Oconto High School - Okato Yearbook (Oconto, WI)

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THE OKATO Page 23 Editorials SUCCESS CROWNS EFFORT Those distinqnished. diligent. faithful, ambitious, llllll vllf' 'getic members of the class of '25, after care- ful consideration and severe mental storm. chose as their motto. Success Vrowns Effort. And if one will review carefully 'tive history of the present senior class from its freshman to its senior year he will easily nnvlerstnnd why they chose this motto. ln the early part of Selptember. 1921, this noble class began the fuce which might be likened to n der'l:y. That first day of High School was the .start uf the hang race. Life. Among: the entries were all types. some pacers. some trotters. some running horses. and a few lalzgards. 'lllley are off! The first year gone. first flll'ill in the race. a few broken down, several bolted. Some silow in advance of the rnck. Second year. and' second corner turned. lint look l'ow they halve thinned ont. Down flat, one-two- three dozen. Some quit and lie down: they cannot stand the place: they will not get up again in this race, be sure. We can almost tell now who lll'0 going' to win. Three years gone and third corner turned: more drop out but less than in the seconnl year. I4llldll'l illlC0 and grit ary needed now. Some diark horses. nn- noticed in tile first year. show elose to the front. ldzlur years gone-race over-no more running: all that are on the course are coming in at a walk. IVllo is ahead? Ah+ea.d? There is no more straining for victoryg all are victors who have finished the race. who have stuck to the en-dl, and through sheer determination and constant effort have obtained success. The spectators see the finish of the derby and are convinced that Success Crowns Effort. Success Crowns Effort. Tests-Fai ln re ?-Success? COMMENCENIIERT - Uommencenn-nt means our stalvt in a different life. In high school we have lived' was one large family silaring pleasures and 'displealsnres alike. lint now as seniiz'rs we have come to the parting of the ways. On the one side- are the stuifllents who will con- tinue education and learning in a iarger and broader field. who Will be more dependent upon themselves. lvnt who will have the consolation of ll1'll'l'll2lYlg' to a large school family. Commencement will mean chang- ing habits of young students to oldler students, but they will 'still remain in the division called stu,1lents. Un the otlier side are the students who will leave the la'q,re family of school people and will go to pa'rlldle their own canoes on the great sea of Life. For them it is' an unknown ship. They have sown the seed '-nt have nwrt yet reaped its fruit. If flll'0ll2ll the high school era they have earned. a name among the lbest, they will face the world with hope. ambition and eonrage. If'ate holds the strings and experience alone can tell. - LITERARY LUCKY THEMES RECEIVE PRIZES The themes which werre awarded first prizes by the judges on Community School Day are printed below. Bernice Gordon and Walter Damkoehler were the lucky girl and boy. NOSES A I wonder if eople are' to be judged by their noses,--whether tliey turn up or down, or whether they are humped, Grecian, or just plain ordinary noses? And what of their owners? When you see a beautifully gowned young lady, with a bit of fluff called a dog in her arrms, why you just naturally expect her nose to be just a bit uppish, don't, you? Then, when an old gen- tleman comes along and has a long, humped nose, why of course you know in a minute that he is going to be tefsty and grumpy and perhaps subject to the gout. Then there is a prepossessing nose with just a few frecklesg can't you just hear the jolly chuckle of the owner? It would take but a minute bo guess his nationality, especially if he had red hair. Next comes that acme of perfection in noses, the Grecian. The owner is apt. to becomev lop-sided profiling through life. You just know he belongs in the movies. But we must-n't forget that cub reporter nose. It is the acquiline. gossipy sort of nose. It is the most apt to be gotten into trouble and to become severely burned. It is much seen at Ladies' Aids and neighborhood gossip parties. Look to your nose and know yourself. THE FURNACE AND I There are few things F am better acquainted with around the house than the furnace. If there is any lolve between ns. it must be on the part of tlle furnace. Whenever I am around it.'s always th-e same. Fix the furnace, or Go fpnt some wood! in the fll'i'Il2li'1-Y I wake up in the morning an-d some one says. Get up and fix the furnace. I come home at noon desirous of finishing ia good hook and as usual I hear Put some wood in the furnace. But even at that the furnace and I met along fairly well together. We don't always agree or al- tContinued on Page 241

