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

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9752 Oak Leaves, 1937 Oakfeld High School Page Ninetec f Hamill!

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9753 Oak Leaves, 1937 o Oakfield High School STANDING, Left to RightwArlene Ilethardt, Marjorie lirrlmami, Orville lirtlmanii, Mziririn lhirleton, jiiriiiita La Mue. Sl'2ATI'IlJ, Left to Right-Bernice Stumpf, Charlotte McKnight, Clinton Cciisky, Iilziiiie Millar, Felix Sclizir- schmldt, Lois Leiberg, Miss Siinimerlield. FORENSICS An unusually large number competed in the local forensics contest this year. The following were awarded places in each group: First place in the humorous group was awarded to Marian Burleton who gave As Others See Us : second to Arlene Dethardt who gave Mr, Price's Pressed Pants g and third place to Elaine Miller with the recitation, I-Ienry's First Long Pants, Other speakers in this group were Lucille Collien, Mabel Schmidt, Marga- ret Abraham and Geraldine Sonn. The extemporaneous readers placed as follows: Iuanita La Mue, first: Char- lotte McKnight, secondg Lois Leiberg, third, and Marjorie Cowles, fourth. The one and only orator, Clinton Censky, presented Sinister Shadows. Dramatic declamations and extemporaneous speaking were featured in the evening. Iuanita La Mue came through again with first place, her declamation being The Last Leaf. Bernice Stumpf placed second with Daddy Doc, and third place went to Desiree's Baby, given by Charlotte McKnight. Oth- er contestants were Doris Hanna, lane Day, Anna Lee Cook, Hortense Schoep- ke, Lorraine Gruenwald, Carol Tesch, and Marie Scharschmidt. Marjorie Erdmann placed first in extemporaneous speaking, Felix Schar- schmidt second, Orville Erdmann third, and 'Clinton Censky, fourth. The following students went to North Fond du Lac April 7, to participate in the Tri-County League: Marian Burleton, Iuanita La Mue, Lois Leiberg, Charlotte McKnight, Felix Scharschmidt and Marjorie Erdmann. Felix Scharschmidt won second in extemporaneous speaking: Iuanita La Mue won third in dramatic declamationg and Lois Leiberg, third, in extempo- raneous reading at the Tri-County League contest. Felix Scharschmidt took part in the sub-district contest, but did not receive a place. Miss Lilah Sommerfield and Principal Morton were the coaches. We considered this a fairly successcful year and hope that the losers, as well as the winners will come out again next year. Page Eighteen

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F752 Oak Leaves, 1937 o Oakjield High School MOUNTAIN MUMPS Pesented by the junior Class In keeping with Principal Morton's policy of getting as many underclass- men into dramatic work as soon as possible, Miss Sommerfield made her selec- tion for the fall play entirely from the Iunior class. The cast was as follows: Doris Hanna, playing the feminine lead of Peg Southern, made everybody step lively and like it in a clever style. Leslie Senk, as Link Forrester had his grammar brushed up a bit and took his part very well as a rattling good salesman and inventor. He fell' for Peg who helped him make good. Charlotte McKnight, the only senior in the play, again took an older char- acter's part in the role of a fascinating, but also conniving widow. We al- ways feel that we have someone dependable when we have Charlie to back us up. Donald Cowles made the most attractive widower one could wish to find. He was known as Mr. Timothy Regan, a wealthy financier, but he was soon captivated by the designing widow. Marian Burleton played the part of Florence Chilton, the eldest daughter. She made a very charming picture of a young girl refusing to be bossed around: and could Marian handle it! Felicia Scharschmidt was right down her own alley in the r6le of the youngest Chilton girl who disrupted everything by falling in love with-of all people-a cop. Iunior Merrill, in the part of Calvin had only to stick his head around the door to draw a laugh from the crowd. He, and very naturally, too, was the only Chilton son, and, of course, the apple of his mother's eye. Iohn Hoppe, cosidered a good catch fboth in the play and in real lifej, took the part of Kerry Regan, a very wealthy young man. Martha Smiljanic made her first stage appearance in portraying the char- acter part of a domineering, prominent, society matron, and practically walked off with the play. We hope we see more of Martha in comedy roles. Orville Erdmann did well in the play just as he does in everything else, by taking the part of Dr. Miller, a rising young physician wrapped up in his own importance. Roland Uecker was a convincing example of a traffic officer called Homer Riggs. This was Ro1and's big chance to get on the up and up in the police- man's game. Ruth Dowidat took the role of a very self-important society debutante and need we say Ruthie played her part well? WEDDING SPELLS Presented by the Senior Class The Senior class play, a farce, was very entertaining with Steve Arlen, an adventurer, played by Gordon Kottke, trying to find his wife among four charming girls, Angelica Wayne, played by Marjorie Erdmanng Frances Brown, played by Iuanita La Mue: Niki Murphy, played by Virginia Ewaldp and Ruth Auburn, played by Charlotte McKnight. Mrs. Gay, played by Lil- lian Wachendorf, and Billie Gay, played by Marian Geisthardt, add a myste- rious touch. Charlie Cooney, played by Robert Lawson, had quite a time with Mrs. Pettingill, played by Geraldine Miller, who finally hooked Sigsbee Sulli- van, played by Elton Reise. Blake, a cop, was played by George Lund, and Oscar Censky as Reeves, a gentleman's gentleman, turned out to be a pretty good butler, Page Twenty