Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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Slligllll songs of cheer and comfort Songs that ll1'll8 our hearts gro v lughte As we dld our best to sung them Let us not forget Nllss Bastln She the best of all the teachers, She the greatest of all leaders For the children whom she teaches 0 we ll ne er forget those morning-l On the first glad day of eaeh week when these teachers stood before us As we gathered In the school room ln the upstairs nf the hulldlng How they taught us ways of llvlng I ur sue present and the future, lur the long loo- eu l n nere alter, -:any tunes nn tears we sat th re, As we nllougllt ot what lllej told Us lhuught ol now our llves euulel better liotn ourselves and our eompanuon- lf we would just live them rlghtly Next ln llne comes our muse lllled wlth shells and roeksal he-5 Insects, butterflies and shark Moss, and pheasant feathers pre braw flsh, leaves, and m1ny mofe th.n,gs Uh we love our young museum, As we all have helped to make I Hrlnglng In whate er we slngl 4 From our relics that we favored Then there s basket pall the good :mme Ihat we played so ott last autumn Glass Wlth youthful sigh we are partlng Our sehool work for thus year ns dune l IS hard to ke p tears from startlng As We say fnrewell to eaeh one we hate to thunk ol the endmg And love each greeting mght and morn We re certain of some fun pending ln the harvest of Wheat and corn 'AIS the coward who stops If misfortune T I5 thc knave who changes eaeu day T IS the fool who wms half the battle Then throws all his ehanees away l'he battle us not ln the wlnmng Whllc others stuck fast ln the mare l IS duty performed without shrnnlung That makes a man worthy his hlrc There lSlllllell'1 llfe hut labor And tomorrow may proye hut a dream success with wisdom s saber ls not the soft Job that lt seems Played so oft to wln a victory Over more experienced players We dld try but lo' we won not Many other games we ve practleed, With ourtea hero as our leaders 0 we ll no er forget the dust storms That came In at the windows Fllllng up our throat and nostrlls No that we could hardly study Very dark lt grew at one time bo we could not see eaeh other blttlng right before our faces Windows, only could we see then. Just a streak of llght they looked like But we spent the time Ill slnglng, blnglng songs of joy and comfort, full we all could onee m.ur ltudy tudy on our favored less., ls Led Now, dear frlends, we eYe work-,u and stud btudled hard to pass from our grade Where we ve lingered for a period, Ol a three month and a halt year We cannot hegln to tell you, l'ow we haye en1oyeJ lhls s hool year, How we played rleh jokes on eaeh one Jokes that made us roar wuth laughter But we now wlll elose thus story bo that y yu ure not to read And to s hoolmate lrlends and teacher We all bud a last tlood liye word iBnem Vynth kmJ words and helping hands You ye l ept us alla golng ind now our foot prints nn the sands Our em nestness wall lt showmg Only a few more years at the best VM: wnll lost our youthful beauty And then we ll fund we ye gunned sueeess lf we haye done our duty Oh stupnd ugh grade do you sappo e That we wlll let you pass us I hough you may use our east ofl hooks You ll never neyer oetela s us And then the youthlel classes here, Wnth lard work but pleasant play, Has et n e and gone and we are here To yoln yo.: nn this class day With farther vym k and school lnslght And nmny lessons stlll untaught No sehool wxll better stand hy nghl Ihan the school right here tonight Phnllprena l'elnsel el - , .,' . ' ' 1 A e . . A , ,Q . . t ' l V V .. . . . . , , . ., Av , , . 'I ,, ' v ' - , . A c -. . W . V . ., . . l , 'V A . - ' . U A , . . . N, '. , v, I . . l . . v. 5 D K . . . - . .', . . , 5 .V . . . , . . , .E .. W . nt. ' . '.: s, ' -. I , ' , s4 ' , - , . . ' soy- Ploll. O V , , ' . A. , .I ' ' I. ' '. K -' a ..,. l 1 . . - .- E . . ,. , V Q. V' 1 ' . ' , ..' ' ', .' , .-,.- - ' 3 'z '. .5 - . , ' . - , ,. J ., , U : 1- , - , , . . . .. . . . . - - ' . . , . ' -- - . ,.- . ,. . . - , , . V V- t 1 4 ' . , . . . , . .- , , - ,

