Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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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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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Boox WWE SQ' Lement woxkmg cla s Manual t1 unmg department lUStI'l1Ctl0Il and actual practlce IH health bulldlng exerclse The V1s1t1ng club led by A O Hornlng of the manual arts department V1Slt8d all the pr1nc1 pal factorles and lndustrles of the city and other places of mdustrlal or social lnterest such as the Jall and the hospital besldes many of the leadlng commerclal establlshments Th1S was a two hour 3CtlVlty, the others glven meetmg only once a week Sub and prep actlvxtles met twlce a week Among the most lmportant of these were Gomg to College an aCtlV1ty ln whlch the preps dlscussed wlth MISS Irene Galvln of the sclence de partment the xarlous colleges and unly e1s1t1es of the natlon learned the dlfference between a college and unlvelslty studled the state unlverslty at Nor man and ln general studled hlgher educatlonal 1n stltutlons wlth a v1ew to Ch0OS1Dg the one to follow hlgh school Geography under W H Barton head of the sclence department led the preps who were Its members through all the countrles of the world through pxctures and talks learmng the prmclpal geographlcal facts about the countrles Wlth especlal attentlon to the Umted States Mr Brlggs had a group of sub boys IH Sports where the boys learned that the great object of sports IS not neccessarlly to wm, but to play square. Clean sportsmanshlp was the motto and the object of the orgamzatlon. Besldes that the ethics of athletlcs how ever the boys learned the nrlnclples of all the common hlgh chool sports Q Soclal Servlce sponsored by teachers ofllthe cltlzenshlp department was devoted to American lsm and good cltlzenshlp teachmg 1tS members t0 adapt themselves to the Clty state and natlon ln the best wav It served as somethmg of an mtro ductlon to SOC10lOgy F L Stew art and G B Blakey w ere the sponsors MISS Cora Peek had a groud of preps who were engaged 1n makmg a sort of scrap book survey of the lndustrles of Okmulgee of Oklahoma and of the natlon After materlal had been found on the mdustrles plctules were secured to lllustrate them and a scrap book made The Plcture Book Club was the name of thls mterestmg group There axe many more 3CtlNltl9S most of whose names are explanatory as follows One hour Flrst A1d Salfm Science Galym Folk Danclng Bruton Catermg for Speclal Occa s1ons Flnley Llbrary Methods Barnard Dramatlc club Hensley Spanlsh club Snedaker Debate club Abernathy Klpllng club Bocqum Orchestra Bowen Fancy Work Wettstem Geometrlcal de slgns Donnelly Hand Lettermg Parker Myth ology Maddox Boy s Glee club Bowen Two hour Sclence, Rlpple, Glrl s Auto Drlv mg, O'Neal Douthlt, Boy'sAthlet1c club, Barnard: Astronomy, Donnelly: Math, Donnelly: Impromptu Speakmg, Cornell: G1rl's Glee club, Bowen, Brown mg club, SCFIVBHGPQ Shakespeare, Bocqum: Car c M -f.:pSf'fg 'W r 'T' .1 as g K I Q . vi E 4 3 . 1 ' i 4 .V . , ft' ,' - YL. Q.. rx if- I 1 x' E . A PQ. ,Q -. -' ' 'W'-' ' .te , ' A . ' - - - A ' ?f'Y , ' ., ft. ,Y W, Y . 1. -L . 1 . -. 1 1 1 -1 - - ' S 4 9 9 .N . S . , n n. . 1 I u y ki -' v ' v ' 7 9 9 7 Y . . , L - I ' ' . - ' v y - . . . . . v Y V . . . . . , . . U H 1 L. ' n I f 4 . u I , , Y Y . . v . . . H . . . U Y . . . Q , f I Q K . . v i - . v , s . y 1 4 , , - -m . , 1 - 1 K- . . V . V. . , 7 ' 7 -9 Y . . . - ' -7 1 ' 1 ' ' 5 . l Y K ! 7 , . . Y ' 7 1 7 V . . c n k 4 . , y , , , . . I . 1 1 1 a . . 1 1 . 1 ' v v . . . . , V ' 9 Y Y ' . . U ,, . . . I . , . . - - -