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

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SOPHOMORK CLASS

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--- e: “THE SOPHS EXPOSED” —..............- One day the little Sophs brot a nicely prepared lunch to school and silently, without a word to anyone except their classmates, hid the feast in the basement. Oh! how they anticipated and planned to eat that in school! How they nudged each other and smiled and said they couldn’t wait! But the ever sharp and witty Juniors in their turn nudged one another and also smiled and said in low but meaning whispers, that they would make them wait. IIow these self-same Juniors discovered and hid this elegant lunch in a more secluded place is a mystery to the Sophs and will always remain as such. Oh! but the worse is yet to come. Would you believe that, when those Sophmores found that their lunch was gone, they got spunky, and, pardon me for saying it, acted like a lot of Freshmen ? I am sorry to say it, but that is what they did. altho one can’t really blame them for so doing, especially so when knowing the state of their minds. I am sure the Juniors will all agree that the feast was very carefully prepared, and extend their hearty thanks to the Sophs for their thotfulness in their preparations. The greatest social event of the Sophomoresduringthisyear wasasur-prise party given in honor of Miss Binnie’s birthday. Altho this was claimed by the Sophomores to be a very swell affair, it could not in any way compare with the Junior reception given Feb. 4, lhlO. Considerable crowing and self-praise have been heard in the school amongst the Sophomores about their great and wonderful victory in Lyceum, as two of their classmates were elected to the offices of Secretary and Treasurer. This so called great victory for the Sophs was due to a deal between the Seniors and Sophs, w herein the Sophomore vote was given to the Seniors for the offices of president and vice president and in return the Seniors were to transfer their votes to the Sophomores for the coveted offices of Secretary and Treasurer. I)o you consider such a victory a great honor? During the first half of this year every office, please notice that every office was held by the Juniors. We received these offices unsolicited as a gift of the whole school and made no deal to secure them. Yet the Sophs point to their victory with pride and to our so called defeat with derision. The Sophomores laughed a little too soon, for in the election of officers for the Athletic Association the Juniors received three offices and the Freshmen one. What was the matter of the Sophomores then? I am sure you would get a very sweet answer if you would ask them these questions (?)

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SOPHOMORE ROLL CALL Hazel Merrill, She is ever cheerful, sportive, kindly Without vanity, without folly, without pride. Clayton Tupper,— Prevailing poet whose undoubting mind Relieved the wonders which he sung. Howard Ripley,— Far hath he fared and farther must fare, Till he finds his vocation so stately and so rare. Robbie McClain,— Oh, 'tis a peerless boy, Fearless, ingenuous, courteous, capable. Joseph Best, Kind friends may be to thee, But love like hers, thou’It see never again. Ward Large. He that would climb so lofty a tree Or spring such a gulf as divides her from thee, Must dare some high deed, by which all men may see. His ambition is backed by his high chivalry. Bessie Cragoe,— Poetic ardours in my bosom swell. Gertrude Jones,— In all the realms, none other is as good as he. Della Parduhn,— Contented wi’ little, and cantie wi’ mair, Whene’er I forgather wi’ sorrow and care. Will Reynolds,— A noticeable man with large blue ejes. And a pale face that seems undoubtedly As if a blooming face it ought to be. Marie Hoppe,— The melody of her laugh would charm The towering eagle in her flight And tame a hungry lion. Lloyd Filbey,— Wide flows his hair in many a wave and curl. Kelsey McChain,— World, in thy ever-busy mart, I've acted no unnoticed part. Jessie Reynolds,— Slow in ways, but loyal and willing To do her part according to bidding.