Independence Junior College - Inkanquil Yearbook (Independence, KS)

Text from Pages 1 - 36 of the 1927 volume:

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Several changes were made in the faculty for the second year. Mr. E. R. Stevens, the new principal of the high school, became the now dean of the college, thus transferring the direct administration of the college from the city superintendent's ofice to the high school building. This, of course, has its ad- vantagesg but it places a heavy responsibility upon the shoulders of Mr. Stevens, who su- Page 4 pervises the senior and junior high schools as well. However, Mr. Stevens has proved a capable administrator and the junior college has operated with increasing smoothness and success. Other changes in the faculty were the ad- ditions of Messrs. Kirby and Klassen, who both filled places of resigning instructors, and Miss McGaffey, who came in as seventh member. The addition of the latter as an assistant in English and instructor in Ameri- can government made it possible to handle satisfactorily the increasing number of col- lege students. Among the college students, whole-hearted- ness and seriousness have been the prevail- ing characteristics. From the start the I. J. C. had placed the emphasis on scholarship, and it now can be said that with us not athletics, but intellectual development, is upheld as the paramount goal. -Loren Salisbury. FACULTY Left to Right-Stevens, Kirby, Wood, Russell, Klassen E. R. STEVENS, A. M., Dean of the College GEORGE SUDERMAN, A. M., History J. R. KIRBY, A. M., Asst. Dean, Social MISS ALICE MAY AUSTIN, A.M., Math Science . ematzcs MRS. MAJEL WOOD, A. M., Romance , MISS LAURA McGAFFEY, A. M., English Language American Government MISS PEARL RUSSELL, Librarian F. C. MEYERS, A. M., Physical Science A. H. KLASSEN, A. M., English FACULTY Left to Right-Suderman, Austin, McGaffey, Myers Page 5 SOPHOMORE OFFICERS 0 Left To Rlgghfg--Gilmore, Presidentg Sanders, Vice-Presidentg Ellsworth, Secre- ta: y-Treasurer. ' Sophomore Class History It was in the year of 1925, during the month of September, that sixty guileless, unsophis- ticated, trusting babes in the guises of fresh- men entered the portals of that temple of higher learning, the Independence Junior College, to begin ,an unequal struggle with advanced education. The swaggering stride of the blase upperclassmen Csophomores who had served their apprenticeships as dupes in real collegesb caused a deep envy to grow in the hearts of these freshmen, and immed- iatcfly, there arose within them a desire to accept the mannerisms of the soph elite. As proof of their rapid absorbtion of higher ed- ucation, these freshmen became accustomed to the new life, and fell to work with a gring and the thing that couldnit be done, they did it. By this time, they were under the im- pression that they were a class, so they organ- ized and elected Harold Bullock to the high dignity of president, Katharyn Potts vice president, and Alice Featherngill secretary- treasurer. Thy pretended to love the work, and did enjoy the fun, and so passed as the first class of freshmen in the Independence junior college. With his gleaming scythe, Father Time mowed down another year, and the good Page 6 year of 1927 found the guiless babes trans- formed into dignified sophomores. But there still burned in their mighty intellects that thirst for knowledge which had brought them iirst to college. Again they organized, and elected James Gilmore president, Jack San- ders vice president, and Charlotte Ellsworth secretary-treasurer. The first true graduating class from the Independence Junior College has been a vic- torious one. With the class wagon hitched securely to a star, and with Prof. Francis C. Myers as the faculty sponsor to guide them, they have passed hours as minutes, and months as weeks, with Heeting time prompt- ing them to leave behind gems of greater bril- liancy in the light of school traditions, stan- dards, and achievements for the oncoming babes in the realm of knowledge here at I. J. C. So have passed two worthwhile years of work and play, learning and fun, leading the class of 1927 to the final victory of gradua- tion, that ultimate goal in student life that is a greater joy in anticipation than in dis- tinct realization. -Geneva F. Lanning. GRADUATES Left to Right-Spencer, Krebs, Wylie, Hoffman. LOUISE SPENCER FLORENCE LARERY A daughter o divinely fair. Y. W. '27. f the Gods, divinely tall, Consistency, thy name is Florence. Annual Staff '27, Y. W. '27g Literary Club '26, Treasurer '27, NINA KREBS ELIZABETH BRIGHTON Two-thirds frolic, one-third fun, the rest JuSt Ordinary gifl-U First she's here, then she's there, Y. W. '26, Secretary '27g Glee Club '26, '27g In basketball, she's everywhere. W- A- A- '26, '273 Annual Staff '27. Glee Club '26, '27, W. A. A. Treasurer '273 Y. W. '26. RUTH WYLIE - i A real magic an, she causes the sun to shine on rainy Vice-president Y. '27, Glee Club '27, '26g Annual Staff MARGUERITE DAVIS days. W- '26, '27s W- A- A- '26, She wins with a smile. Mrs, Partridge Presents Y, W, '26, '26, The Dover Road '27. CHARLES HOFFMAN JAMES- STEVENS I say what I thinkg nothing else matters. It's live, laugh and be gay, some day Basketball '26, '27g Football '26, Captain '27. maybe you can't. GRADUATES Left to Right-Larery, Brighton, Davis, Stevens. Page 7 LJ GRADUATES Left to Right-Gansel, Lanning, Grabham, Scott, Elder. RACHEL GANSEL We are sorry, Rachel, that there aren't more rungs in the ladder of clevernessf' Y. W. Cabinet '26, '27g W. A. A. Secretary '27, Glee Club '26, '27, Mrs. Partridge Presents '26g Debate '26, Declamation '26, . GENEVA LANNING Red hair plus twinkling eyes equals a 'lotta pep'. W. A. A. Cabinet '27, Y. W. Cabinet '27. GLADYS GRABHAM Quiet is she but with a will all her own. Y. W. '27. VVALLACE SCOTT I glean this one fact from the complicated mass of life: 'Darwin was right'. Mrs. Partridge Presents '26g The Dover Road '27, Football '26, '27g Boys' Quar- tette '27, Debate '27g Annual Staff '27. CLETA MAY ELDER In chemistry this girl's a whiz, Nothing scares her, not even a quiz. Literary Club '26, '27. VERA CALKINS With her funny little drawl, She surely fascinates us all. Y. W. '26, '27, W. A. A. '26, '27g Glee Club '26, '27. RUTH BUDKE A teacher's dream of perfection. Y. W. '26, 275 W. A. A. '26, '27, Glee Club '26, '27. JAMES GILMORE Ex-president of the Dark Lantern Club, therefore