, while other students acted as ushers. On Friday the vocal organizations performed. The Oakfield Double Octet started the program in the morning with Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming and Swing Low Sweet Chariot. In the afternoon our Junior High School Girls' Glee Club sang, and our High School Girls' Glee Club finished the after- noon program with Light of Dawning and Dance A Cachuchaf' In the evening there was program, followed by dancing in the Gym. The program was as follows: Hiking Song nd--. ...,.,n.,,,..,, Beatrice and Max Krone I Dream of Jeanie ,,.., H..- W -- - ..,,... ----- Foster BOYS' GLEE CLUBS' Interludium in Modo Antic, From Five Novelettes, Op. 15, No.8 Glazounow Minuetto, From String Quartette No. 26 n,,,. ...-. . , Mozart Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes , ., Old English Melody STRING QUARTET May Day Carol ,,,.n,,.,,..n,...n,..,..n,,. Deems Taylor Bless the Lord, O My Soul U , n,,.,n.n Ippolitof-Ivanof MIXED CHORUSES Rondo, String Quartet No. 6 ..,....,.,n... Mozart-Pochon Serenade -,,.--.. .,n.,n,..,,....,.,,.,,., -- Haydn-Pochon Fuga ,,..n.,n...n..n,..,, .--,,-v,n- ,,..,n. .snn.. M ozart STRING QUARTET G1 ACTIVITIES Noon .....II...III ...-..I. . - I,I,II....... ---- Harris In a Monastery Garden ------------------ --- Ketelby GIRLS' GLEE CLUBS Massed Glee Clubs, conducted by Mr. Frank E. Owen Accompanist, Mrs. R. 0. Stevens The String Quartet Was from Fredonia State Normal School Dancing in the Gymnasium, 9:00-11:00 Music by Merry Melodiers Saturday was the day of the bands and orchestras. The Oakfield Orchestra played Fantasie Mozart and Minuet From the Military Symphony. The last numbers of the afternoon program were Victor Herbert Favorites and His Honor March, played by our band. At noon, twenty-one bands comprised of over eight hundred students, paraded through Oakiield, and, next the massed band of over six hundred students, played under the direction of Mr. Mulholland. I We are proud to be host to so many pupils of other schools and we hope that the success of the Festival has helped to make Oakfield an outstanding school in Western New York. 1-Q1. Jokes D. Martin: How's that for shooting? I killed that duck with one shell, Punch G.: That one shell was wasted because the fall would have killed it any way. , .-,T Pauline Miller: There now, you've broken a mirror. Now you'll have seven years of bad luck. Arlene Brandt: Oh, I don't believe that. I know a woman who broke a great big mirror and she didn't have seven years of bad luck. Pauline: Is that so? Arlene: Yeah, She was killed in an autcmobile accident the next day. .-A, Mr. Williams: I'll tell my wife a thing or two if she scolds me for coming home late. Mr. Slocum: That's bad. Tell her one thing and stick to it. --,T Prof.: What is density? Fay: I don't know the deiinition, but I can give you an excellent illustration. Prof.: Sit down-the illustration is fine. C2 ACTIVITIES Student Council T J FTER the successful endeavor of last year, the students of Oakfield. High School have again elected people to represent them in the Student Council. This body of students meets weekly when they discuss the various problems and expenses confronting the school. This includes paying bills, buying equip- ment for the gymnasium and planning entertaining assembly programs. Each room from seventh grade up to the senior class chose its representa- tives and there are also two post-graduates. This group then met and elected officers-the President from the Senior class and the Vice-President from the Junior class. In this way, the Vice-President will be President the following year when he is a Senior. These meetings are all carried on in parliamentary form with the President presiding. The Student Council has put on two assembly programs-one for Arbor Day and another for Memorial Day. It has been striving to improve the appear- ance of our school and community by asking the students to pick up the paper and to keep of the school lawn and other private property. This group chose a committee to plan the assembly programs for next year. They hope to arrange for some very interesting programs that all students will enjoy and appreciate. POST GRADUATES--Kenneth McEntee, John Puma. SENIORS-Mary Louise Fondi, Presidentg Warren Schaal. JUNIORS-Julio Taddie, Vice-Presidentg Anne Galeotag Bob Betters. SOPHOMORES-William Bird, Secretaryg Lena Pilato. FRESHMEN-Marian McGuireg Joanne Yunkerg Richard Greene. EIGHTH GRADE-Alice Julianog Fred Millerg John Shevoletg August Stornelli. SEVENTH GRADE-Jeanette Damianig John Valleseg Dean Ernstg Donald Waterstreet. Q33 ALJT1 VITIES Speaking Contest HE Larkin Speaking Contest is held annually with one representative from each of six schools competing. Those schools who participate are Alexan- der, Bergen, Elba, Oakfield, Pavilion and South Byron. Oakfield High School held its local contest for boys in assembly on May 6. Wilbur Genesky was chosen to represent Oakfield at the inter-school contest. This was held at Oakfield on May 14. The girls' contest was presented, to the public on the evening of May 8. Participants were Gladys Eckstein, Ann Galeota, Louise Greene, Patricia Martin, Rheta Seaburg and Lucille Young. Rheta Seaburg Won first place and entered the final contest at Pavilion. 