Southold High School - Snuffbox Yearbook (Southold, NY)

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the removable chairs folded and placed to one side, we have the one place in a hundred for our games, with a floor that is equally good for athletics and dancing. Surely no pupils will ever appreciate this new building more than we who have been working in the old. To us, although we may have no classes in the new part, it means plenty of room, air, light and heat, and a place for assembly and games. Surely we can in no better way thank the townspeople for this gift than by utilizing every added facility, that we may make the most of our education and be a credit to Southold. WE’RE CHEERING AGAIN! Some years ago, the pupils in Southold High School had organized cheering, chiefly at baseball games. This, however, “died out,” and previous to this year, there has been little or no organized cheering at school games. However, under the Athletic’s Association, organized cheering was renewed this year. Charles Vreeland, James Cogan, and Helen Thompson were chosen as cheer leaders, and several practice meetings were held. With the increasing popularity of basketball games, and the larger and more enthusiastic crowd that attended them, our teams were helped along by some lively, organized, cheer-ing. Let’s keep it up! ART EXHIBIT On the evenings of June 5 and 6, an Art Exhibit was held in the new school auditorium. There were about 200 pictures loaned by Elson Art Publication Co., on exhibition, all of them copies of masterpieces. The showing of these pictures in the auditorium was supplemented by an exhibition of pupils’ work, in the various grade rooms. On June 5, an entertainment was furnished by the pupils of the third, fourth and fifth grades. Under the direction of their teachers, these pupils presented a clever and well-carried-out “Travelogue”, with excellent dancing, singing and recitations throughout. Pupils of the first, second, sixth and seventh grades entertained on the evening of June 6. These grades presented very pretty playlets, which spoke for themselves of the efforts the teachers had put forth to produce such a remarkable showing of dramatic ability. The proceeds of the Art Exhibition, about $150, and of the Page Nine

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EDITORIAL THE NEW SCHOOL HOUSE Perhaps many of the taxpayers who are building the new school house fail to realize what it means to those now attending school. Yet we students, some of whom will enjoy the increased educational facilities for but a year, appreciate these new conditions that have been provided for us to work under, and these the more by comparison with conditions during the school year of 1923-24. The school building has for some years been very crowded. This was especially noticeable in the primary department and eighth grade. When the “Recitation Room” (a remodeled fire escape) was torn down to make room for the new building, it was necessary to divide the large High School room into two smaller rooms. One of these was used for a class room and the other for a study hall, with consequent crowding that made it a very unfit place for anything like intensive application to study. The ventilation and heating system were affected by this division. It was impossible to open windows without creating a draught and many days it was necessary to wear sweaters or coats during the whole session. We lacked proper facilities for physical training, for dramatics and holiday exercises. For athletic games we were forced to hire a poorly heated, poorly lighted hall which was much too small for the purpose. Much of the beauty of the grade entertainments and exercises, the fruits of hard labor on the teachers’ parts, was lost because of a crowded space for performing. The high school assemblies with two pupils in each single seat and some in chairs were indeed evidence of our need for more room. But now we have it! Now we can thankfully say “All that is over.” In classes there will be no more of the “Two in one seat” style. When we seek the principal, we shall no longer find him in his “private” corner of a room that seems to be an assortment of library and athletic supply department. In the new building there is an amply large office and a supply room. We have the best modern facilities for heating and ventilating the rooms—not only in the new but in the old building as well; and the plumbing is of the best. And the new auditorium—what more could we wish? Here the grades can present their entertainments with a stage and lighting arrangements to aid them and here, too, the higher classes can carry out any dramatic work they wish. Then with Page Eight

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candy sold both evenings by High School girls, are to be used for purchasing pictures for the school rooms. This will be a great improvement, especially in the new building, where there are, as yet, no pictures. Besides the educational value of such an exhibition, it is of great benefit to parents, teachers and pupils. The exhibitions of pupils’ work, usually held at the same time, enable mothers and fathers to see how their children are progressing in school, and to meet the teachers. The teachers, too, benefit by meeting parents, for very often, after such a meeting, there is a great deal more of co-operation than before. The pupils learn to know and recognize the masterpieces, and, through the financial proceeds, will have new pictures for their class rooms. THE SCHOOL’S SAVINGS SYSTEM In October, a School Savings System was installed in Southold High School, by the Southold Savings Bank. The system, the numerous benefits of thrift to every individual, and the importance of the thrift habit, were explained to the various classes by Mr. R. J. Terry, the bank’s representative. The Savings System is operated as follows: The school children bring their money—pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters—to school, and deposit it in a receiving machine, which automatically produces stamps. These stamps are then pasted in a folder provided for the purpose. When at least a dollar in stamps has been purchased, the pupils may take the folder to the Bank, where a regular account is opened for them. The Savings System has proven very popular in Southold High School, especially in the lower grades, where the pupils are quickly learning their lesson of thrift and putting it into practice. CURRENT EVENTS IN S. H. S. The study of current events in Southold High School is closely allied with the study of oral English. Realizing that it is important for the students to read the right kind of news, and to keep abreast of current happenings, each pupil is required to give a recitation on some current topic once a week in English class. These topics are largely taken from “Literary Digest,” for which most of the pupils subscribe, and are given with either few or no notes. These weekly reports on current topics are of great help to the student. They give him confidence to speak before an audience, improve his memory, teach him the use of new words and expressions, and enable him to pick out the most important points in the current news. Page Ten