The Oakes times., 1906-06-07

can produce, three miles north of the
city of Oakes, the eldest member of
our class was born, Hilma Helen Mel
son. If you want to know her, she is
five feet, five and one half inches in
height and weighs one hundred thirty
five pounds. She has very light hair,
dark blue eyes, and a fair complexion.
Hilma attended the country school for
seven years. She then had to stop
school for two years. She entered
school in Oakes in the ninth grade in
1908, she went steady until last year
at Christmas when she decided to go to
the University of North Dakota. She
attended there three months, then
taught three months, entering the Oakes
school again the fall of 1905. Hilma
expects to teach and then go to Nor
NAL. But there are signs, which cause
US to wonder, if there will be years of
teaching. Hilma is noted for her loyalty
in all things of which she is interested.
The next member which will discuss
is James Franklin Nichols. He was born
on the fourteenth day of August 1887
in Waukon, Iowa, Allamakee County,
Makee township. He lived there until
the spring of 1893, when his parents
decided that North Dakota was the
place for a good home. James was
then eleven years of age; he entered the
Oakes school in the seventh grade.
James is a good student, but studies
best when the girls are on the opposite
side of the room. He says he likes
mathematics the best of his studies.
He is also very fond of reading in
English, especially when Macbeth is to
be studied. The farm has always been
his home, which think by his size, has
agreed with him fairly well, as he is
five feet, eleven inches in height, and
weighs one hundred eighty-three pounds.
James is going to University number
of years, to study civil engineering.
Minnie Hortense Walter, more COM
monty known among her schoolmates as
Topsy; said she was not born, but just
growed like Topsy. But after some
questioning l found that her birth place
was in Sargent County, North Dakota.
She started to attend the Oakes school
at six years of age, she finished the
first and second grades, then went one
year to the country school but entered
the Oakes school again in the fourth
grade, and has remained here since
then. Minnie is diligent student; her
favorite studies are mathematics and
grammar. In business law she is good
and was always ready to recite on the
topic, 'The right of Dowe-er. After
teaching awhile Minnie expects to go
to business college. She has a laugh
ing nature which can be finely illustrated
by Professor Bong.
Olga Enger, next to the eldest of a
large family, was born in Dickey County,
North Dakota, on farm. She went to
the country school until three years ago.
She entered the Oakes school in the
ninth grade at that time. Olga has
showed perseverance by working
against obstacles, which most of the
rest of US have not had to contend with
so as to be able to attend school. Arith-
metic and English are the studies, in
which she delights. She expects to
teach school before entering school
again.
The next is the class electrician, Lees
M. Boardman. Lees claims Oakes as
his birthplace, he has always attended
the Oakes school and has completed a
grade year from the pansy class up.
Lees says he likes all studies except
Latin. He expects to attend college
although he has not decided what his
future work will be, but by the pro-
phets way of thinking, he will be master
of some new and great invention.
Niles E. Bong, Professor Bong or
Rusty which ever name you wish to call
him (as he is familiar with all of them)
was born seventeen years ago in the
city of Oakes. He entered school in
the first grade at five years of age and
has completed the course. General his
tory and business law are his favorite
studies. He said he had been raised in
the garden. He is of Norwegian nation
ality has very light hair and dark blue
eyes. When asked what he expected to
do when he got through school, he said,
he expected to go to work. Niles is as
you may term 1t happy go-lucky fell
low but che doth indeed show sparks
that are like wit.
The poet Of the class, Julia Alfrieda
Dahlbeck, whose birthplace was one
half mile north of Oakes, in a little
white house on a farm, the twentieth
day of June 1888. She has been raised
on the farm, her school days were
divided between the country and town
schools until three years ago, when she
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