Gilbertsville Central Rural School - Yearbook (Gilbertsville, NY)

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Report of Grades and High School Work FIRST GRADE The first grade students have been unusually fortunate this year in being able to go through the year with very little interruption because of epidemics. Chapel has been a ti1ne of great pleasure and greater participation for the small children since we have had primary chapel alone, rather than with the higher grades and high school. We have done four major activity unit studies! 1. Farm. 2. Doll House. 3. Garden. 4. Circus. We have gained rapidly in our ability to read. A great part of this gain has been due to our pleasure in reading from the new readers which the Board of Education has furnished this year. l1... ..l. SECOND GRADE The second grade has had a total registration of nineteen for the year. The attendance has been better than we reported last year. The year has been lilled with work and pleasure and has passed too quickly. A love for reading has been developed to a marked degree, and an increas- ing interest has been shown in all subjects throughout the year. THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES The third and fourth grades began the year with forty-four pupils. We have lost some of our members and gained others. At one time our number was forty-seven. We come now, at the end of the year, with forty-four members. Our room had charge of the Thanksgiving progra.mwin general as- sembly. We gave the same program for our mothers at ou'r Thanksgiving party. Thislyear we have enjoyed moving pictures as well as slides in con- nection with our geography work. The sand table has also been used in correlation with geography. Miss Mirick has very capably had charge of our Bible Study work again this year. In nature study work we have had many live specimens to study in- cluding: Turtles, pigeons, tad poles, salamanders, moths and butterllies. Hygiene has been interesting with our Clean Hands paint book to help us along the path to cleanliness. Our year has been most delightful and helpful to both teacher and pupils so we have well earned our summer's vaeationt T.. ,,, GRADES FIVE AND SIX The closing school year has been very pleasant in many respects. A brisk contest in both history and geography has raised our averages and taught us better how to study these subjects. NVe have given three pro- grams, the outstanding one being that given at the Town Hall on Me- 18 L I

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510.00 from Mrs. Kuno Francke in memory of her cousin, Mr. Joseph T. Gilbert. Awards were made as follows: English essay, first prize, 33.00 to Shirley Van Valkenberg for his essay, The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Forests. Second prize, 32.00, to Norma Sargent for her essay, Advance of Women Since 1900. Honorable mention to Pearl Harris. Also the following prizes of 51.00 each: Commercial Science, Prudence Prestong Latin, Henry Nearingg French, Norma Sargentg Mathematics, Dorothy Feiserg Music, Jane Haunkey. , , 510.00 from Dr. and Mrs. Edward G. Cox for a prize for English coni- position: Won by Dorothy Feiser for her composition, A Trip Through Eastern Massachusetts. Honorable mention to James Moore .for his com- position, The Thunderstorm. . 55.00 from the VVOHIQIYS Relief Corps for prizes in senior American History. First, 53.00 to Charles Nearingp second, 32.00 to Norma Sargent. S4.00 from Butternuts chapter, Order of Eastern Star for excellence in Bible study. Miss Swenningseirs class tlst and 2nd gradesl. First 31.00 to Rich- ard Birdsallg honorable mention, Norman Sorensen: Miss Mirick's class 13rd and 4th gradesb, ilrst, 31.00 to Patricia Tillsong honorable mention, Jean Johnson, Arthur Freer. Mr. Graig's class, 15th and 6th grades! Iirst, 51.00 to Josephine Frittsg honorable mention, Mary Freer. Mr. Hut- ton's class 17th gradeJ, first, 51.00 to Jessie Grosfentg honorable mention, Marion Frone. 1 52.00 from Tienderah chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution for highest Regents 1nark in Elo, U. S. History With Civics, awarded to Jane Hankey whose Regents mark was 98 72. Facility prizes of 31.00 each to Henry Nearing, excellence in chemis- tryg Frank Nearing, excellence in General Scienceg Gladys Filer, excellence in Geography. Board of Education attendance prizes of 51.00 each to the following: Williarri Sloan, Edna Freer, Garnet Kilsby, Howard Birdsall. Jesse Gros- fent, Molly Gilbert, Marion Frone, Doris Johnson, Doyle Van Dusen, Milo Hopkins, Betty Westcott. Wilbur Knickerbocker, Carol Kilsby, Arthur Freer, Dorothy Lilley, Mary Freer, Vvalter Graig, Vivian Latham, Roland Brooks, Gertrude Halbert, James Cannon, Emily Harris, Maurice Haynes, Carl Lent, Elizabeth Stebbins, Donald Macumber, Ruth Keene, Harry Keene, Albert Davis, Shirley Smith, Richard Gratsinger, Katherine Stark, John Gilbert, Frank Nearing, Howard Near-ing. After the prizes had been awarded, Mr. Seaman spoke of the 'trophy cups and emblems which had been awarded during the year, and which were on display. These consisted of a loving cup won in the one-act play contest of the Tri-Valley League. A watch charm suitably engraved won by Henry Nearing in the prize speaking contest of the league, two small loving cups won by Ruth Gibson and Everett Sargent in foul shooting contests in basketball and two plaques presented to Vivian Cloughen and James Moore by Scholastic Magazine as winners in the tennis tourna- ment. which we have held on the court at Quarry Hill through the gen- erosity of Mrs. Francke and Prof. and Mrs. Smith. 17

