Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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L’Annuaire, Brookville High School To the Class of 1929 Another large class is graduating from the high school. Another large group of names is being added to the Alumni of Brookville High School. The potentiality which this group represents cannot be estimated. If the training, the knowledge and the various abilities of this group could be conserved for Brookville each year, the progress of our community would be unlimited. If I have a message for the class of 1929, it is, “work. You did not enter Brookville High School and do four years' work in order to learn how to go through life in a leisurely manner, but rather to learn how to work more effectively. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great American poet and philosopher, said, “Labor is God’s education. He only is a sincere learner, he only becomes a master who learns the secret of labor.” Time is the one thing of which each person has an equal supply. “It is the only commodity that slips away in a steady stream regardless of what you do with it. It cannot be halted in its flight, nor coaxed or forced to return.” A billion-dollar corporation with all its wealth and credits, cannot buy back one second of yesterday's time. Some one has said that the only difference between a world master like Edison and an aged pauper is the difference in use which he has made of his hundred and sixty-eight hours of available time each week. It makes no difference, whether you go to college, whether you enter business or what you select for your life’s work, it is “work” that will determine your success. Very sincerely, Wm. H. MclLHATTAN, Supervising Principal. Page Ten

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L’Annuaire, Brookville High School Achievements of Brookville High School ROOKVILLE High School has started on a new era of prosperity and elFiciency. The school is now one of the best of its kind. Its equipment is remarkable for one of its size. This Educational institution is, indeed, an object of pride to the people of Brookville. The school has done things of which it is proud. Within its walls unheard of achievements have been accomplished. Some of Pennsylvania s most successful men and women in the business world today received a part of their education in this school. Artists of many kinds have visited it and demonstrated their talents before an interested and wondering audience. The rooms have echoed with laughter and again have had an uncanny stillness as each busy head bent over its task. It has been said that a city set upon a hill cannot be hid. The same is true for the Brookville Schools. Before many years after the Darling Hall was built the rooms were filled to the utmost capacity. A new addition was built to supply the needs of the students. Year by year the school grew in size and standing. As it grew it reached out and assumed new branches in order to keep up with its standard. An orchestra was organized. Group singing was started and developed rapidly. People began to hear of Brookville Basketball Team and learned to speak the name respectfully for the team proved its extraordinary ability. Many other accomplishments were added to the school's list of achievements. In the past few years the rooms again became overcrowded. Everyone made the best of the situation for several years. Then the news was broadcasted that the town of Brookville was thinking about building another addition to the high school building. The students went wild when they were promised that the new building would contain a large gymnasium. That promise was fulfilled. In the fall of 1928 the students came back to a bigger and better high school. The new annex was completed in December. Five new classrooms solved the question of space, each room being equipped with a fine heating and ventilating system. A large library opened its doors to the students. Chairs and tables were placed about in a convenient manner so that reference work might be done with ease. Large bookcases were installed and shelves line the walls from floor to ceiling. Collateral reading need no longer be regarded as a nightmare. The high school girls were overjoyed when they saw the Domestic Science Department which had been equipped for their use. Its light, airy appearance gives an optimistic impression. In the kitchen were placed an up-to-date range and gleaming white sinks. Tables with the essential utensils were provided. Work became play in this cheery place. Lastly comes the gymnasium. It has a seating capacity of nearly one thousand people. Tier upon tier of seats mount up from the great, smooth floor. A good view of every part of the floor can be had from any seat in the gymnasium. Is it any wonder the students are proud of their home? They are justly proud and should be congratulated for their school spirit. The motto of B. H. S. might be: “Expect great things; realize your expectations.” Page Twelve in the past