to be watched. Y. M. President '26, Debate '26g Mrs Par- tridge Presents '26g Sophomore President '27g Tennis '26, The Creaking Chair '.27g The Dover Road '27. BEULA BOWEN To know he-r is to love her. Y. W. Secretary '26, Y. W. President '27, W. A. A., Swimming Captain '27, Glee Club '27. ALFORD PRESCOTT Life? Ho! A colossal joke, if you ask me. Debate '26, '27g Football '26, '27, f'The Dover Road '27g Annual Staff '27. X Left to Right-Calkins, Budke, Gilmore, Bowen, Prescott. Page 8 SOPHOMORES I . Left to Right-Selleck, Snell, Ellison, Heckert, Weible. HELEN SELLECK JACK SANDERS She prompts admiration by her beautiful Oh Alice! Where art thou ? words and deeds. Football '26, '27, Basketball '26, '27, Y. M. W. A. A. '26, '27, Y. W. '26. '27. ERNEST SNELL ALICE FEATHERNGILL In basketball or football game, Alice's pep is simply fine He's sure to help his team to fame. As a leader she's sure to shine. Football '25, '26, Basketball '26, '27, Y. M. Y. W. Cabinet '26, '27, Vice President '27, '26, Glee Club '26, '27, Cheer Leader '26, '27, ESTHER ELLISON Class Treausrer 26, The Dover Road, '27. What's the matter girls, where's your VIDA DUNBAR pep? Sweet in manner, kind in deeds, Y. W. '26, '27. Sort of a girl that college needs. Glee Club '27, Operetta '27. HAROLD SHILE BOB HECKERT College, my good friend, has become quite 'Claire'-ified to me, thank you. I could be brilliant too-if I studied. Football '25, '26, Basketball '26, '27, Y. M. Basketball '279 Y- M- '26s Football '26, '273 Vice-president '27. Track '27- LUCERNE WIBLE MILDRED FANSLER Soft is the breath of a maiden's 'Yes'. Y. W. C. A. Annual Staff '27. A shrinking violet. C I ' SOPHOMORES. . 4 3 Y. r Left to Right-Sanders, Featherngill, V. Dunbar, Shile, Mildred Fansler Page 9 SOPHOMORES . . Left to Right-Potter, Woody, Ellsworth, Bullock, Brandenburg TED POTTER THELMA PENLAND A second Daniel Webster. Her supply of smiles is exhaustlessf' Y. M. '27, Oratorical '27. Y. W. '26, '27. ARDITH WOODY . . RUSSELL GREENLEE A type worthy of dupl1cat1on. HA true Son of Horace Greeley rr Y- W- '26' '27 Editor fflrrkanquillf' '27. CHARLOTTE ELLSWORTH Come on over, the water's down. RUTH SELLECK Y. W. '26, '27, W. A. A. '27g Glee Club '27g She has pleasing fancies that cannot Operetta '27, Secretary Sophomore Class '27. offend. '. . . ' '2 . HAROLD BULLOCK Vx A A 26' 7 Greetings! Fellows, who wants to be Chief PAUL FERRELL 0' Pohcf? todiy? . , High in stature, higher Suu in the realm Y. M. President 273 Y. M. Cabinet 269 Class of genuine fellowship ,, President '26, Debate '26g Football '26, '27. Y. M' ,26, ,27' Basketbafl ,26, ,27. CLAIRE BRANDENBURG Full of fun and gay all the while, BLANCH HARRIS The little twin ne'er refuses to smile. She's always natural, we think she's just Y. W. '26, '27, W. A. A. '27, Glee Club '275 naturally nice. Operetta '27. Y. W. '26, '27g W. A. A. '26, '27. SOPHOMORES . . Left to Right-Penland, Greenlee, Selleck, Ferrell, Harris. Page 10 FRESHMAN OFFICERS Left to Right-Brewster, Presidentg Shile, Vice-President, Colburn, Secy-Treas. Those Freshmen The poor little group of downtrodden fresh- men that entered the Independence junior college last September are no longer the puppets of the passing class of haughty sophomores! The group has suffered deeply through nine months of unrelenting knocks, slams and continual drudgery, much of which was ad- ministered unjustly by our irresponsible fellow-classmeng but it is now ready to ex- postulate earnestly its place in the activities of the college. It has been the cry of these upstage sopho- mores that they have been mainstays of all athietic events, parties entertainments, and other activities ventured, into by the college. But, dear sister class, are we 'tlittle greenies supposed to fall into the line of battle, and into the social whirl on such short notice, and on no training? The freshmen disdain to take the trouble to answer! But seriously, the freshman class has con- tributed its share toward all fields of college activity. Several freshmen were on the foot- ball team, and were excellent players. Then came basketball and track, and again the freshmen came out strongly, fought their battles, and proved themselves worthy to represent the school. The freshmen have been prominent, not only in athletics, but in other school activi- ties as well. Two of them were on the debate team, and the class was well represented in the girls' glee club, as well as in the literary club. The freshmen also furnished ofiicers for the W. A. A., the Y. W., and the Y. M., and every student of the college will recall the freshman chapel program. Early in the year, the freshmen congre- gated Cthey had to be herded together by the sophomoresj in some room the sopho- mores did not happen to need at that partic- ular time, and elected Howard Burns presi- dent of the class, Dorothy Brewster vice president, Bernice Shile secretary, and Floyd Colburn treasurer. When Mr. iBurns left school at the expiration of the first semester, Miss Brewster assumed the leadership of the class, and has proved herself a very eiiicient officer. As the freshmen of this year look back over the year's work, they feel that a great deal has been accomplished, and that they have promoted among the members of their class a deeper feeling of loyalty, and a great- er sense of duty toward their college, and they truly feel that all can say of the mem- bers of the freshmen class of 1927, They fought a good fight. Page 11 FRESHMEN Top Row, Left to Right-Price, Ringle, Rhodes, Salisbury, Castillo. Center Bow-Brewster, Knock, Featherngill, Gartner, DeArmond, Wheelock Bottom Rowflllustain, Heinback, Solcum, Clampitt, Clemens, Lugeanbeal. Top Row, Left to Right-Johnson, Scott, Salathiel. Center Rowe-Dumbar, Wycoff, Bassett, Miller. Bottom Row-Mangan, Bowman, Stark. Top Row, Left to Right-Tole, Kratz, Smith, Wilhelm, Shile. Center Row-Smith, Gregory, Feldman, Smyth, Shobe, Kelley. Bottom Row-Sturges, O'Brien, Newmaster. Patty, Blakeslee. BASKETBALL TEAM Top Row, Left to Right-Eastman, Snell, O'Brien, Losey CCoachD, Hoffman. Bottom Row-Sanders, Vaughn, Heckert, Ferrell, Shile. Basketball Success in athletics is still a thing of the future in Independence junior college, if you measure succsess by the yardstick of games lost and won. Last year, our first year by the way, our basketball team beat Chilocco and Coffeyville. This year, with four of the old squad back, Independence