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

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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

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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 Furnace Room The furnace in the furnace room is automatically run with fuel oil: thus furnishing the school with a hot water ystem. There are five heating units in the entire building. The first unit is located in the shop: the second unit, in the south wing: the third, in the front wing: the fourth, in the north wing: and the fifth, in the gymnasium. There is a thermostat in each unit which is operated by automatic air pressure. thus causing the pumps to stop running when the water becomes a certain temperature. The aquastat. which shuts the oil burner, is located on the boiler. Air can be pumped out of each room at the rate of 10 cubic feet per minute. The ventilating system can be used to completely change the temperature of a room in three minutes. The ventilating system in the gymnasium pumps hot air in at the top. and cold air out at the bottom. When the temperature exceeds 68 F.. the ventilators open and foul air is pumped out and fresh air is pumped in. The hot water system was chosen because hot water is 20 per cent more efficient than steam and 7 per cent more efficient than hot air. Fuel oil costs about the same as coal, but janitor costs are less. The building is so equipped that air-conditioning may be installed if it is desired. Paye thirteen—The Olaytonian