Gilbertsville Central Rural School - Yearbook (Gilbertsville, NY)

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Our Commercial Department has progressed rapidly since last year. Last year there were twenty-seven pupils registered. This year there are forty registered. XVe have had, also, two new subjects this year, making the following subjects available: Bookkeeping I and II, Typewritiug I, Commercial Arithmetic, Introduction to Business, and the two new subjects, Business English and Commercial Law. It was necessary to have two typewriting classes this year in order to accommodate the pupils wishing to take the subjectp The typewriting classes have aided rnucl. in the work of the school. They have stenciled and mimeographed programs necessary for the school play, prize speaking and the track meet. This has saved expense for the school and has also furnished training for the commercial classes. The business classes, with the aid of the English Club, have also published the school paper, the Alma Mater. All of: this, we think, goes to show the splendid progress and co- operation of our Commercial Department. MUSIC Orchestra and Cleo Glub. I --4 28

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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 1933-34 l AA. Rear : Charles Nearing, Vernon Wilber, Mr. Neher, Lewis Brown, Clifford Wilber. Front: Benjamin Barse, Robert Halbert, Vivan Tilyou, Darvin Carnell. This year Agriculture I and Agriculture III were offered. One day per week was devoted to shop work. Agriculture I was a study of types of farming in the community and sources of income of people in the school area. It included the following: A study of pupils' home farm: A home farm improvement program: Pupils' project programs: Beginning and op- eration of projects: Study of subject matter related to pupils' projects by the job analysis method. Agriculture III was composed of: A study of Farm Management and Agricultural Economics: Analyzing the farm business and studying the fac- tors iutiuencing the farmers' Labor Income: A study of commodity prices and causes and remedies for the 1929-33 depression: A study of gold and its relation to commodity prices: A study of common diseases of farm animals--causes, remedies, and prevention: A study of fertilizers-chem- istry and home mixing of fertilizers : A study of marketing farm products: A study of reforestation-States Land Utilization Policy: A study of bees --colony life, management, honey production: A study of Agricultural Financing--Federal Farm Loan Act, Emergency Farm Loan Act, Produc- tion Credit Loans, etc. One of our important activities is the Future Farmers Club of the But- ternut Valley. The following boys are members: Charles Nearing, Presl- dontp Benjamin Barse, Secretary-Treasurer: Wilber Heath, Clifford Wilber, Donald Filer, Lewis Brown, John Bushnell, Robert Halbert, and Gerald 0'Brien. The field trips are the most interesting and educational part of Agri- culture. We have had several of these trips getting the record of a yea1 s business of farms in the community, several on dairy stable ventilation and floor plans, and several on judging dairy cattle. We have also had one on potato growing and one on bee keeping. Five members of the Agriculture classes attended the Farm and Home Week held in Ithaca in February. 22'

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In the early fall of this school term we gave, at the Town Hall, a musicale which pupils of all ages helped to make a success. Some of the numbers' were: Group singing by the grades, individual instrumental solos, tthe Rhythm Band and the Girls' High School Glee Club. Our music department used the proceeds for our own musical needs by purchasing sew glee club song books, new instruments for the rhythm band and song ooks. The grade work in music has advanced this year, especially in the tlfth and sixth grades.. We did some very good work in two-part singing and the pupils seemedto enjoy reading the different parts. A Wooden Shoe Christmas was given at our Christmas entertain- ment which proved to be a very entertaining and successful operetta. Betty Stebbins took the part of Katrina, a Dutch girl, with Hans, as her brother, played by Albert Davis, and their Dutch mother and father por- trayed by Huldah Foster and Robert Halbert. ,A Our orchestra has suffered from the lack of older players this year but we have a good start now for next year. We hope we can get more in- struments and build up a larger and better orchestra in the years to come. We have a large High School Girls' Glee Club composed of some very good singers who are now memorizing two selections for the commence- ment exercises. The Town Choral Club gave us titty dollars which was left over from the opera, Pinafore, which was given this last winter. It is to be used in buyinginstruments for the school. We are thinking of buying a drum set for the orchestra. Some boy next year can be the lucky one to play them. We trust the work in music for 1933-34 will make for happier and more interested students in our school. - OPERETTA A Wooden Shoe Christmas. December 14, 1933. S4