Winfield High School - Lagondan Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Melvil Hanna, Charles McDermott. Gerald Tucker has been selected as captain of next year's junior high team. The part played by Coach Ralph Titus in buildihg for the senior high team is no small one. The task of drilling a team for Ark Valley competition is an ex- tremely difficult job at best, but with boys coming into senior high with a good grasp of basketball fundamentals the work is rendered less difficult than it would be otherwise. An KET At the first call f rack ctice, Coach R. E. Titus wa. eete th a eager group of cinder tis h f s and as a result the i gs e possessed the largest and st hal ed track team in recent year . The ads have practiced diligently under the able coaching of Mr. Titus and have carried many firsts into the Viking camp this season. For the first time in a decade the Winfield track team was able to topple over the Ark City Bulldogs this season. The Vikings annexed fifth place in the Ark Valley track meet, not being able to capture a single first place. In this meet Howard Porter was second in the high hurdles event in which the state record was broken by one second. Porter Brown also ran a fine race in the 100-yard dash, placing second. Other records of the season include a fifth place in the Anthony relays in which Howard Porter set a new meet record of 15.4 seconds for the high hurdles. A third place honor was regist- ered in relays at Tonkawa, the Vikings being topped by Tulsa and Oklahoma City. John Kowing rated the only first in this meet by taking the broad jump. The most recent accomplishment of the track state region titling them which has n press. was ' nd in the meet a nthony, en- attend e state meet een held this goes to .V. uble lpmps The Winfield high school tennis team did not lose a m a t c h out of the six played before the Ark Valley tourna- ment played here on May 2. Victories were registered twice against Ark City and Wellington. Wichita East and El Dorado were met only once, but each was defeated both times. In the Ark Valley tournament Earl McFaddin and Bill Swartz, flashy dou- bles combination, won from El Dorado, Hutchinson, and Wichita North to Page 15 reign as the new Ark Valley champs. In the anuual Tulsa invitation meet Kermit Franks went through stiff com- petition to drop out in the quarter finalsg and the doubles players, Mc- Faddin and Swartz, went to the semi- finals. New laurels were brought to W. H. S. in the regional tourney when the doubles team disposed of Anthony's entries to secure first place for the Vikings. The outcome of the state tournament was unknown as we went to press. ' ear's team was composed of: Jim Ro ch, Ulin Tucker, Bill Swartz, iichard Brummitt, Kermit Franks, cFaddin, and Marvin Tucker. Coa H. Vaughan shrewd student of the me of tennis, deserves a good har t' credit for the success of the Viking netmen this year. The duty of coaching the W. H. S. golf team was taken up this year by Leo Folck after the absence of R. L. Heischman former coach. Records of the season reveal a fourth place in the Ark Valley for the Viking pill chasers and second in a trianglar meet at El Dorado. Members of the Winfield golf team are: Eddie Duprez, Jesse King, Jr. Forbes, Tom Backus, J.J.Banks. V

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Page 14 IKI THLE IC ..... Fourth in the State Starting with no veterans and rising to fourth place in the state was the accomplishment of this year's Viking basketball squad. To the excellent coaching of Ollie Thomas goes a large measure of credit for the accomplish- ments of the Viking cage team. The initial game of the season for the Vikings was played against Chanute, the 1934-35 state champions. The Vi- king team, inexperienced in first team competition, was defeated in this game by an 18-20 score. The Vikings continu- ed through the season, hoping to clash with the Chanute team in the state tournament. Their ambitions were real- ized when they met the Comets in the quarter-finals of the tournament and played superb ball to wreck Chanute's hopes of retaining the state champion- ship title. Winfieldlwas defeated in the semi- finals by Newton, the new state champ- ions, by a 26-36 score. In the third place play-off Wyandotte of Kansas City conquered Coach Thomas' lads who were playing their third game in 23 hours. Two members from the Viking team were included on the state honor roll, judged on their performance in the state tournament. Orville Morrell, guard, and Marvin Tucker, forward, were the Winfield players to receive this honor. In Ark Valley competition the Vik- ings chalked up nine wins against five losses to finish third behind Ark City and Newton respectively. Newton and Wichita North each de- feated Winfield twice in league competition, and Ark City administered one defeat. Victories were registered over Wichita East, Hutchinson, Well- ington, El Dorado and Ark City. The Vikings climaxed a five game winning streak in the early part of the season with a brilliantly played game in the home kennel of the Ark City Bulldogs. In this game, which the Vikings won 35-28, Gardner Chase and Cecil Porter played thier final game for the Winfield team,being eliminated from further competition because of the eight semester rule. Lose to Newton and North With his squad weakened by the absence of Chase and Porter, Coach Thomas invaded Newton with the Vik- ing quintet which was seeking its sixth consecutive victory, but it was all in vain as Newton downed the Winfield team 32-26. The Blue and White quintet encountered Wichita North the follow- ing night and suffered another setback, this time 29-22. This concluded the first round of play, and the Vikings started upon the second round journey by hitting the victory stride once more. Wellington, Hutch- inson, Wichita East, and El Dorado fell victims to a fighting Winfield crew before the Thomasmen engaged Ark City. This time it was the Bulldogs doing the biting, and Coach Thomas' lads received a 42-31 shellacking. New- ton again bowled over the Blue and White shirted team. Then the Vikings invaded Wichita North for the final league game which proved to be the most thrilling, heart-breaking encoun- ter of the season for Winfield. -This contest was lost to the Redskins by the one point margin. Win Non-League Games