Kingman High School - Oracle Yearbook (Kingman, KS)

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VVingate, Milford and President VVood ford lead the Student Council for anoth- er year. Sample and McClure head the G. R. and Hi-Y. The girls' quartette: VVelch, Ravens- croft, Pope and Reynolds. The boys' quartette: McClure, McCul- lough, Pipkin and Whitelaw. ut ide Th Classroom---What? Alright, Lefs See What We Have By Ruby Dutton Classes may be what one comes to school for, but they are not the things you remember after graduation. So let's pause a moment and look outside the class room to the extra-curricular ac- tivities of the school program. There are lots of very interesting things taking place. The Kingman chapter of the National Honor Society has been organized for seven years. The organization is based on four cardinal principles: Scholarship, character, leadership and service. The ones elected from the class of 1931 are: Ruth Sample, Ruby Dutton, Pauline Mc- Cartney, Margaret Warnberg, Maxine Clark and Charline Harner. To be eligible for election, a student must have done some service to his school, be honorable in character, show ability in leadership and rank in the up-- per one-third of his class in scholarship. To be chosen a member of this society is the highest honor awarded to any student in school. The membership is secured by faculty recommendation and election. The goal of this organization is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire for service and to pro- mote leadership. The total number of points of the members of the society are as follows: Charline Harner 53 Pauline McCartney 48 Ruth Sample 4715 Maxine Clark 44 Ruby Dutton 39 Margaret Warnberg 39 Take a peek into Miss Back's room on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:20. There one will find the dramatics class digging into the history of drama, types of plays, the history of play development and read- ing examples of each type, or even studying modern art. Some of the plays which have been presented by the dramatics class this year are: Long Distance, Forty Miles an Hour, 'The Truth for a Day, The Last Straw and How the Story Grew. The sponsors of the club are Miss Lydia Back and Mr Edward Kaufman. The members are: Ruby Dutton, Edna Schrag, Elma Pinkerton, Charline Harner, De-- light Cheatum, Mildred Child, Mabel G. King, Margaret Alice Pope, Mary Ellen Welch, Virginia Martin, Elsie Jane Long, Letha Ravenscroft, Elsie Crandall, Doro- thy Stormont, Mildred Peterson, Laura Frances Bixler, Sylvia Carder, Ruby Bula, Arlene Jones, Evelyn Ashcraft, 14 Dorothy Halsey, Carrie Eleanor Rey- nolds, Catherine Armstrong, Mary Jane Doyle, Maxine Clark, Archie Warnberg, Watson Weniger, Norman McCullough, Harold Graber, Durward Green. Tom Wingate, Lester McCutchen, Robert Eson, Bill Marcuni, Eugene Sutton, Oren McClure and Chester Whitelaw. Another interesting organization, of which Miss Back is sponsor, is the Boos- ter Club. This organization of girls has as its purpose, the furnishing of pep and enthusiasm in the student body and of- fering loyal support in all school activi- ties. They also present pep stunt chapels during the year. Each member Wears a uniform dress, a white sport skirt and sweater bearing the monogram K.B.C. in crimson, black and white. The officers of the booster club are: Ruby Dutton. presidentg Margaret Warnberg, secre- tary-treasurerg and Miss Back, sponsor. The members which are twenty in number, are nominated by the faculty, elected by the student body, and their names are: Ruby Dutton, Margaret Warnberg, Ruth Sa-mple, Rachael Hoov- er, Hester McKenna. Evelyn Ashcraft, Mary Ellen Welch, Margaret Alice Pope, Mildred Milford, Maxine Clark, Letha Ravenscroft, Mabel G. King, Elsie Cran- dall, Thelma Simmonds, Dorothy Stor- mort, Charline Harner, Carrie Eleanor Reynolds, Pauline McCartney, Viola Harris and Elsie Jane Long. Our excursion party will now drop irto Miss Forney's room during activity period on Tuesday and Thursday. There will be found one of the most industrious groups in the whole school, the debate squad. The members are: Josephine Brown and Ruth SHrr1Dl9, negative: Pauline McCartney' and Margaret Warn- berg, affirmative, and Miss Alice For- ney, spcnsor. The Kingman teams have had a very successful season consider- irg that two of the squad are new mem- bers this year. They are to be compli- mented on their good work. The teams tied for the district championship on decision, but lost on rankings. ' The debate results run as follows: Kingman won five decisions, Medicine Lodge, one, Kingman won three deci- sions, Pratt threeg Kingman won two dc- cisions. Ashland four. Kingman tied with Pratt on judges' decisions but won on rankings. They tied with Ashland on judges' decisions but lost on rankings. An important organization which meets in the inner office every once in a while is the Student Council, spon-

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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.

