The Orange and Black of the SENIOR CLASS 1927 BELOIT HIGH SCHOOL Beloit, Kansas THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1927 DEDICATES THE ORANGE AND BLACK TO DR. E. D. BREWER, WHO FOR THE PAST TWENTY-NINE YEARS HAS BEEN THE EFFICIENT PRESIDENT OF THE BELOIT BOARD OF EDUCATION AND WHO HAS BEEN OUR TRUE AND EVER WILLING FRIEND AND HELPER IN ALL OUR ACTIVITIES. TO HIM WE TAKE THE PRIVILEGE OF DEDICATING THIS BOOK. Order of Books ADMINISTRATION SENIORS ATHLETICS ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVITIES (picture) BELOIT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING (picture with caption of all of all the people listed below) The year Book Staff Editor-in-chief…………………..Bernese Smith Business Manager……….…………James Dean Activities Editor………………….Rex Troutman Literary Editor…………………..Maxine Shaffer Art Editor……………………….Clifford Scholten Snap Shot Editor…………………….Ronald Fleck Calendar…………………..……..Kathryn Boddye Assistants: Paul Johnson, Neita Henderson, Esther Park, Kenneth Wehl, Kenneth Creitz, Dorothy Butler, Agnes Spatz, Leo Gaston, Edwin Shurtz, Wilmer Colby, Telva Gholson. Staff Sponsors: Miss Alice Jacobs, Miss Margaret Drake ADMINISTRATION The School Board (picture above each of the names) DR. F. B. KINCAID MR. R. J. FITTELL MR. F. L. HILL DR. C. J. SPAIN MR. GEO. BARDRICK MR. R. L. HAMILTON MR. C. O. SMITH Superintendent MR. WILLIAM ENGLUND Principal FENTON E. McALLISTER, A. B. ALICE JACOBS, A. B. Southwestern College Sterling College Wisconsin Coaching School University of Chicago Physical Education English We notice Mac has a "Grandma" too! "That just makes me sick!" VIOLA LUNDSTROM, B. S. MARIE SMITH, A. B. Bethany College, Lindsborg Park College Science and Latin Mathematics------Spanish Innocence is bliss! Our "interpretive dancer". MARIAM L. DEXTER, B. S. MARTHA HEIMAN K. S. A. C. Normal Art Certificate English------Journalism St. Mary of the Woods Laughter is her middle name. Bethany College, Lindsborg Normal Training Art She is just as nice as she looks. WINIFRED OBER, A. B. JEANETTE PEERY, A. B. Park College Park College University of Chicago English Study Hall and Library French "Take your seats, please!" Our "dear" teacher MARGARET GIFFORD, A. B. KENNETH HINKHOUSE, B. S. University of Kansas K. S. T. C. at Hays Home Economics Hays Coaching School We wonder what her name is! Manual Training DAISY MATNEY BERTHA GISH, B. M. Life Certificate and Special in Commerce Washburn From K. S. T. C. at Emporia Typewriting Music Blushing may be beautiful but most in- "Oh! Do you think so?" Convenient at times. BERTHA E. TINDAL, B. of A. MARIE BROWN, A. B. Bethany College, Lindsborg University of Kansas Gregg School, Chicago Mathematics R. S. T. C. at Emporia She needs a memory book" Commerce What part of the anatomy are oars?" MARGARET DRAKE, A. B. JOHN S. MORRELL, B. S. University of Kansas University of Missouri History Vocational Agriculture "Are you chewing gum?" "I'll be hornswoggled." FERMON SEWELL, A. B. JESSIE HAROLD. B. S. Missouri Wesleyan College K. S. T. C. at Emporia Science Normal Training "Press 'em sorely, gang!" "I was simply spellbound!" MARY CHITTENDEN, B. S. GEORGIA ROWE K. S. T. C. at Hays Clerk of the Board Physical Education "English in nationality only. The Student Council (picture) Louise Lins, Roland Anderson, Beulah Wills, Ernest Deschner Leo Gaston, Wilmer Colby, Louise Cooke, Mr. Englund, Nelda Troutman, Tommy Smyth, Charlotte Bartleson, Edwin Shurtz, Miss Jacobs, Kenneth Wehl, Miss Brown, Ronald Fleck The officers were: Kenneth Wehl, president; Ronald Fleck, vice-president; Beulah Wills, secretary; Charlotte Bartleson, treasure. SENIORS Class Officers James Dean……………………………..President Bertha Heiman………………….…Vice President Maxine Shaffer……………….…………Secretary Rex Troutman…………………..…….