Ransom High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Ransom, KS)

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CLASS OF 1924 CLASS MOTTO: Deeds not Dreams CLASS COLORS: Red and White CLASS FLOWER: Red and White Carnation CLASS RING: A gold ring with a 6 sided design. CLASS YELL: Rah! Rah! 24 Rah! Rah! 24 Rah! Rah! Rah! (submitted by Caroline (Meik) An- derson, and from the Ransom Record) The class of 1924 was organized the first week in September 1923. Mr. Williams, our principal, was chosen sponsor. John Craig was elected Presi- dent, Mont Buxton, Vice-Pres.; and Wilbur Sipe, Sec.-Treas. There were 14 members in the class. forewords and guards played in the end sections. There was no crossing lines, so basketball was not the stren- uous game it now is. Mr. Williams had a reputation as a debate coach. The two years I was on the debate team we went to the district meet. One year we traveled by train all the way to Burlingame, where we lost, so we didn't go on to the State Cham- pionship meet. But, we debated much larger schools than we were; such as Dodge City, Garden City, and Hois- ington. This was the second year for Ransom to be in the Debate League, and the second year in a row to win the 7th District Championship in De- bate. The Ransom Rural High School 3 purchased the school building. 1924 Class on their way to a parade downtown. That was an increase of two members over the last year. The school activities were of great importance. In many instances, more important than our school work. Per- haps our most outstanding teacher was Miss Watson, who taught Eng- lish and Latin. Mr. Prather was an excellent Geometry teacher. The girls did not play football, but often followed the boys team to cheer for them. Most of us traveled in cars with side curtains — Fords, Dodges, and Buicks. When we played basketball, we had two games. One for the girls team and one for the boys team. The girls suits were very full pleated Bloomers, usu- ally made of black wool serge. The top was made like a navy middy. The bas- ketball court was divided into three sections. The first and second centers played in the center section and the grounds, and equipment from the school District 71 for the amount of $12,000. Our Jr.-Sr. banquet was held in the basement of the Methodist Church. Most of the girls wore dresses of taffe- ta, some of changeable taffeta. We made our own dresses at that time or ordered them from Sears or Mont- gomery Ward. Our Commencement, as I recall, was held May 16th at the Opera House, above the Johannes store on the east side of main street. I re- member the girls wore white middies and pleated skirts. Mine was made of white linen, so it wrinkled very badly. Rebecca Dubbs was Valedictorian, and Vina Van Winkle was Salutatori- am Myrtle Houghton was the winner of the scholarship award. Andrew Schoeppel (RHS alumni, 1916) was our Commencement orator. CLASS ROLL. Mont Buxton Florence (Combest) Engle John Craig Rebecca Dubbs Blanche (Houghton) Van Winkle Myrtle Houghton Frank Kraus Joseph Kraus Caroline (Miek) Anderson Phil Neyer Ivan Petty Violet (Randall) Lange Wilbur Sipe Vina (Van Winkle) Dennis CLASS POEM: by Violet Randall Of all the classes gone before There's none as great as '24 Mont Buxton there and Caroline Rebecca Dubbs as sure as fate And Johnnie Craig are superfine In any old debate. And so is Frank who is our 6'2 If work will will, he'll sure get through What a wonder Phil Neyer would be If Labors value he could but see There is always a smile on Myrtles face And a twinkle in her eye In every race she is sure to win With her courage that never can die It's good that knowledge Is not measured by size Or you never would guess Vina wise. Ivan is our artist. Wilbur our old Nick For to pester and tease is his regular trick. Florence has her Engle — Blanche has Hubert Who meddles with either is bound to get hurt. Joe is our flirt with never a date Until he brought Mr. Williams home very late And I! Oh! I'm just an old maid A hundred and ten. But I'll make the grade Ah yes, as I've said We re a wonderful class We're proud of each lad We're proud of each lass And if we ever our motto keep true Somewhere far on the hill top gleams A glory for each if we dare and do And strive to the end in Deeds Not Dreams 15

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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.