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sored by Mr. Halbower. To be elected to the Student Council is one of the big honors in Kingman High School. This organization is for the purpose of promoting the interest of the student body in matters of school welfare and to establish cooperation between the faculty and students. The council mem- bers have the authority to inflict punish- ment on those students who disregard the rules of the Council. The Student Council has established standards toward the betterment of the school. The Council consists of fourteen mem- bers as follows: five seniors, four jun- iors, three sophomores, and two fresh- rnen. They are elected by their respec- tive classes. The officers FFS! Oren Woodford, president, Tom Wingate, vice-president, and Mildred Milford, secretary-treasurer. Those elected this year are: seniors, Ruby Dutton, Tom Wingate. Oren Wood- ford, Jasper Swartz and Lester Mc-- Cutchen: juniors, Mildred Milford, Elsie Crandall, Leroy Young and Raymond Meng: sophomores, Rachael Murphy, Edith Longenecker and Boyd Pipkin: freshmen, Harold Graber and Eugene Hobson. One organization of outstanding im- portance in K.H.S. is the Girl Reserve Club, sponsored by Miss Orrie B. Kellogg. It has as its purposes to establish and maintain high standards of conduct and service among the girls, and to strive to develop the highest type of school spirit. The different G. R. committees planned and carried out several events this year-the Big-and-Little-Sister par- ty, Mother-Daughter banquet, a Hal- lowe'en party held with the Hi-Y, a G. R. and Hi-Y basketball game, -Dad-Daugh- ter party, and Senior Girls May break- fast, maintained a G. R. rest room for the use of all high school girls, gave baskets at Thanksgiving, sang carols to shut-ins and entertained the unfortunate children at Christmas. The purpose of the Girl Reserve Club is To find and give the best. The slogan is To face life squarely. A devotional and program meeting is held each Wed- nesday in the assembly room at 10:20. The G. R. cabinet members are: Ruth Sample, president, Margaret Warnberg, vice-president: Bernice Forney, treasur- er: Maxine Clark, program chairman: Laura Frances Bixler, junior high chair- man: Hilda Doze, publicity chairman: Ruby Dutton, social cheirman: Mildrel Milford, music chairman, and Delight Cheatum, secretary and devotional chair- man. The girls who attended the summer camb at Camp Wood are: Ruby Dutton, Margaret Warnberg, Lucille Erhard, Lois David, Mildred Peterson, Laura Frances Bixler and Miss Kellogg. Those attending the mid-winter con- ference at Pratt are: Miss Kellogg, Rubv Bula, Mae Young, Iantha Harner, Hilda Doze, Ruth Sample and Vivian Beck. Ruth Sample and Maxine Clark attended Estes Park in Colorado last summer, A local camp at Riverside was held last August with twenty-seven girls attending. The members of the Girl Reserve Club are: Marv DeWeese, Charline Harner, Bernice Williamson, Dorothy Bonnel, Ruth Hillman, Thelma Simmonds, Vera Bowyer, Ada Sheldon. Opal Vanderpool, Josephine Woodford, Elizabeth Williams, Mildred McBee, Delight Cheatum, Thel- ma Taber, LaFaun Gormley, Bessie Fornwalt, Ethel Cummings, Velma Jane Coleman, Margaret Warnberg, Mere- dythe Hodges, Alma Bowyer, Zelma Moore, Marjorie Johnson, Viola Harris, Bernice Forney, Georgia Hardy, Lucille Erhard, Ruth Sheldon, Rachael Hoover, Elsie Crandall, Dorothy Halsey, Iantha Harner, Laura F. Bixler, Virginia Mar- tin, Mabel G. King, Armilda Salmans, Mildred Burkhalter, Naomi Hooton, Lu- cille Kemp, Virginia Oakes, Maxine Clark, Josephine Brown, Barbara Bald- win, Mildred Peterson, Evelyn Ashcraft, Marie Stead, Mildred Milford, Mary El- len Welch, Margaret Alice Pope, Carrie Eleanor Reynolds, Letha Ravenscroft, Catherine Armstrong, Imo McBurney, Louella Mitchell, Ruby Dutton, Ruby Bula, Elsie J. Long, Hazel Crippen, Ra- chael Murphy, Edith Longenecker, Mil- dred Child, Hilda Doze, Elma Pinkerton, Lulu McDowell. Lois David, Beulah El- liott, Amelia Robinson, Ruby Ingram, Ruth Sample, M i s s K e l l o g g, Louise Weniger, Evelyn Cummings, Mae Young, Dorothy Webber, Arlene Jones and Reva Baker. Those belonging one semester are: Letha Wymore, Viola Dies, Lola Sedgwick, Esther Snyder, Margaret Specht, Sybil Jones, Faye Spradlin, Lucille Robertson, Vera Fox, Lois Lindt. Pauline McCartney, Cula Lindt, Hilda Voran, Frances Seigler, Beulah Hinderliter, Vivian Wilson. Dorothy Stormont, Mary Jane Doyle, Edna Schrag, Maudie Flesher and Vivian Beck. . A similar organization for boys is