Laramie High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

Text from Pages 1 - 156 of the 1925 volume:

1925 PLAINSMAN THE PLAINSMAN Page One 1925 PLAINSMAN P«jje Two SCHOOL SONC Laramie High, we will fight for you. For the right to do, everything for you. We’ll go in to play and win the game. We will bring you fame— Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! The maroon and white we’ll proudly wear May our colors e’er fly Victory comes while we sing. Many trophies we will bring. So, Cheer! Cheer! Cheer! Cheer! Cheer! We will win again for Laramie High. P«a« Thre« inoj � 03d Top Row—Mr. Bumann, W. Eberhart. C. Coughlin. B. Fanning. P. George, Coach Crawford. Bottom Row—W. Scott, F. Coatin, R. Corbett. F. Nolan, C. Thomaa. THE PLAINSMAN THE PLAINSMAN To Coach Crawford and Hie 1925 Basketball Team Chamjpions of Wyoming, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Montana, North Dakota, Texas First Wyoming team to win in the National Basketball Tournament We sincerely dedicate Hus annual P«fl« Five Pro SU Order of Content's Page School Song ........................................... '....... 3 Dedication ...................................................... 5 In Memoriam .................................................... 8 Staff ........................................................... 9 Faculty ....................................................... 13 Classes— Seniors ....................................................19 Juniors ................................................. 35 Sophomores ..................................................5 1 Freshmen ...................................................55 Activities.......................................................59 “L” Club ...................................................60 Girls' Gym Club.............................................62 Pep Club ...................................................64 Masque Club ................................................66 Hi-Y Club ....................;.............................68 Student Council ............................................70 Girls’ Club ................................................72 Ag Club.....................................................74 Stock Judging Team. ........................................78 Academics .......................................................79 Society Notes ...................................................80 Literary ........................................................83 Athletics .......................................................97 Football ...................................................98 Basketball ................................................105 Girls’ Athletics .........................................1 I I Humor ..........................................................113 Advertisements .................................................123 THE PLAINSMAN Page Seven THE PLAINSMAN 3ht Hemoriam Snbprt UlntriUrt '27 John Inutrtt ’24 Hillis S . iSra '27 Page Eight Page Nine THE PLAINSMAN £++• +- «Ja ' £u.i - ' 'Ifasvap ' —T' P«oe Ten Page Eleven THE PLAINSMAN ■ U RROUNDINCS or Laramie Page Twelve THE PLAINSMAN Page Thirteen THE PLAINSMAN J. 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Hitchcock Manual Arts THE PLAINSMAN Page Seventeen THE PLAINSMAN THE SONG OF A PLAINSMAN Sing if you will of the beauty of trees. Of hills and waving grain; Little hold these my heart to please, I long for the open plain. Sing if you will of the wooded hills. Of flowers and winding streams; I sing of a land whose vastness thrills. And wakens in me great dreams. The farmer sings of his sprouting seeds. The sharpness of his tools; I’ve other greeds and other needs. The prairies have been my schools. Sing, ye bards, of the wars of old. Sing of the fairy maids; My heart is cold as their story’s told, I dream of my prairie glades. Sing if you will of diamonds cold. Of bits of carved jade. The hills do hold enough of gold. For me and my prairie maid. Page Eighteen THE PLAINSMAN e Nineteen OFFICERS Marguerite Blair (Maggie) President stand as Alexander, with no other worlds to conquer. University High School I, 2. Colorado Women’s College 3. Glee Club, 1 ; Declamation in Tourna- ment. 1 ; Masque Club. 2. 4; “Fanny and the Servant Problem.” 2; Class President Pep Club. 4; President Student Council. 4; Tournament De- bate, 4. Richard Bergquist (Dick) Secretary He accomplishes more bp silence than bp speech. Glee Club. 1.2; Hi-Y Club. 2. 3. 4; Operetta. 2; Science Club, 3; Football. 4; Student Council. 4; Masque Club. 4; “L” Club, 4; Pep Club. 4. Annie Marie Dudley (Blondie) T reasurer Her hair is not more sunnp than her smile. Glee Club, 1, 2. 3; Operetta. 1, 2, 3, 4; Masque Club, 2. 3. 4; Student Council, 3, 4; Gym. Club, 3. 4; Class Treasurer, 4; Pej Club. 4; Basket ball 3, 4; Volley Ball. 3, 4. Page Twenty Ethel Nelson (Sis) Her eyes are so blue (hat they fill all my dreams. French Play, 2; Home Ec. Club, 3, 4; Girls’ Club, 3, 4; Basketball 4. Emma Vorpahl (Sure) Happy am I; from care am free! Why aren't they all contented like me? Glee Club, 1,2; Operetta. 2; French Club. 3; Girls’ Club. 4. Bruce Ginther (Porky) Even though am tall Small girls are the best of all. Berthoud, Colo., High School. I. Class President, I ; Baseball, 1 ; Bas- ketball, 2; Football, 2. 3, 4; Science Club. 3; Track. 3; “L” Club, 4; Pep Club. 4; Hi-Y Club. 4; Track Captain. ’25. Henrietta Johnson (Si) Her solemn face and saintly air Do deceive the unaware. Baggs High School, I, 2, 3. Operetta, I ; Basketball, 1, 2, 3; Glee Club, 3; “Mid-Summer Night’s Dream,’’ 3; Volley Ball, 4. Jennie Stendahl (Shorty) The mildest manners and gentlest heart. Glee Club, 1, 2, 3; Masque Club, 2, 3, 4; Basketball, 3; Operetta, 3; And Home Came Ted;” 3; “Re- turn of Aunt Deborah,” 3. THE PLAINSMAf. P� 0« Twenty-one � THE PLAINSMAN Queen Sliman (Curly) Not much talk—a great, sweet silence. Glee Club. I, 2, 3; French Club, 1 ; Masque Club. 2. 3. 4; Dramatic Club. 3. 4; Basketball. 2. 3. 4; Vol- ley Ball. 2. 3. 4; Gym Club. 3. 4; Tournament Typewriting Team, 3, 4; Operetta, 2, 3; Shorthand, 4; Girls’ Club. 4. Frances McGill (Four Eyes) Like maidens of old. Still haughty and cold. Glee Club. 2; Basketball, 2, 3, 4; Volley Ball. 3, 4; Annual Staff, 3; Gym. Club. 3, 4; Pep Club, 4. Harold Anderson (Andy) At that, he's not alone in the world. Hi-Y Club, 3. 4; Uni. Prep. 21; Football. 3; Drawing Club, 3; Math. Club, 3. Helen Stafford (Skiet) She would stop St. Peter’s roll call By asking questions. Glee Club. 3, 4; Basketball. I, 3; Operetta. 2, 3; Volley Ball, 2; Masque Club, 3, 4; Science Club, 3. Helen Svensen (Sven) Always roaming with hungry heart. Much have seen and known. Glee Club, 1 ; French Club, 2, 3; Spanish Club. 3: Gym Club, 3. 4; First in Novice Typewriting in Tour- nament. 3; Volley Ball, 3; Amateur Typist at Tournament, 4; P«fl« Twenty-two Ada Sharp (Virginia) ant to go to the land where the sweet daddies grow. Hampton, West Virginia, 1, 2, 3. Princess Chrysanthemum,” I ; Prin- cess of Poppy Land, 2; Commercial Club, 3; Jolly Junior Club, 3; Girls’ Club, 4 ; Glee Club, 4. Mary Hayden (Handy) To be or not to be, that is the question. Saratoga High School. 1. University High School. 2. Love Pirates of Hawaii, 1 ; Bas- ketball, 2; And Home Came Ted. 3; Gym Club, 3. Richard Wallis (Dick) I durst not smile upon the damsels, 'Twould break too many hearts. Helga Nelson (Nellie) None but herself can be her parallel. The Revolt, I; Glee Club, I, 2; Operetta, 2; Basketball, 3; Home Ec Club. 2, 3; Spanish Club, 2, 3; Vol- ley Ball. 3. 4. Mary Thalken (Chatty) Serene amidst alarms. Glee Club, I, 2, 3; Operetta 2, 3; Home Ec Club, 3; French Club, 3. THE PLAINSMAN Page Twenty-thre THE PLAINSMAN Margaret Sears (Mugs) The word impossible is not in my dictionary. Glee Club, 1,2; Student Council, 2; And Home Came Ted,” 3; Plains- man Staff. 3; Vice-President, 3; Bas- ketball, 4; Pep Club, 4. Gerda Christensen (Gerdy) think, but dare not speak. Glee Club, 1,2; Volley Ball. I ; Bas- ke-tball, 2; Progressive Club. 3; Girls’ Club. 4. Wilbur Brettell (Willie) An honest man, the noblest work of Cod. Rock River High School, 1. Glee Club. 2; Operetta, 2, 4; Presi- dent Ag Club, 3, 4; Stock Judging Team. 3. 4; Rotary Medal for Ag., 3; French Club, 3. Bertha Green (Greeny) A friend faithful and true. Class Treasurer, I, 2, 3; Glee Club, 1,2; Operetta, 2; Gym Club, 3. 4; Girls’ Club. 3. 4; Home Ec Club, 3; Plainsman Staff, 3. Jeanne De Land (Flunkey) And still the wonder grows how that small head holds all it knows. Glee Club, I ; Girls’ Club. I. 3. 4; Volley Ball, 2, 4; Basketball, 2. 4; Student Council. 3; French Club, 3; Progressive Club, 3; Masque Club. 2. 3. 4. Paoe Twenty-four Maurine Lane (Pickles) She is pretty and young. Her life is but begun. “The Militant Suffragette.” I ; Masque Club. 2. 3. 4; Glee Club. I. 2. 3; Operetta, 2. 3; Volley Ball. 2; Bas- ketball, 3; Class President. 3; Pep Club, 4; Gym Club, 3, 4; Plainsman Staff, 3; And Home Came Ted,” 3; Masque Play, 3. Frederick Dawson (Daws) like work- love to keep it by me; The idea of getting rid of it almost breaks my heart. Glee Club, I ; Basketball 2, 3; Mathe- matics Club, 3; Operetta, 4. Berniece Madson (Red) A maiden never bold, of spirit Quiet and still. Glee Club, 1,2; Operetta, 2; Volley Ball, 2; “And Home Came Ted.” 3; Gym Club, 3, 4. Howard Johnson (Swede) Not many cobwebs in his attic. Baseball, I ; Football, I. 2. 4; Span- ish Club. 3; Rotary Medal, 2, 3: Free Hand Drawing Club, 2; Student Council, 2. Adeline McPhee (Irish) IVhy worry—the more we study the more ignorance we discover. Operetta. 2; Glee Club, 1,2; Volley Ball. 1,2; French Club, 2, 3; Home Ec Club, 2, 3; Girls’ Club, 4. THE PLAINSMAN Page Tvwnty-ftve THE PLAINSMAN Chloe Jayne (Squeaky) giggle, giggle as go. Idaho Falls High School, I. Los Angeles High School and Cal- exico High School, 2. Polytechnic High Schcol. 3. Class Treasurer, I ; Basketball I ; Glee Club, I, 2, 3; Self-Government. 1, 2; Sophomore Play, 2; Progres- sive Club, 3; Girls’ Club, 4; Debate. 4. Arthur Vorpahl (Arty) Not always idle, thrifty, and seldom thoughtless of others. Basketball, 1.2; Science Club, 3. Irene Marble (Tish) She has an innocent face, but— Class Reporter Larahi, I ; Literary Club, 1 ; Glee Club. 1.2; Operetta, 2 ; Gym Club. 3. 4 ; “Dolls,” 2; Vol- ley Ball, 3; Girls’ Club, 4. Clarence Forsythe (Jitney) Darwin was right, here's the missing linl(. Evelyn Waddleton (Chubby) The morning blush n as lighted up by hope— The hope of seeing—him. Volley Ball. I ; Glee Club, I. 2. 3; Operetta. 2, 3; Plainsman Staff, 3; Girls’ Club. 4. Page Twenty-six Marion Bullock (Min) It is evident to all schoolmates That study the fashion plates. Sheridan High School, I ; Casper High School, 2. Contestant for Piano in Tournament, 2. Ervin Moudy (Tiny) As an athlete you'd be surprised— A football star, xve're satisfied. University High School, I. Hi-Y, I, 2. 3. 4; football. I. 4; Operetta. 2; Science Club, 3; “And Home Came Ted.” 3; “L” Club. 4; Track. 4. Myrtle Jenson (Myrt) The rule of my life is to make busi- ness a pleasure, and pleasure my business. Operetta, 2. Ray Corbett (Abe) He cast off his friends, as a hunts- man his pack; For he £nen ivhen he pleas'd, he could ivhistle them back■ Class President, 1.2; Football, 1, 2. 3, 4; Basketball. 2, 3, 4; Captain all- State Basketball Team, 4; Track, 4; “L Club, I. 2. 3. 4; Masque Club. 2. 3. 4; Pep Club. 4. Laura Bennett (Perk) As an athlete, no one can compare. Glee Club. 1,2; Volley Ball, I. 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Gym Club, 3; Girls’ Club, 3, 4. THE PLAINSMAN Page Twenty-seven THE PLAINSMAN Margaret Middleton (Mugs) She has an eye for business. Writers’ Club, 2, 3; Glee Club, I. Ivy Voegtle Red hair can be manufactured, but blonde hair comes natural. Volley Ball. I ; Glee Club, I. 2. 3; T. N. T. Club. I. 2. 3; Amateur Typewriting at Tournament, 3; Com- mercial Club, 3; Girls’ Club, 4. Eva Tarbox (Little Eva) She could be moved to smile at any- thing. San Bernardino High School, 2. French Club, I ; Glee Club, I ; “Mili- tant Suffragette.” I ; Masque Club, 2, 3, 4; “And Home Came Ted,’’ 3; Writers’ Club, 3; Pep Club, 4; Girls Club. 4. Agnes Kleeman (Kem) When joy and duty clash. Let duty go to smash. Glee Club, 1.4; Girls’ Club, 4; Bas- ketball, 1, 2 : “Revolt.” I; Volley Ball. 2. 3. 4; Q. Q. Q.. 3. P 0« Twenty- lflht Senior Class Roll Marguerite Blair..........................................President Paul George........................................ Vice-President Richard Bergquist.........................................Secretary Annie Marie Dudley........................................Treasurer Colors—Purple and White Harold E. Anderson Laura Bennett Florence Blair Wilbur Brettell Marion Bullock Gerda Christensen Ray Corbett Fred Dawson Jeanne De Land William Eberhart Clarence Forsythe Bruce Ginther Bertha Green Harold Haskins Mary Hayden Chloe Jayne Myrtle Jensen Henrietta E. Johnson Howard Johnson Agnes Kleeman Maurine Lane Berniece Madsen Irene Marble Adelaide McDermott Ervin Moudy Frances McGill Adeline McPhee Ethel Nelson Helen Nelson Helga Nelson Irene Prahl Margaret Sears Ada Sharp Queen Sliman Helen Stafford Jennie Stendahl Helen Svenson Eva Tarbox Mary Thalken Ivy Voegtle Arthur Vorpahl Emma Vorpahl Richard Wallis Evelyn Waddleton Joy Woods THE PLAINSMAN Page Twenty-nine THE PLAINSMAN Senior Class History We entered Laramie High a hundred strong, very green, for we never do anything half way. We elected Ray Corbett, our football representative, for president. Mar- guerite Blair represented L. H. S. in declamation at state tournament. As sophomores, we re-elected Ray for president, had Jimmie Emerick for vice president, Bertha Greene treasurer and Lera Mae Payne secretary. Our sophomore dance was the best given that year. We were represented in football by Harry Tatham, Ted George, Ray Corbett, Tex Henson and Alfred Lastra; Ted and Ray in basketball. In our Junior year we elected Maurine Lane, president; Margaret Sears, vice presi- dent; Bertha Greene, secretary; William Eberhart, treasurer. Harry Tatham, led George, Ray Corbett, Tex Henson. Walter Johnson and Bruce Ginther represented us in football, Ted, Harry and Ray making the all-state team. Ted George, Billie Eberhart and Ray Corbett all played on the basketball team, Ted making the all-state team. Our representatives to the Student Council were Ted George, Annie Marie Dudley and Ray Corbett. Our Junior Class Play entitled “And Home Came Ted,” was a real success and was only another proof of our ability to do something worth while. In the fall of 1924 we once more entered school full of enthusiasm and ready to take part in our last and most important year. In Mr. Frisbie, as class adviser; Mar- guerite Blair, president; Ted George, vice president; Richard Bergquist. secretary; Annie Marie Dudley, treasurer, we have found good guides and officers. Marguerite Blair and Annie Marie Dudley composed the debate team that represented Laramie in the tourna- ment, and as for the splendid record of our senior basketball boys in the State and Chicago tournaments, I refer you to the account of it. It is too long to describe here. We showed the real spirit on our skip day and are hoping to produce a real play. We look back over our four years with happiness in memory and on leaving experi- ence true regret, lessened only by the hope and intention of working on until we have ac- complished enough to make Laramie High proud to point to us as her representatives. —Jeanne De Land. P 0« Thirty Senior Class Will We. the class of ’25, being about to depart from this place of joy and work, drew up this last will and testament, with those mentioned below as beneficiaries. To our beloved High School the desire it will do for those students who are fortunate enough to enter its portals as much as it has done for us in the past four years. I o our principal, Mr. Bumann, our thanks and appreciation for the kindness he has shown us. To the faculty our sympathy and apologies for the four long years of torture we have caused them. To the Juniors we leave the duties and honors we have enjoyed. To the Sophomores our knowledge of bluffing, hoping they will be able to complete the course in the customary four years. To the Frosh we leave a share of our dignity so that they may lay aside the green cloak and follow’ intelligently in our wake. The following individuals have willed those articles stated: To Fmily Boulter, Ivy Voegtle leaves her beautiful blushes. Eva Tarbox bequeaths her skill in making I’s to the first one who asks for it. Arthur Vorphal leaves his ability in chemistry to Oval Pierce, so that Mr. Conrey will next year be blessed with at least one bright student. Richard Wallis leaves his experience in the art of mechanics to Fred Nolan, hoping he will use it to the best advantage. t Laura Bennett has decided to give her arguing ability to the Juniors so that next year’s Economics teacher will have a chance to earn his money. Richard Bergquist leaves his beautiful curly hair to Cleo Schley, thereby relieving him of his troubles with the curling iron. To Alice Ellen Ford, Marguerite Blair patriotically leaves part of her debating ability so that the art mav not vanish from the school. Annie Marie Dudley sympathetically leaves her set of victrola daily dozens to Harry Tatham. Ray Corbett lovingly, in behalf of the girls in school, leaves his shining teeth, bright eyes and cute smile to Duck Stone, so that they will have a Ruddie Valentino to make love to. Bill Eberhart and Maurine Lane jointly leave Blake Fanning and Dorothy Chris- tensen some of their experience in love, wishing them good luck the rest of their lives. Ted George is leaving his modesty and quietness to Fred Haslett. so that the hall guardians may live in peace next year. Marion Bullock leaves her skill as a pianist to Kenneth French, hoping he will offer Oscar Blair stronger competition next year. Frances McGill has decided that she will not need her freckles in the university and lovingly places them in the care of Harold Johnson. Evelyn Waddleton is leaving her generous measurements with Martha Ellen Beard so that people will know’ she is in high school. Frederick Dawson is leaving his ambition for carrying six subjects to Albert Fin- erty, in hopes that he will use it to advantage during his future vears in this institution. Berniece Madsen leaves her flaming locks to Elizabeth Spalding, asking her to brighten the school as she has during her sojourn here. Ervin Moudy kindly leaves his winning ways with girls to Jack Surline, wishing him good luck next year. Howard Johnson leaves his mathematical genius to Berl Lloyd: Berl will no doubt be able to make room for it. Irene Prahl gives her extreme modesty and quietness to Eleanor Atwell. Ada Sharp has decided to share her collection of school sweaters with girls not fortunate enough to possess one. Wilbur Brettel leaves his farming experience to Don Nolan, a coming young Aggie. Clarence Forsythe leaves his position as janitor to the likely young chap. Harry Braisted. To our good class advisor, Mr. Frisbie. w-e leave our gratitude for his undying efforts in bringing us safely through the year. Signed by: SENIOR CLASS. Witnessed by: BRUCE GlNTHER. the PLAINSMAN Pag Thirty-ore THE PLAINSMAN Senior Class Prophecy It was the year 1965. I had just returned to Laramie from my plantation on Mars and was visiting with an old chum. After a hearty dinner I was reading the evening’s paper and came upon this bit of news: Harold Haskins had just been convicted of running a gambling den on first street. Mayor Forsythe was very warm in his praise of Chief of Police Evelyn Waddleton and her able assistant, Annie Marie Dudley, for capturing the villain. But the paper gave all the praise to the prosecuting attorney. Bruce Ginther, who had defeated one of the best lawyers in the country, Walt Johnson. Previous to this Walt had talked thirteen opponents to death. The judge in the case was Marguerite Blair, an expert criminologist. She sentenced Harold to life imprisonment. Naturally, I wished to know' more about my former classmates, so I had my chum tell me about them. This, in brief, is what he told me: Ray Corbett, our student, was president of Harvard University. Paul George, who was expected to make a name in athletics, was running a beauty shop for University girls. Florence Blair, noted writer and reformer, was lecturing that night at the North Star hall about the evils of dancing. Irene Cornelius, another great writer, and religious enthusiast, was holding a prayer meeting at Pilot Knob. Some of her disciples were Queen Sliman and Berniece Madsen. William Eberhart had made a great deal of money from his invention, a separator, which took poisonous gases from the air. Mr. Conrey had given him the idea. Ervin Moudy was a general in the cavalry; he got his start in the national guard. The paper reported his engagement to Ada Sharp, an actress. Jennie Stendahl and Richard Wallis were also in the movies, Richard taking the place of Bull Montana as Jennie’s leading man. Howard Johnson now owned the Mack Sennett Comedies. Among his bathing beauties were Myrtle Jensen. Helen Stafford, Adelaide McDermott and Emma Vorpahl. Helen Nelson spent