64 HIIIPHWIKIIIIH if ATHLETICS Football HIS year's team gave promise of a record season in early drills, but pre- season accidents forced two veteran key men out of action and necessitated a revamped line-up. Although handicapped by injuries and lack of experienced substitutes throughout the season, the team fought valiantly against much heavier e1evens . After cancellation of the scheduled opener with Williamsville due to infantile paralysis, Oakfield began its season at home by defeating Hamburg 6 to 0 as Reed scored in the last 20 seconds. Then, under the lights, Oakfield nearly ended Le Roy's 2-year undefeated streak by scoring first and holding the lead throughout most of the game until Le Roy managed to tie the count and preserve its record in the final 4 minutes. Puma scored in this game also, but officials called back the play. The next game was a scoreless tie with Pine Hill and the following week Medina handed our team its first setback 6-0 due to the absence of a few regulars. In the final Batavia game, Oakfield jumped to the front by scoring before the contest was one minute old. How- ever, Batavia came back to win 19 to 6. At the annual football banquet, Vernon Campbell, Gene Peterson, Kenneth McEntee, Elmer Fitzsimmons, John Reed, John Puma, Donald Martin, Edwin Fava, Cesare Manetta and Verle Campbell Chonoraryb, ten retiring regulars, were awarded miniature gold football emblems. SUMMARY We They October 7 Hamburg --- ..Y...a,.,a -K 6 0 Cctober 13 Le Roy L.rL. -- 6 6 October 21 Pine Hill --- LA 0 0 October 28 Medina ,,.. -, 0 6 November 4 Batavia -- ......,...L,. L- 6 19 Total points W- -- 18 31 65 ATHLETICS l 1 ,.111 Varsity Boys' Basketball HE past season has again shown that Oakfield can produce a quintet capable of competing against schools several times as large as itself. Whether we were ahead or behind, the team played its hardest, putting up the best possible iight until the final gun. DeFilippo, left forward, led in scoring with 124 points, and John Reed followed with 83 points. The basketball joke of the year was Julio Taddei's making a basket for the opposing team in the much talked about Batavia game. SUMMARY Score We They Warsaw 111 11 30 21 Albion 111 11 20 37 Holley -...,r,....,..,,r..,... 11 25 34 Perry .n,f....r,...,..,......,r 1- 23 27 Benjamin Franklin CRochesterJ 111 11 25 27 Medina ..-,....,....f.....r,... 11 47 28 Le Roy 111 11 33 45 Batavia 11 11 27 41 Albion 111 11 38 23 Holley 111 11 28 26 Medina 111 -- 30 22 Warsaw ,... 2- 34 27 Le Roy 111 11 22 32 Batavia 1111...11....... --2 29 31 Total points 1111.1111 ..-. . ---1- ..Y.-.-2 411 421 Played-14 Lost-8 Won-6 GG ATHLETICS B Team Basketball HIS year's B team was composed of new players who had seen action on Freshmen and intramural teams. The squad looks promising and most of the regulars will be playing for the A squad next year. The B team met Le Roy three times on the court, the first time being a preliminary game to the A game with Benjamin Franklin High School of Rochester. SUMMARY Score We They Warsaw AW.- ,ul v A 24 19 Albion -A -,,,, -- 25 29 Holley rr- L, 12 21 Perry rrr. -- 21 16 Le Roy --, 1- 17 23 Medina -- -- 31 30 Le Roy L-- 1- 26 18 Batavia -A A 23 25 Albion --, -- 34 23 Holley -H -- 44 16 Medina -- 4- 17 15 Warsaw --- W 23 27 Le Roy -- L- 28 24 Batavia r.......,.... --.- 1 3 35 Total Points ......L,,... 47 328 323 Average points per game M- A-- ..,,.... A 23 23 Played-14 Lost-6 Won-8 367 ATHLETICS Baseball HIS year, with many of the regulars back, Oakfield hopes to produce a baseball team which will be capable of scoring victories over other schools which have defeated us so many times. 21 April April May May May 1 May 1 May May 2 SCHEDULE Medina --- .,....... ---- Holley ---- Le Roy --- Albion ---- Medina --- Holley ---- Le Roy ---- Albion ---- 68 There Here Here There Here There There Here ATHLETICS Track AST year marked Oakfield's debut on the cinder paths, under the able direction of Louis Schiifner. During the first year Mr. Schiffner's charges showed up very well, for few teams can boast of winning their first meet as Oakfield did over Medina-48-47. It was at Medina that Coach Schiffner hit on a relay combination of Puma, Bordinaro, Fitzsimmons and Reed. This combination was meeting and beating many top-notch teams until Fitzsimmons fell at Albion and was unable to go to Rochester. Other honors awarded ithe Gypsumites were the Genesee-Orleans County relay title for 1939, and the 100 yard dash title for Genesee-Orleans County to John Reeduftime-10.45 secondsj. This year's team has plenty of material with which to work and we are looking forward to Winning more meets. 