Ransom High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Ransom, KS)

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CLASS OF 1920 CLASS MOTTO: Hit! Don't Fan CLASS COLORS: Gold and Green CLASS FLOWER: Pansy The High School had an enrollment of 50 students and the Grade School had an enrollment of 105 students. The School Board consisted of Mr. Charles J. Shellenberger, Peter Hor- chem, Sr., and Claude J. DeWitt. R.H.S. started the year with an en- tirely new faculty that year, and also several changes in course of study. This faculty consisted of: Frank L. Main, Superintendent, Frank E. Strickler, Principal, Fayne Bondurant, Mrs. Frank Main, Harold Bjork, Mrs. Sylvia Conly, and Laura Robinson. On Friday evening, Nov. 14, 1919 the High School hosted a weiner roast for the entertainment of the visiting Hoisington team. Weiners, pickles, sandwiches, apples, coffee and dough- nuts were served. The doughnuts fea- ture was made possible thru the gen- erosity of Mrs. Charles Shellenberger, who contributed six dozen toward the menu. Following the supper the football team proceeded to defeat the Hoising- CLASS MOTTO: Not luck but pluck CLASS COLORS: White and purple CLASS FLOWER: White Rose In July of 1920 a new district was organized in Ness County known as Ransom Rural High School District 3. This district had an area equal to ton team. The Hoisington players and coach pronounced the Ransom team the cleanest bunch of players that their team had ever met. This was a special complement considering the terrible game that had been played the week before with Ness City. The game with Ness City had been an es- pecially rough game and several play- ers had been hurt in that game. The physics class installed an elec- tric bell in the gym and repaired the bells in the other rooms. A basket dinner was held at the Ransom Grade School on Wednesday, May 26. Following the dinner and the afternoon, the Seniors graduated with evening services held at the Opera House. The diplomas were presented by Professor Main to 9 students, 3 girls and 6 boys. CLASS ROLL: Earl Combest W.VV Douglas Dora (Dubbs) Tuttle Vera (Dubbs) Huxman Oscar Engle John Oppliger Grace Rowson Harold Robinson’ Kenneth Scott that of Nevada township, with the boundaries following very closely the township lines. At the conclusion of the 1920-21 school year the new dis- trict took over the supervision of the High School work. The Grade School remained as District 71. The first school board of R.R.H.S. 3 was elect- ed November 12, 1920, with Mrs. George Schoeppel, Mrs. Lawrence Miller and Clinton Scherzinger being elected. The Ransom P.T.A. was also orga- nized that year. Shower baths were installed in the school. Also, during the summer of 1920, many improvements were made on the High School to make it more comfortable. Some of these included weather stripping and caulking the windows, overhauling the heating system, almost doubling the heating system, repairing the gym floor, and installing electric lights. The first day of school was sched- uled for Sept. 6, 1920, but due to the rain and mud, many students were not present. Senior class officers elected were; Ray Schell, Pres.; Mabel Schoeppel, Vice-Pres.; and Zora Scott, Sec.-Treas. The first High School yearbook was published that year. The boys gave the basketball girls a banquet on May 24, 1921 at the Com- mercial Hotel. The room was decorat- ed in purple and gold, the school col- ors. Place cards were in the form of basketballs with gold thread. The last day of school was celebrat- ed with a dinner and a ball game. The basket-dinner was provided by the la- dies of the community and was much enjoyed by both the Grade and High School students. The ball game was a victory for the business men, but the game was not an easy one. The final score was 9-12. For Commencement, the Junior class provided the decorations for the exercises. Purple and white streamers, looped back at the sides, adorned the stage. Behind the chairs where the Seniors sat was a lattice of purple and white. The Senior pennant, illuminat- ed by the footlights, announced the class of 1921. Diplomas were present- ed by Supt. Douglass. Special honors went to Mabel Schoeppel and John Moeller. Mabel graduated with a grade average for her four year of High School of 93%. During her whole course she had only two grades below 90%. John stood second in hon- ors with a 91% grade average. CLASS ROLL: Grace (Douglas) Miller Elsie (Jesse) Mollenkamp John Moeller Mabel (Schoeppel) Russell Zora (Scott) Horchem 1J 1921 Graduates: Back Row — Elsie, John, and Zora. Front Row — Grace and Mabel. CLASS OF 1921

