Gilbertsville Central Rural School - Yearbook (Gilbertsville, NY)

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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

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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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Extra--Curricular Activities PRIZE SPEAKING Rear: John Bushnell, Everett Sargent, Pearl Harris, Henry Nearing, Robert White, Albert Davis. V Front : Elizabeth Stebbins, Jean Woodlands, Marion Polley, Belle Coon. 1 ...-lui. The west sectional prize-speaking contest was held at Laurens, Friday evening, April twenty-fifth. Pearl Harris and Henry Nearing- represented the Gilbertsvllle Central School. Other contestants were from Hartwick, Edmeston, Mt. Upton and Laurens. First place for boys and girls went to Elizabeth Ainslie and Bernard Gillette, both of Hartwick. Second place for boys and girls was given to Mabel Anderson of Ednleston and Henry Near-' ing of Gilbertsville. The score sheet, however, showed a very close rating between Bernard Gillette and Henry Nearing for iirst place. The Gllbertsville contestants were under the able coaching of Mrs: Shaw. Their interpretations were most convincing. The flnal prize-speaking contest of the Tri-Valley League was also held at Laurens, Friday evening, May fourth. The west section was repres sented by contestants from Hartwick, Edmeston and Gilbertsville and the east section by Schenevus, Westford and East. Yvorcester. Richard Rodda of Schenevus and Elizabeth Ainslie of Hartwick won ilrst places respective- ly. Again, Henry Nearing very nearly placed second. 25