all of her time at the South Side Grocery. Lief By and Ivy Voegtle had ended their affair in the Little Church around the corner. Agnes Kleeman had captured a fellow at last. It was poor Wilbur Brettell. Wil- bur was owner of Chickering’s poultry farm. He had been prosperous until he met Agnes. Fred Dawson was so attached to the old High School that he became janitor and never left it. Other members of the faculty were Laura Bennett, in Miss Cook’s place, and Helga Nelson, in Miss Gillis’s place, who kept up the old tradition. Arthur Vorpahl took Mr. Conrey’s place, although he knew nothing about Chemistry. Jeanne De Land and Eva Tarbox were now taking in washing. They were such good students I knew they would do something big. Helen Sven son was in charge of the rogues’ gallery at Sing Sing. Chief among the rogues was Bertha Green, convicted of bigamy. Maurine Lane finally learned to play her violin. She was now playing in the Empress Orchestra. Mary Hayden became a great mathematician, taking Mr. Scarborough’s place. She was attempting to prove Einstein’s theory wrong. Margaret Sears, thrilled with her performance in “The Cameo Girl,” finally be- came a Follies girl. Marion Bullock was driving the Home Bakery truck, or at least, she helped drive it. Frances McGill owned a nice little home in Rawlins with Harold. Satisfied that the Class of ’25 had accomplished something in this world, I sailed back to Mars the next day. —DlCK BerGQUIST. P� 0« Thirty-two THE SENIOR PICNIC I he day of the Senior Skip dawned bright and clear with only a few scattering clouds. Without exception, every Senior was “Johnny-on-the-spot at the North Side School at 5:30. When the truck which was to convey us to our destination finally arrived about 6 o’clock every one piled in and our Skip day began. The trip to Centennial was packed full of fun and bright remarks, and every Senior seemed to be having a “keen time. The fun was only livened when some one had to get off, so the truck with the eats could climb May’s hill. When Centennial was finally reached we enthusiastically voted to proceed to Libbey Lodge and, as the walking was fine, all started out. Finally, after much puffing, we reached our destination—and we ate! Oh, such eats! But aren’t eats always good on a picnic? After lunch we all hiked up the mountain. There were two crowning events of that hike—a tour of inspection through the Lodge itself, and a wetting Mr. Frisbie received when, upon his leaning down to drink. Bill Eberhart threw a good-sized stone into the creek. But Mr. Frisbie is a good sport and the event only served to act as a motive for further gaiety. Upon arriving back at camp it was noticed that the clouds looked threatening, so, after a hurried lunch—mostly ice cream and cake—all were packed into the truck by Mr. Frisbie, who used a somewhat new scheme of arrangement that made us all feel like packed sardines. Just this side of Centennial, who should pass us but a carload of Juniors, who had been lying in ambush for us at Centennial, but we soon overtook them, as they had a flat tire! It was our first idea that our illustrious Mr. Kuntz was a Junior! Obviously, since he was there! Also he was considerably mauled by the aggravated Seniors! But the Seniors got their revenge when they “swiped the keys of the car and left the Juniors to sit out there in the rain until help could reach them! Just as we left it began to drizzle. Then faster and faster it came, and it was e bedraggled crowd who took refuge in the barn at Millbrook. But Mr. Frisbie’s ever- ready resourcefulness came to the front and one by one we were rushed to the clubhouse, which we entered by means of an open window. Fires were started and soon every one was warm and dry again. As we had a paino and several pianists, a dance was soon begun, adding to the g d time. Mr. Frisbie telephoned Mr. Bumann. who soon arrived on the scene with ten or twelve cars to take us home. Every one was loath to leave and voted it a day long 10 be remembered. For is any day perfect that ends “just right”? —Eva Tarbox. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY The Seniors phoned in a challenge for the Juniors to come out to their picnic if we weren’t afraid, for they threatened to throw us in the creek. So at 4:00 o'clock a car- load of us started out, there being more Sophomores than Juniors. The truck with the Seniors was just leaving Centennial as we arrived, but we kept on to the store where we pooled our cash (22c) to buy cookies for Fred Nolan, who was beginning to sob because the Seniors had not waited to throw us in the creek and because we had been hopeful of copping the eats they had brought along. THE PLAINSMAN P 0« Thirty-thrw THE PLAINSMAN The Seniors were well out from Centennial when we caught up with them push- ing their truck up a hill. We had to turn out into the rocks to pass and one of the tires blew out on a rock. The Seniors came steaming up the hill to where we had stopped like chickens at feeding time. We didn’t feel like chicken corn, but it certainly looked serious. However, no hostilities were shown. Laura Bennett and Helga Nelson each took hold of Mr. Kuntz's coat and started in opposite directions; then, adding insult to injury. Marguerite Blair attempted to clutch him in the most shockingly loving man- ner. Ted George and another started with Harry Braisted between them for the creek. Things went rather fast for the next five minutes; then the faculty finally interceded with us to let the Seniors go. It so ended with Fred Nolan stuffing Ted George into a post- hole that already had three Seniors in it; Shang, sitting astride Bruce Ginther and Irvin Moudy, shaking Bill Eberhardt’s pants for cigarettes; Mr. Kunz had his first admirers and Margaret Sears, who had suddenly become love sick. too. up a tree, where he was throwing rocks at them; Earl Shawver was on top of Sheep Mountain trying to catch Walt Johnson, who had become terribly frightened, thinking we were a bunch of Irish- men ; I had all the Swedes of the Senior class lying (some liars) at my feet in stacks 10 deep with the exception of Walt Johnson and Howard Johnson, whom Harry Braisted had chased in under a culvert; Harry Braisted was sitting on a rock gently weeping for lack of more Seniors to demonstrate his power upon; and Mr. Frisbee was standing alone in the truck, shudder after shudder shaking his frame at the sight of such brutality. The Seniors loaded their casualties on the truck and proceeded on their way. We changed tires, loaded into the car, and settled down for a comfortable ride home, only to discover that some Seniors had evacuated with our keys to the car. After each of us had described the Seniors we got under way. using a hairpin for a key that Mr. Kunz took from the scalp of Annie Marie Dudley, whose beautiful peroxided hair (we tested it) was only one of many he had hanging at his belt, having heard in the East that that was the customary thing here. Fred Nolan cried all of the way to the May ranch be- cause the only thing he had to eat was Miss Maushak’s compact, and that hurt his teeth. Shang sniveled a little, too, for Bruce’s shoes wouldn’t fit him. but then he consoled him- self by saying “They’ll fit Dad anyhow if he’s not too particular.’’ Mrs. May, Earl Shawver’s aunt, had a fine supper ready for us when we arrived at the ranch. Fred Nolan ate twice and asked Mrs. May to pack a lunch for him. We came into town by a different and much better route expecting to find the Seniors ahead of us and crowing because of this, but they were still at Millbrook, wait- ing for Arvid Nelson to crank his side-paddler. which refused to be cranked or uncranked. When Fred Schraider got out to Millbrook, where he had come in search of the wan- dering Seniors (they’ll always wander) he was greatly surprised to be confronted by Miss Maushak and Marguerite Blair, who, writh tear-stained faces, besought him to re- turn our keys to us, for thinking of us out on the prairie in the rain had awakened their consciences, of which there has never been a sign before. Fred took the keys, Frances McGill, and Ethel Nelson and went chugging up the road in his twin two in search of us. but had to give up very shortly, as the girls were afraid of the howlings of the coyotes. He returned to town minus a tire and his temper; maybe he won’t ever find them again. We are now fixing a bill for Marguerite Blair and her crack class of Seniors. —A JUNIOR P«0« Thirty-four THE PLAINSMAN P 0 TVirty.flvt OFFICERS THE PLAINSMAN Oval Pierce—Vice-President Fussers’ Club, 2, 3; Women Critic, 3; Ringer. 1, 2; Y. W. C. A.. 3; Burglar’s Masque. 2, 3. Martha Ellen Beard—Secretary Yoedel Club, I, 2, 3; Roved, ate corn and fought pirates. I, 2, 3; Gossip Club. 3; wrote furiously, I, 2. 3; Jim Club, 1.2. 3. Richard Crow—Treasurer Cast Iron Safe, 1, 2, 3; Y. W. C. A., I, 2, 3; Burglar’s Masque. 1, 2, 3; “Seventeen” (who’d think it), 3; Sperimenters, 2; Ringers, 2, 3; Circulating considerable, 3; Ticket punch. 3. P 0 Thirty-� lx Ruth Crall Hard Hitter, 1,2, 3; Ringer, I, 2, 3; “Red” corn (Oh, Boy!), 2; Wrote for quite a while, I. Harold Scott Pres. Y. W. C. A., 3; Burglar’s Masque, 3. Mildred Waechter Hard Hitter, I. 2; Yoedel Club, 2. 3; Changeable-Gypsy, Indian, Pirate, I, 2, 3; Jim Club. 2, 3; Gossip Club, I ; All of “Seven- teen”, 3. Howard Estabrook Received writer’s cramp. I ; Y. W. C. A., I, 2, 3; Burglar’s Masque. I, 2, 3; Huge Joke, 3. Elsie Davis Yoedel Club. 1,2, 3: Began Rov- ing, I ; Feasted on Red Com. 2. THE PLAINSMAN P«0« Thirty-seven THE PLAINSMAN Hazel Burke Yoedel Club, 1, 2, 3; Home Wrecker, 2, 3; Hard Hitter, 1 ; Dramatics, 1, 2, 3. Vernon Koerting Vice Pres, of Reform School, 1 ; Debating team in Reform School, 1 ; Criminal Club, 1,2; Janitor, 1,2; Poison Ivy Club, 1, 2, 3; Doctor of Burglary, 4; Address 8th and University, 1, 2, 3; Phone number 2256. Virginia Fitch Hard Hitter, 1,2, 3; Gypsy in ’23; Ringer, 1, 2, 3; Gossip Club, 2, 3; Burglar’s Masque, 2, 3; Jim Club, 2, 3; Tom Boy Roughers Editor, 3; Indian Princess, 2; Dutch Boy, 3; Junior Follies, 3; Yoedel Club. I. Harry Tatham Gum Chewing Team, I ; Member of Round Heads, 1,2; Champion Pumpkin kicker, I, 2; Let’er go- Linger Longer Laura, 3; All State Mud Center, 3; Peanuts Squad, 3. Evelyn Goetz Penman’s Art Club, 2; Gossip Club. 3. Pag Thirty-eight Margaret Cordiner Yoedel Club, 1, 2, 3; Ringer, 2, 3; Poor Circulation Manager. 3; Hard Hitter, 2, 3; “Seventeen”, 3; Jim Club, 2, 3. Lloyd Day Criminal Club, I, 2, 3; Assistant Janitor, 2; Moonshine Alley, I, 2. 3. Alma Madsen Hug Papa Club, 2; Yoedel Club, 2, 3; Dutchy or Pirate, 3. Tom Barratt Pons Club, 2; Farmers’ Club, 2; Young Women’s Christian Associa- tion, 2, 3. Louella ELmmons Tarred Gypsy. 1 ; Yoedel Club, I, 2, 3; Home Wreckers Club, 1,2; Hard Hitter, 2; One whole year past sixteen. 3; Feast of Corn, 2; Melodious. 3. THE PLAINSMAN Page Thirty-nine THE PLAINSMAN Mildred Schroeder Wild Women’s Society, 2, 3; Moonshine Club, 3; Oh! Cali- fornia. 3. James Gogerty—“Jimmy” Farmer’s Club, 2; At the Age of Seventeen. 3; Secretary of Y. W. C. A., '26; Ringer.' 3; Hot Pep- per, 3; Papa Cordiner’s Parlor— Oct-June, ’24-’25. Alice Moudy Hard Hitter, I, 2, 3; Ringer, I, 2. 3; Vamping Gypsy. I; Yoedel Club. 1. 2. 3; “Jim” Club. 2. 3; Study of Lines and Figures” (Hot Daddy), 2; Just Seventeen,” 3; Indian Princess, 2; Detailed Study of Plane Men, 3; Room 7, April- May, 1925; Junior Follies. 3; Dutch Boy, 3. Jack Surline—“The Ladies’ Man” Fast Man’s Editor; Fussers’ Club (See!), I. 2. 3. Marguerite Baillie Cadder and Garter Society, 1. 2, 3; Fusser’s Club (cut out that stuff), 1,2, 3; Dated with %$!) ( ?. I. 2. 3. P� 0« Forty Dorothy Gloyd— Dot Ringer. I. 2, 3; Hard Hitter. 2, 3; Wild Women Society. 1, 2, 3. Harold Waechter Fusser’s Club. 2, 3; Case on. I. 2, 3; Dina Miter Club, 3. Wyletta Gilman Hard Hitter (ask Vernie), I ; Yoedel Club, I ; Treasurer Pen- man’s Special, 2; Got her practice where? Gossip’s Club, 3; Gypsy, 2, 3; But not far from the parlor; Indian Princess, 2, 4; (Whose?) Junior Follies; It pays to advertise (look what I got), 3; Jim” Club (don’t tell him. though), 3; Dated with Vernon, 1, 2, 3. 4. 5, 6. Ivan Stafford—“Petrosky Karries Air, 2, 3; Turn Key. 1, 2, 3; Fusser’s Club, I. 2. 3; Wool- worth’s Right-hand Man, 3; Social Club, I (once was enough). Agnes Pearson Yoedel Club, I, 2, 3; Gypsy. 1; Indian. 2; “Jim” Club, 2. 3; Gos- sip Club, 3; A Married Pirate. 3; Burglar's Masque. 3; Hard Hitter, 3; (in a row) Classy Club Editor for Stiff, 3. THE PLAINSMAN Page Forty-one THE PLAINSMAN Bertha Sillasen (First, Last and Always) Yoedel Club, 1,3; Fair Gypsy, 2; Burglar’s Masque, 3; Home Wreck- ers’ Club, 2; Hard Hitter, 2; 3; “Jim” Club, 3; Kut Kutter, 3. Duchy, 3; Jim Club, 3; Kut Kutter, 3. Fred Lippold— Doug” Fussers’ Club, 1,2. 3; You’ve Seen Him; King of the Beasts, 3; Men’s Social Reforms, 2, 3; Back to Na- ture Club, 1,2, 3; Janitor, I, 2. Laura Johnson Treasurer of Home Wreckers’Club, 2; Gossip’s Club, 3. Kenneth French Figures and Lines Club, 2; Y. W. C. A., 3; Dramatics, 1,2, 3. Leta Falkenstein Cow’s Friendly. 2, 3; Gossips’ Club, 3; Ringer, 2. P«0« Forty-two Emily Boulter Vocal Strainer. 3; Kit Kat Kut, I, 2, 3; Gossip Club, 3; “Jim” Club. 3. Lucille Campbell Yoedel Club, 1, 2, 3; “Jim Club, 2, 3; Burglars’ Masque, 2, 3; Strenuous Dramatics, 2, 3. Ethel Benson Home Wreckers’ Club, 2, 3; Go:- sip Club, 3; Hug-Papa Club, 2. Ruth Kepler Ringer, 2; Yoedel Club, 2, 3; Just Duchy. 3. Helen Johnson Yoedel Club, I, 2, 3; Fair Gypsy. I ; Wild Indian. 2; Bashful Duchy. 3; Home Wreckers’ Club. 2. 3; Gossip Club. 3. THE PLAINSMAN Page Forty-three THE PLAINSMAN Katherine Scott Yoedel Club. 3; Home Wreckers’ Club, 3; “Jim” Club 3; Gossip Club, 3; Red Pepper, 3; Dra- matics, 3. Addie Crowfoot Hard Hitter, I, 2, 3; (I’ll say) Ringer. 2, 3; Gypsy, 2, 3; Squaw, 24; Yoedel Club, I, 2, 3; Peace House, 2; “Seventeen” (every bit). 3. Oliver Johnson Gum Chewing Team. 1,2; Poison Ivy, 2, 3; Spinach Club, 2. Helen Bothen Sec. of Hug Papa Club, 2; Gos- sips’ Club, 3; Fussers’ Club, 3. Fern Smith Yoedel Club, I. 2. 3; Gypsy in ’23; Home Wreckers’ Club, 2; Hard Hitter, 3; Jim Club, 3; Had Corn, 2; Gossip Club. 3. Page Forty-four Bobett Tebbitt Moonshine Club, 2, 3; Fusser’s Club, 2, 3; Gossip Club, 3. Celia Parsons Gossip Club, 3; Tatler Club, 2, 3; Hug Papa Club, 2. Dorothy Anderson Oh! Frenchy!” 2, 3; Jim Club, 2; Hard Hitter. I, 2, 3; Ringer, It 2, 3; Home Wrecker, 2; Gos- sips’ Club, 3; Dated with.? 3. Jennie Therkildsen Hard Hitter, I, 2, 3; Gypsy in ’23; Hug Papa Club, 2; Ringer, 2, 3; Gossip Club, 2, 3. Bertha Ashley Hard Hitter, 1. 2, 3; Ringer, I, 2, 3; Gossip Club, 3; Penman’s Special. 2. THE PLAINSMAN P«0« Forty-five THE PLAINSMAN Anna Blom “ Oh! Frenchy!” 1,2; “Hunt and Peck” in tourney, 3. Margaret Beitel “Hunt and Pecker” from Gillette at tourney, 1.2; Execution, 2, 3; Ringer, 2, 3. Helen Daly Penman’s Art Club, 2; Gossip Club. 3. Martin Erickson Cow Critic. 3; Marbles, 1, 2, 3. Myrtle Wood Gypsy in '23; Yoedel Club, 1, 2, 3; Gossip Club, 3; Hard Hitter, 3; UnprogTessive Club, 2. p 0 Fofty- lx Helen Corbett Ringer, I, 2, 3; Hard Hitter, I, 2. 3; Burglars' Masque. 2, 3; Jim Club, 2, 3; Gypsy (I), Indian (2), Dutch Boy (3); Moon-lit Porch, I, 2, 3; Hug Papa Club, I. 2. Harold Johnson Pen City Outlaw, I, 2; Fussers' Club, I, 2, 3; Poison Ivy Club, 2. 3. Eva Pickering Gossip Club, 1, 2, 3; Unprogres- sive Club, 1, 2, 3; Home Wreckers' Club. 2. 3. Burton Durkee Fussers’ Club, I, 2, 3; Unprogres- sive Club, 1, 2, 3; Literary Editor, (Oh. no). Mae Falkenstein Hug Papa Club, 2; Cow Fusser, I, 2, 3; Hard Hitter, 3; Gossip Club. 3. THE PLAINSMAN P«0« Forty-seven THE PLAINSMAN Violet Mason Fussers’ Club, 2, 3; Penman’s Art, 2; Yoeled Club, 2, 3; An Indian, 2; Gossip Club, 3; Dutchie. Thomas Michelson Reform School Debating Team, 1 ; Poison Ivy Club, 1, 2; Student’s Club. 3; Ditched School, I. 2, 3. Lois Hall Hard Hitter, I, 2, 3; Ringer, 1,3; Gossip Club, 3; Cow Fusser, 1, 2, 3; Hospital, I ; Dutchie. 3; Yodel Club. 3. Hayes Groo Fussers’ Club, 1,3; Yellers’ Club, 3; Engaged Men’s Club, 3; (Oh you Cheyenne). Helen Cummings Hard Hitter. 1, 2, 3; Ringer, I, 2, 3; Heap Big Injun. 2; Fussers’ Club, 2, 3; Poison Ivy Club, I, 2. 3. Pag Forty-alght Junior Class Roll Harry Braisted ........ Oval Pierce.......... Martha Ellen Beard Richard Crow......... .....President Pice-President .....Secretary ....T reasurer THE PLAINSMAN Dorothy Anderson Bertha Ashley Marguerite Baillie Thomas Barratt Martha Ellen Beard Margaret Beitel Ethel Benson Oscar Blair Anna Blom Helen Bothen Emily Boulter Harry Braisted Arthur Brown Hazel Burke Lucille Campbell Dorothy Christensen Gertrude Christensen Delberta Coen Helen Corbett Margaret Cordiner Ruth Crall Richard Crow Addie Crowfoot Helen Cummings Helen Daly Elsie Davis Kenneth Davis Burton Durkee Louella Emmons Howard Esterbrook Leta Falkenstein Mae Falkenstein Virginia Fitch Kenneth French Wyletta Gilman Dorothy Gloyd Evelyn Goetz James Gogerty Hayes Groo Lois Hall Ronald Hutton Harold Johnson Helen Johnson Laura Johnson Letha Johnson Oliver Johnson Walter Johnson Ruth Kepler Edna Knight Rosalie Knight Fred Uppold Tom Michelson Alice Moudy Essie Mylroie Arvid Nelson Celia Parsons Agnes Pearson Oval Pierce Harold Scott Kathryn Scott William Scott Earl Shawver Bertha Sillasen Fern Smith Ivan Stafford Jack Surline Harry Tatham Jennie Thirkeldsen Claude Thomas Ernest Travis Harold Waechter Mildred Waechter Bert Wells Myrtle Woods Pag Forty-nine THE PLAINSMAN Junior Class History We entered Laramie High School in the fall of 1922, ready to take the first step up the ladder of knowledge. Our class numbered 127. We elected as our president Harry Braisted; vice president. Vernon Koerting; secretary. Howard Esterbrook. and treasurer. Lois McLean. We all attended the Freshmen reception and were delightfully welcomed by the upper classmen. The return dance was considered one of the best social events of the year. Frank Costin and Helen Corbett represented us in the High School Athletic Association. We were next heard of as Sophomores. For this year we elected Helen Corbett, president; Virginia Fitch, vice president; Martha Ellen Beard, secretary, and Richard Crow, treasurer. Our dance, after the Cheyenne-La ramie Football game, was well attended. L. H. S. was represented in the State Tournament by one of our Juniors. Oscar Blair, for piano. This year we elected Harry Braisted. president; Oval Pierce, vice president; Martha Ellen Beard, secretary, and Richard Crow, treasurer. Oscar Blair again repre- sented L. H. S. for piano at State Tournament. Harry Tatham, Charles Coughlin (who made a letter). Cecil Ingham and Oval Pierce represented us in football. Claude Thomas. Jimmy Gogerty and Charles Coughlin were on the High School basketball team. Our representatives to the Student Council included our four class officers. Both the Junior Carnival and Class Play were considered a great success. —Margaret Ellen Beard Pag Fifty PLAINSMAN P«0« Fifty-on P oe Fifty-two Sophomore Class Roll Ernest Abell Bentley Adamson Wayne Albertson Lawrence Anderson Eleanor Atwell Lester Baldwin Orval Barber Ruth Barber Donald Barratt Jessie Benedict Einar Bergstrom Roy Berlin Harold Blair Bernice Brown Frances Brown Nancy Burrage Wiiwton Butscher Marguerite Cady Lucy Cluster Verne Collins Marion Grace Cordiner Frank Costin Ida Dewey Dorothy Edmunson Charles Einspahr Blake Fanning Albert Finnerty Alice Ellen Ford Mearl Gathercole Zella George Mary Louise Gibson Emma Gogerty Edward Graham Orrin Hansen Carl Hasenkamp Fred Haslett Audrey Helber Mildred Hittner Harry Hokanson Beryl Hopkins Walter Humphrey Elva Hutson Louise Ingham Elvira Irene Ellen Johnson Junior Johnson Fred Knadler Henry Knight Vernon Koertina Arthur Larson Dorothy Lastra Franklin Lindsay John Lowrie Minnie Lowrie Alma Madsen Jane Magill Violet Mason George McCue Margaret McDermott John McGill Albert McPhee Tom Michelson Margaret Middleton Florence Neal Fred Nolan Harry Nottage Lucille Nydegger Oscar Nyquist Mary O’Neil Vivian O’Neal Joseph Orr Viola Petzke Floyd Phillips Eva Pickering Ruth Powell Dorothy Prahl Clara Raab Verle Rainigh James Rasmussen Willis Rea Willard Rogers Cleo Schley Emma Schrader Fred Schrader Catherine Schumacher Harold Scott Paul Scott Richard Sherwin Virginia Skogerson John Slavens Thomas Silman Esther Snee Elizabeth Spalding Ben Sword Arda Taylor Elizabeth Thomberry Lois Towne Ilia Van Sickle Emma Wahl Margaret Wallis Maxine Weick Catherine White Day Woodford Edward Woolf Georgia Woolf Richard Zipfel THE PLAINSMAK Pafl Fifty-three THE PLAINSMAN Sophomore Class History The tramp of ninety or so feet rang through the halls of Laramie High in Septem- ber, 1923. It was 9:15 but no one seemed to notice that. Anxious Freshmen peered at numbers on doors and asked each other, Where the dickens is room 6? In such a confused manner the class of 27 entered High School. About the time we began to get used to the company of various persons called Seniors we were invited to the Freshmen reception. The upper classmen had more fun than we did, and yet they wanted us to give them a return dance, at which they could have some more fun. Instead, we had a party of our own. In two years we elected eight officers. Why we did it no one can