Oconto High School - Okato Yearbook (Oconto, WI)

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Page 20 THE OKATO Class Play---Adam and Eva James King, a rich- man .......... Landis Maloney llorintha, his parlor maid .. . . ...... Evelyn Fencil Clinton he Wayne, his son in-law ..... .. ....... l Clarence Armstrongl .lulie ll: Wayne, his eldest -daughter ............ tllymene Darisey Eva Kinix, his youngest dlaughter .............., Winifired Halrlloclr Aunt Athliy K .cker, his sister-in-law ............. I4llizal:eth Daley llr. .lack llclametcr, his neighbor. ...... .Iohn Hynes llorace Pilgrim. his uncle. ........ Edmund Heller Adam Smith, his busin-ess manager ............. . Allen 'Wittkopl Lord Andrew Gordon, 'his winulvl-he-sonein-law. Allen Voy .lames King is tired of family life. The only lime they fuss over him is wlirin they want some- thing. lzllt whori Hill Dvay aririves they are careful t.i' avoid him. Adam Smith, a young gentlemen just .back from the wild-4 of Manouse, is Mir. Kingls business manager and envys .Mr. King and his home life ant' family. Adam anxl Mr. King 'l'llllillIIO places. From this many 'lIlllll'4'lIl'f.f incidents arise. The chief are: Adam pus-tcnxls to hits family that Mr. King.: had gone rbarnkrupt and that the only thing left for them to do is to go to work. At first tney are stunned. hut, thc y gallantly arifle to the occasion. The girls run a chicken farm while bhe men are all employed at viarinus positions. Best of all Adam has accomplished his purvpose and the family is contented and happy. Mr. King returns from Manouse lonesoin-e for his family and gets the surpri'-e of his life when he finds This spend thrift family at work. During this time Eva and Adam have begun an acquraiutance which has .already passed the hounds of friendship. .lamew Kim: was portrayed well ilny Landis Maloney. Ilan-dis as an indulgent imposed upon father ueminded us a wee bit of our own Daddy. Evelyn Fencil in the part of Corinthia. a sympathetic aml thoroughly dlrnnesticateil maid, had ai of the qualifications. The religious affairs inf the play were augmented lay the l'ious' ideas of Clarence Armstrong as the -cake eater son-in-law of James King. Ulymene l arii-ey as the l'fft'l'Vt'l't'lllf,!4 matron. .lulie De 1Wayue. played the part to perfection. Winifred Hznllock. as Eva King. was in t'!e role of a partner in the chicken and bee inliustuy and was evrn more bewitching than as a society butterfly. Elizabeth Daily, as aunt Ahluy, fund m1 mory classes su-ch il fine thing. but then it is hard to X't l!l0lIl-ll0l' prices. A fortune hunter? tWhoi-ver woulsl have thought of .lohn Hynes as a fortune f1unter'H But we can point to none Letter' or more able to play the part than J'uhn. A pen-nilness. hut warmheaiitexl hnchelor with bad digestion 'an'l lI'l'0Illlll l.u XVho el-ie could play the part of Uncle Horace with such naturalness as Eil- mu-nd Heller? 0h! Anlam! Adam took a bite from the apple offered him by Eva. Nothing else to do but get llcr for his partner in life. Allen Wittkopf as a modern Adam was so real 'and so well adapted to it that he made all of the girls' hearts accelerate. Allen Voy, a Scotchman .with lns charming man ner anid his abbreviated woids made us like him. He chcanged so that we could fongive +l1is coming over te marry an heirem. Q 0. H. s. CAMPAIGNS 1. Mir. Pfaffan for Order. 2. Miss Bovee vs llllS'llWRFhillg'. 3. Miss Bogie for Strictness. 4. Mr. Louis Smith vs baseball. 5. Mr. Thompson for jokes. G. Eva 0'Neil for dancing. 7. Monica Williams v-s tardiness. 8. Henry Ryan v-s detention. 0. Marvin Hynes for lhetter chewing gum. 10. Clarence Becker vs more zeros. ll. Ulymene Pa-risey vs study. 12. Trmuan Drake for girls. 13. Lut-her 'Madison for more Phy. Ed. 14. Girls vs swearing. 15. Boys vs lll69kiHES3. 16. Whole school vs spring fever. 17. Orval Grunert vs obesity. 124. Seniors for diplomas. 19. Mr. Borgstrum for less loafing in Phy. Ed. 20. Students for a gym farther from school. 21. Teachers vs spring rush for library passes. 22. rblturlents vs iamhithin. 23. Mr. H. Smith for leavtintf: a thought with us. 24. Clarence Armstrong for that indifferent attitude. 25. Mr. Pfaffman for a class in which to put theories into practice. 26. Francis K. vs his growing popularity with hi-s the gi-rls. 27. Miss Miller for 'successful Dhilathea meet- ings. 28. Russell Poequette for the use of big words. 29. The faculty vs loitering in the halls. 30. :Mi-'s Ream vs chewing gum. 31. Winifrcd Htadlock vs showing emotion. 32. Girls for a bid to the Prom. 33. Fellows for showing their independence re- igarfding Poem bids , 34. Christy vs reciting. 35. Miss Ames for getting numerou-s Senior af- fairs underway. 36. GlFLQ for pa-:ses to the roller rink. 37. Junior classes of '24 and '25 for funds to finance fhe Prom. 38. Evelyn Swiedarke for a chlance to ala' her laugh. silvery 39. Floyd Arsencan vis blnsihing. 40. Peanuts vs hashfulness.

