Council Rock Senior High School - Councilor Yearbook (Newtown, PA)

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l The fGCIlIfI9S of the new cafetena have greatly Increased the effIcIency Wlfh whnch the students are served theIr lunches The Spring Musical is one of the numerous activities carried on in the recently completed auditorium. Last sprIng the 29 room addItIon of our school was completed The students and faculty moved Into the new wnng grateful for the supplementary classrooms and many specIalIzed areas SInce completIon a Wlde Vaflely of sublects have been taught In thIs portIon of the buIldIng The annex to the lIbrary contaIns InformatIon for those students who wIsh to make use of the upto date magazmes bIographIes and many TICTIOD works The scIence cle partment contaIns new physucs chemIstry and bIology laboratorles These rooms sup ply larger and more plentIful space for performmg educatuonal experIments whIch add Interest and make the courses more meanungful the shops whlch were transformed from the old cafetena - C 1 I . , . - - . I . ' I I The new audion has been built above 1 V T ' l

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24465 For many years the students of Councsl Rock Hugh School have been famulnar wrth our school rnsngnua It represents our school on such oblects as our new flag book covers and yearbooks When the slgnet was designed partucular emphasus was placed on symboltsm At the top of the seal ts the buck whlch ns representative of Bucks County The fnve arrow heads un lane below the buck symbolnze the flve drstrlcts Included nn our hugh school These distracts are Newtown Borough Newtown Township Northampton Townshup Upper Makefleld Townshlp and Wrnghtstown Townshup The rnght half of the crest deplcts an open book the book of knowledge The left hand section IS taken from Penns seal The nvy draplng the crests sldes and runnrng from the horn zontal vune at the top merely serves a decorative pur pose As udentnflcatnon the school name was placed across the bottom of the seal After completion we were Informed by the Balfour representatuve that our seal was correct accordlng to the standards of heraldry The Councnl Rock seal presently stands for more than the descrupttve symbols mentuoned above lf we are to carry on the pruncuples and :deals an whlch we be lreve we must not rely on symbols or seals but rather the fact that Councnl Rock IS an nnstltutlon dedicated to mauntaunung the freedoms that our forefathers set forth Too many trmes pnncuples are lost and only dogma remalns The faculty and students must never forget that an lnstntutuon becomes a hollow shell If It IS allowed to stray from sts orngnnal purpose We are proud of our school seal not as an ornate symbol but rather for the democratic pnncuples nt represents 5 I - 1 1 , . ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' , . ' 1 . . . ' 1 1

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:taut For many students every school day begins at the cafeteria entrance to the new wmg The auxiliary gym provides for an additional physical education class which was not held before The new cafeteria is larger than the old and houses three lunch lines for faster service The modernized art room has special tables which make it more convenient for this specialized work The new audion has the additional space needed for chorus work dramatics and public speaking Our home economics suite consists of four rooms They are used for sewing cooking and the Irving room area is for pactical application of the hostesss duties. The shop consists of four rooms for drawing metal- work general shop ceramics and especially the graphic arts. Our new auditorium which seats 665 people is a division of which we can be exceptionally proud. Its attractive interior and fine acoustics make it pleas- urable to be in whether as a participant or a spec- fBTOl'. Our entire school is one of which every student can be justly proud. lL...,--c , Ve. This much admired living section of the home economics suite provides fu- ,-:yf ture homemakers with an opportunity bw' to practice their duties. It 1 Us X. xl 4 Several students make use of the new addition to the library which contains fictional and biographical works. 7