Sabetha High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Sabetha, KS)

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-y O GA9 O teo c sOWOWOeJ o c Formal education began in 1858, when a few children from Albany and Poney Creek met at the home of Elihu Whitenhall where his daughter Gertrude was the instructor. The first school house was vot- ed for in I860 and completed in 1862. It was one room and cost the community $400.00 to build. When the first stone building was erected in 1882. the original school house was sold to Aunt Anna Breakbill for $125.00. It was destroyed by a tornado in 1896. George Hook received the first diploma in 1881. from John Cunnick, the first superinten- dent. While superintendent. Cun- nick married one of his students. Emma Dreibelbis, in 1883. Later, both Hook and Cunnick were ad- mitted into law school at The University of Kansas. Emily Collins-Brady was the first salaried teacher at $30.00 a month in 1864. She taught the three R’s. The current staff has twenty-five members and teach- es courses ranging from comput- er programming to grammar. A graduate from Oberlin College. John W. Cunnick became the first superintendent in 1880 and established Sabetha High School. He remained until 1887 and died in 1893 of typhoid. Left: Though the hemlines revealed all. hairstyles were long and hid much of the face in the sixties. Academics !

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Right: No decent woman bobbed (cut) her hair until the 20’s when the style, which gave birth to the flapper, appeared in Vogue. The members of the literary club pose in front of the new school built in 1871. The structure contained a dormitory area. In the 1880's women would save the hair from brushes and place it in their hair to make if full, using rags and heated irons for curl. Henry Hall came to Sabetha in 1879 and worked for the school until 1897 when he met the roll call up yonder. 8 Forward

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Juture Cou grants Ceam Basies Newtpaper editor, Judy Dawson looks over the next deadline, hoping to get it done in time. Suzy McClain and Phil Figgs work on their assignment in sophomore English. Unlike most high schools, the journalism responsibilities were split between two teachers, Mrs. Karla Schmille and Ms. Linda By- bee. Mrs. Schmille taught advanced composition and English litera- ture. practical English, and news- paper. The newspaper staff went to Holton six times to print the school paper. Mrs. Schmille graduated from Northwest Mis- souri State University in secon- dary education. She enjoys en- tering sweepstakes as a hobby.