1939 We They Medina ....1.......,,........,1......c....,........ 48 47 Le Roy .........1 - ...,, - .......c.......,....,....... 27 68 Oakfield at Western New York meet-tenth place-6 points. Oakfield at Genesee-Orleans County meet-third place-23 points. 1940 May 4 ---Akron Ctentativeh May 15 ---Medina May 18 ---East Aurora Cconference meetj May 25 ---Le Roy Ccounty meetb June 8 ---------- Rochester Csectionalj G9 ATHLETICS Girls' Basketball ISS Meadoff has produced many effective results in the field of girls' basketball this past year. The seventh and eighth grades and two fresh- men teams, as well as the sophomores, juniors and seniors, each Were repre- sented by a team in the intramural league. Each team's efforts were unceasing. The juniors kept the lead in the league with no losses until the last game, which they lost to the seniors. The first game played by these two teams ended in a tie score. The seniors lost one game to the sophomores whereas the juniors lost one game to the seniors. The league ended in a tie for the juniors and seniors. This game was played off directly after the Easter holidays. The competition was really stiff-the score being even throughout the entire game. Few seconds remained,-the score was tied 24-24-when a senior tossed in the decisive basket. Thus, the final score was 26-24 victory for the seniors. This is the second year that they have held the championship. The highest scorer for the entire season was Erma Caton, who made 93 points. She was followed by Anna Cianfrini with 84 points. 70 ATHLETICS Freshman Basketball HE Freshman basketball team was again established this year under Mr. Mulholland's direction. The purpose of this team is to acquaint the group with the fundamentals of the game and to teach sportsmanship and cooperation. They engaged in intramural games because if they played interscholastic games they would lose one year of eligibility to play in league contests in the future. This team is formed year after year and provides material for the future A and B squads. lg-1 Boys' Physical Record Records held in the physical education department for boys in 1939-1940. Football scoring: John Reed .....,........u,.. 18 points Basketball A squad: High score C10 gamesl : John De Filippo1174 points Basketball B squad: High score: Joe Jacobbi .-,,..,.,,.... 52 points Intramural basketball: High School A league: Kenneth McEntee, F. A. A. Strength tests : 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 82 points High School B league: Americo Ciacco CFrosh AD 111111111111111111111 11111111111111111 64 points 1. Lung capacity ..,, 1U. DeSimone 336 C. C. 2. Right Grip 111 111.1W. Bird 161 3. Left Grip 11 11.H. Wolcott 150 4. Back Lift 11 111W. Bird 460 5. Leg Lift 111 111C. Marietta 860 71 ATHLETICS I 4 Bowling OWLING has become a, favorite sport among the girl students of the high school this year. Each team consists of live girls. The four teams, Whose names are: Bullseye, Holy Rollers, Little Five and Riot Squad, were organized last fall and are now playing their final games. The highest individual score thus far is 191 made by Norma Ernst. A new intramural game played in the school this year is volley ball. Each class was given the opportunity to play all the other classes. The third period gym class, consisting mostly of sophomores, excelled all other classes. The High School girls of O. H. S. are beginning practice for a favorite summer sport-soft ball. At present there are about fifty participants from which several teams will be chosen. Boys, as well as girls, have become badminton enthusiasts. This spring about fifteen couples plan to participate in the mixed-doubles badminton tournament. Each couple is preparing eagerly to outwit all others. During the course of this school year, in their respective classes, students have tried, their skill at soccer and archery. Interest in social dancing has been greatly promoted by the Saturday night dances held in the high school. 72 SN wa KVE Cu - .,.,.'4,- swf ,.:. , .- .- ,, ,.-,f -11 f- 1 X :QQ-, ,j12.:.v:j, Q 0 7? 15- f .,-1--Q-Q' 'UW 1 f.- Al WJ' UN J H ,E-.53 55,-A-.u'5, , D ' ll-,j'.. LQ..' ' Q ' ,-:x -sf 9 - , I 0 L Q, Q 2 J ' .11i',, , 11 ' 'Q WZ I . 0' . ' , 1 Q' uf I FQ- i' . ,. 'A p 7, H ffl 5 Jw ,, . . '1'. f -. xref.,-. Q ' .I I Q:-: .-1 ':E2Q..-- f ' ' 2 A AZ! 2 '11 :- 1 H, 2' 11 1 .- ,Q A 1, .9-4 2-1.5: ' ,-1, .1 :- ' ' 1 , 'n v I s s I ' v --,.-ll' if ., 5 5 ' ':---AE. 5. I, I ,f ,. ,,- KW' J' 'lFnrK un. U 1- V -11 T ' . fi' ,.-'J o 1. I A KVA -K Hx J Y- ,K ,1. , l, - . ..