Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL This year for the first time the students of Lincoln Junior High are in a building of their own-a splendid new wing of the high school building. The nineteen rooms in this new wing afford space for the band room, soundproof practice rooms, and offices for Mr. Marocco and Miss Sines in addition to the class rooms. New equipment and additional space have enabled the junior high school to develop sev- eral new features during the year. A student council and a monitor system have been planned, and bicycle racks have been purchased. The old gym is open to all the junior high pupils who stay for lunch. Mr. Shaver is in charge of this recreation hour and conducts such games as ping pong, shuffle board, Chinese checkers, and basketball. Four days a week the noon hour students use the gym, and the fifth day they have the privilege of seeing a moving picture in the audi- torium- The moving picture macjhine, which is a sound projector, is used for visual education in such subjects as science, geography, his- tory, and English. The assembly in the new building is equipped to seat one hundred fifty students- With its lino- leum covered floor, white walls, and exceptionally good lighting, the room makes an attrative study hall where s t u d e n t s should find it easy to concentrate 0 n t h e i r work. ' Mr. Fisher, always on the alert to improve the educational facilities of Linoln Junior High, is delighted with the oppor- tunities afforded by an up-to-date building. His commodious office con- tains such features as a vault and a panel for the installation of a loud speaking system. J I PAGE SEVENTEEN

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PAGE SIXTEEN THE l0 B,s The seventy 10 Hs who entered L. H. S. on January 18 were probably as confused in their new surroundings as were the pupils of former 10 B classes. However, the period of orientation was possibly not so long for them as for classes of previous years due to the new system of guidance groups which was begun last fall. Through the meetings held each week and through individual interviews with their sponsors, the problems of adjustment to a new environment are loe- ing solved. The sponsors for this group, Mr. Norris, Miss Hartz, and Miss Jones, direct its members in choosing their course and subjects and advise them in making decisions. Although these pupils are dis- tributed in four different courses, 21 in the college preparatory course, 20 in the industrial arts, 20 in the commercial department, and 9 in home economics, they were not placed in groups according to the course in whic.h they enrolled as has been the practice hereto- fore. Instead each guidance group contains pupils from the various departments in order that each boy and girl may be aware of the problems facing his classmates whose goal in life is different from his. The students entering next fall will be added to these students to form the class of 43. With the advantages they are receiving at the beginning of their high school life, we predict a successful school career for them.

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PAGE EIGHTEEN RILEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOGL Mr. Brown, principal o f Riley Junior High School, ser- ves also as princ,ipal of Frank-- lin Grade School. As part time office assistants he has Miss Brown, secretary, and Miss Geppinger, Mr. Flory, a n d Miss Landis, teachers of Riley Junior High School. In the assembly at Riley space has been provided for a small but adequate library with Miss Dailey, an English instructor, in charge. Shown in the picture with her are the student head librarian, Shir- ley Schmidt, and the assist- ants, Lucretia Williams and Dorothy Bulander. Approxi- mately fifteen other students assist in the library daily. Tables have been provided for special reference work. Riley has a very effective method of introducing students to the school and guiding them through their three years there. The boys and girls are assigned to heterogeneous home room groups which meet every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 8:15 to 8:45. At this period on Wednesday there is an auditorium program, and on Thurs- day the pupils go to club meetings. Mondays and Tuesdays, which are spent as a study period by the students, provide the teacher in charge with an opportunity to confer with each pupil individually. The home room group elects officers and Qonducts a business meeting and program every Friday. The objectives of the honie room are to furnish an opportunity for the individual to practice good citizenships to develop initiative and leadership, to bring teacher and pupil into closer relationship, thereby making possible more effective ,guidancegr to develop the student's personal qualitiesg to motivate scholarship in curricular work, and to assist in the administrative routine of the school.