book of records - Kansas State University

There was hardly a school activity going on that didn=t include some R. T. C. members. A complete list of all
the activities of all the members would take up more space than it is justifiable to use here. One or two leading men of
each must, however, be mentioned. Roy Gwin >14 received Senior Honors, debated, participated in oratorical and
literary contests, and was on the football squad. C. S. Goldsmith >14 was a member of the Dairy Judging team. Walter
Ott >16 won the Intersociety Oratorical contest and was class president. Earl Ramsey and Frank Reynolds both made the
All Missouri Valley Basketball team. H. H. Frizzell >16 was one of the best track men ever produced by the Missouri
Valley. As a high hurdler and high jumper, he was par excellence during this period. His record in the high jump was 6
feet 1 : inches. He was captain of the track team, president of the athletic fraternity and very active in class affairs. John
S. Wood >16 received Senior Honors, was elected to various honorary societies, was a member of the Stock Judging
team, was active in class affairs and managed the first Agricultural Fair.
The following members were Presidents and Secretary-Treasurers of R. T. C.:
1914-15: President Walter J. Ott
Secretary-Treasurer Paul B. Gwin
1915-16: President H. H. Frizzell
Secretary-Treasurer Paul B. Gwin
1916-17: Presidents Ira G. Freeman and Gabe A. Sellers
Secretary-Treasurer Dee D. Bird
The ideals of R. T. C. are set forth by Thomas G. Spring and H. H. Frizzell:
AThe early ideals of the organization were scholarship, clean
living and brotherhood. Our aims were congenial fellowship,
to be able to fit in well, good students and engaged in some
class activities. Grades were rather in demand and a fellow
that did not pull them was in disfavor and knew it, too. We
had representatives in the honorary fraternities and were
proud of our scholarship. These requirements were
impressed on the selections made for the club in the spring of
1916 and were inculcated in the ritual of Alpha Theta Chi.@
The first rushing team ever put out by R. T. C. was organized in the spring of 1915 for the purpose of rushing H.
H. Frizzell and John S. Wood. The team was composed of Arthur Seeber, Clarence Seeber, Paul Gwin, Walter Ott,
Ralph Ramsey, Ralph O=Neil and Earl Ramsey. They called up Wood and Frizzell and made an appointment with them
for a certain Sunday afternoon. After they arrived on the scene, they suggested a stroll to see the college livestock, then a
common Sunday afternoon pastime. After the livestock had all been looked at, the proposition of becoming members of
R. T. C. was put up to Wood and Frizzell, who accepted the invitation.
The house occupied by the R. T. C. during the year 1916-17 is located at 1408 Laramie Street. This house was
new at the time, having been rented by R. T. C. during the spring of 1916 before the sod for it was broken. The House
Mother for this year was Mrs. A. A. Lair.