Southold High School - Snuffbox Yearbook (Southold, NY)

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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

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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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ARBOR DAY As has been the custom for a great many years, Arbor Day was observed at Southold High School this year, the day selected being May 25. Fitting exercises were held in the afternoon, with a varied and pleasing program furnished by the school children. A feature of this year’s exercises was a talk on “Birds,” given by Mrs. Minnie Terry Smith, as the contribution of the Parent-Teachers Association to the pro-gram. It has been the custom to plant, each year on Arbor Day, some tree or vine about the school grounds. However, since there is some grading and other landscape work to be done when the new building is finished, the planting of this year’s shrub was postponed. The observance of Arbor Day, with the interest it awakens in the minds of the pupils, in the things of Nature, and the needs and methods of conserving them, can scarcely be too greatly stressed. D. R. ESSAY CONTEST For several years, Southold High School has participated in the annual essay contest, held under the auspices of the Daughters of the Revolution. The preparation for and the writing of the essays is taken up in the English classes. The essays, indentified by numbers instead of by names, are then judged by a committee selected for the purpose. A silver medal is awarded to the winner from each grade in every school that has entered the contest. The subject selected for the essays this year was “Our Flag”. The seventh and eighth grades and first and second year high school students wrote essays, which were then sent to the committee to be judged. The winners from Southold High School are: Sophomore Class—Marion Robinson; Freshman Class— Flora Albertson; Eighth Grade—Harry Weygand; Seventh Grade—Helen Dickerson. This yearly contest is of great benefit to the pupil. With each essay that he writes, he advances a big step on the road to self-expression, and learns new words and phrases that are a valuable asset in both written and oral English. The topics invariably historical and patriotic, make the pupil better acquainted with those persons and events that have made a nation for him, and, by teaching him all this, help to promote a real, true spirit of patriotism. Page Eleven