Kingman High School - Oracle Yearbook (Kingman, KS)

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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

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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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, 2 -7 Much Ado bout othin A Young Man is Fancy Lightly Turnsg' By Viola Hodge I'll bet I didn't sleep two winks last night, Jimmie Doolittle grumbled over his breakfast grapefruit at half past ten. Betty Jane, his little sis of high .school age, giggled with incredulous dis- respect as she listlessly dusted the buf- fet. Jimmie's insomnia had been a subject of daily family discussion since his sophomore year in college, when a Texas blonde had so noticeably bruised that troublesome cardiac muscle known as his heart. Not t.hat it was difficult to dent. No indeed! Either of his sisters would testify to that, and cite the cases of Dorothy Ann, Laura Lee, Pearl of his heart, and other samples of feminine pulchritude in assorted colors, shapes and sizes. Nevertheless, Jimmie's in- somnia was of much greater importance than the drouth or the business depres- sion-to him and his mother. Jimmie dear, I just wish mother could bear your suffering for you. But I've done everything I can think of. His anxious parent sighed wearily, then re- sumed the mending of a striped sock of masculine gender. 'tPerhaps you had better go down to see Doctor Dosem again this morning. You must go as soon as you get done eating, dear. You know he always plays golf on Saturday after- noon. Say, infant, I described your symp- toms to Bill yesterday, and he said you probably suffered from a chronic and severe attack of 'puellaeinmentef It certainly sounds bad enough to cause immediate death, his older sister, Marylynn, remarked with obvious sister- ly solicitude. Bill ought to know what he's talking about, too. He's almost finished his three years as interne at the hospital. For cat's sake! What's puell-what- ever you call it? demanded Betty Jane. Bill says it's almost incurable, al- though it has been done. He says it's one of the greatest afflictions of man- kind and has been for ages past. He says you ought to come down to the hos-- pital and let him and Doc Soakum give you a thorough examination. Theytd probably discover you were minus a brain and a heart. The ghost of suspicion peeped from Jimmie's eyes. He remembered that time, not so long ago, when Marylynn and Betty Jane had tricked him into eating a crisply roasted rat cut in small pieces in a bowl of gravy. They had afterward confessed reading in a biography of Madame Nellie Melba, the prima donna of the nineties, that she had been report- ed to eat roasted rats for her insomnia. Mrs. Doolittle glanced up from her darning and seconded the suggestion. Yes, dear, you must go. This is really getting serious. No telling what it may lead to. I have done everything I can think of-fed you on onions and hot lemonade until we have a bigger bill for onions and lemons this month than for milk. Doctor Dosem didn't seem much interested in your case, anyway. Well, I reckon I might as well get it over with. But I'll bet it'd do just as much good to consult old Worthless as Marylynn's iittle two-cent doctor, wouldn't it, old purp? With the toe of his sport oxford Jimmie tickled the sprawling dog, who thumped his tail -on the floor in assent. Marylynnfs blue eyes sparkled with anger. 'tWell, my 'little two-cent doc- tor,' as you call him, got through college by more than the skin of his teeth. That's more than my dear little two-cent broth- er is doing. Children! Children! I'm ashamed of you! Can't you even speak without fight- ing like two old tomcats on a back fence ? Their mother's tired eyes regard- ed them with mild dismay. Betty Jane suppressed a stream of giggles. Jimmie stumbled out of the breakfast nook and stretched his six feet of brawn and bone-mostly bone. Where's my hat? Betty, you put it away last night. Now get that hat, and make it snappy! VVhen a man has two sisters he's never sure where his head is. I wonder if two sisters would make a man lose his head as often as ten- times-two girl friends, Betty Jane ob- served, and tossed the article of head- gear at her brother's scowling face. Oh dry up and blow away, hunk o' nothin', Jimmie growled, and sauntered down the walk at a snail's