Bowmanville High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Bowmanville, Ontario Canada)

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IST FOR NX T' -UNIO R BWS I i wi 4 llll I an Floor Plans 1916 V f -p-..-.-4......-- bl' n,-. 5' PRKNC IPHI. '-HH 'T'i:AC.HERS Q ,,s TE7-X CWERS EIXITR AN CE H-S. iclifb DRAWN by px 4th form on this plan was originally the student reception room and contained the library The Assembl R y oom on the second floor u was divided for more class space in the fall of 1922. QND FORIVX WE, Q Q Ili.. II

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--.... 1 GROUPS OF GIRLS 1912 AT BACK: Miss Nichol fteacher, white blouse, black skirtl almost hid- den face, Katie Stephen Cvery backlg Gladys Cousins, Florence Thom- pson islightly turnedlg Bessie Walsh, Kate Percy Cpartly hiddenlg Edna Staples and Nancy Johns Cboth dark dresseslg Pearl McMullen icheckedlg Edna Wightg Helen Johnson, Kate Foster, Mildred Coleg Madeline Stevens Cpartly hiddenl. FRONT ROW: Miss Stephens Cteacherlg Alma Perrin Cdark dressl behind her? Marion Van Nest fblack skirtlg Greta Morris Cbehind herlg Florence Van Nest Cstrippedlg Irene Bragg, Vida Longmaidg Ruby Jewell Cbehindb Alice Werry. ON THE STAGE OF ORIGINAL ASSEMBLY HALL 1913 LEFT TO RIGHT: Mary Galbraith, Helen Johnson, Ella Wight, Greta Bellman CMrs. R. Osbornel, Ester Stevens, Madeline Stephens, Kate Percy, Kate Foster, Florence Van Nest.

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f T'OlLE'TS TOILETS 8, 94 Cl-.OAK ROOM ' CLOAK ROQM LAEQRATQR 3K0 FO Nl Y R Boys Cram.s 'V lit I 1 - ln' l 1 J P H 6' .IEIH y 1 I Milt 'YQ -.lllwlll -as ...- Lp G? 277. gg 711 o mm WZ wa ru 35.0 dl srfxcfe Assamauf Room ii za -'NJ -1 QND FLOOR BASEMENT The architectural appearance of the building is likewise quite in keeping with its location. There are two storeys, containing four large, light, and cheerful classrooms and two reception and cloak rooms each for boys and girls. A hall 12' wide extends through the building from east to west having on the south side two large classrooms and on the north the teachers' and reception rooms. Joining the main hallway from the north is a short hall 12' wide leading from the front entrance. The pupils entrances are from the east and west. The second floor is reached by two wide stair- cases. Here are an assembly room that will seat 400 persons, a science room and a classroom ..... The third floor is the full size of the building, with high ceilings, and is in- tended for a gymnasium. There is a full size basement also, with recreation rooms for boys and girls, closets, furnace rooms, etc. The style of the High School is modern Romanesque .... . The roof is slate. The north east corner has a round tower containing a belfry. The main en- trance is approached through a large arched porch of brick stone, and terra cotta. The equipment has received most careful attention ..... The science room is 36 x 26 feet has six large windows with inside shutters for darkening the room for optical and electrical experiments. Tables are provided for 30 pupils and the cabinets are arranged along the walls . . . . . There is a sink and lavatory with marble top. A new library about 400 volumes ..... is kept in the reception room on the first floor, which is elegantly and appropriately fur- nished. During the evening meeting mentioned at the beginning, the minister of education, Hon. G.W. Ross, stated that the province spent 54,183,000 on elementary education which was free to all, but only about 517: of the 500,000 children in the province attended regularly- therefore com- pulsory education, as in England, should be en- forced. He saw the High Schools as a midway step between elementary and university education. He mentioned the excellence of the teachers of Ontario, 179 being grads of Univer- sity of Toronto. Much more attention was now devoted to instruction in commercial subjects but in his opinion the best practical way to educate a child was to teach it to think. 9