Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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JUN1oRs The junior Class of 1948 enrolled on September 1 wlth flve sad students M155 Thornburg was chosen for class sponsor The followmg offlcers were elected Clarence Havlce president Bob I-Iavlce vxce presldent Ilene Po land secretary treasurer The other class members are Kenneth Munkres and Wayne Laurltsen We are studying the subjects of Dlmerlcan Hxstory Eng hsh III Spanlsh I Amerlcan Government Typmg I and Chorus We also par tlcxpate ln the athletic f1eld Our money makmg schemes have been the selllng of Chrlstmas cards a turkey raffle and at basketball games the sellmg of candy bars coffee hot dogs and doughnuts Our total profits thls year are sufflclent to royally enter taln the Senlors at the junior Senlor banquet to be held thls sprlng Although the class s act1v1t1es have not been extenslve thls year we feel 1014115-19115191 SOPHOMORES Everyone was greatly surprlsed to see the sudden dlgmty acquired by the Sophomores as they returned to school on September 1 Thls year s Sopho mores were Shurl Decker Billy Hedgpeth Charles Hopson jerry Knudson Joyce Laurxtsen Beverley Mentllck Duane Saddler Estelle Treat and jean Woerpel The first week of school we chose Mr McArthur as our sponsor and elected jerry Knudson as presldent wxth Estelle Treat as secretary treasurer The thlrd week was enthuslastxcally spent lnltlatmg the Freshmen ,vho were all glrls thls year whlch made mltxatlon even more lnterestmg for the boys At the end of the week we treated the Freshmen and the rest of the high school to a party ln culmlnatlon of the week s act1v1t1es At the carn1val held on October 31 we presented the play Paul Splxts the Atom a one act play about a high school boy and the havoc he caused by his chermcal set Durmg mldfall we sold over S150 worth of rnagazmes whlch made us the wealthlest class ln hlgh school Bemg the largest class the Sophomores have contrlbuted much to athletxcs musxc, and other actxvxtles , . I . , . : . , . - . 5 - , Q o . . . . A , . , - l 1 a 1 ' 1 . ' 7 I I I . . Q - . I that we will be justly compensated in our coming Senior year. n I I . I I Y - Y . I I I ' 1 - - I 1 1 u . ll . I Il - ' I . 9 . . n

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FRESHMFN At the flrst of the school year four scared Freshmen glrls meekly took tl'e1r seats IH study hall Darlene Bond Carrol Burke l Vena Spencer and Peggy Lannlng were the twenty slwcth class of Freshmen for the Gem I-hgh School Durlnp Natlonal lducatlon Week we gave the play X rung xmerlca vvhlch was about a younu boy and hxs pal who were trled for stealmg chxckens We also had parts 1n the one act operetta Mounta1n Ixlelodles At Chrlst Cantata whxch we w1ll guve 1n lx4arch vnll be as creat a success as we feel our other actu 1t1es have bcen Uur class members have played regularly on the guls volleybill and basketb ll teams Along wlth all th1s actlvlty we have been hard at studying our algebra general sclence Cltlzenshlp and hngllsh l We have also erqoyed belng under Ixlrs Mc Xrthur s dlrectlon ln muslc and Ivlrs Treat and Ivlrs Baddler ln physlcal educatlon lX4rs IXlcArthur IS our sponsor thls year A . ' V - . , , -1. ' - , . . t . .. , . . .- 7 ' l f D ' ' Q Y K. V . -b .. , I . Q., . - mas, we four girls sang inthe high school chorus. We hope that the Easter 7 K v 5 D F . I V , ,Y 4 Y ' 5 z 'W a . ' , ,I . . k. A