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

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The sewing room is a spacious well-lit room with oyster-white walls and a rose colored ceiling. Two groups of windows furnish the light. The several closets may be used for storage purposes, and adequate table space is provided for cutting and assembling. The ironing-boards are located near the windows where the light is best, and the generous supply of sewing machines assures rapid completion of the final creative work. Blue and brown prevail in this room. The walls, the upper part of light blue and the lower part of a dull brown, give a cheerful tone and restful note to the room. Rhythms of blue and brown cover the floor. Even the bul- letin boards are of a brilliant blue. Besides the extra window space, a sky- light and the light blue walls have been de- signed to conserve as much as possible the natural light. The room is practically sound proof being provided with a Celotex ceiling. The room accomodates from one hundred to one hundred and fifty students. Opposite the choral room and connected with it by a small ante-room is the band room. The light cream colored ceiling is of Celotex which makes this room practically sound proof. Rhythm floors of blue and brown harmonize with the yellow and blue walls. Large win- dows with Venetian blinds and Skylights provide adequate light. Adjoining this large room are smaller ones used for various band activities. The new study hall affords students the opportunity of study with the best envir- onment possible. ltseats approximately Q50 stu- dents and is made use of every hour except the fourth when it is converted into a lunchroom. The walls are cream-colored,and on the south wall are hung oil paintings. Entrance may be gained through double doors at the southeastern end or through two sets of double doors at the east end. Thirty-four tables at each of which eight students sit makes it possible to convert the study room into a lunchroom at lunch time.

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Located in the center of the high school is the McCormack Memorial Library. This contains about nine thousand volumes, one hundred fifty bound volume magazines, and eighthundred unbound copies. Source books, texts, and reference books are numerous. There is a large section of fiction. The Dewey system of classification is in use here, and books are accordingly sectioned. On either side of the library itself are small conference rooms, five in all, which are set aside for special and group study. One isthe office of the librarian, next to it is the work- room. Another is the room for periodicals. The staff of librarians, headed by Miss Maysel Baker,and including Miss Helen Lenski and Miss Elizabeth Cummings, are capable and efficient. By taking advantage of the efficiency of the librarians and the value of the material to be found here, every student is given a splendid opportunity of acquiring knowledge easily, readily, and pleasantly. The East and West corridor of the new wing is lined with olive green lockers on the north side. The wall space above is hung with pictures. The kitchen and the lunchroom also occupy this side of the hall. Triple doors lead out into a brick-walled vestibule which is lined with bas-relief on either side. Doors lead into the cafeteria-study-hall. A second set of triple doors open into a vestibule in which is found the dedicatory plaque. Cross- ing the colorful hall with its bright blue ceil- ing, cream-colored walls and brown and blue floor, one reaches the library, which with its conference rooms occupies an entire side. Glass display cases in which the exhibits ill- ustrate the relationship of the library to the various departments of study, are found on either side of the library entrance.

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The girls' new gym not only provides the girls ample room for daily classes but it also affords students the opportunity to hold their social events in it. The hardwood floors are excellent for dancing, and there is sufficient room for 'IOO couples. The lighting system provides the necessary light, ancl if less light is desired floor lamps are used. Decorations of balloons and streamers make the gym all the more attrac- tive. The EII Ess Pe party and the Junior- Senior party were held here as well as several junior college dances. Lockers are on both sides of this second floor corridor of the west wing. Looking from north to south we see various class rooms- two mathematics rooms, a general science laboratory, a physics laboratory, and the main floor of the girls' gymnasium. The walls above the lockers, and the ceiling are of cream-color. The floor is of tan and blue tile. Most interest- ing of the things in the corridor are the two- faced clocks at the end, and the drinking foun- tain in the center on the west side. The foun- tain is inserted in the wall, around which which is an arch of red-face brick. The room which is used during the greater part of the day for study is at noon-time utilized for the serving of meals to the student body, faculty, and visitors. This combination cafeteria and study-hall is situated in the northwest section of the high school building. Its seating capacity is three hundred twenty. Those re- sponsible for the serving of meals are Mrs. J. C. Schalla and Mrs. J.Janewicz,and as their assistants they employ interested and capable high school girls. Electricity is the keynote of the kitchen proper-electric potato peeler, electric masher, electric soup kettle, electric dish washer, a large electric range with two roasting ovens, a large bake oven, and an electric air fan, the circulation of which keeps odors from the study hall. Perhaps the most unusual point is the huge built-in electric refrigerator. The kitchen has an attractive appearance, with its green and cream colored floor, and cream colored ceiling. Other interesting features are the tables: pastry table, salad table, serving table cooks' tables, and a work table all of which contains room for pans and other utensils. The capacious stock room in which foods are stored is at the south west corner of the room.