Reno County High School - Yearbook (Nickerson, KS)

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LEON GIBBENS- GIBBY. 'tEVery attic has its own rubbish. Baseball 1910-'l3, Football 1912-'l3. Sub. forward on championship basket ball team 191 1313. Family pet. Leon is o11e of those resolute, determined fellows who always and gener- ally has his own way. He always knows and tells all the latest gossip and anything else you want to know. He is well known to the Seniors as a baritone vocalist. GLADYS DRAKE- CU RLY. She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with. And pleasant, too, to think on. Basket ball four years. Glee Club IEll0- 'll. Humorous, talented. original, fluent, pop- ular and energetic. Gladys is another of our Latin sharks. She is also good in his- tory, although th-ere was a time when she had trouble in keeping her dates straight. She is very' fond of chewing gum and pulling hair, so has made her mark in the athletic field and helped Win many laurels for R. C. H. S. XVe're not sure about Gladys' future, but from all indications she will some day make some farmer happy with her smiling fare and curly- hair. WILLIAM MCFARLAND- BILL, No heart that has truly loved ever for- gets. Y. M. C. A. cabinet 1911-'l2. Guard on Championship Basket Ball team 1910-'13, Engaged in athletics. letter writing, josh- ing, day dreaming, preaching, farming. auto- mobiling and sitting in the Windows gazing toward the direction of the rising sun, He likes to make a call and hold down a cozy corner without having the porch light turned on him. Gibby and Dutch intend to go to K. U., but Winfield for me.

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HARRIET NAFZINGER- HATTIE. Sweet Sixteen. Is she not niore than painting can express, Or youthful pocts fancy when they love? Hattie, thc 'iVenus fgoddess oi' beautyj of the class is outwardly quiet, but you do not all know her. She has a keen sense of humor, is a source of worry to some of the boys as well as her teachers, and is a chronic cut-up. She is also the envy and wonder of some other Seniors for she has successfully combined 'E grades and loafing. She is very composed 'tllistress of herself the china fall. There is an old saying that her face is her fortune, so here's to Har- riet. EARL RAGLAND-HSLIMJ' 'tGifted With abilities none can surpass, ln nmsic, and with girls, but in studies, alas! Music graduate 1911, R. C. H, S. orchestra 1910-'12, Pianist at th-e school and at the t'Gem.'l Member of the Dutch Verein. School critic on girls' clothes. Earl is the best groomed man in the whole Senior class. His rose-bud nails are a source of envy to all the girls. He is also an excellent musician, a Physics shark and knows more 'gossip than any three girls in school. Earl is undoubtedly popular-just does make up his mind on one girl, when here comes another and then-U0 dear, what shall I do? ZELLA KIRKHUFF- DllVlPLES. Bears malice toward none, envies not oneg 'What more could you ask under the bright shining sun? Glee Club 1910-'ll. Double Quartette and Orchestra 1911-'12. Music graduate 1912. School pianist. Zella, our Calliope is a happy, enthus- iastic, good-natured, loveble, all-around girl. She is a mixture of the graceful athletic and vivacious society girl. A few of Zella's specialties are singing in Physics laboratory, dreaming of her Junior year, writing letters to K. U., and attending a play. I hear a voice you cannot hearg XVhich says I must not stay, l see a hand you cannot see, XVhich beckons me away, tto the Hills. l P . .

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EDITH SMITH- EDIE. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet 1911-'l2. Glee Club. 'fSome say she's a peach, the best you will find, She's neat, charming, friendly when she don't speak her mind. Edith, our cook, is skillful in making doughnuts and coffeefask the Commercials if she isn't. She has a great amount of sticktoitivenessi-falways takes the same route to school.J In her earlier days she had aspirations to become an assistant newspaper reporter, but now she prefers to live, a professor's 'ffrauf' HERSAL CH RISLIP- JAKE, Had sighed to many though he loved but one. Y. M. C, A. Cabinet three years. Mem- ber of R. C. H. S. orchestrag R. C. H. S. bandg the Glee Club 1910-'ll. Member of editorial staff. l-lersal is slow, deliberate, willful and obliging if found in the right mood. It also can be said of Hersal, that he is economical, for he saves all his pennies for his weekly trip to Abbyville. He says when he's married he will not go to his own wed- ding on a motor cycle-there's a reason. LAURA SMITH. 'tDignified and cold when she wants to be, But then she's changeable. Don't you see? Y. NV. C. A. Cabinet. Obstinate, inquisitive, changeable, very agreeable and apparently always happy. Laura is not only a Latin shark but also a geometry expert. She is the constant com- panion of her little sister. She would pro- bably have made a better record in school if she had only cut out some of her dates.