Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

Text from Pages 1 - 28 of the 1946 volume:

1946 El Dorado Junior College El Dorado, Kansas May, 1946 -i— Dedication . . . . WE, the staff, dedicate this 1946 edition of the Grizzly Growls, to a man who has devoted his life for almost two decades to the moulding ' and shaping of the junior college. He was one of the first persons to endorse the experiment of this type of education in Kansas and he has stuck with it through thick and thin and has seen it flower into a strong and useful institution. He is a quiet, calm man whose keen mind, cheerful smile and sincere personality has guided the thoughts and actions of those who pass through our portals to ways of higher living, who without his suggestions and encouragements may have never completed their education. Through his inspiration of courage, unselfishness and devoted love we, the class of 1946 shall seek to become better citizens. We hereby re- spectfully dedicate this book to our friend and dean, Earl Walker. is for Everyone Faculty Sophomores Freshmen Wini Steiner, Student President Earl Walker, Dean —3— Faculty Earl Walker, Dean J. F. Hughes, Superintendent of Schools Standing left to right: Ralph Wallingford, Instrumental Music; Glen R. Smith, Com- merce, Head of Dept. ; George H. Schoneberg, Industrial Education; Luther R. Franklin, Art. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Amy Laybourn, Hygiene; Marie Lafferty, Foods; Jeanette Barbour, Vocal Music; Ferna E. Wrestler, Mathmetics; Myrrl Houck, Libriarian. Not pictured: W. M. Grove, Biology; Joe Wallace, Athletics; C. Omer, Ethics. Standing, left to right: L. W. Nixon, English; A. H. Cornwell, Social Science; S. H. Coffman, Chemistry; Luke B. Headrick, Mechanical Drawing. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Cannon, Librarian; Virginia M. Davis, Commerce; Earl Walker, Dean, Biology and Psychology; Gladys Beuchat, Modern Foreign Lan- guages; Gene Shelden, Clothing. —4— Student Council First vow (left to right — Dean Walker, Beuchat, Keith, Steiner, Godding, Westler, Fullinwider. Second row — Schrepfer, McBride, Doane, Low, Walker, Siegrist, Baird, Shaffer. Student Council meeting at eight-fifteen And not a single council member to be seen But we know at eight-twenty, they ' ll be there or bust Because it ' s in these people that we ' ve put our trust. But even though Student Council members had as hard a time getting out of bed as the rest of us, they really got a lot accomplished this year. The campaign for student president was really a scorcher with many signs, bands, posters, and editorials, but when Wini Steiner pulled out the greatest number of votes, everyone was happy to cooperate. Without our Student Council to start us talking and to back us up, we might never have had : Freshman Initiation with the green, and the purple and gold caps ; good support of bond and stamp drives ; Room 1-1, unless hostesses had been provided ; and improved attendance at assemblies, and the Grizzly Den. We certainly couldn ' t have had our blessed, longed- for, begged-for, worked-for annual ; and we ' d have missed the wonderful, united school spirit we ' ve all enjoyed. Here ' s three cheers for Student Council, the listening and working heart of Juco. The officers this year are : President, Wini Steiner ; Vice President, Mary Keith; Secretary, Vina Godding. —5— Allen, Glen Anglemyer, Martin Arnall, Jo Ann Ayler, Merle Baird, Margaret Bechtold, Corrine Binter, William Brunson, Montie Bare, Edward Coffman, Robert Davis, Darleeri Delaney, Virginia Ferguson, Elvin Ferguson, Thaddeus Gifford, Dorothy Haring, Lloyd Johnson, Pieratt Johnson, William Keith, Mary Lou Leben, Adeline McBride, Vivian Marquardt, Velda Locke, Violet Low, Ada Lutz, Goldie Oliver, John Pond, June Meyer, O. W. Jr. Miller, Maxine Mooers, Ruth Stansbury, Lucretia Steiner, Winifred Schrepfer, Jonne Siegrist, Margaret Sparks, Raymond Swengel, Robert Walker, Ross PRESIDENT Judy Schrepfer VICE-PRESIDENT Ada Low SECRETARY Violet Locke Class of 1946 SOPHOMORES Now that we have finally reached our sophomore year in college, we hate to see it pass. It is the end of many good times in Juco, but the memories will keep us busy for years to come. We have, incidentally, gained access to knowledge that will help us in the future. Our teachers have not only instructed us in our classwork but also have become our friends and advisors. Even though we thought for awhile that we were in a girls ' school, we have now been encouraged. This last semester has shown a great in- crease in th male population and without a doubt, this has increased our activities to a large extent. Judy Schrepfer, as president of the class, led us through Freshman Initiation and other events too numerous to mention. Ada Low was vice president and Violet Locke, secretary and treasurer. —7- g§mt% V lPi ' . ,..