Ransom High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Ransom, KS)

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CLASS OF 1927 1927 Graduates: Front Row: Stella Goodvin, Florence See. Rose Ummel. Caroline Long. Wilma Buxton. Robert Scott. Back Row: Beulah Schaeffer, William Scott, Anna Kraus. Helen Kraus. Daisy Schoeppel, Dale Buxton. Kenneth Doty, and Otis Hor- chem. CLASS OF 1927 Twenty-six students gathered at the High School on Sept. 3, 1923 to begin their High School career. Officers elected were; Beulah Schaeffer, Presi- dent; Dale Buxton, Vice-President; William Scott, Secretary; and Mr. Ringe, Sponsor. The Junior year was a busy year. Money making projects were orga- nized in order to make some money for the Jr.-Sr. Banquet. In October a food sale was held at Kennedy's Ga- rage. After all expenses were paid, an amount of $36.97 was deposited in the Junior treasury. Another effort to raise money was the Junior class play. The play was entitled, Star Bright . It was held at the Strand Theatre on April 1st. $72.00 was raised through this effort. The Senior year arrived and with it a High School enrollment of 73 stu- dents. 7th and 8th grades had an en- rollment of 22 students. The Sr. class sponsor was Miss Gladys Peery. Class President was Wilma Buxton, and Secretary-Treasurer was Dale Buxton. The Manual Training class, under the direction of Mr. Meisel, tore out the old floors in the Manual Training room and layed a new concrete floor in its place. 30 bags of cement were used, as well as 5 loads of sand. The space occupied by the working classes was formerly devoted to shower baths and dressing rooms, and the floors were unsuitable to shop work. An- other project the class devoted consid- erable work to was the putting togeth- er of the new school desks, which were placed in the assembly hall. 200 auditorium chairs were unpacked and were made ready for a reception to be held on Friday night, Sept. 17th, 1926. This reception was for the dedication of the addition to the High School. The football squad, working in re- lays under the direction of Coach Har- vey, dug a ditch 100 feet long by 3 feet deep to the septic tank. This enabled the School to utilize its up-to-date plumbing system. Telephones were installed in the School in October. In November the Senior presented their class play, The Wren . This play was such a success that after the Nov. 18th performance it was present- ed again, by popular demand, on Nov. 29th. The High School Orchestra made its first public appearance at the Senior play. Ransom closed a successful football season on Thanksgiving Day when they met McCracken on the home gridiron. The score was 51-0 in favor of Ransom. This game, as were all the later ones of the season, was charac- tarized by excellent teamwork. Before the game was over, all the reserves were used, but the four Senior boys remained throughout. These players especially distinguished themselves and all of them, Otis, Dale, Kenneth, and Bill were told how they would be missed the next year. Otis was Quar- terback; Dale-Linebacker; Kenneth- Center; and Bill-Tackle. Captain Otis Horchem played the best game of his career, scoring 5 touchdowns. The Football Banquet proved to be one of the big events of the year. It was discovered that Ransom had scored 186 points to the opponets 28. Only four touchdowns had been made against Ransom during the entire sea- son, and only one of those was made on the home field in a total of five home games. Ransom had a season record of 7 wins to 2 losses. The ban- quet was held on Dec. 16th in the Mu- sic room of the High School. A four course dinner was served by the Foods class under the supervision of Miss Williams. The sports activities that were held included football, basketball, track, and baseball for the boys, and basket- ball for the girls. The gymnasium, lo- cated in the basement of the old two story building on the West side, was a all gym. The heating pipes ran the ceiling of the gym and small g through long had t long shots couldn t be made as you had to nearly be under the basket to do any shooting. During the Junior year basketball was practiced in the Arnold gym after they were through. For the Senior year the new regulation size gym had been completed. A food service was begun in Janu- ary by the Foods class. This service was discontinued in March. Over 1200 hot lunches had been prepared. The girls did their own shopping, planned the menus, and paid the Dills. While the lunches were served at practically no cost, a sufficient profit was gradually accrued to finance a class trip to the Ness City bakery for an observation lesson on bread bak- ing. A Track association was formed and for the event the Manual Training department built a complete set of hurdles and the standards for the broad jump and the pole vault. Class Day was May 18th. This was the day when each class strove to put their class colors at the highest point they could think of. The Seniors had possession of the flag pole but they were beaten by the Junior class who got ahead by putting their pennant on the top of the water tower. Commencement was May 19th with Florence See delivering the Valedicto- rian address entitled, Work . Dale Buxton was the Salutatorian. His ad- dress was entitled, The Engineer . This was the first class to graduate in the newly completed High School. A picnic for the last day of school was held on the Walnut Creek south of Ness City for the entire High School. CLASS ROLL:, Dale Buxton. Wilma (Buxton) Mitten. Kenneth Doty, Stella (Goodvin) Shutt, Otis Horchem, Anna (Kraus) Buxton, Helen (Kraus) Sunley . Caroline (Long) Whisler . Beu- lah (Schaeffer) Klitzke, Daisy (Schoeppel) Jaco- bus. William Scott , Robert Scott, Florence (See) Trimble. Rose Ummel

