Okmulgee High School - Torchlight Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BooK W J Okmulgee Ward Schools s I T 1 E Woodrow Wzlson HE LARCEST and one of the most modern the Woodrow Wllson school had an enrolled student body of 755 excluslve of the oppor tunlty room Wlth a faculty of 22 teachlng ln 17 reg ular class rooms and four frame portable b'l1lldlngS Wllson IS located ln the northern sectlon of Ok mulgee was bullt IH 1918 and first used for school durmg the year 1919 20 The school bu1ld1ng proper has seventeen class rooms 14 down stalrs and three up stalrs The prlnclpal s office IS on the left of the front entrance ln the center of the bu1ld1ng IS a large gymnaslum audltorlum capable of seatmg 600 wlth dresslng rooms K now used for manual trammg alsol and showers ln the rear of the stage The bulldlng IS typlcal of the most approved modern umt archltecture The school s athletlcs mcluded soccer ball volley ball and track and field work under the mstructlon of Harry L Wleck and Mlss Mattle Sue Berry of the physlcal educatlon department be S1deS a regular dr1ll In addltlon to athletlcs Wxlson s act1v1t1es mcluded agrade orchestra a. CIVIC lmprovement club the Jumor Red Cross the Health Crusade the May festlval and the bagworm campalgn The faculty was as follows Lena PlttS prmcl pal Grace Sllls Frances Coffey ArephaRob1nson Helen Llsman and Frances Hartman first grade Velma Lee Hale Ethelyn Smlth Helen Fmch Beulah Hacker second grade Ruth Carter Stella Sorrels Catherme Tumy and Mrs C 0 Davls thlrd grade Mazle Fulton and Helen Dlxon fourth Neola Kelts and LuLee Slns fifth Roselle Plrtle Clara Cowan and L1ll1an Weber slxth and Irene Myers speclal The enrollment by grades at the end of the year was first 202 second 136 thlrd 133 fourth 100 fifth 74 slxth 110 - I A . . . . . , . . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' . . . . . , . 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . . . 1 1 1 - 1 . Q . - , . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . . , . . 0 - 1 1 1 . . . . 1 1- 1 1 1 .. . . . . . ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 1 - . . . .. . , , 1 ' 1 l 1 ul I 1 . 1 1 1 . .. . . ' ' .1 1 1 . . . 1 ' , i U I I . I 7 1 1.7 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Book Okmulgee Ward Schools Emerson MERSON though small IS Ven modern I fact It IS the very newest of the schools havmg been opened m November It was planned to have the Emerson school care for the overflow of prlmarv chlldren from outlymg dlstrlcts who had to go to Lee There are but two rooms Mxss Wlnnle Dutton teaches the second glade and the 3 B IH one room and In the other MISS Lula Bur rls teaches the first grade Mxss Burrls took Mxss Ruth Erwln s place following the latter s reslgna t1on on account of 111 health ln March The Emerson resembles the Roosevelt some what ln appearance It IS of dark red brlck and whlte stone wlth hallways and a prmcxpal s office on one slde and the class rooms on the other 1 here are altogether 80 chxldren enrolled IH the school Consldermg ltS short tlme and the age of puplls Emerson dld very well m school actwxtles ONGFELI OW IS a palr of twms tucked away 1n the south part of town The school conslsts of two one room portable bulldlngs wlth a ca paclty of about thlrty each The Longfellow was designed to care for the smaller chlldren of the Franklin d1str1ct who had to walk so far Although tmy Longfellow s work IU the Red Cross the Health crusade and other aCtIVltl8S was splrlted The faculty conslsted of MISS Grace Metz ln the 1 A and 2 B and MISS Wlllle McLees ln the first grade Mlss Metz was transferred from the Frank lm when Mlss Loulse Nlchols reslgned at Chrlst mas tlme There were 64 enrolled ln the school Whlle Longfellow has carrled on 1tS work thls year m portable bulldlngs the faculty and puplls are lookmg forward to the tlme when a new and modern bu1ld1ng wxll be constructed at whlch tlme the scope of the work w1ll be enlarged ,,,.,- ' . .v n . . . 1 9 .1 ' ' I s 1 - I . . v . . . s . n ' . v . . . , . . . . . . . . , . 1 1 - . . . -I . . . F . . . . . , , , . . . . . 1 1 1 - ' c n 9 T 1 J . . . Q - . - . . , . . . . 1 . ,, . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . - . . . . .