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morial Day. Our room boasts of three members in the school orchestra and several who hope to qualify by another year. The spring months have brought much of unusual interest in the out-of-doors and its lessons in na- ture and science. As the year closes most of us feel that wehavc acquired interests which will carry over into something to be developed into a hobby or a deeper life interest. - SHAW SCHOOL. DISTRICT NO. 3 The Shaw School opened this year with an attendance of seven. Two more came the last of May. Our attendance for the iirst five months was 100 percent. The average for the year is 99 percent, an excellent average for small children, considering the severe weather we have had. There are five pupils who have neither been absent nor tardy during the year, The pupils received 515 for their Morris Fair project. We had a party for Hallowe'en and a Christmas entertainment. On Arbor Day we cleaned the schoolhouse and yard. In the after noon we went on a Nature Study field trip and had a picnic. VVe are planning on the movies for the last day of school. The chil- dren would rather go to the movies than have a picnic. , TOWNLINE SCHOOL. DISTRICT NO. 4 Registration for the year was seven. It will probably be the same next year. Two pupils, Katherine Stark and Richard Gratsinger, have been present every day and have not been tardy. Several school parties have been given for the children, and one for the parents at Thanksgiving. The annual Christmas party was, as usual, a great success. It was held at Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wilbe1 s. A short three-act play, Grandpa's Christmas Spree, was given, in addition to the Christmas tree and a supper. Woi'k and play have gone smoothly. A unit on the Far North and a unit on Holland were enjoyed by the children. Altogether, we have en- joyed a pleasant and profitable school year. ' LOBDELL DISTRICT NO. 6 We felt ourselves very fortunate in numbering thirteen. Since then one has left but three new ones have entered, leaving us with fifteen. On Friday mornings we decided to have a short assembly period when we sang, gave recitations and tried to do as our bigger brothers and sisters who come to the Central school do. ' At Christmas we fixed a stage and presented two plays. Although this was our first appearance in drainatics and one of our girls had to be the miserly uncle, we did very well. After vacation, when the thermometer was registering between thirty and forty below, we spent our spare time on jig-saw puzzles and became quite clever at them, Of necessity, we postponed our Valentine party, just having our valentine box, until Saint Pa'trick's day. Then we all be- came Irish and spent at very pleasant afternoon and served refreshments. When Arbor Day arrived, we gave the building and the school grounds the customary cleaning. After placing all our dead grass and leaves, as well as small sticks, on the brush pile we set it on fire and between showers roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. 9