- I t . ':-1 ZN- ' ' ,jx Qqx '. s .1 u . .,-. . .7 l .uh ',, I ,K '.- rf' , jx 'lx .1 4 Q, - - . v aff ..,H,,,.. U 119 'JF I! ' 5: A .Q J lj NMI0 L, nmsfwi Q QEPTFV fav Q, 6 6 4 MOVIES Movies Young As You Feel -Miss Johnston. The Amazing Mr. Williams - Prof. Jezebel -Norma Clark. It's A Date. -Eleanor Kraatz. Grapes of Wrath -Rodney Forsyth. The Fighting 69th -Football squad. ' The Fatal Hour -Final regents. The Farmer's Daughter. -Pauline Brundage. The Night of Nights --Graduation. Another Thin Man -Wilbur Genesky. All Women Have Secrets -Rose and Jo Madonia. Alias, The Deacon -Mr. Baumhofer. Village ,Barn Dance -Autumn Dance. That's Right, You're Wrong -Vernon Campbell. Slightly Honorable --Basketball squad. Two Thoroughbredsn-Red Martin and Dorothy Starkweather Scandal Sheet - Oakfield Independent. Music In My Heart -Helen Bullock. Dr. Kildare's Girl -Miss Mooney. British Intelligence -Miss Woolsey. Granny Get Your Gun -Leola Scott. First Love -Barbara Taber. Untamed -Miss Meadoif. Thou Shall Not Kill -Mr. Dates. Gone With The Wind -O. H. S. Band. Pinnochio -John Trigilio. Gulliver's Travels -Malley Feeney and Jo Olmstead. Rebecca -Lillian Nyquist. Shop Around The Corner -DeFilippo's Store. The Under Pup - Tommy Moore. My Son, My Son -Tony Juliano. Intermezzon-Joan Hint and Page Gentsch. Young Tom Edison -Heckroth. Edison, The Man -Mr. Dates. Virginia City -William Hutton. Kentucky -Charles Reese. 73 6 6 A 6 6 1 6 4 I 6 6 HITS OF THE YEAR Hits of the Year Who Told You I Cared -Dorothy Starkweather and Red Maitin Wishing and Waiting -Melvin Jesmant. You're Priceless -Miss Rudd. You're Letting The Grass Grow Under You're A Lucky Guy -Coach Bruce. Your Feet IVIELIIOII Snyder Young Fella, You're Ready For Love -Bob Hutson Love Has Got Me Down Again -Gerald. Werner. Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me -Norma Ooh! What You Said -Erma Caton. Our Town -Oakfield. Playmates -Seaburg and Glatz. Scatterbrainn-Umberto Ianni. Seventeen -Ruth Seaburg. Clark. Stop! It's Wonderful -Bob Merkel and Jean Sanford That Old Gang Of Mine -Proffs after-school session of late pupils The Girl With The Pigtails -Lois Cook. The Little Man Who Wasn't There -R Too Romantic -Tony Juliano. A Man And His Dream -Jo Olmstead Any Old Time -Alice Shipman. Beautiful Dreamer -Bob Betters in H Boogymanv-George DeAntonio. Chatterbox -Vern Campbell and Bud ico DeSimone and Malley Feeney istory B. Ohs. Come On'Dear -G. Richards and Verle Campbell After All -Dorothy Adams. All In Fun -Fay Ring. All The Things You Are -Vito Jacobbi, Am I Proud -Joe Di Fiore. Apple For The Teacher -Bud Traver S. Leanin' On The Old Top Rail --F. F. A. Faithful Forever --Joan Hint and Pag Tuxedo Junction -Tony Juliano. 74 e Gentsch ADVERTISEMENTS Acknowledgment to Advertisers The staff of 1940 wishes to express its hearty thanks to the following advertisers who helped make this year's Oracle possible Geo. W. Haxton :Sz Son, Inc. Haxton Canning Co., Inc. ' C. A. Ingalsbe A. A. Grinnell Co., Inc. Frank D'Alba Oakfield Hotel Norm Anewalt Tumalty's Garage B. F. Gentsch Frank Welch Alabama Produce Co. Snyder 8a Thompson Sam Bucheri L. S. Clendenon Joe De Fillippo Oakiield Bowling Center R. C. Searls The Heidelburg C. M. Merkel Gann Brothers Frank A. Hackley Bates' Flowers Tyler Trucking Polliwog Club E. J. Connolly R. C. Marsham Haxton Sz Burr Redmond Brothers The Batavia Daily News School of Commerce Empire Photo Engravers Burdett Brothers Sinclair Service G. T. Lesso Exchange Bank Dutton's Hardware E. C. Root Peterson Drug Company Adelman's ' ' A Friend Batavia Garage Munn 8z Young A Friend Herbert Lehman Knox :Sz Dispenza Batavia Dry Cleaners Lang's Bakery Francis Sz Mead Lawing Studio Gift Center H. M. Ingraham Sam's Barber Shop Diana Theater Beals, McCarthy KL Rogers Rochester Business Institute Vern Thomas Sz Company Carlton M. Sleght Oliver Kahse, Inc. McAlpine, Brumsted Co. Miller's Dry Cleaners Beardsley's Clothing Co., Inc. Central Motors Co. SalWay's Hardware Sunshine Cleaners The Anchorage Gordon Way Charles F. Miller Printing Co Empire Photo Finishers Table Talk Bakery Burton's L. C. Stroh and Sons Miner Battery Co. ' Chas. Mancuso 8: Sons Ideal Restaurant ---f- 75 I ADVERTISEMENTS I I T' ' ' ' ' vx: '::xx::::x::::: T' I I :I 11 I I I I I I I I I I E : g GEO. W. HAXTON Sz SON, INC. 'E : : Receivers and Shippers , I I II I I I I 1: Beans Grain Hay I , fr : 1 Fruit and Produce If I I 'I I 'I I Frozen Fruits I . 'I I 1: 5 I I OAKFIELD NEW YORK :I I I I I 'I 'I Ln xx- I T6 ADVERTISEMENTS Dr. Sasbury's Poultry Acme Paints and Medicines Varnishes Wayne Poultry and Poultry Equipment Dairy Feed Famous Reading Anthracite CWhen it's Red, it's Readingb CLARENCE A. INGALSBE Phone 3241 Oakfield, New York OAKFIELD HOTEL Dine - Dance Every Saturday Night With Orchestra Fish Fry -- Steaks - Spaghetti - Our Specialty South Pearl Street 05 Main - Phone 6221 Nick Papero, Prop. T. Moore: Who got rich by talking to himself? F. Latko: Edgar Bergen. 