Oconto High School - Okato Yearbook (Oconto, WI)

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SOCIETIES THE OKATO Page 25 PHILATHEA This past year will certainly remain in the minds of the seniors. Philathea, too, will have something to remember when the seniors of this year have left 0. H. S., never to return as im- mediate members of the Society, but to return an-d find the glorious old Society growing in ,both num- ber and spirit. The advisors for the past year in Phlathea were Miss Miller and Miss Klosterman. The lirst semester held the joint party of Phil- athea and Ilolosfacts which turned out to be a big success. The second party of just Philathea mem- bers was given on St. Patrick's night, and will al- ways be remembered by the- seniors as their last Fhilathea party. The meetings during the year have been un- usually Iull of life. They have brought many freshmen girls into the Society to help fill the places left by the seniors. It will be rather hard to f'.ll their places but if the seniors will will us of their good spirit and pep we are sure we shall get along. Each year Honorary Members are chosen from Philathea. It makes the aiim of every girl in the society higher. The following members were chosen as Honorar- Members for this year: Clymene Parfsey, Olga Moe, Evelyn Fencil, Elizabeth Daily, and Lorraine Blank. They were chosen for the fol- lowing things: being in Philathea for four years, having not only qualities which are needed to build up a good character, having paid their dues each semester, having apipeared in a program at least once each year, an having averages not below 85'W. t . Winifred Hadlock and Madrian Qualley are given honorable mention but were not chosen as Honorary Members because of the fact that they had not been here for four years. It is .in honor, and an honor earned and deserved. Seniors, though you may be far from us next year, do not forget the Philathea sisters who- will always wish ,you well and who will cherish happy memories of you. Mr. Pfnffnnui-Hovv dare you swear before me in class? ' Landis-How did I know you wanted to swear first? Local ipoliceman-You arc under arrest! What are you runnintg this car on? Mr. Dari-s-On my application. flint the Arm of the Law got him.J HOLOSFACTS tlf all sad words of tongue 'or pcn thc sad-dost arc thcsc, It might havc born. But don't ,ect wor- rie.l1 nobody died, und it di1ln't might hayc bt-cn. lvccanusc Holosfacts was thcrc with thc goods thin ycar. Tl'e'c might hav-u been a luck, of intcrcst prcf vahnt in thc society tho last tow ycars duc to tho fact that thc nn-mbcrs didu't take cnough intcrcst in thc tlifffrcnt functions of thc socicty. But this lririi school year everything wont over bil! hccautsc thc l1llllll'll0l'4 wrrc cnthusc-tl with thc proper Holosfacts snirit. and thcy tricd to make Holosfxrcts just what .I l-oys' high school socicty should lic. In tho 'hc.ginnirtg of thc ycar, with thc hclp of ,Mit-1-' llcnnis. a ncw constitution was forincd and a staiidnrrd was sft. Each boy had to como up to this starufaid in ordcr to bv oliwfriblc for ndnii-sion into the society. The scholastic avcrago sm-t Lin orxlcr for n boy to llll'f'Ollll' a mcmbcr was clghty. With tln-sc principlcs sct down, and with riond-whip as thc -1f'z'2't'la1'tl of thc society, forty-fivc lll'l'll1llN'l'S wt-rc cn- rollcd and cnjoyrtd thc cntertainmcnts. busiu-css mcctinlgs. and ref-'cations of thc society. At the lzrgitming of the ye-ar. Mr. A. J. Whit- comlb. a lllt'lllIll0l' of the local Kitwanis Ulutb, spoke to thc boys in the society, and outlincdt for them the beticifits of real friendship in a high school. and how in later life it holps to innkc better citizens. Hr said that a real society always has that spirit of friendshi-,p which mak-es it worth While. hater in thc year the Holosfacts memtbers wcrc tho guests of the Kiwanis Club at several of their luncheons. The society was fortunate that it could attcu-d those meetings and observe how an organiza- t.ion such as Kiwanis carries on its business. and how tht-y combine business in- such a way that it seems a pleasure. ..... . With the good start which the society now has, and .with its equally good principles, it ought to go 'big next year. She has a flying Start. now lct's sec 'er gto. As the only boy's society in high school, next yearis lllPlll'llQI'S ought to do their utmost in combin- ing the busint-ss of the society with the reorcftltions that are possible. They ought to have a 'good haslzct ball team and there isn't any reason- why they cnn't develop some good matcrial in oratory 'and defbatc. Well, fellow members of Holosfacts. let's see you go! Line up to our expectations and be able to show thc future m-cm'bers that the society is one worth .while joining. Be wblc to giive them as good Society as you would want a school orgia-nization 'to bc. '25ers will be with you in spirit! X

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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.

