Oberlin High School - O High Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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off and the H1 Y Flne Arts formal was postponed unnl Valent1nes Day All rn all the flu affected the school a great deal Not only were the classes put behmd schedule, but basketball games had to be called oft' Class work IS always a grmd but lf does have brrght spots and some classes are a blt on the U 51511 J lrghter snde Flowers go to Mr Slmpson and M1ss Grrlls for showlng between the two of them more movmg pnctures IU one year, than the hugh school has probably seen ln the last five' Whenever we v1s1t the fine arts department we sngh envxously and wrsh that more semor hrgh stu dents ourselves especlally-could be enrolled there Never a dull moment we re told The elghth grade classes have done stenc1ll1ng finger pamtmg and antlque decoratrve maps thus year We are sure old ohn Sllver would have gladly traded hls wooden leg for almost any one of the maps of Treasure Island The advanced cl 1sses have done a mural, fashlon deslgns dry brush and scratch board lllustratlons, and sllk screen prmntmg Wouldn t you l1ke your own personally deslgned textlle prmt for an after noon gown, madame' Indeed Mlss Dice s studcnts won recognmon for themselves ln the regnonal art exhxbltlon for yumor and semor hrgh school students at the Halle Brothers Company thrs sprmg Seven of them won erght top prrzes Frrsts went to Betty Ann ohnson for a stencllled apron to Patrlcxa W1lson for a blue wool sult deslgn and to Duck Stofan for a colored mk 1llustr1t1on of The Owl and the Pussy Cat Second and thlrd place wmners mcludecl Albert Holloway for colored :nk drawlngs Re1t1 Cole for 1 su1t deslgn Genevleve Smith for 1 stencllled apron and a sxlk screen decoratlon and Marre Klenz for a sports fashlon Can any one doubt that Ober l1n students are fashlon conscious' Thls year, Mrs Kolbe s students have gone ln for servlng drnners to the board of educatlon The drnners have grown better and better, board mem bers say In splte of the materral shortage fresh men made attractne dresses of varxous styles That professlonal look has been ew. ery gxrl s arm Mr Walter has a new class studylng house plan nlng Hxs department now features blue prrnt readmg mechanrcal drawmg woodworkrng and auto mechanrcs Have you seen any of the chalrs made by h1s students' If not look ID Mr W1gIOU s or Mr Alter s office Mrs Hannon s speech class drd many thmgs thrs year Wfhen the dlscusslon of war memorrals arose the class presented a panel drscusslon before the semor h1gh poxntmg out the advantages and pos s1b1l1t1es of each suggestnon Another proyect was the teachmg of parllamentary procedure to the yun lor hrgh The class also parnclpated ln the ex change assemblies, and contrxbuted variety to our own assemblies w1th four one act plays The Pass mg of Chow Chow Glorla Mund1 The Drcky Brrd and Young Amerxca S USUAI. the senlors are probably the IDLISICSI students ln school They certamly know all about themselves after takmg vocatlonal, personal :ty readmg vocabulary, andI Q tests The senlor hayrrde ln the fall was a great success, endlng wrth cocoa for which we had mne gallons sandwxches, dancmg rn the hall, and a movle ln Mrs Hannons room Everyone went home wlth straw ln hrs halr and 1 full stomach In mld wmter a few people thought the senlors were crackmg 11nder the strarn for a whnle After they had studied Matbeffv about all anyone could M 1 get out of them was Out, damned spot Out I Srl I Ol' Tomorrow 'Ind to ITIOIITOYN 'Ind I0 ITIOI' IOVN Has any semor ever seen a snght comparable to the one when he walked mto homeroom one Mon day and saw 57 brlght green SWCIICIS starmg n1m m the face' The teachers of semor classes were l7l Y ' r I . K , I 1 ' 1 4 I a I I v , , y K I , 5 K . , . , 1 . 4 If Pr I ' 1 4 A - . ,, A - my D . l , . - 1 4 . I K ' y 4 . . . .1 - - - . 4 . ,. K 5 : . . . . 4 I- I I - , ' v .. I if we Ik ' - r . . . 4 - A I I , 7 - 4 - - ' 4 1 4 ' , . K - 4 4 4 L 7 I I 4 4 . , - of mllk-wall any of 11s ever forget all that m1lkf- - Q - v v ' . 4 I . I I K ' ' . . . - - - 4 I 4 4 2 . A C ' I . v , - y 5 I ' ' - - ' 4 4 . , . . , . . . . . C ' - ' 1 4 . . . . . f' Q . g . 1 . . 4 I 4 I 4 X C , - 7'- I X y A . 1 4 4 . 5 y C K 1' 4 4 g 2 dk Q 4 g 1 . . I . .. , 4 4 4 , 4 4 Ir 1 - - l 4 . I . 4 I 4 I I l I Y 7 I Q 4 . K I ' S S I , K

