Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Miss Blanche Ryker was born and reared in the neighborhood of Nor- manda, Indiana. She began her education in the public schools, and was graduated from Butler University in 1910, the honor member of her class, She took a post-graduate course at Columbia University from which school she received an A. M. degree. ln 1924 she was called back to Butler and made a member of the Phi Kappa Phi honorary fraternity which had just been organized there. ln 1910 she accepted a position in the English depart- ment of the local high school and remained with the school for lifteen years, holding the position of head of the department for the last ten years. She was for the second time a member of the Senior Advisory Board at the time of her death: she was the Adviser of the Handbook of 1926 and for many years she had been the Adviser of the Sargasso staffs. ln September 1925 she became ill and was compelled to relinquish her Work: after four months of continual suffering, she died on January 25, 1926. I 1

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History of Year. . . Administration BOOK ONE , . . Seniors ...t. Juniors .i... Sophomores .. Freshmen . . . Advisers . . A BOOK TWO . . Publications .. Stage ., ., . Organizations . Society ,4.... BOOK 'l5l'IRElT . Football ..i. Basket-ball .. Track .,...,. Tennis . . . , . Girls' Athletics BOOK FOUR 1 . Reflections , . Jokes .... CONTENTS Page 10 Page 12 . , Classes Page 21 Page 5 1 Page 5 5 Page 5 9 Page 64 Activities Page 65 Page 73 Page 81 Page 95 Athletics Page 103 Page 111 Page 117 Page 124 Page 125 ,...Fun Page 129 Page 135

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DEDICATION To the memory of Blanche Avon Ryker, whose excellent mental gifts and special aptitude for teaching were coupled with a personality that was gracious, charming, and beautiful, a woman who inspired all with whom she came in contact to higher, nobler ideals, whose influence will euer be a cherished heritage for all her friends- we, the Senior Class of 1926, dedicate this book. P9