Johnson County High School - Wyomalo Yearbook (Buffalo, WY)

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THE SOUND OF TYPEWRITEBS, which take up part of the room in Miss 6 Baird's cabin, can be heard above the bellering of the cows and other sounds -. N-0 peculiar to a ranch. Miss Baird taught the art of typing to those who are in- terested in learning to type. To those wanting to acquire the skill of taking dictation speedily and putting their thoughts down in the briefest possible way, she taught the tricky system of shorthand. After the chores were all done and everything taken care of, the gang had a lot of time on their hands. Many en- joyed passing the time by playing ping- pong and soccer. She taught the girls many interesting games and refereed games of basketball. She showed the acrobats new stunts for tumbling, and supervised all the other forms of girls' physical education available to us out here on the ranch. Miss Baird also sponsored the Pep Club. The girls in the club furnished the applause and cheers while the boys were MISS BAIRD riding fierce broncos, having a race, or performing other entertaining feats. She helped sponsor that busy group of workers. the juniors. Miss Baird is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. lVhen she was not busy at the ranch, she spent a lot of time in her Chevrolet coupe. Many miles have been registered on the speedometer between here and Sheridan, where she went nearly every week end to visit her sister. She loves to play Chinese checkers and dissipates to the extent of numerous cokes and cups and cups ot' black coffee minus the trimmings. I we

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yt :fi Q f ,if qvzuucs Q A FIQLLA HAs TO be time to clear a '1M 'S 4' corral fence in nothing flat around L1 Q. place where there a lot of vicious lnus Q- tangs and brahma bulls. This looks simple enough, but with a critter's hot breath on your neck you have to be in practice and know how it's done before you can do it. To stand at the barn door and be able to drive a horse away I from the oat bin with a clod or stone , takes practice in developing perfect aim and quite a lot of skill. To perform - the many ranch tricks, one must be as 1 A well trained as must the city folks who play football and basketball. Like city schools, the ranch needs an instructor for this. Mr. Baker has been coach at the ranch for four years. and during this time he has performed his duties remarkably well. Besides instructing the ranch hands in athletics, Mr. Baker answered the puzzling questions in the minds of the curious. He and some of the gang MR BAKER had great fun cutting up frogs and studying plant life. VVhen the boys had difficulty. such as trying to pull a boulder out of the field or load machinery into the wagons. they asked Mr. Baker for help. He told them just how to wrap the chain around the boulder or how to construct a pulley so that it required less force to moye the object. Nlr Baker graduated from qouth Dikota Qtite Volle e with a B Q dufree and A . c c ' k c . L . , L. 1 ' ' gf ' q iz- took graduate work at Minnesota University. ' 3 ff 'jglaw ff-1 ff ' 4 f'5f5 ' t J Q3 1 2 N . - V,

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4 OUT HERE where it is a long ways to town and where travel is made diffi- cult by rough, unimproved roads, we , have to provide our own entertainment. Many of us find enjoyment in music. It is lucky for those of us who are inter- ested in instrumental music that one of the hired men studied it and is willing to pass on his knowledge to the rest of LIS. Mr. Mentzer helped us gather up a few musical instruments, and we spent long hours under his supervision before reaching the point where we could play music anywhere near the way it should be played. When some of the fellas put on a show or when the VVest becomes show- minded and every ranchman is willing to bet that his horse can outrun any other one in the country, and contests are held to settle the affair, the band is usually there to do its part toward making the show enjoyable. Some of the other outfits around have organized a band and in the Wi MHNTZW spring a festival is held at Casper. which the bands all attend. Our band would not have received such high ratings at these festivals as they have received in the past, had it not been for the excellent coaching Mr. Mentzer so energetically gave. Mr. Mentzer has studied under Arthur Heft, dean of music at Drake University. and Jacob Schmidt, Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. He also attended the American Conservatory of Music and the Vandercook School of Music, both in Chicago. Before coming west, he played professionally in theaters in and around Chicago. E 1' A pf 'S uwmwai' M.-W we f -:Sec if .... sssw Ns X '-. ,t Hi ll' ' K 5 yur vi