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Ewen the custodians have 1 share in school ad- ministration because besides their manifold duties in keeping our building in good shape they often help superx 1se the conduct of students w hen out side activities irc going on in the cxening You may see the pictures of these three loy al workers on page 78 BERI IN HIGH SCHOOI h is seen many changes this ycar in thc teaching staff in the offices and in the physicil education department Miss Norma Hammond who had 1 wonderful gift for knowing each student s taste for books has left our library after about fifteen years The English department suH'ered a double loss with the depar ture of both M1 Muntz and Miss Prettyman Mr Fairchild deserted his sltde rule last summer for the Naxy but returned to us this year at the be grnnmg of the second semester We hope he s glad to be back again in his math classes With the leaving of old teachers comes the at rival of new Miss May our new librarian hails from Ashtabula where she was city librarian for nine years Mr Shaw has taken over Mr Muntzs classes 1n the English department Both Miss May and Mr Shaw have done a splendid lob of stepping into the empty places Mr Shaw came just before the six weeks grades were due and he straightened everything out. Miss May took over Mr. Muntzs book reports along with the book reports of Mrsl Kelly s seventh and Mrs Warner s ninth grade classes This explains w hy we alw ay s find her whis pering rn 1 corner of the library with some boy or ll Mrs Leahy has joined our group of math ex perts along with Mr Leahy who is now teaching math instead of gym Miss Grundman taking over Miss Prettymans place immediately got her classes immersed in Tf61lfIl7L Itlmzd Miss Grills mtroduced somcthing new this year practice teachers in the gym classes S1x of them too' Hockey games football games some honest to goodness studying nine week s exams Thanksgiv mg vacatron three months came and went Who would have thought when school started that the flu was going to hit us' Came December Class room attendance grew smaller and smaller Ab sence lists grew longer and longer until finally school was closed one week early for Christmas va cation This closing oddly enough didnt bring the eatpected Joy The Christmas program planned by the girls glee club the speech class and orchestra had to be called off The gorgeous stained glass window Cplctured on page 775 that the art classes had made for the program could not be used It was placed in the lobby of the Oberlin Inn during the Christmas holidays where many people saw it The Fine Arts Christmas program was also called BOARD or EDUCATION OID AND Ntw MEMBERS W-ul Readn tlmlezuu Ira L Porter Carl C NW Nicol kenneth F Worcester Carl F Spitler Lharles F Wrgttun Robert Barr Evangeline lxofskx Helen Steiner l6l 4 ' 4 4 4 I 4 ' L V s 1 4 V YV , . 4 , , 4 V' - V V . - ' , ' V V Q V V ' , 4 . 4 4 ' , ' ' ' . 4 ' ' ,V ' ' ' , . ' , V' 4 ' 4 - 4 4 ' ' ' ' 'K ' 91 4 . - . . 4 4 ' 4 . 4 , ' ' . 4 , 'XI IX' :Xi . , . . 4 4 , ' . . 1 , 1 h ,'1 k , ' 4 L l'4 ' 'Z 4 , 1 ' 4 1 4 , 2 'Z 'Z 4 . , , , , 4 4 2 ' 1 1 - - 7 7 3 V- - . . , . ' V 1 ' 9 ' L - I . L - r V - A - ' 4 . 4 . ' 1 4 4 ' 4 4 4 . ' 4 ' ', ' ' 1 1 ' , Y , 4 ' . '4 ' 4 4 ' . - . . , . . . , . 4 4 4 . , , , 4 ' , ' . . i . V . . . , . 4 , , , , ' - - VV - V1 4 4, 4 4 , - . 4 . . 4 . . 4 4 . 4 - 4 4 - 1 4 . ' . 4 4 4 . . 1 4 4 ' 4 . . V , . . V 1 A X A 1 v 1 A , Y A - rf 4411, kyfh v ' ' Eaav1fV,-- ,V ,V,, , ' ' 1 .qffz -A ' ftf' - . 4 -ff. ,,,f., , V. -, wk- .7 ' I - Q- 7 ' lar fl s , 1 . . . .. I , ax, . N. 5 1 a ' I 'S . . ,. , . 'rr - - .- lg , . . . . . . ,. , . . . . . , . V , V V .- , . .. .

