Kellogg High School - Kelloggian Yearbook (Treadwell, NY)

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The Kelloggian 27 ENl3Ll5l'l The regular courses of high school English as presented by the state syl- labus are given, next year a class in journalism is to be added. Some of the projects which have had their origin in regular work offered have been: a health campaign in hrst year class to improve personal appear- ance, correlated with oral Englishg writing of pupils' own autobiographies in second year class, correlated with literature studies, a vocational project to investigate requirements to enter certain fields of work in third year class, correlated with the study and practice of writing business letters, and the indexing of the catalogs and pamphlets so collected, correlated with library work, presentation of two one-act plays at the senior entertainment by fourth year class, correlated with study of modern drama. English classes devoted one period weekly to library work, including not only reading of various types of literature but also a study of parts of a book, reference works, cataloging of books, arrangement on shelves, checking in and out of books and library courtesy. Ll13 RA RY It has been the object of the Library Club to improve the library. Miss Parks, supervisor of school libraries, State Department of Educa- tion, aided in solving several of the problems confronting the Club, such as, discarding undesirable books and making out a list of books that are required in a high school library. This list consisted of nearly two hundred and fifty books. Of this number sixty-five were fiction books. The rest were divided into various groups for use in the different departments of high school work. The magazine and newspaper department, which now includes a wide variety in material offered, was moved to the present reference room, a former class room in the school building, so that students might obtain information on current topics. Here are found the Encyclopedia B1:itannica , consisting of twenty-four volumes, The World Book set, Compton's Pictured Ency- clopedia and several other standard reference works. It is the aim of the school librarian and club leader to organize a class at the beginning of the next school year and to have regular classes in library work, so that all may have a more comprehensive knowledge of library work than can be offered advantageously in English courses. Dare Now to Win