Reno County High School - Yearbook (Nickerson, KS)

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GLASS H LS' TOR Y ln the fall of 1909, there came to R. C. H. S. an enthusiastic bunch of .lay- hawkers. True, there was no ringing of bells, no grand music, nor boisterous uproar, but these Freshies had gathered, quietly from their various homes, for one purpose, to gain an education. ln all there was a 'there-for-business air, which could not be mis- taken. Now, we have risen to the dignity which befits the Seniors. We know this is the largest, most handsome, athletic, intelligent, musical and evenly matched class ever graduated from R. C. H. S.-So why shouldn't we be dignified? ln our Freshman year, we did not organize, but in our second year We dis- covered that we must all hang together or we shall assuredly hang separately. So we organized, and since, we have realized our strength. VVe showed our good taste, at the very first, in the Sophomore year, when we elected the officers. VVe couldn't have chosen a president, so well informed on Robert's Rules of Order, a vice president so willing and ready to step into the presidentis shoes, thad they been large enoughl, a secretary that could have written such detailed accounts of--Y Uwho came riding by, etc., and we know that no other member of the class 'could have taken more delight in dropping the pennies in to the pig bank than does our treasurer. Again we showed good taste in changing colors with every change of the moon, for Ha wise man changes his mind, a fool never. VVe are especially prominent in athletics. Among those connected with the very decisive athletic victories of R. C. H. S., there are more senior names than there have been in any other class ever connected with the history of the school. ln our Junior year, the boys' champion basket ball team of Kansas was entirely composed of Juniors and we were fairly represented in the girls' team, which took the state championship. Two members of the boys' team, Ralph Shamhart and Hilmer Appel, received honorable mention from K. U., for their ability as -basket ball players in 1911-123 and Bill McFar- fland was picked for All-Kansas Guard in 1912-13. Gladys Drake and Maude Frisch were picked for the All-Kansas team for two years. We have had a very good representation in the teams-football, base ball and track, as well as basket ball. In Y. VV. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. too, we have made a mark. Not only do we have three presidents of these associations, but we have sixteen cabinet members in our class, two Cascade delegates, and a number of delegates to the conventions at Hutchinson, Em- poria, Pittsburg, VVichita and Manhattan. ln musical ability, our class is unsurpassed. We have two music graduates, Zella Kirkhuff and Earl Ragland, and a number of others who can exercise their abilities on the piano. Then too, we have three members who took prominent parts in our High !Schoo1 orchestra, and eleven were members of the Glee Club. But athletics, music, Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. work and Dutch Verein' have not had all the attention of the Seniors. - Nve believe in having a good time occasionally. The delightful stroll on a moonlight night, and the marshmallow toast by the river, as well as the Junior-Senior party, 1912, and the party given in return by the girls, are long to be remembered by all of us. We have fairly begun our good times and the seventh of June will find us with a still longer chain of golden and gray memories of old R. C. H. S. As we come to the end of our High School days, And sit alone with our thoughts, Then over us comes a sadness, Thro' the joys that the years have bro't, XVhen we 'think of the friends who are parting, Of the days that are fleeting fast, May our thoughts of the future be brighter, Ever brighter than those of t-he past.