Valley High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (West Des Moines, IA)

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VIII! Win a Valley Junction High School O the taxpayers is due a thousand thanks for the magnificent building they have built to educate the young men and women of this com- munity. The building was built in 1917 and is one of the best equipped buildings in the state, for its size. XX'e have a modernly equipped man- ual training room, a mechanical drawing department, a commercial department, a laboratory and a large gymnasium, hot and cold showers in both dressing rooms, and a fine stage with an elaborate display of scenery. l'he building is the community gathering place of all the people of this sur- rounding territory. lt has been large enough for the student body so far, but with the rapid growth of the town, it may be necessarv for us to enlarge it in a few years, as it is fast filling up. The student body has increased two-fold in the last year and we look for it to increase a great deal more in that length of time. 'l'o go to school in a building like this is a real pleasure as we have things necessary to make it pleasant. This year was added the music department and in a year we ought to have some real talent displayed. Three years ago we had one pianog now we have three and a victrola. XYe now need, most of anything, a considerable addition to our library, and we are hoping that some kind-hearted person will see fit to provide for our needs along that line. We feel confident, however, that this will be forthcoming for if we can read the indications aright, when we consider our fine building and its modern equipment, all of the signs spell P- R-O-G-R-li S- S. Page .wean

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I I-'I lalilll Laboratory HIC laboratory of the Valley ,lunction High School is located on the second floor on the south side of the building. 'Vhc room is a pleasant one in which to work and it is equipped with the necessary materials for carry- ing on the work in General Science, lliologv :md Physics. Seven large work tables are provided and two microscopes. The wall cabinets are filled with the smaller equipment. The large show cases contain displays of various kinds. Yerv successful work has been carried on i11 this department during the present year. Mechanical Drawing Hlf Yallev blunction High School boys have had great success in the line of mechanical drawing. Many things of difficult structure have been drawn with great success. ln the drawing room a chart has beea constructed of the best draw- ings and visitors have enjoyed seeing this display of the boys work. Some of the difficult things in this collection are piping systems, connecting rods, pipe connec- tions, stuffing boxes, spark plugsg front view of high school building, plat of drawing room, view of water tower, and many other things classified as the best of drawings. There are now twelve work desks in the drawing room and two tables for the drawing class which consists of thirty ambitious boys who take drawing as a good line for their future life. The class is divided into two divisions, the first working from eighty-thirty to ten, and the second from ten-thirty to twelve on Monday, XVednesday and Friday of each week. Much interest has been shown by the pupils in this work. Page lllllc'