John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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EQ M300 NQKJQJ THE 1922 MAROON is Dedicated To a Future Johnson High School Which Shall Have AN ATTRACTIVE SETTING ATHLETIC GROUNDS EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNITY CENTER WORK A HEALTH DEPARTMENT VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE ADEQUATE HOUSING 7

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tis M5100 CN Nlipflf THE JOHNSON HIGH OF THE FUTURE It is the ambition of every high school to grow larger and better and to be known as an up-to-date school and one which students are proud to go to. This desire is as keenly felt at Johnson as it is anywhere else. There is not a student here who would not like to see Johnson High have a newer, larger building, with all the latest improvements and a larger enrollment. This last wish is rapidly being fulfilled. The school is growing steadily. Already the number attending is half again as large as the number for which it was built. Sooner or later a new building must be erected, possibly in some other loca- tion. There are many fine high schools in the United States, and from these an idea may be had as to what this new school could be like. One of the greatest assets a high school can have is a private athletic field close to the building, where the teams may practice and the games be held. ln some of the better equipped schools, and especially in those of the smaller towns, this field is often equal in size to the fields of many colleges, having a grandstand, a track, and a high wall or fence around the outer edge. ln localities where the space is not limited, there are often large grounds at- tached, lawns and trees furnishing a very pretty setting for the school. There is often room for tennis courts which are always popular. Sometimes these courts are not exclusively school property, but are operated in connec- tion with the department of parks and playgrounds. ln the construction of a new school, many things such as providing for wide halls and stairways, and for good ventilating and lighting systems are, of course, well taken care of. But there are other things which are not so well provided for and which are equally important. There should be locker rooms for both boys and girls so that the halls may be kept as free as possible. The lunchroom should have a place to itself and should be big enough so that students would not have to eat in the gym, the assembly, or the mechanical drawing room, or any other room. The double line lunch system, such as is used in most cafeterias, should be introduced, for it saves much time. The lunchroom should also be well equipped with steam tables to keep the food hot before being served. Likewise the equipment of the class rooms, of the wood and machine shops, the gym, the domestic science room, the sewing room, the library, the music room, the chemistry and physics laboratories, and the mechanical draw- ing room may be remarkably line and complete. One of the newest of the modern improvements is a physical inspection office. Here all the students are given a thorough examination and the re- sults tabulated. This oflice works in conjunction with the city health depart- ment, and does much to promote good health in the school. There is often an emergency sick room attached to this office where accidents or sudden cases of illness can be cared for. Some of the larger schools have a vocational guidance bureau. lts object is to find the natural talents of the student and to direct his education along that line. This may save several years of useless study on some sub- jects that will never be used and for which the student has no abilityg and he will work harder since he will be studying the things he is interested in, and in which he sees a purpose. The gymnasium is a much used part of the building, and should al- ways be made large enough to accommodate the crowds that attend the basketball games. Some of the more expensive schools have a large swim- ming pool attached, which is used on alternate days by the girls and the boys. Although the student body has much to do with a school's progress, there are much better chances for development and efficiency in a new, mod- ern building under better working conditions. 6

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12226 MQHQQNQQQ N..Ci7!2f -H JOHN M. GUISE Principal of Johnson High School 8