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Yealed It I In 111,111 Don Thomas lhlllIOI'l Reynolds Vnr S I I I I E g1n1aGoodson Howard Broadwcll heard to complain all day that they w1shed they had brought some sun glasses Say what you may the semors love thelr sweaters All good thlngs seem to come at once as the year draws to a close The semor banquet was held rn March at the Inn Thus year, the class w1ll hlstory and prophecy were read at the banquet Only the first two are mcluded IH the annual The students and faculty enjoyed also, the good old fashloned melodrama whxch was one of the hxghhghts of the evenrng The last quarter of the year mcludes the junror senlor prom the honors assembly the Flne Arts and H1 Y house partres, the semor breakfast and the promise of a dlploma The junxors hate done a grand job of sponsor mg all the school partles and dances Won t every party, and the time the record player falled to work after the Norwalk basketball game' Its also the jumors who furmshed us w1th cokes durmg the basketball games The jumors elected as thenr officers thrs year Presldent, ohn Prestr, vnce presxdent Lmdy Wrg ton, secretary treasurer, ean New som soclal chalr men, Naoml Hanmer and lm Dulmage Wlfh an assrstrng commlttee of Royce Acker and Pat Lmd st 1dr Nick Kasanovlch IS presldent Bob Baxter as secret1ry tre1surcr lflcl Tom Bosworth 1nd PII l l Stazzdm Inf! in nth! Blll Mower Don Cllbert Mr Alter Peter Cralg., Mark Baucr Edmonds as soclal chanrmen h we gulded the sopho mores Mr Muntzs leavmg affected thls class more than any other Ill the school They have sm cerely nalssed hlm In thelr Engllsh classes the freshmen headed by Paul Schubert lWfCSlLlCIlI and Marth1 Cfqlg xnce presldent, alw lyS full of sp1r1t 1nd enthusmsm sug gested that wc do ox er tl1e school Not only would they 1nst1ll fluorescent hghts 1nd clocks 1n cxery room bu they would 1lso xnstltute progresswe edu canon The class put on 1 x 1r1ety show for Junlor hxgh sponsored by Blasto 1 sew er cleaner The show mcluded ex E15 thmg from stooges a p1ano solo boys ballet, 1nd monologues to a style show The hlghllght of the sty le show w IS the form 1ls modeled class ordered l11ts of grcen 1nd gold their cl1ss colors Your poor unsuspcctmg students who felt 1111 expectcd breezes p1ss you ln thc l11ll max IS well know now th1t thosc w ere no breezes but guess Buddy Cropp 1n elghth grtder Buddy IS about tl1e sm1llest Illlflg tl11t exer h1t Oberlm Hlgh School ln hrs Sllklilflg feet hc measures cx l 1 fl Mr Slmpsons homcroom tool-. 1 stcp 1he1d IU socl 1l l1fc lllcl h 1d 1 wondcrful tlmc II 1 l-l1llowc en p 1rty hcld II Dolly Totolu s housc A 's ' ' , ' ' . '1 1' , 1 h - . c , .. . l 1 D c . S 1 . ' ' , ' , 1 , ' A a 1 1 1 1' , ' - 1 . ' 1 'z 5 4 V 2 -1 , - I I . I 72 V ' A Y 7 1 ' , 1 - ' ' 2 ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' . K U G ' . . . - . , , V , - A V1 . . . . ' D- D ' y Y L , Y ' I Y ' - -' 1 1 , 1 '. one remember the decorations at the Halloween by Stephanie johnson and joyce Lagerstrom. The I ' 1' '1 ' 1 ' 1 ' , ' 'z . 1 . ' ' ' 1 ' 1' ' I 1 , 11' 1 ' . J .. . - . . . - 7 D- Y , L 1 L , ' ' ' k ' 1 ' - 11ctyf'44 g . 1 - . ' I ' ' 1 ' ' a 1 . ' A 1 1 ' 2 A , 1 1 , ' 1 ' 'L 1 1 ' ' A 'L 1 L ' 2 2 ' . 1 ' 1 Q A ' ' L ' A 8