Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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Kenneth Smith, joe Curtin, and several other agriculture students test milk for fat content. I Boys in a physical education class practice 'push-ups - which are not so easy to do as one might think. Bob Tucker and Larry Farman demonstrate to the health class the proper way to apply artifcial respiration. 14 AGRICULTURE Agriculture students carried on twenty- live different crop and animal projects on their farms. These experiments were adapted to the pupil and his farm. For instance, two boys planted fruit trees, which some day will comprise an apple orchardg six others planted over 10,000 forest trees on land not adapted to farming. Classes also carried out group projects, such as fruit exhibits, co-operative purchases, and the building of an agricultural library. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical education tends to better the health of all high school students -by an intensive program in group and indi- vidual dances, stunts, tumbling, and marching. This year the boys' and the girls' gym classes were combined in the teaching of social dancing. The girls were administered skill tests in each sport area to determine their physical fitness standard. The results of these tests were' sent to the State Depart- ment in order' to establish better scale scoring. HEALTH In carrying out the school health pro- gram, each student received a physical and a dental hygiene examination, as well as a dental prophylaxis. To promote better health, milk was given to students who otherwise would have been unable to afford it. In the hope of controlling possible epidemics, ar- ticles on communicable diseases were published in the weekly paper to inform pupils of these diseases. The eyesight and the hearing of each pupil were also checked.

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MUSIC Courses offered in this department are those in rudiments of music, harmony, ear training, and baton and flag twirling. Various vocal and instrumental groups supplementing these classes are: the Senior, the Ninth Year, and the junior Chorusesg the Senior, the junior and the Dance Bands, the Majorettes, the String I Ensemble, the Sportsmeng and the Girls' 4 Sextette. The Sportsmen, a group of male 5 singers, and the Ninth Year Chorus have been additions to the Music Depart- ment this year. I I , , Y I H Advanced music students try their skill in original composi- tion and harmony, while Miss Cooper supervises. FINE ARTS Because the basis of all art courses is a process of selecting and arranging, the art teachers sought through experiments and practice with a wide variety of art materials to develop creativeness and co- ordination in students. The Department tried to apply art to related fields outside of fine arts, such as architectural interior decoration and in- dustrial and commercial art, and to pro- vide for the consumer as well as the pro- ducer of art. Art students Towne and amele plan and arrange the hz weekly display in the show case in the frst floor lohhy INDUSTRIAL ARTS Vocational mechanics, general shop, and printing make up the Industrial Arts Department, Tools, which included a bench vise, were made by the beginning students in machine shop, and surface gauges were constructed by the more advanced pupils. Music stands and bi- cycle racks also have been constructed. Printing students gained first-h-and 5 experience by printing cards, programs, a directory, business forms, and thirty- two issues of the M. H. S. News. They have also painted various areas in the Print Shop. H In farm shop class Mr. Matson supervises a forging operation, while Orren Roberts works on another project. 13

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EN! . ..,,. 328.6 ... , A , I f 'Q A , f 1 gg RHI F 1. Supt. Trippensee receives good news. 2. Receptionist Ellsmore is always efficient and smiling. 3. Retailing pupils study principles of window decoration under Mrs. Hinckley's direction. 4. Mrs. Howlett, Mrs. Quintern, and Miss Quintern co- operate in checking accounts. 5. Mr. Martin's American history students are interested in current problems. 6. A homemaking class watches a cooking demonstration. 7. Diagramming sentences is a game in Miss Smith's classes. 8. Miss Grant is ever ready to help troubled young people. 9. Mrs. Amis and Rosemary Fuller prepare the midday school lunch. 10. Locating important places on the map, Mr. Boratin explains to his class their relation to world problems. 1 1. Dental Hygienist Potote gives each pupil a thorough dental examination once yearly. 12. The reading lesson is apparently a pleasing one. . x v wif