Kingman High School - Oracle Yearbook (Kingman, KS)

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Besides Seniors We Have- There Is cz Little Talent Elsewhere Even if the seniors do lead one to believe there are none in high school worth mentioning except seniors- there are! Iive quite a bit to say about the others, too-the junior, sophomore, and freshman classes, respec- tively. The junior class is quite essential to the high school. One of their big undertak- ings was their class play this year. They chose Ala- bama Bound, which was 21 huge success under the di- rection of Mr. Kaufman. Watson Weniger, Virginia Quillen and Elmer Schrag did some very meritable acting. Of course the whole play cast deserves honorable mention. As freshmen, this class elected as their president, Leonard Krehbiel, whose name no longer appears on the class roll. Last year they chose Maynard Harner as their leader. This year they elected Bill Mar- cum, president, Kenneth Kaufman, vice-president, and Watson Weniger, secretary-treasurer. The junior class has the privilege of sponsoring another one of the annual events of the year, that is the junior- senior banquet. This event was held May 15, at the Methodist Church with Watson Weniger as toastmaster, and Bill Mar- cum giving the welcome speech. The banquet theme was Japanese. Miss Kellogg and Miss Sutton are the sponsors of this class. Oren McClure, who has been president of the Hi-Y this year, is another mem- ber of this class. He will be on the Hi-Y cabinet again next year. He is a mem- ber of the boys' quartet which has taken so many firsts this season at various contests. Watson Weniger was elected vice-president of the Hi-Y for the com- ing year. Mae Young, another member of this class, has been elected president of thc G. R. for the coming year. Two of the junior girls have held positions on the G. R. cabinet this year. They are Laura Frances Bixler and Mildred Milford. Both girls have been elected to the cabinet for the coming year, as has also Mildred Peterson. This class, which will be the graduat- ing class of '32, has shown the other classes that it can accomplish things that it undertakes. Members of this class have taken part in almost every ac- tivity open to them. A ' Both the business and advertising managers of the Oracle staff for the past year have been members of this class. A number have participated in the music contests of the year, as well as the operetta. Of course a class that is un to date must take part in athletics. Last year some of the boys were elected to'tho By Bernice M. Forney Class Officers 1930-'31 Savoy Orr Green Showalter Weniger Kaufman Child King Clark Warnberg Reynolls Athletic Honorary Society. This year the junior boys have taken a part in athletics, both football and basketball. However, the girls have also taken part in the volley ball offered as intra-mural sports. The sophomore class, which is the larg- est class in school, can not be unduly praised. It has been outstanding in its accomplishments both years. Starting out as freshmen they elected as their president Margaret Alice Pope, but this year the votes seem to have turned to the boys, as Louis Orr was elected presidentg Neal Savoy, vice- presidentg and Carrie Eleanor Reynolds, secretary-treasurer. The faculty spon- sors of this class are Miss Forney and Mr. Osborn. Josephine Brown. one of the prominent members of this class. has been an out- standing debater for the last two years. She has also been elected to a position on the G. R. cabinet for the coming year. The girls' quartet which has made such a good showing this year is com- posed of one senior and three sopho- mvres. these sophomores being Margaret Alice Pope, Carrie Eleanor Reynolds and Mary Ellen Welch. The majority of the G. R. cabinet for the coming year will be members of this class. Besides the one previously men- tioned there are live other sophomores who will hold positions on the cabinet. They are: lantha Horner, Lethe' Wy- more. Josephine Woodford, Carrie Elea- nor Reynolds and Edith Lonfrenecker. The president of the Hi-Y for the coming year is a sophomore this year, Chester Whitelaw. Archie Warnberg, who served on the cabinet this year, will hold a position again next year. Norman McCullough was a member of the cabinet the past year. A large per cent of the orchestra and band is made up of members of the sophomore class. Ruby Bula placed third in reading in 12 the Fine Arts Contest at Pratt this spring. The boys of the class have taken an active part in all athletics this term, in- cluding football, basketball and track. The boys' quartet is com- posed of one junior and three sophomores. The ,sophomores are Boyd Pip- kin, Chester Whitelaw and Norman McCullough. With this kind of a past this class certainly has a bright future ahead of them. The majority of the oper- etta cast. The Count and the Co-Ed was made up of members of this class. So really this doesn't sound like the sophomore year is so dry after all, does it? 'fLast but not least as the old saying goes comes the class called the fresh- men, But remember we were all fresh- men once. The freshmen elected as their class officers this year: Wilbur Showalter, president, Mable Gertrude King, vice- presidentg and Mildred Child, secre- tary-treasurer. The faculty advisers cf this class are Miss Hunsberger and Mr. Kaufman. This class is probably never expected to do as much outstanding work as the other classes, nevertheless, it certainly has shown bright promise for coming years already. Mable Gertrude King has been out- standing because of her musical abili- ty. She entered the Fine Arts Contest at Pratt, her solo placing second there. Later she went to the contest held at VVichita. and then to the Emporia con- test. She also was accompanist for some of the other contestants entering at the various places. Ruth Sheldon, who was quite prom- inent because of her musical ability while in grade school, entered the con- test at Pratt. Her piano solo placing there entitled her to go to Wichita, to the Friends University contest. Wilbur Showalter, who has been on the honor roll all year, was elected as treas- 11' 'i'- of the Hi-Y for the coming year. Wilbur was outstanding for his scholar- ship while in grade school. Two other freshmen boys have been chosen as members of the Hi-Y cabinet for the coming year. They are Daniel Longenecker and Harold Graber. Mildred Child was another entrant in the reading contest which was held at Pratt. There is no doubt that this class really does have some efficient members, and if it keeps on progressing as it has in the past, it will be quite outstanding by the time it is the senior class in 1934.

