history
The
class of 1918 is the largest class that ever entered O.H.S.,
the enrollment being sixty-eight. Of this number,
twenty-four will graduate, still leaving it the largest
class to graduate from O.H.S. this is only about one-third
of the number entering. the rest of this number have dropped
out and have entered the many different pursuits of
life. Those
who remained saw the true worth of an education especially
during this era of unusual development and so continued to
pursue an education. Even their high school education has
not sufficed and many have decided to enter college and thus
broaden their lives, mentally, physically and
socially. Every
one knows the broadening powers of a college education. We
all wait anxiously to see the outcome of each one's
enterprise. Those
who have not decided to enter college are either teaching
school or entering upon some local work. All
through high school, we have taken particular interest in
all of our studies, making an exceptionally high percentage.
Not only in work, but in athletics, we have ranked
high. During
the high school course many of our classmates have decided
to enter into the holy bonds of matrimony. The following
people have left for this noble pursuit: Adeline
Brown-Shawver, Velma Cravens-Brady, Gradys
Holthouse-Crowley, Ruth Cooke-Thompson, Sybil
Bussert-Troxel, Ruth Yount-Gardner and Dan
Gardner. Three
of our classmates have moved away and they will graduate
this year. they are Josphine Johnson, Topeka, KS; Glenn
Watson, Sterling, CO; Cecil Murphy, Abilene,
KS. The
summer preceding the sophomore year our hearts were saddened
by the accidental drowning of two very popular young boys of
our class, Cecil Boyer and Orville Matherly. Catherine
Rue is in Kansas City, studying music under Prof. Cranston
and is making wonderful progress, having appeared in Grand
Opera the last two seasons. Millard Rutter is attending
Huff's Business College, in Kansas City. Clyde Price and
Fred Wilkinson left school to enter the business world and
no doubt are very successful. Carl Murdock, Charles Hart and
William Vest have gone to serve Uncle Sam under the Stars
and Stripes and we are very proud of them. Carl and Charles
are now in France. During
the Junior year, the class gave a minstrel show, which was a
decided success displaying some excellent talent. We also
gave the Class of 1917 a very delightful reception at the
close of our Junior year. Then
comes the Senior year with all of its trials and
tribulations. This is the time when the students begin to
look upon life with a clearer concept of what it really is.
We have to plan our life work now. We begin to realize the
worth of an education and to realize that we don't "know it
all", like we thought we did when we were Freshies.
Then
in this Senior year, our hearts were again saddened by the
untimely death of one of our brightest and most popular
boys, Doris Miller. Just
as the cold and show of winter drives all to the shelter of
home, so the Seniors look ahead and dread the cold of the
outside world without the shelter of Alma Mater. We enjoy
the social gatherings more than ever for the separation that
is to come so soon. So, we leave our alma Mater O.H.S having
our many aims and aspirations.