tell. They con- sisted of the following: Presidents. Blake Fanning and Eleanor Atwell; vice presidents, Ernie Abell and Marguerite Cady; secretaries. Billie Rea and Elizabeth Spalding; treasurers. Louise Ingham and Paul Scott; class advisers. Miss White and Miss Gillis. Blake Fanning has been our star athlete, making the football and basketball teams both years. We came out well toward the top in Interclass Basketball last year and second this year. In the second Interclass Series we won the Ben Schwartz Cup. We have had two Academic winners in the Tournament. In our first year Nancy Burrage won the declamation contest; in the second, Paul Scott won the essay contest. On the seventeenth of January last we gave the Sophomore dance, which was pro- claimed a success by everybody. Possibly the lights, which didn’t work well, had some- thing to do with this. So far our class has done a lot. individually and not much collectively. However, we have decided to reform, so look out for the Junior Annual next year! It will be the best ever put out, but we haven’t seen this one yet. —Paul Scott Poflo Fifty-four THE PLAINSMAN P«0« Flfty-fWa P«0« Fifty lx Alice Ackerman Elsie Anderson Mary Auton Thelma Barnes Margaret Beard Jack Bickel Verda Borgeman Ella Mac Brandt Byron Bridger Linnie Brooks Thelma Brown Nancy Brunner Albert Buchholz Clyda Burbank Harold Burdick Clara Burger Mary Burke Edith Burns Mary Caldon Emma Jane Campbell Francis Cameron Corrine Clark Elizabeth Coen Grace Collins Delva Corey Dean Cunningham Dorothy Dale Anna Daly Henry Daykin Nora Dodge Susan Doyle Ellen Durkce Martin Erickson Arthur Erickson Burkett Forbes Mary Ford Opal France Florence George Mary George Mae Irene Gish Melva Graham Foster Haney FRESHMAN CLASS Richard Heckt Kenneth Helber Agnes Hinds Frances Hinds Bobbie Hill Mildred Hodgell Elva Hutson Dorothy Jenkins Florence Johnson Ray Johnson Elmer Johnson Beulah Jones Jack Keefe Francis Kenison Hilary Kling Howard Knight Thomas Konold Jessie Koons Marguerite Koons John Leazenby Bert Lloyd Henry Longpre Floyd Martin Wm. Matheson Cleo Matheson John McAllister Frederick McLean Jack McNiff Cora Mickelson Harry Moran Alfhild Nelson Dar Nelson Edna Nelson Gertrude Nelson Don Nolan John Ohrvall Evelyn La Pash Lewis Parker Robert Pearson Ednapearl Pendleton Ethel Pennock ROLL Marie Peterson Avis Pierce Mary Pierce Lauretta Polley Dorothea Pregal Enid Quayle Lawrence Quisenberry Andy Rasmussen Walter Reynolds Carl Rohkar Edna Sargent Allen Shell Helen Silvius Ruth Sitter Mary Sliman Camille Stephens John Sillassen Joe Sullivan James Simmonton Dclroy Stevenson Earl Stone Curtis Strong Paul Sturdivant George Surline Ruth Sword Maxine Thompson Joe Thalken Geraldine Thiess David Thornberry Helen Trautewig John Thompson John Vass Adelaide Vorpahl Ralph Waechter Francis Weick Vera Wetzler Glen Wilkey Willis Zook Stanley Woolery Billy Marshall Chris Jensen James Gray THE PLAINSMAN P«0 Fifty- v«n THE PLAINSMAN FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY When the Freshman Class was first found wandering, wide-eyed and gaping, in the halls of Laramie High, we were considered very green. To the surprise of our elders, the Sophomores, we proved to be of a different hue. Then they, not wishing to believe their eyes, took the easiest way out and painted us green at initiation. The nineteen twenty-five Freshmen are extremely active, both in class and on the gym floor. Don Nolan and Hilary Kling are noted Freshmen sportsmen. Many of our “buddies participated in the operetta given at Root’s Opera House recently, the clever part, the Burgomaster, being assigned to Richard Terry, and Dorothy Dale won state honors in an essay contest on Highways. No parties have been given by the Freshmen as yet (the treasury seems to have run short of treasure). But there is a picnic planned. As space does not allow me to men- tion any more of the wonders of the Freshman Class, I must close, saying, This bunch is O. K.” Don’t you agree? —Melva Graham. P� 0« Fifty-«ight ACTIVITIES PLAINSMAN FTR r p cJs C“ ’ F iL 1 C -is Pag Fifty-nin« •o Top Row— ,BIM” Scott, Shano” Costln, Tod George, Wait Johnson, Bill Eberhart. Second Row—Blake Fanning, Bruce Ginther, Harry Tatham, Chuck Coughlin, Dick' Bergquist, Ervin Moudy. Third Row—Fred Nolan, Coach Crawford, Harry Braisted, Ray Corbett. THE L CLUB The L Club is a society composed of athletes who have won the much-coveted school letter in some major sport. The organization sponsors good sportsmanship, clean athletics and fair play. It maintains a unity among the graduated athletes in order to aid school spirit, athletics in general, and preserve for Laramie High Warriors, either at home or abroad, that fine fighting spirit which has won so many contests for the Red and White. The close bond between the star athletes of the old days and the younger generation of athletes now in school is one of the pleasant features of the L Club. By the activities of the L Club members, Laramie High’s athletics are on as high a plane as any in the country. During the recent football season, the L Club came to the front with accustomed hospitality and entertained the Cheyenne football team at a dance in the gymnasium after the close contest on the field. The affair was well managed and everybody had a good time. Perhaps the most enjoyable event of the year was the wholesale gathering of old L men and young L men at the Hotel Connor to welcome home from Chicago the Lara- mie High champion basketball team. Every L man was there with the good old pep, and besides a good dinner, the basketball team realized that the L Club of the school was a live organization. —Ray Corbett. Paul George Harry Braisted ACTIVE MEMBERS Paul George Harry Braisted Walter Johnson Ray Corbett Alfred Lastra Blake Fanning Harry Tatham INITIATES Richard Bergquist Cecil Ingham Frank Costin Ervin Moudy Charles Coughlin Fred Nolan William Eberhart Bill Scott Bruce Ginther Claude Thomas .President Page Sixty-one THE PLAINSMAN Top Row-A. Ford. R. Powell. 0- Sliman. F. McGill. Second Row-H. Johneon. A. Pearson . M. O’Neil. I. Marble. Third Row-H. Svenaon. A. Moudy. E. Goflerty. V. Fitch. B. Green L. Nydegger. Fourth Row—W. Gilman. M. G. Cordlner. M. Lane. M. Cordiner. A. M. Dudl ey. L. Campbell. M. Cady. F. Smith. M. Waechter. K. Scott. Kneeling—E. Boulter, N. Burrage. M. Lowrle. E. Spalding. Mitt Mauthak, E. Atwell. H. Corbett. E. Thornberry. M. E. Beard. GIRLS GYM CLUB. Last year the Girls Athletic Association, or Gym Club, as it is called, was organ- ized by Miss Maushak, with the following members: Dorothy Anderson Emma Gogerty Eleanor Atwell Bertha Greene Martha Ellen Beard Maurine Lane Jessie Benedict Minnie Lowrie Laura Bennett Berniece Madsen Emily Boulter Irene Marble Nancy Burrage Frances McGill Marguerite Cady Alice Moudy Lucile Campbell Agnes Pearson Helen Corbett Ruth Powell Margaret Cordiner Queen Sliman Marion Grace Cordiner Bertha Sillasen Annie Marie Dudley Helen Svenson Virginia Fitch Mildred Waechter Alice Ellen Ford The objects of this Club are to raise the standards of physical, mental and moral efficiency among the girls of Laramie High and to develop ideals of health, sportsman- ship and physical control. This year the Club was continued, with Helen Corbett as President; Marion Grace Cordiner as Vice-President and Virginia Fitch as Secretary-Treasurer. The first thing we did after football season closed was to give a banquet for the football team. It was given in the sewing room, which we decorated in maroon and white for the occasion. At the Carnival, the Gym Club raffled off three boxes of candy, and turned in $26.50, which was more than any other club in school collected. About Tournament time all the members of the Gym Club who had played basket- ball appeared with their numerals on their sweaters. The new members taken in this year are: Henrietta Johnson Wyletta Gilman Mary O’Neil Lucile Nydegger Elizabeth Thornberry Jeanne DeLand Kathryn Scott Elizabeth Spalding —Frances McGill the PLAINSMAN P«Q« Sixty-thre« jnoj-A)X)S � 0 d Top Row—H. Nelson. A. M. Dudley. M. Sears, M. Blair. Miss Glllls. M. Lane. A. Moudy. H. Corbett. E. Gogerty. E. Atwell. Second Row-H. Talham. H. Bralsted. B. Fanning. R. Bergquist, R. Terry, B. Glnther, J. Surline, J. McNiff, R. Corbett. H. Scott. D. Nolan. Third Row-E. Thornberry, E. Spalding. K Scott. M. E. Beard. E. Tarbox, T. Barnes. S. Doyle, N. Burrage. M. Cady, Miss Maushak. THE PLAINSMAN PEP CLUB The Pep Club was organized by the Student Council in December. There were thirty-two charter members. The officers, as elected, were Harry Braisted. president; Paul George, vice-president; Annie Marie Dudley, secretary; and Maurine Lane, treasurer. The Club adopted the insignia of a maroon and white cap for each member. The Club has given several dances after our games, and its committese have met the outside teams that we played. Several candidates have been initiated until now there are forty-seven members. The object of the Club is to help maintain a better school spirit in Laramie High School. —Annie Marie Dudley P«Q« Sixty-five Top Row—H. Blair, R. Crow, J. Surline, 0. Pierce. R. Corbett. V. Fitch. Second Row—A. Pearton, B. Sillaeen, L. Falkentteln, Mist Clark, A. M. Dudley, H. Corbett, N. Barrage. Sitting—E. Tarbox, H. Stafford, J. DeLand, M. Lane, L. Campbell. THE PLAINSMAN MASQUE CLUB HISTORY As all things have a beginning, so the Masque Club of Laramie High School had its beginning in the fertile minds of the faculty in the year nineteen hundred and twenty- three. The original membership of the club was fifteen picked students from the upper classes of the school. These people were picked because of their studiousness and a marked ability in dramatics. With these people to start the Club, why should it not be the best club in the high school? Miss Morrow took immediate charge and soon the members had drawn up a con- stitution and had enrolled new members to the maximum number of thirty. They also formulated several plans for the training of its members in executive ability and dramatics of various kinds. Their plan for executive training was to install new officers every six weeks, and no officer was to serve twice in the same office in the same year. A roll call plan was to have each member have some subject prepared to talk upon when his name was called. This plan succeeded in getting every member to partake in the meeting. Every member was to give in the course of a year a stunt and a project. Music of vari- ous kinds was enjoyed and very often there were special speakers to add to the interest of the Club. The Club gave, once a year, a party that has been superior to anything that any other organization has been able to give. Also the plays that have been put on in the High School have been the source of great enjoyment and a way of showing that the Club is progressing in its training. In the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four Miss White was chosen sponsor and the Club went right on with its progress. Of course, there was the necessity of install- ing new members to take the place of those that had left the high school for a higher education or for other work. With the exception of a few by-laws, the constitution remained unchanged. The two-one-act plays that were given in the assembly were en- joyed by all. These plays were “The Kleptomaniac” and “Joy San.” The actors showed that even more progress had been made in the training, that they had received that in the year previous. This year the Club had many plans of action and fun. The party given was an affair that is to be remembered long by all of those that were present. This was a special affair for all of the alumni were invited. Plans are now under way to give a play in the near future. —HELEN STAFFORD. P«0« Sixty-Mven Top Row—H. Nottage, W. Butscher, A. Helber, C. Thomas, E. Shaver, V. Rairigh. F. Knadler, H. Johnson. Second Row—T. Barratt. Mr. Frisbie. P. George. 0. Pierce, R. Crowe, L. Day. H. Esterbrook, H. Scott. Third Row—W. Eberhart, R. Bergquist, K. French. J. Gogerty, K. Davis. H. Haskins. H. Blair, J. McGill. Fourth Row—I. Stafford. W. Johnson, B. Ginther, H. Tatham, E. Moudy, E. Stone, R. Corbett, H. Anderson, J. Surline. THE PLAINSMAN HI-Y CLUB The Hi-Y Club had the best year it has ever had in 1925. In putting over the Hi-Y carnival for the benefit of the basketball team, the Hi-Y undertook and put through one of the biggest events of the year. We were sorry to lose Mr. Frisbie, who, because of his promotion to principal of the East Side School, could not take such an active part in the Hi-Y activities, but we were fortunate in getting Mr. Kuntz as our adviser. Our basketball team, which beat Cheyenne twice and Burns once, had the en- viable record of seven games won and but two defeats, both of which came from the same team and each by but one point. This team was beaten in our last game of the season. The fellows on the squad were: Gogerty (captain), Haskins. Esterbrook, Crow, Shawver and Barrett. Following is the team’s record: Hi-Y 16 Ag. Club .. 15 Hi-Y 30 H.”-Y Grades 8 Hi-Y 30 Scouts 12 Hi-Y 25 Burns 9 Hi-Y 25 Cheyenne 15 Hi-Y 20 Cheyenne 9 Hi-Y 21 Swedes 22 Hi-Y 16 Swedes 17 Hi-Y 39 Swedes 30 Baseball has started and Walt Johnson was elected captain. To date there has been no important game. May 16th, the Hi-Y Club has planned to take an overnight hike. No definite camp has been selected, but a committee is working on the arrangements. The new members taken in during the year were: Lloyd Day, Oval Pierce. Harold Johnson, Joseph Orr, Charles Coughlin. Kenneth French, Ralph Butscher, Earl Stone, Bruce Ginther and Harold Scott. —JlMMIE GOGERTY, Secretary. Page Sixty-nine THE PLAINSMAN STUDENT COUNCIL The present student council was organized November 4, 1924, under the direction of Mr. Bumann. It is composed of the officers of each class, this representation being considered more effective than the councils of previous years. The officers are Marguerite Blair, president; Oval Pierce, vice president, and Annie Marie Dudley, secretary. Although the council has done nothing definite this year, it has made a constitution which will put student government upon a working basis next year. Under the new constitution, which has been adopted by the student body, the council will meet every two weeks. It will have charge of all the elections, the time and program of each assembly, the meetings of the various clubs, and will assist in keeping the building clean. In this way. and in many other ways, it will take charge of the student activities. If the students prove capable of having this much responsibility they will be given more. A member who has missed two council meetings without an excuse or does not take interest in the organization will be impeached. All of the credit for the working of our student government goes to Mr. Bumann. —Richard Bergquist. Pag Saventy-one Page Seventy-two THE PLAINSMAN GIRLS’ CLUB The Girls’ Club was organized about a year ago to get the girls of Laramie Hi acquainted. On account of the club being organized so late last year not much was accomplished. This year a meeting was called soon after school started. The girls are divided into nine groups, each group having its own officers. The dues are a penny a meeting, the meetings occuring once every two weeks. Our dues go toward a fund for the install- ation of a dental clinic. Throughout the year parties have been given such as Mother’s parties. Kid parties. Masquerades, Basket lunches and Co-eds. A party is now being planned for the mothers of all girls in High School to be given sometime before school is out. At Christmas time a committee was appointed from each group to find some poor family, fix up a basket and deliver it to them. Thanks to Miss Maushak, the club has certainly helped in getting the girls acquainted, which creates a better feeling in every way. —Marion Grace Cordiner. P«0« Seventy-three Top Row—Coach Crawford, ■‘Billie Rea, K. Rohkar, D. Stevenson, F. Haslett, F. Philips. Second Row—J. Leazenby, M. Erickson, B. Hopkins. J. McNiff, E. Stone. Bottom Row—H. Hokenson, R. Waechter. W. Humphry. E. Abell. W. Brettel. N. Koerting. D. Nolan. FIELD TRIPS TAKEN BY L H. S. AG CLASS. 1924-1925 Our first field trip was taken on September 22. On this we went to the Univer- sity experiment farm to see their potatoes and dug-out. We next went to their potato fields and looked over the different varieties, both from the standpoint of tops and flowers and from the potatoes themselves, to get an idea of the varieties as they grow. Our second trip was taken on September 24 to J. D. Perkins’ ranch, to look at his bams, corrals, and other buildings, and to compare his dug-out with the one seen two days earlier at the University farm. His is larger and, if anything, a little more satis- factory. We also inspected the numerous implements used in raising potatoes. Trip No. 3 was taken in September to Dean T. Prosser’s ranch at Tie Siding. We saw his cattle and judged several classes of young bulls of very good breeding and individuality and also inspected his barns and corrals. Mr. Prosser is one of Wyo- ming’s foremost Hereford breeders and this trip was of great value to us. Trips Nos. 4 and 5 were on September 23 and 24 to the University farm to gather samples of the different varieties of small grains raised in this locality. These were two days of very valuable practice. Trip No. 6 was to Ole Erickson’s ranch, at Woods Landing, on October 13. While out there we heard Mr. Wallace. U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. Specialist on Beef Cattle, give a talk on Grading Beef Cattle for Market, after which he graded Mr. Erick- son’s herd of pure-bred Hereford cattle according to the market’s demand. This was an experience which would be of value to any young man who is interested in livestock. THE PLAINSMAN Page S«v nty-four We next went on a trip to Fort Collins to the Great Western Sugar Company fac- tory. This trip will be given in detail by a student of our class in the form of the prize essay on the trip. We took another trip to Erickson’s ranch during the winter and judged cattle, horses, sheep and hogs, and were treated to a chicken dinner. Other judging trips were taken, too numerous to mention. Our last trip was to the University farm again on April 16, 1925, to learn their system of drainage. —WlLBUR BretTF.LL. FORT COLLINS FIELD TRIP On October 29th the Agriculture class went to Fort Collins. We got to Fort Collins about twelve-thirty. After we had dinner we went out to the Great Western sugar beet factory. Dave Roach, the manager, was not there, but he had made arrangements for his chemist and assistant chemist to take us through the fac- tory. They divided us into two groups. I was with the head chemist, Mr. Beard. The beets are harvested and the tops cut off and are then taken to the factory and dumped into bins, which are constructed so that the beets may be released as needed into a flume beneath. As they float to the factory much of the dirt is washed from them. As they enter the factory, hook-like things help to clean all rubbish from the beets. The beets then are taken out of the water and are put through another cleaning process; this cleaning process is completed by machinery, after which the beets are cut into long, thin strips called “cossettis. From these the juice is extracted in diffusion batteries by the simple device of running hot water over them. The pulp that remains corresponds to the bogasse that is left after the sugar beets have been ground. It is refuse and is used only as cattle feed. The sugar beet juice, consisting of about eighty per cent of the weight of the beet, is clarified by the addition of lime. Concentration of the juice into syrup takes place next in the evaporators, and the syrup thus produced is granulated in vacuum pans, huge closed tanks in which it is pos- able, by exhausting the air, to boil the sugar at a lower temperature than that required under normal atmospheric conditions. The sugar, which is still soft and damp, owing to the presence of molasses, goes to the centrifugal machines; these consist of large cylin- drical baskets with screen sides. The basket is spun at the rate of about 12,000 revolu- tions per minute, and the centrifugal force drives the molasses into an outer receptacle, leaving the sugar inside the basket. Water is used to wash off any syrup which may cling to the crystals, only five or six minutes are required to spin off and wash six hundred pounds of sugar. The washed sugar is run into melting pans, in which the sugar is melted in water heated to 180 degrees Fahrenheit. The liquor is strained off. leaving behind any coarse particles of matter which may have been in it up to this stage of the refining process. The liquor next is heated in blow-ups, infusorial earth being added as a filtering medium. A filtering process follows through tanks of bone black. The liquor is now thoroughly sterilized. The pure liquid sugar runs into vacuum pans, where, by the skill- ful manipulation of the operator, crystals of any desired size are formed. The sugar in its crystallized state takes another trip through the centrifugals to rid the granules of the syrup surrounding them. From this process are obtained syrups for different uses, mostly for cattle feed. THE PLAINSMAN Pag Seventy-five THE PLAINSMAN The process of granulation is now almost completed, but the sugar is damp. It is dried by means of warm air in long cylindrical revolving granulators. Following that the sugar is divided by means of screen into different classes, according to the size of grain desired. The sugar is then taken to the packing house, where it is weighed on automatic scales and put in barrels, bags, sacks and cartons. The government also has a man to test the sugar and to see that it is pure. The sugar factory at Fort Collins has three storing houses, where they can store 450,000 sacks. The largest where 250,000 sacks may be stored. Three thousand tons of beets go into the factory daily. The sugar beets test I 7 per cent plus and that of last year being 15 per cent plus. The factory can put out 10,185 sacks of sugar a day and employes about 400 men each season, and keeping 75 men the year round to repair the machinery. The factory pays the farmer on a sliding scale. To start in they pay about $5.50 per ton and if the price of sugar raises the factory will pay the farmer more. Last year the farmer got $8.15 per ton in Colorado and $8.50 per ton in Wyoming, showing that Wyoming had a better beet. The by-product of sugar beets are pulp, molasses and lime. Fifty cents per ton is paid for pulp at the beginning of the season, owing to the lack of room to store it, but at the end of the season, when there is plenty of room, the pulp raises to about $1.50 per ton. There are feeding yards at the factory, so that the farmer can bring his stock there and feed it before shipment. The Colorado Aggies have some beef cattle at the feeding yards, experimenting on them feeding them pulp, molasses, alfalfa, and corn, to show the farmer how to put fat on his stock before shipment. Sugar beets are raised in seventeen states, Washington, California. Nevada, Utah, Idaho. Montana. Wyoming. Colorado, Nebraska. Kansas. Minnesota. Iowa. Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. The long tons for 1922 and 1923 were 615 and 936. Mr. Griffith and Mr. Redell, the factory field men, took us to the beet fields and ex- plained how to raise seed and to keep the young beets over for raising seed and they also showed u% a stack of seed. He said that in this country, owing to the climate, he thought they could buy our seed cheaper than they could raise it. The production of seed in the Fort Collins District averages from 1.000 to 2,000 pounds per acre. The average acreage in the Fort Collins District is 18.000 acres. The average yield of beets being about 12 tons per acre, some farms yielding about 18 or 19 tons per acre. The reason for the low average yield, owing to so many farmers raising beets on poor soil and getting as low as eight and nine tons per acre and that bringing the average of the district down very low. —Earl STONE. P fl« S«venty- ix P 0 S«venty- «ven THE PLAINSMAN BILLIE” REA COACH CRAWFORD EARL STONE MARTIN ERICKSON WILBER BRETTELL FLOYD PHILLIPS STOCK JUDGING TEAM Team Won Second in State Contest RECORDS OF INDIVIDUALS Wilbur Brettell: First place in judging dairy cattle in State Contest. Second high point man of the team in school contest. Third place in judging horses. Fourth place highest in state. Only man in contest to place dairy cattle correctly. Martin Erickson: Second high point man in the State Contest. High point man of the team. Second place in judging sheep in School Contest. Third place in judging beef cattle in School Contest. Page Seventy-eight THE PLAINSMAN ACADEMICS We did not come out as well in the Academic Contests of the Tournament as we had expected to, still we did better than Cheyenne. We feel that luck was against us, that our contestants did their best, but were defeated by fortune and some geniuses. The debate team, which was inexperienced, ran up against a tough one at the start. The commercial entries went up against people who broke state records. Our read- ing contestant caught a cold and had to be replaced. All these are merely alibis. We give them just to show that our contestants did not go back on us, but did their best. The following people were entered: Debate—Marguerite Blair and Annie Marie Dudley. Reading—Annie Marie Dudley (for Marguerite Blair). Essay—Paul Scott. Piano—Oscar Blair. Amateur Commercial—Queen Sliman. Novice Commercial—Anna Blom. Amateur Commercial Team—Queen Sliman, Helen Svenson, Eva Tarbox. Novice Commercial Team—Anna Blom, Jennie Stendahl, Marguerite Baillie. Coach, Miss Gillis. Paul Scott won first in the Essay Contest, bringing home one shield. Oscar Blair and Annie Marie Dudley both got into the finals but failed to place. There is much credit due to the contestants, for, although they did not all win, they all did their best for Laramie High. —Paul Scott. P«0 S«v«nty-nln THE PLAINSMAN Society Notes FRESHMAN RECEPTION On September 12 the three upper classes gave the Freshmen their welcome recep- tion. The evening was spent in playing games and initiating the newcomers. Miss Maushak was in charge of the initiation. By the close of the evening the freshmen real- ized they had reached High School. L” CLUB DANCE Letter Men” of the school gave a dance in honor of the Cheyenne football team and visitors on October 1 I. The Sig Alph Orchestra furnished the music, which was enjoyed by all. GROUP PARTIES Several group parties were given in November. Groups four, five and six enter- tained their mothers at a very delightful party on Saturday afternoon, November 22. JUNIOR CARNIVAL One of the big events of the year was the Carnival given by the Junior Class on November 22. The booths, various attractions and the Jitney Dance made the Carnival a financial as well as a social success. FOOTBALL DINNER On Saturday evening. December 13, the Girls’ Gym Club gave a dinner for the football team. The girls prepared and served the dinner and no casulaties were reported. PEP CLUB DANCE The Pep Club gave the first of a series of dances on January 3, after the Hanna- Laramie game. All reported a good time. CABARET DANCE Another big event of the year was the Cabaret Dance given by the Class of ’27 on January I 7. A varied program was presented during the evening and refreshments were served at a late hour. All agree that the Sophomores are royal entertainers. PEP CLUB PARTY Pep Club gave a party for its members at the South Side School on January 21, at which time the new members were initiated. A general good time was had by all. PEP CLUB DANCE Pep Club gave their second dance. January 31, following the Rawlins-Laramie game. Although the time was short, all enjoyed themselves and were sorry when eleven o’clock came. Pao« Eighty MASQUE CLUB PARTY One February 14 the Masque Club entertained its members and alumni at a very enjoyable Valentine party in the domestic science rooms of the High School. The rooms were prettily decorated to fit the occasion. Stunts and dancing furnished the entertain- ment for the evening. Later, refreshments were served and all were sorry when they had to leave. HOME ECONOMICS PARTY The Home Ec Club entertained the members of the Home Economics classes at a delightful party, February 20, in the domestic science rooms. Games and dancing fur- nished the entertainment. Late in the evening refreshments were served. When leaving, all declared they couldn’t have had a better time, even if the boys had been there. PEP CLUB DANCE February 21, Pep Club gave a dance after the Sig Alph-Laramie and Prep- Laramie games. Although there was only a small crowd present, the music was good and every one had a very good time. MATINEE DANCE As a means of celebration of the state championship the school gave the basketball team a dance on Monday afternoon, March 16. Harry Tatham kindly donated the music for the dance. There was a good crowd present, all of whom had a good time. AG CLUB DANCE On March 20 the Ag Club gave their annual “barn” dance. The decorations were in keeping with the spirit of the occasion. An elaborate supper, consisting of milk and doughnuts, was enjoyed by all. It was one of the best dances of the year. HI-Y CARNIVAL Under the auspices of the Hi-Y a carnival was staged at the High School gymna- sium on March 27. As the carnival was given to raise money to help send the team to Chicago, each Club contributed its part toward making it a great financial success. BASKETBALL TEAM ENTERTAINED Numerous banquets and entertainments have been given the basketball team in recognition of their successes at the Wyoming and Chicago Tournaments this year. JUNIOR PROM The Junior Prom is to be given May 23 in the small gymnasium at the University. This is certain to be the largest and best Prom ever given—for it is to be given by the Class of ’26. THE PLAINSMAN Page Eighty-one P«0« Eiflhty-two THE PLAINSMAN P 0« Eiflhty-thre« THE PLAINSMAN BILL NYE Margaret Blair Interesting? Well, I should say. What could be more interesting, more fun, and more thrilling than to be among a group of so-called “Old Timers” and listen to the stories of this interesting character. How much fun it would have been to live in the days of old Bill Nye—when Laramie was but a backwoods country, with little or no organization, and there was no distinction made between streets and alleys. Perhaps this all sounds off the subject, but such circumstances only made me see Bill Nye as a bigger character than he is perhaps given credit for being. Bill Nye was not his real name, but only one of the ordinary parts of most every boy’s life, namely, a nickname. He was christened by his fond parents with the perhaps somewhat sophisticated name of Edgar Wilson, and it is undoubtedly because of the sophisticated sound of it that every one called him just plain “Bill Nye. He was born in Shirley, Maine. August 25, 1850, which is rather unimportant, because what do we care about where or when he was born, just so long as we were blessed with his presence? Only a meager education was within his grasp, but nevertheless he made the best of what he was given and was none the worse for having it. Poverty of resources drove his family to St. Croix Valley, Wisconsin, where they hoped to live under conditions less severe than in Maine, but I fear they were rather disappointed in their hopes of success. Unable to give their son any further education, he was sent to work in a lawyer’s office. Here his chief duties consisted in sweeping office and running errands. The lawyer cer- tainly must have been very careless and much more prominent—but perhaps it all involved carelessness—the errands being for forgotten articles or sweeping compound. Pcor Nye had a tough world to stride through, but he was gaining all the time, and in his idle hours he would read in the lawyer’s library, which was at his service. Of this crude and desultory reading he later wrote. “I could read the same passage today that I did yesterday, and it would seem as fresh at the second reading as it did at the first. Does this not show a hunger for literature which later won him success? When Nye was twenty-five he was teaching a district school in Polk County, with a salary of thirty dollars a month. Initiative, determination and will power were shining forth in this man’s character, because with only a meager education he made success. Wyoming has had a great many events in its history which might be classified as fortunate, but I believe one of the most fortunate happened in about 1876. when a cer- tain personage from the east came to this section, carrying his baggage tagged with the name Edgar Wilson Nye. In our histories we do not hear of Bill Nye. and yet he took an active part in the history of Albany County and especially in Laramie. Shortly after Nye came to Laramie he was admitted to the bar. We had saloons at that time, but he entered the organization where the bar deals with law. Now that we are all agreed on that particular matter, we can easily see how such a man could win his way to the legis- lature. Bill Nye was whole souled, big hearted and genial. What more is needed to make a good man for the Legislature? All who knew this man lost sight of the humorist in the wholesome friend. Even though Laramie was small, they needed a postmaster and, of course, they picked Bill. He was capable, honest and didn’t mind taking the position, as he was successful. Law was sometimes enforced, too, and for this purpose a judge was needed. In 1877 Bill Nye was chosen for the office and of it he wrote: It was really pathetic to see the poor little miserable booth where I sat and waited with numb fingers for busi- ness. But I did not see the pathos which clung to every cobweb and darkened the rat- P Qf Eighty-four tling casement. Possibly I did not know enough.” From this item business in this line did not seem to be very prosperous, but perhaps the Vigilantes did the work and saved the judge the trouble. He was referred to as Judge Nye, but the story is told that he was out of coal half the time, and once could not mail a letter for three weeks because he lacked the necessary postage. He wrote letters to the Cheyenne “ Sun,” in which he soon made a reputation for himself and was offered a position on the Laramie Sentinel, the second paper published in Laramie. His salary was small, but the latitude was great and he was allowed to write anything to please the people, news or otherwise, mostly otherwise. The pro- prietor of the paper paid Nye twelve dollars a week to edit the paper—local, telegraph, selections, religious, sporting, political and fashions. The proprietor maintained that twelve dollars was too much, but if Nye would jerk the press occasionally and take care of his children he would try to stand it. Bill took the stand that you couldn’t mix poli- tics and measles, drew the line at measles and quit the job. Later, he established ’’The Boomerang,” in which he wrote up the town in the style characteristic of “Bill Nye.” This effort inverted the usual proportions of things, exag- gerating the small things, such as a peanut stand, into a mammoth enterprise. The in- habitants were sensible enough to enter into and enjoy the joke, showering honors on this genius who had drawn attention to their town. His office was over a livery stable, and over the entrance there was the sign, Twist the Tail of the Gray Mule and Take the Elevator. It was while he was editing this paper that all the offices previously mentioned were given to him. Due to illness he was forced to sell his stock in the Boomerang and return to Wis- consin, later going to New York to write for the New York World. He then entered into an arrangement with James Whitcomb Riley for a joint lecturing tour, but this was found to be not so satisfactory, because Riley, an addict of liquor, was accustomed to make his talks while in a condition of not being what we might term responsible. It was during one of these times that the two men broke up. and Bill Nye went to North Caro- lina for his health, where he later died. There are some things about Bill Nye which are not creditable, but still, I wonder if his good points do not overbalance the bad ones. Every man has his faults, and surely a man of such promising character as Bill Nye could not have been so terrible, but at least he did a great deal for Laramie and Wyoming, and is entitled to due respect from every one who has any sense of appreciation. What is a town without a paper) Surely it seems rather an impossibility, and to have a good paper we most certainly must have a good man to edit it, and this is exactly what we find true of Bill Nye. EN ROUTE TO THE PICNIC A sardine wiggled why? No one knows. The one of his companions murmured softly, sweetly, “Oh, you are sitting on my loaf of bread.” And the answer came coyly, “Do you want me to sit on your foot?” No reply came, and the second sardine wiggled and was still. Then a voice, “Why are you sitting on my foot?” And with a gallant flip of the tail, the second sardine gave answer, “Silence gives consent, my dear Ethelbert.” And again there was silence, till a rough, gruff voice outside the can remarked. “We are here.” The can, “Oh, are we here?” And the reply, “Yes, we are here.” And then, with a yell that might have been heard in Laramie, the mighty Juniors leaped nimbly out of what we now perceive was not a can but a truck, which had brought the Juniors safely to their picnic grounds, ready for a good time, which, contrary to general happenings, they had. —HELEN Daly. THE PLAINSMAN Page Eighty-five THE PLAINSMAN THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Oliver Johnson For many years prior to the granting of a charter to the Union Pacific in 1862 by Congress, the work of building railroads was rapidly going on. Many railroads were built in the east and their value was recognized as a means of traveling and transporta- tion. and so for many years suggestions had been made, for a transcontinental railway, a Pacific railway, one which would link the Pacific with the eastern railroads. The need was apparent and arguments for such a railroad were given. It is easily seen how a railroad was needed to trade with our western settlements, to further the settlement of the West, and many men argued that a railroad was necessary to keep our western states in the Union. Others said that our western settlements would be the object of British hostility. Hence, the best explanation of Union” Pacific. The railroad would keep our western states in the union, thus preserving it. The gold discoveries in 1848 and 1849 clarified the reasons, and Congress, seeing it, provided for ten surveys in all, for routes to the Pacific Ocean (1853). The one selected began at Omaha, running north of the Platte to the junction of the North and South forks, from there running west to the present site of Cheyenne, crossing the outlying range of the Black Hills at Sherman Pass, thence running across Wyoming and Utah, meeting with the Central Pacific at Promon- tory Point, Utah, north of Great Salt Lake. FINANCE Finance was a very important item in the construction of a railroad. This was all the more important in the Union Pacific, because labor was high priced, there being hard work to do, and many privations and hardships to endure, and also Indians to watch for and fight against. All the iron, supplies, engines, cars, and many other items, such as tools, ties, spikes, etc., had to be either hauled by prairie schooner across Iowa, or by boat up the Mississippi,, from St. Louis, there being no railroads west of the Mis sissippi. They were bulky and expensive to ship. The Credit Mobilier was formed by the Ames and others to finance the great under- taking. It was a corporation, it issued stock and sold it. But capitalists wouldn't invest. President Lincoln did his best. Congress made large grants of land and gave subsidies of $16,000 per mile on the plains and $45,000 in the mountains for every mile of railroad built. But still they held back. But the two Ames. Oakes and Oliver, both wealthy manufacturers, as well as Jay Gould, Thomas Durant, Signey Dillon and others put their money in the great venture and a start was made at Omaha, November 5, 1865, the gov- ernor of Nebraska breaking the first sod with a spade. Oliver Ames was president of the Union Pacific Company during its construction, and Thomas C. Durant, vice president. Grenville M. Dodge was chief engineer, and Silas Seymour of New York consulting engineer. The two Casement brothers. Jack and Dan, were the men who contracted for the grading of 1,000 miles of track. The grading supervision fell to Jack Casement and the forwarding of supplies was done most efficiently by Dan Casement. David Van Lennep served well as a geologist for the road, and he was instrumental in finding coal, minerals, and ballast for the track. The Union Pacific had a gigantic task before it. It was destined to build 1,500 miles of railroad through a country practically unpopulated. Nebraska territory contained only 35,880 people. From Central Nebraska to the Salt Lake Valley was practically a barren waste. The Union Pacific had no ties except poor quality cottonwood, until it reached the mountains. Page Eighty-six During 1865 forty miles of track were laid. In 1866, 260 miles of track were laid. During 1867 the Indians were extremely troublesome. These iron rails and telegraph poles meant the coming of more pale faces to them, so they would swoop down upon graders and tracklayers, uttering their war-whoops in the attack. But the Civil War had been a school. After the Civil War followed a period of depression in which there was a wave of unemployment. Many, and, in fact, most of the “Paddies had been soldiers in the Civil War. Chief Engineer Dodge was a Major General in the Civil War. So when an attack was made the Irish turned from laborers into perfectly disciplined soldiers, commanded by officers. Before winter set in, in 1867, the rails were past Chey- enne and to Sherman Hill. This hill being steep and the region where the railroad was to cross the Black Hills, the people of the world looked for slow progress. But they did not know or comprehend the efficiency of the workers. They graded first and gauged the grade. Then the cars were pushed to the “end o’track,” two rails were laid