Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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L’Annuaire, Brookville High School A Resume of the History and Aims of B. H. S. We owe the beginnings of our high school to Professors Hughes and Galbraith, two of our earliest instructors. These two men, who so willingly gave their time and spent their energies in organizing this school certainly deserve great credit. We take this opportunity to extend our thanks to these men and the others down to the present day, who have thoroughly and unselfishly given their best that we might profit by it. We have always been proud of our school and indeed with great reason. From small beginning our school system grew until in 1875 a large building was built. This building sufficed for a while but in 1898 the Paul Darling was built. In this building we have a very fine auditorium, the social center of our school. The years rolled on and more and more students had to be accommodated. So in 1923 the first of the new annexes, designed by our present principal, Mr. Mcllhattan, was built. This splendid annex contains beside classrooms, a very fine laboratory and the office of the principal. From 1923 the student body of Brookville High School increased from about three hundred students to approximately four hundred and fifty students in 1928. This growth in numbers necessitated more room and so in 1928 the second of the annexes was built. This fine large building contains one of the largest high school gymnasiums in Western Pennsylvania. It also houses the Domestic Science Department with its sewing and cooking rooms and a very fine cafeteria. The other floor space is taken up by class rooms and the Commercial Department. So much for the history of the school, but the history is not our primary concern. It is the purpose of this volume to present Brookville High School as an institution; to give you a summary of its courses, its purposes, and its ideals. We feel that in educating the student body to the ideals of Brookville High School we can make it a better school and institution. Brookville High School offers many courses, as will be found in looking through this book. But in giving thorough courses, the active side of life is not left out. We have our glee clubs, orchestra, basketball, track and baseball teams, National Honor Society and French Club. We have everything that can be expected of a secondary school. To the succeeding classes we leave the heritage, not of wealth or power, but the heritage of lifting Brookville High School to a higher level for the classmen of coming years and generations. F EEFE? 18 PAUL 0ARLIW6 MEMORIAL MALL 98 Page Six

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L’Annuaire, Brookville High School New Organization of Our High School UR schools have been reorganized on the 6-6 plan. There are six elementary grades and a six-year high school. The six years of the high school course are divided into two periods of three years each, called the Junior and Senior High School. During the Junior period, special guidance is to the pupils to help them decide the vocation for which they are best fitted. Senior period, the pupils are being guided in their preparations for taking up their fife work. Our high school is working harder than ever before, since the adoption of the new plan to train its pupils to be loyal, helpful citizens. The teachers are among the very best. The pupils are being trained both intellectually and physically. Strong, sound characters are being formed by the examples and instructions of the teachers. We hope each pupil may be so taught that he will be fitted to take whatever course in life he desires, and be of use not only to himself but also to his country. We, the pupils of the high school, have our duties too. We must do our part by upholding the standards of the school, we must obey rules, and we must, most of all, be loyal. The school cannot keep on improving unless we stand behind it. We are using this motto as one of our standards: being given During the “It Is Not Easy” It Is Not Easy To apologize To begin over To admit error To be unselfish To take advice To be charitable To be considerate To endure success To keep on trying To avoid mistakes To forgive and forget To keep out of the rut To make the most of a little To maintain a high standard To recognize the silver lining To shoulder a deserved blame But It Always Pays.” Author Un nown to Us. Page Eight