…Treasurer Beulah Wills and Ronald Fleck…..Student Council BUTLER EMMA ARMOUR DOROTHY STUART NELDA AULDRIDGE ROY CAMERON ISABEL BARKER LAWRENCE CARLTON KATHRYN BODDYE DOROTHY MARIE CHILDERS FRANCES O. BROADBENT ELIZABETH B. CHILDERS NINA BROADBENT VENDA BERNICE CLARK WILMER W. COLBY KENNETH CREITZ LOUISE COOKE RALSTON W. CULP CLIFFORD CRAWFORD JAMES H. DEAN VERA CREITZ VERNON L. DOUGLAS C. FRANK CREITZ MELVIN C. FILE ELLIS CREITZ CLIFFORD FLECK RONALD W. FLECK BERTHA MARIE HEIMAN DUANE A. FREEMAN NEITA VIOLA HENDERSON ROBERT FULTON MILDRED HEWITT LEO G. GASTON PAUL E. JOHNSON TELVA GHOLSON LOUISE JONES LAWRENCE GILBERT RUTH JORDAN GEORGE EDWIN JORDAN JOHN McMANN DALE KERR HARRY F. MEAD GLADYS LATHEM MILDRED MEARS LOUISE LYSTER JOE MORRIS MARIE MAGERS MYRLE NOAH ORPHA McDANIELS ESTHER PARK FORREST QUINN BERNESE L. SMITH MILTON QUINN AGNES MARIE SPATZ ROLLO ROQUET DUANE K. STEWART CLIFFORD H. SCHOLTEN DUANE STILLEY MAXINE SHAFFER LUCILE THURSTON EDWIN W. SHURTZ ARTHUR R. TICE MARY TILTON KENNETH WEHL WALLACE TREASTER ALTA WEIDENHAFT REX H. TROUTMAN BEULAH WILLS HARMON I. TWADDELL NEVA MARIE WRAY ETHEL VAN AMBURG MILDRED M. YEAGER MARIE VAN GILDER CECIL R. YOUNG BHS SPORTS FOOTBALL IKE CAUGHEY CHAS. BROOKS EDWIN SHURTZ Center Right Half Captain QB LEE GOTSCHALL WM. FINNEY WAYNE BUNCH Fullback Left End Right Tackle EVERETT BROWN McALLISTER KENNETH WEHL Left Tackle Coach Right Guard GLEN PAGETT ORVILL GASKILL ROBERT STEWART Left Half Sub Guard Left Guard WILMER COLBY DARWIN KISSINGER KENNETH CREITZ Right Guard Sub Center Sub End MILTON QUINN LESTER BRINEY TOMMY SMYTH Sub Half Sub Half Sub End Football-1927 A poor start makes a good ending. Such was the case of Beloit's Football Season. The games with Jewell City and Delphos were indeed disappointing >From the standpoint of scores but the new and green team showed marked improvement after each game. Not until the Osborne game did the boys find themselves and we won 24-0. The next week we met the strong Glen Elder team, undefeated for two years. It was a hard fought game. The Glen Elder boys showed wonderful team play. Beloit deserved to win, with more yardage and a tighter defense. Charles Brooks broke into the limelight with a 50 yard run through a broken field for a touchdown. Shurtz kicked a drop kick for a mere 45 yards to beat them 10-0. Then came another ***** We journeyed down to Minneapolis and found that our trick plays proved to be the best play they had and Minneapolis won. The bitterest of all---was to lose to our old rival, Concordia. With Shurtz and Gotschall both on the hospital list and facing the best team Concordia ever had, things looked very dark. But even with these odds against them Beloit displayed a fighting spirit that will "Never say die." With a few minutes to play and Beloit leading 7-6, Concordia completed a pass to win 12-7. We defeated Belleville 30-0 in a game that was more one-sided than the score indicates. Beloit gaining 325 yards to their 90 yards. The tie game with Smith Center was indeed one of the outstanding features of the season. Smith Center, considered to be one of the best teams we met, was expected to beat us 30 points, but with our defense at its best, Smith Center failed to score. Smith Center was saved from defeat in the second half when the referee recalled a pass that had gone for a touchdown because some of the crowd had pushed out on the field. Lincoln was next. They had a big team with a good full back. In the second half they couldn't stand the "gaff" any longer and Beloit smashed over a touchdown. In this game Colby completed six consecutive passes. On Thanksgiving Day Clay Center beat us 9-0. With their team averaging 176 they could not push over a touchdown, so had to resort to place kicking and they kicked three goals for nine points. Most of them were Sophomores and Juniors and of the seventeen men who earned their letters ten will be back, so the prospects of a winning team next year are three times greater than this years. Shurtz, captain and quarter, bore the brunt of the offense. He is a half back but of necessity shifted to quarter. With the exception of Colby and Shurtz the entire team will be back. Varsity Basketball Schedule Beloit 19…………..Concordia 22 Beloit 22…………..Asherville 16 Beloit 31………….Asherville 16 Beloit 18…………..Concordia 28 Beloit 16………….