Pana Township High School - My Diary Yearbook (Pana, IL)

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Q. I Qnoranoa 522' ' The Study Hall Here you may see the study hall after 3:06, when it is very quiet. During the eight periods that make up our daily schedule, however, this room is a scene of action and noise. In this room, which is next to the largest room in the building, many lectures. plays, meetings, and programs are presented. Each Wednesday we have general assembly here. On almost any XVednesday one may see the song leader blush when he walks up to the platform to lead the singing, and hear the students sing lustily after all the announcements have been made. Cn the afternoons preceding football and basketball games, this room is filled with cheers from anxious girls and boys who are being led by Curtiss Tappero and Walter johnson, our student cheer leaders, and Wayne Yonker, our faculty adviser. Who will ever forget the afternoon that this very room was turned into a broadcasting station and the football coach, as well as a famous child prodigy tap dancer, took over thc mike, or the afternoon on which a seeress gave the basketball coach a glimpse into thc future game? Afternoons on which stirring pep speeches were made and when marionettes performed stand out equally vividly in our minds. Many worried faces may be seen in this room at the end of each semester, for it is here that the semester and final examinations are held. Students walk in with that anxious look on their faces and walk out with a sigh of relief, saying to themselves, My, I wonder if I answered that sixth question correctly! Taking everything into consideration, the study hall is a very important room and one which figures largely in our student life. I-'if In' u

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X32 -Wcmorafna i gn The Liilarary In this spacious room with its sunlight, chairs, and tables, let us forget our cares for an hour. Vfhat is your interest today? Draw up a chair and put your texts aside. The books on these shelves reveal the lives of meek and mighty personages. Out of the green covers, the red covers, the faded covers, the new covers-what a festival to witness these people stepping down in costumes of all ages searching for adventure of both quaint and modern fashion! There are so many old friends in the world of books that it is sometimes hard to decide with which to spend one's time. There are sorrowful ones who have suffered from someoneys thoughtlessness, puzzling ones whose actions are hard to explain, and there are many whose jolly laughter and carefree manners are contagious. We wonder how anyone can ever think any of these people are strangers, at times, we meet our companions, friends, and relatives in these books. Their disguise often deceives us for a long time, but more often we chuckle at their familiar manners. However, these people, who readily submit themselves to provide entertainment upon request, feel forsaken as they sometimes await the student's return in vain. As they watch a group of students rush for magazines, they, no doubt, are saddened at the thought that new friends have been found to take their places. Meanwhile, you, undisturbed, continue enjoying your favorite magazine. As one glances at the students in the library, he may tell by their faces whether they are chuckling over the joke column, figuring out the latest radio hookup, or are deeply interested in a recent story. When the bell rings, the students very reluctantly return their book and magazine friends to the proper places, to leave them until they again have leisure time to spend as they choose. Fourlrcu

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X 32 Wcmorama -+5 The cf4Pm'!11ze1zi In 1923 our ship came in when the new building was erected. An apartment, consisting of four rooms and bath, was planned and constructed adjoining the foods laboratory. Then our ship left for uncharted seas and we heard nothing of it for two years. But, lo and behold! it came in again in 1925 when the Home Planning Class furnished the apartment. They chose colonial style mahogany furniture and neutral rugs. They made rag rugs for the bedrooms, and curtains for the whole apartment. The large bedroom with a blue and white color scheme has a four-poster bed, dressing table, chair, and desk. The small bedroom has a day-bed and chiffonier. The living room is cozy with its Hreplace, window seat, arm chairs, bookcases, lamps, and gate-leg table. The dining room has a built-in buffet and dining room table with eight chairs. The bathroom is decorated in white. After selecting and arranging everything, the Home Planning Class held open house. When the foods classes of 1931-32 first saw the apartment, they thought they had come to the wrong place. Instead of seeing a properly arranged house, they found that everything was covered-presenting a ghostlike appearance. After a house-cleaning, however, the rooms became like a very comfortable home. Sometime during the year, each girl in the foods classes takes care of it. Besides being a laboratory where students learn home management, the apartment is a scene of many festivities during the year. The faculty banquet is held here, as well as many luncheons and teas. The Cook-Sew Club holds its meetings here also. Sixlnfn