Moorestown Senior High School - Nutshell Yearbook (Moorestown, NJ)

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THE NUTSHELL 1935 abounds Such courses are dxrectly ln lxne wnth the attempt to produce mtelhgent c1t1zens who will be useful ln the world The pubhc hmgh school xs becommg the most x aluable soclal tool ln the countrv Thus phase has come into prommence yust wxthm the last few years Undreamed potentnahtxes he m thls dlrtctxon Its posslbxhtxes vull be dueloped 1n the future ln the celebratxon ot the three hundredth annn ersary the successes ot the past Ire promment It IS not m retrospectxon that the xalue ofthe celebratxon hes but ln brmgmg the sxtuatxons of the present to the notlce of the pubhc The true x alue of educatlon as carrled on bv publlc hngh schools must be constantlv expounded to counteract the aCtlX ltlCS of the negatn e thlnkers ww ho would abohsh free education By brmgmg the merlts of educatxon before the taxpayers who support the schools thls celebratlon can become as notable a date as 1655 At the present tlme mans people are serxouslv talklng about the hxgh cost of cducatxon and ex en wondermg nt free secondarv educatlon pavs Pducatlon at any prlce IS a paving proposltlon ln a democratlc form ol gox ernment vet schools are bemg handlcapped by drastlc rexcnue cuts Taxpaty ers complaxn bxtterly about funds for schools but seem not to mmd monev for war preparatxons or polxtxcal graftmg Not that some schools haxe not practlced gross extrax agance no system of any sort has been created perfect ln splte ofa few defects the educatlonal system returns hlgher dludends for money 1nx ested than anv other un1t Though xts dlYl dends are not tangnble gold as that from armament firms thev are of prlceless xalue The Tercentenarv offers pubhcltv to the progress ofthe past It IS dxssemmat mg mformatlon about todav s problems It IS paung the way tor future 'ldx ance ment nn educatlon Bv brmgmg the problems of educatlon mto prommence and offermg solutlons the Tercentenarv I9 already lorglng ahead on the next three hundred year lap xx QQ fx -, 511 'L P Mohler Page Fourteen Y V W 1 V , , ,. a . ' ' ' , ' 1 , . . . .. . . . . Y , V 1 ' .f K '- ' . SVA ' Y , L - - , - , I , ' y u' . - . . . , . V. V . V .V 1 .V I ' . V . . , ,VY K 1 V 1 f e V ,VV V I. f ,- ,L. I - , 1- ' - gr... .' t . -

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THE NUTSHELL, 1935 Publ c Education R1e11xRn Gkxrr HI secondary school IH Amer1c'1 lb generally consldered to d 1te from the foundlng of the Boston L'1t1n School ln H535 Before th lt tlme schools exlsted but only as pr1v'1te 1nst1tut1ons or 1n restrlcted forms open to the affluent W hat made the Boston Latln School notable was xts mamtenance at pubhc expense A great deal of progress has been made from the txme of the Latm school to the present yet there IS stlll room for progress To 19130 three types of educatlonal un1ts haxe predom1nated 1n shalulv dehned perxods the grammar school up to the Rexolutxon the scademv thence to the cn 1l war and finally the hxgh school Latm Grammar Schools dex oted themselx es exclusn ely to college preparatorv courses accordxng to classxcal standard Prex 1ous educ1t1on was necessary together wxth a urtual guarantee that the pupxl would go to college ln the1r later stages of dex