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

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Lillian Meyers, whose quiet manners and soft ways have smoothed her way thru High School: Harry Atkins, who being one of our four boys among the ten girls is fast forgetting his bashfulness; Olive Susan, pianist for the Girls’ Glee Club; Bessie Burns, who is not quite as dangerous as her name implies; Elsie Parratt, who is often absent from school because of the calls (Kaul) she receives; Chester Shortt, who played center on the Basket Ball Team this year; Lida Best and Ethel Ryder, our two hot headed girls; Lulu Ripley, who does most of the talking for us except in recitations: Hazel Worthing, president of the Girls’ Glee Club; Will Orvis, altho a small is yet a great member of our class. A Junior. OUR EDI ! OK IN CHIEF

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“JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY.’’ President Clydk Mom;an Vice President—Mari km Smith Secretary and Treasurei—Etiikl Bristol Another year has passed and onr right to he called Juniors is almost a thing of the past. Do you realize that next year will he our last in the High Schools Why, it seems as only yesterday that we were Freshmen and receiving more than the ordinary amount of sarcasm, “slams,” etc-Even now we are not entirely free from such distasteful speeches. l)o you remember how we all disliked Botany when we were Soph-1 oinores, and the time we had to find seeds to illustrate the different methods of seed scattering' You know none of us did this at the time it should have been done and at the end of the first semester we were told we could not pass unless we had those seeds. We finally found enough, hut we had a difficult task set for us, for there was snow on the ground and most of the seeds had been blown away weeks before. We had many good times this year in spite of the fact that Geometry !o med up like a thundercloud over the heads of some of us. Another one of the pleasures of our high school life is Lyceum. Lyceum has an added! horror for Juniors and Seniors, for to us the word means debate and de--bate means downright hard work. We had a series of Junior-Senior de-; bates this year which resulted for us in one defeat and two victories. As to the entertaining side of our high school days, what could be more amusing than to watch the Sophomores prepare a spread and then to note their chagrin as the Juniors calmly walked off with the dainties and transformed the event into a Junior feast. Of course by saying this was amusing, I mean amusing to everyone except the Sophomores. Certainly those present on that memorable day did not think the Sophomores possessed a sense of humor. As Juniors we, of course, had to give the Seniors a reception. The only fun about that was to know that we had done our duty. Another enjoyable event was our trip to Brandon. Everyone naturally enjoys sitting up all night and reaching home at seven o’clock in the morning. Perhaps none of you know that when the school went to Fond du Lac to have their pictures taken, the only class that was all there was the Junior. Now can anyone say. after reading this, that the Juniors haven’t any class spirit? In numbers, the class of 11)11 ranks a little above the average of this High School. We still have with us thirteen of our original twenty-two members, and adding to this, one who entered our lists this year, makes our total number fourteen. Altho the girls outrank the boys almost three to one, there are no disputes among the Junior classmates as to escorts for there are always plenty of boys ready to act this part, at least to some of the girls. Of our twent.v-two original members there are the following left;—Clyde Morgan, our class president; Mariem Smith, our vice-president and Oak Leaves editor; Ethel Bristol, our secretary and treasurer;

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-- JUNIORS IN DISGUISE Dear Reader:— Enclosed please find the last names of the members of the .Junior Class. They are carefully wrapped in admit tale of our excursion with the first letter of each name in italics. Do not say before you have finished the story, chat it ought to have and liar us and all convinced of its little icorth. In gipsy style we set out for our trip in the charm. It has the Ast entrance of any cave of its ar. Rattlers are exempt in this cave. Von would know the place because at its entrance is a small field of rye. Derricks lifted us up and down the opening. Debris told us we were standing in the dry bed of a creek. Soon we thot we heard the sound of water. We started a lire, getting Aims on our hands in doing so, and at last, by watching closely and being mum, eye really detected a slight ripple-you could hardly see-of very clear water. As soon as the water was found, we did not care to be mum, Organ music of any sort was not to be had but we kept up several good tunes without it. When we came out of the cave we were tired and we stopped at Kinsfolk’s home to rest. After a long walk we caught glimpses or visions of our homes and we thot we were never happier than then. I am sorry that the names of three girls have slight mistakes but hope you will receive the other eleven in perfect order. Yours truly, A Junior. -------JUNIOR RECEPTION ■■■■■■- The great social affair in school circles each year is the Juniors’ Reception to the Faculty and Seniors. The Juniors of this year were especially effiicent as entertainers. The gathering was held in the Bank Hall, Feb. ■4, 1910. The guests were delighted at first with the beautiful decoration.' of the hall and with the delightful games, and still later with the refreshments which were without doubt an epicurean triumph. One game especially delighted the guests by its novelties and its laughter producing qualities This was catechism, ’ which did not prove true to its name since it dealt mostly with the vanitiesand frivolities of society. The guest' learned with hilarious joy, the identity of the girl who powdered the most, wore the most rats, or liked the boys best, and of the man whose feet were the largest or who was the worst flirt. Strange to say the answers were almost invariably apparently applicable. The fun and laughter went on without interruption until certain hours of the morning which were not particularly wee” nor “sma.” The Juniors have certainly, in social affairs, lived up to their usual high standard of excellence.