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e eTeczchers Now Let's Not Get Personal By Pauline McCartney It has been decided that the faculty has had too much prominence in fore- going annuals. Instead of letting the pictures speak for the faculty, the duty Ialls to someone to speak for them. There seem to be a few facts which in my mind ought to be brought to light, and I feel it is my duty to do it. Per- haps there are a few things you wish to know about them which their pictures do not portray. So it is my biggest aim and endeavor to acquaint you with the King- man High School faculty. The first we might mention is Mr. Engelhardt, the superintendent, who needs no introduction to the students, having been here seven years. May we at this time accountfor the social prom- inence of our superintendent, who faithfully says he does not care to listen to Amos n' Andy, but that he sits up until ten o'clock to listen to these two comedians, so that he may be able to talk intelligently about them in public. May we next acquaint you with Mr. Halbower, our principal, who yeafly turns out constitution classes WhiCh rank in the upper one per cent of the state. In spite of this fact, we know that if a motion were made to hold school only two days out of a week, Mr. Hal- bower would be a loyal supporter, so that some day he might be a champion golf player. May we next acquaint you with Kaufman, our mathematics teacher, who some day may be known by his Kauf- maneum Theorem. We do not know whether he will ever apply this to hif- golf career or not, but if he does we hope he will be very successful. Now I shall speak of Miss Back, the foreign language teacher, who has taught four years in Kingman High SChOwUl- Miss Back has charge of the dramatics department, and every year coaches the senior play. She is noted for her good slen- ior plays, in spite of the trials of having some actor physically injured. Even this year one of her main characters propos- ed to be an acrobat, and pulled the bas- ketball ring from the shield in the gym- nasium during 1'ehearsal. Although the actor was not seriously iY1j'-Wed, Miss Back got the thrill of seeing one of her actors tumble to the floor with the bas- ketball ring in his hand. Mrs. Ruff, the study hall teacher, plays High School Faculty, 1930-'31 an important part in the curriculum of Kingman High School, due to the fact that she keeps all students awake dur- ing their study period. Let me take you to the science depart- ment and acquaint ourselves with Mr. Osborn, the teacher. This is Mr. Osborn's first year teaching in Kingman High School. Although we have never seen Mr. Osborn very angry, he very sincere- ly said that one student in his class made him half sore. We next speak of Mr. Teas, the voca- tional agriculture teacher, who seems to get a great pleasure out of using the Model T Ford when taking his boys on a jaunt. Much honor has been given to the music teacher, Mr. Regier, whose music department took sweepstakes at the Pratt Music Contest and at the Friends University contest this year. This is Mr. Regier's first year teaching in Kingman High School. We hope for even better re- sults next year. The supposition is that Mr. Regier will not do so much running around next year. We take great pleasure in next in- troducing Miss Wolfe. She is another one of our faculty members who seems to do a great deal of traveling around. Miss Wolfe has charge of the girls' physical education department, and girls' sports. History seems to play an important part. at least Miss Forney, the history teacher, thinks so. Miss Forney is the debate coach, and has taught in King- man High School for four years. She teaches her debaters not only how to argue, but also how to do a few acro- batic stunts. While Miss Fo'rney's teams were at the State Debate Tournament at Lawrence, one of the members tried a diving plunge over the front seat of the car. The diver was not injured, so they continued on with their work. Up on the second floor, in a room where many typists are at work, we find Miss McBurney, the typewriting teach- er. This little instance seems to speak for itself. We do not know what influence Miss McBurney has over her students, but anyway it seems there is something. One day in class while all the students were at work, one student wanted help. Instead of having her come to help him, he just picked up the typewriter and 11 carried it to her. Just what would make anyone do this we do not know. In the same department we find Miss Heberling, the commercial teacher. Miss Heberling has taught in the Kingman schools for several years. She is well known in a social