Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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L’Annuaire, Brookville High School Science HE present age has been appropriately termed the scientific period of hu-man progress. More advance has been made in things of a purely scientific nature in the past hundred years than in all previous history. This fact alone is in a large measure the reason for giving the study of Natural Science a place of importance in the modern High School curriculum. We need only look to the fields of Industry, Agriculture and Medicine to fully realize the important bearing of scientific investigation on human development. The science courses in the Brookville High School are outlined with the purpose of following in so far as possible the rapid advances that are being made in modern scientific thought. We try at all times to direct attention to the modern scientific method,—experimental fact, hypotheses, theory, law,—thereby setting forth the real meaning of science as organized and systematic knowledge. In the ninth year a viewpoint course is given under the title of General Science, the object of which is to open up the nature and usefulness of scientific study. This is followed in the tenth year by the course in General Biology. The primary purpose of this is not in the way of Nature Study. On the other hand the big generalizations of science as related to life processes are stressed and made the chief aim of the work. The science work of the eleventh year is General Chemistry which includes an elementary but rather detailed study of the more common metallic and non-metallic elements, followed by an introduction to the principles involved and the methods employed in the chemistry of organic materials. A course in Elementary Physics is given to the twelfth year pupils. The major topics of study in this connection are Mechanics, Heat, Light and Electricity. Page Eighteen

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The Year Book of Achievements Library UR new library is one of the prettiest rooms in the whole school. It is large and light and airy. It is well filled with pupils every period in the day. The magazine table is most popular. A bevy of busy readers always surround it. Many pupils, some doing reference work, others reading for pleasure, are found at the other tables. In connection with the library are two smaller rooms. The work room is being fitted for cataloging and repairing books, and for doing other supplementary work. The conference room will be fitted with table and chairs so that small meetings can be held there. In it tests will be given to small groups, teachers’ conferences can be held, and teachers can meet with small groups of pupils for extra work. These two rooms will add greatly to the value of our library. There are about thirty-seven hundred volumes in our library. We have some of the best reference books available. We have a great deal of English, French, and miscellaneous literature. Most of the greatest poets’ works are there. We have history books of all kinds and quite a few religious books. A great many more volumes of fiction have been added this year. They are very popular among both the high-school pupils and those of the higher elementary grades. We have a very efficient corps of workers this year. Mrs. Carroll and her helpers know just where to find any book. They teach pupils to find books for themselves, and to use the card catalogue and “The Readers Guide. They strictly enforce the rule of Silence. As our library has prospered in the past, so we shall make it prosper in the future. We shall try each year to make it better, for through books we gain the summit unattainable. Page Seventeen

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The Year Book of Achievements Home Room Organizations NFLUENCES in the home account greatly for one’s actions in the outer world. In the same way the Home Room Organization accounts for the conduct of the student in his everyday school life. For several years Home Room Organization has been stressed. It is only reasonable that if each room becomes a cooperative body, the school itself must run smoothly. A great body of students cannot function properly unless it is subdivided and organized in smaller groups. This year the home rooms have worked together and as a result have accomplished a great deal of good. Each has elected its officers and held meetings in which home room and school problems have been discussed. The students have given to their groups short, impressive talks dealing with individual reponsibility, correcting defects in the study halls, better methods of study, and many others. The students attend to all the business which comes before the group. Therefore, they become intimately acquainted with school problems and as a result are more interested in the welfare of the school. More good can be accomplished in ten minutes by a student's talk than can be ac-complished in half an hour by a teacher giving out rules and regulations. The Home Room Organizations are responsible for the interesting programs which have been presented in chapel this year. Some very unique ideas have been portrayed. It is the universal opinion that this year's chapel programs have been exceptionally fine. Are not all these facts sufficient proof of the good that the Home Room Organiza-tion does in the school? In innumerable other ways the school has been benefited by this busy, efficient department. Page Nineteen