Gilbertsville Central Rural School - Yearbook (Gilbertsville, NY)

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THE SENIOR CLASS 1934 Rear : William Daniels, Charles Nearing, Shirley Van Vulkenberg. Front z Pearl Harris, Norinn. Sargent, Marie Sorensen, Ruth Gibson, Edna. Freer. Graduating Exercises, June 1933 and June 1934 , ' 1933 coMMENcEMENr The sermon to the graduating class of 1933 was preached Sunday evening, June 25th, at the Presbyterian church by the Rev. Walter Greig. The 37th annual conunencement was held Monday evening, June 28th, at the Town Hall which had been effectively decorated in a. blue and gold scheme by using delphinium, gallardia, and ferns. After an orchestra se- lection and the invocation by the Rev. Frederic Evenson, the four grad- uates presented the following program on Russia: The Geography and Natural Resources of Russia Floyd Musson ...........,....,................................. . ............. Salutatorian The History of Russia .............. ............,.......... . ...... ............ H e len Harrington The Five Year Plan ........................................ Doris Latham, Class President Recognition or Non-Recognition of Russia .... Albert Lucas, Valedictorian Russian music added to the program, The Girls' Double Quartet sang Volga Boat Song, and Cossack's Lullaby. Mrs. Waterman played The Prelude in C Minor, by Raclnnaninoff. Principal R. V. Seaman awarded the following prizes: 14

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I. ' To earn a diploma in vocational subjects in homemaking a pupil must have completed at least 6 units in homemaking, three courses, 2 units for each course. Of these 6 units, 3 must have been earned by completing the com- prehensive examination in Group II and 3 by certification in Group III. To earn a diploma in vocational Agriculture,apupi1 must complete 15 units of work It is recommended that the following course of studies be followed : First Year Third Year English I English III General Science Agriculture III Civics Physics Agricnltu: e I Second Year English II - agriculture II Plane Geometry or French II or Latin II Fourth Year Engl?sh IV American History Agriculture IV A Commercial Arithmetic Chemistry History A or B Latin I or French I The minimum requirements are as follows : Group I Units English,,4 years - 3 American History .... - 1 Civics , . .... ,..., i 5 General Science .... ............ . 1 Group ll G P - Major Sequence in Agriculture 13 years of instructionl 6 Group Ill . Agriculture I. ........ .,.. ...... . . 1 1 Elective subjects. .... 25 13 l l

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Mrs. Francke in memory of her cousin, Joseph T. Gilbert ................ 510.00 Eiiist-Exiglish Essay, 83.00---James Moore- The Why and Where of o eve. Secorid-32.00-Dorothy Feiser- Sunnner Sports. ' Honorable Mention--Porter Root- Education from Moving Pictures. For each of the following subjects, 81.00. . Latin ........................................... ..........,.,,,,..,.,,....,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, C 9, rol Kusby Ffelich ----------..--.-....-.-................................... Henry Nearlng Music ...,..................... ...... M argaret White Commercial Science ..,.. ,,g ,,,.,,,,,, Belle C0011 M8tll6hlatiCS ....................................,....,,, ,,.,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,, H enry Nearing Dr. Edward G. Cox English Composition Prize ................................ 310.00 Henry Nearing- A Cross Country Walk in May. Honorable'Mention--James Moore- A Walk in May. Won1en's Relief Corps-American History .......................... .. 55.00 Floyd Musson--53.00. , V Albert Lucas-32.00. n K Tianderah Chapter D. A. R.--El, U. S. History and Civics ..... ....,... 3 2.00 Tie-Jean Woodlands-31.003 Frank Nearing 81.00. 1 Butternuts Chapter, Order Eastern Star .............,....................,. each 51.00 Mrs. Searnan's Class CPrimary5 ............ ........... L 0HiS'Ll1.f,h3.ll1 Miss Mirlck's Class ....,........................ ...... K athryn 'Saunders Mr. Graig's Class .... ' ............... - .... ... ....... .Marion Frone Mr. Hutton's Class ...... ....... E lizabeth Daniels Faculty Prizes. .........,........ ............... e ach 51.00 General Science ..... ........... E dwin Hall Physics ..........,........ ...,.. C harles Nearing Agriculture .................. .... F loyd Musson Home Furnishings ................................ .......... Lo is Musson Ele, Foods ........................,................................. ..... D orothy Feiser Board of Education-fAttendance CPerfectJ ................ ....... e ach 81.00 James Cannon, . . . . Agnes Cant Dorothy Cannon Marie Sorensen Katherine Stark Everett Sargent Edna F1-eer Emily Harris Mary Freer Howard Nearing Arthur Freer Virginia Morris Ruth Keene Dorothy Foster Harry Keene Paul Knickerbocker Molly Gilbert Richard Herrick Walter Graig Jessie Grosfent Donald Johnson Erna. Sorensen ' - Jean Johnson , Tri-Valley League Speaking Contest ..... ................... M edals First prize medal .......................... .............. A gnes Cant Second prize medal .................... ....... C harles Nearing 15