Arkansas City High School - Mirror Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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u - - rr Mmlclc The senior class play for 1936-37 was the interesting three act character dra- ma, Minick, written by Edna Ferber and George Kaufmann. It was a success- ful production, well given and well recei- ved. The plot of the story centers around old Mr. Minick, played by Douglas More. He comes to live with his son and daugh- ter-in-law who have been married about three years. Kathryn Curfman plays the part of Nettie, the daughter-in-law, with Jack Campbell taking the part of Fred, the son. Lil and Jim Corey, portrayed by Kath- leen Pfisterer and Norman Troxell, are the young Minicks' closest friends. With- out their wives knowing it the two young men have entered into partnership in a mail order company. Old man Minick discovers this and tells Nettie and Lil, who are enraged at the idea. The same aftenoon Nettie has her club at her home. Mr. Minick breaks up the meeting by unsuspectingly insulting the club members. Ruby Beebe, Peggi Ogren, Doris Treadway, and Evelyn Broderson play the parts of Mrs. Smallridge, Miss Stack, Miss Crackenwald, and Mrs. Lip- pincott, respectively. This act infuriates Nettie to the boiling Ta lee My Adviceh Take My Advice, this year's public speaking play was a rollicking three act comedy. The plot centered around the troubles of the Weaver family. Martin Myers and Kathryn Curfman had the roles of the brother and sister, Bud and Ann Weaver. Bud has quit col- lege to marry Marella Scott, the town vamp, played by Bette Brenz. Ann has been led to believe she has great dram- atic ability by Kerry Van Kind, a ham actor and phoney theatrical agent, pro- trayed by Bruce Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver, the harrassed parents, were very well done by Roy Worthington and Jayne Krammes. Mr. Weaver has a weakness for fake stock salesmen. He has never been able to get rid of them without first buying their phoney stock. Mrs. Weaver's latest brain storm in unmerology. She is PAGE 48 point. In the evening when Fred comes home there is a quarrel during which Nettie threatens to divorce her husband. Mr. Minick settles the situation by offer- ing to leave and stay in the Old Men's Home where he has two cronies, Mr. Deitenhoffer and Mr. Price, played by Joseph Olinger and Carrol Shupe. The young people then make up and beg him to stay. Everything runs smoothly for va while until Mr. Minick overhears Nettie' tell Lil as long as he is with them, she and Fred will never have children. Mr. Min- ick, who wishes to have a grandchild de- termines to not stand in the way. He packs his clothes and departs for the Old Men's Home . Annie the maid, whose part is taken by Claire Edwards, asks him what message she is to give the missus he says t'Tell her to call me Grandpa. Marjorie Hadley and Roy Worthington help furnish the comedy of the play, por- traying the parts of Marge and Al Dia- mond, a couple in the young Minicks' crowd who are continally on the go. The business managers of the play were Glen Montague and Robert Wilson. Marjorie Crill and Sarah Hellyer were the property managers. .. always finding corresponding numbers. Bradley Clement, Bud's English profes- sor at college, comes to the Weaver home to try to straighten out Bud's troubles. Instead, he helps the whole family out of a colossal mess: Professor Clement is played by Joe Foster. He proves to Bud that Marella is only a clever Hirt who has methods to her madness. She has been working with Jim- my Thayer, played by Ted Miller, to take all the men in town to a cleaning with their oil stocks. Mr. Weaver is then cured of his mania for salesmen and Mrs. Wea- ver promises to be through with numer- ology forever. Professor Clement also proves to Ann that her place is in his home and not on a New York stage. w i Mellerdrammers Min iclgf' Lil Corey .,,r,,.,, Nettie Minick ...,., .-.W Annie , .,,, H ,,Y,, J im Corey ...., Fred Minick ...... Kathleen Pfisterer Kathryn Curfman Claire Edwards .. Norman Troxell Jack Campbell Douglas More Minick .,,,,,,,. ,,,,,, ,Y,,,,,,-,, ,,,,,,,,,,VVV Marge Diamond Mr. Deitenhoffer A1 Diamond ....... Mr. Price ,,,,YY,,,,, D Mrs. Smallridge Miss Crackenwal d . Marjorie Hadley Joe Olinger Roy Worthington .....-..,Carrol Shune Ruby Beebe Doris Tredway Peggi Orgen Miss Stack .,,.,,,,,, ,,,,,,,A,, , V ,,,,,,,,,,, M MTS- Lippincott .... .. . Evelyn Broderson Take My Advice Ann Weaver ,,,,,, .. Professor Clement ,, ,, Bud Weaver . .. M r. Weaver Mrs. Weaver Jimmy Thayer ---- Marella Scott Kerry Van Kind Kathryn Curfman Joe Foster ,, Martin Myers Roy Worthington Jayne Krammes ., Teil Miller , Bette Brenz , Bruce Edwards PAGE 49

