Kingman High School - Oracle Yearbook (Kingman, KS)

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95 Clark Cottle Kaufman Eson Skelton McCutchen Whitelaw Kaufman Wingate Savoy Jones Hamilton Swartz Poteet From ridiron to Cinde Tracie With the Eagles- Most Times We Win, Sometimes We Lose By Sutton, Hoffman, Clark and Harner When Papa Eagle starts anything he generally finishes it up in fine form, and true to this tradition he has completed .another season of successful invasions, and has successfully repulsed the many attacks upon his stronghold. For many moons the Eagles have been renowned great warriors and as those who may lose a battle, but never fight a losing fight. Battles are lost, but the fight is never taken out of the Eagles. Fight hard and fight always, is their war cry. In their stage of infancy the Eagles were rather unsteady in flight, but un- der the instruction of their Patriarchal ruler Jump an Missit they steadied up, and when they went into flight again they had been moulded into a perfect forma- tion and were much surer and swifter in their attacks, and their defense was pretty to watch. Against the Norwich Braves the Eagles showed up in une form for the first of their conquests, but they were unable to stand against the terrible on- slaught of the Hutchinson Salt Hawks, and though badly beaten they never lost spirit, but instead they took a crack at the Harper Bear Cats. It was a see- SEIW battle, and for the first time in years the Eagles lost to Harper. The Eagles' tribal enemies, Pratt G-reenbacks, set their snare for the- high flyers but they did not expect much of a struggle from the inexperienced Eagles against their seasoned and crafty hun- ters. O what a surprise! The Green-- backs tallied their 7 points, but oh what a' fight! But those swift darting flights of the Rear Ranksg the smashing plunges of the Fearless Ham and those tricky maneuvers of the leader Speedy, and that lanky Flat Foot Tom, were to no avail. The breaks of the day seemed to go the other way, and Eagles again met defeat at the hands of their most bitter enemy. The commanders, Chilli, 'iMac, and Jap, ordered a period of recuperation, and after a two weeks' rest the Greens-- burg Swedes took to the war path and the Eagles and Swedes met on the world famous K.H.S. gridiron. The battle of battles ended in a draw, but this was entirely possible because of the size and weight of their team com- pared to our lighter and swifter war- riors. Speedyl' Kaufman proved in this iight that he was a level headed, quick, cool thinker and the proper one for the responsible position of flight leader. The line held like a stone wall, and time and time again the Eagles would make those Swedes bugle retreat. When the command, Forward March, was given it was really executed in fine form and despite ending in a draw, this battle will make history. Then the St. John Wild Cats labored under misapprehension that putting them under floodlights would bewilder the Ter- rible Eagles. To the surprise and chagrin of the Little Kittens they found that bucking that invincible line, and trying to stop those swift unerring nights oi' the untamable Eagle back rank was entirely unsuccessful. The Medicine Lodge Warriors success- fully invaded the Eagles' nest, and car- iied off the day's honors, which had to be returned on a forfeit because of some irregular happening. The Eagles next took off for the stamping grounds of Anthony, and pro- ceeded to trounce them good, but what a day they picked for this bloody battle -none other than Armistice Day. 4 The Black Bears came to K.H.S. with the idea that the Eagles would be a tasty dish, just done to a turn as they liked them, but instead of Bears having Bird Broth, the Eagles had Bear Steak for their reward. Those Naughty American Indians packed their bows and arrows in their quiver and jumped upon their iron pintos to head westward on the trail of the Eagles. These Indians had a dead eye and when their Chief t'Stoop and Grabit, shot an arrow, it was as true and straight as a string. He always hit a man, but it was always his own man and good fo: a wonderful gain. Fleet and crafty in their plays but they still were unable to cope with their superiors. A fight to the finish was to be seen on the field, and here it was in all the beauty upheld by tradition-those Indian Brav- es fighting against hope and plugging away with that unconquerable spirit. The Eagles were fighting hard but clean and in the end they triumphed over the Indian Braves by a small margin. The Football Schedule was: Kingman ....,,..,,..., 19 Norwich ,,,.,,,,,,,.., 0 Kingman HO Hutchinson ........ 