■ •;:■:.■ .:■. V :■. . . ... ■ , ' .■■■ !£ ' • First Row — Kelley, McKinney, Moore, Rowe, Smith, Ashton, Bell, Beal, Fowler, Hobson, Holladay, T. Ferguson. Second Row — Grist, Binter, Allen, Persons, Mooers, Clymer, Wilson, Perry, Mathews, Bonnell, Ayler. Third Row — Oliver, Anglemyer, Walker, Heston, Coffman, W. Johnson, P. Johnson, Black, Lehman, E. Johnson, Haring, Meyer, Swengel, Malcolm, E. Ferguson. Not Pictured: O ' Neal, Walk. Welcome Back, Boys! -8— In Memoriam . . . . E. J. C. Students Who Gave Their Lives In Defense Of Their Country: James J. Binter Edward Brumback Edward Cole Frank Gonzales James Guyot Calvin Jacoby Jodie R. Lowrance Wayne Reed Richard Strickland Darrell Whitmore James Woods Bill Davidson Paul DeLong Donald King Loren Hull Emmett Hesselbarth Howard Hibbler Dave Main Martin Mahannah J. W. Marsh Oren Newby Harry Moore Lee Ow Thomas Wilmarth Dick Yelley Herschel Brown Walter Bertram —9- Freshmen - - Class of 1 947 The freshman class of ' 45 and ' 46 on that great day in September, filed into the office to meet the Dean and face enrollment . . . the first day was, as usual, a hub-bub of wondering how, when, and where. After we became organized in the first class meeting, the problem of whitewashing the letters on the hill presented itself .... (because of the man-power shortage in the college, it became necessary for us to seek aid from the sophomore class in this job). We ' ll always remember that morning when requirements for initia- tion day were posted. After our nine weeks exams and our initiation day, we were full- fledged freshmen. Some of our class will stay to become sophomores in Juco and others will go, but none of us will forget our first year in college. The officers this year are: President, Jim Fullinwider; Vice Presi- dent, Dona Maddux; Secretary, Jane Schreck; Treasurer, Maxine Brad- bury. President - Vice President Secretary Treasurer - - Jim Fullinwide - Dona Maddu: Jane Schrecl Maxine Bradbur Row 1 — (left to right) Nufer, Pershall, Kelley, McKinney, Moore, Rowe, Smith, Hollis, Lehman, Black, Hobson, Holladay. Row 2 — Hefty, Watts, Steiner, Dennis, Laybourn Smith, Bradbury, Bell, Nonken, Knollenberg, Bailey, Bruce. Row 3 — Ashton, Allen, Persons, Bell, Clymer, Wilson, Bonnell, Fowler, Beal, McCoy, Perry. Not Pictured: Mrs. Beatty, Gray, Walk, Woodward. ■ ■:■,.:■:.■ ■ .:■;, v ■.;. :.:. ■ ■■■ ■ ■■.:■■ .. ■■:■■ : , ■ ' P ft Ife. Mu m ' ' ' W ' ' . ' -? - ' kmi Mf W i GaS m sup «m Row 1 — Weber, Stroud, Overton, Haymes, Erdwien, Haines, Malcolm, Brammer, Seal, Parrish, Mason, Fullinwider, Jones. Row 2 — Waite, Mattix, Green, Trost, Snook, Doubek, Pipkin, Shaffer, Cruse, Barber, Maddux, Hig- genbotham, Miller, Beuchat (sponsor). Row 3 — Nixon (sponsor), Clark, Garcia, Allen, Knox, Shepherd, Jack, Arp, Murray, Knox, Godding, Duncan, Helling, Doane, Grady, Harris, White, Fowler, Pizinger, Schreck, McGahan. —10— IS for Joy Parties Picnics Dances Phyllis Doane, Queen; John Brammer, King -11- Beginning course in Snackology Hail to you Alma Mater Visiting Day (true friends) Staggerin ' out (test day) Got your algebra? Juco ' s twins? Waiting for the train to come in ! Seven come eleven Definitely obsolete They Dood it! Problems of the day. It ' s amazing what make up will do ! Hot Shots Why most men have wrecks. The last straw Look at the birdie Love those guys! Juco pep Smiles that make us happy Air Raids! —12— Suzie - Q Stop droolin ' Wrong way Sparky Ran out of film Instructors in the Atlas Course (huba) Get busy you Freshmen! The Sen-Son Gang Ladies in waiting? All in a day ' s work! Ohhhhhh Berty Oh, but he ' s married C. O. ' s no doubt Hi Shorty What ' s this? Take it easy Whatcha lookin for? Aren ' t they cute? Nice — ah-h-h Eager Beaver! -13— Calendar September 7, 1945 September 9, 1945 September 10, 1945 September 18, 1945 September 19, 1945 September 20, 1945 October 17, 1945 November 2, 1945 November 12, 1945 November 16, 1945 November 22, 1945 November 29, 1945 December 2, 1945 December 5, 1945 December 13, 1945 December 22, 1945 January 3, 1946 January 18, 1946 January 21, 1946 January 23, 1946 January 25, 1946 February 5, 1946 February 14, 1946 February 22-23, 1946 February 25, 1946 February 26, 1946 March 1-2, 1946 March 5, 1946 March 4, 1946 March 12, 1946 April 12, 1946 May 3, 1946 May 16, 1946 May 19-24, 1946 May 19, 1946 May 24, 1946 Where do we go? That was the question most freshmen and sophomores were ask- ing as we went to our first assembly this morning. Teachers had a hard time finding