Oakland Township High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Oakland, IL)

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s- - I LITERARY SECTION A CONVERSATION MISER As through this world you walk, Choose the course that's wiser, Let the other fellow talk, You be a conversation miser. Speak fewer words, but plainer words, That all can understandg Let mumbled words, and jumbled words Be thus forever banned. Speak fewer words, but pleasant words, Words of kindness and good cheeerg The kind of words that the kind of folks You like, will stay to hear. - -VIOLA ALLEN, ' 32. ' SPRING Look! See the robin redbreast, Out upon the lawn, Hark! Hear the cheery Bluebird Sing at break of dawn! See the trees in blossom, Fragrance fills the air, Violets, dear wild flowers Are peeping everywhere! The golden sun shines brightly, All? hearts are light and gay, All thoughts are of God Almighty, Who made this joyous day! ' -ALICE M. KITE, '31. - ' LIFE Life is like a river green, Flowing with the tide, Never will the end be seen, Throughout the whole world wide, Moving with a rapid stride, It almost fades from sight, Do not shrink away and hide, When the day is turned to night, Go along and help to fight, Rout out the unseen foes, You then shall see a conqueror's light Like the beauty of the rose, ' Old age will then be pleasure, That is valued as a treasure. -ALBERT CHILDRESS, ' 31. A PUZZLE It is so persistive, so resistive, ' Makes you so disgustive, so enthusiveg Then turns all inducive, all confusiveg Why is it amusive, ever elusive? Oh, what's the use? It's only Love. -K. B. HALL, '32. THE LEAF just a little leaf am I, Sailing down a stream Whose water oft'times lift me high- 'Most to the sky it seems. Many are the sights I see As I go gliding along, Happy to be with the murmuring brook That sometimes sings a song. I sail between two grassy banks, And beneath a blue, blue sky Happy birds above me sing As they soar low and high. The stately trees and nodding flowers, They seem to bow to me. How glad am I to be sailing, just a leaf who is happy andsfree. Sometimes in calm waters I glide along, Then, they will laugh and shout, But often in eddies and whirlpools I'm madly thrown about. , But isn't that the way to all lives As onward and onward they go, Sometimes in eddies of madness, And sometimes serene and slow? -MARGARET SNYDER, '32. Written '29f'30. GRAY WOLVES IN THE SNOW At twilight we heard the clear call of the wolves in the distance. We piled more wood on the fire and started out in the direction from which the call came. Hiding behind the trees we looked across the plains. At the same time we located the wolves, they caught our scent. They stood as still as statues sil- houetted against the white snow. At Hrst we lifted our guns to shoot them, but impressed by their beauty, we could not fire. Silently turning around we slipped away to our camp. -MARY JANE CARTER, '33. Page Fifty-six

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'7 -1'-' Z2 ? Z 1 2 f V . g f Z- g 2 X Z f 3 - 3 ff X ff' f X X 3 MARCH - Yep! March came in like a lion! -Our two radio specialists, Ez and Hunky gave us a few pointers on the radio. They have made one by the way. -Heap big pep meeting. Member from each class gave talk and also our coach. --Beat Rardin in tournament. Ain't that sompin ? -Went for third place in tournament not half bad! -It snowed-so soon we'll have a sled party I suppose - Whoopee l -Juniors and Seniors had a coasting party - ate and danced-all kinds of fun. --Chorus practice tonight- I-Ieigh-lee Heigh-lo ! -School tournament-Juniors beat Freshmen - Seniors beat Sophomores. -American Legion Program -Schools presented with weather proof flags. Seniors won class tournament. - Spring football -- an- nounced by the coach. All you little boys get out now and work and grow for next year is coming. - Hunkie has shaved his mustache off. At last the reat event - - g happened-the presentation of Tulip Time . -Spring has sprung! -Juniors give play- Who's Crazy Now ?' ' -Vocabulary test ! - English IV. --Band went to Brocton- Gee, we're gettin' good. Football game - Will we have a team next year! -Senior play tryouts- The Road to Yesterday . -Swell talk-Anton J. Rut- gers Von Rosenbu rg. APRIL All fools are out today. So- phomore play Spark Plug . 2-Dramatic night. Commercial demonstration. Good Friday- VVhere was everybody ? 7- United States isa lik' heaven , said Mr, Jap. A few of the student body rode all afternoon. 8-Some Freshies So vhs Jun 9 I p iors, and Seniors go home today and stay-celebrated too much yesterday. Band practice tonight. 9--All the naughty little boys and girls back with excus- es from their parents. 10- Gee, who could blame kids for skipping a day like 'II this. 11--Election- Was there a fight l - Everybody had his dog out to vote. Band goes to Champaign to con- test. 14--Another Senior kk:ked out of English - Oh, it's a si ht! Il 15-- We'll play it just once more then let it soak. 20-Senior Class Play progress- ing. 21- Once upon a time there was a. little boy named Sambo, ands . -Imagine Herman Finkbiner imitating Mr. Bickel! -Can you imagine Ed No- lan and Bob Galbreath running around the football field four times? 24-The Seniors are beginning to look forward to the ban- quet to be given to them now. Track meet at Arthur. --Commercial contest at Mar- shall. 26-Band to Charleston- Look us over! -Seniors are in mourning- some, because their school days will soon be over: oth- ers. their's shouldn't. K 1... 2-.. 4-Everybody has lots of pep. 5.. 6- MAY Did you get a May basket? ll The Road to Yesm1'day' presented-Big Success! Okaw Valley Track and MQM Field Meet-Monticello. See you tomorrow. Bills, 'bills, graduation. Poor pop ! 7-More bills. - 8-- Gimme something to re- giember you by , says the emor. 9-District Track Meet. 10- 11- VVonder what 'the Juniors Band Festival-Monticello. are slipping around down the gym for ? Yeah-I wonder l . 12-Riddle- Why do girls go daEy? -Ans.: Gator Chil- dress. 13-Wonder if Don can sing as well as he can yodel. 14-Silver Rush! Everyone anx- ious to pay their nickels- Oh yeah? 15-Mr. Alter talks on loyalty to school-'-'Take heed ? 17- Oh-whatsa use i Rain makes the flowers be- autiful. Why don't it rain on me? --Ordered caps and -gowns. - Work for Lthe day is com- ing. - 21-Final Exams-Srs. 22-Final Exams-Srs. 23 -Senior exams over - take your books and go home- and stay. -Baccalaureate. -Underclassmen hegin two days - drilling. - . -Seniors leave the country. --Senior Day. --Commencement - Seniors out - everything over. Goodbye . Page Fifty-,five 'J um T1 ' i 0

