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

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el OAK LEAVES ¥ c(Dhe Student Gouncil Standing—Obert Merrill, Orville Erdmann, Mr. Morton, adviser, Warren Erdmann, John Hoppe. Seated—Marie Scharschinidt, Lorraine Gruenwald, Marian Burleton, Arlene Dethadt, Doris Hanna, Carol Tesch, Dorothy Stumpf. he forensic earn Top Row—Ruth Zills, Mabel Schmidt, Lloyd Anderson, Lester Cook, Warren Erdmann, Felix Scharschinidt, Kathryn Guelzow, Marian Burleton. Second Row—Donald Ogle, Verna Jagfeld, Marie Scharschmidt, Marie Guelzow, Martha Smil janic, George Doyle, Dorothy Krueger, Nelda Hopewell, Margaret Abraham, Geraldine Sonn, Orville Erdmann. Seated—Miss Sommerfield, coach, Carol Tesch, Bernice Stumpf,, Anna Lea Cook, Lois Leiberg, Arlene Dethardt, Obert Merrill, Clinton Censky, Robert Wagenknecht, Mr. Morton, coach. [19]

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OAK LEAVES I® ‘-fobe Annual The staff of The Oak Leaves has striven to improve the publication in every way possible without raising the price to the students. The 1938 edition of our school annual contains eight more pages and five more pictures than last year’s book. John Hoppe as editor, assisted by Carol Tesch and Mr. Morton, have done a fine job. and we hope their efforts met with approval of our subscribers. he School t'Newspaper Three years ago, in October, Mr. Morton, with the help of Sheila Smith and Dorothy Tesch. published by hectograph the first edition of The Oak-leaf —monthly school newspaper of the Oakfield High School. The name of the paper was taken from the annuals published from 1906 to 1916, which were called The Oak Leaves. The year before. Dorothy Tesch had been editor of The Purple and Gold,” of which three issues were published. The Oak-leaf” faithfully chronicled the events of 1935-36. Florence Zangl acted as master hectographer. Mr. Morton designed the heading and did most of the typing. A complete file of these papers is preserved in the office. A larger staff rolled up its sleeves two years ago, and headed by Elton Riese and John Hoppe, put out eight issues. The students began to do more of the writing and typing. Virginia Ewald and Arlene Dethardt worked hard typing the editions as they came along. Mabel Schmidt and Ruth Dowidat did the hectographing. Marian Burleton drew some clever cartoons. Martha Smiljanic served as circulation manager. This year The Oakleaf'’ has developed further in many ways and has become quite widely known under the guidance of John Hoppe and Marie Schar-schmidt. The first meeting of our staff brought out the need for a new and original heading and more money to buy our own hectograph roll and colored inks. Hortense Schoepke did a nice piece of work in selling the local merchants ads and listing enough subscriptions for “The Oakleaf to finance it. A contest was sponsored to try to bring out a new heading for the paper, but the response was poor, and practically nothing came of it. Our paper appeared in different colored inks and different colored paper. Anna Lee Cook and Geraldine Sonn operated the hectograph. Orville Erdmann. Arlene Dethardt, and Elaine Millar did all the typing necessary this year. About the middle of the year we tried out a mimeograph, but we were dissatisfied with it, and we went back to the hectograph. Then one day came Mr. Proctor, representing a well known mimeograph company, and offered to print our next edition of the school paper and furnish everything free to us including the paper. At the same time Marilyn Horning grew ambitious and designed a very neat headline which was used in the Freshman and Sophomore editions. Both of these improved the appearance of our paper immensely. The School Board purchased the mimeograph. We appreciate this and know they will never have occasion to regret it. We have, this year. 48 subscribers in school. 21 out of school, and exchanged papers with 16 other schools. Orville Erdmann and John Hoppe are our master mimeographers. We are proud to say that now we can be sure that everyone can read our copies of “The Oakleaf. The staff has handled the paper unaided this year. Mr. Morton has continued as adviser—-but this year he has given us full rein to publish our own school paper as we wish. Everyone enjoys these little editions, and we hope they will continue to grow as they have since Mr. Morton came to Oakfield. [18]

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©I OAK LEAVES STUDENT COUNCIL ACTIVITIES The Student Council continued its second year of useful service to the school this year. Early in the fall, Mr. Morton took a carload of the council members to Madison to attend the State Convention of Student Councils. Felicia Scharschmidt. who was the president of our council, was elected chairman of the sectional meeting and she handled the meeting in very creditable manner. Unfortunately for the council. Felicia’s marks fell below the required 80 at the end of the semester, and Junior Merrill was elected to take her place. Arlene Dethardt was elected President and John Hoppe acted as Treasurer of the Student Activity Fund. Some of the things the Council promoted this year were: new lockers for the boys’ dressing room; cocoa door mats for the front doors; new curtains for the Science room: matinee dancing classes; series of assembly programs; Honor Roll regulations readjusted; landscaping the school grounds, etc. forensics Thirty students taking part in forensics this year made a preliminary elimination contest necessary. This was held Feb. 16 and 17 in the high school assembly. The following students took part in the event: EXTEMPORANEOUS READINGS—Mabel Schmidt. Lois Lcibcrg, Donald Ogle. Lloyd Anderson. Marie Scharschmidt, Nelda Hopewell. Verna Jagdfeld, Carol Tesch. SERIOUS DECLAMATION—Nelda Hopewell, Anna Lee Cook, Bernice Stumpf. HUMOROUS DECLAMATION—Martha Smiljanic, Kathryn Guelzow, Marian Burleton, Arlene Dethardt. Margaret Abraham, Lois Leiberg, George Doyle. Geraldine Sonn. Marie Guelzow, Dorothy Krueger. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKERS—Orville Erdmann, Clinton Censky, Bobby Wagenknecht, and Felix Scharschmidt. ORATIONS—Junior Merrill, Clinton Censky, Bobby Wagenknecht, Lester Cook. Warren Erdmann, and Ruth Zills. The local contest was held at Liberty Hall on March 22 and Prof. H. P. Boody of Ripon judged the following as 1st and 2nd place winners: ORATIONS—(1) Junior Merrill. (2) Clinton Censky. SERIOUS DECLAMATION—(1) Bernice Stumpf, (2) Anna Lee Cook. HUMOROUS DECLAMATION—(1) Lois Leiberg. (2) Arlene Dethardt EXTEMPORANEOUS READING—(1) Carol Tesch. (2) Donald Ogle. EXTEMPORANEOLIS SPEAKING—(1) Bobby Wagenknecht. (2) Orville Erdmann. [20J