stray Freshmen about the building. First International Relations Club meeting was held. Plans for another meeting are being made for the election of officers. Y. W. C. A. Get Acquainted Party. Approximately fifty girls came dressed as song titles. We really had a gay old time. Clubs organized and officers elected. Big plans are being made for the coming year. Pi Delta Theta elected new members and they were initiated tonight. Fun was had by everyone, even the new members. Freshmen caps arrived, also Sophomores are wearing caps this year — gold and purple too. They really look slick. Thank heavens, one whole day holiday. I can ' t believe it. Wot ' a relief. After two months of hard work and no play. Teacher ' s meeting. Jack and a few others were beginning to be dull. Dean Walker is in the hospital. We all miss him very much, and hope he will be back with us soon. Grade cards out today. If we haven ' t made as good grades as we would like to, let ' s get busy with those lessons and bring those grades up to where we will be proud of them. Thanksgiving vacation. We all give thanks for a holiday. Most of the teachers have gone to their homes. We can have a little peace and quiet for a while. Juco ' s got a Basketball team. We have great hopes for the team this year. Back again. I dare not look at the bulletin board. There is a long list of tardies. Cheerleaders were elected today. Cheer-leaders — basketball team — it all seems like a dream of about four years ago. New character makes her appearance in Juco today. She first dropped into Mr. Nixon ' s second hour English Lit. class. She seems to have taken a liking to one of our freshman boys. In fact she has captured everyone ' s heart around Juco. She has been given the name of Betty Grable. We know that our new friend, Miss Grable will never be able to make the honor roll on her grade points, for she can neither read or write but she will definitely remain in all our hearts for her catnips and purrin ' ways — yes, you guessed it, Miss Grable is a kitten. Christmas Holidays! Dear Santa Claus: Please bring us some good grades and an all day sucker. Everybody ' s off for Home Sweet Home. I made 60 per coming up those terrible steps just after the bell this morning. These holidays are ruinous. Those horrid exams are finally over and now all I can do is wait to see if I ' m still a Jucoite. Hold everything! Juco was never like this. We have over 40 ex-G. I. ' s enrolled this morning and why wouldn ' t that make a difference. Played Chanute in basketball and won 43-27. More fun! Got quite an upset tonight when Ark City beat us in basketball. Well, we can ' t al- ways win. Basketball plays a big part in our school. We won from Friends University tonight. Ah! Valentine ' s Day. Cupid has been very good to us this year. Played host to seven Junior Colleges at the basketball tournament, of fun, especially since we won first honors. Sophomore girls went to a wonderful dinner given by the B. P. W. C. so beautiful. We had the school party tonight and everyone acted as if he had a good time. Delegates went to the I. R. C. at Emporia. Reports are very good. How about that? Pi Delta Theta presented The Crimson Coconut, in order to raise money for the annual. Spring sports were started. Hurray! Play cast was announced. Practice will start Monday. The play was given. It was definitely a success. We had a lot of fun giving it too. Y. W. Tea. All the collegians in dress up attire made the spring formal smack of real up town stuff. Quite the best occasion of the season. Exams, farewells — everything over for a wonderful year at college. Tonight Baccalaureate services were held for Junior College and Senior High students. Tonight was the last night of our Junior College experiences which we shall never forget. Really was a lot Everyone looked —14— is for Curriculum Activities C lubs Plays —15— Sports First Row— (left to right) Beal, Coffman, Walker, Bell, Grist, Johnson, Binter, Swengel, Holladay, (check boy). Second Row — (left to right) Coach Groves, Brammer, Jones, Moore, Fullinwider, Hollis, Holladay, Hobson, Ashton, Perry, Coach Wallace. Not Pictured: Lehman, Black. REBOUNDS By Clymer Resuming basketball after an absence of two seasons the El Dorado Grizzlies made an excellent showing. Lack of sufficient interest and players among some schools this year made league play impractical. Games were scheduled with schools that supported teams and much interest was shown. With the war now over and men returning to school it is believed that athletics may resume their pre-war schedule by next fall. The Grizzlies began their season very slowly, drawing heavily on the manpower then enrolled. Experience was