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N llf . 4 I I, .,, V' 1,7 i fy., f- lf' :W ' 'im 4. Qi J. af, .VH J.. .,. 4,1 il. 4 O 1 1 -Wi' 3 'News Hounds 3 ill' J lg! S' -3 1 ., Lily, ki? up s '-, I Qu- ,., .Slug .W 21:23 'E . li.Lll ' ' IW 'W :- gg , ' 13.2 Q 1 'if 9 'Q nu' 4 , . in, . , ,, . i mil, 1 ,X 1125-J' ' 'vel 2. . A eil 'K ' il' :flf 13 , - Neither all work nor all play reigned supreme among the members of the nine- teenth Ark Light staff. The gentle, UD though persistent prodding of P. M. Johnson, advisor, and Mary Holman, edit- or, preserved a happy medium. This year's newshounds, Mary Nolen, Claire Edwards, Betty Lester, Kathleen Pfisterer, Dorothy Nodler, Gilbert Brew- er, Ione Hughes, Robert Gillock, and Glen Montague hounded those important per- sons who managed to be everywhere at once but nowhere to be found. Norman Troxell, associate editor, and Gladys Hop- kins, circulation manager, could unfail- ingly be found in the midst of things. And writing their own basketball press Men of the Pressv The Pica Club is an honorary organi- zation for high school printers. This so-- ciety holds meetings twice a month in the printing room, located in the junior high building. At these meetings subjects re- lated to some phase of printing are dis- cussed. Eligibility to this club is dependent up- on the studentls ability, as only those making a B or above may become mem- bers. Two of the major activities of this or- ganization are the Pica Printing banquet. The Pica is a four page paper printed and edited by the .printing department. The banquet, open to all interested in print- aAnnualeers', PAGE The bigger and better mirror this year was made possible through the new ac- tivity ticket. Last year the Ark Light and Mirror were both sold for one dollar, but this year they cost about nine cents each. The activity ticket provided the money for the annual, but the Mirror staff pro- vided the material. The interesting and amusing snapshots were taken by Jack Stover and Dick Curtis. Charles Darby and Ted Miller have spent the wee hours of the morning pasting pictures in the Mirror and the mirror staff wrote reams and reams. Gladys-.Hopkins tried to keep the fi- nancial end' of the annual correct but she has almost as difficult a time as Claire Edwards, editor, had getting her notices presented no obstacles to Bob Wilson, sports editor, and Howard Engle- man, sports writer. Bob dribbled in the copy and Howard nonchalantly tossed it in the basket. You'll miss seeing George Pitts, busi- ness manager, Jack Maze, advertising manager, Bette Hamilton, Bill Howard, and John Warren, ad soliciters, bustling around like big town guys. The cubs, Jayne Krammes, Martin Myers, Ted Miller, Josephine Burton, Max Brown, and Juanita Harder, will in- herit not only trials and tribulations from the staff, but also the presidency of the K. I. P. A. captured for Mary Holman at the K. U. convention last fall. ing, was held during national printing week. The main feature of the banquet was speeches by people intimately con- nected with printing. Officers of the society are Jack Maze, presidentg Larnard Baker, vice-president, Leon Scott, secretary and treasurer, and George Pitts and Paul Marshall, co-edit- ors of the Pica. Members of the club are Ernest Ag- new, Max Brown, Ralph Champ, Joe Clouse, Charles Hurst, Don Lancaster, Jack Campbell, Forrest Wollard, Douglas Thompson, Merle Conroy, and Marion Stacy. Francis D. Modlin, printing in- structor, is sponsor of the club. reporters to turn stories in on time. Those cute little bulldog cartoons were drawn by our esteemed artists David Benjamin and Louis Johns. Helen Simp- son, Sarah Hellyer and Mary Henderson were assistant artists. Not to forget the men who helped make the Mirror possible, A. E. Maag, F. D.Modlin, P. M.Johnson, sponsors who went through the book time after time to make sure everything was going right. , Reporters on the staff are Mary Nolen, Norman Troxell, Ione Hughes, Betty Les- ter, Robert Gillock, Gilbert Brewer, Kath- leen Pfisterer, Howard Engleman, Glen Montague, Dorothy Nodler, Bette Hamil- ton, Mary Holman, Robert Wilson, and Charles Price. 46 3 'S i Goin' to Press PAGE 47

