Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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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

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The Year Book of Achievements Manual Training HE Brookville High School has been benefited by the addition of another department. For several years the establishment of a Manual Training course has been considered. This year the course was added to the cur-riculum of the school. A visit to this new addition would be an education to many. It is equipped with tables fitted out with the necessary tools which might be needed for the work. The room hums busily as each interested worker applies his hand to the task. Each problem is solved under the supervision of Mr. Barnett, the in' structor. Mathematics is essential to this type of course and ts made easier by application. A boy understands the meaning of mathematical terms more readily when he works them out for himself by means of a few tools and a piece of wood. This being the first year that the school offered the course, it was impossible to cover as much as the school would have liked. The course is required in the Junior high school, hut only a limited number of the Senior high school students could be ad' mitted. In a few years it is hoped that this course may be offered to all who wish to take it. The work at first consists mostly of learning rules and working simple problems by means of the tools provided. Toys of different sorts are made. As the boy advances in the course he makes more complicated things, such as articles of furniture. This course is another step toward helping the student to choose his vocation. It has turned interest into another channel. It is different from any other course ever offered in Brookville High School and certainly is as beneficial as it is different. It is, in short, another achievement. Page Thirteen