was able to win from but two schools, Chilocco and Iola. There is but little pleasure in playing on a losing team, all the time. There is but little pleasure in being represented by a losing team. One gets little pleasure from reading about a consistent loser, and especially little pleasure in writing of such a team. Defeat at the hands of a worthy opponent is not a disgraceg rather, it is a test of sportsmanship, and we had little to say that would remind one of sour grapes. A few of the games were overwhelming defeats, but the most of them were lost by just a few points. Of the games we won, Chilocco was beaten twice, rather easilyg Iola has beaten, but it was the hardest, most sensational finish our team ever staged that finally overcame the Iola lead in the last few seconds of play. There was not a game where we were not beaton by players a little more accurate in their long shots, a little quicker to cover, players who rushed a little harder on the fol- low through, and who were a little more steady under the basket. Ours was a team of men who tried, but the mastery of the mechanics of the game was not theirs. They put all they had into the game and yet their all fell a little short. The members of this year's team were: Robert CBobD Heckert, Captain, center. A two letter man. . Charles CStud3 Hoffman, guard, a two letter man. Football captain '26, I Jack CKikeD Sanders, guard. This is San- der's second year. His goal shooting was largely responsible for our victory over Iola. Ernest CHeroD Snell, forward, second year. Snell had a great deal of trouble to overcome to give the school as much of his time and energy as he did. Paul Ferrell, guard. A new basketball player this year. Harold Shile, guard, A very nervous per- son on the court. Merle Vaughn, forward. A very fast player. Brooks Eastman, forward. Another player with a great deal of speed. The coach for this and last season was L. E. Losey, a very competent coach, who will in the next few years turn out teams that will win the junior college conference. Page 13 Football When September came around in 1926, the young men from the ice wagons, the ice plants, the pipe lines, the Cherryvale cream- ery, and the plains of Longton gathered to- gether in Independence junior college and started to practice football. It was soon ap- parent that there were too few college foot- ball players to make a team, so several nice young men in the college were persuaded that they had football possibilities, and in this way a team was made up. After several weeks of practice, this team drove to Iola and fought the Iola team toa standstill on a muddy field. Arkansas City was the scene of the next good game. The game was hard-fought, and, except for one period of about five minutes, the Indepndence team gave the Ark City crew a great battle. Weller, the Ark. City Indian star, was stop- ped in his tracks time after time, and was never able to break loose for any long runs. On Neewollah the last good game of the season was played. Iola won the 1925 Neewol- lah game 3-Og she repeated in '26, by putting a drop-kick through the bars in the last part of the second half. Independence played a splendid game, never letting Iola within twenty yards of the goal. Independence lost heavily on this and the Coffeyville game, six of the seven experienc- ed playes were injured in these games. Since there were no substitutes for all these places, part of the injured men were forced to con- tinue in the game. The team fought a good fight from the start to the close of each game. It was very unfortunate that there were not enough men out for football to let Sanders, Hoffman, Snell, Heckert, and Prescott take a little time off to get their iujuries attended to and get back in condition before they return- Here are the histories of the men who play- ed for Independence junior college: Captain Charles Hoffman, fullback. Hoff- 'man learned his football in the line under Burt Beal back in 1922-23, in the Independ- ence high school. This year was Hoffman's second year at our collegeg next year he :will go to K. U. or K. S. A. C. Captain-elect Howard Burns, end. Burns graduated from I. H. S. last spring. In his Page 14 lclass he was very popular, an all-round fathlete, an all-round good fellow. An in- fjury to his eyes kept him from playing the greater part of the season. 1Ex-Captain Alford Prescott, left tackle. Prescott played every minute of every game the last two years. The first of the season Prescott looked like an all-conference tackle. Injuries to his left leg, and which were given no chance to get well, cheated Prescott of his all-conference rating. Ernest Snell, end. Snell made the all-con- ference team with ease, despite an injury to his leg which kept him out of some ofthe games. James Ellsworth, right tackle. Ellsworth is from Cherryvale, a fine football player and a welcome addition to our college family. Harold Bullock, guard. Bullock looks red- headed, acts red-headed and is red-headed. This was Bullock's second year. In every game Bullock could be depended on to do his part. Harold Shile, center a two-letter man. This man Shile is new at center, but old as a scrapper. Merle Vaughn, half, from Longton. Merle receives the medal, he is Independence's high point man. Bob Heckert, end, two-letter man. Heckert was a fine end, but injury to his neck and shoulders cut down his ability to defend his side of the line. Wallace Scott, end. Wallace was inveigled into playing football, a lucky stroke for In- dependence junior college. Jack Sanders, quarter, two letters. A fine quarter, but the big boys hurt him. Brooks Eastman, half. Lots of speed but needed a line in front to make a hole for him. Willet Price, guard. A consistent player, hard to move, hard to hurt. Paul Heinbach, guard. He is learning football a little late in life, but not too late. The O'Brien Brothersg Paul, guard. A fine defensive player. Dale, guard. He carries the battle to the other side. An offensive player, even on the defense. DEBATE Left to Right-Scott, Clemens, Bassett, Prescott. Debate Independence has had a successful season of debate. Although only four students stayed through the gruelling period of prep- aration, the results have been a marked im- provement upon those of last year. Our final ranking was second among the junior col- leges of the state which participated. The question of debate was, Resolved: That the trend from local