at a minimum but enthusiasm was great. The second semester brought back many former stu- dents with more experience and the team steadily improved. As a finale, the Grizzlies were hosts to eight competing teams for an unofficial state tournament. Much interest was shown and many of the games were thrillers. El Dorado went through the bracket unde- feated by upsetting favored Kansas City Junior College for the championship. Season ' s Games El Dorado 25 Ark City 21 25 St. John 47 23 Wichita U. B 46 21 Central College 50 29 St. John 43 43 Chanute 27 29 Ark City 53 48 Central College 29 58 Friends U. 29 66 Friends U. 16 42 Wichita U. B 33 56 Chanute 33 Tournament Scores El Dorado 48 Coffeyville 36 53 Dodge City 36 j 45 Kansas City 41 ON THE CINDERS The Grizzlies ended the season of sports with a good tennis and track team. The The track team attended the K. U. relays and several tournaments. For the first time since 1942 Juco has boasted a track and tennis team — they made an excellent show- ing. —16— Varsity Club Varsity Club was formed second sem- ester of this year when five former mem- bers, of the returning veterans, came back to enroll in Juco. Before the war this was a fairly large organization which is now composed of all men who have made a letter in our interscholastic sports. We now have representatives of the state cham- pion football team of 1942 tha t won all eight games of the season ; Bob Swen- gel, Bill Binter, and Pieratt Johnson, Merle Ayler is also a two year football letterman playing on the 1940 and ' 41 teams that had very successful seasons. Warren Grist made his letter when he played on the 1941 tennis team, Bob Swengle was a member of our last track team before the war brought that sport to a halt. These five men were elected as offi- cers of the club with Bob Swengle as pres- ident, Bill Binter vice-president, Pieratt Johnson secretary, Merle Ayler, treasurer, and Warren Grist as the Student Council representative. Our new coach, Joe Wal- lace, who is also a returned serviceman, is the sponsor. With this year ' s letter men in basketball and track the organization once again is active in school policies and activities. f ' i CHEERLEADERS: Judy Sehrepfer, Elvin Ferguson, Evelyn Shaffer. -17- Y. W. C. A. To the National Y. W. C. A. Board, the El Dorado club is just one of 1,418. Our club may seem small to them, but to the girls of Juco, it holds a place of paramount importance. To the citizens of El Dorado it gives an assurance that Christian living still exists in the younger circle. New members were introduced into the Y. W. C. A. by a get-acquaint- ed party in the library, given soon after school started. At Christmas we had a caroling party. It was enjoyed both by the Y. W. members, and our special guests, of the evening, the boys of Juco. We had one day and one night meeting a month. The day meeting was held during activity period. In these meetings we had special programs and discussed social problems. Our night meetings were parties and after the formal meeting, games were played, and refreshments were served. —18- Dramatics The curtain falls on the third act of Last Stop and Pi Delta Theta has finished another successful year. Although we were unable to pre- sent a fall play, the spring - play was a huge success. Besides our main play, we had several smaller plays. Among these were Fatal Quest and The Crimson Cocoanut. The latter play was given to raise money for this annual. The most fun for the older members was the initiation. We really gave it to them, since we had the chance. The officers this year are: President, Judy Schrepfer; Vice-president, Neil Erdwien; Secretary, Montie Brunson; Treasurer, Ada Low. CAST FOR LAST STOP Standing: Nixon, Stansbury, Mattix, Low, Godding, Schrepfer, Clymer, Harris, Johnson, Laybourn, Gifford, McBride, Oliver. Seated: Green, Steiner, Pipkin, Maddux, Swengel, Knollenberg, Duncan. Not pictured: Heston. —19— Science Club Lights out. Curtain. Action. No, it ' s not the first nighters, it ' s only the science club developing films in Mr. Coffman ' s basement. The club membership more than doubled itself this year and we always had a gala time. Especially the picnic out at the lake, with boy scout Wentling trying to build a giant bonfire and everyone stuffing himself with hotdogs, cokes and everything that goes with them. Then the parties in Mr. Coff- man ' s basement. There were certainly some exciting ping pong tourna- ments. Also, we got quite a bang out of the piano as we pounded out Corine, Corina, making the walls expand about two feet. Yep, we really had lots of fun, not to mention how much we learned. Say, I didn ' t know Mr. Coffman was so good at telling