Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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KU HNS Semov Ma. DOUGHEBTY ' HONORED .FACULT MEMBERS 1924--192 1926 were the Viking Literary Society, Delphi Literary Society, Royster Doyster Comedy Cluh, and Criterion Service Society. From the 1929 Acorn, a word on enrollment is copied: 'LDuring the past year, 430 students have enrolled in Oakwood High School, as compared with 382 last yearf' This was also the year in which Miss Helen Stilwell wrote the words for a new Alma Mater, set to the tune of k'Kappa Sigma Sweetheart. In 1930, social activities took the front rank. was the Dance and Floor Show staged hy the furnishing the music .... In May the junior Victory Theater, the proceeds of which were well. The 1932 Acorn reports a novel experiment The Hrst and douhtless the hest activity music department, the Melody Makers class sponsored a theater party at the used in giving the JuniorfSenior Fare' tried hy the Camera Cluh, an organi- Page nine

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Fifteenth Anniversary Flight Of The Aeorn In 1924 the first annual was issued, a small paperfhacked hooklet of eightyffour pages with not many pictures. Since then, fifteen yearhooks have heen puhlished, form' ing a very good history of the progress of Oakwood High School. In the first annual we read: 'LThe school year of 192324 hrought to Oakwood school its first senior class of nine memhers. They were Howard Blank, Rowan Greer, john Hatcher, Elizaheth Hiett, Ethel Kepler, Edna King, Fred Shotwell, Emmeline Smith, and Willizim Stupp, all of whom served on the first annual staff. We note also: In 1920 the Oakwood orchestra was organized with nine memhers. It now 11924, has grown to the extent of twenty memhersf' Playing the flute was T. J. Wcmnid, incidentally. The calendar of the 1926 Acorn states that on Octoher 16, hest game of the season, Fairview was defeated 7f0 . . . good old rivalry. Among the organizations of . PM ' Soft G'RLs' L pf: E CL 55,935 FIRST ANNUAL STAFF -1924- E E 'f-937 , Y 44'

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zation elfected for the purpose of securing and preserving interesting motion pictures of various phases of curricular and extrafcurricular activities of Oakwood Schools . . . An attempt was made to secure interior views, for example, the haskethall team in action: these pictures were not very successful, however, due to lack of proper lighting facilities. A highlight in Oakwoods sport history came on Novemlwer 21, 1932, when k'Oakf wood, for the first time in its history, smashed through Fairmont for a foothall victory 2941 Much talk went around town as a result of this gameg for example, one paper wrote in headlines, Dayton Review: Oakwood Defeats Fairmont, 2945. Grand Jury Investigation Promised. These hrief candid shots of Oakwood High, taken from past Acorris, are only samples of the interesting items that may he found. 3 1 .f- 0 ' 'T i i 2 is V x V sf 1 i ,fog M. , , f ' lima' f s 9 4 e W4 gill ii ' QF' lil, A, ' 5 xii i Z i i I 'H ji i THEME SONGS - 1934- xvl' 906 P' 0 xol A9 9992, 560 6 00 X93 Sshlo '69 l ff-V' r , e s r O wwe so F5 Q-