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OKMULGEE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR Book Okmulgee Ward Schools was 'W if? 5m-a -.m'9 '1 Robert E Lee OBERT E LEE the most centrally located of all the schools and second largest of the ward schools was bullt IH 1910 fora hlgh school but lt was turned to the glades wlth the completlon of the Washmgton Irv1ngH1gh ln 1916 The bulldmg has six glades and four speclal rooms taught by fourteen teachers IH as many class rooms ln addltlon there IS a 1est room llbrary gymna slum store room manual tralnlng shop prlnclpal s office and a vacant room doxx nstaus xx hlch xx 111 probably be used for sevx mg IH the future There were 402 regulally enrolled and 82 ln the opportu nlty classes makmg a total of 484 students Lee s soccer team led by Captaln Homer W1l cox xvas clty champlon and xx as presented xxlth the sllver lovlng cup offered by Dave Franke ata speclal dlnner m the sprmg The girls volley ball team ranked hlgh and a glrls baseball team was organized ln the slxth grade Lee was promlnent 1n track work and the opportunlty boys had a fast basketball squad be Sld6S one or two baseball teams Lee vxon the American colors offered by the Amerlcan Leglon to the school selhng the most tickets to the J ollles and among other act1v1t1es the J unlor Red Cross In xx hlch Lee raised the most money of the grade schools the health crusade whlch lncluded a play and the May festlval were promlnent Phe faculty was as follows Juha Harms pr1n clpal Mehta Saunders 1 A and 1 B Lllllan Ixeena 1A and 2 B Ruth Jackson 2 A and 2 B Lulu Malshal 3 A and 3 B Galen Ohphant 3 A and 4 B Joyce Stone 4 A Frances Mxles 4 A and 5 B Cynthla Connel 5 A Ruth Tyner 6 B Iva Bee Medcalf 6 A Agnes Dllllnghdm Erm1n1eLo1selle Eugema Lolselle and Lucllle Watson speclal Lee IS the Opportunlty Center of Okmulgee wlth three opportunlty rooms and one sub hlgh room . . I 1 H A H K W WH-A ' 3,...-4 f:v+ A I T . ,,,,:..arq. . V , -i .1 Q-f. 1,-1 ' V' P 'V ' W . A 5,3 'ff-Q .,, . .. .3 fa, FN Q.-a-'4-f?+',,, ,g. df.,c ' FF . - f .,..-. , Mrs 4 .W-qi g 5-s,.-t w .4 bf ,1 ' 1 .afkfir l ' - JM 5,411 'rqf' 'fans YJ V. 1?14N.,.:'-l- V , 1.9 54 1 'Ju l - 'V -.rev 55,1 - 1 A 2 WH- ' 5'f'fF-Lain 'L -gfph ,gw 1',rff:fMea7,',-fa .' , - ,f few-',....'f-ag ' - . - ' f - . ,A,,,,p-,.-,ig - ,. ,Xanax ww. U- w- , '-V.. ' ' J, , ..-f -,sv-54. ., ,P-.A . - 11 .Q . V- --W-A -h at -f -... ' , .- ww ., .V , , I ,. - my 2,55 sf , . 52' . ,4-2 L, '.,,. ,A-SA1. - -4-5 a., M. . mx At , M, ,1,f9f4L,.kk., - 3,- ' fmw rw-fx f . 'I-f' ,, ,.,- as t-J - ' - A . . , , Y Y - 7 , . Y . Q . . I . , , , . . . . . . . . , K . H ' 9 . . K . Q . . . . . , 9 r . . V . . Y v . . . . . ' . - . . ' 1 9 s s y . . . i . . , ' . i 1 . 7 Y 7 I T . ' .. V ' ,' Y . ' .' ' - Y ' ' 9 Y V. . 1 . . . - - . . . , ' 7 7 Y 5 . v 1 ' , - - - . - - - v Y Y Y . ' N 1 - - I . I - - l Y ' I Y 7 9 7 , . ' .. - . , - - . 7 Y Y 7 ' ' 1- v' - '4 1 - - . Q - 1 Y 1 Y 7 7 . . . . .E ' . . . 1 y 1 ' 1 s 9 . . . . . , . . . . . , , , . U . . , - . H . ,, . U . 9 7 Q - 0