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1919 Graduates: Standing: Lucille, Elva, Myrtle. Harold. Ira. John, Peter, Edith, and Ella. Seated: Bertha, Irene. Anna, and Reva. held on May 13, 1917. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Fisher. His ser- mon was Proverbs, entitled: He that is slow to anger is greater than the mighty, and he that ruleth his own spirit than he that taketh a city. Commencement exercises were held on Thurs. night, May 17,1917. Due to the prevalence of a scarlet fever epi- demic, the commencement exercises of 1917 could not be held in the Opera House as scheduled, but instead the graduates were informally presented their diplomas Thurs. night at the lit- tle High School. Little preparation and less publicity were given the exercises and only a few witnessed the last meeting as a a class of Seniors. The exercises consisted of a brief address by Brother Briggs, a farewell invoca- tion by Martin Schreiber, and the pre- sentation of the diplomas. CLASS ROLL: Donald Blocksome Charles Dubbs Nelle (Giddings) Dieffenbach Ceorl Gilmore Cynthia (Jarvis) Frye Jennie (Mast) Newlee Mae (Robinson) Guest Nell (Schell) Swisher Elizabeth Schoeppel Martin Schreiber Mary (Turner) Hill CLASS OF 1918 The School Board was composed of C.J. Shellenberger, director; Peter Horchem, clerk; and C.J. DeWitt, trea- surer. Class Colors — red, white, and blue. Commencement exercises were held on April 29, 1918 at the Ransom Op- era House. Professor F.L. Farley of Kansas Wesleyan College of Salina gave the address. Miss Edna Robison, County Superintendent of Schools, CLASS OF 1919 CLASS MOTTO: Our class was one of the largest classes to graduate, at that time, and we were also younger in age than the average High School grades. Our Baccalaureate services were held on Sunday, June 1, 1919 at the Opera House. The sermon was deliv- ered by Rev. Morton Miller entitled, presented the class with their diplo- mas. CLASS ROLL: George Anspaugh Elma (Baumgartner) Anspaugh Bertha (Cofer) Horchem Margaret (Dubbs) McMillin Netta (Dubbs) Curry Daisy (Hazen) Vermillion Hubert Horchem Clarence Pavey Carl Sherwood Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free . Due to the in- clement weather, many could not at- tend. The steady downpour of Tuesday caused the postponement of the Com- mencement exercises which were to be held that evening. The exercises were given at the Opera House the follow- ing evening, June 4, 1919. The girls wore dainty dresses of white and the boys wore suits of black. All wore bouquets of pansies and sweet peas, which were presented to us by the Ju- nior class. Following the graduation ceremony, the faculty and our gradu- ating class were royally entertained by Mr. and Mrs. George Shellenberger at their home until a late hour. The fol- lowing day, we all went to Ness City to have our class picture taken. CLASS ROLL: Bertha (Dubbs) Graham Myrtle (Dubbs) Stover Harold Graham Reva (Holmes) Klitzke Peter Horchem Lucille (Johannes) Jesse Anna (Miek) Sargent Elva (Miller) Page Irene (Rowson) Maneval Ella Shearer Edith (Vermillion) Huff Ira Vermillion John Yost 12

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CLASS OF 1922 CLASS COLORS: Orange and Black There were 46 students enrolled in school that year. The faculty for the High School in- cluded: Clarence O. Douglas, M.L. Chapman, Anna Balaum, Minnie L. Watson, and Bertha L. Palmer. The Grade School faculty was composed of Bessie Rogers, Laura Robinson, Har- old Williams, and Mrs. Sylvia Cauley. Music and physical training were added to the list of subjects available to enroll in. A new Kimball piano was purchased and placed in the High School Auditorium. The old piano was moved to the north east base- ment room, which had been fitted up for a music studio. Also, new chorus books were purchased. Baccalaureate was May 14th, 1922 at the Ransom Opera House. May 24th was the day of the High School play. Miss Palmer was the di- rector. The box office receipts from the play amounted to $107.00 CLASS ROLL: Herbert Barkley Esther (Schreiber) Welch CLASS OF 1923 CLASS MOTTO: Esse Quam Videre CLASS COLORS: Blue and White CLASS FLOWER: White Rose The class of '23 from the beginning had at that time always been the lar- gest class in school. It was not only