Brighton High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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roi' now: .Wi1ii'r, liutlwr, frilblllfl, Sllfilli, lfittic, fffmk, liwff, Arafofif, Nlizllfe, Xfilrr, lidlffl, si,ioNlm now: lhfzirfififuz, i14l'll.IY, C,.1fniff.1, 0if.iU7lIll'lf, 'I'1frt!i, l'.4!mi'r, 'I'lwu1,1r, llailrzg, f,lillllL'l'llIl, Mimffw, lilnwuf. l'IRh'l' Row: Mrllnrmfil, l r1iki'r, lifmlui, Kfwup, f,Uffllll', llulilm. l.t'n'ii, llizwumml, liixkur, llubwu. GRADE SCHOOL FACULTY The directors in the grade department of our school are as deserving of praise as are our high school teachers. The linished production, the graduating class, never forgets that the foundation for successful high school work was laid in the grade school through the elliorts of the teachers. Our grade school teachers, many of whom taught us when We were in the grades, are graduates of recognized normal schools and state teachers' colleges, where they learned not only the suhiect matter necessary for teaching in the grades hut also received valuahle training in the techniques of imparting knowledge. The teacher is the skillful director of the classroom activity, not the dogmatic dispenser of drill material. The aim of our grade school teachers is to inculcate the techniques so necessary for future study and to train the young child for happy, useful membership lirst of his own group and later of the place in life which he will eventually lill. The young women who teach in our grade school are those who till these requirements. We students at Brighton are indeed grateful to our teachers, hoth in the grades and in high school, for to them we owe a deht we can never hope to repay. We are determined that we will justify their faith in us hy some day returning to the world a portion of the unsellish service which is so manifest in their lives. - 0 'cc ' -jy Q gl N--' 5512, - 1' ' ---X LQ li ' s 9

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'roll Rowt Reizmer. Cwlwr, Vim Duran, Reezf, Kegin, l wer, Fax, Hill. sEcoNn Row: C'lu1rle.rzt'nrfli, Porter, Iirirbue, Perrin, Gibrozz, I'1.'n1rm, lfnfejv, Ctlfwill. Fmsl' now: Snzizlz, Oifsffclll, Railing, DtlI'fE.f, Mtzxzreff, Slftztflrrle, Kinjqet. HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY ln every scene of our motion picture our directors have played a part the importance of which we fully realize. No matter how good a script might be, no matter how talented the cast, nor how elaborate the background, it cannot become a great picture if the directing is not well done. Those qualities which are possessed by the great directors in Hollywood' intelligence, technical knowledge, insight into human nature, imaginationf' are the qualities which make unusual teachers, and they are the qualities which the members of our high school and grade school faculty possess in full measure. Busy as our directors are Cand the faculty at Brighton has the reputation of being a hard working oneD they are never too busy to help us with our individual problems, encourage us in our endevaors, and guide us in our extra-curricular activities. The old the teacher commands, the pupil obeys attitude is happily seldom found here. All of our high school teachers have degrees from colleges of recognized standing, and all of them have done some additional work since graduation. To the students in their classes these teachers give generously from the rich fund of their scholarship and their experience. They respect our opinions, listen to our suggestions, and counsel us whenever we ask for advice. 3 But their interest in us does not end with the classroom. They sponsor out clubs, work with us on our hobbies, are genuinely interested in our sports. ln other Words, our directors are our friends. f f---- f . 429 r H f..f is f a 'ffl :J 1 -, ---, ',f,,,f. s N- ' 8

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BEFORE AND AFTER As the last class to be graduated from the Monroe and Elmwood Avenue building we look back at the record of our school with pride as Brighton High reached this momentous turning point in its history. Brighton, always meeting the needs of a progressive community, has grown rapidly not only in size but also in prominence. The main part of Brighton, including eight classrooms and a combination auditorium- gymnasium, was constructed in 1926 as a grade school. In 1928 the Winton Road wing was added and to meet the increasing rowth of the community a high school was addid to the cur- riculum. In two more short years the next wing was constructed on Monroe Avenue. This con- sisted of two large study halls, the library, and the present gymnasium, which made available the other gymnasium-auditorium in the original building wholly as an auditorium. The last wing, a continuation of the first Monroe Avenue wing, was added in 1935. This addition included a general science room and a physics-chemistry laboratory. In a period of fourteen years the entire school, both grade school and high school, has grown to about fifteen hundred pupils. In the year 1932 the first high school class consisting of twenty-two members graduated from Brighton. In nine years the classes have in- creased over four times with even greater growth predicted. And now we focus our atten- tion on the evidence of our progress. Perhaps the object of attention for more cameras and more wandering glances than any other feature at Brighton this year was the erec- tion of the new school. Although the first ground was broken in November, 1938, it was in this term that the imposing red brick struc- structure offered the most interest. The theater of next year's activities, the new building, will have a middle section of three stories and two extending wings of two stories each. Over the main entrance are four circular bas-reliefs representing the activities and aims of the school. They are a family scene represent- ing home making, five arts represented by symbols of music, sculpturing, painting, and architecture, scenes of teaching, law, medicine, and architecture portraying the professions 5 and an office scene representing business. The body of the school itself contains fourteen modern well-lighted classrooms which are off attractive green tiled corridors. Each classroom is connected to a loud speaker system and has folding blackboards in the front with two built-in cupboards, one on each side. Besides the regular classrooms, there will be three science rooms, for general science, physics, and chem- istry. A double home economics room, a cafeteria, and a kitchen are in the basement. Also in the basement will be the spacious locker and shower rooms. The main entrance is attractively paneled in wood, and glass brick serves to add to the beauty of the lower hall. On the right of the entrance is the superintendent's office and on the left the general oflice, while directly opposite are thc entrances to the large combination auditorium- gymnasium. It is equipped with bleachers that old up by the wall when not in use. At the end is a large stage and switchboard for the elaborate system of lighting. When there is a need, it is planned to use the space occupied by the sta e for a girls' gymnasium and construct an au i- torium wing. On the second floor is the blue library fur- nished in ma le. The new building also features a Trapezoi room. The art room has white blackboards and a skylight to furnish better light. There is also a nurse's room, a commercial room, and a typing room. The school will be used for the first time next fall, although this year's graduation ceremonies will be staged there. Many new experiences will unfold to us as we leave school, but always will we look back and recall the memories that are forever hallowed here. - '-N ba-, ,,, ' .7-. ---Q-- , .i,- L ff-1, -1-1'----- f , f..- ,' .1 N--' ajgizif i l 1 'xi' - yo ', -- ig-1 f n'-L - 1 .N l 'Qx f-qv' I I , --- ----' 3' -- ' c,--- - 3