Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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CONSTITUTION Constitution is the study of our Federal Government From the beginning it relates the changes which have taken place all through our history It enables us to have a bet ter understanding of how our government was organized and how it operates SOCIOLOGY Sociology was taught the second semester in place of constitution This course deals with the study of people ideas, and beliefs This should give us a better understand ing of people who act and think a little different from the way in which we do GENERAL SCIENCE As the name implies, general science is an introductory course into the other fields of science It deals with some of the physical and chemical properties of material things of the earth, climatic conditions in the weather, biology, and other sciences CHEMISTRY Chemistry is the study of the ninety six known elements found on or near the earth All other materials which are found hereon earth are either mixtures or compounds of these ninety six elements Our high standard of living would be impossible without the knowledge of knowing how to use these elements in the production of other materials Without this knowledge our civilization could not have advanced much be yond the stone ages We need more chemistry today than ever before INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial arts developes the skill in the use of hand tools It teaches the student the proper use of hand tools, how to sharpen them and how to care for them They learn much about the materials with which they work and the proper construction which will make their projects strong and en- during. The proper sanding, filling of pores, and finishing are all important if the project is to look it's best. You may be sure that the student who fulfills all of these re- quirements can well be proud of his project. ALGEBRA First semester algebra students included seven sophomores and two freshmen. Betty Hopson completed the unit andatart- Icontinuidl Jfigh yahoo Zia Med from all parts 'of the world. It compares their customs:

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HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES CONT'D rolled in general math the second semester We hope this group will be back to tackle geometry next year ENGLISH I Two students are in this class we spell, write and read We completed our Eng workbook and began literature the 2nd semester An interesting project is a vocabulary list taken from foot notes in the text ENGLISH II English II followed algebra and was followed by physical education, consequently the no minute period passed rather rapidly we read essays, short stories, poetry, and plays ENGLISH III Two boys and two girls made up English III The most interesting short story was Footfalls Claude and Robert would rather read sport stories whilethe girls were primarily interested 1n novels The entire student body enjoyed a list of thirty new library books Favorites among these are A Girl Can Dream , 'The Wag TYPING I The first period after dinner each day found the juniors hard at work in the typing room The first few weeks were spent in learning the keyboard Then came weeks of practice on various speed and accuracy drills During the latter part of theyear several budgets dealing with personal typing problems and various forms of letters were typed TYPING II Two seniors made up the typing II class this year Along with speed and accuracy drills several budgets f letters were typed with the assistance of other students, the NGem Tiger ,school paper, was published every otherweek Much of the work on the annual was done during this period BOOKKEEPING At ll OO each day the sophomores and seniors studied bookkeeping in the study hall During the year various types of bookkeeping methods were taken up in detail Three practice sets were a part of the course Each of these sets consists of the bookkeeping transactions for a business for a certain period of time I1 H. . A n n - on to the Starn, 'Going On Sixteenn and 'By-Line Dennien. , O. N . .