Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

Page 28 text:

24 THE RAVELIN'S,1936 THINGS THE UNDERCLASSMEN SHOULD KNOVV OR ADVICE TO UNDERGHADUATES By John Connor. X 1. That teachers are generally kind to dumb animals and will help them at anytime if they desire to be helped. 2. That it doesn't cost very much to be on the honor roll all the time in the four years of high school and it is cheaper in the long run. The only trouble is that most of us get out of breath in the long run, and get on the honor roll only part of the time. 3. That the Seniors, in general, think that you should know where you are going and what you are going to do when you get out of high school, and that you should take the cor- rect subjects during your first three years in- stead of trying to take five for even sixj sub- jects in your last year. Now don't even think of passing notes in school, at least not until the depression is over, because note passing is just a waste of paper and the height of extravagance. Now, while we are speaking of detentions, I want to tell you that detentions are a waste of time. You may do something wrong for one minute, let us say, and you suffer the conse- quence for one hour and the pupil always gets the worst of the bargain So just bear in mind that, You can't win. There is an old saying that haste makes waste, and I want you to remember it when you are starting to run up the stairs next year. If you run up the stairs in school you will get caught and have to go back and walk up them again. So again I say, haste makes waste. Of course I could go on like this indefinitely, but I know you wouldn't want me to, so I will turn to a few specific problems of the under- classmen and, as a giver of free advice and therefore the one naturally to be consulted, I have received many letters. I now will read you a few excerpts from some of them. The first letter was from a boy in the senior class. In it I was asked whether I thought it was a good idea to come in the school window instead of the school doors. This boy further stated that he thought it would solve the traffic problem of this school if we did this . . . Well. of course, this plan has possibilities and it might solve the traffic problem of the school, but I wouldn't advise you to do it, because you are likely to get a detention or expelled from the school, but if there were no teachers nor tattletales around I think that it would be quite the right thing to do-just watch out for the teachers and your own necks. Another letter from a freshman said that all the people in the school do not always read quite the correct things during studv periods, and asked me to advise these pupils how to spend their study periods. That seems to be quite a problem but you should realize that study periods are for study and not for pleasure as most of us know. You should look upon the matter in this way. If you read the wrong things during study peri- ods, you will have to do more homework, so you don't gain anything by wasting your study periods and you lose that much time at home in which you might enjoy your reading to a greater extent. Another pupil wrote to me asking about throwing papers out the windows instead of in the waste baskets. They figure that it is much easier to do it that way and it saves time, they say. Well, of course, I agree that it saves time and is much easier but who is going to pick up the papers outside the school. You can't let them blow all over Oxford and let the peo- ple know what silly things you write. So I think you had better use the waste baskets. So, all in all, I think that you will be very good students, and Oxford will have a model school if you follow the advice that I have given you, but always remember that free ad- vice does not cost anything until you start us- ing it.

Page 27 text:

THE RAVE-LIN'S, 1936 23 been made by great American composers. From then on through the efforts of White- man-now known as the jazz king-many con- temporaries such as Berlin, Kearns, and Ham- merstein have glorified Jazz, which has one- hundredfold justified itself by opening such wide fields in instrumental interpretation and modification. And so, through Ragtime, Jazz, and Swing Music, the Americans have devel oped something strictly their own-their mu- sic-something of which they can be justly proud-Jazz ' CLASS WELCOME By Eugene Schofield. This is station O.H.S. operating on the short wave 1936. Before starting the program, we wish to thank our sponsors, who are our parents, teach- ers, school committee, superintendent, and friends. Through their efforts it is possible to present the following program: Advice to Undergraduates ........ John Connors Class History .................................... Vincent Gill Class Prophecy ........ ............ H elen Daley Class Will ............. ................. O live Wood Class Poem .............................. Cathryn Christian Class Song ............................ Paulena Chickering Class Gifts ........ Rita Lyman and Robert Allen The entire cast welcomes all friends of the school. We feel that this program will show that your faith in Station O.H.S. is justified. We hope that it will show you that this station is producing a program of which you can be proud. Your announcer, in behalf of the cast of the studio, thanks the audience for all it has given to the programs sponsored by us for the past four years. The last of this series of programs will take place Wednesday evening at eight o'clock from the same studios, by the same cast. I now turn the microphone over to the first of our enter- tainers.