down in position, the fishplates bolted on, then the cars moved on to repeat the operation. When Cheyenne was reached six miles of railroad were constructed per day. This was incredibly fast when you consider that 2,580 ties, 352 rails, 5,500 spikes, 704 fishplates, and 1,408 bolts were required to build one mile of railroad. They were now getting tics from the mountains and armies of tie-choppers covered the hills. The railroad crossed the outly- ing range of the Black Hills, of which Sherman Hill is a part, at Sherman Pass; so named because of Dodge’s gratitude toward General W. T. Sherman, because of the interest he took in the project. He was army commander of this district and he sent plenty of troops to protect the army of builders from the Indians. An interesting story is told how Major General Dodge, in the spring of 1865, while returning from the Powder River campaign, left his column at Lodge Pole creek so he, with an escort, could explore the range himself. While exploring it he was attacked by Sioux, who drove him into a long ridge bisecting the flank of the hill. He fought the Indians off and signaled to the troops on the flank of the hill. When the troops arrived he said that they had saved their scalps and found a cross- ing of the Black Hills, and so he had. It was the best crossing, because the grade was gradual, and this was important, for there was a 2,000-foot grade to climb between Chey- enne and the divide of the Black Hills. Early in 1 868 the road was built down Sherman Hill and on the night of May 8, it had reached Fort Sanders—a fort built to protect the workers. Shortly after noon. May 9, the rails entered Laramie and were out of sight that evening. The summer was excit- ing. Danger was everywhere. Indians attacked the tie-choppers, graders, tracklayers and others almost daily. Forts Sanders. Russell, Steel and Bridgcr were all garrisoned with soldiers and they were busy often. And so the work went on. through the coal fields, acro:s Wyoming, crossing the North Platte at Fort Steele. Towns sprang up. The railway crossed Utah and met the rails with the Central Pacific at Promontory Point. A great celebration was held, a golden spike was presented by California. The officers of both roads were there. The telegraph ticked off the strokes of the mallet and then ticked “done.” The telegraph sent messages to all parts of the Union, bells tolled, whistles were blown. The Union Pacific has been the benefactor of the West. It has been of inestimable value in settling up the west. It has brought immigrants to the west to homesteads to buy the company’s land cheap, and, last of all, it has served the purposes for which it was intended; it has kept our western settlements in the Union, and it has made possible a trade between the east and the west. THE PLAINSMAN P 0« Eiflhty.jeven THE PLAINSMAN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF LARAMIE Agnes Pearson Although Laramie does not boast of a large number of schools, nevertheless the his- tory concerning those which we do have is very interesting. Laramie was established in 1869. The first school which was established was built in 1870 on the site where Root’s Opera House now is. It was called the Laramie City Graded School. It was fitted out as well as any school was at that time. The principal was Mr. Fitch, father of E. E. Fitch. That faculty consisted of two teachers, beside Mr. Fitch, whose names were Mrs. Steven Boyd and Miss Vaughn. At the time of opening the enrollment numbered seventy pupils, who were in grades from the first on up; this enrollment increased slowly until, in 1878, it numbered 150. The following is an extraction from the “Laramie Sentinel”: Report of Laramie City Graded School for the week ending March 29, 1872: Number belonging last week........................ 60 Number enrolled during week........................ 0 Number withdrawn on ac’t of sickness............... 5 Number belonging at present..... ................. 60 Number of days absent.............................. 3 B. F. Harrington, Principal.”- During this time also there was a high school called the Wyoming Institute, in which a regular academic course was taught, including music, drawing, civil engineer- ing. languages and higher mathematics. It was established under the supervision of the Baptist Home Missionary Society. The population of Laramie steadily increased until by 1878 the need for a larger and better school was keenly felt. The School Board, of which Mr. Holliday was a member, immediately began preparations by choosing a site on which to build the East Side School. Evidently the newspaper was not in favor of the site, as is shown by this clipping from the “Laramie Sentinel” of March, 1878: “We were not at the school meeting last night, but we understood that the meeting located a school house out on the prairie southeast of the city, somewhere about or on the grounds where the vigilantes used to bury their dead. The proposed location was brought about by the zeal of Mr. Holliday, and is farther from all the children than the old one, and a school house located there will be abcut as much of an ornament to Fort Sanders or Cheyenne as to our city.” It is fairly incredible to believe that such a thing could be said about what is now the East Side School. However, the citizens must finally have consented to the build- ing, since that site is where it now stands. The newspapers of a later date seemed also pleased, as shown by an article. It was a building which at that time seemed most mod- ernly equipped in the way of lighting and ventilating. Every grade from the first to the twelfth had a teacher. Mr. Lee was principal from 1878 to 1910. Mrs. Whiting, for whom the recently built building was named, was the first grade teacher for many years. By May, 1908, 445 pupils were enrolled in the eleven grades, with twenty-seven of that number belonging to the Freshman, Sophomore and Junior classes. Page Eighty-eight About 1890 another school was built on the West Side, which is now called the Lincoln School. The pupils who went to that school were children whose fathers were employed by the railroad. Three teachers constituted the faculty, who taught eighty- six pupils. Miss Bronson, for a long time, was principal, and Miss Kleeman taught the first grade. Whenever any entertainments were given by either the East Side or West Side the Mannerchor Hall was used. This building served as the town stage, dance hall and other amusement purposes. It is now occupied by the Chevrolet Agency on Third Street. Several programs which were noticed in the papers had on them the names of some of our prominent citizens. When the school year started in the fall of 1908 a new building was opened which was called the High School. It was what we now call the North Side. The eighth grade was also stationed there with the four high school classes. Professor Bramhall was the principal. Seventy-five students were enrolled at the beginning of the term, forty of which were high school students and thirty-eight grade students. By 1911 the population of Laramie had increased considerably, as had the town itself. The North Side was needed to accommodate the grade children, so preparations were made to build a Laramie High School. It was built in the summer of 1911 at a large expense. The principal was Mr. Baker. One hundred and four students regis- tered at the opening of the 1911 term. The building had. beside many rooms, a large assembly, a large gymnasium, but as time went on and population grew, it became neces- sary to build classrooms out of the gymnasium. Since it was necessary to have some sort of gym the annex was built and although not especially beautiful, serves the purpose. In 1918 another school was built near the park, which is called Parkview School. It is modern in every way and accommodates pupils ranging from the first to the ninth grades. Last summer another building was erected on the West Side. It is large enough to take care of most of the pupils without putting many in the old building, and it is hoped that in due time this building will be enlarged. Another building which will be ready for occupation by the first of March is the Whiting School situated at Ninth and Custer. In this brief paper it is readily seen that Laramie has grown very rapidly, both in size and population. Progress can be readily noticed by the fact that the enrollment of the first school was seventy, while now the enrollment of the High School alone is nearly four hundred. Let us hope that in fifty years Laramie shall have grown to such a size that it will be necessary to have two or three times as many schools and enough pupils to fill them. THE PLAINSMAN Page Eighty-nine THE PLAINSMAN VIGILANTES IN ALBANY COUNTY Richard Crow The work of these pioneers in Albany County was made necessary by the building of the railroad. The ruffians that constituted the most ruthless, lawless class came with the railroad, and as it, with its advance gangs of graders and rail-layers, passed on. so these gamblers and robbers passed. Thus the badmen of Cheyenne, when run out of that city, came to Laramie. Of course, this did not hold true in the cow and mining towns, since they were not influenced by the construction of the railroad. Some of Laramie’s desperadoes made Laramie notorious when it was a cow town, but most of them were run out after the entering of the railroad construction camps here in 1867-68. Those were the days of the wild west. Then this country was a frontier inhabited be only the roughest and hardiest of men. The survival of the fittest, one of nature’s first and most primitive laws, was their guide quite unconsciously on their part, but neverthe- less true, since the men quickest on the draw- were the ones most likely to live longest. This is what the pioneer home builders found in their adopted home. These hardy monarchs (or later to be) of the west, with their wives, just as good and pure and hardy as their husbands, came to and conquered first the Indians and then the bad men. Law was slow to come and sometimes ineffective when it did come, until the bolder, more fearless and efficient men, became officers. Some of the killers and gamblers be- came officers, thus instilling a fear in the hearts of its desperadoes. Not always did the donning of a badge change a man’s character, since it sometimes served as a shield for graft, and more serious lawbreaking. Once in a while one of these men would become a conscientious and good officer. Before the law came and when it was ineffective the men, the better element, formed what were known as Vigilante committees. Many times the cure was worse than the crime, since lynchings were the most common means employed in gaining their purpose. This, however, was the most effective means, since it instilled the fear of God in the hearts of the bad men. The vigilantes would usually post a warning, ordering some certain gang or man out of town by a certain date if he or they valued their life. Then, if the order went unheeded, would come their attack. Sometimes the lynchings would occur during the night, so that in the morning, when the populace awoke, they would see hanging on some convenient telegraph pole the body of some gunman or robber who, in his wild career, had chosen the wrong town for his debauches. Often times the formality of pasting a warning was done away with. In that case the men or man was simply seized and tried. If the evidence against him was strong enough they strung him up, if not, they ran him out of town. Men were hung for shooting, stealing, murdering and gambling, and always after a raid the town was quiet and orderly for a long while. Even after the law did come the officers were at times unable to cope with the situation ; then the vigilantes would be called together again and the undesirable would leave town dead or alive. The work of the vigilantes was not, however, anything like a mob rule. Only broad-minded men who could see both sides of a question were members. The meet- ings and orders were secret, and in a good many cases the identity of the members was secret. In this way order could be kept by the sound-headed members, while their duties were being carrid out. Had organization been otherwise, slaughters and massacres would have been prevalent. P«0« Ninety As I have said before, the town of Laramie began its rapid growth with the com- ing of the railroad. Saloons, gambling houses and dance halls were very numerous and of bad reputation. These ran full flash, day and night. Violent deaths were common occurrences. Men from the grading camps and the tie camps who came to town to rest and spend their money were frequently lost track of. Friends who occasionally came to town to find them could trace the men to one or two of the more notorious saloons or gambling dens. There all trace of them ended. In 1873, in excavating for a building which was to stand on the site of one of the saloons, the contractors found several skeletons of human beings. These probably were the remains of the men who had disappeared. After this condition of things had made Laramie one of the most notorious towns on the Union Pacific, the better class of citizens quietly formed a vigilance committee, of which the late Judge Porter of Omaha was made chairman. This committee imme- diately got busy. One night they rounded up and tried four of the roughest robbers in town, and with no more ado hung three of them. The fourth, called “Big Steve, was tried, but the evidence against him was not satisfactory, so he was given until the seven o’clock train going east the next morning to get out of town and never to return if he valued his neck. They kept a close watch of him and saw him leave. However, he went only as far as Fort Sanders, where he left the train and walked back. Once here he entered the unfinished log house east of the track and near the shops, where his three companions in crime were hanging dead, but guarded by vigilantes. There he began to rave and curse, swearing that he would have revenge on the men who had hung his friends. He was seized in an instant by the guards, who marched him to the south of the Union Pacific hotel and in front of the freight depot. A crowd of a hundred or more people quickly gathered. A few of the more active vigilantes marched “Big Steve” up a ladder leaning against a telegraph pole, to which was tied the hang man’s rope. The noose was placed around Steve’s neck and the ladder was kicked out. Thus Big Steve” met his end. The effect of these hangings had a surprising effect in calming down the town. All the remaining desperadoes immediately sobered up and walked a chalk line for a while. Another instance of the work of the vigilantes was just after the competition of the shops here. Robert Galbraith was the first master mechanic. Rooms were built in the upper part of the shops for his family. One morning on awakening Mrs. Galbraith looked out of the window and saw, hanging by his neck to a convenient telegraph pole, a dead man, mute evidence of the work of the vigilantes. She was greatly frightened, but showed courage enough to remain and before the summer was over to organize the first Sunday school in Laramie. Mr. Guy, the man who told the above account, also states that he was present in Laramie when the vigilantes ran the gamblers and robbers out. He says it was one thrilling Sunday night, but it cooked them. Even though the vigilantes did make some grave and hasty mistakes, taken all in all, I believe their work was successful. THE PLAINSMAN Page Ninety-one THE PLAINSMAN NATURAL RESOURCES OF ALBANY COUNTY Ervin Moudy The chief resources of this county are livestock raising and farming. This is car- ried on in almost every corner of the county. In farming we have successfully raised different grains, alfalfa, all different varie- ties of hay and all kinds of garden products. In the livestock raising in this county we raise cattle, sheep and horses. To show the extent they were raised in 1910, there was $1,882,476 worth of livestock raised here. The next in importance to the livestock raising comes the natural resources that we find in the ground. In parts of this county have been found remains of old mines that were worked by people before they had iron tools, and in these mines have been found some of the tools that were used to obtain the ore that they were after. These tools were mainly rock drills, wedges, that they used to force rocks apart, rock hammers, and other rock tools. It was estimated that it took two hundred men a week using these tools to obtain the same amount of mineral that one man with the modern tools of today could mine in one day. The most famous and one of the oldest mines of this county that is still being worked today is the Electrolytic mine, more commonly known as the Rambler mine. In this mine there has been a great deal of copper ore produced that is the richest ever found in the west. Other products from this mine are gold, silver, platinum and paladium. Although the ore from this mine was very rich, it did not pay very well to take it out, be- cause it had to be hauled through the mountains so far and then shipped to Denver. Around in this same county on Douglas creek, where this mine is located, have been found some very rich deposits of gold. These deposits were worked before there were very many white people in this country and they were having trouble with the Indians, but it is said that the deposits were so rich in places along this creek that men were willing to stay and fight the Indians in order to stay and work these deposits. Very extensive gold placer mining was carried on here way before this county was formed and a great deal of it along this creek. Another great deposit is that of iron at Iron Mountain, near the Laramie Peak. The name they give to this iron is titaneferous magnitite. This ore is peculiar, as it acts as a magnet and is magnetized itself to some extent. This mountain will affect the needle of a compass for almost one hundred miles around it. This ore is of great purity, as there is only about one per cent of dirt or rock in it, eighty-two per cent of ovide of iron and seventeen per cent of titanic acid. This ore is not used for anything, because it has such a very high melting point on account of the titanic acid that is in it. When they put this ore in smelting furnaces it just freezes and they can do nothing with it. It is said that as days come they will produce furnaces that will melt this ore and the product will be titanic steel. They say that this steel is very hard. Another product that is found near Laramie Peak is manganese. This is being mined there now and is shipped on the Union Pacific to Rawlins and from there is shipped to places to make use of it. Copper is also mined around Laramie Peak. There is quite a bit of copper mined around here. Native copper that is almost pure has been found in quite large quantities at Tie Siding. They have one fairly large mine there, but no extensive or deep mining has been done in it yet or any others around there. Other places that copper is found in Albany county are Douglas creek. Horse creek, Jelm Mountain and Laramie Peak. Page Ninety-two In the mines at Jelm Mountain have been found gold in quite large quantities at one time large enough to build a stamp mill, but this ore soon gave out. They also found quite large quantities of brown iron and some silver. One mineral, or rather a chemical, that is found in large deposits near Laramie is sodium sulphate and carbonate, more commonly known as soda. This is found in a great many of the lakes around here. In the Downey lake, nine miles north of here, there is one patch in one lake that covers one hundred acres and is nine feet thick, a solid bed of crystalized soda. In the bottom of these lakes are found springs that keep a fresh supply of it as it comes up from the earth and as the water evaporates the soda crystalizes so the layer is building up all of the time. For a time this soda was used in Laramie in the manufacturing of glass in connection with a very good glass-sand that was also found near Laramie. Coal, the soft bituminous kind, has been found in several places near Laramie, and most of these are quite extensive deposits, but all of it does not seem to burn well. There have been several coal resources working very profitably near here, and it is said that these may be opened up again and worked. A great many of the coal deposits of Albany county have never been touched. Around near where these coal fields are has opened up one resource that looks most profitable to Laramie, that is oil in the Rex field. Although the wells they have put down and struck oil in are not very large, this does not prove that it will not prove to be a very large field, because when the Salt Creek field was first discovered the first four or five wells only produced from two barrels to one hun- dred and fifty barrels a day, and now today it is one of the greatest fields in history for the amount of oil that it produces. The Rex wells are producing more than the first Salt Creek wells did and this may be a very large field, because they have put down wells for miles each side of it and found oil. This field is also located