25 Kingman I6 Harper ,,,............. 12 Kingman ....,, ....... 0 Pratt ,,,,,,,,,,,,....,,.... 7 Kingman ..0 Greensburg .,.,,,.... 0 Kingman 13 St. John ,,,,.,,..,.... 0 Kingman ................ 0 Medicine Lodge 17 Kingman 13 Anthony ,,,,,,.,.,,,.,,. 6 Kingman Sterling ,,,,,,,,...,,... 0 Kingman Kingman 26 18 Amer. Indians 12 Opponents .......... 79 The Eagles after their flight in the field of football, alighted and prepared to give old K.H.S. another sample of unerr- ing non-stop basketball. With blood in their eyes and hunger in their stomach they traveled to the Harper Bearcats' lair. They returned with stomachs full

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.lu t A Da in School How Students Are Uverworleea' By Hester McKenna Friday morning, May 8, Paul and Jim met in front of Beckett's. It was almost eight o'clock, and they were rejoicing over the fact that it was Friday, and that they had only two more weeks of school. They were glad also because it was the last day of school that week. But deep down in those boys' hearts they were not glad, for they hated the thought of losing their friends, the seniors. Let's go to school, Jim, I have to read my sociology lesson, said Paul. They walked up the street to school and their conversation drifted along, and finally they ended up by talking about their grades. They opened the door and there was an announcement on the bulletin board which read, 'Not So Fast,' SR. Class Play at High School Gym to- night. t'Oh! Paul, let's go to see that. I heard that Bob Eson could certainly play his part. In fact I guess everyone has his part well, said Jim. Another announcement read like this, Scenes from the Senior Play will be given in chapel this morning. This of course pleased the boys very much. They walked down the corridor and went into the study hall so that Paul might read his sociology lesson. About 8:10 a group of real merry-makers came into study hall. They also we1'e rejoicing because of school being out in a few vleeks. They planned a picnic for that evening after school. Of course Jim :-n'l Paul were listening while they were planning the lunch because, well, they were just ordinary boys. At 8:20 the bell rang and they both went strolling down the hall and into Mr. Kaufmarfs room for geometry. This hour seemed like only a few min- utes, for both the boys had their les- sons and could Work almost all the prob- lems. At 9:20 the bell for second hour rang. Jim said, I must be on my way to En- glish, but I'll see you in chapel. Jim ren up the stairs to the English room and then he saw Maxine Clark, coming from D. S. with a bunch of cookies. He stopped her and relieved her of part of her burden. Meanwhile Paul had gone up the stairs in the opposite direction to type- writing, and of course he missed meeting Maxine on a morning such as this. But of course, Jim had never told Paul of meeting her almost every morning, and that this was his reason for using the north stairs, exclusively. As they promised, they met in chapel and sat together. They thoroughly en- ,v.v.v.,VV,.v.v.v.v.v. - - A - - .v.v.v.'.v.v.v.'.,v.v.v., i l Study hall two hours a day? What evil hath the curriculum wrought! At that. they look as if they enjoyed it. Mr. Cottle seems to he preparing his usual fine les- son in sociology. Or is he thinking of last night? The geometry class is hard at work. Even Mr. Kaufman seems to be work- ing. The gym class prepares for its setting- up exercises. Mr. Skelton coulIln't get in the picture. The gym and the high school remind us of good times. L.v.Y.v.'.'.'.'.v.v.v.v.v.-.v.v.v.v.v.'