to federal control in matters that concern the Whole nation, such as prohibition, police protection, federal judiciary, federal aid, and federal taxation which has characterized our government in the twentieth century is inimical to the best interests of the United States. Professor Sudermann was the coach and with his help and the assistance of Miss Gemmel, city librarian, the debaters made a thorough study of the question. Misses Alene Bassett and Mildred Clemens support- ed the affirmative side of the question, while Messrs. Wallace Scott and Alford Prescott took the negative. The latter team Went through the three meets without a defeat. Among their victories was one over Arkansas City, which was won by fourteen points, and one over Iola, garnered by six points. The The negative team, in defeating the affirma- tives of Iola, won over the only affirmative team in the conference which was able to get a decision. The first debate was with Parsons on April 5, and the ladies did the traveling. The affirmative team lost by one point, while the negatives at home Won by two and a half points. The second series, in which all the negative teams were traveling, set us against the Arkansas City teams. This time our boys scored a victory of fourteen points, and at the opponents' own school. Although the affirmatives again lost by one point, we were still with a safe margin, and were privileged to enter the finals by virtue of our average scores. On April 19 Iola, Arkansas City, and In- dependence met in a triangular debate to de- cide the state junior college championship. Independence sent her affirmative team to Arkansas City. Mr. Sudermann took the team in his car, and Mr. Myers accompanied them, incidentally being of great aid in the troubles which came from the heavy rain- fall. At home we met the Iola negative team. Again negatives Won and aflirmatives lost. Whether this was due to the nature of the subject, or the inclinations of the judges, it may be hard to sayg but the curious fact about all the debates was that the affirmatives lost consistently with the one exception of the Iola affirmative victory over Parsons. The fact that We were able to win over this exceptional team and the favorable results otherwise, leads us to call the season a very successful one. As a reward for their hard work the debators were given a dinner at the Booth hotel. Mr. Suderman and Miss Gemmel, together with the four debators were the ones to partake and all agreed that the event closed an activity which had been worth- while, although strenuous. With two debators back for next year, and others coming in from the high school, the prospects for the coming season are very hopeful. -Mildred Clemens. Page 15 ,lg L. GIRLS' GLEE CLUB Top Row, Left to Right-Brighton, Clemens, Ellsworth, Krebs, Calkins. Center Row-Featherngill, Wylie, Hardy, V. Dunbar, Bassett, W. Dunbar. Bottom Row-Brandenburg, Gansel, Bowen, Stark, Sturges, Mangan, Budke. GIRLS' GLEE CLUB This, the second year for the girls' glee club in the Independence junior college, was decidedly successful for this musical organi- zation. The club won recognition with the beautiful little operetta, The Quest of the Gypsy, which it presented with the aid of the boys' quartette. This operetta was given in college chapel, as well as on the booster trips made into the territorry surrounding Independence to advertise the college. The Middy Maids, another operetta, was equally successful, and great credit is due Miss Hazel Helen Hardy, who directed the club. The personnel of the glee club is- First sopranos: Mildred Clemens, Grace Mangan, Vida Dunbar, Ruth Wylie, Beula Bowen, Ruth Budke. Second sopranos: Charlotte Ellsworth, Wil- da Dunbar, Rachel Gansel, Alice Feathern- gill. Altos: Audrey Stark, Dorothy Sturges, Al- ene Bassett, Elizabeth Brighton, Vera Calk- ins. Accompanist: Nina Krebs. -Alice Featherngill. BOYS' QUARTETTE The boy's quartette for this year deserves especial praise, not only because of the fact that its members have rendered some exceed- ingly good musical numbers in the college chapels, and have ,done their bit toward ad- vertising their college to the outside World, but for the fact that they have persevered and continued to work in the face of many ad- verse circumstances. They had no special time in which to meet for practice and there was a lack of interest Cthough not on their partsb. Members of the quartette assisted in presenting The Quest of the Gypsy, pre- sented by the girls' glee club, and in which Wallace Scott and Millard Knock sang lead- ing parts, in the roles of the Gypsy Man and the Country Boy, respectively. Millard Knock sings first tenor in the quartette, Floyd Colburn second tenor, Wal- lace Scott baritone, and Verlin Ringle bass. BOYS' QUARTETTE Left to Right-Knock, Colburn, Scott, Ringle. Page 16 LITERARY SOCIETY Top Row, Left to Right-Lanning, Gansel. Center Row-Dumbar, Salisbury, Gilmore Greenlee, Elder. Bottom Row-Brewster, Larery, Kratz, Shile. Literary Society Every member has entered into the spirit of the work, and almost every member has submitted work to be read at every meeting. -From the Inkanquil, 1926. Those, it seems, were the palmy days of the society. Now everyone is enthusiastic until he has been initiated. Since we are well organized, and have been acclaimed successful, we'don't have to work muchg moreover, the society is now affiliated with the Pen and Scoll Cwhich means that it has periodical tryouts, and that the members feel important and pay duesjg so like all who, after long labor, have attained the goal, we have retired, so to speak. Continuing the comparison, like the retired man who happily exhibits a successful busi- ness or manufacturing concern, we show, as a concrete result of our labors, a paper, The Lark, which flew high, and returning, brought a clear profit of fifty cents into our treasury. Having recently acquired three new members on whom the burden can be placed, we are anticipating another Lark, But do not think the literary society is not worth while. It is. What would we do dur- ing activity periods, if there were no literary society meeting? If that case were true, we might have to study. But most of us are sin- cere, some of us are even ambitious, a few have talent, and several are even willing to work. On the whole, we are above the aver- ageg and anyway, what is a school without a literary society? There is but little