Name/Title
Oracle yearbookEntry/Object ID
Library.1175Tags
Library yearbooks as of June 4, 2023Description
volumes ; illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.
Oracle (Duval High School ,Jacksonville, Fla.).
Began in 1907- ended 1927.
Yearbook and literary magazine. Began as a school literary paper with the last issue usually a commencement issue. Eventually became just a yearbook.
Frequency varies: monthly; 1918 had 6 issues p.86. In 1919 went annual.
Library has: School year 1909-1910: Nov-March issues; School year 1910-1911:April, June issues; School year 1911-1912: Jan, May; School year 1912-1913: April, June; School year 1913-1914: Dec., April, May, June; School year 1914-1915: Nov. 1914, Dec.(2 cop), Feb. 1915, March, May, June, Commencement programme class of 1915; School year 1915-1916: Dec. 1915, March 1916, June; School year 1916-1917: Softcover volume has Nov. 1916, Dec, Jan. 1917, March, April, June issues and individual issues for Jan. 1917, March, 1917; School year 1917-1918: Dec. 1917,Feb. 1918, April, June (2 copies); 1919-1927 yearbooks.
Selected contents: April 1909 issue: Editorial on forming the literary society, Phi Gamma Tau and other clubs -- Jan. 1910 (1909?) issue: Cover indicates Jan. 1910 but 1st article says Jan. 1909. p.13 announces year 1910 has arrived. assume 1910 -- Dignan Park -- Dedication p.10, initial issue of new year -- Dedicated to athletics and Coach Prof. Wilbur.
Selected contents: Oct. 1909 issue: Editorials, new Oracle staff -- Athletics -- Social column (John Doggett, assistant to editor of column, nominated for Junior Class President,; Carita Doggett, 08, freshman at Vassar College; Stockton; L'Engle -- Nov. 1909 issue: John B. Sinclair, widely known inventor, returns for visit -- Dec. 1909 issue: Duval High School sophmores: Commencement issue,May 1909: Dr. Walter E. Knibloe, Principal photo -- Photo of junior class, 1910 -- Photo of Oracle staff -- 1911 sophomore class photo -- 1912 freshman class photo -- Ads such as Draughton's Practical Business College, Fairlie's PharmacyDozier & Gay's paint, Gibson Brothers, Regal Shoe Industrial Record publishing company : Feb. 1910 issue: Nature's work for Minorcans (poem) -- History of the Minorcans -- Constitution/by-laws of the Young Ladies Athletic Association. -- March 1910 issue: Easter 1910 on cover -- p.27, 1st assembly of the students in March turned out to be a banner morning -- June, 1911: Debating issue - became separate study in 1909 and increased in interest -- Historic bits -- Launch party given by Mr. Francis L'Engle on his boat Nadia -- Alumni notes -- Jan. 1912: South Jacksonville - past & present (William Jones, William Hendrix, Isaac Hendrix, King's Road, public ferry in 1837 to Isaac Hendrix's son, William, who sold to George Stone who sold to William Young, Hendrix Plantation) -- Loss of a friend - Henry Howe Deane, Jr. -- May 1912: Photo & poem of Old Oak tree -- Trip on Clyde Steamship boat to Sanford -- Trip to St. Augustine visiting Fort Marion, cell where Osceola held -- Alumni news including marriage of Duncan Fletcher's daughter, Louise Fletcher , to Doctor Junior Kemp; Christmas 1913: Photo of a lovely street in Panama Park -- Farewell to Principal, Mr. Hathaway, & welcome to Mr. Rutherford --Panama Park -- Ralph D. Paine, son of Pastor of Trinity M.E. Church, published The Adventures of Captain O'Shea -- AD for Florida Military Academy; Easter 1914: Literary Society established; May 1914: Photo of unpaved country road near Mandarin -- Welcome to visitors who come to attend reunion of Confederate Veterans -- Commencement number soon to arrive -- Coming reunion (Honored when the heroes of the Southern Lost Cause choose to gather in Jax) -- Commencement programme class of 1915:Board of Public Instruction -- List of faculty -- Awarding of diplomas by William M. Stockton -- Senior essays including essays by Nellie Holden, Harvey Miller, G. Arthur Stetson, Robert Towers; Class of 1917 group photo -- Alumni (Fritz Hauseman working on construction of Panama Canal & details of his life; H.H. Buell and Miss Mabel Buell painted theatre scenery for Warburton Theatre, Yonkers, NY; This is the 1st set ever used on that stage painted entirely by a woman; John Doggett, Jr., a Yale student, elected president of the Southern Club, 1st ever from Florida
Library has: School year 1909-1910: Nov-March issues; School year 1910-1911:April, June issues; School year 1911-1912: Jan, May; School year 1912-1913: April, June; School year 1913-1914: Dec., April, May, June; School year 1914-1915: Nov. 1914, Dec.(2 cop), Feb. 1915, March, May, June; School year 1915-1916: Dec. 1915, March 1916, June; School year 1916-1917: Softcover volume has Nov. 1916, Dec, Jan. 1917, March, April, June issues and individual issues for Jan. 1917, March, 1917; School year 1917-1918: Dec. 1917,Feb. 1918, April, June (2 copies); 1919-1927 yearbooks.
1909 commencement issue online: https://www.whitewayrealty.com/old-class-photos/duval-high-school/duval-high-school-class-of-1909-jacksonville-flCollection
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Duval High School (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- Students -- Periodicals., Duval High School (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- Students -- Yearbooks.Publication Details
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Duval High School (Jacksonville, Fla.).Publisher
Duval High SchoolPlace Published
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Jacksonville, Fla.Date Published
1909 - 1927Call No.
Yearbook shelf alphabetically by yearbook titleNotes
Creation Date: 1909-1927