14.- Malley Feeney: What would you say if I told you that I have come a thousand miles through ice and snow with my dog team just to tell you I love you? Jo Olmsted: I'd say-that was a lot of mush. :.,..... Mrs. Hall: Why are you eating with your knife? Mr. Hall: My fork leaks. Car Washing and Simonizing NORM ANEWALT Certified Lubrication Tires and Tubes Socony Vacuum Products Kendall Oil Socony Friendly Service Phone 2484 ADVERTISEMENTS :: A -:::: :::.':::::.A::::::::::::::: -:::.- A A A A A A A : Compliments of HAXTON CANNING CO., INC. Earl S.: Well, good night, Alice. I hope I haven't kept you up too late. Alice Sage: Oh no, Earl, not at all. I would have been getting up soon anyway. 19- A. DeSimone: Why does your hair have electricity? V. Stornelli: I'll bite. Why? A. DeSimone: You see, your hair is connected to a dry cell. .-...- Erma Caton: I don't see how football players ever get clean. John Puma: Silly, what do you suppose the scrub team is for? i., A doctor went on a vacation and left his son, a doctor also, to carry on his practice. On the doctor's return the son said, Say, Dad, you know that acute indigestion that you have been treating Mrs. Young for, for 5 years ? Yes, son. Well, I cured it in six weeks. Well, son, you may not know it but Mrs. Young's indigestion put you through college. l ADVERTISEMENTS ::.-.-::.-.-.-::.-.-4::.4-4-0v-::,-::::1:::v-v-'QQ:::v-::::::::::v : Student: You look all broken up. What is the trouble? Roommate: I wrote home for a study lamp. Student: Well? Roommate: They sent me the lamp. 1,1 Mr. Dermody: Your profession? Clayton Sharp: Agricultural Expert. Mr. Dermody: What was your father '? Clayton Sharp: A farmer. Mr. Dermody: And your grandfather? Clayton Sharp: A peasant. ...i Prof: The boy who gets this job must be fast. P. Gentsch: Mr, Williams, I'm so fast I can drink water out of a sieve! Tig-i. There's a girl named Victoria Needell Working in this ofice. May I see her, I'm her grandfather. You just missed her. She's gone to your funeral. A. A. Grinnell Co., Inc. Buyers of Beans, Grains, Potatoes Coal Lumber Builder's Supplies Agents for G. L. F. Feed Seeds Fertilizers Oakfield, New York Elba, New York Phone 6161 Phone 48 T9 ADVERTISEMENTS Alabama Produce Company Dealers in Coal Lumber Hardware Fertilizers Feed and all Farm Produce BASOM, NEW YORK Dan: So you Wanta quit us, eh? Don't the wages suit you? J. Taddie: The Wages are all right but I feel guilty cheating a horse out of Work! L...- Mr. Hambel was sitting in the kitchen and in the dining room the radio was turned on to the Italian Balm program. As the announcer repeated Italian Balm, Mr. Hambel said, What was that? Italy bombed. +1 J. Puma: Will you time me around the track, Reed? J. Reed: Sure, Wait 'till I get my calendar. Compliments of GERALD TUMALTY Alabama, New York SU ADVERTISEMENTS B. G. GENTSCH TRUCK TRANsPoRTAT1oN At the Sign of the Flying Red Horse MOBILGAS and MOBILOILS F. F. WELCH Harry C.: A great deal depends on how you look at a thing. Reginald Stornelli: I know it. I nearly lost my eye once looking at a ball game through a knot hole in a fence. .lg-1 B. Bucceri: I want a dress for around the house. C. DeSimone: How lar e is our house? Y ...,...- Dorothy Ingalsbe: My picture was in the paper once. Arlene Bradt: How much reward did they offer? When you think of flowers Think of BATES' FLOWERS Phone 3221 50 Drake Street Oakfield, New York Members of Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association S1 ADVERTISEMENTS Snyder Sz Thompson Garage South Alabama, New York General Garage Work Tow Car Service- Oxy-acetylene Welding Battery Service 4 Collision Service - Radios Auto Accessories and Supplies Phone Oakfield 6580 U. DeSimone: What's that in your vest pocket? Slug Stornelli: Cin a whisperj Dynamite I'm waiting for Taddie. Everytime he meets me he slaps me on the chest and breaks my pipe. Next time he does it, he'll blow his hand off. +L. Mr. Hall: Will anybody give me an example of indirect tax? Donna Scott: The dog tax. Mr. Hall: Why do you term that as an indirect tax? Donna Scott: Because the dog doesn't pay it. Chevrolet's the Choice Eye It Try It Buy It LOUIS S. CLENDENON OAKFIELD, NEW YORK S2 ADVERTISEMENTS Local and Long Distance Hauling GEORGE H. TYLER Pat: When does the fight begin? Mike: Right now. I've lost the tickets. +1 Miss Stevens: Why are you late? Pike: Class started before I got here. ...TQ...., Mr. Hall: If there Wasn't anything on earth what would the people eat? Dick Greene: Fruit of the Family Tree. Exide Batteries Goodrich Tires Fishing Tackle Guns and Ammunition Gas Oil Accessories Cigarettes and Tobacco POLLIWOG CLUB Phone 6182 83 ADVERTISEMENTS Oakfield