Kiowa High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Kiowa, KS)

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IHMDIQI 'fI'IEOv1Q 9.8 KIOWAQ' cnnzr DIQQKQ BOARD OF EDUCATION C D FISHER Treasurer J W SCOTT Presldent E G THOMPSON Clerk HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN KIOWA In a frame bulldmg on the south Slde of mam str e ln the year of 1885 the first school conduct ed ln Kiowa was opened It had an enrollment of 101 pupils In the summer of 1886 the dlstuct was organized as number 5 The first school board conslsted of Peter Brough Charles Rumsew and D R Streetel who IS now a resld nt of Kxowa To them IS due the credit for the brlck bulldlng whlch has slnce had an addltlon made, and IS now used as the Grade School On April 22 1916 an electlon was held to vo e bmds for the erectlon of a new High School On Monday mormng Febru'ux 25 1924 thc first classes were held ln the new bulldlng It was formally dedicated on March 26 1917 Thls school has steadlly mcreased n nrollm ent due to the xncrrase ln populatlon of KIOWZ and to the recogmtlon It has recelved from the people of the suzloundmg country untll now Its total en lollment both grade and hxgh school IS 50.3 puplls Pill' UID-' 901-41111 9 G 'lllIl XM lllll H14 i , l . . , . . . , l . . . , . 1 .1 - - 1 - ' , , . , y . I n i L . . , bulldlng. The vote was carl-i-cd and accordingly the new building was erected. I . Y ,, I V . . . ' . 1 1 - ' . ' , . . 5 . . 5 I3 y . K . . . . h ' . S 1 . I . , - i 3 A H QQQ IV Q li . ll ' ' ,I

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DEIMDQI f-ruse-1oa.8 KIOWAWCHIEF D QQ SENIORS PRESIDENT John Ryburg WICF PRFSIDENIT Phyllis Burgess SECRFTARY Howard Strother TREASURFR Virginia Thompson SERGFANT AT ARMS Harry Alberdrng CLASS MOTTO Not Sunset but Dawn CLASS COLOR Green and White CLASS FLOWFR Whlte Carnation CLASS HISTORY Wh n the b ll tolletl for the first day of school rn September 1924 the upper classmen were sur pr sed to see seventy two Indian papooses struggling for their place rn the lrne which led to the wig wam of th Great Indian Chieftain tall and learned man George C Stevens With n a week s time the e chrldren of the Gr at Out of Doors had become so skrllful rn wreldrng the bow of knowledge and the lead penul arrow that rt was generally recognized that a new trrbe betterdthan any before rt h d had its beginning and was in the future to be r cognrzed as 'ill power fu an braye The trlbe of Seniors as rf fearing the power which was bound to descend upon them and take from them their positron ln the abundant fields of knowledge b gan at once to destroy their sprrrt and to make them humble and oblrgmg Accordingly on the battle field they met that day the chiefs and tht squaus of the trrbe of Semors against the papooses of the tribe of Freshmen Of course the papocses yyerc povserless agunst th assault of the Semors They vtere compelled as all vrttrms of the tribe of Seniors were to wear the color of the chiefs and squayns of the tribe of S mors This was the color of the grass and the leaves of the trees They vxere also forced to do many things to ard the tribe of their captors but secretly they m t wrth thelr chrertarn ard lard plans for the future and rn the month of flowers after many moons the bondage was brck n Makin rn all scartely a year of servitude Thr 1 xt year in order to show that they had gained their freedom and had the rlght to develop ther tribe to their b st advantage the name of hen tribe was changed and they became the tribe of Sophom re Because the life they lncd was a hard one and b cause the food of knowledge was hard to obtain some of then trrbe cropped by the way side and fifty seven remained to make up the trlbe of Sophon ore Ifrghtlng rn the fields of knowledge during th many moons that followed using ammunition rn thc form of sheets and pencils when overseen by Chieftains but ln the form of wads and shots wh n alone wlth other trrbesmen this tribe called Sophomore gained rn th natlon of knowledge the sec ond highest posl rons and thus their name was changed to Junior tribe But the trlbe of Juniors were not satlsned with their next highest positron The one tribe they hal not tonqu red the new tribe of Senior were going to leave for a new stamprng ground rn new fields of life The trrb of Juniors xxrshmg to show there was no hard feelings and that they should honor their more powerful brothers began and prepar d a great feast for the trlbe of Semors and sent them on ther may into the fi lds of life reJorc1ng Thus the Tribe of Juniors became the tribe of Senior and fulfilled all the prophecies made of them in their youth Thu are the. squaws 'rnl chreftarns all powerful in the abundant fields of knowl vdge and they rule supreme knovung., more of the art of book lerrnrng of bagging th flocks of mathe mrtrc of the huds of history md tht use of the arrow of hnglrsh than any other tribe and they po unmolrs td That vsontlcrul trlbt of Semors 71Il 'lllIl' 960'-UID 9 G -lllll 904 lllll'-H14 A A 7 ---V------------------------------------ l 4 1 X ..-...-.................,....... K l ENuun--nun---no-------Vh . . . g, A Av ' ' , -..-.....----.--..---.... - I K4 YY .Q r ,- .,..........................., ' I f' 3 1 . , I T - Q - - , . , Q Q Q A 'J . . . . , , . . . , , . Q . .9 A . . . . .1 K , M 1 A' . - . . 3 ' . . . . H 3 . t - . . , . . . L . . . Y V 1 n. . . .Ah Q , 1 .4 Y L L S T n ' 1 ' ' -X Y ' .. fa' s e , ' . Realizing this they submitted meekly, knowing and planning the revenge that was later to come. V V V . ' , ' . . , v Y, I O LJ! . Ia v. u q H ' .... U In . . . I , - ., . . . Q 1 . Y A A . . , , , 1? V V . ' V . . V v ' ' ' '. V' '. Xb. . V ,.. X t ' . ' . y ' 1 ' . ,. . . , . Q V Y . . . . A ' V Y A I ' ' D . 4 . . ' A 1, , . . . ' . : V 1 I h l r '3 r 4' t. , . . . V .... F . . Q . V . ,3 y ' ' ' .S, V, ' , ' ' . ' . V v V3 , ' ' . iy V v . G . . . . Q . . .V U l it I V K I . . H v . - 3 r ' ' ah- -r Y v' r Z ' ' ' V3 R - 2 '.S, ,. A ' 'C . V: , .V . . V ' y 'sf . 1 V ' , Q Q00 oo: 00 n '.u.: V' . I-:I-:N