way for her ever- readiness to help. Her joke book has come to the aid of many an amateur speaker. Miss Sutton is responsible for the de- licious foods that are made in the do- mestic science department. Even though Miss Sutton will not tell her age, we can't blame her, We have never found a faculty member who would. Perhaps they do not want us to know they are so young. The Oracle reminds us of Miss Huns- berger, the journalism teacher. Miss Hunsberger is working in Topeka this summer. VVe must just remember that there is a bachelor governor at Topeka. One faculty member suggests this is the city where they sing Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Now in speaking of Miss Kellogg, she is our other English teacher. Miss Kellogg is also the Girl Reserve spon- sor. We have so many things that seem to me ought to be brought to light about this teacher. No one knows just when Miss Kellogg is going to settle down and quit running around, and again no one has a faint idea of her age. These being unknown facts, we will have to stop here concerning her. But another teacher you perhaps will want to get acquainted with is Mr. Skel- ton, the athletic coach. Mr. Skelton is a teacher who lives up in an unknown world, all by himself. Sometimes people go up to see him. But we feel that if you want to get acquaint- ed with him, we will ask him to come down-just a little. Last but not least, we find Mr. Van Camp down in the manual training de- partment. But we don't think of Mr. Van Camp as only a manual training teacher, but also as an aviator. Although Mr. Van Camp is not piloting the plane himself, he has made it. Not a toy, we don't mean that, an aeroplane like you see every day. So we may credit Mr. Van Camp as an aeroplane maker. Now, my friends, Isincerely hope this has acquainted you somewhat with the Kingman High School faculty.

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lt's Always air Weather W hen Good Fellows Get Together By Ruby Dutton and Margaret Warnberg It's always fair weather when good fellows get together, is a very true statement in almost every instance. The weather in reality may be bad, but the spirit is what counts as it is the spirit which creates the good times. On December 2 at 6:30 p. m. in the Presbyterian church of Kingman was held the annual father and son banquet. Mr. Lee Kabler was toastmaster. The program was as follows: Toastmaster ............ Mr. Lee Kablel' Singing .... Mr. E. E. Kaufman, leader Toast to Dads ........., Oren Woodford Toast to Sons ..., Mr. Frank Yeoman Address ,,,,,,,,,,,,4,,,..,.i,., Dr. Chamb9l'S Music ,,,,,,,,.,..,............... Boys' Quartette A few weeks elapsed and behold, the annual mother and daughter banquet was held February 13 at 6:30 p. m. in the Christian church basement. Mrs. Hattie Moore Mitchell, Dean of VVomen at K. S. T. C., Pittsburg, Kansas, was the outside speaker. Dean Mitchell's talk was entitled Detours. Highways was the theme of the banquet. The tables were decorated with a miniature highway down the center of which were traveling cars and trucks. The color scheme was pink and blue with pink nut cups placed on blue triangles. The program and menu cards, which were in the form of garages, had pumps of pink and blue. Two hundred and sixteen guests were present. The program was as follows: Grace Song ..................................- .All The Big Blowout .... The program title Tourist Guide ................ Ruth Sample i,G.R. Highway 300 feet ahead Get Goin' ,,AA,,,,,,,,,,.,r,,,,, Maxine Clark Hitch Hikers ..,, Mrs. Maude Murphy Highways and Happy Ways. Quartette ........ Four Road Graders Struggle Buggy, playlet Reserves Words, reading .................... Ruby Bula Road Repairs ...,,.,,....,... Ruth Sample Detours..Mrs. Hattie Moore Mitchell Thanks for the Buggy Ride ................................ Y. W. C. A. Lighting the Highway, Candle Lighting Recessional,All Travelers On May 1, invitations were issued to seniors and faculty members to attend the annual junior-senior banquet to be given May the fifteenth at the Methodist church. Japanese decorations, characterized by the use of cherry blossoms, and Wisteria and gay banners were used in the banquet hall. The tables contained miniature Japanese lakes and blooming cherry trees. Small Japanese figures were given as favors to each person present. The menu, served by girls of the sophomore class, consisted of the fol- lowing foods: Japanese Delight Most Honored Fowl Golden Balls Drops of Jade Milsau Poppy Seeds Fuji Pinwheels Ocha The program which was carried out on the theme of Banners culminated in singing the school song Banners Watson