elopment the schools could be entered dlrectlv from such elementary or prxmarv establlshments as exlsted Fl he acidemxes were IH a lllce sltuatlon IH thexr day Un less students were xntendmg to pursue college curr1cul'1 the 1cademy offered httle pr'1ct1cal tralnxng The further h mdlcap ot '1n entxre lack ot coord1n1t1on that mlght haxe xnsured success caused the xntroductxon ot the llllil form the hxgh school whxch secured opportunntv tor '1n educatlon hordeung on the pract1c'1l s1de to people otherw1se un 1ble to 1llord secondarv school1ng ln manv ol 1ts features our present hlgh school sw stem ln the Unxted Qtites 15 unlque The Constltutlon leues educatlon xmong those powers deleg1ted to the sexer 1l st'1tes Consequently hxgh schools 1 '1ry 1n dltlerent states accordxng to the temperament and finances whxch predommate locally Desp1te thelr dnllerences educ1t1onalsvstems 1n most reglons were erected pr1m'1r1ly to tram puplls to he good CltlZCHS ln a democricv III educated populace IS mdxspensable to 1 success tul gox ernment It was through the reahz 1t1on ofthe necessltv of educ 1t1ng people to become xntellxgent cxtuens th it free hxgh schools were prouded Subsequent LllXLI'SlllC.dtlOl'1 ot scope and '1ct1x1tv was 1 logxc 1l bro1den1ng ol the OI'lg,lll 1l pohev lhe hlell school dlel not '1t hrst prep 1re for college but tor CltlLCI1Sl1lp L 1ter college prcpar1torv courses were 1dded l Ol college students the 1C ldemv was the most LlllC'1CIOLlb umt 1t th lt perlod llhe IC lLlLITlV m11st not he eons1dered undesxr 'llmle 1t 1ny perxod It represented ID 1dx lnce ol g1e1t lmeneht to 1ll systems ot educ ltl0I1 Pr1ct1cal educ1t1on plus Lllbtlllct cl 1ss1c ll prepau ltl0Il w IS gnen lhe 1e1demv w IS Bl 1nted lecogmtxon lS qu illllLCl second 111 ed11e 1t1on l1rgelv through the xnfluence ol the Phnllnps Xculemy lt lndoxer 3l1ss1eh11setts lflkl lltcr 1t l' xeter New Hunpshlre lwhe IL 1demy kept second 1rv ed11e 1t1on 1l1xe untll the hlgh school svstems were hrmlv entrenched rl he 1e1de1nv xs stxll 1 x 1stlV xmpol t1nt flctor ln secondary cduc 1t1on Lntoltun 1telx the xc 1den1x lb hmxted ID the number of students the sy stem c 111 suppolt Some other me IDS ot glXlHg education to the great mass ot people had to exolxe lhe modern Ingh school 19 the result ln 1 modern hlah school technxc 1l COIIlIIleI'Clcll 1rt1st1e 1nd xocat1on1l tralnlng Page Thirteen 1 1 F .A f , O17 Q . . . . 1 L 1 1 C 1 -1 1 1 Z c 11. ' Z ' S - 1 1 A , c 1 V . 1 . l - ' -1- 1 ' I . . 7 . . . 1 1 : 1 C ,, 1 ' U 1, V c . ' c ' c K e V . . 1 . .... . 1 4' 1 C u ' 11- C, 2 1 1 1 e ' . i c J 2 1 L 1 -1 2 ,, r , 1 .I c 5 Y c 1 i Z ' lr C . 1 1 1 r y 1,1 1 X -C 1 U C 11k 1 ' Z 1 s 1,-i 1 1 111 1 . 1 1 1: 1 1 K s 1 ,- 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 V. e, Z K e L1 1 1 K 1 . 1 L 2 1 C11 1 , 1 1 4 1 1 11- y 11 1 ' Y 1 N 1 'ri 1- K Z y 1 . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 1 y1 1 Z 1 f - 11 1 1 1 X -1 . .1 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . . ,, 1 1. 1 C 1 A ,. Z T11 C 1 1 1 Z 1A I ,, . 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 K K 1 1r1, 1 ' K 1 1 , . . 4 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1y1 1 C t 1 1 K 1 ' ,T ' 1: C 1 1 .1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 ' c ' Z Z . 'ti 2 ' S ' ' ' ' ' - 1 'Z E ' . ' ' Z Z 'Z 'UZ x Z -'. ' 1' . 