Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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OKMULGEE: HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Book Opportumty Department Jn 'W swim 01... OPPORTUNITY TEACHERS Left to rlght Agnes Dllllngham supervlsor Ollve Peltler Irene Myers Zelma Lmd Loulse Lolselle Erm1n1eLo1selle HE FIRST opportunltv work to be offered m Oklahoma Okmulgee s opportumty rooms opened IH then' second year mth sw rooms and one special sxxth grade room a total faculty of seven headed by Miss Agnes Dllhngham The alm of the opportunlty room IS to provlde 1nd1v1dual mstructlon for those students vs ho through some mlsfortune or other have not been able to keep up thelr regular school work Fre quent movmg prolonged Illness res1dence IH tovv ns where there have been poor schools as well as other causes have thrown many chlldren two or three years back of where they should be The keynote of the speclal opportumty rooms IS 1nd1v1dual mstructlon ' The number ofpuplls ID a room IS small and they are ungraded save bv sex and age Thls gives a chance for Individual attentlon so that weak subJects may recelve speclal stress The elements of prlmary educatlon are em phaslzed and the chlldren who find dlfliculty xn any lesson are glven speclal help Handwork such as manual tralnlng basket weavlng and dressmakmg has two classes In the currlculum of the school The first IS to keep the puplls mterest and hold h1m ln school by glvmg hmm somethmg to occupy mmd and muscle the other and secondarv place lb to teach hlm the control of his muscles and at the same tlme a useful trade The opportun1tv vsork began 1n Okmulgee IH 1920 Wlth but four rooms one IH each magor build mg At the begmnmg of thls year how ever four rooms were set aslde at the Lee school and those rooms termed Opportumty Center Here come the blg boys and glrls and one small class besxdes a speclal sub prep class There IS also a speclal room IH all other major bulldlngs The total enrollmen for the past year was 197 fluctuatlng attendance cut lnto thls however and 1n Aprll there were 155 puplls enrolled 1n special work From two classes 15 have been sent to Hlgh school four have been returned to the grades The faculty was as follows Lee school Agnes Dllhngham supervlsor Ermlnxe Lolselle older boys Lucllle Watson older gnls Eugema Lolselle sub preps Frankhn Olive Peltier Webster Zelma M Lmd Wllson Irene Mx ers . . it ' l A ,f A J l ,J , g . 4 : . 4 'Z Y X vga, Q ,f fr -F 1 it I-Q. k ' - N . ,, ' ' 1 , ' I ' , ' l I P 1 Q il -, 1 ' ., 1 ' 4 . I Q, I I 'I , vyiv... sl ,- - e Q x ev-L A H - I X ' isles . 1 - I A 5 , t I ' 4 1 'J 3 I ' .,., .. 71 .5 3 A . . L 'I b A --T-.LW -ru W J , I, o , X , fa, 1 y 1 1 1 s ' , Y . . . . . . T . Y ' . 'Q y Y 7 -. 7 , . V. . . . . I . . I 1 D s 9 . . . , Y u ' I . . . 1 Y .. I , - 1 ' 7 . y Q ' , s . SL ' ,Q . . . . v , , 7 Y . H ,, . . ' ' . . . I . . . . I' 0 . ' e 7 v u I ' . Y 4 1 v . 55. . . . - , . ' ' ' ' , . . . . v . . ' y . Y . . . . . Y, . c - 7 I . . . . , . . . . . , , Q s v , , .. . . . - . + y 9 1 ' y Y 9 YV ' ' u n 0 . . . . . 7 I

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Book 53'-SQ Washzngton Irvzng ASHINGTON IRVINC Hlgh School as It was or1gmally known IS the ploneer structure of the present magnlflcent Hlgh school plant of the Okmulgee school system Erected m 1917 It served for all hlgh school class work and aCtlVlt16S untll the erect1on of the new VOC3t10Dal bulldmg Academlc Hall as lt IS now known IS 170x110 feet ln slze three storles ln helght Since the re moval of all vocatlonal classes and shops thxs bulldmg now houses the classes ln academlc work It contams 17 class rooms the audltorlum Cat present the cafeterla and kltchensj llbrary study hall supermtendent s prmclpal s and supervlsors offices clerk and treasurer s offices store room and offices for heads of academlc departments It IS the admlmstratlon bulldlng of the system The followmg departments are lnstructed IH Academlc Hall Cltlzenshlp whlch lncludes hlstory geography and c1v1cs F V Abernathy head of department G B Blakey F L Stewart Thelma Anderson Hope Hlxon Bernlce Bruton and Agnes Belle Hendrlcks mstructors Mathematxcs Mlss Annabel Donnelly head of department Mlsses Lucy Lewls Ruth Barr Cora Peek Mattle E Bogue and Genevxeve Alvord lnstructors Engllsh Mlss Gladys Cornell head of depart ment Mlsses Constance Cooper Kate Campbell Irene Scrlvener Waunette Hamnlton Clara Boc qum and Henrletta Ley lnstructors