Page 29 text:

THE RAVELIN,S, 1936 25 CLASS HISTORY By Vincent Gill On September 12, 1932, another class-this time one of sixty-two members-entered high school. Our class was destined to be the fa- mous class of '36. We went through the trials and tribulations of all freshmen and after a few weeks found ourselves fairly well straight- ened out. On September twenty-third with the help of Miss Burke, our class adviser, we elected our class officers. They were: Presi- dent, Eugene Schofield, Vice-President, Alva Javeryg Secretary, Mary Shivick, Treasurer, Robert Allen. We elected Clarence Gallant, who later resigned, as our representative to the student council. He was replaced by Donald Hamilton. Our Ravelin's reporter was Doro- thy Brown. Mary Shivick made the girls' bas- ketball team. Now I will describe for you a typical fresh- man. He must not be over four feet tall, must have red hair and wear a grin from ear to ear. He must, of course, have brains and get A in all his subjects. He must be a sheik and a good dancer, as we all were. Now don't tell me you know who it is! None other than our dignified senior president. Are we getting good? Freshman class puts on play in town hall, much to the delight of upper classmen. Those taking part were: Cath- erine Christian, Dorothy Brown, Dorothy Taft, Matthew Sands, Donald Hamilton. Eugene Schofield, Vincent Gill and Olive Wood. We have the honor of being the only class who ever did this. Olive Wood and Francis Lanlante treated us to manv laughs in a little sketch that they put on, and Francis played the harmonica. Alva Javery and Louis Surprise were on the baseball team. and the latter was also on the track team. During the year we had many assemblies with interesting speakers, Mr. San- nella being the most constant lecturer. June twenty-third we were given a rest. and I think the school and faculty were as glad of it as we were. September 11, 1933, we started on another leg of our journey and. if the truth were known, we were rather glad to get back. This year we had forty-eight members and our class adviser was Mr. Ambrose. We elected Robert Allen, president, Haig Aroian, vice-president, Dorothy Taft, secretary, Sarah Lawson, treas- urer. October 18, Ravelin's Board was organ- ized and we had three of our class members on the staff. Now, we are getting up in the world, Oxford High buys movie machine! November 21 we had movies with our own machine. Our Student Council members were Mat- thew Sands and Mary Shivick. December 30, we came back to a new school. We had some new typewriters and the school had just been repainted. The Junto Club was formed with the ob- ject of increasing knowledge of public speak- ing, writing, and progress of the world. Marv Shivick and Antoinette Vitkus made the girls' basketball team. Alva Javery was the only baseball letterman from our class. The team had a very good season under their coach, Mr. Chaffee. Oh yes, I almost forgot. Our typical freshman has grown an inch and a half. What puzzled me all year though, was the fact that Marguerite Cameron was in Room 3 two or three nights a week. It couldn't be be- cause Mr. Ambrose was in there. Well, an- other unsolved mystery. School closed June 28 and were we glad to leave! School opened September 10, 1934, and we found ourselves reduced to 38 members. We elected Robert Allen, President, Eugene Scho- field, Vice-President: Dorothy Brown. Secre- tary, and Dorothy Taft, Treasurer. The Stu- dent Council members were: Matthew Sands. Rita Lyman and Vincent Gill. We organized a dancing committee with Rita Lyman as chairman, but don't embarrass us by asking if we can dance. November 1 the play Action was put on and was a big success both finan- cially and as a dramatic production. The Jun- ior class was well represented in this, having Dorothy Brown, Rita Lyman, Olive Wood, Mary Browning, Emile Raymond, and Robert Allen taking part. March 1 we held the Junior Prom in the Memorial Hall. The hall was well decorated with the crystal ball and different colored streamers hung from a ring in the center. We hope the Seniors had a good time. The busi-