…Alumni 10 Beloit 10……………..Lincoln 9 Beloit 27………………Jewell 39 Beloit 17……………….Jewell 30 Beloit 19……………..Lincoln 13 Beloit 25……………Belleville 12 Beloit 20………..Minneapolis 11 Beloit 18…………...Concordia 24 Total Beloit 242 Opponents 230 Lettermen Ralston Culp Lee Gotschall Edwin Shurtz Forward Capt. Guard Guard Kenneth Wehl Wilmer Colby Kenneth Creitz Guard Forward Center The entire team was: Arthur Tice, Edwin Shurtz, Lee Gotschall, Kenneth Wehl, Ralston Culp, Wilmer Colby, Kenneth Creitz, Everett Brown, Glen Pagett, Herbert Knox, Willis Lobdell, Harold Conley, Stewart Barker, Lyle Briney, Ralph Kern, Bill Owens, Rex Pagett. Efficiency Meet For the first time Beloit High School was represented at the Physical Efficiency meet at the Kansas State Teachers College at Hays, March 26, 1927. Competing with sixteen other teams placed 5th, which was an excellent showing at the first attempt. The purpose of the Efficiency Meet is to encourage the promotion of healthful and recreational physical exercise among all high school girls. This meet was arranged last year to take the place of a girls' basket ball tournament which has formerly been held at Hays every year. Miss Mary Chittenden, physical instructor in B. H. S., directed the team of six girls in preparation for the meet and much credit is due her. The team was Wanda Lee Stack, Margaret Morris, Kathryn Stewart, Margaret Wilson, Alma Gotschall and Helen Louise Smith. The events in which the girls took part were spirometer test, basket ball race, stunts, folk dances and co-ordination tests. It is hoped that B. H. S. can continue to be represented in all the future meets of this kind. Track Because the year book goes to press before any of the inter-scholastic track meets, we have only the results of the class track meet on which to base our predictions of a successful track season. The class track meet was held April 6 and was won by the Seniors. The Juniors, Freshmen and Swophomores ranked second, third and fourth respectively. Lyle Briney, a Junior, Scoring 19 points, was high point man. The prospects for a successful season are unusually good. Brooks and Briney are working good. Briney's running broad jump of 20 feet 4 inches in the class track meet shows that he will be hard to beat in that event. Creitz, captain, is showing up well in both the half-mile and mile, while Colby in the high jump, 100 and 220 yard dashes is displaying much ability. The point winners in the hurdles, discus and shot-put are Ellis Creitz and Kenneth Wehl. Two Freshmen, Conley and G. Pagett, show much promise. Conley took first place in the 50 and 100 yard dash, while Pagett took first in the pole vault. These two men will develop into track men of great ability. The track meets attended are: Alton---April 15 Concordia---April 22 Lincoln---April 29 Great Bend Relays State Track meet at Emporia ORGANIZATIONS Hi-Y Since the organization of Hi-Y in B. H. S. the influence set forth by its high standards has been felt more each year by the student body. The club sponsors a variety of programs and activities, such as talks by business men, special programs of music and readings; exhibitions by gym classes in stunts, boxing, wrestling matches and mat work. The club sent five delegates to the State Hi-Y Convention at Manhattan. The delegates were Billy Springer, Ellis Creitz, Robert Fulton, Lawrence Carlton and Kenneth Creitz. \the following boys attended the Round-up at Downs: Edwin Shurtz, Billy Springer and Clinton Rector. At this meeting B. B. Edworthy, State Hi-Y secretary, was chairman. There were sixty-five members of Hi-Y this year, which showed that much interest was taken by the boys. The officers for this year were: President………………..Kenneth Creitz Vice-president…………..Wallace McKinnie Secretary………………..Billy Springer Treasurer………………..Edwin Shurtz Girls' Reserve Louise Cooke, Margaret Morris, Neita Henderson Charlotte Bartleson, Marie Smith, Maxine Shaffer, Bernese Smith, Emma Jeanne Cole, Lila McGaughey, Mary Kreamer, Winifred Ober, Dorothy Butler, Venda Clark ((((( Larry W. Bunch ~ ~ 404 San Mateo St. ( @ @ ) Avenal, CA 93204 G ~~~ ((( "If you have the law on your side, argue the law; If you have the facts on your side, argue the facts; If you have neither, pound the table and argue conspiracy."