La Salle Peru Township High School - Ell Ess Pe Yearbook (La Salle, IL)

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ELL ESS PE The Social Center Building, which was constructed in IQI3, was the gift of the late Mr. F. VV. Matthiessen. It is a tWO-Story brick building located north of the Main Building and connected with it by a well-covered passageway. The basement floor is taken up by a varsity room, a drying room, a natatorium, sev- eral locker rooms, and a geological and science recitation room. Physiology is also taught in the latter room. On the first floor is a largegymnasium which is well-equipped for the pleasure and recreation of the pupils, and also for the adults of the community. On this same floor there is an art room, kitchenette, a game room, a reception room, and a reading room. The second oor is occupied by a running track which is directly above the gymnasium, and which is used as a gallery for spectators, as -well as for running purposes. The second Hoor also contains the music room, which is large and well situated, and a mathematics room. Last year a second story was added to the east wing of the Recreation build- ing. This addition consists of five recitation rooms and two conference rooms, well-equipped, with the best modern facilities for light and ventilation. These rooms are used to accommodate the Junior College. The Hygienic Institute has been made possible by the gifts of the late Mr. F. W. hlatthiessen. It is housed in a building just east of the high school. It exercises general supervision over health conditions in the three cities and examines all school children for physical or mental defects. The Dental Clinic at the Hygienic Institute takes care of the school children's teeth. High school students are also examined for their Htness for athletics, especially swimming. They are examined for symptoms of diseases which may be prevalent in the cities. Various speeches and lectures are given to the students from time to time by the director or members of his staff. T SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS The new Biology laboratory has been fitted out withiall of the apparatus that is necessary in the work ofthe course. The room is equipped with gas, water, electrical connections, and is well lighted and ventilated This department is equipped with much expensne apparatus, including com ound microscopes, a complete skeleton, models of the organs of the body, phy spcal maps and a large collections of stones, fossils minerals and plants Th zrtee Il il , - ' . 1 'Z' , 11IIIllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIEIIIIIIIIIIIllia i V 47' D.llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli I 4

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ELL ESS PE BUILDINGS AND EQIIIPMIINT As an educational institution, the LaSalle-Peru Township High School is unexcelled by any high school in the state. It is modern in every respect, and not only offers pleasures, recreation, and education to the students, but also serves as a Social Centerfor the adults of the community. The lVIain Building, which was for a time the only building, was erected in 1897. The building is a three story brick structure, which is very elaborately ornamented. The basement contains an auditorium which has a seating capacity of seven hundred, a janitor,s room, a room where all the books of the library are prepared for use and stored, and an agricultural laboratory, an agricultural recitation room, and two other recitation rooms. The first floor is occupied by a large assembly hall, which has a seating capacity of about four hundred and twenty-five, a main hall, two recitation rooms, a rest room for the teachers, a large library, well-equipped and neatly decorated, and the principal's ofiice. The second floor is occupied by live recitation rooms, the Annual room, the oHice of the Dean of Girls and of the Vocational Bureau, a commercial department, and a science department. The latter consists of a recitation room, a store room, a workshop, laboratory, and a dark room for photographic work. The halls of the first and second floors are lined with metal lockers in which the students may lock their belongings. The third floor is occupied by a cafeteria, which can accommodate several hundred pupils. Here also are located the oflices of the Bureau of Educational Counsel. The lklanual Training Building is west and directly across the street from the Main Building. This building, which was erected in 1903, was the gift of Mrs. F. XV. lylatthiessen. It is the low factory type, and is divided into two com- partments. The north half is used for instruction in the Manual Arts, while the south half is used for instruction in cooking and dressmaking. The Central Heating Plant of the school is just west of the Manual Training Building and is about the same height as the latter The building is of brick and is equipped with modern improx ed boilers Twelve Elmmmmmumnummumu:1 oz:nuInnmmnmmummunmr-

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ELL ESS PE l The Physics and Chemistry departments are well equipped. In the Physics laboratory is a large switchboard from which the electrical connections to the laboratory tables are controlled. Near the switchboard is a motor generator set and storage batteries that supply current for the bell system. The Agricultural department of the school occupies two rooms on the base- ment Hoor. They are supplied with equipment for the testing of milk, analysis of soils, inspection and testing of seeds, and the incubation and rearing of chickens. During the year trips are made to farms in the surrounding country and also to the Chicago stock show. Two years of hfiathematics are required in the school course. A year of Algebra and a year of Geometry must be taken. Other mathematics which are taught are Solid Geometry, Advanced Algebra, General hlathematics, and Arithmetic. VOCATIONAL ARTS Bookkeeping I and Il. The common principles underlying all systems of accounting, journalizing, and the double-entry system are here presented to the student. The course aims to give the student an understanding of the funda- ss forms Some of the main topics that are treated are partnership corporation accounts closing entries, income tax, reserxes, double entry as compared mth single entrv, classification of accounts and methods of designing sw stems of book- keeping records Tvpevw ritmg The course in tx pewritmg is required of all students in sten- ography Special emphasis is laid on touch ty ping At different times speed tests are given and certificates and medals are awarded to the students who are most proficient Shorthand I and II. The Gregg Diction Course of Shorthand is taught, which is based on the Gregg Speed Studies, including a review of the principles of the system dictation of letters and phrases and the translations of new matter. F ourire 1' mental principles of the subject and the ability to apply them to general busine H 1 7 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHII ' 5' llllllll l:3 DflllllllIlllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllll'