Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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Freshman -Class HEN THE DOORS of the Junior High and rural school bunk houses of the county swung open in September, one hundred seventy-five eager ten- derfeet came trooping out to take the trail. They came to the corral of old A. H. S. a11d chose the horses on which they would ride for the next four years. Some of the cayuses chosen were: Algebra, English, general sci- ence, history, psychology, and geometry and were very' dependable, worth-while ways if ridden by lads of spirit and patience. A small number of these tenderfeet, how- ever, unwisely picked outlaw branches such as: idleness, flirting, and playing hookie, and after riding for a fall, gave up in the attempts to be full-fledged Cowboys. Oth- ers not having acquired in previous years the ability to ride, failed to keep their seats in the saddle and dropped at various intervals along the trail. Of course, some of these tenderfeet would never make ranch foremen for they lacked the nerve to mount and catch up with other riders. A large per cent however, clung to the job un- til the round-up May 26, 1933. when the rewards of Sophomore were bestowed on deserving riders. During this first year's drive the chief range riders in- cluded: President, Ralph McMillan, vice-president, Bet- ty .lean Jones, secretary-treasurer, Faye Snyder. Rep- resentatives for the Student Council were Joan Hogan and Donald Makins. The ranch foremen were: Miss Margaret Scott, Miss Ethel Giles, and Mr. Fred Allison. Although plainly novices. this group l1as already made some records for other tenderfeet to aim at. XVith their Hforty-fours they have made several bulls-eyes such as super-salesmanship, for they sold more ground mustang at a football game than any other class and they also led all other classes in the Annual sales campaign which is held every year in the form of a contest to arouse in- terest among the classes. The freshmen have ranked third on the honor roll since the beginning of school, They have also been well represented in the rodeo of sports of the school including football, basketball, and baseball for the Cowboys, while the girls had a basketball tournament and a hockey tournament, On class night the freshmen gave a clever stunt which ended their class activities for the year, 1933. ROW 1-Snyder, lVlclVli'l:1n. Jones, Makins, Hogan. ROW 2-Engle, Frey, Burnette, Garten, Buchanan, Simmons, Emig, Bretches, De Haven, Funston. ROW 3 - Faust, Bell, Blaesi, Erb, Garver, Gary, Coleman, Cole, Akers, Carroll, Funk, ROW 4-Bow- ell, Baldwin, Coulson, Frank- lin, Blaehly, Jones, Eggleston. Funk, Black, Boyd, Gabhnrt, Emery, Dearsmiih. ROW 5-- Garclner, Clark, Elston, Bang- erter, Amsbaugh, Baldwin, Ayers, Bishop, Fshelman, Briney, Eshelman, Bell, Cook, Edwards. ROW lillflartsolf, llensley, Hurley, Kauffman, Kelly, Mc- Coy, Lange, Logan, Muchen, Lopp, Jones. ROW 2-Lew hart, Larson, Howland, Gibbs, Hershey, Miller, McWilliams, Korn, Hall. Kauffman, Haynes. ROW 3-Miller, Klager, Lorenson, Menges, Keim, Jones, Meeks, Has- lour, Kohart, Loncleen, Mar- tin, Kauffman, Hillman, Hoo- ver. ROW 4-McNall, Ing- ram, Martin, Giese, Har- greaves, Kean, Miller, Mar- steller, Leonard, Lundgren, Lambeth, Hogan, Haynes, Latly, Klamni. ROW 1-Stradtner, Morse, Phillips, Shearer, Towne, Moot, Wisby, Stants. Sutton, Morse, Wilson. ROW ll- Nash, Schwendener, Tremer, Patterson, White, Tucker, Towne, Probaseo, Pinkham, Young, Berry, Nichols. ROW 3-Van Sickle, Norton, Pur- rly, Witter. Monroe, Schneid- er, Seaton, Shatter, Sauer, Shetter, Rock, Walker, Pick- ing, Worley. ROW 4-Steele, Nelson, Witmer, Steelesmith, Woolverton, Sloop. Nash, Robson, Sparks, Nemechek, Peatling, Robson, Siraigght.

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Sophomore Class FTER ONE YEAR on tl1e open range the sophomore class of '33 picked up their lariats, donned their chaps, mounted their ponies, and started out on another ride across the open prairies, under the supervis- ion of Miss Neva NVeisgerber. One hundred thirty-seven cowboys started out on this ride. Seine were thrown from their horses, some found the ride too strenuous and were unable to continue on their journey. Occasionally some stray cowboy was picked up and made a lllilllllllkl' of the band. For head overseer or president, the rough-riding rangers picked John Dean Bakerg his assistant or vice-president was Dor- othy Ruchanang secretary was Lois Coulsong treasurer, Mary Jane liucierg Student Council representatives, Lu- cile Holmes and lVayne Zook. The Sophomores again tied for first place on the Hon- or Roll with the junior class as their only competitors. They were prominent in both girls' and boys' athletics and all other school activities. Since they were accustomed to singing on the range as they worked, they furnished much valuable material for the boys' and girls' glee club. They ROW 1-Zook, Coulson, K Holmes, Buchanan, Lucier, Baker. ROW 2-Eicholtz, Bretches, Elston, Baker, . Franklin, Black, Eshehnan, Fargo, Fisher, Davis. ROW 3--Emig, Ayers, Bushev. Campbell, Emig, Davis, Buh- rer, Funk, Bear, Chase, El- liot, Engle. ROW 4-Bo- gart, Brown, Corwin, Engle, Allman, Dull, Eicholtz, Davis, Ford, Cobb, French, Burt, Felbush. ROW 1-Kean, Markley, Miller, Haynes, Hesselbarth, Leckron, Hottxnan, Hutchi- son, Henderson. ROW 2- Morris, Milham, Lambeth, Myers, Haynes, Muller, Lip- pincott, Johnson, Mellor, Larsen, Moore. ROW 3- Holeman, Kauffman, Herr, Gleissner, Havener, Kauff- man, Mclllnay, Ginder, Milham, Mason. ROW 4- Huston, Morse, Garten, Kerns, McDonald, Miller, McKanna, Moot, Leffing- well, McCoy, Martin. ROW 1-Reed, Robertson, Walter, Woolverton, Sutton, Priem, Rassette, Steele, Nottorf. ROW 2-Zook, White, Zook, Todd, Ryan, Wilmore, Sparks, Rucas, Warder, Todd. ROW 3- Pientka, Osborn, Sheareil Pooler, Norman, Pepper, Warhurst, Stroda, Sare, Rathert, Singer. ROW 4- Whitehair, Schmidt, Pio- vance, Thiel, White, Peat- ling, Reed, Rowden, Peck, Welch, Todd. were also prominent in the various school clubs. Three of their members were candidates for vice-president of Student Council for the year 1933-3-l, Loy Letfingwell. Dwight and XVayne Zook, and Bishop Anderson. tour sophomores, entered the Central Kansas League Music Contest at Salina this year as soloists. Loy entered the boys' low voice contestg Bishop entered the boys' high voice contestg lVayne played the trumpetg and Dwight played the clarinet. In order to make money, the class sold candy at the Abilene-Salina, Thanksgiving: Day football game. and one basketball game. and also in the halls one evening after school. They rated second in the annual sales contest, On Class Night. a clever one-act play, A Case of Sus- pension. by Louise Latham Wilson, was presented by members of the class having the lnost dramatic ability. The foremen for the second ride across the prairies were: Neva XVeisgerber, Vera Steininger, and Roy Martin. During this year these second year riders have become more experienced and successful cowhands, and will prove to be popular and dependable t'Juniors. i