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Page 26 THE OKATO CLASS JUNIOR NEWS The junior English classes have been rather de- jccted these last few weeks, because they have been studying graninutr. The biology classes have 'been draw maps of city blocks. tliiology teachers assign suclii useless topics. There is a map of the whlntle city down in the office-.J entdeavoring to Miss Graaskamp has been inoculating t.he germ of historical knowledge into her junior history sections. lWo wonder h-nw the 'exam papers rejiifter. The French class tried luind. to master verbs and sundry other things. The notebooks have quite a nlunher of cheerful marks wfhtich seem to indicate that the efforts have not been in vain. lf one were to .wonder into a social problems ella.-'s the flow of or-atory one would hear ntitght be worthy of Allan llfittkopfg We mu.-:t preserve the natural resources of tour wonderful country. XVhere once great hexfds of -deer wander, n lone buck strays in lonely magnificence. etc. etc. tl'erhaps auch bursts of oratory were what caused them to leave.l The busy click of the typewriters indicate that the typing ciasvses are not idle. tOf courre. this is not unusual. for whoever knew a Junior to lbe idle?J SOPHOMORES Miss Mills-r's English classes are doing very interesting.-5 work. The Ii Class just completed the debate, uliusolvetl that the women of to-day are better than the wonuan of yesterday. The ne-ga.tive was exciting when the boys. fbegan to argue for the women of tostlay. The A Flntss lms been having Friday p1'0lIl'EllllS. Each work. a committee is appointed and requested to work on a pro-gmrani they think the class would like. Tfle 'students of the class like the workinr,: up of the program as well as the ent.e.t'tainment it affords. The geometry A class can- boast of especially bright students. Une dny while studying a difficult. theorem writ.ten by Garfield, one of the :students thought it was by President Garfield and said: If hc w.nt.e that. it's no wonder they shot him. The Latin 10 stud-ents are makintg -a large book. takint: in Roman artiteeture. Roman History, deri- vations in English taken from tal? Lirtin. and ad- vertisements with Latin words or Latin derivitives. The home economics classes. 2ll 0 busy making delicious brexnls and tbuns. If anyone would like to have t'Iist proved ask Mr. Pfaffuntn about them-he has sampled them. OTES FRESHMEN NOTES The table for tile radio that is in the office was made by the freslunzm manual arts boys. They have also completed a radio cabinet which they 'started a short time ago. All but two of the freshman boys have finished their fern stands. and nrariy all the boys! 'llllV0 filled. t-ftained. and varnished their book racks. necktie taacks, and handkerchief boxes. Several are wiring their tnnle lamps, and! by the end of the week, the boys will take their completed projects home. The science classes have been studying on tree. plant, animal, and bird life and their influence upon man. 'llllose who take Latin have been working on their notebooks which contain every exercise they have completed up to the present time. rmgulsli 9 B. have finished reading the book. The Vision of Sir Launfal. Some of the algebxa 9 classes completed the work reqniretd of the freshmen and' took some ad- vanced algebra wonk. RADIOPHANS During the pa-st School yeear the boys took a vezy active. interest in radio, and some of them built setls for themselves. At the beginning of the term. Mr. 1'faffman suangestetl that the pupils of the physics 4-lass who were interested in radio get tllgixtll-till' and build sets. So some of the boys started .saving heir small change. and they 'soon had enough for parts. Th-ei iris of the physics class did not. seein to like the id.e.a of building sets. Probably the financial or possibly it was tue building of them which they disliked. tHowt-ver, they like to listen to a good radi0.J ' The boys who made sets were: Lan-dis Maloney. Norman Tennisen, Stanley Hellnum. Hensly George.. lkhester l'2l1'4llll'ill, Russell -Pocqtlette, Allen Wittkopf. Tluiotlore Riewe, Albert Hi-dde. Raymond Zimmer- man, and Clarence Mienke. Most of these were one tube sets. A few were three tufbe sets. All the boys report good reception and long distance. sitle of it botsheretl tllehl. In addition. to a .new supply or regular phytsics laboratory equipment bought this year. partts for a tllrce-tulbe radio set. were ordered. The set is to remain in school, in order to Show physics and science classes the way a- radio works. The set was built by Landis Maloney and Norman Tennisen. Most of the boys who built, theit' own were uieinbers of the senior class. So don't be su-rprised if you hear of some of them being great radio ,engineers and electricians in a few years.