Lawrence Park High School - Lawrentian Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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The Zlatnrzntian V Our School QAQ E cannot let this year slip by without telling about our new high school. It has been enlarged considerbly, and we hope to make this school the best in Erie County. We owe much to our teachers, our supervisor Mr. Morrison, and our School Board, for the success of the building. Now we will work hard to show them just how much we appreciate our new school. I will take you on a little trip through our sp 'cious building. As we enter the building from the west side, the first large room we see is the cooking laboratory and the sewing room. As most of you know, the girls taking Domestic Science had to go over to school Number 1 last year. This year a'l that is done away with, and now these two large rooms are in use on the first floor. In the sewing room we see new electric sewing machines along the wall. Large tables and cabinets add to the appearance of the room. As we look into the kitchen we see gleaming white sinks and polished stoves. Over in one corner are large cabinets, while in another corner is a General Electric refrigerator. Under the careful instruction of Miss Willets the girls are learning and have prohted by this new addition. Let us now ramble down the hall to the supervisor's office. Along the window we catch a view of pretty flowers which nod as we pass by. There is a large table in the middle of the room where the teachers meet. This is a great improvement over last year, and is a convenience for both the students and the pupils. I suppose you are wondering what good those glass doors are that inclose the halls. Those were put in to prevent fire from spreading through the building, they break the draft. With the expansion of the building, several new rooms have been built both upstairs and downstairs. On the first floor these include the history class and the seventh grade class rooms. Perhaps the biggest accomplishment of the year is the gymnasium and the audi' torium. Our gym is about twice the size that it used to be. It has a balcony and seating room for 500. The boys and girls have separate shower rooms. As we walk through them we see long benches, and on all sides of the room are lockers. just off this main room are the showers which are quite the thing. There is also a separate shower for the physical instructor. The gymnasium classes held in here are really more like play than work. As you all know, many jolly times have been held in here already. 'ref ll