else to say regarding the literary society. It is here, and it is here to stay. It was brought into existence only af- ter a long, hard fight against all odds con- ceivable, and it is not a thing that will go without a harder fight than the one which brought it into being. -Kathryn Kratz. Page 17 . Y. M. C. A. Left to Right- Bullock, Heckert, Potter, Sanders Y. M. The college Y. M. C. A. was a mythical or- ganization the first semester of the school year. Most of the cabinet-elect did not re- turn in the fall, and the school was without the organization the first of the year. By the middle of the first semester, how- ever, the newness and disorder had worn off, and considerable sentiment was voiced on the part of college men in favor of a Men's Association. Things and activities had been in a bad state of affairs, and there was need for leadership in the men's activities. A meeting was called by Profesor Kirby one evening and a cabinet was elected. It was composed of the following: Harold Bullock, Jack Sanders, Bob Heckert, and Ted Potter. Plans were outlined for the remainder of the Page 18 C.A year, and among the results were several important events. There was a stag hike for college men only, a Y. M.-Y. W. party, and an all-school outing. Another feature of Y. M. activities has been the Wednesday weekly meetings. These were held in the mornings, before school, and they proved a source of inspiration to all who attended. We make no apologies for the organization this year, although we were only partially successful, due to the fact that we were labor- ing under handicapsg but we firmly hope that the men may have another and more success- ful association during the coming year. -Harold Bullock. Y. W. C. A. Left to Right-Bowen, Wylie, Gansel, Krebs. Y. W. The Y. W. C. A. began its year's program with unusual spirit and enthusiasm last fall, and let everyone know it was in existence. At the very beginning of the school term, the Y. W., together with the Y. M., gave a party which proved a social ice-breaker in I. J. C. But the Y. W. C. A. was not only enthusias- tic regarding the social affairs of the school, but also about the helpfulness of the club. The new cabinet was installed promptly, and a year of beneficial and enjoyable pro- grams were begun. At the first Y. W. C. A. meeting of the year, Supt. J. H. Clement ad- dressed the club, and this proved one of the most instructive and inspirational gatherings of the organization. A very original meeting in charge of Bernice Shile was the one in which a well known newspaper was blue- penciled to display the upward and down- ward trends of modern journalism. The pro- grams varied greatly this year: they ranged from exhortation by prospective mis- sionaries to well-presented music recitals. The Y. W., again assisted by the Y. M., pre- sented one of the peppiest of the college chapels this year. At Christmas time, the Y. W. aided in stag- ing a party for the Mexicans children living in and around Independence. Each Y. W. girl was given the name of one of the little Mex- icans for whom she was to plan a gift, and those girls who attended the party felt re- paid for the effort to which they had been put by the joy their work brought the child- ren. C, A. The college Y. W. assisted in the spring Vesper service. Also several of th girls took part by singing, ushering, or by acting -in the pageant. Mrs. Sanford, the director, highly complimented the girls upon the service they had rendered. The college girls' rest room was made possible only as the result of effort put forth by the college Y. W. C. A. And although the room is as yet inadequately furnished, it af- fords a little nook that the college girls can feel is really their own. With the enthusiasm that is shown now, it is certain that next year will bring improvements in this san- ctuary not even dreamed of now. Last year a representative was sent from the Independence junior college to the state Y. W. C. A. conference, but never until this year has the club planned to send a delegate to the conference at Estes Park. The delegate, however, has not been selected as yet, but it is certain that the club will be better for having sent her, and it is expecting her to bring back workable plans for its betterment. The Independence club has adopted the national college Y. W. C. A. constitution, which makes the local organization a full- fledged college club. And as it follows the rules of this constitution, it is sure to con- tinue to grow, and to hold not only the inter- est of the girls who compose it membership, but that of the college as a whol :. - -Ruth Johnson Page ,19 Dmmatics The Independence junior college does not have a special department of dramaticsg nev- erless, students and faculty have kept up a good deal of interest in the amateur pro- ductions of plays. Several plays, all of a good type, have been presented, and these have given ample opportunity for the dra- matic talent of the college. Most of the productions have been under the direction of Miss Austin of the college faculty, although valuable assistance has been given by Miss Ingleman of the high school dramatic department, who has always been willing to help the college students. The first play staged by the college was Mrs, Partridge Presents, a comedy in three acts given in May of last year. This was a typical college play, and required a great deal of work from the characters for its production. The cast of characters was as follows: Ellen, the maid-Josephine Blades. Philip Partridge-George Allred. Delight Partridge-Verna Perkins. Stephen Applegate-Wallace Scott. Maisie Partridge-Rachel Gansel. Katherine Everett-Ruth Wylie. Sydney Armstead-James Gilmore. Charles Ludlow-John Pinkston. Clementine-Wilma Allen. Miss Hamilton-Dorothy Joines. Madame La Fleur-Beatrice DeVore. Among the big successes of this year was the Creaking Chair. In this play both col- lege and high school students took part, and both Miss Austin and Miss Ingleman directed in the production. It included the best talent of both schools. It was a superb mystery play thrilling the audience to the final cur- tain. It is judged one of the best plays ever staged by the Independence school system. College students in the cast of the Creak- ing Chair were: Anita, Latter's wife-Tessianna Blakeslee. Silvia, Latter's daughter-Rachel Gansel. Philip Speed, a journalist-Frank Clam- pitt. Egyptian-Karl Feldman. Edwin