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

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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.

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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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On entrance into this long room, one's first impression is that of an ideal typing room, with its ivory white walls and spacious bulle- tin boards. ln the front of the room is a black- board, and near this is the teacher's desk of light oak. The typewriters reston green leather- topped tables that stretch across the room. There are several cabinets for filing and stor- ing supplies. Light enters the rooms from a row of windows on the west side and from a skylight above the teacher's desk in the front of the room. A great deal of the wall space in the history rooms is devoted to bulletin boards. Here are placed interesting data or other material relating to history contributed by the students. Special note is given to the amount of light that enters the room in order that the students may have the best advantages for study. There are approximately thirty-six desks in this typical history class-room. An attempt is made to present the study of history in such a way that the students will enjoy it and take real interest in the subject. ln the chemistry room there are five work benches. Each table has a double shelfcontain- ing bottles of acids. At the back of the room are shelves containing chemicals. The students are free to conduct their own experiments. This laboratory also contains a long bench beneath the windows, at the west of the room. The lecture room is on the south side of the laboratory. The chief attraction of this room is the long demonstration table. Entering the first floor of the new building on Fifth and Chartres Street one finds the wood shop room to be the first room to the right. The shop room is equipped with work benches and is sufficiently large to accomodate approximately thirty-five students. Adjoining this room is found a room containing lathes, drills, planers and several saws. To the north is found a small compartment where the completed woodwork is allowed to dry. Off to the right and left of the first room are found a small office for the instructor and a caged tool room.