Liverpool High School - Hiawathan Yearbook (Liverpool, NY)

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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

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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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COMMERCIAL Charles Beahart Jeanette Decker HE COMMERCIAL activities of this year included the District contest which was held in Liverpool on April 22. The commercial department has been doing excellent work this year. BOOKKEEPING-The members of this class worked out a practice set involving the complete bookkeeping and accounting cycle. This cycle teaches the students how a complete set of books should be kept. A bookkeeping team entered the district con- test, with the members of the team also entering as individuals. SHORTHAND-The shorthand I class and the advanced classes have been doing regular shorthand work consisting of dictation and transcription. Some of the shorthand I class can take dictation at sixty words a minute, while the advanced class can take dictation at one hundred words per minute. Both classes entered teams and indivudals in the district COI1tCSt. SECRETARIAL PRACTICE - Secretarial Practice is a class in which former shorthand and typewriting students get a finishing course in stenographic and office work. It is organized in such a way that much practical work is com- pleted by June. Students have had assignments in filing, mailing list work, and mimeographing. A large amount of material was rnimeographed for the Liverpool Garden Club during the year, for which the members of the class cut the stencils. They completed the whole project with practically no supervision. Work was also done for the Liverpool Rod and Gun Club, the Liverpool Lodge F. and A. M., and a number of other organizations who sub- mitted material. For further study, they accomplished a great deal in building a complete mailing list for the Department of Business Education of the Na- tional Education Association. Letters were mimeographed and envelopes typed for several mailings. The secretarial practice class includes: Georgi- anna Michaud, Ruth Seeley, Helen Miller, Marcia Therre, Sophie Gapski, and Geraldine Sharpe. Elizabeth Barrett and Arlene Emm assisted in much of this work, thus learning how to do most of the important types of work in a business office. TYPEWRITING-Both a team and individ- uals were entered in the district contest from this class. The typing class was large this year with a student at every typewriter. Several models of typewriters are used by the students so that they can become familiar with the differ- ent makes of machines. COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC-This sub- ject gives the student the business arithmetic he will need in his business life. It is con- sidered hard by many students but it is needed for quick calculation. INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS - This subject gives the students an idea of every phrase in business, the problems that may arise and how to take care of them. They learn about modern transportation and communication, how business mailing is handled and the proper use of bonds, stocks, drafts of all kinds and checks. -l- Commercial Club President ................ Georgianna Michaud Vice-President .... Secretary ...... Treasurer ....... Faculty Adviser .... Page Eight ..........RuthSeeley . . . , .Arlene Emm .......jackLaRue . . . .Jeannette Decker