1 . . . . . . ,, , i . Z1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1a Z 1 K 12 ,is r 11 . 1 l'i ' K 'Z 'Z ' T ZS 2 ' 1 iz' ' 'i Z '- ' ' ' ' 1 J E ' 'Z 1' 'x , 1 112' .' 1,1 1 ' Z 1 V 1 , . 1 1 ,, , , . 1 1 . 1. Y , 1 . 1. . , 4. , c . 'c x ' A 1' e . ' 1 1. ' ' U 1 l ' ' ' ' ' k ' ' ' . 1 'i ' 1' S Z 'Z I l '- . . , 1 . . . . Z Z L11 t my 1 i I 1 i ,AU 12 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . 1 ' '.x'. Z 1' '. 1 ' Z I Y ' ' ' 1 11 1 . ,1 -1 1 1 11 11 1 1 7 1 1 1- 2 1 U - Z I , . 'ft 1 1,2 . 1. Z f

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THE NUTSHELL 1935 AMONG THIS YEARS ACHIEVEMENTS XNNI ,NXCCIHSNIX 1 NHIS welr mn wlU0lLSt.UXNll Hlgh Sehool we lmxe ldded thlee new eourses to our eurueulum Paeh ot these courses h is been st xrted as 1 lesult ot a gI'0V!lIlg xnterest III these respectn e helds and a greater demand tor them among the students A course ot re ll idx ant :ge to the students ellglble to take lt l'sj0LlI'l1lll5I'l1 lhls el Iss meets tw xce a week ton lortv tue mlnutes Une perlod IS dexoted to lectures bx the te xcher ind dlscusslon among the puplls lhe other perxod lb gn en oxex to 'lpplvxng the pI'lI1ClplL5 th it we haxe le trned to the pr lCtlCL ot preparmng our own sehool publlcatlon Tlns eourse alms to dexelop accuracv and lnterest ln wrltlng 'ind to gne praetleal experlence ln some of the technical work of Journalxsm Loolungl lhls lb 1 eourse we expeet to see 1n exery hlgh school But A bovs been gn en the opportumtv to Joln one ot the two boys Classes Fhev are taught the fund lmentals ot coolung and then thev h ue the rest ot the tlme to do all kinds ot e tmp Ltltllilllg ust xsk anx member of the class whether thev like It and thelr 'xnswer xs I lhls fu me xns especl ills the hnale ot each elass n lmelv eating the thlngs thev h ue been taught to cook dllflllg the course' It the bovs ire gnen an extra course the glrls hue somethlng new is well for then h ue been Wdmltted to manu xl tralnmg Qelt rehance xs indeed fostered bv the m lnual arts works lhe gxrls hue become quxte expert xn the art of sawxng Ilellllllg, me tsurlng 1nd shaplnu ot all klnds ot oddltles from wood ThlS Vear the gxrls hate made door stops attrtctne maganne racks and hase just finished some loxelw bookshelx es X ers soon we glrls shall be 'able to xolunteer for anv carpenter Jobs uaxlable Qookmg ind mxnual tr nnxng lccordmg to high sehool students ure of equ tlls pr xetlcal x llue to both boxs and gurls Page Flfteen .. I , , ,,, i 1 11 1 1 ,wr .V '. . f.. 4. , .:w . A' z A '- ' . ' ,L ' 1 - lb 6 I 'N' 3 wx' v ' V. ' ' l z ' -z z 'z 2 2 ' ' ' x ' 2 ' 'S' z'1 ' 'q I--iss ilk V' .1 'sm L AN' .'Y X 2 l E . D YL' K L . ' . I X' Z Yl ' YI IZ 2 I X K B I l Y i N . I . - . ,, A. ,. . , , , . . U , cooking class, that's ditllerentl This year our freshman and sophomore boys have . . . . . , , I . Z X I S . . I it Z W B . . A Z . 5 ' ,Z . ' . I Zh- J , . ' , , , K ' ' . ' 1 - Ni it i Y Xi E . L l. x 1 A N Z ' v 5 I LAv 3 - 2 v l E v ' L7 2 U I 1 . L i . . - X .- . . , , ' . E L 6 1 N1 v 1. ru I K rj . A' ' I 1 x I 1 '. . If i . y Q 4 I . L ..,. .x V . . L I ' L1 1 vb I 1 L Z . YL I 74- A 1' I Y . L - I 1 vx 7 1 3 v51 V v 1 vj . s 1 3 5 v 31 1 5 1 K. 1 L C 1. Q z ' . z z z , z . ' : z X l 2 L' z ' ' 'z 1 j. ' ' 5,