Bowling Center Bowl Regularly for Amusement and Health Lunch While You Bowl Prop. Frank Vallese Compliments of R. C. SEARLS Dealer in Quality Merchandise Phone 3231 Oakiield, New York Mr. Gilbert's car was stalled in front of a line of cars when a policeman came up to him and said. Policeman: l'What is the matter? Can't you go any faster? Mr. Gilbert: Sure, but I don't want to get out and Walk. ...D Mr. Hall: Ann, what is a specialist? A ' Anna Balonek A man who Wants all your teeth pulled and your tonsils and gall bladder out, before he gets down to work to see what is the matter with you. C. M. MERKEL for Quality Groceries Dry Goods Boots and Shoes Free Delivery Phone 3671 Oakiield, New York S4 ADVERTISEMENTS FRANK A. HACKLEY Sun Proof Paints General Hardware Phone 2261 Oakiield, New York R. C. MARSHAM Quality Petroleum Products Phone 6611 Distributors of PENN - DRAKE Double Mileage Oils Mr. Baumhofer: Irene, Where were boys educated in the Middle Ages? Irene DiFiore: Why, in Knight school, as everyone knows. ..,,. Vernon Campbell: What an unusual pair of socks you have on -one red and, one green. I ' Bud Ohs: Yeah! And I have got another pair home just like 'eml l,.. Jennie Giordano: This alphabet soup is terrible. Miss Kinsley: I'll make you eat those words. E j k' ' For Fine Watches and Diamonds See H. M. Ingraham Batavia's Upstairs Jeweler 2 Main Street Opposite Post Office ADVERTISEMENTS E. C. ROOT Funeral Homes Bennett Avenue Phone 6511 - 2031 - 3451 - 2581 BURDETT BROTHERS On Main Street for Quality Meats and Groceries Telephone 6421 Delivery 8 - 10 - 3 Daily GRADUATES I ! Send for our free catalog of Business Courses THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE East Avenue at Alexander St. Rochester, New York S6 ADVERTISEMENTS J -'A---'----A+ ::-:v :::-7 'r EXCHANGE BANK Established 1883 Oakfield, New York Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation For Quality and Dependabilityv O. K. Seal Fillers PEERLESS TABLETS Ohs: Oh! Mr. Dates, did you hear about the man who invented a device for looking through walls ? Mr. Dates: No, I didn't. What does he call it? Ohs: A window. .-.1 Francis Glatz: Wanna go on a sleighing party? Betty Seaburg: Who are we going to slay? .41 G. Chickoo: Waiter, bring me a ham sandwich. Waiter: With pleasure. G. Chickoo: Nope, with mustard. Meet the Gang at the fountain in the REXALL DRUGSTORE Where they serve the Best Soda in Town Peterson Drug Company Oakiield Elba 'r 'r 'r P r 'r 'r 'r P 'r 'r Ir P in r I 'r 'r 'r r 'r 'r 'I 'r 'r 'r I 'r 'v 'r r 'r 4 r 'r 'r 'r 'r 'n 'L 'r 'r 'r 'r 'r 'r 'r 'r 'r 'r n 'r 'r 'r 'r 'r n 'r 'r P 'r 'r n 'r 'r 'r 'P 'r 'r v 'r 'r n P 'r 'r 'r 'P 'r 'r J : :::::::: -.-::a-:::: :::: ::, ST ADVERTISEMENTS Come to Medina - To DIANA THEATER Medina, New York K6 77 Always the Best Picture Fil Vern Thomas Sz Company Carpets - Rugs - Linoleums -- Beds Springs Mattresses - Window Shades - Venetian Blinds 206 Main Street Phone 1431 Batavia, New York Road to Success: 095 I won't. 1022 I can't. 201k I don't know how. 3071 I Wish I were able. 40fk What is it? 5017 I think I may. 60? I might. 702, I think I can. 80? I can. 901, I will. 10092 I did. -By Lucille Young .l.Q-.-- Mr. Dermody in Ag. Room: Rodney, Why should you paint the inside of a hen house white ? Rodney: So that the chickens won't eat the grain off the wood LL+-- W. Genesky: You ought not to run out of money on your farm ' Julia Hint: I don't see why not. W. Genesky: A sheep always has four quarters a deer always has a buck, chickens have a bill and horses have two bits SS ADVERTISEMENTS You do not have to be a professional, any simple picture may be a winner. During the campaign, cash prizes awarded for best pictures submitted. WEEKLY PRIZES First, 85.005 Second, 83.005 Third, 52.00 Requirements are that your pictures must be finished in our studio. The Judges' decision shall be final. In case of tie, duplicate prizes awarded. Send in as many rolls of film as you choose. Any six or eight exposure roll developed and printed for 25 cents. Free enlargement coupon with all roll orders. NOTICE THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK. The winners of the previous week furnished all entrants upon request. EMPIRE PHOTO FINISHERS Box 297, Dept. S Ogdensburg, New York 89 ADVERTISEMENTS Watches Silverware Clocks Diamonds Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty GORDON M. WAY Jeweler No Job Too Diflicult You'll Find Work Guaranteed It Pays to Buy at Way's One Year 5 Jackson Street Batavia, New York Buy your Sport Wear at BEARDSLEY'S where the assortments are complete also Clothing, Furnishings and Shoes at reasonable prices E. J. BEARDSLEY CO., Inc. 65 Main Street Batavia, New York Edmond Nannie: Umberto, you are to graduate this year aren't you? Umberto: No, I am a P. G. Edmond: What do you mean a P. G.'