Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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Grade School F acultv f' A . -Q : :l' ' 'Q C 'N l xp ' ' 5 f 'TQ Q . , EL. 5-. B DEAN JOHNSON CLARA SOUDLRS OLIVE EDIE GLADYS RUTSCHMAN Th1s 1S Dean Johnson's second year at Gem as the seventh and eighth grade teacher and grade coach He 1S a graduate of the Rexford High School and has taken h1s college work at Kansas Wesleyan College 1n Sal1na Mrs Clara Souders,the f1fth and slxth grade teacher 1S also complet1ng her second year at Gem She 1S or1g1nally from Selden and has taken her college work at Fort Hays Kansas State College Mrs Ol1ve Edle 1S a graduate of the Mankato High School and has had college work at Kansas State College, Fort Hays Kansas State College, and Kansas Un1vers1ty Th1s is her fourth year as our th1rd and fourth grade teacher, lt 1S also her second round of teaching at Gem Mrs Rutschman 15 a graduate of the Newton High School She has had college work at Bethel College and Fort Hays Kansas State College and has had prevlous teaching exper1ence 1D Harvey county Custodum and Cooks 7 ' A 1. 'F' 4' ITN. JOHN BOND uns DAVIS Nas BOND Credit for the excellent malntenance of our school build1ng and grounds 1S Justly deserved by Mr John Bond, now complet1ng h1S 20th year as our CUStOd1aD For the fourth year Mrs Bond and Mrs Davis are our lunchroom supervlsors They are appreciated by everyone for the hot, nutr1t1onal lunches wh1ch are promptly and pleasantly served every H003 5 8 ' f X A f 2 1 . x ' H ,I r 1 s s 7 Sv' ' .'1i'J- L ' i ,' lvlfvi 1 V' ..

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High School Faculty MARION E. RUTSCHKAN ROBERT E. BEERY CALVIN CRAWFORD DELLA CRAWFORD This is larion E Rutschman's first year at Gem He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Arts at Fort Hays Kansas State College in 1946 H also has had college work at the University of Colorado at Boulder and plans to attend the College of Education at Greeley this summer Before coming here he had previously taught two years at Ransome, Kansas It has been for the better ment of the school to have him as our principal this year he also teaches Hath lechanical Drawing, and General Science Robert E Beery is now completing his second year as teacher in our high school He hails from the neighboring town of Selden and received his A B from Fort Hays Kansas State College Previously he had taught at Alexander, Almena, Ness City, and Selden As both boys' and girls' coach and teacher of English and Physiology he is well liked by many students The Gem High School was also very fortunate to secure lr and Hrs Crawford this year Calvin Crawford received his A B from Bethany College in 1949 H is our Social Science and Commerce teacher Della Crawford received her Bachelor of Music degree from Bethany college in 1948 Before coming here she taught one year in Galva, Kansas She teaches mus in both the grade and the high school and this year she organized a beginners' band which was very well received School Board Ziegelmeier, Treasurer, and Ray Flanagin, Clerk, as members of our school board have always worked with the good of the school foremost in their minds The time and ef fort they give our school is vastly apprec lated Bus drivers for the school year of '49 50 were Ralph Barnett who had the north route aw Irvin Bradshaw who drove the south route N N . . . e : 1 , ' s . . . . . . e . I . ic wish, 4- ffls lr. J. R. Lanning, Director, C. Ernest 4 2

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Hzgh School Classes 3 Mechan1cal Drawlng Tvp1ng I Engllsh The f1rSt semester of Engllsh 1 ll, and 111 classes were spent w1th grammar Asslgnments 1n Engllsh and Amerlcan llterature were glven durlng the second semester Part1c1pat1on 1D the Teen Age Book Club and Student Mathematlcs The Freshman Algebra class delved 1Ut0 the unknown and have found that algebra has many practical appllcatlons 1n everyday llfe The Sophomores have learned to thlnk clearer 1n Geometry as well as provlng many theorems, postulates, proposltlons and corollar1es Commerce The bookkeeplng class d1d practlcal work by means of a bookkeeplng practice set, 1D whlch each student acted as bookkeeper for a bus1ness Typ1ng 1 learned the keyboard and then worked for the lmprovement of typlng power Typlng ll worked on Off1Ce typlng problems such as letter wrlting and 1HVO1CeS They also pub11shed the school paper and worked on varlous projects for the school and churches Soc1a1 SC19nCe The meanlng of c1t1zensh1p and how lt applles today was the basls of-the C1t1zensh1p class Dur1ng the second semester th1S class took up the study of Vocat1ons Constltutlon class was a detalled study of our government and Const1tut1on, durlng the second semester th1s class studled Ec onomlcs, the bus1ness of maklng a l1v1ng Mechanlcal Drawing The four boys and four g1r1s 1n th1s class drew and 1nked many-plates of draftlng problems Wlth thelr speclal equlpment They were very enthus1ast1c over thelr work SCIGDCB The Freshmen and Sophomores 1D General Sc1ence learned the answers to many'Wwhy?' and how? qU6St1ODS 1n the f1eld of sclence The Jun1ors and Sen1ors 1n Phys1ology learned that the human be1ng IS a very complex iand often strange! creature It should be m6Dt10H9d here that every other year such courses as Amerlcan History and B1o1ogy are taught Mechan1ca1 draw1ng was f1FSt lntroduced th1s year Mr Rutschman has announced that Woodworkmng w1ll be taught next year In the future he hopes to lntroduce such classes as Engllsh IV QJOUPDHIISMD and Home Econom1cs 6 . W B w x 1 x x x . xi 1 , - S 11: 1' iff ',f - ' 5 4 V I . V . , s I rl 1 H s,A I ap, ' , l-. raw' VI 9 . F 1 Z ' , Qw . - . . , Book Gild provided many interesting books for student reading. ---F- - --- T . . . . ' vv ' ' ' ' ll - v u u ' ' ' ' '