Elyria Public High School - Elyrian Yearbook (Elyria, OH)

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Last Ten Years See Changes In Varied Ways Buildings, Athletics, Curriculums, Customs Show Alterations Organization of Chapter of National Honor Society -1926. Senior Distinction Day ob- served every semester since 1926. William Ely gave E. H. S. a Stadium in 1927 for Alumni Field. Establishment of school newspaper, The Herald, in 1929. Publication of Handbook since 1929. Completion of East Wing of Technical Building in 1929. Announcing system in- stalled in November, 1929 -one of the first of such a complete nature. Installation of talkie pic- tures equipment. Electric score board placed in gym. German again offered in curriculum. Centralization of all ac- counting of eXtra-curricu- lar funds in the hands of a school treasurer. Membership in Lake Erie League bringing activities in athletics, music, spelling, speaking. Centennial Celebration in 1930. New system of lunch periods-1934. Final Semester Examina- tions. Floodlights installed at Ely Stadium making possible night football. Organization of a high school P. T. A. Clock system installed- 1934. Caps and gowns used at commencement. A Capella Choir organized. New Library. Introduction of new mark- ing system. Subjects added to curricu- lum: sociology, economics, German, journalism, pub- lic speaking, oral interpre- tation, household manage- ment. Advisorship of students as to courses and credits by Home Room teachers. Elercu I

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further Study Beckons, Illness Foils Plans Yet Rumor Says Cupid Inveigles Attention It is not just the teaching hours that keep the 57 members of the faculty on their toes every day of the 37 weeks of the scholastic year. lnnumer- able other duties must be squeezed into each brief day. While 57 is the faculty total this year, rumor has it that Cupid, hovering on the wings of spring and summer, may take it upon himself to establish sev- eral changes in the personnel before another school year be- gms. Finding school hours inade- quate for the completion of their tasks, the 57 teachers are doing their best to cover as much work as possible in the 37 weeks of the scholastic year. A teacher's day begins at 8:10 with home room responsibilities. The comparatively few who do not have rooms render some other service. Classes, study halls, laboratory periods, tests to make out and give, papers to grade, oflice re- ports, consultation slips, library permits, practice, grades, con- sultations with students, re- hearsals, report cards, special, reports, conferences with par- ents, teachers, meetings-these and more press upon the teach- er's time throughout the day, the week, the month, the school year. i During the first semester 57 teachers were active, during the second, 55. The departure of the 95 mid-year grads and 70 incoming freshmen accounts for the absence of Mr. Clare Short and Miss Georgiana Taft dur- ing the latter semester. Miss Murl Frye, after teach- ing two weeks of the second semester, was granted leave of absence to study Business Ad- ministration at Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Mrs. Helen Lehman is carrying on Miss Fryels work here. Mr. F. A. Eaton was out sev- Ten Fred Tutrhill W. L. Vaughn Harold Wilson Marian Witt Ralph Wfood Eula Young eral weeks on account of an ap- pendix operation. Mr. Harry Rosene left April 12 for four months' study and travel abroad. He will visit Holvek and Orebo, Sweden, the homes of his parents and will study at Heidelberg, Germany. Miss Nina Baker who has been very ill with a ruptured ap- pendix since March 22 is con- valescent and hopes to be back in September. Although the student's eight periods end each day at 3:05, sports, extemporaneous speaking, club activities, dramatics, mak- ing up absence book reports, visiting the library, personal help on knotty situations, poster making, interviewing for school newspaper articles, laboratory experiments, planning for an outside speaker in a class-all these and kindred matters con- tinue often till late afternoon, teachers and students busy as bees.

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Office Hums With Dail Round of Activities Assistants Type, File, Record, Phone, Carry Messages Office Assistants Left to rightg lst Row-Lucille Tarnowski, Agnes Lottmann, Emily Pitken, Jane Qseka, lrene Stoll, Sophia Boron, Betty Schaefer, Robson, June Gregory, Louise The office is probably the busiest place in Elyria High School during an average school day. In spite of the great amount of work that is carried on and the large number of people that are usually crowded into the small space of the office, things are run off like clock- work. On each school morning from 7:45 till 8:10 the teachers may be seen at the office, checking in, reading the Principal's bul- letin board outside Mr. Shively's private office, or getting mail, notices, slips and eligibility cards from their boxes. Each morning from 8:10 to 8:20 a line of previously absent students outside of the office door is fed into Mr. Sever's affice and all absence excuses, other than those involving ill- ness as a reason, are considered in turn, and the student is sent aut with a white slip if his ex- cuse is a good one, but a pink 2nd Row-Stella Boreski, Geraldine Smith, Wanda Wfykrent, Mary Lersch, Elizabeth Prunner. slip is donated to the person who just stayed out for fun and this slip muSt be autographed by each of his teachers during the day. Home room teachers offer ex- cuses for illness thus cutting down on the morning conges- tion in the oflice. During the rest of the day, there are usually a number of students in the office for one reason or another. These stu- dents may be seen sitting in the half-dozen chairs against the wall waiting to see Mr. Severs, or perhaps reading the framed questions that hang on the wall outside Miss Robert's private office. The questions pertain to the requirements an applicant for any job anywhere may expect to face. Some students may also be seen watching the large master clock on the north wall, which controls all the individual clocks distributed in the three build- Twelve ings. This master clock not only moves the hands of the in- dividual clocks at one-minute intervals, but it also rings the bells at the beginning and end of each period. It automatically stops the ringing of the bells af- ter four oiclock, and also on week-ends. This large clock is fascinating to watch, and it always attracts the attention of people who come into the office. Each day 15 girl students work in the office for one period. These office assistants perform various duties, some of which are of minor importance. and some of which are often very important. The assistants answer tele- phone callsg do typewriting, mimeographing, and filingg car- ry messages to study halls, and check absence slips. In this way they gain valuable office exper- ience. The fifteen girls are im- portant cogs in the machinery of the high school ofhce.