La Cygne Rural High School - Swan Yearbook (La Cygne, KS)

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Si. . Q9 men we G The science department under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Handley offers three courses of instruction: general science, physics and biology. The general science course, open to any beginning student in science, consists of the fundamentals of the major fields of science. In biology, the study of plant and animal life, experiments are made by the stud ents and demonstrations presented by the instructor. In the fall and in the spring the students go on field trips to observe wild life ann collect specimens for nocn ing and study. Also on the field trips we collected animals from a pond and sent off for plants in order to achieve a balanced aquarium. I Physics, one of the two required laboratory courses offered by this high school is va- luable both to fu- ture college stu- dents and to the student Whois int- erested in radio or engineering work. Sw K5 OXX Here we are studying as usual.

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X! ix amor play A READYFMADE FAM LY The juniors, under the direction of their sponsors, Mrs. Clara Handley and Mrs. Lois Irwin, presented their play NA Ready-Made Family,n on November 15. ,The story centered around Agnes Martyn,a widow, and Henry Turner, a widow- er, who were married against the wishes of their children--Sammie Turner, Doris Turner, Bob Martyn, Marilee Martyn, all in their late teens,and eleven year old Gracie Martyn. Epileptic fits,baby talk,and practical jokes were the children's efforts to try to get Henry to divorce their mother. The story had a happy end- ing when the children finally admitted their pranks and Henry and Agnes decided to stay married. The cast included Miss Lydia Martyn,a neurotic woman,Norma Dean Kyle:Grac- ie Martyn, a mean little girl who constantly played mean tricks, Doris Hoover, Marilee Martyn, a grown girl who constantly talked like a baby, Lorene Ellen Pease, Sammie Turner, who pretended to be a kleptomaniac, Gene Rockwell, Doris Turner,who loved to bore everyone with her talk of her operation,Roberta Gage, Agnes Martyn and Henry Turner, a widow and a widower, who fell in love, Georgia Lou Harper and Carl Wade, Begonia and Nicodemus, two colored servants who pro- vided laughs through the whole play, Ernestine Butts and Dick Banks. Each member of the class had a part in the production of the play. Roy Shields was stage manager, Rozella Newman, prompter, Ellen McCammon, wardrobe mistress, Evelyn Miller, Fontella Butler, Marian Hoover, Betty Phalen, Fauna Hobson, and Ferne Hobson were ushers. A short band concert preceded the play.For between act entertainment Bobby Banks played a saxophone soloWCaprice Viennoisenby Fritz Kreisler,and a girl's sextet,Ruth Matthews, Joan Scott, Illene Mendenhall, Joan West, Dorothy LaMast- er, and Marjorie McClanahan sang NBy the Waters of the Minnetonkau, accompanied by Patricia Zimmerman on the clarinet and Darlene Tolman at the piano.

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Q I-J, QQUD Rfb 6 fi 392 f 5i4 3 5' S 5 , 6 i i ...l.......4.. E il . OI7'LH'lQI'C'lCl GLZSSQS The commerce department under the guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leamon gives the students an opportunity to prepare for the world of business by giving them a choice of the following subjectsg bookkeeping, business arithemtic, shorthand, and two years of typewriting. In shorthand the students are taught to read and transcribe as well as to tvpe lGttGrS of VeriOuS fOFmS- During the last six weeks period the advanced typing class took a short course in filing to better prepare them for office work. Two new type- writers were added during the year to enable the students to produce more and bett- er work. X Nine seniors and sixteen juniors chose the field of commerce as one of their ma- jors. P 'CNA foo'