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Pep Club A. C. High has ever gloried In the purple and the gold- And with their purple and gold sweaters portraying 'the school colors so well, the Pep Club played theil' Part in spreading school spirit and pep. The business procedure of the Pep Club was carried on in the meetings held every Thursday after school in the Study Hall. During these meetings the desired ends were usually accomplished and a certain amount of humor also en- tered in, such as John Shea, head cheer- leader, remarking, I don't like to see vacancies marching down the street when we drill. Mary Fountain, bright little sopho- more, confided to the entire group, These Pep Club announcements simply slip my mind. VVhen a sympathetic admirer asked, What mind'? , Mary concluded that it would be simpler to keep quiet. Financial success of the Pep Club was aided by the activites of the refreshment Debate Debate activities for this year started when J. D. Davis, director of forensics, made a call for debators early in the fall. Debate this year was scheduled for the first semester as a regular one-half credit subject. The boys who took de- bate the first semester were Richard Curtis, Bob Lindemood, Kenneth Patter- son, Ernest Grose, Joe Foster, Martin Myers, Bruce Edwards, Ted Miller, Jack Hall, Douglas More, and Glen Montague. The outlook for a successful season seemed exceedingly good with three ex- perienced seniors on the team. On Decem- ber 11 and 12 a debate institute was held in Arkansas City High School. Fifty towns and over 300 debators visited Arkansas City during the meet. The first tournament of the year was held at Colfeyville. At this meet, Joe Foster and Glen Montague ranked second only to Coffeyville. All the sophomores and juniors were taken on this trip and participated in practice rounds. The second tourney was held at Em- poria. Bruce Edwards and Martin Myers PAGE so stand which was in charge of Jack Camp- bell, finance chairman. Bette Hamilton, stunt chairman, ar- ranged the unique pep chapels held be- fore each game. Publicity aids in the form of small tags were issued by the stunt chairman and committee. Before each basketball game the gym was decorated with purple and gold and with the colors of the opposing team. The officers for the year were Roy Worthington, presidentg Mary Pickett, vice-president, Mary Henderson, secre- taryg Jack Gibson, student council repre- sentativeg Bette Hamilton, stunt chair- mang Kathleen Pfisterer, publicity mana- gerg and Jack Campbell, finance chair- man. , Cheerleaders were John Shea, head cheerleader, Minerva Quinn and Lula Mae Hainds, assistants. Faculty spon- sors were Miss Henrietta Courtright, lVIiss Edith Joyce Davis, and J. Kelsey Day. composed the negative team. Oklahoma City, where the largest debate tourna- ments for high schools in the U. S. are held, then drew the teams attention. Out of 208 teams, Ark City represented by Ted Miller, Douglas More, Jack Hall, and Glen Montague captured s ec ond place. Newton won the final debate on a close decision. The next week-end the same boys dup- licated their performance and won second at the Ark Valley meet at the University of Wichita. At the district tourney at Winfield, the following week the team again carried off runner-up honors. J. D. Davis received from the state forensics committee an invitation to the state tournament at Lawrence on Feb. 26. The team was invited on its outstanding record of many consistent wins. At the state meet, the boys downed Topeka, defending champs, but were eleminated before the semi-finals of the tourney by the strong Hutchinson team. , Winciiammersl TOP PANEL FIRST ROW, left to rightfVernon Overstreet, Bill Blood, Martin Myers, Wayne Thomas, Craig: Howes, Peggi Ogren, Warren Thomas, Joe Norman, Betty Webber, Billy La Sarnre, Clarence Ford. SECOND ROW+Ja,ck Gibson, Jack Campbell, Geraldine Seeley, Roy Worthington, Marvelle Cox, llrin-u Edwards, Mary Fountain, Jean Day, Jayne Krammes, Kenneth Landers, Melvin Foster, Maxine Brewer, Betty Ray, Alice Lewis, Sarah Hellyer, Betty Jones, Clyde Grow. THIRD ROW--Robert Wilson, Maxine Douglass, Weldon Dickerson, Betty Lester, Mary Holman, Alfred Knight, Dorothy Nodler, Mary Pickett, Kathryn Curfman. Wanda Christy. Marjorie Crill, Ted Miller. FOURTH ROW-David Benjamin, Doris Force, Kenneth Messner, Mary Henderson, Betty Lon Sturtz, Jack Williams, Elizabeth Lewis, Bette Hamilton, Billy Boudreau, Helen Webster, Lula Mae Hughes, Robert Ward. FIFTH ROW-Catherine Gibson, Betty Allen, Milton Getter. Virginia Brown, Dorothy Markland. Harold Magnus, Betty Jean Buck, Bob Billings. Patty Yorke, Kathleen Pfisterer, Glen Montague, Bob Limlemood. SIXTH ROW--Jerry Ames, Isabelle Cannon, Betty Brenz, Helen Henderson, Claire Edwards, Virginia Amos, Raymond Billings, Marjorie Hadley, Joyce Hamm, Patty Barnard, Edna Chambers. Della Iirown, Mercedes Wommack, Helen Calkins. SEVENTH ROW-Lula Mae Hainds, Lela McNair, John Shea, Helen Burke Martin. Minerva Quinn. BOTTOM PANEL Ted Miller, J. D. Davis, Douglas More, Glen Montague, Betty Jones, Jack Hall Extreme R'2'ht John Shea, Lula Mae Hainds PAG I at F'