Kane Area High School - Hurri Kane Yearbook (Kane, PA)

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DAY AT KANE I-IIGI-I lliller, the principal, began making announce- ments of general interest to the entire student body. Following lflr. KIiller's announcements, the words, HI-LIFE brings you the news, at- tracted our attention. We heard first hand news of national and local importance ending with the call for buying more bonds and stamps. As we were in an eighth grade room, we decided to inquire about their classes, activities, and interests. This group, although the young- est, represents what K. H. S. is to become in fu- ture years. They are organized and scheduled by homeroomsg they are really a school in them- selves. They take gym as a class and of course they all take English, math, history, geography, science, and art. Suddenly a bell clanged again. This was the signal for Hall Patrol boys to report to their respective positions. These boys are stationed at intervals along the hall and keep traffic moving smoothly during change of classes. YVe found ourselves going down the steps to the library. Once there we were tempted to stay. Such a wonderful collection of books in one room sel- dom seen. This library has 11,369 volumes of poems, plays, novels, biographies, reference books -books in almost any field, as Well as 54 maga- zines. The seating capacity was given as 96. Soon students started coming from various study halls with slips admitting them to look up all sorts of things from Bach to what makes a dyna- mo different from the electric motor. Some of the students were seniors working on their term papers for P. D., which is an interesting course on why and how a democracy works, taught by Nlrs. Vairo. P. D. ranges in subject matter from marriage to pertinent problems of today. Some freshmen were working on their career books for civics. Parade rest! -Future industrialists-Juniors find MacBeth interesting-Seniors represent scenes from American literature. 9

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Tl-IE INSIDE STORY OF Arriving at Kane High to tour the school, we discovered that school does not start at 8:40 as generally supposed, but at 8:10 when the first bus students enter the doors. This is the first of four busses to arrive: there are two from Highland and two from Wetmoi'e Township. From the arrival of the first bus in the morning until long past the last bell in the afternoon, the school is a busy, humming place, full of life. Shall we go through a day at Kane High? A bell peals through the corridor. Some tardy students just make it to their home roomsg however, an unlucky few are too slow. lVith mournful faces they trek to the office with the expression which seems to say, This is an awful way to start a day. Once there they obtain blanks which they must H11 out explaining how late they were, why, how many previous offenses and so on down the line of the many questions a teacher can think of to ask a guilty student. Af- ter the blanks are issued and signed by the A. P., the students must then have their teacher and parents sign. By this time they are ready to say, It will never happen againf, just to get away from it all. Also in the office is another group with excuses from home for reasons of illness, hookey, or what have you. They receive reen- trance slips in return. These slips must be signed in the various classes attended during the day. From the office we visited a homeroom. As we entered we found them ready to begin their morning devotions-ten verses from the Bible and the Lordys Prayer. Then the salute to the American Flag. Just as they finished, we heard a sound like a radio station tuning in. Looking around we discovered a radio-like apparatus on the wall from which the sound came. We learn- ed that this was the public-address system. Paul 'x . HI-LIFE brings you the news -The Commanding Officer at work-Greeting another snowy morn at Kane- Artists in the making-All's quiet on the Library Front-Candid of the Top Sergeants in the library.

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AS FACULTY AND STUDENTS From the library we went to the gym, just a step away, to satisfy our curiosity about the queer noises issuing from behind the doors. Here our curiosity was further aroused as the boys seemed to be making stabs at each other, grunting and groaning at the same time. The gym teacher, Thomas Drummond, took pity on us and ex- plained that the pre-flight fellows were getting bayonet practice from Klr. Kliller. In addition they get rifle shooting, marching, calisthenics, and practice in running an obstacle course. These boys will be well prepared for the Army when their numbers come up. VVe decided to visit the shop and home eco- nomics next. In the shop the boys Were working on their mechanical drawing. This training gives the aspiring architects, engineers, and draftsmen a chance to develop new skills and technical train- ing. The home economics girls under the super- vision of bliss Paulhamus were converting old clothes and hand-me-downs into modern clothes any girl would be proud to wear. These girls also redecorated the kitchen this year. ' Going to the main floor we noticed an Eng- lish class in session. TVe found from that class and other English classes visited that the impor- tance of English in our daily life cannot be em- phasized too much. English strives to develop skill in listening, reading, speaking, and Writing. VVe gathered that skill in listening includes the ability to understand orders and to act on them, to learn from oral instructions and to retain and repeat instructions. Reading skills include read- ing accurately and with understanding not only orders, instructions, and reports but also books, newspapers, and literature, both American and English, for from these We see the growth of the love of freedom which is the basis of our Ameri- Y 1 3 Dick shows how plane? done-Plotting the flight plan-The pause that refreshes-V5 hat's solid Monty. T105