Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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ORVILLE WRIGHT N every life there are small, personal victories that come with daily accomp- lishments, and there are harder-earned victories that follow patience and endur- ance. To a few lives comes that greatest victory of materializing a vision for the betterment of humanity. That is the story of man-made flight-a story that began as a youthful vision and grew, with years of patient labor, into the su- preme reality of flight. To its founders there is dedicated a living memorial in the hearts of men and women, testifying to the real greatness of their accomplishment.

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DEDICATED TO ORVJULJLIE WRIGHT OF DAYTON, 014110 CO-INVIENTOR OF THE AIRPLANE Rjg OF THE 1 9 3 9 ACORN

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Around the Air ort THE HANGAR Oakwood High School is more than just a uhangarf' a place where planes are kept. It does more than just house 649 students. Its environment is such as that found in a very modern aviation experimental laboratory, producing outstanding advancements. This laboratory combines beauty in architecture, landscaping, interior finishing, and equipment, all of which receive unusual care in upkeep and maintenance. Its centrally located buildings consist of two parts-ea junior high of fifteen classrooms built in 1931 and a senior high of twentyffour classrooms built in 1924. These are in addition to a large auditorium, two spacious gymnasiums, a new stadium, a fifthf mile track, a field house, and a sixfacre athletic field. In all, the entire school and grounds cover twelve acres. That Oakwood students and parents take great pride in their school building and all its surroundings is shown by their interest in adding to the school's equipment. Many services have been rendered the school through the P. T. A. and individual presentations. For example, through the generosity of Majcir Carl Greene, the physics department has this year added to its laboratory a twelveffoot model of a cantilever bridge. The P. T. A. and individual donors also present many of the cups and awards that are given at the end of each year, besides adding hundreds of dollars' worth of permanent equipment to the school annually. Interesting items in Oakwood High Schools data include thc means of transportaf tion used by the students and their distances from school. Most of them are Oakwood residents, some even having the school almost in their back yards. There are those who live out of town, Troy being the farthest city represented. The outfof-town group increased this year as Oakwood took in students from Dayton after the shut' down of their schools. Most common mode of transportation is by foot, followed in popularity by the bicycle, the automobile, trolley bus, skates, and an occasional motor scooter.