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Page 22 THE OKATO ATHLETICS H'ontinued from Page 21 l The following week the Faillls uttnu-ked us. Ex- pecting a victory, they went home -defeated-only wound-ing three of our men, and losing twenty-two of their own. Next a huttle was fought at West De Pere, where the locals were lllllillllylltlll and defeat-ell before they could get the men in onlie . Twenty-four local war- riors weve lost. io twelve of De l'el'e s. The lust lmtlle on the home field 'wus played wgvainst the ohl foe. Marinette. Vim-tory wais 0conto's until the lust minute, when men llllSllIll0l'SfOfNl the eomman-'l. Mnrimtte took the ll'ill'2lIll'l'l'g0. and de' feated Oc-onto in the last few minutes. They c-f1.ntured fifteen 01-onto men, and Oconto took only nine of theirs. Our warriors ne-ver gave up the ship. but nl- ways f0llfJlli their hest in every eneountor. ATHLETICS OF THE YEAR The fact that football was out of the question hit the' biggest part of the students very hard but such a thing was unavoidable. It would be alto- gether too much of a chance for the school to as- sume the responsibility of putting a team on the gridiron with that enormous debt on its hands. Next year's chances for a football team-a winner too-look mighty rosy just now. The receipts from Community .School Day almost took care of much of the deficiency. In order to clear the debt en- tirely the Seniors are debating- as to the advisabil- ity of paying off this-deficiency from their treas- ury instead of leaving the school a memorial in the form of pictures or furniture. As we go to press prospects look mighty good for the adoption of this plan. Let's hope it goes through! With the football season put. out of the way we looked eagerly forward to the basketball season, when Oconto High could do her stuff. The team played professional ball all through the season and we certainly enjoyed an unusual number of wins at the expense of Wabeno. Oconto Falls, Gillett, and West DePere. After the schedule was done' we gave the terms at the bournament quite a scare' by defeat'ng Gillett, the Falls, and' also by holding Marinette to a tie in a two pevriod ovefr-time game which resulted in a tie between Marfinette and us for third honors in the distrfct. The High School had every reason to be proud of the team and the coach. After the basketball togs had been tucked away and the moth balls inserted, Mr. Louis Smith sprung a new one on us. He asked that all boys stay after school one night and then he unfolded his plans to develo class base-ball teams. As the season has been rather cold to date. not much prac- trice can be done as yet but it will soon be warm- ing up a bit and then we can have some real sport with the pill. A class tournament is planned if the teams can get in enough practice before school closes. TOURNAMENT The quintette left for Marinette on Thursday, March 12, and played that night against the old rival, Marinette. The flrst half was hard fought, Marinette scoring' five points fall on foulsl and Oconto scoring three, on a field goal and a foul. The second half things went wrong'and Mari- nette came back and gave our five- a walloping to the tune of 25 to 7. The second game was with Gillett. The boys' spirit seemed downhearted and the enemy almost trimmed them. They had to play a five minute over time period to beat Gillettg the- score ended fourteen and: thirteen, with Gille-tt on the short end. Next our warriors battled Oconto Falls and their spirit seemed still somewhat broken. They had another hard time beating the Falls, any other t'me the boys would have walked away with them. After beating them twice' before, the team couldn't let them win so' they trimmed the Falls to a score of eight and six. The next battle was with Marinette again and the boys fought for third place. Marinette ex- pected an easy game but something happened. Four of the team were seniors playing their last game for the Gold and Blue. So Dolly , Allie , Christy and Tubb-a with the help of little Mickey went into that game to win and when the final whistle blew it was a tie game. They played five minutes over time and it was still a tie game, so the judges figured the teams were o-n a par and they called off the game and gave both Oconto and Marineitte the honor of third' place. This was the end of the tournament as far as Ocon- to was concerned and the coach and the boys were satisfied with themselves and called it a victorious year. The letter men are: Harold Berth, Allen Witt- kopf, F-rank Cashman, Henry Christenson, Alfred Rhode. Sad bu-t True A pnper is a great invention, The school gets all the fnmegl- The printer gets nigh all the money Anil the stuff gets ull the lvlaune., AC-H, Loui fSJ ! One day as I ehancerl to pass. A beaver wins dnnnning u river: A man who had run out of gas Was doin-g the gsmne to his flivver.

