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

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Thespians Get Dramatic A new face at SHS is Mrs. Ruth Dickinson. Although she has lived in the community for a few years, she has found teaching at the high school to be a new experience for her. Mrs. Dickinson, a native of Georgetown, Texas, received her BA in Drama Spee-ch English at Southwestern U. in Georgetown. She has also attended Texas U., Sterling College, Pittsburg State U., K.S.U. and Emporia State. She has taught everything from kindergarten through junior college, and has also met a challenge by teaching at Ft. Riley Adult High School. Some of her hobbies include china painting, needlepoint, and collecting madonnas. Mrs. Dickinson taught her students the basics in pantomime, improvisation, facial expression and memorization. The class produced a dinner theatre at the Sabetha Golf Club in January. They completed the semester by submitting a term paper about a one-act play. Mrs. Dickinson said, It is fun to be teaching the theatre again. I have not taught it for a few years. I am appreciative of the interest in drama and the theatre arts shown by the students. Above right: Mrs. Dickinson searches for a script for Greg Welliver. Above: Julie Steinlage concentrates on her lines prior to play tryouts. Right: Sheri Braden and Kim Kemp show off their pantomime skills during drama class. 24

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Leiker Likes Students Mr. Doug Leiker, 23, a native of Hays, Kansas, was the new industrial arts and drafting teacher. He received his diploma and a B.S.E. in industrial arts at Fort Hays State U. After taking Mr. Leiker's class, students were very adept in the shop. His shop classes learned how to design and build a shop project along with learning the basic safety rules and regulations. When asked about the students he taught, Mr. Leiker said, The students here are very easy to work with. When not busy with school or his wife, Susan, Mr. Leiker enjoys running. A familiar face in the vocational agriculture and farm shop classes was Mr. Stan Newby. Not only did Mr. Newby keep busy with his four vo-ag classes and his farm shop class, but he also found time to be the FFA advisor. In the vo-ag classes, Mr. Newby taught a general look at all aspects of agriculture and ag-related businesses. In farm snop, students incorporated their knowledge of ag and shop into building something which would be useful to them. Left: Mr. Leiker shows Steve Howard and Kevin Mattox how to change a sander belt. Below: Duane Thompson cuts a piece of lumber on the table saw.

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 Top: Susie McNett, Bob Kelly and Klint Deere get physical during a drama class skit. Left: Mrs. Dickinson demonstrates the use of facial expression to her drama students.