Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Book Power testing laboratory Electrical dept some carefully worked out projects suitable for each grade DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL TESTING Ten years ago the only methods of dlstlngulsh mg between good and poor work in school was that of individual ODIHIOH A state inspection upon school was better than another During the last decade however vei y careful sclentlfic tests have been developed so that we can measure just how much arithmetic spelling writing and reading etc is being taught from year to year Th1s s without question the most important modern de velopment in public schools It enables school authorltles to determlne with a greater degree of exactness and falrness just what teachers are do mg good wook and also shown to teachers them selves 1n what subject their pupils are weak or strong The handling of these tests and measure ments requires the skill of an expert Okmulgee has been most fortunate this vear ln having one of Electrical beginners shop the country s best trained women for this work Miss Velda Bamesberger who was assistant for two years to the country s leadlng statistlcan Dr B R Buckingham IS a Master s graduate of the UHlV6FSltV of Illinois and IS taklng further work this summer at the Unlverslty of Chicago Under her direction very careful individual mental Every child s knowledge of subject matter has also been a matter of careful study and as a result children have been classified much more fairly than ever before Through th1s department the methods of the best teachers have been discovered and transplant ed into other rooms so that the net result has been a great lmprovement in all work in the schools For next year the department will continue the group intelllgence tests assist in detecting unusu ally bright as well as backward children and assist in problems of school statlstics The chief aim of the departmcnt will be to aid the grade teachers in classlfylng their pupils and in securing the best l Boys physical culture class Girl Physical culture class a I , . . . 'Y 7 ' . . , visiting schools would have the opinion that one measurements have been made of every student. . . , j . 9 7 ' l . . . 1 . , ' - . 1 J 1 Q . . 1

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OKMULGEE HIGH E? fe fs 51 B M. 5 'QUT 05601 ALLISON Commerczal Photography and Kodak Fznzshzng 31 QY GRAND AVENUE Opposite Council House 01 Telephones 1461 and 2158 QL QA YO X0 0 I Q J O 5 J .D O E 0 .I .J 9 L O Q W 31 9 Q O 0 2 J A 39600630 150' 100 0555 0135 W999tE1QC9QN F01 Quahty and bervlce Send Your Cleanmg and Pressmg to The Old Rehable PHOENIX TAILORS PHONE 10 .212 W MAIN wg QNQXWQ j 0' 10 U0 lelephone 1744 106 W Seventh St Robert Cooke OFFICE SUPPLY 81 PRINTING Company Desks, Cnaxrs, Safes, Fxlmg Equipment Commercial Prmlmg OKMULGEE OKLAHOMA 9990 OQCDQQJOQQ X009 99i357!7OGDU9f5XQ359QDO'09C9Q S000 SCHOOL YEAR Boox ,oo mo- mo- -n-,-9-naw seo- use-owe we More Truth than Poetry In Okmulgee a freshman named Hope Crue all of hls dass some new dope II at PLNNEY S you ll trade X our fortune IS 'nade Por there you wlll newer go broke A boph mn thx school who xx as clex er Made lt ex er her earnest endeax or To saxe monev each das And to put lt aw ay To bux shoes she knew were all ltather Your professor who trades at our store Wlll tell you he always sawes more And the goods that he buys Are the best Ill hls eyes That he s seen smce he crawled on the Hoor Now the reason for thus as you know Is the fact that wherexer you go Out stores you vslll hnd And lhex brlng vou to mind That thev re BILT1 ER or thu newer would grow Z f ' N. JC emwy C0 6-,,.. 