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CLASS OF 1925 1925 Graduates: Left to right: Florence Scott, Hazel Simpson, Glenn Eisenhour, Jerome Wilson, Fern Horchem, Orville Willour, Ulrich Yost. Lester Scott, and Lila Douglas. High school faculty greeting us our Senior year were, F.W. Lennen, Supt.; Elmer H. Ringe, Prin. and Coach; Mrs. F.W. Lennen, English and Normal Training; Ruth Wil- liams, Domestic Science, and Com- merce; and Evelyn Starr, Music New subjects were; Commercial Arithmetic, Psychology, and Solid Geometry. The girls glee club elected the fol- lowing officers for the year 1924-25; Fern Horchem, Pres.; Jessie Osborn, Sec.; Bertha Combest, Librarian; and Beulah Schaefer, accompanist. The usual rain accompanied the Junior's entertainment for the Sen- ior's on Wed., April 22, 1925 at the Methodist Church. The guests were received in a room furnished as a reception room and decorated in the colors, gold and brown. The banquet room was decorated with the Senior colors, blue and gold. Crepe paper streamers formed an arch over the table where 25 guests were seated and yellow roses, blue menu cards and yellow nut cups carried out the color scheme on the table. The four course dinner was exceptionally good and the unique way of serving the ice cream, in small flower pots covered with yellow paper with a small yellow tea rose planted in the ice cream, made a very attractive set- ting for the last course. The subjects of the toasts were taken from the Senior notes, Be Square . Carlyle Engle, Junior class President, acted as toastmaster. The Juniors served us a very nice banquet and it was enjoyed by our class, guests and fac- ulty. More persons than seats had been arranged for, attended the High School Commencement exercises at the Methodist Church Monday evening. May 18th. We were seated in the front of the Church beneath a canopy of blue and gold crepe paper. The girls were all in lovely dresses, and the boys wore nobby spring suits. We all looked very nice! The girls glee club sang The Old Road , followed by Rev. Mitchell's invoca- tion. A beautiful piano was given by Florence Scott, a well rendered read- ing by Wilma Buxton, and a vocal solo by Carlyle Engle. This all con- stituted the opening numbers of the program. This was followed by a talk by Prof. Walter E. Myer of the Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia. Prof. Myer delivered, what he called, a heart to heart talk to we Seniors. He did not like to call it an address His talk was brimming over with good sound advice and en- couragement to us. He encouraged us to be our best at all times, and through appreciation and good hab- its, to enioy life and be of value to the world. With a few well chosen remarks. Rev. Mitchell presented the diplomas and the benediction was pronounced by William Irving. After our graduation, the first Alumni Banquet of the Ransom High School was held May 19th 1925. It was held at the Methodist Church. The dining room was beau- tiful. It was decorated with the High School colors, blue and gold. The ta- bles were decorated appropriately with colorful streamers and flowers. The table in the center of the dining hall was arranged for our Senior class and Professor and Mrs. Len- nen. Our initiation into the RHS Alumni was very interesting and the Alumni members gave us a hearty welcome. The Ladies Aid of the Church served a bountiful meal of the courses to over 60 Alumni mem- bers, besides the visitors and hon- ored guests. Andrew F. Schoeppel, President of the Alumni gave a very interesting welcome address. We all appreciated Mr. Schoeppel's manner and his appropriate remarks. We are very grateful to him for interest and the way he planned the entertaining part for the evening. Mr. L.A. Dubbs was chosen toast master and after a few remarks, he called on Fern Hor- chem who responded with a hearty welcome. Mr. Dubbs, who was a member of the first graduating class, then called upon others who cheer- fully responded, thus making the program very interesting. CLASS ROLL: Lila (Douglas) Scott. Glenn Ei- senhour . Fern (Horchem) Shellenberger, Florence (Scott) Hartman . Lester Scott , Ha- zel (Simpson) Jaehde . Orville Willour , Jer- ome Wilson, Ulrich Yost