Ransom High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Ransom, KS)

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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

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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 1926 CLASS OF 1926 CLASS MOTTO: Launched But Not Anchored CLASS FLOWER: Sunflower CLASS COLORS: Brown and Cold Our Senior class officers were; Bertha Combest, President; Rhea Miller, Sec.-Treas.; and Mrs. Len- nen. Sponsor. Dorothea Willour was elected cheerleader of the pep squad — Herman Lynn was elected as assis- tant cheerleader. On Tuesday evening, Oct. 6, 1925 there was a box supper held at the Ransom High School. The two big events held were the Popular Girl contest, which was won by Dorothea Willour, and the Lazy Man Contest, which was won by Henry Schaeffer. The total pro- ceeds of the evening was $110.00, which was given to the athletic fund. The High School was given the privilege of taking subscriptions for the Country Gentleman. We were divided into three teams, the red, green, and orange teams. We were given one week in which to gather the subscriptions. At the close of the week the count was to be made and the two losing teams were to give the winning team a trip to the moon. The total number of subscriptions were counted and it was found that the orange team had turned in the greatest number. The total amount collected was $122.00, of this amount $61.00 went to our School. Saturday night the red and green teams invited the or- ange to come at 8:00 to the High School, where they were marked according to their respective teams. They were taken to the gym, which was decorated with scarecrows and crepe paper. A series of games were held in which all took part. About 9:30 refreshments consisting of sandwiches, doughnuts and cocoa were served. Otis Horchem was elected to the title of football captain for the 25- 26 year. On December 14, 1925 a district bond election was held with a peti- tion for issuing bonds of the Rural High School District for the pur- pose of erecting and equipping the schoolhouse. Tne amount was pro- posed for $40,000, of which bonds were sold at not less than .95 cents on the dollar. The building we were using, when erected, was one of the best in the county, but we had out- grown it. At that time, we had the second largest enrollment of pupils of any High School in Ness Coun- ty, and we had the smallest High School building. The election re- sulted in 205 votes in favor of the bond, and 95 votes against it. Elec- tion day was a very cold and stormy day and a very disagreeable day for many voters to get out. For- mer RHS students. Miss Melba Horchem, Miss Florence Combest, and Wilbur Sipe, were found busy providing transportation to Ran- som residents to get to the High School to vote. On February 4th, 1926, a special board meeting was held for the purpose of reading the bids for the proposed addition to the High School. The general contract was awarded to Scott Brothers Con- struction Co. of Wichita in the amount of $33,438.00. The plumb- ing and heating contract was awarded to R.E. McNeley of La- Crosse, Ks„ in the amount of $8,276.00. Work was begun on the construction in February of 1926. The April minutes of the Grade School District 71 stated that there was a motion to cancel the remaining indebtedness of the High School building. This indebt- edness was the result of the High School, purchasing the building and grounds from the District 71 in 1924. This motion was seconded and approved with the stipulation that tne RRHS Board establish and maintain a Jr. High School with the High School. Our Senior play was a comedy with music, Sunshine . This was presented Wednesday, March 24th at the Strand Theater with an ad- mission fee of .35 or .25 cents. Our sponsor was Mrs. Lennen. Commencement was held May 24th at the Strand Theater. Our Valedictorian was Jessie Osborn, and Salutatorian was Dorothea Willour. The day after graduation about 60 High School pupils and teachers joined together for a picnic at Fri- zell's Dam. A bountiful picnic din- ner was held with lots of ice cream. CLASS ROLL:. Elizabeth (Barber) Dalrym- ple . Hazel Barber. Bertha (Combest) Ster- ling, Carlyle Engle . Eva (Jaehde) Horchem. Rhea (Miller) Evel. Lester Mitchell, Jessie (Osborn) Clentzer, Edrie (Richards) Wil- liams. Emma (Schreiber) Bloxom. Dorothea (Willour) Foster The following poem was taken from the Ransom Record , March 4, 1926 concerning the girl's basketball team. First there is Toots the Captain And a right good sport is she She plays hard, fair, clean, and fast And is the kind we like to see. Toots is a right good forward And a player A-number 1 She shoots and scores and keeps on scoring Until tne game is won. We have another forward And she's a Daisy with lots of pep And tho' her name is fitted for her We sometimes call her Shep She has played everyplace on the team But at forward she has played the most And when it comes to counting the scores There are many of which she can boast. Anna Kraus is our running center And tho' she objects to much running When it comes to getting our forward the ball She does it with very much cunning. She is also very good on teamwork For she is almost 6 feet tall And when it comes to jumping She sure can hit that ball. Enid Buxton is our side center A player full of mirth And when it comes to playing She always proves her wortn. She works rignt with her center And always gets the ball And when it comes to quickness She simply beats them all. Eleska Rufenacht is our hefty guard And she guards them clean and fair And when forwards are trying to score their shots You'll always find her right there. She is a hard one to deceive For she always knows what to do And the forwards just as well not shoot For it simply can't go through. Another hefty guard is Kathryn Who is Eleska's running mate And when it comes to scrapping She can give as well as take. She has also played at center But she mostly plays at guard And when it comes to scoring on her The forwards find it hard. Mary Jaehde is another guard And should have a first team place But unfortunately she hurt her knee And this kept her out of the race. (Continued on page 19. column 3) 17