the largest in numbers but also the greatest in merit. All were good na- tured and intelligent. So intelligent in fact, that they never passed through the Freshman awkward stage. We first showed our intelligence as Sophomores when the Juniors and Seniors planned a party and failed to invite the other two classes. So, we planned a hike and stole the Jr. and Sr.'s watermelons for our refresh- ments. They were greatly vexed at us and threatened all sorts of punish- ment, but never carried out their threats. As Sophomores, we entered more contests in the W.K.E.A. track meet at Scott City than all the other classes together. The W.K.E.A. league includ- ed five counties. Prof. C.L. Williams thought that be- sides the football team, basketball teams, and baseball team, we should have a debate team. Any students could try out for the team. After the try outs, four of the six members were from our class. On the affirmative team there were Lucy Schoeppel, Al- bert Grisell, and Amy Doty. On the negative team there were Russell Shel- lenberger, Rebecca Dubbs, and Caro- line Miek. Each debate night one team traveled and the other team debated at home. Some of the towns we debated were Greensburg, Peabody, and Gar- den City. It was in Garden City in February 1923 that we won the Sev- enth District Championship by de- feating Dodge City in the semi-finals. (In those days there were 7 Congres- sional districts in Kansas instead of the 6 we have now). This was a great accomplishment for Ransom and a big compliment for such a small school. The smallest school that Ran- som defeated was larger than the lar- gest school in the Class B, of which Ness City had won that year. We won a silver cup with our six names en- graved on it. Our debates were held at the Strand Theater. How lucky we were in those days that R.C. Buxton so generously let us use the stage and auditorium. All of our class plays, op- erettas, recitals and graduations were held there, as there was no stage or auditorium at the high school. Minnie Dubbs was the girls basket- ball coach in 1921-22, which consisted of Audra Slaughter, Chloe Scott, Zora Scott, Lucy Schoeppel, Mildred Carter, Mabel Schoeppel, Louise Oppliger, and Violett Randall. The season of 1921-22 was a decided success for it had the best team ever to represent R.H.S. at that time, loosing only 2 games out of 15 and one of them was to Hays High School by one point in an overtime. We had a season score of 549 points while the opponents held a score of 173 points. Much credit was due to the coach, Minnie Dubbs. The last day of school each year was climaxed by an elaborate community dinner and ended with a baseball game between the high school and the business men of the town. Senior Scholastic honors went to Albert Grisell with 94% and to run- ner-up Lucy Schoeppel. Albert won a scholarship to any Kansas College he selected to attend. Commencement was held on Friday, May 18th at 8:00 at the Strand Theater. Our diplomas were signed by the school board mem- bers; Mrs. George Schoeppel, C.E. Scherzinger, and Ward Scott. Not graduating with us, but a part of our class for many years were, Jettie Eisenhower and Mildred Carter, who left our Senior year and Audra Slaughter, who left our Jr. year. We like to think that the class of '23 was instrumental in starting the Alumni banquets, which are held each year. Again much credit was due to Prof. Williams. All twelve Seniors were in the Sen- ior class play which earned about four hundred dollars. With this money, under the leadership of our President, Russell Shellenberger, it was decided to invite all alumni to a banquet. Sev- eral members of the class of '23 planned a reception for the class of 1924 to be held in the Methodist Church basement. At this reception the Alumni Constitution was adopted, officers elected, and a banquet planned for the 1925 class. The offi- cers for the first Alumni Banquet were: Andy Schoeppel, President; Jes- se Dieffenbach, Vice-President; and Chloe Scott, Secretary-Treasurer. CLASS ROLL: Amy (Doty) Jarvis, Albert Gri- sell . Marie (Hoover) Rider. Melba (Horchem) Bondurant. Phoebe (LaPlante) Scott, Dorothea (Osborn) Barry, Roy Scherzinger , Lucy (Schoeppel) Goss, Chloe (Scott) Horchem, Ralph Scott , Russell Shellenberger. Willard Stowe 1924 Graduates: Seated Blanche. Joe, Florence, Frank, and Caroline. Standing: Phil, Vina. Myrtle. Wilbur, Ivan. Violet, Rebecca, and Mont. Also graduating, but not pictured, John Craig.