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

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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

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OAK LEAVES School Parties The first party of the year was the Freshman initiation party. The boys dressed as girls and the girls dressed as boys. Each freshman was blindfolded. painted with lipstick and then taken “through the mill —through experiences such as visiting a morgue, in which someone told the story of Dillinger and kissing Calamity Jane. They also had a facial massage of ripe bananas, had fly paper stuck on their feet, and a make believe shower. The finale brought them upstairs to rest on a “hot seat, after which they were individually welcomed into the fold as regular students. Part of the evening was spent in dancing. When we were finished with our lunch we received news that two carloads of students were in an accident. Some of our boys were badly injured. The party was a success despite the tragedy. The Freshmen gave a return party for the Sophs, and this was the first party to which the parents were invited. Games were played, prizes awarded, and dancing finished off the program. A Christmas party was sponsored by all the class officers except the Seniors. They put on a play; the German class sang songs, and Santa Claus passed out gifts to the students. The first homecoming for Oakfield Alumni was staged by the Seniors on December 21 at Liberty Hall and proved a great success. The banquet supper was put on by Mrs. Groll of Fond du Lac. Junior Merrill acted as toastmaster and did very well. Speeches were given by various alumni and Mr. Morton. The banquet was followed by a basketball game between Oakfield and Stockbridge. Our team showed the alumni what they really could do. The final event of the evening's entertainment was a dance with music furnished by Eddie Becker and his orchestra. The hall was trimmed with holiday decorations and everybody (except Gordon Kottke) reported a good time. [22]