at a very convenient place, one railroad about one mile from it and Laramie only a short distance away with a refinery here. The Rex dome is the best field in Albany county so far, but there are several other places where they drill and find a little oil, as in the Big Hollow. Oil is not the only product that they have found at Rex Dome, as they have found gas in small quantities, but there is not near enough that has been found to supply Laramie, but they do produce enough to heat the boilers for drilling and also for heating the town that has grown up out there. Other prospects for oil fields here are around James lake, where the Midwest is going to drill, and around Lake Hattie, where they have put one well down and got oil and water, but I feel they will put other wells down around there and cement off the water, then we will have an area of a good many square miles of oil land. Another thing that caused a lot of excitement in Laramie a little over a year ago was the discovery of some rich veins of ore that contained platinum and paladium. This was discovered in a mine that has been worked for a long time for gold and it has pro- duced quite a lot of it, and then, also, found quite a bit of copper in with it. The same trouble came with this as has come of almost all other places they have found any rich ore, that is, it is not what they thought it to be or it soon gave out and was all over. When this was first discovered there was a mad rush for Centennial and land offices, where everybody staked out claims, but there was none of it found in any of these, and now the rush is all over and these claims are all abandoned except one or two, and the one that the platinum was discovered in, and these are still being worked, with the finding of a little of it mixed with gold, silver, zinc, copper and paladium. THE PLAINSMAN Paflf Ninety-three THE PLAINSMAN The industry that is carried on the closest to Laramie is that of plaster. There are three mills here in Laramie and one at Red Buttes. The Acme mill was established around 1899, then they sold out to a company in New York in 1923. The Overland plaster mill was built in about 1907 by a company that organized in 1906. The com- pany consisted of the late J. T. Holliday, N. E. Corthell and a few others. The Lara- mie Cement Plaster Company was organized in 1921 and built their mill at the old glass plant. The oldest mill of the whole group is the one at Red Buttes that was established in ' 1894. This one produces gypsite plaster, the kind that has entirely replaced lime plaster all over. Here at Laramie the marl that is used to make the plaster is very easy to get be- cause it is deposited just below the thin layer of earth, which is removed, then the marl is taken up in scoop shovels. On the south side of Laramie there seems to be an inex- haustable supply of this marl that only needs heating to be turned into plaster or cement. The other one mill at the glass plant gets its supply from out by the “W” hill, but the deposits there are not so very large and would soon give out. In some places, in order to obtain this marl, it is necessary to sink deep shafts into the earth, then this marl there is in the form of rock gypsite. and this has to be reduced. I think that we are very fortunate in having our deposits of marl in the form that they are. The mills are not so very large, but in 1924 the three mills together shipped some 1,400 carloads of plaster. Working under normal conditions, these mills here employ around one hundred men. At the present time, of the three mills in town and the one at Red Buttes, only two of them are running, as the one at Red Buttes shut down in 1923 and has not opened up since, and not very long ago the mill that was made out of the old glass plant shut down, so the other two are the only ones left running, and they are doing a very good business. Some of the scientists and geologists who have studied this deposit of marl and gyp- sum around Laramie have estimated that there is enough within forty miles of Laramie to supply the whole United States for two hundred years. One of the most interesting old mining settlements around Laramie is that of Key- stone on Douglas Creek. Today, when a person goes there, he will find old cabins within several miles of Keystone, and then he will find them thick all around the hills clear on to Keystone and away the other side, clear to Holmes, where the Rambler mine is. At one time these mines were very prosperous, but the ore they took out had to be hauled so very far that it did not pay. so they built a large stamp mill and cyanide plant at Keystone, so they could extract the minerals from the ore right there, and by that way they would be able to make the mining there pay very well, but shortly after they had finished the stamp mill the ore gave out and they had to close the mill down. Today this stamp mill is standing and is in very good condition. There is several thou- sand dollars’ worth of machinery in it that is in very good condition also. There is one large mine right at Keystone, hardly over one hundred yards from the stamp mill, that is still standing and the shafts, machinery and buildings are all in very good condition. They called this mine the Keystone mine, and it produced almost all of the ore that was used in the stamp mill. This mine produced mostly copper, but it did produce some gold and zinc. Out of the several hundred mines at Keystone there are only a very few being worked today, but the town there is still standing and people are living there and it is rather a nice place now and a very nice place to spend the summer, because there are P 0« Ninety-four all the wonders of nature there—beautiful scenery, mountains, and old mines, and there is wonderful fishing in Douglas Creek, and in other creeks close by. To sum up the natural resources or mineral resources of this county: We have asphalt, allanite. bintonite, azarite, barite, bismuthinite. cement, cerasite, chalcocite. chal- cophrite, clay (for making brick), coal (bituminous), cobalt, copper, covellite, cuprite (a form of copper), apsomite (epsom salts come from this), galena, gas, gold, granite, gypsum, halite, hematite, limestone (this is a very fine quality of stone for building and the deposits of it have nardly been touched), timonite. magnitite. malachite, manganese, marble, marl (used to make the plaster at the local mills), malaconite. mica, mirabilite. palladium and platinum (both found in most ore around here in small quantities), potash, pyrite, pyrobotite, sand (for making glass), sandstone (for building), slate, silver, sperrgtite, sulper, tenerite (found in the Rambler mine), wolframite, graphite, asbestos (this is a good grade of asbestos, it was discovered north of Laramie by Dr. E. M. Turner of Laramie), zinc, titanium, chosium, flagstone, fleminite (this is found at Iron Mountain), and mineral paint up north of Laramie. Going away from the minerals we find one industry here that works very profitably in the winter and is formed by nature, and that industry is the ice that is cut here. Through the winter there is enough ice cut and put up here and also shipped out to supply Laramie through the summer and to supply the Union Pacific with ice for their Pullman cars and their refrigerator cars through this district. We also cut a great deal of ice here that is shipped away from here and part of it is shipped as far as Florida. The next thing is agriculture. In this county we have been able to raise a great many different things; for instance, one industry that is carried on on a large scale is that of head lettuce raising. Through the summer they raise a great deal of it, and this supplies Laramie and a great deal of it is shipped away. This industry was only started about three years ago, and every year it is growing, so in a few years it will probably be a very large one. The University here has its experimental station here, and there they have tried to raise all of the different grains and different kinds of hay and also different garden vegetables, and have found that they grow very well here, and the farmers around here are now beginning to raise these different things, and they are profiting by it. Another thing that they have been raising in this country and they find grows very well is potatoes, as they are able to grow them almost any place here and they do very well. The farmers are able to raise all of the feed for their cattle here, then they can sell them and bring in money instead of having to send the money out to buy food for their cattle; and it is the same with sheep, there is range enough that good feed grows on to keep them. From the minerals, agriculture and livestock that we have in this county, it is one of the richest counties in Wyoming, and Wyoming is one of the richest states in the Union. Pennsylvania is very rich in coal and iron, but Bartlet, in his history, states that Wyoming is richer than that state, and he feels Wyoming is the richest state in the Union. THE PLAINSMAN Page Ninety-five THE PLAINSMAN P W MO Wow ? Since WHt ? f C' I? Explain yovuSEir (5 J VIM '1' Iw D y5 o'' 0 -P VJHgpt 0i 5A«: 6o? P fle Nin«ty- ix THE PLAINSMAN Harry Tatham, Football Captain, 1925. Fred Nolan, Basketball Captain, 1925-26. Harry Nottage. Track Captain. 1926. P Q Ninety-seven TEAM Nolan. Moudy, Eberhart, Tatham. Bergauiat, W. Johnson. Ingham. Bumann (Princl pal). Braisted. Corbatt. Coughlin. George (Captain). Ginthar, Fanning, Crawford (Coach . FOOTBALL During the 1924 football season the Laramie Gridders played seven games, of which they won six and lost one. Their record in these seven games is an enviable one. They were scored on only twice, once by Ault, Colorado, and once by Cheyenne. Few teams, if any, in the state can lay claim to the fact that they have had only two touch- downs scored on them in an entire season. When the season closed the state title was in a three-way tie with Laramie, Wor- land and Thermopolis tied for first honors, Laramie and Worland holding the best claims. Following is the list of games played by Laramie, and the scores: L. H. S 58 Rawlins 0 L. H. S 19 Ault 6 L. H. S 0 Cheyenne 0 L. H. S 51 Rawlins 0 L. H. S 7 Casper 0 L. H. S 0 Cheyenne 6 L. H. S 17 Douglas 0 L. H. S. Totals.... ...152 Opponents Total 12 SEPTEMBER 20, LARAMIE VS. RAWLINS AT LARAMIE The maroon and white began its successful 1924 football season by overwhelming Rawlins 58-0. It served as a practice game and gave the coach an opportunity to get a line-up on his material. The game was played almost entirely in Rawlins territory and not once during the game was the Laramie goal as much as threatened. The first touchdown which came in the first quarter, as a result of a forward pass from George to Braisted, started things going and kept them going as the score indicates. Corbett, our quarterback, gave all the backfield and ends opportunities to score, which they used to good advantage. There was plenty of spirit and fight shown by both teams, but Rawlins was unable to stop the repeated advances of the well-organized Laramie team. OCTOBER 4, LARAMIE VS. AULT AT AULT Laramie gridders emerged the victors in their first important game away from home with Ault. The final score was 19 to 6. Up till this game the Ault team had been undefeated, but the Laramie team remembered the game of the previous season with Ault and were out for revenge. Ault won the toss and elected to kick with the strong wind at their back. Because of the wind and cold the ball was fumbled repeatedly by both teams during the first quarter, but with little gain to either side. Our first touch- down came in the second quarter, when Fanning took the ball on an end run and crossed the goal. In the third quarter Corbett went over the line as a result of a pass from George. We kicked the goal, which gave us a I 3-0 lead. Early in the fourth quarter Ault worked the ball down toward our goal and on a forward pass over our left half they made their only points. Their try for goal was blocked. Laramie again received and worked the ball up the field, where Fanning again made a touchdown on an end run. The game ended with the ball in our possession in Ault territory. THE PLAINSMAN Pag Ninety-nine THE PLAINSMAN OCTOBER i I. LARAMIE VS. CHEYENNE AT LARAMIE Fighting in a sea of mud and in the teeth of a Wyoming blizzard the Laramie and Cheyenne warriors fought to a scoreless tie. The game was replete with fumbles and because of the cold wind and mud no plays could be worked. Straight football, with little passing on either side, featured this game. Several times it looked as if a Laramie man might get away for a touchdown, but each time he would either slip in the mud or lose the ball on a fumble. In the last three quarters both teams resorted to a kicking game in order that the other team might not score. The two teams appeared even in every department of the game except in the kick- ing line, where Captain George and his toe excel. There were no individual stars for Laramie, as every man played his best under the conditions. Every time a man was tackled he and the tackier would go sliding along about ten feet, creating a comical sight for the spectators, but it was anything but comical for the players. OCTOBER 18. LARAMIE VS. RAWLINS AT RAWLINS The Saturday following the scoreless tie game with Cheyenne the Maroon and White again defeated Rawlins by the one-sided score of 51-0. This game was similar in every way to the first encounter with Laramie outclassing Rawlins in every stage of the game. Captain George, an all-state man. added the only thrills to the game in his several spectacular runs for touchdowns. On one of these runs Rawlins kicked of! and George received on our four-yard line and ran the ninety-six yards for a touchdown. This run was made possible because of the splendid interference given by the rest of the team. During the game every member of our backfield was given opportunities to score, and did. as the score indicates. After the first half all the subs were run in and acquitted themselves very nicely by continuing to hold Rawlins down to a nothing score. NOVEMBER 11, LARAMIE VS. CASPER AT CASPER Laramie added another name to their list of victories when they met and defeated the heavy Casper eleven by a 7-0 count. The Maroon and White were fighting against tremendous odds, being outweighed fourteen pounds to the man and playing on a snowy field. Laramie’s tally came in the first quarter when George carried the ball over the goal on a neatly executed cross-buck play. George then converted the extra point, giving us a 7-0 lead, which was never headed. After this Laramie played a defensive game, which proved to be the correct thing to do. Every time Laramie got possession of the ball they would kick and put it deep in Casper territory. Casper would then work it up the field, and when they were within scoring distance the Laramie warriors would tighten up and Casper would lose the ball on downs. Laramie demonstrated clearly why their opponents have failed to score this year, by holding Casper for four downs on the one-yard line. The Laramie line, especially Ginther, Tatham and Bergquist. were as stone walls to all of Casper’s line plunges. On end runs Walt Johnson and Harry Braisted were Casper’s stumbling blocks. Page One Hundred NOVEMBER 15, LARAMIE VS. CHEYENNE AT CHEYENNE Four days after the hard-earned victory at Casper, the Laramie warriors went down to their first and last defeat of the season at the hands of Cheyenne. Cheyenne won the toss and elected to kick with the wind in their face. After the first five or six plays it became evident that Laramie had not recovered from the bruises received at Casper. Laramie's line was in no condition to stop Cheyenne’s onrushes, but at critical moments they always managed to hold and keep Cheyenne from scoring. George and Corbett played their usual steady game and most of our gains were made by these two. It was in the fourth quarter on a pass from George to Corbett that Laramie came nearest to scoring. Corbett made a pretty run, dodging tackier after tackier, and was brought down because he stumbled over a member of his own team, who was blocking the Cheyenne safety man. Cheyenne's tally came in the fourth quarter. They faked and went around our left end for a touchdown. Their try for extra point was blocked. Incidentally this touchdown was the only one scored on Laramie by a Wyoming team and it was only the second time that we had been scored on this year; the other touchdown was made by Ault, Colorado. The game finally ended with the ball in our possession and the score 6-0 in favor of Cheyenne. NOVEMBER 22. LARAMIE VS. DOUGLAS AT LARAMIE The Maroon and White brought its successful 1924 season to a close by defeat- ing Douglas I 7-0. The game was hotly contested throughout, but Laramie showed its superiority in every department. Douglas won the toss and elected to kick. The ball went to Johnson on the eighteen-yard line. He executed a neat piece of broken field running by returning the ball to midfield before he was downed. Laramie chalked up its first points in the first quarter when Nolan plunged over for a touchdown. George converted the extra point. Douglas came nearest to scoring in the second quarter when it had the ball on Laramie's eighteen-yard line. Their hopes were abruptly blasted when Tatham inter- cepted a pass. Then on an exchange of punts it was Laramie's ball in midfield. At the beginning of the second half a Douglas punt was blocked; Ingham recov- ered and ran ten yards for a touchdown. George again converted the extra point. In the fourth quarter George booted a place kick between the goal posts from the thirty-yard line. This left the score I 7-0 in our favor. George later tried two more place kicks, both of which went short. The game ended just as Douglas intercepted a Laramie pass in midfield. The final score was 17-0; another game in which our oppo- nents failed to score. THE PLAINSMAN Page On® Hundred Or.® THE PLAINSMAN Of the several All-State teams picked in the state, it seems that the one by Pat Norris is the most official because he and his assistants saw every team in the state in action. Because there is no authorized body in the state to pick an all-state team it is but a matter of opinion. On this team by Pat Norris there were more teams represented than on any other one, consequently it can be considered the most official of the un- official selections. His selection is: FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Cottrell of Worland End Braisted of I aramie End V. Smith of Cheyenne Scott of Douglas Tackle Tackle Vandal of Torrington Guard Thompson of Casper Guard Hazen of Thermopolis Center Harkins (C) of Worland Quarter Perry of Douglas McKelvey of Casper.. Half Hummell of Sheridan Ekdahl of Cheyenne Half George of Laramie Full Monohan of Rawlins Honorable mention: Bergquist of Laramie. Guard. Another all-state team deserving mention is the one chosen by our able Coach Crawford and Principal S. R. Bumann. Both of these men saw a good number of the teams in action, and after a careful study they agreed on the following selections: FIRST TEAM Tatham of Laramie........... Ginther of Laramie.......... Roush of Douglas............ Smith of Cheyenne........... Lastra of Laramie........... Bell of Cheyenne............ W. Johnson of Laramie....... Corbett of Laramie.......... Ekdahl of Cheyenne.......... George (C) of Laramie....... R. Thompson of Thermopolis SECOND TEAM Center.....................Shikary of Casper Guard.................Bergquist of Laramie Guard......................Osher of Powell Tackle.............................Ingham of Laramie Tackle.....................Hassis of Casper End...........................Harkins (C) of Worland End..............................Braisted of Laramie Quarterback............McKelvey of Casper Halfback...............Nimmo of Cheyenne Halfback...................Garrell of Casper Fullback......................E. Cottrell of Worland Captain George of Laramie was given a berth on every All-State team picked. He stands out as the greatest triple threat man developed in the state in several years. This is his second year on the All-State. Braisted. at end, was chosen by a majority of the critics for a first-team berth, because of the great showing he made in the Laramie-Casper game. W. (Ankle) Johnson, our left end, was chosen on one of the selections. He was a sure tackier who made a specialty of shoestring tackles. Bergquist, the fighting guard, was chosen on one selection and given honorable mention by Pat Norris. He was the little man who got up faster than he was knocked down. Ginther. our left guard, was on the Crawford-Bumann selection. Bruce could be depended on to get in and break up the open plays of our opponents. Page One Hundred Two Ingham, our left tackle, who would have made first all-state if he had gained his stride earlier in the season, was always a stene wall on defense. A1 Lastra, at tackle, made several selections. A1 was also mentioned on the second All-State last year. His opponents were always worried. Corbett, our flashy quarterback, was on All-State selection on several teams for the second year. This is Ray’s last year and his generalship will be mis:ed next year. Tatham. our center, was given a berth cn several teams. This is h’s second year as an All-State man. Harry is captain of the 1925 team and great things are expected of him and his team. Harry Braisted started the ball rolling by crossing the Rawlins goal line for the first L. H. S. touchdown in 1924. Laramie gridders were scored on only once in the state and once outside the state. Laramie was the greatest defensive team in the state. Laramie scored 12.6 points to every 1 made by opponents. In the two games with Rawlins, we made 190 points to 0 for Rawlins. In the Casper-Laramie game we did not send in a sub and we called only one time out. It is a draw between (Dick) Bergquist and (Walt) Johnson as to which was bruised the most in any one game; Dick in the Casper game and Walt in the second Cheyenne game. Harry Tatham, our center, intercepted a pass in the Laramie-Douglas game. Hurrah! Captain George and Ray Corbett scored three points on a place kick es a farewell to L, H. S. on the gridiron. Cecil (Cec) Ingham picked up a fumble in the Douglas game and ran t?n yards for a touchdown. He was the only line man, the ends excepted, to do this. George received Rawlins’ kick-off on the four-yard line and ran 96 yards for our longest touchdown of the season. If Fanning’s hip pocket had been a little larger in the Cheyenne game he might have caught that punt. The guard who opposed Dick Bergquist in the Casper game irritated him because he was always bringing his fist down on Dick’s neck. Ray Corbett proved his right to the title of “the headiest quarterback in the state” by the manner in which he handled his team, and his broken field runs, one of which was 40 yards through the Cheyenne team. Fred Nolan, as fullback, played a gcod game of ball all season. Fred has two more years, and if he doesn’t make the All-State team in that time it will be because the pickers of the All-State have sand in their eyes. Blake Fanning, a speedy halfback, did not make the All-State team this year, be- cause of the vast amount of competition for the position. Blake could always be depended upon to gain his share of the ground and bring in the touchdowns. Ervin Moudy. a guard, played his best game when -we met Cheyenne in the first game. Ervin is a senior this year. Charles (Chuck) Coughlin was a sub-end and tackle. Chuck always played a high-class game of ball and we are glad to have him with us next year. William (Bill) Eberhart. a sub-end. did most of his playing when Braisted was out of the game because of injuries. This is Bill’s last year. THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Three THE PLAINSMAN .9 .«I H % OH, You Caspch ! Teo'i $5-yoTovctio «n OACH GH M PSES Page One Hundred Four COACH CRAWFORD Les Crawford was selected by the officials of the High School as our coach and to fill the place left vacant by Coach Clark. When we had Clark we got the habit of expecting championships, and to pass the test Coach Crawford had to satisfy our desire. He not only satisfied our desire, but he went beyond that and produced a team which ranked as the fifth best team in the United States. Les Crawford (Wyoming, ’21) is a home-town product. He has had a runner- up in tournament and a runner-up in his class while at Powell, but he had to come home to put across a champion, and he sure did a fine job of it at home. Les has already begun the task of making a winning track team, and we know that he has some cards up his sleeve for next year’s football season. SEASON’S GAMES At the beginning of the season the coach had much material show up from which to make his championship team. This he did to advantage, and put out a team which lost only three out of twenty-three games played. Two of these games were lost during the season before Laramie had gained her stride. During the season which preceded the state tourney, the Maroon and White played eleven games, of which they lost two. The games are as follows: Laramie 17 Hanna 7 Laramie 28 Burns 1 1 Laramie 27 Preps 1 Laramie 22 Rawlins 7 Laramie 51 Burns 17 Laramie 14 Cheyenne 19 L-aramie 31 Preps 5 Laramie 13 Cheyenne 1 1 Laramie 25 Rock Springs 15 Laramie 16 Rawlins 20 Laramie 20 Hanna 18 266 129 CHARACTERS Paul (Ted) George, the best all-around athlete the state has produced in several years, was kept from most of the games this year because of his age. Ted is the type of athlete who is always in condition and who always gives his best. During 1924 Ted was elected captain of both the football and basketball teams. Because of the fact that Ted made both the football and basketball All-State teams for two consecutive years, he can be considered the best high school athlete in the State. Ted’s absence next year will be felt by both the student body and the athletic teams. Bill Lee. the Wyoming trainer, was taken along to Chicago to serve as a trainer for the Laramie boys. Much credit can be given Bill, because of the physical condition he kept the team in while at Chicago. It was between the coach and Bill to get a line- up on the various teams at Chicago, and to tell the Laramie boys how to defeat them. Judging from our record at Chicago I would say that Coach and Bill were efficient in their tasks. THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Five Crawford (Coach). Nottage, Nolan. Coughlin. George. Johnson, Bumann (Principal). Esterbrook. Costin. S.ott, Corbett (Captain). Eberhart, Fanning, Gogerty. STATE TOURNEY In the Slate Tournament in which we carried off the championship, we played and won nine games. We won the championship by playing a fast and snappy game of ball during the week and on the night of the finals we met and showed our supremacy by de- feating Worland 25-13. During the week we met the best teams the light-weight class had to offer by defeating Rock Springs twice, thereby eliminating them. Last year it was Rock Springs who held the winning hand in the deciding match. This year is the third consecutive year in which we have copped first place in class B. In the tourna- ment we played: Laramie Laramie 37 : 35 . 39 Burns Midwest 7 8 4 Laramie 20 Green River 12 21 Rock Springs II Laramie 14 Lyman 8 Laramie 36 Pine Bluffs II Laramie 16 Rock Springs 5 Laramie 25 Worland 13 243 79 The official All-State Basketball team, which is picked by varsity letter men at the University, is as follows: FIRST TEAM Corbett (C), Laramie..............Forward.... Harkins, Worland..................Forward.... Pearce, Cheyenne..................Center..... Nolan, Laramie....................Guard...... Nimmo, Cheyenne...................Guard...... Johnson, Worland sub-guard, first team. Fedrizzi, Rock Springs, sub-guard, first team Honorable mention: Eberhart, Laramie. FIFTH PLACE IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT WYOMING STATE CHAMPIONS As a climax to a most successful basketball season the Laramie High warriors jour- neyed to Chicago and entered the national tournament, from which they emerged the fifth best team in the United States. Laramie opened the seventh annual interscholastic tournament at Chicago by play- ing the first game with Miami, Florida, the champions of Florida. Miami was rated as one of the strong teams of the south, and the Red and White spilled the dope when they took them into camp. Laramie trailed until the last few minutes of the game, when they waded in and won the game. Corbett and Eberhart were the stars for Laramie. The final score was: Laramie, 23; Miami, I 7. In the second round of play Laramie drew the bye, because of the way they pair teams off at Chicago. In the third round we drew Durham, North Carolina. When Laramie tromped on Durham, 26-20, the lads from the top of the world eliminated one of the touted contenders for a place in the tourney and the best passing team at Chicago. SECOND TEAM J. Jacoletti, Kemmerer .......King, Cheyenne .....Fanning, Laramie ......Allsman, Casper ....Clement. Greybull THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Seven THE PLAINSMAN The game was fast and well played throughout, but Durham could never overcome the lead that Laramie piled up early in the game. Fanning was the star of the game, with eight field goals to his credit. Fifth place in the national tourney was awarded Laramie after the fighting kids from the Rockies lost to El Reno, Oklahoma. This team placed second in the tourney. The game was a see-saw affair. Laramie led at the end of the first period. 6-3. and El Reno led at the half, 9-6. No star was on the Laramie team this game, as the team worked like a well-oiled machine. The games and scores are as follows: Laramie 23 Laramie 26 Laramie 13 Total 62 Miami, Fla............... 17 Durham, N. C............. 20 El Reno. Okla............ 19 Total ................... 56 THE TRIP TO CHICAGO Saturday morning, at 8:30, after getting a send-off which was only exceeded by our rousing welcome home, we started on our trip to Chicago to take part in the National Scholastic Basketball Tournament. During our entire journey of something over 1,500 miles, we didn't have one tiresome or monotonous moment. When we arrived in Chicago, Sunday at 2 o’clock, we went to the Y. M. C. A. hotel, where we secured rooms for Sunday night. After checking our baggage we started out to “see the city. We spent most of the afternoon in the Marshall Field Art Museum and in walking up and down Michigan Boulevard. Sunday night we took in the Studebaker Theatre, where we saw William Hodge in “For All of Us.” As our practice period was set for 9:30 Monday morning, we had to hurry to get out to the Bartlett gym the next morning. After registering and meeting the A. T. O. fraternity fellows, at whose home we stayed while we were in Chicago, we dressed and took our practice to get used to the gym. Monday afternoon we went with some A. T. O. friends to the Trianon, one of the largest dance halls in the world, and to the Tivoli Theatre, one of the largest motion picture houses in the world. Monday night we spent at home, as we had to play the first game of the tournament Tuesday morning. At 9 o’clock we went over to the Bartlett gym, where, after dressing and practicing, we played Miami, Fla (one of the best of the southern teams), in a game which was won in the last three minutes. Tuesday afternoon we went around the campus and through the different buildings, of which the most interesting one, in “Shang’s” estima- tion at least, was the medical building. As we drew the bye Wednesday, we didn't have to stay so close to home. Some of the fellows went downtown, while others went on a sight-seeing tour. Thursday we drew Durham, N. C., to play at 3 o’clock. This team, touted as one of the best passing teams in the tournament, was really a harder team to beat than Miami. Every one expected Durham to win, and although their sympathies were with us, they didn’t concede us much of a chance. After we won that game the crowd was for us all the time. Thursday night we went over to the Reynolds Club (a large club for boys), where we watched the pool games, read books and wrote letters. Friday we went on an automobile tour of North Chicago and through the O’Shea knitting mills, where we saw sweaters, football jerseys, swimming suits, etc., made. Mr. O’Shea was so pleased with our showing in the tournament that he gave each of us a P 0 On Hundred Eight maroon and white swimming suit. Friday night we were scheduled to play El Reno, Okla., the team which won second place in the tournament. At 8 o’clock our game started. The El Reno fellows, who outweighed us 30 pounds to the man, were out- fought from the start. Only their extra weight and height were responsible for them winning. After the game the A. T. O. fellows took us down to some of the cabarets, where we stayed until about 12 o’clock. Saturday we went down in the Loop district, where we went through Marshall Field’s building. After lunch we went to the Palace Theatre, and from there home. As the finals were played at 8 o’clock, we went to the gym after dinner. After seeing the games and the awarding of trophies we went over to the A. T. O. house. Sunday, some of the fellows went to the shows, while others went calling on some friends whom the A. T. O. fellows introduced to them. All of us took in “No, No. Nannette on Sun- day night at the Hams Theatre. Monday morning we left Chicago for Laramie. All of us were looking forward to getting home, but when we heard the cheering and the band some of us lost all of our desire to get off the train. Although we didn’t win the championship, we obtained some satisfaction out of being the only team entertained by Mr. Stagg, and the only one to be congratulated by him, with the exception of the finalists. THE TEAM Ray Corbett, captain of the L. H. S. basketball champions of 1925, was also chosen captain and forward of the All-State team. This is Ray’s third year on the team, two years as a regular and his sophomore year as a sub. Ray has the honor and distinction of being the captain of the first Wyoming team to win a game at the National tournament and to place so near the top. This is his last year at L. H. S. and his loss will be felt on all our athletic teams next year. Fred Nolan was also given a berth on the first All-State team at a guard position. Fred was a consistent player, who always delivered the goods when called upon. Dur- ing several of our hard games in tournament it was Fred who was responsible for the ball going down the floor and usually for a tally. Fred will be with us again next year and we are expecting the same results. Blake Fanning was selected as center on the second All-State team. He was the main cog in the forward line of defense and could be relied upon to raise the score, as he demonstrated at Chicago by making eight field goals in the Durham, N. C., game. Blake is with us for two more years and by that time he will speak in terms of the first All- State team. William (Bill) Eberhart was given honorable mention for the All-State team. Bill is a good floor man and a sensational basketball player. Bill had a specialty of making long and spectacular baskets at times when they were needed. This is Bill’s second and last year on the L. H. S. basketball team. William (Bill) Scott took turns with Bill Eberhart for one of the forward posi- tions, is another player with a hobby of making long and spectacular shots. Scott was high-point man for Laramie in the season preceding the state tourney. Frank (Shang) Costin, a sub-guard, was not in many games, but when he did go in he made up for lost time. Frank is the fastest dribbler on the team. Claude Thomas (half pint), a sub-guard and forward, was not in many games, but with this year’s experience, watch him next year. THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Nine THE PLAINSMAN INDIVIDUAL RECORDS DURING SEASON. AT STATE TOURNEY AND AT CHICAGO Wyo. Season Tourney Chicago Total Corbett 50 60 17 127 Scott 59 58 8 125 Fanning 29 24 17 70 Eberhart 49 54 20 123 Nolan II 30 2 43 Coughlin 5 5 Costin 9 8 17 Thomas 11 4 15 Nottage 9 9 Gogerty 7 7 Esterbrook 2 2 FACTS Laramie opened National Interscholastic Tourney at Chicago by defeating Miami, Florida. Nolan of Laramie scored first point in Chicago tourney. Laramie scored 2.1 points to every I made by opponents. All the Laramie games at Chicago were either won or lost by six points. “Chuck” Coughlin tried for only one field goal in Chicago tourney. Laramie played 23 games during season; won 20, lost 3; percentage, 870. Laramie averaged 24.8 points per game; opponents averaged 1 1.5 points per game. Durham, N. C., and Rawlins, Wyo., high made scores against Laramie High each with 20 points. Fanning high-point man for Laramie in any one game at Chicago. He made eight field goals. Laramie came out second in the free-throw tourney held at the State Tournament. Nolan scored the last point for Laramie at Chicago by tying the Laramie-El Reno score at 13-all. TOTALS L. H. S. Opponents Season 266 129 State Tourney 243 79 Chicago 62 56 571 GRAND TOTALS 264 Scores: L. H. S., 571. Opponents, 264. Total games won, 20. Total games lost, 3. Games won during season, 9; lost, 2. Games won during State Tourney, 9. Games won at Chicago, 2; lost I. Laramie captured the following titles: Fifth Place in the National Tournament. Wyoming State Champions. Winners of Class B. Page One Hundred Ten GIRLS ATHLETICS Girls’ athletic activities opened with the Section Volley Ball Tournament, which was held in December, at eight o’clock in the mornings. The tournament was played cn the one-game elimination plan. Section II was the winner, being the only undefeated team of the five competing in the tournament. The Volley Ball Class Tournament was held December 29-30-31. Each class chose a team to represent it in this tournament. Each class played every other class. The Juniors were victorious, thus becoming the Volley Ball Champions of L. H. S. The following girls composed the Junior team: Bertha Ashley, Helen Corbett, Margaret Cordiner, Ruth Crall, Addie Crowfoot, Helen Cummings. Virginia Fitch, Dorothy Gloyd, Lois Hall, Alice Moudy, Agnes Pearson, Bertha Sillasen, Fern Smith. Jennie Therkeld- sen and Myrtle Wood. The Class Basketball Tournament started on Tuesday morning, February 24. The tournament was played on the three-game elimination plan. In order to win the champion- ship the Juniors were compelled to defeat the Seniors three times, as the Juniors and Sen- iors had both defeated the Sophomores and Freshmen. The teams placed as follows: Juniors, first; Seniors, second; Sophomores, third; and Freshmen, fourth. Those playing on the winning team were as follows: Dorothy Anderson, Bertha Ashley, Margaret Beitel, Helen Corbett, Margaret Cordiner, Ruth Crall, Addie Crowfoot. Helen Cum- mings. Virginia Fitch, Dorothy Gloyd, Lois Hall and Alice Moudy. Section V was the champion of the Section Basketball Tournament, which was held immediately following the Class Tournament. The interest manifested in girls’ athletics has not been as great this year as formerly, due to the fact that competitive games with other schools are not allowed. “With head erect—alert in walk— Clear in thought—direct in talk— She meets success on every side— She stands up straight—she’s straight inside.’’ Pag One Hundred Eleven THE PLAINSMAN Pege One Hundred Twelve THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Thirteen THE PLAINSMAN FLOATERS AND SINKERS Harry B—What position arc you playing in the game Friday? Chuck C.—Boy (condescendingly). I'm playing floating tackle. You poor fish want to look out! Harry B.—Yeah, you’re just the kind we sink! The Devil flew from the North to the South. And picked our teachers up in his mouth. But when he saw they were such fools He dropped them down to teach our schools. ALGEBRA WE ALL KNOW Let A equal Boy. Let B equal Girl. And C equal Chaperon. A plus B plus C equals Misery. A plus B minus C equals— Oh! Boy! A girl A date DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS Perhaps Out late! SOPHOMORE DRAMA A Class A Quiz Don’t Pass Gee Whiz!!” In Social Science Class (Mr. Frisbie absent 10 seconds). Arvid N.—A-a-ah! Ugh! Gee!—Gee! This is as interesting as shoveling dirt! Cleo Schley—A-a-ah! Ugh! Gosh!—Almost! (Momentary silence; seemingly for next speaker to think of something to say. Finally: “A-a-ah! Ugh!—Next! said Harry B. (very brilliantly). WHO SAYS WE CANT READ LATIN? Boyibus kissibus sweet girlorum. Girlibus likibus; wantum «orneorum. Papabus hearibus loudes smackorum. Kickibus boyibus outa front doorum. (In Miss Roulston’s Freshman Class in Ancient History.) Miss Roulston—Can any one tell me something made of hory? (Thoughtful silence). Freshman (arousing from a nap)—Ivory soap. P 0« Or.e Hundred Fourteen WANT ADS FOUND IN OUR MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PAPER (This one appearing early in October) Wanted—A girl, while Wiletta goes away. Answer with particulars. Age and photo preferred. Phone or call on Vernon Koerting. (Found at beginning of football season) For Sale or Trade—My excess weight. If interested, look up Harry Tatham after football practice. (Here’s another emergency ad, which appeared several times) Help Wanted—H. Tatham needs a nurse. Ted George need not apply, as he has been considered and was unsatisfactory. Miscellaneous: All Freshmen wanting their hair cut. apply at High School be- tween 12 p. m. and 4 a. m. Last chance! Act now! “Free”—Nothing down— Come early and don’t crowd. WE DRINK TO MARY O’NEIL Mary, Mary, quite contrary. Where did you get your beau? With curly hair and bright blue eyes. What makes you love him so? WHY WAIT—ACT NOW Few of the things that come to the man who waits are the things he has been look- ing for. “Have you read ‘Freckles?’ No, I have brown ones.” “May I come nearer, Virginia? “No. Claude, I’m afraid you’ll—” “Honestly, I won’t.” “Then what’s the use?” M. G. C. Marion Grace had beautiful teeth. That were as white as snow. Because she washed them twice a day With Hand Sapolio. I GUESS THE FRESHMEN AREN’T THE ONLY ONES “Don’t these Freshmen asking questions make you tired?” Upper Classman: Yes! Is there anything else I can do for you? “I had a dream about you, Jimmie.” “Were you happy?” “Yes—after I woke up!” Miss Maushak—Is it possible to get a shock by holding onto the end of a tele- phone receiver? Loud Whisper—All depends who is on the other end! THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Fifteen THE PLAINSMAN Papa—My dear, you might give that young man a little message for me when he comes tonight. Maurine—Yes, father, what is it? Papa—Tell him I do not mind his running up the light bill, but I wish he wouldn’t carry off the morning paper. Wyletta made an angel cake. For her darling Vernon’s sake, Vernon ate it—every crumb— Then he heard the angels drum. Calling softly, “Vernon, come! P. S.