3,2 DJARTMENT sromas Corner fth 49 Morton Okmulgee :than o 0 WJ' 0 0 wax I P P O D R O IVI Ill me of IIQIIQI Photopaws The Coolest Place ln Tovxn Nou Plawlng SUPREME PHOTOPLAYS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 10 20 300 plus tax was oocoooocowooto- ewooooootof- wxoeooco-scene . x -.tp 'ALM ikax J-y X dw' .si Q? ,9 .?b.Y-i.Vj,2-,..f,,2,l M5 5 39, Mt! K Cf, Ur- , ox ' c ' ' 1 - J 3 , ox- ii -I 6 Q55 A VJ U L' cj In Q o o o o ' ,J 'J Q 3 2 o fn! Q 5 2 21 2 01 'J 3 5 3 2, ,U L' I U O 0, 'e Q to 5 I! 3 V2 Q I ft A f P' l , U 5 ' 1 .0 O ,O I ' ' - 1 A s n 1 1 v 4 v -. if 5 1 c . . . ' , Q :X . ' ' 1 1. - xx- Us 1 'J fx 5 ' , .' , . 1' 9 0, 2 , ' Q, ox ' I if 'o J , Q ' ' 0, 1 5 . ' , no 'L 2 Q A v . 1 v 3. f f. L. Y . , K. ij, ' ' 5 5 . ' ' 0 g ix 0, ' ' 0 Q f Q , A. . 5 , , 34 0 9 fi ' ' 'P 5 1 m as UQ 0 -'P ' , . F - 'I 'Q . , gN A 'O ,l ' O 1 fi X? , , , 5 0, 0 , v ' a f' Q - - , - 1 w 1 'ai 45 I-, 0 - ' - s it 5 '- Q 5 Y . X' -1 is Q ' 9 'N Q Q 15 ,J 5 L' . K. ' -, . - - - ., : lj I 4 I 91 Ofc ,Q--i-up our e--we-wa-is-g to-i-I UQ- -' E ' 5 ' if fi . x , . . , ' ae fl, fl Qi' 0 3f,,s'iQ e iff! i,,'e?9, S' 5 'Q ,Q ' ' ' , o J, ', ' ' ' ax is Q ' , ' ' , V V . Q 5 V! 5 . . ,. 9 3 el 'I 5 ' . . ., . ,N K - - -f ' ... .- I A - Q fi . . ' 5 P I 111 1Xif57f?4'?1'f-I A 'X 2 0, 00' 2 Y - ' T 10 f I ' ' 'Q R . . ,I . . A .1 0 5 , H : 'Q ff , , 'L1,w,,.m..W 15 5 c 4 5 , A E A C , 4 I L V Y ' 'o 0 Q 9 .1 . , 0 0 ' ' if Q ? ' , If A - , Q Q 0' 0 ' ' ' A ag 6 ' ' Ol '. P a at - 0 0' ' s 5 ' 5 'S ' T - X I I -. , , A 9'5,f,0Q,f lf7PfL' ' f. 5 'F' ' '7' sci Ji' 'Uk X'!'!'Q 'T?iwsi, . .K .x Y -3. . , . , .54 I I N X QQBX B . .,gfY.' viY6.'0 g.jQ -0 0 3 X- O LJK -Q'-'I -o ol -QF Q-grill o- 'f'-it 'Y 1 V ' V -T-' iitiixiig - It 'IL' O15 5 5:'5S'f'a Q Q . .K 5 1 '- 2 ' ' 2 ' ' ' o 0 A , , ' X E - - 1 ' ' I b'. 5 0 o 2 , O i . . v -1 - ' I o ' Y - ' A v v vu . ' P 0 . 0 . ,, ,. 5 - . . . ' - ' 4 ' l 9 F S . . . it Q Q 'S If 0' ! 0 1, , Q ,Q 5 5 Q , .0 , , ' . tg F, I. 'V' . , 0 Q K V X N 1 I' D x ' 9 W 6 x Y O 3 Q ' Ig , glee- ' I I J Q

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Book wmfwt Manual trammg boys movlng equlpment methods of rnstructron The greatest value of the department vxrll be accompllshed onlv vxhen each teacher shall studx closelv and rnterpret correctly the results of the test made IH her class and adapt her mstructron to sult the needs of each chrld as shoxxn bv the tests HIGH SCHOGL ACTIVITILS Srrttv three actrxltv clubs thls last year or act1v1t1es as the students alvx ays termed them furnrshed the extra currrcular xt ork of Okmulgee Hrffh school There are a number of good reasons for thrs departure from the old fashlon of lrterarv ocretres debate clubs and the lrke xx hrch met cnlxk at nrght thus hurtmg the students school Y Ol Frrst among these reasons as grven bv Prmcr pal E S Brlggs rs that students should haxe a rxght to choose the aLflV1tV1I'l vxhrch thev xxrsh to tngage