Richburg Central School - Quill Yearbook (Richburg, NY)

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Library for Use of Students Library of Knowledge The library with its excellent collection of modem encyclopedias and reference books to- gether with the solid oak furniture and Its classified shelves may well be called the rendez- vous of every up-to-date student and teacher. Here at any hour of the school-day, one may take note of the various readers: some seeking recreation: others, knowledge. In this room there are two rectagular tables, each seating six persons and one round table which will seat four; a card catalog with author, title, subject, and shelf list indexes, as well as a picture, clipping, and pamphlet file. At the left of the L-shaped library desk is the magazine rack with a storage cupboard at the top. This rack con- tains seven magazines additional to those of last year. Two sides of the room are book-lined be- cause of the attractive shelf arrangement: a third is glass enclosed, half wray, with shelves for reference books and magazine files beneath. Student librarians take charge at different periods during the way. This year’s group are: Dorothy Robinson. Pauline Halladay. Thelma Bur- dick. Kenneth Maxson. Mary Smith, and Helen Allen. Twenty-three

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Art Students at Work Modern Art Room Students do you appreciate the well equipped Art Department? The tables so attractively ar- ranged are up to the minute in design and use- fulness. Each has an adjustable top. two roomy drawers for supplies and a cupboard at the lower right for charts and drawing boards A long work table extends across the east side of the room, not far from a large built-in cupboard which is used for general supplies. Books and magazines, ready reference on all types of art work, are conveniently and invitingly ar- langed in a bookcase near the door. An out- standing accessory is a screen used to hide a mast necessary although not beautiful sink. This screen was made by the boys in the eighth grade art class. Another attractive feature is the im- mense flowering maples that practically screen the teachers desk. Specimens of the students’ work, arranged for display, add to the artistic appearance of the room. What student would not ‘ feel the art atmos- phere which prevails here! It is an ideal place for creativeness. Twenty-two

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 Well Equipped Science Laboratory Science During the year, the various divisions of the Science Department have enjoyed pastimes along with their regular work. A telegraph set has been especially interest- ing to the Eighth Grade, and a wireless class for high school pupils has been held in the fifth period, three times a week. Both sets of ap- paratus. although privately owned, were set up in the labratory and used by the students. A test-tube quartet composed of members of the Physics Class, played a group of songs for the February Assembly program, and later ap- peared among the school amateurs. The Chemistry Class, in their study of hydro- chloric acid, found etching so interesting that they decorated tumblers and test-tubes. General Science students have been engaged in making required collections of leaves, insects, and flowers. Twenty-four