.v.v.v.v. - A - - .v.v.v.J 3 joyed the skits from the play and were more anxious to see the play that night. At 10:55 the bell rang. Mr. Halbower called for announcements, and they were then dismissed to go to their third hour classes. Paul went to sociology, and Jim to world history. In their own estimation they had their lessons almost perfect. Later Jim said to Paul, Girls certainly are dumb. Paul naturally asked, Are you just now finding that out, and how did it just happen to dawn on you ? Jim replied, Well, today in history class, Florence Erhard said Japan is in the United States. At 11:55 the bell rang and school was dismissed for the noon hour. At this time the boys went home to partake Of their noonday meal. At 12:45 they were again in front of Beckett's. They walked up the street as hundreds of others were doing. In front of the building they were stopped and asked to pose for a few snapshots that the girls wanted of them. At 1 o'clock the bell rang for the fourth hour class. This hour Jim and Paul had study hall. Jim sat there day dreaming for a while, and finally he went to sleep, and had to be awakened by Paul so that he would not be tardy to his next hour class. All this time Paul had been doing some real studying for a quiz in American history which he had next hour. Jim had another hour of study hall, and at this time he began working on his theme for English. He was becoming deeply interested in his subject when the bell for sixth hour dis- turbed him. All this time Paul was in history class taking his quiz in which he received a grade which according to the bell curve put him on top-or in the middle-depending on how you look at it. Sixth hour, Jim had Spanish and be- cause the class had their lessons so well, Miss Back told them about Mexico and some ofutheecustoms. They enjoyed the talk very much and the only thing they regretted was that the time was too short. V Paul had study hall sixth hour ano worked on his theme for sociology. The 4 o'clock bell rang, and the boys went to town to meet the Gang going 011 the picnic. They came back to town about 7 o'cl0ck and neither of the boys had a starved look on their faces. At 8:15 the boys were sitting on the sixth row in the gym ready to See 9-Hi hear everything. They enjoyed the Play very much, and decided it was one of the best plays they had ever seen. After- wards the boys were heard singing as they walked down the street, Just An- other Day!

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and Harper's goat in their claws. The Eagles kept soaring in their flight by beating the alumni. The Eagles took off with a roar for Anthony's scalp and kept roaring until victory flew with them. With three vic- tories under their belt and a feeling of contentment, the Eagles prepared to do battle with the Black Bears from Ster- ling. The Eagles with their unerring eyes, rolled up a big score on their op- ponents. With victory favoring them, and aim- ing for a perfect non-stop flight, the Eagles headed for the Bulldogs' den. Here something went wrong, and the refueling plane failed to contact with the Eagles' ship, and the Eagles floated to the ground defeated, but not disheartened. This little defeat acted only as a spur, for cn their next flight the Eagles attained greater heights by triumphing over Greensburg and Medicine Lodge. Then the refueling plane lost contact again, and the famous Eagles, try as they would, could not shake off that black specter of defeat. It got attached some way and was forcing the Eagles' non- stop plane nearer and nearer to the ground. They packed their kits and journeyed to Arthony. Here again that specter dogged their steps and they lost the game by one point. The Eagles determined to give the shadow a slap on the face when they met Pratt on their own court. Here the devil must have laughed with glee to see our ancient enemy force us farther down. This seemingly reacted on the Eagles' side, for they gave old man defeat a ter- iible kick by troinping on the Harper Bearcats 41 to 13. Then old man trouble jumped up and placed an air pocket in the way, causing the pilots of that famous plane to dig in ard strive for higher altitudes. The Eagles went to Medicine Lodge and took P drubbing only after a terrific struggle that lasted for forty minutes. After resting for a week, the Eagles pointed their ship to what promised to be the best game of the season. The Pretty Prairie Bulldogs had handed them the first defeat of the season, and the Eagles determined to send them home with their tails