fish stories. The officers this year were: Ada Low, president; Phyllis Doane, vice-president; and Dona Mad- dux, secretary-treasurer. —20- International Relations Club Did you know that if the British Isles were not near Europe, there would be no English Channel? How did I get so smart? International Relations Club, of course. Remember those wonderful times we had dis- cussing everything from kings to buck privates? There were service men to tell of their experiences in foreign countries and among strange people, book reports, and discussion groups which presented challenging material for our consideration. The climax of the year ' s activity was the Inter- national Relations Club ' s annual convention held in Emporia in March. It was the first such convention to be held in three years, and El Dorado Juco sent five delegates who participated in the activities of the conven- tion. The club has helped this year to crystallize the thinking of Juco students on the international scene. Mr. Cornwell is the sponsor of this organization. -21- Journalism The Voice — that ' s what the Grizzly Growls is (and we think it ' s even better than Sinatra!) Darleen Davis, Dona Maddux, Mary Mattix and Mary Lou Keith as editors and a lot of super sleuths on the staff tore their hair every Tuesday trying to get the paper ready and when it came out on Friday in the Butler County News it was a school paper of poems, quota- tions, gossip, editorials, features, and accounts of school activities of which Juco could rightly be proud. The best edition of the Growls was the Christ- mas one of two full pages. Mr. Nixon it was, who, as sponsor, had to wade through all the articles and finally, they met with his approval, (aha, there ' s the rub!) put his ok on them. In addition to working on the paper, the journalism students had several parties and picnics, all of which adds up to a lot of fun ! Seated (left to right) — Maddux, Davis, Steiner, Schrepfer, Bechtold, Marquardt, Mattix. Standing (left to right) — McBride, Clark, Baird, Fowler, Nixon, Schreck, Erdwien, Mason, Sparks, Brunson, Low, Keith, Arnall. —22- A BIT OF MADNESS We racked our brains, we tore our hair. Sometime we said we didn ' t care, But still we slaved and did our best, And the little tin can did all the rest. Now finances kept us raving mad, And even at times a little sad. The writeups we begged and pleaded for And to sell an annual we pleaded more. So here it is and may it be The best one you will ever see! (Left to right — Low, Erdwien, Godding, Doane, Maddux, Davis, Mattix, Barber, Schrepfer, Steiner. Not pictured: Clymer, Miss Beuchat, Miss Wrestler. —23- Staff . Editor - - Doris Darleen Davis Associate Editor - Dona Maddux Business Managers - Phyllis Doane Vina Lou Godding Judy Schrepfer Norma Ruth Barber Dave Clymer Neil Erdwien - Winifred Steiner Mary Mattix Ada Low - Montie Brunson Jo Ann Arnall Miss Wrestler Miss Beuchat Art Editor - Sports Editor Photography Editorialist Typists : - Advisors IN APPRECIATION: of the toil, sweat and gray hairs that have develop- ed, during the publication of this 1946 Grizzly Growls, I should like to extend my apologies for being so tyrannical as to cause them. Words cannot express my wholehearted gratitude for the cooperation and assistance shown by all members of the staff for it has been a pleasure and an honor to work with such wonderful people. Because it is impossible to list all those who contributed to making our book a success I should like to give recognition to those who helped so very much. I am grateful to Dean Walker, Mr. Nixon, Mr. Headrick, Mr. Cornwell, Mr. Schone- berg, Mr. Omer, Mr. Smith and all other faculty members; the caretakers of the building; Mrs. J. C. Mattox, the Board of Education and the El Dorado businessmen for all suggestions and contributions given ; the student council and the student body as a whole and especially Jane Schreck, Margaret Baird, Mary Lou Keith, Vivian McBride, Pauline Fowler, Corrine Bechtold, Pieratt Johnson, Chuck Hollis, Neil Erdwien, Evelyn Shaffer and Velda Marquardt, who have helped so much in the composition. I also wish to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Bud and Roy Thompson, Mr. Paul F. Dunn, Mr. J. W. Greenbank and Mr. Frank Adrian for their fine work we now display. I wish to thank all other persons or organizations whom I have neglected to mention. I sincerely trust that this book lives up to all the expectations of the student body and I hope that in the years to come the happiness and good times found in this school year may be reflected in these pages .... The Editor. Mid-Continent Engraving Company Thompson Photographic Laboratories The Butler County News -24—