? Umberto: I mean a Possible Graduate. 1... Verle C.: Yes, by looking into a girl's eyes I can tell exactly what she thinks of me. Georgette R.: That must be very discouraging! THE ANCHORAGE Sunday Dinners - Parties The Little White House With the Picket Fence 22 Richmond Avenue Batavia Mrs. H. L. Morse When you Want a snack, don't forget Morse's Diner 00 ADVERTISEMENTS F 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ + 4+ 4 4+ 4+ 4+ 4 4 4+ 4+ 4+ P 4 4 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4 4 4 4+ 4+ 4+ 4 4 + 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4 4+ 4+ 4 4 + 4+ I 4 4 4 4 4 + 4+ 4+ 4 4+ 4+ 44 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4 4 + 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 1 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ L- 4+ li + 4+ 4 P P 4 ., .THE For Better Values T .xc E N T . uIF 4444 is eeee Em Wlse Graduates wsuw stuns .H . W1 Send Their Headquarters Mothers to Bulova Watch Boss: When I started in business for myself, I had nothing but my intelligence. Clerk: Gosh, that was some small beginning. ...i Umberto: You know, I am going to change the alphabet. Inez P.: How? Umberto: '41 am going to put U and I closer together. We're In the Groove of reasonable prices. We're breaking all records for summer sport apparel and here the summer hasn't started yet. Huge stocks of the sport things you see nationally adver- tised in the magazines. Prices at figures that jibe with Western New York incomes . that's the secret. Sport Jackets - Slack Ensembles - Half, half hose MCALPINE, BRUMSTED Sz CO. THE CLOTHIERS Batavia New York - - Y v ::::Q-:::: :: 91 ADVERTISEMENTS Compliments of REDMOND BROTHERS Prof.: How much does a twelve pound shot Weigh? Bob Brundage: I don't know, sir. Prof. Bob: Prof. Bob: Prof. Glatz : Well, then, what time does the ten o'clock train leave? Ten o'clock. Then, what is the weight of the twelve pound shot? Ten pounds, sir. .lyi- Oxygen wasn't discovered until l770. What did they breathe before that? Compliments of A FRIEND 92 ADVERTISEMENTS BATAVIA DRY CLEANING CO.. M. J. Kallighan, Prop. 35 Jackson Street Batavia, N. Y. Phone 292 Oakfield Sales Sz Service E. J. Connolly Mercury, Ford, Lincoln Zephyr General Garage Work Phone 2801 Oakfield, N. Y. Mr. Hall: Do spots on the sun affect the weather? G. Fava: Yes, because if I do anything mean at home there are spots on the son and the weather in my home is greatly affected. ..,, M. Perozzi: I see that you are learning how to drive. Lucille Young: Yes, it isn't safe for me to be a pedestrian any longer. 1+ Dates: Are you laughing at me? J. Scapano: N-no sir. Dates: Well, what else is there around here is to laugh at? Compliments of LAN G'S BAKERY Telephone 1362 Batavia, New York ' A4 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 1 'I I 'I 'I :I I I - :::e:::- 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 1 'I 'I 'I 'I 1 I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I :I I 'I 'I 'I :I I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I 'I A 93 ADVERTISEMENTS BEALS, MCCARTHY Sz ROGERS Founded 1826 -- Incorporated Steel - Hardware - Metals Motor Car Accessories Refrigeration BUFFALO, NEW YORK Over a Century of Service Mr. Hambel: Eddy, now that the big nations of Europe are at war, can you tell the class what great change occurred during the World War? Edward Sharp: Yes, Pa bought Ma a new washboardf' lst Senior: How did you come out in your regents? 2nd Senior: Well, you see it's like this. I- lst Senior: Shake, I flunked too. 1 ! 94 ADVERTISEMENTS Vx: ' ' A ' N : ': ::::: A : 'A x' ' TI 1, 1, 1: . :g :g Compllments 1, 1, , 1, 1, 1 1 George T. Lesso .E 1, 1, l 1, :I A bottle of milk is a bottle of health II U 1 1, 1, 1, QI Drink More Milk ff 1, 1, 1, if , , I: E. Fava: What's the odor in the library? 1, C. Manetta: That's the dead silence they keep there. 3: I, T'+ ' ,: Joe D. My father has George Washington's watch. ' If Betty Greene- That's nothing, my father has Adam's apple. 1: li i-4? ,I it Prof.: E, Nannie, give the definition of a vacuum. 1' I I if E. Nannie: I have it fixed in my head, sir, but I can't exactly I, define it. 'I 55 if 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, , 1, 1, 1, , 11 'I 1, Whenever you Want anything 1' 1, 1, 1, Use a classified ad II ,I . ll 1, 111 1, I 1, 1, 1, I: 1' 'f THE BATAVIA DAILY NEWS 15 11 +I 1, I, ,I For less than fifty cents I , 1, ff and reach 1 if Over 40,000 people If 1, 1, 1, 1, fi 23-25 Jackson Street Batavia, New York If , 1, +I II 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, L- 05 ----- ---- ---A ----4 ADVERTISEMENTS DUTTON'S HARDWARE Sherwin Williams Paints Main Street Phone 6151 Oakfleld, New York Farmer: What are you doing up that tree, young man? I Malcolm Davis: One of your apples fell down, and I'm trying to put it backf' lk. Joe D.: Ireland should be the richest country in the world. Tony J.: How is that? Joe D.: Her capital has been Dublin for years. ..l - Joan Hint: Do you like hamburger balls? Page Gentsch: I don't know. I never attended one. ..k-Quiamiryzffwf , f' lq vuiwlxxlvrrlfylw .' 