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p Athletic Department HVANJJ Head Coach OACH MARVIN VAN OSDOL, who has been coach- ing Abile11e teams for the past eight years, added another ribbon to his long string of successful coaching laurels and brought his basketball team out at the end of the season, champions of the Cen- tral Kansas League. This is the first time in the history of the school that Abilene has had this honor, and too lllllitil credit cannot be given Van Osdol. Van attended high school at Pretty Prairie. Kansas. and while i11 high school obtained two letters in football illld four in basketball, After graduating, he enrolled i11 the State Teachers' College of Emporia and after four years, graduated with three football letters and three bas- ketball letters and a B, S. degree ill education. After leaving school, Van was called to Abilene and given the job of athletic director ofthe high school. Ath- letics in Abilene previous to this had just been getting along. A. H. S. had had so111e good teams and was just breaking even on the expenses. During the eight years t'Van has coached, he has turned out three teams which won first place in the C. K, L. in football and one basketball championship team. Not only this, but he has also made possible for the school the best high school athletic field in Central Kansas. At the close of every year, Van has turned over to the school- board good profits instead of being forced to give the sad news that the athletic department had just broken even or had gtllle into the fred. Next year t'Van will not only be coach of Abilene High School but also principal. He is taking the place of C. E. Hawkes, who accepted the position of Superinten- dent of Public Schools at Oberlin, Kansas. The following shows Van Osdol's record in football and basketball since he started coaching eight years ago: 1 FOOTBALL Year G. XV. G. L. Pts. Opp. Pts. Scored Scored 1925 .... 6 .....,. .. 2 ...,,. .,.,, 2 11 50 f1926 .... 9 ....... .. 0 ...... ..... Q 01 46 1927 .... 7 ....... . 1, ..... ...' . ,239 32 1928 .... 8 ....... .. 1 ...... ..... 2 49 53 f1929 .... 7 ....... 2 ...... ..... 1 ea C58 111930 .... 7 ....... . 2 ....t. ..,.e 1 26 57 1931 .,.. ,..' z 3 ..... .. .. 5 ...... 74 so 1932 .... .Q 2 ................ 6 .........1...... 56 1411 BASKETBALL ' Pts Opp. l'ts. Xe-ar Scored Scored ll. NV G. li. 1925-24: ........ 570 ....... ....... 3 2,7 .,.... ..... 1 e .,..,,1 .,.. 4 1926-27 ........ 573 ...... ....,.e : 533 ..... ..... 1 5 .,.,... 1, 3 1927-28 ...... 1111 ....... ....... 5 12 ..,..... ..... 1 2 ....... .... 1 0 192s-29 .,.... 502 ....... .... : :sc ..... .,..,... 13 s 1929 :ao ...... 3-13 ....... ....,.. : ......,.. 11 5 1930-31 ...... 374 ....... ....... 3 34 ..... 9 7 1931 32 ...... 346 ....... ....... 3 ie ..... 7 9 A1932 ...... 465 ................ 394 ..... ..... 1 -1 o ii Denotes Championship Teams. OACH FLOYD CURRIER attended high school at Dodge City, Kan., and while in high school made two letters ill track and two in football. After gradu- ating from high school, he enrolled in the State Teachers' College of Emporia and was a two year letter-man in foot- ball and graduated with a B, S. degree in Education. maj- oring in physical educationf - - - - 'tNewt came to Abilene five years ago and received the job of teaching mathematics in the Junior High School and assisting in coaching high school football. During the football season, Currier coaches the line and Van Os- dol instructs the backfield. Both are specialists in coach- ing these divisions of a team and consequentlyj have pro- duced several stars in their several years of coaching. During the basketball season, Currier coaches the Jun- ior High team and thisyear also coached a freshman team of some merit. This helps Van greatly in as much as in future years these DIHYQFS UHVG already H good Start and proper instruction to carry on for the high Sflhool. He has instilled into the make-up of youngerathiletes the feeling of' friendliness and good will' that -h-as predom- inated in Abilene sports during the past few yearsg - NEW'l ' Assistant Coach