Latter, an archaeologist-James Gilmore. The annual college play presented for this Page 20 year was The Dover Road . This was a real college play, and the cast called for highly skillful talent. Miss Austin, assisted by Miss Ingleman, coached the play. The plot in this play centers about a Mr. Latimer, an ec- centric gentleman, who considers himself Quite an authority on the science of matri- mony. His great delight is to capture elop- ers and by detaining them in his home show the two lovers to one another in the most unromantic light. Such a plot gives much room for action and there is a grand mixup as a result of Mr. Latimer's provoking policy. The play was altogether a big success. The cast of characters was as follows: The House Domenic-Alford Prescott. The Staff-Ruth Wylie, Harold Shile, Millard Knock. Latimer-James Gilmore. The Guests Leonard- Wallace Scott. Anne-Alice Featherngill. Nicholas-Floyd Colburn. Eustasia-Bernice Shile. In addition to the three major plays, col- lege talent gleamed forth in several smaller productions. At the college Christmas par- ty, held in the basement of Nees Hall, was presented one of Shakespeare's most stirring tragedies. Well, yes, it followed rather close the original manuscript, but there were a few alterations made during the process of production. With due respect to Mr. Shake- speare the title Hamlet was changed to Ome- let. The names of the characters were also changed to meet the occasion. Also, con- trary to all known precedent in Shakespear- ean dramatics, the gifted stars were per- mitted to exercise their vocal abilities in the rendition of these once famous lines. Harold Shile outshone even John Barrymore in his interpretation of the diflicult role of Omelet. Several of our learned profs readily admit- ted they had never heard such yelling, not even from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera Company. The W. A. A. also sponsored a short play which they presented in chapel. This was a play without words. In view of this fact it was well received by the student body and only the agonized expressions of the actors 'told the painful story. W. A. A. Left to Right-Featherngill, Gansel, Lanning, Wylie, Brighton WOMEN'S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Last spring a group of college women in- terested in the future of women's athletics in the Independence Junior College met and formed an organization which was destined to become a chapter of the national W. A. A. It is now a chapter of the national organiza- tion, and credits earned in the local club may be transferred to chapters at any other col- lege having a W. A. A. club. The officers of the Independence club are- Ruth Wylie, president, Alice Featherngill, vice president, Rachel Gansel, secretary, and Elizabeth Brighton, treasurer. Heading the departments of the various sports are-Beu- la Bowen, swimming, Blanche Harris, hik- ingg Rachel Gansel, tennis, Cleta May Elder, basketballg and Elizabeth Scott, health chart. Prof. Alice May Austin is sponsor for the local club. Any woman in college is eligible to mem- bership in the W. A. A., provided she is pas- sing in ten hours of college Work, and has earned a hundred points in accomplishing work required for members. Two hundred and fifty points entitle a girl to a W. A. A. emblem, eight hundred to a sweater, and an additional hundred to a chevron. The points may be made by playing tennis, basketball, hiking, swimming, dancing, bowling, and keeping health charts. Fifty points are a- warded to those making a team, or for a cap- taincy. A tennis tournament has been planned for this spring, and the two girls who go to the final matches in this contest will compose the tennis team which will meet other junior college teams. Hikes of three, five, seven and a half and ten miles have been made by members of the Independence club, with pic- nics in connection with some of them. A point a mile is given as credit for hiking, and the girls must walk at an average rate of three miles an hour. Once this year, the club hiked to Bolton, Kansas, and it is be- ing prophesied that local hikers may reach Cherryvale and other neighboring cities, this spring. Each Tuesday night after school, the swimming pool in the high school building is kept open for members of the W. A. A., and this has been a great help to many of the girls in earning additional points. One point is awarded for each hour of swim- ming, and one hour is the maximum time the girls are allowed to remain in the pool. Instruction is given those who can not swim by comrades versed in aquatic lore, or by Miss Zella Spradling, school swimming instructor. Several of the W. A. A. girls are working on the Red Cross life-saving tests, and it is probably that there will be several proclaimed life-savers from the group of aspirants. This is the first year a girls' basketball team has existed in the college, and under the leadership of Elizabeth Brighton, the first team has been very successful. Bowl- ing, although new as a sport here among the college girls, has several followers. Five points are given for each game bowled. The W. A. A. health chart is made up of six health rules which everyone should prac- tice, and any girl who follows any four of the rules every day for a month is given twelve points. If she keeps the chart for three suc- cessive months, she is awarded fifty extra points. t The outstanding social activity of the W. A. A. was a banquet given in honor of the foot- ball team at the close of the season last fall, and this function was followed by an all- school reception. The W. A. A. also engin- eered other social activities, such as skating parties, moonlight hikes and hayrack rides. Page 21 INKANQUIL STAFF, 1927 Q Left to Right-Greenlee, Editorg Scott, Business Manager, Larery, Literary Editorg Salathiel, Feature Editorg Krebs, Kodaksg Weible, Assistant Editor, Prescott, Athletics. This Year's Staff It is with a feeling that is a compound of pride, joy and great relief that the Inkan- quil staff steps down and out, after bringing before you this, the second edition of the Inkanquil, It may be that we have improved upon the Inkanquil, to judge from last yearis book, it may be that we have failed to keep to the standard set last year, when our school was in its very infancy. But regardless of which of the two paths this little book has taken under our guidance, we have steered it as best we could. To