Sophomore Class (Class of 1927)
1924 - 1925 school year
The sophomore class in the 1924 - 1925 school year (Class of 1927) pictured with Professor J. W. Swaney
Front row: Edwin Shorey, Orie Watson, Cecil Bassett, John Boylan, Orpha Brian, Thelma Rippel, Thelma Church, Ralph Rich
Second row: Ruth Sawin, Margaret Scarth, Emma Church, Agnes Masterson, Ella Pittman, Ruth Means, Esther Grother, Verva Alley, Professor J. W. Swaney
Third row: Mack Wainscott, Elgar Church, Carl Schweitzer, Harold Lawless, Theodore Pitman, Deane Jones, Merle Mohr, Ralph Jones
Back of photo Mack listed as Ned but Ella Pittman’s diploma and the newspaper graduation list Mack. Ned T. Wainscott is Mack’s brother; Mack died in 1931 in California. Back of photo also has Theodore Pitman listed as Palmer and Deane Jones as Raymond.
Unknown donor donated the photo to the Derby Historical Museum (possibly Schweitzer family)
(Inv. 23-080096)
Derby High School Diploma for Ella Pittman
May 18, 1927
Diploma Certificate:
Derby High School
This Certifies That
Ella Pittman
has completed the Course of Study prescribed by the Board of Education for the High School Department and is therefore entitled to this
DIPLOMA
Given at Derby, Kansas, this eighteenth day of May, A. D., One thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
J. W. Swaney - Superintendent
Herman Garrett - Director (Board)
SImon Mohr - Clerk (Board)
J. J. Butterfield - Treasurer (Board)
Front of diploma:
Derby
HIGH SCHOOL
Ella Pittman
CLASS OF 1927
Inside front of diploma:
Class Motto
HONOR LIES AT LABOR'S GATE
Class Colors
CRIMSON AND GOLD
Class Flower
YELLOW TEA ROSE
Inside back of diploma:
Class Roll
Ruth Means
Ella Pittman
Margaret Scarth
Ruth Sawin
Verva Lucile Alley
Oprha Irene Brian
Thelma Leona Rippel
Kenneth G. Shutts
John J. Boylan
Orie F. Watson
Carl R. Schweitzer
Edwin T. Shorey
Ralph M. Jones
Cecil W. Bassett
Harold R. Lawless
Elgar L. Church
L. Mack Wainscott
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the diploma to the museum)
Inv. 23-050106
Ella Jane Pittman
Senior Picture
Class of 1927
Ella Pittman graduated from Derby High School in 1927.
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the photo to the museum)
Inv. 23-050105
Report Card for Ella Pittman
Senior Year
School Year 1926 - 1927
High School
Report to Parents
1926 - 1927
Ella Pittman
Senior Year
J. W. Swaney, Superintendent
Assistants
Leone Johnson
Grace Messmer
Susan Beitel
Subjects
English, Spanish, Physiology, Pyschology, Music (Girls Glee - One Half Credit), Civics
Signature of Parent or Guardian
F. M. Pittman
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the report card to the museum)
Inv. 23-050102
Report Card for Ella Pittman
Junior Year
School Year 1925 - 1926
High School
Report to Parents
1925 - 1926
Ella Pittman
Junior Year
J. W. Swaney, Superintendent
Madge Dixon Swaney, Principal
Assistants
Kittie May
Lottcheu Lipp
Subjects
English, Physics, Bookkeeping, Music, History, Constitution
Signature of Parent or Guardian
F. M. Pittman
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the report card to the museum)
Inv. 23-050101
Report Card for Ella Pittman
Sophomore Year
School Year 1924 - 1925
High School
Report to Parents
1924 - 1925
Ella Pittman
Sophomore Class Second Year
J. W. Swaney, Superintendent
Madge Dixon, Principal
Assistants
Lottcheu Lipp
Subjects
English, Geometry, Domestic Science, Music, Agriculture
Signature of Parent or Guardian
F. M. Pittman
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the report card to the museum)
Inv. 23-050100
Report Card for Ella Pittman
Freshman Year
School Year 1923 - 1924
May 23, 1924
Report to Parents
High School
Report of
Ella Pittman
Freshman Class First Year
J. W. Swaney, Superintendent
Principal (spot left blank)
Assistants
Madge Dixon
Alice F. Wellman
Kittie May
Subjects
English, El. Science, Algebra, Advanced Arith., Commercial Geog.