pace. Hello, Jimmie my boy! What can an old doc do for a fine young fellow like you this bright and sunny day ? Doctor Soakum's moonlike face beamed with professional geniality, as Jimmie was ushered in by a white-clad nurse. The doctor made Jimmie tired, speak- ing to him as if he were a babe in arms whose mother had come for colic cure. What difference if Doc had known him then! He was a man now, with two years of college behind him-a man who had almost made the varsity, too. Well, Doc, Marylynn says that Bill said I had 'puellae-,' oh, something or other with a long Latin name. I don't just remember all of it now. Anyway, my mother thought I'd better consult you about it, he concluded indifferently. That's right! Take a thing in time and it can be cured. Now just how long have you been bothered this way, my lad? the elderly man inquired with sympathetic interest, Nearly 21 year, I'd say. Last fall in college I first noticed that I couldn't sleep, even after I'd sat up until nearly midnight studying. Bill and I will give you a real going- over, and see if we can't find the trou- ble. The corpulent physician waddled to a door and summoned Marylynn's Doctor Bill. The examination proceeded during .the next half hour with great professional gravity, and occasional com- ments in mysterious medical phraseolo- 6 gy. Completing their apparent search for the most ticklish parts of Jimmie's anatomy, the two doctors disappeared into an inner office. In a few minutes the older man re- appeared, sealing a large pill envelope. In solemn tones he announced, Jimmie, we find that you have a bad case of 'puellaeinmentef That's probably the reason you don't sleep better. But we can fix you up just fine. Yes, sir-e-el Just before- going to bed, dissolve a level teaspoonful of the white powder in this envelope in half a glass of lukewarm water. At meal times take one of the pills in this pink box with a glass of Warm milk. And try to keep regular hours, my boy, as you did when trying out for the team at college. By the way, this formula has been used with great success by many famous coaches and athletes. Doctor Soakum stroked his bristly mustache thoughtfully, and gaz- ed at his youthful patient with a faint hint of amusement. Jimmie arose with hope in his heart and grasped the door-knob in a manly grip. I'll follow directions to the letter, Doc. If varsity athletes use this stud, it ought to do me some good. Dadlll send a check whenever he gets your bill. He walked out with the brisk stride of a man whose shoulders bear no more bur- dens. Why hadn't he ever noticed what a cute little thing that blonde office girl was? That ancient prince of speed demons, Father Time, raced on and the days be-- came weeks and the weeks became months. Jimmie still took the powder and pills with amazing regularity, and praised Doctor Soakum for every hour of his late slumber. He still made fre- quent trips to the hospital, whether to see Doctor Soakum or that blonde of- fice girl, Marylynn sometimes wondered. Pm afraid Jimmie may be taking some habit-forming drug. But I reckon Doc Soakum wouldn't give him anything dan- gerous, his mother remarked to her older daughter one evening over the dish- washing. Marylynnis lips curved with secret mirth. Say, Mamma, you remember Bill said Jimmie had a bad case of 'puel- laeinmentef That's Latin for 'girls-on-the -brainf You know very well that was the only reason Jimmie couldn't sleen-if he couldnt which I doubt. Most of it waS simply his imagination working over- time, Anyway, Bill and Doc jl1S'C 11565 a little psychology on him. That powder and those pills are nothing on earth but condensed milk-baby food used in thc maternity ward, Bill says. Doc told him what wonderful things it had done for college coaches and athletes, S0 he be' lieved it would cure him-and it did. But all he ever needed curing of was coming in at three or four o'clock in the morning. Strange to say, Doc seems to have cured him even of that. temporarily at least. The saving in gasoline will help pay the doctor bill. So donit you worry, Mom. They'll soon wean him away from his baby food. Sometime I'll tell him all about it. Won't he have a cat-fit? She giggled in anticipation of the day. Well, I declare! Mrs. Dool1ttle's face crinkled with laughter. As usual in anything pertaining to Jimmie, it was merely another case of 'Much Ado About Nothing,' 1931 modelf'