call-ed the Hi-Y. Its purpose is that of creating, maintaining and extending throughout the school high standards of Christian living. Mr. Seth Osborn was the sponsor this year. Eugene Robinson attended summer camp at Camp Wood. Those attending the conference at Hutchinson were: Ches- ter Whitelaw, Oren McClure, Harold Graber, Marion Hutto, Wilbur Showal- ter, Donald Hamilton and Mr. Osborn. The local club recently were hosts to the district Hi-Y officers' conference. The officers are: Oren McClure, pre- sident: Chester Whitelaw, vice-presi- dentg Bill Marcum, secretary-treasurerg Kenneth Jones. devotional chairman, Lester McCutchen, world brotherhood chairman: Norman McCullough, social service chairman, and Archie- Warnberg, publicity chairman. The members of the club are: Norman McCullough, Bill Marcum. Daniel Longe- necker, Wavne Catlin, William Rodman, Theodore Whittaker, Chester Whitelaw, Burpee Thompson. Loyd McAllister, Les- ter McCutchen, Paul Eberhardt, Neal Savoy, Francis Cheatum, Louis Mc- Manis, Lawrence Fornwalt, Lester Snyder. Mr. J. L. Engelhardt, Hugh Braly, Oren McClure. Louis Orr, Kenneth Jones, Boyd Pipkin, Leroy Young, Harold Graber, Sam Doll. Glenn Bobst, Franklin Drysdale, Orville Hornbaker. Watson Weniger, Oren Woodford, Wal- ton Kabler, Archie Warnberg, Mr. H. H. Halbower. John Duifin, Don Hamilton, Wilbur Showalter, Marion Hutto, Del- mar Anderson, Eugene Robinson and Si Westfall. Our excursion party will now drop in to Mr. Teas' room where an organiza- tion meets which is called Future Far- mers of America. It is a national or- 15 ganization of all boys taking the voca- tional agriculture course. The purposes for which this organiza- tion is formed are as follows: 1. To promote vocational education in agriculture in public schools. 2. To create more interest in intelli- gent choice of farming occupations. 3. To create and mature a love of country life. 4. To encourage recreational and edu- cational activities for students in voca- tional agriculture. 5. To promote thrift. 6. To encourge cooperative effort among students in vocational agricul- ture. 7. To strengthen the confidence of the farm boy in himself and in his work. 8. To develop rural leadership. The Kingman chapter of the Future Farmers, was organized April 8, 1929. The charter was granted the Kingman chapter, August 1, 1929, and the first formal initiation was held for fifteen greenhands October 24, 1929. The officers are: Leroy Young, fpresi- dent, Benny Reid, vice-president, May- nard Harner, secretary, Waldo Graves, treasurer, George Birkenbaugh, reporterg and Lawrence Gilchrist, watchdog. The members are: George Birken- baugh, Waldo Graves, Maynard Harner, Benny Reid. George Robertson, William Rodman, Archie Warnberg, Watson Weniger, Leroy Young, Glen Hinderliter, Wayne Connery, Charles Robinson, James Reid, Theodore Whittaker, Robert Epley, Albert Krehbiel, Ervin Naasz, Glen Bowyer, Vernon McPheeters, Law- rence D-eWeese, Eldon Moorhouse and Loren McClellan. On Wednesday, April 15 this excursion party stopped at the gym and what did they see but Alabama Bound, the play presented by the junior class and spon- sored by Mr. Edward Kaufman. This fascinating new play was full of spark- ling comic situations, dramatic tensions, and emotional scenes. The plot was un- usually original and singularly capti- vating. The play was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. All the cast were outstanding in their act- ing. and should be complimented on their huge success. Following is the cast: Bemis Bennington ........ Watson Weniger Hon, Jeremy Wise .,........,..... Bill Marcum James Patrick Burns, Stubby Paul Tolar Professor Noah Jabb ..,....... Oren McClure Beverly Loman ........................ John Hodges Squire Piper .................,,..... Elmer Schrag' Fay Fairbanks .,.................. Elsie Crandall Mrs. Clarice Courtney Frances Bixler Genieve McCully ................ Grace Hoffman Sammie Bell Porter .... Mary Jane Doyle Mr. Lutie Porter ..........,. Mildred Peterson Pink ...................,......,.,,.,,,,, Virginia Quillen The senior play, Not So Fast given May 8, at the gymnasium was a great success. It was well attended and well received by the audience. The good presentation of the play is credited to Miss Back, who worked so faithfully to make it a success. The play is an American comedy of to-day, written by Conrad Westervelt. With its sparkling, witty dialogue, and snappy lines, the story develops into a clever, modern comedy. Two specialties were presented be-