—Vernon went. Mr. Conrey—On examination day I won’t answer any questions. Peaches Johnson—I won’t either. Don Nolan—Does the moon effect the tide? Coach Crawford (sighing)—No. only the untied. D. Hinebaugh—Charles, is that a note? Voice from rear of assembly—It must be; it’s drawing interest already. BALLAD OF A SOPHOMORE Silently, one by one. In the infinite grade books of the teachers. Blossom forth the lovely zeros. The forget-me-nots of the Freshies. Dear Mr. Bumann: We. the undersigned, petition the faculty to give us the following: No attendance to be taken. No report cards. No assembly teacher. Free distribution of pencils and paper. Lessons only on 8th night of each week. No excuses required or permits to leave the building. and Freedom to loiter in the halls. Hoping you will do all in your power to grant these trifles, we remain. The Students of L. H. S. “If you put a little loving into all the work you do. And a little bit of gladness, and a little bit of you. And a little bit of laughter, and a little bit of song. Not a day will seen too toilsome. Not a day will seem too long.’’ It is funny how many things that are hard-boiled have yellow centers. Page One Hundred Sixteen 8 ve Soy! D«y WEAThCR Bio Bertha THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Seventeen THE PLAINSMAN UPPERCLASSMEN. REMEMBER THE FRESHIES Lives of great ones all remind you You can surely do your best And in departing leave behind you Ponies that will help the rest. Mr. Frisbie—That is the third time you have looked on your neighbor’s paper! Dick Crow—Yessir, he doesn’t write very plain! Mr. Conrey (in biology)—Where do all the bugs go in winter? Frosh—Search me! THE DEFINITION Week-end—Something about two dances, two sleeps, three breakfasts and a weak desire to catch up in classwork. Miss Cook—Have you done any of your outside reading yet. Harry? Harry B.—No. it’s been too cold! RIGHT! Mr. Conrey—What is the center of gravity? Peaches Johnson— v!” Marion Grace—I wish God had made me a boy! Jimmie G.—He did. I’m he! Critic— You certainly put some bum jokes in the annual. Editor—I don’t know—when I threw the copy of them away, the fire just roared! Emily Boulter, Luella Emmons and Dick Crow were riding home on the bus. Dick C. to L E.—This is your street, isn’t it? Emily B.—No! It belongs to the city! One day Howard E. borrowed Jack Surline’s pencil and didn’t return it. Next day Jack met him in the hall and said, “May I borrow MY pencil, please?” On New Year’s morning a young druggist phoned his friend. Young druggist said: “Is this one nine two four?” Friend said: “No, you have the wrong number! Young druggist said: “Why. isn’t this 1924?” Next day friend phoned druggist. Friend: “Hello, have you any carbolic acid in your store?” Young Druggist: “Yes.” Friend said: Well, wouldn’t that kill you!” OH. PIFFLE! She—I like your cheek! He—Not half as much as I like yours. Page One Hundred Eighteen JUNIOR S IDEA OF RUNNING SCHOOL Take up at 12 o’clock noon. Let out at 1 o’clock p. m. (with 1 hour off for lunch). ‘‘My brother «ure was a dumb kid!” ‘‘How’s that?” Why they had to burn the schoolhouse down to get him out of the first grade! Mr. Frisbie—Your last paper was very difficult to read. Your work should be written so that even the most ignorant will be able to understand it. Claude Thomas—Yessir, what part couldn’t you understand? YO HO He blushed a fiery red; Her heart went pit-a-pat; She gently hung her head And looked down at the mat. He trembled in his speech. And rose from where he sat And shouted with a screech: “You’re sitting on my hat!” Souse (to policeman)—Shay, offisher, wheresh the corner? Policeman—You’re standing on it! Souse—No wunner I couldn’t fin’ it! THE TAKING GIRL She took my hands in sheltered nooks. She took my candy and my books. She took that lustrous wrap of fur. She took those gloves I bought for her. She took my words of love and care. She took my flowers, rich and rare. She took my ring with a tender smile. She took my time for quite a while. She took my kisses, maid so shy— She took—I must confess—my eye. She took whatever I would buy. And then she took another guy. Mr. Buman (at basketball practice)—Nolan! Fred N.—Yessir? Mr. Bumann—Mister Nolan! Don Nolan—Yessir! Ray Corbett—Where are you going? Blake—West. Ray—Oh, Kansas City, too? THE PLAINSMAN Pag One Hundred Nineteen THE PLAINSMAN UNPUBLISHED BOOK REPORT I. Title: Love of M. C. Date of Reading: May 18, 1925. 3. Name of Author: Unknown. Nationality: Greek. Date of Writing: 4th period. 4. Setting: Time—Schooltime. Place—High School. 5. Plot: How does the situation stand at the beginning of the story?—She is overwhelmed by ardent suitors, but repels them all until— The point of highest interest: When he takes her into his arms and says—what they all say. The outcome: Some one socks 'em with a rotten ostrich egg. Name two outstanding scenes and tell why they appealed to you: Beach scene on river. Too bashful to tell. 6. Characters: Characteristics of the most important character—Margaret; beauti- ful eyes, snub ears, pug nose, tangled hair. He—dirty neck, crosseyed, sucker. Other people in the story: Villain, mustache. 7. Did the story interest you? Why, or why not? Yes. Because the characters were so dumb. Pupil's Name: H — rry Br-----st — d. Barber—Do you want a haircut? Frank Costin—No, I want them all cut. Barber—How do you want them cut? Frank Costin—Off! There once was an old man of Lyme, Who married three wives at a time. When asked Why the third?” He replied, One’s absurd. And bigamy, sir, is a crime.” A tutor who tooted the flute, Tried to tutor two tutors to toot. Asked the two of the tutor: “Is it harder to toot or To tutor two tooters to toot. There was a young lady of Crewe Who wanted to catch the 2.2. Said a porter, Don’t worry. Or hurry, or skurry. It is a minute or 2.2.2.2. Miss Cook is my teacher, I shall not want. She leadeth me into a front seat and sitteth me down by her desk. She maketh me learn hard names. She annointeth my brain with a test. My brain runneth over. And lo! I shall dwell in the Junior English Class forever and ever. P«Oe On® Hundred Twenty Howard Esterbrook must be a big joke. Why?” “Because the letters he receives are all addressed to ‘The Joke Editor’ of the L. H. S. Annual. Mr. Scarborough—What is a circle? Hayes Groo—A bunch of round lines. Mr. Conrey: The motto of nitrogen is ‘I love me.' You see a lot of such chem- icals walking around. NO! NOT CONCEITED! Bill Eberhart—There’s no such thing as “The Other Wise Man.” Miss Cook—Why do the Swedes have yellow hair? Cleo Schley—Because it is so cold up there. Have you got gum in your mouth, Bertha? asked Miss Neubour in Geometry. “Yes’m, said Bertha. Oh, I thought it was tobacco,” said a wee small voice in the back of the room. “What is the chief industry in Herrin, Illinois, was the question at Current Events quiz. One of the answers was: “Shooting.” WHAT WE GO TO SCHOOL FOR Paul Scott—To learn to be a public speaker. Bruce Ginther—To boast. Claude Thomas—To be cute and sarcastic. Alice Moudy—To go to Uni dances. Duck Stone—To keep up the Pep. Hayes Groo—Todis-cuss the faculty. Cleo Schley—To skip classes. Oval Pierce—To get caught in everything. Blake Fanning—To be popular with Dorothy Christensen. Clarence Forsythe—To be loved. Tom Barratt—To be school mascot. Richard Crow—To be pessimistic. Billy Eberhart—To charm the ladies. Maurine Lane—To giggle at everything. Peaches Johnson—To find a girl. (Now, there’s Bobbett Tebbett.) Ray Corbett—To fuss. Bick Bergquist—To bluff Duke Himebaugh. The rest of us are here because our parents sent us. AT TOURNAMENT Spectator—Where’s Laramie’s team? F. Nolan—I’m here. THE PLAINSMAN P«0 On Hundred Twenty-on THE PLAINSMAN APPRECIATION The staff of the 1925 Plainsman wishes to express their sincere appreciation for the help afforded us by the advertisers, Mr. Gottschalk, Emily Boulter, Ervin Moudy, Hayes Groo, Miss Melton and the typewriting class, as well as all others who have contributed to the success of the publication of this annual. Alice Moudy, Editor-in-Chief. Oval Pierce, Business Manager. Page One Hundred Twenty-two When you turn the pages of this book. At the advertisements pause and look. Carefully read them o’er and o’er. Then hasten to purchase at every store. Each is a credit to the town And bring to Laramie great renown. I wish I had the space and time To include them all in this short rhyme. But I strongly urge your patronage To the names here listed on this page. Albany National Bank American Theatre B. S. Bartlett E. E. Bills E. E. Bingham Bootery Capitol Grill Central Grocery C. L. Clark Clippinger’s Greenhouses Centlivere Studio Denver Post Agency S. C. Downey F. A. Fellows First National Bank First State Bank E. E. Fitch Gish-Hunter Merc. Co. Gem City Grocery Co. W. H. Graham Grand Avenue Meat Market W. H. Holliday Co. Home Bakery E. E. Kranz Laramie Bottling Co. Laramie Candy Kitchen Laramie Printing Co. The Laramie Republican S. C. Lester Dr. W. R. McCalla Dr. P. C. McNiff Midwest Trunk and Sporting Goods Store Mentz Motor Co. Model Market Co. Alfred Nelson Dr. Carl Nydegger Overland Cement Plaster Co. Piggly-Wiggly H. C. Prahl Royer De Hart H. Svenson Studio Shilling, Chiropractor Dr. W. K. Shoemaker The Smoke House Southern Wyoming Lumber Co. Sullivan Garnett F. F. Stevens Ben Schwartz Swenson-Willhard Lumber Co. J. D. Taylor F. J. Terry Teesdale Chevrolet Motor Co. Dr. E. M. Turner University Filling Station G. T. Wallace John Watt D. D. Wells The White House Woodford Clothing Co. Yellow Cab Co. THE PLAINSMAN Pace One Hundred Twenty-three To the Graduates There Will Come a Time when a good photograph made at graduation time will be a great treasure to you. «At H. Svenson Studio Laramie, Wyoming Page One Hundred Twenly-four HOME BAKERY LARAMIE, WYO. GOLDEN CREAM BREAD MADE WITH MILK Bread Plant Eighteenth at Custer Cake Shop 304 S. Second Street PHONE 2721 For all tkat is Delicious and Tasty in Cakes, Pies, Pastries, etc. THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Twenty-five “RUN RIGHT'- Down to tke crossing of Mam Street and Lincoln Highway— You’ll find every item you need from shoes to collars for men, women and children. Splendid merchandise at the right price The White House C. E. BLAIR SECOND AND GRAND ATTENTION! We invite you, when visiting Cheyenne, to meet your friends at our respective places of business and enjoy courtesy, wholesome food and proper environment, at lowest prices consistent with American standard of living wage. These restaurants are owned and operated by American citizens exclusively, that believe in Our Flag and the Law and Order for which it stands. Your co-operation helps maintain these standards. CAPITAL GRILL NO. 1 1608-10 CAREY AVENUE CHEYENNE, WYOMING CAPITAL GRILL NO. 2 211 SEVENTEENTH STREET CHEYENNE, WYOMING Page One Hundred Twenty-eix You’re Just a Junior Now BUT- In a very few years some of you will be starting your own homes, and that is the time we want you to call on us to help plan the most convenient and cozy house you can imagine Southern Wyoming Lumber Go. OFFICE: 311 S. SECOND ST. TELEPHONE 2513 YARD: COR. GRAND AND CEDAR PHONE 2305 GROCERIES—MEATS SERVICE QUALITY We have the most complete line of Groceries, Meats, Flour and Feed and the most up-to-the-minute Plant in the West. We invite you to inspect this plant The Gem City Grocery Co. COR. SECOND AND GRAND GROCERY PHONES: 2022 AND 2023. MEATS: 2026 Our Motto: Not How Cheap, but How Good THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Twenty-seven THE PLAINSMAN “The Young Man’s Store” WOODFORD CLOTHING CO. HOME OF Hart Schaffner Marx Clothes SULLIVAN GARNETT ATTORNEYS AT LAW LARAMIE, WYOMING ®Ij? Hivmz tynp (tomt Apparel fnr Hamm attft fUtHars Page One Hundred Twenty-eight Printing is tbe Inseparable Companion of Achievement Laramie Printing Company PRINTERS BINDERS “The Plainsman” was printed and bound in our plant THE PLAINSMAN Pag On Hundred Twenly-nine THE PLAINSMAN Teesdale Chevrolet Motor Co. THIRD AND CUSTER STREETS (pyramid garage) CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE “Good Footwear Properly Fitted” THE BOOT SHOPS PLAN OF SELLING GOOD SHOES AND HOSIERY AT REASONABLE PRICES YOUNG MEN’S AND WOMEN S FOOTWEAR OF CHARACTER R. D. BOOT SHOP CONVERSE BUILDING CHARLES L. CLARK WATCHMAKER AND JEWELRY CLASS PINS AND RINGS CLARK BUILDING LARAMIE. WYOMING STUDENTS WHY NOT LEARN TO SAVE? START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WITH THE FIRST STATE BANK LARAMIE. WYOMING Page One Hundred Thirty PIGGLY-WIGGLY ALL OVER THE WORLD WHERE YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT 210 THIRD ST. PHONE 2374 MEAT DEPARTMENT Wholesale and Retail Dealer in LIVE STOCK, FRESH AND SALT MEATS, FISH AND POULTRY LARAMIE, WYOMING THE LARAMIE REPUBLICAN-BOOMERANG DAILY AND SEMI-WEEKLY MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE MANY SPECIAL FEATURES Including Two Great Comics—GASOLINE ALLEY AND THE GUMPS Special Correspondents in all parts of Albany County. Daily 15c per week, 65c per month, $7.80 per year. Semi-Weekly 25c per month, $2.50 per year, if paid in advance. Every Boy MODEL MARKET COMPANY R. K. Graham, Mgr. HOME OF CORN-FED BABY BEEF Phone 2207 215 S. Second St. Knorvs some girl to rvhom his acts of thoughtfulness bring the golden moments of her life. She appre- ciates being remembered, but more especially rvilh a box of Pig'n Whistle Candies. • Bills Specialty Skop , —....... THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Thirty-one F. F. STEVENS THE PLAINSMAN DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR VEHICLES GRAHAM BROTHERS’ TRUCKS SERVICE THAT SERVES AND SAVES Central Grocery Company DIAL 3240 The Store on the Corner of Second and Garfield A FULL LINE OF JAMS AND JELLIES. DEL MONTE AND LIBBY’S GOODS A. A. McKay Son PHONE 3459 BEN SCHWARTZ EVERYBODY’S STORE CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES DENVER. COLORADO LARAMIE. WYOMING YELLOW CAB DON’T TAKE A CHANCE. TAKE A YELLOW’’ PHONE 2222 YELLOW CAB AND TRANSFER CO OFFICE: U. P. DEPOT Page One Hundred Thirty-two THERE IS ONLY ONE SMOKE HOUSE IN THIS TOWN 205 GRAND AVENUE TCE CREAM AND SOFT DRINKS, CIGARS AND TOBACCO CANDY—AT POPULAR PRICES LEVER LIFT FILLER 14-K GOLD POINT ulh? jFmnttaht Pnt ----AT---- LESTER'S DRUG STORE 319 S. Second Street SAFETY SCREW CAP DIAL 3251 LADDER FEED THE SCHILLING CHIROPRACTORS PALMER GRADUATES NEUROCALOMETER SERVICE SUITE 4. 5. 6 CARTER BUILDING PHONE 3426 Affections of any of the following parts my be caused by NERVES impinged at the spine by a subluxated vertebra: eve� s nose THPOAT ap S ICAPT .UKCi PAN C ’ Remove the TCSSS teuse of CCNITA . OffOANS THICKS AHO Lees Chiropractic (SPINAL) Adjustments J Will University Filling Station SERVICE THAT SERVES DIAL 2918 100 SOUTH THIRD Page One Hundred Thirty-three THE PLAINSMAN FRESH Home Made Candies BEST REFRESHING DRINKS LIGHT LUNCHES Laramie Candy Kitchen City Meat Market D. D. Wells. Prop. MEATS. GROCERIES. VEGETABLES Phone 3584 216 Garfield E. E. BINGHAM DRY CLEANING TAILORING DYEING PLEATING THE BEST EQUIPPED PLANT IN THE CITY PHONE 2796 109 THORNBURG FIXTURES For the Best of Everything Electrical See FELLOWS 406 SO. SECOND ST. Dial 3503-2966 WIRING REPAIR WORK HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CARRY The Denver Post AND GUARANTEE GOOD SERVICE BY CARRIER. 65c PER MONTH AGENCY: 303 CUSTER ST. WE CANNOT TELL A LIE! OUR CANDIES ARE GOOD MARTHA WASHINGTON CANDIES TAYLOR DRUG COMPANY MAKE OUR ART SHOP GRAND AVENUE YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR GIFTS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS MARKET WHETHER IT BE A MASON HONAKER Frame for Your Chum’s Picture, a GROCERIES. MEATS. POULTRY Wallace Nutting for a Graduating FISH. FRUITS. VEGETABLES Gift, or a Dainty Compact Buyers of Cattle. Hogs. Sheep and Bartlett’s Art Shop Poultry 215 Grand Avenue Phone 2456 Page One Hundred Thirty-four LEARN TO SAVE! TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK ALBANY NATIONAL BANK SHOE HEADQUARTERS STYLE!—QUALITY—SERVICE SHOES FOR EVERY OCCASION FOR SCHOOL. PARTY OR SPORT WEAR BASKETBALL AND TENNIS WE APPRECIATE THE STUDENTS PATRONAGE THE BOOTERY 211 SOUTH SECOND ST. CLARK-CORDINER Mentz Motor Company AUTOMOBILES REAL ESTATE INSURANCE E. E. FITCH 222 GRAND AVENUE LARAMIE. WYOMING NOTARY PUBLIC ABSTRACTS THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Tl. THE PLAINSMAN Meet Us At the Sign of the Clock Midwest Trunk Sporting Goods Store LARAMIE, WYOMING HILE in the city make our store your headquarters. We handle complete lines of RAWLINGS, GOLD- SMITH, STALL DEAN, and SPAL- DING sporting goods. Our prices defy competition, for we are the sole distributers for the State of Wyoming. Special attention given to Mail Orders. We also carry a full line of Hartman, Inde- structo and Oshkosh Trunks, Luggage. Fish- ing Tackle and Jewelry. First-class Watch and Jewelry Repairing. SPECIAL DISCOUNT to all students. See our line of sweaters at reduced prices ATHLETES NEED EQUIPMENT SUPPLY THE°N EED £7 ie MIDWEST TRUNK Sl SPORTING GOODS STORE headquarters hbratkletic of all kinds Page One Hundred Thirty-six OVERLAND PLASTER MAKES A WALL THAT WILL TAKE ANY DECORATION AND WILL AT THE SAME TIME WITHSTAND THE MOST SEVERE USAGE MADE AT LARAMIE BY SOME OF THE HOME FOLKS Overland Cement Plaster Co. LARAMIE WYOMING F. A. Holliday. President L. J. Holliday, Vice-Pres. N. E. Corthell, Sec’y. DRUGS WE ARE PROUD OF OUR PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENTS IN BOTH STORES. REGISTERED DRUGGISTS FILL ALL PRE- SCRIPTIONS WITH ACCURACY AND PROMPTNESS KODAKS WE ARE AUTHORIZED EASTMAN AGENCY FULL LINE OF KODAKS. FILMS. ALBUMS. ETC. JOHNSON'S CANDIES—ALWAYS FRESH TWO STORES: LARAMIE DRUG CO. PRAHL’S PHARMACY H. C. PRAHL. Prop. 211 Grand Avenue Comer Second and Thornburg Roach Building THE PLAINSMAN P 0« One Hundred Thirty- v«n THE PLAINSMAN Xke Best Made Gun— does not shoot accurately of itself. It’s the man behind the gun. Likewise, the best camera and lens do not take pictures of themselves. It’s the man behind the camera LET YOUR NEXT PICTURE BE BY CENTLIVERE —THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA ivere LARAMIE, WYOMING Page One Hundred Thirty-eight American Theatre MOTION PICTURES DAILY—SELECTED BALANCED PROGRAMS—DAILY MATINEE: SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. 2 P. M. AND 3:15 P. M. EVENING SHOWS: 7:30 P. M. AND 9 P. M. E, M. TURNER, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Practice Includes Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat LARAMIE. WYOMING SWENSON-WILLHARD LUMBER CO. GENERAL CONTRACTORS DEALERS IN LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL, ELECTRIC SUPPLIES AND PAINT 860 N. THIRD ST PHONE 2553 9 VERYTHING IN YOUNG MEN’S CLOTHING AND SHOES. FRANK J. TERRY Page One Hunndred Thirty-nine THE PLAINSMAN FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LARAMIE CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $250,000 FOUR PER CENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES WE CARRY AT ALL TIMES A FULL LINE OF SPORTING GOODS JOHN WATT BASEBALLS, BATS BOXING GLOVES, VOLLEY BALLS AND GLOVES INDOOR BALLS SAY IT WITH FLOWERS CLIPPINGER’S GREENHOUSES DOWNTOWN STORE IN HORTON BUILDING PHONES 2401 and 3516 Laramie Bottling Company Laramie, A yoming Page One Hundred Forty THE BIG STORE THE PLAINSMAN THE PLACE TO BUY FANCY GROCERIES, SCHOOL SUPPLIES WASTE BASKETS, ETC. IF YOU DON’T CARE TO BUY. COME IN AND SEE US MAYBE WE CAN BE OF SERVICE TO YOU WE GUARANTEE SERVICE. VALUE AND SATISFACTION The W. H. Holliday Co. PHONE 2146 We don’t expect you to thumb the pages of this periodical in feverish haste for information on so prosaic a subject as merchandise. Nay, nay, and a couple of more nays. We just want to be in good society and mod- estly take advantage of the opportunity to request you to include our store in the list of good places in which you find it advantageous to shop. THREE RULES GISH-HUNTER MERC. CO. Page One Hundred Forty-one Dr. W. 1 . McCalla DENTIST 307 Roach Building Laramie, Wyoming S. C. DOWNEY ATTORNEY AT LAW ROOM 204 ROACH BUILDING LARAMIE. WYOMING Dr. P. C. McNiff DENTIST Miller Block, Rooms 3 and 4 Laramie, Wyoming ! Wallace Greenhouse FOR PLANTS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS CUT FLOWERS ALWAYS ON HAND Phone 2585. Res. Phone 2519 405 Clark 208 Clark j Dr. W.K. Shoemaker DENTIST 304 Roach Building Phone 3475 Laramie, - - Wyoming Wm. H. Graham MEAT MARKET Dr. Carl Nydegger DENTIST Phone 3332 Thornburg Street Laramie, Wyoming ALFRED NELSON CEMENT CONTRACTOR AND COAL DEALER Office: 218 Grand Avenue Phone 2773 Pag® On® Hundred Forty-two Autographs THE PLAINSMAN Page One Hundred Forty-three THE PLAINSMAN Autograph s P«fle 0n« Hundred Forty-four