A second reason rs that wrth the broad fre ld offered the student s chorce may be supposed to represent hrs bent for the future or at most he may choose that whrch xvrll help hrm most rn the future Srnce the students are rn large part re sponsrble for the programs self responsrbrlrtx and rn the case of the officers especrallx as all officers are chosen semr annually the qualrtres of leader shrp are developed Since teachers most fitted for the part are the leaders of the actrvrtres an added sense of msplratron IS offered to the members Thrs year all student actrvltles for whlch anv credrt was grven muslc athletics radro and regular academrc actrvrtres were classed as actrv 1t1es One hour actrvltles earned 1 3 of a credrt two hour ac-trvrtres 2 3 athletes who made the team were grven 1 2 credlt Lack of room prevents a detarled account of all actrvrtres but among the most rmportant be srdes those covered rn other departments are the followmg Publrc Speaklng, by Mlss Henrietta Ley of the Englxsh department, is intended to develop the art of sellrng one s rdeas to glV6 the members trarnlng ln expressron and to develop as many members as posslble mto speakers who vx rll repre sent the school IH contests There were erghteen members thrs xear The Short Storx club of xx hrch Mxss Clarre Wrlson of the commercral department vxas sponsor has as rts arm a studx of the best short storres of Amerrcan lrterarture both contemporary and past vxrth some effort to vxrrte orrgrnal short storres The Indecho club for grrls onlx under the leader shrp of In E Errcson of the manual arts depart ment IS desrgned to teach the xoung rdea to apprecrate the beautrfrrl ln home decor atron and the practrcal In arrangement Its xx ork takes up the de slgnrng of the house thooslng 1ts furnrshlngs xxrth an exe to the best color scheme arrangxng the house m the most pr actlcal manner and dorng all thrs rn the most economrcal xx ay Bankrng takes up under A B Dlshman head of the commercial department and hrmself a practr cal banker thc elements of the best modern bank mg practrce xxrth xxork rn both the theory and mechamcs of bankmg The Crceronran and Inxcelsror Lrterarv socretres flourrshed agam thrs vear though not as strong or as large as rn past years because or competltron bx other organrzatrons Therr obglect IS of course to promote mterest rn lrterarv xxork Therevxere about 65 members rn each socrety Mxss Lucy Lewrs was sponsor of the Crceronran and Mrss Thelma Anderson of the Excelsror The Travel club had Mrss Genevreve Alvord as sponsor and had as ltS arm the study of forelgn countrres and Amerrca from the vrew pornt of the traveler chooslnv the points of greatest Interest and the best routes by whrch to reach them Prlncrpal Briggs hlmself was rn ch rrge of an actlvrty for boys, Keeping Frt, whrch met IH the gymnasrum every Wednesday, takrng up the best ways of keepmg rn good health bv both theoretrcal I I fs, ' -f' ' .' , x ,, . ,ini V4 D 9' ,, - , I , , -Au--X H ,I , , ,V 1, gr 4- - Y , ,vt ' , - -f .. - , aa, fi it I Lf H 'insffv-1 6-I l.w' S I V ' . r 1 ' ' ' ' ' r . u.. y --. ,- MV' TG ' 'si'1 s ' 4-I rl Sf? as J-vu-.1 I' -' f S ' ,. fir' ,Jew-' l', f. , N. -'-fr ' MJ fav' 1 :W'Q 1' : A w w ' A A '- -.fgiwr-.w'-:M ' ' H.-- Aff-'Y-fr ,. 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