Weniger was toastmaster. Bill Marcum gave the welcome speech, Un- furling the Banners. Alexander .,,,,.,,..., Male Quartette Japanese Dance ..,,.... Hazel Crippen, Barbara Baldwin, Zelma Moore, Armilda Salmans. In the Usual Way , Musical Reading ......,......... Delight Cheatum Response .......,.. Victories Under the Banners Solo from The Mikado , Mr. Regier Just a Little Joy Ride , Reading ,.,,,...,......,,...Laura Frances Bixler Faculty Address, Good Luck Signs on the Banner J. L. Engelhardt A May morning breakfast was a new feature tried this year. On May 1 at 8:00 a. m. the new Girl Reserve cabinet gave a breakfast to all senior girls, and lz-dy members of the faculty. The breakfast was served in the D. S. rooms. The tables were decorated with flowers and May poles. May basket favors and place cards carried out the color scheme of yellow and white. There were about thirty-five guests present. The menu was as follows: Fruit Cup Egg ala Goldenrod Toast and Bacon Jelly Coffee Mints The program which represented a May morning was as follows: Toastmaster .... Laura Frances Bixler Dawn ..............,,......,........... Mae Young Wake Up ,,.....,.............. Maxine Clark Sunrise .,,,,.,...,,.............. Ruth Sample Sunbeams .,.. Carrie Eleanor Reynolds On April 10 and 11 the glee clubs, mixed chorus, orchestra, band and quar- tettes went to the Fine Arts Contest at Pratt. Kingman came home with all the high honors. Kingman placed first in band, girls' glee club, mixed chorus, boys' quartette, girls' quartette, trombone solo and saxo- phone solo. Kingman won first place with a total of eighty-eight points after receiving seven firsts, three seconds, seven thirds and two fourths. Kingman also won the Class A division at the Southwest Annual Music Contest at Friends University. More than 1,200 students were entered 13 in the contest representing forty high schools. The events in which Kingman placed were as follows: girls' high voice, third: boys' quartette, first, girls' quartette, first, boys' glee club, first, girls' glee club, first, and mixed chorus, first. Scholarships to Friends University and silver loving cups were awarded to the various winners at the close of the contest. The quartettes and three soloists en- tered the State Contest at Emporia April 27 to May 1. Those going from Kingman were: Mary Ellen Welch, Letha Ravenscroft, Margaret Alice Pope, Carrie Eleanor Reynolds, Oren McClure, Norman Mc- Cullough, Boyd Pipkin, Ch-ester White- law, Maxine Clark and Mable Gertrude King. The girls' quartette ranked excellent: the boys' quartette received honorable mentiong Mable Gertrude King ranked excellent, Maxine Clark received hon- orable mentiong and Chester Whitelaw received honorable mention. The glee clubs and the mixed chorus presented an operetta entitled The Count and the Co-ed, on December 18 at the high school gymnasium. I The scene was laid in Marden College in a mid-western town. The time was in May. The students were getting ready for their spring festival. The choosing of the May Queen and various song num- bers added spirit and enthusiasm. It was a bright fast-moving comedy, which was very collegiate in style. The Speaking parts were all handled well, due to the untiring efforts of the two directors, Miss Lydia Back and Mr. Ben Regier. Chester Whitelaw and Maxine Clark played the leading parts. Margaret Alice Pope was the hit of the whole show Playing the part of a Spinster house mother. Boyd Pipkin played'the 'part of Sleepy, a typical freshman. Mary Ellen Welch, as the belle of the campusg Oren McClure, as the leader of the glee club, Norman McCullough, Virginia Martin, Bill Marcum, Carrie Eleanor Reynolds, Letha Ravenscroft and others showed merit and deserve comment on their fine performance. The choruses were especially worthy of mention. They added pep and spirit to the whole production. There were also two picturesque dances which were coach- ed by Miss Wolfe. Members of the H. S. orchestra made up a small orchestra which played be- tween the acts. Miss Mable Gertrude King was the pianist for the operetta. The faculty of the Kingman schools were entertained at an annual dinner, at 6:30 o'clock, September 30. The pur- pose of this dinner was for the teachers to get acquainted with the town ipeople. Mr. Engelhardt introduced the mem- bers of the faculty who were here the preceding year, and Miss Heberling in- troduced the new teachers. The program consisted of a stunt by the grade school teachers, two readings by Miss Kellogg, and two solos by Mr. Regier. So you may see by this that the weath- er has been fine and that the good times were up to high standards.