Oakfield High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakfield, WI)

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SCHOOL BOARD. A. N. McChain. Mr. McChain was born Dec. 9th, 1858, in the city of Fond du Lac. He received his education in the public schools of that city and Lamartine, leaving Fond du Lac when 9 years of age. In 1879 he went west to Minnesota, where he resided in or near Minneapolis until 1889, when he returned to Wisconsin. Mr. McChaiii has held many offices in the town of Oakfield, and when the village was incorporated, he was elected treasurer. In July, 1904, he was elected a member of the school board. Mr. McChain has shown his great interest in the welfare of the school by his visits during the year, and we find in him a true friend of education, always ready to give both time and attention to our many needs. W. E. Bristol. W. E. Bristol was born in Oakfield in 1871. He received most of his education in the public schools of his native town. He took a course in Mann’s Business College at Fond du Lac, received ten weeks schooling at Hillsdale, Mich., and attended the Oshkosh Normal School for one term in 1884. While there, he had the distinction of being the youngest student enrolled, being only thirteen years old. Mr. Bristol is very popular in the village, having been twice elected its president. He was elected treasurer of the School Board in July, 1906. As a member we have found him to be anxious and willing to lend a helping hand to any movement that will lead to the making of our school more comfortable or that will make it more efficient to accomplish the most good. C. H. Moore. Dr. C. H. Moore was born in Fond du Lac county in 1865. His early education he received in the public schools of Oakfield and Byron. Later he attended Lawrence University for two years. In 1879 he entered the literary department of the University of N. Y. and two years later received the degree of B. S. .In 1888 he was graduated from the medical department of the same institution, receiving the degree of M. D. for the next two years he resided in Waupun, where he practiced medicine. In 1880 he came to Oakfield, where he has resided ever since. Dr. Moore was elected clerk of the village School Board in July, i905. He makes an excellent and efficient member of our School Board and all the students have found in him a friend deeply interested in their welfare and in the progress of the school.

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HISTORY OF THE OAKFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. The Oakfield High School was founded in 1888. The first clas was graduated in 1891 with nine members. In 1891 the basement was fitted up for the Primary room.. In 1898 the interior of the building was remodeled and a room for the Grammar department was made on the second floor. Our school had but a three years course until 1903, when the fourth year was added. The course was proposed but defeated in the years of 1900 and 1902. The largest classes which were ever graduated from our school contained sixteen members and were the classes of 1897, 1898 and 1900. The smallest ihat were ever graduated had five members.. These were the classes of 1895 and 1904. The largest enrollment of the school was in 1897 when there were fifty-five enrolled. The smallest enrollment was in 1902, when there were only thirty-three enrolled. The average enrollment is forty-five. At the beginning of the year, 1906, we note two very important changes: the remodeled and enlarged building and the addition of a second assistant to our corps of High School teachers.. The building as changed provided ample room for both the High School and the Graded School Departments. The addition of a second assistant made it possible for the school to offer its students an English and a German Scientific Course. This change placed our school in position to better train students whose varying talents called for a varied selection of studies. We have every reason to be proud of our High School, for its graduates have obtained honors in the higher schools.. We sincerely hope that it will be still more improved, so that its pupils will have much better advantages than we have enjoyed.

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“TEACHERS” Miss Zaidee I. Bovee. Miss Bovee was born in Stockbridge, Wisconsin. She was graduated from the Stockbridge High School, taught by the country schools of Calumet County, graduated from the Elementary Course of the Oshkosh Normal School, became principal of the graded school at Lauretta, Mich., attended the Oshkosh Normal School from 1904-1906, and in 1906 became teacher of English in the Oakfield High School. Although we are possessed of a comprehensive language and have every facility for the finding of the manifold words in that language, yet it is difficult to find words to express our appreciation of Miss Bovee’s work.. A1! know well the readiness, willingness, and cheerfulness with which she sacrifices the hours that she might call her own, to aid a mathematician “who is stuck,” an amateur bookkeeper who does not understand, and the pitiable theme writer who cannot find “thought or words” necessary to write one of those dreaded “things,” a theme. Yet one does not impose upon that same, willing, little teacher, for she has a habit, a genius, or a discerning mind by which she invariably discriminates between those who have studied faithfully and those who have been unfaithful in their preparation. Miss Norma C. Halbach. Miss Halbach was born in Oconto, Wis., graduated from the Green Bay High School, taught in a country school, graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1904, taught in the High School at Juneau, Wis., had charge of the German in the grades of the Sheboygan Public Schools, and in 1906 became instructor of German and History in the Oakfield High School. To Miss Halbach, cordial yet reserved, dignified yet pleasant, we wish to give a word of praise; praise that is fully merited. Seldom have we come in contact with a teacher possessed of more patience than our instructor in German and History. Always willing to aid, ever ready to explain a difficult point, or to unravel a knotted chain of events in History, she may well stand as a model to many of the hasty, impatient pupils whom she so kindly instructed. Each and every pupil will agree that through the help of Miss Halbach, he or she has gained an excellent knowledge of the subject which has been studied under her guidance. Miss Nellie Wilson. Miss Wilson was born in Belleville, Wis. She was graduated from the Belleville High School, taught in the country school near Belleville, graduated from the elementary Course of the Whitewater Normal School, took charge of the Grammar Department of the Hazel Green Public Schools. Tn 1906 accepted the position of teacher in the Grammar Department of the Oakfield Public Schools. Miss Wilson has gained her success in the school room by combining a fine womanly reserve with a pleasant smile or word. She has won the universal regard, both of her pupils with whom she has faithfully labored and of the students who so often received her pleasant smile and nod. Miss Ida C. Juttin. Miss Juttin was born in Oshkosh. She was graduated from the Oshkosh High School, taught in the Oshkosh City Schools, graduated from the Advanced Course of the Oshkosh Normal School, and in 1906 became teacher of the Intermediate Department of the Oakfield Public Schools.