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wlll yet swell the ehorus of union when again touched, as surely thev wlll be b the better angels of our nature At llettssburg has address was short but full of words that make one thrlll When he sat down there was no shoutnng no elappmg of hands all was stl He went home thmkmg that hls address had been a fallur, but tha next dav a wounded eonfederate soldler told hlm that he had reeened the most perfeet trlbute that anv man had ever reeuwed VN e as a natnon are gust begmlng to reeogmze w h'1t a qreat man Lmcoln was He was X5ltl10UtqllL5tl0l'lfl1L greatest man smu. the time of LIIYISI tlrant was Anlerleas gre1testgen4,r1l He e 1uIl h1 1 llc n1 1 lntte th1n any other man th nt we haw h'1d He d1d not eare how he brought tht war to a dose One time Ile S'llll, lee has 10 000 men I have ltl'l 'Nl I L1 1 1 t r1J of as many of h1s 111 11- I1 e 1 1 1f 1111 ,wh 1 1s w h 75 000 then I wlll get rld of thun We fmd that he W19 1 gentleman 0 se tm1 wh 1 he was1'1 1 amp o IL of hns offleers sand, I h'11e '1 storx to tell '1 ere are no l'1d1es present No sand Ilrant Bst th re 'lre gentlem 11 prest nt lhe n1an we 1ll hugh 'lt espeuwllv the Re ublle 1 IS has fill xfte the presidents Ch3Il'fl1l't.LlIlI'l0S, but he dljn t ru1 fast e 1ouv'1 Ho 1 xe 1, will 1etoexeuseI1lmo11te11ntofl1lssh1tleg 'I ln- r Ll t It 1 has gone to spmlung Hns P Ile of P 1 3 Y FL among the best pn ees of literature prmtul elastgwtt 11111 ll 1.1 t itll! 1 1 1 He IW not afraid to do 11 h1t he thu 1lxs IH rn ht l lS1.G0f gre'1t men 'III ro. 'lllld ns, VN e can n11lte our In es subll ne , Rnd depart11gle'11ebLhmd us Foot prints on th. sands of time Flovfl Lflssel 131 bpnupsns of 1115132 bshoul pear After three long months ol' restmg We the puplls of the dlstn t Started on our schoolward l0lll'l'lkj started for the dear old sehool house 0 how good the old bell sounded Lallm us to tasks and stndles Telling us that we must ever hver strive for noble pdrpose As we gathered tn the sdhoolroon1 0n that first September mornmg 'Mr Howard the professor Spoke to us somewhat In thus wise As he stood up noble looking Flcnng us with much emotnon Now dear pupils we have met here For a three- months nrd n halfgeur To prepare our elves for ll e Let us always be lol nd f ntl ful Let us alwavs do our duty Let each boy hz friend the other And e1cl1 'virl befriend 8l10Y'l Let us Jom our hearts In fr emlshap 90 tha thex wxll never s ver Sever from thus lnppy p ople lnstlng were his words tl1 xt morning As lu ,stood there looking nt us NN nth a lender look of mercy From hns eyes ol deep blue colo Tl1en 'Vlr lllott the grrmmxr ten I1 r Always led us ln our sn ugmg . V 1 4 1 w 1 r r. vw , v YY U - 1 1 - 1 's ' x-x' 'x 1 s- ' 1 V .,', , 5 . : x . K . . Q . V I . 1 D -A v4 Av r' 51 ' 1 ,As Av' fx 5 ' ' 'C I ' 11.1 11.. 'e . e' 1 r . ,' 1 '1 '1 . . 1 ' 1,'.' - L f , ' ., i 'tr gr: just ' 1 c .' e ' 1 1 '. e : he h 35,011 I ill :nc ,1 1 E 19 , . ..: 1 1 . .- . . H 4 ' 4 .' ' 1. 1 ,l . . ' .H vi' vvx ' 1 14 , J I , ls, 11. ' . 1 ' . 5 , 1 1 1: 1 , - k 5, , . ,Y , Y ha' ' 5 ' 1 . 1 1 : .' 1j 4. ' 2 ' ',lv1 11 KW :mtl '. ' 1 .: Je , fl 1l Th: ?flc:r1f. S 1 ll il 1 Th 1 . . 1 : Q ': R zc 1t. H:is th: mo. I :1'lIZ1i'l1l'l'l sc I 1 e '. ' ' . 'z 'S 'g . 'U '1- K s 4 nm ' ' I ' . '. 0 A 1 .1 ' x l A 4 - . 45 . h,' '. '...'1 fl t. , O , . 1 ' ' ': . 5 f X ' 1 . 5 1 :1' 1 : 1 L ' ' ' I 1 1 ' ' . . ' . f . ,, .er. ' . N , ' A : -4 ' s Q . . , . - 1 . g u x I ' X . , . h ri 1 ' ' ' , , . . -4 : . 1 . . '-,X I 'Ii 'I 'v

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