Liverpool High School - Hiawathan Yearbook (Liverpool, NY)

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HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS ART Joyce Allen Frederick Schamu l. ART HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE YEAR '38-'39 ET US glance over some of the highlights for 1 the year. First we served our school and community by making over five hundred posters, etc. - covering athletic events, school plays, Garden Club posters, cafeteria signs, menu cards for the Onondaga Hotel, food sale posters, book week signs, silence cards for the day of Prayer, seating charts for the school, assembly properties, table decorations, Glee Club posters and many others. Next we have tried to keep on our boards ex- hibits that are both instructive and pleasant to look at. Sometimes it has been our own work- Sometimes the work of those who have gone on to art school. Eleanor Short, an alumnus, graduating this year from the illustration course in Syracuse University has come back to us quite frequently and by request brought us some excellent plates of her pencil technique. Paul Tucker a former LHS student, a graduate of Syracuse also-loaned us a collection of his water colors and oils that was most excellent-and we did appreciate having them. We had a part of the National Scholastic exhibit for a week. There were 28 pieces of Work picked from a group of 3,000 and represented the work of high school students from several states-California, Texas, Minnesota, etc. Aside from our regular class exhibits in the art room, we sent at the request of Mr. Calhoun of the American Crayon Company, an exhibit of pastello work, which was placed in their studio in Rockefeller Plaza, Radio City, for the Eastern Arts Convention in April. The work was done by Jeanne Stier and Alice Wright, and is still on display there. On May 12th the Art Clubs sponsored an exhibit of work from all the High School classes. The Music and Home Ec department joined in, and we had a pleasant and profitable exhibit. On june 3rd we were Page Six invited to exhibit in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts along with the Syracuse High Schools and some others in the county. VVe sent ten large pastellos, nine of crayon and paint, and about twenty of pencil technique. The students exhibiting were Norman Horton, Alta Evans, Marian Smith, Harriett Dawley, Eugene VVoern- er, Alice Wright, and Jeanne Stier. We have experimented with many new medi- ums-pastello, crayon and ink washes, and added water color to a greater extent than before. Mrs. Kimmey, our state supervisor of art spent an entire day with us in March. We en- joyed her visit and her comments were most helpful and encouraging. Norma Dietz MacKay came and gave a demonstration of silk screen painting one after- noon. We hope to do some of this work next year. The county photographer, Mr. Cate, has been most kind to us this year. He loaned us photo- graphs of the Parkway to work from and later photographed some of our pencil technique sketches. One of the harbor by Eugene Woerner, the Salt Museum by Norman Horton, The French Fort by Alta Evans, and the look-out from the Fort by Marion Smith have been framed and hang in the office of Marshall Higgins, County Parks Commissioner. From these photographs and using Mayor Heid's radio speech for reference, the Design students have made a set of posters advertising our village of Liverpool. Regular courses in Design one, two, and three, in Representation one, two three and four, and Art Appreciation have been given this

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LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL LIVERPOOL Joyce Allen Elizabeth Axtmann Edwin Bahn Charles Beahan Graham Davis Jeannette Decker Our Schools BOARD OF EDUCATION DR. W. E. PRINE, President D. D. BREWSTER, Clerk GUSTAVE HACKBARTH, Treasurer MERRITT ALVORD CHARLES BRANDT GEORGE LEHNE CHARLES G. ORMAN SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL A. V. ZOGG VICE-PRINCIPAL BEN F. REED TEACHERS JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Giles Denny Helen Frank Margueritte Grubb Cecile Hamlin Mary Held Margaret Klotz Dorothy Meek GRADES Mildred Antes V Mabel Price Bessie Bresney Bessie Roach Marie Cady Arlene Roberts Marian Henes Audrey Stevens Ellen Hyland Esther Tooley Helen Laug Florence Whitcomb Dorothy Pease SECRETARY Margaret Schmidt ATTENDANCE OFFICER William Duerr CUSTODIANS Harley Beebe William Duerr George Wiegand GRAMMAR SCHOOL Ben F. Reed Frederick Schamu Diana Weedon Robert Woods Elenah Wright Ann Young Page Fin

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year. All portfolios and plates up to the June examination were approved by the state super- visor and handed back to students. A new bookcase and five new easels have been added to the furnishings of the art room. One new magazine and several books were added to our art reference library. These books are more than drawing books-more than art texts even- they are a contribution to education itself, and we appreciate having them. May we say that we hope we have gone a step farther this year in outgrowing the idea that art education is an end in itself. Instead, we know that it is essential in learning to live! The Brush and President ...... . Vice-President .......... Secretary and Treasurer. . . Social Chairman ...... . Faculty Adviser .... HE BRUSH and Pallette Club, which was started in 1930, was organized by Mrs. Allen. At that time anyone with a B average, was eligible. The membership grew so large that it was necessary to limit the number-so the students with an A or B average who wished to join, applied for membership and were ap- proved by a committee. Twelve members are elected each fall. This spring, for the first time, a boys art club was founded. The boys have shown enthusiasm and talent by making clever articles from leather such as book marks, key ring cases, change purses and metal craft. Meetings and work periods have been held on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings this year. An art exhibit was held in the gymnasium on May 12. Drawings, paintings and pencil tech- Palette Club . . . .Jeanne Stier . . . .Alice Wright . ....... Alta Evans . . .Arlene Seeburger . . . . . .Joyce Allen nique were exhibited to represent every class of art in high school. The girls art club exhibited puppets, smocks, knitted purses, leather crafts and lamps. Boys exhibited their craft work. An interesting part of the National High School Art Exhibit was sponsored by the art club. There were paintings, drawings and designs from the States of Ohio, Texas, Cali- fornia, Pennsylvania, Utah and Minnesota. The art clubs staged a puppet show called Cinderalla, on june 9th. The stage and in- terior decorations were also made by the mem- bers. A successful year was brought to an end by a delightful picnic held at Mrs. Allen's camp. Kiki Page Severe