Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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The Year Book of Achievements Girls’ Gym Classes LL work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. It makes Mary a dull girl, too, for that matter. Brookville High School has tried to offset the monotony of studying books by giving the pupils two periods of gym work each week. The girls' gym work consists of setting-up exercises, marching tactics, aesthetic dancing, parallel bar work, track, archery and games such as basketball, volley-ball, soccer, and captain ball. Each year the girls are required to pass a test which includes the things emphasized during that time. The girls are required to wear light middies, dark gym bloomers and tennis shoes. Each year the girls give a costume pageant under the direction of Miss Anna B. Lilly, the teacher. These are usually based on some historical event. It is a very pretty sight to see all the girls—from the little tots in the first and second grades, to the Seniors—out on the lawn in front of the school in their gaily colored costumes. The girls’ gym classes are said to be better this year than they ever have been before. This is mostly due to the marked difference between the old and new1 gymnasiums. The new gymnasium has so many advantages over the old that it is impossible to enumerate them all here. The larger size and the better equipment of the new gymnasium are the two most important to the girls. The improved girls' “gym” classes in our high school are making healthier and thus brighter pupils and are creating an interest in athletics which will last for many years. Page Twenty'One

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L’Annuaire, Brookville High School Boys’ Gymnasium E are coming to realize more and more that pleasant recreation and good scholastic ability are closely united. So this year, in addition to our course in girls' gym, has been added a course for boys. Brookville High has needed something of this sort for a long time. The girls have received gymnastic training all the way through school, while the boys have had no opportunity for regular instruction along this line since entering high school. This is not as it should be. The boys require the training just as much as the girls. It is quite generally thought that boys receive enough exercise without additional care, but systematic supervised exercise is what we need. It is what we now have. Then, too, this new field is very valuable in another direction. Often boys are indifferent about school work in general, and may, through the medium of supervised gymnasium work, be led to take an interest in all school work. The boys are under the direction of a special teacher, Mr. Rathman, who is also the basket-ball coach. Their first duty was to learn the “Code of a Good Sport.” They play basket-ball and practice military tactics. Preparations for football are also under way. The new addition is of great value to our school and its usefulness will probably be varied and increased each year. Page Twenty

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L’Annuaire, Brookville High School Choruses USIC has always played an important part in our Brookville High School, although it is not compulsory to all the students. This year the music has been under the supervision of Miss Marget Loop. There are three definite choruses in our high school: The Boys' Chorus, Freshman, and Sophomore Girls’ Choruses. The Girls’ Choruses are accompanied by Jean Barrett and the boys have Thomas Canning as their able accompanist. Each week in chapel we have some kind of musical entertainment, and these choruses have aroused much interest in our Wednesday morning programs. There is one song that will remain with us always, that is the ’’Pep Song. It can be sung over and over, but the tune never seems to grow old. Everyone knows how to pep up “The Pep Song,” especially during basket-ball season. Page Twenty-two