Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK the delmquents under the educatlonal laws the llstmg and grading puplls both ln and out of school and ln general looklng after the educational lnter ests of chrldren whose lnterests would not have been attended to by Others Hls was always a hurry up J mb well and falthfully done P JRCHASING AGENT As purch 1 mg agent of the schools and clerk of the board R W Adklsson proved the rlght man m the right place durmg the school vear Every body s troubles were hls troubles IH a large measure Not only was he charged wlth keepin g the books of the board and admlnlstratlon but xx 1th the pur chase and dlstrlbutlon of supplles to all the schools of the clty for repalrs and betterments and IH gen eral actmg as busmess agent for the whole system Hrs office was the hub of the supply system of the schools and one of ltS buslest centers OKMULGEE S SCHOOL POPULATION The school enumeratlon for 1921 shows a total of 5 041 chlldren whlte and colored of school age The census shows the followlng of school age Whlte males 1 928 whlte females 1 952 colored males 575 colored females 586 Thls 1S3 declded Increase over 1920 and lndlcates a much larger school attendance 1n 1922 Manual tralnmg boys bulld real houses 9 , 9 ' ' 1 u. - 1 . H H .I . 1, . , . . ' 3 . . l , . , ' l i , . . , . . . . ' ' 9 y 1 r v 1 ' , . . - . . . i . . L, , ' , . . . . Y. - . , . ll x , x , , ye , .4 -1 1' :Q W .. -Q ' ea.. ,

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g OKMULGEE HIGI-IVYSCI-IOOL YEAR Book Class xn the automotlve department toons Blddlck French club Snedaker Short Story Hendrlcks Landscaplng Barton Glrls Story Telllng Hensley Subs Llterary SOCl6ty Cooper Keep1ngF1t HIXOD Unlted States Travel Rooney Oratorlcal club Ley Llterary Socxety CWednesdayJ Cooper Dramatlc club Hlxon Sanltatlon Stephens Geog raphy Rlce Preps Nature Study Rlce Needle Work Fm ley Llterary Soclety Campbell Art Apprecxatlon Soclety fWednesdayJ Campbell Oklahoma Folk lore Bruton and dendrlcks Readmg club Hamxl ton Home Fconomlcs Eads THE CAFETERIA One the lmportant features of Okmulgee High school IS It splendld cafeterla system and service Meals are served every school day to both pupll and teachers and two meals to teachers on Satur day s Durlng 1920 1921 an average of 550 puplls were served daily an average of p0 teachers a total of rbout 350 000 meals at an average cost of 22 cents durmg the school year The cafeteua IS deslgned to be self supportmg and for the last year under the management of MISS Bernlce Wett steln It not only pald for the needed addltlonal equlpment but pald a profit ln addltlon BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS The care repalr and sanltary work of Okmul gee s schools durmg the past year has been ln cnarge of A H iDadJ Nooney custodxan of buxld lngs and a competent force of Janltors and work men To keep eleven modern school buxldmgs go mg IS somethlng of a task 1n ltself and teachers selves on the splendld work of the past year U der Mr Nooney durmg the year were Hmgh school Janltors R S Tyler J Jullan W I Wallace T L Flelds and H E Steele The ward school Janltors were Wllson school R L Means Web ster school J B Turner Franklm school Maur1ce Blake Lee school W T Fagan Roosevelt school J McCorm1ck ATTENDANCE OFFICER One of the busy men of the adm1n1strat1on the last year was C C Llebler attendance officer In addltlon to h1s dutles as truant oflicer Mr Llebler also had charge of the school census of the dlstrlct , . . : y : V . 1 . . . . . 7 I 7 1 O y n . 1 n Q 0 -. 1 : ' 1 . l . I s 3 1, ' s u 7 ' ' r , r i . ' 9 r . l n v a 1 ' ' l . . .L , . I - y ' . . , '- - 1 - , 3 ' , - - . .' . . . - Y Y P Y H31ff11lt0U3M3-th games LGWIS andAlv0rd:L1terary and students have reason to congratulate them- ! s I ' . n' 1 ' . ' ' . . 1 0 1 1 ' I. U l Z- I 9 ' . , . . V , . , . . . . I . - .. I . : ' v if . 3 - - 2 , , . . : , , ' l C , . . . , N i 1 u n z , . . . . . , . - y , , A , . l l y ' 1

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