Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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jacquelyn Mason shows a younger student how to use the library card index file. BUSINESS The business courses teach students from a prac- tical point of view. Some classes have made an inventory of the school and visited courts and business offices. Retailing classes plan and decorate a window and study department stores by visits to some places of business in Buffalo and Rochester. Secretarial classes act as Miss Engelsonis per- sonal secretaries doing involved tasks for use in her work as secretary of the Central-XVestern Zone of the New York State Teachers, Associa- tion. A hoine-making class examines utensils used in the care of babies, while Miss Fortune looks on. I LIBRARIES Each year has left its imprint on the libraries. In the year 19-19. for instance. the number of new books in our libraries was 789. This brought the total up to 13523. There is little doubt that the library as a source of information and en- joyment is well used. Last year students bor- rowed 10.T12 books from the School Library and helped borrow 29.343 books from the Public Library. Twenty-nine magazines are regularly reecived in the School Library: 19. in the Lee-1Vhedon. ,az If .ft 4.. 4 I - , ' ff l ,: i si' MX ' - I s Dorothy Levanduski designs and prepares an advertising window display. HOME MAKING As far as history reveals. man has always eaten. Along with this. as time progressed. he has ac- quired clothing and shelter. Today. courses are offered in sewing. food. family life and its prob- lems. nursing. interior decoration, and virtually every field imaginable. Time is devoted to un- derstanding the family and to family cooperation Mwhich is believed the basis of world under- standing. The need for a satisfying home life develops good citizens who are able to give their best. 11 f 1 .sen 'S ,- 1, pl

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MATHEMATICS From the beginning of time, mathematics has had a place in our lives. In order to promote a better understanding of today's problems, this year's math course has included an intense study of banks and banking, combining actual use of banking forms with a trip to the bank. Students have constructed cubes to study volume. Actual experience with invoices from family business, the study of stock market reports, and a con- sideration of installment buying have added to the student's knowledge. .U r I., Mrs. Skinner supervises the dissection of frogs with a first period biology group. FOREIGN LANGUAGES Through the study of France, her people, and their language, the foundation is laid for a bet- ter understanding among nations. Linguaphone records serve as aids to improve French pro- nunciation, films and slides make easy a com- prehension of geography. Correspondence with foreign students and participation in National Contests broaden the culture of the students. Supplementing the study of Latin were the reading of Roman history, participation in a Roman banquet, and seeing a full-length Roman movie. 10 Practical problems are solved at the blackboard in Mr. Miller's math course SCIENCE Science has probably been in existence as long as the earth has. In Medina High, students learn their science through first-hand experiences. In some classes pupils have studied birds by build- ing bird houses and feeding stations, and have learned identification by making colored crayon copies of Audubon plates. Others have made an outdoor study of trees and have conducted practical experiments on the growth of bacteria, involving the use of the local hospital laboratory. The first year Latin class writes verb conjugations on the blackboard- in Room 215. Z

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MUSIC Music, which has followed menis footsteps through the ages, accompanies Medinais students through their high school years. The Senior and the junior Band, the Orchestra, the Dance Band, the Girls' Ninth Year, the Senior and the junior High Choruses, the A Capella Choir, and the Sportsmen are only a few organizations which make this possible. The Harmonettes. the Boys, Clee Club. and the Melody Maids have been added this year. These groups lend enjoyment to all by appear- ances at assemblies, sports events, the Spring Concert, and numerous other functions. U lisa? The art room is a busy place at any time on any day, and Mr. XVilliams is the busiest person there. INDUSTRIAL ARTS Time was good to the Industrial Arts Depart- ment this year. Additions to it include a new building and two new machines for the Machine Shop, also a ceramics and a silk screen unit. All of the machines and equipment in the shops have been painted according to approved color dynamics. Furniture is constantly being repaired. and new places are being constructed. At Christ- mas time many stands were made to serve as Christmas tree holders. Printing classes run off weekly on the presses 1100 copies of the M, H. S. Newsf, 12 Music students transpose melodies with the assistance of Mr ll llt r FINE ARTS Many of the historic happenings since the early pictures on cave walls have been preserved in paintings. The Art Department canit boast of any great painters, but it does teach students an appreciation of works of art and tries to de- velop creativeness and coordination in them. The eighth grade art is correlated with social studies in trying to develop an interest in Indian life by the making of three-dimensional scenes. In class periods each pupil has a certain job, such as passing out supplies. which is his responsibility. In vocation shop, Mr. Morse directs the individual projects of the members of his class. --A