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THE LOG CABIN Near a little woods in' the state of New Hampshire stood a little log cabin. This cab' in, which was very old, was surrounded by a large garden which contained many beau' tiful flowers and shade trees. It had a small front porch just large enough to contain a comfortable rocker and two boxes of red geraniums which were in full bloom. Climb' ing up 'the south side of the porch was a honey'suckle vine which was also in bloom. Around this vine were two humming birds which darted in and out among the flowers. A small old woman sat on the porch watch' ing the birds flying here and there to their nests as the last rays of the sun sank into the W6St. -CLARA SWINFORD, '331' A GRIZZLY'S SLY LITTLE JOKE e I know an old Indian who was terribly frightened by an old monster grizzly and her half'grown cub one Autumn while out gath' ering manzanita berries. But, badly as he was frightened, he was not even scratched. It seems that, while he had his head raised and was busy gathering and eating berries, he almost stumbled over an old bear and her cub. They had eaten their fill and fallen asleep in the trail on the wooded hillside. The old Indian had time only to turn on his heel and throw himself headlong into the large end of a hollow log, which luckily lay at hand. This, however, was only a tempo' rary refuge. He saw, to his delight, that the log was open at the other end, and cork' screwing his way along toward the farther end, he was about to emerge, when, to his dismay, he saw the old mother sitting down quietly waiting for him! After recovering his breath as best he could in-his hot and contracted quarters, he elbowed and cork'screwed himself back to the place by which he first entered. But lo! the bear was there, sitting down, half smil' ing, and waiting to receive him warmly. This the old Indian said, was repeated time after time until he had no longer strength left to struggle farther, and turned on his face to die, when she put her head in, touched the top of his 'head gently with her nose, and then took her cub with her, and shuffled on. A friend of mine went to thespot with the Indian a day or two afterward and was convinced that this story was exactly as nar' rated. And when you understand that the bear could easily have entered the hollow log and killed him at any time, you will see that she had at least a faint sense of fun in that cat and mouse amusement with the fright' ened Indian. -LOIS GAEDE, ' 3 3. XMAS The children were all gathered around Grandfather's chair, for it was a winter eve' ning and they wanted him to tell them a story. Grandfather smilingly laid his pipe aside and asked: What do we celebrate tomorrow? Of course, there are not many children who forget on Christmas Eve that the next day is their long'waited'for day of celebra' tion. The children, therefore, loudly voiced their suppressed excitement. Then Grandfa' ther began: ' Many centuries ago, Christ wassborn in the city of Bethlehem. Many people pro' claimed Him as their king and there was much rejoicing. During the years following the birth, people were very faithful to Him and many wonderful sacrifices were made. Then came a time when Christ's own disci' ples denied Him and helped with his perse' cution. There were gradually more of those people who forgot Him and now the world is full of those carefree persons. Well'meaning people celebrate Christmas as a time of worship and good cheer. They think of the first six letters of the word. Then there is another class of people who celebrate that day as a time to have a feast and receive.gifts. These people get lazy and careless. In Geometry, x stands for an un' known part. That is why this class of people write the word XMAS . ' -MAYNARD MINOR, '33, SMILES ' Smiles are the cheapest things in the world. When anything goes wrong, don't cry, just smile and keep on trying. Remem- ber-It's perseverence that kills the devil! lt's the person with the smiling face, who wins friends, and the grouch who is left 'in the corner-a wallflower. Sometimes it is difficult to smile in the face of disappointment, but smile just the same, and almost before you know it, that smile is a habit. Many things have been accomplished with smiles, and there are still more to be achieved. The world needs cheerful people, and you will find a place in this old world if you smile. In any game you play, in any task you undertake, a ready smile and a cheerful man' ner will cause the person upon whom you have smiled-to remember you, because it is the first impression that lasts, and a ready smile always creates a favorable impression. So the next time you. feel inclined to grumble over the way the world treats you, and the corners of your mouth turn down, just remember that old saying, Smile, and the world smiles with you, weep, and you weep alone , and quirk up the corners of your mouth, and smile, smile, SMILE! -LEMUEL COOPER, '3 3. ' - ' Page Fifty-seven