Against non-league competitors the Vikings also attained a large degree of success, losing two and winning five. Victories were registered over Chanute, Argentine of Kansas City, Cathedral of Wichita twice, and Caldwell. Wyan- dotte and Chanute were the only non- league quintets to defeat the Winfield team. ln the regional tournament held at Southwestern college, the Vikings were runner-ups, being defeated by Ark City in the finals. They were invited to the state tourney, however, on their previous record. The members of the first team were: Orville Morrell, Paul Reynolds, Marvin Tucker, Claude Spoon, Jack Hart, Carl Drennan, John Maurer, Gardner Chase, Cecil Porter, Howard Porter, and Wal- ter Sharp. The record of the Winfield reserves can not be compared with the undefeat- ed record of last year's second string, but they did come through with several excellent victories. The second team members were: Warren Hartley, James Gilbert, Teddy Jones, Carl Priest, Le Roy Judson, Clark Compton, James Story, Eddie Duprez, James Roach, Charles Benson, and Olin Tucker. Jack Hart and Claude Spoon were e- lected co-captains of the 1936-37 Viking basketeers. It would be difficult to over-estimate the part played by Coach Ollie Thomas in the success of this year's basketball team. For years the tuba player has been kidded about being wrapped up in his work. Thomas is no tuba player, but no one has ever thrown himself in- to his work with more intelligent en- thusiasm than does this genial Winfield high coach. Second at Eureka . . .ya--'H-1 After an unsuccessful season of eight losses and no wins, the junior high bas- ketball team entered the state tourna- ment at Eureka, eventually copping second place in the tourney. In the first round Coach Ralph Titus' Vikings played Newton, who had pre- viously defeated them twice. After a thrilling battle, the juniors won 16-14. In the semi-finals Eureka was destin- ed toa 13-14 defeat by the fighting Vikings. The final game saw the Ark City Pups defeat the juniors for the state championship. The junior high basketball team was formerly composed entirely of freshmeng but this year, for the first time, the team was composed of seventh and eighth graders as well. The junior boys lost many games by only one or two points during the regu- lar season and, until the tourney,seemed the championship hard luck crew of the state. Members of the junior high squad are as follows: Lawrence Klein, Will- iam Sanders, Joyce Sooter, Augustus Douthitt, Bill Brant, Gerald Tucker,

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Page 16 ONTINUING the tradition set down by past W. H. S. orators, Francis Somers reasoned and talked his way to first place in the Ark Valley oratory contest with his oration, Men or Lawsfl The departmenthas a remarkable record in oratory. In 1933, first place was awarded to Winfield in the Ark Valley contest: a tie for first in 19343 a third was awarded to Win- field in 1935, and now in 1936 another first has been brought back to Winfield. Francis Somers and Gale Shields, who placed second in the intra-school contest, represented the school at the South- western forensc contest. The question for high school debate this year was, Resolved: That the sever- al states should enact legislation provid- ing complete medical care to all citizens at public expense. The question was one in which considerable interest was shown from both the state and local medical profession. The debate teams, under the direction of Mr. Blake Coch- - ran, head of the W. H. S. forensic de- partment, were comprised as follows: Jack Gereke and Kermit Franks, Ed- ward McComas and Betty Dulaney, Zoe Sturm and Leah Highfill. During the year, the debate teams were able to participate in discussions with students throughout Oklahoma and Kansas. This was made possible by a varied schedule of tournaments. The debate season opened with the South- Forensic Department Maintains its Enviable Record in Valley Oratory as Somers Cops First western practice tournament on Janu- ary 10 and 11. The Winfield teams won seven o.1tof12 debates. In the Emporia tournament, which was the second for Winfield, two of the three Winfield teams successfully passed the prelimi- nary roulids in which 100 teams entered. At the Tonkawa tournament, the Win- field team tied for second, having com- peted against many of the best teams of Oklahoma and Kansas. The Winfield debaters placed fourthin the Ark Valley contest held in Wichita, February 6 and 7. Climaxing the se ries of debate tournaments, the W. H. S. debaters participated in the Kansas State Debate League contest held at Southwestern. Participation was large in the ex- temporaneous field in Winfield high school this year. In the intra-school ex- temporaneous contest, Francis Somers was firstg Edward McComas, second: and Mary Caroline Gardner, third. Mr. Somers forfeited his right to represent the school in the Ark Valley contest held in Newton. At this contest, Ed- ward lVlcC'omas and Mary Caroline Gardner placed fourth with Muni- tions as the subject. In an earlier contest held by Southwestern College, Bill Murray and Norman Clabaugh re- presented the school in boys' extern- poraneous speaking. Zoe Sturm and Mary Caroline Gardner won second and third respectively in girls' extempor- aneous speaking. 'lhe subject in this contest was High School Life and Activities. In the annual intra- school reading contest, Theresa Watson took the sweepstakes with two firsts and a sec- ond. In the dramatic readings, Watson was firstg Zoe Sturm, secondg and Frances Robinson, third. Zoe Sturm w in the h immrous reading contest,with Theresa Watson second, and Nancy Kesler third. From the large group of students who entered the interpretative reading contest, Theresa Watson placed firstg Ruth Oncley, secondg and Zoe Sturm, third. At the Southwestern con- test, Theresa Watson won first in dra- matic reading and second in humorous reading. Zoe Sturm placed first in hum- orous reading. In the Ark Valley con- test at Wellington, Theresa Watson won second in dramatic reading wiih ber interpretation of Dear Brutusf, With the organization this year of a class in public speaking forjunior high students, the basisis being laid for even greater future forensic accomplishment under the intelligent direction of Blake Cochran. From The Platform ......