Signature of Parent or Guardian
F. M. Pittman
Peggy Sargeant Roseberry (donated the report card to the museum)
Inv. 23-050099
Junior-Senior Banquet
Derby High School
Apr. 9, 1946
Junior-Senior<br />BANQUET<br /><br />Derby High School<br /><br />April 9, 1946<br />Hotel Lassen<br />Colonial Room<br /><br /><br />Theme<br /><br />"South of The Border"<br /><br /><br />Faculty<br /><br />Mr. Tom Conrad, Superintendent<br /><br />Mrs. Roy Underwood, Senior Class Sponsor<br /><br />Mrs. Tom Conrad, Junior Class Sponsor<br /><br />Miss Ardeen Burkett, Sophomore Class Sponsor<br /><br />Mrs. Earl Schaefer, Freshman Class Sponsor<br /><br /><br /><br />Seniors<br /><br />Darrell Butterfield ................... President<br /><br />Kay Lamb ....................... Vice President<br /><br />Odas Austin .......................... Secretary<br /><br />Charles Kanaga ..................... Treasurer<br /><br />Russell Cadle Joan Means<br /><br />Virginia Ellis Maurine Mohr<br /><br />Zella Landon Betty Simonsen<br /><br />Delbert McKinney Margaret Wolke<br /><br /><br /><br />Juniors<br /><br />Evelyn Schwartz .................... President<br /><br />Eddie Knapp ................... Vice President<br /><br />Leslie Crabb .......................... Secretary<br /><br />Helen Nave ........................... Treasurer<br /><br />Nicholas Beaver Jack Edwards<br /><br />Norma Boyle Lois Means<br /><br />Esther Brace Luella Parrott<br /><br />Ted Braley, Jr. Loretta Sargeant<br /><br />Faye Brandon Leonard Sence<br /><br />Wilma Davis Charles Somers<br /><br />Grace Eakins David Short<br /><br /><br /><br />Lista (Menu)<br />(Spanish)<br /><br />Papaya<br /><br />Swiss Carne Papas Molidas<br /><br />Frescos elados Chicharos Ensalada<br /><br />Calientes y duros Panbasos<br /><br />Nieve y Pastel Cafe<br /><br />Nueses<br /><br /><br /><br />Menu<br /><br />Fruit Cocktail<br /><br />Swiss Steak Whipped Potatoes<br /><br />Fresh Frozen Peas Head Lettuce Salad<br /> thousand island dressing<br /><br />Hot and Hard Rolls<br /><br />Ice Cream Pie Coffee<br /><br />Nuts<br /><br /><br /><br />Program<br /><br />Master of Ceremonies ....... Senor Edwards<br /><br />Prayer ............................ Senor Yungmeyer<br /><br />Group of Spanish Songs<br /> led by Senor Weatherwax<br /> accompanied by Senorita Burkett<br /><br />Fiesta ............................ Senorita Schwartz<br /><br />Sieasta .......................... Senorita Lamb<br /><br /><br /><br />Program<br /><br />Estrallita ......................... Senorita Crabb<br /><br />Toast to the Seniors ......... Senor Conrad<br /><br />Carmela ......................... Senoritas Crabb and Means<br /> Senors Braley and Somers<br /><br />Ferdinand the Bull ........... Senor Braley<br /><br />Speaker ........................ Senor Weatherwax<br /><br />South of the Border<br /><br />Adios Amigos<br /><br />(The Lassen Hotel is located in Wichita, KS at 155 N. Market St.)
Maurine Mohr Holt
Derby High School Diploma for Mary Audine Austin
May 21, 1937
Diploma Certificate: <br /><br />Derby High School<br /><br />This Is To Certify That<br /><br />Mary Audine Austin<br /><br />has completed the Course of Study prescribed by the Board of Education for the High School Department and is therefore entitled to this <br /><br />DIPLOMA<br /><br />Given at Derby, Kansas, this twenty-first day of May, A. D., One thousand nine hundred thirty-seven.<br /><br />E. G. Williams - President Board of Education<br />Albert Lauber - Secretary Board of Education <br />Marshall S. Hiskey - Superintendent of Schools <br />J. J. Butterfield - Board of Education Treasurer <br /><br />Class Motto<br />FINISHED YET BEGINNING <br /><br />Class Colors<br />PURPLE AND GOLD<br /><br />Class Flower<br />DAFFODIL <br /><br />Class Roll <br />
<p style="text-align:left;">Mary Audine Austin<br />Robert Merle Braddy<br />Esther E. Cain<br />Lorraine Darter<br />Joseph E. Dillon<br />Leo E. Engels<br />George Lee Freeman<br />Vada Maxine Godwin<br />Claude Elven Heflin<br />Zaida May Hopkins<br />Keith LeRoy Hundley<br />LaVerne Kanaga<br />Harold Miller<br />Edna M. Roets<br />Maxine Rosenstiel<br />William E. Shields<br />Modesta V. Sargeant<br />Maxine Jo Simonsen</p>
Austin Family
1933 Derby High School
Women's Basketball Team
The 1933 Derby High School Women's Basketball Team
Front row (left to right): Mary Trickey, Florence Hunter, Mary Anna Costin, Barbara Costin, and Eileen Nelson.
Back row (left to right): Isal Jane Sawin, Louise Bowman, Jessie Rich, Corrine Wineteer, and Gertie Little
Mary Trickey was a very good point guard and could make 49 out of 50 free throws.
Debbie Avenell