those persons who are accustomed to get all the blame for faults in a book, and no praise for the merits-the printers-the staff tenders its heartiest of thanksg and particu- larly to Mr. M. F. Reppert, the printing in- structor in the Independence high school, do we acknowledge our indebtedness. The Ink- anquil added a great burden to the already Page 22 hard worked printers of the high school, and hence, the fact that the printers DID take the time to bring this edition of the Inkanquil before the public proves that our college has some true friends where she most needs them. If we were to attempt to make a roll of the names of each of those to whom we are thank- ful for assistance in publishing this year's Inkanquil , we would have no room for ad- vertisingg advertising pays the bills, and hence we shall go no farther. However, there are two college men who deserve particular recognition herein: Frank Clampitt and Rob- ert Patty. These two dapper gentlemen sallied out one bright morning, and in about two hours, had disposed of all the alloted ad- vertising space in this book. Clampitt is pur- suing a law course in college: he is trying to hide his light under a bushel in so doing. 9.011141 1 11:11 1 Cp iqioioioioioio College Extension The first two years, not unlike any other child, our school had to act, in a degree, by imitationg but no child, however small, lacks some originality. Its history is started, and, as the apostle said, it has now put away child- ish things. CThat is why I am forced to write this account.D Last year, and also this year, students from surrounding cities have enroll- ed in our college, and have indulged in the many activities which it affords. This fact gave someone an idea. And ideas, you know, are at a premium. But this particular idea hereinbefore alluded to, related to, pertained to, and had to do with the inauguration of booster trips. This year Assistant Dean Kirby was made chairman of the booster committee, and with the consent of the remaining members of the faculty and the student body, he chose his committee of four sophomores to work out plans for the booster trips. High schools within a radius of fifty miles round Cexcept those in the territories of other collegesj were visited, and short pro- grams, consisting of advertising speeches on our school and its activities, music by both men's and women's musical organizations, pep songs and yells were given. At the larger high schools, the girls' glee club presented the operetta, The Quest of the Gypsy, which was followed by a speech and some pep songS. And the happy part of it all is the fact that almost all of the young persons graduating from the high schools visited have decided to attend college somewhere, and not a few of them here at I. J. C. It is from the recruits gathered from these schools that Coach Kirby hopes to form the bulwark of his college football team next year. And the coach hopes that with these huskies, together with the letter men who will be back next year, will run up the Blue and Gold on the junior college flagpole as con- tenders for the state championship. ozoxioioioioim1102411010103uioinioiuirxzoioinioia110101via: 1 101411 ini 1 :nc Q. I I i . , LEADERS g 5 Q - ! Q The Independence Junior College, in its short existence, has estab- Q I lished itself as one of the leaders in its field. For this Independence may be proud. Q The Callahan Book Store has established itself as a leader in its Q field and for this we are proud. We thank those who halve made it l 5 possible for us to accomplish this. Q We endeafuor at all times to carry a full line of stationery, books, Q school supplies, magazines, gifts, and athletic goods. We 'welcome your Q trade and assure you that we will try to deserve it. Q : 5 Callahan Book Store 5 Q 115 West Myrtle Phone 503 i Independence, Kansas. i Q i Page 23 gala-nf QAT KLWQRK - Qf2?Q13f3?W9?cE35 13111111iiiziiiiiniiiiiimixasziz ,........ .T 2 LS R-.,,,g r E i ALL the talents in the World s i need the luster attalned by a proper care of your person: always clean and upon occasion finely dressed. in 11 3 14:1 Meet Me at The Sunflower Pharmacy The friendly store Phone 404 309 No. Penn iuioiniuil Page 25 4.-,, ,W , The Dark-Lantern Club The French may have their National Acad- emy of notables, but the Independence Junior College has her Dark-Lantern club. The two are synonymous except in-one respecetg you must be famous before you are admitted to the French National Academy, while with the Dark-Lantern Clubino, I'm not going to say you must be infamousj, you gain your protuberance after ,you have struggled through the mighty oath of membership. The club is primarily a social organization, but its activities extend also into the remote depths of sagacious administration. The club works in the closest cooperation with the faculty of the college. What the college profs. do not cover in their daily excursions through the labyrinth of intellectual disillus- ionment, what they fear to mention in our sacred halls of mental dispersion, or what floats defiantly by just on the far side of their cerebral horizon is left to the enlighten- ment of the intellectual athletes of this pe- dantic organization. No field of thought is spared from the crushing embrace of this octopus-like sodality of learning. On the cold winter nights when nature in all her crew:niui0:010141111010101411010 1010103 fury is raging without, the members of the club assemble in security in their occult dom- icile. While the lights are burning low, they sit around the open fire and there pour forth volumes of erudite philosophical, scientific, and theological quotations by the hour. It has been truly said that a person listening from the outside would in a short time find himself a tangible affinity of a munificent education. This organization has in all seriousness been a great asset to our junior college. lt has, far above any other factor of college life, suceeded in creating a spirit of comradship among the men of the junior college that was sorely lacking before its organization. By its activities a stronger spirit has been fused into the social life of our college. The club probably deserves its greatest praise for what it has accomplished for its members individually. Many a fellow at the time of entrance in our club was as green as any frosh could have been, but by the frankness and associations that he encounter- ed as a member of the club he was soon trans- formed into a-well-a college man. By this U-0104-.,Q4.4.nQu:0f K111,Q--10101011-Quqpuqma 4, ! 