'D . R ' E . ,- . 2' . A lNj.fi?-, Cleaners and Laundry William E. Preston Inc. Batavia, New York 12 Jackson Street SAM'S BARBER SHOP Two Chairs Operating Dailyl' South Pearl Street Oakiield, New York 96 ADVERTISEMENTS Engravings Produced in Oakfield High School 1940 Oracle by Empire Photo Engravers 87 Franklin Street Rochester, New York Coach: Hey, wise guy, who has the best fast ball? W. Genesky: 'Bob' Fellerf' Coach: ,ho has the best curve? W. Genes y: Ann Sheridan. L,-. Miss Stevens: Marion, give me a well organized sentence with the word 'bounced' in it. Marion Snyder: When a boy gets bounced., some other girl usually catches him on the rebound. Good Hardware The Big Store on a little Street S A L W A Y ' S 2-6 Exchange Batavia, New York 97 ADVERTISEMENTS Compliments Compliments of of HAXT N 8x BURR GANN BROS. O Tony Juliano: Yes, she was hanged in China. Taddei: Shanghai? N Tony Juliano: No, not very. 1,1 Al. Vallese: Where are all the buffaloes that used to roam the plains? Tommy M. On our nickels. ...,.... Thomas: SI feel like thirty cents. Oswald: Well, everything is higher than it used to be. BUICK G. M. C. TRUCKS PONTAIC Sales and Service The Home of Good Used Cars CENTRAL MOTORS CO. 229-235 W. Main St. Phone 356 Batavia, New York 98 ADVERTISEMENTS Time Now To Think About Graduation Gifts You will please the graduate by securing gifts here. Stu- dents know our merchandise to be of the highest quality. Portable Typewriters Fountain Pens Cameras Books Leather Goods And Many Others CARLTON M. SLEGHT 64 Main Street Batavia, New York Phone 292 rr B. Bucceri: Oh, Mother! The cat ate the lovely cake I baked. Fond Mother: Don't worry darling-we can get another cat. L+..- Alice Shipman: Did you know I was an ammunition girl? G. Werner: Do you mean you make a lot of noise ? A. Shipman: No, I like arms around me. ...-,, Buddy Ohs: Would you shoot a horse with a wooden leg? A. Whitcomb: No, I'd, shoot him with a gun. Life Begins Compliments rm i IJIFE vibrates through every i class and sports activity at 0 R. B. I. Through a Balanced 1' ' ' P at l ts t raining rogranrsiuen no only acquire business skills but d velop magnetic person- alities, leading' to successful business careers. tflver 1,200 R. B. I. Graduates were placed in positions in 1939.1 Y'ALL CLASSES Send Staff A FRIEND for Catalog 3 N ROCHESTER BUSINESS INSTITUTE Main 172 Clinton Ave. South 3869 Rochester, N. Y. 99 ADVERTISEMENTS Watches - Diamonds - Jewelry FRANCIS Sz MEAD 96 Main Street Batavia, New York Miss Meadoif: Why are you yelling into that mail box? Erma Caton: 'Tm taking a correspondence school course in cheer leading. ' ...L Freshman: A remark like that means fight where I come from! Senior: Then, why don't you fight? Freshman: 'Tm not where I come from. Oldsmobile LaSalle Cadillac Chas. Mancuso and Son, Inc. Used Cars U. S. Tires 2-4-6 Main Street Batavia Phone 907 Genesee County's Oldest Dealer I Best Wishes To the Class of 1940 MINER BATTERY CO. 6 Court Strete Batavia, New York Everything Electrical 1 00 I 4 '4 4 4 I 4 ADVERTISEMENTS In A: ::::::::::::'A:::::: :::: '::::7 5 -: I 4+ I Flowers of D1st1nct1on QI : I I 'I lr ,I L. C. Stroh and Sons 1: , I I 1: 48 Main Street Batavia, New York I 'I I Phone 900 II I II 4, 4, I . . -I :I Class Pins and Rings :I I I 4 Fraternity and Sorority Pins gf 4 4 2: Dance Programs and Favors 'f 4 4, Commencement Inv1tat1ons 'I 4, , OLIVER KAHSE, INC. I 1+ Rochester New York :I 3 4 I 4: Mr. Hall: You're too old to be asking for nickels. 1: M. Hall: I guess you're right. How about a quarter. ,I 1-oi 4, , Pauline Brundage: Can you name three popular men who were 4: ff never born? ,I ,I Julia Hint: Of course not. Can you '? 4, Pauline Brundage: Santa Claus, Charlie McCarthy and Uncle ,Q 1: Sam. j: 4 lki , 4 :E Mr. Jones: I want to buy a hat. 'E I: Salesman: Fedora ? It Mr. Jones: No, for myself. ,: I 'I 4+ 4a 'I I lr Compliments ,I I I 4, 4, Ig Of 1: 4: 4: in 4a I IDEAL RESTAURANT 4: 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, L - -, -,,,:::, A--. ...A-- A :ani 101 ADVERTISEMENTS BURTON'S 61 Main Street Batavia, New York Dresses - Coats - Millinery NEWEST FASHIONS Popular Prices Compliments of TABLE TALK BAKERY Won Its Favor By Its Flavor Phone 358 Batavia, New York - Handled in this area by Alan Taber - For Your Printing Needs , . . G!-. ?'S 1 o 9 7 A Modern Plant 100 per cent. Automatically Equipped Looseleaf and Special Ruled Work Commercial Printing of all lcincls Charles F. Miller Printing Co. 117 Ross Street Batavia, New York 102 Mmfayvcwkla ..1A..:.-