Rocky Ford High School - Le Cantaloupe Yearbook (Rocky Ford, CO)

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l 1 The principal s Message V LElsuREf' One chapter heading from the book by Albert Edward Wiggam giving some of the marks of an educated man is entitled, He keeps busy at his highest natural level in order to be happy, useful, and good. The tragic situation in modern Ameri- can life is that too many individuals keep too busy at a level too high for them to be happy, useful, and good. Every individual would have more time :for leisure if he would make use of his Wasted minutes, it is to be regretted that people avoid anything which they suspect is culture , We have to build up slowly and gradually our appreciation for the finer things in life. This growth pulls us out of ourselves towards higher and higher levels. Its reward comes in the fact that we are always able to find something of interest in life, and protects us from that melancholy boredom which comes to the somewhat sophisticated youth who has only scratched the surface of things for the thrill and concedes that there is nothing left of interest. We grow through acquiring information: 'through learning to appreciate the beau- tiful in literature, music, and art, through play in which we relax and laughg through meditation on our experiences and their influence on ourselves, the future, and the universe. L. J. Botleman Page Sixteen

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The Superintendentls Message CARRY YOUR CGLGRS INSIDE Lorado Taft, America's great sculptor, craftsman and teacher of love for the beautiful was the recipient of the Annual .Award of the National association of School Supply Exhibitors at St. Louis in February, 1936. As he received it he remarked, The beauty of the colors in the world around us, is determined by the colors We carry inside of ourselves. Petty details of the wor1d's working so occupy us that We fail to look for the lovely or think beautiful 'thoughts or do some kindly deed. Too much time has been spent by Americans in the hard work-a-day matters and so We have failed in knowing how to use our leisure. We go places and do things never giving ourselves time to see the attractive scenes along our way. Early Americans were so interested in the beauty of holiness that they failed to see the holiness of beauty wlgjiiw aaaa r WW RR ll

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FACULTY L. J. BOTLEMAN Principal and Science-Iowa State College B. S., University of Colorado. M. S. My, but this chemistry laboratory is certainly in a mess! VELMA GIBSON Secretary--Bethany College, Kansas, A. A., Colorado State Teachers College, Denver University, School of Commerce. This job keeps me running from one job to another all day long! LETA CROWFOOT Homo Economics-Colorado State Agri- cultural College, B. S. 'Tm sorry, but I have an engagement already planned for tonight. OPAL SMITH English and Public Speaking-University of Colorado, A. BJ Columbia University, New York, M. A. She makes a practice of giving students English credits for really learning some- thing about English. ETHEL Z, HUTCHISON Mathematics-University of Iowa, o rado State Teachers College, Univ i f Denver, A. B. I Give her a problem, a c , a pile of scratch paper. K CLIFFORD BISHOP Junior High Music and English-Western State College, A. B. He likes to sing, and who doesn't like to hear him do it? RUTH R. LYTLE History and Dramatics-Denver Univer- sity, A. B., Purdue University, Indiana, Columbia University, New York, Univer- sity of California, Denver University, M. A. I feel like getting out and doing some- thing today, come on-. FLORENCE C. SHAW Social Science-Genesee State Normal School, New York, George Washington University, Washington, University of Colorado! University of California. A storeroom of useful and interesting experiences gathered during a long and useful lifetime. LOUISE TOMPSON Spanish and Latin-University of Colo- rado, A. B., National University of Mex? ico. No I don't think you can sing today, perhaps 'mas tarde'. , - ' xi RALPH REA Music-Eastman School of Music, B. M. His band, orchestra, and chorus make names for themselves wherever they per- form. DOROTI-IEA LANGER English and Mathematica-Denvei' Uni- versity, A, B., 'Colorado University, Uni- versity of Chicago, Renowned in Rocky Ford for her read- ings. RUTH ELLEN MORRISON English and Journalism--Colorado Univer- sity, A. B., New York University, M. S. in Retailing. v Arguing the journalism cla.ss out of putting in their scandal column. 'lm Nl e bl v Q t . 1 If l W 'M .WW MW It