Clay City High School - Claytonian Yearbook (Clay City, IL)

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Science Room Here work is done in Chemistry. Physics. Biology, and General Science classes. The above picture shows the Chemistry class at work with Mr. Shafer as instructor. The class is performing many different kinds of experiments such as: preparation of hydrogen, preparation of oxygen, making different kinds of solutions, and filtering solids from liquids. Many different kinds of experiments can be performed in this laboratory, such as: electrolysis, crystalizing one substance from another, and testing solution to find whether or not it contains certain elements. The room is ideally equipped for cither demonstration, group, or individual laboratory methods of performing experiments. The demonstration method is employed in two large General Science classes. In the physics class most of the work is performed by the students in groups of two. There are gas and running water at each desk. Articles of interest may reach the classes by means of the bulletin board. We also have an aquarium containing goldfish. Magazines and reference books are on the shelves for use in the four Science classes. Biology class, instructed by Miss Harris, has been trying to learn the different kinds of trees and bugs and examining small organisms through the microscope. They have gone on a few field trips and brought back specimens of fungi, plants, leaves, and bug collections to be studied. Vayt rlerrn—Thr Clay Ionian

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The Library The library is located in the southern part of the study hall. It has three tables, nineteen chairs, a reference shelf, book shelves, and a large magazine rack. The room is so arranged as to enable students using library or reference books to sit at the tables, and those using non-library books to sit at the desks in the study hall. There are 48 magazines, and 1 800 books in the library, listed under twenty-five department groups. These departments are: American. English, French, and Miscellaneous Literature: Poetry and Literature: Critical Works on English and Grammar: Drama: European and American History: Biography: Autobiography: Sociology: Economics and Government: Industrial Arts: Home Economics: Agriculture: Natural Science: Commerce: Chemistry: Physics and General Science: Mathematics: Physical Education: Education: Philosophy and Geography. A list of new books were purchased this year. Some of these were: a complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica: Who’s Who In America. 1918-1939: eight volumes on Nations of the World: one hundred books distributed among English. Agriculture. Science. Industrial Arts, and Home Economics. There are eighty picture rolls in the library. There are three catalogue indexes for title cards, author cards, and subject cards. Eleven librarians take care of the library, each one working at a certain time during the day. These student librarians are Mary Frances Wilson. Kathryn Hohlbauch. Wilma Lutz. Orpha Lee Kelley, Lois Pierce. Maxine Pierce. Ada Fern Stanford. Evelyn Holmes. Bill Shock. Genelle Pearce, and Ines Sanders. The ('laytonian—Paye ten

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The Agriculture Department Several improvements have been made since the above picture was taken. The walls are now covered with pictures from the various breed associations and other sources, which aid in making agriculture more helpful and interesting to the students. One of the most conspicuous objects found upon the east wall is an F. F. A. banner in its national colors. A magazine rack in which twenty-four different magazines are stored was completed in the farm shop class and stands along the east wall. This gives the student access to the more recent articles in agriculture and related subjects. The cabinets along the east wall provide space for about three thousand pamphlets, circulars, and bulletins. These serve not only as reference material but many are used as text material. Two drawers in the east cabinet provide space for free reference material which is being enlarged continuously. Two filing cabinets in the south end of the room provide additional bulletins for study and reference. A twenty-foot table has been placed along the west wall. This is provided with four drawers for storage space, while the top of the table may be used for microscopic work, grading seed, testing soil, and many other operations. At one end of the table is a Babcock tester and a small cabinet which houses the equipment used in testing milk and cream. The storage room provides space for equipment used in testing soil for calcium. phosphorus, and potassium, equipment for vaccinating, and many other things. The Claytonion—Pane tirelre