tucked between their legs. The night finally arrived and it came up to all expectations by proving to be the best game of the season. After a fast and furious battle the Eagles descended from their lofty perch. They were beaten in scores, but not in that old indomitable fighting spirit which is the Eagles' herit- age. The Eagles having been defeated by the Pratt Greenbacks once before, drew out their trusty old ship and started to complete another link in their circuit. Only after another hectic scrap would the Eagles down another lap in their non- stop flight. They then journed to the Black Bears' den expecting a hard tussle and victory. Here that black and ominous specter ol' defeat appeared again, and the Eagles were forced to return with the little end of a 38 to 32 score. With a roar and a snap of its power- ful beak the Eagles' ship sped into the last lap. Grim and silent they swooped upon the unsuspecting warriors from Greensburg. After a bitter battle they captured victory and gave old man de- feat the final push into oblivion. The Eagles set down the ship that had carried them so valiantly and proudly on their flight in the sport of basketball. lt came down not with a perfect record in scores, but with an unbeatable record in good playing and sportsmanship. Herewith is a list of the faithful pilots that brought old K.H S, through another season with flying colors: James Sanders, Hotshot -The boy who could be depended upon to give you a thrill. Kenneth Kaufman, Speedy -The old dependable who was always good for at least three baskets. Neal Savoy, t'Neal -The boy that was always there working for the team. Thomas Wingate, Tom -Not a thrill giver. but always working for the good of the team. Lester McCutchen, Mac - The big center who was death on the free throws. Robert Eson, t'Slick -That lanky guard who always got his man. O1'en Woodford, Chilli -A redheaded guard who always gave a good exhibition of dependable playing. Jasper Swartz, Jap -One of the fas- test Eagles that ever trod on a basket- Winfate Esnn Skelton McCutche'i Savoy Sanders Kaufman Swartz VVooflford 5 ball court. When he started after a goal it always gave you a thrill. The schedule for this year's work was as follows: Team Score Team Score Kingman ..,,..,....... 30 Harper ............------ 21 Kingman ,,...,,.,,,,,. 32 H.S. Alumni ......-. 28 Kingman ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 25 Anthony .............. 15 Kingman .,,,,,,.,,,... 32 Sterling ....-----..----- 12 Kingnian ,,,,Y,,,,.,,,, 28 Pretty Prairie ..-- 40 Kingman ,,.,,,,,,,,,.. 28 Greensburg ....-.-..- 25 Kingman ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 24 Medicine Lodge 21 Kingman ,,,...,..,.,,. 15 AI1thOI1y ........------ 16 Kingman ......,.,..... 20 Pratt ................---- 24 Kingman .,.....,,,,,,, 41 Harper ............------ 13 Kingman ..,,.,,..,,,,, 26 Medicine Lodge ...- 34 Kingman Y,VVVVVVVV,,,, 17 Pretty Prairie .... 25 Kingman ,,,,,.,,,...., 26 Pratt ..............-...-- 30 Kingman ,,,,,.,....... 32 Sterling ............---- 38 Kingman ,,,,,r,,,,,,,, 31 Greensburg .......... 19 Kingman ,.,,.,..,.,. 408 Opponents ........ 361 Nearing the close of the school term the Eagles still insisted on victory and working for dear old K.H.S. The first of the track season about twelve furious Eagles started out with blood in their eyes, and victory in their hearts for K.H.S. The first meet was an invitation meet at Sterling April 11. They competed against fifteen other Class A schools in the district. The Eagles' track team was not at its bestg only four men were taken to Sterling, the rest being at Pratt in the Fine Arts Contest. The medley re- lay team, composed of Wingate, Kauf- man, Savoy and Ross, placed. Wingate placed second in the high hurdles, and tied for second place in high jump. Then on April 17 the brave Eagles traveled down to Anthony and won a quadrangular track meet. The Eagles amassed sixty and one-half points to Anthony's second with fifty-seven points. Attended the A.V.l. meet at Wichita and placed seventh among twenty Class A schools. Wingate won second in high hurdles, McCutchen second in javelin, Swartz third in javelin, medley relay fourth, On Saturday, May 2 was the fight: IE1 23 Tk all fContinued on page 103