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Page 24 THE OKATO THE FURNACE AND I tt'ontinue-d from I'a,f:e 231 ways disagree, as far as that is concerned. Sonia mornings IV-ll'Il I am either late or u little lazy I try to sneak green wood in, to start the fu-rnaice. My. what a kick the fu- 'nace puts up! She smokes. and r-:fu-'cs to burn until I have to give in-ggriidgingly. it is true, 'and start it all over again. But I always notice that it gives me in turn what I give it. lf I start thi- furnace with some goo-rl, dry kindling, in- stead of some old green stuff that woul.iln't lmrn in a thoufand years, it goes as well als any one could wish it to go. But. like .everything else, you halve to give it more than soinctlliirg to keep it going. You should treat your furnace like a giant locomotive. The dam- per an-d dfafts correspond to the valves and levers on the locomotive. If you do one thing wrong in tihc locomotifve some tlliuig else goes wrong. It is the same thin-2 with your furnace. If I start the furnace with- out regulating the check or damper. tihe furnace :promptly I't'Illlll-ll!! me by some siifnial. most often by smoking and some times by refusing to burn. But the furnace is soon due for a long rest. Summer will -soon be belle 'an-il I for more reasons than one ani glad of it. THE OLD ROSE DRESS Grandmother sat at the window and looked at t-he rows and rows of apple trees all in blossom. In her lap was an old rose dress with rows of tiny ruffleu and gold lace. Grandlmotller sigh-ed. then- said, And my dear, you say that old clothes will be the sensation of the evening? This tkess-ah, it brings back memories of long ago. when I first .wore this dress. I wonder if this dress were ever really new. It has been old so rery long, Why. it was old when I first wore it, but now-It is oh, so dear, and oh, so precious. Granny-wonft you tell me the isvtory about it- please do. You see, if we have to wear old clothed to-night-old fashioned ones-why I'd liked to' live up to your adorable dress, Granny, said Marljory Babcock. - Well. said Grandmother. it was many years ago. ln fact it was during the Civil lWar ill' 'fi1. I -WHS sixteen- years old. We were IIHJVIIIIZ' a lawn party-, social, we used' to call them, to celelbrate a victory for the North. I was very angry lbecauise Mother wou'-d not let me have a new dfress. I 'had one of Prudencs-'s made over. Charles Bowen came over with a young soldier, Richard Baibcock-who had lost his arm in the w-ar. Oh that terrilble war. Go on, Granny. Yes, dear. Well there isn-'t much to tell but we seemed to be made for each other and,-well. I be.- caine Mrs. Richard Babcock. Oh-Marjory that dlressl It was the sensation of my life. Everylbody praised it. I was always so happy when. I wo-re it. You may wear it to-night -and I hope you will have as bumpy a time as I did. But take care of it dau-lr ing-bccause Marjory, I love the dress soy That night, some after midnight, Granny was awakened .by -some on'e's kissing her. Granny dairlln'! This is the dearest dress. I-Everybody liked it so much. Andi-G1-a-nny. I also met my-well. somebody I like-oh, so well Granny. God bless you and the dress too. and may it make you as happy as I have been. L. M. I'. '26. SQUAD FIGHTS FIRES Ri'j.:'lit alhout! ...... Hu-u-umpli. Itiisponrling to the severe lon-.-1 blasts- that issued forth from the local mill whistics May 12, twenty boys from the hiizh school. namely: Francis Carter. Henry George, Floyd Ars.1-ne'.iu, Gordon Italic. Allen Voy. Pat Halloran., Norman Cole, Flare-nce Meinkcc. Ihisfwell I'ocqux'tte. tvarence Acmstrong, .lolm Hynes. Wilfred Lacoiircierc. Harold Bertll. Harry Whit- conib, Henry Ryan, Gaton St. IH1-ter. Ervin Shauer. Edniund Heller. and Allan Wittkopf. ,reported for duty within t.hirty minutes- after the call with packs nnl uniforms adjusted, ready for business. To the stud-ents of the school who .did not belong to the company it seemed a wonderful opportunity to escape from school duties. The memlbers of the company for the most part seemed to take it in al'- most the same way as these students did but uni doulbtedly before they -got to their destination they were imipressed with the seriousnesi of the affair. The splendid display of speed' and general willing- ness to assist is shown hy the fact that within thirty minutes iafter the call was sounded the company re- ported as reafdy to move. As the gnveater portion of tv company is high school boys it certainly shows how it makes real men. - When the com-pany was putting on its dlrive last fall for recruits many of the advantages offered by the i'0lllIP3l'ly were given by speakers, but this ad- venture fas it might -really he calledl was. not. mentioned because such a thing as this rarely hap- pens. We all hope the fire won't grow to serious pro- portions and are anxiously waiting to see the boys. ANOTHER HONOR FOR '25 Allan Wittkopf who had previously won first in the Elimination and League contests at Oconto Wlth his oration Return Am-erica. took first place again by a unanimous decision at Shawano. May lst. The few who attended the contest report: H+- gave his oration perfectly. In comparison with the others he seemed almost super-perfect. Altihouzh confident of our winning before the announcement we burst into screams of joy when 'Superintendent Diaivies announce-d 'And our best oration 'Return America' received a unanimous first. The Oration Baum America gets second place at District Miss Ream, Allan Wittkopf, Allan Voy and Cly- mene Palrisey went to Oshkosh to the District Con- test. There Allan gave his oration as nearly ner- fecly as one could have given lt. He spoke effortless- ly. with a keen sympathy and understanding. How- ever, Joseph Baygeron received first, with his oration A Sacrifice that Failed, -but Allan ranked very c'ose., both in the minds of the people, and in the judges' mtings, The school is proud to announce itself winner of second place in oratory. and close follower of first in the District Contest.