5 ' r ' .I ,.,: Kit - N ' l ff f'i 1 i 1 22. Lfxllh ,fi 5 U ..-TQ 1-211--f l E g J ACKMAN'S E i MANUFACTURERS 5 of 5 Ice cREA1v1,1cEs, ESKIMO PIES AND BUTTER 5 l i Q i U I U . . Sanitary Ice Cream Co. l i l!41h10101ll1 1111 1 1 1111 1 11111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1115 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 3 Page 26 association they have come to see life in a broader and more comprehensive perspective. With the experience received as a member of this fraternity, the members will be better prepared to take the leadership in fratern- ities of higher schools of learning. The mem- bers believe it is a worthwhile organization. The Dark-Lantern Club was organized in March, 1926 and so has been in existence a little over a year. The club has grown stead- ily and now occupies a large room in the Laderer Clothing Company building. The members of the club here in Independence are as follows: David Argo, Howard Burns, Floyd Colburn, Jake Endres, James Gilmore, Rus- sell Greenlee, Charles Hoffman, Kenneth Leech, Jack Lugenbeal, Joe New'ell, Dale O'Brien, John Pinkston, Alford Prescott, Wallace Scott, Harold Shile, Leonard Stacy, and Paul O'Brien. A jolly young man from New York Went swimming with a belt made of cork. He dived gayly in, 'Twas surely a sin, In the air waved the feet from New York. -Mildred Newmaster. 50101 1 qe:Q1mfwr1wfv::,fQr: 1- api-1: 3- in :nz 5 Q Q : , Q 9 i 2 i CAREFULNESS AND ACCURACY D 5 Are Always Observed in H I. G. Fowler's Drug Store 6 0:41 1 ni lin: 1 101 1 wirrinininiozninia 9, According to recent advices from Longton, Kansas, a number of physiology quiz papers have been unearthed in the archives of the high school there, and the following interest- ing and remarkable statement is contained in a paper submitted by Merle Vaughn, local college man, when he was a student in the Longton school: 'tThe human body is divided into three parts-the head, the chest, and the stum- mick. The head contains the eyes and branes, if any. The chest contains the lungs and a piece of liver. The stummick is devoted to the bowels, of which they is 5-a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. Jones was not a fisherman, but his friend Brown persuaded him to go, and Green lent him an outfit. After they had been fishing a few minutes Jones turned to Brown and said, What do you call that little do-dad that floats on the water ? That's the bob, said Brown. Well, I'll have to get Green another one, the one he loaned me has sunk. The only time a horse gets scared nowa- days is when he meets another horse. 2 Q ! Q Q Q TEXACO Q Q Q e Q L Q Q U 1 , ! E FACULTY and STUDENTS i p Q ARE INVITED TO Q Q . D Q CALL AT OUR New l A clerk who would try to fill an H ! order or a prescription sloppily or STATION WR g dishonestly in this store would be SERVICE ! out of a job the next minute. ' Q Q BOLES o1L AND GASOLINE co. Q 3 Q Q g TEXACO PRODUCTS zoiuzi- -------- Page 27 Omtion Independence carried off honors in the junior college oration and declamation con- test staged at Parsons the evening of Fri- day, April 29, when Ted Potter of the home school was given first ranking by the judges in the oration event, and Miss Bernice Shile was given second place in the declamation event. Mr. Potter took as his subject Gov- ernment, as Applied to the Social Group, while in the declamation event, Miss Shile read The Anarchist,', whose author ih un- known. Mr. Potter was complimented highly by the judges of the contest upon his natural- ness and spontaneity. He had never memor- ized a set written speech, but for two Weeks before the contest, had been making a care- ful outline of the oration. Arkansas City, Fort Scott, and Iola junior colleges also en- tered contestants in the oration event, While four schools beside Independence had en- TED POTTER trants in the declamation contest. min: 1 QUICK SERVICE CO INC GOODYEAR TIRES VULCANIZING ATWATER KENT RADIOS Electric Referigeration Kelvinator --- Copeland Phone 332 Sixth and Myrtle 0-01014111 xiiiizixixiiiiiiiiiiii iii Page 28 LW gg at - . Although we're supposed to be modern, we English Prof.kWe'll take Lamb tomorrow, can't help sighing for the good old days, when men were men, and women weren't. Audrey-Oh, how I hate him--hate him- hate him!!! Jane-How long has this romance been in progress? - Here is another one about a Scotchman-A Scot, leaving home on a business trip, called back to his wife and child, who were waving farewell from a Window. Goodbye allg an' dinna forget to take little Donald's glasses off when he is nae looking at anything! Author-What do you think of my story ?- Give me your honest opinion. Editor-It's not Worth anything. Author-I knowg but tell me anyway. and I want you to digest it thoroughly. The Boss-Robert, I hope you will try to save half of what you earn. Oflice Boy-I don't get that much, sir. The thing that touched me most, said the minister, when speaking of the donations, was when little Susie Brown walked up and laid an egg among the other offerings. Mother-Robert before you go to the party you should wash your face and neck. Robert Patty-Neck whom, mother? Stockings were invented in the sixteenth century, but they were not discovered until the twentieth. 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Waiter-This isn't such a dead town as you think. Just try it. Think of how Mr. Gilmore felt when he was press.-nted with a big cigar while playing chess and then became sick and had to step down from his dignined reserve. When a man falls in love he quits laugh- ing at the other victims of the disease. Mr. Kirby-Why were you not in school this morning Mr. Knock? Mr. Knock-Because I was sick, Mr. Kirby-Wellg how do you account for the fact that I saw you up town today. Is that being sick? Mr. Knock-I was too sickg I was sick of being in school. Her soft eyes gazed at the moong In the air she breathed a low tuneg He searched far and wide, Then arrived at her side- E Bossy cow, in the warm month of June. -Mildred Newmaster. o 9.4103 1 101 3 1 1 in: 1 2n:n1o:oqno:nzoxczuzoxoinx 11:-1 1 1 qnocmx uno: gg g WHEN YoU WANT PHOTOGR PH - Goto E - REI HARIYS STUDIO 2 Q For quality, service and your money's worth. 3 204 1-2 North Penn. o ',4pujo1uiuio.n11u:r1311103111111311311111111 Page 32 Independence, Kansas. g i