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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

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CLASS OF 1928 CLASS OF 1928 CLASS MOTTO: Not at the top but climbing CLASS COLORS: Red and White CLASS FLOWER: Red and White Carnation The class of 1928 began as Fresh- men in Sept, of 1924. Their initi- ation was on Sept. 4th at George Lynn's Beach. Time was spent swimming and playing games. Ev- eryone had a good time roasting weinnies. An abundance of ice cream and cake, which were fur- nished by some of the girls, was enjoyed immensely. The Freshmen, after going through many require- ments, were given their supper. The Debate team again won the District 7 Championship, with 7 out of 12 points. This made the 3rd District Championship to be won by Ransom in the past 5 years. A lot of the praise went to their spon- sor, Supt. Williams. The two years out of tne five that Ransom did not win, Mr. Williams had been loaned out to Minneola, and Ransom did not enter the Debate contest. Senior class officers were; John- nie Scherzinger, President; Melba Mishler, Secretary-Treasurer; and Miss Peery, Sponsor. Johnnie Scherzinger was also the captain of the football team. Work began on the ground im- provements at the High School. The County crew broadened the street to the south, and the ground south of the High School was fenced off to exclude cars. The Board of Education ordered about 40 trees, which were planted on the School grounds on March 27th, 1928 in accordance with a plan de- veloped by the Improvement Com- mittee of the P.T.A. The following was taken from the Ransom Record: For the first time in the history of Ness County a state tournament was held within its borders and Ransom took first honors. The district tournament at Utica differed from those that had one before in that it was held un- er the auspice of the State Athletic Association, and the winner be- came the representative of this sec- tion of the State in the final state tournament at Ottawa. Ransom won the right to compete in the finals by defeating Lane County, Dighton, in a hard fought fast con- test by a score of 16-19. Utica, play- ing in another bracket, defeated its principal rival, Ness City, also after a sharp battle. Utica ruled as a prime favorite over Ransom when the final game began and led by a narrow margin at the end of the first half, but the red and white team, playing a driving game, ap- peared in a fair way to overhaul their rivals. In the second half, Ransom,playing almost constantly on the offensive, passed their rivals and won the fastest game that had been seen in the West this year, by a score of 24-21. Utica played a hard and well fought game throughout, but were outspeeded and fairly played off their feet by the Ransom Quintette. The new champions of this part of the state in Class B will go on to the State tournament at Ottawa. This was made possible by the generous contribution of our Ransom citizens. At the State tournament Ransom led the big Montezuma team for the first three quarters, only to lose at the end by a very narrow margin. CLASS ROLL: Enid (Buxton) Scott . Hollis (Farmer) Stowe . Viola (Gill) Clark , Anna (Jaehde) Holmes , Martha (Jaehde) Willour, Mary Jaehde, Carl Long , Letha Mast . Nelle McNinch , Vera (Miller) Garten. Mel- ba (Mishler) Marburger, Helen (Neyer) Ru- fenacht . John Scherzinger The following is a song written about the football team, ft is to be sung to the tune of Jingle Bells: OUR MINUTE MEN They fight for Ransom High, Our loyal minute men. Shout their battle cry, Striving hard to win. Give a rousing cheer. For each one cheer again, Honor, faith, and victory To our High School Minute Men. (Chorus) Captain John, Felton Mac, Hurley, Clyde Willour, Quarter Van and Carl Long, Dallas, Bill, and Klein, Shorty, Jess and Marion, Graham, Bus and Moore, Jacob, Ralph and Kenneth Mac, Our High School Minute Men. (Continued from page 17, column 3) Now folks if you will listen To what I have to tell I'll tell you how it happened You see, she slipped and fell. But Mary is a good player And a most dependable guard And her place was very hard to fill Because she played so hard. Anna Jaehde plays second center And tho' she is not very tall The way she gets around over the court Shows that she can play basketball. Fern Miller is one of our forwards And there is one thing about her we must tell She can shoot goals from all over the court Providing she doesn't yell. Jennie Yost is another forward And a right good shot is she And everytime she gets a goal You can see her smile with glee. Helen Kraus is a running center And when she is put into play Between she and her second center They have things their own way. Wilma Buxton is our utility player She plays first here and then there And its hard to say where she is the best For she can play good anywhere. Vera Miller also played with us until she got the flu And then her mother said to her, Now, Vera, you are thru. So, Vera is patiently waiting Until we get a new court And then we know she will make the team Because she is a very good sport. We had two other players Ruby Kendall and Bertha Com best And often while we are playing a game We wish they were along with the rest. And now my poem is finished But before I sign my name There is one more thing I'd like to say So I won't get any blame. Of all Sad words of tongue or pen The saddest of all are these These girls are very, very good But tney are sometimes nard to please. It's true they sometimes powder their nose And do the Charleston too But really, girls without you 1 don't know what we'd do. W.B. 19