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THE OKATO Page 19 Last Will and Testament of The Its i CLASS YVILL Last Will and Testament of the Class of '25 'Phe Class of 1925 of the Oeonto Hiyh School, of tae county of U1-onto, State of Wiseznisin, 'being in 'sound and sane minds and memories. and not acting: nn-der the infueince of any person whatsoever, do llllllill, puhliisli. and declare this our last will and testament for the purpose of disposing our good will and personal grudges and lrequeathing our luck. looks. and love to our successors. and to that end c-hex rfully igire, devise, and bequ-eath to the same as follows, to-wit: Article 1. To our lllUSlC 'beloved facility members, we wlish to give our most profound gratitude for their willing services throngllont our yearns at U. H. S. Article 11. First. we leave to the class of '26 our ability at bluffing. and our personal grudges. Second. we leave to the class of '27 our uncon- querable class spirit and our nmenifieent intellect. Third. to the 4-lass of '28 we leave our success in social affairs and our good intentions. Article 111. Polleetively and individually we do bequeath the fol lo.wiin1j.'r : lst-Olga Moe's way with henux. to Evelyn Swie- darue. :Ind-Alfred Rinde's way with girls to Francis K. 3rd-Russell Pom-quette's paid sullsuziptirm to the l'olli-e Gazette. 4tihf-ltolnml Franks wills his rare photographs to lflsthel' Chase. 5th---Katherine O'Heurn wills her fraility to Eunice lllll'lllN'l'j.fttl'. titll-l'l11'iisty's silence to Grace Ford. 7t'I--l'egg's winmnm-ess to Mmlge Wheeler. Nth--llse's gnyness to Furl Westergnavrexl. 1 l i i I I l 1 1 i 1 l i l 1 Sith-Lucille and Norman din hereby hand down their mutual love and affection lwhieh they in turn inherited from Mae Porter and Stanley Crookisj to Francis Klozotsky and Ruth Heller. 10th-Clymenes -rare and costly talents which she so industriously displayed, to Tamar ldmbry and Eleanore Fninelle. ' 11th-Evelyn Fenc-il's unusual scholarship to Noel Keene. 12thHMadrian's inurkofl authority to Bernice Gor- don. 13th-.Iohn Hym-'s snintliness to Lovell-e O'Gmdy. loth-Vevr'na's avoirdnpois to Miss Klosterman. 15thiHenry Ryan's dancing abiliity to Roland Wittkopf. 16th-Babe heqneatlfs his job as yell lender to Henry Vullings. llrh-Ray Moss's strimng grace to Euniee Break- stone. 18th-1ted's daddy ability to Mm. Borgstrom. liltll-Hiazel Wittkzwpfs typing talent to her younger sister, so as to leave 'it i.n the family. 'J -0thWGaton wills his quiet but sweet little giggle to Lovelle U'Grady. Article 1V We wish. the funeral service to he held at M-ae's and the remains of the Glee Club to sing' hinge: Awhile, so we may ,he well prepared to get a harinonious start on the lung life-work ahead of us -we also desire that our loved tevneliers do not give way to their emotions, for fe-ar t'he other elasses be jealous. In witness whereof we do hereby set our hand and seal this 28th day of May 'in th-e year of our Lopd. one thousand nine hndned twenty-five, Slglllhll-Tll-lt. Seniors, ' Witllessrs'Ili-roto, .IUNIIUR CLASS, COfDITlCUCCfHCHl EXCI'ClSCS The program for Commencement Day is as fol- lows: Processional -- --- AgT1eS Mllllefl Invocation -.,................ .....H R ev. Garrison Salutatoiry ............................ Olga Moe Duet-Sing, Sing Birds on the Wing ......... 1- ,,,,,,-,,,,,,, Alice Ramsay, Clymene P8l'lS'9'y Valiedictm-y .e..........e....... Clymene Parisey Music- Joy of Spring ...... Double Quartette Commencement Address- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow .......... Prof. Curtis Merriman Music-Sparkling Sunlight ...... Girls Glee Club Priesentory of Diplomas ........ Supt. H. E. Smith Baccalaureate Exercises The Itaeenlaureate Sl'l'lU0ll was held at the Presbyterian Church House Sunday, May 24. 'Phe prograln was as followisi: Processional .c......i,.,,,. High School Orchestra Prayer ......,,.. ......... ,.......... R e rv. Lease Music-Four Leaf Clover -- c- Double Quartette Sermon .................. ,....c F ather Deis Music-Morning Invitation --- -- Glee Cllib llenedietion ............... Rev. Dies

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THE OKATO page 21 t'o:n-li B0l'LZSll'0lll H. t'ln'istcnson l.. Murphy N. K1-0n.v, lilnxmgur IC. llnrtz H. Iierth A. Wittkopf E. liillt'llt'1' F. fi3lS'lllllllIl Basket lp924f-J5 Wm' wus tit-vlnrozl. tielnwnl Borgstroin culled for 1 l'l't'l'llll5. :intl fifty nn-n wportiml. l'1'in1z1rily for train- ing :purpose :intl to pick ont good lll'll'f0l'illl, ml- sham btrttlt' wus holtl. 'Flu' Seniors t'u1'1'ie4l the flag lsnvk to wunp. 'l'l14- timitwzll fonntl ,frootl lll2llfL'l'l2ll. nn-tl pit-ke-tl hiv first sqnaul. They wt-ro strenuously tlrillted for ll stomly two ww-ks, lwforv tht-ing t-nllwl out to bflttlv. 'l'l1vir first invasion took plum-v nt Wnlwno, whvrt- thvy wt-re vivtorioits. killing twt-nty1n1v of tin' 011-uiiiy. und losing only fonrtt-on of their own. Next they invtnletl Shnwamo. lloro tfwy were ont,-nnllilu-.11-tl and lost twt-nity-two mon to Slnm'uno's fifteen. whivh was 4-ollnsitlt-n-tl only at slittzlit loss nnrlrvr such ft-arfnl lmmlicn-pts. The nt-xt lmttlt- took plum' nt Ot-onto Falls, wht-in' an stinging.: li1'fl'llf was hztntlt-tl tht- enemy, killing: svvon. of their nn-n, and XVtllUldillg' only one of our wnli riors. 'Pho following wt-ek West tlreml Huy in-vzuliwl the Uconto l!2.l'I1ilI'kS, :intl went Home with :1 vivtory. 'Phvir ranks were tlwfn-:ISMI hy five, :Intl they czlrrival I1-n Ot-onto .svulps with tht-ni. The Ntrong Slinwuno trilw next battled thu tlvonto warriors. nntl tit-t't-:ttrtl tht-in with ai low nf only four nit-n. 04-onto lost sixteen int-n in this fnay. Next Oconto invatlml lVl2ll'ill0fflt'. A lmmtl 'b.1lI.t.h' was fon-ght, but tiht- goth' were with Mnriiwttti. Ten Ot-onto mon tit-ll, 'hut Mnrinottt' lost 1-iight. llt-jetrwtl :Intl itlisutppointvtl. the wnrrions t-anne hut-k to enum. Frirliay the thirtovnth Fklte smiled on -Ucontn. With four fins-t-vlnss offit-4-rs vonrt-niurtiult-tl, and il group of rookies llliilllg' their pllnvv, with only two nights' tlrill to tlwiix' 4-rt-dit., they vlinlkotl up an ovvr- wllofininig vit-tory over VVt-SIL De Pore. cnptnrillg -tliirttwn of tht-ir lllt'll. :intl they inipniisonotl only nina- of ours. tt'ontilnw4l on Page 223